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Mayer To Face Mayer In Hamburg Singles Final
Florian Mayer could become the first champion at the Rothenbaum tournament since Michael Stich in 1993.
HAMBURG, July 29, 2017
Two players ranked outside the top 100 will go head-to-head in Sunday’s singles final of the German Open Tennis Championships.
2014 Rothenbaum champion Leonardo Mayer has returned to the final with a 6-3, 7-5 win over fellow Argentine Federico Delbonis on Saturday afternoon. In the pair’s fourth meeting, the 30-year-old right-hander from Buenos Aires, who entered the main draw as lucky loser after defending champion Martin Klizan withdrew due to injury, sent down six aces, winning 73 per cent of his first service points to seal victory in one hour and 23 minutes.
“I was pretty nervous today. It is always difficult to play against another player from Argentina,” told Mayer after his third win over his compatriot. “I served pretty well with high first and second serve percentage, which made the difference in the end today. I am happy to reach the final here again.”
Three years ago, Mayer capped a dream week in Hamburg by clinching his first and so far only title on the ATP World Tour.
“I have great memories of this tournament. I like the city and enjoy playing here. The court is very nice and the crowd supports all the players, not only the Germans.”
Mayer could join Andrey Rublev as the second lucky loser winning an ATP World Tour event this season. The Russian teenager triumphed in Umag last week after losing in the second round of the qualifying.
“I hope that I can repeat it,” the World No. 138 told with a smile. Mayer rebounded after falling to German teenager Rudolf Molleker in the final round of qualifying on Sunday.
Leonardo #Mayer will face Florian #Mayer in #Hamburg final tomorrow, in #Stockholm 1981 final Gene #Mayer beat Sandy #Mayer 64 62
— Voo de Mar (@VoodeMar) 29. Juli 2017
Florian Mayer Advances
Later in the day, Florian Mayer benefited from the retirement of fellow-German Philipp Kohlschreiber, trailing 4-6, 3-2. In front of packed stands, Kohlschreiber was forced to stop playing due to injury.
“One of the more bizarre endings to a match…”
Kohlscreiber retires to send @flomayer into the #GOTC17 final. pic.twitter.com/Rq48HX9VZ5
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) 29. Juli 2017
Mayer carries a 2-4 record in ATP World Tour title matches, seeking to lift a 500-level trophy for a second straight year. The German triumphed on home soil at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle last year.
“Claiming the title here in Hamburg would be crazy. I will do my very best to win the match tomorrow,” Mayer told afterwards.
The 33-year-old would be the first German champion at the Rothenbaum since Michael Stich in 1993. Florian Mayer is leading their head-to-head record 2-1. Their last match took place in Halle four years ago. The winner will crack the Top 50 on Monday.
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Tag: State
Why Kyle Rittenhouse Faces No Charges in Kenosha Shooter’s Home State
The 17-year-old accused of murdering two people during Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will not face gun charges in his home state of Illinois.
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A man wears a shirt calling for freedom for Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, the man who allegedly shot protesters in Wisconsin, during a President Donald Trump Campaign Rally in Londonderry, New Hampshire on August 28, 2020. Prosecuotrs said there is no evidence that the gun which was used in a shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August was ever physically possessed by Rittenhouse in Illinois.
Kyle Rittenhouse faces two counts of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide after traveling from his home town of Antioch to join up with militia groups at the protest on August 25.
The suspect was originally accused of traveling across state with an AR-15 rifle he was not legally allowed to possess and using it
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Alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse won’t face charges in home state of Illinois
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager accused of shooting two protesters in Kenosha, Wis., this summer, will not face any charges in his home state of Illinois, The Associated Press reported Tuesday.
Prosecutors in Illinois said an investigation found that the AR-15-style rifle used in the Kenosha shooting was purchased, stored and used in Wisconsin, according to the AP. There was no evidence that the gun was ever in Rittenhouse’s physical possession in Illinois, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office said.
Rittenhouse is being held in a juvenile detention center in Lake County, Ill., without bond. He is due back in court on Oct. 30 for an extradition hearing, where he is challenging his extradition from Illinois to Wisconsin.
Rittenhouse, 17, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the killing of two protesters during demonstrations in Kenosha over the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot during
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Australia’s home affairs secretary says state security must be ‘ubiquitous without being oppressive’
The head of Australia’s home affairs department contends security in 2020 is no longer a matter of protection or survival, but increasingly a shared societal responsibility – a question of “how we should band together and pool our capacities for living”.
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Mike Pezzullo, the high-profile and periodically controversial head of Peter Dutton’s mega department, used a university lecture on Tuesday evening to float his concept of “the extended state” as a relevant construct for managing contemporary threats.
The “extended state”, Pezzullo told the National Security College at the Australian National University, was “a networked and dynamic conception of security which comprehends sectors across society and the economy”.
Pezzullo said the concept was comprised of public institutions in the executive analysing risks and threats and deploying operational capacity – the “vital centre” as he put it.
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State Highway 3/Napier Rd improvements to go ahead
A plan to improve safety on State Highway 3/Napier Rd is moving ahead, with funding secured for detailed design and consenting work.
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency is developing a package of safety improvements along a 3.4km section of Napier Rd, between Keith St and Stoney Creek Rd, and including Roberts Line intersection.
Regional relationships director Emma Speight says the improved saftey of the road will go ahead following investigation and consultation on options.
“I’m pleased that we can now move into the detailed design and consenting phase of this project.”
“This is a positive step towards making the road safer and more accessible for the everyone.
“We’ve had lots of feedback from locals who say the area feels unsafe, and we’ve taken their feedback into consideration when making decisions about ways that we can improve safety.
“We heard that it is difficult for cyclists and pedestrians from Kelvin Grove
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State Takes over Houston’s Hurricane Harvey Home Repair Program
All Houston, Texas, resident Alice Torres has wanted in the three years since Hurricane Harvey hit was to repair her family’s flood-damaged home so her 85-year-old mother can feel safe and settled again.
But when her mother, Dolores Torres, died from COVID-19 on Aug. 2, her family was still trying to get help from a Houston program that has been criticized for its slow pace in repairing homes damaged by the massive storm. The state took over the program this week and Torres and other residents who have applied for assistance say they’re worried that could lead to yet more delays.
“She deserved so much better. She deserved her house. She deserved to have seen it nice,” Torres, 54, said. She said her home still has Harvey-related electrical and plumbing issues due to insufficient help from insurance and shoddy work from a contractor.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner called the state
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Hopefully, the iPhone 12 launch has a nod to the gigafire raging in Apple’s home state
Tim Cook kicks off Apple’s virtual launch event in September from the company’s Cupertino, California, campus.
The camera for Apple’s iPad and Watch event last month zoomed around the spaceship-shaped headquarters, inspirational, thumping orchestral music playing as it rose up to meet the clear blue sky and shining sun before dropping down to a transition shot to find CEO Tim Cook walking the glass-lined halls of the corporate HQ. A large free-standing rainbow sculpture could be seen off on the right, in the center of Apple Park. With the invites for Apple’s Oct. 13 event out, you can anticipate the same kind of spectacle for the upcoming iPhone 12.
In other words, picture perfect.
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State takes over Houston’s Harvey home repair program
In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, Houston resident Alice Torres sits inside her home, which had been damaged during Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Torres says she has not unpacked boxes of belongings in her living room because she is still waiting for help from a city program to finish repairs in her home. This week, the state of Texas took over the program over what it says is slow progress the program has made in repairing homes. Torres and other residents who have applied for assistance say they’re worried the takeover could lead to more delays.
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All Houston resident Alice Torres has wanted in the three years since Hurricane Harvey hit was to repair her family’s flood-damaged home so her 85-year-old mother can feel safe and settled again.
But when her mother, Dolores Torres, died from COVID-19 on Aug. 2, her family was
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HOUSTON (AP) — All Houston resident Alice Torres has wanted in the three years since Hurricane Harvey hit was to repair her family’s flood-damaged home so her 85-year-old mother can feel safe and settled again.
“She deserved so much better. She deserved her house. She deserved to have seen it nice,” Torres, 54, said Thursday. She said her home still has Harvey-related electrical and plumbing issues due to insufficient help from insurance and shoddy work from a contractor.
Cowboys Open Home Portion of 2020-21 MW Basketball Schedule Hosting Colorado State
The University of Wyoming men’s basketball team will open the home portion of its Mountain West schedule hosting Colorado State in the Border War on January 5.
The conference portion of the Cowboys schedule was released on Friday in connection with the Mountain West Conference.
The schedule is subject to approval from state, county and local officials. The conference slate features 18 games — nine at home and nine on the road, including Saturday home contests under first-year head coach Jeff Linder.
The Cowboys return four players from last season, all from the Front Range — leading scorer Hunter Maldonado (16.4 points per game), Hunter Thompson, Kwane Marble II and Kenny Foster. A fifth Front Range athlete, Austin Mueller, who would have been a redshirt senior after two injury plagued seasons, will graduate in December, and will not return.
Linder also added the top rated recruiting class in the Mountain
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In Biden’s Home State, Republican Centrism Gives Way to the Fringe
WILMINGTON, Del. — Lauren Witzke, a dabbler in QAnon, a self-proclaimed “flat earther” and the Republican Party’s nominee in Delaware for the Senate, was exhorting her supporters last month to “Go get ’em — America First,” as they squared off against a handful of Black Lives Matter protesters.
Gathered with her in the parking lot of the Republican Party headquarters here was a self-appointed security guard with a gun on his hip, a political adviser whose losing clients include candidates accused of racism and anti-Semitism, and a smattering of Proud Boys, the far-right brawlers whom President Trump told to “stand back and stand by.”
Across the street, Keandra McDole, sister of a wheelchair-bound Black man who was killed in 2015 by the Delaware police, chanted “Lauren Witzke’s got to go,” above the din of revving car engines and calls of “Trump, Trump, Trump” and “K.K.K.” The “security” man pointed his
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Early Apple designs show Sony’s influence on the iPhone 4, iPads with ugly kickstands
While Apple is determined to prove that Samsung copied its designs in smartphones and tablets, Samsung has unearthed images and e-mails that prove Apple was similarly influenced by Sony’s design. Unredacted court filings by Samsung yesterday, unearthed by The Verge, show that Apple designer Shin Nishibori was asked to create an iPhone mockup using Sony’s design elements. Many of the renders even sport a Sony logo, something that will be particularly damaging to Apple in court. The filing also notes that Apple was inspired by Sony’s aesthetic after former iPod head Tony Fadell circulated a memo internally from one of its designers. Looking at the early designs, it’s easy to see how they eventually led to the iPhone 4. The front and rear of Nishibori’s design is a bit more complicated, but the basic flow of the design remains very similar. And the Sony-inspired design also sports a prominent metal band around the device — a design choice that would eventually lead to the reception disrupting Antennagate controversy with the iPhone 4. Other court filings have also revealed some of Apple’s earliest iPad designs, which thankfully aren’t anything like the iPad that hit the market. Perhaps aware that its tablet would be difficult to stand up on desks, Apple explored building in a clunky-looking kickstand — a problem that it would eventually solve with its iPad Smart Covers. A few weeks ago, we caught a glimpse of some other early iPad designs, which showed a much heftier aesthetic. Via The Verge Filed under: mobile, VentureBeat
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Fractured hand forces Chisora to withdraw from Fury title fight
The British heavyweights were due to face off in Manchester on Saturday.
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DERECK CHISORA HAS withdrawn from his European heavyweight title showdown with Tyson Fury in Manchester after fracturing his hand during a sparring session.
Chisora was set to meet Fury to contest the European belt and the vacant British title on Saturday but his injury means the fight has had to be rescheduled, with a new date to be announced shortly.
In a statement from promoters, Chisora said: “I can’t tell you how disappointed I am to have to pull out of the fight against Fury, but it is on the advice of my specialist that I have to do this.
“I’m sorry for the fans who will get to miss this great fight between me and Tyson this Saturday, but once my hand is healed and I’m given the all-clear to train and punch again, I’ll be working on the new date for the fight.”
Chisora, who was keen to avenge his defeat to Fury on a unanimous points decision three years ago, added: “I was in fantastic shape and had a great training camp, probably the best so far in my career, and was looking forward to getting revenge on Fury, but that will have to wait.
I’m sorry to have to pull out on Fury, as I know that he had been training hard and it was going to be a great fight between two top athletes and I hope we can get it on again soon.”
Promoter Frank Warren added: “Everybody involved in the fight worked hard to get it on and for this to happen on the final week is a big disappointment to everyone.
“There’s no way that Dereck could fight with his hand fractured and there’s no way I would let him get into the ring and fight with an injury like that.
“Obviously you’ve got to feel for Tyson who, through no fault of his own, has been hit hard by this postponement after all the training he has put in.”
- © AFP, 2014
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Report: 49ers Director of College Scouting, Matt Malaspina, headed to Green Bay
According a report from Adam Caplan, the Director of College Scouting, Matt Malaspina, is headed to Green Bay to join their scouting department.
Malaspina was well regarded among scouting circles, but with the hiring of John Lynch, it seemed inevitable that he would hire his own guys in the scouting department.
Malaspina has spent that past 11 seasons with the 49ers and it's his third season as the director of college scouting. According to the team website, he oversees the daily college scouting staff.
Our very own Kevin Molina had the same reaction that I did, which was who's going to fill this role? Earlier this week, Asst. GM Tom Gamble also left the 49ers, so that leaves two spots in key roles that San Francisco needs to fill.
With the draft coming up shortly, I'm guessing that the 49ers will look to fill this role sooner than later. The only name that's been floated out is Mark Dominik, but it's interesting to see if he takes the job with the 49ers.
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Sun Yu-li is best known for his iconic public sculptures throughout Singapore’s landscape which include Abundance II (1995) located at Suntec City, the famous illusion of a monumental bronze ring; Land Before Time (1998) displaying a towering string of figures at the frontage of The Paragon on Orchard Road, Window of Hope (2010) in Collyer Quay, and of course Family (2018) at KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital, are amongst many others.
Born Nanjing, China (1948) and educated in Taiwan, architect-turned-artist Sun Yu-li has dedicated much of his early career in relentless pursuit of a “formal language of the metaphysical” which he has coined the “Universal Language”. Sun employs simple characters and symbols in his work to experience an epiphany of the origins of aesthetics and language. Form, meaning and communication touch and synthesize; a thought to be when the task of early consciousness take hold in young children, and drawings become the earliest development of human communication, also regarded as the universal system of primary expression.
In addition to his artistic and intellectual pursuits, Sun Yu-li has been instrumental in supporting and enabling the growth of three-dimensional art and its appreciation in Singapore. Many sculptors and artists today are indebted to Sun for his effort in founding Sculpture Square (1995-2014) as a dedicated home for Singapore sculpture and other 3D art forms. In 2007, Sun co-founded the ground-up initiative, Emily Hill Artist Village which served as a home to over eleven artists and creative organisations. Over the course of his career, Sun has contributed much of his time and expertise to charity efforts, educational outreach and in advisory roles.
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Hansen's style is marked by an original and distinctive play of strokes that are characteristically simple and spontaneous. Yet his works overflow with reflections of life in its myriad manifestations - reflection that are both subtle and philosophical. As a result, he developed a unique style that is a mixture of semi abstract and minimalist art.
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Japan: Kanazawa & Samurai Heartland
Submitted by Dan Ilves on Tue, 12/18/2018 - 00:00
Kanazawa is Japan’s largest castle town, an easy two-hour train ride from Kyoto. In the 16th century, its feudal rulers drove the development of a sophisticated, traditional culture. Because Kanazawa avoided destruction during the war, the city’s core still retains the layout of the temples, samurai warriors, and townsfolk for nearly five centuries.
While Japan’s aristocratic court culture developed in Kyoto, in Kanazawa it was the samurai warrior class that influenced the culture’s values. Kanazawa became known for hard work and refined beauty, especially in the utilization of gold leaf, because this region produces over 95 percent of the country’s gold leaf. You’ll see it in the exceptional ceramics and lacquerware products, as well as enjoy it wrapped around your soft ice cream cone.
As a result, Kanazawa is an interesting city to visit. At the heart of the city stands Kanazawa Castle and the adjacent Kenrokuen Garden, considered the 3rd best landscape garden in Japan. Nearby is Nagamachi, the district that was inhabited by the samurai, and the merchant area of Owari-cho. It’s a delight to visit a geisha house, a samurai house, and the elegant Siesonkaku Villa, built as a retirement residence for the lord’s mother.
Of special note is Myoryuji Temple, commonly referred to as the Ninja temple. This is a fascinating architectural 23-room marvel full of trap doors, hidden corridors, secret tunnels, 29 staircases, ritual suicide chamber, and more. The tour here is only given in Japanese, but a handy guide in English makes it easy to follow along.
There are many opportunities to enjoy Kanazawa’s fine products or participate hands-on in the production. There are some three dozen types of crafts Kanazawa is known for, and examples of all can be viewed at the Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Traditional Arts and Crafts. For art enthusiasts, the city’s 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art will be a must to visit.
Kanazawa is also known for its fresh seafood and Kaga cuisine.
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“I Blame”, “Coal Village” and “Jumpsuit”: Visit Mexico site accidentally gives literal translations for destinations
Visit Mexico has been left red-faced after a translation error renamed iconic tourist attractions on its website.
The Mexican tourism marketing body’s website was scattered with what looks like literal translations and random guesses in the place of multiple destination names, including renaming the resort of Tulum “Jumpsuit”, Aculco to “I Blame” and Villa del Carbón to “Coal Village”, according to Latin US.
Other notable mistranslations include renaming Guerro to “Warrior”, Ciudad Madero to “Log” and Progreso to “Progress”.
Image source: Latin US
Though not everyone found the gaff amusing, with the country’s ex-president Felipe Calderon saying the translations made a fool of Mexico on Twitter.
“”Warrior” instead of Guerrero, “Noble” instead of Hidalgo, “Turret” instead of Torreón … stop making a fool of Mexico!” he said.
“Warrior” en lugar de Guerrero, “Noble” en lugar de Hidalgo, “Turret” en lugar de Torreón… ¡ya dejen de poner a México en ridículo! https://t.co/XN6E2WxKel
— Felipe Calderón (@FelipeCalderon) August 7, 2020
The tourism body has since taken down its website, displaying instead a notice that said: “new website coming soon”.
In a statement to AP, the tourism department suggested the glitch could have been intentional and said it will take legal action.
“The Tourism Department expresses its most sincere apologies to the public and users for the effects that have occurred on the website VisitMexico,” the statement said.
“We make it known that these acts aim to damage the image of the website and the department, and so, therefore, a criminal complaint has been filed and appropriate legal actions will be taken against those responsible.”
According to Latin US, this isn’t the first time the page has caused trouble, with it copping a temporary suspension and displaying a “non-payment” notice at the end of July, which Visit Mexico blamed on a company it said it hired to manage the page.
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As the Last I May Know
S.L. Huang
Illustrated by: Scott Bakal
Edited by: Diana Gill
Winner of the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.
An alternate history short story looking at decisions and consequences, and what it takes to pull the trigger.
A growing crowd of protesters trudged doggedly through the flurrying snow, bundled up into roundness against the cold until they resembled determined beetles. Back and forth they went, marching in a wobbly loop, their heads down against the wind but their voices strident as they fell into a chant:
Don’t kill children, kill the seres!
Before we all destroy ourselves!
Up in the window of the garret three stories above, Nyma watched them trundle and call. They didn’t have a very good chant, she couldn’t help thinking. “Seres” wasn’t even a hard word to rhyme—fears, years, tears . . .
She leaned her forehead against the window pane. The glass was cold.
She hadn’t yet felt the presence of her tutor in the doorway behind her. In truth, Tej had opened his mouth to speak out several times, only to swallow back the frigid air instead. He was, if he were to scrape away any illusions—and Tej was not a man who lied to himself, when he could avoid it—trying to best himself in a moral struggle.
He failed.
“You shouldn’t watch that,” he said to Nyma. Peace help him, but the garret was freezing. He folded his hands into the sleeves of his robe, wondering how Nyma wasn’t shivering.
Children were always so resilient. Too resilient.
“It’s my job now,” Nyma said into the window, the words fog on the pane.
“It doesn’t have to be.” Now that he’d broken, the words tumbled out of Tej like they wanted to barb into the child’s heart and keep her here. “You understand that, right? You can—you can say no.”
Nyma knew. Her tutors had taught her: she would always have a choice. But they’d also taught her why her duties were so vital, and why those duties had to be done by someone young, if not her then one of her classmates.
And she believed them. She believed in the Order and everything it stood for.
Dying scared her. A lot. The idea of it was so impossibly big and black that she couldn’t even hold it in her head. But it didn’t scare her enough to break the faith—not when her name had been the one drawn.
Of course, the news feeds said she shouldn’t be allowed to choose this life at all, blasting the Order for following the old ways. Ten-year-olds are too young to agree to this; they can’t make that decision for themselves; it’s inhumane! Some of those people wanted the Order disbanded. Some of them wanted only adults to follow its dictates, people who had passed the magic threshold of being able to say yes to saving the world.
Those same news feeds were markedly less certain whether butchering the Order’s traditions should also mean dismantling the nation’s stockpile of sere missiles.
“You taught me,” Nyma said to Tej. “It’s important. We’re important.”
Not as important as your life, Tej wanted to cry, wanted to fold her into him like his own daughter instead of one of his pupils, even as that betrayed every fiber of what he’d always fought for. “It doesn’t have to be you,” he managed instead. “We didn’t know it would be like—this. You can say no to it. To him.”
Nyma turned from the window, her freckles blotching dark on her pale skin, her eyes so large they took up half her face. “He’s scary,” she whispered. “Will you come with me? When I have to meet him?”
Tej had to turn away, then, because it wouldn’t do for Nyma to see one of her tutors weep.
Nobody thought Otto Han would win the election. He was the quiet outsider candidate, the one who’d kept pecking at his place in the polls until he rose up when all the others had shouted themselves out.
He wasn’t even the one who had most worried the Order, at first—that honor had gone to the demagogue candidate who fanned the flames of mounting war until her supporters screamed in violent ecstasy. She had burned out brighter and faster than the swell of rage she had dug from the populace. The tension in the Order had fallen into palpable relief when she’d plummeted in public opinion, even as she’d left behind a smear of angry demonstrators yelling, “We have seres, we should use them!”
They didn’t understand, those people. They had forgotten. The Order was built not to forget.
It wasn’t until two weeks before the election that a reporter asked Otto Han his opinion of sere missiles. “I think if it makes the most military sense for the protection of our nation, we need to use every tool at our disposal,” he’d answered. “We’re at war. Everything should be on the table.”
The reply sparked panic in the Order, but got far too little notoriety elsewhere. The Order Elders wired their contacts in the feeds, begging other newsfolk to press Han hard and ask the important questions, before it was too late:
How can you justify a weapon that will vaporize an entire city in a single instant—buildings, children, hospitals, prisoners of war, millions of innocent civilian people, everything for so many hundreds of miles—gone? How is that not a war crime?
How can you reconcile that with history, our history, as the only country in the world who has had sere weapons used against us? How can you do what we have always considered the unthinkable?
And, the most relevant one to a ten-year-old Order girl and those who knew her:
Do you truly wish to use such weapons so badly, that you would be willing to do as the law requires and murder a child of your own land with your own hands in order to gain access to them?
But there hadn’t been time. Nobody had asked Han any of those questions until after he’d already won.
The poem Nyma returned to most often had been written by Akuta Myssoutoi two hundred years ago, after he’d lost everyone in his family in the destruction of the Capital.
The snow falls over nothing.
I beg three small graves to place incense
But echos have no tombs.
The bleakness of it had been a touchstone for the beliefs she’d been raised with, a reaffirmation of the Order’s righteousness.
Now the words of that final stanza kept circling in her head, echoing dully. Behind them loomed the granite image of President Otto Han, standing above her with a knife, his hands soaked crimson with her blood.
She gripped Tej’s hand. Fear made all her senses too sharp.
It was okay to be scared, right? As long as she did her duty. Her chest ached over the scar where the surgeons had put the capsule in. It had been over a month ago now, after the election but before Han’s induction into office. In that time, the ache felt like it had become a part of her.
She and Tej walked together down the long archways of the Capital, the metal and stone gleaming into the sky around them. One tall dark man, one small pale girl, and no one could have said who was grasping whose hand more tightly.
When they reached the Tower, the new president did not keep them waiting. A series of smartly dressed staff showed them in with no delay, not even a question as to who they might be. Even if their robes had not marked them out, their faces were already known here.
Otto Han rose from behind his desk to greet them in a stiff but polite bow. Tej bowed equally stiffly in return.
He’s so much bigger in person, Nyma thought numbly. And he was hard. Like if you touched him, your hand would break.
“Elder Rokaya,” he said to Tej, in something that passed for a greeting. “And this must be my carrier.”
“Yes, sir,” said Nyma. “My name is—”
“I don’t want to know your name.” He turned back to Tej. “You Order priests are animals. This is barbaric.”
“Her name is Nyma,” Tej said quietly, but his thoughts were not so calm. Seres are what is barbaric. Whether to engage in such barbarism is your choice, not ours. The president could say, right now, that he would not use the weapons that defied all humanity and could spell the end of every life on their world. He could proclaim that Nyma would be safe and that the position would be as ceremonial as it had been in the past.
He was the one who refused.
“I’ve been briefed,” Han said. “And I said to my generals, it’s hundreds of years later, surely we have a better way of doing this. But you people have embedded yourselves right in the roots of our laws, haven’t you?”
“We think it’s the best way, sir.” It wasn’t Tej who had spoken, but Nyma, forcing the words around the dryness in her mouth. You must talk to the president. You must be a part of their mind, their life. Her tutors’ words were a drumbeat in her head.
Han wrested his attention around to her, and Nyma quailed.
“Of course you do,” he said. He turned back to Tej. “You people teach her to say this, and then if I need the codes for the weapons that could protect us all, you put them inside a child and tell me I have to slaughter her. You’re despicable.”
Tej had to force his expression to stillness. “Sir.”
“Do you know what the Baron Islands are doing to our people in the southern territories right now? Do you know what they’ve promised to do to the people of Koivu and Mikata? Koivu has sere missiles themselves. If the Islanders get a hold of that technology . . . trust me, they won’t force their leaders to kill little girls in order to use them. Even if they did, those leaders wouldn’t hesitate.”
Tej could have argued every one of those points for hours. He could have pointed out balances of power and morality, or expounded on the Order’s core belief, that no one should be able to push a button from the sanctuary of an office and kill so many faceless children far away if they could not see the justification to execute the one in front of them.
Without such a burden, how would any president fully understand what he did when he asked to use such weapons?
“I’m told she’s to be a bodyman to me,” Han said. “I’m told I can’t say no.”
“That’s correct, sir,” Tej answered. The carrier had to be always physically nearby in case she was, Peace forbid, needed. That part was for the president. But if she could also form an emotional closeness, it might save not only her life but the lives of millions, and that was the mission of the Order.
“All right, Elder, you’re dismissed. Nyma, was it?” He towered over her.
“I hope you know. I don’t want this.”
Nyma didn’t know how to reply. Did she want this, just because she had chosen it? Did the Order want it, because they believed it was necessary? Did anybody want it?
Another verse from the same Myssoutoi poem swirled through her head.
I listened to us surrender on the wireless.
No choice, they said.
They said the same when we went to war.
Nyma sat in the corner of the president’s Tower office, biting the end of her stylus. It was a bad habit of hers, one her teachers had tried hard to break her of but had always failed. She wore Tower livery now, her thin hair braided neatly like the ushers and servants, but everyone still knew—she saw it in the way they walked in arcs around her, or whispered while not looking her way.
“What are you thinking about so hard over there?”
Nyma jumped. Try as she had to engage him, Otto Han had barely spoken to her if he could avoid it. He thanked her when she brought him files or drinks or carried his things, but he’d certainly never asked her a question.
“I’m trying to think of a rhyme, sir,” she answered honestly.
“A rhyme? Whatever for?”
“I like poetry.” She closed her pad and turned so she could face where he sat at the wide presidential desk. “I know it doesn’t always have to rhyme. But I’m not a good enough poetess yet to do the unrhyming ones.”
“Poetess, eh? All right, let’s hear one.”
A warm flush crept up Nyma’s neck. Her Order tutors had encouraged her interest—it was always good for carriers to be full people, they said, children with personalities who would be missed if they were gone, and besides that, the hope was that even those chosen would always have an adult life to grow into. But Nyma had never recited one of her poems aloud before.
Most of the ones she’d written lately were bleak. Just yesterday she’d composed a verse titled “Next Year?” with the lines, Peach petals drift down / Cheerful pink snow / And I clasp them to me / As the last I may know.
The president was still far too intimidating to share that one with. What if he shouted at her? Worse, what if he brushed it off, or laughed, when he was the one who held the answer to the question in his hands?
“Here’s one I wrote when we were visiting the farming country a few weeks ago,” she said, after rapidly deciding what might be harmless to recite. Pretty farms were safe, right? She took a breath and plunged in before nerves could steal her tongue.
She managed to get through all five stanzas, but trailed off as she got to the end. Otto Han was smiling. She hadn’t known he could smile.
“You made that up all by yourself?” he said, when she had stopped.
“Well, I’ll be.” He rose and came over to stand next to her, staring out the Tower windows to the shiny quilt of the Capital below. “I love our people, Nyma. Can you understand that?”
“I think so, sir.” Nyma loved their people too. She’d been taught their nation’s history since before she could walk. “I think I love all people. But one thing I love most about us is how important other countries’ people are to us, too.”
“Ah. Your Order.” He rested a brief, rough hand on her shoulder. “I still don’t agree. But I’d be more than glad for you to grow up to argue with me about it.”
His mouth quirked. “I shouldn’t say, but—you deserve to know. The war’s going well. It’s all going well. We got news today that—mmm, let’s just say I don’t think I’m going to have to make any decisions nobody should have to make.”
A queer, swoopy feeling fluttered through Nyma’s stomach.
“Mind you, I still think you being here is barbaric,” Han continued.
In a burst of courage, Nyma slipped to her feet and grabbed the president’s arm. “What do you see?” she said. “When you look out these windows at the Capital, and all the people and buildings, what do you see?”
He glanced down at her, surprise writ clear on his expression. “I suppose I see . . . progress. Prosperity. Things worth protecting.”
“In the Order they teach us to look at the city and imagine it . . . imagine what happened two hundred years ago,” Nyma said. “They say not to think about the whole city, that’s too big. You have to look at the small things.” She pointed at the streets that crisscrossed below them. “Like that woman in the green coat. Just—gone. She’s gone. The couple holding hands over by the pigeons. They’re gone, too. All the pigeons, and the street, and that shop selling flowers, and the kids playing in front of it. And then you think about your family. If you have parents, or friends, anyone you love—how they could also just be gone, all at once.” She licked her lips. It was the longest she’d ever talked in a row to the president. “The whole city. Two hundred years ago, that happened. The Havenites did that to us. That’s what I see. And I can’t bear the thought of it happening again, to anyone.”
She half expected him to tell her this was only what she had been taught from the mouths of meddling grown-ups. But he didn’t. Instead he said, “Do you have a family, Nyma?”
The question surprised her. “My parents were both in the Order, sir. They were raising me that way too, but they died in a tram crash when I was a baby and left me with the Elders. It’s a good education.”
“With a price. Do the Elders let you have friends?”
“Of course. My friends can’t visit me much here, but we write to each other.” The writing had dropped off of late. It made Nyma’s heart give a funny little twist. Her classmates didn’t seem to know how to speak to her now that she had been chosen—now that she had been chosen and they hadn’t. “And some of my tutors are my friends. Like Tej.”
Han made a noncommittal sound. “Tell me, Nyma. Do you write poetry about all this?”
“Peace knows you shouldn’t have to listen to anything I say, but I think . . . I think you should keep on doing that. Is that all right?”
“Yes, sir.” It had never occurred to her to stop.
Nyma was off with the presidential cadre on a diplomatic trip the day she turned twelve years old, but when she returned the following week, Tej brought a box of birthday teacakes to their class session.
“You remembered!” she said, delighted. The Tower staff kept a log and the ushers had made sure she got very traditional, professionally sugared teacakes on the day, but it was different when someone thought of you.
“How was the trip?” Tej asked.
Nyma closed the box and set it aside, careful not to drag her dagged sleeve in the sugar. She’d asked to stop wearing Tower livery of late—she wasn’t required to, and she found she liked having a say in designing outfits for herself. All under the watchful eye of the Tower communications staff, of course.
Besides, she was grateful to find one more distraction from the ever-pressing weight of the air around her.
“Nyma?”
“The feeds aren’t always right, you know. About the war.” She played with the hem of her sleeve instead of looking at Tej. “But I can always tell when it’s bad, because he stops talking to me.”
Cowardice, Tej wanted to say, but didn’t. They’d all been so hopeful this war would end two years ago. Instead it had dragged. And dragged.
And now the murmurs were becoming pointed shouts, and the editorials kept mentioning the words “land invasion.” Their nation hadn’t suffered a conflict on its own soil in two hundred years.
Tej was of the opinion that they’d earned that tranquility by striving so hard to be a force for peace. His countrymen didn’t seem so certain. Nyma’s ear might be on the feeds and the president’s mood, but Tej’s was on the populace, the growing rumbles of anger and discontent. That was what he feared most of all.
“Nyma,” he said. “I had a thought while you were away. Are you still writing?”
Her head came up in surprise. “You mean, writing poetry? Of course.”
“I think,” Tej said, “that we should publish some of it. A book.”
“My poems? But I’m—” Not good enough, still a child, still learning? “I’m not sure I’m—that’s like a dream, to be published, but Tej, I don’t even know if I have enough. I’m already embarrassed of what I wrote last year.”
“The ones you gave me last year for composition lessons were quite impressive,” he said, truthfully. It had still perhaps been obvious they had been from the hand of a child, but the emotion that bled between the lines had wrenched him. “We’ll have an editor help you. What do you think?”
“I don’t . . . I mean, I . . .” She couldn’t have said why, but it didn’t feel right. It was all too easy. If she weren’t the president’s carrier, she’d have to keep working at it, scraping and practicing until her verses caught the eye of a professional, wouldn’t she?
But if she weren’t the president’s carrier, she’d have a lifetime of years for that.
“All right,” she said to Tej. She felt real and unreal, excited and not excited, all balled up like twine in her heart.
He flashed her a quick, tight smile. “Good. You know, Nyma, it takes more than soldiers to win a war.”
She blinked. “But the Islanders won’t even be able to read my poems. Unless they’re translated or something.”
“That’s not the only war we’re fighting.”
Whether from morbidity or compassion or their own ideological motivations, the nation’s people devoured the book of poems titled The Girl in the Tower. Presses clacked overnight, every night, binding up more copies, and Nyma’s name fell in too-careful droplets from everyone’s lips.
She thought she’d become used to the stares and whispers, but now public focus riveted on her like it wanted to drag her under the waves. The Tower communications staff had to block out a cascade of interview requests; the few profiles Nyma did do exploded and thrived across the feeds. Her photograph seemed to be plastered everywhere—almost always a solemn portrait that had been taken with dark lighting over a sea-green dress. It made her appear a waif. Nyma hated it, but candid captures of her laughing in the sun and wearing gold or pink seemed not to fit the feeds’ narrative.
The protesters called her out by name now. It wasn’t only abstract carrier “children” they chanted and opined about, but Nyma, the Poet in the Tower, who deserved to grow old, who was the fire and rallying symbol of everyone who opposed the use of seres.
President Han wasn’t happy.
He was a good enough man that he did not lose his temper to Nyma about it, though he might have glowered in her direction more than a few times, after interviewers asked him with appalling directness whether he could truly imagine himself sliding a blade between her ribs and tearing open her heart. But he did summon Tej to him.
“You’re using her. You’re despicable.”
Tej kept his hands folded before him, a picture of tranquility he hoped would be maddening. “Nyma believes in what we do. Would you really be so heartless as to tell her she can’t speak for herself?”
“Damn you, man! Do you think I’d ever use the blasted things if I thought I had a choice? And you want to pinch us between annihilation from overseas and a bloodbath in our own country if I have to dirty my hands the way you people set me up to? You think that won’t be the hardest day of my cursed life already?”
“I feel little pity for that,” Tej said dryly, “seeing as it would be the last day of Nyma’s.”
Had Nyma herself heard the conversation, it only would have intensified the confused resentment that had been building in her toward both men. It sat in her throat, an unhappy lump. She’d always remained a little afraid of the president, no matter how much time she’d spent with him, but the anger edging her fear—that was new. Wasn’t this her duty? But what right did Han have to react so blackly to her having spoken what she felt?
Didn’t she deserve to be her own person, for whatever time she did have?
Her ill will toward Tej was more complicated. He cared for her, that she knew; and he had always been so careful in reminding her she had choices, even more than the other Elders. But . . . she didn’t want to be the trapped waif who emerged flatly from his campaign, either.
She didn’t know how, after so many people had read what was in her heart, she could feel so much like she had no voice.
Nyma made it two months past the day she turned thirteen before the air raid sirens screamed into the night and the first shelling rocked the Capital.
She followed what they’d drilled so many times now, quickly and automatically, her pulse hammering her ribs and chasing out any emotion. Only minutes later she huddled in the shelter, still in her nightdress, between the Minister of War and the Chief Transportation Administrator. She hugged her hands under her arms, but her palms wouldn’t get warm.
The Minister of War was called into the next room for a council with the president. Nyma hunched against the wall. There were no windows. Like a prison cell, she thought. Trapped inside our own safety.
But she wasn’t safe here. She was all inside out, waiting for her own death when everyone else sighed in relieved protection.
There was a poem in that, but she couldn’t concentrate to draw it out.
She put a hand over her thudding heart. She fancied she could feel the capsule with the sere codes pushing against her fingers.
But the president didn’t summon her that night. Or the next. Or the next, when the air raid siren klaxoned again. It took seventy-four days, the fall of three strategic outposts, and an occupying force on the outer peninsula for the call to come.
When Nyma entered the room, President Han was alone, and he was crying.
He took her hands. His were wet with his own tears, but Nyma was numb.
“I’m sorry,” he said, through hiccuping breaths. “I’m so sorry.”
Nyma’s whole face began to prickle then. She wanted to have some deep, profound last thoughts, but her mind was a blank.
She tried to keep breathing. It was hard.
“If you want—some time, to say goodbye to people, or—”
“Get it over with now, please.” She could be brave, if he did it now. She didn’t want to live one more afternoon with this miserable finality crushing her.
The president detached his hands from hers as if he had to unclench them. He went to his desk and opened an ornate, ceremonial box.
Inside was a dagger. Its sleek blade hooked into Nyma’s gaze and wouldn’t let her go.
The president pushed a buzzer. Several advisors and generals came into the office. Tall, unsmiling, faces grave.
“Witness,” the president mumbled. “As signed by the Council . . .”
He reached for the dagger’s hilt. His hand shook.
Nyma felt no sympathy. She hoped his hand would shake so much he dropped it.
And then—it did. He did.
The dagger clattered to the desk.
“Find me another way!” The words tore forth, bowling into his generals, and Nyma had never seen him so angry. He whirled on Nyma. “Get out!”
She ran.
She didn’t stop until she was back in her quarters, and then her legs went out on her, all wobbly and backward, and she collapsed on the woven floor mats, shuddering. Her breath heaved in and out, too fast and too ragged, and then the breaths caught and turned to ugly, wrenching sobs, and she couldn’t stop trembling.
He’s going to call me back, he’s going to call me back, he’s going to call me back and he’s going to do it—
But he didn’t. The sun set, and Nyma couldn’t sleep, and the next day Tej came to see her.
He burst into her suite and gathered her up in an embrace so tight she couldn’t breathe.
“Nyma, I—I heard, I came as soon as—”
She pushed out of his grasp. She didn’t want to cry again. She couldn’t comfort him on top of herself.
Tej had a wildness in his eyes. “I have, I have a plan. I’m one of the Elders who—when a new president is elected, and a new carrier chosen, we have to, the codes have to be reset and a new capsule made, and I have access—Nyma, you can run away from this. I’ll help you. We can do it tonight.”
She fought the sudden urge to vomit. If she ran, it would just be one of her classmates chosen instead. Why would he ask that of her?
“Who would you choose instead of me, then?” she cried. “You think I would pick someone else to die?”
“No. No.” The wildness burst from Tej’s face like he had lost reality. In truth, he hadn’t slept at all, frantically preparing, sneaking every piece of groundwork into place, half hoping he would be caught while simultaneously terrified of the consequences of his treason. All that remained was for Nyma to agree. And still, trying to speak these words aloud was beyond the worst hell he’d ever conceived. “We won’t put the codes in anyone else. I’ll reset them from yours and deliver them to the president. Nobody—nobody needs to die for this. Not you, not anybody. Please.”
She recoiled from him. “What?”
“I’ve arranged security so—I can do it. Please, Nyma, I’m begging you.”
Fury welled up in Nyma, eclipsing her feverish panic. How dare he? How dare he offer her a way out, a way to gallivant off into the night, and still give the president what he wanted? It wasn’t right, that was why there was a carrier, so there was a cost, and hadn’t Tej been the one who taught her so? “You can’t do that!”
“No, it’s different now.” He turned his face away from her. He’d never questioned the mission of the Order, not once—not until he stood here on the precipice of destroying it. “Maybe sometimes—this decision—people are dying, Nyma. You’re here in the Tower and all the security and you don’t see—I walk through the streets, and there aren’t even enough hands to carry away the bodies. Rubble everywhere, and the dust, and the fear, and—I’m afraid. I’m afraid. Nyma . . .”
He closed his eyes. They hadn’t stopped burning for weeks.
“You think we should use seres,” Nyma said slowly. “You think we should use them.”
“I don’t—I don’t know.”
His eyes were still closed, but he felt her hand on his sleeve.
“That’s why there’s a carrier,” she said “That’s why we didn’t just get rid of them all—in case we ever do have to. But it should be—it should be desperate. Right? That’s why I’m here. To make sure.”
“I don’t know what’s right anymore,” Tej whispered.
Nyma wondered if this was what it felt like to stop being a child.
“It’s not about right and wrong,” she said to him. “It’s about making it hard.”
Nyma sat in her quarters in the Tower, waiting.
The klaxons rang out every night now. Smoke and dust masked the Capital streets, but whenever the wind whisked it away, the soaring arches and towering buildings had crumbled into successive layers of ruin.
She gazed out the window and wondered if her death could save them all, or if it would only lead to so many mirrors of herself being massacred, all for the crime of a birth on enemy land.
Or maybe this was the end of everything. Their enemy didn’t have seres themselves, but they had allies who did. If the president . . . it didn’t comfort her, thinking of her own death as only the first in senseless billions, imagining that the world would outlast her by mere weeks before becoming a blank wasteland.
Why? she wondered emptily. Nobody wins.
She smoothed the press of her skirts and picked up her stylus. Opened her pad.
She didn’t feel like searching for rhymes, today. But maybe she was past needing to.
I’m here to make you doubt
You wish I weren’t.
I hold no answers in my loaded heart.
I only sit
and wait
and wait.
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“As the Last I May Know” copyright © 2019 by S.L. Huang
Art copyright © 2019 by Scott Bakal
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Fable makes much anticipated return with new single
“like Beth Orton swapping her six string for synthesisers while exploring her darker, more dangerous impulses” – Q
Brighton-based singer-songwriter Fable makes her much anticipated return with new single ‘Thirsty’, out today via Naim Records. Having built a reputation as one of the UK’s most intriguing musical prospects, with widespread acclaim for her bold and atmospheric sonics and captivating live presence, Fable vanished from view in 2016 after personal tragedy, with the resulting grief snuffing out her creativity. Now reconnected with her artistic muse, Fable returns fully formed and ready to reclaim the spotlight with her first new music in four years.
‘Thirsty’ is an attention-grabbing, fire-breathing barnstormer that fuses other worldly tones and ethereal vocals with slamming rock urgency, showing us just what we’ve been missing these past four years. The accompanying video highlights Fable’s striking physicality, juxtaposing images of nature with mental destruction to show our simultaneous connection to, and disconnection from, the world around us.
“Thirsty is about taking the beauty of life for granted. How over time we write off profound stuff as mundane because it’s a constant; the sky’s always there, but it’s weird and beautiful that we even exist under it. It’s playful at heart but it’s about my realised depression and learning how to reset my perspective through mindfulness,” she explains.
Born and raised as Holly Cosgrove in Devon, she moved to Brighton in her late teens, reinventing herself as the dark electro-rock entity Fable. An EP created in collaboration with trip-hop/post-rock outfit Archive and live shows at The Great Escape Festival and supporting alt-rock legends The Cult at Brixton Academy highlighted her powerful, portentous voice and immediately seized the attention, with plaudits coming from the likes of The Guardian, Q, Mixmag, The Line of Best Fit and Rolling Stone. The buzz around Fable was building to a rumble of breaking thunder. But, for reasons tainted with tragedy, the expected lightning-flash crescendo never came.
In early 2016 Holly lost a close friend, with whom she had previously been romantically involved, to suicide. As an artist, Fable’s voice was stilled by the trauma, she took herself out of Brighton, out of music, and the career which began with such stellar promise suddenly unbegan. Four years later, and now an ambassador for mental health charity My Black Dog, Fable is ready to relaunch. Newly-signed to Naim Records, the label wing of the award-winning premium audio brand, she has recorded a debut album of genre-fluid, searingly honest and darkly beautiful music that spans from urgent post punk to introspective electronica, whilst posing questions that are both timely and personal, yet timeless.
It’s all here. Fable is rising above the horizon once again. This time, the stars are aligned.
Boy in Space release new single ‘Therapy’
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Fudge. to release Panic on EP Jan 31st
“… They’re boisterous boys; they’re extremely good at what they do; their live performances are electric. You’ve got to see them …” BBC INTRODUCING
Leeds four-piece FUDGE. have announced their debut PANIC ON EP will be released on 31 January 2020. The EP will bring together the band’s three singles to date in reverse chronological order – an extended, previously unreleased version of their third single HUGGER-MUGGER; their acclaimed second single, NOT A THREAT JUST A WARNING; and their debut WALRUS. The EP will also feature additional secret content and will be available on all digital platforms and as a highly limited edition of just 50 CDs.
You can listen to the EP here: https://soundcloud.com/fudgebandofficial/sets/panic-on-ep
And watch the promo video here below
The band have also been invited by Richard Watson of the 360 Club and Alan Raw of BBC Introducing to play their #360RAW12 night at Leeds Lending Room on Friday 7 February 2020, as one of their favourite
During 2019 FUDGE. played a series of raucous, sold-out headline shows, supported the mighty Strange Bones, and performed at Leeds and Reading Festivals and Bingley Weekender, where the torrential rain on an outdoor stage did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of either the band or their vociferously loyal following. Now comes the debut PANIC ON EP, three exhilarating examples of the sound and swagger, the confidence and attitude, the menace and joy that every one of their songs bring.
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TN unemployment dropped…
TN unemployment dropped in all 95 counties in February
The unemployment rate for each of Tennessee’s 95 counties improved in February.
With a rate of 5.9 percent, Lake County has the state’s highest unemployment rate for February. The latest statistic represents a decrease of 3.4 percentage points from January’s rate.
Obion County saw the state’s biggest drop in unemployment last month; dropping 4.6 percent from 8.9 in January to 4.3 in February.
Weakley County’s jobless rate dropped 1.6 percent from January’s 5.1 to February’s 3.5 percent.
Henry County saw a slight decrease in jobless numbers, going from 4.5 in January to 4.2 in February.
Unemployment in Carroll County dropped nine-tenths of a percent last month, from 5.5 in January to 4.6 in February.
And Gibson County saw its jobless rate drop seven-tenths of a percent, from 4.8 in January to 4.1 last month.
Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Commissioner Jeff McCord says that it’s heartening to see unemployment rates in some of Tennessee’s rural counties rebound from last month and that the State will continue to align its efforts with the rural counties to support economic growth.
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Our 6 favorite better-for-you eggnogs, from free-range to dairy-free
We tried the best store-bought eggnogs that are vegan, nut-free, free-range and dairy-free.
Eggnog is kind of like black licorice — you either love it or hate it.Courtesy Frances Largeman-Roth
By Frances Largeman-Roth, RDN
Eggnog is kind of like black licorice — you either love it or hate it. Either way, it is a beloved holiday tradition for many. And like many traditional foods, it leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to nutrition. A typical homemade nog is made with three to four whole eggs, egg whites, heavy cream and a lot of whole milk and sugar, plus spices, bourbon and sometimes also rum.
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These days, you can find a store-bought nog to suit your taste and dietary preferences, from ones made with grass-fed dairy to ones that are vegan and nut-free. All of the options we've rounded up can be found for a limited time in the refrigerated section of the grocery store. Let’s have a seat by the fire and explore the best better-for-you nogs to fill your cup with holiday cheer.
Horizon Organic Low-Fat Egg Nog
If you like a dairy-based nog, but want something with less fat and calories, this one is your best bet. It’s USDA certified organic and each half cup serving has 140 calories, 3 grams total fat and 15 grams of added sugar. It’s lower in cholesterol — only 40 milligrams — than the full-fat dairy options and has the most protein, at 6 grams per serving. We liked the visible bits of nutmeg in the mix. This nog is on the sweeter side and isn’t too thick, so it’s a good option for kids.
Silk Original Nog
At 80 calories and just 1.5 grams total fat per half cup serving, this is a pretty light holiday drink. With 11 grams of added sugar, its sweetness factor falls in the middle of the lineup. This soy-based nog is gluten-free and, because it’s plant-based, cholesterol-free and lactose-free. Our taste test found this nog to be smooth-tasting and heavier on vanilla notes over spice.
Organic Valley Eggnog
Organic Valley Ultra Pasteurized Organic Eggnog
For a traditional-tasting nog that is crafted with higher quality ingredients, try this creamy version. It was the thickest of the ones we tasted and is made with non-GMO and USDA-certified organic ingredients, as well as Fair Trade nutmeg and vanilla. This nog contains eggs, but ultra-pasteurization makes it safe to consume. Each half-cup serving delivers 170 calories, 9 grams of total fat and 11 grams of added sugars. Keep in mind that adding an ounce of bourbon to your eggnog will add another 70 calories to your cup.
Nellie’s Free-Range Eggnog
Nellie's Free Range
This new-to-the-market nog is made with certified humane eggs from free-range chickens. It’s ultra-pasteurized, making the eggs perfectly safe to consume. It follows a pretty standard eggnog recipe, including antibiotic-free milk, cream and plenty of sugar, as well as high-fructose corn syrup. At 180 calories, 8 grams of fat and 17 grams of sugar per half cup, it’s the richest of the bunch. It has a delicious vanilla pudding flavor and is super creamy.
Good Karma Dairy-Free Holiday Nog
For folks who avoid dairy, nuts and soy, this flax milk option allows you to have your creamy fireside sipper free from worries about allergies. Each half cup serving contains just 45 calories, 1 gram of total fat and 8 grams of added sugars. And since it’s made entirely from plants, it contains zero cholesterol. If you’re looking for a nog that literally everyone can enjoy, this is your pick.
Califia Farms Holiday Almondmilk Nog
Another dairy-free option, this nog is also free from soy and carrageenan, one of the thickeners that is commonly used in creamy beverages. Each half cup serves up 50 calories, 1.5 grams total fat and 8 grams of added sugar. Like the other plant-based options, Califia’s nog is cholesterol-free and gluten-free. Plus, it’s made from non-GMO almonds. This nog had a rummy flavor, though you’ll need to add your own for a real kick.
Here’s to toasting to traditions old and new! And since there is almost always leftover eggnog, here are a few ideas for how to use it up: French toast, overnight oats (simply replace the milk in the recipe with eggnog), pancakes or waffles, bread pudding and coffee.
Frances Largeman-Roth, RDN
Frances Largeman-Roth, RDN, is a nutrition expert, writer and best-selling author. Her latest book is "Smoothies & Juices: Prevention Healing Kitchen." Follow her @FrancesLRothRD.
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Want to find love? Go grocery shopping.
March 21, 2017, 2:36 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Aly Walansky
While most of us wouldn’t speak to a stranger in a restaurant or on the bus, the grocery store is a natural place to strike up a conversation. And supermarket shopping can tell us a lot about a person — and open up the road to more conversation. “The grocery store is one of my absolute favorite places to meet someone," says dating expert and star of E!’s Famously Single, Laurel House. "The key, though, is being purposeful in making a connection (in addition to buying groceries)."
If you are looking to find your mate in a supermarket, here are seven tips to keep in mind.
1. Choose the right department
Certain parts of the supermarket are better than others for starting conversations with strangers. “The produce aisle, meat department, deli and while standing in line at the checkout are most ideal," says Antonia Hall, a psychologist and the author of The Ultimate Guide to a Multi-Orgasmic Life. "Avoid the personal care department. No one wants to have to tell friends they met someone while choosing toilet paper.”
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2. Be approachable
Simply being open to meeting somebody is a great first step to making it happen. "Don't put pressure on yourself to leave with a date, or even a phone number," says Hall. "It's just about starting to make an initial connection — eye contact, a smile.” So how do you do that? Be approachable — and presentable. “That doesn't mean you need to be dressed up to go out on the town, but you should pull yourself together. Have a positive attitude and smile. That doesn't mean you should walk around with this plastic smile on your face, but you should be excluding some level of positivity,” says House.
3. Put your phone away
One of the main reasons why people have a hard time connecting in real life is because they are obsessed with their cyber social life. “That guy who you’ve been talking to on Match.com might be right next to you right now!" says House. "So put your phone away. Stop using it as a crutch. It is not a wingman!"
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4. Be attentive to detail
First, check for wedding bands or other signs that this person is single. “You can learn a lot from what's in someone's basket," says Hall. You can usually pretty easily assess if the person is cooking for one or a family. "Are there frozen dinners? If they're buying a package of sausages or one steak, the odds are in your favor that they're single. But if they're buying lots of kitchen staples and family packs of meat the chances of their being taken are greater," says Hall. "Notice if they seem open to approach,” adds Hall. Making eye contact and smiling is a great start.
5. Keep cool
If you look nervous or uncomfortable you could hurt your chances to connect. “Your demeanor should be easy going and friendly,” says Hall. And don't wait too long to start talking. If you are standing still in one place watching someone without talking it'll start to feel creepy for them. “You need to keep moving along, looking for your opportunity, then get in there and make contact,” says Hall.
6. Start a conversation
Start by acknowledging what they are looking at, then ask a question about it. For example, if the person is looking at broccoli, you could say: “I cook for myself almost every night, and while I’m great at steak, vegetables are my weakness. How are you planning on preparing that broccoli?” When you ask someone a question and they give you advice or information, they are investing in you and they automatically feel more connected to you, says House, who adds that doing this will automatically make people feel more connected.
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“Share something about yourself that is related to what you are talking about, and ask another question that expands the conversation… because you don’t want to have a whole conversation centered around broccoli,” says House. In broccoli scenario, you're first sharing something about yourself (you cook every night), then engaging the person by asking a question. “Once she delivers the answer, then it’s your opportunity to continue the conversation, maybe ask what her favorite food is, what type of drink she pairs with it, or where she likes to go out to eat when she isn’t cooking for herself,” says House.
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7. Seal the deal
Once contact is established and you've chatted for a few minutes, it's time to take it to the next level and invite them out. Tell them you enjoyed chatting and set up the next conversation offering your phone number, or asking for theirs. "Would you like to grab coffee sometime?" may not be original, but it works.
Once you've made a connection, who knows where it'll go from there. How great would it be to meet your future mate doing something you were going to have to do anyway? No complicated dating profile required.
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See what's inside this 107-square-foot mobile home
Oct. 19, 2015, 1:10 PM UTC / Updated Oct. 19, 2015, 1:12 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Julie Pennell
This capsule house makes other tiny homes look huge.
At approximately 107 square feet, the Ecocapsule comes with a bed, a seating area, storage space, a kitchenette, a toilet and a shower area — and it's mobile-friendly design lets you take "home" basically anywhere.
Ecocapsule
Beginning in 2016, this futuristic-looking egg-shaped tiny home will be available for purchase, but Nice Architects — the Bratislava, Slovakia-based creators of this design — have already unveiled images of the prototype product.
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The sleek structure measures 8.36 by 14.5 by 7.31 feet and weighs in at 3,306 pounds. It’s energy efficient, complete with a built-in wind turbine complemented with solar cells and rainwater collection capabilities. A high-capacity battery allows for power during periods of reduced solar or wind activity.
After entering through an ultra-modern lifting door, you’ll find enough space for two adults to fit — although we question the comfort level. The architects’ website claims that despite its small size, Ecocapsule is “fitted with all essentials necessary for a comfortable prolonged stay without a need to recharge or re-supply.”
Because of its compact size, the home actually fits in a standard shipping container. The company notes it can be shipped, airlifted, towed or even pulled by a pack animal, giving a deeper meaning to the term “mobile home.”
While architects plan to release pricing information later this year, the Ecocapsule will be available for pre-order in the last quarter of 2015. Any takers?
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Kate Levering will play Reese Witherspoon's 'Cruel Intentions' character in NBC reboot
March 1, 2016, 10:55 PM UTC / Source: TODAY
By Chris Serico
And the new Annette Hargrove is ...
For the pilot of its "Cruel Intentions" reboot, NBC confirmed to TODAY.com that it has cast the character originally played by Reese Witherspoon in the 1999 movie of the same name.
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The role has gone to Kate Levering, a Tony-nominated actress perhaps best known for playing lawyer Kim Kaswell on the Lifetime series "Drop Dead Diva."
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Earning her nod in 2001 for her performance as Peggy Sawyer in a Broadway production of "42nd Street," the 37-year-old actress also had recurring roles on ABC's "Cashmere Mafia" and UPN's "Kevin Hill."
Last Thursday, one of the original film's stars, Sarah Michelle Gellar, announced she'd be reprising her "Cruel Intentions" role of Kathryn Merteuil for the TV version. And Gellar revealed the news in style, via a then-and-now Throwback Thursday post on Instagram.
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Taylor John Smith ("American Crime") and Samantha Logan ("The Fosters") also have been cast for the "Cruel Intentions" pilot, set about 15 years after the conclusion of the events portrayed in the movie.
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Our researchers are known for their cutting-edge research, which they carry out in collaboration with leading national and international psychological researchers. These studies are published in top international journals – well over half of the publications involve co-authors from across Europe, North America, Australia and Africa.
While many of the Department’s research studies are based in our purpose-built labs on the UL campus, we are involved in a number of transnational projects conducted across numerous international sites.
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Homelessness as Unfairness
We are playing a key role in a major EU-funded programme to tackle homelessness. There are three million homeless people in Europe, and the situation is getting worse. Dr Ronni Greenwood is the lead investigator in the project, which aims to understand EU citizens’ perceptions of homelessness and find solutions based on the ‘Housing First’ model. Dr Greenwood and her colleagues are working with service users to better understand the experiences of homeless people in different kinds of homeless services.
Inclusion Training in Intellectual Disability for Educators in Europe (iTide)
The iTide project involves five countries and is funded by the Erasmus programme. Throughout the EU, learners with intellectual disabilities are still not being included in education at all levels or achieving their potential. iTide aims to address this deficit by making available outstanding open-access, practice-leading training materials on Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) to spread accessible, accredited, vocational learning to these groups within EU states and beyond. Dr Barry Coughlan is the Limerick PI for this project.
Trauma, Culture, and Community Resilience In Nepal
Societies most affected by trauma are often disproportionately affected by poverty. Supported by the Irish Research Council and in collaboration with the Katmandu University, Nepal, the aim of this project is to help us understand how social and community factors can support people through traumatic times. Led by Dr Judi Pettigrew and Professor Orla Muldoon in collaboration with Khagendra Acharya, the work seeks to broaden our comparative knowledge of the impact of political violence in Nepal and Northern Ireland. Sadly, during the lifetime of this project, Nepal was devastated by an earthquake; consequently, the focus of our recent research efforts relates to the impact of that disaster.
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With funding available from UL through the Staff Mobility Erasmus+ scheme, short visits can be made to other EU institutions. The scheme supports travel and subsistence costs during the visit. Such visits can involve a one-week stay and eight hours of specific activities. Please contact Dr Elaine Kinsella for further information and contacts.
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Prison Break Season 6: Actually in the Works!
Paul Dailly at December 14, 2017 12:10 pm . Updated at December 14, 2017 2:18 pm .
Prison Break may well be the show that doesn't die.
Series star, Dominic Purcell has hit up Instagram earlier this with a post that certainly makes it seem like the show is anything but over.
The show was initially cancelled in 2009 after four seasons, but fans were not impressed with the original ending.
If you watch Prison Break online, you will know that Michael was killed off in a last minute rush to bring closure to the series.
It resulted in one of the most polarizing series finales around, but Fox opted to bring the show back almost eight years later to give fans still clamouring for a more rounded finale the closure they deserved.
The ratings were not through the roof, but Prison Break Season 5 ultimately averaged 2.6 million viewers and a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49.
The show got a sizeable bump with delayed viewing, so more episodes were never really out of the question as far as ratings were concerned.
However, the cast and crew seemed to think the show was over earlier this year and claimed that Prison Break Season 5 would bring closure to the series.
Fox CEO Dana Walden confirmed there was a chance the show could return in some form earlier this year at Fox's annual Upfronts.
“We would definitely consider doing more episodes,” Walden dished. “I know [the producers] are thinking about it.”
Fox has yet to comment on what Purcell is saying, but it would be odd for the star to troll the fans if another season was not going ahead.
Given that Wentworth Miller has exited the CW DC universe, it would be fair to assume that he has a lot more time on his hands to work on some more episodes.
In all honesty, what could the show tackle next? How many more things will these characters have to go through before they get to rest for a few years?
Update: According to the Prison Break Writers Twitter account, the show has not received a formal pickup from Fox.
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'Love It or List It': He Said/She Said With David Visentin & Hilary Farr
Damian Holbrook July 29, 2018, 3:00 pm
For 14 seasons on Love It or List It, designer Hilary Farr and real estate agent David Visentin have competed to sway unhappy homeowners. She renovates their houses and tries to convince them to stay put, while he hunts for better abodes and urges them to move.
Every week, we’re torn over which way the owners should go…but one thing never changes: We could list the many ways we love this bickering pair. Turns out, they can be just as snippy with each other off camera!
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The couple reveals how they met and more!
How did the two of you first meet?
David Visentin: I was volunteering at a soup kitchen and she came in — I guess she was hungry. [Laughs] Honestly, though, we met at the audition for the show. We did not know each other before that. We were thrown together by HGTV. Here we are 10 years and 200-odd episodes later.
Hilary Farr: Once I was chosen as Love It or List It’s on-air designer, I was paired with a few Realtors [as potential costars]. I had my eye on a tall, dark-haired guy with blue eyes, but David beat the competition, and the rest is history. We were put together like an arranged marriage.
What was your first impression of her/him?
David Visentin: The British accent. It was cool for about 15 minutes and then I wanted it to be French or Italian. I do remember her being easy to work with and fun. That’s what has allowed us to do the show for so long. We both love to play.
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Hilary Farr: I barely remembered David. Note the reference to the tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed Realtor. [Laughs] But David makes me laugh and is terrific to work with. We’ve become close friends and colleagues, so it turned out to be the perfect match.
Who’s more competitive, you or Hilary/ you or David?
David Visentin: We are both, [but] I am a little more laid-back than Hilary. Would you hire Hilary to redesign your home if you needed a renovation?
Hilary Farr: Maybe I’m a bit more. I think David has a different way to describe that aspect of me. [Laughs]
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Would you hire Hilary to redesign your home if you needed a renovation?
David Visentin: Absolutely. She’s talented and I’d love for her to redo part of my 100-year-old basement. I have a feeling the price she’d charge me would make it cost-prohibitive!
Would you hire David to find you a new house if you were in the market?
Hilary Farr: Yes, I would. I trust and respect David, and I know how good he is at his job.
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It is a big deal. Bigger than you imagine when you consider the implications. In case, just in case, you have not paid plenty of attention, digital migration is the transition from analogue TV to digital terrestrial TV broadcasting, which countries around the world are expected to adopt. How did that come about?
In 2006, member countries of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in Geneva, Switzerland, signed an agreement to move from analogue to digital broadcasting by June 2015, the deadline for Digital Switch Over (DSO). Nigeria, for a variety of reasons, did not meet the deadline and has set another one for June 2017.
Digital migration entails the transmission of digital television signal over the earth from masts to home receivers.
When DSO occurs, a TV viewer will need to have a set-top-box (STB) or use a digital TV in order to receive television services. A Set-Top Box is what is often referred to as a decoder. By acquiring a Set Top Box that is compatible with DVB-T2, the second generation broadcast technology (analogue uses the DVB-T or T-1 variety), with or without monthly subscription or by a digital television set, a television viewer will be able to receive signal when the DSO takes place, following the analogue switch off. This implies that a viewer will be unable to watch analogue television if he/she has not yet migrated.
If you want to continue watching TV when DSO takes place, you will have to buy a Free-to-Air STB/decoder (a one-time purchase and no monthly subscription), an Integrated Digital Television set or a pay-TV STB/decoder (this comes with monthly subscription).
DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) is the standard for digital television that has been adopted in most countries in ITU Region 1, where Africa falls.
DVB-T, which stands for Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial, is the first DVB standard that is being replaced by DVB-T2.
DVB-T2 stands for Digital Video Broadcasting (Second Generation Terrestrial), a newer system that provides the benefit of the best technical performance and the highest efficiency. DVB-T2 is not backward compatible with DVB-T. As such, DVB-T receivers cannot receive DVB-T2 signals, and neither can DVB-T2 receive DVB-T signals.
This means that citizens of countries where migration is said to have been achieved by the June 2015 deadline, but on on T-1 technology will have to have to buy DVB-T2 receivers that support the DVB-T2 standard.
To pick a digital broadcast signal, one needs to have a digital TV. Digital TV, that is a TV that has an inbuilt digital tuner. But if one still has an analogue TV, one will need to get a digital receiver in form of a set-top box, which converts the signals from a digital television broadcast into a form which can be viewed on the traditional analogue television set.
Does this mean we now have to pay to watch the channels we have been receiving free under terrestrial broadcasting?
There are two types of broadcasting service packages on the terrestrial platform: i.e. Free-to-air and Pay TV.
The Free-to-Air channels are those you receive without having to subscribe or pay a monthly fee to receive. These channels will continue to be free even after the migration from analogue to digital broadcasting.
Pay-TV requires you to subscribe and pay a subscription fee to watch the associated channels like DStv or GOtv.
In analogue broadcasting, the signal is transmitted as a continuous wave, while digital transmission entails the transmission of the signal as a discrete wave. For digital TV, the signal is encoded and can be compressed to allow for more channels to be broadcast. Digital migration offers a greater range of dividends than analogue.
For one, it ensures better visual quality and offers more services like radio, teletext, interactive services, games, and support for the visually-impaired and internet.
In addition, it allows infrastructure-sharing by using the signal distributor’s masts and affords greater opportunities for more local content production, which will yield more job opportunities for content creators. That way, it contributes in no small measure to the economic well-being of migrating countries.
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A veteran of Internet advertising, Josh Reznick became intimately familiar with all manner of digital measurement when he founded his first online marketing company a decade ago. After selling that company, Reznick realized that in spite of all the innovation that had occurred with search and display advertising, there was still an enormous amount of friction in the process of transforming a person who clicked on an ad into a paying customer, especially when the product or service required some human interaction or a longer sales cycle.
In 2009, Reznick decided to found Datalot to remove that friction. He had a vision of combining the online marketing channel with the phone channel so that the information that was gathered about people while they were online wouldn’t be lost when they picked up the phone. Reznick’s goal was to use that information to identify the most valuable customers and to capture and share that value with other members of the marketing ecosystem, as well as to provide a far superior experience for the customer.
Reznick decided to build Datalot’s call generation and lead distribution infrastructure using the Twilio API because it was the most extensible of all the available telephony services. He liked that fact that he retained control of the data, as well as all decision logic, and that Twilio focused on providing straight-forward voice, SMS and VoIP services.
Josh Reznick, CEO, Datalot
“Most of the other solutions required that you work within the confines of their service,” Reznick recalled. “That could have potentially limited what we wanted to build. Twilio just seemed like the better fit.”
Twilio’s flexibility made it possible for Datalot to quickly exceed Reznick’s initial vision. Today, Datalot doesn’t just blindly deliver leads, it uses a variety of internal and third-party data points to predict how much a particular lead is worth. The company shares that information with lead buyers and conducts a real-time auction for that lead.
One of Datalot’s most popular products is a self-service, on-demand call buying tool that makes it possible for a company to set up a bidding schedule with customized filters. “Let’s say you have a small insurance company with five reps,” Reznick said. “Two reps are available to take calls at any one time. They can log in and based on settings they control, like filters for geography or age, they can bid on calls that are coming in. They can set a schedule so that they only receive calls between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. And they can also set a concurrency cap, for example of two calls, so that bids automatically shut off whenever there are two calls on the line.”
Although similar in concept to Google AdSense, Datalot provides publishers looking to monetize their traffic with a far more lucrative revenue share. A publisher of insurance-related information (one of Datalot’s popular lead categories) that might have yielded $4.50 in a revenue share from Google AdSense can get $50 or more from Datalot.
Screenshot: Datalot Campaign Dashboard
In addition, Datalot prides itself on providing transparency across multiple channels and interaction points. To help publishers continue generating higher-value traffic, Datalot shares traffic-optimization information about the actions users take. This can include the length of their calls with an insurance agent and whether or not they clicked on an email sent by an agent a few days later. If they did, the publisher gets paid again.
Reznick said Datalot has also had a lot of success providing publishers with dynamic call tracking numbers. Using Twilio, Datalot dynamically provisions 10,000+ numbers a month.
Screenshot: Dynamic Call Tracking & Routing
“A lot of times, publishers don’t have inbound phone numbers on any of their pages,” Reznick said. Datalot can assign them call tracking numbers, or they can use the service to generate their own. “Even if they don’t have their own phone reps, they can get paid any time we deliver a call to a buyer in our call auction,” Reznick said. “It’s super simple.”
Right now, Reznick said he is most excited about exploring the possibilities of Twilio Client, which provides all the functionality that Twilio offers at a lower price by transferring calls over the broadband network rather than the traditional telephone network. “We are building software that lets you run your entire sales center through the web browser, using Twilio as a back end,” Reznick said. “You just plug in a headset and you can start to field calls.”
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Reznick imagines a day when a salesman is “off-duty” at his son’s Little League game, growing restless as the innings drag on. To pass the time, the salesman flips open his iPad, fires up Datalot, bids on a call and closes a deal. He gets a sales commission in 30 minutes, without stepping foot in the office.
That day, Reznick said, is rapidly approaching. “Servers and software aren’t the only things moving to the cloud,” Reznick said. “Skilled phone labor will be moving from centralized sales centers to a more distributed environment as well. Twilio has made it as easy as it can be for us to develop the awesome technology to power this shift.”
Want to learn more? Josh Reznick recently took part in the webinar, “Beyond PPC: 8 ways to increase conversions with call tracking.” You can watch it here.
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Snitch - Movie Review
When its noted that a movie is "based on a true story", you should definitely take that as a very loose definition. Sure, Snitch is rooted in fact, but director Ric Roman Waugh also pushes those boundaries quite a bit to turn an interesting story in to what becomes a more thrilling adventure involving drug cartels and highb speed car chases.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson stars as struggling business owner and father John Matthews who looks to take matters into his own hands after his son is wrongfully implicated in a drug trade that could have him facing a minimum 10 year prison sentence. After convincing federal prosecutor Joanne Keeghan (Susan Sarandon) to let him go on an undercover operation in hopes of leading to arrests that e can use to trade for his son's freedom, John finds himself involved in a criminal underworld he may not be able to get himself back out of.
So, the whole time I'm watching this movie, I'm sitting there wondering how much is based on real events and how much was added in to make the movie more entertaining. I almost wish the makers of this film had just said it was a fictional story as I would have had a better time taking in the story that end up getting a little too outrageous to have been 100% accurate compared to the real events.
While the overall idea of the movie is pretty compelling, the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Unfortunately its not nearly as exciting as you would hope a movie starring The Rock might be and it doesn't contain nearly enough drama or intensity to out it over the top as something you might remember a week after you see it...if you see it.
Snitch is a decent movie and will help in adding to Mr. Johnson's body of work as a well intended action star, but it won't be ranked as one of his best. There's just not enough for him to do and his larger than life persona seems out of place until the movie's conclusion when the high speed chases and shotguns finally make an appearance. I won't say you shouldn't watch this movie, but there are probably better options out there to spend you hard earned money on.
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Dan O. February 26, 2013 at 2:28 PM
Nice review Marc. It's a weird film, in terms of where it goes, but it kept me interested and somewhat entertained. Not perfect, but still better than what it could have been.
Marc Morin February 26, 2013 at 5:16 PM
Exactly, Dan. Hard to label it as either good or bad...its just sort of there. Thanks for the comment!
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The tax treatment of a contribution to a limited liability company (LLC) depends on whether the LLC is taxed as a partnership, a disregarded entity, or a corporation. A contribution to an LLC taxed as a corporation is subject to the rules governing corporations. Generally, the contributions are nontaxable if the transfer of cash and property to the corporation is solely for stock (other than nonqualified preferred stock) and immediately after the exchange the transferors control the corporation. A contribution to an LLC taxed as a disregarded entity has no tax consequences because the entity is not considered an entity separate from its owner. Contributions to an LLC taxed as a partnership are governed by the partnership rules. These rules will be the subject of the remainder of this discussion.
Note: An LLC taxed as a corporation with different classes of membership could be deemed to have nonqualified preferred stock, even if the membership units are not called that anywhere in the LLC agreement.
General Nonrecognition Rule
Generally, Sec. 721 provides that a member’s transfer of property to an LLC taxed as a partnership does not result in income or loss to the member or the LLC. The LLC steps into the shoes of the contributing member with respect to the holding period and adjusted tax basis of the contributed property (Secs. 1223 and 723). This general nonrecognition rule applies both to contributions made upon the formation of the LLC and to subsequent contributions by new or existing members.
Example 1: A, B, and C form ABC LLC, which provides accounting services and is classified as a partnership. Each member practiced accounting as a sole proprietor prior to the formation of ABC. A contributes $10,000 cash. B contributes $5,000 cash and a tax library with a $5,000 FMV and a $3,000 tax basis. C contributes $1,000 cash and computer equipment with a $9,000 FMV and an $8,000 tax basis.
A, B, and C recognize no gain or loss on the contributions made to the new LLC. Likewise, the LLC recognizes no gain or loss on receipt of the contributions. Under Sec. 723, the LLC’s basis in the contributed assets is the same as each contributing member’s basis in the assets prior to the contribution. Therefore, ABC has a tax basis balance sheet reflecting $16,000 cash, a tax library with a $3,000 tax basis, and computer equipment with an $8,000 tax basis.
Example 2: Assume now that in the year after formation, A contributes an additional $5,000 cash to ABC. A new member, D, is admitted to the LLC. D contributes office equipment with a $10,000 FMV and a $4,000 tax basis. The LLC has no outstanding debt at the time of A’s and D’s contributions. Neither A nor D recognizes taxable income or loss on the contribution of the cash or property. ABC has a tax basis of $5,000 in the contributed cash and $4,000 in the contributed office equipment.
The general nonrecognition rule that applies to contributions by members to LLCs is not the same as the corporate rule that conditions nonrecognition treatment on the contributing shareholders being in control immediately after the exchange (Sec. 351). There is no control requirement for nonrecognition treatment under the rules applicable to LLCs taxed as partnerships. Since there is no control requirement, there is no requirement that the contributions be part of a systematic plan or that the contributions meet any of the other requirements of Sec. 351.
Exceptions to the Nonrecognition Rule
The general nonrecognition rule does not apply to the following:
Certain contributions that result in a reduction in a member’s share of liabilities, if the deemed distribution of cash resulting from the reduction exceeds the member’s tax basis in his or her LLC interest. For example, this exception applies to certain contributions of encumbered property.
Contributions that are more properly characterized as part of a disguised sale transaction.
Contributions to an investment company as defined in Sec. 721(b).
Contributions that are not considered contributions of “property.” For example, a contribution of services in exchange for an interest in the profits and capital of an LLC is not considered property.
Contributions that are deemed gifts. A 1999 IRS field service advisory (FSA 199950014) provided that a couple made taxable gifts when they took back partnership interests with a value less than the value of the assets transferred. Presumably, this same argument would apply to members in LLCs taxed as partnerships.
Note: Sec. 721(c) provides Treasury with regulatory authority to prevent the general nonrecognition rule from applying to gain realized on the transfer of property to a partnership (or an LLC taxed as a partnership) if such gain, when recognized, will be includible in the gross income of a person other than a U.S. person.
Timing and Valuation of Property Contributions
It is frequently difficult to determine the timing and valuation of a capital contribution. Accordingly, the members of an LLC may want to address the timing and valuation of capital contributions in the operating agreement or in a separate contribution agreement. While it is normally easy to determine the timing of a property contribution because some legal documentation of the transfer is usually required, the value of the contribution is not always readily ascertainable.
To prevent the IRS from questioning the valuation of a contribution, the members should specify a reasonable method they have agreed to for valuing the contribution. Providing a reasonable method can also head off challenges by creditors concerning the value of contributed property. The valuation method may be, but does not have to be, based on an appraisal.
Documentation of Contributions
Documentation of capital contributions is also important. Most state statutes enforce only written contribution obligations. Accordingly, the terms of each capital contribution should be in writing, signed by both the LLC and the member/ contributor, and should include the following:
Name, address, and EIN of the member and the LLC;
Description of the property, services, etc., to be contributed;
The value of the property and the method used to determine the value;
The date of the contribution;
The percentage interest in the LLC received for the contribution;
Any liabilities assumed in connection with the contribution;
Any other conditions or terms agreed to by the parties;
A written transfer document, where appropriate (for example, an assignment of title);
The acceptance of the contribution by the LLC;
The adjusted basis of the property (including any accumulated depreciation subject to recapture under Sec. 1245 or 1250);
Whether the contributor or the LLC will be responsible for payment of transfer fees and other costs related to the contribution;
Any warranties and representations required to be made by the contributor regarding the contributed property; and
Whether the LLC requires an inspection of the contributed property.
Copies of the contribution agreements should be maintained as part of the LLC’s permanent records.
This case study has been adapted from PPC’s Guide to Limited Liability Companies, 14th Edition, by Michael E. Mares, Sara S. McMurrian, Stephen E. Pascarella II, Gregory A. Porcaro, Virginia R. Bergman, William R. Bischoff, James A. Keller, and Linda A. Markwood, published by Thomson Tax & Accounting, Ft. Worth, TX, 2008 ((800) 323-8724; ppc.thomson.com ).
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Albert Ellentuck is of counsel with King & Nordlinger, L.L.P., in Arlington, VA.
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Audi E-Tron Sportback to Enter Production in 2019 in Brussels
And according to R&D head Peter Mertens, a full-electric supercar could still be in the works.
By Caleb Jacobs June 21, 2017
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Audi is bringing another full-electric e-tron model, the Audi e-tron Sportback, to production in 2019 at its Brussels factory following the launch of the Audi e-tron electric SUV in 2018, the automaker announced in a press release Wednesday, and an electric supercar could also be on the way.
Audi is looking to continue its innovation efforts with new e-tron electric models. Though the automaker has toyed with them in the past, contemporary technology has proved for some setbacks that indicated a viable high-performance EV for the brand would be a few years out. Now though, we know that there are two new EVs—the 320-kilowatt e-tron Sportback and the e-tron electric SUV—that are fresh and ready to come to market. Both cars will be built at the automaker's Brussels facility.
At the Formula E race in Berlin earlier in June, Audi R&D head Peter Mertens also hinted at the possibility of an e-tron supercar being in the works.
“You can very well imagine that at some point we will have an electric supercar," Mertens said, according to Car & Driver. "The question is, ‘Would I like to make it happen sooner?’ and the answer is, ‘Yes, of course.’ It is part of our plan. We’re not going to talk about that today, but I can tell you that for a brand like Audi, a supercar is always interesting, and it’s a segment in which we have been playing, we have been a very serious player.”
The thought of hybrid S and RS variants of certain models could also be very appealing to the enthusiast market. As the marque has proven before, Audi is particularly good at taking a relatively new technology and turning it into a usable source for both more performance and usability.
The R8 e-tron was a thing a few years ago, but it sold in very limited numbers. Sales only ran for 19 months, making it a sort of one-off marvel that few got to experience. As opposed to typical Audi performance models, it was strictly rear-wheel drive, a trend that we don't expect to continue in the future.
One way to give electric supercars an advantage over the usual gas-powered models would be a high output 800-volt system. When driven to all four wheels, that kind of power would make for rapid acceleration and improved top end performance, an area which is still a setback for go-fast EVs like the Tesla Model S P100D.
“800-volt puts a significant extra cost on the bill. We need to evaluate whether customers will be prepared to pay that,” Mertens said. “In segments like super sports cars, it will be yes, no doubt about it.”
We'll more than likely see PHEVs sneak their way into the Audi range before full-electric models. That would make the market transition easier for both the company and its demographic.
“It could definitely be a part,” Mertens said. “We believe in that technology, specifically in regard to performance. Is plug-in technology a bridge? Yes, it is, but it’s also a fantastic technology for really delivering performance.”
Though Mertens plans on keeping things under wraps for awhile, we can only imagine that some of these hotted-up electrically assisted cars will be showing their face sooner rather than later.
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Audi's E-Tron Sportback has made a very subtle appearance on the roof of a parking garage.
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The Macallan Edition No. 5 celebrates The Macallan’s extensive natural colour spectrum and the intricate whisky making process, in partnership with masters at the Pantone Color Institute™ to create a unique shade of purple that features on the packaging.
ABV : 48.5% | Volume : 70CL
A homage to The Macallan's natural colour.
The Macallan Edition No. 5
A homage to the diversity and complexity of The Macallan's natural colour
The Macallan Edition No. 5 is our very own homage to the diversity and complexity of natural colour. Inspired by a coming together of whisky making mastery and colour expertise and insight, this single malt celebrates both The Macallan’s commitment to natural colour and the intricate whisky making process.
100% natural in colour, all of our exceptional whiskies from The Macallan are shaped from time spent in the very best casks; maturing, nurturing and developing character. World renowned colour masters at the Pantone Color Institute™ created a uniquely bold shade of purple; reflecting an enigmatic, multi-faceted and intricate combination of red and blue.
We can find much common ground between whisky making and colour creation and with Edition No.5 we have been able to explore and celebrate these two art forms.
Sarah Burgess, The Macallan Whisky Maker
With The Macallan Edition No. 5, it is the complexity and precision of the whisky making process which defines this colour creation; showcasing the infinite hues, creativity and expertise which harnesses the natural colour of The Macallan.
We are surrounded by colour; it shapes our everyday lives. From defining moods, shaping perceptions, distracting thoughts and changing behaviour, it is a powerful force that can communicate without words.
As the rainbow’s most complex colour, purple naturally felt like the ideal shade to highlight the equally complex process involved in The Macallan’s whisky making.
Laurie Pressman, Vice President of the Pantone Color Institute™
Sunlight Barley
Vanilla and toffee with notes of oak, nutmeg, ginger, lemon basil and pear
Fresh and sweet with caramel moving into poached peaches and ripe pear. Quickly followed by a toffee sweetness with light oak spices in the form of nutmeg and hints of ginger in the background
Long and sweet
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Every Macallan single malt reveals the unrivalled commitment to the mastery of wood and spirit for which The Macallan has been known since it was established in 1824. It is an expression of our enduring desire to go beyond ordinary, to seek out the extraordinary, and create peerless single malts.
With an unflinching commitment to put sherry casks at the heart of The Macallan single malt, our reputation for the extraordinary is testament to the exceptional oak casks in which we mature our spirit.
Sourced, crafted, toasted and seasoned under the watchful eye of The Macallan Master of Wood, these hand-picked casks are delivered to the demanding specifications of The Macallan Master Distiller and his team. Once filled, the maturing spirit remains undisturbed in the same casks for the necessary number of years it needs to be worthy of its destined Macallan expression. It is these oak casks that make the greatest contribution to the quality, natural colour and distinctive aromas and flavours which lie at the heart of The Macallan single malt.
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The Mind Trust is committed to launching high-quality schools in Indianapolis that expand opportunities for students across the city. With the nation’s strongest charter law and the nationally unique Innovation Network School law, we believe Indianapolis is the best city in the country to open new schools.
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The Innovation School Fellowship was created in 2014 in partnership with Indianapolis Public Schools and the Mayor’s Office to launch Innovation Network Schools within Indy’s largest district. This initiative has resulted in growing the Innovation Network to over 20 schools that collectively serve more than 9,000 students. Innovation School Fellows have gone on to launch unique educational models that serve Indianapolis students in out-of-the-box ways, including a study abroad high school, experiential industry-based learning, blended learning, and more.
The Innovation School Fellowship application is now open! Learn more about this nationally-unique, paid Fellowship for talented school leaders.
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Workplace diversity and equal opportunity
With more than 4,329 employees worldwide, VINCI Construction Grands Projets is keen on promoting diversity and equal opportunity within the Company.
By studying social issues that cause discrimination within the Company, we make a commitment to finding the best ways to promote the integration and employment of workers with disabilities and foster gender equality in the workplace.
Ensure the employment of people with disabilities:allocation of €1,500 in CESU (caregiver allowance) cheques for employees with disabilities, consideration of employees’ disabilities to improve their working conditions (ergonomics, workplace doctor), using Trajeo’h (VINCI Group initiative) for employees with disabilities who need retraining as soon as possible or referral to subcontractors for archiving, classification, and related work.
Develop the social mix by favouring female candidates with equal qualifications in the construction and technical subsidiaries (employment contract, work experience, International Business Volunteer Program), increasing the presence of women from these subsidiaries in trade fairs and forums, ensuring that female student ambassadors know about our technical jobs, guaranteeing men and women the same annual maintenance benefits, ensuring an identical promotion rate for men and women each year, and eliminating gender pay gaps (for 2019, the gender equality index is 76 on 100).
Offer job prospects whatever the age: supporting a second career for employees aged over 50, optional part-time work for employees over 60 working in France, an additional return ticket per year to encourage additional rotation for employees abroad over 60, knowledge transfer and experience-sharing by seniors, and the option of becoming a trainer on an occasional to transfer one’s knowledge.
The Multicultural manager training program raises awareness among managers with the objectives of: promoting intercultural management, boosting effectiveness and performance with diverse teams, being more effective in multicultural project management, staying abreast of legislation and the risks of different forms of discrimination, anticipating and integrating the expectations of employees and clients of all ages.
VINCI Mobility, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction, allows employees with different backgrounds to be integrated into our staff. This structure for the recruitment, management, and mobility of our international managers, founded in July 2013 on the initiative of VINCI, VINCI Construction, and the three founding entities (VINCI Construction Grands Projets, Sogea Satom and Entrepose), reflects our will to foster loyalty among our employees around the world and offer them a balance in terms of social protection and wage policy in line with the Group’s commitment to diversity and equal opportunity.
Training for everyone:
For most of its projects, VINCI Construction Grands Projets recruits supervisory staff and labour locally to carry out the work.
The Company develops specific training programs for unskilled or specialised staff such as (A)live on site as well as external training programs for high-risk positions such as crane operator and electrician.
Likewise, Skill Up is a training initiative to develop the knowledge and skills of executive and supervisory staff worldwide through the creation of a customised training centre at the core of our projects. Our senior employees who have worked abroad visit the construction site and share best practices with the materials used daily by workers. The benefits are immediate: improvement in safety, quality of execution and performance on the construction site, development of the employability of locally recruited staff, and stronger team spirit and loyalty among workers.
Sponsorship and the VINCI Foundation:
VINCI Construction Grands Projets supports the involvement of partners and companies in sponsorship activities for the benefit of local communities and locations where we are active:
The project for the installation of the Vung Tau wastewater network located in Southern Vietnam: participation in a program to aid reforestation and support actions against global warming, tree-planting campaign in collaboration with the environment ministry, support for the Oxfam NGO on environmental projects, lectures to present project benefits to the local population
The new Assiut Dam: assistance in archaeological research to support the CNRS’s French mission in Egypt The Atlantic Bridge in Panama: the recruitment of staff from the Colón region is favoured, particularly through participation in recruitment forums; a partnership with the Panamanian and French ministries of education to improve the technical education level in Panama is being developed. The project has repaired and maintains roads close to our quarry and construction site, which are used by residents.
The El Teniente Tunnel in Chile: creation of a partnership with Rancagua University for skill-development through the Skill Up construction site schools. The project developed a dedicated web site, in particular to encourage local employment, as well as a monthly newsletter.
The Lee Tunnel in London: meetings in schools were organised to present the appeal of jobs in the construction sector. Throughout the year, the project organised visits to universities, institutions, and professional associations.
The SCL 1103 Hong Kong metro: organisation of a race for the victims of the Haiyan typhoon in the Philippines. The project publishes a fortnightly newsletter in three languages (English, Chinese and Nepali).
The VINCI Group founded the VINCI Foundation in May 2002 in order to be a sustainable partner in the communities for which the Group builds and manages structures and facilities.
Accordingly, it supports associations that innovate in the fields of integration through work and reinforcement of social ties in working-class neighbourhoods in France and countries where the Group is present. The Foundation also acts as a bridge between the skills of VINCI employees and the needs of practitioners in social organisations.
In 2019, the VINCI Foundation supported 477 projects for €5.6 million in aid allocated and 950 employees committed.
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Sunday, November 15, 2020 — Football
Sir Alex Ferguson picks between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo
by Alla Zakarian
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Former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has perfectly summed up the debate of Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentine and the Portugal stars are two of the most successful players of their football era. And it’s hard to pick between them.
Former Barcelona stars Gary Lineker and Ronaldinho, for example, are very much in the Messi camp, and have previously sang the Argentine’s praises in the press.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard, who has no connection to either player said: “I’m going to go with Messi on this on pure, natural talent but what Ronaldo has done has been absolutely incredible.”
Sir Alex Ferguson has a strong link to Ronaldo, given that he was arguably the greatest player to ply his trade under the Scot. But when the legendary United boss was asked by 1991 world snooker champions John Parrott to pick between the duo back in 2015, he provided the perfect answer.
“People say who is the best player in the world? And plenty of people quite rightly say Messi – you can’t dispute that opinion,” explained Ferguson. “But Ronaldo could play for Millwall, Queens Park Rangers, Doncaster Rovers… anyone, and score a hat-trick in a game. I’m not sure Messi could do it. Ronaldo’s got two feet, he’s quick, great in the air, he’s brave – Messi’s brave, of course. I think Messi’s a Barcelona player.”
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About USM KLE LIBRARY
USM-KLE LIBRARY
The Library and Information Centre is the heart of the Academic Centre at USM-KLE International Medical Programme. It is designed to meet the information needs of the Staff, Students and Faculties, of the institute. And also it is the source for news on the latest developments in Medical Science. Our college has an excellent Library which is housed in a specious building with all modern facilities. It contains a well classified and extensive collection of books. The USM-KLE International Medical Programme, Library was established in 2010. The Library is completely automated. All the books are bar coded.
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It is centrally located in the campus, The Library has which is updated regularly by way of adding new literature in the form of text books, reference books, standards (National & International) Journals, Audio Visual resources, CDs and educational videos
Library is automated by using Koha-Library management software. It is a multi-user package for effective management of a library from all aspects. Online catalogue of the library and the e-resources can be accessed on the campus network.
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Apply research and innovation to the pressing problems facing society today. Students talk about their Science, Engineering & Math programs - watch the video!
Choose from a wide array of STEM majors in this cluster that apply research and innovation to the pressing problems facing society today. You’ll work closely with faculty and collaborate with private and public sector organizations.
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Do you like exploring and making discoveries in the biological and molecular sciences? You can join our community of learners as we do original research to solve the most pressing problems facing humankind today.
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Are you interested in using math to solve real-world problems? With your strong analytical skills, technical abilities, and hands-on experiences, you can apply math to solve real-world problems.
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Would you like to apply your analytical skills in the design of new computer-based systems? You'll be prepared to design hardware and software for any computer-based system with your background in electrical engineering and computer science.
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Google to shut down Google+
Oct 8, 2018 google plus, google+, shutdown
The Guardian – Google to shut down Google+ after failing to disclose user data leak.
Company didn’t disclose leak for months to avoid a public relations headache and potential regulatory enforcement.
This March, as Facebook was coming under global scrutiny over the harvesting of personal data for Cambridge Analytica, Google discovered a skeleton in its own closet: a bug in the API for Google+ had been allowing third-party app developers to access the data not just of users who had granted permission, but of their friends.
If that sounds familiar, it’s because it’s almost exactly the scenario that got Mark Zuckerberg dragged in front of the US Congress. The parallel was not lost on Google, and the company chose not to disclose the data leak, the Wall Street Journal revealed Monday, in order to avoid the public relations headache and potential regulatory enforcement.
Disclosure will likely result “in us coming into the spotlight alongside or even instead of Facebook despite having stayed under the radar throughout the Cambridge Analytica scandal”, Google policy and legal officials wrote in a memo obtained by the Journal. It “almost guarantees Sundar will testify before Congress”, the memo said, referring to the company’s CEO, Sundar Pichai. The disclosure would also invite “immediate regulatory interest”.
Shortly after the story was published, Google announced that it will shut down consumer access to Google+ and improve privacy protections for third-party applications.
In a blog post about the shutdown, Google disclosed the data leak, which it said potentially affected up to 500,000 accounts. Up to 438 different third-party applications may have had access to private information due to the bug, but Google apparently has no way of knowing whether they did because it only maintains logs of API use for two weeks.
“We found no evidence that any developer was aware of this bug, or abusing the API, and we found no evidence that any profile data was misused,” Ben Smith, the vice-president of engineering, wrote in the blogpost.
Smith defended the decision not to disclose the leak, writing: “Whenever user data may have been affected, we go beyond our legal requirements and apply several criteria focused on our users in determining whether to provide notice.”
None of the thresholds for public disclosure were met, Smith said.
There is no federal law that obliges Google to disclose data leaks, but there are laws at a state level. In California, where Google is headquartered, companies are only required to disclose a data leak if it includes both an individual’s name and their Social Security number, ID card or driver’s license number, license plate, medical information or health insurance information.
Google also announced a series of reforms to its privacy policies designed to give users more control on the amount of data they share with third-party app developers.
Users will now be able to have more “fine grained” control over the various aspects of their Google accounts that they grant to third-parties (ie calendar entries v Gmail), and Google will further limit third-parties’ access to email, SMS, contacts and phone logs.
David Carroll is a US professor who sued Cambridge Analytica earlier this year to find out what data the company had stored about him. He said that given the legal issues Facebook faces over its Cambridge Analytica cover-up, it’s not surprising Google tried to keep the leak out of the public eye.
“Google is right to be concerned and the shutdown of Google+ shows how disposable things really are in the face of accountability,” he said.
For others, the leak was further evidence that the large technology platforms need more regulatory oversight.
“Monopolistic internet platforms like Google and Facebook are probably ‘too big to secure’ and are certainly ‘too big to trust’ blindly,” said Jeff Hauser, from the Centre for Economic and Policy Research.
He argued that the US Federal Trade Commission should move toward “breaking these platforms up”.
“In the interim, since we cannot trust that we know much or even most of what ought to concern the public, the FTC should install public-minded privacy monitors into the firms as an element of accountability.”
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Comey friend says he is ‘turning over relevant’ documents to FBI
Columbia Law School Professor Daniel Richman — who served as former FBI director James B. Comey’s conduit to leak details of a memo documenting his interactions with the president to a reporter — said Tuesday that he was “turning the relevant materials over to the FBI.”
Richman likely was — and potentially still is — one of a few people to possess Comey’s memo documenting Trump’s alleged request that the FBI director shut down the bureau’s investigation into Michael Flynn. In congressional testimony last week, Comey said he gave a copy of that memo to Richman — whom he identified only by his job — so he could provide details to a reporter. He said he did so in hopes a special counsel would be appointed to investigate suspected Russian influence in the election and suspected ties between the Kremlin and Trump’s team.
Comey testified that he himself no longer possessed the document, but he had given it to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and Richman might still have a copy. He said he would encourage Richman to release whatever he had.
Richman declined a reporter’s request to provide the document. But he said he was handing over the materials to the FBI, and the special counsel has been in contact with congressional committees to discuss access.
Legal analysts have said Comey’s memos — at least one of which was prepared on a government computer, in a government car — are federal records. It is unclear if Richman’s turning them over to the FBI was merely so they could be handled properly as such, or if there was some other reason. Richman declined to answer further questions, including whether he still possessed a copy.
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Berry Springs Nature Park
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by Hayley (subscribe)
Published February 21st 2014
Welcome to paradise
One of the best ways to cool off in the Northern Territory would have to be at the Berry Springs Nature Park, an exquisite natural oasis with a spring-fed swimming hole hidden in lush tropical bush. It is certainly a peaceful place, but not necessarily private as it is regularly frequented by tourists and locals seeking respite from the stifling Darwin humidity.
The Berry Springs Nature Park, combined with the neighbouring Territory Wildlife Park, covers an area of approximately 820 hectares and is a popular spot for swimming, picnicking, and bushwalking. The best way to explore the enormous expanse of dense greenery is to wander along the walking trail. It is a leisurely track, about one kilometre in length, that encompasses two different habitats, the Monsoon Rainforest and the Woodlands Walk.
[ADVERT]As a sanctuary for native flora and fauna, the park is truly a delight for nature-lovers. Wading birds like the white ibis are not shy in coming forwards, usually to pick up scraps left by picnickers. Water monitors, small wallabies, and carpet pythons are also known to inhabit the area, but it is the fish that are the most prolific and highly visible in the crystal clear water. If you feel a little tickle on your toes, it's just a friendly greeting from a freshwater prawn.
The park is formed around a large part of the Berry Creek catchment, which continues out to Darwin Harbour. It is the pools created by a low weir over the creek that are the main attraction of the park. A series of stairs leads to the three different swimming areas, so you can walk directly to your favourite or float between all three.
It begins with the bubbling little waterfall of Berry Springs, the smallest and shallowest of the three pools and the most suitable for young children. It then runs into two much larger and deeper swimming holes, known as the Main Pool and the Lower Pool, where there is ample room to splash around.
As the ultimate way to escape the tropical heat, a dip at Berry Springs is a rejuvenating and refreshing experience. The spring water originates deep within the earth and is loaded with minerals that colour it a beautiful turquoise hue. Due to the high mineral composition, the water feels terrific to the skin and the temperature is perfectly tepid for a pleasant and relaxing soak.
The water is so clean you can see every rock, pebble, and creature below the surface, which is reassuring if you've just been on the Adelaide River Jumping Crocodile Cruise and are a little nervous about entering the Northern Territory waterways.
It is also comforting to see so many other people in the water. There are signs around that warn of both fresh and saltwater crocodiles and advise of the management practices implemented to minimise their presence. So there is a slight risk involved, but it is generally considered safe for swimming.
Like much of Darwin, Berry Springs Nature Park has an interesting history. It was originally developed during World War 2 as a rest and recreation camp by the armed forces for the 100 000 personnel stationed nearby in the Litchfield area. Over the years it has been renovated somewhat, but there are historical remains evident around the pools. Today, it still serves the purpose of rest and recreation, yet another thing to thank the troops for.
Facilities available for use by visitors include picnic tables, barbecues, public toilets, interpretive displays, and onsite car parking. There is a kiosk for refreshments that is allegedly open every day during the busy season, yet on my most recent visit it was closed and looked as though it had been for some time.
The park is open daily from 8 am until 6.30 pm during the dry season (usually from late April to late December), but for safety reasons is closed for swimming during the wet season. There is shade available from the canopies of overhanging trees, but you will still require sun protection and insect repellent is advisable. You might also like to bring a mask and snorkel to observe life under the water.
The Berry Springs Nature Park is located in the mostly rural suburb of Berry Springs, less than an hour drive from Darwin on Cox Peninsula Road off Stuart Highway. The Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission website can provide further information (including up-to-date details on any closures).
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Why? Beat the tropical heat
When: During the dry season
Website: www.parksandwildlife.nt.gov.au/parks/find/berrysprings
Where: Cox Peninsula Road, Berry Springs
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The first picture is beautiful, Hayley.
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by Bryony Harrison (score: 4|12626) 2525 days ago
Nice article - but its better to cover than use sunscreen and particularly insecticides in natural fresh water
by Diane (score: 1|66) 170 days ago
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Three Key Ideas from W2O’s Inaugural Marketing Science Summit
October 12, 2018 by Seth Duncan
I can’t think of a better year to have kicked-off our inaugural Marketing Sciences summit, given the data-driven marketing cross-roads we’re at. On the one hand, many speakers at the summit recognize that advances in ML and AI allow us to find patterns in huge volumes of data, far surpassing our capabilities just a few years ago (Jaime Punishill’s presentation on ML techniques like word2vec is a great example). On the other hand, many also recognized we have a lot less of the “right” data to analyze than we like to admit. While many companies have amassed huge volumes of marketing content and related targeting information (e.g., data lakes), this is rarely organized in a manner that lends itself to fast and meaningful analysis. Increased regulatory pressure and public mistrust has also led many advertising platforms, particularly Google and Facebook, to further restrict the data they share with us in the first place, leaving us to wonder what the data landscape will actually look like in the coming years.
In other words, it’s best of analytics times and it’s the worst of analytics times.
The speakers at the Marketing Science Summit addressed these difficult questions head-on. Three key ideas kept emerging, if we all followed, would make us both better data stewards and better marketers:
1. Be Intentional About Use-Cases for Data Collection and Analysis
Before building (or re-building) massive data warehouses, focus on the use-cases first. Currently, many companies are collecting as much marketing data they can and then develop hypotheses to test. This means a lot of time and resources have gone into creating massive, agile databases that aren’t close to being fully leveraged. The risk in this latter approach goes beyond inefficiency– you also risk not being able to make a clear connection between the information/privacy that a customer has entrusted you with and any value that the customer gets from sharing that information. Joerg Corsten and Jeet Uppal’s conversation on Data Lakes touched upon this topic nicely.
2. Focus on Data that will Actually Make a Difference
While the digital data explosion continues, many marketers feel that there is a dearth of valuable data, especially data that helps them understand their audiences or predict some sort of real-world behavior. A lot of the passive data that’s being produced by consumers is intriguing, but it’s most actionable when it’s being modeled against something of value. Sandra Matz and Greg Durkin spoke about this in some detail, specifically on how behavioral social media data can tell us a lot about how audiences wants to be communicated to, but that data has to be modeled against self-reported, psychographic surveys to make sense. David Hardtke also reflected on some of the missed opportunities he’s seen when clients don’t connect their sales-type data to the rich behavioral segments they see in media platforms such as Pandora. Ultimately, data needs a compass to make a difference at scale.
3. Always Ask, “Does the Data and Analytics Provide Value to the Customer too?”
This was one of the most consistent themes throughout the day, and it really should be the first question anyone asks before acquiring and using customer data. For one, it’s wasteful to do otherwise. Customers are quick to shut-out any content that’s not relevant to them. As an example, David Hardtke said it takes Pandora customers at most 5 seconds to turn off an ad they don’t like (even when in the car). Kevin Johnson’s panel with Mary Michael, Julissa Viana and Kieran Fagan also had several case studies demonstrating how analytics reveals what’s relevant to health care audiences including one that helped educate caregivers on detecting early signs of dementia.
I hope everyone left the summit feeling optimistic as I am about the future of marketing and how thoughtful use of customer data create value for everyone, from manufacturer to customer. I look forward to a great discussion on how the space has evolved at our 2nd Marketing Science Summit in 2019!
If you’re interested in learning about W2O, check out our About and Analytics pages.
Seth Duncan • @ SethLDuncan
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Giving Patients a Seat at the Table: Patient Advocacy and the Changing Patient Experience
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The Color of War
(Amaray Case, O-Card Packaging)
Film and TV Genre Special Interest-War
Media Format DVD
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An award-winning documentary filled with striking images, THE COLOR OF WAR is a spectacle of color, sights, sounds, and memories. At it's core, World War II was a black-and-white struggle between good and evil. But the everyday scenes of carnage, human resistance, and guttural warfare were much more complex. A striking assemblage of color footage and photographs from national archives and private collections, THE COLOR OF WAR delivers striking perspectives on the day-to-day experience from every imaginable angle. From the first draftees thrown into the breach to the sheer boredom between battles to the uniforms worn and the objects carried, this unparalleled collection of voices is further illuminated by letters and diaries, communiqués from the battlefield and the sounds and songs of the era. Narrated by Peter Coyote, the 13 programs included in THE COLOR OF WAR constitute the most extensive all-color documentary ever produced on the Second World War. THE COLOR OF WAR contains 13 acclaimed documentaries on 5 DVDs Volume 1: Face to Face / Air War / Battleground Volume 2: At Ease / Anchors Aweigh Volume 3: Silent and Deep / Home front / the Price of War Volume 4: Victory / Aftermath / Man and Machine Volume 5: Covering War / Dressed to Kill.
Title: The Color of War
Genre: Special Interest-War
Studio: A&E Home Video
Attributes: Amaray Case, O-Card Packaging
Media Format: DVD
Original Language: ENG
Closed Caption: No
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The Solo Concert
By Roscoe Mitchell
Music Genre Jazz
Originally released on Sackville recordings in 1974 as "The Roscoe Mitchell Solo Saxophone Concerts", this historical reissue has been remastered and contains the same material as the original, which is primarily solo concerts from Montreal, Michigan and Pori, Finland recorded in 1973-1974. It captures Roscoe Mitchell in a very important period in his development as a musician as he started exploring his own solo voice again after a very productive period with the Art Ensemble of Chicago. It beautifully displays his virtuosity and range on the different horns in the saxophone family, and many of the melodies he explores in these recordings were expanded on in his later works. It is truly a peek into how some of his elaborate compositions may have begun.
Artist: Roscoe Mitchell
Title: The Solo Concert
Label: Aeco
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Scalise doctor hopes for ‘excellent recovery’ despite risk
By ERICA WERNER and LAURAN NEERGAARD
Congressman Steve Scalise can hope to make an “excellent recovery,” his trauma surgeon said Friday, even though the lawmaker arrived at the hospital Wednesday at imminent risk of death after getting shot at a congressional baseball practice.In his first public comments since the shooting, Dr. Jack Sava of MedStar Washington Hospital Center said it’s a “good possibility” that the Louisiana Republican will be able to return to work in his full capacity.Sava declined to put a timeline on when that would happen or when Scalise, 51, would be able to leave the hospital. The doctor described how a bullet from an assault rifle entered Scalise’s hip and traversed his pelvis, shattering blood vessels, bones and internal organs along the way.For now, Scalise remains in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit.Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, arrived at the hospital via helicopter in shock, with intense internal bleeding and “an imminent risk of death,” Sava said.Since then, the lawmaker has undergone multiple surgeries and procedures to stop the bleeding and repair bone. He has been sedated, but has been brought out of sedation periodically and been able to recognize and communicate with his family, Sava said.Scalise has received multiple blood transfusions, which can affect clotting, something doctors will monitor closely. Infection also is a risk, especially if the intestines were perforated.Scalise was wounded when a gunman opened fire at a GOP lawmaker baseball practice Wednesday morning. The fact that his injuries brought him close to death was not widely known initially.Sava said Friday that there are hundreds of bullet fragments in Scalise’s body, but “we have no intention to try and remove all the bullet fragments at this point.”Damage from a bullet occurs when it’s traveling. Once it has lodged in bone or muscle, “it’s not going to do anything. All you’re doing is stirring up more trouble” by making another incision larger than the fragment to try to get it out, explained Dr. Deborah Stein, trauma chief at the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center.Nonetheless, said Sava, “We fully expect him to be able to walk” and “hopefully run.”Sava said that after being released from the hospital, Scalise “will require a period of healing and rehabilitation.”“I feel a lot more confident and a lot more optimistic than I did two, three days ago,” Sava said. “I think that his risk of death right now is substantially lower than when he came in ... he was as critical as you can be when he came in.”Sava said Scalise would need to undergo an additional operation within the next 48 hours and more beyond that.Sava later told The Associated Press that Scalise’s care is on track for someone with such a severe injury but that he still faces many risks to recovery.Sava said he told Scalise’s family that “I am not declaring victory until he’s playing ball in his back yard with his family.”Several other people were also injured in Wednesday’s shooting before Scalise’s security detail and other police officers gunned down the assailant, who later died. The shooter was an Illinois man, James Hodgkinson, who had lashed out against President Donald Trump and Republicans over social media.Speaking earlier Friday in Miami, Trump said Scalise “took a bullet for all of us” when he was shot.The president’s meaning was not entirely clear, but Trump went on to say that “Because of him and the tremendous pain and suffering he’s now enduring — and he’s having a hard time, far worse than anybody thought — our country will perhaps become closer, more unified, so important.“So we all owe Steve a big, big thank you,” Trump added.House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., paid a visit to his injured colleague at the hospital Friday.Scalise’s wife, Jennifer, issued a statement saying she was thankful for the “incredible amount of prayers and warm wishes” the family has received since the shooting.Law enforcement officials proceeded Friday with their investigation of the attack at a suburban Virginia park, including examining Hodgkinson’s social media activities and his home in Belleville, Illinois. They released photos of guns similar to the handgun and rifle that were used in the attack, which officials have said were purchased legally.Hodgkinson contacted both of his state’s Democratic senators frequently, always through email links on their websites, spokesmen said Friday. The offices of both senators — Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth — turned over the emails to Capitol Police and declined to offer specifics about their content.Hodgkinson also contacted the office of Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., at least 10 times over the past year, a Bost spokesman has said, characterizing the emails and phone calls as negative but not threatening.Also suffering relatively minor injuries were two Capitol Police officers, David Bailey and Crystal Griner, and House GOP aide Zack Barth. Griner remains hospitalized at MedStar Hospital after getting shot in the ankle, and Sava described her in good condition.Bailey was spotted Friday in the Capitol, on crutches and out of uniform, accepting congratulations from fellow officers.Lobbyist Matt Mika was shot multiple times and critically injured and remained hospitalized.___Associated Press writer Maria Danilova and Jim Salter in St. Louis contributed to this report.
Congressman Steve Scalise can hope to make an “excellent recovery,” his trauma surgeon said Friday, even though the lawmaker arrived at the hospital Wednesday at imminent risk of death after getting shot at a congressional baseball practice.
In his first public comments since the shooting, Dr. Jack Sava of MedStar Washington Hospital Center said it’s a “good possibility” that the Louisiana Republican will be able to return to work in his full capacity.
Scalise undergoes more surgery after Virginia shooting
Mika family: Alexandria shooting victim to make 'full recovery'
Doctors: Scalise in critical condition but they are 'encouraged' by his improvement
Trump: 'Scalise took a bullet for all of us'
Scalise still in critical condition but improved after second surgery
Sava declined to put a timeline on when that would happen or when Scalise, 51, would be able to leave the hospital. The doctor described how a bullet from an assault rifle entered Scalise’s hip and traversed his pelvis, shattering blood vessels, bones and internal organs along the way.
For now, Scalise remains in critical condition in the hospital’s intensive care unit.
Scalise, the No. 3 House Republican, arrived at the hospital via helicopter in shock, with intense internal bleeding and “an imminent risk of death,” Sava said.
Since then, the lawmaker has undergone multiple surgeries and procedures to stop the bleeding and repair bone. He has been sedated, but has been brought out of sedation periodically and been able to recognize and communicate with his family, Sava said.
Scalise has received multiple blood transfusions, which can affect clotting, something doctors will monitor closely. Infection also is a risk, especially if the intestines were perforated.
Scalise was wounded when a gunman opened fire at a GOP lawmaker baseball practice Wednesday morning. The fact that his injuries brought him close to death was not widely known initially.
Sava said Friday that there are hundreds of bullet fragments in Scalise’s body, but “we have no intention to try and remove all the bullet fragments at this point.”
Damage from a bullet occurs when it’s traveling. Once it has lodged in bone or muscle, “it’s not going to do anything. All you’re doing is stirring up more trouble” by making another incision larger than the fragment to try to get it out, explained Dr. Deborah Stein, trauma chief at the University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center.
Nonetheless, said Sava, “We fully expect him to be able to walk” and “hopefully run.”
Sava said that after being released from the hospital, Scalise “will require a period of healing and rehabilitation.”
“I feel a lot more confident and a lot more optimistic than I did two, three days ago,” Sava said. “I think that his risk of death right now is substantially lower than when he came in ... he was as critical as you can be when he came in.”
Sava said Scalise would need to undergo an additional operation within the next 48 hours and more beyond that.
Sava later told The Associated Press that Scalise’s care is on track for someone with such a severe injury but that he still faces many risks to recovery.
Sava said he told Scalise’s family that “I am not declaring victory until he’s playing ball in his back yard with his family.”
Several other people were also injured in Wednesday’s shooting before Scalise’s security detail and other police officers gunned down the assailant, who later died. The shooter was an Illinois man, James Hodgkinson, who had lashed out against President Donald Trump and Republicans over social media.
Speaking earlier Friday in Miami, Trump said Scalise “took a bullet for all of us” when he was shot.
The president’s meaning was not entirely clear, but Trump went on to say that “Because of him and the tremendous pain and suffering he’s now enduring — and he’s having a hard time, far worse than anybody thought — our country will perhaps become closer, more unified, so important.
“So we all owe Steve a big, big thank you,” Trump added.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., paid a visit to his injured colleague at the hospital Friday.
Scalise’s wife, Jennifer, issued a statement saying she was thankful for the “incredible amount of prayers and warm wishes” the family has received since the shooting.
Law enforcement officials proceeded Friday with their investigation of the attack at a suburban Virginia park, including examining Hodgkinson’s social media activities and his home in Belleville, Illinois. They released photos of guns similar to the handgun and rifle that were used in the attack, which officials have said were purchased legally.
Hodgkinson contacted both of his state’s Democratic senators frequently, always through email links on their websites, spokesmen said Friday. The offices of both senators — Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth — turned over the emails to Capitol Police and declined to offer specifics about their content.
Hodgkinson also contacted the office of Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., at least 10 times over the past year, a Bost spokesman has said, characterizing the emails and phone calls as negative but not threatening.
Also suffering relatively minor injuries were two Capitol Police officers, David Bailey and Crystal Griner, and House GOP aide Zack Barth. Griner remains hospitalized at MedStar Hospital after getting shot in the ankle, and Sava described her in good condition.
Bailey was spotted Friday in the Capitol, on crutches and out of uniform, accepting congratulations from fellow officers.
Lobbyist Matt Mika was shot multiple times and critically injured and remained hospitalized.
Associated Press writer Maria Danilova and Jim Salter in St. Louis contributed to this report.
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Coronavirus NC Rebound Coverage
As we cope with the impact of the coronavirus crisis, life will be different. WRAL is exploring the new normal in this series of reports.
What to expect: Store policies for masks, gloves, social distancing, cleaning
Here is how each Triangle school district, private school plans to reopen
Masks required, Phase 2 extended to Sept. 11: Here's what that means in NC
Small number using SlowCOVIDNC app
As COVID cases reach record-setting numbers in North Carolina, many people are wondering if they've been exposed to the virus.
January 8, 2021 7:25 p.m. EST
COVID-19 helps spur in-home acute care services by UNC Health
The pandemic has sped up changes in health care including acute-care services delivered in a patient's home. UNC Health now has plans to implement the service for select patients as soon at this summer.
January 6, 2021 11:50 a.m. EST
First NC health workers get coronavirus vaccinations
Some health care workers across North Carolina received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine Monday after the initial shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine arrived at nearly a dozen hospitals across the state.
December 14, 2020 8:10 p.m. EST
When can anyone in NC get coronavirus vaccine? State officials say timeline uncertain
North Carolina will receive 85,800 doses of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine once federal regulators grant emergency authorization to distribute it, but after that, it's unclear how the state's mass vaccination plan will unfold, officials said Thursday.
December 11, 2020 12:18 a.m. EST
Roundtable: Economic recovery after coronavirus
The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, Wake County Economic Development and the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce host a roundtable to discuss specific economic challenges and opportunities businesses in the North Central part of the state have faced in light of the pandemic.
December 1, 2020 12:54 p.m. EST
NC plans free, phased rollout of COVID vaccines
A COVID-19 vaccine will be free to anyone in North Carolina who wants it, Gov. Roy Cooper said.
December 2, 2020 8:33 a.m. EST
Understand airline policies for safe, flexible travel
Airline policies on middle seats and last-minute cancellations can vary, but they can be important to choosing a flight during the pandemic.
November 23, 2020 5:53 p.m. EST
Pandemic restrictions put future of 72-year-old Rudy Theater in Selma at risk
The owner of The Rudy hopes just one more show might save the 72-year-old musical theater venue in Selma.
November 23, 2020 6:40 a.m. EST
Local pastor wary of second round of COVID
A new study shows many COVID-19 survivors may have some immunity to re-infection, but a Raleigh pastor says he's not willing to chance it.
Pfizer to seek emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced Friday it will seek FDA approval for limited use of its new coronavirus vaccine. The first doses could be available in December, but widespread availability is still months away.
Christmas tree lots seeing earlier sales during COVID-19 pandemic
A Christmas tree farmer said he's noticed people are decorating earlier this year, possibly to beat the COVID-19 blues.
First international flight takes off from RDU since March 31
The first international flight has taken off from RDU since the start of the pandemic.
November 19, 2020 11:11 a.m. EST
Wake expanding in-person classes to high schools
After more than nine months out of school because of the coronavirus pandemic, Wake County high school students will be back in class in January.
Parents pleased Wake high school students will soon be back in school
Criminal trials restart in one Wake courthouse, while virus forces reduced operations at second
As the first criminal trial in months gets underway at the Wake County Justice Center, several courtrooms in the nearby Wake County Courthouse are closed until further notice after five coronavirus cases were reported among staff in the past three weeks.
NC rolls out county alert system to illustrate severity of pandemic
State officials on Tuesday rolled out a system to show North Carolina's coronavirus hotspots to ratchet up pressure on counties where the virus is spreading rapidly and in danger of overrunning health care resources.
Durham students could start heading back to school in January
Durham Public Schools officials said Monday that they want to start bringing students back to classrooms in January with a mix of in-person and virtual learning.
NC offers advice for a COVID-19 safe Thanksgiving, Black Friday
Mimicking guidance from local doctors and national health experts, the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services is offering their own suggestions for safe holiday celebrations.
Restaurants get creative as cold weather threatens outdoor dining during COVID-19
The upcoming colder weather has many restaurateurs concerned who have come to rely heavily on expanded outdoor dining during COVID-19.
November 6, 2020 8:09 a.m. EST
North Carolina among many states seeing rise in coronavirus cases
WRAL's Keely Arthur reports that health officials in North Carolina continue to express concern over the large number of coronavirus cases here and across the country.
November 5, 2020 10:29 p.m. EST
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U.S. in Vast Insider Trading Probe
By Susan Pulliam, Michael Rothfeld, Jenny Strasburg and Gregory Zuckerman
Updated Nov. 20, 2010 12:01 am ET
Federal authorities, capping a three-year investigation, are preparing insider-trading charges that could ensnare consultants, investment bankers, hedge-fund and mutual-fund traders, and analysts across the nation, according to people familiar with the matter.
The criminal and civil probes, which authorities say could eclipse the impact on the financial industry of any previous such investigation, are examining whether multiple insider-trading rings reaped illegal profits totaling tens of millions of dollars, the people say. Some charges could be brought before year-end, they say.
The investigations, if they bear fruit, have the potential to expose a culture of pervasive insider trading in U.S. financial markets, including new ways non-public information is passed to traders through experts tied to specific industries or companies, federal authorities say.
One focus of the criminal investigation is examining whether nonpublic information was passed along by independent analysts and consultants who work for companies that provide "expert network" services to hedge funds and mutual funds. These companies set up meetings and calls with current and former managers from hundreds of companies for traders seeking an investing edge.
Among the expert networks whose consultants are being examined, the people say, is Primary Global Research LLC, a Mountain View, Calif., firm that connects experts with investors seeking information in the technology, health-care and other industries.
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Strong To Stronger Novels
01/19 Evil Emperor’s Poisonous Consort: Divine Doctor Young Miss
The king of assassins was reborn, mastering both alchemy and poison. Sitting inside the space, there was a ghost that loved crying. Buying a sickly boy for a hundred gold coins, becoming the master of half a country for no reason. On their wedding night. She slightly hooked her jade finger, “Come here.” The man tried weakly bargaining, “Can I redeem myself?” “No!” “Can we wait for the bridal chamber tomorrow?” She cast a cold gaze, “Give me a reason.” “I…..My period is here.” Her head was covered in black lines, “Do you think you would even believe that!” After four hours—— She weakly said, “I can’t go on anymore, wait until tomorrow.” The man revealed an evil charming smile and turned her over before pressing down, “Want to run? Too late!”
Last: Chapter 922 - Interesting spiritual skill (Part 1)
01/19 Xiebing Defies The Heavens
Xiezun——Jun Xiebing, a girl from the 21st Century, was transported to the Aucas continent by a jade ring on her 18th birthday. In this completely different world, she was reborn as a baby! In her previous life, Xiezun didn’t have any family members, but since God gave me, Jun Xiebing, a family in my new life, no one will bring harm them… Even those who speak rudely to them will have to die! Those who dare to rub me the wrong way or betray me should be also prepared to die! By the end of their punishment, they would rather be dead than face my wrath. Previous life, too tiring! This life, I’ll be more unrestrained! Enjoy family love! Build up power and influence! Collect more spirit pets! It was as if her life was renewed so that she may have a second chance to live- not restrained as she was as Xiezun but free as Xiebing. The female main character is two-faced and very powerful in this original story, she is not the strongest, only getting stronger!
Last: Chapter 10
01/18 For a Prosperous World
She fought in the Battle of Changping and witnessed the killing of hundreds of thousands. She once led the Qin Iron Calvary and battled against the Six Kingdoms. She has seen a third of the land and witnessed the breaking of mountains and rivers. The sound of a grand zither and the light of a great female emperor. A prosperous world that was forged on the battlefield. Yet, these two thousand years are forgotten from history.
01/19 Apocalypse Meltdown
It was a world of zombies and human beings were in despair. The magnetic field was changed and everything was back to the beginning. One day, our hero, Chu Han, unconsciously came back ten years before the end of the world (eschatology) came. He was awakened by a loud noise in a dormitory in Minqiu University. He suddenly realised that he had undergone a rebirth. He fought with dozens of zombies and went to the parking lot to steal a G55. He decided to find his parents and his brothers with the G55, which was what he regretted not doing in his previous incarnation. He met a group of people on the petrol station, one of which is included in the top 20 of the eschatology, Chen Shaoye, renowned for his excellent sniping abilities. They met a vast horde of zombies in the highway and Chen Shaoye used the G55 to crash into the enemies. At that moment, he finally came to realise that this was a meltdown system and he could gain credit points by killing zombies These credit points can then be exchanged for all kinds of talent. Consequently, he started his travels with the melting-down system. This is a story of a meltdown system and he, Chu Han, was on the stage.
03/11 Beauty and the Bodyguard
When an S-class elite assassin-raised captain of a special ops suicide squad comes home from a high-stakes Africa mission, he finds himself offered something that could potentially set him up for life- a curious assignment that he could use to finally exit his days of war and slaughter. Then placed into a high-school setting, Lin Yi is tasked by the chairman of a top-tier multi-billion company with bodyguard duty for non-other than his own daughter, a certain little Miss of said high-school. His enemies, once ranging from drug lords, mafia bosses, political figures, and national leaders, are soon replaced with spoiled kids who happen to have rich papas and mamas, and Lin Yi finds his intense expertise and high-threat skillset misused, and very underwhelmed… But he does get a harem cast as diverse as his old enemies, so Lin Yi decides that, for the sake of messing around with girls as an invincible entity in a down-leveled environment, leaving his bloody and death-filled war days behind is something he’d definitely want to strive for.
Last: Beauty and the Bodyguard - Chapter 578 - Tang Yin’s Complicated Mind - Gravity Tales
The Girl at Central
Pilgrim Trails
Home Of Eternal Rest
Tennyson's Life and Poetry
Guild Wars: Sea Of Sorrows
I Made a Slave Harem Using a Charm Cheat in a Different World
Life History of the Kangaroo Rat
My Sister is Jealous of Another World Girls~Fun Harem Store Management
Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Another World Transfer in Game Character
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Charter comparison site celebrates launch at London Boat Show
Isobel Smith
Yachtsie aims to make it easy to find and book your next charter holiday with a growing database of thousands of boats
Charter comparison website Yachtsie is celebrating its launch at the London Boat Show this week.
Having been up and running since November last year, the site aims to make booking a charter
extremely easy by showing users all the available options for a holiday, much like flight and hotel comparison sites.
The site wants to solve the problem of having to go to various charter operators by directly accessing a large number of booking systems in once place.
Customers can search, compare and book a charter holiday from more than 2,000 yachts in different locations across the globe.
Fifty charter operators are currently signed up to the site but the team says this number is set to grow.
Yachtsie founder and managing director Steve Raw set up the site after becoming frustrated with trying to book a charter holiday online.
Speaking at the boat show, the site’s digital marketing manager Andy Pointon said: “Yachtsie is the brainchild of my colleague Steve. What we found was, the way chartering a boat works is a bit like booking a hotel room 15 years ago.
“So you’ve got all these providers out there with no real ability to discern between any of them.
“Yachtsie was born as a solution to that problem. It works very much like Expedia would in hotels or Skyscanner would in flights. You come on to the site, you put in where you want to go, enter some other specifics, click go and it searches a database of 2,000 boats, which is growing all the time.”
Customers can either book their holiday online or call up for any extra assistance.
“This is our first time exhibiting here at London and we’re very excited to do it. It looks great, they’ve obviously put a lot of effort in this year to make it interesting and a bit different,” added Andy.
The Yachtsie team celebrated the occasion with champagne on their stand, D004, at the CWM FX London Boat Show on Friday and will be there until 18 January.
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Skin Of Marble: Naseeruddin Shah’s Reel And Real Thoughts On Communal Violence Are Similar
By shakeel ahmad in Culture-Vulture, Society
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When famed actor Naseeruddin Shah’s reaction on mob violence and lynching has sparked a row, the short film ‘Skin of Marble’ turns out to be even more relevant for his impressive role.
He did not mind splitting up the hero from the heroine in reel life. While he gets angry at the unique imp that has come out of the bottle in real life. Like a traditional father in the film, he approaches the stunning Violet, persuading her to maintain a distance from Param, his son. He wanted to marry his only son to a girl the family chose. Above all, his promise to the girl’s father was supreme for him.
In the film, he acted differently from his real life personality as a father. In reality, he is worried for his children if a mob happens to ask them of their religion, just the way a Lodi Sultan asked the Sufi poet Kabir’s religion. It was this dread which causes him apprehension and he sees no near improvement in the situation. This has bothered him to the extent that he has appealed to every person to get angry but not to be scared.
Filmed in the aftermath of the partition, the film surely somewhere depicts an imitation of present-day violence also. Gory clashes with communal angles are the reality of today’s life also.
Since independence, we have faced communal clashes but our political leaders seem to find good in this tendency. Just like the film’s female lead character Violet offers herself to the crooked fanatics holding swords in their hands, innocent people continue to lose their lives in communal clashes or lynching even today.
Is violence in the country of Gandhi a proven mark to achieve the political ascendancy?
We are at present crying for discarding communal considerations in our traditional society. Just like the hero’s father in the film, wily politicians are reaching their cloaked aspirations by utilising communal sentiment.
The conflict of choosing between privileging the political cause and standing for the anti-social elements is nothing new in the country’s historical perspective. The current situations someway corroborate with the anger presented through the meaningful movie.
In the meantime, Uttar Pradesh BJP President Mahendranath Pandey said about Naseeruddin Shah, “In one of his movies he played the role of a Pakistani agent. I think he is growing into that character now.”
Featured images for representative purpose only.
Featured image source: LargeShortFilms/YouTube and Jagadeesh Nv/Reuters.
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The Absent Struggles And Lived Experiences Of Sanitation Workers From Mainstream Media
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Dueling linguists brought in to argue Apple's App Store trademark
Apple and the Australian Trade Marks Office will bring their own linguists to argue over the definition of the term 'App Store'.
By Nic Healey | November 18, 2013 -- 06:48 GMT (22:48 PST) | Topic: Apple
The latest chapter in Apple's fight to trademark the term 'App Store' in Australia got underway today, with day one of the hearings at the Federal Court in Sydney focusing on the semantics of the term Apple has sought to claim for itself.
Apple has been seeking a trademark on the term since July 2008 after the launch of the App Store. Despite an initial acceptance of the trademark application, it was later revoked and subsequent applications have twice been defeated in court.
The Cupertino-based tech giant appealed to the Federal Court in March of this year after the Australian Trade Marks Office once again refused Apple's application to trademark the term, after the Registrar of Trade Marks found that the initial acceptance of Apple's trademark in 2008 was not proof of its services being distinct from others', as laid out under Section 41(5) of the Trade Marks Act.
In this current appeal, Apple representatives are seeking to show that the term 'App Store' has been inherent associated with their client since July 2008, with the term having had no particular currency before this date. Counsel for the company called the impact of Apple's use of the term "immediate and dramatic".
Apple is seeking to highlight the public's association between Apple and the term 'App Store' using a NewsPoll survey, Google Trends data, and how the term has been used both online and in print media.
Both Apple and the Registrar have stated their intention to call linguists to the witness stand to discuss the semantic nature of the term 'App Store' with the Registrar seeking to show that both the word 'app' and 'store' have settled meanings that allow for them to be clearly and contextually understood when placed in the phrase 'App Store' in a manner that does not require a reference to Apple or Apple products.
The Registrar also noted that 'appstore' as one word had been a registered trademark of the US-based cloud services company Salesforce in June 2006 indicating an understanding and use of the term well before Apple's application for trademark.
The hearing resumes at 9am tomorrow morning.
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Photo: Book of the Month
The Best Book Subscription Services to Sign Up For Right Now
Whether you're reading on the road or from the comfort of your couch (which we’re doing lots of these days), there’s a lot of merit in signing up for a book subscription service. In addition to a brand-new collection of books arriving at your door regularly, you can feel good about supporting small businesses—including independent bookstores. Some services focus on books of a specific genre or interest area, while others highlight new fiction and offer exclusive advance titles to members. We’ve rounded up our favorites across all categories, so read on to find out which reads are right for you.
By Rachel Klein April 24, 2020
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1. Used Books Monthly
Bookworms whose mantra is reduce, reuse, recycle will want to check out this book club. Used Books Monthly will send up to four books to your door for $14.99 per month, with subscription discounts given for advance payment. Signing up is as easy as filling out a questionnaire about your fave genres—like mystery, action adventure, and general fiction—and selecting a plan. If you want to try it out without committing to four books, there’s an option to get one book for $5.79 or two for $9.99. That’s hard to beat for having something new to read arrive in the mail every month!
2. Just the Right Book!
If supporting independent booksellers is your jam, this book club is for you. Just the Right Book! was founded by Roxanne J. Coady, owner of R.J. Julia Booksellers in Connecticut. (The story behind how she named the bookstore is particularly heartwarming.) To sign up, decide between hardcovers, paperbacks, or a mix of the two; how many books you’d like in your shipment (from four to 12); and how often you’d like a box to arrive (monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly). After registering and filling out a reading preference form, the first shipment will be sent within three to four days. For adults, subscription start at $99 (there are also plans for teens and children available). Just the Right Book! is one of the few companies that offers exchanges at no extra cost. They also carry large-print titles.
3. Book of the Month Club
The company that started it all in 1926, sending out copies of books like Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises,” is still going strong with a loyal following. Book of the Month highlights five new titles every month, including early releases (like Ta-Nehisi Coates’ debut novel, “The Water Dancer,” which was sent to members in 2019), and club members receive a handwritten note from the judge who picked the title. One of the true benefits of joining is the engagement of the BOTM community. There’s a discussion page where members can post reviews and ask questions about the books they’re reading. Three membership plans are available: three months for $14.99 per month, six months for $13.99 per month, and one year for $11.99 per month.
4. TBR: Tailored Book Recommendations
This club comes from the folks behind the Book Riot podcast, and the vibe feels a lot like Stitch Fix. Members “get paired with a professional book nerd” and are sent a personal letter from their bibliologist with each shipment. (Tailored Book Recommendations works in partnership with a bookstore in Portland, Maine.) The membership plan is for three hardcover books quarterly, at $79 plus $4.79 shipping, or $300 annually with free shipping. Books aren’t refundable or returnable, so TBR recommends linking to your Goodreads profile for your book curator to look at so you don’t get something you’ve already read.
5. Indiespensible from Powell’s City of Books
Another plug for indie bookstores, this one from the other Portland: the iconic Powell’s City of Books in Oregon. Indiespensible is the store’s subscription club service, and members get perks like exclusives, signed hardcopies, advance readers copies, and little treats like local lip balm or chocolate with their book boxes. Mailings come in six-week installments, each costing $44.95 per shipment. What’s included varies. For example, Volume 81 featured Colson Whitehead’s 2019 release “The Nickel Boys,” and the box came with a signed hardcover copy, a booklet with Powell’s interview and Q&A with the author, and a trade paperback of Whitehead’s “The Intuitionist.”
6. My Thrill Club
This book club is a must for fans of suspense fiction. My Thrill Club subscriptions start at $18.99 for the month-to-month plan, where members receive two hardcover books plus a code for an ebook in the genre of their choice: horror, mystery, thriller, or “surprise me.” There’s no risk in signing up for more time and then deciding to cancel, as customers are offered a refund for the remainder of a subscription. You won’t have much suspense waiting for your books to arrive, however: boxes ship in 48 hours.
7. Boxwalla Book Box
We love this subscription service because it highlights international authors and does a great job of mixing up new talent and classic titles. Boxes are shipped bimonthly at $29.95 each, and come with two books plus fun extras like stickers, chocolate bars, or cookies. Another reason we’re crazy about Boxwalla: themes are often destination-based. For example, boxes last year were themed around Brazil and the U.S., Rome and Lisbon, et cetera. The company also offers beauty boxes and boxes with movies for film buffs.
8. The Wordy Traveler
What could be more perfect for travel junkies than a book club focused on travel! With The Wordy Traveler, you can choose from “The Full Suitcase” or the “Backpacking Edition” and receive books that focus on a specific destination or travel topic (could we all use that right now?). You also get a print from an emerging artist and a container of tea! There are also limited edition and retro boxes available that highlight destinations from Australia to Iran. A globally-minded donation is attached to every purchase, as a portion of the proceeds goes toward helping women and children around the world gain access to education. Boxes ship within a week, and there’s an international shipping option for an additional fee.
9. The Book HookUp from the Strand Bookstore
Browsing inside New York’s The Strand Bookstore is an ever-popular pastime for locals and tourists alike. When that isn’t possible, the bookstore’s subscription service—The Book HookUp—is an excellent alternative. Members are sent a signed first edition, plus a paperback and book-lover-themed extras like a Strand tote bag or tea. Genre options include categories such as feminist literature, art and photography, or political nonfiction. Most cost $50-$55 per box (single or recurring), which are sent quarterly. Readers can also opt for classics, children’s books, and YA.
10. Fresh Fiction
Founded by two women in 2004, Fresh Fiction is genre-focused, with the majority of titles in romance, plus an occasional work of mystery, erotica, paranormal fiction, and even YA. Books arrive in a hot-pink box every month for $25.95, and there’s also a three-month pre-pay option for $74.85; both include shipping fees. Expect to receive three to five print titles and one to three ebooks in each box. The deadline for orders is the 20th of each month and deliveries are sent to arrive at the beginning of the following month—so you can start it off with a fresh batch of fiction!
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Dave Tries Theology
Religion, innovation and economic progress – Part I
Books, Buddhism, Catholocism, Economics, Worldview
This post is part of a series.
The Council on Foreign Relations recently had a great three part symposium, and I wanted to summarize some of the great material from the transcripts. It covers such things as the economic progress brought by Protestantism as compared to Catholicism and other religions, as well as how literacy spread, not by the invention or availability of the printing press, but primarily by Protestant Missionaries who used it. And more. In this part, I’ll cover the comments of Lawrence Hamilton, Director, Cultural Change Institute and Lecturer, the Fletcher School, Tufts University. Lawrence Hamilton Director, Cultural Change Institute and Lecturer, the Fletcher School, Tufts University, Author of The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics Can Change a Culture and Save It from Itself. On religious relativism:
Religious relativism — the notion that all religions are essentially equal — is an illusion when it comes to progress. Some religions or ethical codes — for example, Protestantism, Judaism and Confucianism — do better than others, in the extreme case, Haitian Voodoo.
On the effects of Catholicism and Protestantism on national economics, historically:
In the year 1700, viewed from Europe, the Spanish colonies in the south of the New World looked to be much more successful, much more promising, much more affluent than the British colonies in the north. Three hundred years later there’s been an immense flip-flop. […] What you have is Ibero-Catholic culture, which is progress resistant in the sense not only of economics, but also in the sense of social justice and democracy — democratic governance — falling far behind Anglo-Protestant culture in terms of its ability to produce democratic societies. […] In the year 2008, Latin America, which may well have been ahead of the English colonies in the north in the year 1700, is now perhaps 50 or 75 years behind. And while a number of other factors are involved, I believe that the contrast between Ibero-Catholic and Anglo-Protestant culture is a principal explanation.
On the values that lead to national progress:
The conclusions that we reached — again, they’re elaborated on in chapter four [of The Central Liberal Truth] — are that generally, Protestants have done better than Catholics. But the Nordic countries are the champions of progress. We could refer to them as Lutheran-agnostics now. That in the vanguard of progress a millennium ago, Islam has fallen far behind and this obviously has contributed to the humiliation that I believe is at one of the roots of jihadism. There are close parallels between Catholics and Orthodox Christians — particularly discomfort with capitalism. I might add that the most recent Catholic miracles — economic miracles — have taken place in countries — Spain, Ireland, the Province of Quebec — that are now referred to often as post-Catholic. Buddhism and Hinduism are not progress prone. Finally, there is the evidence in this analysis — and the analysis that is contained through the book, “The Central Liberal Truth” that there is a universal progress culture that emphasizes education, merit, achievement, frugality and community. And these are values that are largely shared among Protestants, Jews, Confucians, Sikhs and other groups.
On the different types of religious approaches, and how they affect cultural change:
Does the religion nurture rationality achievement? Does it promote materials pursuits? Does it focus on this world rather than the next world? Is it pragmatic? In contrast, does it — to those religions that may nurture irrationality — inhibit material pursuits and may focus on the other in a more Utopian way? The view of a religion with respect to destiny, the extent to which a person can influence their own destiny is a very important factor. Time orientation — does the religion focus the eyes of its faithful unto the future or does it keep them in the present or focused on the past? These are the kinds of issues that are very central to the role that religion plays in culture.
Interesting stuff. Here’s Part II.
Tags: BooksBuddhismCatholocismEconomicsWorldview
Catholicism anti-capitalist? … it’s more complicated than that.
A very good introduction into the topic:
A Victory of Reason by Rodney Stark
(and his other books on Christianity and the rise of the west)
an antidode against multiculturalism (meaning cultures and religions having equal value for the wellbeing of our western societies and the world) and utopist thinking … as good lessons in history and economics usually are …
impressive job, here on wholereason.com by the way.
danielg says:
>> DAVID: Catholicism anti-capitalist? … it’s more complicated than that.
Yes, I was generalizing, and North American Christianity is very different from Central and South American, where Liberation Theology (which I believe is anti-capitalist) was popular.
RE: Stark, I have favorably reviewed his stuff before, love him! See The biblical origins of science. And thanks for posting and the complement.
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The very best things to see and do in Cambodia for families
Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center is owned by the Cambodian Government and Wildlife Alliance is one of five important organisations that operate out of this special park which acts as a rescue and rehabilitation centre for animals in need. It’s a truly precious operation as all the animals come to Phnom Tamao via the illegal wildlife trade in Cambodia. With 1,200 permanent residents, Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center is a fascinating place to visit.
We spoke to the aforementioned Wildlife Alliance to tell us a little more about the park and why it’s a great spot for families to visit during their time in Cambodia:
“Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre is a great place for families to visit to learn more about Cambodia’s native wildlife and how Wildlife Alliance and the Government are working together, along with other NGOs, to conserve Cambodia’s forests and wildlife.
“Visitors to the park can expect to find many native species, and a few exotic ones, including many endangered species which are very difficult to view in the wild. They can also find educational centres placed throughout the park with species specific information and conservation efforts. The park is also set in 6,000 acres/2,300 hectares of regenerating forests, not only providing a beautiful green space for a picnic lunch but also serving as one of our primary release sites for rescued animals, so visitors may come across free roaming wild Long Tailed Macaques, Wild Boar, and Red Muntjac, to name a few.”
Source: Wendy Wu Tours UK
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The UK Archive Service Accreditation Committee is pleased to announce that the following archive services were awarded Archive Service Accreditation for the first time at the latest panel meeting that took place on 4 March 2020:
London South Bank University Archives
Magdalen College School Archive
Maritime Archives and Library
Oldham Local Studies and Archives
University of Brighton Design Archive
By attaining accreditation, these archive services have successfully demonstrated that they meet the UK standard around resourcing, collections management and provision of access to collections.
At the same panel meeting, the following archive services were awarded Archive Service Accreditation for the second time:
Cumbria Archive Service
Exeter Cathedral Library and Archives
Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
By retaining accreditation for a further period of up to six years, the archive services have shown that they have continued to meet the standard through effective planning, risk management and delivery of change.
Accredited archive services across the UK include business archives, specialist repositories, university archives, and local authority archive services.
Archive Service Accreditation is supported by a partnership of the Archives and Records Association (UK), Archives and Records Council Wales, National Records of Scotland, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Scottish Council on Archives, The National Archives, and the Welsh Government through its Museums, Archives and Libraries Wales division.
Find out more about Archive Service Accreditation here and see the full list of accredited archive services here.
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Apeldoorn Business Awards 2016
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An evening of innovation and passion was experienced by more than 60 representatives of the Apeldoorn economy as the city recognized some of its best companies this week at the Apeldoorn Business Awards, held at the Orphhuis theatre in the centre of town.
A diverse selection of companies represented the best of Apeldoorn's innovative and stong business sector, covering the areas of retail, tourism, hospitality, service sector, industry and technology, and for the first time also pubic service NGO's. Start-ups were also included.
A jury of 5, representing Apeldoorn's companies and organisations, chose the six winners, based on a range of criteria, including the financial position and stability of the company, and driving factors such as innovation, sustainability (green) policies, its human resource policies, collaborations with others, a contribution to the Apeldoorn economy and its long-term stability. Of course, a main factor was the company's unique selling point (USP).
From the original 60 candidates, 18 were chosen in 5 different sections:
Industry & Technology Companies
1. Avantes (Winner)
2. Kiwa Technology
3. Tomra (Winner of the general public's vote)
Non-government social organisations
1. Foenix (Winner)
2. Parc Spelderholt
3. Kidscollege Apeldoorn
Start-up Companies
1. Bast bbq
2. City Side Appartments (Winner)
3. Mansion24
Service Sector Companies
1. AUTHENTICT - ICT mét autisme
2. A-vision (Winner)
3. Aannemingsbedrijf Draisma
Tourism Companies
1. Camping De Pampel (Winner)
2. Landal Miggelenberg
3. Classic Events
Retail & Hospitality Companies
1. Stappenbelt (Winner)
2. Zebra Trends
3. Oxener
Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences was represented in the jury by its CEO Maggie Feng. Feng commented that the visits to each company had been intense, but highly inspiring, and that making the decisions about who should come out as winner had been extremely difficult as the 'level' was so high.
Participation in the Apeldoorn Business Awards jury gives Wittenborg the opportunity to broaden its company network and insights into what is required of its students in the market, as well as being able to establish contacts for company visits, work placements and graduation research assignments for its bachelor's, master's and MBA students.
The evening awards ceremony on Thursday was hosted by former Dutch hockey player, and well known radio and TV presenter, Tom van't Hek, and the Gemeente Apeldoorn was represented by the Alderman Mark Sandman.
WUP 8/10/2016
by Anesca Smith
©Wittenborg University Press
Gemeente Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn Business Awards
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[contextly_sidebar id="sZvWUFSklZSNQg2HAnLU0IZp65xMdNjc"]Donald Trump loves him some torture, so much. Whenever he can, he explains how he'd bring back waterboarding -- and more! -- and maybe also kill some terrorists' families, because you gotta be tough with these animals. In Thursday's debate, he said he's not worried some pansy-ass American officers might not follow orders to do war crimes, because he's a great leader, the best leader you can find, not weak at all, and when he gives orders, they'll be followed. But he also knows America is a nation of laws, so on Friday he seemed to back off, just a little, and said sure, he'd follow American and international law, and would never "order a military officer to disobey the law," so no big whoop. Ah, but by the weekend, he'd resolved the dilemma: All we have to do is "expand the laws" to allow America to torture as much as we want, and then we'll win.
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[contextly_sidebar id="ILs3qBWcHncrKUIgYFoCqOzQFTuOh0PH"]Trump first floated the idea at his Saturday night press conference/victory rally, with lots of flags behind him so you know it's good for America. Sunday, he explained in detail on CBS's "Face the Nation" how being bound by old-fashioned restraints like "human rights" and "international law" makes us weak against ISIS, telling host John Dickerson:
We have an enemy in the Middle East that's chopping off heads and drowning people in massive steel cages...We have an enemy that doesn't play by the laws. You could say laws, and they're laughing. They're laughing at us right now. I would like to strengthen the laws so that we can better compete.
Do you want to be laughed at, America? We can't have terrorists laughing at us simply because we cling to wimpy things like the Geneva Conventions and our own laws. So let's make some new ones that'll let us compete in the free market of torture.
You know, it's very tough to beat enemies that don't have any, that don't have any restrictions, all right? We have these massive restrictions. Now, I will always abide by the law, but I would like to have the law expanded [...]
I happen to think that when you're fighting an enemy that chops off heads, I happen to think that we should use something that's stronger than we have right now. Right now, basically, waterboarding is essentially not allowed, as I understand it. ... I would certainly like it to be, at a minimum, at a minimum to allow that.
Trump didn't bother explaining how waterboarding -- and much more -- would actually defeat ISIS. It just would, OK? Never mind that to date, we've captured exactly one ISIS operative (we're weak that way). For that matter, he didn't even suggest torture would have any value in gathering intelligence -- which it doesn't -- he simply seems to think it's a way to win wars, all in itself. Perhaps Dickerson could have pointed out ISIS uses horrific beheadings and other executions as a means of terrorizing the population in areas they've taken over, not as a battlefield strategy or to extract information? Not that Trump would care, but at least to get it on the record.
Trump went on to claim a really good strong general like George S. Patton or Douglas MacArthur "woulda had ISIS down in about three days," although we should probably note here that neither of those generals employed waterboarding on the battlefield, preferring tanks and infantry. We might also point out we're not in World War II and maybe even that the military campaigns pursued by both of those guys took rather longer than three days. On the other hand, Donald Trump can at least name two dead generals he likes, so good for him.
Dickerson tried to suggest that officially sanctioning torture would simply make American troops more likely to be subjected to torture themselves if captured, which is the whole idea behind those Geneva Conventions which make the bad guys laugh at us. Not a problem, said Trump:
They're doing that anyway. They're killing our soldiers when they capture 'em. I mean, they're doing that anyway. Now, if that were the case -- in other words, we won't do it and you don't do it, but we're not playing by those rules. What, did somebody tell ISIS, "Look, we're going to treat your guys well; will you please do us a favor and treat our guys well?" They don't do that. We're not playing by -- we are playing by rules but they have no rules. It's very hard to win when that's the case.
If you want to bother with mere reality, ISIS has not, in fact, actually captured any American soldiers. Not one. They've captured and horrifically murdered journalists and aid workers, but no soldiers. For that matter, the only American soldier held as a prisoner of war by terrorists was Bowe Bergdahl, who Trump wishes we'd shot. He's big on shooting people, Trump is. Possibly to keep our troops in line.
Ever the optimist, Dickerson tried one last time, asking, "Isn't that what separates us from the savages, rules?" Trump wasn't having any of that namby-pamby weakness, not for a second:
Trump: No, we have to beat the savages.
Dickerson: And therefore throw all the rules out?
Trump: We have to beat the savages.
Dickerson: By being savages?
Trump: Well, you have to play the game the way they're playing the game. You're not gonna win if we're soft and they're, they have no rules. Now, I want to stay within the laws, I want to do all of that, but I think we have to increase the laws, because the laws are not working, obviously. All you have to do is take a look at what's going on. And they're getting worse. They're chopping, chopping, chopping, and we're worried about waterboarding. I just think it's -- I think our priorities are mixed up.
We suppose maybe Trump might have a point somewhere other than at the top of his white hood if he could at least argue there's some utility to gratuitous torture, but he's not even interested in whether it works. He just knows it will, and all we have to do to save American values is burn American values to the ground. It's gonna feel so good.
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Chesapeake Bay climate change d.c. district of columbia Donald Trump drain the swamp forebulge collapse geology hellmouth on the white house lawn infrastructure open thread pt Sinkhole Countries science sinkhole on white house lawn tales of the uncanny trump white house washington what's a meta for?
Portal To Hell Opens In White House Lawn. Obama Never Had One Of Those.
OK, so maybe it wasn't only where the M happened to be.
Donald Trump is apparently doing such a great job of draining the swamp (and piping its denizens straight into his administration) that the lawn of the White House is developing a sinkhole. That, or it's the opening of an actual Hellmouth, and with Buffy off the air for years now, that could mean trouble. Voice Of America White House bureau chief Steve Herman was the first to call attention to the sinkhole this morning:
This week I’ve been observing a sinkhole on the @WhiteHouse North Lawn, just outside the press briefing room, growing larger by the day. pic.twitter.com/BsFUtxFqpB
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 22, 2018
“It was noticeably bigger between Sunday and Monday,” Herman said. “It’s more than a foot long right now,” he said. A second sinkhole has opened up right next to it, he said.
Quartz notes that, what with some parts of DC being built atop actual swampland, subsidence is a real thing, just like subsidies, and this is far from the only sinkhole in the city:
Sinkholes have opened up across the city in recent years. They forced two residents to abandon their homes in March, and swallowed up a school bus last year. This is the first report of one on the White House lawn.
Over the long term, the combination of sea-level rise -- or perhaps mountains being tossed into the oceans when nobody's looking -- and a geological phenomenon known as "forebulge collapse" may leave big parts of the District quite marshy, marshy, marshy. The land in the area may sink as much as six inches in just the next century, plus however much Chesapeake Bay rises due to climate change. Yes, even if Congress insists it can't do that because it's not real.
Also, Trump has been trying to cover his collapsing forebulge with hairspray and a comb for decades.
Assuming the phenomenon isn't Satan coming to collect on a deal, a symptom of the Earth itself trying to rectify a terrible mistake, or simply a metaphor demanding to become literal, there's also this disappointingly prosaic explanation at science blog Inverse:
There’s no official cause for the White House sinkhole yet, but if previous D.C. sinkholes are any indication, it too is likely caused by a water leak from an aging pipe system. The current residents of the White House should be used to this kind of thing by now, though: In May 2017, a new, leaky water main outside of President Donald Trump’s Florida estate at Mar-a-Lago similarly caused a gaping hole to suddenly appear in the ground.
Well, of course. It's Infrastructure Week again. Now all we need is for not-a-geologist Ryan Zinke to show up and proclaim it a great place for an oil well.
And now it is your open (but not sinking) thread!
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Why Swiss cheese has holes (it’s not the mice)
A team at Agroscope, a Swiss agricultural research center, reports what lends the Swiss cheese its uncanny hole-ridden appearance: tiny pieces of hay that find their way into the milk.
In 1917, Chemist William Clark proposed the Swiss cheese holes were made by CO2 bubbles eliminated by bacteria. To explain why the holes formed away from bacteria growth locations, Clark wrote at the time:
“There is really little reason, as well as little evidence, to support the assumption that the gas necessarily separates as gas bubbles where it is produced. It is not at all irrational to suppose that the gas, having first saturated the cheese mass, separates at advantageous points which have no necessary relation to those localities rich in bacterial growth. In other words we may suppose a process similar to the growth of crystals to take place,” he wrote.
For the past 15 years, however, Swiss cheese has been made with fewer and fewer holes in it. The only significant thing that has changed since is how the cows are milked, which suggests that the bacteria has nothing, in particular, to do with the holes in the tasty cheese.
At Agroscope, researchers looked at age-old milking methods in barns versus fully-automated, industrial milking systems which are much cleaner and mandated by regulations nowadays. When the cow is milked, “microscopically small hay particles” make their way into the substance and the cleaner the milking process the less hay you’ll find in the milk. In a series of tests, by adding various amounts of hay particles in the milk, the Swiss researchers could control the number of holes in the cheese.
“It’s the disappearance of the traditional bucket” used during milking that caused the difference, said Agroscope spokesman Regis Nyffeler. Now you know.
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Avatar: The Legend of Korra - Book 1: Air - Season 1
at the end of the Hundred Year War, Avatar Aang and Fire Lord Zuko had brought people from the four nations together and founded the United Republic of Nations, but they must fight to keep Republic City safe from the evil forces of both the physical and spiritual worlds.
Actors: Janet Varney, J.K. Simmons, Mindy Sterling, Steve Blum, Maria Bamford, Kiernan Shipka, Darcy Rose Byrnes, Logan Wells, Richard Epcar, Cora Baker, Lance Henriksen, ...»
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China asks Indian students to stay in touch with their college return
سپتامبر 8, 2020 Posted in بیزینس استاندارد No comments
China has asked hundreds of Indian students stranded back home due to the coronavirus pandemic to remain in touch with their respective colleges and follow instructions to protect their academic progress through online courses as foreign students are still not allowed to enter the country.
Over 23,000 Indian students studied different courses in Chinese universities and colleges of which over 21,000 were enrolled to study MBBS, according to last year’s data.
Most of these students left for India during the Chinese New Year holidays in January, just around the time when the coronavirus pandemic began spreading in China following which international travel has been badly disrupted.
At present, foreign students in China cannot enter the country for the time being, but the Chinese government attaches great importance to the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of foreign students in China,” the Chinese Ministry of Education informed the Indian Embassy here.
Earlier, the Indian Embassy took up with the Chinese officials the concerns of a large number of Indian students following an official announcement that foreign students and teachers will not return to their colleges until further notice.
In its response, the Chinese Education Ministry said: It requires relevant universities in China to maintain close contacts with the students, immediately notify relevant information and try their best to protect students’ academic progress through online courses, properly respond to students’ reasonable demands and help solve their practical difficulties.
In view of the fact that the epidemic situation in the world is still unclear and relevant policies on entry and exit in China are being gradually adjusted, it is suggested that Indian students should maintain close contact with relevant Chinese Colleges and Universities and arrange to study in China in strict accordance with the suggestions and guidance of the Colleges/Universities, it said, according to a press release issued by the Indian Embassy on Monday.
Indian students are accordingly advised to remain in touch with their respective Universities/Colleges, the Indian Embassy said, adding that they are advised to monitor the website of the Indian Embassy/Consulates in China and their social media channels to remain updated about the evolving situation in respect of the return of foreign students to China.
The coronavirus pandemic that first emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan has killed 892,443 people globally and infected about 27,339,132 others, according to the John Hopkins coronavirus resource centre.
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