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__label__cc	0.669211	0.330789	A CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR TWO-PORT VNA WITH THREE MEASUREMENT CHANNELS BASED ON T-MATRIX By W. Zhao, H.-B. Qin, and L. Qiang A simplified calibration procedure using T-matrix concept is presented for two-port vector network analyzer (VNA) with three measurement channels. Compared with Short-Open-Load-Thru (SOLT) calibration method based on 10-term error model where 10 error terms must be solved and saved at each frequency, the proposed method need define fewer characteristic variables. Moreover, a length-unknown 50Ω line can be used instead of a random single-port standard, for example, substituting Load standard with 50Ω line in SOLT calibration procedure. Via the simplified calibration procedure, the scattering parameters of a two-port device under test (DUT) can be finally obtained. Experimental verification is carried out, and good agreement is observed. W. Zhao, H.-B. Qin, and L. Qiang, "A Calibration Procedure for Two-Port VNA with Three Measurement Channels Based on T-Matrix," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 29, 35-42, 2012. 1. Rumiantsev, A. and N. Ridler, "VNA calibration," IEEE Microwave Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 3, 86-99, 2008. doi:10.1109/MMM.2008.919925 2. Rytting, D., "Network analyzer error models and calibration methods," RF & Microwave Measurement for Wireless Application (ARFTG/NIST Short Course Notes), 1996. 3. Ferrero, A. , V. Teppati, M. Garelli, and A. Neri, "A novel calibration algorithm for a special class of multiport vector network analyzers," IEEE Trans. on Microw. Theory and Tech., Vol. 56, No. 3, 693-699, 2008. doi:10.1109/TMTT.2008.916952 4. Marks , R. B., "Formulations of the basic vector network analyzer error model including switch-terms," Proc. 50th ARFTG Microwave Measurements Conf. Fall, 115-126, 1997. 5. Vandenberghe , S., D. Schreurs, G. Carchon, B. Nauwelaers, and W. De Raedt, "Identifying error-box parameters from the twelve-term vector network analyzer error model," Proc. 60th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Conf. Fall, 157-165, 2002. 6. Ferrero, A. and U. Pisani, "Two-port network analyzer calibration using an unknown `thru'," IEEE Microwave Guided Wave Letter, Vol. 2, No. 12, 505-507, 1992. 7. Marks , R. B., "A multiline method of network analyzer calibration," IEEE Trans. on Microw. Theory and Tech., Vol. 39, No. 7, 1205-1215, 1991. doi:10.1109/22.85388	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3486
__label__wiki	0.78965	0.78965	Home - Nils-Aslak Valkeapää - The organizer, publisher and inspiration Nils-Aslak Valkeapää Áillohaš The pictorial artist The musician and yoik composer Indigenous people’s philosophy The organizer, publisher and inspiration The Lásságámmi foundation Artist and researcher in residence home Poem of the Month Digital exhibition Davvi Šuvva 1979 - International Indigenous Festival in Karesuando by Synnøve Angell (2015) The point of departure of this article is a Master Thesis titled "Davvi Šuvva 1979 - Being Sámi becoming indigenous. Vocal an Musical Manifestation of Sámi and Indigenous Movement", written by Synnøve Angell 2009. Poster made by Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. October 25th 1975 WCIP - the World Council of Indigenous Peoples - was established in Port Alberni, Vancouver Island in Canada. First Nation people from Canada, Native Americans, Indians from South-America, Inuits and Sámi people and several others were gathered there to establish a common international indigenous organisation. Aslak Nils Sara, Ole Henrik Magga and Alf Isak Keskitalo came from the Norwegian side of Sápmi, from the Swedish Ingwar Åhren and Nils Mikal Utsi and from the Finside Pekka Lukkari, Esko Palonoja and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää; the last mentioned was to play an important part as artist and yoiker. The South-American Indians would not recognize "those rich white Europeans" (the Sámi) as indigenous people and protested at them being present. Anthropologist Helge Kleivan had to do an 'acute lecture' on Sámi history in Spanish , but that which finely convinced them was when Áillohaš (Nils-Aslak Valkeapää) entered the stage yoiking - scepticism and doubt were yoiked away and the conference could start. (Harald Gaski) "...There was a rich pride in culture which showed most clearly in the evening gatherings in the auditorium - with singing dancing and ceremonies. The richness and the diversity of the gathering was hard to absorb..." (Doc.29-77 & Sanders 1999:6-7) At the Nordic Sámi Conference in Inari (Finland) in 1976 the principles from WCIP were implemented and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää was chosen as cultural coordinator for WCIP. Later that year, and the following years, he started extensive travelling with other yoikers and duojarat - Sámi handicraft artists - to present Sámi culture to indigenous peoples in Canada, Alaska and Greenland. Nils-Aslak Valkeapää. Facsimile of Nord-Norsk Magasin no. 4 1979, reprinted with permission from the photographer Aslak Aarhus. Nils-Aslak was the one behind the idea to the Davvi Šuvva festival, but without numbers of helpers and volonteers there would not have been any festival; in particular Kalle Mannela, Kjersti Simma, Jouni Labba and Svea Päiviö from Karesuando Sámi Society as well as members from Soppero Sámi Society. Members from Hätta/Enontekiö Reindeerherders Union also joined together with Nils Heaikka Valkeapää from Nordic Sámi Council. "... the one who worked hardest on preparing the festival was Áillohaš, - he was really enthusiastic and has the capacity to inspire people. ( Pål Doj, Samefolket ) The Davvi Šuvva festival lasted for 5 whole days and took mostly place at Kaarevaara, a hill just east of Gáresavvon/Karesuando at the Swedish side, there were also events at the Finnish side, in Karesuvanto, at the other side of the river. The bridge over the border river Könkämä was not yet build that summer; a little ferry brought people and cars across the river and the Sámi journalists had cars parked on each side. At the Norwegian side the struggle against the damming of the Alta- Kautokeino River had been initiated; things started to happen that summer. From a public ceremony. Facsimile of the Saami people no. 8 1979, reprinted with permission from the photographer Nils-Gustav Labba. (Click to enlarge) Áillohaš himself was 'conferancier' during these 5 days at Kaarevaara and the various groups of people had one day each to present themselves . Friday June 22nd was midsummer and the sun was shining. The festival started with presentation of Sámi musicians, yoikers and other artists. There were theater for adults and puppet theater for the children, Dálvadis theater group did "The Fifteenth Chief" and yoikers from Kautokeino, Nesseby, Porsanger, Sevettijärvi /Enare and Lujávri at Kola peninsula performed. There was a great diversity in expression and very popular among the audience. In the evening Ivvnit ( now Ivnniguin) played, a rock group from Kautokeino . Saturday the Inuit people presented themselves with a choir,a hard-rock band and not the least drum-singing and -dancing by Egon Sikivat from East-Greenland. Native Americans and South American Indians presented themselves Sunday; Cree people from Saskatchewan made great success with their powwow-group and Bill Britton in particular made impact with his Hoop dance. Blackfeet and Ojibwe were also represented, as exile Indians from Peru and Bolivia with their songs, flutes and horn. "We are all brothers and sisters" said Dave Montana from National Indian Brotherhood, " they all came... All represented Indigenous peoples from the Northern hemisphere of the world, all with one common cause: To meet, sing, yoik and dance and discuss common issues and problems" Facsimile from Nord-Norsk Magasin no. 4 1979, reprinted with permission from the photographer Aslak Aarhus. (Click to enlarge.) From the Komi republic in Russia came a huge group of dancers. but they were not considered as indigenous people and communication was complicated, this was the time of the Soviet Union. Curd people and Palestinians were invited in particular. The Sámi discovered that they had brothers and sisters from hither and yon. Many experienced that they were part of each other and that they had much in common, also the same problems. The Davvi Šuvva festival did not only contribute to confirm and strengthen Sámi identity and the value of one's own cultural expression; Davvi Šuvva also contributed to an expanded experience of identity and community with indigenous peoples from the other side of the globe. It was a manifestation of culural and vocal expression that should become a significant medium in the struggle to come. IGWIA Newsletter No18 August 1977 Klassekampen July 9th 1979 Nordnorsk Magasin nr.4 -1979 Samefolket nr.8 - 1979 Nordlys May 16th, June 25th, 26th and 27th The Master Thesis can be read here http://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/2059 Synnøve Angell (b.1955.) Born in Narvik, from 1963 Vågsbygd/Kristiansand. Parental roots in Kvænangen. Moved to Kautokeino in 1997 after 35 years in southern Norway, now living in Tromsø. Educated Reg. Nurse with special education in Psychiatry, History of Religion from University of Oslo and Multicultural Understanding I from Sami University College in Kautokeino. Master Thesis in Indigenous Studies, University in Tromsø 2009. Stiftelsen Lásságámmi c/o Storfjord kommune 9046 OTEREN Ph: +47 400 28 867 Org.no: 887 044 252	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3489
__label__cc	0.64057	0.35943	How To Avoid Confrontations Like a Samurai Warrior The Bushidō Samurai are elite masters in the art of self-defense. They are specially trained in hand-to-hand combat, but never fight unless they must. The Samurai moral code stresses mindfulness, self-control, loyalty and honor unto death. Thus, Samurai dodge confrontation whenever and wherever possible. These same principals can easily be applied to everyday life. Think like a Bushidō Samurai and avoid unnecessary confrontation. Doing so will decrease your emotional stress and simultaneously increase your productivity. Be aware of your surroundings and always maintain a clear mind when you are in unfamiliar territory. Don’t stick out like a sore thumb, but still carve out your own path. Evaluate the level of risk in every situation before accepting it. Take control of your actions. Don’t let others steer for you. Keep a clear mind. Never abuse mind numbing drugs. Avoid those who do. Even if someone else provokes you, swiftly escape. Most fights are not worth fighting. Trust only those who have earned it. Be wary of those who have not. Don’t meddle in other people’s affairs or attempt to solve their problems unless it’s within the scope of your mission. Maintain a healthy body. Otherwise physical avoidance may not be an option. Always stay true to your purpose. Practice intelligent avoidance, escape confrontation whenever possible and defend yourself only when you must. jean says “The ninja is an elite master in the art of self-defense. He is specially trained in hand-to-hand combat, but never fights unless he must.” Excuse me? Something must have gone lost in translation there. Ninja were extremely effective offensive tools for their bread masters. They were hired assassins, they went out of their way to find their mark. Were you perchance thinking about the code of Bushido? @jean: You are absolutely correct. I totally got the analogy mixed up. I have made the correction. Thanks for pointing it out. Jon says While your ideas are interesting the idea pinning them together is a little silly. I like a lot of what you are saying and feel like you have something worth thinking about but, you’re reaching…. Not to be a jerk, but there is no such thing as a “Bushido Samurai.” Samurai practiced Bushido, which roughly translates to the ‘way of the warrior’ (bushi = warrior; do = road or way). Bushido isn’t a kind of person. And samurai weren’t trained for self-defense. They were first trained to be powerful warriors, and later powerful warriors with a high sense of honor. And after that powerful nobles with a sense of honor. Bushido is first and foremost about honor. Inazo Nitobe wrote a nice book in English about Bushido. For example, in his book Nitobe writes about things like benevolence and how it was the duty of the powerful to use their power to help others. Nitobe points to the saying “Bushi no nasake” which means “a warrior’s compassion” and writes that, “Benevolence to the weak, the down-trodden or the vanquished, was extolled as peculiarly becoming to a samurai.” This of course contradicts point eight. Being distrustful isn’t really very Bushido either. In reality, from my very cursory reading on Bushido, it seems at most half of your points could be loosely associated with Bushido. For me your interesting ideas are being weakened by a sort of fetishizing of Japanese culture. The image especially points towards an uniformed fetishizing, samurai didn’t dress like ninjas. Nestor says You forgot “Carry a big extremely sharp sword wherever you go” or, 3 ‘swords’ so you have one for any situation. two of which would be removed upon entering a residence(the third not really as swordy as the shorter and longer sword). Taylor says The Katana, Tanto, and Wakizashi were the three swords carries by the samurai class, listed from largest to smallest. Sasuke Kimochi says @Taylor… Actually the order from largest to smallest would be: 1-Katana(75-80cm), 2-Wakizashi (30-60cm), 3-Tanto(15-30cm). Lydieboo says Wow, re-read that list as if it is relationship advice. Applies remarkably well!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3499
__label__cc	0.551186	0.448814	Androgen receptor expression in estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer Belal M Meligy1, Noha M Elkady2, Hagar Alagizy1, Enas A El Khouly1, Eman A Tawfik1, Mohamed A Shehata1 1 Department of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt 2 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt Date of Submission 12-Oct-2016 Date of Acceptance 02-Dec-2016 Date of Web Publication 27-Aug-2018 Belal M Meligy Department of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Yassin Abdelghaffar Street, Shebin Al-Kom, Menoufia The aim of this study was to estimate the expression of androgen receptors (ARs) in patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer. Growth of breast cancer is hormone dependent. Estrogen and progesterone play a fundamental role in the pathogenesis and treatment of patients with ER-positive breast cancer and those with progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer. Patients who lack the expression of these receptors receive no benefit from hormonal treatment and are considered to have a poor prognosis. AR is a member of nuclear steroid receptors with ambiguous role in patients with breast cancer. There is growing evidence about its prognostic and predictive value in patients with breast cancer. Patient and methods This study included 56 patients who presented to Department of Clinical Oncology, Menoufia University, between January 2012 and December 2014. We included patients with pathologically proven invasive breast cancer and negatively expressing ER. Immunohistochemical study was done to evaluate the expression of AR using paraffin-embedded formalin-fixed tissue sections. Data were collected regarding clinicopathological characteristics, treatment modalities, and survival analysis including progression-free survival and overall survival. AR was expressed in 34% of patients and was correlated with advanced axillary nodal involvement and human epidermal growth factor receptor overexpression. It has a poor effect on overall survival in patients with triple-negative breast cancer and good effect on patients with ER-negative human epidermal growth factor receptor-positive disease. AR is a possible prognostic factor in breast cancer. Patients with triple-negative breast cancer could be classified into those with AR-negative disease and AR-positive disease. Keywords: androgen receptor, breast cancer, estrogen receptor, hormonal treatment Meligy BM, Elkady NM, Alagizy H, El Khouly EA, Tawfik EA, Shehata MA. Androgen receptor expression in estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. Menoufia Med J 2018;31:575-81 Meligy BM, Elkady NM, Alagizy H, El Khouly EA, Tawfik EA, Shehata MA. Androgen receptor expression in estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. Menoufia Med J [serial online] 2018 [cited 2019 Jul 16];31:575-81. Available from: http://www.mmj.eg.net/text.asp?2018/31/2/575/239737 Steroid hormones play a fundamental role in growth and development of breast cancer [1]. The critical role of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) in the pathogenesis of breast cancer is well recognized, and both are considered important in regulating cell proliferation and differentiation in patients with hormone receptor-positive disease. The expression of ER, in particular, is thought to have an important predictive value, predicting an ~50–75% response rate to hormonal therapy. ER-positivity is also prognostic of delayed recurrence in primary breast cancer. The data concerning PR are not as clear as those of ER, but ER-negative and PR-positive tumors are thought to have an intermediate response rate compared with ER-negative and PR-negative tumors [2]. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtype still lacks targeted treatment options with the exception of clinical interest in poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase [3] inhibitors [4]. Chemotherapy remains, therefore, the standard of care for those in need of systemic treatment. Several trials have been done to identify possible therapeutic targets for this category of patients in an attempt to improve treatment outcomes. One example is androgen receptor (AR), which is a member of the steroid hormone receptor family with structural similarity to ER and PR, but the role of AR in breast tumorigenesis remains largely unexplored [5]. Preclinical studies suggest that the action of androgens is bidirectional: mainly proliferative, because circulating androgens are the precursors of estrogens, but also antiproliferative activity, as was noticed and explained through its role in inhibition of ER activity [6]. It has been also reported that its prognostic and predictive value differs among different molecular subtypes [7]. The purpose of the present study was to analyze the expression of AR in paraffin-fixed tissues in a subset of patients with predominantly ER-negative tumors from Menoufia University Hospital and to correlate AR expression with other prognostic variables as well as clinical and pathologic data. Patients and Methods The study protocol was approved by the ethical committee of the college & a written consent was obtained from each participant. We carried out a retrospective study that was done in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. An ethical approval was obtained from the ethical committee at the Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University. In this study, we included patients with ER-negative breast cancer who presented to the Clinical Oncology Department, Menoufia University, between January 2012 and December 2014. Clinical and pathological data were obtained from medical records at the Clinical Oncology Department. ER, PR, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status was available from pathology reports. All breast cancer core biopsies were histopathologically reviewed on hematoxylin and eosin-stained sections. Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded surgical specimens were tested for AR expression. Immunohistochemical studies were performed using streptavidin–biotin method. The AR antibody was purchased from Lab Vision, Cambridge, UK (kit no. 1124). AR Ab-1 (clone AR441) mouse monoclonal antibody of immunoglobulin type (Lab Vision) was used with dilution ration of 1:50. A semiquantitative H-score like method was used that details the percentage of cells showing no, weak, moderate, or strong staining. The score is given as the sum of the percent staining multiplied by an ordinal value corresponding to the intensity level (0 = none, 1 = weak, 2 = moderate, and 3 = strong). With four intensity levels, the resulting score ranges from 0 (no staining in the tumor) to 300 (diffuse strong staining of the tumor). An immunohistochemical score greater than 10 was considered a positive AR result [8]. Positive controls included normal breast tissue surrounding the neoplastic lesion (for all antibodies) and normal prostatic tissue (for AR). Negative controls included the omission of primary antibodies. All the immunoreactions were separately evaluated by two senior pathologists [9]. Data were analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS, version 16; SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA) program for Windows. Percentages and frequencies were used to report descriptive data of our categorical variables, whereas means, medians, and SD were used to summarize our continuous data. Overall survival (OS) was estimated from the date of diagnosis till the date of death or the date of last contact. Relapse-free survival was estimated from the date of diagnosis till the date of relapse, disease progression, death, or lost to follow-up, whichever earlier. Possible associations were tested for significance using Pearson's c2-test and Fisher's exact test, each when appropriate. Survival data were analyzed using Kaplan–Meier curve, and log-rank test was used to compare survival between groups. P less than 0.05 was considered significant. In this study, we included 56 patients with ER-negative breast cancer predominantly TNBC who presented to the Department of Clinical Oncology at Menoufia University between January 2012 and December 2014. Patients' characteristics Mean age for patients within our sample was 51.1 (SD = 11) years, ranging from 26 to 82 years. [Table 1] summarizes the descriptive data about the included patients, including menopausal status, side-effects of disease, tumor size, extent of nodal involvement, stage, grade, histopathological subtype, and HER2/neu status. Table 1: Patients' characteristics Immunohistochemical expression of androgen receptor Only 34% (n = 19) showed positive nuclear expression of AR, of which nine cases showed mild intensity of nuclear staining, whereas 10 showed moderate intensity. H-score ranged from 30 to 100, with a mean score of 65 (SD = 18). Percentage of stained nuclei ranged from 30 to 70%, with a mean percentage of 45% (SD = 13.2%). Subgroup analysis revealed that AR was more expressed in patients with HER2-positive disease (52%) than those with TNBC (24%) [Table 2]. Table 2: Descriptive data about nuclear expression of androgen receptor Androgen receptor expression and correlation with different parameters Axillary lymph node (LN) metastases were present in 52% (n = 14/27) of the patients with AR-positive tumors compared with 48% (n = 13/27) of patients with AR-negative lesions. On the contrary, 5/29 (17%) patients with pN0 disease were AR-positive and 24/29 (83%) were AR-negative (P = 0.01) [Table 3]. Table 3: Correlation between nuclear expression of androgen receptor and different clinicopathological characteristics Regarding AR immunoexpression and HER2 status, statistical analysis showed significant correlation with 53% (10/19) of HER2-positive breast cancer cases showing AR-positivity compared with only 24% (9/37) of TNBC types (P = 0.04). In the subgroup analysis of patients (n = 37) with TNBC, there was significant association between nuclear expression of AR and nodal status and stage group (P = 0.05 and 0.008, respectively) denoting that AR was associated with advanced nodal disease and disease stage. The median follow-up duration for our patients was 30 months. There was no significant effect of nuclear expression of AR on OS (P = 0.18) or progression-free survival (P = 0.957) [Figure 1] and [Figure 2]. Figure 1: Overall survival among androgen receptor (AR)-positive and AR-negative patients. Figure 2: Progression-free survival among androgen receptor (AR)-positive and AR-negative patients. In the subgroup analysis of patients with TNBC (37 cases), there was significant correlation between OS and nuclear expression of AR (P = 0.03) [Figure 3]. Figure 3: Overall survival among androgen receptor (AR)-positive and AR-negative patients among patients with triple-negative breast cancer. On the contrary, AR expression was correlated with better survival in patients with ER-negative HER2-positive breast cancer (P = 0.02) [Figure 4]. Figure 4: Overall survival among androgen receptor (AR)-positive and AR-negative patients among patients with HER2/neu overexpression. Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies among women all over the world. It may be classified into five subtypes based on molecular cytology: luminal A, luminal B, normal breast-like, basal-like, and HER2 overexpressing tumors [10]. Different subtypes require different therapeutic strategies. TNBCs are more aggressive and have a predilection for affecting younger women. These tumors are often larger and have more advanced histologic grade compared with ER-positive breast cancers. In view of their lack of hormone expression, there are no targeted therapies for TNBC and prognosis is not surprisingly poor [11]. The AR is expressed ~ 70–80% of overall breast cancer cases. AR is also expressed in ductal carcinoma in situ DCIS, with 60–90% coexpression with ER. In TNBCs, the AR is expressed in 10–43% of cases [12]. Consistent with these data, we found that AR was positive in 32% of patients with ER-negative breast cancer which is comparable with results reported by Hu et al. [13], McGhan et al. [14], and He et al. [15], who reported AR expression in 37, 23, and 26% cases, respectively. In Nurses' Health Study, 3093 breast cancers were enrolled in the study. Tissue microarray sections were immunostained for ER, PR, HER2, cytokeratin 5/6, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and AR. Patients were categorized as luminal A or B, HER2, and basal-like. The relationship between AR expression and molecular subtype was analyzed. Overall, 77% of the invasive breast carcinomas were AR-positive. The frequency of AR expression varied significantly across the molecular subtypes (P = 0.0001); only 32% of basal-like cancers expressed AR [7]. Hu et al. [13] conducted a prospective study that included 1467 postmenopausal patients. They found that among 1164 ER-positive cases, 88.0% were AR-positive, whereas among women with ER-negative tumors (303 cases), 42.9% were AR-positive. Moreover, 37% were AR-positive among TNBC cases [13]. A systematic review and meta-analysis done by Vera-Badillo et al. [16] reviewed 19 studies including 7693 patients and concluded that ER-positive tumors were more likely to express AR than ER-negative tumors were (74.8 vs. 31.8%, P= 0.001). Micello et al. [17] reported higher percentage of AR in patients with ER-negative breast cancer at 56% (128/232 patients); they classified their patients based on cytokeratin expression into two groups, luminal-type breast cancers (44.2%) and basal-like-type breast cancers (55.8%), and into TNBC versus HER2-positive, according to HER2-positivity. Overall, they found AR-positivity in 56% of patients, but immune reactivity was reported in 31.2% basal-like breast cancers and 30.4% of TNBC [17]. These results are apparently different from our results. We did not classify our patients according to cytokeratin expression, but among our patients with TNBC (37 patients), we found immunoreactivity in 26% of these patients, and in 52% of patients with ER-negative, HER2-positive the difference in the percentage of AR expression may be explained higher percentage of HER2-positive patients 40 versus 33% in our study. Also, the mean age was higher among their patients than our study (58 vs. 51 years). Moreover, they included a higher number of patients (232) and a higher concentration of antibody (1:20 vs. 1:50) than our study [17]. On the contrary, Niemeier et al. [18] reported AR reactivity was seen in 10% of triple-negative cases and 63% in ER-negative/PR-negative/HER2-positive cases. The low percentage of AR in TNBC may be attributed to low number of cases with TNBC (30 cases) [18]. In view of these data, an interaction between AR and ER could be expected. The interplay between AR and ERα signaling in breast cancer was investigated by Peters et al. [19] in their interesting both in-vitro and in-vivo study that included breast cancer cell lines and immunohistochemical study of 215 patients. They provided evidence that inhibition of breast cancer growth by androgens is mediated primarily through the AR by binding to estrogen-responsive element; the AR can prevent activation of target genes that mediate the stimulatory effects of estradiol on breast cancer cells [19]. Regarding axillary nodal metastases, which represents a reliable prognostic factor in breast carcinoma, in this study, strong positive association between AR expression and LN metastases was found. Approximately half (51%) of patients with positive axillary LN metastases had nuclear AR-positivity versus only 17% in those with N0 disease (P = 0.007). This is in agreement with McGhan et al. [14], who examined 177 tissue cores obtained from 94 patients with TNBC. They found that 45% of patients expressing AR had positive axillary LNs, whereas 22% of patients who did not express AR were node positive (P = 0.03) [14]. The same was reported by Micello et al. [17], who reported significant correlation between LN status and AR expression. Axillary LN metastases were present in 63.4% (52/82) of patients with AR-positive tumors compared with 36.6% (30/82) of those with AR-negative lesions (P = 0.034) [13],[17]. In contrast with these results, Narita et al. [20] found a positive association between AR expression and LN-negative carcinomas. This may be related to heterogeneity of tumor cell type among their patients as they included all breast cancer subtypes [20]. On the contrary, He et al. [15] reported that AR negativity was associated with higher incidence of axillary nodal metastases in TNBC. They included patients with early TNBC and excluded patients with stage IV or locally advanced disease. Zakaria et al. [21] also found that AR expression in TNBC was correlated with negative axillary LNs. They included 77 patients with predominantly early-stage disease (54/77), with no patients in stage IV [21]. Niemeier et al. [18] found that in ER-negative patients, 31% of patients with AR-negative disease showed LN metastases, whereas none of the eight cases with AR immunoreactivity showed LN metastases (P = 0.15). However, in ER-positive patients, 71% of patients with AR-negative disease showed LN metastases, whereas 34% of patients with AR reactivity had axillary LN-positive disease, but it was statistically insignificant (P = 0.09) [18]. An interesting finding of our study was the significant correlation between AR expression and HER2 overexpression. Among 19 patients with HER2/neu overexpression, we found coexpression of AR in 10 patients. The mean H-score was 41 in HER2-positive group and 18 in TNBC. This result is in agreement with the observations of Micello et al. [17] who reported that AR is frequently expressed in HER2-positive, ER/PR-negative breast cancers. They found that 76.7% (69/90) of HER2-positive BC cases were AR-positive compared with only 30.4% (41/135) of TNBC types (P = 0.001) [17]. These data suggest that AR can be involved in the pathogenesis of breast carcinomas, indicating that HER2/neu may control the transcriptional activity of AR. The interaction of AR with the HER2/neu-related pathway has been investigated in human prostate cancer cell lines, suggesting a cross-talk between AR and HER2/neu pathway and demonstrating that HER2/neu induces AR transactivation through the MAP kinase pathway. These findings have potential clinical relevance as antiandrogens do not inhibit AR in the presence of HER2/neu [22]. There is a disagreement about the prognostic significance of AR expression. Regarding OS, we found no statistically significant correlation between AR expression and OS in whole patient group. In a subset of patients with TNBC, the correlation between AR expression and OS was statistically significant (P = 0.03). Therefore AR is considered as a poor prognostic factor among patients with TNBC. On the contrary, AR expression was found to correlate with better survival in patients who are ER-negative and HER2-positive (P = 0.02). The contradicting role in both subgroups abolishes the effect on the whole patient group and enforces the concept of breast cancer heterogeneity among different molecular subtypes and the need to tailor treatment to each subtype. Hu et al. [13] in their unique large prospective study with median follow-up of 14 years observed that women with AR-positive tumors had a longer survival rate than women with AR-negative tumors. The estimated 5- and 10-year breast cancer-specific survival rates were 88 and 82%, respectively, among women with AR-negative tumor rates were 95 and 88%, respectively, among women with AR-positive tumors. Women with AR-positive/ER-positive tumors had the best survival relative to women with the other subtypes (P = 0.0004), and women with AR-positive/ER-positive tumors had significantly better breast cancer-specific survival than in women with AR-negative/ER-positive tumors (P = 0.003). In contrast, among women with ER-negative tumors, no significant association was found between AR status and breast cancer-specific survival. They also reported that women with AR-positive TNBCs (211 cases) had an 83% increase in overall mortality compared with women with AR-negative tumors (multivariate hazard ratio: 1.83, 95% confidence interval: 1.11–3.01, P= 0.02) [13]. He et al. [15] found that AR expression was a favorable prognostic factor of disease-free survival (DFS) and OS; this may be explained by homogeneity of their patients (TNBC), larger number of patients (286), and longer follow-up, with median follow-up time of 72 months (range: 8–182 months) [15]. Luo et al. [23] found that AR expression was correlated better with 5-year DFS and OS among patients with TNBC, but it was not correlated with the 5-year DFS and OS among patients without TNBC. The non-TNBC group in this study (132 patients) included both ER-positive and ER-negative patients [23]. In conclusion, our study suggests that TNBC may be further subdivided into two subtypes according to AR status. 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__label__wiki	0.806864	0.806864	55 Hours: A day-by-day account of the events of early July, 1981. Using the timeline created with documents from ‘Mountain Climber’ Brendan Duddy’s diary of ‘channel’ communications, official papers from the Thatcher Foundation Archive, excerpts from former Taoiseach Garrett Fitzgerald’s autobiography, David Beresford’s Ten Men Dead, Padraig O’Malley’s book Biting at the Grave, and INLA: Deadly Divisions by Jack Holland and Henry McDonald, Danny Morrison’s published timelines, as well as first person accounts and the books of Richard O’Rawe and Gerry Adams, the fifty-five hours of secret negotiations between British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Gerry Adams’ emerging IRA leadership group are examined day by day. In the run up to this period of communication, the IRA prisoners on protest issued a statement that made clear it would be acceptable to apply the demands they were seeking to all prisoners – in other words, the issue of special category status would be set aside or fudged. This broke the logjam; the impending death of hunger striker Joe McDonnell added urgency to communications seeking an end to the protest. PART ONE: SUNDAY 5 JULY 1981 Parameters set The first documentation of “the channel” communication shows reaction to IRA prisoners’ 4 July statement is immediate, as the timing of Brendan Duddy’s conversation with the British starts between 10 and 11pm late on the 4th, resumes at 2:39 in the morning and continues until 5 AM. Duddy was the channel’s middle-man facilitating the conversation between the Adams Group and Thatcher’s representatives; he is alternatively referred to as “Soon” and the “Mountain Climber.” The Adams Group consists primarily of Gerry Adams, Danny Morrison, and Martin McGuinness, and also includes Jim Gibney, Tom Hartley, and Ted Howell. This early morning conversation sets parameters for channel communication. First, it is clear the Adams Group is worried about the ICJP: “a great deal of confusion has arisen in Provisional circles from the impression given by the ICJP that there is every indication of movement by HMG”. Not only are the Adams Group concerned about the ICJP being facilitated in ending the hunger strike by the British, they were caught on the hop by the release of the statement from the prisoners that broke the logjam keeping a solution from being found. It ‘had been issued independently by the prisoners in the Maze and the timing came as a surprise to Senior Provisionals outside’. The British were informed that ‘a meeting of the Senior Provisionals had taken place on 26 June’ – presumably the Adams Group – ‘at which what they considered realistic conditions for the ending of the hunger had been discussed’, and their position was laid out: “Immediately following the ending of the Hunger Strike, concessions would be required on own clothes, parcels and visit. This, [Duddy] said, would provide the Provisionals with a face saving way out. The remaining demands dealing with work and association could be subject to a series of discussions after the ending of the hunger strike. [Duddy] stressed that the Provisionals’ position was, in his opinion, represented by the Prisoners’ Statement. Thus, if the arrangements detailed in this statement were acceptable to HMG and immediate concessions could be made on clothing, parcels and visit, he was optimistic.” This is extremely important. The opening position of the Adams Group led the British to believe that if concessions on clothes, parcels and visits would immediately follow the ending of the Hunger Strike, the remaining demands could be worked out in the aftermath. The British offer in response met those conditions in good faith. Later, we will see the hunger strikers holding out for the ‘Five Demands’, completely unaware that their statement of the 4th had resulted in an offer that met the bulk of their demands – and that it was being repeatedly rejected in bad faith by the Adams Group on their behalf. Another important position communicated by the Adams Group to the British is that the ending of the first hunger strike was not an issue for them – they believed that the British were sincere. This effectively ends the lie about the British reneging on any offer made; a fiction that has been used since 2005 to justify the Adams Group rejection of Thatcher’s offers. The British starting position – their offer to end the hunger strike – is substantial and has immediate implementation plans. By mid-morning on the 5th of July, it is clearly established that the Adams Group are keeping everyone else in the Provisional Movement leadership at all levels in the dark about the communication with the British. This was not an Army Council sanctioned initiative and in fact contradicts the Green Book on a number of points. It is also clear that the Adams Group are intent on attempting to neutralize the ICJP. Morrison’s Visit to the Prison The afternoon of the 5th is taken up with arrangements to send Danny Morrison into the prison to sound out the prisoners and report back with a further position for the British to work with. The British are clear that they cannot come up with a draft statement without knowing what the Adams Group’s resulting position is first. The purpose of Morrison’s visit, therefore, was meant to give the parameters of the offer to the prisoners in order to see if they would accept it. If the Adams Group then indicated that a settlement was indeed possible, the British would draft their statement. Morrison’s actual objective for the prison visit was not to find out what the prisoners wanted, but to make sure that the prisoners did not agree to anything the ICJP did. The ICJP were working on ending the strike, with similar proposals from the British that the hunger strikers would have accepted. They had the support of the Irish government and would have been able to stand as guarantors over any finalised deal agreed to. Morrison did not tell the hunger strikers the details of the offer coming through the channel. He only briefed them that they were in the channel talks and warned them that the ICJP “could be settling for less than what they had the potential for achieving.” The Adams Group also saw Morrison’s visit as a means of assessing the value of the channel. In the words of Garrett Fitzgerald, “This visit was later described by the IRA as a test of the authority of the British government representative in touch with them to bypass the NIO.” Morrison met with Bik McFarlane separately from the hunger strikers, and did inform him of the details of the channel offer; McFarlane would have needed to know the details of the offer the Adams Group were working on in order to combat anything the ICJP were proposing. Morrison makes sure Bik knows the line to push on the hunger strikers not to accept anything from the ICJP. Channel Discussions Ongoing While Morrison is at the prison, the channel discussions continued. The Adams Group is fully aware that the hunger strike would have to be called off first before any settlement was implemented, and had indicated this sequence of events would be acceptable. The Adams Group then added a caveat that before anything was set in motion, the Adams Group wanted to see the final British statement. The British wanted to know whether there was any potential to end the hunger strike based upon the offer that they believed went into the prison with Morrison; once the Adams Group gave their assessment of the prisoners’ position and if a settlement were truly on the cards, they would consider the request. (As it turns out, they were prepared to show the Adams Group the final statement before giving it to the prisoners, and prior to publication.) Morrison’s prison visit comes to an end after he phones Gerry Adams and tells him that the “prisoners will not take anything on trust, and prisoners want offers confirmed and seek to improve them”. Presumably Adams’ response kept Morrison waiting for Bik McFarlane to return from instructing the hunger strikers to shun the ICJP. While waiting to regroup with McFarlane, he is ordered out of the prison. Hunger Strikers and INLA Kept in the Dark – Despite NIO Attempt to Clarify Someone at the NIO, no doubt made aware of Morrison’s visit to the prison, contacted IRSP Councillor Flynn – whose party represented the INLA hunger strikers – and instructed him to go to the prison as “there are developments”. Flynn and Seamus Ruddy met the NIO official who enabled Flynn to visit the INLA hunger strikers Kevin Lynch and Mickey Devine in the prison, after telling him that “there had been discussions between Sinn Fein and the government and that it looked like they might settle”. From what Lynch and Devine told Flynn, it was clear they were not given the details of what was on offer from the channel by Morrison. When Flynn confronted the Provisionals about the offer it was denied that they were involved in any secret talks. This may be because of who Flynn spoke to, as the knowledge of the talks was restricted to the Adams Group. It may also be, given the description in Holland & McDonald’s book, if it was someone in the Adams Group Flynn spoke to, the answer was Jesuitical – a denial they were “engaged in any secret talks with the NIO”. That much was true; they were in talks with Thatcher directly. Offer Accepted by Prisoners McFarlane returns to his cell, and informs the PRO, Richard O’Rawe, of the offer from the channel. It is a fairly comprehensive offer. He later described it as “a huge opportunity” and believed “there [was] a potential here to end this.” O’Rawe and McFarlane agreed the offer was acceptable; McFarlane indicated that he would send a comm letting the leadership know. Crucially, this conversation has been confirmed by other prisoners on the wing who overheard it. The Army Council – Or Adams Alone? A further crucial point is that at the time, the prisoners – McFarlane, O’Rawe, and the general IRA population, believed that their comms were going to the IRA Army Council – that replies from the Adams Group were directives from the Army Council. The prisoners were under the impression that the channel talks were conducted with the full knowledge of the full council and according to the Green Book. It may be that McFarlane understood the restricted nature of the channel talks and the directives coming in from the Adams Group but it is certain the rest of the prisoners, including the hunger strikers, did not know this, and viewed comms and directives from Gerry Adams as having the imprimatur of the Army Council. The Evening of Sunday the 5th of July Blocking the ICJP After the departure of Danny Morrison from the prison – where the hunger strikers and Bik McFarlane had been instructed to freeze out the Irish Commission on Justice and Peace – ICJP representatives Bishop O’Mahony, Father Crilly, and Hugh Logue visited the hunger strikers. The hunger strikers followed Morrison’s instructions, and their discussion with the ICJP revolved around mediators and guarantees, and emphasised that McFarlane, and what they believed was the Army Council, the Adams Group, would have to be consulted before they agreed to anything. They insisted that they had to hear any offer from the British themselves – but the main point was that even if anything was acceptable to them, they would have to “square any settlement” with McFarlane. Far from the hunger strikers and prisoners being in control of their destiny, and the IRA structure following their wishes, the prisoners were subjugated to the control of the Adams Group – who were using the authority of the Army Council without sanction to impose their will. The difference between the hunger strikers’ position and that of McFarlane and the Adams Group is starkly described in Padraig O’Malley’s book, Biting at the Grave: McFarlane was down the corridor in his bed – he had been brought into the hospital wing that evening and provided with a bed there so he could stay over and be available for consultation with the commissioners if the need arose. O’Mahony and Logue went down to talk to him. “He listened to us for about two minutes,” says Logue, “and turned around and went back to sleep and Joe McDonnell was going to be dead within thirty-six hours and I never forgave him for that. He was not in the business of trying to get a solution.” Nevertheless, the commissioners left in a hopeful state. Before they left, Kieran Doherty spoke briefly in Gaelic to Oliver Crilly. Doherty, Crilly told Logue, had told him that if somebody came in and read the terms out to the hunger strikers, they would accept them. The contrast between the two men’s responses shows the desperate gulf: Doherty seems to have realised the worth of the ICJP initiative. McFarlane, as a good soldier following the instructions given via Morrison’s visit, in his behaviour towards the ICJP demonstrated that he was intent on cutting them out from “the business of trying to get a solution”. The hunger strikers themselves – if only they were told the terms of what was on offer – would accept one. Midnight Morrison Report Causes Alarm The channel discussions resumed upon Morrison’s return from his visit to the prison, and the report he delivered was “alarming”: “the situation was now so bad the possibility of any settlement was seriously in doubt”. The Adams Group informed the British that the prisoners were completely hostile to the ICJP. Duddy was met with anger and abuse – most likely a show designed to get the British to stop their concurrent discussions with the ICJP. Morrison must have sensed the hunger strikers were close to accepting what the ICJP were proposing, and this panicked the Adams Group. Their strategy was to tell the British that they were too upset by the “Bully Boy” tactics of the ICJP to give them their response. The British had been waiting on the response from Morrison’s visit to the prison in order to complete their draft statement. This temper tantrum by the Adams Group was nothing but a tactic to keep the British and the hunger strikers from ending their protest on the ICJP’s initiative. PART TWO: MONDAY 6 JULY 1981 Tantrum to Tacks At 1am Monday morning, an hour after the tantrum the Adams Group had thrown to weaken the position of the ICJP with the British, the channel resumed track. The British had been waiting on the result of Morrison’s visit to the hunger strikers to be briefed on the resulting position – would their initial offer be the basis for crafting a settlement? What the Adams Group communicated through the channel shows that Morrison’s visit was completely unnecessary in regards to being able to give the British their true position. They added nothing new to what they had earlier conveyed to the British while Morrison was in the prison. As suggested during communications earlier in the afternoon, the Adams Group wanted a veto over the prisoners: “it is essential that a copy of the draft be in the hands of the SS [Shop Stewards, code for the Adams Group] before it is made public to enable the SS to approve or point out any difficulty before publication. If it is published without prior sight and agreement, the SS would have to disapprove it.” In other words, if the British go behind the Adams Group’s back, either via the ICJP or some other means of communicating with the prisoners, the Adams Group would veto any such agreement. Kept in the dark and denied the ability to agree to any offer, the prisoners clearly were not in control of their protest. The British were not blind to the stalling tactics being employed by the Adams Group. The brief summary of the channel communications provided at 9am that morning is pointed: “While we appreciate that it has taken a long time to obtain the Provisionals’ view,” the summary starts out noting. It quickly concludes, “We would also point out that there is little difference between the final view and that which Soon predicted earlier in the weekend.” In terms of finding an agreed form of words that would bring an end to the hunger strike, Morrison’s visit to the prison was utterly pointless and, given the status of Joe McDonnell’s conditition, a waste of valuable time. For the Adams Group, however, his visit was not time wasted. It achieved their objective of stopping the ICJP from getting the hunger strikers to agree to any offer from the British and ending the protest. By derailing the ICJP initiative and insisting on a veto to any final agreement with the British, the Adams Group was ensuring they alone had total control over the prison protest – to use to their own ends – and would not be surprised or usurped by the prisoners again. Monday Afternoon More Was Needed Bik McFarlane says in Nor Meekly Serve My Time: “Back in the block I waited for news that would end the nightmare, but the comms I received from the Army Council showed the Brits still hadn’t gone beyond the position we had agreed and reaffirmed on Sunday in the hospital.” Richard O’Rawe, in Blanketmen writes: “On the afternoon of 6 July, a comm came in from the Army Council saying that it did not think the Mountain Climber’s proposals provided the basis for a resolution and that more was needed. The message said that the right to free association was vital to an overall settlement and that its exclusion from the proposals, along with ambiguity on the issue of what constituted prison work, made the deal unacceptable. The Council was hopeful, though, that the Mountain Climber could be pushed into making further concessions. As usual, the comm had come from Gerry Adams, who had taken on the unenviable role of transmitting the Army Council’s views to the prison leadership.” This is a complete change from what the Adams Group had told the British late on Saturday night. Only a few hours ago their stated position was that the ‘demands dealing with work and association could be subject to a series of discussions after the ending of the hunger strike’. Stunning the ICJP Adams and Morrison spent the afternoon informing the ICJP of their secret talks with the British, and demanding that the ICJP cancel their upcoming meeting with the NIO. The fallout from this was predictable enough – the ICJP was ‘stunned by disclosure’, and ‘confronts [Michael] Alison [NIO contact]’. According to Garrett Fitzgerald, the ICJP were ‘furious at this development’. When they confronted Alison about the secret talks, however, he was so obviously astonished that the ICJP were convinced ‘that he didn’t know the second line of contact’ was opened and was ‘as much in the dark’ as the ICJP had been. Jake Jackson’s comments to author Padraig O’Malley in Biting at the Grave on who exactly did know about the secret talks between the Adams Group and Thatcher are illuminating. Jackson was a prisoner in McFarlane and O’Rawe’s circle: [T]he only people [Jackson] could say knew for sure about the Mountain Climber initiative at that point were himself, McFarlane, block OCs Pat McGeown and Sid Walsh and the PRO Richard O’Rawe, and the hunger striker, Joe McDonnell. As for the rest, [Jackson] says, it would have been on “a need to know basis”: the closer a hunger striker got to dying the more likely he was to know. Mickey Devine and Kevin Lynch, the INLA members, wouldn’t have been informed, one way or the other, nor would the hunger strikers who were still on the blocks. The rest of the ICJP’s afternoon and evening were spent pushing Alison on their proposal to end the strike, and they secured an agreement that the NIO ‘would see the prisoners with the governor by mid-morning the following day, Tuesday’. A Third Party Trusted by the Top Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Humphrey Atkins, kept Thatcher updated on developments. While detailing the status of the ICJP talks with Michael Alison, in a minute report sent on Monday afternoon before a 7pm briefing, he notes: In parallel with these discussions we have been approached by a third party who is trusted by the top Provisional leadership. Again, no negotiations have been taking place but it is obviously only sensible that if the Provisional leadership wish to communicate something to us indirectly about this critical problem, we should not refuse to listen. They have set out the kind of approach which they would find acceptable as a way of bringing both the strike and the protest to an end – and their views are important because so far they seem to be largely in control of the strikers. Their position is that they support the statement issued on behalf of the prisoners on Saturday, and would seem to be as follows: (a) They are no longer pressing for differential treatment for “their” prisoners. (b) HMG should make a public statement indicating that, after the hunger strike and protest has ended, (i) all prisoners would be allowed to wear their own clothes all the time (but they accept that the authorities should control the type of clothing allowed sufficiently to avoid, eg all PIRA prisoners wearing a uniform); (ii) all prisoners should have visits, parcels and letters on a scale similar to that now available to conforming prisoners; (iii) discussions would be held with the prisoners about the precise nature and extent of (a) the work they should undertake, and (b) the degree of association they would be allowed. (c) The statement would also have to be more precise (and it is suggested, but not insisted upon, more generous) about the arrangements for restoring lost remission. (d) That statement would have to be shown to, and be acceptable to, the Provisional leaders before it was published. This position is in keeping with Brendan Duddy’s assessment of the Adams Group position articulated through the channel throughout Sunday. Was Atkins reporting the detail of the channel communications, or was someone else from, or close to, the Adams Group talking to someone from the NIO? The detail in his minute report is remarkably similar to the Adams Group position described in the channel records. However, according to statements he made to author Padraig O’Malley published in 1990, Atkins appears to be yet another person who at the time was completely in the dark about the secret talks. “I had no personal knowledge,” he said, in a statement to be echoed by Gerry Adams a over a decade later when he would be queried about the Thatcher offers, “I’ve never heard of the Mountain Climber as such. You’ve just mentioned the name, it’s the first time I’ve ever heard it.” Atkins does make clear to O’Malley that ‘any contact with HMG’ would not have been under his control – so it is unlikely he would have been privy to the full details of the secret talks. This makes his knowledge of the detail of the Adams Group position more intriguing, and may also account for his recommending ‘standing firm’ as the preferred course of action in the minute report. As it was, Thatcher was already pursuing an alternative suggestion of his, which was to use a combination of the ICJP and direct, “channel” negotiations with the PIRA as represented by the Adams’ Group. Who Exactly Was Leading Who? Atkins’ observation that the views of the Provisional leadership – the Adams Group – were “important” because “they seem to be largely in control of the strikers” shows an awareness by the British that the prisoners themselves were not in control of their protest. This perception accounts for why he considers “simultaneously showing the terms to the Provisionals” as a course of action – to his thinking, the objective would be “to try to swing their leadership behind the strikers”. In other words, at this point it was the outside leadership – the Adams Group – keeping the hunger strike from ending, not the prisoners themselves. Longer Term Interests Other key observations by Atkins in this report are worth noting. As he outlines the various courses of action open to the British as a response to ongoing developments, he demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the emerging leadership from the Adams Group and the pitfalls the outcome of the hunger strike holds. This understanding is important for the British because they have already identified that the Adams Group wants to lead the Republican Movement away from armed struggle and into politics, and it is in their interests, obviously, to support or at least not get in the way of that change. He notes that if “the hunger strikers give up their fast in spite of the instructions of the Provisional leaders” it would “be a severe blow” to the Adams Group – again underlining the balance of control of the protest; he reiterates this later, saying that if the hunger strike collapses, it can “leave the Provisional leadership humiliated ”. He is also aware that the Adams Group “regard the ICJP as an intrusion’ and would “be looking for a way of claiming a “victory””. The Provisionals need to the settle the prisons problem on terms they can represent as acceptable to them if they are to go on – as we know some of them wish to do – to consider an end of the current terrorist campaign. A leadership which has “lost” on the prisons is in no position to do this. While Atkins’ recommendation to Thatcher is to stand firm, he is keenly aware that such a stance would be counterproductive to their own longer-term self interests. If they took the course of standing firm, it would only end up “discouraging the Provisionals from switching from terrorist to political activity at the very moment when we know that they have begun to find political action attractive ”. Thatcher’s Draft Offer The British end of the channel, meanwhile, was working on the draft statement. Thatcher’s input, handwritten on the British copy, informed the statement that went down the channel as a reply to the Adams Group at 11:30 that night. It was a clear and unambiguous statement, and Brendan Duddy’s notes closely follow the annotated version available from the Thatcher Foundation archives: The British Government is prepared to issue a statement only if there is an immediate end to the Hunger Strike. 1. Prison regime in Armagh would become general in NI prisons i.e. civilian clothing. 2. Visits as for conforming prisons. 3. Remission as stated on June 30th by Secretary of State, Humphrey Atkins. 4. On work – the prison administration must maintain the right to decide what work should be done. Within that rule, further kinds of work are added from time to time, i.e. Open University, Build a Church (O’Fiach’s idea), Toys for spastic children. 5. Little advance is possible on Association as laid out on June Statement of 30th. If we receive a satisfactory reply by 9:00am Tuesday 07/07/81 we will provide full text of the full statement. If the reply is negative or if there is any public reference to this exchange we will deny it took place. Silence will be taken as an unsatisfactory reply. Hedged Bets The Adams Group wanted to be sure they weren’t going to be undermined by the ICJP. Morrison, according to Fitzgerald, phoned requesting a meeting with the ICJP. Despite their refusal, the Adams Group’s determination to keep abreast of the ICJP’s diplomacy meant he arrived at their hotel anyway. The Adams Group’s own “contacts with the British were continuing through the night”, Morrison is reported to have told them, and “he needed to see the actual commission proposals”. The ICJP gave him a run-down of their discussions with Alison, which included the ‘general gist’ of the proposals between them and the NIO. They also inform Morrison ‘that a guarantor will go in at 9am the following morning, Tuesday, 7 July’. The morning deadline – given in the British offer and confirmed by Morrison’s double checking the ICJP’s arrangement with the NIO – sets the agenda for the next hours to come. PART THREE: TUESDAY 7 JULY 1981 The Adams Group spent a considerable amount of the time the previous two days attempting to derail the ICJP effort. They had thrown a wobbler over the ICJP to the British, instructed the prisoners to freeze the ICJP out, and told the ICJP in no uncertain terms to back off after letting them know that they were in their own, more senior, talks with the British themselves. The effect of telling the ICJP about their own secret talks was a spanner in the works, meant to slow things down. Certainly the ICJP reaction to the news meant their afternoon and evening were taken up with stunned confrontations and clarifications – valuable time wasted. What More Was Needed After getting the ‘general gist’ of the proposals the ICJP were given, the Adams Group prepared their response to Thatcher’s 11:30pm statement. Their reply, sent at 3:30am, backtracked on what they had previously indicated, and echoed the comm sent in to the prisoners Monday afternoon. Previously, their position had been that ‘demands dealing with work and association could be subject to a series of discussions after the ending of the hunger strike’. Now, however, the Adams Group were demanding that work and association must be dealt with immediately before they would make any decision on whether to accept the offer or not: To assist us in taking a ?(firm)? decision on your proposals, elaboration on Point C – Remission, Point D – Work, Point E – Association is necessary. These are obviously the major points of contention which need to be resolved if the prison protests are to be permanently ended. The position outlined by you is not sufficient to achieve this. On Work, the Adams Group wanted emphasis on ‘Self education’. For Association, “We believe there should be wing visits”. Full remission continued to be pushed for. They wanted fuller detail put into the statement before agreeing to agree: “We and the prisoners need an outline of the specific improvements envisaged by you. We also require your attitude to the detailed proposals outlined by the prisoners”. NIO Stalled Asking at 3:30 in the morning for more detail, and pressing for clarification to happen before the sequence they had already agreed to, meant it would be impossible for anyone from the NIO to come in to speak with the prisoners at 9am, as the ICJP had thought they arranged. By 11:40am, the ICJP, unaware that their agreement with the NIO was being thrown off course by the secret Adams-Thatcher talks, begged Alison to send the official in to the prisoners as promised. Alison, constrained by the channel discussions, could only stall for time, and promised the official would go in later in the afternoon. The NIO was unable to conclude anything with the ICJP as the secret talks between Thatcher and the Adams Group were ongoing. Gerry Adams and Danny Morrison also met again with members of the ICJP, according to Garrett Fitzgerald. “On Tuesday afternoon, Gerry Adams rang to say that the British had now made an offer but that it was not enough. Three members of the commission then met Adams and Morrison, who produced their version of the offer that they said had been made to them. The commission saw this as almost a replica of their own proposals but with an additional provision about access to Open University courses.” Were the Adams Group working towards achieving more than the ICJP, or were they working on delaying any settlement? Either way, as David Beresford in Ten Men Dead put it, “they desperately needed to get the commission out of the way”. When to Hold and When to Fold Humphrey Atkins continued to argue his position of standing firm with Thatcher, although like his earlier advice, Thatcher did not take it. Given what is evident in the record of channel communication, she believed if a settlement were to be achieved, and the hunger strike brought to an end, the opportunity lay with the Adams Group talks; standing firm in private with them would achieve nothing. As Adams described her in his autobiography Before the Dawn, “she was no stranger to expediency”. She was no fool, either. In a letter containing a proposed draft statement which echoed his 30 June stance, Atkins observed the early morning rejection of the Adams Group: “Following the sending of the message which you approved last night, we have received, as you will know, an unsatisfactory response. That particular channel of activity is therefore now no longer active.” Thatcher’s response to the Adams Group’s rejection simultaneously gave the Adams Group what they wanted – the demise of the ICJP initiative – while at the same time appeared to close the channel. Receiving a Rocket The Mountain Climber channel with the Adams Group was temporarily closed in response to the 3:30am reply demanding more. Beresford writes that the British were “’deeply disturbed’ by the abuse of confidence by which Alison had become involved. The message said that the line of contact was unknown to ‘the most senior of their people’ and if the confidentiality was abused the secret initiative must be put at risk.” Adams and Morrison’s revelations to the ICJP had indeed been a spanner thrown into the works on a number of levels. Not only that, their response to the British offer was seen as a rejection and the British were appalled. Mag cannot move 1. From the 30th June principle 2. Position of June went to the limits that we could do in our P????? 3. By suggesting that we do more, the SS [Adams Group] are inviting us to abandon our principles. This we cannot do. Their response amounts to a rejection. We are appalled by this decision. Our discussions with CJ have come to an end and they will have no further parts in our efforts to resolve the problem. We are sorry if the problem has been ex. hopes raised false because of any false impression given by C. Jenkins Union We are also deeply disturbed as we were told in June by the SS abuse of knowledge of the channel. C Jenkins as pre(vious??)=Krugs??? Has clearly been told of its existence and involved to activate it. C Jenkins Union put it ?the? Mr A last night that this was a possibility open to many in a room full of people. This must be in question, the future of the channels. In keeping with the workplace code, where the Adams Group were the Shop Stewards, the prisoners the Union Membership and so on, the ICJP was aptly named as a competitor to Adams Group’s Shop Stewards, seeking to represent the prisoners. Their code name was the ‘C Jenkins Union’. The British did not appreciate that the ICJP had been told of the existence of the secret talks and were less than pleased that the ICJP had then confronted Alison about them ‘in a room full of people’. The ICJP initiative was now dead in the water. An Apology and the Ending of the ICJP While the British were appalled by the rejection of their offer, the Adams Group does appear to have achieved their primary objective of sidelining the ICJP, and, remarkably, received an apology from the British. Both Adams and Morrison’s tantrums over the involvement of the ICJP and the breach of the confidentiality of their talks with Thatcher were effective. Even better for the Adams Group, they now had a scapegoat to blame for the breakdown of any possible deal that would have delivered a settlement, and for explaining the prolonging of the hunger strike. The secrecy of their talks with Thatcher gave cover to both the British and the Adams Group, for reasons beneficial to each own’s agendas of self interest. Left Hanging By 4pm the ICJP were still waiting for the NIO official to come to speak to the prisoners. They were told ‘the official would be going in, but the document was still being drafted.’ Padraig O’Malley writes that “David Wyatt, a senior NIO official who had sat in on most of the discussions, rang to explain the delay: a lot of redrafting was going on and it had to be cleared with London”. At 6pm the ICJP contacted Alison again with concern; the Dublin government was also putting pressure on London to send someone in, to no avail. Despair in the Dark Danny Morrison, in his contemporary timeline, places this comm from Richard O’Rawe as a statement delivered late in the afternoon on Tuesday: “We are very depressed at the fact that our comrade, Joe McDonnell, is virtually on the brink of death, especially when the solution to the issue is there for the taking. The urgency of the situation dictates that the British act on our statement of July 4 now.” The prisoners would have been expecting the NIO to send an official in regarding the ICJP initiative that morning. They had been told by Adams that “more was needed” from the channel talks. They most likely did not know that it was those channel talks causing the delay; they definitely did not know that Thatcher was working on a draft that would have been acceptable to them. Blanketman Thomas ‘Locky’ Loughlin describes the prisoners’ experience of the afternoon in the book, Nor Meekly Serve My Time: [A]s it became clear [the ICJP] were making progress, we were led to believe by everyone except those most closely involved that a settlement was imminent. Even the Deputy Secretary of State Michael Alison indicated that the hunger strike was about to be resolved and that he would be sending in a message to wrap the whole thing up. This was the feedback most of us were getting at the time. He continues, “So morale was sky-high in the knowledge that it would soon be over and that no one else would die … it really appeared to us that it was over. … We felt like that because it seemed a settlement was really on the cards. The ICJP had been talking to the Brits for quite a while and to our knowledge were getting a very positive response. … [W]e knew that a messenger from the NIO was due in at any time with the necessary documents that would offer a solution.” False Impression By 7pm the Adams Group sent the first of two responses to Thatcher. She had extended an apology for ‘any false impression’ given by the ICJP’s initiative and taken the ICJP off the scene in response to the Adams Group’s complaints, and the breach of the confidentiality of the secret talks. The Adams Group, however, pressed on. It wasn’t the fault of the ICJP after all – it was the fault of the British: “If false impressions are given, they are contained in the very parameters set down by you”. The threat of closing off the channel discussions completely had upset them. However, the Adams Group was no stranger to the art of brinkmanship, either. They held the impending death of Joe McDonnell over the end of their message, questioning the commitment of the British: Does your last communication mean that you are breaking with the original criteria you set or do you wish to continue? Joe McDonnell is pledged to die unless he achieves the conditions required by the prisoners for a settlement. Less than an hour later, a second, follow-up message was sent through the channel to Thatcher. We are fully aware of Joe McDonnell’s position and his commitment to the prison demands. We have stressed this on many occasions. We cannot and will not intervene in the Hunger Strikes unless satisfied are met to their collective satisfaction. The Adams Group were content to use Joe McDonnell’s commitment and the facade of the prisoners being in control as leverage – although the prisoners knew little to nothing of what was being done in their name, if they had any idea at all. Tone Not Content The Adams Group’s 3:30am rejection had been based on Remission, Work and Association; they were holding out for full remission, an emphasis on self-education, and wing visits. After hiding behind the condition and commitment of Joe McDonnell and the prisoners, they ended their evening communication settling for a ‘re-phrasing of D [Work] & E [Association]’. The second communication asking for the rephrasing of Thatcher’s offer had been sent at 7:50pm. Immediately after sending off that message, according to Garrett Fitzgerald, at 8:30pm Danny Morrison and another person arrived without notice at the ICJP’s hotel, and ‘their attitude was threatening’. Despite being told that as a result of their complaints the ICJP was now out of the picture, the Adams Group were angry and blamed the ICJP for endangering their secret talks: “Morrison said their contact had been put in jeopardy as a result of the commission revealing its existence at its meeting with Allison; the officials present with Allison had not known of the contact.” Morrison also demanded that the ICJP keep him informed of what they were doing, but the ICJP refused to cooperate. They viewed his visit as an ‘onslaught’. Enough to Call Off the Strike While Morrison was threatening the ICJP, the British were debating the draft settlement they were preparing to send. Earlier, Humphrey Atkins had sent a draft statement that retained a firm line. This was not the position Thatcher decided on going with, however; she continued to revise the offer sent down the channel at 11:30pm the previous evening. If the Adams Group accepted the offer and ordered the hunger strikers to end the protest, ‘the statement would be issued immediately’. Otherwise, the British would revert back to their position of June 30th and their discussions with the ICJP. And if the Adams Group leaked anything about their secret talks again, the British would deny everything. The British believed that their revised statement ‘would be enough to get the PIRA to instruct the prisoners to call off the hunger strike’ and had prepared the procedures that would follow once they did. Thatcher personally approved it all, the statement and the sequence, and directed the offer to be sent to the Adams Group. Late Evening Out of the Loop The ICJP had no idea the extent of which they’d been sidelined, and continued to press Alison to send an official in to the prisoners. At 9pm Alison told the ICJP that someone would be going in shortly. Both Morrison’s timeline, which is based upon Ten Men Dead, and Garret Fitzgerald agree that by 10pm, Alison contacted the ICJP to tell them no one would be coming in that night after all, but that between 7 and 8 in the morning, an official would go in, and ‘this delay would be to the prisoners’ benefit’. Tellingly, when Alison was asked by the ICJP why no one had gone in yet, ‘Alison replied, “Frankly, I was not a sufficient plenipotentiary.”’. Thatcher’s authority obviously superseded the NIO’s and her secret talks with Adams rendered the NIO-ICJP initiative pointless. Bad Stick That evening at 10pm, Bik McFarlane sends a comm out to Gerry Adams: “…I don’t know if you’ve thought on this line, but I have been thinking that if we don’t pull this off and Joe dies then the RA are going to come under some bad stick from all quarters. Everyone is crying the place down that a settlement is there and those Commission chappies are convinced that they have breached Brit principles. Anyway we’ll sit tight and see what comes…” “I accept in a situation like that there has to be secret talks, has to be secrecy of some sorts, but when you are talking about men’s lives that are just dwindling away, they were entitled to the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” – Brendan Hughes PART FOUR: WEDNESDAY 8 JULY 1981 Death’s Brother, Sleep Gerry Adams decided he needed some rest. He explains in Before the Dawn that he ‘started cat-napping during the day in order to be relatively fresh for negotiations at night’. Ten Men Dead details that Adams ‘had taken a break Tuesday evening’ and did not return to the safe house where the channel communications were conducted until ‘the early hours of the morning’. A Time for Many Words and A Time for Sleep According to Danny Morrison, at this point “Republican monitors [were] still waiting confirmation from Mountain Climber,” and he claims that “[t]he call does not come.” This is repeated in Ten Men Dead, where a member of the Adams Group in the safe house tells Adams upon his return from his cat-nap that nothing has come through. The impression is that the channel line had gone dead and the British were done with the communications. Brendan Duddy’s notes, however, offer a radically different perspective. In his diary, he has a series of times listed: 12:00 midnight These times are then followed in the diary by the details of the offer made by Thatcher that could have ended the hunger strike. It is unlikely that those times are a record of attempts made by the Adams Group to contact Thatcher, given they were waiting for her response to their 8pm messages, and Adams was not available. Could it be that the list is an accounting of the amount of times Duddy had attempted to contact the Adams Group with Thatcher’s offer before Adams returned from his nap? The calls from the Mountain Climber did come, it seems, numerous times, while Joe McDonnell was breathing his last four hours. Adams was not there to receive them until after 2 in the morning.When he had finally been contacted, the British were still hopeful. The NIO telegraphed Thatcher: The statement has now been read and we await provo reactions (we would be willing to allow them a sight of the document just before it is given to the prisoners and released to the press). It has been made clear (as the draft itself states) that it is not a basis for negotiation. The choreography was in place. Everything the Adams Group had asked for was there, such as the rephrasing on Work and Association. They were even given their added demand of the veto of sight before the prisoners were to be given the agreed statement and it was released publicly. All that was needed was for the Adams Group to say it was enough to end the strike, and the process of saving the men’s lives would begin. The offer sent to the Adams Group on the eve of Joe McDonnell’s death was as follows: [British] The management will ensure that as substantial part of the work will consist of domestic tasks inside and outside the wings necessary for servicing the prisoners, such as cleaning and in the laundry and kitchen, construction work for example on building projects or making toys for charitable bodies and studying for Open University or other courses. The factory authority will be responsible for supervision. The aim of the authority will be that prisoners should do the kind of work for which they are suited. But this will not always be possible and the authorities will retain responsibility for decisions. “Little advance is possible on Association” It (Association) will be permitted within each wing under supervision of factory staff. (English language you can’t do any more than give freedom in a wing) Statement by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland In the light of discussions which Mr Michael Alison has had recently with the Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, during which a statement was issued on 4 July on behalf of the protesting prisoners in the Maze Prison, HMG have come to the following conclusions. When the hunger strike and the protest is brought to an end (and not before), the Government will: extend to all male prisoners in Northern Ireland the clothing regime at present available to female prisoners in Armagh Prison (i.e. subject to the prison governor’s approval); make available to all prisoners in Northern Ireland the allowance of letters, parcels and visits at present available to conforming prisoners; allow the restoration of forfeited remission at the discretion of the responsible disciplinary authority, as indicated in my statement of 30 June, which hitherto has meant the restoration of up to one-fifth of remission lost subject to a satisfactory period of good behaviour; ensure that a substantial part of the work will consist of domestic tasks inside and outside the wings necessary for servicing of the prison (such as cleaning and in the laundries and kitchens), constructive work, e.g. on building projects or making toys for charitable bodies, and study for Open University or other courses. The prison authorities will be responsible for supervision. The aim of the authorities will be that prisoners should do the kinds of work for which they are suited, but this will not always be possible and the authorities will retain responsibility for decisions about allocation. Little advance is possible on association. It will be permitted within each wing, under supervision of the prison staff. Protesting prisoners have been segregated from the rest. Other prisoners are not segregated by religious or any other affiliation. If there were no protest the only reason for segregating some prisoners from others would be the judgment of the prison authorities, not the prisoners, that this was the best way to avoid trouble between groups. This statement is not a negotiating position. But it is further evidence of the Government’s desire to maintain and where possible to improve a humanitarian regime in the prisons. The Government earnestly hopes that the hunger strikers and the other protesters will cease their protest. It would be two hours until the Adams Group came back with any answer, and it was not the one anyone had hoped for. At 4am in the morning, the Adams Group send their first response to Thatcher’s latest offer through the channel. A request is made for Adams to go into the prison. The purpose is listed as ‘1. To ensure success 2. To achieve’ — the notation in the diary is brief and vague, but asking for Adams to go in at that point — knowing the British had repeatedly rejected him when he was previously suggested was a bold request. Was it really necessary for Adams personally to go in for the strike to end? Would that be something worth rejecting the offer over? At 5am, the Adams Group sends a further new demand through the channel. In addition to the public document that Thatcher has drafted, they now want a private document to be drawn up as well. This private document, they demand, should be a ‘detailed nitty-gritty’ of work, association, and the rest of the prisoners’ demands. They had already agreed that these details would be worked out after the hunger strike was called off. Now, at the exact moment while in the prison hospital Joe McDonnell’s sister Maura was shaking his still-warm body crying for him to not be dead, the Adams Group demanded even more upfront before they would consider ordering an end to the strike. The Ante Raised The British response to the new demands was not long in coming. The communication on the channel was over. Adams imbues an air of mystery to the termination of the channel communication in Before the Dawn: “Very early one morning I and another member of our committee were in mid-discussion with the British in a living room in a house in Andersonstown when, all of a sudden, they cut the conversation, which we thought was quite strange.” Perhaps it was not so strange. Duddy’s diary contains the British reaction to the new demand — and the explanation for why the contact ended when it did. The response, which according to Adams came at 5:30am, is terse: The management cannot contemplate the proposal for two documents set out in your last communication and now therefore the exchange on this channel to be ended. At the last minute, acting in bad faith, the Adams Group demanded too much. The Death of Joe McDonnell Danny Morrison gives the time of Joe McDonnell’s death as 4:50am; that is when Father Murphy woke up Joe’s family, who were sleeping in the prison hospital, to tell them he had died, and his sister Maura, shouting and shaking him, desperately tried to bring him back. Word confirming his death was slow in getting out, and somewhat confused. Duddy’s diary puts Joe’s death 17 minutes later, at 5:07, though it was not known he had died until the morning news broadcast; the Bobby Sands Trust as well as various other websites including the Sinn Fein bookshop, list his death at 5:11am; Padraig O’Malley writes that Joe died at 5:40am. The Adams Group and the British, unaware he had died, were in discussions until 5:30am, and did not hear of his death immediately; it was a number of hours before they knew: “We first heard it on the 7:00am news,” Duddy records. Adams’ autobiography confirms they did not know Joe had died while they were conducting the channel discussions: “Then, later, when we turned on the first news broadcast of the morning, we heard that Joe McDonnell was dead.” Without divulging that at the time Joe was dying he was inserting another new demand into the process of settlement, Adams lets his readers believe the reason the British had ended their communication was because they had been informed of Joe’s death. But the times noted in Duddy’s diary, combined with the Adams Group’s new demand and the British reaction, make this impossible. It was not Joe’s death that caused the British to end the channel discussion; it was the new, bad faith demand for more detailed documentation; details that the British believed had already been agreed could be worked out once the men had come off their strike, in order to save their lives. By 6:30am the NIO finally sent in an official to read a statement of the British position to the prisoners. As promised, given the rejection by the Adams Group of Thatcher’s offer, the statement was absent of any indication of the strides made in either the ICJP or Adams Group discussions. According to Garrett Fitzgerald, Adams contacted the ICJP fifteen minutes after the NIO went into the prison, and immediately blamed the British. He ‘rang the commission to say that at 5:30am the contact with London had been terminated without explanation’. Garrett Fitzgerald: When we heard the news of Joe McDonnell’s death and of the last-minute hardening of the British position, we were shattered. We had been quite unprepared for this volte-face, for we, of course, had known nothing whatever of the disastrous British approach to Adams and Morrison. Nor had we known of the IRA’s attempts – regardless of the threat this posed to the lives of the prisoners, and especially to that of Joe McDonnell – to raise the ante by seeking concessions beyond what the prisoners had said they could accept. The Fatal Wings of Time “Don’t you worry about Joe McDonnell,” he said to Bik McFarlane in the canteen after Danny Morrison’s Sunday visit. It was the first time Bik and Joe had ever met each other. Joe was ‘confined to a wheelchair’, his ‘head crouched low to one side’, and he ‘could barely hear’ what was said. He was in ‘an appalling condition’. Yet he shook Bik’s hand despite immense pain. “I might only last a few days but I’ll hang on as long as I can and buy all the time we need.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3516
__label__wiki	0.847499	0.847499	ACT! for America is better known as Hate! for America By Garibaldi on April 20, 2010 in Feature, Loon Sites ACT! for America has a problem. Its first problem is that it was founded by Brigitte Gabriel. Yes, the same Brigitte Gabriel the New York Times called a “radical Islamophobe” and who in the past has made statements like “Arabs have no soul,” and “Arabs are barbarians.” She might be novel eye candy for some (which I’m guessing is the reason Bill Maher had her on his show) but it is clear that Brigitte Gabriel is a whacked out fundamentalist with a seething rage against Muslims and a determination on the one hand to destroy Islam and on the other to make as much profit in the process. The other problem with ACT! is that it is an organization filled with the types of people we see at Tea Party rallies. You know the ones who dress up in late 18th century regalia a la George Washington or carry around posters about Obama being a Kenyan, or Hitler, or Joker or a Marxist Mooslim anti-Christ coming to change America from a Christian nation into the Soviet Union. The ACT! for America scheme essentially boils down to an organization masquerading as a “defender of Western Civilization” akin to the claims of other Islamophobes such as Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller. They have a binary view of the world, the Bush mantra of “you’re either with us or against us.” Brigitte Gabriel pretentiously declares on the ACT! site, “I founded this organization to give Americans their voice back…” Brigitte, Americans never lost their “voice,” unless the “voice” you want to give back is the Jim Crow voice that unleashed the dogs and water hoses on Southern blacks fighting for civil rights and against White racism because that is the historical parallel which fits into your rhetoric. Those White racists were saying the same thing Brigitte is saying today, that we need to “defend Western civilization.” To the White racists of the South, Western civilization equaled White and Christian. Today Brigitte claims a bigger tent though it is bigoted just the same, to her Western Civilization equals Judeo-Christian and de facto excludes any Muslim. ACT! is an organization shot through and through with Christian fundamentalists. That is why at many of their events one will see a Christian missionary preaching the Gospel while other ACT! custodians will be passing out anti-Islam literature. In this video a representative for a Florida Chapter of ACT! for America spews his hate filled beliefs about Islam. He brags about using the Quran as toilet paper and urinating in Muslim ablution sinks (starts at 45 seconds): [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn5UfW6GOc4 350 300] I guess that is defending Western Civilization for you. The original user (an ACT! member) who put up the above video on YouTube has removed it. Obviously realizing that it hurts their credibility, but luckily someone else downloaded it. Also in Florida where they seem to be the most active, ACT! for America chapters were angered at the appointment of Parvez Ahmed to Jacksonville’s Human Rights Commission. They couldn’t countenance a Muslim being appointed to anything in an official capacity (even though 90% of them probably believe that Barack Obama is a Mooslim). So they began a campaign to smear Parvez, saying he was filled with Taqiyyah, that he was a terrorist, a terrorist supporter, etc. To do so they brought up his time as an employee with CAIR. ACT! members falsely held the belief that they could shout “CAIR!” and it would be enough to stop the train and ruin someones career and reputation. Anti-Muslim group opposes professor’s appointment to Jacksonville Commission By Tia Mitchell An anti-Muslim organization is lobbying Jacksonville City Council members to vote against confirming a University of North Florida professor to the city’s Human Rights Commission. Parvez Ahmed, who is Muslim, was appointed to the voluntary advisory board by Mayor John Peyton and recommended for confirmation by the council Rules Committee. A vote on his confirmation is scheduled to occur at Tuesday’s council meeting. The group ACT! for America caught wind of his appointment last week and e-mailed a 20-page report Friday accusing Ahmed of having ties to extremist groups through his service on the board of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “When it comes to a human rights commissioner, Jacksonville can do better than this nomination,” said Randy McDaniels, leader of ACT’s Jacksonville chapter. The mayor’s office and some City Council members dispute the organizations’ claims and said there is no proof Ahmed has radical ties. Deputy General Counsel Cindy Laquidara will attend Tuesday’s council meeting to answer questions about Ahmed’s background. Councilman John Crescimbeni, who initially suggested Ahmed to the mayor’s office for a nomination, said the group and its last-minute claims against the professor have no credibility. “In fact, I checked out some of those allegations made in the original e-mail that came out last Friday,” Crescimbeni said. “It looked like a cut and paste job. It’s pure hate on their part.” Crescimbeni said Ahmed, who is a Fulbright Scholar with decades of public service under his belt, would be an asset to the Human Rights Commission. “I can’t think of a better person to serve on that commission than him,” he said. “He is the guy that’s all about peace, and he’s all about getting along.” Council President Richard Clark said Ahmed’s appointment is currently included on the consent agenda for Tuesday’s meeting, meaning it would be approved quickly with several other items. However, he said, any council member can request that it be taken off the consent agenda and discussed separately. “I have no intention of pulling it,” Clark said. “If people felt that strongly about it, they should have spoken up long before the confirmation process at Rules.” McDaniels said ACT learned of Ahmed’s nomination after media reports surfaced about the Rules Committee vote and Councilman Clay Yarborough’s questioning of the professor’s opinion on separation of church and state and gay marriage. Yarborough voted to recommend the professor after receiving responses he considered satisfactory, but he now says the ACT report has given him pause. He said he wants to know more about its claims before deciding whether he will vote for Ahmed’s confirmation. “If need be, I will adamantly oppose confirmation of his appointment on the floor tomorrow if there are established links here that are of concern,” Yarborough said Monday. The ACT report ties Council on American-Islamic Relations to extremists because it was listed as one of 300 unindicted co-conspirators in a Department of Justice terrorism financing trial. That matter ended in mistrial, and CAIR was never accused of wrongdoing. McDaniels’ group offered no evidence that Ahmed had directly attempted to support terrorist groups. The mayor’s office is standing by its decision to nominate Ahmed to the Human Rights Commission, saying it conducted the same criminal background and reference checks as all other nominees to a board or commission. Ahmed said the scrutiny he has experienced in recent days has not deterred him from wanting to serve on the commission, but he worries about the message it is sending. “I am afraid other qualified individuals may be discouraged to pursue public service,” he said. “Hate groups like ACT do not belong in our Democratic process.” Councilman Art Shad, who is chairman of the Rules Committee, expressed the same concern and said the next two weeks will be important for the City Council as Ahmed and two others come up for confirmation to the Human Rights Commission. “We want to be very careful in how we act because we need to set the example of being level-headed, although we want to be thorough in our view,” Shad said. He said any council member has a right to ask questions of nominees, but he hopes there is an air of respect to the process and to those who want to volunteer their time. tia.mitchell@jacksonville.com Unfortunately for ACT! people aren’t buying into the conspiracies anymore, and their cries about CAIR are falling on unsympathetic ears. Jacksonville panel votes again to recommend Ahmed for commission After nearly two weeks of controversy, the City Council Rules Committee voted 4-1 today to recommend University of North Florida professor Pervez Ahmed as a member of the city’s Human Rights Commission. The nomination now goes to the full council for approval. Only Councilman Clay Yarborough voted against Ahmed. He had voted to approve Ahmed at the last Rules meeting. Mark Woods: Jacksonville councilman Clay Yarborough takes turn at answering questions “I have too much of a reasonable doubt based on the research I’ve done over the last week and a half,” Yarborough said. Voting in favor were Art Shad, John Crescimbeni, Denise Lee and Bill Bishop. Council Vice President Jack Webb left the room before the vote was taken; he told The Times-Union he stepped out to get a soft drink and was surprised that the vote came so soon. The meeting was interrupted by shouting and several people walked out. Ahmed said of the vote, “It’s a vindication for the City of Jacksonville more than for me … The city needed an outcome that demonstrated courage, that demonstrated moral clarity.” Ahmed’s nomination was opposed by ACT! for America, an anti-Islamist group. Randy McDaniels, head of the group’s Jacksonville chapter, said, “It is surprising that so many people are pushing this individual and I would ask why.” This story isn’t over but it is clear that the days of maligning Muslims for standing up for their civil rights will not get a free pass. However, the dogged persistence of hate groups such as ACT! for America means Americans of all stripes will have to be vigilante and work hard to fight hate. ACT! for America maybe more properly known as Hate! for America because that is what they represent, as is evident by the bigotry of their founder Brigitte Gabriel, the witch hunt against Parvez Ahmed and the video of the hate filled ACT! for America representative make plain. Act! for America, Anti-Muslim, Arabs have no soul, Brigitte Gabriel, CAIR, Christian Fundamentalism, Christian Missionaries, Florida, Hate, Hate! for America, Human Rights Commission, Islamophobia, Jacksonville, Parvez Ahmed, Quran as toilet paper, Radical Islamophobe Bob Beers: Loonwatch Writers Brains are “Mushy” Harvard scholars respond to Martin Kramer’s support of a eugenics program against Palestinians Pingback: Chapel Hill Murders: Between A Simplistic Media And Human Complexity \| The Age of Blasphemy()	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3517
__label__wiki	0.527482	0.527482	Help Centre FAQs Clarity and LX Factoids CF7 - Audio Playback CF7 - Audio Playback The Clarity software and LX consoles also allow Audio playback to be programmed as part of a lighting show. MP3 files can be loaded into the console and then patched as an Audio 'fixture' for inclusion in a show. This fixture has two attributes -Volume and Play/Pause/Stop. To play audio is a simple matter of selecting the audio fixture, adjusting the volume and selecting Play. It can be saved as part of a cue in a cuelist or operated live, and because Clarity treats it as a fixture it can be given fade, wait and delay times, and the volume can be controled via a fader if desired. This feature can be used in many different ways. One common method is to play a song, and have the lighting cues automatically synchronise to the track - making Clarity ideal for Christmas light displays and themed environments. In theatrical shows it can be used to trigger sound effects at the same time as lighting cues (so the lightning flash occurs in sync with the sound). One clever user has even recorded all his followspot calls into his show file, to ensure that they are always called correctly. Last Updated ( Wednesday, 21 November 2012 17:04 )	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3518
__label__wiki	0.519636	0.519636	DFS Helper NHL Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 5/2/19 Chris Wassel — @ChrisWasselDFS May 2nd, 2019 In a pair of Game 4s, Columbus and Colorado play the home teams tonight. Who can you trust in NHL DFS? A good chunk of you played daily fantasy football this year, and I'd be willing to bet a significant portion have also tried out daily fantasy basketball and baseball. But hockey? Hockey? It's time to give it a try over on FanDuel because it's a ton of fun. And our analysis and projections can help you win. To help, let's take a look at some goalies, high-priced skaters, and lower-priced players to target for today's slate. Goalie to Target Sergei Bobrovsky ($8,300): Boborovsky starts for the Columbus Blue Jackets against on Thursday night against the Boston Bruins. Bobrovsky has won his last two starts against Boston and stole a game on Tuesday, stopping 36 of 37 shots in a 2-1 victory. The Columbus goalie did get some help from a few friendly posts but did equally frustrate Boston's shooters most of the night. Furthermore, Boston projects to shoot 30+ times on Bobrovsky yet again in Game 4. Behind three straight quality starts, the Columbus goaltender a good play in GPPs and tournaments. For a bigger risk, Philipp Grubauer ($7,600) is cheap but worth a look. He was not awful in Game 3 against Colorado (allowed 3 goals on 30 shots) and was a victim of some bad luck as well. High-Priced Skaters Nathan MacKinnon ($9,200): To put it simply, MacKinnon is a plug-and-play option on Thursday against the San Jose Sharks. The Logan Couture line only slowed him down a little bit as MacKinnon scored again, had five shots, four scoring chances, and two blocks. And tonight, this is about as much a must-win as a game can get for MacKinnon and the Avalanche. The expectation is another big fantasy night for the center. His price is justified and could still bring value. He has 20+ FanDuel points in six of his last seven outings. Couture ($8,000) again is a great secondary option with nine goals in these playoffs alone. Cam Atkinson ($7,100): Atkinson was not great on Tuesday, but he was just good enough, as he tallied another assist with three shots and three scoring chances. One of those chances hit the post again (that's three in this series). Eventually, his four-game goal-scoring drought has to end. All kidding aside, the right winger has created some incredulous high-danger chances all series for Columbus. Between him and Artemi Panarin, they have been quite a combination all season long. Boston has had a tough time keeping up with the duo as well. Timo Meier ($6,400) has not been slowed down much either, so the Jackets could be in for a great night as a unit. Value Skaters Matthew Nieto ($3,900): This is nuts but Nieto is on a nice little roll, with 13+ FanDuel points in each of the last two games. In limited ice time, he has caused havoc against his former team by creating speed out wide, which makes defensive life difficult for San Jose. He has a goal in each of the previous two contests, and it will be intriguing to see if he gets a bump up in time on ice for Game 4. Even if he does not, Nieto will at least generate a few scoring chances. It all comes down to whether he converts or not. Cale Makar ($3,600): Being utilized at home, Makar is in a good spot against San Jose. He has double-digit FanDuel points in three of four games now. The rookie plays like a veteran for the most part, and his minutes are around 16 to17 a night, which is not too taxing. The encouraging news is that Makar has manufactured a couple scoring chances in each of his last four starts. The opportunities are there for the young defenseman. Fortunately, playing at home allows the Colorado coaching staff to deploy him mostly in the offensive zone (60-70% utilization). David Savard ($3,700) is a decent floor option from Columbus on Thursday evening. Chris Wassel is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Chris Wassel also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username chriswassel. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his/her articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel 3 Early Stanley Cup Betting Values NHL Stanley Cup Odds Update: Will the Bruins Take Care of Business? NHL Daily Fantasy Helper: Monday 5/6/19 Chris Wassel —	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3520
__label__wiki	0.510544	0.510544	LOKOMOKO Upcoming synth-pop band Lokomoko releases the second EP ‘Everything Ever Ever’, after the first recorded chapter ‘Harold Weir’. Started as a side project of lead singer and guitarist Mario, the five-piece band from Hamburg thrives on DIY. They write and record their songs in their own studio, create the artwork and direct videos in a completely independent way. ‘Everything Ever Ever’ encompasses all of this and goes beyond. Its sound is ever-shifting, it plays with different genres and hidden influences, resulting in an empirical guitar pop coated with synths. All spiced up by a hint of that John Lennon vibe. As for the lyrics, they are as spontaneous as Lokomoko’s members. The three-track EP is a ticket to the ethereal world of Lokomoko, where not necessarily everything makes sense, but it just feels right. MANAGEMENT : info@oddwop.com PRESS: press@oddwop.com BOOKING : booking@oddwop.com THE BAND : contact@lokomoko.net	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3522
__label__wiki	0.506479	0.506479	Old Cars Canada This blog reviews automotive history books and showcases the best of more than 1,000 published articles on collectable cars--complete with rare images and hard-to-find Canadian statistics--all by noted automotive historian James C. Mays. The 1961 Chevrolet Impala two-door was easily identified by the trio of taillights. The two-door sedan listed for $3,629 with the optional V-8 engine. The first Chevrolet was assembled in this country in 1916. The McLaughlin Motor Car Company Limited acquired the rights from William (Billy) Durant. The durable and economical little Chevrolet was built in Oshawa, Ontario alongside the fancy McLaughlin. Sales were good for both. General Motors bought the McLaughlin concern in 1919 and transformed it into GM of Canada, Limited. The entire range of company’s products was phased into production in Oshawa—even Cadillac. The only GM car never built here was the Marquette, a short-lived, lower-priced companion to the Buick. Chevrolet appealed to the public and quickly bested Ford as the most popularly purchased automobile in the Dominion. The rivalry between the Blue Oval and the Bowtie to be Number One in the hearts and driveways of Canadians would continue for decades to come. General Motors marked its Golden Jubilee in 1958 and boasted that more than half of all cars driven in this country were GM products. Despite the relentless onslaught of small, cheap European imports, in 1960 Chev alone accounted for 15.5 percent of all new car sales. To sweeten the pot, the GM division introduced a rear-engined compact car series that model year to do battle with Volkswagen and Rambler. The Corvair enjoyed modest success with consumers. It all added up to a banner year for GM as the manufacturer produced 175,086 passenger cars—the best year on record since 1953. The 1961 Impala convertible was the only ragtop that year in the full-sized Chevrolet family. The price tag was $3,533 when equipped with the six-cylinder mill and $3,658 for the V-8 version. The 1961 Chevrolet family included a full-sized stable made up of Impala, Bel Air and Biscayne models. These cars were new from stem to stern. The compact-sized Corvair continued with minor changes. The image building two-seater fibreglass Corvette with its new bobbed backside rounded out the bowtie kinfolk. The graceful roofline distinguished Sports Coupes from other Chevs in 1961. This Bel Air cost $3,062 with a six under the hood and $3,286 for the V-8 model. The full-sized envelope was styled under the direction of design chief William “Billy” Mitchell. They lost a few pounds and a few inches off the length, though they continued on the 119-inch wheelbase. Much was made of the “slim new size” that made Chev “easier than ever to drive, park and garage.” The car carried headlights integrated into the ribbon grille, emphasized by a uni-brow that defined the leading edge of the hood. Between that defining mark and the grille itself were the turn signals spaced nicely by a half dozen open vents that lined up with vertical grille depressions. Visit my old car website at http://www.theoilspoteh.ca Heavily sculpted flanks gave the impression of flight with a fin-like look in the rear quarter panel. Circular tail lamps set in a flat panel were distinguished by a heavy indentation dipping into a sweet “V” at the centre of the rear. The greenhouse featured curved and canted front pillars. Slim C pillars created a unique roofline for the Sport Coupe and the Sport Sedan was given a wide rear pillar to “add a touch of town-car luxury.” The result was a trio of rooflines giving acres of viewing area. Impala was the posh Chev. It sported such thoughtful touches as an electric clock, a parking brake warning light, back-up lights, deep-twist carpeting, fingertip door releases and custom-length arm rests as standard equipment. Consumers were told the would be “hard pressed to find a reason for wanting any more car than this.” Interiors were upholstered in soft leather-grain vinyl over foam-cushioned seats. There was a four-door Sport Sedan, a four-door sedan, a convertible and a two-door sedan to choose among. The 1961 Chevrolet Impala boasted a capacious but compactly designed Instrument Console with all controls conveniently located within easy reach of the driver. Bel Air was the mid-range beauty in the full-sized family. Billed as being popularly priced, it offered a glove box light, a dome light, foam for cushions fore and aft, deluxe door handles, window cranks and steering wheel and ash trays in the rear compartment. Each item was described as a Chevy virtue at a “price that makes buying too easy to resist.” The Bel Air was available as a Sort Coupe, a Sport Sedan, a four-door sedan and a two-door sedan. The least expensive full-sized Chevrolets in 1961 were found in the Biscayne Fleetmaster series. The two-door listed for $2,730 and the four-door was priced at $2,797 with the six-cylinder engine. The least expensive Chevrolet was the Biscayne. Offered as a two- or four-door sedan, it boasted dual sun visors, front arm rests and a glove box lock. Interiors were simple and colour-keyed to a durable rubber floor mat. Even less expensive was the Biscayne Fleetmaster, designed for business. This hardworking pair was available in two- and four-door models. Station wagons were listed separately and could be ordered with six or eight-cylinder engines. The wagon tribe included a very elegantly appointed Nomad four-door, six- or nine-passenger model, a mid-priced Parkwood six- or nine-passenger, four-door model and an inexpensive Brookwood four-door, six- or nine-passenger wagon. Each offered 97.5-cubic feet of cargo space. To add icing to the cake, a new concealed compartment under the floor provided additional space and out-of-sight safety for precious items. Options? You bet! Owners could load up on goodies galore including power steering, power brakes, power windows, a 6-way power seat, a deluxe heater with or without the All Weather or cool-Pack air conditioning. The E-Z Eye tinted glass was required with the air conditioner. There was dual exhaust, a two-speed electric windshield wiper and pushbutton windshield washer, For listening pleasure, Chevrolet offered a choice of radios. A four-speed manual transmission was available and for the shiftless, PowerGlide or TurboGlide automatic transmissions could be had, too. Colours for the 1961 Chevrolets were all Magic-Mirror acrylic lacquer. The deep-down lustre was protected by the plastic base that promised to resist road sins such as sun, salt, road tar and chipping. Tuxedo Black, Twilight Mist Metallic, Ermine White, Sateen Silver Metallic #2, Midnight Blue Metallic, Jewel Blue Metallic, Tradewind Blue, Arbour Green Metallic, Seafoam Green, Honduras Maroon Metallic #2, Coronna Cream, Cherrywood Bronze Metallic, Twilight Turquoise Metallic, Seamist Turquoise, Almond Beige, Dawnfire Mist Metallic, Fawn Beige Metallic, Roman Red and Shadow Grey Metallic were the hues of the season. They could be applied to the Body by Fisher envelope in solid colours or in striking two-tone combinations. When the calendar year was over, Chevrolet had done well for itself, racking up 70,072 deliveries of its full-sized cars and an additional 8,777 Corvair sales. The small car was here to stay but consumers’ love affair with the full-sized Chev was far from over. The priciest Chev in the 1961 lineup was the eight-cylinder, nine-passenger Nomad wagon with a price tag of $3,929. Copyright 2006 to James C. Mays Posted by James C. Mays at 2:22 PM Labels: 1961 Chevrolet Impala, Bel Air, Biscayn, General Motors Canada Limited, Oshawa Please share what you think about today's thoughts by posting a comment here. Follow @OldCarsCanada More Old Car Articles 1949 Monarch 1966 Renault 10 Major 1980 Chevrolet Citation Like Old Cars Now James C. Mays James C. Mays is an accomplished author having writte 32 books on numerous subjects. His published interests include automotive history, gourmet vegan cooking and children's books. He is the recipient of two Golden Quill Awards and the 1999 winner of Vogue magazine's Millennium Foodand Beverage Award. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_C._Mays_(automotive_historian) Hear Me Speak Henry Ford - 150 Years in Detroit James' Blogs and Website Blog: Old Cars Canada Website: The Oil Spot Eh! 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__label__wiki	0.637713	0.637713	John Egbunu returning to Florida Gators basketball for 2017-18 season It never seemed like a legitimate possibility that redshirt junior center John Egbunu — not even halfway recovered from a torn ACL — would leave Florida Gators basketball after the 2016-17 season.... Four Florida Gators, three defensive backs, picked on day two of 2017 NFL Draft April 29, 2017 \| By Adam Silverstein The first round of the 2017 NFL Draft was a relatively slow one for the Florida Gators, but business most certainly picked up on Friday when Florida saw four players — including... Florida Gators in 2017 NFL Draft: LB Jarrad Davis goes No. 21 overall to Detroit Lions When the Detroit Lions selected linebacker Jarrad Davis with the No. 21 overall selection in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft on Thursday, they ended an extended streak. Davis became... 2017 NFL Draft tracker: Florida Gators draft picks, full analysis, history Welcome to OnlyGators.com‘s live coverage of the 2017 NFL Draft. Thanks for visiting and be sure to stop by throughout the event. Check out the Florida Gators‘ entire 2017 draft class below... 2017 NFL Draft projections: Where the Florida Gators’ players will land Despite being incredibly busy during the week of the 2017 NFL Draft, longtime analyst Tony Pauline of DraftInsider.net sat down with OnlyGators.com for a wide-ranging look at the Florida Gators who could... Florida DT Caleb Brantley maintains innocence as accuser wants fast settlement The constant twists and turns following a physical incident between former Florida Gators defensive tackle Caleb Brantley and a woman continue with the 2017 NFL Draft approaching. Just a day after maintaining... Ex-Florida DT, NFL Draft prospect Caleb Brantley charged with striking woman in face An incident involving Florida Gators defensive tackle Caleb Brantley and a woman, which initially resulted in no charges for either party, has taken a turn as Brantley is now charged with misdemeanor... Florida F Devin Robinson declares for 2017 NBA Draft, will not return Florida Gators basketball will be undergoing a lot of changes ahead of the upcoming season, namely finding a way to replace one of its most dynamic players in junior forward Devin Robinson.... Ex-Florida DT, NFL Draft prospect Caleb Brantley involved in incident with woman Former Florida Gators defensive tackle Caleb Brantley, a prospect expected to be selected early in the 2017 NFL Draft was listed as a victim in a simple battery report filed by the... Florida Gators freshman guard Eric Hester to transfer Florida Gators freshman guard Eric Hester, who played sparingly as a deep reserve his first year with the program, will transfer this offseason, two sources confirmed to OnlyGators.com on Wednesday. Hester was...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3526
__label__wiki	0.721637	0.721637	Domingo sings Wagner This two-CD budget series collection brings together two Placido Domingo Wagner recitals, the first from 2000, with Deborah Voigt receiving co-billing, and the second from 2002. Wagner: Arias and Love Duets Natalie Dessay, Deborah Voigt, Placido Domingo, Violeta Urmana. Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra. Antonio Pappano, conducting. EMI Classics 3 97683 2 [2CDs] $12.99 Click to buy Together, the discs present a picture of what a full Domingo performance of the character Siegfried would be like, as well as offering what turned out to be a preview of Domingo as Tristan (he recorded the complete role a few years later for EMI). Here Voigt as Isolde joins Domingo’s Tristan for the act two love duet, with a wonderful concert ending that allows for the two lovers to finally achieve earthly bliss. In the act three Siegfried duet, Voigt tends to dominate. She has announced intentions to perform Brünnhilde in the future. It may not be wise to take these performances as a guide to what her stage assumption would be like, as these recordings date back a few years, before her well-publicized surgery to reduce her weight. However, she easily bests Domingo, in an artistic sense, with the full feminine power of her voice in evidence. Domingo’s act three Siegfried is his least impressive singing of the set, giving off a strong sense of the singer with his face in the score, the role not yet fully in his possession. The Tristan und Isolde selection, however, finds Domingo employing the darker colors of his voice to fine effect. His Tristan is as heroic in his lovemaking as he had proved himself to be on the battlefield. That romantic, arguably Latin tinge to Domingo’s tone works well in this music, although elsewhere a whiff of impersonation can be sensed. As mentioned above, Wagner re-composed the end of the duet for a concert performance, and this alone makes this Domingo/Voigt performance cherishable, as their voices combine ecstatically in the same music that Isolde usually has to her lonesome self at the end of the opera proper. Disc two presents the acts one and two highlights of Siegfried’s music from the eponymous opera and Götterdämmerung. Domingo roars through a lusty forging aria, and the forest scene also boasts some lovely singing, capturing Siegfried’s wonder. Natalie Dessay “guest stars” as a very twittery Forest Bird. The more tragic Siegfried of the last Ring opera finds Domingo singing handsomely but with the drama somewhat forced, artificial. Violetta Urmana, the Brangäne on disc one, here assumes Brünnhilde, imposingly enough for her brief appearance. The most consistent strength of both discs comes from Antonio Pappano’s leadership of the Covent Garden orchestra, an exciting blend of precision and drama. Sound is first-class. EMI offers a note by Peter Branscombe that supplies some summary of the action; it is at least understandable that most people purchasing a set like this already have some familiarity with the material. Overall, a very entertaining set and at EMI’s new price point, quite the bargain. Chris Mullins	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3530
__label__cc	0.704243	0.295757	Review: Old Ghosts by Nik Korpon Posted in: Chris Leek, crime, Nik Korpon, Noir, Novel, Review Tuesdays, reviews Chris Leek Independent Reviewer Contact Chris to have your work reviewed. I have another novella to tempt you with this week. Nik Korpon brings his neo-noir A game to the Gutter with Old Ghosts. Some things are best left in the past, but like Willy Vlautin said. “There is always that dream of escape, but there is no place to escape to, you just run into yourself.” That’s certainly true for Cole. The life he was living in Boston nearly killed him. His time there ended with a knife in his guts and a plan to start over. Now, he is settled in Baltimore, working construction and trying for a family with his wife, Amy. Cole is still haunted by the ghosts of his past and when his former partners in crime, Chance and Delilah arrive in town, he finds himself struggling to reconcile the loyalty he still feels towards old friends and lovers with the new life he has built to replace them. The choices Cole is forced to make will affect a lot more than just his own future. Old Ghosts doesn’t throw it out there from page one; you have to ride along for a while to find out exactly where the story is taking you. At times the introspection of the protagonist slows the journey, but his moral tussles are central to the plot and the pull of his old allegiances is used to good effect to provide the narrative with emotional depth. Nik Korpon’s renowned atmospheric style is much in evidence here. The lyrical quality of his prose is compelling and raises this novella way above a standard noir-by-numbers offering. Old Ghosts is easily devoured in one sitting, but will likely remain with you for a good deal longer.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3533
__label__wiki	0.894625	0.894625	» Uncategories » Facebook In Trouble Again For Sharing User Data With Phone Makers Facebook In Trouble Again For Sharing User Data With Phone Makers Facebook is on the defensive again over how it handles people’s personal data. Under scrutiny this time is the company’s practice of sharing information about its users with dozens of smartphone and tablet makers. A New York Times investigation published late on Sunday revealed the scope of data-sharing deals Facebook struck over the years with companies like Apple, Samsung and Microsoft. The partnerships give some device makers access to Facebook users’ education history, relationship status, work, religion, political leaning and upcoming events, the Times reported. In a blog post, Facebook confirmed some parts of the Times’ report but disputed others. It said it forged partnerships with around 60 companies back when mobile phones were less powerful and app stores did not yet exist. The social media company said it gave device makers access to software only so they could build versions of Facebook that worked on different phones or operating systems. “These partners signed agreements that prevented people’s Facebook information from being used for any other purpose than to recreate Facebook-like experiences,” Ime Archibong, Facebook’s vice president of product partnerships, wrote in the blog post. “We are not aware of any abuse by these companies,” he added, noting that Facebook has been “winding down access” to the software. The New York Times reported that Facebook also gave device makers “access to the data of users’ friends without their explicit consent, even after declaring that it would no longer share such information with outsiders.” Facebook disputed that finding, saying that “friends’ information, like photos, was only accessible on devices when people made a decision to share their information with those friends.” But the revelations quickly drew criticism and concern. “It’s worrying that so many companies had access to this data, particularly in light of security and privacy concerns,” said Michael Veale, a technology policy expert at University College London. He suggested it’s “hugely possible that other apps on some devices could have been mining this data if the privacy and security controls were lax.” US Congressman David Cicilline, who has introduced a bill intended to curb Facebook and Google’s influence in the news industry, said the Times report raises questions about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg’s testimony before Congress earlier this year. “Sure looks like Zuckerberg lied to Congress about whether users have ‘complete control’ over who sees our data on Facebook,” Cicilline wrote on Twitter. “This needs to be investigated and the people responsible need to be held accountable.” Apple, Samsung and Microsoft did not respond to requests for comment on the matter. Facebook is under increasing scrutiny from lawmakers, regulators and users around the world over its handling of users’ data and the steps it takes to protect their privacy. Title : Facebook In Trouble Again For Sharing User Data With Phone Makers Description : Facebook is on the defensive again over how it handles people’s personal data. Under scrutiny this time is the company’s practice of shari... 0 Response to "Facebook In Trouble Again For Sharing User Data With Phone Makers"	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3537
__label__cc	0.748742	0.251258	Army group 'coming out of the atheist closet' Nonbelievers at Fort Bragg launch effort to get recognition, equal treatment on base Jim R. Bounds / AP Army Sgt. Justin Griffith stands in front of his Army uniform at home in Fayetteville, N.C., on March 31. An atheist before he joined the Army, Griffith decided to become a public advocate for other members of the Army who shared his lack of belief in God. By TOM BREEN	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3541
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__label__wiki	0.844925	0.844925	MTV and Viacom Sign Deal with A$AP Rocky A$AP Rocky Named Creative Director for MTV LABS Multitalented Artist Inks First-Look Deal with MTV and Viacom Velocity to Develop Original and Branded Content NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MTV and Viacom Velocity, the company’s in-house creative agency, today announced it has named A$AP Rocky, backed by his own creative company AWGE, as Creative Director for MTV LABS, a creative incubator developed in partnership with the Harlem-born rapper and cultural trendsetter. In this role, Rocky and AWGE will have access to the company’s cross-platform production capabilities to create original content; experiment with new formats and existing MTV IP; and develop branded content for advertisers in partnership with Viacom Velocity. “As a dominant platform for youth culture, MTV has always given voice to fans and tapped artists who can deeply connect to them” “MTV is a name we grew up with - everyone knows them as innovators and champions of building artists’ careers. I’m honored to have this opportunity and can’t wait to show people what we have been working on,” said A$AP Rocky. “As a dominant platform for youth culture, MTV has always given voice to fans and tapped artists who can deeply connect to them,” said Niels Schuurmans, EVP and Chief Creative Officer, Viacom Velocity. “A$AP Rocky is a unique Millennial artist whose influence as an innovator and disruptor spans music, film, art, and fashion. What was so compelling to us is his authentic love for fans and the MTV brand, along with his desire to collaborate with us and our marketing partners to develop ideas that drive real cultural impact.” To celebrate the partnership, A$AP Rocky will give an exclusive performance of never-before-heard tracks from the forthcoming A$AP Mob album, Cozy Tapes Vol 1, in MTV’s Times Square studio on Friday, September 30. The performance of the lead track, “Crazy Brazy,” featuring A$AP Rocky and Key!, will be broadcast on MTV at 6:25 p.m. ET and streamed across MTV platforms. Additional A$AP Mob members are slated to make special appearances. About Viacom Velocity: Viacom Velocity is a full-service marketing and creative content team within Viacom Marketing & Partners Solutions group built to super-serve advertising partners. About MTV: MTV is a global media brand inspired by the creative spirit of music and the freedom and passion of youth. For more information, check out http://www.mtvpress.com. MTV is a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA). About AWGE: AWGE is a multi-faceted company that creates authentic connections, solutions and content for clients in the music, fashion, film/TV and lifestyle industries. Started by A$AP Rocky and his management team in 2014, AWGE oversees a highly curated list of artists, designers, musicians and style icons and has consulted for campaigns with Guess, Sony, Instagram, V-LONE, Midnight and more. Labels: Business Wire, Cable TV news, MTV, music news, press release Negromancer News Bits and Bites from October 23rd ... VIZ Media Announces New Manga from Shirow Miwa Image Comics Announces "God Country" Image Comics Announce "Dante" Comic Book Stars Love Them Some "Moonshine" New Poster for Denzel Washington's "Fences" - Octo... Bluefin Opens Pre-Orders on "Iron Man" Figure and ... Free Pokemon X-Y Pocket Comics for Halloween Comic... 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__label__wiki	0.943651	0.943651	Film Review: The vibrant, brutal Black Panther finds Marvel as you've never seen it before After the disappointment of the Guardians of the Galaxy sequel, Marvel settled into a bit of a groove. Spider-man: Homecoming served up a new take on both the origin story and Spider-man as a character himself, while the excellent Thor: Ragnarok found the multi-billion dollar studio at their most playful and experimental, handing the reins over to indie director Taika Waititi and allowing him to improvise a whole bunch of the film - a risk not many huge studios would take. Next up in the MCU's offerings is Black Panther, the first full length feature for the character since his debut back in Captain America: Civil War (which remains the franchise's best film) and the film that will open the doors to Infinity War in just two months time. But that's not really all Black Panther is selling. This is the first Marvel film to feature an almost entirely black cast, the first one helmed by a black director, the first Marvel film with the potential for serious cultural impact. Whichever way you look at it, Black Panther's mere existence is groundbreaking and likely to revolutionise the playing field while inspiring a whole new array of younger audiences to the belief that they, too, can be superheroes. Even if Black Panther turned out to be a bad film, the sheer notion of it playing in cinemas would be a wonder to behold - a form of representation unlike anything the genre, or maybe even cinema in general, has seen before. Better still, Black Panther is a great film. Ryan Coogler's first dovetail into the superhero genre is a runaway triumph from almost every angle. Origin stories have been done to death in the MCU by now, but Coogler's script (co-penned with Joe Robert Cole) finds a new approach. We know from Civil War that Wakanda as a country is all about Kings and heritage, but Black Panther goes a step further than "Can I be a King?" and instead focuses on "What does it mean to be a King?". The result is a thematically rich story populated with fully fleshed out characters, skipping the Save the World narrative in favour of something much more personal - it's less "save the world" than it is "save our world". At the centre of it all is T'Challa, played with grit and force by Chadwick Boseman. T'Challa's father has died and so he must now become the new King, which he does with honour and pride surrounded by those he cares for - mother Ramonda (Angela Bassett), sister Shuri (Letitia Wright), lover Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o) and close friend W'Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya). While this is going on, Erik Stevens (Michael B. Jordan) plans to overthrow Wakanda due to his vastly different beliefs in what the country should be to the world, while Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis) attempts to smuggle the country's source metal Vibranium into potentially dangerous places. There's a lot going on in Black Panther, but Coogler's tight script keeps things focused while permanently moving them forward. Black Panther doesn't begin at lightning pace, with a slower first act that spends most of its time simply showcasing Wakanda to us - and what a sight it is. The country's culture feels fully realised from the get go, with stunning costume design and breathtaking sets helping to flesh out an environment and turn it into a place that feels lived in. This sense of culture is deeply important to Coogler's film as so much of his narrative hinges on what Wakanda as a place means to various characters, so spending this time here at the beginning and engaging in all of its ceremonies and traditions feels important - but, also, fun. Black Panther could be heavy going, but Coogler knows to keep things enjoyable - his script is deep and complex, but his film remains entertaining. A lot of this is helped by the action scenes he presents us with. It isn't the crispest action you've ever seen - sometimes cutting too quickly for its good, especially towards the climax of certain scenes as if Coogler gets over excited by what he's doing and just sort of implodes on screen - but there's a number of terrific set pieces here that make solid claim to be Marvel's best action work in years. A car chase through the streets of South Korea is particularly notable for how many standout moments in manages to find within one sequence - a moment featuring Danai Gurira's Okoye and a well timed spear throw is especially leap-out-of-your-seat awesome - and the film's climax succeeds in staging multiple smaller one-on-ones inside the larger war taking place. What's more, these individual fights all have their own weight to them - every fight, every punch counts. Coogler even indulges in a pair of Gladiator-esque brawls during T'Challa's claim to the throne, surprisingly violent fist fights that feel as brutal emotionally as they do physically. Coogler's time directed a boxing film is demonstrated here perfectly, you feel every blow to the head, every fist to the gut. There are times where Black Panther threatens to be almost too brutal, but it juxtaposes the violence with vibrant cinematography from Rachel Morrison - the film finds set piece after set piece of eye-popping visuals, and Morrison frames them all gorgeously. What with the equally dazzling Ragnarok only a few months ago, perhaps Marvel have finally found a visual style to stick with. Coogler's best asset, though, is his cast. Boseman is terrific as the film's lead, but even he is out shined here repeatedly: the ferocity and personality Nyong'o and Gurira bring to their characters is undeniable; Letitia Wright is a bonafide scene stealer as Shuri, landing almost every joke perfectly and livening up each frame she's in; Michael B. Jordan is frankly stunning as the film's villain, the anger he brings to the character is most notable but he also finds a charm and soul to him, a humanity. We understand his motives, we maybe even relate to them - it's a truly terrific performance, easily the film's best. There's rarely a weak link to Black Panther both on screen and behind the scenes, Coogler's film takes charge of the MCU and commands it like its been in control the whole time. Black Panther is progressive and groundbreaking and genuinely deeply inspiring, but as well as all of that, it's simply good film making. Marvel, consider this a hot streak. In A Sentence With a tight, focused script and a handful of first rate performances, Ryan Coogler's Black Panther leaves a bold mark on Marvel's franchise, as well as blockbuster film making in general.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3549
__label__wiki	0.609775	0.609775	DED RABBIT Four brothers outfit, Ded Rabbit is an Alt rock/Indie band consisting of: Eugene (vocals, rhythm guitar), Fergus (lead guitar), Donal (bass) and Eoin Gaine (drums). With a number of well received EP and single releases, they’ve continued to complete a number of high profile performances that should be on any UK band’s bucket list. Notable achievements include: ‘Better On The Day’ Reaching No. 2 in the Spotify Viral top 50 chart March 2016, headlining the TBreak Stage on the Saturday night of T in The Park 2015, Kendal Calling 2016, Belladrum 2016, Xpo North 2015-6, Wide Days 2015, SAMA nomination for ‘Best Live Act 2015’, continued air play from BBC Radio 6’s Steve Lamacq and Vic Galloway and recent support from Sat Bisla on his ‘Passport Approved’ show which has been airing a number of Ded Rabbit tracks on various station worldwide including KROQ (Los Angeles). Originally from Yorkshire, Ded Rabbit moved to the Highlands in 1996 and through the isolation and a developing love of music, the brothers started playing music together for over ten years. After moving to Edinburgh to study, they started working together in the studio, releasing their EPs ‘Wash Away’ 2014, ‘Wake Up In A Dream’ and ‘Moving In Slow Motion’. In 2015 the brotherly unit began their highly successful partnership with Glasgow based Rocket Science Studios, who have recorded the likes of Texas and Bell & Sebastian. Their music echoes the influences they cite like Hendrix and The Beatles (post-1965) but they are avid gig-goers too, eager to see what is going on nowadays, so they are just as likely to be out watching Peace or Palma Violets as they are at home listening to Abbey Road or Electric Ladyland. - John Paul Mason, Daily Record With hints of The Housemartins and early Arctic Monkeys infused with a twist of funk and original lyrics, they have created a distinctive and highly listenable sound of their own. - Olaf Furniss& Derick Mackinnon, Artist Of The Week: Scotland On Sunday I know they're very hard working and are building up a good following in the capital... classic Indie sound. - Vic Galloway, BBC Radio Scotland Undeniable stage presence and performance skills”(-)”An exciting live band that will appeal widely and who are definitely festival-ready. - David Balfour, Record Of The Day It’s an explosive affair when you see Ded Rabbit live. I’d put them up there with Catfish and The Bottlemen as one of the best live acts around at the moment. - Jim Gellatly, Amazing Radio The brothers have big plans for 2017 with a new single and European tour dates. PR Ded Rabbit 1ºSingle Mar 10: The Monkey [Madrid], 10:30 pm - 2017 Mar 14 Costello Club [Madrid], 10 pm - 2017 Mar 15: Musicbox, 10:15 pm - 2017 Mar 16: TOCA [Braga], 10:30 pm - 2017 Mar 17: Fnac Santa Catarina [Porto], 6 pm - 2017 Mar 17: Plano B [Porto], 11 pm - 2017 Mar 18: Espaço A [Freamunde], 11 pm - 2017	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3552
__label__cc	0.624076	0.375924	MultiCinch It all started when... I looked at a bucket of Lego. I needed a mount for an old webcam and ran into the eternal problem. The webcam was functional, but old, so it wasn't worth spending money on a purpose built mount and it wasn't worth the time it would take me to build my own mount in my shop. Life is full of these little problems. I looked at my kids Lego. Fast to build with? Check. Cost effective? Check. Durable enough for real work? If only... MUTDUTs are like Lego for adults. But they're easier to use, more versatile and built to do real work. They're tools, not just toys. I spent most of my career in software making every application, database, operating system, et cetera fully compatible. We all know the frustration of having one app not work with another, but in the physical world, it happens all the time. Look around you; almost nothing you see is designed to adhere or integrate with anything else, much less everything else. But what if it did? What if there were a set of tools that allow anyone to connect anything, instantly? What if they were so well designed you could use them upside down and backwards, any size, any angle? And how would you do it? The secret, that took us years to perfect, is androgyny. Most everything; nuts and bolts, Velcro, even Lego, has a male and a female, and that is the flaw. Because now the male must fit into the female, and only at that size, type, angle etc. But with an androgynous tool, there is no male, no female. Everything fits into everything, and by extension, everything else. The standardized uniform component is the DUT, a sphere-cylinder combination that can fit inside itself (in the case of elastomers, like the MultiCinch) and as ball joints, in the case of other clips and clamps soon to be released. So now you can connect everything, and build anything. Instantly and effortlessly. Strong and secure. No planning, no measuring. -Scott, President and Founder Blog\| Contact \| Press MUTDUT Inc. 2016	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3554
__label__cc	0.749999	0.250001	Brian and Daisy This is Brian and Daisy. Daisy didn't have the best start to life and little is known of her history. Brian and Macallis got her at 4 months old. Brian and Macallis have worked tirelessly with myself to ensure that she is now on the best track. It's hard work getting a pup especially with one where the background is unknown. It can be emotionally waring to understand why your Dog is cornering herself, why she growls to communicate and struggle to connect when the Dog struggles to enjoy love, attention and fuss. It's been a long road. But we have got there. We now have a firm understanding of Daisys wants, needs, mannerisms and and her human bond. She now enjoys fuss and cuddles. She has better manners now and she's relaxed in herself. Mission accomplished. She will soon be joining us for agility and we can't wait. Every Dog and human I work with teaches me, broadens my knowledge and experience. It's a bonus to come out of training with friends for life 	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3555
__label__wiki	0.914697	0.914697	Police find rattlesnake, radioactive uranium, whiskey in car during traffic stop By Austin Williams Rachel Rivera (left) and Stephen Jennings were pulled over by police, who found a gun, a rattlesnake, an open bottle of whiskey and a container of uranium in the vehicle they were driving. (Photo by Guthrie Police Dept.) GUTHRIE, Okla. - Oklahoma police say they found an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe whiskey, a rattlesnake and a container of radioactive uranium powder, among other things, when they pulled over a pair of suspects in a stolen vehicle. The traffic stop happened June 26 in Guthrie, about 30 miles north of Oklahoma City. Stephen Jennings and Rachel Rivera were pulled over by officers who conducted a search of the vehicle. Guthrie police Sgt. Anthony Gibbs told Oklahoma City TV station KFOR that officers found a gun in the console and a terrarium in the backseat containing a “pet” Timber rattlesnake. Police said they also found an open bottle of Kentucky Deluxe next to the gun and soon learned that the vehicle was stolen, and that Jennings was driving with a suspended license. Gibbs says the driver, Jennings, was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, transporting an open container of liquor and driving with a suspended license, while Rivera was charged with possession of a firearm following a previous felony conviction. KFOR reported that the possession of uranium did not result in charges and that Guthrie police are still trying to find out what the suspects were going to use it for or how they obtained it. The suspects also were not charged for possession of the rattlesnake. “It happens to be rattlesnake season at the time, so he can be in possession of this rattlesnake because he has a valid lifetime hunting and fishing license,” Sgt. Gibbs told KFOR. The Associated Press contributed to this story. More Group Content Team Stories By Kelly Taylor Hayes A woman said her family received a cheeseburger bun with a swastika drawn on it in mustard at a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Indiana. The worker involved in the incident has since been fired, the company said. “Hey Buffalo Wild Wings in Columbus thanks for the special cheeseburger for my 12 year old,” Julie Roll wrote on Facebook with a photo of the bun, posted Sunday. By Gabrielle Moreira Fifty years ago, the Apollo 11 spacecraft lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a three-man crew. Two of them would be the first men to walk on the moon. The Apollo 11, which was part of the Apollo Program, took off at 8:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969. It was set to be the first lunar landing of the program, according to the Lunar and Planetary Institute . Aboard the 363-foot spacecraft were three astronauts: Neil Armstrong, mission commander, Michael Collins, command module pilot and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, lunar module pilot. A deputy in Louisiana rescued a tiny kitten in the midst of a car crash and decided they were a purrfect pair. Deputy Harry Guillot with the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office responded Thursday to an injured driver in a crash in the town of Cut Off, located about 65 miles southwest of New Orleans, as tropical storm Barry approached the area, officials said. After helping the driver into an ambulance, Guillot noticed a small kitten inside the car unharmed from the crash. An animal control deputy responded to keep the feline safe during the storm.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3556
__label__wiki	0.792162	0.792162	Paper Street Theatre Co. Improvisation that feels like Theatre One-Day intensives Our Resident Company Dave Morris Improviser/Artistic Director Dave Morris is a speaker, teacher, and storyteller, but mostly he's an improviser. He's been teaching, producing and performing improvisation around Canada and the world for the last 15 years. He is the artistic director of the award-winning Paper Street Theatre co. in Victoria B.C., was a long-time volunteer and regional director for the Canadian Improv Games, and performs his one-man improvised storytelling shows to high acclaim. He has performed and taught at festivals around the world, including Seattle, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Chicago, and many more across Canada. He's busy often, but can always be busier. Missie Peters Improviser/Costume Design Missie Peters is a founding member of Paper Street Theatre. She is an improviser, poet and performer and has performed across Canada and throughout Europe, most recently in Romania. She is a past Victoria Slam Champion, and was the producer of the Victoria Spoken Word Festival. She is often seen hosting events around town including Pecha Kucha and TEDx Victoria. She also sometimes designs and makes the costumes for Paper Street shows. Byron Kjeldsen Improviser/Set & Props Construction Byron Kjeldsen is one of the original Paper Street cast members and has been improvising for 15 years, playing make-believe before that. He is especially drawn to the mime and clown aspects of improv. Together with Nicole Malcolm, they have created an improv duo format called Ants which combines narration and clown elements. They have performed it many times at improv events/festivals around town. Byron also creates art (painting, sculpture, digital, etc.) and builds props for the Paper Street shows. Him and his father are responsible for Paper Street wooden weapon arsenal. During the day he loves his kafkaesque cubicle dream job at an insurance company. Improviser Scott Thompson is a founding member of Paper Street Theatre. He’s been improvising regularly for the last eight years, teaching the craft for the last four, and was director and producer of Victoria’s own “An Improvised Dungeons and Dragons”. He now lives in Hamilton, Ontario. He’ll be back to visit soon, and can’t wait to see everyone! Chris Gabel Chris is proud and privileged to be one of the Original Five members of Paper Street Theatre. He has also performed with Launch Pad Theatre and Atomic Vaudeville. Chris's favourite moments with Paper Street include when he got a huge laugh with a single word at the start of a show (A Fistful of Improv), the entirety of a late night show (Improv's For Closers), and the entire cast cracking up at the end of a show (A Murder on Paper Street). Monica Ogden Monica Ogden is an actor, storyteller, and Filipina feminist activist. Improvising with Paper Street since 2011, she is a visitor on Lekwungen territories. She co-created NickelPumpernickel with Tony Adams, is a member of ColorQoded Collective, and past panelist at Emerald City Comic Con. Festival credits: Seattle International Festival of Improvisation (Duwamish territories), Vancouver International Improv Festival (Tsleil-Waututh, Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territories) Paper Street Theatre Improv Festival (Lekwungen territory), and the Canadian Improv Games in Ottawa ON (Algonquin and Anishinaabe territories). Her solo show Monica vs. The Internet, directed by Ann-Bernice Thomas, won Pick of the Fringe 2017 for Bravest Show. Christina Patterson Christina is an actor, writer, director, improvisor, and producer, who has enjoyed being in a wide variety of Paper Street shows since joining in 2012. She was part of the Vancouver Theatre Sports Improviser’s Training Program and Tony ’n’ Tina’s Wedding at Toronto’s Second City. Co-creator’s of the ‘M’ Award and Pick-of-the-Fringe winning Launch Pad Theatre Company; she and her partner David developed Watch for Bones sketch comedy and the Kingdom for a Stage seasons at Craigdarroch Castle, including the popular Bard in the Ballroom Series, and are currently working on the Nautilus at Nine Podcast. www.launchpadtheatre.com Nicole Malcolm Improviser/Instructor Nicole is thrilled to be a part of another Paper Street Theatre Season. She started improvising over 19 years ago in Regina, Saskatchewan. On stage she has worked with Anoetic Improv, Hectik Improv, and co-founded Regina's Combat Improv. Off stage, she’s worked locally with the Canadian College of Performing Arts, Pacific Opera Victoria, Ballet Victoria, and Intrepid Theatre. Along with Byron Kjeldsen, she created and performs the format Ants: A kafkaesque absurd narrative improv format. Her favourite Paper Street shows were Kafka , Rom-Com, and Poe. Her favourite audience member is you. Brooke Cameron Brooke Cameron has been performing with Paper Street Theatre since her arrival to Victoria in 2015. Brooke is also a cast member of Entertainment Village, and recently returned from the Caribbean from her contract as cast member of BeerProv on the MSC Seaside. Previously, she performed with Vikes Improv, Crush Improv (Ottawa) & MI-6 Improv (Ottawa), and has taught improvised theatre classes through Paper Street Theatre, Crush Improv, and the Ottawa Acting Company. When not immersed in the improvised theatre world, Brooke teaches biology and enjoys hiking in the coastal rainforest. Chaz Booty Chaz first started his improv journey over half his life ago. From Middle School, to the Canadian improv Games, to PaperStreet, Chaz has embraced the improv lifestyle with open arms. When Chaz isn’t performing on the stage, he spends his time coaching younger generations of improvisers as they compete in the CIG’s. Chaz’s favourite part of improv is supporting everyone on stage. Even if he doesn’t know where the scene is going, he knows we’ll discover it together. Favourite quote: “You can’t spell improv, without love” - Dave Morris Liz Colangelo Fresh out of Paper Street's masterclass (for the second time), Liz Colangelo can be seen playing all sorts of witty and no-so-witty (most likely) characters in Paper Street's improvised Jane Austen play, Yes and Yesteryear. When not laboriously reading Jane Austen novels and projecting her voice across the Emily Carr front yard, Liz may be spotted swing dancing the night away at local live band events. On rare nights of imbibing, she may be spotted playing ukulele loudly (and badly) in attempts to distract from her singing loudly (and badly). Taylor Montalbetti At the tender age of 11 years Taylor began improvising with her middle school’s theatre club on Salt Spring Island. Fast forward ten years later and she’s still doing it! Although no longer in a junior high school on a tiny island. Instead she’s in Victoria and just finished her last month of the Paper Street Scholarship. When she’s not doing improv you can probably find her making lattes or making up songs. She’ll be performing with Enigmatic Events in the Victoria Fringe Festival in August as well as Paper Street Theatre’s Ghost Stories show this coming Fall. Tony Adams (he/him, they/them) is a creator, performer, director, and improvisor. Along with Monica Ogden, Tony is one half of NickelPumpernickel, a duo committed to theatrical experience tethered to social justice, community building, and deconstructing popular (white) Canadian theatre. Tony is also the Co-Artistic Director of May Can Theatre and has developed 15 new works with them. Originally from Ottawa (Algonquin/Anishinaabe Territory) Tony is happy to be living in Victoria, located on the unceded territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. Olivia Karpyshyn 2012 was important for 2 reasons, the world didn’t end and Olivia Karpyshyn discovered improv. She was introduced to improv in her high school improv club and quickly started improvising with Loose Moose Theatre Company in Calgary. She then moved to Victoria to pursue a degree in Biochemistry. Now in her final year at UVic, Olivia has spent 3 years improvising with Vikes Improv, acting as their president since 2017. When she isn’t improvising or in the lab, she can be found watching reality TV. You can to see Olivia in various events around the university and in Paper Street Theatre’s Isle of Cranes. Aaron Simm Aaron Simm is an improviser, playwright, and award-winning spoken word artist. He has been featured artist at the Winnipeg Improv Festival, the Verses Festival of Words, and the Victoria Spoken Word Festival. He has written three books of poetry and performed two Fringe shows to critical acclaim. This is his first time performing with Paper Street Improv, and he is very excited about the whole thing. Jonah McKeen Jonah was born in the sleepy little Canadian town of Vancouver. Tucked away in the misty mountains of the North Shore, he began performing improv with CIG where he was given tutelage by great Daves such as David Beare and Dave Morris. Following school, Jonah took a break from performing until he moved to the busy city of Victoria. Here he saw his first Paper Street show, and realized he needed to bring his folksy small town charm back. On the stage is where Jonah could express his true talents: make stuff up, and getting a rise out of people. Natasha Guerra Natasha has been an improv student ever since she can remember. “Really?” You ask. Yes, and she is ecstatic to be able to continue this work with such talented, dedicated folks who finally get her improv jokes. Natasha is an Applied Theatre student at UVic and has previously performed improvised roles with Enigmatic Events in A Quiet Season, Jukebox Drive, and #Past#Present#Future at Victoria Fringe. Alexandra Forman Alexandra attended the Canadian College of Performing Arts 15 years ago, where she discovered her passion for improvised comedy. She continued to train and perform with some of the best improv companies Canada has to offer, including Second City Toronto, Calgary’s Loose Moose, Vancouver’s Theatre Sports League, Vancouver Urban Well Improv and now Victoria’s famous Paper Street Theatre. Alexandra is also a regular on a monthly comedy panel show called “The Mash”, and is a co-member of an improv/sketch comedy group called “Entertainment Village.” She can also be heard on local comedy podcasts “Must be Nice” and “The Hate Locker.” Sami Al-Khalili Sami Al-Khalili is a beatboxing, poet-spreading, vocal performance student at the Conservatory of Music in Victoria, BC. He considers himself a jack of art with interests in voice acting, acting for tv/film, improv acting, theatre, event production and event hosting. Currently, he runs his showcase in town called Speak, Easy at the Mint Victoria once a month. He’s been in the Full Monty as a principal lead under the theatre production of New Vintage Theatre in 2016. Inevitably, what he loves the most, is making inhuman sounds for people and for the stage. Gargi Bougie Gargi is going into her third year as an improviser, having received the majority of her training in Paper Street Theatre classes. She first came to explore improv when she said "yes, and!" to a sign outside the studio that read: "Try improv?" and she never looked back. Gargi is also a founding member of local improv group First Time Last and is known in some circles for a character named Sassy Sally. Melanie Gregory Worsell Mel began her improv journey on Salt Spring Island with the Canadian Improv Games. After winning a national gold medal, she moved to Victoria and took classes at Paper Street Theatre as their 2017/2018 scholarship winner. She loves improv, Hip-Hop, and good people. Emma Jane Dickerson Emma is a local lighting designer and technician and has been a part of Paper Street Theatre since 2013. She also works with Ballet Étoile, Broken Rhythms, and the Award Winning Puente Theatre. She's hung lights in every theatre in Victoria. She likes hard work and good people. Dan Godlovitch Dan G is a musician, sound designer, and digital instrument developer based in Victoria BC. He writes and performs experimental electronic music as okpk, and is a member of Laggards. Theodore R. Sherman Set Design/Set Construction Theodore is one of those people who does many things, people call him for reasons, and then things happen. In this instance Paper Street Theatre asked for a set design and construction, it will probably happen when there is a show. It will likely be acceptable, at the very least it will be fun for Theodore. The Style Guide Podcast Intrepid Theatre Looking for Magic! contact@paperstreettheatre.ca © 2014- Paper Street Theatre Template: HTML5 UP - Dopetrope Logo Design: Ehren Salazar Derek Ford	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3557
__label__cc	0.56893	0.43107	Rick Bayless \| Courtesy of RickBayless.com Mexico: One Plate at a Time Courtesy of Rickbayless.com: Award-winning chef-restaurateur, cookbook author, and television personality Rick Bayless has done more than any other culinary star to introduce Americans to authentic Mexican cuisine and to change the image of Mexican food in America. Rick is fourth generation in an Oklahoma family of restaurateurs and grocers. From 1980 to 1986, after studying Spanish and Latin American Studies as an undergraduate, and doing doctoral work in Anthropological Linguistics at the University of Michigan, Rick lived in Mexico with his wife, Deann, writing his now-classic Authentic Mexican: Regional Cooking From The Heart of Mexico (William Morrow, 1987). The New York Times’s legendary Craig Claiborne hailed this work as the "greatest contribution to the Mexican table imaginable." In 1996, Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant Flavors of a World-Class Cuisine (Scribner) won the IACP National Julia Child “Cookbook of the Year Award”. The New York Times praised him as a writer who makes "true Mexican food user-friendly for Americans," and Time Magazine hailed him as a "cookbook superstar." Rick's cookbook Salsas That Cook (Simon & Schuster), written with his wife, Deann, and JeanMarie Brownson, was published in 1999. At the 2001 James Beard Awards (the culinary equivalent of the Oscars), Mexico–One Plate at a Time, (Scribner) companion to the first season of the Public Television series by the same name , was singled out as the “Best International Cookbook”. In 1987, Rick having moved to Chicago, opened the hugely successful Frontera Grill, which specializes in contemporary regional Mexican cooking. Still today it remains one of Chicago's hottest dining spots. In 1988, Food & Wine Magazine selected Rick as "Best New Chef of The Year," and in 1991, he won a James Beard Award for "Best American Chef: Midwest." In 1995, he won another James Beard Award for "National Chef of the Year" as well as an award for "Chef of the Year" from the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP). In 1998, the Beard Foundation honored Rick as "Humanitarian of the Year." In 2002, Bon Appétit honored him with the “Cooking Teacher of the Year Award”. Mexico—One Plate at a Time is currently in its fifth season on PBS. His cookbook with his 15 year old daughter, Lanie, titled Rick and Lanie’s Excellent Kitchen Adventures was nominated for a James Beard Award as well as Rick’s sixth cookbook, Mexican Everyday Get the PBS Food Newsletter Help everyone explore new ideas, discover new worlds, expand their horizons. Donate Today. The Great British Baking Show No Passport Required Martha Bakes Family Ingredients Martha Stewart’s Cooking School Fresh Tastes Original Fare Kitchen Vignettes PBS Food – Latest Comments Re: Spring Radish Salad Spring vegetables were very late this year in Montréal, so we still have radishes, and I'll have my balcony herbs until the autumn chill. I might add one celery stick, sliced very fine, as I have some very good organic celery. Maria Gatti Of course they do. Maghrebi cuisine, like many round the Mediterranean, features a wide variety of chopped vegetable salads. Some do include greens such as lettuce or cabbage, but not all do. There are no greens (other than possibly herbs) in a classic Greek salad either. Re: Fresh Raspberry Pie I use frozen berries and all kinds of fruits all of the time as whatever is in season that's great, but if its not, frozen works just as good. The trick to doing these kinds of things are dabbing milk on the crust before you bake it as it replaces the butter and it doesnt burn it either. It just gives it a golden color. I also do not use lemon at all. I Dotann Re: Blueberry Lattice Pie Do you have a Huckelberrie PIE recipe Suzanne Culp Re: Vic’s Asparagus Vinaigrette I take Cooked Ham slices, place them like a mat on waxed paper, then I place aspagus on the meat, then shredded sharp white cheddar cheese, then using the Wax Paper, roll into a Log, bake at 350 for about 25 minutes, slice up and eat Dave Van De Cappelle Re: Cherry Ginger Chicken with Currant Daily 2 to 5 Special Sure Odds Ogungbadega Martins Free Daily Football Prediction Re: English Muffins I followed the recipe exactly as is. But I am not getting 8 muffins when I cut with 9 centimeter diameter cutter and 2.5cm thick dough. I only get 4 muffins. Meghna S Re: Yummy Cherry Chocolate Chunk Muffins You might want to re-write the directions. 2 cups all purpose flour + 1 tsp divided - directions say toss cherries with 1 tsp flour3/4 cup whole milk - directions say buttermilkDirections say - mix all ingredients - wet and dry, fill muffin cups and NOW preheat the oven?Shouldn't the oven be hot before doing anything? Mixbee1952 Re: Asian Baked Tofu Just add the calories of a block of tofu, 2Tbs of oil, and 3tsp of maple syrup and that will equal about the right amount. Then divide it by whatever amount you eat of the dish. Tre Shepard ShopPBS Promo PBS Food Links Browse Recipes Fresh Tastes Blog Cooking Shows About PBS Food Copyright © 1995 - 2019 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). All rights reserved. PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Our partner in public broadcasting:	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3560
__label__cc	0.647636	0.352364	Mahendra Trivedi Biofield Treated Pseudomonas fluorescens Related: Trivedi Effect Mahendra Kumar Trivedi Biofield Treated Nocardia Otitidis Abstract Nocardiosis is a soil-borne aerobic infection caused by Nocardia species commonly affects the respiratory tract. Nocardia otitidis (N. otitidis) is the key organism for non-mycobacterial tuberculosis. The current study was attempted to investigate the effect of Mr. Trivedi’s biofield energy treatment on N. otitidis and analyzed for antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), DNA polymorphism by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and 16S rDNA sequencing. The strain of N. otitidis (ATCC 14630) was divided into two parts, control and treated. Keywords: Nocardia otitidis; Nocardiosis; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Biofield energy treatment; 16S rDNA sequencing; Random amplified polymorphic DNA The genus Nocardia is associated with the group of microorganisms known as the aerobic actinomycetes and belongs to the family of Mycobacteriaceae. Since 1940s, the sulfonamides have been the drugs of choice for the treatment of nocardiosis [11]. &nsbp; Evaluation of Biofield Treatment on Physical and Structural Properties of Bronze Powder - Trivedi Science Abstract Bronze, a copper-tin alloy, widely utilizing in manufacturing of gears, bearing, and packing technologies due to its versatile physical, mechanical, and chemical properties. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the effect of biofield treatment on physical and structural properties of bronze powder. Bronze powder was divided into two samples, one served as control and the other sample was received biofield treatment. Keywords: Biofield treatment; Bronze; X-ray diffraction; FT-IR; Particle size; SEM Introduction Bronze is a metallic alloy, primarily consist of copper and tin in 90:10 ratio, which is also known as “true bronze”. A physicist, William Tiller proposed the existence of a new force related to human body, in addition to four well known fundamental forces of physics: gravitational force, strong force, weak force, and electromagnetic force. Experimental Bronze powder was procured from Alfa Aesar, USA. X-ray diffraction study G = kλ / (bCosθ), Particle size analysis 1. The Potential Impact of Biofield Treatment on Human Brain Tumor Cells: A Time-Lapse Video Microscopy - Trivedi Science Abstract Study background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common subtype of primary brain tumor in adults. The aim was to evaluate the impact of biofield treatment potential on human GBM and non-GBM brain cells using two time-lapse video microscopy technique. Methods: The human brain tumor, GBM cultured cells were divided into two groups viz. Results: GBM control cells showed a basal level of cell death 10 hours prior and 10 hours after the biofield treatment, and the rate remained unchanged over the 20 hours period, while in treatment group of GBM, cell death rate was exponentially increased (41%) after biofield treatment as compared to control. Figure 5: Percent change of cell death after 20 hours treatment period with respect to control. Conclusion: Altogether, data suggests that biofield treatment has significantly increased the cell death rate of treated GBM cells and simultaneously boost the viability of normal brain cells. Introduction Materials and Methods Results and Discussion 1. Influence of Biofield Treatment on Cadmium Powder Abstract Cadmium is widely utilized in nickel-cadmium batteries, stabilizers, and coating applications due to its versatile physico-chemical properties. The aim of present study was to evaluate the impact of biofield treatment on atomic, thermal, and physical properties of cadmium powder. The cadmium powder was divided into two groups, one group as control and another group as treated. The treated group received Mr. Trivedi’s biofield treatment. Keywords: Biofield treatment; Cadmium; X-ray diffraction; Differential scanning calorimetry; Particle size; Surface area; Scanning electron microscopy Introduction Cadmium (Cd) element belongs to group IIB in the Periodic Table, which originally exists in Hexagonal Closed Packing (HCP) crystal structure. Experimental Cadmium powder used in present investigation was procured from Alpha Aesar, USA. X-ray diffraction analysis Crystallite size=k λ/ b Cosθ. Where, λ is the wavelength of x-ray (=1.54056 Å) and k is the equipment constant (=0.94). Conclusion The Trivedi Effect Impact on Characterization of Brass Powder Abstract Brass, a copper-zinc (Cu-Zn) alloy has gained extensive attention in industries due to its high corrosion resistance, machinability and strength to weight ratio. The aim of present study was to evaluate the effect of biofield treatment on structural and physical properties of brass powder. The brass powder sample was divided into two parts: control and treated. The treated part was subjected to Mr.Trivedi’s biofield treatment. Control and treated brass powder were characterized using particle size analyser, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Keywords: Biofield treatment; Brass; X-ray diffraction; Fourier transform infrared; Particle size; Scanning electron microscopy Introduction Brass, an alloy mainly consist of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), is widely used in various industries because of their good formability, high corrosion resistance, strength to weight ratio, and ductility. Experimental Figure 1. 1. Antibiogram Pattern of Shigella flexneri: Effect of BioField Treatment - Trivedi Science Abstract: Shigellosis is a major public health burden in India and its neighboring countries due to infection of Shigella species. The current study was attempted to investigate the effect of biofield treatment on Shigella flexneri (S. flexneri) with respect of antimicrobial susceptibility assay, biochemical characteristics and biotyping. The American Type Culture Collection (ATCC 9199) strain of S. flexneri was used in this experiment. The study was conducted in revived and lyophilized state of S. flexneri. Both revived (Group; Gr. Keywords: Shigella flexneri; Biofield treatment; Antimicrobial susceptibility; Minimum inhibitory concentration; Biochemical reaction; Biotype; Shigellosis Abbreviations: MIC: Minimum Inhibitory Concentration; ATCC: American Type Culture Collection; NBPC 30: Negative Breakpoint Combo 30; MSM: Men Who have Sex with Men; NICED: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases; CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Introduction Materials and Methods 1. Antibiogram, Biochemical Reactions and Genotyping Characterization of Biofield Treated <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Antibiogram, Biochemical Reactions and Genotyping Characterization of Biofield Treated Staphylococcus aureus American Journal of BioScience Volume 3, Issue 6, November 2015, Pages: 212-220 Received: Sep. 19, 2015; Accepted: Sep. 30, 2015; Published: Oct. 16, 2015 Views 1954 Downloads 36 Authors Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Trivedi Global Inc., Henderson, USA Alice Branton, Trivedi Global Inc., Henderson, USA Dahryn Trivedi, Trivedi Global Inc., Henderson, USA Gopal Nayak, Trivedi Global Inc., Henderson, USA Sambhu Charan Mondal, Trivedi Science Research Laboratory Pvt. Snehasis Jana, Trivedi Science Research Laboratory Pvt. Abstract Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is the key organism for food poisoning due to massive production of heat stable exotoxins. Staphylococci, Staphylococcus aureus, Antimicrobial Sensitivity, Biofield Treatment, Biochemical Reaction, Biotype, 16S rDNA, Gram-Positive Bacteria Balaban N, Rasooly A (2000) Staphylococcal enterotoxins. Antimicrobial Sensitivity, Biochemical Characteristics and Biotyping of Staphylococcus saprophyticus: An Impact of Biofield Energy Treatment Title: Antimicrobial Sensitivity, Biochemical Characteristics and Biotyping of Staphylococcus saprophyticus: An Impact of Biofield Energy Treatment Updated: November 13th, 2015 Abstract: Staphylococcus saprophyticus (S. saprophyticus) is a frequent cause of urinary tract infection in the young women. The Impact of Trivedi Effect on Silicon Carbide Abstract Silicon carbide (SiC) is a well-known ceramic due to its excellent spectral absorbance and thermo-mechanical properties. The wide band gap, high melting point and thermal conductivity of SiC is used in high temperature applications. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of biofield treatment on physical, atomic, and structural characteristics of SiC powder. Keywords: Biofield treatment; Silicon carbide; X-ray diffraction; FT- IR; Particle size; Surface area Introduction Ceramics have been used for many years in structural, abrasive and electronics devices; and mostly are metal oxides. The biofield is a cumulative outcome of electric and magnetic field, exerted by the human body [10]. Based on the knowledge of existing literatures and considering the industrial significance of SiC, in present work an effort has been made to study the impact of biofield treatment on physical and structural properties of SiC. Experimental X-ray diffraction study (XRD) G=kλ/(bCosθ),	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3561
__label__cc	0.546572	0.453428	Urban Impressions Winter of our Youth Home of Art On the Walls Pedro Correa Fine Art Photography Pedro Correa Clearly influenced by his painting background (his painter mother, and his oil painting and comic art studies at the Brussels Royal Academy of Arts), his style was born by injecting the emotions of impressionism into the "decisive moment" of photography. In other words: shooting with one eye of an impressionistic painter and one eye of an urban image hunter. In order to capture instead of creating an alternate reality, elements of the picture are never modified digitally, or images merged together. His favorite subject remains the subtle human presence exuding out of urban landscapes, and his obsession to encapsulate enough fragile moments of fleeting urban beauty as to create with them an imaginary city where every single moment would be beautiful. Excerpt from The Washington Post review, by art critic Mark Jenkins: "The pictures from his “Urban Impressions” series depict multiple cities on several continents. A Madrid-born Brussels resident who trained as a painter, Correa hops from London to Tokyo to Paris. Wherever he goes, it seems, he avoids the eyes of the people he observes. He’s a poet of urban isolation, or at least non-connection." Excerpt from interview for Villas Magazine, by Kunty Moureau "When approaching Pedro Correa's work, one must go beyond what lies in plain sight in order to appreciate the mission he has undertaken: to reveal the beauty of cities where it is least apparent. What he calls "impressionistic photography" is a moment of truth that cannot be grasped at first sight." Excerpt from interview to Agenda Magazine, by Kurt Snoeckx: "Photography is Pedro Correa’s way of attesting to the city’s attraction: “All my pictures are love songs to the city. Not any particular one, but rather the universal idea of a city. It’s my perception of the city that I want to show, the feeling rather than an actual picture." Selected Exhibitions: Pedro Correa's works have been exhibited in galleries of Singapore, Hong Kong, Washington DC, Basel, Los Angeles, New York, London, Antwerp and Brussels. Art Fair, March, AAF Brussels, Art Unity (Brussels, BE) Art Fair, October, AAF Battersea, Art Unity (London, UK) Art Fair, October, Arts Elysées, Galerie 1831 (Paris, FR) Group Show, July-August, Art Unity Gallery (Knokke, BE) Group Show, June, Galerie 1831 (Paris, FR) Art Fair, May, AAF Hampstead, French Art Studio (London, UK) Solo Show, March, "To the Ends of the Earth", Workhouse Arts Center (VA, USA) Group Show, March, "Just Behind", 1831 Gallery (Paris, FR) Art Fair, March, AAF Brussels, Art Unity Gallery (Brussels, BE) Art Fair, March, AAF Battersea, French Art Studio (London, UK) Group Show, January, 1831 Gallery (Paris, FR) Solo Show, November, Licht Feld Gallery (Basel, CH) Solo Show, September, Artelli Gallery (Antwerp, BE) Group Show, August, Art Unity Gallery (Knokke, BE) Solo Show, April, A\|Proof Gallery (Washington DC, USA) Art Fair, February, AAF Brussels, Art Unity Gallery (Brussels, BE) Group Show, January, Artelli Gallery (Antwerp, BE) Group Show, Artelli Gallery (Antwerp, BE) Group Show, Jewish Museum of Belgium (Brussels, BE) Solo Show, French Art Studio Gallery (London, UK) Art Fair, AAF Hong Kong, Art Platinum (Hong Kong) Art Fair, AAF London, French Art Studio Gallery (London, UK) Group Show, French Art Studio Gallery (London, UK) Art Fair, AAF Hamburg, French Art Studio Gallery (Hamburg, GE) Group show, Winton Capital Head Quarters London, (London, UK) Group Show, French Art Studio Gallery, (London, UK) Group Show, Art Unity Gallery (Knokke, BE) Art Fair, AAF London, Art Platinum Gallery, (London, UK) Group Show, Leopold22 Gallery, (Knokke, BE) Group Show, Artist's Proof Gallery, (Washington D.C., USA) Group Show, Spot U Art Gallery, (Brussels, BE) Art Fair, L.A. Art, Vogelsang Gallery, (Los Angeles, USA) Notable Private Collections: Winton Capital \| UK Skanska \| US Edouard Vermeulen - Natan \| BE Hirsch & Vanhaelst \| BE Among many other international private collectors About the series \| Artist Statements: The fascination about infusing emotions into photography came after his PhD in Image Processing (at UCL University) in parallel with his studies in oil painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Art (both in Belgium). During that period Correa noticed that the image processing studies analyzed the data that was needed in order for an image to convey a specific message, whereas the impressionists where able to convey emotions while actually removing rational information and details from the reality they were seing. This juxtaposition of such opposed treatments of the image (or the translation of the world around us into an image) bread a long series of thoughts and works that culminated in the belief that by removing rational information from an image one could actually dampen brain activity and enhance the viewer's emotions (creating a more personal experience with the artwork). This thought has never left him since. This series is Pedro Correa's most transversal body of work. It began in 2012 and still continues today. It aims at capturing the energy he sees and feels in urban spaces, an energy that arises from the subtle humanity that any place created by man, or where man (humans) lives, exude. Depicting this humanity with photography allows him to use the decisive moment in order to capture what is visible to the eye for only a fleeting moment, bringing him closer to the art of the impressionists and their willingness to infuse their work with the emotions of the moment. Since the aim is primarily to capture reality instead of creating an alternate one, it was crucial to be able to capture the moments and scenes that had in their essence this painterly quality, without needing to manipulate reality a posteriori, digitally or otherwise. Everything in this series needed to be spontaneous, serindipitous and unaware. While creating this patchwork of fragile moments of urban humanity, this series eventually produced a project about an imaginary city that is out of time but where everything is in place, where one could find beauty spontaneously in every corner without needing to chase after it. Winter or our Youth: This series (2017), taken from trains, is a metaphor about time passing, how it distorts our memories, and how these in turn distort the whole perception of our own life. Some long-passed events may seem crisp and clear, whereas we prefer to maintain others very close to our present in a blurry mist. The series shares many aspects of the techniques Pedro Correa often uses in his work: spontaneous moments captured using exclusively the elements of the moment (a train window and a landscape in this case) and his camera, with no digital modification of the reality other than the obvious global post-processing needed in order to create the final printable artwork. In this case the post-processing focused on a very particular and precise use of the contrast. Untelling Stories: In this recent series Pedro Correa wanted to break a couple of the very strict self-imposed rules of the Urban Impressions series. The first one being to explore a more staged photography using models, in order to experiment how the fact of having (somehow) more control over the finished project would impact the result. Secondly, this series is meant to also be presented and viewed as a whole, instead of a series of independent works. Each mini-series in this project is bound by a common atmosphere, which aim is to permeates the viewer's mind in order to create very personal stories. Correa define's it as "storytelling without a defined story, other than the one that builds up in the viewer's mind". Home of Art: This project represents a tribute to the places and the people that exist and work in order to protect and present art (what Correa defines as "what makes us Human"). It gives a personal view on the very special atmosphere that reigns in museums and that allows art to live and blossom, its ‘guardians of art’ and in general the way art is presented and approached. There are three subjects captured within the series: the Museum Attendant, the people who guard, the Museum Visitor, those who come to admire the priceless works that adorned the walls, and the Museum itself, with its particular atmosphere. We respect your privacy. 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__label__wiki	0.538421	0.538421	M'Hudi on TV A three part series on wine came to an end last night with the final programme titled ‘The Future’ focusing on two South African wine brands, M’Hudi and Solms-Delta. The programme irritated me from the start because they mispronounced Pinotage and called it “a hybrid varietal that remains stubbornly unpopular abroad”. The programme tried to create suspense with the annual visit of Marks & Spencer’s wine-buyers and whether would buy M’Hudi’s Pinotage. M&S already stock the other two M’Hudi wines, Sauvignon Blanc and Merlot and the chances of taking a third, bearing in mind another wine in M&S’s portfolio would have to be delisted, are almost non-existent. But there were no surprises since we already know that M’Hudi’ s Pinotage is not in M&S. There was no discussion of why no other buyers than M&S was considered. Another focus was on the International Wine Challenge and whether M’Hudi Pinotage and Solms-Delta’s new sweet wine would get awards. Interestingly the programme showed this new semi-sparkling sweet red low alcohol (9%abv) Shiraz being fermented in barriques, which seems most unlikely for a cheap mass market wine Initially the two farmers seemed to be on opposite ends of the spectrum. M’Hudi is the first black owned vineyard, bought by the Rangaka family who live in a ramshackle tin-roofed cottage among broken machinery and straggling bush vines while Solms Delta has been in the same family for generations who live in a grand Cape Dutch mansion among a landscaped garden and neat trellised vines. The programme brought out a number of similarities and parallels between the two The Rangaka’s of Mhudi are new owners, having bought their farm in 2003 Solms-Delta was inherited by Mark Solms and their first wine was bottled in 2004 Oupa Rangaka was a university professor and dean Mark Solms is a brain specialist and translator of the works of Sigmund Freud M’Hudi has black owners whose wines are marketed at sophisticated middle class wine drinkers via Marks & Spencer in Britain Solms-Delta has white owners who are producing sweet fizzy wine for non-wine drinking black people in Africa M’Hudi is bankrolled by government grants and loans Solms-Delta is bankrolled by partner Richard Astor At the IWC M'Hudi Pinotage got a Bronze medal whiled Solms-Delta's lambrusco like wine failed to win anything. Oupa Rangaka seemed a little restrained on the programme, but maybe there just wasn't enough time to show him in full speech mode! The programme blurb says "via the struggles of these two remarkable men, wine becomes a prism through which to view the current state of the Rainbow Nation." Discuss..... The programme will be repeated on Sunday 9 March at 19:00 on BBC4 and is available via the internet on BBC iPlayer for those in the UK or anyone who can trick the website that their IP address is in the UK. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j0g7v Labels: M'Hudi Pinotage Tops Chinese Challenge "Pinotage has undergone a change" -- Grape Reyneke's Pinotage is "Another classic" Tasting Pinotage Blends in London	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3568
__label__cc	0.586612	0.413388	Home > Manufacturers > Italeri > British Light Cavalry 1815 British Light Cavalry 1815 Contents 17 figures and 17 horses Poses 7 poses, 5 horse poses Colours Light Tan Average Height 24 mm (= 1.73 m) Although Britain had been late to adopt light cavalry, by the wars with Napoleon there were many regiments of light dragoons, many of which were to be converted into hussars. During the Peninsular War these men had worn a uniform with braid and the Tarleton helmet, but to the dismay of the Duke of Wellington in 1812 they were given a new uniform which was designed with many similarities to the fashionable lancer uniform of the day, but with a bell-shaped shako on the head. The result was to make these men look very like French cavalry, yet clearly Horseguards felt this was secondary to the need to be fashionable. This was the uniform that was worn for the invasion of France in 1814 and the Waterloo campaign the following year. One of the first things that strikes you when you first see this set is the very narrow range of poses. Most of the troopers, and the officer, are waving their swords in the air, which is a perfectly acceptable pose but only one of many that could have been portrayed. The one exception - the first on the second row - is rather more interesting as he appears to slash to his left rear. However he has his right hand in a position we found impossible to replicate (twisted too far for human anatomy to allow), so for the sake of making a fairly flat and therefore easy pose this figure is very unnatural. The officer in the second row is posed much like his men, and only the cornet provides any variety. There have been plenty of good poses made over the years, not the least being the full charge pose so beautifully illustrated on the box front artwork or the more sedate pose on the back, so this lack of imagination is hard to understand. Things brighten up when we look at the accuracy of these figures' uniform. All have the uniform introduced from 1813 and therefore fully appropriate for the stated date of 1815. The short jacket with plastron, fringed epaulettes and 'waterfall' at the back, which made them look so French, are correctly done here. The shakos are good too, and it is here that we find the only distinguishing features that identify the officer. His cockade is slightly different, and he should have a short plume rather than a tuft. While the cockade is fine in this set the officer has exactly the same plume as his men, which to tell the truth is something of a cross between the tuft and the plume. True these were not so very different in reality, so at this scale you can get away with it. The cap lines are missing too, but this is a tricky item to sculpt and is commonly missing from figures. The men carry good-looking swords and all have a carbine by their right thigh. This is only 11mm in length, making it the Paget carbine, which was the most common carbine of these men and correctly done here. On the back of each figure is their cartridge pouch, but this has been sculpted horizontally as if attached to the waist belt. The sculptor has not understood that this was held by the crossbelt, and on some figures the belt is behind the pouch, which would be impossible in real life. Again this is not exactly a glaring mistake but for the purists it is annoying. The horses are all very active, suggesting that this set is to construct a charge and not much else, which is always less than ideal for light cavalry. Still the light cavalry harness and saddle are all well done and correct, although there is no sign of the pistol and blanket usually kept under the front of the sheepskin. The poses are a fairly typical selection, although it is sad to note that three of the horses have suffered horrific fractures of the ankle and will doubtless crash to the ground on the next step (by which we mean no horse’s leg bends at that point and in that way). Of late Italeri have really regained their former reputation for a high standard of sculpting and these figures are excellent, with all the usual detail sharply done. With no hint of flash or excess plastic these come clean straight off the sprue, although the ability of the rider to grip their horse, as seen in early Italeri sets, is not repeated here as the men perch very loosely on their mounts. Our comments about plumes and cartridge pouches are extremely minor and would not even be noticed by most, which is why we have given this set full marks for accuracy as losing a point seems excessive under the circumstances. The set has in the past been criticised for depicting elements of full dress - the men have no covers on the shakos, their lapels are open in the 'plastron' style and all have the dress shabraque on their horse. All these elements would be unlikely in the midst of battle, and you might expect all accessories attached to the saddles too, but it is a very common feature of many figure sets that they are depicted with the more attractive and neater dress elements, and this set is no different to so many others in that regard. The officer is wearing the same kit as the men, and indeed the figure could easily be used as another trooper (particularly as he has a carbine, which was unusual for an officer), but we would have preferred a more distinctive and less encumbered officer. However the sculpting on the figures can’t be faulted, and nor can the quality of the mould. Only the variety of poses leaves room for improvement, but that room is considerable as we felt seven poses could have been better used than this. So long as you want your light dragoons charging into battle with swords waving in the air then this set has everything, but for anything else you will have to look elsewhere. Historical Accuracy 10 Pose Quality 7 HaT KGL Light Dragoons "1815 The Armies at Waterloo" - Seeley, Service & Company - Ugo Pericoli - 9780854220724 "British Cavalry Equipments 1800-1941" - Osprey (Men-at-Arms Series No.138) - Mike Chappell - 9781841764719 "British Cavalry Uniforms Since 1660" - Blandford - Michael Barthorp - 9780713710434 "British Cavalryman 1792-1815" - Osprey (Warrior Series No.8) - Philip Haythornthwaite - 9781855323643 "British Napoleonic Uniforms" - Spellmount - Carl Franklin - 9781862274846 "Napoleonic Wars: Weillington's Army" - Brassey (History of Uniforms Series) - Ian Fletcher - 9781857531732 "The Thin Red Line" - Windrow & Greene - DSV & BK Fosten - 9781872004006 "The Waterloo Companion" - Aurum - Mark Adkin - 9781854107640 "Uniforms of Waterloo" - Blandford - Philip Haythornthwaite - 9781854093943 "Waterloo Men" - Crowood - Philip Haythornthwaite - 9781861262837 "Wellington's Army" - Windrow & Greene (Europa Militaria Special No.5) - Neil Leonard - 9781872004792 "Wellington's Light Cavalry" - Osprey (Men-at-Arms Series No.126) - Bryan Fosten - 9780850454499	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3572
__label__wiki	0.878217	0.878217	Merseytravel names five international bidders in new fleet and depot shortlist Five of the biggest names in the rail industry have been shortlisted in the race to win Merseyrail’s rolling stock deal to replace the 59 three-car Class 507/508 EMUs currently running on its network. Canada’s Bombardier, Germany’s Siemens, Switzerland’s Stadler, Spain’s CAF and Japan’s Mitsui have all been selected to go through to the next stage of procurement after the initial tender process was kicked off in October. Bidders were assessed in areas such as their capacity to deliver the work, their expertise and track record. In the next stage, they will make submissions specific to the details of the Merseyrail scheme. The scheme is intended to replace one of the oldest fleets still running in the country. Merseytravel expects to need a new fleet of 50 units, each 60m long, but it is up to the bidders to specify what they intend to provide. The project was initially estimated to cost £700m, but Merseytravel has now said it will come to about £400m, including major infrastructure improvements at stations and depots and major reinforcement of the power supply to the network. All costs will be recovered over the operational life of the new fleet by leasing them to the commercial operator responsible for the Merseyrail network, which is currently Merseyrail Electrics. The initial investment will dig into a variety of funding mechanisms, including a rail reserve already established for this purpose. Cllr Liam Robinson, Merseytravel chair, said: “All of our five candidates have extensive experience of providing trains, maintenance services and depots. They all have a strong international pedigree as well as a good track record here in the UK. “Now we want the bidders to use their expertise to help shape our vision, demonstrating innovation and a real understanding of the importance of the network to the Liverpool City Region. A new fleet, and the associated works, is essential for providing services that people and business can rely on, as well as being a stimulus for further economic growth.” As part of the process, Robinson said the company will be interested in how bidders could tap into the local labour market and make the most of UK-based opportunities. The tender documents are expected to be released on 22 January, with bids due back by the end of April. It is expected that the winner will be announced towards the end of the year, likely in November. At this point, city-region leaders through their combined authority will be asked to commit to the project going ahead. But the region already considers new trains by 2020 the best option to meet growing demand on the network and supporting the city’s ambitions, particularly at a time of devolution. The decision follows a detailed business case developed over many months, which analysed all options from refurbished rolling stock to new stock now or in the future. The current fleet running across the network is almost 40 years old, meaning it is close to the end of its operational life. Achieving high levels of performance and customer satisfaction will become increasingly more challenging and costly as the fleet continues to age. New trains with improved capacity and shorter journey times are also vital to meet the city’s growing demand, given that parts of its network are already close to capacity at peak times. And a new fleet is considered the best option to support the city-region’s Long Term Rail Strategy, which includes the potential for an extended network within the next 30 years to places such as Warrington and Crewe. Andrew Gwilt 12/01/2016 at 14:31 As Siemens, Bombardier, CAF, Stadler and Mitsui who are preffered bidders to build new trains as well Hitachi could also be interested in building new trains for Merseyrail to replace the Class 507 & Class 508 trains that are due to be scrapped if either those bidders do win the contract then the new trains should be in service at around 2020-2021. Mikeyb 12/01/2016 at 20:16 Andrew. As Hitachi's name does not appear amongst the five companies shortlisted, it would appear that they decided not to submit a bid for this tender.. Lutz 12/01/2016 at 23:36 50 units, replacing 59 to increase capacity? At one point Merseyrail was trying to get hold of an additional 8 units to meet demand. Are a number of the existing units laid-up? Are they planning to retain some of the existing units in service, to replace them at a later date? If not, how do the numbers add up? Hgz 14/01/2016 at 23:43 An article in the Liverpool Echo last year said they were ordering 50 trains with an option for another 50. I'm guessing these would be taken on if they expand the network. They've mentioned them being dual voltage so I guess Liverpool to Wrexham is something they have in mind. They certainly run less 6 car services in rush hour so they can't be using all the stock. I read rumours they were trying to run the current stock less to keep the operating hours down, given their age. Lachlan 18/01/2016 at 16:10 That's my local network so there's something to look forward to. There are some extensions to the network which would make sense, Kirkby-Wigan Wallgate & Ormskirk-Preston are just two. Second staff member on new Merseyrail trains could cost £7m and lead to fare rises Union to seek Liverpool metro mayor meeting Merseyrail boss takes up top job at West Midlands Trains Construction begins on Kirkdale depot to maintain new Merseyrail fleet NR extends platform at Liverpool South Parkway ahead of Lime Street upgrade Wirral Loop: ‘one industry’ approach to minimise disruption Work begins on new Maghull North station New Merseyrail fleet a platform for future innovations RMT calls off strike action following Manchester attack Merseyrail injunction bid against RMT strike thrown out by High Court Liverpool Lime Street shut for five days after collapsed wall causes commuter chaos RMT vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike against Merseyrail and Northern Merseytravel and Stadler sign new fleet deal, but legal challenge remains Merseytravel faces legal challenge over new £460m fleet Green light given to Merseyrail’s new Maghull North station RMT extends DOO dispute to Northern and Merseyrail Liverpool leaders give green light to new Merseyrail fleet Merseytravel chair calls for two West Coast services an hour £340m improvements to Liverpool railway announced Customers rate Southeastern & Thameslink as ‘worst’ train companies Merseytravel launches tender for new fleet and depot worth up to £700m Merseytravel seeks approval for £400m rail upgrade and new fleet Liverpool could get new city centre station Wirral Line platform reopens after £12m Moorfields investment Train performance improves in February Merseytravel set to launch new Walrus smartcard Rail punctuality falls nationally in Oct-Nov Innovative work underway to tackle leaf fall impact Electrification work ‘could be wasted’ if north doesn’t get new trains ‘Disappointing’ results from passenger survey Merseyrail introduces contactless payment Liverpool could need a new station by 2020 Underground – but not London Performance hits 93.4%	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3582
__label__wiki	0.569302	0.569302	Filtering by Category: lgbtq Terry DeFerenz is The Voice of the Resistance categories / acting, character, lgbtq, performance, performance art, queer, terry deferenz, web mentions tags / comedy, performance, acting, terry deferenz I Tapped My Husband's Back & What Makes a Man (Comme Ils Disent) "I Tapped My Husband's Back" and Charles Aznavour's "What Makes a Man (Comme Ils Disent)" closed Act 1 of the 2014 run of TingleTangle. Here is video of this segment, one of my favorites to perform in the production. These pieces talk about societal, familial, and ingrained prejudices, as well as Love in various forms. I'll never forget performing and exploring these pieces—their words—the day marriage equality became a thing, which happened to be the closing performance of TingleTangle's second run! To say they took on an entirely new meaning would be an understatement. (You'll also hear a bit of Mischa Spoliansky's "Maskulinum-Femininum" at the beginning of the video.) from TingleTangle produced by Theater Ninjas (2014-2015) conceived & performed by Ray Caspio original compositions, arrangements & accompanied by agleam/Eric M. C. Gonzalez lighting design by Ben Gantose costumes by Kevenn T. Smith stage managed by Kaitlin Kelly assistant stage managed by Christina Dennis at Guide to Kulchur Theater Ninjas’ original production, TingleTangle, was an evening of personal storytelling, songs and conversations about sexuality, marriage equality, the many angles of oppression and the power of compassion. It reveled in the nuances of identity and how we all use performance to communicate our truest selves to the world. Monologues I wrote and performed, drawing on my experiences as a married gay man in Ohio, formed TingleTangle’s core. TingleTangle sold out and extended its run in Fall 2014, and returned in June 2015, poignantly closing the day marriage equality was fully legalized nationwide. "Maskulinum-Femininum" music and lyrics by Mischa Spoliansky "I Tapped My Husband's Back" written by Ray Caspio "What Makes a Man (Comme Ils Disent)" music and lyrics by Charles Aznavour, arranged and accompanied by agleam/Eric M. C. Gonzalez categories / acting, cabaret, lgbtq, marriage equality, performance, queer, storytelling, theater ninjas, theatre, tingle-tangle tags / performance Creative Workforce Fellowship "Forty Cuyahoga County artists working in the disciplines of craft, dance, design, literature, media arts, music, theatre and visual arts will each receive $15,000 in 2016 through the Creative Workforce Fellowship...which are made possible by the residents of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the County's public funder for arts and culture." - Link to full press release at Community Partnership for Arts and Culture's website I am elated to be one of those forty artists and it's a great honor to be among such stellar company, which includes several past collaborators. My Fellowship is in the Theatre: Improvisational/Spoken Word/Storytelling discipline. Authentic, honest, fearless, barrier-free, from-the-heart storytelling creates a space where empathy is cultivated and allows for profound transformative experiences in both the artist and audience. This Fellowship will allow me to travel and further study techniques vital to my foundation as a performer, creator, and educator in Cuyahoga County. It will provide me the formal training in improvisation and comedy writing I've craved for years. And I'll have the time and brain space to focus on creating and developing my own projects, which includes bringing a certain Uncle Toots to his next level in a live performance piece! Much more exciting stuff to come. The past few years, especially 2015, brought great focus, belief, and acceptance in myself, my work, and what only I'm able to do. This Fellowship is the product of that. To everyone who has been a part of who I am, both as a person and an artist (same thing)...thank you. I'm looking forward to what the Creative Workforce Fellowship adds to my story. To close this out, here is a work sample from my Fellowship application, written and performed by me, from a Fall 2014 performance of TingleTangle: a show conceived by yours truly and created with some crazy-talented Theater Ninjas who gave their souls to the production during its experimental Prelude performances in 2013 and 2014 (directed by me, original compositions and arrangements by Sean Ellis Hussey), and its full runs in Fall 2014 and June 2015 (directed by Jeremy Paul, original compositions and arrangements by Eric M. C. Gonzalez: both CWF recipients), which poignantly closed the night marriage equality was made legal across the United States. categories / acting, art, cabaret, directing, grants, lgbtq, marriage equality, other site appearances, performance, queer, teaching, theater ninjas, theatre, tingle-tangle, web mentions The SantaLand Diaries Photo by Steve Wagner, Courtesy Cleveland Public Theatre HUGE THRILL! Opening today and running through December 20th for 19 performances at Playhouse Square: The SantaLand Diaries! written by David Sedaris adapted by Joe Mantello directed by Cathleen O’Malley Outcalt Theatre at Playhouse Square, 1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Produced by Cleveland Public Theatre, The SantaLand Diaries by acclaimed author David Sedaris is the semi-autobiographical story of a 33-year-old out-of-work actor who takes a job as “Crumpet,” a Macy’s Christmas Elf, in 1989. Crumpet’s hilarious recount of the trials and tribulations of the Holiday Season is sure to bring a smile to even the grouchiest face! Starring Ray Caspio. Tickets: $30.00, various dates and times Available through Playhouse Square's box office: http://www.playhousesquare.org/events/detail/the-santaland-diaries-2015 Interview with Dee Perry on The Sound of Applause Thrillist Cleveland: "The one man tour de force Ray Caspio" News Herald: Ray Caspio finds lots with which to identify in David Sedaris' "The SantaLand Diaries" categories / acting, cleveland public theatre, interview, lgbtq, other site appearances, performance, press, theatre, web mentions The Prince of Pranks My new portrait of the icon that is Paul Lynde as Uncle Arthur from Bewitched. I'm excited to have him join my Oh, My Stars! series. Available as prints, clothing, mugs, home decor, phone cases, iPod cases, bags, and stationery: http://www.redbubble.com/people/raycaspio/works/15844581-the-prince-of-pranks Purchase in my store categories / art, bewitched, caricature, celebrity, character, illustration, lgbtq, oh my stars, portrait, queer, television	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3586
__label__cc	0.627387	0.372613	baf381e100a2 George Grosz, the Artist in His Society 03 June 2017 Uwe M. Schneede 10 George Grosz WikipediaGeorge Grosz Paintings, Bio, Ideas TheArtStory Synopsis George Grosz is one of the principal artists associated with the Neue Sachlichkeit New Objectivity movement, along with Otto Dix and Max Beckmann, and was a member of the Berlin Dada group After observing the horrors of war as a soldier in World War George Grosz German artist Britannica George Grosz, born July , , Berlin, Ger died July , , West Berlin, WGer now in Berlin , German artist whose caricatures and paintings provided some of the most vitriolic social criticism of his time After studying art in Dresden and Berlin fromto , Grosz sold caricatures to magazines and spent time in Paris duringGeorge Grosz MoMA George Grosz American, born Germany Introduction George Grosz German o s born Georg Ehrenfried Gro July ,July ,was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the s He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic George Grosz Artworks Famous Paintings TheArtStory Life and work in Universal City, NoonArtwork description Analysis George Grosz and John Heartfield collectively founded photomontage, the practice of cutting up and piecing together different photographs and re photographing the result to make an George Grosz The Famous Illustrations Widewalls Nov , George Grosz The Famous Illustrations His figures, often anonymous, stand as symbols and allegories of different classes and various members of the German society between the wars Some of his most critical works are usually executed in pen and ink Occasionally the artist turned to watercolor as well George Grosz BiographyMost Important ArtworksGeorge Grosz Biography Georg Ehrenfried Gross was born onJulyin Berlin into the family of Karl Ehrenfried Gross, an innkeeper, and his wife Marie Wilhelmine Luise When the boy was only seven years old his father died George GroszArtworks, Bio Shows on Artsy George Grosz Draftsman and painter George Grosz is known for his caustic pen and ink caricatures of Weimar Germany Influenced by Expressionism and Futurism in his early career, he was also strongly affected by his wartime experience and joined Berlin s Dada movement inas a George Grosz artnet George Grosz George Grosz was a German artist and member of the New Objectivity movement The artist s drawings and paintings critiqued the politics and society of his day with incisive humor I was arrogant enough to call myself a natural scientist, not a painter, nor, heaven forbid, a George Grosz The Art Institute of Chicago George Grosz The Rabblerouser,George Grosz Little Man,George Grosz I have done my part the plunder is your affair Act II, Scene, from Die Raber,George Grosz The Avenue of Success, cGeorge Grosz Anna Peter, the Artist s Mother in Law,George Grosz Dr Huelsenbeck Near the End,George Best Download [ George Grosz, the Artist in His Society ] Author [ Uwe M. Schneede ] – q4is.co.uk Is a well-known author, some of his books are a fascination for readers like in the George Grosz, the Artist in His Society book, this is one of the most wanted Uwe M. Schneede author readers around the world. 10 thoughts on “George Grosz, the Artist in His Society ”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3591
__label__cc	0.730836	0.269164	← Simulationcraft v540-5, Warcraft Logs, and BlizzCon Post-Blizz-Con Wrap-Up, Part 1 → BlizzCon Wishlist/Predictions Posted on November 6, 2013 by Theck With BlizzCon coming later this week, we’ll soon be inundated with information about the next expansion. Or at least, I think most of us assume that Friday’s “World of Warcraft: What’s Next?” presentation will reveal the next expansion. I guess it’s possible that they’ll do something completely different, like announce that the entire WoW dev team is being transferred to project Titan and that WoW will go free-to-play with user-generated raid content. But that seems pretty unlikely. So in the spirit of being able to look back at old posts and say “told you so,” it seemed like an appropriate time to make some predictions about what we’ll be seeing on Friday. I’m not going to speculate on the name or theme of the expansion, because frankly, lore isn’t exactly my wheelhouse. Instead, I want to focus on mechanics. I’ve split each main idea up into two sections: a Prediction and a Wish List. The prediction is the general thing I think we’ll see, whereas the wish list is more of a “this is what I’d do if I were trying to address the issue.” Hit & Expertise Changes Prediction – I think we’ll see a change to either hit or expertise to alleviate the awkwardness of reaching both caps, and especially to try and minimize the need to use an optimizer like AskMrRobot to reconfigure your entire gear set every time you get an upgrade. It’s also just sort of weird from a systems point of view. The best description of the problem I’ve seen can be attributed to Hamlet of EJ/Druid fame. To summarize his point: there are two systems in the game (gemming and reforging) whose primary job is to ensure that players always hit their target. In other words, these two mechanics are both trying to subvert/fix a third mechanic, which is the hit cap. Blizzard sources have been offering up comments about this problem all expansion, so we know it’s on their minds. It’s not a huge stretch in logic to guess that they’ll try to fix it in 6.0. I don’t think it’s likely that both hit and expertise will go away, though. There’s something to be said for the planning/preparation aspect of having to dance around hit and expertise cap. But it’s far more painful than it has to be due to the way itemization is allocated. Each item can have an essentially random amount of hit or expertise rating. Sure, it’s constrained by a formula, but only mildly, and you can have almost any amount of hit on an item by adjusting the other stats to compensate. That’s the reason it’s a problem – it’s not a trivial problem to figure out exactly what needs to change on other gear when you replace an upgrade. As anyone who’s worked on optimization problems in the past will tell you, once you have multiple parameters and several caps to consider, the math gets really ugly. Wish List – My solution to this problem would be to make two significant changes. The first is to remove the expertise-capping problem. Rather than requiring 7.5% hit and 7.5% expertise, I would just require 15% hit for melee. The first 7.5% removes misses, the second 7.5% removes dodges, just like expertise works currently with dodges and parries. This removes the “two-cap” part of the problem and vastly simplifies the solution space. I wouldn’t remove expertise as a stat, though. I would convert it into another combat benefit. Potentially something like The Secret World’s ‘Crit Power,’ which increases the damage you do with a critical strike. Instead of crits automatically doing double damage, they could do 150% damage baseline, and each point of expertise increases that by 1% (i.e. to 151%). They’ve already laid the groundwork for this sort of effect with the crit amplification trinkets in Siege of Orgrimmar, which might be an indication that they’re testing the waters for this idea. Finally, I’d make one slightly more radical change to the way hit is itemized – I would quantize it. In other words, let’s say that we need 10,000 hit rating to cap (choosing a nice round number). Items would never contain a random amount of hit rating. There would be nothing in the game that gives 2751 hit rating, like there could be currently. Instead, hit rating only ever shows up in multiples of 1000. A piece of armor could have 1000 hit rating, 2000 hit rating, 3000 hit rating, and so on. The stats on the piece would still be bound by the itemization formula, so the second stat would just soak up the rest of the item budget. In other words, a pair of hit/crit legs with 3000 hit would have more crit than a pair that had 4000 hit. Similarly, gems would have even multiples, maybe 1000 each. Getting a new upgrade would then generally mean you need to swap a few hit gems around, but the math would be very easy – just replace N gems, where N1000 is the amount of hit you need. Reforging could work as-is, though it would probably be easier if the amount of reforge could be increased to 50% just so that you could reforge hit to other things without getting odd amounts of hit. While you could reforge a non-hit piece (i.e. crit/mastery) into hit and get an odd number, in practice this shouldn’t be terribly necessary since you could just gem for it. There could always be edge cases where it’s slightly more optimal to do so, but for the most part they’ll be insignificant enough that all but the very hardcore could ignore them. Tanking Mechanics Prediction – I think that we’ll see Warriors and Death Knights get the full “DPS tank” treatment that Monks and Druids, and to a lesser extent Paladins, have gotten. It’s clear from Mists that tanks love this new model, especially when paired with active mitigation. They opened a Pandora’s Box when they gave Paladins Sanctity of Battle, and rather than close the box they decided to embrace the new paradigm, even putting haste on our gear. The success they’ve had with Paladins, Monks, and Druids will lead them to drive the remaining two “old-school” tanking classes in the same direction, fully embracing DPS stats like crit and haste as true tanking stats. Wish List – There are lots of ways they can pull this off, so it’s not worth trying to go into too much detail. But it’s clear that Riposte is just a band-aid for tank DPS, not a true active mitigation tie-in. I would probably do something like tie critical strike rating into crit block chance, which indirectly ties it into rage generation, and a similar crit->resource conversion for Death Knights (maybe triggering Death Runes?). But the sky’s the limit here, just because the problem is so open-ended. The end goal is clear though – make all tanks value crit/haste/mastery gear so that DPS fluctuations over a tier or expansion are less significant. As for Paladins, I think we’re pretty well-off already. At most I might give us a more direct tie-in with crit. Right now, it has some value via Eternal Flame, but it’s not a large amount. If Seal of Insight and Sacred Shield could also crit, then it might have a reasonable (if not substantial) value to a tankadin. Which leads us into our next section…. Dodge & Parry Changes Prediction – I think we’ll see Dodge and Parry reduced in significance for tanks. Passive mitigation and avoidance have never been all that interesting or dynamic for the tank, and that’s no better exemplified by the envy our Warrior and Death Knight brethren have been communicating to us with dagger stares all expansion. I think that next expansion will have a stronger emphasis on “active” avoidance triggers like Grand Crusader while also reducing the amount of Dodge and Parry showing up on gear. Wish List – Those last two thoughts may seem inconsistent, but they’re really not. To explain: I think that avoidance should show up less on gear than it does now (and more haste, mastery, and crit in its place), but the avoidance that does show up should also be more powerful. One of the big problems with avoidance is that we have so much of it on gear that we’re already feeling stung by the diminishing returns curves. If we had far less of it itemized on gear, each of those rating points could be more powerful, and thus make it a competitive stat. How would I go about doing this? Well, for starters, I would nerf the Strength-to-Parry conversion rate (and similarly the Agility-to-Dodge rate for Druids and Monks). Free avoidance from gear is what we’re trying to mitigate, so having that giant source of it is detrimental to our goal. The other thing I’d do is make sure that dodge and parry were mutually exclusive on gear. In other words, you would never get a dodge/parry combination item. Parry and dodge would always be paired with something else – hit, expertise, crit, haste, or mastery. This effectively halves the possible amount of avoidance on gear, which means each point can be almost twice as effective. Thus, the rating conversion could be brought back down on-par with the other secondary stats. That would let dodge and parry feel like important stats again, because you’d really feel the difference between a low-avoidance build and a high-avoidance build. Item Squish Prediction – It’s not really a huge surprise, since we know this is coming. Hopefully we’ll learn more about the actual details at BlizzCon. But in any event, I predict we’ll get that information on Friday. Wish List – There’s a huge parameter space here, so it’s not really worth speculating on exact mathematical details. For example, they could just slash the item level increases for everything pre-MoP so that we’re back to something in the 200 range. Or they could just completely re-tune the formula used for itemization (though that has its own side-effects). Or they could do some sort of time-warp-esque trick where stepping into a new expansion automatically reduced the ilvl of previous-expansion gear, such that next expansion starts at ilvl 100 again. Or a million other possible solutions. My guess, though, is that it’ll be something permanent rather than a phased effect. In other words, each item will get a new item level that’s significantly lower than the current value, and the tuning of all content in the game will be squished according to the same formula so that DPS and healing expectations are more or less unaffected. I have lots of other expectations too, but most of them are pretty banal. For example, I don’t expect an overhaul of our basic mechanics (holy power, active mitigation, etc.) or talents. We’ve gone through a lot of iteration over the past two expansions, but the last few patches have seen very minor adjustments in terms of core class mechanics, so I expect we’re pretty much where the devs want us by now. I expect we’ll get some new glyphs, possibly a new spell at 95/100 (or whatever the new cap will be), but that’s pretty bog-standard by this point. I suspect we’ll finally see new character models, which is interesting, but not really a mechanics thing. I don’t really have any idea if we’ll get a new class or new races, but my guess would be that new races are more likely than a new class since Blizz seems to alternate. If they do add new races, I hope they take that opportunity to re-balance racial bonuses to be less significant in combat. And I’d guess that we’ll see some new feature that utilizes the level-scaling tech that’s been observed in bugged instances over the past month or so. That’s all I have time for now, gotta pack for BlizzCon. If you’re going, be sure to plan to attend Palapalooza! on Saturday at 4PM at the Meeting Stone, where you’ll be able to meet myself, Anafielle, and Meloree, our friends Rhidach and Antigen (from the Righteous Defense blog), and a host of paladins that are a lot more famous than we are (Treck, Slootbag, Absallom, and Towelliee, and Kerriodos have all said they’d be there)! This entry was posted in Blogging, Tanking, Theck's Pounding Headaches, Theorycrafting and tagged Active Mitigation, Anafielle, avoidance, BlizzCon, diminishing returns, game design, Min/Max, Scaling, tank, tanking, theck, Theorycraft, theorycrafting, warcraft, WoW. Bookmark the permalink. 43 Responses to BlizzCon Wishlist/Predictions Mechaninja says: I can’t find it now, but I’m almost certain GC said dual avoidance itemization is dead in 6.0. Lightsir says: What about the amount of spells? I think they once said that there was a thought on reducing it. Theck says: I suspect they’ll do some more cutting of niche stuff. Esp if they want to reduce stuns/fears/etc. for PvP, those will probably be the first to go. Glôîn says: I also hope they reduce the abilitys a bit. I mean the <30sek cd abilitys. In the relation to the DK for example who uses about 4 main spells the whole time, we Prots are using about 7-9 ability all the time plus watching and refreshing EF with an eye on the BastionStacks. And thats all with an 1sek gcd. It feels very much like playing the Roadrunner. (While DK-Tanking is more like WotLK ArcaneMage) The Truth must be in between i guess. 3min to slow i guess……;-) Shadanah says: I don’t mind having lots of things to do as a Prot Pally. TBH, it’s one of the things I like about being a Tankadin. I’d be disappointed to see less, at least from a raid perspective. I was hoping you’d predict which change will be the one that most changes how we tank (as the Haste/Active Mitigation changed our Avoidance build). Also, how likely do you see the “possibility” you made off-handedly at the start: player-created raid content while the dev team goes to Titan? That seems unlikely to me, if only because they have already implied certain changes they’re working on… odd to suddenly abandon ship after spending resources on fixing it up even more. Have fun at Blizzcon! Don’t forget to tweet! That was actually intentionally made up to be a ludicrous, non-realistic example containing all the buzzwords I could think of. I honestly don’t think we’ll ever see user-generated content that matters in WoW (i.e. zones and boss encounters). I could be wrong, of course, but without someone to wade through the swath of user-generated crap to find the gems, it would be a giant clusterfuck. Crozekiel says: Honestly, I tried tanking a bit in the last 2 expansions and hated it with a passion both times. I was forced into it, very reluctantly, this expansion and just by complete chance, the only class I had capable was a paladin. I have honestly loved it. They are definitely doing it right in my book right now. I hope you are right, and they like were we are, and bring warriors and DKs in line with us instead of the other way around. That being said, I have heard a ton of whining every time I roll MS on “DPS Plate” and most of that is from a holy pally that wants a decent Ret OS. I could only imagine the crying I would have to hear if we had a main spec melee dps in the group. Not sure how they could really fix that, nor do I think its something that needs to be fixed on blizzards side (what needs to be fixed is plate dps’ expectations of what gear is “theirs”). Anyway, have fun at Blizzcon and thanks for running this awesome blog! Sofie says: The tank plate that currently drops would be replaced by dps plate, so there wouldn’t be any less. Oh, I completely forgot! The idea you had for Hit, going to 15% for melee, would that then need to go another 7.5 percent for tanks to get above parrys? or would 15% be the cap for everyone? Just curious what your thoughts are since tanks have to get more hit/exp currently than almost anyone else (except maybe dual wield? I don’t know what they need), and if you think that is reasonable and should be how it is or not. Personally, I find the positioning requirements as melee dps (on the rare occasion that I do melee dps) quite frustrating. Melee are already at a disadvantage having to chase down the boss or adds to stay in melee range, and then if the boss spins for some reason, you have to stick on his butt to maximize dps. Honestly, I know you more write about tanks, but melee dps seem to be at significant disadvantage to their ranged brethren quite often due just to fight mechanics, and adding in more disadvantage in basic mechanics doesn’t help their case. Most raids I see (at least on my realm) won’t take very many melee dps, and wouldn’t hesitate to skip taking them entirely if they can manage. I was thinking tanks would need 22.5%, just like they do now. But that wouldn’t have to be the case. I think it makes sense though, because all of those dual-avoid pieces have to have one avoidance stat replaced with something, so one way tank gear could be differentiated is by having higher hit amounts. Talarian says: “The first 7.5% removes misses, the second 7.5% removes dodges, just like expertise works currently with dodges and parries.” Unfortunately, this solution leaves us dual-wielders in the cold (my poor maligned Enhancement Shaman, woe!). Currently we can continue to stack hit past the cap and it’s not useless to us because it reduces our off-hand misses as well. Granted, it’s not as big a deal anymore–in Wrath it was actually advantageous to stack hit for Enhance until you were pretty much capped for both off-hand and main-hand hit, but our white damage at the time was also like 50% of our total damage done, whereas these days it’s more like 10% – 15%. So it’s probably not a big deal. Enjoy Blizzcon! Çapncrunch says: Why would it leave dual-wielders in the cold? Hit beyond 7.5% could still increase white hit as well as dodge/parry. Expertise currently has both sequential and parallel effects, so there’s no reason they couldn’t do the same thing with Theck’s suggestion for hit. Right now expertise sequentially negates dodge, and then rolls over into parry, but also affects spell hit at the same time regardless of whether you’ve fully negated dodges or not. Likewise right now hit affects all forms of hit: special/ranged hit, DW/white hit and spell hit, all simultaneously. There’s no reason they couldn’t let hit still function exactly as it does now, except tack on the additional effect that once special misses are fully negated it starts to reduce dodge chance and after that parry, without touching/changing the way hit interacts with DW/spell hit. 0~7.5% hit reduces chance for specials, autoattacks and spells to miss 7.5~15% hit reduces dw-autoattacks and spells to miss as well as reduces chance to be dodged 15~22.5% hit recudes chance for dw-autoattacks to miss as well as reduces chance to be parried 22.5~26.5% hit reduces chance for dw-autoattacks to miss. That is an excellent point. Consider my point retracted. Re-following you on Twitter now. I had to take a break from Bunnypalooza! Safe travels T-man! Another possible thing I think they could do in regards to dodge/parry, which I’ve tried to say on the forums before (though I always seem to be misunderstood or people just seem blinded by how bad the stats are now instead of realizing that I’m talking about ways to make them not be so bad), is to tie them in, in some form, to the active mitigation model. Grand Crusader is only the tip of the ice berg for what they could do. First of all, despite what some people seem to think, “active mitigation” does not automatically mean “haste” or hitting our buttons more frequently. All it means is that the buttons we hit (or at least the main ones) have a non-trivial impact on our survival. SotR and the holy power system alone compose our active mitigation model (SS and WoG/EF as well to a lesser degree). Haste isn’t our active mitigation, it just happens to be a stat that benefits our active mitigation. Anyways, what does this have to do with our passive mitigation stats (dodge/parry)? Well, everything. One misconception is that dodge and parry can only have passive effects or are limited to avoidance-based procs (like grand crusader), but that isn’t true at all. They can tie any sort of benefit directly into our dodge/parry % without being dependent on actual dodges or parries. For example, if they wanted to they could nix the whole haste-tank thing and change Sanctity of Battle to be based on our parry% instead of our haste%. This would effectively make parry as valuable to us as haste is now, and it would still be a consistent and non-rng benefit. Do I think they’d do this? No, I think they’ve leave haste where it’s at, but it’s just as example for how they could make avoidance stats have non-rng/proc based benefits in the active mitigation model. But there are still plenty of other things they could do to make dodge/parry more compelling. It’s hard to come up with many examples for us right now since our toolkit is pretty nice already and any additions would either be insignificant or overpowered (ie I could think up some way to make dodge and/or parry provide a consistent source of extra holy power to make it closer to haste or mastery in value but then we’d just be swimming in holy power). Plus, if they were to add/change some mechanic to make dodge/parry significantly stronger than they are now, they’d also need to pair the change with nerfs in other areas to compensate. (it’s not like we NEED a buff right now). Another thought that I’ve been having lately, and I could just be way off as I’m not doing heroics, but so far this expansion it seems like active mitigation is just too strong. It seems as though having so much direct control over our survival let’s us just shrug off just about anything that a boss throws at us. It used to be that every couple of minutes in a fight a boss would through an ability at us that we needed to use a mere 20% cd for to help us survive it, and now bosses can through abilities like those at us every 20 seconds (or less) and it doesn’t matter because we can cut it in half with SotR. Again I know I’m not doing heroics but I haven’t had any situation come up where we wiped because I died, my deaths usually come as the result of healers and/or the rest of the raid dieing (and even then only sometimes, I’ve held a few bosses solo for a minute+ before finally being overwhelmed or getting yelled at by my RL to just die so we can pull again). I have had similar situations in normal modes actually… In fact, there have been several sloppy boss kills in which I was the sole survivor. Like 3 of our Galrakas kills, I “solo’ed” (with the help of the npcs) the dragon from anywhere from 20%-40%. Just the other night, we lost pretty much all of the raid on blackfuse, and I finished the last 5% or so alone. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I really like the way tanking is right now, but I guess I see what you are saying. That is also with a 4-set bonus and an average ilvl above what normals drop though (555 with flex 4 set, 558 with just a 2 set), so maybe its like that because I should probably be working on a few heroics. It’s funny you mention that, as every one of our N.Galakras kills so far have been with me and our other tank as the only ones standing and from similar %s. It’s just kinda sad that especially on that boss it’s like he’s not even hitting you. Sure I’m similar geared to you and the 4-set is great, but I don’t think the 4-set is quite that* good, I mean even if I had had to actually spend 3 hp on those EFs instead of an extra SotR twice a minute after everyone died I still don’t think I’d have been in any danger of dieing. Sol says: I’d like to see crit go as a stat, with hit over cap becoming critical chance. Healers could either gain crit from spirit (likely too good) or they can start putting hit on healer gear and it would translate directly to crit. I think this would go a long way to solving the massive reforge issues that arrive every time a piece of gear with hit is gained or replaced at the moment. At that point, one has to ask what the point of hit rating is. If you do some simple “hit over cap converts to crit” you may as well just toss out the entire hit system and eliminate it. Everyone hits 100% of the time and rating conversions just get a little steeper across the board to compensate. Plus that wouldn’t get rid of the reforging to hit cap problems, since crit ends up being a garbage stat for several classes. It would also create a situation where there is no gear specifically for caster dps, but there would still be gear specifically for healers. It seems to me, you would likely need to give everyone the “spirit becomes hit for dps roles” that only hybrid classes get now. Schroom says: I think they will make Professions account bound, so you have access to every profession you learned on an alt. also you can swap those profession, you learned on one of your toons between each other. re-balancing the profession bonuses if one profession is “better” all of a sudden than an other. kinda like the glyph system, but with professions and their bonuses. Dalmasca says: Wow, how do you feel now that they’re axing Hit/Exp? Relieved? I think it definitely opens up a lot of budget/design room to play up the other stats, including new ones like Cleave and Movement Speed. A little surprised they went as far as they did with it. I’d have kept hit and used the quantized setup I suggested just to keep a little more item diversity, but maybe the addition of amp/multi-strike will be enough to offset that. Ya, I think it greatly depends on how much impact those secondary and tertiary stats are. If reforging is no longer around in 6.0, determining and obtaining BiS items might be considerably more difficult. Still, I’m excited at the more diverse model. I’m surprised as well about them completely axing hit and exp. But the more I think about it the more it makes sense, and the more I realize how little hit and exp really did for us aside from make things unnecessarily complicated. Think about it all hit/exp really do currently is make it so that every dps (well virtually every dps, there are a few outliers) have 5100 stat rating that they have to set aside to ensure they hit their targets, and tanks have 7650 for the same reason. As you gear up and improve your character these numbers stay the same, they don’t continue to improve over time, they just sit there. Every time you get a new piece of gear you need to readjust your gear and shift stats around so that you still have the same amount. Just replaced your haste/crit boots with haste/exp boots? Well you didn’t actually gain any exp because you just shifted things around and actually gained some haste or crit or mastery. They could remove hit and exp right now and just lower the item budge on all items a bit so that you have 5100 (or 7650) less total secondary stats than you currently do and we’d effectively be in the same boat we’re currently in. The only difference is we wouldn’t have to reforge/gem/enchant our gloves. chest, helm and bracers just because we got a new pair of boots. Reforging simply made secondary stats a bit too fluid to make hit and expertise worthwhile or interesting. Instead it just turned them into a boring math problem that we use a website or addon to solve for us. The only time we really care at all about how much hit or exp is on our gear is when we have way too much of it that we can’t get rid of all the excess (ToT ret pallies say “hi”). Back before reforging existed hit and exp were a little more interesting because we had to make do with what was on our gear, and we only had gems and a few enchants to fine-tune it. But that carried the issue of upgrades that were dependent on other upgrades, ie “those boots would be an upgrade but they have exp on them that I don’t need, so they’re not really worth wearing until I get these other shoulders to replace my exp shoulders I have now”, which while perhaps “interesting” isn’t particularly fun (especially when you factor in various loot systems that groups may use, do you really want to spend dkp on an item you won’t be able to use until you get another item, which you won’t have the dkp to get anyways?) It just seems that the more I look at it, hit and exp don’t really do anything but make a mess and force us to use programs to make sure we have the right amount. Now while I do think gear will get a little shallow with only haste/crit/mastery on it, it’ll also be refreshingly simple to deal with upgrades, simply make that item as best as it can be regardless of your other gear. How nice that would be again! To not have to modify every other piece of gear to accommodate one new piece. The interesting thing I am waiting to see is how they balance the tertiary stats they are adding. I mean, cleave seems like a definite dps / threat increase stat. Life steal seems like something every tank (and possibly dps, depending if life steal is above your normal damage done or if it is a percentage of normal damage done) will want a ton of as well. It should be interesting. I haven’t looked over everything, but from what I understand the tertiary stats are like a random extra thing that items will sometimes have but aren’t a part of the regular stat budget. In other words a boss will have plate haste/mastery boots on his loot table, and normally that’s all they are, just plate boots with stam, armor, haste, mastery and whatever primary stat your current spec uses. But sometimes it might also have cleave on it, or run speed, or life steal, etc. So you wouldn’t really be able to plan around stacking one or another, as they’ll just be random as to which (if any) happen to be on a piece of gear. Sort of similar to how thunder/warforged items currently work, except instead of just a raw ilevel/stat increase it’ll be a random tertiary stat. Fredrik says: Im not sure wether im going to laugh or cry. Honestly, removing hit, I believe, is a huge mistake. I was hoping they would build more around dodge/parry gain than completely removing it, as dodge/parry is the core tanking stats, and has been since vanilla. Atleast I feel awkward when I get haste/mastery items in cost of a DPS needing it equally much. Same goes for trinkets, and especially Thok’s. As its BiS for all strength melee and protection paladins. Which just feels weird. All in all I was hoping for a “warrior dodge/parry gain lookalike”, if that makes any sense. Im sorry for my language, but im not english/american. Keres says: I’ve tried to keep a handle on what was said at blizzcon but one question seems to not have been answered specifically, on the information that I can find; Did anyone say how dodge/parry was going to work, as in how or if we will get more of it as we gear ourselves out? What information I have found just says that bliz thinks avoidance is cool as a tank but not on gear and as stats itself it will be gone. Does this mean then that we will have a static amount of avoidance that does not scale, similar to our miss chance, or does it mean that it will scale based on your primary states, like currently how dodge and parry are gained based off of agil and str, or does this mean that, like monks and druids, some of our active mitigation will be passive in that using certain abilities will boost dodge or parry chance by a static/variable amount? Seems to bring out an interesting situation, regardless of answer. Anyway, anyone know by chance if more was said on the subject that what is on the fansites? Xfighter says: As far as I can remember, and without digging through the VoDs, I think GC stated that they feel avoidance does have its place, and I’m pretty sure that we’ll still be getting some of it through the Str/Agil that we are currently. I also remember vaguely hearing something about they are still determining what will ultimately boost our avoidance up when its all said and done, and that they didn’t have it all worked out yet, other than really liking the AM model (and by assumption that they will be pushing that a lot more anyways – so maybe dodge/parry ultimately play a very small role so the base we get from conversions is all we really need?) Hmm…so more or less a waiting game to see what will they do. My guess would be the same as Xfighter’s. They haven’t confirmed exactly how dodge and parry will work, but it would make sense for them to continue scaling off Str/Agi (perhaps even more than before). This would continue our modest passive avoidance gains as we gear up while active mitigation mechanics draw on the other secondary stats. It’s hard to say, given the diversity of current avoidance/mitigation mechanics. We have no way of knowing which of those will survive to 6.0 in their current form and how they will interact with each other overall. Ulrik says: I’d think it more likely that they’d remove dodge/parry scaling from primary stats as well. Increasing avoidance levels is what brought us Sunwell Radiance, after all. Savage Defense and Elusive Brew is more how I picture them handling avoidance going forward. I agree that the active avoidance abilities will probably have a greater share of overall avoidance in the future. However, the passive avoidance from primary stats is still a good mechanic to keep. It’s very similar to auto-attack for melee dps. If you recall, during Monk development, they didn’t have auto-attack, but Blizzard decided they didn’t like how that was performing. GC explained that they like having some baseline performance mechanics so less-skilled players don’t lag so far behind. You could make the case for auto-crit and auto-proc mechanics being in place for the same reason. Moreover, the scaling/cap issues in any other expansion were more a result of the extra tiers/ilvls of gear that were not planned for. Reforging actually exacerbated this issue in the case of paladins block-capping in Cata, making it more prevalent. Perhaps, however the issue with Sunwell, by the Devs admission, was that they created a tier of gear on top of the highest tier that they intended for the expansion. This lead to the players having capped out stats like Armor, for druids (though I think every expansion Druids at least have hit the armor cap), as well as reaching levels of avoidance that prevented the tanks from even getting hit, under certain situations. If the devs have planed out the entire expansion, and the next couple from some of their statements, I think they may have learned their lesson, with regarding gear scaling. Think of what they have said regarding the raiding scene in WoD, granted it is early to not say that everything they say is subject to change; They have confirmed the tiers will have four raiding levels (LFR, Norm, Heroic and Mythic), valor upgrading looks like it will stay and “warforged” will still drop. If they keep those three as rules for the gear, and the fact that we can’t get additional dodge or parry on gear anymore, then we can surmise that even if we only keep getting parry from Str, we’ll have about 25-30% parry, at current scaling, by the end of the expansion. This granted assumes that we will have the same relative amount of strength on our tank gear that we have currently and that the formula for converting it to parry scales appropriately. …you know what, that seems like a lot of things to count on before even the beta for the expansion is released. Guess we’ll have to be patient. Still I think that the devs have learned from the outcry of past “raid instance” buffs that either limit or increase player power and won’t likely do it again. TBC: they added an extra, unplanned tier Wrath: they added an extra, unplanned tier, AND added heroic difficulty raids MoP: they added thunder/warforged items and introduced flex difficulty which pushed ilevels higher than originally planned Their track record for “having planned out the expansion and where gear/stats are supposed to end up at the end” is not a promising one. The only time they didn’t end up inflating ilevels further than the original plan was Cata, and even then being the first expansion with reforging let squeeze more stats out of our gear than previously which basically created the same issue with scaling. I’m not saying they don’t have a plan for how gear will progress over the course of the expansion, I’m sure they do. But I also think that there’s a very high likelihood that they’ll wind up adding something new over the course of the expansion that will toss that plan out the window. Daeva says: Adding Flex didn’t raise item ilevels one bit. The jump from T15 -> T16 normal (496 -> 522, 26 ilevels) is essentially the same as T14 -> T15 normal (522 -> 553, 31 ilevels). All that Flex did was slide in the middle of that jump. If you wanna blame something for the 5 ilevel difference in the jump, either blame the 489s clogging up T15, thunderforged items for bumping up ilevels, or item upgrades. If Flexible had not been implemented, T16 normal loot would still be 553 ilevel. Flex played a role as well. There was a blue post that discussed their reasonings for why they choose the ilevels they did and it mostly centered around wanting to make sure that each difficulty provided meaningful rewards to certain groups of raiders while not making too much feel “mandatory” for those above those difficulties, as well as making sure that the progression steps between the 4 difficulties were meaningful steps as well. This meant that they had to squeeze 2 steps between LFR and Normal where they used to only have 1. And sure while the existence of thunderforged gear was another reason to increase the gap, as well, I think it’d be silly to think that if thunderforged didn’t exist that they wouldn’t have still given flex some extra wiggle room to let it be it’s own difficulty. That’s why I listed them both as reasons for ilevels being pushed up higher than planned (also valor upgrades shouldn’t have been a factor, as they were planned before MoP came out, even though they weren’t ready in time for launch). I dug up the blue post in question here: http://wow.joystiq.com/2013/07/21/watcher-clarifies-ilvl-distribution-in-patch-5-4/ The important bits are the second and third paragraph. Normal ilevel landed where it was because it was meant to be a step above Throne of Thunder Heroic. Flexible doesn’t even come into the discussion until after Normal’s ilevel is set up, and Flexible is just placed at the midpoint between LFR and Normal. Removing Flexible from the equation wouldn’t budge Normal an inch because the point of the Normal ilevel being in “the low 550s” is to ensure that normal drops are a significant upgrade from Heroic T15 loot. If Normal SoO loot was 540, it would have had to be perfectly-itemized to not just get sharded on the way to Heroic loot. Also note that Watcher’s example of Heroic Thunderforged being 549 is for a 2/2 upgraded piece; Heroic loot from Throne of Thunder is a base ilevel of 535, or 541 for Thunderforged. Raed says: @Theck: Is getting the T16 4pc through some flex pieces worth not using individual items that have an higher item level. For example I have the normal chest and hands, but my helm and legs would be flex. And I have helm and leg gear that stat wise is better as they are pieces from SOO normal. Thanks for the input. t16 4pc is amazing for prot. I went from warforged helm and a normal chest to flex tier pieces and I actually felt the survivability increase, and also noticed a dps increase. Uptime on EF is nearly impossible to ruin, and so many more SotR. If you are on the fence whether this would be the case for you, try looking yourself up on askmrrobot.com and see whether you gain or lose points for the set bonus. I would wager you gain a fair amount. It really depends on the exact pieces. The 4-piece is a huge survivability gain, so unless you’re comparing flex gear to heroic/warforged gear, it’s probably better to stick with the 4-piece.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3593
__label__cc	0.70883	0.29117	Tiger Temple Bears Silently Removed With Cranes Last week, it was announced that the Tiger Temple refused to let authorities examine the bears on the Temple’s property. The six moon bears are a protected species, and the Tiger Temple did not provide proper documentation for the bears. Monks and followers blocked the temple’s gates to stop authorities from removing the bears. Local authorities devised a plan to remove the bears this weekend. The animals were sedated and hoisted into trucks using a crane. None of the protestors were alerted to the bear’s removal as protestors were distracted by officials. Removal was carefully done by forest rangers and wildlife protection officials. All of the six moon bears have now been relocated to a breeding facility in Chon Buri’s Bang Lamung. The retrieval of the bears took a team of 400 members, including police, soldiers and wildlife authorities to be carried out safely. Authorities were also alerted to three of the temple’s tigers going missing. An investigation will commence against the temple, but authorities are asking the temple for their cooperation at this time. A full inspection of the tigers, which have been microchipped, is being suggested by authorities to verify that all tigers are still residing in the temple. Bangkok’s monkey population evicted to new homes in Ratchaburi wilderness Japanese woman nabbed with over 50 protected animals in her luggage at airport Gibbon sighting on the mountain road between Maenam and Lamai Tiger Temple Raided for Possible Wildlife Trafficking Another Showdown as Tiger Temple Blocks 1,000 Wildlife Officers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3595
__label__wiki	0.517513	0.517513	Geliebt und verdrängt: Das Kino der jungen Bundesrepublik Deutschland von 1949 bis 1963 (GERMAN) Beloved and Rejected: Cinema in the Young Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963 (ENGLISH) Categories DVD JAKARTA DISORDER JAKARTA DISORDER JAKARTA DISORDER – TRILOGI JAWA II BEST FILM – Eine Welt Filmpreis NRW 2015 (One World Film Award North Rhine-Westphalia 2015) Is democracy possible? Over several years JAKARTA DISORDER observes the development of the Indonesian civil society – which led to the election of Joko Widodo as the country's new president in 2014. The documentary tells the story of two courageous women in Jakarta who fight for the participation of the urban poor in the young democracy. The rapidly growing housing development leads to the displacement of many traditional living quarters. That's why the two women form a social movement of slum-dwellers. Together with their friends they decide to fight against this injustice and to engage in the presidential elections… JAKARTA DISORDER shows the origines of the rise of "Jokowi", aka Joko Widodo, the new president of Indonesia. 89 min., PAL, 16:9 Widescreen, Stereo + 5.1 Surround Original Language: Indonesian, English Subtitles: English, German, Spanish, Indonesian, Chinese (long + short) DVD provides free access to all three films of TRILOGI JAWA as VOD-stream JAKARTA DISORDER is the second part TRILOGI JAWA, the "Javanese Trilogy" by documentary artist Ascan Breuer – "Outstanding Artist 2015" (Republic of Austria). The other two parts, PARADISE LATER (Berlinale 2010) and RIDING MY TIGER (Visions Du Réel 2014) can be watched online as VoD at www.flimmit.com. The DVD includes a code to get free access to the video streams of the complete trilogy! Browse this category: DVD	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3600
__label__wiki	0.532263	0.532263	support Metsatöll author NR date 04/02/13 venue Underworld, London, UK February 4th seems to have become a gig date for me as this time last year I was in London for Edguy. This year, we are making a turn towards an evening of making a prat of yourself to folk music. It is a sold out show in one of the smallest music venues I have attended, and I wondered how well this will pan out, given that this show would work a lot better at the slightly bigger O2 Islington Academy. Metsatöll I had waited till the queue had eventually died down so I could make my way inside. When doing so, I could hear Metsatöll had kicked off the show. Having a one hour set due to them being the only support gives me a chance to catch more of their live material since I last saw them along with Celesty supporting Kiuas for the 'Spinefarm Boneshakers 2010' show here at The Underworld. What I really enjoyed about this band was Lauri Õunapuu's variety of instrumentation, including the torupill (Estonian bagpipes), flutes, zithers and so on - not forgetting his epic minor vocals. When he speaks his voice sounds like something out of Lord Of The Rings. I do not own any of Metsatöll's material so I couldn't tell you what song was played after the other, especially if every single track is in Estonian! But from what I witnessed - track after track the crowd became crushed, loud, roaring with passion, rage and excitement. Some points during the act it seemed to have dragged on but I couldn't complain as the band were tight, even vocalist/guitarist Markus Teeäär looked joyful. It did seem like Lauri took control of what went on - acting as the centre of attention, but I'm sure everyone wouldn't complain about that. I give extra kudos to Lauri for his onstage antics, such as playing his torupill behind his head; it may be no guitar but that was definitely the highlight of the slot for me. I hope these guys get the chance to play at a bigger venue in the London area because Metsatöll sure know how to put on a show. After a quick trip outside due to extreme heat (damn capacity) and not feeling 100%, it was time for Finnish 6-piece Korpiklaani to hit the tiny stage. The first thing I had noticed which absolutely surprised me was the lighting. It was actually top notch for once, and it was a shame they had no pit barrier otherwise photos would've been killer. The first track had begun and the crowd were steaming, hungry and ready to party. The crowd surfing had already begun, which I haven't seen in a very long time, especially in a place so small. It was absolutely blazing, and that certainly put a smile on my face. I knew vocalist Jonne Järvelä was a sweet guy, having met him at Bloodstock 2010 along with guitarist Kalle Savijärvi (who was also lovely) and I say this because of the way he interacted with the crowd. It honestly was wonderful to watch him seeing him smile at the crowd's singing and reaction. Judging by his facial expressions, he looked like he was in folk metal heaven. One of the major downsides to The Underworld venue as a photographer and gig reviewer is the lack of view in a packed gig, which meant that trying to observe the show and stage presence was real difficult! I'm 5'2, can you blame me?! I got to witness a few parts of the show from a decent angle, so all was not lost. One disappointment though was grim-faced bassist Jarkko Aaltonen - I have never seen anyone so miserable onstage in God knows how many years I've been going to gigs. It was ridiculous, good thing that's easy to ignore. Now to state the obvious – “Vodka” and “Happy Little Boozer”. Need I say more? Probably not. It is important to witness stage presence, but judging by the ludicrous crowd and sing-a-longs to every single track, I don't think a lot needs to be said apart from this - Folk-tastic. Oh and how could I possibly forget the dripping condensation from the ceiling... That was beautiful, in a really sweaty, drunken, messed up but totally kickass way. Comparing this performance to their 2010 appearance at Bloodstock Open Air festival - The 'Klaani boys have done it again. A band well worth seeing for a good ol'drink up and dance. The band are indeed, 'Happy Little Boozers'. Photography & Review by Nikki Ryan	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3604
__label__cc	0.723016	0.276984	About Mr. Childs :: Dan Childs, Teacher :: Current Events :: Scio Future Business Leaders of America FBLA Club :: Cool Video Links/Stories :: How to Succeed at Business Scio Business Program Introduction Mr. Childs begins his 29th year teaching at Scio Central. During that time, we saw the transition from typewriters to computers and five generations of program enhancements requiring the modifications of what is taught. It has kept it interesting! Thanks to the progressive and positive views of the Boards of Education and administrations, Scio has always stayed on the cutting edge of technology to support the business program. Prior to that Mr. Childs taught 3 years at a private high school and prior to that he successfully managed a thirty-five employee, 5 million dollar a year gross corporate restaurant and before that he was general manager of a sales company. All of these experiences, plus growing a seasonal, family based company while teaching, has helped Mr. Childs stay current with modern business trends and offer Scio students an exceptional business education. After all, when you get down to it--regardless of occupation, it comes down to how well you manage the business as to how successfully you are in your career. Mr. Childs degrees are in Business Management from Canisius College, General Education from St. Bonaventure and School Leadership from St. Bonaventure. What caused Mr. Childs to become a teacher? "I proved first that I could be successful in the private sector but when President Reagan--the Great Communicator--gave an impassioned State of the Union address urging successful business people to leave their private sector jobs and join the ranks of public school teachers bringing with them their experience and enthusiasm to help build a better tomorrow--I responded. One look at my resume and I was hired and the rest is history" What is exciting is that Scio is now offering three business classes that can include transferrable college credit for our students. This gives our talented students a chance to exceed expectations, stay challenged and expedite their educational path toward a chosen occupation. Students not interested in earning the college credit still benefit from the courses offered in that it is a bright spot on their resume when they apply for work that just may be the difference between them getting the job instead of the next person. Mr. Childs is grateful to our current administration at Scio Central for encouraging this direction and clearing the obstacles one encounters in setting up a new program. Mrs. Pamela Crowell-Ketchner, guidance counselor is the chief architect of College Connections programs. Mr. Childs advises the Future Business Leaders of America FBLA Club at Scio which manages the Scio/Allentown Spirit of Christmas Toys for Tots program for the district. “It always amazes me the generous donations this community provides helping us ensure that each child in the district, ages 2 to 15, has a bright Christmas. On average, 85 children are helped and this is the 27th year of the program. New, unwrapped toy donations are always welcome or you can mail a check made out to the Scio FBLA to the school marked Toys for Tots. SCIO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL BUSINESS DEPARTMENT COURSE OFFERINGS Have sound on for video and video works with Google Chrome or Internet Explorer. Firefox-No 9-12 Applied Communications--Learn software for budgeting, movie making, movie editing, website design, advanced event planning for an actual event—includes money handling, inventory, promotion/advertising, scheduling workers, presentations, creating commercials, and more. Computer skills are a must for everyone from auto mechanics to executives. This class will help in all areas of education. Education Week says, "In the future, students who don't have an understanding of computing and computer science won't be able to get good-paying jobs because those jobs just won't exist,” Counts as three college credits if you attend Alfred State College 9-12 Accounting--Three Transferrable College Credits--Accounting prepares a student for simple tasks like balancing the credits and debits in your checkbook, organizing and gauging expenses, creating a personal budget, handling asset management, determining asset and investment returns, doing your own taxes, and similar tasks. Starting a business or becoming self-employed can take a lot of planning. Accounting is in the Top 10 for “most in demand degrees” which means higher pay, easier to find a position, and easier to find employment in a geographical location of first choice. Accounting can count as the 3rd math course. 9-12 Personal Finance: Three Transferrable College Credits--This exciting new class is about learning how to become a millionnaire prior to your retirement by practicing sound personal finance techniques, now! Includes a statewide Stock Market simulation that is very close to real life except the $100,000 investment fund is imaginary so you can't keep what you earn. You can win a prize though! Not offered first semester 2017-18 Economics: Three Transferrable College Credits--Part I—Demand, Supply, Employment, Labor, Wages, Gross Domestic Product, Economic Growth, Business Cycles, and more. Part II—Loan Applications, Good Credit, Insurances, Mortgages, Opportunity Costs, Fringe Benefits, Job Benefit Analysis, Investing, Stock Market, 401/Matching and more. Not offered 2017-18 MIDDLE SCHOOL BUSINESS 7 & 8 Grade 7 Introduction to Business for ½ year everyday: Part I: Learn Letter-Key Operation, Master Keyboarding/Language Skills; Learn to Format Memos, Business Letters, Reports, References, Resume and more. Text: Information Processing; Part II—Planning Your Future, Career Decision Making, Lifestyle Goals, Aptitudes & Abilities; Part III—Entering the World of Work—Finding and Applying for a Job; You, Your Employer, and Your Co-Workers; Your Personal Effectiveness & Safety. Part IV—Developing Your Skills and Understanding—Communication Skills, Becoming an Entrepreneur, Leadership. Upon completion, student is eligible to join the Scio Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club in 8th Grade. Grade 8 Microsoft Office for ½ year everyday: Part I: Review Letter-Key Operation, Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentation Software, Photo and Movie Maker Editing. This class prepares students so they are ready to take Applied Communications in High School. Beautiful February morning at Scio Central School!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3607
__label__wiki	0.973847	0.973847	SeeCalifornia Cities, Towns California Cars Mullin Automotive Museum - California Car Collection & Collector "Slowly rotating on a turntable, a wine-red 1939 Delahaye Type 165 cabriolet is all swoops and slopes and voluptuous curves, a reclining nude with a 12-cylinder engine," said a male reporter describing a vehicle in the Mullin Automotive Museum collection in Oxnard, California. A female reporter saw things differently when she picked her top 10 car museums to see in the U.S., choosing the same place because of a car on display that has spent most of its life at the bottom of a Swiss lake (shown in smaller photo). A wrecked 1925 Bugatti Brescia Type-22 car sat for more than 70 years at the bottom of Lake Maggiore till it was dredged in 2009. The unrestored "piece of art" was acquired by the car museum at Bonhams in Paris in January 2010 for the mere price of $368,320. Owner of one of California's newest, must-see car museums, Peter Mullin, has loved cars all his life and has a fondness for French marque cars and Italian designers, as you'll discover when visiting one of two excellent car museums in Oxnard (the other is Murphy Automotive Museum.) When Mullin paid the most ever for a single car, spending $30 million on a 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC, he described it as the Mona Lisa of automobiles! The executive who sold his successful insurance company to Prudential Financial Inc. for an undisclosed price, has time now to focus on his passion for cars. In February 2012 he shipped 10 of his favorite cars from the Oxnard museum to Paris for a spectacular collector car show, Retromobile. He said he wanted to honor the country from which his prized possessions originate. French cars of the late 1920s and 30s were "the absolute apex,” says Mullin, owner of more than 65 such classic beauties that combine engineering, performance and sculptural beauty. Nothing comes close, he says. Hours, location and admission: mullinautomotivemuseum.com California has around a dozen automotive museums, making it the best place in the U.S. to see car collections! Consistently ranking as one of the 10 Must See Car Museums in America is Petersen Automotive Museum in L.A. Others you shouldn't miss include Nethercutt in Sylmar, Marconi in Tustin, and Blackhawk in Danville. Get Updates Via E-Mail! © SeeCalifornia \| Contact \| Privacy Policy \| Site Map	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3610
__label__cc	0.560224	0.439776	News: Grayscale Announce New Album "Nella Vita," Band Premieres "In Violet" Video Philadelphia's Grayscale will release their second album Nella Vita on September 6 through Fearless Records. The band has premiered the video for the new single "In Violet" at PopCrush. "In Violet" follows the bittersweet first single "Painkiller Weather," which is a story about being in love with someone who is unable to free themselves from their vice. The track underscores what could be a morbid theme with lush keys, a sweeping riff, a horn section, and an ultimately life-affirming hook: "Bury me in violet / Leave this wonderful place." Vocalist Collin Walsh told PopCrush, "When I die, I want people to celebrate my life and enjoy each other's togetherness, rather than mourn my death in a miserable way. I've dealt with a lot of loss and long episodes of grief the past couple of years, and it made me realize how much it can wear on you. When I go, I want everyone you to celebrate, sing, laugh, and dress in violet." The singer furthered, "We've been keeping quiet for a while. Now it's time for you to hear our second release. You're going to dance, laugh, and cry all at the same time." NELLA VITA TRACK LISTING: 1. "Just Right" 2. "Baby Blue" 3. "In Violet" 4. "YOUNG" 5. "Twilight (My Heaven)" 6. "Old Friends" 7. "Painkiller Weather" 8. "What's on Your Mind" 9. "Asbury" 10. "Desert Queen" 11. "In My Arms" 12. "Tommy's Song" Tags grayscale ← News: Merit Announces New EP Living With The Low + Release New SingleNews: ROAM Announce New Album 'Smile Wide' + Share First Single "I Don't Think I Live There Anymore" →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3623
__label__wiki	0.54047	0.54047	179 Results Found For: Middle East Studies Page: 1 2 3 4 5 > >> Amount of Results to Show: 10 50 100 All Sort by: Publication Date:Newest to Oldest Title: A to Z Title: Z to A Publication Date:Oldest to Newest Race, Nation, and Refuge (October 2017) The Rhetoric of Race in Asian American Citizenship Cases Doug Coulson - Author Explores the role of rhetoric and the racial classification of Asian American immigrants in the early twentieth century. From 1870 to 1940, racial eligibility for naturalization in the United States was limited to “free white persons” and “aliens of African nativity and persons of African descent,” and many interpreted these restrictions to reflect a policy of Asian exclusion based on the conclusion that...(Read More) Walayah in the Fatimid Isma'ili Tradition (September 2017) Elizabeth R. Alexandrin - Author Explores the relationship between revelation and reason in medieval Islamic intellectual history. In this original study, Elizabeth R. Alexandrin examines the complex relationships that can be inscribed between medieval Ismā‘īlī thought as an intellectual tradition with a devotional practice of reliance on the imām, and as a politico-esoteric system that redefined governance during the Fā&...(Read More) Educational Oases in the Desert (August 2017) The Alliance Israelite Universelle's Girls' Schools in Ottoman Iraq, 1895-1915 Jonathan Sciarcon - Author A history of the French schools that pioneered female education in Ottoman Iraq’s Jewish communities. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Alliance Israélite Universelle (AIU), a Paris-based Jewish organization, founded dozens of primary schools throughout the Middle East. Many were the first formal educational institutions for local Jewish children. In addition to providing secular educat...(Read More) Beauty in Sufism (June 2017) The Teachings of Ruzbihan Baqli Kazuyo Murata - Author Analyzes the place of beauty in the Sufi understanding of God, the world, and the human being through the writings of Sufi scholar and saint Rūzbihān Baqlī. According to Muhammad, “God is beautiful and He loves beauty.” Yet, Islam is rarely associated with beauty, and today, a politicized Islam dominates many perceptions. This work tells a forgotten story of beauty in Islam through the writings ...(Read More) Text/ures of Iraq (March 2017) Contemporary Art from the Collection of Oded Halahmy Oded Halahmy - Author Sara J. Pasti - Author Murtazi Vali - Author Ursula Morgan - Author Presents work by Halahmy and eight other contemporary artists from Iraq: Hayder Ali, Amal Alwan, Mohammed al Hamadany, Ismail Khayat, Hanaa Malallah, Hassan Massoudy, Naziha Rashid, and Qasim Sabti. Text/ures of Iraq presents work by New York-based sculptor Oded Halahmy, a Jewish native of Baghdad, alongside that of eight contemporary artists from Iraq: Hayder Ali, Amal Alwan, Mohammed al Hamadany, Ismail Khayat, Hanaa Ma...(Read More) Global Women, Colonial Ports (January 2017) Prostitution in the Interwar Middle East Liat Kozma - Author Combines analysis of transnational prostitution and traffic in women with a social history of the League of Nations and interwar globalization. Global Women, Colonial Ports is a transnational history of state-regulated prostitution in the Middle East and North Africa between the two world wars. Beginning with international efforts to eradicate traffic in women and children, Liat Kozma examines French and...(Read More) Climate and Cultural Change in Prehistoric Europe and the Near East (December 2016) Peter F. Biehl - Editor Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse - Editor Rich case studies examining responses to climatic events in ancient Europe and the Near East. The subject of climate change could hardly be more timely. In Climate and Cultural Change in Prehistoric Europe and the Near East, an interdisciplinary group of contributors examine climate change through the lens of new archaeological and paleo-environmental data over the course of more than 10,000 years from th...(Read More) Ahmad al-Ghazali, Remembrance, and the Metaphysics of Love (November 2016) Joseph E. B. Lumbard - Author Discusses the work of a central, but poorly understood, figure in the development of Persian Sufism, Aḥmad al-Ghazālī. The teachings of Aḥmad al-Ghazālī changed the course of Persian Sufism forever, paving the way for luminaries such as Rūmī, Aṭṭār, and Ḥāfiẓ. Yet he remains a poorly understood thinker, with many treatises incorrectly attributed to him and...(Read More) Beirut on the Bayou (March 2016) Alfred Nicola, Louisiana, and the Making of Modern Lebanon Raif Shwayri - Author Weaves a people’s history of Lebanon with the personal storytelling of a family saga. Raif Shwayri begins his family’s story with his grandfather Habib Shwayri’s arrival at Ellis Island in 1902. Having left Beirut, then a harbor city on the Syrian coast of the Ottoman Empire, only weeks before, he took the name Alfred Nicola and made his way to relatives in New Orleans. There, he began peddling...(Read More) Social Media in Iran (December 2015) Politics and Society after 2009 David M. Faris - Editor Babak Rahimi - Editor First comprehensive account of how the Internet has impacted life in Iran. Social Media in Iran is the first book to tell the complex story of how and why the Iranian people—including women, homosexuals, dissidents, artists, and even state actors—use social media technology, and in doing so create a contentious environment wherein new identities and realities are constructed. Drawing together e...(Read More)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3631
__label__cc	0.692737	0.307263	Below you'll find a list of all posts from September, 2000 September 21, 2000: A US ambassador loses his security clearance after working on classified information on an airplane flight. Martin Indyk (Credit: Paul Richards / Getty Images) US Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk has his security clearance taken away after the FBI began investigating whether he prepared classified memos about meetings with foreign leaders using an unclassified laptop computer on an airplane flight. Investigators say there was no evidence of espionage or of the exposure any classified information. A month later, Indyk’s clearance will be restored after a flare-up between Israel and the Palestinian territories results in the worst violence there in a decade. The Clinton administration decides it needs Indyk’s diplomatic abilities to help deal with the crisis. (The Los Angeles Times, 10/11/2000) 23 May 2016 addendaclassified informationFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)investigationIsraelMartin Indyksecurity clearanceUS ambassador	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3641
__label__cc	0.679186	0.320814	Chicago Dry Dock Joins TPG Marine We are excited to announce our purchase of an excellent Chicago area shipyard founded in 1979. Chicago Dry Dock, Inc. operates on the Calumet River and is the only facility of its kind to offer unencumbered access to both the Great Lakes (via Lake Michigan) and the Inland River System (via the Calumet/Des Plaines/Illinois Rivers). Founded as Kern Barge Cleaning and Repair, CDD purchased its first dry dock in 1995 and was renamed and incorporated as Chicago Dry Dock in 1996. Operating from seven secured acres less than three river miles from Lake Michigan, it has 1200 feet of sheeted wall and two floating dry docks that can accommodate repairs to vessels 262 feet long, 54 feet wide and up to 1500 tons, including tug boats, tow boats, commercial tour and passenger vessels, pleasure boats and barges of all types. The facility also provides comprehensive barge and boat cleaning and topside repairs for vessels in Chicago and Northwest Indiana. “We’ve worked successfully with a number of Illinois waterways and Great Lakes groups in the past,” said TPG Marine President, Don W. Miller, Jr. “We have every confidence we can build an expanded maritime repair and vessel storage business on the solid reputations of Chicago Dry Dock and TPG Marine.” TPG Marine Chicago Dry Dock will retain it’s current CDD management and staff, but is poised for new growth from inland river and lake commercial barging customers as well from enhanced repair and wintering options for area pleasure craft. “TPG Marine’s management team has expressed a real appreciation for the good work we’ve done over the years,” stated founder Haven Kern. “Their understanding of the industry and respect for our operation and staff has made for an immediate professional bond. We’re looking forward to growing with them.”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3645
__label__wiki	0.601566	0.601566	Home » Forums » News & Appearances » Motorsports » BRZ GT300 for Super GT BRZ GT300 for Super GT Submitted by Bo on Thu, 2011-12-08 11:45 Subaru / R&D sport Legacy B4 finished 4th overall in 2011 season. For 2012 Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano will drive the new Subaru BRZ GT300: When Subaru released the details of its all-new BRZ GT300 racer and confirmed its participation in the 2012 Japanese Super GT race series, it was only a matter of time before Toyota confirmed its new rear-wheel drive racehorse - the GT 86 for the series, which debuted this year at the Tokyo Motor Show. However, the rumor mill is spinning that Toyota is overlooking the BRZ's sister car - the GT 86 - and is instead prepping up a GT300 version of its tree-hugging Prius Hybrid! If the rumor turns out to be true, the Toyota Prius will replace the Toyota Corolla Axio, which has been competing in the series since 2009. There are no details yet on the drivetrain and the powerplant that will be placed under the hood of the Prius GT300. But given that the stock 2012 Prius model has a 1.8-litre petrol engine and a 98PS gas engine, the Prius will have to undergo some extensive modifications to get the hybrid racer up to GT300 standards, which allows competing vehicles to produce up to 300PS.Toyota seems determined to show the world that its hybrid technology is just as adept at racing as it is at saving fuel. Super GT schedule 2012: 31.03 - 01.04 Okayama International Circuit, Mimasaka in Japan 03.05 - 04.05 Fuji International Speedway, Oyama in Japan 09.06 - 10.06 Sepang F1 Circuit, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia 28.07 - 29.07 Sportsland SUGO, Miyagi in Japan 18.08 - 19.08 Suzuka International Racing Course, Mie Prefecture in Japan 13.10 - 14.10 Autopolis, Kamitsue village in Japan 27.10 - 28.10 Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi in Japan jdm-import Subaru sports cars for 2012: Insomnia imports FROM MAIN PAGE NEWS: Back FROM MAIN PAGE NEWS: Back in December we saw the Subaru BRZ GT300 in a promotional video showing off what it’ll look like on the track, and now we have some legitimate (as in, non-promotional) footage of the race car getting some shakedown test runs out at Fuji Speedway in Japan. In preparation of the 2012 Super GT series that will start at the end of March, Subaru and other teams have already started testing their new vehicles for this year’s season. Fortunately the weather cooperated for at least one good day of testing for Subaru, and we look forward to seeing all the new cars this year and how well they’ll be doing. When R&D SPORT took the Subaru BRZ GT300 to Fuji Speedway, it was snowing on the first day. On The second day the weather was clear and sunny, temperatures hitting just 4 degrees and Super GT BRZ could finally hit the track for shakedown. As expected, the BRZ GT300 looks absolutely gorgeous out on the track at full speed, and only makes us that much more impatient for its American release. STI motor sports project chief Tatsumi Eiji says "BRZ GT300 is aiming to leverage the low center of gravity in the characteristics of SUBARU" as the Super GT's low body is really drawing attention. Painted in WR blue resembling the theme color of SUBARU and boxer engine expressing loudness the BRZ GT300 was sprinting the Fuji Speedway. Motoshima Shinji, the Director of R&D SPORT feels a lot of pressure this year to make the BRZ express power and challenge as the diameter of restrictor for 2.0 liter engine is increased. BRZ GT 300 will challenge other cars with greater displacement engines so braking and cornering will play an important role this year Tetsuya Yamano: “This season, how we fight in the BRZ, which is at the centre of attention, and how we develop it are important. While feeling a very strong sense of responsibility, I predict the start of the season to be very tough. “Making the most of the BRZ’s low centre of gravity, I would like to specifically demonstrate its cornering speed. I want to make sure that we finish on the podium at SUGO, Motegi, Suzuka, and Autopolis where there are many corners.” Kota Sasaki: The BRZ is the new face of SUBARU and I would like to do my best. While BRZ being a city car our mission is to show that it expresses speed. It is great responsibility to drive the BRZ. I'm looking forward to work with the team" Check out two videos below of the BRZ GT300 hitting the track. Round 1 will be held in Okayama at the end of March. But till then, more teams will be getting their new race cars onto the track to get the bugs out getting ready for the big race. We’ll make sure to post more photos and videos of Super GT BRZ as the season arrives! Source: Minkara The engine is turbocharged The engine is turbocharged EJ20 boxer at 300hp (of course) BRZ gt300 rear: [img]http://www.tune86.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/ft-86-ft86_m/pictur... Tetsuya Yamano testing brz gt300 seat: [url=http://www.tune86.com/sites/default/files/pictures_photos/2012/03/brz-gt... testing: [img]http://response.jp/imgs/zoom/412605.jpg[/img] Video: Super GT Subaru BRZ Video: Super GT Subaru BRZ GT300 test at Fuji Speedway GT300 brz test in Okayama [url=http://www.tune86.com/ft-86-news/18635-super-gt-pre-season-test-brz-gt30... brz test in Okayama[/url] Qualified 8th in Okayama! round1 report: round1 report: http://www.tune86.com/ft-86-news/18642-report-super-gt-okayama http://www.tune86.com/ft-86-v http://www.tune86.com/ft-86-video/18682-subaru-brz-gt300-round-1-okayama http://www.youtube.com/watch? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAgSFvSMCU R&D SPORT / STI Subaru BRZ team video by Subaru Global: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9p_85IeZM0 BRZ video from [url=http://www.facebook.com/JDM.clips]JDM clips[/url] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t60Rxr5sF14 some general footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO_V0B1wuvc japcar.lv JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint JAF Grand Prix Fuji Sprint Cup 2012 qualifying super GT & Formula Nippon at Fuji Speedway was held on Friday, November 16, 2012. Video: Subaru BRZ GT300 driven by Kota Sasaki and Tetsuya Yamano HD版/SUBARU BRZ GT300 JAFグランプリ HD版/SUBARU BRZ GT300 JAFグランプリ富士スプリントカップ2012 決勝レース2 Testing in Okayama before Testing in Okayama before first round of SGT 2013 Subaru BRZ GT300 got pole Subaru BRZ GT300 got pole position after qualifying! [img]http://www.tune86.com/sites/default/files/supergt.jpg[/img] Here is a video overview of Here is a video overview of what happened in round 2. Two pole positions this season! But luck is not on the BRZ team side Kota slides out of track, Kota slides out of track, still manages to get 3rd place in qualifying. In the race R&D Sport team finishes in 4th position!! Here is full video review of the Super GT race in Sepang! 2014 season wrap up	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3648
__label__cc	0.599802	0.400198	Parliament to address Petroleum Act next month New legislation to regulate oil exploration projects will be addressed when Parliament resumes in November, the government has announced. TheBahamasInvestor.com New legislation to regulate oil exploration projects will be addressed when Parliament resumes in November. “The government has completed the preparation of a new Petroleum Act and a suite of regulations designed to guide and govern oil exploration in The Bahamas as an integral part of the recently announced National Energy Policy,” Minister for the Environment and Housing Kenred Dorsett (left) told the media, October 8, at the Diplomatic Lounge of the Lynden Pindling International Airport. The new legislative regime aims to ensure safe measures for oil exploration to take place in The Bahamas. “This new legislative package will also include the legislative framework for a Sovereign Wealth Fund to ensure that in the event oil is discovered in commercially viable quantities, the wealth that will accrue to the nation as a result will be invested, managed and conserved in the most optimal way for present and future generations of Bahamians.” “In the meantime, it should be clearly understood that the new legislative regime will ensure that exploration for oil in The Bahamas will be undertaken in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, consistent with international standards, best practices and the most up-to-date risk management, health and safety protocols,” added the Minister. “It goes without saying, that if oil is discovered in commercially viable quantities in The Bahamas, it will have a massively transformative effect on our fortunes as a people. It will allow us to deliver on our commitment to eliminate the fiscal deficit while at the same time providing a platform for the systematic reduction in the cost of electricity on a sustained basis for consumers both residential and commercial.” Minister Dorsett said that in the longer term, oil exploration could vastly increase the wealth of the nation through the creation of a flourishing new industrial sector and a sovereign wealth fund. “But first things first: it’s obviously important that we not count our chickens before they are hatched. That’s why it is so important that we put in place a new, modernized, up-to-date legislative framework, of the kind I am foreshadowing today, one that will enable us to find out, through licensed and properly regulated exploration, just what we have in the way of petroleum resources,” said Minister Dorsett. “If as a result of such exploration, we do discover oil in commercially significant quantities, we will already have put in place a legislative regime to ensure that we make the best of it in an environmentally responsible way and in a way that will ensure the best possible financial returns for our nation.” Minister Dorsett said that the Bahamian people should be rest assured, that the government remains resolute to its commitment to actualizing those objectives. Government to table new Petroleum Act next month – video PM’s address to the nation – video PM: Economic growth must be inclusive PM gives update on economy – video Environment Minister comments on recent oil spill 2013/2014 Budget Breakdown part 1 – video Government has plan to reduce national debt – video Government to inspect BORCO Oil Spill Prevention Workshop – video PM: Prospects good for GB as Carnival announce port plans A suite of bills included in the Petroleum Act will provide clear guidelines to oil exploration in The Bahamas and environmental practices in its extraction, according to Minister of Housing and Environment Kenred Dorsett. Watch a ZNS Network news segment here. Prime Minister Perry Christie addressed attendees of the 2nd National Data Protection Symposium in Nassau this week. Read his remarks here. PM remarks on data protection	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3652
__label__wiki	0.97247	0.97247	Stephen Hughes ‘off sick’ until end of September by Paul Dale 03.Sep 2012 It has been confirmed that Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes is likely to remain off work sick until at least the end of this month. His duties as Head of the Paid Service, in charge of 25,000 staff, will be taken over temporarily by Paul Dransfield, the city’s Strategic Director for resources. A formal announcement about Mr Hughes was issued by council leader Sir Albert Bore two hours after Chamberlain Files broke the story on Twitter. In a letter to staff, Sir Albert said: “As you will be aware, the Chief Executive is currently away from work recovering from a recent illness and will not be back until the end of September. “In his absence, Paul Dransfield, Strategic Director of Corporate Resources, will assume Stephen’s responsibilities as “Head of Paid Service”, supported by all members of the senior management team. “All members of the senior management team will cover for Stephen’s internal and external commitments as required. “I hope you will join me in wishing Stephen a speedy return to good health.” Details of Mr Hughes’ illness have not been revealed. He has been off work for several weeks. Mr Hughes, who has a salary of just under £200,000, became Chief Executive in May 2006 He had been Interim Head of Paid Service from August 2005, when former Chief Executive, Lin Homer, left the council to join the Home Office. The council website states that onje of Mr Hughes’s key aims is to ensurde that Birmingham people “succeed economically” and that “other public agencies and business need to work together to ensure the future prosperity of the city”. Mr Hughes joined the city council as Strategic Director of Resources in February 2004. Before coming to Birmingham he worked for the London Borough of Brent as Director of Finance. Previous roles include a secondment to Whitehall to lead on council tax and business rates policy, Head of Finance at Islington Council and policy work around local government finance at the AMA and ALA. Albert BoreBirmingham City CouncilStephen Hughes	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3653
__label__cc	0.50066	0.49934	Ned Evans/Kelly Berg Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California Preview by Andy Brumer Ned Evans, "Pluto," 2016, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 72 x 60" Continuing through May 26, 2018 From their very first look at or into any one of Kelly Berg’s dynamic mixed media relief-paintings, gallery goers will find themselves instantly transported into a sublimely mythical and visually magical landscape. Indeed, each work oozes with a sense of separateness or otherness that the 19th century German poet, playwright and philosopher Friedrich Schiller called schien, and which he believed represented the essential quality of any work of art. Berg’s pieces also possess what the Spanish poet Garcia Lorca dubbed duende, translated by this writer as a dark and fiery soulfulness that cannot fail to inspire art making. Take for example the alluring and somewhat terrifying “Edge of the World.” In it a receded shadowy acrylic painting of a volcano spewing golden lava rises upward out of the gooey globed folds of a plaster and cloth constructed “ground.” Berg paints these materials as well in alchemical acrylic gold and shapes them three-dimensionally via a meshed aluminum wire armature. At once a celebration and a cautionary tale about the autonomy and potency of nature’s force, the piece also pulses theatrically with Wagnerian accents and potent spiritual and psychological depths. Another riff on Earth’s shapeshifting fecundity is “Mysteries of Inner Earth,” tinged this time with a Van Gogh-like unbridled exuberance. Spikes are built up out of gold acrylic paint spout and support rays of sharply protruding and mirrored plastic shards that surround the work’s central image of a small pyramid set in a forest of stalactites and stalagmites. The artist has rendered this etching-like image via what she calls a “scratchboard technique,” and there’s a fetishized/sexualized dance between the introverted lines of “drawing” and the brazen dimensional surfaces of paint and plastic that protrude around and surround them. The remaining works in the show consist of several other highly molded and textured reliefs, some iridescently and alluringly hued. A few two-dimensional acrylic paintings round out a show that honors the earth’s fierce and protean shape-making genius, while accommodating the metaphor of the human psyche and the dangerous depths to which it readily lends itself. In the adjacent galleries, Ned Evans’ colorful and masterly executed acrylic and mixed-media geometric abstractions treat us to a painterly turbo-charge bouquet of color, texture, composition and feeling. The artist uses multiple wood panels in these paintings, to which he affixes pre-cut geometrically shaped pieces of cloth, paper, plastics and other fabrics. All are seamlessly assembled. Evans textures many of these strips, squares and other rectangular materials with granulated sand-like additives (similarly to Tapies, Dubuffet, Braque and others). If many viewers will miss seeing the underlying cohesive element at work here in the midst of the constructivist Boogie Woogie movement and kaleidoscopic blur, they will certainly, if only subconsciously, feel it. There’s also a studied color field tone poem feeling to Evans’ compositions that is counterbalanced by a jazz musician’s improvisational, supple and swift decision-making process. When integrated by the artist’s experienced eye and hand the combined gestalt of these elements, which meet the eye so simply yet represent a high order of visual organization, the paintings possess Schiller’s schein. The gallery director’s office walls support a small group of Evans’s Cubistic sculptural reliefs titled “Keyholes.” Each consists of four blocks of thick foam painted with resin and encaustic oils. These frame more than encircle small, centrally positioned empty spaces, the “Keyholes,” and while feeling childlike and tender the pieces trigger the double entendre of piano keys. One can almost hear Thelonious Monk-like clunky iconic and ingenious solos emanating from them. Such serenading adds a welcome background accompaniment to the primary bodies of work in the main galleries.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3662
__label__cc	0.65527	0.34473	Val Thorpe Northeast/Irving HomeAdvanced Search1260 NW NAITO PKWY #502 1260 Nw Naito Pkwy #502 46 Days on Market HOA Fee $915.00 /Monthly Taxes $13,671 /yr Prestigious condo w/breathtaking river views! Large, open floor plan with an abundance of natural light & two patios. Gourmet kitchen- perfect for cooking or entertaining! Living room w/ fireplace, patio and hardwoods. Master suite features walk-in closet, bathroom and patio. 2 deeded parking spaces & 1 storage unit. Secure building w/high-end finishes & great amenities including 24/7 concierge, gym & sauna. Contact Val Thorpe $915.00 / Monthly The Agency, Inc Metal Siding The Pearl District is located just north of downtown Portland. Once an area occupied by warehouses, light industrial businesses and railroad yards, it has been transformed into an award-winning, internationally recognized example of urban renewal. According to the Pearl District Business Association, Thomas Augustine, a local gallery owner, coined the name Pearl District in the 1980s to suggest that its industrial buildings were like crusty oysters, and that the galleries and artists' lofts within were like pearls. Hip and upscale, the Pearl attracts a diverse mix of hip professionals, young families, empty nesters and people who want to live in the center of it all. The utilization of mixed-use space effortlessly blends residential, business and play, giving it city sophistication with urban historic charm. Creative-commerce entrepreneurs, ranging from small internet firms to world-class advertising and multi-media companies have settled in the area. There are slews of new developments as well as many older buildings, apartments, townhomes and loft-style condos. Stunning views include a landscape of old and new buildings, the Willamette River, downtown Portland and the West Hills. The bustling streets are lined with locally owned boutiques, art galleries, acclaimed restaurants, unique home interior stores and coffee shops. One of the oldest, Blackfish Gallery has been owned and operated by a co-op of artists since 1979, and Portland Center Stage is one of the 25 largest theater companies in the United States. The neighborhood’s Powell’s City of Books was cited by USA Today as one of America's 10 best bookstores and takes up an entire city block. You can find a good happy hour at almost all of the restaurants. During the summer, people flock to First Thursday in the Pearl District, an event on the first Thursday of the month where artists fill the streets with their merchandise to create a large art gallery. Urban parks and green spaces are tucked amidst the city bustle where you'll see children playing in the fountains and residents walking their dogs. Jamison Square and Tanner Springs provide fountains, native wetlands and flowing streamlets. When driving along the North Park blocks, it's hard to keep one's eyes on the road instead of looking at the 80-100 foot trees. Nearby Forest Park, covering 5,100 acres on the hillside overlooking the Willamette River, is one of the country’s largest urban forest reserves. Approximately 70 miles of recreational trails crisscross the park. 1150 NW Quimby ST #1006 726 NW 11TH AVE #604 1410 NW KEARNEY (Penthouse) ST #1113 311 NW 12TH AVE #1404 1025 NW COUCH ST #1112 1025 NW COUCH ST #810 2521 NW UPSHUR ST 12 NE FREMONT ST 8W 710 NW WESTOVER TER 840 NW SUMMIT AVE 1608 NE HALSEY ST 2850 NW WESTOVER RD 2882 NW FAIRFAX TER 1465 SW CARDINELL DR 2960 NW QUIMBY ST 2866 NW ARIEL TER 2937 NW VERDE VISTA TER 925 NW POWHATAN TER 1920 SW RIVER DR E1303 1930 SW River DR W601	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3664
__label__cc	0.534743	0.465257	Fantasy Football Coach History Go to page : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Subject: Re: Fantasy Football Coach History Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:52 am Burdur has 2 amateur championships, has 0 in the SB era. You don't see niggas counting NFL Championships from the 50s. Subject: Re: Fantasy Football Coach History Sat May 16, 2015 8:26 pm I added a champions list and put a "~" next to those who won under the old scoring system. Subject: Re: Fantasy Football Coach History Fri Jul 17, 2015 5:46 pm Broski's back in the league. Respectable 9-4 his first time playing. Also, me & Huh each need 8 wins this season to be the first to 50 total W's. Inb4 someone says neither of us gets to 50. Subject: Re: Fantasy Football Coach History Tue Dec 08, 2015 1:13 am Updated this on page/post 1. Updated the season records & playoff berths. Also, Huh overtook my spot for most wins as a coach in this league. (although he has an extra season than me ) Playoffs stats will be updated after the championship. Subject: Re: Fantasy Football Coach History Tue Dec 22, 2015 3:23 pm Updated all playoffs stats. Just need to update TJ's & CB's playoff records + who gets the SB win after we find out the result. TJ's playoff record is a perfect 2-0 right now. 2009: JHalc ~ 2010: Burdur ~ 2011: Asian ~ 2013: Pops 2014: Mexicano 2015: TJ The league took a bit of a hit in credibility today. YOU CAN'T STOP THE REVOLUTION. All 2016 regular season records are added. Brother Tjero wrote: Cinderella's Hangover Also, I should add an asterisk to this that the Clown Town Bliggas are 5-1. KingofSwing Me being the only team in league history to have a 2 win team in 2 separate seasons I was in two seasons? I just looked back at the 2011 season. I assume "Snoopaffiliates" is the one that's meant to be me, but I have absolutely no recollection of this and didn't know a single thing about Fantasy Football before I joined this season. So, either that was someone else or the weed meme is far more correct than I thought. Location : Kotzebue, AK Snoopz It was you. You just signed up and didn't pay attention to the league at all. I still don't think it was me, iwbh. Even the name used for the team doesn't ring a bell. Next year I'm aiming for 6-7 >_>. Also, I love how TJ missed the playoffs every season but one, and in that one he won the Superbowl. Like Titus O'Neill breaking out of Main Event to win the WWE Title at Wrestlemania, then going straight back to Main Event. Subject: Re: Fantasy Football Coach History Wed Dec 07, 2016 3:41 pm The greatest winning percentage in league history and yall still try and pretend I don't know shit Also I consider myself the runner up in the league the first year. Digg cheated all year. Ian trying to re-write history to make himself look like less trash. You choke in the playoffs every year. At least make it back to the Championship game this year and you might have an argument. Who would people say is the dynasty team to beat during the post-Digg era? It's pretty close. Gotta be Pops I guess, always making the playoffs and always being a legitimate threat to win (and did win one). During the Digg era it was obviously me. Burdur stay riding Pops' dick. Am I wrong though? I've done just as good as he has. You barely even sneak into the playoffs. Page 3 of 7 Go to page : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 » History of Forumotion. » Post edit history	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3670
__label__cc	0.617559	0.382441	Correlation: Meaning, Types and Its Computation \| Statistics After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Definitions of Correlation 2. Meaning of Correlation 3. Need 4. Types 5. Methods of Computing. Definitions of Correlation: If the change in one variable appears to be accompanied by a change in the other variable, the two variables are said to be correlated and this interdependence is called correlation or covariation. In short, the tendency of simultaneous variation between two variables is called correlation or covariation. For example, there may exist a relationship between heights and weights of a group of students, the scores of students in two different subjects are expected to have an interdependence or relationship between them. To measure the degree of relationship or covariation between two variables is the subject matter of correlation analysis. Thus, correlation means the relationship or “going- togetherness” or correspondence between two variables. In statistics, correlation is a method of determining the correspondence or proportionality between two series of measures (or scores). To put it simply, correlation indicates the relationship of one variable with the other. Meaning of Correlation: To measure the degree of association or relationship between two variables quantitatively, an index of relationship is used and is termed as co-efficient of correlation. Co-efficient of correlation is a numerical index that tells us to what extent the two variables are related and to what extent the variations in one variable changes with the variations in the other. The co-efficient of correlation is always symbolized either by r or ρ (Rho). The notion ‘r’ is known as product moment correlation co-efficient or Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation. The symbol ‘ρ’ (Rho) is known as Rank Difference Correlation coefficient or spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient. The size of ‘r‘ indicates the amount (or degree or extent) of correlation-ship between two variables. If the correlation is positive the value of ‘r‘ is + ve and if the correlation is negative the value of V is negative. Thus, the signs of the coefficient indicate the kind of relationship. The value of V varies from +1 to -1. Correlation can vary in between perfect positive correlation and perfect negative correlation. The top of the scale will indicate perfect positive correlation and it will begin from +1 and then it will pass through zero, indicating entire absence of correlation. The bottom of the scale will end at -1 and it will indicate perfect negative correlation. Thus numerical measurement of the correlation is provided by the scale which runs from +1 to -1. [NB—The coefficient of correlation is a number and not a percentage. It is generally rounded up to two decimal places]. Need for Correlation: Correlation gives meaning to a construct. Correlational analysis is essential for basic psycho-educational research. Indeed most of the basic and applied psychological research is correlational in nature. Correlational analysis is required for: (i) Finding characteristics of psychological and educational tests (reliability, validity, item analysis, etc.). (ii) Testing whether certain data is consistent with hypothesis. (iii) Predicting one variable on the basis of the knowledge of the other(s). (iv) Building psychological and educational models and theories. (v) Grouping variables/measures for parsimonious interpretation of data. (vi) Carrying multivariate statistical tests (Hoteling’s T2; MANOVA, MANCOVA, Discriminant analysis, Factor Analysis). (vii) Isolating influence of variables. Types of Correlation: In a bivariate distribution, the correlation may be: 1. Positive, Negative and Zero Correlation; and 2. Linear or Curvilinear (Non-linear). 1. Positive, Negative or Zero Correlation: When the increase in one variable (X) is followed by a corresponding increase in the other variable (Y); the correlation is said to be positive correlation. The positive correlations range from 0 to +1; the upper limit i.e. +1 is the perfect positive coefficient of correlation. The perfect positive correlation specifies that, for every unit increase in one variable, there is proportional increase in the other. For example “Heat” and “Temperature” have a perfect positive correlation. If, on the other hand, the increase in one variable (X) results in a corresponding decrease in the other variable (Y), the correlation is said to be negative correlation. The negative correlation ranges from 0 to – 1; the lower limit giving the perfect negative correlation. The perfect negative correlation indicates that for every unit increase in one variable, there is proportional unit decrease in the other. Zero correlation means no relationship between the two variables X and Y; i.e. the change in one variable (X) is not associated with the change in the other variable (Y). For example, body weight and intelligence, shoe size and monthly salary; etc. The zero correlation is the mid-point of the range – 1 to + 1. 2. Linear or Curvilinear Correlation: Linear correlation is the ratio of change between the two variables either in the same direction or opposite direction and the graphical representation of the one variable with respect to other variable is straight line. Consider another situation. First, with increase of one variable, the second variable increases proportionately upto some point; after that with an increase in the first variable the second variable starts decreasing. The graphical representation of the two variables will be a curved line. Such a relationship between the two variables is termed as the curvilinear correlation. Methods of Computing Co-Efficient of Correlation: In ease of ungrouped data of bivariate distribution, the following three methods are used to compute the value of co-efficient of correlation: 1. Scatter diagram method. 2. Pearson’s Product Moment Co-efficient of Correlation. 3. Spearman’s Rank Order Co-efficient of Correlation. 1. Scatter Diagram Method: Scatter diagram or dot diagram is a graphic device for drawing certain conclusions about the correlation between two variables. In preparing a scatter diagram, the observed pairs of observations are plotted by dots on a graph paper in a two dimensional space by taking the measurements on variable X along the horizontal axis and that on variable Y along the vertical axis. The placement of these dots on the graph reveals the change in the variable as to whether they change in the same or in the opposite directions. It is a very easy, simple but rough method of computing correlation. The frequencies or points are plotted on a graph by taking convenient scales for the two series. The plotted points will tend to concentrate in a band of greater or smaller width according to its degree. ‘The line of best fit’ is drawn with a free hand and its direction indicates the nature of correlation. Scatter diagrams, as an example, showing various degrees of correlation are shown in Fig. 5.1 and Fig. 5.2. If the line goes upward and this upward movement is from left to right it will show positive correlation. Similarly, if the lines move downward and its direction is from left to right, it will show negative correlation. The degree of slope will indicate the degree of correlation. If the plotted points are scattered widely it will show absence of correlation. This method simply describes the ‘fact’ that correlation is positive or negative. 2. Pearson’s Product Moment Co-efficient of Correlation: The coefficient of correlation, r, is often called the “Pearson r” after Professor Karl Pearson who developed the product-moment method, following the earlier work of Gallon and Bravais. Coefficient of correlation as ratio: The product-moment coefficient of correlation may be thought of essentially as that ratio which expresses the extent to which changes in one variable are accompanied by—or dependent upon-changes in a second variable. As an illustration, consider the following simple example which gives the paired heights and weights of five college students: The mean height is 69 inches, the mean weight 170 pounds, and the o is 2.24 inches and o is 13.69 pounds, respectively. In the column (4) the deviation (x) of each student’s height from the mean height, and in column (5) the deviation, (y) of each student’s weight from the mean weight are given. The product of these paired deviations (xy) in column (6) is a measure of the agreement between individual heights and weights. The larger the sum of xy column the higher the degree of correspondence. In above example the value of ∑xy/N is 55/5 or 11. Where perfect agreement, i.e. r = ± 1.00, the value of ∑xy/N exceeds maximum limit. Thus, ∑xy/N would not yield a suitable measure of relationship between x and y. The reason is that such an average is not a stable measure, as it is not independent of the units in which height and weight have been expressed. In consequence, this ratio will vary if centimeters and kilograms are employed instead of inches and pounds. One way to avoid the trouble-some matter of differences in units is to express each deviation as a σ score or standard score or Z score, i.e. to divide each x and y by its own σ. Each x and y deviation is then expressed as a ratio, and is a pure number, independent of the test units. The sum of the products of the σ scores column (9) divided by N yields a ratio which is a stable expression of relationship. This ratio is the “product-moment” coefficient of correlation. In our example, its value of .36 indicates a fairly high positive correlation between height and weight in this small sample. The student should note that our ratio or coefficient is simply the average product of the σ scores of corresponding X and Y measures i.e. Nature of rxy: (i) rxy is a product moment r (ii) rxy is a ratio, = rxy. (iii) rxy can be + ve or – ve bound by limits – 1.00 to + 1.00. (iv) rxy may be regarded as an arithmetic mean (rxy is the mean of standard score products). (v) rxy is not affected by any linear transformation of scores on either X or Y or both. (vi) When variables are in the standard score form, r gives a measure of the average amount of change in one variable associated with the change of one unit the other variable. (vii) rxy = √byx bxy where byx = regression coefficient of Y on X, bxy = regression coefficient of X on Y. rxy = square root of the slopes of the regression lines. (viii) rxy is not influenced by the magnitude of means (scores are always relative). (ix) rxy cannot be computed if one of the variables has no variance S2x or S2Y = 0 (x) rxy of 60 implies the same magnitude of relationship as rxy = – .60. The sign tells about the direction of relationship, and the magnitude about the strength of the relationship. (xi) df for rxy is N – 2, which is used for testing significance of rxy. Testing significance of r is testing significance of regression. Regression line involves slope and intercept, hence 2 df is lost. So when N = 2, rxy is either + 1.00 or – 1.00 as there is no freedom for sampling variation in the numerical value of r. A. Computation of rxy (Ungrouped Data): Here, using the formula for computation of r depends on “where from the deviations are taken”. In different situations deviations can be taken either from actual mean or from zero or from A.M. Type of Formula conveniently applied for the calculation of coefficient correlation depends upon mean value (either in fraction or whole). (i) The Formula of r when Deviations are taken from Means of the Two Distributions X and Y. where rxy = Correlation between X and Y x = deviation of any X score from the mean in the test X y = deviation of corresponding Y score from the mean in test Y. ∑xy = Sum of all the products of deviations (X and Y) σx and σy = Standard deviations of the distribution of X and Y score. in which x and y are deviations from the actual means and ∑x2 and ∑y2 are the sums of squared deviations in x and y taken from the two means. This formula is preferred: i. When mean values of both the variables are not in fraction. ii. When to find out correlation between short, ungrouped series (say, twenty- five cases or so). iii. When deviations are to be taken from actual means of the two distributions. The steps necessary are illustrated in Table 5.1. They are enumerated here: List in parallel columns the paired X and Y scores, making sure that corresponding scores are together. Determine the two means Mx and My. In table 5.1, these are 7.5 and 8.0, respectively. Determine for every pair of scores the two deviations x and y. Check them by finding algebraic sums, which should be zero. Square all the deviations, and list in two columns. This is for the purpose of computing σx and σy. Sum the squares of the deviations to obtain ∑x2 and ∑y2 Find xy product and sum these for ∑xy. From these values compute σx and σy. An alternative and shorter solution: There is an alternative and shorter route that omits the computation of σx and σy, should they not be needed for any other purpose. Applying Formula (28): (ii) The Calculation of rxy from Original scores or Raw scores: It is an another procedure with ungrouped data, which does not require the use of deviations. It deals entirely with original scores. The formula may look forbidding but is really easy to apply. i. When to compute r from direct raw scores. ii. Original scores ft. when data are small ungrouped. iii. When mean values are in fractions. iv. When good calculating machine is available. X and Y are original scores in variables X and Y. Other symbols tell what is done with them. We follow the steps that are illustrated in Table 5.2: Square all X and Y measurements. Find the XY product for every pair of scores. Sum the X’s, the Y’s, the X2, the Y2, and the XY. Apply formula (29): (ii) Computation of rxy when deviations are taken from Assumed Mean: Formula (28) is useful in calculating r directly from two ungrouped series of scores, but it has the disadvantages as it requires “long method” of calculating means and σ’s. The deviations x and y when taken from actual means are usually decimals and the multiplication and squaring of these values is often a tedious task. For this reason—even when working with short ungrouped series—it is often easier to assume means, calculate deviations from these A.M.’s and apply the formula (30). i. When actual means are usually decimals and the multiplication and squaring of these values is often a tedious task. ii. When deviations are taken from A.M.’s. iii. When we are to avoid fractions. The steps in computing r may be outlined as follows: Find the mean of Test 1 (X) and the mean of Test 2 (Y). The means as shown in Table 5.3 MX = 62.5 and MY = 30.4 respectively. Choose A.M.’s of both X and Y i.e. A.M.X as 60.0 and A.M.Y as 30.0. Find the deviation of each score on Test 1 from its A.M., 60.0, and enter it in column x’. Next find the deviation of each score in Test 2 from its A.M., 30.0, and enter it in column y’. Square all of the x’ and all of they’ and enter these squares in column x’2 and y’2, respectively. Total these columns to obtain ∑x’2 and ∑y’2. Multiply x’ and y’, and enter these products (with due regard for sign) in the x’y’ column. Total x’y’ column, taking account of signs, to get ∑x’y’. The corrections, Cx and Cy, are found by subtracting AMX from Mx and AMy from My. Then, Cx found as 2.5 (62.5 – 60.0) and Cy as .4 (30.4 – 30.0). Substitute for ∑x’y’ , 334, for ∑x’2, 670 and for ∑y’2, 285 in formula (30), as shown in Table 5.3, and solve for rxy. Properties of r: 1. The value of the coefficient of correlation r remains unchanged when a constant is added to one or both variables: In order to observe the effect on the coefficient correlation r when a constant is added to one or both the variables, we consider an example. Now, we add a score of 10 to each score in X and 20 to each score of Y and represent these scores by X’ and Y’ respectively. The calculations for computing r for original and new pairs of observations are given in Table 5.4: By using formula (29), the coefficient of correlation of original score will be: The same formula for new scores can be written as: Thus, we observe that the value of the coefficient of correlation r remains unchanged when a constant is added to one or both variables. 2. The value of the coefficient of correlation r remains unchanged when a constant is subtracted from one or both variables: Students can examine this by taking an example. When each score of one or both variables are subtracted by a constant the value of coefficient of correlation r also remains unchanged. 3. The value of the coefficient of correlation r remains unaltered when one or both sets of variate values are multiplied by some constant: In order to observe the effect of multiplying the variables by some constant on the value of r, we arbitrarily multiply that original scores of first and second sets in the previous example by 10 and 20 respectively. The r between X’ and Y’ may then be calculated as under: The correlation of coefficient between X’ and Y’ will be: Thus, we observe that the value of the coefficient of correlation r remains unchanged when a constant is multiplied with one or both sets of variate values. 4. The value of r will remain unchanged even when one or both sets of variate values are divided by some constant: Students can examine this by taking an example. B. Coefficient of Correlation in Grouped Data: When the number of pairs of measurements (N) on two variables X and Y are large, even moderate in size, and when no calculating machine is available, the customary procedure is to group data in both X and Y and to form a scatter diagram or correlation diagram which is also called two-way frequency distribution or bivariate frequency distribution. The choice of size of class interval and limits of intervals follows much the same rules as were given previously. To clarify the idea, we consider a bivariate data concerned with the scores earned by a class of 20 students in Physics and Mathematics examination. Preparing a Scatter diagram: In setting up a double grouping of data, a table is prepared with columns and rows. Here, we classify each pair of variates simultaneously in the two classes, one representing score in Physics (X) and the other in Mathematics (Y) as shown in Table 5.6. The scores of 20 students in both Physics (X) and Mathematics (Y) are shown in Table below: We can easily prepare a bivariate frequency distribution table by putting tallies for each pair of scores. The construction of a scattergram is quite simple. We have to prepare a table as shown in the diagram above. Along the left hand margin the class intervals of X-distribution are laid off from bottom to top (in ascending order). Along the top of the diagram the c.i’s of Y-distribution are laid off from left to right (in ascending order). Each pair of scores (both in X and Y) is represented through a tally in the respective cell. No. 1 student has secured 32 in Physics (X) and 25 in Mathematics (Y). His score of 32 in (X) places him in the last row and 25 in (Y) places him in the second column. So, for the pair of scores (32, 25) a tally will be marked in the second column of 5th row. In a similar way, in case of No. 2 student, for scores (34, 41), we shall put a tally in the 4th column of the 5th row. Likewise, 20 tallies will be put in the respective rows and columns. (The rows will represent the X-scores and the columns will represent the Y-scores). Along the right-hand margin the fx column, the number of cases in each c.i., of X-distribution are tabulated and along the bottom of the diagram in the fy row the number of cases in each c.i., of Y-distribution are tabulated. The total of fx column is 20 and the total of fy row is also 20. It is in fact a bi-variate distribution because it represents the joint distribution of two variables. The scattergram is then a “correlation table.” Calculation of r from a correlation table: The following outline of the steps to be followed in calculating r will be best understood if the student will constantly refer to Table 5.7 as he reads through each step: Construct a scattergram for the two variables to be correlated, and from it draw up a correlation table. Count the frequencies of each c.i. of distribution – X and write it in the fx column. Count the frequencies for each c.i. of distribution – Y and fill up the fy row. Assume a mean for the X-distribution and mark off the c.i. in double lines. In the given correlation table, let us assume the mean at the c.i., 40 – 49 and put double lines as shown in the table. The deviations above the line of A.M. will be (+ ve) and the deviations below it will be (- ve). The deviation against the line of A.M., i.e., against the c.i. where we assumed the mean is marked 0 (zero) and above it the d‘s are noted as +1, +2. 13 and below it d is noted to be – 1. Now dx column is filled up. Then multiply fx. and dx of each row to get fdx. Multiply dx and fdx of each row to get fdx2. [Note: While computing the S.D. in the assumed mean method we were assuming a mean, marking the d’s and computing fd and fd2. Here also same procedure is followed.] Adopt the same procedure as in step 3 and compute dy, fdy and fdy2. For the distribution-Y, let us assume the mean in the c.i. 20-29 and put double lines to mark off the column as shown in the table. The deviations to the left of this column will be negative and right be positive. Thus, d for the column where mean is assumed is marked 0 (zero) and the d to its left is marked – 1 and d’s to its right are marked +1, +2 and +3. Now dy column is filled up. Multiply the values of fy and dy of each column to get fdy. Multiply the values of dy and fdy to each column to get fdy2. As this phase is an important one, we are to mark carefully for the computation of dy for different c.i.’s of distribution X and dx for different c.i.’s of distribution -Y. dy for different c. i. ‘s of distribution-X: In the first row, 1f is under the column, 20-29 whose dy is 0 (Look to the bottom. The dy entry of this row is 0). Again 1f is under the column, 40- 49 whose dy is + 2. So dy for the first row = (1 x 0) + (1 x 2) = + 2. In the second row we find that: 1 f is under the column, 40-49 whose dy is + 2 and 2 fs are under the column, 50-59 whose dy’s are + 3 each. So dy for 2nd row = (1 x 2) + (2 X 3) = 8. In the third row, 2 fs are under the column, 20-29 whose dy‘s are 0 each, 2 fs are under the column, 40-49 whose dy‘s are +2 each, and 1 f is under the column, 50-59 whose dy is +3. So dy for the 3rd row = (2 x 0) + (2 x 2) + (1 X 3) = 7. In the 4th row, 2 fs are under the column, 30-39 whose dy‘s are +1 each, and 1 f is under the column, 50-59 whose dy is + 3, So dy for the 4th row = (3 X 0) + (2 X 1) + (1 x 3) = 5. Likewise in the 5th row dy for the 5th row = (2 x – 1) + (1 x 0) + (1 x 2) = 0 dx for different c.i. ,’v of distribution – Y : In the first column, 2 fs are against the row, 30-39 whose dx is – 1. So dx of the 1st column = (2 x – 1) = – 2 In the second column, 1 f is against the c.i., 70-79 whose dx is +3, 2 fs are against the c.i., 50-59 whose dx‘s are +1 each, 3 fs are against the c.i., 40-49 whose dx‘s are 0 each, 1 f is against the c.i., 30-39 whose dx is – 1. So dx for the 2nd column = (1 x 3) + (2 X 1) + (3 X 0) + (1 x – 1) = 4. In the third column, dx for the 3rd column = 2×0 = 0 In the fourth column, dx for the 4th column = (1 x 3) + (1 x 2) + (2 x 1) + (1 x – 1) = 6. In the fifth column, dx for the 5th column = (2 x 2) + (1 x 1) + (1 X 0) = 5. Now, calculate dx.dy each row of distribution – X by multiplying the dx entries of each row by dy entries of each row. Then calculate dx.dy for each column of distribution – Y by multiplying dy entries of each column by the dx entries of each column. Now, take the algebraic sum of the values of the columns fdx, fdx2, dy and dx.dy (for distribution – X). Take the algebraic sum of the values of the rows fdy, fdy2, dx and dx.dy (for distribution – Y) ∑.dx.dy of X-distribution = ∑dx.dy of Y-distribution ∑fdx = total of dx row (i.e. ∑dx) ∑fdy = total of dy column (i.e. ∑dy) The values of the symbols as found ∑fdx = 13, ∑fd2x = 39 ∑fdy =22, ∑fd2y = 60 ∑dx.dy = 29 and N = 20. In order to compute coefficient of correlation in a correlation table following formula can be applied: We may mark that in the denominator of formula (31) we apply the formula for ax and ay with the exception of no i’s. We may note here that Cx, Cy, σx, σv are all expressed in units of class intervals (i.e., in unit of i). Thus, while computing σx and σy, no i’s are used. This is desirable because all the product deviations i.e., ∑dx.dy’s are in interval units. Thus, we compute: Interpretation of the Coefficient of Correlation: Merely computation of correlation does not have any significance until and unless we determine how large must the coefficient be in order to be significant, and what does correlation tell us about the data? What do we mean by the obtained value of coefficient of correlation? Misinterpretation of the Coefficient of Correlation: Sometimes, we misinterpret the value of coefficient of correlation and establish the cause and effect relationship, i.e. one variable causing the variation in the other variable. Actually we cannot interpret in this way unless we have sound logical base. Correlation coefficient gives us, a quantitative determination of the degree of relationship between two variables X and Y, not information as to the nature of association between the two variables. Causation implies an invariable sequence— A always leads to B, whereas correlation is simply a measure of mutual association between two variables. For example there may be a high correlation between maladjustment and anxiety: But on the basis of high correlation we cannot say maladjustment causes anxiety. It may be possible that high anxiety is the cause of maladjustment. This shows that maladjustment and anxiety are mutually associated variables. Consider another example. There is a high correlation between aptitude in a subject at school and the achievement in the subject. At the end of the school examinations will this reflect causal relationship? It may or may not. Aptitude in the study of subject definitely causes variation in the achievement of the subject, but high achievement of the student in the subject is not the result of the high aptitude only; it may be due to the other variables also. Thus, when interpreting the size of the correlation co-efficient in terms of cause and effect it is appropriate, if and only if the variables under investigation provide a logical base for such interpretation. Factors influencing the size of the Correlation Coefficient: We should also be aware of the following factors which influence the size of the coefficient of correlation and can lead to misinterpretation: 1. The size of “r” is very much dependent upon the variability of measured values in the correlated sample. The greater the variability, the higher will be the correlation, everything else being equal. 2. The size of ‘r’ is altered, when an investigator selects an extreme group of subjects in order to compare these groups with respect to certain behavior. “r” obtained from the combined data of extreme groups would be larger than the “r” obtained from a random sample of the same group. 3. Addition or dropping the extreme cases from the group can lead to change on the size of “r”. Addition of the extreme case may increase the size of correlation, while dropping the extreme cases will lower the value of “r”. Uses of Product moment r: Correlation is one of the most widely used analytic procedures in the field of Educational and Psychological Measurement and Evaluation. It is useful in: i. Describing the degree of correspondence (or relationship) between two variables. ii. Prediction of one variable—the dependent variable on the basis of independent variable. iii. Validating a test; e.g., a group intelligence test. iv. Determining the degree of objectivity of a test. v. Educational and vocational guidance and in decision-making. vi. Determining the reliability and validity of the test. vii. Determining the role of various correlates to a certain ability. viii. Factor analysis technique for determining the factor loading of the underlying variables in human abilities. Assumptions of Product moment r: 1. Normal distribution: The variables from which we want to calculate the correlation should be normally distributed. The assumption can be laid from random sampling. 2. Linearity: The product-moment correlation can be shown in straight line which is known as linear correlation. 3. Continuous series: Measurement of variables on continuous series. 4. Homoscedasticity: It must satisfy the condition of homoscedasticity (equal variability). 3. Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient: There are some situations in Education and Psychology where the objects or individuals may be ranked and arranged in order of merit or proficiency on two variables and when these 2 sets of ranks covary or have agreement between them, we measure the degrees of relationship by rank correlation. Again, there are problems in which the relationship among the measurements made is non-linear, and cannot be described by the product-moment r. For example, the evaluation of a group of students on the basis of leadership ability, the ordering of women in a beauty contest, students ranked in order of preference or the pictures may be ranked according to their aesthetic values. Employees may be rank-ordered by supervisors on job performance. School children may be ranked by teachers on social adjustment. In such cases objects or individuals may be ranked and arranged in order of merit or proficiency on two variables. Spearman has developed a formula called Rank Correlation Coefficient to measure the extent or degree of correlation between 2 sets of ranks. This coefficient of correlation is denoted by Greek letter ρ (called Rho) and is given as: where, ρ = rho = Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient D = Difference between paired ranks (in each case) N = Total number of items/individuals ranked. Characteristics of Rho (ρ): 1. In Rank Correlation Coefficient the observations or measurements of the bivariate variable is based on the ordinal scale in the form of ranks. 2. The size of the coefficient is directly affected by the size of the rank differences. (a) If the ranks are the same for both tests, each rank difference will be zero and ultimately D2 will be zero. This means that the correlation is perfect; i.e. 1.00. (b) If the rank differences are very large, and the fraction is greater than one, then the correlation will be negative. Assumptions of Rho (ρ): i. N is small or the data are badly skewed. ii. They are free, or independent, of some characteristics of the population distribution. iii. In many situations Ranking methods are used, where quantitative measurements are not available. iv. Though quantitative measurements are available, ranks are substituted to reduce arithmetical labour. v. Such tests are described as non-parametric. vi. In such cases the data are comprised of sets of ordinal numbers, 1st, 2nd, 3rd….Nth. These are replaced by the cardinal numbers 1, 2, 3,………, N for purposes of calculation. The substitution of cardinal numbers for ordinal numbers always assumes equality of intervals. I. Calculating ρ from Test Scores: The following data give the scores of 5 students in Mathematics and General Science respectively: Compute the correlation between the two series of test scores by Rank Difference Method. The value of coefficient of correlation between scores in Mathematics and General Science is positive and moderate. Steps of Calculation of Spearman’s Co-efficient of Correlation: List the students, names or their serial numbers in column 1. In column 2 and 3 write scores of each student or individual in test I and II. Take one set of score of column 2 and assign a rank of 1 to the highest score, which is 9, a rank of 2 to the next highest score which is 8 and so on, till the lowest score get a rank equal to N; which is 5. Take the II set of scores of column 3, and assign the rank 1 to highest score. In the second set the highest score is 10; hence obtain rank 1. The next highest score of B student is 8; hence his rank is 2. The rank of student C is 3, the rank of E is 4, and the rank of D is 5. Calculate the difference of ranks of each student (column 6). Check the sum of the differences recorded in column 6. It is always zero. Each difference of ranks of column 6 is squared and recorded in column 7. Get the sum ∑D2. Put the value of N and 2D2 in the formula of Spearman’s co-efficient of correlation. 2. Calculating from Ranked Data: In a speech contest Prof. Mehrotra and Prof. Shukla, judged 10 pupils. Their judgements were in ranks, which are presented below. Determine the extent to which their judgements were in agreement. The value of co-efficient of correlation is + .83. This shows a high degree of agreement between the two judges. 3. Calculating ρ (Rho) for tied Ranks: The following data give the scores of 10 students on two trials of test with a gap of 2 weeks in Trial I and Trial II. Compute the correlation between the scores of two trials by rank difference method: The correlation between Trial I and II is positive and very high. Look carefully at the scores obtained by the 10 students on Trial I and II of the test. Do you find any special feature in the scores obtained by the 10 students? Probably, your answer will be “yes”. In the above table in column 2 and 3 you will find that more than one students are getting the same scores. In column 2 students A and G are getting the same score viz. 10. In column 3, the students A and B, C and F and G and J are also getting the same scores, which are 16, 24 and 14 respectively. Definitely these pairs will have the same ranks; known as Tied Ranks. The procedure of assigning the ranks to the repeated scores is somewhat different from the non-repeated scores. Look at column 4. Student A and G have similar scores of 10 each and they possess 6th and 7th rank in the group. Instead of assigning the 6th and 7th rank, the average of the two rank i.e. 6.5 (6 + 7/2 = 13/2) has been assigned to each of them. The same procedure has been followed in respect of scores on Trial II. In this case, ties occur at three places. Students C and F have the same score and hence obtain the average rank of (1 + 2/2 = 1.5). Student A and B have rank position 5 and 6; hence are assigned 5.5 (5 + 6/2) rank each. Similarly student G and J have been assigned 7.5 (7 + 8/2) rank each. If the values are repeated more than twice, the same procedure can be followed to assign the ranks: if three students get a score of 10, at 5th, 6th and 7th ranks, each one of them will be assigned a rank of 5 + 6 + 7/3= 6. The rest of the steps of procedure followed for calculation of ρ (rho) are the same as explained earlier. The value of ρ can also be interpreted in the same way as Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation. It varies between -1 and + 1. The value + 1 stands for a perfect positive agreement or relationship between two sets of ranks while ρ = – 1 implies a perfect negative relationship. In case of no relationship or agreement between ranks, the value of ρ = 0. Advantages of Rank Difference Method: 1. The Spearman’s Rank Order Coefficient of Correlation computation is quicker and easier than (r) computed by the Pearson’s Product Moment Method. 2. It is an acceptable method if data are available only in ordinal form or number of paired variable is more than 5 and not greater than 30 with minimum or a few ties in ranks. 3. It is quite easy to interpret p. 1. When the interval data are converted into rank-ordered data the information about the size of the score differences is lost; e.g. in the Table 5.10, if D in Trial II gets scores from 18 up to 21, his rank remains only 4. 2. If the number of cases are more, giving ranks to them becomes a tedious job. Correlation: Measures, Calculation and Method Frequency Distribution: Meaning and Steps \| Statistics Correlation, Statistics, Definition of Correlation Measures of Dispersion: Definitions and Importance \| Statistics Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode \| Statistics	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3672
__label__cc	0.660386	0.339614	Microsoft has finally revealed the Xbox One X console, formerly known as Project Scorpio. The console promises genuine 4K gaming and is already generating massive amounts of interest. Find out all the details you need to know including the Xbox One X price, release date, specs and more. What is the Xbox One X Price? Lets get straight into the question which is the reason why were here; the cost of the Xbox One X console. Currently the Xbox One X price has been pegged at £449.99/$499.99 Xbox One X UK price: £449.99 Xbox One X US price: $499.99 The Xbox One X console is currently unavailable to pre-order. In the meantime, Xbox One X price suggests that this is Microsoft’s next Flagship console. Xbox One X will take on the baton from the Xbox One console, and what a machine it is! See the Xbox One X specs below for more. Xbox One Release Date The Xbox One X is due for release on the 7th of November 2017 in both the UK and United States. You can keep up to date with all the latest Xbox One X release date developments by following this link. Microsoft announced the date during the company’s presentation at E3 2017. Consequently, the timing of the Xbox One release date echoes previous major product launches in the gaming industry. The holiday season is a big part of retail sales and so Microsoft will be looking to have an Xbox One X console under every tree come Christmas! In terms of the Xbox One X console’s price the machines’s specs may go a long way in justifying its cost. As mentioned above, the Xbox One X price suggests a premium console, and the One X’s specs do not disappoint. 8-core Custom AMD CPU: clocks in at 2.3GHz for realistic detail, improved AI, and smooth gaming experiences. 12GB GDDR5 Graphic Memory: enhanced speed and power that can handle bigger game worlds and performance. 6 Teraflop GPU : brings life-like detail to characters and environments through full 4K with HDR. 326 GB/sec Memory Bandwidth:will ensure faster load times and little or no lag. If you’d like to learn more please follow the link for detailed Xbox One X specs. Keep checking back on this page to find out the latest Xbox One X price details. In the future we’ll be bringing you Xbox One X price drops, offers, sales and discount alerts. Stay tuned to Xbox One X TV.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3674
__label__cc	0.655259	0.344741	The Zzap Rrap Board index » General » Announcements The Terminal Man Returns Post subject: The Terminal Man Returns PRESS RELEASE - 4 August 2010 For the first time since 1984–86, the cult comic strip featured in Crash and Zzap!64 magazines will be published as a complete story in a 52-page book. This collectors’ edition penned by former-2000AD editor Kelvin Gosnell and drawn by Oliver Frey is being reprinted from the digitally remastered originals – apart from three pages, for which the artwork went missing.These are being accurately repainted from the printed version by Oli at the moment (although, strangely, the original balloon overlays exist…). Fully priced, inclusive of delivery, at £18.95, copies can be preordered at oliverfreyart.com for an exclusive introductory offer of £17.95 until the end of September. And in addition, the first 50 copies ordered will be sent out personally dedicated and signed by Oli. The offer went live on 2 August and has already attracted a lot of attention and pre-orders. With a short foreword by the Newsfield co-founder and former editor of both Crash and Zzap!64, Roger Kean, publication is set for early to mid-October. Pre-ordering requires no up-front payment, which will be advised at the time of publication and made through PayPal. You can see the original PDF release here. Here's a look at the front cover of the book: Looks pretty intense! andy vaisey Location: Cymru That would have made an awesome loading screen back in the day... Compilation64 \| Cosine Arkanix Labs Professor Brian Strain King of Zzap Towers Location: Skegness, UK Yeah, and Thalamus would have included an extra animated version with scrolly message on the disk http://c64goldenyears.com http://blog.myspace.com/merman1974 http://members.lycos.co.uk/merman64 Book is available now. http://www.oliverfreyart.com/#/terminal ... 4537178806 Received mine yesterday, signed by Oli Issue 84 of Retro Gamer (due out in December 2010) will have a feature on Oli Frey and The Terminal Man... Thanks for that, do you know when in the month it's out? Due in shops Thursday 9th December, subscribers will probably get it the previous Saturday... Well, I didn't get my copy in the post until Wednesday due to the snow, but it's a very good article with input from both Oli and Roger... Best of all is the cover - a re-creation of Issue 9's Christmas scene! It's a great cover... pity it's all digital otherwise I might have been interested in acquiring it Another visitor... stay awhile... stay forever! bolivio Post subject: Re: The Terminal Man Returns Watched the film for Terminal Man the other day. For me, it's perfect. But i'm sure, half of today's viewers with their short attention spans will likely be permanently disappointed, complaining that this film is too slow. [url=http://www.rsstoolchest.com/]RSS Tool Chest[/url] Last edited by bolivio on Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:17 pm, edited 3 times in total. I found these two films: The Terminal Man Terminal Man Nothing to do with Oli Frey as far as I know, although the latter one sounds like it could be related by the description! PaulEMoz Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 10:54 pm Location: Near Newcastle, England [quote]Interesting. [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072267/plotsummary]The Terminal Man[/url] [url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0842032/]Terminal Man[/url] :-D Nothing to do with Oli Frey as far as I know, although the latter one sounds like it could be related by the description! ;-)[/quote] The first one is based on a Michael Crichton novel. It was quite an interesting read, from what I remember.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3677
__label__wiki	0.769985	0.769985	Toledo's REAL Hip Hop and R&B Station 949 the Beat - Toledo's REAL Hip Hop and R&B Station The Breakfast Club Chris Proctor T-Roy Roxy Papa Keith Big Sue Tone Kapone Kyle Santillian Stichiz Keep Hope Alive w/ Jesse Jackson Playlist Listen Live What's Hot Closings and Delays Toledo Weather Toledo Traffic Events Calendar Get the iHeartRadio App Join us on Facebook Half Off Toledo Advertise on 949 the Beat, Get Results Lauren London Writes About Late Boyfriend Nipsey Hussle's Legacy Lauren London wants the world to know about Nipsey Hussle's impact on his community. On Wednesday (May 15), the 34-year-old actress posted another tribute to her late boyfriend, this time captioning a solemn photo of him: "King of Los Angeles. Then. Now . Forever. 💙." The mom-of-two's post comes less than two weeks after she shared a video montage that showed some of her and Nipsey's cutest moments together as a couple, including him calling her his "wife," as Beyonce's "Heaven," played in the background. As fans know, Lauren has been grieving privately, occasionally posting a tribute to Nipsey, who was gunned down outside his clothing store just over six weeks ago, every now and then. On Easter Sunday (April 21), Lauren captioned a black-and-white photo of her and Nipsey on the 2019 Grammys red carpet as they looked adoringly at one another, "Missing you." Days later she shared another black-and-white photo of her and Nipsey posing for a picture with caption "Forever." The 33-year-old rapper has become known for his philanthropy and large heart since his sudden death. Nipsey has been memorialized in his hometown of Crenshaw with multiple murals, a number of celebrations of his life, and the renaming of the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue to "Nipsey Hussle Square." His philanthropic efforts were also made part of United States History. Advertise with 949 the Beat, Get Results Buckeye Country 103.7 'CKY Fox Sports 1230 104.7 WIOT WSPD 92.5 KISS FM	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3685
__label__wiki	0.673605	0.673605	Levitt Amp The Eagle App Eagle On Alexa Office Hero Eagle On Google Home Central New York’s Greatest Hits Cindy McMullen Levitt Amp Music Series Win Peter Frampton Tickets Be An Event Vendor Townsquare Interactive - TSI At Work With CindyAt Work With Cindy Philomena Lynott Laid to Rest Near Her Son Phil Niall Carson, Getty Images The priest who conducted the funeral of Philomena Lynott in Dublin joked that Thin Lizzy icon Phil Lynott would sing “Guess who just got back today” to her – the opening line from his band's hit single “The Boys Are Back in Town” – when they met in heaven. Philomena died last week, at age 88, after opting to refuse chemotherapy for terminal cancer. She’d said her farewells to her friends over the previous weeks. She was laid to rest in the graveyard of St. Fintan’s Church – the location of Phil's grave. Crowds lined the streets of Dublin earlier today as her body was taken in procession in a horse-drawn hearse. Among the tributes was a large bouquet of flowers from U2, signed simply “Bono, The Edge, Larry & Adam.” “Philomena devoted herself to visiting [Lynott’s] grave and tending the flowers there,” Father Bryan Shortall said, noting that she didn't believe he was a priest when they first met. “Now, of course, Irish mammies are best placed to administer tough love. They want the best for their kids. She always had time for the fans and so many felt comfortable coming up the driveway ... and all were welcome. She will keep a good eye on him now. He’s watched her all these years. Now she see'll him again, and what a reunion it must be.” “She was a beautiful soul," her brother Peter said. "She saw the beauty in others. Her presence has blessed our lives, we are all better to have known her. Today reminds me not to feel sorrow for her death, but to feel grateful that her presence had graced our lives. In 1986, when Philip died … I sneaked away and went into his music room. I penned a little poem, my sister loved it. It's not goodbye Philomena, it's au revoir.” Meanwhile, Philomena’s feelings about Phil as late as last year were revealed in a letter she’d written for inclusion in a book about a local hospice. “I have started to write to you many times before, but my tears just keep dropping on the page and smudging it,” she wrote. “I have so much to tell you, I wish I could phone you. I do miss hearing your voice. You know I love you with all my heart. No one will ever know how much you meant to me. I had thought that your death was a waste, and a destruction. I'm only beginning to learn that your life was a gift. "Then the postman started bringing me letters from all around the world, from fans who were heartbroken at losing you. I have kept all the letters and answered them all by hand. They told me how your music inspires them.” Last week, current Thin Lizzy and Black Star Riders singer Ricky Warwick recalled his first meeting with Philomena at one of his first Lizzy shows in Dublin in 2011. “I was nervous enough anyway, but the fact that I knew Philomena was gonna be there, I was beside myself with nerves,” he told SiriusXM (via Blabbermouth). “And during the show, I could see her — she was in the corner of my eye; she was in one of the VIP boxes off to my left. And I just couldn't bring myself to look at her. We finished the set with 'Black Rose', and I glanced up. … She was on her feet with a huge grin on her face, crying her eyes out.” When she called him over to meet her after the show, Warwick recalled that she "stood up and gave me the biggest hug. And she was so gracious and nice in what she said to me: ’My Philip would have absolutely loved every minute of this, hearing his songs played with such soul and such love.' And I think I burst into tears. It was all the validation that I think I ever needed — to hear it from Phil's mom, to say those words to me.” Thin Lizzy Albums Ranked Next: Remembering Philomena Lynott, the Queen of Irish Rock 'n' Roll Source: Philomena Lynott Laid to Rest Near Her Son Phil Filed Under: thin lizzy Boilermaker Men's Winner Returning To Defend His Title Utica Business Listings 2019 96.1 The Eagle is part of the Loudwire Network, Townsquare Media, Inc. All rights reserved.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3686
__label__wiki	0.649976	0.649976	Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Anderson: Another Celtics run shouldn't be out of question for Isaiah Thomas By Ty Anderson, 985TheSportsHub.com I've had a hot (I guess?) take brewing all season: With the Brinks truck broken down somewhere between Boston and Ohio, and officially sent to the junkyard in between Los Angeles and Denver, Isaiah Thomas is going to rejoin the Celtics in 2019. The 30-year-old's long-awaited visit to Boston on Monday, headlined by an emotional video tribute and Thomas rocking some Celtics-colored shoes in an otherwise nothin' six-minute night, did nothing to sway me from this take. In fact, it only reinforced it. Before you laugh at this idea, let's first agree that the C's have as much certainty as Isaiah's hip. Their best player (and the man that replaced Thomas), Kyrie Irving, could bolt as a free agent this summer. Trying to get a read on Irving's intentions on that front has been impossible. And on more than one occasion this season, I've found myself channeling my inner Jim Halpert with a, "Say what you will about [Isaiah Thomas], but he would never do that" in regards to something Irving's said or done as Boston's leader. Anybody -- insider, outsider, topsider -- that tries to tell you that they know what Irving's gonna do in July is talking out their ass. Now, if Irving leaves, the Celtics do not suddenly gain the cap space needed to replace him with a Kemba Walker or another free agent jewel, meaning that barring another big trade, it would be a series of internal promotions or starter-by-committee at the No. 1. That would open the door for Thomas, who simply wants another opportunity to contribute more than anything else. And if Irving stays, there's a good chance the Celtics will strip their cupboard of its youth and picks on picks on picks to add Anthony Davis in attempt to form a new superteam (and keep Irving happy with his decision), leaving the Boston lineup (and bench) short some viable scorers. That would also open a door for Thomas. Let's just say the Celtics do sign Irving to a long-term deal that keeps him in Boston, too. Everybody's happy, Uncle Drew 2 will be a Boston blockbuster, and all the cool colorways of the Kyries will still be just impossible to find at any area Foot Locker. ...There's also absolutely no way Terry Rozier remains with the Celtics. Rozier, a pending restricted free agent who is clearly a starting-level point guard in this league, has already battled through that frustration of returning to a backup role this season after shining in the 2018 NBA Playoffs, and it's downright impossible to see him signing on for another year (not even one) of that life. That would leave the Celtics with just Irving and Marcus Smart as traditional point guards, and with the latter not providing the consistent scoring punch that Rozier has delivered on Boston's second unit and as an in-a-pinch starter. Thomas, of course, wouldn't be a horrendous replacement there. It would be an upgrade from Thomas' current role as the Pluto of Mike Malone's Denver solar system, at the very least. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - MARCH 18: Isaiah Thomas #0 of the Denver Nuggets drives against Terry Rozier #12 of the Boston Celtics during the first quarter at TD Garden on March 18, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Especially if it meant that he would finally get to play with Gordon Hayward, a player that credited Thomas for the legwork of selling him on taking his talents to Boston over Utah and Miami back in 2017. (Thomas, a recruiter at every league event, was also a major factor in the Al Horford decision the previous summer.) "[The trade with Cleveland] was a really strange moment because I'd really been looking forward to playing with [Thomas]," Hayward wrote on his website in 2017. "He didn't just help recruit me to Boston—he was a big piece of that recruitment." Assuming Hayward is never quite the same and this is who he is for the remainder of his Boston contract, you could do a lot worse than having a second unit featuring the potential of Thomas and Hayward developing that connection as reserve-killers. Oh, and maybe I should mention that nobody found the way to maximize IT's strengths and hide his weaknesses quite like Celtics coach Brad Stevens. Even with an uncertain hip, give me Stevens trying to guide Thomas' game back on track over Malone, Ty Lue, and Luke Walton every single possession for the rest of our lives. But more important than anything mentioned here? Thomas clearly wants to return to Boston. He made it known last summer when he told Danny Ainge he would be interested in a reunion, and he was honestly as vocal as one can be without it being considered straight-up tampering during Denver's visit to The Hub. He even played some pickup with Emerson College kids, including this chucker in the sweats. You don't do that unless you love everything about this place. "At some point," Thomas said when asked about finishing his career in Boston. "These were the most fun times of my career. I turned into a superstar here. The world knew my name when I played for the Boston Celtics. Not saying they don’t now, but playing for the Celtics changed my whole career, on and off the floor. "If I end up back here at some point, that would make the story that much better.” ISAIAH THOMAS@STEVEBURTONWBZ asks IT if he'd like to play for the #Celtics again some day. #WBZ pic.twitter.com/D9au3OtlEV — Scott Sullivan (@SliceOfSully) March 18, 2019 Of course, much like the one on his hip, the scar from the trade out of Boston will always be there. But Isaiah's love for the Celtics clearly remains. And with that love, so remains the hope that Thomas can still find a way to be part of a championship team in Boston. Same for Thomas finding a suitable replacement for that Brinks truck: a green Duckboat. Ty Anderson is a writer and columnist for 985TheSportsHub.com. Any opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of 98.5 The Sports Hub, Beasley Media Group, or any subsidiaries. Yell at him on Twitter @_TyAnderson. Celtics, Columns, Boston Celtics, Danny Ainge, isaiah thomas, Kyrie Irving, Terry Rozier	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3687
__label__cc	0.576407	0.423593	Idea Week wraps up, impact remains By: JoLynn Bruney Facebook \| Twitter Posted: Apr 12, 2019 7:38 AM EST NOW: Idea Week wraps up, impact remains SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Idea Week 2019, an innovation festival, wraps up on Saturday. But, its impact will be felt long after this week. Associate Provost & Vice President of Notre Dame Bryan Ritchie explains the purpose of the event. “It’s an opportunity for us to look forward and really understand what we could be 10 years from now 15 years from now – how we would transform this economy to be a leader in certain areas around innovation and entrepreneurship,” Ritchie said. The week is filled with over 60 business, technology, and entertainment events. Ritchie says the community didn’t know what to think of Idea Week when it was created last year. In its second year, there have been 100% more registrations than the last. “This year we’re well over six thousand that are registered for learn events. Once you include all of the entertainment activities like Tim McGraw and others, we’ll be well over 25 thousand people participating in Idea Week this year,” said Ritcihe. The festival gives participants an opportunity to understand new technologies in order to move forward emerging industries in the area. The event is drawing people from outside the region. “Hotels are selling out, airlines and the traffic that’s coming into the airport, restaurants, other entertainment venues are now feeling the benefit of this as well.” For people wondering why the community is hosting Idea Week, in South Bend of all places, Ritchie has the answer. “Things are moving so quickly and in so many areas, and if we don’t in front of this then we by definition get left behind. So I think the opportunity for us to embrace this, to think about how we learn and apply and how we expand our understanding of what we can become is really important,” Ritchie said. “Why not South Bend.” Learn more about Idea Week here. South Bend Board of Public Safety accepting applications Suspect charged with burglarizing construction site DNA evidence links suspect in rape case	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3692
__label__cc	0.68652	0.31348	High-speed chase ends in crash in south suburbs A high-speed chase that started in south suburban Calumet Park ended in a crash in nearby Riverdale early Thursday morning. Police are searching for a person who ran from the scene CALUMET PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- A high-speed chase that started in south suburban Calumet Park ended in a crash in nearby Riverdale early Thursday morning. Police are searching for a person who ran from the scene. Calumet Park police apparently pursued the vehicle because they thought someone was in the trunk. That didn't turn out to be true. The chase went all the way to I-57 and ended in a wreck near 142nd and Halsted streets. There were three people were in the car. Two of them were arrested and one ran away. The hunt is still on for that person. trafficcalumet parkriverdalecar crashhigh speed chase	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3693
__label__cc	0.604576	0.395424	ZZ's blog Commentaries on current events, political economy, and the Communist movement from a Marxist-Leninist perspective. Zigedy highly recommends the Marxist-Leninist website, MLToday.com, where many of his longer articles appear. A Forgotten Anniversary In contrast to four years ago, the anniversary of the electoral victory of the Greek political party, SYRIZA, passed almost unnoticed by the US and international left. Thanks to a posting by Nikos Mottas, we are reminded of that once celebrated event. Apparently, it is easy to forget the euphoria of the great majority of the reformist and anti-capitalist international left accompanying SYRIZA’s success in the Greek elections, promising to overturn the regimen of austerity that brought Greece to its knees. It must be easy to forget the ascent of the youthful, charismatic, and photogenic SYRIZA leader, Alexis Tsipras, who charmed everyone from The New York Times liberal Paul Krugman to even some in the Communist movement. I remember well the disdain cast on those who defended the decision by the Greek Communists (KKE) to refuse partnership in the SYRIZA government. Left pundits pointed to KKE rejection of collaboration as another example of Communist “sectarianism.” The KKE was vilified for refusing to legitimize a social democratic electoral victory that would both fail to rescue Greek workers and betray the cause of socialism. In the words of Motta in his In Defense of Communism article: From the very beginning of SYRIZA's electoral rise, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) was the only political power which, actually and honestly, exposed the real nature of Alexis Tsipras' party. Back in 2012, various leftist and reformist forces in Greece, including SYRIZA, exercised immense pressure to the KKE, in an effort to extort its collaboration with a future “left government.” Both bourgeois and opportunist media attacked the KKE for its refusal to join a “left” political alliance under SYRIZA. Looking back, the four years of SYRIZA were a disaster for the Greek people. As the Mottas quote below reminds us, SYRIZA and its right-wing populist allies brought: Full implementation of all the anti-people, anti-worker measures of the previous austerity memorandums (2010-2014) signed by the governments of PASOK [social democrats] and ND [conservatives], which include immense cuts in salaries and destruction of labour rights. Unprecedented tax enforcement against the working class and popular strata, including increase in VAT [value-added tax] and dozens of increases in “special” taxes. At the same time, numerous tax evasion laws in favor of the big capital remained intact. Cuts in pensions and retirement age limits, decrease of lump-sum allowances, while through the so-called “Katrougalos law” a whole category of insurance contributions was imposed. The tax enforcement on one hand and the continuous reductions in pensions and social benefits on the other, led to monstrous primary surpluses. These surpluses in state budget have been a result of extreme austerity imposed on the working people. From the budget's 55 billion euros, only 800 million euros are being used by the government as part of a supposed “social policy.” Implementation of every project that benefits the big capital, from the destructive gold mining in Chalkidiki and the conversion of Attica into a field of profit-making large businesses (casinos, Elliniko redevelopment, etc) to the privatization of the country's airports, major ports (e.g. Piraeus, Thessaloniki), of the Public Power Corporation (DEI), etc. In addition, the SYRIZA-ANEL coalition collaborated closely with US-NATO imperialist ventures, including in Syria. Instead of offering an escape from the austere, repressive, capital-friendly policies of PASOK and New Democracy, SYRIZA-ANEL entrenched, even expanded those policies. In short, SYRIZA betrayed the Greek people who supported politicians proving to be sell-outs rather than liberators. For those in the international center-left and left who invested heavily in what they believed to be a rebirth of progressive militancy, SYRIZA proved to be an embarrassment. For Mottos, the lesson of SYRIZA is transparent: The four years of SYRIZA governance has destroyed any illusions. The perception that a bourgeois government can exercise a pro-people, pro-workers policy within the limits of the capitalist system has been totally bankrupted. A major lesson that comes out of the SYRIZA experience is that the rotten exploitative system cannot be managed or reformed in favor of the workers' interests. And yet much of the left-- both the “respectable” and the radical left-- continues to cling to the hope that a reformist political formation can steer the capitalist ship in a more humane, more just direction. Many still believe that the institutions so thoroughly and solidly constructed by capital to promote its interests can be used to serve working people. Certainly some worthy, but contingent concessions have been won against capital in moments of severe stress on the system-- wars, economic crisis, mass upheaval-- but they were made only to shield the capitalist system from even more drastic outcomes: revolution or breakdown. It is precisely in those moments that the Leninist left sees the opportunity to advance beyond capitalist reforms and overthrow capitalism. And that underscores the difference between Communists and revolutionary socialists and their social democratic rivals: Communists never surrender their maximum program of overturning capitalism while consistently supporting any and all reforms that challenge capital’s authority or erode its economic dominance. The most radical Social Democrats, on the other hand, see reforms and the fight for reforms as intrinsic, incremental steps on the road to socialism. Consequently, they are prepared to compromise with, to accommodate capital in order to secure even minimal steps toward reforms-- collecting the crumbs does not make a cake! For example, despite popular disgust with the profit-anchored US healthcare system, Democratic leaders, time after time, dilute healthcare legislation to appease capital and avoid political struggle. It is painful to watch them retreat before the battle is joined. They refuse to fight for what is necessary, instead settling for what they believe is possible. In countries like the UK or the US, where social democracy is experiencing a rebirth in parties that have for decades mutated into capitalist instruments, into corporate clients, Communists can be the most principled fighters against the predictable ruling class assault mounted against these leftward trends. At the same time, they cannot get caught in the trap of legitimizing social democratic ideology, of endorsing the social democratic ‘road’ to socialism. The rise of so-called ‘Democratic Socialism’ in the US-- personified by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-- signals the profound political crisis of the US two-party system. And the success of Trump was as much a failure of the corporate-dominated, market fundamentalist Democratic Party to address that crisis. But the renegade social democratic trend emerging in the Democratic Party is likely more a face lift than a new soul. There is little reason to believe that the Democratic Party leadership will allow real change beyond rousing its liberal-minded base. Pelosi, Schumer, and the rest are charged with and determined to arrest or compromise that trend as illustrated by their dismissal of the “Green New Deal.” Nonetheless, the popular rise of soft-left alternatives marks a welcome trend, possibly foretelling opportunity for even more leftward options. Ocasio-Cortez frequently punctures the smug facade of the corporate-dominated political establishment; Ilhan Omar has challenged the unrestrained political bullying of AIPAC; and Tulsi Gabbard has boldly critiqued the imperial foreign policy consensus. But all three have been hammered swiftly by the media and their party’s mainstream. What conclusion can be drawn about the prospects for reforming the Democratic Party? For pursuing these goals within the Democratic Party? The history of the post-World War II era demonstrates the bankruptcy of the social democracy that Motta references. Social democracy has taken the working class no closer to socialism. The reforms won have as quickly been eroded. Since 1980, North Atlantic social democracy has shamefully devolved into conservative-lite, embracing an emaciated state, the rule of the market, a minimal safety net, and ruthless competition. In Europe, social democracy has collapsed-- rejected by the people or betrayed by its leadership-- with the last ruling Party (Spain’s socialists) hanging onto power by a slender thread. As Motto does, we should draw lessons from this collapse and not pray for the social democratic resurrection as do influential thinkers like Thomas Piketty, Yanis Varoufakis, and their ilk. With the collapse of social democracy and the ugly rise of bogus populist nationalism, the only credible road of promise for the working class is revolutionary socialism. Greg Godels zzsblogml@gmail.com Posted by zoltan zigedy at 3:51 PM Labels: KKE, Nikos Mottas, reformism, social democracy, Syriza some movies of note 1900 B. Bertolucci Ballad of a Soldier G. Chukhrai Bitter Rice G. De Santis Force of Evil A. Polonsky Germinal C. Berri La Commune P. Watkins Life and Nothing But... B. Tavernier Lion of the Desert M. Akkad Lucia H. Solas Monsieur Klein J. Losey Morgan! Karel Reisz People Will Talk Joseph Mankiewicz Rules of the Game Jean Renoir Salt of the Earth H. Biberman Searching for Sugarman M Bendjelloud Struggles in Steel T. Buba, R. Henderson The Act of Killing, J. Oppenheimer The Battle of Algiers G. Pontecorvo The Bicycle Thief V. De Sica The Cranes are Flying M. Kalatozov The Grapes of Wrath J. Ford The Look of Silence, J. Oppenheimer The Organizer M. Monicelli The Wind that Shook the Barley K. Loach Umberto D V. De Sica Imperialism, V. I. Lenin On the Paris Commune, K. Marx and F. Engels Capital, volume 1, K. Marx A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy, K. Marx The German Ideology, K. Marx and F. Engels Outlines of a Critique of Political Economy, F. Engels 21st Century Manifesto All Worker's Militant Front (PAME) Centro di Cultura e Documentazione Populare City of Future Communist Party of Greece CubaNews In Defense of Communism International Communist Press International Communist Review Manuel Yepe: Opinions from Cuba Marxism-Leninism Today People's Voice Portuguese Communist Party rebel youth The Morning Star Virage a Gauche World Federation of Trade Unions World Peace Council "Zoltan Zigedy" is the nom de plume of Pittsburgh based writer, Greg Godels zoltan zigedy When Internationalism Mattered	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3707
__label__cc	0.706014	0.293986	Deputy Director of Services and Innovation Charities, Sales, IT Role: to oversee and develop operational services within a region, including Birmingham, the Midlands, the Isle of Man, Wales and Lincolnshire. Salary: Circa £55k per annum depending on experience plus home working allowance Location: Home-based Hours: Full time 37 hours per week, however flexibility, travel and some overnights is a regular requirement. Are you an innovative, strong, team player, who is solution focused and passionate about making a difference in everything you do? Do you have an excellent track record of retaining services, delivering excellent operational services and cultivating new business? As Deputy Director for Services & Innovation you will lead a regional team to grow and expand a wide portfolio of services.We are looking for a can-do and energetic leader who will build and sustain positive working relationships with key commissioners and future funders and develop partnerships that will continue to evolve to effectively meet our service users needs. You will have a strong track record in service delivery and a focus on quality, performance, safeguarding and management controls. With a customer service approach you will have a passion for engaging our service users in all aspects of our work including co-production. We want to recruit a motivational leader and can offer the right individual the opportunity to join a values based organisation that has the needs of children and families at its core as well as:- A competitive salary, leave entitlement and group personal pension scheme The opportunity to become part of wider Family Action initiatives Regular high quality and reflective supervision The opportunity to be a part of an innovative and well respected national charity Family friendly working environment Family Action is forward looking, ambitious and has a commitment to continuous improvement and growth. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all that we do and operate with mutual respect. If you share these values and have the relevant skills and experience we look forward to hearing from you. Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service that we consider acceptable. For an application pack and further information, please visit our website. Closing date: 9am, 10 April 2019 Interview date: 02 May 2019 Director IT £50 - £59,999 Permanent jobs in United Kingdom	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3715
__label__cc	0.666904	0.333096	Afni News Browse the latest news from Afni. Afni-Philippines Recognized for Fun & Rewarding Work Culture March 26, 2019 in Afni News When you work at Afni, you become part of the family. Our motto “You Matter” isn’t just a marketing slogan, it’s a promise to our employees. Read more about what others have to say about our work culture. Win your Customers with these 5 Easy Techniques! November 20, 2018 in Afni News Having good communication skills is essential in any industry. In the kind of business we are in, whatever LOB we support, in all channels where customers come through, providing exemplary service and handling the interaction with utmost care are at the top of our priorities. How is customer experience influenced by this? 10+ Tips on Staying Healthy While Working Night Shifts October 03, 2018 in Afni News Working the night shift or being in shifting schedules can make sticking to a healthy lifestyle a challenge. You are more likely to eat irregularly, resort to unhealthy types of food, skip meals, and ditch the exercise. Here are some tips on how to stay healthy if you work at night: Afni Will Hire 86 Customer Service Reps at $12.00 Per Hour for its Operations in Bowling Green, KY June 29, 2018 in Afni News, Events, Now Hiring BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY – Afni will add 86 Customer Service Representatives to its contact center in Bowling Green, KY in support of a new premier-brand client in the retail industry. The company plans to hire 86 new employees by the end of the year and is hosting a Hiring Open House on July 9 & 10, 2018 for interested candidates. Afni Launches newest hub at Commonwealth Avenue May 21, 2018 in Afni News On February 8, 2017, Afni Philippines launched their newest contact center in One Felicity Center at Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. This will serve as the regional operations hub for the company and will expand the space for their production. With this, Afni Philippines' headcount is expected to expand by nearly 50% within the year. Afni Increases Hourly Wages in Tucson, AZ for Contact Center Agents and Hosts a Hiring Open House Event on May 8, 2018 April 30, 2018 in Afni News, Events, Now Hiring TUCSON, ARIZONA – Afni has increased its starting base wage to $13.00 per hour plus bonus for many of its new hire contact center representative positions in Tucson and is hiring over 200 employees in May, 2018. The Company will host a Hiring Open House on May 8, 2018 for interested candidates. Afni Increases Hourly Wages in Bowling Green, KY for Customer Service Representatives and Will Host a Hiring Open House Event on May 8, 2018 BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY – Afni has increased its starting base wage to $12.50 per hour plus bonus for its new hire Customer Service Representative positions in Bowling Green and is hiring many new employees in May, 2018. The Company will host a Hiring Open House on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 for interested candidates. Afni Increases its Hourly Wages in Opelika, AL for Contact Center Representatives and Will Host a Hiring Open House Event on May 8, 2018 OPELIKA, ALABAMA – Afni is hiring and will host a Hiring Open House Event on May 8, 2018 in its Opelika, AL contact center. The company recently announced it has increased its starting wage to $12.50 per hour plus bonus, for many of its positions. Afni Increases Hourly Wages in Tucson, AZ for Contact Center Agents and Hosts a Hiring Open House Event on March 8, 2018 March 06, 2018 in Afni News, Events, Now Hiring TUCSON, AZ - Afni has increased its starting base wage to $12.00 - $12.50 per hour plus bonus for its new hire contact center representative positions in Tucson and is hiring more than 100 new employees in March, 2018. The Company will host a Hiring Open House on March 8, 2018 for interested candidates. Afni Increases its Hourly Wages in Opelika, AL for Contact Center Representatives and Will Host a Hiring Open House Event on March 8, 2018 OPELIKA, AL - Afni is hiring and will host a Hiring Open House Event on March 8, 2018 in its Opelika, AL contact center. The company recently announced it has increased its starting wage to $10.50 - $11.50 per hour plus bonus and commission. Afni News (22) Afni@Home (0) AfniCARES (5) Now Hiring (19) Industry Recognition (4) Employee Recognition (1)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3720
__label__wiki	0.778158	0.778158	AIIC 50th birthday celebrations in Berlin For once interpreters were in the spotlight when long-standing users of interpreting services paid tribute to a profession which takes pride in invisibility. DEU: AIIC feiert Geburtstag in Berlin ENG: AIIC 50th birthday celebrations in Berlin FRA: Célebration du cinquantenaire de l’AIIC à Berlin Katherine VANOVITCH 50th-anniversary , aiic-history When the German Foreign Office moved from Bonn to Berlin, they must have brought a spirit of Karneval to the sandy wastes of Brandenburg. The festivities in the Auswärtiges Amt to mark AIIC’s 50th birthday turned the world topsy-turvy for one seditious evening, as interpreters hogged the limelight while long-standing clients paid tribute to a profession which takes pride in invisibility. From back office to master of ceremonies, diligent polyglots demonstrated what we all secretly suspected: that the best way to run an efficient conference is to leave things to the interpreters. True, there were a few jitters close to the day that the guest list was spiralling beyond the 200 mark and that the Europasaal would overflow, but despite rumours to the contrary local members were not instructed to refrain from drinking the champagne. Chatter was sustained by an excellent buffet as many an old acquaintance was revived. The German region was out in force, doubtless attracted by a double bill featuring a weekend AGM, but there were also many friends of the profession – users, teachers, journalists, one-time colleagues and hopeful newcomers. Indeed, fellow AIIC members even arrived from remote corners of Europe, like Lisbon and Sutton Coldfield, apparently for the mere pleasure of toasting our common history. The AA did more than kindly supply a venue befitting the occasion. Live music was provided by jAAzz – men from the ministry revealing skills we rarely witness. But it was the panel debate, the official highlight of the evening, which afforded the most striking role reversal between the interpreting community and the political and commercial world we serve, with men and women of public standing acknowledging a debt to our profession. From left to right: Jörg Moberg, Director of Sales, Fidelity Investment Services GmbH; His Excellency Mr. Andrzej Byrt, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland; Jennifer Mackintosh, President of AIIC; Martin Schulze, Phoenix TV (moderator); Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobsen, former Federal Government Commissioner for Foreigners' Issues; Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Nobert Glante, MEP The theme was “Comprehension – understanding: The role of the interpreter in international communication today and tomorrow.” The discussion was chaired with much empathy by TV journalist Martin Schulze, musing that interpreters collectively may well deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Addressing communication scenarios rather than the obvious matter of language, he questioned panellists about the rapport they seek to develop with their interpreters. With ex-foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher he discussed the importance of trust in critical diplomatic meetings, with Euro-MP Norbert Glante how working with interpreters can enhance parliamentary rhetoric, and with Jörg Moberg from the world of high finance the value to business clients of a well-initiated interpreter. (Fortunately Jenny Mackintosh was on the panel to recall that interpreters liked nothing better than to be thoroughly initiated by a client and that it was once customary to be paid for a good briefing.) Andrzej Byrt, Poland’s Ambassador to Germany, reminisced about his own youthful interpreting experiences and the vicissitudes of intercultural communication. Cornelia Schmalz-Jacobson, once federal commissioner for foreign residents (and the daughter of an aiic founder), observed that there are many areas in society where such communication is still undervalued. Our president talked of future challenges – EU enlargement, remote interpreting – and throughout 90 lively minutes of debate she remained the ready-tongued guardian of professional standards and interpreters’ health. The 90 minutes passed rapidly and the moderator broke with conference tradition by deciding to conclude while everyone was still interested in the subject. Flattered by so much wise and witty attention, an audience of interpreters withdrew once again into the shadows. There are many to thank for their efforts. We do so namelessly. Articles published in this section reflect the views of the author(s) and should not be taken to represent the official position of AIIC. Photograph: Christa Zander German region of AIIC: www.aiic.de Katherine VANOVITCH. "AIIC 50th birthday celebrations in Berlin". aiic.net December 15, 2003. Accessed July 16, 2019. <http://aiic.net/p/1322>. All Posts (1) The most recent comments are on top Manuel Sant'Iago Ribeiro It was a pleasure to treck all the way from Lisbon, a remote corner indeed but one wherefrom many a treck started ;-) ... if only all of them had been as enjoyable as this one, thanks to the hospitality and stimulating pannel the German region was kind enough to put together. Many thanks!! Total likes: 0 0 \| 0 Issues by Year Proximity (Issue 74) Confidential (Issue 73) Professionalization or …? (Issue 72) Conference Interpreting: Past, Present & Future (Issue 71) Training, Technology and Quality (Issue 70) Interpreting and Beyond (Issue 69) Linguistic Diversity and Communication (68) Language and Power (67) The three pillars of AIIC: Staff interpreters, agreement sector and private market (66) Conference interpreting and new communication constructs Acclaiming achievement (64) The Birth of a Profession (63) Interpreters: Reality and fiction (62) Is there justice in outsourcing? 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__label__cc	0.740367	0.259633	Clean Nuclear Energy Handed Decisive Win In U.S. District Court July 25, 2017 By Rod Adams Manish S. Shah – District Court Judge Northern Illinois In July 2017, District Court Judge Manish Shah, U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois, handed a decisive victory to nuclear energy supporters and plant owners in a case that challenged Illinois’s right to choose the mix of fuels used to produce power inside its borders. The plaintiffs opposed the “Future Energy Jobs Act” recently passed by the Illinois legislature and signed into law by the governor. That statute awards Zero Emission Credits (ZEC) to three specific nuclear generating units (two at the Quad Cities station and one at Clinton). The ZECs could be worth as much as $235 M each year. That additional revenue is designed to be sufficient to allow the owner – currently Exelon – to continue effectively operating the units despite unprofitably low prices at their respective power delivery points. A provision in the law requires the computation of a “Price Adjustment” based on realized wholesale prices over the course of each year. The price adjustment can reduce or eliminate the value of the ZEC if electricity market prices rise to a level at which the plants are profitable without the subsidy payment. This provision was inserted to keep the program from charging ratepayers to provide unnecessary levels of support that would only serve to provide a more lucrative return to stockholders. The plaintiffs in the case were the Electric Power Supply Association–a national industry association for competitive electric power producers–and Calpine Corporation, Dynegy Inc., Eastern Generation, LLC, and NRG Energy, Inc.–all of which are independent power producers. Their filing sought to invalidate the ZEC program, claiming that it is preempted by the Federal Power Act and that it violates the dormant commerce clause. They also claimed that the program denied them the equal protection of federal laws governing the wholesale electricity markets, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. Part of the case made by the challengers to support their claim that Illinois was improperly interfering in auctions governed by federal rules was the fact that the “Price Adjustment” clause made the value of the ZEC dependent on the market price. Exelon lawyers argued that a fixed ZEC that was independent of the market price wouldn’t help the plaintiffs. It would only harm customers who would be paying higher market prices and still pay extra for clean energy. Judge Shah ruled that the plaintiffs had no standing to challenge the ZEC simply because its value was linked to the market prices determined in auctions government by rules established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In addition, there is no direct link to daily auction prices; the adjustment looks back and is computed by averaging prices over a lengthy period of time. He also ruled that claims relating to the commerce clause prohibiting states from discriminating against out of state suppliers wasn’t valid since the ZECs would be available to suppliers outside of the state if there were any entities that qualified. He ruled that the state’s law does not attempt to preempt federal law since states have a long recognized right to control retail electricity rates and the fuel mixes used to generate electricity in their state for environmental or other reasons. He recognized that ZECs are similar in structure and goals as renewable energy credits (RECs) which have withstood previous legal challenges, have been accepted by FERC and are in widespread use in a number of states. Using Judge Shah’s words (page 33): I conclude, however, that the ZEC program falls within Illinois’s reserved authority over generation facilities; Illinois has sufficiently separated ZECs from wholesale transactions such that the Federal Power Act does not preempt the state program under principles of field preemption. He dismissed the case with the following conclusion. Defendants’ and Exelon’s motions to dismiss are granted. The plaintiffs’ claims are dismissed in part for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and in part for failure to state a claim. The plaintiffs’ motions for a preliminary injunction are denied. A similar challenge to a state ZEC program is pending in New York. Filed Under: Atomic politics, Business of atomic energy, Fossil fuel competition Wise ruling. The comment god seems to find the above too short. I always thought that a warranted “well done” was appropriate. Very good news. Few Americans know much about “the dormant commerce clause”, but it is actually the reason that the Constitutional Convention met in the first place. States were giving favorable treatment to their own farmers and industries at the expense of other states. The economic chaos needed to be addressed. By reserving to the Federal government the authority to regulate interstate commerce, the states are (by implication, that is why it is the “dormant” commerce clause) limited in regulating interstate commerce. TLS says The New York ruling has also been issued, and it’s another win for nuclear and the ZEC programs. I’m curious to see if this makes other states that have been sitting on their behinds (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, etc.) actually take a step back and apply the ZEC style program to save their nuclear units, or will they succumb to pressure from the natural gas producers and let them die for the sake of “unreliables.” I wrote about Judge Caproni’s decision for Forbes this morning. That article will eventually appear here as well. Ed Leaver says OT, but Ars Technica’s Sean Gallagher has a nice write up on NS Savanna. James Greenidge says Notable here is that technically New York State is “also” committed to a energy “mix” even as it’s hell-bent on phasing nukes out. A very hollow toothless “victory” My main mention here comes from the police blotters of a violent altercation of a passenger on the Long Island Railroad with an embittered Entergy worker complaining about the imminent shutting of Indian Plant who didn’t like the passenger shouting “You all got what you deserved because you didn’t FIGHT!” Have we heard this tale before? BTW, to show popular web services attitudes towards nuclear, Goggle up nuclear on Google and check out the “about this result”‘ summary list which starts off with “What is the point of nuclear power plants?” No other energy source is cited off like that. And schools reference this stuff. James Greenidge Queens NY Jon Hall says Heres something I have been saying here for a few years now. Because of it, I am called a troll, left wing, anti-nuclear, blablablahblah… Everytime I say public perception is your biggest hurdle, Rod invariably jumps in and tells me I have it wrong, that I don’t speak for John Q. Meanwhile, the obnoxious jackases coming from the far right consistently accuse me if being “anti-nuclear” because I point out that your messaging sucks, that your adversarial “us against them” BS is self destructive, and that having blustering bigots post racist screeds, and push BS alt right conspiracy theories about “the left”, hardly contributes to the credibility of this site. Read it and weep… An excerpt… “Nuclear power’s public image problem is biggest hurdle to building enough nuclear power plants to stymie global warming, according to a new study published Thursday by the University of Pennsylvania.” http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/27/study-biggest-factor-holding-back-nuclear-power-is-public-perception/ Brian Mays says I don’t know which is more pathetic … the number of insults (e.g., “obnoxious jackases,” “blustering bigots”) that this person obsessively-compulsively tosses out with every other comment or how he whines, moans, and bitches, without pause, that he is somehow always the victim. Instead of wasting so much time on a site that he insists has no credibility, why doesn’t this person seek some professional help for his personal problems? This is a case that is begging for therapy. Engineer-Poet says Everytime I say public perception is your biggest hurdle, Rod invariably jumps in and tells me I have it wrong, that I don’t speak for John Q. Wrong. Every time you say public perception is our biggest hurdle you say WE are responsible for it, putting the lies of the oil-financed propagandists including Hermann Muller, FoE, Sierra Club, NRDC, Arne Gundersen, Helen Caldicott and all the rest on OUR shoulders. We reject your accusations as we reject theirs. They are lies. We bear no responsibility for them, or you. @Jon Hall You think most of us didn’t already recognize that the biggest hurdle nuclear energy development must overcome is public perception? You and I simply disagree on ways to change the public’s perception. Rod you can’t have it both ways. On many occassions you have argued against my point of views regarding an over-riding negative opinion of NE held by the public. So too have many of the commenters here, abrasively, and obnoxiously. To deny it is disingenuous. And you may disagree with how to change public perception, but the results of this poll pretty well demonstrate that what is being done doesn’t work. Yet I have NEVER seen a strategy laid out here that recommends change and honestly addresses what a constructive PR effort might look like. This constant litany of “us against them”, and declarations of victimhood at the hands of the left, the regulators, the environmentalists, the politicians, and the renewable advocates, ain’t working. Whining and sniveling, shifting blame, pointing fingers, might feel good, but it sure isn’t helping you advance your cause. Until you guys wise up, and join efforts and messaging with the renewable crowd, the public is just going to continue to view NE as an environmental threat, rather than an environmental solution. And you need to muzzle the “EPs” and the “Brians” amongst you. They’re your worst enemy as far as PR goes. The public sees renewables as an answer, not as a question. When you constantly berate and belittle renewables, you just paint yourself as being anti-solution to a global emergency that the public, and the scientific community, accept as real. Rod you can’t have it both ways. On many occassions you have argued against my point of views regarding an over-riding negative opinion of NE held by the public. The public knows almost nothing about NE except what it’s been fed by various interests. Do you ask WHO those interests are and WHAT they want? You do not. If you weren’t simply trolling and trying to demoralize pro-NE forces, you would at least listen on that issue. You do not. This constant litany of “us against them”, and declarations of victimhood at the hands of the left, the regulators, the environmentalists, the politicians, and the renewable advocates, ain’t working. Looks like it worked in Illinois and New York to save a bunch of plants. Counter-lawfare in California may still work. Until you guys wise up, and join efforts and messaging with the renewable crowd The “renewable crowd” is financed by fossil-fuel interests. It is deliberately aimed at destroying nuclear energy, because nuclear energy is THE primary threat to fossil fuels. Hydro can’t do it. Wind can’t do it. Neither PV nor CSP can do it. Nuclear can. (continued) Why do you think oil baron Jay Precourt financed Mark Z. Jacobson? Why do you think an ARCO boss bootstrapped Friends of the Earth, when the motto of the Sierra Club was still “Atoms Not Dams”? Stop demanding that we submit nuclear energy to its sworn enemies. Albert Rogers says So long as a majority of those who think it is “liberal” or “environmentalist” to oppose nuclear, so long will the nations where they vote fail to solve both global warming and even mere air quality issues. Russia, India, and China do not have these problems. India and China especially have enough coal and probably “natural” gas to know that the stuff is filthy. Stephen Duval says This is an example of where one govt intervention requires a second govt intervention. A better result is obtained if the first intervention is eliminated. The Renewable Portfolio Standards is shutting down nuclear plants. RPS requires utilities to purchase a percentage of their electricity from renewable providers. Even though unreliable energy is often worse than no energy, utilities must purchase it from renewable suppliers. Then because natural gas, a jet engine bolted to the floor, is the only energy source capable of reacting quick enough to the vagaries of the wind and sun, mandated use of renewable leads to technologically driven use of natural gas. Nuclear has a high capital cost and a low fuel cost, so it needs to be used 24/7 365 days per year to get efficient use of the asset. The govt mandated renewable/natural gas combination eliminates the 24/7 use of nuclear thereby destroying its cost competitiveness. The ZEC subsidies for nuclear keep nuclear in the game. A much better soln would be to end the RPS and let the power sources compete. Or include nuclear and other zero-emission power sources as “renewable” under all RPSs, with all the transmission priorities, credits and such as apply to the latter. That’ll fix ’em. The screaming would be wonderful to behold. @E-P That is the perfectly adequate solution chosen by the Chinese. There is some movement in this direction in the U.S. Unfortunately one of the most visible people quoted using renewable to refer to nuclear has probably used up any political capital he once had on extraneous issues.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3745
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September 2008 - Present dave raheja Sales Associate at Sleep Super Mattress Company BA, Economics, Management UPS November 2012 - Present Sleep Super Mattress Company October 2007 - November 2012 Dave Reece Operations Planner/Aviation Specialist, MARSOC G7 Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Criminal Justice Visual Awareness Technologies and Consulting (VATC) March 2013 - Present Marine Aviation Training Systems Site (MATSS) New River February 2011 - March 2013 Marine Aircraft Group 29 (MAG-29) October 2008 - February 2011 Military, Military Operations, National Security, DoD, Military Experience, Operational Planning, Command, Security Clearance, Military Aviation, Operations Management, Risk Management, Cross-functional Team..., Team Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership, Tactical Operations, Mission Commander, Operational Risk..., Crew Resource Management, Instructors, Aviation, Combat, Aircraft, Government, Marine Corps, Exercises, Training, Tactics, Defense Dave Riemann Savannah, Georgia Area Service Manager at Hall Marine Savannah Recreational Facilities and Services Hall Marine of Savannah May 2006 - Present Talley's Pier 77 Marine September 2004 - April 2006 Southeast Marine Sales September 2001 - August 2004 Carolina Crossing Marine Sales 1992 - 2001 Team Building, Service Management, Microsoft Office, Strategic Planning, Account Management, Customer Service, Troubleshooting, Customer Satisfaction, Team Leadership, Management, Marketing, Sales, Operations Management Dave Ritmiller Greater Pittsburgh Area RSM at Advance Food Company Dave Roback Springfield, Massachusetts Area Staff Photographer at The Republican Bachelor's Degree, Journalism Manchester Community College 1975 — 1977 Associate's Degree, Liberal Arts The Republican May 1984 - Present Smith College Athletic Department September 1985 - May 2010 Holyoke Transcript-Telegram Newspaper January 1981 - May 1984 Beaufort Gazette Newspaper May 1980 - December 1980 Newspapers, AP Style, Blogging, Breaking News, Copy Editing, Digital Photography, Editorial, Feature Articles, Media Relations, News Writing, Photography, Publications, Social Media, Storytelling, Video, Video Editing, Editing Dave Seawell manager at SC Emergency Management Division Dave Segers Sales Representative @ Saia Inc. Bachelor of Arts, History TL Hanna High School 1992 — 1996 Saia Inc. 2015 - Present Simplified Logistics, LLC 2013 - August 2015 AFS Audit 2012 - 2013 IPS Packaging 2011 - 2012 UPS 2008 - 2011 New Business Development, Microsoft Office, Logistics, Supply Chain..., Supply Chain Consulting, Supply Chain Operations, Packaging, Beverage Industry, Inside Sales, Direct Sales, Account Management, Negotiation, Process Improvement, Lead Generation, Outside Sales, Cold Calling, Social Media, Strategic Prospecting, Microsoft Excel, Salesforce.com, QuickBase, RFP experience, RFQ Development, RFI, PowerPoint, WebEx, Sales, Sales Management, Inventory Management, Purchasing, Truckload, Freight, Logistics Management, Business Development, Leadership, CRM, Marketing, Sales Operations, B2B, LTL, Transportation, Transportation..., Air Freight, Supply Chain Management, Sales Process, Contract Negotiation, Pricing, Supply Chain, 3PL, Shipping Dave Terhune Senior Project Planner at Whirlpool Corporation Southern Wesleyan University 1992 — 1994 Whirlpool Corporation October 2014 - Present Whirlpool Corporation March 1998 - Present Whirlpool Corporation 1995 - March 1998 Whirlpool Corporation 1988 - 1995 Procurement, Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics, Supply Management, Strategic Planning, Cross-functional Team..., Supply Chain, 5S, Negotiation, Team Building, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kanban, Project Planning, Program Management, Supply Chain Management, Kaizen, Process Improvement, Project Management, Production Planning, MRP, Black Belt, Operational Excellence, DMAIC, Continuous Improvement, Supply Chain..., Manufacturing..., FMEA, Demand Planning, Value Stream Mapping, Materials Management, SAP, Strategic Sourcing, Product Development, JIT, TPM, Toyota Production System Dave Tyler Director of Account Services, Pure Red Integrated Marketing Advertising/Public Relations, Marketing, Economics, Design, Creative Writing PureRED Integrated Marketing May 2008 - Present Lowe's Home Improvement 1984 - 2008 Winston-Salem Journal January 1981 - August 1984 The Island Packet January 1980 - January 1981 Savannah Morning News/ Hilton Head News May 1975 - January 1980 Merchandising, Multi-channel Retail, Visual Merchandising, Retail, Advertising, Brand Development, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Inventory Management, Store Management, Account Management, Market Planning, Income Statement, E-commerce, Marketing Strategy, Cross-functional Team..., Customer Service, Direct Mail, Digital Marketing, Marketing Communications, Brand Management, Project Management, Print, Managed Print Services, Customer Satisfaction, Management, Sales, Direct Marketing, Email Marketing, Competitive Analysis, Product Marketing, Creative Direction, Integrated Marketing, Online Marketing, Online Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Corporate Branding, Start-ups, Trade Shows, P&L, Marketing Research, Market Analysis, Social Networking, Market Research, Customer Insight, Mobile Marketing, Lead Generation, Analytics, Multi-channel Marketing, Creative Strategy Dave Wessinger Greater New Orleans Area Consultant Commercial Contractor History, political science, economics David N. Wessinger, Consultant Commercial Contractor 1987 - Present Dave Whorton Chicago Market Director at Good Sports, Inc. Master of Education, Educational Leadership and Policy Good Sports, Inc. June 2014 - Present Greater Chicago Food Depository July 2012 - August 2013 Free Green Can January 2009 - July 2012 Bank of the West February 2008 - August 2008 IEG, LLC August 2006 - December 2007 Rewards Network Inc November 2005 - August 2006 Velocity Sports and Entertainment, LLC February 2002 - May 2005 Bank of America December 1997 - January 2002 University of North Carolina at Charlotte October 1996 - December 1997 North Carolina State University July 1994 - September 1996 Sponsorship, Promotions, Social Media, Public Relations, Public Speaking, Advertising, Advertising Sales, Marketing Strategy, Integrated Marketing, Event Planning, Experiential Marketing, Staff Management, Strategic Planning, Staff Development, Strategic Partnerships, Sales, Sports, CRM, Sports Marketing, Budgets, Relationship Marketing, Marketing, Entertainment, Creative Direction, Leadership, Business Development, Management, Training, Nonprofits, Contract Negotiation, Leadership Development, New Business Development, Sponsorship Activation, Sponsorship Sales, Sponsorship Research, Business Strategy, Start-ups, Fundraising, Social Media Marketing, Social Entrepreneurship, Marketing Communications, Program Management, Event Management, Online Marketing, Project Management, Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Social Networking, Brand Development, Brand Management Dave Wile Oakdale, Connecticut IT Customer Support Rep at USDAAPHIS USDA-APHIS November 2006 - Present Waterford Public Schools, CT September 1999 - November 2006 Microsoft Office, Research, Public Speaking, Project Management, Process Improvement, Analysis, Policy, Government, Team Leadership Dave Yarborough Licensed Practicing Psychologist Mississippi State University 1981 — 1983 PhD, Psychology Winthrop 1979 — 1981 SSP, MA, School Psychology BS, Psychology Glenview Psychological Services November 2014 - Present LifeSource HealthCare Management Services November 2013 - Present ACT Medical Group October 2009 - October 2013 Ministry of the Interior, Iraq July 2008 - February 2009 Health South Rehabilitation August 1993 - August 1998 CBT, Psychological Assessment, Psychological Testing, Psychotherapy, Adolescents, Adults, Treatment, Post Traumatic Stress, Therapists, Solution Focused, Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, Psychodynamic..., Neuropsychological..., Group Therapy, Neuropsychology, Dual Diagnosis, Clinical Research, Forensic Psychology, DBT, Cognition Dave Zilber Naval Programs Manager at 3M Defense & Space Old Dominion University 2003 — 2003 MEM, Engineering Management University of Rhode Island - College of Business Administration 1990 — 1991 MBA, Marketing BSE, Civil Engineering 3M January 2004 - Present US Navy December 1983 - December 2003 Defense, Navy, Engineering Management, Military, Security Clearance, Program Management, Maintenance Management, Nuclear, Problem Solving, Six Sigma, DoD, Process Improvement, New Business Development, Team Leadership, Operational Planning, Military Operations, Leadership, Military Experience, Project Planning, National Security, Command, Government Contracting, Strategic Planning, Engineering, Business Continuity..., Disaster Recovery, Disaster Risk Reduction, Business Development, Continuous Improvement, Cross-functional Team..., Emergency Management, Government, Logistics, Maintenance, Management, Maritime, Operations Management, Systems Engineering, Analysis, Contract Management, Earned Value Management, Information Assurance, Integration, Organizational..., Procurement, Proposal Writing, Quality Assurance, Testing Davia Massey Writer & Life Coach Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Early Childhood Education and Teaching UNC Greensboro 1966 — 1969 Master of Science (MS), Human Development and Family Studies, General Western Carolina University 1963 — 1966 BSEd, Home Economics Massey Valley January 2010 - Present Western Carolina University July 1979 - June 2005 Curriculum Design, Higher Education, Poetry, Adult Education, Student Affairs, Student Development, Distance Learning, Educational Technology, Curriculum Development, Fundraising, Educational Consulting, Tutoring, Classroom, Instructional Design, Educational Leadership, Instructional Technology, Grant Writing, E-Learning, Career Counseling, Teacher Training, ESL, Literacy, Special Education Davida Beck Supply Technician at L3 Communications David Able West Columbia, South Carolina Licensed Insurance Agent at Allstate Ed Simpson Agency Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Broadcast Journalism Allstate - Ed Simpson Agency September 2012 - Present Allstate - C-Anne Able Agency May 2007 - September 2012 Customer Service, Sales, Computers, Training, Employee Benefits, Time Management, Call Centers, Social Media, Customer Retention, Data Entry, Microsoft Office David Abner Eugene, Oregon Area Freelance Philosopher BA, English Literature, History Quality Inn and Suites Patriots Point October 2003 - January 2013 Days Inn on the Ocean March 1999 - September 2003 Caribbean Resort January 1998 - February 1999 Quality Inn By the Shore May 1993 - February 1998 Revenue Analysis, Staff Retention, Hotels, Hospitality Management, Resorts, Front Office, Hospitality, Management, Rooms Division, Yield Management, Hotel Management, Hospitality Industry, Bass Guitar, Computer Proficiency, Computer Repair, Computer Hardware..., Computer Assembly, Pre-opening, Banquets, Process Scheduler, Budgets, Micros, Tourism, Customer Service, Restaurant Management David A. Clark Pomaria, South Carolina Pharamcy Supervisor at CVS Caremark Corporation Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), Pharmacy CVS Caremark Corporation July 2008 - Present Pharmacy Automation, Medication Therapy..., Pharmacy Benefit..., Pharmacy, Pharmacists, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice, Patient Counseling, Clinical Pharmacy, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical Industry, Diabetes, Immunization, Managed Care, Certified Immunizer, Compounding Davida Elliott-Ferrell Event/Party Planner Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Information Systems Self-Employed September 2014 - Present Purty Party, LLC November 2012 - Present Seibels 1999 - 2013 SharePoint, Technical Support, Active Directory, Disaster Recovery, Servers, Troubleshooting, Visio, Software Documentation, Computer Software..., Creation Of Training..., Technical Writing, Help Desk Support, Windows 7, Windows, XP, Software Installation, Event Planning, Special Events..., Event Design, Microsoft Technologies, System Administration, Windows XP David Aerne Portland, Oregon Area Signal Integrity Engineer at Intel MS, Electrical Engineering Northern Illinois University 1998 — 2003 Intel January 2007 - Present Intel January 2007 - July 2007 Intel March 2006 - January 2007 Davida Grant Mobile Device Specialist B.A. Degree, Political Science; 05/2005 West Oak High School 1998 — 2001 Ricoh Americas Corporation November 2014 - Present Anderson Merchandisers November 2014 - Present 3ddelights Desserts 2010 - Present Akimeka, LLC July 2012 - October 2014 Verizon Wireless February 2007 - July 2012 Verizon Wireless January 2006 - February 2007 Jarman's October 2005 - March 2006 Levi's August 2005 - November 2005 HQ January 2005 - July 2005 Target May 2004 - August 2004 Training, Leadership, Management, Customer Satisfaction, Program Management, Networking, Troubleshooting, Analysis, Time Management, Call Centers, Customer Service, Sales, Business Development, Wireless, Telecommunications David A. King, RPh Senior Executive Oncology Sales Specialist at Eli Lilly and Company Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.), Pharmacy Pre Pharmacy, Pre-Pharmacy Studies Eli Lilly and Company February 2005 - Present Eli Lilly and Company December 1997 - February 2005 Eli Lilly and Company January 1994 - December 1997 Eli Lilly and Company April 1985 - January 1994 Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sales, Oncology, Sales, Marketing, Hospital Sales, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Managed Care, Market Access, Neurology, Osteoporosis, Pharmaceutical Industry, Product Launch, Psychiatry, Rheumatology, Sales Effectiveness, Urology David Alderman, PHR Webster University, Columbia SC 2005 — 2007 Human Resource Management, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General, 3.8 Journalism, 3.4 Richland County Government April 2015 - Present Leadership, Onboarding, Financial Analysis, Finance, Human Resources, Time Management, Employee Relations, Employee Training, Writing, Interpersonal..., Fact Finding, FMLA, Management David Alexandar Programmer Analyst at Cato David Allison Director of Bands at Richland School District 2 Master of Music, Trumpet Performance Eastman School of Music 1978 — 1980 Trumpet Performance Ithaca College 1975 — 1979 Bachelors of Music Education, Instrumental Music/Band Richland School District 2 January 1994 - Present Richland School District 2 August 1984 - September 2010 Getzen Trumpets July 1999 - April 2010 Eckerd January 1984 - December 1986 Curriculum Design, Marching, Band, Music, Brass, Conducting, Finale, Trumpet, Music Theory, Teaching, Music History, Orchestral Music, Music Education, Ensemble, Elementary Education, Differentiated..., Instructional Technology, Chamber Music, Festivals, Classroom, Sibelius, Composition, Classical, Concerts, Trombone, Orchestration, Woodwind, Jazz, Percussion, Contemporary Music, Music Technology, Music Performance, Choral, Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Choral Conducting, Sight Reading, Musicians, Musical Theatre, Jazz Band, Singing, Accompaniment, Piano, Church Music, Pianist, Blues, Middle School, Musical Direction, Vocal David Allston Engineer at SPAWAR Charleston SPAWAR Charleston 2013 - Present Engineering Management, Program Management, Requirements Management, Information Assurance, DoD, Systems Engineering, Government Contracting, Configuration Management, Defense, Navy, Military, Security Clearance, Network Security, Integration, Earned Value Management David Amend General Manager at Thoroughbreds Chophouse and Seafood Grille Coastal Carolina University 2000 — 2004 Bachelor's degree in History, Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education Thoroughbreds Chophouse and Seafood Grille June 2006 - Present Catering, FMCG, New Business Development, Income Statement, Negotiation, Business Strategy, Team Building, Management, Product Development, Retail, Food Safety, Culinary Skills, Forecasting, Banquets, Business Planning, Sales, Hotels, Change Management, Key Account Management, Hospitality Industry David Ani Pediatric Cardiac Sonographer at Johns Hopkins Hospital Trident Technical College 1996 — 1998 Associates in Science, Physical Therapy Assistant Bachelor of Arts, Music Johns Hopkins Hospital March 2005 - Present Good Samaritan Hospital February 2004 - March 2005 Kernan Hospital August 2000 - December 2003 Healthcare Management, Medical Devices, Hospitals, Cpr Certified, Healthcare, Patient Safety, Medical Terminology, Pediatrics, EMR, Patient Education, Acute Care David Armistead EIR at Third Rock Ventures Yale University 1985 — 1987 Postdoctoral Fellow, Organic Chemistry PhD, Organic Chemistry Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1973 — 1979 BA, MS, Chemistry Third Rock Ventures 2010 - Present Ambit Biosciences 2006 - Present Resolvyx Pharmaceuticals 2006 - Present Ensemble Discovery 2004 - Present Oxford Bioscience Partners 2003 - 2009 Sirtris Pharmceuticals 2004 - 2008 Amgen Inc. 2000 - 2003 Kinetix Pharmaceuticals 1997 - 2000 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. 1989 - 1997 Merck and co. 1985 - 1989 Woodstock, Georgia AP Government Teacher at Etowah High School Mercer University 2006 — 2008 Master of Arts (M.A.), Secondary Education and Teaching Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Government and International Studies Etowah High School July 2014 - Present Riverwood International Charter School July 2008 - July 2014 David Arms Senior Program Manager at AMERICAN SYSTEMS Webster University 1993 — 1994 MA, Computer Resources and Information Management (CRM) BS, Mathematics/Computer Science AMERICAN SYSTEMS June 2001 - Present TSM Corporation September 1999 - May 2001 David Arnette Owner, Premier Tax Advisors, PC Master of Taxation, Taxation Bachelor of Science, Accounting Premier Tax Advisors, PC August 2002 - Present Atlanta Dental Supply November 2001 - May 2002 Bridges & Dunn-Rankin, LLC October 2000 - October 2001 PricewaterhouseCoopers November 1998 - September 2000 First Data Corporation April 1996 - November 1998 Frazier & Deeter, LLC September 1992 - April 1996 Tax, Corporate Tax, Partnership Taxation, Accounting, Small Business, Income Tax, Tax Preparation, CPA, Customer Service, S Corporations, Tax Accounting, Financial Analysis, LLC, QuickBooks, Tax Compliance David Arno Production Specialist at Speedpro Imaging Charlotte South Speedpro Imaging Charlotte South May 2012 - August 2012 Financial Analysis, Banking, Teamwork, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Corporate Finance David Asbill Large Case Sales Executive at Humana Specialty Products Humana Specialty Products July 2014 - Present Standard Insurance Company February 2010 - June 2014 USAble Life January 2009 - January 2010 Cigna Group Insurance September 2004 - February 2009 Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Employee Benefits, Sales Management, Group Presentations, Sales Leadership..., Management, Brokers, Training, Sales Information Resource Consultant at University of South Carolina Hospitality Administration/Management A+, Network+, Information Technology Community Colleges of Air Force 1977 — 1990 Electrical, Management, Chemical Warfare Sumaria Definity G3r University of South Carolina January 1994 - Present United States Air Force June 1977 - November 1990 Troubleshooting, System Administration, Computer Hardware, Electricians, Avaya Communication..., Avaya Site..., Avaya Aura, Avaya IP Telephony, ip convergence, Voice & Data Convergence, Help Desk Support, Networking David Ashworth Personal clothier Granger Owings Classic Clothiers Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Granger Owings March 2015 - Present Regions Financial Corporation September 2013 - March 2015 State Farm Insurance April 2012 - September 2013 Sales, Loans, Banking, Credit, Consumer Lending, Retail Banking, Insurance, Whole Life, IRAs, Strategic Planning, Home Equity Loans, Time Management, Home Equity Lines of..., Fixed Annuities, Financial Services, Budgets David Asti Principal, Energy & Environmental Policy at Southern California Edison Kennesaw State University - Michael J. Coles College of Business 2000 — 2004 MBA, Marketing & Entrepreneurship M.S., Hydrogeology/Geochemistry Southern California Edison February 2005 - Present Southern Company October 1998 - February 2005 IT Group/Fluor Daniel March 1990 - October 1998 Environmental Compliance, Geology, Environmental Policy, Environmental Awareness, Water, Energy, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues, Water Resources, Project Management, Environmental Impact..., Energy Policy, Remediation, Wastewater Treatment, Environmental..., Water Quality, Water Treatment, Data Analysis, Groundwater, Energy Efficiency, Waste, NEPA, Demand Response, Environmental Science, Air Quality, Hazardous Waste..., Strategy, Electric Power, Program Management, Environmental Consulting, RCRA, NERC, Environmental... David Aylor David Aylor, David Aylor Law Offices Juris Doctorate, Law BA, Political Science David Aylor Law Offices 2007 - Present City of Hanahan, SC January 2010 - Present Title Source January 2008 - April 2012 9th Circuit Solicitor's Office 2007 - 2007 Personal Injury, Litigation, Legal Research, Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense, Commercial Litigation, Legal Writing, Personal Injury..., Family Law, Courts, Criminal Law, Appeals, Trial Practice, Legal Assistance, Trials, Automobile Accidents, Product Liability, Wrongful Death, Jury Trials, Legal Issues, Arbitration, Mediation David Babecki Project Manager at Gexpro Northeastern Technical College 1982 — 1986 Associates, Industrial Electronics Gexpro April 2011 - Present Rexel September 2008 - November 2010 SourcePRO Inc 2007 - 2008 Dillon Supply Company 2002 - 2006 Hagemeyer North America 1994 - 2002 Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Inventory Management, Program Management, Customer Satisfaction, Supply Chain, Sales Management, Account Management, Lean Manufacturing, Process Improvement, Operations Management, Pricing, Contract Negotiation, Procurement, Cross-functional Team..., Continuous Improvement, Strategic Sourcing, Forecasting, Sales Operations, Logistics, Contract Management, Key Account Management, Materials Management, Team Leadership, P&L Management, Team Building, Product Development, MRP, Business Process..., Inventory Control, Vendor Management, Supply Management, Product Management, Sourcing, Negotiation, Management, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Budgets, Strategic Planning, New Business Development, Project Management David Baity Regional Environmental Consultant at WalterSurface Technologies none, Liberal arts WalterSurface Technologies Environmental consultantJ Walter1993 - Present Hagemeyer North America August 1987 - March 1991 Sales Representative at J. Walter Inc. J. Walter Inc. August 1993 - Present Walter Surface Technologies 1993 - Present Sales Management, Sales, Competitive Analysis, B2B, Sales Operations, Outside Sales, Marketing Strategy, Territory Growth, New Business Development, Industrial Distribution, Territory Development, Business Development, Key Account Management, Account Management, Market Planning, Key Account Development, Cold Calling, International Sales, Sales Process, Pricing, Trade Shows, P&L Management, Direct Sales, Strategic Planning, Sales Presentations David Bankhead Owner, Haus Mode Dreher High School 2002 — 2006 Palmetto Insurance Group, LLC October 2013 - June 2014 Miyos Gourmet Group 2011 - 2013 Barron Financial Group, LLC April 2010 - April 2012 South Carolina Office of the Attorney General 2009 - 2009 International Conservation Caucus Foundation 2008 - 2008 McNair Law Firm 2007 - 2007 Sales Management, Teamwork, Insurance, Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Customer Service, Training, Sales, Leadership, Team Building, Customer Satisfaction, Risk Management, Customer Retention, Employee Benefits, Disability Insurance, Healthcare Consulting, Group Insurance, Health Insurance..., Individual Health... David Basil Basil Law Group J.D., Litigation B.A, English B.S, Chemical Engineering Basil Law Group January 2008 - Present Walden University January 2011 - January 2014 University of West Georgia January 2006 - January 2008 Carroll County, Georgia February 1997 - January 2008 University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute January 2005 - December 2007 Civil Litigation, Government, Litigation, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Courts David Basile Principal at Richland School District 2 Nova Southeastern University 2000 — 2004 Ed.D., Educational Leadership MA, Educational Leadership University of Pennsylvania 1984 — 1985 Ms. Ed., Secondary education BA, Government and International Studies Radnor High School 1975 — 1978 High School Diploma, College Prep Radnor High School Richland School District 2 July 2013 - Present Broward County Schools 2006 - 2012 Charleston County School District 2003 - 2006 Duval County Public Schools July 2001 - June 2003 Richland School District One July 1999 - June 2001 Lexington School District Four July 1995 - June 1999 Richland School District One 1992 - 1995 Bishop Montgomery High School, Torrance, CA January 1986 - June 1992 Educational Leadership, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Teacher Training, Staff Development, Classroom, Teaching, Educational Technology, Classroom Management, Lesson Planning, K-12, Instructional Design, Public Speaking, Literacy, Higher Education, Coaching, Lacrosse, School Safety, Organizational..., Project Management, Consulting, Communication, Secondary Education, Gifted Education, Differentiated..., Adult Education, Special Education, Education Reform, Leadership Development, Program Evaluation, E-Learning, Social Studies, Teacher Evaluation, Non-profits, RTI, Professional Learning..., Instructional Technology, Mathematics Education, Language Arts, Technology Integration, Program Development, Grant Writing, Tutoring, Community Outreach, Curriculum Mapping, Leadership, Teaching Adults, Charter Schools, Distance Learning, Educational Consulting David Bateman IT Manager at Colonial Life / Unum Associate's degree, Computer Science Colonial Life / Unum March 2014 - Present Colonial Life a UNUM Company June 2006 - Present Colonial Life a UNUM Company August 2001 - June 2006 AgFirst Farm Credit Bank April 1985 - August 2001 Comptroller General’s Office of South Carolina August 1984 - August 1985 C&S National Bank of South Carolina August 1980 - August 1984 Business Analysis, Project Management, SDLC, Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Insurance, Management, Health Insurance, Risk Management, Change Management, Systems Analysis, Team Management, Cross-functional Team..., IT Management, Requirements Analysis, Project Planning, Software Project..., Project Delivery, Teamwork, Program Management, Analysis, Banking IT, Requirements Gathering, Team Leadership, Resource Management, Data Warehousing, Data Analysis, Project Coordination David Bauman M C B H Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii H&S Company Commander Marshall University 2013 — 2015 Master of Arts (M.A.), Non-Profit Organizational Leadership Expeditionary Warfare School 2012 — 2013 Bachelor's degree, Business/Managerial Economics, 3.7 Lean Six Sigma - Yellow Belt Headquarters and Service Company May 2015 - Present 3d Radio Battalion, III MHG, III MEF December 2014 - May 2015 United States Marine Corps July 2007 - May 2015 United States Marine Corps July 2012 - June 2014 Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA) - CI/HUMINT Company October 2011 - June 2012 Marine Corps Intelligence Activity July 2010 - October 2011 United States Marine Corps July 1995 - July 2007 United States Marine Corps August 2002 - December 2005 Military Operations, Operational Planning, Military, Force Protection, Command, Security Clearance, National Security, Weapons, Marine Corps, Counterinsurgency, DoD, Counterterrorism, Intelligence Analysis, Special Operations, Military Liaison, Interagency Coordination, Afghanistan, Military Training, Homeland Security, Marksmanship, Counterintelligence, Physical Security, SIGINT, Security Operations, Organizational..., HUMINT, Security, Firearms, Weapons Handling, Active DoD Secret..., Military Affairs, Personnel Supervision, Security Management, Intelligence, Combat, Top Secret, Reconnaissance, Tactics, Information Assurance, Personal Security, Exercises, Readiness, CBRN, Weapons, Infantry Tactics, Combat Lifesaver, Briefing, Command, Security, Military Experience David B. Cohen Professor of Political Science at The University of Akron Ph.D., Political Science University of Tennessee-Knoxville 1991 — 1994 M.A., Political Science University of Wisconsin-Madison 1985 — 1990 B.A., Political Science and International Relations University School of Milwaukee 1977 — 1985 Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics January 2005 - Present The University of Akron August 2000 - Present Akron Press Club January 2007 - January 2010 Akron Press Club January 2008 - December 2009 Columbia College 1998 - 2000 David Beale Mcdonough, Georgia Attorney at Lister and Holt LLC Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law 2010 — 2013 Doctor of Law (JD) Bachelor of Arts (BA), English Language and Literature, General Lister and Holt LLC July 2014 - Present Law Offices of Andrew C. Dodgen October 2013 - June 2014 Horne and Hunt, LLC February 2012 - January 2013 ACLU May 2011 - August 2011 Boys and Girls Clubs of America June 2009 - July 2010 Peace Corps May 2007 - June 2009 Program Evaluation, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Family Law, Legal Research, Teaching, Grant Writing, Curriculum Development, Intercultural..., Program Development, International Education, Community Outreach, Trials David Beans Montgomery, Alabama Area Instructor at Air Command and Staff College Auburn University 2013 — 2016 PhD student, Public Administration and Public Policy University of Haifa 2008 — 2009 MA, International Relations University of San Diego 2000 — 2001 MS, Global Leadership, School of Business Air Command and Staff College November 2010 - Present US Navy October 2010 - Present US Navy December 2009 - Present US Navy June 1991 - Present US Navy September 2009 - October 2010 US Navy June 2008 - September 2009 National Security, Military, DoD, Military Operations, International Security, Operational Planning, Navy, Military Experience, Defense, Force Protection, Government, Foreign Policy, Organizational..., Interagency Coordination, Policy, NATO, Politics, Intelligence David Beckmann Resident Director, C. S. Lewis Study Centre, The Kilns, Oxford, UK Covenant Theological Seminary 1985 — 1990 M.Div., Historical Theology B.A., History The Hebrew University 1973 — 1974 Whitefield Theological Seminary Ecclesiastical Latin C.S. Lewis Foundation August 2014 - Present University of Tennessee at Chattanooga January 2014 - May 2014 Chattanooga Christian School August 2007 - May 2014 Anglican Church of the Redeemer (ACNA) 2011 - 2013 Theology, Teaching, Public Speaking, Biblical Studies, Religion, Preaching, Liturgy, Nonprofits, Community Outreach, Pastoral Care, Volunteer Management, Leadership Development, Pastoral Counseling David Bedingfield Adjunct Instructor at Tricounty Technical College David Beeson Kronos System Administrator at Indiana University Health Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis 2008 — 2012 Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Technology with a minor in Business Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering Indiana University Health October 2014 - Present Kronos Incorporated June 2012 - October 2014 Simon Property Group August 2011 - May 2012 Indiana University May 2010 - May 2011 United States Air Force July 2004 - July 2008 SCCM, Active Directory, Group Policy, SharePoint, Technical Writing, Program Management Investment Officer at Orange County Employees Retirement System MBA, Finance BSBA, Finance and Management Orange County Employees Retirement System January 2013 - Present Orange County Employees Retirement System September 2009 - December 2012 Creative Capital Management July 2007 - September 2009 Hammond Associates December 2002 - June 2006 Management, Equities, Asset Allocation, Investment Management, Portfolio Management, Analysis, Investments, Due Diligence, Finance, Economics, Mutual Funds, Asset Management, Alternative Investments, Fund Of Funds David Beja Chemistry/Physic Teacher at Aiken County Schools Masters, Education University Tennessee 1977 — 1981 BS, Chemistry Aiken County Schools August 2010 - Present STHS August 1985 - July 2003 AE Staley Oil Company July 1981 - July 1984 David Belue SALES at PELLA WINDOWS AND DOORS Buisness Major PELLA WINDOWS AND DOORS January 2000 - Present Ace Glass Company January 1994 - December 1999 Building Materials, Construction, Contractors, Sales, Sales Management, Contract Negotiation, New Business Development, Renovation, Subcontracting, Budgets, Process Scheduler, Green Building, Construction Management, Residential Homes David Benn Negley, Ohio Sales Manager – Naphtha, Distillates and Fuels at American Refining Group, Inc. University of Phoenix 2000 — 2002 Masters, Business Administration American Refining Group, Inc. January 2014 - Present American Refining Group, Inc. November 2010 - Present Ashland, Inc. 2008 - 2010 Valvoline 1995 - 2005 Sales Operations, Petroleum, New Business Development, Energy, Social Media Marketing, Lubricants, Team Building, Contract Negotiation, Microsoft Excel, Sales Management, Fuel, Purchasing, Forecasting, Pricing, Financial Analysis, Negotiation, Product Development, Direct Sales, Competitive Analysis, Market Analysis, Strategic Planning, Analysis, P&L Management, Project Planning, Budgets, Continuous Improvement, Operations Management, Marketing Strategy David Benton Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Assistant Engineering Manager at Hubner Manufacturing Corporation Master of Business Administration, Business Bachelor of Science, Engineering Hubner Manufacturing Corporation September 2014 - Present Jankel Tactical Systems LLC August 2012 - May 2014 Proterra Inc March 2012 - August 2012 Force Protection 2011 - March 2012 Force Protection April 2008 - April 2011 Force Protection September 2006 - April 2008 Freightliner April 2005 - September 2006 Manufacturing, Automotive, Automotive Engineering, Product Development, Program Management, Vehicles, Design Engineering, Troubleshooting, Software Documentation, Chassis, Product Lifecycle..., Military, DFMEA, Manufacturing..., PDM, Integration, Design for Manufacturing, Configuration Management, Six Sigma, Management, Finite Element Analysis, Aerospace, FMEA, Product Design, Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, Process Engineering, Pro Engineer, DoD, Automotive Design, Root Cause Analysis, Engineering Management, CAE, Powertrain, Team Leadership, Solid Modeling, MS Project, Security Clearance David Bergmann Actuary I at Aflac Master of Arts (M.A.), Economics, 3.8 Union College 2005 — 2009 Aflac June 2014 - Present Aflac January 2013 - May 2014 NYS Department of Environmental Conservation May 2011 - August 2011 ARAMARK Technical Services January 2010 - August 2010 ARAMARK Refreshment Services June 2009 - December 2009 Data Analysis, Analysis, Management, Sustainability, Statistics, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Research, Economics, Microsoft Word, Energy, Market Research, Quantitative Research david birt Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Analytical Chemistry TradeKing Media 2015 - Present Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server, JavaScript, Windows, ASP.NET, Microsoft Word, Visual Studio, ASP.NET AJAX, .NET, C#, jQuery, jQuery UI, ASP.NET MVC, Client Development, Project Management, SQL, Software Development, ETL, Great Plains Software, AJAX Toolkit, AngularJS, Node.js David Bledsoe Greater Nashville Area Cummins Filtration OEM National Account Manager Daimler Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Marketing/Marketing Management, General Piedmont Technical College Real Estate Certification, Real Estate Cummins Filtration May 2015 - Present Cummins Inc. July 2013 - April 2015 Advance Auto Parts 2009 - 2013 CarMax April 2005 - September 2009 Six Sigma, Multi-unit Management, Regional Manager, Business Development, B2B, Lead Generation, Sales, Leadership, Team Building, Marketing Strategy, Market Analysis, Negotiation, Merchandising, Customer Service, Inventory Control, Inventory Management, Segmentation, Customer Satisfaction, Profit, District Management, Trade Shows, Income Statement, Driving Results, Customer Retention, P, Sales Operations David Blencoe Suffolk, Virginia Lessons Learned Analyst at Commander Naval Information Dominance Forces (ADVANTECH G.S. Enterprises, Inc.) Naval Postgraduate School 1999 — 2001 Master's degree, Meteorology/Physical Oceanography, 3.03 Bachelor's degree, Marine Sciences, 3.14 ADVANTECH G.S. Enterprises, Inc. September 2014 - Present SAIC June 2014 - September 2014 U.S. Navy May 1994 - June 2014 Navy Warfare Development Command May 2012 - May 2014 Tactical Taining Group Atlantic August 2008 - May 2012 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) February 2006 - August 2008 Navy, Military Operations, Military, Military Experience, DoD, Security Clearance, Operational Planning, Defense, Command, Intelligence Analysis, Organizational..., National Security, Military Training, Force Protection, Weapons, Government, Program Management, Top Secret, Aviation, Intelligence, Information Assurance, Meteorology, Mesoscale Meteorology, Oceanography, Physical Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric Modeling, Atmospheric Physics, Leadership, Team Leadership, Management, Project Management, Operations Management David Bleser Austin, Texas Area Businesses lose 5% of revenue to employee theft. We can reduce that by almost half. Bleser & Associates LLC February 2008 - Present Hospitality Safeguards, Inc. September 1997 - January 2008 AHLA Loss Prevention Committee 1998 - 2008 Lodgian 1998 - 2004 Starwood Hotels 1996 - 1997 Servico Hotels and Resorts 1995 - 1996 Accounting Policy, Internal Controls, Forensic Accounting, Internal Audit, Auditing, Compliance, Investigations, Litigation Support, Management Consulting, Hospitality Industry, Fraud Investigations, Enterprise Risk..., Financial Reporting, Risk Management, Risk Assessment, Fraud Prevention, Forensic Investigations, Compliance Audits, Financial Accounting, Operational Risk..., Hotel Management, Audit, Guest Satisfaction, Hospitality Management, Hospitality, Hotels, Asset, Risk, Due Diligence, Financial Analysis, P&L, Cost, Asset Management, Public Speaking, Front Office, Guest Recovery, Employee Relations, Data Security, Restaurants, Accounts Receivable, Food, Hotel Administration, Leadership, Restaurant Management, Accounts Payable, Profit Maximization, Hospitality Consulting, Small Business, Customer Satisfaction, Guest Service Management David Blick (@dgblick) Experienced HUD & Historic Preservation Professional M.A., Public History/Historic Preservation Wake Forest University 1983 — 1987 B.A., History (Major); Classical Studies, Political Science (Minors) Douglas S. Freeman High School 1979 — 1983 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development October 2010 - Present U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, CPD December 2001 - October 2010 Naval Facilities Engineering Command HQ February 2000 - December 2001 US Army Garrison Aberdeen Proving Ground February 1997 - February 2000 Oak Ridge Institute for Science & Education (ORISE) October 1995 - February 1997 University of South Carolina August 1992 - May 1995 Aetna Life & Casualty June 1987 - August 1992 NEPA, Historic Preservation, Grants, Government, Public Speaking, Sustainability, Training David Bliley Greater Denver Area Video Producer/Editor (Preditor) at Onyx Penguin Productions Onyx Penguin Productions January 2013 - Present Comcast Spotlight August 2006 - December 2012 RadioVision June 2005 - July 2006 Skyline Media 2002 - 2005 First Impressions Marketing & Advertising 1998 - 2002 RadioVision October 1995 - October 1998 CableVantage 1995 - 1995 WSSC TalkRadio 1340 1993 - 1995 WHLZ Wheels 92.5 1992 - 1993 Avid, Avid Media Composer, Video Production, Video, Post Production, Editing, Film, Broadcast, Final Cut Pro, Videography, Producing, Television, HD Video, Media Production, Camera, DVD Studio Pro, Video Editing, Final Cut Studio, Non-linear Editing, Commercials, Broadcast Television, Short Films, Sound, Motion Graphics, Screenwriting, Reality, Multimedia, Film Production, Web Video, Pre-production, Digital Video, Documentaries, DVD authoring, Audio Editing, After Effects, Directing, Radio Broadcasting, Premiere, Radio, Entertainment, Voice Over, Cinematography, Film Editing, Digital Media, Camera Operating, New Media, Music Videos, Pro Tools, Feature Films, Storytelling David Blitzer Piscataway, New Jersey Medical Student at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 2012 — 2016 Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, neuroscience the National Institute of Mental Health July 2010 - July 2012 Science, Neuroimaging, Neuroscience, Immunohistochemistry, Scientific Writing, Animal Models David Boozer Radiation Health Officer at U.S. Navy Master of Engineering (MEng), Nuclear Engineering Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville 2005 — 2007 BS, Mathematics Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute June 2013 - Present U.S. Navy March 2013 - Present U.S.Navy June 2009 - March 2013 Alton School District August 2007 - August 2009 Nuclear, Radiation, Security Clearance, National Security, Operational Planning, Navy, Military, Top Secret, Nuclear Engineering, Microsoft Office, Physics, Radiation Safety, Health Physics, Radiation Protection, Leadership, Military Experience, Military Operations, Military Training, Engineering, Readiness, Personnel Supervision, Exercises, Instructor-led Training David Bornemann Attorney at McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, PA Doctor of Law (J.D.) BS, Finance and Marketing McKay, Cauthen, Settana & Stubley, PA August 2012 - Present McAngus Goudelock & Courie January 2010 - August 2012 Chappell, Smith, and Arden August 2007 - January 2010 SC 4th Judicial Circuit July 2006 - August 2007 David Boss Sales Representative CRM Arrythmia Technologies Institute 2008 — 2009 Cardiac Rhythm Management Boston Scientific April 2014 - Present Boston Scientific August 2013 - Present Boston Scientific July 2009 - April 2014 Boston Scientific July 2009 - July 2013 Pepsi Beverages Company December 2006 - July 2008 Healthcare, Medical Devices, Operating Room, Cardiology, Surgeons, Sales Operations, CRM, Cath Lab, Pacemakers, FDA, Sales, Sales Effectiveness, Selling, Product Launch, Hospitals, Clinical Research David Botzis Partner at Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP Bachelors, Accounting Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP November 2006 - Present Dixon Hughes 1991 - Present Gamble Givens & Moody LLC June 1991 - November 2006 Tax, Auditing, CPA, Employee Benefits, Corporate Tax, Tax Preparation, Accounting, GAAP, Income Tax, Tax Accounting, Financial Reporting, Internal Controls, Financial Accounting, Partnership Taxation, Tax Research David Boucher President & COO at UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc & Companion Global Healthcare, inc. M.P.H., Health Administration Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania 1976 — 1980 Bachelor of Science (BS), Community Health Administration Companion Global Healthcare ConductorUCI Medical Affiliates2012 - Present Healthcare, Physician Liason, Healthcare Management, Medical Tourism, Healthcare Consulting, Healthcare Information..., EHR, Project Management, HIPAA, Healthcare Industry, Medicine, Hospitals, Physician Relations, Public Speaking, Revenue Cycle, EMR, Surgery, Strategic Planning, Policy David Boylston Owner, Office Clean Inc. Office Clean Inc. 2002 - Present Savannah College of Art and Design 2000 - 2002 Regional Developer at 360clean for Coastal Georgia and Jacksonville FL. Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Education Jefferson Davis Academy High School 1975 — 1979 HS Diploma, College Preparatory 360clean January 2013 - Present Office Clean Inc. September 2002 - December 2012 Savannah College of Art and Design June 2001 - September 2002 Pinewood Prep. School January 2000 - April 2001 St.Andrews School- Savannah Ga 1995 - 2000 Tobul Accumulator, Inc. 1992 - 1994 Over 28 years of Sales..., Leadership, Sales, Strategic Planning, Sales Operations, Budgets, Team Building, New Business Development, Event Management, Coaching, Training, Leadership Development, Account Management, Marketing Strategy, Business Planning, Recruiting, Operations Management, Contract Negotiation, Entrepreneurship, Small Business David B. Pyoas Board of Directors at New Life Community Ministries, Inc Masters, Public Administration South Carolina State University 1977 — 1981 New Life Community Ministries, Inc March 2013 - Present Grady Health System/Emory University May 2012 - Present D B Pyoas & Associates January 2000 - Present Rebuilding Together Thurston County November 2011 - May 2012 The Salvation Army September 1996 - January 2000 The Salvation Army May 1996 - January 2000 U S Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Tranportation 1983 - 1985 New Business Development, Grant Writing, Strategic Planning, Fundraising, Board Development, Non-profits, Organizational..., Public Speaking, Grants, Program Management, Strategy, Team Building, Marketing, Human Resources, Event Planning, Leadership Development, Public Relations, Nonprofits, Management, Proposal Writing, Community Outreach, Customer Service, Volunteer Management, Program Development, Social Media, Workshop Facilitation, Leadership, Budgets, Research, Staff Development, Training, Social Networking, Policy, Negotiation, Public Policy, Entrepreneurship, Government, Coaching, Community Development, Event Management, Program Evaluation, Business Development, Strategic Communications, Consulting David Braaten Senior Vice President at Hines MBA, International Finance and Russian Oklahoma State University 1978 — 1982 BS, Accounting Hines June 2009 - Present Hines June 1997 - June 2009 LVS February 1995 - May 1997 Hines February 1994 - January 1995 Hough-Braaten, CPAs 1984 - 1989 Real Estate Development, Disposition, Due Diligence, Asset Managment, Real Estate, Real Estate Economics, Property Management, Corporate Real Estate, Leases, Real Estate Transactions, Valuation, Joint Ventures, Private Equity, Financial Modeling, Proformas, Budgets, Financial Analysis, Investments, Consolidation, Investment Properties, Acquisitions, Real Estate Financing, Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Private..., Lease Administration, Financial Structuring, Portfolio Management, Tenant, Finance, Property, Cash Flow, Capital Markets, GAAP, Financial Reporting, Negotiation, Emerging Markets, US GAAP, Accounting, Internal Controls, Financial Accounting, Investors, Tax, IFRS, Financial Statements, International Real..., General Ledger David Brand Fayetteville, North Carolina Area Senior Vice President at Fayetteville Technical Community College Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Curriculum and Instruction Doctor of Education (EdD), Curriculum and Instruction University of Houston 1985 — 1986 Master of Arts (MA), International Relations and Affairs Troy University 1982 — 1984 Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Business and Resources Management Fayetteville Technical Community College June 2012 - Present Department of the Army, USAJFKSWCS, Special Warfare Education Group March 2009 - June 2012 Department of the Army, USAJFKSWCS, Directorate of Special Operations Education March 2008 - March 2009 Department of the Army, Center for Army Lessons Learned - XVIII Airborne Corps October 2006 - February 2008 Bauder College March 2005 - October 2006 DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management February 2003 - January 2005 Keller Graduate School of Management March 2001 - February 2003 Keller Graduate School of Management September 1999 - February 2001 US Army March 1976 - December 1999 Management, Training, Teaching, International Relations, Curriculum Design, Special Operations, Command, Army, Distance Learning, English, Government, Leadership Development, Policy, Intelligence, Research, Leadership, Organizational..., Proposal Writing, DoD, Intelligence Analysis, Program Management, Military, Instructional Design, Analysis, Strategic Planning, Military Experience, Security Clearance, Military Operations, Operational Planning, Higher Education, Military Training David Branham QA\Configuration Management at AgFirst Farm Credit Bank Associate of Science (A.S.), Computer Science SpringValley High School High School degree of Academics University of Colorado at Boulder Bachelor's degree, Audio Engineering, Art and Science, Communication CSC - Computer Sciences Corporation December 2013 - November 2014 CSC - Computer Sciences Corporation August 2004 - December 2013 Palmetto GBA August 2000 - August 2004 BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina May 1999 - August 2000 BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina May 1997 - May 1999 Hidden Tracks Recording Studio March 1994 - September 1998 Quality Assurance, Software Quality..., SDLC, Systems Analysis, Data Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Technical Documentation, Software Documentation, Visio, Microsoft Office, Production Support, Scripting, Script-writing, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLPlus, SQL Server Management..., SQL, Oracle Enterprise..., Oracle PL/SQL..., Oracle, DB2, ODBC, COBOL, SharePoint, Data Warehousing, Websphere, Web Servers, Enterprise Software, ITIL, IT Service Management, Iso 9000, Six Sigma David Brannen Sales Senior On Premise Sales Representative at CocaCola Bottling Co. Consolidated Covington Theological Seminary Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated April 1999 - Present Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated 2004 - 2011 Champs Sports 1997 - 1999 Grocery, Key Account Management, Sales Management, Consumer Products, Direct Store Delivery, Merchandising, Distributed Team..., Trade Marketing, Forecasting, Account Management, Contract Management, Training Delivery, Service Delivery, Inventory Management, Purchasing, Management, Sales Operations, Sales, Income Statement, New Business Development, Pricing, Negotiation, Budgets, P&L Management, Team Leadership, Marketing Strategy, Retail, Profit, Food, Leadership, Inventory Control, Team Building, Logistics, Operations Management, Food Service, Business Planning, Customer Satisfaction, Market Planning, Key Account Development, Cross-functional Team..., FMCG, Shopper Marketing, Supply Chain, National Accounts, IRI, Beverage Industry, Sales Presentations, Spectra, B2B, Cold Calling David Brazell David Brearley Senior Project Manager, PMP at MAVERICK Technologies B.S., Computer Engineering MAVERICK Technologies April 2014 - Present Maverick Technologies October 2005 - April 2014 GE Automation Services January 2000 - October 2005 Wonderware, PLC Programming, SQL, RSView, HMI Programming, Schneider, iFix, Process Automation, SCADA, Automation, PLC, MES, Integration, HMIs, DCS, Process Control, Process Optimization, Manufacturing, Instrumentation, Commissioning, Allen Bradley, Electricians, Engineering, Factory, Modbus, Project Engineering, Control Systems Design, Control Logic, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Process Engineering, Robotics, PMP, Industrial Control, DeviceNet, Power Generation, Industrial Ethernet, Power Plants, Process Simulation, Power Distribution, MS Project, Energy Management, EPC David Brinkman B.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering A.S., Electronics Engineering Tech Intel Corp August 2000 - Present Intel Corporation July 2000 - Present Greater Piedmont Chapter of the Explorers Club January 2013 - December 2013 NCR Corporation January 1987 - August 2000 NCR Corporation 1987 - 2000 C, Linux, TCP/IP, Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Firmware, Debugging, Perl, Software Development, Hardware, Computer Architecture, Microprocessors, Electronics, Embedded Systems, Testing, Microsoft SQL Server, Intel, Device Drivers, Systems Engineering, Architecture, FPGA, Unix, Embedded Software, Cloud Computing, Integration, C++, Home Automation, XML, Telecommunications, Unix Operating Systems, Hardware Architecture, X86, Processors, PCIe, ARM, System Architecture, Embedded Linux, Shell Scripting, Linux Kernel, Semiconductors, Microcontrollers, Software Design, Technical Marketing David Brinn Public Affairs and Government Relations Northwestern University 2009 — 2011 Masters of Arts, Public Policy and Administration Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Political Science and Government Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago August 2009 - December 2012 Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago May 2008 - August 2009 Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago 2006 - May 2008 Palmetto Policy Group January 2006 - June 2006 South Carolina Chamber of Commerce 2005 - January 2006 Grassroots Organizing, Policy, Community Outreach, International Relations, Government, Politics, Research, Leadership, Public Speaking, Nonprofits, Public Policy, Volunteer Management, Grant Writing, Policy Analysis David Bye Greater Philadelphia Area Corporate Director of Nuclear Medicine at Lourdes Health System Bachelor's Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, 3.0 Healthcare Information..., Healthcare Management, Patient Safety, Critical Care, EMR, Hospitals, Healthcare, ACLS, EHR, Healthcare Consulting, BLS, Clinical Research, Nursing, HIPAA, Policy, Inpatient, Acute Care, Informatics, Nuclear Medicine, Cardiology Licensed Mortgage Broker at Goldengate Mortgage Goldengate Mortgage May 2014 - Present Academy Mortgage Corporation March 2014 - April 2014 Goldengate Mortgage February 2009 - March 2014 Chase August 2003 - December 2008 Gateway Mortgage Group April 1998 - August 2003 First Time Home Buyers, Loans, Real Estate, FHA, Investment Properties, Refinance, Residential Mortgages, VA loans, Loan Origination, Credit, FHA financing, USDA, Credit Repair and..., Mortgage Marketing, Construction Loans, Certified Mortgage..., Residential Homes, Real Estate Financing, Government Loans, Commercial Lending, Mortgage Underwriting, Real Estate Economics, Credit Analysis, REO, VA Loans, Underwriting, Foreclosures, Mortgage Lending, Sales, Single Family Homes, Referrals, FHA Financing David Calef social worker at Mental Health Social Worker masters, social work David Cantey Greater Seattle Area Project Manager at King County David Caraviello Staff Writer at The Post and Courier Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Journalism and Mass Communications; Editorial Journalism; cognate in Sport Administration Bishop England High School The Post and Courier August 2014 - Present NASCAR Digital Media November 2012 - July 2014 NASCAR.com/Turner Sports January 2007 - November 2012 The Post and Courier January 1999 - January 2007 The Herald-Journal 1996 - 1999 The Aiken Standard 1992 - 1996 Journalism, Newspaper, Ap Style, Copy Editing, Media Relations, Headline Writing, News Writing, Press Releases, Breaking News, Editing, Feature Articles, Storytelling, Blogging, Web Content, Investigative Reporting, Newspapers, Sports, Television, AP Style, Video, Broadcast, Facebook David Carper Sales Rep at TESTA WINES OF THE WORLD TheFiftyBest.com July 2015 - Present TESTA WINES OF THE WORLD June 2015 - Present David Carper Photography May 2005 - Present PJ Wine, INC. March 2012 - August 2015 Wine & More May 2005 - March 2012 Ilford Imaging August 1999 - September 2004 ImageCraft Photo Lab January 1996 - January 1999 QualityChrome 1991 - 1995 Certified Specialist of..., Wine, Wine Tasting, Beer, Alcoholic Beverages, POS, Food, Retail, Wineries, Brand Development, Sales Management, Sales, Customer Service, Food & Beverage, Marketing, Champagne, Fine Dining David Cartledge, PE Manager of Building Services at Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina February 2013 - Present BlueCross BlueShield of SC January 2005 - Present Office of the State Engineer - South Carolina 2004 - 2005 SC Dpeartment of Disabilites and Special Needs 1996 - 2004 Guy Wihte and Associates 1994 - 1996 Wilbur Smith Associates 1990 - 1994 PBS&J 1986 - 1990 Policy Management Systems Corporation 1984 - 1986 SC Department of Health and Enviromental Control 1981 - 1984 David Cason Sr. AML Analyst BS, Finance US Bank March 2015 - Present Citibank (Banamex USA) April 2012 - Present LPL Financial 2007 - April 2012 The Vanguard Group 2004 - 2007 AML, Banking, Coaching, Equities, Finance, Internal Audit, Options, Trading, Anti Money Laundering, Bloomberg, Customer Service, Financial Analysis, Financial Markets, Financial Risk, Financial Services, Fixed Income, Investments, Mutual Funds, Portfolio Management, Risk Management, Securities, Series 7 David Causey Attorney at Provence Messervy LLC Charleston School of Law M.A.T., English/Language Arts Teacher Education Provence Messervy LLC August 2009 - Present Dorchester County Probate Court August 2008 - August 2009 Summerville High School August 2003 - May 2005 Legal Research, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Writing, Courts, Appeals, Civil Litigation, Mediation, Trials, Trial Practice David Chambers LLMLE Candidate at Duke University School of Law Duke University School of Law 2015 — 2016 LLM in Law and Entrepreneurship Doctor of Law (J.D.), Cum Laude B.A. in Political Science; Minor in Business Administration Massanutten Military Academy 2005 — 2006 St. David's School Tethis June 2014 - August 2014 U.S. Department of Justice May 2013 - August 2013 U.S. District Court June 2012 - August 2012 The Supreme Court of North Carolina January 2011 - July 2011 Chambers & Ennis, PLLC January 2010 - July 2011 United States Senate August 2009 - December 2009 Kanakuk May 2008 - August 2008 Legal Writing, Litigation, Courts, Mediation, Appeals, Administrative Law, Entrepreneurship, Antitrust Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy Law, Renewable Energy Law, Start-ups, Early-stage Startups, Seed Capital, Venture Capital, Cleantech, Constitutional Law David Champney President at Champney Yacht Sales, LLC BS Degree, Business Administration (Marketing) Hampton High School 1964 — 1967 High School, College Prep Champney Yacht Sales, LLC January 2004 - Present Baker Marine Corp December 1989 - November 2004 Wilkins Yacht Sales January 1980 - August 1986 Yacht Sales and Service Yacht sales at Bearing Marine Group Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Marketing Hampton High School, Hampton Va 1964 — 1967 Bearing Marine Group August 2013 - Present Champney yacht Sales January 2004 - February 2008 Baker Marine corp December 1989 - January 2004 Shipping, Logistics, New Business Development, Microsoft Office, Transportation, Business Strategy, Sales Management David Cheetham Account Executive, DMNmedia Journalism & Mass Communications, Advertising and Business Administration University of Virginia, Institute for Shipboard Education 2013 — 2013 DMNmedia June 2015 - Present The Daily Gamecock June 2014 - May 2015 Strategic Cents February 2014 - June 2014 Social Media, Teamwork, Public Speaking, Sales, Customer Service, Marketing Communications, Time Management, Social Networking, Leadership, Negotiation, Advertising, Account Planning, Public Relations, Marketing Strategy, Event Management, Event Planning, Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Research, C++, English, AP Style, Management David Choate Director of Carolina Transition Consulting LLC BS Business Administration Carolina Transition Consulting LLC November 2014 - Present CSC November 2011 - October 2014 StoneRiver March 2009 - November 2011 Fiserv Insurance Solutions August 2005 - March 2009 CSC December 2000 - July 2005 Insurance, SaaS, Miller Heiman Sales..., Strategic Planning, Sales, Risk Management, Management, Business Analysis, Team Building, Sales Management, Leadership, Property & Casualty..., Business Strategy, Customer Service, Account Management, Negotiation, New Business Development, Enterprise Software, Vendor Management, Business Development, Solution Selling, IT Strategy, Program Management, Sales Operations, Outsourcing, Customer Satisfaction David Clamp Warner Robins, Georgia Software Engineer at US Air Force Civilian Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering US Air Force - Civilian June 2001 - Present Federal Reserve Bank February 1987 - May 2001 JOVIAL, Visual C#, Microsoft Office, C, C, Linux, Software Engineering, Aerospace, Leadership, Program Management, DoD David C Mims Sr Owner at Adaptive Solutions & Associates, LLC Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) - Incomplete, Music Education Adaptive Solutions & Associates, LLC November 2007 - Present Michelin North America June 1976 - November 2007 Michelin North America 1976 - 2007 Training, Continuous Improvement, Project Management, Published Author, Organizational..., Electronics, Negotiation, Troubleshooting, Management Consulting, Web Design, Access, Windows, Curriculum Design, Microsoft Word, TQM, Instructional Design, PowerPoint, HTML, Drums, Electrical Engineering, Value Creation, Instrumentation, Electro-mechanical, Managing Start-ups, Orchestral Percussion, Managing Meetings, TRIZ, Metrology, Amateur Radio, Concert Band, Capital Projects, Capital Budgeting, Problem Solving, Power Electronics, Measurement Systems, Communication, Key Metrics, Dashboard Metrics, Best Practices, Start-ups Management, Team Building, Teaching, Customer Service, Leadership Development, Leadership, Management, Strategic Planning, Manufacturing David Coats National Middle Market Credit Management and Administration Executive at Bank of America Bachelor of Science (BS), Double Major; Finance and Insurance Bank of America June 1985 - Present Commercial Banking, Credit Risk, Credit Analysis, Portfolio Management, Financial Analysis Senior Appellate Counsel at New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney's Office University of Chicago Law School 1991 — 1994 JD with Honors BA Magna Cum Laude with Honors from the South Carolina Honors College New York County District Attorney's Office February 2006 - Present Fordham Law School September 2007 - Present New York County District Attorney's Office August 2001 - February 2006 New York Court of Appeals August 1999 - August 2001 New York County District Attorney's Office September 1996 - August 1999 United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit September 1994 - August 1996 Appeals, Criminal Law David Colclough Sumter, South Carolina Area Customer Service Representative at Verizon Wireless David Conners Director of Project Management at Hilton Displays, Inc. Hilton Displays, Inc. October 2005 - Present ImagePoint June 2003 - October 2005 Account Management, Budgets, Business Development, Project Planning, Project Management, New Business Development, Sales, Trade Shows, Team Building, Strategic Planning, Contract Negotiation david cordle Piedmont, South Carolina building material salesman at 84 Lumber David Corso Chief Product Officer at PortCall.com, LLC The Graduate School at the University of South Carolina 2013 — 2015 Master's Degree, Educational/Instructional Technology Bachelor of Science (BS), Educational Gaming PortCall.com, LLC July 2015 - Present ACE Mulching May 2008 - July 2015 The Mariner Group July 2013 - June 2015 Immunis, LLC April 2012 - March 2015 Particle Systems, LLC May 2011 - March 2015 Spartanburg Methodist College May 2012 - July 2012 Able To Multi-task, Hard Worker, Organized, Social Media, Social Networking, Research, Start-ups, Team Leadership, Market Research, Entrepreneurship, Microsoft Word, Team Building, Strategic Planning, New Business Development, PowerPoint, Event Management, Public Speaking, Management David Cothran Army Reserve Affairs Branch Chief at USFORA Coker College Business Administration and Management, General US Army August 2014 - Present USFOR-A August 2014 - Present Telecommunications, Electronics..., Personnel Management David Coward Pensacola, Florida Area Restaurants Professional Bachelor’s Degree, Business Administration and Management, General Bed Bath & Beyond July 2015 - Present Advance Auto Parts March 2010 - June 2015 Multi-unit, Customer Satisfaction, Income Statement, Inventory Management, New Restaurant Openings, Team Building, Food, Catering, Restaurant Management, Franchising, Merchandising, Customer Service, Retail, Food & Beverage, Hospitality, Restaurants, Menu Development, Operations Management, Labor Control, Food Service, Sales, P&L, Multi-Unit David Crider Supervisor, Analysis Carbon and Energy Management at Pace Global Energy Services David Cromer Sales Associate International Paper Paper & Forest Products International Paper January 2015 - Present Paradigm Real Estate Group June 2004 - June 2014 Cincinnati Reds October 1998 - October 2001 Oakland Athletics June 1992 - September 1998 David Crosby PRO ISLAND WEST Head Golf Pro Island West at Brown Glf Management Brown Glf Management August 2012 - Present	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3749
__label__wiki	0.938255	0.938255	{{data.meterPrompt.countRemaining}} {{data.meterPrompt.message}} {{data.meterPrompt.callToAction}} Already subscribed? Log in {{data.paywallPrompt.countRemaining}} {{data.paywallPrompt.title}} {{data.paywallPrompt.message}} {{data.paywallPrompt.callToAction}} Happy Days are here as renaissance man Todd Ruppert hits Aussie boardroom scene By Colin Kruger March 26, 2017 — 10.18pm A true renaissance man is about to hit the Australian corporate boardroom scene. The hedge fund veteran Todd Ruppert, will be joining the board of tech start-up CSB Engage when it lists on the ASX via a backdoor listing through Waratah Resources. The company, which specialises in customer engagement and loyalty services, will be called Mobecom and forms part of a global web of interests for Ruppert. "I have an enormous appetite to pursue a lot of different, intellectually challenging things on a global scale – my many interests are just different pieces of a puzzle. I am on the boards of companies in China, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, France – all over," he told the Financial Times in 2014. CSB Engage has appointed former T Rowe Price executive Todd Ruppert to the board ahead of an ASX listing. Photo: Supplied "The key link between these companies is that they are disrupters. Disrupters are led by people who are visionaries." Ruppert said much the same about his Mobecom role when speaking to the local press this month. But Ruppert didn't leave the high pressure world of finance to dabble in a range of business disrupters. He is on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was a co-producer of Happy Days – The Musical, which one critic described as "a powerhouse rock and roll trip down memory lane". Illustration: John Shakespeare But Ruppert's interests don't end there. He served as executive producer of three documentary films: A Year in Burgundy, A Year in Champagne and A Year in Port. The latter in the trilogy is one of three finalists for movie of the year at the James Beard Awards, which have been described as the Oscars of food and wine. And if he is looking for some distractions in the run-up to the award ceremony next month, Waratah Resources is expected to release a notice of meeting any day now to usher in the changes. In the meantime, Ruppert might have time to consider a new movie: A Year in Bundaberg Rum. Premiership coup While it wasn't the score line the Sydney Swans wanted on Saturday afternoon at the SCG, when they went down to Port Adelaide, it was a small victory for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. He, first lady Lucy, and an entourage, hosted Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in the SCG Trustee suites. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull share a joke at the Sydney Cricket Ground. A new chapter was added to the government's troubles with South Australia when Port Adelaide Football Club president David Koch managed to get a Port scarf draped over Li's shoulders. The Swans fans did their ritual booing of the PM, but then one of the Sydney faithful threw a Swans scarf up, which the PM grabbed with aplomb and draped over Li to cover the Port turquoise. Kochie tried to wrangle the Port scarf over the top, but CBD's spy disguised as a goal post, noticed some heavy Chinese security placed a hand on the Premier's shoulder to stop such scarf shenanigans. AFL is becoming big business in China, with Port Adelaide and the Gold Coast Suns scheduled to play the first AFL game for premiership points on Sunday, May 14, in Shanghai. What the visitors made of the rules, we can only speculate. AFL chairman and former Rio Tinto board member, Mike Fitzpatrick, was also keeping Malcolm company in the suite and would, no doubt, have been swapping tips with Li. All that Gas There's a lot to love about AGL boss Andy Vesey. This is the man who landed on our shores to head AGL in 2015 to find a company in turmoil. He soon made peace with the greenies – kind of – by pulling out of the gas production business and set AGL on a path towards a renewable-friendly future. SA Premier Jay Weatherill, AGL CEO Andy Vesey and homeowner Geoff Perkins. Photo: Simon Evans Who would have thought his most public embarrassment would come in 2017 compliments of two politicians – a South Australian Premier and federal minister, no less – who would use his press conference as a mud wrestling pit for Australia's self-inflicted energy crisis. ABC's The Weekly made fun of Vesey's attempt at playing dead while Premier Jay Wetherill and Minister Josh Frydenberg duked it out at the press conference that was meant to highlight AGL's Virtual Power Plant strategy in Adelaide. Beef breakthrough as China insists its regional intentions are peaceful "Not dead, just imagining a time when Virtual Power Plants are so common we don't do press conferences about them," quipped Vesey in a tweet on Friday. How could those AGL investors quibble about his $6 million-plus remuneration package last year and launch a first strike against the utility's remuneration report? Follow CBD on Twitter. Got a tip? ckruger@fairfaxmedia.com.au The areas most vulnerable to interest rate changes Graincorp trades jump after close Trump's trade war is biting and leaving a nasty scar on China's growth Endangered Yowie at centre of bitter investor squabble 'It’s a muddle': Leading health economist calls for inquiry into private health insurance NIB, Medibank to feel squeeze as members opt out	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3756
__label__wiki	0.703668	0.703668	MLB / PRO Boxing / UFC / MMA 5- Star Small Forward Announces Commitment Anthony ‘Nino’ White: ‘My Philosophy as a Coach is to play the best man’! 2019 145th Kentucky Derby & Oaks: Betting Tips Gallery: Virginia advances to Final Four in O.T. Thriller over Purdue March Madness 2019: Three takeaways from Purdue’s Sweet 16 win over Tennessee My Message to Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Jason Garrett: You Coach to Win the Game! NFL – Week 6 Preview – Can Tom Brady and the New England Patriots defeat the Chiefs? Sights and Sounds – Kentucky Wildcats upset win over Mississippi State THREE UNDEFEATED TEAMS REMAIN AS NFL CLOSES OUT the FIRST QUARTER OF 2018 SEASON Is there a Quarterback Controvesy in Louisville? Analyzed Sports Alex Poythress: The time is now to let courage roar By Andre Chapman October 6, 2015 Basketball Andre’ Chapman Photo Credit Matt Hernadez October 6, 2015 Louisville, KY. (Analyzed Sports) It’s been a few weeks since Kentucky Wildcats Head Coach John Calipari labeled returning Senior Alex Poythress the only beast type player on the roster for his upcoming 2015-2016 super talented basketball team. 10 games into the UK Men’s Basketball 2014 season, Poythress would suffer a torn ACL while going up for an uncontested layup in the teams practice for the upcoming Dec. 13th North Carolina game. This would be a season-ending injury for the junior forward who was thought to be a key piece to a team that would run off 38 straight wins before falling in a heartbreaking 71-64 loss to Wisconsin in the 2015 Final Four in Indianapolis. The 6’8 forward was a defensive presence and athletic play-maker that averaged 5.5 points and 3.8 assists in 20 minutes before the season-ending knee injury. Almost 11 months later, with Big Blue Nation still licking its wounds from the 2015 Final Four loss, Poythress’s return for his senior season is vital for yet another team of fresh faces. Alex Poythress has been progressing well during rehab and is showing signs of his knee being fully healthy, but not yet at 100 percent. Head Coach John Calipari is counting on Poythress to be more of a vocal leader and has stated that this team will go as far as Alex Poythress takes it. This would be a huge step from a player who’s has been a quiet leader and whose motto is “Courage does not always roar” from famous author Mary Anne Radmacher. “I think I grew as a player mentally.” “You grow as a player from a standpoint and physically there’s certain things you can work on in certain areas, like the weight room and stuff like that.” “It’s good.” said Poythress. “As long as I’m on the floor and just playing to my strengths I feel like I can play anywhere.” “This year I’m going to have to talk more, so I’ll be ready for that, and just lead by example. Just show what they need to do and everything like that.” Poythress was a highly touted recruit out of Clarksville, TN’s Northeast high school expected to lead John Calipari’s 2012-2013 Kentucky Wildcats as a freshman a year removed from the school’s eighth National Championship. As a freshman, Alex would average 11.2 points per game and 6 rebounds in 25 minutes. Although Poythress was the second leading scoring during his freshman year, he never really grasped the role of being the type of leader needed for a young team to excel. That season would end in disappointment, as the young Wildcats would fail to reach the NCAA tournament and would lose in a first-round NIT game against Robert Morris. Fast-forward to the 2015-2016 Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball season and now the senior 6’8 forward is being asked to lead a young team again coming off a historic season. Calipari believes Poythress can be the difference for this young team because they don’t have a player currently on the roster that can as physical in the paint as an Alex Poythress. The time is now to let his courage roar for what will be Alex’s last season as a Kentucky Wildcat. “He and I sat down (and) I said, ‘It’s your time now to go do what you do. ” Head Coach Calipari said. “And I think he’ll be able to play in a spot, in a position, that he’s going to be comfortable playing, which means he’ll be more confident.” November 13, 2015 the Kentucky Wildcats will open the season against the Albany Athletics. Louisville City Football Club- USL Playoffs \| Analyzed Sports Clemson Has Statement Win Versus Notre Dame – Analyzed SportsAnalyzed Sports NFL Protests- Don’t Let the Method Override the Message Gary Payton on Donald Sterling Predicting the Top Remaining 2018 Basketball Recruits Road to Kentucky Derby 2018 – Early Top Five Derby Hopefuls 2018 Kentucky Derby 144: Four horses to watch Should Cleveland trade Kyrie Irving? 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__label__cc	0.574118	0.425882	DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004): COLLECTOR’S EDITION DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004) REVIEWED “Dawn of the Dead” was pretty exciting when it came out. A major studio was backing a major zombie movie at a time... by TroyAnderson November 5, 2017 DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004) REVIEWED “Dawn of the Dead” was pretty exciting when it came out. A major studio was backing a major zombie movie at a time when the creatures were still a novelty. The original cast returned for the most part. Well, half of the mall crew. Plus, you got Tom Savini acting again. You know how much the world loves Tom Savini the actor and not Tom Savini the genius makeup artist. The film holds up in both cuts until they have to escape the mall. Then, the Cameron influence takes over, as the mindless hordes chomp all over the social commentary. While I appreciate the overwhelming sense of dread, the film still has giant logic problems. The zombie baby doesn’t make a ton of sense. The constant shuffle of people and the video game like push to secure the mall doesn’t make sense. The 1978 version got away with it, because the process shown very mechanically and it was a rural mall in the Pennsylvania sticks. If you look at the surroundings in this film, it appears to be a suburban mall in a major metro area. That being said, I did import an Unrated cut DVD from Hong Kong back in 2005. Now, you kids get to have both cuts readily available on Blu-ray. This is why I constantly yell at you to get off my lawn. Behind-the-Scenes footage A/V STATS 2.35:1 1080p transfer DTS-HD 5.1 master audio track Video - 94% Audio - 95% Supplemental Material - 97% Film Score - 93% The Plot Thus Far A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman, and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall. 1 DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004) REVIEWED 2 SPECIAL FEATURES 3 A/V STATS 4 RELEASE DATE: 10/31/17 4.2 Like this: Dawn of the DeadJames GunnSarah PolleyVing RhamesZack Snyder REVIEWSBlu-ray PATHOLOGICAL OPTIMIST, THE by TroyAnderson - Nov 5, 2017 HALO: THE COMPLETE VIDEO COLLECTION Troy Anderson is the Owner/Editor-in-Chief of AndersonVision. He uses a crack team of unknown heroes to bring you the latest and greatest in Entertainment News. Little is hurt by one major thing. You’re never sure who to focus on: Issa Rae or Marsai Martin. The duo works great together, but when their plot lines... Maze is based on the 1983 mass breakout of IRA prisoners back in 1983. Don’t worry if you don’t know about it. We’re Americans and the rest of the... Crawl is the right kind of ridiculous horror movie. If we can have Gen Z kids fetishizing the 1980s across all entertainment platforms, then let’s bring back the schlock.... Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable is inspiring, even though I struggled not to make a joke with the title. Just imagine something about a tiger shark asking a surfer to hold...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3761
__label__wiki	0.562088	0.562088	Game of foam: 500 mages, orcs, and warriors get medieval in a Maryland state park Our LARPing correspondent embeds with the armies of Bellum Aeternus. Sean Gallagher - Jan 24, 2013 1:46 am UTC On a cool Sunday morning in November, I found myself heading south from Baltimore with three warriors from the nascent nation of Asaheim, their swords, spears, and banner stashed beside them in my minivan. War was brewing, and as we drove, they discussed battle plans and the revenge they would take on a particularly bothersome foe. But before they could unleash hell upon their opponents, I was told, we needed to make a quick stop. Their mage had mislaid his "burning hands" and needed a new pair. As we strolled through a discount department store in Glen Burnie, Maryland, people stared at my costumed companions. A middle-aged woman whispered, "Are they Goths or something?" "No, wrong tribe," I answered. "I believe they're more like Vikings." The burning hands—a pair of red wool gloves—were for my 22-year old son. The pair of fellow warriors were his roommates. And the battle we were headed to was Bellum Aeternus I, a fantasy combat and live-action role-playing (LARP) event hosted by the Darkon Wargaming Club. Nearly 500 participants were set to gather in a Maryland field for a weekend festival of virtual carnage. Darkon's officers hope that Bellum Aeternus will grow into an annual gaming event that draws fantasy and combat enthusiasts of all kinds from across the country—or at least from across the Mid-Atlantic, the cradle of padded weapon combat gaming. During the first battles of the day at Bellum Aeternus, armor—and shirts—were optional. Rise of a kingdom "Video games, they're fun—but I like creating my own fun," said one Darkonian I met hours later, after parking the minivan and unloading our gear. He identified himself as Warboss Gutsmangle, leader of the Darkon orc nation known as Waaagh Gutsmangle. "Nothing against video games, but I can come up with better things than programmers for my character to do, and being able to have this sort of limitless role-play opportunity appeals to me more." We spoke as an example of how that fun is created—one of the day's first battle games—was preparing to start: Two armies face each other in a broad clearing, hundreds strong. They form ranks for the coming clash. Some are in full plate armor or suits of chain; others are dressed in handmade studded leather or almost nothing at all. Swords and shields raised, bows and pikes at the ready, they stare across the open field and size each other up. Then someone throws what looks like a padded trashcan into the field between the armies and hell is unleashed. The two sides close quickly and try to push the can past each other in what looks like a Game of Thrones version of rugby. Call it Kick the Can, Darkon style. The field is soon strewn with those feigning mortal wounds or even death as "The Can" is advanced by a wedge formation of attackers, then thrown and kicked and carried over an imaginary goal line. Next, everyone resurrects, and the game starts again. Combatants scramble after “the can” in Bellum Aeternus' Kick the Can round. The weapons and shields are covered with foam, while arrows are tipped with padded orbs designed to prevent eye injuries. Combatants yell out a color code for the damage type their weapon does and do mental math to calculate when they are wounded or killed. It's easy to know when you've taken damage in a Darkon battle—while the weapons may be fake, the hits are very, very real. “I like dressing up, I like wearing funny clothes, and [Darkon] provides a safe environment to hit people with pillows. I still get to wear the funny clothes, but I get to hit people, too. It has its moments.” The Darkon club has existed in its current form since 1986, but its roots go back a decade further. In 1977, a Tolkien enthusiast named Brian Wiese started a live, Dark Ages-inspired combat game called Dagorhir (a name derived from Tolkien's Sindarin Elven language and meaning "battle lords"). Dagorhir's "boffer" combat—fighting with foam-padded stand-ins for pre-gunpowder weapons—is the basis for the combat rules of Darkon and a number of other battle gaming clubs, such as Amtgard and Belegarth, which also splintered off from Dagorhir. Unlike those clubs, which claim members across the US and around the world, Darkon has kept to its roots in the Baltimore and DC area. The game was the subject of a 2006 documentary film, and it has evolved over the years. Today it incorporates a strategic "land" game, an in-game economy with its own coin of the realm, and layers of political intrigue—all of which drive live-action role-playing on and off the battlefield. Darkon has also physically grown significantly. The Bellum Aeternus event, held at what was once a grass airstrip in the Patuxent River State Park, drew hundreds to do battle. More just show up to watch and catch up with old friends. Many brought along spouses and children, and a collection of merchants—selling everything from weapons and armor to fantasy-inspired pottery—gave the event the feel of an alternative universe Renaissance fair. The Darkon game goes beyond whacking people with foam-covered weaponry. It diverges from Dagorhir's original combat rules by incorporating magic; among its classes of combatants are clerics, mages, and others who can cast spells that can be used to incapacitate, attack, or disarm opponents. It also allows non-weapon combat tactics like grappling, tackling, and "shield bashing"—striking an opponent with the flat of a shield to knock them down or off-balance—that are banned in some Dagorhir offshoots, such as the Amtgard clubs. John Machate and other members of Darkon's nobility gather before battle. John Machate is a 20-year veteran of Darkon and the group's outgoing president. In-game, he is Sir Bendore Dubh of Dai-Dagan, a member of the royal court. (Off the field, he works for the Defense Department as an IT professional.) "I've done other 'boffer' combat clubs," he told me as he donned a breastplate and prepared for battle. "But they didn't hit hard enough. I like solid bumps. There are some aspects of battle we can do in this game that you can't do in other games." Machate has put his stamp solidly on the game, serving as Darkon president twice and treasurer once. He wrote the rules governing how countries claim and fight over land and the rules for the game's nobility system. At 42, he no longer takes to the field as frequently, but he has become more involved in the role-play around the court. This also gives him a chance to use the gear acquired in his other pursuits, which include 17th century living-history re-enactments and serving as guard for the royals at Maryland's Renaissance Festival. "I like dressing up, I like wearing funny clothes," he said. "And [Darkon] provides a safe environment to hit people with pillows. I still get to wear the funny clothes, but I get to hit people, too. It has its moments." Like other full-contact sports, Darkon's combat is not without risk. "There have been torn ACLs and PCLs, and broken bones," said Jennifer Karner, a 25-year old from Glen Burnie. Karner is Darkon's "coin marshal," accountant for the in-game economy. While she does fight, she tends to specialize in the group's role-play events; her Darkon persona, Siren, is a thief and the head of Darkon's Entertainment Guild. It's an underworld organization that controls the in-game casinos, taverns and betting on gladiatorial pit-fights. "I basically get to play a mob boss. I used to be a wallflower before I got involved in this," she told me. "Darkon is my shiny, happy place." Merchants set up shop in Bellum Aeternus' vendor area to hawk “dragon” and metal armor. apsdsm Seniorius Lurkius Man, the layout for this article is just beautiful. Also, I've never seen so many beards in one place. Big Wang Ars Scholae Palatinae I wish I could join, but as an Asian who cannot grow beard I feel like I'm going ot be totally out of place, espeically considering I'm pushing 30. Archavious Seniorius Lurkius This brings back memories of Wedge Rats LARPing on the quad... Sixclaws Ars Praefectus Big Wang wrote: You could play as a D&D Elf RoyAwesome Seniorius Lurkius Living the life. Keep on keepin on. 1 post \| registered Jan 19, 2013 "Milady, dost thou have Pepto-Bismol on thee?" Chikahiro Ars Praefectus et Subscriptor Well, I suppose we won't see this in Hawai'i anytime soon! Looks like fun; if I make it that way, I might have to check it out. Thanks for sharing this! Arundel Seniorius Lurkius This mash-up of fantasy universes (in the names of countries and various aspects of the game) makes me realize how much of a nerd I am. However, I just am not enough of one to become a LARPer. Awwww. Put the stylesheet back the way it was please. I liked having the header at the top of every comment. Aurich Creative Director et Subscriptor apsdsm wrote: Thanks! We're trying to carve out more time to present these nice original stories in a way they deserve, hoping to be able to do more of this for the content it's right for. Thanks to Lee and Aurich for going above and beyond on layout for this. +Griz Ars Praefectus I'm a 31-year-old half-Asian who can't grow decent facial hair, but I kinda want to do this anyway despite the anachronisms because it looks like a lot of fun and I like medieval wargames. also my great-great-grandfather was a samurai and I'm pretty good at traditional archery so it wouldn't be too hard to come up with a semi-believable backstory for a ronin/exile/adventurer who travelled to Europe and joined a mercenary warband. Hehe. I was a founding member of the country of Albion in Darkon back in ~2002. Good group, with all sorts of people. Some internal politicking which was hinted at in the documentary, but for the most part, a fun day once every other week, full of running around outside sparring with people with a bit of D&D fantasy rolled in. Plus, the insurance cost was cheap and the weapons were made at home, so it was a great college hobby for those with little free money. I also learned things like 'staves are great for one on one, but useless in a line as it can't swing', 'Roman shield walls are fun to bash', and 'if you don't get some sort of injury while out in the field, you aren't trying hard enough'. Also, Darkon in a kilt in 2' of snow is a sh*tload of fun. It's neat seeing Darkon crop up these days with national attention. I'm glad they're doing well. edit: one thing that comes to mind - you mentioned your sons, and the color/damage system (white: one handed slashing, yellow: crushing, red: piercing, black: two handed slashing) but nothing about pink damage. Some of my favorite memories were when three to five-year-olds came out with their parents. They were not allowed on the field itself of course - instead spending time with people on the sidelines watching and having a picnic - but the foam dagger they were given for the day was a powerful weapon to be feared by all, able to ignore armor and take down the mightiest of warriors in one swift stab. Such a blow, accompanied by the magic word: "PINK!" would usually be followed by high pitched squeels from full grown men in war paint fleeing the reach of a 2 foot high kid with curls and a mischievous glint in her eye. Last edited by river-wind on Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:05 pm kobolds wrote: No blood spill ? boring It's a LARP in the U.S.A. You want blood? Go to a LARP in the UK, Norway and/or Germany. UltimateLemon Ars Praefectus Sixclaws wrote: I saw a group doing actual re-enactment in University of Auckland. They were using steel blunted swords but the weight and balance was apparently authentic. Out of 20 people, I think 2 or 3 got carried out in an ambulance and at least half of them had some serious bruising. +Griz wrote: Or that psychotic maniac who decided to kill his way across the continent and thought Europe is a happenin' place. DoomHamster Ars Tribunus Militum et Subscriptor Combatants scramble after “the can” Well, OK, saunter determinedly after "the can". countcracula Ars Scholae Palatinae Aye, gather ye spoils and leave me your finest wench! This article is remarkable. Wish I could have seen it in person. The bow and arrows look pretty fun, what's it like to get hit with one Vactus Seniorius Lurkius I'm fairly certain I've heard of Darkon the movie, but before this article I truly knew nothing about it. Wow. As a fellow LARPer (sort of) I love this. Here in San Angelo TX (middle of no where, I promise) we have our larp group and our battle group of which I participate in both when time allows. Well, not the larp so much, real life issues. But still, really loved reading this article and wish there was something this amazing where I am now and where I am headed in a few months. Well written and thanks for the article and pics. countcracula wrote: Depends on how far away you are form the archer, and if you get hit in the face or not. They are normal practice arrows you'd find at any sporting goods store, so long as the shaft can't shatter - no wood or hard plastic, and I think carbon fiber was banned as well. You then cut the sharp tip off the arrow, and make a 'cap' for it: usually 1/4" PVC pipe with a quarter glued over the top. This is fitted over the shaft, and then capped in turn with blue camping foam you can find at Walmart of similar stores (the denser kind used for sleeping pads). The sides of the PVC are also covered. Then, a layer of softer foam like in a couch cushion, all covered in a cloth wrap and duct taped together. The diameter of the head of the arrow (and sword pommels, and anything else similar in shape) has to be larger than an eye socket so no one can get hit directly in the eye itself. All weapons were checked in before every event by field marshals and crew to avoid stupid designs and old abused weapons from hurting anyone. Also, I think it was required for the insurance policy. Some people got mad at me for making them dismantle and rebuild their shields 20 minutes before an event, but if I can feel plywood core through a seam in the foam, its not going out on to the field. Graeme K Ars Legatus Legionis et Subscriptor I have nothing constructive to add to the discussion, I just wanted to say this article was the bee's knees. Thanks for the first person accounts river-wind, I promoted them to the end of the story. We had a good time making a custom layout for this piece, I'm glad everyone is enjoying it. Excuse the little bugs if you see them, we're finding a couple minor glitches that only live testing revealed. Great job as always, Aurich! UltimateLemon wrote: so, not all that different from a typical American football game then. I imagine injuries are much less of a concern in countries that have national healthcare instead of the awful American system where you end up paying $500+ out of pocket for the ambulance ride and thousands more for the actual treatment. superhero Seniorius Lurkius it was vast. i like the costume very much. very cool. There's plenty of LARPers in Europe that poke fun at their American counterparts. Some were shocked when they found out that the Americans use foam swords and shields. Of course, I'm talking about folks who end up with broken limbs and bruised organs yet at the end of the LARP they leave with a big smile. Europeans complaining that Americans aren't violent enough, that's a new one. tmoldovan Wise, Aged Ars Veteran Omg, what a beautifully written and presented article. Kudos to LARPers for getting this organized. It's like real life skyrim, but with funnier people and better dialogue. Vactus wrote: There are tons of LARPs, each with its own individual style. My impression is Darkon is fairly combat-oriented, which I think is probably inevitable on that scale. Other LARPs are more focused on roleplaying and story. Which is not to say Darkon lacks roleplaying or story, or that smaller LARPs lack combat, just different focuses. A good reference for those who want to find LARPs is http://www.larplist.com/list.php Like everything else, some will suit you better than others so it's worth comparing. The list includes LARPs without physical combat (e.g. WOD/Mind's Eye Theater games) as well as those with it. Personally I'm in New England, which seems to have an overabundance of LARPs. There's also the SCA. The SCA is not a LARP, so there is not really roleplay or plot, but they do have combat on both the individual and battle levels. SCA heavy combat does not put foam on their weapons, so the armor needs to be heavier, but there is something amazing about a battle with thousands of combatants... http://www.sca.org flash__ Ars Centurion You should do stand up. Destructicus Smack-Fu Master, in training On the off-chance someone reads this who is from St. Louis and is interested in trying something like this out... check out our group's website: www.riverbendcombat.com Our ruleset is derived from Dagorhir, just like Darkon's. However, we are more of a sport. We don't have "classes" or magic rules. You're as good as what you bring to the field (your body and your equipment). thelocalhentai Seniorius Lurkius Would really love to do this. I'd dress up as a Conan-esque barbarian even though I'm a short skinny asian dude, would roll people would my two handed sword. aleph_nought Ars Tribunus Militum How does the combat take place when you have big hordes fighting each other? Is it mainly one-on-one or just a mad scrum? I'm wondering how combatants keep track of damage done by all the different weapons and wondering when to drop dead. Would be pretty funny to see a guy still running around after taking lots of hits because he couldn't count properly. This sounds like mad fun K1500 Seniorius Lurkius Depending on how long ago you saw that I may well have been one of those wielding the swords (never had to leave in an ambulance though)! There also used to be a LARP group based in Wellington who use the foam weapon variety. There is a bit of a difference between the re-enactment practises and the LARPers but there's still a fair cross over between the groups in a country as small as NZ. Haven't done any of that stuff in years now - though every now and then I do get a hankering to spar with someone. Either way this piece stirred some cool old memories - so thanks Ars! Syberia Ars Centurion tmoldovan wrote: It's like real life skyrim, but with funnier people and better dialogue. I used to be a LARPer like you, but then I took an arrow to the knee! Maike Seniorius Lurkius Well, that's not completly true. I live in Germany and I play LARPs here. Not every LARP is based on fights. I personally prefere those with much ambience and a good story (for example the Helicons/Heligonia – lovely!). iridepolarbears Seniorius Lurkius fighting with blunts and no armor tends to lend itself to bleeding. the group I fight/spar with tends not to end the days fighting until we are all bleeding, and our hands a trembling to much to hold a sword properly. some trips to emergency though has made us switch to mostly foam swords... it was a sad day for all... until we realized you could hit harder since you were far less likely to seriously injure the guy. rejoicing was had by all. Considering how good the armor and costumes look, I find it baffling how terrible the swords are. They look more like foam cricket bats. Is there any reason for this? Surely it can't be safety alone, because there's some great looking larp weaponry out there, with paint jobs that actually make them look like metal and not a piece of foam with fabric around it.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3769
__label__cc	0.68706	0.31294	Review of Mating Behavior by Mandy M Roth Wolf shifter Alan has a problem; he wants a best friend, Katie in the worst way. Katie, however, is a human and doesn’t know Alan is a wolf. For Alan to choose Katie would be a death sentence –thing is Katie is a witch- They both hide what they are from each other because if they were to reveal what they are to each other, it would be death to the other one. Humans aren’t supposed to know about paranormals/ supernaturals. This is a good book and it is such a quick read. The MC have great chemistry with each other and I truly enjoyed their interaction. The MC have known each other for a while and it was good to read how the secret was finally revealed. I also loved the build of the sexual attraction between the MC. The author really took the time to weave it between the story she told and I liked that. This is more of a novella type story, not a full out story but you would not know that by the way the story went. Alan and Katie really dominated the read and you will love reading this story. A gifted copy was provided by the publisher for my honest review My rating: 4.5 stars at August 26, 2015 No comments: Review of Formidable Lord Quentin (Rebellious Sons Book 4) by Patricia Rice A gifted copy was provided by the Author for my honest review This is book 4 in the series-- Lady Isabel (Bell) Beldon who is also known as The Virgin Widow, does not want to remarry and has NO intention of remarrying. Since she is a widow, she has access to her funds and does not have to deal with a husband to go to and ask for funds. She has more independence in being a window than being married. She married a man she didn’t love, for her family, for their security and safety rather than for her own happiness and now she is at peace. Using her funds, Lady Bell takes her own money to use to give his female relatives their dowries in order to aid them in acquiring proper husbands. Lady Bell has the assistance of Lord Quentin, who is a relative of her late husband’s, someone she is attracted to and someone she would give her attention to, if she would like to. Lord Quentin has wanted Lady Bell since the moment he met her 10 years ago but he belonged to his late relative. Since her husband died, he made sure to be in her life in any way he could so that he could be with her. When Bel’s siblings’ are brought to her and made her wards , then he saw a way to slowly introduce himself into her life and make a way into her life and entice his way into her life. Then when Bel looks to be losing her siblings to Quentin’s father, Lord Quentin tries anyway he can to win her hand in marriage by coming between his father and Lady Bel the only way he knows how- by standing in his way. The two unite to make sure they cannot take the children and the money which is what is driving them-greed. And there is a deep passion and chemistry between them that they are fighting that they also have to work out and decide if that is worth fighting for or letting go. This is a great story that is a long time coming for the lovers in this classic romance. I highly recommend this story if you like the Regency-era romances with great chemistry between the H/h then you have it here with the classic villains and fantastic action scenes. My rating: 4.4 stars * The Way We Rise BY CASSIE LEO Release Blitz**** The highly anticipated conclusion to the USA Today bestselling Story of Us series. With Liam’s fate no longer in the balance, Rory and Houston are poised on the precipice of a life-altering decision. When Rory’s father arrives in California to comfort Rory and make amends, Houston finds the decision becomes much easier to make. When Houston suggests they take a break Rory thinks he must be joking. But he’s not. And his timing couldn’t be worse. With Houston and Rory vowing to keep their new friendship strictly outside of the bedroom, their friends and family seize the opportunity to draw out the torture and surprises. Ensuring that Houston and Rory’s story has an ending they’ll never forget. The Way We Rise is the final book in The Story of Us Series, which follows the tumultuous love story of Rory and Houston. New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cassia Leo loves her coffee, chocolate, and margaritas with salt. When she’s not writing, she spends way too much time watching old reruns of Friends and Sex and the City. When she’s not watching reruns, she’s usually enjoying the California sunshine or reading – sometimes both. Come chat with her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/authorcassialeo Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AuthorCassiaLeo You can also follow her blog at http://cassialeo.com to stay up to date on new releases and giveaways. 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He didn’t know that Liam was a good person with a good heart, and the worst taste in music. He never saw Liam fall asleep on the sofa with Sparky in the middle of the day. He never heard Liam talk about his older sister as if she were his idol. He never caught Liam taking selfies in a Santa suit. I wash up quickly in the shower and put on the clean outfit I brought with me when we went to pick up Sparky at three in the morning from the house Liam and I shared for the past month and a half, until yesterday. I open the bathroom door and Houston is sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning forward with his elbows on his thighs as both dogs lie at his feet. He looks up as I come out of the bathroom and manages a weak smile. “How are you feeling?” I sniff loudly and let out a deep sigh. “Never better.” “Don’t do that, Rory,” he says, beating me to the doorway before I can leave the bedroom. “Don’t shut me out.” I stare at his chest and wonder what’s going on inside there. Does his heart ache even a tiny fraction as much as mine does right now? Does he feel even the slightest bit of remorse for what happened last night? I swipe my hands down my face then wipe the moisture on the front of my jeans. “I can’t. I can’t talk to you about him. It’s just… It’s not right. I’m sorry.” He reaches out slowly and gently takes me into his arms. “It’s okay.” His shirt smells like yesterday. I reach up and close my fist tightly around the fabric, bringing it to my nose. I inhale the scent slowly and deeply, aching to be transported back to last night. To the moment when I could have chosen to stay in my damn hotel room. Then a pitiful, involuntary whimper leaks out of my mouth. Houston tightens his grip on me as he feels my body becoming heavy. In one swift motion, he swoops me up in his arms and carries me to the bed. Then he sits on the edge and waits for me to speak. I pull the sheet up, use it to wipe my eyes, hoping to conceal my grief and my shame, but Houston won’t allow it. He pries the sheet out of my hands and pulls it down, away from my face, so he can see me. “Look at me, Rory.” I angle my face upward to look at him and the change in position sends two fat tears sliding down my cheeks. He reaches for me, wiping one of them away. “I realized something when I woke up this morning and found you lying next to me for the first time in five and a half years.” I want to ask him what he realized, but I can’t bring myself to speak. He tucks my damp hair behind my ear. “The world looks and feels different when I’m with you. Better and easier.” His gaze wanders over my face and hair for a moment before he continues. “That’s how I know we’re going to get through this, because we’re better together.” I climb the fence quickly and wrap my arm around her shoulders to guide her back to the car. “What are you doing out here? I told you to stay in the car.” “I was worried about you,” she says, her teeth chattering as I open the passenger door for her. “Is someone going to let us out?” “No one was there.” Her eyes widen. “We’re stuck in here?” I shake my head as I try to come up with an answer better than the truth, then I remember I promised to never lie to Rory again. “There may be a groundskeeper who’ll come by tonight and let us out. But if not, then yes. We’re stuck here for the night.” Her mouth drops open in utter horror. “I’m sorry. It’s all my fault.” “Bullshit. I could have carried you to the car and forced you to leave. It’s not your fault. And, hey, look on the bright side,” I reply, raising my voice to be heard over the sound of the rain battering the top of my car, and Rory looks at me as if I’m insane to even suggest there’s a bright side. “Spending the night in a cemetery will probably be the ultimate test of our friendship.” She rolls her eyes as she climbs into the passenger seat. “You call that a bright side? I call that a nightmare.” *********COVER REVEAL***********Boiling Point by Tessa Bailey PLUS BONUS Preview Get ready for Boiling Point! The next installment in Tessa Bailey's thrilling Crossing the Line series. We hope you love the cover as much as we do! About Boiling Point: Falling for a con man is the most dangerous game of all... Con artist Austin Shaw's been in disguise so long he's not sure where his fake identities end and he begins. Now that he's been strong-armed into working for a specialized undercover unit working with the Chicago police—criminals with unique “skills”—the last thing he needs is to risk his iron control. Especially when it comes to a certain stunningly sexy hacker who tempts him with every look of disdain. Polly Banks will never, ever trust a con man. On the trail of a ruthless crook who destroyed the only family she's ever known, Polly is unnerved by the shadow who follows her every move. The one who makes her pulse pound and breath short with lust. Austin. He's infuriating, enigmatic, and pure sex appeal, and she's determined to resist him. But an untrustworthy man of disguise can become anyone he wants...including a man that Polly must trust if she's to escape their dangerous game alive. About Tessa Bailey: Tessa Bailey is originally from Carlsbad, California. The day after high school graduation, she packed her yearbook, ripped jeans and laptop, driving cross-country to New York City in under four days. Her most valuable life experiences were learned thereafter while waitressing at K-Dees, a Manhattan pub owned by her uncle. Inside those four walls, she met her husband, best friend and discovered the magic of classic rock, managing to put herself through Kingsborough Community College and the English program at Pace University at the same time. Several stunted attempts to enter the work force as a journalist followed, but romance writing continued to demand her attention. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband of seven years and three-year-old daughter. Although she is severely sleep-deprived, she is incredibly happy to be living her dream of writing about people falling in love. The cover for Raw Redemption, the fourth book in the Crossing the Line series. It releases on June 28, 2016--Here is the link to find the book on GOODREADS.COM https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26012236-raw-redemption?ac=1 ARC REVIEW OF DAMAGE REPORT By Mandy M Roth Weston Carol is a bear shifter and also has been genetically altered to be “the” super solider. All he wants is kick back and relax, look at living the life of the bear and staying off the grid. He headed to a place , one that has a lake ( there is a meaning behind this). While he is at the lake getting ready to go “bear”, a reason due to dreams of “her” which kept his bear on edge and now he has to take care of him which leads him to where it is at this point , when a car pulls up and 3 people get out . Among those people are Casey Black and with him Bill and Gus. Casey has come to tell him that his mate is in danger and he needs to find her and save her; and she is close-she is in Seattle but time is of the essence to get to her to save her. Paisley Addiks who is such a sweet , sassy lady. Paisley needed to find out what happened to her friend Gale and she was going to this sex club in Seattle where she last saw her when she disappeared. Paisley was more than she knew and all she knew was that she was a great friend. Both her and Gale suffered from the same thing which made go to places like the sex club and drain the energy from it. It gave them the energy and then her friend was gone and it left Paisley devastated and feelings like she was the only one left in the world like her out there. Now she has been found out by the new crew for the club and they seem pretty vicious. What is going to happen? Weston & Bane get to where Paisley is and when Weston sets eyes on Paisley for the first time and he smells her, it roused the bear and the bear wanted his mate BADLY, the man wanted his woman and life tilted and changed forever as he knew it. He knew this woman even though he knew he never knew he had never met her before in his life. The ride between them started now and what was ride it was and their story is full of emotions, passions, one cocky Alpha Bear male and a female who is not aware of what she fully is and the story of her finding out her origins is really good. Highly entertaining. There is a side story involving Bane so do not miss that! My rating : 4.8 stars * ARC Review of RYAN'S LOVE by C.A. Harms OMG, what a fantastic story! Ryan’s Love has the ability to grab you and make you stop and think about what you have in your life and be so grateful and cherish for the moments in your life. Ryan Sawyer lost his wife due to some surgery complications when his daughter was 12 years old. That loss about did him in and he drifted in a daze for several years, barely coping. Fast forward to several years later and Ryan is just now coming out of the fog of grief, with his daughter, Olivia in High School. Ryan is in the sheriff department in town. Amber Dirksen has just moved to Livingston Montana after going thru a bad breakup. She had family ties to the town and knows she loved this town when she was there years ago. This is a place she can grow roots. She is going to start a bakery here with her bestie, Bailey and make a home and a new beginning. As she is getting the bakery together, she happens to meet the Sawyer brothers when she gets a flat tire-she met Jackson( keep your eyes on him –there is something between Bailey and him) , Noah, and Ryan. They were all super sweet and kind but when it came to Ryan-WOW, the sparks were there between them. Ryan found himself remembering Amber especially well and getting himself all in knots. Ryan finds himself making reasons to see Amber and then he knows this woman , the first, is someone he wants to date since his wife died. There is bitter feelings from his daughter when he tells her first his feelings and he has trouble from her when he starts to date Amber. There is definitely trouble and near tragedy in this story that plagued our star crossed lovers. Amber is a strong woman who knows she is in love with Ryan but she is afraid she is competing with a ghost of a woman who everyone loved. Here she knows no one really cares for her or about her except her dear friend, Bailey and her cousin-Alena. Amber wants Ryan so much and she loves her greatly but she refuses to compete with a ghost. After what happened, she has to let go and let him be there for his family.Ryan knows he loves Amber but with all that is going on, he doesn’t think he will have that happiness in his life. He has to put family first but it is killing his soul. Can he ever have true love bless his life again for a second time, will his daughter be happy, will HE ever find peace, love again? This story took the reader on an emotional journey and the tissue box got a workout. Ryan captured my heart and Amber captured my spirit. They are a beautiful couple who were so right for each other. Their struggles made this such a sweeter story and I am super excited by the new series. I also loved the secondary characters introduced. Bailey , Alena, Noah and Jackson. Ladies, meet our next couples. I cannot wait for our next book in this series. This was a wonderful read for which I and the tissue company appreciate. This will be a book that will be re-read many many times. Ryan's Love BLOG TOUR by CA Harms "How could I ever go on without her..." RYAN'S LOVE Author: C.A. Harms Series: Sawyer Brothers #1 Publisher: Limitless Publishing ★SYNOPSIS★ One of the hardest things I have ever had to do was bury my wife. The second hardest thing would be watching my 12 year old daughter fall to her knees as they lowered her mother into the ground to rest. A heart wrenching vision that will forever be etched in my mind. Claire was my best friend, she had been since we were barely old enough to talk. I always knew, one day, I would marry her. I think I may have even told her that a few times while we were growing up. Never did I think I would lose her so suddenly. I knew at that moment… Our life would never be the same again… - PURCHASE - #KindleUnlimited ~ http://amzn.to/1KbN83 - EXCERPT - I couldn’t contain my happiness. Hell, I had forgotten what it was like to hold a woman close. To hold her hand in mine or to bury my face at the base of her neck, just where it meets her shoulder. The comfort of having a woman in my arms was something I thought I’d never have the pleasure of again. Amber was different than any other woman I had met over the years. She was so sweet, shy, and compassionate. She was so easy to talk to, and the way she listened to me made me feel like she was hanging on my every word. The way she looked at me also made me feel like I’d hung the moon. It was reassuring to have someone I could share time with, someone that didn’t know me during the darkest part of my life. She gave me the chance to let a little of the old me shine through. I had really missed the old me. “Climb up,” I said from behind her as she stood staring up at the horse only a few feet from her with a look of panic on her face. I was more than positive this was the closest this city girl had ever been to one. She peered back over her shoulder, and I almost laughed at how overwhelmed she looked. “I’m from the city,” she said with wide eyes, emphasizing her loss at what to do. “Ryan, you do understand that we have subways and taxis, right? We do not have horses that are the size of SUVs. I’m going to need a little help if you expect me—” She pointed toward her chest, then spun around to point at the horse. “—to get up on that thing.” Now I did chuckle. It was impossible not to. She was damn near panicking at the thought of how she would mount and then ride the horse. I stepped up behind her, my chest fitting flush against her back. Gripping her hips, I leaned my head closer and grazed my lips over her ear. Her body relaxed against mine, and she tilted her head to the side, opening up her neck to me. As I placed a kiss at the base of her neck, she shuddered in my arms. “You have to put your foot in the stirrups,” I whispered before kissing just below her ear. “I’ll lift as you pull yourself up.” She nodded with her eyes closed as her chest moved up and down in small pants. “Go on,” I urged. I lifted her as she gripped the saddle, and she yelped when I firmly placed her atop Storm, my father’s Oldenburg stallion. Jackson held him steady as I pulled myself up and took my spot behind Amber. Our bodies were so close together I could feel her ragged breaths as she shifted against me with each one. Earlier, I’d been worried about bringing her to my parents’ house. I wasn’t sure how they would feel about seeing me with another woman after all this time. When I stopped by last night for dinner, I wanted to make sure it was okay, and their answers shocked me. My mother cried and assured me that moving on was for the best. She then admitted she had worried I would never truly be happy again and that imagining me alone without someone to love me broke her heart. My father gave me one of those manly hugs and said he looked forward to meeting the woman who was bringing back his son. His words rang true as I too felt Amber was allowing me to feel alive again. She had returned my desire to feel, to love. Jackson, on the other hand, just kept commenting on how good-looking the girl that caught my attention was. He made sure to throw in the fact he met her first and had already been inside her apartment. The cocky son of a bitch was so full of himself, he chose to leave out the part about only being there to move furniture. Noah, of course, was more of the silent type, yet his eyes showed he was pleased with my choices. “You ready?” I asked Amber while wrapping my arms around her waist and grabbing the reins. She nodded, and I looked over one last time to see Jackson grinning from ear to ear. C.A. Harms is like any other addicted reader. She enjoys happy endings and HEA love stories. She hasn't always been a lover of Romance and had once been addicted to a good Mystery. Just recently she has taken on a new liking and now is a full blown Romance novel addict. She lives in Illinois and enjoys spending time with her husband and two children. You will always find her with her kindle or paperback in hand as it is her favorite pass time. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-CA-Harms/354791947956151 Twitter: https://twitter.com/charms0814 Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6895633.C_A_Harms Limitless Publishing: http://www.limitlesspublishing.net/authors/c-a-harms/ NEWSLETTER: http://bit.ly/1xsgHCS ~ Tour Hosts ~ HEA Book Tours, PR & More: http://heabooktours.blogspot.com/ Book Junky Tours, PR & More: http://bookjunkytourspr.blogspot.com/ ★★★★ RYAN'S LOVE by C.A. Harms ★★★★ Genre: #ContemporaryRomance #OneClick – http://amzn.to/1KbN83b ★★ PURCHASE ★★ #KindleUnlimited ~ http://amzn.to/1KbN83b ★ EXCERPT ★ ★MEET THE AUTHOR: CA Harms★ Release Blitz- Falling With You by Carrie Ann Ryan Title: Falling With You Series: Fractured Connections #3 Author: Carrie Ann Ryan Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date... Review of Formidable Lord Quentin (Rebellious Sons... The Way We Rise BY CASSIE LEO Release Blitz*... *********COVER REVEAL***********Boiling Po... ***********Cover Reveal ******ANCHOR by M. 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__label__cc	0.539147	0.460853	Electoral Commissioner Ed Killesteyn Resigns; WA Electoral Officer Also Goes; Casualties Of Senate Debacle The Australian Electoral Commissioner, Ed Killesteyn, has resigned. The Western Australian Electoral Officer, Peter Kramer, has also quit. Killesteyn’s resignation was announced this afternoon by the Special Minister of State, Senator Michael Ronaldson. He said Killesteyn has taken personal leave until his resignation takes effect on July 4. The resignation comes a day after the High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, formally voided the Western Australian Senate election. The court ruling followed a petition from the AEC that the election should be thrown out following the loss of around 1300 ballot papers during last year’s count. Killesteyn’s resignation is an honourable move to accept responsibility that will safeguard the AEC against ongoing criticism. It comes just two months into his second 5-year term as Electoral Commissioner. The resignation of the Western Australian Electoral Officer, Peter Kramer, complements Killesteyn’s and provides a chain of accountability for last year’s events. Kramer was in the final year of a 5-year term. [Read more…] Filed Under: 2013 Federal Election, AEC Tagged With: 2013 Federal Electrion, AEC, Ed Killesteyn, Michael Ronaldson, Peter Kramer, Tom Rogers, WA Senate High Court Formally Voids WA Senate Result; No Date Yet On New Poll The High Court’s Justice Kenneth Hayne, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, today formally declared the Western Australian Senate election void, paving the way for a new election in April or May. The Court ruled that the loss of 1370 ballot papers during the second count meant that those electors had been denied a vote. It rejected arguments that it should endorse either of the two counts, as well as arguments that it should substitute a “patchwork” of results from both counts. A writ for the Senate election now needs to be issued by the Governor of Western Australia. By convention, state Governors accept the advice of the Governor-General on when to call Senate elections. This means that the election date, as usual, will be decided by the Abbott government. The election must be held by May at the latest, in order to allow time for the votes to be counted and a result declared so that new senators can take their place on July 1. [Read more…] Filed Under: 2013 Federal Election, Abbott, AEC, High Court Tagged With: AEC, Court of Disputed Returns, Kenneth Hayne, Michael Ronaldson, WA Senate High Court Voids Western Australian Senate Election; New Poll Looms The High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, has declared void last year’s Senate election in Western Australia, necessitating a new election by May. Justice Hayne ruled that 1,370 electors were denied a vote as a consequence of the Australian Electoral Commission losing their ballot papers. The Court ruled that it was precluded by the Commonwealth Electoral Act from considering the results of earlier scrutinies of the lost ballot papers. It found that it was inevitable that the loss probably affected the result of the election since the number of ballot papers lost far exceeded the margin between the candidates at the crucial stages in the count. “The only relief appropriate is for the election to be declared void,” the Court said. It is now up to the federal government to decide when the new election will be held. Whilst the writs for Senate elections are issued by state Governors, this is usually done on the advice of the Governor-General. There must be 33 days between the issue of the writ and polling day which means an election will be held between late-March and mid-May. The government may not desire a Senate election around the time of the May Budget so April seems most likely. Read the High Court decision Statement from the High Court. THE AUSTRALIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION v JOHNSTON & ORS WANG v JOHNSTON & ORS MEAD v JOHNSTON & ORS [2014] HCA 5 Today the High Court, sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns, answered questions of law arising in three petitions which dispute the election of six senators for the State of Western Australia to serve in the Senate of the Parliament of the Commonwealth. [Read more…] Filed Under: 2013 Federal Election, AEC, High Court, Senate Tagged With: 2013 Federal Election, AEC, High Court, WA Senate Keelty Report On Lost Senate Votes Inconclusive But Says No Evidence Of Wrong-Doing The report by former Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty into the missing Western Australian Senate ballot papers has found no evidence of deliberate wrong-doing but the mystery remains unsolved. Keelty’s report says the AEC systems in place in W.A. made it difficult for him to reach a conclusive finding. He recommends a number of measures for storage and movement of ballots papers and for the disposal of other material during counting. A reading of Keelty’s report suggests the possibility of accidental disposal and destruction of the ballot papers. Training and management of casual staff is also pinpointed. Counting shows that the disappearance of 1,370 Senate ballot papers had the potential to alter the Senate result in WA. The AEC has itself petitioned the Court of Disputed Returns to void the result of the election. The case has not yet been heard but a new Senate election is expected in 2014. Keelty’s report is shown below Media release from the Australian Electoral Commission. Keelty report released The Australian Electoral Commission today released a report by Mr Mick Keelty AO inquiring into the circumstances of 1370 missing Western Australian Senate votes. [Read more…] Filed Under: 2013 Federal Election, AEC Tagged With: AEC, lost votes, Mick Keelty, WA Senate Full Text Of A.E.C. Election Petition Regarding W.A. Senate Election This is the full text of the election petition lodged by the Australian Electoral Commission with the Court of Disputed Returns. The petition chronicles the conduct of the Western Australian Senate election count and the subsequent recount. It provides details of the 1,370 lost votes that could not be included in the recount. The petition argues that “the result of the election was likely to be affected” by the missing ballot papers. It says: “In all the circumstances – including the number of missing ballot papers, the narrowness of the margin at the 50th exclusion point and the differences which, in the usual case, emerge between the fresh scrutiny and a re-count…it is not possible to conclude either with certainty, or on the balance of probabilities, either that that the fifth and sixth respondents (Dropulich and Ludlam) have been correctly returned, or an alternative return of the seventh and eighth respondents (Wang and Pratt) accurately, or more accurately, reflects the true intentions of the voters.” The petition says “it is just that the Election should be declared void” for the purposes of Section 362(3) of the Commonwealth Electoral Act. Download a copy of the petition (PDF) Text of election petition lodged by the Australian Electoral Commission with the Court of Disputed Returns. 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__label__wiki	0.834799	0.834799	Terra Motors Electrifying dream of an Entrepreneur Toru Tokushighe, a young entrepreneur who rebelled from family, quit his job, and plunged into probably one of the most difficult businesses –electric vehicles (EV) manufacturing at a time when the big and the established players are facing a tough time. He took the challenge head-on and rather than entering easy EV markets he proffered to build his own den. Just three years behind forming his venture Toru has already grabbed many eyeball and got some big names as investors. Deepanshu Taumar&Nabeel A Khan \| Updated: April 06, 2016, 16:07 IST Toru Tokushige, a young entrepreneur who rebelled from family, quit his job, and plunged into probably one of the most difficult businesses –electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing at a time when the big and the established players are facing a tough time. He took the challenge head-on and rather than entering easy EV markets he preferred to build his own den. Just three years behind forming his venture Toru has already grabbed many eyeballs and got some big names as investors. A Chemical Engineer and an MBA, Toru started his career with a fire and marine insurance firm in Japan. But, a rebel who always thought differently quit this job as he thought it was too dull an environment to let his dream spring up. Being an avid reader, he always got ignited by inspirational stories, he read. Morita Akio, the founder of Sony and Honda Soichiro, founder of Honda Motors were amongst those who influenced him the most. Toru was inspired by their thoughts on how they wanted to improve and contribute to the life of the Japanese people. Finally, he moved to California to join a start up in the Silicon Valley. While working there he realised the potential of electric vehicle and, in 2010, he formed his venture – Terra Motors, despite strong opposition from his family. Terra Motors came into being in April 2010 to make electric vehicles (EVs) with an investment of $6.75 million. The company runs with a very lean team of 15 employees across three countries. The first phase of investment was acquired through loan from a bank. Soon, in the second phase he got funds from Nobuyuki Idei former President of Sony, and Kenji Yamamoto, former vice president of Apple. His plunge into this business comes at a time when biggies like Tesla and Fisker are going through pressing time. Tesla, nearing bankruptcy, was almost acquired by IT giant Google, while Fisker announced bankruptcy. But contrary to trend, in just three years, Terra Motors has established two manufacturing units, one each in Japan and Vietnam and over 1,000 dealers and 3000 service networks in Japan. In its product portfolio it has three products, super bike Kiwami, eScooter- A4000i and E-rickshaw T4. Terra Motors dominates electric two wheeler market of Japan and have sold more than 30,000 units in Japan itself since its operations. Toru anticipates electric vehicle market to be as big as $125 billion by 2020. Also, especially in Asia, the three-wheeler market is growing rapidly as it is cheapest way to commute as compared to cars. So transforming these three wheelers into electric rickshaws is a challenge and opportunity simultaneously for Terra Motors. Adding to the prospects of companies like Terra Motors, governments of developing nations, due to increasing fuel price and pollution have led to offering subsidy on electric vehicle to encourage sales. “At the end of 2012, total worldwide electric vehicle stock numbered over 180,000, with over 90% of this stock in the EVI membership group The largest non-EVI stock can be found in Norway, which numbers about 10,000.4 These figures only include passenger cars, and not buses, motorcycles or heavy-duty vehicles,” an International Energy report said. “In fact, China alone has almost 180 million fully electric two-wheelers, which far surpasses any other EV fleet.5 Unless noted otherwise, EVs will refer to passenger cars throughout this report,” the report added. It is interesting to note that over 60 percent of the EVs are sold in top 10 automobile markets in the world, where Terra Motors’ don’t have presence except for Japan. Indian electric vehicle market might still be a toddler and trying to learn how to stand up, but for this Tokyo-based entrepreneur, the country has emerged a dream maker. Unperturbed by the fact that the entire Asia, including India, is mostly a gasoline, diesel market, 43-year-old Toru Tokushige, is investing Rs 30 crore in setting up Indian plant near Bangalore. “India is the second largest producer of two-wheelers in the world. Hence it is most important market for us,” Toru told ETAuto in an interview. Terra Motors has entered the Indian market when none of the Indian established players have been able to make progress in this direction despite several abortive attempts. At initial stage of operation the company will import CKD units in India from Japan. “We will aim for the 10,000 units of sales for electric two wheelers till next fiscal year in India.” In India the company has launched all the three products from its portfolio which are- electric super bike, second e-scooter and electric three-wheeler. Toru has already been establishing itself in at least three Asian markets – Japan, Vietnam and Philippines. Toru’s strategy has been to tap the emerging markets with a unique business and product concept. After establishing in Japan, the company is exploring developing countries like India, China, Bangladesh and Nepal. Terra Motors recently launched probably India’s most powerful electric two-wheeler. The Japanese start-up argues that it’s the high power performance and extended range is going to help them emerge strong in the Indian market. The e-bike Kiwami, is 1000 cc and churns out 13.41 bhp having top speed of 160 kmph price at Rs 18 lakh in India. Constraints to Strength Limited fund led to think of two-wheeler as four wheeler would have required huge investment. But the constraints resulted into strength, as there were very few competitors in this segment. He observes that a cost of manufacturing motorcycle is 1/10 of the cost of manufacturing four-wheeler. To make electric two wheeler he did not require large assembly lines; it can assemble components supplied from different suppliers. The other logical reason was that, there were companies who were already manufacturing electric passenger vehicles like Tesla, and Fisker but there was no one present in the two wheeler market who was taking this segment seriously. Some Chinese companies were importing their products to developing nations like Vietnam, Philippine, Indonesia and India but they faced quality and service issues. Being a Japanese company it was easy to convince customers to buy Terra two wheelers as Japanese products have great acceptability in outside world. Bumpy Ride At initial stage, it was very tough for Toru Tohushige to find out right talent who can believe in his idea but he was sure that he can hire good potential engineers from the four best motorcycle manufactures that were present in the home country. Then in 2010, he started his production in China and came out with his first product called “SEED” and sold it in Japan. In 2011 Terra sold 3000 motorcycle in It was not easy for Terra Motors to sell in Japan initially as it was very tough to find out right retailer to sell product that was new to market that should be durable and affordable. Toru was clear in his mind that he will not go to small retailers but will find out famous retail stores to sell his two wheelers so as to protect the brand image and to prove technology and novelty of his product. He also tried to sell contracts to electronic retail stores and sold contracts to other major stores for a strong presence in the market. The very basic strategy to make any product successful is the ‘pricing’. Terra was a new player in the market to establish it, it has to first show its strength in terms of technology, quality and durability. But, why would any customer would buy Terra’s motorcycle? To try and test in the market, Terra motors priced its motorcycle half the price of the competitors. It got a good response and achieved more than what was targeted. But not every customer who was looking for a two wheeler opted Terra products because of its low speed. (In the article it was incorrectly mentioned that Tesla was acquired by Google. It was to say that Google was in talks to acquire Tesla . The error is regretted.) Tags : Industry, Terra Motors, start-up, EV, Autopreneur	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3776
__label__cc	0.57791	0.42209	Shadows Out and Beyond March 27, 2017 Melissa Snyder Author’s Note: This is a creative writing for my X-men rpg (roleplay game) original character, Betsy Martin, based on the events in the film “Logan”. In the rpg I am a part of, Logan is Betsy’s mentor, teacher, and alpha; I knew that, after seeing this film, I was going to need to write her way out of all the feelings. This writing contains spoilers for the film so…read at your own risk, darlings. BloggingfanfictionfictionLoganRoleplayWolverineWritingx-men [X-men: Legacy] The Time Has Come March 3, 2017 Melissa Snyder Leave a comment Stale cigar smoke. Bitter beer. Earth. The coppery tang of blood that soap can’t touch. She inhales deeply as iron strong arms wrap around her and hug her. Not too tightly but close. She can hear a heart beating alongside hers; strong, maybe a little slower than in the past, but still there. Tired. But still there. When he releases her, she gives a small smile. barely there. “I’ll keep an eye on them,” she promises, not needing to state just who “they” are. He doesn’t say anything in return, doesn’t have to. It’s been long enough that they understand each other without having to say much at all. Time will do that to you. Time marches on but, eventually, it takes you with it. He doesn’t say anything, doesn’t even say goodbye. Just utters a grunted huff, the edges of a rueful smile pulling at the corners of his mouth. No…not just rueful. Proud. Sad. Determined. Reaching out he puts a hard, rough, calloused hand against Betsy’s cheek for a moment before letting it drop to her shoulder and giving it a squeeze that would crack the bones of a less hardy person. Then the old bastard shoulders his pack and heads off down the drive. He hops into the old ’68 mustang, roars it to life, and is gone. It’s hard to say goodbye. Maybe that’s why they don’t say it. For them, can it ever really be goodbye, though? Or will they just end up side-by-side again when the world has turned enough times? Who knows? In either case, goodbyes are hard. That’s why they don’t say them. Time will do that to you. Time marches on and, eventually, it takes you with it. (Graphic credit: Imgur, by ManWhoLovesSuperheroes) http://i.imgur.com/rJimYnV.mp4 ComicsfanfictionfictionGeekeryLARPLoganMarvelmoviesWolverineWritingx-menX-men rpgX-men: Legacy NaBloPoMo Day 17: The Fiction of Relationships November 17, 2015 Melissa Snyder Leave a comment Author’s Note: Edited, revised, and updated on 11-18-2015. That first draft was quite rough. Thank you for wading through this all with me. I am an avid roleplayer. I have been roleplaying — tabletop and larp — for the past ten years. Nowadays, my gaming is largely restricted to online forum games but that is still fun as it affords me a writing outlet. There is one that I have been in for the past almost-five years: a Hero System-based X-men rpg entitled “Legacy” where the children of superheroes from both the Marvel and DC universes come together at Xavier’s School for the Gifted to learn to manage their abilities, use them wisely, and, yes, become heroes. I play a young “muggle-born” (in other words, her parents aren’t named superheroes) mutant named Elizabeth Martin and I have played her from an in-character age of fourteen to almost seventeen. And, yes, Zoe Saldana is my character model. Over the past few days, I have found myself reading back through the first scenes, the beginnings of her story years ago. There are 32 pages of bookmarked scenes on my account, ones I have participated in as well as others that concerned her or characters to whom she was tightly bound. And one thing that has always struck me about her is her relationships with other characters, friendly and otherwise. Betsy has perhaps had the most romantic entanglements of any female character in the game, each of them unique in their own situations and ways. Roleplay like this is an incredibly organic form of writing for me, where my character can change, grow, and surprise me based on her interactions with other characters, plot, and situations within the game. I am able to be startled, surprised, horrified, elated by the things that Betsy does and chooses, how she falls and grows. I have been re-reading and, therefore re-living, some of her romantic relationships and I have happened upon some key differences between them that have struck and clarified some things for me as her writer. #amwritingfiction writingforum rpgHero SystemLARPNaBloPoMoRelationshipsStory-craftingWritingx-menZoe Saldana August 7, 2015 Melissa Snyder Leave a comment Author’s Note: This is a piece that wrote for a roleplay character who had the ability to create illusions. Her entire concept was built the ideas of dreams and stories and hemmed in by the imagery of Alice in Wonderland. There was once a little girl who loved stories, especially Alice In Wonderland. One night, as she was reading, the Cheshire Cat leapt from the book and spun the world around the little girl, drawing her into a rabbit hole, down long and deep. The little girl had tea with a Hatter, scared the DoorMouse, refereed a fight between a Lion and a Unicorn and shared the prize amongst them. She cowed the Red Queen and out-skilled the White. She enraptured the White Knight and intrigued the Black. She danced on rooftops and soared over lakes. She tamed the Jabberwocky and made stars out of the Bandersnatch. The Cat was always there, guiding, teasing, taunting. He became her best friend and confidant, even when she found that she, too, could spin the world and make it her own. She grew stronger and shared her world as two kittens eventually joined them in their adventures and the girl became their guide in turn. The Cheshire Girl by nekomel on Polyvore Alice in WonderlandCheshireHero SystemRoleplayrpgx-men Dream Memory: The House That Xavier Built November 4, 2012 Melissa Snyder Leave a comment So I am avid X-men fan. Most of you know this. I buy the comics, own the movies, play rpgs. I greatly enjoy the franchise and have since I was a teenager. Last night, I had a very interesting dream. I was an X-man. At least one in training. It was partially living in one of the games I’m in but so much more than that. Xavier’s Mansion was still Xavier’s mansion but it, too, was so much more than just that. It was like the mansion had a sense of folded space. Outwardly it never changed but, inwardly, it grew and grew as Xavier’s took in more and more young mutants. The littler children and younger teenagers lived in large dormitory rooms together and trained with their powers. As they grew older and gained more control over their powers, students would then be moved into their own single dorm rooms upstairs. On this particular occasion, the older students were finishing their training and heading back up to their rooms to clean up and change. As they headed past the children’s dorms, the kids, of course, ran out to meet them. Me, being the mother cat that I am, ordered the elder boys, “Come on, boys, upstairs! And you boys, back to your studies. Go on!” When asked why the boys had to go but the girls got to stay, I replied, “The girls put in the request weeks ago. Now give us the room.” Begrudgingly, the boys vacated the large, ballroom-sized hall beneath the staircase and landings as Storm took one of the little girls up to the second floor landing. I and the other older girls smiled at the younger ones and told them to look. Storm and her little companion were up on the banister and, suddenly, they pitched forward, flying around around the ballroom. For Storm, of course, self-propelled flight was a matter of breathing, but not for Gemma. So I happily announced to the girls, “Today, all of you get to fly.” The mentalists and telekenetics smiled and stood off to the side to control the girls as they flew and darted around the room for about 20 minutes. Listening to them laugh and squeal gave me no small amount of pleasure. And then I woke up. charles xavierdreamx-men “Yes, another post about roleplaying” July 4, 2012 Melissa Snyder Leave a comment So the other night, in an online/live action X-men game that I play, my character set about comforting another PC who had been to emotional and mental hell and back during a live game session a few days before. And I have to admit that dear little Delilah did a pretty good job at comforting her distraught classmate without a single set of dice being thrown for skills or anything. is rather proud of this fact The scene was incredibly fun to run and was with someone with whom I do not get to play very often, which is always fun. 🙂 The player also gave me noms (nominations) for the scene: “Noms to Cheshire. It is almost insane how good a mom you’ll make someday.” Delilah Croft, codename: “Cheshire” – illusionist That made me feel nice. I do try to transfer my own mothering instincts into the character of Delilah/Cheshire, as not many of my characters actually end up embodying that trait. She has walls, she can have a very prickly, cold nature if you’ve crossed her, but for those who manage to get through (over) the walls, if she has come to care for you, woe betide anyone who falls afoul of you and therefore afoul of her. Delilah is also one of those characters who embodies her fair share of bitterness. Almost all of my characters have a bitterness seed somewhere; something happened or been done to them that they will be working for years to overcome. Some of my characters have a seed of fear because of what they have done in the past or because of what they have lost. I almost cannot bear to have a character for whom all is perfect and hunky-dory, because then the character feel flat and false to me. Incomplete, as it were. I want my characters to be round and dynamic. Now, my Hogwarts character, my little Ravenclaw, has had a better life than most of my characters and why not? Her generation hasn’t had to deal with the evils and terrors of Voldemort and his Death Eaters. They have become nightmare tales for her, told to her by her uncle Kingsley when he trips across the pond to visit her and her parents. That doesn’t meant that I’m going to leave my little Dulcet so porcelain perfect. Oh, no. She’s a teenager; things are bound to happen, as we all know. The hubby and I were having a conversation the other day about roleplay characters and how people create them. I was getting fed up with something and he commented to me, “You know, I think we all create the same characters over and over again, just with different quirks to them.” That we all have essentially one idea that we are in love with and, no matter how many times we create characters and try to make them different and unique (thought they are), they will carry a bit of that beloved idea with them. Because that beloved idea is a part of us or perhaps something we wish was a part of us or that we could be. Some people denegrate roleplaying as merely escapism and, yes, it can be a method of escapism, of getting away from the real world into one where you can do impossible things from time to time. But that is not all it is, I can assure you of that. For me, roleplaying games are a blessed opportunity to create a beautiful story with other people. And I have done just that. I have created beautiful, heartbreaking, uplifting stories with friends, my husband, and even new acquaintances that make me cherish characters and hold them to me long after their stories have ended. For me, much as for Jo March, it is the story that is the thing. I will put my characters through the worst I can think of, if it serves to create a wonderful story. Ask just about anyone that I have rp’ed with in the past and they can confirm my claim. If I can create a beautiful story, whether happy ending for my character or no, then I have served my purpose and my joy in roleplay. And, what can I say? I’ve got a few more years of this left in me, at least. ^_~ CharactersHero SystemsHogwartsPlayer characterRoleplayingx-men Daily Writing – June 21, 2011: Of Myths and Men, Volume 1 A teaser for one of my favorite stories I’ve ever written, with one of my best friends. ^_^ A crossover of “Highlander: The Series” and “X-men”. = = = = = = = Nadya came back into the room where Methos reclined on the couch, flicking on the TV on her way to the kitchen. Methos, grunting in disgust as the annoying marvel of the 20th century blared to life, propped himself up on one elbow and opened his mouth to call after Nadya…only to be interrupted by her. “Yes, I know you want a beer, but, of course, I don’t like that stuff in my house.” She turned and placed a hand on her hip as she rounded the island in the middle of the kitchen. “I’ll brew you some coffee in a minute…or some tea?” she offered as she opened the refrigerator door. Methos suppressed a smirk. The small figure was clad in a long denim skirt with a slit up the back so as not to slow her down. Covering the upper part of her frame was a violet colored sweater, worn more for looks than for the chill of the mild September thatPariswas having this year. Her feet were shod in her light-blue fuzzy house slippers…the ones with the little bows. Methos’ smirk became a smile as he responded, “Actually, I am aware of that and was going to ask for the tea to begin with.” Nadya poked her head around the door to look at him. The old man gave one of his boyish grins that annoyed the life out of her…except for the fact he looked so cute when he did that. ‘Must be feeling better if he is in the mood to play,’ she thought before saying, “It’s fromIndia—Princess Gita.” With that, she ducked her head back behind the fridge to hide her smile at the upcoming reaction. “…can’t you have any decent tea?” Nadya wasn’t sure what language he had slipped into but she remembered his rants about Indian tea – namely, the British obsession with it and, specifically, Byron’s obsession with it, among other things. She knew he hated the stuff. “…..bloody nasty stuff!” Methos paused to get a breath, ending his tirade for a moment. “Could I have coffee instead?” Nadya composed her face and peeked around the door again. By then, Methos had remembered his manners, “Please.” “Of course! I keep some just for you.” She moved toward the cupboard. “I know.” Methos grinned and lay back down on the couch. Nadya was about to respond when the television drew her attention, followed by the old man’s. The television portrayed a protest in the streets of WashingtonD.C.The crowds of people holding signs and yelling were lined up behind barricades along streets in front of Capitol Hill. Fists were raised in the air, along with signs proclaiming the country’s growing concern about what some were so bold as to call a world wide epidemic. Mutants. “Today, the streets ofWashingtonbelie what the Congress voted just the day before: that theUnited Stateswill not require mutants to register nationally. Yet, apparently, the public has not had its concerns met by their representatives,” came an anchor’s voice over. The camera panned away from the reporter to fan the angry crowds. Some were even chanting, “Death to mutants!” The newsfeed cut back to the newsroom and the anchors closed the story then as they looked to another camera, appearing to leave the turmoil that was gripping the world at large and focus on a public interest story. “If only it were that easy,” Nadya said as she moved over and turned the television to the French version of A&E. She and Methos shared a sympathetic look before she asked, almost in a whisper, “Aren’t you…?” “Afraid they will come after us next?” Methos finished as he looked down at his wounds, almost healed by now. “Yes.” Nadya clenched a small fist at her side. Her concern for her friend was evident; not just for him but Duncan as well. And all the others. “I have seen far worse,” Methos replied, mostly to alleviate her fears. If only she knew what he had not only seen but had done. His mind flashed back to a year ago and his own involvement with the bunch of racist…‘no, speciest jerks’. He should have felt guiltier about being involved with Stryker, but well… ‘Well what, old man? You wanted that adamantium! You wanted to keep your own head! You are selfish…yes.’ Methos thought to himself. ‘But, when you have been Death, nothing is too hard. And morals…well, morals are fickle things.’ Methos didn’t regret his time spent playing the bad guy…only that it had proved useless in the end. “You have?” Nadya asked. Methos nodded. “The world has seen far worse than this…and I suspect even that will one day be surpassed. Humanity lacks no limits to the depths to which it is capable of descending,” he said as he sat up, his wounds finally closed. “That…is an awfully pessimistic attitude,” Nadya answered, a somewhat sad tone to her voice. “Well, what do you expect?! I just got attacked by a bloody big, powerful immortal, almost got apprehended by the authorities, walked several miles with a gaping hole in my side, AND, to top it all off, there is no beer in the place I sought refuge at!” He threw his hands up in a gesture of ‘why me’. “I…I think some tea would calm you down,” Nadya murmured as she moved back to the kitchen. Her tone was flat and low; he could tell she was hurt by his outburst. “Nadya…wait! No, I’m sorry. Please, no tea; I’ve suffered enough,” Methos staggered to his feet, cursing himself, and followed the small woman to the kitchen. crossoverfan-fictionhighlander: the seriesx-men	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3780
__label__cc	0.652409	0.347591	Sisters In Crime 15th Davitt Awards Shortlist I’m a little late in posting this news, but the shortlist for the Sisters in Crime 15th Davitt Awards was announced a couple of weeks ago. I’m super proud to say that my verse-novel Gap has been shortlisted for Best Debut. There are some wonderful books on this shortlist and across the other categories, and I would urge you to check them out and support Australian women writers. If you have signed up for the Australian Women Writers Challenge this year then perhaps you will find some inspiration for your reading list. I know I have, and I realise we are already halfway through August and I’ve yet to post a review! I’ll have a review of Evie Wyld’s Miles Frankline Award-winning novel All The Birds Singing up on my blog very soon! I’ve certainly had my head in books all year, but it’s good to remember to come up for air every once in a while and let everyone know what you’ve been reading. Below is the shortlist for the Davitt Award for Best Debut, the other shortlists and the official media release can be found here on the Sisters in Crime website. 2015 Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards Best Debut · Lollie Barr, The Adventures of Stunt Boy and His Amazing Wonder Dog Blindfold (Pan Macmillan Australia) · Christine Bongers, Intruder (Woolshed Press – a Random House imprint) · Candice Fox, Hades (Random House) · Anna George, What Came Before (Penguin Books Australia) · Rebecca Jessen, Gap (University of Queensland Press) · Virginia Peters, Have You Seen Simone? The story of an unsolved murder (Nero) · Pamela Rushby, The Ratcatcher’s Daughter (HarperCollins Australia) · Sandi Wallace, Tell Me Why (Clan Destine Press) Debut · Julie Szego, The Tainted Trial of Farah Jama (Wild Dingo Press) NINETEEN (The Live Album) This is a short excerpt from a piece of memoir that I’m currently working on. The four of us pile into the car and it could be any other day, we could be going anywhere, perhaps to the local shops to pick up groceries, or a little further, to the Westfield. We leave fifteen minutes earlier than we mean to. It doesn’t rain as predicted, but that will come, later. My sister keeps her window down the whole trip and I shiver beside her. Mum is playing AC/DC’s The Live Album at full volume. As we speed down the highway, ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ plays, and I keep getting hung up on the line ‘knocking me out with those American thighs’, thinking it’s such a great line. My sister complains the whole way through the song, begging Mum to play some ‘real music’. Our family don’t talk. We prefer the music loud and the windows down. We talk most when we’re worried about something. When Mum asks my sister for the third time if she turned the hair straightener off. She does this despite me watching her re-enter the house to double-check that it was turned off. ‘But what about the electric blanket, Olivia?’ Mum says. My sister sighs, ‘Yes, Mum.’ We look over at each other and smile. This happens every time we get in the car with Mum. We’re all quiet for a while, and as we navigate through the Sydney traffic and the bad drivers I think about how small the lanes feel. Every time we pass by a car in the next lane I bring my shoulders in, as if the lanes are too tight, or the car too big for us to pass unmarked. My sister takes car selfies with me in the background looking miserable. Mum tells me I look nice and I think that my great-grandmother would have wanted that, for me to dress nicely. She loved to dress up, even if she had nowhere to go. It’s a mark of respect. When we get to Bankstown we drive straight past the turn-off we would normally take to go visit my great-grandmother. I look back as we pass and think of my last visit. How I somehow knew, it would be the last. We are one of many cars that drive into the cemetery grounds, and as we pass the gravestones, my sister remarks ‘Wow, so many dead people.’ Mum finds a park and turns off the car. We are half an hour early. Who gets to a funeral early? It feels wrong. It’s cold outside so we sit in the car and wait for the rest of the extended family to arrive. Mum opens her window and lights a cigarette. The ash occasionally blows back through the window and settles on my jeans. I have cat hair on my jacket and it feels disrespectful somehow. ‘Imagine if the coffin opened?’ My sister laughs. I turn to her and attempt a serious look that immediately fades into a smile. It’s so like our family to be early for a funeral sitting in the carpark making inappropriate jokes about dead people.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3797
__label__cc	0.562357	0.437643	Home Alternative Top 5 MX Player Alternatives for Android You Can Use Top 5 MX Player Alternatives for Android You Can Use Akshay Gangwar - Last Updated: January 25, 2017 11:50 pm MX Player is one of the most well known, and widely used video players on Android devices. It comes packed with a plethora of great features, such as gestures to control the volume, brightness, and seek, along with support for almost every video codec out there, whether built-in, or as an add-on. However, MX Player has recently made changes to its privacy policy, and users are worried about potential data collection by the app. Also, MX Player has started showing rather intrusive ads (unless you buy the Pro version) in the app, which raises red flags everywhere. Which is why, you should probably shift to a new app, instead. So, if you’re looking for a great Android video player app like MX Player on Android, here are 5 MX Player alternatives you can use: 1. VLC VLC is one of the most popular names when it comes to video players, especially on laptops. However, they have a very well thought out Android app, as well. The VLC app for Android can easily play almost every video format that you throw at it, and it can even run H.265 encoded videos, with ease. The app also features gesture based controls, which is reminiscent of MX Player’s user interaction model. You can swipe left/right on the screen to seek the video, swipe up/down on the left edge to adjust the screen brightness, and swipe up/down on the right edge to adjust the playback volume. The app also supports a picture-in-picture mode, which MX Player lacks, and it works flawlessly. You can simply tap on the picture-in-picture mode button inside options, and your video will be resized to a small floating window that you can place anywhere you want. The VLC app follows the Material Design language, which results in a very good looking interface. You can tap on the hamburger icon to get to the app’s preferences, or to stream video from a network. The preference page consists of options to enable, or disable hardware acceleration. VLC can also let you play videos in the background, so even if you navigate away from the app while a video is playing, you’ll be able to hear the audio. This is definitely a handy feature, especially for people who have a lot of music videos stored on their device. Plus, the app does not include any ads and it’s free. 2. KMPlayer KMPlayer is an Android video player app that can easily replace MX Player as your go-to video player on your smartphone, or tablet. The app comes packed with every feature that MX Player boasts of, and pulls them off quite nicely. With KMPlayer, you can easily run almost every video file out there, including H.265 encoded MKV files. I tested the app out with a video I encoded with H.265, and exported into the MKV format, and KMPlayer plays it smoothly, without a hiccup. KMPlayer also supports Hardware Acceleration, which is one of the features of MX Player, as well. You can adjust the hardware acceleration settings from the app’s settings page. The app supports gestures, just like MX Player, so you can swipe left to right, or right to left, to seek the video. Making an upward/downward swipe on the left side of the screen adjusts the brightness, while doing the same on the right side of the screen adjusts the volume. However, the feature that I loved the most, is the picture-in-picture mode that the app brings. While playing a video, you can simply tap on the picture-in-picture button, and the video quickly switches to a small window, that you can drag and drop anywhere on the screen. This will definitely let you multitask with ease. Obviously, the gesture controls do not work while the video is in picture-in-picture mode, but you can easily control playback, and even switch back to full screen. KM Player is available for free but it includes ads, however, they aren’t as intrusive as the ones in MX Player. 3. Archos Video Player Archos Video Player is another app that you can consider using as an alternative to MX Player. Unlike MX Player, this app doesn’t offer any method to interact with the video using gestures. However, the on screen controls are easy enough to understand, even if they’re not as intuitive as the gesture based control scheme in MX Player, and some other apps. There is a volume control on the left side of then screen, but it can only be controlled by actually touching the volume slider, and sliding it up or down. This is in contrast to MX Player, where you could just swipe your finger on the screen to adjust the brightness and volume. The app does come with a Window mode, which you can use to play your videos in picture-in-picture mode, therefore allowing you to multitask with ease. If you need advanced options in the app, you can simply head over to the hamburger menu, and navigate to Preferences. Here, you’ll be able to enable software decoding, audio passthrough, make changes to the UI, and even get Archos to hide subtitles by default. There are a lot more settings that you can tweak inside the settings page in Archos, and you should definitely check them out. The app is available in a free version but some of the features are limited and it includes ads. However, you can make an in-app purchase to get the full version of the app. Install: (Free, with $4.99 in-app purchase for full version) 4. BSPlayer BSPlayer is also a good alternative to MX Player. Similar in functionality to MX Player, the BSPlayer app also includes a number of gestures to control playback. You can use all of the basic gestures such as swiping to seek the video, and increase volume etc. In addition to that, BSPlayer brings along a lot of cool gestures, such as the ability to control playback of the video by double tapping on the screen. While the app’s excellent copy of MX Player’s use cases is commendable, it does bring something new to the table, as well. BSPlayer supports picture-in-picture mode, so you can easily launch a video, and watch it in a floating window. This will let you perform other tasks on your Android device without having to quit the video that you’re watching. BSPlayer also supports hardware acceleration. There are a lot of preferences that you can adjust for the app, so make sure you choose the setting that works best for you. BSPlayer Free, as the name suggests, is a free app, but it does include ads. 5. Kodi Kodi is an extremely powerful media center, and player that is available on almost every platform out there. However, it is this power, and complexity, which is why I’ve put this on the last position on this list. With Kodi, you can organize all of your media into a central library, you can share the library over a network with your remote devices, and you can directly play all your movies, videos, photos, and music directly from Kodi. Also, if you add plugins to Kodi, you can unlock a lot more potential. However, since we’re looking for MX Player alternatives, we’ll just look at the video playback capabilities of the app. With Kodi, you can easily add the locations that you keep your videos in, to the Kodi movies library. One you’ve done this, subsequent files that you add to your Android smartphone will automatically show up in Kodi. You can play almost any video on Kodi (a feat that MX Player was also known for), and while there are no gesture controls in the app, there are a lot of other, powerful features that Kodi brings to the table. With Kodi, you can change the zoom, pixel ratio, and even enable post processing for the video you’re watching. One of the coolest features, is adding bookmarks to videos. With this feature, you can easily mark points of interest in a video, by simply bookmarking them. While the current interface of Kodi might seem a bit outdated, the latest Krypton update will revamp things when it arrives. Plus, Kodi is open-source, so it’s free! Bonus: Use Awesome Pop-up Video for Picture-in-Picture Videos If you want to keep using MX Player, but you just want an app that can let you watch your videos in picture-in-picture mode on your Android smartphone, you should definitely check out “Awesome Pop-up Video”. With this app, you can easily watch any video in a small floating window on your Android smartphone. You can even watch YouTube videos directly from within the app, in a floating window. The app works very well, and there are various customization options for the floating window. Moreover, it even lets you play videos in full screen. The app is available in a free version but there’s a Premium version, which lets you download videos and removes the ads. Install: (Free, with $1.99 in-app purchase for Premium version) SEE ALSO: How to Fresh Start Kodi v17 Krypton to Remove Kodi Builds Use These MX Player Alternative Apps on Android With MX Player choosing to annoy users with intrusive, full screen ads, every now and then, and with drastic changes to their privacy policy, you should definitely use these MX Player alternative apps. You can go with any of these apps, as each one of them offers almost everything that MX Player offered, including gesture based controls, support for a large number of video formats, and more. We would like to know your opinion on the changes made to MX Player, and how they’ll impact the app’s user base. Also, if you know of any other app that you think deserves to be on this list, do let us know about it in the comments section below. 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__label__cc	0.740362	0.259638	Blue Frontier Campaign Solution-oriented citizen engagement needed to protect our ocean. Board of Directors and Advisory Board Blue Vision Summit 2018 Blue Vision Summit Florida 2017 Summit March for the Ocean M4O Sponsorship The Golden Shore- California’s Love Affair with the Sea Blue Movement Directory Directory Submission Form Sea Party Coalition Writers for the Sea Ocean Explorers Citizens for a Sustainable Point Molate 50 Ways to Save The Ocean National Ocean Policy The Peter Benchley Ocean Awards Blue News The Blue Beat You are here: Home / Blue Notes / BLUE NOTES 33 BLUE NOTES 33 by Blue Frontier Campaign \| March 8, 2007 CREATURE FEATURE – BATTLE OF THE TITANS By David Helvarg In the eons old battle between giant squid and whales you can now score one for the whales and one less for the squid. When I was down in Antarctica a few years ago driving a Zodiac with a couple of scientists off Marr Glacier, we were bumped hard by a Minke whale. It was a real Melville moment, watching its huge brown back roll out from under us. When shrimp like krill swarmed into the area around Palmer Station other whale species including humpbacks, sei and fin would congregate and come around to check out our rubber boats. Only the Minke were nervous and flighty, taking off at the sound of marine engines. I couldn’t help but think it was because they knew they were still being hunted by Japanese whalers. Only this year the hunt ended early. The Japanese government called off their ‘scientific whaling’ on the southern ocean after their factory ship, the Nisshin Maru (processing ‘scientific’ meat for the retail market) caught fire last month. One crewman was killed and the ship drifted for ten days, risking a potential diesel spill, before repairs could be made. The Nisshin Maru is now leading the whaling fleet home after killing 505 Minke whales and 3 fin whales in its foreshortened season. Offered a tow and lecture by Greenpeace and a Raspberry and finger by Sea Shepherd, both of which had ships down there to disrupt the hunt, the Japanese refused to say if the loss of their mother ship will mean an end to their annual, um (what’s a neutral sounding word for slaughter?), oh yeah, cull. Meanwhile at least one giant squid wishes he’d followed the advice of the National Environmental Trusts’ ‘Take a Pass on Chilean Sea Bass’ campaign. The largest Colossal Squid ever encountered, over 30 feet long and 990 pounds was eating a hooked Patagonian Toothfish (black-marketed as Chilean Sea Bass) when it got entangled and landed — well decked actually — following a two hour struggle with some astonished fishermen. Sadly neither the toothfish nor the deep-sea monster survived. For more on the Toothfish fishery I’d recommend the book, ‘Hooked — Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish’ by G. Bruce Knecht. BUT IS IT GOOD FOR BABY FISH? There has been extensive work done in recent years to promote sustainable seafood consumption among the general public – from self-guiding pocket cards to Marine Stewardship Labeling to a fully integrated fisherman/processor/retailer/consumer approach by the Aquarium of the Pacific. Still, the only traceable shifts in consumption patterns in the U.S. (as opposed to the more eco-aware EU) have been linked to warnings about health risks from mercury and other toxins contained in fish such as Tuna and farmed Salmon. Then in February a large new study reported in the British medical journal Lancet found that children of women who ate little fish during pregnancy had lower IQs and more behavioral problems than those who ate lots of seafood, presumably including fish & chips, which used to contain tasty cod but – since they were wiped out – is now full of large female dogfish (shark). While the FDA and EPA recommend women limit their intake of seafood while pregnant, a Harvard professor of nutrition told the Washington Post that what really makes sense is that they limit their intake of (large predator) fish with high mercury levels such as shark, king mackerel, swordfish and tilefish. If you’re confused yet maybe your mother didn’t eat enough seafood. Either way read Chapter 13 ‘Eat Seafood That’s Healthy and Sustainable,’ in our book ’50 Ways to Save the Ocean,’ then go out for some nice Tilapia or ‘Ocean Boy’ guilt-free shrimp. PAPAH DON’T PREACH In her will Anna Nichole Smith committed her entire fortune to the protection of the beautiful coral reefs of the Bahamas where she finally found peace and tranquility in her short but troubled….OK, so that’s not true but First Lady Laura Bush did fly out to Midway in early March at the far end of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument where she admired the Gooney Birds and preached the value of marine ecological stewardship (See Blue Notes # 27). Earlier she, Governor Linda Lingle, and a group of Native Hawaiians announced the Monuments new name — the Papah naumoku kea Marine National Monument (it translates as something to do with the formation of the island chain, even the White House wasn’t too clear on that one). The administration is committing almost $11 million to the monument in its next budget, including $590,000 for debris removal. Unfortunately, since the monument sits in the Pacific gyre that entrates plastic, its otherwise pristine atolls are piled up with old bic pens, water bottles, lighters, fishing nets and other non-biodegradable polymer crap. And with the world producing 200 million tons of new plastic a year, that’s a problem not going away soon. Another problem is that, while supportive of the Monument, the White House and Congress have cut the rest of NOAA’s Marine Sanctuary program by 25 percent, from $51 million to $36 million a year, since 2005. We need to keep educating people that, like our two and a half billion dollar a year National Parks, one of the glories of America could be great wilderness parks in the sea. MARK TRAIL — PR FLAK “NOAA and partners search out medicines from the sea, warn against tornadoes, and as environmental stewards, create protected ocean areas, including America’s 13 Marine Sanctuaries,” a tall dark haired stranger who bares a striking resemblance to NOAA chief Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher tells fellow cartoon character Mark Trail in the Sunday Feb.11 Mark Trail Comic Strip. Sure, NOAA may also grant permission to the Navy to kill 12 percent of all marine mammals or suppress its scientists when they try and talk about the links between climate change and hurricanes (Blue Notes # 29), but Mark Trail is all about the good news – celebrating the organization’s claim that its 200 years old because one of its legacy agencies, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, is. Got to admit that story sounds better than Richard Nixon created you in 1970 and gave you to his future Watergate bagman Maurice Stans at the Department of Commerce rather than to Interior ’cause he was pissed off at Interior Secretary Walter Hickle for criticizing his invasion of Cambodia and the killing of those students at Kent and Jackson State. DOES THAT INCLUDE TIME-SHARES? In yet another scary climate study, this one by the U.N. Foundation and research society Sigma Xi, scientists say we can stave off the worst consequences of Global Warming if we take immediate actions including a worldwide ban on all new beachfront construction. If nothing else this report strengthens the theory of alternative universes (occupied by research scientists). Personally, I’m calling for a 65 percent reduction in human greed and avarice by 2015 to be followed by an immediate tripling of long-term sustainable thinking. 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__label__wiki	0.631538	0.631538	Abbreivations Detection of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor receptor (c-Met) in axillary drainage after operations for breast cancer using reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction Ron Greenberg1Email author, Ignat Schwartz2, Yehuda Skornick1 and Ofer Kaplan1 © Greenberg et al., licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL. 2003 Received: 21 October 2002 Accepted: 4 February 2003 The diverse biological effects of hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) are mediated by c-Met, which is preferentially expressed on epithelial cells. Met signaling has a role in normal cellular activities, and may be associated with the development and progression of malignant processes. In this study we examined whether Met can be detected in the axillary drainage from patients who underwent conservative operations for breast cancer, and its prognostic significance. Thirty-one consecutive patients with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast suitable for breast-conserving treatment were studied. The output of the drain that had been placed in the axilla during the operation was collected, and the presence of Met and β-actin were assessed by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR) assays. The data were compared with the pathological features of the tumor and the axillary lymph nodes, and with the estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status. RT–PCR of the axillary lymphatic drainage was positive for Met in 23 (74.2%) of the patients. Positive assays were correlated with increasing tumor size and grade, with capillary and lymphatic invasion, and with lymph node metastasis (P < 0.02, for all comparisons). All 12 patients with axillary lymph node metastases had positive assays for Met, compared with 57.9% of patients without lymph node metastases. All five patients with tumor involvement in the margins of the resection had positive assays for Met in their lymphatic fluid, compared with 18 of 26 positive assays (69.2%) for patients without involved margins (P < 0.04). Finally, Met showed negative correlations with positivity for estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor (P < 0.02). Met can be detected in the axillary fluids of patients with breast cancer and its expression in the axillary drainage may have potential as a prognostic factor. This finding might be relevant to therapeutic considerations, because a positive assay for Met in histologically node-negative patients might point to the need to search for node microinvasion or involvement of the excision margins with tumor. axillary fluid As many as 30% of patients with breast cancer who have undergone curative surgery and show no evidence of locoregional or distant disease still have recurrent disease over 5–10 years [1, 2]. Some of these treatment failures may be attributed to residual disease in the breast or axillary lymph nodes [3]. The limitation of routine histopathologic examination of the tumor margins and the dissected lymph node specimen is well known [4]. Contemporary methods of detection, including computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, bone scintigraphy and flow cytometry, all have limited sensitivity and specificity [5, 6]. Micrometastases can be found by immunohistochemistry or polymerase chain reaction in 10–30% of the patients previously deemed free of disease by conventional histological methods [7, 8]. The prognostic importance of micrometastases found with these sensitive methods are now being evaluated [9–11]. Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is a paracrine factor produced primarily by mesenchymal cells. HGF/SF induces mitogenic and morphogenic changes, including rapid membrane ruffling, formation of microspikes, and increased cellular motility [12, 13]. The diverse biological effects of HGF/SF are all mediated by Met, which is preferentially expressed on epithelial cells [14]. In vivo this receptor–ligand pair is essential for normal embryonic development [15, 16]. Whereas Met signaling clearly has a role in normal cellular processes, this signaling pathway has also been implicated in tumor development and progression. Met signaling can increase tumorigenicity, induce cell motility, and enhance invasiveness in vitro and metastasis in vivo [14, 17–20]. In addition, Met signaling can increase the production of protease and urokinase, which are associated with extracellular matrix/basal membrane degradation and are important for metastasis [14, 19]. Operations for breast cancer include either mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery, consisting of wide local excision of the tumor with margins of intact breast tissue ('lumpectomy') and axillary lymph node dissection. Drains are inserted in the dissected axilla in most of these operations, to avoid the accumulation of lymphatic fluid. The goals of this study were to examine whether Met can be detected by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR) in the axillary drainage from patients who have undergone conservative operations for breast cancer, and to assess the correlations between the mRNA expression of Met in the collected fluid and prognostic factors of breast cancer. Patients and operations Thirty-one consecutive women with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast, who were suitable for breast-conserving treatment, were studied. We included only patients who underwent conserving breast surgery so that we could evaluate the correlations of Met–HGF/SF expression with both the tumor margins and the status of the axillary lymph nodes. The diagnosis of cancer was established by needle core biopsy ('Trucut'), which was performed 2 weeks before the operation. All patients underwent wide local excision and axillary lymph node dissection by the same team. Non-palpable tumors were localized by mammography before surgery by wire insertion. During operations a wide resection around the wire was performed, followed by mammographic confirmation of complete resection of the tumors. The axillary dissection was performed with a separate incision, and level I and II axillary lymph nodes were removed. The breast incisions were closed without drainage, and all axillae were drained postoperatively by closed vacuum drains (ch-14; Biometrix). The output of the drain was collected and measured every 24 hours; the drains were removed when the output was less than 25 ml per 24 h. The presence of Met–HGF/SF and β-actin were assessed in the fluid, which was collected during the second postoperative day because during the first 24 hours it might contain many erythrocytes and debris. Pathological examinations The resected specimen was covered circumferentially by black Indian ink and Bouins solution and then was sliced into 5 mm slices. Each slice was evaluated macroscopically for the presence of tumor and its distance from the margins of the specimen. All slices involved with tumor were paraffin embedded, sliced again into 4 μm slides, and stained with hematoxylin–eosin. Microscopical evaluation was performed by one pathologist for margin involvement, tumor type, size, grade, capillary or lymphatic invasion, and the distance from the margins. All axillary lymph nodes were paraffin embedded, sliced into 4 μm slides and assessed for the presence of micrometastases. Receptor assays Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) were assessed in the tumor by immunohistochemical assay with mouse monoclonal antibodies (NCL-ER-6F11 and NCL-PGR-312) in accordance with the manufacturer's instruction (Novocastra Laboratories). We used the 'quick score', a simple combination of the proportion of cells staining plus a measure of intensity of staining [21]. A cut-off value of 2 or more was taken as negative for ER or PR. RT–PCR assays Total RNA was extracted from axillary lymphatic fluid with the Tri Reagent procedure, in accordance with the manufacturer's instruction (Sigma). Reverse transcription was performed with 1–2 μg of total RNA. The first strand of cDNA was generated with 0.5 μg of(dT)15 primer (Gibco–BRL) using 200 units of subscripts II RNAse-H–reverse transcriptase (Gibco–BRL). This was incubated for 50 min at 42°C, followed by inactivation for 15 min at 70°C. To detect Met transcript, PCR was performed on 3 μl of cDNA with MP1 primer (5'-GGAATCGAGCTGCGAGA-3') and MP2 primer (5'-TCCAACATGCAGTTTCTTGC-3'). To detect β-actin transcript, PCR was performed on 3 μl of cDNA with MP1 primer (5'-CTCTTCCAGCCTTCCTTCCT-3') and MP2 primer (5'-AGCACTGTGTTGGCGTACAG-3'). Cycling conditions consisted of 35 cycles with denaturation steps at 94°C for 30 s, hybridization steps at 55°C for 30 s and an extension step at 72°C for 1 min. The β-actin and c-Met RT–PCRs were performed simultaneously, under the same conditions. The limit of sensitivity of the RT–PCR system for Met was 1 pg of total RNA. Immunohistochemical analyses Staining was performed with an antibody against hepatocyte growth factor-α receptor (HGFα-R; H-145; Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, California, USA). Sections (5 μm) mounted on Super Frost/plus glass (Menzel and Claser, both in Braunschweig, Germany), were processed by a labelled streptavidin–biotin method with a Histostain Plus kit (Zymed, San Francisco, California, USA). Heat-induced antigen retrieval was performed by temperature-controlled microwave treatment with an H2800 model processor (Energy Beam Sciences Inc, Agawan, Massachusetts, USA) for 12 min in 10 mM citrate buffer, pH 6.0, at 97°C. The sections were treated for 5 min with 3% H2O2, followed by a 10 min incubation with the universal blocker, Cas-block (Zymed). The sections were incubated for 32 min with 1:20 diluted HGFα-R antibody. A biotinylated second antibody was applied for 10 min, followed by incubation with horseradish peroxidase-conjugated streptavidin for 10 min. The slides were washed with Optimax wash buffer (BioGenex, San Ramon, California, USA) after each incubation. The immunoreaction was revealed by a horseradish peroxidase-based chromogen. The sections were then counterstained and cleared in xylene. Controlled staining was performed with human liver tissue. The presence of brown (diaminobenzidine) staining of the cell membranes of tumor cells was interpreted as positive reactivity. Control group To verify that in normal persons there is no Met in the axilla we examined the axillary drainage in 20 patients with malignant melanoma who were found to have negative axillary sentinel lymph node. The lesions were located in the upper limbs, and the lymph node basins were found to be in the axilla. Sentinel lymph nodes were found in all these patients and none was involved with melanoma in frozen sections or in paraffin-embedded and stained slices. Statistical evaluation Correlations between the various clinicopathological parameters and RT–PCR assays in lymphatic fluid were analyzed by the χ2 test (P < 0.05). Thirty-one consecutive female patients who underwent breast-conserving surgery for operable invasive duct carcinoma of the breast between 1 January and 30 June 2000 were included. Patients with tumors that invaded the chest wall or skin, or with inflammatory carcinoma, were excluded. The mean age was 58 ± 16 years. Twenty-three patients (74.2%) underwent lumpectomy for palpable masses, and in eight women (25.8%) wire-guided excision of non-palpable tumors was performed. The tumor size was 0–1 cm in 10 women (32.2%), 1–2 cm in 9 (29.0%), 2–5 cm in 11 (35.4%), and larger than 5 cm in 1 (3.2%). Four patients (12.9%) had grade I tumors, 19 (61.3%) had grade II lesions, and grade III tumors were found in 8 (25.8%). Lymphatic and capillary invasion were noted in 10 (32.2%) and 11 (35.4%) patients, respectively. While attempting to achieve free margins, five patients (16.1%) had to undergo re-excision owing to incomplete resections. Two of these patients had wire-guided excisions. The collected axillary fluids were assessed by RT–PCR for Met and β-actin. The β-actin RT–PCR served as positive control and gave strong signals in all cases, indicating that both RNA preparation and cDNA synthesis were successful. The RT–PCR assays were positive for Met in 23 (74.2%) of the breast cancer patients (Fig. 1). In all of the patients in the control group, RT–PCR gave positive results for β-actin but was negative for Met. Reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR) amplification of Met and β-actin mRNA obtained from lymphatic fluids from women with breast cancer. Met and β-actin expression were examined by RT–PCR, and the results of agarose-gel electrophoresis of some of the patients are shown. The correlations between tumor size and the presence of Met in the axillary fluid are shown in Table 1. Positive RT–PCR assays for Met in the lymphatic fluids were associated with increasing tumor size. Eleven of 19 patients (57.9%) with T1 tumors (tumor size 0–2 cm) had positive Met in the axillary fluid (50% and 66% for tumors 0–1 and 1–2 cm in size respectively), compared with 12 of 12 patients (100%) with T2 and T3 tumors (P < 0.01). Correlation between Met status and tumor size Tumor size (cm) Met-positive patients (%) 11/11 (100) The average number (± SD) of axillary lymph nodes was 17 ± 4, and all dissected nodes were examined for the presence of metastases. Twelve patients (38.7%) had axillary lymph node metastases as revealed by hematoxylin–eosin staining. The correlation between metastatic axillary lymph node involvement and the presence of Met in the lymphatic fluid is shown in Table 2. All 12 patients with axillary lymph node metastases had positive RT–PCR assays for Met, compared with 57.9% (11 of 19) positive assays for women without lymph node metastases (P < 0.01). Correlation between Met status and axillary lymph node involvement Lymph node involvement 11/19 (57.9) All five patients with tumor involvement in the margins of the resection had positive RT–PCR assays for Met in their lymphatic fluid, compared with 18 of 26 positive assays (69.2%) for patients without involved margins (P < 0.04). The associations between tumor grade, capillary and lymphatic invasion, and the presence of Met in the axillary fluid are presented in Table 3. Patients with lymphatic invasion of the tumor were all Met-positive (10 of 10), and patients without lymphatic invasion had 61.9% (13 of 21) positive assays for Met (P < 0.02). Capillary invasion of the tumor was also found to be in correlation with Met; although all 11 patients with capillary invasion had positive RT–PCR assays for Met in their axillary fluid, the assays were positive in only 60% (12 of 20) patients without capillary invasion (P < 0.02). The presence of Met in the axillary drainage was also correlated with higher tumor grade: it was found in 50% of grade I tumors, compared with 87.5% of grade III lesions (P < 0.05). Correlation between Met status, capillary and lymphatic invasion and tumor grade Capillary invasion Lymphatic invasion 7/8 (87.5) The correlations between the ER and PR status and RT–PCR assays for Met in the axillary fluid are shown in Table 4. Seventeen patients had ER-negative tumors, and 16 (94.1%) of these had Met-positive assays in the axillary fluid. In seven (87.5%) of the eight patients with Met-negative assays the ER were positive. Similarly, 21 patients had PR-negative tumors, and 20 (95.2%) of these were positive for Met. PR-positive tumors were found in seven of eight patients (87.5%) in whom assays for Met in the axillary drainage were negative. Correlation between Met status, estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor Receptor status ER-positive 7 /14 (50) ER-negative PR-positive PR-negative ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor. All the paraffin-embedded sections of the resected primary breast cancers were assessed by immunohistochemistry staining for Met. In 28 patients (90.3%) the primary tumor stained positively for Met and none of the tumors that had negative staining had a positive Met RT–PCR assay in the axillary drainage. In addition, the patients with negative staining had no involvement of lymph nodes. HGF/SF is synthesized as a pro-HGF, and once activated by the HGF activator (HGFA), the complex HGF/SF–Met affects numerous normal cellular processes [22]. HGF/SF–Met is also involved in malignant transformation, presumably as a mediator in interaction between tumor and stroma, which enhances tumor progression, and also angiogenesis [23, 34]. In invasive ductal carcinoma, stronger expression of HGF/SF seems to be associated with tubule formation [25]. HGF/SF is overexpressed in breast carcinoma in situ and invasive ductal carcinoma in comparison with normal breast tissue. Normal mammary ducts within infiltrating cancer showed intermediate levels of HGF/SF. This finding suggests that the expression of these proteins in breast cancer is regulated by soluble factors produced by the tumor cells [26, 27]. High levels of expression of HGF and Met are associated with invasive breast cancer, and might be causally linked to early recurrences, metastatic disease and shortened survival of breast cancer patients [28, 29]. High levels of HGF/SF detected within breast tumor extracts are correlated with larger tumor size and shorter relapse-free and overall survival compared with tumors with low HGF/SF concentration [30]. The activation of HGF/SF by HGFA might be modified by the two HGFA inhibitors, HAI-1 and HAI-2. Highly invasive breast cancer cells express large amounts of HGF and Met, and no HAI-1, whereas breast cancer cells with low invasive potential have low levels of HGF and Met, and high levels of HAI-1 [22]. In a mouse model system HGF antagonists suppressed the conversion of pancreatic tumors from carcinoma in situ into invasive cancer [23]. It seems that regulation of the HGF/SF stimulation and inhibition activities is associated with the metastatic potential of tumor cells, and knowing the status of HGFA, HAI-1 and HAI-2, in addition to Met, might provide useful information. HGF/SF and Met have been found in a variety of tumors [31–33], and in lymph nodes of patients with no tumor [34], but never in the fluid drained from the tumor bed or the lymph node basin. In this study we evaluated whether Met can be detected in the axillary drainage of breast cancer patients, and the significance of its expression in the lymphatic fluid. Studying the expression of Met in the axillary fluid is a simple, non-invasive procedure because drains are routinely inserted during axillary lymph node dissections. The collected fluid is readily available, and RT–PCR is a routine, short assay with minimum artefacts. The axillary fluid after breast and axillary lymph node operations includes erythrocytes, lymphocytes, epithelial cells and tumor cells. One of the goals of this work was to examine whether tumor cells can be detected in the axillary drainage by RT–PCR assays for Met. To determine the source of Met in the axillary fluid in breast cancer patients and to exclude the possibility that the source was related to surgical trauma, we evaluated a control group of melanoma patients with negative axillary sentinel lymph nodes. In none of the control patients was the axillary drainage Met-positive. In 28 patients the primary tumor stained positively for Met and none of the tumors that had negative immunostaining had a positive Met RT–PCR assay in the axillary drainage. Thus, it seems likely that the source of Met in the axillary fluid in node-negative breast cancer patients is the tumor in the breast. The results show that Met can be detected in the axillary drainage, and although the number of patients was not high, Met is associated with unfavorable prognostic factors. Positive assays for Met are correlated with tumor size, grade, lymphatic invasion, tumor involvement of the margins of the resected specimen, the existence of metastases in the lymph nodes, and the numbers of lymph nodes with tumor. Met was associated with larger tumors, and in none of the patients with tumors larger than 2 cm was the assay negative. Moreover, Met was never negative in patients with metastatic carcinoma in the lymph node. Negative staining for ER and PR is associated with unfavorable prognosis, and the assays for Met in the axillary fluid were positive in most receptor-negative tumors. One could postulate that because Met was highly correlated with tumor size, its expression implies aggressive behavior of the malignant processes. The significance of HGF/SF as a marker of poor prognosis might also be associated with its effects on acquired resistance to anti-cancer drugs [35, 36]. HGF/SF protects cancer cells from DNA-damaging chemotherapy agents through pathways involving signaling from Met to phosphoinositide 3-kinase and c-Akt [29]. Human breast cancer cells, preincubated with HGF/SF and then exposed to Adriamycin, exhibit an altered pattern of gene expression compared with cells treated with Adriamycin alone. Cells treated with HGF/SF and Adriamycin also had modified cell line regulation and signal transduction that might suggest mechanisms by which HGF/SF exerts its protective activity [31]. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the expression of Met in the axillary drainage in patients who have undergone operations for breast cancer. The results suggest that the expression of Met in the axillary drainage might have prognostic significance. More importantly, its expression in histologically node-negative patients point to the need to search for node micrometastasis or involvement of the excision margins by tumor. 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__label__cc	0.531735	0.468265	Research article \| Open \| Published: 08 August 2016 Combination of Paclitaxel and MG1 oncolytic virus as a successful strategy for breast cancer treatment Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-9091-22351,2, Lauren Elizabeth St-Germain1, Dominic Guy Roy1,2, Adrian Pelin1,2, Amelia Sadie Aitken1,2, Rozanne Arulanandam1, Theresa Falls1, Vanessa Garcia1,2, Jean-Simon Diallo1 & John Cameron Bell1,2 Breast Cancer Researchvolume 18, Article number: 83 (2016) \| Download Citation Breast cancer is the most common malignant disease amongst Western women. The lack of treatment options for patients with chemotherapy-resistant or recurrent cancers is pushing the field toward the rapid development of novel therapies. The use of oncolytic viruses is a promising approach for the treatment of disseminated diseases like breast cancer, with the first candidate recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in patients. In this report, we demonstrate the compatibility of oncolytic virotherapy and chemotherapy using various murine breast cancer models. This one-two punch has been explored in the past by several groups with different viruses and drugs and was shown to be a successful approach. Our strategy is to combine Paclitaxel, one of the most common drugs used to treat patients with breast cancer, and the oncolytic Rhabdovirus Maraba-MG1, a clinical trial candidate in a study currently recruiting patients with late-stage metastatic cancer. We used the EMT6, 4 T1 and E0771 murine breast cancer models to evaluate in vitro and in vivo the effects of co-treatment with MG1 and Paclitaxel. Treatment-induced cytotoxicity was assessed and plaque assays, flow cytometry, microscopy and immunocytochemistry analysis were performed to quantify virus production and transgene expression. Orthotopically implanted tumors were measured during and after treatment to evaluate efficacy and Kaplan-Meier survival curves were generated. Our data demonstrate not only the compatibility of the treatments, but also their synergistic cytopathic activity. With Paclitaxel, EMT6 and 4 T1 tumors demonstrated increased virus production both in vitro and in vivo. Our results also show that Paclitaxel does not impair the safety profile of the virus treatment. Importantly, when combined, MG1 and the drug controlled tumor growth and prolonged survival. The combination of MG1 and Paclitaxel improved efficacy in all of the breast cancer models we tested and thus is a promising alternative approach for the treatment of patients with refractory breast cancer. Our strategy has potential for rapid translation to the clinic, given the current clinical status of both agents. Breast cancer is a highly aggressive disease with most of the deaths resulting from metastases within the first three years upon diagnosis [1]. Metastatic human triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has the worst prognosis among all types of breast cancer, with high risk of rapid recurrence and shortened survival [2]. TNBC is deficient in the expression of estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, and thus, is refractory to conventional breast cancer hormonal therapy such as Tamoxifen. The main therapeutic option with surgery is chemotherapy, but some subsets of tumor are resistant and the prognosis for these patients is poor [3]. The standard of care for TNBC is the administration of anthracyclines and/or taxanes [2]. Paclitaxel (PAC), also called Taxol, is a cancer chemotherapeutic agent of the taxane family that acts by stabilizing microtubules and thus preventing cell division [4]. PAC is commonly used as monotherapy or in combination with different agents. Significant effort is currently being directed toward improving its efficacy and developing alternate strategies for the treatment of chemotherapy-resistant and recurrent disease. A novel strategy being explored for the treatment of metastatic diseases such as TNBC is the use of oncolytic viruses (OV). Several candidates are currently undergoing clinical trials and are considered promising approaches for the treatment of various cancers including TNBC [5]. At the forefront of this field is T-Vec, a herpes virus that was successfully tested in a phase III study in melanoma and was approved in 2015 by the Food and Drug Administration for clinical use. OVs specifically replicate in and destroy tumor cells by several mechanisms including direct oncolysis [6]. The rhabdovirus family members, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and maraba, were first identified as oncolytic agents by our group [7, 8]. The tumor specificity of these viruses is conferred by the capacity of normal cells, but not tumor cells, to respond to antiviral interferons (IFN) [7, 8]. Variants with a greater therapeutic index, VSVΔ51 and Maraba MG1, were subsequently developed for clinical use [8, 9]. Importantly, enrolling recently began for a clinical trial using MG1 both as a stand-alone therapy and in a vaccination strategy in patients with late-stage disseminated disease (NCT02285816). A means to further improve the efficacy of the virus is to augment its replication in the tumor. In a previous study, we identified drugs, so-called virus sensitizers (VSe), that enhanced VSV replication in a tumor-specific manner [10]. The compound identified as VSe12 in that study is PAC and it demonstrated the ability to substantially increase viral replication in vitro. Another VSe, colchicine, affects microtubule dynamics and was also the subject of a recent detailed study [11]. As opposed to PAC, which stabilizes microtubules, colchicine has a destabilizing effect, which also results in the blockade of cell division [12]. Colchicine-mediated enhancement of VSV was attributed in part to a defect in IFN secretion by infected cells, thus preventing the cytokine-conferred antiviral protection [11]. The combination of PAC with OV treatment has been tested for vaccinia virus and herpes virus for other indications [13, 14]. This study focuses on the efficacy of MG1 for breast cancer treatment and investigates the co-treatment with PAC. Here, using three different murine breast cancer models, we demonstrate that MG1 can be enhanced by PAC both in vitro and in vivo and that the co-treatment improves efficacy better than either treatment on its own without impairing the safety profile of the virus. Cell lines and culture Vero kidney epithelial, 4 T1, EMT6 and EO771 murine mammary carcinoma and Hs578T, BT-549 and MDA-MB-231 human mammary carcinoma cell lines (American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA, USA)) were cultured in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (DMEM) (Corning cellgro, Manassas, VA, USA) supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum (FBS) (Sigma life science, St-Louis, MO, USA) and maintained at 37 °C with 5 % CO2. Virus amplification and purification MG1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) was purified as previously described [8]. Briefly, Vero cells were infected for 24 h at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 0.01. Supernatants were then filtered using a 0.2-um bottle top filter (Millipore, MA, USA) prior to 1.5-h centrifugation at 30100 g. The pellet was resuspended in Dulbecco’s phosphate-buffered saline (DPBS) (Corning cellgro, Manassas, VA, USA) and aliquots were stored at −80 °C. PAC treatment PAC was purchased from Accord healthcare Inc. (Durham, NC). The cells were pre-treated at a concentration of 2 uM in culture media for 4 h prior to infection, unless specified otherwise. For in vivo experiments, animals were treated intraperitoneally (IP) with 2 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg of PAC as specified (see figure legends). Virus titration Titers were obtained by plaque assay. Briefly, serial dilutions of the samples were transferred to monolayers of Vero cells. Following an incubation of 1 h, cells were overlaid with 0.5 % agarose/DMEM supplemented with 10 % FBS. Plaques were counted 24 h later. For in vivo experiments, tumors and organs were collected 48 h post treatment, homogenized in PBS using a tissue homogenizer, then serially diluted and virus quantified as described above. In vitro IFNβ treatment and quantification Monolayers of tumor cells were treated with 250 U/mL of murine IFNβ (PBL interferon source, Piscataway, NJ, USA) 4 h prior to virus infection. The production of IFNβ by tumor cells was quantified using the ELISA mouse IFNβ kit (R&D systems, Minneapolis, MN, USA) following the manufacturer’s protocol. The samples were generated by pre-treating the cells with PAC as described above and infecting them for 24 h at an MOI of 0.1. Coomassie Blue staining/viability assay At 72 h post infection, cells were fixed for 30 minutes using fixative solution (3:1 methanol-acetic acid). The fixative was then replaced by the Coomassie Blue staining solution (3:1 methanol-acetic acid, 0.1 % Commassie Blue dye) for 30 minutes. The plates were washed and dried overnight prior to scanning. For quantification, the Coomassie Blue staining was solubilized using 10 % SDS, and serial dilutions were performed and transferred to a 96-well plate for reading using a Fluoroscan plate reader at 450 nm. For nuclear staining, cells were cultured and treated on coverslips for 72 h. Cells were then washed with cold PBS and fixed using ice-cold methanol-acetone (1:1). Nuclei were stained using 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) included in the Prolong gold anti-fade (Molecular Probes) used to mount the coverslips onto slides. Live images of MG1-GFP infected cells were acquired using an EVOS Fl cell imaging system (ThermoFisher Scientific) microscope 24 h post infection. For quantification of virus infection, cells were processed as previously described [15]. Briefly, cells were harvested and fixed using IC fixation buffer (eBioscience) 24 h after PAC treatment and infection with MG1-GFP at an MOI of 0.01. Cells were then washed twice and resuspended in FACS buffer (3 % FBS, PBS) for analysis using a Cyan ADP 9 flow cytometer (Beckman Coulter, Mississauga, ON, Canada). In vivo experiments and tumor models Balb/c mice were used (Charles River Laboratories) for the 4 T1 and EMT6 murine tumor models. For orthotopic implantation of the tumors, 2 × 105 cells were injected into the second left mammary fat pad. For the EO771 tumor model, 1 × 106 cells were implanted into the second left mammary fat pad of C57/Bl6 mice. For treatments, the virus and drug preparations were diluted to the appropriate concentration in a total volume of 100 uL of PBS and injected IP or intratumorally (IT) using insulin syringes (The Stevens Co, Montreal, QC, Canada). All experiments were performed in accordance with the University of Ottawa animal care and veterinary services guidelines. Tumors were collected 48 h after treatment and fixed in 10 % buffered formalin phosphate (Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) for 48 h. Paraffin-embedded sections were stained using hematoxylin and eosin or the specified antibodies. For antibody staining, the sections were rehydrated through graded alcohol and heat-mediated antigen retrieval was performed in citrate buffer (sodium citrate 10 mM, pH 6). Tissue sections were stained as described previously [16] using a rabbit anti-VSV (made in house) and rabbit anti-caspase-3 (Cell signalling technology) antibodies. TNBC ex-vivo samples Patient-derived TNBC xenografts were grown into NOD/SCID mice as described previously [17, 18]. When the tumors reached 1500 mm3 in size they were collected and cores were generated as described previously [19]. The cores were treated ex-vivo with MG1 (103 plaque-forming units (pfu)) and PAC and culture supernatant was collected 48 h later to titer the virus output. Tumor measurements and survival experiments The length and width of the tumors were measured using digital calipers (Fowler). The formula (length × width2)/2 was used to calculate tumor volumes. The mice were sacrificed when they displayed respiratory distress, significant weight loss, ulceration, or discomfort, or when the tumor volume reached 1500 mm3 in size. Statistical analyses were performed using GraphPad Prism 6.0 software (see figure legends). Error bars represent standard error of the mean. PAC treatment enhances MG1 replication and killing in different breast cancer cell lines In order to determine which concentration of drug and MOI of virus to use in our experiment, we first assessed the sensitivity of our different murine breast cancer cell lines to either treatment. Using a GFP-expressing version of MG1, we infected monolayers of cells at various MOIs and assessed transgene expression as a readout of infectivity. We also evaluated virus-mediated killing of the cells by looking at visible cytotoxicity. Our results demonstrate various sensitivities to the virus with the E0771 cells being completely infected at an MOI of 0.01 and all dead at an MOI of 10, and the EMT6 cells being the most resistant with only a few cells expressing GFP at an MOI of 10 (Fig. 1). The 4 T1 cells displayed an intermediate phenotype. We then investigated the sensitivity of the cell lines to PAC-induced killing. To do so, we incubated monolayers of cells with increasing concentrations of the drug for 48 h and performed a Coomassie Blue viability assay where decreased staining intensity reveals cytotoxicity. Similar to what we observed with the virus, the EO771 cells were the most sensitive to PAC and the EMT6 the most resistant cell line (Additional file 1: Figure S1a). The concentrations required to kill the various tumor cells ranged from 4 uM to 12 uM. To investigate the responsiveness of the cell lines to PAC-mediated inhibition of cellular division, we stained the nucleus of treated cells in order to detect enlarged, polynuclear cells. Interestingly, all three tumor cell lines were responsive to low, sub-lethal concentrations of PAC (0.5 uM) (Additional file 1: Figure S1b). Murine breast cancer cell lines display different sensitivities to MG1. Microscopy images of EMT6, 4 T1 and EO771 tumor cells infected with various multiplicities of infection of MG1-green fluorescent protein for 24 h To evaluate the effect of PAC on viral replication, we assessed the presence of GFP-positive cells following co-treatment with the drug in our murine breast cancer cell lines. We pre-treated the cells for 4 h with 2 uM of PAC, a concentration at which all cell lines displayed polynucleation, but none of them exhibited drug-mediated killing (Additional file 1: Figure S1). Our results indicate the presence of more MG1-infected EMT6 and 4 T1 cells for the co-treatment conditions (Fig. 2a, left panels). This enhancement was confirmed by quantification of the virus in the supernatants where 10-fold to 100-fold more virus was detected in the presence of the drug (Fig. 2a, right panels). For the E0771 cell line, no difference was observed in virus recovery and GFP expression, demonstrating that the drug did not enhance, but did not impair virus production either. We obtained similar results using three different human TNBC cell lines, whereby virus enhancement was observed in two cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and BT-549) but not in the third (Hs578T) (Fig. 2b). We used flow cytometry as a means to quantify the percentage of GFP-expressing cells and the mean fluorescence value (MFV) of infected cells in the presence or absence of the drug. Our results demonstrate that there were more GFP-positive cells when we pre-treated the 4 T1 and EMT6 cells with PAC, with percentages and average fluorescence twofold to threefold higher in the presence of the drug (Fig. 2c and d). Paclitaxel (PAC) enhances MG1 in various human and mouse breast tumor cell lines. a Microscopy images of EMT6, 4 T1 and EO771 tumor cells infected with MG1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) after a 4-h pre-treatment with 2 uM PAC. Graphs right represent virus titers obtained 24 h post infection. ND no drug, pfu plaque-forming units. b Microscopy images of MDA-MB-231, BT-549 and Hs578T human tumor cells infected with MG1-GFP after a 4-h pre-treatment with 2 uM PAC. Flow cytometry histograms show the GFP expression of infected EMT6 (c) or (d) 4 T1 cells 24 h post infection with or without PAC pre-treatment. The right graphs show percentage of GFP+ cells and the mean fluorescence values (MFV). Samples were analyzed in triplicates. Statistical significance was tested using the unpaired two-tailed t test with Welch’s correction; p < 0.05, p < 0.01 *p < 0.001. Ctrl control In a recent study we demonstrated that the viral sensitization mediated by colchicine, another drug affecting microtubules and preventing cell division was mediated by a blockade in the secretion of antiviral IFNs [11]. As many tumor cell lines are refractory to antiviral IFNs and would thus be refractory to enhancement involving this mechanism of action [7], we first assessed the sensitivity of our cell lines to the cytokine. Additional file 2: Figure S2a shows that pre-treating the cells with IFNβ efficiently protected all three cell lines against the virus. Consistent with this, less killing of the cells was observed with IFNβ pre-treatment (Additional file 3: Figure S3). To measure the IFNβ production in response to virus infection, we performed an ELISA on culture supernatants of infected cells. For all three cell lines, the cytokine was detected following infection. Interestingly, and consistent with our virus enhancement data (Fig. 2), our results show that in both EMT6 and 4 T1 cells, the production of IFNβ was impaired in the presence of PAC, while the levels produced by the E0771 cells were unaffected by the drug (Additional file 2: Figure S2b). As the aim of both MG1 and PAC treatments is ultimately to kill tumor cells, we assessed cell death following co-treatment. We used a concentration of the drug where no cytotoxicity was observed following a 48-h incubation. For all three murine cell lines, we observed more cytotoxicity in the presence of both treatments with almost all the cells being dead, suggesting synergistic rather than cumulative killing (Fig. 3a). This decrease in viability was confirmed by quantification of the staining (Additional file 4: Figure S4). This synergistic killing was also confirmed using the MDA-MB-231, BT-549 and Hs578T human cell lines (Fig. 3b). Paclitaxel (PAC) and MG1 synergistically kill breast cancer cell lines. Coomassie Blue staining of EMT6, 4 T1 and EO771 (a) and MDA-MB-231, BT-549 and Hs578T cells (b) infected or not with MG1-green fluorescent protein and co-treated with 2 uM PAC for 48 h. ND no drug The virus is enhanced by PAC treatment in vivo We then sought to confirm our in vitro findings in tumor-bearing animals. We implanted tumors orthotopically in order to recapitulate the natural microenvironment as much as possible. The virus was administered IT and quantified 48 h later by plaque assay. Our results demonstrate that threefold to fourfold more virus was detected in the EMT6 and 4 T1 tumors of the animals that also received PAC treatment compared to those that were treated with MG1 alone (Fig. 4a and b). For the E0771 tumor-bearing animals, we did not observe any difference in the amount of virus we recovered, consistent with the in vitro findings using this cell line (Figs. 2a and 4c). In order to assess if the increased viral replication would also result in increased replication in normal organs and impair the safety of the treatment, we performed a biodistribution experiment of MG1 48 h post injection in EMT6-tumor-bearing animals using the two drug concentrations used in this study. Our data demonstrate that, while both drug concentrations were able to increase viral replication in the tumors, no differences were observed in normal organs following co-treatment (Fig 4d). Paclitaxel (PAC) enhances MG1 replication in tumors. EMT6 (a), 4 T1 (b) or EO771 (c) tumor-bearing mice were treated intratumorally with 1 × 108 plaque-forming units (pfu) of MG1-green fluorescent protein (GFP) and intraperitoneally with PAC (10 mg/kg for the EMT6 model and 2 mg/kg for the 4 T1 and EO771 models). Tumors were harvested 48 h later and the viral quantification was obtained by plaque assay. Three or more tumors per condition were analysed. d EMT6 tumor-bearing mice were treated as in a and various organs were collected 48 h post treatment. The virus was quantified by plaque assay. e Tumor cores from human triple-negative breast cancer xenografts were infected ex-vivo with MG1-GFP with or without PAC co-treatment. The viral outputs were quantified by plaque assay. Statistical significance was calculated using the unpaired two-tailed t test with Welch’s correction; p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001. ND no drug To confirm the positive effect of PAC-treatment on MG1 infection of human tumors, we used a breast cancer patient xenograft model that was previously described to recapitulate the human disease [17, 18]. We infected tumor cores ex vivo in the presence or absence of PAC. Our results demonstrate that PAC efficiently enhanced viral replication in a TNBC patient-derived xenograft (Fig. 4e). PAC-MG1 combination therapy demonstrates greater tumor killing in vivo Previous work by Lin et al. demonstrates that while both PAC and an oncolytic herpes simplex virus induce apoptosis, the combination of both was more effective in human anaplastic thyroid cancer cell lines [14]. To investigate if this was also the case using MG1 in our tumor models, we performed immunohistochemical analysis against the cleaved pro-apoptotic molecule caspase-3 on EMT6 tumors from mice that received the various treatments. First, the hematoxylin and eosin staining clearly demonstrated the presence of widespread necrotic regions for the MG1 as well as the MG1 and PAC co-treated tumors (Fig. 5, left panels). This was confirmed by caspase-3 staining, which was extensive in these tumors. (Fig. 5, right panels). These regions were larger and more abundant in the co-treated animals compared to those that received the MG1 treatment only. Also, consistent with the virus quantification shown in Fig. 4a, staining of the tumor sections with a virus-specific antibody demonstrated increased virus spread in the presence of PAC (Fig. 5, middle panels). The co-treatment with paclitaxel (PAC) and MG1 increases tumor apoptosis. EMT6 tumor-bearing animals were treated intratumorally with MG1-green fluorescent protein (108 plaque-forming units) and intraperitoneally with 10 mg/kg with PAC, and tumor samples were harvested 48 h post treatment. Sections were stained for the presence of virus and apoptotic cells (caspase-3) The treatment with MG1 and PAC demonstrates greater efficiency in murine tumor models Given the improved killing observed with PAC in all three cell lines in vitro, the increased virus recovery from tumors and the greater caspase-3-positive tumor regions observed in the presence of the co-treatment, we sought to determine if these phenomena would translate into slower tumor growth and an improvement in the survival of tumor-bearing animals. The mice were treated with MG1, PAC or both and tumors were measured over time. As expected, we observed that the growth was slower following treatment with the combination of the virus and the drug in all three tumor models (Fig. 6a, b and c, upper panels). Also, as observed in vitro, the E0771 model was the most sensitive to both treatments. Importantly, the enhanced control of tumor growth translated into a significant prolongation of survival in all three models and some animals were even cured for the 4 T1 and E0771 tumor models (Fig. 6a, b and c, bottom panels). The combination of Paclitaxel (PAC) and MG1 improves efficacy in various murine breast cancer models. Volumes of EMT6 (a), 4 T1 (b) or EO771 (c) fat-pad tumors in mice treated or not (NT) with MG1-green fluorescent protein (1 × 108 pfu) in combination or not with PAC (10 mg/kg for EMT6 and 2 mg/kg for 4 T1 and EO771). Mice were sacrificed when they reached the endpoint. NS p > 0.05, p < 0.1, p < 0.01, p < 0.001 (unpaired multiple two-tailed t test). Kaplan-Meier survival curves were generated from the same experiments (bottom panels). For survival experiments, NS p > 0.1, p < 0.1, p < 0.01, p < 0.001 (Mantel-Cox test) In this study, we demonstrated the compatibility of PAC, a standard-of-care chemotherapeutic agent for breast cancer, and MG1, an OV that is considered a promising and novel strategy for treating disseminated diseases like breast cancer. Our results not only show that treatments do not interfere with one another, but they can also perform even better when co-administered. Using three different syngeneic murine breast cancer models, we show a prolongation of survival for animals that received both treatments compared to either treatment alone (Fig. 6). These findings have potential implications for the future treatment of patients. Our data support clinical testing of the combination. Even if the patient’s cancer has become resistant to the drug, it might still effectively enhance MG1 and at the very least, should not impair the viral treatment. Second, because the beneficial effects we observed were achieved using sub-lethal concentrations of PAC and knowing the various side effects of the drug in patients with cancer, it is tempting to suggest that using a lower concentration of PAC in combination with the virus would be a suitable strategy. Interestingly, we found that two out of the three murine tumor cell lines and the human tumor cell lines that we tested were sensitized to viral infection by PAC (Fig. 2). Indeed, while EMT6 and 4 T1 cells produced more virus when pre-treated with the drug, the E0771 cell line was not affected. Our model is that PAC pre-treatment would block the secretion of antiviral factors like IFNβ by infected cells (Additional file 2: Figure S2B), thereby increasing virus infection. In line with this idea, both EMT6 and 4 T1 cells in which we see sensitization to the virus, but not the E0771 cells, which are refractory to this effect, demonstrated impaired production of the antiviral cytokine (Additional file 2: Figure S2B). Importantly, our results also show that while ex-vivo infection and treatment of patient breast cancer xenografts can inform us on the potential enhancement of the virus by the drug in specific patient samples (Fig. 4e), the lack of enhancement would not necessarily imply that both treatments would not be compatible. Indeed, increased production of virus is desirable, but the killing of the target tumor cells is what ultimately matters. Our data show that although the E0771 cell line does not demonstrate sensitization to the virus in the presence of PAC, complete killing of the cells was still observed at concentrations of PAC and MG1 that did not affect cell viability alone. Notably, the E0771 tumor model was the one in which we observed the highest percentage of cures with the treatment combination (Fig. 6c). This is most likely due to the greater sensitivity of the E0771 tumors to both single treatments alone compared to the two other tumor models (Fig. 6). Remarkably, while the EMT6 and 4 T1 tumors are slightly smaller compared to the control animals when treated with either the virus or the drug, the combination of both treatments was the only condition that was significantly different in terms of the ability to control tumor growth and prolong survival. An interesting idea to explain the improved killing observed in vitro in the E0771 cell line would be that virus-induced factors may promote PAC killing. Indeed, it has been reported by Thorne and colleagues that oncolytic vaccinia virus induces the secretion of factors, including type I IFNs, which sensitize tumor cells to taxol [13]. Also, a similar mechanism was observed for the colchicine and VSV co-treatment [11]. This scenario would provide a mechanism by which even tumors that are refractory to the PAC-mediated sensitization to MG1 could still benefit from the combination. Of note, infection with vaccinia virus produces various anti-inflammatory factors [20], including B18R which inhibits the activity of IFNs and could potentially minimize this effect, while MG1 and VSV do not encode these inhibitors, suggesting that the virus-mediated sensitization of tumor cells to PAC-mediated killing could be even greater [7, 8]. Another interesting application of our combination strategy would be to potentiate the production of virally-encoded transgenes. The engineering of oncolytic viruses has been shown to be a successful strategy for tumor-targeted gene delivery and improvement of treatment efficacy. Indeed, rhabdoviruses encoding antiviral suppressors to increase viral replication [21], suicide genes to improve killing [22] or immune-stimulating cytokines to induce a greater anti-tumor immune response [23] have all been shown to control tumor growth more efficiently compared to the parental virus. Given that, along with the increased virus production, we also observed more GFP-positive cells and higher MFV (Fig 2b and c) and thus, greater transgene production, the co-treatment could potentially be even more beneficial using viruses that encode transgenes that mediate greater control of the tumors. With the urgent need for novel strategies for breast cancer treatment, especially in patients with TNBC, which are refractory to the limited available treatment options, our work provides a rational alternative to improve outcomes. Our data demonstrate that the combination of PAC and MG1 is effective at controlling tumor progression. 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We would like to thank Dr. Alana Welm for kindly providing the patient-derived TNBC xenograft samples. JCB is supported by the Terry Fox Foundation (TFF), the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI), the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and the Ottawa Hospital Foundation. MCBD, DGR and VG were supported by fellowships and scholarships from the CIHR. JSD was supported by the TFF, the CIHR and the CCSRI. MCBD designed this study, performed all experiments and wrote the manuscript. DGR participated in the in vivo efficacy experiments and helped draft and revise the manuscript. LESG helped with virus quantification and viability staining. AP performed statistical analysis, helped with virus quantification and revised the manuscript. RA helped with the design of the study and the revision of the manuscript. TF performed the tumor implantations. VG helped with the acquisition of microscopy images. ASA helped with the revisions to the manuscript. JSD was involved in the design of the study and JCB helped with the design of the study and the revision of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. All experiments were performed in accordance with the University of Ottawa animal care and veterinary services guidelines (reference number ME-2258). Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Centre for Innovative Cancer Research, Ottawa, K1H 8L6, Canada Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault , Lauren Elizabeth St-Germain , Dominic Guy Roy , Adrian Pelin , Amelia Sadie Aitken , Rozanne Arulanandam , Theresa Falls , Vanessa Garcia , Jean-Simon Diallo & John Cameron Bell Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1H 8M5, Canada Search for Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault in: Search for Lauren Elizabeth St-Germain in: Search for Dominic Guy Roy in: Search for Adrian Pelin in: Search for Amelia Sadie Aitken in: Search for Rozanne Arulanandam in: Search for Theresa Falls in: Search for Vanessa Garcia in: Search for Jean-Simon Diallo in: Search for John Cameron Bell in: Correspondence to Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault. Additional file 1: Figure S1. Murine breast cancer cell lines display different sensitivities to PAC. A EMT6, 4 T1 and EO771 cells were treated with increasing concentrations of PAC. Coomassie Blue staining was used to assess the toxic dose of the drug in the different cell lines after 72 h. B Fluorescent microscopy pictures of DAPI-stained cells with or without treatment with 0.5uM PAC for 72 h. (TIF 14849 kb) PAC blocks IFNβ production by infected tumor cells. A Microscopy pictures of EMT6, 4 T1 and EO771 tumor cells pre-treated or not for 4 h with recombinant IFNβ. B The IFNβ released from MG1-infected cells in the presence or absence of PAC was quantified by ELISA. Samples were analysed in triplicates and statistical significance was calculated using the unpaired two-tailed t test with Welch’s correction; p < 0.05, p < 0.01, p < 0.001. (TIF 6796 kb) IFNβ pre-treatment protects EMT6, 4 T1 and EO771 cells from virus-mediated killing. Coomassie Blue staining of the various breast cancer cell lines 48 h post infection with MG1-GFP with or without pre-treatment with recombinant murine IFNβ. (TIF 2149 kb) PAC and MG1 synergistically kill breast cancer cell lines. Quantification of the signal obtained for triplicates or quadruplicates Coomassie Blue staining of EMT6, 4 T1 or EO771 cells infected or not with MG1-GFP and co-treated with 2 uM PAC for 48 h from Fig. 3. Statistical significance was calculated using the unpaired two-tailed t test with Welch’s correction; p < 0.05, p < 0.01, *p < 0.001. (TIF 2942 kb) Triple-negative breast cancer TNBC Oncolytic virus Rhabdovirus Maraba-MG1 Viral Sensitizer	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3813
__label__cc	0.554018	0.445982	Stories: Anatomy of a Fiction Hero, Part 2 by Brian Watkins \| Jul 17, 2015 \| Creative \| 0 comments In part one I gave a few examples of different types of heroes and how they play out on screen (or on the pages). But what makes a good hero, or for that matter a good villain? Some villains are great at making us grind our teeth every moment they’re on screen (Dolores Umbridge). When they do something sinister with that grin on their face we think “God I hate them!” Or sometimes they just command so much authority with their will — crushing with style — that we can’t help but like them (Tywin Lannister). These are the kind of villains that tend to stick around on TV shows, and they’re sometimes as likeable as the protagonist. Daredevil’s Wilson Fisk, season one’s villain, is equally fleshed out as Matt Murdock. Brilliantly played by Vincent D’Onofrio, Fisk displays both a compassionate side and one of unhinged fury. What the show does well is illustrate that both men are actually after the same thing: saving Hell’s Kitchen. Fisk may be even more ruthless than Murdock, but both of them have a daytime persona and a very different evening hobby. Both of them use violence to get what they’re after, but Murdock believes that a controlled use of force improves upon the current system, fixing what falls between the legal cracks. Fisk believes that saving everyone requires burning the current system to the ground, that only in rebirth can the city be saved. The Krogans in the Mass Effect series have a saying which is essentially “Your worthiness is judged on the strength of your enemies.” Great heroes require powerful foes — Superman fighting an average Joe isn’t very interesting, after all. The Villain’s Role A Reddit discussion on what makes a good villain raised some good points, notably that the villain needs to complement the hero by being different in the right ways. One poster gives a great example that the Joker was a good nemesis for Batman because his wild, humorous nature works well with Batman’s very serious demeanor. The Joker would not have worked well with a smooth talking rogue-like hero like Captain Jack Sparrow because they’re too similar. It wouldn’t create the right kind of tension. The villain needs to challenge the hero without overpowering the story. If the villain is powerful enough, a lot of the hero’s character growth is probably a direct cause of the influence. The Hero’s Distinction I want to revisit the concept of the balancing act from part one because it raises some interesting questions. Obviously stock heroes are as boring as stock villains; the hero can’t be “too good” or they won’t be believable. But they can’t be too bad either. Even antiheroes like Riddick have a soft side that shows through, and really, though he kills a lot of people it’s more to escape mercenaries hunting him than killing in a psychotic serial killer fashion. In books and shows I often find interpersonal behavior more telling than violence about a character’s compassion (or lack of). A bad guy can gun someone down whimsically and that’s explained away by his being ruthless and cold. A hero can do that too if it’s set up right, as long as we have a reason to buy it. So violence in itself isn’t necessarily an indicator of a bad hero. A hero with no personal relationships can be explained away with a loner-style cliche. But what if the hero deals with people all the time but has no close relationships? What if the hero uses people and throws them away, making no apologies for betraying the few people that believe in him or her? Sometimes a lack of empathy or humanity is more powerful than violence. Beat someone for information? Ruthless, but potentially justifiable. Watch someone in agony over a terrible incident where a pet/family member/loved one dies horrifically and smirk at their pain? Maybe a glib and heartless remark at their expense? Now that’s a real asshole. Think Dolores Umbridge again in Harry Potter. No physical violence, but villain extraordinaire. Sometimes this works for protagonists, and sometimes less so. Why is that? Our First Impressions and Expectations I think a lot of it comes down to what we’re presented with up front. Just like meeting someone in person, we gather impressions about the character from the first things we see them do. This is why the beginning of any story is important; the way we’re presented with the hero matters. If she starts out looking like a good person and becomes a real bitch later, we may feel betrayed by the change and not want to follow her anymore. If the story hinges on us admining for her, the story is dead. In shows like Damages, Glenn Close’s character (Patty Hewes) is pretty ruthless and uncompromising right off the bat. As we continue to see examples of that behavior it doesn’t strike us as weird, and we can get behind her because it’s entertaining to watch her outwit people and win even if she’s not a nice person. We can be attracted to her strength. Damages seems like a good comparison with Scandal (which we talked about in part one). Both stories are about a firm run by a strong woman where they go up against powerful and terrible adversaries. But where Hewes seems devious from the beginning, Olivia Pope is cast as a white knight of justice that helps people in ways no one else can. A heroic fixer, if you will. When Olivia becomes more and more ruthless, uses people and shuts out her friends, it made me lose interest in her character a bit. She’s still less cold than Hewes, but we knew what we were getting with Hewes. Aside letting us down morally, the other issue with Olivia Pope is that she’s overly strong when she doesn’t need to be and a pushover when she needs that strength. The way she lets people treat her, for example, is frustrating to say the least. I’ll be as vague as I can and still make a relevant point so as not to spoil anything for those that haven’t seen it. She tells a lover they’re over repeatedly, which he ignores regardless of how badly it screws up her life. Her pleas are ignored, she’s treated like an object, and the lover abuses his power many times to strong arm her into whatever he wants — basically debasing himself into a royal jackass — and she goes for it. Look at Glenn Close’s character and you could never see that happening. Again, we respect her strength. You can either lead by inspiring or lead by strength, and after awhile Olivia has neither. Anatomy of a Fiction Hero, Part 1 Heroes in stories aren't always purely good or evil. 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__label__cc	0.624375	0.375625	The Breakroom Linea on iPadOS: Hold Off for Now By Craig Hockenberry We’re all excited about the changes coming in the new iPadOS. The urge to install the new shiny is strong with this one! But before you start your download, be aware that you’re likely to have problems with both Linea Sketch and Linea Go. Some early adopters have lost access to drawings and aren’t able to create new sketches. We’re still trying to understand what’s causing this data syncing issue. It may be specific to Linea or a more general problem with iCloud. As we learn more, we’ll update this post. If Linea is a part of your workflow, our current recommendation is do not install the iPadOS or iOS 13 beta. Updated July 1st, 2019: We have released version 2.6.1 which blocks Linea from running on iOS 13. If you absolutely need to run on the new OS and are willing to take the risk of data loss, we can add you to our beta test. Please get in contact to set this up. Updated July 2nd, 2019: The release notes for iOS 13 Beta 3 indicate that there are many known issues with iCloud. If you are using a beta of either iOS or macOS that’s connected to iCloud, you run the risk that the beta will delete information and the data removal will propagate to devices using production releases. If you have any device running a beta release, make sure you have a backup of your iCloud Drive. The easiest place to make this backup is on a Mac running Mojave. Updated July 9th, 2019: These problems with iCloud are affecting many apps. If you have an iOS or macOS beta installed, we recommend that you disable iCloud on the device or login with a test account where you don’t mind losing data. Otherwise, you’ll lose data on your production devices. Updated July 10th, 2019: We submitted a detailed incident report with Apple’s Developer Technical Support only to find out that beta releases are not supported. If you’re a customer using iOS 13 or macOS Catalina, this means app developers can’t get any direct help for these iCloud issues. All we can do is submit feedback and wait for the data loss to stop (FB6337265). Posted in: Linea Introducing Twitterrific 6 for iOS By Ged Maheux Today we are proud to release Twitterrific 6.0 for iOS! This is one of the biggest updates of Twitterrific ever, representing over 50 bug fixes and improvements as well as a ton of new features. We’re very excited to get all of this amazing stuff we’ve been working on for so long onto your device and into your hands! Media Unleashed Now with Twitterrific 6, tweets or direct messages with a single photo, video, or animated GIF will display the attachment at its native aspect ratio. This means you can see the whole thing right in your timeline, without having to tap through to the media viewer. Tweets with more than one photo still show the attachments in a grid to help preserve screen space, but the layout has been adjusted to do a better job of making more of the photos visible (while still focusing on human faces, if possible). Seeing full-sized images on our tweets felt great and it was obvious that we needed to take things a step farther – so we added support for auto-playing videos and animated GIFs right in the timeline. When a tweet with an animated GIF or a video gets scrolled into view, Twitterrific 6 immediately starts playing it without you needing to tap anything. If the video has sound, an icon appears so there are no surprises when you tap through – we never autoplay audio! Recently Twitter added the ability to attach photos, videos, and GIFs to quoted tweets, so we brought that functionality to Twitterrific 6 as well. These new, richer tweets will appear correctly in the timeline and you can post them yourself – simply quote a tweet and add your favorite reaction GIF! To Boldy Go Where no GIF Has Gone Before Speaking of reaction GIFs, in Twitterrific 6 we’ve made it easier than ever to find and attach them with our new built-in support for GIPHY. While composing a tweet, tap the GIF button to search for just the right snarky animation that captures how you really feel. We’ve even built in handy shortcuts for popular GIFs, memes and our favorite Swear Trek reactions – it’s only logical. Twitterrific’s new GIPHY search in action. After you’ve attached your GIF, photos, or video to a tweet or direct message, it’s helpful to add a textual description for people who use assistive technologies like screen readers. Twitterrific has supported this for a long time, but in Twitterrific 6 we’ve improved the experience. Tap the attachment’s thumbnail to see a large preview and type a description for it. If you’ve added multiple photos, you can hit the return key on the keyboard or swipe between them to annotate each image quickly and easily. A Theme By Any Other Name Twitterrific 6 is all about using Twitter the way you want to use it, so if you’re not a fan of autoplaying videos, you can turn them off. If you don’t want animated GIFs to autoplay, you can turn those off too. If you just want to see the username of everyone in your timeline and skip seeing their full name, you can even do that! We also added a feature that increases the contrast of text in the timeline by forcing it to use either full white or full black no matter which theme is in use. Two of Twitterrific 6’s new themes – Dove and Parakeet For those of you who want to customize things even more, we’ve added a total of five new colorful themes (two light, three dark) plus three more app icons. There’s also a brand new font available that will totally refresh your timelines: San Francisco Compact Rounded. If you’re feeling especially brave and adventurous, you might find even more customization options by poking around in iCloud Drive – but you didn’t hear it from us!  Twitterrific 6 is a new product. It is free to use with banner ads and occasional purchasing reminders which can be completely removed by subscribing (either monthly or yearly). There are no sneaky free trials here – you have an unlimited time to try before you buy. If you don’t want to subscribe, we also offer a one-time purchasing option that’ll unlock Twitterrific 6 for the duration of its life (Twitterrific 5 had an incredible seven year run!). Scroll through Twitterrific’s development timeline below to see how we got from version 5 to the new and improved version 6. There are so many more improvements and bug fixes, including an expanded Twitterrific sticker pack for iMessage, accessibility improvements for Voice Over users, and much, much more. Be sure to visit Twitterrific’s version history page for the entire, huge list of what’s new, then head to the App Store and download Twitterrific 6 for iOS today. Enjoy and thanks for your support! Posted in: emoji, Stickers, Twitterrific I’ve been privileged to know and work with many talented people over the years. People with a drive to succeed and a flare for thinking differently. People who genuinely care about making the lives of other people better, while at the same time pushing you to be better, too. My friend Craig Hockenberry is one such person. Craig’s been a driving force here at the Iconfactory since almost the beginning, and we wouldn’t be where we are today without him. That’s why I was so pleased when Apple chose Craig for their spotlight series on key developers in the macOS community. Apple’s piece in the Mac App Store touches on the genesis of our flagship Twitter client, Twitterrific, his important contributions to the Twitterverse, and more. Craig would be the first to say that developing an app like Twitterrific is a team effort, so I think it’s also important to give shout-outs to Sean Heber, who has deftly helmed Twitterrific’s development for many years, David Lanham, the talented artist and designer who gave birth to Ollie, Tyler Anderson, who cut his coding teeth on Twitterrific and helped keep Sean sane, and finally Anthony Piraino, whose iconic and design sensibilities put Twitterrific in a class of its own. On the eve of the launch of Twitterrific 6 for iOS, I’m proud Apple has decided to feature my friend Craig and our small company. It’s taken years of dedication and hard work not only to stay afloat in the wide, vast sea of the App Store, but to succeed where so many others have failed. That’s in no small part due to the amazing talent and experience of our beloved CHOCK. Congrats, Craig! Posted in: Developer, Development, Twitterrific What to Expect From Marzipan It’s clear that this year’s WWDC is going to be a doozy. We’ve written here previously with our thoughts about Dark Mode, now it’s time to talk about iOS apps coming to the Mac. Of course I’m talking about Marzipan, a technology Apple introduced with few details during last year’s Keynote. We knew that some apps in Mojave used the new technology and that was about it. The iOS version of Twitterrific running on macOS thanks to Marzipan. Thanks to the hard work of Steve Troughton-Smith, we have a much clearer view of what’s happening behind the scenes with application architecture and available APIs. What I’m going to focus on today is how this new technology will affect product development, design, and marketing. I see many folks who think this transition will be easy: my experience tells me that it will be more difficult than it appears at first glance. For the past year, I’ve been working on a new product that runs natively on three operating systems: iOS, tvOS, and macOS. As a result, I feel like I can talk with some authority on the differences between these platforms. My biggest takeaway from this project is how different interaction models have a ripple effect throughout a product. (We’re not ready to talk about this project in public yet, but Patreon supporters are getting sneak peeks.) A Little Bit of History Before we get into the interaction details, let’s take a look at tool and framework transitions on the Macintosh. Marzipan may be something new, but it’s certainly not a first. I’m old enough to have been around when the Mac first shipped: in 1984 you could buy some floppy disks to write code in Pascal or 68K assembly code. After a few years, the way you made these revolutionary computer interfaces evolved into MPW, the Macintosh Programmer’s Workshop. Fast forward a few years and things had moved on to a new language and tools. Many folks were using CodeWarrior and C++ to build their Mac apps. I developed the Iconfactory’s first software product using this environment. The modern era then arrived with NeXTSTEP in the year 2000. It brought an unfamiliar language called Objective-C, a new IDE called Project Builder, and awesome new frameworks named Foundation and AppKit. These tools have served the Mac well for many years and even provided a foothold for iOS with UIKit in 2007. And now a modern macOS toolkit will include Swift, UIKit, and Marzipan. Or, as we like to call it, Chameleon 2.0 :-) As you can see, the stuff that you use to build Mac apps has changed radically over the past 35 years – but it’s important to note what hasn’t changed during that same period of time. You still use a bitmap display for output with a keyboard and mouse for input. The interaction model has changed, but only slightly. There are enhancements and refinements, like trackpads and gestures, but a Mac is completely usable using nothing but the basic concepts that were laid down by the original team. It’s All About the Interaction It’s likely that getting your iOS app to run on a Mac will just be a matter of flipping a switch in Xcode. Steve Troughton-Smith has been converting apps using nothing more than a Simulator build, his marzipanify tool, and a lot of clever tweaks with frameworks. It will be exciting for a lot of developers, including yours truly, to press that button. But it’s also important to temper this enthusiasm with reality: that build setting is just the first step on a long and complicated road. Good interaction doesn’t come for free. As you saw above, the Mac has seen a lot of tool and framework transitions. But this is the first transition which involves a large group of developers who don’t have any experience on the platform they’re targeting. A Mac developer moving from CodeWarrior and C++ to Project Builder and Objective-C didn’t have to learn anything new about conventions: they were still on a Mac. That can’t be said about iOS developers who are starting to use Marzipan. In the early days of the iPhone, there were many apps developed by folks who brought their sensibilities from Windows or the Mac to a new platform. Those apps felt wrong and have largely disappeared because everyone has figured out that different interactions are needed for a small, handheld device. Don’t let the same thing happen when you bring your iOS expertise to a Mac. If you’ve been developing on iOS for any period of time, you’ve probably had the “flip a switch” experience when starting an iPad app. It’s fairly easy to get things up and running, but then you realize that there are a lot of design and code changes needed for a larger screen. You’ll start reworking things with master/detail views and auto layout constraints. You might even need to adapt your app to support input from a Smart Keyboard. Look at how many user interface idiom checks you have and you’ll start to get an idea of what lies ahead for a macOS app. If you’re someone who’s decided that an iPad version of your app is too much extra work, you’ll likely think the same thing about all the conditional checks required for a Mac. Many of the thoughts in this essay got their start while developing a tvOS app: I found that having a common user interface toolkit wasn’t much help. It’s nice to have familiar UIKit items like UIImage, UIColor, and UIButton, but in the end I found that little code was shared between platforms. Some views could be ported directly between platforms, but anything involving a controller was out of the question. Why? Put simply, the interaction on a TV app consists of six things happening: up, down, right, left, select, and back. Pointing anywhere on screen is not an option: your controller has to guide the customer around as they use these simple interactions. Code to navigate between buttons and collection view items is entirely different. Similarly, UIKit on macOS won’t magically solve your problems when someone wants to use the tab or arrow keys to navigate views in your iOS codebase. You’ll face similar issues when you encounter a customer who needs to select multiple items by dragging a mouse, open a context menu with the right mouse button, use a keyboard shortcut to make their work quicker, or customize function keys for common actions. How do you drag a selection when your code assumes that pointing at the screen is to facilitate scrolling? Is a right mouse click like detecting a different finger? Is there going to be a new mechanism for defining keyboard shortcuts and creating items in the menu bar? Will there even be a way to link in Carbon event callbacks? I don’t know the answers any of these questions, but I can guarantee that these new interactions will require additional work in your app. It’s also likely that you’ll suddenly find classes like UIResponder a lot more important. Routing events through your app becomes more difficult when they have to pass between multiple view and window instances, a menu bar, and an application delegate. To get an idea of the scope of the project you’re about to embark on, I would suggest getting a head start by reading the macOS Human Interface Guidelines (HIG). These guidelines have been around since the original Mac, are easy to understand, and provide a valuable reference for every Mac developer. How is this standard macOS control going to work on iOS? Besides learning what you don’t know, you’ll also get a chance to think about how something simple and familiar on the Mac, like the pop-up button, might be implemented for both iOS and macOS. That simple control doesn’t have any analog on iOS, but someday it will, and you’ll be using it for code on two platforms. Coders will not be the only ones affected by Marzipan. As a designer, you’re going to face challenges, too. The guidelines mentioned above should be your first stop: there isn’t any code and the descriptions often have great visual examples. The most obvious design element that will change as you move from iOS to macOS is the screen. If you’ve designed for the iPad, you already understand the challenges of a larger display surface and adapting your views as that size changes. It’s not easy work, but an alternative design that’s just “a big iPhone” is highly unsatisfying for a customer. The Mac alters this scenario slightly because your app is presented in a window that’s resizable: you might be running with the constraints of an iPhone SE one moment and the expansiveness of an iPad Pro the next. These resizable windows will also let you show more than one view at a time. On iOS, you’re accustomed to owning the entire screen and only having to accommodate for the user’s attention in one place. The Mac, on the other hand, has many applications that are vying for input and output mechanisms. On macOS the notion of “window focus” is used to highlight anything that’s currently receiving user input. Some of this will be automatic, such as with the window chrome, but you’ll also want to improve the experience in your own views by guiding the user’s actions. If controls aren’t active because they’re in a background window, they’ll need to be de-emphasized. The notion of “focus” also leads to a less obvious design change: an omnipresent keyboard. On a Mac, you always have a keyboard and folks have developed many habits that revolve around this input device. With iOS, working with a keyboard is an enhancement, and many apps don’t bother to make use of it. Using Marzipan means you’re adopting a new interaction mechanism that goes beyond pointing at a screen. Since it’s your job to define the user experience, you’ll be responsible for creating items in the menu bar. Apple has many recommendations for menus, but you’ll get off to a good start if your menu items use verbs for actions and adjectives for states. Think of menu bar items as a way for people to discover capabilities in your app: Mac users often scrub through a new app’s menus as a way to see what can be done. It’s also important to determine the most common actions in your app and assign keyboard shortcuts that will speed up the customer’s work. Menus may feel a little odd at first: they’re basically a user interface element that’s hidden until needed. As such, it’s easy to neglect this important part of the experience, but your new customers will let you know when it’s not right :-) The final interaction change you’ll need to consider is that a mouse isn’t a finger. On iOS you’re either touching the screen or you’re not. A mouse pointer has a third state: apps can know when a pointer is hovering over a view. This new capability can greatly increase the usability of your app by highlighting important elements in your interface when the customer’s mouse gets close. As far as assets are concerned, you’ll have some new graphic files to produce. The most obvious is a Mac desktop icon, which should be similar to, but not the same as, your iOS icon. Utility applications typically get a round icon, while document-based applications get a perspective treatment. Unlike iOS apps, the Mac also has a separate icon for documents that appear on the desktop. Examples of macOS and iOS icons done by the Iconfactory. Another thing to be aware of is that Marzipan currently displays your design about 30% smaller than iOS – a 100pt image gets rendered on screen at 77pt. This is done automatically at runtime to accommodate the Mac’s larger perceived size and smaller hit areas. A mouse pointer is more accurate than a finger and needs less room to operate. Hopefully this will change in the public release so you can specify platform-specific images. If not, you’ll need to ensure that designs with fine details render correctly. Hairlines and other pixel-level drawing are likely to be problematic. And speaking of pixels, there may be a need to support @1x screens again. Everything on iOS is @2x these days, but you’ll encounter many customers on the Mac who still use a non-Retina display (especially as a secondary monitor.) Yay. We’ve saved the biggest design challenge for last. It’s who you’re designing for – the person who’s going to use a Mac version of your iOS app. A Different Kind of Customer You’ve been creating apps for people who drive automobiles. Now you have a different kind of customer: one who drives a truck. These folks have a wholly different set of expectations for your product. And rightly so: why use your app on a Mac when all it does is replicate the functionality of their mobile device? Sure, there’s some convenience involved, but giving that customer a more powerful environment plays more towards their wants and needs. To get an idea of what this type of customer looks like, take a moment to listen to a recent episode of the Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP). The subject in the segment is iTunes, but it could just as easily be about your app. Minimalism has always been an appropriate goal on an iPhone. Your target audience doesn’t need or want distractions from their basic tasks. This started to change when the iPad debuted; apps became more immersive because you could do more with a bigger canvas. Now, with a Mac, folks are going to expect even more powerful interactions. Listen to John Siracusa, a guy who knows just a bit about macOS, as he talks about table views and you’ll start to understand your new goals. Let’s call it “unminimalism”. These folks also form a user community that’s different than what you might have encountered previously. It’s a warm and kind bunch who will become great supporters when you show a passion for their platform of choice. They can also become critics if your efforts aren’t up to snuff. Keeping two wildly different groups of customers happy with a single app won’t be an easy task, but it’s one that you’re going to be taking on with Marzipan. Which leads to the final, and most important, topic. How are you going to fund all of this work? Products need to make money or they cease to exist. But if making a Mac app is just a matter of flipping a switch, why should customers pay for that? It’s my opinion that Universal apps were the worst thing to ever happen for the iPad ecosystem. There’s no way for a developer to recoup the costs for new interactions and the extra work needed for more sophisticated apps. Apple makes it easier for a customer up front by offering a single download, but at the same time they make things worse because a Universal version of the user’s favorite app isn’t financially viable. Apple has few customers who pay directly for their software, so this aspect of third-party products may be a blind spot for the company. My biggest fear for Marzipan is that Mac apps become a part of a universal download. Nothing could kill my enthusiasm for the project more quickly. The Future Repeats Itself At this point, I think it’s clear that this is going to be a long process for both designers and developers. And customers, too. I think it’s good to look back on the early versions of Mac OS X: how many iterations did the NeXT software go through before it felt Mac-like? It depends on who you talk to, but for me it took a couple of years before this new system felt comfortable. It was a mess, until it wasn’t. Along the way, long-time macOS users will lose some things forever. Other changes will be uncomfortable at first, but we’ll adapt, even if things like ⌘N muscle memory hold on for a decade. But make no mistake, everyone is going to be adapting, even the new kids on the block. And like what you’ve experienced recently with a new programming language, there will be bumps in the road and you’ll find yourself dealing with unexpected changes. In the end, we’ll have something new and wonderful that we all love. Hopefully this post has helped prepare you for what lies ahead with Marzipan. Remember that we’re here to help as needed, whether it’s an app icon, assistance with user interface design, or consultation about making great Mac apps. We’ve been doing this stuff since 1997, so let our experience help guide you! Posted in: Apps, Design, Development, Icons Designing for a Great Cause The amazing folks over at App Camp for Girls have been hard at work preparing for Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, and we wanted to help get the word out. They’re an incredible organization that inspires and empowers girls, transgender, and gender nonconforming youth to pursue careers in technology. Helmed by some of the most talented and committed people in the technology community, App Camp for Girls is making a difference in the lives of kids, and we fully support their vision of gender equality in the tech industry. One way you can support them is to grab a ticket for LIVE near WWDC, a James Dempsey and the Breakpoints concert benefitting App Camp for Girls. The show will be Wednesday, June 5th from 7pm – 11pm in San Jose, and features a musical band of techies, nerds, and community luminaries performing a full concert of humorous, original, programming-oriented songs. You don’t need a WWDC pass to attend, but you will need a ticket and they’ll sell out fast, so don’t wait – this is one party you don’t want to miss! The group hopes to raise $25,000 to support future camp events, a worthy goal. Attendees can also snag a snazzy App Camp for Girls enamel pin that we designed especially for the occasion! With a limited run these pins will surely become coveted collector’s item and are just another reason to attend this night of fun. Finally, there are still three days left to pick up your exclusive Owl-tline T-shirt from Cotton Bureau. Proceeds go to support App Camp for Girls, so what other great reason do you need? Pick up an event ticket, order a shirt, and help bolster the gender diversity of tomorrow’s tech industry. Posted in: Design, Developer, Development, Miscellaneous W-W-Dog-Cow T-Shirt In preparation for Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference, and the rumored new dark mode coming in iOS 13, we’ve created a fun t-shirt that Mac geeks are sure to love. Clarus the dog cow lights up the night in this fun shirt inspired by the iconic artwork of Susan Kare. The shirt is on sale now for the next 13 days so don’t wait to pick one up. One other hint we wanted to drop – our Patreon backers are enjoying a 15% discount at checkout when they order the shirt from our good friends over at Cotton Bureau. Backers get exclusive wallpapers, avatars and all kinds of goodies like advanced access to beta software & special discounts. If you’re not a subscriber to the Iconfactory’s Patreon, now would be the perfect time to sign up! Moof! Posted in: Design, Developer, Miscellaneous, Patreon Game of Thrones Folder Icons This week marked the start of the final season of HBO’s epic fantasy adventure – Game of Thrones. We’re huge Thrones fans here at the factory and so it seemed natural to create our second set of macOS desktop icons centered around the saga. Our Patreon backers who have subscribed at the Hero level have been enjoying our first release, Captain Marvel, for a month and today we’re pleased to announce they have access to today’s Game of Thrones icons as well. They are also enjoying ep 002 of Pixelcast where Ged & Dave talk about designing wallpapers for Game of Thrones and our predictions for the finale. These folders are a great way for fans of the series to customize the look of their macOS desktops or to simply enjoy as collector’s items. With only five episodes of Game of Thrones remaining, now’s the time to subscribe to our Patreon and enjoy these iconic folders emblazoned with the sigils of the major houses of Westeros. Don’t be left out in the cold, head to our Patreon and subscribe for this and more amazing, exclusive content every month! Posted in: Design, Icons, Patreon, Wallpapers Patreon: One Month In One month ago today, we launched a grand experiment to bring our fans amazing wallpapers, icons, and avatars using a brand new Patreon account. So how’s it going? It’s only been a short time, but we already feel like we’ve gotten our pixelated grooves back. We didn’t realize just how much we’ve missed creating these digital goodies! Over 100 people have signed up and backed us, and that’s a good start. We’d love to devote the majority of our to time creating this type of content, but for that to happen we’ll need more patrons. These things take time, so we’re committed to building up a base of great content. We’ve been hard at work this past month making great stuff that people can enjoy well into the future. If you’re not a patron, here’s a quick rundown of the goodies you could be enjoying by joining us. First of all, there are the wonderful wallpapers for your iPhone, iPad, and computer: Dragon’s Teeth In the icon department, we released our first set of Mac desktop icons in over 6 years, to celebrate the arrival of Captain Marvel in theaters. We also created several fun avatars for use on social media, including Queen Watevra Wa-Nabi from the LEGO Movie 2 and Japan’s iconic hero Ultraman. But wait, there’s more! Wallpapers featuring Twitterrific’s Ollie and a Captain Marvel in outer space are completely free to download and enjoy. We have some exciting things in the works, too. This week we teased our upcoming Game of Thrones goodies with a free wallpaper that fans of the series are sure to love – White Walker. Patrons have also enjoyed our brand new podcast, taken part in polls, chatted with us on Discord, and taken advantage of custom-made goodies. We love making things for you fine folks, so subscribe today and help us spread the word online. We’ll report back next month and let you know once again how it’s all going. Thanks! Posted in: Design, Patreon, Website Now You Know How It Feels Are you one of the many people affected by a MacBook keyboard failure? If so, you now have the slightest hint of what it’s like to live with a disability. You can’t use a product like everyone else and it’s preventing you from achieving your goals. Maybe you say “screw it” and write an article for the Wall Street Journal without those keys. Or maybe you hang on desperately to an old laptop (these words are coming from a MacBook purchased in 2013.) An external keyboard might be a temporary workaround. But there is a clear distinction here: you have a course of remedy. You can take the laptop in for service or choose a different model. And while a failing keyboard is definitely a problem, it pales in comparison to someone’s permanent disability. Unfortunately, options are often more limited for people with physical challenges, and they may have to make the best of a less-than-adequate product. There’s no store that can fix the problem. The good news is that there’s plenty you can do as a developer to start helping someone. Try using that new keyboard to make another person’s life better – it not only feels great to be making a positive change in the world, but you’ll also end up with a better app that appeals to a more diverse audience. Posted in: Design, Developer A Plus for Us By Sean Heber Yesterday Apple announced they’re stepping into the games industry with a new subscription service called Apple Arcade. While we have dabbled with making games in the past, this news doesn’t currently affect our software business – but it may someday. Running a successful development company has never been easy, but over the years the rise of mobile and the App Store has seen the difficulty level go from “Hurt me plenty” all the way up to “Nightmare!” Game makers have been hit especially hard and have adapted using endless in-app purchases and addiction mechanics which are neither economical or healthy for the player. Rather than change App Store policies across the board, Apple seems to be experimenting with a whole new sales model for Arcade. While we don’t yet know much of anything about the business side of Arcade, we can speculate yesterday’s announcement is a peek into a what might be a new way to sell all software on the App Store. What would it mean if your app didn’t have in-app purchases or ads, but instead earned income based on an “attention” or “engagement” metric? We’re curious to see how the games in Apple’s Arcade adapt and how it will affect the larger ecosystem. Apple also revealed a new way to spend money and help you understand where it went after it’s gone. We really like the Activity-inspired design of the Apple Card’s interface. It’s a huge step up from every other banking app we’ve ever seen. (We help app designers of all kinds build better interfaces – hire us!) Besides the interface, we also see Apple’s long history of privacy and security playing a huge role as they launch this ambitious new product. Customer trust is at the center of this effort and we hope it pushes the rest of that industry forward as they discover the values of these features. Apple’s redesigned TV app looks to be a welcome step in the right direction. We’ve always been fans of television and movies at the Iconfactory – as you can see by exploring all the goodies we’ve created for our backers on Patreon – so we’re anxious to learn more about the new shows. With luck, we’ll end up loving some of them enough to make wallpapers! Finally, Apple announced News+ which combines their traditional news aggregation with rich magazine content bundled as a subscription. The design looks (mostly) great as does their selection of partners. Hopefully this new service will fare better than Apple’s earlier attempt in this space: Newsstand. Yesterday’s Apple event showed us they have a very specific vision for the future – both with delivering content and how we pay for it. It seems clear that Apple sees subscriptions as the only way forward, and not just for the software industry, but also publishers, TV, games, and movies. It’s probably safe to assume that all apps and digital media will soon be sold via a subscription model. Things are beginning to move quickly and now is a perfect time to consider how these changes affect all our businesses. Posted in: Developer, Development, Patreon, Projects, Services, Uncategorized Iconfactory.com Twitterrific xScope webmaster@iconfactory.com The Iconfactory 5603 W. 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__label__cc	0.683159	0.316841	Culture Change: Reads of the week 05.07 [fa icon="calendar"] 05-Jul-2017 22:45:05 / by John Hodges Discover how technology is set to help organisations achieve a cultural fit with their employees, the benefits that mindful leadership bring, and much more in these week's Culture Change blog... How To Create Mindful Leadership A number of large organisations, such as Google, have been implementing large-scale mindfulness programs over the past few years. Thousands of employees have gone through their programs with data now showing that there is a definite impact on leadership skills by practicing mindfulness - the biggest of which is its direct impact on the development of emotional intelligence. Cultural Fit: A Must for Candidate Selection Recruiters today are banking upon technology to help them select the perfect talent for their organizations. From artificial intelligence-based screening to cognitive assessment-led interviews, technology is turning the tables when it comes to candidate selection. In the bid to become tech-savvy, one may tend to ignore the finer aspects of candidate assessment—the softer areas of cultural fit and soft-skill assessment. How Whole Foods Can Keep its Identity After the Amazon Deal Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods for $13.7 billion merges two companies from entirely different industries. History shows that combining large companies across sectors means balancing different priorities, cultures, and goals—which doesn’t happen easily. Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods primes the Internet giant to not only inject its customer experience prowess into the grocery chain, but take over the coveted world of organic groceries. But before the lives of grocery shoppers are changed for good, the tech giant and grocery chain must overcome the organizational and technical union of their unique houses. Opinion: How to build trusting relationships in a virtual workforce The Oxford Group recently conducted a survey on global workforce attitudes, and one of the questions was whether employees feel that having a virtual workforce affects trust levels within the company. It revealed some interesting results. Sixteen per cent of workers believe that the existence of a virtual workforce directly leads to a lack of trust and solid relationships between the team. When split between genders, 20 per cent of men feel this is true, while only 14 per cent of women agree. Written by John Hodges	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3829
__label__cc	0.734725	0.265275	DeMar DeRozan Still a Winner in the Kawhi Leonard Trade Is it Time to Worry About the Los Angeles Lakers? 5 Teams to Watch after the NBA All-Star Break The OKC Thunder: Basketball’s Most Confusing Team Trae Young and John Collins: The Hawks’ Saviors Trade Finder: New Orleans Pelicans The Pelicans currently find themselves in a strange situation, they aren’t bad enough to get a high draft pick, but aren’t good enough to make the playoffs in the loaded West. Obviously, they could trade Anthony Davis and blow it all up, but they’re also moves that allow them to become more competitive right now. If they want to keep Davis around they need to start winning. Half of their losses have been by 7 points or less, meaning they only need a small adjustment to improve. If the New Orleans Pelicans make one really good trade they should compete for home court in the West. The problem is the Pelicans have almost no assets making any trade extremely difficult. I will not be including a trade with the Wizards because I already discussed that here Trade 1: Suns: Solomon Hill, 2019 1st round pick (Top 10 protected), Future 2nd Pelicans: TJ Warren This trade gives the Pelicans the perfect wing they badly need. Warren’s ability to be an offensive threat and not be a disaster on defense is exactly what the Pelicans need. Warren will fit well in the Pelicans fast-paced offense and should provide a lot more value than Hill. This season Warren has shot 46% from three. The Pelicans have struggled to knock down threes this season, but adding Warren would give them the necessary shooting depth. The Pelicans lack a starting-caliber small forward and Warren might be the perfect player to fill that need. For the Suns, the draft assets are the primary benefit, but Hill’s contract is also perfect. His $12 million contract will expire in 2020, at the same time as Ryan Anderson’s $21 million contract. With both of those contracts off the books, the Suns will have lots of money to play with that offseason. They will be able to sign a third star to compliment Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton or facilitate a trade that brings in whatever players they need. The other benefit of getting rid of Warren is creating more playing time for Josh Jackson and Mikal Bridges. The Suns have a logjam at the wing so getting rid of Warren would benefit their other developing players. Also, as previously mentioned, the draft assets are huge. There is a good chance that the Pelicans fall into the middle ground of 11-18. Adding another decent draft pick allows the Suns to add to their young depth, or trade it for value elsewhere. Magic: Solomon Hill, Wesley Johnson, 2 Future 2nds Pelicans: Evan Fournier The Pelicans would benefit a lot from this trade. Adding Evan Fournier gives them another talented wing player to compliment Jrue Holiday. Their offense needs a floor spacer like Fournier. They currently rank 19th in 3 pointers made, so Fournier, who has averaged 1.9+ threes made per game since 2015-15, will help. In fact, Fournier’s 1.9 threes per game are better than every Pelican player expect Nikola Mirotic. He is also a more respectable defender than the Pelicans other shooters such as E’twaun Moore and Darius Miller. Also, not having to give up any truly valuable asset is a huge win for the Pelicans. Although the Magic are currently the 7th seed in the East, this trade gives them the perfect opportunity to dump Fournier’s salary. If the Magic want to become true competitors they need to add an elite point guard. A playoff spot would be nice, but having the space to sign somebody like Kemba Walker would be way more valuable. They would take back Hill who could be moved in the offseason as an expiring deal and Johnson who will be off the books after this season. This gives them much more flexibility than Fournier’s 3-year $51 million contract. They already have a young big 3 between Aaron Gordon, Jonathan Isaac, and Mohamed Bamba and Fournier doesn’t fit into their future plans. Dumping him for cap flexibility and building around their young core makes more sense than trying to hold on. Do you have different trade ideas? Comment below! Or contact me Can Mike Conley lead the Grizzlies to the Playoffs? Top 10 Teams of the Month: November One thought on “Trade Finder: New Orleans Pelicans” loans with no credit check says: This sounds kinda blinkered…as far as I’m concerned…\| Post-Trade Deadline NBA Power Rankings The Impact of the 2019 NBA Trade Deadline Teams to Watch During the NBA Trade Deadline How the Kristaps Porzingis trade affects the NBA The 3 Most Exciting Anthony Davis Trade Destinations © 2019 BelowtheBasket	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3830
__label__wiki	0.58042	0.58042	Greenwich Village Comedy Club – Comedy Club NYC Chris Murphy, Marc Theobald, Anthony Kapfer, Mike Britt, Dustin Chafin Greenwich Village Comedy Club in New York City, mastermind Al Martin is the brains and operation behind Greenwich Village Comedy Club. After adequately dispatching New York Comedy Club and Broadway Comedy Club, Martin found better methodologies to excite the gatherings of spectators of Manhattan with top comedic presentations. Included by the social contrasts of Greenwich Village, there is a wide blended sack of comic show shows and performers that show up reliably. Greenwich Village Comedy Club opened in the late spring of 2012 and from the first minute, the club has been filled reliably with an overwhelming downtown swarm and top funnies making them laugh! The club attracts fan from around the globe and huge names like Montel Williams, Andre Aggasi and Jimmy Fallon. Al Martin is the King of New York Comedy and has made New York City the World’s Capital of Comedy. Drop by the Greenwich Comedy Club any night of the week for energizing comedic presentations and prominent comedians, such as Bob Golub, Dustin Chafin, Marc Theobald, Teddy Smith, Meghan Hanley, Russ Meneve and Mike Somerville. Greenwich Village frequently alluded to by local people as just “the Village”, is a generally private neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan, New York City. A vast greater part of the area is home to upper white collar class families. Greenwich Village, on the other hand, was known in the late nineteenth to late twentieth hundreds of years as a craftsmen’s shelter, the Bohemian capital, the support of the present day LGBT development, and the East Coast origin of both the Beat and ’60s counterculture developments. What gave the starting appealing character of the group, in the end, helped its gentrification and commercialization. The name of the town was Anglicized from the Dutch name Groenwijck, signifying “Green District”, into Greenwich. New York University (NYU) is placed in Greenwich Village. Greenwich Village Comedy Club – Comedy Shows in NYC	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3831
__label__cc	0.71225	0.28775	Jake Korosi Transitioning to Blender 2.8 UPDATE: As of November 29, 2018, Blender 2.8 is now in open BETA status! This thread will be a list of information that I and others have found while exploring the alpha builds of Blender 2.8, that may be of use to established users of Blender 2.7x and previous versions in transitioning from the old to the new version. While the functionality and general layout of Blender 2.8 is substantially the same as in previous versions, there are some important and dramatic changes that may present extra challenges for experienced Blender users who are used to the way things have been up until now. This OP used to live on page 4 of the BC1-1808 August Class thread; but it was somewhat buried there, and I figured a dedicated thread which could be bumped to the top of the forum from time to time would make the information a lot more discoverable, especially for newer people. As was the case during the alpha, new Blender 2.8 Beta preview builds are released daily - sometimes more than once per day - and can be downloaded at this page. Since Blender 2.8 is a work in progress, everything in this thread is subject to change. I would like to do things like add screenshots of different UI elements; but that will probably have to wait until 2.8 is closer to its final version - the fact is, UI elements, icons, layouts and such are still changing from time to time, often enough that there's just too much risk that screenshots and highly exact information will quickly become outdated and keeping up with all that would be a chore. Anyone is welcome to post changes they've found in this thread. Feel free to discuss changes, announcements, and link articles and videos about new features of 2.8 as you learn about them. If you find videos that explain some new features well, by all means post them! This OP will contain the "main list of changes" and I'll try my best to update it periodically as new features or changes happen. I will add things that others find too, so that people don't necessarily have to read the entire thread to get all the information (I'll credit these additions). These updates won't happen every day though - so if you're going to explore 2.8, be prepared for new and unexpected things. So, on with the changes. 1. User Interface NEW 11/29: By far the most substantial change is that BLENDER 2.8 IS NOW LEFT-CLICK-SELECT BY DEFAULT. In this mode, left-click will select and perform actions, while right-click will call a context menu relevant to wherever you right-clicked, as in all other Windows programs you are familiar with (presumably Linux as well). Right-click-select mode functions as it always has, but is no longer the default setting. Whether you are in left-click-select mode or right-click-select mode, clicking to "select" nothing/empty space in the scene, will de-select all objects. Aside from that, the biggest changes will be instantly visible when you start Blender 2.8. The first thing you'll notice is that by default, the 3D Viewport's header is now at the top instead of the bottom, and is also partly transparent. You can still move it to the bottom if you want by right-clicking in the header and choosing "Flip to Bottom". If you open a pre-2.8 Blender file in 2.8 and have "Load UI" checked, the header will automatically be at the bottom of the 3D viewport. The positions of some controls in the header have changed. On the right side of the toolbar, you'll find viewport shading and overlay options that used to exist in the Properties panel and have been expanded upon with "popover" menus. These controls have been fiddled with a lot over the course of the alpha, so I don't want to spend too much time describing them yet - exploring them on your own will familiarize you with them quite easily. In the upper right corner of the 3D view, there is a Navigation Widget. This is intended mostly for beginners, but might also be useful for those using Blender on a tablet. You can click and drag on the colored axes to orbit your view, or click on a specific axis button to snap the viewport to that view. Clicking and dragging on the magnifying glass dollies your view in and out; clicking and dragging on the hand pans your view. You can also toggle Camera View and ortho/perspective modes using the appropriate widget buttons. You can turn this widget off completely by going to User Preferences > Interface and changing "3D Viewport Axis" from Interactive Navigation to Simple Axis, which will replace the widget with a 2.7x-like simple colored axes display. The toolbar, aka "T-panel", is very different; the tool buttons are much larger and have icons, but they still change according to the Mode of the viewport. Unlike when you use a hotkey, which only makes a tool active until you complete an operation, a tool selected by clicking in the toolbar, will remain active until you select a different tool (the Select and Cursor tools can be considered the "neutral" options). The Properties panel (the "N" panel) is mostly the same, except for the relocated display options. The panels can still can be toggled on and off using the T and N keys. Both of these panels are also partially transparent; you can get rid of the transparency in the User Preferences (System > uncheck Region Overlap). User Preferences is now in the Edit menu instead of the File menu, which is more consistent with most Windows programs, and as of 11/29 is now called Settings. You can scale the size of buttons and other controls in the Toolbar and N-panel by holding Alt-MMB and moving the mouse up and down (if you didn't know, you can do this in 2.7x as well). You can also scale the size of the controls in the Properties Editor the same way. On the toolbar specifically, you can click and drag on the right side of it, to hide or show the tools' text labels. NEW 11/29 - by default Spacebar now toggles Playback. In the Settings, you can instead set the Spacebar to bring up the search function, as in 2.79, or tool selection menu at your mouse cursor. The default Search hotkey is F3. Weirdly, in 2.7x, both the spacebar and F3 launched Search; a lot of the keymap changes in 2.8 eliminated redundant or overly-complicated hotkey assignments like that. As mentioned above though, you CAN set the Spacebar in the Settings to call Search as in 2.7. The Tool Options for sculpting and texturing brushes, which used to live in the 2.7x T-panel, now live in the Properties editor. It has a new tab in the icon list, the Tool tab, and the tool options will be there. The Properties Editor's tabs are now arranged vertically down the side, rather than horizontally across the top. This eliminates the weird MMB-drag horizontal scrolling object in the otherwise all-vertical window, so it makes logical sense, but it might still take some getting used to. The tabs are in basically the same order, although there are a couple of new tabs. Output settings have been removed from the Render tab and now have their own Output tab, which is just under the Render tab in the tab icon list. When you start to use an operator, the appropriate floating Operator Panel - the one you used to have to call up by tapping F6 - now appears in the viewport automatically. There is no docked panel in the Toolbar anymore. The ~ key calls a Views pie menu, that allows you to switch between views in the same way as the numpad, without having to use your mouse-hand to hit the keys. If you have learned which view is where in the pie menu, you can move the mouse in the direction of the desired option immediately after pressing ~, like a "gesture", and the viewport will instantly flip to that view without you having to actually click. All pie menus have this gesture-like functionality, by the way! In 2.7x, each editor had little triangle-handles in the bottom-left and top-right corners, that you could use to collapse or drag out new editor windows. In 2.8, the triangles are gone; there are no visible handles, but you can now click on ANY corner and perform the same functions (the mouse pointer turns to a small crosshair when hovering over those areas). This also includes holding Alt and click-dragging over an adjacent editor to swap the two editors. Right-clicking between windows still gives you the split and join options as before. WIREFRAME MODE IS BACK! Under the hood it is different; but the devs have fixed things so that now turning it on functions visually the same way it did in 2.7x. You can adjust things like edge brightness or transparency in the display settings on the header bar. Toggle Wireframe mode using Shift-Z. SUBDIVISION SURFACE MODIFIER NOW FULLY WORKS IN EDIT MODE! MULTIRESOLUTION MODIFIER FOR SCULPTING NOW FULLY WORKS! At the very top of the screen, you will notice the Workspace tabs. This is one of my favorite new features of 2.8. They replace and improve upon the little-known Layouts function from 2.7x. Workspaces are pre-defined screen layouts tailored for specific tasks as labeled - like Sculpting, UV Editing, Compositing, and so forth. For instance, clicking on the Sculpting workspace hides the timeline, puts your 3D viewport into Sculpt Mode, assigns a matcap to the selected object, and sets your Properties editor to the Tool Settings tab - you are instantly ready to begin sculpting without having to do anything else to your UI. Having these workspaces available makes it easy to switch between different kinds of work without constantly having to tweak and tug and switch UI elements as your workflow progresses; you can just switch back and forth between the different tabs as needed. The Workspace tabs are already arranged in a logically common project workflow order and are well-designed; but of course the tabs can be rearranged, renamed, deleted, or new Workspace tabs created and added as you like. The Workspaces themselves are completely customizable, and retain things like editor modes and selected options. I personally find Workspaces extremely useful. In 2.8, you can Edit multiple objects' meshes at once. Just select as many as you want and enter Edit Mode as normal. BLACK MAGIC! 11/26: LOCAL VIEW IS BACK! It still uses the slash ("/") key. One important difference from behavior in 2.79 is that in 2.8's local view, your selected object(s) will no longer be lit by lamps in the scene unless you also add those lamps by having them selected when you enter local view. This should only be a problem if you're actually trying to render from local view; viewport lighting in Solid and Lookdev modes will still be there as normal. 2. Hotkeys (note, of all the recent changes in 2.8, hotkey assignments are the most susceptible to being changed again before the official release) When you launch 2.8, the splash screen has a drop-down box that lets you choose the 2.7x-style keymap if you want to use that. By default, the A key is Select All and Alt-A is Deselect All. NEW: You can change this back to a toggle with just the A key like in 2.7x by going to the User Preferences > Input tab and ticking "Select All Toggles". Alt-A no longer starts and stops animation playback. Shift-Spacebar does that now. The Q key opens an editor-specific Favorites menu that is customizable by you. You can right-click on practically ANY button, option, even whole entire menus, in Blender and add them to your Favorites menu. For instance, in Object Mode you can go to the Object menu and right-click Smooth Shading and add it to Favorites. Or, you can just right-click add the whole Object menu to Favorites as an expanding menu. Or, you can straight up add Object Mode itself to Favorites, if you want to. The Favorites menu is also contextual, meaning for instance what's in your Q menu when you're in Object Mode is different from what's it in when you're in Edit Mode; and what's in it when your mouse is hovering over the Outliner instead of the 3D Viewport is different still. As mentioned above, F3 rather than Spacebar directly brings up the Search tool. While in Edit mode, the 1, 2, and 3 keys in your number row (NOT the numpad) will switch between vertex, edge, and face select modes. The hotkeys for some of the Sculpting brushes may have changed. You can see all the hotkey assignments for the brushes by using Spacebar to call the tool menu while in Sculpt Mode. ADDED 11/26: Ctrl-Tab switches a Dope Sheet editor to a Graph Editor, and vice-versa. No more need to crowd your screen with both these editors at the same time, or keep a tiny one in a corner to drag and swap. 3. Collections The big one. Collections is the new system in 2.8 that has replaced the old Layers and improves upon them. Collections live in the Outliner. Like Layers they can be made visible or invisible; unlike Layers, they can also be named, rearranged, made deselectable, nested inside other Collections, and objects can belong to more than one Collection at the same time. Organization is awesome. The M key that formerly allowed you to Move objects to other layers, now allows you to move them to other Collections in the same way, or to create new Collections to put an object in. No need to adjust to a new hotkey there! If you open a 2.7x or previous Blender file in Blender 2.8, the existing layers in that file will automatically be converted into Collections, that will be named relatively - for example, everything that was in Layer 1 will now be in "Collection 1", while everything that was in Layer 11 will now be in Collection 11. Of course you can rename the Collections as desired. It should be said here that while 2.8 is coded to recognize layers and convert them into Collections, 2.7x does not have reciprocal functionality. This means that you can open your Blender 2.7x projects in Blender 2.8, but not vice-versa. Likewise, once a former 2.7x project opened in 2.8 is saved, it becomes a 2.8 file and cannot be opened again in 2.7x. Plan accordingly if you intend to experiment with old projects! For the purposes of LINKING and APPENDING from other Blend files, "Groups" in older files are now recognized as Collections by the 2.8 File Browser. Linking and Appending works just fine; I've tried this with the Vonn Bots and had no problems. As mentioned above, Collections will be generated as necessary in place of layers. Linking or Appending something from a 2.7x project into a 2.8 project will not ruin the 2.7x file, don't worry. The above is really all you need to know to use Collections in the same way as you used layers in 2.7x. Of course Collections are a little more powerful than that; I might post a more in-depth treatment at some point, or a video if I find a particularly well-made one. 4. Grease Pencil The Grease Pencil tool as it existed on 2.7x is now called Annotations. It is selectable in the toolbar in Object and Edit Modes and the settings can be found in the N-panel and the Tool Settings tab in the Properties editor. The name "Grease Pencil" in 2.8 now refers to a completely different, brand-new and complex 2D drawing and painting system for creating 2D animations in Blender. There was nothing like it in 2.7x, and I'm afraid I don't know much about it or how it works, as I'm strictly a 3D person. But, when I find an in-depth article or video tutorial about Grease Pencil, I will definitely post it here for the benefit of people who are interested in this hotly-anticipated new feature. 5. Addons If you haven't checked on 2.8 in a while, you'll be pleased to learn that almost every addon included with Blender 2.8, now works and can be activated. You'll remember that in the earlier days of the alpha, most addons were disabled - and could not be enabled - with the exception of a select few like Node Wrangler and some import/export addons. Now, your IvyGen and your Archipack and your LoopTools and your Rigify all work and can be enabled. That said, you will find that the list of included addons has been noticeably pared down and many are missing. Extra Objects and Sapling, for instance, aren't there. Presumably the creators of those addons will have to update and re-release them by themselves. Miranda van Elst November 22, 2018 9:07pm jjakeblended Thanks Jake!! This is very helpful 😊I'll keep a close eye on this thread, and when I come across new features / useful videos I'll be sure to post them 👍🏻 Jake Korosi November 22, 2018 9:07pm Hey everyone! I figured it would be better to put this in its own thread, rather than leaving it in the completed crash thread and having to be linked whenever anyone wants to reference it. I guess there's no reason this thread can't be the place for talking about Blender 2.8 changes in general. So have at it! silentheart00 November 23, 2018 6:44am jjakeblended Thanks so much! This will be very helpful to everyone. Thibaut Bourbon November 23, 2018 8:21am jjakeblended Thank you so much! That's very valuable ! drgnclw November 23, 2018 3:36pm jjakeblended I was going hunt down some videos and make a list of changes and useful new things for myself before the release of version 2.8 (I'm hesitant to change before the full release) but, by the looks of it you saved me a lot of time :D I'll use this as a baseline list. Thanks very much. Kaj Suominen November 24, 2018 2:05pm Good stuff. started to look more 2.8 now that i'm clear of production work with 2.79. on grease pencil stuff there is paid tutorials from Jama Jurabaev:s gumroad. that are for 2.8 definetly worth to check out. According to Pablo Vasquez on his Blender Today livestream, the 2.8 team expects to finally push out the beta this week, most likely in the next day or two. As with the alpha and alpha2, the "beta" mostly means the label on the splash screen will change, but otherwise for most of us little else will - new builds will continue to be released regularly just like during the alpha. The Python API will be finalized around the same time so addon makers can update those. Local View (using the Slash "/" key) is back again! For wireframe mode, there has been a slight hotkey change - now Z opens the view-type pie menu and Shift-Z toggles X-ray mode. Neat one: Ctrl-Tab now switches a Dope Sheet to a Graph Editor and vice versa. Not needing both of these on your screen at the same time should be a great space saver when animating! Miranda van Elst November 26, 2018 11:19pm jjakeblended oh nice! That last change will be handy indeed! 😄 jjakeblended Hey, I'd like to add something to the pile, if I may. There's a slight GUI change for the Properties panel which I like and is maybe a touch more intuitive. For some reason, it feels more intuitive to scroll down in that section to find the tab I'm looking for instead of the other way where I would tent to widen the window even though I knew I could scroll instead. +1 for me. Jake Korosi November 27, 2018 4:44am silentheart00 It is already there! Bullet point 9 in the User Interface section. :) And you're right on - I love it as well. It was always a little awkward having to middle-mouse-drag on those icons to scroll through them horizontally; hardly anything else in Blender's interface really worked that way. Just like you I always felt like I had to widen the panel more than it needed to be, for that reason. The way it is now, usually my Properties window is tall enough that I don't even have to scroll to see all the icons. It just seems way better to me. By the way - by right-clicking on the icon list you can swap it to the right side of the panel instead of the left side, if you're so inclined. I was surprised on the dev forums to see some opposition to the vertical tabs....but it wasn't much opposition, and anyway I suppose there's going to be at least someone upset with any given change. jjakeblended Whoops! Guess I should take a closer look instead of skimming it next time 😅 And yeah, some people don't like change, but you can't stay static forever. How do you grow otherwise? jjakeblended Any idea where you can find properties tab icons and setup their colors? louhikarme This I do not know. I know that all of the Blender icons are still very much a work in progress, and that includes some of them maybe being colorized, so whatever changes you make now might get overwritten by future builds. I've seen on BA that some people are experimenting with icon design; and the Blender directory does have an icons folder in it (DIRECTORY/2.80/datafiles/icons), but it has nothing but DAT files in it, and I would have no idea how to extract images from those, or make images back into those, or if that's actually even the right folder for the small UI icons. Can't help, I'm afraid. :( Zsolt Cseh November 27, 2018 10:17pm jjakeblended That is awesome Jake that you transported this collection of the 2.8 experiences to an own thread. When we spoke about it in the October class that could be continued what you started in the August one, you found the right format now as really it has much better place here where more people can find it. Thanks very much, going to read regularly Kaj Suominen November 28, 2018 5:12am jjakeblended bugger. guess i have to wait until they have release candidate and maybe then themes have more customization options available. thanks for the reply. :) Pavel Mazanik November 29, 2018 7:44am Left click select is by default now :D nekronavt It is indeed - a very very big change. An unexpected one, too! And they've done work to make left-click mode more usable generally, as well. I'm ambivalent about whether I will continue with right-click, which I'm now so used to, or change to left-click again. Both styles are fully functional and valid. Right-click for me still has that single, but to me very important, advantage of having different buttons to click for selecting and actions/operations. But there's no denying that right-click select was very difficult for brand new users to adapt to. ollavulpes November 29, 2018 3:06pm Who do i need to bribe to get the search bar put back into the space menu? i use it constantly and f3 is a terrible key to press when your hand mostly rests over the lower left of the keyboard as thats where most of the important keys reside. Pavel Mazanik November 29, 2018 6:17pm It's happening, folks! Blender 2.8 Beta oollavulpes you can selet spacebar action in input preferences or on splashscreen.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3844
__label__wiki	0.607964	0.607964	Julie Renee Anderson Daniel Antoine Manuela Lehmann Marcel Marée Elisabeth O'Connell Dominic Oldman Ilona Regulski Neal Spencer John H. Taylor Marie Vandenbeusch Valentina Gasperini Department: Egypt and Sudan egyptian@britishmuseum.org Neal gained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2000 (on temple building in Late Period Egypt). Research interests include thirtieth dynasty Egypt, non-royal construction initiatives, Ramesside Nubia and Nile Delta archaeology. In addition to leading the Department, Neal has recenly finished a nine-year field project at Kom Firin in Egypt’s western Nile Delta, a large settlement site occupied from the Ramesside Period (thirteenth to twelfth century BC) until the seventh century AD. Since 2008, Neal has directed the British Museum fieldwork at Amara West, administrative capital of Upper Nubia in the Ramesside era. He has also participated in rescue fieldwork at the Fourth Cataract, and at sites throughout Egypt. Neal manages the British Museum’s annual International Training Programme, for curators from countries outside the EU. The Nile Delta of Egypt: Fieldwork at Kom Firin Amara West, Sudan Exhibition on the Gayer-Anderson Cat External fellowships/ honorary positions/ membership of professional bodies Committee member, British Egyptian Society Trustee, Freud Museum, London - www.freud.org.uk N Spencer, 2014: Creating and re-shaping Egypt in Kush: responses at Amara West. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 6/1: 42-61. https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jaei/article/view/18030/0 N Spencer, Amara West: considerations on urban life in occupied Kush. In D. A. Welsby and J. R. Anderson (eds), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference for Nubian Studies. (Leuven. British Museum Publications on Egypt and Sudan 1. Leuven, 2014), 457-85. M Spataro, M Millet and N Spencer, The New Kingdom settlement of Amara West (Nubia, Sudan): mineralogical and chemical investigation of the ceramics. Archaeological and Anthropological Science. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-014-0199-y N Spencer, “Kom Firin: witnessing the transformation of the Egyptian urban fabric in the 6th-5th centuries BC”. In S. Marchi (ed), Les Maisons-Tours en Égypte durant la Basse Époque, les Périodes Ptolémaïque et Romaine. NeHeT 2 (Paris, Sorbonne, September 2014), 157-79. N Spencer, and M Millet, “Amara ouest : aspects de la vie quotidienne au nouvel empire en nubie”, CRAI 2013, ii (Avril-Juin, 2014), 639-59. N Spencer, A Stevens and M Binder, Amara West: Living in Egyptian Nubia, (London: British Museum, 2014) N Spencer, 2013. ‘Ancient Egyptian sources’ in Edwards, J., Spencer, N. and Laurenson, P. The Singer and Applause by Edward Onslow Ford”, Tate In Focus http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/edward-onslow-ford N. Spencer, “Insights into life in occupied Kush during the New Kingdom: new research at Amara West”, Antike Sudan 23 (2012), 21–8 N. Spencer, (with Sophie Hay) “Amara West: Remote sensing at a pharaonic town in northern Sudan”, in Proceedings of the conference, Archaeological Survey and the City. University of Cambridge, 2012: 176-201. N. Spencer, (with Philippa Ryan and Caroline Cartwright) “Archaeobotanical research in a pharaonic town in ancient Nubia”, British Museum Technical Research Bulletin 6, 97-106. N. Spencer, (with Jamie Woodward and Mark Macklin) “Re-assessing the abandonment of Amara West: the impact of a changing Nile?”, Sudan & Nubia 16 (2012): 37-43. N. Spencer, “Nubian architecture in an Egyptian town? Building E12.11 at Amara West”, Sudan & Nubia 14 (2010), 15–24. N. Spencer, (with Michaela Binder and Marie Millet), “Cemetery D at Amara West: the Ramesside Period and its aftermath”, Sudan & Nubia 14 (2010), 25–44 [also appeared as BMSAES 16, 47–99; N. Spencer, “Cemeteries and a Ramesside suburb at Amara West”, Sudan & Nubia 13 (2009): 47–61. N. Spencer, (with Richard Parkinson) “The Teaching of Amenemhat at Amara”, EA 35 (2009): 25–7 Kom Firin N. Spencer, Kom Firin I: The Ramesside temple and the site survey (British Museum Research Publication 170, 2008). N. Spencer, Review: H. De Meulenaere, CdE 86 (2011): 143–5. N. Spencer, “Ramesside rodomontade and a usurpation on the western Delta frontier’, in M. Collier and S. Snape (eds), Ramesside Studies in Honour of Kenneth Kitchen (Bolton, 2009), 307–18. N. Spencer, “Kom Firin after the New Kingdom”, in Ikram, S. and Dodson, A. (eds), Beyond the Horizon: Studies in Egyptian Art, Archaeology and History in Honour of Barry J. Kemp, I (Cairo, 2008), 505–34. N. Spencer, “The temples of Kom Firin”, Egyptian Archaeology 24 (2004): 38−40. Late Period Egypt N. Spencer, The Gayer Anderson Cat (British Museum Objects in Focus, 2007) N. Spencer, A Naos of Nekhthorheb from Bubastis (British Museum Research Publications 156, 2006) N. Spencer, “Statue de Bastet sous forme de chatte diute “Gayer-Anderson Cat”, in O. Perdu (ed.), Le crépuscule des pharaons. Chefs-d’oeuvre des dernières dynasties égyptiennes. Exhibition catalogue, Musée Jacquemart-André. Paris: 218–19 [107]. N. Spencer, “Sustaining Egyptian culture? Non-royal initiatives in Late Period temple building”, in L. Bareš, F. Coppens and K. Smoláriková (eds), Egypt in transition. Social and religious development of Egypt in the first millennium BCE (Prague, 2011), 441–90. N. Spencer, (with J. Ambers, D. Hook, F. Shearman, S. LaNeice, R. Stacey and C. Cartwright) ‘A new look at an old cat: a technical investigation of the Gayer-Anderson cat’. British Museum Technical Bulletin 2 (2008): 1–12. N. Spencer, “A Theban Statue Base from the reign of Nekhtnebef” in T. Schneider and K. Szpakowska (eds), Egyptian Stories. A British Egyptological Tribute to Alan B. Lloyd on the Occasion of His Retirement (AOAT 347; Münster, 2007): 373–91. N. Spencer, “Egypt” in J. Curtis and N. Tallis, Forgotten Empires. The World of Ancient Persia (British Museum Press, 2005): 43-4. N. Spencer, “The Great Naos of Nekhthorheb from Bubastis”, Egyptian Archaeology 26 (2005): 21−4 Nile Delta Jamie Woodward, J., M. Macklin, L. Fielding, I. Millar, N. Spencer, D. Welsby and M. Williams 2015: Shifting sediment sources in the world's longest river: A strontium isotope record for the Holocene Nile, Quaternary Science Reviews, (130), 15 December 2015, 124–140 N. Spencer, “Naville in northern Egypt” in P. Spencer (ed.), The Egypt Exploration Society – the early years (EES Occasional Publication 16, 2007), 1–31. N. Spencer, “Edouard Naville et l’Egypt Exploration Fund à la découverte des temples de la XXXe dynastie dans le Delta”, Égypte Afrique & Orient 42 (2006): 11-18. N. Spencer, “Excavating in Egypt’s Nile Delta”. Archaeology Abroad (Spring 2005): 17−20. N. Spencer, (with Penny Wilson) “Ancient Sites in Beheira and Kafr esh-Sheikh”, Egyptian Archaeology 24 (2004): 10−11. N. Spencer, “Samanud: the urban context”, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 87 (2001), 23−31. N. Spencer, “The Epigraphic Survey of Samanud”, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 85 (1999): 55–83. N. Spencer, “The temple of Onuris-Shu in Samanud”, Egyptian Archaeology 14 (1999): 7–9. N. Spencer, “Shrines”, in UCLA Encyclopaedia of Egyptology N. Spencer, (edited with Claire Messenger and Shezza Edris) The International Training Programme. Towards a global network. London, British Museum, 2011. N. Spencer, “Training at the British Museum – Egyptian and Sudanese curators and archaeologists at the heart of a global network”, Ancient Egypt 10/6 (June/July 2010), 41–5. N. Spencer, “Londres” [British Museum], in Andreu-Lanoë, G. (ed). Inventaire de l’Égypte (Paris 2010), 453–6. N. Spencer, “Priests and Temples: Pharaonic”, in Lloyd, A.B. (ed). A Companion to Ancient Egypt, I (Chichester 2010), 255–73. N. Spencer, The British Museum Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Coloured signs from the collection with illustrations by Claire Thorne (London, 2003).	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3846
__label__wiki	0.660635	0.660635	Broome Museum Race, Rights & Rivalries Multicultural Broome Aboriginal Pearlers Indentured Labour White Divers Regulated Lives Stolen Childhoods Aboriginal Internees Broome during World War Two Broome Attacked Dutch refugees Courageous rescue Japanese fighters Diamond plane Defending the North RAAF Tragedy Broome life Internment Home Research The Broome Historical Society is usually the first port of call for researchers wanting information on Broome’s history. Our extensive library and archives cover pre-colonial to more recent history. For those wishing to access our records, please contact administration to make arrangements. If you have an ancestor that resided in Broome we may have information that we can share. Click here for a list of surnames that we hold information on. For more information, please get in touch via our Research Request Form, or through the contact details on our website. Charges may apply. Our photo database can be accessed here. All photographs are available online as thumbnail images only. Please contact administration if you would like to purchase photographs. Our World War One database of Broome men that served in the first world war is now live. Visit us soon :) admin*broomemuseum.org.au 67 Robinson Street, Broome, WA 6725 Broome Historical Society Museum Opening Hours May-September Weekends: 10am-1pm October-April 10am-1pm Everyday Copyright © 2018 Broome Historical Society & Museum \| All Rights Reserved \| Designed by Kimberley Web Design Eric Cox's Oral History Extract It was very hard growing up in the mission, because when you get to five years of age you get taken away from your parents and put in the dormitory – they had a dormitory for the girls and for the boys – small boys, middle-sized boys and the big boys – and you never go back to see your parents, you only get to see them from afar, that’s all. . . They actually have a lot of boys from the Kimberley sent to the mission. There were about 40 or 50 of all us on one dormitory. But I found it was very good, like no grudge. Everything we were taught, we were doing the right thing. Like there was only two things we used to do: If you’re not praying, you’re working. If you’re not working, you’re praying. That’s how it was. Extract from Peter Matsomoto's Oral History My mother did not want to leave my father and she asked to be interned with him and that meant that my brothers and sister were interned also at Tatura. . . She was a very strong lady and. . . once going through all that trauma, which I blame the authorities for, that. . . once she had me in Tatura, Victoria, she. . . broke down and had mental problems, and the authorities, because her husband was taken away from her even down there and put into not the internment camp but put into Cowra – Cowra was where all the nationalists were, with the Italians and Greeks and all that. And then she was still in Tatura, Victoria so that placed more stress and anxiety on her that she had a mental breakdown and she never ever overcame that, even when the war was over. The four of us. . . the four kids, were taken away from her while she went to a mental hospital in South Australia and we were on our own in Balaclava, which is a racecourse, in those days, in South Australia in one of those shacks where they keep horses, and we had to share that with other Aboriginal families. . . Peter Koens describes attack 70 years later Peter Koens was only 13 years old when together with his sister Elly and parents, arrived in a flying boat from Java. He describes that morning exactly 70 years later at the age of 83. Peter Koens: Just as we were drifting into the bay the Japanese came in and strafed right across the wing where we were standing and my dad jumped off and he got some shrapnels from the bullets that were coming through, and the fellow that was standing next to me got hit immediately so when I turned around to see what happened to him he just fell into the water and I looked and there was nothing but blood and that’s it. My dad was then at that time yelling at me to come and jump in the water because they were coming back. So I just jumped into the water and swam to my dad and then we had to find my mother and my sister who were on the other side of plane, so then when we were swimming around the plane I could hear my mother yelling at a man that was also swimming with us to come and get his wife because she was hanging onto this burning wing and with a child around her neck. But the man could not swim back to the plane to help his wife because the tide was so strong that he had no possibility to reach them and she just disappeared with the wing into the water. We had twenty people in our plane so I assume the other ones would have the same. Just shouting and screaming all the time. So plane was on fire so then once we collected my mother and sister we stayed as close to the fire as possible, that’s what our dad told us, in case there were sharks or anything like that. So, and then after we swam for about ten minutes close to the oil fire he just said to just go onto your back and just lay and relax and stay together, and that’s what we did. Andrew Irelands recount of the Attack We were first alerted to the fact that we were under attack when holes appeared in the hull, the sun came streaming through these holes and it was rather like being in a colander. It was probably the second run, by the second aircraft anyway that made its run, that virtually chopped our starboard wing off completely. It just sunk into the sea, the aircraft listed then to port very badly and from here in difficult to describe, simply that in an endeavour to get the rubber dingy out, I don’t quite remember how. I got up to the flight deck and was either blown or jumped, here again I don’t know – the crew say I was actually blown out, but at that time one of the fuel tanks must have erupted and caught fire because it was just an inferno from that point on. Witness Marjory ‘Biddy’ Bardwell (The West Australian, 10 March 1942) It was all incredibly quick. I suppose the whole attack was over in 20 minutes. Those eight fighter planes tore round at a terrific speed, dived one by one on their objectives, and the rat-a-tat of their machine-guns was followed by a spectacular display of fireworks… They left a trail of smoke behind them and set fire to everything they hit. In a few minutes the whole harbour was covered by a pall of thick, black smoke, through which it was impossible to observe what was going on.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3848
__label__cc	0.626041	0.373959	Litecoin, DigixDao, and BlockMason Credit Protocol: The Top Performing Cryptocurrencies of February 2018 Reading Time: 6 minutes by JaketheCryptoKing on March 4, 2018 Altcoins, Finance, News February 2018 began with the tail end of a massive correction that recently plagued crypto markets since the middle of December. Keeping this time frame in mind, three coins stood out among the rest as the top percentage gainers for the month. These include Litecoin (LTC), DigixDao (DGD), and BlockMason Credit Protocol (BCPT). Will March provide similar gains for these three February winners? 2017 and January 2017 was an incredible year for blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. The result of a booming market for almost an entire year resulted in a major correction beginning in December and continuing until early February. January had very few “winners,” but they were highlighted in last month’s report on the top cryptocurrencies for January. February, on the other hand, provided the rebound for which so many crypto traders were longing. The result was a profitable recovery for the majority of cryptos with a few leading the pack. Major news, a fork or two, and technological advancements provided the following three coins the necessary catalyst to be the top gainers for this month. 1. Litecoin (LTC) Litecoin has had one of the more interesting February’s when compared to many of the other cryptocurrencies. From the beginning of the month until the February 28 LTC experienced a gain of over 50 percent. On February 1, LTC was priced at $130, dipping as low as $106 on February 6. LTC ended February just over $200 at approximately $202. This move solidified a 50 percent gain for LTC and almost a 100 percent gain from its February low. (Source: Coinmarketcap) There were two major catalysts for the LTC price spike: Litecoin Cash (LCC) and LitePay. Charlie Lee came out and said LCC was a fraud. However, the reality was it was a fork not supported by the LTC team. Lee’s comments do not necessarily equate to fraud as LCC is now trading on many exchanges and would have provided a dividend to all those that transferred their LTC from exchanges to wallets to attain the LCC. LTC was driven North by both LCC and LitePay. With so much negative news regarding LCC, it is more likely the driving factor was LitePay. Utility creates value, and prior to LitePay, LTC had limited utility. It could be transacted and exchanged similarly to every other cryptocurrency. The question remained what set it apart? LitePay was launched on February 26, 2018, to the excitement and displeasure of many. The most exciting feature was to allow users to spend LTC via the debit card feature at ATMs and in stores. The day of the release, however, LitePay announced they were rolling out the software as planned except the highly sought after debit card feature. LitePay claimed their debit card feature was delayed, “due to hostile card issuers.” Hopefully, they resolve this issue as it was what drove many people to attain LTC. The feasibility of being able to send your debit card LTC from an exchange and be able to use it in a store or ATM is revolutionary, even for this industry. LTC was highlighted as one of the Best Cryptocurrencies to Own for the week of February 26 and multiple other weeks this month. As their utility increases due to mass adoption by stores and consumers the value of the currency will skyrocket. With LTC up almost 100 percent since its February-low, look for it to continue its rally when the issues with LitePay are resolved. LTC has more developers than practically any coin with a community that rivals BTC’s. If there was a Top Five Crypto by Market Cap to make major waves in 2018, it is Charlie Lee’s. With a market cap of under $12 million, LTC should climb the rankings from fifth to fourth or third cryptocurrency by market cap. LTC should be one of the Top Gaining Coins of 2018 following their very impressive February. 2. BlockMason Credit Protocol (BCPT) BlockMason Credit Protocol (BCPT) was valued at $0.53 with a market cap of $24 million on February 1, 2018. One month later, on March 1, 2018, BCPT was valued at $1.22 with a market cap of $46 million. This 28 day period provided returns of over 110 percent for holders of BCPT. The more prominent questions that remain are: What is BCPT, and what caused the spike? BCPT had exciting news in February, but the ticker symbol also very similarly resembles one of the most researched coins of February, BTCP (Bitcoin Private). As such, many unsuspecting individuals may have purchased BCPT expecting it to be a completely different crypto. However, even with individuals not paying attention flocking to the wrong ticker symbol there had to be solid reasons for BCPT’s gains. If people intended to buy BCPT, it is likely the reason was that of the LNDR launch. On Blockmason’s website, there is a countdown to the release of one of their first Dapps. BCPT specializes in building Dapps surrounding credit owed on the blockchain. This allows individuals to collect debts and pay similarly to Venmo. Currently, the most significant hindrance is payments cannot exceed $200 weekly (in ether). However, a major benefit of these Dapps is they track all payments and, as incremental payments are made, they can be deducted from the total amount. BCPT is set to launch a host of Venmo-like apps to the blockchain. BCPT had a February that saw it gain over 100 percent. The current price of BCPT at $1.05 is more than 50 percent lower than it was on February 28, when it approached $1.60. Look for BCPT to approach the $1.50 mark if LNDR is launched successfully and the markets continue their momentum North. Some individuals were intending to buy into the ZCL and BTCP fork and ended up with BCPT. However, BCPT turned out to be an excellent play for February with exciting events occurring in under 72 hours. 3. DigixDao (DGD) DigixDao (DGD), which is a cryptocurrency based on the Ethereum blockchain (ERC-20), gained a staggering 130 percent this month. DGD currently has a value of $480 per crypto with a market cap of $961 million. On February 1, 2018, DGD was priced at $241 per crypto with a market cap of $22 million. March started with DGD approaching $600 with a price of $594 although it has since settled down. DGD was initially launched as the first ever crowdsale on the Ethereum Blockchain. The purpose was to create the first “Distributed Autonomous Organization.” The team working on DGD is shifting their focus to releasing a new token called the DigixGold (DGX). There has been significant publicity regarding DGX and DGD as the plan for the new token came together in February. DGD has propelled itself into the top 25 largest market cap cryptos having had such a fantastic run in February. DGX intends to be backed by one gram of LBMA-approved bullion. This backing will provide another crypto with a real-life tether to a physical store of wealth. The current roadmap projects DGX to be released by the end of quarter one. The surrounding publicity leading up to the DGX launch has provided DGD a significant bump in value during February. The purpose of the DGD is to provide voting abilities to the members of the distributed autonomous organization. This mechanism allows holders to approve or reject project proposals while receiving a prorated share of DGD’s transaction fee on Digix Gold. DGX will not be available for purchase with fiat currencies, but holders of DGD will receive DGX as their prorated dividend from transaction fees. If it has been said once, it can be said one hundred times: Utility builds value. Now the DGD token has a utility; it will provide a dividend to its holders as more individuals purchase DGX. This dividend will only continue to increase as volume builds. As the profit builds and the DGD organization releases new projects, the value of DGD should similarly increase accordingly. Conclusion: February Was a Great Month for Some February was a month that saw BTC dip to under $6,000 while peaking back to almost $12,000. However, one thing remained evident among all three of the top winners: Utility. LTC’s utility increases dramatically with the ability to use LTC in stores and at ATMs. The paradox of utility and scarcity. pic.twitter.com/YDmyKe73qo — Jameson Lopp (@lopp) June 25, 2017 DGD is excellent if you enjoy voting on projects, but the reality is one of the biggest projects to date is about to go live, and holders of DGD will receive dividends in literally digital gold. A significant dividend provided to what had previously been a relatively useless token is a considerable change. BCPT may have taken off due to its name similarity to BTCP (Bitcoin Private) or because of their launching of their new Dapp. Either way, these three coins all attained returns of close to 100 percent during a turbulent month. LTC, BCPT, and DGD all increased the utility of their underlying cryptocurrency exponentially in February. The value of the underlying cryptocurrency responded to their increase in utility by dramatically increasing in value. It’s that simple and should be used as a measure of value for all projects in this space. Look for the majority of cryptocurrencies to recover during March leading up to TokenFest on March 15, 2018. The coins that create the most utility for their currency in March should correspondingly increase their value the most next month as well. To read the King’s prior articles, to find out which ICOs he currently recommends, or to get in contact directly with the King, you can on Twitter (@JbtheCryptoKing) or Reddit (ICO updates and Daily Reports). adoption altcoin news altcoins BlockMason cryptocurrency trading DigixDao exchanges finance litecoin markets	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3849
__label__wiki	0.900259	0.900259	New industrial strategy to boost innovation for Midlands’ businesses Business leaders today joined the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in welcoming the government’s Industrial Strategy as a springboard for the region’s exceptional strengths. Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street and the chairs of the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) said the Strategy was a platform for a local industrial strategy for the Midlands. The Mayor said: “We welcome today’s launch and will work together to develop a local industrial strategy for the West Midlands that signals a step change in collaboration across business, government and society. “It will create an environment where businesses can thrive, and where everyone can access and feel the benefits of our shared economic success.” In last week’s budget, government announced a second devolution deal with the WMCA to address local productivity barriers and devolve decisions to local people and places. This second deal committed the Mayor and WMCA to producing a local industrial strategy for the region, bringing together social and economic ambitions to deliver inclusive growth. Today’s national announcement sets the context for the next steps, recognising that those best placed to drive forward local economies are those who live, work and do business there. The WMCA, led by the Mayor and supported by the LEPs, will aim for early progress ahead of the national timetable to agree Local Industrial Strategies by 2019. Andy Street said: “This means leveraging our world-leading assets – our energy, talent and commitment to our region – and focusing on priority sectors where we can create and sustain jobs of the future. “We will create the homes, transport links and public service innovation to better connect our communities to these jobs. “We also recognise the importance of investing our people – the human capital – driving future growth through rapid progress on skills, wellbeing and the school-and-work readiness of our young people. “Ulitmately it all adds up to delivering growth that is inclusive – making sure citizens across the region can both participate in and benefit from delivering a net benefit to business and society.” Jonathan Browning, chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership and the WMCA Strategic Economic Plan Board chair, said: “This matches our ambitions for the future of Coventry and Warwickshire since we are focused on three key areas which fit in with the Industrial Strategy. “We are determined to build on our global reputation in the automotive sector particularly in battery and connected vehicle programmes, the digital industry in which we are very strong right across the patch, while we are also committed to investing in Coventry and our surrounding towns to improve transport and inward investment. “It reinforces the intention of the WMCA, West Midlands Mayor and LEPs to work together to deliver this shared ambition for the region.” The WMCA’s second devolution deal includes £6 million for a housing delivery taskforce and £5 million for a construction skills training scheme. Prime Minister Theresa May visited Birmingham last Monday to announce a £250m boost for the West Midlands Combined Authority from the Transforming Cities Fund and the Mayor confirmed that would be used to extend the Midland Metro tram route from Wednesbury, through Dudley, to the DY5 Enterprise Zone at Brierley Hill.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3850
__label__wiki	0.60632	0.60632	Tag Archives: Laura Plyler Posted by Carol Kassie in Clients, MNM Theatre Company A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Aaron Bower, Alexandra Dow, Alexandra Van Hasselt, Ashley Rubin, Burt Shevelove Larry Gelbart, Dom Ruggiero, Frank Francisco, Johnbarry Green, Joshua Graham, Kravis Center, Laura Plyler, Lauren Cluett, Marcie Gorman, Meg Frost, Meredith Pughe, Michael Scott Ross, MNM Theatre Company, Paul Reekie, Paul Thompson, Rinker Playhouse, Sean William Davis, Stephen Eisenwasser, Stephen Sondheim, Terry Hardcastle, Troy Stanley, Victoria Joleen Anderson MNM Theatre Company Announces the Cast of on the Way to the Forum November 22 – December 8 “This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is almost as timeless as comedy itself.” Vincent Canby, The New York Times WEST PALM BEACH, FL: The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts and MNM Theatre Company are pleased to announce that casting is complete for their upcoming co-production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, which will run from November 22 – December 8 in the Kravis’ Rinker Playhouse. “Forum is such a fun show,” MNM’s Executive Producer/Artistic Director Marcie Gorman said recently. “And we’re incredibly lucky to have found a cast who can sing and dance and deliver the comedy – and what comedy! The script is hilarious and clever, and often extremely politically incorrect… and of course the music is Sondheim’s…we can’t wait to share it all with our audiences! Once again, our entire cast is local and we’re very proud of that.” Dom Ruggiero, who directed I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, and My Way-A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra for MNM last season, will helm A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Ruggiero has cast Johnbarry Green as Pseudolus, Michael Scott Ross* as Hysterium, Aaron Bower as Domina, Terry Hardcastle* as Marcus Lycus, Troy Stanley as Senex, Sean William Davis as Miles Gloriosus, Paul Thompson as Erronius, and Meg Frost as Philia. Other cast members include Victoria Joleen Anderson, Lauren Cluett, Alexandra Dow, Stephen Eisenwasser, Frank Francisco, Joshua Graham, Meredith Pughe, Ashley Rubin, and Alexandra Van Hasselt. Paul Reekie will serve as Forum’s Musical Director, and Laura Plyler will provide additional choreography. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum will run from November 22 – December 8. The production will take place in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center. Tickets are $39 – $55 and are on sale now. For tickets and information call 561-832-7469; online: www.kravis.org or mnmtheatre.org. For group rates and sales call 561-651-4438. MNM Theatre Company attained not-for-profit 501(c)(3) status in 2018. They are an award- winning theatre company based in the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. For more information about MNM Theatre Company and/or Marcie Gorman, please visit mnmtheatre.org or contact Carol Kassie at Carol@CarolKassie.com / 561-445-9244. Photos, graphics, and additional head shots and bios available on request. Appearing through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday at 7:30 pm (no Thanksgiving night performance) Saturday & Sunday at 1:30 pm Tickets: $39 – $55 All performances in Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center 701 Okeechobee Blvd. mnmtheatre.org Johnbarry Green (Pseudolus) appeared as King Arthur in MNM’s production of Monty Python’s Spamalot. Other credits include Rock of Ages with Slow Burn Theatre Company as Dennis, Spitfire Grille at Palm Beach Dramaworks as Caleb, and West Side Story at Maltz Jupiter Theatre as Officer Krupke. Occasionally you’ll find him hamming it up on the streets at various ren faires or giving walking tours in Massachusetts when he isn’t in a show. Michael Scott Ross (Hysterium) has appeared in several previous MNM productions including Monty Python’s Spamalot, The World Goes ‘Round, Avenue Q, and I Love You, You’r perfect, Now Change. He has also performed throughout South Florida at Zoetic Stage, The Adrienne Arsht Center, The Wick Theatre, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Island City Stage, The Alhamba Theatre and Dining, The Winter Park Playhouse, TheatreZone, and most recently the Gulf Coast Symphony. Michael can be seen portraying Dick Van Dyke in The Music of Julie Andrews, as well as in his cabaret show My Broadway: The Roles I Could Play. Proud member of AEA, Wagner College Alum, and native New Yorker! Aaron Bower (Domina) was recently seen as Irene in Crazy for You and Grace in Annie at the Wick Theatre. She received a 2018 Carbonell nomination for her portrayal of Murial in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels at Stage door Theatre. Other credits in Florida include Frau Kost in Cabaret at Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Dorothy Brock in 42nd Street at The Wick, Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls at The Wick, and Tess in Crazy for You at the Maltz. She has traveled the world in three national tours and one European Tour. Terry Hardcastle* (Marcus Lycus) is a three-time Carbonell Award-winner. His regional theatre credits include Actors’ Playhouse: Beauty and the Beast, Doubt: A Parable. Zoetic Stage: Sweeney Todd. Palm Beach Dramaworks: Side by Side by Sondheim, Sweeney Todd. Florida Stage: End Days, Sisters of Swing. Mosaic Theatre: In a Dark, Dark House, True West. Cumberland Theatre: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. As a Professor of Theatre, he’s taught Acting and Public Speaking at Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Pittsburgh, New World School of the Arts, and Broward College. Troy Stanley (Senex) played Eduoard Dindon in MNM’s production of La Cage aux Folles. Other credits include West Side Story (Doc) and Disney’s Newsies (Mr. Jacobi/Mayor) at Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 1776 (McKean/Hewes) at Palm Beach Dramaworks, Big River (Pap Finn) and Titanic (Isador Straus) for Slow Burn Theatre Company, Who Killed Joan Crawford? (Harvey) and Perfect Arrangement (Theodore Sunderson) for Island City Stage, Victor/Victoria (Squash) and The Rothschilds (William/Metternich) for Broward Stage Door, and eleven shows at the Wick Theatre including Funny Girl (Tom Keeney/Mr. Rinaldi), Annie with Sally Struthers (Drake), Brigadoon (Andrew MacLaren), Beauty and the Beast (Maurice), Oklahoma (Andrew Carnes) and Man of La Mancha (The Governor) among others.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3858
__label__cc	0.623151	0.376849	Daily Review: All Roads Home by Lisa Diaz Meyer Linda Pirtle A widely diverse yet compelling collection of dark short stories and poetry that weaves emotion, personality and depth into each piece. Lisa Diaz Meyer lives on Long Island, New York with her family. In All Roads Home a book of short stories, poems, and plays she breaks down tales of science fiction, sorrow, and romance along with peculiarity, preternaturalness, and isolation. Lisa Diaz Meyer Amazon Review By Zane Summerfield I had my eye on this book for some time, then I had it sitting in my kindle for far too long. Now that I’ve read it, I can’t say enough praise for this outstanding collection. I’m a big fan of short stories and poems. This book delivers on both. It also has plays too, which I felt were a bonus and I’d not been a reader of plays until now. They made me want to grab my family and play them out, giving each of my family members a character to reenact would be so much fun. Well written, keeps you engaged and each story carries a dynamic tone that I found enjoyable. The author’s poems are outstanding and works of total art. They cause one to think, to ponder and to walk away with a notion of fulfillment. I loved “Tara’s Garden” and would say it was one of my favorites throughout this very impressive collection. I really loved the diversity of this author’s ability into writing, showing her skills was impressive. From short tales to poems to plays that all held my attention well, giving me something to really enjoy and that was what I loved about this book overall, the fact that I was engaged throughout and enjoying each of the tales within. By New Apple Literary Author Lisa Diaz Meyer’s All Roads Home is tagged as a collection of dark short stories when in fact it is much more. Included within its pages are poetry, a wide variety of themes and genres as well as play versions of five of the more interesting tales. All pieces are written by the author which means even though the theme, genre or style may vary from title to title, the underlying soul of the work shines through regardless. It is not disjointed or unconnected the way many short story collections feel upon completion. Especially those anthologies made up from many author’s individual works. There is no underlying theme to All Roads Home yet the stories and poetry all work within the same volume. The collection is divided into six separate sections. The first of which, ‘The Outposts’, makes up nearly half of All Roads Home. ‘The Outposts’ is comprised of seven stories taking place in a dystopian future where childbearing women are rare due to an outbreak of cancers. Georgia is one of those in-demand females with the ability to help rebuild the human race, at the cost of her personal freedom and will. Her parents hide her under the guise of a boy named George before she escapes the Beta Outpost with two male companions. The seven stories within ‘The Outposts’ follow Georgia’s exploits into a world that may be more horrific than the one she escaped. Full of hope, love, courage, and danger, ‘The Outposts’ is the flagship of Meyer’s All Roads trilogy. ‘The Enduring’ is the second section of All Roads Home. The stories within evoke emotion and in some cases, end at their climax leaving the reader to come to their own conclusions. ‘The Oddities’ are exactly that. The six stories within are thought-provoking and engaging but also stand out as the most basic within the book, following what most readers would feel is the structure of a short story. That said, this does not take away from their significance within the book. A dinner party in purgatory with Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler? ‘The Particulars’ is a mix of macabre short stories and poetry with ‘The Fragments’ made up of only the latter. I found the poetry within ‘The Fragments’ to be some of the most powerful pieces in All Roads Home. The final section is ‘The Play Versions’ which includes scripts for five of the titles from previous sections. Meyer’s writing style and ability to grab her reader’s attention within the first paragraph of a short story leads itself to a very successful collection. Weaving emotion, personality and depth into each of her pieces whether it be a two-page stand-alone short story, a poem, or a continuing tale worthy of its own novella, Lisa Diaz Meyer has created a widely diverse yet compelling collection in All Roads Home. Please click HERE to find All Roads Home on Amazon. All Roads Home, author, book reviews, dark tales, dystopian, Hitler, Jesus, Linda Pirtle, Lisa Diaz Meyer, macabre, poetry, purgatory How do our stories reflect life? Daily Review: Burning the Midnight Oil by Donna Cummins My Review of Bless Me Father for I Have Sinned by Kelly Marshall Daily Review: Convicted by Raven H. 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__label__cc	0.517472	0.482528	Sign Up :D Log In Calgary Events Offers!! Why HackerNest Sign Up :D Reasons to not run hackathons (from experts) Disclaimer: No flowery language or elegant arguments; just an ever-growing list of reasons why your company/organization shouldn't run public innovation hackathons. Continually updated here at hackernest.com/hackathons (or hn.fo/hackathons for shortlink addicts). Source/credibility: 8 years of running epic hackathons with partners like Facebook, Amazon Web Services, Dove, Deloitte, the Canadian/UK/US governments, etc. TL;DR: Hackathons rock, but don't expect innovation or solutions to real problems. What is a hackathon? Many versions (e.g. design jams, business plan competitions) exist, but the core began as a computer programming competition. Just like how the word 'event' describes a wedding, a boxing match, and a funeral, the word 'hackathon' also has many applications. Hardware, internal, learn-to-code, infiltration, et al. For clarity, the 'hackathon' this article refers to is the popular 'public innovation hackathon'-type outlined below. Typical public innovation hackathon characteristics In-person event, overnight 24-48 hours, public call for participants from theme-related students/groups/mentors/mailing lists, coding only allowed at event, local pundit judges choose ranked winners based on 1-3-minute demos, token cash and prizes awarded, promises of funding/opportunities if teams create "something amazing". Hackathons are usually conceived from some variation of this logic: "Tech solves problems in so many industries. Why not ours? Traditional approaches haven't solved our big challenges. Let's think outside the box and get fresh ideas from tech nerds not "held down" by industry standards and expectations. A hackathon does this by gathering 300 innovators for an inspiring weekend of pizza and code to solve our problems. We'll surely get at least 5-10 disruptive ideas and 3-5 brilliant teams building working prototypes." This all sounds perfectly logical and reasonable, but reality tells a different story. ...sorry. Reasons not to run a hackathon (in almost no particular order) 1. Hackathons don't solve important or persistent problems. Short timeframes force teams to pick the simplest, quickest, easiest thing they can build a pretty demo of and submit in time for judging -- or they won't win. Solving big, endemic problems takes time, effort, and understanding -- that won't fit into a 3-minute demo. If things were that easy to solve, they wouldn't be problems. 2. Output isn't likely to be "something amazing". There's just not enough time/care/planning/incentive/motivation/sustainability. Particularly for teams that form "day of" - a hackathon is 1 hour of frantic ideation followed by 23 hours of typing and sleep deprivation... not a recipe for success. Zombies don't code or present well. 3. Winners aren't always winners; cheating is common. For a big enough prize, some teams will build their demo "from scratch" 6 times leading up to the event -- good luck proving it. Others are actually fully-formed, product-already-developed startups looking for a good PR launch platform. It's easy to blow away judges when they're comparing 2-day hackjobs to a product you've worked on for 8 months. Journalists and investors love stories about geniuses who accidentally build amazing products and get 'discovered' at hackathons. 4. Hackathons are wasteful, inefficient, and demoralizing. A big hackathon may have 300 participants working on complex problems all weekend. That's 14,400 hours of high-functioning human effort. Let's say 5% win prizes and praise. To the other 285 participants, the hackathon basically says, "Thanks, you weren't good enough to win. The 13,680 hours of hard work, effort, and good intentions you poured into the weekend amount to little more than 'a fun learning experience'. Go home." Epic demotivation. 5. (Good) Hackathons get expensive; explaining this to people is an uphill battle. A respectable Sat-Sun hackathon has at least 8 meals (if you're not fed at least every 6.5 hours, leave -- it's bad for your health/performance). Catering for 300 participants and 60 volunteers/organizers/mentors/sponsors at a very conservative $13 average per nutritious meal (excluding tax, staff, delivery) costs $37,440. Unless you're crafty and getting stuff donated, you'll also need to pay for venue, A/V, and furniture rental, staffing, major event insurance, prizes to convince 300 nerds to give up their weekends, ads, safe late-night volunteer transportation/housing, shirts and SWAG, banners and signs, extra cleaning, parking, salaries, and so on. A decent hackathon can easily run $150K+. Side note: Eventually, some well-meaning cat who doesn't run events may want to properly educate you about what hackathons cost. They heard some company's amazing hack-fest-day-athon (where Kanye did a jazz flute solo at halftime and bought the winning teams) only spent $15K -- they locked nerds in a room with pizza and caffeine and had a time travel app the next morning. A good strategy at that point is to excuse yourself and then try to find a window to climb out of. 6. Judges don't have magical judging skills. The pundits, high-rankers, and minor celebrities that hackathon organizers recruit as judges generally lack the market/customer knowledge, experience, and intuition for any sort of calibrated demo evaluation. They may be department heads and CTOs, but unless they've actually evaluated hundreds of industry tech demos (like an investor), they have no clue what they're doing and it's 100% not their fault. What happens when you go into a big parking lot and ask a non-driver to pick the car with the best handling? They pick the newest-looking sports car. Hackathon judging is the same. Dirty secret: non-tech judges favor the prettiest/slickest presentation because they figure the 'polish' implies the team's technical competence. Dirtier secret: tech judges do the same thing. 7. Judging is pretty ridiculous. Ironically, hackathons as coding competitions judge projects on pretty much everything except code. Even with perfect documentation, proper code review is time-consuming and logistically unfeasible at standard hackathons. The 1 to 3-minute demo format makes it a contest of design and presentation skills, not technical prowess. Hackathons are won by designers and charming presenters; teams can win by making pretty mockups with little actual code because they know nobody looks under the hood. After about 6 or 7 intense demos, the teams and demos start blurring together. Since judges don't take good notes (because organizers don't coach or set them up for it), they'll be confused and forgetful in deliberations, resulting in even-worse "judging". 8. Hackathon demo and judging processes are usually an afterthought. Almost all hackathons feature the rapid-fire, one-after-another standard demo process to try to condense demo time while maintaining fairness. Here's some math. In a perfect world, each demo averages 7 minutes: setup (1 minute), demo (3 minutes), judge Q&A (2 minutes), takedown/transition/scoring (1 minute). Demos and judging for a small, 15-team hackathon (10-minute judge washroom break) will take 2+ hours. Without rock-solid processes, demos are sloppy and unfair. 300 participants, 5 max per team means 60 teams minimum (300 maximum). The unrealistic minimum of 60 teams doing standard demos will take at least SEVEN (7) HOURS. Imagine being on an exhausted team that worked 24-48 hours to shine on stage for 3 minutes -- and then has to sit through 7 hours of demos to find out who wins. Nuts, right? Just to keep things manageable, HackerNest had to invent a new demo-and-judging system/process for big hackathons (100+ teams) that ran under 2.5 hours without reducing demo time. HackerNest Judging is thorough (teams can demo multiple times), transparent, and devastatingly effective. It's not complicated and runs very smoothly -- we're super proud of it -- but it took a lot to manifest. Running a hackathon without having a fair, meaningful way for teams to showcase all their work is really terrible and, unfortunately, really common. 9. Participants aren't experts; mentors can only help so much. Participants are clever and well-intentioned, but rarely subject matter experts. Mentors can help, but there's only so much they can impart in the 3 hours they spend with several groups of random people building things for fun. There's a lot of, "Yes, CompanyX built the same thing you came up with 4 years ago, didn't you know?" 10. The overwhelming majority of teams don't (plan to) survive the weekend. Teams don't expect to continue projects past judging. Most are formed ad hoc in order to participate -- whoever has calendar availability. Even if they win, they aren't likely to quit school/work and risk everything to spend the next 6 years toiling and building a stressful startup, managing a team, getting financing and fundraising, etc. Teams break up, go home, and continue their comfortable lives. 11. IP is handled really, really awkwardly. And badly. Fact. Here's a fun scenario: CompanyX runs a hackathon. Teams participate, win, then break up after the weekend to go back to their regular lives. CompanyX likes the demo that TeamX did, so they decide to build it as a feature of their product. TeamX sees this and sues CompanyX for stealing their idea. CompanyX laments, "Oh woe, if only we'd read HackerNest's article before running this crapathon, we'd have avoided this gerbillion-dollar lawsuit. Darn it, darn it all to heck." 12. Hackathons are great for ideation. Yes and no. Traditionally, teams are pitted against each other and competing to win. Info and ideas get shared within a team, but not between teams. So yes, you get different perspectives and that helps generate new ideas -- but you're limited to the people on your team. You're not really taking full advantage of the room by picking the brains of the 295 other clever people. We'll add more over time, but this should be enough to get you thinking. There are better ways to innovate, like the Practical Radical Innovation MEthodology (PRIME) we're releasing soon. Exciting times. Ok, go be excellent! Ta-ta. 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__label__wiki	0.718962	0.718962	Tips/Resources/Guides Analog Photography The Speech that Changed the World (& Photography) Forever January 29, 2015 in Cameras, Film, Entertainment The speech that changed the world No this is not an article about JFK or MLK, but long before that. The speech that changed the world came in a California courtroom in 1875, by a man named William Wirt Pendergast. In an attempt to save one of the most historically significant photographers of all time from a murder conviction, Mr. Pendergast made a closing argument that would not only change a life but the generations that followed. Sociology and technology as we know it today began in California in the middle to the end of the 19th century, and a most influential and peculiar photographer named Eadweard Muybridge what at the center of much of it. Muybridge's life was littered with genus and tragedy. Never having much of a connection with other people he found a sense of validity and stability in photography. The scientific community made great bounds in studies of human an animal locomotion thanks to his life's work, which can also be directly tied to the inception of the motion picture. But his most revolutionary achievements and the benefits we reap from them today almost never happened, as what was possibly the most calculated shot of his lifetime was with a Smith and Wesson No 2 revolver to another mans heart. Born in Kingston upon Thames, England in 1830, Muybridge emigrated to San Fransico in the United States where he became at bookseller with his brother. In 1860 he suffered head trauma after hitting his head on a tree in a stagecoach accident while returning from a trip to England. It was around this time that Eaweard showed an interest in photography learning the wet-plate collodion process. It is unclear whether it was his trip to England or his effects of his accident that sparked his interest in photography. He had various success in the field including several job for the US Government photographing the lighthouses of California, Railroads, and the Modoc Indian War. It was in 1868 that his pictures of the Yosemite Valley made him world famous. In 1872 an 43 year old Muybridge married Flora Shalcross Stone, 21. Early into the marriage she gained an Admirer (common at the time for women to have admirers) Major Harry Larkyns. Muybrdige thought Flora and Harry’s relationship was exceedingly inappropriate, and eventually sent Flora to live with her mother in Oregon in an attempt to stop the affair.. Leland Stanford the speech that changed the world leland stanford In 1872 Muybridge was approached by a former governor of the sate and entrepreneur Leland Stanford. Stanford went on to become one of 'The Big Four', the name given to the four business men responsible for building the Central Pacific Railroad. He also founded Stanford University in 1885. Muybridge was commissioned by Stanford (to settle a bet among friends) to develop a system for high speed photography, determining if at any point during a horses gallop all feet were off the ground, a common debate at horse races in the day. Paintings thought history had never depicted a horse fully aloft. It was the consensus that at least one of a horses legs was always on the ground even in full gallop, and at the speed of which a horses legs are moving while in full gallop, it was impossible tell with the naked eye. Muybridge_race_horse_animated Later that year Muybridge devised a successful system for instantaneous photography, with his results concluding that all four legs of a horse are off at the ground at a given point in its gallop. This breakthrough in the invention of instantaneous photography through him into an eve brighter spotlight, as well as put one of the most powerful men of the day in his corner. Muybridge captured the world's first high speed photo 5 years before the famed George Eastman Kodak began the study of photography. The Bastard Son & the Murder muybridge banner One day in 1874 Muybridge went to visit his wife only to find that she wasn’t home. He found on her table a picture of their son Florado which he had never seen before. He picked up the photo and happened to turn it over. On the back was written “Little Harry”. Muybridge, enraged realizing his son was actually that of his wife’s lover, decided to halt the affair indefinitely. Muybridge boarded a train for an 80 mile journey Calistoga, California to confront the Major. After dark on October 17th 1874, Muybridge made his way to a hotel at the Yellow Jacket Mine where Major Harry Larkyns was in the middle of a power game with some friends. He called for Larkyns and when he came to the door Muybridge remarked “Good evening Major. I have brought a message from my wife, take it.” Just as the last word came out of his mouth, he pulled out a Smith and Wesson No. 2 Six Shooter, shooting Larkyns through the heart, killing him. Muybridge was arrested and put to trial. It's speculated that Leland Stanford paid for Muybridge's lawyer Mr. Pendergast. Stanford surely saw Muybridge as an asset and possibly a friend. Muybridge plead “not guilty” due to insanity, blaming the head injury from a stagecoach accident. On the last day of the trial, Muybridge's lawyer gave a closing argument to the jury that the San Francisco Chronicle (February 6, 1875) called: '... the most eloquent forensic efforts ever heard in the State." If there had to be a defining moment through all the chaos and highlights of Muybridge's life that would make him or break him, I believe it was the closing argument by Mr. Pendergast to the Jury - the speech that changed the world. "I cannot ask you to send this man forth to family and home—he has none . . . . But I do ask you to send him forth free—let him take up the thread of his broken life, and resume that profession on which his genius had shed so much luster—the profession which is now his only love. Let him go forth into the green fields, by the bright waters, through the beautiful valleys, and up and down the swelling coast, and in the active work of the magic of his art, he may gain 'surcease of sorrow' and pass on to his allotted end in comparative peace." "The peroration carried the audience away, and at the close they broke into a storm of applause..." San Francisco Chronicle (February 6, 1875). The jury shortly came back with a verdict of 'not guilty, due to justifiable homicide', which was not a option given to them as a verdict by the judge. Muybridged was released. After the Trial The University of Pennsylvania invited Muybridge to continue his research with their funds and facilities. Muybridge went on to dedicate the majority of his life to the study of human and animal locomotion through his photographic techniques and inventions. His life's work provided knowledge for the scientific community in the field of kinesiology never before understood, and his development of high speed photography [and zoopraxiscope] enabled the first motion picture. The impression left by Mr. Pendergast's most powerful closing argument to those who heard it, seems to have to foreshadowed the impression Muybridge would leave on our modern world. Modern photography, film & television; all of the inventions developed as a result of Muybridge's work; the science & knowledge, the art & war that knowledge enabled; an ever-growing advancement of technology each compounded by the technology the preceded it, it's incredible to think where we might be today if Muybridge had been imprisoned and his legacy stunted. In the words of another man most legendary in his field, American pianist George Winston: "I like to be a good librarian... Our journeys [in life] are a lot shorter because somebody else did something, as long as they are they could be a lot longer if nobody else had done something to be a part of the information" To learn more about Muybridge's life and achievements, I recommend the book "River of Shadows" by Rebecca Solnit. 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__label__cc	0.625867	0.374133	Former GAA star gets on his bike By Louise Carey 0 Life-time athlete Alec McQuillan is one of 600 plus cyclists who will be taking part in the exhilarating annual FROG, Fun Run of the Glens, cycling and running event on 15th June to help raise funds for Cancer Focus Northern Ireland. Alec and his brother John who is also cycling the FROG The Glenravel man formerly played for Ballymena United and, back in the 1970s and 80s, he also played gaelic football at inter-county and provincial level. As well as gaelic football and soccer, he also found time to play rugby for the nearby Armoy RFC. He continues to be involved with the local Con Magees, Glenravel Gaelic Club. Alec’s main outdoor pastime now is golf and he is a member of local Ballymena Golf Club. While not a regular cyclist, he has taken part in the FROG for many years. Alec is the chairperson of the Glenravel Community Development Association, which is responsible for the operation of the Glenravel Sports and Community Complex – which hosts the FROG event. The complex includes sports facilities, a health and fitness suite, a community play group and has become established as the social hub for the local community. A wide range of fitness and activity classes is provided for the local community with some 18 different classes running every week. FROG host “The complex is approaching its 10th anniversary since first opening, and we’re delighted to host FROG, which is the largest annual event we are involved with,” said Alec. “Cancer Focus NI is a very special organisation to raise funds for. They do a tremendous amount of work supporting local cancer patients and their families, doing cancer prevention work in the community, funding research at Queen’s University and advocating for better health policies. Family impact “Cancer touches so many of us. My brother, Liam, was diagnosed with cancer back in 2005 and had to have a kidney removed. This was a very challenging time for him and the family. I can fully appreciate the impact that a cancer diagnosis can have on a family. Thankfully, he has recovered well and has been participating in FROG for the past 10 years and fully intends to take part in FROG again this year,” he added. “FROG has grown tremendously since it began 14 years ago and now attracts over 600 cyclists. We are also building up the number of runners taking part, which is an exciting development. “A lot of preparation goes into organising FROG and the event runs like clockwork. Organiser Paul McToal and his team deserve a tremendous amount of credit for the work they have put in over the past 14 years. The event has now become established as a firm date in the cycling calendar for many cyclists and cycling clubs. While we are well supported by other cycling clubs from right across Northern Ireland, we’d love even more people to join in. Glens route “The glens is a fantastic route, so much scenery to enjoy, and there’s a real feel-good factor and tremendous buzz. The weather has also been very kind to us over the years. What better way to get fresh air, exercise, meet people and help an extremely worthy cause?” Entrants can choose the FROG cycle, either a 25mile, 50mile or 65 mile route, or FROG legs, a 10km or 10 mile run – there’s something for everyone. Participants who raise a minimum amount for Cancer Focus NI will receive a special commemorative top. Lunch and refreshments are also provided on the day to keep everyone refuelled. Cancer Focus NI is the leading local cancer charity committed to tackling cancer by supporting cancer research, providing services for cancer patients and their families and by advising people how to reduce their risk of the disease. Every penny raised will go towards supporting Cancer Focus NI’s work in the community which includes family support, counselling, a free NurseLine on 0800 783 3339, a bra-fitting service for women who’ve had breast surgery, art therapy, creative writing and other therapeutic and complementary services. The charity also operates Keeping Well vans that bring health checks and advice into the heart of communities and it also funds major research into breast cancer at Queen’s University Belfast. Further details about the event and to sign up, visit either:- The Cancer Focus NI event page: www.cancerfocusni.org/events/ Cancer Focus NI welcomes HPV vaccine for local boys author: Louise Carey Make March your month to quit Stephanie urges women to get smear tests Hope for the future Equal Access to cancer drugs granted Snap the Cig winners 2017 Find out more about Cancer Focus NI. Cancer Focus NI @CancerFocusNI Follow @CancerFocusNI RT @ASH_LDN: .@theresa_may @MattHancock @HMTreasury @SeemaKennedy listen to @BobBlackman: https://t.co/6pwUxw2dut delay to #Prevention Gree… Cushendall to Carnlough 18th Annual Walk Harry Potter and the Big Birthday Quiz Corporate Golf Day Great North Run 2019 Causeway Coast Marathon Walk Cancer Focus Northern Ireland 40-44 Eglantine Avenue Belfast BT9 6DX Charity Number: NIC 101307	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3871
__label__cc	0.725388	0.274612	Title 16. Crimes and Offenses § 16-8-16 Georgia Code Title 16. Crimes and Offenses § 16-8-16 Search Georgia Code (a) A person commits the offense of theft by extortion when he unlawfully obtains property of or from another person by threatening to: (1) Inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any other criminal offense; (2) Accuse anyone of a criminal offense; (3) Disseminate any information tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule or to impair his credit or business repute; (4) Take or withhold action as a public official or cause an official to take or withhold action; (5) Bring about or continue a strike, boycott, or other collective unofficial action if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act; or (6) Testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense. (b) In a prosecution under this Code section, the crime shall be considered as having been committed in the county in which the threat was made or received or in the county in which the property was unlawfully obtained. (c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution based on paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (6) of subsection (a) of this Code section that the property obtained by threat of accusation, exposure, legal action, or other invocation of official action was honestly claimed as restitution or indemnification for harm done in the circumstance to which such accusation, exposure, legal action, or other official action relates or as compensation for property or lawful services. (d) A person convicted of the offense of theft by extortion shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than ten years. Read this complete Georgia Code Title 16. Crimes and Offenses § 16-8-16 on Westlaw	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3875
__label__wiki	0.757778	0.757778	Thoughts from Galicia, Spain: 17.8.18 Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable. - Christopher Howse: A Pilgrim in Spain. If you've arrived here because of an interest in Galicia or Pontevedra, see my web page here. Garish but informative. Matters Spanish The BBC tries here to explain why Spaniards eat so late, why Prime Time TV starts at 22.30 and why the Spanish are always a tad tired. I have to say, I've seen the Franco development poo-poohed as a myth. Or at least as misleading. See also this Spanish Unlimited article of 2014 on the subject. Here, from The Local, are 6 reasons why Benidorm is better than you think. It's not terribly convincing but the most important point is that, to get to 'better', you have to start with 'good'. Are Airbnb et al driving up rents? Here's the answer of Spain's Competition Commission, which might surprise a few people. Here's a chart of how Spain's 17 regions deal with the 'threat' of tourist flats. You don't have to be able to read Spanish to see that, as is often the case here, no 2 regions do exactly the same thing. So, maximum confusion. As with many tax matters. IGIMSTS:- The Spanish indulge in a beach custom – found strange by some – of walking to and fro along the waterline. As here:- Except for the Fuck-you woman in the chair, of course. Very Spanish . . . . Another 'strange' Spanish custom centres on how they bury their dead. In 'niches'. Here's a lovely video from my friend Eamon in La Coruña, made in the cemetery there. As you'd expect, someone has come into work to reject Italian claims that it's Brussels' fault that the Genoa motorway bridge fatally collapsed. Here's the Guardian's view on Fart's war against the media. And here's a very interesting negative perspective. Politics: Is there really going to be a new left-of-centre party? See the fascinating article below. Brexit 1: The belief in a second referendum is pure fantasy, says a Guardian columnist here. Brexit 2: I wondered yesterday what Richard North would make of Ian Martin's 'No-deal deal' article in The Times. Here's his (unsurprising) response to this 'Pollyanna scenario'. Essentially: There can be no such thing as "no deal". We have to deal. Galicia and Pontevedra The architect who designed the dockside area in Vigo that partially collapsed last week – injuring nearly 400 people – is on the public record of 10 years ago complaining about neglect and the lack of inspections and maintenance. So, does this increase the chances that heads will roll? Almost certainly not, would be my guess. Latin societies such as those of Spain and Italy which are less litigious than Anglo societies don't seem to go in for that sort of thing. They prefer official enquiries which take years/decades and result in very little. Apart from increased public weary cynicism, of course. Finally . . . Who'd have thought it . . .? Well, anyone with a brain, I'd say. © [David] Colin Davies, Pontevedra: 17.8.18 Introducing Britain’s new political party: Matthew Goodwin, Professor of politics at the University of Kent and senior fellow at Chatham House: Author of the forthcoming book, “National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy”. It’s not what Remainers are hoping for You don’t have to spend long in Westminster before you hear someone talking about the possibility of a new political party emerging in the U.K. The idea, inspired by the rise of French President Emmanuel Macron’s successful En Marche movement, is usually pictured as a club of disillusioned social liberals drawn from across the political landscape — think Labour’s Chuka Umunna and David Miliband on stage with the Liberal Democrat Vince Cable and Conservative Remainers like Nicky Morgan and Anna Soubry, with a strategy overseen by veterans Tony Blair, Nick Clegg and George Osborne and communications by Peter Mandelson and Alastair Campbell. For many on Britain’s liberal left, the idea is incredibly enticing. After all, the 2016 Brexit referendum not only marked the moment when those who wanted to leave the EU won but also the moment when, for the first time, London-based social liberals lost. Now that the shock has faded, many want to fight back. But while a gap is indeed opening up in the British political landscape, a look at the latest voter data shows it’s unlikely to give rise to the Macronist party of Remainers’ dreams. To the contrary, Britain looks increasingly ready for a new far-right party, styled after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. It looks like Britain’s liberals have misdiagnosed the mood in British politics. Similar to mainstream politicians elsewhere in Europe, they are failing to grasp how the political winds are changing. Consider the top issues that voters both feel concerned about and believe are not currently represented by the main parties. They are in descending order of importance, as ranked by respondents to a recent poll: (1) making the justice system harsher; (2) having tighter restrictions on immigration; (3) stopping military interventions in other countries; (4) introducing tougher regulation of big business; (5) reducing the amount of welfare; and (6), interestingly, leaving the European Union, which a sizeable number of voters do not believe is currently being delivered. Unsurprisingly, these views are especially strong among Leave supporters and Conservative voters, who want to see the mainstream shift further to the right on these issues. In fact, no less than 35 percent of Leave voters hold at least four of these views, while only 11 percent of Remain supporters do. This shopping list of unresolved concerns points not so much toward a new, anti-Brexit centrist party but rather a right-wing populist party that offers a combination of authoritarian positions on social issues, such as justice and immigration, and also interventionist positions on the economy, including opposing globalization and advocating more protectionist policies. Such a party would be more “Trumpian” than “Blairite” — more like Le Pen’s National Rally than Nigel Farage’s U.K. Independence Party. Indeed, one could argue that what held Farage and UKIP back from exploiting their full potential is that, whereas many working-class voters agreed with the social offer on ending immigration and leaving the EU, lots of these voters remained deeply wary about UKIP’s economic position, which was basically Thatcherite — pro-business, pro-capitalism and at ease with free markets and globalization. Had UKIP talked Le Pen’s language on economics — including the need to tame “savage globalization” and intervene in the economy to prioritize native workers — it’s likely the party would have done far more damage, particularly in Labour seats. This new data also sheds light on why Theresa May, now embroiled in an almost daily battle for survival, was so wildly popular at the outset of her premiership. When May combined support for Brexit, restrictions on immigration and a promise to do more for workers and tackle “burning injustices,” she soared in the polls. But when it became clear that neither she nor the Conservative Party are serious about translating this talk into action, her approval ratings took a plunge. In the 2017 general election, many would-be Conservative voters stayed at home. Had the Conservative Party gone into that election prioritizing Brexit, immigration reform and offering a suite of policies designed to rebalance the economy away from London and the “haves” toward the rest of the country and the “have nots,” the outcome would most likely have been very, very different. Indeed, it is worth noting that in recent weeks nearly three-quarters of Leave voters have said they would be open to voting for “a party on the political right that was committed to leaving the EU,” as would nearly 70 percent of Conservatives. Around 80 percent of this group also backs tougher restrictions on immigration, and law and order. This is both a challenge and an opportunity for May’s party, and the prime minister will have to tread very carefully. UKIP has jumped in the polls since May pushed through her soft-Brexit Chequers proposal, with grassroots Conservative associations voicing anger at what they consider a capitulation to Brussels on Brexit. This discontent could quickly escalate into a full-blown rebellion or, instead, an outbreak of mass apathy. But, for May, there is a silver lining. These same voters would be instinctively receptive to a slightly modified message — a party that is traditionally socially conservative but also willing to intervene more seriously to strengthen the ladder of opportunity for the have nots. It’s a fragile moment for the Conservative Party. It may find a way to redefine conservatism for a changing electorate. Or it could experience a major and perhaps irrevocable split. Either outcome appears equally plausible "...no 2 regions do exactly the same thing. So, maximum confusion. As with many tax matters..." Surely this is the Brexiteer's dream situation - people taking back control at the smallest practical administrative level - or are you a Corbynista Brexiteer wanting central control? Evidence? Or is this merelt your dream/nightmare of what Brexiteers dream of? Which is surely national standards. Not as absurdum parish standards . . . Ow, come on, how hard can it be to win the next general election? If you really wish to beat the adversary, start a new party on the political wing of that enemy; then borrow Ralph Nader from the yanks (he has little to do at this precise moment) and promote him to political leader and candidate of that new party. Sure to succeed. Incidentally, Spanish prime time TV starts at 22.30 (as the article. correctly pointed out), not at 23.30 as you wrote. Thoughts from Galicia, 14.8.18 Thoughts from Galicai, Spain: 12.8.18 Thoughts from Galicia, Spain: 9.8.18 Thoughts from Galcia, Soain: 8.8.18	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3877
__label__wiki	0.512324	0.512324	Historic Philadelphia - 4:14 with Amy Needle of the Historic Philadelphia, Inc. Jill Horner speaks with Amy Needle, President and CEO from Historic Philadelphia, Inc., about the organization. Interview recorded 5/15/2019. #New Jersey #Pennsylvania #Community #Education #General Interest #Local League Agenda League Agenda - 4:05 Jill Horner speaks with Colleen Mahr, President from the New Jersey League of Municipalities, about the League Agenda. Interview recorded 11/13/2018. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2018/11/19/NJ181113-8 Celebrating Arts and Culture in Delaware County Celebrating Arts and Culture in Delaware County - 3:34 Eric Carter-Thompson, Executive Director of Darlington Arts Center, talks about the Delaware Valley Arts Consortium and the inaugural Delco Arts Week in September, 2019. Recorded April 12, 2019. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2019/4/15/Delco-Arts Community Assistance Network Committee Community Assistance Network Committee - 3:30 Jill Horner speaks with Tony Perry, Mayor from Middletown Township, about the Community Assistance Network Committee. Interview recorded 1/9/2019. Insurance Pre-approval Insurance Pre-approval - 3:38 Jill Horner speaks with Assemblyman Jon M. Bramnick, from the NJ General Assembly, about Insurance Pre-approval. Interview recorded 6/10/2019.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3878
__label__wiki	0.794652	0.794652	Notre Dame chemists expand collaboration with Heidelberg University to include biomedical research Author: Chontel Syfox Left to right: Markus Enders(Heidelberg University), Patricia Clark, Shahriar Mobashery, Amanda Hummon and Sharon Stack. The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame and the Faculties of Chemistry and Biosciences at Heidelberg University came together at a mini symposium on October 20 and 21 in Heidelberg, Germany. The mini symposium discussing the interface of chemistry, biology, and medicine was a part of a larger collaboration between Notre Dame and Heidelberg, which was established in 2014 with the signing of a memorandum of understanding. The memorandum saw both institutions agreeing to explore joint research projects, student exchange, and other cooperative efforts together. According to Olaf Wiest, professor of chemistry and biochemistry who led the effort, “this was a return visit after hosting a mini symposium on catalysis at Notre Dame in 2014 and expands the collaboration into biomedical research.” A delegation of Notre Dame chemistry and biochemistry faculty discussed their research at the mini symposium. Wiest presented ongoing drug discovery efforts on malaria and Niemann Pick Type C; Shahriar Mobashery, the Navari Family Professor in Life Sciences, discussed novel antibacterial agents; Amanda Hummon, the Huisking Foundation Associate Professor discussed imaging mass spectrometry; Patricia Clark, the Rev. John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Biochemistry, spoke about in-vivo protein folding; and Sharon Stack, the Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Harper Cancer Research Institute, shared recent research on ovarian cancer metastasis. Originally published by Chontel Syfox at science.nd.edu on October 28, 2016.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3879
__label__cc	0.647477	0.352523	Posted on November 5, 2018 by Heather Wilson I have a theory that Indian screenwriters search medical texts for the most bizarre sounding diseases which they then change out of almost all recognition, blend them together and then use this bizarre hybrid as the plot for a film. That might at least go some way to explaining why Vikram (Naga Chaitanya) is introduced as the surviving half of a ‘vanishing twin’ pregnancy, the inaccurate explanation of which is only one of the fantastical medical diagnoses described in the film. That may not have been a bad move if the idea of a separate parasitic twin living through his brother’s left hand was better explored, but Savyasachi doesn’t seem to know if it’s a romance, a thriller or a comedy about alien hand syndrome, and by the end I was no wiser either. Naga Chaitanya does his best with a terrible script, Madhavan overacts like crazy and it’s not a good sign when the best characterisations come from Vennela Kishore, Bhumika Chawla (who is excellent as Vikram’s sister) and child actor Dishita Sehgal. The other major problem with Savyasachi is truly terrible subtitles which I would ascribe to using Google Translate except that there are many spelling errors. This makes it even more difficult to work out exactly what is going on, when even the actors don’t appear to have any idea. With so much wrong is there any reason to watch Savyasachi? Well, yes. The songs are good, the flash-back and family scenes in the first half are better realised, and even if Madhavan chews the scenery excessively his exploits as a villain are generally entertaining. So not terrible then and given the general incomprehensibility of the subtitles, probably a better watch if you understand more Telugu than I do. Vikram is the surviving twin while his brother Aditya was ‘absorbed’ into Vikram during their mother’s ‘vanishing twin’ pregnancy. Aditya still lives on as a few neurones in Vikram’s brain and is able to express himself by independent movement of Vikram’s left hand. All this is described in detail by Vikram’s doctor (Rao Ramesh) and his mother Mahalakshmi (Kausalya) which is just as well as this mishmash of a number of different conditions does need a lot of explanation. However, apart from a habit of slapping buttocks and faces, Aditya doesn’t do much else until Vikram is threatened, when Vikram’s left hand suddenly develops uncanny spatial awareness and super-human reaction speed along with the ability to thrash innumerable villains. So, basically the usual hero ability to fight his way out of any given situation. Vikram even manages a bit of hero-style action himself, beating a group of students during a flashback scene at University, with his left hand tied behind his back. Just in case there was any suggestion that Vikram isn’t just as capable as his intangible twin. The film starts with a bus crash that causes the death of everyone on board, apart from Vikram, and then promptly ignores this initial mystery for the entire rest of the first half. Instead, writer/director Chandoo Mondeti concentrates on developing a romance between Vikram and businesswoman Chitra (Nidhhi Agerwal), who has employed Vikram’s ad company Artihc to promote her company. Vikram is assisted in making his films by his best friend from school Kittu (Vennela Kishore) and Tenali (Satya) who are aware of Vikram’s ‘vanished’ twin and make allowances for the occasional bizarre behaviour of Vikram’s left hand. Vikram and Chitra have a history together from their time in college which is shown in a series of flashback scenes. While at college, the two gradually begin a relationship, first as friends, but just as it seems to be developing into something more and Vikram was about to declare his love for Chitra, something happened and he vanished from college, never to be heard from again. Until rocking up to make an ad many years later. Despite this long separation, his sudden reappearance doesn’t generate too much reaction from Chitra, and after accepting Vikram’s rather lame excuses for dropping out of touch, the two rekindle their old romance. There isn’t much chemistry between Vikram and Chitra, but to be fair they don’t have many scenes with just the two of them together, and there is a fraction more sparkage in the college flashbacks. In fact, most of the actual romance happens during M.M. Keeravani’s catchy songs. The first half also deals with Vikram’s relationship with his sister Siri (Bhumika Chawla) her husband (Bharath Reddy) and daughter Maha (Dishita Sehgal). This part of the film is better, and the family dynamic is well developed as Siri becomes annoyed and objects to Vikram spoiling Maha, allowing her to do whatever she wants, while at the same time appreciating the reasons behind her brother’s affection for her daughter. Bhumika Chawla is excellent as Siri, particularly in later scenes as her character has to deal with a considerable amount of complex emotion. After all the family background and romance in the first half, the second half of the film totally shifts gear when Vikram returns from a trip to America to find his family has been targeted and his sister in hospital. Suddenly the pace picks up as Vikram struggles to find out who is attacking him, and what has happened to his family. Madhavan is rapidly identified as the villain here, but he plays Arun Raj with such cheerful bonhomie that it’s difficult to take him seriously. Arun also has an oddly weak reason for his behaviour that further undermines his villainous stature, so in the end I felt little investment in the outcome of their struggle. However, Arun does have uncanny ability to be able to find and follow Vikram which is explained by various cloning, cloaking and other electronic wizardry, which at least is slightly more probable than Vikram’s pop-up twin brother’s abilities. Although the story struggles to keep everything moving forward together, the action sequences work well and there is plenty of energy in the confrontations between Vikram and Arun. While Vikram’s rogue left hand does take over for most of these scenes there is enough variety and challenge to keep them interesting, at least until Arun runs out of disposable henchmen to throw at Vikram. Chaitanya does well to keep his character even vaguely on track, but the uneven mix of comedy, action and paranormal doesn’t blend well, making Vikram appear like a fish out of water for much of the second half. Madhavan’s Arun is too one-dimensional to be anything other than a caricature and his scenery chewing plays into the cartoonish nature of the character. However, Arun is entertaining even if he doesn’t appear particularly villainous and the interactions with his servant (Thagubothu Ramesh) are amusing. On the other hand, Nidhhi Agerwal has little to do and really is just ‘the love interest’ while Vidyullekha Raman and Vennela Kisore play their usual type of characters proficiently and effectively. I really liked Chandoo Mondeti’s previous film Karthikeya which had a much better mix of action and supernatural, but Savyasachi just doesn’t have a strong enough story and the various side-plots detract too much from the central action. This could have been a better film if the story had stuck to the idea of alien hand syndrome with a better realised villain or a more involved romance rather than trying to add both. This is one probably better watched on DVD or Netflix when you can forward past the slow and confusing set-up and get straight to the action. This entry was posted in Tollywood and tagged Bharath Reddy, Bhumika Chawla, Chandoo Mondeti, Dishita Sehgal, Kausalya, M.M. Keeravani, Madhavan, Naga Chaitanya, Nidhhi Agerwal, Rao Ramesh, Satya, Savyasachi, Telugu, Thagubothu Ramesh, Vennela Kishore. Bookmark the permalink. ← NOTA (2018) Sarkar (2018) →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3884
__label__cc	0.658018	0.341982	Tag: OneNet Microsoft Research Is Developing OneNet, An Alternative To Spark That Can Also Build Cloud Infrastructures As reported by ZDNet, Microsoft is developing an open source, distributed platform designed for the creation of cloud services and big data analytics called OneNet or Prajna. OneNet specializes in interactive, big data analytics and boasts in-memory processing functionality in ways that are similar to Apache Spark. Importantly, OneNet supports both batch processing and real-time, streaming data ingestion and analytics. Unlike Spark, however, the platform can deploy cloud platforms and access them via mobile applications and distributed applications featuring in-memory key-value stores. Prajna also claims distributed programming functionality across multiple clusters and in memory sharing of data across multiple jobs. Prajna’s ability to support “multi-cluster distributed programming” differentiates it from Spark and pushes the envelope with respect to high performance distributed computing in the industry today. OneNet/Prajna specializes in a distributing computing platform across multiple clusters that can be used to build high performance, big data analytic engines while reducing the engineering costs typically associated with building distributed systems. Microsoft’s investment in OneNet comes at a time when Cloudera has recently announced a One Platform Initiative aimed at rendering Apache Spark production-ready in the form of a viable alternative to MapReduce. Author Arnal Dayaratna, Ph.DPosted on September 16, 2015 September 16, 2015 Categories MicrosoftTags Apache Spark, OneNet	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3888
__label__wiki	0.715532	0.715532	election silence Current Affairs - 2019 Recommendations of Committee to revisit the Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act The Committee headed Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha has submitted the report on revisiting the section 126 of the Representation of the People Act. The committee had nine officers from the Election Commission and one nominated member each from I&B Ministry, Law Ministry, IT Ministry, National Broadcasters Association and Press Council of India. Recommendations of the Committee The committee has made the following recommendations: Amendment to the Model Code of Conduct to ensure that political parties release their manifesto at least 72 hours before voting ends in the first phase of polls. The provision of election silence, which prohibits any form of poll campaign in the last 48 hours leading up to voting to be extended to cover print and social media, internet, cable channels and online version of print media. Social media platforms should work with the EC to evolve a mechanism by which the latter can flag content violating electoral law and social media sites can take it down as soon as possible. EC should issue directions to private cable TV channels to follow NBSA guidelines for election broadcasts during the poll period. The recommendations when implemented will help in minimizing the possible interference of activities which aim at indirectly influencing voters during the valuable silence period of 48 hours provided to them. Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act Prohibits public meetings during period of forty-eight hours ending with hour fixed for conclusion of the poll. Month:Current Affairs - January, 2019 Categories: Constitution & Law Tags: cable channels • Deputy Election Commissioner • election silence • Internet • Model Code of Conduct • NBSA • Representation of the People Act • Section 126 of the Representation of the People Act • Social Media • Umesh Sinha	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3891
__label__wiki	0.746555	0.746555	The Current Wave The student news site of North Kingstown High School Cultural Integration: Looking at our Language Classes Through Another Lens Gillian Minarik, Staff Writer "If we can look past the seemingly rigid academic standards and strive to embrace different languages and cultures--rather than simply participating for a grade--we discover in our language classes worthwhile, lifelong skills that also happen to be fun!" Parking Lot Problems Alyssa Gibbs, Staff Writer With a new school year comes new privileges, and with those privileges come restrictions that students need to learn and respect. One of these new privileges, for juniors,... How many iconic vines do you know? Julia Tobin, Editor New Service Dog Comes to NKHS Chris Dunlaevy, Co Editor- In- Chief Sophomore Aidan Sullivan is a pretty typical teenager. He likes to play guitar, listens to punk rock, and enjoys spending time with his friends and family, his best friend... It’s Your Choice to Add Your Voice Michael Vento, Editor Are you interested in current affairs? Do you feel the need to talk about issues that plague the school? The power to voice your opinion is provided through the Student... HOW SKIPPER ARE YOU????? Julia Tobin, Staff Writer Which The Office Character are you? Chris Dunlaevy, Editor Be our Guest “Beauty and the Beast” Musical Review North Kingstown High School has become well-known for its yearly musicals. This year, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast welcomed everyone to be their guest in March 2018. This... A Coping Community Chris Dunlaevy, Editor in Chief (Disclaimer: The author had a personal connection with Miles Dodd) The North Kingstown community as a whole was saddened after Miles Dodd, a graduate of the Class of... Wi-fi: Is it essential? Review of NKHS Production of “The Princess Bride” Alyssa Gibbs, a senior who was one of two people playing the female lead, Princess Buttercup, also shared her opinion. "My hope for the future of the department is for it to eventually get more funding. Shaffer has been talking about not doing [a play] next year, and even though I won't be here, I hope he continues doing the plays." True Colors Revealed: What’s Changing With Class Spirit The goal for the administration this year has been to unify the student body and to focus on the rivalry between schools, not classes. Mrs. Garcia said, “We are looking to have more camaraderie, we would love it if the catalyst for all of our angst was the opposing team that we are playing at the football game versus the freshmen.” January 16, 2019 • No Comments Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil: An Analysis Book Reviews: Three appealing titles for young adults Which Hogwarts House are You? Which Les Miserables Character are you? How well do you know the NFL? Which Mean Girls Character are you? Which Phineas and Ferb character are you? The Necessity of Guns in the 21st Century: A Fantasy in the Face of Reality A Different Perspective: Outdoor Pep Rally Journalism Justice: Save The Current Wave Six seniors prepare to play Division I sports in college Freshman wrestler wins state title Democracy Letter to the Editor: Bowling Club To the Editor: At North Kingstown High School there are a lot of programs for students to take part in, but one activity they are missing is bowling. There are many reasons... Democracy Letter to the Editor: Removing Senior Projects Democracy Letter to the Editor: Junior Off Roll Democracy Letter to the Editor: Chromebook Charging Stations Is NKHS doing enough to address student mental health and well being? Chris Dunlaevy, News Editor The world has changed since the events at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School, this past February 14th. That much is unquestionable. But even as the world has changed, with... The Age of Vaping The Rhode Island General Assembly has signed a bill that will prohibit anyone from vaping on school property, coming into effect on January 1st. This will apply to North Kingstown... Opioid Outrage Emma Zorner, Staff Writer You've heard of it everywhere. On the news, on the radio, at the dinner table, but the opioid epidemic is still an unanswered question on your mind. What is an opioid anyway?... Recent NKHS graduate named Miss Rhode Island Earth United States New schedule proposal: What’s different? Junior Ali Hornung wins LLS Student of the Year Award The Current Wave • © 2019 • Privacy Policy • FLEX WordPress Theme by SNO • Log in	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3892
__label__cc	0.722328	0.277672	Drag Queen YouTuber Tre Melvin “Bravely” Reveals What Everyone Already Knew Nick Delmacy, 6 years ago 131 6 min read 1673 First of all, before we dig into the meat of this topic, let’s get some basic questions out of the way: “Nick, who da fuk is Tre Melvin?” I know, right? I only had vaguely heard about him until a video of him “coming Out” surfaced on my Facebook news feed. I’d previously seen some of his videos but didn’t care for them at all. Maybe its because I’m not 16-21 years old. Apparently the young 21-year-old man has quite the following. He’s racked up nearly 2 million YouTube subscribers (you read that right) making him kinda Internet Famous. Props to him. You can make money off of YouTube and judging by the numbers he’s doing on all original content, he’s likely getting a decent monthly check from Google. “Why you hating on his success then, you jeally nicca?” LOL. No, I’m not jealous of this brother getting money legally. More power to him. Matter of fact, by even talking about this dude and posting his video on my own popular forum, I’m helping him to make more money. Okay, here’s the video in question. On New Years, Tre Melvin “revealed” to his fans that he was Bisexual in this overly dramatic video that has since received hundreds of thousands of views. Now…first off…At 21 years old, I wasn’t about to post a video of me “coming Out” on the Internet. No, sir. So the dude definitely gets props for that. It seemed like through all of the fake bravado he injected into the monologue over the dramatic music, it was actually a big deal for him to publicly admit and do. Secondly, the tide is turning for Gay and Bisexual men in regards to how the general public views us. So being a young man who’s not only easy on the eyes but also has perceptible masculinity to him will be a plus in his eventual pursuit of penis over the next 20-30 years. I kinda envy him for all of the cock that will be thrown his way now that he’s an Out Gaylebrity. Who da fuk out there didn’t know this shit to the point he had to “come Out?” I mean, seriously? Okay, lemme state my case, Your honor. The man wears colored contacts! Colored Contacts, Your Honor! In 2014, he actually places each green/hazel contact on each finger every morning and pops them bitches into his eyes! Okay. I don’t actually have any proof that he’s wearing colored contacts. His eyes could really just naturally look like he’s one of the kids in Village of the Damned. Don’t get me wrong. He’s not an ugly dude. Far from it. Ummm….He does look a little underage…like young-young….like you could do prison time for even just fantasizing about touching his naughty parts in your mind, young….but he’s not unattractive. The eyes though…they come off kinda “Gay.” No, they come off VERY “Gay.” If I were him and that was really my eye color, I would wear Colored Contacts to make me eyes look “normal.” Like, call my eye doctor up and say: “Do you have these Acuvue soft lenses in Brown? Gimme the darkest Brown you got, Doc.” Okay, Your Honor. You say eye color is no indication that people already knew this man was “Gay?” Can we turn down the lights, I have a slideshow that I would like to present at the court’s permission. And these are just the ones I could grab in a 5 minute YouTube search, Your Honor. He’s a DRAG QUEEN! A DRAG-FUCKING-QUEEN! No seriously. The Oxford Dictionary defines a Drag Queen as: “a man who dresses up in women’s clothes, typically for the purposes of entertainment.” Now I ask you again, who da fuk out there didn’t know this man was into copious amounts of penis to the point he had to “come Out?” Its so obvious that even Tre Melvin’s characters would have responded to him like: Okay. Okay. Lemme calm down. Nothing to get excited about. Just because a man dresses up as a woman on a consistent basis, that doesn’t make him Gay. I mean, look at Tyler Perry. No gay suspicions and rumors there. You know, the reason why I’m bringing all this up is not to downplay this young man’s “bravery”…well, hold up…maybe it is a little bit. How is this considered “Brave?” This man owns and wears more wigs than my mother, yet its bravery for him to come Out as Bisexual? While we’re on the subject of Bisexuality, I am not one of those people who thinks that Bisexuality doesn’t exist. Those nuts are in the same camp as the people who believe that George W. Bush orchestrated 9-11. However, in the case of Tre Melvin…methinks the Lady doth protest too much. Look…I’m an older gay man living in Atlanta. I’ve seen many-a-Tre-Melvins start off with strong, masculine voices and mannerisms…they get a few effeminate gay friends…hit a few gay clubs where they see even more flamboyancy displayed and celebrated…next thing you know they’re booty-popping to Beyonce and Rihanna songs with their shirt off. That’s not to say that “fem is bad”…I’m just saying, I already know how this movie is gonna end. Tre Melvin is gonna end up snap FABULOUS in a few years. So in this case, that whole “I’m Bisexual” thing will hold about as much weight as Jennifer Hudson Post-Dreamgirls. See, its spreading! I just made a fucking gay-ass Dreamgirls reference! Seriously though. Am I COMPLETELY wrong to say Tre Melvin could have just lived his life freely without the big declaration? I mean, as cold as this sounds, do effeminate men really “need” to come Out of the closet if its pretty clear that everyone already assumes that they’re likely gay anyway? [That tapping sound you now hear is the mouse-clicks from Gay men angrily leaving the site to declare their disdain for patriarchy on Twitter] Real talk though, wouldn’t it actually be “Brave” for a gay man who, by all accounts, displayed absolutely NO hints that he was gay or bisexual? Like a man’s Man…Not a Drag Queen with pretty light eyes, exquisite eye-lashes and nice full d*k sucking lips… Anyway, I’ll end my closing argument much the same way Matthew McConaughey did in A Time To Kill: I want you to picture a frail, twinkish man wearing colored contacts who often dresses up in drag and acts like various types of women in videos for the world to see…… I want you to picture this little man coming Out of the closet…… Can you see him……? Another Even More Dramatic Pause* ………..Now imagine that he’s Masculine. Drops Mic The defense rests. Tags #Coming Out #Drag Queen #Femininity #Opinion Nick Delmacy Nick is a founder, editor and the pop culture expert at Cypher Avenue. Serving as the designer and webmaster of the site, he is the architect of The Cypher Avenue Matrix. Current News, News, Politics IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: President Obama Speaks on Trayvon Martin Nick Delmacy, 6 years ago 1 min read Books, Cypher Ave Originals, Entertainment, Opinion, Reviews BOOK REVIEW: Brooklyn Gay Novel “Sons” by Alphonso Morgan Cypher Ave Originals, Cypher Avenue TV, Entertainment, Film, Opinion, Reviews WEB SERIES REVIEW: My Brother’s Keeper (Season Three) Cypher Ave Originals, Entertainment, Opinion, Television R.I.P. Sherman Hemsley – You Finally Got a Piece of the Pie! OckyDub, 7 years ago 3 min read Current News, News, Opinion, Politics Twitter Suspends Azealia Banks’ Account. I Call BULLSH!T Cypher Ave Originals, Entertainment, Film, Health, Opinion Black Gay Depression Documentary: You Are Not Alone Dre G You REALLY gotta enjoy drag to put together some of these outfits,especially ex.E. But you’d be surprised how deep in denial ppl can be.i work with a guy who is two cups of sugar away from being Little Richard,but he has a gf so (a few) people are fooled 6 years ago Reply Wiki Lee I saw his “revelation” appear on Tumblr on New Year’s but didn’t pay any attention to it. Hell, I didn’t even know who he was, I mean looking at him, who couldn’t already see that? lol But dang, Nick, “exquisite eyelashes & dck sucking lips”? lmbo LilRedDude Wait a minute, Dreamgirls references are gay?? But anyway, just to play Devil’s Advocate, don’t people consider the singer Prince to be a straight dude who likes to wear makeup and women’s clothing? Maybe Tre Melvin assumed people thought the same about him. I think most people always thought of Prince as just androgynous. That might be the case here but I’m not sure where the line is drawn. Holup…Prince was flamboyant and questionable….BUT I don;t remember him actually pretending to be women consistently…From what I remember he rocked them women’s clothes like he still had a nutsack. Kinda different from Drag Queens… I’m with @nick Prince was questionable, but I don’t ever recall him as fully emulating a woman. So Prince gets a pass because it took less effort for him to look girly? But anyway, maybe it’s just a Sign O’ The Times (pun intended) that Tre Melvin felt he needed to come out. He’s a 90’s baby. Straight men his age wear skinny jeans, scarves, get pedicures and watch shows like the Real Housewives of Atlanta and Scandal. Gay slang like “shade” is now in use by straight people of both genders. As a result, I really think Tre Melvin believed he needed to “come out” because it wouldn’t be obvious to everyone. achris Damn @lilreddude you took the words right out of my mouth in regards to Prince getting a pass lol… Side bar I was actually surprised at his voice…the lips are great lmao Yeah his voice is deeper than expected. Ocky Williams I know I don’t get out much but I have heard “zero” str8 people use the term “shade” African King When I was in ATL in summer 2011 for a program at Morehouse, over half of the str8 men actually used the term “shade.” I never knew about that slang until I was in the ATL. Then when I started to notice that more gays used it through reality TV, I was like… OH! LOL. sigh…you were at Morehouse…its a wonder the str8 dudes there don’t wear heals. hahahaha i remember seeing the new dress code being reinstated while I stayed in the Otis Moss Suites about how men must dress like men. I was nervous before going then I saw that no guys had purses, pumps, etc. Terms like “Shade” being used by straight women doesn’t count. Straight men don’t say that kinda stuff because its still primarily associated with femininity. Unfortunately, femininity and gay still is seen as being interchangeable….even by most gays. Ive heard str8 guys say shade…albeit not usually with the same tone. Maybe it depends on the age group, these ppl were all in there 20s. Here is my belief…gay people say “shade” while sta8 or dare I say heteronormative people say “shady”…same meaning but not the same thing. Probably generally the case, but i’ve personally heard multiple str8 guys say shade (with an “e”) also..Again, I think its an age (ppl in their 20s moreso) thing… I am sure there are a good amount of str8 guys that don’t use the word though.. This is a PSA…Prince gets a pass because #1) he is a famous ( legend even) rock/pop/r&b star. #2) Prince gets mad pussy (or at least use to). And the women he has sleep with have no problem telling the world…so he can at least claim Bi-sexual #3) I have never seen Prince in drag. I have never seen him impersonate a woman. Why is he a part of this conversation? Why isn’t anyone using the Tyler Perry analogy that was in the article to argue a defense? Don’t let the fact that Prince doesn’t wear dresses or wigs fool you. He has worn makeup, blouses, big as earrings and styles his hair like a woman. I used him as an example because people don’t generally assume that he is gay even though his appearance at times suggests otherwise. “He has worn makeup, blouses, big as earrings and styles his hair like a woman” what rock star hasn’t including Lenny Kravitz? How does this relate to being a full fledged Drag Queen? You’re missing my point. I’m saying that someone’s appearance can differ from gender norms, yet they can still be considered “straight”. Yes Tre Melvin appears as a woman in his videos, however it appears to be for entertainment purposes. If we assume that everyone who has ever done drag for entertainment purposes are gay, then Martin Lawrence and Wesley Snipes are all gay too. I feel that Tre Melvin felt the need to come out because you can’t ALWAYS assume that feminine traits or a drag appearance equate to homosexuality. Especially if done for the entertainment of others. Holup! You got a little thing for Tre Melvin! Aww thas cute…How old are you? He’s def already got a boyfriend by now, I’m sure. (Sigh). No “thing” for Tre Melvin over here. He’s too young. Yeah I was joking…Tre Melvin’s too young even for ppl his age… You are correct; however in this instance with Tre…he is gay/bisexual by his own admission. Before his admission I think a lot if not most people assumed he was gay (right or wrong) therefore for those same people the dramatic “brave” video was a “what was the point of this” moment. Nicca, why you all off topic trying to get dudes to call Prince gay. He is effeminate. We all agree. Case closed. Now back to the Drag Queen related to this article…Ain’t nothing ambiguous or androgynous about the photos of this “bisexual” man shown above, lol. I don’t believe for one second that he can “take yo’ bitch” as he proclaims. He looks like a kid who MIGHT be a top for now but will DEFINITELY become versatile or a bottom before he hits 25. That’s not an insult, just to say that the whole “bisexual” thing will be a distant memory by then LOL..OMG you awful LOLOL So you saying the more comfortable he gets he is no longer gonna crave the brown donut? All I’m saying is he’s very “pretty”, he’s got dick sucking lips, he’s VERY comfortable with his feminine side…its just a matter of time before a muscular masculine dude turns him out…. The incorrect assumption in this comment seems to be that all masculine dudes are tops. Right. Tre Melvin might be an inbetween bottom…which is kinda hot if you take away his love for women’s clothes. But seriously though, my assumption comes from him clinging in to the “I’ll take your bitch” attitude…as if he’s the dominate type or aggressor. My question to you Los would be what emails have you sent or what comments have you left on any of Tre’s youtube videos about his CONSTANT negative and stereotypical portrayals of black women? If the answer is none…as a Doctor of Psychology (LOL i love when people tell you their titles when no one asks) if the answer is none…seek help. If Tre can be opinionated and judgmental about about black culture and black women…we can be opinionated and judgmental about Tre. Also did you miss any of the genuine praise that was given to him in the article or did manufactured outrage have your psychological vagina in a knot at the mere idea that we had the audacity (gasp)to criticize another Out gay-lebrity? Also…thanks for visiting the site. rolandgarros28 “phychological vagina”…. and thanks for visiting the site? @Ocky, you know how to slice a brother and then help him to the emergency room. Note to self* do not read ocky’s posts while drinking hot coffee. LOL Black Pegasus ” alt=”” title=”” class=”bbcode-image” /> Ummm so first lol @nick for the Tyler Perry comment! To the article I’m with you I already thought homeboy was gay so this isn’t a shock. I also want to know what his is fan base. I’ve seen him before because friends have shown me but they were gay. Maybe I should go look at the comments and se if anyone is shocked… I’m not! Why does Exhibit A look like Jordin Sparks? The edge @Nick had in the Discreet City days is BACK!!!! Nicely written article brother. I knew who he was and just assumed he was already openly gay lol. Everyone I know that watches his stuff is a full fledged gay. I gave an nasty sideeye though when he said bisexual. Reminds me of one of my friends who has never seen a woman naked, knows all of Beyonce’s routines, and still claims to be bisexual. I guess that’s just easier to say for some people. Great to know I wasn’t the only one who gave the side eye! ” and still claims to be bisexual. I guess that’s just easier to say for some people” DING DING DING DING DING “Imagine that he’s masculine”……………..Well that’s essentially all we can do @Nick since most masculine men equate these types of announcements as publicity stunts or fem queens looking for their 15 minutes of fame(your words not mine). I think masculine men would be harder on other masculine men for doing this type of thing. I just don’t see it happening. But, yeah, i’ll let my imagination run wild. “I think masculine men would be harder on other masculine men for doing this type of thing.” Wrong and I think most would welcome it however unless there is a real “need” to do it…WTF is the point? Also…what masculine athlete was Cypher Ave’s Athlete of the year for 2013? See what I mean…no youtube declarations needed with emotional dubbed music in the back ground. Stop Playin Ok. So the issue is with the way in which they announce. Ok. I understand that. My point was nick was asking us to imagine if this was a masculine guy doing this and I was stating that masculine gay black men WOULDN’T see fit to make an announcement in this manner. And to your statement of “unless there is a need to do it”, I ask what would be the need? I thought the general consensus around here was that who we sleep with doesn’t need to be declared in such a public way. I don’t really see a need to wish for anyone to tell me who they’re boning, however, when gay dudes have made their sexuality public as was the case with the fraternity dude, my feeling was why is he doing this if not for fame. I could be wrong but I don’t think I am. gotcha and brings up a good point/s between this dude and Darren Young. Great contrasting examples. My words not yours? When did I ever say “Fem queens looking for their 15 minutes of fame”? Journalism 101: Properly attributing quotes. I failed miserably. You never said that so I apologize profusely. I was attempting to recall the conversation we had regarding the frat dude who was denied entrance by his fraternity due to him being gay. I remembered you implying that he was doing this all for 15 minutes of fame and I was trying to understand how you equated his public allegations with him grand standing for fame. I just don’t foresee a coming-out process where a gay dude won’t be accused of looking for attention, or having some ulterior motive for making such a public declaration. Apples and Oranges. The fraternity dude wasn’t “coming Out”…he was already Out and filing a complaint about supposed discrimination. As one of the resident Greeks…there most certainly was an injustice. Ive never seen or heard of this dude before, but if u dont look at him and automatically assume he’s gay, ur thinkin too hard. Just so I understand…looking at a grown man that dresses as a woman and thinking he is gay is thinking to hard? Actually, the opposite. I said ur thinking too hard if u dont think this niga is gay off the bat. But Im not even talkin about the drag, Im talkin about just looking at him. That niga gay! Spare me the diatribe about ‘gay’ not having a ‘look’. We all get it. But, this is like reading about sum1 in Compton committing ebt fraud, and not automatically thinking theyre black, just becus ‘not all ebt users are black’. Sometimes it’s a damn duck! LOL…You know I’m slow at times y’all niggas be haten what he is trying to say is even though he bisexual he can still fuck yo bitch that is if they have not seen the video do not judge this young man on how he will live his life just because you only like girls harry for you i only like girls and i would be friends with him but stop judging him cause if you said that to me you would be in a casket or a body brace nigga a duck you fucking slow or that might mean another word for white if it is then that is CONFUSING as FUCK SIR jamaicanbiglove I enjoyed his videos. Yes it was brave of him to disclose his sexuality publicly. Its a shame that some would seek to redicule and attack this young man. And we argue that others make it so hard for black men to love themselves and live their truth, when some of us turn around and do the same hateful thing that we claim we are against. I support your bravery tre LMAO! So nothing opinionated can ever be said about someone who comes Out as Gay?! You just said you enjoy the videos where Tre Melvin REGULARLY mocks and ridicules people, yet he’s off limits for being mocked or ridiculed himself?! GTFOH! Dude you are way too sensitive… Got-dammit you beat me to it…shit! But let me go even further… couldn’t one argue that he paints a negative image of black women? One could argue that and one has just argued that….you… But @jamaicanbiglove and his consistent “stop being a self hating bully” stance will choose to ignore that, lol ithis articleis messy. Th irony is that this artcle is most ” fem queen” i have seen on the website. There is nothing funny or uplift or entertaining about it. All it highlights is that this article would fit in on mediatakeout or some other gossip site Cyrus Brooks I don’t think anyone is mocking or attacking Tre Melvin. To me the article was an observation. Also some good points were made that his coming out just wasn’t that surprising. When he dresses like a man he’s not super obvious like say Richard Simmons. But Tre is a little fruity around the edges like a lot of Tue guys his age. No big deal it is what is. Exhibit REY This isn’t an attack against you Nick or the Cypher Avenue website but I’m not entirely sure what this blog post is supposed to be about. #1 – Tre Melvin is NOT a Drag Queen. If so, then by the definition you provided, Martin Lawrence, Tyler Perry, Eddie Murphy and a slew of other black and white Hollywood actresses are drag queens since they’ve adorned women’s attire for “entertainment purposes”. #2 – I’m not sure what/how his physical attributes (eye color, eye lashes, and “dick sucking lips”) come into play when it comes to someone “looking gay”. Members of this site and countless other sites for black gay men who don’t look like Tre are proof that being gay doesn’t have a specific look to it. I’m pretty sure there are tons of men in the world with similar features as Tre who aren’t gay. If anything, we’re just playing with urban myths and what society tells gay men look like when someone says “he looks gay”. #3 – If he claims he’s bisexual, who’s to say he isn’t? Are we basing him not being bisexual, but indeed gay, solely off how he comes off in a bunch of pointless amateur Youtube videos? Granted, I do think the LGBTQ community uses the word “Brave” way too often when it comes to someone coming out of the closet but then again, who knows the circumstances surrounding Tre’s “coming out” video so I can’t necessarily agree or disagree with you on this. Again, I’m not taking shots @ you Nick but I’m perplexed as to what this is really about… “#1 – Tre Melvin is NOT a Drag Queen. If so, then by the definition you provided, Martin Lawrence, Tyler Perry, Eddie Murphy are drag queens.” Yup, they are. Wikipedia even agrees with this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_queen Scroll down to “In Movies” and you’ll see all of the names you mentioned and more. Men who dress up as women for the entertainment of others are Drag Queens. “#2 – I’m not sure what/how his physical attributes (eye color, eye lashes, and “dick sucking lips”) come into play when it comes to someone “looking gay”.” Some people just “look gay.” They do. You’re in denial if you don’t agree with this. We’ve all seen a guy in public who “looked gay.” What look that is may be different for different ppl, but there is a look. For me its small twinkish looking dudes with pretty eyes and eyelashes who dress up as women. That “looks gay” to me. I state in the article that my personal opinion is that he may not be truly bisexual…I didn’t state it as fact though. I’ve written an entire essay about the reasons some gay men say they are bisexual when it may not actually be the truth: http://cypheravenue.com/the-myth-of-the-bisexual/ You’re entitled to disagree… no need to worry about us viewing your personal opinions as an attack. Conversely, don’t view anyone’s response to your comments as an attack against you either. Just conversation. Aw dang Nick, why you gotta drag this poor brother like this? LMAO I’ve got to say that after working both in Public Health and Public Education, its kind of hard to tell what these young men are into with their skinny jeans, colorful fashions, etc, etc,. I agree that he could be classified as a drag queen, but I give the guy respect because he’s used some of the money he earned from Ad Cents (?, Youtube) and has started a scholarship fund which is more than I can say for our MOST of our masculine sgl men of color. He’s finding his way, and if he thinks this is brave (which I don’t recall him ever saying) then let it be his version of brave. I’m not sure what examples you’ve seen or experienced yourself but I haven’t really noticed the tides turning in favor of gays unless it was for those gays who push around high heels and rock mac make up. He may not be a “man’s man”, but he’s a kid and he’s doing the best to live according to his terms and that appears to be outside of Cypher’s opinion of what the holy grail of masculine looks like. I don’t think that anyone but Tre can decide if he needed to make this video declaring his sexuality, but from what he tweeted me, he did it for personal reasons, maybe he feels freer now that he’s done it. What’s the harm in that? Oh, and don’t assume that he’s “into copious amounts of penis “. He could be (holds it in)…..he could be (struggles)….dammit HE COULD BE A TOP (bursts into laughter). Not speaking for anyone; nonetheless I don’t see where anyone stated there was a problem or that someone (Tre) has done anything wrong or harmful. He is currently living in his truth by “coming out”. I believe the opinionated commentary was questioning how can OR does a professional drag queen need to come outta the closet. Also what continues to be ignored isn’t that his drag stereotypes casting a negative opinionated perception of black women? Sassy, attitude, etc. Why does this seem okay and not questioned? Yeah Jeremy, even I had to laugh at the notion that this pretty-eyed cross dresser is a total top… :I why do u care so much . . .? king_me So, I don’t understand. Correct me if I’m wrong, but one of your arguments of Tre being gay was that he looks gay because he wears color contacts, and if he wasn’t wearing contacts his eyes still make him look gay. Well if this is the case Prince in fact is gay. What straight dude wears assless pants, sports a perm, has a soft ass voice, and wears a woman’s blouse. I’m not trying to stray from the topic but you can’t go off looks alone, because I know guys that I swore were gay that are knocking down every female they meet. You can’t knock one person and excuse another for the same thing Now, don’t get me wrong it was no shock to me that he was gay, and I like the website, but sometimes y’all reach. And practice what you preach because using a pic from a Beyonce music video as a thumbnail for an article ain’t that masculine at all bruh. (don’t perpetuate the stereotype that all gay black men like Beyonce) lol Damn man…you got us…using an obscured photo of Beyonce for an article not even about Beyonce is the same as a man constantly dressing up and pretending to BE Beyonce. Check Mate, homie. You won this round. (sarcasm) First off…you know what…never mind,what would be the point? First off, lemme say I love this thread…We have tons of ppl commenting dissenting opinions while Ocky and I, backs to the wall, try to defend them. I told you guys we were going back to basics, lol. Secondly, all of those images of Tre crossdressing SHOULD defeat any argument that no one could have suspected that he was gay (or bisexual, same difference, he likes dudes). But ppl are programmed to think that straight is normal and that gay is abnormal. Even gay ppl think this. As if calling an admitted gay man “Gay” on a gay website is that huge of an insult. How dare we? What’s contradictory about this is if Tre Melvin’s voice was just a tad more effeminate, this would be a non-issue for people disagreeing with me. We like to pretend that stereotypes don’t exist, but they do…even for men like Tre Melvin who makes loads of money off of perpetuating them (ghetto sassy black women stereotypes). It’s interesting that you bring up the voice @nick because that definitely threw me for a loop. I was expecting that lispy twang @ocky was talking about in another thread and when I heard that deep voice, I felt like someone was dubbing the video. So I guess everyone plays into stereotypes, including us gay men. I get the whole pretty eyes equal gay message your spitting too but I’ve seen many a black straight man wearing colored contact lenses. I’m a brown guy with a lighter brown eye and I get compliments on them all the time but I don’t think anyone ever said, He has pretty eyes…he’s gay. I think Tre’s eyes are natural by the way and it’s not the color that did it. It’s the eyebrows nick and the fact that it appears he’s wearing mascara. You gotta learn the difference. No you’re right, its not just the eyes, its the whole package with Tre. He looks gay…he looks gay in a pretty, womanly way…LOL…But yo, if this were that Kid fury guy making a video saying he was Bisexual, my essay would apply to him as well…But because he’s effeminate, people just assume he’s gay without him needing to make a video declaration. Stereotypes. That’s kinda the whole point of Cypher Avenue. Breaking down those stereotypes. Deep voiced masculine men can like penis too. it’s a light-skin thing @nick you think? I’m referring to your pretty in a womanly way. And the fact that he’s lacking facial hair. I’ve never heard dark skinned men referred to as pretty in a womanly way. LOL. You may be right…Maybe as a brown skinned man I’m conditioned to think the light skin is “prettier” but that’s for a whole ‘nother thread. Mainly I see Tre Melvin as being “soft” which makes him delicate to me. Like I could imagine him eating his french fries in tiny bites and getting full off of just a few…That’s not a light skinned thing…LOL I eat french fries with a fork…is that “soft?” Why oh why have I seen this as the beginning of so many sentences in this thread…”I’ve seen straight guys…”. Who gives a fuck? Guess what…Straight guys wearing colored contacts is still fucking gay ass hell. There are plenty of straight dudes that are fem as hell. Who cares what “straights” do? They are not the alpha-omega of whats masculine. @rolandgarros28 – what proof do you have that TreMelvin’s eyes are naturally green? If that’s true, then parts this article will require a redaction. it’s called hazel eyes @Blackpegasus. You see that brown around the iris? Colored contacts don’t look like that. And guys with his complexion can have naturally hazel eyes. @rolandgarros28 – I follow ya, but you have to admit that Tre’Melvin’s features just don’t match his eye color, which would make one question their realness. He looks contrived or weird (for lack of a better term). All of which makes his “masculinity” come into question by many people across the internets. Here’s someone else who I think looks weird with green eyes. Green Bay wide receiver Randall Cobb. Staying on topic @BlackPegasus, His looks aren’t feminine or “gay looking” because his eyes are light. It’s the eyebrows, which he’s waxed, and the eyelashes, which appear artificially curled, that give off the gay vibe. Although recently, I’ve seen more men waxing their brows period. Grooming is great for anyone but the question is when does grooming cross over into feminine if you now what I mean? Every man, including the masculine ones on this site, do things that were unthinkable to my dad and his friends. Seriously, how many straight/masculine gay men moisturize now and get pedicures. Now how many of those same men can say their fathers and grandfathers moisturized and got mani-pedis? I keepa tellin ya it’s the grooming that gives the “gay-looking vibe.” For me this pic was a bad example. I’m extremely comfortable with my sexuality,thus I would easily allow Randall Cobb to put that thang in my face. Don’t start this shit tonight you Jezebel. LOL LMAO did @Ocky just say that? Nope…He looks like one of Stephen King’s Tommyknockers… LOL…ok ok lol ThatGirl His sister has the same eyes,they are natural and genetic: ” alt=”” title=”” class=”bbcode-image” /> Willie Daniels I am a 55 year old gay African American Gay people come from all walks of life Doctors teachers Writers etc I was also a Drag Queen in the early 1980’s I would have sex with straight white male in rural Pennsylvania I was like the character in Tom cruise movie Risky Business They would pick me up hitchhiking or answer my ad I posted in gay mag I made over 13,000 I also had a car it was a EXTREMELY secret world back them Thank GOD I am HIV NEGATIVE! people should allow people to be who they really are ! This post is so funny I had to add my 2 cents. I first heard of Tre Melvin about a year ago. I enjoy passing the time on YouTube and found his video, “sht that black guys say” by accident. He seemed like a funny guy and pretty “normal”. When I started seeing him do characters like “Watermelondria” I knew what time it was. For us old heads who been around the block his coming out is no surprise. I was waiting on it. I also gotta say a large number of the males in Tre Melvin’s age group (mid teens to early 20s just don’t look that manly, even the str8 ones. For some reason this current generation of you men are just look and come off as soft. Its like the majority of then have low T. I have a feeling that environmental estrogens, GMO foods, and lack of male role models are the culprit. @Cyrus-Brooks – most of them come from single Black female households, so some of those “environmental estrogens” may be present there. However, beyond the household, you have today’s Hip Hop artists like Kanye West and a host of other skinny leg jeans wearing divas who have a great deal of influence. I’m inclined to agree. I think black female headed households is probably the main cause. This something that began in my generation. Almost all of my black friends growing up were from single parent households. I was raised for many years by a single parent. Luckily for me my father was around when I was young and I had uncles who stepped to the plate when my father was unavailable. But I also don’t discount the negative affect of popular culture and how masculinity is portrayed negatively or cartoonishly one dimensional. Another problem is environmental estrogens, which is pollution that acts like estrogen when it enters the body. We are being poisoned by toxic chemicals, and hormones pumped into livestock by agribusiness. Who knows what negative impacts GMO foods are having. I’m not really concerned about skinny jeans. Styles come, go, and get recycled. Look at pictures from the 1970s those bell bottom pants were real tight. Jeans in the 1980s were pretty tight. The issue is people not the clothes. I’m in my mid-20s, and I agree that there is somewhat of a difference between the generations…and clearly its because we are just more free (in the time we live in) to express ourselves in the way that is comfortable for us unlike those born before us [shrugs]. If its less “manly” for SOME old heads then I suppose that’s just what it is but I am glad that if we, as individuals, want to be traditional we can, and if that’s not who we naturally are we also have the freedom to find our own way (unlike many who came before us). I think about one of the Lord Jamar interviews I (painfully) watched on vladtv and, even outside of his homophobic ignorance, was amazed (but not shocked) at how he attacked Kanye and ASAP for the way they dressed saying it had “no place” in hip-hop, that this was not representative of what hip hop is. I then had to remember that, at the end of the day, he is of a certain generation and his opinions (which he has a right to and that I and most other ppl in my demographic could careless about anyway) are partly a reflection of the era in which he came up. Lord Jamar is ignorant on so many levels. Anytime a black man can say Jews suffered more than we did because of the Holocaust I call into question his intelligence and loyalty black people. But I’m not surprised negative attitudes toward homosexuality come from Judaism, but that’s a whole different discussion. At the end of the day I think people should be free to be who they wanna be. My point was that many young men are unmanly due to a variety of reasons most of which are cultural. It has nothing to do with sexual orientation because homosexuality is older than the human race itself. Back to Lord Jamar I think most of his problem is sour grapes. He’s a has been rapper who trying to grab the spotlight by dissing A$AP Rocky and other new school rappers. He is as transparent as 3M tape. I feel you, makes sense This thread has opened up a lot of old wounds from Discreet City, lol. Anyway, I actually applaud young men for being able to be “free” and who they want to be…The only problem I have is that SOMETIMES it comes at the expense of men who are fine with the status quo, men who actually are 100% comfortable being “old school men.” Not some new hybrid of men and women. Not neanderthal bullies, just “regular guys.” In the gay community, these men are sometimes shunned for not being authentic or being themselves…As if masculinity and homosexuality were not possible unless you were a masculine man who still embraces effeminate gay culture, which includes being a drag queen for comedy like Tre Melvin. Hmm…I’ll say this. IMO there is good and bad to everything. More “free” to express oneself maybe; however what we are witnessing is the result of feminists and mainstream gays blurring the gender lines and demonizing traditional masculinity as an effort to make everybody comfortable. For me it’s not a generational thing; Kanye is 36 years old. Very true, Kanye is 36 yrd old and to be real, I have seen tons of older gay kats that are more flamboyant than any of the younger ones Ive come in contact with. However, I think that this is the case because they grew up in a time when, frankly, it was not as acceptable to be a male and not behave, dress, or simply be a “certain way” and now that they can… My whole point in bringing up the Lord Jamar “thing” was that he comes from a generation of hip-hop where Kanye (who is of a diff generation despite age) and his clothes would not be accepted as part of the art form. Guys of a certain “era,” more so, have had a lot more freedom to do them. I do not agree with demonizing anything and I do agree that SOME feminists and certain gays have attacked traditional masculinity (in the same way certain women are attacked for wanting to stay at home and raise children). HOWEVER, it goes BOTH ways. I don’t take either side in that regard bc its w.e to me, but when “old heads,” as was stated, think there is an issue because SOME younger guys are expressing themselves in non-traditional ways (and some of these ways are simply what is the style today generally like fitted pants), that’s when it becomes problematic imo. The mistake that is being made with this argument is that Lord Jamal is somehow the representative and definitive voice of the old school “generation” and that skinny leg jeans equals freedom to express one self. Like tight pants are a new generation y thing as a result of young boys and men now being able to be free. WTFukery? Please. What generation was Grand Master Flash & The Furious 5 from? What about Kool Moe D, KRS One, EPMD, Erick B, Run DMC, Doug E Fresh, LL, Whodini? All these dudes wore skinny / tight jeans? I never claimed that Lord Jamar was the representative of his “generation.” He was, however, used as an example of what COULD be considered a disconnect between his and my (Kanye, ASAPs) generation, at least when it comes to hip hop. This then being connected to a statement made that started this whole piece of the thread basically saying that younger guys are less manly or w.e where again, I just think there MAY be a generational difference for SOME PPL in what is accepted and what is not which MAY affect why younger guys, gay or str8, may be considered less manly or w.e by SOME guys older than us, just my opinion. On skinny pants (and having style in general), they were used simply as an EXAMPLE of how something that MAY seem feminine to someone may simply just be the style at the moment (I am aware this trend is not new). On the contrary, I do not think that skinny pants are the [main] way ppl have been allowed to be free (although for some maybe their style of dress represents something for them), but some dudes simply are NOT rough, rugged, lets roll around in the dirt guys and this is perfectly fine. They were tons of boys back in the day that weren’t either but that were forced to be (also causing dysfunction which someone mentioned earlier) and I am glad that we are moving away from this (although this forcing still does occur). Don’t get me wrong, I like traditional regular guys as well as those that may be considered inbetween, as long as they are doing them, I don’t care. Exactly! Spot on! Also schools in America have become gynocracies. Boys are punished for displaying typical male behavior, especially black boys. With that kind of environment boys learn that maleness and masculinity are bad and feminity is good. It’s not surprising so many young men are either pansies or dysfunctional. Feminism is one of the most destructive influences in modern America. While it may have started out as movement for female equality. It has morphed into female supremacy movement. Unfortunately effeminate gays are willing to hitch their wagon to the femiNazi train to accomplish their own ends. That’s one of the reasons I think masculine gay men should regard “femcentric” gay culture with suspicion. @nick LOL…is it sad I know exactly which Simpson episode this is? Aw come on bruh. Come out of the bushes. The subject of feminism was brought up so let’s talk about it. It’s not an accident that male academic achievement in this country has declined, men’s participation in the labor force has declined, it’s not an accident that wages for working class and middle-class men have been flat or declining since the 1970s. There are even mainstream media outlets that talk about “the end of men” or who ask the question “are men obsolete”? Those were thoughts there were once expressed by the most radical man hating feminists. Now its become mainstream to say. These things affect all men black, white, gay, or straight but they hurt black men the most. Feminism along with corporate greed are some the causes of these social and economic ills men face in the 21st century. Let me really go in for a second. Homer Simpson was one of the first male / dad characters to come on the TV scene that began to morph the “TV Dad” into offish buffoons and the wife being the level headed one who holds the family together. I’m with you @cyrus-brooks so happy I found a “brother in arms” today LOL Same here. We need to call for what it is and act against it. @cyrus-brooks For the most part…I do agree. We’ve gone from obviously gay men “coming out” to Feminism being the death of the masculine male. I would say this thread done jumped the shark. LOL bastantealto As SOON as I checked my email the other morning and saw the article in my inbox I said, “Oh shit.” But I think I’m the only person on Earth who did not know or suspect that Tre Melvin is gay despite being a loyal fan for the past year and a half. I damn near broke my phone while I was watching the video. And Tre’s parents and sister have those green eyes. Wow there has been so much said about this article. @Nick you are making this dude more famous by the minute man lol! I didn’t know anything about this guy, until you posted something about his youtube video not too long ago. When I saw his videos of him dressing in drag in my mind there was no question about him being gay or bisexual. Did this dude have to make an announcement about it? In my opinion no, but at the same time if that’s what he wanted to do good for him. If he feels so compelled to in a sense be true to his fans he should be able to do so. Whether you are feminine, masculine, or inbetween I don’t think anyone should feel like they have to come out of the closet to everyone they know. I hate it when people in the gay community endorse that crap as if one must do that to truly show how comfortable they are with their sexuality. That’s complete non-sense to me. I do believe that some of his viewers were probably surprised about his announcement believe it or not. Before I watched his videos I wasn’t expecting his voice to actually be that deep lol so for some people they probably had no idea about him being gay/bisexual. Zion MarQuiese Devereaux Bisexual though…?! But to keep it 100, when I tell dudes I am bisexual or have a girl I get more play than I do telling them I am gay. Sad, but true. I get more attention by saying I am a lying, deceitful dude than by being my regular, everyday self. This gay “lifestyle” is funny to me. The more I live the more funny it gets to me. All this “coming out” is getting to be taxing. Our sexuality (those who actually live this everyday) is being used as a “come up” and I for one don’t appreciate it. Isaac Colver I had never heard of this guy before, and only saw him the time his “coming out” video went viral, and if people couldn’t smell this dudes fruit then… The Cheek Whisperer lmaoooo…y’all r clearly not a fan bjincali . A lot of gay people…or bisexual people…do not need you to come out of the closet. We already know. This is one of those cases. When I saw this dude’s coming out video, I sighed. Game recognize game. But, other’s who don’t play this game, may not know. Apparently, even if you wear the uniform…regularly…I mean, all the time. Daily. As in right now. So, he felt the need to clear the air with those who just didn’t know because they play a different game. Who’s next? Tyler Perry? Sigh… Umm… His eyes are real. His sister and father have the same eyes… And he’s posted baby pics. That’s all. tashawnda price i said the same thing – his eyes are obviously real and this whole article is full of hate and jealousy. real men aren’t concerned with another man’s sexuality unless his own is in question! WOWW… I didn’t even see this video!! But I see nothing wrong with what he is doing! If he is bisexual so fucking what! Who are you to judge anyones sexuality anyway?? Alot of male actors played “drag queen” roles.. did anyone question their sexuality?? His goal in life is to entertain and thats exactly what he does! Keep doing your thing Tre’ let these haters suffer in your success…. I just happened to be searching for opinions on guys wearing contact lenses and happened to stumble upon the photo with Tre who clearly is’nt wearing contacts by the way his iris is relatively small versus contact lense iris space it’s a very interesting article I feel like you were bashing the guy though not that I’m a big fan of his, I watched a few of his videos and got really bored cause some of the stuff is just , well it’s nonsense and he seems arrogant, but with regards to how he looks especially the eyes, he is a drag queen, you obviously have to have groomed eyebrows and all, but what stands out to me is his curled eyelashes, those are just obvious cause I’ve definitely not come across a guy with curled eyelashes like that no matter how metrosexual, but his eye colour no, even if it were contacts I’d still say no you can’t assume he is gay from that, Drake (well he is Drake then again) wears hazel contacts but his eyes for me still look manly and normal not over done it’s not even like he makes them standout but he is straight I guess so why not also condemn him, and as for Prince by your Wikipedia definitions (and wikipedia is really not a reliable source of information) is a Drag Queen, call a spade a spade, yes we might pass him cause he is a legend and all thats just how it works I don’t mind, but objectively he should be considered a drag, in this part of the world (Africa) Prince crosses that line of just bieng an effeminate male and we’d call him gay finish and klaar!, That said, also realise by your definition of a Drag it does not necessarily say that the man is gay although well it turns out that way sometimes,but it might as well just be any sexuality, and therefore we can not say all Drag Queens are gay but for the sake of the definition which doesnt clearly state the sexuality of a drag queen then he ‘felt compelled to state the obvious and prevent us from assuming Eddie Murphy is gay’ ,so his message I’d imagine was, entertainment aside I am gay or bisexual (that boy is confused though, probably gay) or otherwise we’d assume Eddie Murphy would be gay Raymond Eugene Wright II I wouldn’t say his new years resolution video was overly dramatic. He was just in his feelings. It’s not easy to fully accept ones homosexuality. And like he said he woke up days where he didn’t even want to live. This article shouldn’t have been negative towards him but more like a welcome to the club. Nick, how are we suppose to support our black gay men if we throw more punches then hands to help them up? Come on now. Yeah he dresses like a drag queen but who cares. He’s doing his thing, just like you are doing your thing with this website. It wouldn’t hurt to show more support often like you did with the Black Gay Athletes you talked about. No im not feminine, im just young and support people like tre Melvin. As far as it looks, it seems like he acts feminine but not is. Kelsei This was an interesting article, comments are redundant and totally stupid, but interesting nonetheless. FYI, I do know him, at least I did before my family moved, and the contacts comment? Lmfao he, his sister, and his dad who he looks exactly like all have those eyes dumb ass. gay straight undecided whatever. live your life but be honest about it. as far as this topic is concerned, this guy’s eye color is real so stop with the jealousy and go out and get yourself some wigs and contacts and then you can come on out of the closet your damn self! You’re speaking like being gay is so easy. The thing is, even if every single person on this planet assumed he was gay before the video, it was still brave to come-out. It’s one thing that people know who/what you are, it’s another thing to tell them. It takes courage because first it’s a sign that you’ve accepted yourself and you’re comfortable enough to speak about it. And also even when people already know (or strongly assume) it’s still risked because you’re breaking the denial (you know, like i know but if we don’t talk about it, it doesn’t exist, like what my mother still do). Look that diver, Tom Daley, when i saw his coming out, i was like “finally”, but i still thought it was brave. I agree with you, stereotypes exist, “looking gay” is a thing, and yes Tre definitely “looks” gay. But his coming out isn’t less brave. I myself am a very feminine guy (maybe the biggest queen ever lol), i’m very comfortable, but it’s still hard to say “yes i’m gay” even to my siblings. I know people know, but yet it’s still hard to come out. Some people think i don’t have to, everybody already knows, but i think i have to, because it’s a big step to actually say “i’m gay”. SO yes Tre is a big drag queen who constantly shades black women (and i don’t like it) but, he was still very brave. PS: je ne sais pas si j’ai réussi à me faire comprendre, et pardon pour les fautes, je ne connais pas le “proper english”, je suis francophone à la base donc… i know you have the right of freedom of speech but you’re just being plain stupid so first of all there are 2 different knids of entertainment:t.v and sex also you would have to call tyler perry gay and there is no such thing as he looks gay because while you’re calling someone gay they can be getting that pussy out and while you’re calling someone straight they can be begging for a dick up the behind or a guy underneath them so please stop using sterotypes and by facts and I’m not sure if this was for a laugh but it as heck wasn’t in my case there are so many men who play straight but are going to some man’s house for they dick while you think they want some pussy so stop judging him because you should praise him for having to come out and you are hating because it takes more than some 5 minutes to do some damn research I just want to say that the last part, the Matthew McConaughey speech from “A Time to Kill” that you did in your own way had me laughing really hard. Whoever wrote this damn magazine or whatever the f its called because i dont read these online magazines, but when your making fun of Tre Marvin, then i notice. First on the fucking list, A DRAG QUEEN IS A MAN THAT DRESSES UP AS A WOMAN FOR THEIR OWN ENTERTAINMENT. Now, can you spot the difference?Well, Tre Marvin ENTERTAINS THE PEOPLE WATCHING THE VIDEO!NOT HIMSELF (If i knew i could curse on this i would be cussing all over the place with the rage i have) SECOND ON YHE LIST colored contacts make him gay?ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?Your gay right nick?(no effense to some homosexuals) i dont like that gay people treat bisexual people like they are gay, and are passionate that they are gay and some evern try to make them gay.Not all gays do this, but since you nick wrote this entire fucking passage, i already know you are one of those people.And i know this because im bisexual. And i was just like tre i hated myself so much i just wanted to die and thought i was still here and i prayed to god to change me.But then i watched his new years resolution video, and his other video how to love yourself first, that really inspired me.I didnt hate myself anymore and i felt very self confident of in myself.And Tre Marvin admit he is bisexual, you have to respect that and this goes to everyone who makes conclusions that he is gay. Kaylah Melvin If you’re going to post an article on someone have your facts straight. This is so ignorant lmao not even entertaining. My brother and I both have naturally light eyes. You’re a dumb ass if you can’t tell the difference. Both of our parents have them. Give props when due instead of posting ignorant shit about others.. You need to check yourself before throwing shade on others. ummmm….. His eyes are naturally that color. He’s posted pics on his IG of when he was little and his eyes are the same color. He is NOT a Drag Queen. Drag Queens go through a process for drag. They tuck, shave, and do lots of other things to resemble a woman. Tre only puts on a wig and eye shadow. (Sometimes lip gloss. He is not GAY he is in fact Bisexual. Don’t forget it actually exists in the world hun 😉 Plus Tre Melvin has always acted FABULOUS. He just expresses it even more now that he’s out. Okay, you need to sit down✋🏽 do you realize how hypocritical you sound right now ? 😂 you obviously came out and then you want to hate and say it’s not necessary for “effeminate” guys to come out. You need to stop judging people and get a fcking life. And how do you know he wears contacts? Did you do your “research” on him or something. It’s people like you who need to just give up. You’re a fcking grown ass man talking about a 21 year old. I’m not saying that you’re jealous, but you need to take it down a notch because you’re doing a little bit too much 😏 you probably spent hours on your laptop writing this pointless article to throw shade at Tré, and for what ? Just to get another big headline? Lmao give up 😂 Gee Gill Totally agree, like wtf is this guy on? Just because he dresses up as a woman doesn’t make obviously bisexual or gay, and it also doesn’t make him a cross dresser or transvestite or drag queen?? At the end of the day he is only wearing women’s clothes to create sketches and characters so whatever this guy is saying is so hypocritical and full of bull. I mean considering Nick or whoever this guy is said “Exquisite eyes and dck sucking lips” would kinda tell me that Nick obviously has the hots for Tre and may or may not be gay, but I’m not gonna just f*cking assume that. anonomys i think that you need to calm down because like you said about tyler perry he dresses up s a girl (Madea) but nobody calls him a drag queen but when tre melvin does it people like omg he is totally gay and that is not true. Constance Marbury Yes, I agree with you 100% I think the young man is very talented. And whoever that is trying to put him down it’s a hater simple as that. aye nick i want you to read this and lick my earsack. i aint gay but you[fat faggot earsack licker coldhearted nigglet]made me mad with this.do you know brave you have to be to do that.matter of fact im leaving the site 7 months ago Reply Leave a Reply to Louis Philippe Cancel reply Latest Cyphers THOT THOUGHTS: This New Buff Casual Look For Jidenna Finally Has Me Convinced 5 days ago 5 1105 New Generations of Black Gay Men 1 week ago 2 1581 Mike Tyson as Oprah and Snoop Dogg as Gayle 2 weeks ago 2 1653 Jak Knight Jokes About Making Out With a Dude Undisputed Discusses Colorism 2 weeks ago 5 271 Did Lil Nas X Just Michael Sam His Career? WordPress Theme built by Shufflehound. Copyright \| Cypher Avenue 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3893
__label__cc	0.720337	0.279663	Daily Ever Home Technology All you need to know about iPhone XR2 All you need to know about iPhone XR2 Tarun Singh As we all know that Apple is one of the leading brands when it comes to smartphones and fancy equipment. Last year Apple launched their variants of iPhone which were named iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XR. These variants of the iPhones hyped up in the market very fast and were even being called as one of the best phones by Apple so far. Apple always makes very classy stuff when it comes to their devices. The stability of the devices is what makes them different from other phones. Apple uses its own operating system which goes with the name IOS and IOS is known for its stability and good performance. Apple is all set for its new range of iPhone as the company is introducing iPhone XR again with better battery life. The previous version of iPhone XR had a battery worth 2,942 mAh but this model of iPhone XR is going to have a bigger and better battery. iPhone XR2 is coming up with some of the cool features as well as Apple is introducing A13 processor which is a better processor than the other versions of the iPhone as it is way stable because of its making. The A13 processor is made of the second generation 7nm process which will allow the user to use the phone with more stability and it will also help in increasing the battery life of the iPhone. The A13 processor will make the phone even better than the previous version of the iPhone XR. According to the latest news updates, the production of the battery for iPhone XR2 has already started under the supervision of China’s Ameperx Technology. It is being also said that the camera quality of the phone is also being improved as Apple is going to work on the resolution of the camera which will be better than the older version of the iPhone XR. The front camera of the phone was 7 megapixel which is going to be upgraded to 12 megapixels. The rear camera of the phone will be introduced with the triple camera which will be installed in the 6.5 inches and 5.8 inch OLED screens of the iPhone models as well as there will be a superwide angle of 12 megapixels. These specs were revealed in a report by Ming-Chi Kuo who is an Apple expert and a predictor. Kuo even says that the LCP is limiting the flow of the Radio Frequency performance which is also called (RF), and this is happening because of the production issues. Previous articleStudy claims that people are consuming 5 grams of plastic in a week Next articleRisk of energy drinks: Here’s what you need to know! Tarun is an avid writer and reader. He is fond of exploring gadgets and smartphones. Tarun completed his Bachelors of Technology last year and is now a full-time contributor of Daily Ever. Tarun is the base behind the technology coverage over this online news platform. Samsung introduces Night Mode and QR Code Scanner for their older versions Sony to shake the Japanese market with their new smartphones Reasons behind the overheating of the phones NASA to fund $45 million to small Business Ventures for space... Science June 19, 2019 Samsung introduces Night Mode and QR Code Scanner for their older... Technology June 18, 2019 ISRO will make India proud by sending Chandrayaan-2 Mission to Moon America is responsible for most of the plastic waste in other... Health June 18, 2019 Daily Ever is a leading online news platform founded in 2015 that projects to deliver up to date news and happenings of Health, Science, Technology, and Entertainment. contact@dailyever.com editorial@dailyever.com Daily Ever Media D-16, Second Floor, Prashant Vihar © © Copyright 2015-2019 All Rights Reserved. Daily Ever Media LLP	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0011.json.gz/line3895

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