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__label__cc	0.501901	0.498099	Leonardo Music Journal Leonardo Book Series Leonardo Electronic Almanac Leonardo Reviews Graduate Abstracts (LABS) Leonardo Gallery Leonardo/Olats SEAD White Paper ASU-Leonardo Imagination Fellowship Nokia Bell Labs Residency Scientific Delirium Madness Leonardo's 50th Anniversary Educators and Students Program Leonardo Events LASER Talks Affiliate Member Directory Become an Affiliate Member Individual Member Directory (LED) Education and Art Forum (LEAF) Awards Recipients Volunteer and Intern Opportunities Advertise with Leonardo Governing Board of Directors Editors and Editorial Boards Leonardo Reviews Archive Renaissance Futurities: Science, Art, Invention by Charlene Villaseñor Black, Mari-Tere Álvarez, Editors University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2019 256 pp., illus. 23 col., 1 b/w. Paper, $34.95; open access Michael Punt Renaissance Futurities is an anthology of eight essays that claims, according to the editors’ introduction, ‘to focus on the intersection of Renaissance art. Ingenuity and futurity., and ‘…builds on the scholarship linking the emergence of Early Modern science to craftsmen, workshop practices and the artist engineer.’ A slightly different account is offered in the last essay by Claire Farago: ‘The editors of this volume called upon its contributors to write the history of the Renaissance differently by suspending the conventional operations of time and place, two of the most neutral epistemological categories in the humanities.’ While the back cover claims the book ‘… examines the intersection between artistic rebirth, the new science, and European imperialism in the global early modern world.’ These are grand claims for intellectual heights that the book does not fulfil, and such inflation possibly distracts attention from the real (and considerable) virtues of this anthology. To be sure, some of the essays address some aspects of these points, but the greater strength and interest in the collection is the careful and extended repositioning of some primary but mostly secondary sources. For the most part, many of the essays comprise a section of absorbing detail that leads to an unusual and somewhat unexpected conclusion. It is as if a watchmaker is at work laboriously aligning gear trains to make something that tells the time differently. What is most interesting about most of the essays is that regardless of the significance of that difference, which is in many cases quite minor, the performance of the author is mesmerizing and the activity suggests new horizons. In this sense there is something of the style of Gallaher and Greenblatt as they led us into New Historicism not with a manifesto but with a series of histories of apparently quite esoteric topics. What is disappointing in some essays is the attempt to build a connection between those insightful differences and the present is too hasty. And here the trap of unsubstantiated assertion, characteristic of much writing about current and future technologies, snaps on the watchmaker’s fingers and damages the balance of the instrument. This unevenness should undo the work of the authors but it, somewhat paradoxically, makes the book all the more interesting. In this juxtaposition it makes all the careful systematic work sparkle. Moreover, just under a third of the book comprises detailed notes and bibliography and the invitation for further reading and critical engagement has been made easy and almost irresistible. The best essays open up gems of ideas that leave the reader wondering how they would use the material differently. For example, in William Eamon’s contribution ‘Medicine as a Hunt: Searching for the Secrets of the New World’, the brief section on the epistemology of the hunt not only frames his excellent essay but is immediately suggestive of the most valuable way to engage with the anthology as a whole: it invites us to look for traces of complex propositions informed by the best available evidence of their presence. Charlene Villaseñor Black’s claims about the use of an unstable and apparently inferior blue pigment (smalt) by established and wealthy painters, such as Valasquez, Murillio and El Greco, provides a compelling case study of technological form as a matter institutional choice and individual decision rather than technology as an inevitable forward march to the ‘next new thing’. As in the case of the rejection firearms by the Japanese during the Edo period, or even the persistence of candles in our own electric age, the technologically ‘better’ is a reflection of values over which humans do have some agency – if we choose to exercise it. Peter Matussek’s description of Camillo’s memory theatre also reminds us that the past is there to be mined for the present. He presents a clear and concise exposition of something that is often discussed in regard to interface design and digital media. His detail and attention to its intellectual provenance points to traces of its arcane and occult references expose clues to what Camillo intended but remains unknown. This provides an open text that affords the necessary conceptual somersaults to apply the memory theatre to contemporary media. A weakness that haunts his essay is that he does not always follow his own conclusions in discussing the media application of Camilo’s intentions through the work of Frances Yeats’ Art of Memory (a book more cited than read in my experience). As the various attempts to give an overall story to the collection reveals, this anthology is something of a juxtaposition of fascinating essays and ideas that are difficult to synthesize but, together, become considerably more than their parts. There is the ghost of Aby Warburg in all of this. His assertion that the term, and indeed the concept of ‘Renaissance’, was insufficient to capture the wealth of differences, lost riches and indeed the places and times that were significant actors in its radicalism. To capture this, Warburg advocated the constant rearrangement of ideas and images as a necessary step in the understanding of human endeavor and thought in the arts and sciences: We are on safer ground but are poorer hunters if we simply adhere to routine and familiar correspondences in our histories. Renaissance Futurities is a mixed bag both between the collection and within individual contributions. But that mixture is in itself interesting as a provocation that brings to the fore how we might begin to think about the Renaissance. Much in the way that Warburg invited us to, not as a golden age peppered with geniuses but more like today––something rather fuzzy and ill-defined, shaped by coincidence and, as the title of the anthology suggests, the shadow of the future. There is some irritating loose talk in some of the essays, but what saves the collection and makes it such a rewarding read is exactly that the reader can join the hunt of the writers as they seek traces of a beautiful, complex and ultimately unknowable quarry. It is to be commended that to encourage this invitation to engage Renaissance Futurities is open access and can be downloaded free at Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Leonardo® is a registered trademark of ISAST.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1843
__label__wiki	0.980696	0.980696	Libya prepares to receive the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine After the announcement by the Supreme Committee to Combat the Coronavirus pandemic in Libya it will import 2 million doses, it is now taking measures to receive the first batch of the vaccine.The supreme committee to combat the… FDA grants emergency approval to Pfizer vaccine in the US The United States's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for distribution to the public over the next weeks.Initially, a shipment of 2.9 million doses of the… UK begins massive Covid-19 vaccination After approving the vaccine developed jointly by Pfizer and BioTech, the UK begins massive vaccine roll out across the country.The United Kingdom became the first nation in the world to begin inoculating against Covid-19 using the… The US continues to break Covid-19 records According to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, the United States recorded over 225 thousand new infections in 24 hours, a record number of cases for the second day in a row.The surge in the number of cases and COVID-19 related deaths… UK approves Pfizer’s Coronavirus vaccine The United Kingdom has become the very first country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for widespread use this next week.Pfizer and German partner BioNtech have been granted temporary authorization for emergency use for their Covid-19… Center for Disease Control warns of a possible return to Lockdown As the nation's capital witness a skyrocketing climb in the number of COVID-19 cases, the National Center for Disease Control, (NCDC) warned of possibility to reestablish a nationwide lockdown.In a statement, the Director of the NCDC,… The Coronavirus pandemic is still spreading through the globe like wildfire, every day new cases are recorded and numbers of people being hospitalised climb. It's a scary time for everyone but there are many trials for a vaccine at play and… UNICEF response to Covid-19 education crisis in Libya The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has stated that the “Education cannot wait” initiative has allocated $750,000 to support 9,000 children affected by the conflict and ongoing pandemic in Libya.The organization pointed out… Libya registers highest daily Covid-19 infections with 1,085 cases The Libyan National Center for Disease Control reported Monday 1,085 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily rate of infection in the country so far.The center said in a statement it received a total of 4,297 suspected samples, of which… Russia announces registration of first Covid-19 vaccine Russia has become the first country in the world to register a coronavirus vaccine for use.Vladimir Putin, the country's president, announced one of his daughters has already been inoculated.The move comes despite many scientists in… Libya’s Coronavirus cases jump to 713 The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Saturday announced 15 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the total cases inside the country to 713, with 142 recoveries and 18 deaths.In a statement released earlier Saturday, the… Libya Coronavirus cases jump to 156 in total The Libyan National Center for Disease Control said it had registered 26 Coronavirus cases in Libya on Sunday, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections to 156.According to the National Center for Disease Control, 14 positive… Libya registers new Coronavirus case, bringing total to 69 COVID-19 infections The Libyan National Center for Disease Control registered on Wednesday a new COVID-19 case, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 69.The National Center said in a statement that 241 samples from Tripoli,… Coronavirus cases in Libya increase to 60, recoveries to 15 The Libyan National Center for Disease Control recorded Thursday a new Coronavirus case, bringing the total number to 60 across the country.The National Center for Disease Control said in a statement that it had conducted 97 tests, and… Libya registers first Coronavirus case Libya has registered first #Coronavirus case for a man coming back from Saudi Arabia, according to the National Center for Disease Control. The center said the man is over 70 years old and he was doing Umra in Mecca. Libya on lockdown from 6.00 PM to 6.00 AM amid Coronavirus preventive measures The Libyan Presidential Council has imposed a curfew on the whole country starting Sunday March 22 from 6.00 PM to 6.00 AM, citing the need for people to stay at home to prevent the outbreak of Coronavirus in Libya. The lockdown will… Eastern Libya and Tajoura district in the west impose curfew amid Coronavirus concerns The parallel government controlling eastern Libya will impose a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., excluding security and emergency personnel, to stop any spread of the coronavirus, its interior ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.… UNSMIL joins international urge for humanitarian ceasefire in Libya over Coronavirus concerns UNSMIL has welcomed and joined the call by international partners on all parties to the Libyan conflict to declare an immediate humanitarian cessation of hostilities as well as a halt to the continuing transfer of all military equipment and… Seven foreign embassies call for humanitarian halt of hostilities in Libya The Embassies of Algeria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States along with the Delegation of the European Union and the Governments of Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates call on all parties in… Libya suspends all flights over Coronavirus concerns Libya's UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) on Monday suspended all flights at the Misrata Airport as a preventive measure against the coronavirus outbreak.Flights have been suspended for three weeks, Sulaiman al-Juhaimi,… Loading ... 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__label__wiki	0.973636	0.973636	Mum of evil killer's chilling prediction on BBC show 11 years ago EXCLUSIVE: Newly unearthed footage shows the torturer's family speaking out on a Panorama documentary Neil DockingCrown Court Reporter Dylan Westall (left) and his mum Linda O'Brien (right) (Image: BBC) Get the inside track on the big stories from Liverpool Crown Court with our weekly newsletter The mum of evil killer Dylan Westall predicted he would become a gun thug nearly a decade before he took a life. Westall was convicted of the manslaughter of James Meadows, 17, who was shot in the head on a motorbike in Huyton in 2017. The convicted torturer was jailed for life, along with his partner in crime Michael Roberts, 25, following two harrowing murder trials. Both men - who were cleared of murder - claimed to have nothing to do with firearms, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Brazen cannabis dealer Westall, 29, even claimed: "[I've] never seen a gun in me life. That's the truth, I've never seen a gun." But jurors weren't told police identified him as a "gold status gun nominal" - suspected of involvement with firearms - as long ago as 2012. Baby faced terror teen 'Little Knocker' became killer gun thug Thanks to his lawyers, the jury also didn't see a picture from a Facebook account, which appears to show him brandishing a shotgun. James Meadows, 17, who died after being shot in Lyme Cross Road, Huyton And they never heard about his history of brutal gang violence, first alluded to in a controversial BBC Panorama documentary in 2008. The ECHO can today reveal it centred around Westall's mum’s efforts to steer his younger brothers away from the same life of crime. And we can tell the story of how he plagued Page Moss as a teenager, before becoming one of Merseyside's most notorious criminals. A photo on Dylan Westall's Facebook page, which appears to show him posing with a shotgun (Image: Liverpool Echo) Young Gunmen was commissioned by the BBC in the wake of the senseless shooting of 11-year-old Rhys Jones in August 2007. First aired in June 2008, it saw investigative journalist Graham Johnson meet two gangs, the Dovecot "Dovey Edz" and their Page Moss rivals, the "Moss Edz". The reporter spoke to one youth described as a "leading member" of the Moss Edz junior gang, who was referred to as "Lee", to protect his identity. This was actually Westall's brother Sean Westall, then 14, who was filmed along with the brothers' mum, Linda O'Brien, and dad, Barry Westall. An unidentified teen posing with a gun in the BBC Panorama documentary Young Guns (Image: BBC) Viewers were told 'Lee' had an older brother in jail "for attacking someone with a knife" - referring to Dylan Westall - but that was only a snippet of a horrifying ordeal. Westall - one of seven siblings - was first convicted of violence for an assault at the age of just 13. Mother and daughter murder trial witnesses flee to Spain In April 2007, when aged 16, Westall and two other young yobs got into an argument with two brothers, aged 36 and 37, in Huyton. The brothers challenged the behaviour of a small child who threw water on them near a bus stop in Liverpool Road, only to be set upon. The victims got on a bus near Mecca Bingo, but Westall and two others chased the bus in a car, causing it to stop, then got on board. The brothers were attacked with a claw hammer and a knife, but managed to disarm the trio, only for Westall to pick up a broken blade. Dylan Westall and Michael Roberts He stabbed one of the victims four times and the other twice, before later admitting wounding with intent and being locked up for three years. In the documentary, his mum Linda was said to be terrified that 'Lee' - Sean - was heading the same way as his older brother. Dylan Westall's dad Barry Westall in the BBC Panorama documentary Young Guns (Image: BBC) She said: "You can just see it coming with them all, you know, it's all come to a head, there's little gangs here, there's little gangs there, they're not backing down from them, they're not backing down from each other. "You don't think your kids can pick a gun up, or a knife, you wouldn't think that they could do that, but I know for a fact they would." Explosive prison calls showed alleged motive for fatal shooting of tragic teen James Meadows Westall's dad Barry Westall, who split up with his mum eight years beforehand, told TV crews young gangs had taken over the estate, attacking and even burning rivals' homes to drive them out. He said: "It's not the adults' area anymore, it's the kids' area. They say who can come in and who can't come in. "If they don't like anyone's face, they'll make sure he's gone." The documentary focused on the Moss Edz' drug dealing, bragging with guns captured on mobile phone footage, and the baiting of police on off-road bikes. Mr Westall said: "Their gang is everything. That's their family. That's their main family. It's their own little army, they have little generals and all like that. "They will back each other up to the death, right to the death, I know they will, I know they will, that's the way the kids are now." Later in the documentary, Sean was taken - with his mum's permission - to meet self-proclaimed former gangster Stephen French, aka 'The Devil'. The 'anti-gun campaigner' tried to talk him out of gang culture, telling him it would only bring "jail, death, despair and your ma left crying". He even took the wayward youth to the grave of his former partner in crime, Andrew John, who was shot dead after robbing a drug dealer. Teen was shot in head but his killers didn't go down for murder But the documentary also referred to Westall's younger brother, Michael, aka Mikey, then aged nine, being arrested for the first time. A mugshot of Michael Westall, 21, released by police as part of a wanted appeal in December 2018 (Image: Liverpool Echo) Last December, Michael Westall, 21, was named one of Merseyside's most wanted men, in connection to a stabbing in Broadgreen. Four people were arrested over an attack on three generations of the same family, including a 76-year-old grandad, who was slashed in the face, and his grandson, who was stabbed in the stomach, but no further action was taken against any of the suspects. The ECHO understands Michael Westall was one of the individuals arrested but released without charge. One family member, age 76, was slashed with a knife on the face, close to his neck and had to have seven stitches A decade earlier, Ms O'Brien told the BBC: "We can all point the finger at someone... do you think I like my son going out, picking a gun up and shooting someone else? I brought him up like that? I don't think so. "People can look into this, people don't live in these estates, people don't see, you know, how we live. The DNA evidence that snared James Meadows' gun thug killers "There's a lot of other agencies out there who could have seen this coming years ago and got their foot in years ago, now it's a big deal and now they're throwing everyone in the deep end and it's just all going to blow up." Michael Roberts, then 15, received a two-year ASBO for terrorising communities in Huyton (Image: Liverpool Echo) In August 2009, 15-year-old Roberts, nicknamed 'Little Knocker', was hit with a two-year ASBO, which banned him from parts of Huyton, and from associating with Sean. Tragically, less than four years after the BBC documentary, in February 2012, Sean committed suicide in Ellesmere Port, where his mum had since moved. He was only 18. In the meantime, Westall had emerged from a young offenders institution and fallen foul of Merseyside Police's revolutionary tactics to tackle gun crime. The force had begun handing out "gun nominal" orders – dubbed 'gun ASBOs' by gangs - run by the elite Matrix anti-gang squad, formed in 2005. Partners in crime and convicted killers Dylan Westall and Michael Roberts when they were younger (Image: Liverpool Echo) Officers subjected 'gold' ranked nominals to intense disruption, searching their homes every day and using close surveillance to try and force change. Hand delivered letters to each gun nominal stated: "You are now formally advised that Merseyside Police has identified you as a gun crime nominal. "This means that there is intelligence available that links you and/or your associates to firearms. Family never got to give shooting victim 18th birthday presents "You will now be visited by police officers on a regular basis to check on your safety and that of your family and to dissuade you from being involved in criminality involving firearms. "There is a simple way to avoid this attention from Merseyside Police: have nothing to do with guns or others who use them." Shooting incident in Cartmel Road, Huyton (Image: Liverpool Echo) On the afternoon of January 4, 2012, a shotgun was fired through the lounge window of a home in Cartmel Road, Huyton in a drive-by attack. A 20-year-old man attended hospital with gunshot injuries to his hand and bottom, having been hit by pellets and fragments of shattered glass. Witnesses described two men on a scrambler bike as being responsible and police set about trying to identify who was behind the shooting. Westall's girlfriend Samantha McDermott 's car was stopped nearby with her driving and Michael Roberts sitting in the front passenger seat. Westall - then 21 and of Western Avenue, Bromborough - was caught garden-hopping nearby and arrested on suspicion of the shooting. McDermott, 23, and Roberts, 17, were arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, but as the ECHO reported at the time, the investigation stalled. Prison officer screams after losing finger 'when cell door kicked shut' The victim refused to assist the police and no further action was taken - yet as a result Westall was recalled to prison for breach of his licence. Police didn't stop there. They had already applied for an Interim Violent Offender Order - running until March 2012 - banning Westall from Huyton. Dylan Westall's partner Samantha McDermott, 31, of Rudgate, Whiston Later that month, officers waited outside Walton jail to meet Westall at the prison gates when he was released and issue him with a gun nominal order. They also sought and secured a five-year Violent Offender Order (VOO), which Westall breached six times, earning him nearly three years in jail in total. The first breach came on the same day he was freed from prison. Within 90 minutes of leaving jail, the thug was spotted at his dad’s house in Huyton. In April, he was seen coming out of a house in Liverpool Road and getting into McDermott's car, before they were stopped and Westall was arrested. Convicted killer Dylan Westall when he was younger (Image: Liverpool Echo) When he was dragged to court and admitted the breach in July that year, a top judge tried to appeal to the young thug to turn his life around. Judge Stephen Everett said: "At 22 you could be placing yourself on the rubbish heap and just throwing your life away. "Alternatively you could be doing some things differently, looking at your lifestyle, changing your associates and making something of your life." Laughable and pathetic excuses criminals in Merseyside tried to get away with in 2019 Westall was handed six months in custody, but because he had effectively served it already on remand, was freed immediately. Judge Everett warned: "You appreciate the police very much have their eye on you. If you step one foot out of line, they will get you." James Meadows' killers brought to justice Mum of evil killer's chilling prediction Baby faced terror teen 'Little Knocker' Murder trial witnesses fled to Spain Jail calls showed alleged murder motive He didn't listen. By August, Westall had been issued with another gun nominal order, and in September, breached his VOO again. Once more, he was sighted in an exclusion zone, again being driven around in a car by McDermott. A familiar pattern had set in. In February 2013, Westall received yet another gun nominal order. By now, it appeared some trigger-happy crooks were laughing at the scheme. A national newspaper reported yobs were even seeing the orders as "badges of honour" - letting rivals know they were not to be messed with. Join our Liverpool court cases Facebook group We have launched a Facebook group to bring you the latest stories from court all in one place. It will feature reports from Liverpool Crown Court and cases connected to Merseyside. To join and get updates, click here. You can also follow our court reporter's Facebook page. Police told a different story - they said there had been a 33% drop in the number of shootings since the Matrix unit was established in 2005. Whatever the merits or flaws of the initiative, nothing seemed to put Westall off a life of misery. In April 2013, a photo posted on a Facebook account appearing to belong to the would-be killer showed a masked man pointing a shotgun. "Sik that bro," one of his friends replied. In October 2017, Westall killed James, allegedly over a rivalry with another young gun thug, Reuben Murphy, a friend of the teenage victim. Prosecutors said he had a gun taken off him by the Murphy family a week beforehand, but they were unable to prove this motive for the killing. Top 10 Liverpool judges' put-downs and sentencing remarks of 2019 A month later, while wanted for murder, Westall and Roberts fired shots into a Kensington home belonging to the dad of a young criminal. A bullet found after Dylan Westall and Michael Roberts repeatedly fired into a house in Fell Street, Kensington (Image: Liverpool Echo) Westall - accompanied by Roberts on a scrambler - then brandished a gun in front of James' grieving family at Knowsley Cemetery in March 2018. At the time he was visiting the grave of his brother Sean, who in a cruel twist of fate, is buried in a plot just yards away from James and his mum. Westall was next involved in the shooting of a man in the leg in Sandiway, Whiston that April, when he left his DNA on a bullet cartridge. Dylan Westall's mum Linda O'Brien in the BBC Panorama documentary Young Guns (Image: BBC) He was finally arrested in July, when armed police rescued a man who was subjected to sadistic violence to exact a ransom. Mitigating on Westall's behalf over the killing of James, the wider gun plot and grim torture, Nadine Radford, QC, referenced Sean's suicide. She said the dad-of-two was also affected by the loss of a baby son, who died in 2013, and shares the cemetery plot with his brother Sean. Grandad left sleeping in his taxi Woman's 'amazing, happy' life shatte... Pub still closed decade after execution 49 iconic photos of 1970s Liverpool Westall said he worked with McDermott's dad, laying foundations for cranes at the new Alder Hey hospital, Liverpool docks, in London and Scotland. Cruel thief who stole purses from OAPs shamed at Christmas by 'Pensioners Avengers' Ms Doyle said it was only the two deaths that brought him back to Liverpool and he had been set to lead a lawful life, before they "jarred" him. She said Westall was yet to see his youngest child - a baby conceived when he was a fugitive - but wanted to get a new job and rejoin his family. Dylan Westall, 29, was convicted of manslaughter and conspiring to possess firearms with intent to endanger life In a courtroom packed with sobbing family members of a young boy he killed, her gun thug client sat chewing gum nonchalantly in the dock. Ms Doyle told the court Westall was now "determined to make himself a better person", in the hope he might be able to one day meet his son. Jailing him for life, Judge Andrew Menary, QC, gave him a minimum of 22 years to think about all the chances he had already wasted. James Meadows	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1848
__label__wiki	0.629587	0.629587	Mr. Andy Garcia review Luís Peazê´s Alvidia, Yet Another Horizon Atualizado: 26 de Jan de 2020 It´s not every day that someone like Mr. Andy Garcia reviews a book. When the book he decides to review is yours, what ever he says about it you celebrate. Before you seat on to figure out it is a good or a bad review, you think “- Well, if it is bad, at least “He” has read my book and took the time to write about it.” But then you find out immediately that what he has written is good, startingly good so you go speechless and you better let him speak for himself: “Luís Peazê captures what everyone dreams about the sublime feeling of “la Mar” and man's relationship to it. Most importantly on a boat that he built himself out, out his own love for the art of it. A spiritual construction and journey from start to finish.” Mr. Andy Garcia - acclaimed actor and director (Los Angeles), May 2019. Now, after twenty years since you published the first edition of your book (2000) you still receiving good reviews from readers, unknown readers who become your acquaintance, and from well-known readers like The acclaimed writer Moacir C. Lopes (in memoriam), author of among masterpieces, “The Oyster and the Wind” and now this review almost simultaneously with the one above from Mr. Andy Garcia: from a family member of the Hemingway´s Tribe, Mr. Christopher Hemingway; being a librarian himself so twice accredited to say a book is good or not, read out for yourself please and avoid me to brag too much: “Ernest Hemingway once said ´In order to write about life, first you must live it.´ I had a chance to read this fascinating story. Luís Peazê is the official translator of Ernest Hemingway in Brazil, so it is only fitting that he wrote a story of life on his boat and the ensuing adventures that he experiences. What is truly fascinating is that he built his own boat so in a way his story is ´built with his own hands.´ A must read for any lover of the open seas and anyone wanting to experience their own horizon.” Christopher Hemingway I´ll jot this down now, this is a very good occasion to do so: the first solid review I received was in 1998, two years before I published the book. I was in California, Bay Area of San Francisco, preparing myself to fly back to Brazil with the manuscripts under my arms to meet up with a publisher and I received the first review from Cape Cod, by Mr. Alan Clarke, at the time the agent of the Nobel Prize Paulo Coelho. Said him on a long page letter by fax for emails were not so popular by then: "Among the best Brazilian authors I have ever read. Well written, instigate, inspiring, captures ones attention for sure" Alan Clarke (translator and ex-agent in USA for Paulo Coelho) I truly feel guilty not to write on all the reviews I´ve received, all good reviews. Why highlight only those above? I hope you understand and bear with me but I must to take the opportunity to thank all those who send me nice emails, encouraging emails to keep writing and more important, emails stating how much my story and the way I tell it on the book impacted them, their own dreams. This is a big deal of responsibility. To finish, I would like to paste up here an extract of the review mentioned above from my good friend Moacir C. Lopes (living up in the sky right now) who had just meet up with me at the Union of Writers in Rio de Janeiro, in the year of 2000 months before the book release that took place in the nice neighborhood of Leblon, a Casa de Cultura Laura Alvim. Moacir had me at a private corner and gave me lots of tips to go on with my writer´s career than handed me the review: (...) Peazê is fortunate in being able to write about an abundance of facts and a cast of richly portrayed individuals, without missing the opportunity to create images and poetry. He clearly meets the challenge of presenting us with a unique adventure. The precedent for this sort of tale is Hemingway, who in "The Old Man and the Sea" wrote sparingly, but placed us directly into the puny rowboat, grappling with the giant fish... although fiction. - Was not by accident that Luís Peazê became THE translator of Ernest Hemingway in Brazil; commissioned to translate For Whom The Bell Tolls. Thus, Peazê has created a work of art worthy of the name. "Alvídia, Yet Another Horizon" is both a book and a life's story, sculpted into a single work (...) Moacir C. Lopes (author of The Oyster and The Wind) I´m so thankful to all the readers, no less no more to each one of them. Alvidia, Yet Another Horizon It is a different kind of adventure story. It deals with the realization of a dream which became an inner adventure. Luís and Helga, an ordinary Brazilian couple embark on this frenzy trip of partnership which bumped into them out of the blue. Including a passage sharing a house with Bhagavan Das in Mill Valley, CA, an icon from the beatnik era who inspired Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg and Ram Das among many, Luís unfold a collection of encounters with people, places and circumstances feeding his search and endurance... A fast paced true story hard to believe these two dreamers had been be able to face with so many odds against them, so many antagonistic events competing to occur almost on the same time. They leave behind a stable ordinary life, he as corporate executive, she was taking her master degree, they are invited to open a factory in the United States, they clash with partners, then go to Australia to open another factory, and once again come back to America at the border of Mexico (Chula Vista) to re-start a third factory, all within four tough years. ... more than anything else, an apprenticeship that: "...sometimes one has to lose in order to win." Yet, the story told by Luis Peazê, is a necessary adventure. "Alvídia" was written between Malaysia, South Africa and Argentina while Luís Peazê was traveling through those countries in 1996. "I could not stop reading. At times I was nervous, then all of the sudden I had a blast. Amazing inspiring life story" Roberto Barros (reader) "Helga and Luis proved to me that love does exist" Nani (reader) "Unique spiral structure of the narrative, which we felt very much lent itself to the adventure (...) gorgeous." Jane Dystel (New York) Available in paperback and ebook at Amazon - Barnes & Noble and Luís Peazê Shop #book #alvidia #luispeaze #adventure #dream #literature #andygarcia #actor #director #review Dê um livro de poesia no dia dos namorados, Poesia em Alto Mar Reading the World versus Byte-Perception - Publisher´s Forum Berlin 2018 Facebook and Partners: How much worth my info to you?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1852
__label__wiki	0.701704	0.701704	MacManiacs.org MacManiaLand MacMusings Tristan Interviews BWAT Dance To the Movies Claire's Review—An Evening With Kristina and Tristan Photo Courtesy of Kristina Rihanoff Twitter An Evening with Kristina and Tristan, hosted by Mark Read The Mill Theatre, Dundrum, Dublin - 14th November 2017 We had great seats in the centre of the 3rd row. The theatre is very small and intimate, seating about 200. The setting felt even more intimate when the curtain went up to reveal Mark no stage just a floor, so close to everyone, the front row could have touched them as they danced past. All very up close and personal. Throughout the show Mark would start a song and Kristina and Tristan would come on stage about half way through the song. This enabled them to do their costume changes, as apart from about 3 numbers where Mark sang with no dancing, we were able to enjoy lots of dancing by Kristina and Tristan. I can't remember the exact order of how things went or which songs—I should have made notes ha-ha!! The first dance was a Quickstep to "I've got Rhythm", what an opening number! Then Tristan changed out of his tails and came on stage and sat and had a chat with Mark (to get his breath back he said!) They chatted about Tristan returning to Ireland and how he was loving dancing in his home country and finally in his home town—Bray is just down the road. He admitted he was a bad Irishman in that he hadn't really ever left Bray and hadn't seen much of Ireland before, and was enjoying driving around with his family seeing the sights and pretending he knew everything when in fact he was just reading the signs. They also covered what Tristan had been doing since leaving Strictly and that he was continuing with Mrs. Brown's Boys after the tour ended. Oh, and Tristan's Auntie was sitting in the front row, and she had a little dance with Mark during one of his songs. So, as Tristan was now in a vest we had a fast number, Salsa or Samba—can't remember if this was before or after the chat, but after he joked about dripping sweat on the front row as they were so close. They also danced a beautiful Rumba to "Imagine" and a brilliant Charleston. Mark introduced Kristina, again talking about what she has been up to since Strictly, her little girl, Mila, and her new tour starting in the new year. She also said that she is so happy that she managed to persuade Tristan to take to the dance floor again with her after 2 years, and it took ALOT of persuading. Thank you Kristina!! There is an audience participation part—4 volunteers from the audience go on stage and the rest of the audience also get to learn all the arm and hand moves to the dance. This was funny when Tristan got embarrassed about having to put the microphone in his pocket to free up his arms to demonstrate some moves —'I'm not putting that in my pocket in front of Auntie', so he moved to other side of the stage to demonstrate along with the 'hip rotation' which caused lots of oohs and ahhs. They divided the audience in half, Kristina V Tristan, and Tristan's side won. There was a delightful dance by 6 local children from Xquisite Dance School. The youngest pair were 8, another couple 10/11 and the 3rd couple I guess around 16. This girl's Mum used to go to dance lessons with Tristan's Mum which is how they knew him—definitely stars of the future. As I mentioned earlier, I can't remember the order or what songs were used for all the dances, but they did everything! Apart from the dances I have already mentioned, we had Waltz, Foxtrot and Cha Cha—but the Contemporary dance they did to "Wicked Game" was incredible as was the Argentine Tango/Paso fusion. The finale was the Jive to "Don't Stop Me Now", and the sparkly shirt made an appearance to loud cheers, another incredible dance. There was a Q and A, and here are some of the things that were said. If I misquote anything, my apologies, this is all from memory! Tristan has hardly danced for 2 years and now only wants to do it on his terms. There was a comment about his shoes, from which he said they were I think 15 years old, and proceeded to show the holes in them, but that doesn't matter he said, 'It lets the smell out!' Re Strictly, he didn't like being told to get a fake tan and shave his chest, which he refused to do, or wearing sparkly shirts. "That's why I left." He joked about Anton being the hairiest person ever, and they would both hide to avoid the shaving! H He doesn't watch Strictly at all, but did talk about DWTS Ireland, what a great show it is and everyone should watch it and get behind it as they have fabulous pro dancers. Kristina also mentioned the new signing Robert Rowinski, who she has danced with in her previous show, an amazing dancer. During the Q and A, Tristan excused himself and disappeared off stage, returning shortly after to explain that his knee cap had popped out and he had gone to sort it out!! Amazingly he then managed to dance that incredible Jive!! There were obviously questions about the current series of Strictly— one being Len V's Shirley. Kristina talked about how she loved Len and always respected his comments when she was on the show. She liked the way he always added a touch of humour to his critique without being nasty and there was always something positive. She could see why the public were saying what they were about Shirley, but she knows her stuff and will probably grow into the role like Darcy who also had a difficult 1st series. As for Bruno, she doesn't know what he's on!! She said she wished the judges would be less negative and give the celebs something positive to work on instead of demoralising them. As a pro she would go into the training room on a Monday morning and often her celeb would just want to walk out as they felt so bad after Saturday's comments. Tristan said on Len V's Shirley, he would always take a positive comment from Shirley over one from Len....... It was an brilliant and enjoyable show. The way Mark linked it all together with his chat and singing— excellent vocals btw—and his version of "Take on Me" was fab. As I have said, so much dancing from Kristina and Tristan, quick costume changes, such a great partnership and of course the humour... I am so grateful to Kristina for convincing Tristan to get back on the dance floor and tour! Even though I had to travel to Dublin to see them as there was nothing local to where I live, it was worth it. I really hope that Kristina and Tristan can do another show/tour, maybe covering the areas of the UK they missed this time. The ticket sales speak for themselves, I believe nearly all venues were sold out. A fan's review—An Evening With Kristina and Tristan by Nadia Thanks to Nadia for this recap of An Evening With Kristina Rihanoff and Tristan MacManus in Ilkley. **************** I just wanted to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity of watching Tristan and Kristina dance. This was an unusual venue for a dance show. It’s quite an old fashioned hall and the seats weren’t the most comfortable but for a sleepy Yorkshire small town on a Monday evening the show was well attended. The singer/ compere Mark Read introduced Tristan and asked him a few questions about life after ‘Strictly’. Tristan is clearly very happy doing less dancing and being involved with a comedy show featuring one of his ex—Strictly partners, Jennifer Gilbey—‘Mrs Brown’s Boys’. He said he enjoyed being behind the camera, in production. He said dance will always play a large part in his life as that is how he met his wife Tahyna with whom he now has a beautiful daughter, Echo. He’s clearly a little in awe of Kristina, telling the audience what a wonderful dancer she was and he was quite humble about his own dancing skills, e.g. in the Argentine Tango. But they danced beautifully together and I loved that Argentine Tango and their Charleston and Tristan really came alive with the jive at the end. All Kristina’s costumes were absolutely gorgeous, she suits every colour! Tristan’s clothing was quite casual at times but it didn’t detract from the show. In the question and answer session he was asked about his time on DWTS and Strictly and said very clearly he wouldn’t do that type of show again. He was very careful not to offend anyone in the audience who still takes the shows at face value and understood why people watched the show and said it was great Saturday night entertainment, but it just wasn’t for him. I really enjoyed the show and would happily see it again. Both of them came across as happy, contented people who just wanted to entertain their audience. Just lovely.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1855
__label__cc	0.610877	0.389123	Fonsi Nieto & David Ros Feat. Brais – We Are The Universe The song, created by Fonsi Nieto to raise funds for the Red Cross and Covid-19, in collaboration with David Ros & Brais, becomes an anthem to unity, fight and solidarity. ‘We are the Universe’ is the motorcycle racer and Dj, Fonsi Nieto’s contribution to the aid and solidarity efforts emerging worldwide. The aim of the campaign has become universal, we are all struggling for a common cause to help those affected by COVID-19 and all the front-line workers who are fighting for us. This is how Fonsi Nieto, together with Clipper’s Sounds,and Made2Dance cooperate in a non-profit project with the Red Cross, the Humanitarian Organization which represents the largest civil and independent aid network worldwide. For over 155 years, the Red Cross, has helped public and private entities to take humanity and dignity to people all over the world, any time under any circumstances. All gains from the song’s purchase, streaming or any other means of exploitation, as well as all copyright royalties generated, will be donated to the #CruzRojaResponde plan, a specific plan to give a comprehensive action and response for the next two months and which will reach more than 1,350.000 people. With an estimate budget of 11,000.000€ it will mobilize 40.000 volunteers who will bring the planned response across the country through more than 1.400 points of care. Besides, the ‘We are the Universe’ videoclip will display a direct link to the Red Cross fundraising’s platform, for those who wish to make a direct donation for the cause. Fonsi Nieto joins the campaign #NuestraMejorVictoria, launched by the elite athletes Rafa Nadal and Pau Gasol, who were followed by other major athletes and artists of the Spanish scene such as Alberto Contador, Iker Casillas, Marc Márquez, Fernando Alonso, Carolina Marín, Carlos Sainz, Julián López ‘El Juli’ or Vanesa Martín, among others. The aim of the Red Cross’ campaign is to raise eleven million euro and aid 1.350.000 people. Made2Dance Music soon on NetEase! China! TwoDB – “Need Ya” move up @ #12 in the International music-worx charts	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1856
__label__wiki	0.921199	0.921199	UM student: I protested against Maszlee too but was not harassed The Universiti Malaya (UM) student, who was allegedly manhandled during a protest against former prime minister Najib Abdul Razak yesterday, said he had participated in several protests against government leaders but were never harassed by their supporters. Wong Yan Ke drew a comparison between yesterday's protest and another he joined following Education Minister Maszlee Malik's appointment as the president of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). "When Maszlee was appointed, I was there with Asheeq Ali Sethi Alivi and Siti Nurizzah Tazali and other student activists to protest against his appointment," he said when met at Pantai Bahru police station. Maszlee's appointment as IIUM president in September 2018 was not taken well by the student groups and various protests took place after that. Both Asheeq and Siti Nurizzah were arrested after a sit-in protest held at Education Ministry. However, Maszlee had his officer negotiated for the release of the student activists. Maszlee later met the student groups in the same month and they again protested against him. He finally relinquished his post in November 2018. Wong, who is also the University of Malaya Association of New Youth (Umany) president, said part of the protest was related to minimum wage and the reduction of government allocation for Universiti Malaya. "Silent protest is a rightful practice of our democratic and constitutional rights. All the protests were carried out peacefully without any forms of harassment," he said. "However, the situation went differently yesterday, where my Umany comrades and I were protesting silently about 35 feet away from the restaurant (Najib attended). "We were attacked with all kinds of vulgar words and threatened with violence like 'pecah kepala'. "So, I am here to ask Najib. If leaders are ready to be questioned, why can’t you too, as you always proclaimed yourself as 'boss'? What are you afraid of? Do you fear to lose your supporters when the truth comes around?" he questioned. Wong, who held up a large clown-faced cutout was manhandled by Najib's supporters. Umno supreme council member Lokman Noor Adam snatched the cutout and tore it while another group of supporters grabbed Wong in a reverse chokehold and attempted to pull him over the railing. However, other supporters, including Lokman, intervened and stopped him. Wong, who was accompanied by his lawyer Vinesh Nuthal, had lodged a police report against his assaulters at Pantai Police Station last night and had his statement recorded. In the police report, Wong said Lokman and others aggressively approached him and few of them snatched away his placard. "I was attacked from the back. I was put in a chokehold with bare hands by a man in white from the back. The other guys started to hit and slap my face, some scratched my face and body while others pulled my hair aggressively. "I could barely breathe and almost fainted," he said, adding that he was later saved before being brought out of the scuffle area. He alleged that several men chased them for a distance. "We do not fear any suppression or threat by any parties, no matter if it is from government or opposition," he told the media today. MCA Youth slams attack on students, offers them legal aid Hands off journalists, says communications minister Academics tell cops to go after real wrongdoers in attack on UM students wongyanke umstudent najibabdulrazak Umno leaders, supporters harass M'kini interns after altercation Maszlee to uni students: 'Jangan malu', you have role to play KJ condemns thuggish behaviour, Lokman claims Umno rescued 'DAP' student	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1859
__label__wiki	0.740743	0.740743	Why Charlie Pickering wants you to "Stop Being A Wanker". Amy Cooper On The Weekly this week, Charlie Pickering has taken on one of Australia’s favourite passtimes: hating on cyclists. “Nowhere is the media’s appetite for division more obvious than in the coverage of a supposed war on our roads,” said Pickering He then confessed that like many people around the country, he too is a cyclist, saying: “As a white, middle class, hetero male, it’s not often I get to feel like a hard done by minority. It’s why I love cycling. It gives me an insight into some full blown, Aussie bigotry.” Pickering confessed last night that he is a cyclist. Even though cyclists enjoy a myriad of health benefits and – with appropriate infrastructure – cycling can improve traffic flow and travel times for all road users, getting on a bike makes many people the subject of vitriol from other road users. Earlier this year, cyclists in Melbourne were the victims of a 15-month long attack, with someone leaving tacks on the road to try and force cyclists off the road, putting cyclists, walkers, children and dogs at risk. “The news only started caring after a dog got hurt,” Pickering said. “Cyclists are officially lower than dogs.” And that’s why Pickering wants to start a new campaign to make cyclists feel safe on our roads. And it’s called “Stop Being A Wanker”. After all, Australia is the only developed country in the world where the rate of cyclist deaths is increasing. And in 79% of road accidents where a cyclist was seriously injured, the driver was directly to blame. So, Australia, it’s officially time to Stop Being A Wanker and treat our cyclists properly. Watch the segment here: For more information on The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, visit their website. What do you think about the way cyclists are treated in Australia? For more on Charlie Pickering, try these: Charlie Pickering: “I know nothing about racism in Australia.” Charlie Pickering just blew away everything you thought you knew about foreign aid. Charlie Pickering just obliterated Tony Abbott’s opposition to same-sex marriage.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1860
__label__cc	0.659568	0.340432	Three dead in Illinois Avenue crash Courtney McNaull MANSFIELD - Three Richland County residents died and a fourth was injured in a one-vehicle crash early Sunday on Illinois Avenue. Alcohol is suspected to be a factor in the crash, which remains under investigation, according to the Mansfield Post of the Ohio Highway Patrol. According to the patrol's report, Steven W. Foley Jr., 21, of Mansfield was driving south on Illinois Avenue in a 1998 Plymouth Neon around 4:05 a.m. when the vehicle went off the right side of the road, back onto the road and then veered off the left side of the road, struck several trees and caught fire. The crash occurred north of Ohio 430 and south of Grace Street in Madison Township. Foley, along with passengers Corrine J. Coleman, 24, of Ontario, and Zachary T. Lawson, 20, of Mansfield, died at the scene, according to the patrol. A fourth occupant in the vehicle, Brandon W. Moore, 22, of Mansfield, was transported by Madison Township EMS to OhioHealth MedCentral Mansfield Hospital and later transferred to OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, where he remained in fair condition Sunday. Moore was the only occupant wearing a safety belt, the patrol said. The Mansfield post was assisted by the Richland County Sheriff’s Office as well as the Richland County Coroner’s Office and Madison Township Fire and EMS. ceday@gannett.com Twitter: @courtneydaynj	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1861
__label__cc	0.514764	0.485236	4 Racing v COVID -19 Raising Money for British & Irish Horseracing Participants By S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on May 11, 2020 Passionate about horseracing and through various connections, Graham Arnold & Ian Griffiths from The Racing Info Bureau, decided the time was right to support the industry that gives so many people so much pleasure. The people that deserve this the most in these very testing times are the racing stables and stable staff. What we are all facing is unprecedented and could have a lasting impact on the British & Irish horseracing industry. We know that this is a very challenging and uncertain time for everyone as the financial impact has been severe. Arnold said: “The sport we love has suffered badly during the COVID-19 pandemic and racing yards up and down the country have landed on very hard times due to the countrywide shutdown of our sport. We are raising money through our campaign, to support this section of the industry because it will take our great sport a long time to recover from this pandemic. Racing behind closed doors may return soon but yards and stable staff will still see reduced income levels for some time to come.” 4Racing will be doing this through their charity partnership with Racing Welfare. Additionally as well as the donations, they will have two horses in training, one in the UK with dual purpose trainer Rebecca Menzies & one in Ireland with the young, upcoming, Katy Brown. These will be funded by selling 100 shares in each them of them at an affordable level to all. The profits made from this and any prize money earned will also be going back into “4 Racing v COVID -19”. “We ask for people to give what they can afford, allowing us to help the sport we all love.” Full details can be found at www.4-racing.com 4 Racing v COVID -19 Raising Money for British & Irish Horseracing Participants added by S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D on May 11, 2020 View all posts by S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D → S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D CEO at HEFFX S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D. Funds Manager at HEFFX holds a Ph.D. in Economics and brings with him over 25 years of trading experience in Asia and hands on experience in Venture Capital, he has been involved in several start ups that have seen market capitalization over $500m and 1 that reach a peak market cap of $15b. He has managed and overseen start ups in Mining, Shipping, Technology and Financial Services. Latest posts by S. Jack Heffernan Ph.D (see all) Lady Solly Lands for Larneuk - January 17, 2021 Shalaa Produces Impressive Magic Millions Winner - January 16, 2021 Magic Millions Record Breaking Yearling Sale - January 16, 2021 Come Horse Racing With Knightsbridge Stallion Honorius Could Make his Name in British Classics	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1862
__label__wiki	0.844129	0.844129	Fighting ‘a monster,’ South Texas leaders negotiate for COVID-19 care facilities Hidalgo County judge issues stay-at-home orders by: Sandra Sanchez Posted: Jul 20, 2020 / 10:25 PM EDT / Updated: Jul 21, 2020 / 12:37 AM EDT Texas State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, lower right corner, announced two area hotels will convert to care facilities for recovering COVID-19 survivors. He made the announcement with Hidalgo County leaders during a Sunday Facebook live event. (Border Report Photo/Sandra Sanchez) McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — As deaths rise by the dozens daily in South Texas, border leaders are frantically trying to open outdoor field hospitals and step-down facilities for COVID-19 survivors to make room for others in hospitals that are at capacity. Texas State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, a Democrat from McAllen, announced Sunday that two hotels are currently on board to convert their facilities to care for COVID-19 patients who no longer need to be hospitalized. This could free up much-needed hospital beds for the many more who require intensive care. Texas State Sen. Juan ‘Chuy’ Hinojosa, D-20, is vice chairman of the Texas Senate Finance Committee and appointed to a task force by Gov. Greg Abbott to recommend how best to disburse $1.85 billion in federal CARES Act coronavirus relief aid to smaller Texas communities. He is seen at his office in Edinburg, Texas, on May 15, 2020. (Border Report Photo/Sandra Sanchez) The hotel facilities could be ready by Friday in the Rio Grande Valley, Hinojosa said during a Facebook live event with leaders from Hidalgo County. He also announced that an additional 624 medical personnel have been sent from elsewhere in the state and nation to help hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley. “For us, here in the Valley, we are a medically under-served area so we face extra challenges,” said Hinojosa, who serves on a panel appointed to advise Gov. Greg Abbott daily on regional developments and needs. “The government and local leaders cannot do it by ourselves. We need the cooperation from our community.” Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez on Monday announced new sweeping shelter-at-home orders, which he acknowledged he cannot legally enforce since Abbott ordered the state reopened. Instead, he asked for the public to just comply and “voluntarily do the right thing.” He also ordered an overnight curfew for everyone and no more than two people per vehicle. “This is a monster,” Cortez said. “I’m looking around for every possible source of a solution as to how we can solve this problem … there is no easy fix. It’s going to take a combination of things.” Cortez issued an order requiring any family with a COVID-19 member must quarantine at home for 14 days until the last family member is symptom-free. He also has requested help from Abbott to send more contact-tracers to the region to help locate infected family pods. Hidalgo County officials said Monday there were 34 Deaths from COVID-19 and 524 new cases. On Sunday officials announced there were 1,320 new cases and 17 deaths over the weekend. Twenty-seven people died on Friday; 35 died last Wednesday — a one-day record. Altogether, 12,787 people have coronavirus or have recovered from it in this county of just 860,000. Most of the new positive cases resulted from surge testing offered at a new stadium with resources sent from Austin. “Sometimes you feel like you’re fighting a ghost. It moves and shifts and you don’t know what it is,” Hinojosa said. Hinojosa predicts “we’ll be at the worst of the worst in the next couple weeks,” but he and Cortez and others expressed optimism that better days are coming. This came after a disappointing week last week when the nonprofit Samaritan’s Purse opted Wednesday not to open a field hospital and step-down facility here after touring the area, like the group did in New York City and Italy earlier this year. The decision garnered strong criticism from U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, a Democrat from McAllen, who blamed Abbott for dissuading the organization. “I am disappointed that Samaritan’s Purse has declined to establish a field hospital,” Gonzalez said. “Elected officials on both sides of the aisle need to put aside their partisan blinders and work on behalf of those who are suffering and need help. I implore the Governor to direct more resources to South Texas. Despite the recent arrival of some medical staff, we still lack critical medical personnel, ventilators, heart monitors, oxygen supply and other necessary resources . Without them, Texans will die.” Hinojosa, vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said the state is spending $35 million per week on hot spots, like the Rio Grande Valley to battle the virus. “The resources our county judge and senator have been able to obtain from our governor have never been seen before,” Hidalgo County Health Authority Physician Dr. Ivan Melendez said Sunday, trying to convey positivism after a weekend making national media rounds addressing the rising deaths here. “This coming week, we’re extremely excited about what’s coming down the road. … I think the formula is changing this week.” “The time in which we are living in, the trials we are facing will hopefully, God willing, produce perseverance and we’ll succeed at the end of the day if we all do our part,” Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño said Monday during a news conference where he announced 17 COVID-related deaths this past week in the Gulf Coast county. Treviño also strongly rebuked beaches that were filled this past weekend on South Padre Island, and showed a video of a charter party boat full of about 100 people. “Those people on the boat are not following our mandate,” he said. “That video upset me to the core over the weekend. I would love for everybody to get on a party boat and enjoy themselves on a weekend but this is not the time to be doing that.” More Border Report Tour Stories Increasing demand for drugs locally fueling ongoing violence in Tijuana by Salvador Rivera / Jan 15, 2021 TIJUANA (Border Report) -- Friday morning, a black duffle bag was discovered on the streets of Tijuana filled with body remains including two legs, and not too far away, a black plastic bag was located containing a decapitated human torso. This type of discovery has become common place as the level of violence and the number of murders in this city remains high. Mexicans in the U.S. sent record amounts of money back home despite COVID-19 pandemic by Julian Resendiz / Jan 15, 2021 El PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican workers abroad sent a record $36.9 billion to their homeland in the first 11 months of 2020, and some of that went to families in Tijuana, Juarez and other cities bordering the U.S. According to data released this month by the Bank of Mexico, remittances rose 11% through November of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 and eclipsed the record $36.4 billion sent in all of 2019. This, despite a COVID-19 pandemic that cost millions of people their jobs in the United States and prompted many others to tighten spending. New Mexico congresswoman plans fight for funds to complete border wall EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The border wall is crucial to keeping drugs and unauthorized migrants out of the country, so halting construction will have dire consequences for Americans, a New Mexico congresswoman says. The comments by U.S. Rep. Yvetter Herrell, R-New Mexico, come as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, bringing campaign promises to not only stop the construction of his predecessor’s steel bollard barrier with Mexico but also tear down the “legal wall” of procedural rules that keeps asylum seekers on the other side of the border.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1867
__label__wiki	0.732507	0.732507	Suffolk Pols Propose CPS Reforms In Wake of Valva Case Timothy Bolger Thomas Valva Suffolk County lawmakers have proposed reforms designed to correct systemic flaws uncovered when 8-year-old Thomas Valva’s father allegedly caused the boy to freeze to death after prior signs of abuse were disregarded. County legislators pitched the CPS Transformation Act, a legislative package of a half dozen bills intended to overhaul the county’s Child Protective Services (CPS) agency. But some say the proposals don’t go far enough. “These reforms will ensure that CPS will never operate in the same way again, and that is appropriate because what happened to Thomas Valva can never happen again,” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced Wednesday. “It is our obligation to make sure that we are doing everything that we can to prevent such a terrible tragedy.” The legislation would create a new specialized unit in the agency, the CPS Special Needs Unit, to handle cases involving children with developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder, which Valva had. It would also adopt new CPS caseload standards, develop new training requirements for CPS caseworkers, and create reporting standards. “This package of legislation will make this vitally important division of the Department of Social Services more transparent, more accountable, and most importantly, better equipped to protect our children,” said Suffolk County Legislator Karan Hahn (D-Setauket), who co-chairs the Suffolk Task Force to Protect Children. The panel was created after New York City Police Officer Michael Valva and his fiancée, Angela Pollina, pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and child endangerment charges for allegedly forcing Thomas to sleep in a freezing garage, causing his death at their Center Moriches home. The legislation stems from that external probe and an ongoing internal CPS review, both of which may lead to additional proposed reforms. If passed, the reforms would set the process for the automatic escalated review of recurring reports once a certain volume threshold has been reached, and reports that follow reports determined to be unfounded due to insufficient evidence. It would mandate higher level reviews for specific types of cases for those involving four or more reports of unique incidents, or six or more reports of the same incident. The bill would also create a new designation that will be unique in Suffolk County CPS: ‘unfounded due to insufficient evidence.’ Nearly 77 percent of all CPS cases are reported as unfounded statewide, but in Suffolk the rate is 81 percent. Currently, there is no way to distinguish whether a case was unfounded because the caseworker has concluded that the report is false or because they believe they do not have sufficient evidence to indicate the case and bring it to court. The new standard would require that any new report that comes in after such a designation will trigger a higher level review. The legislation would also require all CPS caseworkers receive investigative training bi-annually so they are the more likely to identify the evidence necessary to bring a case to court. In addition, the reforms would mandate increased scrutiny for cases reported by certain school officials. The bill would establish an automatic escalated review of recurring reports from certain school officials once a certain volume threshold has been reached. This would be at a lower level than the volume threshold for reports received from parties other than school officials. The reforms would require Suffolk CPS caseworkers average of 12 cases and a total of no more than 15, based on the New York State recommended number of caseloads per caseworker. The law would also set the process for corrective action if the caseload limit is exceeded for four consecutive months. The reforms would additionally create a modernized database within CPS capable of recording and tracking key data points on CPS cases to create a more robust institutional memory to enable monitoring trends and patterns in CPS cases. And the reforms would establish criminal penalties for knowingly recording CPS interviews with children without the consent of the investigator, a violation up to $1,000. Individuals granting CPS caseworkers entry to their private residence or business for the purposes of a CPS investigation would be required to disclose whether electronic surveillance will be used while the investigation is taking place at the location. In response to the case lawmakers in the county legislature’s Republican minority have renewed calls for the creation of an independent office of inspector general that would be tasked with ferreting out issues. Thomas’ mother, Justyna Zubko-Valva, issued a statement criticizing the proposed reforms. “The corruption is not going to stop if this system is not going to be fixed immediately,” she said. “The CPS caseworkers, attorneys for the children, forensic evaluators have to wear body cameras during all their interactions with the children and parties involved. The court proceedings should be video recorded to avoid manipulation with the court transcripts and fight the corruption in the justice system. Those are the basic steps that will initiate the fight against this enormous corruption and will protect the children and all the innocent people involved.” Previous articleEast Setauket Colonial Farmhouse On Market For First Time Nearly A Century Asks $899,000 Next articleGuide To Long Island’s Leading Irish Bars Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1868
__label__wiki	0.878985	0.878985	Reach the games industry with MCV/DEVELOP MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry Video game release dates MCV/DEVELOP Awards QuakeCon 2020 is cancelled Vikki Blake 1st April 2020 Business News Bethesda and id Software have confirmed QuakeCon 2020 will not be going ahead. Originally scheduled to run August 6-9th, 2020, the 2020 show was to be the events 25th anniversary. However, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers said that “with all of the logistical challenges and uncertainties we currently face due to the COVID-19 pandemic” it had no choice but to make the “difficult decision to cancel this year’s QuakeCon”. “In recent weeks, we have spent a lot of time discussing how we might still move forward with QuakeCon this year,” Bethesda and id said in a joint statement (thanks, Eurogamer). “However, with all of the logistical challenges and uncertainties we currently face due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s QuakeCon. “The health and safety of our employees, volunteers, vendors, sponsors, and players will always be our top priority, ” the statement continued, “and in these times it felt wrong to be talking about a gathering when gathering is the last thing any of us should be doing right now. “While we won’t know what the states of the pandemic will be this August, we do know it will not be possible to complete the work and planning with partners, vendors, volunteers, and others that is required to make QuakeCon a success. “We hope to work with you to come up with other ways to celebrate the spirit of QuakeCon this August, and we look forward to the return of this amazing event next year,” the statement concluded, “Until then, be safe, look after each other, and play games.” An update on QuakeCon 2020: pic.twitter.com/1FYUauI7PY — QuakeCon (@QuakeCon) March 31, 2020 The coronavirus is affecting games all over the world and in a myriad of ways. In response to the pandemic, E3 2020 has been cancelled, as has GDC and EGX Rezzed – although it subsequently ran as a digital event – and Develop:Brighton 2020 has been postponed to November. Both Mojang and Electronic Arts have cancelled scheduled live events. Gamescom, however, still opens to proceed as planned. BAFTA has confirmed it’s revising the format on its upcoming Games Awards in light of the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), too. Bungie, EA, Nintendo and now Rockstar have all implemented homeworking to minimise staff exposure to the virus whilst Pokémon Go developer Niantic has made changes to the game to enable players to continue participating even whilst in self-isolation. The increase in people working from home and/or self-isolating, however, has put a strain on online services like Xbox Live and Nintendo Switch Online. Tags bethesda cancellation coronavirus COVID-19 Develop Newsletter event id software MCV Newsletter QuakeCon quakecon 2020 About Vikki Blake It took 15 years of civil service monotony for Vikki to crack and switch to writing about games. She has since become an experienced reporter and critic working with a number of specialist and mainstream outlets in both the UK and beyond, including Eurogamer, GamesRadar+, IGN, MTV, and Variety. @_vixx Previous London Games Festival’s Now Play This has switched to a free online event Next GAME furloughs retail staff as COVID-19 lockdown continues Games Careers Week launches March 26th to inspire diverse young people, parents and teachers to discover careers in games 505 Games’ parent company, Digital Bros, acquires Infinity Plus Two as it expands its free to play business “We are heading down a positive path – one where more people get to play great games.” – James Butcher, Xbox UK and Ireland Barclays and NSE Announce the Games Innovation Challenge Barclays and NSE (National Student Esports), the official body for university esports in the UK, have announced the first Games Innovation Challenge, a games development competition for students across the UK to test their skills and creativity. mvc-read-our-latest-edition © Copyright 2021, MCV. BizMedia	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1870
__label__cc	0.74631	0.25369	Panda 4x4 Antartica together with the symbol of the South Pole The new commercial dedicated to the Limited Edition to celebrate 30 years of the Panda 4x4 on air Together with the special series, a symbol of Antarctica famous for its comical waddling on the ice A special series sporting a two-tone body work with orange accents to celebrate the 30 years of successes of the only 4x4 city car Available with 75 HP 1.3 MultiJet II and Start&Stop, the price of the new car starts from19,600 euros in Italy Until 31 October, on the entire Panda 4x4 range present in Fiat showrooms, the price includes automatic climate control system, parking sensors and Blue&Me with USB/Aux-In and steering wheel controls, totalling 2,500 euros - with the further possibility of zero percent interest rate scheme. The new commercial for the Fiat Panda 4x4 Antartica, the Limited Edition presented at the Frankfurt 2013 Motor Show to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the most popular model of which over 500,000 have been sold, is on-air on major broadcasters in Italy and will soon be seen across Europe. The TV, press, poster and web campaign created by Leo Burnett is perfectly in tune with the 'extremely Panda' concept which has always been a feature of the model's communications. Co-starring with Panda in this amusing commercial are penguins, the very symbol of the Antarctic but unlike the charming animals who are often prone to slipping and falling, the unstoppable Panda 4x4 Antartica is perfectly at ease on ice and snow. Available with 75 HP 1.3 MultiJet II with Start&Stop, the price of the new Panda 4x4 Antartica starts from19,600 euros in Italy and it will be a limited edition of 200. What is more, Fiat Dealerships will be including a special promotional pack on the Panda 4x4 range until 31 October. The already great standard equipment of the car will be complemented by an automatic climate control system, parking sensors and Blue&Me with USB/Aux-In and steering wheel controls, totalling a value of 2.500 euros for the cars in Fiat showrooms. It will also be possible to request the benefit of zero percent interest rate scheme. On the outside, the Panda 4x4 Antartica sports a two-tone bodywork - white with a black roof - as well as several distinguishing features which give even more personality to the little 4x4 city car: grey diamond finish 15" alloy rims, orange hub caps, Privacy windows on the rear windows and at the back, orange mirror fairings and a special badge on the central pillar, in addition to rear parking sensors. The interior features stylish fabric and ecoleather grey and orange upholstery, with the Panda's well loved versatility and passenger compartment comfort once again guaranteed by the three seater rear seat with 60/40 folding backrests and automatic climate control and Blue&Me system with steering wheel controls. Of course, the special series features all of the strengths of the 4x4 model, which last year was awarded the prestigious title of 'SUV of the Year 2012' by the UK's Top Gear magazine. Starting with the adoption of the "torque on demand" drive system, which is activated automatically when needed, so you can tackle any driving situation in complete cool. The Panda 4x4 also features the ESC (Electronic Stability Control) system with ELD (Electronic Locking Differential) function as standard. This system provides additional assistance while driving and setting off on slippery terrain. The Panda Antartica brings you all the dynamics and comfort you need to drive long and challenging routes, thanks above all to the revised suspension - an independent MacPherson wheel arrangement at the front and interconnected wheels with torsion beam layout at the rear - and to the adoption of specific 175/65 R15 84T M+S Winter tyres. The special Snow Flake tyres are designed to be used not only on ice and snow, but on roads and dirt tracks as well. This means that traction capacity on poor-grip surfaces is 20% better than the previous model. And it should be noted that this ultimate flexibility of use does not affect fuel consumption or running costs since, in pure 'Simply More' style, the Panda 4x4 Antartica customer does not have to worry about replacing the set of tyres with every change of season. Turin, 21 October 2013	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1873
__label__cc	0.579613	0.420387	Accusations fly over true cause of Brittany Murphy’s death Brittany Murphy & Simon Monjack - Celebrity News - Marie Claire Credit: Rex Features Brittany Murphy's family in turmoil as leaked report shows huge stash of prescription drugs seized from tragic star's home Brittany Murphy‘s family asked for peace and privacy following her tragic death last weekend, but they are getting anything but. BRITTANY: A LIFE IN PICTURES With a leaked report already doing the rounds in Hollywood – which shows that a huge stash of prescription drugs have been seized from the star’s home – accusations are flying about just who, or what, is to blame for the reported heart attack that killed her. Her half-brother, Jeff Bertolotti, was one of the first to speak out, accusing Brittany’s husband, Simon Monjack, for not taking enough care of her, and Hollywood for not protecting its stars, telling reporters: ‘People come with their dreams and get chewed up alive and those that make it get chewed up alive anyway. That’s what happened to Brittany.’ Monjack himself, however, insists: ‘She found love. We found love.’ The 39-year-old screenwriter has seen his private life picked apart over the past few days, with bankruptcy claims, a previous marriage and even the extent of his writing skills, all called into question. In the leaked dossier, the investigator notes: ‘A check of the nightstands revealed large amounts of prescription medication in the decedent’s name. Also noted were numerous empty prescription medication bottles in the husband’s name, the mother’s name and third party names.’ A toxicology report will not be available for some weeks, however her family has already pointed to the ‘flu-like’ symptoms Brittany was suffering from in the days before she died as an explanation for the medications she was taking. Harry and Meghan reportedly plan to produce feature films, comedies and dramas Melania Trump is coming under fire for ‘victimising’ herself in the Capitol Hill Riots ‘There was nothing here that could endanger her; there was prescription medication in the house for her female time and some cough syrup,’ Monjack told People magazine. ‘That was it.’ He also said he was as eager to hear the results of the full investigation as everyone else. ‘This is what’s killing all of us. How did it happen? Her mum, myself and her family – we want to know why we lost our baby.’ BRITTANY MURPHY: PICTURE RETROSPECTIVE How to win a Nintendo Switch Lite and some epic Animal Crossing goodies!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1875
__label__wiki	0.509622	0.509622	Just how good were the local election results for the Lib Dems? LDN #124 May 8, 2019 - 10:25 am Liberal Democrat Newswire #124 came out at the weekend looking, surprise surprise, at the Lib Dem performance in the 2019 local elections. You can now read it in full below (and my later update here), but if you’d like the convenience of getting it direct by email in future just sign up for it here. Welcome to Lib Dem Newswire #124, which frankly I was tempted to keep very short. Just the number 704 in as big a font as possible to fit on your screen. Perhaps then with a footnote explaining why 704 and not 703. Followed by a massive big 704 again. But I guess you’re going to want more than that. So along with celebrating those amazing results you’ll find stories below that put the results in context and look at the lessons for the party from them – both the good and the more challenging. It’s only been one of many factors in these results, but I am, I’ll confess, really pleased at the results of the work I put in with others last year to ensure ALDC had the funds to do its biggest ever round of Kickstart training ahead of these elections. The training was great and as for the results… Likewise, the work I put into helping people such as Ruby Chow mobilise more support from London members for those with elections elsewhere looks to have paid off – with some small winning margins in wards where London members travelled repeatedly to help. Thank you to everyone who made those trips and well done too to the local organisers who directed the help they received so accurately! Happy reading, P.S. Just after the Euros polling day I’m giving a talk in Ripon about the future for the Lib Dems. Grab your ticket here. SEVEN HUNDRED AND FOUR GAINS Local election results maps and data Vince Cable’s local government record The local election results in context How to sustain the Lib Dem recovery Change UK and the Lib Dems: what next? Friend or foe? Change UK and the Lib Dems: Never Mind The Bar Charts Episode #7 Campaigning for Remain in Leave-voting heartland Big increase in EU’s popularity Liberal Democrat selection news What the voters are saying A poignant reminder of what democracy is about What did you think of this edition? This was well above Liberal Democrat expectations, not only those given out publicly but those internally as well. By polling day, I was thinking that around 500 gains might be possible, influenced heavily by which wards local parties chose to send me and colleagues to when we turned up to help. Not held wards. Not marginal wards. But long-shot wards. When you are sent to long-shot wards in several different councils, there’s a clear picture emerging of how campaigning is really going. But even so. 704. It’s been lovely to have my inbox fill up with emails from colleagues around the country excited by how well they’ve done. Even more telling perhaps has been the remarkably positive tone from those with tales of heartbreakingly close misses. In previous years such emails have frequently contained anger or frustration about what someone else in the party (often ‘them at HQ’) supposedly did which messed up their chances. This time, rather, the tone has been much more frequently of determination to try again – even from those for whom next time is four years away. It’s tough losing, and even tougher when so many around you are celebrating big wins. To still be able to share in the joy at the party’s results shows just how much joy there is to go around. If you want to go for it again, I’m sure your time will come soon. Thank you for being a part of our national vote share and the national media story – it has really made a difference. Thank you too to the hundreds of volunteer agents, especially as a key part of your job, getting all the legal paperwork sorted and submitted, is still to come. Before looking at some of the context and lessons, here are some of the highlights from the victories: +704 net gains More than the Liberal Democrats have ever achieved and more than I can find in any records for the SDP and Liberals going back to 1945. (It’s just possible that, say, in a post-Orpington year the party topped 704 – do let me know if you know better.) National vote share up 19% projected national share of the vote for the BBC and 17% projected share for Thrasher and Rallings – i.e. what the party would have won if the whole country had been up for election. (Different methodologies are used for these calculations. That they consistently come up with similar results gives reassurance that the results are meaningful.) More Lib Dem councils 18 councils elected a Liberal Democrat majority this time, which depending on how you count is up 11 or 12. To explain, the straightforward 10 are Bath and North East Somerset, Chelmsford, Cotswold, Hinckley and Bosworth, Mole Valley, North Devon, North Norfolk, Teignbridge, Vale of White Horse and Winchester. The eleventh is the new council of Somerset West & Taunton. The twelfth is South Somerset, where the party was technically just short of a majority in 2015 making this time’s 22 seat majority a stonking gain. Not 22 seats; a 22 seat majority. Those with Lib Dem holds were Eastbourne, Eastleigh, Oadby & Wigston, South Lakeland, Three Rivers and Watford. There will be even more Lib Dem council leaders as in some councils with no overall control, the Liberal Democrats are in the driving seat for running the council. And other good news Safely re-elected was Dave Hodgson as the directly elected Mayor of Bedford. The results have triggered a wave of new members joining the party and others signing up as registered supporters. To cap it all off, the Alliance Party in Northern Ireland, the Lib Dem sister party, gained 21 seats in their local elections too. A few results particularly to call out: In what is becoming an annual feature, 2019 saw Lib Dem progress again in Barnsley, three gains this time following up the 2018 breakthrough. Tim Prater is building up quite the electoral record. As he tweeted after gaining a council seat, “A Folkestone and Hythe political footnote. Rory Love, Linda Cufley and Robert Bliss have all led Shepway (now Folkestone & Hythe) District Council in the last 20 years. I’ve now taken a seat off them all – Linda in 2007, Robert (County) 2009 and Rory 2019.” When Chelmsford’s Stephen Robinson first explained to me how they could go from five councillors to control of the council… in just one set of elections, I was rather sceptical. I’m glad I didn’t let my scepticism last. This was by no means the only dramatic Lib Dem advance, but it is the one with the funniest article by a now defeated council leader. Go read how the Conservatives in advance of the election talked about how they had ignored advice from CCHQ and mostly avoided canvassing, didn’t do social media and were still confident of winning. Four years ago, Sarah Dyke’s victory by one vote in a South Somerset ward gave the Liberal Democrats 29 seats to 28 for the Conservatives. This time she was re-elected.. with 72% of the vote in a direct head-to-head with the previous Conservative councillor. Lovely to see my former home city of York run up 9 Liberal Democrat gains. That’s the place where I first stood for election and first artworked an election leaflet (and if you’re reading this Andrew and colleagues from back then… I still stand by my choice of a front page story on Bosnia). Vince Cable will be able to stand down second in the league table for local government performance under a Lib Dem leader, behind only Paddy Ashdown: Paddy Ashdown: +1,390 seats Vince Cable: +782 Charles Kennedy: +257 Tim Farron: +14 Ming Campbell: -244 Nick Clegg: -2,068 Cue debate about how much a party leader is responsible for what happens in local government during their leadership… These figures are the cumulative figures for each May/June round of local elections. They exclude defections and council by-elections though these are not numerous enough to change the overall standings or patterns. What does impact the ratings possibly is that the good year under Tim Farron came in a year with far fewer seats up for election than in this year in the cycle. Long-term readers will know that I view local elections as best understood in terms of both votes and seats. That is why the 2017 local elections were better than appeared at first glance (seat loses got the headlines but the vote share being up showed the result to be better than first appeared). It’s also why the 2018 locals were not as good as at first glance (seats up, but votes down). How does 2019 rate? First, let’s give some context. There have been four phases of Liberal Democrat and before that Liberal/Alliance local election performance. The long years of mostly growth until a peak in around 1996. Then a period of stagnation, with no real trend up or down, through to 2006. Then prolonged decline (setting in, note, before the coalition) through to 2015. Now the fourth phase of recovery. During the decline, the party lost over 2,300 seats. The first three years out of coalition saw the party put back on just under 100 seats in the May rounds of elections. With this year serving up over seven hundred extra, the party is a bit more than a third of the way back to its peak. At this rate of progress, there is close to another decade of rebuilding to go to return to where the party was when the decline set in, let alone to ambitions such as being the largest party of local government. Added together, the reminder that the party’s local government decline started pre-coalition and that the current rate of progress means we’re so far off hitting new heights, act as a powerful lesson against complacency. Continuing and accelerating the party’s recovery is a must. That lesson is reinforced by the story on vote share. At 19% (BBC measure), this year saw the Lib Dem vote share at its highest since before coalition. However, during the 1997, 2001 and 2005 Parliaments, the party averaged 27%. There’s a long way to go. What’s more, on the Thrasher and Rallings measure this year’s vote share of 17% was slightly lower than 2017’s 18%, though otherwise again the highest since before coalition. It too is still a long way off the 1997, 2001 and 2005 averages of 25%. Candidate numbers also highlight how much further there still is to go. As I highlighted last month, they are deserving of two rather than three cheers. Cheer number one: the proportion of seats being contested by the Liberal Democrats in this May’s local elections was up significantly from four years ago. In 2015, the Lib Dems fought 46% of the seats. This time around it was up to 53%. What’s more that rise of seven percentage points was better than Labour, up two (to 77%), the Greens, down eight (to 30%) or Ukip, down twenty-eight (to 16%). It also beat the Conservatives, although as they were at 93% last time, their three-point rise is getting close to as large as it practically can be. Cheer number two: the strength of the Liberal Democrat presence in these elections puts the party clearly as the third party. Greens, Ukip, Women’s Equality Party – even all added up together, these parties between them they had fewer candidates than the Liberal Democrats. But no cheer number three. Because even up seven points to 53%, the Liberal Democrat candidate spread was still down on the 59% achieved in 2011, let alone the near two-thirds in 2007. What’s more, the great Conservative strides in candidate numbers in the last few years, despite their national political predicaments, shows the extent to which candidate numbers is a reflection of organisational determination and focus. The Conservatives have shown what can be done if a party really focuses on trying to up its candidate numbers. This echoes the lesson, therefore, from the vote and seat stories. There’s an awful lot more for the Liberal Democrats still to do to improve our organisation and capabilities. Note: for simplicity, I have stuck with seat number changes in this analysis. The number of council seats has changed over the years, so more advanced and detailed analysis should adjust for that. However, the changes in total number of councillors do not alter the overall trends described above. The candidate number figures are from Robert Hayward. Again, other sources differ slightly but the overall picture is consistent. If the results point towards the Liberal Democrats needing to do an awful lot to sustain the party’s recovery, what does that mean in practice? Part of that is seizing the immediate opportunities for further political momentum which present themselves: the European elections, a likely winnable Parliamentary by-election and the opportunity for media and public interest with a leadership election. Beyond that immediate short-term, the longer-term challenges are ones I set out – giving both the challenges and the solutions – in my recent speech on Lib Dem strategy at a Lib Dem event in London. It’s just over 30 minutes long, but from feedback so far I hope it’s reasonable to say it is worth the time… A dozen political parties founded this year went on to fight the local elections. Change UK wasn’t one of them, gifting the Liberal Democrats (and the Greens) a slice of media attention, public interest and political momentum. While there was a mini-burst of local arrangements between Greens and Liberal Democrats around the country, including in Layla Moran’s patch, relations between Lib Dems and Change UK has worsened in the last few weeks. It’s been particularly noticeable amongst Liberal Democrat activists, triggered in no small part by the leaking of a Change UK memo that set out a strategy to crush rather than co-operate with the Lib Dems. Change UK’s stumbles over candidate selection and apparent misunderstanding of the election system being used for the Euros have also not helped their reputation in the eyes of Lib Dem activists. (Although the Euros use a form of PR, vote splitting is still an issue thanks to the way in which the D’Hondt closed list system works, something another key Remain campaigner has appreciated, triggering his withdrawal.) That attitude may change, especially in the light of the local election results and also if key Change UK figures follow up on the more cooperative approach taken by one of their MEPs, who pulled out in order to reduce the risk of splitting the Remain votes at the Euros. For all Change UK’s stumbles, however, it is worth Liberal Democrats remembering twp things. First, Change UK looks to have appealed to some voters the Lib Dems don’t reach. The logic of cooperation, in whatever form and amplified by the workings of first past the post, is still there. Second, although Change UK has stumbled organisationally several times, and is missing the absence of an equivalent of the SDP’s organisational mastermind Bill Rodgers, the Lib Dems are hardly immune to similar problems. Our candidate vetting procedures may be better than Change UK’s, but we’ve often struggled to deal decisively with problems that have slipped through it. Likewise, at times we’ve been not exactly been brilliant at consistent, strategically savvy messaging. Even Change UK’s problems with complaints from grassroots activists about lack of support hindering their ability to campaign are not a stranger to a Lib Dem’s ears. The Lib Dems have got much better on all these fronts, but it would be unreasonably snobbish to look down on a new party that encounters similar issues. Which is why my advice to fellow Liberal Democrats is to keep an open mind on how Change UK evolves. It may yet move away from the antagonism of that memo, and if it does there may well be much to be gained by a warm relationship. Relations between Change UK and the Lib Dems also feature in the latest episode of Never Mind The Bar Charts, recorded by Stephen and myself before the local elections but not aged by them. You can listen to this episode Never Mind The Bar Charts online here. Or, you can find Never Mind The Bar Charts on Breaker, Google Podcasts, iTunes, Overcast, Pocket Casts, PodBean, RadioPublic, Spotify and Stitcher. Find Never Mind The Bar Charts on social media Like the show? Do follow on Twitter or Facebook. It’s a great way to hear more about the podcast – and to let your friends and colleagues know about it too. Caroline Kenyon, self-confessed former complacent liberal and now an East Midlands Euro candidate, writes about life as a Remain campaigner in the Leave-voting heartland of Lincolnshire. Until 24 June 2016, like millions of others, I was a complacent liberal. A London expat relocated to Lincolnshire, I was running my own business and trying to care for family and friends as much as possible. The kick to the guts of the Referendum result changed that in a second. That first awful morning, I walked my small dog down the lane, past the houses of our nearby village, with anger in my heart for all those Lincolnshire folk, I’d read, who voted Leave. Boston, an hour south, had voted to Leave by an astonishing 75%. Glaring at our neighbours’ houses, I was consumed with emotion. So I plunged back into the Liberal Democrats, of which I’d been a member on and off for two decades, to try to do something positive – and to preserve my own sanity. A year later, I was thrilled to be announced as the PPC for Lincoln in the 2017 General Election. The city hasn’t been anything other than Labour or Conservative since 1974 when Dick Taverne was MP. I ‘came out’ to my friends – Lincolnshire is feudal and the most Conservative of counties – only to find shy Lib Dems sidling up to me at parties to express their support. In Lincoln, a university city, we were a tiny party – very young, many of them students caught up with assessments and Finals. We were broke. We had just enough money to print one leaflet. I got a picnic table out of the summer house, ordered an orange tablecloth online and someone gave me a rosette. Thus armed, I set off to Lincoln to set up stall on Lincoln High Street for as many days as I could. That first time I stood in public with my rosette, I was very apprehensive. I was declaring war on what the vast majority of people of the county wanted and I was standing in public announcing it. The response was mixed, from apathy to outright aggression to some interest and support. One elderly woman was so angry with me that, leaning heavily on her stick, she spat as she spoke. I heard the most appalling xenophobic outpourings, in particular anti-German sentiment, and fantasy nonsense from false Facebook stories with fingers jabbing in my face. “Fact!” they shouted. I’ve tried really hard to understand the feelings and impulses of those who voted Leave in my adopted home county. I know Spalding well, where there is a large community of East Europeans who work picking fresh produce and in the food processing factories, very much like Boston. These are forlorn towns, forgotten by central government and with local government battling on with austerity-slashed budgets. And here we are, nearly two years later. Still in the EU. The local party is in better shape than for many years. More members, more activists, more money. I no longer walk past the houses in the village, eaten up with anger. Now, there is hope. Liberal Democrat Newswire is provided for free. Thank you so much to all the kind readers who donate to help cover its costs. It’s quick and easy to sign up for a small regular donation with a direct debit using GoCardless: £10 per month / £5 per month / £2.50 per month / £1 per month Thank you! (Other donation options, including by PayPal or cheque, are here.) In case you missed them the first time around, here are the highlights from my blogs over the last month: An update on my favourite Labour local election tweet. 9 things do now the local council elections are over. Big and sustained increase in the EU’s popularity in Britain. Leave.EU fined £60,000 for breaking the law over European referendum. Winnable Parliamentary by-election beckons as Conservative MP fined £1,500 for false expense claim. Only just over half of voters know the Lib Dems are anti-Brexit. Can you guess what is missing from Labour’s official Euro election leaflets? Supercharge your Liberal Democrat social media accounts with this free service. New social media accounts for your delectation: PollBase and Never Mind The Bar Charts. Unorthodox pointing from Mark Williams in Chester. Spot any stories which you think I should be covering? Do drop me an email – always appreciated. A full set of Liberal Democrat European Parliament candidates is now in place, after a legal dispute. You can find them all here. Selections of Westminster Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (PPCs) since last time have included Alan Reid (Argyll and Bute), Lee Dargue (Birmingham Ladywood), Leena Sarah Farhat (Carmarthenshire East and Dinefwr), Rebecca Bell (pictured above, Dunfermline and West Fife) and Danny Chambers (North Cornwall). You can check on all the selections which have been made public in the prospective candidate list on my website, which includes a batch of other selections from Wales too. Good luck to them all and if you have been recently selected yourself, this list of tips will, I hope, be useful. As ever tips on omissions from that list much appreciated; please let me know privately as sometimes a name isn’t yet listed because the local party hasn’t yet press released it. Given such a dramatic set of local election figures, the latest opinion polls – all pre-dating the results – may feel a little dated already. They do, however, at least provide a benchmark against which to judge the national impact of those results. Here is what that benchmark shows… To get updates about voting intention opinion polls, sign up for Polling UnPacked. As is the norm, the month running up to the May local elections was a fairly quiet one for council by-elections with many held over to the first Thursday in May: Big drop in Conservative vote in last council by-election ahead of May local elections. Labour only just clings on in Lambeth council by-election. The usual round-ups of councillors switching parties and graphs of council by-election results will return next time now that the May elections are over. So in the interim enjoy the results from Harlow, which in amongst all the turmoil elsewhere were a sea of tranquility: To get the full council by-election results every week, sign up for my blog posts digest and to be prepared for a council by-election in your patch, see my 7-step guide to getting ready in advance. Right, who’s up for some more elections…? In the meantime, do let me know what you made of the local election results and the lessons to draw from them. I really value the views of readers as it helps me decide what to include in future editions. 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__label__wiki	0.700901	0.700901	Oncology/Hematology > Lymphoma A Case for Chemo for First Relapse in Early Hodgkin — Retrospective data show superior PFS, OS versus transplant Standard chemotherapy and high-dose chemotherapy plus autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) led to similar disease control after first relapse of early-stage, favorable, classic Hodgkin lymphoma, pooled data from two clinical trials showed. After adjustment for confounding factors, second progression-free survival (PFS) did not differ significantly between patients treated with standard chemotherapy or ASCT (HR 0.70, 95% CI 0.3-1.6, P=0.39). Subgroup analyses showed that patients younger than 60 had numerically superior 2-year second PFS (94.0% vs 83.3%) and overall survival (OS, 97.2% vs 88.4%) with chemotherapy, Paul J. Bröckelmann, MD, of University Hospital Cologne in Germany, and co-authors reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. "Relapse mostly occurs more than 12 months after initial diagnosis and with stage I-II disease," they concluded. "Physicians' choice CTx [chemotherapy] ... is frequently applied as second-line therapy and is associated with similar second PFS and OS, as compared with ASCT in our study. "With remarkable 2-year second PFS and OS rates of 94.0% and 97.2%, respectively, CTx may constitute a reasonable therapeutic option and potential alternative to ASCT in selected patients with relapse after initial treatment of ES-HL [early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma], especially in case of contraindications to ASCT or a resource-constrained setting precluding such intensified approaches," the researchers wrote. As a retrospective analysis, the study cannot prove that retreatment with standard-dose chemotherapy is as effective and less toxic as high-dose chemotherapy and ASCT, Michael Crump, MD, of Princess Margaret Cancer Center and the University of Toronto pointed out in an accompanying editorial. However, the observations are timely, as biomarker data from trials of ASCT may afford opportunities to compare ASCT with nontransplant strategies, including newer targeted therapies. "Should patients with early-stage HL who relapse be offered retreatment with doxorubicin-based chemotherapy?" Crump asked. "The data reported by Bröckelmann et al. are not definite, and salvage chemotherapy and ASCT remain the standard of care for such patients. Nevertheless, it is reasonable to incorporate these data into discussion of treatment with patients who have relapsed after brief exposure to chemotherapy and radiation. "For patients who have advanced-stage disease or those with early favorable or unfavorable HL who have received a full course of chemotherapy ... ASCT remains the preferred option," he continued. "Patients with limited stage HL, who have experienced treatment failure, along with other carefully defined groups of patients with low risk of second disease progression, should be considered for future randomized trials of immunotherapy compared with ASCT in relapsed HL." The prognosis for early-stage, classic Hodgkin lymphoma has improved dramatically, leading to efforts to reduce treatment-related morbidity and mortality with reduced-intensity chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The HD10 trial from Germany confirmed the noninferiority of reduced-intensity treatment with respect to PFS and OS. However, the subsequent HD13 trial showed inferior results with further de-escalation of treatment with the omission of selected chemotherapeutic drugs. Inferior results also emerged from several trials evaluating omission of radiotherapy, Bröckelmann and co-authors noted. Limited data exist for the characteristics of relapse after contemporary treatment of early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma. The authors recently reported that late relapse (more than 5 years) and limited-stage relapsed disease are common observations, suggesting a favorable subgroup who might be suitable for less-intensive second-line therapies. To examine the issue, the researchers reviewed data for patients with first relapse of classic Hodgkin lymphoma in the HD10 and HD13 trials, including characteristics of relapse, treatment patterns, and subsequent outcomes. The analysis included a total of 174 patients from both trials combined. Most relapses occurred more than 12 months after diagnosis and recurred primarily as stage I-II disease. In 49% of cases, patients received chemotherapy at relapse, followed by ASCT (41%), radiotherapy (6%), and palliative care (2%). The BEACOPP regimen accounted for 68.1% of chemotherapy-treated patients, followed by ABVD (19%). Eight of 41 patients older than 60 underwent ASCT, and 33 (81%) received chemotherapy. That compared with ASCT for 62 of 114 patients (54%) age 60 or younger. An analysis limited to the HD10 trial showed no significant difference in PFS or OS with chemotherapy versus ASCT (HR 0.7, P=0.39, HR 0.8, P=0.57, respectively) for patients 60 or younger. In contrast, patients older than 60 had significantly shorter second PFS and OS (HR 3.0, P=0.003 and HR 3.1, P=0.004 vs younger patients) and had worse outcomes with ASCT. Analysis of the 60-and-under group in HD13 confirmed the results, showing superior 2-year PFS and OS among patients treated with chemotherapy. The analysis was supported by the German Hodgkin Study group. The HD10 and HD13 trials were supported by German Cancer Aid. Bröckelmann disclosed relationships with Takeda, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Merck Sharp & Dohme. Crump disclosed relationships with Gilead Sciences, Servier, Pfizer, and Roche. Source Reference: Brockelmann PJ, et al "Relapse after early-stage, favorable Hodgkin lymphoma: Disease characteristics and outcomes with conventional or high-dose chemotherapy" J Clin Oncol 2020; DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.00947. Source Reference: Crump M "Time to change direction in the treatment of relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma?" J Clin Oncol 2020; DOI: 10.1200/JCO.20.02905.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1882
__label__wiki	0.557565	0.557565	Meeting Coverage > SABCS Add-On HDAC Inhibitor No Help in Breast Cancer — PFS, OS similar to endocrine therapy alone for advanced HR+ disease Survival in advanced hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer did not improve with the addition of a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor to standard endocrine therapy, according to a randomized trial. Median progression-free survival (PFS) improved from 3.1 to 3.3 months and median overall survival (OS) from 21.7 to 23.4 months among patients who received entinostat plus the aromatase inhibitor (AI) exemestane. Neither difference reached statistical significance, despite a significant increase in lysine acetylation, which correlated in improved PFS in an earlier trial of the HDAC inhibitor. "The short median progression-free survival and low overall response rate observed with an endocrine therapy backbone suggests that improved decision-making tools are required to help determine who may need chemotherapy versus alternative strategies in this setting," reported Roisin M. Connolly, MD, of University College Cork in Ireland, at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium virtual meeting. "Pharmacogenomic analysis confirmed target inhibition in entinostat-treated patients." "Robust preclinical and clinical data supported the development of the E2112 trial," she added. "The results highlight the importance of phase III confirmation of promising phase II data." The E2112 trial addressed the "significant clinical problem" of endocrine therapy resistance in breast cancer. In a preclinical model, entinostat overcame letrozole resistance. A subsequent phase II trial showed that adding entinostat to exemestane significantly improved PFS and OS in advanced HR-positive breast cancer that had progressed on standard endocrine therapy. Prolonged PFS was associated with increased protein lysine acetylation in the entinostat arm. Additionally, a phase III trial conducted in China showed a significant increase in median PFS when the HDAC inhibitor tucidinostat was paired with exemestane. Investigators in E2112 enrolled patients with advanced HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer that had progressed on prior nonsteroidal AI therapy. Pre- and postmenopausal women could participate, as could men. Patients were randomized to exemestane plus entinostat or placebo, and treatment continued until disease progression. Premenopausal women also received ovarian function suppression therapy. The primary endpoints were PFS (by central assessment) and OS, and secondary endpoints included safety, objective response rate (ORR), and the prognostic value of lysine acetylation. Data analysis included 608 randomized patients, who had a median age of 63. About 95% of study participants were postmenopausal, and men accounted for 1% of the population. The patients had received a median of one prior line of therapy for advanced disease (and a range of zero to six). A fourth of the patients had received chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer, and about a third had received a CDK4/6 inhibitor. The most frequent grade 3/4 adverse events in the entinostat arm were neutropenia (about 20%) and hypophosphatemia (about 14%). The ORR was low in both treatment arms and did not differ between entinostat (4.6%) and placebo (4.3%). Analysis of PFS yielded a 0.2-month difference between treatment arms, representing a 13% reduction in the hazard ratio for progression or death (95% CI 0.67-1.13). The 1.7-month difference in OS translated into an HR of 0.99 (95% CI 0.82-1.21). Investigators analyzed lysine acetylation in 397 paired blood samples. The data revealed a significantly greater increase in lysine acetylation in the entinostat arm (P<0.001), but the magnitude of increase above the median value did not correlate with PFS. Responding to a question from the virtual audience, Connolly said, "The results speak for themselves. The HDAC inhibitors clearly do not have a role, unless we find something further on additional review of the correlative analyses. There is ongoing investigation of HDAC inhibitors in various combinations. They've been combined with chemotherapies and other targeted therapies over the years, but unfortunately have not broke into the solid tumor space. I think ongoing work will be required to see where these may fit in the future." Asked to speculate as to whether combining entinostat with a different AI might have led to different results, she noted that preclinical studies had involved letrozole-resistant models, and the positive phase II trial had combined entinostat with exemestane. "It's possible that we may have seen different results with a different AI, but I think it's unlikely." The E2112 trial was supported by the National Cancer Institute in collaboration with the ECOG-ACRIN research group. Connolly disclosed relevant relationships with Genentech, Merck, Novartis, Macrogenics, Puma Biotechnology, and Pfizer. San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Source Reference: Connolly RM, et al "E2112: Randomized phase III trial of endocrine therapy plus entinostat/placebo in patients with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer: A trial of the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group" SABCS 2020; Abstract GS4-02.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1883
__label__wiki	0.976555	0.976555	How to build a hospital wing for a pandemic in just 14 days It started as a parking lot. Then came the swooping aluminum supports with durable, white material wrapped over them. Almost overnight, the painted lines were covered up and the pavement outside Joseph Brant Hospital began its transformation into a pandemic response unit. It’s a project locked in a 14-day race against COVID-19. “Every day counts,” said Mark Watts, president of BLT Construction, the company tasked with erecting the structure and keeping up with the critical countdown. “Every day means lives.” Dr. Ian Preyra, chief of staff at the Burlington hospital, believes a “remarkable surge” in patients is coming. That’s why the hospital announced Monday it plans to spend more than $2 million putting up the temporary 93-bed facility. The pandemic unit will house patients with mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19 who would otherwise overwhelm hospital resources over the next two weeks. “We are essentially creating surge capacity based on the worst-case scenario,” Preyra explained. “It would be a blessing if we didn’t have to use this space.” For BLT, the race began in Calgary where Sprung Structures loaded trucks with the crates and bundles that made up a rush shipment of the different parts needed to assemble a hospital. The technical name for the type of building that’s going up is a “tensile membrane structure,” he patiently pointed out — not a tent. “For a hospital environment it’s graded for snow loads, high wind speeds, hurricanes,” he listed off. “So it’s a safe building to be erecting for this type of application.” Sprung Corporate@SprungCorporate This 8250 sq ft Sprung hospital structure left Calgary at 2 pm today bound for Burlington, Ontario by rush team shipment. When erected over the next week, BLT Construction will outfit this emergency structure with 100 urgently needed hospital beds. #COVID19 #BeatTheVirus 10:27 PM – Mar 29, 2020 331 people are talking about this The pieces began arriving in Burlington from the cross country trip this week and immediately started going up thanks to the BLT team and a small army of subcontractors. The main bulk of the structure is already in place just days after the announcement. A tunnel will lead to the hospital’s south tower where elevators can carry people up to intensive care if they need even more support. The unit will be staffed by family physicians kitted out in personal protective equipment — a factor Preyra said will free up resources within the hospital and ensure patients can follow up with someone familiar with their case once they’re discharged. Two weeks isn’t long to build a hospital. “We’re working like 24/7 on it to meet the timeline. It’s definitely expedited,” said Watts. “The pandemic and the peak, the curve and when these hospitals are requiring these beds, it’s immediate. Every day to us is important.” The metal substructure was the first step, followed by the tough, white material that will cover the entire facility. (Jonathan Castell/CBC) A project of this kind also comes with challenges. “We’re treating it as an infectious disease centre and that has complications with mechanical systems,” he explained, adding the consulting team from Joseph Brant has been crucial when it comes to “pioneering” the effort. One of the most difficult aspects was finding the beds, oxygen machines and ventilators to help patients hold on as they fight the virus. Strained medical equipment supply chains is where the “crisis” lies right now, said Watts. The build is the first time BLT has put up a temporary hospital, but Watts figures it won’t be the last. His phone has been “lighting up like a Christmas tree,” with interest from other parts of Ontario, Alberta and Quebec. Gearing up for ‘sustained pressure’ Preyra works as an emergency physician and said staff at the hospital are already seeing an increase in patients presenting with respiratory symptoms consistent with the new coronavirus. Five COVID-19 patients were in the intensive care unit as of Wednesday, nine others who are suspected of having the virus were being cared for elsewhere in the hospital and two patients who had recovered enough had been sent home. But Preyra said he expects those cases are just the beginning. The doctor anticipates “sustained pressure on the system” and said his team is preparing for a trajectory that compares to places like Italy or New York City. “This is something very different,” said Preyra. “I think this will be a generational event for physicians in Canada and across the world and I don’t think it’s comparable to anything we have yet experienced.” Other area hospitals are working to free up beds too. St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) have both cut back on elective surgeries and discharged patients whenever possible. Construction workers help assemble the make-shift hospital on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The hospital is gearing up for patients to be treated for COVID-19. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) Both, however, declined to be specific about what any new surge spaces would look like or where they would be located. St. Joe’s says it’s designing COVID-19-specific units within the hospital and “non-traditional spaces” outside of the hospital setting, without explaining what that means or would look like. It’s been an “enormous task” but staff have opened up 200 beds so far. “Everything is on the table” at HHS including using non-patient parts of hospitals and unspecified community locations as a last resort, according to a spokesperson who said they’ve found 350 beds that can be dedicated to those with COVID-19. On Twitter Joseph Brant said it’s the first Ontario hospital to go public with its plans for expanding capacity. Even if the anticipated surge doesn’t materialize, Preyra said he’ll have no regrets. “I think the greatest praise we could receive after all this is all said and done is that Joseph Brant Hospital was over prepared,” he said. “I would be delighted with that.” COVID-19 CANADÁ JOSEPH BRANT HOSPITAL TEMPORARY BED FACILITY TDSB needs millions to ensure safe return to school in fall, says it may have to cut French No arrests, few fines under Canada’s federal quarantine laws, says public health agency Canada added almost 1 million jobs in June but still almost 2 million down from pre-COVID level	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1889
__label__wiki	0.866199	0.866199	Home » What Is A Distributed Database? And Why Do You Need One? White PapersCloud Computing What Is A Distributed Database? And Why Do You Need One? KEYWORDS cloud management The basic premise of this document is simple: to explain why distributed transactional databases are the Holy Grail of database management systems (DBMS). The promise of these systems is to provide on-demand capacity, continuous availability and geographically distributed operations. However, most of them require substantial trade-offs in terms of overall effort, cost, time to deployment and ongoing administration. Despite those trade-offs, these offerings have dominated the industry for decades, forcing compromises from start to finish – from initial application development through ongoing maintenance and administration. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER HERE: Data Center Site Selection: Knowing What You Want and What You Need Revealing the Secrets - What is Refrigerant-Side Economizing and How Is It applied in a Data Center? Energy Star-Compliant Data Centers: Do You Know What It Takes? What You Need to Know About Arc Flashes	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1892
__label__wiki	0.889495	0.889495	Des Pardes: 2016 The Year of the Indian MMA Fighter Overseas Nelson Paes scripting the first ever win for India at an international MMA event to Manjit Kolekar making her Invicta FC debut, 2016 has been a landmark year for our Indian MMA fighters. We may not have seen the desired result but for an Indian fighter competing at an international event is a huge achievement in its own right. I say so because most of our fighters don’t have basic facilities like a proper coach despite this our fighters manage to compete on an international platform. Honouring these fighters who brought huge attention to Indian MMA, here are the some of the fighters who made their presence known to the world. Priyanka Jeet Toshi The Delhi-girl made her presence known to the world when she earned a unanimous verdict over Tarot Sam back in December 2015. However, the Delhi girl could not continue her winning streak this year as she succumbed to the undefeated top contender Jenny Huang by tapping out to arm triangle choke in September on ONE FC: Unbreakable warriors.Toshi may have lost but the way she fought it clearly showed that she had improved by leaps and bounds. A kickboxer, Toshi’s ground game was never top notch but when she faced Huang, who is a Judo black belt, she showed drastic improvement in defending takedowns and even managed to keep Huang on her feet for some time. She saw a great beginning by managing to land a few quick shots in the fight but Toshi couldn’t maintain the pressure as Huang, who is a trained veteran in combat sports, overwhelmed her on the ground and caught her in the hold.The 25-year-old has a huge career ahead of her and the way she is improving it is safe to say that someday she will make India proud on an international platform. Sunny Khatri Khatri entered 2016 with quite some momentum behind him. He had turned pro in 2015 and added two wins to his resume. He continued his march as he forced Himanshu Gautam to tap out to a vicious rear naked choke in the very first round of their encounter in an amateur match. Khatri soon attracted attention from across the borders as he was announced as a part of the Brave CF-1 where he would meet Bahrain’s Atif Mohammad Khadim.Khadim entered the bout as a favourite and was expected to finish Khatri in the very first round but Khatri wouldn’t only survive the first round he would go on to take the fight to the judges. Despite losing Khatri did convince people that he was a legit contender who was there to stay. The straw-weight has a bright future awaiting him as he continues to improve. Mohammed Farhad Rafiq Farhad was one of 3 Indian fighters to compete in the first ever card of Brave Combat Federation. Everyone gave an impressive performance but it was Farhad who walked out with his hand raised. The bantamweight had entered the Brave cage with huge momentum behind him as he had been on a four-fight winning streak, knocking all the four out so without any surprise he was the favourite when he entered the cage. Farhad didn’t only live up to his expectation he lived beyond it.He dominated the fight from start and produced a stellar performance. He ended the fight in the very second round as he knocked out the debutant Zouhir Badre-Eddine via punches. Now holding a record of 8-2, with all 8 being knockouts Farhad clearly is one of the best Indian MMA fighters. Abdul Muneer “The Cutman” faced the toughest test of his career when he faced former UFC fighter Masio Fullen on Brave CF-1. Muneer performed really well; he may have been knocked out in the very first round but he did manage to stun the Mexican for some time with his power.Now standing with a record of 6-2, with all 6 being finishes, Muneer has established himself as a fighter to look out for. His performance at Brave got him much appreciation and even brought huge attention to Indian MMA. Nelson Paes Nelson is amongst one of the most popular Indian MMA fighters. After starting his career on a low note, with 2 losses, Paes is now riding a 3 fight win streak out of which 2 are nasty knockouts. He got India its first international win of 2016 as he took a unanimous verdict over Khudoum Al Kaabi on Desert Force 20-Dubai. Paes now holds a record of 3-2 and is one of the brightest prospects in Indian MMA. He is popular, talented and dedicated all these factors will definitely attract the attention of Indian Masses towards the sport. If Nelson continues his hard work he, without a doubt, has a very bright future. Rajinder Singh Meena Rajinder was one of the first Indian MMA fighters to get an international contract. The submission specialist didn’t have a great 2016 but he has improved. Just like Priyanka Jeet Toshi, Meena too showed a lot of improvement in his fighting style. In his encounter against prospect Honorio Banario, Meena delivered a great performance before getting caught in a vicious armbar. Now Meena holds a record of 8-3, with 5 being submission wins. He is clearly improving and in near future might even be a competitor to feat Manjit Kolekar Manjit is the most popular Indian MMA fighter. She became the first Indian woman to sign up a contract with Invicta FC. She made her debut against explosive Brazilian fighter Kaline Medeiros. Medeiros entered the fight as a healthy favourite; she had the experience, talent as well as the support to compete at a stage like Invicta FC. Manjit on the other didn’t have all the facilities and was even injured before the fight itself.Hence Manjit entered the fight as a huge underdog and wasn’t even expected to survive a single round much less the fight. But Kolekar proved everyone wrong as she didn’t only survive a single round but went on to take the fight to the judges. In some eyes, Manjit even won the last round. Her performance proved that she is a legit contender and is in Invicta to stay. She clearly has a bright future. (@PandePaarth) Next articleWHY THE LOSS AT UFC 207 CAN LEAD TO THE CAREER RESURRECTION OF RONDA ROUSEY	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1894
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__label__cc	0.647544	0.352456	Cost Of The Iraq War – Was It Worth It? AbbyMcGinnis american exceptionalism, collateral damage, detroit, foreign policy, foreign relations, George W Bush, iraq, Iraq War, military, military-industrial complex, spending, State Department, war Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Chew on that for just a moment, $60 billion spent on reconstructing what we paid our military to blow up. Detroit, Michigan is in a state of disrepair but we’ve got $60 billion lying around or that we can borrow from the Chinese so we can rebuild what our military was paid to destroy. Check out today’s transcript for the rest… Begin Mike Church Show Transcript [reading] The U.S.-led war in Iraq claimed 190,000 lives [Mike: So much for the pro-life crowd.] and will cost the U.S. government at least $2.2 trillion, according to the findings of a project at Brown University released Thursday. The Costs of War report, released ahead of the 10th anniversary of the war on March 20, said that the financial calculation included “substantial” costs to care for wounded U.S. veterans. [Mike: This is a debt that we must repay, ladies and gentlemen.] The total estimate far outstrips the initial projection by President George W. Bush’s government that the war would cost $50 billion to $60 billion. [Mike: They can’t even estimate how much wars cost correctly.] Hear the story of the United States AFTER the Constitution like you’ve never heard it before More than 70 percent of those who died of direct war violence in Iraq were civilians, or an estimated 134,000 people. [Mike: But that was just collateral damage. They had it coming to them. That’s their dose of American exceptionalism. Nice work.] A small number of the 190,000 dead were U.S. casualties: 4,488. U.S. military members and at least 3,400 U.S. contractors, according to the report. “The staggering number of deaths in Iraq is hard to fathom, but each of these individuals has to count and be counted,” said Catherine Lutz, a professor at Rhode Island-based Brown University who helped lead the study. The U.S. government has spent $60 billion on reconstruction… [end reading] Mike: Chew on that for just a moment, $60 billion spent on reconstructing what we paid our military to blow up. Detroit, Michigan is in a state of disrepair but we’ve got $60 billion lying around or that we can borrow from the Chinese so we can rebuild what our military was paid to destroy. This is a Windows project in a foreign land, is it not? Gee, I wonder who it would be who would be doing the rebuilding. Gee, I just wonder. Do you think there’s any American contractors that do that? Do you think anyone in the United States has been sending contractors over into Iraq to help with the rebuilding process? Gee, I wonder where that idea came from. The U.S. State Department conceded that both countries made “enormous sacrifices.” Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, responding to the Costs of War report, said that the United States and Iraq have forged a “strategically important bilateral relationship.” Mike: 190,000 dead and $2.2 trillion and we’re looking for things to justify this heinous excessive use of power. Instead of just saying: We made a horrendous mistake here; too much life and too much treasure was expended in this and we must do all that we can to prevent this in the future, no, we try to paper over it and make it so that it’s just a footnote in history. If it comes up again and we have to do it, if there’s another Bush and Cheney and they say it’s a preemptive war and we have to do this, perhaps then maybe we’ll have some reconsideration of this. The fact that we can even continue on without acknowledging this and offering some manner of contrition is disturbing. I know what some of you are thinking. [mocking] “You want our soldiers to be tried for war crimes?” No, they were following orders. It is the politicians that sent them over there to do this. It is the Congress and the men that organized this in the executive branch and the ones that promoted it that ought to be doing the apologizing. Sad, sad epoch in history, folks. For more on Ben Franklin, pick up your copy of The Spirit of 76 right here! “Compared to where we were in the Saddam era, we now have a bilateral security agreement. We have deep economic interests and ties…” Mike: So we have to go and invade a country and blow it to smithereens to have free trade with them? What a wonderful precedent. You know all those countries in South America that are knitting our shirts and t-shirts? Instead of letting them have all the business, why don’t we just invade them? Just imagine the economic interest we could have there. Good grief! The Costs of War project involved 30 economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel and political scientists from 15 universities, the United Nations and other organizations. Mike: Of course, your average decepticon is going to say, [mocking] “The UN was involved in that study. Of course it’s crooked.” Let’s just say it’s 50 percent correct and only a mere 95,000 souls were lost in the war effort and only $1.1 trillion was expended. Is that any less disastrous, even just from the human point of view? This is just staggering. End Mike Church Show Transcript american exceptionalismcollateral damagedetroitforeign policyforeign relationsGeorge W BushiraqIraq Warmilitarymilitary-industrial complexspendingState Departmentwar Previous PostHappy Birthday John C. Calhoun!Next PostRand Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll and No One Notices Red Pill Diaries FREE PREVIEW-Fake “Conservatives” Finally Get Their War With Iran But Is Trump Really For It!? 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__label__wiki	0.671655	0.671655	Affiliated Satirical Sites The Political Garbage Chute The Pastiche Post Not Really.News Satirical Facts Home Humor/Satire Anti-Vaxxer Outraged Friends ‘Listened to Common Sense and Science,’ Had Their Baby... Anti-Vaxxer Outraged Friends ‘Listened to Common Sense and Science,’ Had Their Baby Vaccinated James Schlarmann SPRING FALLS, CALIFORNIA — 46-year-old California resident Dennis Myers calls himself “mostly apolitical,” but he does have one issue that serves as a litmus test for any potential vying for his vote — vaccination. Myers, who doesn’t hold any advanced medical degrees but does spend in his own words “at least five hours a week” researching the connection between vaccinations for children and various health ailments such as autism. Though there is no credible, peer-reviewed link between vaccines and autism, and though the one scientist who said there was has been thoroughly drummed out of the medical research community for how badly he falsified his research, Myers says he “just [has] a deep, down hunch” about vaccines, and that’s why he was furious when he learned the news that his friend and his friend’s wife had decided to vaccinate their infant daughter. “I just think he’s going to really regret that he listened to common sense and science one day,” Myers told our reporter, “when his daughter has like five cases of Autism and an incurable form of the Bubonic plauge which we all know comes directly from the CHEMICALS they put in those vaccines.” Asked if he understood that our own bodies are largely made up of different chemicals and that therefore chemicals in and of themselves are probably nothing to be fear mongering about, Myers made a sound like a flatulating elephant and asked for the next question. Myers told our interviewer that it’s really “convenient” for his friend and his wife to point to the fact that the “science behind vaccines has been around for over 200 years” but that his own “superior Googling” has produced information that he feels will prove all the scientists with their “fancy science-ing degrees” wrong. “Just like I’ve learned with food, if you can’t pronounce it, you shouldn’t put it in your body, and since most medications and vaccines are derived using various elements that have Latin-sounding names, doesn’t that really mean we shouldn’t trust anything a so-called doctor wants to give us,” Myers asked rhetorically. Mr. Myers wondered aloud if his friend “really thought protecting his daughter from life-threatening infections and diseases” was “worth risking an unproven, unsubstantiated, fear-based and literally impossible outcome” and that “no one should be surprised if their daughter gets every kind of Autism ever.” When asked if he knows what autism is or how it’s diagnosed, Myers said his phone connection was cutting out, until our reporter moved onto a new line of questioning. “Oh what,” Myers said, “are Jack and Jennifer really suggesting that since we’ve been vaccinating people since the late 18th century, and inoculating them under a similar idea since before then, that we should just trust these people who dedicate their lives to learning as much about a subject as possible? I mean, more than we trust Dr. Jenny McCarthy or Dr. Food, the Science Denying Attention Whore?” When our reporter told Mr. Myers that yes, indeed, his friends were people who trusted actual doctors and scientists more than celebrities and people with marketing degrees, Myers abruptly ended the call shouting, “SHILL! SHILL! SHILL!” To date, no credible, peer-reviewed data exists to prove any link between vaccinations and autism. Republished from The Political Garbage Chute. Follow James on Twitter @JamboSchlarmbo. Previous articleThis GOP Attack On Obamacare Is The Most Absurd One Yet Next articleTrump Has To Return Winter Gloves Putin Gave Him For Christmas Comedian, writer, semi-amateur burrito wrangler and platypus aficionado, James cannot and will not be pigeonholed by anyone's expectations. Unless you want to pay him money, in which case his principles are as malleable as his "children" are "in need of food." Winner of absolutely zero lifetime achievement awards. You should definitely not give a shit about his opinions. James' satire is also found on: Alternative Facts, Alternative Science, The Political Garbage Chute, The Pastiche Post, Satirical Facts Hire James to create (very likely) funny content. Transgender Afghanistan Vet Hopes Trump’s Bone Spurs Aren’t Hurting Him Anymore Does Tucker Carlson Remove the Nazi Dicks in Trump’s Mouth Before Puting Trump’s In His Mouth? 3 Things Donald Trump Did During the Eclipse Companies Are Now Buying Insurance To Protect Them From Trump’s Twitter... Entitlements: They Aren’t Just For The Poor On Keyboard Warriors and Pro-Trump Internet Trolls Humor/Satire946 Science and Skepticism44 Stupid Quizzes4	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1903
__label__wiki	0.798041	0.798041	Thoughtful reviews, the Boulder film scene " You know something about that, don’t you Norman, how the pressure can attack your integrity. " — Sharon Stone, Sphere Almodóvar returns to his horror roots —Marty Mapes (review...) Review by Matt Anderson It’s an understatement to say Persepolis comes from a totally different place than the two other movies also nominated for this year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar, Ratatouille and Surf’s Up. Persepolis, by a long shot, has a lot more on its mind than simply serving as a giddy popcorn entertainment with a feel-good message. Color fades when satrapi flashes back to Iran Vincent Paronnaud Movie facts PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual references, etc. DFF 2007 Press Release: Reitman: DIRECTOR JASON REITMAN WILL WALK THE RED CARPET AT THE 30TH STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL Press Release: Animation: 30th STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES GREEN-THEMED ANIMATION STATION WORKSHOPS Press Release: Goldblatt: 30th STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER STEPHEN GOLDBLATT How to Cook Your Life Press Release: Everything DFF: 30th STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FULL FILM AND PROGRAM LINE-UP Movie Habit Gets Ready for DFF 30: Four writers anticipate and reminisce the Denver Film Festival Press Release: Surprise!: 30th STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES A MYSTERY SCREENING TO REMEMBER Photos from the Red Carpet: Opening night at the 30th Denver Film Festival Norman Jewison in pictures: Career Achievement Award Honoree at the 30th Starz DFF Milk in the Land: Ballad of an American Drink Quantum Hoops Mystic Ball The Movies that Made Us Karl Rove, I Love You Press Release: DFF Winners: 30th STARZ DENVER FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES JURIED AWARDS WINNERS AND FINAL ATTENDANCE NUMBERS Marjane Satrapi: Drawing from Conflict and Comics Iranian Cinema Babak Payami: Iranian-Canadian filmmaker reveals his Secret Ballot The Hidden Half/Two Women Dress Rehearsal: The Brave Hurr's Ta'zieh American Fugitive: The Truth about Hassan The White Meadows Persepolis is based on the two-volume graphic novel by Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi. The story revolves around her experiences growing up during the Islamic Revolution of the late 1970s and 1980s. With revolutionary fervor making an enormous impression on one side and her parents providing a more rational explanation for the events unfolding around her on the other side, Marjane grew up during a particularly chaotic time in Iran’s history. That’s when the Shah was deposed, Ayatollah Khomeini exploited discontent among the populace, and American hostages were held captive for 444 days. As a natural progression of youth, Marjane began to question what was going on around her and the naturally rebellious nature of a teenager collided with the increasingly oppressive stance of her government. In 1980 it became mandatory for women to wear the veil, a garment that stands as a complete clash to Marjane’s punk sensibilities. Given their daughter’s proclivities, Marjane’s parents sent her to live with a family friend in Austria when she was 14. After four years of eye-opening experiences, Marjane returned to Iran in hope of settling into a stable life. After finding friends’ lives moving in different directions, marriage proving to be unsatisfactory, and oppression having taken its toll on the citizens, Marjane found herself stuck in a most unenviable situation. In 1994, she left Iran and moved to France, effectuating the exile that serves as the framework for Persepolis. The movie begins and ends in Orly airport in Paris; those scenes are peppered with color; the rest of the movie features a black-and-white world. There are a lot of ideas and themes running through Persepolis. One key theme stems from a lesson taught by Marjane’s grandmother (Danielle Darrieux, 8 Women), who would repeatedly stress the importance of integrity. More easily appreciated than implemented, Marjane (Chiara Mastroianni, Ready to Wear) goes through quite a number of experiences, including a harrowing episode living on the streets of Vienna in the winter, a pivotal time when that integrity, and its accompanying sense of responsibility, would be put to the test. Grandma also advises Marjane that she always has a choice and states, quite bluntly, that if people hurt her, it’s because they’re stupid. While those concepts are extremely true at the most fundamental, human level, they’re also of an independent, free-spirited mindset that’s tough to put into practice when the surrounding culture seeks to suppress individuality and independent thought. While it was bad enough the old regime held 5,000 prisoners, the new one’s collection swells to 300,000. In terms of simply trying to grow up, it’s certainly hard enough for teenagers to be teenagers in the most idyllic of situations, but when buying a bootleg tape of Julio Iglesias or Abba on Gandhi Avenue in Tehran becomes a hush-hush, clandestine transaction on par with buying drugs from some seedy street pusher in Amsterdam, that’s certainly not conducive to a lighthearted youth. Matters are even more challenging for girls when their tumultuous environment dictates they will go to Hell for showing too much skin and that girls shouldn’t run because their butts move provocatively (it’s beside the point that the men enforcing those laws shouldn’t be looking at girls’ - completely covered - butts to begin with). Eye of the Soul Satrapi describes Persepolis as a story that expresses her personal point of view tempered by her own experiences rather than a full-blown autobiographical account. Regardless of the tweaks to reality and poetic licenses taken (including a fanciful take on romance that goes comically sour), Persepolis serves as a touching look at people trying to move on with their lives even as surrounding forces try to keep them locked down. While most movies serve as terrific fodder for discussion over a post-show beverage, Persepolis lends itself to a post-show walk, one that reinforces, despite certain grievances of details, how good things are here compared to there. While the overwhelming commercial success of Pixar sent all the major studios reeling and abandoning their traditional animation efforts in favor of more pristine, three-dimensional computer-animated projects, Persepolis steps into the fray as a stellar example of an age-old concept that Hollywood needs to once again take to heart: It’s about the story, stupid. Yes, Pixar’s movies are gorgeous, but their success ties in more precisely to the fact that they also tell great stories. It’s not all about the technology used in the animation process, it’s about the soul at the center of the movie. And Persepolis is loaded with soul. It’s a punk’s soul. It’s a grandmother’s soul. It’s a loving family’s soul. That soul, coupled with a smart sense of political and social satire, wraps important messages about war, love, and oil into a deceptively simple and innocent presentation. Persepolis, whether on the page or on the screen, is a work of art that works so successfully both because of what it shows and what it does not show. Copyright © 2021, the respective authors \| Privacy Policy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1905
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__label__wiki	0.514906	0.514906	McMILLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 315 East 5900 South Phone 801-264-7430; Fax 801-264-7451 McMillan School Website WE ARE McMILLAN! Principal: Hannah Dolata Secretary: Teresa Bigelow Calendar and Bell Schedule Enrollment: Approximately 500 students School promotion: Hillcrest Jr. High & Murray High Mascot: Mighty Mite (miniature Spartan) School Colors: Blue & White Built: 1954 and originally named Hillcrest Elementary. In 1960 the name was changed to McMillan Elementary and is the only district school to be named after a local family. A Brief History of McMILLAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL McMillan Elementary School was built in 1954 and originally named Hillcrest Elementary. It was described as a “modernistic type, with lots of light.” In 1960, the name was changed to McMillan Elementary to honor the McMillan family who formerly owned the property around the school, and is the only school in the district to be named after a local family.The school’s current custodian, Mitch McMillan, is a descendent of that family. In the 1970s, additions were constructed at the school, with remodeling again in the 1990s. An energetic school, McMillan Elementary has always had an extremely involved and supportive PTA and parent community. Many traditions and activities take place each year, including The Nutcracker, which has been performed by 1st graders for guests for over 20 years. The school Fit Fun Run takes place each spring and is a popular community event. individual grade-level traditions include 2nd grade Grandparent’s Day, 3rd grade Biography Fair, 4th grade County Fair, 5th grade State Fair, and 6th grade Country Fair. Home to the Murray District Gifted and Talented Program, McMillan Elementary recently held its first STEM Night, with a great patron turn-out featuring local business professionals on hand to explain their careers. Other school activities the students enjoy include: Principal Read Aloud, Move It, Reading Counts, yearly Science Fair, and Mighty Mite Monday’s. McMillan Elementary School is a highly esteemed MCSD school with a bright and vibrant student body and staff.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1915
__label__wiki	0.733914	0.733914	About Lifeline NaLA Board Members 2020 NaLA Conference – Cancelled Previous Event Photos NaLA Blog & Latest News Lifeline News National Lifeline Association Names ... National Lifeline Association Names Q Link Wireless CEO To Board of Directors KENNETT SQUARE, PA. (PRWEB) JUNE 06, 2019 The National Lifeline Association (NaLA) announced today it has appointed Issa Asad, founder and CEO of Florida-based Q Link Wireless to the organization’s board of directors. NaLA is the only organization focused on advancing the interests of Lifeline recipients, providers, and program advocates. Lifeline, the federally-run program that provides free data and voice service to low-income Americans, is administered by the United Service Administrative Company under the direction of the FCC. In his role as a board member, Mr. Asad will work to ensure the program continues to maintain and expand wireless service to the millions of Americans who rely on Lifeline for their connectivity. Mr. Asad joins fellow telecommunications industry leaders on the NaLA board for a three-year term. He will work with his fellow board members on a number of urgent matters including the continuing role of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the Lifeline program; technological enhancements to Lifeline enrollment and eligibility verification; as well as the ongoing need for expanding the nation’s infrastructure to deliver wireless data and voice services. “The Lifeline program began under President Reagan almost forty years ago,” said Mr. Asad. “However, today, the program faces a whole new set of challenges that pose a threat to the ability for low-income Americans to stay connected to their families, friends, and emergency services. We have much work to do to make sure bureaucracies don’t impede individual American’s need for basic data and voice services.” Mr. Asad is a seasoned executive with nearly two decades of experience in the telecommunications industry. He began his career in telecom working in prepaid phone services before he founded Q Link Wireless. Today, Q Link ranks as the third-largest Lifeline provider in the nation and serves more than two million customers. The company has been particularly instrumental in expanding Lifeline services to rural Americans through its novel, internet-based sales and marketing approach. “I am extremely happy that Issa has made the commitment with his time to continue to support the Lifeline industry,” said David B. Dorwart, chairman of the National Lifeline Association. “Having Issa represent the industry as a board member provides the additional credibility our industry wants and needs to make effective long-term change for the customers we support and serve.” Mr. Asad joins current NaLA Board Members: David B. Dorwart, board chairman & founder of NaLA; Steve Klein, president at SafetyNet Wireless; David Avila, associate vice president at SafeLink Wireless; Kimberly Lehrman, president & chief marketing officer at enTouch Wireless; Ali Badran, chief executive officer at Aiobo and MoreAble; and Nathan Stierwalt, chief sales & marketing officer at PWG Network Solutions. About the National Lifeline Association (NaLA): The National Lifeline Association is the only industry trade group specifically focused on the Lifeline segment of telecommunications. We support the four essential components of Lifeline: ETCs & Providers, Distributors, Lifeline Participants & Supporters, and Government & Regulatory Bodies. We are passionate about the continuity and advancement of the Lifeline program and we drive this vision through our mission to “support providers, distributors, participants, and supporters of Lifeline through education, cooperation, and advocacy.” For more information on NaLA, visit https://www.nalalifeline.org. About Q Link Wireless: Q Link Wireless, a Quadrant Holdings Company, is one of the nation’s leading providers of wireless voice and data service through the Lifeline Program. With more than two million customers, Q Link is wirelessly connecting people to the world around them, regardless of their income. For more information on Q Link Wireless, visit qlinkwireless.com. The official press release can be reviewed here. 06/06/2019 Chelsea Boylan Board, Lifeline News, Member News, Press Releases No comments Board of Directors Lifeline National Lifeline Association Chelsea BoylanNational Lifeline Association Names Q Link Wireless CEO To Board of Directors 06.06.2019 TracFone Files Second Emergency Petition on National Verifier November 30, 2018 – TracFone Wireless filed an emergency petition on the National Verifier, urging the FCC to direct the USAC to implement fifteen specific modifications of the National Verifier and its associated processes. This petition follows an earlier filing from TracFone in August 2108, which raised many similar concerns about aspects of the (then Chelsea Boylan, 12/19/2018 NaLA Develops and Promotes Self Regulation in Lifeline Industry The mission of the National Lifeline Association (NaLA) is to support the Lifeline Industry through “education, cooperation, and advocacy.” To further this goal, NaLA focuses on developing and implementing new self regulation processes. These processes strengthen the effectiveness of the Lifeline Program and bridge the digital divide for low-income Americans. Self Regulation in Lifeline Industry Lee Schafer, 12/11/2018 NaLA Supports National Lifeline Awareness Week With Informational and Social Media Campaigns NaLA Supports National Lifeline Awareness Week With Informational and Social Media Campaigns KENNETT SQUARE, PA. (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 -The National Lifeline Association (NaLA) is proud to support this year’s National Lifeline Awareness Week from September 10th – 14th. National Lifeline Awareness Week is designed to generate awareness and promote the benefits of the Federal Communications admin1, 09/10/2018 National Lifeline Association "In America, every person should have access to essential telecommunications services." 2017 NaLA Conference (11) Lifeline Advocacy (31) Lifeline News (74) Member News (91) USAC (17) © 2015-2021 NaLA - National Lifeline Association	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1917
__label__wiki	0.548093	0.548093	Development of a strategy for reducing electrolyte-electrode interface resistance, which limits the commercialization of all-solid-state batteries; new material design strategy to increase performance by improving the cathode material. Liquid metal ink liberates form Researchers have developed liquid metal microparticles with high conductivity and viscoplasticity. New nanostructured alloy for anode is a big step toward revolutionizing energy storage The zinc- and manganese-based alloy further opens the door to replacing solvents commonly used in battery electrolytes with something much safer and inexpensive, as well as abundant: seawater. Researchers develop new one-step process for creating self-assembled metamaterials Discovery is big step forward in creating new materials used in a variety of applications including optical devices and sensors. New method makes graphene nanoribbons easier to produce Researchers have proposed a new method for synthesizing high-quality graphene nanoribbons, offering a higher yield at a lower cost, compared with the currently used nanoribbon self-assembly on noble metal substrates. A new approach to film atoms and molecules vibrating inside solids Theoretical and experimental scientists have come together to watch solids vibrate. Nanoparticle vaccine for COVID-19 Researchers are working to develop a single-dose vaccine for SARS-CoV-2 that could potentially be stored at room temperature. A beginner's guide to DNA origami Researchers who have studied DNA origami for years, have compiled the first detailed tutorial on the technique. Their comprehensive report provides a step-by-step guide to designing DNA origami nanostructures, using state-of-the-art tools. Nanosheet-based electronics could be one drop away A surprisingly simple method improves 'drop casting' fabrication of tiled nanosheets that could be used in next-generation electronic devices. All you need is a pipette and a hotplate. Fast transport in carbon nanotube membranes could advance human health Researchers have discovered that carbon nanotube membrane pores could enable ultra-rapid dialysis processes that would greatly reduce treatment time for hemodialysis patients. Engineers find antioxidants improve nanoscale visualization of polymers Reactive molecules, such as free radicals, can be produced in the body after exposure to certain environments or substances and go on to cause cell damage. Antioxidants can minimize this damage by interacting with the radicals before they affect cells. Nanocrystals that eradicate bacteria biofilm Researchers demonstrate a technology for removing antibiotic-resistant bacteria by controlling the surface texture of nanomaterials. Nanomaterial-based biosensing platform detects COVID-19 antibodies in 10-12 seconds In addition to testing, the platform will help to quantify patient immunological response to the new vaccines with precision. High-speed atomic force microscopy visualizes cell protein factories Factor-pooling by ribosomes caught on video using state-of-art high-speed atomic force microscopy technology. In 1998, spectroscopic studies on the Kondo effect using scanning tunnelling microscopy were published, which are considered ground-breaking and have triggered countless others of a similar kind. Many of these studies may have to be re-examined now that researchers have shown that the Kondo effect cannot be proven beyond doubt by this method. Instead, another phenomenon is creating precisely the spectroscopic 'fingerprint' that was previously attributed to the Kondo effect. Printed miniature loudspeaker listening into the future In an additive manufacturing process, miniature loudspeakers can be produced efficiently and cost-effectively as part of piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems - so-called piezo-MEMS - using a combination of inkjet printing and laser technology.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1920
__label__wiki	0.822759	0.822759	In one specific type of journalism — fact-checking — my colleagues have done a pretty good job of spotlighting false and distorted statements. Especially those made by neophyte politician Donald Trump, who has already broken every fact-checking record for the number of false and misleading statements by a politician. But Trump mainly wrapped his TV media interviewers around his pinky (make your own size joke if you're into such drivel) day after day, as he set the indoor record for most free media time donated by TV news networks whoring after ratings. Indeed, Trump often was in competition with himself as he appeared on several Sunday news-talk TV shows simultaneously. Mostly they all bored you with the same-old questions about the horse race, the polls and so on. Now this: Today we are spotlighting what some elitists may consider a rather unlikely source of journalistic excellence in in-depth, intellectually deep candidate interviewing. This pursuit of truth in politics occurred in an interview on (of all days!) April 1, when the editorial board of The New York Daily News (the tabloid that mainly gets celebrated for its shocking and sometimes witty front page headlines) met with Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. The Daily News editors did the sort of in-depth interviewing scores of political journalists failed to pursue all campaign. The Vermont senator, a proud democratic-socialist independent, has energized Democratic primary voters as few candidates ever have, with his calls for breaking up huge Wall Street banks. A Daily News journalist asked Sanders to name three of the worst corporate offenders. Daily News: '(W)ould you name, say, three American corporate giants that are destroying the national fabric?' Sanders: 'JPMorgan Chase, and virtually every other major bank in this country. ... Right now, there are still millions of people in this country who are suffering the results of the greed, recklessness and illegal behavior on Wall Street.' A number of pointed questions later, a journalist asked: 'How do you go about doing it?' Sanders' response showed he really wasn't as clear as he ought to be about how he'd keep this major promise. Sanders: 'How you go about doing it is having legislation passed, or giving the authority to the secretary of treasury to determine, under (the) Dodd-Frank (banking reform act), that these banks are a danger to the economy over the problem of 'too big to fail'.' Daily News: 'But do you think that the Fed, now, has that authority?' Sanders: 'Well, I don't know if the Fed has it. But I think the administration can have it.' The Daily News asked what sort of new bank a resulting new entity should be. Sanders: 'I'm not running JPMorgan Chase or Citibank.' Daily News: 'No. But you'd be breaking it up.' Sanders: 'That's right. And that is their decision as to what they want to do and how they want to reconfigure themselves.' Then a journalist recalled that a court once rejected a government attempt to financially regulate Metropolitan Life and asked, 'What does that presage for your program?' Sanders: 'It's something I have not studied, honestly, the legal implications of that.' Fast-forward. On Wednesday, CNN's Chris Cuomo asked Hillary Clinton about a Sanders adviser's comment that voters only need to know a candidate's goal — because his boss can figure out the rest after becoming president. Clinton erupted in a long, hearty guffaw (not that fake cackle 'Saturday Night Live' loves to spoof). 'I think the presidents who are successful know what they want to do — and they know how to do it,' Clinton said. 'And they hit the ground running.'	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1921
__label__wiki	0.91723	0.91723	Home>Products and Trends>Food and Beverage Fast-casual concepts turn to jars for to-go convenience Thyme Fast Food From salads to cake, jarred meals are green, photo-worthy and portable. Could they be good for your store? Lisa Jennings \| Aug 18, 2017 Forget Styrofoam and paper cartons. A small but growing number of fast-casual restaurant concepts are popping up with an entire menu served out of re-usable screw-top jars. For years, mason jars have been a vehicle for food and drink at full-service restaurants across the country. But the trend of to-go dishes in jars has become increasingly common throughout Europe and Asia, but has only recently reached the U.S. Related: Retailers find fresh solutions for their most challenging—and critical—categories Concepts like Ancolie and Tyme Fast Food in New York, as well as Jar Bar in Chicago, however, are pioneers of the trend here, designing concepts that appeal to contemporary diners on a number of levels. Chloe Vichot, for example, launched Ancolie in November in Manhattan’s West Village. The 10-seat coffee shop and café offers a full menu of salads and bowl dishes served in glass jars, which show off the layering of ingredients. The concept does a brisk to-go and catering business. A Rainbow Salad at Ancolie, for example, has red cabbage, turmeric cauliflower rice, carrots, lettuce, black sesame seeds and the option of an egg. The signature Ancolie Jar has lentils, carrots, shallots, goat cheese, lettuce, and the option of both walnuts or chicken. As specials, warm soups and other dishes are available, as well as things like coconut chia pudding with sour cherry coulis for breakfast, and chocolate cake or apple compote for dessert or snacks. Prices for salads range from $12 to $14. Vichot uses ingredients that are clean and made in house. “There’s no sugar or honey in the dressing, no genetically modified ingredients. We source from local markets to make sure it’s really fresh and in season,” she said. Guests are invited to bring back their glass jars for a $1 discount, and about 25 percent of them do, Vichot said. Or they can recycle or re-use them at home. Sustainability is important to Vichot, who moved to New York from her native France 12 years ago. She has long been troubled by the amount of trash produced by to-go food packaging, and vowed to find another way. Though using glass jars rather than plastic raises her costs, the former Wall Street finance executive has built it into the business model, saying it has become a key point of differentiation. “It makes a big difference in the experience,” she said. “There’s the aesthetic aspect. It looks visually beautiful with the different layers, and people love to take pictures of their food. It doesn’t leak all over your desk. “It’s healthy, and it’s a good portion at 22 ounces,” she added. “It’s good for the environment. We’re hitting on a lot of trends.” Also in New York, the to-go concept Tyme Fast Food officially launched on July 24 with a kiosk of sorts — the company calls them “Tyme capsules” — near Times Square. The pre-fabricated Tyme capsules are 8x10-square feet and on wheels, so they can be moved easily. The jarred meals are made nightly in a catering kitchen and delivered to sites in the morning, said co-founder Phil Winser, who also developed the restaurants Fat Radish, Rushmeyer’s, The Leadbelly and The East Pole in New York, as well as and a catering and marketing business called Silkstone. The first test location for Tyme opened earlier this summer in the Gansevoort Market food hall, and the brand’s meals-in-jars are also sold in other outlets, like Equinox fitness centers and We Work co-working sites. Tyme also delivers through UberEats, ChowNow and Seamless, he said. Winser’s partner in the brand is Felipe Hallot, a former finance executive for Burger King Corp. who was with private-equity firm 3G Capital when it acquired the burger chain in 2010. On the menu at Tyme are healthful options like the Indian, a jar filled with layers of brown-rice-lentil pilaf, coconut-cumin beets, turmeric-roasted cauliflower and kachumber salad. The Original jar has black rice, green tahini, honey-mustard beets, carrot and chickpea salad and a radish-and-cucumber mix. All jars are $10. The all-day concept will soon add breakfast options to the menu, said Winser. The goal was to bridge the gap between the rapidly increasing pace of life and consumers who are looking to eat better, said Winser. The jars are plastic, with screw tops, but re-usable. Guests that return jars get a $1 discount off the next order. The goal is to grow the number of Tyme capsules throughout New York, as well as delivery. “We plan to pop up in really unique locations where food isn’t normally available,” he said. In the Chicago suburb of Northbrook, Karen and Adam Firsel launched Jar Bar in May. Not everything on the menu is served in jars, but some dishes are to offer portability to the concept’s target audience: busy once-urban families that have moved to the suburbs and are looking for more healthful and delicious options beyond the traditional pizza, sandwiches and burgers of the fast-casual world, said Karen Firsel. At breakfast, for example, a $6 Egg Bar jar might include a poached egg, sundried tomato pesto, avocado, garlic spinach and potato mash. Add bacon for $2 extra. Oatmeal is layered in jars with toppings like strawberry compote, bananas and coconut sugar crunch; or dark chocolate chips, peanut swirl and granola. At lunch, a Deconstructed Burrito includes mixed greens, brown rice, black beans, corn salsa, avocado, pickled red onions and cashew cream, with the option of adding proteins like chicken, turkey, steak, bacon or seared tuna. Vividly colored cakes in jars position the brand for catering and event business. But the menu also includes sandwiches and bento boxes for kids, which are served in more traditional packaging. Jar Bar’s jars are plastic, though BPA-free and recyclable. Karen Firsel said the restaurant does not take back used jars but instead encourages guests to hand-wash and re-use the jars at home. The restaurant uses social media to suggest ideas like using the jars for plants, or in kid’s lunch boxes. But the concept, which the Firsel’s built to be scaled, is “about much more than the jar,” said Karen Firsel, a former television producer for “Oprah.” “I wanted to create a place for people to hang out and to give them permission to feel cool again. We’re city people who have moved to the suburbs, but our palates and tastes haven’t changed,” she said. “I want my dressings to be homemade and vegan and gluten-free. And I want a poached egg over roasted vegetables and mashed potatoes in the morning, I don’t want to go to Starbucks and have a sandwich that was thrown in the microwave.” Chicago is also home to Farmer’s Fridge, a string of salad vending machines that serve up organic and local ingredients layered in BPA-free plastic jars. With backing from Danone Ventures and Cleveland Avenue, founded by former McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson, Farmer’s Fridge reportedly plans to add another 200 locations this year. This story first appeared on Nation's Restaurant News, a New Hope Network sister website. Visit the site for more restaurant trends insights. 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__label__cc	0.698499	0.301501	Five star staffers sought Is there an unsung hero or heroine quietly toiling away in your department, laboratory, library or lecture room, someone you immediately think of when little phrases like "going the extra mile" pop up? We at Monday Paper would like to hear about these stalwarts for a weekly column we plan to run, starting next week. Experience has taught us that many such staffers tend to be no-nonsense, get-on-with-the-job types who are often publicity shy. That's why we need you to alert us. Simply, our plan is to recognise their sterling undertakings, find out what makes them tick and bring the story to you, our reader, in a weekly column. And, on a campus as sprawling as UCT's, it helps us put names to faces and learn about other departments, an integral part of our internal communications endeavour. So please think about candidates you could nominate, why you think they are five star staffers, pick up the phone and call Helen ThÃ©ron on 650-4145 or e-mail theronh@bremner.uct.ac.za. It's that simple. Looking forward to hearing from you. <!-- University of Cape Town News embed article --> <script src="https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/embed/js/-2004-02-17-five-star-staffers-sought"></script> <!-- University of Cape Town News embed article --> <script src="https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/embed/js/-2004-02-17-five-star-staffers-sought?notitle"></script>	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1925
__label__wiki	0.65739	0.65739	IBM unveils microchip based on the human brain Technology 19 August 2011 By Ferris Jabr (Image: IBM) How to replicate the squishy sophistication of the human brain in hard metal and silicon? IBM thinks it’s found a way, and to prove it has built and tested two new “cognitive computing” microchips whose design is inspired by the human brain. In the mammalian brain, neurons send chemical signals to each other across tiny gaps called synapses. A neuron’s long “tail”, the axon, sends the signals from its multiple terminals; the receptive parts of other neurons – the dendrites – collect them. Each of IBM’s brain-mimicking silicon chips is a few square millimetres in size and holds a grid of 256 parallel wires that represent dendrites of computational “neurons” crossed at right angles by other wires standing in for axons. The “synapses” are 45-nanometre transistors connecting the criss-crossing wires and act as the chips’ memory; one chip has 262,144 of them and the other 65,536. Each electrical signal crossing a synapse consumes just 45 picajoules – a thousandth of what typical computer chips use. Because the neurons and synapses are so close together, the pieces of hardware responsible for computation and memory are also much closer than in ordinary computer chips. Conventionally, the memory sits to the side of the processor, but in the new chips the memory – the synapses – and the processors – the neurons – are on top of each other, so they don’t need to use as much energy sending electrons back and forth. That means the chips can perform parallel processing far more efficiently than conventional computers. In preliminary tests, the chips were able to play a game of Pong, control a virtual car on a racecourse and identify an image or digit drawn on a screen. These are all tasks computers have accomplished before, but the new chips managed to complete them without needing a specialised program for each task. The chips can also “learn” how to complete each task if trained. Fewer watts than Watson Eventually, by connecting many such chips, Dharmendra Modha of IBM Research – Almaden, in San Jose, California, hopes to build a shoebox-sized supercomputer with 10 billion neurons and 100 trillion synapses that consumes just 1 kilowatt of power. That may still sound a lot – a standard PC uses only a few hundred watts – but a supercomputer like IBM’s Watson uses hundreds of kilowatts. By contrast, the ultra-efficient human brain is estimated to have 100 billion neurons and at least 100 trillion synapses but consumes no more than 20 watts. Kwabena Boahen of Stanford University, California, says scale is one of the key issues. Until the chips contain as many synapses as the human brain, it will be difficult to distinguish their accomplishments from those of other computers. The chips are sponsored by a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) project to create computers whose abilities rival those of the human brain. Magazine issue 2827 , published 27 August 2011 Image searches 'poisoned' by cybercriminals Come hither: The deceptive beauty of orchids	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1926
__label__wiki	0.52161	0.52161	Catenae Innovation: Primed for the new COVID reality What’s the buzz around the company? Catenae Innovation PLC (LON:CTEA) recently confirmed it had built an operational prototype of a breakthrough phone app that can store and share coronavirus (COVID-19) test information. It is expected that Cov-ID, a GDPR-compliant identity documentation exchange system, will enter the testing and finalisation phase of its development by May 18. Catenae is working with a consortium of companies led by the Z/Yen Group to develop a product that will be marketed to businesses and “other organisations”. The company has repurposed its existing blockchain technology to help create the prototype, which will sit on top of ChainZy, a platform that can handle 23bn internet transactions in 24 hours. Interim chief executive Guy Meyer said: “The software can play a role in mitigating risk to business continuity and building resilience for organisations. We are on track with the project and look forward to keeping the market updated with further progress.” Advances such as the smartphone-based solution from the Z/Yen and Catenae consortium could be crucial to this progressive lifting of lockdown. Sequestrum Catenae has developed a technology called Sequestrum, the marketing strapline for which is ‘bringing blockchain to the real world’. For those who don’t understand how blockchain works, and I count myself among them, here’s the basics: It’s a distributed, decentralised public ledger. Still none the wiser? Okay, let’s make it simpler. A distributed ledger is a type of diary or spreadsheet containing information about transactions. But because of the mathematical encryption and the fact the information is stored on myriad different computers, the system is ‘unhackable’; records can’t be erased or digitally ‘Tipp-exed’. So where does Sequestrum fit in? The technology assigns a unique fingerprint for each asset as it is stored in the form of a cryptographically secure hash. This hash is used to compare new uploads to assets already in the system and will identify where the proposed upload already exists. This is particularly useful when validating copyright ownership or proof of work. The company has created a mobile app used to be used in the construction industry. One of the least technologically advanced sectors, it is highly regulated – so there is a real need for fingerprinted electronic record-keeping. The app has been deployed for fire door inspections, which must take place twice every year. Not only does it provide a secure data entry system, it is able to uniquely geotag information to show where and when the check was carried out. There are tens of millions of fire doors that must be assessed annually, so an application with a verifiable audit trail is something of a breakthrough. It is fair to say fire doors are just on tiny area where OnSite could make a difference. Catenae charges a licence fee and a transaction fee for the service. This provides the same sort of functionality in the arena of manned guarding and security. Working with a number of clubs, including Charlton Athletic and Aston Villa, the technology is used to help provide a safe environment for children that take part in sports-based community programmes. Know your client (KYC) record-keeping and to aid with anti-money laundering checks. Published at Tue, 05 May 2020 14:13:00 +0000-Catenae Innovation: Primed for the new COVID reality 88 Energy agrees recommended takeover of XCD Energy Argo Blockchain reports triple-digit rise in amount of Bitcoin mined in early 2020, appoints new CFO	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1929
__label__wiki	0.982917	0.982917	Watch: 'Will & Grace' Reunion Episode Skewers Trump, Backs Clinton By Tufayel Ahmed On 9/27/16 at 8:52 AM EDT The "Will & Grace" cast together again after ten years for a reunion special, September 2016. The show could return for a new season. Sean Hayes/Twitter Culture Will & Grace Reunion Donald Trump Hillary Clinton After teasing a reunion on social media over the weekend, the cast of hit sitcom Will & Grace delivered the goods Monday in a ten-minute-long mini-episode centered around the U.S. presidential election. Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally reprised their roles as Will, Grace, Karen and Jack for a new scene to encourage fans to vote for Hillary Clinton—while skewering Donald Trump in the process. (Anyone who follows Messing on Twitter will know how impassioned she is about getting Clinton into office.) Watch below: The new episode, which comes ten years after the NBC comedy ended, sees Will and Grace discuss the upcoming election in November and declare their support for Clinton. Karen, the eccentric millionaire Republican, meanwhile, said she was behind her friend "Donnie." There are plenty of current cultural references ranging from hit Broadway musical Hamilton to Brangelina's split—but this wasn't just a nostalgia trip. The cast have not lost their knack for delivering hilarious zingers: "Donnie is one of my oldest friends," said scene-stealing Karen, "I helped him pick out Melania." As for Jack? Well, in typically Jack fashion, he hasn't quite engaged in politics and it's up to Grace and Karen to try and swing his vote. Karen jokes: "If you don't vote for Trumpie, there'll be wars, monsoons, locusts and hordes of brown people pouring over our borders… it's one thing if you're sitting in the audience at Hamilton but do you really want to see those people everywhere?" Ultimately, Will knows exactly how to win Jack's vote. Hint: it involves his favorite pop star. The skit was produced by original Will & Grace producers Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. Its release came just hours before the first presidential debate between Clinton and Trump. Is 'Will & Grace' About to Make a Comeback? 'Game of Thrones' Finally Gives Fans Some Satisfaction Inside Netflix's Amanda Knox Documentary Trump Vs Clinton: A Foreign Policy Fact-Check	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1930
__label__wiki	0.84675	0.84675	‘We’re looking to hire 100 individuals in 100 days’: RMC Events seeks applicants for 100 new jobs RMC Events President Dan Schmitt says RMC Events is offering permanent full-time 40-hour-a-week jobs across all areas of central Virginia from Petersburg, to New Kent, to Western Short Pump and downtown Richmond. (Source: NBC12) By A.J. Nwoko \| December 24, 2020 at 9:06 PM EST - Updated December 24 at 10:37 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - RMC Events has announced the creation of 100 new full and part-time jobs. The company is actively recruiting for External Services positions to provide support at a growing number of client job sites in all corners of the region including Petersburg, New Kent, Short Pump and other locations within Central Virginia. RMC Events currently employs thousands of personnel across the Commonwealth, with more than fifteen hundred full and part-time associates in the Greater Richmond region. RMC’s President Dan Schmitt says the past nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic brought the traditional sporting events RMC staffs like NASCAR, sporting events and popular music festivals in central Virginia to a standstill. “It’s been a complete slowdown in that industry with people not being able to gather safely,” said Schmitt. Despite the slow down in the usual business Schmitt says the pandemic provided new opportunities to expand their business. “Folks need to be able to return to some level of normalcy,” said Schmitt. “Recently due to COVID access control for our partner’s facilities has been an increasing need for them and our partners have reached out and asked us to expand the division.” According to a release sent out by RMC Events, members of the External Services division can expect to work in public-facing, guest service type positions with opportunities available for the day, afternoon, or overnight assignments based upon their preference. These jobs offer paid training, no uniform costs, a guaranteed performance-based pay escalation program, and full-time perks including health and dental benefits and paid time off. Schmitt says RMC Events is offering permanent full-time 40-hour-a-week jobs across all areas of central Virginia from Petersburg, to New Kent, to Western Short Pump and downtown Richmond. “We’re looking to hire 100 individuals in 100 days. In the last 3 or 4 years We’ve seen our external services program development which is mainly safety, access control folks for college campuses and local businesses,” said Schmitt. “Some of it is COVID Screenings some of it is guest screenings as they enter our partner’s facilities. RMC Events provides event staffing support services to colleges/universities, NASCAR facilities, fairs, festivals, and over 150 sporting and entertainment venues across the Commonwealth of Virginia. In addition, RMC Events provides community safety and guest service personnel, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, on college campuses and other sites. Interested applicants can apply HERE. A.J. Nwoko A.J. Nwoko is on your side every evening as a multimedia journalist at NBC12. His passion lies in telling stories about everyday people in his community doing extraordinary things and boldly overcoming adversity.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1942
__label__wiki	0.689917	0.689917	The Gridiron Nation Week 4: Jerod Smalley and Coach Conley preview OSU vs. Nebraska In this week’s edition of Coach Conley’s Corner, former OSU assistant Bill Conley and NBC4 Sports Director Jerod Smalley look ahead to Saturday’s night game between the Buckeyes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. More Buckeyes Stories CHAMPAIGN, Illinois (WCMH) — No. 21 Ohio State went on the road and took down No. 14 Illinois 87-81 as the Buckeyes knocked down 11 three-pointers and E.J. Liddell scored a game-high 26 points. The Buckeyes shot better than 53 percent from the field and led by double digits for most the game, including a 10-point lead with 2:30 left. But Illinois pulled within three points with 31 seconds left and within two points with 15 seconds left. Urban Meyer believes Jacksonville ‘is the place’ he can win in NFL JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Urban Meyer first started thinking about the NFL about a decade ago. He was getting phone calls from team owners. He was intrigued by the notion of testing his coaching skills at football’s highest level. He was ready to make the jump. Ohio State’s Wade elects to turn pro by Jerod Smalley / Jan 15, 2021 COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- Shaun Wade is departing Ohio State for a second time in the past six months, this time likely for good. On Friday morning, Wade announced on his Instagram account he will enter the NFL draft. Wade had elected to declare for the draft after the Big Ten canceled its football season in August but changed his mind after the league decided to bring football back.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1943
__label__wiki	0.645809	0.645809	Sex Beats Cloning (With Change in Scenery) Oct. 13, 2010, 5:47 PM UTC / Source: LiveScience By Wynne Parry Rotifers are tiny aquatic creatures with options: They can have sex, or they can simply clone themselves. And this ability to go both ways has made them interesting subjects in the study of the evolution of sex. Now scientists find when these animals are moved between varied environments, they became more likely to seek out a mate, rather than creating the next generation on their own, sans sex. Why do scientists care? Because sex is messy and costly and is not the easiest way for organisms to propagate, so scientists have long wondered why it evolved at all from the original method - asexual reproduction, aka cloning. This study indicates that certain environmental conditions allow for the evolution of a higher rate of sex, in spite of the costs it entails. This finding could help explain why sex evolved, according to the researchers. [ Why We Have Sex: 237 Reasons ] The drawbacks to sex Sex between parents shuffles their genes before passing them on - not the simplest way to create offspring. "It would be so much easier to clone yourself. You don't have to find a mate, you don't have to spend time mating," Lutz Becks, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Toronto and a study researcher told LiveScience.com. The list goes on: Sex also has the potential to break up advantageous genetic combinations and, assuming each individual produces the same number of offspring, it produces half as many individuals by the third generation as compared with asexual reproduction. Theories explaining the evolution of sex focus on its role in shuffling genes as a means of purging harmful mutations or by allowing host species to evolve new defenses to fight off parasites. There is also theoretical evidence that sex evolves more easily in a spatially varied environment, which the researchers tested. A complicated life cycle Becks and University of Toronto colleague Aneil Agrawal gave the rotifers either high- or low-quality algae to eat. They then moved some of the rotifers between the high- and low-quality food environments. This "migration" created varied environments for them. Rotifers have complicated sex lives. If conditions are right, they can switch from asexual reproduction to sexual reproduction, but the change requires two generations - one generation for asexual females to switch from laying cloned eggs to laying eggs that produce sexual females. During the second generation, those sexual females then produce males, and the males and females can mate, producing eggs. Rotifers produce about one offspring per day. To study how much sex was going on among the rotifers, the scientist looked at the proportion of clones that switched to sexual reproduction and the percentage of sexually produced eggs. After 13 weeks, they found that sex had declined rapidly among the rotifers living in the homogenous environments of either all high- or all low-quality algae. However, among the rotifers that had to adjust to different environments as the scientists moved them around, the decline in the rate of sex was negligible. To get a better idea of what was going on, the scientists restarted the experiment, mixing all of the animals together. Because sex among the animals in the homogenous environments had declined markedly, this brought the overall rate of sex down below where it had been 13 weeks prior. However, after the experiment was restarted, the rate of sex among the animals in the varied environments climbed toward its previous rate, leading the scientists to believe that the rate of sex was reaching an equilibrium determined by the environment. This finding could potentially help explain the mysterious evolution of sex, said Becks. "There are so many theories out there, and we don’t really know what the answer is, why sex evolved," he said. The research appears in tomorrow’s (Oct. 14) issue of the journal Nature. 10 Surprising Sex Discoveries The Sex Quiz: Myths, Taboos and Bizarre Facts Origin of Sex Pinned Down Wynne Parry	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1944
__label__wiki	0.754464	0.754464	Home /Recent Post/Sangh atrocities in Gujarat, again in early May Sangh atrocities in Gujarat, again in early May FascismJune 13, 2006 "We kept calling the police but the phones were either switched off or busy. We finally called police control and they said go to Pakistan." said Yusuf Sheikh, a resident of the Panigate area of Vadodara speaking to NDTV. Several similar reports from residents of Vadodara point to police "participation" in the communal flare up in the city in the first week of May. Continued reports of the Mayor of Vadodara – Sunil Solanki – and the polices role in the violence has finally prompted the Home Ministry at the Centre to announce on May 16th a probe into the role of the police in the Vadodara violence. But the role of the police comes at the tail end of what must clearly be seen as yet another attempt by the Hindutva forces to flex their muscle in Gujarat. The setup for the violence came was the demolition of the 200-year-old Rasheeduddin Chisti dargah in Fatehpura by the Muncipal Corporation (directly under the control of Mayor Solanki) on grounds that it encroached on the road and caused traffic problems. How a 200-year-old structure that predates the construction of the very road it is supposed to be creating traffic problems on could be construed as encroachment defies all logic. If the language ofencroachment is to be used at all, then it was actually the road that encroached on the site of the dargah. Further, even legally, the Places of Worship Act grants "status quo" protection to all religious structures that were in place in 1947, and thus the Mayor and his Municipal Department were in clear violation of the law. The only comprehensible logic that was operating when Solanki, the Muncipal Corporation and the police went ahead with the demolition of the dargah then must be understood within the larger logic of Hindutva rule in Gujarat, where the policy is to keep the minority community constantly under attack on various fronts. Since the genocide of 2002, the situation in Gujarat continues to be one where the minority Muslim community faces daily threats of violence and continued economic and social boycott. The attack on the dargah and the community in its aftermath works from within such a logic of continued attack on the Muslim community. pressure was brought on the Home Ministry that Shivraj Patil finally orderedOn the night of May 3rd, various Muslim localities of Vadodara were surrounded by mobs and the threat of large scale carnage was imminent. Left forces from across India and abroad, including the CPM, managed to bring pressure on the Home Ministry to respond before it was too late. It was only after such the deployment of RAF and CRPF in Vadodara. In the end, six people died from three days of attacks. In the final analysis then, the Vadodara incident points to the role that the left must continue to play as long as a fascist State, such as the one currently in place in Gujarat, continues to operate. Our task is to be on high alert and block the State government's rightwing agenda, especially as we approach the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat next year. SANGH WATCH, INDIA Dissent is the Safety Valve… Killing Fields of Uttar Pradesh,… Racial-Communal Violence, Extra Judicial Killings… Another Brutal Killing in the… Pramod Muthalik hisses at ‘kiss… ‘Love jihad’ on official agenda… Maharashtra Sadan staffer forced to… Hindu nationalist organisations take root… After techie's killing, fear drives… Pune techie killed, SMS boasts…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1945
__label__wiki	0.517955	0.517955	Main Blog > Iron Maiden's Flying Tour Bus: Boeing 757 Named Ed Force One! Iron Maiden's Flying Tour Bus: Boeing 757 Named Ed Force One! Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 7:29 PM Photo: News46 [Flickr] Many travel bands go by bus, but not Iron Maiden ... they have their very own flying tour bus: a Boeing 757 named "Ed Force One", piloted by the band's frontman Bruce Dickinson. And yes, that's Eddie the band's mascot on the plane's tail. blogTO has the scoop: Link - Thanks Jerrold! Newest 5 Comments BLACKLISTED: junaid 1 • 05Feb09 7:02am • 0 KJ 5 VU GTHB86H0Y BLACKLISTED: Stephan 3 • 31Oct08 7:38am • 0 In the words of Jeff Spicoli... Awesome. Totally awesome! BLACKLISTED: TheSuperunknown • 21Mar08 6:14pm • 0 Actually, the plane doesn't belong to Iron Maiden but to Astraeus, the UK charter company for which Bruce Dickinson works, as it were, part-time (as a Captain). It's on loan to IM for the tour, and was repainted for the purpose. BLACKLISTED: Pogee • 21Mar08 2:41pm • 0 Remember now, all that illegal downloading really, really, really hurts artists. Really. BLACKLISTED: hellish hound • 21Mar08 12:14pm • 0 Flying Heavy Metal - Discovery UK - Bruce Dickinson stars in it his official site: http://www.screamforme.com/ "Iron Maiden's Flying Tour Bus: Boeing 757 Named Ed Force One!"	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1946
__label__cc	0.594783	0.405217	Rabies is a viral disease that attacks the central nervous system of all mammals, including humans. Once symptoms appear, rabies is almost always fatal. Bats, foxes, dogs and raccoons are of primary concern in Niagara. Small mammals, such as mice, gerbils and hamsters have also been known to transmit rabies. Animals that are rabid will show a variety of signs ranging from withdrawal to aggression. Health care providers must report animal biting incidents to Niagara Region Public Health for follow-up investigation (O. Reg 558/01). Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. After hours: 905-984-3690 or 1-877-552-5579 How is rabies transmitted? Rabies is transmitted through infected saliva from bites and scratches. At this point there will be no symptoms of rabies in the person bitten. When the virus enters the body, it spreads through the nervous system until it reaches the brain. Once in the brain, the virus multiplies quickly and symptoms appear. The distance of virus entry from the brain will determine the length of time it takes for rabies symptoms to appear. In some cases, rabies symptoms may not appear for up to six months after the bite. It's never too late to start rabies vaccination following an animal bite. When should I consider vaccination? For an exposure to the neck or head, it may be necessary to start rabies post-exposure prophylaxis right away. Considerations should be given even in these circumstances to delay rabies post-exposure prophylaxis if the animal is domesticated, it's fully vaccinated against rabies, the bite was provoked, and there's a low prevalence of rabies in the area. If an animal is available for observation for a prescribed period by the health department, rabies post-exposure prophylaxis doesn't need to be started right away. You should wait the prescribed observation period before starting post-exposure prophylaxis. This is part of the investigation by Public Health. If an animal has tested positive for rabies by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, the local health unit will work with all partners, including the client's physician should such an event occur If the exposure is from a bat, there must be direct contact (defined as the bat touching or landing on a person) AND a bite, scratch or saliva exposure into a wound or mucous membrane. Factors indicating that direct contact has occurred include an individual waking up crying or yelling or the presence of a new bite or scratch. In a child or an adult who is unable to give a reliable history, any direct contact with a bat should be considered a reason for intervention, including contact through clothes. Post-exposure prophylaxis for rabies Wash and flush the wound with soap and water. This is probably the most effective part of preventing rabies. Consider healing by secondary intention (no suturing) Consider the need for tetanus vaccine Contact Public Health for rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine Rabies Immune Globulin* Rabies Vaccine** Previously unimmunized and immunocompetent Day 0 Days 0, 3, 7 and 14 (4-dose series) Previously unimmunized and immunocompromised Day 0 Days 0, 3, 7, 14 and 28 (5-dose series) Rabies immune globulin should be administered in and around the wound (bite, scratch) with the remainder given as a deltoid IM injection on the opposite side from the rabies vaccine. *Rabies vaccine should be given as an IM deltoid injection. What if my patient has been previously immunized against rabies? If your patient has been previously immunized against rabies, two doses of rabies vaccine (days 0 and 3), without rabies immune globulin, are recommended. Previously immunized individuals include: Completion of an approved course of pre-or post-exposure prophylaxis with approved rabies vaccine (Human Diploid Cell Vaccine or Purified Chick Embryo Cell Vaccine) Completion of immunization with other types of rabies vaccine or with Human Diploid Cell Vaccine or Purified Chick Embryo Cell Vaccine according to unapproved schedules as long as neutralizing rabies antibody has been demonstrated in serum A complete course of Human Diploid Cell Vaccine or Purified Chick Embryo Cell Vaccine plus rabies immune globulin is recommended for those who may have received rabies vaccines in the past but don't fulfill the criteria above. A serum sample may be collected before vaccine is given and if protective antibody (>0.5 IU/mL) is demonstrated the course may be discontinued, provided that at least two doses of vaccine have been given. Canadian Immunization Guide rabies chapter For more information, contact Niagara Region Public Health at 905-688-8248 ext. 7590 or 1-888-505-6074. Physical Activity, Nutrition Smoking, Drugs Paramedics, Dispatch Contact Health	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1949
__label__wiki	0.574391	0.574391	Skip Section Navigation zxz Advancing History Acquisition Program Medical Treasures Plan Onsite Research NLM History Talks Archives & Modern Manuscripts Prints & Photographs Rare Books & Journals Browse Exhibitions Host NLM Traveling Exhibitions NLM Digital Collections LocatorPlus™ Library Catalog IndexCat™ Bibliographic Records Images from the History of Medicine Finding Aids Consortium Directory of History of Medicine Collections Historical Collections Copyright Information Patron Guide for Historical Materials Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship Find a Program or Person IndexCat™ IndexCat Get Involved: Host NLM Traveling Exhibitions HOST EXHIBITIONS Apply for an NLM Traveling Exhibition Each year, hundreds of libraries and cultural institutions across the U.S. and around the world host NLM traveling exhibitions. These roll–up displays present inspiring stories about history, society, and medicine drawn from the world–renowned collections of the NLM and help connect visitors to the NLM's trusted health information resources. They are available to host free of charge. NLM traveling exhibitions provide unique opportunities to verse your community in NLM offerings like MedlinePlus and PubMed. partner with your local Network of National Library of Medicine (NNLM) members for support and collaboration. publicize your institution through programming and activities that incorporate NLM offerings. establish community partnerships and share NLM health information resources with partner institutions. use NLM offerings to foster health literacy in your community. For more information, join the NLM Traveling Exhibitions listserv. First, join the NLM Traveling Exhibitions listserv to receive notification when the opportunity to apply for an exhibition opens up. Then, follow these steps. 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Below, you’ll find programming ideas that highlight NLM health information resources. They serve as examples of the types of programs and activities that could complement a traveling exhibition depending on your community’s needs and institutional resources. Submit your completed NLM Traveling Exhibition Application(s) to NLMExhibitionApplications@nih.gov. You will receive a confirmation email. NLM will select 14 host sites based on the quality of public programming plans described in the applications and post the confirmed itineraries on the listserv after confirming with the selected host venues. Note: You will not receive notification if NLM does not select your application. Programming with NLM Health Information Resources NLM offers high-quality, reliable biomedical and health information through print collections and electronic resources. Put NLM health information resources at the core of the programming plans you describe in your application to host an exhibition. Develop programs that are relevant, accessible, and practical for you and your community. The following ideas exemplify how this can be done: Plan seasonal programming or National Health Observance events around NLM health information resources: For Talk to Your Doctor Month (August) or World AIDS Day (December), partner with a local research hospital to use ClinicalTrials.gov to share accessible information about what clinical trials are, the range of ways to participate, and what questions to ask when considering enrolling in HIV/AIDS-related clinical trials. During Black History Month (February) or Health Insurance Enrollment Month (September), celebrate Black excellence through learning the story of Dr. Leonidas Berry and his fight to desegregate medicine. Have participants write or create art about who they look up to and why in the history of health and health care. Support library career development using NLM health information resources: Devote a series of library staff professional development sessions to how to use NLM's medical informatics resources to support health IT and researchers. Host an information session, application reviews, or mock interviews for people from underrepresented groups applying for the NLM Associate Fellowship Program for Librarians or the Biomedical Informatics Training Program. Improve community health with easy–to–access health information resources: Choose a free health-related e-book or get an NNLM Reading Club kit for your next book club. Invite nursing students or local nurses from across your region to a training course on Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice and introduce pre-formulated PubMed special queries. Develop and market a health information portal on your website with easily accessible links to multilingual health information in the most common languages in your community. Close Close All Open All Email us at NLMTravelingExhibits@nih.gov. Coming Soon! NLM Traveling Exhibitions For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform/ Para todo el pueblo: Un siglo de acción ciudadana en la reforma de la atención de la salud Often, the public associates health care reform with presidents and national leaders, but communities, workers, activists, and health care professionals have made their voices heard in the debate about whether and how to make quality health care available to all. For All the People/Para todo el pueblo, an English- and Spanish-language, 12-banner exhibition, tells the lesser-known story of how movements of ordinary citizens helped shape the changing American health care system. LEARN more about the exhibition. Making a World of Difference: Stories about Global Health Around the world, communities, in collaboration with scientists, activists, governments, and international organizations, are taking up the challenge to prevent disease and improve quality of life. Making a World of Difference examines stories of the people who are working on a wide range of issues—from community health to conflict, disease to discrimination—to improve health in their areas and beyond. Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine in Harry Potter's World In 1997, British author J. K. Rowling introduced the world to Harry Potter. Since then, millions of readers have followed Harry’s story. The magic in the Harry Potter novels is based partially on Renaissance traditions that played an important role in the development of Western science, including alchemy, astrology, and natural philosophy. Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine in Harry Potter's World explores the intersection of these worlds in the NLM’s History of Medicine collection. Confronting Violence: Improving Women's Lives/ Enfrentando La Violencia: mejorando la vida de las mujeres Activists and reformers in the United States have long recognized the harm of domestic violence and sought to improve the lives of women who were battered. Beginning in the late 1970s, nurses were in the vanguard as they pushed the larger medical community to identify victims, adequately respond to their needs, and work towards the prevention of domestic violence. Confronting Violence/Enfrentando la Violencia, an English- and Spanish-language, 12-banner exhibition explores these developments during latter half of the 20th century, when nurses took up the call. Confronting Violence: Improving Women's Lives Activists and reformers in the United States have long recognized the harm of domestic violence and sought to improve the lives of women who were battered. Beginning in the late 1970s, nurses were in the vanguard as they pushed the larger medical community to identify victims, adequately respond to their needs, and work towards the prevention of domestic violence. Confronting Violence, Improving Women’s Lives, the English-only counterpart to the bilingual exhibition, explores the developments during latter half of the 20th century, when nurses took up the call. For All the People Often, the public associates health care reform with presidents and national leaders, but communities, workers, activists, and health care professionals have made their voices heard in the debate about whether and how to make quality health care available to all. For All the People: A Century of Citizen Action in Health Care Reform tells the lesser-known story of how movements of ordinary citizens helped shape the changing American health care system. From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry Over the past two centuries, scientists, in partnership with industry, have developed techniques using and modifying life forms like yeast, molds, and bacteria, to create a host of new therapies and produce better foods and beverages. From DNA to Beer: Harnessing Nature in Medicine and Industry explores some of the processes, problems, and potential inherent in technologies that use microorganisms for health and commercial purposes. Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine During the American Civil War, African Americans overcame prejudices to serve as soldiers, nurses, surgeons, laundresses, cooks, and laborers. Their participation challenged the prescribed notions about race and gender and pushed the boundaries of Blacks’ role in America. Binding Wounds, Pushing Boundaries: African Americans in Civil War Medicine explores the stories of men and women who came from different backgrounds and life experiences, but whose desire to participate in the cause for freedom transcended class, education, and social position. Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn! People have told stories of illness from the perspective of their personal experiences using many mediums. The art of comics, which combines words and pictures, gives approachability and emotional impact to these personal stories, and even to the clinical data they sometimes include. Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well Drawn! explores the meaning of an emerging genre of medical literature that combines the art of comics and the personal illness narrative. Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons African Americans have always practiced medicine, as physicians, healers, midwives, or “root doctors.” Early Black physicians became not only skilled practitioners, but also educators and trailblazers, paving the way for future physicians, surgeons, and nurses, as well as improving health care for African American communities. Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons recognizes this long tradition and those pioneers, by highlighting contemporary surgeons and educators who exemplify excellence in their fields and mentor younger generations of African American physicians. The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkings Gilman and “The Yellow Wall–Paper” During a time when women were challenging traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life, artist and writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story titled "The Yellow Wall-Paper.” The Literature of Prescription explores the story behind Gilman’s indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting women’s professional and creative opportunities. Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America In 1793, yellow fever ravaged Philadelphia. Citizens confronted the epidemic in the absence of an effective cure or consensus about the origins of the disease. Medical professionals, early political parties, and private citizens seized on the epidemic to advance their respective agendas. As a result, Philadelphia’s sick and dying received medical care informed as much by politics as by the best available science. Politics of Yellow Fever in Alexander Hamilton’s America considers how science and politics helped determine the response to the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Last Reviewed: October 8, 2020 Circulating Now	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1950
__label__cc	0.742293	0.257707	U.S Presidential Election (2016) Re: U.S Presidential Election (2016) Posted: July 1st, 2015, 2:07 am by Pratham Cilogy wrote: Who wouldn't want a president who puts his name in big gold letters on everything he owns? Who's that? I'm out of the loop. by CoolwhipSpecial Pratham wrote: Trump. Posted: July 1st, 2015, 12:13 pm by AsianVersionOfET Posted: July 1st, 2015, 1:43 pm by the_red_ninja Can someone please explain Jeb's relation to W? by Cilogy the_red_ninja wrote: Can someone please explain Jeb's relation to W? W's younger and slightly smarter brother. Cilogy wrote: that's not saying much, is it? by Michaelf2225 He's also basically a democrat and wouldn't be much of a change from who's in office now. This is going to be a typical conservative suggestion, but honestly, if republicans want to win the next election, they need someone like Reagan, who can unite the entire population, even when half of said population doesn't really agree with his viewpoints. Unfortunately, they don't really have anyone like that. Out of the republicans, I like Carson the best... I think. But he won't stand a chance if he doesn't learn to talk like a damn politician. Saying that being gay is a choice, and citing men coming out of prison gay, is not going to get you very far in an election today. The reason I like him tough, is because since he isn't a politician, and isn't involved in all that bullshit that happens in Washington. Michaelf2225 wrote: No, he's just an idiot in plain clothes. by SilverHeart Donald Trump Defends Mexico Rape Comments: "Somebody's Doing the Raping" This is a fucking headline and quote from a presidential candidate, VERBATIM: "Well, somebody's doing the raping, Don! I mean somebody's doing it! Who's doing the raping? Who's doing the raping? by RIFA CoolwhipSpecial wrote: The reason I like him tough, is because he isn't a politician, and isn't involved in all that bullshit that happens in Washington. I see this being thrown a lot when it comes to elections. It's nonsense. Sure, you might not be a politician but no man will get backed up by a party without him being involved in all "the bullshit". Whether he's aware that he's part of it or not then that's another topic and to be frank, if he's not aware he's being part of something bigger than him then he's not the man to rule a country anyway. You'd really prefer someone that naive to rule your country? Doubt it. Regardless of all the above, IF someone that isn't part of the bullshit somehow ends up becoming the president, you should damn well know he's going to be part of it afterwards, once he's sitting in his office and he's being introduced to the system that's been working for decades. Bullshit is part of politics and as long as politics rule the world... all you need to do as a voter is to be as wise as possible. This includes actually voting and not staying home when the day comes. Otherwise you're part of the problem your claim you want to be solved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1951
__label__cc	0.619743	0.380257	Design A Healing Experience We invite you to explore the many unique ways to celebrate and honor a life. Whether you choose burial or cremation, having a service to honor life, and a permanent place to visit remains, is an essential part of the healing process. We’ll educate you on the traditional and nontraditional inclusions in these ceremonies—and help you design an observance that’s as unique as the life it’s about. Comfort in Tradition. We’ll help you design a service with classic rites and rituals that will feel like timeless tributes. Patriotic Honor. Show the deepest respect to a veteran with a flag presentation and 21-rifle salute. Together Is Better. For burials and cremations, create a unifying service with readings, memories and spirituality. Savor Memories. Gather loved ones with a delicious feast in a relaxed gathering. Ride Strong. Bring a prized vehicle into the service, from a fire truck they served on to a restored hot rod. Bring family and friends together in a home or private garden, around familiar belongings. How Would You Like To Be Honored? Funerals unite people when they need each other most. These services can be opportunities to celebrate everything amazing about the life that was lived. And also to give guests a meaningful, healing experience. Explore a range of ideas and find what speaks to you. A Sporting Celebration. For fans, you can show the passion of the game through memorabilia, tailgating and more. Keepsakes and Heirlooms. Bring a set of objects that shares a treasured hobby, and guests can even leave with an item. The Game Goes On. For card sharks, Scrabble pros or billiard players, the game can be incorporated as a tribute. Take The Stage. For thespians and opera lovers, a theatrical event can be the perfect end to a brilliant life. Into The Deep. For a loved one who feels home at sea, cremated remains can be scattered over an expanse of ocean. Reach for the Stars. “Fly me to the moon; let me sing among those stars.” Many of us long to be able to travel among the planets of our solar system and out among the stars. Becoming part of the cosmos may be the perfect ‘send off’ for someone special. There are two facets of the design process. First, we ask you to consider how you wish to honor and celebrate the life. When those important decisions are made, we’ll turn to the issue of how you wish to care for the physical remains. It’s about bringing those you love together, at a time of loss. It’s a natural thing to do, and over time, has become a socially-expected practice. More importantly, a funeral or memorial service, whether traditional, or contemporary, is the first step in healing. You can have your service anywhere, and any way, you want. Your choices include the place of celebration, day of the week, and time of day; the musical selection, what prayers will be said or songs you’d like sung. We can arrange to have doves, butterflies, or balloons released at the close of the service. Keepsake gifts of wildflower seeds or a tree seedling can be given. We’re here to help you create the most memorable and meaningful service to honor your loved one. Burial or Cremation? Your next consideration focuses on choosing between burial and cremation. Usually, people are clear on this point. In fact, your loved one may have told you, or someone else, exactly how they wish to be cared for. But it can be a hard decision for some families, especially when the wishes of the deceased were never clearly stated. If that's the case, please know we're able to help you come to the perfect decision for your loved one, and for you. Once you decide, the finer details come into focus. If you've chosen burial, then selection of the casket, vault, and desired cemetery follows. Naturally, we’re here to help you. If cremation is your choice, then you'll need to make the next decision: whether the cremated remains will be placed in a mausoleum niche, or buried on the cemetery grounds. In some communities, there's the option for a 'green burial.' If that's what your loved one would prefer, we'll help you select an environmentally-friendly choice. There are few decisions in life as personal as deciding where you wish to be permanently memorialized. After all, it is a decision that extends into the lifetimes of your children and grandchildren – where do you wish them to go to honor your memory and share their emotions? Ground Burial Deciding on the type of memorial property is a very personal decision. Nordike Funeral Home provides a setting where meditation, reflection, remembrance, and healing can take place. Mausoleums Mausoleums allow for above ground entombment in either community buildings or specially designed family structures. At one time the advantages of mausoleum entombment were available only to royalty, the famed or the very wealthy. Well-known mausoleums include the Taj Mahal, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Egyptian Pyramids. Mausoleum property is now affordable to most everyone. The mausoleum at Nordike Funeral Home is a community mausoleum with crypt spaces and cremation niche sections. Private family mausoleum property is also available. These mausoleums are individually designed, custom-built and personalized to reflect the traditions and values of the individual. Cremation niches, including those with glass front panels, are available in our mausoleum, and in our outdoor cremation Water Garden. We also provide bench, tree, and statue memorial interment of cremated remains. Create Your Perfect Ceremony Once you've explored the world of possibilities, map out the personalized services that speak to you. There's no option that's too grand or too unique. We want to make your wishes a reality. Design Your Service Find everything you need. Make choices about your future funeral now. Coping with Grief & Loss. © 2021 Nordike Funeral Home. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1952
__label__wiki	0.991478	0.991478	news, latest-news, A MAGISTRATE said community safety was at risk before she denied bail for a Tamworth man who allegedly assaulted staff and attacked police when the store ran out of toilet paper stocks. Wayne Ashley Philp is accused of a choke-hold on one Tamworth woman, and chucking tissue boxes at another; as well as attempting to put an officer in a headlock and grab the firearm of another. The alleged outburst occurred at Tamworth's Big W store in Tamworth Shoppingworld, before the confrontation with officers near the post office on Thursday morning. In Tamworth Local Court on Friday, magistrate Julie Soars found there was not enough support in the community for 50-year-old Philp to mitigate the risk he posed to public safety. READ ALSO: He faces six charges including assaulting two women and two officers and resisting police. He was tasered before he was eventually arrested. Philp, who is on an intensive corrections order (ICO) after a serious car crash, has a multitude of medical conditions, the court heard, including epilepsy and a mild intellectual disability. Police prosecutor Sergeant Rob Baillie said the "protection of the community was needed and "obviously it flows, commission of further serious offences". "An unprovoked attack on two people going about their daily lives, in their work," he said. Sergeant Baillie said Philp "certainly has struggles" but he had "a very lengthy history", and that needed to be balanced against the risks which he said "cannot be mitigated". Legal Aid solicitor Edward McMahon said Philp could live at his Tamworth home; and offered a "place exclusion from the Big W store where this offence occurred"; and could attend all medical appointments. He said despite the panic around the coronvirus "pandemic" in "the media", he told the court it was a "unique set of circumstances" and Phil "was particularly frustrated". "What it is, is a man with autism ... whose usual practice is to bulk-buy toilet paper on a regular basis," Mr McMahon said. "He's taken out his frustration in a totally unacceptable way." He said he was unable to enter pleas "in order to explore a few issues". "He is a man with quite special needs," Mr McMahon told the court. Sergeant Baillie continued to oppose bail and said "the offences still occurred" while he was subject to a community-based jail sentence. "It's a fine balancing act between the needs of a man who clearly has some disabilities against the protection of the community," he said. "This is a man that needs some more structure." Ms Soars said she could not be satisfied with "the current level of support" offered by the NDIS to Philp in the community and "that those bail conditions can reduce the risk to acceptable levels". "I have to refuse him bail, because of a risk of further offending and danger to the community," she said. "I do have concerns; he's a vulnerable person in the community." She said "that level of support" Philp had needed to be investigated to see what was on offer for him from the NDIS in the community "for his needs". Philp will remain in custody until he returns to court later this month. Want more crime and court news? Support the local news that keeps you informed - subscribe today /images/transform/v1/crop/frm/3FRrb3AuBjKJGNhBeTSDxy/7f7edcda-a4a6-4347-9edd-6695f7ab70e1.jpg/r0_206_2000_1336_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg March 6 2020 - 5:30PM Tamworth toilet paper arrest: Wayne Ashley Philp denied bail, charged with assaulting police, Big W employees in Tamworth No bail: Wayne Ashley Philp is charged with six offences after the violent confrontation unfolded in the Big W store in Tamworth Shoppingworld on Thursday morning. A MAGISTRATE said community safety was at risk before she denied bail for a Tamworth man who allegedly assaulted staff and attacked police when the store ran out of toilet paper stocks. Wayne Ashley Philp is accused of a choke-hold on one Tamworth woman, and chucking tissue boxes at another; as well as attempting to put an officer in a headlock and grab the firearm of another. The alleged outburst occurred at Tamworth's Big W store in Tamworth Shoppingworld, before the confrontation with officers near the post office on Thursday morning. In Tamworth Local Court on Friday, magistrate Julie Soars found there was not enough support in the community for 50-year-old Philp to mitigate the risk he posed to public safety. 'Critically ill' father hit son first, court told in bail application Passenger killed, driver injured while in charity car rally Police charge man following string of alleged incidents He faces six charges including assaulting two women and two officers and resisting police. He was tasered before he was eventually arrested. Philp, who is on an intensive corrections order (ICO) after a serious car crash, has a multitude of medical conditions, the court heard, including epilepsy and a mild intellectual disability. Police prosecutor Sergeant Rob Baillie said the "protection of the community was needed and "obviously it flows, commission of further serious offences". UPDATE \| #Tamworth man charged with attacking customer and police in toilet paper stoush https://t.co/DdVUO2l3W8 via @The_NDL — Breanna Chillingworth (@breannachill) March 5, 2020 "An unprovoked attack on two people going about their daily lives, in their work," he said. Sergeant Baillie said Philp "certainly has struggles" but he had "a very lengthy history", and that needed to be balanced against the risks which he said "cannot be mitigated". Legal Aid solicitor Edward McMahon said Philp could live at his Tamworth home; and offered a "place exclusion from the Big W store where this offence occurred"; and could attend all medical appointments. He said despite the panic around the coronvirus "pandemic" in "the media", he told the court it was a "unique set of circumstances" and Phil "was particularly frustrated". "What it is, is a man with autism ... whose usual practice is to bulk-buy toilet paper on a regular basis," Mr McMahon said. "He's taken out his frustration in a totally unacceptable way." He said he was unable to enter pleas "in order to explore a few issues". "He is a man with quite special needs," Mr McMahon told the court. Sergeant Baillie continued to oppose bail and said "the offences still occurred" while he was subject to a community-based jail sentence. "It's a fine balancing act between the needs of a man who clearly has some disabilities against the protection of the community," he said. "This is a man that needs some more structure." Ms Soars said she could not be satisfied with "the current level of support" offered by the NDIS to Philp in the community and "that those bail conditions can reduce the risk to acceptable levels". "I have to refuse him bail, because of a risk of further offending and danger to the community," she said. "I do have concerns; he's a vulnerable person in the community." She said "that level of support" Philp had needed to be investigated to see what was on offer for him from the NDIS in the community "for his needs". Philp will remain in custody until he returns to court later this month. Want more crime and court news? Support the local news that keeps you informed - subscribe today Discuss "No bail for Philp after stoush turns violent over loo paper stocks"	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1954
__label__cc	0.698623	0.301377	Dogs not allowed at Alementary Brewing Co., Health Department says Rebecca King Dogs will no longer be allowed in The Alementary Brewing Co. in Hackensack. Alementary has operated for three years as a dog-friendly establishment, often hosting adoption events. It announced on its Facebook page that the Hackensack Health Department has decided they can no longer allow dogs in the brewery or in the outdoor biergarten. The post also said, "When you visit the taproom, we will provide you with a card of phone numbers you can call to express your disappointment." The Hackensack Health Department could not immediately be reached for comment. Followers of The Alementary took to Facebook to express their disagreement with the decision. "Wow, NJ is making it literally impossible for you guys and other breweries to stay in business," wrote one commenter. "Fortunately I live in NY where the doggies and food trucks are still welcome. Sad to see NJ turning against their own small businesses. I hope this changes." More rules for NJ breweries:State will limit the number of events for breweries More:Callahan's and Hackensack Brewing Company unite to create hot dog toppings with beer Others agreed with the Health Department. "It’s not the fault of the Hackensack Health Department," another wrote. "NJ Admin Code Chapter 24 considers beer food. There are no 'pet friendly' breweries, only breweries that haven’t been fined yet." Hackensack Brewing Co. also received a warning from the Health Department, stating that no pets were allowed in the establishment, as per the NJ State Code Chapter 24-6.5: "Sanitation in retail food establishments and food and beverage vending machines." On its Facebook page, Hackensack Brewing Co. pointed out in a post that as a brewery they are not allowed to sell food on its premises. Because of that stipulation, those at Hackensack Brewing feel that the sanitation rule should not apply to them. The Alementary is located at 58 Voorhis Lane, Hackensack; 201-968-1290, alementary.com. Hackensack Brewing Co. is located at 78 Johnson Ave., Hackensack; 201-880-1768, hackensackbrewing.com.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1955
__label__wiki	0.59454	0.59454	Author: northyorkeyeclinic NEW ALCON – PRECISION1 ONE DAY CONTACT LENSES NEW PRECISION1 ONE DAY CONTACT LENSES PRECISION1® daily contact lenses provide lasting visual performance and comfort, through the use of SMARTSURFACE Technology – a permanent, micro-thin layer of moisture for greater than 80% lens surface water content. They’re made with verofilcon A material with Class I UV-blocking capabilities to absorb more than 90% of UVA and 99% of UVB. PRECISION1 is the first mainstream daily disposable contact lens to use SMARTSURFACE Technology to deliver lasting visual performance and comfort. “PRECISION1 is designed to provide lasting visual performance for patients who wear their contact lenses from early morning to late at night,” said David Endicott, Chief Executive Officer, Alcon. “PRECISION1 will be well-positioned as a mainstream daily disposable that complements our premium DAILIES TOTAL1®and value-driven DAILIES®AquaComfort PLUS®contact lenses, further expanding our contact lens portfolio to give us long-term growth opportunities in 2020 and beyond as we continue to develop our promising pipeline.” PRECISION1 was designed to address the common reasons why 1-in-5 new wearers discontinue contact lens wear within the first year: poor vision, poor comfort and handling issues. The lenses help new daily disposable contact lens wearers overcome these issues by providing precise vision, long-lasting comfort and ease of handling. It also introduces a new lens material – verofilcon A with Class 1 ultraviolet-blocking capabilities (the highest level available) – created specifically for PRECISION1 by Alcon Research and Development. NEW Bausch + Lomb ULTRA Multifocal for Astigmatism Contact Lenses To enhance the contact lens wearing experience and address these needs, Bausch + Lomb ULTRA Multifocal for Astigmatism contact lenses, the most advanced soft contact lens design in the history of Bausch + Lomb, have been engineered for maximized wearing comfort, exceptional visual clarity and stability and efficient fitting. The lens offers a complete package of toric and multifocal advancements with the seamless transition of the company’s 3-Zone Progressive design and the stability offered from the OpticAlign design with MoistureSeal® technology. Bausch + Lomb ULTRA Multifocal for Astigmatism contact lenses were designed to reduce these traditional barriers to lens wear by offering an easy-to-fit, multifocal toric lens. Bausch + Lomb Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism to provide patients a lens with excellent comfort and vision that can be fit during the initial contact lens exam. The majority of all adults ages 40 or older currently wear some type of vision correction, with nearly one-third of those being astigmatic. Previously, eye care professionals who decided to move forward with a multifocal toric lens fitting for these patients were unable to do so during the initial visit. They were required to special order the lenses and schedule a follow-up appointment for a fitting. With Bausch + Lomb Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism contact lenses, eye care professionals will have the ability to immediately fit patients with these lenses as a standard offering in the fitting set. Bausch + Lomb Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism lenses will not only deliver on these benefits by providing these patients a same-day fitting option that addresses their presbyopia and astigmatism, but also a unique differentiator in my practice with the reliability of a trusted brand. Acuvue Oasys “TRANSITIONS” contact lenses are now available at North York Eye Clinic North York Eye Clinic is proud to announce a new revolutionary contact lens from Johnson & Johnson Vision Care called Acuvue Oasys Transitions Contact Lenses. Based on the Acuvue Oasys material, it is also a two week disposable contact lens. The revolutionary Acuvue Oasys with Transitions Light Intelligent Technology lenses experience fits the bill, thanks to a dynamic photochromic filter that responds to changing light conditions—indoors and out—by reducing exposure to bright light, filtering out blue light, blocking UV rays and, of course, providing vision correction at the same time. Call the office at 647-352-5553 to book a contact lens fitting at North York Eye Clinic. MiSight® 1 day by CooperVision for Myopia Control https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coopervision-releases-four-year-data-on-landmark-misight-1-day-contact-lens-study-pioneering-approach-slows-myopia-progression-in-children-300713073.html CooperVision Releases Four-Year Data on Landmark MiSight® 1 Day Contact Lens Study; Pioneering Approach Slows Myopia Progression in Children – Latest data from the Clinical Evaluation of a Dual-Focus Myopia Control 1-Day Soft Contact Lens Study shared during the BCLA Asia Conference and Exhibition in Singapore – Innovative approach continues to substantially slow myopia progression and eye elongation among children continuing to wear the MiSight® contact lens in year four – Switching control group into MiSight® during the latest year demonstrates the technology also benefits older children SINGAPORE, Sept. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — New four-year study data shows the significant impact of a pioneering contact lens management approach to slowing the progression of myopia (nearsightedness) in children, including those whose treatment begins later. CooperVision is presenting the multi-year study’s latest outcomes during the BCLA Asia conference in Singapore this week, at which the globally increasing prevalence of myopia is among the most widely discussed issues. The ongoing clinical trial is assessing a specially-designed, dual-focus myopia control 1-day soft contact lens in reducing the rate of progression of juvenile-onset myopia. The lens is commercially available as CooperVision® MiSight® in select countries.1 “Four-year results on the efficacy of our innovative myopia control lens represent a landmark in slowing myopia progression. The treatment is continuing to work for children who have been wearing MiSight® contact lenses for the entire study, and their axial length progression in this last year has slowed further. This illustrates the benefits of beginning myopia management as early as possible to maximize the benefit,” said Paul Chamberlain, Director of Research Programs for CooperVision. After year three, myopia progression slowed in children wearing the MiSight® contact lens: 59% as measured by mean cycloplegic spherical equivalent (SE) and 52% as measured by mean axial elongation of the eye when compared to the children in the control group wearing a single vision 1-day contact lens. In year four, children in the original control group were refit with the myopia control lens, and then continued to be tracked separately. Use of the dual-focus contact lens — which has alternating visual correction and treatment zones — was effective in slowing myopia progression in both groups: There was a significant reduction in myopic progression for the previous single vision 1-day wearers, indicating that MiSight® contact lenses are also effective when beginning myopia management at an older age. There were no significant differences between groups for change in Spherical Equivalent Refractive Error and Axial Length over 12 months. Axial length growth of 0.07mm in the MiSight® group and 0.06mm in the previous control group, compared to 0.10mm seen in the MiSight® group in year three, represents further myopia slowing as the children age. There were no significant differences in myopia progression rates for two demographically matched populations in their first versus fourth years of MiSight® contact lens wear. No other prospective randomized controlled study has offered conclusive data for such a high degree of continued efficacy in myopia management using a 1-day soft contact lens over four years. The contact lens-based approach does not induce common side effects exhibited by some alternative pharmacological therapies. The prevalence of myopia is projected to increase from approximately two billion people worldwide in 2010 to almost five billion people in 20502, bringing with it near- and long-term health challenge Not only does it create blurred vision, but also increases the likelihood of conditions later in life such as glaucoma, cataract, retinal detachment and myopic maculopathy if not addressed. “The four-year results are another great learning for CooperVision and the entire optical industry on the capability to slow the progression of myopia in children. Though children benefit at whatever age the treatment is started, the sooner their myopia is managed with MiSight® contact lenses, the more effect and benefit they receive in reducing final levels and the future risk of related vision impairment issues,” said Stuart Cockerill, Senior Director, Myopia Management. Physiological changes among 100 myopic children from Singapore, Canada, England, and Portugal were evaluated during the fourth year. 1 MiSight® 1 day contact lenses are currently available for sale in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Nordic Region, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. MiSight® is not approved in the United States.2 Holden et al, Ophthalmology 2016. About CooperVision CooperVision, a unit of The Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE: COO), is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of soft contact lenses. The Company produces a full array of monthly, two-week and daily disposable contact lenses, all featuring advanced materials and optics. CooperVision has a strong heritage of solving the toughest vision challenges such as astigmatism and presbyopia; and offers the most complete collection of spherical, toric and multifocal products available. Through a combination of innovative products and focused practitioner support, the company brings a refreshing perspective to the marketplace, creating real advantages for customers and wearers. For more information, visit coopervision.com. About The Cooper Companies The Cooper Companies, Inc. (“Cooper”) is a global medical device company publicly traded on the NYSE (NYSE: COO). Cooper is dedicated to being A Quality of Life Company™ with a focus on delivering shareholder value. Cooper operates through two business units, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. CooperVision brings a refreshing perspective on vision care with a commitment to developing a wide range of high-quality products for contact lens wearers and providing focused practitioner support. CooperSurgical is committed to advancing the health of families with its diversified portfolio of products and services focusing on women’s health, fertility and diagnostics. Headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., Cooper has more than 12,000 employees with products sold in over 100 countries. For more information, please visit www.coopercos.com. Media ContactMike McDougall, APR, Fellow PRSAMcDougall Communications for CooperVision, Inc. mike@mcdougallpr.com or +1-585-434-2150 SOURCE CooperVision Bausch + Lomb Receives FDA Clearance For Ultra Multifocal For Astigmatism Contact Lenses Bausch + Lomb announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for Bausch + Lomb Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism contact lenses, the company’s first multifocal toric lens to be available as a standard offering. Bausch + Lomb says the monthly silicone hydrogel lens is the company’s most advanced soft contact lens design. “Eye care professionals have routinely stressed the need to have a readily available contact lens that addresses both presbyopia and astigmatism, underscoring the critical vision needs of this growing patient population,” Joe Gordon, U.S. president, Bausch + Lomb, said in a company news release. “Our in-house team of scientists and contact lens designers developed Bausch + Lomb Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism to provide patients a lens with excellent comfort and vision that can be fit during the initial contact lens exam. We anticipate Bausch + Lomb Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism will be available to eye care professionals and their patients by mid-2019.” The majority of all adults ages 40 or older currently wear some type of vision correction, with nearly one-third of those being astigmatic. Previously, eye care professionals who decided to move forward with a multifocal toric lens fitting for these patients were unable to do so during the initial visit. They were required to special order the lenses and schedule a follow-up appointment for a fitting. With Bausch + Lomb Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism contact lenses, eye care professionals will have the ability to immediately fit patients with these lenses as a standard offering in the fitting set. “As the population of astigmatic patients with presbyopia grows, the availability of a comfortable and convenient option to help this population of patients is critical,” said Gina Wesley, OD, Complete Eye Care of Medina, Minnesota. “I believe these new Bausch + Lomb Ultra Multifocal for Astigmatism lenses will not only deliver on these benefits by providing these patients a same-day fitting option that addresses their presbyopia and astigmatism, but also a unique differentiator in my practice with the reliability of a trusted brand.” ACUVUE® OASYS with Transitions™ Light Intelligent Technology™ Named in TIME’s ‘Best Inventions of 2018’ https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/acuvue-oasys-with-transitions-light-intelligent-technology-named-in-times-best-inventions-of-2018-700709662.html PINELLAS PARK, Fla., Nov. 16, 2018 /CNW/ — TIME has selected ACUVUE® OASYS with Transitions™ Light Intelligent Technology™ as one of the ‘Best Inventions of 2018,’ in its annual round-up spotlighting groundbreaking innovations worldwide. Developed through a strategic partnership between Johnson & Johnson Vision and Transitions Optical, an Essilor International Company, this innovation represents an entirely new category of contact lenses that provides wearers with vision correction and reduces blaring lightii,iii for all-day soothing vision.iv,v ACUVUE® OASYS with Transitions™ Light Intelligent Technology™ – built for a modern and active lifestyle – helps reduce exposure to bright light indoors and outdoors, including filtering blue lightvi and blocking UV rays that can impact eye comfort, vision and health.† ‡ vii,viii,ix,x,xi The lenses help the eyes manage different types of light at different intensities and brightness throughout the day. Combining the strengths and expertise of each company, the contact lens was born out of deep research into consumer lifestyle needs. Transitions Optical has long been the leader in light management technology, mastering light for over 28 years. It has a long history of product innovations and strategic partnerships that have enabled the company to break new ground, grow the photochromic category and introduce the benefits of light adaptation to more patients. It took more than a decade to combine the revolutionary light-adaptive Transitions technology with these advanced contact lenses. The result are lenses that deliver a first-of-its-kind benefit, going beyond vision correction to be as nimble as consumers are in their everyday lives. “We are very proud to see ACUVUE® OASYS with Transitions™ Light Intelligent Technology™ selected by TIME magazine as one of the ‘Best Inventions of 2018’. This innovation will revolutionize contact lenses and photochromics by introducing the benefits of light adaptation to more patients,” said Chrystel Barranger, president of Essilor Photochromics and Transitions Optical. “Addressing the unmet needs of contact lens wearers, this innovation contributes to achieving our mission to bring good vision to each person on the planet.” The two-week reusable contact lens, which will be marketed by Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., continuously adapts from clear to dark and back, helping eyes adjust to changing light better than they would on their own.viiACUVUE OASYS with Transitions begin to darken as soon as they’re exposed to UV or HEV light, thanks to Transitions Light Intelligent Technology, becoming dark in 45 seconds – and fade back from dark to clear within 90 seconds when going from outdoors to indoors.vii At full activation, the lenses block up to 70 percent of visible light and filters light indoors, even in its clearest state.vii The revolutionary invention is designed to offer the highest level of UV protection available in contact lenses and are the only contact lens that provides 100% protection against UVB rays. † ‡ vii, viii The lenses received 510(k) clearance for the attenuation of bright light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in April of this year. They are expected to launch in the U.S. and other select markets in the first half of 2019. About Transitions Optical Transitions Optical is the leading provider of photochromic (smart adaptive) lenses worldwide, having been the first to successfully manufacture and commercialize plastic adaptive lenses in 1990. As a result of its relentless investment in research, development and technology, Transitions Optical offers a wide variety of eyeglass lens and shield products, setting new standards of advanced performance to provide ever increasing visual comfort and optimum harmful blue light protection, and always blocking 100% of UVA and UVB rays. Product leadership, consumer focus, and operational excellence have made the Transitions® brand one of the most recognized consumer brands in optics. For more information about the company and Transitions® Light Intelligent Technology™, visit Transitions.com or TransitionsPRO.com. Transitions Optical is a fully owned subsidiary of Essilor International. About Johnson & Johnson Vision At Johnson & Johnson Vision, we have a bold ambition: to change the trajectory of eye health around the world. Through our operating companies, we deliver innovation that enables eye care professionals to create better outcomes for patients throughout their lives, with products and technologies that address unmet needs including refractive error, cataracts and dry eye. In communities with greatest need, we work in collaboration to expand access to quality eye care, and we are committed to helping people see better, connect better and live better. Visit us at www.jjvision.com. Follow @JNJVision on Twitter and Johnson & Johnson Vision on LinkedIn. Important Information for Contact Lens Wearers: ACUVUE® Brand Contact Lenses are only available by prescription for vision correction as a daily wear lens with a two-week recommended replacement. An eye care professional will determine whether contact lenses are right for you. Although rare, serious eye problems can develop while wearing contact lenses. To help avoid these problems, follow the wear and replacement schedule and lens care instructions provided by your eye doctor. Do not wear contact lenses if you have an eye infection, or experience eye discomfort, excessive tearing, vision changes, redness or other eye problems. If one of these conditions occurs, remove the lens and contact your eye doctor immediately. For more information on proper wear, care and safety, talk to your eye care professional and ask for a Patient Instruction Guide, call 1-800-843-2020 or visit Acuvue.com. †Helps protect against transmission of harmful UV radiation to the cornea and into the eye. ‡WARNING: UV-absorbing contact lenses are NOT substitutes for protective UV-absorbing eyewear such as UV-absorbing goggles or sunglasses because they do not completely cover the eye and surrounding area. You should continue to use UV-absorbing eyewear as directed. NOTE: Long-term exposure to UV radiation is one of the risk factors associated with cataracts. Exposure is based on a number of factors such as environmental conditions (altitude, geography, cloud cover) and personal factors (extent and nature of outdoor activities). UV-blocking contact lenses help provide protection against harmful UV radiation. However, clinical studies have not been done to demonstrate that wearing UV-blocking contact lenses reduces the risk of developing cataracts or other eye disorders. Consult your eye care practitioner for more information. ACUVUE OASYS® is a trademark of Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. NEW ACUVUE OASYS® with Transitions® Light Intelligent Technology™ Johnson & Johnson Vision Announces Revolutionary Contact Lens Innovation with ACUVUE OASYS® with Transitions® Light Intelligent Technology™ Johnson & Johnson Vision today announced ACUVUE OASYS® with Transitions® Light Intelligent Technology™ first of its kind contact lens that provides wearers with vision correction and a dynamic photochromic filter that helps to continuously balance the amount of light entering the eye. These contact lenses quickly and seamlessly adjust from clear to dark in response to changing light conditions; reducing exposure to bright light indoors and outdoors, including filtering blue light and blocking UV rays+ ‡. NEW Air Optix Colors Contact Lenses – 3 New Colors Are Available to Order: Amethyst, True Sapphire and Turquoise Alcon Introduces AIR OPTIX® COLORS Contact Lenses Gemstone Collection, Creating New Ways to Enhance and Play with Eye Color Alcon, the global leader in eye care and a division of Novartis, is launching the new AIR OPTIX® COLORS Gemstone Collection of contact lenses, a trio of colors including Amethyst, True Sapphire and Turquoise. The new color palette gives consumers more ways to experiment and play with their eye color to further enhance their look. At the same time, Alcon is introducing 2-packs of AIR OPTIX® COLORS contact lenses that are affordably priced to make it even more convenient to try different colors. With the addition of the new Gemstone Collection, the full AIR OPTIX® COLORS contact lenses line now offers 12 color options to play with — including True Sapphire, Amethyst, Turquoise, Gray, Blue, Green, Pure Hazel, Brown, Sterling Gray, Brilliant Blue, Gemstone Green and Honey – to naturally enhance any eye color. New Transitions Colours available from Zeiss: BLUE, PIONEER GREEN and EXTRA GREEN Zeiss has launched NEW colors for Photofusion. As of today, you can order 3 NEW COLOURS. Transitions/Photofusion lenses available from Zeiss in : Blue, Pioneer Green and Extra Grey on your favourite Zeiss lenses! Zeiss – SNOW Goggles High Quality Ski Goggles by Zeiss. Available Zeiss Ski Goggles in a wide variety of colours and eye protection levels. Please e-mail the offie at info@northyorkeyeclinic.com if you have any questions.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1956
__label__cc	0.71541	0.28459	Global charitable initiatives Lynn Yang Norton Rose Fulbright LLP T:+86 21 6137 7022 Related services and key industries Key industry sectors Lynn Yang is a corporate lawyer based in Shanghai. Lynn focuses her practice on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investment, reorganization of investment portfolios in China in a wide range of sectors. She has extensive knowledge dealing with transactional and regulatory aspects of PRC-related financial services matters including insurance and fund management. Lynn's areas of practice also include capitals inflow and outflow under QFII, RQFII and QDII regime. Lynn is mentioned in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018, for Corporate and M&A: foreign firms, and Regulatory/Compliance: foreign firms respectively, and quoted as a leading individual in mergers and acquisitions in China in IFLR 1000 2018. Lynn has been recognised as a Stand-Out Talent by Acritas in its 2019 Stars Survey. She graduated from Peking University School of Law in 1995 and New York University School of Law in 2000 and was admitted to the New York Bar in March 2001. Lynn has worked for leading international law firms since 2000. She also had experience working as an in-house lawyer of a US Fortune 100 Company in Beijing from 1995 to 1999. Attorney at Law, admitted in New York Bayer AG and its affiliates on China aspects of the US$ 1 billion asset transfers for the divestiture of Bayer's Diabetes Care Business to Panasonic Healthcare Holdings; An UK private equity investor on the share restructuring and the proposed IPO at a Chinese stock exchange of a pharmaceutical company registered in the North China; A UK's leading media group on China aspect of disposal of certain data services business. The transaction in China involves share sales of several joint ventures and de-registration of a representative office in China; A leading European insurance group on its life joint venture, establishment of insurance asset management company and regulatory advise on its P&C joint venture in China; A leading insurance groups on its proposed acquisition of a life insurance joint venture in China; China Reinsurance Group on various cross-border reinsurance and regulatory matters and its proposed corporate strategy for its international operation; Several Chinese sovereign wealth funds and Chinese financial institutions on their overseas investments; A leading global asset management group on its proposed establishment of a private fund management company and the application for RQFII license. Norton Rose Fulbright’s Lynn Yang recognised in 2020 ALB China Top 15 Female Lawyers New Measures on Internet Insurance Business Publication \| January 07, 2021 Asia Pacific: Viewpoint: Surge in Asian insurance M&A as China eases foreign investment rules Publication \| November 12, 2020 China: China consolidates the QFII and RQFII regimes China: New Financial Holdco Licence introduced in China Publication \| September 25, 2020 All related knowledge	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1957
__label__wiki	0.970858	0.970858	Own a piece of history! "Apollo 50," our hardcover book about the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, has been released. Order for $39.95. Seminole CC names coach Seminole Community College has named Bobby Washington Jr. as its men's basketball coach. Washington served as SCC's interim head coach for the 2006-06 season. Rollins pounds Lynn Behind a solid pitching performance by freshman Nicole Anderson, the Rollins softball team earned a 7-1 win Friday over defending national champion Lynn University. Anderson pitched all seven innings for the Tars (43-16), surrendering only six hits and one run while striking out ten. Stetson signs two The Stetson women's tennis team has signed Breanna Atkinson and Natalie Gorham to national letters-of-intent, announced head coach Sasha Schmid. Atkinson, from Lakewood Ranch High, is a two-time team MVP and was chosen as the FACA West Florida Player of the Year. Gorham, who will graduate from Miami Palmetto High, earned state juniors ranking. Johnson sets record Florida State's Garrett Johnson broke the Penn Relays shot put record, winning the event with a distance of 68-41/2 in Philadelphia. SMU's Michael Carter, a seven-time NCAA shot put national champion, previously held the record. Florida passes 100,000 coronavirus cases as deaths rise to 3,173 Disney World announces more reopening dates for its hotels 2 new solar farms to deliver power to 6 Florida cities, including Orlando and Kissimmee Copyright © 2021, Orlando Sentinel	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1970
__label__cc	0.708354	0.291646	The Perlstein Lab scientists by Ethan Perlstein \| Jun 3, 2014 \| Science \| 0 comments I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce the Perlstein Lab scientists, in their own words. First up is Nina DiPrimio, Employee #1 at Perlstein Lab. I first met Nina last year at local DIY Bio meetups. When I started fundraising for Perlstein Lab earlier this year I spoke at an event in January hosted by Ryan Bethencourt at Berkeley BioLabs. Nina was there and she and I chatted after the event. She expressed interest in the lab, and the rest is history. Nina DiPrimio I first became interested in rare disease research during my graduate training in gene therapy. Specifically, I engineered adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors for enhanced gene delivery, while simultaneously learning about AAV assembly and trafficking. I was fortunate during my training to mentor a few students, which piqued my interest in science education. Post graduate school I took a position as teaching faculty at Carnegie Mellon to instruct molecular biology and cell and developmental biology laboratory courses. While I loved teaching, I missed being at the bench. I received my postdoctoral training in synthetic biology, which technique-wise is similar to gene therapy, just with different vectors and hosts. In my postdoc I engineered large biosensor libraries for the detection of natural and unnatural small molecules. We isolated functional biosensors via an E. coli in vivo two-hybrid selection system. Additionally, I engineered E.coli to biosynthesize small molecules. However, I was yearning to be back in a therapeutic domain and therefore sought out this amazing opportunity to develop high-throughput screens for orphan disease drug discovery. Education remains an important component of my career. Therefore, Mike Loukides and I started BioCoder, a quarterly synthetic biology and accessible biology related magazine published by O’Reilly Media. I am a molecular biologist, a gene therapy enthusiast, a virus lover, an editor, and an educator, hoping to help discover treatments and spread the word! Next up is Kiran Singh, Employee #2 and the youngest member of the core team. I was introduced to Kiran through a mutual friend in the SF biotech scene, Molly Maloof. Kiran Singh My name is Kiran; I’m a biochemist, programmer, and serious coffee addict. I finished my undergrad at UCSC in June of 2013 and after working for a short stint at a biotech start up in Menlo Park, came to work here at Perlstein Lab. During my undergrad I did a summer internship in Genentech’s Discovery Oncology Department in Richard Neve’s lab. What drew me to working here at Perlstein Lab was Ethan’s propensity to take risks. I was surprised by the lack of risk taking in biotech right now, particularly in early stage R&D. I’ve come to find people more and more are chasing leads and designing platforms that aren’t new or innovating, but merely a slight tweak on what was done in the past. The platform and business model here at Perlstein Lab is a fundamental shift away from your grandpa’s traditional biotech start up. I currently am a research associate at Perlstein Lab, working on some of my own projects, and helping where I can with everyone else’s. It’s an exciting, interesting place to begin my scientific career. Employee #3 at Perlstein Lab is Tom Hartl. Tom was a postdoc in Prof Matthew Scott’s lab at Stanford. I was introduced to Tom by Prof Scott. How? I emailed half a dozen Bay Area fly lab heads asking if one of their trainees was interested in working on orphan disease puzzles, and Scott was the only professor who came back to me with a name. Tom Hartl I have a strong background in the analysis of genetic disorders and birth defects, yet not in humans. Nope, I’m a molecular geneticist having used the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, to understand fundamental aspects of cell biology that pertain to human health. Whether they be yeast cells, fly cells, or human cells, much of how each of these species’ cells stay alive and healthy is identical. This is why organisms like C. elegans (worms), Drosophila (flies), and S. cerevisiae (yeast), which can be rapidly and inexpensively experimented upon, have led to so many important discoveries that guided therapy creation for humans. At Perlstein Lab, we are using reliable genetic methods to create worms, flies, yeast, and fish that carry genetic anomalies matching those of patients with an orphan disease. When we find a pharmacological therapy that will revert, for example, a fly’s and worm’s disease, we will have a very strong drug candidate to treat the human disease. Our approach is rapid and cost effective, and it will create therapies for patients in need. This is a tried-and-true approach. Hundreds of researchers like myself have been doing similar experiments with these simpler organisms for decades, but not at the scale we will implement and not targeting orphan diseases. My skill set makes me remarkably suited to go after orphan diseases. I have over a decade of high level expertise in molecular genetics and carried out my postdoctoral training at the Stanford University lab that created the first fly carrying a mutation in the Niemann-Pick Type C gene npc1.I’ve spent countless hours reading and writing about, and experimenting upon, a myriad of biological puzzles. I’m lucky that I can make a living carrying out my passion in solving mysteries behind cellular disease states that will improve the quality of life for orphan disease patients. And rounding out the core team is Sangeetha Iyer, aka Employee #4. Sangeetha responded to the free ad I posted on Nature Jobs. She was one out of close to a hundred applicants who sent me their CV. Sangeetha’s rose to the top, in part because of her experience working with worms as a model for drug discovery. Sangeetha Iyer I am a Scientist with over 7 years of experience in the development of invertebrate and vertebrate animal model systems for human diseases, assay development, rapid drug screening paradigms and discovery of novel modulators. I am particularly interested in neurological disorders that have their origin in genetic mutations. I received my Ph.D. in Molecular Pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh in the lab of Dr. Gregg E. Homanics. I started my graduate career generating and studying genetically engineered mice that bore differential sensitivity to alcohol and anesthetic effects. In studying these animals, I discovered that low and high doses of a synthetic neurosteroid modulator depended on different neuronal receptor subtypes to exert its effects. I also discovered that point mutations can be more deleterious than expected but that’s another story altogether. After my Ph.D., I moved to Austin, Texas to work on my postdoctoral research. In the lab of Dr. John Mihic, I learnt to use phage display to identify small specific peptide modulators of ion channels. Initially relying only on electrophysiology to characterize functional effects of peptides on ion channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes and HEK cells, I eventually started looking at simple model systems to study peptide effects. Thus began my affair with C. elegans. I started working with C. elegans in the lab of Dr. Jon Pierce-Shimomura to characterize effects of select peptides. I learned quickly that worms were very amenable to genetic manipulation and drug screening studies, provided you knew what to look for phenotypically. My years of studying mouse behavior came to my aid as I was able to quickly pick up nuances in worm behavior and find ways to track them. Further, with a nervous system encompassing 302 neurons, it was possible to use genetically encodable fluorescent markers to study neuronal development and fate. I worked with a C. elegans based Alzheimer’s disease model and discovered genetic and pharmacological means to prevent neurodegeneration. I also learned that I could get lost for hours looking at fluorescently-tagged worms tracking their sinuous, graceful movements on a bed of eerily translucent agar. At Perlstein Lab, I serve as the resident nematode researcher, optimizing lysosomal storage disease models, and designing rapid drug screening assays. I work with a fantastic group of researchers who share my love of everything quirky. In my spare time, I hike, obsess about redwoods and firs, rescue kittens and watch YouTube videos on kittens (like the rest of my peers). biotechbiotech startupsciencescientiststeam Inaugural post	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1977
__label__cc	0.571911	0.428089	We use cookies on this website, to find out more see our Cookie Policy . ... Saved Jobs Our Specialist Brands Our Specialist Divisions Pertemps Armed Forces Support Helping you return to the workplace safely Specialist Permanent Services Data Protection Request Pertemps Medical recognised by industry for compliance standards Pertemps Network Group is delighted to announce that one of its sister companies, Pertemps Medical Group, has been recognised by the recruitment industry for setting the highest standards for compliance performance. In earning the praise from judges at the Recruiter Awards 2020, the result means Pertemps Medical has become the best medical recruitment business in the UK for effective compliance operation. Pertemps Medical earned the plaudits for its financial stability and profitability and for having enhanced the recruitment industry’s reputation in the UK business world. Pertemps Medical is the market leading, specialist medical recruitment agency dedicated to the provision of medical professionals to a nationwide list of clients within the NHS, public and private sectors. Its head office is based in Milton Keynes and forms part of the Pertemps Network Group, the largest independent recruitment company in the UK. Adam Parish, Managing Director at Pertemps Medical, said: “Pertemps Medical takes compliance extremely seriously to ensure that all legal, statutory and contractual requirements for candidate pre-employment checks are undertaken to the highest possible standard before they are allowed to work. Patient safety is of absolute paramount importance to us and will not be compromised due to poor compliance standards under any circumstances. “We have worked tirelessly to ensure that we have outstanding Quality Management Systems in place to meet the needs, demands and expectations of our clients and candidate. This is an ongoing process, and, despite this national recognition, we will not be resting on our laurels and we will continue to take the right steps to make sure we are up-to-date with the latest regulatory requirements.” Pertemps Medical was the only specialist medical agency to be recognised in the Most Effective Compliance Operation category at the annual Recruiter Awards, which have been running since 2002 to celebrate outstanding achievements by recruiters across the country. Lifetime Chair of Pertemps Network Group, Tim Watts, added: “We were thrilled to be have been praised by the Recruiter Awards, which are widely regarded as the most reputable awards in our industry. All of the teams at Pertemps Medical in Loughton, Milton Keynes and Glasgow have worked tremendously hard to provide outstanding compliant services for clients and contractors and they thoroughly deserve this national recognition. They truly are a credit to our business and to the wider recruitment industry.” © Pertemps 2020 Meriden Hall, Main Road, Meriden, West Midlands, CV7 7PT, United Kingdom	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1979
__label__cc	0.741744	0.258256	Huawei P40 Pro+ vs Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro vs OnePlus 8T Compare phone and tablet specifications of up to three devices at once. 2640 x 1200 pixels, 441 PPI 2400 x 1080 pixels, 20:9 ratio, 395 PPI Screen-to-body: Peak brightness: 650 cd/m2 (nit) 90Hz refresh rate, HDR video support, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor 144Hz refresh rate, HDR video support, Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor 120Hz refresh rate, Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor System chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250-AB Octa-core, 2860 MHz, ARM Cortex-A76 and ARM Cortex-A55, 64-bit, 7 nm Octa-core, 2840 MHz, Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm 8GB LPDDR4 12GB LPDDR4 Internal storage: 512GB (UFS 3.0) 128GB (UFS 3.1), not expandable Storage expansion: Nano Memory (NM) up to 256 GB Android (10), Emotion UI Android (10), Xiaomi MI UI Li - Polymer, Not user replaceable Not user replaceable Charging: Huawei SuperCharge, Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging Fast charging, Reverse wireless charging OnePlus Warp Charge Max charge speed: Wired: 40.0W; Wireless: 40.0W Wired: 33.0W Penta camera Main camera: 50 MP (OIS, PDAF) 108 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.9; Focal length: 23 mm; Sensor size: 1/1.28" Aperture size: F1.7; Sensor size: 1/1.33"; Pixel size: 0.8 μm Aperture size: F1.7; Pixel size: 0.8 μm Second camera: 8 MP (Telephoto, OIS) 13 MP (Ultra-wide) Optical zoom: 10x; Aperture size: F4.4; Focal Length: 240 mm Aperture size: F2.4; Pixel size: 1.12 μm Aperture size: F2.2 Third camera: 5 MP (Macro, Autofocus) 5 MP (Macro) Fourth camera: 2 MP (Black and White) Optical zoom: 3x; Aperture size: F2.4; Focal Length: 80 mm Fifth camera: ToF 3D depth sensing Video recording: 3840x2160 (4K UHD) (60 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) 7680x4320 (8K UHD) (30 fps) 3840x2160 (4K UHD) (60 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (240 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (480 fps) Time-lapse video, EIS 32 MP (Dual-Camera, Autofocus, HDR) 20 MP (Autofocus, HDR, Slow-motion videos) 16 MP (EIS, HDR) Video capture: 6.23 x 2.86 x 0.35 inches (158.2 x 72.6 x 9 mm) 6.50 x 3.01 x 0.37 inches (165.1 x 76.4 x 9.33 mm) 6.33 x 2.92 x 0.33 inches (160.7 x 74.1 x 8.4 mm) 7.97 oz (226.0 g) Back: Ceramic; Frame: Metal Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5); Frame: Aluminum Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass); Frame: Aluminum Water, Dust; IP68 Biometrics: 3D Face unlock, In-screen fingerprint 2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch) Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key White ceramic, Black ceramic Cosmic black, Lunar silver, Aurora blue Aquamarine green, Lunar silver 5G: n1, n3, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79 n1, n3, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n41, n71, n78, NSA n1, n2, n3, n5, n25, n41, n66, n71, SA, NSA LTE (FDD): Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 9(1800), 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 26(850+), 28(700 APT) Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800 DD), 28(700 APT), 32(1500 L-band) Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 25(1900+), 26(850+), 28(700 APT), 29(700 d), 30(2300 WCS), 66(AWS-3), 71(600) LTE (TDD): Bands 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+) Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+) Bands 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+), 46, 48(3600) 800, 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz Data Speed: LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s Dual SIM: Shared with microSD SIM type: VoLTE: No 3.5mm jack Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Multiple speakers Dolby Atmos, aptX-HD Screen mirroring: Wireless screen share Additional microphone(s): for Noise cancellation Connectivity & Features 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax (Wi-Fi 6), dual-band; MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot Type-C (reversible), USB 3.1 Type-C (reversible) Charging, Headphones port Charging, Headphones port, OTG GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning GPS, A-GPS, Dual-band positioning, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers) Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer NFC, Infrared $ 749 / € 699 Charger, USB Type-C Cable, USB Type-C Earphones, Quick Start Guide, Eject Tool, Warranty Card Warp Charge 65 Power Adapter, Warp Charge Type-C to Type-C Cable, Quick Start Guide, Welcome Letter, Safety Information, LOGO Sticker, Case (Excl. North America), Screen Protector (Pre-applied) (Excl. T-Mobile Version), SIM Tray Ejector Officially announced:	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1987
__label__cc	0.688606	0.311394	"I have known and worked with PDI in some capacity for more than a decade -- working with their designers and project managers on everything from communicating the sale of a major media outlet, to frequent customer communications at an independent school. From a client's perspective, PDI is the kind of company you want on your team." - Renee Rockford, Director of Communication, Colorado Academy Getting More Retweets on Your Twitter Posts We’ve got a Twitter secret. And we’re willing to share it with you. Why you ask? Because we’re super nice people looking for some good karma. And a little blue birdie told us you really wanted to know. Ready? Here it is: pic.twitter.com. And here’s the decoded version of that answer: tweets using photos (meaning photos uploaded and embedded via pic.twitter.com) are 94% more likely to get retweeted. But here’s the kicker: not all photos are equal. Photos that are not embedded through twitter—Instagram photos or Facebook photos—are actually about 40% less likely to be clicked. Why? Photos embedded with pic.Twitter.com show directly in a user’s stream, meaning it only requires one click to view the photo (and the photo opens up within Twitter). Whereas Instagram and Facebook photos open in a new window, which takes a few moments to load. Precious moments. Ones that most users aren’t willing to spend waiting for your company’s photo to load (even if it is really, really cool). So, next time your marketing gurus are planning on sharing a photo via Twitter, advise them to click that magical little camera icon on the far left of the “Compose new Tweet…” box and behold the retweetage (yes, it’s a word—because we say so).	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line1995
__label__cc	0.541019	0.458981	Advertise & Contacts Czech Republic Rated World's 10th Best Country for Expats byPrague Morning The best countries for expats have been ranked by InterNations as part of their annual Expat Insider survey. We take a look at the results. Countries are ranked according to six major indices: Quality of Life, Ease of Settling In, Working Abroad, Family Life, Personal Finance, and Cost of Living. There are an estimated 57 million expatriates across the globe with the term ‘expat’ no longer limited to corporate employees relocating from a company’s headquarters. Instead, more and more expats are moving overseas in search of a dream. Some have chosen remote jobs and are now working from a location they love. This latest survey looks at how expats’ motivations for moving are changing where they go. Škoda Auto Will Not Sponsor Ice Hockey World Cup In Belarus UK Coronavirus Mutation 'Very Likely' Detected in the Czech Republic More than seven in ten expats (71%) working in the Czech Republic rated Job Security favorably, compared to a global average of 59%. In Career Prospects & Satisfaction, the Czech Republic came in no. 4; in Work & Leisure at no. 10. Bahrain, Taiwan, and Ecuador have been ranked as the three best countries for expats in 2018. Bahrain received high scores for making expats feel at home and is popular with expat families. Taiwan, up from fourth in 2017, has been ranked second with expats citing a high quality of life thanks to affordable health care and good transportation infrastructure. Kuwait is back in the last place, a position it held from 2014 to 2016, while Saudi Arabia is just behind in 67th. Both countries rank poorly for ease of settling in and general satisfaction with life abroad. India continues its slide down the rankings to third worst with expats citing career prospects, general satisfaction, and work and leisure negatively. Author: Meredith Hessel Game On for Czech Music Festival Rock For People Ameba Production is organizing a “unique get-together in a gaming environment” with Rock for People in the Game.… Some Famous Music Video Clips Shot in Prague Prague is undoubtedly a city with a very rich historical background. Simultaneously, it also has a wonderful and… Will There Be Higher Standards of Czech Exam for Permanent Residence in 2021? In the last 10 years, the number of foreigners living in the Czech Republic with permanent residence permits… Designer Xmas Gifts at MINT Market Praha The Christmas edition of MINT Market this Friday and Saturday, December 18-19 will bring more than sixty brands… The Vintage Selfie: In Prague Appeared Two Analog Photoautomat Booths Photo booths, usually found at airports, train stations, and the odd mall here and there, have been seeing… Game On! A Fun and Playful Way To Discover Prague and Win 5000 CZK A new «Find & Win» game was launched in Prague. As the website states “this is a game… The Best Christmas Commercials Filmed in the Czech Republic For years, the Czech Republic was a hot destination for foreign movie production. As a result, new studios… CzechDeck: Play Cards and Learn About Czech Culture! Covid-19 travel restrictions forced many of us to appreciate the beauty in our neighborhood, as borders to other… Czech Christmas Gift Guide: Shop Local This Year Christmas is just around the corner and if you still didn’t manage to buy a gift for your… Largest Private Museum of Škoda Cars to Open in Spring Next year, a museum of Škoda cars will open in in Mrač u Čerčany, near Prague. It will… Yes, You Can Get Your Christmas Tree Delivered in Prague. Here’s Where to Order It Lots of holiday shoppers are buying gifts online to avoid the crowds this year, but what about buying… First Beer Hotel to Open in the Czech Republic Europe’s first ‘beer hotel’ will open early next year in the Czech Republic. The hotel in Nepomuk (Plzeň… Prague Morning © 2015 - 2021 Prague Morning. All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2003
__label__wiki	0.915941	0.915941	About PTI Teaming Opportunities PTI News PTI Press Releases ADP TotalSource SpringAhead Author Archive for: Precision Turbines Inc. You are here: Home / Precision Turbines Inc. About Precision Turbines Inc. Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud Precision Turbines Inc. contributed a whooping 71 entries. Entries by Precision Turbines Inc. Boeing Super Hornet Demonstrates Ski-jump Launch Capability January 8, 2021 /0 Comments/in Industry News /by Precision Turbines Inc. The F/A-18 Super Hornet can operate from a “ski jump” ramp, demonstrating the aircraft’s suitability for Indian aircraft carriers. The demonstrations, held at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, showed that the Super Hornet would do well with the Indian Navy’s Short Takeoff but Arrested Recovery (STOBAR) system and validated earlier simulation studies by Boeing. “The first successful and safe launch of the F/A-18 Super Hornet from a ski jump begins the validation process to operate effectively from Indian Navy aircraft carriers,” said Ankur Kanaglekar, India Fighter Sales lead for Boeing. “The F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet will not only provide superior war fighting capability to the Indian Navy but also create opportunities for cooperation in naval aviation between the United States and India. Alaska Airlines Increases 737 MAX Orders and Options to 120 Jets Alaska Airlines is buying 23 more 737-9 airplanes, building on its original order and an agreement last month to acquire new 737-9s through lease. The new deal brings Alaska Airlines’ total 737 MAX orders and options to 120 airplanes, which will give the fifth-largest U.S. carrier the scale, efficiency and flexibility to expand as air travel recovers. “We are extremely proud to be announcing this transformative agreement with Boeing,” said Brad Tilden, CEO of Alaska Air Group. 737 Max Returns To US Airline Passenger Service The 737 Max has returned to scheduled passenger service with Tuesday’s flight by American Airlines from Miami to La Guardia. The flight reportedly carried more than just some trusting passengers after the aircraft came out of nearly 2 years of limbo, it also carried the wife of the Captain, the first officer’s mother, and American Airlines President Robert Isom. No pressure, right? The schedule calls, initially, for one Miami-New York round trip a day until January, when more will join the flock. When the Max was cleared to start the process of returning to service, AAL noted that, “We know that restoring our customers’ confidence in this aircraft will come with time and importantly, transparency and flexibility. Embry-Riddle Adds 17 New Aircraft to Fleet December 10, 2020 /0 Comments/in Industry News /by Precision Turbines Inc. As demand for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s collegiate professional Aviation programs continues to grow, the university has introduced 17 new aircraft to its training fleet. Since March 2020, 12 new Cessna 172 Nav III “SkyHawk” aircraft, from Textron Aviation, and three Diamond DA42 NG VI “Twin Star” aircraft, from Diamond Aircraft Industries (Canada), have been added to the fleet at Embry-Riddle’s Prescott Campus VMFA 314 Declares Initial Operational Capability (IOC) For F-35C Lightning II In a time characterized by rapidly evolving tactics and modernized equipment, the Marine Corps has taken the next step in maintaining air superiority as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 declares their initial operational capability (IOC) for the F-35C Lightning II. Initial operational capability declaration marks a significant accomplishment for 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), enabling VMFA-314 to deploy the F-35C onto aircraft carriers where they will be able to support combat operations anywhere in the world. Brigadier General Chuck Yeager Has Gone West The tweet was characteristically short… but spoke volumes, from Mrs. Yeager, @VictoriaYeage11, ‘It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET. An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest Pilot, & a legacy of strength, adventure, & patriotism will be remembered forever.’ The first man to break through Mach One, a WWII fighter pilot, and a symbol to millions around the world, Yeager’s legend was a remarkable piece of American history. He passed away Monday evening, 12.07.20. NASA Administrator, Jim Bridenstine noted that, “Today’s passing of Gen. Canada Will Add Special Conditions To 737 Max Approvals November 20, 2020 /0 Comments/in Industry News /by Precision Turbines Inc. Transport Canada’s Minister Garneau has already weighed in on the Canadian responses to the ungrounding of the 737 Max… “Our government remains committed to keeping Canadians, the travelling public, and the transportation system safe and secure. “We acknowledge that the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released an Airworthiness Directive for the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Through this directive, the FAA is mandating its approved changes made to the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, and confirms it can return to service in U.S. airspace. Ungrounded: Boeing Breathes Sigh Of Relief… Prepares For Aircraft Deliveries The FAA has rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of Boeing 737-8s and 737-9s. The move will allow airlines that are under the FAA’s jurisdiction, including those in the U.S., to take the steps necessary to resume service and Boeing to begin making deliveries. “We will never forget the lives lost in the two tragic accidents that led to the decision to suspend operations,” said David Calhoun, chief executive officer of The Boeing Company. The Long Sad Saga Ends… 737 Max Returns To Service FAA Administrator Steve Dickson has signed an order that paves the way for the Boeing 737 MAX to return to commercial service. Administrator Dickson’s action followed a comprehensive and methodical safety review process that took 20 months to complete. During that time, FAA employees worked diligently to identify and address the safety issues that played a role in the tragic loss of 346 lives aboard Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. Non-Deployed Naval Aviation Units Hold Safety Stand Down After Accidents October 28, 2020 /0 Comments/in Industry News /by Precision Turbines Inc. It’s been a tough week for Naval aviation… Vice Adm. Kenneth Whitesell, Commander, Naval Air Forces, directed all non-deployed U.S. Navy aviation units to conduct a safety stand down Oct. 26. This stand down provides an opportunity for aviation commands to focus on how to further improve operational risk management and risk mitigation across the Naval Aviation enterprise. © Copyright - Precision Turbines, Inc - Privacy Policy	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2004
__label__cc	0.56935	0.43065	Numerous fire departments battle Conklin house fire pressconnects.com Nine area fire departments were called out Saturday evening to battle a blaze in the Town of Conklin. The fire was reported at 7:24 p.m. at 188 Ketchum Road. Responding to the scene were units from the Conklin, Town of Binghamton, Vestal, Five Mile Point, West Windsor, Windsor, Kirkland, West Colesville and Halstead volunteer fire departments. Firefighters cleared the scene at 11:48 p.m. There was no word on any injuries or a cause of the blaze. The Broome County fire investigation team was at the scene. Also assisting were Broome Ambulance, the Broome County Sheriff's Office and Broome County Office of Emergency Services. Check back for updates as they become available.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2005
__label__wiki	0.707449	0.707449	Perception Pioneer StradVision opens office in Germany to better assist its German automotive partners with mass production ADAS and AV projects Presence in Germany will allow StradVision more direct interaction for ongoing Level 2 ADAS and Level 4 Autonomous Vehicle projects StradVision SAN JOSE, Calif., March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- StradVision, whose AI-based camera perception software is leading the way toward the future for ADAS systems and Autonomous Vehicles, opened a new office in Germany in February, which will allow the company to more directly assist its German automotive partners with mass production projects. The new office is located in Munich. Among StradVision's ongoing projects in Germany are an SAE Level 2 ADAS project, and an SAE Level 4 Autonomous Vehicle project. StradVision's German office will act as a regional EU office, featuring both local staff plus engineering and business units from its headquarters. CEO Junhwan Kim said the expansion to Germany highlights StradVision's commitment to stay as close to its partners as possible, in order to provide the most efficient and fastest solutions to deploy ADAS and Autonomous Vehicles on a mass scale. "Our presence in Germany will be essential to maintaining robust global growth, because German automakers are key leaders in the development and deployment of ADAS and AVs around the globe," Kim said. "We will replicate the success we've seen already with our partners in China by maintaining a strong presence on the ground near our German partners." Andreas vom Felde, StradVision's German Business Development Director, said the company's presence in Germany will be extremely beneficial as StradVision's work throughout Europe continues to grow. "We will aggressively expand our footprint in the entire EU, as there are multiple production projects incoming in the near future, and this German presence will make those projects much more successful," vom Felde said. "Our primary goal is to bring the safest and most accessible ADAS & AV solutions to Europe, and our new German office will help us achieve that goal." Beyond the production projects already launched, StradVision is working on a variety of cutting-edge R&D projections to enhance its software, such as pedestrian and vehicle behavior prediction, animal detection, an auto labeling tool and much more. StradVision's SVNet software enables safety features including: Lane Detection, Traffic Light & Sign Detection/Recognition, Object Detection and Free Space Detection. SVNet also prevents collisions by detecting lanes, abrupt lane changes and vehicle speeds, even in poor lighting and weather conditions. StradVision has multiple mass production projects ongoing in China and Europe — involving SUVs, trucks, sedans and self-driving buses. StradVision has also earned the coveted Automotive SPICE CL2 certification, as well as China's Guobiao (GB) certificate — and is already deploying ADAS vehicles on Chinese roads. About StradVision StradVision is an industry pioneer in vision processing technology, providing the software that allows Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in Autonomous Vehicles to reach the next level of safety, accuracy and driver convenience, and help usher in the era of the fully Autonomous Vehicle. Learn more at https://stradvision.com. SOURCE StradVision https://stradvision.com StradVision Appoints New Head of Sales in Japan... StradVision Joins NVIDIA Inception Program as Premier Partner...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2007
__label__wiki	0.931209	0.931209	Is this the most frustrating drive in Melbourne? Moving Well \| Sue Hewitt \| Posted on 25 September 2019 New Driver Frustration Index ranks some of the most annoying drives in Melbourne. The drive from Preston via Northcote to Port Melbourne is Melbourne’s most infuriating commuter route, according to a new Driver Frustration Index. The route along High Street and Brunswick Street, through the city to Port Melbourne, where the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) has its headquarters, scored 88 out of 100 on the board’s new index. In an Australian first, researchers from ARRB’s new National Transport Performance Centre tested six initial routes around Melbourne, representing a broad geographic spread to gauge driver frustration. The ARRB’s chief research officer, Dr Mike Shackleton, says frustration is a hidden cost to families and workplaces when commuters carry their anger through the door. “While we have been measuring and placing a cost on congestion for decades, we have not been measuring the problem that Australian households want solved – frustration,” he says. Anthony Germanchev, who is spearheading the research, says driver frustration is measured not only by traffic snarls but also by the motorists’ experiences. So the Driver Frustration Index considers such factors as the actual speed of cars compared to the posted speed limit, the overall condition of the road surface and space on the road. Cramped or narrow roads can feel intimidating, especially when shared with heavy vehicles, and may be a factor in a “nightmare” commute, he says. Rough, potholed or slippery road surfaces can also contribute to driver frustration levels. ARRB researchers plan to test numerous routes to pinpoint the road conditions that cause frustration and need fixing. Initial tests starting at various locations and ending at the ARRB’s headquarters in Turner Street, Port Melbourne, recorded frustration levels ranging from 54 to 88 out of 100. The scores were calculated using specially equipped survey vehicles to record road surface conditions. This data was then run through an algorithm along with information on road widths, travelling speeds and lane space to arrive at the final score. The Preston route is the most frustrating because there is no relief from the congested conditions for the entire 15-kilometre journey and the roads are in worse condition compared to other routes. “The Preston route is the most frustrating because there is no relief from the congested conditions for the entire 15-kilometre journey and the roads are in worse condition compared to other routes,” says Anthony, the centre’s principal professional leader. “The roads are also rougher, about 1.5 times rougher than Beach Road, and the average speed on this journey is 25kmh.” The second-most annoying route was the 24-kilometre drive from the eastern suburb of Vermont South via Burwood Highway and Toorak Road to Port Melbourne, which scored 72 on the index. “In comparison to the Preston route the conditions of these roads were much better,” Anthony says. “[But] for this journey the road space was the worst between Camberwell Road and Glenferrie Road and the roughest road section occurred after the rail crossing on Toorak Road near the Monash Freeway underpass.” Coming a close third was the 37-kilometre trip from Doreen in the north via the Greensborough Bypass and Heidelberg Road, which rated 68 per cent. Anthony says while roads on this route rated better than average for smoothness, frustration levels rise as the road space narrows on the approach to Heidelberg Road. “Traffic speed reduced upon reaching High Street and the average speed for the entire journey was 35kmh or about 10kmh slower than those travelling from the east,” he says. Frustration on the 30-kilometre commute from Craigieburn along Sydney Road and CityLink rated 62 while the route from Narre Warren via the Princes Highway scored 60. The route from Berwick via Lower Dandenong Road and Beach Road scored the lowest frustration level with just 54 out of 100, despite pain points including tight road space and congestion through Dandenong and St Kilda. Real-time traffic information Melbourne's worst traffic jams Track your commute RACV Red Spot Survey Find the quickest route with arevo Easing the way for drivers with chronic pain RACV launches Australian-first study to find strategies for improving safe driving for people with chronic pain. Have your say on regional Victoria’s most dangerous roads RACV’s new My Country Roads initiative aims to give regional Victorians a voice in fighting deaths on country roads. Australia’s safest child car seats for 2021 revealed The Child Restraint Evaluation Program's (CREP) latest round of safety assessments reveals Australia’s safest baby, toddler and child car seats for 2021.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2014
__label__wiki	0.772341	0.772341	Scott Shannon in the Morning Race Taylor All Request '80s Lunch Broadway Bill Lee Joe Causi Shannon In The Morning Big Show Daily Podcast News On The Rocks with Patty Steele 'Brooklyn's Own' Podcast Starring Joe Causi Latest from WCBSFM News from 1010WINS Candle In The Wind Mon-Fri: 4:00 AM audio from WCBS-FM C B S F M Lyft and Uber want to give you a ride to your COVID-19 vaccination Dwayne Johnson shares first trailer for his sitcom 'Young Rock' Home / WCBS-FM / Latest / Astronauts Are People Too: NASA's Mike Massimino Chats with with Brad Blanks Astronauts Are People Too: NASA's Mike Massimino Chats with with Brad Blanks By Scott Shannon in the Morning with Patty Steele WCBS-FM May 27, 2020 05/27/2020 6:35 pm --Brad Blanks/101.1 CBS-FM I zoomed into the living room of former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino to discuss the SPACE X and NASA launch today. Mike is born and bred Long Island and made it very clear that they have quite a few astronauts from the island. I said, “You are Long Island’s most favorite Astronaut.” Mike quickly snapped back and said, “You just insulted about a dozen of them. New York is well represented for sure.” Mike Massimino will be commentating the SPACE X NASA launch on the Discovery Channel as the Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from American soil for the first time in 9 years. I asked him what sort of pep talk he would give me if I was being launched into space today. He replied, “in a kind way, don’t mess it up, we are all counting on you!” He then went on to say his message to astronauts going up for the first time would be, “You’re ready to go, we are trained as a crew, it’s an open book test if you need something you can ask for it!” His final piece of advice to the astronauts going up today is, “Enjoy what you’re doing because it is absolutely extraordinary.” Today is the day! We will again be launching astronauts from U.S. soil! I am so excited for my friends @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug, their families, and the @NASA and @SpaceX teams. I'll be a part of the @Discovery live broadcast starting at 2 ET, can't wait! #SpaceLaunchLIVE pic.twitter.com/70QvAfaCcQ — Mike Massimino (@Astro_Mike) May 27, 2020 I asked him what it is like when you return to earth after going through such a rare experience. He went on to tell a story about his wife picking him up and driving him home after returning to earth. He drove into his house and saw some shingles missing and voiced his concern to his wife. Mike said to her about getting a repairman, “Why don’t you call the guy?”, and his wife replied, “You’re the guy, you do it.” Welcome back to earth. He concluded, “We are regular people…..but it’s much simpler in space!” ‘ 'SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: AMERICA RETURNS TO SPACE,’ a Multiplatform Event, to Simulcast Live Coast to Coast on Wednesday, May 27, at 2 PM ET/11 AM PT on Discovery and Science Channel The launch is scheduled for 4.33pm. Brad Blanks Dr. Oz takes the COVID-19 vaccine, addresses public hesitation against it The Big Show reflects on the life and career of Alex Trebek Scott Shannon Presents America’s Greatest Hits - Sundays 7-11AM Big Show Best Of 2020 Podcast Blythedale Children's Hospital 2020 Recap WCBS-FM \| New York's Greatest Hits! Listen to wcbsfm Contact Us EEO Public Inspection File Contest Rules FCC Applications Advertise with Us © 2021 ENTERCOM COMMUNICATIONS CORP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PART OF RADIO.COM MUSIC. WCBS is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2015
__label__cc	0.552577	0.447423	Auctions + Events Early 20th Century Design Featured Artists & Designers George E. Ohr Viola Frey Gertrud and Otto Natzler Consign to Auction Trusts, Estates & Appraisals Free Evaluations Submit Your Items Now About Rago Check your inbox to confirm your subscription {{slotProps.cartItems.length}} Watch & bid live. Submit your bids and track won lots with your secure account. Watched Lots Wright and Rago have merged. Login with your Wright credentials or Create Account. Forgot password? Submit the email address your account is registered with and we will send you an email with a link to reset your password. Logged in as {{ slotProps.user.model.email }} Search Queries should be at least three characters long. Server Error. Please Try Again. Artists & Designers (0) Upcoming Items (0) Past Items (0) Looking to consign an item? We Offer Free Evaluations Unreserved Day 1 20 August 2020 Angelo Testa 1918–1984 Angelo Testa, the son of Italian immigrants, was born in 1918 in Springfield, MA. After completing his primary and secondary studies in Springfield, he enrolled in the New York School of fine and applied arts. In 1940, he relocated to Chicago and several years later, in 1945, became the first graduate of the Institute of Design, where he studied under László Moholy-Nagy, architect George Fred Keck, and weaver Marli Ehrman. He founded Angelo Testa & Co. in 1947, which would remain in business until his death in 1984. He applied his extensive skills as a painter, sculptor, weaver, and designer to the abstract and non-objective textile patterns he created. Designed primarily for the architecture and interior design trades, his client list was practically a who’s-who of leading mid-century modern furniture and fabric producers, such as Herman Miller, Knoll Associates, and Jens Risom. His fabrics won numerous awards, including four Good Design selections from the Museum of Modern Art, and his paintings have been exhibited throughout the world. Auction Results Angelo Testa Angelo Testa estimate: $1,000–1,500 result: $875 estimate: $700–900 Untitled (textile)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2017
__label__wiki	0.943777	0.943777	EU Edition About POLITICO Events Careers at POLITICO Subscribe and more Elections in Europe Poll of Polls EU Recovery Plan Brexit Transition Competition and Industrial Policy Cybersecurity and Data Protection Trade UK Telescope: AIDS EU in Africa Global Policy Lab Energy Visions The wonk's survival guide to the EU Green Deal The Coming Wars Europe At Large Beyond The Bubble February 4-5 — POLITICO's 2021 EU Studies & Career Fair March 4 — POLITICO's Finance Summit May 31 — POLITICO's AI Summit Brussels Playbook What’s driving the day in Brussels London Playbook What’s driving the day in Westminster EU Influence Campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the EU London Influence Campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the U.K. Playbook Paris What’s driving the day in Paris, en français Sunday Crunch The weekly digest of the best stories in U.K. politics AI Decoded EU Confidential Coronavirus Daily Update Westminster Insider Campaign Confidential Discover POLITICO Pro In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place. Five reasons to go Pro Expert journalists U.S. Transition Brussels Playbook London Playbook political journal Street fighting, man! Renaming streets can annoy your rivals. Perhaps the EU and UK should give it a go. A street sign for Europe Road in South East London is pictured on March 21, 2017 in London By Paul Dallison Politicians are a petty lot. If good old-fashioned diplomacy (or war) doesn’t work, one tactic pretty much guaranteed to annoy a rival country is to rename the street on which their embassy sits in honor of someone they don’t like — then sit back and watch them send out official correspondence on letterheads bearing the offending name. Such a spat is happening right now in the U.S. Senior Chinese politicians are seemingly terrified that the street in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington could be renamed “Liu Xiaobo Plaza,” in honor of the activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died in July. Beijing takes the threat so seriously that, according to the Washington Post, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi raised the issue with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The former was even said to have called for a presidential veto if Congress approves the name change (because if you’re looking for diplomatic tact, Donald Trump’s clearly the go-to guy). The bill that could lead to the name change was put forward by failed Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, who said: “I’m glad to hear it’s got their attention. I’ll be even more glad when they change their conduct and stop being gross human-rights abusers.” The response from Chinese citizens, according to the broadcaster Phoenix News, is to change the name of the street on which the U.S. Embassy in Beijing sits to “Snowden Street” after NSA whistleblower Edward, according to translation from Chinese by Quartz Media. The U.S. embassy in Beijing \| Ed Jones/AFP via GettyImages The issue of renaming streets isn’t confined to Embassy Row. Throughout Eastern Europe, street signs have been changed to rid them of connections to communism. In Madrid, Plaza Margaret Thatcher has been controversial since the name was adopted in 2014. The decision to honor the former British prime minister was taken while Ana Botella was mayor of the Spanish capital. Botella is married to José María Aznar, former prime minister, and Plaza Margaret Thatcher is a short stroll from the headquarters of his conservative People’s Party. The signs were vandalized repeatedly in the few first months, and when leftist Manuela Carmena took over from Botella as mayor in 2015, she promised to change the name. That hasn’t happened. Carmena is instead focusing her attention on streets with connections to former dictator Francisco Franco. A brief history of being petty Proposing to rechristen diplomatic addresses isn’t just a joke (well, not always), and it dates back at least to the Cold War. In 1984, a bill was put forward to change the address of the then-Soviet Embassy on 16th Street in Washington to “1 Andrei Sakharov Plaza,” in honor of the Russian dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who was then in internal exile. The Americans are still at it. In 2015, legislation was introduced that would have changed the name of the stretch of Wisconsin Avenue in front of the Russian Embassy in Washington to “Boris Nemtsov Plaza” and change the embassy’s address to “1 Boris Nemtsov Plaza.” “The creation of ‘Boris Nemtsov Plaza’ would permanently remind Putin’s regime and the Russian people that these dissidents’ voices live on, and that defenders of liberty will not be silenced,” Republican Senator Marco Rubio said at the time in a statement, according to the Washington Post. “Whether it is looking at a street sign or thousands of pieces of correspondence addressed ‘1 Boris Nemtsov Plaza,’ it will be abundantly clear to the Kremlin that the intimidation and murder of opposition figures does not go unnoticed.” It cuts both ways, of course. In the late 1990s, a Manhattan street corner opposite Nigeria’s Mission to the United Nations was renamed as “Kudirat Abiola Corner” after the wife of Moshood Abiola, who appeared to have won the 1993 presidential election before being arrested by the dictator Sani Abacha. Two weeks later, the street in front of the U.S. Embassy in Lagos was renamed after Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The Iranians are also fans of the tactic. They want to rename the Tehran thoroughfare on which the Saudi Arabian Embassy stands as “Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr Street,” after a Shia cleric executed by the Saudis. And they’ve done it before: In 1981, Tehran changed the name of the street where its U.K. Embassy is based from Churchill Street to Bobby Sands Street, after the Irish Republican Army member who died while on hunger strike. In a move straight out of the James Bond playbook, the British Embassy — to avoid the embarrassment of having an IRA figurehead on its letterhead — sealed off the old entrance and knocked down a wall to create an entrance on nearby Ferdowsi Avenue. Official documents could then list Ferdowsi Avenue as the embassy’s address, safe in the knowledge that the Iranians were highly unlikely to drop Ferdowsi (a poet who’s a national hero). As relations between the EU and U.K get frostier thanks to Brexit, perhaps a street name change could be the way forward (to boost diplomats’ morale if nothing else). The British Embassy sits on Avenue d’Auderghem in Brussels’ EU quarter, a stone’s throw (and they’ve doubtless tested that theory) from the European Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters and the European Council’s shiny new Europa building. In the spirit of the Brexit talks so far (i.e., mean-spirited and farcical), imagine the hilarity if Avenue d’Auderghem were renamed “€100 Billion Brexit Bill Boulevard” In the spirit of the Brexit talks so far (i.e., mean-spirited and farcical), imagine the hilarity if Avenue d’Auderghem were renamed “€100 Billion Brexit Bill Boulevard,” “The French Only Work 35 Hours A Week Road” or, perhaps most hurtful of all, “Germans Always Win on Penalties Platz.” Of course, if the EU were to pull a stunt like that, they could expect some British reaction. The European Commission has its London base at 32 Smith Square in Westminster, a five-minute walk from the Houses of Parliament. Would anyone, aside from perhaps the Smith family, mind if local authorities changed its name to “Up Yours Delors Terrace,” or maybe even the Brexiteers’ choice, “Freedom Square — June 23 2016”? The tactic doesn’t have to be confined to Brexit talks. As relations sour between Germany and Turkey, Berlin could rename the street containing the Turkish Embassy “Goat F–ker Straße,” to commemorate comedian Jan Böhmermann’s poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Germans are of course known for their sense of humor, so how about renaming the street housing the Greek Embassy “Wolfgang Schäuble Allee”? And while Franco-German relations are on a high since Emmanuel Macron’s election, if the fresh-faced president steps out of line — too much hanging about with that nasty Mr. Trump, say — Berlin could always strike a low blow by renaming the street outside the French Embassy “Marshall Pétain Street.” The EU could also have some fun at the expense of Poland’s troublesome right-wing government. Forget threatening to activate Article 7. Instead why not change the name of the street of the Polish Embassy to “Donald Tusk Way.” Paul Dallison is POLITICO‘s slot news editor. 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__label__wiki	0.801129	0.801129	Did these marijuana claims go up in smoke? By Eric Stirgus April 26, 2012 For some Americans, last Friday -- April 20th -- was a big day. The day known as "420 Day" is when many marijuana users celebrate by smoking the drug. Thanks in large part to social media, what began an underground movement four decades back is not so secret anymore. There are several murky tales about the day’s origins. One story involves a group of California high school students in the early ‘70s who met at 4:20 p.m. to search for a rumored patch of the illegal weed. A "High Times" editor later called for 4:20 p.m to be the socially acceptable time to consume cannabis. The number 420 has evolved into a universal code for smoking pot -- some want ads seek "420 friendly" roommates. PolitiFact Georgia thought readers might be interested in a few pot-related fact-checks. Here’s a few that were weeded out by PolitiFact scribes. "I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of [pancreas] pain condition." Former Rhode Island state House minority leader Robert Watson in an April 26, 2011 speech. Robert Watson said he had a good reason to have what he described as a "a very small bag with trace amounts of marijuana and a smoking instrument" when he was pulled over by police at a sobriety checkpoint. Watson, then Rhode Island House minority leader, said he was carrying the marijuana in case he had an attack of pancreatitis. "I'm well aware that medical marijuana is a recognized, medical, viable treatment for this sort of pain condition," he said in his speech, which garnered a standing ovation from Republicans and other House members at the time. (The Republican caucus ousted him as minority leader a week later.) One doctor said he was unaware of any physician-approved use of marijuana for chronic pain from pancreatitis. Others agreed. PolitiFact Rhode Island found marijuana is neither recognized nor recommended by the medical community for this use. There are certainly no studies to support its use. Watson’s statement was rated as False. "As the usage [of synthetic marijuana] has dramatically increased, instances of violence, bodily harm and even death have risen with it." Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal in a March 27th, 2012 in a press release. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal warned of the dangers of synthetic marijuana in a press release after signing of Chase's Law, which strengthens a ban on the substance. "As the usage has dramatically increased, instances of violence, bodily harm and even death have risen with it," it said. This drug is ground-up plant material laced with chemicals that mimic marijuana. All signs suggest that synthetic marijuana use is increasing dramatically. State poison center data show an increase in reports of users being admitted to a hospital's critical care unit. Media accounts report drug users injured or killed in car crashes and other accidents. We found scattered reports of deadly overdoses, although in some cases, it's not clear if the drug is a direct cause. There is less support for Deal's claim about violence. News stories suggest there's cause for concern. Deal's statement earned a Mostly True. "Fifty percent of the graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done illegal drugs." Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson during a Feb. 25th, 2012 candidate forum. We wondered if Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson was blowing smoke when he made a claim about teenage marijuana use during a candidate forum in Georgia. "Fifty percent of the [high school] graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done some illegal drugs," said Johnson, a former two-term governor of New Mexico. For the record, Johnson doesn’t believe teenagers should have access to marijuana. Johnson does believe marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and thinks the money the federal government spends on marijuana enforcement could be better spent "against the individuals committing real crimes against society." According to 2009 data from the Atlanta-based U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 46 percent of 12th-graders had smoked marijuana at least once. Nearly 8 percent had used cocaine; 2.5 percent had tried heroin; about 4 percent used methamphetamines; 8 percent had tried Ecstacy; slightly more than 3 percent had used steroids. Data from the federal National Institutes of Health found that in 2011, 50 percent of high school seniors reported having tried an illicit drug at some time. We couldn't find data about the percentage of high school seniors graduating this year who've smoked marijuana or have done any kind of illicit drug, but the data line up with Johnson's claim. Johnson's statement rates a Mostly True. "Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare." Florida Gov. Rick Scott during a June 5, 2011 interview on CNN Florida Gov. Rick Scott defended his decision to sign a bill into law requiring drug tests for cash welfare recipients. "Studies show that people on welfare are using drugs much higher than other people in the population," he said. "But the bottom line is, if they're not using drugs, it's not an issue. Our taxpayers don't want to subsidize somebody's drug addiction. It's going to increase personal responsibility. It's the right thing to do for Floridians." Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed a somewhat similar bill into law earlier this week. PolitiFact Florida interviewed several experts, read some research on the topic and reviewed information the governor’s office supplied to support Scott’s argument. Scott's statement is at least partially accurate because there are studies showing a higher prevalence of drug use among some welfare recipients. But he also neglected research that suggests that drug use among welfare and non-welfare recipients is consistent. His claim was rated Half True. PolitiFact Rhode Island, "Former House Minority Leader says marijuana is recognized as a treatment for his pancreas pain," May 18, 2011 PolitiFact Georgia, "Deal: Fake marijuana use rising connected to death, violence and 'bodily harm,' "April 9, 2012 PolitiFact Georgia, "Marijuana use claim close to the mark," March 7, 2012 PolitiFact Florida, "Rick Scott says welfare recipients are more likely to use illicit drugs," June 9, 2011 More by Eric Stirgus stated on May 16, 2014 a flier: Says he never wanted to raise the debt ceiling. By Eric Stirgus • June 2, 2014 Valarie Wilson stated on May 14, 2014 a pamphlet: Says Democratic candidate for state school superintendent Alisha Thomas Morgan voted to slash funding for the preschool programs for disabled and special needs students. By Nancy Badertscher • May 27, 2014 stated on May 6, 2014 campaign fllier: State Rep. Elena Parent "supported Governor Nathan Deal’s plan to slash the HOPE scholarship." By Eric Stirgus • May 13, 2014 stated on April 21, 2014 a press release: Says U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue flip-flopped on releasing his tax returns. By Eric Stirgus • May 9, 2014 Ending Spending Action Fund stated on April 3, 2014 a television ad: Says Georgia Democratic Senate hopeful Michelle Nunn supports higher taxes. By Eric Stirgus • April 30, 2014 The David Perdue Files stated on April 21, 2014 a website: David Perdue supports Common Core Don Balfour stated on April 11, 2014 a flier: "When you get a commercial pilot’s license, you learn to communicate in English no matter where you are in the world." stated on April 8, 2014 social media posts: Women are paid 77 cents for every $1 men get for the same work. Michelle Nunn stated on April 10, 2014 statements: "On average, women make 77 cents for every dollar men make." stated on April 7, 2014 an email: Seventy-two percent of Georgians did not have a chance to finish college. Paul Broun Says U.S. Reps. Phil Gingrey and Jack Kingston have "even changed votes to what I voted, multiple times." By Eric Stirgus • April 9, 2014 Alisha Thomas Morgan stated on March 20, 2014 a speech: "In order to pass the CRCT in Georgia, you simply have to get half of the answers correct." "There are still more people uninsured today than when Obama was elected president." By Eric Stirgus • March 31, 2014 stated on March 18, 2014 a video: "A child born in America today will inherit $1.5 million in debt the moment they're placed in their mother's arms." stated on March 11, 2014 Atlanta press conference: Says some Georgians can get health insurance for $105 a month. By Nancy Badertscher • March 25, 2014 Photo shows Rep. Lauren Boebert with Capitol rioters before she gave them a tour of the building "one day before the insurrection." stated on January 12, 2021 in blogs: Antifa provoked the shooting of Ashli Babbitt at the Capitol. By Noah Y. Kim • January 14, 2021 Says Rep. Pramila Jayapal was not wearing a mask in Congress during the U.S. Capitol mob. By Bill McCarthy • January 14, 2021 Chris Jacobs stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview: “There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.” By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2021	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2021
__label__wiki	0.583629	0.583629	Betting (2) Todd Dewey (2) Based on win totals, Raiders have third-toughest NFL schedule By Todd Dewey / RJ Las Vegas was dealt the league’s most difficult home schedule, with its eight Allegiant Stadium opponents totaling an NFL-high 71½ wins at the Westgate sportsbook. Raiders’ arrival motivates 19-year-old fan to lose weight May 8, 2020 - 12:33 pm May 8, 2020 - 1:01 pm Paul Minor, 19 and once 451 pounds, has committed to losing weight while motivated by the Raiders landing in Las Vegas. In Twilight Zone 2020 season, Raiders make playoffs The NFL schedule has been released, so here’s an early look back at how the strange 2020 season played out. Las Vegas oddsmakers say sports without fans will impact lines May 2, 2020 - 11:30 am May 2, 2020 - 11:30 am The consensus was that the biggest impact would be on a team’s home-field advantage, which has historically been worth approximately three points to a line on an NFL game.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2028
__label__cc	0.564977	0.435023	Tarkanian girls: Shadow Ridge’s furious rally comes up just short The Mustangs, seemingly out of the game with just 11 seconds left and down five points, staged a remarkable comeback before falling short in a 29-28 loss to Central (California) in the Premier Division final at Durango. Tarkanian Girls: Finishing kick sends Liberty into Ruby Division final Journie Augmon scored six of her 10 points during a game-ending 12-0 run to lift Liberty’s girls basketball team to a 44-30 win over Springville (Utah) in the Ruby Division semifinals of the Tarkanian Classic at Durango on Friday.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2030
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__label__cc	0.521919	0.478081	PUIG VELA CLÀSSICA BARCELONA XIII edition Once again the Puig Vela Clàssica regatta turned Barcelona into the Mediterranean capital of classic yachting The competition, hold from 11th to 14th July, consolidates itself as the annual event for the classic yachting lovers Half a hundred international legendary yachts, coming from 10 different countries, will unfurl their sails on the Catalan capital waters Due to the prestige that the regatta has been winning throughout their four previous editions, the organization has achieved an accord with the Meteorological Service of Catalonia At less than a week for its celebration, Barcelona is prepared to welcome one of the most celebrated and hoped events of this season: the Puig Vela Clàssica, which will gather the most outstanding of the classic yachting world. This 5th edition will collect, between 11th and 14th of July, the best yachts up around the Mediterranean and will turn Barcelona into a forced visiting place for sea lovers. Half a hundred sailing legends from our country and other world corners as France, England, Italy, Malta, Sweden, Germany, Ireland, Bahamas, United States and Canada will sail as far as the Catalan capital to be participant of this spectacle which, year after year, is gaining national and international recognition. In fact, according to organization’s estimations, more than 1.200 people –between sailors and escorts– will participate in such an awaited event for citizens of Barcelona and visitors. Apart from the presence of the previous edition winners as The Blue Peter, the Malabar X, the Argos or the Moonbeam III, this year the city will enjoy some new nautical pieces that have forged the sportive sailing tradition of the 19th century. The Creole, considered one of the most beautiful sailing boats of the world, of 65 metres length; The Moonbeam IV, where Rainiero de Monaco and Grace Kelly enjoyed their honeymoon; or the Malabar X, one of the most important yachts in the leisure design history, are some of the most exclusive yachts that are still alive and are going to unfurl their sails on the sea of Barcelona. Accord with the Meteorological Service of Catalonia Thanks to the prestige and recognition that the regatta has been gaining throughout their four previous editions, this year has achieved to count on with the collaboration of the Meteorological Service of Catalonia, which very morning will offer the climate advisement at the Barcelona Royal Yacht Club. On July 12th morning a briefing will be offered to the participating boat skippers with detailed information around the wind evolution for each of the three days that the boat race lasts. On the other hand, before going to sail, the owners, the skippers and all the crew will receive a daily detailed meteorological report. In addition, on the official website (www.meteo.cat) will be available information that will offer, in real time, the detailed foresights, hour by hour, in the specific area where the competition will be competed. For the first time, this year, all the regatta participants will receive a commemorative medal to fasten on their boats deck as souvenir of their participation on the 5th Puig Vela Clàssica edition. It is a small token of gratitude and recognition for all the owners, skippers and crew who – thanks to their wonderful boats, their effort, and the excellent teamwork carried out– make that the Puig Vela Clàssica betters itself edition after edition. Un espectáculo en movimiento en el corazón del Mediterráneo At the regatta’s presentation ceremony, held the last 3th of July in the council, Marc Puig highlighted the invaluable contribution of the sea to Barcelona and assured that “it is about an spectacle in motion that into an international reference for sailing around the world”. There is no other city in the world that hosts a classic yacht regatta like the race held each year in Barcelona. AMoreover, one of the Puig Vela Clàssica particularities and one of the reasons why they make it extraordinary, is that occurs in the Barcelona’s heart: at 5 minutes from La Sagrada Familia, at 10 minutes from Barrio Gótico and a step from the best and most exclusives restaurants of the city. Something that any other Mediterranean capital can offer to their regattas. Barcelona puts on its best finery to receive the best classic sailing boats of the Mediterranean Classic Sailing seizes Barcelona Barcelona to become the hub of international sailing history in July Nautical wonders shine again in an unforgettable edition of the Puig Vela Clàssica regatta Guia, Argos, Marigan, Fjord III and Moonbeam of Fife win the 12th Puig Vela Clàssica regatta Cippino, Guia, Argos and Moonbeam take the lead on the second day of the Puig Vela Clàssica regatta by GNS © PUIG Vela Clàssica Barcelona	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2037
__label__cc	0.566095	0.433905	Corporate Income Tax (CIT) is a direct tax levied on a juristic company or partnership carrying on business in Thailand or not carrying on business in Thailand but deriving certain types of income from Thailand. 1. Taxable Person 1.1 A company or a juristic partnership incorporated under Thai law. (1) Limited company (2) public company limited (3) limited partnership (4) registered partnership 1.2 A company or a juristic partnership incorporated under foreign law 1.2.1 A company or juristic partnership incorporated under foreign laws and carrying on business in Thailand. 1.2.2 A company or juristic partnership incorporated under foreign laws and carrying on business in other places including Thailand. 1.2.3 A company or juristic partnership incorporated under foreign laws and carrying on business in other places including Thailand , in case of carriage of goods or carriage of passengers 1.2.4 A company or juristic partnership incorporated under foreign laws which has an employee, an agent or a go-between for carrying on business in Thailand and as a result receives income or profits in Thailand. 1.2.5 A company or juristic partnership incorporated under foreign laws and not carrying on business in Thailand but receiving assessable income under Section 40 (2)(3)(4)(5) or (6) which is paid from or in Thailand. 1.3 A business operating in a commercial or profitable manner by a foreign government, organization of a foreign government or any other juristic person established under a foreign law. 1.4 Joint venture 1.5 A foundation or association carrying on revenue generating business, but does not include the foundation or association as prescribed by the Minister in accordance with Section 47 (7) (b) under Revenue Code 2. File a Tax Return and Payment Thai and foreign companies carrying on business in Thailand are required to file their tax returns (Form CIT 50) within one hundred and fifty (150) days from the closing date of their accounting periods. Tax payment must be submitted together with the tax returns. Any company disposing funds representing profits out of Thailand is also required to pay tax on the sum so disposed within seven days from the disposal date (Form CIT 54). In addition to the annual tax payment, any company subject to CIT on net profits is also required to make tax prepayment (Form CIT 51). A company is obliged to estimate its annual net profit as well as its tax liability and pay half of the estimated tax amount within two months after the end of the first six months of its accounting period. The prepaid tax is creditable against its annual tax liability. As regards to income paid to foreign company not carrying on business in Thailand, the foreign company is subject to tax at a flat rate in which the payer shall withhold tax at source at the time of payment. The payer must file the return (Form CIT 54) and make the payment to the Revenue Department within seven days of the following month in which the payment is made. 3. Accounting period An accounting period shall be twelve months except in the following cases where it may be less than twelve months: a newly incorporated company or juristic partnership may elect to use the period from its incorporation date to any one date as the first accounting period. a company or juristic partnership may file a request to the Director-General to change the last day of an accounting period. In such a case, the Director-General shall have the power to grant approval as he deems appropriate. Such an order shall be notified to the company or juristic partnership who files the request within a reasonable period of time and in the case where the Director-General grants the permission, the company or juristic partnership shall comply to the accounting period as prescribed by the Director-General. 4. Tax Calculation In the calculation of CIT of a company carrying on business in Thailand, it is calculated from the company's net profit on the accrual basis. A company shall take into account all revenue arising from or in consequence of the business carried on in an accounting period and deducting therefrom all expenses in accordance with the condition prescribed by the Revenue Code. As for dividend income, one-half of the dividends received by Thai companies from any other Thai companies may be excluded from the taxable income. However, the full amount may be excluded from taxable income if the recipient is a company listed in the Stock Exchange of Thailand or the recipient owns at least 25% of the distributing company's capital interest, provided that the distributing company does not own a direct or indirect capital interest in the recipient company. The exclusion of dividends is applied only if the shares are acquired not less than 3 months before receiving the dividends and are not disposed of within 3 months after receiving the dividends. In calculating CIT, deductible expenses are as follows: Ordinary and necessary expenses. However, the deductible amount of the following expenses is allowed at a special rate: 200% deduction of Research and Development expense, 200% deduction of job training expense, 200% deduction of expenditure on the provision of equipment for the disabled; Interest, except interest on capital reserves or funds of the company; Taxes, except for Corporate Income Tax and Value Added Tax paid to the Thai government; Net losses carried forward from the last five accounting periods; Bad debts; Wear and tear; Donations of up to 2% of net profits; Provident fund contributions; Entertainment expenses up to 0.3% of gross receipt but not exceeding 10 million baht; Further tax deduction for donations made to public education institutions, and also for any expenses used for the maintenance of public parks, public playgrounds, and/or sports grounds; Depreciation: Provided that in no case shall the deduction exceed the following percentage of cost as shown below. However, if a company adopts an accounting method, which the depreciation rates vary from year to year, the company is allowed to do so provided that the number of years over which an asset depreciated shall not be less than 100 divided by the percentage prescribed below. Types of Assets Depreciation Rates 1. Building 1.1 Durable building 5 % 1.2 Temporary building 100 % 2. Cost of acquisition of depleted natural resources 3. Cost of acquisition of lease rights 3.1 no written lease agreement 10 % 3.2 written lease agreement containing no renewal clause or containing renewal clause but with a definite duration of renewal periods 100% divided by the original and renewable lease periods 4. Cost of acquisition of the right in a process, formula, goodwill, trademark, business license, patent, copyright or any other rights: 4.1 unlimited period of use 10 % 4.2 limited period of use 100% divided by number of years used 5. Other depreciation except land and goods 20 % 5.1 machinery used in R&D initial allowance of 40% on the date of acquisition and the residual can be depreciated at the rate in 5 5.2 cash registering machine initial allowance of 40% on the date of acquisition and the residual can be depreciated at the rate in 5 5.3 passenger car or bus with no more than 10 passengers capacity depreciated at the rate in 5 but the depreciable valve is limited to one million baht 6. Computer and accessories 6.1 SMEs* initial allowance of 40% on the date of acquisition and the residual can be depreciated over 3 years 6.2 other business depreciated over 3 years 7. Computer programs * SMEs refer to any Thai companies with fixed assets less than 200 million baht and number of employee not exceeding 200 people 12. The following items shall not be allowed as expenses in the calculation of net profits: (1) Reserves (with some exceptions): (2) Fund except provident fund under the rules, procedures and conditions prescribed by a Ministerial regulations. (3) Expense for personal, gift, or charitable purpose except expense for public charity, or for public benefit (4) Entertainment or service fees (5) Capital expense or expense for the addition, change, expansion or improvement of an asset but not for repair in order to maintain its present condition. (6) Fine and/or surcharge, criminal fine, income tax of a company or juristic partnership. (7) The withdrawal of money without remuneration of a partner in a juristic partnership (8) The part of salary of a shareholder or partner which is paid in excess of appropriate amount. (9) Expense which is not actually incurred or expense which should have been paid in another accounting period except in the case where it cannot be entered in any accounting period, then it may be entered in the following accounting period. (10) Remuneration for assets which a company or juristic partnership owns and uses. (11) Interest paid to equity, reserves or funds of the company or juristic partnership itself. (12) Damages claimable from an insurance or other protection contracts or loss from previous accounting periods except net loss carried forward for five years up to the present accounting period. (13) Expense which is not for the purpose of making profits or for the business. (14) Expense which is not for the purpose of business in Thailand. (15) Cost of purchase of asset and expense related to the purchase or sale of asset, but only the amount in excess of normal cost and expense without reasonable cause. (16) Value of lost or depleted natural resources due to the carrying on of business. (17) Value of assets apart from devalued assets subject to Section 65 Bis. (18) Expense which a payer cannot identify the recipient. (19) Any expense payable from profits received after the end of an accounting period. (20) Expense similar to those specified in (1) to (19) as will be prescribed by a Royal Decree. 5. Tax Rates The corporate income tax rate in Thailand is 20 % on net profit (accounting periods 2015) . However, the rates vary depending on types of taxpayers Taxpayer Tax Base Rate 1. Small company1 - Net profit from 300,000 not exceeding 3 millions baht - Net profit over 3 millions baht 20% (accounting periods 2015) 2. Companies listed in Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Net profit 20% 3. Companies newly listed in Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Net Profit 20% 4. Company newly listed in Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) Net Profit 20% 5. Bank deriving profits from International Banking Facilities (IBF) Net Profit 10% 6. Foreign company engaging in international transportation Gross receipts 3% 7. Foreign company not carrying on business in Thailand receiving dividends from Thailand Gross receipts 10% 8.. Foreign company not carrying on business in Thailand receiving other types of income apart from dividend from Thailand Gross receipts 15% 9. Foreign company disposing profit out of Thailand. Amount disposed. 10% 10. Profitable association and foundation. Gross receipts 2% or 10% 1. A small company refers to any company with paid-up capital less than 5 million baht at the end of each accounting period. 6. Withholding Tax Certain types of income paid to companies are subject to withholding tax at source. The withholding tax rates depend on the types of income and the tax status of the recipient. The payer of income is required to file the return (Form CIT 53) and submit the amount of tax withheld to the District Revenue Offices within seven days of the following month in which the payment is made. The tax withheld will be credited against final tax liability of the taxpayer. The following are the withholding tax rates on some important types of income. Types of income Withholding tax rate 1. Dividends 2. Interest1 3. Royalties2 4. Advertising Fees 5. Service and professional fees 3 % if paid to Thai company or foreign company having permanent branch in Thailand; 5% if paid to foreign company not having permanent branch in Thailand Tax will be withheld on interest paid to associations or foundations at the rate of 10%. Royalties paid to associations or foundations are subject to 10% withholding tax rate. Government agencies are required to withhold tax at the rate of 1% on all types of income paid to companies.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2042
__label__wiki	0.590515	0.590515	Stock Exchange Hotel, Manchester Restaurant run by celebrity chef Tom Kerridge Beautiful boutique interior design Stock Exchange Hotel In Manchester's beautiful former stock exchange, this luxury hotel offers a winning combination of a lovely restaurant by chef Tom Kerridge, personalised service, and a central, but quiet, location. Co-owned by footballers Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs, plus hotelier Winston Zahra, it's perfect for a special occassion, with marble flooring and sparkling brass, and elegant rooms made to linger in. It's slap bang in the centre of the city meaning you can walk to all Manchester's attractions and restaurants, but it's tucked away from city crowds. The Stock Exchange Hotel is on Norfolk Street in Manchester city centre, close to the bars, shops and restaurants of the Northern Quarter. By car: The hotel is around 200 miles from London (4.5 hours), 35 miles from Liverpool (1.5 hours) and 70 miles from York (2.5 hours). There is private parking available. By rail: London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly takes around 2 hours. The station is a 15-minute walk from the hotel. thetrainline.com The Stock Exchange Hotel is perfect for celebrations and anyone looking for luxury. Steam showers and treadmills in the larger suites are there to attract visiting musicians. We love the photographs of the stock exchange in its heyday, and framed artefacts and architect floorplans that show the building's history too. The residents' Traders Lounge has complimentary drinks and food from the Bull & Bear, including a cake of the day. Residents' lounge Norfolk Collection John Gass Collection Bradshaw Collection Arthur Hope Collection Our favourite room is the Boardroom Suite, with fabulous marble pillars and stained glass - and a mini bar in its original vault. Even the delicious smelling toiletries in the rooms, by traditional British brand D. R. Harris, are a nod to the building's heritage. John Gass Collection, Arthur Hope Collection, Bradshaw Collection, Kent Collection, Norfolk Suite Collection, The Nineteen 0 Six Suite, The Boardroom Suite Facilities include: king-sized beds, walk-in showers, bathrobes, toiletries, TVs with Sky Sports, hairdryers, Nespresso coffee machines The Bull & Bear restaurant in the building's domed trading hall is one of Manchester's most spectacular places to eat, serving small plates of British classics with a twist. We loved the simple rotisserie beetroot salad with feta, and a crunchy and tangy hazelnut dressing. The Bull & Bear: Michelin-starred chef, refined British menu. Mains from £12.50-£17.50. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Rooms available from £155 per night	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2044
__label__wiki	0.529459	0.529459	Have a membership question?membership@reigatebusinessguild.co.uk Planning & Heritage Town Improvement Upset and Dismay in Reigate Town on Saturday 4th July as new cycle lane causes havoc! Date: 6 July, 2020 July 4th should have marked the opening of cafes, restaurants, bars, hairdressers and barbers in the town as lockdown measures eased another stage further. The majority of businesses in the town have been badly affected by the lockdown and are fighting for survival. Consumer confidence is at an all time low and attracting people into Reigate Town Centre is extremely difficult given online competition and out of town retail parks. The Active Travel measures erected last night overshadowed the positive aspects of today’s re-opening and instead of increasing the confidence of local businesses and visitors to our town the converse happened. We appreciate a modal shift away from cars is required to reduce air pollution and promote healthier lifestyles. We have seen and read the comments from the cyclists who visited the town today and acknowledge there are no simple solutions to this issue. Some of the cyclists who were present in the town today were no doubt aided by social media and had advanced notice of the changes that were due to take place. However, despite being key stakeholders The Reigate Business Guild and other local businesses were not consulted or given any notification from the County Council regarding the measures taking place. In the same vein local residents were also kept in the dark. Communication is still at a minimum from the County Council and virtually non-existent from the Borough Council. A pro forma email response from the County Council, some tweets and a press release this morning are simply not enough to justify the impact these measures are having on town centre businesses. Some key lessons from today Traders reported that the majority of customers were not in support of the cycle lane Many stated they would avoid the town until the cycle lanes are removed, a point echoed on social media Takings were down for some and footfall from previous weekends also fell despite the easing of lockdown measures which were expected to increase much needed revenue at such a difficult time. Aesthetically the scheme is awful with poor signage (even the local cyclists who took to social media agreed with this point). Reigate Town Centre is a Conservation Area which sets it apart from other local towns and is a key selling point for local businesses. When combined with the floor stickers, new signage and red and white barriers slicing through the town centre we are badly damaging an important Heritage asset. Congestion in the town backed up to an unusually high level and created a continual crawl of traffic throughout the day. This was clearly evident on the ground and backed up on the AA Roadwatch site. Emergency vehicles continually struggled to make their way through the town centre which could result in tragic consequences, especially if there are accidents on the M23 or M25. Traffic may well contribute to slowing emergency vehicles down but closing off a lane made this far worse than normal. Pedestrians were unclear as to whether the cycle lane was dual use: an accident waiting to happen? The cycle signage for Priory Park consisted of one small sign with no further signage in the park to demarcate how to get to the other end of the High Street or locate any cycle parking near the town centre. Disabled parking bays have been reduced in the Town centre as a result of the cycle lanes. Loading bays have been closed leaving businesses at a loss as to how they can safely operate and no assistance or guidance has been provided by Surrey Highways other than to point to the already full loading bays on the opposite side of the High Street. Three bollards were removed from the end of The High Street overnight without explanation The overwhelming responses of the businesses we spoke to were upset and dismayed at the impact this was having on the town and their businesses. The timing of this experiment and lack of notification has completely failed our business community. Whether the aim of the measures has been met time will tell but given the local reaction it is doubtful. We all agree there is no quick fix. There have been numerous studies and plans over the years. The Reigate Business Guild previously sought a 20mph limit but were denied. This element of the proposal is universally supported. The cycle route through Priory Park is also generally supported albeit no actual route has been demarcated. Cars unable to turn out of the Morrisons junction safely View down Bell street as cars back up and emergency services can’t get through We want to keep an open dialogue with the respective Councils, businesses, residents, cyclists and visitors to the town to share ideas and learn from this experience if they are prepared to communicate with us on a level playing field. One day really is enough to learn that while the experiment has furthered the debate and helped to publicise greener travel it is not the right time to force this on our Historic town. The High Street and local schools have yet to fully open and offices remain predominantly empty yet still the town was at a standstill for most of the day. How long do we have to endure this before it’s agreed that there are better solutions and ways to spend public money on social distancing measures. Please share your experiences with us so that we can feedback to the County Council. We will canvass opinion from local businesses and provide data where available to aid this discussion. For the time being please leave the town centre alone and let us get back to business. Spencer Copping, Reigate Business Guild Chairman – spencer.copping@wspa.co.uk Reigate Business Guild Christmas Fayre Reigate Manor hosts inaugural Reigate & Banstead Business Awards Reigate Business Guild take difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Reigate Christmas Fayre St George’s Day flags say thanks to key workers Help to promote and protect our lovely town and become part of a respected collective voice. We are a local, united, voluntary voice from the business community, promoting commerce, events, activities & opportunities for the benefit of Reigate. 40 West Street, Reigate, Surrey RH2 9BT membership@reigatebusinessguild.co.uk www.reigatebusinessguild.co.uk Town Improvment © Reigate Business Guild 2020 \| All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2045
__label__wiki	0.860246	0.860246	best horror movie songs, plus religious boarding schools and military boarding schools. best horror movie songs Home » best horror movie songs Charles Bernstein’s score set us up for fear from the very beginning. In truth, LA ’s 45 Grave were more death rock than horror punk, with a vicious edge that some traditional horror fans might find a little hardcore outside of the movie. The one where you meet Scarlett Johansson, and you don’t even get her autograph, rose to fame as leader of wonky London pop outfit Micachu & The Shapes, but her score to, ’s creepy, Glasgow-set thriller Under The Skin showed off her undeniable chops as a composer, drawing influence from giants of modern classical like. 9.45 The 10 Best Krill Songs. 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Dracula 12. Top 100 Horror Movies Best of Rotten Tomatoes Movies with 40 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at Rotten Tomatoes. The one where you actually get trapped inside your nightmare, along with a bloke with knives for fingers, Charles Bernstein’s unsettling drones and incie-wincy spider melodies formed the perfect soundtrack to the delightful story of. A choice of 235 of the best horror movies released from 2000 to 2020. A lullaby to lull a baby to sleep. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. His work has appeared on PopMatters.com, Vulture.com, and Ugly Planet, among other online publications. Pin. Give your Halloween party a jolt with these bloodcurdling film scores. Share. Psycho 6. Best Horror Movie Songs. Dogs bark, pipes rumble, woozy. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Best Horror Movie Songs at Amazon.com. The Wicker Man is deemed the best British horror film of all time for a reason. In reverse chronological order and purely subjective. Last year Death Waltz released a massive eight-LP box set of Nightmare On Elm Street scores with brand new commissioned artwork. Unbelievably, the theme to 1980 slasher flick Halloween … 100% uncut Lynch. 31 Essential Horror Soundtrack Songs. The soundtrack itself is a mini-masterpiece, mixing up grimy synth textures with sumptuous strings and some unlikely funk excursions. A Nightmare on Elm Street 11. Unbelievably, the theme to 1980 slasher flick Halloween was recorded in just an hour. A study in suspense, the compelling two note musical motive is Wagnerian leit motif use at its best. It mimics the accelerated pulse rate of the truly terrified, and that’s one reason it’s so very gripping. More recently, Carpenter has been taking his movie scores on the road with a live band, while the Halloween theme itself, The one where you go into the shower and don’t make it out alive. Just as you plonked down on the couch to listen to some soothing music, your damned iPod started playing the "Tubular Bells" track from Exorcist unexpectedly, making you bolt out of the couch with your heart pounding 10 times faster. 13 Horror Movie Songs Guaranteed To Scare Your Neighbours This Halloween! Progressive rock introvert Mike Oldfield was just 19 years old when he self-recorded his debut album Tubular Bells at the Manor Studios in Oxfordshire. Horror is something that causes fear, dread, and shock. Most Clicked. 20 "When Doves Cry" - Prince And The Revolution Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 … Over a throbbing barrage of synths, bleak imagery, and distinctly Gaga-at-her-peak intrigue, the song floats by with the dark… And the score is marred by tragedy; mere months after the film’s release, Komeda was fatally injured in a accident at a drinking party, when he fell from a rocky escarpment after being pushed by the writer Marek Hlask. Horror movie themes are instantly creepy. Which is a … Hello Zepp by Charles Clouser completely embodies the frantic fear in this brutal horror story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgCejsyS0t8. When a film really nails a needle drop, you feel it. This terrifying theme song includes sounds of heavy breathing, whimpering cries, repetitive notes, a driving tempo and dramatic outbursts of synthesized bass chord progressions. Friday The 13th 3. , dedicated to unearthing old scores and rendering them in beautifully designed vinyl editions, proves that soundtracks – and especially horror soundtracks – can be a gripping listening experience, even when divorced from their parent film. Select Your Cookie Preferences. The preponderance of reissue labels like. Shop Best Horror Movie Songs. Wayne and Garth headbanging to Queen. These days, movie soundtracks aren’t just something people listen to while munching through a tub of popcorn at their local multiplex. Some of the musical motives are powerful enough that we think of them even without their films. There are nods to Halloween and Psycho in these eerie, arpeggiated melodies and stabbing strings, but a crisp digital veneer keeps things feeling fresh and up-to-date. Off her 2011 sophomore effort, Born This Way, there’s no better example of this than “Bloody Mary”. But, the music box tones of this theme are eerily interrupted with full orchestra and choir howling sounds of wraiths. The one where you’re being followed… by something, ’s It Follows has been widely hailed as a modern horror masterpiece, and the score – by video game composer. The one where your baby gets sold to the devil, was a young face on the Polish jazz scene when he was spotted by director, , who enlisted him to work on his 1962 film Knife In The Water. , the dead child murderer with knives for fingers who creeps into your dreams. The X-Files 10. At Top2040, see also: Top 40 Songs for Halloween Horror movie soundtracks take skill and finesse to create. Christopher Young composed this brooding and epic operatic theme, which musically alludes to the “He’ll tear your soul apart.” subtitle describing Hellraiser. Their music merges the theme of the movies with the musical scores so successfully that fans will often immediately hum the tune or tap the rhythm when the movie title is mentioned. Mark H. Harris has written about cinema and horror films since 2003. The score of a horror movie, from a memorable theme, to an atmospheric enhancement of scenes, right down to the closing credits, can elevate a good film to a great one, with the best … The Koreans take horror/thriller to an entire new level with this absolute masterpiece. Top 10 Creepiest Songs from Popular Horror Movies. It begins simply enough, with a tender music box melody…. If any band can give the Misfits a run for their money when it comes to incorporating classic horror films into their music, it’s Ice Nine Kills. When a horror movie theme song is used as a cultural reference outside of its film, it becomes part of popular expression, and we realize its greatness. 45 Best Horror Movie Theme Songs. The track, written on the movie set, won the Best Original Song Oscar and two Grammys. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield is generally considered to be the theme of this classic. As a pop star, Lady Gaga has always flirted with the darker side of the mainstream, not just with her highly conceptual and frankly weird persona but also with her overlooked but intricate and defined lyrical content. But it was the use of the first track’s haunting intro on the soundtrack to William Friedkin’s The Exorcist that seared the track into the annals of horror cinema and made Oldfield an unwilling star. This classic film includes one of the definitive music motifs of the horror genre. Ultimate Playlist … Five Reasons Why DeSaad Deserves a Solo Movie, What We Learned from The Batman: Three Jokers Trailer. The one where you are pursued by an evil clown, John Carpenter is one of the undisputed kings of horror cinema, and his self-made synth scores are amongst the genre’s eeriest. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2004 CD release of The Best Horror Movie Songs on Discogs. Composed by John Williams, everyone instantly recognizes this theme song. Horror movies and heavy music just go together ever since Black Sabbath pioneered the idea of heavy blues-based music with themes of evil, the occult and strange occurrences (did . the best films in action, drama, horror, and more expertly curated by the cos staff Top 25 Horror Movies of the 2010s From Ari Aster to Stephen King, our favorite genre had one hell of a decade ’s 1980 film (which follows a documentary crew as they venture into the Amazon to film cannibal tribes – no prizes for guessing how that turns out) is a controversial milestone of the grindhouse genre. A good soundtrack adds a lot to any movie, but especially to a horror film. MGK's Tickets To My Downfall is Set to … Jerry Goldsmith, legendary film composer, created this chilling score. Perhaps for the best, though as Death Cab’s emo New Order seance connected enough with listeners in 2015 to propel it to the top five on the Alternative Songs chart last November, making it … The best horror genre theme songs are those which accompany the most iconic films…the ones that we think of first because the music and movie are … Check Out Mario & Luigi: Super Anime Brothers, Building The Ultimate Breath Of The Wild Playhouse, Here’s What We Know about Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy for PS5, Turns out Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Has Connections to Modern Warfare. Bernard Herrmann’s superb film score for Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece: The legendary shower scene music which has permeated culture: Here are eight more themes too good to ignore, bringing the total to the classic number thirteen. Check also Thom Yorke's fine soundtrack to the 2018 remake. What are the best movie soundtracks of all time? ’s peerlessly eerie keyboards. It causes your mind to race and your body to tremble. Anyone watching this movie in the theater automatically knew that the shark was coming when these iconic tones were played. Forget all the foot-licking sex, Don’t Look Now is best remembered as one of the creepiest occult horrors of the 70’s, culminating in a scene that, sorry Freddy, really is the stuff of nightmares. . Renton overdosing to Lou Reed. The Exorsist 4. Recently Published. The realism of the entire film, and particularly the special effects makes this one of the best foreign horror films ever created. The 50 Best Original Songs Written for Movies. We look back 40 of the greats, including The Bodyguard, Footloose, O Brother Where Art Thou, Pretty in Pink, Shaft, and more, to rank the best … Director Stanley Kubrick preferred classical repertoire because he felt it complemented the atmosphere of Gothic horror characteristic to his film. Tweet. Halloween 2. But it’s the screeching violins of The Murder – which soundtrack the scene in which Janet Leigh’s doomed secretary Marion meets a gory end in a bathroom – that really sears itself into your nightmares. A childhood favorite sound. organs drift through thick mist, and a lady in a radiator sings a beautiful torch song. It features an unrelenting steady beat, ominous minor key and extensive chromaticism; all building tension. Did You Know Marvel Made a Freddy Kreuger Comic in 1989? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-_Xx9Dn0aI. The one where you’re chased by cannibals, obviously, Not for the faint-hearted, Italian director. John Carpenter both directed the film and wrote the score. Eternally gloomy music by Hans Zimmer utilizes piano and orchestra to paint a picture of horror, luring viewers into the landscape with suspicious calm, and attacking with rhythmic intensity. If it's anything Shawshank Redemption, Seinfeld, or Kevin Bacon game related he's way more interested. Italian horror don Fabio Frizzi’s score for Lucio Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters(or Zombi 2, depending on where you’re located) isn’t quite as memorable as … JAWS 5. 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Scream 9. 10 Best Songs. Originally, Lalo Schifrin composed the working score, but it was rejected because audiences who saw the original film trailer were too frightened by hearing it paired with the film images. Thanks for all the chills. This electronic music composed for the film is based on a phrase from the 5th movement of Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz. Approved third parties … Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. The ostinato bass pulses like a heartbeat, while synthesized strings flood harmonies above it. She gets sounds out of that viola that you’ll never believe. Aiden's been an entertainment freelancer for over 10 years covering movies, television and the occasional comic or video game beat. October 30, 2020 // 0 Comments. . A countdown of the greatest chart-toppers, floor-fillers and musical curios ever composed for film. A plethora of scratchy, alien dissonances peppered with percussive noises. By Thomas Delatte on October 2nd, 2020. It is instantly recognizable. These are horror’s top 75 theme songs. The Shining Review: This is a good Halloween CD to buy if you want to pinch pennies. Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage. Russian-American composer Hermann’s score to Psycho is an edgy listen throughout. Here are some of the creepiest film soundtracks available on Spotify. A horror movie makes you feels these things. Dracula (1931) The most recognizable piece from Universal’s Dracula is actually an excerpt from Act II of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Silence of the Lambs 8. Hearing the tones caused anxiety even before a shark was seen. John Carpenter is one of the undisputed kings of horror cinema, and his self-made synth scores are amongst the genre’s eeriest. Our selection of devilishly good UK parties will ensure you have one hell of an evening. These are the best of the rest, with distinctive musical themes to match their gripping stories. 1 in 19 countries, and became the best-selling single in 2014 (on top of cleaning up at the Grammys and MTV Movie Awards). Sad and wistful, this simple, pretty song has haunted many since the classic horror film was first presented. I guess the 3 PHENOMENAL acting performances from Byung-Hun Lee, Min-Sik Choi, and Moo-Seong Choi didn't hurt either. The Top Ten Dueling Monsters In Yu-Gi-Oh! The 100 best horror movies - the scariest films ranked by experts. They’re skillfully composed to conjure up the worst of our gut reactions, visceral emotions, and instinctive flight reactions. Search; 31 Essential Horror Soundtrack Songs . M ia and Vincent twisting to Chuck Berry. Here are five horror genre classics. Such is the power of exceptional music. Ennio Morricone composed this chilling theme for director John Carpenter’s first large studio movie. It successfully evokes mistrust in the most significant human connection — the one between mother and child. Horror movie soundtracks – or any soundtrack for that matter – can make or break a film. As the lead off of Williams’s own Girl, the song hit No. – neatly mimics the film’s blend of the contemporary and the classic. The best horror genre theme songs are those which accompany the most iconic films…the ones that we think of first because the music and movie are vividly linked in our memories. Nothing spreads fearful unrest like this. The one where you and your partner raise a mutant baby, ’s first full-length feature, Eraserhead, was five years in the making, and a good year of this was spent on audio, Lynch working with sound designer, on a score to fully articulate the film’s claustrophobic, surrealistic intensity. Label: Direct Source Special Products Inc. - BOO 39152 • Format: CD Compilation • Country: Canada • Genre: Stage & Screen • Style: Theme, Musical, Score 65 Greatest Horror Movies of the 21st Century From topical zombie apocalypses to retro-slasher flicks, the best scary movies … Sp Luxe Oil Wella Amazon, I Want You Poster Generator, Coraline Logo Font, The Lion Guard Simba Talks To Mufasa, Lipikar Huile Lavante, Sample Letter Responding To Customer Demands For Extended Payment Terms, Charles Bernstein’s score set us up for fear from the very beginning. In truth, LA ’s 45 Grave were more death rock than horror punk, with a vicious edge that some traditional horror fans might find a little hardcore outside of the movie. The one where you meet Scarlett Johansson, and you don’t even get her autograph, rose to fame as leader of wonky London pop outfit Micachu & The Shapes, but her score to, ’s creepy, Glasgow-set thriller Under The Skin showed off her undeniable chops as a composer, drawing influence from giants of modern classical like. 9.45 The 10 Best Krill Songs. Best Horror Movie Songs by Various Artists Tracks: 1. ’s contributions to the Italian “Giallo” genre are pure eye candy, and, ’s score is equally sumptuous – a mix of eerie chamber-rock, Satanic chant and driving funk, foregrounding founder member. Mike Oldfield/The National Philharmonic Orchestra, The one where Satan himself voms up all over your bedsheets. Their composers should be given a special nod of thanks for making some of the best horror movies a success, so Thank You from Top2040. White Zombie songs could easily make up a list of their own with how many horror film samples the band jammed into their music, but “Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)” is … We use cookies and similar tools to enhance your shopping experience, to provide our services, understand how customers use our services so we can make improvements, and display ads. His score to Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby is effortlessly chilling, particularly the main theme with haunting, lullaby-like vocals by. The Omen 7. Dracula 12. Top 100 Horror Movies Best of Rotten Tomatoes Movies with 40 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at Rotten Tomatoes. The one where you actually get trapped inside your nightmare, along with a bloke with knives for fingers, Charles Bernstein’s unsettling drones and incie-wincy spider melodies formed the perfect soundtrack to the delightful story of. A choice of 235 of the best horror movies released from 2000 to 2020. A lullaby to lull a baby to sleep. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. His work has appeared on PopMatters.com, Vulture.com, and Ugly Planet, among other online publications. Pin. Give your Halloween party a jolt with these bloodcurdling film scores. Share. Psycho 6. Best Horror Movie Songs. Dogs bark, pipes rumble, woozy. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Best Horror Movie Songs at Amazon.com. The Wicker Man is deemed the best British horror film of all time for a reason. In reverse chronological order and purely subjective. Last year Death Waltz released a massive eight-LP box set of Nightmare On Elm Street scores with brand new commissioned artwork. Unbelievably, the theme to 1980 slasher flick Halloween … 100% uncut Lynch. 31 Essential Horror Soundtrack Songs. The soundtrack itself is a mini-masterpiece, mixing up grimy synth textures with sumptuous strings and some unlikely funk excursions. A Nightmare on Elm Street 11. Unbelievably, the theme to 1980 slasher flick Halloween was recorded in just an hour. A study in suspense, the compelling two note musical motive is Wagnerian leit motif use at its best. It mimics the accelerated pulse rate of the truly terrified, and that’s one reason it’s so very gripping. More recently, Carpenter has been taking his movie scores on the road with a live band, while the Halloween theme itself, The one where you go into the shower and don’t make it out alive. Just as you plonked down on the couch to listen to some soothing music, your damned iPod started playing the "Tubular Bells" track from Exorcist unexpectedly, making you bolt out of the couch with your heart pounding 10 times faster. 13 Horror Movie Songs Guaranteed To Scare Your Neighbours This Halloween! Progressive rock introvert Mike Oldfield was just 19 years old when he self-recorded his debut album Tubular Bells at the Manor Studios in Oxfordshire. Horror is something that causes fear, dread, and shock. Most Clicked. 20 "When Doves Cry" - Prince And The Revolution Hot 100 Peak Position: 1 … Over a throbbing barrage of synths, bleak imagery, and distinctly Gaga-at-her-peak intrigue, the song floats by with the dark… And the score is marred by tragedy; mere months after the film’s release, Komeda was fatally injured in a accident at a drinking party, when he fell from a rocky escarpment after being pushed by the writer Marek Hlask. Horror movie themes are instantly creepy. Which is a … Hello Zepp by Charles Clouser completely embodies the frantic fear in this brutal horror story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgCejsyS0t8. When a film really nails a needle drop, you feel it. This terrifying theme song includes sounds of heavy breathing, whimpering cries, repetitive notes, a driving tempo and dramatic outbursts of synthesized bass chord progressions. Friday The 13th 3. , dedicated to unearthing old scores and rendering them in beautifully designed vinyl editions, proves that soundtracks – and especially horror soundtracks – can be a gripping listening experience, even when divorced from their parent film. Select Your Cookie Preferences. The preponderance of reissue labels like. Shop Best Horror Movie Songs. Wayne and Garth headbanging to Queen. These days, movie soundtracks aren’t just something people listen to while munching through a tub of popcorn at their local multiplex. Some of the musical motives are powerful enough that we think of them even without their films. There are nods to Halloween and Psycho in these eerie, arpeggiated melodies and stabbing strings, but a crisp digital veneer keeps things feeling fresh and up-to-date. Off her 2011 sophomore effort, Born This Way, there’s no better example of this than “Bloody Mary”. But, the music box tones of this theme are eerily interrupted with full orchestra and choir howling sounds of wraiths. The one where you’re being followed… by something, ’s It Follows has been widely hailed as a modern horror masterpiece, and the score – by video game composer. The one where your baby gets sold to the devil, was a young face on the Polish jazz scene when he was spotted by director, , who enlisted him to work on his 1962 film Knife In The Water. , the dead child murderer with knives for fingers who creeps into your dreams. The X-Files 10. At Top2040, see also: Top 40 Songs for Halloween Horror movie soundtracks take skill and finesse to create. Christopher Young composed this brooding and epic operatic theme, which musically alludes to the “He’ll tear your soul apart.” subtitle describing Hellraiser. Their music merges the theme of the movies with the musical scores so successfully that fans will often immediately hum the tune or tap the rhythm when the movie title is mentioned. Mark H. Harris has written about cinema and horror films since 2003. The score of a horror movie, from a memorable theme, to an atmospheric enhancement of scenes, right down to the closing credits, can elevate a good film to a great one, with the best … The Koreans take horror/thriller to an entire new level with this absolute masterpiece. Top 10 Creepiest Songs from Popular Horror Movies. It begins simply enough, with a tender music box melody…. If any band can give the Misfits a run for their money when it comes to incorporating classic horror films into their music, it’s Ice Nine Kills. When a horror movie theme song is used as a cultural reference outside of its film, it becomes part of popular expression, and we realize its greatness. 45 Best Horror Movie Theme Songs. The track, written on the movie set, won the Best Original Song Oscar and two Grammys. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield is generally considered to be the theme of this classic. As a pop star, Lady Gaga has always flirted with the darker side of the mainstream, not just with her highly conceptual and frankly weird persona but also with her overlooked but intricate and defined lyrical content. But it was the use of the first track’s haunting intro on the soundtrack to William Friedkin’s The Exorcist that seared the track into the annals of horror cinema and made Oldfield an unwilling star. This classic film includes one of the definitive music motifs of the horror genre. Ultimate Playlist … Five Reasons Why DeSaad Deserves a Solo Movie, What We Learned from The Batman: Three Jokers Trailer. The one where you are pursued by an evil clown, John Carpenter is one of the undisputed kings of horror cinema, and his self-made synth scores are amongst the genre’s eeriest. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2004 CD release of The Best Horror Movie Songs on Discogs. Composed by John Williams, everyone instantly recognizes this theme song. Horror movies and heavy music just go together ever since Black Sabbath pioneered the idea of heavy blues-based music with themes of evil, the occult and strange occurrences (did . the best films in action, drama, horror, and more expertly curated by the cos staff Top 25 Horror Movies of the 2010s From Ari Aster to Stephen King, our favorite genre had one hell of a decade ’s 1980 film (which follows a documentary crew as they venture into the Amazon to film cannibal tribes – no prizes for guessing how that turns out) is a controversial milestone of the grindhouse genre. A good soundtrack adds a lot to any movie, but especially to a horror film. MGK's Tickets To My Downfall is Set to … Jerry Goldsmith, legendary film composer, created this chilling score. Perhaps for the best, though as Death Cab’s emo New Order seance connected enough with listeners in 2015 to propel it to the top five on the Alternative Songs chart last November, making it … The best horror genre theme songs are those which accompany the most iconic films…the ones that we think of first because the music and movie are … Check Out Mario & Luigi: Super Anime Brothers, Building The Ultimate Breath Of The Wild Playhouse, Here’s What We Know about Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy for PS5, Turns out Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War Has Connections to Modern Warfare. Bernard Herrmann’s superb film score for Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece: The legendary shower scene music which has permeated culture: Here are eight more themes too good to ignore, bringing the total to the classic number thirteen. Check also Thom Yorke's fine soundtrack to the 2018 remake. What are the best movie soundtracks of all time? ’s peerlessly eerie keyboards. It causes your mind to race and your body to tremble. Anyone watching this movie in the theater automatically knew that the shark was coming when these iconic tones were played. Forget all the foot-licking sex, Don’t Look Now is best remembered as one of the creepiest occult horrors of the 70’s, culminating in a scene that, sorry Freddy, really is the stuff of nightmares. . Renton overdosing to Lou Reed. The Exorsist 4. Recently Published. The realism of the entire film, and particularly the special effects makes this one of the best foreign horror films ever created. The 50 Best Original Songs Written for Movies. We look back 40 of the greats, including The Bodyguard, Footloose, O Brother Where Art Thou, Pretty in Pink, Shaft, and more, to rank the best … Director Stanley Kubrick preferred classical repertoire because he felt it complemented the atmosphere of Gothic horror characteristic to his film. Tweet. Halloween 2. But it’s the screeching violins of The Murder – which soundtrack the scene in which Janet Leigh’s doomed secretary Marion meets a gory end in a bathroom – that really sears itself into your nightmares. A childhood favorite sound. organs drift through thick mist, and a lady in a radiator sings a beautiful torch song. It features an unrelenting steady beat, ominous minor key and extensive chromaticism; all building tension. Did You Know Marvel Made a Freddy Kreuger Comic in 1989? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-_Xx9Dn0aI. The one where you’re chased by cannibals, obviously, Not for the faint-hearted, Italian director. John Carpenter both directed the film and wrote the score. Eternally gloomy music by Hans Zimmer utilizes piano and orchestra to paint a picture of horror, luring viewers into the landscape with suspicious calm, and attacking with rhythmic intensity. If it's anything Shawshank Redemption, Seinfeld, or Kevin Bacon game related he's way more interested. Italian horror don Fabio Frizzi’s score for Lucio Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters(or Zombi 2, depending on where you’re located) isn’t quite as memorable as … JAWS 5. 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Scream 9. 10 Best Songs. Originally, Lalo Schifrin composed the working score, but it was rejected because audiences who saw the original film trailer were too frightened by hearing it paired with the film images. Thanks for all the chills. This electronic music composed for the film is based on a phrase from the 5th movement of Symphonie fantastique by Hector Berlioz. Approved third parties … Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. The ostinato bass pulses like a heartbeat, while synthesized strings flood harmonies above it. She gets sounds out of that viola that you’ll never believe. Aiden's been an entertainment freelancer for over 10 years covering movies, television and the occasional comic or video game beat. October 30, 2020 // 0 Comments. . A countdown of the greatest chart-toppers, floor-fillers and musical curios ever composed for film. A plethora of scratchy, alien dissonances peppered with percussive noises. By Thomas Delatte on October 2nd, 2020. It is instantly recognizable. These are horror’s top 75 theme songs. The Shining Review: This is a good Halloween CD to buy if you want to pinch pennies. Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage. Russian-American composer Hermann’s score to Psycho is an edgy listen throughout. Here are some of the creepiest film soundtracks available on Spotify. A horror movie makes you feels these things. Dracula (1931) The most recognizable piece from Universal’s Dracula is actually an excerpt from Act II of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. Silence of the Lambs 8. Hearing the tones caused anxiety even before a shark was seen. John Carpenter is one of the undisputed kings of horror cinema, and his self-made synth scores are amongst the genre’s eeriest. Our selection of devilishly good UK parties will ensure you have one hell of an evening. These are the best of the rest, with distinctive musical themes to match their gripping stories. 1 in 19 countries, and became the best-selling single in 2014 (on top of cleaning up at the Grammys and MTV Movie Awards). Sad and wistful, this simple, pretty song has haunted many since the classic horror film was first presented. I guess the 3 PHENOMENAL acting performances from Byung-Hun Lee, Min-Sik Choi, and Moo-Seong Choi didn't hurt either. The Top Ten Dueling Monsters In Yu-Gi-Oh! The 100 best horror movies - the scariest films ranked by experts. They’re skillfully composed to conjure up the worst of our gut reactions, visceral emotions, and instinctive flight reactions. Search; 31 Essential Horror Soundtrack Songs . M ia and Vincent twisting to Chuck Berry. Here are five horror genre classics. Such is the power of exceptional music. Ennio Morricone composed this chilling theme for director John Carpenter’s first large studio movie. It successfully evokes mistrust in the most significant human connection — the one between mother and child. Horror movie soundtracks – or any soundtrack for that matter – can make or break a film. As the lead off of Williams’s own Girl, the song hit No. – neatly mimics the film’s blend of the contemporary and the classic. The best horror genre theme songs are those which accompany the most iconic films…the ones that we think of first because the music and movie are vividly linked in our memories. Nothing spreads fearful unrest like this. The one where you and your partner raise a mutant baby, ’s first full-length feature, Eraserhead, was five years in the making, and a good year of this was spent on audio, Lynch working with sound designer, on a score to fully articulate the film’s claustrophobic, surrealistic intensity. 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__label__wiki	0.695209	0.695209	Center For Special Taxes CalTax State Employees Waste Huge Sums, State Auditor Finds State employees have wasted hundreds of thousands of tax dollars by misreporting work hours, doing private work on state time, collecting improper reimbursements and more, the state auditor reported February 11. The title of the report says it all: “Investigations of Improper Activities by State Agencies and Employees: Misuse of State Resources, Forgery, False Time Reporting, Financial Interests Disclosure Violations, and Waste of State Funds.” Highlights of the auditor’s work: During a one-year period, four psychiatrists at Patton State Hospital worked significantly fewer than 40 hours per week – the work period for which they were paid, under their collective bargaining agreement. The cost of their missed work hours totaled $296,800. In addition, two of the psychiatrists engaged in other employment during their regularly scheduled state work hours. “We also learned that psychiatrists and other staff at Patton may also regularly work less than an average of 40 hours per week,” the auditor wrote. “Although supervisors and executive management were generally aware of psychiatrists’ failure to work a weekly average of 40 hours, they did not act to resolve the situation.” A supervising nurse who also served as a military reservist forged military documents and falsely claimed he performed reservist duties; as a result, he received compensation and benefits of $6,000 to which he was not entitled. A psychiatrist violated the California Political Reform Act of 1974 by failing to disclose income of $29,800 that he received from a pharmaceutical company. A state agency wasted state funds when it improperly reimbursed three employees $4,500 in excess of the allowed amount for training.“ These same issues also led its staff to questionably categorize training courses for another seven employees,” the auditor found. The agency “potentially could have saved $50,800 had its staff appropriately categorized courses for these seven employees and had the staff followed its policy of limiting certain training reimbursements to $2,000 per calendar year for each full-time employee.” A state agency wasted $25,600 in state funds during a one-year period when it charged only eight hours of leave for 12 employees who missed nine-hour or 10-hour workdays. A state agency failed to update an outdated policy related to rental vehicle use for state travel; as a result, another state agency inadvertently wasted state funds totaling $4,200 when it followed the outdated policy. A supervisor at the California Department of Public Health misused state time from January 2015 through July 2015 by leaving for several hours during his shift almost every day without using leave and without management approval. The auditor estimated that the supervisor did not account for 234 hours of his work time, valued at $3,800. From October 2013 through June 2014, an engineer at the Department of Industrial Relations submitted travel claims for more mileage than permitted by state law. The overcharges allowed him to collect $1,300 more than he was due for his travel reimbursements. An employee of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife received an improper reimbursement for $300 in expenses related to a two-day retirement planning seminar that he did not attend. The employee deceived his supervisor about his failure to attend the seminar, and submitted a falsified time sheet that showed his attendance. An associate governmental program analyst at the California Department of Public Health misused her state computer and email to operate her residential rental business for at least five years. The report is just a snapshot of waste, as it covers just a handful of investigations. Auditor Reports Millions of Dollars Wasted by State Agencies UC System Has “Inconsistent and Unfair” Admissions System, Audit Finds Unemployment Insurance Agency Stops Answering Calls California Tax Foundation \| 1215 K Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 \| 916.441.0490 \| foundation@caltax.org © 2018 CALIFORNIA TAX FOUNDATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2055
__label__cc	0.605855	0.394145	Entertainment (37) Entertainment Columns (37) Kats (37) Celebrity (30) Golden Knights/NHL (12) Local (11) The Strip (10) Super Bowl LIV (4) Local Las Vegas (3) mc-entertainment (15) coronavirus (1) DJ Diesel (1) Encore Beach Club (1) October 22nd, 2020 (1) January 3rd, 2020 (1) February 3rd, 2019 (1) June 1st, 2018 (1) James Harden hits the Strip while NBA’s Rockets wait James Harden wasn’t with his NBA team this weekend. But he was at Drai’s. Raiders exec Badain feeling the Discovery Children’s Museum love The Discovery Children’s Museum’s first virtual “non gala” will be hosted by Clint Holmes and feature performances by Jewel, Mat Franco and Matt Goss. The Killers to perform at halftime of Raiders’ home opener September 16, 2020 - 10:26 am September 16, 2020 - 2:18 pm The Killers are advancing the tradition of rock bands performing on rooftops for the Las Vegas Raiders’ home opener Monday night. QB Jay Cutler once rescued receiver from Las Vegas gambling tab April 23, 2020 - 10:50 pm April 24, 2020 - 9:49 am Former wideout Brandon Marshall remembers, “I’m literally in the Wynn hotel, and I call Jay. I’m like, ‘Jay, I’m in some trouble. I need $60,000.’ ” NFL legend Terry Bradshaw sings COVID-19 blues April 23, 2020 - 8:49 pm April 24, 2020 - 9:51 am Four-time Super Bowl champ Terry Bradshaw says, “We will all get on the other side of this soon, but in the meantime, I hope this song brings a smile to your faces.” Jon Gruden on Tom Brady questions: ‘You’re killing me, man’ March 10, 2020 - 2:03 pm March 11, 2020 - 10:58 am When asked at Power of Love about the Raiders’ interest in Tom Brady, Jon Gruden said, “We love our quarterback. Our quarterback’s a really good player.” Jon Gruden becoming quite the Las Vegas scenester February 17, 2020 - 10:44 am February 17, 2020 - 4:49 pm Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is becoming something of a scenester in our city, further expanding our civic image. Kelce leads Kansas City Chiefs’ second Las Vegas Strip party February 9, 2020 - 1:07 pm February 10, 2020 - 12:16 pm For the second straight night the newly crowned Super Bowl champs partied at a Las Vegas Strip uber-nightclub, storming Omnia Nightclub at Caesars Palace. Floyd Mayweather, Imagine Dragons rock end-of-decade lists January 3, 2020 - 3:48 pm January 3, 2020 - 3:48 pm Floyd Mayweather posted, “No disrespect to anyone but I did these numbers really in 5 years due to a couple of layoffs and with NO endorsements …”	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2056
__label__wiki	0.953752	0.953752	#GardenGram: a unique perspective of the Buckingham Palace Garden on Instagram As the clocks went back this week, the Buckingham Palace social media channels have been celebrating the Autumnal landscape in the Buckingham Palace gardens. Four photographers were invited to give their unique perspective, as they went on a behind the scenes tour of the Buckingham Palace Garden. Showcased on The Royal Family’s Instagram Channel #GardenGram – photographers @lakudavies, @londonviewpoints, @prettycitylondon and @pli.panda - have captured the variety of trees and flora which contribute to the city’s thriving eco-system. Growing in the garden is a variety of trees, shrubs, wildflowers and bulbs – around 6,500 plants altogether, including 1,400 and 5,000 species. There are 200 species of trees and 260 types of wildflowers including orchids. To see snapshot of their work and enjoy wonderful pictures of just some of the thousands of species planted in the Buckingham Palace Instagram, follow @theroyalfamily on Instagram. Here is a preview of #GardenGram. Royal Residences: Buckingham Palace The Queen hosts a reception for Rio 2016 Medallists at Buckingham Palace Visit Buckingham Palace Royal Collection Trust: What's On in London The Reservicing of the Picture Gallery Find out more about the work being carried out on the home The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall present The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education The Duke of Sussex hosts The Rugby League World Cup Draw live from Buckingham Palace The Queen hosts a reception for NATO leaders A speech by The Duchess of Cornwall to celebrate The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2019 BBC Proms celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth The White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace The Throne Room at Buckingham Palace The Grand Staircase at Buckingham Palace International Youth Day 2019 Powering the Palace: replacing the boilers at Buckingham Palace We must ensure that the silence that hides pain and suffering is turned into voices of hope and a reason to continue to act. A speech by The Countess of Wessex at a reception for Women Peacebuilders, Buckingham Palace Virtual tours: Buckingham Palace Inside the Kitchens at Buckingham Palace: Christmas Ginger Bread Biscuits The Earl and Countess visit Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Southall The Countess of Wessex celebrates the 10th anniversary of the London College of Fashion's 'Better Lives' campaign Decant of the East Wing at Buckingham Palace Reservicing: Mapping the Palace The Royal Family joins celebrations for The Royal Air Force's 100th Anniversary I simply cannot thank you enough. What you are doing, what The Royal Marsden is doing, is immeasurably important. A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at a reception for the Royal Marsden Trust The Princess Royal hosts the annual Not Forgotten Association Garden Party The Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award Presentations at Buckingham Palace Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace 2018 Summer Opening at Buckingham Palace Members of the public can visit Buckingham Palace from July to September each year. Princess Alexandra attends a concert to celebrate the power of music on people suffering with dementia Rewiring Buckingham Palace This State Visit is an expression of the deep respect and friendship that describes relations between Spain and the United Kingdom The Queen's speech at the Spanish State Banquet The Spanish State Visit The Queens Awards for Enterprise 2017 The Queen presents new colours to the Scots Guards Receiving my Duke of Edinburgh's Gold Award at Buckingham Palace Shannon's story of her day out to receive her Gold DofE Award at Buckingham Palace Party at Buckingham Palace to be held for Armed Forces families Behind the scenes at a Garden Party A look behind the scenes as Buckingham Palace prepares to host a Garden Party Our Garden Party at the Palace A look behind the scenes at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party The Prince of Wales and Prince Harry present medals to the Gurkhas The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry to host 'Party At The Palace' Setting up a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace Investitures Each year The Queen welcomes over 30,000 guests to garden parties... Changing the Guard I am sure of a shared, bright future for both of our countries as long-standing allies working together towards global peace and prosperity The Queen’s Speech at the State Banquet in honour of the President of the Republic of Colombia The Queen celebrates the success of TeamGB and ParalympicsGB medallists	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2057
__label__cc	0.672561	0.327439	16 days of activism - gender based violence against women and girls Independent Choices Greater Manchester is urging all political and faith leaders, as well as members of the public, to raise awareness about domestic abuse during the global 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, which starts on Wednesday 25th November – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – and ends on Human Rights Day on Thursday 10th December. Independent Choices will be sharing 16 short and powerful videos across their social media platforms, which have been contributed by local multi-faith and other leaders and influencers such as the Lord Bishop of Manchester and the Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester, to focus the region’s attention on the prevalence of domestic abuse and the help available to victims. Farheen Anwar, Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse Helpline Coordinator, said: “The United Nations tells us that one in three women in the world experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner, and that since the outbreak of COVID-19 domestic violence has intensified. Over two women a week are murdered in the UK by their partner, ex-partner or family member. However, since the coronavirus pandemic, homicides have increased and the number of domestic violence complaints has doubled. Violence against women and girls is a human rights violation and more action is needed to help eradicate it and to support victims. We are therefore using the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence to highlight domestic abuse across Greater Manchester by running a social media video campaign, supported by prominent faith, political, and other local leaders and influencers. The videos explain what domestic abuse looks like and what help is available to support victims. On the final day of the campaign we will be holding a virtual Candlelight Vigil in memory of the murdered women and would urge other organisations and leaders across Greater Manchester to join us in changing their social media profile pictures on 10th December”. Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse Helpline hears heart-breaking stories every day of women feeling trapped in abusive relationships, so it’s vitally important that people understand the early signs of domestic abuse and get confidential help and advice as soon as possible. You don’t need to be the victim of domestic abuse to get help either. If you’re a friend, family member or neighbour who’s concerned about someone, you can still call the Helpline in confidence to talk through your worries and to get tips and advice to support your friend or relative. You could make the difference that saves a woman’s life. Call Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0161 636 7525 or email helpline@independentchoices.org.uk. Age UK Salford Creative Writing Workshop Claremont and Weaste Community Committee UK Poverty JRF Annual Report Shift Click Free Digital Training Programme Cash First – Greater Manchester Poverty Action Thriving Communities Learning Together Programme Turn 2 Us Corinth Training: Free Adult Education Courses for Spring 2021 Activities for Older Adults During COVID19 Social Sense - Free Activities to help Greater Manchester Residents through the Winter Local libraries open for essential computer use Health Hour COVID-19 Vaccine Panel Mapping the race equality sector in England Older People and COVID-19 resources	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2064
__label__cc	0.561203	0.438797	SAS Moves You SAS Insights Download: AI for Executives Machine learning and artificial intelligence in a brave new world How the latest advances in AI will revolutionize business — and beyond This article was originally published by The Economist and sponsored by SAS For some, a mention of artificial intelligence (AI) summons images of robots running amok as humans valiantly try to put the genie back in the bottle. But the reality is that today’s AI — the ability of machines to learn from experience and perform tasks once only possible for humans — is already a reality and full of possibilities to enrich and improve human lives. Machine learning, one of the key building blocks of AI, has been a part of the technological world since the 1950s, when the earliest programmers asked computers to make sense of large sets of data. Programmers have increasingly refined the ability of machines to study data in order to detect patterns that allow computers to then organize information, identify relationships, make predictions and detect anomalies. Today, modern applications of AI have already given us self-driving cars and virtual assistants and have helped us detect fraud and manage resources like electricity more efficiently. Artificial Intelligence for Executives AI requires a vision to achieve. Your vision isn’t cookie cutter, so your AI application shouldn’t be either. With our guidance, you can integrate advanced analytics, including artificial intelligence, into your strategy – and understand the strengths and weaknesses of various methods based on your goals. Download the paper Sectors as diverse as retail, sports, banking, manufacturing and healthcare have all found applications for machine learning and AI. Today’s machines are now capable of performing narrowly defined tasks with great precision, but—and it’s an important caveat—that precision is only as good as the quality and, in some cases, the quantity of the data that drives the model. The current state of play in machine learning will, with the input of carefully considered data, make possible countless enhancements to existing products and, eventually, the development of free-standing AI, although not the fully autonomous AI devices of the “robots running amok” kind. Today’s machine learning tasks are tackled in four primary ways through: Machines that need to be taught by example before they can apply the resulting insight to similar tasks Machines that can extrapolate from a general pattern and apply it to other data Machines that can, unsupervised, study data to find patterns, getting better with experience (though never autonomous) Machines that can work with and exploit a given set of rules to move towards a desired outcome But as machine learning gets deeper, we are embarking on the next step towards increasingly sophisticated AI: deep learning. The sophisticated analysis of deep learning is achieved through neural networks, so called because they loosely mimic the interconnected structure of the human brain to provide a many-layered functionality. These neural networks are so sophisticated, in fact, that the path a machine takes to reach its conclusion is not yet readily understood. Deep learning uses huge, self-improving neural networks — only possible and more widely accessible because of recent advances in computing power — to achieve extremely complex pattern spotting like recognizing speech or images. “Deep learning is only going to be used when it really makes sense—where it can quickly find intricate, variable relationships hidden in large volumes of data that we haven’t been able to pull out in any other way yet,” explains Mary Beth Ainsworth, global product marketing manager of artificial intelligence and text analytics at SAS. “But deep learning means a machine can look at a problem through a completely different analytic lens than its human counterpart. It could be used to tackle all sorts of issues. The potential in all the data we collect every day is yet to be realised.” Progress is also being seen in how a second key building block of AI, natural language processing (NLP), has evolved into natural language understanding (NLU). If NLP is the ability to translate spoken or written language into a form an algorithm can understand and then respond with results in a spoken or written language that people can understand, then NLU is altogether more familiar: the ability to infer meaning in language and then respond accordingly, as people do instinctively. Siri and Alexa are first steps on a path to giving AI a much simpler, more human ease of use. And, contrary to the dystopian results some may imagine, humans remain very much in the picture. Setting up and maintaining useful machine learning requires human interaction and insight, as does validating AI conclusions by testing them against new data — an essential component of any AI deployment. Moreover, selecting the right algorithm for the job, configuring it for best performance, refining the data it will work on, getting the ideal balance between the sophistication of the machine and its ability to consume data and interpreting the results with the understanding that prediction is not the same as causation are part science, part art and all people power. Small wonder then, as a recent cross-national survey of SAS clients suggests, that one of the greatest concerns that businesses have about the adoption of artificial intelligence is having the human expertise to manage it. “Organizations may want to jump on the AI bandwagon because it’s such a hot topic, but they have to identify what they want to do with it,” advises Ainsworth. “By the same token, other people perhaps still have a negative perception of AI, from how it’s often portrayed, such that it can seem overwhelming. But in many cases they’re already leveraging forms of machine learning every day when they run a search on the internet, upload photos to social media or shop online with major retailers. Ultimately, it’s about using the right tool for the right job. AI requires a strategy with clearly defined tactical steps to successfully implement that larger plan. AI can provide valuable insights, but what you do with that information still requires human direction.” It’s already clear that AI is set to be revolutionary; more so, most likely, than the move to automating repetitive manual tasks through robotic hardware. AI will require some dramatic culture shifts. But it will not only boost productivity — identifying maintenance problems before they happen, for example, or allowing for real-time online pricing — but it will save time, too. AI will work away in the background while we’re freed up to innovate or to attend to other tasks that require human attention. Much as Amazon’s distribution centers use robotics to select merchandise but people to pack it, commerce, and many other areas of life, will become a question of teamwork. Human and machine will work together. Article How health care leaders deployed analytics when crisis hitDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, some health care providers were well-positioned to respond to rapid changes in demand. The factor that most distinguished them was that they already had a strong capacity in place for using data to inform decisions. Read about three key takeaways from their experiences. Article A guide to machine learning algorithms and their applicationsDo you know the difference between supervised and unsupervised learning? How about the difference between decision trees and forests? Or when to use a support vector algorithm? Get all the answers here. Series Tips for making the most of your analytics softwareEducators need insights from their data. 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__label__cc	0.638257	0.361743	RMS Collaborates with Willis Re and Securian Financial on Launching the First Indemnity-Based Mortality Catastrophe Bond London, UK – 23rd Nov, 2020 – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk modeling company, collaborated with Willis Re Securities and Securian Financial to launch the new La Vie Re Limited (Series 2020-1) mortality catastrophe bond providing US$100m of reinsurance protection for Minnesota Life Insurance Company, a Securian Financial affiliate. RMS acted as the modeling agent on the cat bond transaction, providing a view of the risk covered by the bond to investors. RMS used its suite of excess mortality and morbidity models, covering infectious disease pandemics, terrorism, earthquakes, and other perils, including a contribution to the expected loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering the U.S., this is the first indemnity 144A excess mortality bond that models the cedants’ portfolio on a loss ratio basis. The notes being issued by La Vie Re were launched to cat bond investors, and the full US$100m principal was achieved with a coupon price of 2.85%. Jin Shah, Client Director, RMS, said: “Investors have warmly welcomed Securian Financial as a new sponsor to the ILS market. Likewise, RMS is pleased to support another new issuer secure reinsurance protection from the ILS market with a novel structure and trigger. Using our life risk modeling capabilities, RMS developed an indemnity trigger on loss ratios and supported investors’ understanding of the risk, especially on the contribution from the current COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic outlooks reflect the latest research on vaccine availability, efficacy and distribution, and how this may mitigate the impact of a second, winter wave of COVID-19 infections threatening regions where strict social distancing measures have been relaxed. It was a pleasure to collaborate with Securian Financial and Willis Re Securities and it’s great to see the ILS market continue to support innovation in the market.” RMS Estimates that Total Insured Losses from the 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires Will Be Between US$7bn – US$13bn Newark, CA – December 15, 2020 – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk solutions company, estimates insured losses from the record-breaking western U.S. wildfires this season will be between US$7.0 and US$13.0 billion. These losses reflect estimates as of December 1, 2020 and represent an update from the previously estimated losses from fires up to September 20, 2020. The ignition of the highly damaging Glass Fire and additional spread of the CZU and LNU Complex Fires represent the most notable activity in California since September 20. RMS insured losses represent estimates from major wildfires in California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado at December 1, 2020: Region Insured Losses (USD $ bn) as of 1 December, 2020 Northern California Oregon and Washington Colorado 5.0 - 9.0 1.0 - 3.0 Up to 1.0 The RMS estimate includes losses from property damage, including evacuation and smoke damage, business interruption (BI), and additional living expenses (ALE) across residential, commercial, and industrial lines. Smoke and evacuation are expected to be significant contributors to losses for the wildfires this season, contributing about 20 percent of losses in California and Colorado and about 35 percent in Oregon and Washington. The estimate also accounts for notable post-event loss amplification (PLA) from property damage (25 to 30 percent) and business interruption/ALE (up to 100 percent or greater). The RMS loss estimate is based on detailed modeling of fire spread, ember accumulations, and smoke dispersion of the fires utilizing the U.S. Wildfire High-Definition (HD) Model, part of the North America Wildfire HD Model suite, released in February, 2019. The model covers the entire contiguous U.S. and explicitly simulates ember and smoke to support detailed analysis of the impact of a wildfire beyond historical fire perimeters. The model’s findings were supported by Damage Inspection Specialist (DINS) damage surveys for California Fires, published damage reports from federal and respective state agencies for the Oregon, Washington, and Colorado fires, and the RMS U.S. Wildfire Industry Exposure Database. Michael Young, Vice President, Product Management said: “2020 represents the most destructive fire season on record, in terms of burn area in California. Since August, 69 major fires that exceeded 1,000 burned acres each, have burned so far. Five of the six largest ever California wildfires have occurred in 2020, with over 4.4 million acres burned in total to date. While fires earlier in the season were dominated by ignitions sparked by the intense lightning storm in August, extreme wind-driven fires dominated the last few months. A similar phenomenon resulted in record-breaking fires in Oregon as well this season, with over 20 major fires driven by extreme winds, burning more than 1.2 million acres so far. In October, Colorado experienced its three largest destructive fires with more than 24 major fires burning 850,000 acres in total. Rajkiran Vojjala, Vice President, Model Development said: “This wildfire season reaffirms the growing catastrophic nature of this peril. Wildfire risk is clearly evolving, not only in California, but also in other states, as we observed in Oregon and Colorado. While changing climate patterns have significantly influenced the record-breaking fires this season, several other factors also profoundly affected the ignition potential and expected losses from these events in different ways. Most notable amongst them are the Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) measures undertaken by utilities, preparedness and response of firefighters in Northern California despite COVID-19 challenges, and recent legislative actions governing wildfire claims settlement such as the California Senate Bill 872. RMS is currently engaged with various stakeholders in evaluating these factors and understanding their impact on the emerging risk profile of this peril as part of its wildfire modeling agenda.” END The technology and data used in providing this information is based on the scientific data, mathematical and empirical models, and encoded experience of scientists and specialists. As with any model of physical systems, particularly those with low frequencies of occurrence and potentially high severity outcomes, the actual losses from catastrophic events may differ from the results of simulation analyses. RMS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL RESPONSIBILITIES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY DECISIONS OR ADVICE MADE OR GIVEN AS A RESULT OF THE INFORMATION OR USE THEREOF, INCLUDING ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL RMS (OR ITS PARENT, SUBSIDIARY, OR OTHER AFFILIATED COMPANIES) BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WITH RESPECT TO ANY DECISIONS OR ADVICE MADE OR GIVEN AS A RESULT OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS INFORMATION OR USE THEREOF. RMS Appoints Pat McCarthy as Executive Vice President of Sales and Client Development NEWARK, CA – October 27, 2020 – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk modeling company, announces the appointment of Patrick (Pat) McCarthy as Executive Vice President of Sales and Client Development, with immediate effect. Pat will lead this global organization for RMS, and brings a successful track record of delivering meaningful innovations and high-value solutions to some of the world’s most revered enterprises. Pat joins RMS from SAP, where most recently he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of SAP’s Ariba and Fieldglass businesses, focused on enterprise supply chain optimization and risk reduction. He also supported customers as they moved from legacy solutions to SaaS, always with an eye on value creation. Pat had been at SAP for 15 years in various senior roles including as COO for a large part of the US business, the Midwest Market Unit. Prior to SAP, Pat spent seven years at Oracle in various leadership roles spanning sales, industry, and solution roles in its JD Edwards and PeopleSoft businesses. Pat started his career with ten years at Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Co, where he held several management roles. Pat will report directly to RMS CEO, Karen White. Karen White, Chief Executive Officer at RMS, said: “Pat is joining at an exciting and challenging time in our industry and at RMS. He is exceptionally strategic and has earned his stellar reputation for bringing mission-critical innovations and solutions to global customers. Pat’s impressive approach to deeply understanding the markets and enterprise customers he serves, with an eye on helping them to innovate and on their business outcomes, is aligned with RMS’s mission to be a strong strategic partner for our customers. Pat’s formidable experience supporting global customers as they leveraged leading-edge technology and solutions to advance their businesses will be a great asset to RMS and the customers we serve.” Pat McCarthy added: “I’m very excited to be joining RMS as it’s an honor to work for a company so focused on building resilience into businesses and economies. For 30 years, RMS’s science and models have been the most trusted view of risk in the industry. It’s more important now than ever before that clients have access to the best modeling science and platforms, helping them drive business results that exceed their expectation. I’m pleased to be leading a team that continues to leverage our core strengths and simultaneously maps out a future with our clients that leverages innovations and the latest science as we tackle the future of risk.” RMS and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. to Expand and Deepen Global Commercial Partnership London and Tokyo – October 15, 2020 – RMS, the world’s leading catastrophe risk solutions company, and Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc., are pleased to announce that they are expanding and deepening their global commercial partnership through a new agreement. RMS models underlie Tokio Marine’s global view of natural catastrophe risk, and Tokio Marine entities have access to a range of RMS RiskLink® and HD™ models as well as RMS Risk Intelligence™ products. The goal of the partnership is to ensure that the highest quality, most accurate, best-science, data and technology-based views of risk across all perils and markets where Tokio Marine participates are leveraged to the benefit of Tokio Marine customers worldwide. Through the partnership, RMS models, data and applications, along with the RMS cloud platform, Risk Intelligence, may be leveraged by Tokio Marine entities globally. Tokio Marine has been a longstanding industry leader and partner with RMS, with the relationship spanning over 20 years. Tokio Marine partnered with RMS on the development of the Japan Earthquake and Japan Typhoon models, providing knowledge and insights to the benefit of the modelled views of those risks, the partnership, as well as the market at large. In addition to RMS RiskLink models, Tokio Marine has also licensed and is adopting the current suite of RMS high-definition (HD) models, which includes the Japan Typhoon and Flood HD Model, and the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami HD Model. Tokio Marine was an early adopter of RMS Risk Modeler™ and Exposure Manager™ solutions and is working towards adoption of the latest version, Risk Modeler 2.0, as it deploys new HD models. All RMS RiskLink models, together with HD models, are deployed on cloud-based Risk Modeler as of the September 30, 2020 release, along with portfolio and account modelling and analytics. Kenji Okada, Group Chief Risk Officer, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. said: “RMS has been an important strategic partner for many years and has consistently demonstrated its commitment to investing in better science and technology for the insurance industry. We look forward to continuing and deepening this partnership over the years to come.” Karen White, Chief Executive Officer of RMS, said: “Tokio Marine has been a global market leader and valued partner to RMS throughout our longstanding relationship. The global risk market is growing more complex and inter-connected. As we together tackle existing as well as increasing risks such as climate change and extreme weather events, systemic risks, clash risks, cyber, pandemic and infectious disease risks and other perils, meaningful collaboration and partnerships, coupled with leading edge science and technology, are vital. We look forward to continuing our work with Tokio to ensure the deepest insights and views of risks, to optimize business outcomes and greater global resiliency.” Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS) helps insurers, financial markets, corporations, and public agencies evaluate and manage global risk from natural and man-made catastrophes, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, climate change, cyber, and pandemics. RMS helped pioneer the catastrophe risk industry, and continues to lead in innovation by marrying data and advanced model science with leading-edge SaaS technology. Leaders across multiple industries can address the risks of tomorrow with RMS Risk Intelligence™ (RI), our open, unified cloud platform for global risk, enabling them to tap into RMS HD models, rich data layers, intuitive applications, and APIs. Further supporting the industry's transition to modern risk management, RMS spearheaded the Risk Data Open Standard (RDOS), a new modern open standard data schema designed to be an extensible, flexible, and future-proof asset within modeling/analysis systems. RMS is a trusted solutions partner enabling effective risk management for better business decision making across risk identification and selection, mitigation, underwriting, and portfolio management. Visit RMS.com to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter. Matthew Longbottom PR Lead, EU and APAC +44 20 7444 7706 prteam@rms.com Devonne Cusi PR Lead, Americas +1 551 226 1604 prteam@rms.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2071
__label__wiki	0.524034	0.524034	RoadsideAmerica.comYour Online Guide to Offbeat Tourist Attractions My Sights Attraction: State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY AB BC MB NB NF NT NS ON PQ PE SK YT Mex. Other Anacortes, Washington: Overgrown Ship Hulk This is what happens when you let even a very, very big ship sit around too long. The four-masted schooner La Merced was turned into a breakwater in 1966. Lovric's Sea-Craft 3022 Oakes Ave., Anacortes, WA Lovric's Sea-Craft. North side of Hwy 20/Oakes Ave. on the way to the ferry docks that service the San Juan Islands and Vancouver, Canada. Difficult to see from the highway; drive down a dirt side road and you'll see it. Trail to the left of the boatyard leads to it. Save to My Sights Results 1 to 3 of 3... Visitor Tips and News About Overgrown Ship Hulk Reports and tips from RoadsideAmerica.com visitors and Roadside America mobile tipsters. Some tips may not be verified. Submit your own tip. Overgrown Ship Hulk We didn't see it from the road. Drive down a dirt side road and you'll see it. We drove to the left of the boatyard when entering and found a small trail leading straight to it. [Debbie, 07/25/2017] This was amazing and so worth the trip from Seattle. The natives of Anacortes don't even seem to acknowledge it any more. Driving on the road, you probably wouldn't know it was ship, since it's so overgrown -- but knowing it is really makes it spectacular. I walked down the gang plank right to the ship and no one stopped me. [Connie from Seattle, 03/21/2013] The ship has a "Danger" sign next to it, so walking up to it for snapshots is apparently okay, but no climbing. Overgrown Ship A very old merchant ship that was scuttled so long ago (1966) that a small forest has taken up residence. The La Merced was a four masted schooner, commissioned in 1917. In the end it was turned into a breakwater by filling it with dredge; the woodlands are a natural byproduct. It's so big that it's visible from the road, and there's access to good photo-op from the marina parking lot. But the business is a working boat yard, so closer views may require permission. There is a No Trespassing sign on the ship itself. The best view is at low tide. [Scott Allen Pierson, 05/21/2012] Nearby Offbeat Places Salmon Trash Cans, Anacortes, WA - 2 mi. Lady Of The Sea Statue, Anacortes, WA - 2 mi. Flintstone Car, Oak Harbor, WA - 15 mi. In the region: Spend a Night in a Caboose, Sequim, WA - 36 mi. Latest Tips Across Roadside America Catch up on the latest discoveries from the road. Explore Thousands of Oddball Tourist Attractions! Unique destinations in the U.S. and Canada are our special obsession. Use our attraction recommendation and maps to plan your next road trip. Save Cool Vacation Destinations! Try My Sights Washington Latest Tips and Stories Tree Trunk Tribute to The Hobbit, Tacoma, Washington Mythical Guardian and Giant Penguin Made of Spoons, Kent, Washington Statue of "Dirty Biter" the Dog, La Conner, Washington Pink Elephant Car Wash, Seattle, Washington Erasmus the Dragon, Renton, Washington Latest Visitor Tips Sight of the Week Monument of States, Kissimmee, Florida (Jan 11-17, 2021) SotW Archive USA and Canada Tips and Stories First Airplane Flew Here, Bridgeport, Connecticut Feature: Monument of States, Kissimmee, Florida Tom Thumb, P. T. Barnum Graves, Bridgeport, Connecticut Bells of the Prairie, Elgin, Nebraska The Pocket Museum, Hattiesburg, Mississippi More Sightings Special rates for hotels. Check In Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Check Out Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Kids 0 1 2 3 4 Favorite Quirky City Sights Seattle Attractions Spokane Attractions Trip Planning Caution: RoadsideAmerica.com offers maps, directions and attraction details as a convenience, providing all information as is. Attraction status, hours and prices change without notice; call ahead! Credits, Media/Business Inquiries © Copyright 1996-2021 Doug Kirby, Ken Smith, Mike Wilkins. All rights reserved. No portion of this document may be reproduced, copied or revised without written permission of the authors.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2072
__label__wiki	0.5076	0.5076	Nanostructured Carbon Electron Emitters and its Applications Yahachi Saito May 31, 2021 Forthcoming by Jenny Stanford Publishing Carbon forms a variety of allotropes (structures) due to the diverse hybridization of s- and p-electron orbitals, time-honored graphite (two dimensional structure) and diamond (three dimensional network), new forms such as C60 fullerene (cage structure), nanotube (quasi-one dimensional structure), graphene (truly two dimensional network), and carbyne (truly one dimensional chain). The family of new allotropes (fullerene, nanotube, graphene, carbyne) are called "nanostructured carbon" or "nanocarbon". They exhibit extreme properties, e.g., ultrahigh mechanical strength, ultrahigh charge carrier mobility, high thermal conductivity and so on, thus attracting considerable attentions for electronic and mechanical applications as well as in basic materials science for exploring new physics and chemistry. Carbon nanotube (CNT) and graphene possess excellent properties as electron field-emitters owing to their excellent properties. Electron sources are important in a wide range of areas from basic physics and scientific instruments to medical and industrial applications. CNT and graphene are unique as field emitters and offer several benefits compared to traditional cathodes (e.g., thermionic and photocathodes). Field emission produces very intense electron currents from a small surface area with a narrow energy spread, providing a highly coherent electron beam. The combination of the high current, the small source size and the narrow energy distribution not only provides us with the brightest electron sources but also explores a new field of electron-beam related researches. This book describes recent progress of researches on nanocarbon field electron emitters ranging from fundamental properties to promising applications, e.g., X-ray sources, vacuum electronic devices, space thrusters and so on. 1. FEM and FIM of carbon nanotubes Y. Saito 2. Electromechanical self-oscillations of carbon field emitters A. Ayari, P. Vincent, S. Perisanu, P. Poncharal, & S. T. Purcell 3. Performance of point-typed carbon nanotube field emitters C. J. Lee 4. Theoretical Field Emission Patterns from Carbon Nanotubes T. Higuchi, Y. Yamada, M. Sasaki 5. Heat Localization and Thermionic Emission from Carbon Nanotubes A. Nojeh 6. Field emission from the edges of single layer graphene S. T. Purcell, P. Vincent, S. Perisanu, A. Ayari, P. Ponchara 7. FEM and FIM of graphene 8. Spin-polarized field-emitted electrons from graphene oxide edges S. Nagai 9. Theoretical coherent field emission of graphene Z. Li 10. Influence of edge structures of graphene on field emission properties Y. Gao, S. Okada 11. Theory of Thermionic Electron Emission for 2D materials L. K. Ang, Y. S. Ang 12. Direct grown vertically full aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) electron emitters for x-ray and UV devices K. C. Park, J. Lim 13. Development of CNT X-Ray Technology for Medical and Dental Imaging C. Inscoe, Y. Z. Lee, J. Lu, O. Zhou 14. Graphene cold field emission sources for electron microscopy applications A. Khursheed, S. Xiuyuan 15. CNT field emission cathode for space applications Y. Ohkawa 16. Growth of long linear carbon chains after serious field emiss\ion from a CNT film K. Asaka, Y. Saito 17. Emission of C20+ by field evaporation from CNT Yahachi Saito received his doctorate in Engineering from Nagoya University in 1980 and had held professorial positions at Toyohashi University of Technology (1981-1985) and Mie University (1990-2004) in addition to Nagoya University (1985-1990, 2004-2018). He had also spent time as a visiting scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories. He is now a fellow at Toyota Physical & Chemical Research Institute. Saito’s area of expertise encompasses the synthesis, characterization and application of nanometer scale materials, especially inorganic atomic clusters and fine particles, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene. He has studied CNT field emitters since 1996, collaborating with Noritake Itron Corp since 1997 for the development of display devices using CNTs as a cold cathode. They demonstrated the world’s first CNT-based display device at the SID International Conference in 1998. Saito is the recipient of a number of awards, including the Yazaki Arts and Science Award (2004), the Prize for Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology (2006), the 2007 SID Int. Symp. Distinguished Paper Award, and Fellow of Japan Society of Applied Physics (2008). 278 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 5 books. Electronic Materials & Devices	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2081
__label__wiki	0.595787	0.595787	They Went Left (Kobo eBook) The acclaimed New York Times bestselling tour de force historical mystery from Monica Hesse, the award-winning author of Girl in the Blue Coat. Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal, her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else--her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja--they went left. Zofia's last words to her brother were a promise: Abek to Zofia, A to Z. When I find you again, we will fill our alphabet. Now her journey to fulfill that vow takes her through Poland and Germany, and into a displaced persons camp where everyone she meets is trying to piece together a future from a painful past: Miriam, desperately searching for the twin she was separated from after they survived medical experimentation. Breine, a former heiress, who now longs only for a simple wedding with her new fiancé. And Josef, who guards his past behind a wall of secrets, and is beautiful and strange and magnetic all at once. But the deeper Zofia digs, the more impossible her search seems. How can she find one boy in a sea of the missing? In the rubble of a broken continent, Zofia must delve into a mystery whose answers could break her--or help her rebuild her world. Hardcover (April 7th, 2020): $17.99 Paperback (April 6th, 2021): $10.99	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2086
__label__cc	0.679274	0.320726	Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis with Case Studies: July 2017 Preparing students to tackle urgent and complex environmental problems is a critical challenge. Problems such as global climate change, water resource management, and sustainable development are dynamic, multi-faceted issues that require interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to solve. Esri Storymap: Endangered Reefs, Threatened People Foundations of Restoration Ecology, Second Edition Edited by Margaret A. Palmer, Joy B. Zedler, and Donald A. Falk SESYNC Director Publishes Foundations of Restoration Ecology, Second Edition Foundations of Restoration Ecology, second edition, published by Island Press SESYNC Invites Applications for the 2017 Postdoctoral Fellowship Program The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), located in Annapolis, Maryland, invites applications from early career scholars (≤ 4 years post PhD) for two-year postdoctoral fellowships that begin August 2017. Fellows will undertake research projects that use synthesis methods to address a problem arising from, or associated with, the relationship between humans and nature. Neil Carter Publishes in Trends in Ecology & Evolution Moving Towards Best Practices: Recap of Teaching about S-E Synthesis with Case Studies workshop Research Opportunity for Graduate Students Metrics and Models of Community Phylogenetics Community phylogenetics combines ideas from community ecology and evolutionary biology, using species’ phylogeny to explore the processes underlying ecological community assembly. Here we describe the development of the field’s comparative methods and their roots in conservation biology, biodiversity quantification, and macroevolution. Next, we review the multitude of community phylogenetic structure metrics and place each into one of four classes: shape, evenness, dispersion, and dissimilarity. Video / Graphics Assistant Internship SESYNC, a national research center funded through a grant to the University of Maryland, seeks to hire an undergraduate intern to work with its Communications Coordinator and IT department to produce educational and promotional materials for SESYNC.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2091
__label__wiki	0.626839	0.626839	Tom Battey Tom Battey MA Games Designer in Residence Tom Battey is a narrative designer whose work spans prose, interactive fiction and games design. He focuses on creating new ways to tell stories, whether that’s through text, hypertext, or immersive digital worlds. My focus is on creating new ways to tell stories, whether that’s through text, hypertext, or immersive digital worlds. My previous work includes speculative fiction novels, immersive narrative projects both physical and digital, and videogame design. Projects include collaborations with the British Library on immersive fiction adaptation, and working with heritage scholar on digital interpretation of historical narratives. My academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in Computer Animation, and I hold Masters degrees in Creative Writing and Games Design. I’ve developed games projects independently and commercially using a range of platforms and media. narrative theory immersive storytelling My research interests centre around using games design practice to tell truly interactive stories. Current projects involve research into the way players engage with interactive characters in virtual worlds.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2092
__label__wiki	0.941466	0.941466	Wisconsin RB Corey Clement back at full speed in spring ball MADISON, Wis. (AP) Corey Clement burst through the hole, with one man left to beat in the secondary. Spring scrimmage or not, the Wisconsin running back operated as if a game was on the line. The safety got pushed aside after Clement used a stiff arm. Clement was eager to leave an impression that will last through the offseason and summer, leaving any memories of an underwhelming 2015 season behind him in the dust. ''I don't want to seem cocky at all, but no one man should bring a running back down,'' Clement said. He seemed to relish every carry at the Badgers' spring scrimmage on Saturday, even if it was just a glorified practice. He spun his stiff-arm as a learning experience for the defense, too. ''I'm sorry the defense had to take that in,'' Clement said, ''but that's work for them as well.'' A 2015 season that began with a buzz of a potential Heisman Trophy campaign for Clement ended with stinging disappointment. Clement suffered a sports hernia the last week of training camp. The injury and ensuing surgery limited him all season. Off the field, Clement was involved in a scrum on Nov. 8 at his off-campus apartment building that led to police citing him for disorderly conduct. For Clement, that made Saturday's outing all the more satisfying, even if there was no hard tackling. He had five carries for 36 yards and a touchdown. Coach Paul Chyrst doesn't like to put much stock into one practice. But he did make a small exception for Clement. The key for Clement was to get through all 15 practices in March and April. He struck a deal with Chryst - stay healthy and he would get to carry the ball in the spring game. ''I think that this was good for him to finish out. He was excited to be back and practicing and feeling healthy,'' Chryst said after the scrimmage. A healthy Clement playing a full season could give Wisconsin a loaded backfield. Dare Ogunbowale, a converted defensive back, emerged to become the team's leading rusher last season with 819 yards on 194 carries. He's also turned into a team leader. Taiwan Deal gained 503 yards on 117 carries as a redshirt freshman. Alec Ingold, who is moving to fullback, was a goal-line specialist with six rushing touchdowns on 49 carries. Freshman Bradrick Shaw could also get carries. He was redshirted last season after arriving from Alabama as a promising prep prospect. A young Badgers offensive line should be better in 2016 after experiencing growing pains last year. But the key, once again, might be Clement. Clement finished with 221 yards on just 48 carries last year. The ideal goal would be to exceed his sophomore year production, when Clement had 949 yards and nine scores on 147 attempts serving as the backup to Melvin Gordon. Clement said he has a clean bill of health, and that he's planning to train this offseason as normal to get ready for preseason practice in the summer. If Clement can stay healthy, he could be the star attraction this year. Spring practice could be the springboard. ''I think I just needed to get hit a little bit, run around, execute some blocks and just feel like football again,'' Clement said. Follow Genaro Armas at http://twitter.com/GArmasAP	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2093
__label__wiki	0.969869	0.969869	FootballBasketballBaseballTiger ChatThe Tiger Den LSU Rolls Over Sooners 63-28 in Peach Bowl, Head to National Championship Game in New Orleans Burrow, Jefferson break numerous bowl records en route to win. Glen West What happened Saturday afternoon in Mercedes Benz Stadium, to put it simply, was the stuff of legend. Whether it was Joe Burrow's seven touchdown passes or Justin Jefferson's four touchdown receptions, the Tigers 63-28 rout of Oklahoma provided an eye-popping moment nearly every step of the way. The offensive performance was so unique, the Peach Bowl communications department passed out a sheet of the records that were broken, in the first half alone. And that sheet was a full page long. There was Burrow's seven touchdown passes, which broke the Peach Bowl, New Year's Six and CFP semifinal records while his 403 passing yards also broke the CFP semifinal record. In addition, Burrow's 55 passing touchdowns are now the second most for a single season in NCAA history, two behind Colt Brennan, who had 58 in 2006. The senior quarterback also became the all time LSU leader in passing touchdowns, passing Tommy Hodson (69) with his 70th touchdown pass as the first half drew to a close. "To be honest, it wasn't my sharpest game. This guy was bailing me out on a couple throws that I had missed," Burrow said. "Guys like Terrace and Ja'Marr were bailing me out on misreads and being late with the football. I'm excited to get back to practice and tune those things up. That's the kind of team we have." Then there was Jefferson's first half that saw the junior break the Peach Bowl, New Year's Six and CFP semifinal record for touchdowns and the Peach Bowl record for receptions by days end (14). In total, Jefferson hauled in 14 balls for 227 yards and four touchdowns while Burrow went for 493 yards and eight total touchdowns, both College Football Playoff records. The offense as a whole scored 49 points in the first half alone, also Peach Bowl, New Year's Six and CFP semifinal records. "To have this receiving corps and have Joe throwing it to us kind of makes our job easier," Jefferson said. "All we have to do is catch the ball. Going and practicing every day, working with each other, being competitive, just being our normal self, just being goofy, just laughing all practice. That's what we do. So just not being really, you know, so serious all the time. Just being our self and Joe just makes our job easier." The 63 total points would go on to set a College Football Playoff record, coming on a six-yard John Emery touchdown run. "I've been a part of some good football teams, but I've never been part of an offense like this," coach Ed Orgeron said after the game. "I felt that we were going to do very, very well. And I felt, against Oklahoma, in order for us to get ahead, we had to score every possession. I had the utmost respect for Jalen Hurts and CeeDee Lamb, not to think that we wasn't going to stop them, but I thought we had to get the pedal to the metal and get a big lead, which we did." While the offense was historically great, particularly in the first half, the intensity and performance of the defense was nothing to sneeze at either. "We had pressure on the quarterback. We felt we could win the one on ones with them," Orgeron said. "We stopped the run game. Coach Aranda had a tremendous game plan. The counter read, I haven't seen anybody stop it. The key was Jalen Hurts not beating us with his feet. We did a great job with that." Sooner quarterback Jalen Hurts was scrambling all afternoon thanks to the LSU pass rush as Hurts mustered only 57 rushing yards while passing for another 217. Outside linebacker K'Lavon Chaisson had a hectic afternoon, recording six tackles and two sacks while Kary Vincent recorded the game's lone turnover, an interception off of Hurts with LSU already up 35-14 in the first half. The Tigers held Oklahoma to 14 first half points while the offense was doing its thing on the other end. Oklahoma would add 14 more points in the second half, which tied its season low on offense from a points perspective. Up next for the Tigers is a berth to the National Championship game in New Orleans against either Clemson or Ohio State. There's a chance it could be against Burrow's former team, the Buckeyes. When asked about the potential matchup after the game, with a cheeky grin on his face, Burrow told the truth. "I'm excited to play in the national title game," Burrow said. Glen West has been with LSUCountry for over a year now, covering the Tigers 2019 championship run. Devoted to bringing top notch football, basketball, baseball and recruiting content to all LSU fans. Late Game Free Throws, Clutch Defense Helps LSU Outlast South Carolina 85-80 By Glen West Which Former LSU Football Players Will Be Playing in Divisional Round of NFL Playoffs? LSU Tight End Nick Storz To Focus Fully on Football, Move on From Baseball Film Review: Why 2022 Offensive Tackle Will Campbell Should Be No. 1 Target for LSU Football By Brian Smith Preview: LSU Basketball Hosting Shorthanded, Eager South Carolina Team Five LSU Football Players Named to Final SI99 Rankings for 2021 Class LSU Football Enters Offseason With Good Problem at Quarterback Position LSU Offseason Conditioning, Football School to Ramp Up in the Next Week	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2094
__label__wiki	0.906616	0.906616	Players aspiring to work in TV share opinions of current analysts Ross Tucker However, some have an interest in joining the media once their playing careers end. I caught up with some of them at the third-annual NFL Player Development Broadcast Boot Camp and got their thoughts on the broadcasters of today. • Who is your favorite broadcaster/analyst and why? Damien Woody, Jets offensive tackle: "Jaws [ESPN's Ron Jaworski]. He is a student of the game. Some guys are very opinionated and there is nothing wrong about that as long as you do the homework. Jaws knows what is going on from a football perspective. If he is critical of a player or certain scheme, he shows you why. You can respect him because you know he does the work." La'Roi Glover, Pro Bowl defensive tackle who retired earlier this week: "There are actually two. My first guy is Tom Jackson. He is sharp and straight to the point. Everyone seems to respect him and he very rarely makes mistakes. He is always clear and concise and has had a long tenure at ESPN for a reason. "Second guy is Howie Long [Fox]. He tries to steer away from the controversial and hot-button issues. He just hits you with facts, great points. No frills." Renaldo Wynn, Redskins defensive end: "I like James Brown [CBS]. James has a gift of making anyone he is interviewing comfortable. He is amazing at orchestrating all of those personalities on the set. He makes those other guys shine because he is so smooth." Matt Light, Patriots offensive tackle: "I love Kenny Mayne [ESPN]. He is the greatest. People with a sense of humor need some Kenny Mayne. He brings out the lightheartedness." • What announcers do you not care for and why? Maurice Jones-Drew, Jaguars running back: "There are guys that say things about me or my team that I don't really appreciate but that doesn't mean they are bad broadcasters. There are some guys that take more shots at guys than other. I think it is most noticeable during the draft process. People think I am still bitter about it and I probably am. You work for three months for the biggest job interview of your life and there are talking heads like Mel Kiper [ESPN] who says 'this guy isn't good because ...'" Wynn: "I played in New York last year and guys are still talking about Tiki Barber [NBC]. He had just retired and was already bashing [Tom] Coughlin and Eli [Manning], which is the worst thing he could have done. I think it bit him in the butt in the end because no players wanted to talk to him and the Giants won the Super Bowl. He hurt himself by doing that." • What are the qualities you most admire and respect in a broadcaster? Bryant McFadden, Cardinals defensive back: "I like enthusiasm. You gotta have a love for it and a passion. You can tell whether or not someone likes what they are doing and if they love it, it makes me want to keep watching." Glover: "I like guys who are bold and willing to make bold statements and then able to back them up with facts, so you are not just a talking head." Woody: "I like honest broadcasters. I think if you are fake it is obvious. You have to be yourself and be true to yourself. And do your due diligence. Put the time in so you know what you are talking about before you go on. I don't mind when guys call me [because then] they know what they are talking about. Ask me what happened." Light: "I think less is more. Sometimes guys try to explain things in too much detail or voice their opinion too often. I love the Steve Sabol [NFL Films] stuff with just a minor narration. Let the game speak for itself." • What are the qualities you really dislike in an on-air personality? Glover: "I really don't like when guys try to be funny and it goes over people's heads. When they try to be geniuses and are too smart and people don't get it. Whether you are a janitor or a student at MIT, everyone should be able to relate to it." Woody: "I hate bandwagon guys. Guys who jump on and off or ride the coattails of someone else. I like guys who have their own opinion and stick with it." McFadden: "It is tough because some guys elaborate on things they don't know much about. [There are] analysts who have never played but then criticize when they have never been in those shoes before." Wynn: "The least-liked broadcasters are former players who get in the booth and they start bashing other players immediately. They start bashing other players and forget they used to be a player. You can be critical if you need to be without personally bashing people. I think you lose your credibility."	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2095
__label__wiki	0.723269	0.723269	Top seed Thiem reaches Moselle Open final METZ, France (AP) Top-seeded Dominic Thiem rallied past local favorite Gilles Simon 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the Moselle Open final on Saturday. The 10th-ranked Austrian player, who remains on course to qualify for the season-ending ATP Finals for the first time, hit 10 aces and won 76 percent of his first-serve points to prevail. The fourth-seeded Simon was up a break at 5-4 in the second set but could not seize his chance to serve out the match. In the final, Thiem will face either Frenchman Lucas Pouille or Belgium's David Goffin. Thiem sits in seventh position in the race for the ATP Finals, which will be in London in November, with five of the eight slots for the year-end tournament still up for grabs. How to Watch Liverpool vs. Manchester United The Premier League's top teams go head-to-head at Anfield on Sunday, Jan. 17. By Avi Creditor	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2096
__label__wiki	0.741517	0.741517	With Fitbit, Google should make a new Pebble Chris Burns - Nov 6, 2019, 2:16pm CST Google acquired Fitbit on November 1, 2019, making it the second major smartwatch-related buy made by the company just this year.* In December of 2016, Fitbit acquired (most of) Pebble. We’ve taken a brief trip, here, down the unlikely path that’d lead Google to use what they’ve acquired to bring Pebble devices back to life. That’d mean new efforts in updating Pebble OS, its various apps, and in creating a whole new piece of hardware. *In early January of 2019, Google purchased a bunch of smartwatch tech (IP-related wearable assets) from Fossil, along with members of Fossil’s R&D team. Back in November of 2015, Fossil acquired Misfit. Both Misfit and Fossil still make their own smartwatches and such – Misfit is still owned by Fossil – Google didn’t get Misfit when they made their interesting deal earlier this year. Google’s acquisition of Fitbit was more comprehensive. Google bought Fitbit, and that included everything that Fitbit had from that time that they acquired Pebble. As such, Google owns everything it needs – or most of what it needs – to re-create the magic that was the original Pebble. Could it happen? UPDATE: There’s some question over who owns the rights to the Pebble brand name, and whether Google would need to do further deals in order to move forward with any sort of Pebble hardware. We shall see! Take a peek at Chris Davies’ “The Pebble Post-Mortem: The Wisdom of the Crowd” to see the life of the Pebble from birth until acquisition by Fitbit. That was supposed to be the end, there, with the buy. That was the end of the still-in-development hardware and the point at which software started to be wound down. That was only 3 years ago. The mobile device landscape was so different back then. It was an exciting time to be a reader of tech news and a consumer – there were new sorts of devices every day. It was certainly an easier time to be a tech news reporter, too – back when “a tiny little Android phone without a screen” seemed like a lot of fun! But here we are in 2019, and things feel a little more grim. It’s not that the tech we write about today isn’t great – it’s fantastic! But the spirit of fun seems to have somewhat faded. Now that we know about the evils of personal data tracking and studies like this one about social media use show how too much of a high-tech thing can be potentially hazardous – if we become complacent. What made Pebble a success in the first place? What might Google do to recapture the spirit of fun that seemed to come so natural to Pebble? We went to The Rebble Alliance for answers. Rebble is a community of Pebble owners and developers who continue (to this day!) to advance the Pebble platform with the (also still active!) Pebble developer community. As one might assume, they had some strong opinions about what Google might potentially do via Fitbit in the near future. “Should they make a Pebble like Pebble made a Pebble? No,” said Rebble user UDXS. “It’s not a perfect design and it just doesn’t follow the paradigms people are used to. I think that the lack of mainstream appeal caught up with Pebble in the end, coupled with the fact that they weren’t big enough to make the loss on getting ahead.” “One of the things that I thought made Pebble into Pebble — in a way that Google probably can’t replicate — is a fundamental respect and empathy for their users,” said Rebble user Joshua. “My favorite two examples of this are: 1) Pebble’s strong aesthetic of ‘going out of their way to get out of your way’ (basically, it tries to give you a passive notification, but really wants to let you control how you interact with it, rather than forcing interaction metaphors on you; screens that are not always-on are just straight up disrespectful of their users),” said Joshua. “And 2) Pebble’s ‘watchface generator’ category on the app store, in which they went ‘man, lots of people are doing this, let’s lean into it and teach people right away how easy it is to customize their watch.'” Earlier this year the official set of Pebble apps were removed from the iOS app store. Through the efforts of Rebble user requests and help from at least one very helpful developer relations officer at Fitbit, the apps were returned to the store. The community part of this equation remains active and dedicated in a very real way. “Personally, I don’t think Google would capture the essence of pebble. A low powered, hacker friendly device. Wear OS and pebble aren’t really compatible,” said Rebble user Will0. “Smartwatches are great output devices, and great input devices in certain, specific contexts.” “The constraints around memory and colour led to some really creative things too,” said Will0. “I love the buttons, I can do so many things without looking at my watch. From the homescreen I can open the music app, skip tracks and play/pause, or open the lights app and turn off all the lights in my house before bed without ever looking at the device. It plays nicely into muscle memory.” “Should they make a WearOS watch with an e-paper display that lasts for 5 days and has some nice side buttons? Hell yeah,” said UDXS. “It’s a natural evolution that keeps the benefit of touch with the benefit of buttons (rotatable crowns are also cool). After all, why else are many of us on Android? We enjoy having multiple choices (something WearOS is good at) and input is no different.” Rebble users to whom we spoke seemed to agree that Google’s first step should be to make the effort to open source both Pebble OS and the official Pebble apps. Then, Google should make a new device. “IMO, 1) Open source the Pebble OS and mobile app sources,” said Will0. “Failing that, 2) Make a new, updated Pebble.” “WearOS isn’t perfect but it does some things very well,” said UDXS. “They should open source Pebble (and, in the future, Fitbit OS) as much as they can.” Do you think Google should make a new Pebble device? Do you think it likely Google will open source the Pebble software they’ve acquired via Fitbit – along with Fitbit’s various software systems? Or will Google just fold it all into Wear OS and a future Pixel Watch? What’s your ideal future for Google’s Pebble? Fitbit Versa is a $199 smartwatch with a Pebble soul Google Fitbit acquisition tipped to give Wear OS and hardware a boost Google buys Fitbit: $2.1bn and a user data promise Topics AndroidAppsdevelopersgoogleiOSPebblePhonessmartphones	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2101
__label__wiki	0.992769	0.992769	news, national, The Land, Hugh Macague, Rochester, vintage, header, harvest, Croppa Creek, Lawrie Timmins Vintage machinery shows are usually dominated by an older demographic but 23-year-old farmer Hugh Macague of Rochester, Victoria, is bucking the trend. Mr Macague has worked to restore 10 vintage headers, getting them up and running to strip a couple hundred hectares of their 2000ha cropping enterprise each year. His passion lies in Australian-made machines and this year he is attempting to resurrect a 1974 Connor Shea Auto header. "They're pretty rare birds; there're only 350 of them ever made," Mr Macague said. "You attach your tractor into the back of it and it becomes a self-propelled header." The Connor Shea is Mr Macague's newest vintage model, while his oldest is the 1927 Sunshine Auto, one of the first self-propelled harvesters ever made. "It's in the process of becoming a working header again," he said. "A crazy amount of work involved in getting them going, but I love it." He said the principal of a header hadn't changed at all over the years, the vintage models just going a little slower because they don't have the same size capacity. "A new header is just an enlarged version, but the old headers do do a better job at getting a cleaner sample," Mr Macague said. Mr Macague makes videos of his vintage headers for his popular YouTube channel, which attracts up to 400,000 views. But, it's not just vintage machinery he's interested in, Mr Macague managed to get his hands on some vintage wheat this season too, planting three ha of 1943 variety Pinnacle wheat. "It's looking absolutely fantastic, the year's just come through for us," Mr Macague said of the crop. Up in northern NSW, farmer and mechanic Lawrie Timmins has a different method for showing off his vintage headers. He organises the annual Croppa Creek Classic Harvest event. Mr Timmins started the event around six years ago, after a last-minute bid got him hooked on header restoration. "We were at a clearing sale one day and a 1930s Ground-drive Sunshine header was for sale and no one was bidding on it," Mr Timmins said. "I thought it was too good to go to scrap metal, so I put in a bid and I got it." Mr Timmins said the older models were given a challenge at the Classic Harvest event this year, with the 2020 crop offering up a lot more bulk than recent seasons. "We had a 1930s model Fordson steel wheel tractor pulling a 1930s Sunshine harvester," he said. "The old tractor started, but she sounded like she did a bit of a bearing in the gearbox at one stage so we cranked her off and gave her a little rest." READ MORE: Mr Timmins, who did his mechanic trade on Massey Ferguson machinery, said it was absolutely great to see interest in header restoration from the younger generation. "We have a few younger blokes in our group who don't own the headers but want to be involved in the action," he said. "With the new headers they just jump in the cab and hit the buttons, they've got really no understanding of what makes the header work. "One young bloke hasn't had to do too much inside a header at all, but now with us he's working out how it all works, the fan, the sieve, how much air you've got to have, it's great." /images/transform/v1/crop/frm/TNdpwPYx7PG9a6Ykrq73XE/0fc81d9a-3513-4756-99c5-37595e4b1c49.jpg/r0_132_2340_1454_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg November 21 2020 - 8:00AM Vintage Aussie headers are being taken out of retirement Olivia Calver Hugh Macague, 23, Rochester, Victoria with some of his restored vintage headers including a International A8-2, Connor Shea Auto header and David Shearer XP88. Vintage machinery shows are usually dominated by an older demographic but 23-year-old farmer Hugh Macague of Rochester, Victoria, is bucking the trend. Mr Macague has worked to restore 10 vintage headers, getting them up and running to strip a couple hundred hectares of their 2000ha cropping enterprise each year. His passion lies in Australian-made machines and this year he is attempting to resurrect a 1974 Connor Shea Auto header. "They're pretty rare birds; there're only 350 of them ever made," Mr Macague said. "You attach your tractor into the back of it and it becomes a self-propelled header." Vintage is back in business this harvest Rochester farmer, 23, has worked to restore 10 vintage headers. https://players.brightcove.net/3879528182001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6210543834001 Some of Hugh Macague's restored headers put to work. Source: YouTube Hugh_Magoo The Connor Shea is Mr Macague's newest vintage model, while his oldest is the 1927 Sunshine Auto, one of the first self-propelled harvesters ever made. "It's in the process of becoming a working header again," he said. "A crazy amount of work involved in getting them going, but I love it." He said the principal of a header hadn't changed at all over the years, the vintage models just going a little slower because they don't have the same size capacity. "A new header is just an enlarged version, but the old headers do do a better job at getting a cleaner sample," Mr Macague said. Hugh Macague's restored John Deere 1051 pto harvester in action. Source: YouTube at Hugh_Magoo Mr Macague makes videos of his vintage headers for his popular YouTube channel, which attracts up to 400,000 views. But, it's not just vintage machinery he's interested in, Mr Macague managed to get his hands on some vintage wheat this season too, planting three ha of 1943 variety Pinnacle wheat. "It's looking absolutely fantastic, the year's just come through for us," Mr Macague said of the crop. Croppa Creek Classic Harvest started with one last-minute bid Up in northern NSW, farmer and mechanic Lawrie Timmins has a different method for showing off his vintage headers. He organises the annual Croppa Creek Classic Harvest event. Mr Timmins started the event around six years ago, after a last-minute bid got him hooked on header restoration. "We were at a clearing sale one day and a 1930s Ground-drive Sunshine header was for sale and no one was bidding on it," Mr Timmins said. "I thought it was too good to go to scrap metal, so I put in a bid and I got it." The 1930s Fordson tractor and Sunshine header in action at the Croppa Creek Classic Harvest. Photo: Cheryl Timmins Mr Timmins said the older models were given a challenge at the Classic Harvest event this year, with the 2020 crop offering up a lot more bulk than recent seasons. "We had a 1930s model Fordson steel wheel tractor pulling a 1930s Sunshine harvester," he said. "The old tractor started, but she sounded like she did a bit of a bearing in the gearbox at one stage so we cranked her off and gave her a little rest." Stars of new gold rush drama filmed in regional Victoria unveiled Droughted farmers could be bankrupted by land tax: NSW Farmers Mr Timmins, who did his mechanic trade on Massey Ferguson machinery, said it was absolutely great to see interest in header restoration from the younger generation. "We have a few younger blokes in our group who don't own the headers but want to be involved in the action," he said. "With the new headers they just jump in the cab and hit the buttons, they've got really no understanding of what makes the header work. "One young bloke hasn't had to do too much inside a header at all, but now with us he's working out how it all works, the fan, the sieve, how much air you've got to have, it's great." 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Chester Nimitz 2/24/1885 Birth U.S. admiral George Smith Patton, Jr. 11/11/1885 Birth US general Holland Smith 4/20/1882 Birth U.S. General Samuel Adams 9/27/1722 Birth US revolutionary leader Stephen Decatur 1/5/1779 Birth US naval officer Plum Warner 10/2/1873 Birth English cricketer Frank Abbandando 2/19/1942 Death US gangster (executed) JonBenét Ramsey 12/26/1996 Death US murder victim Man o' War 11/1/1947 Death US thoroughbred racehorse Jack Sheppard 11/16/1724 Death English burglar (hanged) Hajime Sugiyama 9/12/1945 Death Japanese general Hamilton Jordan 5/20/2008 Death former Carter White House Chief of Staff Paul Triquet 8/8/1980 Death French Canadian army officer * 3/16/1865 - US Civil War: The Battle of Averasborough begins as Confederate forces suffer irreplaceable casualties... * 5/20/1956 - In Operation Redwing (shot Cherokee), the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over ... * 7/24/1943 - World War II: Operation Gomorrah begins: British and Canadian airplanes bomb Hamburg by night, those o... * 10/22/1957 - Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam. * 12/1/1969 - Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II. * 12/26/1944 - World War II: Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne Belgium. * 10/12/1915 - World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldie... * 12/31/0535 - Byzantine General Belisarius completes the conquest of Sicily defeating the Ostrogothic garrison of S... * 2/19/1942 - World War II: nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 ... * 1/5/1675 - Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg. * 5/15/1701 - The War of the Spanish Succession begins. * 4/15/1783 - Preliminary articles of peace ending Revolutionary War ratified. * 11/6/1942 - World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins. Sports on Yellow Magnetic Human (62) Bobby Abreu 3/11/1974 Birth Venezuelan baseball player Bob Meusel 7/19/1896 Birth US baseball player Clint Barmes 3/6/1979 Birth US baseball player Cullen Jones 2/29/1984 Birth US swimmer Danny White 2/9/1952 Birth US football player Darrent Williams 9/27/1982 Birth US football player David Flair 3/6/1979 Birth US professional wrestler Dwone Hicks 4/25/1981 Birth US football player Georgia Frontiere 11/21/1927 Birth co-owner of the St. Louis Rams Harold Miner 5/5/1971 Birth US basketball player John Stocco 6/14/1983 Birth US football player Kosta Koufos 2/24/1989 Birth US basketball player Marty Marion 12/1/1917 Birth US baseball player and manager Masten Gregory 2/29/1932 Birth US F1 Driver Mike Redmond 5/5/1971 Birth US baseball player Mookie Wilson 2/9/1952 Birth US baseball player Pat Noonan 8/8/1980 Birth US footballer Patsy Donovan 3/16/1865 Birth US baseball player Paul Krause 2/19/1942 Birth US football player Ryan Nyquist 3/6/1979 Birth US BMX rider Stromile Swift 11/21/1979 Birth US basketball player Darren Ambrose 2/29/1984 Birth English footballer Jack Rowley 10/7/1920 Birth English footballer Joe Perry 8/13/1975 Birth English snooker player John McFall 4/25/1981 Birth British Paralympic sprinter Jonathan Edwards 5/10/1966 Birth English athlete Alexander Steen 3/1/1984 Birth Canadian-born Swedish ice hockey player Anja Pärson 4/25/1981 Birth Swedish skier José Oquendo 7/4/1963 Birth Puerto Rican baseball player Shoaib Akhtar 8/13/1975 Birth Pakistani cricketer Sonny Bill Williams 8/3/1985 Birth New Zealand rugby league footballer Yvette Williams 4/25/1929 Birth First New Zealander to go to Olympics Vincenzo Iaquinta 11/21/1979 Birth Italian footballer Ahmed Radhi 3/21/1964 Birth Iraqi international football star Adam Sinclair 2/29/1984 Birth Indian field hockey player Mick O'Dwyer 6/9/1936 Birth Irish footballer and manager Henri Leconte 7/4/1963 Birth French former tennis player Claudio Vargas 6/19/1978 Birth Dominican baseball player Jesper Skibby 3/21/1964 Birth Danish professional cyclist Dirk Nowitzki 6/19/1978 Birth German basketball player Sabine Klaschka 8/8/1980 Birth German tennis player Alex Tanguay 11/21/1979 Birth Canadian hockey player Érik Bédard 3/6/1979 Birth Canadian baseball player Marty Turco 8/13/1975 Birth Canadian ice hockey player Randy McKay 1/25/1967 Birth Canadian ice hockey player Theoren Fleury 6/29/1968 Birth Canadian hockey player Tyson Dux 6/19/1978 Birth Canadian wrestler Felipe Massa 4/25/1981 Birth Brazilian Formula One driver Pat Crawford 8/3/1933 Birth Former Australian cricketer Jim Bottomley 12/11/1959 Death US baseball player Sparky Adams 2/24/1989 Death US baseball player Walter Payton 11/1/1999 Death US football player Georg Lurich 1/20/1920 Death Estonian wrestler Don Jardine 12/16/2006 Death Canadian professional wrestler Serginho 10/27/2004 Death Brazilian footballer Max McNab 9/2/2007 Death National Hockey League executive * 9/27/1930 - Bobby Jones wins the U.S. Amateur Championship to complete the Grand Slam of golf. The old structure o... * 4/20/1986 - Professional basketball player Michael Jordan sets all-time record for points in an NBA playoff game w... * 2/9/1900 - The Davis Cup competition is established. Education on Yellow Magnetic Human (1) * 10/7/1868 - Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any... Nature on Yellow Magnetic Human (2) Business on Yellow Magnetic Human (10) Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 5/10/1810 Birth British lexicographer Peder Oluf Pedersen 6/19/1874 Birth Danish engineer Jacob Fugger 3/6/1459 Birth German banker Accidents on Yellow Magnetic Human (4) * 1/30/1962 - Two of the high-wire Flying Wallendas are killed when their seven-person pyramid collapses during a pe... * 4/5/1949 - A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improve... * 1/15/1977 - The Kälvesta air disaster kills 22 people, the worst air crash in Sweden's history. Other on Yellow Magnetic Human (21) Chris Hansen 3/26/1959 Birth US reporter and correspondent Abraham H. Cannon 7/19/1896 Death US Mormon apostle Vic Dickenson 11/16/1984 Death US trombonist Cyril Connolly 11/26/1974 Death English intellectual Edith Cavell 10/12/1915 Death English nurse Edward Capell 2/24/1781 Death English critic Max Beerbohm 5/20/1956 Death English theater critic Herman Smith-Johannsen 1/5/1987 Death Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier Lux Interior 2/4/2009 Death Frontman of the garage rock band The Cramps Murad IV 2/9/1640 Death Ottoman Sultan Violet Jessop 5/5/1971 Death Titanic survivor * 1/20/1920 - The US Civil Liberties Union is founded. * 12/31/1991 - All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date and the Soviet Union is off... * 12/16/1850 - History of New Zealand: The Charlotte-Jane and the Randolph bring the first of the Canterbury Pilgrims... * 8/8/1980 - The Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran occurs in Ireland. * 6/29/1864 - Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire Quebec. * 1/10/1982 - The Freezer Bowl the NFL's coldest game in terms of wind chill, at -37Â°F, is won by the Cincinnat... * 3/1/1932 - The son of Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh III, is kidnapped. * 4/10/1944 - Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp. * 6/19/1978 - The Garfield comic strip debuts and grows to over $1 billion in revenue within over 110 countries. Show remaining 1 events in Other * 8/8/1876 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. Tone 1 Magnetic Attracting * Purpose * Unify Tribe 12 Human Influence * Wisdom * Free Will Affirmation for: Yellow Magnetic Human I Unify in order to Influence Attracting Wisdom I seal the process of free will With the Magnetic tone of Purpose I am guided by the power of MY OWN POWER DOUBLED! Reading for: Yellow Magnetic Human Reading for Yellow Magnetic Human YellowMagnetic Human Yellow Human is your Conscious Self - who you are and who you are becoming.Yellow Human is the grail, the golden fleece, the philosopher's stone, the alchemical transmutation that turns baser materials into gold. It is the cornucopia, the paradox of emptiness and harvest, the still place that lies open and fallow, receiving the gifts. Yellow Human offers you the gift of beginner's mind in the fullness of union. Be receptive. Yellow Human is preparing your circuits for transformation. Become empty, that your thirst may be quenched by the bounteous gifts poured from the chalice of the spiralling galaxies. Open and receive all that Yellow Human offers in the chalice of your own body. Eb asks you to strengthen and clear your physical vessel in order to prepare for the expanded energies of higher mind. Your chalice of self is being purified through vibrational adjustments in the brain/body system. With this quickening, adjustments are made and your circuits of consciousness are naturally transformed. Often this process is accompanied by the sensation of being altered or "rewired". Higher centers of the brain and the light-sensitive pineal and pituitary glands are being activated to contain more light. This penetration brings you to a critical threshold, creating enormous change at the cellular level. It also activates soul memories and expands your concepts of reality. With this expanded consciousness, your brain/body system is being cleared and fine-tuned so that you can create a sluiceway for the activation and acceleration of cosmic consciousness. This penetration of frequencies and its accompanying quickening is like upgrading the 'hard drive' of your biocomputer and activating the 'hidden chip,' the unused parts of your brain. This is the foundation and awakening of your light body, a body crafted from the expansion of interstellar light within every cell. This body exists in and out of time and space and is able to experience and communicate freely with other dimensions and times. This is the resonant body within those whom Jose Arguelles calls the Servant-Warriors: "those humans who fully realize the dream light body within the physical body and understand the circuitry of the human organism - who use the light body to navigate the electromagnetic waters which we call the universe." The development of the light body involves strong interaction between Spirit and self as you prepare for entrance into the expanded chalice of Essence Self. In preparing this vessel, you enter into the rites of passage inherent to cosmic consciousness, and such rites eventually burst any false containers of self that cannot encompass the expanding chalice. In meditation, expand to include all that you are. Then bring that feeling of expansion back into your physical self. In this process, you create a complex stability, opening a chalice of self that is fully rooted in human form. With this expansion, you are freed to explore within a new center that, paradoxically, seems to have to center. Yellow Human reveals the secret of being essence within form, everywhere and nowhere, "nothing" but present in all things. The metaphor of the ever-expanding chalice is a powerful spiritual tool. This chalice represents the eternal container of light, ever filled with spirit's fire and nourishment. It is the metaphor that represents the form in which your full potential can manifest. Each stage in your journey feels like the final one, but each stage then opens to an expanded form, releasing you into the next stage of consciousness. All the gifts of the macrocosm pour out of the universal cornucopia. With an open heart, empty yourself to be filled with the fruits of your true desire. Through the temple of your body, lift the chalice of your expanded self and declare that it is filled with truth and clarity. Feel the ecstatic union with your full potential as a human being. Meditate on the cornucopia with you at its center. Lift the chalice of your self-generated energy vortex to greet the vortex that will descend from above. As an open vessel, prepare a place to receive Yellow Human's gifts. When you flow in unconditional love, all the fruits of the universe rush toward you for benediction. Bathe in love's essence as a child splashing in a pool on a hot day. Connect with others in joyous union. Use the broom of Yellow Human to sweep your day clear of past experiences and the issues and obstacles of small mind. In the spirit of Yellow Human function on all frequencies and power bands. Your cup is filled with the nectar of sacramental union. Be fulfilled by the great harvest of love! Yellow Human is also your Higher Self & Guide.(you are guided by your own power doubled)The harmonic wisdom of Yellow Human is resonance, the quality of sounding again. When you strike a tuning fork, another tuning fork next to it will begin to resonate in response because of its similar vibrational makeup and structural attunement. When you are being the vibration of all that you are, a natural resonance is set up for your chalice to be filled and your world to become fully resonant.Be attuned to higher vibrational frequencies through such practices as meditation, yoga, prayer, changing, song, dance and sacred movement.All physical matter produces vibrations that are not detectable by the human ear. The human brain creates waves or resonant frequencies in the alpha range that vibrate with those of the planet (at about 7.8 hertz per second). The fundamental harmonic frequency of planet Earth is similar to the brain-wave harmonic of a meditative person. The main reason meditators experience feelings of well-being is because they are tuned into a power source greater than themselves!The musical descriptor that typifies Yellow Human is ripieno, which means 'filling up' or 'filling in the harmony.' As you become empty and still, Yellow Human offers a receptive environment to resonate with you. Being empty is as simple as being present in the moment. In emptiness you become open to being filled with harmony and light. Red Moon is your Subconscious Self and Hidden Helper. Red Moon is the cosmic seed of awakened awareness. Consume it like a fruit, and let it blossom within you. You are on the quest of self-remembrance, of Godseed. If you work with the energy of Red Moon with clear awareness and attention, an awakened state of remembrance will naturally blossom within you. Remembrance means having direct access to your expanded presence through an intrinsic perception of unity. Remembrance is your recognition of the larger pattern and your connection to it, often facilitated through dreams, art, music, colors and creative pursuits. With focused attention, meditate on Red Moon and you will receive help with self-remembrance. Red Moon is also a beacon or transmitting station. As you open to self-remembrance, you become a beacon and receiver for cosmic consciousness. This communication creates the gradual opening of the third eye, the eye within the mononlith of self. As this eye opens and your communication becomes more refined, you will notice more signs, signals and understanding coming to you. These are all for your growth and evolution - a feedback system from which you can gain insight about your journey. The number for Red Moon is 9, which symbolizes the recurrence of great cycles. An example of such recurrence is the periodic return of master teachers to help awaken human beings on Earth. Nine is the number of Quetzalcoatl, buddha, and Christ. Red Moon is a symbol for great teachers who have come to translate univeresal wisdom to humanity, to embody the awakened state of consciousness that is accessible to all. Such teachers serve as a connection to the Divine and hold the promise of full self-mastery. Take off the veil of forgetfulness. Become the beacon of awakened awareness. As you open to self-remembrance, you will freely receive divine guidance. Be with others who support your fullest expression. White Wind represents your Challenge and Gift. With maturity and awareness this challenge will turn into a Focus. This is what you desire to learn in this lifetime.In the shadow of White Wind, you may doubt yoru oneness with the Source, feeling that divinity is outside yourself. Not realizing your ability to respond as a co-creator of your reality, you may tend to leave everything up to Spirit. Yet you are Spirit, so it is up to you! If you are waiting, feeling separated from inspiration, attract it through the clarify of your own spiritual intent. Call it forth to manifest in your life.Being aligned and unifed with Spirit, imagine yourself being infused and purified, clearing your neural circuitry with the frequency of White Wind. The transformation held in this shadow can be found in experiencing the inspiration of Spirit, no matter how sublt your perception of it is. Follow your innate guidance. Act on inspiration as it comes to you, without analyzing it. And remember: the breath of Spirit can be as subtle as a fragrance in a breeze. Learn to sense and experience it.Another indication of the shadow of White Wind is feeling constrained by the forms and idioms of organized groups or religions. If you're in this shadow, alarms may go off when you hear words like ceremony, ritual, archetype, heaven, or God. In the Mayan system, words are held in a larger context than is implied in ordinary usage. The word heaven, for example, denotes a particular vibrational frequency and harmonic resonance. There are probably many forms of meditation, ceremony, prayer, and other practices that could serve your spiritual evolution. Appreciate the truth in all forms! Be willing to look at subconscious programs that may impair the experience of forms that do serve your spiritual unfoldment. Consciously release judgments, resentments, or hidden wounds you may have about organized groups and religionns and their participants or practices.Learn to sense and experience your connection with the Divine by acting on inspiration as it comes to you.in the Mayan Oracle, book, below - there are 3 great Breath Meditations for White Wind Blue Hand is your Compliment - something that comes naturally to you.Blue Hand is a gateway, an opening, a portal from one understanding to another. A clue to the meaning of Blue Hand is found in the meditation, "I am, by thinly veiled design, the threshold to other dimensions. In my ending is my beginning. The initatory gateway awaits." Blue Hand is the seventh or last archetype in the cycle of development of primary being. It represents the power found in completion. Blue Hand is seen as a closure, which is really an opening to another level of being. Like the fluidity of moving water, Blue Hand is associated with the process of dance, mudra, and beauty. This movement is a metaphor for the ebb and flow of life. In meditation with Manik, experience the flowing quality that is the beauty of the cosmic dance. Remember this essence and this fluidity at times when your life feels most inflexible or lacking in beauty. Blue Hand represents the 'beauty way', the ability to see intrinsic beauty within yourself and in all things. Living the beauty way requires being in your full beauty and power. From this place, your self-authority naturally flows. This is the position where your ego is aligned with divine will. When you are standing in your full beauty and power, your very presence invites others to be all that they are. To the Maya, Blue Hand represents the deer, the gentle, serenely aware guide who walks in fluid beauty and grace, opening and revealing. The energy of Blue Hand will also help you to manifest spiritual skills - especially those intuitive gifts such as oracular divination. In each incarnation, you bring certain gifts. Each path - from priest and priestess to shaman and dancer to artist and gardener - carries varied tools and skills. You have chosen certain gifts and tools that offer you a way to interact with others and your life process. This may be as simple as calling on your innate wisdom and insight in order to see clearly the gifts and tools that you carry. Your Tone is Tone 1 - UnityUnconditional love, the one heart, indivisible essence, core vibration, new beginnings, chalice of the infinite, All That Is.One is the ray of unity with self and Source. Call forth the resonance of your true vibration. Feel the pulse of this ecstatic frequency of the One. You are being offered profound awakenings and the exquisite radiance of unconditional love. This is a time of new beginnings in your life. Be active in your individual expression, committed to the growth of your Essence Self. You contain the paradox of the "separate" self and unity with the One. You are simultaneously the primal point of beginning and the crowing culmination. You are the initiator. You are the one who opens the way. You may feel alone or separated from Source. If so, stand in the unity of your Essence Self and focus on the reality of the one heart. You are the wisdom you seek! Yellow Magnetic Human is in the Human wavespell Kin: 92 Yellow Magnetic Human Be the 1st PASSENGER to add to World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt sign's page! Passengers Born on Kin 92 (24) South Salem NY USA mureye Ben Lomond CA USA cosmicjedi Raleigh NC USA twinspiritdragon Melbourne 07 Australia Brooklyn NY USA rahelio Sedona AZ USA humanica Bogotá 33 Colombia Shawnee KS USA Banjo Ben Shirley eve lyn hope Boulder CO USA Angellox83 Worcester MA USA Peoria AZ USA Susy Q dinessh Mumbai 16 India cosmicjedi420 Haaltert 08 Belgium Depth Julz Levittown PA USA Jack ganly North G II Langdon North Dakota USA Tatz Holmes Woolloongabba Queensland Australia Kartal Istanbul Turkey Vague Anomaly Rainbow Warrior Blairgowrie Scotland Great Britain The next Galactic Birthday for kin 92 is in 58 days on 3/16/2021 This Historical Event happened in the year of the Yang Water Horse Yang Water Horse Horse affinity is with Tiger and Dog But Horse opposes Rat!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2108
__label__wiki	0.932815	0.932815	Why IMELDA? Ireland making England the legal destination for abortion Speaking of IMELDA Referendum 25 May Referendum Road Trip: Speaking with IMELDA The IMELDAs joined the campaign to repeal in Waterford Cork Clare Galway Sligo Leitrim. See what the repealers were doing in each place. Galway - Clare Sligo-Leitrim In a referendum on the 25th of May 2018 The Republic of Ireland voted to repeal the 8th Amendment to the constitution, enabling the government to legislate access to abortion. The public voted by 66.4% to 33.6% to end the ban on abortion, a historic victory for reproductive rights campaigners. In the run-up to the 2018 referendum, as part of our project, Referendum Road: Speaking with IMELDA, we pitched an inflatable sofa in public spaces across Ireland asking the question: Should Ireland Continue to Make England the Legal Destination for Abortion? Our mobile pop-up chat show travelled to locations less frequently reported on, including Waterford, Cork, Ennis, Galway, Sligo and Leitrim. Our Referendum Road Trip, gained attention as it crossed through Waterford, Cork, Clare, Galway, Sligo and Leitrim ahead of the referendum on May 25th. The project contains ten minute films made in each location that gather and reflect on the perspectives of the Yes Campaign at local level and the grassroots people around the country who were working so hard on this issue and who have forced a volte face from many politicians and political parties. Campaigners, musicians, poets, film makers, trade unionists, local politicians and the passer-by have all told us what they think. The content deals seriously with the questions raised by the referendum but also uses inventive performance to discuss and show the subjects that have haunted the Irish population in the last decade around the historical treatment of women in Ireland, while strengthening the reasons why the 8th must be repealed at regional and local level. The films include performances at Ballinspittle's moving statue in Cork, the peak of Knocknarea mountain in Sligo (mythical burial site of Queen Maeve), bidding on bulls at a cattle mart in Ennis; some female 'powerhouse' busking in Galway, and a performance of 'The Stolen Child' at a waterfall in Leitrim. Since the 1980s members of IMELDA have been amongst those meeting the 10 women a day at airports in London giving some of them financial help, care and shelter. In returning home to support local conversation on repealing the 8th Amendment, Speaking of IMELDA also posed the question: Why would Ireland continue to make England the Legal Destination for Abortion? In answering this we show the hidden work that has been undertaken by Irish women abroad to alleviate the problem of the 8th Amendment. These films track the momentum of the Repeal movement and YES Campaign, providing information on how to talk about a difficult subject. During the campaign these provided excellent materials to help convince friends and the undecided. They were also made by the IMELDAs to honour and document the achievements of Repealers and Yes campaigners for five years of long hard work. We visited Waterford with our mobile chat-show and red sofa to seat anyone who wanted to discuss the referendum. We blahed with Rise and Repeal, People Before Profit, Parents for Choice, Grannies for Choice, Sinn Fein and Pro choice Waterford. Older IMELDAs related their stories in supporting Irish women on the abortion underground trail over many years in London through the Irish Women’s Abortion Support Group, now succeeded by the Abortion Support Network. We stopped in Cork with our mobile chat-show and red sofa to seat anyone who wanted to discuss the referendum. We met: Cork Together for Yes, Parents for Choice, Disabled People for Choice, Rebels for Choice; Mary Crilly from Domestic Violence, Cork who was recently voted Cork person of the month; the film maker Oonagh Kearney whose short film, The Christeningwas used as evidence in the Citizen’s Assembly; Dr. Sandra McEvoy, former coordinator of Woman’s Studies in UCC, and finally some fascinating and brave women from Ballinspittle who were girls at the moment of the moving statue phenomenon. A feminist intergenerational direct action performance group. Speakingofimelda@gmail.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2110
__label__cc	0.574829	0.425171	SolutionWeb > GADGETS > Top 10 Laptops in India with price : Best Laptop in India December 2017 Top 10 Laptops in India with price : Best Laptop in India December 2017 Comments Off on Top 10 Laptops in India with price : Best Laptop in India December 2017 Every year we see laptop makers launching new models with more powerful specifications and higher price tag. There is no single laptop that can be called as the ‘ultimate’ laptop. Laptops in different price segments come with different set of processors, displays, GPUs and more. So, we have compiled some of the laptops that we call as the ‘best’ at the given price tag. These devices come from brands like Acer, Asus, HP, Dell and more. Check it out. LENOVO IDEAPAD 520 – RS 58,990 Lenovo IdeaPad 520 has almost the same set of specifications as the Dell Inspiron 5578 but in a lower priced tag of Rs 58,990. It is powered by the 7th gen Intel Core i5 processor with 8GB RAM and 1TB HDD storage. There is a 15.6-inch HD display in tow along with Harman speakers powered by Dolby Audio. For graphics, the laptop features NVIDIA GeForce GT 940MX GPU. Buy Now 9DELL INSPIRON 5578 – RS 72,990 Dell Inspiron 5578 is another laptop that fits on our best laptop list. It will cost you Rs 72,990 from e-commerce websites. At the given price tag, the laptop gives you 8GB RAM, 7th gen Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM and Intel 520 GPU. The Inspiron 5578 comes with a 15.6-inch full HD display along with 1TB HDD storage. Buy Now. 8HP PAVILION POWER – RS 89,990 HP Pavilion Power is also a new entrant in the Indian laptop market. The device comes at around Rs 99,990 and includes a decent set of specifications. It is powered by an Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, clubbed with 8GB DDR4 RAM and 1TB of hard drive. There is also 128GB SSD onboard along with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 GPU. It boasts of a 15.6-inch full HD IPS backlit screen as well. Buy Now. 7ASUS VIVOBOOK S15 – RS 83,980 The Asus Vivobook S15 is one of the newest laptops launched in India. It can be purchased for around Rs 83,980. The device is aimed at those who like their laptops to be powerful and good looking at the same time. Some of the features included in the Vivobook S15 are 8th gen. Intel Core i7 processor along with support for up to 16GB RAM and Nvidia MX150 GPU. It has a 15.6-inch full HD screen onboard as well. Buy Now. 6HP ENVY 13-AD128TU – RS 84,990 Although priced at Rs 84,990 on e-commerce websites, the HP Envy 13-ad128TU has the newest processor launched by Intel – 8th gen. Core i7 processor, clubbed with 8GB DDR3 RAM and Intel integrated UHD Graphics 620. In a sleek design profile, you also get a 13.3-inch full HD touch display along with 8GB RAM support and 256GB SSD storage. The Windows 10 device also has four speakers powered by Bang and Olufsen. Buy Now. 5DELL INSPIRON 7567 – RS 1,13,990 Dell also has it’s Inspiron 7567 on the list. The laptop is up for grabs from e-commerce websites at around Rs 1,13,990. At that price tag, you get 7th Gen Intel Core i7 processor along with support for up to 16GB DDR4 RAM, NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050Ti GPU with dedicated 4GB memory, 1TB HDD, 256GB SSD and 15.6-inch full HD screen. The laptop boasts of dual speakers powered by Waves MaxxAudio Pro. Buy Now. 4LENOVO YOGA 720 – RS 1,13,97 Lenovo Yoga 720 is one of the good-looking hybrid laptops that aims to satisfy the needs of heavy users. Priced at around Rs 1,13,000, the laptop comes with the 7th Gen. Intel Core i5 processor along with 8GB RAM, 13-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels) display, 360-degree convertible design, Window Ink support, 256GB SSD storage, fingerprint sensor and backlit keyboard. Buy Now. 3ACER SPIN 7 SP714-51 – RS 1,24,900 Critic Rating: 4/ 5 The Acer Spin 7 SP714-51 is although not a gaming laptop, it does fall in the premium segment both in price (around Rs 1,24,900) and specifications. The Windows 10 laptop has the same processor as the Asus RoG and the Acer Predator Triton 700 (7th Gen Intel -Core i7) in addition to support for up to 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD storage, 14-inch full-HD screen and Dolby Audio. It is also one of the slimmest laptops with such powerful specifications in the list. Buy Now. ASUS ROG GL553VE-FY127T – RS 1,25,990 Like the Predator Triton 700, the Asus ROG GL553VE-FY127T is also a gaming laptop that has a beefy set of innards. Priced at around Rs 1,25,990, the laptop comes with Intel Core i7 (7th gen) and supports up to 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti, illuminated chiclet keyboard and a 15.6-inch full HD Backlit display. The laptop also comes with Sonicmaster support for an enhanced sound experience. Buy Now. ACER PREDATOR TRITON 700 – RS 2,99,999 Acer Predator Triton 700 launched in India in October this year at a hefty price of Rs 2,99,999. However, the given cost you get some of the best specifications under the hood such as 15.6-inch full HD IPS LCD display with 120Hz refresh rate, RGB-backlit mechanical keyboard, Intel Core i7 (7th gen), Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 GPU and two 512GB SSDs. The Predator Triton 700 also has Dolby Atmos audio support and more. Buy Now. See More Laptops See More Phones	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2115
__label__wiki	0.508288	0.508288	Daniel Tong on Beethoven’s Inspiration for Modern Composers Daniel Tong offers a guest-blog on the Gramophone Magazine’s website about the Beethoven Plus project! In 2014, Krysia Osostowicz and I were working on the cycle of 10 Beethoven Sonatas for Violin and Piano, on that kind of musical high that comes from immersion in the depths of fathomless art. We began talking about what we could do to mark out our cycle from the many that have come before; this repertoire is central to any serious violin/piano duo’s work and performing these 10 works side-by-side has become de rigeur. How would we join a tradition that included Oistrakh/Oberin, Szigeti/Arrau, Kramer/Argerich, and indeed which is being constantly updated? – at least three new versions have come out on disc in the intervening five years. By May of 2015 we had commissioned 10 composers to write a short partner piece to one of the sonatas and were walking on to the stage at Kings Place in London to give the first concerts in a cycle that now consisted of 20 works, and a vibrant conversation across two centuries. Almost all the composers we approached were incredibly enthusiastic to join the project. Beethoven clearly still exerts his power, nearly 200 years after his death. This month, after further performances of the complete cycle in towns as far-ranging as Aberdeen, Oxford, Sheffield, Bristol and Cambridge, culminating in a series at the brand new Cedars Hall in Wells, which we recorded live, our second double album is released on SOMM Recordings, completing the set. As soon as we began to receive the new works we realised that not only was Beethoven still an inspirational figure for 21st-century composers, but also that their work was shedding new light on his sonatas. … Continue reading the blog on Gramophone.co.uk Categories : News Tags : Beethoven Plus, Daniel Tong, Gramophone, Guest Blog Gramophone Reviews Kathleen Ferrier: In Celebration of Bach Five Stars for The Tippett Quartet’s Alwyn And Carwithen Recording	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2116
__label__wiki	0.752457	0.752457	TIWCE Home / blackpink / ITZY / IZ / miss A / SES / Blackbink is one of 6 Female K-Pop Groups With Most Number Of Wins On Music Shows For Their Debut Blackbink is one of 6 Female K-Pop Groups With Most Number Of Wins On Music Shows For Their Debut blackpink, ITZY, IZ, miss A, SES It is never easy for a newly debuted group to win number one on music shows especially since they are still rookies! Most of these rookie groups gained attention from a lot of people prior to their debut which proved their tremendous popularity. Retrieving data from Mar. 11, it came to the notice of many K-Pop fans that ITZY has broken the record for the most number of wins for their debut! There is a high chance that they would continue their winning streak! For now, let’s find out which other groups had taken over the top 3 spots! #1 ITZY ‘Dalla Dalla’- 8 wins The newest rookie group from JYP Entertainment proved to be extremely popular among fans! Recently, they broke the record of winning the highest number of number one on music shows for a newly debuted group. #2 S.E.S ‘I’m Your Girl’- 4 wins Some K-Pop fans were very surprised that the very first female idol group produced by SM Entertainment is high up on the list for the highest number of wins for female girl groups. It was until recently, they were dethroned by ITZY, taking over their original number one spot. #3 IZ*ONE ‘La Vie en Rose’- 3 wins #3 (G)I-DLE ‘LATATA’- 3 wins #3 BLACKPINK ‘Whistle’- 3 wins BLACKPINK has addictive debut tracks and of course, they also won the number one several times. It is not surprising to see how popular these girls are especially with their stunning visuals and charms. #3 missA ‘Bad Girl Good Girl’- 3 wins It looks like JYP Entertainment is extremely skillful when it comes to producing girl groups as they would always make history when they debut. Back in 2010, the girls were extremely happy when they won the number one on several music shows. MOST WATCH Created By SoraTemplates \| Distributed By Staytran	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2119
__label__cc	0.738892	0.261108	Split Second Decision : MSNBCW : November 24, 2016 1:00pm-2:01pm PST fire extinguisher to douse the flames. c, gather bystanders to help lift the car by hand. veenstra considers option a, but only for a second. >> maybe i can get my car and try to push it, but there really wasn't enough of an embankment or a ditch where i could push it where it could tip down where he would move. >> at best, this option won't work. at worst, you risk catching your own car on fire. as the toxic smoke fills the air and the fire grows, instinct may say to extinguish the flames. but is that even possible? >> we don't have fire extinguishers in all the vehicles. some do. some don't. in this situation, the people that were standing by, they had already tried to use one on the engine and it wasn't effective. the fire was just too much. >> engines have gas, rubber, and oil and when burned can produce temperatures up to 1700 degrees, as hot as molten lava. situations like these require specific fire retardant solutions. and lots of it. so cross option b off your list. leave this one for the firefighters. >> all right, we're going to try to lift it up. where's your arm trappe fire extinguisher to douse the flames. c, gather bystanders to help lift the car by hand. veenstra considers option a, but only for a second. >> maybe i can get my car and try to push it, but there really wasn't enough of an embankment or a ditch where i could push it where it could tip down where he would move. >> at best, this option won't work. at worst, you risk catching your own car on fire. as the toxic smoke fills the air and the fire grows, instinct may say to extinguish...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2120
__label__wiki	0.712805	0.712805	Which Character Will Die After [SPOILER] on The Walking Dead? by Julie Sprankles Julie Sprankles https://twitter.com/JulieLMS Julie's Most Recent Stories All of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette Babies Every Shirtless Photo Kelly Ripa Has Posted of Hubby Mark Consuelos (You’re Welcome) Jennie Garth & Tori Spelling React to Jessica Alba’s Claim She Couldn’t Make Eye Contact on 90210 February 23, 2018 at 1:00pm PM EST Gene Page/AMC We all knew it was coming. It was only a matter of time before another beloved character on The Walking Dead died. And true to form, the apocalyptic AMC series set up the second half of Season 8 to start with the loss of one of the show’s OG stars. Related story Chris Sullivan Is Here to Confirm That All Your This Is Us Season 4 Theories Are Wrong More: How [SPOILER] Feels About Being Killed Off on The Walking Dead If by some freak chance you haven’t yet seen the first half of Season 8, take a minute to examine your life’s priorities. Then be forewarned: What we’re about to discuss contains plot points pertinent to the finale of this season’s first half. OK, now we’re ready for the postmortem (or perhaps premortem) — #RIP Carl. Although Rick’s only son hasn’t quite succumbed yet, the fact that he got bitten by a walker pretty much spells his doom. While we weren’t always crazy about the kid, he really has grown on us over the years. More: Another Beloved Walking Dead Character May Be Leaving the Show So where does that leave us? Getting ready to say goodbye again, of course. But not only that, it puts every committed fan on alert because typically character deaths on The Walking Dead tend to follow each other. Therefore, to help mentally prepare ourselves and thus soften the impending blow, let’s take a look at five major characters in peril who could accompany Carl (or follow him shortly thereafter) into the great beyond. 1. Negan Image: Giphy Yes, we realize that in The Walking Dead comics Negan doesn’t actually die in the upcoming battles. Rather, he is captured and held prisoner by Rick and his crew. But — and this is a big one — he also develops a strange symbiotic relationship with young Carl in the comics. Not to mention Carl doesn’t get bitten in the comics. Since the original storyline doesn’t have Carl dying, maybe they’ll kill off Negan too. After all, his fate has already been altered by Carl’s certain doom. 2. Eugene It sucks to say it since actor Josh McDermitt is such an ace, but we’re ready for Eugene to get his comeuppance. He turned on Rick and the rest of the gang, and that betrayal has led to heartbreak and death for our heroes. He could always redeem himself by sacrificing his life to save Rick or Maggie or any other character who didn’t break our goddamn hearts. 3. Morgan Unlike Eugene, we don’t want Morgan to die. In fact, we’d love it if he had a bigger role in the series. Unfortunately, the writing is already on the wall — it has been announced that the character, played by Lennie James, will be making the jump from TWD to its prequel series, Fear the Walking Dead. Granted, this does leave the door open for him to return… unless the way he is written off is via death, which, let’s face it, is always a possibility in this world. More: Andrew Lincoln Reveals Who Is in the Graves on The Walking Dead 4. Maggie In the comic series, Maggie becomes leader of the Hilltop Colony. We’ve already seen her presence grow so much the last few seasons, and with it the respect of the other characters for her. Tragically, though, the show could lose Lauren Cohan, the actor who plays Maggie, to contract negotiations. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cohan hasn’t committed to renewing her contract for Season 9. It is said that while she isn’t seeking parity with her male costars Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus, Cohan would like (and deserves!) more than AMC is bringing to the table right now. The fact that countless other networks are in hot pursuit of the rising star could seal Maggie’s fate on the show. 5. Rosita Rosita has been doing a little dance with death lately, all but willing it to come for her. She’s brave, yes, but she’s also reckless — and she tends to let her personal feelings cloud her judgment. The hope here is that if someone has to die, perhaps Eugene lays down his life for Rosita. Since they started this journey together with Abraham, it would bring the situation sort of full circle.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2122
__label__cc	0.668518	0.331482	HomeClass10history-notes Ch 6 Work Life and Leisure Class 10th Notes\| History Abhishek 13 Feb, 2018 Ch 6 Work Life and Leisure Class 10th Notes\| History Social Science • Three historical processes have shaped modern cities in decisive ways: → The rise of industrial capitalism, → The establishment of colonial rule over large parts of the world → The development of democratic ideals. Characteristics of the City • Cites were often the centres of political power, administrative network, trade and industry, religious institutions, and intellectual activity, and supported various social groups such as artisans, merchants and priests. Industrialisation and the Rise of the Modern City in England • Even after many decades after the beginning of the industrial revolution, most Western countries were largely rural. • By 1750, one out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in London. • Apart from the London dockyards, five major types of industries employed large numbers: → Clothing and footwear → Wood and furniture → Metals and engineering → Printing and stationery → Precision products such as surgical instruments, watches, and objects of precious metal. • During the First World War, London began manufacturing motor cars and electrical goods. Marginal Groups • As London grew, crime flourished. • The authorities imposed high penalties for crime. • With technological developments, women gradually lost their industrial jobs, and were forced to work within households. • In the twentieth century, women got employed in wartime industries and offices and withdrew from domestic service. • Large number of children were pushed into low-paid work, often by their parents. • After the Compulsory Elementary Education Act in 1870, and the factory acts beginning from 1902, the children were kept out of industrial work. • After the Industrial Revolution, factory or workshop owners did not provide house the migrant workers. • Poor people live in unhygienic condition of slums. • After Russian Revolution happened in 1917, there was a widespread fear of social disorder. → Therefore, workers’ mass housing schemes were planned to prevent the London poor from turning rebellious. Cleaning London • Large blocks of apartments were built, similar to those in Berlin and New York – cities which had similar housing problems. Transport in the City • The London underground railway was introduced. • Better-planned suburbs and a good railway network enabled large numbers to live outside central London and travel to work. Social Change in the City • In the industrial city, ties between members of households loosened. • As women lost their industrial jobs, women were forced to withdraw into their homes. • The public space became increasingly a male preserve • In the 19th century, Chartism Movement was a movement demanding the voting rights for all adult males. • Gradually, women participated in political movements and demanded voting rights and the right to property from 1870s. • By the twentieth century, women were employed in large numbers to meet war demands. Leisure and Consumption • In the late 18th century, several cultural events, such as the opera, the theatre and classical music performances were organised for an elite group. • In the 19th century, Libraries, art galleries and museums were established. • By the early twentieth century, Music halls were popular among the lower classes → Cinema became the great mass entertainment for mixed audiences. Politics in the City • In the severe winter of 1886, the London poor exploded in a riot, demanding relief from the terrible conditions of poverty. • A similar riot occurred in late 1887, which was brutally suppressed by the police. The City in Colonial India • A large proportion of these urban dwellers were residents of the three Presidency cities, Bombay, Bengal and Madras. Bombay: The Prime City of India? • Bombay a group of seven islands was under Portugues control • In 1661, control of the islands passed into British hands. • Bombay became an important administrative and industrial centre of Western India. Work in the City • In 1819, Bombay became the capital of the Bombay Presidency. • Large communities of traders and bankers, as well as artisans and shopkeepers, came to settle in Bombay. • Between 1919 and 1926, Women formed as much as 23 percent of the mill workforce. • By the late 1930s, women’s jobs were increasingly taken over by machines or by men. Housing and Neighbourhoods • Bombay did not grow according to any plan. • Bombay fort area divided between a native town and a European or White section. • The crisis of housing and water supply became acute. • Richer Parsi, Muslims & upper caste traders, industrialists lived in sprawling spacious bungalows while working people lived in the thickely populated chawls. • Chawls are largely owned by private landlords, → Each chawl was divided into smaller one-room tenements which had no private toilets. • In 1898, the City of Bombay Improvement Trust was established which focused on clearing poorer homes out of the city centre. • In 1918, a Rent Act was passed to keep rents reasonable. Land Reclamation in Bombay • In 1784, Willian Hornby approved the building of the great sea wall. • In 1864, Back Bay Reclamation Company won the right to reclaim the western foreshore from the tip of Malabar Hill to the end of Colaba. • Between 1914 & 1918, a successful reclamation project was undertaken and famous Marine Drive of Bombay was developed. Bombay as the City of Dreams: The World of Cinema and Culture • Bombay Film industry through its movies speak of the contradictory aspects of the city • First movie in 1896, scene of a wrestling match shot by Sakharam Bhatwadekar. • Dadasaheb Phalke made Raja Harishchandra in 1913. • By 1925, Bombay became India’s film capital. Cities and the Challenge of the Environment • In industrial cities such as Leeds, Bradford and Manchester, hundreds of factory chimneys discharged black smoke into the skies. • By 1840 Derby, Leeds & Manchester had laws to control smoke • The Smoke Abatement Acts of 1847 and 1853, as they were called, did not always work to clear the air. • The railway line introduced in 1855 introduced a new pollutant-coal from Raniganj. • In 1863, Calcutta became the first Indian city to get smoke nuisance legislation. • Bengal Smoke Nuisance Commission largely controlled industrial smoke. NCERT Solutions of Work Life and Leisure Work Life and Leisure Class 10th Extra Questions	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2130
__label__cc	0.586872	0.413128	Find a park close to me Free parking ends Tuesday 30 June The City of Subiaco’s free parking initiative, which was introduced to support health care and essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, will end in two weeks. With restrictions easing and more people returning to work, pressure on traffic and parking is increasing. Free parking was introduced on 1 April and will be in place until Tuesday 30 June, inclusive. Paid parking and parking compliance will return to normal after that. Free parking on evenings and weekends in City car parks will continue after July. The free parking initiative has provided an estimated $437,000 of parking support for staff in surrounding hospitals and essential workers in Subiaco offices. The initiative was part of the City’s $4 million COVID-19 response. Free parking in Subiaco You can park for free at seven designated town centre carparks in the evenings and on weekends, with no ticket and no time limits. New car park at 500 Hay Street A new car park is now open to the public at 500 Hay Street Subiaco…. Ticket Machine Faults If you come across a fault with one of our machines please contact 1300 187 603 for immediate assistance. Please note if the credit card payment facility is offline you must pay for parking either by coin or by our pay-by-phone app. The credit card payment facility may occasionally encounter technical issues, generally in relation to communicating with the bank via the mobile network. If your credit card has been declined but a charge appears on your account, don’t worry our parking machines detect errors and automatically refund the charge. The refund may take 1 to 3 business days to appear on your account, depending on how your bank processes refunds. If you are concerned that an error has occurred, or you have been charged incorrectly, contact us on subipark@subiaco.wa.gov.au.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2131
__label__wiki	0.943346	0.943346	Anwar Maqsood tests positive for Covid-19 Published in Entertainment File Photo Anwar Maqsood tests positive for Covid-19 Veteran Pakistani scriptwriter and host Anwar Maqsood has quarantined himself at home after he was tested positive for coronavirus. The 85-year-old literary figure Anwar Maqsood was tested positive for Covid-19 last week and he has quarantined himself at home. Anwar was last seen during 13th International Urdu Conference at Arts Council of Pakistan earlier this month. Earlier, there were reports that Anwar Maqsood has requested fans to pray for his health as he undergoes treatment at home. ACP President Ahmed Shah updated the Loose Talk star’s well-wishers about his health and claimed that he has been advised to rest after undergoing multiple tests. Maqsood, 85, is a prominent name in Pakistan’s literary and showbiz circles as he wrote multiple hits during the course of his career as a scriptwriter, humorist and talk show host. Pakistan women’s cricket squad clears COVID-19 tests before leaving for South Africa Misbah blames New Zealand debacle on COVID-19 protocols, injuries	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2132
__label__wiki	0.903312	0.903312	England’s first ODI against South Africa postponed after positive Covid-19 test December 4, 2020, 10:20 am Updated: December 4, 2020, 12:31 pm The scoreboard at Newlands confirms the postponement (Rory Dollard/PA) England’s first one-day international in South Africa was dramatically postponed just an hour before the scheduled start of play after a member of the home side tested positive for Covid-19. A pre-series round of testing was done to screen the squads, who are both staying at the Vineyard Hotel near the Newlands ground, and one Proteas player was found to have the virus. The decision was then made not to host the match as planned on Friday but the sides still hope to play the three-match series in full, with the first game now set for Sunday in Paarl before returning for games in Cape Town on Monday and Wednesday. That plan clearly hinges on a fresh bout of testing and it is highly likely that any further confirmed cases would put the series at risk. The first ODI of our series with South Africa has been postponed until Sunday — England Cricket (@englandcricket) December 4, 2020 Ashley Giles, managing director of England men’s cricket, issued a brief statement following the postponement declaring himself “hopeful” that the matches could be successfully staged. “On behalf of the England touring party and the ECB, I would like to thank Cricket South Africa for their collaborative approach to postponing today’s one-day international,” he said. “Our number one priority is the health and safety of the England team and management group, and the correct decision was made following discussions between the two boards and respective medical teams. “The England party will remain at its base in Cape Town on Friday and Saturday and we are hopeful that the three-match series will be played before we depart next Thursday starting with the match at Paarl on Sunday.” CONFIRMED: Cricket South Africa and @ECB_cricket confirm the postponement of the first #BetwayODI of the three-match series to Sunday, 06 December 2020. #SAvENG pic.twitter.com/wRXpr7YYA9 — Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) December 4, 2020 CSA had earlier announced the news, saying: “This decision results from a player from the Proteas team testing positive for COVID-19 after the teams’ last round of scheduled testing performed on Thursday ahead of the ODIs. “In the interests of the safety and well-being of both teams, match officials and all involved in the match, the Acting CEO of CSA, Kugandrie Govender as well as the CEO of the ECB, Tom Harrison, have agreed to postpone the first fixture to Sunday.” South Africa had two players, understood to be Andile Phehlukwayo and David Miller, test positive ahead of the Twenty20 series between the sides and a further two players were asked to quarantine having been classed as ‘close contacts’. Dec 6 (Paarl, Boland Park) Dec 7 (Cape Town, Newlands) The remainder of the squad returned a full bill of health ahead of the T20s, allowing those three matches to go ahead as planned. Speaking to PA news agency at the start of the tour, England’s head coach Chris Silverwood addressed the possibility of further cases emerging. He said: “Obviously we have to look after our camp, our main focus is on making sure everything in our camp is in order and that we observe the rules, regulations and protocols in front of us. “Hopefully that keeps us safe. I’ll be led by the doctors but ideal scenario is no-one gets it.” Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Union: Shopping has become a day out for some folk. It is risking lives of store staff and it has to be stopped Salmond Inquiry: Nicola Sturgeon to be asked to give evidence in person next week Massive coronavirus testing lab due to open in Scotland is hit by delay as officials reveal they have yet to secure a building Thousands of health workers queue for jags in Glasgow mass vaccination drive Nuns: There will be no new memorial for all the 400 lost children of Smyllum Latest weekly Covid-19 rates for local authority areas in England Joe Root backs up plea for strong England start with century against Sri Lanka Get a round-up of stories from The Sunday Post every week Tweets by Sunday_Post	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2134
__label__cc	0.609008	0.390992	Justin Bieber Thought Charlie Sheen Is Most Influential Person In The World Justin Bieber still thinks Charlie Sheen is still winning. When asked by Time magazine on who he thinks is the most influential person in the world right now, the “Baby” singer thought it has got to be Charlie since he got a million followers in one day on Twitter plus he got tiger blood and always winning. Despite Justin’s vote, Charlie wasn’t included in the final cut Time 100 list of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.” Categories Justin Bieber Tags Charlie Sheen, tiger blood, Time magazine Post navigation Demi Lovato Bid Farewell To “Sonny with a Chance” Robert Pattinson’s Underwear Malfunction On Film Set	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0067.json.gz/line2136

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