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__label__wiki	0.814503	0.814503	Man Utd General News Tom Cleverley Is Now Man Utd’s Most Important Central Midfielder FootballFriendsonline.com Anderson. Darren Fletcher. Michael Carrick. Ryan Giggs. Tom Cleverley. That is the central midfield that sends fear into the heart of fans. Sadly it’s the Manchester United fans who are fearful as unquestionably it is the frailest midfield in Sir Alex Ferguson’s tenure at the club. Back in the good old days the midfield had Roy Keane and Paul Scholes to look to and even when one was not available a pairing of Keane and Kleberson or even Scholes and Eric Djemba-Djemba was used. Despite who was alongside them the latter managed to still play extremely well. This seems to be the problem with the central midfield at present. There seems to be the age old excuse that Anderson doesn’t work with Fletcher or Carrick doesn’t work with Fletcher or Anderson as players are static. The only optimism seems to be Cleverley in midfield who is energetic, positive and plays quick one touch football which causes United to close up the space in midfield which teams capitalize on. Anderson’s time at Old Trafford seems to be filled with frustrating fans and inconsistency on the pitch. Famously dubbed the new Ronaldinho and with a £18 million price tag from Porto much was expected of the Brazilian and judging from performances at Porto he was a best described as a player with bags of skill of ran into the box to fire fierce raspers into the net. Unfortunately none of this has been seen thus far at Old Trafford. The only thing I can say for Anderson is he has the quality we’ve just seen no justification of the price tag in 4 inconsistency plagued seasons. Fletcher was at his best in the 2008/9 season where he cemented a central midfield player where he worked as a defensive midfielder. He wasn’t technically great but he hassled midfielders, clipped at their heels and terrorized them off the ball. Cruelly he missed the Champions League final against Barcelona due to a red card in the final minutes of the semi-final against Arsenal. A very harsh sending out. Some even blamed the 2-0 Champions League loss to the Catalan’s down to Fletchers absence. Sadly now he has yet to show any glimpses of the form since then partly due to a mystery illness. Maybe that’s down to the expectation of what he can bring to the team being too high after such huge performances. It seems he has adapted a more attacking approach in recent seasons, being higher up the pitch, taking the burden of offering some creativity through the centre changing his style of play. Carrick is a player who has divided opinion ever since his £18 million switch from Tottenham Hotspur. There has been a case to say that Michael Carrick has been underrated and yet overrated at the same time by sections of fans. He works hard for the team and fans will label him as ‘useless’ and a liability while others label him a genius. In harsh reality he is neither. He is a very good player and his main ability is his will to maintain the ball and get attacks started. He didn’t have an easy task replacing Keane and his iconic number 16 shirt. For his time at Old Trafford Carrick has been arguably one of United’s most consistent players and could say he was one of the reasons Manchester United stormed to back to back titles after 3 long years without a Premier League title. Unfortunately his mental strength is not up to scratch and could crack at any moment when really put under pressure and has culminated in mistakes. His most costly of those came in the FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City when his stray pass gited Yaya Toure the winner. He has the ability and when able to express himself is capable of a 40 yard through ball to set up attacks which is one of his main attributes. We have not seen this for a while and is a squad player in the current United side despite striking up a partnership with Giggs towards the end of last season. One may still argue that Carrick is suffering from not being able to express himself as he was able to before. Playing in a role he is not best accustomed to and currently when placed in midfield has take the majority of responsibility in the defensive aspect and protecting his back 4 although not having the tenacity of a real ball winner. He passes the ball holds his position to ensure protection to the back 4. That is the problem. I have yet to address Giggs but notably he has a bit part this season considering he is nearing 38 years of age but still able to come in and make an impact but not in the manner as he once could but still capable of big performances as we saw last season but is a luxury player. Cleverley now is such a key figure in midfield and has huge pressure and expectation on his shoulders. The fact that at only 22 years old he has returned from loan spells, slotting into the midfield with such huge pressure on his shoulders ahead of more experienced team-mates shows that the current midfield has a huge problem in performing and controlling games. If he can stay fit and continue to impress with his quick tempo passing and movement and in January Sir Alex Ferguson could get the right centre midfielder in it could pay dividends for United as the right balance is needed. Cleverley likes to operate outside the area and is a more creative player but also tracks back, is extremely hard working and covers a lot of ground. Doesn’t that remind you of somebody? Related TopicsManchester UnitedRyan Giggs Pingback: Fletcher: Fitness is fine now \| Manchester United Schedule and Fixtures More in Man Utd General News Europa League last-32 draw: Arsenal & Man Utd given tough tests, easy for Tottenham The draw for the last-32 of the Europa League has been conducted today with... Man Utd confirm fresh double injury concern as 7 players could miss PSG game Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has provided an update on the status of his injured players... Man Utd handed major fitness boost ahead of West Brom clash Manchester United have been handed a major fitness boost ahead of Saturday’s clash with... Man Utd star ruled out for 6 games after club confirms fresh injury blow Manchester United have confirmed a fresh injury blow with the news that Luke Shaw...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7833
__label__cc	0.581937	0.418063	KP raises its game An aggressive assault on the snacks category in 2004 has been planned by the United Biscuits Group, which is raising its marketing spend for the year by 30 per cent to £44 million – its biggest-ever investment. The programme kicks off with major initiatives on two brands within the KP Snacks portfolio – The Real McCoy’s and Hula Hoops. The company is investing more than £3.5m on The Real McCoy’s, which will benefit from a major overhaul, including new packaging across core and Spice ranges; the launch of Spice Thai Sweet Chicken flavour; a new salted flavour to replace Rock Salt; new multipack larger pack counts and single-flavour packs; and the return of the ‘Bag of Best’ TV advertising campaign. Hula Hoops is being supported with a £6.5m package to create awareness of the innovations, which include: a new ‘inside and out flavour’ delivery system; a new limited edition Shake 2 Flava product (includes a sachet of BBQ Sauce seasoning for consumers to ‘create their own taste’); and a £4m TV campaign.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7835
__label__cc	0.674706	0.325294	Defamed Steve Bannon And Corey Lewandowski To Testify This Week [Video] Daphne Moon January 15, 2018 Defamed Steve Bannon And Corey Lewandowski to testify This week before the Intel Committee. While we aren’t really sure what to expect from the ‘wild card’ Steve Bannon, Corey has already gone on record basically stating ‘asking me whatever you want I have no involvement’. Bannon, on the other hand, could have a score to settle. I would like to believe that Bannon’s comments in the book (Fire and Fury) were either taken out of context or perhaps he made them shortly after being fired. Perhaps not realizing President Trump would keep him in the folds to some extent but the reality is no matter what his reason Bannon bashed the Trump family and discredited his own name. We can only hope his moral compass is turned on during his testimony and not his need for fame. What type of impact can an angry ex-employee really have? Take a look. As reported by Brooke Singman with Fox News: Former White House chief strategist and ex-Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon will testify before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday as part of its Russia probe, in what will be his first appearance on Capitol Hill since the Michael Wolff book firestorm. Bannon, who stepped down as executive chairman of Breitbart News last week following a dramatic falling out with the president over Wolff’s anti-Trump book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” will be interviewed behind closed doors by congressional investigators probing Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates during the 2016 presidential election. A source close to the committee told Fox News that Bannon would likely be questioned over information in Wolff’s book. In the book, Bannon slams the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Bannon called their infamous June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya during the campaign “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” Read More About it Here: Steve Bannon, Corey Lewandowski to testify this week at House Intel Committee	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7837
__label__wiki	0.997877	0.997877	EMFEC takes full control of ABC Awards Nick Summers Wed 4th Apr 2012, 20.40 ABC Awards has become a formal part of the EMFEC group. Paul Eeles, chief executive of EMFEC, has taken control of the company and will soon become chief executive of ABC awards. “ABC Awards is a well-respected Awarding Body which I believe has a sound future in a competitive market,” Mr Eeles said. “It is our intention to build on the success of Nigel Florence and his team and to cement ABC Awards as a national sector owned and sector responsive awarding organisation.” Nigel Florence, executive director of ABC Awards, will remain in an advisory capacity until he retires at the end of August. A review of EMFEC and ABC Awards will be led by John McNamara, former CEO of the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils and Chair of the Federation of Awarding Bodies, to ensure both companies are “truly responsive to their customers and members.” ABC Awards was setup in 1998 as a joint venture between EMFEC, CENTRA and Learning South West. CENTRA transferred its interest in the company on March 1, followed by Learning South West on April 2. Further Education and Skills loses Minister SFA publish 2012/13 funding rules for a third time Holt to apprenticeships review Chesterfield College appoint new principal Hayes announces concessions on 24+ Advanced Learning Loans The EFA admit a DfE maths ‘error’ SFA satisfaction survey Funding for FE colleges to teach 14-16 year olds	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7841
__label__cc	0.608848	0.391152	LA LIVE FILM FEST Audience Attendance Projects Selected 1000 west olympic boulevard View Map L.A. Live 800 West Olympic Boulevard Festival Ambassador/Founder Edward Bukowski Festival founder Kao Yit Gilbert Alex Lopez Guy Burghess Host & Promoter Deven Powers workshop host: "FILM CAN'T KILL YOU BUT WHY TAKE A CHANCE" Gerry Fialka Festival Judge Bettina Hanna Moe N. Reed Screenplay competition judge Shunsuke Funakoshi Talent Recruiter Promotional Communications Pat Raphael Munich Film Awards Screenplay / Writing Contest LA LIVE FILM FESTIVAL’s mission is to provide a festival where filmmakers are treated with respect and given opportunities that empower the filmmaker’s career, We strive to do things differently than other festivals and part of how we do this is the way we market the selected films. We believe that helping others is the only way to operate and want filmmakers that also have this mindset, so we cultivate a working community in Hollywood that will continue to extend past the festival. The most important thing to an indie film is exposure, so the film is distributed worldwide and profits are made. At LA Live Film Fest we award the winners just that. Marketing! Our promotions company, Big House LA, will market the films on over 37 Facebook filmmaker forums along with other social media sites, such as those listed below. https://www.facebook.com/BigHouselosangeles https://www.instagram.com/bighousela http://bighousela.tumblr.com https://www.pinterest.com/bighouselosange https://twitter.com/BIGHOUSELA http://bighouse-la.com General Eligibility 1. All films must be in English or have English subtitles at the time submitted. 2. 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I have read the foregoing release and authorization and agreement before submitting my entry fee and form, and warrant that I fully understand and agree to the contents thereof. I am authorized to sign and give consent for everyone (including but not limited to performers, writers, directors, technical crew, distributors) who contributed to all ENTRY(IES) and all materials submitted with this application to FILM FEST LA. FILM FEST LA reserves the right to refuse to consider any submission at our discretion. Aaron Roan Kramer What an honor to have my screenplays, Mammon and the Man in the Moon, and Land of Opportunity, selected for this festival. It's exciting to participate and to move these projects forward! Karen Kaplan Honored to have won the top prize "The Hemingway Award" for my feature-length screenplay called AN AUTHENTIC LIFE. Edward Bukowski and his staff are a professional, enthusiastic and motivated group who care and help emerging screenwriters, like myself, by promoting their work and offering access to the film industry.... in spite of these unprecedented times. My current project CONJOINED is an exciting, paranormal addition to my screenplay. Thank you, LA LIVE FILM FEST! I am hopeful to work with you again. KarenLKaplan.com Thank you for sharing your award winning work with us, we look forward to reading more in 2021. Joe Leone I sincerely appreciate the recognition of screenplay (Retirement Road Trip) in the latest LA Live Film Festival. I highly recommend this festival to filmmakers and screenwriters alike. I am truly honored and thrilled for the recognition of Feature Film Screenplay - COOP as a Finalist with the L.A. Live Film Festival. I look forward to submitting additional material in the future, and highly recommend this competition for all filmmakers and screenwriters alike. Hayden Livesay What an incredible festival! Everything was on point from the communication to the marketing materials. Our whole team had a wonderful experience being a part of the festival and I would highly recommend the LA live festival to any and all creators out there. Earlybird DISCOUNT Deadline DISCOUNTED Deadline New Year's Deadline Valentines discount Half season submission deadline Early summer submissions Mid summer discount deadline Back to school discount Last chance summer submissions Winter discount deadline Feature films with a runtime of no longer than 120 minutes including credits, and no less than 60 minutes, All Genres are acceptable. All Genres accepted 1 minute runtime to 48 minutes runtime including credits Accepting WebSeries submissions of all genres short, feature, screenplays, open to aspiring writers as well as veteran screenwriters. This competitions winner will be aggressively promoted on all of our social media sites, as well as those of our promotions company’s social media sites www.bighouse-la.com The LA LIVE scriptwriting contest is an opportunity for screenwriters to have their submitted work read, judged, and critiqued solely on their ability to captivate and entertain through their written word. Awards & Prizes LA LIVE Film Festival judges will be awarding one First Place Winner from our competition in the Feature length category, and one in the short story category with our most coveted awards. The Hemingway award, Honoring Ernest Hemingway for his contributions to the literary world will be awarded to the feature length screenplay winner, and the Bradbury award honoring Ray Bradbury whom was known to write a short story daily will be award to the Short length screenplay winner. film and web series trailers, Documentary films of all genres, student, investigative, etc. Women filmmakers Celebrating women in film we will be once again featuring a film block dedicated to the women of filmmaking, our first year we hosted a block of films for fours hours dedicated to films created by women in film called "Rising Above" it was created and hosted by award winning actress and producer Summer Moore and was a huge success, Getty images photographers attended as well as many other journalists and press and media. #risingabove can be found on all social media with links and images to award winning women in film that attended and won. This year we will be once again celebrating women in film with the special event "Risingabovefest" featuring Summer Moore and her choices of the best of the festival submissions will be screening during the prime time block . series pilot for TV or WEB. Gold Members: $5 feature and short films created outside the United States. REEL, Actor Entertainer The male and female winners will be featured during the prime time winners event on Saturday night and aggressively promoted to our network of casting agents, producers, and content aggregators. A Q&A session with our host will be focusing on these entertainers and will be held in the 296 seat occupancy theater, Getty Images and Wire Image photographers will be attending to photograph winners on the red carpet and images will be posted to the Getty Images website for maximum exposure... Directors reel award winning Directors only please. Social Justice films Social justice assigns the rights and duties in the institutions of our society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation. Social justice helps us work toward celebrating diversity in our communities and country. we look forward to receiving films that identify and educate our audience in focusing on social justice issues globally through Social Justice films	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7852
__label__cc	0.704154	0.295846	@tinakover @LoudTranslators @CMCTranslations Yes, please! I'd get some and send to some of my translator friends! 2 hours ago Tag: gender Too Close for Comfort: Three Quick Reviews All three of these recently read books were a little too close to home for me: on a personal, social or political level. Absolutely compelling reading, although each one required some coffee and cake or deep breathing breaks. Rodrigo de Souza Leao: All Dogs are Blue (transl. Zoe Perry and Stefan Tobler) This was part of my Brazilians in August personal challenge, the only man who sneaked onto my list of Brazilian authors in translation. Much like Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, it gives you an insight into what it must feel like to be deeply depressed, paranoid and schizophrenic. Regardless of diagnostic, the morbidly obese narrator finds himself in an asylum in Rio. He believes he has swallowed a chip that makes him behave out of character and do things he doesn’t want to do. His descriptions of life both inside and outside the asylum, in all its madcap noise and grossness, are hilarious. Knowing that the author himself suffered from mental health problems and died at a young age, soon after the publication of this book, gives a bitter edge to the comedy. It is the black humour of despair, and it’s not surprising that his chosen fantasy chums are Rimbaud and Baudelaire. To read this book is to abandon yourself to its rhythm and let its waves overpower you. It’s not a pleasant experience, it tosses you about and can feel like drowning at times. I swallowed a chip. I swallowed a cricket. What else is left to devour in this world? Carnival only wears the colours of short-lived happiness. Dealing with lunatics or with normal people: what’s the difference? What is reality? How many pieces of wood do you need to make that canoe? How many mortars do you need to sink that boat? But Souza Leao is very clever and also has a poet’s felicity of expression: he tosses a throwaway line into the mix that you simply have to stop and wonder over. I left the hotel and went to the bus station. I was possessed by a fertile spirit of modern madness, one that had helped twentieth-century poetry many times and had put contemporary literature in its rightful place. My persecution complex had reached the pinnacle of its glory. Deborah Levy: The Cost of Living At the age of fifty, Levy leaves her marriage and makes a new life for herself and her children. This slim volume is the story of her reinvention, a sort of ‘swimming home’, finding herself and her purpose, while also dealing with the irritating, intractable, unforgiving day to day. As a woman, mother and writer who is struggling with many of the same things, it has simply meant so much to me. It’s a book I’ve filled up with post-its and shall be returning to again and again. It is also very insightful into gender relations and often feels like she has been inhabiting my head and heart. Here are just a few favourite quotes: At first I wasn’t sure I’d make it back to the boat and then I realized I didn’t want to make it back to the boat. Chaos is supposed to be what we most fear but I have come to believe it might be what we most want. If we don’t believe in the future we are planning, the house we are mortgaged to, the person who sleeps by our side, it is possible that a tempest (long lurking in the clouds) might bring us closer to how we want to be in the world. I will never stop grieving for my long-held wish for enduring love that does not reduce its major players to something less than they are. I am not sure I have often witnessed love that achieves all of these things, so perhaps this ideal is fated to be phantom. To strip the wallpaper off the fairy tale of The Family House in which the comfort and happiness of men and children have been the priority is to find behind it an unthanked, unloved, neglected, exhausted woman. Did I mock the dreamer in my mother and then mock her for having no dreams? As the vintage story goes, it is the father who is the hero and the dreamer. He detaches himself from the pitiful needs of his women and children and strides out into the world to do his thing. He is expected to be himself. When he returns to the home that our mothers have made for us… he tells us some of what he has seen in his world. We give him an edited version of the living we do every day. Our mothers live with us in this living and we blame her for everything because she is near by. Sinclair Lewis: It Can’t Happen Here A late entry to my Americans in June challenge. Moving from the personal and gendered to the more purely political, this book is just as painful as the other two. It was written in 1935 as a satire and a warning against the rise of populists and tyrants like Hitler and Stalin in what must have seemed very frightening end of world times. (Hence the rise of dystopian fiction during that period, so similar to our own.) A narcissistic, rude, almost illiterate, anti-immigrant, fear-mongering demagogue Buzz Windrip promises to make America proud and prosperous once more and wins the presidential election. The results are predictable but even more dire than the peace-loving newspaper editor Doremus Jessup had feared. His original ‘wait and see’ policy, the complacency of the ‘it can’t happen here’ type of those around him soon leads to the regime slipping ever more deeply into disturbing authoritarianism. At first, Doremus and his family seem comfortable and protected, nobody seems to share his discomfort at the election of Buzz as president, and he has a bit of tantrum-ridden stomping off ‘fine then, don’t listen to me’ attitude that I can understand all too well. All right. Hell with this country, if it’s like that. All these years I’ve worked – and I never did want to be on all these committees and boards and charity drives! – and don’t they look silly now! What I always wanted to do was to sneak off to an ivory tower – or anyway, celluloid, imitation ivory – and read everything I’ve been too busy to read. But soon things go beyond a joke and beyond mere discomfort. There is no more sitting on the fence or ignoring the way the country is heading. It’s no longer about compromise and self-censorship, very soon it turns into attempting to escape, being tortured and even killed. Interestingly enough, Buzz is a Democrat and originally runs on a socialist platform, showing that any ideology can be taken to extremes and abused. An absolutely chilling novel, sadly possibly more topical now than at any other time since the Second World War. Posted on October 2, 2019 October 1, 2019 Categories ReviewsTags Brazilian literature, Deborah Levy, dictatorship, gender, marriage, mental health, politics, Rodrigo de Souza Leao, Sinclair Lewis22 Comments on Too Close for Comfort: Three Quick Reviews Books That Puzzled Me Falling Down the Rabbit Hole I’ve finished a few books lately which left me intrigued but unsure of my own feelings about them. While I cannot say I disliked them, I’m not quite sure I would say that I liked them either. And if I were to reread them, it would be not so much out of love for the book, but because I want to see if I can understand what the author is trying to achieve the second time around. In conclusion, these are books that I admire for what they are attempting to do, but I’m not quite sure they have succeeded in doing it for this particular reader. In some cases, I have to admit that I haven’t got a clue if I am interpreting them correctly at all. Not that it matters. Michael Redhill: Bellevue Square The book starts out conventionally enough, almost like a thriller. Jean Mason is a bookshop owner in downtown Toronto, happily married (although there are indications that there is sourness beneath the bliss), mother of two kids. When customers start telling her that she seems to have a doppelgänger who is wandering around the Kensington Market area, she has to try and find out more. She starts a stakeout in Bellevue Square, and although she never catches a glimpse of her alter ego, who is supposedly called Ingrid, she soon befriends all of the eccentric characters, scam artists, homeless people, druggies and so on that populate the area. Bellevue Square before its demolition. Jean befriends Katerina, a waitress at a churros shop, who seems to have a close, but not always friendly relationship with the elusive Ingrid. Then Katerina is found dead and Jean begins to wonder if Ingrid killed her. Up to this point, you could visualise this as a Hitchcock film, following Jean’s desperate attempt to prove that she is not the murderer even when all fingers are pointing accusingly at her. But the book veers into unpredictable territory here. We discover that Jean has a troubled background and mental health issues, and we start to wonder just what is real and what is fantasy. Of course, the theme of the ‘doppelgänger’ as an evil twin or the darker side of the same person is very well established in literature (A Tale of Two Cities, Dostoevsky’s The Double, Jekyll and Hyde, and of course Edgar Allan Poe and Henry James have eerie ghost stories about doubles). But it gets even more complicated and meta, with past tragedies resurfacing and pseudonyms appearing for Ingrid which indicate that she might be an alter ego for the author. The refurbished Bellevue Square has a distinctly more family-friendly vibe So I wasn’t quite sure how to interpret this, but quite enjoyed the journey (and the description of a certain part of Toronto). Redhill is planning a triptych of novels entitled Modern Ghosts, of which this is the first, and the term ‘ghosts’ fits in very well with what Poe and James were doing. Rachel Cusk: Kudos I’ve been fascinated by Cusk’s trilogy, which started with a Greek Odyssey in Outline, turned into a London obsession with property prices in Transit, and now concludes with a conference or literary festival being held someplace that could be Sicily or Portugal. As usual, her protagonist Faye is such a good listener that she almost disappears from the narrative. This culminates in a very funny moment when she is being interviewed by a series of journalists, who all end up talking more about themselves than trying to find out anything about her or her work. This final volume is more combative and political in tone. There are much sharper observations about parenting, which were almost curiously absent from the first two books. There is a particularly touching scene, which the author handles almost in passing, where Faye admits that her son often wished he could belong to another family when he was younger. Above all, however, it’s quite a battle of the sexes which emerges here, all the more ferocious because it is not explicitly endorsed by the narrator, merely expressed by other women she encounters. I quickly came to see… that in fact there was nothing worse than to be an average white male of average talents and intelligence: even the most oppressed housewife… is close to the drama and poetry of life than he is, because as Louise Bourgeois shows us she is capable at least of holding more than one perspective. And it was true.. that a number of girls were achieving academic success and cultivating professional ambitions, to the extent that people had begun to feel sorry for these average boys and to worry that their feelings were being hurt. Yet, if you looked only a little way ahead, … you could see that the girls’ ambitions led nowhere, like the roads you often find yourself on in this country, that start off new and wide and smooth and then simply stop in the middle of nowhere, because the government ran out of money to finish building them Rachel Cusk: Kudos, p. 192. I loved the way the book incites me to think and the very vivid vignettes of encounters – as I said before, I find it great anthropological material, but I have my doubts about how it all hangs together and cannot help wondering if it’s just lazy editing by the author herself. (I felt there was more of a pattern to Tokarczuk’s Flights, in case you were wondering). As for the ending – that was so viscerally unpleasant, it very nearly spoilt the whole trilogy for me (although it fits in well with the Battle of the Sexes idea). Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett: Naked Men Well, if you want a full-on battle between the sexes and a bit of a reversal of roles, then this book is for you! It’s about middle-aged women who are wealthy enough to pay for male escorts and about men who in the austerity economy of Spain are taking on jobs as strippers and escorts. Irene is an odd, cold fish, a Daddy’s girl who has obediently taken over the helm at her father’s company after his death, and married for comfort and business sense rather than for passion. When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, she doesn’t really go off the rails. Or at least not at first. Because she never felt much passion, she doesn’t feel much despair, more of a wounded ego and not wanting to give her so-called the satisfaction of gossiping about her. Meanwhile, Javier is a bit of a loser, an unemployed supply teacher with ideals that fit better into his vast collection of books rather than real life. This mismatched pair will eventually get together, but it takes far too long to get to that point, and the ending is far too abrupt and rushed. Although the book had some interesting things to say about social class and gender differences, and although it was quite funny in parts (that passage about moving all of Javier’s books!), it felt like 90% build-up, 10% story and then only 0.0001% denouement. And, despite the extensive build-up, the psychological motivation for what happens at the end still seemed wrong. There was also the odd head-hopping that occurs throughout the book – which keeps you on your toes, as you have to figure out who is thinking that next paragraph in a scene of dialogue. I also have to admit that I was far more interested in the secondary characters, Javier’s down-to-earth friend Ivan and Irene’s more uninhibited friend Genoveva. Posted on September 18, 2018 Categories UncategorizedTags Alicia Gimenez-Bartlett, Bellevue Square, gender, Michael Redhill, Rachel Cusk, reviews12 Comments on Books That Puzzled Me Poetry Link-Up: Content Inside She’s forgotten the hot shiver of a new hand stroking her hair Her skin stretched and soft like blotting paper no longer absorbs the ink bruise of lovebites. Crooning a broken record of a lovesong she tangles her hair for the few seconds her body convulses And feels the power she once had given to the nook of broad shoulders on men. Image courtesy of favim.com I’ve been submitting quite a few poems to literary magazines lately, so I’ve been using this blog only to post very rough first drafts or discarded poems or poems which require substantial reworking. Apologies for that! I’m still cheekily linking this up to dVerse Poets Open Link Night, which starts later on today, because I always enjoy going there for a visit. Join me if you can! Posted on April 14, 2016 Categories PoemsTags dependence, dVerse Poets, freedom, gender, independence, poetry, sensuality23 Comments on Poetry Link-Up: Content Inside Crime Fiction Reviews: Gendered Crime? I don’t believe in gender stereotypes, but it did occur to me that the last few crime/thriller novels had a bit of a gender bias in terms of subject matter. Written by women = psychological thriller; family, parenting and social issues. Written by men: violence, attacks, conspiracies, shadowy enemy (or everyone is an enemy), political agendas. I enjoy both types of subject matter, don’t consider one ‘better’ or ‘worthier’ than the other, and that’s why I alternate authors, genders and genres. I’m greedy, I want everything! David Peace: 1974 I loved it and I hated it. It is very thought-provoking, a real fresco of the time and place (although just seen through the eyes of one character, which the author will remedy in the rest of the quartet). It is undeniably powerful and grim, perhaps too much so; unrelentingly dark, so noir that not even a glimmer of hope or light comes through. And I say this as a huge fan of noir! I also found the staccato prose and swearing starts to grate after a while, although initially it is just perfect and captures the inflexions and nuances of Yorkshire speech patterns. But it’s worth remembering that this was Peace’s first novel, and that he keeps getting better and better. Eddie Dunford, the main protagonist, is trying to make his mark as a crime correspondent. A right little prick he is too – using women, ready to cheat and lie and do anything to get ahead. But he is a bit out of his league with all the corruption and craziness going on around him. The story is (deliberately, I think) convoluted and often hard to understand, yet I can see how David Peace can become addictive. Other male writers recently read: Matt Johnson – The Wicked Game. That too seemed filled with testosterone, hatred, machismo (nothing wrong with that). Sarah Hilary: Tastes Like Fear Sarah Hilary is fast becoming one of the most promising of new crime fiction writers (alongside other recent favourites like Mari Hannah, Eva Dolan and Stav Sherez). This is her third and perhaps most accomplished book to date. Everything just seems to come together in this one: perfectly-pitched plotting with alternating storylines (a device which has recently become so commonplace that it almost jars, but in this case it worked perfectly), atmospheric descriptions of a corner of London full of social contrasts, great observational skills and social commentary, occasional glimpses into the personal life of Marnie and Noah, the two main investigators, plus well-rounded characters, none of whom conforms to stereotype. I love the way Sarah Hilary takes topical subjects and makes you question every assumption or preconception you might have had. This time the topic is about runaway teenagers and homelessness, vulnerability and visibility, anger and the need to feel loved/protected. Plus, what a great backdrop Battersea Power Station makes! (Oh, and Noah’s migraine suffering? Spot on, thanks for trying to explain to the rest of the world just how debilitating such an attack can be!) Tammy Cohen: When She Was Bad Many years ago, Anne Cater, American child psychologist, had to assess the impact of neglect and abuse on two small children in a horrific and notorious case which proved the making of the career of two of her (male) colleagues. Anne refused to go along with the consensus view and it seems she is now proved right, as one of the children went on to commit a horrifying deed in the UK in the present day. Just what it is and who it is – well, Tammy Cohen is teases us with the two strands of the story until the very end. This is one of those cases when the alternating between the two stories felt a little manipulative and intrusive (although they are both cracking stories in themselves). The second strand is set in a workplace that will sound familiar to many. Kudos to the author for portraying so faithfully a place where targets, egos, ambitions, rivalries all are ripe fodder for resentment and murderous intent. A new boss soon creates a toxic atmosphere in a team in a recruitment consultancy. As distrust rises and tempers flare, matters are not improved by off-site bonding events (ah, yes, those dreaded things!). I have always wondered why there aren’t more novels set in the workplace, where we spend most of our lives, after all. But then I realised that it felt almost too familiar, it made me cringe with recognition – so perhaps there is not enough of an escapist element there. One small criticism would be that I felt the team members were selected especially to cover all bases (which is not the case in many workplaces, where there is a bit of clone effect in hiring): the gay man, the young ambitious guy, the stressed mother, the middle-aged woman cruising to retirement etc. The other female writer was C.L. Taylor: The Missing, which I will review on CFL. The subject is very clearly domestic: the impact of a teenager’s disappearance on his family. Now, when I talk about gender differences, I am not saying that the last two writers are ‘just’ women or treat ‘smaller’ subjects, but they do seem to have a more personal, immediate approach. Or perhaps I respond differently to them because I am a woman myself. Marnie and Anne are crusaders for truth just as much as Eddie in 1974, but there is less self-serving career advancement in their quest for justice, much more genuine concern for other people. Posted on April 12, 2016 Categories ReviewsTags 1974, crime fiction, David Peace, gender, Red Riding, Sarah Hilary, Tammy Cohen, Tastes Like Fear, thriller, When She Was Bad25 Comments on Crime Fiction Reviews: Gendered Crime? The Meaning of the Colour Purple Purple stands for royalty, nobility, ambition, luxury and power. Ambition pure in purple rays squirted by sea creatures in precious gusts. Noblemen captured it in togas and cloaks, now paled to inoffensive and little girls. The rinse of predilection for ladies just over the hill or tip to toe for Barbie’s dream. I no longer believe in what the spirit moves. You smell of her and yet you mock my small-minded flinching and bruises. We’re all just bodies, veins and sinews, muscle ache and porous bones, with long seasons on repeat. Never the dagger thrust into compliance and flesh. I am linking this to my beloved dVerse Poets Pub. Although I am no longer behind the bar, I do enjoy popping in every now and then for a visit. Come and join me for some fun poetry and discussions! It will be Open Link Night tonight. Posted on March 31, 2016 Categories PoemsTags aging, ambition, colour symbolism, cruelty, gender, poetry, purple20 Comments on The Meaning of the Colour Purple #DiverseDecember: When Writers Are Silenced… This is the first of two posts I want to write about how writers get silenced – not through writer’s block, but through external circumstances. Either life, work, motherhood or poverty getting in the way of their work (part 1, inspired by Tillie Olsen), or else through censorship, imprisonment and fearing for their lives (part 2, inspired by recent news). First published in 1978, Tillie Olsen’s Silences revolutionized literary studies. By exploring the social and economic conditions that make creativity possible, Olsen also looked at circumstances which made creativity IMpossible. She revealed that even though working-class people, people from ethnic minorities and women have in fact always written, their work has been largely ignored. They have had to combat many disadvantages, which meant long periods of ‘silence’, a late start or an early retirement from the literary scene. ‘Constant toil is the law of art’ said Balzac and many writers have spoken of the Muse as a cruel, jealous and demanding mistress. However, few privileged white male writers have admitted why they were able to appease this mistress. Conrad mentions it almost by the by: Mind and will and conscience engaged to the full, hour after hour, day after day… a lonely struggle in a great isolation from the world. I suppose I slept and ate the food put before me… but I was never aware of the even flow of daily life made easy and noiseless for me by a silent, watchful, tireless affection. Needless to say, most women writers in history, most poor writers of either gender, who work three or more jobs at once to support their families, do not have this luxury. We have page after page of Kafka’s diaries attesting to the frustration of incomplete work, inability to concentrate, and wonder at how much work may have been lost to us, his readers. When I begin to write after such a long interval, I draw the words as if out of empty air. If I capture one, then I have just this one alone, and all the toil must begin anew… Days passed in futility, powers wasted away in waiting… I finish nothing, because I have no time, and it presses so within me. Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murray in 1920, from hamhigh.co.uk As for women writers, in many cases it took family deaths to free them. Virginia Woolf claimed her father’s life ‘would have entirely ended mine… no writing, no books – inconceivable.’ Emily Dickinson only managed to write by avoiding all social niceties. Katherine Mansfield voices something which will sound so familiar to anyone in a couple: The house seems to take up so much time… I when I have to clean up twice over or wash up extra unnecessary things, I get frightfully impatient and I want to be working. So often this week you [her husband] and Gordon have been talking while I washed dishes. Well someone’s got to wash dishes and get food. Otherwise ‘there’s nothing in the house but eggs to eat’. And after you have gone I walk about with a mind full of ghosts of saucepans and primus stoves and ‘will there be enough to go around?’ And you calling, whatever I am doing, writing, ‘Tig, isn’t there going to be tea? It’s five o’clock.’ Angharad Pearce Jones installation of ‘The Pram in the Hall’, from Oriel Myrddin Gallery website. Tillie Olsen goes on to ask, what happens to the creative need for ‘infinite capacity’, that sense that vision should know no limitations, that safe space in which to create, when children also come into the picture? She provides a far more nuanced and sympathetic analysis of motherhood and creativity, of course, than the simplistic ‘pram in the hallway is the enemy of good art’. She says it is love, not duty, which makes us attend to the children’s needs, and they need one now. She talks about her own juggling act and periods of silence, while raising children and working full-time, what she calls ‘the triple life’. … a time of festering and congestion… My work died. What demanded to be written, did not. It seethed, bubbled, clamored, peopled me. At last moved into the hours meant for sleeping… always roused by the writing, always denied… Any interruption dazed and silenced me. From the personal, Olsen then moves into a feminist analysis of the cultural context in which we bring up our boys and girls, what role models they see, what beliefs are seeded early in life, always related to writing. Yet what she says applies equally to all minorities. How much it takes to become a writer. Bent (far more common than we assume), circumstances, time, development of craft – but beyond that: how much conviction as to the importance of what one has to say, one’s right to say it. And the will, the measureless store of belief in oneself to be able to come to, cleave to, find the form for one’s own life comprehensions. Difficult for any male not born into a class that breeds such confidence. Almost impossible for a girl, a woman. Eton schoolboys, from The Sunday Times. Now we understand the British public school system, which breeds such confidence. I have seen those who pass through the system arrive in the workplace with their breathtaking arrogance, firm points of view on everything, all ego and fireworks rather than substance. They can afford to be polite, mildly surprised and annoyed at the ‘over-reactions’ of others. They often impress and take over. Smiling Busy Woman, from The Spouse House, a concierge service with a smile. And what of the ‘Angel in the House’, the one who not only does the household drudgery and admin so necessary to the smooth running of everyday life, but also the unpaid emotional labour (as recently ‘rediscovered’ in the media – because women are just better at this kind of stuff)? The angel who charms, sympathises, flatters, smiles, conciliates, is sensitive to the needs and moods and wishes of others before her own, who has bought and packed all the Christmas and birthday presents for her family, her husband’s family, the children, all common friends… and then fumes that no one has remembered her birthday or anniversary – or has bought her absolutely useless and thoughtless presents. Virginia Woolf advocates killing off this angel: It was she who used to come between me and my paper… who bothered me and wasted my time and so tormented me that at last I killed her… or she would have plucked out my heart as a writer. Of course, in extreme cases, the only way to escape this ‘essential angel’ is through suicide, like Sylvia Plath. In other cases, the women sacrificed not only their talent, but also their language and their identity, simply to keep themselves and their family alive, as the book on German women writers during the Nazi period demonstrates. How much has life changed for non-white, non-male writers since the publication of this book? There are many milestones to celebrate – Marlon James as the latest Booker Prize winner, for example, or the many women writers who say how supportive heir partners are of their career and how comfortable the whole family is with less exalted housekeeping standards. And yet there are recent articles bemoaning the lack of diversity in publishing, hence the #DiverseDecember initiative. There is the fact that so many of the women in the Geneva Writers’ Group (and how many writing groups worldwide?) started writing once they retired or once the children grew up and left home. Personally, I have not cracked this dilemma yet, but would love to hear from any who have. Posted on December 16, 2015 December 16, 2015 Categories Reviews, The writing processTags class, creativity, feminist, gender, race, Silences, Tillie Olsen, writing17 Comments on #DiverseDecember: When Writers Are Silenced… Womanly Wit, Satire and Compassion Two books I read in September (but never got around to reviewing) have stayed with me for similar reasons, even though outwardly they couldn’t have been more different. The first was a family saga of sorts, seen through the eyes of three generations of women. The second book was a satire, a series of interconnected short stories set in a nameless (but easily recognisable) international organisation. The obvious similarity between them is that they might both have been labelled ‘women’s fiction’ – but of course that is a meaningless term. What they both brought to me as a reader was a wit at once fierce and yet tender. So if there is such a thing as women’s fiction, is it possible that women are more prone to sharp observation of character flaws, but also more gentle and forgiving of them? Tessa Hadley: Everything Will Be All Right Family sagas are so not my thing (although I did go through a brief period in my teens when I enjoyed the Cazalets, Flambards and the Eliots of Damerosehay). But this book is more about exploring what it means to grow up a woman in three (perhaps even four) different eras, each one with its own challenges, opportunities and limitations. Joyce grows up in the early 1950s and wants to break free of the constraints of the housewifely existence she sees in her mother’s and aunt’s generation. Art school seems to be her way out of suburbia, but then she marries her art teacher and has children. Very soon, she learns to content herself with dressmaking, homemaking and a less than perfect marriage. Her daughter Zoe disdains these compromises and grows up in the more adventurous 1970s, with expectations of gender equality. Yet when she falls in love with fellow student, the scornfully intellectual Simon, and falls pregnant, she too struggles with the ‘tension between motherhood and intelligent life’. Finally, Zoe’s daughter Pearl is still a thoughtless teenager in the late 1980s or early 1990s: the only thing she is sure of is that she doesn’t want to end up either like her cerebral mother or her domesticated grandmother. In her Q&A session in Morges, Tessa Hadley said that this was the most autobiographical of her novels. She certainly describes all the permutations of female emancipation in a no-nonsense Northern family, with memorable characters and sensitive descriptions of complex mother/daughter relationships. Throughout, she casts a remarkably lucid and critical eye on the shortcomings of each generation – there is none who seems to have got it entirely right. Women are all still chasing after their illusions and learning to live with disillusionment. The multiple points of view, although the shift is a little jarring at times, allow us to see each character, warts and all. It could be argued that the men are particularly covered in warts in this story – useless, unlikeable and, above all, unreliable. Yet often, in their unsentimental, selfish way, they see things most clearly. Here’s what Simon has to say about studying with babies: He had not wanted this baby. He had always had a horror of a certain kind of semi-academic domesticity, PhD students turned whey-faced and sour-tempered over their grubby-mouthed and badly-behaved offspring; rented flats filled up with a detritus of toys; typewriter and books pushed resentfully aside to make room for plates of baby pap. It seemed to him self-evident that intelligent women with minds of their own would not make the best mothers: how could they bear, if they liked room to think and breathe and read, to be constrained as the mothers of small children must be to the sticky and endlessly repetitive routines of domestic life? I don’t know if it’s a sad indication of things not having moved on very much, that women nowadays still have to make those restrictive choices of hearth and career, life of the mind or domesticating the body, that motherhood still reverts us back to gender stereotypes. Shirley Hazzard: People in Glass Houses Shirly Hazzard worked for the UN Secretariat in New York for a number of years, but was also familiar with diplomatic service and British Intelligence, so she had quite a choice of ‘organisations’ and ‘corporate nonsense’ to ridicule. This was probably the first book to lampoon organisational man (and woman) and the absurdities of the bureaucratic world. Yet the author reserves her sharpest arrows for the stultifying, soul-crushing organisation itself, its odd rules and procedures, the way it forces people to pretend and cheat. So many great insights into how organisations with their pretensions and doublespeak grind down and dehumanise people, how only the mediocre and ‘well-adapted’ or sycophantic survive. The people themselves are mocked with compassion, perceived perhaps as victims. We see erudite, gentlemanly but rather slapdash Algie Wyatt being given the boot. Geeky researcher Ashmole-Brown is made fun of but then publishes his results and hits the bestseller lists; Swoboda, a Slav refugee during the war, has made up for lost educational opportunities through sheer hard work – yet is denied the promotion he feels he deserves and loses all respect for his bosses. Idealistic Clelia Kingslake flies out to Rhodes to deal with a crisis – but finds that no one seems to care about or rate her peace-keeping abilities. All this in an elegant, uncluttered prose. The anger is toned down, yet with sly asides – a very British irony which reminds me of Barbara Pym. Clelia Kingslake was happy because, first of all, she was a Canadian. Fished out of the Annual Reports Pool at Headquarters… flown to Rhodes at one day’s notice, arriving there to sunlight and sea, to trees in leaf, flowers in bloom, to the luxury of finding herself beside the Mediterranean – all this by itself might not have been thoroughly enjoyable to her strict northern soul had she not come to assist in a noble undertaking. She had been sent to serve the peoples of the Eastern Mediterranean in their hour of need, and it was this that sanctioned her almost sensual pleasure in her surroundings… Have you read these books or other books by these authors? I will certainly be seeking out more of their work. Posted on October 15, 2015 Categories ReviewsTags bureaucracy, families, family saga, gender, international organisations, organisational anthropology, role of women, satire, Shirley Hazzard, Tessa Hadley, women's fiction20 Comments on Womanly Wit, Satire and Compassion A World of Possibilities http://www.ideachampions.com I could have been the woolly Einstein, the genius keening at the stars, the earthly power to devour all kind allegiance, unbound art. Nefarious phases of the moon I could have harnessed, could have dazzled, wowed, created spellbound trust. Showed how to handle disruption and monsters, wild and unruly, tamed with my mind. I should have been the mad scientist, harbouring a supportive spouse in my shade. Parented remotely, aloof with all answers, but no time to wonder, observe or listen. And when knives have fallen, when chips have been laid, asunder we surrender and wonder anew: where power was parcelled, where prospects cut off. Posted on April 22, 2013 Categories PoemsTags could have beens, equal opportunity, gender, mad scientist, poetry, possibiities, supportive spouse, talent7 Comments on A World of Possibilities	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7855
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__label__cc	0.682995	0.317005	Actualités Solaire Lightsource BP Secured a PPA of 153 MW Solar Farm in Texas Lightsource bp has secured a proxy generation power purchase agreement (pgPPA) with the Capital Solutions unit of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), in partnership with Nephila Climate. The pgPPA is for electricity generated by Lightsource bp’s 153 megawatt Briar Creek solar farm, located in Navarro County Texas. A pgPPA is an innovative renewable energy contract structure intended to manage weather related risk. A pgPPA is similar to a virtual PPA, except it settles energy on a proxy generation index rather than the metered generation. Proxy generation is an hourly index that specifies the volume of energy that a project would have produced if it had been operated as specified by the developer or owner. REsurety, Inc. provided analysis in support of the transaction and will serve as the calculation agent for the life of the contract. “AGCS is excited to collaborate with Lightsource bp on this novel renewable energy hedge structure and risk management tool,” said Vijay Suchdev, Managing Director at AGCS. “We are committed to working with our partners to achieve their sustainability goals and to supporting the long-term global growth of renewable energy.” The Briar Creek solar farm, located about 40 miles south of Dallas, is expected to start commercial operation at the end of 2021. “This deal is a great example of the evolution of renewable energy products here in the US,” said Kevin Smith, CEO of Lightsource bp in the Americas. “Innovative power contract structures such as virtual and proxy generation PPA’s are valuable tools we can leverage to meet the needs of our corporate partners, manage risk, and continue to finance and build new solar projects for our low carbon future.” “Nephila Climate is pleased to be playing a part in the realization of the Briar Creek solar farm, and Lightsource bp’s mission to deliver affordable and sustainable solar power in the US and around the world,” said Ariane West, Director of Structured Finance, Nephila Climate. “Risk transfer solutions designed to meet the needs of the renewable energy market are essential to support investment and financing of infrastructure on the scale needed to achieve zero carbon targets. We are proud to be working with market leading partners to create those solutions.” The solar project will also deliver local economic benefits beyond clean and economical electricity for the Dallas Fort Worth area. The project: Is expected to generate $19.7 million in property tax revenue to Navarro County over its life, benefitting local schools and other community public services Will create about 250 jobs during construction, with local labor and service requirements included in construction contracts Brings $152 million of private capital investment in new, local energy infrastructure for Texas Source: Lightsource BP Profil ENF des Entreprises Mentionnées dans l’Article Lightsource BP (Maintenance & Réparation): https://fr.enfsolar.com/lightsource-bp Les nouvelles de l'industrie photovoltaïque sont republiées gratuitement, veuillez envoyer vos news à	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7858
__label__cc	0.714704	0.285296	Exclusive, Interviews \| Husman & Carl Nunes Team Up With Matthew Steeper For “Out Of My Mind” + Exclusive Interview Posted by VMan on August 24, 2016 How did the collaboration come about? Husman: At first we started a whole different track together, where we kept sending parts of the song, and Carl came up with a great idea for the break of the song, which I added vocal chops too. After getting the great vocal from Matthew Steeper we didn’t go for those vocal chops anymore and I made what’s now the main drop. Carl Nunes: Husman heard one of my tracks “Live Forever” about 2 years ago now and got in contact with me over twitter saying he really liked the track and the way I chopped up the vocals. We always said we would like to do a collab together but were both always working on different projects. One day I made a basic track and sent it over to Husman and he really liked it then it all went from there! So happy we could finally get to work together and super excited for this release! Matthew Steeper: Armada reached out to me back in the spring to write a vocal for the Carl Nunes & Husman collab. I really loved the melodic inspiration of the track and so it came about quite quickly on my end. I sent them back a recorded demo a few days later. What’s the meaning of “Out Of My Mind”? H: Out of my mind is about losing someone which you hold very dear, but never forgetting them. CN: I think that is best left to the writer 😉 MS: There are several levels to the song. I always want to write from my own experience but retain a level of ambiguity so the listener can apply it to their own life in their own way. The simple meaning of the song is that its about someone who you’ve had a meaningful relationship with, but for whatever reason is no longer in your life. While the person is physically gone, you will always remember them and certain things will always remind you of them. Hence while the person is “out of sight” they are “never out of mind”. In a sense, the memory and feelings that exist of that person brighten up the sadness of this person’s absence. Its a bitter-sweet song. When it is impossible for you two to be together, you find that you can in the memory you hold in your mind. While I personally wrote this in the context of a past relationship that’s ended now, the story also connects to the pain of losing a loved one “fade into the light”. In this sense, the song really embodies the complete passage of life — processing new circumstances in the face of relational loss. There are some people in life that no matter how much time passes, our minds will never let go. What’s been on repeat in your headphones recently? H: Definitely the new Chainsmokers Feat. Halsey! And also the new single by Charlie Puth – We Don’t Talk Anymore and almost all new Justin Bieber records. CN: I listen to a mixture of music, depending on my mood but an artist I always find myself going back to is Washed out! Pretty different to what I produce but it really chills me out. MS: Between creating music full time and having most of my friends doing the same sending me their new stuff, I don’t have much extra time to really be a listener. If I do need a moment to get away and chill though, I often play some Jon Hopkins. I also really enjoy old school melodic trance. As far as mainstream stuff, I got the chance to work with Mike Williams in Amsterdam recently at a Spinnin’ writing camp. I admit I really enjoy his new bouncy style of EDM. The kid is the next Martin Garrix! If you could collaboration with anyone, who and why? H: My dream collaboration would be with Hans Zimmer, he’s music wise my biggest inspiration. CN: I would really like to collaborate with Porter Robinson, His music is so original, he really has his own style and doesn’t follow other trends on top of that his production is insanely good! MS: I really am so blessed to be able to work with many of my former “dream artists”, and so the dream-collab genie lamp has been collecting a little bit of dust lately. But of course there are still so many legends I’d love to work with. As a writer I’ve always had my eyes on Armin and Above and Beyond. Before EDM exists as it does now, I was creating trance music. As a vocalist I’d like to do another more radio friendly crossover song, perhaps with Calvin Harris? Deep House \| Meet Armada’s Latest Attraction: Boy Kiss Girl Posted by JT on January 25, 2016 Facebook\|Soundcloud\|Twitter Boy Kiss Girl. With a name like that you can only suspect that the music you’re about to dive into will ride an emotional wave. The music video is simple but elegant and complements this heart-wrenching track perfectly. Boy Kiss Girl is set on rising under the Armada umbrella so get with this project now, because this is only just the beginning. Progressive House \| Armada Music’s New Release- Jaylex “When We Were Young” ft. Leah Haxhi Posted by BIGLIFE on December 15, 2015 This new progressive house record by production duo Jaylex ft. singer songwriter Leah Haxhi is sure to get you hyped this winter. Combining cool guitar sounds and top notch production with Leah Haxhi’s haunting vocal melodies, this track hits hard with a sense of nostalgia bringing us back to a time “When We Were Young” and in love. Be on the lookout for more of Jaylex, brought to you by Zouk with Armada’s stamp of approval, as well as an upcoming EP from the unsigned Leah Haxhi, who made her official EDM debut with this song. Follow Leah Follow Jaylex House \| Armada’s CALVO Remixes R.S.’s “Show Me Love” Posted by BIGLIFE on January 18, 2015 Calvo! So hot right now. Calvo! Recently signing to Armada, Germany’s CALVO keeps the momentum going with another incredible remix, capturing that future house vibe that we love here. Supported by the likes of Oliver Heldens and more, CALVO is an artist we predict will have a break out year in 2015. Something tells me we’ll be getting a few official remixes and originals from this rising star soon. Trance \| Super 8 & Tab Announce Album & Tour Posted by Middy on October 1, 2014 Finnish trance duo, Super 8 & Tab have been a staple of the Anjunabeats roster in recent years, with contributions on other heavyweight labels like Armada, Garuda and others. They recently announced their sophomore artist album “United”, the follow up to the critically acclaimed “Empire” for release later this month on Anjunabeats. In conjunction with the album, they will be heading out on tour that hits a few cities in Asia and Europe before sweeping across the United States, hitting cities like New York, Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco in November. The album hits stores October 27th, but until then take a listen to the phenomenal lead single from the album, “Let Go” featuring Julie Thompson, which will be released October 13th. Pre-order the album here. House \| Dash Berlin & Jay Cosmic f. Collin McLoughlin – Here Tonight (Gama & Alby Loud Remix) Posted by BIGLIFE on September 5, 2014 While “Here Tonight” continues to climb the charts and experience regular play on Sirius’s “BPM” channel, Gama and Alby Loud release their house (dare I say future house?) remix of Dash Berlin, Jay Cosmic, and Collin McLoughlin’s summer smash off Dash Berlin’s “We Are, Pt. 1” out now on Armada. Although this isn’t an official remix, they definitely brought a very unexpected vibe to this banger of a track. Keep an eye out for Gama and Alby Loud, they’re young, hungry, and making moves. iTunes: Dash Berlin – We Are Pt. 1 Progressive House \| Lush & Simon Feat. Delaney Jane – In My Hands Posted by Middy on August 11, 2014 It was only a matter of time before these guys got big. With releases now on Revealed, Protocol, Armada, and now Doorn, the Italian duo continue to show signs of growth and improvement with each passing release. “Hunter” saw them integrate some more percussion based builds, while still returning to their strong suit in melodies. The duo have overcome a change in personnel with Simon being exchanged for another Simon and they have not skipped a beat, giving us the vintage driving melodic sound we know from Lush & Simon here with “In My Hands”. Beatport: Lush & Simon Feat. Delaney Jane – In My Hands	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7865
__label__cc	0.718187	0.281813	Tesla To Start Delivery Of Short-haul Self Driving Semi Trucks In Second Quarter 29th Jan 2020 29th Jan 2020 / frunkla JK Moving purchases property in Gainesville for expansion. Plus, an update on incoming Tesla trucks at the company. JK Moving Services is expanding its operations in Prince William County, acquiring $47 million for 135 acres in Gainesville, the company said Wednesday bizjournals reports. Tesla To Hit $612.00 – Oppenheimer Reaffirms According to JK CEO Chuck Kuhn, they wanted to diversify their footprint a little bit for supporting their clientele and also recruiting, Kuhn, one of the region’s most active real estate investors, told the Washington Business Journal. The 1,100 employee JK Moving, which operates a facility in Woodbridge, plans to recruit 300 new Gainesville area staff including administrative, distribution, driver, and warehouse positions. Construction of the first building is expected in the 4th quarter of 2021. Kuhn said he expects to receive his first shipment of Tesla short-haul moving trucks by the second quarter of 2020. In the first round, six are planned with six more on choice if they work as intended. JK also said he purchased 10 Tesla long-haul moving trucks, although they are not yet ready for shipment. The semis have a “tremendous technology” autopilot component in the cabin, Kuhn said, and will save the company on fuel bills. In 2017, Kuhn visited Tesla factories in both Northern California and Nevada before to make a $5,000-per-truck deposit. Tesla now requires a deposit of $20,000 per semi. The trucks can go from zero to 60 mph with an 80,000-pound load in 20 seconds, climb 5 percent grades at 65 mph, and travel autonomously in a convoy with one or more semis following a lead truck. Tesla To Start Delivery Of Short-haul Self Driving Semi Trucks In Second Quarter, Tesla To Start Delivery Of Short-haul Trucks By Second Quarter ← Giga Berlin Purchase Agreement Signed! Tesla Rekt Short-Sellers, Kills Q4 2019 Results By Beating Wall St. Estimates →	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7868
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__label__wiki	0.509407	0.509407	What Gives Bitcoin Its Value? KryptoGraphe – the Definitive Cryptocurrency Portfolio Tracker RBI Issues Order to Stop Banks from Servicing Cryptocurrencies 5 Best Countries for Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Investors Blockchain and IoT is the Future of Enterprise Technology The Best Tech Podcasts of 2018 5 Things You Should Know Before Buying Instagram Followers The Easiest Way to Use Spotify in India (Ad-Free) Swedish Metal Band ‘Amon Amarth’ Has Launched a Viking-Themed Mobile Game 7 Most Overpowered Ability Draft Combos in 7.09 Iron Talon is Gone. Here’s How to Jungle Without It. Top 10 Dota 2 Heroes for New Players 5 Rappers Who Owned 2017 Have You Heard 6 of the Most Shazamed Songs of 2017? The Kylo Ren and Rey Romance in Star Wars Doesn’t Need to Exist Why Millennials are Obsessed With Greta Gerwig’s Movie Lady Bird Anime Batman? Yes Please. All You Need to Know About ‘Batman Ninja’ The James Bond Franchise is Going to Die Unless They Innovate What’s So Special About The Condor Trilogy, the ‘Chinese Game of Thrones’? The Lord of the Rings TV Show is Probably the Worst Idea Ever. Here’s Why. Should You Watch Netflix’s Medici: Masters of Florence? 8 Amazing New TV Shows You Really Need to Watch 6 Things I Learned After Writing Articles That Reached 100,000 Views Why Won’t Millennials Get Drunk? Because Their Parents Did What Does Casey Neistat Do For a Living? What Does Bush do When Asked to Take a Selfie? He Asks Obama for Help Content and Consulting Services These are the best podcasts that entrepreneurs and tech enthusiasts will find, featuring inspiring stories, business tips and the latest technology advances. by Aarushi Dave 3rd May, 2018 SubscribePinterestGoogle Podcasts have been one form of media that I hadn’t appreciated enough, until recently. An opportune stumbling into them began with The Energy Gang and Freakonomics Radio, and I was hooked. These podcasts, though all technology related, are all very diverse, providing a refreshing, thought provoking mix of things. Initially, as a total newcomer, what baffled me was the duration of each of podcasts. However, they can, I assure you, hold your attention through their span and you shall be rewarded. These are podcasts which entertain, enlighten, and more importantly capture your attention throughout. Happy listening 🙂 1. The Energy Gang Created, recorded and produced by Cleantech Media, they describe themselves as “your weekly digest of energy, cleantech and environment related stories”. My fascination for the field of energy was what lead me to this podcast. Even though the genre they cover seems to be specific, the content is gripping and diverse. They’ve got episodes discussing everything from cryptocurrency, entrepreneurship, tariffs, energy policy, electric vehicles, global deals, and so on. Why I would recommend this podcast is because, being someone who closely follows energy stories myself, this is one place to find all the energy related news together, and not as part of the subtopics they entail, like it’s done in most other news platforms or blogs. Hosts: Cleantech Editor in Chief- Stephen Lacey, Energy Policy expert- Katherine Hamilton, Energy Futurist- Jigar Shah Available On: Soundcloud, iTunes, Stitcher Radio 2. How I Built This When Howard Schultz visited Seattle for the first time in 1981, he visited a coffee bean store that he loved so much that he would go on to move from New York to Seattle, to first work for it, then buy it, and eventually transform it. The name of this store was Starbucks. When Kevin Systrom’s girlfriend, Nicole, told him that she won’t post pictures very often on a photo-sharing app that he was working on, because she thought her pictures weren’t good enough, it occurred to him that the key to winning users was using filters for photos, making them believe that they were all great photographers and their pictures were all worth sharing. This app was called Instagram. An absolute personal favorite, this podcast chronicles the stories of some well-established companies, with deeper background stories. I think my favorite thing about this podcast would the casual flow of conversation between these executives and the hosts, which leads them to giving some very precious anecdotes from their personal lives and how it has impacted the company. Other examples of anecdotes I came across were Michael Dell, describing the brilliant business schemes that he came up with as a teenager working for a local newspaper, or the founders of Ben and Jerry’s, laughing over their lack of substantial degrees, but also churning out wisdom on succeeding as a business. This podcast gives, the founders of the companies featured, the time and narration to go into details of their origin stories, with much more flexibility and room for intricacies than a regular interview would. And that, I feel is the winning element of this podcast, offering a very intimate insight to the little things that influenced these big firms. Host: Guy Raz Available on: iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Podbay 3. Nasa in Silicon Valley Thankfully, this podcast lives up to the expectations it creates with words like Nasa and Silicon Valley together in one name. However, on hearing these two jointly, tracking animal social networks, geological and oceanographic surveying and autonomous vehicles, aren’t the most obviously striking things. We don’t exactly notice how much space technology is used in other fields, and that’s what this podcast, churned out from NASA’s AMES situated in Silicon Valley, aims to showcase. It provides engaging conversations between engineers, research scientists and other experts working on various projects in NASA, and the hosts; simultaneously it does not drift into too much technicality or sound like a lecture. Each episode starts with a little background of each guest, and how they landed in NASA or Silicon Valley. This bit is interesting because of the diversity of backgrounds of people working on various projects there. 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The other favorite one, featuring the co-founder of Twitter Medium, Ev Williams,involves Reid’s theory of the never underestimating the amount of potential your first idea has. And that chasing it, being able to face all the tides of change that come your way, is worth it. This podcast is perfect if you follow startup stories, and want some wisdom from actual happenings in startups, to scale “from zero to gazillion” as they describe the journey of their guests. Another notable feature is that Masters of Scale is committed to a 50:50 guest gender ratio policy. Host: LinkedIn Cofounder and Greylock partner- Reid Hastings Available on: Soundcloud, Stitcher Radio, Spotify, iTunes Some other podcasts that I would recommend: The Foreign Desk The Growth Show Y-Combinator Podcast We Think You'd Like These Posts Here's Why You'll Love Our Weekly Unique Articles Our posts aren't bought out by giant media empires. We send you genuine tips and tricks on topics you're interested in. 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__label__wiki	0.889765	0.889765	Double Overtime Loss Sends Jets Home Tied 1-1 The Winnipeg Jets did not get the result they were looking for on Sunday evening in Nashville. Heading into game two of the Western Conference Semifinals up one-game-to-zero over the hometown Predators, the Jets fought back after falling behind in the third period, only to eventually lose the game 5-4 in double overtime. Quickly finding themselves behind the eight ball just 27 seconds into Sunday’s contest, Winnipeg struck back with two goals less than half-a-minute apart with roughly seven minutes to play in the first period. With both Tyler Myers and Victor Arvidsson in the box, the Jets capitalized on the extra ice, as Mark Scheifele walked the offensive zone blueline before dishing the puck to Dustin Byfuglien. The 6-foot-5, 270-pound defenceman made no mistake tucking the puck past Pekka Rinne five-hole, knotting the game up at ones. Scheifele then scored his seventh of the postseason just 29 seconds after Byfuglien’s strike. Picking up loose puck following a missed Patrik Laine shot, trade deadline acquisition Paul Stastny provided Scheifele with a pass in the slot. The Jets’ leading playoff goal scorer easily put it past Rinne. A little over five minutes into the second, with Bryan Little in the box for tripping, Nashville’s P.K. Subban wired a slap shot past Connor Hellebuyck tying the game once again. With a 1:20 left in the frame, Arvidsson made up for his earlier penalty and ripped a hard slap shot past Hellebuyck, giving the Predators their second lead of the game. Although outshooting their opponent, Winnipeg entered the third period down 3-2. However, it only took the Jets roughly five minutes to strike in the third. Big time playoff performer Brandon Tanev got the Jets’ energy going with a strong effort in out-waiting Rinne, before putting the puck around the Vezina Trophy finalist, evening up the game once again. All momentum gained by Winnipeg on the Tanev goal was lost shortly after, as Nashville’s Ryan Johansen outworked Toby Enstrom on an incredible individual effort, before going bar-down past Hellebuyck – restoring the Preds’ lead, once again. With the Jets’ net empty and the extra attacker on the ice with a minute-and-a-half to go, Scheifele hammered a shot squarely off the post, before making up for that by scoring the game-tying-goal, with 1:05 to go in regulation. Laine and Byfuglien drew the assists on Scheifele’s eighth of the postseason. Not only did that goal tie the game and ensure overtime, but it also pushed Scheifele atop the leaderboard in the individual playoff goal scoring race. His eight goals is more than any other player in the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The first overtime period could have ended upon multiple occasions. Various sloppy plays, defensively, led to a series of near-misses by Johansen, Arvidsson and Mike Fisher. With some luck, Hellebuyck kept the disc out of the net for the first period of overtime. But with their fourth line on the ice in a mis-matched shift in the second overtime period, Winnipeg’s luck ran out as a bad combined pinch by Enstrom and Andrew Copp led to a Nashville two-on-one. Craig Smith found Kevin Fiala, who went backhand, cross-crease on Hellebuyck, before tucking it past the sprawling netminder – much to the delight of the hometown crowd gathered at Bridgestone Arena. Fiala’s second career playoff overtime winner came 5:37 into the second overtime period, or 85:37 into the game. Hellebuyck stopped 36 of Nashville’s 41 shots, while Rinne pushed aside 46 of Winnipeg 50. The best-of-seven series now shifts to Winnipeg, where the Jets will look to continue with their 12-game home winning streak (dating back to March of the regular season) with Tuesday and Thursday contests. Game five will go from Nashville Saturday. The Jets fly home to Winnipeg Sunday night and will hold an optional skate early Monday afternoon. Game three will go from Bell MTS Place at 7:00 P.M. Tuesday. The Winnipeg Whiteout street party will open its gates at 5:00 P.M. central time. Tuesday’s game can be seen live on CBC. Photo by James Carey Lauder Related Topicsjetsnashvillenashville predatorsNashville WinnipegNHLplayoffspredatorsPredsSecond Roundwinnipegwinnipeg jets More in Winnipeg Jets The Winnipeg Jets dipped into the Waiver pool on Friday, claiming 28-year-old netminder Anton... On Thursday evening, the Winnipeg Jets rang in the new year and the 2020-21... On Wednesday, the Winnipeg Jets officially announced a one-year, $750K contract for forward Trevor... The Winnipeg Jets have officially announced the team roster, taxi squad composition, injury designations...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7872
__label__wiki	0.799236	0.799236	Geekritique Movie & TV News \| Book & Comic Reviews \| Everything In-between Geek Facts Geek Fact #3: I Am Legend Predicted Batman V. Superman 2007’s I Am Legend was a lot of things, among them a good film, albeit a dastardly adaptation of the 1954 horror novel by Richard Matheson. But one of the more surprising aspects of the film wasn’t noticed until much later, after the film was scrutinized by fans. This easter egg had the world salivating at the prospect for almost a decade. Yep. In a blink and you’ll miss it second during the film, you can see a billboard poster for a film called Batman vs. Superman. You’re now probably wondering what the heck that was even doing in there, as Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice has only just now made it to theaters. It’s a long story. The short of it is that director Francis Lawrence and writer/producer Akiva Goldsman were brainstorming ideas for films that they wanted to air during the apocalypse. Akiva Goldsman had previously written the second draft of the, then cancelled, 2004 Batman vs. Superman project. In fact, the studio never even gave Goldsman clearance to use that scrapped logo in the film, but Lawrence stuck it in there anyway. And yes. There was an early Batman vs. Superman movie floating around Warner Bros. for a bit. Originally pitched by writer Andrew Kevin Walker, his script was deemed too dark. Akiva Goldsman rewrote the script, and director Wolfgang Peterson was set to direct it. You can find Goldsman’s script for Batman vs. Superman: Asylum online. Odd enough it would have relied partially on the notion that The Joker died in Tim Burton’s Batman film, as well as Dick Grayson, Jim Gordon, and Alfred Pennyworth. Bruce has since quit being Batman (sound familiar?) because he didn’t want to replace justice with vengeance, or something. Superman is also having some sort of odd identity crisis, that doesn’t fit the character whatsoever, and is caught in the midst of a divorce with Lois. He spends a lot of time moping and rekindling his past love with Lana Lang. Like the 2016 film there would have been some heavy manipulation from Lex Luthor for the two of them to fight, although in this iteration of the story they were the best of friends. In fact, their fight is extremely mindless, noting that they both know they’ve been manipulated. Anyway. You can read more about that scrapped film here. But back in 2004, WB felt that they could make more money if they kept the franchises seperate. David S. Goyer, co-writer of 2005’s Batman Begins, had this to say: “Batman vs. Superman is where you go when you admit to yourself that you’ve exhausted all possibilities… It’s like Frankenstein Meets Wolfman, or Freddy vs. Jason. It’s somewhat of an admission that the franchise is on its last gasp.” Interestingly, Goyer went on to become one of the writers for the 2016 BvS. But that’s where the logo found in I Am Legend originates. It’s heavily reminiscent of the logo for the Batman/Superman comic series written by Jeph Loeb in 2003, and that is apparently where the inspiration came from. It stuck, and has since been modernized for the 2016 version of the project, Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice. What did you think of this Geek Fact? If you liked it, stay tuned for more just like it. And be sure to check out some of our other Geek Facts! If you know of any other geeky facts you’d like me to cover, let me know in the comments below. April 28, 2016 April 28, 2016 GeekritiqueBatman v Superman, Geek Fact, Geek Facts, Geek Trivia, I Am Legend, Nerd Facts, Nerd Trivia, Trivia 6 thoughts on “Geek Fact #3: I Am Legend Predicted Batman V. Superman” Delvin Cox says: I nominated you for this cool thing check it out! https://delvincox.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/liebster-award-qa/ Geekritique says: This is very kind of you. Thank you. Thank you for putting out great stuff have fun!! Chad Randall says: When I saw the logo I giggled because I knew they’d been trying to make that movie for years and figured a Batman/Superman crossover movie would never happen outside of an apocalypse scenario, I found Asylum randomly on a CD full of screenplays (both produced and unproduced) a couple years ago and had fun reading it. It wasn’t great overall, but the action scene I remember feeling more inspired than what we got. I never really understood why they wanted them to fight each other the first time they were together on screen though, it’s always forced when they do it in the comics anyway. At the end of the day Supes is too good and the Bat is too smart for them to really quarrel. Wonderful! Talk about predicting the future. 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__label__cc	0.684941	0.315059	Just Because We're Paranoid Don't Mean They Ain't Tryin By Greg Moses Jerome Corsi raises some timely questions about “trilateral” arrangements being forged by “working groups” between North American actors. World Net Daily (WND) is on the document trail of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) thank goodness. But when you look at these kinds of initiatives, you get a shape-shifting mess of spaghetti. Asks WND: “Bush sneaking North American super-state without oversight?” To which we answer, well, duh. I mean what else has he ever been up to? From the Mexico report to the U.N. Commission on Rights of Migrant Workers, we find a list of “bilateral mechanisms” (pasted below) headed by the Mexico-United States Binational Commission. As Corsi suggests, these things are difficult to see through, and the opacity is cleared up not a bit by a Washington press corps which begins the press conference on the US-Mexico Binational Commission (USMBC) by asking about Iran. There were ten working groups active at USMBC 2006, and they arrived well-oiled and warmed up, because it appears that the conference lasted only a day. But what were the working groups? One can surmise from the “accomplishments” listed in a March 24 fact sheet that the working groups include: Narco Wars and Anti-Terror (don’t get us started) “Mesoamerica energy initiative” encompassing Central America and involving USAID, USTDA, and our [whoever “we” are] participation in the Inter American Development Bank. By the way, this also involves Methane exploitation (from oil and gas fields or garbage). Transportation and air safety (they don’t mention NASCO here, but it seems a likely topic). Regional good government (oh boy, this little project was convened with USAID in Mexico City on 9-11 2005, which makes us all feel tingly, yes?) Says the fact sheet: “USAID is now working with the Mexican Government to respond to technical assistance requests from the Central American countries. USAID has also supported the efforts of Mexico and its states to modernize criminal justice systems to better serve their citizens, increase their access to justice, and make them more secure.” (Access to Justice? Can this mean anything other than more police?) Social Development (actually this boils down to improved banking structures, saving money on the cost of handling remesas and figuring out how to make this cash flow work better for lending practices of local banks in Mexico. Soon enough, the remesas will be returning back to the USA in the form of interest payments on debt?) Liberalizing air traffic (neo-liberalizing is probably the better term) Education (this is the key word for the democratic solution to USA-Mexico relations and that’s why it gets $50 million over an eight year period, while, let’s see, what does a single missile cost these days?) Cultural Cooperation (I mean, once the cargo gets to pumping from China through Mexican ports and up into the heartlands, and once those remesas start falling back into the hands of bankers, and USAID starts funding technical requirements for good government in Central America, too, what’s left but to sell tickets for “increased mutual understanding through the arts”? We’ll entitle our own grant application: Circus of Bread.) Air Quality (put Texas and Mexico together on this one and no doubt the air will continue to be safe enough for smoke stacks far into our children’s childrens’ futures.) Innovative Housing Technologies (just tell us which famous names will be getting the contracts). There you have it, our best guess at the ten working groups chaired by Secretaries Rice and Derbez before they chatted privately about Bush’s plans for the way things are really going to be. (As in, how ’bout that National Guard?) -Mexico-United States Binational Commission. The Binational Commission’s Working Group on Migration and Consular Affairs is the main forum for dialogue on migration matters. It deals with the most important issues related to the protection of Mexican nationals at the level of Secretaries of State. Its decisions and agreements have ensured decent treatment of Mexicans abroad. − Liaison mechanisms for border matters (MEF). These mechanisms are the main forum for participation by the three levels of government of Mexico and the United States and deal with the main issues in the border area: consular protection, public safety and border crossing points and bridges. Their main purpose is to promote coordinated action between the two countries’ federal, state and local governments and to ensure that local issues at each border point are addressed from the standpoint of those who, because they live in the border area, have the clearest idea of the problems. This enables border communities themselves directly to influence federal public policy on border matters and also permits the solution in situ of a variety of border problems and issues that previously required intervention and decision-making by authorities based in Mexico City and Washington. The mechanisms are headed by the consuls of Mexico and the United States at each border point. − Internal consultation mechanisms (MCI). These are operated by all consulates and have immediate responsibility for addressing the problems of Mexicans detained by the United States immigration authorities, consular notification, access and protection and repatriation problems. − Pilot voluntary programme for interior repatriation.3 This is based on the Memorandum of Understanding on the Safe, Orderly, Dignified and Humane Repatriation of Mexican Nationals signed in February 2004 between the Ministries of the Interior and Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the United States Department of Homeland Affairs. The pilot programme was intended to safeguard the lives of migrants attempting to cross the border in the Sonora-Arizona area and involved the migration authorities of both Governments. Previous PostPrevious Valley Leads Job Growth for Texas, USA, and Mexico Next PostNext NACC Archive: From the State Dept USA	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7895
__label__cc	0.668282	0.331718	Canada \| About Us \| Careers \| Contact Us \| Help You are here: Home Page > Social Sciences > Social Work > Clinical Applications of Evidence-Based Family Interventions 368 Pages \| 13 line illus Request Examination Copy Clinical Applications of Evidence-Based Family Interventions Jacqueline Corcoran Reviews the empirically validated treatments that are relevant for family practice in the social work setting For each problem area, a detailed case study provides step-by-step guidelines on how the empirically validated theory can be applied in practice. Offers the type of reader-friendly application of family treatment theory most needed by practitioners Essential guide for caseworkers and clinicians involved in child welfare, family preservation, juvenile justice, and family mental health counseling and guidance Families today often face a range of urgent problems, and practitioners need to intervene with the most effective methods possible, methods which have been tested and that have proven clinical utility. Mental health service delivery systems are increasingly moving toward these empirically-validated approaches, and practitioners need guidelines as to how such treatments may be implemented in daily practice. Evidence-Based Family Interventions reviews the empirically validated treatments that are relevant for family practice in the social work setting. Jacqueline Corcoran, a social work professor with extensive experience in varied settings, addresses some of the most prevalent areas of sexual abuse, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, conduct problems, substance abuse, and depression. Within each area, Corcoran presents evidence-based approaches, including psychoeducation, behavioral parent training, solution-focused therapy, cognitive-behavioral treatment, structural family therapy, and multisystemic treatment. For each problem area, a detailed case study provides step-by-step guidelines on how the empirically validated theory can be applied in practice. This volume offers the type of reader-friendly application of family treatment theory most needed by practitioners. It is an essential guide for caseworkers and clinicians involved in child welfare, family preservation, juvenile justice, and family mental health counseling and guidance. I. Childhood 1. Psychoeducation with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 2. 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__label__wiki	0.829933	0.829933	Allen Ginsberg studies his portrait by Mary Beach. Varsity Apartments, NAROPA Institute, August 1984. Photo by Gordon Ball By PHIL GAMBONE on June 28, 2017 The Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats by Allen Ginsberg Edited by Bill Morgan Grove Press. 460 pages, $27. First Thought: Conversations with Allen Ginsberg Edited by Michael Schumacher Minnesota. 280 pages, $19.95 BOB DYLAN called him “a lyrical genius, con-man extraordinaire, and probably the single greatest influence on American poetical voice since Walt Whitman.” Others reviled him and his coterie as “Know Nothing Bohemians,” a bunch of misfits. What goes unquestioned is that Allen Ginsberg, who died twenty years ago, was a major cultural lion, not only in the U.S. but around the world. Ginsberg saw himself and his fellow Beats—among them Jack Kerouac and Williams S. Burroughs—as “prophets howling in the Wilderness against a crazy civilization.” His 1956 poem Howl, a scathing jeremiad against the destruction of “the best minds of my generation,” forever changed our notion of what a poem can be. Beyond the influence that his “spontaneous bop prosody” had on poetry, Ginsberg’s formidable voice and intellect—by turns sweet, angry, outrageous, and prophetic—has informed many areas of contemporary life, from the various liberation movements, ecological awareness, and opposition to the military-industrial complex, to the lyrics of Bob Dylan. Ginsberg’s star continues to rise. Since his death, publishers have brought out dozens of new books, including new editions of his poems and various collections of his letters. Two years ago, Harper Perennial published an Essential Ginsberg, an anthology of poems, essays, letters, songs, and photographs, which aimed to capture the “prolific and profound diversity” of this protean artist, who eludes simple pigeonholing. And now this year, two more Ginsberg books have arrived on the scene. The Best Minds of My Generation: A Literary History of the Beats is a compendium of lectures Ginsberg delivered at the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. “No one knew the topic better than he did,” writes Bill Morgan, the book’s editor, who served as Ginsberg’s archivist and bibliographer, and who has written almost thirty books on the Beat Generation. The lectures were taped so that Ginsberg could later compile a complete documentary history of the Beat Generation. With his death in 1997, that task fell to Morgan, who personally transcribed the nearly 400,000 words. Morgan took what amounted to 2,000 pages of text and pared them down, eliminating repetition. Ginsberg’s course was organized around a core group of writers that included Kerouac, Burroughs, Gregory Corso, and Herbert Huncke—writers whom Anne Waldman in her foreword calls Ginsberg’s “heart buddies.” The talks focused on key Beat texts, written mostly in the ’40s and ’50s. A tender nostalgia for those early years runs through many of the lectures. Ginsberg says that the young Beats “all had the same sort of divine ambition. We all had discovered how big the universe was, discovered death, had our first sexual tickle. … We began to discover that our own lives were mythological.” Allen Ginsberg studies his portrait by Mary Beach. Varsity Apartments, NAROPA Institute, August 1984. Photo by Gordon Ball The Beat Generation was primarily a spiritual movement, Ginsberg contends, one permeated by influences as diverse as Zen, psychedelic drugs, dreams, jazz, Times Square with its “fluorescent consciousness,” and Dostoevsky (“our favorite”). The Naropa talks were excursions into the spiritual breakthroughs or insights that members of the original Beats had articulated in their poetry and prose. For them, literature was “a noble means of investigation of our own minds and our natures and our emotions.” Of the fifty topics in Best Minds, more than twenty focus on Jack Kerouac, who, Ginsberg said in the dedication page of Howl, was the “new Buddha of American prose.” The movement would not have happened, he told his students, if Kerouac hadn’t come along. “We would be just a bunch of amphetamine-head, faggot, jailbird professors.” Ginsberg’s esteem for Kerouac permeates the lectures. Even when he’s talking about other writers, he often comes back to Kerouac, whom he describes as “all enthusiasm, lyricism, innocence, fantastic ear and great heart.” Ginsberg loved Kerouac’s playfulness with language—“hot hipster talk,” he called it—which rarely adhered to conventional literary rules, including the notion that prose should always make sense. “He could have had a nice career as a novelist, but instead he decided to write directly out of his brains rather than fill out a form like he was supposed to, to be reviewed in the New York Times.” Ginsberg addresses not only Kerouac’s breakthrough novel, On the Road, but the rest of his corpus as well. Of Visions of Cody, he reports that he “just wept” at the novel’s opening cadenza—a single sentence three pages long. “It seemed so orchestral.” Ginsberg was a generous and often brilliant reader of his fellow Beats. But sometimes he would indulge in breathless encomiums—“brilliant,” “mind-blowing,” “completely knocked me out”—to praise a work beyond its due. To my mind, his reading of Gregory Corso’s poems falls into this category. Ginsberg deemed Corso a genius of “inharmonious discordant beauty,” a poète maudit of the “fiery lyre,” who threw “mind into chaos.” His several lectures on the poet gush with pæans to Corso’s imaginative leaps and surrealistic imagery. According to Ginsberg, one of Corso’s poems concludes “on the most fantastical Shakespearean line in hippie poetry.” Another sports “the best line in twentieth-century poetry.” This kind of hyperbole may have been fun to listen to at Naropa, but I’m not sure it bears the test of close scrutiny. Call me square, but most of Corso’s poems just don’t make much sense. Ginsberg is honest enough to admit that Corso’s “mouthfuls of language” are often mystifying, though he insists that the poet allowed chaos to enter his poetry in order to reveal “the beauty or wonder or strangeness of the actual world.” Well, maybe. Williams S. Burroughs, the author of Naked Lunch and Junkie, is treated in ten more lectures. Compared to his talks on Kerouac, Ginsberg’s treatment of Burroughs often seems more dutiful than adoring. Burroughs was, Ginsberg says, the “picaresque adventurer,” more man of action than writer, who “took a lot of junk over the years” in order to go “to the end of his mind.” One sees Ginsberg trying to come to terms with Burroughs’ addictions to drugs and sex. He confesses that he might have turned out to be a junkie, too, “except that I observed Burroughs.” He downplays the role that drugs played in his own life. Acid and grass were, he insists, “a catalyst … but not a satisfactory conclusion to the search.” Over the course of the Naropa lectures, the list of writers that Ginsberg eloquently discusses—Shakespeare, Joyce, Melville, Blake, Proust, Rimbaud—is impressive. That same erudition is prevalent in First Thought: Conversations with Allen Ginsberg. The interviews here collected by editor Michael Schumacher (like Morgan, a Ginsberg scholar) have never been included in previous collections, which makes this an especially important anthology. The eighteen pieces are replete with interesting and valuable information about Ginsberg and his career. Figures who were important in the Beat movement but not covered in the Naropa lectures surface in these conversations. One is the Beat-Buddhist poet Gary Snyder, through whom Ginsberg “came to realize that the safest way of preparing the mind … is training in meditation.” In another, “A Conversation Between Ezra Pound and Allen Ginsberg” (1968), a subdued, depressed Pound, who was incarcerated after World War II on charges of treason, tells Ginsberg: “The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.” To which Ginsberg, who seems always to have tried to find the humanity in others, tells the senior poet that he was at the beginning of Buddhist wisdom, and then proceeds to ask Pound for his blessing. One of the most poignant pieces is a joint interview by Stephen Braitman with Ginsberg and his father Louis Ginsberg, a high school teacher and lyric poet of some distinction. Braitman asked each what they felt when they read the other’s poetry. “An almost tearful realization that I should have been kinder when we were around together,” the son declares. In a 1987 interview with Steve Silberman, Ginsberg said that he wanted to be remembered as “an ecstatic poet” whose work “spread some sense of expansion of awareness, or expansive consciousness.” Like his poetic mentor Walt Whitman, Ginsberg dreamed of a nation composed of comrade democracy: “A bunch of macho competitors all hating each other, or indifferent to each other, or scared of each other emotionally, would leave no possibility of a cooperative, democratic, functioning political system,” he once said. Ginsberg perennially aimed for “a deepening of heart rather than a shallowness of heart.” These two volumes reaffirm that radical, and necessary, humanity. His message—that “only with basic friendliness would it be possible for a nation to create a political world that was livable”—is as sorely needed today as it was during the heyday of the Beats. 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__label__cc	0.559811	0.440189	By gomotors.net Jaguar Land Rover is one of the well-known auto manufacturers launching luxury cars. Last year, that British automaker was able to sell the record number of both Jaguar and Land Rover brands’ models. The number of sold cars grew by 9 percent to compare with 2013, from 425,006 to 462,678 vehicles. Only Land Rover’s models were sold 348,338 units while the Jaguars were sold in the number of 81,570 that was increased by 6 percent in comparison with 76,668 cars in the previous year. The best-selling model of Land Rover was the Range Rover Evoque, and the XF model was for Jaguar. That is unusual because the XF is currently under its redesigned but it did not affect selling of the 2014 model. According to the automaker, the Chinese auto market was the biggest one for selling of Land Rover’s vehicles. There the auto manufacturer sold about 122,010 models that is more by 28 percent to compare with 2013. Next largest auto market for Land Rover became the U.K. with 82,872 sold cars that is more by 7 percent than in 2013. The third place was taken by Canada and the U.S., there Land Rover sold 74,981 cars; the sales were increased by 2 percent, too. Moreover, last year was a historical for the auto manufacturer. Land Rover extended production of models, opened the first manufacturing factory oversea, in China. The carmaker also opened an engine plant and it was able to rise the plants’ number to five in the world. According to the success production of such new models as the Jaguar XE and Land Rover Discovery Sport, we may expect that this year might be more successful for the automaker. The carmaker hopes to increase selling to 750,000 and by the end of the year by 1 million as well. Jaguar Land Rover posts record sales Four Home Garage Essentials Three Methods to Make Purchasing a Business Car Easy and Cost-Effective The Three Best Used MPVs for Value for Money How an Auto History Check will Protect you From Fraudulent Sellers The Financial Benefits of Short Term Car Insurance for Business Users 2014 Land Rover Discovery XXV Edition 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR Land Rover LCV 23 Concept Vehicle Jaguar Land Rover plans to increase production at the Brazilian plant in three years 2012 Mercedes-Benz B-Class 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE-class 2015 BMW 6-Series Convertible Porsche Panamera, most and most	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7900
__label__wiki	0.558486	0.558486	Lead Research Organisation: University of Birmingham Department Name: Law School Health - in particular the NHS - was a key issue in the European Union (EU) referendum. Recent reports show many voted 'leave' on the promise of an extra £350 million a week being given to the NHS. However, the assumption that the decision to leave will automatically improve healthcare and enhance the NHS is highly problematic. Brexit brings huge challenges for legislators and policymakers. EU law has affected health policy in the United Kingdom (UK) for decades and is entwined in the delivery of healthcare across the devolved nations. Significant health policy and law questions arise in regard to such diverse areas as drug and medical devices approval; cross border treatment of patients whether as tourists or workers; public health matters, e.g. food safety, communicable disease control and tobacco regulation; and matters such as health data, clinical research, and quality and safety of human materials. Unpicking what the post-Brexit legal and policy position in this area should be requires detailed analysis of the manner in which the laws of the devolved nations, UK and EU currently interact. For example, in some areas such as pharmaceutical regulation EU law provides the overarching legal framework and we will need to explore how this will be replaced. In other areas, such as the regulation of human tissue and organs, EU law has an important but much less extensive impact in an area still largely dominated by domestic legal principles where there are distinctly different approaches across devolved jurisdictions- will the status quo remain post the Great RepeaL Bill? How will changes to health policy and practice, covered by EU law since before the UK joined, be managed? What mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure that standards of clinical care, regulatory oversight and health-related research are maintained, or ideally improved? This project will address 4 main research question. First, how do the laws of the four devolved nations, UK and EU currently interact in the field of health? Secondly, what will the impact be upon domestic health law in the UK when the UK leaves the EU? Thirdly, how will changes to health policy and practice upon UK withdrawal from the EU be managed and what mechanisms will need to be put in place? Finally, what will be the impact on broader international law/agreements on health? These questions will be answered by focusing on four overlapping substantive areas: public health, mobility, research, pharmaceuticals and medical devices (a) Public Health: this will focus on systemic impacts on health in areas including communicable/non-communicable diseases/ tobacco control etc. (b) Mobility: this will include consideration of the impact on the health and care workforce, patient mobility and reimbursement of treatment costs both for health tourists and workers. (c) Research: this will include clinical trials regulation, data protection and regulation of use of human material including blood, tissue and cells. (d) Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices:- this will involve consideration of the removal of existing EU structures and what legal frameworks will be needed at domestic level to replace them. The project involves primarily desk-based research, with the addition of a limited number of qualitative semi-structured interviews of key stakeholders. These methods will be augmented through dissemination and engagement events placed throughout the project. These will shape the research-in-progress and facilitate impact. The project comprises 3 unfolding Work Packages (WPs), which gradually layer the conceptual work for the 3 temporal elements (immediate; intermediate; long-term) at the devolved jurisdictional levels and at the broad UK level, with each being managed by a member of the project team: McHale (PI), Flear (Co-I) and Hervey (Co-I). The team will be supported by a full-time project-length post-doctoral Research Fellow The project will be managed to actively engage with, maintain, and develop contact with user communities from the outset, throughout its lifespan, and beyond. This is to ensure we maximis and continue to gauge the impact of the research long after its conclusion. The impact strategy will be built on the Investigators' wide-ranging expertise and established networks in this area. We will seek to create impact within the following communities in particular: (1) policy/legislative communities; (2) health professionals; (3) non-governmental organisations (NGOs); (4) wider publics and (5) scholars Policy/Legislative Communities: In WP1, an 'upstream' scoping seminar will be held at the University of Birmingham Brussels office. This will involve early engagement of existing and new contacts at the EU level, including health-related NGOs in order to consider how the project sits within and can contribute to UK health policy. The seminar will flag the research to users and provide the basis for generating impact through early mutual learning, allowing aspects of the project-in-progress to be configured to best meet attendees' needs (who will be among those optimally placed to action and disseminate the project results). Interviews with regulators in WP3 will enable further refinement of impact-generation through engagement with these key stakeholders. Policy briefs will be distributed to policymakers engaged through the project, including e.g. to leaders in the Department of Health, Public Health England, Members of the House of Commons Health Select Committee etc. The Advisory Group includes individuals with high-level policy contacts, and relationships with these policy actors will be carefully nurtured during the course of the project (with a view to helping to contour policy conversations and potentially shaping specific changes). Maintaining contact with the regulators and regulatory challengers after the project will also provide a means of determining and measuring impact, such as if and how their approaches, policies, or strategies have changed as a result of the research. Health Professionals: Our Advisory Group includes an internationally eminent public health scholars (McKee) who are extremely well-networked in academic, healthcare, and policy communities who will guide engagements with health professional organisations. NGOs: Impact with NGOs will be initially facilitated by the Brussels seminar (WP1), as noted above. Our Steering Group and interviews with NGOs (WP2) will further develop our engagements and relationships, as will the wider public engagement activities (see next). Public: We will actively seek opportunities to contribute to media and public debates about Brexit and healthcare e.g. via op-eds in Guardian Comment is Free. We intend to create impact by seeking opportunities to present our research in accessible ways at community group meetings and other forums. The PI and Co-I's all have extensive experience at communicating research to diverse audiences. Scholars: High quality publications will be produced for journals within which the Investigators have experience in publishing (e.g. Medical Law International Medical Law Review, Journal of Medical Ethics and Science, Technology & Human Values etc.), and the results will also be disseminated through relevant (inter)national conferences and institutional newsletters,. All the above stakeholders will be reached through other online means; e.g. research findings will be communicated via a project website linked to the websites of Birmingham, Sheffield and QUB Law Schools and via Twitter. ES/R002053/1 Law & legal studies Common Law inc. Commercial Law Law Regulated By Statute Socio Legal Studies University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (Lead Research Organisation) Jean Vanessa McHale (Principal Investigator) Mark Leslie Flear (Co-Investigator) Tamara Hervey (Co-Investigator) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8310-9022 Hervey T (2017) 'All of life is changed: the impact of Brexit on UK nationals living in other Member States' in The Conversation Hervey T (2017) 'The Immediate Futures of EU Health Law in the UK after Brexit' Cayon-De Las Cuevas J (2017) A place in the sun? Healthcare rights of retired UK citizens in Spain post-Brexit. in Health economics, policy, and law McKee M (2018) Amending the EU Withdrawal Bill: a safeguard for health. in Lancet (London, England) Jarman H (2018) America first...NHS last for Donald Trump in The New European Menon A (2018) Article 50 One Year On Hervey T (2017) Blog post, 'What does the EU (Withdrawal) Bill mean for health law?' Hervey T (2017) Blog post, European Futures: 'One Year on from the EU Referendum' MCHALE J (2017) Brexit and Health Care: a view from the cliff-edge' Hervey T (2018) Brexit and Health: Securing the 'least worst' outcome in Public Sector Focus Impact Summary Policy Influence Description The grant met key objectives for the first part of the grant by holding Workshops with stakeholders in Brussels, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and Birmingham (McHale, Hervey and Flear). We have been involved in policy engagement and impact related activities through involvement with Select Committees in House of Commons and House of Lords (McHale and Hervey). We have been involved with closed meetings with stakeholders in the Scottish Government and have presented on the implications of Brexit and the NHS to Members of the Scottish Parliament and Administrative staff and separately to Scottish Government civil servants (McHale). We have been involved in 5 Reports published by UK in a Changing Europe- Cost of No Deal and The Manifesto's uncovered (McHale) and Brexit and the NHS (McHale, Hervey and Flear) and Article 50 - one year on( McHale and Hervey). We have produced a project report "The NHS and Health Law Post Brexit: Views from Stakeholders and the Devolved Jurisdictions" drawing upon the first part of our interview data which we launched at an event in the Houses of Parliament sponsored by Preet Gill MP in December 2018. . McHale, Hervey and Flear have co-edited a special edition of the Journal Medical Law International. McHale and Flear have written single authored articles for that special edition and Hervey and Speakman have produced a co-authored article. We have a project team article forthcoming in the journal Regional Studies. McHale and McHale and Speakman have published separate pieces addressing issues in relation to HIV and AIDS and Brexit and also alcohol control. Exploitation Route We hope that our findings will be further used by policy makers in shaping the Brexit debate along with academic commentators in examining the development of Health Law after Brexit. McHale has been cited in House of Commons and House of Lords Select Committee Reports in relation to evidence she has presented. Hervey has been a specialist select Committee advisor to two Select Committees- one House of Lords and the other House of Commons. McHale, Hervey and Flear have been cited in press reports- both general and specialist press in relation to their project work. Sectors Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology URL https://www.healthybrexit.org/ Description Our findings are currently beginning to inform policy development by the Faculty of Public Health and the work of House of Commons and House of Lords Select Committees into Brexit and Health care. McHale's Select Committee Evidence has been cited in two Select Committee Reports (2017)(2018). Hervey and McHale have been involved in the development of the Faculty of Public Health's Do No Harm amendment. McHale's work has been sought by the Scottish Government. First Year Of Impact 2017 Sector Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice Impact Types Policy & public services Description "The NHS and Health Law Post Brexit: Views from Stakeholders and the Devolved Jurisdictions" cited by Preet Kaur Gill MP in HC debate 14 January 2019 on the European Union (Withdrawal) Act Geographic Reach National Policy Influence Type Citation in other policy documents URL https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-01-14/debates/5BFB8E71-8F0F-457B-AE2C-7B639181710D/Europe... Description Faculty of Public Health Brexit strategy: assisted FPH with writing their Brexit strategy and policy, feeding into a proposal to amend the EU (Withdrawal) Bill, which I helped to draft, and writing policy / advisory documents to support the amendment. It was tabled by Lords Patel, Hunt and Warner and Baroness Jolly (see p 6 of the website link below) Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee URL https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/europeanunionwithdrawal/documents.html Description Gave evidence to a government review - Oral Evidence given to the Health and Sport Committee, Scottish Parliament on impact of leaving the European Union on health and social care in Scotland: 13 March 2018 Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional Policy Influence Type Participation in a advisory committee Impact The evidence provided feeds into the view of the Committee and is part of a larger conversation about Scotland's constitutional settlement in post-Brexit UK. URL http://www.parliament.scot/S5_HealthandSportCommittee/Minutes/Minutes.13.03.2018.pdf Description J McHale, Oral evidence given to the House of Lords EU Home Affairs and Health Subcommittee, Inquiry on Brexit and Reciprocal Healthcare, 11th October 2017 Policy Influence Type Gave evidence to a government review Description J.McHale cited by Martyn Day MP in House of Commons debate on the Healthcare (International Arrangements) Bill on 14 November 2018 URL https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2018-11-14/debates/AB673F21-0991-4259-9E3E-7E55324939AD/Health... Description Oral Evidence given to the House of Commons Health Select Committee on impact of Brexit on blood, organ and tissue safety: 5th December 2017 Description Specialist Adviser to House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee Inquiry into Brexit and Reciprocal Healthcare Policy Influence Type Participation in a national consultation URL https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/eu-home-affairs-subcommitt... Description Specialist Adviser to the House of Commons Health Committee Inquiry on Brexit and health and social care: Phase 2 (products) URL https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/health-committee/inquiri... Description Worked with Mark Dayan, Nuffield Trust, writing briefing on future regulatory options for UK's permanent relationship with the EU as it affects health and social care URL https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/brexit-relationship-eu-shape-nhs#regulation-of-life-scienc... Description "Healthcare and the Digital Single Market: The Opportunities, the Challenges and the Brexit effect", Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation Part Of Official Scheme? No Geographic Reach International Primary Audience Other audiences Results and Impact Invited presentation of paper Healthcare and the Digital Single Market: The Opportunities, the Challenges and the Brexit effect", at "The Health of the Future Perspective and New Challenges of Health Law" Conference University of Bologna, October 2019 Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019 Description 'Overview: what does Brexit mean for health and health law' for project workshop, Brussels, 20 October 2017 Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians Results and Impact Presentation on 'Overview: what does Brexit mean for health and health law' for project workshop, Brussels, 20 October 2017 (attended by c 20 delegates from a range of stake holders) Description 'The legal position on Brexit', Consulegis Annual Workshop, Sheffield Primary Audience Industry/Business Results and Impact Keynote lecture on 'The legal position on Brexit', Consulegis International Network of Law Firms Annual Workshop, Sheffield 9 February 2018, attended by c 40 delegates from law firms across Europe and the USA. Lawyers present asked for more information, eg Alex Christen of Capital Law. Description 8. 'The Futures of EU Health Law in the UK after Brexit' for Health Law and the UK: Where now after Brexit?, University of Birmingham, 4 May 2017 Results and Impact See description of event in Jean McHale's record Description Brexit, the NHS and Health Law: Implications for Scotland Geographic Reach Regional Results and Impact Invited presentation to members of the Scottish Government Description Cited in Deutsche Welle Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview Primary Audience Public/other audiences Results and Impact Cited in an article on the effect of Brexit on health URL http://www.dw.com/en/the-nhs-and-brexit-dont-get-sick-in-the-uk/a-42098537 Description Cited in The Independent Results and Impact Cited in The Independent on the impacts of Brexit on health URL http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/brexit-latest-news-repeal-law-public-health-threat-warning-... Description Cited in the Daily Mail Results and Impact Cited in the Daily Mail on the health impacts of Brexit URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4692026/Britons-face-pricey-travel-insurance-EHIC-goes.htm... Description Invited participant in 'The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017: Legal and Policy Analysis', closed workshop,Liverpool Law School, 29 September 2017 Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue Results and Impact Invited to participate in discussions at 'The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017: Legal and Policy Analysis', closed workshop, attended by members of Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish civil service, House of Commons staff, and other stakeholders, Liverpool Law School, 29 September 2017 Description Invited presentation delivered by Jean McHale at British Medical Association Conference "Brexit means....what for patients? Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar Primary Audience Professional Practitioners Results and Impact J McHale Invited Presentation 'Clinical Trials for Medicinal Products and the Regulation of Medicines: Brexit an uncertain future' at British Medical Association conference 'Brexit Means.What for Patients?', London, 19 September 2017 Description Invited presenter in Brexit Symposium, University of Oxford, sponsored by Monckton Chambers Primary Audience Undergraduate students Results and Impact Gave a talk on Legal and Policy aspects of Brexit for health at the University of Oxford's Brexit Symposium, sponsored by the barristers Monckton Chambers. URL https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/events/brexit%20symposium Description J McHale , 'Health Law Outside the EU: Immediate, Intermediate and Long-Term Impacts' at POST (Parliamentary Ofice for Science and Technology), Portcullis House, Westminster, 30 October 2017 Results and Impact J McHale presented at 'Health Law Outside the EU: Immediate, Intermediate and Long-Term Impacts' at POST (Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology) event on ESRC Brexit research for policy, Portcullis House, Westminster, 30 October 2017 Description J McHale and E M Speakman: Project dissemination meeting at Cardiff University on 'The NHS and Brexit: Implications for health law and policy in Wales', 7 March 2019 Results and Impact Presentation to policymakers, postgraduate medical students and third sector organisation. Sparked questions and subsequently interviewed several attendees. Description J McHale and E M Speakman: Project dissemination meeting at Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh on 'The NHS and Brexit: Implications for health law and policy in Scotland', 27 February 2019 Results and Impact Presentation to the Scottish Parliament. Recorded and subsequently made available as a podcast: https://scottishparliament.podbean.com/e/the-potential-implications-of-brexit-on-health-and-social-care/. URL https://scottishparliament.podbean.com/e/the-potential-implications-of-brexit-on-health-and-social-c... Description J McHale and EM Speakman presentation on 'Public Health, Law and the Devolveds: The Brexit Effect(s)' for Socio-Legal Studies Association Conference, Leeds, 4 April 2019 Results and Impact Presentation on project findings to academics working in socio-legal studies. Description J McHale, 'Brexit and the NHS: Immediate, Intermediate and Long-Term Impacts', University of Liverpool conference NHS at 70, Liverpool, 29 June 2018 Results and Impact J McHale, 'Brexit and the NHS: Immediate, Intermediate and Long-Term Impacts', University of Liverpool conference NHS at 70, Liverpool, 29 June 2018 Description J McHale, 'Brexit, what does is mean for medicine in Northern Ireland?', Belfast, 25 October 2018 Results and Impact J McHale, 'Brexit, what does is mean for medicine in Northern Ireland?', keynote address at Annual Clinical Education Day, Queen's University Medical School and the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency, Belfast, 25 October 2018 Description J McHale, 'The EU, Brexit and traditional herbal medicines; Freedom to practice or the end of legitimacy?', Canterbury, 8 November 2018 Results and Impact J McHale, 'The EU, Brexit and traditional herbal medicines; Freedom to practice or the end of legitimacy?', invited presentation at event Negotiating the Boundaries of Legitimate Healthcare, at University of Kent, Canterbury, 8 November 2018 Description J McHale, 'The NHS at 70 and Brexit' at German-British Society Meeting, Berlin, 9 July 2018 Results and Impact J McHale, 'The NHS at 70 and Brexit' at German-British Society Meeting, Berlin, 9 July 2018 Description J McHale, M Flear and EM Speakman: Project dissemination meeting at the Law Society, Belfast on 'The NHS and Brexit: Implications for health law and policy in Northern Ireland', 28 March 2019 Results and Impact Presentation to practising health lawyers in Belfast. Description J McHale, T Hervey, M Flear, EM Speakman: Project dissemination meeting at Portcullis House, Westminster: 'The NHS and Health Law Post Brexit: Views from Stakeholders and the Devolved Jurisdictions', 4 December 2018 Results and Impact McHale, Hervey, Flear and Speakman all presented at a dissemination meeting at Portcullis House, Westminster, London on 'The NHS and Health Law Post Brexit: Views from the Stakeholders and the Devolved Jurisdictions', 4 December 2018 Description J McHale: Broadcast on 38 degrees Facebook Live session on Brexit and the NHS, 4 December 2018 Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public) Results and Impact Broadcast on 38 degrees Facebook Live session on Brexit and the NHS, 4 December 2018 URL https://www.facebook.com/peoplepowerchange/videos/brexit-qa-live-our-nhs/333772674020300/ Description J McHale: Response to media enquiry and subsequently quoted in international journal: "'No deal' Brexit would leave UK science staring down the barrel", Chemistry World, 13 September 2018 Results and Impact Cited in Chemistry World on the need for a separate agreement on access to medicines. URL https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/no-deal-brexit-would-leave-uk-science-staring-down-a-barrel/3009... Description J McHale: Response to media enquiry and subsequently quoted in national newspaper article: "Britains could lose health cover in Europe after Brexit, report warns"; The Guardian 28 April 2017 Results and Impact Commented for the Guardian on risk of loss of reciprocal healthcare provision. URL https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/28/brexit-european-health-insurance-card-ehic-healthca... Description J McHale: Response to media enquiry and subsequently quoted in national newspaper article: "EU patients may miss out on medicines in no-deal Brexit, says AstraZeneca"; The Guardian 7 August 2018 Results and Impact Quoted in national press on access to medicines in the event of a no-deal scenario. URL https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/07/eu-patients-may-miss-out-on-medicines-in-no-deal-br... Description J McHale: Response to media enquiry and subsequently quoted in national newspaper article: "No Deal Brexit Explained: What does no-deal Brexit mean for the NHS?"; The Express 29 September 2018 Results and Impact Spoke to the Express in response to a query about the potential impact on the NHS of a no-deal scenario. URL https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1024352/no-deal-brexit-explained-what-does-no-deal-brexit-me... Description J. McHale Invited presentation on Brexit and medical devices at Workshop on Everyday Cyborgs at University of Newcastle on 8th December Primary Audience Postgraduate students Results and Impact J. McHale presentation on "Brexit, Medical Devices and the Government's Elusive Impact Case Study" at the Everyday Cyborgs Workshop Friday 8th December 2017 at the University of Newcastle Description J. McHale Participation in meeting organised by UK in a Changing Europe with representatives of the Scottish Government 13th December 2017 Results and Impact Invited closed meeting with members of the Scottish Government and other ESRC project leads to discuss the Impact of Brexit in Scotland in various areas including health, 13th December 2017 Description M Flear, 'Diagnosisng Brexit Impacts on Health' event, Parliament Building, Stormont, Belfast, 13 September 2018 Results and Impact Presentation at Parliament Building, Stormont, Belfast on 'Diagnosing Brexit Impacts on Health' event, 13 SEptember 2018 Description M Flear, 'EU Regulation of Medical Devices: Sociotechnical Order and Implications for Brexit', Newcastle, 8 December 2017 Results and Impact M Flear, 'EU Regulation of Medical Devices: Sociotechnical Order and Implications for Brexit', Everyday Cyborgs Workshop, University of Newcastle, 8 December 2017 Description McHale, Hervey, Flear and Speakman: Project dissemination meeting at University of Birmingham, Brussels office on 'The NHS and UK Health Law: Where now after Brexit', 25 January 2019 Results and Impact McHale, Hervey, Flear and Speakman: Project dissemination meeting at University of Birmingham, Brussels office on 'The NHS and UK Health Law: Where now after Brexit', 25 January 2019 Description Member of 14 member Advisory Board of Healthier In Results and Impact Healthier In is a grassroots campaign group led by Professor Martin McKee CBE, MD FMedSci. It is closely allied with the larger campaign group Scientists for the EU, led by Dr Mike Galsworthy. URL http://healthierin.eu Description PRESENTATION TO MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT AND THEIR STAFF Results and Impact I was invited by Scottish Government Officials to present on Brexit and Health and Social Care in Scotland at a Breakfast seminar on Wednesday 7th February 2018 at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to MSP's and Parliamentary officials. The seminar is part of on-going academic engagement in the Scottish Parliament and is aimed to improve scrutiny by providing an opportunity for Members and their staff to access academic knowledge on policy issues. Description Panellist on 'Patients and Professionals' in Brexit and The NHS UK in a Changing Europe, London, 14 March 2018 Results and Impact The event raised awareness of the effects of Brexit on the NHS among relevant stakeholders. The timing coincided with the passage of the EU (Withdrawal) Bill through parliament, and stakeholders were able to lobby their MPs with concerns. A number of MPs were present at the event, including Dr Philippa Whitford MP. URL http://ukandeu.ac.uk/event/brexit-and-the-nhs/ Description Plenary speaker on 'Brexit' for Health Services Research UK Annual Symposium, Nottingham 6 July 2017 Results and Impact Plenary speaker on 'Brexit' for Health Services Research UK Annual Symposium, Nottingham 6 July 2017 (attended by c250 leading researchers together with senior managers, decision makers and service users from a broad range of NHS and social care bodies, central and local government, industry and the third sector) Description Podcast for UK in EU ESRC project BrExpats (PI Michaela Benson, Goldsmiths) Results and Impact Podcast with Michaela Benson and Sarah McCloskey on the position of UK nationals in EU-27 countries, and their continued access to healthcare post-Brexit. URL http://brexitbritsabroad.libsyn.com/ep005-the-legal-position-of-british-nationals-resident-in-the-eu... Description Presentation J McHale, The Impact of Brexit on the Regulation of Pharmaceuticals and Clinical Trial at Brexit the Road Ahead' Seminar, , Birmingham, November 2017 Results and Impact J McHale, Delivery of presentation on 'The Impact of Brexit on the Regulation of Pharmaceuticals and Clinical Trials', 'Brexit the Road Ahead' at a seminar at the Seminar, ESRC Social Science Festival, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, November 2017 Description Presentation on 'Brexit and reciprocal health care'workshop, Birmingham, 26 October 2017 (attended by c 20 delegates from a range of stake holders) Results and Impact Presentation on 'Brexit and reciprocal health care' , project workshop, Birmingham, 26 October 2017 (attended by c 20 delegates from a range of stake holders) Description Presentation on 'Research, Science, Technology and Health after Brexit' for MANREG conference on Brexit, Regulation and Society, Manchester 13 June 2017 Results and Impact Presentation on 'Research, Science, Technology and Health after Brexit' for MANREG conference on Brexit, Regulation and Society, Manchester 13 June 2017, and follow up blog piece URL http://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:j3b-j1c6kbbt-tj1g4c Description Presentation on 'The Law, the Great Repeal Bill, Health and Brexit', for Society for Social Medicine conference, Health and Brexit, Wellcome Trust, London, 18 May 2017 Results and Impact I gave a presentation on 'The Law, the Great Repeal Bill, Health and Brexit', for Society for Social Medicine conference, Health and Brexit, Wellcome Trust, London, 18 May 2017, and took part in small group discussions on the day. Thereafter, I helped to write the SSM position paper on Brexit, which will be published in due course once adopted. URL https://socsocmed.org.uk/2017/05/26/health-brexit-conference-lancet-write-up/ Description Presentation on Legal aspects of Brexit and implications for healthcare' for Brexit: an opportunity for UK healthcare, Royal Society of Medicine, London, 28 September 2017 Results and Impact Presentation on 'Legal aspects of Brexit and implications for healthcare' for Brexit: an opportunity for UK healthcare, Royal Society of Medicine, London, 28 September 2017. Attended by members of the Royal Society of Medicine Description Response to media inquiry and subsequently quoted in national newspaper article "NHS could face £1bn Brexit bill for treating expats, health think tank warns" The Independent 30th May 2017 Results and Impact I was approached by the Independent onlinenewspaper and then subsequently quoted in their article "NHS could face £1bn Brexit bill for treating expats, health think tank warns" The Independent 30th May 2017 URL http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-brexit-care-retired-expats-double-1bn-billion-500m-nuff... Description Roundtable panelist at Sheffield event Geographic Reach Local Results and Impact Presented as roundtable panellist on 'The legal position', public event, Delivering Brexit: Progress, Challenges, Consequences, Department of Politics and Crick Centre, Sheffield, 18th May 2018, and took questions from the audience, enhancing public understanding of the legal restrictions on delivering Brexit. Description Roundtable panellist on barriers to justice for EU nationals, ESRC project workshop, EU Rights Project: Testing the theory of EU citizenship and the limits of equal treatment Results and Impact Roundtable panellist on barriers to justice for EU nationals, ESRC project workshop, EU Rights Project: Testing the theory of EU citizenship and the limits of equal treatment, PI Dr Charlotte O'Brien, York 22 and 23 June 2017 (attended by c50 lawyers, advice workers, tribunal judges and academics working on EU citizens' rights) Description T Hervey, 'Health and Rights: Reproductive Health', Kings Transnational Law Summit, London, 10-13 April 2018 Results and Impact T Hervey, 'Health and Rights: Reproductive Health', Roundtable panellist, Kings Transnational Law Summit, London, 10-13 April 2018 Description T Hervey, 'New Trends in Health Systems & Patients' Rights', Santander, Spain, 14-16 November 2018 Results and Impact T Hervey, 'New Trends in Health Systems & Patients' Rights'. Specialised workshop at the International Autumn School on Health, Law & Bioethics, Santander, Spain, 14-16 November 2018 Description T Hervey, 'The Impact of Brexit on fundamental rights: the case of healthcare', Trento, Italy, 28 March 2018 Results and Impact T Hervey, 'The Impact of Brexit on fundamental rights: the case of healthcare', staff and PhD student seminar, University ofTrento, Italy, 28 March 2018 Description The Cabinet Office Constitution Group 'Academic Roundtable' on EU Exit and Devolution Results and Impact I was invited to attend a roundtable on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and devolution. The session provided delegates with an overview of the UK Government's approach to the devolution provisions in the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and frameworks, before opening into a discussion and exchange of views on specific issues to inform future policy thinking. The Cabinet Office invited around 12 leading academics from across the UK and around 25 officials from key UK Government departments, the Scottish Governmen Description Two presentations: 'Setting the scene: what does Brexit mean for patients?' and 'Accessing healthcare here and abroad: How will Brexit affect the treatment of visitors from the EU and vice versa' for Symposium on Brexit means what for patients?, British Medical Association Patient Liaison Group, London, 19 September 2017 Results and Impact Two presentations: 'Setting the scene: what does Brexit mean for patients?' and 'Accessing healthcare here and abroad: How will Brexit affect the treatment of visitors from the EU and vice versa' for Symposium on Brexit means what for patients?, British Medical Association Patient Liaison Group, London, 19 September 2017 (attended by c75 delegates from the BMA and other health sector organisations) URL https://www.bma.org.uk/-/media/files/pdfs/about%20the%20bma/how%20we%20work/professional%20committee... Description Workshop examining impact of Brexit on Health Law in Northern Ireland Results and Impact The Northern Ireland Workshop was held in Belfast on 15th December 2017 (Brexit and Health Law: Implications for Northern Ireland), attendees included British Medical Association Northern Ireland Chair, representatives from Royal College of Midwives, Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland, from Northern Ireland Civil Servants and representatives from regulatory bodies in the Republic of Ireland Description Workshop examining the Impact of Health Law outside the EU for Wales Results and Impact The Wales Workshop was held in Cardiff on 18th January 2018(Brexit and Health Law: The Welsh Dimension). Attendees included representatives from Public Health Wales, the British Medical Association, the Royal College of Nurses, the Royal College of Midwives and the Welsh Government along with representatives from the medical devices industry. Description Workshop in Brussels engaging with policy makers and health professionals on the impact of Brexit on Health Law in the UK Results and Impact The first was held at the University of Birmingham Office in Brussels on 20 October 2017 in Brussels. Audience members included representatives from DG Sanco, the European Association of Hospital Doctor, and some health insurers with representatives from the London Government Office in Brussels and the Northern Irish and Scottish Office in Brussels Description Workshop with Stakeholders examining the impact of Brexit in England: Birmingham 26th October 2017 Results and Impact Birmingham workshop (Brexit and Health Law: The English Dimension) took place on 26 October 2017. Attendance was 15 people. Attendees included the President of the Faculty of Public Health (who also gave a presentation), a representative from the Nuffield Trust, stakeholders including representatives from the Patient Association and Addisons Disease Society as well as a range of NHS people. We received positive feedback engagement particularly from the Faculty of Public Health who have continued engagement with the project. Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2009,2017 Description Workshop with policy makers examining the Impact of Brexit on Health Law in Scotland Results and Impact The Edinburgh workshop (Brexit and Health Law: The Scottish Dimension) took place on 24 November 2017. 18 stakeholders attended included Scottish government civil servants working in areas such as public health and tobacco control, e-health and professional and workforce issues.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7905
__label__cc	0.586921	0.413079	Mindfulness Can Improve Strategy, Too Three ways to incorporate it into your planning. Justin Talbot-Zorn Frieda Edgette FERIDUN AKGÜNGÖR Over the course of a couple of decades, meditation has migrated from Himalayan hilltops and Japanese Zendos to corporate boardrooms and corridors of power, including Google, Apple, Aetna, the Pentagon, and the U.S. House of Representatives. On a personal level, leaders are taking note of empirical research documenting meditation’s potential for reducing stress, lowering blood pressure, and improving emotional regulation. Mindfulness meditation — the practice of cultivating deliberate focused attention on the present moment – has caught on as a way to bring focus, authenticity, and intention to the practice of leadership. Harvard Business Review contributors Daniel Goleman and Bill George have described mindfulness as a means to listen more deeply and guide actions through clear intention rather than emotional whims or reactive patterns. In an age in which corporations and public organizations are increasingly under attack for short-term thinking, a dearth of vision, and perfunctory reactions to quick stimuli, it’s worth posing the question: Can mindfulness help organizations — not just individual leaders — behave more intentionally? Practically speaking, can organizational leaders integrate mindfulness practices into strategic planning processes? Seventy years ago, Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist who had just emerged from years as a prisoner at Auschwitz, shed some light on the question with a now-classic teaching. “Between stimulus and response, there is a space,” he wrote in 1946. “In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Mindfulness — the practice of watching one’s breath and noticing thoughts and sensations — is, at its core, a practice of cultivating this kind of space. It’s about becoming aware of how the diverse internal and external stimuli we face can provoke automatic, immediate, unthinking responses in our thoughts, emotions, and actions. As the University of Virginia’s Timothy Wilson has argued, our brains are not equipped to handle the 11-plus million bits of information arriving at any given moment. For the sake of efficiency, we tend to make new decisions based upon old frames, memories, or associations. Through mindfulness practice, a person is able to notice how the mind reacts to thoughts, sensations, and information, seeing past the old storylines and habitual patterns that unconsciously guide behavior. This creates space to deliberately choose how to speak and act. Organizations, like individuals, need this kind of space. As UCLA’s Richard Rumelt, a leading expert on strategic planning, writes in his book Good Strategy, Bad Strategy, one of the quintessential components of good strategy is the ability to take a step out of the internal storyline and shift viewpoints. “An insightful reframing of a competitive situation” he writes, “can create whole new patterns of advantage and weakness. The most powerful strategies arise from such game-changing insights.” To craft strategy on the basis of what Harvard’s Richard Chait and other scholars have called generative thinking, it’s not only necessary to identify a coherent set of policies or actions in response to a problem or opportunity, it’s also necessary to elucidate the full range of values, assumptions, and external factors at play in a decision-making situation. It’s essential to step back and ask not only whether the team has identified the right plans or solutions but whether they have identified the right questions and problems in the first place. All this requires space between stimulus and response. So how can organizations bring more space to strategic planning? Is the answer to simply recruit leaders and board members who engage in contemplative practices? It can’t hurt. Steve Jobs, a regular meditator, made use of mindfulness practice to challenge operating assumptions at Apple and to enhance creative insight in planning. Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Capital has likewise used mindfulness not only as a tool for increasing productivity but also enhancing situational awareness as a strategist. But it’s also possible to build mindfulness directly into planning exercises. One of us recently had the opportunity to test the concept of mindful strategy with a group of middle managers and senior executives from the legal, advertising, finance, and non-profit sectors in the Bay Area. The experience gave us a clearer practical understanding of what works when it comes to integrating mindfulness practice into strategy retreats. Take mindful moments: One simple approach is to integrate straightforward mindfulness activities into meetings and retreats. By punctuating planning exercises with deliberate time for those present to simply connect with their breath and recognize unnecessary distractions, organizers can create the conditions for intuition to arise. As Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter wrote in HBR in March, it’s possible to integrate simple practices of focus and awareness throughout a workday. Google’s Chade-Meng Tan, has developed dozens of such workplace meditation modules that could fit neatly into planning retreats. Explore alternative scenarios: It’s also possible to inject an element of mindfulness without meditating at all. Scenario planning exercises, for example, open decision-makers to numerous, plausible alternative “stories of the future” that inherently challenge assumptions and mindsets. Corporations including Shell and governments including Singapore have used such practices — first and foremost for their heuristic value — with considerable success for decades. Much like meditation, the practice of nonjudgmentally assessing different plausible futures is a practical way of shining light on old unexamined thought patterns and making room for new ideas. Visualize positive outcomes: As Daniel Goleman argues, positivity is part and parcel of focused attention. “Pessimism narrows our focus,” he writes, “whereas positive emotions widen our attention and our receptiveness to the new and unexpected.” Organizational leaders can benefit from imagining organizational “end-states” during strategy sessions. This can be as simple as posing a variant of the question Goleman suggests— “if everything works out perfectly for our organization, what would we be doing in ten years?”—and taking time to contemplate. Mindfulness practices like these can help leaders — and their organizations — identify which ideas and aspirations are important and which assumptions limit their growth. They’re useful not only for attaining enlightenment but also for making sense of a changing world. Read more on Strategic thinking Justin Talbot-Zorn is a public policy consultant and senior adviser to MForesight. He served as Legislative Director to three Members of Congress. Frieda Edgette is founder and principal at Novos, a civic-minded organizational strategy consultancy that serves public, private, and nonprofit clients. She is also founder of Courage to Run, an initiative dedicated to developing women leaders committed to public service.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7908
__label__wiki	0.501957	0.501957	Saint Genevieve in Minneapolis In Depth by Ted Held 01/28/2016 01/27/2016 Becca Dilley / Heavy Table Barely three weeks after opening its doors, Saint Genevieve feels like it has been there forever — not worn out, but comfortable and well broken in. The staff glides through the room, friendly and relaxed, yet professional. The space is welcoming, deceptively lived in, and convincingly French. The food is consistently well executed and very good. A precocious youth, Saint Genevieve already exudes the confidence and competence that we’ve come to take for granted at Tilia, Steven Brown’s other going concern. Information about Saint Genevieve had been in relatively short supply since Brown’s initial announcement almost a year ago that he was turning the space into a “buvette:” a French tavern. It would be warm, relaxed, child-friendly, and for all of the neighbors in the surrounding villages of Lynnhurst, Tangletown, East Harriet, Kenny, and everyone else to boot. When the paper came off the windows and the heavy doors swung open, Saint Genevieve was revealed — in the copper, zinc, and marble style of Tilia — to be just as it was billed. Brenda Johnson / Heavy Table Brown has created an homage to the institution of the French cafe with an eye-catching level of handsome detail. The tilework surrounding the bar, the gorgeous wood and glass entryway, the gold foil embossed coasters (which beg to be pilfered and indeed have already been spotted at a local house party), the front window shutters that promise the eventual return of warm breezes to Minneapolis — every detail elevates the experience, making a fantasy Paris cafe into a reality. The only way in which it doesn’t feel truly French is in the amount of space between tables. You don’t have to turn sideways to navigate and you won’t elbow your neighbor while eating. On one visit, we brought a real, live 5-month-old human child to test the restaurant’s claim of child-friendliness, and it passed with high marks. We were offered a highchair at least three times, and one server suggested a different table that we might find more comfortable (an actual comfortable table, not a little table in a dark corner, out of sight of all the beautiful people). This timbre carried over to the adults as well. Our server was always available and never obtrusive or intrusive, hurried or harried. He encouraged a leisurely pace. Saint Genevieve wants you to have space and time. As for the food, the small plates that we tried were all playful riffs on well-known French themes. The foie gras ($15) was dressed as an elaborate mille-feuille. Delicate pastry was piped with a custardlike foie, topped with orange marmalade, and literally spiked with crispy ham. We were torn about whether the interplay of sweetness, citrus, and saltiness would be best served as dessert or breakfast. The shrimp bouillabaisse ($13) was our favorite of the small plates. Three lightly dusted, perfectly cooked shrimp gazed out from under a bridge of grilled bread over a pool of sumptuous pho-like broth. It was billed as a fennel broth, and picked up an aroma of star anise. The lamb tartare ($11) was a close runner-up to the bouillabaisse. With a heavy North African influence, delicate lamb was stuffed into a rolled cigar of dough, surrounded by bits of black olive and preserved lemon, and dusted with za’atar. It was a novel and accessible alternative to (as some might say) an off-putting pile of raw meat and egg, dolling it up but leaving intact its raw, beating heart. Less radiant were the brandade ($8) and the potato pavé poutine. The brandade, a hot dog shaped croquette of salt cod, spurred a debate among the late-night staff about whether the plating more resembled a child’s toy race car with hard-boiled egg wheels or a toy for mommies and daddies. The breading was delightful but the airy interior was all pleasant texture and no taste. It was a fancy fish stick served over sauce gribiche, essentially a fancy tartar sauce. The potato pavé ($8) was similarly impressive in technique, but prosaic in taste. Thin slices of potato, pressed together with Parmesan and cream, cut into rectangles, and beautifully browned, were laid atop gravy and barely warm cheese curds that weren’t worthy of the marquee player. Nevertheless, interesting eats to accompany a nightcap. We found the tartines to range similarly in boldness of flavor. The Tartine Madame ($11) was made with Red Table Meat Company ham and Patisserie 46 bread, and was covered with bubbly melted cheese and a sunny-side egg. This comforting French classic required no playful alteration. It was a superstar, and it appeared to know it, visiting nearly every table, winking with its single open yellow eye. The salmon tartine ($14) was surprisingly monotone. The fish was gently smoked, and the uni butter added only the slightest tang to the dish. With radish slices and sorrel, it had an enjoyable interplay of textures but was ultimately unmemorable. The Crétons tartine ($10), topped with emulsified pork, was likewise mild in flavor but lacked the textural interest of the salmon tartine. Saint Genevieve offers a short lineup of large plates. The trout ($25) left us amply impressed. A whole fish is artfully deboned, lightly floured, and stuffed with a shellfish boudin blanc. Warm spices evocative of Chinese five spice powder mingled with lemon and herbs. The crisp skin and tender meat contrasted perfectly with a scattering of crunchy apple julienne and wilted greens. The duck ($23) was a less unified dish. A tasty, salt-flecked rare duck breast with crackling skin was served with roasted red potatoes and pickled red cabbage that tasted more overcooked than fermented. Seared discs of duck confit were the fatty, crispy highlight of the dish. Saint Genevieve has a carefully chosen wine list that includes several bubbly choices, and the staff is knowledgeable about the selection. Wine is offered by the glass and half glass to allow for ample sampling. The wide-ranging tap beer list varies from Roselle, a refreshing hibiscus-infused sour ale from Fair State in Northeast Minneapolis to the classic German Sunner Kölsch. Be advised: Do not skip dessert or you will miss the brown sugar date cake, a dessert so overwhelmingly delicious, so soul warming, so comforting, that you’ll want to lay your head on the table, if not on the plate itself, and close your eyes while you eat it. The accompanying cheesecake ice cream would have overshadowed a lesser cake, but together they make a mighty duo. If you order a second dessert, order a second brown sugar date cake. Or possibly consider the excellent lemon soufflé, which deftly toes the line between sweet and tart. Saint Genevieve is decidedly French without being remotely kitschy. It exists for the neighborhood, not the tourists. No frog’s legs, no le cheeseburger, no steak with bearnaise. Their approach to French food is reverent, yet fun and flexible, borrowing occasionally from the former French colonies to add some warmth and novelty to classic dishes like the tartare and the bouillabaise. While there were a few weak points, the food was excellent overall, the service was outstanding, and the ambience was lively and comfortable. The quiet opening seems to be steadily turning into a roar. Saint Genevieve French tavern in Minneapolis Rating: (Excellent) 5003 Bryant Ave S Owner: Steven Brown Executive Chef / Chef de Cuisine: Paul Backer / Jason Hansen Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-1 a.m. Sat-Sun 5 p.m.-1 a.m. Bar: Wine and beer Reservations: Limited Vegetarian / Vegan: Yes / Ask Entree Range: $8-$25 BistroBrownbuvetteFrenchMinneapolisMinnesotaneighborhoodrestaurantSaint GenevieveSteven BrownTilia Cocktails at Fika, Nutmeg Brewhouse Opens, Lawless Gin Heavy Table Hot Five: Jan. 29-Feb. 4 Melvin on 01/29/2016 at 1:31 PM Meat, meat, meat, meat, meat. Even grotesque foie gras. BORD. When is a Twin Cities restaurant going to do something new and interesting? An Bodenstein on 02/04/2016 at 1:40 PM Another perspective on young kids seated in the main dining area, vs. off in a corner. All too often our dining experience is significantly interrupted by whining/crying kids seated nearby. Recently, a 5 or 6 yo cried and whined, loudly, during an entire hour. We go out to dinner to relax and unwind, and it is disrespectful for parents to bring kids who cant maintain their calm during a 60 minute dinner. These parents apparently have no respect or empathy for other diners. So, if your child has demonstrated an ability to maintain reasonable demeanor for dinner hour, then bring him alng and sit right in the middle, Fine. But if this is not your kid,s typical disposition, then lv him with a babysitter. Karl Gruber on 02/04/2016 at 6:52 PM Sounds like a great place, but what’s the aversion to using the correct “Sainte” instead of the gender-incorrect “Saint”?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7912
__label__wiki	0.605091	0.605091	by Shane McGlaun — Friday, May 25, 2018, 07:48 AM EDT Crabby Apple Blocks Steam Link iOS App Launch Leaving Valve Perplexed It looks like Android fans have another thing they can hold over the heads of their iOS-using pals. The Steam Link app launched in beta form on Android earlier this month. The app had originally been approved by Apple to launch on iOS, but this week the planned launch was quashed by Apple when it reversed its decision and blocked the app's launch. Apple listed the reason for blocking the app as "business conflicts with app guidelines." There is no clarification on exactly what business guidelines Steam Link app ran afoul of. Speculation suggests that the issue was that the Steam Link app allows Apple device users to access another store, in this cases Steam, where they can buy games and play them on their mobile device without Apple collecting its 30% fee. Apple didn’t offer any official comment on the blocking of the app. Valve, however, did make a public proclamation stating. "On Monday, May 7th, Apple approved the Steam Link app for release," the statement reads. "On Wednesday, May 9th, Valve released news of the app. The following morning, Apple revoked its approval citing business conflicts with app guidelines that had allegedly not been realized by the original review team. Valve appealed, explaining the Steam Link app simply functions as a LAN-based remote desktop similar to numerous desktop applications already available on the App Store. Ultimately, the appeal was denied, leaving the Steam Link app for iOS blocked from release." Valve is completely at Apple's mercy and has stated that "we hope Apple will reconsider in the future." What this means for iOS users is that you won't be streaming your favorite video games from your PC to your phone anytime soon. Android gamers, on the other hand, can sip on the salty tears of their iOS counterparts. Tags: Android, Apple, App, STEAM, Valve, ios, (NASDAQ:AAPL), steam link	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7913
__label__wiki	0.803566	0.803566	Home » Celebrities » Teairra Mari’s BF Claims She Smashed His Car With Metal Pole After Accusing Him Of Sex Tape Leak Teairra Mari’s BF Claims She Smashed His Car With Metal Pole After Accusing Him Of Sex Tape Leak Teairra Mari reportedly tried to get revenge of her own after accusing her BF of posting revenge porn. Akbar Abdul-Ahad claims Teairra busted his car windows while he was at the gym. What happened next? Akbar Abdul-Ahad’s car is reportedly in shambles after his furious girlfriend, Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star Teairra Mari, allegedly took a metal pole to the windows. Akbar told TMZ that he was working out at his apartment complex’s gym on May 11 when security reportedly called him to say a woman was smashing the windows of his beloved Mercedes G-Wagon, which was parked outside. Akbar claims that he raced outside, only to allegedly find his girlfriend, and allegedly doing just that. Teairra was allegedly accompanied by her LHH costar Milan Christopher, according to Akbar, though he did not say if he was taking part in the supposed vandalism. Teairra reportedly used a metal rod from a bar stool to swing at his passenger side window and windshield. Photos obtained by TMZ show a G-Wagon with — you guessed it — a smashed passenger side window and windshield. Akbar alleges that Teairra and Milan fled the scene when he went to confront them. He has not filed a police report. It’s unclear if the incident happened before or after he posted a series of videos to his Instagram story telling Teairra, who was sitting in bed, that he didn’t hack her Instagram page and post the porn. He claimed in the videos that her ex-boyfriend (though he didn’t say who) did it. After the heinous leak happened, Teairra took to Instagram to first delete the porn, then post a message condemning the person who committed the heinous act. She wrote, in part: “Recently, my social media was compromised by someone who I felt was deserving of my love and trust. That person proved to be untrustworthy and posted footage of what in the moment was private and sacred.” « Trump roils UK with comments on London stabbings Spotify Has Removed R. Kelly From Its Playlists »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7914
__label__cc	0.693038	0.306962	Prostate cancer cells become 'shape shifters' to spread to other organs, study finds By Vanessa Wasta Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered a biochemical process that may give prostate cancer cells the ability to change their shape, squeeze into other organs, and take root in other parts of the body. Their findings, the scientists say, suggest new ways to intercept or reverse metastasis—the ability of cancers to spread. For the study, the scientists mined public research data from five studies of men with prostate cancer, examining the genetics and chemistry of cancer samples collected in those studies. They found that a gene called "absent in melanoma 1," or AIM1, is deleted in approximately 20-30 percent of prostate cancers confined to the gland. In metastatic prostate cancers, the AIM1 gene is deleted about 40 percent of the time. Image caption: AIM1 proteins are stained brown in normal prostate cells and are located along the outside border of each cell (left image). AIM1 proteins in primary prostate cancer cells diffuse throughout each cell (right image). Image credit: Nature Communications In addition, the scientists found that metastatic prostate cancer cells have far less of the AIM1 protein than do normal prostate cells or cells from men with cancer confined to the prostate, suggesting that reduction of AIM1 proteins is linked to tumor spread. The findings are described online in the journal Nature Communications. "Our experiments show that loss of AIM1 proteins gives prostate cancer cells the ability to change shape, migrate, and invade," says Michael Haffner, a pathology resident and former postdoctoral fellow at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center who is involved in the research. "These abilities could allow prostate cancer cells to spread to different tissues in an animal and, presumably, a person. It's not the whole story of what is going on in the spread of prostate cancer, but it appears to be a significant part of it in some cases." The research team used dyes to track the movement of AIM1 proteins throughout different types of cells. They examined normal prostate cells, cells from prostate tissues with localized cancer, and cells from metastatic prostate cancers that had spread to the lymph nodes. In normal prostate cells, AIM1 was located along the outside border of each cell and paired up with a protein called beta-actin that helps form the cell's cytoskeleton, or scaffolding. However, in the cancerous cells, the protein spread away from the outer border of the cells and no longer paired up with beta-actin. "It appears that when AIM1 protein levels drop, or when it's abnormally spread throughout the cell instead of confined to the outer border, the prostate cancer cells' scaffolding becomes more malleable and capable of invading other tissues," says Vasan Yegnasubramanian, associate professor at the Kimmel Cancer Center and a member of the research team. Yegnasubramanian says that with AIM1, the scaffold keeps normal cells in a rigid, orderly structure. Without AIM1, cells become more malleable, shape-shifting nomads that can migrate to other parts of the body. This discovery raised questions about how these shape-shifting cancer cells—freed from their rigid cytoskeleton scaffolding—move in a tissue. The team enlisted Steven An, an expert in cellular mechanics and an associate professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, to take an up-close look at AIM1-lacking prostate cancer cells and use sophisticated and quantitative single-cell analyses to probe the material and physical properties of the living cell and its cytoskeleton. They found that cells lacking AIM1 remodeled their scaffolding more than twice as much as cells that had normal levels of AIM1, and that they exert three to four times more force on their surroundings than cells with normal levels of the protein. These cells could also migrate to unoccupied spaces on a culture dish or invade through connective tissue-like materials at four times the rate of cells with normal levels of AIM1. In mouse studies, the cells with depleted AIM1 spread to other tissues at levels 10 to 100 times higher than cells with normal levels of AIM1. However, the AIM1-lacking cells were not able to establish full colonies and tumors in those other tissues, suggesting that AIM1 depletion is not the whole story in the spread and growth of metastatic prostate cancer. "AIM1 may help prostate cancer cells disseminate throughout the body, but something else may be helping them form full-blown metastatic tumors when they get there," says Yegnasubramanian. Read more from Hopkins Medicine Tagged cancer, prostate cancer, kimmel cancer center, cancer metastasis Slowing cancer's spread Johns Hopkins-led team finds promising way to disrupt signals that trigger metastasis Behind the science Hopkins oncologists discuss new cancer study Researchers: 'Many people will develop cancer no matter how perfect their behaviors are because of random copying errors' Immune to immunotherapy Johns Hopkins scientists zero in on process that helps cancer cells evade immune system attacks during immunotherapy treatment	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7915
__label__wiki	0.933106	0.933106	Home Politics Foreign Policy Iranian Envoy Sympathizes with Turkey over Deaths in Istanbul Terror Attack Media Wire Iranian Envoy Sympathizes with Turkey over Deaths in Istanbul Terror Attack IFP Media Wire Iran’s ambassador to Turkey offered his condolences to the Turkish people and government over the recent deadly terror attack in Istanbul and called for the international community to fight against “the sinister phenomenon” of terrorism. “Terrorism and extremism are two sides of the same coin and the recent blast in Istanbul highlights the necessity for the international community’s solidarity and closer cooperation in the fight against the sinister phenomenon,” Mohammad Ibrahim Taherian told reporters. He further expressed condolences to the bereaved families of victims of the incident and wished rapid recovery of the injured. At least 29 people, including 27 police officers, were killed in two separate bomb attacks in the Besiktas district of Istanbul, the country’s interior minister said early Sunday. Two police chiefs were among the deceased and at least 166 people were injured, Suleyman Soylu told reporters in Istanbul. Ten suspects have been detained as part of an ongoing probe, he added. Health Minister Recep Akdag said 20 of the injured have been discharged from hospital while 17 are in surgery, and six are in intensive care units, three of them in critical condition. Two blasts rocked the city, a car bomb followed within the minute by a suicide bomb, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus explained. Turkish Prime Ministry said in a statement, a day of national mourning has been declared on Sunday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the attack targeted police and civilians alike, and sought to cause the most casualties. Reports and views published in the Media Wire section have been retrieved from other news agencies and websites, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website. The IFP may change the headlines of the reports in a bid to make them compatible with its own style of covering Iran News, and does not make any changes to the content. The source and URL of all reports and news stories are mentioned at the bottom of each article. Syrian Army Announces Closure of Airspace over Northwest Zarif Condoles with Turkey over Deadly Earthquake Erdogan Says Turkey Has Captured al-Baghdadi’s Wife Turkey Walking on Tightrope Held by US and Russia Iran Hails Russia-Turkey Deal on Northern Syria Turkey Possibly Used Chemicals in Attack on Syria’s North: Reports	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7917
__label__cc	0.709622	0.290378	The Next System – A Road To Peace What exactly IS Capitalism 2.0? Progress, Profitability and a Pandemic of Poppycock 10 Simple Changes for a Better World What do Feminists, #BlackLives, #HeForShe, #SocialEnterprise Have In Common? Chickens To China and Back Again: Capitalism 1.0 Save Money on Internet Costs World War Profiteering Out Performs World Peace There's more to Capitalism than Profit Brains, Thoughts & Toilets Escape Plan & the Danger of For Profit Prisons Conspiracy Theories & How they Help What I’ve Learned from Downton Abbey To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate, that is the Distraction 1 Simple Tip that will Change Your Life Monsanto is Killing Themselves. How? Successful? Congratulations! We are your Troops. Leaders Needed Introducing Capitalism 2.0: Evolution of Capitalism Capitalism 1.0 Profit is #1 Promoting World Peace ⊣ "Capitalism 2.0" \| I’m No Expert Isn't it time we all got along? Promoting World Peace, Capitalism 2.0, Social Enterprise, co-operation, optimism, forgiveness and an eye to our collective future Welcome To I’m No Expert Our Manifesto: 10 fundamental principles Standard Caveats For All Content Standard Caveats Capitalism 2.0 – Prioritizing Peace Capitalism 1.0 – Prioritizing Profits Considering Conspiracy Theories Exploiting Mass Media Philosophy of Peace Snapshot of Today How do I remain Optimistic? I’m No Expert, Here’s Why About Me – Roger Ley My Optimism Home / Capitalism 1.0 - Prioritizing Profits / World War Profiteering Out Performs World Peace in Capitalism 1.0 - Prioritizing Profits April 13, 2015 1 Comment 5,668 Views World Peace is not impossible, nor is it improbable World Peace is just being held back by people whose interest (profits) in the status quo out weigh their limited understanding of the economic and social possibilities that World Peace could offer. The world is working just fine for them as it is, why encourage change? According to globalissues.org, global military expenditures was $1.756 Trillion in 2012 alone. That’s $1,756,000,000,000.00 for you visual learners. Military expenditures, 2012 Most of that money ended up in the coffers of privately held corporations. In 2012, 37% of American’s taxes went towards paying for new and past wars, while only 2% went towards “Diplomacy, Development and War Prevention”. Thanks to Privatization (a euphemism for selling off, and profiting off the Commons) more and more of the military establishment is being handled by private, for-profit corporations. Food service, laundry, camp deployment, and of course, building the machines that get blown up, scrapped, left behind (here, and here) or accidentally given to the enemy have all been privatized. This is public money (personal income) taken by Government (taxes), and handed over to private for-profit corporations who earn profit from death, pure and simple. These companies, their executives and their shareholders literally have no interest in Peace. World Peace isn’t being held back by politicians defending a country’s sovereignty, or religions defending their god, or people scared of skin colours, not any more. World Peace is being held back by a handful of extremely powerful corporate and economic leaders who profit from the machines of war. In 2011, Lockheed Martin had Arm sales of $36.3 billion, or 78% of the company’s total 2011 sales. Boeing had arms sales of $31.8 billion and earned $4 billion – and, as always, managed to not pay any corporate tax. Imagine how else that money could be used. Here’s USA Today’s list of the top 10 war profiteer corporations, and Business Insider’s top 25 American “Defence” corporations. The executives of these corporations sit on government task forces, committees, and of course finance major lobby groups to ensure their continued corporate success – just like any other Capitalist. Protecting (and defending) your market is just good business practice. According to OpenSecrets.org, a web site that tracks corporate purchasing of politicians, Lockheed Martin spent almost $15million on lobbying the US Government, and gave over $4million in campaign “contributions.” Apparently 70 out of 109 Lockheed Martin lobbyists in 2013-2014 have previously held government jobs. According to citizensforethics.org, at least nine of the top-level U.S. generals and admirals who retired between 2009 and 2011 took positions with the five largest defence companies contracting with the government: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Northrop Grumman. Privatized militarized defence contracts and globalized corporations build the weapons while their majority shareholders use their political and media influence to sell the people on the need for war. Many of these companies hold controlling interest in the very media corporations that sell us the news to begin with… Did you know that until 2013, General Electric Company, ranked 16th in the “Top-100 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Prime Contractors in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013” also owned a controlling interest in NBC, one of American’s biggest media conglomerates? So they profit off building wars, profit off selling wars, profit off reporting wars, and profit off all the advertising sold during shows “discussing” wars. Vertical Integration at its finest. NBC (owned then by GE) building, selling, marketing and profiting from war. Conspiracy? Nope, Capitalism. Profit-above-people. Profit-above-peace. Peace will never exist while the shareholders and employees of these cancerous corporations allow these corporations to profit off the deaths of millions of innocent people. The fact that these corporations pay no taxes back to the people just adds insult to idiocy. While profit rules above people, peace and planet, while our governments continue to outsource their military interventions to private for-profit corporations, we can never truly have peace. If you own shares in any of these corporations, sell them. Shop local from small business instead of these large corporations and those that invest in them Join the growing movement to encourage divestment from military corporations Hug a stranger Quit the military Capitalism Capitalism 1.0 Caveats Change Military Privatization Profit Stock Market World Peace 2015-04-13 Tagged with: Capitalism Capitalism 1.0 Caveats Change Military Privatization Profit Stock Market World Peace Previous: There's more to Capitalism than Profit Next: Save Money on Internet Costs Pingback: Progress, Profitability and a Pandemic of Poppycock Join Our Social Network How to remain Optimistic Roger Ley, Founder About I’m No Expert © Copyright 2013-15, All Rights Reserved, imnoexpert.com Capitalism shouldn't just about maximizing profits. Evolving Capitalism (Capitalism 2.0) is about the balance between wealth creation and wealth distribution....	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7921
__label__wiki	0.675904	0.675904	middle-classmiddlemiddle classesmiddle incomemiddle-incomemiddle-professional classmanagerial classMiddle Americawhite collar workers The term middle class was coined by James Bradshaw in a 1745 pamphlet Scheme to prevent running Irish Wools to France.wikipedia 2,050 Related Articles Social stratification social hierarchystratificationstratified The middle class is a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy. In modern Western societies, social stratification is typically defined in terms of three social classes: (i) the upper class, (ii) the middle class, and (iii) the lower class; in turn, each class can be subdivided into strata, e.g. the upper-stratum, the middle-stratum, and the lower stratum. Social classSocial statusUpper classSociologySocial mobility Petite bourgeoisie petty bourgeoispetty bourgeoisiepetit bourgeois Within capitalism, "middle-class" initially referred to the bourgeoisie; later, with the further differentiation of classes as capitalist societies developed, the term came to be synonymous with the term petite bourgeoisie. It originally denoted a sub-stratum of the middle classes in the 18th and early-19th centuries. BourgeoisieMiddle classMarxismProletariatFascism Upper class upper-classhigh societyupper The modern usage of the term "middle-class", however, dates to the 1913 UK Registrar-General's report, in which the statistician T.H.C. Stevenson identified the middle class as those falling between the upper-class and the working-class. The term is often used in conjunction with terms like upper-middle class, middle class, and working class as part of a model of social stratification. 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Designation of workers by collar colorSocial classWage labourMiddle classBourgeoisie New Labour Labour1997–2010 Labour governmentLabour government The Labour Party in the UK, which grew out of the organised labour movement and originally drew almost all of its support from the working-class, reinvented itself under Tony Blair in the 1990s as "New Labour", a party competing with the Conservative Party for the votes of the middle-class as well as those of the Labour Party's traditional group of voters - the working-class. Following the leadership of Neil Kinnock and John Smith, the party under the New Labour brand attempted to widen its electoral appeal and by the 1997 general election it had made significant gains in the upper and middle-classes, effectively giving the party a landslide victory. Labour Party (UK)Tony BlairPeter MandelsonNew Labour, New Life for BritainClause IV Conservative Party (UK) ConservativeConservative PartyConservatives It used the dissatisfaction with the socialist and egalitarian policies of the Labour Party to rally middle-class supporters and build a political comeback that won them the 1951 general election. Liberal Party (UK)Winston ChurchillPolitical partyLabour Party (UK)Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom bourgeoisburgherburghers While the nobility owned much of the countryside, and the peasantry worked it, a new bourgeoisie (literally "town-dwellers") arose around mercantile functions in the city. The Nazi Party had many working-class supporters and members, and a strong appeal to the middle class. 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EconomicsPropertyWealth effectList of countries by total wealthWealth elasticity of demand managerBusiness Managementmanagers This group of middle-class professionals is distinguished from other social classes by their training and education (typically business qualifications and university degrees), with example occupations including academics and teachers, social workers, engineers, managers, nurses, and middle-level administrators. suggesting the difficulty of defining management without circularity, the shifting nature of definitions and the connection of managerial practices with the existence of a managerial cadre or of a class. Master of Business AdministrationEvidence-based managementDoctor of ManagementSenior managementLeadership studies American middle class middle classmiddle-classAmerican middle-class This difference is due to the extreme difference in definitions between The Economist and many other models. Several reasons can be cited as to why the professional middle class is so influential. Social class in the United StatesWhite Collar: The American Middle ClassesLower middle classUpper middle classEducational attainment in the United States Upper middle class upper-middle classupper-middle-classupper middle-class In sociology, the upper middle class is the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class. Lower middle classAmerican middle classMiddle classBourgeoisieUpper class classsocial classesclasses A social class is a set of concepts in the social sciences and political theory centered on models of social stratification in which people are grouped into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the upper, middle and lower classes. Upper classMiddle classSocial stratificationProletariatNobility Lower middle class lower-middle classlower-middle-classlower middle-class In developed nations across the world, the lower middle class is a sub-division of the greater middle class. Upper middle classAmerican middle classThe Middle (TV series)Middle classDeveloped country Middle-class squeeze middle class squeezeSqueezed Middle[6 The middle-class squeeze is the situation where increases in wages fail to keep up with inflation for middle-income earners leading to a relative decline in real wages, while at the same time, the phenomenon fails to have a similar effect on the top wage earners. Middle classReal wagesIncome inequality in the United StatesRetail apocalypseCost of raising a child IlustradosillustradosIllustrado They were the middle class who were educated in Spain and exposed to Spanish liberal and European nationalist ideals. Spanish language in the PhilippinesEducation in the PhilippinesFilipino nationalismGraciano López JaenaFilipinos Essex man Mondeo ManBasildon Man" or "Essex ManEssex Boy With the decline of manufacturing and skilled manual work in the 1980s, this group increasingly looked to middle-class professions for employment, or became self-employed. BasildonMargaret Thatcher1992 United Kingdom general electionMotorway manReagan Democrat Status paradox Status paradox of migration Because of global inequalities in terms of wealth and buying power transnational migrants to which the status paradox applies challenge local middle classes in the sending countries. Middle classMedical stateSocial statusEconomic inequalityMixtec transnational migration Dominant culture majority culturedominancedominant white culture In the United States, a distinction is often made between the indigenous culture of Native Americans, and a dominant culture that may be described as "WASP", "Anglo", "white", "middle class", and so on. Middle classDominance hierarchyLanguageReligionRitual Classless society classlessclasslessnesswithout social classes Social classRedistribution (cultural anthropology)State (polity)Primitive communismSocialism The Lonely Crowd: A Study of the Changing American Character This defined the middle class that no longer had the material needed to cling to past life standards to form a cohesive society. 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__label__wiki	0.57774	0.57774	Ricky Havana – “Remember You” Emerging on today's diverse scene is Ricky Havana, who arrives with his latest JabariOnTheBeat- produced single titled “Remember you.” Ricky begins the campaign for his forthcoming project If Its Meant, slated to drop in May of 2020, and today, he lets go of the appropriately composed smooth joint speaking to an apparent love interest. While detailing the intricacies of their relationship, from their desires to their shortcomings, he reminds his lady that despite their fall, she still remains heavy on his mind. Back in November of 2017, Ricky Havana released his debut album “Ricky Season”, declaring his arrival and claiming his moment. He presented himself to the world as a vibrant, self-assured, smooth new artist, making it clear that regardless of the outcomes of his pursuits, his energy will be felt and recognized. Since his debut, Ricky has traversed the landscape, from dropping another English project and an acclaimed Spanish love album entitled “Dos Gardenias” to performing at SOBS, in NYC, amongst various other venues and creating music with multiplatinum and award winning producers, who have worked with the likes of J. Cole, Drake and more. By: Sprat #FREEGAME Who You Should Hear Tags: Remember You"Ricky Havana Lamar Odom- Drink Champs Interview Tory Lanez – Do The Most https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jH8IhQbb4DhStiH1bC5Ue The Making Of 21 Savage and J. Cole’s “a lot” With DJ Dahi \| Deconstructed	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7923
__label__cc	0.616261	0.383739	Difference between revisions of "DDoS Attack" Marie Cabural (talk \| contribs) (→‎Verisign UpTime Bundle) (→‎Frequency of DDoS Attacks) ==Frequency of DDoS Attacks== On May 2011, a research commissioned by Verisign found a widespread DDoS attacks on businesses in all industries. The research revealed that 63% out of the 225 IT decision-makers who respond to the survey reported that they experience more than one DDoS attacks for the past year while 11% said they experienced more than 6 attacks. Sixty seven percent (67%) of the respondents believe that the frequency of DDoS attacks within the next two years will increase or stay the same and 71% of the respondents believe that DDoS protection is important to maintain their website and services available and 71% of the respondents who lack DDoS protection plan to implent solutions within the next 12 months. <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110509_businesses_lack_safeguards_against_ddos_attacks_dns_failures/ Businesses Lack Safeguards Against DDoS Attacks and DNS Failures, New Research Shows]</ref> According to Ted Swearingen, Director of Security Operations at [[Neustar]], as much as 7,000 DDoS attacks may occur in one day. He also said that the rate of attacks continue to increase every year. He explained that the escalating incidences of DDoS attacks is largely due to the fact that the tools used to launch attacks has become common and easier to create.<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/protecting_your_business_from_ddos_attacks_advice_from_neustar/ Protecting Your Business from DDoS Attacks: Advice from Neustar]</ref> On January 2012, the latest State of the Internet report released by [[Akamai]], a global service provider for accelerating content and business process online revealed that for the past three years, the occurrences of DDoS attacks increased by 2,000%. The report revealed that attacks originated from 195 countries during the the third quarter of 2011 and the '''top ten countries where DDoS attacks originated''' include:<ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120131_ddos_attacks_increased_by_2000_percent_in_past_3_years/ DDoS Attacks Increased by 2000% in Past 3 Years, Asia Generating Over Half of Recent Attacks]</ref> # Indonesia (14%) # Taiwan (11%) # China (8.6%) # United States (7.3%) # Russia (7.2%) # Brazil (5.5%) # South Korea (3.8%) # India (3.7%) # Egypt (3.3%) # Romania (2.4%) ==Available Solutions Against DDoS Attacks== DDoS is the acronym for Distributed Denial of Service. The telephone system, computer system and Domain Name System (DNS) sometimes become unusable during peak hours because of supply and demand. However, when an intruder or hacker interrupts the system, takes control of the computer, prevents the legitimate user from using it, and forces the computer to send such a large amount of email to another person that it cannot be handled by the recipient's save disk, a Denial of Service (DoS) attack happens. If an intruder attacks a particular computer, takes control of it, sends extraordinary amount of data to a website and distributes it to numerous email addresses affecting the computer network, the intrusion is called a Distributed Denial of Service attack.[1] The CERT/CC at Canegie Mellon University documented the first incident of Denial Of Service Attack in 1999 when the Trinoo and Tribe Flood Network (TFN) DDoS Network tools were widely distributed. The two DDoS used UDP Flood attack, TCP SYN flood, ICMP echo request flood, and ICMP directed broadcast denial of service attacks respectively.[2] Trinoo attacked a single computer from Minnesota University, affected around 227 systems, and became unusable for more than two days.[3] On February 2000, a massive DDoS attack paralyzed high profile websites including Yahoo!, Buy.com, eBay, CNN, Amazon.com, ZDNet.com, E-Trade, and Excite, which together lost an estimated amount of $1.7 billion. A suspect, a Canadian juvenile with the online alias "mafiaboy," was arrested on April of the same year. He pleaded guilty on January 18, 2001 on 56 charges of mischief and illegal use of computer services.[4] Over the years, intruders have used different DDoS tools to affect computer systems: Stacheldraht, 1.666 DDoS tool was discovered and widely spread on multiple compromised hosts in several organizations;[5] Love Letter Worm, a malicious VBScript which was spread through emails, Windows file sharing, IRC, USENET news and through webpages affecting more than 500,000 computer systems;[6] T0rnkit, also distributed by intruders using six different versions of rootkit;[7] W/32/Sircam, an e-mail-borne virus;[8] Leaves, which was capable of updating and changing its functionality during a hack, affected millions of internet users in five Chinese provinces when an unknown hacker attacked the the server of DNSPod, a Chinese domain name registrar in 2009;[9] as well as many other viruses and worms distributed by hackers to cripple computer networks in homes and organizations. Network Solutions spokesperson Shashi Bellamkonda reported that the company experienced a consecutive DDoS attacks on June 20-21, 2011 wherein its costumers were unable to access the server and e-mail and the website became unstable. The company resolved the problem as quickly as possible.[10] Packet Flooding Attack The Packet Flooding Attack is the most common type of Denial of Service Attack. The modus operandi of intruders is sending more than acceptable number of packets to a particular destination which consumes the entire bandwidth resources. There are several types of packets used by Packet Flooding Attack tools, including: TCP Floods - SYN, ACK and RST flags are sent to the victim's IP Address ICMP echo request reply (Ping Floods) - A stream of ICMP is sent to the victim's IP Address UDP Floods - A stream of UDP is sent to the victim's IP Address These attack tools change the characteristics of packets in the packet stream. For example, the Source IP Address is changed to hide the real source of the packet stream. The method of sending packet streams to one or more intermediate sites to create responses that will be sent to a victim is called IP Spoofing.[11] Other packet stream attributes that are altered by intruders are the Source/Destination Ports and Other IP Header Values. Frequent Targets of Intruder Attacks According to the CERT report, "Trends in Denial Service Attack Technology," the most frequent targets are Windows end-users and Internet Routing Technology. An intruder's primary intention in conducting DoS attack is to prevent the use of computer or network resources. A computer controlled by a hacker is known as "zombie" or "bot," while a controlled computer network is referred as a "botnet" or "zombie army."[12] Reasons Why Internet is Vulnerable to Attacks Internet-connected systems are still vulnerable to DoS attacks despite active security efforts because of the following reasons: The Internet is composed of limited and consumable resources Internet security is highly interdependent[13] Frequency of DDoS Attacks On May 2011, a research commissioned by Verisign found a widespread DDoS attacks on businesses in all industries. The research revealed that 63% out of the 225 IT decision-makers who respond to the survey reported that they experience more than one DDoS attacks for the past year while 11% said they experienced more than 6 attacks. Sixty seven percent (67%) of the respondents believe that the frequency of DDoS attacks within the next two years will increase or stay the same and 71% of the respondents believe that DDoS protection is important to maintain their website and services available and 71% of the respondents who lack DDoS protection plan to implent solutions within the next 12 months. [14] According to Ted Swearingen, Director of Security Operations at Neustar, as much as 7,000 DDoS attacks may occur in one day. He also said that the rate of attacks continue to increase every year. He explained that the escalating incidences of DDoS attacks is largely due to the fact that the tools used to launch attacks has become common and easier to create.[15] On January 2012, the latest State of the Internet report released by Akamai, a global service provider for accelerating content and business process online revealed that for the past three years, the occurrences of DDoS attacks increased by 2,000%. The report revealed that attacks originated from 195 countries during the the third quarter of 2011 and the top ten countries where DDoS attacks originated include:[16] Indonesia (14%) Taiwan (11%) China (8.6%) United States (7.3%) Russia (7.2%) Brazil (5.5%) South Korea (3.8%) Egypt (3.3%) Romania (2.4%) Available Solutions Against DDoS Attacks Neustar SiteProtect On April 2011, Neustar launched SiteProtect, a cloud based service which aims to provide higher level of security for UltraDNS customers against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. SiteProtect enables web infrastructures to function normally and avoids downtime even if it is under attack. The combination of SiteProtect and UltraDNS provide consumers with a strong protection for the Domain Name System (DNS) and web traffic, protecting business owners from possible revenue loss. According to Rick Rumbarger, Product Management Senior Director of Neustar Internet Infrastructure Services, "The problem with other approaches to DDoS protection is that the network needs to take a hit before mitigation is started. With SiteProtect, the brunt of the attack is immediately shifted away from the client infrastructure and directed to our mitigation cloud service. By moving this service to the cloud, customers no longer have to buy and maintain large capacity infrastructure with its resulting capex expenses." [17] Verisign UpTime Bundle In March 2011, Verisign introduced Verisign Uptime Bundle, a cloud-based services bundled with Domain Name System (DNS) hosting, threat intelligence services and protection against DDoS attacks. The new service helps improve the performance, security and availability of websites, email, and critical network services. Ben Petro, senior vice president of the Verisign Network Intelligence and Availability business explained that a single line of defense against DDoS attacks is no longer reliable to ensure the availability of website and applications. He said that Verisign's Uptime Bundle is a muti-layered solution and offers the best way to detect and disarm an attack before substantial losses occur. [18] ↑ What is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack and What Can I Do About It? ↑ Cert Incident Notes IN-99-09 Distributed Denial of Service Tools ↑ Defenses Against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks ↑ E-Commerce Giants Crippled in DDoS Attacks ↑ CA-2000-01 Denial-of-Service Developments ↑ CERT Advisory CA-2000-04 Love Letter Worm ↑ Cert Incident Note IN-2000-10 ↑ Home Network Security ↑ DDoS Attack Leaves Five Chinese Provinces Without Internet ↑ Network Solutions Bounces Back After DDoS ↑ Spoofing ↑ Distributed Denial of Service Attack (DDoS) ↑ Trends in Denial Service Attack Technology ↑ Businesses Lack Safeguards Against DDoS Attacks and DNS Failures, New Research Shows ↑ Protecting Your Business from DDoS Attacks: Advice from Neustar ↑ DDoS Attacks Increased by 2000% in Past 3 Years, Asia Generating Over Half of Recent Attacks ↑ Neustar Launches SiteProtect for DDoS Protection ↑ New Verisign Uptime Bundle Combines DDoS Protection, Managed DNS and Threat Intelligence Services Retrieved from "https://icannwiki.org/index.php?title=DDoS_Attack&oldid=57378"	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7926
__label__cc	0.682291	0.317709	Incoterms® rules What are the key changes in Incoterms® 2020? Incoterms® rules history Incoterms® rules in action ICC Registered Trainers of Incoterms®2020 Global Incoterms® 2020 training & events Incoterms® rules trademark & copyright policy Home » Resources for business » Incoterms® rules » What are the key changes in Incoterms® 2020? On 1 January 2020, Incoterms® 2020 ushered in a new era for the world’s most essential terms for trade. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) explains some of the main changes. Which Incoterms rule should I use? The latest edition of the Incoterms® rules features an in-depth introduction to help users select the appropriate Incoterms® rule for their sale transaction. The introduction explains the purpose and use of the Incoterms® rules, identifies differences between Incoterms® 2010 and Incoterms® 2020, outlines best practice for incorporating the Incoterms® rules into contracts and explores the relation of contracts ancillary to the sale contract, the concepts of risk and delivery, the role of the carrier, and the care to be taken when using variants of the Incoterms® 2020 rules. Incoterms® 2020 also incorporates expanded explanatory notes for users at the start of each Incoterms® rule. These explanatory notes assist users with accurately interpreting the latest edition of the Incoterms rules to avoid costly misinterpretations or misapplications. Why has the FCA Incoterms rule been revised? Free Carrier (FCA) has been revised for Incoterms® 2020 to cater to a situation where goods are sold FCA for carriage by sea and buyer or seller (or either party’s bank) requests a bill of lading with an on-board notation. FCA in article A6/B6 now provides for the parties to agree that the buyer will instruct the carrier to issue an on-board bill of lading to the seller once the goods have been loaded on board, and for the seller then to tender the document to the buyer (often through the banks). Where are the costs listed in Incoterms® 2020? Within Incoterms® 2020, all costs associated with a given Incoterms rule now appear at article A9/B9 of that rule, allowing users to see the full list of expected costs at a glance. In addition to the aggregated presentation, the costs associated with each item – for example, carriage (article A4/B4) or export clearance (article A7/B7) – still appear in the respective articles to accommodate a user who wants to focus on a specific aspect of the sale transaction. What are the different levels of insurance coverage in CIF and CIP? The Incoterms 2020 rules provide for different levels of insurance coverage in the Cost Insurance and Freight (CIF) rule and Carriage and Insurance Paid To (CIP) rule. Under the CIF Incoterms® rule, which is reserved for use in maritime trade and is often used in commodity trading, the Institute Cargo Clauses (C) remains the default level of coverage, giving parties the option to agree to a higher level of insurance cover. Taking into account feedback from global users, the CIP Incoterms® rule now requires a higher level of cover, compliant with the Institute Cargo Clauses (A) or similar clauses. How does Incoterms® 2020 account for arranging carriage? Incoterms® 2020 recognises that not all commercial trade transactions from the seller to the buyer are conducted by a third-party carrier. In some cases, transactions are conducted without a third-party carrier at all, such as a seller using its own means of transportation, or a buyer using its own vehicle to collect goods. Where is information on security-related requirements? Building on the extensive security-related requirements established by Incoterms® 2010, the latest edition of the Incoterms® rules includes clearer and more detailed security-related obligations in articles A4 on carriage and A7 on export/import clearance of each Incoterms® rule. Costs relating to these requirements also appear in the consolidated costs article, A9/B9. Is the Incoterms rule DPU new? No, simply renamed and moved to more accurately reflect the content of the rule. The former Delivered at Terminal (DAT) has been changed to Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) to emphasise that the place of destination can be any place and not just a “terminal,” and to underscore the sole difference from Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) – under DAP the seller does not unload the goods, under DPU, seller does unload the goods. And since delivery under DAP happens before unloading, Incoterms® 2020 presents the newly named DPU after DAP. Beware of untrustworthy sources There is a significant amount of misleading information concerning the Incoterms rules on the Internet and users should be aware of the existence of incomplete, inaccurate, and unofficial information. From referencing non-existing rules – such as Incoterms 2015, Incoterms 2016, or Incoterms 2017 – to selling deceptive training sessions, these websites can result in unintended costs for both buyers and sellers. Unless sourced directly from ICC or ICC regional offices (known as ICC national committees), these Incoterms® 2020 materials should not be trusted, as they may result in contractual mistakes and ensuing disputes. Discover Incoterms® 2020 and related products from ICC’s Knowledge 2 Go e-commerce platform. 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__label__wiki	0.544843	0.544843	khubkala meaning in english The writings and teachings of Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Arthur Green, Lawrence Kushner, Herbert Weiner and others, has sought a critically selective, non-fundamentalist neo- Kabbalistic and Hasidic study and mystical spirituality among modernist Jews. The ultimate aim was to arrive before the transcendent awe, rather than nearness, of the Divine. The most esoteric Idrot sections of the classic Zohar make reference to hypostatic male and female Partzufim (Divine Personas) displacing the Sephirot, manifestations of God in particular Anthropomorphic symbolic personalities based on Biblical esoteric exegesis and midrashic narratives. His disciple Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (or Cordoeiro) authored Pardes Rimonim, an organised, exhaustive compilation of kabbalistic teachings on a variety of subjects up to that point. Alternative listings of the Sephirot start with either Keter (Unconscious Will/Volition), or Chokhmah (Wisdom), a philosophical duality between a Rational or Supra-Rational Creation, between whether the Mitzvot Judaic observances have reasons or transcend reasons in Divine Will, between whether study or good deeds is superior, and whether the symbols of Kabbalah should be read as primarily metaphysical intellectual cognition or Axiology values. The Jewish Haskalah enlightenment movement from the late 1700s renewed an ideology of rationalism in Judaism, giving birth to critical Judaic scholarship. In the context of medieval Jewish philosophical debates on the role of imagination in Biblical prophecy, and essentialist versus instrumental kabbalistic debates about the relation of sephirot to God, they saw contemplation on the sephirot as a vehicle for prophecy. With the decline of Christian Cabala in the Age of Reason, Hermetic Qabalah continued as a central underground tradition in Western esotericism. Both transcribed Luria's teachings (in variant forms) gaining them widespread popularity, Sarug taking Lurianic Kabbalah to Europe, Vital authoring the latterly canonical version. Examples translated by humans: హెడ్జ్, khubkala, ahghsi seeds, ఖుబ్కల విత్తనాలు, అజయ్న్ విత్తనాలు. [51] The Maharal is most well known in popular culture for the legend of the golem of Prague, associated with him in folklore. Learn English with our free online listening, grammar, vocabulary and reading activities. The Bible provides ample additional material for mythic and mystical speculation. After the composition known as the Zohar was presented to the public in the 13th century, the term "Kabbalah" began to refer more specifically to teachings derived from, or related to, the Zohar. Kabbalists debated the validity of anthropomorphic symbolism, between its disclosure as mystical allusion, versus its instrumental use as allegorical metaphor; in the language of the Zohar, symbolism "touches yet does not touch" its point. Lurianic Kabbalah incorporates this in the more inclusive scheme of Jewish messianic rectification of exiled divinity. Moses Cordovero (The RAMAK 1522–1570) and his school popularized the teachings of the Zohar which had until then been only a restricted work. Cordovero headed the academy of Tzfat until his death, when Isaac Luria rose to prominence. The works of Abraham Cohen de Herrera (1570–1635) are full of references to Gentile mystical philosophers. And because in this merit King Mashiach will come in the future—and not in any other merit—it is not proper to be discouraged [from the study of Kabbalah]. [17] According to this descriptive categorisation, both versions of Kabbalistic theory, the medieval-Zoharic and the early-modern Lurianic Kabbalah together comprise the Theosophical tradition in Kabbalah, while the Meditative-Ecstatic Kabbalah incorporates a parallel inter-related Medieval tradition. And from the year 5,300 (1540 C.E.) As early as the 1st century BCE Jews believed that the Torah and other canonical texts contained encoded messages and hidden meanings. Both adapted the Jewish concepts freely from their Jewish understanding, to merge with multiple other theologies, religious traditions and magical associations. When read by later generations of Kabbalists, the Torah's description of the creation in the Book of Genesis reveals mysteries about God himself, the true nature of Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden (Hebrew: גַּן עֵדֶן‎), the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (Hebrew: עֵץ הַדַּעַת שֶׁל טוֹב וְרַע‎), and the Tree of Life (Hebrew: עֵץ חַיִּים‎), as well as the interaction of these supernatural entities with the Serpent (Hebrew: נָחָשׁ‎), which leads to disaster when they eat the forbidden fruit (Hebrew: פְּרִי עֵץ הַדַּעַת‎), as recorded in Genesis 3.[33]. English dictionary definition, a dictionary in which most of the entry words and all of their definitions, as well as supplementary material, are in English; a monolingual English dictionary, such as the online resource Dictionary.com. [108] Moses Cordovero appreciated the influence of Maimonides in his quasi-rational systemisation. - Mi Yodeya", "The Teaching of the Kabbalah and Its Essence \| Yehuda Leib HaLevi Ashlag (Baal HaSulam) \| Kabbalah Library - Bnei Baruch Kabbalah Education & Research Institute", "The Kabbalah Centre - learn transform connect", Jewish Mysticism: Medieval Roots, Contemporary Dangers and Prospective Challenges, Judaism 101: Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kabbalah&oldid=991029098, Articles lacking reliable references from April 2012, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from March 2012, All articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases, Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from November 2013, Articles needing additional references from September 2015, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2017, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2016, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2015, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2015, Articles with incomplete citations from March 2020, Articles with failed verification from October 2017, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia with no article parameter, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. As a term describing the Infinite Godhead beyond Creation, Kabbalists viewed the Ein Sof itself as too sublime to be referred to directly in the Torah. Tzimtzum (Constriction/Concentration) is the primordial cosmic act whereby God "contracted" His infinite light, leaving a "void" into which the light of existence was poured. The innumerable levels of descent divide into Four comprehensive spiritual worlds, Atziluth ("Closeness" – Divine Wisdom), Beriah ("Creation" – Divine Understanding), Yetzirah ("Formation" – Divine Emotions), Assiah ("Action" – Divine Activity), with a preceding Fifth World Adam Kadmon ("Primordial Man" – Divine Will) sometimes excluded due to its sublimity. The infinite axiology of the Ein Sof One, expressed through the Plural Many, overcomes the dangers of nihilism, or the antinomian mystical breaking of Jewish observance alluded to throughout Kabbalistic and Hasidic mysticisms.[84]. We advocate evolution in consciousness to achieve material and spiritual success. Early Jewish mystical literature inherited the developing concerns and remnants of Prophetic and Apocalyptic Judaisms. At the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the only accredited seminary that has curricular requirements in Kabbalah, Joel Hecker is the full-time instructor teaching courses in Kabbalah and Hasidut. Dictionary English to Urdu. This plant is generally found as an annual or biennial herb in moist soil. Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon, in the spirit of his father Maimonides, Saadiah Gaon, and other predecessors, explains at length in his Milḥamot HaShem that God is in no way literally within time or space nor physically outside time or space, since time and space simply do not apply to his being whatsoever, emphasising the Monotheist Oneness of Divine transcendence unlike any worldly conception. R everso offers you the best tool for learning Spanish, the English Spanish dictionary containing commonly used words and expressions, along with thousands of English entries and their Spanish translation, added in the dictionary by our users. Khubkalan or Jangli sarson is the seed of the plant Sisymbrium irio Linn. This view can be defined as acosmic monistic panentheism. Any who says there is has never studied Kabbalah, has never seen PaRDeS, and speaks as an ignoramus."[50]. For over 20 years, Dictionary.com has been helping millions of people improve their use of the English language with its free digital services. Many Jews are familiar with this ruling, but are not aware of its origins. Instead of influencing harmony in the divine real by theurgy, his meditative scheme aimed for mystical union with God, drawing down prophetic influx on the individual. Modern academic-historical study of Jewish mysticism reserves the term "kabbalah" to designate the particular, distinctive doctrines that textually emerged fully expressed in the Middle Ages, as distinct from the earlier Merkabah mystical concepts and methods. [80], The founder of the academic study of Jewish mysticism, Gershom Scholem, privileged an intellectual view of the nature of Kabbalistic symbols as dialectic Theosophical speculation. The messianism of the Safed mystics culminated in Kabbalah receiving its biggest transformation in the Jewish world with the explication of its new interpretation from Isaac Luria (The ARI 1534–1572), by his disciples Hayim Vital and Israel Sarug. Kabbalistic doctrine gives man the central role in Creation, as his soul and body correspond to the supernal divine manifestations. According to Kabbalists, humans cannot yet understand the infinity of God. It is not a Holy Name in Judaism, as no name could contain a revelation of the Ein Sof. Wolfson has shown that among the closed elite circles of mystical activity, medieval Theosophical Kabbalists held that an intellectual view of their symbols was secondary to the experiential. [133], Esoteric method, discipline, and school of thought of Judaism, Linguistic mysticism and the mystical Torah, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism, אין דורשין ... במעשה בראשית בשנים ולא במרכבה ביחיד אלא אם כן היה חכם ומבין מדעתו. Chaim Vital also studied under Cordovero, but with the arrival of Luria became his main disciple. While the kabbalistic scheme gave a radically innovative, though conceptually continuous, development of mainstream Midrashic and Talmudic rabbinic notions, kabbalistic thought underscored and invigorated conservative Jewish observance. Frank took the Sabbatean impulse to its nihilistic end, declaring himself part of a messianic trinity along with his daughter, and that breaking all of Torah was its fulfilment. [86] The Hasidic development of kabbalah incorporates a successive stage of Jewish mysticism from historical kabbalistic metaphysics. Definition of kubala in the Definitions.net dictionary. (Genesis 1:26-27, 2:7). Contemporary with the Zoharic efflorescence of Spanish Theosophical-Theurgic Kabbalah, Spanish exilarch Abraham Abulafia developed his own alternative, Maimonidean system of Ecstatic-Prophetic Kabbalah meditation, each consolidating aspects of a claimed inherited mystical tradition from Biblical times. [27], For a few centuries the esoteric knowledge was referred to by its aspect practice—meditation Hitbonenut (Hebrew: הִתְבּוֹנְנוּת‎),[29] Rebbe Nachman of Breslov's Hitbodedut (Hebrew: הִתְבּוֹדְדוּת‎), translated as "being alone" or "isolating oneself", or by a different term describing the actual, desired goal of the practice—prophecy ("NeVu'a" Hebrew: נְבוּאָה‎). 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__label__cc	0.736121	0.263879	East End Irregulars Challenger Confidential Copper Knights and Granite Men Martian War Chronicles Population of Loss Grimalkin \| After Dark (Part 4) Close Encounters \| After Dark (Part 3) Like a Stone \| Copper Knights & Granite Men (Part 3) The Lights Go Out \| Population of Loss (Part 4) The Nice List \| An Irregulars Christmas Story Ascension Epoch created by Michael DiBaggio and Shell 'Presto' DiBaggio. The last survivors of a secret society must shoulder the consequences of their failure to stop the Martian invasion as they seek refuge elsewhere in a hostile universe. By Mike DiBaggio Posted in Population of Loss on December 9, 2019 10 min read The Nice List \| An Irregulars Christmas Story Previous The Devil to Pay \| Population of Loss (Part 3) Next Story: Michael DiBaggio \| Cover Art: Paul Roth Captain Sheldrake’s great round face thrust out from the doorway, his eyes darting, his red cheeks quivering. An impatient gust from his lungs set his push-broom mustache billowing. “Hurry, God damn you!” But Professor Addison Lang couldn’t possibly hurry any more than he already was. He had lost his shoe and now his right foot left a trail of blood on the glass-strewn cobblestones. Out of breath and beyond hope, he dragged himself to the stone arch with what seemed to him to be dreamlike slowness. Indeed, the world itself seemed to be an opium delirium, a nightmare from which he desperately hoped to wake. He collapsed panting against the wall, and by turns the panting became weeping. Lang became aware of a distant whistling, increasingly shrill in pitch, rising over his sobs, but to this fact he assigned no importance. Sheldrake surged at him, his face contorted in a furious rage. The old cavalryman’s huge hands caught him by the collar and yanked him off his feet. Lang only bawled the more at the assault. Couldn’t Sheldrake allow him this moment to grieve, or had the Afghan caves and the hills of the Punjab eaten his last shred of compassion? Lang flew through the air, struck flat with his shoulders against the wet brick wall of the inner chamber. His head rang like a bell, and he tasted blood in his mouth. As he slowly regained his senses, he saw Sheldrake through a cloud of brown dust, coughing violently and swaying on his knees as he tried to stand. Lang’s own pants and coat were run through with holes and his heavy satchel was shredded; his books and all else of importance in his life that could be saved littered the floor. Only belatedly did Lang realize that Sheldrake was not assaulting him, but trying to pull him to safety. His stunned brain laboriously arrived at the conclusion that an errant artillery shell had landed in the lane outside. ‘So we’re finally fighting back,’ he thought. He was not bitter that the trifling effort at defiance nearly resulted in his death. At least the shock had stopped his sobbing. He moved over to help up Captain Sheldrake, but the rotund old soldier shoved him out of the way. Sheldrake’s lips moved but it was impossible to hear him. Mechanically, Lang walked back to his pile of belongings and gathered them up: Newton’s Principia, volumes of Milton and Chaucer, his family’s ancient King James, and a copy of Dante, stained from the bottle of laudanum that had just been smashed on it. This last loss elicited a sharp curse. While the professor gathered up his possessions, Sheldrake lumbered over to the circular vault door and pulled on its great brass wheel. Lang heard the ratcheting of the locks as thin clicks through his buzzing ear drums. A draft of cold air with a vague antiseptic scent flowed out of the opening portal. He glanced up at plaque on the side of the door. “NO ADMITTANCE. PRIVATE PASSAGE FOR GRAND LODGE MEMBERS ONLY.” Lang’s stomach rolled at the thought of stepping through the portal, and what it meant for that door to close and the walls of a whole universe to close with it. At first, he had thought the building of the redoubts was eccentricity, then lunacy, and finally hard-headed prudence, though he never dreamed that he would have to flee to one himself. Sheldrake waved him through. Lang limped to the door, giving the blue skies and green hills of earth one final look. His fingers brushed the engraved plaque, and he thought they ought to have added to it the phrase: “Abandon all hope.” If you’re enjoying this, please consider supporting us. It was two hours later when the physician treated his wounds and dispensed a new bottle of laudanum. That is to say two hours had passed by the count of his timepiece; Lang recalled Sir Dunstan Penrose’s presentation to the committee about how the passage of time may not be constant across all that horrifying kaleidoscope of invisible worlds the Exploratory Corps called the Empyrean. How everyone howled at the suggestion! But now the possibility made Lang’s skin crawl. “Which one,” Lang began, pursing his flustered lips and gesticulating to replace the words he could not say. Finally, he managed to ask: “Where are we?” The orderly raised his eyes from the process of bandaging Lang’s foot. “Which redoubt? Is that what you mean, sir?” Lang nodded. “Fortress Tintagel, sir.” “And where is Fortress Tintagel?” The orderly’s brow creased in thought. “I don’t know that I can rightly answer that, sir. Perhaps the Lord Marshall can better explain it to you, sir. At the gathering this cycling.” “Cycling?” Lang growled. “What the hell is a cycling?” “Your pardon, sir. There’s no night or day here, properly called. We mark time according to the cycle of the color of the astral vapor, from Amber to Azure to Violet. The period is perfectly regular. Right now it is Azure, sir.” A strained and fretful smile passed across Lang’s face, and then he bit his lip lest it turn into delirious laughter. He felt a very tenuous hold on his sanity, and feared that at any moment it might slip away. The period of time called Azure passed without descent into hysteria, and the first bell of Violet brought him limping on crutches to the cavernous auditorium along with Sheldrake and three score other strangers, most looking as tattered and bedraggled as he was. Lang was astonished to see dozens of women and children in the crowd. Even with the outlandish charters adopted by some of the order’s foreign lodges, the rolls of the Wise Knights of the Enlightenment were only open to men, and then only those of an age that would admit some measure of distinction and accomplishment. It took him some time to puzzle out this mystery, though the answer should have immediately presented itself: these were the wives and children of his fellow knights. The realization was disconcerting. Was this not the purpose of the redoubts? Of course he knew that, knew it before the foundation stones of the first Void Fortress were laid, but only now did he comprehend the gravity of that fact. For the first time he fully understood that their removal to this impossible place was for an unlimited duration. The Wise Knights had abandoned the earth; he would not see it again in his lifetime. On an elevated lectern stood the Lord Marshall in full regalia of the order. Encircling him were a half dozen others, crisply dressed in the uniform of the Exploratory Corps or the military cohorts. They were young and old, but all very dour. Without preface, the Lord Marshall spoke: “Wise Knights, this is the hour we have dreaded. For seven hundred years, we have awaited the prophesied Age of Enlightenment. The dawn broke but now has passed. The lights are going out.” The declaration provoked a lot of murmuring and more than one angry outburst. In the midst of the commotion, Lang squinted, trying to make out the face of the Lord Marshall in the purple-tinged light that filtered through the great crystalline canopy above. His eyes widened in recognition. “My God! It’s Penrose!” Annoyed, Sheldrake hushed him. “I assumed he was dead,” Lang said. “You assumed incorrectly,” was Sheldrake’s curt reply. “He looks just as he did when last I saw him. That was a quarter-century ago,” Lang intoned. Penrose had been right about the differential in the passage of time. Lang’s forehead beaded with sweat and his mouth dried up at the thought of how many ages would pass in the outside world while he hid in Tintagel. A strident American voice rose above the clamor, interrupting his thought: “We must counter-attack! Haven’t we the means, after all this time?” Another with a Russian accent concurred: “Let us strike before they can gain a lodgment on the earth! Why wait until they gather their strength?” “The enemy is already too strong, and we are too few!” declaimed the Lord Marshall. “What we protect here – your lives, our knowledge – is too precious to be wasted on vainglory. The entire future of our race hinges on our weathering this storm. For now, the gates of Tintagel are shut.” “This is surrender!” Lang was surprised to discover that it was he who cried out. A dozen other voices cheered his courage, but in truth it was a vent of maddened desperation. Lang lacked the mettle for war; he would avail the Wise Knights nothing in battle, but the thought of never seeing the sunrise, of never hearing the waves crash or the sky thunder was too much to bear. One of the knights clad in military vestments raised his voice above the commotion. “Wise Knights, earth is lost! The redoubts are our home now!” The Lord Marshall nodded. “These are our walled abbeys on the fringe of the wilderness, and we are the cloistered monks guarding the last flame of civilization until such time as we may carry it back to what remnant of our race perseveres, if any. Wise Knights, this is the new dark age. The flame gutters, but it has not yet gone out. We will keep it burning if we may, but our order must be reforged for the task. “Even to the days of our forefathers, we have been scholars and bookworms: librarians, physicians, taxonomists, alchemists, and astronomers. We have been scribblers, calculators, and spell casters. Scholarship and inquiry has served us well. It has brought us this far, but it will bring us no farther.” At this remark, silence descended on the whole assembly. Outside, the stars – or whatever queer orbs kindled the heavens in this uncanny place – flared brilliantly, casting a grave shadow across the face of Lord Marshall Penrose. In that alien light he looked lordly and terrible indeed. “Our place at the summit of creation was a maiden aunt’s fancy. The universe is hostile; we were fools to think it could ever be tamed by intellect alone. But long ago we were knights in more than just name. We were lions before we were sheep! If we endure, then we must become lions again! “If we had been more martial and valorous, as inclined to strength in arms as to strength in mind, we might not now be hiding in the Empyrean while the spiderish hordes of Mars sack our world. I pray God that we may one day return the favor, but that mighty task must be left to our children and our children’s children. For the rest of us, the dream of the golden dawn is dead; only our posterity will be fit to take it up again. “Yesterday, we were knights of Enlightenment. Today we are naught but knights of the cold void. Yet knights we remain! Let us not forget it.” The story you’ve just read is an excerpt from Population of Loss, the first volume in the Martian War Chronicles. Buy the book online or learn about the other ways you can support us. Dunstan Penrose Void Knights Cancel Post Comment HeroicAdventureFiction.com will use this information to keep you updated about new stories, book releases, and other content.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7930
__label__cc	0.523019	0.476981	Hi, I'm Massimo. Every now and then I send out a crisp newsletter full of great brand identities. I try to collect the freshest, tightest and most solid work from all over the world. Sign up below to get them all. #35 12th November 2020 Massimo Issue #35 Massimo is curated by Brandpad, the brand platform. Submit work ⟶ [email protected] With the intention to make finance “less difficult” and more engaging and understandable Collins successfully created a striking new brand identity for the app-based trading platform Robinhood. A bright-neon-colored cosmos of vibrant illustrations drafting our future world is opposed by a clear and neat layout and bold information graphics. The new identity allows the future-based brand to bridge between the pursuit to engage through creative expression on one side and a high-performance product experience on the other. A shared passion for illustration and sci-fi pop culture between the two parties seemed like the perfect starting point for this well-made rebranding. wearecollins.com Irvington Theater The Irvington Theater is one of the cultural hearts of the Hudson Rivertowns in New York, first opening in 1902. A.A. Trabucco-Campos was invited to revitalize and centralize their brand identity to satisfy the requirement to reflect the energy and history flowing through the theatre and unite it with their new ambitious art programme. With inspiration by the visual language of old-school advertisement and wheatpaste posters, A.A. Trubacco-Campos created a system around two main elements – layering and a wood-inspired, custom-designed vernacular typography. It’s the simplicity in black ink on rotating colored layers reminding of old local shop flyers reinforced by the mere use of the typography that makes this a successful blend to express the theatre’s history but in a contemporary framework. trabuc.co Kinglake Distillery Brooklyn-based creative studio Wade and Leta was invited to design the brand identity for the family-run Kinglake Distillery. With its location in Kinglake, Victoria, a place swallowed up by the great forests, afflicted by bushfires and characterized by working-class spirit and a touch of fantastical folklore, Wade and Leta had a great starting point to tell their story. Wade and Leta created a color-system that embodies the history of bushfires with luscious tones of greens and deep reds. Topped with gold foil to reference Kinglake's history during the gold mining boom, it generates a sort of rustic exclusiveness. With the chosen typography the creative studio visualizes the hand-made labour of running a farm. Altogether, a well-conceived assemblage of history and brand design. wadeandleta.com Elsewhere Coffee Roasters Studio Thomas was asked to position the coffee brand Elsewhere Coffee Roasters and create their visual identity and packaging. With the intention to not get bogged down in elaborate tasting notes and acidities, Studio Thomas designed a brand identity that sits closer to the consumer and focusses on the effects of coffee and the places it can take you. The packaging convinces with a simple and clean design, supplemented by bright color blocks with only the essential content. The primary focus is on the illustration, letting you imagine and feel Elsewhere Coffee Roasters, before actually tasting it. studiothomas.co.uk Sans & Sans Sans & Sans, tea-connoisseurs from Barcelona, invited Requena Office to create the packaging design for their new collection of multifunctional tea pouches Sans Mag. Requena Office played with the duplicity of the brand name by separating it and creating two packaging faces, which together complete the brand. For the Magnífico pouch, Requena employed the same logic but using abbreviations. The color system is well defined by modern, bright and bold colors. The design gives a nod to the tea culture and tradition but is revived in a contemporary, fresh manner. andresrequena.es Feel free to check out the archive. If you want to share this issue, you can do so through Facebook or Twitter. ©2016-2021 Massimo \| Terms of Use \| Privacy Policy \| Recommend work \| Archive \| Curated by Brandpad	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7931
__label__wiki	0.563796	0.563796	286. Editorial Note By the beginning of September 1954 all the major documentary sources in Guatemala, including the Foreign Ministry and the Communist Party, had been explored, but few incriminating documents were found. The Station in Guatemala concluded: “All sources agreed Commies and govt. implicated officials either destroyed or personally took out damaging documents. For example, Calligeris advised all Army G–2 files burned, which included Alfhem correspondence.” (Telegram 290 to the CIA, September 5, 1954; Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 168, Folder 7. See also memorandum dated September 3; ibid., Folder 10) According to a Summary Progress Report dated September 28: “The PBHistory team reviewed more than 500,000 documents, not including several hundred thousand duplicate copies and illegible or semi-destroyed papers and masses of Communist propaganda, books, leaflets, and magazines.” But of that number, only 2,095 were duplicated and a further 50,000 microfilmed. While considering the overall mission a success, the report admitted that “very few” “Communist damaging” documents had been found. (Report attached to dispatch HGG–A–1375 from the Chief of Station in Guatemala to the Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division, October 1; ibid.) Exploitation of the documents included their release to the press. The documents offered were printed by an “unusually cooperative” Guatemalan press, but “the editors made little embellishment of even the most provocative documents, unless suggestions, captions or stories written by the KUGOWN officer went with the photostatic copy.” (Ibid.) Attempts to publicize the findings throughout Latin America, however, were unsatisfactory. The report noted that only one news service had even carried the initial press release by the Minister of Propaganda. The others “felt the story was not ‘spot’ news, and consequently did not value it to the point of cable traffic.” (Ibid.) The conclusion reached was that the bulk of the documents “may be of value for research study.” (Memorandum, September 3; ibid.) Calligeris, John H. CIAKUGOWN	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7933
__label__wiki	0.601397	0.601397	Home - Tag: Los Angeles Dodgers Tag Archives: Los Angeles Dodgers Arizona Diamondbacks vs. LA Dodgers MLB Betting Preview — August 31 August 31, 2018 Featured, MLB Dodgers Look to Rebound in Game Two The Arizona Diamondbacks and the Los Angeles Dodgers continue their four-game series after Arizona’s 3-1 win last night. The win increased their lead over Los Angeles in the National League West to two games. Friday, August 31 at 8:10 PM ET Dodger Stadium Clear 69°F Wind: 1mph Odds: Dodgers -125-moneyline favorites. The Total ... Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers MLB Betting Preview and Pick Dodgers Host DBacks in Important 4-Game Set The Arizona Diamondbacks clash with the Los Angeles Dodgers in a four-game series with National League West implications. The Diamondbacks have a one-game lead in the division over the Dodgers, who have won five straight. Thursday, August 30 at 8:05 PM ET Dodger Stadium Clear 70°F Wind: 2mph Blowing L to R Odds: ... Dodgers vs. Rangers MLB Betting Preview and Pick Dodgers Battle Rangers as they Fight for NL West Title The Los Angeles Dodgers continue their fight for first place in the National League West when they clash with the Texas Rangers. Wednesday, August 29 at 8:05 PM ET Globe Life Park in Arlington Clear 82°F Wind: 7mph Blowing Out to L Odds: Dodgers -145-moneyline favorites. The Total is 9.5 ... St. Louis Cardinals vs. LA Dodgers MLB Betting Preview Dodgers Hope to Avoid Sweep Wednesday, August 22 at 10:00 PM ET Dodger Stadium Clear 84°F Wind: 7mph and is blowing Out Odds: Dodgers -158-moneyline favorites. The Total is 7.5 -110 at Jazz Sports. The Los Angeles Dodgers look to avoid a three-game sweep when they host the St. Louis Cardinals. Flaherty wins third straight start Jack Flaherty (7-6, ... Red-Hot Athletics Host the Dodgers August 7, 2018 Featured, MLB Athletics Going for 7th Straight The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics will meet on Tuesday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. This is the first game in a two game series. TV: 10:05 p.m. ET, NBCS California (Oakland), SportsNet Los Angeles PITCHING MATCHUP: Dodgers LH Rich Hill (4-4, 3.63 ERA) vs. Athletics LH Sean Manaea (10-7, 3.38) Oddsmakers opened the ... MLB Monday Free Betting Pick- Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia Phillies July 23, 2018 Featured, MLB Phillies and Dodgers Both Lead Their Divisions Game 1 of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Philadelphia Philliesof three-game clash gets underway at 7:05 p.m. The battle between a pair of division leaders in the NL could be telling. VietBet has opened the Dodgers as -134 road favorites with the total set at 8.5. The Dodgers are now -145 and the ... Dodgers Host the Cubs With Eye on HR Record June 27, 2018 Featured, MLB Dodgers Need 5 HR’s to Tie Team Record The fans at Dodger Stadium will see the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers when they take their seats on Wednesday. The Dodgers are on the cusp of breaking the team home run record for the month of June. They currently have 48, while the record is 53. TV: 10:10 p.m. ... MLB Monday Betting Preview & Pick- Dodgers at Cubs Cubs Chasing the Brewers in NL Central; Dodgers Chasing DBacks in NL West The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs kick off this week’s three-game set on Monday night. The game is slated to start at 8:05 p.m. start at Wrigley Field. BetAnySports has opened the Dodgers as -125 road favorites with the total set at 8.5. The Dodgers ... Sunday Night Baseball: Dodgers Host the Giants April 1, 2018 Featured, MLB Dodgers Look to Salvage Split The Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Francisco Giants in the season opener of Sunday Night Baseball. The first pitch is scheduled for 8:37 pm EST. ESPN will have the coverage at the conclusion of the NCAA Women’s National Championship Game. Oddsmakers have the Dodgers as a -180-moneyline favorite. The total is at 7.5 Under ... World Series Game 7: Heavyweight Slugfest in Final Round November 1, 2017 Featured, MLB Astros and Dodgers Have One More Epic Battle in 2017 World Series The Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers will battle one more time on Wednesday when they battle at Dodger Stadium in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series. The series has been an epic battle between two heavyweight sluggers. First pitch is set for 8:20 pm EST. ...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7937
__label__wiki	0.988401	0.988401	UK weather: Britons have had sunniest spring on record during the coronavirus lockdown The Met Office says this has been the sunniest spring since records began in 1929 By Dean Kirby Updated July 13, 2020 3:24 pm Locked-down Britons have been sweltering in the sunniest spring since records began nearly a century ago, according to Met Office forecasters. Since 1929, there have only been nine UK springs that recorded more than 500 hours of sunshine, with the previous sunniest being just over 555 hours in 1948. Inconsistencies in Dominic Cummings’ account have undermined public health messages, says Penny Mordaunt UK coronavirus rules and new social distancing restrictions, explained Who can book a coronavirus test under new UK rules Latest coronavirus rules on travelling within the UK, explained NHS Test and Trace: How UK contact tracing system works But, by Wednesday this week, the nation has already recorded 573 hours of sunshine and the forecasters are predicting that the fine weather could continue well into June. The warm weather is likely to raise more concerns about climate change, with provisional climate statistics for spring set to be released on Monday. Spring floods Storm Jorge arrived as several areas coped with the effects of Ciara and Dennis (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty) It comes after swathes of the UK were hit by floods in February, when three storms lashed the country and swamped homes and a record average of 202mm rainfall fell. Dr Mark McCarthy, from the Met Office’s National Climate Information Centre, said: “Much of spring has been dominated by successive areas of high pressure, leading to sunny and relatively dry conditions. “In February, the Met Office was reporting record rainfall as Storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge boosted totals, making February 2020 the wettest February on record. “However, spring 2020 has been very dry, and May in parts of England has been exceptionally dry. As it stands, for England, May 2020 is the driest May on record since 1896, with less than 10mm rain falling across England on average.” Some areas have recorded far less rainfall than this, with Northamptonshire having only recorded 1.5mm of rain during May – less than the thickness of a 20p coin. More than average rainfall But South West England had close to average rainfall in March before seeing drier conditions in April and very dry conditions in May. However, the pattern for other parts such as Northern England was different with April being the driest month. So far during May, the Western Isles have received more than average rainfall. Mr McCarthy said: “During the month, the centre of the high pressure has been located to the south and east, leaving the Western Isles and other parts of north-west Scotland extending beyond the influence of the high pressure, leaving them exposed to weather fronts bringing more rainfall to the region, whereas southern England has been largely covered by the high pressure, suppressing rainfall.” Iweekend UK Lockdown	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7943
__label__wiki	0.741325	0.741325	Trump’s Shambolic empire faces long odds for a comeback again and again-Bloomberg Drunkard, tech-savvy kid, jump to pharmacy: How Americans administer coronavirus vaccine-Washington Post How to get rid of the coronavirus (literally) Home / Business / Caribbean cruise passengers test positive for COVID-19 Caribbean cruise passengers test positive for COVID-19 November 12, 2020 Business 3 Views According to reports, passengers traveling by boat in the Caribbean for the first time since the pandemic began tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. The quick test results of SeaDream 1 of the SeaDream Yacht Club are preliminary positive results. Sloan said that when the ship was anchored in the Grenadines, the ship’s captain Tobjör Lund announced the case through the ship’s intercom in the afternoon. Inform all passengers and non-essential flight attendants to isolate them in their cabin. SeaDream 1, carrying 53 passengers and 66 crew members, started sailing from the port of Barbados, its home country, on Saturday. Sloan wrote that now it will return there. Since March, the ship is the first ship to sail in the Caribbean Sea. Sloan said that in order to board the ship, all passengers must undergo negative tests twice-the day before departure and the next day. The third test is scheduled for Wednesday. The captain announced that passengers who tested positive felt sick and could not be tested. Twenty-three people in Norway died after receiving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, 13 of whom were nursing home patients	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7944
__label__wiki	0.968341	0.968341	Blizzard upgrades Battle.net with new features Home / World / Local officials say that Boko Haram killed at least 7 people in the Christmas Eve attack in Nigeria Local officials say that Boko Haram killed at least 7 people in the Christmas Eve attack in Nigeria December 25, 2020 World 0 Views Chibok Regional Secretary Kachara Usman told CNN on Friday: “Boko Haram attacked the village of Pemi, killing seven people and kidnapping seven others, including the pastor. “ He added: “They also burned down a church, a pharmacy and several houses.” Pemi is about 20 kilometers away from Chibok, where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 female students six years ago. A man who claimed to be one of the leaders of the Boko Haram organization Abubakar Shekao also said that the organization kidnapped more than 300 boys in the northwest of the country earlier this month, despite the fact that the governor Aminu Bello Aminu Bello Masari (Aminu Bello Masari) refuted this claim, saying that “local bandits” ; were responsible. Audu Chiwar, the former secretary of the Chibok community in Abuja, told CNN that he received a call from local residents on Thursday saying that gunmen opened fire on the village. Witnesses told Chiwar that several houses in the area and the Evangelical Church of the Brotherhood in Pemi village were burned down. Several witnesses told CNN that they also heard gunfire and saw someone being shot. According to witness Bomo Ishaku, an international Christian youth organization has been holding a parade in Pemi Village to celebrate Christmas. Nkeki Mutah, chairman of the Chibok community in Abuja, told CNN that he believes that Pemi village is a specific target because it is a predominantly Christian community. Mutah said: “Since 2018, Boko Haram has attacked Chibok, killing and kidnapping people almost every two weeks.” “They want to eliminate Chibok from the surface of the earth.”	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7945
__label__wiki	0.681915	0.681915	San Francisco 49ers offseason: Steve Young talks about how he will trade Deshaun Watson How Parler’s de-platformization shows the power of Amazon, the cloud provider Rod Stewart became a “mate” with Elton John again after ending his “malicious” dispute Home / Entertainment / Nicki Minaj talked about “overnight” work and “painful” breastfeeding three months after welcoming her first child Nicki Minaj talked about “overnight” work and “painful” breastfeeding three months after welcoming her first child December 31, 2020 Entertainment 2 Views Nicki Minaj has a candid insight into motherhood to celebrate that her beloved son-nicknamed “Daddy Bear”-is almost three months old. The 38-year-old “Moment 4 Life” hitter shared her son with husband Kenneth’Zoo’ Petty, and discussed her birth story and the whole mother in an impromptu fan Q&A on Twitter on Wednesday. When asked about her breastfeeding for the first time, she wrote: “He has no problems with breastfeeding. He is locked in the hospital, which surprised me. Milestone: Nicki Minaj got to know her mother frankly to celebrate her beloved son-nicknamed “Daddy Bear”-is almost three months old ‘I worry maybe he won’t. But breastfeeding is very painful. Pumping too. Women make this thing look too simple. Moms are really superheroes (sic). The producer of “Barbie Dreamland” admitted that she was “naked” when the water broke in her home, and her husband Kenneth Petty was “very scared” at the moment. She was surprised by the experience, she replied: “Yes. I am naked. I just finished the shower and I asked him to wipe my back. I stepped on him on the bed at first, and I just felt the water start to flow out. . “I’m very strange and calm, I said quietly,’Oh, I’m going to work’. He was scared, and I was @他笑. (sic)’. Sweetness: “Moment 4 Life” hitter, 38 years old, sharing son with husband Kenneth’Zoo’ Petty-Discussed her birth story and the whole mother in an impromptu fan Q&A on Wednesday “He does the same thing now”: Nicky is interested in the baby before September 30, who is “full of personality in my belly” and “knows how to walk his own way”. ‘I am strangely calm’: Minaj said that her water broke at home when she “bare her ass” Nicki was born on Onika Maraj, and she admitted that she was “very interested” and her baby was “full of personality in my belly” long before the arrival of September 30 , And “know how to succeed.” As the questions continued to flood, she was also asked about the birth itself and was happy to provide details to fans. She added: “Yes, there is an epidural natural vaginal delivery. I pushed for 2 1/2 hours. Only b/c First, the wear of the epidural membrane is not enough to make me feel pushed. Once I Feeling the pain, he pushed me out. (sic) When a follower hinted that it was “short” for the first-time mother, Nicky pointed out that she slept for a long time. She tweeted:[I had a] Natural vaginal delivery [with] The epidural I pushed for 2 1/2 hours Nicky added: “I actually worked all night, but all they did was put me to sleep until I spread enough strength to push. There was no epidural injury. They made me feel very good.’ mom [are] Really a superhero! Although Minaj had no trouble getting the baby to hold the nipples tightly in the hospital, she admitted that “breastfeeding is very painful” She explained: “Well, I actually worked all night, but all they did was put me to sleep until I spread enough strength to push away. There was no epidural injury. They made me feel Very good. So I got my right to sleep (sic). “I pushed for 2 1/2 hours.as long as [because] First of all, the abrasion of the epidural membrane is not enough to make me feel forced. Once I could feel the pain, I drove him out. Nicky went on to say that Grammy winner Ciara (with 3 children under 6) was very helpful and wrote “Bless her”. The 35-year-old R&B singing female voice invited Minaj to sing her three songs-became a legal singer in 2012, Livin’ It Up and left in 2013. advice? The fast-paced rapper said that Grammy Award winner Ciara (with three children under 6) was very helpful and wrote “Bless her.” Thanks, girl! The 35-year-old R&B singer (R) invited Nicki to sing her three songs-became a legal singer in 2012, and Livin’It Up and I’m Out in 2013 (pictured) RuPaul’s Drag Race guest judge also received the support of Grammy Award winner Ariana Grande, who “gave him some beautiful gifts.” Minaj and her 42-year-old husband and manager (without a nanny) just celebrated their first Christmas in Beverly Hills, and that was a bit of joy they brought. Nicky will next appear in Michael John Warren’s six-episode documentary on HBO Max-which will make her “Barbz” “important to my personal and professional life” Show the original unfiltered impression”. Ariana’s reaction? Minaj also received the support of Grammy Award winner Ariana Grande, who sent him some beautiful gifts. Another heroine Sista: RuPaul’s Drag Race guest referee and the 27-year-old pop star (L) have collaborated six times-including Ariana’s 2016 single Side to Side (pictured) Jolly: Nicki and her 42-year-old husband and manager-none of them have a nanny-just celebrated their first Christmas in Beverly Hills, and they carried a little bit of joy Hollywood Reporter: “Godzilla vs. King Kong” rose for two months	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7946
__label__cc	0.617682	0.382318	Ministry Scheduler Diocese Links Fellowship Activities Sunday School & Holy Cross Youth Holy Cross Youth Worship at Holy Cross Online Evening Prayer service Thursday \| December 24, 2020 Because of inclement weather, we are unable to hold our drive-in service. The service of Evening Prayer with Christmas carols will be live-streamed from inside the sanctuary. Join us at 7:00 p.m. for a selection of seasonal music prior to the 7:30 service. Bring a candle to light as we sing Silent Night. Register for Event: Online Evening Prayer service Sunday \| 9:00 am Adult Forum: One Hope In God’s Call To Us Sunday \| 10:30 am Drive-Through Ingathering and Donating Sunday \| 2:00 pm Adult Formation (3) Serve (2) Whoever you are, and wherever you find yourself on the journey of faith, you are welcome here at Holy Cross as you are to receive the blessings of God so freely given of new and unending life in Christ. 9:00 a.m. Sundays 7:00 p.m. Tuesdays The parish office is closed until further notice. Inquiries can be made to office@holycrossepiscopal.org. 2455 Gallows Road Dunn Loring, VA 22027 © 2021 Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross Dunn Loring, Virginia. All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy Cookie Policy Web Development	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7948
__label__wiki	0.87222	0.87222	Dec. 1, 2020 7:39 AM EST Matera loses captaincy, among 3 players suspended by Pumas By STEVE McMORRAN AP-RGU-Argentina-Suspensions, 3rd Ld-Writethru Rick Rycroft, ASSOCIATED PRESS Pablo Matera was stripped of the Argentina captaincy and suspended with two teammates on Tuesday for historical social media posts deemed to be “discriminatory and xenophobic.” The Argentina Rugby Union said further disciplinary action may be coming. The sanctions were announced a day after backlash in Argentina for the low-key way the team responded to the death last week of soccer great Diego Maradona. Matera became a national hero when he led the Pumas to their first win over New Zealand in November in the ongoing Tri Nations series in Australia. Now he, veteran lock Guido Petti and hooker Santiago Socino will miss their final Tri Nations match against Australia on Saturday in Sydney. The UAR said it “repudiates the discriminatory and xenophobic comments published by members of the Los Pumas team on social networks” from 2011 to 2013. The statement added the social media posts didn't reflect the personalities of the trio while they have been playing for the Pumas, but “the Argentine Rugby Union condemns all kinds of hate speech and consider unacceptable that those who conveyed them represent our country.” The posts, mostly tweets, reportedly were aimed at Black people and Bolivian and Paraguayan domestic workers. Matera, who played his first international match in 2013, has closed his Twitter account and expressed regret on Instagram about the messages. “Today I have to take (responsibility) for what I said nine years ago,” Matera said. “I am very ashamed. Apologies to all those who were offended by the atrocities I wrote. At that moment I did not imagine who I was going to become. "I’m also sorry to my team and my family for the moment they are going through ... and thanks to the people who love me for their support.” Socino added in a statement: “I want to apologize to those who I may have offended with what I said at the time, and what I absolutely repudiate. I never realized what it could cause, and I do not seek to justify it with the immaturity with which I handled myself.” The Pumas have gone from stars to villains at home within weeks. The players wore black armbands in the Tri Nations test against the All Blacks, the only gesture they made after Maradona's death last Wednesday. That tribute contrasted poorly with that of the New Zealanders, who offered an All Blacks jersey with Maradona's name and playing number 10 to the Argentina squad on the halfway line before their match last weekend. The backlash forced the Argentine squad to make a public apology on Monday, before the controversial old social media posts emerged. Matera admitted “the tribute we chose to pay Diego caused pain and disappointment in many people and we wanted to (say) that in no way was that our intention.” “Diego was an extremely important person for us, he always supported us," Matera said, adding that “for Argentine athletes, Diego Maradona is the greatest thing there is and he marked us all.” Men's rugby union	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7952
__label__wiki	0.652019	0.652019	Macoma balthica (Linnaeus, 1758) Common name(s): Baltic macoma Synonyms: Limecola balthica, Tellina balthica, Tellina fragilis, Tellina zonalis, Macoma balthica Subclass Autobranchia Infraclass Heteroconchia Subterclass Euheterodonta Superorder Imparidentia Order Cardiida Superfamily Tellinoidea Family Tellinidae Subfamily Macominae Macoma petalum shells, each about 2 cm long, found on the Skagit River delta. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2020) Description: Like all members of family Tellinidae, this clam has a rounded shell with neither valve very flat nor very inflated, and the anterior and posterior ends are shaped differently. There are two adductor muscle scars of similar size on each valve. The umbones are near the middle of the dorsal side. It has no radial ribs. The hinge has a true hinge plate with two cardinal teeth on both valves. The hinge ligament is mostly external. The valves have a pallial sinus and a continuous pallial line and gape only slightly, if at all, at the posterior end. The siphons are long and separate. Macoma balthica is an intertidal and subtidal species which, like other Macomas, has no lateral teeth on its hinge plate. The clam is asmall and lmost perfectly oval with both the anterior and posterior ends well-rounded. The shell is up to about 2 (3) cm long (but usually less than 1.5 cm in our area) and is much less than twice as long as high. The umbo is near the middle and the hinge ligament is at least 1/3 the length from the umbones to the posterior end. The periostracum on the valves is not polished or transparent, and the posterior end of the valves do not bend slightly to the right. The valves often have a yellow, pink, or bluish tint as seen here I offer my thanks to Linda Schroeder of the Pacific Northwest Shell Club for help confirming the identification of this clam.. Note: The original Macoma balthica of the Arctic and North Atlantic ocean has been renamed Limecola balthica, according to marinespecies.org. The species previously identified as Macoma balthica in San Francisco Bay has now been recognized as Macoma petalum (which is also found in the North Atlantic American coast), but no morphological differences between the two species have been specified. It is thought to have been brought to the Pacific coast by oyster farming. How to Distinguish from Similar Species:Macoma yoldiformis is about twice as long as high. Macoma inquinata has a distinctly narrower posterior end than anterior end and the shell is white. Macoma nasuta bends to the right and has a white shell which is often larger than 2 cm. Macoma expansa also grows larger and has an "inflated" appearing shell. Tellina clams have lateral teeth on the hinge. Geographical Range: In the arctic and north temperate Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Depth Range: Intertidal down to 25 m. Habitat: Muddy sand Biology/Natural History: This clam burrows only shallowly into the substrate. Main Page Alphabetic Index Systematic Index Glossary Dichotomous Keys: Kozloff, 1987, 1996 General References: Kozloff 1993 Scientific Articles: Web sites: General Notes and Observations: Locations, abundances, unusual behaviors: The pallial sinus is deep. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2020 Authors and Editors of Page: Dave Cowles (2020): Created original page CSS coding for page developed by Jonathan Cowles Salish Sea Invertebrates web site provided courtesy of Walla Walla University	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7954
__label__wiki	0.798834	0.798834	Home / Stock Picks / Hot Stocks / Intel Needs a New CEO to Remain Relevant Intel Needs a New CEO to Remain Relevant Intel blew out earnings but has blown it on 7nm manufacturing technology By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor Jul 29, 2020, 9:15 am EST July 29, 2020 Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock has been thrust firmly back into the spotlight after the company reported earnings July 23. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com CEO Robert Swan put the best face on it. He talked about the earnings: “We exceeded our guidance by $1.2 billion on the top line and 13 cents on the bottom line. Our data-centric businesses grew 34 percent and drove approximately 52 percent of the company’s revenue, and our PC-centric business grew 7 percent.” Seen in isolation, Intel’s most recent earnings were spectacular. Non-GAAP earnings of $1.23 per share, 16% ahead of last year, on revenue of $19.7 billion. Add to that $10.6 billion in free cash flow and $2.8 billion paid out in dividends. Yet INTC stock was hit with a hammer. Its shares, which traded at $61 a week ago, before earnings, open July 29 at $49.30. The dividend now yields 2.66%. Intel’s price-to-earnings ratio is 9x. (Rival Advanced Micro Device’s (NASDAQ:AMD) P/E is nearly 160.) What’s Going On With INTC Stock? Swan dropped the bomb near the end of his earnings announcement. “We are seeing an approximate six-month shift in our 7nm-based CPU product timing relative to prior expectations,” he said. That’s a mealy mouthed way of saying Intel can’t get the latest chip production technology working. “[W]e have also invested in contingency plans to hedge against further schedule uncertainty,” he added. That means Intel is now going to buy production from its manufacturing rival, Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM). It would be like Ford (NYSE:F) CEO Jim Hackett saying he didn’t know how to make his new pick-up and it would be made by Toyota Motors (NYSE:TM). It wasn’t just what Swan said, but the way he said it that stunned me. He didn’t state it like a leader. He hid it like a bureaucrat. “I don’t have a reason to buy Intel,” said TV analyst Jim Cramer. “Intel has zero-to-no chance of catching or surpassing … [Taiwan Semiconductor] at least for the next half decade, if not ever,” Susquehanna analyst Chris Rolland wrote. Heads rolled on the manufacturing side, including the chief engineering officer. But the head that should have rolled didn’t. Robert Swan’s head didn’t. Intel can’t be great again until it does, neither can INTC stock for that matter. What Intel Needs The lesson of the last two decades is clear. Chip-making is an entrepreneurial business. Intel hasn’t had an entrepreneur at the helm since the late Andrew Grove retired in 1998. His successor, Craig Barrett, is even listed in Intel’s official history as “transitional.” Barrett’s successor, Paul Otellini, didn’t even have a technical background. Otellini’s successor, Brian Krzanich, was an absolute disaster who turned Intel’s executive suite into Game of Thrones and left it with no bench to speak of. (Is it telling that Swan’s biography isn’t on this page?) Meanwhile, Jensen Huang had founded Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) in 1993. AMD recruited Dr. Lisa Su and made her CEO in 2014. Both are entrepreneurial. Both are engineers. They’re product people. They’re leaders. Robert Swan comes out of finance. He’s the guy Fredric March played in Executive Suite back in 1954 . As Meredith Wilson wrote in The Music Man, he doesn’t know the territory. I know Gordon Moore isn’t walking through that door. Moore is 91. But he’s also not yet dead, and neither is Intel. Not if they can find a great engineer, put them in charge, let them build a team and lead. The problem is that Intel may be too big, too bureaucratic, maybe even too profitable to do what’s necessary to win again. The Bottom Line on Intel The alternative to Intel winning is for Nvidia to lead. There are reports Nvidia is kicking the tires on ARM Holdings, the chip designer Softbank (OTCMKTS:SFTBY) bought in 2015. There are also critics saying Nvidia buying ARM would make that company a monopolist, like Intel. Nvidia’s market cap recently passed that of Intel. I say, let them be a “monopolist,” because they can’t be. Right now, China is the leader, Taiwan is the leader. But the U.S. must lead to have any hope of beating China in this century. Intel can’t do it. Maybe Jensen Huang can. Dana Blankenhorn has been a financial journalist since 1978. His latest book is Technology’s Big Bang: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Moore’s Law, essays on technology available at the Amazon Kindle store. Follow him on Twitter at @danablankenhorn. As of this writing he owned shares in TSM and NVDA. Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2020/07/intel-intc-stock-needs-new-ceo/.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7955
__label__wiki	0.796526	0.796526	Home News Society Coronavirus Crisis in South Iran Coronavirus Crisis in South Iran Mostafa Aslani The regime is trying to hide the situation there and reflecting it as if everything is normal and life can be run like before. But its media cannot hide it not anymore and is forced to reflect it which is just showing another crime of the regime. The president of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences acknowledged the increase in coronavirus infected patients, saying: “If the infection with the coronavirus continues in this way, people will be waiting for travel restrictions and strict quarantine.” (ISNA news agency, 15 May) Hossein Farshidi informed about the transmission of the pandemic to Bashagard city and said: “Until last night, the number of hospitalizations in the intensive care unit has increased by six cases and this number has reached 28 people and now 1,082 people are in quarantine. Also, the governor of Khash, according to FARS news agency, admitted on 15 May, that the situation of the coronavirus prevalence in Khash city is becoming a critical situation and said: “Najafabad and its suburbs are in a critical situation due to coronavirus and this village will be quarantined.” He added: “In crisis-prone areas and villages such as Najafabad, Khosrowabad, Nasser Abad, Rostamabad, Grenchin, Sabz Gaz, Gozo Chahak, Heshik Irandegan, schools will not be reopened.” The regime’s government headquarters for countering the coronavirus in Khuzestan announced on 15 May that the offices of 16 cities in the province will be closed until Monday, 18 May, in order to prevent the outbreak of the virus. Dr. Ali Ehsanpour, the spokesman for Ahwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, said: “In 24 hours, another 534 Khuzestani’s were infected with the coronavirus.” According to the decision of the Khuzestan Provincial Security Council, non-essential offices, banks, and guilds in Ahvaz, Karun, Bavi, Ramhormoz, Masjed-e-Soleiman, Haftkol, Hamidiyeh, Dasht Azadegan, Mahshahr, Hendijan, Dezful, Shush, Shushtar, Gotvand, Abadan and Khorramshahr will be closed until Monday. In Khuzestan, it has been announced that the streets leading to the city centers in these cities will be blocked with the opinion and decision of the governorates and municipalities. Traffic and stops near parks and green spaces in these cities are prohibited. Mosques and tombs are closed in these cities. The closure also includes private companies. It should be noted that in such a situation that people need clean water more than ever, the water in the houses of many parts of Ahvaz is not potable and people have to buy purified water. The head of Dezful Hospital admitted on 15 May, “that so far, 40 personnel and medical staff of Dezful Grand Hospital have been infected with the coronavirus.” Ali Bakhtiari said: “The Dezful Grand Hospital has 1,100 medical staff, 40 of whom have been diagnosed with the coronavirus infection, including staff and administrative support.” “Dezful has the highest number of coronavirus patients in Khuzestan after Ahvaz,” he added. (IRNA, 15 May) Iran Regime Has “Mismanaged the Coronavirus Outbreak” Iran Society Previous articleIran – Why All the Warnings of “Public Distrust?” Next articleCoronavirus Conditions Critical, University Deans in Iran Warn Iran Gone into Darkness Maryam Rajavi: Iranian Regime Must Act on Dangerous Air Pollution Air Pollution Endangers Iranians’ Lives Another Child Suicide in Iran; Reza Had No Hope Khamenei Sheds Crocodile Tears for Nurses without Taking Action	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7956
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Fox Cities indoor sports facility opens, FCCVB receives grant Posted on Nov 21, 2019 :: Insight on Business, Web Exclusive Posted by MaryBeth Matzek of Insight Publications A handball tournament this weekend will be the first official event at the new $30 million Community First Champion Center Fox Cities in Grand Chute. The 164,000-square-foot center includes a fieldhouse designed for basketball and volleyball, a permanent ice sheet and another area that will be used as an ice rink in the winter, and a hard court for basketball and volleyball during the summer. It’s estimated the center will contribute $8 million to the local economy within the first year and up to $12 million annually by year five. “We designed this center for youth teams and tournaments since that will bring in more visitors and hotel nights in the area,” says Matt Ten Haken, director of sports marketing for the Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau. “This will provide a big boost to local tourism.” The idea for the center began to come together in 2012, and once 10 area communities agreed to put aside some of their room tax money to pay for the project, planning kicked into high gear. Miron Construction Co. Inc. broke ground on the project in August 2018. The fieldhouse can be used for eight volleyball courts or four basketball courts with seating for 1,000. Ten Haken says one unique aspect of the space is that the volleyball nets descend from the ceiling, so “it can go from basketball to volleyball in minutes with a click of a switch.” The year-round hockey rink is NHL sized with seating up to 1,000. The cafe area includes windows, so people can watch from there as well. The third space seats 300 and is currently set up as a second NHL-sized rink. In mid-March, the space will be transformed into additional hard-court space with enough room for four basketball courts or six volleyball courts. “With all of the spaces, we really wanted to provide a place where these youth athletes will go, ‘Wow’ and be so excited to play here,” Ten Haken says. In addition to its sports facilities, the center includes a cafe, a parents’ lounge, locker rooms and space for the teams to gather. The entrance at the rear of the building includes a player entrance, so players can walk right into the level where they can reach the locker rooms and playing surface. Ten Haken says hockey players, who typically have a lot of gear, really appreciate that offering. Multiple area hockey teams, including the Neenah/Hortonville/Menasha co-op team, are already using the ice rinks for practice, says Ten Haken, adding the hard-court areas can also be used for gymnastics, futsal, wrestling and handball. “We really wanted to create a space that’s like no other when it comes to youth athletics, and I think we’ve succeeded,” he says. In related news, the FCCVB has received a $39,550 Year-1 Joint Effort Marketing Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. The organization will use the funds to help launch Fox Cities Originals, a promotional brand campaign to draw visitors and increase economic growth. The campaign will launch in January, playing up the Fox Cities’ greatest strengths: unique activities, attractions, eateries and shops, an amazing lifestyle, and the people and the companies that make the Fox Cities a dynamic destination, according to a press release. Grant funds will go towards online, social, print and broadcast advertising primarily targeting drive-to markets in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. 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OXNARD, Calif. - Oxnard police said a student was hit by a stray bullet in a shooting near McAuliffe Elementary School in Oxnard Thursday morning. The area has been the location for several fires during the past week. Please follow and like us: On Sunday, September 27, 2020, at 10:37 A.M., Oxnard Police Officers responded to a call of shots being fired in the area of the 3500 block of Harbor Boulevard. The officer who shot the teen was not injured and has been with the department since … 01.11.2020 \| 12:38 AM \| OXNARD – A car-to-car shooting left a man dead, early Saturday morning. Deputies Investigate Shooting Near Oxnard. A 9-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet after a car-to-car shooting near an Oxnard elementary school Thursday, police said. Around 10:10 p.m., police received reports of a shooting victim and responded to the 5300 block of South J Street. It happened around 4 p.m. on the 1300 block of Commercial Avenue. Oxnard Police Department's Violent Crimes Unit continues to investigate a shooting Saturday night that sent one person to the hospital. OXNARD, Calif. (KABC) -- A homicide investigation is underway after 22-year-old man was fatally shot in Oxnard Sunday evening, police said. A shooting in Oxnard sends a man to the hospital. OXNARD, Calif. - A daytime shooting in Oxnard left one person dead, and two injured on Sunday. 11-28-2020. Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions. A third person, a 33-year-old man was located on the 1400 block of Pine Street with a gunshot wound in the arm. On January 23, 2020, at approximately 11:20 A.M., the Oxnard Police Department received a call of a possible shooting victim at McAuliffe Elementary School, located at 3300 Via Marina Avenue. Upon … CocoRosie Release Twisted New Track “End of the Freak Show” Featuring Anohni, Brooke Candy, Big Freedia and Cakes Da Killa mxdwn.com . CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL NOTE. A shooting in Oxnard early Sunday sent one victim to a hospital, authorities said. Police did say in a press release that more people may have been involved. Chris Inglehart. Around 10:37 a.m., police received a … The shooting was reported at 7:18 p.m. in an alley in the 2100 block of Mariposa Street. Take our mobile apps with you! The impromptu action was held in response to the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Javier Magana, who was killed by Ventura Police following a vehicle pursuit the previous night. OXNARD, Calif. - Oxnard police reported that a teenager had to undergo emergency surgery after sustaining a gunshot wound Saturday night. Two markets involved in $3.8 million fraud case. MORE:Oxnard police arrest murder suspect in 1980 cold case. 11-29-2020. Tags: Oxnard, Oxnard Police Department, shooting Oxnard Police Department – Incident Press Release On September 27, 2020, at 10:37 A.M., Oxnard Police Officers responded to a call of shots being fired in the area of the 3500 block of Harbor Boulevard. Units arriving on scene located a 21-year-old hispanic male victim inside a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound and began … Woman dies after being found at CI Harbor. Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old man in Oxnard, authorities said Sunday. OXNARD, Calif. - A 21-year-old Oxnard man was shot and killed in unincorporated El Rio early Saturday morning while driving in the area. Reach her at gretchen.wenner@vcstar.com or 805-437-0270. 2:20. News World Americas. Once officers arrived, they learned that a 23-year-old Oxnard man suffering from a gunshot wound was being taken to St. John’s Regional Medical Center by family members, authorities said. The Oxnard School District issued the following statement on its Facebook page: “At 11:30 this morning, the Oxnard Police Dept. Oxnard Father Of 4 Dies After Shooting - Duration: 2:20. Oxnard police are asking the public for help investigating the city's 6th homicide of the year. Weather Forecast 1:28. Monday October 19, 2020 The Ventura County Sheriff's Office was investigating a shooting Sunday night near Oxnard that left a woman wounded, but they were getting little or no help from the victim or witnesses. Read more... CocoRosie Release Twisted New Track “End of the Freak Show” Featuring Anohni, Brooke Candy, Big Freedia and Cakes Da Killa - mxdwn.com Oct 11, 2020 \| 02:13 am. No arrests have been made. Authorities arrived on scene to find the gunshot victim suffering a non-life threatening gunshot wound. Sunday September 27, 2020 Updated--Oxnard police are looking for a suspect or suspects and a motive for a fatal shooting at Channel Islands Harbor Sunday morning that claimed the life of a 48-year-old man. OXNARD, Calif. - The Oxnard Police are investing their sixth homicide of the year. A shooting near an elementary school in Oxnard on Thursday morning sent a 10-year-old student to the hospital, police said. A male juvenile was shot in what appeared to be a drive-by shooting. Police say uploader information is not stored and anyone who uploads footage can remain anonymous. He was transported to the hospital where he is in critical condition. Severe Weather NEWS; TRAFFIC; CONTACTS; Another Week Of Winds For Ventura County. ... Oxnard police investigate shooting near carport on … Oxnard … The block is in a residential area south of Wooley Road and generally east of Ventura Road. The man had been involved in a shooting in the neighboring city, she said. Oxnard California News. (THECOUNT) -- Reports say a shooting has occurred at Oxnard, CA, Christa McAuliffe Elementary School on Thursday morning. Posted By: Editorial Team. submit any images to the police department, Santa Barbara County Fire Department respond to a structure fire, Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 13 months in prison over 2019 protest, California dive boat captain indicted on multiple counts of manslaughter in connection with fire that left 34 dead. The American Suburbs Have 15% More People of Color Than a Decade Ago Versus 5% More White People, Likely Contributing to Democrats' 6-Point Suburban Gain in 2020 - Daily Record-News A student was injured in a shooting Thursday near an Oxnard school. Oxnard student, 9, struck by stray bullet in car-to-car shooting Oxnard volunteer recognized for cleaning up the city, inspiring others Death of 4-year-old Oxnard boy ruled accidental Police also found a 31-year-old man nearby lying in a shed. Oxnard shooting sends juvenile to hospital. Lastest News . A shooting in Oxnard early Sunday sent one victim to a hospital, authorities said. 01.05.2020 \| 9:40 PM \| OXNARD – A man was dead after being gunned down, Sunday night. Two shootings overnight in Oxnard believed to be unrelated Joe Curley, Ventura County Star 10/13/2020 Principal who would not confirm Holocaust was 'factual' is fired again Officers patrolling the Southwinds neighborhood at the city's southwest end … NEWS; TRAFFIC; CONTACTS; Fatal Shooting At Channel Islands Harbor In Oxnard Sunday Morning. It was reported around 9:45 PM in the Santa Clara River bottom. And don't forget to share! Shooting in Oxnard sends man to hospital VC Star . In a statement issued shortly before 11:30 It happened around 4 p.m. on the 1300 block of Commercial Avenue. The shooting victim was reported at … The incident was reported around 12:43 a.m. in the 1100 block of South L Street, said Oxnard Police Department Sgt. OXNARD, Calif. - The Oxnard Police are investing their sixth homicide of the year. It was reported that several gunshots were heard in the area. Tags: Oxnard, Oxnard Police Department, shooting Oxnard Police Department – Incident Press Release On September 27, 2020, at 10:37 A.M., Oxnard Police Officers responded to a call of shots being fired in the area of the 3500 block of Harbor Boulevard. OXNARD, Calif. - Oxnard police reported that a teenager had to undergo emergency surgery after sustaining a gunshot wound Saturday night. The805.com - Local Events and Information. OXNARD (CBSLA) – An 18-year-old man was shot and wounded on an Oxnard street Sunday night. He can be reached by calling 805-437-0208 or emailing jeremy.childs@vcstar.com. It was reported shortly after 8 PM on Perkins Road in the Southwinds neighborhood. Major crimes investigators are handling the case. Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old man in Oxnard, authorities said Sunday. California: Boy, 10, hit by stray bullet at elementary school in drive-by shooting. Gretchen Wenner covers breaking news for the Ventura County Star. Oxnard police were at the scene of a reported shooting at an apartment complex on Gonzales Road late Sunday afternoon. OXNARD (CBSLA) — A 9-year-old girl is expected to be OK after she was struck by a stray bullet Thursday morning from a car-to-car shooting while at her elementary school in Oxnard. Jeremy Childs is a breaking news and public safety reporter covering the night shift for the Ventura County Star. Tracy Lehr is a reporter and the weekend anchor of KCOY\|KEYT\|KKFX. An investigation is underway after a Ventura police officer fatally shot a man at the end of a vehicle pursuit from Oxnard, where he wanted in connection with an assault with a deadly weapon. OXNARD, Calif. -- The Oxnard Police Department and Oxnard City Fire Department responded to a shooting victim on Monday afternoon. KEYT - KCOY - KKFX News 5,593 views. msn back to msn home news powered by Microsoft News Oxnard police investigated a shooting which injured a male juvenile in the Southwinds neighborhood on Saturday night. The shooting wasn’t Saturday’s first one in Oxnard. It was reported that one victim was injured in the front of the business. Shooting victim dies in Oxnard. More:Police investigate shooting in east Ventura that injured one. Oxnard. Paramedics rendered aid but he was pronounced dead at the scene. No further information was immediately available. Contests & Promotions. The incident was reported around 12:43 a.m. in the 1100 block of South L Street, said Oxnard Police Department Sgt. Oxnard police officers found a 45-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the lower body. Chris Inglehart. Boy Killed By Van While Walking To School In Oxnard… OXNARD, Calif. (KABC) -- A 17-year-old girl was injured after being shot by Oxnard police, who said she wielded a knife and ran toward an officer on Friday. Police arrested an Oxnard man Thursday after he fired gunshots in a neighborhood, as well as and at responding police officers, officials said. OXNARD, Calif. - A daytime shooting in Oxnard left one person dead, and two injured on Sunday. A shooting in Oxnard early Sunday sent one victim to a hospital, authorities said. The incident prompted a large response from police, authorities said. Sunday September 27, 2020 Updated--Oxnard police are looking for a suspect or suspects and a motive for a fatal shooting at Channel Islands Harbor Sunday morning that claimed the life of a 48-year-old man. A 9-year-old girl was hit by a stray bullet after a car-to-car shooting near an Oxnard elementary school Thursday, police said. The victim had walked over to the location from the original area of the shooting along the 5400 block of Perkins Road, according to Oxnard police. A 10-year-old student at Oxnard's Christa McAuliffe Elementary School was hospitalized after being struck by a stray bullet from a car-to-car shooting. On September 30, 2020 at approximately 8:34 P.M., officers from the Oxnard Police Department were dispatched to a shooting victim in the 1300 block of West Channel Islands Boulevard. We'll start out Monday with north winds, but then the Santa Ana's return for the rest of the week. 11-28-2020. OXNARD, Calif. - A daytime shooting in Oxnard left one person dead, and two injured on Sunday. Oxnard … A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of another man inside an Oxnard home, officials said Saturday. All rights reserved. CBS Los Angeles 13,583 views. NEWS; TRAFFIC; CONTACTS; Deputies Investigate Shooting Near Oxnard. News. OXNARD, Calif. - Oxnard police are on scene investigating a shooting that took place Sunday afternoon. Breaking News When they arrived, officers located a 32-year-old male Oxnard resident down in the parking lot. Repeated Fires In A Complex Of On And Off Ramps From The 126 At Victoria. Oxnard police investigated a shooting which injured a male juvenile in the Southwinds neighborhood on Saturday night. The shooting was called in around 4:02 p.m. You can also find him on Twitter @Jeremy_Childs. It happened Sunday morning near the Channel Islands Harbor. The City of Oxnard offers a reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people responsible for committing murder in the city. Woman Dies In Channel Islands Harbor. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office says she was found floating, unconscious, in the water. It was reported around 9:45 PM in the Santa Clara River bottom. It happened around 4 p.m. on the 1300 block of Commercial Avenue. Monday October 19, 2020 The Ventura County Sheriff's Office was investigating a shooting Sunday night near Oxnard that left a woman wounded, but they were getting little or no help from the victim or witnesses. His injuries were not life-threatening and he was transported to a local hospital for treatment. On Sunday, November 8, 2020, at approximately 8:02 pm, officers from the Port Hueneme Police Department responded to the area of Carl’s Jr. restaurant located at 717 W. Channel Islands Blvd., in regards to a shooting that took place. Oxnard police said they responded to a report of a shooting just before 11 a.m. in the 700 block of Berkshire Place. The block is in a residential area south of Wooley Road and generally east of Ventura Road. Around 10:10 p.m., police received reports of a shooting victim and responded to the 5300 block of South J Street. Authorities responded to reports of a shooting with a victim down in the 200 block of … What happened to Oxnard's cannabis retail permits? Fatal Shooting At Channel Islands Harbor In Oxnard Sunday Morning. The shooting victim was reported at 8:11 p.m. in the 5300 block of South J Street. An investigation into a possible shooting victim forced the lockdown of Christa McAuliffe Elementary School in Oxnard Thursday morning. Oxnard police said the motive for the shooting is unclear and they are still working to determine if it was gang-motivated. The shooting victim was reported at … Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for … It happened Sunday morning near the Channel Islands Harbor. Oxnard Police Department – Incident Press Release. - The person fatally shot by a Ventura police officer on Thursday has been identified as a suspect in a previous shooting in Oxnard. Police are asking anyone who may have any security footage from the area of the incident to submit any images to the police department. According to Oxnard Police, the incident took place around 1:15 p.m. at the 100 block of North Roosevelt Avenue. Oxnard Police Ask Public For Help After Man is Shot to Death Near Harbor Arriving officers located a man in the parking lot adjacent to the harbor suffering from … Police remained on scene and reported finding bullet casings along Perkins Road near the reported location of the shooting. A shooting near an elementary school in Oxnard on Thursday morning sent a 10-year-old student to the hospital, police said. OXNARD, Calif. (KABC) -- New dramatic body camera video shows an Oxnard police officer shooting a 17-year-old girl who was brandishing a large kitchen knife. 9-year-old girl hit by stray bullet from car-to-car shooting near Oxnard school KFSN-TV . Authorities responded to reports of a car-to-car shooting in the 2700 block of Alvarado Street around 12:38 AM. Daily News Update CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL NOTE. Oxnard police investigated a shooting which injured a male juvenile in the Southwinds neighborhood on Saturday night. © 2020 www.vcstar.com. Oxnard police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead early Sunday morning. Oxnard Police Department – Incident Press Release. Oxnard Police Department – Incident Press Release. - The person fatally shot by a Ventura police officer on Thursday has been identified as a suspect in a previous shooting in Oxnard. Read more... in805.com. Last Friday, around 20 people gathered for a protest led by Oxnard Revolutionary Study Group(OxRevStudy). If you see a crime being committed, do this Ventura County Star See more videos Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact the Oxnard Police Department at 805-385-7600. 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__label__wiki	0.672759	0.672759	Kabooooom! 5 O's, No Apologies Longform & Opinion COMIC REVIEW: Injustice: Gods Among Us #36 Written by TOM TAYLOR / Art by MIKE S. MILLER / Colors by DAVID LOPEZ & SANTI CASAS OF IKARI STUDIO / Letters by WES ABBOTT / Published by DC COMICS Until relatively recently, there was a truism regarding adaptations that proved equally accurate whether applied to comic books based on video games or video games based on comic books – they always stink. Given that, nobody expected the tie-in comic for the Injustice: Gods Among Us fighting game to be worth much. Indeed, the first few issues made several prominent critics’ WORST BOOK EVER lists due to the story starting off with the conceit that Superman could be tricked into killing Lois Lane, thus starting a chain reaction that ended with the destruction of Metropolis and the death of The Joker at Superman’s hands. Despite this outlandish beginning, writer Tom Taylor rose to the occasion and brought amazing depths to what otherwise might have been yet another dull Elseworlds story where Superman and Batman become enemies. Taylor primarily did this in two ways. First, Taylor showed that Superman’s fall into fascism was not a sudden thing but a gradual process born of a series of steps down the slippery slope of good intentions. Next, Taylor took advantage of the weekly digital release format of Injustice to tell smaller stories that focused on the ordinary people and their reactions to the changes wrought by the World’s Finest Heroes. Taylor also took care to make the story more than just another Superman vs. Batman fight by focusing individual issues on other characters like Green Arrow and Harley Quinn. Taylor continues to defy convention, even in this series finale where Batman and Superman finally do face one another in battle. In a nod to The Dark Knight Returns, Batman hangs a lampshade on the conflict by noting that it would be far easier for him to put on an armored suit and throw Kryptonite at Superman than to do what he plans to do. But Batman does not take the easy way out in the fight that follows. Thankfully, neither does Taylor who turns this epic battle into one of wills rather than fisticuffs. In this respect, Taylor may have written the most realistic Batman vs. Superman fight in comics’ history. We get a sense in this issue that it is Batman who is the most reluctant to fight, ready to sacrifice his own life rather than taking one himself. He remains unwilling to compromise his principles, even in this face of his own death at Superman’s hand. Yet, Batman will find aid in the eleventh hour from his most likely ally and least likely source of salvation. Artist Mike S. Miller delivers another strong performance. Miller’s figures are larger than life, looking powerful even at rest. Even unmasked and prone, his Batman looks capable of springing into action in a second and his Superman is frightening in his unrestrained fury. The artwork does falter somewhat in the final pages, where Miller’s lines become muddied as he tries to depict multiple characters in the middle and far ranges. Miller is a great artist when it comes to drawing close-ups and splash-pages but not so grand when it comes to depicting fine detail at a distance. Injustice: Gods Among Us #36 proves a fitting conclusion to a surprising series, despite leaving readers with many unanswered questions. Thankfully, answers may be forthcoming when Injustice returns in January 2014. Maybe then we shall learn how Black Canary will choose to strike back at Superman in the wake of Green Arrow’s death and how Catwoman eventually comes to ally herself with Superman’s regime? Until then, those who have come to enjoy Tom Taylor’s skillful writing can look forward to his upcoming run on Earth 2 following James Robinson’s departure as well as Taylor’s all-ages series The Deep. September 20, 2013 Batman, David Lopez, DC Comics, Ikari Studio, injustice: gods among us, Mike S. Miller, Santi Casas, superman, Tom Taylor, Wes Abbott Previous Previous post: The Comic Review Round-Up, 9.18.13 Edition Next Next post: The Comic Review Round-Up, 9.25.13 Edition Matt Morrison Matt "Starman" Morrison is The Grand Exalted High Macha of Raspur - a non-existent but real-sounding country. He has been writing about comics since before the word "blogging" was coined. He enjoys acting, role-playing, movie-riffing and sarcasm. You can follow his adventures on Twitter, @GeekyGeekyWays. View all posts by Matt Morrison Welcome to Kabooooom! We review, rant, and rave about comics, movies, TV and all they inspire. We’re just like you… except we have a website.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7975
__label__wiki	0.503165	0.503165	Featured class: Debates in Bioethics KIE graduate fellow Colin Hickey’s Spring 2015 “Phil-110: Debates in Bioethics” class blends the curricular and the extra-curricular, with case-based learning and an opportunity for select students to compete on Georgetown’s national-champion debate team. This course is designed around contemporary case studies in bioethics in preparation for the 2015 National Bioethics Bowl debate competition. Hickey is a former coach of Georgetown’s award-winning debate team, which most recently claimed second place at the 2014 competition. Past debate topics have included reproductive technology and surrogacy, treatment refusal, drug testing and research, epidemics, euthanasia, patent law, human enhancement, medical privacy, and disability ethics. In class, students will be presented with cases that raise moral issues in medicine, research, and health policy, and will learn and practice methods for identifying ethically relevant features of cases, diagnosing moral problems, evaluating behavior and outcomes, and generating creative policy proposals. “I’m excited to see the tangible progress from first day to final case presentations,” says Hickey. “The iterated process of building a … case and the peer review and discussion really makes visible at the end of it all how far the students have come, which is sometimes harder to track in standard courses.” “I’m also eager to get to do more one-on-one mentoring that the smaller class size will allow,” he adds. Class assignments will give students the experience of shifting between and seamlessly integrating the study of high theory with case-specific application: writing and presenting 1600-1800 word responses to bioethical questions on three cases, as if for competition, which will be workshopped from outline to final draft through a series of peer commentary, mock presentations, and debates throughout the semester. “One unique feature of the class is how collaborative it will be,” explains Hickey. “We’ll build cases and arguments dialogically… The process of moral reasoning will be public.” Since the course blends curricular and extra-curricular elements, it offers a fourth credit option for students interested in being part of the competition team (of seven selected from a pool of the class and former competitors). The team will travel to Florida State to compete April 10-12th, 2015. Students will “get out of the class a set of virtues for engaging in moral reasoning and argumentation publicly around contemporary and controversial issues,” Hickey says. “That will require understanding a number of moral terms, concepts, and historical arguments/analyses, as well as a set of critical thinking tools and argumentative strategies. But perhaps most importantly, it will require cultivating attitudes of respect, sincerity, and curiosity, an openness to revising one’s commitments in light of argument, a sensitivity to context and perspective, and the like.” “Also,” he adds, “there’s a trophy at the end to communally rally around, which has never happened in any other class I’ve taught!” From the Registrar: Phil – 110: Ethics: Debates in Bioethics Course Description – Hickey This course is designed around contemporary case studies in bioethics. Students will be presented with cases that raise moral issues in medicine, research, and health policy. They will learn and practice methods for identifying ethically relevant features of scenarios in the cases, diagnosing moral problems, evaluating behavior and outcomes, and generating creative policy proposals. We will draw from multiple and conflicting normative frameworks to illuminate key ethical concepts such as harm, beneficence, autonomy, consent, rights, respect, and exploitation. Students will write and present 1600-1800 word responses to bioethical questions on three cases. These writing assignments will be workshopped through peer commentary, mock presentations, and debates. The course will offer a novel 4th credit opportunity. Select students will be able to compete on Georgetown’s team at the 2015 National Bioethics Bowl (from which the cases will be sourced). For more information about the Bioethics Bowl see http://guethicsteams.weebly.com/. For additional inquiries contact the instructor. Register online » Read more news about: Colin Hickey, Ethics Lab, Undergraduate	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7976
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__label__cc	0.536131	0.463869	Online since Thursday, December 7, 2017 Protective effects of Aristolochia longa and Aquilaria malaccensis against lead induced acute liver injury in rats p. 193 Derouiche Samir, Zeghib Khaoula, Gharbi Safa, Khelef Yahia, Feriani Anouar Objective: To investigate the protective effects of Aristolochia longa (A. longa) and Aquilaria malaccensis (A. malaccensis) on acute hepatotoxicity induced by lead in female albino rats. Methods: Twenty five (25) apparently healthy female Wistar rats were randomly divided into five groups of five rats in each: control, Pb, Pb + A. longa (Ar), Pb+ A. malaccensis (Aq), and Pb+ A. longa (Ar) + A. malaccensis (Aq) lead (100 mg/kg b.w.) as Pb (C2H3O2)2 added in their drinking water for 75 days. A. longa (rhizome powder at a dose of 10 g/kg of diet) and A. malaccensis (heartwood powder at a dose 10 g/kg of diet) were added to the feed during the last 15 days of lead exposed in the animals. Results: Obtained results revealed that lead treatment caused a significant increase in serum GOT, GPT and ALP activities and in liver of MDA level and CAT activity. In contrast, it led to an decrease in the liver GOT, GPT and GST activities and in GSH level in rats. Also, the results clearly showed that lead causes alterations of hepatic tissue in comparison with controls. Our results showed that treatment with A. malaccensis and A. longa a partial correction of the previous parameters. The histological observations confirmed the hepatoprotection results by the biochemical parameters. Conclusions: Results demonstrated beneficial effects of A. longa and A. malaccensis treatment in Pb-induced oxidative stress and tissue damage in liver. Acute abdomen presentation in dengue fever during recent outbreak p. 198 Bal Kishan Gupta, Hardeva Ram Nehara, Sahil Parmar, Shyam Lal Meena, Suresh Gajraj, Jigyasa Gupta Objective: To evaluate the etiology, clinical profile and outcome of acute abdomen presentation in Dengue Fever (DF). Methods: This clinical prospective study was done on confirmed cases of DF admitted in the department of medicine during recent epidemic (September 2015 to November 2016). All patients were evaluated clinically and by laboratory and imaging investigations and followed-up during hospital stay till discharge. The cause of pain abdomen was ascertained by blood tests (amylase, lipase and liver function test etc), radiology (Flat plate abdomen-erect, Ultrasonography of abdomen, CECT abdomen) and/or endoscopy. Results: Out of the 501 patients diagnosed as DF, 165 (32.93%) presented with acute abdomen. Some patients presented in other departments like surgery, gastroenterology and emergency, were later diagnosed as DF on laboratory evaluation. Various causes of acute abdomen in our study were nonspecific severe pain abdomen (67 cases), acute hepatitis (46) one had acute fulminant hepatitis, acute acalculous cholecystitis (31), ascitis (12), acute hyperemic gastritis with malena (5), acute pancreatitis (2), and 1 case each of acute appendicitis and acute jejuno-ileal intussuception. All patients were managed conservatively. One patient of acute pancreatitis died of multi-organ failure. Conclusion: Our study concludes that clinical vigilance about such type of presentations is important as timely recognition can influence outcome and may prevent unwanted surgery. Analysis of the disease spectra in patients seeking emergency medical treatment in Haikou, China p. 205 Dong-Mei Sun, Qing-Fei Zhong, Qian-E Du, Jia-Qi Xu, Fu-Jiang Liu, Xiao-Ran Liu Objective: To explore the characteristics of medical emergency disease spectra in Emergency Department of Haikou, China; and to provide clinical data for emergent disease treatment as well as emergency department personnel and equipment management. Methods: A total of 11 870 patients (over 16 years old) who visited Emergency Departments of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou city from January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015 were selected. Data on patients' age, sex, diagnosis, treatment duration, and treatment month were analyzed with Microsoft Excel. Results: Peak treatment times were from 18:00 to 24:00. The top four diseases were involved with respiratory, digestive, nervous, and cardiovascular systems, respectively. Respiratory problems peaked from November to February and digestive problems peaked from February to August. Temperatures ranging from >22.5 °C to 26 °C and high humidity exacerbated respiratory and digestive system diseases. Conclusion: The frequency of specific diseases that require emergency room care are affected by the local climate of Hainan Province. Emergency treatment of proximal femural fracture within 48h: The Umbria Region experience p. 210 Pellegrino Ferrara, Luca Khalil El Jaouni, Giuseppe Rocco Talesa, Serena Parmeggiani Objective: To study the main aspects of osteoporotic emergency fracture of the hip in the Umbria Region in the years 2006-2011. Methods: The study was conducted from January 1 of 2006 to December 31 of 2011, and included only patients over 49 years of age. Patients who did not habitually reside in the region were excluded. They were collected in each based on the following data: age, sex, place of residence (urban or rural), time of the year, fractured side, type of trauma, history of fracture contralateral and perioperative mortality. Results: From 2006 to 2011, a progressive increase in the number of femoral fracture admissions in regional hospitals was observed, equal to 4.73% per annum. The incidence went from 6.8 to 8.1 for 1.000 ultra-65th residents. The most affected age groups are those between 75-84 years and 85- 94 years. Conclusions: The epidemiology of osteoporotic hip fracture in the Umbria Region follows a pattern similar to that of other Italian regions. The in-hospital mortality of these patients is partly determined by age and number of complications they suffer during admission. The impact of economic resources on patients who break the osteoporotic hip justifies the implementation of programs for the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures. Acute complications of liver hydatidosis: Still associated with significant morbidity p. 214 Gianmarco Lotito, Ionut Negoi, Mircea Beuran Objective: To detail the pattern of postoperative morbidity in patients with acute complications of liver hydatidosis. Methods: We retrospectively studied all patients with liver hydatidosis, managed in a tertiary university centre between January 2011 and December 2016. Results: Fifty-three patients with cystic liver echinococcosis and a mean age of (43.64±17.54) years were selected. The mean diameter of the cyst was (8.11± 4.84) cm. Thirty-five (66%), 12 (22.6%), 4 (7.5%), and 2 (3.8%) patients had one, two, three, or four cysts, respectively. Nine (17%) patients were admitted in an emergency setting. The surgical approach was by laparotomy in 43 (81.1%) and by laparoscopy in 10 (18.9%) patients. Eleven (20.8%) patients developed postoperative complications: Class I – 3 (5.7%), Class II – 7 (13.3%), Class III – 1 (1.9%), Class IV – 1 (1.9%) patient according to Clavien-Dindo classification. Four (7.5%) patients developed long-term complications. 18 (34%) patients had more than one hospital admissions. Conclusions: Acute complications of the liver hydatid disease are associated with significant post-therapeutic morbidity, which correlates with the cyst's type according to Gharbi classification. Conversion disorder in a neurological emergency department: Restrospective series p. 218 Alejandro Cardozo, Maria-Alejandra Rubiano, Giovanny Garces, Jaime-Andres Giraldo, Jose Bareño Objective: To observe the conversion disorder in a neurological emergency department. Methods: It is common that the initial approach to this patients include the use of various diagnostic exams. In this series we reviewed 94 patients that arrived a neurological emergency room in a 3 year period. Results: 72 patients were females (76%), and the initial presumptive diagnosis were: neurovascular syndrome in 36 patients (38.3%), convulsive disorder in 20 patients (21.28%), and conversive disorder in 8 patients (8.51%). 82 patients had motor symptoms and 61 sensitive symptoms. 88 patients (93%) required neuroimaging studies, 77 (81%) patients underwent through basic biochemical panels. Other tests performed were: electroencephalogram in 12 patients (12.77%), electromyography in 11 patients (11.7%), lumbar punction in 8 patients (8.04%) and regarding the medical consult in the care of these patients 11 were evaluated by 1 specialists, 35 (37.2%) by 2 different specialties, 42 (44.63%) patients required evaluation by 3, and 6 patients (6.38%) required evaluation by 4 different specialties. Conclusions: Based on this data, we conclude that conversion disorders require a lot of resources in the emergency room and that the similarities with neurological diseases demands a complete workup including expensive diagnostic tools. However, this patients can be discharged safely without requiring hospitalization. The damage control in tibial pilon open fractures with a new external fixator delta frame p. 222 Giuseppe Rollo, Andrea Pasquino, Paolo Pichierri, Michele Bisaccia, Alessandro Stasi, Marco Giaracuni, Niki Cazzella, Luigi Meccariello Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the damage control, in emergency to treat the open tibial pilon fractures with Dolphix® External Fixator Frame(CITIEFFE®, Calderara di Reno, Bologna, Italy). Methods: From January 2017 to August 2017, at the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology of Vito Fazzi Hospital Lecce, we treated 23 open tibial pilon fractures with Dolphix® External Fixator Frame(CITIEFFE®, Calderara di Reno, Bologna, Italy). The evaluation criteria of the case series were: the time needed to assemble the external fixator; the time taked to treat the ankle associated lesions; the time of skin healing; the ankle alignment; the subjective/objective Ovadia and Beals score; and complications. The Endpoint assessment was set at the days of the definitive surgery. Results: The results in terms of alignment, biomechanical stability of the frame, healing of soft tissue, complications were as good as the objective and subjective results according Ovadia and Beals score. Conclusion: Pilon fractures are complex and often present complications; the damage control treatment, in emergency, with Dolphix® External Fixator Frame(CITIEFFE®, Calderara di Reno, Bologna, Italy) permits a stable osteotaxis with minimal soft tissue damage and permit the repair of muscles, blood vessels and nerves with a stable bone and the soft tissue healing with vaccum therapy. Acute opisthorchiasis: What about the clinical manifestation? p. 227 Pathoom Sukkaromdee, Viroj Wiwanitkit Opisthorchiasis or liver fluke infestation is a common parasitic infestation in tropical countries. In chronic infection, the malignant transformation of hepatobiliary cell can be seen. Its high prevalence in Indochina is relating to the high incidence of cholangiocarcinoma in that area. Nevertheless, the acute clinical problem due to opisthorchiasis is also existed but little mentioned. In this short article, the authors review and discuss on the clinical manifestation of acute opisthorchiasis. An uncommon cause of abdominal pain in a child: Meckel diverticulum p. 229 Anna Chiara Iolanda Contini, Tamara Caldaro, Giovanni Federici di Abriola, Erminia Romeo, Valerio Balassone, Francesca Rea, Filippo Torroni, Paola De Angelis, Simona Faraci, Giulia Angelino, Renato Tambucci, Luigi Dall'Oglio Meckel diverticulum, a common congenital anomaly of the small intestine, can be responsible of several complications due to the presence of ectopic gastric mucosa and represents a challenge for diagnosis. We present the case of a 11-year boy suffering from intestinal pain and bleeding in which radiological examinations unexpectedly raised the suspicion of Meckel diverticulum. The diagnosis was confirmed using 99mTc-pertechnetate scintigraphy. At surgery, a fistulous tract between Meckel diverticulum and an inflamed appendix was found. The authors discuss the role of medical nuclear imaging which, notwithstanding its limitations, is of fundamental importance to achieve a correct and timely diagnosis. This is of particular relevance in unusual cases, as the one presented, in which Meckel diverticulum is found concurrently with other intestinal abnormalities. Traumatic transection of main stem bronchus with unexpected clinical presentation- a case report p. 232 Chao-Kun Chen, Ying-Chieh Su, Chu-Li Tu, Chien-Ming Chao, Yao Fong Tracheobronchial injury is very challenging in diagnosis and treatment. Highly suspicious airway injury and early diagnosis is recommended. We present a case of 39 years-old woman suffering from acute respiratory failure with bilateral hemo-pneumothorax and diffuse subcutaneous emphysema initially. She weaned from ventilator a few days later, but dyspnea recurred due to delayed diagnosis of complete disruption of right main bronchus. However, the image study was incompatible with clinical findings. It showed collapse of left lower lung and hyperinflation of right lung, instead of right pneumothorax or fallen-lung sign. Under the assistance of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, primary repair of right main bronchial injury was performed successfully. Finally, she recovered well uneventfully. In tracheobronchial injury, early diagnosis is a positive prognostic factor. The other important point is primary repair, instead of lobectomy or pneumonectomy. Status epilepticus and acute promyelocytic leukemia p. 235 Sunil Kumar Garg, Pragya Garg Neurological manifestations are rare as initial presentation in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). This case illustrates status epilepticus as initial presentation in this disease. Atypical cells on peripheral smear led to the diagnosis of leukemia. Conservative management for acute renal rupture in blunt trauma p. 237 Rim Karray, Olfa Chakroun-Walha, Basma Souissi, Noureddine Rekik Renal injuries are commonly reported in blunt abdominal trauma and are usually associated to other abdominal injuries. Renal rupture may be misdiagnosed and its management, especially in severe lesions, is still controversial. We describe the case of renal rupture diagnosed in the Emergency Department and conservatively managed. The outcome was good thanks to the early diagnosis and the management of the renal trauma. Conservative management in renal rupture is possible in stable patients provided that the imaging is early done. Staphylococcus cohnii: Not so innocuous p. 239 Sunil Garg Staphylococcus cohnii is not known to causes meningitis. We present a case of mennigitis due to this organism. We are highlighting this case not only for its rarity but rapidity of worsening also. This report indicates that Staphylococcus cohnii are not as innocuous as once thought to be and these organisms should not be disregarded as possible skin contaminants. Before labelling them as contaminants their possible association with disease should be ruled out.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7979
__label__wiki	0.538325	0.538325	‘Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition’ Comparison Screens Released By Jamiex66 on June 30, 2015 • ( Leave a comment ) Nordic Games has released some comparison screenshots from the Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition. For those unaware, Gunfire Games is bringing Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with every piece of DLC, alongside improved graphics, reworked balancing and loot distribution, all running at 1080p resolution. The new screenshots showcase images from the original release, as well as what those images now look like on the next current generation version. “When we thought about what we wanted to do for the “Deathinitive” edition of Darksiders 2, obviously we wanted to run in native 1080p and increase the resolution of the textures,” said Design Director at Gunfire Games John Pearl. “Additionally, we decided to rewrite the renderer to be physically based like a lot of other current generation game engines. “What this means visually is metal, leather, stone and skin look and respond to light as you would expect them to in the real world. This new rendering method meant we revisited every texture and surface in the game, reworking and re-authoring them for the new renderer. To take full advantage of these texture changes, we’ve also gone back and relit the entire game.” Darksiders 2 originally released in August, 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC, while also releasing as a launch title for the Nintendo Wii U. While Darksiders 2: Deathinitive Edition is scheduled to release sometime in 2015. Tagged as: 1080p, darksiders, Darksiders 2, Deathinitive Edition, Gunfire Games, Nordic Games, PlayStation 4, Screenshots, visuals, Xbox One This Week’s Free ‘Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ DLC Revealed ‘J-Stars Victory VS+’ Review	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7981
__label__cc	0.548423	0.451577	Jazz from Scotland Scottish Artists Artist/Band/Ensemble Submissions Selected Promoters Promoter/Venue/Festival Submissions Jazz Contacts List Centered logo Jazz From Scotland: Europe Jazz Network Report 2017 In April during JazzAhead! Bremen, Jazz from Scotland was officially accepted as a member of the Europe Jazz Network and so recently, JFS Chair Kim Macari was delighted to attend their AGM and 4th Annual Europe Jazz Conference 2017. What is EJN? Europe Jazz Network is a non-profit organisation whose membership (currently > 120) is made up of producers, presenters and support organisations from 35 countries. EJN exists to support the identity and diversity of jazz in Europe and broaden awareness of this vital area of music as a cultural and educational force. EJN’s mission is to encourage, promote and support the development of the creative music sector in Europe and to create opportunities for artists, organisers and audiences from the different countries to meet and communicate. EJN believes that creative music contributes to social and emotional growth and economic prosperity. It is an invaluable channel for the process of inter-cultural dialogue, communication and collaboration. And music is a positive force for harmony and understanding between people from the diversity of cultures inherent in the European family. The Europe Jazz Network aims to: Develop the association as an international network of producers of live music. Encourage musical culture in general and jazz and improvised music in particular, and enable it to reach the widest possible public. Initiate, encourage and develop international exchanges, special projects and collaborations, between producers and artists both within and outside Europe. Encourage its members to programme European artistsand their work. AGM / conference: each year an EJN member hosts this event and 2017 it was in Ljubljana, Slovenia. As well as several keynote addresses and full group panel discussions, group sessions ran concurrently which allowed members to take part in discussions tailored to specific strands of work and passion areas. Key Findings and results: Connecting with other national organisations: JFS is still in its infancy, so it was incredibly valuable to attend a session with the other national bodies, which allowed us to share information about our work, to find common goals and discuss collaborations. The key result of this session was the suggestion of a standardised method for national jazz organisations to share key information about their scene. This has the potential to become a vital resource for musicians working internationally (and at home) and in light of the current political climate, it felt important to do everything we can to support the movement of musicians throughout EU. Gender Balance: EJN President Ros Rigby chaired a discussion on gender balance in jazz, which will become a central focus for the network for the next few years. It was a chance to learn about successful programmes being run by members and to lay the foundations for a manifesto to be published by EJN and adhered to by the membership. For producers and presenters, this would involve examining their programming and marketing, the use of language and images etc. For organisations like JFS, it is also about asking ourselves what we can contribute – is it through running education and CPD projects that celebrate gender diversity or perhaps about being a source of information for our scene and publishing information on our website? Kim will be part of the working group that will build on this initial discussion in the coming months. Celebrating Cultural Identity: Often when we travel for work, either as musicians or to conferences and events throughout the year, we see little more than the airport and the venue of the place we visit. EJN are committed to celebrating cultural identity and their conference was designed with that in mind. This meant that instead of every session taking place in the conference venue, some sessions took the form of guided walks around the local area. Led by artists who were able to share their experiences with the group, these walks visited buildings and locations of significance to them and these then sparked discussion about a number of issues in the wider jazz sector. Venues included both the Philharmonic Hall and the music school, but also a nearby squat, which was now a hub for live performances and closely connected to the refugee community. 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__label__cc	0.622388	0.377612	Big Daddy Weave CLICK IMAGE FOR A LARGER PHOTO [2000 - Present] Style: Pop / Folk Jeremy Redmon... Guitar Mike Weaver... Lead Vocals, Guitar Jay Weaver... Bass, Vocals Joe Shirk... Sax, Keyboard Brian Beihl... Drums When The Light Comes, 2019 [Curb/Word] Beautiful Offerings, 2015 [Fervent] Love Come To Life: The Redeemed Edition, 2014 [Fervent] Love Come To Life, 2012 [Fervent] The Ultimate Collection, 2011 [Fervent] Christ Is Come, 2009 [Fervent] What Life Would Be Like, 2008 [Fervent] Every Time I Breathe, 2006 [Fervent] What I Was Made For, 2005 [Fervent] Fields of Grace, 2003 [Fervent] One and Only, 2002 [Fervent] Neighborhoods, 2001 (independent) Compilation Contributions WOW Hits 2019, 2018 .... "Jesus I Believe" [Capitol CMG] A.D. The Bible Continues: Music Inspired By the Epic NBC Television Event, 2015 .... "Give My Life Away" [Word] WOW Party Mix: Deluxe Edition, 2015 .... "Overwhelmed (Neva Remix)" [Capitol/Word/Provident] WOW Hits Party Mix, 2015 .... "Overwhelmed (Neva Remix)" [Capitol/Word/Provident] WOW Hits 2015: Deluxe Edition, 2014 .... "The Only Name (Yours Will Be)" [Capitol/Word/Provident] WOW Hits 2015, 2014 .... "The Only Name (Yours Will Be)" [Capitol/Word/Provident] SON OF GOD: Music Inspired by the Epic Motion Picture, 2013 .... "Jesus Move" [Word] WOW Hits 2014: Deluxe Edition, 2013 .... "Redeemed" [Capitol/Word/Provident] WOW Hits 2014, 2013 .... "Redeemed" [Capitol/Word/Provident] The Bible: Music Inspired By The Epic Mini Series, 2013 .... "Love Come To Life" (from Love Come To Life) [Word] WOW Hits 2013: Deluxe Edition, 2012 .... "Love Come to Life" (from Love Come To Life) [EMI CMG/Word/Provident] Word: Six Decades Of Hits, 2011 .... "Every Time I Breathe" [Word] WOW Christmas (2011), 2011 .... "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" [Word] Artists In Adoration: 15 Worship Songs from your favorite Christian Artists, 2011 .... "Word Of God Speak" [Word] WOW #1s, 2011 .... "Every Time I Breathe" (from Every Time I Breathe) [Word] WOW Hits 2011, 2010 .... "You Found Me" [EMI CMG] WOW Best Of 2006, 2010 .... "You're Worthy Of My Praise" (w/ BarlowGirl) [EMI CMG] WOW Worship (Purple), 2010 .... "You’re Worthy Of My Praise" (w/ BarlowGirl) [Word] WOW Hits 2010, 2009 .... "What Life Would Be Like" (from What Life Would Be Like) [EMI] WOW Hits 2008, 2007 .... "Every Time I Breathe" (from Every Time I Breathe) [EMI] The Nativity Story: Sacred Songs, 2006 .... "Virgin's Lullaby" (Mike Weaver w/ other artists) [Word] Do You See What I See? by Todd Agnew and Friends, 2006 .... "He Is Called Jesus" (feat. Mike Weaver) [INO] WOW Worship (Aqua), 2006 .... "Let It Rise" [Provident] Absolute Modern Worship 2, 2006 .... "For Who You Are" [Fervent] WOW Hits 2007, 2006 .... "Without You" [EMI] WOW Christmas Green, 2005 .... "Go Tell It On The Mountain" [Word] WOW Hits 2006, 2005 .... "You're Worthy Of My Praise" (w/ BarlowGirl) [Sparrow] Absolute Modern Worship, 2005 .... "You're Worthy Of My Praise" (w/ BarlowGirl); "Word Of God Speak" [Fervent] Absolute Favorite Christmas, 2004 .... "Christ Is Come" [Fervent] WOW Worship (Red), 2004 .... "Word Of God Speak" [Word] Absolute Smash Hits, 2004 .... "In Christ" (from One And Only) [Fervent] Absolute Worship, 2004 .... "Audience Of One" (from One And Only) [Fervent] WOW Worship (Yellow), 2003 .... "Audience Of One" (from One And Only) [Word] Dove Hits 2003, 2003 .... "In Christ" (from One And Only) [Reunion] Above the Groove: 17 Songs From Today's Top Christian Artists, 2002 .... "Friend Like You" [Provident] Artist Videography Live In Concert DVD, 2015 [Fervent] Beginnings Limited Edition EP, 2003 [Fervent] Jeff Jones... Drums Music News (Not full list of articles) Big Daddy Weave Announces My Story Tour Set To Kick Off September 17, September 9, 2015 Big Daddy Weave's "My Story" Single and Concert Film Available Today, July 10, 2015 Big Daddy Weave Announces Highly-Anticipated Studio Album, "Beautiful Offerings", July 7, 2015 Big Daddy Weave Honored For Four Straight No. 1 Hits, June 4, 2015 for King and Country, Francesca Battistelli, and Big Daddy Weave Win at K-LOVE Awards, June 1, 2015 "WOW Hits Party Mix Deluxe Edition" Available Now, March 11, 2015 Big Daddy Weave Continues To Dominate Radio With 4th Consecutive No. 1 Single, February 11, 2015 Big Daddy Weave's "Beautiful Offerings" Tour Launches Spring Leg, February 4, 2015 Big Daddy Weave Visits Cambodia With World Vision, January 23, 2015 K-LOVE Announces 2015 K-LOVE Fan Awards Nominees and Debut of K-LOVE TV, January 20, 2015 "WOW Hits 2015: Deluxe Edition" Includes 36 Christian Artists & Hit Songs, September 18, 2014 Big Daddy Weave Heads Out On Beautiful Offerings Tour, September 16, 2014 K-LOVE Fan Awards Honors Casting Crowns As Artist of the Year with Evening of Unforgettable Performances at Grand Ole Opry House, June 1, 2014 K-LOVE Fan Awards Announces Final Batch of Award Winning Performers and Presenters for Show on June 1, May 28, 2014 K-LOVE Fan Awards Announce Bevy of Award Winning Performers and Presenters, May 20, 2014 Big Daddy Weaves "Love Come To Life: The Redeemed Edition" In Stores Today, March 11, 2014 K-LOVE Announces Nominees For Second Annual Fan Awards Set For Sunday, June 1, March 4, 2014 Big Daddy Weave To Release "Love Come To Life: The Redeemed Edition" March 11, February 24, 2014 Big Daddy Weave Embarks On Second Leg of "The Only Name Tour" On February 21, February 19, 2014 "Son of God" Soundtrack Available At All Digital Retailers Today, January 21, January 21, 2014 Big Daddy Weave Celebrates Third Straight No. 1 Single, "The Only Name (Yours Will Be)", January 6, 2014 Word Entertainment To Release "Son Of God" Soundtrack Dec. 26, December 20, 2013 UP Presents "K-LOVE Music City Christmas" Tonight at 8PM EST, December 9, 2013 Second Annual K-LOVE Christmas Tour's First Date Draws Sellout Crowd In Greensboro, NC, December 5, 2013 UP Presents The Original Christmas Music Special, "K-LOVE Music City Christmas", November 20, 2013 25 Entertainment Announces Second Annual K-LOVE Christmas Tour, September 25, 2013 More 44th Annual GMA Dove Award Performers Announced, September 24, 2013 "WOW Hits 2014" Includes 30 Christian Artists and Hit Songs, September 16, 2013 Big Daddy Weave Prepares To Launch "The Only Name Tour" September 13, August 22, 2013 WORD Entertainment Receives 49 Dove Awards Nominations, August 21, 2013 The 44th Annual GMA Dove Awards Nominations Announced Today, August 21, 2013 Ninth Annual NightVision Festival To Take Place July 12-13, July 8, 2013 TobyMac Tapped As Artist of the Year at K-LOVE Fan Awards, June 4, 2013 Big Daddy Weave Takes Home "Song of the Year" At The K-Love Fan Awards, June 3, 2013 Big Daddy Weave Releases New Single, "The Only Name," To Radio Today, May 17, 2013 Pepsi Announced As Presenting Sponsor For The Inaugural K-Love Fan Awards, May 1, 2013 Word Entertainment Partners With Mark Burnett and Roma Downey To Release "The Bible: Music Inspired By The Epic Mini-Series" March 12, March 7, 2013 Big Daddy Weave Embarks On Second Leg of The Redeemed Tour, January 29, 2013 Big Daddy Weave and Aaron Shust to Embark on National Hope Restored Tour on August 27, August 19, 2010 Big Daddy Weave Lyrics	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7990
__label__cc	0.666578	0.333422	Jewelry Browse > Articles > What is Amber? Jewelry Browse > Amber > What is Amber? Amber is a form of fossilized tree resin which is used a gemstone since antiquity. In addition, it is used in the preparation of some perfumes and folk remedies - for example, if heated under the right conditions, "oil of amber" can be produced, and when oil of amber is combined with nitric acid, artificial musk can be produced. Baltic Amber: Because of its biological origins, amber often contains inclusions of fossilized plant or animal matter (most often insects, but occasionally larger animals such as lizards). Such inclusions are an important source of information about ancient ecological systems - providing scientists with information about their plant-life and animals, as well as preserving parts of these life-forms which would otherwise be unfossilizable. You might perhaps recall that the novels and movies in the Jurassic Park series are based on the idea of cloning dinosaurs using dinosaur blood from the stomachs of mosquitos fossilized in amber (in real-life however this is unlikely to be possible). Fossilized insect in Amber: There are three types of plant resin that potentially can fossilize into amber: Terpenoids which are produced by some species of conifers and angiosperms (flowering plants). Phenolic resins which are today only produced by some angiosperms. Medullosales, an extinct order of plants related to cycads, produced a third type of fossilizable resin. In each case, different species of plant produces a different and characteristic resin. So, for scientific purposes we can classify ambers on this basis. However, gemologists tend to be more interested in physical characteristics of amber stones, so tend to classify them on other bases. The name "amber" suggests the color amber, and it is true that yellow, orange, and brown are the most common colors of amber gem stones. However even among, the more common varieties of amber, colors can vary from almost white to pale yellow to brown to near-black. Amber is not however limited to such shades - there are also ambers of several other colors including blue amber (particularly sought after), green amber, and red amber ("cherry amber"). Blue Amber: Amber is found all over the world, most often in rocks dating from the Cretaceous Period or younger. The world's largest source of amber is near Kaliningrad in Russia - Amber is recovered from the Baltic Sea by fishing, dredging or diving, after it has been broken from the seafloor by Winter storms. In other places in the Baltic region, amber is mined, or brought to the surface by pumping water into underground deposits. In the Dominican Republic, the highly sought after blue amber is recovered by a traditional (but potentially dangerous) mining technique known as "bell pitting". Recovering Amber in Poland: Please share your comments on this page. Jewelry Browse Cubic Zirconia vs. Diamond Diamond Body Jewelry Diamond Clarity Enhancements Diamond Colors Diamond Flaws Diamond's Four C's Diamond Scams & Tricks Diamond Weights Jewelry as a Gift Pearl Pricing What is Amethyst? What Is Cubic Zirconium? What Is Diamond? What Is Emerald? What Is Gold? What Is Pearl? What Is Platinum? What is Sapphire? What is Silver? More Jewelry Articles Note: Our company and this web site does NOT sell jewelry or gems. Any and all jewelry or gems that may appear on, or be linked from, this website, is an advertisement for a product sold by a third party. Please be sure to read product descriptions carefully, and do appropriate research and due diligence before purchasing jewelry or gems or other products. Sorry, we are NOT able to answer questions about jewelry or gems or third party products/websites. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. All third party content and adverts are copyright of their respective owners.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7991
__label__wiki	0.590711	0.590711	Cheer up, lads, you won the Davis Cup Posted by kazblah on December 4, 2015 December 4, 2015 It’s the first time the Poms have won the Davis Cup in 79 years. And it’s not like they win a lot of hardware in the sporting arena. So you’d think the Poms could muster some excitement about taking out tennis’ ultimate team trophy. But Andy Murray says there’s no point having a victory parade because “I’m not sure anyone would come. We’d just be going round London seeing sights on our own and waving at buildings.” At least there was one desperate overdressed fan happy to have the team over to his place. Oddly enough, British tennis has used this moment to start tearing itself apart. Captain Leon Smith says the Lawn Tennis Association should use this rare victory to inspire future players. A fair enough point, you’d think. Except Murray says there are no future players and he hasn’t bothered to discuss it with officials because “nothing ever gets done”. And former player David Lloyd, who was last week pointing the finger at Murray for not doing more to promote the game — hello, he’s winning, what more do you want? And who the hell are you anyway? — now says British tennis is a mess and it’s all the Lawn Tennis Association’s fault. Guys, I know this is foreign territory for you, but you actually won. Relax, Have a cocktail. Enjoy. Meanwhile, the English national team that really does need help is being coached from 9,448 kilometres away. After the Rugby World Cup England had, I imagined they’d pull out all stops to get their new coach into the country. But Eddie Jones has had to take on coaching duties from Tokyo because his visa application is still being processed. He was allowed in for a press conference, then had to leave again while they sorted out the red tape. The Australian rugby league team also has a new coach. And at least Mal Meninga’s press conference went better than that time he announced he was running for politics. Some bizarre scenes in Adelaide, even more bizarre than Adelaide has been known to get, when the Aussie team masseuse was sent in to field during the day-night Test against New Zealand and a bloke who couldn’t walk was sent in to score the final runs. The sight of Mitchell Starc actually hopping between wickets won’t soon be forgotten. I blame the pink ball. And Shane Watson. And a week’s not complete without a couple of FIFA arrests, is it? Hanging outside Zurich’s posh Baur au Lac hotel, FIFA’s home away from home, is like duck hunting season for criminal prosecutors. Soccer’s ‘governing’ body was holding a two-day congress to discuss organisational reforms (stop laughing) when police picked off a couple more ‘high ranking’ FIFA officials suspected of taking bribes over TV rights. FIFA also took the opportunity to announce it could make a £67m loss this year. That’s right, after all the corruption, rorting, fleecing of host cities and rivers of sponsorship gold, it still can’t turn a profit. Which takes incompetence to a whole new level. But fear not. A FIFA spokesman says the figure is just a forecast and the final number could be cooked, I mean fiddled, I mean different. Uruguay footballer and sometime snacker on opponents Luis Suarez is about to get a statue in his home town of Salto. We got this sneak peak. And finally, is this every bloke’s dream bride? Straight from the altar to the game. I’d say this groom’s got himself a keeper. Have a good weekend, everyone. Stand out in the crowd. I won’t mention the Ashes if you don’t. Andy MurrayDavid LloydDavis CupEddie JonesFIFAfootballLawn Tennis AssociationLuis SuarezMal MeningaMitchell Starcrugby unionsporttennis Previous Post Teammates who can’t stand each other Next Post Is this the Olympics or the Hunger Games? Marian Edmunds says: Well played! I enjoyed Murray’s Insta response to https://www.instagram.com/p/-Z72umIhqj/ to David Lloyd who led Britain to Davis Cup defeat I didn’t see that one!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7994
__label__cc	0.586844	0.413156	K-Supremacy where we blend our own biases Star Quotes BTS set to have doll versions produced by Barbie-maker Mattel Date: January 8, 2019Author: K-Supremacy 0 Comments Looks like Barbie and Ken will be getting new buddies soon. Mattel is working with K-pop group BTS on an official doll collection, confirmed the toy maker on Monday (Jan 7). The collaboration was revealed at the Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair, where the company announced a comprehensive, worldwide licensing agreement with BTS under its management, the South Korean entertainment company Big Hit Entertainment. In a press release, Mattel said a toy line inspired by the Korean act will launch this summer, “created around the likenesses of the band’s seven members: RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook”. “The dolls will be fashioned in the looks from the BTS’ iconic and YouTube record-breaking Idol music video,” said Mattel. Mattel’s “multi-category license” with BTS expands beyond dolls. The makers of the Barbie doll also teased “collectible figures, games, and more”. The American toy manufacturer also announced the news on Twitter, tagging BTS’ official account along with Big Hit Entertainment. The hashtag-laden tweet has been shared over 90,000 times. “BTS is a pop-culture music phenomenon that transcends age, culture and language, and through this partnership, Mattel will offer a new way for millions across the world to engage with the band,” said Sejal Shah Miller, SVP & Global Brand GM for Mattel, Inc. Known for their huge social media following, BTS has become a global phenomenon since their debut in June 2013. In May 2018, the band’s third Korean studio album, Love Yourself: Tear, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking the highest-charting album by an Asian act. In November 2017, Guinness World Records revealed that BTS had earned a spot in their 2018 edition for “having the world’s most Twitter engagements for a music group”. Source: CNA Lifestyle Previous Previous post: Winning K-Pop idols at 33rd Golden Disc Awards Next Next post: BTS’ Jimin breaks Drake’s record for biggest SoundCloud debut 2PM Astro BLACKPINK BTOB BTS EXO Gfriend GOT7 iKON IZ*ONE Jennie Kim JYP Entertainment Kai Lisa Mamamoo Momoland Monsta X NCT 127 NU'EST Red Velvet SEVENTEEN SHINee Super Junior TWICE TXT Wanna One WINNER Posts Select Month February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 Follow K-Supremacy on WordPress.com K-Search © 2021 K-Supremacy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line7998
__label__cc	0.584576	0.415424	Job Title: Chief Operating Officer Location: Vauxhall Charity & Not-for-Profit Salary: Up to £80,000 and benefits CARE International UK is looking for an ambitious and dynamic Chief Operating Officer who will contribute to leading the organisation at a time of change and funding ambiguity. You will be joining a team and organisation of highly committed and passionate people who are all committed to our mission and vision. As COO, you will have responsibility for IT, HR, Risk & Compliance, as well as legal and company secretary, so will have experience of leading and managing high performing teams, from the charity, public or private sectors. Professionally, you will be a qualified Accountant and will have worked at Director or Senior Management level within a sizeable and complex international organisation with experience of large commercial contracts. You will be able to contribute to organisational wide leadership on strategy, business modelling, as well as operational effectiveness and transformation, and will be comfortable making decisions despite uncertainty. We are committed to attracting candidates from diverse backgrounds who share our passion for change, values and have the skills and drive to help modernise CARE. We have a diverse team, reflecting the diversity of London, however, our Senior Management Team is less diverse than it was, and we are very keen to attract Black, Asian and People of Colour candidates. We are also keen to attract candidates with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBT. People with experience of living or working in developing countries and who have insights into the culture, health, education and political environments are also highly desirable. You will be passionate about supporting people to support themselves, creating opportunities and reducing barriers for people while creating change to ensure that all people are equal. Please apply or to arrange a confidential conversation, please contact the executive search team at Peridot Partners: Phil Southern \| 07702 678653 \| phil@peridotpartners.co.uk Liz Holderness \| 07872 031079 \| liz@peridotpartners.co.uk London Wall £35k - 40.5k per year Finance Director / Finance Officer Newbury, Berkshire £80k per year Finance Business Partner	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8017
__label__cc	0.521465	0.478535	Congressional Officials Turned Down Capitol Police Chief Request For Additional Security January 10, 2021 /0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Carol D. Leonnig, Aaron Davis, Peter Hermann, Karoun Demirjian Two days before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund was growing increasingly worried about the size of the pro-Trump crowds expected to stream into Washington in protest. To be on the safe side, Sund asked House and Senate security officials for permission to request that the D.C. National Guard be placed on standby in case he needed quick backup. But, Sund said Sunday, they turned him down. In his first interview since pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, Sund, who has since resigned his post, said his supervisors were reluctant to take formal steps to put the Guard on call even as police intelligence suggested that the crowd President Trump had invited to Washington to protest his defeat probably would be much larger than earlier demonstrations. (Read more about the Capitol Police Chief Request HERE) https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/DC-from-Walter-1-6-21.jpg 1161 1853 Joe Miller https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png Joe Miller2021-01-10 22:00:492021-01-10 23:38:07Congressional Officials Turned Down Capitol Police Chief Request For Additional Security U.S. Capitol Hill Officer Assigned to Senate Commits Suicide; Father Was Former... The U.S. Government is Hopelessly Corrupt	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8020
__label__wiki	0.648452	0.648452	The Robinson Lab Honey Bee Research at the University of Illinois Research Areas: From Society to Genes My research group uses the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, to understand the evolution and mechanisms of social behavior. Among the species of animals most attuned to their social environment are the social insects, which include the honey bee. They live in societies that rival our own in complexity and internal cohesion. Social insects are "eusocial,” which is the most extreme form of animal social life. Bees and other eusocial insects live in colonies with overlapping generations, cooperative brood care, and a reproductive division of labor. The queen reproduces, while the workers perform tasks related to colony growth and development and engage in little, if any, reproduction themselves. Advanced eusocial species such as honey bees have the largest colonies, numbering tens or even hundreds of thousands of workers. They also live in the most complex societies, highlighted by an intricate division of labor among workers. It is this division of labor that has made possible the evolution of traits normally associated with human society: agriculture, warfare and symbolic language. Social insects are "extremists" in their constant expression of social behavior. They coordinate virtually all of their activities with other individuals to ensure colony survival. Yet despite their special attributes, the challenges social insects face are not exceptional. All animals must, to some degree, obtain and process information about their changing ecological and social milieu and act accordingly. Neural and behavioral plasticity is even more contingent upon social context for species with active social lives. In social evolution, the sophistication of behavioral mechanisms for the essentials of life--food, shelter, and reproduction--stems from increased abilities to communicate and synchronize behavior with conspecifics. Social insects, especially honey bees, are thus exemplars for the discovery of general principles of brain function, behavior, and social organization. Our goal is to explain the function and evolution of behavioral mechanisms that integrate the activity of individuals in a society, neural and neuroendocrine mechanisms that regulate behavior within the brain of the individual, and the genes that influence social behavior. We focus on the most fundamental social behavior system in the honey bee colony, the division of labor among colony members. We also investigate other behaviors, including dance language, colony defense and reproductive behavior in the usually sterile workers. Honey bee colonies feature an age-related division of labor. This is based on the behavioral development of the individual worker bee. Behavioral development occurs in many animals, including humans. As animals age and pass through different life stages, their genetically determined behavioral responses to environmental and social stimuli change in predictable ways. Often these responses increase in complexity and involve learning. During just a 4-7 week adult lifespan, worker honey bees display a rich, vertebrate-like pattern of behavioral development, which underlies age-related division of labor in the bee colony. Bees undergo a series of behavioral transitions. They start out in life working in the hive, caring for the brood, building and maintaining their honeycombs, and processing and storing their food, and finally switch to becoming a forager. Foraging is a complex task that requires learning how to navigate in the environment and handle flowers. Behavioral development in the bee is a powerful system for integrated analysis; although it occurs naturally in the field, some underlying mechanisms also are readily analyzable in the laboratory. Moreover, owing to the bee's special status as a producer of honey and the premier animal pollinator, it has been closely associated with human beings for millennia. As a result, we know more about honey bees than just about any other animal on earth. One consequence of this wealth of knowledge is that the natural social life of the honey bee, though as complex as in any vertebrate society, can be extensively manipulated with unparalleled precision. Chemical Communication Bees show very structured behavioral development, but they also show a lot of flexibility. They speed up, slow down, or even reversing their trajectories in response to the needs of their colony. How do they do it? Our research, much of it conducted in collaboration with the lab of Dr. Yves LeConte in France, has demonstrated that how fast a bee grows up and becomes a forager is regulated with exquisite complexity, and it depends greatly on chemical communication. We have identified several pheromones that are involved, including a newly discovered pheromone produced by older bees that inhibits behavioral development in younger bees. Genomic analyses have revealed that these pheromones work by regulating brain gene expression. Brain Plasticity How does a bee's brain support the striking changes in behavior that take place during maturation? One part of the answer lies in the mushroom bodies, a brain region that is the center of learning and memory in insects. Together with the laboratory of Prof. Susan Fahrbach, formerly at Illinois and now at Wake Forest University, we discovered about a 20% increase in the volume of a specific area of the mushroom bodies as worker bees mature. This volume increase occurs in a mushroom-body subregion where synapses (connections) are made between neurons from other brain regions that are devoted to sensory input. This was the first report of such brain plasticity in an invertebrate! It was particularly exciting because volume increases in brain regions in vertebrates reflect increases in certain cognitive abilities. The increase in the mushroom bodies might be learning-related. Molecular Basis of Honey Bee Dance Language The honey bee is the only non-mammal to have a symbolic language; honey bee dance language shatters our perception of what an insect brain can accomplish and provides a great challenge to discovering how a small brain can generate complex behavior. We use neurochemical and new genomic tools developed in our laboratory and the recently completed honey bee genome to help in this quest. One early breakthrough was the discovery that cocaine, acting on endogenous octopamine pathways, makes bees dance more! Evolution of Insect Society in Molecular Terms Social insects live in extraordinarily complex and cohesive societies, where many individuals sacrifice their personal reproduction to become helpers in the colony. Identifying adaptive molecular changes involved in eusocial evolution in insects is important for understanding the mechanisms underlying transitions from solitary to social living, and the maintenance and elaboration of social life. We develop large-scale genomic resources to address these issues, in wasps and bees. These resources include brain transcriptomes and whole genomes. Drawing from whole genome comparisons, candidate gene approaches, and a genome-scale, comparative analysis of protein-coding sequence, we have made novel discoveries related to several major biological processes, including chemical signaling, brain development and function, reproduction, and metabolism and nutrition. Working with the Beijing Genome Institute we sequenced and analyzed genomes for 10 species that show different levels of sociality, and found evidence that gene regulatory networks have become more complex during social evolution. Robinson and colleagues launch Earth BioGenome Project, to sequence the genomes of all species on the planet Research provides genetic links between socially unresponsive honey bees and human autism Barcoded bees used to reveal surprising properties of honey bee social network Genomic analyses reveal that the rapid evolution of gentle Africanized honey bees in Puerto Rico involved a novel "soft selective sweep." Robinson and Barron publish thought piece on epigenetics and the evolution of instincts. Lab Alum Chelsey Coombs writes for The Atlantic! IGB renamed Carl R. Woese Institute of Genomic Biology, says Director Robinson Honey bees help uncover genetic toolkits for social behavior No glass ceiling for worker bees in the hive Robinson gives Congressional Testimony on Value of Brain and Behavior Research Robinson lab's discovery of the "sociable genome" profiled in Pacific Standard Robinson and Amro Zayed describe first principles of the relationship between genes and social behavior Robinson interviewed on BBC about lab's bee personality research Cover Stories Section! Robinson publishes New York Times Op-Ed piece on genes and behavior Cocaine Makes Bees Dance More Cocaine Research Reported on Colbert Report Genomics used to understand the roots of instincts Study of bees links gene regulatory networks in the brain to behavior University of Illinois Bees and Beekeeping Short Course -- next offered in 2020 Robinson Lab part of interdisciplinary research theme at Institute for Genomic Biology Honey Bee Genome Project BeeBase: The Honey Bee Genome Database BeeSpace lectures on bees and genes Robinson and colleagues launch i5K: an initiative to sequence the genomes of 5000 insects and other arthropods Brains of Scout Bees Wired for Adventure Nature Outlook: Bee Instincts Nature Outlook: Bee History The Robinson Laboratory Department of Entomology and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology 1206 Gregory Drive Urbana, IL 61801 USA	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8026
__label__wiki	0.890694	0.890694	OlliOlli2 Is a Great Example of How to Do a Sequel Right OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood will drive perfectionists crazy, because they'll want to master everything about the each of the game's intricately tricky levels before moving on to the next one. That way lies madness. And ridiculous amounts of fun. Out this week for PS4 and Vita, the follow-up for Roll7's sharply-realized skating sidescroller improves just about everything that the first OlliOlli did. The visual approach is smoother and slicker, looking more like a playable micro-sized cartoon than a retro-pixel homage. It's faster, too, with sections that require quicker, more nimble fingers to ollie over and grind through. Another improvement comes in the form of a dedicated quick-restart button for when you bail and want to get right back on your board. You're going to be using that a lot because OlliOli2 is harder than its predecessor. I've only played into the first two worlds of the game but it's already plain to see that there are tougher challenges in OlliOlli2, and more rails, hazards, collectibles to boot. The point totals for trick combos, for example, are so high that they make OlliOlli 1 feel like a tutorial for this game. Areas zip by so fast that the part of my brain dedicated to remembering the architecture of video game levels—let's call it the hippocamperus—could hardly keep up. It hardly ever feels like you can glide for a few seconds and take a breather. Of course, this meant that I was just going back to play areas over and over again so I'd know exactly when to grind, jump and spin for maximum points. Complicating all this even further is the addition of manuals. The new ground tricks creates new combo-chaining possibilities, just like it did in Tony Hawk 2 many moons ago. (Roll7 even named one of the challenges Tiny Hawk 2.) Just like grinds and landings, you can pull off perfect manuals, too. It's also possible to combo your way through a whole level if you're good enough. Which I'm not yet. Even though special platforms and regular asphalt are distinguished by contrasting bright and neutral colors, you'll still need to read the environments quickly and carefully to figure out the right input. It goes something like: "Oh, look, an incline! I'll grind it. Hey, another! Time to grind again! Whoops, that was concrete. Should've manualed. Restart." Spots Mode—a variant that dares players to notch the highest score possible with only one combo per level—is the kind of thing that the most obsessive players will lose entire hours to. The game bumps back to a results screen out as soon as you nail a landing in Spots Mode, making it a ridiculous challenge that requires players to perfectly combo through an entire level with their best tricks. You've got to be insanely focused in order to get onto the mode's online leaderboards. OlliOlli2 is also funnier, which will help the inevitable tears of frustration sting a little bit less. It's packed with blink-and-you'll-miss-em jokes in the names of the levels like "Mulholland Grind" or "Manualment Valley." As for the music, the electro-ambient soundtrack in OlliOlli2 works a perfect complement to gameplay, just like it did last time. It's not so urgent so as to be distracting but it's still propulsive enough to make you feel like you're dancing your way through goofy movie sets. So far, my chief complaint is with the game's malfunctioning cross-save function, which prevents me from picking up where I left off when going from Vita to PS4. There's a fix recommended but it didn't seem to work for me. It's a minor quibble for me, because the game feels like it belongs on the handheld. I Can't Dance. But These Video Games Make Me Feel Like I Can. OlliOlli joins the rare rank of video games that make me feel like I have any kind of rhythm at… This is a game where the developers could arguably delivered more of the same and kept their fan base happy. Instead they've gone way past that minimal effort and stepped it up in most of the major areas. OlliOlli 2 may have been built to be a maddeningly tough skate-trick game but my time with it thus far has kept me in smiles. Contact the author at evan@kotaku.com. matthewweflen It's super cool that this is free on PS+. I paid full price for the original, so it's sort of like getting a discount on both. To some degree these games don't invite extreme replay after you complete all challenges, so it's a great "one year rental." The levels are definitely more punishing, with lots of blind drops. Doesn't bother me, but those who don't like old school arcade repetition may be annoyed. Leader boards are about one billion times better. The loss of the touch controls is irritating to me, since all the muscle memory from the first game is still there (I'm playing on Vita). Not sure how I feel about manuals. It just make every level a similar sort of challenge, to combo the whole thing. It seems unbalanced. All in all, definitely a worthy sequel. It refines the original but is in essence more of the same with increased challenge.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8031
__label__cc	0.671351	0.328649	DBAs S-Corp Compare Businesses Labor Hours Citizenship & Immigration Civil and Misdemeanors Marriage: Prenup, Name Change Motor Law TAX, LICENSES & PERMITS How to File an Objection to a Judgment By: Louis Kroeck, J.D. How to Appeal a Court Judgment ••• Justice image by Blue Moon from <a href='http://www.fotolia.com'>Fotolia.com</a> How to Write a Motion for Reconsideration With a Memorandum of Law How to Write a Legal Brief How to Write a Trial Court Memo If you object to a judgment you've received from court, your best course of action is to either appeal the judgment or request that the court reconsider its decision. If you present a motion to the court to reconsider its judgment, the same judge, or panel of judges, will review the judgment based on the argument you provide in your motion. If, however, you appeal your judgment, a higher level court will review the entirety of the lower court's decision except for findings of fact. Research all state and local rules related to motions for reconsideration. Procedures will vary by location. Keep in mind that the deadline to file a motion for reconsideration is generally shorter than the deadline to appeal a decision. Obtain your jurisdiction's form for filing a motion for reconsideration, or, if your jurisdiction does not offer a form, draft a general cover page including your case caption and other relevant information. Include in your motion any relevant information you believe the court overlooked in its judgment. Avoid simply reiterating your prior arguments; the court has already considered them and did not find them to have merit. Include in your motion any new evidence which the court should consider. Be sure that you comply with all the rules of evidence when presenting this information to the court. Include in your motion any relevant law which would be contrary to the decision the court has already made. Remember not to argue the same points you argued previously since the court is unlikely to be sympathetic. Determine what court hears appeals from the court in which you litigated your prior action. Research all rules and regulations applicable to filing an appeal with the appellate court. File a notice of appeal with the lower court which just heard your case. Be sure to comply with all deadlines since the court will not allow you to appeal a judgment after the applicable deadline. File a brief in support of your appeal. Explain why the lower court was wrong and what legal precedent and facts they overlooked in their decision and why the appellate court should rule in your favor. Argue your brief in front of the appellate court, if required. Your opponent will also file a brief in opposition to your brief and will likely appear at oral argument. Read More: How to Appeal a Court Judgment Expert Law: Does Filing a Motion for Reconsideration Cause the Order Not to Be Final FindLaw: Appealing a Court Decision or Judgment DivorceSource: Motions for Reconsideration Expert Law: How to Appeal a Civil Judgment in Another State Louis Kroeck started writing professionally under the direction of Andrew Samtoy from the "Cleveland Sandwich Board" in 2006. Kroeck is an attorney out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania specializing in civil litigation, intellectual property law and entertainment law. He has a B.S from the Pennsylvania State University in information science technology and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8037
__label__cc	0.715166	0.284834	Boucalais: a mobile studio 2013-01-04 17:56:22 by shelbatra jashari Boucalais is a mobile studio: Boucalais is a walking trail from Boulogne-sur-Mer to Dunkirk via Calais which Various Artists has travelled several times a year for seven years. The trail is a studio where a number of VA revise their work or where new work is created. The creations are poetic expressions on the road, as it were, and which - given the mobile context - are necessarily on a small scale or 'light'. The Boucalais project pays homage to the artist-collector who, in the course of his journey, assembles a collection of objects and observations, which will - sometimes literally - be dragged back to his studio as so many installations and “objets trouvés'. At the same time, the work is often intangible and only lives on in documentary form. Since, in the case of VA, the journey is largely equivalent to the studio, this collection of objects, routines and documentation is used as raw material/ oxygen/ basic component for (artistic) creation 'en route'. Boucalais is a format or work method: Boucalais started in 2005 as a fixed walking trail, and grew over the years to a format, a state of mind inviting the VA to develop, revise and/or renew their work methods and preconceptions. The walking format challenges the artist's production mechanisms, and makes room for another interpretation of what constitutes artistic work. At times, the work is no more than a distinctive mark or a trace on the trail. The VA are thus continuously led to adapt their idea of creation and constantly develop different work methods. Boucalais is a performance on the road: Boucalais can also be seen as a real-time performance, a performed creative process out of which work emerges that is shown either en route or at predefined locations along the trail: interventions on the roadside and routines in hotel rooms are subtle installations and markings executed by VA, but without an audience consciously looking on. These are but small interventions in the landscape, fragments of songs by a singer-songwriter, anonymous witnesses who return every day for this temporary artist-walker. http://boucalais.tumblr.com/ http://n0dine.squarespace.com/boucalais http://nadine.be/project/resilients/being-boucalais resilients/blog/20130104.boucalais-mobile-studio.txt	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8044
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__label__cc	0.709682	0.290318	Face of the Mountain by Tom Sheehan June 23, 2020 June 23, 2020 literallystories2014 Hobie Barkley was a first-riser most of his life, and once he was of exploring age, able to go on his own, he toured the mountain like it was newly presented to him, a gift from the God of Mountains. Nobody in the Greater Hills Region of Colorado knew it any better than him. Even some of the old prospectors, their habits and labors cut way back by age, infirmity or a newly-found woman, did not rise to his habits. Hobart Barkley, senior, his father, raising a lone child after his wife died early, knew he had a special responsibility on his hands and vowed to make the most of possible opportunities for the boy, like breaking the lad into lonely walks soaking up knowledge of tree, bush and sturdy stone rising to the heavens above him, at times fighting off the coming sun, and some late nights holding up the moon’s voyage across the late skies, shaking the dust out of it en route, knowing the ever-smell of it, the odds and ends of clouded moves that raked up pieces of the late hours. Such were, he realized, signs for him to see, remember, place in the pageless book of composition happening during all his hours of exploration and discovery. Figures leaped at him, not the mathematical kind, at each twist and turn in a trail he had carved into the face of the mountain, seeking names, descriptive sounds chiseled into the face of the mountain. Was it a dog-leg Hobie saw clawed across and into the mountain, across the face and length of it? A plain old dog-leg. He’d wonder where the bark came from, the yap of the animal on the loose yet mired in place in his eager imagination. Sooner or later, he’d see it answer back at a star-lit summons, the light of the heavens leading him the way it could and should, an often-random finger of light like a traffic director at earnest work. Some of it was carry-over from his wars, though he abhorred war from any distance and, up close; he’d seen three of them, fought in two, and all leaving deep thoughts that life said they would be carried forever: “These belong to you, Hobie. You can’t let go of them.” These thoughts persisted, they haunted him, they clung to his senses, ever and anon, he figured, at his humor and deepest thoughts. They added to their declarations: “War is never equal,” they said. “It can be even, end up even, but never equal; one soul, one solitary soul, can make the difference, can draw down a soul, find God’s voice coming off one edge of cloud stripped to its core, all of Eternity’s echo is in the crowd of stars.” Some of his night runs were like visits to a huge sports center with huge crowds of their own held quietly at amazement of talent, of near-torture in their misses, masters of each their own plight: cheering, waving, beer-drinking beyond bounds, generating hate for officials, the opposition, the declared off-sides or in-motion penalties decried to the same heavens as if they themselves had also been cheated upon, left to bias, ineptitude, a secret gamble of odds making things even (which never works to satisfaction.) At length, sounds decreased in importance, he found his eyes more alert than ever. Thus, it was shapes and figures, or what he assumed to be figures, that attracted him as being left for his discovery on the heart-plain face of the mountain itself, right there rising in front of him. It made the other statements, where sons of comrades not yet born, would say later in their lives, “I, or we, bought this house for you, Dad.” I’ve known three such sons, and their comrades/fathers comfortably ensconced in these days of days. Not that these houses are all mansions, but they are elegant, show class of choice, the shrewd eye of a presenter toward his father, long in the trenches and battles of life, who had hit or missed, but kept coming back on the target, coming back a winner, a giver, marking a son in the line of love. When the Flying Horse chose to reveal itself across the broadest part of the cliff face, in stone but off the ground, it appeared he was at his leap into Eternity, a start of a trip without an end. Nothing like it had ever been revealed, he swore to his senses, therefore making it special, of a different aura. Hobie swore he saw the lift-off, the initial leap, the break from the foot of Earth into the ever-unknown until his own trip would come, him never anxious to start that journey, content to wait the Fates that await every man who comes this way and waits to move beyond. Tree and bush, hill and dale, knob and knot, came his way; were ear-marked, listed for Time’s sake, listed for his knowing all the matter and form of the Earth. Thus it was, mountain or below the mountain, on the levels of Earth, all came to his touch, taste, hearing, the silence and the boom of silence, the marks he had cut into the life of the mountain, the art of self-existence, the loneliness, the huge up-cry of being alone with so much at hand to know and measure; simply, all there is, all there was. When Hobie built his cabin, away from home, it was at home at the foot of the cliff-face, saying, “If it falls, it will come and take me down to fly up.” No other thought entered his mind. It was a pre-burial ritual of his days from then on; the trust in the mountain, the trust in the Fates, being inseparable for man and stone. When Hobie was 32 years old, his father died at the claws of a huge black bear. Hobie buried the bear with his father, united forever. The grave was at the foot of the mountain and he paused there every day while in passage, knowing the eternal coupling, man and nature locked in one spot forever, until Thy Kingdom Comes. When the landfall itself came, when the cliff shook, came free of the mountain, its sheer frame broke the night silence with a CRACK loud as God’s demand, His Call, it tore loose of all other beliefs and slid onto its long promise of finality. That CRACK took Hobie down, then flung him into the high heavens, on his last passage from the foot of Earth, to the evermore. Few of us know. Few of us have read the pageless book. Even we are separate in our existence, moving when commanded, silent at pure moments where amazement must be normal. Tom Sheehan Image – Pixabay.com Tagged free reading, literally stories, loneliness, nature, relationships, Short Fiction Previous postFear and Loathing Amongst the Ducks of the Serengeti (or, Coup D’etat Foie Gras) (In memory of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson) by Leila Allison Next postCoronation Day by Allison Collins 3 thoughts on “Face of the Mountain by Tom Sheehan” This is a beautiful exploration on the giving and taking relationship man should have with nature. Maybe cruel at times but always honest!! Excellent my friend! The closing line “where amazement must be normal” stands out. It summarizes the piece perfectly. Harrison Kim says: Kind of reminds me of that old fellow who spent his life living under Mt. St. Helens, and refused to move before the volcano exploded. That was interesting about the flying horse as harbinger. I grew up also beneath a mountain which became totemic to me, as time went on, I too have seen shapes on its slopes and cliffs. I could relate to this story.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8054
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__label__cc	0.685838	0.314162	Home / Nonfiction / To Lose the Madness \| Audiobook CD and Paperback To Lose the Madness \| Audiobook CD and Paperback Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity by L.M. Browning Available Wherever Books are Sold Including Pbk: Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Indiebound.org eBook: Kindle \| Audiobook (as read by the author): Coming April 2018 In this bundle, you receive the paperback edition of To Lose the Madness signed by the author as well as the CD of the audio edition as read by the author. Paperback: 4 x 6 \| 90 pages Audiobook: CD, Running Time 55mins. This is a Pre-order. Release Date: April 10, 2018 To Lose the Madness \| Audiobook CD and Paperback quantity Categories: Audiobook, Nonfiction Tags: Authenticity, Body Mind Spirit, Buffalo, CPTSD, Depression, EMDR, Friendship, Loss, Mental Illness, Miscarriage, Mountains, PTSD, Road Trip, Suicide, Transcendence, Trauma, Travel In this career-defining work, Browning explores the breaking point every mind has after finding her own limit during a gauntlet of traumatic events. Pulled out of this blast-crater moment in her life by a friend, she is brought away from the insanity and deep into the snowy Sangre de Cristo Mountains where, standing in front of a herd of wild buffalo, she comes face to face with the terms we all must come to surrounding the loss we face in this life. Offering no answers and seeking no pity, Browning lays herself bare in this radically authentic account. She carries restricted subjects such as miscarriage, mental illness, and suicide out of the silence by offering her own private journey as an example of the power of transcendence. “A laconic, beautiful, and deeply insightful account about coping with loss.” –Kirkus Reviews \| Read Full Review “Browning’s essay explores the confluence of natural and interior landscapes in a manner both beautiful and searing.” –Foreword Review, {5 Stars} \| Read Full Review “Impressively candid and articulate, extraordinarily honest and insightful, exceptionally well written, organized and presented, To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity is an inherently compelling read from cover to cover. Thoughtful and thought-provoking from first page to last, To Lose the Madness is unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists, as well as community and academic library collections.” –Midwest Book Review, Reviewer’s Choice “Browning brings us inside the disoriented unfolding of a life taking new shape after trauma. This is not a ‘tie a neat bow around it’ trauma and recovery story with a too-simple happy ending, but a messy, honest look at a life that will never be the same.” –Lilly Dancyger, Deputy Editor of Narratively “To Lose the Madness is an essay built from the bones of the earth. Browning offers a stripped down, belly-to-the-ground, howling manifesto to authenticity, the truth that resides beneath layers of flesh and soil. It is a roadmap of hard-won scars and suffering, the kind of suffering that carves a life like glaciers carve landscapes. Where it has been, a riverbed of beauty and self-knowledge has been left.” –Jason Kirkey, award-winning author of The Salmon in the Spring “This is L.M. Browning’s most personally revealing book to date—and perhaps her best. As intensely personal as it is, it grapples with questions and struggles that are universal, questions that afflict modern humanity, questions that we really haven’t figured out at all. What is the way to deal with pain in a world that seems so intent on sanitizing and sedating us? Do our struggles serve some useful purpose? How, in an age of shallowness can we re-claim our deepest selves? How, in in age of individualism, can we re-discover our place in the family of life? Rather than provide facile answers, Browning offers her own journey as evidence for the possibility of healing not through forgetting or letting go, but by entering more deeply into the story of our pain; and she offers a way to engage with suffering not merely by looking within, but by engaging the cosmos, by entering into deeper relationship with the community of living beings. It is a book that offers a brief but deep glimpse at a writer’s soul, and, in doing so, a glimpse at our own.” –Theodore Richards, award-winning author of Cosmosophia “L.M. Browning’s To Lose the Madness is a road trip with a friend, one who’s been there, and who knows the only way home is through.” –James Scott Smith, author of Water, Rocks and Trees and The Expanse of All Things “To Lose the Madness, teaches much about ‘trauma, loss, and radical authenticity’ with wisdom, awe, and grace. While her journey is unique, it reveals the universality of brokenness and the yearning for connection. I’m grateful for Browning’s willingness to explore her own suffering—and transcendence—so honestly and poetically; the resulting generous, sage essay is a guide for everyone.” –Iris Graville, author of Hiking Naked “To Lose the Madness is poignant, it is granular and gritty, it sings without avoiding the grit. From the depth of a despair often not spoken for, Browning offers her reader a compassionate voice of witnessing for herself and for anyone who has been touched by this kind of suffering.” –Gary Whited, award-winning author of Having Listened Note from the Author Unlike other books in my library, I wrote To Lose the Madness with absolutely no intention of sharing it with others. I wrote this essay and presented it for an advance narrative nonfiction course at Harvard as a way to “process” a period in my life of severe mental strain following a gauntlet of trauma events, including the miscarriage of twins. After class, people began coming up to me privately telling me their stories of suffering, lost children, and mental breakdown. It was as though my piece had given voice to this unspoken, hidden movement of wounded people around me struggling silently through each day. This book, more than any other I have written, is a conversation starter and it is a needed conversation. So I―a notoriously private person―am going to share the story of my most difficult moments with the world. The prospect of this is both exciting and terrifying. Fear and trembling aside, I am 35-years-old, and I have come to realize that I have no answers―not one. I used to believe in answers but I don’t anymore. Instead, I have only my journey and the time has come to own it. As those closest to me learned of my intention to release this story they asked me, “Why share all this with the world? Why put this much of myself out there?” The response: Because I’m broken. We’re all broken and right now we’re all isolated within that brokenness. The cure for the loneliness is connection—connection with that broken part of ourselves and with each other—and we can’t achieve that connection while pretending we are okay. We’re not okay. My previously published works were a lotus—an expression of hope—but I knew I had yet to speak of the mud—the darkness which makes these manifestations of hope an achievement of transcendence rather than simply one of literary merit. For me, leaving the story untold wasn’t an option. I knew I would have to tell everything that had happened not only for my own process of catharsis but for what I hoped to do as an author—to help highlight how we are all moving across the same terrain and suffering the same affliction, and in that, none of us are alone. Be the first to review “To Lose the Madness \| Audiobook CD and Paperback” Cancel reply Wildness: Voices of the Sacred Landscape Edited by L.M. 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__label__wiki	0.788516	0.788516	26/11/2020 - WSJ The Art of the Pandemic Meltdown The Wall Street Journal Suivre The Wall Street Journal Ne plus suivre The Wall Street Journal Under stress from every front, we’re having more meltdowns. Here’s how to lose it the right way. Elizabeth Bernstein – The Wall Street Journal. Preston Woodruff held it together for months during the pandemic—working in his garden and making musical instruments in his workshop, sharing meals with his daughter, and walking in the woods behind his home. Then a sneeze sent him over the edge. Mr. Woodruff was sleeping soundly when he woke to an uncomfortable feeling in his nose. He rolled over and reached for the box of tissues he keeps on his nightstand. None peeked up from the top. He tried—and tried—to dig one out. The entire wad remained tightly wound. So Mr. Preston did something uncharacteristic: He grabbed the box in a rage, crushed it in his hands, and flung it at the far wall of his bedroom. Alone in the dark, he slammed his head back on the pillow and swore. “I momentarily lost it,” says Mr. Woodruff, a 74-year-old retired philosophy professor in Brevard, N.C. Welcome to the Pandemic Meltdown. Have you had yours yet? It’s what happens after you’ve held it together for all these turbulent months—through a pandemic and quarantine, working from home and home schooling, civil unrest and the most divisive public discourse in several lifetimes. And then something seemingly small happens and suddenly you’re screaming alone in your car or sobbing to your dog about, well, everything. People lost control of their emotions before 2020, of course. But we’re doing it a whole lot more now because of our sustained levels of stress, anger and fear. We’re overwhelmed by constant bad news. We’re exhausted by the need to be ever-vigilant. It’s no wonder our fuses are short. Think you’ve never had a meltdown? Think again. Although we typically expect meltdowns to look like the adult version of a toddler’s tantrum—wailing, whining, whimpering—psychologists say they can manifest in different ways: Crying. Rage. Silence or an emotional shut down. “Often, people don’t identify with the word ‘meltdown’ because of the stigma of having a mental-health crisis,” says Amanda Luterman, a licensed psychotherapist in Montreal. “They will just say they are having a really horrible day.” What most meltdowns have in common is a loss of emotional control—often manifested physically—and a sense of helplessness. They occur when we no longer have the emotional resources to deal with our stress. And they’re typically triggered by something small and unanticipated—a stubbed toe, a spill on our shirt, or (for me recently) a broken backspace key on the laptop. Yet meltdowns have an upside. They allow us to release tension. And once we do that, we can think more clearly, because we’re no longer spending all our energy trying to hold it together. “A meltdown is the body’s natural mechanism to let go, to cleanse itself of painful emotions,” says Tal Ben-Shahar, a psychologist who specializes in the science of happiness. “It lets us reset.” Not all meltdowns are created equal. Bad ones happen too often, interfere with our life, hurt people around us or leave us feeling worse than before. Good ones are rare, ideally happen when we’re alone, and leave us feeling better than we did before, with a sense of relief. To have a productive meltdown, experts say we should accept it. We need to identify what will make us feel better—and explain this to others. We should be careful to minimize the negative effects, and explore the meaning afterward. Mr. Woodruff, of the tissue tantrum, has minor meltdowns several times a week nowadays. He says he’s careful to take his frustration out on inanimate objects—throwing a piece of wood across his workshop or slamming silverware into the dishwasher when it won’t load properly. He sometimes plans his emotional purges in advance: When he replaced his wonky computer a while back, he carried the machine out to his fire pit, destroyed it with a sledgehammer, and set it on fire. But Mr. Woodruff makes sure to keep his outbursts brief. “It’s wasted energy and wasted time to focus too long on the hostility of the moment,” he says. “I let it out and then I have an immediate feeling of relief.” Preston Woodruff enjoying his fire pit in Brevard, N.C. He once threw a troublesome computer in the pit, as an emotional purge. PHOTO: PRESTON WOODRUFF Mike Veny was walking to his truck one recent afternoon, looking forward to going to the gym, when he received an email from a colleague stating that some information he needed for a project wasn’t available. Immediately, his stomach “dropped like an elevator.” His fists clenched. He began stomping down the street, ranting about a growing list of complaints: a co-worker who annoyed him, the state of the country, whether people on the street were looking at him funny, how his dad hadn’t called him all week. “It was like going down a rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland,” says Mr. Veny, 41, who lives in Queens, N.Y., and owns a company that provides mental-wellness and diversity training for corporations. “It spiraled faster and faster until things felt 10,000 times worse than they really were.” Luckily, Mr. Veny has a plan for dealing with meltdowns, which he says have come more frequently recently. This time, he paused in the middle of the street to collect himself, then got in his truck and drove to the gym. He sat in the parking lot for 20 minutes and thought about the answers to three questions: “What do I feel?” (Anger, but also sadness at losing work and fear of whether he would get the coronavirus by going to the gym.) “Where do I feel it?” (In his chest and stomach.) “What do I need now?” (Time to feel his emotions, rather than suppress them.) Mike Veny often uses exercise to release painful emotions. PHOTO: MIKE VENY Next, he went into the gym. It was “leg day,” so each time he pushed the weights forward with his feet he visualized himself pushing his negative energy out. The music was loud and he cursed while he worked out. When he got home, he also did yoga, which he says helps him let go of his emotions. When he went to bed that night, Mr. Veny realized he had a smile on his face. “I felt free of whatever it was that had been cooking up inside me,” he says. “I felt like I was in control again, like I had taken my power back.” How to Have an Effective Meltdown Accept it. Don’t judge yourself. Meltdowns are as natural as gravity, says Tal Ben-Shahar, a psychologist who specializes in the science of happiness. A meltdown lets you release tension and frees up energy that was spent suppressing emotions. Plan ahead (if possible). Better to cry in private than to start sobbing in the middle of a Zoom board meeting. When you start to feel overwhelmed, talk to your partner, a friend or a therapist. Find a private place, such as the shower or a parked car, where you can be alone—you may feel freer to let your emotions out. Or try writing about your feelings. Know what you need—and tell others. Some people prefer to be left alone when they lose control. Others want a hug or a pep talk. You should figure out what helps you before a meltdown and be clear with your loved ones about your needs, says Amanda Luterman, a licensed psychotherapist in Montreal. And be careful never to take your meltdown out on other people. Model a good meltdown. No kicking the dog or punching the wall or screaming at your family while visiting your dad in the ICU. (Yes, it’s happened.) And be very careful never to have a full-blown meltdown in front of children—it can frighten them. But showing others, especially kids, that you can express painful emotions in a productive way that doesn’t negatively affect others can be an important lesson. “Having an occasional meltdown and recovering from it helps people see that we can be OK through these expressions,” says Carrie Krawiec, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Troy, Mich. Try an “alternate rebellion.” When we lose control of ourselves, we often want to rebel: quit our job, fire off a snotty email to our boss, tell off our father-in-law. Instead, plan a healthy rebellion that satisfies the need to assert control in your life, recommends Jenny Taitz, a psychologist and assistant clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. One idea: Explain to others that you are turning off your phone for a while and can’t be reached. Then do something you enjoy—and crank some loud music on the way. Calm yourself. Dr. Taitz suggests a technique from a form of therapy called Dialectical Behavior Therapy, referred to by the acronym TIPP. The first “T” refers to temperature—put your face in extremely cold water. This immediately lowers your body temperature, which activates your body’s diving response, reducing your body’s emotional and physiological reflexes. The “I” is for intense exercise—go get some energy out. The first “P” is for paced breathing—six counts in and eight counts out—which calms your nervous system. And the final “P” is for progressive muscle relaxation. Explore the meaning of your meltdown. First, give yourself time to recover. Then reflect on what happened. This helps you turn your meltdown into a growth experience, says Maru Torres-Gregory, a faculty member and staff therapist at the Family Institute at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. Move on. Apologize if you’ve upset others—and don’t expect someone else to clean up your mess. Forgive yourself: Having a meltdown makes you human. And make a fresh start. Research shows that picking a date on the calendar to begin anew can help people achieve a goal. So pick midnight tonight and decide that tomorrow will be better. Featured articles licensed from The Wall Street Journal Airlines, FAA Tighten Security... Security Beefed Up in Washington,... What Will Biden’s Covid-19 Stimulus Plan Look Like? WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and iMessage: Choosing a Private Encrypted Chat App	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8058
__label__wiki	0.788364	0.788364	Wee County Weekly WhatsApp Alerts Audio Bulletins Louth Speaker Thinking Out Louth Secured Communications Don’t miss out. Subscribe to the Wee County Weekly today. I would like to sign up to receive email updates and agree to the following terms and conditions. Fri 31st Jan 2020 Three arrested, one Garda injured after major M1 vehicle pursuit An Garda Siochana Gardai arrested three men in connection with burglaries carried in the Blackrock area of Dublin last night after a major operation which ended at Junction 18 on the M1 at Dundalk. One Garda officer was injured in the course of a pursuit that began in Tallaght and ended in Dundalk late on Thursday evening. Gardaí on patrol in Tallaght last night observed a car acting in a suspicious manner. Following reports of a number of burglaries in the Blackrock area, Gardaí on night patrols with the assistance of the Air Support Unit monitored traffic and carried out patrols of the area. Gardaí officers observed the vehicle again on the M50 at Junction 13 and a managed pursuit ensued. Four occupants abandoned the offending vehicle on the M1 at junction 18 and fled on foot towards fields. Three males, one aged in his 20s, another in his late teens and one male youth also in his late teens, were arrested a short distance away and are currently detained under Section 50, Criminal Justice Act, 2007 in Dundalk Garda Station. A fourth occupant of the car is still being sought by Gardaí in connection with this incident. It’s believed the car involved is the subject of an unauthorised taking north of the border. One Garda member was taken to hospital with minor injuries and has since been released. Property from one burglary in Blackrock was recovered on the M50 by Gardaí. By Barry Landy © 2021 Longshot Media. Reg Business No: 637216	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8067
__label__wiki	0.953306	0.953306	Ben Seligman “Imagery tells a story and like all stories the visual mediums of photography and film are saturated with emotion.” “Beautiful is anything that makes you feel comfortable in your own skin - that's what's… “Honesty is definitely beautiful. Whether it's mean honesty, I don't mind... I guess honesty in… Ben Seligman June 21, 2018 “Beauty is whatever you're comfortable in, and whatever makes you feel confident and happy about… Ben Seligman May 11, 2018 “Beauty is being proud of how you present yourself.” – Tase PRODUCT PROFILE Featured Beauties Favorites… Ben Seligman October 2, 2017 “I think beauty is individual to each person. It's whatever makes you feel beautiful.” –… Ben Seligman July 31, 2017 “I think smiling and laughing are the two things I find beautiful.” Ben Seligman June 5, 2017 “I think beauty is being your true self.” “I definitely believe that beauty is within and it reflects outside.” “I think everyone is beautiful and I’m not just saying that.” Ben Seligman April 24, 2017 “Beautiful to me is anything that is its authentic self.” Ben Seligman April 3, 2017	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8068
__label__cc	0.586492	0.413508	News + Opinion » Letters to the Editor by Seven Days Readers No Disrespect Intended I write to clarify my comments in last week’s story about Bruce Lisman [Fair Game, August 28]. I meant no disrespect to Bruce in my comments, which were accurately portrayed by Seven Days political reporter Paul Heintz. My comments were meant to describe a group of people in politics, not restricted to Bruce Lisman, who underestimate how hard it is to win statewide or national public office. And to demonstrate how skilled are the politicians who now hold those offices. Barack Obamas — who win the corner office on the first try — come around once in a generation. Bruce Lisman plays an important and powerfully positive role in the life of Vermont, through his philanthropy, Campaign for Vermont and many other activities I know little about. Just because he can’t beat Peter Shumlin doesn’t mean his work is not valuable and important to the state. Kevin Ellis Gross Photo I just want to say bad judgment on using the Black River meat-processing photo [“Fresh Cuts,” August 14]. The knife and meat hook along with the bloody outfits seemed a bit harsh, gross and just plain wrong. Sonya Cueto End Sharia Law in Burlington! [“Beck on BT? Burlington Telecom May Add a Conservative Channel,” August 14]: Oh, no! There’s been Sharia law in Burlington for six years?! And now someone tells me?! I remember when I first came to Burlington. There were laws for women to walk around topless. Topless. Now women have to walk on the opposite side of the street, covered head to toe in black dresses. All because Al Jazeera came to the television of 4500 customers and caused Sharia law to infiltrate all aspects of society. Thank God ... whoops, I mean Allah … (I don’t want to get murdered) that Jeffrey Kaufman is here to save the day for Burlington and BT.Clearly Fox News, which is offered with BT, isn’t enough of a “balancing” voice! Email Sanders, Shumlin and Weinberger and tell them to end Sharia law! Chicky Winkleman Beck Is a Gasbag [“Beck on BT? Burlington Telecom May Add a Conservative Channel,” August 14]: I love Beck; he provides cutting social commentary that is truthful and insightful with a beat you can dance to. Oh, did you mean Glenn Beck? He’s a gasbag that says inflammatory things that have no useful place in constructive discourse. He doesn’t even believe the things he says; he just wants ratings. He is the professional wrestling of news. Al Jazeera and Glenn Beck are not comparable. I believe in free speech, but that doesn’t mean putting anyone who wants to talk on the air. Damon Clark Animals Deserve Protection [Re “Bears, Dogs and Hogs — Oh, My! Animal-Themed Laws Enacted in 2013,” June 26]: Who doesn’t agree with state animal protection laws? Steve King (R-IA), that’s who. He included a provision in the U.S. House farm bill that would repeal a variety of state laws designed to protect dogs in puppy mills, pigs and hens in factory farms, sharks, horses, and the list goes on. Fortunately, the House farm bill failed to pass, and I strongly encourage all of us who care about animal protection to encourage our federal legislators to exclude King’s provisions from the final bill. Americans deserve to have their voices heard — not overridden — when it comes to nonpartisan issues such as animal protection. Moran Mischaracterized I thought that Kevin J. Kelley’s reference to the Moran Plant as “abandoned” was somewhat extreme in his article regarding the delay to the Burlington Skate Park [“Burlington Skate Park Construction Delayed — Again,” August 28]. Abandoned buildings are usually easily accessible — quite unlike the former Moran Plant. As a longtime supporter of this building, I look forward to its new life sometime soon. In fact, the Moran Plant recently hosted a temporary art installation in conjunction with an artist at the BCA Center on Church Street. I do agree with Kelley that there isn’t a Burlington project that gets completed on schedule. Many times it’s because neighbors and/or some of the usual local cast of characters will object. The most infamous not-in-my-backyard example is the Southern Connector. Brian Kling Re Gangs, Race Is Relevant I’m really glad someone is making gang problems a higher priority for Burlington [“Mary Alice McKenzie Wants to Talk about Gangs. Is Burlington Ready to Listen?” July 17]. We all need to be aware of the presence and potentially violent repercussions of gangs. To say you can’t talk about this because there may be racial profiling is misguided. Gangs tend to be racial in nature. Some are black; some are white, Latino or Asian. So race does enter into a particular situation. While you can’t judge a book by its cover, or any individuals by how they look or dress, reading the book for a short time often reveals the story inside. Grant Orenstein Heroes Worship In his August 28 “What’s in a Name?” Kevin J. Kelley repeats an oft-stated fallacy about the two Heroes: North and South Hero. In fact, the islands are not named after Ethan and Ira Allen, but rather the entire membership of the Green Mountain Boys — the popular name of the Vermonter units who fought for the colonial cause in the Revolution. These are the real 375 or so “heroes” referenced in the islands’ names. I suspect many of the “Boys” would have had a hearty belly laugh at the idea that Ira was any kind of a “hero” in a way that they were not. After his rum-fueled escapades at Ticonderoga, which were actually co-commanded by Benedict Arnold, Ethan spent most of the rest of the war languishing in British prisons after his ill-considered attack on Montréal. An interesting aside: History records Allen’s story that he demanded the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga “in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress!” Some brothers-in-arms remembered what he actually bellowed that night at the fort’s commander as “Come out of there, you damned old rat!” — for my money, a much better line than the one remembered by history! Tim Searles In his August 21 Fair Game column, Paul Heintz referenced the “Veterans Administration.” That Cabinet-level entity should have been identified as the “Department of Veterans Affairs.” Speaking of Feedback Letters to the Editor (6/1/16) Letters to the Editor feedback	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8072
__label__wiki	0.51074	0.51074	New National Restrictions from 5 November – Click here to read more about what you can and cannot do Ask for an antigen test to check if you have coronavirus now The latest NHS information and advice about coronavirus (COVID-19): Check if you or your child has coronavirus symptoms – Find out about the main symptoms of coronavirus and where to get medical advice if you think you have them. Self-isolation and treatment if you have symptoms – Advice about staying at home (self-isolating) and treatment for you and anyone you live with. People at higher risk from coronavirus – Advice for people at higher risk from coronavirus, including older people, people with health conditions and pregnant women. Testing and tracing –Information about testing for coronavirus and what to do if you’re contacted by the NHS Test and Trace service. People at higher risk from coronavirus –Advice for people at higher risk from coronavirus, including older people, people with health conditions and pregnant women. Social distancing and changes to everyday life –Advice about avoiding close contact with other people (social distancing), looking after your wellbeing and using the NHS and other services during coronavirus. Links to more information about coronavirus – Links to government advice, information for health professionals and advice for other parts of the UK. For further information go to nhs.uk/coronavirus or gov.uk/coronavirus. Updated Advice To Those Shielding Those who have been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable are thought to be at high risk of developing serious illness following COVID-19 infection. On 23 March, the Government advised all those considered to be clinically extremely vulnerable to shield at home and avoid all face-to-face contact, in order to protect them from COVID-19. Initial advice recommended shielding for a period of 12 weeks, which was expected to cover the initial peak of the epidemic which happened in April. The advice was then updated to apply up to 30th June. This guidance has always been, and will remain, advisory. The latest evidence indicates that the prevalence of COVID-19 in the community has continued to decline. As a result, the Government has reviewed its guidance on shielding. We know that the advice to those shielding has been challenging to follow and that it will take time for those affected to adjust and return to normal daily life. That is why the Government advice to those who are considered clinically extremely vulnerable will be relaxed in two stages: • From 6 July, the clinically extremely vulnerable may, if they wish: • meet in a group of up to 6 people outdoors, including people from different households, while maintaining strict social distancing; • no longer observe social distancing with other members of their household; and • in line with the wider guidance for single adult households (either an adult living alone or with dependent children under 18) in the general population, form a ‘support bubble’ with one other household. All those in a support bubble will be able to spend time together inside each other’s homes, including overnight, without needing to socially distance. • People can go to work, if they cannot work from home, as long as the business is COVID-safe; • children who are clinically extremely vulnerable can return to their education settings if they are eligible and in line with their peers. Where possible children should practise frequent hand washing and social distancing; • people can go outside to buy food, to places of worship and for exercise but should maintain strict social distancing; and • people should remain cautious as they are still at risk of severe illness if they catch Coronavirus, so the advice is to stay at home where possible and, if they do go out, follow strict social distancing. This is a small advisory change that brings those affected a step nearer others in their communities. However, all the other current shielding advice will remain unchanged at this time. From 1 August, provided there are no significant increases in incidents, the guidance will be further relaxed. The current advice can be found on GOV.UK. Government support for this group, including food box provision and free medicines deliveries, will continue until the end of July to allow for a graduated return to normal life. Patients can continue to access other support from local government and the NHS Volunteer Over the next few days the Government will be writing to all patients who are currently on the Shielded Patient List to inform them of these updates. The Government will also be writing to all those who have been removed from the list by clinicians up to now, to ensure they are aware they no longer need to shield. For this latter group this will be a permanent change and their names will not be retained on the Shielded Patient List. Coronavirus testing in Hertfordshire and new ‘Test and Trace’ explained The new national NHS ‘Test and Trace’ programme has been launched and is now in operation in our county. This means that if you have a test which shows that you have coronavirus, you will be contacted by someone from the NHS Test and Trace team. You will be told that you must self-isolate for 14 days and will be asked to supply the details of anyone you have been in close contact with, from the two days before your symptoms started. Those people will then also be contacted by the NHS Test and Trace team and told that they need to self-isolate for 14 days. If you receive a positive test result, or if you have been in close contact with someone who tests positive, it is very important for your own health and the health of those around you that you self-isolate. This applies even if you feel well and don’t have any symptoms. You could still be a carrier of the virus and the people you meet could get the virus from you and be seriously affected. Stopping COVID-19 from spreading is crucial to prevent more lives from being lost. Genuine contract tracers will: call you from 0300 013 5000 send you text messages from ‘NHS’ ask you to sign into the NHS test and trace contact-tracing website ask for your full name and date of birth to confirm your identity, and postcode to offer support while self-isolating ask about the coronavirus symptoms you have been experiencing ask you to provide the name, telephone number and/or email address of anyone you have had close contact with from the two days before your symptoms started ask if anyone you have been in contact with is under 18 or lives outside of England. Search online for ‘NHS Test and Trace – how it works’ for more information. You will never be asked to disclose bank details or ring an expensive phone number beginning with 09 or 087 by a genuine Test and Trace team member. Improved access to test booking Anyone in Hertfordshire with suspected coronavirus symptoms can book either a mail-order or drive-through test if they need one. For those who can’t go online to http://www.gov.uk/coronavirus to book a test, or for anyone who needs additional help, a new telephone call centre is available –ring 119 between 7am and 11pm or 18001 0300 303 2713 if you have hearing or speech difficulties. The coronavirus call centre can help you to book a test, answer your enquiries about the testing process and what to do once you have your result, or chase up any delayed results. Hertfordshire’s mobile test sites are all open between 10am and 4pm and are as follows: on Thursdays in Watford at the Central Watford leisure centre, WD17 3HA on Saturdays in Hertford at County Hall, Pegs Lane, SG13 8DQ on Sundays in Watford at the Central Watford leisure centre, WD17 3HA on Mondays in Stevenage, off Six Hills Way, SG1 2DF. Please follow the signs to the test centre, to ensure that you do not join a queue for the Household Waste Recycling Centre. Please bring a phone to the test centre if you have one. New antibody tests becoming available in Hertfordshire A new COVID-19 antibody blood test, which shows whether someone has been exposed to the virus in the past, is beginning to be rolled out to NHS staff in Hertfordshire. The test is starting to become available to those who want to take part and is carried out by a healthcare professional, taking a sample of blood. Although the test can tell somebody that they have had the virus in the past, this doesn’t necessarily mean that they are immune to getting it in future. Everyone must continue to follow social distancing and hygiene measures and must isolate if they are a close contact of someone who tests positive for coronavirus. The test is designed to help the government and scientists to gain a better understanding of how the virus spreads and how different areas have been affected. From Monday 16th March we have changed the way we book all appointments. Patients wishing to see a doctor or nurse practitioner will ALWAYS speak to a clinician BEFORE an appointment can be booked. Please do not come to the surgery to make an appointment. What if I already have an appointment? If you already have an appointment with us, don’t worry your appointment has not been cancelled. You will receive a phone call from the practice to see if your problem can be dealt with over the phone. If it can not be dealt with over the phone and is of an urgent nature the practice will ensure that you are OK to come in. What should I do if I feel ill and need an urgent appointment but don’t yet have one? If you think your problem is urgent and you need to be seen, please use Online Consult or call the surgery as normal. The practice is open and you will be seen if needed. How do I make a non-urgent appointment with the surgery? To ensure the safety of our patients and staff we are trying to reduce the footfall into the practice. We are still open and happy to help but are increasing telephone and video consultations. How do I request my prescription? Prescription requests can be made online, via email, on our website or via your pharmacy. Rescue Packs - Inaccurate Information Inaccurate information circulating regarding special ‘rescue packs’ for patients with pre-existing respiratory conditions Please do not contact your GP practice for a rescue pack. 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__label__cc	0.669892	0.330108	Home Videos Movie Trailers Half Ticket Teaser: Mighty impressive! Half Ticket Teaser: Mighty impressive! Rasik Tirodkar The genuine intentions of some films come across right from the teaser itself. Even in that just 60 seconds peek into the film you realize that the director Samit Kakkad has poured in his heart and soul into the film. It is an honest effort to make something meaningful and not your usual run-of-the-mill dramas. Half Ticket teaser promises all this and a lot more. The teaser opens with a montage of shots that are quintessentially Mumbai – the port, the goods train, the local train, and the slums. Beautifully captured by the cinematographer Sanjay Memane, who had also shot Shwaas, the montage makes it clear that the film is set in Mumbai. We are then introduced to a pair of kids. Seemingly brothers, the two of them are shown wandering on the streets of the metropolis. One spectacular frame after another shows us these kid from the slumsand their world; it is a Mumbai not often seen in films made in the city. They are shown walking in many of these shots with the older one carrying a bag full of something heavy. The kids are also seemingly having a jolly good time as well, despite their impoverished background. A rather cheerful background score by G.V. Prakash also reassures us that the film isn’t poverty porn. All in all, Half Ticket looks like an immensely promising film that has been produced by Video Palace & directed by Samit Kakkad who has made Aayna ka Bayna before. It releases on 15th July, 2016. Previous articleLaal Ishq Review : Poorly made romance murder mystery Next articleKilla: World Television Premier on Zee Marathi	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8087
__label__wiki	0.900951	0.900951	The DIY Girls How 12 teens invented a solar-powered tent for the homeless by Brittany Levine Beckman As Daniela Orozco picks off excess plastic bordering a 3D-printed box, she recalls how many homeless people she saw on her way to school when she was a high school freshman. Just one. Four years later, the number has multiplied. People live on a main thoroughfare near the school, at a nearby park, and below the off-ramps and bridges in her hometown of San Fernando, which is about 20 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. In the San Fernando Valley, homelessness increased 36% to 7,094 people last year, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Agency's annual count. Daniela and her friends wanted to help, but giving money wasn’t an option. "Because we come from low-income families ourselves, we can't give them money," the high school senior says. "We wanted to offer something besides money," her classmate, Veronica Gonzalez, chimes in. That was the starting point for their invention: a solar-powered tent that folds up into a rollaway backpack. The girls and 10 others from their high school had never done any hands-on engineering work before, but with the help of YouTube, Google, and trial-and-error, they got it done. They hope that one day, their tent will improve the lives of people experiencing homelessness in their community. Paulina Martinez zips up the solar-powered tent as the team works on final sewing touches. Left to right: Kassandra Salazar, Paulina Martinez, and Paola Valtierra, help DIY Girls Executive Director Evelyn Gomez set up the solar-powered tent. The teen girls from San Fernando High School worked on their invention over the course of a year. Come June 16, they'll present it at MIT as part of a young inventors conference. The teens, none of whom had coded, soldered, sewn, or 3D-printed before they joined forces, won a $10,000 grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program to develop the invention. They were recruited by DIY Girls, a nonprofit that teaches girls from low-income communities about engineering, math, and science, to go after the grant. "I knew I wanted to apply for it, but I needed a team," says Evelyn Gomez, 29, the executive director of DIY Girls. "I went back to my calculus teacher at my high school and did a hands-on recruitment activity." Most of the girls didn't know each other before, but they quickly became close friends. When DIY Girls was founded in 2012, the nonprofit worked with 35 girls in one elementary school classroom. Last year, it served 650 girls in elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Los Angeles County. The small nonprofit even keeps a waitlist because demand for its services is so high. Hands-on STEM education at schools, especially for girls in low-income communities, is severely lacking, Evelyn says. Women make up just 29% of the science and engineering workforce, according to the National Science Board, a federal agency. Around 6% of female working scientists and engineers are Hispanic or Latina. Prinsesa Alvarez shows off the solar-powered tent in its rollaway backpack. When packed up, the tent looks like a "big blue sun," Prinsesa Alvarez says. A clear opening on the backpack lets sun shine through to charge the solar panels. I was often the only girl in the class and definitely the only Latina in the class. It felt like kind of imposter syndrome. Here's what our DIY Girls #InvenTeam was up to over Spring Break. #inthistogether @LemelsonMIT pic.twitter.com/rqQWWMDpzn — DIY Girls (@DIYGirls) April 18, 2017 "I studied aerospace engineering. When I was getting my master's degree, I was often the only girl in the class and definitely the only Latina in the class. It felt like kind of imposter syndrome," says Evelyn, who got her master’s from UCLA. "It’s such a farfetched idea: You're going to represent the Latina community in a bad light if you ask a stupid question or you're going to represent women in a bad light if you ask a stupid question, and of course that’s not true. But I felt that." And she doesn’t want the girls working on the tent to ever feel that way. None of their parents are engineers. Some of them will be the first in their families to go to college. Top image: Daniela Orozco uses pliers to pick off excess plastic from a 3D-printed box that will house wires for the solar panels. Bottom image: Left to right: Paulina Martinez, America Hernandez, and Maggie Mejia, check out the teams' social media channels. In the beginning, the team depended on Evelyn for guidance, but they quickly started doing everything on their own. If they had an issue with a solar panel not functioning properly, they watched YouTube videos. If they couldn't figure out a stitch pattern, they Googled it. The girls even developed their own inspirational hashtag: #wegetitdone. If your parents miss X amount of bills, you can fall into homelessness, too. "You're learning new things you've never even heard of or even thought of," says Chelly Chavez, who learned the programming language C++ to get the technical aspects of the tent to behave. The tent has button-powered lights, two USB ports, a micro-USB port, and the girls have even tested a sanitizing UVC light on a countdown timer. "We're just like, 'how do we do this,' 'how do we do this,'" notes Prinsesa Alvarez as she helps Chelly with a mess of wires during a recent team meeting. The girls work on their project six days a week, getting together even through their winter and spring breaks. They often come home after hours of sewing to find loose needles falling off their clothes. They made two prototypes of the tent, but the first one is now in shreds. They put it through the ringer during quality control tests, tearing it with a knife, dousing it with water, and stomping on it. "When they were hitting it, my heart dropped," says Paulina Martinez as she stitches one of the tent's edges. They destroyed their finished product, just to start again. It was yet another tough engineering lesson the girls would learn. Left to right: Wendy Samayoa and Prinsesa Alvarez chat about the project over their laptops. The LED lights the team has been testing before finishing their final product. Paulina Martinez sews material for the tent. Left to right: Patricia Cruz and Veronica Gonzalez inspect a 3D-printed box. Before settling on their tent idea, the team had tossed out other options. They wondered: What could they do about pollution or water quality? But they realized they wanted to invent something that would help their community more directly. "Because we live here, we see it growing constantly," Maggie Mejia says of the homeless population. For her, it even hits close to home: “If your parents miss X amount of bills, you can fall into homelessness, too." Maggie and the others don't have concrete plans for the future of their invention after the MIT presentation, but they hope it could eventually be mass-produced. Maggie Mejia explains why she joined DIY Girls. The team tested several materials before deciding what to use in their solar-powered tent. The $10,000 grant from the Lemelson-MIT Program could only be used on the invention itself, not traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to present the award. So DIY Girls fundraised an additional $15,000 to send the team to MIT, an expense the girls' families couldn't otherwise bear. But they've made it, and it's a success story that could make a really big impact. Already featured by local TV stations and Ryan Seacrest on his morning radio show, the team wants their accomplishment to encourage other girls to pursue STEM careers. “Me and her, we're the only two junior girls in our AP Calculus class, which has way more guys than girls," says Paola Valtierra, pointing to Kassandra Salazar, who dreams of being an astronaut and has a tiny, metal one on her keychain. "But we're gonna change that." The team won a $10,000 grant to invent the solar-powered tent. Brittany Levine Beckman Social Good Editor Matt Petronzio Kate Sommers-Dawes Scott Witter Haley Hamblin	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8090
__label__cc	0.521341	0.478659	Kamehameha Schools and Microsoft Enter Technology Partnership October 26, 2018, 11:38 AM HST Kamehameha Schools has entered into a technology partnership with Microsoft called a Memorandum of Understanding in order to help its students gain skills to prepare for a highly competitive work environment. The goal of the partnership is to better prepare Kamehameha Schools students for technologically oriented work environments by introducing personalized and relevant learning experiences. Microsoft will aid in this goal by incorporating next-generation teaching models and effective technology infrastructures to empower and inspire students to uplift their communities. An instructor guides Kamehameha School students through the Microsoft learning program. PC: KS. A Kamehameha Schools student using the game Minecraft to build virtual worlds that help solve real world problems. PC: KS. Two Kamehameha Schools students collaborating on the Microsoft learning program. PC: KS. Kamehameha Schools instructors going over the progress of the Microsoft technology partnership program. PC: KS. The classroom environment where Kamehameha Schools students use the game Minecraft as part of the new Microsoft technology partnership. PC: KS. An instructor guiding Kamehameha Schools students through the learning process. PC: KS. A Kamehameha Schools instructor overviews a student’s progress in Microsoft’s new technology partnership program. PC: KS. “Establishing this partnership creates potential career pathways in the computer science and technology fields,” said KS Executive Vice President of Administration Darrel Hoke. “We teach students how to use the foundational elements, but they take this approach to learning to the next level by incorporating critical thinking, strategy and innovation, such as approaching issues through game theory. They learn in real time by searching online for answers and collaborating with their peers – it’s these efforts that will contribute to making the world a better place.” One aspect of the Microsoft MOU that is already implemented integrates the popular game Minecraft. Seventh-grade haumāna at KS Kapālama Middle School are using the game to identify issues affecting the Native Hawaiian community. Students can use the game to virtually construct a world that resembles the communities around them and then alter certain structural and socio-economic factors to see how it can improve those very communities. KS’ Information Technology team has helped with installing and maintaining the “MinecraftEdu” platform, where students can “jump into the world” and build before taking kumu (teachers) on virtual tours where they can explain what they built and provide reasons and explanations throughout their building process. “The virtual world concept is not limited by physical constructs, so the students are excited because they can do anything with this platform,” said KS Microsoft Certified Educator Mark Nakayama. “Based on their research, students figured out what components would lead to the creation [of] a better world. We’re taking the fact that they know how to use these tools in a productive way and putting their imagination to work. “With the new license that we have with Microsoft, the kids get an opportunity to explore without physical limitations and physical constraints of actual construction. They’re trying to impact their virtual environment positively on an island with natural features by picking real estate and building that world. This platform has led to greater engagement and kids even come in during recess to work on their projects!” KS Kumu Gay Murakami incorporated the Minecraft exercises in her life skills class, which all seventh graders take over the course of the school year. “By adjusting the way materials are presented, the students are working more efficiently and really enjoying it,” said Murakami. “The project is too big for one Minecraft player, so this situation forces students to work effectively as teams.” As one example, middle school student Rico DeMello focused on determining an adequate livable income. Within MinecraftEDU, he built small homes and explained that his team’s government will provide subsidies and affordable rent controls so workers can save money and eventually move into a larger home. The virtual construction project involved excavating earth, arranging a foundation, building walls, installing roofing, and placing doors that open by stepping on a panel. Haumāna also considered the natural elements, such as avoiding construction over caves that could collapse and situating the virtual city close to the ocean to provide access to ports and recreational activities. “The process,” said DeMello of the three-plus hours spent in Minecraft on the project over multiple weeks “doesn’t take very long as long as you get it right the first time!” The MOU also includes access to the Microsoft Imagine Academy Program, which helps students achieve industry-recognized skills and certifications on the latest technologies. The Academy provides resources that benefit students, faculty and staff, and aims to bolster the skills of college- and career-bound students to become better communicators, critical thinkers, innovators and problem solvers. The partnership will also help Microsoft incorporate ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i (Hawaiian language) through its Artificial Intelligence program, which will create a more seamless integration of the Native Hawaiian language across multiple digital platforms. Women In Technology Launches Innovative STEM Program… July 22, 2018 Hawai‘i and Goa, India Enter Sister-State Relationship October 1, 2018 Kamehameha Schools Accepting Applications for… November 5, 2018 MISC and Kamehameha Schools Host Film Screening November 29, 2018 Kamehameha Schools Maui Supports Families and… November 22, 2020 $600,000 to Help Homeless Hawai‘i Veterans Re-Enter… July 11, 2018	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8091
__label__cc	0.625613	0.374387	Streptomyces coelicolor Revision as of 02:27, 1 May 2007 by Afritch (talk \| contribs) (→‎Description and significance) Template:Biorealm genus 1.1 Higher order taxa Higher order taxa Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Class: Actinobacteria Subclass: Actinobacteridae Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Streptomycineae Family: Streptomycetaceae Streptomyces coelicolor, a filamentous, gram + bacteria, was first dubbed Streptothrix coelicolor in 1908 by R. Muller after he found it on a potato scab. Later, it became known as Streptomyces coelicolor. Streptomyces coelicolor, like the streptomyces genus in general, live in the soil. Streptomyces are responsible for much of the break down of organic material in the soil as well as the “earthy” smell of soil. They also live in colonies and have structural similarities to fungus. Colonies of Streptomyces coelicolor release pigments that are blue/green in alkali and red in acidic conditions, thereby giving the bacterial colonies those colors under the respective conditions. In a more neutral environment, streptomyces are generally identifiable by their pastel colors. Other differentiating characteristics of Streptomyces coelicolor are grayish-yellow aerial mycelium with no spirals, smooth spores, and no melanoid pigment. Streptomyces coelicolor are important bacteria and were sequenced because of their “adaptability to environmental stress”, “source of bioactive molecules for medicine and industry”, and “relat[ion] to human pathogens” (“From Mapping to Mining…” John Innes Center). Streptomyces coelicolor has a very similar core genome to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Corynebacterium diphtheriae, as well as some similarity to "Mycobacterium leprae", so it can be used to study these disease causing bacteria. The streptomyces genus is responsible for producing a majority of the antibiotics in use today, as well as some immunosuppressants and anti-tumor agents. Streptomyces coelicolor also has an interesting life-cycle that includes differentiation into aerial mycelium and spore formation. Describe the size and content of the genome. How many chromosomes? Circular or linear? Other interesting features? What is known about its sequence? Does it have any plasmids? Are they important to the organism's lifestyle? Replicon Type: Enter summaries of the most recent research here--at least three required "Streptomyces Coelicolor A3(2)". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 29 April 2007. NCBI. Conn, Jean E. “The Pigment Production of Actinomyces Coelicolor and A. Violaceus-Ruber”. Journal of Bacteriology. 1943. Volume 46. p. 133-149. Link to Article “From Mapping to Mining the Streptomyces Genome”. John Innes Centre Website. 2001. Link to Article Thompson, Charles J., Dorris Fink, and Liem D. Nguyen. “Principles of Microbial Alchemy: Insights from the Streptomyces coelicolor Genome Sequence”. Genome Biology 3.7. (2002) Link to Article on PubMed Kutzner, Hans J and Selman A. Waksman. “Streptomyces coelicolor Muller and Streptomyces violaceoruber Waksman and Curtis, Two Distinctly Different Organisms.” Journal of Bacteriology 78.4 (1959) p. 528-538. Link to Article Schaechter, Moselio, John L. Ingraham and Frederick C. Neidhardt. Microbe. Washington D.C.: ASM Press, 2006. Edited by student of Rachel Larsen and Kit Pogliano Retrieved from "https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php?title=Streptomyces_coelicolor&oldid=7303"	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8100
__label__wiki	0.511402	0.511402	Midwest Film Journal On Criterion All We Do is Vin Are You There, Godzilla? It’s Me, Evan. Deck the Gyllenhaals Dog Days of Summer with Mr. Ringenberg Hanks for Everything, Tom! Hanks for Nothing, Tom! Keanu World Order Midwest Movie Magic My Guy No Sleep October Oscar Gold Our Star Wars Rank Opinions Roll ‘Em Schlock Art Serial Consumer The Cat Gets the Screen with Mr. Dossey The Marvel Decade Tilda Break of Dawn Heartland Film Festival 2017 Hoosier Film Fest 2020 Nightstream Film Festival 2020 On Criterion: Minding the Gap Happy Valley: Bedtime Stories On Criterion: Amores Perros Roll ‘Em: Gamemaster Happy Valley: The House Bunny No Sleep October (85) Happy Valley (22) Endless Summer (19) On DVD (105) Now Streaming (30) Our Star Wars (21) Heartland Film Festival 2019 (21) Abducted in Plain Sight Sam Watermeier February 7, 2019 March 4, 2019 Abducted in Plain Sight is the kind of documentary that will have you yelling “What the fuck?” at the screen again and again. Like another recent Netflix true-crime doc, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, the film uncovers a sprawling web of lies spun by a master manipulator. In the early 1970s, a charming man named Robert Berchtold entered the lives of the Brobergs, a friendly Mormon family in Pocatello, Idaho. He quickly transcended the role of neighbor and turned into a second father, especially to the middle daughter, Jan. The 12-year-old’s eventual abduction shouldn’t have come as a surprise to her parents. The red flags were right in front of them. Blinded by Berchtold’s warmth, they didn’t bat an eye as the 40-year-old man fixated on their daughter and spent several nights sleeping in her bed. Perhaps you can blame the innocence of the era. In one interview, an FBI agent admits to being ignorant of the term “pedophile” at the time. “All I ever heard about was ‘stranger danger,’ ” he says. The parents’ naiveté played a large role in Jan’s abduction, but what’s more frustrating is how close they remained to Berchtold afterward. You’ll gasp when you discover the spell he cast on Jan’s mother. And when he takes their girl from them yet again, you’ll shake your fist in anger. They fall prey to his manipulation over and over, but to some degree, you can see why they would initially have trouble seeing the monster behind the man. The film emerges as a sobering reminder that evil lurks on every street corner. Rather than taking a sensationalist approach, director Skye Borgman maintains a deliberate pace and allows every disturbing detail to unravel slowly, often through the quivering voices of the Brobergs. Despite its dark subject matter, the film ultimately radiates with humanity as it takes on the quality of a cathartic family therapy session. It’s tempting to spill this film’s secrets. It takes so many ferociously bizarre and infuriating turns that you’ll want to list them all on Facebook and ask your friends if you’re taking crazy pills. Watching this with my mom and girlfriend was morbidly fascinating and oddly entertaining. My mom had seen it before, so every time we expressed shock, she said, “Wait until you see the crazy shit coming up next.” Like the Brobergs, we were nervously chuckling at the absurdity one minute and crying the next. Fortunately they rose from the wreckage of their family crisis, and they speak about it with a certain relief. Abducted in Plain Sight creates the perfect Netflix experience. It’s the kind of thriller you can curl up with on a cold, cloudy afternoon. Watch it with a loved one so you can have someone to turn to in disbelief. This film will make you even more grateful for them. Other WTF Documentaries on Netflix Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes: It’s particularly unsettling to watch the infamous serial killer act as his own lawyer and relive his murders while questioning key witnesses. Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist: A pizza delivery man calmly robs a bank with a bomb clamped around his neck. And that’s just the beginning. Twists and turns abound. Dark Tourist: Join New Zealand journalist David Farrier as he visits eerie locales across the world, from Japan’s suicide forest to Jeffrey Dahmer’s stomping grounds. His most WTF stop is a visit to McKamey Manor, an extreme haunt where people flock to be tortured Saw-style. (The waiting list is in the thousands.) Blackfish: An older one from 2013 but still worth adding to your queue. This film tells the tale of Tilikum, an orca involved in the deaths of three people at SeaWorld. As it explores the effects of captivity, Blackfish plays out like a gritty prison drama. Ocean’s 8 is Missing Something Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows Class of 2000: Finding Forrester Mitch’s Year in Review Lou’s Most Satisfying Movies of 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8101
__label__cc	0.66864	0.33136	Chapter 121: The Start of a ‘Normal’ Day Michael awoke to the sound of high-pitched moaning and an extremely tight, warm, and tingling sensation around a certain part of his body. Without opening his eyes, that pitch-black wisp had left his forehead and scanned the room. It was almost the evening, and the sun had risen, Laura wasn’t laying on the bed, but he certainly wasn’t alone. In fact, there was a beautiful, golden-eyed and lipped, dove-winged, cat-girl who was still laying on top of his chest. They were under the comforter, but she wasn’t exactly sleeping. She was completely naked, and slowly rubbing her body against him; licking his neck, pressing her cheek against his face, using her hands to touch his chest and back. Elina purred softly, while undulating her hips and gently ‘mating’ with her ‘partner.’ However, he was curious: “Wait a second… I’m kinda confused about the rules of consensuality. I was definitely unconscious when this little ritual started, so does the ‘system’ just assume that I would be fine with this? Well, of course I am, but that’s beside the point. Hmmm~, mysterious~… Huh~, why do I give a fuck?” When he finished talking to himself, Michael used his hands to firmly grab the cat-girl’s sensitive buttocks, while activating ‘Lightening’ and becoming a bit more ‘angelic.’ She didn’t even realize that he was awake, until he opened his eyes and whispered “It appears that you’ve lost your virginity since last night…” into her fluffy ears. At first, she was both embarrassed and surprised, but Elina quickly regained her ‘composure.’ The cat-girl muttered “It’s pointless for me to keep suppressing my desires… especially since we did all those things yesterday, and you even fertilized my egg. I didn’t even know that Angels laid eggs, but there’s no reason for me to worry about that now. What’s done is done, and I wanted to make you mine, before you had the chance to say something stupid enough to make me change my mind.” Michael snickered quietly and looked over towards the door, noticing that it was locked. Only he could forcefully open them from the other side, so there was no chance in someone barging in: unless they were a Goddess, or could teleport. He asked her “What about Jasmine? Don’t cha think that she’ll be a little upset about this?” Elina murmured “Maybe if it was the her from ten years ago… but she’s different now. Well, she was always childish, just not to such an extreme. Besides that, even if the time I spent with her was way longer than what we’ve shared so far together… I’ve never felt like ‘this’ with anyone before. Not that there was anyone other than the two of you, but-” “Yeah, yeah, I get the point, hehehe~. I’ve told ya my story already; there was one girl in the other world, and that was it. To be completely honest, if I didn’t get summoned here, I probably would have gone the next five or ten years of my life, without any kinda relationships: remaining a ‘pure’ re-virgin and regaining my chance at achieving Wizard-status. Aside from you and Sarah, I really don’t plan on fucking or sucking anyone else. I think Inari might try something when she gets older, and I have no idea what kinda freaky shit Alice is into; the crazy cat-brat is your own pocket-pussy, and… Hmmm~, I feel like I’m forgetting something really important.” After that, the two of them continued to ‘mate’ for an entire hour, before finally equipping their clothes and heading downstairs together. Michael sighed dramatically, as he saw the two skeletons ‘sleeping’ on his floor, and even the mindless one was ‘passed-out’ while sitting at the crystalline piano. Elina complained “I can’t believe you actually reanimated your own corpse-es…” He snickered, “Heh~, you think this is bad, but you have no idea how fucked up the process was. Well, whatever, it doesn’t seem like anyone else is here… Oi, why the fuck is there a goddamn monkey in my house!?” As soon as he yelled, the little critter quickly crawled inside of Kelsey’s rib-cage and attempted to hide from the terrifying Nephilim. The Priestess shouted “It’s just a baby! Stop scaring it!” as she walked over and knelt down, reached inside of the bony prison and gently grabbing the adorable glowing, yellow-furred mouse lemur. Rather than a monkey, it appeared much closer to a squirrel or other fluffy rodent. Thus, even though he was irritated by the urine and feces on his floor, Michael was forced to say “Daw~… Shit, the cuteness is overloading my brainbox!” However, it was at that moment when Elina screamed “Wah~! Why is there a snake in my house?!” The brown, adolescent adder was attempting to hide within Roycerus’ ribs, but Michael quickly grabbed it and stared into the serpents bright-blue eyes. He turned to the frightened Priestess and asked “Isn’t it cute though?” while letting the squirming critter crawl all over his right arm. It was merely an unranked, level-zero animal without even the slightest possibility of harming even those unconscious skeletons. The angelic cat-girl frowned, then told him “Let it go outside, even if it is kind of adorable, I don’t think it will be able to survive in here. It’s way too cold, especially in the living-room.” Without arguing, the two of them went out the front door and he released the slithering serpent into the relatively tall grass. Wearing a gray robe, Laura was holding a wooden staff in her left hand, while gazing out towards the eastern horizon. Since the front door was only thirty meters away from the edge of the cliff, Michael and Elina immediately saw her standing there. It was noon, and a thick mist was floating above the jungle canopy, so it wasn’t possible to see more than a mile away. The angelic cat-girl had a baby mouse-lemur on her left shoulder, as she called out “Mom~! What are you looking at?” The woman turned around and her daughter was shocked. Even though she was still overweight, it was clearly dramatically reduced since the night before, and more importantly… all of the wrinkles around her eyes, forehead, cheeks and lips were completely gone. Not only that, her slightly graying hair had turned completely black. Laura smiled and told her “I’m not looking at anything in particular… Just amazed at this view. Since I woke up, I’ve felt at least twenty years younger!” There were obviously no mirrors in the house, so she still hadn’t had the chance to see her own reflection yet. Michael retorted “That’s definitely cause you are, hahahah~! It figures though, that damn light-bed had a fucking reverse-aging feature…” Elina quickly ran over and hugged her incredibly short mother in a tight embrace, and he muttered “Okay~ then, I’ll leave you kids to your own devices. Hasta luego~!” before utilizing Astral-Step. Instantly arriving at the peak of the relatively small mountain, he sat down on the grass and quietly said “If ya wanted ta play so badly, ya should’ve reminded me yourself…” The space in front of him suddenly distorted and an overpowering aura saturated the vicinity. Then, a mysterious, translucent woman appeared before him, whispering “Don’t take Umbra’s words too seriously… Michael. For us, a day is but a fleeting-” “There’s no point lying to me, ya know? Hell, for someone who can manipulate time so freely, it definitely could pass by in an instant… but if ya did that, ya wouldn’t be able ta stalk me very easily. Besides, this is just one of your avatars, right? Depending on how many of them you have, you could potentially experience thousands of hours, for every second that actually passes. That’s just under normal temporal conditions though… Theoretically, every moment, might seem like an eternity for someone like you.” It was typically considered a very bad idea to contradict a Goddess, but Arcana wasn’t as childish as Lux. She smiled at him, while murmuring “Indeed… However, you are not taking into account, the concept of compartmentalization. Not all of these avatars are constantly uploading data to our main forms. Of course, even if they were… I am not the same as the others. Hmmm, perhaps I should not reveal this to you so soon…” Michael asked “Were the other eight Goddesses originally Players that you summoned?” Hearing his guess, the illusory woman nodded slowly. Arcana whispered “Your deductive reasoning is truly amazing, for someone with such low Intelligence. Although, I suspected that you had been given enough clues already, to make such an assumption.” “Hehehe~, I’m also pretty sure that you don’t actually need to wait a hundred years to create another one of me. Hell, there are plenty of souls in this world that you could fuck around with, if ya wanted to. Even if there were certain temporal windows that you had to be there for, ya could just keep a huge stockpile… Oi, so that’s how you did it during that huge wave! If you really did have to wait, then you could easily grab a handful of souls, over the course of a fuck-ton of years, and then start the game when you reached a certain amount. Although, the Goddesses were probably more like alpha-testers… Then, there were likely a lot more than eight of them at the start.” The Nephilim continued to amuse the ephemeral woman, by making wild speculation and conjecture. However, she reinforced his guesses, by stating “Originally, the ‘game’ was far easier, and I foolishly granted one-hundred Humans from your world, an extraordinary amount of power. From my perspective at the time, I did not understand anything about the nature of such beings. In fact, I created this ‘universe’ in accordance with their desires. Before then, there was nothing but the endless void, and myself. “Those souls were not chosen specifically, as I did not have the means to comprehend humanity. However, I quickly learned… violence, cruelty, hate, despair, love, rage, pain, suffering, happiness; they showed me many great and terrible spectacles before I finally decided that there needed to be rules. Then I obliterated all of them and started over again.” This entry was posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Hardcore OP-ness, Magic, Mature, Transportation and tagged Arcana, Elina, HCOP, MC by mike777ac. Bookmark the permalink. 18 thoughts on “Chapter 121: The Start of a ‘Normal’ Day” midnightover on April 20, 2020 at 5:25 am said: I am really dumb for not noticing the like button on those previous chapters ;w; I WAS SO IMMERSED TO READING XD Waht on April 4, 2016 at 1:32 pm said: Whilst reading this chapter, the only thing I could think of are mechanics. Like: “Wait, so if the Goddesses themselves are players, just how much can one freely create things by themselves and completely divorce themselves from the System? Other than creating Magic and Classes, it seems like they can even create the Elements / Affinities themselves. Just how far the rabbit hole goes, and when will the MC finally create something new within the system?” what the duce!? there was a backstory!? here I was starting to think this was all about “Plot” kukuku, not that I would complain. There’s a backstory? lol izana258 on September 13, 2015 at 2:57 am said: Wohooo, finally Elina. That’s some fuck up logic arcana. To reset something Not really lol. If I was the owner of this universe, and saw the way that the majority of humans act, I’d probably say “Hmm, this experiment was a obviously a failure.” and then ‘delete’ them all. Then I’d probably try again, but put some limitations on what people are allowed to do lol. After that I would probably be like her and bring in a bunch of other people and let them do the rest of the work rofl. It’s a ‘Sandbox,’ so have fun building and making things, or whatever~ lol. Well, I think Arcana ended up having to do all the ‘real’ work in the end, but that’s beside the point lmfao. Vivec on September 13, 2015 at 1:03 am said: Chaos was originally a player? I kind of want to know about her backstory now… What the fuck made her so completely chaotic? Well, she did say that Chaos was a mistake lol A mistake like blasting her with the full force and pain of billions of damage without allowing her to die or lose consciousness? No, a mistake when she was creating her soul lol. Night Vintral on September 13, 2015 at 12:37 am said: well thats a rapid escalator to demise l0gin4me on September 13, 2015 at 12:35 am said: Well that answers one question I had: How did players from so many years ago know of the anime songs Lux hymns were based on? Or about refrigerators and other kitchen appliances? If Arcana could control the passage of time relative to Mike’s original world then this starts to make sense. The other explanation was that time passes at an absurdly higher rate here than it did on Earth/ moridain on September 13, 2015 at 12:30 am said: That makes a great deal of sense. It explains why the goddesses (other than arcana) are so divorced from their actual domains. They are people who just took up those roles. It also makes me feel a bit sorry for Arcana. She must know that as the only truly eternal being in this existance she will eventually end up alone again. That must suck. mike777ac on September 13, 2015 at 12:40 am said: True, even her ‘Children’ will probably leave eventually… Which is most likely the reason she’s still summoning people lol. Void on September 13, 2015 at 12:15 am said: Awesome chapter, really like hearing about(well reading about) the storys backstory. Oh also does anyone else think michaels way of speaking changed since the begining, or has is stayed the same? P.s have a nice pseudo break author. He doesn’t act the same way around everyone lol. Beck Harbinson on September 13, 2015 at 12:10 am said:	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8102
__label__cc	0.51073	0.48927	Jerry Marotta REVIEW: Gowan – Strange Animal (1984) GOWAN – Strange Animal (1984 CBS) Strange Animal was only Lawrence Gowan’s second solo album, and one of his best sellers. It’s also one of his most dated sounding, with programming and production honed in on the 1980s. Regardless, you can’t knock the musicians: Tony Levin (bass/Chapman Stick), Jerry Marotta (drums), and Chris Jarrett & David Rhodes (guitars). Gowan basically lifted his studio band from Peter Gabriel. Opener “Cosmetics” was a single, though just shy of cracking the Top 40. It’s terribly dated sounding, with that wretched brittle synthetic sound that even Queen resorted to at one point. So you might love it! The piano is delectable and Gowan is as smooth as pie. “Desperate” is darker, but I sure do hate synth hand-claps! Fortunately this is a great song, akin to 80s Phil Collins. Another really smooth one is “City of the Angels”, like a waltz at midnight. Progressive rock invades “Walking on Air”, which lightly tip-toes from gentle rock to more aggressive guitars. A delicate but powerful “Burning Torches of Hope” sits right at the middle of the album, and it is so very 80s. Levin makes some animalist noise on “Keep the Tension On”, which sounds much like its title. Taut, powerful, and even heavy in a certain way. It’s melds right into a march on “Guerilla Soldier”, a killer song with terrific verse hooks. Massive song! It feels like this album builds to a close. Especially when you consider the last two songs. Finally, at the end of the album comes the familiar hits. First: a huge Chapman Stick groove, on the poppy upbeat title track. “Strange Animal” is an awesome song: strictly fun, and incredibly so! The melody stays in your head for days, and you’re hooked. Ominous spiritus, ahh! And then it’s his most famous song, “A Criminal Mind”, otherwise known as “the one that Styx play live”. Solo, in the studio, “A Criminal Mind” is just as haunting, just as powerful, and just as unforgettable. It also had one of the most disturbing music videos we had seen as young kids, and our reaction was revulsion. On album, it is a capstone of a pretty terrific record. It really feels like it should have opened. Though ultimately it is up to the listener, unless you grew up with Strange Animal in the Walkman nestled in your back pocket, the programming and 80s-isms are a bit distracting. It’s also strange how Gowan left all the big firepower stacked at the end of the album. In the CD age, it just makes the whole thing more rewarding at the end! Share this rock: Posted in Reviews and tagged Canadian rock, CBS, Chris Jarrett, classic rock, Columbia, David Rhodes, Gowan, Jerry Marotta, Lawrence Gowan, Ominous Spiritus, progressive rock, Strange Animal, Tony Levin on August 13, 2020 by mikeladano. 26 Comments REVIEW: Ani DiFranco – Little Plastic Castle (1998) Part 3 of the Aaron Challenge: He has challenged me to get out of my comfort zone. Together, we will be reviewing some of the albums he bought in Toronto during Record Store Excursion 2012. I’ve never heard any of these albums before, in fact I know almost nothing about most of these bands. But I do know I sold a lot (a lot!) of Ani DiFranco during my time at the record store. Aaron paid $2.99 for this, at Sonic Boom Music. Check out his review here! ANI DIFRANCO – Little Plastic Castle (1998 Righteous Babe) I remember working at the store back in ’98, and the general reception from Ani DiFranco fans to this album was positive, but mildly critical. There was a vibe that she had sold out for bigger success. That was just what I was hearing. Having not heard the previous albums, all I can say is good music is good music. Yes, the production is lush and not what you’d think of “indy”. Listen to those mariachi horns on the title track. Not exactly low-fi. But it sounds great! What an upbeat, entertaining track. Awesome. Not to mention her guitar work is excellent. The lyrics seem to be about public perception of what she should and should not be. “Fuel” is one I’d heard before from Aaron. I liked that one too. I like when she’s goofy. This is beat poetry with a backing band. Normally I go for a lead vocal with melody, but this works due to Ani’s well-composed expression. From there it’s on to “Gravel”, a fast melodic one with more dexterous picking from Ani. Another great tune, with melody to spare. It’s a sparse arrangement, just guitar and voice with some percussion, and that’s it. Drums introduce “As Is”, a soft pleasant song with barely audible keyboards in the background. It’s laid back and slightly mournful but also playful, and pretty much perfect as is (pun intended). “Two Little Girls” is dark, a tale of a difficult childhood. Ani’s excellent picking, and a bouncy backing bassline, makes it entertaining, but lyrically it seems loaded with pain. “Deep Dish” is the first song I didn’t enjoy. It features samples and long spoken word bit, and is very rhythmic. It did nothing for me, though. Sorry Ani. Nothing personal! “Loom” however is a brief (under 3 minutes) explosion of drums and acoustic picking, more along the lines of what I like. “Pixie” follows, one I didn’t click with. Ani sings in a soft whisper, expressive as ever, I just didn’t like the song. It didn’t have enough melody or punch for me. A long song, “Swandive”, is a bit of a change of pace since most of the previous tunes were in the 4 minute range. This one builds slowly. “I’m gonna do my best swan dive, into shark infested waters,” sings Ani, while picking more of those great guitar parts. “Glass House” totally changes the pace, with a bouncy wah-wah infested bass melody intro. This is great. I didn’t see that coming, nor the weird caterwauling trumpet that followed it! Ani then whispers the lyrics, underlined by a pulsing bass, with the odd electronic effect. Then just as you’re getting used to it, the drums kick in, accelerating the tune forward, and the vocals get angry. Ani is nothing if not diverse, I’m learning, even within one song. “Independence Day” is a beautiful song, melodic and passionate, slow and pretty. A hit song in any just world. The final song, “Pulse”, is another slow builder, with a beat poetry vibe to the verses. It’s not brief either! 14 minutes! It sounds a bit like a jam, but I wonder, since the whole album has more of a vibe of being carefully assembled rather than jammed out. Little Plastic Castle is an excellent sounding album. The guitars are lush, full and clear. The snare drum sound is perfect. Production-wise, it’s a total triumph (and self-produced by Ani). I think the album tends to sag a bit in the middle, after such a fine start, but it’s still a great album. MIKE AND AARON GO TO TORONTO Posted in Aaron Challenge, Reviews and tagged acoustic guitar, acoustic music, alternative music, Andrew Gilchrist, Andy Stochansky, Ani Difranco, baritone saxophone, concertina, electric bass, electric guitar, folk music, folk rock, Gary Slechta, guitar, Jason Mercer, Jerry Marotta, John Mills, Jon Blondell, Jon Hassell, percussion, pump organ, Righteous Babe, Sara Lee, trombone, trumpet, upright bass on February 17, 2013 by mikeladano. 15 Comments Search the Rock Facebook of Rock Subscribe to the Rock Follow LeBrain via yer email! Just click this! 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__label__wiki	0.608587	0.608587	Molly Scott Cato MEP Green Party MEP for the South West Greening Europe Molly at work Green New Deal for the South West VAT is a feminist issue Fight fascism Allowances and expenses Responses to constituents’ Qs EP – the basics Green Group in the EP How laws are made SW constituency Role of an MEP in the SW Green Party in the SW Letter to send to your MP on Commons vote on customs union 20 April 2018 by Media Molly has created a template letter you can use to send to your local MP ahead of the Commons vote on continued membership of the customs union which will take place on Thursday 26th April. Dear [your local MP, who can be found here] On Thursday you will have a chance to vote on a motion for the UK to stay in the EU customs union after Brexit. I am emailing you now to ask you to vote in favour of this motion on my behalf. The first and most important reason why we need to be in the customs union is to protect our industry. As I’m sure you are aware, the CBI has made a strong case for our continued membership, with Carolyn Fairbairn making the case that such a relationship is a ‘practical, real-world answer’ that is best for jobs, wages and living standards after the transition period ends. The purpose of a customs union is to remove tariffs between countries and so cut administrative burdens as goods move across borders, which is why the CBI is so supportive. Honda, whose EU assembly plant is in Swindon, is one of the largest employers in our region. They have made clear that membership of the customs union is essential to their business. For it, and many similar assembly plants, time-consuming checks and paperwork, as components were forced to pass across currently open borders, would cut its margins and potentially make them unviable. If we leave the customs union they are likely over time to shift their operations inside the customs union. The money already invested in its hi-tech Swindon plant would be an incentive for the company to stay put in the medium term, but when it comes to new investment, the lure of their existing assembly plant in Gebze, Turkey would become irresistible. The customs union is also vital for the many food and farming businesses that our economy [in the South West] depends on. Outside the customs union our farmers would be faced with paying the external tariffs on the huge proportion of the exports that go to other European countries. When margins are so tight and competition so fierce this is likely to mean the end of many farm livelihoods. I am entirely unconvinced that this trade can be replaced by trade with Australia or Argentina, both because of the additional costs associated with transport to distant markets and because many of the countries that the government proposed trade deals with are already major food exporters. Finally, we have the question of the Irish peace process. I am sure you agree that the achievement of peace in the island of Ireland should not be put at risk by the process of Brexit. Staying in the customs union would considerably ease the issue of the Irish border. Brussels has made clear that it is entirely unconvinced by the so-called technical solution proposed by the government and that this will mean the need for a hard border unless the UK stays in the customs union. Please do not be distracted by the argument over whether it should be the existing customs union or a new but similar arrangement. It is clear that for Brussels to agree such an arrangement the UK would be required to meet the conditions of the customs union as it currently exists: a bespoke deal is simply not on the table. I am emailing you now to ask you to have the courage to vote for a strong future for your constituency and our national economy. Please have the courage to vote for the UK to stay a part of the customs union on Thursday. 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__label__wiki	0.952641	0.952641	HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY Aided by Robert J. Brugger, Maryland: A Middle Temperament, 1634-1980 (Baltimore & London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988). 10,000 B.C. - 1599 1704-1709. John Seymour, governor. 1704. Construction completed on St. Anne's Church, Annapolis. 1704, Oct. 3. Treaty with Nanticoke. 1704, Oct. 18. First Annapolis State House burned. 1706. Queen Anne's County formed from Kent and Talbot counties. 1706. Justus Engelhardt Kuhn (d. 1717), portrait painter, arrived in Maryland. 1708, Nov. 22. Annapolis incorporated as a city (Chapter 7, Acts of 1708). 1708. The Sot-Weed Factor: Or, A Voyage to Maryland, by Ebenezer Cooke (c.1665-c. 1732), published (London). 1709. Construction completed on second Annapolis State House. 1709-1714. Edward Lloyd (president of council), acting governor. 1710. Talbot Court House (later East Town or Easton). 1714-1720. John Hart, governor. 1715, Feb. Crown restored proprietary rights to Benedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Lord Baltimore. 1715, April. Charles Calvert succeeded as 5th Lord Baltimore. 1718. Catholics disenfranchised by Assembly. 1719. Principio Iron Works, first blast furnace in Maryland, founded near Perryville, financed by English capital. 1720-1727. Charles Calvert, governor. 1722, Oct. 22. Treaty with Assateagues and Pocomoke. 1723. School and board of visitors in each county mandated by Assembly. 1727, Jan 10. Land near Antietam Creek deeded to Israel Friend by Chief of the Five Nations (recorded Nov. 1730). 1727, Sept. Maryland Gazette, first newspaper in the Chesapeake, published by William Parks at Annapolis (until 1734). 1727-1731. Benedict Leonard Calvert, governor. 1729, Aug. 8. Baltimore Town established by charter; named after Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore. Robert Long House, 812 South Ann St., Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland, 1999. Oldest existing residence in Baltimore dates from 1765. Photo by Diane P. Frese. 1730. Sotweed Redivivus: Or the Planters Looking-Glass, by Ebenezer Cooke (c.1665-c. 1732), published (Annapolis). 1731. Baltimore Company began ironmaking on Patapsco River. 1731-1732. Samuel Ogle, governor. 1732. Salisbury Town laid out by commissioners. 1732. Establishment of boundary line with three lower counties of Pennsylvania, which later became Delaware. 1741. Oldtown on upper Potomac founded by Thomas Cresap. 1742. Treaty with Assateague. 1742. Worcester County erected from Somerset County. 1742, July 10. First Baptist church in Maryland established by Henry Sater at Chestnut Ridge, Baltimore County. 1742-1747. Thomas Bladen, governor. 1743. First Lutheran church in Maryland built under David Candler's leadership, Monocacy River. 1743. Maryland Jockey Club founded in Annapolis. 1744. Many Nanticoke left Maryland to join Iroquois, traveling north to Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, Canada. 1744, June 30. Native-American chiefs of the Six Nations relinquished by treaty all claims to land in colony. Assembly purchased last Indian land claims in Maryland. 1745. Maryland Jockey Club organized first races. 1745. Daniel Dulany the Elder (1685-1753) laid out Frederick Town and invited German settlement. 1745, Sept. 28. Jones's Town and Baltimore Town incorporated by General Assembly into one entity called Baltimore Town.. 1745, Jan. 17. Jonas Green (c. 1712-1767) revived Maryland Gazette. 1745, May 14. Tuesday Club formed in Annapolis. 1747. Tobacco inspection law enabled Maryland to control quality of exports; established multiple inspection points to ensure export of only quality leaf, and set clerical and proprietary officers' fees. 1747, May 7-8. Reformed Lutheran congregation organized by Rev. Michael Schlatter in Frederick. Dried tobacco, Mount Harmon Plantation, 600 Mt. Harmon Road, Earlville (Cecil County), Maryland, October 2016. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks. 1748. Frederick County erected from Baltimore and Prince George's counties. 1750. Ohio Company established trading post at Will's Creek on Potomac River. c. 1750. Dr. John Stevenson (c. 1718-1785) shipped cargo of flour to Ireland, first in an export trade that spurred development of Baltimore. 1751. Frederick Calvert succeeded as 6th and last Lord Baltimore. 1752. John Moale (c. 1731-1798) sketched Baltimore Town. 1752-1753. Benjamin Tasker (president of council), acting governor. 1753-1769. Horatio Sharpe, governor. 1754. Fort Cumberland constructed by militiamen. 1755, April 23. British Gen. Edward Braddock, Col. George Washington, and Ben Franklin met at Frederick to plan British assault on Fort Duquesne. 1755, June. British Gen. Edward Braddock (1695-1755), leaving Fort Cumberland, led expedition through Maryland to the west. French and Indians defeated Braddock's forces near Fort Duquesne. Indians attacked western settlers. 1755. French-speaking Catholics arrived in Baltimore from Nova Scotia. 1756. Assembly supplied funds for Fort Frederick, near North Mountain. 1762. Elizabeth Town (later Hagerstown) laid out by Jonathan Hager. 1763, Sept. 22. First volunteer fire company, later Mechanical Company, formed in Baltimore. 1763-1767. Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon surveyed boundary line with Pennsylvania. 1764. First Methodist house of worship in colonies, the John Evans House, built under leadership of Robert Strawbridge in Frederick (later Carroll) County Mason-Dixon Line sign at Maryland-Pennsylvania border, U.S. Route 15 North near Emmitsburg, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks. 1765. Daniel Dulany, Jr. (1722-1797), denounced Stamp Act in Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies (Annapolis). 1765, Nov. 23. Stamp Act resistance at Frederick, later known as Repudiation Day. "From Indignant Protest to Hesitant Revolutionaries: Maryland and the American Revolution, 1765-1776" 1766. Sons of Liberty organized in Baltimore County. 1767. Annapolis merchants sent Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) to London to study painting with Benjamin West. 1768. Baltimore County seat moved from Joppa to Baltimore Town. 1768, June 18. Nanticoke relinquished their land claims in Maryland and received compensation. 1769. Maryland merchants adopted policy of nonimportation of British goods. 1769. First smallpox hospital in colonies established by Henry Stevenson, Baltimore. 1769-1776. Robert Eden, governor. 1770-1772. Second Annapolis State House demolished (Chapter 14, Acts of 1769). 1771, Sept. 9. First brick theater in America opened on West Street in Annapolis. 1772. Brothers John, Andrew and Joseph Ellicott erected largest flour mill in Maryland on Patapsco River. 1772, March 28. Cornerstone laid for third Annapolis State House (Chapter 32, Acts of 1773). 1773, June 28. Assembly united Fell's Point and Baltimore Town. 1773. Caroline County erected from Dorchester and Queen Anne's counties. State House, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. 1773. Harford County formed from Baltimore County. 1773, Jan. 7 - July 1. Maryland Gazette published debate between Daniel Dulany, Jr. ("Antilon") and Charles Carroll ("First Citizen") on Governor's right to set fees without legislative consent. 1773, Aug. 20. William Goddard (1740-1817) began printing Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser. 1774. Catoctin Iron Furnace, Frederick County. 1774, April 19. Last colonial General Assembly prorogued. 1774, June 11. Hungerford Resolves call on colonists to stop trade with Great Britain and the West Indies. 1774, June 22. First Provincial Convention (an extralegal body) met at Annapolis, and sent delegates to First Continental Congress. 1774, Aug. Baltimoreans shipped cargo of corn, rye, and bread to people of Boston. 1774, Oct. 19. Mob burned Peggy Stewart in Annapolis harbor. 1774, Dec. Mordecai Gist (1743-1792) formed Baltimore Independent Cadets. 1775, March 22. "Bush Declaration" signed, Bush River, Harford County, patriots call for independence. 1775, July 16. Congress adopted William Goddard's plan for Constitutional Post, the foundation of U.S. postal system. 1775, July 18. Rifle companies under Michael Cresap and Thomas Price departed Frederick Town to join Washington's army at Boston, later to become part of Maryland and Virginia Rifle Regiment. 1775, July 26. Association of Freemen formed by Maryland Convention. 1775, Aug. 29. Council of Safety organized. 1775, Dec. Association of Freemen began recruiting troops. 1776. Colonel William Smallwood (1732-1792) organized First Battalion of Maryland (forerunner of Maryland Line), Captain James Nicholson commanded Maryland sloop Defence. 1776, March. Whig Club formed in Baltimore. 1776, March. Fort Whetstone, Baltimore, erected at later site for Fort McHenry. 1776, June 26. Departure of Robert Eden, Maryland's last colonial governor. 1776, July 4. Declaration of Independence adopted in Philadelphia. Engrossed copy signed by Marylanders William Paca (1740-1799), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832), Thomas Stone (1743-1787), and Samuel Chase (1741-1811). 1776, July 6. Maryland Convention declared independence from Great Britain. 1776, July 17. John Murray (1732-1809), fourth Earl of Dunmore and last royal governor of Virginia, and his British fleet reached St. George Island, but were prevented from crossing to mainland by Maryland militia under command of Capt. Rezin Beall. 1776, Aug. 14-Nov. 11. Constitutional Convention of 1776 (meeting of Ninth Provincial Convention). Samuel Chase (1741-1811), by John Beale Bordley, 1836. (MSA SC 1545-1115). Courtesy of Commission on Artistic Property, Maryland State Archives. Chase was one of four Maryland signers of the Declaration of Independence. 1776, Aug. 27. Maryland soldiers fought at Battle of Long Island (under Mordecai Gist (1743-1792), fought crucial delaying action at Gowanus Creek); continued to engage the British at later battles, including White Plains, and Harlem Heights. Finding the Maryland 400 1776, Sept 6. Montgomery County created from Frederick County by resolve of Ninth Provincial Convention. 1776, Sept 6. Washington County created from Frederick County by resolve of Ninth Provincial Convention. 1776, Sept. 16. Eastern Shore Battalion of Flying Camp fought under Col. William Richardson at Battle of Harlem Heights. 1776, Nov. 3. Declaration of Rights (Maryland's Bill of Rights) adopted by Ninth Provincial Convention. Church of England disestablished. 1776, Nov. 8. First State Constitution adopted by Ninth Provincial Convention. "Writing It All Down: The Art of Constitution Making for the State and the Nation, 1776-1833" 1776, Dec. 20-1777, Feb. 27. Continental Congress met in Baltimore at Henry Fite's House. 1777. Hessian Barracks were erected by British and Hessian soldiers captured during the Revolutionary War. Later, the Barracks held prisoners from the War of 1812, were used as an armory, a Civil War hospital, and as the original building for the Maryland School for the Deaf. 1777, Feb. 5. First General Assembly elected under State Constitution of 1776 met at Annapolis. 1777, March 21. Inauguration of Thomas Johnson (1732-1819), first governor elected by General Assembly. Council of Safety disbanded. 1777, Sept. 11. Maryland soldiers fought at Battle of Brandywine in Pennsylvania. 1777-1779. Thomas Johnson, governor. 1778. Count Casimir Pulaski (1745-1779) raised independent troops, Baltimore. 1778. General Assembly reserved all unpatented lands "westward of Fort Cumberland" for Maryland soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Bust of Thomas Johnson in front of City Hall, Frederick, Maryland, October 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. 1779. Maryland Anglicans referred to their church as Protestant Episcopal Church. 1779-1782. Thomas Sim Lee, governor. 1780. Baltimore became port of entry. 1780, Aug. 16. In South Carolina, Maryland soldiers fought at Battle of Camden. Statue of Baron Johann DeKalb, by Ephraim Keyser, State House grounds, Annapolis, Maryland, June 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. Baron DeKalb (1721-1780) led the Maryland Line at the Battle of Camden, South Carolina, August 16, 1780. He died at Camden on August 19, 1780, from wounds received in that battle. 1781, Jan. 17. Maryland soldiers fought and, under John Eager Howard (1752-1827), played decisive role at Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina. 1781, Feb. 2. Property of Loyalists and British subjects confiscated. 1781, March 1. Maryland ratified, and thereby made effective, the Articles of Confederation. 1781, March 15. In North Carolina, Maryland soldiers fought at Battle of Guilford Courthouse. 1781, Sept. 8. Maryland soldiers fought at Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina. 1781, Sept. 17. American troops embarked from Fells Point, Baltimore, and sailed to Yorktown. 1781, Sept. 21. Encamped at King William's School (now St. John's College), French troops sailed from Annapolis to Yorktown. 1781, Nov. 5. John Hanson (1715-1783) elected first President of the United States in Congress Assembled, following ratification of Articles of Confederation (served Nov. 5, 1781 to Nov. 3, 1782). 1782. Washington College (formerly Kent Academy) established at Chestertown. 1782, Nov. 30. Commodore Zedekiah Whaley and naval militia fought British naval forces in Battle of Kedges Strait (Battle of the Barges), between Smith Island and South Marsh Island, Somerset County. 1782-1785. William Paca, governor. 1783, July 31. Freemasons at Talbot Court House resolved to form Grand Lodge of Maryland; elected John Coats as first Grand Master. 1783, Nov. 26-1784, Aug. 19. Annapolis served as capital to newly forming American nation when Continental Congress met in the State House. 1783, Dec. 23. George Washington resigned commission as commander in chief of Continental Army in Old Senate Chamber at State House in Annapolis. 1784. Potomac Company (Patowmack Company) chartered by Maryland and Virginia. 1784. John Frederick Amelung (1741-1798) and party established New Bremen glassworks, Frederick County. 1784, Jan. 14. Treaty of Paris, ending Revolutionary War, ratified by Congress at Annapolis. 1784, June, 24. Edward Warren made first manned hot-air balloon flight in United States at Baltimore aboard balloon designed by Peter Carnes of Bladensburg. 1784, Dec. Methodist Christmas Conference at Lovely Lane Chapel, Baltimore, established Methodist Episcopal Church in America. 1784, Dec. 30. St. John's College (formerly King William's School) established at Annapolis. General Assembly designated it, with Washington College, as University of Maryland. 1785. German Evangelical Reformed congregation under Philip William Otterbein built church in Baltimore that later became the mother church of the United Brethren in Christ. 1785, March 28. Mt. Vernon Compact, an agreement on navigation and fishing in the tidewaters of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay, negotiated and signed by Maryland Commissioners Thomas Stone, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, and Samuel Chase, and Virginia Commissioners. 1785, Aug. China trade began with John O'Donnell's arrival at Baltimore with cargo from Canton, China. 1785-1788. William Smallwood, governor. 1786. Matthias Bartgis (1756-1825) began newspaper publishing in Frederick. 1786, March 12. Mt. Vernon Compact ratified by Maryland. 1786, Sept. 11-14. Annapolis Convention of delegates from several states met at Mann's Tavern, Annapolis, to discuss revisions to Articles of Confederation. Maryland sent no representatives. Capt. John O'Donnell statue (1980), by Tylden Streett, O'Donnell Square. Canton, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. 1787. Baltimore Yearly Meeting, Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), condemned slavery. 1787, May 21. Toll roads connecting Baltimore with Frederick, Hanover, Reisterstown, Winchester's Town (now Westminster), and York authorized by General Assembly. 1787, Sept. 17. U.S. Constitution signed by Marylanders Daniel Carroll, James McHenry, and Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, at Philadelphia. Constitution Day - Sept. 17 1787, Nov. 29. Luther Martin's report, The Genuine Information, criticized proposed U.S. Constitution, including its omission of a bill of rights. 1787, Dec. Cokesbury College, first Methodist college in world established at Abingdon. 1787, Dec. Steamboat launched by James Rumsey (1743-1792) on Potomac River near Shepherdstown, Virginia. "James Rumsey's Boat" memorial, commemorating 1787 launching of first steamboat on Potomac River at Shepherdstown, Virginia, by James Rumsey (born in Cecil County, Maryland), October 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. 1788, April 28. Maryland Convention ratified U.S. Constitution, making Maryland the seventh state to do so. Convention adjourned without recommending amendments. 1788, May 1. Parade and festival (following ratification of federal constitution) gave name to Federal Hill, Baltimore. 1788-1791. John Eager Howard, governor. 1789. Allegany County created from Washington County. 1789. Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) founded in Washington, DC, by John Carroll (1735-1815). 1789. Maryland Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Poor Negroes and Others Unlawfully Held in Bondage formed at Baltimore. 1789, June 15. Josiah Henson, author, abolitionist, and minister, born in Charles County. 1789, Nov. 6. Pope Pius VI appointed John Carroll as first Catholic bishop in United States. 1789, Dec. 19. Maryland ratified federal Bill of Rights, first ten amendments to U.S. Constitution. On same day, Maryland also ratified what later became 27th Amendment to U.S. Constitution. 1790. Easton incorporated. 1790, May 11. Easton Maryland Herald, and Eastern Shore Intelligencer, first newspaper on Eastern Shore, published by James Cowan. Archbishop John Carroll (1735-1815) Bicentennial Memorial (1976), by Felix de Weldon (1907-2003), on southside of Duvall Wing, Prince George's County Courthouse, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, October 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt. 1790, July. Stewart Herbert began printing Elizabeth Town (now Hagerstown) Washington Spy, first newspaper west of Blue Ridge Mountains. 1790, Aug. 15. By papal direction, Bishop Charles Walmsley consecrated John Carroll (1735-1815) as bishop of Baltimore, at St. Mary's Chapel, Lulworth Castle, Dorset, England. 1791. Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) published Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia Almanack and Ephemeris.... 1791, Dec. 19. Maryland ceded 36 square miles of Montgomery County land (Georgetown) for federal District of Columbia. 1791-1792. George Plater, governor. 1792. African Americans formed Sharp Street Methodist Church, Baltimore. 1792, Aug. 5 - 1793, Jan. 16. Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) of Frederick County served on U.S. Supreme Court. 1792-1794. Thomas Sim Lee (Federalist), governor. 1793. Refugees from Haitian Revolution arrived in Baltimore. 1794. First of many yellow fever epidemics struck Baltimore. 1794, Jan. 21. Baltimore Equitable Society, first fire insurance company in Maryland, formed. 1794, Dec. 26. Maryland ratified 11th Amendment to U.S. Constitution. 1794-1797. John H. Stone (Federalist), governor. 1795. Bank of Baltimore established. 1795. Federal government sited post office at Cumberland. 1795, May 19. Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), financier and philanthropist, founder of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and The Johns Hopkins University, born in Whites Hall, Gambrills, Anne Arundel County. 1796. Maryland law forbade import of slaves for sale, permitted voluntary slave emancipation. 1796. Baltimore City incorporated: Baltimore Town became Baltimore City. 1796, Jan. 27 - 1811, June 19. Samuel Chase (1741-1811) of Baltimore served on U.S. Supreme Court. 1797, Sept. David Stodder's shipyard at Harris Creek, Baltimore, launched U.S. Frigate Constellation, first ship of U.S. Navy. 1797-1798. John Henry (Federalist), governor. 1798-1801. Benjamin Ogle (Federalist), governor. 1799. Construction began on Fort McHenry, Baltimore, named for James McHenry (1753-1816), Secretary of War, 1796-1800. 1799, Jan. 18. General Assembly authorized purchase of "Choptank Indian Lands," Dorchester County. 1799, May 14. Alexander Martin established Baltimore American and Daily Advertiser at Fells Point. Maryland Commission on Artistic Property Maryland Archives Maryland Historical Societies Maryland Executive Commissions, Committees, Task Forces, & Advisory Boards � Copyright December 10, 2020 Maryland State Archives	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8114
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__label__cc	0.575922	0.424078	— Top Menu —Платформа — Main Menu —Главная Новости Анонсы Организация - О Нас - Орг. Принципы - СМИ о Нас - Контакты ПРЯМОЕ ДЕЙСТВИЕ Библиотека Вступить Орг. Принципы Anarchist and former political prisoner Alexander Frantskevich was deported from Ukraine to Belarus Posted On 20 Июн 2019 By : avtonom Tag: Alexander Frantskevich, Prisoners, repressions, Ukraine, Беларусь Anarchist and former political prisoner Alexander Frantskevich was deported from Ukraine to Belarus (https://belsat.eu/en/news/eks-politzaklyuchennogo-frantskevicha-deportirovali-iz-ukrainy-v-belarus/). On 18 June in the evening he went to the migration service to apply for an extended permit and at 04.40 pm he didn’t answer anymore. Already at three oclock in the morning he was deported to Belarus. It is not known what could happen to Alexander in Belarus – local police thinks that he is an active participant in the anarchist movement and it publishes repeated threats in the social networks against him. In addition, the Russian FSB, which cooperates with the Belarusian police, may be interested in Alexander. The Russian police has also published his data after the capture of the Russian anarchists telegram-channel “Prometheus” in November last year (“Prometheus” is a telegram-channel of the anarchist movement “Narodnaja samooborona” in Russia, which is classified as an extremist organization). Thus, despite of the hostility and disagreements the security services of all three countries (Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus) willingly work together in the fight against anarchists. Alexander Frantskevich he was convicted in 2011 for three years for the case of attacks on administrative buildings in Minsk. Alexander told to Belarusian “Radio Svaboda” that he was beaten by the SBU (The Security Service of Ukraine) and deported to Belarus (https://www.svaboda.org/a/30008279.html). According to his words he wanted to receive a residence permit in the migration service and at the entrance he met the SBU officers. Although he told them that he was going to apply for political asylum and by law they don’t have right to deport (especially since he had a residence permit), the SBU officers said that he was associated with local anarchists and represent a threat for the national security of Ukraine. Alexander was also accused of “giving bed to the wrong people”. Allegedly, there are indications that the Russian anarchist Vyacheslav Lukichev, who is suspected of attacking the Nazi in Kiev, was staying by him. After that the officer beat Alexander and took him to the border with Belarus. He was beaten three times and also for refusing to unlock his phone. The blocked phone was eventually withdrawn and not returned. The police also used methods of strangulation. Alexander connects the deportation with the “order” from the Belarusian security what repeatedly threaten him. Now Alexander is in Belarus and at the moment he is not detained. Please, spread this information and remember that solidarity and the publicity of such cases is our weapon against states brutality and repressions. Анархист и бывший политзаключенный Александр Францкевич депортирован из Украины в Беларусь СБУ пытается депортировать из Украины фигурантку дела “Сети” Активизация протестных настроений в Беларуси , By avtonom Repressions against Russian anarchists Posted On 06 Апр 2019 Акция солидарности с беларусскими анархистами , By blackfenix Pingback: Enough 14Its time to revolt!Anarchist and former political prisoner Alexander Frantskevich was deported from #Ukraine to #Belarus Почему Социал-Революционное? Задачи нашей организации в условиях кризиса движения Анархизм для сектантов. Ответ на статью Задираки «Анархизм для ровных и четких». Инициативы Государства Мировые протесты Отчеты об акциях Социальные Конфликты Акция Антифа Антолин Государство Забастовка Киров Крым МПРА Майдан Москва Мошенники Образование Политзаключенные Профсоюз "Действие" Прямое действие Путин Рабочее движение Революция Репрессии Россия США Санкт-Петербург Сократ Украина Уфа агитация анархизм анархисты антифашизм война история капитализм митинг протест протесты протесты в США профсоюз профсоюзы рабочий класс репрессии анархистов солидарность солидарность с анархистами теория экология экономика Народная Самооборона	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8123
__label__wiki	0.542329	0.542329	It's Time to End U.S. Support for the Saudi War on Yemen December 18, 2018 Topic: Yemen Region: Middle East Blog Brand: The Skeptics Tags: Yemen Civil WarYemenSaudi ArabiaDonald TrumpMohammed Bin Salman America should seek a regional balance, not Saudi hegemony. by Doug Bandow Follow Doug_Bandow on Twitter L China and especially Russia cannot fulfill ambitious economic development plans; Saudi Arabia requires American and European participation. Most importantly, who else would promise to protect the licentious princes and princesses as they mulct their people while treating Islam as a libertine license? With just one and two rudimentary aircraft carriers, respectively, Moscow and Beijing will not be sending their armadas, to use Trumpspeak, to the Persian Gulf. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not the first murderous dictatorship with which America has dealt. Doing so may be necessary, but always should be done reluctantly, without illusion. Policy should focus on achieving Washington’s objectives at the least cost. The United States should seek a regional balance, not Saudi hegemony. The KSA has proved far more brutal and destabilizing than Iran: invading one neighbor; kidnapping the leader of another; launching a diplomatic offensive, backed by the threat of military action, against a third; and supporting radical insurgents against a fourth. Washington should end all support for the Yemen war and terminate further weapons sales until the kingdom draws down that conflict. While remaining formally friendly toward Riyadh, the Trump administration should indicate that business as usual is impossible with a regime that has made ostentatious irresponsibility the bedrock of its foreign policy. In just four years MbS has directed multiple foreign disasters and humiliations. It would be wise for the king and other members of the royal family to ponder whether they should move forward with a leader who guarantees continued embarrassment for and estrangement from those nations once most friendly to the KSA. Moreover, Washington should denounce Riyadh’s crimes. The United States lacks credibility when it criticizes Tehran but ignores the fact that Saudi Arabia remains a totalitarian state both politically and religiously—despite MbS’ presentation as the great reformer, not one church, synagogue or temple operates. Indeed, the country has become even more repressive under the crown prince. Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment simply highlighted a brutal policy already evident to Saudis at home. Secretary Pompeo, who falsely certified that Riyadh was acting to limit civilian casualties in Yemen, should attempt to keep his hypocrisy within more modest bounds. It is, to coin a phrase, time for a change in policy toward Saudi Arabia. The U.S. administration should stop acting as the monarchy’s public relations agent and the U.S. military should stop acting as the royal family’s bodyguard. Most importantly, Washington should stop supporting a war it should never have backed. Only then will it be possible to reform America’s relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute. A former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, he is the author of Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire. Image: A view of the old quarter of Sanaa, Yemen August 6, 2018. Picture taken August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8124
__label__wiki	0.830821	0.830821	Share this Story: Recall of 'natural' cream for kids' skin problems a cautionary tale for parents: MD Recall of 'natural' cream for kids' skin problems a cautionary tale for parents: MD TORONTO - Parents should think twice before treating their babies and young children with so-called "natural products" for skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis because such creams may be unregulated or contain potentially hazardous ingredients, a pediatric dermatologist says. Sheryl Ubelacker • The Canadian Press Mar 28, 2017 • March 29, 2017 • 3 minute read A jar of PureCare Herbal Cream is shown in this undated handout photo. Health Canada has issued a warning about a skin cream for babies and children that it says could pose "serious health risks."The federal agency says PureCare Herbal Cream, which is promoted as a natural treatment for eczema and psoriasis in children and babies, contains a prescription steroid (clobetasol propionate) and another ingredient (phenoxylethanol) that are not declared on the label. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Health Canada MANDATORY CREDIT "Sometimes patients hear about a natural product and they are falsely reassured that 'natural' means safe," Dr. Irene Lara-Corrales of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto said Tuesday. Recall of 'natural' cream for kids' skin problems a cautionary tale for parents: MD Back to video "And those two are not synonyms. Natural does not mean safe." The physician's advice follows a warning issued Monday by Health Canada about undeclared ingredients in PureCare Herbal Cream, a skin product promoted as a natural treatment for eczema and psoriasis. The federal department said the herbal cream, which contains a prescription steroid called clobetasol propionate and the compound phenoxyethanol, could pose "serious health risks" to young children. Health Canada advised consumers to stop using the product — sold online at www.purecareskin.com and through an in-person distribution network — and to check with a medical practitioner if they have health concerns. The cream has been sold with two different labels. The current label states the product is "for extremely dry skin," while the previous label described it as an "herbal cream for eczema, psoriasis and dry skin." PureCare Herbal Cream Ltd. said in a statement posted on its Facebook page, where it goes by the name PureCare Skin, that Health Canada informed it last Thursday that some clobetasol propionate was present in its product. The company is offering customers refunds and said it is following up with the manufacturer, which it said had "expressly informed" PureCare Skin that "the product was all natural and free from any drugs or parabens." "PCS does not believe that past use of this product would have caused any damage or injury to any of its users," the company said in its Facebook posting. "However, out of an abundance of caution and as mandated by Health Canada, we have ceased all sales and have instituted a recall action plan." Lara-Corrales said dermatologists do use steroids to treat youngsters with psoriasis or eczema — common conditions caused by inflammation of the skin — "but we would never use anything as strong as clobetasol." Calling the compound an ultra-potent steroid, she said the drug can be absorbed into the bloodstream and affect young children systemically, potentially causing such adverse effects as high blood pressure, stomach irritation and the puffy cheeks known as a "moon face." Absorbing the agent could also suppress the body's natural production of steroids, including the stress hormone cortisol, which could take time to resume once the skin product is stopped, she said. Prolonged treatment with steroids could also affect a child's growth. Phenoxyethanol, the other undeclared ingredient in PureCare Herbal Cream identified by Health Canada, is an alcohol-based compound used as a preservative in many creams and cosmetics. "I think the concern with that one is more if it is ingested. So, for example, if the mom puts the cream on the hands and then (the baby) licks their hands, there might be some exposure to this compound," said Lara-Corrales, explaining that phenoxyethanol is associated with vomiting, diarrhea and difficulty breathing. She said topical steroids are the first line of treatment for all kinds of skin problems, including both psoriasis and eczema, and are extremely safe if used properly and at the correct dose. "What we don't do as physicians is prescribe the strongest topical steroid out there to treat something that we know is going to respond to something much, much milder. "So we never go past a certain potency." Health Canada has asked PureCare Skin to stop selling the product and to recall it from the market. The Mississauga, Ont.-based company said in its statement that customers who return the product will receive a refund within four to six weeks. Information about a refund can be obtained by emailing info@purecareskin.com. Follow @SherylUbelacker on Twitter. Note to readers: This is a corrected story. A previous version misspelled phenoxyethanol.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8125
__label__wiki	0.519191	0.519191	Even Though I’m a Former Noble and a Single Mother, My Daughters are too Cute and Working as an Adventurer Isn’t Too Much of a Hassle – 3 October 29, 2018 Amarrez Even Though I'm a Former Noble and a Single Mother, My Daughters are too Cute and Working as an Adventurer Isn't Too Much of a Hassle 19 comments To the Adventurers Guild As Shirley was once involved in politics at the highest level in her homeland, it’s inevitable that she’d always have her thoughts about the various systems and laws in other countries. Among all the governments and private businesses in the world, for her the Adventurers Guild is amongst the best when it comes to such bureaucracy. Although the Kingdom’s laws do not forbid vagrants and refugees from becoming citizens, it demands a gold coin per head to be able to create a family register. Three gold coins for three people. It’s a sum that is comparable to completing two or three rookie requests from the Adventurers Guild. Who you are and where you’re from don’t matter, when you pay the fee and create a new family register, you’re treated as if you’re a brand new person. But, just being registered isn’t enough to find employment. Due to a desire to keep up the explosive uptake in literacy in the past two hundred years, one needs to prove they were able to read and write in order to be eligible for a job. And to prove that, you needed certification. Either by attending a seminar for adults or as a child having attended school between your 9th and 12th years. But, no matter whether you attend the seminar or a private school, both cost money. Naturally, the destitute who would benefit most from being taken in by the country were the ones who had no means to pay for either the family registry or the subsequent education. And because they cannot work, are they supposed to just die in the streets? It was the Adventurers Guild that responded to that question. Whilst they ran the risk of living in constant peril working a profession not covered by any government benefits, in return they could work with no sort of entry fee to register and no background checks. As a result, although there are many adventurers who travel the world seeking fortune and fame, there is also a number who simply seek to earn the coin to create a family registry and pay the education costs. However, in saving such vagabonds, the Guild found themselves directly at odds with government policy. The Guild and the Kingdom clashed politically constantly over this issue, but recently the Kingdom has begun to exercise tacit acceptance of the Guild due to financial issues. Although publicly the Guild and the government agree on regulations and laws, and that is generally true when it comes to emergency requests, the differences between the two parties mean that the Guild has become a hotbed for criminals and the stateless. It Shirley, and her daughters Sophie and Tio, who are beneficiaries of this gap in the system. She originally only planned on pursuing adventuring work as a short-term solution, but unexpectedly the way it panned out meant that Shirley had a lot more time to spend with her daughters than if she worked a regular job. The quick earnings helped her feed Sophie and Tio well and since last year they have been attending a private school, so she has no plans to quit any time soon. “Okay, Mama! I’ll see you later!” “Yaaawn~, see you…” “Have a great day, you two.” Sophie waves cheerfully as she looks behind her, whilst Tio looks like she wants to go back to bed. Carrying notebooks and pencil cases in their small satchel bags, the only way you could tell them apart was by looking at their eyes or at their hair. Sophie, who is always trying to be mature beyond her years, styles her hair into an adult-like single braid which she wears down her front. The opposite of her older sister when it comes to caring about looks, Tio only wears a single hairpin. Although it can’t match the length of Shirley’s hair which reaches her waist, the girls’ hair which reaches slightly below their shoulder blades glimmers as they walk. “Fuu… Alright, time to go.” “Yes, have a safe trip… Is what I would say if you hadn’t just made a god damned scene in my inn!” After seeing off her daughters as part of her daily routine, Shirley turned around to see Martha wearing a frightening expression. “I have about 20 adventurers unconscious in my dining room, some of them with bubbles still foaming around their mouths! If you think you’re just going to wander off without helping…” Shirley, who had unintentionally caused several adventurers to faint because of being unable to control her magical aura, hung her shoulders and pouted. Unlike those adventurers either unconscious or close to it, Martha and her husband were completely fine. Maybe they had just grown used to thing kind of thing from prolonged Shirley exposure over the years? It’s best not to think too much about it. “I’m sorry… It’s just when I think of those pests buzzing around my girls, I…” About her daughters’ classmates, Shirley described them as irritating insects as if it were natural. “That’s right… Those kids, when they get to that age they just…” “Unbelievable. That was the cause of all this? If you’re too overbearing with girls, they’ll grow up to hate you.” “E-even if I seemed a little flustered, I’m still going to respect my daughters’ independence…!” Although she denied it, it was easy to tell by that less than persuasive voice and gloomy face that Martha had hit the bullseye. “I just… think it’s too early for them to be getting involved in things like romance. If we were still nobles I’d understand because of the political reasons, but…” “Bah, if anything, one or two boys confessing is much too little! With how beautiful those girls are, there should be twenty boys lining up every day to express their love!” “TWENTY!?” After living two-thirds of her life as a noble, Shirley had devoted every waking moment of the rest of it to her daughters. One or two boys? She hated the idea of it, but she might have learned to live with it. But the idea of boys lining up around the block to court her daughters disturbed her so much that she reached for the hilt of a sword without realizing it. “Wait wait wait wait! Why are you suddenly going with a sword in hand!?” “It’s a mother’s duty…! To protect her daughters from danger… and if needs must… to exterminate…!” “Ah, jeez! Calm down! You’re meant to be going to the guild soon and you STILL haven’t helped me with the adventurers you nearly DID exterminate!” “Uu….” Shirley, who was about to break into a run in the direction of the school, freezes in place hearing that. She had known Martha for nearly ten years. Although in the beginning, she didn’t want to involve herself with anyone, Martha forced her to get along with that extroverted personality of hers. What’s more, Shirley had never once won an argument with that woman. “Don’t worry so much about those girls at school, the teachers will watch over them. Besides, those children are sturdy enough to take care of themselves. I don’t want your selfishness getting in the way of their school lives, do I make myself clear? “I-I understand… I’ll do as you say. …Sorry for the inconvenience…” “Well, so long as you understand. What do you plan to do, then?” “If anyone approaches my daughter, I’ll put the fear of god into them with an aura of bloodlust.” “Wow… Well, I’d really prefer you to just be peaceful about it, but so long as you don’t break any laws, I guess it’s all right?” Shirley helped Martha rouse the unconscious adventurers in the dining hall. Martha sighed as a burly adventurer screamed in panic and fled the room as Shirley tried to help him to his feet. “And you guys call yourselves adventurers?” Although this kind of thing had happened sometimes when she imagined some non-existent threat to her daughters, this is the worst incident so far. Whilst Martha prayed that such a thing will never happen in her inn again, her husband emerged from the kitchen with a massive rolling pin. “So, who is the bastard who tried to court Sophie and Tio?” “You as well!?” Martha smacked her equally overbearing husband upside the head with a bang. To adventurers who are constantly in the front lines of battle, armour is of the utmost importance. When it comes to armour such as gauntlets, chainmail, and breastplates, some adventurers like to wear protection made from lighter material. But wearing heavier armour can stop one from instantly dying to a blow from a strong monster. However, in order not to obstruct her arms and legs, all that the pride of the guild “Demonic White Sword” armours herself with is a sleeveless shirt of chainmail. Aside from her sturdy boots, the only other thing she wears is a simple looking one-piece dress over the top of her chainmail. To the inexperienced eye, she would never seem like an adventurer. “Hahh…” Opening the heavy wooden door to the adventurer’s guild and depositing the unconscious fully armoured giant man in a chair, the adventurers who inside turned to look at her. There was a tavern connected to the general reception area and like in the songs of yore it was full of musclebound warriors eating meat off the bone and drinking dwarven ale, though these men all turned to look at the women who had just walked in. Woah. It’s the Sword Demon. Even Shirley couldn’t discern who was talking about her in this din. Ignoring their whispers and gazes, Shirley made her way to the reception area. “And so, I bravely decided to attack the bandit’s fortress head on! Whilst I took on all the bandits myself, my friends attacked them from the rear with magic! It was a really big brawl!” “Woooow. That must have been really tough.” “The opponents arrayed against me numbered ten! But, not to be a braggart, my sword was more than enough for that lot!” “Is that so? Anyways, if you’d excuse me, I need to get back to my paperwork…” The copper tagged adventurer wielding a buster sword on his back waxed lyrical about his latest achievements in the field to the receptionist with flaxen hair, who seemed deeply uninterested. In such a squalid and remote Guild, the numbers of men trying to pluck the rare flower in their midst aren’t small. But to the receptionist, it’s just an annoying distraction from work, as she’s trying to prepare the day’s requests. “Excuse me. I have business here, so if you’re finished here could you please leave?” “Geh!? It’s you…” The lecherous adventurer who just a moment ago had been trying to chat up the receptionist now scowled at the peerless beauty who stood in front of him. Withering under the those sharp disparately coloured eyes, the adventurer with the slightly contradictory attitude towards women clicked his tongue and walked off. The receptionist who was ostensibly smiling on the surface, whilst sticking out her tongue towards the back of the man internally, gave a small bow of the head to her rescuer, Shirley. “My apologies for needing rescuing.” “I only spoke up because I had a reason. The guild had something they wanted to discuss with me, right?” “Ah, yes. You’re right, but I can’t tell you here. Please wait in the parlour for a moment.” After seating Shirley down in the small parlour behind the reception area, the receptionist quickly trotted down the hall to retrieve the relevant documents. But when she went back into the room, she stopped in her tracks. Despite them both being women, she was utterly charmed. Despite drinking tea made from cheap leaves off an aged wooden table, all her refined gestures and mannerisms made it look like Shirley was having an exquisite tea party for one. “Yumina, aren’t you going to sit down?” “Ah, right away!” She held a certain respect for that elegant woman who was so different from all the other adventurers. Whenever Shirley was at the reception desk, sometimes she would simply accept a request by gazing at Yumina with those eyes. “Sorry about that. …Um, anyways, the reason we called you here is to do with the goblin extermination the other day.” “…If this is going to be a lecture about me muscling in on someone else’s request, isn’t it guild policy that intervening in goblin hunts doesn’t count as doing that?” “No, that’s not the problem. The problem is that there was a dragon lurking in what was supposed to only be a goblin nest.” Shirley tilted her head. “Sure, a dragon itself is rare, but it shouldn’t be a surprise that it was living together with goblins. Since they were both relatively high intelligence monsters, it makes sense they would coexist like that.” “That’s not the whole picture. Recently, there have been three similar incidents of dragons leading packs of monsters such as goblins and dire wolves that our guild was asked to subdue.” Dragons, said to be the monster to bring unparalleled honour to its vanquisher if subdued, are the rarest of all monsters. It is incredibly strange that four dragons would be sighted in the same area in very similar circumstances. “That said, this could all be coincidence. But, if there is actually some larger phenomenon at work here, then the Guild will have no choice but to gather all the A-Rank or higher adventurers here in order to seek out the root cause. We can’t have any more pointless deaths.” Shirley recalled that group of young adventurers who were decimated because of the appearance of a dragon the other day. If the same thing happened again and again, it would certainly be a tragedy. The profession of adventuring might even be wiped out in this area. “And so, Ms. Shirley.” “I refuse.” “But I haven’t said anything yet!?” “Were you going to attempt to promote me to A-Rank?” “Ugh… That’s not wrong, but…” The Guild’s hopes were obvious from the beginning. Going by guild rules, a B-Rank adventurer isn’t obligated to accept any request no matter how urgent, so they desperately want to promote her to A-Rank. “It sure is nice to be thought of as someone worthy of A or S rank, but to put it bluntly, the real issue is that the army is in a state of emergency. With the world in the state that it is, just how many emergency or calamity-class requests are being issued on a weekly basis?” For Shirley, when it comes to deciding between fulfilling endless emergency requests and spending time with her daughters, the choice is obvious. Not to mention the anxiety she would feel having to be away from them for long stretches of time. For someone who values her daughters far more than the fame one can win by killing high ranking monsters, the demerits Shirley would face for becoming an A-Rank would be far too steep. “No way… Please don’t turn down such a promotion! What will people say about our chapter if our top-ranked adventurer is stuck in B-Rank forever!?” “I don’t really know much about that kind of thing. Besides, I don’t actually fulfil the conditions for A-Rank promotion, do I?” In times of crisis, adventurers are supposed to be able to team up as partners or parties to tackle difficult foes, so both results and levels of cooperation in attaining them are taken into consideration for potential A-Rank adventurers. As such, only adventurers who have been thoroughly screened as capable of working in a team and who don’t cause trouble for other party members are eligible. “Even if it might be a bit much to say this myself, don’t you think it would be a bit rude to the other adventurers who tried so hard if someone who only ever took requests solo was promoted to A-Rank unfairly?” “T-then, why not join a party~…” “If there are any adventurers who were willing to fight alongside me, I would party with them, regardless of their rank.” It should be said straight away that Shirley is neither a misanthrope or a man-hater. But because of the deep suspicions she has for unfamiliar people due to the tragic betrayals of her past, she tends to be incredibly blunt with new faces and is treated with a sense of antipathy by many other adventurers because of this. Moreover, as she’s obviously well beyond a B-Rank in terms of strength, anyone who would take a request with her around that rank would feel emasculated and useless in comparison. “Anyways, if you need me to survey the area for you, just attach a request to the noticeboard. If the timing is convenient, I might accept it.” “If the circumstances were convenient than that would be great, but I can’t guarantee they would be… ah.” Shirley took a final sip of her black tea and left the parlour, without even giving Yumina a glance of that accepting gaze. Surprise yuri? Previous Post: The Villainess Blooms – 10 Next Post: The Villainess Blooms – 11 Thanks for the new chapter! Lol! Definitely unexpected surprise yuri/worshipping. XD Fossil says: Hm…she’d probably deny falling in love with Yumina because it would take time away from her daughters. daisynkysloth says: Thank you for the chapter. Shirley x Yumina would be like oil and water. One would need flour to bind them together. Javier Enriquez says: Thanks for the chapter, just started reading… i am looking forward to what’s to come. Canari says: Does one sided admiration count as yuri? I dont understand your logic… Thanks for the chapter! I would refuse the promotion too in her place. The high ranks are too restrictive. Forced to take every emergency request… might as well be a slave forced to fight everyday. Indeed, getting to rank A or above is pretty much imposibru for her. Does the guild not count on the adventurer’s family? Who the heck would want to get a slave collar on him just for a rank up? I guess there are some more facts not mentioned yet, but cute lolis are more importaner so, who cares about ranking up. Owl says: Just to point out, decimated means 9 out of 10 survived. Annihilated might be a better word for it. Amarrez says: That’s the antiquated definition, the modern definition means almost the opposite. I love my classical history as well so it does pain me, but words change. Pingback: Even Though I’m a Former Noble and a Single Mother, My Daughters are too Cute and Working as an Adventurer Isn’t Too Much of a Hassle – 2 – Mistakes Were Made The Emperor of Evil God Templum, Wayang The Bad News Kruchin Kaliuespo Piparatus'hisnilistus Usiliolipoutis lalilulielepiple 'The First' says: ALL HAIL Suprise yuri!! ULULULULULULULULULU!!!! Otaku015 says: All hail!!! Ramune says: I’ll deny it if I were in her shoes oKrBn says: Lol, glad she’s not doing what the tell her too kawaii1234567 says: Man the A / S rank slavery is just poor writing. It really grates on the nerves. The guild can’t make exceptions ? If an s rank doesn’t want to help what are they going to dodispatch an army ? Diagon Alleycat says: >If an s rank doesn’t want to help what are they going to do dispatch an army? It’s as you said, they will dispatch OTHER rank A and rank S adventurers to put a stop to the rogue A or S person. That is why rank A and S have obligations for emergency service. Without that, a ton of A and S people would simply use public infrastructure to rank up and then become impossible to control as they took over local governments or dominated local marketplaces and cities with their gang, mafia, or “family” rules. Well gang or mafia rules pretty much describes monarchies/feudal societies to begin with. Also the guild isn’t “helping ” or “lending them infrastructure”, they are just cataloging and acting as contract intermediaries. For the sake of discussion, lets lay your’e an S rank. You get a forced summons maybe it’s the fifth time this month and it turns out they want you to attack and bring down another S rank who didn’t feel like taking one of these damn assignments. Look at the equilibrium, you do the job good chance you’re going to get hurt/disabled, maybe the person is a friend you owe. You don’t take the job all of a sudden they need twice as many S-Ranks to enforce their will.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8128
__label__cc	0.728665	0.271335	Who this book talks to You’re probably not anything like the people in this book. These are people who aren’t doing so well in life’s great scramble to the top. People with issues. Actually, they are not really nice people. They are self-centred and emotionally destructive to everyone around them, each in their own unique, refined way. You might recognise flashes of them in people you know. But aren’t other people’s lives interesting, when they look the same at first glance, but underneath are differently and strangely made? Understanding them might be rewarding. And that’s what this book explores, along the way of an increasingly urgent story. There is also a… a speaker, it might be best to say. As well as being murderously destructive himself, he’s crazy, and stepping away from the bonds of logic adds a whole other dimension. He believes the human species is nearing an extinction event that involves some balance of positive and negative forces in people. He also believes the planet is approaching an extinction event, when human disruption of its eco systems will reach a tipping point. He believes he is on a mission to accelerate human species extinction, so it happens before we tip the planet into eco-collapse. He (and he believes 99 others like him) are doing this to save their species, which he claims is one of two other non-physical species co-inhabiting the planet. Lots of crazy people are conceptually and verbally fluent, even high level intelligent, and that can make them really interesting. This one attempts to prove himself by explaining some the puzzles of history and the universe, and he’s pretty good at it, weaving fact and fantasy into a new tapestry that might beguile a lesser reader than you. There are a couple of people, trapped into roles in the story, who are not at all toxic, but are eternal losers in our free-market of life. One is a physical cripple who can never have what she wants and one is a permanent failure in the business of life, who sees himself as fa more crippled than her. You might be interested to explore how losers cope, day after day, why they bother even to continue to live. As the story rushes towards its terminal event, you might start to think that at least some of the toxic ones have at least the possibility of redeeming features. Words like love and redemption pop up once or twice, but there’s enough deeply brutal violence, physical and emotional, to pretty much paper right over them. Gathered together, the crowd force of their evil is surely just too toxic. Yet, in the arguments of the crazy one, saving the world’s human inhabitants is down to them. And the losers. If you are a gambler, you might not find these odds not so interesting. Who else might get something out of this book? If you sometimes doubt the moral order of things, the stories of these people might feed your discontent. If you sometimes tire of the push to soften and sanitise everything, to make everything homogenously political correct and nice, with wholesome resolutions, reading this book trigger the emotions of forgotten temptations to break the rules and strike out at some vacuous clown who richly deserves it. Actually, if you’re a little less than holy yourself, if you have stuff you keep tightly inside, some of the flashes of recognition you get may be about yourself, not just people you know. Maybe you will appreciate the danger of thinking about these things. Overall, it’s a story of people trapped in a messy, contradictory, harsh world of lonely secret desperation, where people make it up as seems fit at the time, because they don’t know what to do, how to break through; where the struggle to touch another human being can seem impossible of success, but sometimes it happens anyway. A young couple. Beautiful, alluring, tearing each other apart with emotional savagery that is intended to hurt and scar. Linked peripherally, Geoffrey, one of life’s perennial losers; once sort of endearing in a bumbling puppy sort of way, now getting too old for such indulgence. Then his father, a famous motivational speaker, promoter of habits of success like a gym tyrant, is suddenly, catastrophically, catapulted into failure in his marriage, his business, his life – but he’s still ready to inflict his needs on others. Like the young Catholic virgin who appears in his sights. Only she might turn out, beneath her careful veneer, to be far tougher, more at-core selfish, more indifferent about using and tossing, than even he is. We are following the vortexes of emotional destruction each of these people weaves, tracking emerging connections between them, to the background whisperings of an unidentified, doubtless crazy speaker who claims to be facilitating these links, tightening then into a single circle. Clearly though, he is seriously, clinically crazy, with his retellings of history and his story about hastening the extinction of humans, for the sake of the planet’s other inhabitants. Geoffrey reconnects to his grandfather, a legendary destroyer hiding his evil away in the desert, and so releases his venom back into the world. As they each plot the destruction of whoever they blame, the circle expands to include one of the most twisted, toxic lives ever lived, the child-destroyer turned addict and prostitute whose life work is debasement, herself and everyone around her. But she has an accidental daughter, Yshta; accidental pregnancy and genetic accident, a wheelchair cripple for life. The connection Yshta makes with the bumbling Geoffrey is not part of the plot. In fact, it leads to a counter-plot, a feeble effort to turn back the evil gathering around them. As our crazy speaker assures us, a couple of loser-cripples have no hope against the self-multiplying destructiveness he has curated. Redemption and love are words that bubble up rarely and quickly get sucked back down. If he is right, the extinction that comes eventually to every species might be coming a little early to homo sapiens. The six… Janis. Deeply alluring, committed to exotic sexual fantasy, committed to her own pleasure and increasingly finding it in the subjugation of men. Jeremy. Beautiful, sensuous releaser of hidden passions who can take a woman beyond herself, who cultivates mystery while unflinchingly acting on his belief that everything is meaningless – and running from a debilitating memory. Elmore. The business success, the motivational speaker, who mercilessly exposes people to their own weaknesses, even his own son, then abruptly crumbles into the person he despises, that perhaps he always was. Even then, he seeks to rescue his own life by entrapping others. Vivienne. Catholic virgin daughter of an Italian business family patriarch and community leader, anointed heir to it all and enticed by the power and recognition, but first distracted by the need to explore another, darker and more tangled part of herself and ready to use – and discard – whoever she needs for what she wants. Olaf. Crude wastrel destroyer of businesses and families; liar, cheat, drunkard, fornicator, user of prostitutes, foul mouthed and filled with hateful spite that’s rarely justified. He doesn’t bother with even a nod to decent appearance or pretence of belonging to a humanity he despises. Nameoko. Terror child born with an ancient evil soul, lifelong addict, abuser, prostitute, whose almost sole interest is debasing everyone to her level. …the losers who somehow link them: Jeremy. One of life’s eternal losers, an ageing puppy dog with nothing to offer and no future, a pathetic emotional cripple even to himself. Yshta. The physical cripple, who might have had the determination to succeed in life, if she wasn’t barred by limitations. …and the self-proclaimed manipulator: Gathering. Well, you’ll have to make up your own mind about him. The headline theme is the harm that people do to their own lives and the lives of others. By itself this is little more than an observation. It is in the unpicking of the how that has useful meaning. Ganggrout Ganggrout is one of the greatest sins of humankind, that Elmore Elmore excels in. His need to ganggrout is so overwhelming, her will even consume his own son. Read the blog about ganggrout. Tagslew Tagslew is the translation of a desire to touch and embrace, to be open to love, into hitting and even killing. Its most obvious appearance here is in the story of Sid, who is homosexual. Read the blog about tagslew. Winners and losers Winning is fundamental to how our society works. Winning requires losers. Often, lots of them. Without losers, there can be no winners. It’s a symbiotic relationship. Read more about winners and losers in the blog. John Lennon may not have invented the phrase “crippled inside” but he did bring it to a generation. And in Toxic People, Gathering there are crippled people in abundance. Some of them are being relied on to save a desperate situation. Not a great bet, really. 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__label__wiki	0.947528	0.947528	Home Sports Have a beer together & move on, former great Shane Warne says David Warner & Quinton de Kock Sports trending Have a beer together & move on, former great Shane Warne says David Warner & Quinton de Kock David Warner-Quinton de Kock fracas has lit the fuse for an explosive series in South Africa, with the Proteas warning they’re ready to take it to the next levelAustralian legend Shane Warne said players should stop “whinging” about sledging after an ugly row between David Warner and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock clouded the first Test in Durban. CCTV footage showed Warner apparently turning on De Kock as the players walked up a narrow staircase leading to the dressing rooms during the tea break on Sunday.On-field action heated up on day four of the first Test when Warner and Nathan Lyon gave AB de Villiers a send-off after combining to run out South Africa’s No.1 batsman. De Villiers was run out for 0 after being involved in a mix-up with opening batsman Aiden Markram, with Lyon, who had knocked off the bails, dropping the ball towards the sprawled batsman as he ran over to join ecstatic celebrations.Lyon was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for his actions, while Warner later became embroiled in a vicious war of words with South African ‘keeper de Kock outside the players’ dressing rooms. Vice-captain Warner had to be restrained by his team-mates as he appeared to lose his temper, Warner’s frustrations were “disparaging” remarks made by de Kock about the Australian’s wife, Candice. Australian captain Steve Smith confirmed after the match that de Kock was getting “quite personal” with Warner and laid the blame of the incident at his feet. Reports in South African press, however, said that the Proteas were privately alleging Warner had references de Kock’s mother and sister in some pointed on-field sledges. The incident is in the hands of match referee Jeff Crowe. “The incident was discussed between the two team managers and the match referee last night and it is now in the hands of the on-field umpires and the match referee,” Cricket Australia said on Tuesday. “Both teams were reminded by the match referee of the spirit in which the game should be played.” The controversy has divided opinion, with Warne calling on the players to avoid “personal” comments — while also urging them to “have a beer together” and patch things up. “Chat, banter, sledging has always been a part of any series between SA & Oz. Both sides always give it out,” he tweeted. “Respect is the key & and I hope nothing personal was said to any player towards anyone from either side. Have a beer together afterwards & get on with it – stop the whinging!” @mornemorkel65 @KagisoRabada25 Time for a bit of chin music 😡😡😡 pic.twitter.com/O3Ah2s4Ext — Cutmaker (@cutmaker) March 4, 2018 Former England captain Michael Vaughan suggested Warner had a reputation as a sledger and it was only a matter of time before insults were hurled back. “Correct Warney….but it’s clear plenty of personal nonsense has been spoken & the man in question I hear from many has been doing it for a while so I guess someone eventually was going to touch a nerve with a response,” he said on Twitter. South African manager Mohammed Moosajee also blamed Warner This series will be one to remember — AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) March 5, 2018 “There were words said out on the field. If you are saying something you’ve got to take it and that’s the opinion of Quinton,” he said. Australian great Adam Gilchrist also took to Twitter to voice an opinion, calling the spat “ugly”. Can only assume something very personal has been thrown at @davidwarner31 for this type of reaction. Not a good look all round,” he said. Former South African skipper Graeme Smith agreed it was not good for cricket, but suggested Warner only had himself to blame in an online reply to Gilchrist. “Gilly – Warner crossed many personal boundaries with the South Africans, so we can’t be surprised when there is eventually a reaction,” he said. “If players are happy to give it, they have to be prepared to take it, too. On both sides! But agreed not a good look.” Previous article See bollywood actress sunny leone hotest bikni pic Next article Psg vs Real madrid I don't think much will change Our motivation will be the same, against a good team with very good players says Zinedine Zidane Top 6 Hidden Costs Associated With Free Web Hosting Meets Patel A Beginner’s Guide – Choosing the Best Self-Storage Unit Philippines Women – Could it be a Scam? Avoid The Top 10 Smart Dog Toys Mistakes Where To Wear A Belly Band Holster	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8134
__label__wiki	0.746501	0.746501	My Style News Is Morrison ready for a Biden administration? At the height of the United States presidential election in 2016, then-Foreign Minister Julie Bishop instructed her mandarins to prepare two briefs: one for a… Fox Business Flash top headlines for January 15 Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. JAKARTA, Indonesia — A team… Hit-and-run driver who killed elderly couple jailed for just 2 years Reckless hit-and-run driver, 23, who mowed down and killed childhood sweethearts, 79 and 75, as they walked to a restaurant just months before their diamond… Where can I travel to from the UK? BRITS are still able to travel to most countries in the world although tight restrictions are in place. Boris Johnson though has closed all the… Home » TV & Movies » ‘Black Adam’ Adds Quintessa Swindell As Cyclone ‘Black Adam’ Adds Quintessa Swindell As Cyclone Quintessa Swindell has joined the cast of New Line/DC’s Black Adam which is set to go into production in Georgia early next year. She’ll play Cyclone aka Maxine Hunkel in the Dwayne Johnson movie. Cycline is a junior member of the Justice Society with the power to manipulate wind and sound. She joins previously announced that Aldis Hodge as Hawkman and Noah Centineo as Atom Smasher who are also members of DC’s Justice Society. Sarah Shahi has also been cast. Swindell’s credits include HBO’s In Treatment, which she’s currently filming opposite Uzo Aduba, as well as Netflix’s Trinkets and HBO’s Eurphoria. She can soon be seen in the Neil Burger feature Voyagers opposite Colin Farrell and Tye Sheridan for Lionsgate. Jaume Collet-Serra, who also directed Johnson alongside Emily Blunt in Disney’s Jungle Cruise, is helming Black Adam. Johnson, Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia of Seven Bucks Productions are producing with Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo. The team recently collaborated on Disney’s Jungle Cruise which is set for release on July 30, 2021. FlynnPictureCo’s Scott Sheldon will serve as executive producer. Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani wrote the latest draft. Adam Sztykiel wrote the previous draft. Inside Robbie Williams and Ayda Field's million-pound London and LA mansion with pools, all white decor and amazing views Corrie’s Kayla tries to murder Craig but it seems like Kana will be her victims Kylie Jenner Reveals Her Biggest Fear Is 'Dust in a Cup': 'I Don't Know Why' Celebrity Big Brother's Roxanne Pallett and Ryan Thomas incident sparks more than 11,000 complaints Who is in the line-up for the Charmed reboot? Here’s the lowdown on the sisters Previous Previous post: Sarah Jessica Parker, Christian Siriano and More Celebs Donate One-of-a-Kind Items in Fashion Scholarship Auction Next Next post: Gwen Stefani Revealed That Her Sons Have Dyslexia Macron’s approach to Merkel successor discussed by expert Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party, the Christian Democrat Union (CDU), is choosing a new leader today –… My Style News \| © Copyright All right reserved	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8137
__label__wiki	0.625078	0.625078	Addicks forward extends Bromley stay Bromley have confirmed that forward Brandon Hanlan’s loan spell at Hayes Lane has been extended for a further month. The forward will not be able to represent Bromley in the Kent Senior Cup and will be eligible to continue playing Under 23 games for Charlton during the loan spell which ends after our game with Chester on 25th March. Source: www.bromley.tv	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8139
__label__cc	0.604087	0.395913	Brewers midfielder gets Football League move Erico Sousa has left Tadcaster Albion and signed for Sky Bet League Two side Accrington Stanley. The exciting Portuguese midfielder only spent a short time with the Brewers playing on three occasions and scoring one goal in that time. An Albion club statement said “We would like to thank Erico for all of his efforts and wish him all the best at Accrington Stanley where we are sure he will be a success” Source: www.tadalbion.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8140
__label__cc	0.556146	0.443854	Canaries boss Ginnelly pleased with “great workout” despite defeat Jul 12, 2017 \| Headlines Barwell lost 2-0 at home to a lively Solihull Moors side who turned out with a strong squad in their first preseason friendly of the new campaign. Canaries boss Jimmy Ginnelly reflected after the game that it was a useful run out but that it was Solihull’s strength in depth that was the difference: “It was a great workout for the lads and good minutes in the bank. We did very well for 60/70 minutes but the big difference was the strength of the squads. They had subs who were top class players and ours were trialists.” Jimmy was full of praise for Elliot Percival at right back: “He did very well. Newport and Bolton are interested in him but I’d have him for Barwell if I can.” When asked about Ryan Seal joining, Jimmy had this to say: “He has played well in the 3 games so far and is settling in well. He is vocal on the pitch and the lads like that. He doesn’t look out of place or out of his depth. He is going to be a great player for us.” Source: Barwell FC	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8141
__label__wiki	0.964328	0.964328	Kingstonian appoint Harris as manager after Brennan departs Mar 18, 2019 \| Chimp Weekly Headlines, Headlines, newsnow Kingstonian have named Kim Harris as their manager for the rest of the season. It comes after Dean Brennan and assistant Stuart Maynard left at the weekend after five games in charge, following a 3-2 defeat at home to Burgess Hill Town. Harris was previously manager between 2002 and 2004, returning in 2017 on a caretaker basis after the departure of Craig Edwards. The board have said in a statement: “We are again extremely grateful to Kim for stepping in at a difficult moment for the club after Dean Brennan’s decision to leave. Kim will take charge of training on Thursday evening, and we look forward to seeing him in the dugout at Lewes this coming Saturday.” Kingstonian are currently 16th in the Bostik Premier Division.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8142
__label__cc	0.558491	0.441509	Leiston confirm investigation after Lowestoft game Apr 19, 2017 \| Headlines Leiston have confirmed that they are investigating the allegation that a member of Lowestoft Town Football Club’s playing staff was assaulted after the game that took place at Victory Road yesterday. The football club treats this allegation with the utmost seriousness and will act accordingly. Leiston Football Club also acknowledges the fact that Lowestoft Town Football Club are investigating the allegation that the first team goalkeeper, Ashlee Jones, was racially abused by one of their supporters during the same game. Racism cannot be tolerated in any form and Leiston Football Club sincerely hopes that appropriate action will be taken if necessary. A more detailed statement will follow after these investigations have concluded. Source: www.leistonfc.co.uk	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8143
__label__wiki	0.5176	0.5176	Parkinson stays with the Angels Apr 16, 2017 \| More News Tom Parkinson will be a Tonbridge Angels player next season. The popular club captain signed a contract immediately after the home game with AFC Sudbury. This will be his fourth full season with the Longmead outfit having been one of manager’s Steve McKimm’s first signings. McKimm said: “Tom’s signing his huge for us and thats no disrespect to the other three players who had already signed up. As we all know he is leader both on and off the pitch and we’ve missed him at times this season because of a couple of injuries. He will come back stronger next season.” Source: www.tonbridgeangelsonline.co.uk	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8144
__label__wiki	0.671842	0.671842	CoCoM: A tool to search for social QTLs How an organism chooses and develops its strategy to react to the coexistence of other organisms in the same communities has long intrigued ecological evolutionary biologists. However, the genetic mechanisms that mediate such ecological processes have not been extensively investigated, thus largely restricting our capacity to link ecological interactions and evolution/speciation. We conflate systems mapping and elements of community ecology into a conceptual framework for mapping competition-cooperation QTLs that determine how different organisms interact socially with each other to drive community dynamics. Rongling Wu Distinguished Professor, The Pennsylvania State University The paper published in Nature Communications can be found here: go.nature.com/2OACdFf Complex traits are controlled by numerous unknown genes and physiological and ecological mechanisms. This complexity makes complex traits an extremely difficult subject to study in modern biology. As a statistical geneticist, my task is to untangle the complexity of complex traits by developing powerful statistical mapping theory and tools. My previous experience in long-lived trees stimulated me to introduce developmental processes into genetic mapping in a quest to design marker-assisted early selection strategies aimed at shortening breeding periods. In 2002, my team pioneered functional mapping, a dynamic framework to map the genetic architecture of how QTLs govern end-point phenotypes of complex traits but also the biological processes that cause phenotypic variation. Functional mapping can shed light on our quantitative understanding of how organisms respond to environmental change, how new phenotypes evolve, and which QTLs drive such phenotypic plasticity and evolution, by visualizing the genetic basis of developmental ecological (eco-devo) and developmental evolutionary (evo-devo) processes. In 2006, I was very fortunate to publish an opinion article about functional mapping in Nature Reviews Genetics. It was this article that has enormously encouraged, inspired, and motivated my journey to a broad vision of what are complex traits and how they are formed and evolved. I viewed complex traits as a dynamic system, dissected them into their underlying interconnected components based on morphological, physiological and anatomical rules, and further derived and implemented a system of ordinary differential equations to assemble these components and specify how different components interact and coordinate with each other to determine the end-point phenotypes of complex traits. I married this systems thinking with functional mapping to produce a set of new mapping tools–systems mapping (published in BMC Systems Biology, 2011). The capacity of systems mapping to systematically characterize the pleiotropic control of multiple different but interdependent traits has been well recognized and appreciated by statistical geneticists (Physics of Life Reviews, 2015). In 2013, I got a message from one of my best colleagues and friends at the University of Florida who wanted to submit a grant proposal with me. I browsed NSF’s funding opportunities and found that Dimensions of Biodiversity was the next available program that was most relevant to our research expertise. This program targets the proposals that integrate three dimensions of biodiversity, genetic diversity, taxonomic/phylogenetic diversity, and functional diversity. Although I can pick up the approaches for studying the genetic diversity of experimental or natural populations, I have little experience in investigating taxonomic diversity above the level of the population and, more importantly, have never thought about any functional connection from one gene to other genes (genetic dimension) and from one species to other species (taxonomic dimension) through energy flow, material cycling, and signal transduction. I was bemused and frustrated by my inexperience in these areas. While I was going to tell my friend that I could not make it, my characteristic of persistence and perseverance provokes an opposite voice: You should make it. But, how to make it? The idea of integrating systems mapping and community ecology to advance trait mapping brings me with a delightful mood. Photo by Lidan Sun. A lightning idea cracks from my mind. If I view complex traits as a community, then its underlying components can be regarded as individual interacting species that constitute the community. How one component interacts with others to determine trait phenotype represents a similar biological process in which one species competes for access to resource or cooperates symbiotically with other species in the same community. Community ecology theory links the pattern of species-species competition and cooperation with community dynamics and evolution, and we can use genetic mapping to identify specific QTLs that determine why and how a species chooses to compete or cooperate to maximize its fitness in the community. With these ideas in mind, I started to conflate systems mapping and elements of community ecology to address the fundamental issue of how to integrate genetic, taxonomic and functional dimensions into a unifying framework to meet the requirement of the Dimensions of Biodiversity program. Although the proposal was finally not funded, the unification of systems mapping and community ecology has lightened my thinking about how ecological genetics can be richened and ultimately driven me to walk into a new, ecological road of complex-trait mapping. However, no data were available to support my idea. I sought for collaborators who can produce the data according to my design of experiment that involves the coexistence of different species. Microbiologists, Dr. Xiaoqing He and Dr. Yi Jin, at Beijing Forestry University, expressed a keen interest to collaborate with me and were willing to adventure on what they could not foresee at that time. Their research team made enormous efforts to collect strains of two bacterial species, E. coli and S. aureus, culture these strains in both social environment and socially isolated environment, measure the bacterial abundance at a series of time points after culture, and genotype the genomes of these strains. These phenotypic and genotypic data do not only found the material basis of testing my idea, but also fuel my passion, motivation, and spirit of adventure. Dr. He (back row, first from left) and Dr. Jin (back row, third from left) co-lead a research team for conducting bacterial experiments. Photo by Xiaoqing He's group. Dr. Libo Jiang, a statistical geneticist, my former student and now colleague, plays a critical role in deriving statistical algorithms, computing the data, and writing the computer code. Together with Dr. Meixia Ye, also my former student and now colleague, Libo mathematically derived how the gross abundance of each bacterial species in co-culture is determined by the independent growth of this species and the dependent growth due to its interaction with the other species. The relative contribution of these two growth components reflects the importance of interspecies interactions to community phenotypes. Also, they technically formulated a quantitative genetic model that can calculate the direct effect of a QTL on the phenotype of the species from which the QTL is derived, the indirect effect of the QTL on the phenotype of the interactive species, and the genome-genome epistatic effect of the QTL from different species. Dr. Jiang (left) and Dr. Ye (right) discussed about Lotka-Volterra equations, a critical link that bridges systems mapping and community ecology. Photo by Dan Liang. Of particular interest in our collaboration was trying to understand what QTLs determine interspecific interactions (through competition and cooperation) and how this ecological genetic process drives community dynamics. As a unifying framework of systems mapping and community ecology, we name this new approach as competition-cooperation mapping (CoCoM). Statistical genetics; Quantitative evolutionary developmental biology; Quantitative ecological developmental biology	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8145
__label__wiki	0.611133	0.611133	News » National The Gift of Wellness: 9 Feel-Good Gifts of the Season by Matthew Wexler EDGE Media Network Contributor (Source:Getty Images) Have you considered gifting an oversized tub of hand sanitizer this holiday season? You're not alone. Many people are considering practicality when it comes to gift-giving this year. The health and wellness industries are capitalizing on consumer interest in sanitization, immune system boosters, mental health, sexual health and more. With the overall wellness market valued at more than $4 trillion, plenty of products are emerging to entice health-conscious shoppers. EDGE canvassed various industries to curate our favorite picks of the season. Some are splurge-worthy; others are affordable giveaways that won't break the bank. Above all, conscious giving remains one of the most prominent themes of 2020. So, be sure to spoil your loved ones with a gift or two that will help contribute to their well-being. Batch by Wisonsin Hemp Scientific It's no secret that CBD has become a booming industry, but quantity doesn't necessarily mean quality. Discerning consumers now have to weed through thousands of hemp-centric brands to find the real deal. Fortunately, Batch by Hemp Scientific rises above in both formulation as well as its modern branding. Three roommates from the University of Wisconsin-Madison founded the company just a couple of years ago, quickly evolving to create an entirely vertical "bud to bottle" full-spectrum extraction process that uses 100% organic and GMO-free hemp—the majority of which is now sourced in their home state. Our editors sampled some of Batch's best-selling CBD products, including their Clarity CBD oil tincture ($34.99 - $159.99), enhanced with uplifting terpenes like limonene, caryophyllene and pinene to help focus the mind. After a day hunched over a laptop, a self-massage with CBD calming lotion ($23.99 - $54.99), subtly scented with lavender and ylang-ylang, felt like an affordable and effective indulgence. We can't say enough about Batch's modern and minimalist package design, which elevates what's inside to a gift-worthy level. This is one you might end up keeping for yourself. Briotech Countless sanitizing products have emerged on the market over the past eight months, but which of them has had 40 million years of product development? HOCl, also known as hypochlorous acid, is an all-natural substance produced within the human body's immune cells. HOCl is used to fight pathogens, reduce inflammation, and promote healing. Briotech was the only manufacturer to create an affordable, pure form of HOCl without bleach contamination. It has since integrated its HOCl into various applications such as an eye rinse, mouth rinse, skin spray, cleanser, sanitizer, and disinfectant. Briotech's flagship product, a topical skin spray is alcohol-free yet highly effective as part of your daily skin regimen to gently exfoliate and soothe skin. Swiftly responding to the pandemic, Briotech took its formulation through the EPA approval process to launch a sanitizer and disinfectant product line and is on the EPA List N as effective to use against SARS-CoV-2 in addition to being a food contact-safe anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-viral spray. From a 2 oz. stocking stuffer to one-gallon jugs, there's an appropriate size for any gift-giving budget. We also love Briotech's commitment to giving back. Over the past five years, its charitable arm, BrioEarth, has donated hundreds of thousands of products to vulnerable populations, including Native tribes, at-risk youth centers, frontline workers, peaceful protesters, and many other nonprofit organizations. (Prices vary — 30% Off sitewide through November 30) H20RS H2ORS Not all hydration is created equal. Most of us have relied on sugary sports drinks after a workout or pediatric electrolytes if we're feeling under the weather. Not only do they fail to restore adequate electrolyte levels, but they can also actually worsen a dehydrated state. The World Health Organization (WHO) created ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution) more than 30 years ago to effectively reverse dehydration, and now the product is available in a convenient form for consumers. "Our product is as fast and effective as intravenous fluids for treating fluid and electrolyte imbalance (dehydration)," says H20RS CEO Chris Shaw. "In terms of non-medical lifestyle use, it is ideal for exercising, travel, and is particularly effective at relieving over-indulgence and hangovers." Did he read our minds? While we don't encourage excessive alcohol consumption, many of us have occasionally tipped the scale during lockdown. On the flip side, many of us are finally establishing consistent at-home workout routines that require hydration and self-care. H20RS is available in convenient, single-serve stick packs in berry or citrus flavors. Simply mix with 16.9 oz. of water (hot or cold) and you're good to go! H2ORS is the only commercially available product that meets and improves upon WHO's six criteria for an ORS with flavors that fit seamlessly in the consumer market. We geeked out learning about the perfect balance of dextrose, sodium, citrate, potassium, chloride, zinc and other natural ingredients and were even happier to discover that H20RS has no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives or caffeine, and is gluten- and whey-free. Mild Anxiety, Stress, and Fear Relief Gift Box (Source: Sun God Medicinals) Sun God Medicinals As excited as we are for the holidays and the new year, there's no denying that 2020 has been one to file under "been there, done that." We've all been looking for ways to self-soothe and take care of ourselves. We were thrilled to discover Sun God Medicinals, which offers an expansive line of medicinal herbs. Centuries-old applications have harnessed the power of milky oat tops, passionflower, skullcap and more — and now that hemp is available nationwide, CBD can now be integrated into Sun God's potent formulations. We tried the Organic Heka Worry & Fear Hemp Tincture ($59.99/1 oz/ 500mg full-spectrum CBD) and fell in love with its herbal notes derived from Oregon whole hemp flower extract and other certified organic herbs from southern Oregon. Sun God Medicinals uses whole hemp flower instead of CBD isolate to ensure that the greatest volume of the hemp plant's potential healing properties is included in its products, resulting in varying potency from Batch to Batch specific batch testing results are available online. If you're looking to take the stress out of holiday shopping, Sun God Medicinals offers 18 medicinal herb gift boxes, each with a unique theme. We've added the Immune Support Gift Box ($79.99), which includes an herbal tea and two different tinctures to our wish list. Additional contribution by Lauren Emily Whalen. No doubt 2020 has been hard. But for many men, it's also been soft. If you've ever had an issue rising to the occasion, you're not alone. Studies have shown that by the time men reach 50 years old, approximately half of them have experienced some level of erectile dysfunction (ED). Why not give yourself the gift of a potentially harder and stronger erection? The Phoenix delivers clinical strength, acoustic wave technology through an at-home device that's effective and easy to use. The Phoenix uses the same technology that can be found in men's specialty clinics around the country but at a fraction of the cost. A typical treatment cycle can include up to 12 sessions. With the Phoenix, the user easily self-administers the non-invasive treatment at home, with clinical-quality results. Features include a medical-grade stainless steel tip to ensure hygienic treatment; removable nosecone for fast, easy cleaning; easy-to-reach ergonomic controls; proprietary intuitive annunciation (the device guides the user through each treatment step); automated time-out function; and a pacing bar graph to ensure accurate device placement. And in case you think that the Phoenix is solely for men suffering from extreme cases of ED, think again. Studies have shown decreased erectile performance in men as early as their 20s. "I knew that if I could bring this technology into the home of every guy who needs it, we'd be doing a service by bridging the gap of accessibility and affordability," says Phoenix co-founder Dustin Wolff. "We're finally talking about ED, which is a great thing. Now it's time to start treating it instead of just covering up the symptoms." ($849) NoDaysWasted The name alone caught our eyes when searching for wellness gifts this holiday season. The past year has undoubtedly amplified the idea that we should live every day to its fullest. The innovative team at NoDaysWasted has created a supplement line—backed by science—that can provide immune support, keep you optimally hydrated, or simply get up and go after a night of festive revelry. "The reality is, we live for the moment and experiences — so if we can be educated on the ingredients that are best suited to promote a healthy lifestyle, then we can feel and perform our best," says NoDaysWasted CEO and founder Nishal Kumar. Those that like to research the scientific properties in their supplements may recognize DHM (dihydromyricetin) as an essential key ingredient. NoDaysWasted's DHM Detox (available for one-time purchase or subscription) may help break down toxins and help reduce inflammation and has been used for centuries to reduce the after-effects of drinking. Both the DHM Detox and Hydration Replenisher optimize ingredients with no fillers and cost only a few dollars per serving. (Prices vary.) Rawlogy Cork Massage Roller and Massage Ball Set "The LGBTQ community is going to love getting their hands on our balls," says Marek Bowers, trans entrepreneur and founder/CEO of Rawlogy. Small farmers make the company's stress balls and massage rollers from ethically sourced and renewable cork, harvested from Forest Stewardship Certified forests. Recently acknowledged as a Certified LGBT Business Enterprise by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, Rawlogy fills a mighty need for everyone who's survived this year. Who doesn't crave a daily massage? Rawlogy brings the spa experience into your own home and includes all activity levels and body types. Their Massage Ball Set contains two lightweight cork balls (you pick the size) in a portable canvas drawstring pouch. However, our personal favorite is the Cork Massage Roller: with no foam or toxic chemicals, it's an eco-friendly version of the traditional roller and comes with a how-to guide for your back, hips and shoulders. Whether you're embarking on socially distanced hikes or hunched over your laptop all day, the Cork Massage Roller spells sweet relief. ($21-39.99) Huel Do you know someone who's actually managed to stick to their wellness routine this year? Or maybe they've been talking about it for 10 months and need a gentle nudge. Or perhaps you have a loved one who's terrible in the kitchen and could use a nutritionally complete alternative. We discovered Huel when it launched a few years back and have since revisited the vegan, lactose-free, soy-free, GMO-free product line. Huel powders (now in version 3.0) contain only 1% sugar and come in six different flavors including the newly launched vanilla. Huel Black Edition contains an even bigger protein boost. We were intrigued when Huel launched its new Hot & Savory line. Could this be a real-deal hot meal substitute instead of a smoothie? We tested the Thai green curry—just add hot water, cover and wait five minutes. Voila! What looked like SpaceX food turned out to be a comforting bowl of grains with a kick of cilantro, cumin and chili. And with 24 grams of plant-based protein (400 calories), we were satiated all afternoon. Okay, we admit it. The next day we made the curry again, this time a half portion (one scoop) and topped with sauteed shrimp for an affordable midday meal that put our local take-out to shame. (Prices vary.) Guru Nanda Light Globe Essential Oil Diffuser What could be better than aromatherapy and chromotherapy in one charming little globe ($39.99)? Turn your home into a spa oasis with this 230-ml design-savvy tank, which can diffuse for up to 18 hours. The ever-changing LED rainbow hues (which can be deactivated) made us feel like we were at the Pride that never was, but it's the beautifully crafted essential oils that are the real prize. GuruNanda works with farmers from 17 different countries to source the raw ingredients to produce its oils using steam distillation, cold press and CO2 extraction. We tried the Breathe Easy blend and the single-note lavender, using the former for an awakening scent during the workday and the latter to ease into slumber. If you want to amp up your gift-giving, essential oil sets are available in blends or single notes ($29.99/six bottles each) or give the entire 12-bottle set, which comes in a display-worthy wooden box ($49.99). Matthew Wexler is EDGE's National Senior Editor of Travel, Lifestyle, Health & Branded Content. More of his writing can be found at www.wexlerwrites.com. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram at @wexlerwrites. Giving the Gift of CBD: 10 Favorite CBD Brands of the Season Many Turn to Real Christmas Trees as Bright Spot Amid Virus A Fashion-Fabulous Holiday: Our Top Fashion Gifts of the Season DREAMLAND on Blu-ray & Digital from Paramount Home Entertainment! The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! on DVD! Iconic LA Gay Bar Oil Can Harry's Shutters After Half a Century The Power of Women: Our Favorite Gifts From Female-Owned Brands Top Candy: Brit Retail Giant Launches Vegan Easter Egg in the Shape of an Eggplant	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8147
__label__wiki	0.611924	0.611924	wiki:TracRevisionLog Viewing Revision Logs When you browse the repository, it's always possible to query the Revision Log view corresponding to the path you're currently seeing. This will display a list of the most recent changesets in which the current path or any other path below it has been modified. The Revision Log Form It's possible to set the revision at which the revision log should start, using the View log starting at field. An empty value or a value of head is taken to be the newest changeset. It's also possible to specify the revision at which the log should stop, using the back to field. By default, it's left empty, which means the revision log will stop as soon as 100 revisions have been listed. Also, there are three modes of operation of the revision log. By default, the revision log stops on copy, which means that whenever an Add, Copy or Rename operation is detected, no older revision will be shown. That's very convenient when working with branches, as one only sees the history corresponding to what has been done on the branch. It's also possible to indicate that one wants to see what happened before a Copy or Rename change, by selecting the Follow copies mode. This will cross all copies or renames changes. Each time the name of the path changes, there will be an additional indentation level. That way, the changes on the different paths are easily grouped together visually. It's even possible to go past an Add change, in order to see if there has been a Delete change on that path, before that Add. This mode corresponds to the mode called Show only adds, moves and deletes. While quite useful at times, be aware that this operation is quite resource intensive. Finally, there's also a checkbox Show full log messages, which controls whether the full content of the commit log message should be displayed for each change, or only a shortened version of it. The Revision Log Information For each revision log entry, there are 7 columns shown: The first column contains a pair of radio buttons and should used for selecting the old and the new revisions that will be used for viewing the actual changes. A color code (similar to the one used for the changesets) indicating kind of change. Clicking on this column refreshes the revision log so that it restarts with this change. The Date at which the change was made. The Revision number, displayed as @xyz. This is a link to the TracBrowser, using that revision as the base line. The Changeset number, displayed as [xyz]. This is a link to the TracChangeset view. The Author of the change. The Log Message, which contains either a summary or the full commit log message, depending on the value of the Show full log messages checkbox in the form above. Inspecting Changes Between Revisions The View changes... buttons (placed above and below the list of changes, on the left side) will show the set of differences corresponding to the aggregated changes starting from the old revision (first radio-button) to the new revision (second radio-button), in the TracChangeset view. Note that the old revision doesn't need to be actually older than the new revision: it simply gives a base for the diff. It's therefore entirely possible to easily generate a reverse diff, for reverting what has been done in the given range of revisions. Finally, if the two revisions are identical, the corresponding changeset will be shown (same effect as clicking on column 5). The ChangeLog Text At the bottom of the page, there's a ChangeLog link that will show the range of revisions as currently shown, but as a simple text, matching the usual conventions for ChangeLog files. The revision log also provides a RSS feed to monitor the changes. To subscribe to a RSS feed for a file or directory, open its revision log in the browser and click the orange 'XML' icon at the bottom of the page. For more information on RSS support in Trac, see TracRss. See also: TracBrowser, TracChangeset, TracGuide	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8151
__label__wiki	0.750208	0.750208	Norwich play areas set to re-open next week Jul 17, 2020 \| News, Politics \| 0 \| A Norwich play area long before lockdown – photo © Julian Swainson Providing the region’s figures over the weekend remain stable, children and their families will welcome the news that from Monday 20 July, play areas in Norwich will begin to be reopened. Due to the number of playgrounds and work required, they will be reopened gradually in a phased way, with all open by Thursday 23. Earlier this month the government announced play areas could be re-opened from Saturday 4 July, but it was not mandatory. Norwich City Council joined a number of play area providers, including local councils, in taking the difficult decision to hold off on re-opening until it was sure it could be done so as safely as possible. At a time where some areas had seen increases in confirmed Covid-19 cases, including Leicester where a lockdown was re-imposed, Councillor Matthew Packer, cabinet member for health and wellbeing, thanked Norwich residents for their role in keeping the city safe. Cllr Packer said: “Firstly I would like to thank everyone for their patience and for helping us to keep Norwich safe. “This pandemic has affected our everyday lives in ways we couldn’t have imagined. Trying to explain to little ones why they couldn’t enjoy their normal activities, and ones that play such an important role in their development, has been difficult for all parents and guardians. “We have been carefully working through the government guidance on the reopening of play areas over the last two weeks, and have come to the view that we will open ours next week if the numbers of reported local cases remain low this weekend. “We will keep the opening of our playgrounds under review.” The council’s website will be updated regularly as the play areas reopen. The city council has 81 play areas across the city featuring 1,700 pieces of equipment. Following careful consideration of government guidance on the reopening of play areas, as well as the inspection of all the equipment, it has agreed its next steps on reopening. Where possible, certain equipment has been removed in some play areas to allow for social distancing. Continuous cleaning of the 1,700 pieces of play equipment after each child has been in contact with them is not possible or practical. Therefore, parents and guardians will be urged to take what they feel are necessary precautions to ensure children in their care are kept safe. Tips on how to keep children and others safe in play areas Children and supervising adults should not visit if they have coronavirus symptoms. Make sure you and any children you’re supervising maintain a good distance from others as much as possible. The council’s play equipment is shared and is not sanitised. Consider wiping down touch points before and after use with antibacterial wipes you have brought with you. Wash/sanitise children’s hands before and after use. Use tissues for coughs/sneezes. Avoid face-touching with unclean hands. Dispose of litter responsibly. PreviousAppeal for witnesses after petrol poured through letterbox – Norwich NextChloe Smith is campaigning for the right buses in Sprowston Last chance to comment on plans for Earlham Road Norwich student shortlisted in national design competition Passengers hit by rail fare rises of 27% in Norwich under the Tories – Clive Lewis MP	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0059.json.gz/line8154

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