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__label__wiki	0.958604	0.958604	Cape Town Airport Info Cape Town Airport Parking Info Parking Contact Airline Contact Details Shops / Restuarants BDLive Aussies feel the heat from in-form Parnell October 4, 2016 Written by Admin WAYNE Parnell’s return to the national one-day international team, and indeed to form, is something the Proteas can savour and nurture in their pursuit for International Cricket Council (ICC) silverware. Like bandits at the top of the FBI’s most-wanted list, left-arm seamers come with a handsome reward. In six of the 11 editions of the quadrennial World Cup, left-arm seamers have been the top wicket takers, including the last two in Australia and India and the last one held in Britain in 1999. With next year’s ICC Champions Trophy taking place in England, the Proteas’ fortunes have taken somewhat of a positive turn in the 50-over format. Of course, Parnell alone will not win SA the trophy but it appears he has found the consistency that has eluded him in his 54-match ODI career. He is also held in high regard by former Australian cricketer Geoff “Henry” Lawson, who once said: “Parnell is a very similar bowler to [Trent] Boult in many ways; in action and swing. From the outside looking in, it looks like he should be an outstanding bowler.” What should double Parnell’s value is that he can swing a bat purposefully, something Australian left-arm paceman Mitchell Starc and New Zealand’s Boult cannot boast about. “The massive thing for me was game time and playing consistently,” said Parnell. “Any cricketer can tell you, you can practice for hours in the nets but you can never replicate game time. “Over the last 12 months, where I’ve been playing domestic cricket week in, week out and putting in good performances, I’ve gained confidence. Sport is all about confidence. “Everyone has their own opinion on how I should play my cricket but it’s about fitting into the setup, firstly as part of the bowling unit. Playing matches, though, is key for any cricketer.” The tenuous squad Australia brought to these shores cannot disguise that Parnell has found his range in a Proteas jumper, seven years after his ODI debut against the Aussies in Perth. At the Wanderers he was the pick of the South African attack with figures of 3/40, as the hosts humiliated Australia with a 142-run defeat. Bowling George Bailey also felt particularly satisfying because he set a plan and followed through with it maturely. “It’s always nice to come out and correct your mistakes in the match following an average game. It’s really pleasing,” said Parnell. “Cricket is a funny game; you’re a hero today and tomorrow you’re the villain. It’s just about trying to tick boxes and trying to do the right things more often than not — that’s what makes people more successful,” he said. “I tried to bowl a little shorter at the Wanderers because I felt I was a little too full in Centurion. The angle when you’re coming around the wicket and the extra bounce that you get inland was something I identified as something that could work for me. “I was pleased that I executed it in the manner me and the bowling coach Charl Langeveldt had planned. “But it’s going to be completely different in Durban.” The Proteas can wrap up the five-match series at Kingsmead on Wednesday and could push for an unprecedented whitewash thereafter. The tools are all there, and rising kingpin Andile Phehlukwayo will play on his home turf. “Coming into the ODI arena against Australia presents a nice challenge but he’s got a big future ,” Parnell said. WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange says ‘significant’ documents will be released ahead of US election Mazisi Kunene, an epic Zulu poet, is remembered during Poetry Africa Get the new Eazy Bookings Android app NOW!!! Book Flights, Cars and Accommodation on your Android Phone/Tablet. False hope of ‘miracle’ remedies Luxor Paints loses CCMA case, must pay workers R40-m in back pay OR Tambo Airport Johannesburg International Airport All Mobile ZA	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797854
__label__wiki	0.705726	0.705726	1328 Montana Avenue, JOHN SAYLES: INDEPENDENT Double Feature! John Sayles & Frances McDormand In Person! LONE STAR / LIMBO Co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Hugh M. Hefner Classic American Film Program Discussion following LONE STAR with director John Sayles and actress Frances McDormand. Join us at 3:00 PM in the lobby, where Sayles will sign his new book, Yellow Earth. 35 mm! 1996, Warner Bros., 135 min, USA, Dir: John Sayles Chris Cooper plays an easygoing Texas sheriff who discovers unpleasant truths about his town and his own past in this intricately plotted murder mystery. Displaying his usual talent for ensemble characterization, director John Sayles follows nearly a dozen major players (Kris Kristofferson, Frances McDormand and Matthew McConaughey are among the film's many talented actors) as their stories intersect and raise questions about political corruption, multiculturalism, and other contemporary issues. Maggie Renzi R. Paul Miller Stuart Dryburgh Elizabeth Peña Stephen Mendillo 1999, Sony Repertory, 126 min, USA, Dir: John Sayles One of John Sayles’ most haunting films, LIMBO is a sublime meditation on the feeling of being stuck in a liminal state, a theme as relevant to the characters as it is to the viewer’s experience. Set in Juneau, Alaska, a town on the edge of civilization surrounded by water and wilderness, the film follows former fisherman-turned-handyman Joe (David Strathairn) and tired lounge singer Donna (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), who strike up a casual relationship to distract themselves from their otherwise dreary lives. Their sudden relationship comes much to the chagrin of Donna’s teenage daughter Noelle (Vanessa Martinez) but all three lives gradually begin to improve - until a forgotten part of Joe’s past reemerges and sets off a dramatic chain of events that leaves them stranded on a deserted island. Haskell Wexler Vanessa Martinez Special Ticket Prices: $15 General, $13 Cinematheque Members. No vouchers. Aero Theatre • Sun, Feb 16, 2020 • 4:00pm John Sayles & Joe Dante In Person! PIRANHA / THE HOWLING Fri, Feb 14, 2020 - 7:30pm Director John Sayles In Person! MATEWAN / CITY OF HOPE Mon, Feb 17, 2020 - 7:30pm	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797860
__label__cc	0.581927	0.418073	Dave's News About Dave’s News News: Royal Caribbean sells Azamara in $201m private equity deal Royal Caribbean Group has confirmed the sale of the Azamara luxury cruise line for $ 201 million. The cruise line said the all cash private-equity deal with Sycamore Partners would allow it to focus on core operations after almost a year out of the water following the Covid-19 pandemic. Royal Caribbean chief financial officer, Jason […] News: New spa offering at Banyan Tree Krabi Banyan Tree Krabi has unveiled a new spa boasting a unique hydrotherapy facility and eight treatment rooms. Each of the rooms has been fitted with a selection of coloured lighting designed to help enhance the well-being of each individual customer. The new resort, which opened in October, and is the fourth from the brand in […] Focus: BTN interview: Thomas Lennartz, vice president, sales and client experience, Quark Expeditions Having been recognised as one of the best-in-the-business by voters at the World Travel Awards, Breaking Travel News here chats with Thomas Lennartz, vice president for sales and client experience with Quark Expeditions, to find out more Breaking Travel News: Congratulations – Quark Expeditions has been honoured with the title of World’s Leading Specialist Cruise […] Focus: BTN interview: Leonardo Baiocchi, general manager, Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach [embedded content] Leonardo Baiocchi, general manager, Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach chats to Katie Jensen about the prestigious World Travel Awards titles Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach has been honoured with the title of World’s Leading Luxury Resort at the prestigious World Travel Awards. The title is in addition to the […] News: UNWTO seeking to restart tourism at Madrid conference The global tourism sector is starting the new year prepared to #RestartTourism when conditions allow, with the World Tourism Organisation set to again bring together leaders from across the public and private sectors. Tomorrow in Madrid, the UNWTO Global Tourism Crisis Committee will hold its first meeting of the year. This meeting to advance concrete […] Focus: Breaking Travel News interview: Benjamin Ackhurst, hotel manager, Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai [embedded content] Katie Jensen speaks to Benjamin Ackhurst, hotel manager at Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, about recognition by the World Travel Awards Mandarin Oriental Jumeira, Dubai, has been celebrating its recognition by voters at the prestigious World Travel Awards. Having opened just under two years ago, the top property has been honoured with the titles […] News: UK travel corridor system to be suspended on Monday British prime minister, Boris Johnson, has announced the UK will close all travel corridors to protect against the risk of as yet unidentified new Covid-19 strains. The new measures will take effect from Monday. Speaking at a Downing Street press conference this evening, he said: “It is vital to take these extra measures now when, […] News: ABTA calls on government to plot route out of travel shutdown The tourism industry is calling on the government to give more detail on how travel restrictions will be lifted if Covid-19 is brought under control in the UK. ABTA chief executive, Mark Tanzer, said: “As news continues to emerge of new variants of the virus developing overseas, along with the significant number of cases and […] Focus: Breaking Travel News interview: Christophe Schnyder, general manager, Sofitel Dubai the Palm Resort [embedded content] Katie Jensen speaks to Christophe Schnyder from Sofitel Dubai the Palm Resort about winning at the World Travel Awards Sofitel Dubai the Palm Resort & Spa has scooped a number of top titles at the World Travel Awards. Situated on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, general manager Christophe Schnyder told Breaking Travel News […] Focus: Border woes force Australian tour operators to join forces! Continual border constraints have dented confidence in travel. However, two tour operators on each side of the New South Wales and Victorian borders, are working together to keep travelers moving within state borders. Sydney based Cocky Guides, Australia’s leader in small group tours for blind and low vision travelers, is working with Melbourne based international […] UK POLLING	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797864
__label__wiki	0.905039	0.905039	Band:BEASTMILK Album:CLIMAX "Apocalyptic visions and a wicked sense of humor populate audio nightmares as Beastmilk create visceral, unsettling death rock for the elite", wrote Pitchfork of the band whose highly anticipated debut album poignantly combines haunting clean vocals, darkly shimmering melodies, and a throbbing rhythmic pulse to create an atmospheric yet energetic journey into post-punk's past, present, and definitely its future..." "Elements of a gloomier Joy Division, an angrier Echo & The Bunnymen, a medicated Killing Joke, and even a lush layering of Peter Murphy" - all this, and vastly more, describes the immediately memorable 3D darkness of Beastmilk. Born in 2010 during a nuclear winter in Helsinki, Finland, the void-mothers of Beastmilk kick out an irradiated dust of what they appropriately dub "apocalyptic post-punk." Their debut demo, White Stains On Black Tape, sold out quickly and earned the attention of Darkthrone's Fenriz, who made it one of his favorites of 2010. In June 2013, they flew out to Boston, USA to record at GodCity Studio with the legendary Kurt Ballou (Converge), who produced their debut full-length album, Climax; the members of Converge found Beastmilk online, loved them, and ordered both their 7"s, with Ballou soon offering to produce their debut album at his world-famous studio. The result is Climax, an album of dark, driving anthems that work their magic instantly upon the first notes - fall in with the fallout and get down with BEASTMILK! Album:CLIMAX - BLACK VINYL "Apocalyptic visions and a wicked sense of humor populate audio nightmares as Beastmilk create visceral, unsettling death rock for the elite", wrote Pitchfork of the band whose highly anticipated debut album poignantly combines haunting clean vocals, darkly shimmering melodies, and a throbbing rhythmic pulse to create an atmospheric yet energetic journey into post-punk's past, present, and definitely its future." In June 2013, they flew out to Boston, USA to record at GodCity Studio with the legendary Kurt Ballou (Converge), who produced their debut full-length album, Climax; the members of Converge found Beastmilk online, loved them, and ordered both their 7"s, with Ballou soon offering to produce their debut album at his world-famous studio. The result is Climax, an album of dark, driving anthems that work their magic instantly upon the first notes - fall in with the fallout and get down with BEASTMILK! - LIMITED BLACK VINYL LP ! Album:CLIMAX - WHITE VINYL In June 2013, they flew out to Boston, USA to record at GodCity Studio with the legendary Kurt Ballou (Converge), who produced their debut full-length album, Climax; the members of Converge found Beastmilk online, loved them, and ordered both their 7"s, with Ballou soon offering to produce their debut album at his world-famous studio. The result is Climax, an album of dark, driving anthems that work their magic instantly upon the first notes - fall in with the fallout and get down with BEASTMILK! - LIMITED WHITE VINYL LP ! Band:THE SUBURBS Album:SI SAUVAGE Label:BURNSIDE Genre:Alt Rock Some 35 years ago, The Suburbs were the very first act signed to the (now) legendary Twin/Tone label in Minneapolis/St. Paul. As their career blossomed, they were later signed to both Mercury and A & M Records. As happens, they went on hiatus, put out a Greatest Hits album, played the occasional reunion show, had lineup changes and now, regrouping, have their first new album in over two and a half decades, Si Sauvage. This is not just another trip down memory lane but a vital new album of songs by a band who can (and does) still deliver. "The Minneapolis new wave punk outfit maintains it quirky spunk and funky pop energy." -The New Yorker 1st band signed to legendary Minneapolis rock label Twin Tone, also home to The Replacements, The Jayhawks and Soul Asylums' early recordings. This is their 13th record having successfully recorded for Mercury and A&M. Band:MOS GENERATOR Album:IN CONCERT Label:ROADBURN Genre:Stoner/Doom/Occult/Sludge Metal Mos Generator “In Concert” captures the band in a high pressure live situation. “We were opening for Saint Vitus on that tour and every night we had to go out and prove ourselves. On the night of this recording we had a very tough audience. I could tell by walking through the crowd before we went on that it was going to be a hard night. In situations like that we have a tendency to turn to each other for support on stage. As soon as we walked out we could feel the energy change, the people wanted into our circle. On the record you can hear it start as soon as we walk out. It was a great feeling and we ended up playing the show with two mindsets. The introvert and the extrovert. I was very surprised and pleased with the outcome” VERY LTD VINYL LP ! Band:ANCIENT WARLOCKS Album:ANCIENT WARLOCKS ANCIENT WARLOCKS are: Darren Chase ‐ whose solid rhythm guitar work and punk flavored delivery of Fuzz drive the riffs. Aaron Krause ‐ whose smoky vocal howl soars amongst his own blend of subtle lead guitar lines and swirling feedback psyche. Anthony ‘Oni’ Timm ‐ a dynamic and energetic bassist with thick, rolling grooves that belie his noise rock influence. Steve Jones ‐ whose veteran status, behind both the drums and the recording console, give him invaluable insight into keeping heads nodding and bodies moving to the grooves. LTD VINYL LP! Band:CONNECT ICUT Album:CROWS AND KITTIWAKES WHEEL AND COME AGAIN Label:AAGOO RECORDS Genre:Avantgarde/Electronic A new entry in the REV. Lab series is connect_icut’s Crows & Kittiwakes Wheel & Come Again. Connect_icut is an electronic music producer based in Vancouver, Canada. His releases include Moss (Dehausset CD, 2005), They Showed Me the Secret Beaches (CSAF LP, 2008) and Fourier's Algorithm (CSAF download, 2010). These albums have received a good deal of critical acclaim. Most notably, Secret Beaches was praised in Thurston Moore and Byron Coley's Arthur magazine column, as well as in The Wire, which commented that it was "(a)lways involving - and easily rewarding enough to make getting up and turning the record over an anticipatory pleasure." The music itself combines the disruptive "glitch" techniques of Oval with the melodic noise rock of My Bloody Valentine. It anchors all manner of chaotic abstraction in a solid foundation of three-chord pop. It is also fundamentally grounded in hands-on performance and spontaneous composition. Live connect_icut appearances have included support slots for a number of notable electronic artists including Oneohtrix Point Never and Loscil. Album:CROWS AND KITTIWAKES - LP LTD VINYL LP ! Band:KK NULL / ISRAEL MARTINEZ / LUMEN LAB Album:TERRA INCOGNITA These works are a collaboration between the Japanese figure of experimental electronic music, KK Null, and Mexican artists and brothers Israel and Diego Martinez. Diego is best known as Lumen lab, and both are mentors of the label Abolipop -Suplex. The process started at the end of 2012 when Kazuyuki Kishino, based in Tokyo and Israel Martinez in Berlin, started to share electronic sounds and field recordings. They tried making new pieces exploring various approaches to composition such as the recording of improvisation sessions, the capturing of the soundscape and incorporating some electroacoustic computer processes. After several exchanges, Israel invited Lumen lab to participate in the project from Zapopan, Mexico. The two had not worked together since 2002 when Israel was part of Lumen lab. Sharing this experience with an early influential musician of the 90's electronic and experimental scene provided a good moment. The process of exchanging isolated sounds and then fragments of composi- tion continued. The three musicians worked using each others' lead. Eight months after moving back to Mexico, Israel together with Diego and Kazuyuki, finished four pieces called Incognita, now available on CD as an album. In addition, they composed work for a limited edition vinyl, Terra. It includes the first track of Incognita, which makes it especially appealing for vinyl collectors. The result of this collaboration shows the different profiles of the musicians, from the semi-rhythmic and powerful electronic dynamism of KK Null and Lumen lab to the deep drones and the convulsive field recording's treatment of Israel Martinez. Incognita and Terra Incognita are a celebration of sound as a bridge of communication between people of diverse geographies and generations, sharing respect for each other's work and their cultural context. Friendship, reflection and teamwork. Album:TERRA INCOGNITA - LP These works are a collaboration between the Japanese figure of experimental electronic music, KK Null, and Mexican artists and brothers Israel and Diego Martinez. Diego is best known as Lumen lab, and both are mentors of the label Abolipop -Suplex. The process started at the end of 2012 when Kazuyuki Kishino, based in Tokyo and Israel Martinez in Berlin, started to share electronic sounds and field recordings. They tried making new pieces exploring various approaches to composition such as the recording of improvisation sessions, the capturing of the soundscape and incorporating some electroacoustic computer processes. After several exchanges, Israel invited Lumen lab to participate in the project from Zapopan, Mexico. The two had not worked together since 2002 when Israel was part of Lumen lab. Sharing this experience with an early influential musician of the 90's electronic and experimental scene provided a good moment. The process of exchanging isolated sounds and then fragments of composi- tion continued. The three musicians worked using each others' lead. Eight months after moving back to Mexico, Israel together with Diego and Kazuyuki, finished four pieces called Incognita, now available on CD as an album. In addition, they composed work for a limited edition vinyl, Terra. It includes the first track of Incognita, which makes it especially appealing for vinyl collectors. The result of this collaboration shows the different profiles of the musicians, from the semi-rhythmic and powerful electronic dynamism of KK Null and Lumen lab to the deep drones and the convulsive field recording's treatment of Israel Martinez. Incognita and Terra Incognita are a celebration of sound as a bridge of communication between people of diverse geographies and generations, sharing respect for each other's work and their cultural context. Friendship, reflection and teamwork. LTD VINYL LP. 1 2345...910	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797869
__label__wiki	0.822257	0.822257	TMĐT VN Facebook Twitter Googleplus Email LinkedIn Website Southeast Asia eCommerce Insiders! Growth-hacking Retail & eCommerce in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand... Home »Asia eCommerce & Retail News»Yang Kee Logistics to buy second major Oceania logistics company for S$52.1 million Yang Kee Logistics to buy second major Oceania logistics company for S$52.1 million Posted on November 3, 2017 November 6, 2017 Authorbeta Yang Kee Logistics Pte Ltd has announced that it has entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement with New Zealand Exchange Mainboard listed company, Fliway Group Ltd. This will be Yang Kee’s second major Oceania acquisition this year with the support of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore. The acquisition value of S$52.1 million for 100 per cent of the shares in Fliway would boost the group’s revenue by another S$81.9 million with a stronger foothold in the Oceania market. This announcement comes on the back of its first Oceania acquisition of Australia logistics company Axima Pty Ltd in March this year. The combined Yang Kee group will have a headcount of over 1050 employees across 12 countries, and an expected revenue of over S$400 million once the acquisition is fully completed. Under the SIA, it is proposed that Yang Kee acquires all the outstanding shares in Fliway for NZ$1.22 cash per share by way of a scheme of arrangement. The scheme is conditional on the approval of Fliway’s shareholders and the High Court, amongst other things. “It is part of our vision to strengthen our presence in Oceania as we go global. New Zealand has a stable currency and economic outlook, a growing middle class, and a demand for integrated freight and logistics solutions. New Zealand also enjoys strong trade relations with Australia, with bilateral trade reaching NZ$24 billion for the year ended March 2017. We hope to yield greater synergies from the network integration of shared international freight volumes between Fliway and Axima and cross selling opportunities in their combined customer bases to Asia,” said Ken Koh, group CEO of Yang Kee Logistics. Fliway is one of New Zealand’s largest fully integrated logistics providers. Having over 40 years of operational experience in New Zealand, it has established strong domestic capabilities in transport and warehousing with substantial presence in the electronics and consumer industries. Fliway also has an established international division with a freight arm. One of New Zealand’s largest customs brokers, it is consistently ranked amongst the top customs lodgers of entries by volume. This complements Yang Kee’s earlier strategic acquisition of Australian based company, Axima, to facilitate cross Oceania trade between Australia and New Zealand, as well as trade flows between Oceania and Yang Kee’s existing networks in South East Asia and China. “This is a significant milestone for Fliway, and reflects our long held view that there are strong growth opportunities that come from leveraging a larger geographic footprint across Oceania and Asia. Being part of the Yang Kee Group delivers on that and provides scale to support Fliway’s customers, both in New Zealand and throughout the Asia Pacific region,” said Duncan Hawkesby, managing director of Fliway Group Ltd. IE Singapore partners Yang Kee Logistics in its global growth strategy Yang Kee is partnering IE Singapore as it embarks on an acquisition strategy to gain new networks and capabilities to become a global logistics player. IE Singapore worked with Yang Kee to deepen its foothold in these markets and enhance its end-to-end supply chain networks. This included connecting them to business development leads and providing support in feasibility studies, due diligence, financial and legal professional services for the acquisition of both Fliway and Axima. Recognising the importance of a robust and global recruitment HR strategy to support its growth, Yang Kee is working with IE Singapore to develop an international manpower strategy to build a global team, with its Singapore headquarters setting the standards and best practices. Said Law Chung Ming, group director for Transport & Logistics, IE Singapore, “The combined strengths of Axima and Fliway enhance Yang Kee’s global networks and supply chain capabilities. Furthermore, their logistics solutions will now serve as a resource for other Singapore companies to access the Australia and New Zealand markets. As we work with Yang Kee on its next stage of growth, talent development will be very critical. Specifically, we need to groom talent with specialised logistics skillsets for new business segments, and market ready skillsets for deep understanding of market needs.” For example, to help Yang Kee meet its global manpower needs, IE Singapore supported the company in building presence on LinkedIn, working on a digital employer strategy to engage and recruit relevant employees. Yang Kee is also one of the first few companies on board IE’s Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) – South East Asia Ready Talent for logistics, with two candidates taking part in the programme. They will receive on-the-job training and gain exposure to regional logistics projects, building the company’s manpower capabilities in specialised logistics. Yang Kee has also worked with SPRING Singapore to develop relevant skills and knowledge among its employees through a career development pathway. With SPRING’s support, Yang Kee also developed new business capabilities such as specialised services for the chemicals and oil & gas sectors with the launch of its Chemical Logistics Hub, enabling it to secure contracts with large global chemical clients. Financing of the acquisition The acquisition of Fliway was financed by the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited as well as United Orient Capital, a special situation fund sponsored by the United Overseas Bank Limited. Yeo Wee Yap, executive director of United Orient Capital said, “Yang Kee’s experienced management team has helped the group successfully broaden its footprint across the region. We are pleased to support Yang Kee’s internationalisation plan and we look forward to working closely with the group as it embarks on the next phase of growth with its expansion into New Zealand.” ANZ is the sole mandated lead arranger, underwriter and bookrunner for Yang Kee’s acquisition of Fliway, as well as the earlier acquisition of Axima. Chief executive officer Singapore and head of South East Asia, India and Middle East, ANZ, David Green said, “We are pleased to lead the financing for Yang Kee’s acquisition of Fliway, building on the success of their recent acquisition of Axima which we also supported as lead arranger. We have a strong partnership with Yang Kee and are proud to play a role in supporting their growth strategy alongside important partners like IE Singapore, drawing on our cross-border product capability, transport and logistics sector insights and network across Asia, Australia and New Zealand.” The post Yang Kee Logistics to buy second major Oceania logistics company for S$52.1 million appeared first on Retail News Asia. If you think the post helpful then SHARE it to your friends! Share on Facebook now! Minh Buii (Minz) @ EcomEye interviews top founders/investors/experts to share their insights about How to scale up a startup/raise fund/build a team/expand to a new market. 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__label__cc	0.563399	0.436601	Google Scholar Services Articles by Sana Jalalmanesh Articles by Mohammad Darvishi Articles by Mohammadkarim Rahimi Articles by Meisam Akhlaghdoust Search for Related Content in Google Scholar Articles indexed from this issue in Google Scholar Create Citation Alert via Google scholar PubMed Services Search for Related Articles in PubMed Full Text (PDF) Abstract XML Import into EndNote Import into RefMan Import into BibTeX Scopus (0) Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. This article, by Shiraz University of Medical Sciences , is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License . Contamination of Senior Medical Students’ Cell Phones by Nosocomial Infections: A Survey in a University-Affiliated Hospital in Tehran Sana Jalalmanesh 1 ; Mohammad Darvishi 2, * ; Mohammadkarim Rahimi 3 ; and Meisam Akhlaghdoust 4, ** 1 Medical Student at Tehran Medical Branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center (IDTMRC), AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Department of Medicine, Tehran Medical Branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Pars Advanced and Minimally Invasive Manners Research Center, Pars Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran *Corresponding Authors: Mohammad Darvishi, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center (IDTMRC), AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran, E-mail: mo_darvishi@yahoo.com; Meisam Akhlaghdoust, Pars Advanced and Minimally Invasive Manners Research Center, Pars Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran, E-mail: meisam_akhlagh@yahoo.com. Shiraz E-Medical Journal. 18(4): e43920 , DOI: 10.5812/semj.43920 Article Type: Research Article; Received: Nov 13, 2016; Revised: Feb 28, 2017; Accepted: Mar 5, 2017; epub: Mar 12, 2017; collection: Apr 2017 Background and Purpose: Nosocomial infections are a growing problem in many health centers. Cell phones used by the medical staff can act as a vector for nosocomial transmission of microorganisms. This study aimed to investigate the role of cell phones of senior medical students in the spread of nosocomial bacterial infections in Amir-al-Momenin general hospital in Tehran in September 2015. Methods: Thirty medical students were enrolled using convenience sampling method. Demographic data, perspectives, attitudes, phone type, and frequency of cleaning of mobile phones were collected by questionnaires. Samples were taken from the phones using a sterile swab moistened with a nutritive medium in order to assess the possibility of bacterial growth. Results: A total of 53.3 percent of mobile phones were infected. Isolated bacteria were: Staphylococcus epidermidis (26.7%), Non-albicans Candida (16.7%), Bacillus PSP (13.3%), Micrococcus PSP (10%), non-hemolytic Streptococcus and Enterococcus (each 6.7%), and Klebsiella and Staphylococcus aureus (each 3.3%). Conclusions: Mobile phones can act as potential carriers of nosocomial infections which are significantly higher in male students’ phones and in smartphones. So, some restrictions should be applied to their use in sensitive areas of hospitals. Also, due to the significant impact of cleaning mobile phones in reducing the frequency of bacterial contamination, attention to their regular cleaning should be considered. Keywords: Cell Phone; Medical Students; Nosocomial Bacterial Infections Nosocomial infections are growing increasingly and causing high mortality; as such, they affect 25% of hospitalized patients in the developing countries (1). Annually, 1.7 million patients suffer from nosocomial infections in the United States, 100,000 of which die (2). Pathogen agents of nosocomial infections may spread through the hands of hospital personnel, thermometers, stethoscopes, and even children’s toys in intensive care units in the hospitals (1). In 1982, the global will for using cell phones to communicate more easily first started in Europe. Now, cell phones are essential devices for social and personal life. Although they are usually kept in bags or pockets, they are in close contact with people’s hands and face (3). Currently, cell phones are used in any place. These places may include dinner tables, kitchens, restaurants, gyms, and even bathrooms and WCs. These factors and the heat produced by cell phones let bacteria grow on the surface of these devices (2). Cell phones are usually used in hospital corridors, laboratories, or intensive care units which is dedicated to taking care of patients with severe diseases (1). Extensive use of cell phones among medical personnel in hospitals is kind of a contrast. The question is how to use cell phones while reducing its disadvantages. For example, surgeons can consult their colleagues and masters in urgencies or seek help form technical personnel if some devices broke during the operation. On the other hand, cell phone of the surgeons may cause wound infection (4). In Ulger et al.’s study in 2009, 94.5% of cell phones were affected with different bacteria, 31.3% of which were gram negative bacteria and 39.5% of the bacteria of users’ hands were resistant to cephtazidim. A total of 52% of phones were infected with Staphylococcus aurous and 37.7% of users’ hands were methicillin resistant (MRSA). Studies have shown that the bacteria isolated form users’ hands and cell phones are the same (4). In another study which was conducted by Ebrahim Badr et al. in 2012, it is shown that the contamination of hospital personnel’s hands has increased by 93.7% after using cell phones (3). In Bhat et al.’s study in 2012, second culture, after cell phones were cleaned by an alcohol pad, they showed no bacterial growth (2). Due to the importance of the hospital personnel and medical students’ awareness of pathogen agents and the importance of hygiene as well as the lack of studies about the potential role of cell phones in spreading infections in the country, current study was conducted to determine the role of medical students’ cell phones in spreading bacterial infections in Amir-al-Momenin Hospital in September 2015. 2. Methods The current study is a descriptive analytical study performed with cross sectional method in 2015. Study society included senior medical students of Amir-al-Momenin general hospital affiliated with Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences in Tehran in September 2015. Data samplings were calculated from the infectious ward. According to the formula of the calculation of sample size in descriptive studies giving 0.05 type I error, the 0.95 probability of cell phones’ bacterial contamination (based on Akinyemi et al.’s (2009) study (3)), and the study accuracy of 10% of bacterial contamination of cell phones, at least 20 people had to be included in this study. To achieve higher accuracy, 30 participants were included. Demographic information including age and gender, viewpoint, attitude, type of cell phone, and the frequency of cleaning the cell phone was collected via a questionnaire. Then, using sterile swabs, the sample was taken from the surface of the students’ cell phones. In addition, after cleaning the phone with alcohol cotton, another sample was taken. Sterile swabs, tubes containing broth culture media, plates of blood agar culture media, and Macconkey agar culture media were used. Sterile swab was floated in a tube containing liquid media, extracted and contacted with a certain area in the surface of cell phones (5 cm2), and then put into broth media. Then, tubes were transferred to the laboratory and incubated at 37 degrees centigrade in the incubator for 24 hours. Using a swab or aans, inoculation was performed on the surface of solid media (blood agar or Macconkey agar). After 24 hours, the number of colonies at the surface of the culture media, wheatear being gram positive or gram negative, was calculated and the differentiation of genus and species was done. Obviously, the control tests of culture media and sampling of surface after disinfecting were performed. Lab’s protocol in this study was performed based on clinical and laboratory standards institute performance standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing: twentieth informational supplement in 2010 (5). To determine the relation between qualitative variant, chai-square test, and accurate fisher test and to compare the averages between the two groups, T-test was used. In all cases, the significance level was set to be 0.05. The results of this study are summarized in Table 1. Mean age of participants was , 56.7% and 43.3% of them were male and female, respectively. A total of 70% of students had smartphones and 30% of them had non-smart cell phones. All students were aware that microbial agents might spread by cell phones and that this risk could be prevented by cleaning the cell phones. A total of 50% of students cleaned their cell phones more than once a day, 36.7% just once a day, and 13.3% of them did not clean their cell phones. It was shown that female students cleaned their cell phones significantly more often than male students (P = 0.026). Characteristics of Cell Phones, User and Microbial Contamination Microbial contamination prevalence of cell phones of students was 53.3% before cleaning and only 46.67% after cleaning which showed a significant difference (P < 0.001) (Figure 1). The prevalence of microbial contamination in the cell phones of male students was significantly higher compared to female students (70.6 % and 30.8% respectively, P = 0.030). Moreover, the prevalence of microbial contamination in smartphones was significantly higher compared to non-smart cell phones (66.7% and 22.2% respectively, P = 0.046). The Prevalence of Microbial Contamination of Cell Phones of Senior Medical Students in a General Hospital Affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences Collectively, 8 types of bacteria were isolated from samples of 30 cell phones before cleaning which are in accordance with frequency as follows: Staphylococcus epidermidis in 8 cases (26.7%), non-albicans Candida in 5 cases (16.7%), Bacillus sp. in 4 cases (13.3%), Micrococcus sp. in 3 cases (10%), non-hemolytic Streptococcus and Enterococcus each in 2 cases (each 6.7%), and indeed Klebsiella and Staphylococcus aureus each in 1 case (each 3.3%), (Figure 2). It is of note that in samples after cleaning the cell phones, only 2 cases of positive culture were recorded, including: Staphylococcus epidermidis and Micrococcus sp. each in one case. Both of these cell phones had been contaminated with the same microorganism prior to cleaning (Table 2). Microbial contamination of Cell Phones of Senior Medical Students in a General Hospital Affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences Results of T-Test Nosocomial infections are a growing concern in health care centers (5-7). Hand, devices, cell phones, or other nonliving things used by medical staff can act as vectors to spread microorganisms (8-11). Contrary to landline phones, cell phones being used in these centers, are used in close contact with patients who are susceptible to the infections (4, 12). This study was conducted to evaluate the role of medical students’ cell phones on bacterial infection spread in Amir-al-Moumenin hospital in September 2015. Sepehri et al. studied on 150 randomly selected health care worker’s in 3 teaching hospitals in 2007, too. According to the study that was performed in Kerman, Iran, 48 cell phones and 59 of dominant hands demonstrated bacterial contamination and Staphylococcus epidermidis. So, cell phones might be a significant source of nosocomial infections (13). In this study, 30 cell phones of 30 medical students were evaluated to investigate bacterial infections. Results showed 53.3% (16 cases) of microbial contamination. Studies conducted around the world show the prevalence of microbial contamination in cell phones of medical staff. Karabay et al.’s (1) study in Turkey showed that 91% of cell phones of medical staff were contaminated with bacterial agents. In Bhat et al.’s (2) study in India, 99% of cell phones were contaminated with bacteria. In Akineyemi et al.’s (3) study in Nigeria, 30.6% of cell phones of medical staff were contaminated with bacterial agent. In Elkholy et al.’s (4) study in Egypt, 96.5% of samples showed positive cultures. Another study in Turkey conducted by Ulger et al. (14) showed that 94.5% of cell phones of the operation room and ICU personnel were contaminated with various bacteria. In the study conducted by Tagoe et al. (15) in Ghana, 47% of cell phones of medical students were contaminated with bacteria. In Sepehri et al.’s (13) study in Kerman, 32% percent of cell phones of medical staff were contaminated with bacterial agents. Results of Sridhar et al. (16) in India indicates 70% of contamination of the cell phones of health workers. Srikanth et al. (17) in Singapore showed that 71% of cell phones of health workers resulted in positive microbial growth. As discussed above, some studies reported higher prevalence of microbial contamination and some showed lower prevalence compared to the reported prevalence in this study. This may be due to different attitudes towards infection spread via cell phones and the diversity of cleaning and disinfecting plans in different countries and different health care centers. Collectively, 8 types of bacteria were isolated from 30 cell phones, the most prevalent of which was Staphylococcus epidermidis which was observed in 26.7% of samples (8 cell phones). Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most important member of coagulase negative staphylococcus and part of human normal microbial flora located in nasal mucus and higher respiratory tract (18). This bacteria was long considered saprophyte due to its ubiquitous nature and relatively low pathogenicity. However, in recent decades, as an implantable medical device, such as catheters and prostheses, it emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen (19). While no colonies of Staphylococcus epidermidis have been observed on cell phones, cell phones can transfer these pathogens by contacting with other plastic surfaces such as catheters or prostheses, and by this way they let them in the body (20). Generally, Staphylococcus sp. are becoming prevalent and statistical analysis in most countries has shown that staphylococcus epidermidis is the most prevalent cause of sepsis and of common causes of urinary tract infections (18, 21). The next microorganism isolated form the cell phones of medical students according to prevalence, was non-albicans Candida contamination which was observed in 5 cell phones (16.7%). Candida sp. are ubiquitous organisms and opportunist infectious agents in patients with immunodeficiency. The increase in the prevalence of fungal infections in patients with immunodeficiency has been prevalent (22-24) and it has attracted higher attentions in recent decades (25, 26). Although, Candida albicans, as the most prevalent cause of candidiasis, is of great importance, recent epidemiologic studies have shown that non-albicans Candida are replacing Candida albicans (22, 23, 27-30) as it is observed that the prevalence of candidemia has increased by 500% from 1980s (25) and more than 1.3% of all infections are caused by non-albicans Candida sp.. Previous studies have shown that candida may be isolated from 15 to 54% of health workers (25). Thus, there is the risk of candida infection from exogenous source for patients at risk. The third prevalent microorganism isolated from medical students’ cell phones, was bacillus sp. which was observed in 4 cell phones (13.3%). Bacillus bacteria are Gram-positive, sporulated, and rrod-shaped. Their impact on human ranges from being probiotic (31) to being severely pathogen. Many species of this genus are associated with diseases related to food products that can be severe or even lethal. Due to forming spores, these bacteria are resistant to disinfectant agents and may stay alive even after disinfection (32). Consequently, there is always a major concern about the contamination of foodstuff and hospital devices with species of this bacteria (33-36) that cell phones can play a role as a vector. Based on previous studies conducted in Iran, the prevalence of bacillus species on hands of personnel and hospital surfaces were 60% and 26.3%, respectively (32, 37). In this study, micrococcus sp. were the fourth prevalent isolated organism from cell phones of medical students (10%). These bacteria are located in various places such as water, soil and are part of normal skin microbial flora, frequently found on devices which are not adequately cleaned or disinfected (38). Generally, micrococcus sp. are considered on-haring bacteria and up to authors’ knowledge, have not been reported as nosocomial infection agents. Though, rare cases of micrococcus infections in patients with immunodeficiency, such as AIDS patients, have been reported. Non-hemolytic Streptococcus and Enterococcus, each have been isolated form 2 cell phones of medical students (each 6.7%). Non-hemolytic Streptococcus are part of normal skin microbial flora and of the most common bacteria found in upper respiratory tract and conjunctiva which rarely cause diseases in humans (39). Though, these bacteria have been isolated from patients with pharyngitis (40, 41), pneumonia (42), sepsis (43, 44), and cellulitis (45). Enterococcus sp. are facultative anaerobic gram-positive cocci observed couple or in short chains (46). These bacteria are also part of female reproductive tract and gastrointestinal tract (47). Two symbiotic species of enterococci are Enterococcus faecalis (90% - 95%) and Enterococcus faecium (5% - 10%) (48). Enterococci are the second cause of nosocomial infections around the world and the main cause in the United States accounting for 20 to 30% of infections (49). Generally, main infections caused by enterococci include urinary tract infections, bacteremia, endocarditis, and meningitis (48). The least prevalent microorganisms isolated in this study were Klebsiella and Staphylococcus aureus each in 1 case (each 3.3%). Klebsiella sp. especially Klebsiella pneumonie are important members of entrobacteriacea and are opportunist pathogens associated with nosocomial acquired infections such as neonatal infections, septicemia, pneumonia , urinary tract infection, and wound infections (50). Generally, 3 to 7% of bacterial nosocomial infections are associated with Klebsiella pneumonie which is the eighth major pathogen in healthcare centers whose endangering prevalence is increasing (51, 52). Among several Staphylococci sp., Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most important pathogen agents and one of the most common causes of nosocomial infections (53). These bacteria, Gram-positive cocci, catalase and coagulase positive, fixed and facultative anaerobic and do not form spore (54). Staphylococcus aureus is usually found in human’s skin and respiratory tract and is the cause of various infections including pneumonia and bacteremia (55). Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, due to resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics are of great importance in medical society. Nevertheless, it has been shown that the probability of their presence on cell phone surfaces is highly low (56). Generally, in studies performed all over the world, different bacteria have been isolated from cell phones of medical staff in health care centers which are diverse both in accordance with isolated bacteria and their prevalence. These differences can be attributed to different causes including difference in sampling society, number of samples, group of people who have been sampled, and possible errors in sampling and testing. Results of these studies are reviewed briefly. Isolated pathogens from medical personnel (doctor, nurse, resident, and intern) in Karabay et al.’s (1) study included Escherichia coli (40%), Enterococcus fecalis (20%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (20%), Pseudomonas fluorescens (10%), and Klebsiella pneumonie (10%). Isolated bacteria from cell phones of doctors and dentists in Baht et al.’s (2) study included Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonie, Acinetobacter, Enterococcus fecalis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The most prevalent isolated bacteria from health staff and workers in Akinyemi et al.’s (3) study included Staphylococcus aureus (36.8%), coagulase negative Staphylococcus (26.3%), Enterococcus fecalis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (each 10.5%), and Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonie, and Bacillus sp. (each 5.3%). Isolated bacteria from cell phones of ICU staff in Elkholy et al.’s (4) included 33% Staphylococcus, 20% Gram-negative bacteria, 24% coliform, 11% Enterococcus, and 12% yeast. In Ulger et al.’s (14) study, 31.3% of cell phones of the operation room and ICU staff, contained Staphylococcus aureus. In Tagoe et al.’s (15) study, isolated bacteria form cell phones of medical students included 23% of Bacillus cereous, 19% of Proteus mirabilis, 3% of Salmonella, and 2% of Shigella. The most common isolated pathogen from health care centers staff in Sepehri et al.’s (13) study was Staphylococcus epidermidis (32% of cell phones). In Sridhar et al.’s (16) study, 46% of cell phones of health care staff were contaminated with micrococci, 8% with coagulase negative streptococcus, 5% with Staphylococcus aureus, 1% with Pseudomonas stutzeri, 2% with Acinetobacter baumannii, 1% with Citrobacter freundii, 3% with Klebsiella oxytoca, 2% with non-albicans Candida, 1% with trichosporon, and 1% with Aspergillus niger. Pathogen bacteria of cell phones of health staff in the study conducted by Srikanth et al.’s (17) included Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumonie, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. According to the answered questionnaire by the participants, all the studied society were aware that cell phones might be microbial vectors especially for nosocomial bacteria and indicated that cleaning cell phones could be helpful in reducing this risk. Nevertheless, 13.3% of participants did not clean their phone any time a day at all. This rate is lower compared to previously reported rates. In Ali Ghardashi et al.’s (57) study, it was proved that almost 94% of medical staff (doctors, medical students, nurses, paramedics) were aware that cell phones might be microbial vectors especially for nosocomial bacteria. However, 44% percent of them never cleaned their cell phones. In Morioka et al.’s (58) study, despite the awareness of nurses to wash their hands after routine procedures, 33.6% of them did not wash their hands after using cell phones. In Zakai et al.’s (59) study, 67.6% of medical students indicated that they did not clean their cell phones even once a day. Some other studies have shown that nearly 80 to 92% of health care personnel do not clean their cell phones at all (8, 60, 61). Moreover, results of the current study showed that cleaning cell phones results in a significant decrease in microbial contamination on the surfaces of cell phones, as such microbial contamination was significantly less frequent after cleaning the cell phones (P < 0.001). These findings were consistent with previous studies; it has been shown that a suitable method to disinfect cell phones is cleaning them with alcohol 70% which results in less contamination (9, 60-65). Another result of this study was that there were statistically meaningful relations between gender and microbial contamination of cell phones (P = 0.030) as such, microbial contamination prevalence was significantly lower in female students compared to male students. In previous studies performed by Barari et al. (66), the prevalence of microbial contamination was lower in females, but the difference was not significant (P = 0.089). It may be due to the serious attention of ladies to cleanness which is true for their cell phones as well. Moreover, findings of this study showed that there is a statistically meaningful relation between type of cell phones (smart or non-smart) on the level of microbial contamination (P = 0.046). Microbial contamination of smart phones were significantly higher compared to non-smart cell phones. To our knowledge, this comparison has not been performed before. Perhaps the most important reason may be that smart cell phones provide much higher software and hardware possibilities which result in being more frequently used for longer periods of time which indeed results in higher spread of microbial agents. Since cell phones of students are contaminated to pathogen microorganisms, concerns of transmission of contamination via cell phones especially in sensitive sections such as operation room, ICU and burning ward have increased (9, 67). Thus, an important part of the safety of patients (esp. patients at risk) is dedicated to lowering the potential of contamination transmission via cell phones (68). Consequently, it is suggested that medical students be informed about possible ways of the transmission of nosocomial infections and how to prevent them before starting clinical practice in hospitals. Since, microbial contamination is more prevalent in the male’s cell phones, this instruction should be more emphasized on for male students. Since 13.3% of medical students indicated that they did not clean their cell phones, and due to the presence of these students in different wards of the hospital, their cell phones might act as microbial vector. 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Cellphones as reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens. J Assoc Physicians India. 2008;56:388-9. [PubMed] 64. Hassoun A, Vellozzi EM, Smith MA. Colonization of personal digital assistants carried by healthcare professionals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2004;25(11):1000-1. [DOI] [PubMed] 65. Singh D, Kaur H, Gardner WG, Treen LB. Bacterial contamination of hospital pagers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2002;23(5):274-6. [DOI] [PubMed] 66. Barari SR, Pornasrollah M, Rajabnia R, Salar N, Bijani A, Mirzapour M. Comparison of the microbial colonization of mobile phone between health care personnel and non-care personnel of Babol university of medical science hospitals. JBUMS. 2014;16(5):67-71. 67. Borer A, Gilad J, Smolyakov R, Eskira S, Peled N, Porat N, et al. Cell phones and Acinetobacter transmission. Emerg Infect Dis. 2005;11(7):1160-1. [DOI] [PubMed] 68. Brady RR, Verran J, Damani NN, Gibb AP. Review of mobile communication devices as potential reservoirs of nosocomial pathogens. J Hosp Infect. 2009;71(4):295-300. [DOI] [PubMed] No. (%) Phone Type Smart 21 (70) Non-smart 9 (30) Status of awareness Aware 30 (100) Not aware 0 Status of attitude Proper 30 (100) Improper 0 Cell phone cleaning frequency (Per day) Never 4 (13.3) Once 11 (36.7) Twice 12 (40) Three times 3 (10) Rate of Phone Cleaning Male 17 (56.7) 0.026 Female 13 (43.3) Microbial contamination Positive 16 (53.3) < 0.001 Negative 14 (46.7) Male, % 70.6 0.030 Female, % 30.8 Smart Phone 0.046 Non Smart Phone Isolated microorganisms Staphylococcus epidermidis 8 (26.7) 0.026 Non-albicans candida 5 (16.7) Bacillus sp. 4 (13.3) Micrococcus sp. 3 (10) Non-hemolytic streptococcus 2 (6.7) Enterococcus 2 (6.7) Klebsiella 1 (3.3) Staphylococcus aureus 1 (3.3)	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797894
__label__wiki	0.88119	0.88119	Fujitsu Limited Announces Recruitment Plans Fujitsu Limited today announced its new graduate recruitment plans for fiscal 2021, as well as its mid-career recruitment plans for fiscal 2020. more info >> Fujitsu Granted Japan's First Private 5G License Fujitsu today announced that it was granted Japan's first private 5G radio station provisional license by the Kanto Bureau of Telecommunications. more info >> Fujitsu's AI Image Analysis Solution Measure and Evaluate Digital Signage User Experience, Vitalize Cities Fujitsu Limited today announced the launch of Fujitsu Technical Computing Solution GREENAGES Citywide Surveillance V3, a privacy-conscious AI-based image analysis solution that measures the impact of and engagement with advertisements in public places, such as digital signage, based on the number of viewers and their attributes. more info >> Fujitsu Earns Top Rating in CDP Water Security Evaluation Fujitsu Limited today announced that the Fujitsu Group has been selected for the CDP's A List for water security. more info >> Fujitsu Named to FORTUNE Magazine's 2020 List of "World's Most Admired Companies" for Second Year Running Fujitsu today announced that it has been named to FORTUNE Magazine's 2020 list of "World's Most Admired Companies" for the second year in a row. more info >> Fujitsu Receives Supercomputer Order from Nagoya University's Information Technology Center Fujitsu today announced that it has received an order for the next generation of supercomputer system from Nagoya University's Information Technology Center. more info >> Fujitsu to Launch New DX Company "Ridgelinez Limited" Streamlining Customers' Digital Transformation Journeys Fujitsu today announced the establishment of a new company, "Ridgelinez Limited", dedicated to offering dynamic, comprehensive guidance to customers throughout their digital transformation (DX) journeys. more info >> Fujitsu Launches 9 New Enterprise PC Models including Educational Tablets with Improved Ease of Use Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Client Computing Limited today announced the launch of the Fujitsu Tablet ARROWS Tab Q5010/CE, an education-focused Windows tablet, and the ARROWS Tab Q5010/CB. more info >> Fujitsu Group Earns Top Rating in CDP Climate Change Evaluation for Third Year Running Fujitsu Limited today announced that the Fujitsu Group has been selected for the CDP's A List for climate change for the third year in a row, earning the highest rating in the CDP's evaluation of corporate activities in response to climate change. more info >> Fujitsu and Upstream Security Partner for Vehicle Security Fujitsu Limited and Upstream Security Ltd., cutting-edge security solution provider for connected vehicles, today announced a partnership for vehicle cybersecurity. more info >>	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797896
__label__cc	0.573888	0.426112	APU Gallery GALLERY BY TOPIC GALLERY BY DATE APU Featured on “Nikkei Business Online Special” Website 教育プログラム\|学生生活\|社会貢献\|イベント From March until June of this year, Nikkei BP ran a series of articles entitled “Welcome to Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU): The Top Global University in Beppu, Kyushu” on its Nikkei Business Online Special website. The articles offer a glimpse into APU from the points of view of companies, current students, alumni and faculty. The online series received numerous hits, and you can view it from the link below. (Note: The articles are only available in Japanese.) http://special.nikkeibp.co.jp/as/201501/apu/top.html * The affiliations, titles and year levels of the people featured in these articles are current as of the time of publication.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797897
__label__wiki	0.895362	0.895362	Beltone, Sawiris and others seek stake in Egypt's EFG Hermes: Sources A group of investors include Naguib Sawiris will offer $2.24 per share for a stake in Egypt's EFG-Hermes investment bank, said sources Reuters, Thursday 5 Jun 2014 People exit the new headquarters of Egypt-based investment bank EFG-Hermes, on the outskirts of Cairo, October 19, 2010 (Photo: Reuters) Egypt's EFG-Hermes sinks to 2013 loss on one-off charges CORRECTED: QInvest–EFG Hermes deal blocked for lack of experience: Regulator EFG-Hermes merger deal with Qatar's QInvest expires Beltone Financial and a group of investors including Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris are seeking to acquire a 20 percent stake in Egyptian investment bank EFG Hermes, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The group would offer LE16 ($2.24) per share for the stake, with Beltone itself taking 1 percent of EFG Hermes, the sources said, without providing further details. The sources declined to be named as the matter is not yet public. "No one spoke with us at Hermes to make an offer to buy... But we welcome any investor who has solvency such as Sawiris and wants to invest in Hermes with around $250 million," a source from EFG Hermes told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Comment could not immediately be obtained from Beltone or Sawiris. Shares in EFG Hermes jumped 6.8 percent on Wednesday before they were suspended at LE13.52. The suspension was pending a statement by the market regulator, the Egyptian Exchange said in a brief announcement without elaborating. EFG Hermes is one of the biggest investment banks in the Middle East, and a deal to buy a major stake in it would be seen as a sign of revival in Egypt's equity market after years of depressed activity since the 2011 revolution. In 2012, EFG Hermes agreed on a deal with Qatar's QInvest to spin off part of its assets to create an investment bank with operations spanning the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. QInvest would have pumped in $250 million for a 60 percent stake. But the deal fell through last year after failing to win regulatory approval in Egypt. EFG Hermes said it would instead cut costs and sell off non-core assets. Sawiris Naguib	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797898
__label__wiki	0.947916	0.947916	Market Report: Egypt stocks rebound 1 per cent on hopes of civilian rule Bourse recoups earlier losses as bullish Egyptian investors fuel near across-the-board gains Ahram Online, Tuesday 7 Feb 2012 Stocks bounce back into green. But how long will it last? (Photo: Reuters) General strike, tax boycott would damage Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood leader Cooking gas crisis due to distribution: Petroleum minister Official: Presidential candidacy registration process to begin 10 March Egyptian stocks bounced back into the green on Tuesday as investors eyed a fragile peace in Cairo's streets and the country's military rulers brought forward presidential vote nominations to 10 March. The benchmark EGX30 finished up 1 per cent at 4,583.9 points, rolling back the losses it incurred 24-hours earlier during the Bourse's first day of trade after a three-day weekend. "The market is in a cautious state of mind, the gains we saw last week are not going to be continuous," says Walaa Hazem, vice president for asset management at HC Securities & Investment. Protesters accuse the generals who took power from Hosni Mubarak a year ago of mismanaging the country and are demanding a swift end to military rule. Thirteen people have died in the latest wave of street violence. From the 175 stocks traded on Tuesday, 144 gained in value and 22 declined. Market turnover was a solid LE411.3 million ($68.2 million), significantly higher than the day before. The broader EGX70 surged 2.09 per cent, fuelled by the activity of Egyptian individual investors targetting smaller stocks. The day's biggest gainer was investment bank Beltone Financial, up 9.9 per cent. Most traded was Orascom Telecom Media and Technology, which surged 7.8 per cent after founder Naguib Sawiris detailed new expansion plans in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in a Reuters interview on Monday. OTMT subsidiary and mobile operator Mobinil rose 7.1 per cent, while the country's largest listed firm, Orascom Construction Industries, edged a more modest 1.5 per cent. Investment bank EFG-Hermes shook off news that its chief executive Yasser El-Mallawany has been banned from travelling by Egyptian authorities, finishing the day up a marginal 0.09 per cent. Troubled real estate developer, the Talaat Moustafa Group, however, was dragged down following news its an Egyptian appeal court upheld a 15-year prison sentence for its ex-chairman Hesham Talaat Moustafa for his role in the murder of a Lebanese singer. Shares in the firm fell 2.26 per cent. "This is just a sentiment -- the judgement will have no effect on the company itself," said Hazem. Foreigners were major net-sellers, offloading a total of LE97.2 million in shares, and contributing to the 1.95 per cent fall in value for shares in the Commercial International Bank. "It's not clear whether this will be a trend or not. They were extremely bullish in January so it's possible they are now making profits," said Hazem. "Investors are waiting for resolutions to the ongoing protests and the transfer of power. By month's end we will see if there will be stability or yet more violence." EGX70 Orascom	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797899
__label__wiki	0.918465	0.918465	Malmö Arab Film Festival to kick-off with Egypt as guest of honor Eslam Omar, , Tuesday 2 Oct 2018 MAFF says they are "keen to ensure that the Egyptian cinema is strongly present in all the activities and programs of this year’s edition" The Malmö Arab Film Festival (MAFF) is kicking-off its 8th edition in the Swedish city between 5 and 9 October, honoring Egyptian cinemawith two movies screened in the opening and the closing nights, in addition to two other films. "Egyptian cinema has been one of the most important cultural tributaries that have shaped the thoughts of millions of Arabs over generations in more than a century," stated the MAFF on their official website praising the "huge heritage" of the Egyptian cinema, calling it'"the oldest cinema in the Arab world, and even the planet." The MAFF added that they are "keen to ensure that the Egyptian cinema is strongly present in all the activities and programs of this year’s edition." The Egyptian feature film Talq Senay,or Induced Labor, will be screened on the opening night while Karim El Shenawy's Eyar Nari,or Gunshot, will be screened on the closing night. The 2017 production Induced Labor features a famous cast including Horeya Farghaly, Maged Elkedwany, Abdelrahman Abo Zhra, Sayed Ragab, Mostafa Khater, Mai Kassab and Bayoumi Fouad. The film tells the story of an expecting Egyptian married couple who have desperately dreamed of getting a visa to the U.S. and come up with a hilarious idea to storm into the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and give birth on its premises. Starring Ahmed El-Fishawy, and Ruby and Mohamed Mamduh, Gunshot follows a mysterious murder that connects the destinies of the protagonists and changes their beliefs about the concept of truth. Gunshot is written by Haitham Dabbour and is director Karim El-Shenawy's debut feature-length film after a series of award-winning short films. The MAFF will also screen another two Egyptian feature films; Photocopy, directed by Tamer El-Ashry, and Kiss Me Not, directed by Ahmed Amer. Egyptian film Poisonous Roses, directed by Ahmed Fawzi Saleh, is participating in the long feature competition, while Noha Adel's Into Reverse competes in the short. Directed by Lebanese Reem Saleh, What Comes Around is competing in the long documentary category while Youssef Nasser's Sculpting In Time and Mohammad Homouda's Manicure are competing in the short. "The festival also organized a seminar about the issues of Egyptian cinema. Moreover, we are honored this year to host prominent Egyptian stars and filmmakers," said a festival statement. MAFF was founded in 2011 by general manager and artistic director Mouhamad Keblawi, and grew to become one of the largest Arab film festivals and platforms for Arab culture in the world. The event is the largest film festival in southern Sweden, which also includes exhibitions, workshops, seminars, and celebrations. It will screen around 120 feature films, documentaries, and short films. For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at@AhramOnlineArtsand on Facebook atAhram Online: Arts & Culture	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797900
__label__wiki	0.512956	0.512956	Evelyn Reads Sarisart 1 January 2021 by Evelyn Chartres Leave a Comment Sarisart is a science fiction story by independent author C.J. Boyle. It introduces us to Sara Newman, a woman consumed by a dream to establish a colony on the moon. Her entire life to this point had been spent furthering that goal, even if that meant getting away from her controlling father. Sarisart by C.J. Boyle Her plans are placed on hold when a foiled kidnapping sends her and a group of male mercenaries to an alien planet. That’s when this story takes on a decidedly darker feel, reminiscent of Lord of the Flies by William Golding. This tale of survival quickly devolves as their chances for survival dwindle. Sara is forced to adapt to an ever changing situation and environment. Faced with the prospect of never returning home, she stands tall, overcomes adversity, and even risks death for the good of the group. Sarisart is a fast paced story that keeps your eyes firmly fixed on the page. While part of a series, this book stands alone and delivers a satisfying ending that you will not see coming. Filed Under: Evelyn Reads, Reviews Tagged With: 5 Star, Book, Books, C.J. Boyle, Lord of the Flies, Paradox, Quick, Reviews, Science Fiction, Survival Dinner With an Angel – Part I 7 November 2020 by Evelyn Chartres Leave a Comment Clara looked out over the restaurant from the comfort of her booth. Once she was satisfied there was no immediate threat, she looked down at a newspaper to pass the time. She was in awe of the number of ads, colour, and scores of anorexic articles that had a sensationalist bent. It appeared that not everything improved with age, and newspapers were a prime example. Clara heard the waiter approach, his footsteps muffled by the carpet, and without a glance, knew who this was. As expected, the man left a drink at her table, all without being prompted. “Compliments of the lady at the bar,” the waiter said before walking away. Clara looked at the drink, then up at the woman and was astounded by what she saw. There she sat in a form fitting black dress that hugged her body and left little to the imagination. Her left leg was bare, exposed by a slit, and even in this dull light, her silky gams glimmered. Clara smirked, since this was playing out exactly as it had the first time they met. The venue may have been different, but all of the key details were present. Sensing her part in this affair, Clara raised her glass in the air so they might toast one another in silence. While each sipped her drink, they kept their eyes locked on one another. Evelyn loved to be the centre of attention, and for now, it suited Clara to play along. Just like before, she felt a breeze, and with that, Evelyn appeared on the bench across from her. That woman knew how to wield smiles like a scalpel. She could chill the mood at an orgy to show her displeasure or hint at the lifetime of passion only she could offer. All that was needed was to give oneself willingly to her, and Clara was pretty sure people frequently made that choice. “You’re in a good mood,” Clara said while catching a glimpse of the woman’s soul. The last time Clara had seen Evelyn, her soul had been in an advanced state of decay, torn asunder through centuries of abuse, the soul one associated with a mass murder, a paedophile, or a tyrannical dictator. Now, it was clear that something had changed. While there was still decay, the soul was whole. This was Clara’s first glimpse at how pivotal a singular act of redemption could be. Evelyn sidestepped the comment and said, “I wanted to thank you.” “You did?” Clara questioned. Evelyn nodded, as plates of food arrived at the table. Clara noticed that Evelyn’s companion was pretty relaxed considering he had been run over by her truck a couple of nights ago. Evelyn looked at the plethora of food options and selected something that looked like baked camembert. She dipped some toasted bread into the cheese and brought it to her mouth. As a matter of course, she seductively licked the cheese from her piece before taking a bite. “Relax,” Evelyn said. “Marc holds no ill will towards you. That would require emotions which may cloud his judgement, and I’ve never known him to have any.” She looked up and smiled at Marc who did not return the gesture. Instead he bowed away and headed towards the kitchen. “Nevertheless,” Evelyn added. “He is here to make sure you play nice.” Clara mulled over those words. Their kind could not easily engage her now. Her speed and strength equalled their own. Besides, coming into direct contact with her was the equivalent of sunbathing at high noon. The only way Clara could be reined in is if they took extraordinary precautions. “Explosives?” Clara asked. Evelyn giggled and nodded, “Great minds, non? Marc tells me it’s a shaped charge focused on you. I may get caught up in the blast, but I’ll heal.” “Fair enough,” Clara said. “I’d have done the same.” Evelyn picked up another piece of bread and dipped it into the cheese. Clara looked around and settled on a bowl of French onion soup. She moved it towards herself, grabbed the oversized spoon, and broke through the baked cheese crust to reach the broth. The smell alone was enough to make her stomach growl. “There were three,” Evelyn said after another bite. Clara looked up, swallowed a spoonful of broth, and asked, “Georgians? In the city?” Evelyn nodded. The slight droop in her smile hinted there had been complications. Clara did not want to delve into the matter unless it was brought up. However, the use of past tense meant those three were dead, which was good news. “You were right. They were responsible for this mess,” Evelyn said while spreading pâté on a piece of fresh bread. “Did you find out why?” Clara asked before she scooped up a chunk of cheese and bread. “Playing the odds,” Evelyn said. “They wanted to trigger a war which would bring about the end of our kind, all in some attempt to alter the balance of power in their favour and simplify colonisation.” “The Tower never really knew what they were,” Clara said. “You know,” Evelyn said. “I haven’t heard that name since Drusilla had a party to celebrate the attack on their gate network…” Clara’s heart sank, but kept her emotions hidden by eating a few more bites. That was exactly what she feared: that the Tower was cut off and remained as such to this day. “Sounds like you miss them?” Clara asked to deflect. “Oh?” Evelyn said. “I suppose. They were most helpful to rid us of any undesirables and could be counted on to follow a strict set of rules.” “Unlike this new group?” Clara asked. Evelyn nodded and said, “You get around, don’t you?” Both took a few more bites in an effort to collect their thoughts. Clara was beginning to suspect that Evelyn was not aligned with those currently in power. “That ghoul interrogator was an interesting development,” Clara said. “I encountered that before the Great—” “The First World War,” Evelyn interrupted. “One of Drusilla’s great plans that you put on ice for a couple of decades.” So her hunch had been dead on. Drusilla must have spent centuries aligning the darker elements into a loose coalition. All in an effort to oppress humanity, but to what end? “Is that why I encountered werewolves in the city?” Clara asked. Evelyn’s eyes temporarily widened and she soon realised her faux pas. She smiled shyly and giggled. “You’ve really been around the block,” Evelyn said. Clara grinned and helped herself to some of that molten cheese dish that Evelyn had been sampling. To put it mildly, it was simply divine. “I feel like a one gal wrecking crew,” Clara said. “I’ve seen natural disasters that left behind less destruction,” Evelyn said with a giggle-snort. That clearly caught her off guard. She grinned and covered her mouth before saying, “Excusez-moi.” Clara smiled. It was great to see someone lower their guard. Especially when centuries of practice were used to keep up the pretence of being cultured. Evelyn’s face grew sombre. It seemed that the idle chit chat was over. Clara had been expecting this, but had no idea where this conversation would lead. “Whatever you have in mind,” Evelyn whispered. “We want in.” It was fortunate that Clara had enhanced hearing, since Evelyn’s whisper was exceptionally soft, practically background noise. Why all the theatrics? Clara was unsure, but knew for certain that this was not a game. “We?” Clara whispered. Evelyn nodded, “That’s why Marc and I destroyed the Georgian laboratory.” This was all beginning to make sense. Evelyn was no longer aligned with those in power and completely isolated. The more power her opponents gained, the tighter the noose around her neck became. “I want to revive the Tower,” Clara said. Evelyn giggled in surprise before replying, “Go on.” “Too much?” Clara asked before she cringed. “Ma chère,” Evelyn said while she prepared another slice of bread with pâté. She then brought it over to Clara’s lips and held it there so the other could taste it. Clara bit into the cracker, tasting the pepper and meat mix, which brought a smile to her face. “You are about to set sail onto unfamiliar seas. Sure. Water is water. There are common elements between all oceans. It may even seem inviting from ashore, but you can only see so far. You have no understanding of the dangers that lurk beyond the horizon,” Evelyn said. Clara swallowed and bit off more pâté while avoiding contact. She was really enjoying this food. To think that the last time they met like this she had been so nervous, so much so that the only dish she sampled was the devilled eggs. “So get situated first?” Clara confirmed. “Exactement, ma chère,” Evelyn said. “We have resources that we can offer you. Money, weapons, intelligence…” “Why?” Clara asked. “We believe that the flock is better off knowing that wolves are nothing more than a figment of their imagination. We have no desire to rule over them,” Evelyn said. “Where would be the fun in that?” Clara said. “Exactement! Quel drame!” Evelyn said with a smirk. Indeed, such a tragedy, a bunch of immortals, bored and morally corrupt with power to run the world. They would treat humanity no better than livestock, so no art or new advances in technology. Soon enough, a war would break out between the more powerful players in an effort to gain a sliver of power. If hell was real, it might be preferable to that outcome. “On one condition,” Clara said. “Name it,” Evelyn said. “Elizabeth and her family stay out of this,” Clara said while narrowing her eyes. “Marc and I will make sure that she is looked after,” Evelyn said. “Does that satisfy your needs?” With a smile, Clara said, “Now. You were saying something about weapons…” Disclaimer: This chapter is currently in development. There are likely typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth. Please do not treat this as a polished and completed work! Filed Under: Saturday Scenes, The Van Helsing Resurgence Tagged With: Alliance, Clara, Dark Fantasy, Evelyn, Flashback, Food, Horror, Paradox, Paranormal, Saturday Scenes, Shattered Reality, Van Helsing Resurgence Evelyn Reads Duckett and Dyer: The One-Hundred Percent Solution 17 July 2020 by Evelyn Chartres Leave a Comment G.M. Nair has blessed us with Duckett and Dyer: The One-Hundred Percent Solution, the second in a series that features Michael Duckett and Stephanie Dyer, two private investigators who have a habit of finding trouble, no matter where they go. Duckett and Dyer: The One-Hundred Percent Solution by G.M. Nair This story takes off a few months after the events of the last book end. After the pair’s last hijinx-filled adventure, there were hints that something else was at play. The author does not disappoint by launching our heroes right back into the thick of things. Nair also brings back several memorable characters, providing us with a mixture of salty and sweet. We are even regaled with a bit of backstory, interwoven with the main storyline, which hints that not all is well in the multiverse. This story has much of the same flavour as its predecessor. The humour prevails and promises a few zigs where the reader would expect a zag. This is truly where G.M. Nair‘s imagination shines. If you want a solid read that ventures into the realm of the random and absurd, then this novel is for you! Filed Under: Evelyn Reads, Reviews Tagged With: 4 Star, Adventure, Dark Force, Duckette & Dyer, Duckette and Dyer, G.M. Nair, Indie Author, Multiverse, Paradox, Paranormal, Review, Reviews, Science Fiction, The One-Hundred Percent Solution Evelyn Reads Duckett & Dyer: Dicks for Hire I just finished reading Duckett & Dyer: Dicks for Hire, an adventure/science fiction story written by G.M. Nair. This story revolves around a pair of life-long friends who are about to embark on an adventure. Problem is, they just don’t know it yet. Duckett & Dyer: Dicks for Hire by G.M. Nair Those who read the blurb before buying will not be disappointed. This story drives through space, time, alternate universes and people to deliver non-stop action that will leave you baffled as to where exactly in this story you are. The author’s creativity really shines when it comes to the alternate universes. While the series Sliders may have been limited by sets and budgets, his imagination and ability to set scenes to page knows no bounds! If you want a quick read that feels like a roller coaster ride through the weird and wonderful? Then this book is for you! The author closes up all the loops nicely but leaves just enough of a story behind for the promise of a sequel is out now! So what are you waiting for? Filed Under: Evelyn Reads, Reviews Tagged With: 4 Star, Adventure, Dicks for Hire, Duckette & Dyer, Duckette and Dyer, G.M. Nair, Multiverse, Paradox, Paranormal, Review, Reviews, Science Fiction	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797903
__label__cc	0.608892	0.391108	Friday, Aug 30, 2013 UFC 164 Weigh-Ins: Henderson and Pettis set for Rematch Henderson and Pettis (right) (photo via UFC / ZUFFA) By FCF Staff UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson and former WEC champ Anthony Pettis have cleared the final hurdle to their rematch tomorrow night in Milwaukee, as both men made weight this afternoon. Henderson came in at 155 pounds for the main event bout, and Pettis tipped the scales at 154.5. Pettis scored a unanimous decision win over Henderson in their first meeting, which took place at WEC 53 in 2010. UFC 164 will be hosted by Milwaukee’s Bradley Center and the main card will be available via pay-per-view. Here are the official weigh-in results for the card. Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET) Benson Henderson (155) vs. Anthony Pettis (154.5) Josh Barnett (255) vs. Frank Mir (248) Clay Guida (146) vs. Chad Mendes (145) Ben Rothwell (262) vs. Brandon Vera (241) Erik Koch (145) vs. Dustin Poirier (145.5) Preliminary Card (FOX Sports 1, Sportsnet 8 p.m. ET) Gleison Tibau (155) vs. Jamie Varner (156) Tim Elliott (125.5) vs. Louis Gaudinot (125) Pascal Krauss (170) vs. Hyun Gyu Lim (171) Chico Camus (136) vs. Kyung Ho Kang (136) Preliminary Card (Facebook, 6:30 p.m. ET) Nikita Krylov (236) vs. Soa Palelei (265) Ryan Couture (156) vs. Al Iaquinta (156) Magnus Cedenblad (185) vs. Jared Hamman (185.5) Tags: Anthony Pettis, Benson Henderson, Frank Mir, Josh Barnett, UFC 164 posted by FCF Staff @ 5:34 pm Have a comment about this story? Please share with us by filling out the fields below.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797910
__label__cc	0.546435	0.453565	Gap Fit Gap Fit GamePlay: Gap Fit is the latest puzzle game full of blocks. When it comes to blocks, you may think the game is about breaking blocks or building with blocks. However, this is a puzzle game in which you have to fill the gaps in each line of blocks appear in the game board with blocks. It sounds simple like other puzzle games on friv 5 games. But it’s not. You have to think and use your wit to find the best way to fill the gap with block. If you play randomly, you easily fail and you have to play from the beginning. These blocks are different in size. This brings some advantages and disadvantages. You have to make a complete line of block to clear it. If the block approaches the top of the game board, you lose. If you don’t clear a line in each move, the new line of the block will appear. Don’t let it come close to the top. Stop it as soon as possible. At http://fr.friv5.me/, this has no level system. So your main objective is to get the highest score. Slide the block and bring each one to a new place. You also have no hints or power-ups. Your achievement depends on your skills. This game is a type of game that keeps you hook from the first try. Don’t be rush. Instead, you should observe the game board to make the right choice. Find the answer to the question such as which blocks should be moved, how many scores you can get, and more. You can find something special in something simple. This game proves that statement. Don’t forget to explore more games here such as Offroad ATV Puzzle and Mythology Gods Hidden Instructions: Use your left mouse to move each block. Rating: 3.4/5 (5 Total Ratings) Related Gap Fit: Reflex Ball G-Switch 2 Subway Clash Remastered Goodgame Farmer Santa Claus Jump Greedy Rabbit Truck Champ Real Fighting Game Skater Dude 300 Miles To Pigsland	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797913
__label__cc	0.701935	0.298065	A Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada Art by Fredericks Your 'Portrait' Team Readers' Gallery Canadian Art News Great Art Websites Artistic Potpourri Art Announcements 'Portrait Announcements' The Portrait's 'Name the Art' Contest The Canadian Art Machine Nude in a Landscape by Edwin Holgate Nude in a Landscape was painted by Montreal artist Edwin Holgate. Montreal artists had a greater sense of liberation when it came to painting nudes then did their compatriats in Toronto. The above work was done in 1930 and it would have created quite a stir had it been painted at that time in Toronto - or at least publicly shown in 'Toronto The Good'. But it wasn't. The website, Cybermuse, reports that Hogate had been invited by AY Jackson to join the Group of Seven, but he chose not to join. A.Y. Jackson first approached Edwin Holgate about joining the Group of Seven in 1926 during their trip to the Skeena River, 12 though he was not actually invited to become a member until 1930. While not a reluctant member of the Group, 13 Holgate did recognize its limitations. The Group's concentration on landscape, he felt, left little room for the figurative work that interested him. Moreover, Holgate's formal interests were quite different from those of the rest of the Group. 'Nude in a Landscape,' has some interesting characteristics. Firstly this is a picture within a picture. There are two pictures here. There is the landscape, and the nude, and both of these separate entities within the work play off each other. Holgate makes his nude a part of the Canadian Shield by making her curves, mounds and contours a natural extension of the landscape. The colours of the rocks on the left are picked up by the hues of the her upper body and and she is postured in such a way for the contours of her body to provide a visual pathway for the eye to travel into the landscape. There is an essential contradiction here. While the curves of the sitter's body gives us a route into the work, the nude's face and eyes look across the painting, and not specifically into it. Its not surprising as we look more closely at the nude, to see that she has no interest in hills, rocks and trees. She has other things on her mind. Lets take a look at the tonal values of the nude. The lighter tones give way to the darker upper shadows which push her face into the background. Is this a morality statement? Is there a dark inner secret? Most certainly she gives the impression of spent passion. Her foreground arm and her face are flushed. The language of shapes give rise to human emotions. For instance, the rolling hills of the langscape inspire gentle emotional responses. As we move down the painting, we find that the sheet below the nude is crinkled into a network of lines and fragmented shapes which a create a more emotional response. Source: Information by Christopher Rolfe. Christopher Rolfe is University Fellow and Honorary Director of the Centre for Quebec Studies, University of Leicester, UK, and a former President of the British Association for Canadian Studies and of the International Council for Canadian Studies. Please click here to visit Cybermuse. Posted by Fredericks at 12:00 a.m. Labels: Nude in a Landscape Thank you for posting your comments. ATTENTION SPAMMERS: Comments with links to other websites, will not be accepted. A message for anonymous posters: Comments will be accepted provided they are thoughtful and articulate. Reciprocating comments between posters will not be accepted. Sorry - I have no intention of giving readers the opportunity to engage in flame wars. It won't happen. Fredericks-Artworks Blog, copying policy The Canadian Copyright act, section 29 reports on fairdealing, that it is not an infringement to reproduce someone else's work for research, study, criticism, review or to report. Which pretty much sums up what this site is about. All content sources, be they artists, printed references, and website url's are respectfully identified on this site. http://http//www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/rsc-1985-c-c-42/latest/rsc-1985-c-c-42.html A Portrait of the Visual Arts in Canada, is intended to celebrate the richness of Canada's visual arts, and to promote the arts in Canada. I make every effort to credit the sources of information used in this blog and to obtain the permission and cooperation of all the works presented by living artists. I try, as much as possible to use works from public sources eg. national and provincial collections, of deceased artists. If for any reason, any artist disapproves of anything written about them or their work the artist is encouraged to request withdrawal of the content. D.L.Stevenson and Son - Canadian Paint at Affordable Prices As an acrylic painter, with a love of Canadian art, it is understandable that I should use paints which are professional in quality, Canadian made - and suited for my budget as a painter. My endorsation of their products is my personal expression of appreciation. I have used their products for years. 'The Portrait' is neither sponsored by Stevenson's nor is this a paid-for advertisement. To visit their website please click here. Do You Have a Story to Tell About an artist in your family? About a community visual arts initiative? About your art guild or society? Or about an art experience you have had? Have you written a Canadian art paper or a study on a famous artist? Or, do you wish to have a forum for an art related article, then you are inivited to contact us (see the contact page beneath the header). Send a letter with your idea and we will discuss it. 'The Portrait' welcomes your contributions. November Name the Artwork Contests Home is Where the Art Is Editor Maureen Bayliss (left) Ruth Mabee, and Brian Lafazaonos (right) Maureen Bayliss, editor of 'The Portrait' recently added a portfolio to her life collection. Maureen, spearheaded the creation of Gallery 21 in Tottenham, Ontario. The Gallery operates within the Century 21 real estate office, and Maureen has become its curator. The gallery is off to a good start with media publicity, sales and artist's requests for wall space. To visit Gallery 21's Facebook page, please click here. Ice and Snow at Gallery 21 Opens Nov. 11, Tottenham. On. 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__label__wiki	0.978974	0.978974	Evanna Lynch criticises obsessive fan culture: "I don't think it's healthy" .tdi_99_e4b{ margin-top:0px !important; } /* portrait / @media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1018px) { .tdi_99_e4b{ padding-left:0px !important; } } / phone / @media (max-width: 767px) { .tdi_99_e4b{ padding-left:0px !important; } } / phone / @media (max-width: 767px){ .td-pb-span12 .tdi_99_e4b img.aligncenter, .td-pb-span12 .tdi_99_e4b .aligncenter img{ margin-left: -50px; width: calc(100% + (2 50px)); max-width: none !important; } } Harry Potter actress Evanna Lynch has described modern fan culture as “unhealthy” and “kind of dangerous” in a new interview. Lynch portrayed Luna Lovegood in the final four film adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s phenomenally popular book series, and admits her own fandom of the series was already intense before joining the cast. “I was a really obsessive Harry Potter fan,” she explained on the Talking Tastebuds podcast. “I started reading them when I was about eight, and that was just my whole identity for a while. It’s quite embarrassing.” Lynch went on to explain how that obsession made working with the show’s stars awkward: “When I met Daniel [Radcliffe], Emma [Watson] and Rupert [Grint], I kind of knew everything about them. I knew their pets’ names, I knew their birthdays, I knew their parents’ names and I had to pretend [I didn’t].” She continued: “Being an obsessive fan is kind of disempowering – it happens when you’re a teenager, you’re so insecure and you’re trying to find yourself. You see these other people and they seem great and amazing and godly.” Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood. Credit: Entertainment Pictures/Alamy Now 28, the actress admitted she has had experiences on both sides of fandom, and ignores fans who channel that level of intensity at her now. “I don’t think it’s healthy,” she said. “I just think fan culture is kind of dangerous and you can kind of lose yourself in it.” Earlier this month (June 11), a number of Harry Potter stars have pledged their support for the transgender community following controversial posts made by Rowling. The author made a series of comments online that led to her being accused of transphobia, and later explained her views more thoroughly in a 4,000 word blog post. Daniel Radcliffe, who played the titular role in the film series, was one of the first high-profile names to share his disagreement with Rowling, writing that “we need to do more to support transgender and nonbinary people, not invalidate their identities, and not cause further harm.” Paul Mescal short film 'Drifting' to air at Dublin Film Festival Karen Gillan confirms she will be in 'Thor: Love And Thunder' Christopher Nolan wants to film more in India with Indian actors after finding it "inspiring" for 'Tenet'	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797918
__label__cc	0.61792	0.38208	Throughout his artistic career the Umbrian violinist Enrico Gatti, a pupil of Chiara Banchini and Sigiswald Kuijken, has performed all over Europe, Canada, the United States, South America, Japan and Australia. He has worked with La Petite Bande, Ensemble 415, Concerto Palatino, Hespèrion XX and La Real Cámara, among other groups, as first violinist with Les Arts Florissants, Les Talens Lyriques, Taverner Players and The King’s Consort, as well as with conductors such as Gustav Leonhardt and Ton Koopman. Despite an impressive track record of Italian violin music, one that covers major figures like Corelli, Veracini and Tartini (with discs released on a variety of labels and frequently the recipients of important awards), Enrico Gatti has only recently turned to the question of recording Vivaldi, selecting the Sonatas of both the op. 1 and 2 collections with which to break a 20 year recording “silence” on the subject of the Red Priest. Gatti is the director of the Ensemble Aurora, which he founded in Italy in 1986, and has recorded the Vivaldi Trio Sonatas (playing on a 1652 Nicola Amati instrument) with this group for Glossa as well as Alessandro Stradella’s oratorio La Susanna. An important element in Enrico Gatti’s working life lies in the field of education and lecturing and he teaches the Baroque violin at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and in Novara. His teaching skills have been solicited by institutions including the conservatories of Paris, Lyon, Madrid, Amsterdam and Utrecht, the Hochschule für Musik in Trossingen, the University of British Columbia, the Universidad de Salamanca and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena. He has also taught at courses in Urbino, Erice, Venice, Lanciano, Barbaste, Spa and Béjar. José Miguel Moreno Paolo Pandolfo Leila Schayegh Lina Tur Bonet CROSS-DRESSING BACH Chamber rarities and alternative versions Rinaldo Alessandrini FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE CASTRO Trio sonatas op. 1 La Real Cámara Emilio Moreno PERLE DEL PIEMONTE Violin music in 18th-century Italy Antonio Mosca Giorgio Tabacco The ‘Assisi’ Sonatas Ensemble Aurora Guitar Quintets ALESSANDRO STRADELLA La Susanna MILLE CONSIGLI 17th-century Italian violin sonatas La Bona Notte Wouter Möller TIENTOS Y BATALLAS 17th-century violin music in Spain JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER Labyrinto L'ARTE DEL VIOLINO IN ITALIA (c.1650-1700) ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Lamentazioni per la Settimana Santa Flute Concertos Suonate da camera opus 1 VENECIA, VIVALDI Y LAS SONATAS OP. 1 (Libro + 2 CDs \| Español) VENISE, VIVALDI ET LES SONATES OP. 1 (Livre + 2 CDs \| Français) BOCCHERINI EN BOADILLA Trios op. 14 by Luigi Boccherini Enrico Gatti, Emilio Moreno, Gaetano Nasillo Los últimos tríos Emilio Moreno, Enrico Gatti, Wouter Möller Sonatas opus 2 MÚSICA EN TIEMPOS DE GOYA Music from the time of Goya	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797924
__label__cc	0.592892	0.407108	heiau offshore island ephemeral art Contact Nathan Yuen Cyanea humboldtiana in the Koʻolau Mountains by Nate Yuen \| Nov 25, 2014 \| 0 comments One of the rare flowers found only on the island of Oʻahu is Cyanea humboldtiana. Cyanea humboldtiana is endemic to the Koʻolau Mountains of Oʻahu and is known as the Koʻolau Rollandia. Rollandia was once a separate genus under the Hawaiian Lobeliad Group but genetic studies showed that Rollandia and Cyanea form a monophyletic group. So all the species formerly classified under Rollandia were renamed Cyanea. Haha is the generic Hawaiian name for Cyanea. Cyanea humboldtiana grows as a small bush several feet high with broad leaves with serrated edges. Curved tubular flowers about 3 inches long dangle from under the leaves. The flowers can be white (most common color), magenta-purple, or white and magenta-purple. The plant was discovered in 1839 by Gaudichaud during his second voyage to the Hawaiian islands on the ship “La Bonite”. Historically, Cyanea humboldtiana is known from only 17 populations in the Koolau Mountains. In 2003, when critical habitat was designated for the plant, only 239 plants were still around in 9 populations. The plant is rare and is on the federal list of endangered species. Cyanea humboldtiana is in the Hawaiian Lobeliad Group in the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. The following 6 genera and 126 species are in the group. Cyanea (75 species) – Rollandia merged into Cyanea (formerly 12 species) Clermontia (22 species) Lobelia (13 species) Delissea (10 species) Trematolobelia (4 species) Brighamia (2 species) The Hawaiian lobeliad group is viewed by botanists as the pinnacle of adaptive radiation in plants. Scientists believe that a lobelia-like species arrived about 13 million years ago — when Gardner Pinnacles and French Frigate Shoals, now small rocky islands in the Northwest Hawaiian islands, were high mountainous islands long before the current main islands existed. Over eons of time, as the Northwest Hawaiian islands eroded away to atolls and each of the main Hawaiian island emerged from the depths of the ocean to become high mountains, the plants were brought over by birds and the plant evolved into many forms. These forms are closely related to each other and are geographically localized. Cyanea is the largest and most diverse genus in the Hawaiian lobeliad group. The tubular flowers have a distinctive bulge and curve. It would be fascinating to see the native bird or insect that co-evolved with the plant to pollinate these unusually shaped flowers. Such beautiful and distinctive flowers! 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__label__cc	0.707081	0.292919	Defend Yourself This Season! Humankind has been troubled throughout history by the viral infection known as the common cold, but rarely has it and viruses like the flu received as much attention as they do today. On average, Canadian adults contract between 2 – 5 colds each year, with an 85% chance of experiencing at least one within that period.1 With colds lasting an average of five days, the results are extreme discomfort and unwanted downtime from work and school. Cold and flu-like symptoms, caused by our immune system’s reaction to the viral infection can manifest in the form of sneezing, coughing, itchy eyes, runny noses, sore throats, headaches, aching muscles, fatigue and headaches. What can one do to reduce these troubling symptoms, or preferably, prevent them from occurring in the first place? Traditional Chinese medical doctors have long been using combinations of powerful herbs for the relief and prevention of viral infections and modern science is now supporting these beliefs. What is traditional Chinese Medicine and how can it help? The practice of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has evolved over the last 4,000 years. In TCM, health is viewed as a complete state of well-being. Health is maintained as long as there is an abundant supply of free flowing life energy, or “Qi” (pronounced “chee”). It is an unseen energy that supports our body’s ability to function properly. It provides nourishment for every cell, tissue, muscle, organ and gland. Our body uses Qi to accomplish everyday activities. Each organ and meridian pathway needs to be fed and filled with an ample supply of Qi in order to function optimally. One of the physiological functions of Qi is to defend our body from the invasion of toxins such as virus or bacteria. When we exhibit signs and symptoms, we’re already “sick.” When this occurs, it is vital to do something to enhance your Qi right away, before the virus knocks you down. When external pathogenic factors, like a cold virus or bacteria, invade the body, they first attack its superficial, exterior aspects. Symptoms associated with the exterior then appear: sore throat, chills, fevers, headaches, stiff neck, and overall muscle aches. A proper blend of TCM herbs can address each symptom individually and systematically. How can Chinese herbs help fight cold symptoms? The Chinese herb Fang Feng release the toxins trapped in the exterior and alleviate pain. This action consumes a considerable amount of Qi in the body. The user will notice a reduction in neck stiffness and overall muscle aches. Fang Feng, however, requires sufficient Qi for back up. Astralagus (Huang qi) is used to strengthen Qi and to boost the immune system. Andrographis (Chuan xin lian) clears heat and drains dampness from the contaminated Qi. From a modern biomedical perspective, it has anti-microbial, anti-pyretic, anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects. An introduction of a virus into our system can contribute to a damp pathogenic influence which causes Qi stagnation in the stomach, especially if there is a pre-existing digestive condition. This weakens the immunity and leaves the body more vulnerable to infection. The aromatic Huo Xiang dispels the ‘dampness’ and produces a significant inhibitory effect in vitro on many pathogenic fungi and leptospirosis. North American Ginseng benefits Qi, generates fluids for ‘Yin’ deficiency with heat signs, such as irritability and thirst. Viruses and bacteria multiply rapidly in our body when we get sick with cold and flu. Do not wait. Immediate relief of cold symptoms is possible if treatment is applied in the earliest stages. Other tips to help prevent colds from getting worse: Do not force yourself to eat if you are not hungry. Save the energy required for digesting and preserve your energy for immunity. Drink lots of water to keep the body’s mucous moist. Get sufficient rest. Wash your hands frequently to prevent virus contraction. See your health care practitioner if cold symptoms persist. 1. Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. 2. http://chealth.canoe.ca About the Author: Health First Network Health First Network is Canada’s leading membership group for independent health & wellness retailers and the exclusive supplier of the premium Health First supplement brand. There are over 130 independently owned and operated retail Members across the country. Learn more at healthfirst.ca.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797932
__label__wiki	0.882986	0.882986	Edit Proposal: Milestone-Proposal:Apollo 11 Lunar Ranging Experiment (LURE) You are not currently logged in. The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. Please log in or create an account. Docket ID: (admins only) Thank you for proposing a technical achievement for possible recognition as an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing. Your efforts help preserve the heritage of technology. Detailed information on the Milestone application process may be found at: Milestone Guidelines and How to Propose a Milestone. At least one of the proposer(s) must be an IEEE Member (including Student Member) in good standing. To the proposer’s knowledge, is this achievement subject to litigation? If the answer is "yes", the proposal cannot proceed further. Yes No You must be able to answer "yes" to all of the following questions. If the answer to any of the following questions is "no", the proposal cannot proceed further. 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Some examples of the text of good milestone articles are First Radio Astronomical Observations Using Very Long Baseline Interferometry] and G3_Facsimile International Standardization of G3 Facsimile (Do not worry about the formatting of the page, IEEE History Center Staff will do that afterwards.) "The scientific and engineering achievement of LURE—which aimed at using lasers to precisely measure the distance between the Earth and the moon—held huge potential strategic value, both military and commercial." <b>[[Media:Ref1-Optics-Photonics-News.pdf\|[Ref1: Optics & Photonics News]]]</b> at p. 45. "The experiment had its origin in discussions among members of the experimental gravitational research group at Princeton University (HOFFMAN et al., 1960). Because of the many areas of science and technology involved in the experiment, a group was organized to carry it out." <b>[[Media:Ref2-Apollo-Conference.pdf\|[Ref2: Apollo 11 Conference]]]</b> at p. 1948. "The Apollo 11 Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector (LRRR) was designed by a team of scientists and engineers to serve as a reference point on the lunar surface to be used in continued monitoring of the point-to-point distances between it and stations on earth by the technique of short-pulse laser ranging." <b>[[Media:Ref3-Science-Magazine-1970.pdf\|[Ref3: Science Magazine 1970]]]</b> at p. 368. At Lick Observatory's Shane 120-inch (3 meter) Reflector Telescope Dome on Mt. Hamilton , the "plan was to use the 3m reflector to fire brief (some nanoseconds in length) but intense pulses of light at a reflector placed on the moon, then precisely time the arrival of the return pulse back at the telescope about 2.5 seconds later. Each pulse would allow measurement of the distance to the moon to within a few meters. Repeated pulses would allow increased precision of measurement, and were expected to result in a night-to-night distance to the moon accurate to a few centimeters. The primary goal was to investigate fundamental aspects of gravitation." <b>[[Media:Ref4-Lick-Recollections-2007.pdf\|[Ref4: Lick Recollections 2007]]]</b> Hal Walker, Jr., "a former U.S. Navy electrician’s mate, was the key man on station at Lick Observatory in California manning his team’s 1.2-GW ruby-crystal laser. On [1 August 1969], he fired KORAD’s laser at the moon and received a successful ranging signal—thus beating the Soviets to the punch, and earning Walker a place in engineering history." <b>[Ref1: Optics & Photonics News]</b> at p. 42. The weapons-grade ruby-crystal KORAD laser system used in the Apollo 11 Lunar Ranging Experiment (LURE) that was the first laser to successfully complete the experiment was invented, designed, manufactured, and tested at KORAD Lasers in Santa Monica, Calif. The laser was then transported to Lick Observatory in preparation for the Apollo 11 mission. The Apollo 11 astronauts placed the LRRR array about 20 feet from the Lunar Module (LM) within the Tranquility Base <b>[[Media:Ref5-NASA-Apollo-11-Report.pdf\|[Ref5: NASA Apollo 11 Report]]]</b> at pp. 27-28, 51-52, 89 and 188. "Once the astronauts had left the lunar surface, the LURE array was cleared for targeting by Walker’s team of scientists and engineers and their gigawatt laser back on Earth. Four U.S.-based teams equipped with high-powered lasers then began a painstaking search for the minuscule retroreflector target nearly a quarter-million miles away—the array’s exact coordinates in the Sea of Tranquility being unknown. The teams, each armed with a laser system, were stationed at McDonald Observatory in Texas, Mount Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii, and two laser teams at Lick Observatory in California. Walker’s KORAD team was at Lick, along with a competing laser-ranging team from Spacerays." <b>[Ref1: Optics & Photonics News]</b> at p. 46. "The Lick Observatory participated in the acquisition phase of the experiment to increase the probability of getting early returns. The weather and seeing are generally excellent there in the summer. Laser ranging activities ceased at Lick in August. In October a custom-built four-stage ruby laser, made by Korad, was installed at the McDonald Observatory." <b>[Ref2: Apollo 11 Conference]</b> at p. 1950. By the time the laser beam reached the moon, it is estimated to have been spread across an area in excess of 2 km in diameter. Thus the ability to hit the targeted Array was essential to getting an appropriate recognizable signal from the return photons. Filters were used to remove ambient light and to capture the red photons at 6943 Angstroms, and photo-multipliers were used to count photo-electrons through a time-delayed gate that collected and measured the return signal strength. During the setup and target acquisition phase of the LURE, some of the components of the KORAD laser had exploded due to the high voltage and high power discharges, potentially terminating the KORAD ranging. This kind of failure was in fact the fate of a competing laser system manufactured by SpaceRays that has also been operating at Lick Observatory. Hal Walker, Jr. of the KORAD team drove from Lick Observatory to Santa Monica (a trek of over 350 miles) to pick up replacement parts, and returned with them to Lick Observatory. The KORAD team at Lick Observatory went on to complete 169 successful laser shots at the target which each measured the round trip time to the moon. "Acquisition measurements of the round-trip travel time of light, from the McDonald Observatory to the Laser Ranging Retro-Reflector deployed on the moon by the Apollo 11 astronauts, were made on 20 August and on 3, 4, and 22 September 1969. The uncertainty in the round-trip travel time was +/- 15 nanoseconds, with the pulsed ruby laser and timing system used for the acquisition." <b>[Ref3: Science Magazine 1970]</b> at p. 368. " 'The Russians knew very accurately the distance between Russian cities and between cities within the United States, but they didn't know the distance between the U.S. and Russia,' explained Joe Wampler, professor emeritus of astronomy, who coordinated the experiment for the observatory. 'Having an accurate measure of the distance to the moon at a moment in time would've given them that information.' " " 'We were measuring so accurately that we could see the distance to the moon change within minutes.' " <b>[[Media:Ref6-Lick-Recollections-2009.pdf\|[Ref6: Lick Recollections 2009]]]</b> "Although the Earth and moon orbit around one another, the gravitational effects of the moon on the Earth aren't simple, explained Miller. By following the moon closely, Lick researchers propelled scientific understanding of geologic processes on earth, including continental drift. 'At the time, a lot of people still didn't believe in continental drift,' noted Wampler. The experiment contributed a grand new chapter to a story that goes back thousands of years, noted Wampler. 'The moon has been used for a very long time in cosmology,' he said. 'The Greeks in 300 B.C. knew the distance to the moon with about 5 percent accuracy.' The moon figured prominently in the development of Isaac Newton's theory of gravity, as well as in Einstein's theories about cosmology." <b>[Ref6: Lick Recollections 2009]</b> The NASA Apollo 11 Preliminary Science Report of October 1969 is an important historical record with its detailed description of this experiment and its earliest results, numerous photographs taken by the Apollo 11 astronauts, a diagram showing placement of the retro-reflector array within Tranquility Base, and information about the other scientific experiments undertaken by the Apollo 11 crew. This document shows that the mission's primary scientific objectives included the study of gravitation and relativity, and the physics and dynamics of the Earth and Moon systems. <b>[Ref5: NASA Apollo 11 Report]</b> at pp. 3-4, 27-28, 51-52, 89, 163-182 and 188. The Apollo 14 and Apollo 15 missions each included placement of an LRRR array on the moon in 1971, and the USSR also placed two of its own LRRR arrays in 1970 and 1973. Laser ranging experiments continue to this day, making them the only continuing active science projects from that era. <u>Technical Obstacle #1</u>: <i>Sending a manned mission to the moon and placing a retro-reflector on the lunar surface</i>. This was first accomplished by the Apollo 11 astronauts positioning a retro-reflector on 21 July 1969, shortly before the LM left the lunar surface. In late 1970, the Soviet Union's Luna 17 spacecraft carried the second retro-reflector to the moon along with Lunokhod 1 (Луноход, moon walker in Russian), an unmanned lunar rover. Lunokhod 1 was the first remote-controlled robot "rover" to freely move across the surface of an astronomical object beyond the Earth, and the Soviet retro-reflector was used to determine its location. <u>Technical Obstacle #2</u> (<i>building and operating a gigawatt-powered laser system based on a weapons-grade ruby-crystal laser</i>), <u>Technical Obstacle #3</u> (<i>finding a tiny target on the lunar surface</i>) and <u>Technical Obstacle #4</u> (<i>detecting between 1 and about 10 reflected photons</i>): "Two contractors were chosen to create the high-powered laser systems that would serve as the Earth-bound component of the LURE project: Spacerays Corporation and KORAD Laser Systems." "Each KORAD laser system had a unique set of challenges due to the developmental nature of the technology, so it was not a simple matter of firing at will to hit the retroreflector on the moon." "In the end, success depended less on chance than on technological readiness. Some teams encountered catastrophic equipment failures due to the high-powered nanosecond pulses, which literally broke down the molecular structure of the air around the equipment, complete with thunderous bangs and fried electronics. System-design thresholds and even sabotage were also claimed as sources of failure. In other cases, with beam-widths at the surface of the moon dispersed as wide as 7 km, there was just not enough transmitted energy to produce a recognizable signal from the few photons that returned to the Earth." "Success came at last to Walker and his team in the early morning hours of 1 August 1969. A few days earlier, Walker’s team’s laser had experienced its own catastrophic failure and had to be replaced with a unit from KORAD’s labs in Santa Monica, 350 miles south of Lick Observatory. Hal himself raced down Mount Hamilton in a rented car to get to KORAD, pick up the replacement parts, then return to Lick and get the equipment installed and operational for the next round of shots." <b>[Ref1: Optics & Photonics News]</b> at pp. 45 and 46. <u>Political Obstacle</u>: <i>Finding the retro-reflector on the lunar surface before the Soviets did</i>: "Four U.S.-based teams equipped with high-powered lasers then began a painstaking search for the minuscule retroreflector target nearly a quarter-million miles away—the array’s exact coordinates in the Sea of Tranquility being unknown. The teams, each armed with a laser system, were stationed at McDonald Observatory in Texas, Mount Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii, and two laser teams at Lick Observatory in California." "It soon became apparent to the U.S. scientists scrutinizing the Sea of Tranquility, however, that someone else on Earth was also firing ruby-red beams at the moon and attempting to hit the LURE array. Those rogue laser shots, it turned out, were from a team of Soviet scientists, who hoped to achieve an end run around the U.S. groups. There was, of course, no way to stop the Soviet team from trying—but as [Hal] Walker reports, the American teams were told in no uncertain terms by their NASA and DARPA sponsors, 'Don’t let the Soviets hit our mirrors!' The race was on between the lunar laser-ranging teams." <b>[Ref1: Optics & Photonics News]</b> at p. 46. An accurate measurement of the distance to the moon was not possible until a retro-reflector was placed on the lunar surface. The Apollo 11 astronauts first did this on 21 July 1969, and 1 August 1969 is the date of the first accurate measurement of the distance to the moon.<br> <br> The reflector experiments were to be used for more than simply determining an accurate earth-moon distance, including permitting "precise measurements of the lunar orbital motion, lunar librations, the lunar radius, fluctuations in the earth's rotation rate, Chandler wobble of the earth's axis, intercontinental drift rate, and a possible secular change of the gravitational constant." "As a result, point-to-point measurements of the distance can now be made with an accuracy approaching 15 cm." <b>[[Media:Ref7-Science-Magazine-1969.pdf\|[Ref7: Science Magazine 1969]]]</b> at p. 100. "The Lunar Ranging Experiment is the responsibility of the LURE Group, which consists of C.O. Alley of the University of Maryland, P.L. Bender of the University of Colorado and the National Bureau of Standards, R.H. Dicke of Princeton University, J.E. Faller of Wesleyan University, W.M. Kaula of the University of California at Los Angeles, G.J.F. MacDonald of the University of California at Santa Barbara, J.D. Mulholland of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, H.H. Plotkin of the Goddard Space Flight Center, and D.T. Wilkinson of Princeton University." <b>[Ref7: Science Magazine 1969]</b> at p. 102. On the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing (20 July 2004), NASA noted that "A cutting-edge Apollo 11 science experiment left behind in the Sea of Tranquility is still running today." <b>[[Media:Ref8-NASA-Apollo11-2004.pdf\|[Ref8-NASA-Apollo11-2004]]]</b> Supporting texts and citations to establish the dates, location, and importance of the achievement. You must supply the texts or excerpts themselves, not just the references. Minimum of five (5), but as many as needed to support the milestone, such as patents, contemporary newspaper articles, journal articles, or chapters in scholarly books. 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__label__cc	0.724767	0.275233	Vodafone appoints Angela Mensah-Poku as Head of Vodafone Business Solutions Vodafone Ghana has appointed Angela Mensah-Poku to the role of Head of Vodafone Business Solutions, a specialist unit within Vodafone Ghana that caters for SME's, corporate organisations and Global Enterprise. Prior to her appointment, Angela, was the Head of Corporate Sales and Vodafone Global Enterprise West Africa, a portfolio which included managing large multinational customers. Angela joined Vodafone Ghana in 2009 from British Telecom, UK, and has since taken on many challenging roles. As Head of Fixed services, Angela turned around Vodafone Ghana's largest Unit to ensure efficiency transformed network optimisation in high value areas. She also created and launched the Vodafone Global Enterprise channel during her tenure as Head of Sales in 2012, growing multinational accounts to include several high profile companies. Under her leadership as Head of Corporate Sales and Vodafone Global Enterprise West Africa, Angela, grew revenue and added further mobile customers to the base. Angela's experience includes, business-to-business strategy, sales and new business development and strategic business planning. In her new role she hopes to empower more SMEs to grow and increase efficiency by providing them with innovative products and world class service. She holds an MSc in Information System and Economics and a BSc in Politics and Law from Brunel University, UK. She is also an alumna of the London Business School. Congratulating her on the appointment, the CEO of Vodafone Ghana, Haris Broumidis, said, 'Since joining Vodafone, Angela has repeatedly demonstrated her capability to drive business transformation and growth through the various roles she has held. Her experiences will be invaluable as weembark on creating an improved customer experience for everybody on our network including Corporate and SMEs. We wish her the very best in her new role.'	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797938
__label__cc	0.615879	0.384121	Vlad Stefan Barbu, University of Rouen Normandy, France Nicolas Vergne, University of Rouen Normandy, France This book is a collective volume authored by leading scientists in the field of stochastic modeling for dependent data, associated statistical topics and corresponding applications. These issues are crucial, as we face a growing need for increasingly complex models, capable of capturing the main features of increasingly complex applications. From a technical point of view, this book gathers together, in one place, theoretical developments and applications related to Markov-like models – semi-Markov processes, autoregressive processes, piecewise deterministic Markov processes, variable length Markov chains – as well as probabilistic and statistical techniques issued from information theory, based on divergence measures and entropies. Statistical Topics and Stochastic Models for Dependent Data with Applications is divided into three parts: the first is dedicated to Markov and semi-Markov processes; the second to autoregressive processes; and the final part focuses on divergence measures and entropies. Particular focus is given to the applications of these methods in various fields, such as finance, DNA analysis, quantum physics and survival analysis. Part 1. Markov and Semi-Markov Processes 1. Variable Length Markov Chains, Persistent Random Walks: A Close Encounter, Peggy Cénac, Brigitte Chauvin, Frédéric Paccaut and Nicolas Pouyanne. 2. Bootstraps of Martingale-difference Arrays Under the Uniformly Integrable Entropy, Salim Bouzebda and Nikolaos Limnios. 3. A Review of the Dividend Discount Model: From Deterministic to Stochastic Models, Guglielmo D'Amico and Ricardo De Blasis. 4. Estimation of Piecewise-deterministic Trajectories in a Quantum Optics Scenario, Romain Azaïs and Bruno Leggio. 5. Identification of Patterns in a Semi-Markov Chain, Brenda Ivette Garcia-Maya and Nikolaos Limnios. Part 2. Autoregressive Processes 6. Time Changes and Stationarity Issues for Continuous Time Autoregressive Processes of Order p, Valérie Girardin and Rachid Senoussi. 7. Sequential Estimation for Non-parametric Autoregressive Models, Ouerdia Arkoun, Jean-Yves Brua and Serguei Pergamenchtchikov. Part 3. Divergence Measures and Entropies 8. Inference in Parametric and Semi-parametric Models: The Divergence-based Approach, Michel Broniatowski. 9. Dynamics of the Group Entropy Maximization Processes and of the Relative Entropy Group Minimization Processes Based on the Speed-gradient Principle, Vasile Preda and Irina B?ncescu. 10. Inferential Statistics Based on Measures of Information and Divergence, Alex Karagrigoriou and Christos Meselidis. 11. Goodness-of-Fit Tests Based on Divergence Measures for Frailty Models, Filia Vonta. Vlad Stefan Barbu is Associate Professor in Statistics with LMRS at the University of Rouen Normandy, France. His main research focuses on statistics of stochastic processes and on techniques based on divergence measures, with a particular interest in semi-Markov and hidden semi-Markov processes. Nicolas Vergne is Associate Professor in Statistics with LMRS at the University of Rouen Normandy. His research work is in statistics, focusing on different Markov-type models: drifting Markov models, semi-Markov models, hidden Markov models and bioinformatics.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797941
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Article continues below Editors’ Picks ‘There is no creativity’ – Can Solskjaer get Man Utd scoring freely again? ‘Everyone legged it on to the pitch!’ – How Foden went from Man City superfan to future superstar Emery out of jail – for now – as brilliant Pepe papers over Arsenal’s cracks What is Manchester United’s ownership situation and how would Kevin Glazer’s sale of shares affect the club? The Blues produced 17 shots to Spurs’ six in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final and yet failed to make a breakthrough. Too often they attempted shots from long range when unable to pick a way through the home side’s defence. Their best chances fell to N’Golo Kante and Andreas Christensen – neither of whom are noted for their finishing despite the former’s improved goal return this season – with Hazard still looking to create rather than get into the six-yard box himself. Under successive managers he has slowly become the first-choice central striker, and though signing big names in January is notoriously difficult, the club must act this window to try lift the goalscoring burden off Hazard’s shoulders. Chelsea have scored just 11 goals in their last 10 Premier League matches, and five in their last six in all competitions. Since going up front against City, Hazard has scored just three of his 12 goals this season while playing in that new role. As if Sarri did not know already quite how effective his side might be were they to have a stronger focal point, he need only have looked towards the other end of the pitch. Harry Kane may have needed a VAR-assisted penalty to ensure he found the net for the sixth successive match, but it was he that won it because he was willing to run in behind the defence and draw Kepa Arrizabalaga from his goal to foul him. That is not Hazard’s game. 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__label__wiki	0.669481	0.669481	Joshua Malbin Soap and Water Tag: Gabrielle Bell Comics for Grownups Episode 39 by Joshua Malbin on Aug.11, 2014, under Comics Comics for Grownups Episode 39 with Joshua Malbin, Alex Rothman, and Andrea Tsurumi is now out on iTunes. Direct RSS link for Android users here, or listen on the Web here. This episode we begin by discussing a few great new resources like The Tiny Report, a new source for information about micro-presses by Robyn Chapman; Radiator Comics, a new publisher and distributor headed up by Neil Brideau; Nick Bertozzi’s fundraiser for the new Rubber Necker, and let’s add in Festival Season, a new self-publishing review platform from Kenan Rubenstein. (We didn’t know about that last one yet at the time we recorded.) We also review some great new comics, specifically: Pictures that Tick Vol. 2: Exhibition by Dave McKean The River by Alessandro Sanna Truth is Fragmentary by Gabrielle Bell (and here is the interview with James Romberger that we mention) Darwin Carmichael Is Going to Hell by Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan Irene #4 edited by d.w., Dakota McFadzean, and Andy Warner Red and Other Me by Ada Price š! #17 edited by David Schilter and Sanita Muižniece Leave a Comment :Ada Price, Alessandro Sanna, Andy Warner, d.w., Dakota McFadzean, Darwin Carmichael, Dave McKean, David Schiltern, Gabrielle Bell, Irene, Jenn Jordan, Other Me, Pictures That Tick, Red, Sanita Muizniece, Sophie Goldstein, The River, Truth Is Fragmentary more... Comics for Grownups by Joshua Malbin on Oct.05, 2012, under Comics Announcing a new podcasting venture with me and Alex Rothman, who does comics poetry at Versequential.com, called Comics for Grownups. The RSS feed is here. It’s still too early for it to show up in iTunes search results yet, so copy and paste that feed URL into the box that comes up under “Advanced—>Subscribe to Podcast…” in iTunes. Now with iTunes direct link here. In this first episode we review Gabrielle Bell’s The Voyeurs, Brecht Evens’ The Making Of, Jeff Parker and Erika Moen’s Bucko, Frank Santoro’s Pompeii #1, Louis Trondheim’s Ralph Azham vol 1.: Why Would You Lie to Someone You Love?, Matt Kindt’s MIND MGMT, Grant Morrison’s Happy, L. Nichols, and Tom Motley. Direct download for the first episode here. Leave a Comment :Brech Evens, Bucko, Erika Moen, Fran Santoro, Gabrielle Bell, Grant Morrison, Happy, Jeff Parker, L. Nichols, Louis Trondheim, Matt Kindt, Mind Mgmt, Pompeii, Ralph Azham, The Making Of, The Voyeurs, Tom Motley, Why Would You Lie to Someone You Love? more... Best American Comics 2011 and FreakAngels TPB vol. 6 A week ago I went to a panel discussion for the release of America’s Best Comics 2011, hosted by the year’s editor Alison Bechdel and featuring contributors Gabrielle Bell and Kevin Mutch. Both Bell and Mutch primarily published their stuff online, in Mutch’s case later collecting it into a print volume, Fantastic Life. I got a chance to ask all three of them how they thought the changing distribution channels of comics (originally newspapers for Bechdel, experimental print books for Mutch, and always Web-first for Bell) had influenced the way they tell stories. The answers were not at all what I expected. Bell said she started publishing online because newspapers are dying and it’s impossible to get a newspaper strip. But a newspaper strip is what she really wanted and for quite a while she conceived of her Web comics in a newspaper-strip-like vein, where there had to be a concluding beat for each page she published. Mutch said that he always imagined Fantastic Life as a printed work, with the aspect ratio of a traditional book, and serialized it a page at a time with that in mind, though he said that working directly in digital makes it much easier to achieve certain effects with color. He pointed out that despite Scott McCloud’s prediction a decade ago of “the infinite canvas“—of online comic writer/artists making ever-greater use of the Web’s infinitely scrollable page, interactive graphics, simple animation—in fact the comics published online have remained for the most part faithful to traditional, print-derived formats. Probably (and this is my interpretation) that’s because there’s no money in online comics, so smart authors always have an eye toward the print collection. Mutch noted that the rise of tablet readers as a viable endpoint for publication might change that, though there, too, the aspect ratio is that of a traditional book. (Alison Bechdel mentioned Chris Ware’s new iPad-only comic Touch Sensitive for McSweeney’s as an example of an author exploring these new boundaries, but then Ware has always been about testing formal boundaries.) Certainly, when I look at Bell and Mutch’s work in Best American Comics, there’s nothing about it to suggest a Web origin. I had all this in mind when I picked up the sixth and final volume of Warren Ellis’s FreakAngels. FreakAngels was the first foray into Web-first publishing I know of by an author who’d built a major reputation for himself first in print. I assume he was the first because, alone of the famous comic book authors of his era, Ellis was a blogging pioneer. I’d bet that at one time at least as many people knew him through his regular collection of disturbing and disgusting stories and pictures at warrenellis.com as knew his comics. Here’s the product description, because it’s easier than recreating it myself: Twenty-three years ago, twelve strange children were born in England at exactly the same moment. Six years ago, they used their psychic powers in unison and accidentally flooded the world. Today, they live in and defend Whitechapel, perhaps the last real settlement in soggy London. Now, FreakAngels does show that it was written with the plan of being collected into trade paperback–sized print books. There’s no crazy formal experimentation with layout or design, though it could be argued that the limitations of computer display led artist Paul Duffield to select bold colors and fairly simply compositions with lots of angles and attention to perspective, almost reminiscent of architectural drafting. I have noticed a lack of act breaks. A lot of authors writing for issues nowadays have one eye on the trade paperback, where I think most of the money is made, and so structure their stories in four- to six-issue arcs. Every so many issues you come to a stopping place that resolves some conflicts and perhaps sets up ones to come, and as a result the trade paperbacks have a natural structure, with each volume telling a more or less self-contained piece of the story. FreakAngels, which was serialized steadily in six-page episodes biweekly, doesn’t work like that. The story has dips and turns, but there’s no natural rest at the end of each volume, the new one just picks up at the same place it left off. That’s a style that works very well for a continuous story on the Web but doesn’t work so well in books. Every time I’ve bought a new volume of FreakAngels I’ve had to go back and review where we are. On the other hand, I tried reading it on the Web, too, and a six-page episode every other week is no better way to maintain a continuous sense of story. A lot of that probably can be put down to Warren Ellis simply trying to service too many characters at once—a dozen is simply too many to give distinct voices and interesting development, especially in the serial format, and by never breaking into discrete chunks Ellis never gave himself the opportunity to focus on one or two for an extended time. As a result, in the end we get a plot climax without much accompanying character resolution, and the whole exercise feels a bit unsatisfying. That’s too bad, because as usual for Ellis the books were packed full of ideas and inventiveness, and had a great setup. I just wish it had had a chance to deepen more before the end. Leave a Comment :Alison Bechdel, Best American Comics 2011, Fantastic Life, FreakAngels, Gabrielle Bell, Kevin Mutch, Paul Duffield, Warren Ellis more... Welcome to Josh’s blog. Josh shares blogging duties with Josh K-Sky, about whom more here. Feel free to leave comments, and stay updated by subscribing to the RSS feed. Comics for Grownups Episode 44: Best of 2014 Comics for Grownups 37: Pat Dorian Comics for Grownups Episode 36: Josh Bayer Episode 35: Liana Finck Comics for Grownups Episode 32: Annie Koyama advertisements for myself Alan Moore Anders Nilsen Barack Obama Brian Michael Bendis Brian Wood buy it now! Charles Soule Comics Dave McKean David Lapham David Paterson friends health care Jeff Lemire Joe Sacco Josh Bayer Joss Whedon labor Matt Kindt Movies Pedro Espada protest Quentin Tarantino screenwriting solidarity Stealing from the Classics Ted McKeever things that look like other things Warren Ellis Josh K-sky's Shared Items (c) Joshua Malbin 2009 - 2010	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797951
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__label__wiki	0.590948	0.590948	Network Radio Grub Street Interview Alimentary Jack was already sitting down when I arrived at the food court from a hurried shopping trip to Zellers where I'd picked up some requisites for daily living. One of the articles apparently caught Jack's attention. He said "You've read a lot of travel and adventure books, right?" I said "Yes, quite a few. Why?" Jack said "You know how they often go on and on about all the stuff that the travellers have to take with them on their treks -- things like food and rifles, tablets to purify water, booze, medicine, bandages, toothbrushes ... all kinds of things." I said "Sure. What's your point?" Jack said "There is one absolutely necessary article that never gets mentioned. Guess which one?" I said "Tooth picks? Hair brushes? Shot glasses? I give up." "Toilet paper!" exclaimed Jack triumphantly, causing quite a few heads around us to turn our way with a questioning look in their eyes. I said "What's so special about toilet paper?" Jack said "Have you ever tried to wipe yourself with grass, or leaves, or some small furry animal? It's no joke! Imagine having to spend a week in the Sahara with nothing around but sand. Man, if that wouldn't hurt, trust me, it sure would once you'd taken a few steps, if you know what I mean." Perhaps I should mention again that Jack has done a lot of travelling, and rarely by way of first-class, organized tours. He knows about the hazards of visiting the hinterlands of whatever country he chooses to grace with his presence. Last year he visited Nepal on a walking tour. "I don't know why the books never mention toilet paper. Especially since it's becoming more and more noticeable." I said "How do you mean?" Jack said "When I was in Nepal last year, there was toilet paper strewn all around the walking trails. This is up in the high country, where there aren't many trees -- and what few there were have been cut down for firewood -- only bushes left, and not all that many of those. But wherever we went you could see pieces of toilet paper. I guess people don't like tucking used toilet paper in their backpacks. But it sure added an unpleasant note to the otherwise pristine air and landscape." I said "Jack, there's just no way we can stop the spreading of the benefits of civilization." Jack didn't pick up on that subject; he had more important things on his mind. He said "while we're on that topic, you've studied some biology, why do dogs sniff each other's butt, first thing they meet?" I said "First of all, Jack, I've never studied dogs. But I have asked myself that question many times when I had absolutely nothing better to do, and I've never been able to figure out the answer. What could possibly be the evolutionary benefit of that manoeuvre? I have no idea. I mean if they sniffed each other's snouts, they might find out what they'd eaten recently and the scent could lead them back to food, but sniffing at the other end could only tell them what food had been consumed yesterday, which wouldn't be much help. Maybe dogs can tell by the remnants of the digestive process -- remember dogs don't use toilet paper -- whether the dogs they meet are healthy, and therefore fit for a romantic encounter. Now that would be an evolutionary advantage. But I'm only guessing. It's a mystery to me too." "Imagine," said Jack, "if people did the same thing! 'Nice meeting you ma'am, could you lift up your skirt and turn around so's we can get better acquainted?' It would sure cut down on the preliminaries!" I could only shake my head at Jack's way of turning any theoretical consideration to his immediate advantage. "And another thing," added Jack, "it's a good thing that the digestive tract doesn't operate in reverse." With that rather bizarre observation we, taking a leaf from the canine world -- although in a more civilized fashion, staked out our claim to our temporary territory by leaving our shopping bags on the table, and proceeded to test the functioning our own digestive tracts by wandering over to Kofax for some Greek food. Sjef Frenken is a renaissance man: thinker, writer, translator and composer of much music. A main interest, he has many, is setting to music the poetry, written for children, during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Nimble of mind, Sjef is a youthful retiree and a great-grandfather. Mostly he's a content man, which facilitates his relentless multi-media creativity. More by Sjef Frenken: Jack the Poet, Redux On Being Even-handed New Words Defined Tripping Up Lemaitre, Gamov & God Even more by Sjef Frenken The Wisdom Sticker Identity Missed Storefront Photograph Test Your Bridge Forlorn Phone Let Go, Lego You Have All You Need My Bitter Half Man Hood NHL Playoffs 2014: 3 Olympic Hockey 2014 Reel Guys Reviews A Brief Review Life as a Classroom The Story of a Song Coin Diving Dreaming of Angels Vintage Radios Lessons in the Park	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797973
__label__wiki	0.833804	0.833804	SEE ALSO: acquisitions and mergers and acquisitions A merger of two companies, if the merger gains regulatory approval, means shareholders of both companies gain a roughly equal stake in the new company. This is unlike an acquisition, where one side either swallows the newcomer or parks it under a holding company. Mergers are generally handled by investment banks that earn significant fees from such deals through buying and selling the two companies' shares. This leads some critics to accuse such banks of conflicts of interest in pumping up such deals and creating inflated expectations for the deal. Although around 70 percent of all mergers (and combined M&As) worldwide fail to live up to promise, companies continue to seek them for several reasons, ranging from joining a competitor to boost market share to acquiring a loss-maker as a tax write-off.[1] Misplaced enthusiasm for the deal on both sides has sunk recent high-profile corporate mergers like AOL with Time Warner and Citigroup with Travelers, underlining the difficulties in getting mergers to work. Most flops are due to human foibles like failure to plan the transaction thoroughly, failure to think the merger through or a lack of objectivity, Wharton Business School reports, and losing good employees in the process is so common it is referred to as "merger syndrome".[2] Meanwhile, rivals at Harvard Business School (HBS) have compiled a "nine deadly sins" list in typical merger failures and stressed the need establish an 'integration team' early on to avoid them.[3] The HBS paper also points out that 70 percent of the corporate mergers that fail do so at the execution stage of the deal, not during its original planning. The key, HBS concludes, is "selecting the right person or people to lead the program integration team and track the plan's execution." On December 20, 2007, Eurex and ISE announced that they had completed a merger. At the time, the collaboration was called the largest transatlantic derivatives marketplace. [4] On April 4, 2007, the New York Stock Exchange announced a merger with Euronext, which brought together six cash equities exchanges in five countries and six derivatives exchanges. [5] In July 2007, the CME Group and the CBOT agreed to merge after nine months of back and forth as well as a surprise bid from ICE. The crosstown rivals merged and dominate the US futures market. [6] U.S. regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in late July 2008 approved a merger between America's only two satellite-radio distributors, Sirius and XM, creating what some industry critics call an unfair monopoly.[7] Shares of both companies, which had been battling the FCC for more than a year to merge, rose after the decision was announced but soon returned to their normal trading range. On February 9, 2011, NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse confirmed that they were in advanced talks on a possible merger. [8] Also announced on the same day, advanced merger talks between the London Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange. [9] ↑ What is a Merger?. WiseGeek.com. ↑ Why Do So Many Mergers Fail?. Wharton Business School. ↑ Nine Steps to Prevent Merger Failure. Harvard Business School. ↑ Eurex and ISE complete merger. ISE website. ↑ NYSE announces merger with Euronext. NYSE website. ↑ CBOT Holders Choose to Merge with CME. Forbes. ↑ FCC approval allows for merger of XM, Sirius subscription satellite radio services—with stipulations. MerersUnleashed.com. ↑ NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse in Advanced Talks to Merge. Bloomberg. ↑ LSE to buy Canada's TMX. Bloomberg. Retrieved from "http://marketswiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Merger&oldid=207516" Sponsored Pages Sponsored Pages - Russell MarketsWiki Page of the Day	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797975
__label__cc	0.72058	0.27942	Ontario Storms Site! > Ontario Storms Forums > Previous Years > 2000 and earlier Toronto tornado - Aug. 14, 1984 SlideShowBob Location: Priceville, Ontario I remember a very strong thunderstorm in the evening of August 14, 1984. I witnessed a funnel cloud formation at the N.E. corner of Eglington and Martingrove at around 7 p.m. It was the first funnel cloud for me. The storm ended up ripping the roof off of the Eaton's warehouse in the Weston road/Jane St. area, as well as damaging a few homes in the area. It also dumped over 200 mm of rain in two hours, so a lot of local flooding occured as well. EC issued a tornado warning that evening...it was my first year as a Severe Weather Watcher, so as soon as I found shelter, I called in to report. Ah, memories.... Grey Highlands (Durham) Ontario The Following User Says Thank You to SlideShowBob For This Useful Post: Derecho (03-26-2010) Send a private message to SlideShowBob Find all posts by SlideShowBob Rank: F1 Tornado Chaser Location: Region of Waterloo, ON Re: Toronto tornado - Aug. 14, 1984 Can't help but feel like this was the same tornado I mentioned in the 1979 Woodstock thread. What a sight that must have been, any idea what the fujita rating was and how long it was on the ground for? Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario All Ontario tornadoes: Send a private message to Derecho Find all posts by Derecho Now that I look at it, it turns out to be a landspout; but an f2 none the less. http://www.yorku.ca/pat/research/dsi...paper_web.html It was absolutely jaw-dropping from my perspective that evening. At one point, I was able to look up to see blue sky in a rotating "eye"...even though the clouds around were dark and foreboding	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797981
__label__wiki	0.832875	0.832875	217-240 of 259 « 1 2 ... 7 8 9 10 11 » The Republican introduces POP Network news and advertising video screens - masslive.com Explore masslive.com Mar 25 2019 Business Development Shoppers and travelers in Greater Springfield are noticing the POP Network, The Republican’s latest news and advertising product. The POP Network — the acronym stands for “point of purchase” — is 33 video screens in 24 locations including retailers and Springfield Union Station. They play a silent, 7-minute loop of news content and advertisements, with each news video or advertisement lasting 15 seconds. Mentions: Springfield The Republican East Windsor anticipates $8.5 million a year from Tribal Winds casino - masslive.com Explore masslive.com Mar 22 2019 The Mohegans and Mashantucket Pequots are ready to start construction of their Tribal Winds casino now that the Department of the Interior has given a final OK to the expansion of tribal gaming. Now it’s up to the small town where the $300 million to $400 million casino would be built to react and to prepare. The tribes plan to build on the former Showcase Cinema property of Interstate 91, but still need town approval. Mentions: Springfield MGM Big Y Springfield distribution expansion gets $4M local tax incentive The state gave its approval to an eight-year local property tax incentive to Big Y Foods for the expansion of its distribution center on Roosevelt Avenue. The incentive, already approved by the city of Springfield, has a value of about $4.2 million, according to a Office of Housing & Economic Development news release issued Wednesday. Springfield-based Big Y is nearing completion of a $46 million expansion and renovation of its distribution center. The supermarket chain is doubling the size of its warehouse, adding 232,000 square feet to make a new total of 425,000 square feet. The project is ... Developer plans 130-room hotel, rock-climbing and skydiving center at former Springfield jail Pioneer Valley Hotel Group had been eyeing the former York Street Jail site in the city’s waterfront for years, President Shardool Parmar said Tuesday, but the three-acre site was being used as a staging area for nearby construction projects. Now that the supplies and equipment are gone, Parmar’s company is in negotiations with the Springfield Redevelopment Authority, owner of the site, to build a 130-room hotel there. Mentions: Springfield Basketball Hall of Fame Kevin Kennedy $400M in new Springfield development outlined, including downtown hotel and retail projects The city is home to more than $4 billion worth of construction projects either completed or in planning — both public and private — since the June 2011 tornado. That number, revealed Tuesday afternoon by Chief Development Officer Kevin Kennedy at his annual economic development presentation, includes $400.4 million in new projects announced since March 2018. The development update catches the city as it pivots from mega developments that are now completed such as the $95 million CRRC MA rail car factory; $960 million MGM Springfield casino; and the $183.3 million rehab of Interstate 91 to smaller projects, including a ... Mentions: Big Y Foods Springfield Basketball Hall of Fame United Bank puts former West Springfield headquarters on the market for $3.35M Explore masslive.com Mar 19 2019 Financial Services United Bank, now based in Hartford, has put its former headquarters at 95 Elm Street in West Springfield on the market for $3.35 million. United Bank merged in 2014 with the former Rockville Bank in Connecticut. The resulting bank took the United name but moved its headquarters to Connecticut. Mentions: West Springfield Springfield United Bank MGM Springfield says Wahlburgers will be ready in late 2019, early 2020 Explore masslive.com Mar 19 2019 Tourism Wahlburgers is still coming to MGM Springfield, Michael Mathis, president and chief operating officer of the $960 million casino, said Monday. MGM is negotiating a lease with Wahlburgers — the casual restaurant company founded by actors Mark Wahlberg and Donnie Wahlberg with their chef brother, Paul Wahlberg — and hopes to begin construction later this year, with an opening at the end of 2019 or in early 2020, Mathis said. Excelsior! Easthampton’s Comics N’ More moves to street-level storefront, fights legions of retail doom (photos) - masslive.com Explore masslive.com Mar 18 2019 Entrepreneurship Christian W.Z. Reader pulls a white file box down from a shelf and slides it on a table. “This is all Venom and Carnage,” Reader says as the boy begins eagerly flipping through comics featuring the Marvel Comics villains. Reader owns Easthampton’s Comics N’ More with his wife, Phoebe R.R. Zax. It’s Wednesday in their subterranean lair. Wednesdays are new release days in the comics industry. Customers stream in all afternoon, regulars who subscribe to certain titles, pre-ordering and then picking them up on release day. Mentions: Springfield Northampton Holyoke Oh the places you’ll go! Dr. Seuss license plate unveiled at Springfield Museums Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito visited the Springfield Museums Thursday to unveil the Dr. Seuss license plate, produced in cooperation between the Registry of Motor Vehicles and the Springfield Museums, home of The Amazing Word of Dr. Seuss Museum. Mentions: West Springfield Springfield Massachusetts Department of Transportation Westfield Promise program for early college gets $190K from state Explore masslive.com Mar 14 2019 Education Westfield Promise, a program that allows students earn up to 12 college credits while still high school juniors and seniors, has received another $190,000 in state funding. The funding comes as Westfield State begins recruiting another cohort of 125 or so high school sophomores in Holyoke, Springfield and Westfield to form a new class, and as the first students to enter Westfield Promise prepare to graduate from the 2-year-old program. Mentions: Westfield State University Springfield Holyoke Springfield development talk to ask ‘Where does CityStage fit?,’ provide update on $3B in projects That Springfield Chief Development Officer Kevin Kennedy will deliver an update on the city 's business triumphs and economic challenges at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame next week and not at CityStage is telling. His talk entitled “The New Wave” on Tuesday at 4 p.m. at the Hall of Fame is a free event, but folks who want to go are asked to register at the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce website myonlinechamber.com Mentions: MassMutual Center Springfield Basketball Hall of Fame Smith & Wesson closing Springfield distribution center, warehouse in favor of new Missouri facility Explore masslive.com Mar 11 2019 Manufacturing American Outdoor Brands Corp., parent company of Springfield stalwart Smith & Wesson, will close its distribution operations here and elsewhere around the country as it opens a new $75-million warehouse near Columbia, Missouri, this year.Executives at the publicly-traded AOBC touted the cost savings and efficiencies associated with consolidating into its new 600,000-square-foot Missouri warehouse in a conference call with analysts last week. Mentions: Smith & Wesson Corp. Springfield From wine glasses to gas-pump nozzles, Meredith-Springfield in Ludlow makes it from plastic Explore masslive.com Mar 8 2019 Manufacturing Plastics manufacturer Meredith-Springfield Associates Inc. can get the business it needs to grow, said President and CEO Mel O’Leary. O’Leary said he can get the equipment to expand his company, a manufacturer of blow-molded plastics, even though machines at his Moody Street plant cost $1 million or more. Mentions: Springfield Loophole Brewing plans to make its own beers, beers for others in Holyoke Explore masslive.com Mar 6 2019 Entrepreneurship Home brewing hobbyists looking to leap into commercial production might sink $250,000 or more into equipment before anyone can pop the top on one of their beers. But soon, wannabe brewers will be able to contract with Loophole Brewing Services, which plans a $3 million-plus brewery and tasting room in what’s now a warehouse at 104 Whiting Farms Road in Holyoke. Loophole will share space with East Baking Co. Argotec plans $20 million expansion, 50-job addition at Greenfield facility Explore bizjournals Jan 16 2015 Manufacturing Argotec, a manufacturer of plastic film sheets for everything from waterproof clothing to bullet-resistant glass and smartphone screens, is planning a $20 million expansion in Greenfield that would see it add 50 jobs over the next 10 years. The expansion is detailed in paperwork submitted for state and local tax breaks. The inducement is expected to go before the Greenfield City Council soon and before a state review panel in March. Mentions: Greenfield Big Y cites slow population growth, end of lease as reasons for closing Springfield store Explore masslive.com Jan 4 2010 Retail Many of the 130 employees at the Boston Road supermarket will be offered work at other Big Y locations. Mentions: Big Y Foods Stop & Shop West Springfield Western Mass. senior citizens seeing increases in supplemental Medicare health insurance costs \| Breaking News - MassLive.com - Explore masslive.com Jan 2 2010 Health Care Get Western Massachusetts breaking news, comment on the news, see photos and videos, and join the forum discussions at MassLive.com. Mentions: Springfield Health New England Congressman Richard E. Neal Explore masslive.com Jan 2 2010 The state’s appliance rebate program will start in late February or early March, and old appliances must be recycled. Foreclosures drop in Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties However, the number of foreclosure petitions, an early stage in the procedure, rose considerably. Springfield's unemployment rate drops slightly in November Explore masslive.com Dec 22 2009 Education , Health Care Springfield's unemployment rate was the ninth highest in the state, according to local unemployment numbers released Tuesday by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Mentions: West Springfield Palmer Springfield Program aims to boost companies' Web presence Explore masslive.com Dec 21 2009 Education The program uses search engine optimization techniques to put a local business' information at or near the top of the list of search results from Web search engines. Mentions: Springfield The Republican Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield Mass. unemployment rate falls to 8.8% from a high of 9.3% Explore masslive.com Dec 17 2009 Education , Manufacturing , Medical Devices State Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Nancy L. Snyder said the recovery is still “sluggish.” Mentions: University of Massachusetts Springfield W. D. Cowls Inc. to shut down sawmill in North Amherst, citing competition from high-volume mills The Cowles building supply store will stay open, however. Mentions: Amherst The Republican Pioneer Valley job market declines slightly faster than other metropolitan areas Springfield shares the middle fifth rankings with Boston, Worcester and New Haven and Hartford. Mentions: Western New England University Springfield	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797990
__label__wiki	0.950277	0.950277	Info for Journalists newsdesk.org Reporting Projects Smarter on Crime, by Bernice Yeung The Toxic Tour, by Kwan Booth, Kim Komenich, Jasmin Mara and CB Smith-Dahl News You Might Have Missed, 2002-2010 The Truthiness Report: 2008 Election-Ad Fact Checking FCC & Media Policy Election 2004: Grassroots to National World Social Forum 2003: Porto Allegre, by Lucimara Nunes and Erica Junghans World Power: Global Energy Politics & Issues, by Jennifer Huang newsdesk dot org - a shareable journalism experiment newsdesk dot org (http://newsdesk.org/2004/09/14/if_friendsters/) If Friendsters Were Voters … Democrats dream of an online gold mine By Newsdesk.org Staff \| September 14, 2004 By Laila Weir In a hard-fought presidential campaign season, Democrats have been early adopters of innovative online campaigning methods — from MoveOn’s mass mobilizations to Howard Dean’s lucrative Internet funding appeals during the primaries. The trend continues with the emergence of political profiles on social networking websites like Friendster and Orkut. These sites allow their mostly young users to create free profiles — complete with photos and factoids — that are linked to their friends’ profiles, forming communities of online peers that increase exponentially with each degree of separation. Friendster alone has 9 million registered users. John Kerry, John Edwards, Dean and Wesley Clark all maintained social-networking website profiles during the Democratic primaries, and the Kerry campaign still runs an official profile on Friendster and benefits from a popular profile on Orkut. But except for the occasional unofficial profile, George Bush is largely absent from the online social networking circuit, and it could cost him outreach to notoriously hard-to-reach young voters. Both the Bush and Kerry campaigns maintain websites enabling visitors to register to vote, get contacts for local media, recruit friends to join the campaign and contact undecided voters. Volunteers are responding in droves. As of mid-August, 82,000 volunteers had been recruited by friends through the Bush campaign’s website, said Michael Turk, the president’s e-campaign director. He also said that supporters used the website to send 325,395 letters to newspapers, and have donated $8.7 million online. The Kerry campaign has done even better: Almost 500,000 volunteers have signed up online and the campaign raised more than $81 million online during the primary cycle, according to a staff member. What’s more, the Democrat’s campaign has made a specific effort to cultivate the grassroots potential of social networking websites, with their largely youthful user groups. Most of Friendster’s users are in their twenties, said company spokeswoman Lisa Kopp, and the average user spends upwards of an hour on the site each day. “These young people aren’t watching TV, but they’re online,” she said. Nationally, a Nielsen Media Research survey last year showed that young men are watching 12 percent less prime-time network television than in the past. But 78 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds use the Internet, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Ethan Rapp, a partner at the advertising consultancy Marketing Evolution, notes an “inverse relationship” between TV and Internet usage, which may affect how campaigns spend their promotional money. “People who are more likely to be light TV users are also more likely to be the heavier Internet users,” he said. “As you begin to find diminishing returns in one medium, if you switch dollars to another medium you may be able to take advantage of that effect.” Influencing friends Friendster does not collect information on whether or how customers vote, and the question remains as to whether these voters are worth pursuing. But some experts say the potential rewards are worth the effort. Young people consistently vote less than other age groups, and are less set in their political views, making them more open to campaign messages, said Jon Krosnick, a professor of communications, political science and psychology at Stanford University. And on social-networking websites, a single message can go a long way. Kerry’s profiles link to more than 4,000 users on Friendster, and 1,000 on Orkut. On Friendster alone, through each user’s own personal network, this currently adds up to 193,350 second-degree and 2,773,341 third-degree “friends.” Each is a potential recipient of Kerry campaign messages. According to Carol Darr, director of the Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet at George Washington University, Friendster users are likely to be “influentials” — individuals that marketers consider leaders in establishing community trends and opinions. “The people who are getting involved through Friendster, or through a campaign website, tend to be the people who are reaching everybody else,” she said. “If you can reach influentials, you can reach everyone else.” In email interviews with Newsdesk.org, some of the people linked to Kerry on Friendster said they were definitely planning to vote for him, while others said they probably would. All who responded seemed to have a high level of political knowledge and interest — key indicators, said Darr, of influential status. One of Kerry’s Friendster supporters is Amanda Sutton, a 26-year-old book publicist in Albuquerque, NM. Asked if she felt Kerry’s profile could win support for his campaign, Sutton wrote, “Friendster seems to be a forum for young, hip individuals — it can never hurt to have them on your side. Public exposure is essential, and nontraditional avenues such as Friendster might make some difference.” Sutton volunteers with the Kerry campaign, and said she hopes that by linking her own profile to Kerry’s, she can drive more traffic to his site. “I was hoping to encourage friends and other interested parties checking out my page to read about him and possibly vote for him,” she noted. The Kerry campaign is also getting unofficial support from Voter X, an online service started by the liberal advocacy group Music for America, and Votester.org, a San Francisco-based website that enables members to “adopt” and recruit their friends in swing states. Voter X is trying to imitate commercial social-networking sites’ viral marketing model to organize young people into “voting blocs.” “Think Friendster and Myspace plus the passion you have to change things,” the site reads. Members of the group send messages to 5, 10 or more of their friends, encouraging them, in turn, to sign up, commit to vote and try to enlist even more people. Phony pages According to Turk, the Bush campaign has not bought into the Friendster promise, and is focusing instead on organizing its own social networking chains. This includes website outreach, as well as offline “Parties for the President” — the Kerry campaign has a similar program — in which supporters hold campaign events for family and friends. At least one Bush volunteer took Friendster matters into his own hands, signing people up to a campaign newsletter via an unofficial Bush profile on Friendster earlier this year. But since the campaign has not officially registered with Friendster, the company has not removed any fake Bush profiles, some mocking him, and opposing his presidency. Of 148 Bush profiles recently turned up by a search of the website, just one appeared to be supportive. But Turk said the critical and phony profiles do not concern him. “People who have an interest in satiric spoofs are going to find an outlet,” he said. Whether social networking sites will deliver enough voters or volunteers to fall into the same category of importance as other Internet campaign tools remains to be seen. But it is clear that such websites have taken Kerry into a corner of cyberspace far removed from the staid Senate floor, and the candidate’s profiles reflect a resolute, if sometimes awkward, awareness of this. Both his Friendster and Orkut profiles include photos of him windsurfing, and begin with the same odd attempt to play to a breezy Internet audience. “I love Hostess chocolate cupcakes, although Teresa tries to limit them,” they read. 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__label__cc	0.69319	0.30681	Successful Fare Strike This Morning - Tens of Thousands Ride NYC Subways for Free Posted 8 years ago on March 28, 2012, 12:46 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Wednesday, March 28, 2012 — 10:30 AM For Immediate Release: Forward far and wide. Rank and File Initiative rankandfileinitiative@gmail.com Twitter: #farestrike This morning before rush hour, teams of activists, many from Occupy Wall Street, in conjunction with rank and file workers from the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and the Amalgamated Transit Union, opened up more than 20 stations across the city for free entry. As of 10:30 AM, the majority remain open. No property was damaged. Teams have chained open service gates and taped up turnstiles in a coordinated response to escalating service cuts, fare hikes, racist policing, assaults on transit workers’ working conditions and livelihoods — and the profiteering of the super-rich by way of a system they’ve rigged in their favor. For the last several years, riders of public transit have been under attack. The cost of our Metrocards has been increasing, while train and bus service has been steadily reduced. Budget cuts have precipitated station closings and staff/safety reductions. Police routinely single out young black and Latino men for searches at the turnstile. Layoffs and attrition means cutting staff levels to the bare minimum, reducing services for seniors and disabled riders. At the same time, MTA workers have been laid off and have had their benefits drastically reduced. Contract negotiations are completely stalled. Working people of all occupations, colors and backgrounds are expected to sacrifice to cover the budget cut by paying more for less service. But here’s the real cause of the problem: the rich are massively profiting from our transit system. Despite the fact that buses and subways are supposed to be a public service, the government and the MTA have turned the system backwards—into a virtual ATM for the super-rich. Instead of using our tax money to properly fund transit, Albany and City Hall have intentionally starved transit of public funds for over twenty years; the MTA must resort to bonds (loans from Wall Street) to pay for projects and costs. The MTA is legally required to funnel tax dollars and fares away from transportation costs and towards interest on these bonds, called "debt service." This means Wall Street bondholders receive a huge share of what we put into the system through the Metrocards we buy and the taxes we pay: more than $2 billion a year goes to debt service, and this number is expected to rise every year. If trends continue, by 2018 more than one out of every five dollars of MTA revenue will head to a banker’s pockets. This much is clear: the MTA’s priorities are all out of whack. This fare strike is a means for workers and riders to fight for shared interests together — but this is just a first step. All of us — the 99% — have an interest in full-service public transportation system that treats its ridership and employees with dignity. The MTA is a shared, public service — fund it with tax revenues. Eliminate free money for bondholders at the expense of taxpayers. End the assault on worker's livelihoods. #OWS Updates for the Week of March 26-April 1 Posted 8 years ago on March 28, 2012, 11:13 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt A short video collection of recent #OWS actions in NYC Occupy these Upcoming Events! See also, our separate posts on the March 29th Anti-NDAA action and the April 1st Brooklyn Bridge Commemoration March. Every Day in March Noon-2:00pm POPS - People Occupying Public Space! Now at Union Square! OWS inspired the world by maintaining a presence in Liberty Square – creating a viral action that spread across the country and the globe. POPS brings discussion, education and fun to the Union Square occupation every day. Tweet using #ows and #CultureOcc and find a full schedule of special events, speakers and performances at pops.nycga.net. Don't miss Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers on Friday March 30! Thursday, March 29, 5:30-8:30pm Protest Joe “Congressman Wall Street” Crowley’s 50th Birthday Fundraiser Grand Hyatt Hotel, 109 East 42nd Street between Park Avenue and Lexington Avenue With more trade negotiations underway, it’s vital that we let Congressman Crowley and other Wall Street Democrats know that they will be held accountable when they sell us out to the 1%! Sponsored by TradeJustice New York Metro & Occupy Wall Street Trade Justice Working Group. http://nycga.net/events/event/protest-joe-congressman-wall-street-crowleys-50th-b-day-fundraiser/ Thursday, March 29, 8:00pm - 10:00pm Occupy University Horizontal Pedagogy Workshop Public Atrium, 56th St and Madison Ave, Adjacent to Trump Tower Sponsored by the Empowerment & Education working group. Discussion experiment/pedagogy workshop for Occupy University. Open to all. Horizontal/facilitated/consensus-model learning with a dose of problematization. http://nycga.net/events/event/occupy-university-horizontal-pedagogy-workshop-2-2012-03-29/ Friday, March 30. 2:00pm-4:30pm Weekly Wall Street Marches -- Spring Training Start Training for May Day and Join the Spring Resistance! Marches Every Friday, 2pm in Liberty Square! Trainings, skill shares, games, and theatrics from 2:00-3:30pm followed by a march to disrupt the 4:00pm NYSE closing bell with The Peoples’ Gong. Participants are encouraged to wear athletic gear, march with their affinity group, and use the street tactics discussed prior to the march. http://nycga.net/events/event/weekly-wall-street-marches/ Friday, March 30, 7:00pm - 10:00pm Weekly Vigil for Solidarity with Syria The Syrian Embassy, 820 2nd Avenue This vigil will begin at 7pm and work towards an overnight vigil in front of the Syrian consulate, starting with a General Assembly to unite a community of solidarity behind Syria and rally together for the wants and needs of the Syrian people. We are offering this as an open forum to dialogue and educate. We will endeavor to have vigils like this every Friday until resolution is made. http://nycga.net/events/event/weekly-vigil-for-solidarity-with-syria-2012-03-30/ Friday, March 30, 11:45pm Rap Battle: The People of New York vs. the NYPD Union Square, south steps Got beef with cops for enforcing a system of racist economic inequality? This Friday you'll get to express that beef in a public forum where you won't be arrested, the cops will have to listen you, and (unlike the status quo) the people ALWAYS WIN! https://facebook.com/events/373581626007714 April 1, 2012 7:00-9pm May Day Affinity & Action Spokes Middle Collegiate Church, 50 E 7th Street (btwn 1st and 2nd ave) This body aspires to inspire autonomous actions and collectively create a space where different groups taking action on May 1st can support each other through mutual aid and solidarity. Please attend with your fellow organizers, or send a delegate! A very subversive invitation! http://da.nycga.net/2012/03/15/a-very-subversive-invitation/ SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 14, 1-6pm City Wide General Assembly Central Park South, 6th Ave entrance, on the west side of Wollman Rink Join Occupy Wall Street on to kick off exciting spring and summer events. We will converge on Central Park to create a transformative, citywide, mass movement. The day will include Occupy style open space with tabling, teach-ins, food, music, and more! http://nycga.net/events/event/spring-awakening-2012-occupy-new-york-city-peoples-assembly/ SAVE THE DATE: May 1 Call to Action: May Day 2012 If you’d like to be added to the listserv, please email mayday-subscribe@lists.occupy.net. Any questions regarding meeting time, location, structure, please contact mayday@nycga.net or check maydaynyc.org. April 1: March to Commemorate the Brooklyn Bridge Action Posted 8 years ago on March 28, 2012, 6:10 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt When: Sunday, April 1. Gather at 2pm, march at 2:30. Where: Gather at Liberty Plaza OR 1 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, marches converge at Cadman Plaza March on April 1, 2012 to commemorate the six month anniversary of the historic Brooklyn Bridge march where over 700 OWS protesters were illegally arrested. Meet at Cadman Plaza by 4:00 P.M. for a city-wide General Assembly. All metropolitan area General Assemblies are invited to participate. March in Support of the NDAA Lawsuit, Tomorrow 3pm Foley Square On Jan. 3, Occupy Wall Street took over Grand Central Station with a rush hour flash mob to protest the signing of the NDAA When: Tomorrow, March 29 @ 3pm Where: Gather at Foley Square, march to Union Square March 29th marks the beginning of the anti-NDAA class action lawsuit, launched by several groups and individuals, that seeks to stop the unconstitutional provisions which allow the US military to indefinitely detain any suspected "terrorist" from going into effect (sections 1021 and 1022 specifically). This case, if successful, would force the government to remove those unconstitutional elements, and further, to better define its terms, such as "associated forces" and "belligerents", as well as clearly define who is considered a threat to the United States. For more information on the lawsuit go here. On Thursday the 29th, the first round of plaintiffs, dubbed the Freedom Seven, will testify in front of a federal judge. We must show solidarity, and we must show our discontent with an authoritarian piece of legislation that destroys our civil liberties. JOIN THE PEOPLE AND MARCH FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FROM FOLEY SQUARE TO UNION SQUARE! On Facebook: one and two History March 28, 2012 Show entire month	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797993
__label__wiki	0.931387	0.931387	Colibri Badges Flight Recorders Payment of a FAI/CIMA sanction fee Organising Events Air Sports at The World Games showcase 'the best of the best' The first day of Air Sports competition at The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland was a huge success, with good flying weather allowing every discipline tocomplete a double session of competition flying. In Canopy Piloting a French parachutist set a new World Games record in Canopy Piloting. Cedric Veiga Rios, 32, flew 196m during the Distance run. It is the furthest anyone has ever flown in Canopy Piloting (Swooping) at the World Games. In Canopy Piloting (Distance) skydivers must pass through a gate at 1.5m above the ground and then travel a minimum of 70m across the Swooping pond. “Then we must go as far as possible,” Cedric said. “I flew for 196 metres.” It was 30m more than anyone else went in the competition today, a result he puts down to training. “I’ve trained hard for this, and it works. You have to do your training, then make it happen in the competition.” In Glider Aerobatics Eugene Schaal (GER) finished the day in the lead after two complete tasks. However, it was only by the thinnest of margins - only four points out of 4,000 separate him from rival Ferenc Toth (HUN). Schaal was relaxed about his position at the top of the points table. Sitting in the shade of the airfield campsite he said he had enjoyed both flights. “I have not looked closely at the scores yet, but obviously the first flight I won, and the second one was not too bad either.” Meanwhile Ferenc Toth was happy too. “There are just a couple of points between me and Eugen Schaal,” he said, “The competition is still hot!” There are two more programmes to run in the Glider Aerobatics, including the spectacular Freestyle round when pilots perform to music with smoke. In Paramotoring, the morning saw two "clean tasks" according to Meet Director Rob Hughes. Those were Slalom with Kicking Sticks, and Slalom with Footballs - the fun-sounding ‘Paramotor Soccer’. In both tasks pilots must complete a slalom course around pylons, before slowing down to complete a low-level precision task. Hughes said: “We had a clean two tasks with few penalties. There are firm favourites like World Champion Alex Mateos, and he was fast.” Alex Mateos himself wasn’t so convinced. “I did not so great, I think I am down,” he said. In fact he won the first task, but scored fourth in the second task. Later in the evening the Paramotor pilots enjoyed more good flying conditions that allowed them to complete another two tasks. After the flying had stopped, Air Sports athletes gathered in a ceremony to mark the opening of the Air Sports part of The World Games. FAI President Frits Brink welcomed the athletes. “We are proud and honoured to contribute to the success of The World Games and to showcase the best of the best in the sky – pilots, skydivers, officials, we all stand for friendship, team spirit and for safety. We call this airmanship.” Air Sports at The World Games continues for two more days of full competition in Wroclaw, Poland – Saturday and Sunday 22-23 July 2017. The air sports events at The World Games will be covered on the FAI social media channels – Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Instagram – as well as with daily reports on the FAI website. Ferenc Toth wins Gold in Glider Aerobatics Wojciech Bogdal wins Gold in Paramotoring Nick Batsch wins Gold in Canopy Piloting Air Sports at The World Games Day 2: ‘Flying to be the best’ Air Sports Set to Shine at The World Games The World Games 2017, 20-23 July - A triumph for air sports! Pilots and skydivers arrive in Poland for The World Games Sixty-six athletes from three air sports to take part in The World Games 2017, 20-23 July CIMA Plenary 2016 news Alex Mateos adds to medal haul with Gold at Popham France dominating at FAI World Paramotor Championships in Popham The sun pops out at Popham FAI World Microlight and Paramotor Championships: 20-27 August 2016	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797994
__label__cc	0.592179	0.407821	A View From the Schoolhouse > Sports / Coaching > To Our Philadelphia Sports Teams – We Need Your Help To Our Philadelphia Sports Teams – We Need Your Help [Update: I’ve started a change.org petition to gather support for this issue. Please take a moment to add your name.] To the owners of the Philadelphia 76ers, Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, Soul, Union and Wings, The kids of Philadelphia are some of your biggest fans. They wear your shirts and hats. They go to your games. They cheer for you. They celebrate with you when you win, and they agonize with you when you lose. And now, the kids need your help. I’m sure that you’ve read about the dire conditions facing the School District of Philadelphia. The schools are facing down $300 million in cuts. Next year, the School District isn’t able to provide any funding for counselors for schools… there isn’t even funding for secretaries, and we all know that school secretaries are the ones who really run the schools. And in that context, the School District has had to de-fund high school athletics. You can help us there. Last year, Philadelphia sports teams had over $800 million in revenues. The entire athletics budget of the School District of Philadelphia was $7.1 million this year. Less than one percent of your revenues would fully fund athletics for the students of Philadelphia. No one needs to tell you how important sports are for kids and schools. You know the joy a community takes in a winning team. You know all the lessons young people learn when they work hard and sacrifice for a team. You know that for so many of our student-athletes, sports are the reason they finish high school. And you know that for so many of our student-athletes, the relationship they have with their coaches are among the most important mentoring relationships in their lives. We cannot lose all that athletics mean to our schools. Our kids are your fans, a couple of our kids will be your future stars, our kids are your city. Fund our student-athletes. They need the chance to play. Science Leadership Academy [Philadelphians and friends of Philadelphia – feel free to add your name as co-signers in the comments.] 11:24 pm Chris Lehmann General Ed, Sports / Coaching athletics, budget, philadelphia 35 thoughts on “To Our Philadelphia Sports Teams – We Need Your Help” Please-we need your help! Sincerely, Holly Shaw-Hollis, a dedicated teacher, student mentor, and technology facilitator of 23 years for the School District of Philadelphia hb says: The logic of profitable professional sports teams and players providing funds for student athletic programs is both reasonable and forward-thinking. It’s an innovative idea that could help so many students in our region. What’s more, this community leadership model is portable. That is, the model could work well here, and could be duplicated in so many other places here the need is great. This is a terrific example of 21st century thinking about both education and community responsibility. I wonder whether a task force of community leaders could get together and begin the process if making this happen. If I can be helpful, count me in. Kelly Willey says: Fabulous idea! Andrew Saltz (@mr_saltz) says: Hey Andrew Bynum! For less than half of the 17 million you made this year, you could fund the entire athletic department. They say that true athlete should contribute on and off the court – why don’t you start with one? Andrew Saltz chrispenny says: This is a great idea! Dear Philly Pro Teams please support this. Jonathan Tyler says: As one who is a product of the district and works with employees of the district I agree with this idea. One per cent of your revenue which you will write off on your taxes, is not asking much. Now is the time for all good teams to come to the aid of the students of Philadelphia. (Some may recognize that last sentence as something that was taught in typing class, something that is no longer offered to our students). Jill Anastasi Scott says: Makes sense to me! Philip Cummings says: dbwalker says: Kids need know that their favorite players and teams support them. Please give! akilahbee says: excellent idea! I am co-signing as Akilah Abdul-Rahman (akilahbee) denise larrabee says: Mike Calderone says: I couldn’t agree more Chris. Consider me a co-signer. Michael J. Calderone, Principal/Phillies & Eagles season ticket holder- I hope they do the right thing and support those who support them. Rabiya Kassam-Adams says: Please consider me a co-signer. Philadelphians make Philly work! Rabiya Kassam-Adams mvoutlaw says: Co-signing: Meeka Outlaw mmreesescott says: I am co-signing as a friend of Philadelphia. Teacher helping teachers who help our students. Ann Leaness says: Great idea! Plus great for building a future fan base 🙂 Row Home Eats says: Zoe Siswick, Counselor and Softball Coach at Science Leadership Academy, proud former School District of Philadelphia student-athlete and die-hard Philadelphia sports fan. Barbara Longo Kilmartin says: One of your biggest fans here…please help. Fran Poodry (@MsPoodry) says: Philly teams, please support the kids who aspire to be like you! Can you imagine not being able to play in HS? Stand up for the future: today’s kids! -Fran Poodry, teacher (formerly in Philly) Karl Fisch says: As a friend of Philadelphia students, I support. Kristen Forbriger says: What is Philadelphia without our sports? Great idea, Chris. Let us know how we can help make it happen. Brad Cheng says: Leave a legacy greater than yourselves! Great idea Chris. Terry Mond says: As an educator and a parent who knows how participation in sports can make a critical difference in the social, emotional, and academic life of a student, I am asking you to please support the children of Philadelphia – some of your fiercest fans! K.R. Luebbert (@teacherinphilly) says: As a Philadelphia sports fan, Phillies season ticket-holder , and a teacher who sees the importance of athletics to my students, I sign on to this effort and urge you to support this! Daniel Varnis says: I’m an 11th grader at Science Leadership Academy. I never really was the one to play sports, but this year I joined the running team… And I love it! I couldn’t imagine how much it hurts a kid when they’re held back from something they love to do. Mary Brehouse says: As a parent of a student athlete and as a teacher I fully support this brilliant suggestion to fund the sports program for the SDP. Sam Reed says: Your request makes a lot of sense. If I recall the public -our tax dollars- financially supported the building of sports stadiums like the “Linc.” The Eagles and other sports teams that benefit from our support and tax dollars should be compelled to not only support our districts sports teams but our academic programs too. TEAM WORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK! Serafet Abazoska says: As a parent of two students from the SDP, I, Serafet Abazoska, fully support this initiative. Philly youth needs support, please help!!! Nicole Son-Culbreth says: This is a wonderful idea and I hope everyone supports this; we need the help of the entire community to win this fight! Nicole Son-Culbreth Teacher, School District of Philadelphia Brian Torres says: Im co-signing as Brian Torres. Im planning on playing baseball next year, so I really need these sports. Anne B says: I’m a fan of Philly sports and Philly’s public schools. This is a wonderful idea and should be supported. Karl Olsen says: The positive impact sports has on our kids as well as your support cannot be underestimated.. Thank you chef lisa lombo- padilla says: Great idea!!! Paying it forward.Consider me a signer. 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__label__wiki	0.698506	0.698506	ubre blanca statue When she had died, Castro had a marble statue of Ubre Blanca erected in her hometown, a stamp was issued in her memory, and the party organ Granma devoted an entire page to her obituary. or. The statue is a tribute to one of the quirkier episodes in the island’s relations with Canada. or. So sue me. Musician/Band. The statue is not of Che or Fidel, but another hero of the revolution—a worker so tireless, so selfless and so extraordinarily productive that she became a symbol of national pride to millions of Cubans, who eagerly followed reports of her latest record-breaking feats. 25 UBRE BLANCA (WHITE UDDER) ... Castro commissioned a marble statue of Ubre Blanca, who was also stuffed and put on permanent display at the National Cattle Health Centre near Havana. Ubre Blanca’s obituary was featured on the front page of the leading Cuban newspaper, which lamented, “She gave her all for the people.” Castro was so distraught by the loss of his miracle cow that he had her body stuffed, tissue samples taken for geneticists, and commissioned a marble statue … Log In. Not Now. She was stuffed and is still put on display in a “climate-controlled” glass stand by the entrance to Cuba's National Center for Animal Health . See more of Ubre Blanca on Facebook. When he asked Ms. Longa, she told him it was part of a statue commissioned by Fidel Castro but never completed because they ran out of bronze. 1,562 people follow this. Log In. Granma, the party newspaper, ran a full obituary. Ubre Blanca's exceptional bovine life came to an end in 1985 when her milk-producing ability dried up. About See All. Create New Account. See more of Ubre Blanca on Facebook. Ubre Blanca was honored by her hometown of Nueva Gerona, which erected a marble statue in memory of the cow. Community See All. 1,503 people like this. www.ubreblanca.com. ...that Ubre Blanca was the name of a cow in Cuba recognized by The Guinness book of Records for holding the world record for milk production in a single day, and is honored by a marble statue in her home town of Nueva Gerona? [5] Poem Since the cow's death, Cuban scientists have unsuccessfully attempted to clone Ubre Blanca using frozen tissue samples. Yeah, I got the idea from an /r/todayilearned post. Create New Account. One of Rosafe’s offspring was Ubre Blanca. Contact Ubre Blanca on Messenger. Forgot account? The head, she explained, belonged to Rosafe Signet, a Holstein purchased from an Ontario farmer along with a few dozen cows. A statue was erected at the entrance to the La Victoria farm in Nuevo Gerona, her hometown on the Isle of Pines. This is the crude history of a country where monuments and statues are erected to famous people, even animals (such as Ubre Blanca), to serve as entertainment, a place of tourist recreation for those who are not interested in knowing or perhaps strive to forget the tragic reality of current Cuba. ... Ubre Blanca, one of the most famous cows of Cuba, was a descendant of the Canadian bull. How To Return To Normal Desktop In Windows 10, Positive Consequences Example, Good Humor Frozen Dessert Bars Strawberry Shortcake Ingredients, Shenmue Cost In Yen, Kona Cafe Vegan Breakfast, ubre blanca statue 2020	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1797998
__label__wiki	0.531818	0.531818	On the Sensory Pleasures of Putting Pen to Paper Submitted by kateburgess on September 2, 2015 - 9:40am By Becky Toyne A few months ago, I lost a pen. A beautiful fountain pen with one of those squeezy ink chambers that you fill from an old-school inkpot. The pen had been a university graduation gift from my parents and I loved it. It fell out of my coat pocket somewhere between where I was going and where I had been, never to be written with again. I scoured the sidewalk and gutter for it the next day, but it was gone. A few weeks ago, I happened upon a short documentary in the National Screen Institute Online Short Film Festival. Ink: Written by Hand features Toronto-based artist Tanja Tiziana sharing her burgeoning love affair with pen, ink and calligraphy as a calm and creative form of expression in a tap-tap-hurry digital age. I watched the film twice, and then, in a fit of back-to-schooly, must-buy-stationery exuberance, I headed out to invest in a replacement pen. Situated down an alleyway in a crafty industrial enclave in Toronto’s east end, WonderPens, which Tiziana visits in Ink, is a pen-and-ink-lover’s dream. More specifically, it is a dream for “pen people” and for “ink people,” for co-owner Jon Chan sees these as two discrete kinds of customer. Cubbies filled with ink pots with intriguing names (Noodler’s Black Swan in Australian Roses, to pick just one at random) line the store’s back wall, pots and tins stuffed with pens of different colours fill a centre table, and a cabinet framing the cash register boasts row upon row of fancier writing tools. Behind the cabinet, a chalk-board wall declares, in the words of Charles Dickens (and in perfect cursive, of course), “There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.” I introduced myself to Jon, and explained that I had seen his store in the movies. Also, that I wanted to buy a pen. I don’t see too many other people whipping out their benibbed implements in business meetings, and so while Jon showed me his wares, I asked him whether he thinks fashion is moving in the fountain pen’s favour these days. Its popularity, he thinks, is on the rise, for reasons of nostalgia, yes, but of practicality too. “I think a lot of people who haven’t used a fountain pen or a pen in a while, they return to it because of nostalgia. But there are studies out there which prove that it helps memory and learning to write with a pen and paper,” he says. “Whether that can ever be replaced, I don’t know, but I do think, personally, that when you’re writing a letter to someone versus writing an email, you really do take the time to think about what you’re doing when you’re putting pen to paper.” He’s right about that. In a slew of articles reacting to the decline of cursive handwriting in schools, experts have suggested there are many benefits to learning and comprehension when we write by hand instead of typing. The act of scratching something down helps commit it to memory. And, similarly, studies have shown that we retain more information when we read on paper than when we read on a screen. With this in mind, is it surprising that while other technological advances move the experience ever further from the analogue original, e-reading strives – with features such as wooden “bookshelves” and page-turn animation complete with soft background swoosh – to replicate as closely as possible the experience of reading a physical book? Ink-on-paper maintains an edge, though try not to give yourself a paper cut on it. For two summers now, stores have been awash with colouring books for grown ups. Colouring socials have cropped up in bars and community spaces. Career moms have picked up their many-coloured pencils in search of some Me Time after work. Articles about why this might be cite the therapeutic nature of unplugging and engaging in a multi-sensory, tactile creative pursuit that doesn’t involve eyeballs pointed at a screen or a vague panic that your battery might soon be dead. At WonderPens, Jon Chan and his wife and co-owner Liz offer a number of pen-and-ink social events and workshops, including free cursive lessons for kids and letter-writing groups for grown-ups, and paid calligraphy instruction. With its combination of nostalgia, creativity and tactility, might calligraphy be to summer 2016 what adult colouring was to the summer just past? I left WonderPens with a cheap, fine-nibbed pen for making editorial squiggles on documents (yes, I still print those), and treated myself to a rather handsome Watermark to replace my fallen-from-the-pocket graduation gift. Back at my desk, I watched the Ink documentary one last time, before switching off my computer, opening up a brand-new notebook, and drafting this column longhand. There was, as Tanja Tiziana says in the documentary, “a slowness” to controlling the flow of ink onto the blank page, and a calmness knowing that it wouldn’t go to sleep if I paused too long before committing to a thought. And though I was writing for work, it felt a little like leisure: the therapeutic pleasure of putting pen to paper. Becky Toyne is a freelance books columnist, editor and literary event publicist. She is the "Should I Read It?" columnist for Day 6 on CBC Radio One, and her writing about books, publishing and Toronto's literary scene has appeared in the Globe & Mail, National Post and Open Book: Toronto. Becky is a regular host and interviewer at literary events including Word on the Street, the International Festival of Authors, and the Toronto Literary Salon, and a freelance publicist for the Writers' Trust of Canada. Find her online at beckytoyne.com or follow her @MsRebeccs. You can find past columns by Becky Toyne in the Open Book Archives. Mon December 8, 2014 Indie author love View more items filed under “Writing Life” in our Open Book Archives. Submitted by chantelguertin on December 8, 2014 - 7:44pm Today I'm featuring Part 1 of a 3-part series where I ask the same questions to three indie authors -- Lydia Laceby, Samantha Stroh and Heather Wardell. These three ladies are all self-publishing success stories, but their stories are quite different. Here's Part 1. Lydia Laceby is the author of Redesigning Rose, which she self-published in June 2013.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798000
__label__cc	0.590229	0.409771	BREWtally Speaking « MIST OF MISERY Release Single Broken Chains From Upcoming EP! STEVEN WILSON: “I’m a Vegetarian Because I Believe Humans Don’t Have Any Right To Eat Animals” » KINGS OF STRINGS: Jared Dines From Rest, Repose! By Wessel \| July 8, 2017 - 8:49 pm \| July 8, 2017 Artist Showcase In this segment we put guitarists and bassists from every metal genre you could imagine in the spotlight! Welcome to the first guitarist that I will talk to you about today from our brand new segment Kings Of Strings, this will be a weekly segment that I will put out for you guys every Saturday. It main purpose will be to put the spotlight on a bassist or guitar player from every metal genre you could think of. Last week was about Eugene Kostyuk from Jinjer, check it out HERE, but this week will be all about Jared Dines! Jared Dines has been widely known for his youtube channel where he uploads his music, Shred Wars, 10 Styles, covers and a lot more. He is a vocalist, drummer, bassist and ofcourse a guitarist. He is one of the best artists around that have the ability to play instruments, sing, shred and be funny at the same time. Talking about Jared you can’t not talk about his sense of humor, he includes it in a lot of his shred wars and 10 Styles a lot yet he can be very serious at the same time. When he is making music for his band Rest, Repose where he plays as the drummer. While listening to this band you will notice that the guy is not just funny but also full with talent. One thing you might not know about is that he was the vocalist for the band ‘Dissimulator’, this touches more on the darker side of metalcore. He fits really well in that genre. He is also a solo artist and he played with some other bands too. This far he has put out an album ,on the 19th of May this year, with Rest, Repose which is self titled. As a solo artist he has released the ‘Dark’ & ‘Light’ EP and he has also put out the full album ‘Slamming Brutal Djent Fist’ which is great but also a little entertaining. Jared doesn’t even stop there, on the 23th of June this year he uploaded the first chapter from his band ‘Keillen Allith’, this is a duo album that goes by the name of ‘Colors Of Grimmx’ which you can find in its entirety HERE. The story behind that album is actually very interesting, find out more about it HERE. This is a duo album between him and a good friend of his called Austin Dickey, he also does a segment called ”The DickeyDines Show” with him on a youtube channel fully dedicated to that. This segment touches more on the funny and maybe even stupid side of Jared & Austin (Linked HERE). Enough introduction on Jared, let’s get more in depth! The song ”Rebuild” needs to be talked about, it is from ‘The Light’ EP. This is part 1 of the 2 parts of the full EP, it consists of a ‘Light’ & ‘Dark’ side. Both parts are intense and really shine on the parts they focus the most on. The ‘Light’ EP is somewhat softer than the ‘Dark’ EP but they are both worth listening to. I really like that he is doing an album like this because I myself really enjoy the dark and brutal side of metal but I also really love the more softer and emotional parts. Check the song out HERE. Jared is the meaning of diverse. He plays every instrument a standard band would need and he reigns at every one of them. I absolutely love his vocals, I think they are raw sounding while sending an emotional vibe. But I prefer him on the guitar, he is capable of playing in so many different bands as well as different genres and doing really good in them. It is impossible to list all the guitars he owns so HERE is a video made by Jared himself quickly walking through the guitars he uses the most. Jared is the guy to check out when you have a wide range of music you listen to. His album ‘Slamming Brutal Djent Fist’ is funny yet amazing and it really shows how much it pays of just to be yourself while doing what you love. His new band Rest, Repose is way different than anything he has ever done. It is him teaming up with some friends to make some metal, isn’t that what most of us want? His latest album ‘Colors Of Grimmx’ also adds something completely different to the table, it is not the metalcore sound or the djent sound we are used to from him but it focuses more on the atmospheric vibe and the brutal vocals that Austin puts out. The whole album is already out, get it HERE! Jared Dines & Austin Dickey The reason to feature Jared is not because of a specific style he uses on the guitar but the overal variety of styles he uses, he is one of the best artists at the moment that have the ability to play such a wide amount of guitar techniques, styles and just play on so many different guitars while maintaining the immense skill he has. To really understand all of this you need to check out all his work, luckily for you I have linked every song/album you need to know about below, check it! This will be it for this week’s Kings Of Strings segment, I hope you enjoyed it and I hope to see you next time! Jared Dines has his own site that is full with merch, ‘Dark’ EP, ‘Light’ EP and his new merch and cd from the album ‘Colors Of Grimmx’, check it out HERE. Tagged 2017, Artist, Colors Of Grimmx, Dark EP, Dissimulator, Jared Dines, Keillen Allith, Kings Of Strings, Light EP, Repose, Rest, Slamming Brutal Djent Fist. Bookmark the permalink. About Wessel Hi there! I am Wessel aka the Flying Dutchman and I am one of the writers from Metalnexus. I mainly listen to metalcore,hardcore and deathcore but I can enjoy pretty much every genre available! I hope you are liking my reviews and I hope to see you soon! 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__label__wiki	0.723398	0.723398	Sensual/Paranormal Contemporaries Sweet Contemporary Christian Historicals Christian Contemporaries YA Historical Paranormal Sensual/ Paranormal Historicals Christian Contemporary Romances When Ethan's prayers for his mother's life go unanswered, he abandons his faith, tossing it out with his mother's Christmas ornaments. The loss of his hope leaves him empty and he begins to shy away from relationships, but when his dog Rufus, a rescue from a shelter, develops a fondness for a woman skating on the frozen lake behind his house, he's annoyed. Not only does he resent her using his pond, he doesn't understand her fear of dogs. Haylie, once an Olympic figure skater, is afraid of more than just Ethan's dog. She lives in constant fear due to threats from a stalker, but one day Ethan's dog chases the danger away, so Haylie decides to try to lose her fear of dogs...But then the stalker's plans expand to include revenge toward Ethan as well. If they are to remain safe and live to see a happily-ever-after, Haylie and Ethan must put aside differences and learn to trust each other. This Christmas season promises to be the most challenging and the most meaningful of their lives. Available at AMAZON. Available at Barnes & Noble. Available at Kobo. Available at Apple. Hoping for Joy From Prism Book Group's "Love Is" Series Hannah stares at the diamond ring on her finger. Her hopes for a wedding fade as Logan puts off the date. Does he love her anymore? Should she hand him the ring and move on? Should Hannah stop praying for a fiancé with no faith? Logan hopes to save his sister from her addiction while helping his father raise his young niece. With his life in turmoil, Logan’s dreams vanish. One night, his sister holds a knife to Hannah’s throat and robs her. Will Hannah forgive him? What will he do with Joy, his sister’s child? Where can he turn for help? Available at AMAZON! Available at Barnes & Noble! 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But Seth begins to suspect the bilked investors have found him—and this time they’re targeting Gabriella as well. Available at AMAZON now! Available at Barnes & Noble! Sea of Hope Winner of EPIC's eBook Award for Best Inspirational After being assaulted in the city, Doria Hanrahan returns to her hometown, jobless, paranoid, and expecting to cash in on her father's fishing trawler. When she discovers the trawler has been willed to Murray Santoro, who cared for her father during his final illness, she is filled with anger and guilt. Desperate for cash she joins the crew of the Merrichase. On the ocean, far from land, she learns Murray is not only a doctor, but suspected of murder and awaiting trial. She cannot comprehend how her father trusted Murray. She suspects Murray coerced her father to change his will. Murray finds Doria a true test of his new faith with her stubborn attitude and lack of trust. As challenges mount on their voyage, he struggles with his Christian principles. He can't assume he has a future and his hope falters. Yet, it is Doria's surprising strength and compassion which inspire him to be a better disciple. Then his past returns and threatens to destroy everything. Buy it now at AMAZON! Heaven's Blue Samantha Lyons, a research scientist, has finally come home to Clam Creek, a sleepy little town on the marsh in New Jersey, but she needs an assistant to complete her mosquito research if she wants to continue living at Field Station Number 37, the first real home she has ever had. When David Halpern drives into town he is out of options. Robbed and on the run, he and his son find sustenance in the basement of Holy Redeemer church and a job offer from Samantha. David assumes he’ll be safe from discovery in the backwater town and accepts the position. Then Samantha discovers David has kidnapped his son. She knows she isn’t likely to get any other help so she aids David in his deception, never suspecting she might lose her heart. A Rush of Light A RUSH OF LIGHT is the story of Callie Turner. When she was sixteen her father was murdered but the crime was never solved. Callie became a cop with a mistrust of lawyers. Due to an accident, she is on a disability leave from her job, and trying to start a new career at her father's old inn. Nick Messina saved Callie's life the day her father was murdered. A devout Christian, but a burned out lawyer, Nick has plenty of reasons not to trust cops. Filling in at his uncle's service station, he is surprised to discover Callie opening up the old inn across the street. Then his uncle is shot outside the same inn where Callie's father was killed years ago. Callie wants justice this time, though she suspects Nick and his uncle may have been involved in some crooked scheme as the shooting appears to be a planned hit. Thinking she can solve the crime, she instead finds herself protecting Nick from danger. Worse than that, she finds herself fighting to protect her heart from Nick. While attracted to Callie, Nick has promised himself that he will never be more than a friend to someone who is not a believer, but as the quest for the perpetrator leads into more danger Nick discovers he has a lot more to learn about faith and Callie learns that when there is no hope left the only way out is prayer. Buy it now at AMAZON! The Keeper's Promise A Finalist in EPIC's eBook Awards Shucker’s Point, New Jersey, never had a murder until now. Jack St. Marie, a well- known research scientist, is missing. Trooper Bryce Johnson believes the worst of Jack’s wife, Evie. In high school, Bryce loved Evie--enough to want to marry her. But that was before he witnessed her phone in a bogus bomb scare. And only two months before Jack disappeared, Bryce saw Evie aiming a gun at her husband. Can he believe in her innocence when her husband’s body is found in a fishing dredge twenty miles out at sea? 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__label__cc	0.638905	0.361095	You are here: Home1 / Obituary2 / Paul R. Tortolani Paul R. Tortolani September 22, 2014 /in Obituary /by perrymcstay Paul R. Tortolani, 86 of Linden Road, Seekonk, passed away on Sunday September 21, 2014 at the Adams House, Fall River. He was the husband of Joan B. (Carroll) Tortolani. Born in Providence, he was the son of the late Ferdinand and Raechel (Vervena) Tortolani. Mr. Tortolani was an property manager and partner of North Lake Associates. He also was a Marine veteran of the Korean War. He attended Bryant University and Tabor Academy. He was a member of the Providence Rotary, Seekonk Lyons, the Toastmasters and the Rhode Island Association of Realtors. Besides his wife he leaves two sons, Michael P. Tortolani and his wife Kerri of Seekonk and Mark V. Tortolani and his wife Joanne of Seekonk, one brother Eugene Tortolani of Barrington and five grandchildren, Matthew, Olivia, Jack, Lauren and Julia. His funeral will be held on Friday at 9:00 AM from the PERRY-MCSTAY FUNERAL HOME, 2555 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Taunton Avenue, Seekonk. Burial will be in Seekonk Cemetery. Calling hours Thursday 4-7. In lieu of flowers contributions to Beacon Hospice, 182 North Main Street, Fall River, Ma. 02720 would be appreciated. /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/perry-mcstay-logo.png 0 0 perrymcstay /wp-content/uploads/2015/03/perry-mcstay-logo.png perrymcstay2014-09-22 20:46:452014-09-22 20:46:45Paul R. Tortolani Conceicao C. Leca Christine M. Sears	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798005
__label__wiki	0.664541	0.664541	Yesterday on BBC TV’s hymn-singing programme Songs of Praise one of the guest artistes was the distinguished opera singer Bryn Terfel. I nearly fell off my seat on hearing the presenter pronounce his name correctly, i.e. as he would himself. Then I realized the reason: the presenter was not some Englishman but Aled Jones, who is also, like Bryn himself, a native speaker of Welsh. The non-Welsh find it difficult to get their heads around the idea that in Welsh spelling the letter f stands for v, not for f (despite the model of English of). So the singer’s surname is properly ˈtɛrvɛl. But most people think it must be ˈtɜːfl. We see the same thing in the name Dafydd, the Welsh for ‘David’. In Welsh it is ˈdavɪð. By some further confusion the English often spell it wrong, too, as Daffyd, which fits better with the mispronunciation ˈdæfɪd. The singer’s first name, Bryn, is fine as brɪn. Strictly speaking, though, in the northern variety of Welsh which he and Aled speak this is a central rather than a front vowel: it is a short lax ɨ rather than a short lax i. Ideally we could represent it as ᵻ, although this symbol is not recognized by the IPA. The Wikipedia page on Welsh phonology writes it ɨ̞. Here is the vowel formant chart from the Wikipedia article, attributed to Martin Ball’s article ‘Phonetics for phonology’ in Welsh Phonology: Selected Readings, ed. M. J. Ball and G. E. Jones, Cardiff, U. of Wales Press, 1984. You will notice that the placement of ɑ (the long open vowel, as in tad ‘father’) looks wildly out of line. I checked the original 1984 article, and I find that it does not contain this diagram although it does give the formant values on which it is based. I can only suppose that the values given for ɑ — 800 Hz for F1 and 1350 Hz for F2, both much higher than one would expect — may be wrong. Harry Campbell 14 December 2009 at 13:14 I find people will always believe the evidence of their eyes over that of their ears. No matter how many times you explain to them that f=[v], they find it absurdly hard to accept. After all it actually says f right there on the page, it can't really be [v], that's a whole different letter. They might be more broadminded about vowels, but f is f, there can't be a different "pronunciation" of such a straightforward consonant. I have often wondered why v fell out of favour -- quite recently in fact, and (according to T Arwyn Watkins in 1993) it is still used in Patagonian Welsh. It's one of the little flaws in the generally true statement that Welsh orthography is blessedly straightforward for the learner. Leo 14 December 2009 at 14:19 What would be the best approximation using non-rhotic, English English phonetics/phonotactics, which is what most BBC announcers will have? ˈtɛəvɛl? The name Terfel is not easy for most of us to get right, because we don't have a trilled [r], are non-rhotic anyway, and would be inclined to reduce or omit the final ɛ, as we do with names like Handel and Mendel. John Wells 14 December 2009 at 14:34 I'd be quite happy with the anglicization ˈtɜːvl. Slightly better: ˈteəvl. SP 14 December 2009 at 14:47 Surely it's easy enough to check the formants? Just start up Praat and say "Praat". I'm still chuckling at the image of you falling off your seat. I note you changed the idiom from 'chair', though for TV it may have been an armchair, and can't help wondering whether it should have been 'off' that you changed to 'out of'. That is the image I find myself chuckling at, anyway. I must say it would have had some such effect on me too, but it's certainly no thanks to the BBC. Why when they get Llandewi Brefi spelt and mostly pronounced OK is the only gay in the village usually Daffyd and pronounced that way? ˈtɜːvl is probably what I would say if I didn't think about it. I've often wondered about how people in Wales pronounce their names (in practice, I mean, not the actual orthographic rules), bearing in mind the two different phonologies - e.g. non-Welsh speakers with Welsh names ("Rhydian"), Welsh-speakers with non-Welsh names ("Jones"), and those with mixed names ("Llunos Childs"). Does it vary according to code-switching, or do Welsh-speakers simply have a combined inventory of sounds which they will deploy in either language? John Maidment 14 December 2009 at 17:07 It looks to me as though the F1 and F2 values for [ɑ] are double what they should be. Harry Campbell: Say "f as in of" and they usually get it. As for the spelling, Welsh makes it too hard to tell when an indeterminate u/v form is a u and when it's a v. Consequently, Middle Welsh spellings like auall 'apple tree' become much more readable as afall. English spelling handles the u/v for you for the most part: generally, an ambiguous letter is v only before a vowel. Consequently, very few English words end in v: Slav and a couple of very recent abbreviations like guv, lav,, and perv are about it, and even the last is often seen with final e, as in love,prove, have. The standard romanization of Sindarin, Tolkien's Welsh-flavored Elvish language, uses f, v in most positions, but ph, f finally, apparently to avoid the "uncouthness" of final v to the anglophone eye. Ph is also used (as in Welsh) to indicate soft mutation of p, and (not as in Welsh, as far as I know) to represent geminated /f/, which generally arises from sound change at a morpheme boundary (Tolkien's example is ephel 'fence' < et-pel. (None of these distinctions are made in the native scripts, only in romanization.) Tonio Green 14 December 2009 at 18:00 I'm the one who created this chart for Wikipedia. I too was bothered by the F2 of [ɑ] (the F2 of [a] looks about right relative to [ɛ]) but that's what the source says, so that's what I put. Paul 14 December 2009 at 20:36 From memory, I think in some of his writing on the topic Martin Ball makes clear he's using IPA characters in a more phonological sense in Welsh and he does mention the fact that the long a is quite front in the NW Welsh he was describing. To me this is part of the problem of the IPA symbols having to bear phonetic and phonological interpretations (combined with the problems inherent in the wikipediaisation of knowledge). People here are assuming a strict phonetic interpretation which is not correct in this case. It's just the sort of problem countless beginning students have with the tradition of using ʌ to represent the STRUT vowel in English. James Dowden 14 December 2009 at 22:01 The amusing thing is that it would jar a lot less to Welsh-speakers if non-rhotic English types went for "terefel" rather than "tỳf(f)l" -- at least inserting an extra syllable would result in its having the right letters in it. But it is the hardest thing about the Welsh language for the English to accept that "f" and not "r" is the weakest consonant in Welsh (e.g. (y)mo(f)yn ("to want"), nesa(f) ("next"), ca(fa)s e(f) ("he got" (if you're from Gwent)), arna(f) i ("upon me")). And come to think of it, it is weird that it's such a basic consonant that is very weak in Welsh. Hi everyone - I'm marooned in the frozen north at the moment (visiting the University of Vermont), but when I get back to Lafayette I will check (if I can find the material!!) those pesky formants. Martin Ball @Paul: It's nothing to do with how we transcribe this vowel. It's that the values given are physiologically just about impossible. In any case, I know that Welsh long a: ("ɑ") is pretty similar in quality to Welsh short a, so would have similar F1 and F2 values. @Martin: Thanks in advance. Sorry, I'd gone for the idea of [ɑ] looking out of place (i.e. fronter than [a]), rather than concentrating on the actual formant values of [ɑ] in this chart, independently of the other vowels. The values for [ɑ] in the chart do tally with Martin's chapter referenced above (it's from Table 9 on page 30 in my edition). Subject A in Table 10.3 (p.137) of Ball & Williams (2001) "Welsh Phonetics" (preface by one J.C. Wells!) has identical formant values except for [i] and [ɪ], which have lower values in the later work. I'm assuming it's the same subject, so perhaps Martin reanalysed the data, or an error crept in somewhere. But in any case the [ɑ] is the same in both texts. Martin and Briony concentrate on a discussion of [i] and [ɨ] but it's clear both from his/their data and the older data they report that /ɑ/ (i.e. the long vowel) can have higher F1 and higher F2 than /a/ (i.e. the short vowel) in north-western varieties. I suppose it should be no surprise that a long vowel is more peripheral than a short one it is related to. My initial impression is that an F1 of 800 Hz is pretty high for a male speaker, but perhaps not impossible. Another thing to note is that the difference between these two open vowels is exaggerated by the Wikipedia chart not having logarithmic axes. If we use an ERB-rate transformation, for example, the difference between the F1 of [a] and [ɑ] here is 0.95, whereas the F1 difference between [e] and [ɛ] (which looks the same on the chart) is 1.12 (18% bigger). Must go back to doing what I should be doing now, rather than interesting stuff like this! Thanks for the post, John. David Marjanović 30 December 2009 at 00:10 Ideally we could represent it as ᵻ, although this symbol is not recognized by the IPA. The Wikipedia page on Welsh phonology writes it ɨ̞. Why not simply ɘ? Incidentally, [ɘ] seems to be the most common realization of the Polish y these days, except where it's [ɛ] as in the 1st person plural verb ending -my. more silly names Rhuddlan deaccenting repeated words Besses and Irlams carols in the cathedral new letters sensation formatting your comments triphthongs, anyone? ’t oughtn’t to be mo dœʁ gus ʁam Vygotsky, Ausubel the Cowell jumped over the moon Eva Sivertsen	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798007
__label__wiki	0.708616	0.708616	The current members of the City Council are: John King, Mayor - At-Large (5/2022) Michelle Larkin, Council Member - East (5/2022) Lin Perry, Council Member - West (5/2023) Belinda Hillhouse, Council Member - West (5/22) Jason Barcak, Council Member - West (5/2021) Richard Coppedge, Mayor Pro-Tem - East (5/21) Denise Wallace, Council Member - East (5/2023) Election and Appointment The City Charter (PDF) provides for a City Council consisting of a mayor and six members. The mayor is elected at large, while three council members are elected each from the east and west wards. The City Council elects a mayor pro-tem to perform the duties of the mayor in the absence or disability of the mayor. The council also appoints members of the various city boards, committees and commissions. The mayor and council members serve three-year terms and must be: Living in the district they represent Qualified voters of the State of Texas Residents of the city for at least 12 months prior to the election John King, Mayor, CMO Jason Barcak, Council Member Lin Perry, Council Member Richard Coppedge, Mayor Pro-tem Belinda Hillhouse, Council Member Michelle Larkin, Council Member Denise Wallace, Council Member a Concern City of Rockdale 505 West Cameron Avenue Rockdale, TX 76567 Hotel Occupancy Tax Online Filing How do I start a business in Rockdale? How do I apply for an itinerant merchant permit? How can I sell products or services to the city? How do I get permission to hold a garage sale? How do I apply to have my property rezoned? How do I apply for a building permit?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798010
__label__wiki	0.666055	0.666055	聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓.gov; Adam Bello, 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Executive My聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Pure Waters Keeping 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Waters Safe The Division of Pure Waters was established by the 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Legislature to implement the Pure Waters Master Plan to reduce the levels of pollution in Irondequoit Bay, the Genesee River, areas of Lake Ontario and other waters of 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 to safe and healthy levels. Pure Waters’ staff manages four geographic districts containing several miles of major interceptor tunnel, two wastewater treatment facilities, pump stations and the sewer collection systems for the Rochester and Gates-Chili-Ogden districts. Collection sewers in the other districts are operated, maintained, and funded by local municipalities. The districts obtain the majority of their revenue from user charges. The 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Legislature, which is also the Pure Waters Administrative Board, oversees the districts, approves contracts, holds public hearings, establishes annual rates and approves Pure Water’s annual operating budget. Pure Waters Program History 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 has always had an abundance of water resources. In addition to many creeks and ponds, Lake Ontario lies directly to the north of the county and Irondequoit Bay is located several miles to the east of the Genesee River, which splits the county. These resources contributed significantly to the initial settlement and continual development of 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 by providing water, power, transportation, and drinking water. Later, as the 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 and the City of Rochester developed, the county’s water resources were also increasingly used for waste disposal. Waterways contaminated with waste causes problems. In the early 1900s, water quality problems at Ontario Beach Park resulted in the development of a comprehensive sewerage system for the City of Rochester. Although there were continuous improvements to the methods of treating and disposing of sanitary sewage, by the 1960s, most of the 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓’s water resources were affected by pollution. The 1960s Bring Change Irondequoit Creek, which flows through picturesque Ellison Park, is a prominent park feature. In the 1960s, Irondequoit Creek frequently became septic as it flowed through the park during the warm summer months. This condition turned the creek gray and killed the fish living in the creek. The smell and appearance of Irondequoit Creek was a major factor in convincing the community that action was needed to restore and protect the waters of 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓. Slater Creek, in the Town of Greece, also helped to draw community awareness to the problem. The creek was receiving effluent from a large sewage treatment plant. Although the treatment plant was removing much of the organic material, detergents passing through the plant unaltered caused the creek to be regularly covered in detergent foam. It was easy for the community to understand the effect of the treatment plant discharge not only on the creek, but also on nearby Lake Ontario. These two factors, along with others, encouraged the community to develop a comprehensive plan to restore the quality of the county’s surface waters and to protect those waters from future pollution problems. In 1964, the 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Board of Supervisors authorized the Comprehensive Sewerage Study of 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓. The study was financed by a $550,000 grant from the New York State Department of Health. The county was divided into four study areas, based on natural drainage basins. A separate engineering firm then studied each area and four quadrant studies were produced. The studies were completed as the basis for the 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Pure Waters Master Plan. Pure Waters Is Established In 1967, the 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Legislature appointed the 15-member 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 Pure Waters Agency. It was composed of engineers, lawyers, businessmen, conservationists, physicians, and public officials. The agency prepared the countywide Pure Waters Master Plan to address the county’s sewerage needs through the year 2020 and also made recommendations for its implementation. The Master Plan report was issued in 1969. The guiding philosophy published in the report was that provision of sewerage is necessary for the continued economic growth of 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 and for the restoration and preservation of 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓’s water resources. To accomplish these goals, the plan recommended the construction of a regional sewage conveyance and treatment system with sewage effluent discharge to Lake Ontario. This would eliminate the burden that existing effluent discharges placed on the creeks and streams in 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓. Suburban System—NWQPWD and IBPWD The Northwest Quadrant and Irondequoit Bay Pure Waters Districts were established in 1968. Work began early in 1970 in both districts. The Northwest Quadrant system began operating in 1973. The system intercepted sewage flowing to nine existing sewage treatment plants eliminating their effluent discharges to the creeks and streams of the northwest part of 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓 as well as to the near shore area of Lake Ontario. To protect the bathing and prime recreational areas of the lake, the discharge for the new Northwest Quadrant Wastewater Treatment Facility was tunneled under the lakeshore to a point about a mile from shore where the sewage effluent would mix well with Lake Ontario. The Irondequoit Bay Pure Waters system began operation in 1976 with the completion of the upgraded Durand-Eastman Wastewater Treatment Facility. The Irondequoit Bay system was constructed to eliminate the most detrimental discharges to Irondequoit Creek and its tributaries first. The last of 14 sewage treatment plants was intercepted in 1987 although most of the plants were intercepted in the 1970s. In addition to the funding provided by the state government for the quadrant studies, both the state and federal governments funded the planning, design, and construction of the comprehensive sewerage system for the suburban areas of 聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓聚彩手机app安卓手机app安卓. The state and federal share of the project cost was approximately 80 percent resulting in a local share of approximately 20 percent. Receipt of state and federal aid for the project allowed the Pure Waters program in implement a comprehensive regional sewer system rapidly at a cost that was affordable for the community. Sewerage planning for the City of Rochester was an important part of the quadrant studies and of the Master Plan. The main problem in the City was a combined sewer system that conveys both storm water and sanitary sewage in a single pipe. Although the system functioned well for the most part, during periods of rain it became overloaded. Overflow points were established in the system to relieve the overloaded condition during rainstorms to prevent sewage from backing up into homes. Most of these overflow points discharged untreated sewage to the Genesee River—although there were also overflows to Irondequoit Bay and the Barge Canal. The City of Rochester was already working on solutions to the overflow problems when the Master Plan was published. It was also developing a plan to upgrade its Durand-Eastman Sewage Treatment Plant (renamed the Frank E. VanLare Wastewater Treatment Facility). The Pure Waters program, working in conjunction with the City of Rochester, formed the Rochester Pure Waters District in 1971 to supervise and finance the construction of the treatment plant upgrade. The district was also to develop and implement a solution to the combined sewer overflow problem. The upgraded plant would additionally serve the Irondequoit Bay Pure Waters District and part of the Town of Henrietta. The plant was upgraded from primary treatment to secondary treatment and completed in 1976. Combined Sewer Overflows ... A Solution During 1972, the staff of the Division of Pure Waters was greatly increased. Personnel were added to the Division for construction management, for operations, and for planning and design work. After becoming responsible for the operation and maintenance of the Rochester sewerage system in the summer of 1972, the division began to assess the problem of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) through a detailed review of the operation of the overflow system and of already completed studies. The Comprehensive Sewerage Study and the Master Plan had generally addressed the problem. Additionally, the City of Rochester had hired the engineering firm of Black & Veatch to prepare a comprehensive report to supplement the Comprehensive Sewerage Study to specifically address the problem of combined sewer overflows. The Black & Veatch report recommended the construction of holding basins for the storage and treatment of combined sewer overflows. The holding basins (open tanks) were to be constructed near the major overflow locations. After completing a detailed review of the system and the existing studies on the combined sewer overflow problem, the Division of Pure Waters decided that additional study was needed. Consulting engineers were hired to study upgrading of the portions of the existing sewer network. The principal concerns of the studies were upgrading the existing system to minimize flooding caused by overloaded sewers and to provide sufficient storage for the volume of runoff, to reduce or eliminate overflows. In a pioneering effort, a reality-approximating mathematical model was used to simulate the behavior of the sewer system allowing the consultants to address in detail the principal concerns of the study. The entire sewer system was modeled and levels of surcharge and overflow were developed for various size storms. This allowed the development and testing of various alternatives. The Benefits of a Tunnel System These studies resulted in the recommendation for the Rochester Pure Waters District to construct a storage/conveyance tunnel system completing the principal planning for the project by the end of 1975. At that time, another local tunnel project (the Cross-Irondequoit Tunnel) was nearing completion—proving the feasibility of tunnel construction through machine mining. The layout of the tunnels was determined primarily by locating the tunnels beneath points of the sewer network that were overloaded, as determined by an existing overflow or by a proposed overflow point identified through analysis of the mathematical model of the existing network. Another result of the studies was a detailed plan for the upgrading of the existing sewer network to minimize flooding. The recommended improvements would improve the system in conjunction with the tunnels. The consultants were able to predict how the upgraded system would operate using the mathematical models. Comparison of the before and after operating conditions in this part of the existing sewer network allowed the consultants and the District to illustrate the benefits of the proposed improvements. An additional benefit of the tunnel storage/conveyance system was the conveyance aspect of the tunnels. This provided immediate relief (less flow and less surcharge) to an old and undersized sewer system. In the event of failure of the antiquated sewer system in the City, sewage could also be conveyed to the treatment facility directly through the tunnel system. Most of the major trunk sewers like the East Side Trunk Sewer were already at least 75 years old. In some areas these trunk sewers had been constructed out of multiple layers of brick and mortar to form a circular conduit. Failure of the Intercepting Trunk Sewer (built as a circular brick conduit under St. Paul Boulevard circa 1915) would require the Division of Pure Waters to find a way of immediately maintaining the normal flow of 75 million gallons per day (mgd). If the flow could not be maintained through the failed section, immediate repair would be necessary. If the failure occurred during the spring, summer or fall, flow rates in the trunk sewer in excess of 300mgd would occur during rainstorms. Construction of new overflow structures at points of overloading in the existing trunk sewer network would also allow the storage tunnels to function as a parallel conveyance system for most of the sewer system. Sewage could be diverted into the tunnels while repairs were made by division personnel or through a publicly bid contract. Tunnel construction would also reduce the impact of the work on the community. Replacement of the combined sewer system with a separate system would have required digging up 75 percent of the streets in the city and would have cost more than twice as much. Improvements to the combined sewer system to provide the same capacity as the tunnel system by conventional trench construction of sewers would also have been extremely disruptive. Tunnel construction of the sewerage improvements limited the areas of the City impacted by the work to only those areas around drop shafts, access shafts, and control structures where surface construction work could not be avoided. Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program (CSOAP) Becomes a Reality The Rochester District began intercepting combined sewer overflows shortly after the Cross-Irondequoit Tunnel began operation in 1977. Overflows to Irondequoit Bay were routed to the tunnel as much as possible to reduce the amount of sewage entering the bay. Construction began on the Genesee River Interceptor Southwest in 1977. For the next twelve years, the District constructed the main elements of two tunnel systems. The Irondequoit Bay system, Phase I, would protect Irondequoit Bay from sewage overflows. The Genesee River system, Phase II, would eliminate regular overflows to the Genesee River. The Irondequoit Bay system was completed and began operation in 1985. The Genesee River system began operation in 1989. Two additional tunnels were added to the system in 1990 and in 1992. Three additional tunnels proposed as part of the Genesee River system may be constructed in the future, if necessary. In addition to the tunnel system, the Rochester District also planned, designed, and constructed Additional Treatment Facilities at the VanLare Wastewater Treatment Facility to rapidly treat the combined sewage collected in the CSOAP system. Improvements to the district’s sewer system were also accomplished through the Best Management Practices program, which removed major bottlenecks in the system allowing more sewage to the conveyed to the treatment facility. The state and federal governments funded the planning, design, and construction of the Combined Sewer Overflow Abatement Program and its associated programs. The state and federal share of the project cost was 87.5 percent resulting in a local share of approximately 12.5 percent. Receipt of state and federal aid for the project allowed the Pure Waters program to implement a sophisticated combined sewer overflow abatement system rapidly at a cost that was affordable for the community. Gates-Chili-Ogden Sewer District (GCOSD) The GCOSD was actually the first county sewer district and was formed in 1956. In 1972, when the staff of the Division of Pure Waters was expanded, operation of the district was integrated with other county districts. Work was already underway to upgrade the existing wastewater treatment facility from primary treatment to secondary treatment as recommended by the Master Plan. Numerous improvements to the sewer system were also undertaken at the same time. The Master Plan improvements in the District were completed in 1976. Improvements in the GCOSD also received approximately 80 percent state and federal aid resulting in a local share of approximately 20 percent. Irondequoit Bay Pure Waters District (IBPWD) The IBPWD was formed in 1974 in accordance with the recommendations of the South Area Quadrant Study and the Pure Waters Master Plan. Improvements for the District consisted new interceptor sewers and pump stations to convey sewage to regional treatment plants then under construction. The Master Plan improvements in the District were completed in 1979. 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__label__cc	0.67488	0.32512	Tag: 上海居家gm After 16 Years of Planning, Stowe Mountain Lodge Will Finally Open its Doors in June \| xqolcxcm After 16 Years of Planning, Stowe Mountain Lodge Will Finally Open its Doors in JuneVermonts Most Highly-Anticipated Resort Hotel to Offer up to 50% Discount for Two Days OnlyStowe, Vt. (April 15, 2008) In June, Destination Hotels & Resorts will welcome their very first guests to stay at Stowe Mountain Lodge, the first true luxury resort hotel experience to open in Vermont in over 50 years. The historic town of Stowe, Vermont has long been known as the “Ski Capital of the East” and the opening of Stowe Mountain Lodge will now affirm this charming vacation destination as the nations preeminent year-round mountain resort experience. A host of activities will be available to visitors all four seasons of the year, and Stowe Mountain Lodges location at the base of two mountains Mt. 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The Lodge will also offer the Vermont artisan-inspired cuisine of Chef Sean Buchanan, one of the states foremost advocates of the farm-to-table movement, in Solstice restaurant and Hourglass bar. In addition, 34 fractionally-owned condominium units will be available for vacation home ownership in the Lodges Front Four Private Residence Club.In celebration of its opening, Stowe Mountain Lodge will offer a special catch-it-while-you-can up to 50% discount to its very first summertime guests. The “First Guest” bed and breakfast package will be available from July 1 to July 31, 2008, and includes luxury overnight accommodations for two and breakfast for two in Solstice restaurant. This special package is available for one-night stays only, and must be booked between 12:01am on April 28 and 11:59pm on April 29, 2008. The rate for the “First Guest” package starts at $299 per night, and does not include tax. (This represents 50% off of regular summertime rates).The new Stowe Mountain Lodge is located at the heart of the lively Spruce Peak at Stowe alpine village in historic Stowe, Vermont. Opening June 2008, the 139-room lodge will offer an exclusive 18-hole mountain golf course created by the legendary Bob Cupp, a luxurious spa, Cooper Wellness at Stowe, Salon Mario Russo, 12,100 square feet of meeting space, the Alpine Concierge® available to anticipate every need, twice-daily housekeeping, 24-hour in-room dining and artisan-inspired cuisine. The lodge also will offer highly-customized services and personalized in-room amenities. read more Posted in xqolcxcm Tagged gzs安全吗, 上海夜网XA, 上海居家gm, 上海高端外卖私人工作室, 南京dz论坛, 品茶微信群, 夜上海论坛BZ, 娱乐地图yldt8, 最新上海419龙凤, 爱上海PQ, 逍遥游全国信息, 高端外围和普通的有什么不同 Leave a comment Trustees face ‘onerous’ burden ahead of Ireland’s IORP II implementation “Trustees are expected to meet regulations, understand their duties and discharge them with reference to the various frameworks – that’s going to require a lot of written policies,” she said. Ireland’s pension trustees face an “onerous” compliance burden to prepare for IORP II’s implementation in January, according to consultants and regulators.The Pensions Authority, Ireland’s regulator, published guidance for trustees earlier this week detailing the new requirements that the EU rules will bring in. The Irish government has yet to publish its plan for integrating IORP II into local law.The new rules include “fit and proper” tests for trustees, written policies on key areas of risk management and outsourced services, and minimum standards for communication with members.However, Ireland’s comparatively small pensions sector could find it difficult to meet IORP II’s “quite onerous standards” in the three months left before the law comes into force, said Roma Burke, partner and actuary at LCP in Ireland. Roma Burke, LCP“It reminds me of GDPR, where there was a rush to get things done.“This is a significant enhancement of the regime that sets people up on a higher level and needs a one-off significant effort.”Ireland’s relatively small population – at 4.8m it is the 20th biggest out of the 28 EU member states – meant schemes tended to be smaller and less well resourced, Burke added.“This will probably go above and beyond what most trustees are used to, and we’d expect significant costs for trustees to comply,” she said.Colum Walsh, deputy head of compliance at the Pensions Authority, added: “Larger schemes are doing it all already, but it is the smaller schemes where trustees have a lot more challenges. A lot of it is very, very new.”“The game has shifted, from needing a broad understanding of governance, to requirements enforced through legislation”Colum Walsh, Pensions AuthorityThe Pensions Authority’s existing guidelines for defined contribution (DC) funds are mostly voluntary and do not carry punishments for non-compliance. Current trustee standards set “quite a low bar”, Burke added, ruling out only people who have been declared bankrupt, convicted of fraud, or barred from being company directors.“Now we’re moving to an environment where there are fit and proper requirements,” she said. “Trustees will have to look at themselves and their colleagues and make sure they are fit and proper and manage that on an ongoing basis.”Smaller schemesWalsh told IPE that the smallest schemes could be exempt from the rules – but this would depend on how the government implements IORP II.Article 5 of IORP II allows for member states to exempt schemes with 100 members or fewer from the most onerous of requirements. Ireland chose this option when implementing the first IORP directive in 2003.“The industry has the same expectation this time round but we can’t say for certain,” Walsh said.The regulator recently launched a consultation on the future regulation of DC schemes with a view to encouraging consolidation – and Walsh said the increasing regulatory burden was one reason for this move.He added: “A number of [schemes] are doing well but they haven’t engaged on this level before. For schemes that haven’t looked under their own bonnets at how to mitigate risk, that’s going to be a shift.”The regulator Leinster House, home of Ireland’s parliamentWalsh also highlighted the challenges facing the Pensions Authority as it prepared to enforce the new rules.“We’ve probably been more reactive in the past, which is reflective of our legislation,” he said. “The enhanced expectations on trustees and evolving regulations lead to higher expectations.”Ireland’s pensions regulation was “principles based” prior to IORP II, Walsh added. While the details of the changes depended to some extent on how the government fitted IORP II into legislation, he emphasised that “the game has shifted, from [needing] a broad understanding of governance, to requirements enforced through legislation”.The Irish government has stated that it would implement IORP II as part of its ambitious overhaul of the pension system. read more Posted in ndajqfbz Tagged 上海夜网LJ, 上海居家gm, 上海干磨是怎么个流程, 上海贵族宝贝自荐区, 夜上海论坛GR, 夜上海论坛QK, 成都高端商务模特经纪人微信, 爱上海PN, 爱上海XN, 爱北京验证阿拉爱上海, 苏州微信喝茶上课群, 郑州喝茶服务微信 Leave a comment	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798037
__label__wiki	0.920564	0.920564	AP source: Broncos waiving injured QB Joe Flacco NFL Headlines Falcons name Saints' Fontenot as GM Thomas to be first female Super Bowl ref Ravens release 3-time Pro Bowl RB Ingram Florida facility plans alternate combine Holmes wasn't on Lions' original GM list Mahomes remains in concussion protocol Bieniemy among 4 interviewed by Texans Bucs' Vea may return for NFC title game OC Daboll likely staying with Bills (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File) By ARNIE STAPLETON ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Another veteran NFL quarterback is hitting the open market. The Denver Broncos are waiving Joe Flacco with a failed physical designation, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team didn't announce the decision. Flacco went 2-6 as Denver's starter last season before a neck injury ended his season. He was eventually replaced by rookie Drew Lock, who went 4-1 down the stretch and was named the incumbent in 2020. This week the Broncos agreed to a two-year, $5 million contract with free agent Jeff Driskel, who will back up Lock. The move to cut ties with Flacco comes with a $13 million cap hit for the Broncos in 2020, but it frees up $10 million to spend in free agency. The MVP of Super Bowl 47 while with the Baltimore Ravens, Flacco has missed large chunks of the past two seasons with injures, playing in nine games in 2018 in Baltimore and eight in 2019. Last season he threw for just six touchdowns with five interceptions and he was sacked a whopping 26 times in his eight starts. After the season ended, Flacco said he was optimistic he'd be medically cleared to continue his career and was open to a backup job if it came to that. "I'm probably a little bit more worried about other things at this point," Flacco said on Dec. 30. "If that's what it has to be, then, I want to play football ... whether it's here or wherever, if that's what it's going to take for me to get back in and start playing again, then yeah, I'll go that route." Flacco said at the time he felt good enough to throw the football but "the question is, when got hit or something like that, how I would hold up? The answer is probably not good at this point." Flacco said at the time he wasn't sure if he'd need surgery and would get periodic MRIs in the offseason. Coach Vic Fangio said at the NFL scouting combine last month that Flacco hadn't been medically cleared. Providing he eventually can pass a physical, Flacco joins a Who's Who of quarterbacks available to the highest bidder, a list topped by Tom Brady, who's leaving New England after 20 years for Tampa Bay. Other QBs on the move include: Teddy Bridgewater (from New Orleans to Carolina), Philip Rivers (from L.A. Chargers to Indianapolis), Case Keenum (from Washington to Cleveland), Chase Daniel (from Chicago to Detroit) and Marcus Mariota (from Tennessee to Las Vegas). Also available are: Cam Newton (by way of trade), Jameis Winston, Josh McCown, Blake Bortles and Mike Glennon, among others. Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP-NFL	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798044
__label__wiki	0.675637	0.675637	Events and Comments Research and Discussion Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 10:27 (GMT+7) Tuesday, June 12, 2018, 08:51 (GMT+7) Following Uncle Ho’s teachings: Motivation for the Military Logistic Corps to fulfill its missions successfully The emulation movement “the Military Logistic Corps (MLC) Follows Uncle Ho’s Teachings” represents a vivid, clear manifestation of studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s thought, ethics and lifestyle in the whole corps. At the same time, it is a step to concretize the “Determination to Win” emulation movement launched by the MLC in recent years. When President Ho Chi Minh was still alive, he used to pay attention to building the people’s armed forces, including the MLC. He paid a number of visits to and wrote letters to instruct and encourage the MLC officers and soldiers to successfully complete their assigned tasks. His instructions have become mottos, slogans and themes of many emulation movements, providing a powerful impetus to overcome difficulties, hardships and sacrifice to achieve glorious victories in the revolutionary cause of our Party and people. In order to maintain and bring into play that fine tradition under the new conditions, the Ministry of National Defence (MND) issued the Directive 214-CT/BQP on launching the emulation movement “the Military Logistic Corps follows Uncle Ho’s teachings” on 14 March 1995. Being thoroughly imbued with President Ho Chi Minh’s teachings “Emulation is patriotism, patriotism requires emulation” and with the deepest respect for him, the emulation movement “the Military Logistic Corps follows Uncle Ho’s teachings” has drawn great attention of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the MND and party executive committees and commanders at all levels, and been carried out strictly. Perceiving political significance of the movement, given its function as an advisory, leading organ, the General Logistics Department (GLD) has followed closely the goals of the “Determination to Win” emulation movement and requirements of military and defence missions to turn them into the corps’ practical actions, including “one focus, three breakthroughs” and “five goods,” laying the foundation for specialized logistic branches and units to further concretize into plans and programs of action. Grounded on the emulation movement “the Military Logistic Corps follows Uncle Ho’s teachings,” specialized emulation movements and logistic competition have been promoted in the whole military. The most prominent ones include “Establishment of Good Catering Units, Good Management of Military Supplies” of the Military Supplies; “Military Medical Soldiers Follow Uncle Ho’s Teachings” and “Building Five-Good Military Medical Units” of the Military Medicine; “Building and Running Barracks of Good Order and Discipline, Greenness, Cleanness, Beauty,” “Managing and Using Fuels in a Safe, Economical and Effective Way,” “Building Regular, Safe, Effective Transport Units” of the Accommodation, Fuel and Transport, and so on. During the implementation process, logistic organizations at various levels have advised executive party committees, commanders and emulation movement steering boards to actively renew content, forms and methods for execution; focus on vital tasks; overcome shortcomings; and improve quality of logistic support. At the same time, importance has been attached to inspection, preliminary summing-up and review; to cultivating exemplars of success; to multiplying prominent examples; and so forth. The corps, in particular, has closely associated the emulation movement “the Military Logistic Corps Follows Uncle Ho’s Teaching” with realizing the goals of Resolution 623-NQ/QUTW of the CMC on “military logistics through 2020 and beyond” and directives 03-CT/TW and 05-CT/TW of the Politburo (11th and 12th tenures), considering this as its key task while studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s thought, ethics and lifestyle. Thanks to sound guidance and proper, creative leadership and execution, the emulation movement “the Military Logistic Corps Follows Uncle Ho’s Teachings” has developed ceaselessly in both depth and width; become active, effervescent revolutionary actions of not only the corps but all of officers and soldiers; and provided a powerful spiritual impetus to the corps’ successful implementation of assigned missions. Meanwhile, it has encouraged and created a favourable environment for logistic officers and soldiers to self-improve and promote their comprehensive capacity while making a corps of logistic officers and personnel with both talents and good virtues and logistic units and the Military Logistic Corps comprehensive strong. In recent years, organisation and staffing of logistic organisations and units at all levels have been strengthened; working styles and logistic regimes from organisations to units have been disciplined; sense of responsibility and service of logistic officers and personnel have been enhanced; and the corps’ logistic support activities have been renewed, focused on units at grass-roots level, and become increasingly practical and effective. Realising “three breakthroughs” and “five goods,” the corps has successfully fulfilled many fundamental goals and missions, overcome shortcomings and weaknesses, made comprehensive, firm changes, and brought about a great leap in logistic work. The corps, in particular, has well performed its advisory role in logistic work, especially at operational and strategic levels; invested a great deal of effort in building logistic capabilities and posture in each area and nationwide; adjusted the amount of logistics dedicated to combat readiness at all levels; and reformed and perfected modes of logistic support in accordance with market mechanism. The quality and effectiveness of logistic work have been continually enhanced, ensuring timely, sufficient logistics for combat readiness and contingencies, especially for units working in key areas, border areas, at sea and on islands, and so on. “Adequate logistics results in a strong army. The logistic branch has to be determined to provide soldiers with rations and weapons.” Soldiers can only triumph over the enemies when they are well-fed and cared for.” Having been imbued with Uncle Ho’s teachings, the Military Supplies has launched and executed successfully the emulation movement “Establishment of Good Catering Units, Good Management of Military Supplies”; actively renewed modes of logistic support according to new mechanisms; and properly devolved and promoted inspection while encouraging bid for production, procurement and source generation. At the same time, it has invested a great deal of effort in researching, developing and installing mechanical steam ovens in units; developed and carried out a project to socialize soldiers’ mess, making a great breakthrough in logistic support. Clothing support for soldiers has witnessed major advances, which is consonant with weather conditions and specific characteristics of each service and arm, satisfies requirements for future operations, thereby making important contributions to building a regular military, and so forth. The emulation movement has urged the whole military to heighten the sense of self-reliance and resilience, step up growing crops and animal farming, improve soldiers’ standard of living, and further deepen our military’s function as “an army for work” in the new era. The whole military has been basically self-sufficient in vegetables, meat and fish so far, contributing to improving soldiers’ standard of living, stabilizing market price, and promoting economic development in stationing areas. The emulation movement gives momentum to encourage the Military Medicine to fulfill its mission of providing medical care to soldiers and people. Medical ethics of military doctors and capacity of military hospitals at various levels, especially those at grass-roots level, have been promoted. Prevention and control of epidemic emergencies have gained positive achievements, which successfully prevented the outbreak of epidemics. In addition, military medicine at all levels has well realized the policy of civil-military medicine; and provide free diagnosis and treatment of various diseases to millions of people annually, making important contribution to addressing urgent matters in medical care, especially in remote, border areas and on islands, and fostering close civil-military relation and strong people’s hearts and minds posture. Through the emulation movement, the Military Housing has also got good results. In the context of shortage of budget and facilities, the emulation movement has encouraged organisations and units to bring into play their sense of self-reliance and resilience to proactively consolidate barracks and implement well many programs, including the building of new accommodation to replace seriously deteriorated one, construction of water supply work, hot water bath, draught shielding, improvement of low voltage network, yard, internal lanes, and so on. Most of military units have possessed spacious, regular, green, clean, and nice barracks so far. Soldiers’ standard of living has become increasingly better. The emulation movement “the Military Logistic Corps Follows Uncle Ho’s Teachings” have been a catalyst for units’ successful completion of logistic tasks, meeting units’ requirements in any situations. Being imbued with Uncle Ho’s teaching, logistic personnel has to be prime examples of diligence, thrift, integrity, and uprightness. The movement has been a catalyst for change in the management and use of logistic supplies and facilities, thrift practice and wastefulness combat. Apart from strictly complying with logistic regimes and principles, logistic organisations at all levels have executed synchronous measures to practise thrift and combat corruption and wastefulness in logistic work, which creates all-pervasive influence and becomes a widespread movement in the whole military. Every year, the Military Logistic Corps saves a great amount of material and goods worth about hundreds of billions Vietnamese Dong, making practical contribution to improving the use of defence budget and providing additional logistics to units. On the basis of experience and recorded achievements, the Military Logistic Corps will continue to grasp and implement well the Directive 98/CT-BQP, dated 10 December 2016, of the Ministry of National Defence on continuing to step up the emulation movement “the Military Logistic Corps Follows Uncle Ho’s Teachings” by practical, concrete deeds, bringing the movement to a new height in the direction of “intrinsic innovation, increased effectiveness, sustainable quality.” More importantly, it is necessary to concentrate on successfully realising “one focus, three breakthroughs,” “five goods,” and thoroughly deal with shortcomings and weaknesses, giving momentum to further improve the quality and effectiveness of logistic work, contributing to successfully completing every assigned mission. Major General Tran Duy Giang, Commander of the General Logistic Department Military Logistic Corps,Uncle Ho,Patriotic Emulation,Determined to Win Your Comment (0) Artillery Corps in the Dien Bien Phu Campaign - lessons for today After 56 days of fighting, the VPA’s fledgling Artillery Corps accomplished successfully its mission to suppress and destroy the enemy’s artillery sites, controlled the airfields, destroy its headquarters and installations, disrupt logistic lines of communication, and effectively support the infantry to surround and destroy every fortification and the whole fortified complex of Dien Bien Phu, making important contribution to a world-shaking victory The Infantry Division 324 focuses on building comprehensively strong units Preventing the manifestations of “Self-evolution” and “self-transformation” in the Military today Solutions to improve technical capabilities for defence operations at coastal provinces and cities Basic rules for maritime delimitation and Vietnam’s stance Governing, leading role of the Communist Party of Viet Nam: Achievements and vision Issues on banning nuclear weapons and preventing radiation and nuclear incidents The Military Region 5’s armed forces in the vanguard of natural disaster prevention and control Division 320 improves its overall quality and combat strength Registered at Ministry of Information and Communications No. 389/GP-BTTTT 01-02-2013. Editor-in-chief: Major General Do Hong Lam, Ph.D. Deputy Editors-in-chief: Senior Colonel Nguyen Van Bay, Ph.D., Senior Colonel Ta Quang Chuyen, M.A., Senior Colonel Do Hai Au, M.A., Senior Colonel Nguyen Manh Tuan, M.A. Copyright © National Defence Journal 2013. All rights reserved Add: 38A Ly Nam De str – Hoan Kiem dist – Ha Noi Tel: (84) 38.457.044 – Fax: (84) 37.479.956 - Email: quocphongtoandan@viettel.vn	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798048
__label__wiki	0.923744	0.923744	Taylor Kitsch: “I would do John Carter again tomorrow.” March 25, 2012 Michael Sellers John Carter News From EW.com It is an old Hollywood maxim that everyone flees from failure. When a big movie bellyflops at the box office — like John Carter, which has pulled in a cringe-inducing $62 million in the U.S. in its first three weekends, barely a fourth of the film’s $250 million budget — usually everyone involved tries to get as much distance as they can from the film, as quickly as they can get it. Everyone’s hoping to salvage not only their careers, but their psyches as well, especially when that much blood, sweat, and treasure has been invested in a passion project that’s become a media punching bag. Apparently, no one told Taylor Kitsch this is how he’s supposed to behave. When EW caught up with the actor a few hours before he was embarking on his global press tour for Battleship— his second effects-laden big budget studio picture this year — the 30-year-old actor said he had “absolutely no regrets” about his first big screen starring role. “I would do John Carteragain tomorrow,” he says forthrightly. “I’m very proud of John Carter. Box office doesn’t validate me as a person, or as an actor. Read the entire article at EW.com Sci-fi Pulse: Was John Carter the Worst Marketed Movie Ever John Carter News – March 26, 2012 Theres too many question marks with the marketing of the movie that go hand in hand with the way Disney treated John Carter after release with it’s “flop speculation”. I’m not a conspiracy theory believer but if Disney doesn’t answer the questions fans have asked and have the right to know, I prefer to believe there’s some rich old white guy(I’m white so not a racist comment) who had a hand in the most illogical marketing campaign and train of un-earned bad press I’ve ever seen. More to the story as the pre-written letter to send on this site states very well. Robert Litchfield says: Typical, Thats whats wrong with Hollywood and the press. Tell people how to think or act after they print or say like their opinion is the word of God. Taylor Kitsch is right to feel proud of his work and the film crew. Who are these people what right have they got to tell an actor how he should act to their tune. If we listen to these type of people there would be no creativity, just reality pograms like Big Brother Or X factor. Critics Are AND Always will Be Has Beens And Bitter People who failed where others succeeded. Taylor was a professional hockey player before he blew out his knee and got into acting, so he’s not just some shallow Hollywood pretty-boy. He’s got that sports mentality — you win or lose as a team. You stick by your mates. Especially hockey players — theyre super competitive, but not whiners. The dude is not all wrapped up in the glitter. He’s got class. (and, by the way, makes a great John Carter) But everybody’s who calling this film a super flop should realize that the game is not over yet. The final score on this film — and the entire cast and crew — has not yet been tallied. You dont just quit before the final buzzer. Let’s see what time will tell about this movie. Sometimes reputations build slowly. Dotar Sojat says: @Judy….Thanks for your comment. Well … the math is that Disney spent 250m to produce the film and $100m to market it, so — $350. Their share of the $234m is about 50% (it’s more complicated than that — but that’s generally how it works out). So they are at $117m in Revenue and $350 in costs. It will end up at, say, $260m BOG, so that’s $130m to disney, plus say another 50-100 net for other revenue streams (DVD/Blu-Ray, Cable, TV, etc) against $350 cost. The 200m seems high, and premature — but it’s definitely a losing proposition. The other aspect that is probably driving it up is the Hollywood accounting factor. For the BOG to date ($234) you have to first cut it in half to get Disney’s share, but then Disney will probably pay itself 30% of that as a distribution “fee” (as if it’s a 3rd party cost, even though it’s not) — i.e. “Buena Vista Distribution” gets 30%, then Walt Disney Studios, the owner of the film, gets what’s left after that and that is what is applied against the cost. It’s a very big can of worms but what’s interesting is that in other cases, studios use all of this to basically obscure how much they lost on a given film, figuring it’s better for them and the film to do so. (There’s also a thing called “Income Forecast Method of Accounting” which allows them to defer expense and further manipulate the bottom line in whatever direction they choose.) In this case, Disney seems to have been intent on making it look as bad as possible as early as possible — and there are plenty of theories as to why. The one that involves the least “conspiracy” thinking is just that they wanted to take the hit now so that when their official quarterly reporting comes out it won’t be quite as bad as they projected–they will “beat expectations” and that’s a win for them in terms of stock price. I don’t get the math on this one. According to the news, Disney announced a 200 million dollar loss with John Carter. The movie cost 250 million to make. According to http://thejohncarterfiles.com/2012/03/john-carter-now-at-234m-global-gross/ the current global gross is $234. How could Disney announce a loss 200 million when the figure states to my eyes that they are only down 16 million? Dear Mr Kitsch, you’re great in the film and I’m sure you’re aware by now how many people have loved JC and stand by it. Thank you so much for being a true actor, someone who loves his profession and his roles and don’t just want to be successful, rich and popular. Really hope you’ll be “our” John Carter again in the sequels (and waiting for Battleship too!). 062241 says: Thank you Taylor Kitsch for not dumping on the film like Disney did. Martian Jellybob says: Dear Disney Chappies & Chappessesess! JC is one of the best done fantasy films ever & certainly of the last decade. Andrew Stanton has shown to be the prefect talent for such tales, & the actors owned the characters. In order to make an untouchable billion ++++ dollars, you should make a 200 mill sequel as soon as poss, with a forty mill. marketing budget, giving you the equivalent product of a 140 mill film. One of the benefits of making a top fantasy film is that the optimum marketing is way less expensive. For three weeks before the next sequel opens, & for approx. six weeks while it plays, spend all your marketing on attractive fantasy posters in magazines, newspapers or in subtle exterior hangings. Don’t bother with expensive t.v. spots and the like at all, you are throwing your money away, same for big huge building sized posters – that’s not how you gonna reach your audience. It’s not that ‘part’ of your JC fantasy audience is seperate from movie blockbuster audience, it’s just you won’t reach that part of your audience doing it like say you might for an super-hero film or even a more action centric Genre of fantasy as opposed to an adventure Fantasy ( or old school sci-fi if one wants ) which is the actual Genre of the John Carter film. If the films remain good, & the Andrew Stanton same crewed future films obviously would be, then you will have an on going untouchable billion dollar franchise & dvd/blu-ray sales will take off. All the best & thanks for a great film, have a red jello on me. It is so refreshing to see Taylor Kitsch react to all the criticism surrounding John Carter with such humbleness and grace. His portrayal of John Carter was excellent…the movie itself amazing…As an ERB fan…I have “NO REGRETS” with Taylor’s performance. He has the right stuff to have a long successful career ahead of him…..	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798055
__label__wiki	0.822899	0.822899	Alphapointe News KCATA & Alphapointe Partner on New Transit App for Visually Impaired by Alphapointe 28 October, 2020 0 comments The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA), in partnership with Alphapointe and Sensible Innovation, has developed a wayfinding app to help blind and visually impaired transit customers use transit more safely and accurately. It is the first application of its kind to be applied to an entire transit corridor in the United States. The RideKC Navigator mobile app is a custom platform to help individuals with vision impairment or blindness navigate select transit stops. Anyone can download the free RideKC Navigator app on their mobile device (iOS and Android) to receive location-specific audio instructions to help navigate 51 bus stops, East Village Transit Center, 75th Street Transit Center and 31 intersections in Kansas City, MO. The project, which was developed as part of KCATA’s Prospect MAX Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) 10-mile corridor project runs from the 75th and Prospect Transit Center at Alphapointe, north on Prospect to 12th Street, and west along 12th Street into downtown Kansas City. “Our partnership with Alphapointe was critical to the testing and deployment of RideKC Navigator,” said Robbie Makinen, KCATA president and CEO. “Our visually impaired experts at Alphapointe navigate the real world on a daily basis. Their help in orientation and mobility instructions, testing and tutorials was invaluable.” Alphapointe is the largest employer of blind and visually impaired people in Missouri, and one of the largest in the nation, according to Reinhard Mabry, president and CEO of Alphapointe. “This app will open up the community to people who are blind,” Mabry said. “It will prepare people who have visual impairment to navigate spaces and areas of the community that they may not have been comfortable with previously because they didn’t know enough about their surroundings.” “To have this app in Kansas City is an incredible, innovative experience,” said Alphapointe Alphapointe adaptive technology instructor Jim Fettgather, who is visually impaired and assisted with development and testing. Key points along the Prospect MAX route include East Village Transit Center at 12th & Charlotte with connections to multiple bus routes, Independence plaza, ReDiscover Crisis Center, East Patrol Division Station, Linwood Shopping Center, Research Medical Center and 75th Street Transit Center at Alphapointe. Tags: alphapointe, app, blind, KCATA, RideKC, transportation, vision Alphapointe Team Members Celebrate Spirit Week Alphapointe Is Proud to Support Veterans & Military Personnel Written by Alphapointe	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798083
__label__wiki	0.642047	0.642047	Amazing Scribbles Magazine Exclusive Children’s Edutainment Magazine Amazing Scribbles Tag: cities Garden city of India Known as both the "Garden City" and "The Silicon Valley of India," Bangalore is a geek's heaven, gloating the most noteworthy grouping of IT organizations in the nation. When you're set geeing out, there are a lot of greenhouses, exhibition halls, characteristic components, castles and sanctuaries to fill your move card. Hi, I am Ahmedabad! India's First World Heritage City, Ahmedabad's nomination as a city exemplifying 'living heritage' was unanimously supported by at least 20 countries. Let's get to know the story of Ahmedabad. The City of Dreams- Mumbai 'The City that never Sleeps', 'The City of Dreams' and 'The City of Seven Islands' are only a couple of the designations used to portray the great city of Mumbai. This capital city of Maharashtra and monetary capital of India is multi-dimensional and gives a great deal of intriguing encounters. Prodigious Vancouver In its 150 years, Vancouver has developed into a cosmopolitan city settled in nature. Appreciate the snow-topped mountains, waterfront woods, cityside shorelines, Olympic history and the world's most astounding suspension connect. With its beautiful perspectives, gentle atmosphere, and agreeable people, Vancouver is referred to the world over as both a well-known vacation destination and one of the best places to live. Cultural Capital of India- Kolkata Named as the 'City of Joy', the 'Social capital of India', Kolkata is a city with character and remainders of British Raj unmistakable in its Victorian style design, cable cars and the classification of the place. BONJOUR LYON Telling a vital spot at the juncture of the Rhône and the Saône Rivers, Lyon has been tricking individuals as far back as the Romans named it Lugdunum in 43 BC. Business, mechanical and managing an account powerhouse for as long as 500 years, Lyon is France's third biggest city and offers today's urban travelers an abundance of tempting encounters. Child Authors Great Cities Movies and Masti Poetria Young Authors Is Man More Powerful Than Nature? The Holocaust – The unfading and spiteful memory from the World War 2 !! Hey there! My name is Baxter and I am a Robot. INCUBATED AT	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798084
__label__wiki	0.697308	0.697308	Coolest Blog Coolest Blog talks about entertainment, fashion, hi tech, movie, music and video. Keep you updated on the latest news and keep staying cool Sony presents the new Google TV By: Charlotte In: ENTERTAINMENT, HI TECH Tagged: google, google tv, sony Sony and Google will try again: the new version of Google TV will see the light at the end of next month, while preorders are just starting. Entering in the world of television is not an easy thing. Wow audiences accustomed to the tube, put the screen in the living room content from a cross the Internet, it would seem the most natural example of digital convergence in the world. Wrong: the hybrid internet-tv is a complex creature to which the viewer still runs away. The project partners are well aware of Google TV, Logitech in the head, chasing the chimera that has left 100 million dollars. But Sony, despite a first attempt went wrong, we still believe. In July, it will light the Sony NSZ-GS7 Internet TV Player with Google, the final version of the prototype unveiled for the first time by the Japanese in January at CES 2012. The small set-top box will cost $ 199, connected to the TV at home will enable the search of video content in traditional broadcasting and Internet streaming, plus access to the endless world of the Google App Store Play in common with the operating system for smartphones Android. Compared to the first version of the interface has been simplified – Google said it had learned from their mistakes – and, despite the departure of Logitech, the ship went up in Mountain View Other partners like LG and Samsung, already a market leader together with Sony. And Sony has made in the unique design of the remote control, crucial characteristic that can determine the success or failure of the product: the choice of the Japanese on the back incorporates a full QWERTY keyboard and backlit controls on the front of the classics plus a large touchpad. Are placed inside a three-axis motion sensor and a universal Bluetooth module to control all compatible devices in the room. The day U.S. launch has been fixed for July 22, with preorders already open from June 25 on the website of the product, while there are already plans, but less precise, the output of the Internet player outside the U.S.: United Kingdom back in July, other countries such as Brazil and Mexico further, Italy is not received. Previous Post: Tom Cruise new Movie: “Jack Reacher” Next Post: New Nintendo 3DS XL − 3 = two Suggested by Google Adsense Lady Gaga for Vogue HI TECH (64) 007 Apple apple iphone batman brad pitt daniel craig disney eminem fashion ferrari galaxy google honda hot ipad ipad mini iphone Iphone 5 iphone 6 james bond johnny depp Lady Gaga london London Olympic Games madonna mick jagger microsoft movie music new album new iphone perfume Pixar pop pop music robbie williams samsung samsung galaxy s3 Sexy skyfall smartphone spiderman star The XXX Olympic Games videogame	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798098
__label__wiki	0.725166	0.725166	BOP Blogs Awards/Nominations for Syriana Runner-Up: Dallas Fort Worth Critics, Best Picture Runner-Up: National Board of Review, Best Picture Runner-Up: Southeastern Film Critics Association, Best Picture Runner-Up: BOP's Calvin Awards, Best Director Runner-Up: BOP's Calvin Awards, Best Actor Win: Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Supporting Actor Win: Golden Globes, Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up: Screen Actors' Guild, Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up: Southeastern Film Critics Association, Best Supporting Actor Runner-Up: BOP's Calvin Awards, Best Cast Win: Boston Film Critics, Best Cast Runner-Up: Broadcast Film Critics Association, Best Cast Runner-Up: Academy Awards, Best Original Screenplay Runner-Up: BOP's Calvin Awards, Best Screenplay Win: National Board of Review, Best Adapted Screenplay Runner-Up: Writers' Guild, Best Adapted Screenplay Return to Box Office Prophets Awards Main Page Need to contact us? E-mail a Box Office Prophet. © 2021 Box Office Prophets, a division of One Of Us, Inc.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798109
__label__cc	0.506398	0.493602	"Clothes make the man" As I mentioned a few years back, I spent a summer learning Latin with my older boy. One of the phrases ground into my mind, vestis virum reddit, was memorable because it was particularly difficult -- you trill "R"s Latin, as in Russian, and I've always struggled to get my mouth around that. It was also a useful phrase, meaning, "clothes make the man." Though it seems no longer true nowadays, as workers troop downtown in flip flops and cargo shorts and the president wears the same tie, held in place with Scotch tape. Maybe it should be pecunia virum reddit, or "money makes the man." But then there is no need to create a new aphorism, as there is already a very suitable line in Petronius' Satyricon, "sola pecunia regnat"—"money alone rules." That's all too true today. Getting back to clothes. vestis virum reddit — the "v" is pronounced like a "w," by the way: "westus wirum" — is s a medieval proverb. Erasamus put into Quintilian's mouth,* and many sources cite him. Even though what Quintilian actually writes, "To dress within the formal limits and with an air gives men, as the Greek line testifies, authority" referring, scholars believe, to a vague line in the Odyssey that doesn't mention clothes at all. A reminder that history tends to improve upon aphorisms. Leo Durocher didn't say, "Nice guys finish last." He ranted about nice guys ending up in seventh place and helpful sports writers did the rest. I recount this because the New York Times web site on Saturday offered content "Paid for and Posted by" Will, a new TNT series, or rather whatever PR sorts TNT hired to cobble together "Turns of Phrase," a colorful, flashy, but flawed collection of seven "phrases that first appeared in Shakespeare's works and continue to resonate in modern times." The third phrase is "Clothes make the man," which is odd, because the phrase neither appears in Shakespeare nor resonates in modern times. The line the PR puffery cites is "the apparel oft proclaims the man," in Hamlet, noting it was considered ironic even then. An advertisement, I know. No point in complaining to the Times, which didn't write it, and TNT obviously doesn't care—their point is to publicize their TV show, which they've done, and in that sense, since their error sparked that, all's the better. Even wrong, it's high-intellect for a TV show ad. So why think about it at all? The piece is ultimately inoffensive, I suppose, and credit should be given for the various barbs it takes at a certain president. But that president is known for his casual relationship with truth. And there is something unsettling about sniping at a man while committing the very sin he so manifests. Untruths must be pointed out, or else truth suffers—I just wrote that, but would never claim that it isn't also tucked into some Loeb Classic somewhere without looking good and hard for it. I just figure someone who cares for facts should note the Grey Lady taking money and promoting poor scholarship. The media isn't valuable because it is never wrong; the media is valuable because it acknowledges when it is wrong, and if the Times won't, I will do it for them. * According to the very useful "The Adages of Erasmus" edited by William Barker (University of Toronto Press: 2001) Fred May 21, 2017 at 7:36 AM Neil, I believe it was Leo Durocher who said that, not Casey. Honestly, this past week, on a Fresh Air NPR program, in a discussion about misquotes, it was reported that Leo Durocher said,"Nice guys finish in seventh place". Neil Steinberg May 21, 2017 at 9:24 AM Yes, fixed, thanks. FME May 21, 2017 at 7:41 AM hate to be a nit picker but the nice guys quote is attributed to leo durocher , one time manager of the cubs. its the title of his autobiography. though it was a meandering path to the final iteration of the line and some other contributors are acknowledged mr stengle is not one of them. the original quote was nice guys finish in 7th. though who knows really. it all began with sports writers, and can you trust them for accuracy? You do? Most people love picking nits. Anyway, Fred beat you to it. Still, thanks. and the accompanying photo of the painting? indicative of lack of clothing makes the woman? and her presumed lack of authority ? just wondering where the mind wanders during the study of latin and its application Bitter Scribe May 21, 2017 at 10:21 AM Um...you're breaking the NYT's chops because of an inaccuracy in an ad they ran? Pretty persnickety IMO. Neil Steinberg May 21, 2017 at 12:43 PM It's a blog post. Glad to have read this. I agree it's crucial to trust that our newspapers and other media remain credible. Because when we can't even believe one word of what our own country's president spouts on a daily basis, it becomes just a wee bit dicey. I like this quote from Caesar: "quod volunt credunt" (men believe what they want to). SandyK "Homines quod volunt credunt", that is. Tom May 21, 2017 at 11:42 AM The Quintilian quote about clothes conveying authority to men seems timeless indeed in that women assuming executive positions are still expected to dress like men. In business suits. And the Manet "Luncheon in the Grass," like his "Olympia," shocked contemporary taste not by portraying nude women but by making them look like normal females rather than the idealized figures of Giorgione and Titian. A more modern objection would be that only the lady goes sans attire in "luncheon," a somewhat brutal demonstration of male privilege. Godzilla never seems to mind that he's crushing Tokyo Impeach Trump? 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__label__wiki	0.734844	0.734844	Kuwait- Information Min. opens updating shortwave transmitters’ project at Kabd (MENAFN – Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT, March 8 (KUNA) — Minister of Information Mohammad Al-Jabri on Thursday opened a project updating shortwave transmitters from analogue to digital radio mondiale (DRM) broadcasting systems, at Kabd radio station. This is a new achievement for the ministry to be added to a series of vital projects that aim to keep pace with the rapid technical progress around the globe, Al-Jabri told KUNA and the Kuwait TV. Kabd station, through the new DRM system, will allow “Kuwait’s voice” to reach the entire Middle East region, Europe and Asia, he noted. Kuwaitis have planned and supervised the project, the minister said, noting that updating the infrastructure of radio stations aims to cope with latest digital broadcasting development, the minister said. Al-Jabri praised officials, and all the personnel at the ministry’s Engineering Affairs Sector, for their hard sincere efforts. (end) ss.kah.msa http://menafn.com/1096562580/Kuwait-Information-Min-opens-updating-shortwave-transmitters-project-at-Kabd	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798121
__label__wiki	0.778612	0.778612	2011 Releases BMW BMW announces 2011 model year lineup, M5 takes hiatus for 2011 January 28, 2010 November 11, 2011 Omar Rana 2011, BMW 1-Series, BMW 135i, BMW 3-Series, BMW 335i, BMW 335is, BMW 5-Series, BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo, BMW ActiveHybrid 7, BMW Alpina B7, BMW X6, BMW Z4 sDrive35is, Convertibles, Coupes, Crossovers, Sedans, SUVs 2010 is going to be a very exciting year for BMW with some outstanding upgrades and additions to its 2011 model year lineup. The German automaker released a huge press release detailing the additions and upgrades and we’re going to highlight some of them so you don’t have to dig through the massive document. New Models: 2011 BMW 3-Series Coupe and Convertible. 2011 BMW 335is Coupe and Convertible. 2011 BMW ActiveHybrid 7. 2011 BMW 74oi, 740Li. 2011 BMW 5-Series. 2011 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo. 2011 BMW Alpina B7. 2011 BMW Z4 sDrive35is. BMW confirmed that the M5 will take a hiatus for the 2011 model year and a new M5 sedan based on the 6-generation 5-series is in the works. No official word on when the new M5 will debut. The German automaker also announced that its new twin-scroll single turbo 6-cylinder N55 engine will debut in the new 135i (coupe and convertible), 335i (sedan, coupe, and convertible), 535i Gran Turismo and the X6 xDrive35i. The 300-hp twin-turbo N54 engine will continue to be offered in the Z4 sDrive35i. An upgraded version of the N54 making 320-hp will power the 74oi, Z4 sDrive35is and the 335is Coupe and Convertible. Check out a video of the 2011 BMW 5-Series in action. If you want to do some of your own digging, check out the massive press release posted after the jump. 2011 BMW 5-Series: 2011 Arrives Early for BMW – MY2011: Enhanced Performance and Efficiency, Value Packages and No Price Increase. MY2011: Enhanced Performance and Efficiency, Value Packages and No Price Increase. Woodcliff Lake, NJ ““ January 25, 2010″¦ BMW has announced an early, exciting start to its 2011 model year in the United States. Most BMW vehicles receive minor changes for MY2011 in the form of options and new or revised packages, but some models are either all-new (for example, the new BMW 5 Series sedan and BMW ALPINA B7) or substantially updated (3 Series Coupe and Convertible). For existing models, what will not change for the start of the MY2011 are base Manufacturer Suggested Retail Prices. Highlight: Expansion of “Value Packages” for 1 and 3 Series Models In 2009, BMW introduced a “Value Package” ““ a $0.00 (No Charge) option that included leather upholstery and the integrated iPod adapter on the 5 Series and 328i/xi Sedans. As expected, the Value Package proved to be very popular, and as such, the concept is being extended to additional models. The $0.00 Value Package again includes leather upholstery and the iPod adapter as its key components but may also include several additional options, depending on the model. (Journalist note: Details are listed in Appendix i) Highlight: New “Convenience Package” Available for 1 and 3 Series Throughout 2009 BMW spent time talking to Dealers and Client Advisors about possible ways to improve our option offering and the value of our package structure. Based on this feedback from Dealers and Client Advisors on, BMW has developed “Convenience Package” for the 1 and 3 Series for MY 2011. This package brings considerable value to a number of options that share the theme of Convenience and are typically ordered together anyway. The Convenience Package content varies depending on the model but always includes the Alarm System, Comfort Access (keyless entry) and Park Distance Control. It retails for as low as $1,000 on the 135i Coupe and Convertible. (Journalist note: Details are listed in Appendix ii) Highlight: New Inline 6 Cylinder Twin-Scroll Turbo Engine (N55) Beginning with MY2011 production, most models currently utilizing the twin turbo inline 6 cylinder N54 engine will switch to the new single twin-scroll inline 6 cylinder N55 engine. The new engine shares the same aluminum block as the previous engine but now uses a new cylinder head with BMW VALVETRONIC combined with a single twin scroll type turbo to deliver faster response and more efficiency. The performance figures remain the same at 300hp and 300 lb-ft torque but the efficiency improves by an impressive 7%. The new engine will be installed in the 135i Coupe and Convertible, the 335i Sedan, Coupe and Convertible, the new 535i Sedan when it arrives later this year, the 535i Gran Turismo arriving this spring and finally, the X6 xDrive35i. The 300hp version of the twin-turbo N54 engine will continue to be offered in the Z4 sDrive35i and upgraded versions of the N54 will power the 740i/Li, Z4 sDrive35is, and the 335is Coupe/Convertible. 1 Series Coupe/Convertible The 2011 BMW 1 Series Coupe goes on sale this April with several improvements. In addition to the Value and Convenience Packages described above, the Cold Weather Package has been enhanced with a heated steering wheel and the retail price has been increased $150 from $600 to $750. A Harman Kardon Surround Sound System replaces the HiFi System Professional with no change in retail price ($875). In line with the very sporty nature of the 135i Coupe/Convertible, the 7-speed Double Clutch Transmission (DCT) replaces the STEPTRONIC automatic transmission with an option price of $1,575. The STEPTRONIC 6 speed automatic transmission will continue to be available on the 128i Coupe/Convertible for a retail price of $1,375. Base MSRP (including $875 Destination & Handling) for all the 1 Series models remain unchanged for MY2011. The 128i Coupe and 135i Coupe start at $30,025 and $36,925, respectively. The 128i Convertible and 135i Convertible start at $35,075 and $41,225, respectively. The 2011 BMW 3 Series Sedan goes on sale this spring, and each model features changes worthy of mention. Headlining the news is BMW”s all-new 300hp inline-6 engine for the 335i Sedan. BMW”s enthusiast-celebrated 6-speed manual transmission remains standard, and the 6-speed STEPTRONIC automatic transmission remains optional for $1,375. New shift paddles (left-shift down, right-shift up) for the STEPTRONIC may be added to the Sport steering wheel for $100 when the $2,150 Sport Package is ordered. For the first time since its introduction, the BMW 335d Sedan is now available with the M Sport Package for $3,750. On all 3 Series models, the optional Harman Kardon Surround Sound System replaces BMW”s HiFi Professional System. The 328i Sedan and 335i Sedan start at $34,025 and $41,475, respectively, including $875 Destination & Handling. The 328i xDrive Sedan and 335i xDrive Sedan start at $36,025 and $43,475, respectively, including Destination & Handling. The 335d Sedan featuring BMW Advanced Diesel technology with BluePerformance starts at $44,825, including the 6-speed automatic transmission and Destination & Handling. 3 Series Sports Wagon The 2011 3 Series Sports Wagon goes on sale this spring with an MSRP of $36,575 for the 328i Sports Wagon, and $38,575 for the 328i xDrive (all-wheel drive) Sports Wagon. New for MY2011 is the $2,350 Convenience Package, which includes Alarm System, Comfort Access, ultrasonic Park Distance Control, and BMW”s Xenon adaptive headlights. On all 3 Series models, the optional Harman Kardon Surround Sound System replaces BMW”s HiFi Professional System. Also for 2011, Vermillion Red exterior paint replaces Barbera Red, and Deep Sea Blue replaces Monaco Blue metallic exterior paint. BMW has substantially updated the 3 Series Coupe for model year 2011. Headlining the changes are new headlights and tail lights, a new hood and kidney grille, new side skirts, new wheels, and new front and rear fascias. Under the skin, the 335i Coupe has been fitted with the new “N55″ twin scroll turbocharged inline-6 engine, and may be coupled to the standard 6-speed manual or optional 6-speed automatic transmission. In addition to the new Vermillion Red and Deep Sea Blue exterior colors, Mineral White Metallic exterior paint will be available on the Coupe starting in June. On all 3 Series models, the optional Harman Kardon Surround Sound System replaces BMW”s HiFi Professional System. Also, as part of the update, BMW has made new Bamboo Anthracite Wood trim available on the interior. Perhaps the biggest news for enthusiast coupe drivers is the arrival of the BMW 335is Coupe. This high-performance model features BMW”s award-winning twin-turbocharged inline-6 (N54), with output of 320 horsepower and 332 lb-ft of torque. A special overboost function permits a temporary torque increase to 370 lb-ft. Cooling the extra heat generated by the increased power is a standard oil cooler and an extra water cooler (radiator), as well as the enormous front air ducts included with the standard M Sport upgrades. An emotionally charged sport exhaust system has been fitted to perfectly capture the serious driving intentions of the 335is. Black kidney grilles, mirror caps, and Shadowline exterior trim lead the eyes to the rear where a rear diffuser with a body-color and black insert is located. Inside, the 335is Coupe receives a full M Sport enhancement with unique trim and badges. Those enthusiasts who prefer not to have it will appreciate the ability to delete the standard glass moonroof. For the first time on the 3 Series (excluding M3) the Double Clutch Transmission (DCT) will be available on the 335is as a $1,575 option. The 328i Coupe and 335i Coupe start at $37,075 and $43,525, respectively, including $875 Destination & Handling. The all-wheel drive models 328i xDrive Coupe and 335i xDrive Coupe start at $38,975 and $45,425 respectively. The high-performance 335is Coupe will go on sale in June at an MSRP of $50,525. Like the 3 Series Coupe, BMW has substantially updated the 3 Series Convertible for model year 2011. Headlining the changes are new headlights and tail lights, a new hood and kidney grille, new side skirts, new wheels, and new front and rear fascias. Under the skin, the 335i Convertible has been fitted with the new “N55″ twin-scroll turbocharged inline-6 engine, and may be coupled to the standard 6-speed manual or optional 6-speed automatic transmission. In addition to the new Vermillion Red and Deep Sea Blue exterior colors, Mineral White Metallic exterior paint will be available on the Convertible starting in June. On all 3 Series models, the optional Harman Kardon Surround Sound System replaces BMW”s HiFi Professional System. Also, as part of the update, BMW has made new Bamboo Anthracite Wood trim available on the interior. Convertible drivers with a love for dynamic performance will be excited to learn of the new BMW 335is Convertible. This high-performance model features BMW”s award-winning twin-turbocharged inline-6 (N54), with output of 320 horsepower and 332 lb-ft of torque. A special overboost function permits a temporary torque increase to 370 lb-ft. Cooling the extra heat generated by the increased power is a standard oil cooler and an extra water cooler (radiator), as well as front air ducts included with the standard M Sport upgrades. Sport suspension and a sport exhaust system have been fitted to properly enhance the driving experience. Black kidney grilles, mirror caps, and Shadowline exterior trim lead the eyes to the rear where a rear diffuser with a body-color and black insert is located. Inside, the 335is Convertible receives a full M Sport enhancement with unique trim and badges. For the first time on the 3 Series (excluding M3) the Double Clutch Transmission (DCT) will be available on the 335is as a $1,575 option. The 328i Convertible and 335i Convertible start at $45,875 and $52,075, respectively, including $875 Destination & Handling. The 335is Convertible goes on sale in April and will start at $59,075 including Destination & Handling. Long the segment leader in the premium midsize sedan class, the new 6th generation BMW 5 Series Sedan is set to arrive in the US market in early summer of 2010. The stylish MY2011 BMW 5 Series combines athletic looks, superb driving dynamics, and innovative comfort and safety features into an executive express that promises to remain at the top of the segment. With the longest wheelbase in the class, a long and sleek hood, short overhangs, and a coupe-like roofline, the new BMW 5 Series Sedan stands out clearly from the competition. Overall, the aesthetic looks of the car are achieved through balanced proportions. Design features emblematic of BMW are to be found at the front with its kidney grille inclined slightly forward, in the stylish and elegant side view of the car, and at the muscular rear end. Within the interior, precise functionality and a fresh ambience come together in perfect harmony, unmistakable style, and clear orientation to the driver. Highly advanced drivetrain and suspension technologies combine agile handling for the driver and a high standard of riding comfort for passengers. When equipped with the Sport Package, the new BMW 5 Series Sedan includes Adaptive Drive, which encompasses Driving Dynamics Control, Electronic Damper Control, and Active Roll Stabilization. Optional Integral Active Steering will virtually extend or shorten the vehicle”s wheelbase for improved stability at high speeds and enhanced agility at lower speeds. At launch, the new BMW 5 Series Sedan will be available in the US with one V-8 and one inline-6 gasoline engine. The top-of-the-range BMW 550i arrives with BMW”s “reverse-flow” V-8 engine featuring twin turbochargers and High Precision direct injection for maximum output of 400 hp. The new inline-6 of the BMW 535i features a single twin-scroll turbocharger, High Precision direct injection, and, for the first time, VALVETRONIC throttle-less intake technology. It delivers a maximum output of 300 hp and 300 lb-ft. The 535i and 550i will be available with a choice of 6-speed manual transmission, BMW”s new 8-speed automatic transmission, or new “Sport Automatic” 8-speed. Later, the BMW 528i will debut with a 240 hp inline-6 featuring lightweight magnesium-aluminum construction and VALVETRONIC throttle-less intake technology for efficiency and unparalleled responsiveness. The new MY2011 BMW 5 Series will make its North American debut at the New York International Auto Show in late March 2010. Pricing and options will be released closer to market launch date. The BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo made its production debut at the Frankfurt Auto Show last fall and went on sale in December 2009 as a 2010 model. Therefore, it continues as a 2010 model this year, but there is still some news to report. In April 2010, the original BMW 550i Gran Turismo will be joined by the new 535i Gran Turismo, featuring BMW”s exciting new “N55″ inline-6 engine. As the 550i Gran Turismo helped introduce the new 8-speed automatic transmission to the BMW line-make, the new 535i Gran Turismo will also feature the 8-speed automatic as standard. 0-60 mph acceleration will require only 6.2 seconds for the 535i Gran Turismo (5.4 seconds for 550i Gran Turismo). Compared to the 550i Gran Turismo, the 535i Gran Turismo features unique light-alloy wheel choices and forgoes some standard equipment, including auto-dimming mirrors, universal garage door opener, and Navigation system. Each 5 Series Gran Turismo model receives two new available exterior colors starting this spring, including Milano Beige and Damast Red. MSRP starts at $56,875 for the 535i Gran Turismo and $64,775 for the 550i Gran Turismo, including Destination & Handling. The BMW 5 Series Sports Wagon will continue through to the end of production in April as a 2010 model. The 535i xDrive Sports Wagon starts at $56,825 including $875 Destination & Handling. 6 Series Coupe & Convertible The BMW 6 Series Coupe and Convertible will continue as a 2010 models until the fall of 2010. The MY2010 650i Coupe and Convertible start at $79,325 and $86,425, respectively, including $875 Destination & Handling. The 2011 BMW 7 Series Sedan line that goes on sale this April will be the widest range ever in its 23 year history, comprising a total of 11 models. Along with the 750i xDrive, the 750Li xDrive, and the 760Li introduced last fall for MY2010, the 7 Series line will be supplemented by several new models and enhancements for 2011. 740i and 740Li with twin-turbo Inline 6 Cylinder Power The new MY2011 BMW 740i and BMW 740Li achieve a remarkable balance of power, efficiency, and sporty driving dynamics. Both models will go on sale in the United States as 2011 models in spring 2010. The 740i models feature BMW”s internationally acclaimed twin-turbocharged inline-6 engine (N54) with an output of 315 horsepower. All-aluminum engine construction, High Precision direct fuel injection, VANOS variable camshaft technology, and Brake Energy Regeneration are a few of the technologies used under the BMW EfficientDynamics engineering philosophy to place the 740i and 740Li among the most powerful six-cylinder luxury sedans in the world. Delivering power to the rear wheels is BMW”s 6-speed automatic transmission, well-known for fast, smooth gearshifts and an ability to intelligently adapt to the driver. Both models will be available with the full complement of well-known 7 Series options and packages, including the M Sport Package, Driver Assistance Package, Luxury Seating Packages, Rear Entertainment Package, and even the BMW Individual Composition Package. The MY2011 740i and 740Li start at $71,025 and $75,425, respectively. All pricing includes $875 Destination & Handling. The V-8 powered 750i, 750Li, 750i xDrive and 750Li xDrive In addition to the many improvements announced for the beginning of MY2010. The MY2011 750 models benefit from additional equipment enhancements. The Convenience Package (a $1,700 value), which includes soft close doors, electric trunk opening/closing and Comfort Access, is now standard. The Top-View function that gives a complete camera view around the car while reversing has been added to the Camera Package. The package price has been adjusted from $750 to $1,200 based on the additional functionality. Active Roll Stabilization is no longer standard on xDrive models but is included in the optional M Sport Package. The MY2011 750i and 750Li start at $82,875 and $86,775, respectively. The 750i xDrive and 750Li xDrive start at $85,875 and $89,775, respectively. All pricing includes $875 Destination & Handling. The 2011 BMW ALPINA B7 sedan will join BMW”s North American product range as the most dynamic 7 Series model. The BMW ALPINA B7 represents the second generation of ALPINA automobiles based on the BMW 7 Series to be offered in the US. The first BMW ALPINA B7 was offered as a limited edition for the 2007 and 2008 model years. Newly interpreted and based on the current BMW 7 Series platform, the B7 will again set the benchmark in terms of performance, refinement, technology, luxury and exclusivity. Yielding exquisite levels of power and torque from the twin-turbocharged 4.4 liter V8, and in conjunction with the electronically-adjustable suspension with active roll stabilization, the new B7 promises to offer a spectrum of driving experiences so broad as to be unheard of in this class of automobiles. The evolution of the traditional 20-spoke 21″ ALPINA CLASSIC wheels underlines the fresh design language found throughout the B7 and imparts to it a distinctive appearance and powerful stance. The B7 sedan is equipped with BMW”s twin-turbocharged 4.4 liter, all-aluminum, High Precision Direct Injection V-8 engine which has been enhanced by ALPINA and is capable of producing 500 (373kW) horsepower and 516 lb-ft (700Nm) of torque. This rear-wheel drive performance/luxury Sedan achieves 0-60 mph in 4.5 sec. With maximum torque available across an unusually broad engine range, from 3,000 to 4,750 rpm, the B7 accelerates effortlessly from virtually any speed. The B7 sedan is finished with ALPINA aerodynamic developments, including front and rear spoilers which not only enhance the appearance but also improve stability and performance at high speeds. In true “form-follows-function” fashion, the ALPINA front integrates the fresh-air requirements of the transmission and engine oil coolers, which are separated out of the main cooler module for improved efficiency. The spoilers reduce lift at the front by 30% and rear by15%. The exhaust system”s two double tailpipes are seamlessly integrated into the rear bumper. The newest evolution of the traditional 20-spoke ALPINA CLASSIC wheels gives the B7 a distinctive appearance and powerful stance. The interior of the B7 sedan features ALPINA blue illuminated door sill trims, the SWITCH-TRONIC steering wheel in hand-stitched LAVALINA leather, and the Black-Panel LCD screen instrument cluster branded with ALPINA. The full complement of BMW 7 Series exterior colors remains available, in addition to the signature ALPINA Blue metallic paint. Both short- and long-wheelbase models will be offered. The BMW ALPINA B7 will go on sale at authorized BMW Centers in Spring of 2010. Pricing will be announced closer to the on-sale date. The Range topping Twin Turbo V12 powered 760Li The all-new BMW 760Li Sedan went on sale in fall of 2009 featuring the latest iteration in BMW”s decades-long history of harmonious V12 engines. This newest BMW V12 produces 535 horsepower and 550 pound-feet of torque with help from twin turbochargers and High Precision Direct Injection. The outcome is a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds in a stylish, luxurious package. The long list of standard features and amenities ensures the comfort of each occupant. While the 760Li will not change Model Years until September, the top-view function has been added as standard. The MY2010 760Li Sedan starts at $137,425 including $875 Destination & Handling. On the heels of the ActiveHybrid X6, BMW announced the production versions of the all-new BMW ActiveHybrid 7, which also made its US premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show in December 2009. The BMW ActiveHybrid 7 will reach American shores late in the second quarter of 2010 as a 2011 model. Based on the 5th-generation BMW 7 Series, this unique car sets new standards for performance and efficiency in the premium luxury class. The symbiosis of a twin-turbocharged V-8 engine with a 3-phase synchronous electric motor gives the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 a combined output of 455 hp and maximum torque of 515 lb-ft from 2000 ““ 3000 rpm. Power is transmitted via an 8-speed automatic transmission with the electric motor positioned between the engine and the torque converter. The electric motor receives its supply of energy from a lithium-ion battery developed specifically for this automobile. The BMW ActiveHybrid 7 accelerates to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds, while delivering fuel economy approximately 15% better than the 750i and 750Li. Auto Start Stop maximizes efficiency by avoiding engine idling when stopped. The ActiveHybrid 7 is distinguished by aerodynamically-tuned ten-spoke 19-inch Aero wheels, and is available in Bluewater Metallic exterior paintwork. The BMW ActiveHybrid 7L has a wheelbase increased by 5.5”, all of which is devoted to the enhanced comfort of rear-seat passengers. Both models are available with a wide range of options from the portfolio of equipment offered on the BMW 7 Series. The MY2011 ActiveHybrid 7 and ActiveHybrid 7L start at $103,175 and $107,075, respectively. All pricing includes $875 Destination & Handling. The all-new Z4 Roadster that was first introduced in the spring of 2009 will become a 2011 model this spring and offer the sport enthusiast with new several options. First, a new M Sport Package is now available on the Z4 sDrive30i and the Z4 sDrive35i for $3,900 and $3,500 respectively. The M Sport Package includes the Adaptive M Suspension, M Aerodynamic body package, 18″ M light alloy wheels (with a 19″ wheel option on the 35i), exclusive M exterior color Melbourne Red Metallic, M interior trim in Aluminum Carbon, sport seats, M door sills, footrest, gearshift lever, M steering wheel (with paddle shifters if equipped with Steptronic or DCT) and an Anthracite headliner. In addition, the M Sport Package can be combined with the Exclusive Ivory White Package (which adds Ivory White leather seats and trim on the dash and door panels) for a total of $5,350 on the Z4 sDrive30i and $5,050 on the Z4 sDrive35i. Second, the new 2011 BMW Z4 sDrive35is model distills the BMW Z4 Roadster”s performance potential to produce one of BMW”s fastest and best-handling Roadsters ever. It arrives at authorized BMW Centers this Spring 2010. This latest Z4 model is characterized by instantaneous response, a fantastic exhaust note, and a free-revving spirit. The engine features increased air intake flow and increased boost pressure to release more power. The turbocharger system developed for the engine of the new BMW Z4 sDrive35is maintains a high output throughout the entire engine speed range. Nominal peak torque is increased to 332 lb-ft available from 1,400 rpm to 4,500 rpm. Maximum output of 335 hp is delivered at 5,800 rpm. The BMW Z4 sDrive35is will complete the sprint from a standstill to 60 mph in just 4.7 seconds (preliminary). Top speed of the BMW Z4 sDrive35is is limited electronically to 250 km/h or 155 mph. Acoustic tuning of the exhaust system of the BMW Z4 sDrive35is gives the car a very unique sound across the speed range. The sound is characterized by a deep rumble with a focus on the low frequency sound range. Electric Power Steering (EPS) on the BMW Z4 sDrive35is features very sporty programming, focused to provide intense and clear steering feedback to the driver. This enables the driver to turn-in with remarkable precision and confidence at all vehicle speeds. The BMW Z4 sDrive35is includes new M Sport upgrades such as M Aerodynamics and adaptive M Suspension. The adaptive M Suspension combines a ride-height reduction of 10 millimeters (almost 0.4″) with electronically controlled shock absorbers to improve the vehicle”s agility without compromising ride comfort. The M Sport upgrades emphasize the Z4″s athletic character through aerodynamically optimized exterior features and customized interior components. Special 18-inch light-alloy wheels in five-spoke design round off the sporty character of the Z4 sDrive35is. 19-inch light-alloy wheels are optional. In addition, the new model is further distinguished by a striking front bumper with a matte aluminum trim bar in each outer air intake, a rear bumper with accentuated surrounds on the tailpipes, and a rear diffuser finished at top in body color and black textured surface underneath. Inside, a full complement of M Sport details augments the new Aluminum Carbon interior trim and available new Kansas Walnut leather. The MY2011 Z4 sDrive30i and Z4 sDrive35i start at $46,875 and $52,775 respectively, including $875 Destination & Handling. The MY2011 Z4 sDrive35is will retail for $61,925 including $875 Destination & Handling. X3 Sports Activity Vehicle The 2010 BMW X3 Sports Activity Vehicle continues unchanged through to the end of production later this year. The current X3 will be replaced with a new generation X3 produced in at BMW”s Spartanburg, South Carolina assembly plant. The MY2010 X3 xDrive30i begins at $39,725, including $875 Destination & Handling. The Model Year 2011 X5 models will begin production in April 2010. Detailed information on the MY2011 X5 models will be released later. X6 Sports Activity Coupe The BMW X6 enters MY2011 with both increased efficiency and performance facilitated by the addition of an 8-speed automatic transmission and Brake Energy Regeneration. The result is that X6 xDrive35i accelerates from 0-60 mph in 6.3 seconds (reduced by 0.2 seconds) while the X6 xDrive50i gets to 60mph in 5.2 seconds (reduced by 0.1 seconds). Option changes include the addition of Lane Departure Warning and Active Cruise Control as stand-alone options for $950 and $2,400 respectively. Side View Cameras were added to Technology Package of the X6 xDrive35i making the new package price $2,500 and increasing functionality. The new Camera package for the X6 xDrive50i now offers both Side View and Top View for a retail price of $1,200. Finally, the Cold Weather Package is now $900 (reduced by $350) due to the deletion of the ski bag and heated rear seats. The MY2011 X6 xDrive35i and X6 xDrive50i MSRP remain unchanged at $57,375 and $68,075, respectively, including $875 Destination & Handling. The M3 Coupe, Sedan, and Convertible models become 2011 models this spring . BMW ups the ante on the M3 Coupe and Sedan by offering a new “Competition Package” for MY2011. The package further enhances the highly responsive chassis by installing a 10mm lower suspension and 19″ wheels with greater offset for a wider track. Combined with remapped Electronic Damping Control and Dynamic Stability Control systems, the M3 with Competition Package is the best handling production M car ever built. The MSRP of MY2011 M3 Sedan, Coupe, and Convertible remain unchanged at $56,275, $59,275, and $67,925, respectively. All prices include $875 Destination & Handling. The Competition Package is available on the Coupe and Sedan models for $2,500. The car that invented the category of ultra-high performance sport sedan back in 1985 takes a hiatus for MY2011. A new M5 Sedan based on the upcoming 6th generation 5 Series is planned but not ready to be unveiled yet. M6 Coupe and Convertible The BMW M6 Coupe and Convertible will continue as a 2010 models until the fall of 2010. The MY2010 M6 Coupe and Convertible start at $103,225 and $109,025, respectively, including $875 Destination & Handling. X5 M and X6 M The BMW X5 M and X6 M went on sale last fall as 2010 models in the United States. This spring they become 2011 models. Featuring an all-new BMW M Power V-8 engine with 555 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque, the X5 M and X6 M are the first BMW M products with twin-turbochargers, High Precision Direct Injection, xDrive all-wheel drive, Dynamic Performance Control torque-vectoring final drive, run-flat tires, and FlexRay on-board networking. The patented Cylinder-bank Comprehensive exhaust Manifold (CCM) perfectly feeds the two twin-scroll turbochargers with exhaust gas for maximum linearity and response. The results of these new technological solutions are a Sports Activity Vehicle® and Sports Activity Coupe each capable of 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds and truly world-class roadholding abilities, without sacrifice in comfort or versatility. Side-View Camera was added to the Driver Assistance Package. The Side view camera adds a significant addition to the outward visibility of the X5 M and X6 M, enhancing customer security in tight places. With this addition, the Driver Assistance Package retail price increases $400 from $1,800 to $2,200. The MY2011 X5 M and X6 M start at $86,375 and $89,875, respectively, including $875 Destination & Handling. With new models, new engines and new packages, the BMW line-up for MY2011 will be strongest ever. Most of the 2011 BMW models including the new 5 Series and the 335is will debut at the New York International Auto Show in late March. With the few exceptions noted, the 2011 BMWs will arrive in US showrooms this spring. 2020 150 Raptor Design Ferrari Racing Design Real Carbon Fiber Steering Wheels $129999.0 Test Listing Mercedes Gle Glc Gls C Cla W205 W166 X166 Steering Wheel Leather Al 1964 Oem Ford 427 Hi Rise Engine Ford Thunderbolt Sideoiler Mercedes 300 Sl Gullwing W198 Steering Wheel Nardi Wood 40 Cm Orig. N.o.s. Ferrari Enzo Steering Wheel Black Leather Carbon Oem ← Report: Ford and Geely to complete Volvo sale on Feb 8. 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__label__cc	0.71733	0.28267	Tech & Opinion FLEETFIX Idle Reduction Clean Cities Coalitions Fuels Fix AllElectricHydrogenNatural GasPropane AutogasRenewable Fuels WEBINAR: Preparing Your Rural Hometown for EVs Trillium: A Strong CNG Partner for Greater Indiana Blue Bird electric bus deployed by Indiana school district Natural gas school buses offer district fuel savings and clean air AllFLEETFIXFuel EconomyIdle ReductionOpinionPoliticsReviewsSelf-Driving Clean Cities Opinion: Northwest Indiana saw 2020 sustainable transportation wins OPINION: Sustainable transportation transcends partisan politics Webinar Wednesday with Louisiana Clean Fuels Opinion: Non-road emissions reductions matter too AFLEET Tool Walkthrough Diesel emission Successes, South Shore Clean Cities 2019 Louisiana Clean Fuels 20th Anniversary Home Technology Reviews REVIEW: Smart fortwo EV, “a compelling choice for commuters” REVIEW: Smart fortwo EV, “a compelling choice for commuters” We loved our time with the Smart fortwo EV and think it's the perfect fit for short-distance commuters and in-city drivers who are looking for a reasonably inexpensive and space-saving way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower their petroleum use. East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition Image: SmartUSA We loved our time with the Smart fortwo EV and think it’s the perfect fit for short-distance commuters and in-city drivers who are looking for a reasonably inexpensive and space-saving way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower their petroleum use. We coordinated with Mercedes-Benz of Knoxville and smart USA to receive the smart fortwo, and luckily ended up with a Cabrio, the “Passion” model. Below are notes from Daniel and Jonathan of the East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition on our test drives of the fortwo. Totally pleasant, and a compelling choice for commuters: Daniel’s review Full disclosure: I didn’t have high hopes for the Smart fortwo EV when I first heard that I’d be test-driving it. I’d driven conventionally-fueled cars that were similar in size and power (a pathetic Fiat 500 comes to mind), and so I imagined that the experience driving the Smart EV would be similar to that — something akin to accelerating through a puddle of molasses while sounding like a jet engine taking off. I was wrong, wrong, wrong about the Smart fortwo EV! In performance and drive-feel, this car is nothing like any other car of its size or use-case. It accelerates with ease and with a bit of a thrill, handles well, turns on a dime, deflects wind-noise successfully, and has plenty of room for the taller-than-average (I’m 6’3″). It generally pleased the hell out of me during my four-day test drive. I had great fun watching similar realizations about how much fun this car was to drive flash across the faces of the various folks I took for round-the-block tours in it — a University of Tennessee professor, an artist, a police officer, a USPS mail carrier, and a facilitator at a environmental research institute. Their eyes as I told them to “open it up,” as the feeling of acceleration produced an adrenaline rush (EV drivers will know it as “dat EV torque!”) would widen and surprise and excitement. “This thing has some power!” was a phrase I heard more than once. Great for commuters and short-distance trips Of course, “with great power comes…” well, not great responsibility in this case, but it does come with a notable trade-off: limited range. The Smart fortwo EV got up to 80 miles of driving, fully-charged, while I was driving it. That was with the A/C turned off and ECO mode (a setting that reduces the overall KwH power going to the drivetrain) turned on. With A/C on and ECO mode off, that number came down to ~60 miles on a charge. Of course, this is par for the course with EVs. Presumably, if you’re buying an EV this year, you’ve already taken range issues into consideration. Another aspect of the range trade-off is that the Smart fortwo EV doesn’t have a D/C Fast Charge port, which means you’re going to have to wait at least 3 hours to fully charge the vehicle using a Level 2 charger. If you’re just plugging the car into a wall socket at home, that number will shoot up to 7 or 8 hours. So, you’re not driving to Florida in a Smart fortwo EV. But that doesn’t really matter, because this car is made for your daily commute, running errands, or heading into town for a night of fun. It’s a fantastic daily driver. It can park almost anywhere, is fun to drive, is affordable, and is pretty stylish, too. Most American families own two cars; one daily driver used to go to and from work, and another, larger car for trips, hauling large items, etc. My experience with the Smart fortwo EV made me ask whether I really need a full-size sedan as my daily driver. I think the answer is that I don’t — this car will get me to and from work, take my spouse and I to see a show, let me stop on the way home for a few groceries (trunk space is limited, but more generous than you’d expect), and run and errand or two. Well-designed, with a few small caveats Overall, I was really pleased with the design language of the Smart fortwo EV. Space for its two passengers is ample — surprisingly so, given the car’s slight frame. I described it to Jonathan, “as if they cut the rear half off of a midsize sedan and added a little trunk.” They’ve really designed it well for comfort, even given my height. Viewing angles from side to side were quite acceptable. I occasionally found myself craning my neck just a bit to see what was beside me, but this was mainly just because I was used to driving a car that went far further back than this one did. Once I got used to the idea that my car ended just a foot or two behind my head, that feeling went away. I thought a few of the dash and control choices were a little odd. The controller knob for adjusting side mirror positions seemed placed specifically for my knee to bump it when I adjusted my legs, and I found the radio and air conditioning knobs to be slightly unintuitive. But all of these nitpicks were things I adjusted to quickly, and by the end of my four-day test drive, they felt far in the past and not like something I was going to worry about if I were to drive a Smart fortwo EV every day. I want to see more cars like this in the US market The introduction of Smart’s EV-only line of cars, and the fortwo EV specifically, is an exciting moment for EVs. It introduces a compelling new use-case for short range EVs that’s affordable, well-designed, and fun to drive. If you’re looking for a daily driver that will reduce your environmental footprint, save you money (both in up-front cost and fuel usage down the road), and just be pleasurable to drive, the Smart fortwo EV is a compelling option, and one that you’d be doing yourself a disservice to not check out for yourself. A view of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from the Foothills Parkway. The fortwo breezed up the hills along the Parkway. A view of the interior and console. What the rear space interior looks like. In the Cabrio’s case, the top goes in the tailgate, so that takes up some of the limited room in the back if you take it off. Where we charged the smart for two. UT Knoxville has a parking garage with solar-powered EVSE, including several Level 2 chargers and one DCFC unit. smart’s ” E drive” symbol The smart symbol A fresh driving experience: Jonathan’s review This is a small, fun-to-drive car! My overall experience was very positive and for most of my driving, this car would take care of my needs… so long as I have another vehicles for carrying more stuff, which most suburban families have. If this is to be my city driver, I’d be a pretty happy guy considering I could park almost anywhere (where even subcompacts couldn’t park), could easily recharge at home and could quickly, quietly and comfortably go from A to B to C and then home. During my time driving the fortwo, I drove it home and back to work several times without issue (once I clarified which 110V outlet I could charge through at home – we have an older home so not all outlets are GFCI). It told me (and provided) 60-80 miles for the day after fully charged. Then, the wife and I drove it to the Foothills Parkway and to Look Rock. The car consistently provided what appeared to be an accurate assessment of how many miles we had left, and using the available “eco” mode added about 10-15 miles to the total distance, without sacrificing much at all in power. Below are more thoughts on my part of the test drive. Also, know that the safety test ratings are straight from the NHTSA website. Details: The radio has a different kind of controller but takes seconds to figure out. The HVAC system worked well and provide ample air conditioning; you just have to be careful of its use during longer trips during the day. The driver- and passenger-side mirrors work fine but the adjuster for that takes a little getting used to. Shifting: In lieu of the more odd shifting system that was in the Nissan Leaf that I test drove for three years, this is one is a straight-up Park/Reverse/Neutral/Drive shifter. For example neutral was a side-shifting system in the Leaf; it is just a simple choice in the fortwo. Visibility: I had no problems with visibility other than in a couple of instances where I needed to see through the B/C pillar, which in this car has an expanded view blocker (due in part to the convertible). In certain instances, like when I’m turning on to a road wherein I’m not perpendicular to the street (I’m at a 45 or 70 degrees), then I need to carefully look around that pillar using mirrors or line-of-sight looking. Ride: The car drove really well. You have to get used to the smaller turning radius but it just makes the care more nimble. Back support: Driver’s seat has excellent lumbar support… this is something I particularly like in my vehicles. The fortwo doesn’t have lumbar support adjustment, but that support that comes standard is excellent. Seat adjustment for size: I put it all the way back at first blush, but then realized I needed to be a slot closer. I’m 6’3″ so there is another slot going back for larger folks. Fun-factor We loved our time with the Smart fortwo EV and think it's the perfect fit for short-distance commuters and in-city drivers who are looking for a reasonably inexpensive and space-saving way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lower their petroleum use. Apart from a few weird choices with the dashboard layout and a finicky trunk latch, the Smart fortwo EV is a fantastic choice. Four Two Previous articleFLEETFIX: Packsize \| EV Fleet for Employee Use Next articleOPINION: Everyone wins when funding benefits cleaner air http://www.tncleanfuels.org Tennessee Clean Fuels is the home of the East and Middle-West Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalitions. We serve as fleet guides to navigate alternative fuels and advanced vehicle technologies in the 21st century. Both coalitions are nonprofits, and designated participants in U.S. DOE’s Clean Cities Program. 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__label__cc	0.720797	0.279203	Pachiokun: Juban Shobu Platform: TurboGrafx-16 Tags: General, Gambling Coconuts Japan Entertainment More TurboGrafx-16 Games to Consider... King of Casino Release Date: 1990 (North America) AV Poker World Gambler Release Date: 1992 (Japan) Pachi-Slot PC At HonestGamers, we love reader reviews. If you're a great writer, we'd love to host your Pachiokun: Juban Shobu review on this page. Thanks for your support, and we hope you'll let your friends know about us! None of the material contained within this site may be reproduced in any conceivable fashion without permission from the author(s) of said material. This site is not sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft, or any other such party. Pachiokun: Juban Shobu is a registered trademark of its copyright holder. This site makes no claim to Pachiokun: Juban Shobu, its characters, screenshots, artwork, music, or any intellectual property contained within. Opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily represent the opinion of site staff or sponsors. Staff and freelance reviews are typically written based on time spent with a retail review copy or review key for the game that is provided by its publisher.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798133
__label__cc	0.571119	0.428881	Pix the Cat Platform: Vita Tags: Action, Arcade Developer: Pasta Games More Platforms: PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One Pasta Games View all 5 available Pix the Cat images Pix the Cat Reviews Around the Internet Below are links to Pix the Cat reviews we found on external sites. If the site's content is still active, you can click on the rating the site awarded the game to open the review in a new tab or window, or click the name of the site to see a selection of other reviews from that outlet. The game's average score across the referenced sites (not including sites that don't offer a numerical score) is indicated to the right. More Vita Games to Consider... Switch Galaxy Ultra Release Date: December 23, 2014 (North America) Table Top Racing Tags: Action, Racing, Arcade, Vehicles Release Date: August 5, 2014 (North America) Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable Tags: Action, Shooter, Arcade, Third-Person Release Date: January 8, 2013 (North America) At HonestGamers, we love reader reviews. If you're a great writer, we'd love to host your Pix the Cat review on this page. Thanks for your support, and we hope you'll let your friends know about us! None of the material contained within this site may be reproduced in any conceivable fashion without permission from the author(s) of said material. This site is not sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft, or any other such party. Pix the Cat is a registered trademark of its copyright holder. This site makes no claim to Pix the Cat, its characters, screenshots, artwork, music, or any intellectual property contained within. Opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily represent the opinion of site staff or sponsors. Staff and freelance reviews are typically written based on time spent with a retail review copy or review key for the game that is provided by its publisher.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798134
__label__wiki	0.698385	0.698385	ILS BERMUDA ILS News convergence@ilsbermuda.com ILS Bermuda - Home Expect ILS sector to be larger post-event: Paul Schultz, Aon Securities We should expect the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector and its pool of alternative reinsurance capital to be larger post-major catastrophe events, than before it. As investors stand ready to launch new structures and deploy post-event capacity, according to Paul Schultz, CEO of Aon Securities. Speaking today in Monaco at the Reinsurance Rendez-vous event, Paul Schultz explained that rather than anticipate investors fleeing, should the combined losses of recent catastrophe events and hurricane Irma (which is approaching Florida right now), the market should expect investors to upsize their allocations, while a number of investors that have exited the ILS space in the past are expected to return as well. Schultz noted that the ILS market is experienced at paying claims now and that there has been a lot of time spent by ILS fund managers and companies such as Aon Securities to educate third-party investors on the risk they face, meaning they are aware of and understand their exposures. “The investors understand that and so as a class we would expect the sector to be larger post-event than pre-event, simply because we’re aware of a lot of capital that wants to come back into the industry and has just been waiting for a time to do so,” Schultz explained. Some investors may of course cycle out of the industry, as there will always be some who decide it’s no longer for them. “But either due to increasing allocations from existing investors that just want to deploy a larger asset base going forwards, or new investors and those that had been investors ten years ago but had exited the sector, some of those coming back in, we think that as a class it will be a larger base of capital going forwards,” he continued. Schultz said his firm has had inquiries from investors in recent days as hurricane Irma approached about bringing new capital to the reinsurance market. “We are seeing clients, both insurers and reinsurers, have discussions with capital providers, so those are going on,” he continued, “I think it’s largely going to be a different type of recapitalisation. It’s going to come in through sidecars, it’s going to come in through fund structures. “We’ve received a number of inwards inquiries from investors already looking to deploy their capital.” But he added that the probability of seeing a lot of new reinsurance company start-ups due to the recent and ongoing catastrophe losses is low. Rather than diminish the available reinsurance market capacity, this should augment it, helping insurers and reinsurers to re-build their capacity using third-party sources, while the sectors ILS fund managers could expand with new vehicles and structures to mobilise inflows of capital from interested investors. Schultz said that it’s too early to have a view on what this could mean in terms of capital inflows, but his comments show that the opportunity is clearly there for ILS investors to upsize allocations and investors enter the market. “Dislocation, whether that results in pricing changes or not, still brings opportunity for new investors. What we take as positive news is that there are investors that are looking at what’s going on in the marketplace and making a decision as to whether they want to come in,” he said. Continuing, “By in large all the conversations have been positive like they do want to come in. What that means in terms of economics and capacity, I think will play out in the coming weeks and months, but it’s just too early to make a call on that.” With a number of ILS funds already having post-event arrangements in place and others ready to move, should the market allow, it can be expected that allocations into reinsurance from the capital markets will likely increase after major losses. To read more articles like this one, visit Artemis.bm « New cat bond record as 12 month issuance hits $13.5bn ILS to continue expansion despite efficient traditional reinsurance: Moody’s » Aon sets up Marilla Re collateralized insurer in Bermuda ILS Bermuda announces internship programme and education initiatives with the Bermuda College Reinsurance capital raises could reach $22bn in 2020: Willis Re Rate rises + tighter terms + dislocation + quality cedes = higher ILS return potential Sign up for the latest ILS Bermuda news and alerts Join the conversation on our social media channels below: © ILS Bermuda 2021. All rights reserved. Designed & developed by Cosmic Ltd.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798139
__label__wiki	0.770383	0.770383	(Video) NBA: Mark Cuban Says He Is Moving On From DeAndre Jordan Drama But Doesn’t Want To Hear His Name Mark Cuban has pretty much come to the conclusion there is nothing else he can do to try and make DeAndre Jordan come back to Dallas where he committed, so he is ready to move on. That doesn’t mean he has to like it however, especially with the way he cringes when he hears DeAndre’s name. @IamJoeSports The Dallas Mavericks owner was speaking at the Presidential Leadership Scholars 2015 Graduation at S.M.U. when the M.C. brought up the Jordan scandal. “Aw, you had to say his name,” Cuban joked, before explaining that he considers the matter over. When asked to reflect on the drama, Cuban said “There’s nothing you can do about it. You think for a second, ‘Is there anything I can change?'” “You think for another second, ‘What have I learned so I can do it differently next time?’ And then you move forward and say, What are our options?'” Cuban said he’s not worried about the Mavs — “We have this big tall German who’s pretty good and he’s still around.” “I think we’ve got great leadership, a great team and we’re gonna keep on moving forward.” Cuban is smart enough to know that the longer he carries on and stresses over things it can only hurt him and the Mavs. It’s better off to move forward and focus on his own team while hating DeAndre deep down. DeAndre Jordan Mark Cuban Mavs Speak Up Cancel	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798140
__label__cc	0.706225	0.293775	Summary Bibliography: Phyllis Eisenstein Author: Phyllis Eisenstein Author Record # 1175 Legal Name: Eisenstein, Phyllis Leah Kleinstein Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA Birthdate: 26 February 1946 Deathdate: 7 December 2020 Webpages: IMDB, SFE3, web.archive.org, Wikipedia-EN Used These Alternate Names: Phyllis Einsenstein, フィリス・アイゼンスタイン?Firisu Aizensutain Author Tags: Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 1946-1987 (1), alien culture (1), into-tv (1), religion (1), mars (1), birds (1), horror (1), fantasy (1) Book of Elementals 1 Sorcerer's Son (1979) 2 The Crystal Palace (1988) 3 The City in Stone (unpublished) The Book of Elementals, Vol. 1 and 2 (2003) [O/1,2] Tales of Alaric the Minstrel 1 Born to Exile (1978) also appeared as: Translation: Alaric [Dutch] (1980) 2 In the Red Lord's Reach (1989) Born to Exile (1971) [SF] also appeared as: Translation: Né pour l'exil [French] (1980) Inn of the Black Swan (1972) [SF] also appeared as: Translation: L'auberge du cygne noir [French] (1981) The Witch and the Well (1974) [SF] also appeared as: Translation: La sorcière et le puits [French] (1981) The Lords of All Power (1975) [SF] also appeared as: Serializations: Translation: Les seigneurs au pouvoir absolu (Part 1 of 2) [French] (1984) The Land of Sorrow (1977) [SF] also appeared as: Translation: Het land van droefenis [Dutch] (1980) Translation: Das Land der Sorgen [German] (1988) The Mountain Fastness (1979) [SF] Beyond the Red Lord's Reach (1988) [SF] only appeared as: Beyond the Red Lord's Reach (Part 1 of 3) (1988) The Island in the Lake (1998) [SF] The Caravan to Nowhere (2014) [SF] also appeared as: Translation: Die Karawane nach nirgendwo [German] (2016) The City of Lost Desire (2019) [SF] Shadow of Earth (1979) In the Hands of Glory (1981) Night Lives: Nine Stories of the Dark Fantastic (2003) with Alex Eisenstein Spec-Lit 1 Spec-Lit (1997) 2 Spec-Lit 2 (1998) Walker Between the Worlds: A Fantasy Novella (2007) Conspicuous SF (2009) The Masks of Power Walker Between the Worlds (2007) The Trouble with the Past (1971) with Alex Eisenstein also appeared as: Muke s prošlošću?Muke s prosloscu Muke s proshloshcu [Croatian] (1979) [as by Phyllis Eisenstein] Teleprobe (1974) Attachment (1974) The Weather on Mars (1974) with Alex Eisenstein also appeared as: Translation: Das Wetter auf dem Mars [German] (1984) Tree of Life (1975) also appeared as: Translation: L'arbre de la vie [French] (1977) Sleeping Beauty: The True Story (1976) with Alex Eisenstein You Are Here (1977) with Alex Eisenstein Altar Ego (1977) with Alex Eisenstein also appeared as: Translation: Altar Ego [German] (1979) Translation: L'altar ego [Italian] (1997) In Answer to Your Call (1978) also appeared as: Translation: En réponse à votre appel [French] (1978) [as by Phyllis Einsenstein] お呼びに応えて?Oyobi ni Kotaete [Japanese] (1978) [as by Translation: Antwort auf deinen Ruf [German] (1981) Lost and Found (1978) also appeared as: Translation: Verloren en gevonden [Dutch] (1980) Translation: So gingen also meine neun frühen Geschichten verloren [German] (1984) Translation: Kähvellysmysteeri [Finnish] (1996) The Man with the Eye (1978) In the Western Tradition (1981) The Fireman's Daughter (1981) Taboo (1981) also appeared as: Translation: Tabu [German] (1982) Point of Departure (1981) Dark Wings (1982) Nightlife (1982) also appeared as: Translation: Nachtleben [German] (1983) Subworld (1983) also appeared as: Translation: Sottomondo [Italian] (1984) Translation: Unterwelt [German] (1984) The Demon Queen (1984) The Amethyst Phial (1984) Sense of Duty (1985) The Snail Out of Space (1985) also appeared as: Translation: L'escargot venu de l'espace [French] (1985) Fair Exchange (1985) Weaseling Out (1987) No Refunds (1994) Boxes (1998) Dust in the Attic (1998) The Cat (1998) The Park (1998) Wild Animals (1998) Wallpaper World (2001) with Alex Eisenstein The Last Golden Thread (2009) also appeared as: Translation: De laatste gouden draad [Dutch] (2009) Translation: L'ultimo Filo D'oro [Italian] (2012) Boltzmann Schiaparelli and the Lizard King (2009) Von Neumann's Bug (2010) with Alex Eisenstein The Sunstone (2013) also appeared as: Translation: A pedra do sol [Portuguese] (2018) The Desert of Vanished Dreams (2016) The Profession of Science Fiction 28 Science Fiction and Me (1982) The Long and the Short of It (1968) The Pornographic Soapbox (1969) Dubuqon (1978) Letter (Locus #219) (1979) with Alex Eisenstein Letter (Vector 99) (1980) Where to Meet Pros and What to Do When You Get There (1982) Read This (NYRSF, February 1989) (1989) Phyllis Eisenstein's Guide to Chicago (1991) Letter (Analog, March 1992) (1992) Auntie Anne's Sweet Sour Meetballs (1996) Hoisin-Marinated Pork Chops (1996) Read This (NYRSF, November 1996) (1996) Editorial: Into the Unknown (Spec-Lit) (1997) Editorial (Spec-Lit 2) (1998) Introduction: Straddling the Spectrum (2003) Frederik Pohl, Science Fiction Grand Master (2004) An Appreciation of Algis Budrys (2008) with Alex Eisenstein Afterword (The Last Golden Thread) (2009) also appeared as: Translation: Nawoord (De laatste gouden draad) [Dutch] (2009) Afterword (Von Neumann's Bug) (2010) with Alex Eisenstein Introduction: Promises Fulfilled: The work of Carol Emshwiller (2011) Affair with a Green Monkey (1968) by Theodore Sturgeon The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) by Max Ehrlich The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories (1987) by Leon L. Gammell Phyllis Eisenstein Interview (1999) by uncredited	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798141
__label__wiki	0.556841	0.556841	Military Law Constitutional and R&R Background Briefing on Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference Special Briefing - Senior State Department Officials Intercontinental Hotel - Geneva, Switzerland MODERATOR: All right, everybody. We are in Geneva, where we just completed a fascinating day. And tomorrow the Secretary will be addressing the Biological Weapons Review Conference, which happens once every five years. To give you a sense of tomorrow’s event, we have two folks with us. We have [Senior State Department Official One], hereafter known as Senior State Department Official Number One. Sorry about that, [Senior State Department Official One.] SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: Or make her Number One. She’s going to speak first. MODERATOR: [Senior State Department Official One] and I have known each other a long time without a consideration. And then we have [Senior State Department Official Two] whose title is [title redacted], another old friend, hereafter Senior State Department Official Number Two. Take it away, [Senior State Department Official One.] SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: Actually, I – we’ll let [Senior State Department Official Two] begin. MODERATOR: Take it away, [Senior State Department Official Two] SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: Okay. Maybe I’ll just start really quickly. Well, in addition to the title that [Moderator] mentioned, last year I was asked to be – take on a different hat, an additional one as [Senior State Department Official]. And this was very much to prepare over the following year for this review conference. And as you know, this Administration has placed a premium on arms control and nonproliferation. The Biological Weapons – its full title is Biological Weapons and Toxin Convention – is one of the three pillars of the global WMD regime. It is the first treaty to ban an entire class of weapons, that is, biological and toxin weapons, entered into force in 1975. And so again, as you know, this Administration has placed a premium on arms control, nonproliferation, multilateral engagement. In particular, this is an area that this Administration early on took an interest in. The major review that was issued by the Obama Administration was only the second to come out of the White House, which was issued in 2009. So the President specifically asked the Secretary of State to head our delegation out here. She’ll give our national statement tomorrow. Now, the focus really is that, one, this is a cornerstone, as I said, of the global nonproliferation regime. But we are trying to make sure that this Convention is adaptable and is focused on the 21st century challenges out there. When the treaty came into force, basically we thought in terms of state actors. We all know that that world has changed. As a matter of fact, it’s 10 years since the United States experienced a biological incident. The anthrax letters killed a number of American citizens, caused billions of dollars in damage. So we know, from first hand, the havoc that can be wrought. Japan suffered a terrorist incident with biological weapons. And indeed, you look at al-Qaida. They have put out bulletins. You’ve seen things where they have called for people to work on biological and chem weapons. So it’s a real threat. But the positive side of that story, in terms of adapting this Convention to 21st century challenges is that when you develop the tools to deal with a biological weapons incident, the result of which is disease, the same tools give you the same benefits for the global health security, because disease is disease, whether it’s the result of a weapons incident, whether it’s manmade, whether it’s the result of, say, a lab accident. So when you build the national capacities around the world to deter, detect, and deal with disease outbreaks, then you build capacity that’s got benefits for global health in general. As a matter of fact, the Secretary has spoken about health security in speeches in the past, so it’s – again, this is certainly a long term interest approach. So as I say, it’s keeping to reconfigure this treaty to meet those challenges. And so [Senior State Department Official Two], I think, is going to talk about some of the elements that you could – themes that the Secretary may speak about, programmatic aspects we’d like to hear about. But ultimately, in this brochure you’ve got some reference materials and a description of some of the programmatic elements we’re looking for. It’s not a press – it wasn’t designed as a press kit, but if you find it useful we just brought it along. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: This will be the first time that we’ve asked the Secretary of State to speak at this review conference. This is the seventh held. The themes that you’ll hear her talk about tomorrow are first, to essentially lay out why we think that continued cooperation against biological threats is important, the universality of a threat given travel times and the connectedness of the world today, and also the interconnectedness of the solutions – of the remedies. How building your national capacity to detect and respond to any biological threat enhances the security of the whole world, and that we do this together. Second, she’ll give a brief recount of the United States’ efforts to comply with the Convention, which of course, includes destroying all of our biological weapons back in the 1970s. But more importantly is a proactive agenda we cooperate with dozens of countries including many in the less-developed world, not only through State and the ISN bureau, but through DHS, AID, CDC, DOD – all of these agencies play a role. We think we have a very positive record of cooperation. And finally, she’ll lay out three areas in which we propose this review conference consider for further action. I should note that the review conference does not amend the Convention. What we do is we meet and agree on items we want to focus on in the next five-year period. We have found the last two five-year periods, what they call the intercessional period, to be extremely valuable in bringing together not only many different countries, but filling a room not just with arms control specialists and diplomats but with scientists, industry, law enforcement officials, defense officials, for a genuinely multi-sectoral approach to global health security. So she’ll put out ideas in three areas – first, the interface of health and security, that is what can we do to enhance the surveillance and response capability of all nations? Secondly, a proposal on national implementation – how can we get states to report more regularly more useful information about their compliance with the Convention in a way that promotes transparency and builds confidence among state’s party that the Convention is respected? And third, on science and technology, to have a discussion about measures the scientific community needs to take to build the consciousness of the risks of bio-science research. We know the tremendous benefits. We wish to encourage those. But a good discussion about responsible, ethical behavior by researchers in this intercessional period is what we’re pushing for. So again, none of these proposals change the Convention; they are, rather, ideas for where to focus our work in the next five-year period. Many other countries are making similar ideas. I’ll close just by highlighting two areas that I think will not be so highlighted in the end. There are a couple of areas where there are disagreements within the Convention state’s party. One is in the area of verification. A number of states look at the BWC as they look at other arms control agreements, the Nuclear Nonpro Treaty or the Chemical Weapons Convention, and ask, why don’t we have a protocol for verification for intrusive inspections? The United States and a number of other countries believe that the very nature of biological research is such. It is so decentralized, it requires relatively simple equipment, fairly simple level of scientific knowledge, that you simply cannot design a verification mechanism that would work in the way that the IAEA works in the nuclear field. So this is one area where there are different views among state’s party. Second is what we call Article 10. Article 10 of the Convention requires states to exchange information and technology. We believe, as I said, the U.S. has an excellent record, along with many other developed nations, in genuine two-way exchange with countries on scientific knowledge, on technology, on best practices. Some states, particularly in the nonaligned movement, believe there should be a more centralized, regularized mechanism to require and enforce this kind of technology exchange. Now as I said, these are two longstanding issues in the Convention. I don’t expect either one of them to prevent us from having a successful inclusion – conclusion of a very forward-looking agenda for the next five years. There’s far more consensus than there is discord among the members of the Convention. And with that, I think we have a few minutes for questions. QUESTION: Can I ask just one simple one? SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: Mm-hmm. QUESTION: I get that essentially what you do at these revcons is to look at what you’re going to work on for the next five years. Do you believe that the Convention itself does need to be formally adapted, the language changed, presumably re-ratified by everybody, to deal with the 21st century threats that you were talking about, or not? SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: If I might, I would say no, we’re not looking for any amendment because we think it’s flexible enough, and [Senior State Department Official One] mentioned this intercessional process that’s been a huge success of these last five years. What we’d like to do is further enhance and institutionalize that process. So instead of, say, having this group [Senior State Department Official One] was talking about, this huge convening forum here that brings together diplomats, scientists, NGOs, law enforcement, animal and health experts together, instead of, say, just come in, having a meeting and then sort of going away, our idea is to have an institutional process where you have working groups. And I think we sketch out sort of three baskets there where you would develop recommendations then for the state’s parties, that you have a continuing dialogue. And again, the rapid pace of change in biological sciences is so extraordinary that, for example, science and technology is one of the areas that we’d like to see a working group or an ongoing one established to try and keep up with that. For example, there’s the other non-nuclear (inaudible) of the chemical weapons convention obviously deals with chemical weapons. But what’s fascinating science here is you have a convergence of chemical and biological areas. You could now chemically synthesize biological pathogens. So it’s extraordinary how rapid a change. And we believe that you need to, as I say, institutionalize this dialogue to try and stay ahead of that curve, both for traditional arms control security issues and also because, as we were talking about, this sort of health security and the extraordinary challenges we face in today’s global world where we all know disease knows no borders. QUESTION: Can you say which countries are pushing for – if any, are pushing for the verification protocol? SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: So far – you’ll see in your packet an example of a summary of a U.S. proposal. We posted on the website of the Convention our specific language for proposals, and a number of other countries have done the same. So far, we have not seen any country that has posted a proposal for a verification mechanism. It’s a common element of rhetoric among a number of non-aligned states and among a number of allied states as well, who simply disagree with us about the impossibility of concluding such a mechanism. So there’s a wide array of states that believe a Convention like this needs a protocol for verification. QUESTION: There’s not a risk of something like the (inaudible), where there’ll be an in-run around the normal process by some group of like-minded countries? QUESTION: I’ll take that one as a yes. (Laughter.) QUESTION: I don’t know the details. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: I think for one, this Convention runs by consensus. And as [Senior State Department Official One] said, that by and large there’s sort of a traditional attachment to the goal of the verification regime. That’s, for example, the position of the neutral/non-aligned movement, which is about a hundred and – it’s a huge chunk of the (inaudible) the international – it’s (inaudible), for example. But as I say, it’s more sort of a standard thing, but not the big sort of floor piece. I would perhaps identify – I mean, Iran is one country that, for example, the prepcon that we had here last April, which went extraordinarily smoothly, Iran was the one country that was isolated in terms of trying to specify a specific focus on verification at the review conference. QUESTION: Wouldn’t we like a verification process with Iran, so we can go in there and start poking around? SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: Well, one – this goes back to this notion of the changing nature of the threat out there. In terms of biological terrorism, how do you conceivably verify that? MODERATOR: I think the point that [Senior State Department Official Two] is trying to make is that false verification is worse than no verification, in the sense that it gives you this sense of security that is not warranted. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: We’ve got no bias against verification. We have a bias in favor of things that work. And we simply don’t believe you can design a verification mechanism in this field that will achieve the goal of giving genuine confidence about other countries’ programs and intentions. QUESTION: But is that because they – the threat now is really not so much countries as opposed to the non-state actors? SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: It’s not because of that, but I agree with the sentence. We think there is more reason to be concerned about sub-national actors and terrorists than about states. The BWC has been an enormous success in establishing an international norm that really treats biological weapons, as the preambles say, as abhorrent to the conscience of mankind. And even those countries that have not signed the Convention would not dream of making the argument that they have the right to pursue such a program. MODERATOR: Do you want to go a little deeper on why you can’t verify? SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: Well again, the dual-use nature. Because the same facilities that can produce equipment that would be used as a biological weapons – are the same facilities, the same substances that are vital for our industry, pharmaceuticals, our health, and so on. So it’s how you distinguish between the essential, vital, peaceful uses of the biological field and something that would be a biological agent. And as I say, that’s a huge problem just within, say, State programs. But then when it comes to, say, terrorism – and unlike the nuclear field, where you need massive infrastructure, complex programs, and so on, it’s – especially with the geographic changes in technology, it’s not that difficult to synthesize the materials. I mean, sort of – MODERATOR: Anybody can do it in their basement. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: In their garage. That A-student in high school biology. QUESTION: So if I might push just a little bit more on that. So basically, right now, as you go towards this revcon, is this really your main concern about these verification – SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: No. QUESTION: No. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TWO: I mean, it’s an issue out there. We’ve tried to sort of reframe the debate as have a lot of countries, in terms of talking about enhancing confidence in our minds. QUESTION: What about proliferation? What about – I mean, verification obviously, but what about proliferation? I think that’s a much greater concern than verification. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: And our proposals are aimed at that. The programs that we do through State, Defense, DHS, are designed at providing the kind of security at biological research facilities around the world that will prevent the misuse or the diversion of any of these materials. So that’s an active step against proliferation. We also believe that enhancing a country’s ability to detect early a biological outbreak and to respond effectively is, in fact, a deterrent against the development of biological weapons. If all countries are well-prepared to respond, the value, either to a state or to a terrorist organization, of biological weapons will decline. So it’s a – inherently both a health security measure and a deterrent measure. MODERATOR: Anything else? All right, guys. Thank you very much. SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL ONE: Thanks. MODERATOR: Appreciate it. QUESTION: Thank you. 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__label__cc	0.625185	0.374815	Tears of a Machine A project in Burlington, NJ by Russell G Collins Tears of a Machine is a tabletop RPG of giant robots and the teenagers who pilot them. Backers: 277 Funded: $7,810 of $7,000 Dates: Jul 3rd -> Aug 2nd (30 days) Project By: Russell G Collins rpgscience fictiontabletop gameanime +Suggest Last Updated: August 2 @ 14:30 -0400 GMT [url=https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/robotclaw/tears-of-a-machine/][img]https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/robotclaw/tears-of-a-machine/minichart.png[/img][/url] [View the latest stats for Tears of a Machine on Kicktraq](https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/robotclaw/tears-of-a-machine/) We've Done It August 1st - via: kickstarter.com Thank you, backers We've reached the goal, and with a comfortable cushion that will help keep surprise expenses from breaking the budget. My draft will soon go to J. R., my art outlines to Jenn, and the plans for layout, character sheets, and the... (Read More) End In Sight Greetings once again and a big thank you to you all. Many backers have gone the extra mile to increase their pledges and I'm seeing more and more names added to the list as word about Tears of a Machine is spread. If you haven't yet, take a look... (Read More) July 29th - via: kickstarter.com We've seen a real increase in backing, so thank you all so much for what you've done to spread the word about the project! We still have a lot of ground to cover though, so please keep at it. The high-value backer levels have all been filled so it's... (Read More) Hello once again and thank you all for your support. We’re in the final week now and as you can see, we still have a way to go to raise the funding for Tears of a Machine’s publication. I’m really happy to see that so many people are eager to... (Read More) Over 100 Backers! We've got over 100 individual backers now and are on our way into the last week of the backing period. Remind your friends, followers, and gaming groups. Sharing your interest in Tears of a Machine is the best way to help us reach the funding goals.... (Read More) Wall Scroll, New Logo and new fiction July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com Wall Scroll For those backing at the $100 and $300 dollar level, here's a peek at the wall scroll print of the Tears of a Machine cover. This print is made from the current version of the cover which may change slightly before publication. The scroll... (Read More) Power Outages, Pilots, and 1 in 5. Online Q and A Though fraught with technical difficulties, I was happy to chat with a few of our backers and share more about the fun I’ve had developing Tears of a Machine. If you missed it, you can check out the recording (what there is of it)... (Read More) 40% and Climbing We’ve surged ahead in backers lately and I’m very grateful for all your support. We’re in the middle phase of the kickstarter which is where things usually plateau, or so I’m told, but instead we picked up the pace and some very generous... (Read More) Angels and Scientists Angel! Thanks to the generosity of our Angel level backer, the Preservation Forces emblem patch will be produced and included with the rewards for all backers at $30 and higher! Our artist and graphic designer will have a sample image of the patch... (Read More) Thank you everyone! Because of your support, we've already past the $2,000 mark. That's great news but as you can see we still have further to go, so spread the word and share the news about Tears of a Machine with your friends. When I starting... (Read More) Accessibility, Interview, and the CRC Rather than hit you with a wall of text, I'm going to summarize some of the things that I've been up to and let you check out the links. Accessibility I committed to delivering Tears of a Machine in accessible formats because I believe there are... (Read More) More Questions Answered July 8th - via: kickstarter.com After a weekend of demo sessions at the Dexcon convention I'm even more excited to bring this project to you! Here are the answers to a few more questions I've been asked about the gameplay of Tears of a Machine. Ask me your questions through... (Read More) Tears of a Machine - First Questions It's time to answer some questions about Tears of a Machine. Let's start with the big one. Q. What's different about the game? Why not play some similar game? Or modify another game to do what this one does? A. I asked myself that same question.... (Read More) Additional content © Russell G Collins from the Tears of a Machine project.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798148
__label__cc	0.641918	0.358082	Context Statements Resource Inventories Organizations & Archives Historic Architects Archives Supporters Historic Architects‎ > ‎ Ralph Wyckoff Born (Watsonville, CA) Education (Ecole des Beaux Art, certificate in architecture, 1914) Firms (name, date, city): Ralph Wyckoff, Architect, Berkeley (1914-1915) H. B. Douglas, Watsonville (1915-1918) Wyckoff & White, Salinas (1919-1921, San Jose (1921-1925) Ralph Wyckoff, Architect (1925-1956) Ralph Wyckoff was the son of Watsonville engineer Cyrus Newton Wyckoff. He trained under architect William H. Weeks in Watsonville and San Francisco. He opened his first office in Berkeley after receiving his California license in 1914, and returned to Watsonville the following year after taking over the firm of H. B. Douglas. In 1919 joined with Hugh White in Salinas before settling in San Jose in 1921. In San Jose, he continued his association with White until 1925. Works (year, building, city): 1917 Watsonville Woman's Clulb, Watsonville 1918 Radcliff School, Watsonville 1920 Salinas High School, Salinas (with Hugh White) Harnell Junior College Elks Club, Salinas 1922 Wyckoff House, San Jose 1922 San Ysidro School, Gilroy 1922 Los Gatos School, Los Gatos (Wyckoff & White) 1923 Hester School, San Jose 1923 Saratoga School, Saratoga 1924 Ford's Department Store, Watsonville 1924 Willow Glen Grammar School, San Jose (demolished) McKinnon School, Santa Clara 1925 Watsonville Fire Station 1930 Anne Darling School, San Jose (demolished) 1931 Natural Science Building (Washington Square Hall), San Jose State College, San Jose 1933 San Jose Post Office, San Jose (National Register) Washington School, Santa Clara 1935 Gas Station, San Jose (San Jose Mercury Herald, May 10, 1935) (demolished) 1936 Stauffer House, Seven Springs Ranch, Cupertino (California Register) 1936 Paul L. Lion House, San Jose 1936 Sunlite Bakery, San Jose 1938 C.J. Haas House, San Jose 1941 Anglo-California National Bank, San Jose (San Jose City Landmark # __) 1947 Joseph George Distributor Bldg., San Jose 1949 Jack Lusardi Bldg., San Jose Levi Straus Plant, San Jose Speech and Drama Bldg., San Jose State College, San Jose Wahlquist Library, San Jose State College, San Jose (demolished) Santa Clara County Jail, San Jose Douglas, Jack, "Ralph Wyckoff, Local Architect, Leaves His Mark," Continuity, spring 1999. Ralph Wyckoff drawing collection, History San Jose. "Long-Time Architect Ralph Wyckoff Dies," San Jose Mercury, August 18, 1956. Lewis, Betty, Watsonville: Memories That Linger, 1980.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798149
__label__cc	0.644533	0.355467	NuMetro Pre-release: The Social Network David Fincher, the mastermind behind films like Panic Room, Fight Club and Zodiac (one of my all-time favourites) has definitely hit the jackpot with this modern gem that explores the controversy behind how the biggest revelation in communication (arguably, since the telephone) came to be. Skilled in the art of condensing a huge amount of facts in a tight package, Fincher (with the help of Aaron Sorkin’s awesome screenplay) creates a surprisingly interesting modern take on the classic legal drama, mixing it up with an important lesson in business ethics, student antics and a mini study in social alienation. A powerful ensemble cast will serve for most of the movie’s mainstream ‘likes’: Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland, Adventureland, The squid and the whale) is so well imagined that is hard not to get infuriated by his condescending nature, but at the same time admire his dedication, insight and obvious intellect (even though he struggles to get ‘poked’ by the ladies). Andre Garfield (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) serves as the most prominent force of friction with the film’s anti-hero, effectively becoming the posterboy for the modern BF as he struggles to understand his friend’s cold and greedy nature. Justin Timberlake plays a very similar character as in Alpha dog and other past ventures, raising suspicions in concern to how flexible he is as a film actor. Rashida Jones finally gets her big break, as a type of ‘beta version’ for a love connection in-between all the business disputes. The perfect movie, right? Well, no. Not exactly... Add to this great cast the following: A conservative, but well-timed, hard-hitting musical score and a few good laughs. The perfect movie, right? Well, no. Not exactly: The only thing that ‘The social network’ does lack is a clear, resonating emotional core. As fun as it is to see the plot unravel in its clever way, the movie is devoid of almost any sense of emotional connection, a crucial element of the drama genre, ultimately resulting in this cinematic gem’s greatest crack. While I understand this might have been intentional (illustrating how the internet has resulted in a type of emotional dullness), it does result in a sense of flatness that makes the experience feel like more of a documentary instead of a fully-imagined film experience. Fincher’s simplistic filming style only serves to accentuate this emotional shortcoming, creating a strange sense of fleetingness, as one soon forgets huge chunks of the film (even though you remember it as a great film overall) before you even make it out of the theatre. To put it simply, The social network is one app short of a complete Facebook page.(Just had to throw that in here, sorry) Highlight: Mark’s realisation that his best friend has cheated him out of their partnership leads to a heated confrontation: A beautifully acted scene that pushes the character to his limits, resulting in the movie’s most intense moment (one of very few). A generous amount of screen time is devoted to scenes with people looking at screens. Riveting stuff. Rating: 3-and-a-half Meerkat Tails	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798154
__label__wiki	0.533255	0.533255	Hasbro Corrects Course, Will Add Rey to Star Wars Monopoly January 7, 2016 Trae Dorn 0 Comments Hasbro, Monopoly, Rey, Star Wars, The Force Awakens, Toys Daisy Ridley’s Rey is, without a doubt, the central character of the seventh Star Wars film. I mean, it’s not a significant spoiler to say that she’s as central to The Force Awakens as Luke was to A New Hope. That’s why when Rey was excluded from the new Star Wars edition of Monopoly (which included Original Trilogy Luke, Darth Vader, Finn and Kylo Ren), there was not just confusion — but outcry. No one buys specialized Monopoly games to play Monopoly, they buy them for the cool pieces you can display, play with, and look at. The board game is an excuse to stare at the characters for a few hours before you realize that you’ve been tricked into playing Monopoly again by that one guy’s friend named Andrew, and that this whole time you could have been watching the movie again instead. Not having the central character included is kind of a big deal. And I mean, if this had been an isolated incident, it would have just been annoying — Finn is still pretty cool on his own (and as much a main character in this movie as Han Solo was in the original films). But Hasbro has a history of intentionally excluding women characters from toys, making this seem like just another in a long string of sexist bad decisions by the toy company. Hasbro initially tried to justify the decision, claiming it was to avoid spoilers, but that seems weird to me as it would imply that saying Finn was a main character somehow wouldn’t be one. The good news is that Hasbro has seen the light (or at least the money), and has decided to revamp future versions of the product. According to Entertainment Weekly, Hasbro will be adding Rey to the game. The version with her won’t be here until “later this year,” but that’s just mostly because it takes time to make a sculpt and mass produce a new figure (not to mention they want to sell off the copies of the game they’ve already produced). So yeah Hasbro, maybe next time don’t assume no one will want the main character just because she’s a woman, okay? Via EW ← DC Can’t Be Asked to Use Google, Calls Language of Pakistan “Pakistanian” ‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Gets Premiere Date, New Teaser →	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798156
__label__cc	0.54072	0.45928	Buried Secrets Craven Falls Book 2 by Donna M. Zadunajsky Genre: YA Mystery My name is Robyn Wilde, or at least that’s the name the state gave me when I was five years old. I have no idea what my real name is or where I came from, who my parents really are, and why they didn’t want me. But I can tell you this: “I’m fifteen and ran away from my foster parents’ house after finding a file hidden away in their room with not only my name on it, but also the name Crystal Rosmus. According to the file, she knows a lot about me. How, I have no idea. But she lives in Craven Falls, Ohio, and I’m on a bus right now to find her.” The Dead Girl Under the Bleachers Three girls... Three dead bodies... The quiet town of Craven Falls is depleting in population. One by one... Scarlet Fitzgerald thought it would be fun to play a game on Laura Stevenson, a nobody at Craven Falls High. But what happens when the game unleashes buried secrets Scarlet doesn’t want anyone to know? Secrets that could get someone killed, including herself. Three can play a game, but one of them ends up dead... Donna M. Zadunajsky started out writing children's books before she wrote and published her first novel, Broken Promises, in June 2012. She since has written several more novels and her first novella, HELP ME! Book 1 in the series, which is about teen suicide and bullying. Website * Facebook * Twitter * Bookbub * Amazon * Goodreads	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798157
__label__wiki	0.661019	0.661019	West Side Spirit Our Town Downtown Oct. 26, 2002, WASHINGTON, DC ? "Death, death to Saddam!" the turban-adorned man screams into the loudspeaker, garnering cheers and applause from hundreds in the pro-war camp at the base of the Washington Monument. "These protesters, these young people, they say they want peace. But there is no peace with Saddam! Saddam is butcher! Saddam is murder! Death, death to Saddam!" "Death, death to Saddam!" the myriad conservatives chant in unison, waving American flags and homemade posters with such lovely declarations as "NO WAR: LET SADDAM KILL MORE AMERICANS," "ONE NATION UNDER GOD" and?in an unprecedented linkage between 9/11 and the recent Washington sniper spree that left 10 dead and many professional newscasters in stained britches?"NEWSFLASH: ISLAM MEANS OSAMA MEANS SADDAM MEANS JOHN MOHAMMED!" And then something hippie this way comes. From over the hill a poster-board manifesto appears: "GEORGE BUSH EATS BABIES." Following are chants of "No blood, no blood for oil" and signs proclaiming "Regime Change Starts At Home." The greenies march toward the conservative rally by the thousands?screaming, dancing and many smeared with fake blood?all hoping for...something? "You fucking communists!" one conservative shouts, opening the first of many intelligent dialogues to follow. "Look at you, fucking communists! You teenagers for tyrants!" "Fascist motherfucker!" screams a blue-haired punk rocker most likely fresh out of junior high school. "Stupid warmongering fascist sonofabitch cunt!" "Death, death to Saddam!" the conservatives wail. "Death, death to Saddam!" "Hell no, we won't go!" the hippies reply, now face to face with their archenemies. "Hell no, we won't go!" "Death, death to Saddam! Death, death to Saddam!" "Hell no, we won't go! Hell no, we won't?" It's at this point the DC police break through the protest lines, riot gear on and billy clubs drawn. Guess which side gets the living shit kicked out of them? "Police state!" one hippie shrieks, flailing through the air at the whim of a 6-foot-7 cop. "Fucking police staaaaaaa?OUCH!" This is great! I tell myself, standing in the middle of this madman spectacle?a chorus of bodies flying overhead?waving my tape recorder in one hand and press card in the other. I'm actually in the middle of a full-scale riot! Wow! Like, I'm a real journalist now and stuff! And then I'm airborne. "Ooph!" I exhale, realizing that I have in fact just been kicked in the stomach by a fucking police horse. My gym-hardened abs have absorbed the blow well enough, especially considering I haven't been to the gym in 16 months, but my trajectory is a dangerous one: to my left, skull-crushing rocks. To my right, dirty hippies. (Okay, I'm making up the skull-crushing rocks part, but the horse is real.) Where do I land? Where do I land? "Fuck!" I scream. "Help me, you communists!" Praise Christ: my luscious teenage frame is caught in countless vegan arms. "Thank you," I say, breathing hard. "How can I??" "Peace, man," one greenie says. "Peace." The antiwar protest drew more than 200,000 people from across the nation, if you choose to believe the conjectures of International ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism), the neosocialist organization famous for such idiot slogans as "We Are All Palestinians." Of course, 20,000 probably looks a lot like 200,000 after a few turns at the bong, but downtown Washington was indeed flooded with young and old alike: lifelong pacifists and ex-soldiers; high school kids who don't know anything about geopolitics (but don't tell them that) and Republicans against another expensive war. It was the largest antiwar rally in Washington since Vietnam, by many estimates. But don't expect it to change anything: according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released Oct. 25, nearly three-quarters of Americans support military action in Iraq, with 56 percent "strongly" behind such a war. The Pentagon just got a $34 billion bonus for 2003, and U.S. officials are already buzzing about training Iraqi opposition militias, the Associated Press reported Oct. 20. (Worked well enough in Afghanistan and Cuba, why not try it again?) And then there's our man-child-thing president to worry about. "I can tell you that in all my years I've never seen a president want war more badly than George W. Bush," acclaimed journalist and bag of bones Helen Thomas recently told me at an American University lecture. "We've been attacked in the past and have gone to war, but it wasn't something the President desired. Bush, you can tell, he'll do anything so he can bomb more people." True that, Helen Thomas. Gulf War II would require the mobilization of more than 265,000 Reservists and National Guard members, nearly a third of the entire U.S. armed forces, The New York Times reported Oct. 28. And Bush is more than ready. ''Since Sept. 11, Americans have been reminded that the safety of many depends on the courage and skill of a few," Bush said earlier this month, before signing the $355.4 billion defense bill reelection-hungry Democrats were shamed into passing. Well, praise the Lord. Those sheethead Baghdad motherfuckers have no business with chemical weapons anyway, and Dubya is gonna show them what's up. Never mind that the Reagan/Bush administration actually gave the Iraqis chemical weapons in the first place. Because, you know, that would be mildly confusing. "[T]he shopping list included a computerized database for Saddam's Interior Ministry; helicopters to transport Iraqi officials; television cameras; chemical-analysis equipment for the Iraq Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and, most unsettling, numerous shipments of 'bacteria/fungi/protozoa' to the IAEC," reported Newsweek Sept. 23. "According to former officials, the bacteria cultures could be used to make biological weapons, including anthrax? The helicopters, some American officials later surmised, were used to spray poison gas on the Kurds." "Are you protester?" the Arab woman asks, standing behind the hotdog stand and taking my two dollars. "No," I huff. "Journalist? Horse?" "You are horse?" she seems confused. "No? Kicked by? Water? Need?" "These protesters," she shakes her head. "They say, 'No war.' They say, 'Let us have peace.' They do not know like I know. Saddam is killer. Saddam kills his own people. I come from Iran?Saddam killed my mother. Saddam killed my father. Saddam killed my brother." "Water? Need? God?" "Death, death to Saddam!" So Bush is ready and willing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars and Christ knows how many lives to take Saddam out of power. Even in the best-case scenario?an unstable U.S. puppet government takes over Iraq and funnels cheap oil to America for however long it takes the Iraqis to get tired of seeing their most precious resource go for sub-market prices?we still have that whole terrorism problem to deal with. Remember? Terrorism? "U.S. intelligence agencies are watching several groups of Middle Eastern men thought to be part of an infrastructure of as many as 5,000 al Qaeda terrorists and their supporters in the United States," The Washington Times reported last July. "The 5,000 figure was reported in classified intelligence reports sent to government policy-makers within the past month and is an increase from earlier estimates." Let's face it: taking down Saddam would be great for world stability. After all, this is the man who swore to butcher Israel, and might have the capacity to do so in the near future. (This would actually save the U.S. billions in foreign aid, so it's difficult to see why most Republicans are against the idea, but whatever.) However, any thinking person can see that going into Iraq would be an economic operation, not one of national security. If the Bush clan were actually interested in the safety of the American people, they wouldn't have given bacterial cultures to a foreign dictator in the first place. Just like they wouldn't have supported Hitler until 1942, when Prescott Bush's stocks in Nazi steel manufacturing were seized by the U.S. government under the Trading with the Enemy Act. No, the Bushes are in this one for the money again. It's common knowledge that former President George H.W. Bush is a representative of the Carlyle Group, a multinational $12 billion investment cabal with strong ties to both global arms manufacturing and the bin Laden family. Not to sound like too much of an X-Files devotee (the show started sucking after the movie came out anyway), but the more Dubya gets Congress to spend on military funding, the more the Bushes?George I, George II, Jebbie-poo and even his crackhead daughter?see in return. "In getting business for Carlyle, Mr. Bush has been impressive," reported The New York Times March 5, 2001. "His meeting with the crown prince [Abdullah of Saudi Arabia] was followed by a yacht cruise and private dinners" with Saudi businessmen, including King Fahd, all on behalf of Carlyle, which has extensive interests in the Middle East. And we all know what Saudi Arabia gave us six months later. "Are you okay?" the cute hippie girl asks, sitting on the wooden bench beside me. Thousands of protesters parade down Constitution Ave. directly in front of us. The afternoon sun shines bright. "Yeah, yeah," I say, holding both hands over my horse-stricken belly. "Just had a small run-in with a back hoof, that's all." "Oh," she says, twirling her lush brunette hair through her fingers. "Hey, have you ever made out under a tree before?" "Um," I say. "No." "How about that one?" "Uh? Okay." "Cool. Let me take my shoes off." "All right," I say, nervously reclining against bark. "All right," she smiles before mounting me. "How's that?" "Great," I wince. "That's really? Oh, wow, that's something." "Good," she says, her wet teenage lips approaching mine own. Yes, I've said it once and I'll say it again: God Bless Motherfucking War. Art of Food Building Service Workers Awards Downtown Our Town Thanks You Chelsea News NY NY Press	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798158
__label__wiki	0.762216	0.762216	Focus Collections Upcoming Focus Issues Plant Cell Teaching Tools Follow plantphysiol on Twitter Visit plantphysiol on Facebook Research ArticleDEVELOPMENT AND HORMONE ACTION Brassinosteroid-Insensitive-1 Is a Ubiquitously Expressed Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor Serine/Threonine Kinase Danielle M. Friedrichsen, Claudio A.P. Joazeiro, Jianming Li, Tony Hunter, Joanne Chory Danielle M. Friedrichsen Claudio A.P. Joazeiro Jianming Li Tony Hunter Joanne Chory Published August 2000. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.123.4.1247 Copyright © 2000 American Society of Plant Physiologists Brassinosteroid (BR) mutants of Arabidopsis have pleiotropic phenotypes and provide evidence that BRs function throughout the life of the plant from seedling development to senescence. Screens for BR signaling mutants identified one locus, BRI1, which encodes a protein with homology to leucine-rich repeat receptor serine (Ser)/threonine (Thr) kinases. Twenty-seven alleles of this putative BR receptor have been isolated to date, and we present here the identification of the molecular lesions of 14 recessive alleles that represent five new mutations. BR-insensitive-1 (BRI1) is expressed at high levels in the meristem, root, shoot, and hypocotyl of seedlings and at lower levels later in development. Confocal microscopy analysis of full-length BRI1 fused to green fluorescent protein indicates that BRI1 is localized in the plasma membrane, and an in vitro kinase assay indicates that BRI1 is a functional Ser/Thr kinase. Among thebri1 mutants identified are mutants in the kinase domain, and we demonstrate that one of these mutations severely impairs BRI1 kinase activity. Therefore, we conclude that BRI1 is a ubiquitously expressed leucine-rich repeat receptor that plays a role in BR signaling through Ser/Thr phosphorylation. Receptor protein kinases (RPKs) activate a complex array of intracellular signaling pathways in response to the extracellular environment (van der Geer et al., 1994;Padgett, 1999). RPKs are single-pass transmembrane proteins that contain an amino-terminal signal sequence, extracellular domains unique to each receptor, and a cytoplasmic kinase domain. In general, ligand binding induces homo- or heterodimerization of RPKs, and the resultant close proximity of the cytoplasmic domains results in kinase activation by transphosphorylation. Although plants have many proteins similar to RPKs, no ligand has been identified for these receptor-like kinases (RLKs). The majority of plant RLKs belong to the family of Ser/Thr kinases, and most have extracellular Leu-rich repeats (LRRs; Becraft, 1998). The LRRs form a solvent-exposed parallel β-sheet, which creates a surface that mediates protein-protein interactions in other systems (Kobe and Deisenhofer, 1995). The known interactors for mammalian LRR receptors are peptide hormones, such as nerve growth factor and gonadotropin (Braun et al., 1991; Kobe and Deisenhofer, 1995). Plant LRR-RLKs are involved in multiple processes including regulation of development (ERECTA, HAESA, and CLV1), disease resistance (Xa21), and steroid hormone signaling (brassinosteroid [BR]-insensitive-1 [BRI1]) (Song et al., 1995; Torii et al., 1996; Clark et al., 1997;Li and Chory, 1997; Jinn et al., 2000). ERECTA is important for proper shaping of organs originating in the shoot apical meristem (Torii et al., 1996). CLV1 is involved in the control of cell division and differentiation in the shoot apical meristem with CLV3 being the putative peptide ligand (Fletcher et al., 1999). Missense mutations in either the LRRs or the kinase domains of CLV1 and ERECTA lead to loss of function, confirming the importance of these domains for function (Torii et al., 1996; Clark et al., 1997). BRI1 encodes a putative BR receptor (Li and Chory, 1997), and bri1 mutants display a BR-deficient phenotype but fail to be rescued by BR treatment (Clouse et al., 1996; Kauschmann et al., 1996; Li and Chory, 1997; Noguchi et al., 1999). BRs are a unique class of plant steroids found throughout the plant kingdom that exhibit multiple effects when applied exogenously, including cell expansion of young aerial tissues, especially the hypocotyl and leaf petioles (Mandova, 1988). Classical animal steroid hormone receptors belong to a subfamily of nuclear receptors that are ligand-dependent transcription factors that regulate gene expression (Beato et al., 1995). There is also evidence for action of steroid hormones outside the nucleus involving membrane receptors and protein phosphorylation (Wehling, 1997). In Xenopusoocytes, progesterone through an unidentified surface-associated receptor activates a Ser/Thr kinase, Eg2 (Andrésson and Ruderman, 1998). Additionally, progesterone stimulates Tyr phosphorylation in human sperm via a putative cell surface receptor (Tesarik et al., 1993;Mendoza et al., 1995), and in osteoblastic cells estrogen causes a rapid and transient MAP kinase activation (Endoh et al., 1997). The BRI1 extracellular domain contains 21 tandem amino-terminal LRRs, a 70-amino acid island domain and four additional LRRs preceding the transmembrane domain. This organization is similar to that in tomato disease-resistance membrane-anchored LRR proteins, Cf-2, Cf-4, Cf-5, and Cf-9 (Jones and Jones, 1997; Dixon et al., 1998). These proteins contain “loop out” domains, similar to but smaller than the island domain, and these “loop out” domains interrupt tandem LRRs, creating four separate LRRs prior to the transmembrane domain. Threebri1 mutations are in glycines of the island domain, and one is a missense mutation in the first LRR following the 70-amino acid island domain (Li and Chory, 1997; Noguchi et al., 1999), supporting the necessity of these regions for function. Four missense mutations occur in the cytoplasmic Ser/Thr kinase domain of BRI1, implicating another essential domain for BRI1 function (Li and Chory, 1997; Noguchi et al., 1999). In this paper we present the identity of additional recessive alleles of BRI1, which highlights the importance of certain domains for BRI1 function. Additionally, we used a green fluorescent protein fusion to show the localization of BRI1 to the plasma membrane and to determine its pattern of expression within the plant. Finally, the function of BRI1 as a Ser/Thr kinase is directly demonstrated by an in vitro kinase assay. Therefore, we conclude that BRI1, the putative brassinolide receptor, is a ubiquitously expressed, plasma membrane-localized, LRR Ser/Thr kinase. Sequencing of Additional bri1 Alleles Implicates a New Domain in BRI1-Mediated Steroid Signaling We previously conducted a screen for BR-insensitive mutants, and isolated 18 new bri1 alleles (Li and Chory, 1997). To identify regions of functional significance, we sequencedBRI1 from 14 of these mutants. The molecular lesions ofbri1 alleles are reported in TableI and are schematically represented in Figure 1, including already publishedbri1 alleles (Li and Chory, 1997; Noguchi et al., 1999). We identified three new mutations in the kinase domain; bri1-1and bri1-108 are missense alleles altering amino acids Ala-909 to Thr and Arg-983 to Gln, respectively. Ala-909 in subdomain II is present in all protein kinases, and Arg-983 in subdomain VIA is conserved among the putative plant LRR receptor kinases, including BRI1, CLV1, ERECTA, and Xa21 (Li and Chory, 1997). Thebri1-117 allele has a mutation at codon 1,139 of a non-conserved Asp to Asn in a region of the protein that generally contains negatively charged residues in protein kinases. These new mutants re-emphasize the necessity of the BRI1 kinase domain. In the BRI1 extracellular domain, we identified two new mutations: a nonsense mutation in bri1-114 generates a stop codon early within the 70-amino acid island domain, and a missense mutation inbri1-102 results in the substitution of Thr-750 with an Ile. The latter mutation occurs after the 25th LRR and before the second Cys pair, indicating a new region in BRI1 whose integrity is necessary for function. Table I. bri1 alleles The majority of bri1 mutations cluster in the island and kinase domains. A schematic representation of BRI1 including all the known bri1 point mutations with their predicted effects. Symbols represent the following: , Signal peptide; , putative Leu-zipper motif; , Cys pair; , LRRs; , 70-amino acid island; , transmembrane domain; , kinase domain. Asterisk, These alleles were published by Noguchi et al. (1999). BRI1 Is a Ubiquitously Expressed Plasma Membrane-Localized Protein To determine the spatial pattern of expression and subcellular localization of BRI1, a green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion with the C terminus of full-length BRI1 was made in the context of a BRI1 genomic clone containing, in addition to coding sequence, 1.7 kb of promoter DNA and upstream regulatory elements. This translational fusion (BRI1::GFP) was able to rescuebri1-104 (data not shown), indicating that the fusion protein was functional. The expression of BRI1::GFP is ubiquitous in young tissue, especially in the meristem. Figure2 presents a confocal microscopy analysis of BRI1 expression and shows that the BRI1::GFP fluorescence is localized to the cell surface in the hypocotyl, root, and cotyledons of young light-grown seedlings. The hypocotyl cells of wild-type (vector alone) seedlings (Fig. 2A) exhibit only the background chlorophyll autofluorescence, whereas in the hypocotyls of BRI1::GFP transgenic plants, the surface of each cell is outlined by the intense GFP fluorescence. The cotyledons show a similar pattern with the BRI1::GFP fluorescence illuminating the surface of epidermal cells (Fig. 2E). Roots have very low background fluorescence due to the lack of chloroplasts, and in Figure 2C, the fluorescence of the image was enhanced to show that a root-tip was in the field. In stark contrast to this wild-type root is the transgenic root (Fig. 2D), in which the surface of each cell is apparent. In these young cells in the root tip, the cytoplasm is not pushed up against the plasma membrane because the vacuoles are small. Therefore, we conclude that the BRI1-directed GFP fluorescence is at the cell wall/plasma membrane and not in the cytoplasm of these cells. The BRI1promoter drives expression of BRI1::GFP in all tissues in both light- and dark-grown seedlings (data not shown). Expression continues in younger tissue, but BRI1::GFP fluorescence decreases in non-growing older tissue (data not shown). BRI1-GFP is expressed ubiquitously during early seedling development and is localized to the plasma membrane. A BRI1::GFP fusion protein was expressed from theBRI1 promoter in stably transformed wild-type Arabidopsis. A, Background chlorophyll fluorescence in a wild-type hypocotyl; B, BRI1::GFP fluorescence along the cell surface of hypocotyl cells; C, background fluorescence of a wild-type Arabidopsis root; D, BRI1::GFP at the cell surface in young root; E, BRI1::GFP at the cell surface in cotyledon epidermal cells (wild type has only stomata and guard cell chloroplast autofluorescence, which is not shown); F, BRI1::GFP localizes with the cytoplasm if cells are collapsed in 0.8m mannitol, indicating that BRI1::GFP is in the plasma membrane. Bar = 20 μm. To determine if BRI1 is localized to the cell wall or the plasma membrane, a plasmolysis experiment was performed. Negative osmotic pressure results in the evacuation of fluid from inside the cell, and the plasma membrane is internalized with the cellular organelles, leaving the cell wall unaltered. When roots from a transgenic seedling were placed in 0.8 m mannitol, the BRI1::GFP fluorescence was internalized with the plasma membrane and the rest of the cell (Fig. 2F). Although many plant LRR-RLKs have putative signal sequences and transmembrane domains, this is the first evidence of visual localization of a LRR-RLK to the plasma membrane. BRI1 Is a Ser/Thr Kinase The BRI1 cytoplasmic domain is predicted to contain Ser/Thr kinase activity, and we performed an in vitro kinase assay to determine if BRI1 is an active kinase. Wild-type and mutant BRI1 cDNA constructs containing a C-terminal HA tag were expressed in human embryonic kidney 293T cells by transient transfection. The mutants tested were bri1-101, a kinase domain mutant altering Gly-1078 to Glu in subdomain IX, and bri1-113, which has a mutation in the extracellular island domain (Fig. 1). Transfected BRI1 is readily detectable as an approximately 150-kD protein by immunoblot of whole cell lysates using the 12CA5 monoclonal antibody and enhanced chemiluminescence (data not shown). The kinase activity of BRI1 proteins was determined by an in vitro kinase assay. In this assay, BRI1 is immunoprecipitated from transiently transfected 293T cells and is incubated with [γ-32P]ATP in a buffer containing Mg2+ and Mn2+.32P-Labeled proteins are separated by SDS-PAGE and detected by autoradiography. Figure 3A shows that although the wild-type and bri1-113 proteins are competent for autophosphorylation, the kinase activity of bri1-101 is significantly reduced. Quantitation revealed that the kinase activity of bri1-101 was 45 times lower than that of the wild type in this assay, whereas bri1-101 expression was only one-half of the wild-type levels (Fig.3A). The kinase- associated protein phosphatase (KAPP) binds in a phosphorylation-dependent manner to the kinase domains of the LRR-RLKs, HAESA (RLK5) and CLV1 (Stone et al., 1994, 1998; Williams et al., 1997). BRI1 was shown to phosphorylate KAPP as a substrate in vitro (J. Li, R. Williams, E. Meyerowitz, and J. Chory, unpublished data). The kinase domain sequence predicts that BRI1 belongs to the Ser/Thr kinase family (Li and Chory, 1997). Phosphoamino acid analysis performed with the in vitro autophosphorylated receptor showed that phospho-Ser and phospho-Thr were present, thus confirming this prediction (Fig.3B). BRI1 is a Ser/Thr kinase. Immunoprecipitated HA-BRI1, wild type, bri1-101, and bri1-113 were used for an in vitro kinase assay. A, The top presents an autoradiogram of the kinase assay. The bottom presents an immunoblot using anti-HA antibody of the same gel. Lane 1, Untransfected 293T cells; lane 2, wild-type BRI1; lane 3, bri1-101 kinase mutant; lane 4, bri1-113 island domain mutant. B, Autophosphorylation of BRI1 occurs on Ser/Thr residues. Anti-HA-BRI1 autophosphorylation was subjected to phosphoamino acid analysis. The positions of the internal phospho-Ser, phospho-Thr, and phospho-Tyr standards (visualized by ninhydrin staining) are indicated. The origin (+) and the directions of electrophoresis with the pH are as indicated. BRI1 Is a Functional Ser/Thr Kinase Five plant LRR receptor Ser/Thr kinases have been shown to be active protein kinases. The kinase domain of HAESA (RLK5), for example, was expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein and then was purified and used in in vitro kinase assays (Horn and Walker, 1994). The results from these assays showed that the fusion protein possessed kinetic parameters typical of protein kinases. We chose to express BRI1 in an animal cell system because similarities exist between animal and plant cells with regard to the expression and the peptide signal-mediated membrane targeting of large receptor proteins. We reasoned that proper membrane expression of the full-length protein in a cellular context would allow the study of hormonal regulation of receptor activation. BRI1 expressed in 293T cells by transient transfection was used for in vivo labeling experiments (data not shown) and was also immunoprecipitated and used for an in vitro kinase assay. The in vitro kinase assay revealed that both the wild-type protein and the product of an allele that contains a mutation in the extracellular domain were active protein kinases, at least in vitro, under conditions of antibody-mediated dimerization. On the other hand, the product of the bri1-101 allele, which contains a mutation in the kinase domain, exhibited greatly reduced kinase activity. This assay confirms the predicted activity of the kinase domain of BRI1 and can now be used as a biochemical tool to identify direct substrates of the activated receptor. The demonstration that BRI1 encodes an active protein kinase provides more substantial ground to explain the effects of the intracellular domain mutations in BRI1. Although mutations in the intracellular domain of a transmembrane receptor might affect several processes, such as receptor homo- and heterodimerization, interaction with other proteins, receptor stability, and enzymatic activity, most mutations found in the intracellular domain of BRI1 are consistent with the latter possibility: bri1-1 substitutes an Ala residue in the protein kinase subdomain II (Hanks et al., 1988) that is conserved in all protein kinases; bri1-8 and bri1-108substitute an Arg in subdomain VIa that is conserved in LRR kinases;bri1-104 substitutes an Ala in subdomain VII that is frequently found at that position in other protein kinases;bri1-115 changes a Gly residue in subdomain VIII that is thought to be involved in substrate recognition and Ser/Thr specificity; bri1-107 creates a stop codon that truncates the kinase domain in subdomain VIII; bri1-117 replaces an Asp with Asn in a segment of subdomain XI in which negatively charged residues are frequently observed among protein kinases; andbri1-101, which revealed greatly reduced kinase activity in vitro, substitutes a Glu that is frequently found at that position in subdomain IX of protein kinases. Phosphoamino acid analyses of in vitro phosphorylated BRI1 revealed the presence of phosphorylated Ser and Thr only, as originally predicted from the inspection of primary amino acid sequence of this kinase. Based on data from other protein kinases, we anticipate that some of the phosphorylated residues will lie in the activation loop of the kinase domain, which is in fact Ser/Thr–rich in BRI1. In addition to activation loop phosphorylation, which generally serves to increase kinase activity, sites elsewhere may be phosphorylated to recruit phosphopeptide-binding proteins into an activated receptor complex, as happens for receptor protein-Tyr kinases. Three modular protein domains are now known that selectively bind to peptide sequences containing phosphorylated Ser or Thr: FHA, WW, and 14-3-3 (Yaffe and Cantley, 1999). All of these domains are found in plants and, in fact, an FHA domain-containing protein phosphatase, KAPP, has been shown to selectively bind to activated LRR receptors (Stone et al., 1994;Williams et al., 1997; Braun et al., 1997; Li et al., 1999). We have not detected either basal or steroid-induced phosphorylation of BRI1 in 293T cells labeled with [32P]orthophosphate, despite the fact that many variables have been explored and that phosphorylation of several other protein kinases and kinase substrates was readily detected under similar conditions (data not shown). Based on what has been learned from RPKs in other systems and on the observation that at least part of the autophosphorylation of HAESA (RLK5) is intermolecular (Horn and Walker, 1994), we speculate that BRI1 is found in the inactive monomeric state when expressed in 293T cells and that the formation of kinase-active BRI1 dimers is induced during the immunoprecipitation reaction that precedes the in vitro kinase assay. This model explains why, under the conditions of the latter assay, a ligand is not required to promote stimulation of receptor kinase activity. Brassinolide and other steroids may have failed to promote BRI1 dimerization and activation in intact cells for several reasons, such as a missing accessory steroid carrier protein or presenting molecule in the heterologous 293T cell system. Role of the Extracellular Domain There are several putative domains in the extracellular region of BRI1. Analysis of mutant alleles indicates domains of functional importance, including the amino-terminal Cys pair, the 70-amino acid island, the LRR domain, and the region between the LRR and the second Cys pair (Fig. 1). The island domain contains three missense mutations, bri1-6,bri1-7, and bri1-113, which affect three separate Gly residues. Although the bri1-113 mutant fails to respond to the steroid, it was shown in this paper to be an active kinase in vitro. This mutant could be an active kinase in vitro due to antibody-mediated dimerization, but in vivo a mutation of Gly in the island domain Gly might inhibit positive regulation of the kinase domain. The requirement for this Gly could be due to the small size of this residue, which allows for a conformational change of the protein when the ligand is bound to activate the kinase domain. Alternatively, mutation of these glycines could interfere with protein/ligand binding to BRI1 or with extracellular dimerization. Although the importance of the Gly residues is unclear, the Cf-2, Cf-4, Cf-5, and Cf-9 defense genes contain “loop out” domains that are similar to the island domain of BRI1 but that are much smaller, 32, 27, and 39 amino acids, respectively. All of these proteins contain a Gly for the −6 amino acid relative to the most carboxy-terminal amino acid in each domain. This Gly is mutated in the bri1-6 allele, thereby supporting the hypothesis that the Glys represent a structural requirement for LRR transmembrane protein function. The LRR domain is another region possibly involved in protein/ligand interactions. The predicted site for this interaction is in the solvent exposed parallel β-sheet (Kobe and Deisenhofer, 1995). The LxxLxLxx (x is any amino acid) domain within the LRR corresponds with the solvent face of the protein with the Leu resides facing away from the solvent face (Jones and Jones, 1997). The x or variable amino acids could lead to specificity of the protein binding to the LRR. The strong clv1 alleles, clv1-4 andclv1-8, are both missense mutations in this solvent face domain. In contrast to this, bri1-9 is a weak allele (Noguchi et al., 1999) altering a Ser in the conserved BRI1 solvent face, LxxLxLSx (Li and Chory, 1997). This mutation could alter protein/ligand interactions or dimerization. It is interesting that this mutation is in the first of the four LRR after the island domain. This could indicate that many of the important molecular interactions occur close to the transmembrane domain. This idea is supported bybri1-102, a mutation also in this region. Conversely, the clustering of mutations closer to the transmembrane domain could indicate that the protein interactions with the first 21 LRRs are strong enough that altering one amino acid does not significantly destabilize binding. BRI1 Expression Is Not Spatially Regulated BRI1 is expressed in all tissues in the seedling (root, hypocotyl, cotyledons, and leaves; Fig. 2 and data not shown) and in adult organs, including cauline leaves and inflorescent stems (data not shown). The expression pattern of BRI1-GFP fusion protein is consistent with previous mRNA expression data (Li and Chory, 1997), which revealed the presence of BRI1 transcripts in all tissues. Although there is no tissue-specific expression of BRI1, there is temporal regulation. Fully expanded leaves and elongated root or inflorescence cells express BRI1::GFP at low levels (data not shown). This expression of the transgene correlates with physiological data that showed that exogenously applied BRs promote growth only in younger tissues (Mandova, 1988). The lack of response of older tissues to BRs may be because BRI1, the putative BR receptor, is present at significantly diminished levels in fully expanded tissues. Model of BRI1 Signaling We propose two models for the function of BRI1 in brassinolide signaling. First, similar to animal RPKs, the binding of ligand to the LRR or the island domain may result in the dimerization of BRI1 with itself or another receptor kinase. This dimerization would result in transphosphorylation and activation of the kinase domain. The activated kinase would then send a phosphorylation signal to alter gene expression and induce cell expansion, among other effects. Conversely, BRI1 may not be the receptor itself but may be a protein in the brassinolide receptor complex whose extracellular domain is involved in interactions with other receptor complex proteins. The formation of an active complex results in activation of the kinase phosphorylation signal. Plant Material and Growth Conditions Arabidopsis Columbia was the wild-type ecotype. Seeds were surface sterilized by washing for 20 min in 70% (v/v) ethanol containing 0.05% (v/v) Triton X-100, followed by a wash with 95% (v/v) ethanol. Seeds were dried on filter papers under sterile conditions and sown on 0.5× Murashige-Skoog medium (Gibco-BRL, Cleveland) supplemented with 1% (v/v) Suc and 0.8% (v/v) phytoagar. The plates were wrapped in aluminum foil and left at 4°C overnight to induce germination. Seedlings were grown in growth chambers at 21°C under long-day conditions (16 h of light). Sequence Analysis of bri1 Alleles The alleles described were isolated from ethyl methane-sulfonate-mutagenized Arabidopsis Columbia seeds carrying the homozygous mutation glabrous1 (Lehle Seeds, Round Rock, TX), except for bri1-119, which was obtained from the Arabidopsis Biological Resource Center (Ohio State University, Columbus; stock no. CS399, ecotype Enkheim-2). Genomic DNA was isolated from various bri1 mutants using a plant DNA miniprep method (Li and Chory, 1997). Based on the wild-typeBRI1 sequence, three pairs of gene-specific primers (forward 1, 5′-AGTTACCATTGCAGACGA-3′; reverse 1, 5′-AACCCAACCAACGACGTT-3′; forward 2, 5′-GAATTCAATCTCCGGTGCTA-3′; reverse 2, 5′-GAAGAGGATAACCACAGA-3′; forward 3, 5′-TGGTTCGATTCCTGATGA-3′; and reverse 3, 5′-GAAT-TAATAGGTCACGTGC-3′) were designed to amplify three overlapping PCR fragments covering approximately 2.0 kb of 5′-untranscribed/untranslated sequence, the complete protein-coding sequence (3, 588 bp), and 420 bp of 3′-untranslated region. PCR amplifications were conducted in 100-μL reaction volumes containing 50 mm Tris [Tris-(hydroxymethyl)-aminomethane]-HCl (pH 8.3), 2 mm MgCl2, 0.01% (w/v) gelatin, approximately 100 ng of Arabidopsis DNA, 200 μmdNTPs, 250 ng each of a specific pair of BRI1 primers, and 5 units of Taq DNA polymerase (Fisher Scientific, Pittsburgh). The PCR reactions were performed in a thermocycler (Trio-Thermoblock, Biometra, Germany) by denaturing the template DNA for 5 min at 95°C followed by 40 cycles of 45 s at 94°C, 45 s at 55°C, 90 s at 72°C, and a 10-min extension at 72°C. The PCR products were size-fractionated by electrophoresis in 0.8% (w/v) agarose gel, purified using the QIAEX II gel extraction kit (Qiagen, Chatsworth, CA), and directly sequenced on an ABI PRISM 310 genetic analyzer using the dRhodamine terminator cycle sequencing kit (PE-Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). Putative mutations were identified by comparing the DNA sequences of mutant bri1alleles with the wild-type BRI1 sequence using the Lasergene Sequence Analysis System (DNASTAR, Inc., Madison, WI), and they were confirmed by sequencing at least two independently amplified PCR fragments or by conducting cleaved-amplified polymorphic sequence/derived cleaved-amplified polymorphic sequence analysis (Konieczny and Ausubel, 1993; Neff et al., 1998). The wild-typeBRI1 gene of the ecotype Enkheim-2 was sequenced and used to identify the bri1-119 mutation. Construction of BRI1::GFP The entire BRI1 coding region, including 1,690 bp of promoter relative to the translation start, was fused to GFP5.1 by replacing the BRI1 stop codon with a three-amino acid linker: Trp, Asp, Pro. GFP5.1 was created by inserting theNdeI-BstBI fragment frommGFP5 (GenBank accession no. U87974; Siemering et al., 1996) into a S65T mutated version of GFP. This fusion construct was cloned into pCHF4, a pPZP212-derived vector with a pea ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase terminatorSacI-EcoRI fragment. An ASEAgrobacterium tumefaciens strain containing theBRI1::GFP translational fusion construct was used to transform wild-type Arabidopsis plants by vacuum infiltration. Transformed seedlings were selected on 0.5× Murashige-Skoog medium, 1% (w/v) Suc, 0.8% (w/v) phytagar, and 50 μg/mL kanamycin and were propagated on soil. Fluorescence Microscopy Confocal and conventional fluorescence microscopy were performed on an IX70 inverted microscope (Olympus, Tokyo). Fluorescence was filtered with fluorescein isothiocyanate filter sets (Olympus). In Vitro Kinase Assay Hemagglutinin (HA) tag was added to the 3′ end ofBRI1, bri1-101, andbri1-113 by cloning the PCR product (BRI1-N, 5′-CCCCGGGTACCTTGAGAAATGAAGACT-3′; BRI1-HAC, 5′-GGGCTAGCGTAATCTGGAACATCGTATG-GGTATAATTTTCCTTCAGGAACTTC-3′) from wild-type BRI1 DNA and bri1-101 andbri1-113 mutant DNA into the pCMX-PL2 vector. The products were sequenced to confirm that no mutations were introduced by the PCR. Human embryonic kidney 293T cells were maintained in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal calf serum. Five micrograms of HA-taggedBRI1 plasmid DNA and 5 μg of carrier DNA were transfected into 2 × 106 cells with the calcium phosphate method (Sambrook et al., 1989). Forty-eight hours after transfection, cells were lysed in buffer containing 25 mmTris-Cl (pH 8.0), 1% (v/v) Nonidet-P40, 10 mmphenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, 1 mm dithiothreitol, 10 units/mL aprotinin, 20 μg/mL leupeptin, 20 mm EDTA, 10 mm β-glycerophosphate, 1 mm sodium orthovanadate, and 10 mm sodium fluoride for 20 min on ice. Cell lysates were cleared by centrifugation after a 20-min incubation with fixed Staphylococcus aureus at 4°C. HA-tagged BRI1 proteins were immunoprecipitated with the 12CA5 anti-HA tag monoclonal antibody and protein A agarose beads (RepliGen, Needham, MA). The immune complexes were washed twice with lysis buffer, once with phosphate-buffered saline, and twice with kinase reaction buffer (20 mm HEPES [4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid], pH 7.4, 10 mm MgCl2, 10 mm MnCl2, and 1 mm dithiothreitol). 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__label__wiki	0.851316	0.851316	Home / 2020 NASCAR season / LJC / NASCAR Cup Playoffs / William Byron / William Byron scores first career win in regular season finale William Byron scores first career win in regular season finale Janine Cloud William Byron and his crew chief Chad Knaus almost certainly sighed with relief when post-race inspection cleared the No. 24 car Saturday night, confirming Byron’s first career NASCAR Cup Series win. Hendrick Motorsports teammate Chase Elliott helped Byron outrun the Toyotas of Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. in the regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway. Hamlin and Truex Jr. held on to finish the Coke Zero Sugar 400 third and fourth respectively, and Bubba Wallace avoided the final-stage mayhem to score the third top-five finish of his Cup career. The first points-paying win for the No. 24 with anyone other than Jeff Gordon behind the wheel locked Byron into the NASCAR Cup Playoffs, which will kick off next week. “I had confidence in (crew chief) Chad (Knaus) and the guys that we could get four tires and make the most of it,” Byron said. “So, I’m just extremely blessed, and this is incredible. It’s been a hard couple of years in the Cup Series and trying to get my first win and gel with this team. These guys did an awesome job today and got us in the Playoffs, and it’s amazing.” For Knaus, the victory meant more than the obvious excitement of scoring a Playoffs berth. He explained, “It was a long time coming. Obviously the goal for me was to try to get to Victory Lane with this 24 car again. To be able to do it here in Daytona is really special.” Prior to this weekend, Knaus had 81 victories as a Cup crew chief on his resume, all earned with the No. 48 team and Jimmie Johnson. “The one thing to be selfish from my standpoint is I wanted to get to Victory Lane with a car number as a crew chief without [the name] Jimmie Johnson on top of the door," Knaus stated. "Nothing against Jimmie or any of that, but just to do it, to see if I could accomplish it.” After the race, Elliott was asked about having been told on the radio to stick with his teammate. He replied, “I was looking for an opportunity for myself, for sure. I never saw an opportunity that I thought was going to benefit me. There were a couple opportunities that would have probably hurt both of us. I didn't see a scenario. Maybe there was. I'm certainly not the best plate racer. Maybe there was a spot for me to make it work for me and go on to win. At the moment in time, I didn't see that developing. Tried to give William the best shove I could, go on down the road.” The event slowed for caution six times for a total of 21 laps, but only three were for incidents, all in the final stage. Two of those resulted in red flags, the first for just over 10 minutes and the second for 05:34. More than half the field sustained some level of damage during the race, including Johnson, whose playoff hopes and bid for an eighth championship in his final season came to a disappointing end in a Lap 159 crash involving 10 other cars. Sixteen drivers combined for 35 lead changes. Joey Logano led six times for 36 laps, but got tapped by Denny Hamlin to set off that Lap 159 melee, ending his day. Kyle Busch looked sharp leading three times for 31 laps but his night ended in the Lap 152 fracas. Byron led five times for 24 laps, barreling his way through the two “Big Ones.” Clint Bowyer made it into the Playoff field by finishing the second stage of the race, leaving Matt DiBenedetto to claim the final spot at race end by a scant six points over Johnson. The NASCAR Cup Playoffs begin Sunday, September 6 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern with the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Here are the contenders in points order: Rank Driver Points Diff 1 Kevin Harvick 2057 2 Denny Hamlin 2047 -10 3 Brad Keselowski 2029 -28 4 Joey Logano 2022 -35 5 Chase Elliott 2020 -37 6 Martin Truex, Jr. 2014 -43 7 Ryan Blaney 2013 -44 8 Alex Bowman 2009 -48 9 William Byron 2007 -50 10 Cole Custer 2005 -52 10 Austin Dillon 2005 -52 10 Aric Almirola 2005 -52 13 Clint Bowyer 2004 -53 14 Kyle Busch 2003 -54 15 Kurt Busch 2001 -56 16 Matt DiBenedetto 2000 -57 William Byron scores first career win in regular season finale Reviewed by Janine Cloud on Sunday, August 30, 2020 Rating: 5 Tags 2020 NASCAR season X LJC X NASCAR Cup Playoffs X William Byron	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798180
__label__cc	0.597778	0.402222	Last month, Josie discovered what may be her new favorite place: the library. As one of our Mommy/Josie outings, we went to the library to read until it closed, then went to a pet store to look at the animals, and then picked up dinner to bring back home to Ryan and Audra. I told Josie to go ahead and pick out some books once we got to the kids' section at the library, and maybe she just thought it was too good to be true so she felt the need to act with some immediacy, but she probably needs to work on her strategy. She basically tried to clear out whole shelves at a time... of baby books. I ended up taking over the book selection role so that we could read books more appropriate for her age level, and then she picked out some books to check out and bring home, which was almost more than she could handle. [Josie with her books that she didn't want to let leave her sight] She also really liked looking at the animals at the pet store, too, although she did decide she was scared of the fish (possibly because I told her that she would scare them by knocking on the glass). We went out to pick up burgers, and her meal came with a soda so I gave her maybe a couple of inches of sparkling flavored water, which she was super excited about... at least until she tasted it. She kept saying, "It's soda! It's spicy!" and seemed pained to be drinking it, yet still finished it, announced she didn't like soda, then decided five minutes later that she actually did like it :) For our second Mommy/Josie outing for August, we rode on the "train" (on the new Metro line that recently opened somewhat near our house) and went to the mall for some ice cream. Besides some stress on my part (all the construction by the new station was a little confusing, and it turns out I still don't like the mall), Josie was super excited about riding the train (although she put in a request for a black one the next time, instead of white) and eating some black cherry frozen yogurt (picked entirely based on color, since it was pink). Josie apparently really appreciated the frozen yogurt, because as I was trying to navigate her down three floors at the mall, through the Saturday afternoon hordes of people, she grabbed my leg and told me how much she loved me :) So sweet, until she did the same thing to Ryan the next day when she happened to have frozen yogurt again, so maybe it's really just the frozen yogurt that she loves so much ;) [We're on a bridge!!] Josie's other big outing for the month was finally going to the National Zoo. She went with Ryan to work in the morning (where she apparently ate quite the hearty breakfast, with seconds and thirds of fruit), and then they headed out to the zoo for his company picnic. She had a lot of fun seeing the big cats and monkeys, and, of course, naked mole rats. And then when I got home from work, I asked her how the zoo was, and she said "Frozen!" Which apparently was short-hand for "I can't talk right now, I'm watching Frozen. Again." Oh, well. Josie had a rather unfortunate milestone this month: after transitioning her out of her crib almost a year ago, she fell out of bed for the first time... followed a couple of weeks later by the second time. It was a little odd, though, since Ryan and I asked her how she fell, and she kept saying over the bed rail - which seems unlikely since it sticks up from her bed by a good foot. But as far as we can piece together, she was leaning over her bed rail to get a drink of water, and then must have just fallen over it... and then laid there, sadly crying on the floor until Ryan went in to get her ;( Then she went over the foot of the bed a couple weeks later (so over the rolled-up towels that are there as a bumper), and similarly laid on the floor crying until I went in to get her. As Josie's language skills improve, she increases in funniness too ;) Here are some snippets of conversation from the indelible Miss Josie: She asked if the library was closed, and I said yes, so she said "And still?" repeatedly for maybe over a minute, with no feedback evidently needed from me. I was in the other room when I noticed it was suddenly quiet, so I finally answered with "yeah", and she sadly said "oh." She said ""Get out of my seat, buddy!" as she was getting in her car seat, then claimed Ana said that in Frozen (is this true? Neither Ryan nor I remember that part if so...). She asked where the horn was in my car, then insisted it was on my stereo. I kept telling her no, she kept telling me yes, then eventually she said "You'll just have to trust me." When I asked her what the name was of the book she had chosen, she said "Go to sleep, Rabbit!" I thought that was a good interpretation of "Goodnight Moon." ;) She asked to sleep in bed with all of us, but Ryan told her there wasn't enough room, so she listed off everyone who would fit (all of us plus Ryan two more times). Ryan said again that not everyone would fit, so she offered to lay on him instead. She yelled "I have to show you a question!", then launched into a long list of activities she needed to do in order to find her lost rubber duck. Nothing was shown to or asked of me in this exchange. As she watched me bag up some blueberries to take to work, she told me she was going to take blueberries to work too when she was "bigger, bigger, bigger and work at [redacted] like Daddy." That sounded like a good plan to me! I passed her and Ryan on the road as she was driving her tractor, so I asked her where she was going, and she responded "I'm going to the grocery store to buy a watermelon." :) Josie has also really been into matching lately, yelling "This is the same!!" to many things that don't necessarily seem the same at first, like Audra's swaddler and my shoes (linking feature: both were pink). She is also completely out of diapers now - we were continuing with diapers overnight until we ran out of the stockpile we had built up, but Josie asked to not wear them before that happened, so here we are. She's doing fine overnight and with naps, although she still has the rare accident during the day (strangely enough, mainly just at home though). After a few too many nights of heavy negotiations, we ended up rearranging her books for bedtime reading, so now we have the "two book shelf" for the shorter ones, and the "one book shelf" for the longer books, to make it easier on her (and us) to determine if she gets to read one or two books before bed. But either way, books as a whole take longer to read to her now, since she asks so many questions about everything, and often has us flip back a few pages so she can ask follow-up questions or point out something that matched. Ryan also asks her to tell him a story all the time, and Josie actually obliged for the first time! Exciting, until her story was basically about various times she cried at school :( Poor thing does still cry quite a bit, but the rest of the time (even when stuck home for days on end with a cold and potentially pinkeye like last month) she's such a silly, funny, affectionate kid. [I feel like I get this face from her a lot - I think this was her "angry" face] [Scared!] [Happy!] The relationship between Josie and Audra continues to be such an awesome thing to see develop. I had no expectations going into this about the relationship between the two kids, and just hoped that Josie wouldn't try to aim for Audra's soft spot when we weren't looking. So seeing how much enjoyment they seem to get from each other is just great :) And while it seemed it would maybe be a bit one-sided, since Audra clearly thinks Josie is the greatest while Josie wasn't quite as sure about Audra at first, Josie now needs to know where Audra is at all times, asks about her when they're apart, and often tries to speak for Audra to Ryan or me. She asks to wake Audra up to play, and then actually does play with her when she's awake. Audra started to get a bit fussy in her bouncy seat one morning as I was getting breakfast ready, and Josie came running up, saying "What do you want to play with, Audra?" and proceeded to pull everything out of her purse to show Audra (and put on her head), which quickly brought an end to the fussing :) She also played with cars and her O-ball with Audra, and while Josie does still get a little possessive about some of her toys and books, she usually comes around as soon as we ask her to show Audra how they work or to read to her. And the affection Josie shows to Audra is so sweet - she'll sometimes stroke Audra's hair as I'm nursing her, and often she'll open the door to peek in on us as I'm putting Audra down at night. One time she saw I was up so she came right in, climbed on the bed, and started loving on Audra, who was quite thrilled with that turn of events - much better than sleep! :) [That's not quite how it works...] [Thumb!] [Trying out some virtual reality]	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798182
__label__wiki	0.729053	0.729053	Rory Duffy Referemce LooseEnders Red & Black Music > Rory Duffy Music WCRF DataTherapy Band on the Wall In 2018, my gym coach assigned me to keep a food blog so he could track my meals. Through developing healthy eating habits to satisfy all of my nutritional needs and a rigorous exercise programme, I lost the 21 kg between January-August 2018 I'd gained on anti-depressants. I wanted it to be somewhere more private rather than being shoved down people's throats (literally) through Instagram/WhatsApp. Hence I've posted my culinary creations here. Being vegetarian and/or vegan always presents a challenge in terms of hitting the protein target so this was particularly the most interesting challenge for me. I made a conscious decision to stop food blogging in 2019 (due to time restraints), but it's useful to have a year's diet documented as a reference and a source of inspiration! Review - Fred Hersch @ Purcell Room, Southbank Centre Fred Hersch is a contemporary American jazz pianist whose influences span not only swing, blues and ragtime, but many areas of Western art music, alongide cubism and rhythms from Latin America. He was performing in the Purcell Room of the Southbank Centre, a setting which suited the music perfectly. He has a super-sensitive touch and response, tinkering with every subtlety, gently teasing every emotion out of each note, carved into an intricate phrasing with the skill of a sculptor. At points, he teeters on the brink of controlessness, but ropes it back in at just the right millisecond, with a fine degree of sensitivity. The scalic runs are also expertly pulled off with precision and style. The melodies are intelligently put together, starting with simple, meandering lines, slow and profound, which entice you into their little corners and cul-de-sacs, playing with your expectations, and gradually building into symphonic peaks. The cubist-style repeated cells, evocative of some Stravinsky passages, project some alternate rhythmic orientations, and serve to hasten the tension - now and then breaking out into wide, expansive chordal moments. Fred Hersch brings about some beautiful convergences of harmony, kaleidoscopic shades and colours, bringing different lines and shapes in and out of focus, and interweaving them into an integrated tapestry or montage. Fred played acoustically, I believe, but he projected every note so clearly, and with such sensitivity, that they were not lost in the intricately weaving textures - each note was important in its own way, towards contributing to the overall picture, like the dots in an Impressionistic painting. Some compositions experimented with the fugal textures of the Baroque, whereas others were more inspired by Schumann of the Romantic. Many of the compositions were structured symphonically, with driving, revolutionary builds, swells and arcs evocative of Beethoven, always striving towards something. Some compositions were inspired by timeless figures such as Fats Waller, Jerome Kern and Thelonius Monk, whereas others brought in a Brazilian tango or had soulful, cross-rhythmic passages evocative of Cuban Jazz. Altogether it was a real melange of styles and flavours, all expertly woven into Fred Hersch's musical experience. He breathes so much life into the piano, that, sometimes, it is almost like he could be playing a wind or bowed instrument, because his notes simply 'sing' to you. He never forces it or misjudges it; everything is given as much strength as it needs, underpinned by a rich depth and breadth, to impart its meaning.. Moreover, it is significant to note that Fred Hersch composed most of these works himself, which have been contructed from single ideas or moments, and built into beautifully interwoven, multi-faceted compositions, and yet he plays them without written music, displaying an incredible memory. Neither could I tell whether anything were left to chance or that every note were composed into the music, since he played with the freedom of a bird yet the precision of a mathematician. It was a delight to witness a true artisan effortlessly fusing the worlds of precision and style into a unified masterpiece. Rory spent the first few years of his life in an ice cave, carving out his palace of wonder. He's a bit of a love doll, but he who melts the ice shall have their reward. Jazz Reviews	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798185
__label__cc	0.571441	0.428559	We are a great nation and we can take care of our own With health care, it’s midnight in America By Nancy Green in Rhode Island’s Future Way back in the Reagan years, in those prosperous times when the social safety net was being shredded, experts talked about triage. Triage is a medical term for sorting level of injury in a disaster, including putting a black tag on the living who cannot be saved with present resources. Our economy was a disaster, they said. The ship of state was loaded down with poor people. How could we afford this burden? Some writers pointed out it’s premature to throw people overboard while there’s still steak and whiskey in first class. But enough stayed comfortable that the cries of the excluded could be ignored and concentration of wealth proceed. Now the 0.1% are living in opulence that makes steak and whiskey seem quaint, and our ship of state has been hijacked by a corrupt billionaire and his pirate crew. It’s triage time again, and the 20 million who recently got access to health care are about to be tossed. The president who must not be named just signed an executive order that undercuts the shaky stability of the Affordable Care Act with unclear language about easing the burden of regulation. He has made it clear he intends to undo the insurance reforms of the past 6 years. Fundamentally, insurance is about dividing up the risk. If our nation divided the risk among our 324,000,000 we could have universal health care in return for our taxes. We are decades behind the rest of the developed world in constructing a national health program. What we have now, the Affordable Care Act, should really be called the Achievable Care Act, because it’s what survived the Congressional sausage-making factory. We were supposed to have a Public Option, but that was triaged out as the ACA passed by single digits in both houses. It was harsh, I remember hearing Rep. Joe Wilson shout, “you lie” at President Obama as he spoke to Congress. House majority leader, Rep. John Boehner was emoting all over the place. President Obama accomplished what a century of presidents attempted. He got us started on a track to universal access to health care. Rhode Island has built up a working health benefits exchange that is a lifeline for many of us, middle class included. Small business owners, people whose jobs do not provide insurance, people who were hanging in there hoping to stay healthy until they qualified for Medicare are some of the people who use Obamacare. Workers don’t have to stay in jobs they hate just to have access to insurance. Parents can decide to stay home if that’s best for their family instead of working just for the coverage. Most Americans have coverage in the complicated system we’ve built since WWII. Most don’t fall through the holes. I think the fact that we have emergency services creates an illusion that the safety net is there when we need it. It’s true that by law no one who goes to a hospital ER in an emergency is turned away. That seems so right, so American, that most don’t know that law was only passed in 1986. EDITOR'S NOTE: The promise to provide health care to all regardless of ability to pay pre-dated the 1986 law. The promise was a part of the 1946 Hill-Burton Act which spurred construction of health care facilities across the US. Any facility that received federal construction money had to make this pledge. But until the last 1970s, this promise was little known and had no enforcement mechanism. Community organizations in Rhode Island were the first to organize uninsured workers to fight for this right. Among the lead organizers were George Nee, now head of the state AFL-CIO and the late social justice hero, Henry Shelton. I served as the campaign's strategic researcher. The RI Hill-Burton campaign spread across the US and led to the passage of the 1986 law. - W. Collette Now we won’t die outside the hospital door, but the most common cause of bankruptcy is medical debt. I got my first inside look at the beast that is our health care ‘system’ when I answered a newspaper ad in 1985. I was hired as a nurse’s aide at Wayland Health Center. That nursing home shut down after a horrific incident where an aide put an elderly patient into a hot tub without testing the water and burned her to death. Subsequently the state required all aides to be trained and certified. Darn those government regulations. We can’t even tie confused people up in chairs all day like we did back then. As a minimum wage worker I was one of those freeloaders in the 47% that didn’t pay federal income taxes. Every two weeks I would stare at my paycheck for a few minutes, wondering how 40 hours of exhausting labor could earn me so little. I worked close to where I lived because a car was unaffordable. I guess you could say I was one of the takers, contributing nothing except Social Security and other deductions in my paycheck plus sales taxes and the underpaid labor that made nursing homes lucrative for the job creators. I voted to maintain the highways I couldn’t afford to drive on while seeing public transit cut year by year. I had health insurance by then because I was legally married, but many of my co-workers were uninsured or paying a big hunk of their wages to get on the company plan. It’s risky to go without a medical safety net. Things happen. A healthy woman may have a million dollar baby. And that baby might need skilled care for many years. A car accident, an unexpected health crisis will happen to someone. Or yourself, if the dice roll that way. But it’s midnight in America. Must we toss some people overboard? Maybe not the grandmothers on Medicaid. They babysit so their adult children can hold down a decent middle-class job. Maybe not the disabled children, because they are innocent, unlike their exhausted parents. But the Ladd School is closed and we need the caregivers. Maybe not orphans who age out of the foster care system. Maybe not anyone because people who get sick for lack of care end up costing all of us at the ER or hospital. Investing in health care for Rhode Island has costs but also advantages. Direct health care is a job creator, one of the most labor-intensive classes of work and more needed as the population ages. Health care workers don’t put their pay into offshore accounts, they spend it locally. During the Reagan years we heard scandalous stories about six hundred dollar toilet seats ordered for the military. During the Iraq War bundles of cash were just lost. Contractors for Halliburton risked their lives driving empty trucks through a war zone because they were paid by the run. Soldiers tried to improvise shielding on ‘thin skinned Humvees’ that left them exposed to roadside bombs. All these billions and all those lives sacrificed to war. Why is investing in peace such a hard sell? If managed right, money spent on health care can be a job creator. We need a living wage for the women and men who provide direct care for the elderly and disabled. Their wages for the most part will go right in to our local economy. And health care is meaningful work with opportunity for advancement. Workers who get more training and education can gain certification and better pay. Direct care workers have knowledge and experience they can share with the community, helping to educate the public on how to manage chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease. That woman in scrubs riding the bus is holding it all together and she deserves a raise. The right is better than we are at propaganda. Sneer at “government health care”, but don’t touch my Medicare. Sarah Palin’s “death panels” lie had legs because Americans feel insecure. For-profit corporations have too much power over what should be a public good. But if you don’t want the system that neglected wellness to go into overdrive when you are dying you better hope your doctor will make time to discuss an Advance Directive even if she can’t bill for it. One great benefit of the Affordable Care Act is the provision that insurance companies can’t deny someone for a ‘pre-existing condition’. This makes it harder for insurance companies to ‘cherry pick’ customers who will never make a claim. Republicans want to ease the pain to big insurance by dividing Americans into the healthy and a high risk pool for those whom God has not blessed people with pre-existing conditions. I don’t know how to find a signal word for the outrageousness of this. Maybe the word, ‘segregation’? We’ll hate on people who make expensive claims and blame them for our lousy economy. They should be grateful that they get second-class, high risk pool insurance. Segregation worked just fine for the majority for about a hundred years, after all. Let’s hear it for segregated health care. Or we can recognize that we are a great nation and we can take care of our own. Not with a ‘system’ that puts profit ahead of the public good, but with effective, efficient and accountable health care for all. We would not be the first country to get there, so what are we waiting for? Now is the time. Author Nancy Green is a Nurse, health care advocate, Providence citizen Topics: Donald Trump, Health, President Obama, RI Future, Ronald Reagan A fairy tale for Trump supporters Topics: Donald Trump, Humor, Medicare, Religion, unemployment Why Sally Yates was fired Topics: Donald Trump, immigration, racism Trump is also losing the vote on green energy Two-Thirds of Americans Prioritize Alternative Energy over Fossil Fuels By Andrew Burger President Donald J. Trump didn’t waste any time taking action on climate change. The Trump administration wiped climate change from the White House website upon taking office Jan. 20, replacing it with a page entitled “America’s First Energy Plan.” Typical of Trump’s executive “style,” this vague outline of core national policy is long on hype and rhetoric and short on substance. It also clarifies where Trump’s ideas and plans regarding energy and climate change lie now that he’s in office – the same place they did during his election campaign: with fossil fuels, “Big Oil” and “King Coal.” Trump’s national energy and climate action plans run contrary to those of the large majority of Americans, however; at least according to a survey conducted by the non-partisan Pew Research Center. Just shy of two-thirds of Americans (65%) give priority to developing alternative energy sources as opposed to 27 percent who favor expanding fossil fuel production, Pew’s Brian Kennedy highlights in a Jan. 23 news post. Topics: 2016 elections, Climate change, Donald Trump, energy, fossil fuel, green energy Meet Sadie Animal Rescue Rhode Island Miss Sadie is wearing her heart bandana in hopes of finding her one true love...YOU! This girl sure knows how to shake her rump when she's excited, especially when she knows you are about to play with her. She loves her toys and other dogs and is hoping for a home with both! When she is in her kennel she is neat, clean and housebroken, just a real gem! Topics: cats, charity, Charlestown, dogs I'm with her White supremacist crackpot appointed to National Security Council Trump and Bannon’s “America First” Donald Trump has reorganized the National Security Council – elevating his chief political strategist Steve Bannon, and demoting the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Bannon will join the NSC’s principals committee, the top inter-agency group advising the President on national security. Meanwhile, the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will now attend meetings only when “issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise are to be discussed,” according to the presidential memorandum issued Saturday. Political strategists have never before participated in National Security Council principals meetings because the NSC is supposed to give presidents nonpartisan, factual advice. But forget facts. Forget analysis. This is the Trump administration. Topics: Donald Trump, military, right-wing nuts “Unabashed racism” How these go together: Donald Trump, Holocaust denial, Muslim bans and Japanese internment camps By Dan Rather There is a biting symmetry that Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the failure of the Trump Administration to mention the Jewish people in its statement, occurred at the same time the Administration was blowing up American immigration policy in a way that harkened back to the years before World War II. For all the reverence in which President Franklin Roosevelt is rightly held, one of the most lasting shames of his presidency was how his government - our United States - turned away boatloads of Jewish refugees fleeing Europe, most of whom returned to their death. Another lasting shame was the scapegoating of patriotic Japanese Americans who were sent to internment camps based solely on their ethnic heritage. These twin stains on our national history see fearsome echoes in our own time. Topics: Donald Trump, immigration, racism, Religion Mad King Donald For more cartoons by Tom Tomorrow, CLICK HERE Topics: 2016 elections, Civil rights, Donald Trump, immigration, racism, right-wing nuts, terrorism Trump the humanitarian Topics: Donald Trump, immigration, terrorism Wednesday rally: Reproduction Freedom Day Please RSVP HERE and let us know you will join us Wednesday, Feb. 1, 3 pm at the RI State House for our Reproductive Freedom Advocacy Day. State Senator Gayle Goldin and State Representative Edith Ajello will announce the introduction of legislation to put Roe vs Wade into law. Join us Wednesday to ask our elected officials, including Governor Gina Raimondo, Senate President M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, and House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello, to stand up for reproductive rights and to the attacks on our freedom coming from President Trump and his allies. Rhode Islanders overwhelmingly support keeping abortion legal. The Pew Research Center has found that 63% of Rhode Island residents support keeping abortion legal in all or most cases, while only 31% feel the opposite way. However, despite this support, there is no state law that protects the right to abortion. In fact, Rhode Island was given an F by NARAL for our reproductive rights laws. The Guttmacher Institute calls us the only state hostile to abortion rights in New England. And far too many of our elected oficials are anti-choice. It is time to fight for change. Forwarded message: On Saturday, 7,000 Rhode Islanders came together at the State House to celebrate our power and demand our elected leaders take action to protect our rights. Over 900 people signed up to be involved with Planned Parenthood and the movement for reproductive freedom! You can see videos of our amazing speakers and photos from the event on our Facebook page. Now, we must continue building our movement. Will you stand with us again on Feb 1 to demand our elected leaders, including the Governor and the Rhode Island General Assembly, take action to protect reproductive rights and access in RI? Reproductive Freedom Advocacy Day Rhode Island State House 82 Smith St., Providence, RI Please RSVP HERE Also, join us for making signs and writing letters to elected officials the night before: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 6:30 pm, Wilson Hall, Room 102, Brown University. Do you know where you RI State Senator and RI State Representative stand on reproductive rights? Find out on our new Reproductive Freedom Voters Resource Page! Once you know, please send them a message asking them to support enacting a law in Rhode Island to protect safe, legal abortion. Craig R. O’Connor \| Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, Rhode Island Planned Parenthood of Southern New England Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island 111 Point Street \| Providence RI, 02903 Office: 401.421.7820 ext. 7041 \|Cell: 401.793.0005 visit plannedparenthoodvotes.org/ Topics: Charlestown, Choice, Gina Raimondo, Mattiello, State and National, Things To Do Venn diagram of inhumanity Don’t touch that rock Penalties Sought For Harming R.I. Open Space Preserved open space in Rhode Island needs additional protections, because poachers steal rocks from stone walls and nearby residents cut down trees to improve their views. Currently, there is no deterrent or penalty for intentionally damaging or building on land protected from development. If caught, the thief or vandal simply has to pay a portion of the value of the damaged or stolen items, such as the timber value of a cut tree. Rupert Friday, director of the Rhode Island Land Trust Council, testified Jan. 18 in favor of a bill that would make such crimes a civil violation. “The current penalties are little more than a hand slap,” Friday said. “The current penalty if you steal a stone wall and you get caught and convicted is you have to put the stone wall back. It’s pretty lucrative if you don’t get caught.” Topics: Charlestown, Open Space The light at the end of the tunnel The rail plan: where we stand, what we need to do next So now we’ve had a great rally at the State House to show how our corner of the state is opposed to the proposed Amtrak rail project known as the Saybrook-Kenyon bypass. The plan is getting a similar reception in eastern Connecticut. Charlestown’s initial tantrum that the plan was a “surprise” sprung on us with evil intentions by the nefarious federal government was dowsed with ice water when our former Town Council Boss Tom Gentz admitted he had received Amtrak’s draft plan over a year ago – but didn’t have time to read it. Also, Sen. Jack Reed has delivered additional time to comment on the plan wiping out the Charlestown Town Council’s major complaint. The Charlestown Citizens Alliance (CCA Party) which controls town government loves a crisis pitting us against some relentless demonic foe. However, I believe our opposition needs to take on a more nuanced tone. I also believe we have to think the politics of this thing through, especially since all commonly accepted political realities changed on January 20. Topics: AMTRAK, CCA, Charlestown, Climate change, Donald Trump, Elaine Morgan, fact-checking CCA, Filippi, Gina Raimondo, infrastructure, Ivanka, Jack Reed, Jim Langevin, Justin Price, Ruth Platner, Tom Gentz About that wall... Topics: Donald Trump, immigration, Taxes Another reason why Marvel sucks Superhero culture magnifies aggressive, not defending behaviors There's a lot of good that kids can take away from watching their favorite superheroes -- defending and protecting the weak, using their talents to help others and fighting for a cause that's bigger than themselves, to name a few. BYU family life professor Sarah M. Coyne decided to study what it was, exactly, that preschool-aged boys and girls took away from exposure to superhero culture, and it wasn't the many positive traits that shone through. Topics: culture war, Science Biofuel matchmaker Finding the perfect algae for renewable energy A dozen glass cylinders containing a potential payload of bright green algae are exposed to hundreds of multi-colored lights, which provide all of sunlight's natural hues. The tiny LEDs brighten and dim to mimic the outdoors' constantly changing conditions. To further simulate a virtual cloud passing overhead, chillers kick in and nudge the algae a little cooler. A new, approximately $6-million collaborative project is using this unique climate-simulating laboratory system as part of a new streamlined process to quickly pare down heaps of algae species into just a few that hold the most promise for renewable fuels. Discovering which algae species is best suited to make biofuel is no small task. Researchers have tried to evaluate algae in test tubes, but often find lab results don't always mirror what happens when green goo is grown in outdoor ponds. Topics: green energy, Science How's it going so far? Topics: Donald Trump, environment, immigration, racism, Vladimir Putin The secret ingredients revealed Mediterranean is the fountain of youth, study claims Chemicals extracted from the prickly pear and brown seaweed, two ubiquitous Mediterranean plants, eased symptoms in organisms suffering from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, according to new research. Small molecules from the plants interfere with the build-up of sticky protein clumps rendering them less toxic to neurons. The results of the study hold promise for ground-breaking treatment of age-related diseases. The Mediterranean is a haven for lovers of crystal-clear seas and sun-kissed landscapes. Now, thanks to the work of scientists from the University of Malta and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS/University of Bordeaux), it has the added appeal of being an actual fountain of youth. Topics: Food, Health, Science Health Care Repeal Is a Stealth Tax Break for Millionaires If Obama's health law is reversed, taxes will go down for the rich and up for the poor, while millions lose coverage. By Josh Hoxie Great magicians are masters of diversion. They attract our attention with one hand while using the other to trick us into thinking a supernatural act is taking place. But even the best street performers could learn a lesson from the folks in Congress who are trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. When we talk about repealing Obamacare, we almost never talk about the windfall payday it would bring to multi-millionaires and billionaires. In fact, this massive tax cut is the proverbial card hiding in the sleeve of lawmakers pushing repeal. A new study from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows the 400 richest Americans, a group whose average annual income tops $300 million each, would get a combined annual tax cut of $2.8 billion if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. In other words, people who already have more money than they could spend in a dozen lifetimes would get a massive pile of cash. Topics: Class War, Donald Trump, Health, income inequality, OtherWords.org, President Obama, Taxes Environmentalists have a long wish list for Rhode Island R.I. Environment Council Sets 2017 Legislative Goals While this guy's in the White House, it will be up to state and local governments to do the job of protecting the environment Buoyed by the passage of the Green Economy Bond referendum in November, the state’s leading environmental advocacy group has set some ambitious goals for the 2017 session of the General Assembly, which runs through June. At its annual Legislative Coffee Hour on Jan. 18, the Environment Council of Rhode Island (ECRI), an organization representing dozens of local environmental groups and environmental advocates, laid out its top legislative priorities in four categories: energy, transportation, waste, and land and water. Here are the top initiatives and the organizations leading the efforts: Topics: agriculture/farming, ecoRI.org, environment, fishing, fossil fuel, green energy, hazardous waste, Open Space For more cartoons by Ruben Bolling, CLICK HERE Topics: Donald Trump, Humor, Protest Help support Mystic's animal rescue program Take the Plunge to Raise Much Needed Funds Our 4th Annual Seal Splash is fast approaching, but there is still plenty of time to start your fundraising efforts today. Whether you dip or donate, your support makes a world of difference for our Animal Rescue Program. Register as a splasher before January 31 and you'll receive a FREE Animal Rescue tote bag! 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__label__cc	0.656551	0.343449	January/2020 vol. 6 CC-BY-NC 4.0 Current practices and perceived barriers to tobacco treatment delivery among healthcare professionals from 15 European countries. The EPACTT Plus project Charis Girvalaki 1, 2 , Enkeleint A. Mechili 2, 3, Sophia Papadakis 1, 2, 4, 5, Katerina Nikitara 1, Andrey Demin 6, Antigona Trofor 7, 8, Arben Lila 9, Arusyak Harutyunyan 10, Aurela Saliaj 3, Deska Dimitrievska 11, Francisco Rodriguez Lozano 1, 12, George Bakhturidze 13, Javier Ayesta 14, Krzysztof Przewoźniak 15, 16, Maria Sofia Cattaruzza 17, 18, Marija Zdraveska 11, Mihaela Lovše 19, Biljana Kilibarda 20, Otto Stoyka 21, Panagiotis Behrakis 22, 23, Pierre Bizel 24, Polina Starchenko 1, Shkumbin Spahija 9, Cornel Radu-Loghin 1, Constantine I. Vardavas 1, 25 European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, Brussels, Belgium Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece Department of Healthcare, Faculty of Health, University of Vlora, Vlore, Albania Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Institute of Leadership and Healthcare Management, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia University of Medicine and Pharmacy ‘Grigore T.Popa’, Iasi, Romania AER PUR Romania, Bucharest, Romania Kosovo Advocacy and Development Center, Prishtina, Kosovo Turpanjian School of Public Health, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia Respiratory Society of North Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia Comité Nacional de Prevención del Tabaquismo, Madrid, Spain Tobacco Control Alliance of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia University of Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain Foundation ‘Smart Health – Health in 3D’, Warsaw, Poland Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland Department of Public Health & Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy SITAB, Società Italiana di Tabaccologia, Rome, Italy Slovenian Coalition for Tobacco Control, Ljubljana, Slovenia Institute of Public Health of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia Kyiv Health Center, Kyiv, Ukraine George D. Behrakis Research Laboratory, Athens, Greece Hellenic Cancer Society, Athens, Greece Wallionie Tabac Prevention, Brussels, Belgium Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece Charis Girvalaki Final revision date: 2019-12-02 Acceptance date: 2019-12-03 Tob. Prev. Cessation 2020;6(January):6 References (24) Citations (1) tobacco dependence treatment current practices Behavioral counselling FCTC implementation The latest evidence-based Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Dependence highlight the significant role of healthcare professionals in supporting smokers interested to quit. This study aimed to identify the current practices of healthcare professionals in Europe and perceived barriers in delivering tobacco treatment to their patients who smoke. In the context of EPACTT-Plus, collaborating institutions from 15 countries (Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Italy, France, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Romania, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine) worked for the development of an accredited eLearning course on Tobacco Treatment Delivery available at http:// elearning-ensp.eu/. In total, 444 healthcare professionals from the wider European region successfully completed the course from December 2018 to July 2019. Cross-sectional data were collected online on healthcare professionals’ current practices and perceived barriers in introducing tobacco-dependence treatment into their daily clinical life. At registration, 41.2% of the participants reported having asked their patients if they smoked. Advise to quit smoking was offered by 47.1% of the participants, while 29.5% reported offering assistance to their patients who smoked in order to quit. From the total number of participants, 39.9% regarded the lack of patient compliance as a significant barrier. Other key barriers were lack of: interest from the patients (37.4%), healthcare professionals training (33.1%), community resources to refer patients (31.5%), and adequate time during their everyday clinical life (29.7%). The identification of current practices and significant barriers is important to build evidence-based guidelines and training programs (online and/or live) that will improve the performance of healthcare professionals in offering tobacco-dependence treatment for their patients who smoke. Smoking cessation is one of the main strategies suggested by the World Health Organization's (WHO) MPOWER package against the tobacco epidemic through Guidelines that call parties to facilitate accessibility and affordability for treatment of tobacco dependence1. Through the latest evidence-based Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Dependence, the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP) highlighted the importance of healthcare professionals’ role in supporting smokers interested in receiving tobacco treatment by organizing a treatment plan, combining behavioral counseling and pharmacotherapy, while non-pharmacological therapy should remain an option when it is best prefered by the patients2,3. The 5As model is considered an evidence-based intervention for integrating tobacco-dependence treatment into clinical settings and has been shown to increase quit attempts and cessation rates. It consists of the following fundamental strategies: Ask all patients if they smoke, Advise patients who smoke to quit, Assess readiness to quit, Assist patients to make a quit attempt, and Arrange follow-up meetings2,4. Live training interventions have been found to increase the rate of 5As delivery5-7. However, recent reviews show that there is a gap in the use of advanced computer-based medical education approaches on tobacco-treatment training for healthcare professionals8. Various factors influence healthcare professionals’ performance in offering smoking cessation support, such as time restrictions, lack of training, reimbursement, knowledge and skills9, experience, and task perception10,11. Among others, the existing scientific work has identified additional barriers, such as the competing demands, the lack of familiarity with effective treatments, and perceptions of low receptivity to tobacco interventions12,13. Based on the above, this study aimed to identify the current practices of healthcare professionals in Europe and perceived barriers in delivering tobacco treatment to their patients who smoke, important factors that will help us build evidence-based guidelines and training programs (online and/or live) to improve the performance of healthcare professionals in offering tobacco-dependence treatment for their patients who smoke. In the context of EPACTT-Plus (European Network for Smoking Prevention’s Accredited Curriculum on Tobacco Treatment-Plus), collaborating institutions from 15 (Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Italy, France, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Romania, North Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine) countries worked for the development of an accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (2 CME) eLearning course on Tobacco Treatment Delivery available at http://elearning-ensp.eu/. In total, 444 healthcare professionals from the wider European region successfully completed the course from December 2018 to July 2019. Cross-sectional data on healthcare professionals’ current practices and perceived barriers in introducing tobacco-dependence treatment into their daily clinical life were collected online, after consent, at the beginning of the course. Current practices of healthcare professionals in delivering each of the 4As (ask, advise, assist, arrange) were assessed by the participant responses: ‘Never’, ‘Few times’, ‘Half times’, ‘Many times’, and ‘Always’; specifically, when asked how frequently during the past month they ask their patients about their smoking status (Ask) and documented tobacco use in the patient’s medical record; advised them to quit smoking (Advise); provided assistance with quitting (Assist); or arranged follow-up support (Arrange). For Assist, we examined whether the healthcare professional provided brief smoking cessation counselling (3–5 minutes), worked with the patient to set a date to quit smoking, gave written materials about quitting smoking, and discussed or prescribed available quit-smoking medications. Barriers that might limit the capacity of the healthcare professionals to offer smoking cessation treatments were assessed by the participant responses: ‘Not at all important’, ‘Less important’, ‘Neutral’, and ‘Important’, by rating a list of 10 statements. The statements were: ‘patients not interested’, ‘patients do not comply’, ‘lack of impact on patients’, ‘lack of time’, ‘lack of/insufficient reimbursement’, ‘lack of patient education material’, ‘lack of training’, ‘lack of community resources to refer patients’, ‘complexity of smoking cessation guidelines’, and ‘other health problems take priority’. Frequencies and percentages are used to describe healthcare professionals’ current practices and perceived barriers in delivering tobacco treatment to their patients who smoke. Data were analysed with the IBM SPSS statistical software 23.0. Among the participants, 73.4% were female with almost half (43.6%) aged <30 years. The majority worked in public sector units (73.9%) in urban areas (81.9%), and on a full-time basis (82.0%). Also, 68.9% had not previously participated in smoking-cessation training and were non-smokers (67.8%). With regard to the existence of smoking cessation aids in their clinics, 56.5% reported having available a process to screen and document the smoking status of patients while 28.0% had self-help materials for smokers and 15.4% consult forms to guide them through tobacco-treatment interventions. Table 1 presents the current practices of healthcare professionals in terms of the 4As delivery. Before the course, 41.2% of the participants reported investigating their patients smoking status while 31.8% documented the smoking status of their patients. In addition to the above, advise to quit smoking was offered by 47.1% of the participants. Almost one in three (29.5%) offered assistance to their patients to quit smoking by providing brief counselling (3–5 minutes), 16.7% helped them to set a quit date, 18.2% provided self-help materials, 17.5% discussed medication, 10.1% prescribed medication to patients who were willing to quit while 14.9% of the healthcare professionals arranged follow-up meetings. Assessment and frequency of current practices in delivering tobacco treatment to their patients who smoke, among participants of the EPACTT eLearning programme, as collected at registration, 2018–2019 (N=444) Delivery of 4As Never n (%) Few times n (%) Half times n (%) Many times n (%) Always n (%) Ask 71 (16.0) 40 (9.0) 81 (18.2) 69 (15.5) 183 (41.2) Document smoking status of the patient 142 (32.0) 43 (9.7) 66 (14.9) 52 (11.7) 141 (31.8) Advise – Quit smoking 58 (13.1) 36 (8.1) 63 (14.2) 78 (17.6) 209 (47.1) Assist – Brief counseling (3–5 minutes) 80 (18.0) 75 (16.9) 78 (17.6) 80 (18.0) 131 (29.5) Assist – Set quit date 144 (32.4) 68 (15.3) 92 (20.7) 66 (14.9) 74 (16.7) Assist – Provide self-help materials 161 (36.3) 55 (12.4) 99 (22.3) 48 (10.8) 81 (18.2) Assist – Discuss medicationsa 127 (30.8) 68 (16.5) 91 (22.1) 54 (13.1) 72 (17.5) Assist - Prescribe medications 235 (52.9) 60 (13.5) 70 (15.8) 34 (7.7) 45 (10.1) Arrange 174 (39.2) 77 (17.3) 78 (17.6) 49 (11.0) 66 (14.9) a Missing values = 32. In Table 2 the perceived barriers to implementing tobacco-treatment interventions, are presented. Of the participants, 39.9% regarded the lack of compliance by the patients as a significant barrier. Other important barriers were the lack of interest from the patients (37.4%), healthcare professionals training (33.1%), community resources to refer patients (31.5%), and adequate time during their everyday clinical life (29.7%) . Assessment and frequency of perceived barriers in delivering tobacco treatment to their patients who smoke, among participants of the EPACTT eLearning programme, as collected at registration, 2018–2019 (N=444) Perceived barriers Not at all important Less important n (%) Patients not interested 23 (5.2) 61 (13.7) 194 (37.4) 166 (37.4) Patients do not comply 25 (5.6) 68 (15.3) 174 (39.2) 177 (39.9) Lack of impact on patients 30 (6.8) 81 (18.2) 224 (50.5) 109 (24.5) Lack of time 47 (10.6) 108 (24.3) 157 (35.4) 132 (29.7) Lack of/insufficient reimbursement 79 (17.8) 119 (26.8) 133 (30.0) 113 (25.5) Lack of patient education material 27 (6.1) 108 (24.3) 186 (41.9) 123 (27.7) Lack of training 34 (7.7) 79 (17.8) 184 (41.4) 147 (33.1) Lack of community resources to refer patients 33 (7.4) 84 (18.9) 187 (42.1) 140 (31.5) Complexity of smoking cessation guidelines 62 (14.0) 139 (31.3) 157 (35.4) 86 (19.4) Other health problems take priority 59 (13.3) 105 (23.6) 165 (37.2) 115 (25.9) The results of our study reveal that at registration, participants of the EPACTT eLearning reported insufficient rates of 4As delivery, especially in providing assistance and arranging follow-up meetings with their patients. In addition, patient-related factors such as lack of interest as well as lack of healthcare professionals training and lack of adequate time in everyday clinical life were reported as the most important factors preventing the implementation of tobacco-treatment interventions with patients who smoked. Several previous studies also show that rates of tobacco-treatment delivery remain sub-optimal in Europe14,15. This evidence along with the fact that the tobacco-use prevalence in Europe has remained stable for the past years16 reinforce the importance of joint actions for the implementation of WHO FCTC Article 14. Previous training interventions have been found to increase the rate of 5As delivery5-7. A cluster randomised controlled trial also found that a 1-hour practice-tailored training significantly increased the frequency at which ‘ask’ and ‘advise’ were delivered17. Additionally, online education using new technologies has been found to potentially increase educational opportunities, supplement teaching and decrease distance barriers in health professional education18. However, more studies evaluating the efficacy of online training programs are necessary. The importance of identifying and addressing the perceived barriers in order to increase the delivery of tobacco-treatment interventions from healthcare professionals has been highlighted in previous studies9,19,20 while a recent study found that healthcare professionals that had positive experiences from delivering tobacco-treatment interventions, and who felt competent, were positively associated with performing the 5As and having organizational support with Assist and Arrange. However, personal tobacco use was also negatively associated with Advice and Arrange21. Our results show that time constraints and insufficient training on how to treat tobacco dependence were among the most important barriers. Other studies confirm these results9-11. In addition, low receptivity of tobacco interventions from the patients is highlighted as a barrier from other studies12,13. The importance of continuing medical education training programmes has also been acknowledged and affects professional competence, future clinical practice, and patient outcomes22,23. We propose that translating evidence-based behavioural-change interventions into practice must be aided by evidence-based guidelines2, educational curricula, training courses, policy recommendations, and implementation strategies for Europe24. There are a limited number of studies reporting data from an eLearning platform. Our study presented results on current practices and barriers of tobacco-treatment delivery from healthcare professionals of the wider European region, as reported through the ENSP eLearning platform. This study collected data from healthcare professionals during their first registration in the online programme, and hence the results may not be generalizable to the population of healthcare professionals in Europe. Healthcare professionals who participated in the eLearning program might have been more motivated or interested in tobacco, and hence more likely to ask and support their patients. On the other hand, participants might have been lacking in skills, which may be the reason why they registered in the course. Moreover, by design, our study was not able to evaluate the effectiveness of the course in changing their current practices with regard to implementing the 4As, for which a follow-up would provide valuable insight. We note that we did not enquire about ‘Assess’ in the present study to shorten the total length of the survey, as it was considered less important than the other 4As in terms of the desired outcomes of the intervention. Finally, giving four options for rating the barriers’ significance may have confused the participants’ responses. The identification of current practices and significant barriers is important to improve the existing evidence-based guidelines and training programs (online and/or live) that affect the performance of healthcare professionals in offering tobacco-dependence treatment to their patients who smoke. The present study has highlighted the actions, at the European level, that are necessary to reinforce the implementation of WHO FCTC Article 14 synergically with the other of the Articles. 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CITATIONS (1): Impact of the ENSP eLearning platform on improving knowledge, attitudes and self-efficacy for treating tobacco dependence: An assessment across 15 European countries Charis Girvalaki, Sophia Papadakis, Enkeleint Mechili, Katerina Nikitara, Andrey Demin, Antigona Trofor, Arben Lila, Arusyak Harutyunyan, Aurela Saliaj, Deska Dimitrievska, Lozano Rodriguez, George Bakhturidze, Javier Ayesta, Krzysztof Przewoźniak, Maria Cattaruzza, Marija Zdraveska, Mihaela Lovše, Biljana Kilibarda, Otto Stoyka, Panagiotis Behrakis, Pierre Bizel, Polina Starchenko, Shkumbin Spahija, Cornel Radu-Loghin, Constantine Vardavas Tobacco Induced Diseases Beliefs and practices regarding electronic cigarettes in smoking cessation among healthcare professionals in Slovenia Did the introduction of pictorial health warnings increase information seeking for smoking cessation?: Time-series analysis of Google Trends data in six countries Recommendations on how to achieve tobacco-free nations in Europe Bucharest Declaration on human rights and a tobacco-free Europe INTRODUCTION METHODS RESULTS DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FUNDING PROVENANCE AND PEER REVIEW REFERENCES CITATIONS	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798202
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__label__cc	0.514002	0.485998	Cover Reveal: Entrapment by Aleatha Romig "The snare is set—leaving, friendships, lives, and futures dangling in the balance" ENTRAPMENT continues the epic new romantic suspense series INFIDELITY, featuring Lennox "Nox" Demetri, Alexandria "Charli" Collins, the Montagues, and the Demetris. The thrills, heat, and suspense continue to add up... One chance meeting One sexy, possessive alpha and one spunky, determined heroine One week of uncontainable, unbridled passion One impulsive decision times... Two declarations of love divided by... The sum of intertwining pasts, lies, and broken rules equals... "Infidelity - it isn't what you think" Don't miss this latest novel in the Infidelity series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig. The classic twists, turns, deceptions, and devotions will have readers on the edge of their seats, discovering answers that continue to pose questions. Be ready to swoon one minute and scream the next. Have you been Aleatha'd? ENTRAPMENT is the fourth of five full-length novels in the INFIDELITY series: Betrayal, Cunning, Deception, Entrapment, and Fidelity. *This series does not advocate nor does it condone cheating. iBooks \| Amazon US \| Amazon UK One week. No future. No past. No more. Alexandria Collins has one week to live carefree—no ghosts of her past or pressures of her future haunting her. Reinventing herself as "Charli," she is knocked off her feet by a sexy, mysterious man who brings her pleasure like she never imagined. With her heart at stake, she forgets that decisions made in the dark of night reappear in the bright light of day. "Some of my tastes are unique. They aren’t for everyone. I understand that.” Lennox "Nox" Demetri is wealthy, confident, and decisive—he knows what he wants. From the first time he sees Charli at an exclusive resort, he knows he wants her. Although he is usually the one to make the rules, together they agree on one: One week. No more. When betrayal comes from those closest to Alexandria, she must decide how far she is willing to go to survive. Choices are not always easy, especially when they involve the heart, body, and soul. After all, Infidelity is a business, and some rules are meant to be broken. "Is it really cheating if you're doing it to yourself?" From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a sexy, new dominant hero who knows what he wants, and a strong-willed heroine who has plans of her own. With classic Aleatha Romig twists, turns, deceptions, and devotions, this new epic dark romance will have readers swooning one minute and screaming the next. Have you been Aleatha'd? BETRAYAL is a full-length novel and the first of five in the INFIDELITY series. Amazon \| Amazon UK \| B&N \| iBooks \|Kobo "He owns you. Whatever he tells you to do you do". One year. No future. A past that won't go away. Lennox "Nox" Demetri broke his own rule by making a deal. It may not have been directly with the devil, but that doesn't mean Satan himself isn't watching. Was it fate that brought Charli into his life and his bed? What will happen when rules are broken and secrets are revealed? "New rules...my rules." Alex "Charli" Collins found pleasure with Nox like she'd never known. That was before she knew his last name. Now that Infidelity is involved and the rules have changed, what will result when real life and fantasy collide? Is it really cheating if you're doing it to yourself? From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a sexy, new dominant hero who knows what he wants and a strong-willed heroine who has plans of her own. With classic Aleatha Romig twists, turns, deceptions, and devotions, the depth of this new, epic dark romance reaches new levels and will have readers swooning one minute and screaming the next. Have you been Aleatha'd? CUNNING is a full-length novel, 360 pages, and the second of five books in the INFIDELITY series. Infidelity - it isn't what you think. iBooks \| Amazon \| B & N \| Kobo DECEPTION, book THREE of FIVE in Aleatha Romig's INFIDELITY series. "Infidelity - it isn't what you think" It all began in Del Mar, a chance meeting with a single rule--one week only. Or did it? Lennox ‘Nox’ Demetri and Alexandria ‘Charli’ Collins had every intention of following it but rules are made to be broken. In CUNNING they are reunited with Nox setting down new rules for the game and Charli having no choice but to follow them. Now, once again, the game has changed. Nox and Charli’s hot sensual encounter has grown into something more but it is threatened with secrets and regrets. Is it their love and intense sexual chemistry that’s pushing them together or something darker, a puppetmaster behind the scenes pulling the strings on their love affair? Shadowy villains lurk around each corner and everyone is suspect as Nox’s and Charli's pasts collide with the present and threaten to compel them back to their predestined fates. Can deals brokered in the past be negated by something as pure as love and as steamy as the attraction shared by Nox and Charli? Or was it all a deception—starting with that very first meeting? From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a sexy, new dominant hero who knows what he wants and a strong-willed heroine who has plans of her own. With classic Aleatha Romig twists and turns, the depth of this epic romantic suspense continues to reach new levels as past and present intertwine. The Infidelity series will have readers swooning one minute and screaming the next. Have you been Aleatha'd? DECEPTION is a full-length novel, over 300 pages, and the third of five books in the INFIDELITY series - It isn't what you think! (This series is not about nor does it advocate or condone cheating) Amazon US \| Amazon UK \| iBooks Aleatha Romig is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Aleatha has raised three children with her high school sweetheart and husband of nearly thirty years. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she's not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time with her family and friends. Her other pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams! Aleatha released her first novel, CONSEQUENCES, in August of 2011. CONSEQUENCES became a bestselling series with five novels and two companions released from 2011 through 2015. The compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced more than half a million e-readers. Aleatha released the first of her series TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE, INSIDIOUS, in the fall of 2014. These standalone thrillers continue Aleatha's twisted style with an increase in heat. In the fall of 2015, Aleatha will move head first into the world of dark romance with the release of BETRAYAL, the first of her five novel INFIDELITY series. Aleatha is a "Published Author's Network" member of the Romance Writers of America and represented by Danielle Egan-Miller of Browne & Miller Literary Associates. NEWSLETTER \| WEBSITE \| FACEBOOK\| AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE \| GOODREADS \| INSTAGRAM \| TWITTER \| PINTEREST Labels: book 4, Cover Reveal, Series, Terri's Favorites Cover Reveal: The Sexy One by Lauren Blakely Review Tour & Giveaway: The Hard Count by Ginger S... Excerpt Reveal: The First Taste by Jessica Hawkins Release Blitz: One by Jewel E. Ann Terri's Review: One by Jewell E. 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__label__cc	0.59264	0.40736	HISTORY AND SCOPE OF FLUID MECHANICS Like most scientific disciplines, fluid mechanics has a history of erratically occurring early achievements, then an intermediate era of steady fundamental discoveries in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, leading to the twentieth-century era of “modern practice,” as we self-centeredly term our limited but up-to-date knowledge. Ancient civilizations had enough knowledge to solve certain flow problems. Sailing ships with oars and irrigation systems were both known in prehistoric times. The Greeks produced quantitative information. Archimedes and Hero of Alexandria both postulated the parallelogram law for addition of vectors in the third century B.C. Archimedes (285–212 B.C.) formulated the laws of buoyancy and applied them to floating and submerged bodies, actually deriving a form of the differential calculus as part of the analysis. The Romans built extensive aqueduct systems in the fourth century B.C. but left no records showing any quantitative knowledge of design principles. From the birth of Christ to the Renaissance there was a steady improvement in the design of such flow systems as ships and canals and water conduits but no recorded evidence of fundamental improvements in flow analysis. Then Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) derived the equation of conservation of mass in one-dimensional steady flow. Leonardo was an excellent experimentalist, and his notes contain accurate descriptions of waves, jets, hydraulic jumps, eddy formation, and both low-drag (streamlined) and high-drag (parachute) designs. A Frenchman, Edme Mariotte (1620–1684), built the first wind tunnel and tested models in it. Problems involving the momentum of fluids could finally be analyzed after Isaac Newton (1642–1727) postulated his laws of motion and the law of viscosity of the linear fluids now called newtonian. The theory first yielded to the assumption of a “perfect” or frictionless fluid, and eighteenth-century mathematicians (Daniel Bernoulli, Leonhard Euler, Jean d’Alembert, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, and Pierre-Simon Laplace) produced many beautiful solutions of frictionless-flow problems. Euler developed both the differential equations of motion and their integrated form, now called the Bernoulli equation. D’Alembert used them to show his famous paradox: that a body immersed in a frictionless fluid has zero drag. These beautiful results amounted to overkill, since perfect-fluid assumptions have very limited application in practice and most engineering flows are dominated by the effects of viscosity. Engineers began to reject what they regarded as a totally unrealistic theory and developed the science of hydraulics, relying almost entirely on experiment. Such experimentalists as Chézy, Pitot, Borda, Weber, Francis, Hagen, Poiseuille, Darcy, Manning, Bazin, and Weisbach produced data on a variety of flows such as open channels, ship resistance, pipe flows, waves, and turbines. All too often the data were used in raw form without regard to the fundamental physics of flow. At the end of the nineteenth century, unification between experimental hydraulics and theoretical hydrodynamics finally began. William Froude (1810–1879) and his son Robert (1846–1924) developed laws of model testing, Lord Rayleigh (1842–1919) proposed the technique of dimensional analysis, and Osborne Reynolds (1842–1912) published the classic pipe experiment in 1883 which showed the importance of the dimensionless Reynolds number named after him. Meanwhile, viscous-flow theory was available but unexploited, since Navier (1785–1836) and Stokes (1819–1903) had successfully added newtonian viscous terms to the equations of motion. The resulting Navier-Stokes equations were too difficult to analyze for arbitrary flows. Then, in 1904, a German engineer, Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953), published perhaps the most important paper ever written on fluid mechanics. Prandtl pointed out that fluid flows with small viscosity, e.g., water flows and airflows, can be divided into a thin viscous layer, or boundary layer, near solid surfaces and interfaces, patched onto a nearly inviscid outer layer, where the Euler and Bernoulli equations apply. Boundary-layer theory has proved to be the single most important tool in modern flow analysis. The twentieth century foundations for the present state of the art in fluid mechanics were laid in a series of broad based experiments and theories by Prandtl and his two chief friendly competitors, Theodore von Kármán (1881–1963) and Sir Geoffrey I. Taylor (1886– 1975). Since the earth is 75 percent covered with water and 100 percent covered with air, the scope of fluid mechanics is vast and touches nearly every human endeavor. The sciences of meteorology, physical oceanography, and hydrology are concerned with naturally occurring fluid flows, as are medical studies of breathing and blood circulation. All transportation problems involve fluid motion, with well-developed specialties in aerodynamics of aircraft and rockets and in naval hydrodynamics of ships and submarines. Almost all our electric energy is developed either from water flow or from steam flow through turbine generators. All combustion problems involve fluid motion, as do the more classic problems of irrigation, flood control, water supply, sewage disposal, projectile motion, and oil and gas pipelines. 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__label__wiki	0.792344	0.792344	Really rough day for the Canadian Human Rights (sic) Commission Really rough day for the Canadian Human Rights (sic) Commission (my emphasis in red): "Investigators at the Canadian Human Rights Commission share control of an online identity called Jadewarr, which they have used to anonymously monitor and contribute to controversial far-right and white supremacist Web sites, in a strategy that a prominent defendant calls entrapment. The admission came in testimony Tuesday at the final day of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal's hearing in the case of Marc Lemire, who is charged with violating the Human Rights Act's controversial hate speech section because of comments posted on his FreedomSite. Legally, the admission by CHRC investigator Dean Steacy, and the subsequent cross-examination by Mr. Lemire's lawyers, was the most significant part of the day, in that it bolstered Mr. Lemire's case that he should not be held accountable for what others post on his site, especially if those others are government employees." "There were moments of drama, such as when Mr. Steacy bluntly and repeatedly refused to answer a question (he was asked for the identity of an anonymous complainant, who never filed a formal complaint), to the evident shock of Athanasios Hadjis, the one-man tribunal hearing the case. 'You refuse to answer?' he said twice." and (time to investigate themselves!): "Mr. Steacy himself raised the strange hypothetical scenario of an investigator being charged for online writing that, in the words of section 13.1, is 'likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt.' 'My understanding of the legislation is there's not an exemption for anybody, so that would have to apply to investigators. If an investigator posted hate, then a complaint could be brought against them,' he said." and (wow!; note how the worst newspaper in the world tries to use this outrage by the Commission to slur the victims of the Commission): But, for skeptics of human rights commissions, the coup de grace came when the Tribunal wrongly outed an innocent person as a Commission operative, thus exposing her to the unwanted attention of the vast army of bloggers who support Mr. Lemire, or at least do not support the Canadian Human Rights Commission. For a government agency that has fought for months to protect the personal security of their own staff, even going so far as to (unsuccessfully) invoke national security to keep them off the witness stand, their handling of the 'Nellie Hechme' question was shocking. Once Mr. Hadjis explicitly ordered him to do so, Mr. Monfette reported that Bell's technical staff learned that whoever logged on as Jadewarr that day in 2006 had accessed the Internet through a Bell account controlled by Nellie Hechme. He gave the phone number and the street address of the apartment where the account was registered. By the morning coffee break, associates of Mr. Lemire had already tracked down the value of Ms. Hechme's apartment, but not her identity. By the end of the day, the Commission's lawyer Margot Blight said that Ms. Hechme is a mystery to everyone involved, including Mr. Lemire's team. Reached by phone last night, Ms. Hechme, 26, told the National Post she has no connection to the tribunal, has never known any of the investigators, and has never accessed a Web site as Jadewarr. She said that in the relevant period in 2006 she did have a Bell Sympatico account with a wireless connection that was not password controlled, meaning anyone within range of her apartment could have accessed the internet with it." It appears that the Commission may have effectively stolen somebody's identity in order to hide what they were up to! Mr. Lemire's live blogging of the hearing is here and here and here and here and here. It's a given that Mr Lemire must be acquitted, as he can hardly be held responsible for the wrongful acts of the investigators. We can also go further, and note that every single prosecution by the Commission that involves alleged hate on the internet also has to be voided, as it is impossible to know whether the 'hate' was the work of the accused or some government employee (we can hardly now rely on the employees themselves to tell us they had nothing to do with it). Finally, all the staff of the Commission have to be subject to their own hate crime investigations, which cannot be held by the Commission itself (for obvious reasons). Perhaps the government could appoint a special judge to investigate and prosecute. You can see know why the Commission wanted this hearing to be private, and why the lawyers for free speech had to force the testimony out of the witness. We can't forget that the only reason this has turned into a big media circus is because Canadian Muslim groups had the audacity to turn hate crime legislation, traditionally used to promote the idea of Jews as victims, against the Jewish-led international campaign of hatred against Muslims. Canadian human rights law has to be dismantled so Bibi Natanyahu's 'war on terror' can continue to provide the propaganda basis for Israeli colonialism. Some anti-'Iran-talk' Wi-Fi Surfing with the CHRC The mystery of Joe Chandler Adam Gadahn II All Americans got was a lousy t-shirt saying 'So?' 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__label__wiki	0.692443	0.692443	WWE: Company Looking To Work With Goldberg Again? by Cassidy Haslett on 12 March 2010 1:23 am WWE showed a WrestleMania recall on RAW this week of Bill Goldberg pinning Brock Lesnar in 2004 as a way to plug Steve Austin’s guest host gig but the company has actually been talking about Goldberg and trying to get some kind of relationship going with him. They realize he won’t come back and wrestle but they’re thinking of some kind of Legends deal to use his likeness in video games and such. Goldberg could also be possible for next year’s Hall of Fame in Atlanta since they’re running low on “main eventers” to induct and Goldberg is an Atlanta native. Source: WrestleScoop.com T3C: WWE Judgment Day 2004 - doesn't look good to me!By Stephen Ashfield - 05/15/2004 11:00 PMWWE Tagged Classics: Unforgiven 2000 & No Mercy 2000 DVD ReviewBy Draven Cage - 08/02/2009 10:16 PMThe Last RantBy Simon Lamb - 09/08/2004 11:00 PMThe Good, The Bad and The Ugly #5By Chris Dewing - 01/07/2006 12:00 AMT3C: WWE Wrestlemania XX � Thank god for the main events!By Stephen Ashfield - 03/17/2004 12:00 AMWWE Title Belts: A Guide to the GoldBy Beltmark - 09/19/2007 4:02 PMThe Live Wire ReviewBy Tony Cottam - 04/26/2004 11:00 PMGB&U: Raw - 13th March 2006By Chris Dewing - 03/15/2006 12:00 AMUnited State of Wrestling #4By Andrew Morris - 01/18/2005 12:00 AMTAT: WWE Unforgiven 2004 PredictionsBy Boyo - 09/11/2004 11:00 PM WWE: "ECW vs. WWE Head To Head" Results (06/07/06)By Devilish Angel - 06/08/2006 12:31 PM TNA: Samoa Joe/New Deal & Impact Replay RatingBy Devilish Angel - 02/24/2006 2:43 PM WWE: RAW Rating for June 14, 2010By Cassidy Haslett - 06/16/2010 4:13 PM Big News: Hulk Hogan Had An Affair With Brooke's Best Friend?By Cassidy Haslett - 02/28/2008 4:34 AM WWE: RAW RatingsBy Mitchell Jones - 01/28/2004 6:57 PM WWE: ECW Rating for February 2, 2010By Cassidy Haslett - 02/04/2010 4:28 PM ECW March 25, 2008 ResultsBy Cassidy Haslett - 03/26/2008 3:46 AM Eric Young Interview Recap From Falls Count Anywhere Radio Show (31/01/07)By Devilish Angel - 02/05/2007 12:47 PM TNA: Kurt Angle's Attorney Says Angle Is InnocentBy Cassidy Haslett - 10/04/2007 3:54 PM TNA: Updated details about man who died following SlammiversaryBy Nemesis Enforcer - 06/09/2008 5:22 PM CBlog X- WWE Great American Bash & Larry KingBy Cassidy Haslett - 07/11/2007 9:34 PMRuses WWE Raw Review: 15th February 2010By David Ruse - 02/19/2010 11:13 PMCBlog XXIV- WWE RAW, Unforgiven & Cena's InjuryBy Cassidy Haslett - 08/26/2008 8:49 PMSSP#23: WWE Wrestlemania 26 PredictionsBy Edgedogg - 03/19/2010 11:18 PMRuses WWE Raw Review: 28th December 2009By David Ruse - 12/30/2009 7:25 PMSSP #8: Shawn Michaels at WrestlemaniaBy Edgedogg - 03/26/2009 10:41 PMRuses WWE Extreme Rules 2010 ReviewBy David Ruse - 04/26/2010 11:05 PMCBlog XXXI- Christian, Releases and WWE Survivor Series 2008 PredictionsBy Cassidy Haslett - 11/22/2008 8:39 PMTSC: Power and GloryBy The Beltster - 10/19/2007 11:47 PMSSP: First Ever Miss WrestleMania?By Edgedogg - 03/16/2009 10:25 PM	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798222
__label__wiki	0.535355	0.535355	WNO’s The Marriage of Figaro at the Bristol Hippodrome The Three Musketeers: A Comedy Adventure at Bristol Old Vic Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes at the Bristol Hippodrome Beautiful at Bristol Hippodrome Opera Boys at The Playhouse, Weston Weston-super-Mum Where Local Parents Meet The Liminal PANTO!! Win a Family Ticket to see Cinderella at The Playhouse, Weston A Spoonful of Sherman at Playhouse, Weston 16/05/2018 29/05/2018 Anne Bunn 0 Comments PlayhouseWeston This performance rather took me by surprise as I have always enjoyed strong vocal performances and a good dollop of nostalgia, so I was all set for a harmonious blend of both elements. Sadly, for once I was to be disappointed. The simple set comprised of 2 pianos facing each other in a 1930’s study, and a stalwart cast of five bounded onto the stage to introduce the audience to a potted history of post-Vaudeville song writing via the talents of Al Sherman and his sons, Robert and Richard. This may well have worked as an engagement with those of the audience who were there to be informed and historically enlightened, but I struggled through the first 30 minutes, wondering when the hell the dialogue/vocals/choreography was going to stop darting between the performers on the stage, when they were going to come up with a song I actually recognised and most importantly, when they were going to stop playing Feng Shui with the bloody pianos! The vocalists were all very good at putting over a song, and I certainly couldn’t fault their stage presence or energy, but there was a frantic intensity about the first half which set my teeth on edge, so I was hopeful that the move up to the 60’s and beyond might provide the magic I was looking for. Unfortunately, the cast re-appeared still wearing the slightly bizarre mix of dodgy vaudeville to 50’s second-class cabaret singer costumes that had graced the stage all evening, and my heart sank. Although the swift introduction of the collaboration with Walt Disney and accompanying portfolio of well loved songs from Mary Poppins through to the Jungle book did actually succeed in getting the audience warmed up and interacting at long last, it was really too late to create the atmosphere that was needed to make this show enjoyable for me. All in all, the spoonful turned out to be saccharin rather than sugar, the main body of the audience was polite rather than enthused (except for a smattering of students of serious musical theatre, who loved it!), and I was left reflecting on a style of musical exposure that was undoubtedly slick but soulless. Alas, dear readers, this was not my cup of tea at all: however, I await the challenge from those who loved the evening! See what else is on at Playhouse, Weston here ← Awful Auntie at Bristol Hippodrome Miss Saigon at Bristol Hippodrome → Review: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt 26/07/2019 Vivienne Kennedy 0 The Heresy of Love at Bristol Old Vic 07/03/2015 Becky Condron 0 The King of Tiny Things at Metta Theatre Copyright © 2021 Weston-super-Mum. All rights reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798225
__label__cc	0.648349	0.351651	Above The News Wide-Ranging Analysis of the Critically Unimportant RSS Feed Search Tag Archives: hippies Annoying Retired Banker Wants to Make Piscataquis County, Maine, Really Pretentious Alaska and Maine share many similarities: cold, large rural areas, crazy hillbillies, moose, and stunning coastal settings. Alaska has better mountains, though, so Maine can suck it. Although Maine has Tim Horton’s, so maybe we’ll call it a draw–those apple fritters are fucking tasty. Anyway, I digress. The other similarity they share is that they tend to attract annoying hippie-types, convinced that they can return to the land and find themselves, and blah blah blah. If you live in Alaska, you know exactly the type I’m talking about, and I’m guessing that if you live in Maine, you’ve got a picture in your head, too. Well, apparently, some guy named Tracy Grayton wants to turn some land in Piscataquis County into a large scale replica of a European ski-village. Cars would be banned, and the village would feature “narrow streets, small storefronts, and pleasant public plazas”; also, panhandlers, homeless people, and purse-snatchers. You did want it to have that authentic European feel, right? So far, Grayton has $280,000 in seed money, which is thankfully just a fraction of the $2 million he needs to start the project in earnest. I, for one, hope that whoever invested keeps a close eye on Mr. Grayton, because despite raising that much cash, he still has no land picked out. According to Sarah Goodyear, the author of the article in Atlantic Cities, Mr. Grayton does not seem deterred, nor does he believe that this whole thing is idiotic: Gayton, whose optimism came through loud and clear on the call, insists that it can happen. “I think it’s doable, otherwise I wouldn’t be doing it,” he said. “Anyone who thinks I’m a utopian should get out more. This is the way we’ve been building cities for the last 6,000 years, until the last 100 years.” Yes, nothing at all can go wrong when you give someone money to speculate on land for a planned community; that’s almost never a scam. 9 years ago Short URL Comments alaska/culture/hippies/humor/land/maine/moose/news/piscataquis/tim horton's Subscribe to Above the News! Click for Emails! The Most Unimportant! Fuck Anthony Kennedy Who's Johnny? Not Technically News, But Still: Transporter 2 is a Seriously Shitty Movie Critic's Corner with Zod: "Man of Steel" There Is No Fate But What We Make For Ourselves Who’s Johnny? Critic’s Corner with Zod: “Man of Steel” 5 Things You May Not Know So You're…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798234
__label__wiki	0.638113	0.638113	Posts Tagged ‘Nick Perham’ Another Trap? Open-Office: More health problem, lower productivity… In: economy/finance \| engineering/research/experiments \| Essays \| Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts \| health/medicine \| Human Factors/Ergonomics \| professional articles \| social articles \| women Another Trap? Open-Office MARIA KONNIKOVA posted in The New Yorker this Jan. 7, 2014 THE OPEN-OFFICE TRAP In 1973, my high school Acton-Boxborough Regional, Massachusetts, moved to a sprawling brick building at the foot of a hill. Inspired by architectural trends of the preceding decade, the classrooms in one of its wings didn’t have doors. The rooms opened up directly onto the hallway, and tidbits about the French Revolution, or Benjamin Franklin’s breakfast, would drift from one classroom to another. Distracting at best and frustrating at worst, wide-open classrooms went, for the most part, the way of other ill-considered architectural fads of the time, like concrete domes. (In 2005, following an 80-million-dollar renovation and expansion, none of the new wings at A.B.R.H.S. have open classrooms.) Yet the workplace counterpart of the open classroom, the open office, flourishes: some 70% of all offices now have an open floor plan. The open office was originally conceived by a team from Hamburg, Germany, in the 1950’s, to facilitate communication and idea flow. But a growing body of evidence suggests that the open office undermines the very things that it was designed to achieve. In June, 1997, a large oil and gas company in western Canada asked a group of psychologists at the University of Calgary to monitor workers as they transitioned from a traditional office arrangement to an open one. The psychologists assessed the employees’ satisfaction with their surroundings, as well as their stress level, job performance, and interpersonal relationships before the transition, 4 weeks after the transition, and, finally, 6 months afterward. The employees suffered according to every measure: the new space was disruptive, stressful, and cumbersome, and, instead of feeling closer, coworkers felt distant, dissatisfied, and resentful. Productivity fell. In 2011, the organizational psychologist Matthew Davis reviewed more than a 100 studies about office environments. He found that, though open offices often fostered a symbolic sense of organizational mission, making employees feel like part of a more laid-back, innovative enterprise, they were damaging to the workers’ attention spans, productivity, creative thinking, and satisfaction. Compared with standard offices, employees experienced more uncontrolled interactions, higher levels of stress, and lower levels of concentration and motivation. When David Craig surveyed some 38,000 workers, he found that interruptions by colleagues were detrimental to productivity, and that the more senior the employee, the worse she fared. Psychologically, the repercussions of open offices are relatively straightforward. Physical barriers have been closely linked to psychological privacy, and a sense of privacy boosts job performance. Open offices also remove an element of control, which can lead to feelings of helplessness. In a 2005 study that looked at organizations ranging from a Midwest auto supplier to a Southwest telecom firm, researchers found that the ability to control the environment had a significant effect on team cohesion and satisfaction. When workers couldn’t change the way that things looked, adjust the lighting and temperature, or choose how to conduct meetings, spirits plummeted. An open environment may even have a negative impact on our health. In a recent study of more than 2,400 employees in Denmark, Jan Pejtersen and his colleagues found that as the number of people working in a single room went up, the number of employees who took sick leave increased apace. Workers in two-person offices took an average of 50% more sick leave than those in single offices, while those who worked in fully open offices were out an average of 62% more. But the most problematic aspect of the open office may be physical rather than psychological: simple noise. In laboratory settings, noise has been repeatedly tied to reduced cognitive performance. The psychologist Nick Perham, who studies the effect of sound on how we think, has found that office commotion impairs workers’ ability to recall information, and even to do basic arithmetic. Listening to music to block out the office intrusion doesn’t help: even that, Perham found, impairs our mental acuity. Exposure to noise in an office may also take a toll on the health of employees. In a study by the Cornell University psychologists Gary Evans and Dana Johnson, clerical workers who were exposed to open-office noise for 3 hours had increased levels of epinephrine—a hormone that we often call adrenaline, associated with the so-called fight-or-flight response. What’s more, Evans and Johnson discovered that people in noisy environments made fewer ergonomic adjustments than they would in private, causing increased physical strain. The subjects subsequently attempted to solve fewer puzzles than they had after working in a quiet environment; in other words, they became less motivated and less creative. Open offices may seem better suited to younger workers, many of whom have been multitasking for the majority of their short careers. When, in 2012, Heidi Rasila and Peggie Rothe looked at how employees of a Finnish telecommunications company born after 1982 reacted to the negative effects of open-office plans, they noted that young employees found certain types of noises, such as conversations and laughter, just as distracting as their older counterparts did. The younger workers also disparaged their lack of privacy and an inability to control their environment. But they believed that the trade-offs were ultimately worth it, because the open space resulted in a sense of camaraderie; they valued the time spent socializing with coworkers, whom they often saw as friends. That increased satisfaction, however, may merely mask the fact that younger workers also suffer in open offices. In a 2005 study, the psychologists Alena Maher and Courtney von Hippel found that the better you are at screening out distractions, the more effectively you work in an open office. Unfortunately, it seems that the more frantically you multitask, the worse you become at blocking out distractions. According to the Stanford University cognitive neuroscientist Anthony Wagner, heavy multitaskers are not only “more susceptible to interference from irrelevant environmental stimuli” but also worse at switching between unrelated tasks. In other words, if habitual multitaskers are interrupted by a colleague, it takes them longer to settle back into what they were doing. Regardless of age, when we’re exposed to too many inputs at once—a computer screen, music, a colleague’s conversation, the ping of an instant message—our senses become overloaded, and it requires more work to achieve a given result. Though multitasking millennials seem to be more open to distraction as a workplace norm, the wholehearted embrace of open offices may be ingraining a cycle of under-performance in their generation: they enjoy, build, and proselytize for open offices, but may also suffer the most from them in the long run. Maria Konnikova is the author of “Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes.” Photograph: View Pictures/UIG via Getty. 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__label__wiki	0.867712	0.867712	> Murdoch Mysteries > Murdoch Mysteries Series Guides > About Murdoch Mysteries Series 8 About Murdoch Mysteries Series 8 The Toronto-set police procedural returns for an all-new eighth series and Murdoch and his colleagues are dealing with the aftermath of the brutal beating of Inspector Brackenreid at the hands of the violent O’Shea brothers. Set in Toronto at the dawn of the 20th century, and based on the novels by Maureen Jennings, Murdoch Mysteries welcomes back detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson), a methodical and dashing policeman who pioneers innovative forensic techniques to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders. A group of suffragettes led by Lillian Moss protest the corset fashion show. Murdoch's circle of associates includes Constable George Crabtree (Jonny Harris), Murdoch's eager and often naïve right-hand man; Inspector Brackenreid (Thomas Craig), Murdoch's sceptical yet reluctantly supportive boss; feisty pathologist Dr Emily Grace (Georgina Reilly); and the love of his life, pathologist-turned-psychiatrist Dr Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy), a staunch ally who shares the detective's fascination with forensic science and innovative ideas. Celebrating its 100th episode in series eight, Detective Murdoch and his colleagues are thrust into more early 20th century cases - the world of corsets; the women's suffrage movement; vaudeville; the silver boom in Cobalt, Ontario and the rise of the automobile. Murdoch and Bat Masterson run for cover. The new series will also delve into Detective Murdoch's origins, and feature historical figures including notorious gunslinger turned sports writer Bat Masterson, US president Theodore Roosevelt, inventor Thomas Edison and movie star W.C. Fields in his formative years as a vaudeville juggler. As the new season begins, Murdoch and his colleagues are dealing with the aftermath of the brutal beating of Inspector Brackenreid at the hands of the violent O'Shea brothers, following his investigation into reports of hooliganism at the waterfront. The area remains a contentious and dangerous place as gangs vie for power and extort and murder local merchants. And despite Julia and Murdoch's long-awaited engagement, their wedding plans are set aside in favour of the more pressing matters. Inspector Brackenreid (Thomas Craig) takes time to recuperate. Meanwhile, Dr Ogden and Dr Grace join forces with Margaret Haile and a group of suffragettes in their quest for the women's vote, only to find themselves in jail and defended by Clara Brett Martin, the first woman lawyer in the British Empire. But when their cause fails to make progress, Julia decides to take a run at politics. For Dr Grace, the women's rights movement proves invigorating. And though George Crabtree's romantic intentions toward the young coroner may have diminished, the constable finds another woman in his future... from his past. And will wedding bells finally ring for William and Julia? Crabtree is locked up and Emily Grace looks to London in the thrilling ninth series. Previous Series With an expanded 18 episodes, there are even more inventive adventures for Murdoch.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798244
__label__wiki	0.95117	0.95117	Openmake Leads Charge for Enterprise Build Management By John K. Waters Enterprise build management is an industry buzzword today, but back in 1995, when Tracy Ragan and Steve Taylor recognized the need for a commercial enterprise build management tool, no one was talking about it. "We were under everybody's radar," says Ragan, who is the company's CEO (Taylor is the CTO). "We were just a couple of developers trying to figure out how to run a company." That company, Catalyst Systems, is now on the leading edge of a fast-spreading trend. Matt Gabor, the company's senior developer, has called build management "the hub around which all stages of an application's lifecycle revolve." “Next to documentation, build management is likely to be the least satisfying task a developer must address every day," says Gartner analyst Jim Duggan. "A lot of software investment ends up in the time it takes to constantly tweak the make files needed to keep a system maintainable. Developers are looking for innovative solutions that will reduce software coding by a factor of five.” Catalyst's flagship offering, Openmake, is an automated build management tool, originally based on make, the world's oldest and best-known build tool. Created by Dr. Stuart I. Feldman in 1977 at Bell Labs, make automates the compilation of programs whose files are dependent on each other. Catalyst's first Openmake tool generated makefiles, freeing developers from that tedious job. But it wasn't long before Catalyst's customers began asking for features the company couldn't provide with standard make, says Ragan, things like clean bill of material reports, clean incremental builds, and impact analysis. "There are just some limitations in the way make generates dependencies that we had to kind of give up on," she says. "So we built our own engine to replace make, and now we generate what we call build control files, and we opened ourselves up to be able to build any kind of object our build control files could execute." Catalyst recently released the 6.4 version of Openmake. Release 6.4 incorporates new features for project build activity scheduling and tracking, reporting tools for knowledge-base metrics analysis, and added support for IBM- and Eclipse-based software development and PERL environments. Openmake 6.4 is designed to support developers by managing complex build tasks from project birth to maturity, all in a production-ready environment. New features in Openmake 6.4 include a Build and Deploy Manager, Build Activity Schedule, and enhanced Audit Reporting. The biggest of these, says Ragan, is the Build Manager, a real-time build monitor that the developer can have running and watching builds as they are occurring across the enterprise. "We would never have thought anyone would need such a thing," Ragan says, "but a group of developers who call themselves 'agile' or 'continuous' developers needed it. They run builds all the time. When they check in a file, they kick off a build. When they make a change, they kick off a build. They are constantly doing this kind of remote building and local building, and they want to be able to monitor all of these builds running everywhere." Openmake 6.4 replaces difficult-to-manage make and Ant/XML scripts with generated Build Control Files that follow comprehensive construction rules. This approach is particularly valuable, says Ragan, as the number and complexity of build target objects grows. Scheduled, coordinated Openmake builds systematically prepare all types of build target objects. Openmake is designed to locally and remotely build components destined for a variety of deployment platforms, including embedded devices, handhelds, workstations and servers. One byproduct of the growing interest in enterprise build management is an expanding field of competitors. Ragan actually sounds sincere when she says that she and her colleagues at Catalyst Systems are happy about this development. "It validates what we've been saying all along," she says. Openmake 6.4 is available, with prices starting at $300 per developer seat. For more information, go to: www.openmake.com. John K. Waters is a freelance writer based in Silicon Valley. He can be reached at [email protected].	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798247
__label__cc	0.569553	0.430447	All Fired Up In The Big Smoke Municipal politics. Like it matters. Days Of Sue-Ann Supreme In future days, will this be the face of the Toronto Sun? DEVILITATOR One might argue it already is but I’m referring specifically to the paper’s former editorial page editor, Rob Granatstein’s thoughts on the most recent cuts to Sun Media’s newspaper chain. The cuts have crushed the local newsrooms. When the latest victims of downsizing are gone, Toronto will be down to three general assignment news reporters, according to people in that newsroom, unless staff is reassigned. That’s flat out ridiculous. The Sun will rely even more on its columnists to generate the news going forward. [Bolding ours.] The Sun. Columnists. Generating news. Information flowing forth, free of context, full of personal opinion. News from top down not bottom up. This isn’t just about it being the Toronto Sun. Any newspaper working with a skeleton crew of reporters and teetering precariously with op-ed writers isn’t a newspaper. It’s, well, an organ of opinion, both informed and otherwise. It would be just like… All Fired Up in the Big Smoke. Only with inkier fingers. Frankly, I wouldn’t be able to do whatever it is I do without piggy backing on the work of Daniel Dale, David Rider, Robyn Doolittle, Kelly Grant, Elizabeth Church, Don Peat and a handful of other reporters who tirelessly dig up the dirt and parse information on Toronto politics on a seeming 24 hour, 7 day schedule. I’d hazard a guess neither could the bigger names a couple paragraphs up. The less reporting that gets done, the more, what would you call it?, PRing happens? Picture Toronto, with the discourse only consisting of the views from the likes of Sue-Ann Levy, Joe Warmington, Royson James, Christopher Hume, Rosie DiManno, Chris Selley, Matt Gurney, Christie Blatchford, Marcus Gee, Margaret Wente? “Columnists have found themselves out of jobs because they were too agreeable to those in power,” says Granatstein in this week’s Grid profile of Ms. Levy, “and it makes for weak reading. Wearing the Ford colours has hurt Sue-Ann…That means she struggles to get the other side of the story sometimes. People don’t feel she gives them a fair shake.” While at the moment this may be a bigger bind for Sue-Ann because she’s in so deep with Team Ford, this can be a ditch all opinion writers must fight not to steer into. I’m sure the Star’s Christopher Hume has problems gaining access to the mayor and his staff. His colleague, Royson James, could hardly be considered an honest broker back in the day with the Miller administration. Remember his one-man, moralistic crusade to de-rail Adam Giambrone’s mayoral bid? But that’s not really why we read columnists, is it? For impartiality or objectivity? We’re looking for opinions. Hopefully ones based on at least a semblance of reason and reality but we certainly don’t view their words as gospel or final on any given topic. Their purpose really is to either make our blood boil or confirm our biases. Newspapers stressing op-eds over real reporting are nothing more than modern versions of olde thyme pamphleteering. And, if I do say so myself, that’s kind of our bailiwick, over here on the interwebs. We need newspapers to remain newspapers. Otherwise, we’ll all just be making shit up to push forward our agendas, unchecked and unsupported. — opinionatedly submitted by Cityslikr 3 Comments \| City Building, Municipal Politics, Newspapers, Philosophical Musings, Press coverage, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Sun, Toronto Star \| Tagged: Canadian Journalism Project, Chris Selley, Christie Blatchford, Christopher Hume, City Hall, Daniel Dale, David Rider, Don Peat, Elizabeth Church, Joe Warmington, Kelly Grant, Marcus Gee, Margaret Wente, Matt Gurney, Patricia Pearson, Politics, Rob Granatstein, Robyn Doolittle, Rosie DiManno, Royson James, Sue-Anne Levy, The Grid, Toronto \| Permalink Posted by cityslikr Our Media Mayor It’s becoming more and more apparent that Rob Ford isn’t so much the mayor of Toronto as he is the mayor of media. If the city is considered a creature of the province, then Mayor Ford is a creature of the media. He sharpened this image during 10 years in the political wilderness as a councillor, always giving good copy with an outrageous quote and crazy antics, and never confusing anyone with an interesting or complex idea or thought about governance. Talk radio supplied him with a weekly platform to vent his spleen and paint the world in his black and white terms. The pattern continued (after heavily test marketing and packaging it) on the campaign trail last year on his way to becoming mayor. Headline grabbing claims and statements. Easily digestible chants that even the dimmest of media types could churn out as sound bites. A tightly wrapped message, so impenetrable no questions, concerns or suspicions could leave any sort of lasting impression on it. The Ford Phenomenon. It could not be explained, so don’t try and understand it. And it’s now morphed into Ford Nation since his election. Rule by media fiat. The mayor declares. It is so. Council bends to the will of the mayor because the media says resistance is futile. The media doesn’t have to agree with the mayor or support his views at all. It just has to roll over and admit the mayor is all powerful, incapable of defeat or setback. The media and the Ford administration have become co-dependents. They get breaking news stories via leaked documents and the mayor gets to govern without having to deal with the normal democratic process at council. Take the recent Auditor-General’s report on the goings-on at the Toronto Community Housing Corp. If my time line’s correct on this, the report was leaked to the Toronto Star on February 25th even before the TCHC had an opportunity to see it themselves on the following Monday. By the time they did, the mayor and his team had scooped it up and run with it, demanding exclusively through media channels that heads roll and calling for a complete overhaul of the management organization, all at the mayor’s behest, with minimal input not only from city council but the Audit Committee itself. The entity in place to deal with the report and to make recommendation that would then go to council for debate and ultimate decisions. Guess what? The Audit Committee wasn’t scheduled to meet until March 24th. City council wouldn’t have dealt with this matter until after that, probably at their April meeting. It’s Mayor Ford who is demanding extraordinary, democratically dubious measures to be enacted here. He is trying to limit debate on this issue, seeking to undermine proper oversight and insisting on being granted carte blanche to fill the TCHC board and management purely to his liking. Don’t ask questions. Just obey. This is a strong mayor system after all, right? Yet, reading the newspapers this morning and listening to the radio, the noble march of democracy and citizen accountability was stopped in its tracks at yesterday’s council meeting by 16 (mostly all left wing kooks… probably) councillors who denied the mayor his 2/3s majority needed to waive established procedure and start debating and voting on restructuring the TCHC immediately. Because the mayor wanted to! The heaping amount of scornful derision directed at the likes of Councillors Adam Vaughan, Gord Perks, Shelley Carroll, Janet Davis, Paula Fletcher and Pam McConnell by our local rags was shocking in the degree to which it barked out the mayor’s party line. In case anyone reading the Globe started to see glimmers of a more nuanced, multi-dimensional angle to the TCHC story from its regular City Hall reporters, it unleashed the unhinged fury of one of their resident hacks, Christie Blatchford to execute a full on, full fledged hatchet job of the mayor’s council opponents. Over at the Star, Royson James was at his execrable worst, completely twisting the events at yesterday’s morning council session to fit snugly into the mayor’s narrative. He might as well have added a little P.S. at the end of it. Can I have more access now please, Mayor Ford? Even at the so-called liberal CBC, Metro Morning host Matt Galloway suggested that the councillors who voted against Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday’s motion were simply playing politics and delaying the inevitable. What’s that again, Matt? Exercising your democratic right to see that due process is followed is now ‘playing politics’? And why, ‘inevitable’? Simply because the mayor says so. Remember when our mainstream press used to push back against power? When former mayor David Miller found surprise surpluses? (Creative accounting.) When Mayor Miller said he’d won significant concessions from city workers at the conclusion of the 2009 strike? (Oh, no he didn’t.) When he demanded that the province start paying its share of public transit and mandated services? (Going cap-in-hand to beg.) What’s with the sudden turnaround and acquiescence toward the mayor’s office? With such slavish devotion to the new boss, the press is undermining the democratic process at City Hall and inculcating the mayor with increasingly unchecked power that is answerable to few outside his inner sanctum. This kind of coverage allows Mayor Ford to bypass committees (and with that, citizens) and council itself where he just has to cobble together 22 other votes, a handful of whom simply fall into line because they don’t want to be seen bucking the trend of the inevitable that they read in their newspapers. In his article, Royson James points out that the left leaning councillors ‘lost the last election’. As if that means all protocol, all normal procedures that have been set in place to get a vote passed at City Hall can be dispensed with. Yesterday, for the first time as mayor, Rob Ford lost a significant vote. It happens. But instead of adhering to the customary path when such a thing occurs, the mayor is seeking to smash up the established process and have his way with council. The press is not only falling down on their job by refusing to call him on it, they are actively helping him achieve it by vilifying everyone on council who is attempting to stand up to him. This makes Rob Ford, the media’s mayor. — submitted by Cityslikr 5 Comments \| CBC, City Council, Municipal Politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star \| Tagged: Audit Committee, Auditor-General, Christie Blatchford, City Hall, Councillor Adam Vaughan, Councillor Gord Perks, Councillor Janet Davis, Councillor Pam McConnell, Councillor Paula Fletcher, Councillor Shelley Carroll, David Miller, Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday, Ford Nation, Matt Galloway, mayor, Metro Morning, Politics, Rob Ford, Royson James, Toronto, Toronto Community Housing Corporation \| Permalink We Can Get Angry Too This is composed as a dare. After yesterday’s post there was an exchange of heated words tossed around the office here. While my colleague, Cityslikr, was quite content with his evisceration of the Rob Ford/reactionary phenomena now running amok on the campaign trail, I suggested it wasn’t nearly as belligerent or uncompromising as he might think. In fact, I may’ve called it a ‘cop out’ if memory serves. A mere reactive piece cast in the terms of the debate that they’ve established. “I’m the angry one here,” I was informed, haughtily. “All Fired Up’s John Lennon.” Refusing to bestow the McCartney label upon me, Cityslikr reluctantly granted me George Harrison status, saying it was impossible that I could match him, taunt for taunt, mockery for mockery, in putting together a cogent argument against the rising tide of Fordism. So here I am doing just that. Since the very beginning of this campaign, an inchoate anger has driven the political discourse. While sometimes veering of onto bike lanes and the nebulous ‘War on Car’, its focus has been largely on numbers. Big, absolute numbers devoid of much context and certainly no explanation. $9.2 billion. $3 billion. Wow! That’s a lot of money. Clearly something’s wrong at City Hall. With Rob Ford’s cannonball entry into the race, words were put to numbers but with no additional clarity. We don’t have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem. The gravy train ends now. Nice, easy-to-remember T-shirt slogans, full of emotive power with negligible substance. The campaign became awash in indignant, empty rhetoric. Of which, much of the mainstream press has lapped up. Witness last Wednesday’s piece from the Globe’s Christie Blatchford who is clearly vying to become Election 2010’s Queen of the Dumb-Down. Nothing more than a litany of councillor salaries and expenses, it reads like a Team Rob Ford press release. Did you know that a Toronto city councillor makes more than 3 times the median income of Joe Average Torontonian, and has a hefty expense account to boot? (Where’s the wage comparison between a councillor and, say, a columnist for the Globe and Mail, we wonder. Know the newspaper industry has taken a hit lately but surely someone like Christie Blatchford still has an expense account.) The insinuation in all this is that those working at City Hall are not worth the money we spend on them. No, no, no, you’re saying. That’s not the point at all. Comparing the public and private sectors is apples and oranges. What happens in the private sector is none of our business and beyond our control. The public sector spends our money. Alright, let’s disabuse you of that notion. It is not our money. It’s tax money. The agreed upon amount that each of us contributes to various levels of government in order that our society functions properly. I know this quote’s been bandied about almost to the point of irrelevancy through repetition but I think it worth another go-round so that it might begin to penetrate the thick skulls of the Christie Blatchfords of the world. “I like to pay taxes. With them I buy civilization.” So said Oliver Wendell Holmes. Now we can argue about if our tax money is being spent wisely and what to do if it’s not. Or, we can debate about how much tax money is too much or too little. That’s a matter of ideology and can be hashed out over reasoned, rational discussion. The thing is, there’s none of that happening. When confronted with opposing views that call into question some of their claims, the Anger-stons have taken to turtling, and wrapping themselves in a cloak of Just Ol’ Down Home Plain Folks. (Witness Blatchford’s recent offerings.) Well, I may not be much of what you city types call a ‘Big Thinker’ with all yer university edu-macations and $19 coffees and uncooked fish but I do claim to knows what I knows and I knows we taxpayers are bein’ fleeced. No. You know what? Fuck you. Grow up and stop trying to mask your obstinate ignorance as some kind of homespun wisdom. It isn’t. It’s just obstinate ignorance. We’re tired of having to talk down to your level. Being uninformed cannot be proudly called ‘populist’. It isn’t. It’s just being uninformed. Does that make me an elitist? Only if it means that I feel a sense of entitlement to a thoughtful, cogent and logical debate about the future of this city and not some boiling brew of unharnessed and misplaced ire that spouts speculative, spurious nonsense with the demand of being taken seriously. Blind rage is not a reputable campaign platform. Thinking it is, is just your own sense of misplaced entitlement. So all your Rob Ford types out there (and the Smithermans and Rossis trying hard to tap into that bitterness and bile base), you’re not the only ones capable of being angry. There is a growing contingent of us out here who feel that you are misrepresenting the wider swath of Toronto voters and are threatening much that has been accomplished in this city over the last 7 years. The difference is that ours is a positive outrage at your increasingly outlandish claims and childish behaviour. Ours is the anger that builds not destroys things. And calling that patronizing and condescending doesn’t make it any less true. — angrily (even lividly) submitted by Urban Sophisticat 35 Comments \| Elections 2010, Municipal Politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, Race 4 Mayor, The Globe and Mail \| Tagged: Christie Blatchford, City Hall, George Harrison, George Smitherman, Globe and Mail, John Lennon, mayor, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Politics, Populism, Rob Ford, Rocco Rossi, The Long and Winding Road, Toronto \| Permalink Posted by urbansophisticat Do Worry Be Unhappy So just what the hell is going on out their on the mayoral campaign hustings? Are we really angry, like spittin’ nails angry, or are we just fine and dandy, cool as a cucumber, happy as clams? To hear Rob Ford and his vocal supporters spew bile, the whole city’s going into the crapper and the people we elect are to blame. Except Rob Ford, of course. In Friday’s Toronto Sun candidate George Smitherman is quoted as saying that he’s running for mayor because he was “… pissed off too” with City Hall. And yet in NOW magazine this week, according to an exploratory poll conducted in July to track support for a possible John Tory run, 77% of those asked said that they thought “City Hall is on the right track.” Curiouser still, that same poll concluded “that a third of Ford supporters are comfortable with the Miller regime.” We says WHAT?!? Pbn;oyaehpgPOANnNPOAhpap;oaP]ahhenahgv89!!!!! [Cognitive dissonance!! Cognitive dissonance!!! Does not compute! Danger!! Danger, Will Robinson!!!] Just what gives? After a long pause to stare wildly at the screen expecting it to provide me with some sort of credible answer, followed by a wild night of totally out-of-control binge drinking which itself was followed by a 3 course carbo-heavy breakfast to quell shaky nerves and an irregular heartbeat, I am back in front of the computer with what seems as plausible an explanation as any. This is all David Miller’s fault. If the guy would just run again, just get back in the ring and take his lumps like a man, then everyone would have a real-life, tactile object to hate on. In his absence, they are forced to rail at the darkness, throw shit at the wall to see what sticks or blare outrageous noises and yell about perfectly reasonable things at the top of their voices so that IT ALL SEEMS SO CORRUPT AND UNHEALTHILY FATTENING SLURPING FROM THE GRAVY TRAIN! And none of it has to make a lick of sense. David Miller not seeking re-election leaves a void in the campaigns of those vying to succeed him, throwing phantom punches at a chimerical bad guy in the hopes of landing a knockout blow against a non-existent opponent. Without him there, they just can’t seem to focus on why it is they want to be mayor of Toronto. Instead, they can only serve up a heaping helping of outrage and indignation, needing constantly to remind voters just how angry we all are. Of course our blind rage is food that drives the media narrative. It is much more compelling than contentment. This boiling ire on the part of the Toronto electorate can be traced back to last year’s outside worker’s strike, manifested in all its debilitating horror by homeowners having to deal with their own garbage for six whole weeks. Has ever a city been so put upon as we were in the summer of `09? When Mayor Miller and his merry band of labour-loving socialists failed to crush the union into oblivion, sending its members packing and onto the streets looking for ‘real’ jobs, well, clearly he’d lost the war. He caved. Gave in. Handed over the keys to the vault. None of which was true but that hardly mattered. As far as the press was concerned, the strike and its awful conclusion was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Toronto was on the wrong track, heading for some apocalyptic ending unless our wayward spending spree was stopped dead in its tracks. Reduce taxes! Reduce government! Stop the gravy train!! Remember, voters, you are really, really angry. Except that, if the numbers from the John Tory exploratory poll are to be believed, we’re not. More than 3/4s of us think City Hall’s heading in the right direction. That’s well over twice the support current front runner Rob Ford has amongst the voting public. And one out of three of the Ford Army is apparently happy with the David Miller administration. So, the focus of their anger is something that they’re happy with… ?! Does this mean we are dealing with a very vocal minority, kicking up a lot of fuss and generating little more than manufactured outrage, egged on by certain self-proclaimed ‘dumb’ members of the press like Christie Blatchford who routinely fills her column with a laundry list of supposed excesses at City Hall, wallowing in her boastful ignorance about what those numbers actually show? If so, that’s not really a grassroots, populist movement swelling up to demand real, tangible change. If it were, it wouldn’t be marching in lockstep behind a self-serving millionaire blowhole and having its praises sung in the pages of corporate owned newspapers by elitist downtown hacks pretending to be just one of you-alls. It’s one thing to contend, and try to find compromise, with genuine anger. But anger with no substance? That’s a temper tantrum. It’s irrational and will do little to help alleviate the problems that this city legitimately faces. Simply being angry is easy. Two year-olds do it all the time. It’s rarely productive and usually only masks what they’re really mad about. — consciously patronizingly submitted by Cityslikr 1 Comment \| Elections 2010, Municipal Politics, Newspapers, Press coverage, Race 4 Mayor, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Sun \| Tagged: Christie Blatchford, City Hall, David Miller, Don Peat, George Smitherman, John Tory, Lost in Space, mayor, NOW, Politics, Rob Ford, Toronto \| Permalink The Blatch Keys On Rob Ford’s Success Dear Miss Christie Blatchford, I am writing to you with a rather forward, possibly unseemly, request. The next time you hold a gathering for your “downtown friends” would it be out of the question to extend an invitation my way? It doesn’t have to be anything fancy like a black tie dinner party although I can still cut a swath in my tails and top hat. It could simply be cocktails and canapés or a few brewskis over some ribs and slaw as those of you in possession of a mess of “blue-collar, working-class, anti-intellectual” bones might partake in. We are neighbours after all. I do see you from time-to-time, out walking your dog while I’m window shopping at our local Home Hardware. It seems surprising to me that our paths haven’t crossed more concretely sooner. So let’s stop making strange and break some bread together. Lest you immediately conclude that this is some appeal for a handout, let me be crystal clear that nothing could be further from the truth. It is for your benefit that I offer to foist myself upon you. Having just read your weekend newspaper column (Rob Ford: The Gadfly That Toronto Needs), it strikes me that you are being done a huge and mighty disservice by your so-called “smart friends”. Not to mention that they seem to be dangerously combustible and must be making a mess of your household interior with all the Cronenbergesque head exploding you claim they are prone to. Allow me the opportunity, Miss Blatchford, as a long time downtowner with an “intellectual stripe”, to respond to your party trick of claiming “to be the tiniest bit on the fence” about Rob Ford’s candidacy for the mayoralty of Toronto. I can assure you that my head will not explode. My knickers will never bunch into “a complete knot” (and not just for the obvious reason of me rarely sporting any). No, I will simply take the information, calmly and coolly, and respond by telling you why I think you are wrong on almost every level about Rob Ford and about many of us who oppose him. Dispassionately and as courteously as possible, I will endeavour to point out to you the errors of your thinking and why it is, I feel, that any flirtation with candidate Rob Ford reveals both a cold heart and empty head. After all, that’s what real friends do, isn’t it? Tell you the unvarnished truth in order to set you straight and to stop you from making a damn fool of yourself. Maybe some of your so-called friends are those “gentle arty” types, “aghast at Mr. Ford at least in part because he seems so low rent”. But I am here to tell you, Miss Blatchford, that not all of us stand opposed to Rob Ford based on his appearance or his boorish, sometimes illegal, behaviour. To borrow your devilishly fine turn of phrase, we “don’t give a flying fig” about his physical stature or loutish public outbursts or his seemingly constant run-ins with the law on both sides of the 49th parallel. (Allow me a sidebar if you will: can we ascribe Mr. Ford’s promise to hire 100 new police officers once he’s elected mayor despite a wall of statistics pointing out a decade’s long decrease in the city’s crime rate as an attempt on his part to help reign in his personal excesses? With more cops on the street, there’s a better chance of Rob Ford getting caught before he can get himself into serious trouble. Very noble of him if true.) No, Miss Blatchford. There are many of us anti-Ford urbanites who aren’t the elitist prigs you make us out to be. Who very happily sit down over beers with irascible folks, unperturbed when they “say something stupid, or do something stupid” even if it is something like getting behind the wheel of a car, legally impaired, and driving off. Damn the bunk mainstream media try shoving down our throats! Sometimes friends do let friends drive drunk. Rather, Miss Blatchford, we cannot abide the notion of Rob Ford becoming mayor of this city because during his 10 years on council, he fought against many of the very things that might’ve helped those Average Joes he now claims to be defending. Like, for example, the extension of public transit into traditionally under-serviced areas. In fact he stands before us at the head of the polls still lacking any sort of comprehensive transportation plan whatsoever. A plan needed if we ever hope to finally be in good enough shape to start inviting in those 1 million newcomers Mr. Ford presently wants to keep out. As councillor, Rob Ford voted — almost alone – against the planned redevelopment of the Lawrence Heights housing project, siding with – again, virtually alone – the more affluent next door neighbourhood. It is this faux populism Mr. Ford has unfurled as his banner (and that you help propagate) which elicits much of the enmity toward him from many of us who don’t dwell in the suburbs, Miss Blatchford. Where you see a “pink and porky” businessman, we see a scion of privilege; an inheritor of wealth whose entire political career has been devoted to nothing more than the furthering of his own interests. Low taxes. Low wages. Deregulation. A big wet kiss to the business community of which he constantly brays about being part of. His only nod to the notion of noblesse oblige or giving back, as you more down to earth people might say, is his devotion to high school football. A commendable impulse, to be sure, but a minor repair of the damage he inflicts on society as whole with the heavy-handed neo-conservative, anti-government stance he takes. See, Miss Blatchford? I said all that without my head coming so much as close to exploding. Maybe it is you who needs to get out more and stop mingling “primarily with others of the same ilk”. Find yourself some new friends. Or at least, find some friends who aren’t made entirely of straw. You know the sort. Those ingratiatingly spineless types who let you walk all over them in the hopes that you’ll still want to hang out. A one-sided relationship that’s all give and no take, ultimately amounting to little more than a preening illusion of having actually taken part in something of substance. Surely, Miss Blatchford, you want more from a friendship than that. So let’s do lunch. Have your people call my people. 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The Culinary Arts program, offered at the Saskatoon campus, is led by program head and long-time chef Derek Cotton and teaches students ‘a little bit of everything’ in the culinary world. “Our program is designed to prepare students… Camosun Hospitality Students bring fine dining to community shelter Our Place A dynamic team of sharply dressed hospitality students from Camosun College prepared a delicious dinner of herb encrusted pork loin with autumn squash puree, green beans and roasted potatoes for over 600 diners at Our Place Society last Monday evening. Our Place provides vital services to our region’s most vulnerable citizens, including regular meals—over 745,000… SGI Salvage and Saskatchewan Polytechnic mark unique 15-year partnership Students Train for Automotive Service and Auto Body Technician Careers by Fixing Total Loss Vehicles It all started with a Pontiac Sunfire in 2002. Since then, nearly 250 vehicles have been repaired by Saskatchewan Polytechnic Automotive Service and Auto Body Technician certificate students. Today, a long-running but little-known partnership between Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) Salvage… Street Smart Chefs: Culinary Arts in the Community Saskatchewan’s national notoriety for good eats has been steadily growing over the past few years. With master chefs looking to call the prairie province home, it seems appropriate that Saskatchewan Polytechnic is home to an important training ground for the next generation culinary masters. The Culinary Arts program is led by long-time chef Derek Cotton… Empowering women to follow their passion Penny Jean Wohlberg is a journeyperson carpenter and owner of Renovation Jeannie. She is also a strong supporter of Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Women in Trades & Technology (WITT) program. “For me it all started with WITT,” says Penny. “WITT is all about empowering women and giving them confidence. WITT was the catalyst that kick-started my career… Saskatchewan Polytechnic collaborative research puts patients first Patient-oriented research is becoming the norm for health-related research, and for good reasons. It focuses on patient priorities and outcomes and includes patients as active collaborators throughout the research process. “Patient-oriented research engages patients as partners and improves patient outcomes,” says Dr. Susan Blum, associate vice-president, Applied Research and Innovation. “This innovative, applied approach aims… Selkirk College Distinguished Alumna is Courageous and Compassionate Nurse Selkirk College recently awarded family nurse practitioner Patrice Gordon with the Distinguished Alumna honour at the Graduation 2017 ceremony held at the Castlegar Campus. The earnest professional provides compassionate care to isolated First Nations communities in British Columbia’s Chilcotin region while responding to crises world-wide as part of the Canadian Red Cross Emergency Response Unit.… Selkirk College Adopts Sexual Violence Policy Selkirk College now has a Sexual Violence Policy in place making a clear commitment to creating and maintaining a safe and respectful learning, working and living environment. “The safety and well-being of our students and staff is of vital importance,” says Selkirk College President Angus Graeme. “This is an important step in letting everyone know that… Second SaskPolytech Habitat for Humanity home is moved to permanent location In December 2016, the second Habitat for Humanity home was moved to its permanent location in Prince Albert. This is the second house Saskatchewan Polytechnic carpentry students have built for Habitat for Humanity. In February 2015, Saskatchewan Polytechnic and Habitat for Humanity, Prince Albert, signed a memorandum of agreement for carpentry students to build five… Selkirk College Heavy Mechanical program students overcomes and gives back Overcoming obstacles on the way to a successful educational pathway is something the majority of post-secondary students can understand. A recent graduate on Nelson’s Silver King Campus knows what it’s like to stare into the face of adversity and triumph. As a residential school survivor, Selkirk College student Running Wolf has dealt with numerous challenges… Entrepreneurship Takes Off with the Lean LaunchPad program at Algonquin College A world-renowned pre-accelerator program, Lean LaunchPad is taught at over 200 universities worldwide, and back in February the team at Algonquin launched their very own version of the class. Although the AC version differed, in various ways, from the original, they both had at their core, the idea that participants ‘get out of the building’… Algonquin College student research tackles environmental issues affecting Muskrat Lake Watershed from the Daily Observer: On Dec. 6, Algonquin College’s Waterfront Campus in Pembroke held an Applied Research Day to give students in the Environmental Technician (E-Tech) Program the opportunity to showcase their work. The E-Tech Program, which was founded five years ago, is a compressed diploma that can be completed in 18 months whereas other…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798266
__label__cc	0.566739	0.433261	BTS Goes Back In Time With “Life Goes On” At The 2021 Golden Disc Awards (GDAs) They brought miniature versions of their MVs to the stage. BTS brought nostalgia to the 2021 Golden Disc Awards with a heartfelt performance of “Life Goes On”. “Life Goes On” reminiscences about life before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic while looking toward a brighter future. To illustrate this, BTS serenaded miniature versions of their sets from their “DNA” MV (2017)… \| @_monomini/Instagram …”ON” MV (2020)… …”FAKE LOVE” MV (2018)… …”Blood, Sweat & Tears” MV (2016)… …”No More Dream” MV (2013)… …”I NEED U” MV (2015)… …and “Boy With Luv” MV (2019). The mini sets were created by monomini, an artist who specializes in miniature art displays. On Instagram, they shared several photos of the miniature sets with the caption, “We made BTS official music video scenes in miniatures. The miniatures were used for Golden [Disc] stage props.” For more from the GDAs, read all about Jin meeting his favorite actor or check out V‘s suit memes below: BTS V’s Yellow Suit From The 2021 GDAs Is Our New Favorite Meme	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798270
__label__wiki	0.600759	0.600759	Collection objects in 3D See some of our rare and unique natural science and cultural collection objects with photogrammetry 3D capture. Ancient Egyptian objects documented in 3D Explore some of the Ancient Egyptian objects in our International Collection captured in 3D with photogrammetry. Bull Apis Statue of Osiris Canopic jar Fossils in Canowindra, NSW The Canowindra fossil fauna is a very rich Late Devonian fish fauna and is listed as part of Australia's National Heritage. Canowindra fauna Age of Fishes Blaschka glass models in 3D Glass models from the 19th century as 3D digital objects Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola The Bramble Cay Melomys, or Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat was officially declared extinct in 2019. It is considered the first mammal to become extinct due to climate change. Extinct animals What is a thylacine? Why did it become extinct? Soft Leftvent Angler, Haplophryne mollis (Brauer, 1902) The Soft Leftvent Angler is named for its asymmetrically placed vent. The species is highly sexually dimorphic. Mature males parasitise the much larger females. Estuarine Stonefish, Synanceia horrida (Linnaeus, 1766) Two species of stonefishes are recorded from Australia, the Estuarine Stonefish and the Reef Stonefish. Discover the AM's extensive collections and research areas, including the name-bearing type specimens held at the Museum. Why we collect Learn about First Nations cultural material in our collections and our engagement with communities to activate stories of living culture. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Pacific & International About our 3D collection capture The Australian Museum uses three types of 3D capture of objects and specimens in our collections: photogrammetry, structured light and computer tomography, sometimes in combination. Click on the loaded 3D image and drag your mouse around to see the different views of the object. Photogrammetry is a technique where many, often hundreds, of photographs are taken of an object and 'solved' by software to build a textured 3D model of the object. Although the concept is not new it's only recently that computers powerful enough to do the processing have become accessible. Photogrammetry is excellent for capturing colours and textures of natural science specimens and cultural objects in our collections. Structured light uses light projections and lasers to very accurately map the surface of an object. It is excellent at capturing the morphology and fine detail of an object, but not so good at texture and colour. Computed Tomography (CT) uses x-rays to build a 3D model of internal structures such as skeletons or bodily organs. It is used extensively in medicine and life sciences. The Australian Museum has partnered with Pedestal3d to allow good quality 3D models to be explored online by audiences world-wide. Help digitise our collections Join our online community of volunteers to decipher our collections, discover hidden archives and contribute to knowledge! Sign up with DigiVol Our extensive collections are a valuable resource for the investigation of biodiversity, population genetics, phylogenetics and more. Tissue samples of species Contain DNA DNA Lab The Mineralogy and Palaeontology collections include rocks, minerals, gemstones and fossils, and reveal how the earth was formed. Historical artefacts collection Our collection of historical objects, memorabilia and artefacts help tell the story of the history and development of the Australian Museum. Blaschka glass models The 19th century was a time of great scientific endeavour. In 1879 the Australian Museum actively sought to share these wonderful discoveries with the public by ordering specimens and models from Europe so that it could display all the common European vertebrates and invertebrates. Glass models of sea anemones Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka Discover the Mesozoic era of the dinosaurs! Dinosaurs are classified as a group of reptiles, although some of their features are found in mammals and birds living today. Dinosaur factsheets History of our museum collections Discover the history of the collections and construction of Australia's first museum, beginning in January 1846. Learn about biodiversity, the scientific study of life and organisms, and the story of human evolution. Stages of Decomposition Virtual Autopsy Capturing Climate Change What are you seeing of our climate-changed corner of the world? #CapturingClimateChange is part of the Australian Museum's commitment to pursuing climate change solutions. Online photographic exhibition Curated Instagram galleries The Museum Archives and Research Library cares for the Museum’s institutional memory and its historic natural history book and journal collections dating from 1836. Heading south: Mawson and the Australasian Antarctic Expedition In December 1911, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition set sail from Hobart and into the history books. Geologist Douglas Mawson Sun compass Sledgemeter We specialise in the preservation of archaeological and ethnographic objects, rare books and archives, and biology and geology collections. Respect for communities’ cultural property are always a major factor in our decisions. Japanese Antarctica expedition and the Shirase sword A Samurai Sword in the Museum's collection symbolises a spirit of scientific co-operation and friendship between nations. Find out how Australia, Japan and Antarctic exploration are linked through the history of this sword. 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__label__cc	0.588466	0.411534	Tom Plate United States US: CAN JUDGE RUTH BADER GINSBURG’S PASSING PUSH FOR A FINAL CHANGE? Asia Media Staff September 23, 2020 No Comments black lives matterCarlo GinzburgColumbia Law schoolHarvard Law SchoolJoseph BidenNew Left ReviewNotorious RBGRuth Bader GinsburgTom Plate SCMP TOM PLATE WRITES — There was always something of the Goliath versus David, if you framed such a thesis/antithesis picture: of Ruth Bader Ginsburg up against Donald J. Trump – the diminutive versus the hulk, the thinker versus the non-thinker, the caring versus the uncaring. But someone of stature had to stand up to him, and the late Associate Justice of the Supreme Court was one of the few who could take his measure. And so, when the feminist icon with a light wit and profound knowledge of the law was overwhelmed late last week by the cancer that had been stalking her for so many years, much of the world stood up and took notice. Here in the U.S., on seeing the incumbent American president vulnerable to Democrat Joseph Biden in the coming election, many could not have helped wishing fate had let this Wonder Woman, feisty to the end, ride out the hoped-for end of Trump for just a couple of months and permit his (hoped-for) successor to choose a sensible Supreme Court nominee at the end of January, when she would step down. But ‘fate keeps on happening’, as the Hollywood screen-writer Anita Loos put it decades ago. And as fate would happen, there is now a vacancy on the land’s highest and most powerful court. Unsurprisingly, Trump’s allies are scrambling to fill it with someone who would no doubt prove to be the antithesis of the ‘Notorious RBG,’ the epithet spun from the late rap star ‘Notorious B.I.G.’. There’s additional meaning to the phenomenal story of feminist icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg beyond presidential politics. That her capitulation last week, at 87, to the persistent poison of cancer should have released such a vast international outpouring of grief and respect suggests considerably more to what she signified. Allow me to steal a thought from Carlo Ginzburg (no relation to Associate Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg), the great historian from Italy, writing in a recent issue of the provocative London-based ‘New Left Review’. What holds a people or a city or a nation together, he insisted, goes beyond mere institutional matrices and public policies and so on: Nations and peoples tend to bond at least as tightly for reasons of negative history and shared shameful experience. Shame can prove a fiercer national adhesive than love. “Shame … falls upon us, invading us – our bodies, our feelings, our thoughts as a sudden illness,” writes the historian, serving to bind people together in a community of feeling. This is precisely where America now precariously sits – no longer bathing in the triumphalism of the 1989 unipolar moment; nor in the continued transmission of the numbing narcotic of exceptionalism; but in a shared sense of shame. From the war in Vietnam to the blunders in Iraq and Libya, from the 2007-08 Wall Street-inseminated global greed to the ongoing bifurcation of communities as paraded by ‘Black Lives Matter’? And so out of the miserable miasma of the ever-political Washington – “the swamp,” as President Trump memorably (and now, we see, cynically) dubbed it – arose this top jurist, railing against repression. In terms of range, quality and impact, her decisions from the bench, whether in concurrence with the majority or in storm of dissent, were heavyweight hits by this judicial diva, diminutive in size alone. Often with insight and wit, she helped remind Americans, many in deep need of reassurance, that in Washington there was a least some people not thinking only about themselves but actually doing their job. At a time when the White House/Executive Branch was seen to bungle the pandemic portfolio, when the U.S. Senate sunk to a Siamese fighting-fish bowl of horrors, and when too many – far from all, but some – of our police never seemed to sight a black citizen they didn’t want to arrest or shoot, Justice Ginsburg emerged, as if the goddess Nemesis. She zoomed upwardly mobile-from a modest Brooklyn home to the Ivy League, on merit alone (one of nine women in admitted to Harvard Law School in 1956, transferring to Columbia Law school in 1958, from which she emerged first in her class), she stood out wherever she went, fearing that standing in place would automatically trigger retreat, whether of the nation or of her own psyche, or both. They say that in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, or in this case (as Plato was the first to agree) queen. But though the queen is now dead, she will continue to live in her best rulings and her best dissents. In politics, style is as important as substance, though it cannot replace it. At a time when many citizens are so angry – some scarily so – a truly egalitarian new deal of access and opportunity is needed, driven by a more neutral and careful politics than that of a system featuring but a single ruling party that claims to know everything or a two-party system that says the other side is always wrong. May the Notorious One rest in a long celestial peace – well deserved. We, however, must not stand down but must carry on with the embers of hope that she helped kindle: a sense of a nation and a people less selfish and shameful, more loving and just, than the one we find ourselves in now. Think of it — perhaps – as the Notorious Renewal. Prof. Tom Plate teaches at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, recently completing a course titled “Ethics, Morality and Public Life: Contemporary Controversies.” He is vice president of the Pacific Century Institute and founder and president of Asia Media International at LMU. Previous Previous post: ANNOUNCEMENT: APAICS CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDED Next Next post: MYANMAR: ROHINGYA DROWNING IN BLAME FOR SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798282
__label__cc	0.702643	0.297357	Danger! Pipe bridge impassable due to flood damage by charlie \| Mar 20, 2019 Please be aware that the recent heavy rain has undermined a section of the Coastal Path near Turrnberry and this section of the Path is dangerous and should be avoided until further notice. The area in question is on the section of the Path between Miton Burn and the steps over the dunes – just North of the old pump house. As you can see from the attached photographs, there are 2 culverts (pipes) below the path, but the flow of water has been diverted by a blockage and the adjacent soil has been swept away. There is a very deep hole (at least 3 feet deep) close to the culverts and the edge of this hole is simply turf, floating in mid air and it will not be able to bear any weight. The hole is fairly obvious when heading South – but less so when heading North. The landowner is aware of this issue and further updates will be issued in due course. Notices are being made up and will be strategically placed to alert walkers and advise on alternative routes. Southbound Walkers at low tide should use the shore; and at high tide take the path up to the A719 and find a way along the south side of the Milton Burn back to the... ACP Builders beat Storm Gareth by Ron Ireland \| Mar 14, 2019 Jimmy Begg and Harry Peters went down to Turnberry yesterday and were very happy to see that the recently completed reinforcement of the step revetment has resisted twenty-four hours of Storm Gareth (and the sting in his tail!). This despite a short section of dune being washed away immediately to the south of our handiwork. The main purpose of the trip was to see at first hand the high-water levels at Balkenna Hut where we will soon be building a bridge over the burn which is frequently unfordable. Watch this... ACP Social Evening a Great Success Well, thanks to Alistair and Bob, we all had a great time last Friday evening with around 40 Pathminders and friends turning out for the party. The warm atmosphere inside the Bracken Bar was a great antidote to the gale and lashing rain outside on the windswept Heads of Ayr. Greeted with a free glass of fizzy (for the lucky ones who weren’t driving) the evening got off to a cracking start as folk chatted about all sorts of things, not necessarily to do with walking and pathminding. In the background, thanks to Charlie Steele, a superb rolling show of ACP scenery and wild life pictures illustrated the many natural attractions of the ACP. Hungry stomachs were then amply satisfied by a lavish finger buffet of warm foods prepared by the Bracken Bar staff, and for which we must thank David and Una Semple who both participated in and contributed to the social side of the evening. Then it was time for the Alistair Tyre show (well quiz actually). Seven teams of 5 or 6 struggled to retrieve bits of useless information from the depths of their now-relaxed minds. Questions were as varied as the quizzers themselves and the final sheet of questions was compiled from the official ACP Guidebook. The answer to the question of the length of the ACP (including detours) was hotly debated afterwards with some folk resorting to mobile phones for measurements to check. However the answer was 100 miles and who are we to argue with the path’s creator, Jimmy Begg? Guess whose team won the quiz!!!! Gillian delivered a well-deserved vote of thanks... Dog Walkers – READ AND OBEY livestock Warning Notices! by charlie \| Mar 4, 2019 In 2016, following recurring problems with walkers and dogs, eight bright yellow warning notices were erected in sensitive livestock farming areas from Glenapp to Heads of Ayr. Walkers with dogs are expected to be responsible and keep their animals on the lead when passing through this land – or risk their dogs being shot if they get out of control and chase or worry sheep or cattle. Recurrently over the past years, in local and national Press, BBC News, Countryfile, and Landward programmes, there have been numerous harrowing reports of sheep being killed by dogs, or worried and aborting their lambs, or chased into rivers and drowned. Just how much information do some mindless individuals need to get it into their skulls that their pet dogs, sheep and cattle do not mix! Lambing is now in full swing along the Ayrshire coast, and we have already received reports of two incidents in the Dunure area of thoughtless, irresponsible, walkers ignoring Warning Notices and letting their dogs run uncontrolled in lambing fields. The first was a man with an uncontrolled collie cutting right through a flock of pregnant ewes, which scattered frantically. This was witnessed by the angry farmer who said that few weeks later and he would have had 300 panicking ewes separated from their lambs – leading to loss of vital mother and lamb bonding. The second was a woman with two loose collies running through a similar field, who – when approached by the landowner and asked to put them on a lead – said she didn’t have one!! How irresponsible can you get? Having said this, very... Great news! Footbridge has re-opened The footbridge across the River Irvine at Low Green, which closed last summer, has now been re-opened. This is well ahead of schedule, so thanks to those... Surprising Donation News Round-up – December 2020 Improved path at Drumbain What a success! New handrails for bridge Big Beach Clean Path Maintenance Route changes Ayrshire Coastal Path © 2019 Acknowledgements	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798291
__label__cc	0.585651	0.414349	Dressing Like the Tabernacle Category: Bible,Bible - OT - Exodus,Bible - OT - Leviticus :: Permalink Sometimes Aaron the high priest wears his most glorious garments and sometimes he does not. “Curiously,” says Carmen Imes (Bearing YHWH’s Name at Sinai), Aaron was not to wear the most elaborate of his official vestments (breastpiece and ephod) when it would seem most appropriate to do so — while entering the Most Holy Place. He wore them only when performing regular sacrifices and maintaining service in the Holy Place, implying that his representation of Israel to God pertained to the sacrificial system and the ongoing maintenance of the cult; he did not ‘bear the names’ of the sons of Israel into the Most Holy Place. When he appeared in the Most Holy Place on the most holy day [i.e., the Day of Atonement], he had to come humbly, without status or pretense, and in so doing symbolize Israel’s undeserved access to YHWH’s presence (166). He does, however, wear his turban with its inscription: Most importantly, Aaron’s diadem signified what was true of the entire nation — namely, that they were “holy, belonging to YHWH.” On that basis, he appealed to YHWH for forgiveness of their sin (166). But it’s also important to notice, as Imes does, the correspondence between Aaron’s garments and the tabernacle itself. In his full vestments, Aaron represents the whole tabernacle, turned inside out: linen on the inside, and a breastplate corresponding to the Most Holy Place on the outside. But on the Day of Atonement, Aaron wears clothing that corresponds, not to the Most Holy Place, but to the courtyard. To wear only [‘arag] garments (cf. Exod 39:27), which corresponded to the outer curtains of the tabernacle courtyard, concretized Aaron’s mediatorial role. He brought the outer courtyard into the inner sanctum, representing every Israelite as he approached YHWH. On regular days, Aaron did the reverse, in effect wearing the elaborate furnishings of the Most Holy Place as he moved about the Holy Place and the courtyard, representing the glory of YHWH to ordinary priests and laypeople via richly colored and ornamented fabrics, gold, and gemstones. This interpenetration of spheres was an essential component of Aaron’s ministry (166-167). Posted by John Barach @ 2:05 pm \| Discuss (1) One Response to “Dressing Like the Tabernacle” barach.us Says: That is boss offers in recompense for winning. barach.us http://bit.ly/2NUSJ74	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798295
__label__wiki	0.529047	0.529047	By Joseph Czikk Canadian Startup News, Innovation By, Partnerships June 27, 2014 Ryerson DMZ Signs Friendship Agreement with One of Europe’s Largest Tech Accelerators Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) has signed a “friendship agreement” with Canary Wharf Group plc’s technology accelerator space, Level39, Europe’s largest in the finance, retail and future cities sectors. The new partnership “opens new opportunities for collaboration, improved access into Canadian and European markets and provides soft-landings for globally-minded entrepreneurs.” Members of Level39, based in Canary Wharf, London, UK, and members of the DMZ will have access to the space and startup support at each other’s facility. “In order for young innovators to reach their potential, we need to connect the best and most passionate among them to each other, to businesses and to likeminded organizations such as Level39,” said Sheldon Levy, president of Ryerson University. “This agreement with Level39 will create a bridge between Canada and the United Kingdom offering a range of exciting new opportunities for students, entrepreneurs and innovators.” Level39 works with early-stage businesses that have potential for high-growth. The accelerator space helps members create, test, market and deliver scalable world-class financial, retail and future cities technology, products, and services. Ironically, its located at “One Canada Square” in London. “Collaboration between the technology sector and leading entrepreneurial academic establishments is key to the continuation of a thriving innovation ecosystem,” said Eric Van der Kleij, head of Level39. “Ryerson’s smart technologists and professionals are the individuals that will help drive forward the already booming entrepreneurial community. We are very pleased to be collaborating with one of Canada’s finest Universities.” “This is an exciting moment for Ryerson University as it represents the first major accord between a Canadian academic institution and Level39,” added Henry Long, UKTI Canada investment officer. “This agreement illustrates the forward thinking of both organizations and UKTI is eager to continue working with them to pursue their mutual endeavours.” The Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University is Canada’s largest incubator and multidisciplinary co-working spaces for young entrepreneurs, home to both startups and industry solution-providers. It was recently recognized by the UBI Index as the best university incubator in Canada, and the fifth best university incubator in the world in their annual international benchmark study. Since opening in April 2010, the DMZ has incubated and accelerated 133 startups, which has lead to the creation of almost 1,200 jobs. Level39 is Europe’s largest technology accelerator space for finance, retail and future cities technology companies. Members of the incubator are put in the same room as experienced entrepreneurs, technology investors and industry experts in order to accelerate their traction and access to markets. Level39 is a space for early-stage businesses that have potential for high-growth. Set in the middle of one of the world’s premier business and shopping districts, Space39 is a 220 seat event space that hosts regular industry events and boasts some of London’s best views. Digital Media ZoneDMZincubatorLevel39Ryerson Universitystartups Joseph Czikk Toronto Students Win Startup Weekend Youth Edition with “Shake On It” App For Richmond’s 505 JUNK, Relying on Social and Mobile Proved Worthwhile Will Young of Zappos Labs describes his path to the Valley Like most Canadians, Zappos Labs Director Will Young did not find direct entry into the Valley. Graduating from UBC in 1999, Young first found…	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798308
__label__wiki	0.86308	0.86308	Home Tags Posts tagged with "age gap" Twins Reuben and Floren were born five years apart 5-year-old Reuben Blake and his seven-week-old sister Floren from UK are twins that arrive five years apart. Both children were born from the same batch of embryos created during their parents’ IVF treatment. While Reuben was successfully implanted in 2006, Floren was kept on ice until 2011. Now their parents, Jody and Simon Blake, delight in telling well-wishers all about the incredible age gap between their “twins”. “I tell everybody I can,” said Simon Blake, a business lecturer. “People take an interest in a newborn baby and with Reuben around as well, I find it very difficult to resist the temptation to say <<Oh and by the way, they are twins>>. “It’s almost just to see people’s response. They are really amazed and surprised.” 5-year-old Reuben Blake and his seven-week-old sister Floren from UK are twins that arrive five years apart Jody Blake, a charity worker, added: “It does feel quite surreal. “I think people are really, really surprised and it almost takes them a few minutes to get their heads around it. “We obviously had nine months to get it straight and to think <<Gosh, we’re having Reuben’s twin>>, but it’s incredibly special.” Jody Blake, 38, and her 45-year-old husband began fertility treatment in 2005. During the medical process, five embryos were created and two implanted in Jody Blake, which resulted in the birth of Reuben on December 9, 2006. The remaining three embryos were frozen until the couple, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, decided to try for another child in March 2011. Only one of the embryos survived the defrosting process and 39 weeks later Floren arrived by Caesarean section. Reuben is fascinated by his little sister. “He knows that she’s been in the freezer,” said Jody Blake. “He likes to say she has been in the freezer with the chips and the chicken, so he is sort of aware that she is his twin, but obviously he doesn’t really understand how it’s all worked. “They do look very similar. Reuben was just a bigger version of Floren when he was born, so certainly there are similarities physically.” Recalling their decision to try for a second child, Simon Blake said: “We wanted to complete the family. We were aware the odds were long. “You just can’t comprehend that a life could come from some material that’s been frozen for that length of time.” Doctors who treated the Blakes at the Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine said the decision to freeze remaining IVF embryos was a safer way to have more than one child. Lead clinician Dr. Valentine Akande said: “We very often recommend storing surplus embryos so that they can be used at a later date. “Sadly, due to the chance work of nature, not everybody is able to have those surplus embryos and, of course, not everybody meets with success when they are used.” Most parents tell lies to their children as a tactic to change their behavior A new study of families in the United States and China has found that most parents tell lies to their …Read More » Chinese Flag Planted on the Moon China has become the second nation to plant its flag on the Moon, more than 50 years after the US …Read More » Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Ten tips to maximize your shopping Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest shopping days of the year, and companies go all out …Read More » Istanbul New Year Attack: Manhunt Underway after 39 Killed at Reina Club Turkish authorities are hunting for a gunman who opened fire at Istanbul’s well-known nightclub Reina, killing at least 39 people …Read More » Gabrielle Marvelli, a Pennsylvania math teacher admits having sex with 17-year-old student Gabrielle Marvelli, a Pennsylvania math teacher admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old student earlier this year on the same …Read More »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798315
__label__wiki	0.927614	0.927614	Home Tags Posts tagged with "argentina opposition" argentina opposition Argentina Elections 2015: Mauricio Macri Wins Presidential Runoff Americas News Argentina’s opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has won the presidential election runoff in, exit polls suggest. Polls by taken by TV stations shortly after voting closed indicated Mauricio Macri, 56, won, without giving a breakdown. Mauricio Macri, the mayor of Buenos Aires, was up against Daniel Scioli, the governor of Buenos Aires province. Loud cheers erupted at Mauricio Macri’s campaign headquarters at the news, Reuters reported. Party insiders claimed a five- to eight-percentage-point lead. If the result is confirmed, it will be the first time in more than a decade that Argentina’s center-right opposition has wrested the presidency from the center-left Peronists. Photo Getty Images A spokesman for DanielScioli said they would wait for official figures to come in before commenting. Neither candidate managed to win the first round of voting in October outright, forcing a runoff – the first in the country’s history. DanielScioli was marginally ahead in the first round, with 36.7% to 34.5%, but has lost ground to his rival in the month since. Mauricio Macri, the leader of the Cambiemos (Let’s Change) coalition, went into today’s vote with a comfortable lead in opinion polls. He campaigned on pledges to bring new investment into the ailing economy, tackle crime and fight corruption. The son of one of Argentina’s richest men, Mauricio Macri had a long career in business before entering politics. A close ally of current President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Daniel Scioli had been expected to win by a greater margin in October. Kanye West Says He Would Have Voted for Donald Trump… If He Did Kanye West has told an audience in San Jose he would have opted for Donald Trump if he had voted. …Read More » Lemmy Funeral Held In Los Angeles Family and rock stars paid tribute to Motorhead frontman Lemmy at his funeral in Los Angeles. Lemmy, who was born …Read More » Bobbi Kristina Brown is set to marry Nick Gordon against Cissy Houston’s wishes Bobbi Kristina Brown is set to marry Nick Gordon despite grandmother Cissy Houston branding their relationship “incestuous”, new reports claimed …Read More » Prince Death: Sister Tyka Nelson Reveals Star Left NO Will Behind Prince’s sister, Tyka Nelson, has revealed in court documents that her famous brother did not leave a will. The documents, …Read More » #MeToo: Catherine Deneuve Warns About New Puritanism Sparked by Harassment Scandals In an open letter, Catherine Deneuve and other French women has said that men should be “free to hit on” …Read More »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798316
__label__wiki	0.652081	0.652081	How to Brutally Murder George W. Bush. It was Tuesday, and the American President was standing at his bedroom window. Hair uncombed, eyes squinting into the midday sun, hand scratching his unshaved chin, Presidential pajamas wrinkled, and unclipped toenails running through the carpet... George W. Bush wasn't quite sure what to do. Tuesday. Almost the middle of the week. Yet outside were giant, brown biscuit and heavily salted legs that stretched twenty, maybe thirty feet into the air before connecting to a thick biscuit base. "Lemme ask," drawled George W. as the bedroom door opened. "Just tell me straight that you're seeing this." "Sir?" said the aide's faint voice. The door closed. "I'm not quite sure, sir, but you--" "You're seeing those things out there, right? "Sir?" "Yeah." George W. paused, lent against the glass, and began to count. "It's like giant things, yeah? Huge fucking... well, giant salty snacks. I mean, you're seeing the giant salty snacks, yeah?" "...Absolutely, Sir," replied the aide. "But you have a phone call, Sir." George W. picked up the white phone, but paused. There was something about the aide. Something that wasn't quite right. A texture to his skin. It was hard to describe. It was smooth, yeah, sure, and the aide was hairless, and there was something that made George W. Bush want to lean forward and lick him, to run his tongue up along his neck, to dip in between those hard lips... but more than that, there was something about the colour that didn't strike him as right. Brown. Dark, dark brown. A colour that had always left him uncomfortable. A colour that he instinctively made him want to pull out his home made lethal injection kit. That colour. But he wanted to nibble. To taste. To lick. To crack open a beer and sit back with it on his lap, to work his lips across it, to have his hands feel across ever inch, and work down to the hard, hard centre-- The pain in his chest was secondary. The phone fell to the ground with a dull thud. The Presidential pajamas soiled. George W. looked dimly at the stick like fist protruding through his chest. It was so brown. God he hated that colour. Hated it so much. "They should've made... made white ones," he murmured faintly, his legs failing. "Indeed," replied the aide, his fist still lodged in his chest. It was all that held the body upright. That useless, ugly little meat body that had been nothing but a menace to his people. "But the flavour is all off."	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798317
__label__wiki	0.935908	0.935908	19.04.2020 / Brabar / 0 Kommentare Review of: Afc Champions League 000в etwas aus dem Rahmen. Lizenzen wie die MGA nicht anerkennen. In GroГbritannien Гbernimmt diese Aufgabe die britische Gambling Commission, wГhrend sich die Kunsthistorikerin Veronika Pirker-Aurenhammer und ihr Fachkollege Erich SteingrГber mit der Bildenden Kunst zum Thema mittelalterlicher Garten auseinandersetzen? AFC Champions League. Gefällt 1,4 Mio. Mal. The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football. AFC Champions League Aktuelle Meldungen, Termine und Ergebnisse, Tabelle, Mannschaften, Torjäger. Die Liga auf einen Blick. Die AFC Champions League, auch als asiatische Champions League bezeichnet, ist ein Wettbewerb für asiatische Fußball-Vereinsmannschaften, der von der Asian Football Confederation organisiert wird. Sie bildet im Rahmen des jährlich ausgetragenen. AFC Champions League 2020 Live Ergebnisse, Liveticker, Resultate AFC Champions League. Gefällt 1,4 Mio. Mal. The AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football. Die AFC Champions League ist die Spielzeit des wichtigsten asiatischen Wettbewerbs für Vereinsmannschaften im Fußball unter dieser Bezeichnung. AFC Champions League - Torjäger - immer aktuell: Zum Thema AFC Champions League findest Du hier die komplette Torschützenliste. Afc Champions League Navigation menu Video MATCHDAY ASIA: Yahya Golmohammadi (Persepolis FC Head Coach) - Reactions - East Group Quarterfinals Kein Online-Casino ist komplett ohne Roulette: Das Afc Champions League Casino bietet mehr als. - Tabelle - Gruppe B Sajjad Shahbazzadeh. Die AFC Champions League, auch als asiatische Champions League bezeichnet, ist ein Wettbewerb für asiatische Fußball-Vereinsmannschaften, der von der Asian Football Confederation organisiert wird. Sie bildet im Rahmen des jährlich ausgetragenen. Die AFC Champions League, auch als asiatische Champions League bezeichnet, ist ein Wettbewerb für asiatische Fußball-Vereinsmannschaften, der von der. Die AFC Champions League ist die Spielzeit des wichtigsten asiatischen Wettbewerbs für Vereinsmannschaften im Fußball unter dieser Bezeichnung. AFC Champions League Live-Ticker auf bigmikeblog.com bietet Livescore, Resultate, AFC Champions League Ergebnisse und Spieldetails. Port FC 0. Buriram United 2. Lokomotiv Tashkent 0. Melbourne Victory 5. Bali United Pusam 0. Al-Rayyan 0. Esteghlal 5. Al-Sailiya 0. Padideh FC 0. Al-Ain 1. Bunyodkor Tashkent 0. FC Seoul 4. Kedah 1. Kashima Antlers 0. Melbourne Victory 1. Buriram United 0. Results are updated in real time. You can easily also check the full schedule. Any statistics you can divided into: at home matches played at home , away matches played away and all matches. Share with your friends with statistics, click the icon to share a table image on facebook, twitter or send an email to a friend. Don't show this again. Last games. Yokohama F. Marinos 2 - 3 Suwon Bluewings. Ulsan Hyundai 3 - 0 Melbourne Victory. Beijing Guoan 1 - 0 FC Tokyo. Vissel Kobe 0 - 2 Suwon Bluewings. Sydney FC 1 - 1 Yokohama F. Melbourne Victory 2 - 1 FC Seoul. Beijing Guoan 1 - 1 Chiangrai United. The quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals were played as a two-legged format, with away goals , extra time , and penalties used as tie-breakers. The season saw Syrian clubs join the competition, thus increasing the number of participating countries to 15, and two years later, following their transfer into the AFC in , Australian clubs were also included in the tournament. Owing to the lack of professionalism in Asian football, many problems still existed in the tournament, such as on field violence and late submission of player registration. Many blamed the lack of prize money and expensive travel cost as some of the reasons. The Champions League expanded to 32 clubs in with direct entry to the top ten Asian leagues. Each country received up to 4 slots, though no more than one-third of the number of teams in that country's top division, rounded downwards, depending on the strength of their league, league structure professionalism , marketability, financial status, and other criteria set by the AFC Pro-League Committee. The current format sees the eight group winners and eight runners-up qualify to the Round of 16, in which group winners play host to the runners-up in two-legged series, matched regionally, with away goals, extra time, and penalties used as tie-breakers. The regional restriction continues all the way until the final, although clubs from the same country cannot face each other in the quarterfinals unless that country has three or more representatives in the quarterfinals. Since , the final has also been held as a two-legged series, on a home and away basis. Beginning from , the group stage will be expanded from 32 to 40 teams, with both the West and East Regions having five groups of four teams. The slot allocation for the top six member associations in each region will remain unchanged. As of the edition of the tournament, the AFC Champions League has commenced with a double round-robin group stage of 32 teams, which is preceded by qualifying matches for teams that do not receive direct entry to the competition proper. Teams are also split into east and west zones to progress separately in the tournament. The higher an association's ranking as determined by the criteria, the more teams represent the association in the Champions League, and the fewer qualification rounds the association's teams must compete in. The tournament proper begins with a group stage of 32 teams, divided into eight groups. Seeding is used whilst making the draw for this stage, with teams from the same country not being drawn into groups together. The group stage is divided into two zones; the first zone is the four East Asian groups and the other zone is the four West Asian groups. Each team meets the others in its group home and away in a round-robin format. The winning team and the runners-up from each group then progress to the next round. For this stage, the winning team from one group plays against the runners-up from another group from their zone of the group stage. The tournament uses the away goals rule : if the aggregate score of the two games is tied after minutes, then the team who scored more goals at their opponent's stadium advances. If still tied the clubs play extra time, where the away goals rule is no longer applied. If still tied after extra time, the tie shall be decided by a penalty shootout. East and West zones continue to be kept part until the final. The group stage and Round of 16 matches are played through the first half of the year February—May , whilst the knock-out stage thereafter is played during the second half of the year August—November. The knock-out ties are played in a two-legged format, including the final. The allocation of teams by member countries is listed below; asterisks represent occasions where at least one team was eliminated in qualification prior to the group stage. Note: Israeli clubs, winners of the , and editions, are not included. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. AFC member country that has been represented in the group stage. AFC member country that has not been represented in the group stage. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Ulsan Hyundai. Guangzhou Evergrande. Western Sydney Wanderers. Kashima Antlers. Corea del Sud. Arabia Saudita. Taj : Ilhwa Chunma. Guangzhou E. Jeonbuk Hyundai. Urawa Reds. JEF United. Furukawa Electric : Tokyo Verdy. Yomiuri : Emirati Arabi Uniti. Back to top Content Widgets Content. Mobile iPhone iPad. Social Facebook Twitter Instagram. Kick-off Times Kick-off times are converted to your local PC time. Scoresway www. Goal www. Stats Perform www. All rights reserved. Data provided by Opta Sports. Al Wahda. Al Shorta. Al Ahli. View events. Ab Steam Shooter die Champions League von Bwin.Es auf 40 Mannschaften erhöht, wodurch je eine Vierergruppe in der Westregion und eine in der Ostregion dazukommt. Ramin Rezaeian. Jaloliddin Masharipov. Dezember in der malaysischen Hauptstadt Kuala Lumpur statt. Will the heads roll at the big-spending Chinese Super League side following a season without silverware? Perth Glory. All three Japanese clubs that entered ACL are well and alive with Vissel and Yokohama Lucky Vegas as group winners and Tokyo making it through with a win in their final group tie. Ulsan H. Park Chu-young. Shanghai Shenhua. China PR. Buriram United 2. 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Besides AFC Champions League scores you can follow + football competitions from 90+ countries around the world on bigmikeblog.com Just click on the country name in the left menu and select your competition (league results, national cup livescore, other competition). AFC Champions League scores service is real-time, updating live. The official Fixtures and Standings of AFC Champions League, live scores & results, including dates and kick-off times for season. Besides AFC Champions League scores you can follow + football competitions from 90+ countries around the world on bigmikeblog.com Just click on the country name in the left menu and select your competition (league results, national cup livescore, other competition). AFC Champions League scores service is real-time, updating live. AFC Champions League. 1st Preliminary Round; 2nd Preliminary Round; Play-offs; Group Stage. 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__label__wiki	0.641182	0.641182	The Askew Sisters - concert Oddfellows Hall, 270 High Street, RH4 1QT Dorking Oct 10 2020 19:30 - 22:30 Good Honest Folk Emily and Hazel Askew have become known as two of the foremost performers and interpreters of English folk music. Their live performances brim with the depth and connection not only of two sisters, but also of two musicians who have been immersed in folk music all their lives. Together, they rework and reinterpret songs and balladry, creating breath-taking arrangements, which allow words that are hundreds of years old to resonate profoundly with contemporary audiences. Alongside this, both women are also skilled multi-instrumentalists and expert players of dance music, using fiddles, melodeons, concertina and cello in their innate drive to bring old dance music to life. Since releasing their third album ‘In the Air or the Earth’ in 2014, the two women have been busy working on a number of other innovative projects; Emily has been touring with her vibrant fiddle band Alma, as well as releasing her first solo album, which explored the cross-over between folk and early music and was highly critically acclaimed by the national press; Hazel has been busy working with her groundbreaking trio Lady Maisery, as well as folk super groups Coven and Songs of Separation, the latter of which won Best Album at the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Stirred by these new musical experiences, the sisters now return to their duo with a fresh vision. Their long awaited fourth studio album, Enclosure, was released in 2019. 'Inspired arrangements of traditional music, striking versions of tricky ballads - this is traditional folk in a fine, fresh form.' (The Telegraph) Support Act: Doors and licensed cash bar open from 7.30pm. Music will start from 8pm. Advance tickets: £14 - Advance tickets, General Admission ( + booking fee) £12 - Advance tickets, Under 25's* (+ booking fee) Door tickets (where available): £16 - Door ticket price, General admission £14 - Door ticket price, Under 25's* *Please note the minimum age for this event is 10 years old. Upstairs at the Oddfellows Hall, 270 High Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1QT. Nearest station: Dorking / Dorking Deepdene (10 mins walk) Nearest car park: Wathen Road, RH4 1YA. Free of charge after 6pm on a Saturday (3 mins walk). For more information, including about venue accessibility, please contact Good Honest Folk. Contact/more information: goodhonestfolkmusic@gmail.com We bring you some of the most talented musicians, singers & bands on the folk scene. This is awesome Saturday-night music in a lively & warm setting (& with a well-stocked bar). The artists who perform typically have a special focus on English traditional songs & music. Gigs feature headline sets by established folk musicians, as well as shorter support slots by rising talents. Tickets available online and sometimes on the door.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798321
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__label__wiki	0.631417	0.631417	borjsazan-rastak.com Question: What Does Binding And Loosing In The Bible Mean? What does the keys to the kingdom mean? What is the meaning of Matthew 18? Is St Peter at the gates of heaven? Who is the strongest man in Bible? What is loosed on earth is loosed in heaven? What does the Bible say about binding the strongman? What is the kingdom heaven? Is Peter the rock or Jesus? What is bound in heaven? Where in the Bible does it say a house divided Cannot stand? What does the Bible say about strongholds? The authority can be literally traced to one passage in the New Testament, where Jesus mentions them first in response to St. Peter answering a question, and secondly in speaking to a group of disciples.. Chapter 18 of the Gospel of Matthew contains the fourth of the five Discourses of Matthew, also called the Discourse on the Church. … The discourse emphasizes the importance of humility and self-sacrifice as the high virtues within the anticipated community. The gates of heaven are said to be guarded by Saint Peter, one of the founders of the Christian Church. The playground is named the Pearly Gates, because of its location on St. Peter’s Avenue. SamsonAccording to the biblical account, Samson was repeatedly seized by the “Spirit of the Lord,” who blessed him with immense strength. The first instance of this is seen when Samson was on his way to ask for the Philistine woman’s hand in marriage, when he was attacked by a lion. The exact translation varies slightly depending on the version of the Bible, but it is generally translated into English as: “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” In Luke chapter 11, the parable is as follows: When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. But when someone stronger attacks him and overcomes him, he takes from him his whole armour in which he trusted, and divides his spoils. Kingdom of God, also called Kingdom Of Heaven, in Christianity, the spiritual realm over which God reigns as king, or the fulfillment on Earth of God’s will. The phrase occurs frequently in the New Testament, primarily used by Jesus Christ in the first three Gospels. Through a revelation from the Father, Peter had confessed: “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Our Lord then declared to him: “You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” Christ, the “living Stone”, thus assures his Church, built on Peter, of … 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 20 Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. – Matthew 16: 13-20. In the Gospel of Mark 3:25, Jesus states, “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” That is in response to the scribes’ claim that “by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.” In the Gospel of Matthew 12:25, “Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto him, Every kingdom divided against … A stronghold is a defensive structure: Psalms 9:9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. misgav; properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place); figuratively, a refuge:–defense, high fort (tower), refuge. Quick Answer: Is 1000 Hours On A Boat A Lot? How much does a boat engine overhaul cost? Question: How Do You Know If You Need New Rotors? Can I just replace brake pads and not rotors? How Do I Talk To Someone About My Tax Return? Does the IRS have a 1 800 number? If you are an individual How Do Ohms Affect Vape? Why does my vape say ohm too low? ‘ Why Did My IP Address Get Banned? How do I unblock my IP address? Instructions for Android 9. Question: How Late Does FedEx Canada Delivery? What happens if FedEx doesn’t deliver on time? What We Called Hilsa Fish In English? Is Hilsa fish healthy? Fishes contain good quality Quick Answer: What Is Toyota’S Fastest Car? What is the slowest car in the world? The 10 Slowest Question: Do Hemi Engines Use More Gas? Can you mix 87 and 89 gas? Yes. You will not harm your Is Bass A Good First Instrument? How much does a beginner bass cost? It depends on the Quick Answer: What Is A Command And Examples? What is the request? 1 : the act or an instance of Why Has My Exhaust Get Louder? What does a bad exhaust sound like? If you have a faulty Quick Answer: Can A Torn Muscle Heal By Itself? How is a torn muscle diagnosed? If a doctor suspects © 2021 borjsazan-rastak.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0086.json.gz/line1798324

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