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__label__cc	0.629909	0.370091	Gullies and ditches, puddles and floods A photo taken around 100 years ago, at the bottom of Queen Anne’s Road, on the line of the ancient lane/snicket in front of what was Queen Anne’s School (now St Olave’s). One of Mr Fairbank’s photos, part of what appears to be a general survey of the state of the roads and pavements. The caption notes that it was taken ’18 hours after rainfall’. We should, he notes, ‘Observe water standing.’ A hundred years later, this weekend, many citizens were to be found observing water standing, in various locations in the city and suburbs, after heavy rain. Whereas Mr Fairbank had to take what I imagine was an enormous camera on a tripod to take his photographs, we have smartphones and Twitter. ‘Observe water standing': Groves Lane Drain watching: Groves Lane. Photo: Mark Antrobus And later: @CityOfYork Not a happy ending, as predicted #pleasesortit #yorkcomedydrains pic.twitter.com/rNTqZ9mDrW — Mark Antrobus (@ntrobu5) August 10, 2014 The Press carried dramatic pictures of ‘York’s drains crisis’ — rather large lakes of water, flash floods, in many suburban streets. On a rain-drenched walk through streets off Burton Stone Lane on Friday evening I had to abandon my intended route as a huge puddle covered the road and both pavements: One of the smaller terraced streets impassable without wellies. Shipton Street looked like it could have ships on it — Lisa (YorkStories) (@YorkStories) August 8, 2014 Extreme weather events can’t be blamed on the council. But blocked drains causing localised flooding perhaps can be. Another story in the Press this week highlighted major cutbacks to the gully cleaning regime, prompting queries over whether the two were connected. It’s not an exciting subject, on the surface of things, but please don’t leave yet. People of York, look to your gullies. They’re the bits at the edge of the roads, where water collects and slides along towards the drains. Well, that’s the idea. In the Groves. There’s a drain under there somewhere. Photo: Gwen Swinburn Here’s a photo of a bit of roadside gully and drain. The drain is rather hidden under debris and weeds. This one is in the Groves area of York, but weedy gullies are everywhere, so I’m told. I think most of us don’t pay much attention, until things go wrong. Which is fair enough. We expect the council to look after the gullies and drains in our streets, the part of the system of drainage they’re apparently responsible for. The flash floods of Friday evening seemed to be another flashpoint in the rather strained relations between many York citizens and the council, as many angry comments on Twitter and elsewhere illustrated. Would more frequent cleaning make a difference? Would it mean residents weren’t wading through enormous puddles? Here’s part of the report prepared for the council: It is a false economy to minimise scheduled gully cleaning and rely on reactive cleaning. There are major efficiencies in proactive bulk cleaning on a scheduled basis and this would reduce the number of expensive one-off reactive visits which can disrupt routine work. It would also enable flood risk to be managed more effectively. The current priority of scheduled cleaning of gullies only on gritting routes is flawed, and is not based on flood risk management requirements. Locations that have suffered surface water flooding, affecting the highway as well as property, are unlikely to be on gritting routes, but are most likely to be residential areas. As this study has shown, lack of routine maintenance in such areas can aggravate the effects of surface water flooding. (Source: item 68 on this link) Why is it so annoying to read this? Why does it matter if a few drains are blocked? Because we see an awful lot of money being spent, and many people think it isn’t being spent where it should be. Opinions differ on what’s worthwhile, but a lot of it seems to be wasted. Two words — Lendal Bridge — money down the drain, as the saying goes. Rather than rainwater down the drains, which would be preferable. Photo: Gwen Swinburn Gully cleaning is clearly quite complicated to organise in many of our residential areas, because parked cars in the terraced streets in particular make access impossible for the council’s cleaning vehicle. They have to give several days notice and prevent anyone parking on the street they need to clean. A cursory glance at the gullies during my walk to the local shop showed that many were full of weeds and litter, and standing water. So, the street gullies fill with silt, tree debris, litter. As pictured in Gwen’s photo above. And then as the rain comes down it washes it all to the grates, where it sits, blocking them, or goes into the drain, then into the sewers, presumably blocking them eventually, as many of them are old and fractured and have tree roots partially blocking them already. Or that’s my understanding. I’m not an expert on these matters. If you are, please add a comment. Scouring the ditches This staring at drains has reminded me of numerous references in the archives to the need to ‘scour the ditches’, a phrase I rather like, though I’m not entirely sure what it involved, as I’ve never had to look after a watercourse. But I imagine that scouring the ditches in days of old was a precursor to cleaning the gulleys. Here’s a snippet of an 18th century book of rules on ditch-scouring and other things, turned up by a quick Google, as after all this boring drains talk we’re in need of the kind of mild amusement these old documents provide: There are many references to ditch-scouring in the Quarter Sessions for York in the 17th century. In the summer of 1650 several people were in trouble for ‘not scouring ditches towards the lanes leading to the City’ (‘4 persons from Holgate & Acomb’ get particular mention) or ‘for not scouring a water-sewer in the Bishopfields’. Perhaps we all need to muck in again, like we did back then, before ‘the Corporation’ and City of York Council took over responsibility for such things. Over the weekend I was walking through St John’s Street in the Groves, where the gullies were particularly clogged. A great pile of debris and litter and silt surrounded the grate at the end of the street. Someone had clearly intervened, a little, and dragged some of it away from the grate. But then left it there. So that yesterday, when it rained again, it would have been washed back to where it was, or down the drain. Perhaps one of the residents of the street, maybe a couple of residents working together, could have got a broom and shovel and cleaned it up properly? Would have only taken a few minutes. Maybe we should all be doing that, if we notice a problem? It’s made me wonder if I should. Seems it might be quicker and more efficient than reporting it to the council via smartphone/website and then waiting however long for them to get around to it in their ‘reactive cleaning’. But the usual answer is that we pay our council tax for the council to do it. The city council take a lot of money from us in council tax, and we see how many thousands of pounds they spend/waste, and we think about how hard we work to make a fraction of that to pay the rent/mortgage/bills, and then we have to wade through water or turn round and go the longer way home because of blocked drains, and we wonder if those drains are perhaps blocked because instead of spending money on the things that would make our lives easier they’re spending our money on crap we didn’t want in the first place, or on badly realised visitor-focused ‘visions’, as in the Lendal Bridge cock-up, which ended up wasting obscene amounts of money. Is that a fair summary of some of the public feeling? Comments welcome. Will you be helping out the council by ‘scouring the ditches’/cleaning your street gullies? Or perhaps by doing a bit of weeding. More on that story later. Page sponsored by a reader. Thank you. Tagged: Fairbank archive By Lisa @YorkStories • 11 August 2014 Council, Details, Opinions, thoughts Tagged Fairbank archive « Stonebow survey results Old signs, forgotten shops » Michael Oglesby My mum used to live in north parade and will love the reference to love lane I think she knew Bert Keech but will check I enjoy your website keep up the good work. My mum also immediately recognised the name Bert Keech, had never met him but remembered her friend talking about him. A famous local name, Bert Keech, it seems. Maybe your mum went dancing at the same places as Stephen, mentioned on the earlier page? I think ‘Love Lane’ must have been an informal local name for snickets/alleys beyond the built up area, where couples could canoodle. Just a guess. There’s another such where the name stuck to the extent that it’s on the map as a named Love Lane (Google map link) – the snicket running from Driffield Terrace, behind the Mount School to the footbridge over the railway. (The footbridge, as I recall (from the 80s), was called ‘Dicky Bridge’ by locals … a name which I never gave a thought to, until now. This is a family-friendly site so I won’t pursue that any further.) Thanks for your comment Michael, am pleased you like the site.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line812
__label__cc	0.670648	0.329352	The Dream of a Shreveport Law School is Still Alive After Committee Vote Maps.Google.com The idea to put a Law School in Shreveport is alive after a Louisiana House Education Committee vote. State Representative Cedric Glover, or Shreveport, brought forward a resolution today asking the Committee to approve a study on the viability of establishing a law school in Shreveport. The concept would be centered around Southern University, who already has an established campus in Shreveport. The measure made it through the Committee without opposition. Glover spoke with KEEL News this morning about the resolution: The plan involves help from the Caddo Parish Commission, who has already set aside money to help fund the study. Glover, and Southern University Chancellor John Pierre, are both supporting the law school plan. While discussing the idea this morning, Representative Glover also added that the Shreveport Bar Association is also in support of the plan. In addition to the Law School resolution, Representative Glover also brought House Bill 470 before the Education Committee this morning. That's the bill that would move LSU-Shreveport from under the LSU system, and into the Louisiana University system. Before the Committee was able to hear or vote on HB 470, Glover voluntarily tabled the measure. LSU has opposed the move for LSUS, and without North Louisiana representation on the Committee, it was unlikely that the bill would survive. Filed Under: Law School, Southern University Categories: Ark-La-Tex News, Louisiana News, Morning Show, News, Robert and Erin, Shreveport/Bossier City News	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line819
__label__cc	0.7498	0.2502	Browse: Home / 2018 / January / 28 / Jamaica ignores its own law; no ban on ‘murder-preacher’ visit Jamaica ignores its own law; no ban on ‘murder-preacher’ visit Posted by Colin Stewart on January 28, 2018 in Americas, Faith and religion \| 348 Views \| 3 Responses Pastor Steven Anderson Anti-LGBT American preacher Steven Anderson remains determined to travel today to Jamaica for a week-long evangelism trip, flouting a Jamaican law that requires visiting preachers to obtain either a work permit or sponsorship by a recognized church. Jamaican government officials have hindered or ignored petition drives asking that Anderson be barred from visiting Jamaica because he speaks approvingly of violence, which some of his followers have put into practice. (See, for example, the article “Anti-gay pastor is worse than you knew.”) After Jamaican activist Jay John (a pseudonym) began organizing a petition drive to block Anderson: John tried to set up an official petition with the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). The office acknowledged receipt of the petition, but then failed to publish it. Under OPM rules, the prime minister will take action in response to official petitions if they are signed by 15,000 or more Jamaican citizens. Jamaica’s Office of the Prime Minister received Jay John’s petition, but never acted on it. Disappointed by the OPM’s failure to act, John resorted to publishing the petition on Change.org. So far, it has been signed by more than 38,000 people. But when John submitted it the Office of the Prime Minister, he was told that it would be ignored because it was not published on the official OPM portal — ironically, because of the OPM’s inaction. Various Jamaican diaspora organizations and individuals then crafted an open letter urging the Government of Jamaica to block Anderson “on the grounds that his visit would violate Jamaican law, undermine the human rights of vulnerable Jamaicans, and represent an immediate threat to the peace, order and good governance of the state.” The letter was signed by 67 individuals and organizations, including the Jamaican Canadian Association, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Fundación Todo Mejora – Chile, the Namibia Diverse Women’s Association, Gay Star News, the Canadian Harm Reduction Network, the Global Interfaith Network and the Saint Paul’s Foundation for International Reconciliation (which helped to establish this blog back in 2012). The OPM also said that the Prime Minister does not ban people from entering the country and that this can only be done in accordance with the laws of Jamaica. However, on Jan. 11, the Jamaican Ministry of Labour issued a statement that in order to preach in Jamaica Anderson needs to have a work permit or be sponsored by a recognized church. In addition, the open letter cited several Jamaican laws that Anderson definitely or probably would break, including: Violation of the rights and freedoms guaranteed under Jamaica’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms — freedom of conscience (religion), freedom from discrimination on the grounds of being male or female, and protection from torture or inhuman or degrading punishment or other treatment. “All these rights—and many more—are now threatened by an alien American with no permit to work in Jamaica, and we urge the Jamaican government to act immediately to protect its citizens,” the letter stated. Violation of Jamaica’s Offences Against the Person Act, which states that “All persons who shall conspire, confederate, and agree to murder any person, whether he be a subject of Her Majesty or not, and whosoever shall solicit, encourage, persuade, or endeavour to persuade, or shall propose to any person to murder any other person, whether he be a subject of Her Majesty or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten years, with or without hard labour” “At a time when Jamaica is grappling with an exceedingly high number of murders, allowing a hate-preacher to incite violence within the country is a dangerous precedent to set,” the letter said. Anderson has been banned or deported from Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, the UK and Canada. The open letter urged “that the Jamaican government show leadership and stand as an example to fellow Caribbean countries to denounce terrorism and violence against marginalized groups. Given his well-documented history of advocating violence and hatred, Steven Anderson must not be allowed to enter Jamaica.” No work permit, no problem – American ‘hate preacher’ still coming to Ja (Jan. 28, 2018, Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica: Anti-gay pastor is worse than you knew (January 2017, 76crimes.com) Homo hate preacher a public-health threat (Letter to the editor of the Jamaica Gleaner by activist Maurice Tomlinson, January 2017) Preacher who said gays ‘deserved’ death still targets Jamaica (January 2017, 76crimes.com) Anti-LGBT U.S. pastor does not expect Jamaica to ban him (January 2018, Washington Blade) Petition urges Jamaica to block hate preacher’s visit (January 2018 , 76crimes.com) Three African nations have now blocked anti-LGBTI pastor ( October 2016, 76crimes.com) Botswana deports Steven Anderson (October 2016, 76crimes.com) Petition seeks to bar anti-LGBT pastor from Botswana too (September 2016, 76crimes.com) ‘Your blood be upon your own heads’: Pastor Anderson on ban (South African eNCA television news channel eNCA, September 2016) South Africa bars anti-gay US pastor Steven Anderson (September 2016, BBC) US pastor Steven Anderson says gay people should be executed for an ‘Aids free Christmas’ (December 2014, The Independent) Pastor Of Gun-Toter At Obama Event Prayed For Obama To Die (August 2009, Talking Points Memo, which quotes Anderson saying, “I’m praying for him to die just so he gets what he deserves.”) Related videos and audios: “Pastor Steven Anderson Crazy Rants” — compilation Video and audio versions of his sermons at Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona, from 2006 to 2018. Posted in Americas, Faith and religion \| Tagged Harassment / murders, Jamaica, Jay John, Steven Anderson doni January 29, 2018 at 9:31 pm \| Permalink WOW. I could’a told u that.(can u say, pay_off? #AM_Equality Tipsheet: January 29, 2018 – Moments for Equality January 30, 2018 at 4:04 am \| Permalink […] JAMAICAN ACTIVISTS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO BAN ANTI-LGBTQ HATEMONGOR: Steven Anderson is a known exporter of hate. More from Erasing 76 Crimes. […] Callistos Umberto Dounym March 2, 2019 at 4:59 pm \| Permalink To ban Pastor Steven Anderson is a huge LOSS to any country’s right to hear TRUE BIBLE PREACHING, to save their souls from eternal fire and damnation. PRAISE THE LORD FOR STEVEN ANDERSON and may MORE LIKE HIM STAND AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line822
__label__cc	0.568892	0.431108	'Local Call' wins award for social change Local Call wins NIS 25,000 for its persistent coverage of the joint feminist struggle between Arab and Jewish women against gender violence. By +972 Magazine Hebrew-language site Local Call won the Dror Prize for social change, along with a NIS 25,000 cash prize, on Friday, for spotlighting the joint struggle between Jewish and Arab women against gender violence in Israel. [tmwinpost] Spearheaded by Local Call and +972 writer Samah Salaime, along with Local Call's editors Yael Marom and Orly Noy, the site published a series of articles in 2017 dedicated to the Arab women who often find themselves confronting not… Read More... Published December 1, 2017 Rebecca Arian The 'Jewish tent' just became even smaller The defunding of an Israel program with a progressive, human rights framework is an affront to all progressive Jews around the world. By Rebecca Arian Last week, the Jewish Agency announced it would be cutting funding to Achvat Amim (“Solidarity of Nations”), a program offering participants the opportunity to live in Israel and volunteer with organizations dedicated to fostering human rights and coexistence. The Jewish Agency’s decision resulted from participants’ protest activity in Palestinian areas in the West Bank earlier this year. This move is just one of countless examples of mainstream Jewish institutions setting the parameters of the Jewish tent,… Talia Krevsky and Isaac Kates Rose 50 reasons to resist the occupation in its 50th year Fifty reasons to join a growing coalition united in creating a more just future in the region, in order to make the 50th year of the occupation its last. By Talia Krevsky and Isaac Kates Rose 1. January 1: The onset of the 50th year of violating the Fourth Geneva Convention through Israel’s military occupation over Palestinian territories, would have been enough. [tmwinpost] 2. January 3: Demolition of 49 structures by the IDF’s Civil Administration on land belonging to the village of Khirbet Tana, would have been enough. 3. January 3: Withholding 20 percent of asylum seekers’ salaries until they leave… Read More... Published March 30, 2017 \| 10 Comments Can America avoid falling into the Israel trap? If Israel can teach American liberals anything, it’s that they cannot afford to rest on their laurels. The case of Israel demonstrates that fear-mongering and tribalism can easily prop up an oppressive and racist regime for decades. It is not uncommon for Israeli authorities to detain, interrogate and deport tourists of Arab or Palestinian descent, and those arriving through Israel to do Palestinian solidarity work. Jewish Americans, however, especially those engaged with mainstream community institutions, rarely face the types of humiliating treatment for which Israeli airport security has become notorious. [tmwinpost] So it raised a small storm on Wednesday when… Read More... Published February 9, 2017 \| 2 Comments Alon Mizrahi Welcome to Netanyahu's Westworld Israelis have a choice: they can either oppose the occupation or watch the Right turn their country into a sadistic theme park. By Alon Mizrahi 'Westworld' is a new science fiction television show that revolves around a futuristic amusement park populated by androids. Westworld caters to high-paying guests who can do whatever they wish within the park, without fear of retaliation from the hosts. In Westworld neither morals nor the law prevent humans from acting on their often sick desires. [tmwinpost] Under the ruling Likud party, Israel is becoming a kind of Westworld. Our amusement park includes two groups: rich,… Read More... Published December 11, 2016 \| 27 Comments Israel's '50 most influential women' — not a single Arab Israel's leading economic paper couldn't find a single Arab to put on their list of Israel's most influential women. Last week the Israeli magazine Lady Globes (put out by business daily Globes) published its list of Israel's 50 most influential women for 2016. Although it remains unclear what it takes for a woman to make the list — not to mention who came up with the criteria — I decided to use the list to analyze Israeli society from the eyes of a Palestinian. I wanted to learn who these women are, and why they are so influential. [tmwinpost] The list includes… Read More... Published September 18, 2016 \| 4 Comments The threat of hope and truth in elections devoid of both Proponents of a strong democracy should welcome young citizens sounding their voices. But a prime minister who builds his campaign on fear mongering clearly feels threatened by anyone grouping together the words 'hope,' 'truth' and 'politics.' By Don Futterman There is nothing Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party finds so threatening as hope and truth. While the official campaigns of the two leading parties – the Zionist Camp and the Likud – stagger along with minimal substance, younger and vibrant progressive voices are starting to make themselves heard. The Likud recently attacked two of them, V15 and 61, and sought an… Read More... Published February 18, 2015 \| 12 Comments Yossi Gurvitz A pre-publication breakdown of Im Tirzu's latest 'report' Im Tirtzu is about to publish a new 'report.' It’s already on the Internet, but they haven’t yet started publicizing it, so get ready to read about it here for the first time. Let’s start with the only new and refreshing aspect of this report. This is the first time that anyone has issued a report in the format of a children’s book. I want to congratulate Im Tirtzu for this stylistic breakthrough, and to congratulate them on their new graphic artist. However, other than this stylistic innovation, the report is regrettably a pack of lies and mostly a recycling… Read More... Published May 21, 2014 \| 5 Comments John Kerry’s attack on liberal democracy According to reports, the secretary of state has accepted Netanyahu’s demand that Israel be recognized as a 'Jewish state.' I added an important update to this post, see below. Haaretz's Barak Ravid reported Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is demanding that Arab leaders pressure the Palestinians to recognize Israel as "a Jewish State,” or at least not protest if he can get Abbas to agree to such terms. This is yet another confirmation that the Obama administration has accepted the new demand posed by Netanyahu, and that it is intended to be a part of its proposal for a… Read More... Published January 9, 2014 \| 32 Comments Jerusalem Court: Okay to call Im Tirtzu a 'fascist group' A verdict by the Jerusalem District Court finds that recognizing 'certain lines of resemblance' to fascism in the ideology or activities of the right-wing movement can be seen as 'truthful.' The verdict is a major blow to Im Tirtzu’s efforts to portray itself as a mainstream, grassroots movement. The extreme-right group Im Tirtzu lost a court case against a group of leftist activists who opened a Facebook page called “Im Tirtzu – A Fascist Movement.” Judge Raphael Ya'akobi of the Jerusalem District Court determined that some of Im Tirtzu’s attributes bear certain similarities to fascism – thus allowing the activists… The peace industry’s slippery slope The Left is mobilizing around the process while ignoring troubling signs: the dangerous dynamic of the Oslo/Camp David period is already here. On Wednesday night, as members of the Israeli Knesset were getting ready to vote on a package of amendments that could push the Palestinian parties out of the Israeli parliament, political activists were conducting last-ditch efforts to persuade coalition members who previously opposed the bill to actually vote against it. Only one did, former Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin, who called the new legislation what it is: not an attempt to improve government procedures, but part of a dangerous… Read More... Published August 2, 2013 \| 13 Comments IDF soldiers assault Reuters journalists after mistaking them for human rights workers Soldiers beat cameramen in Hebron after suspecting that they work for B'Tselem. Recent years have seen an organized campaign by mainstream Israeli journalists and politicians against human rights organizations in Israel and the West Bank. Reuters reported that two of its cameramen were abused by IDF soldiers in Hebron on Wednesday night. The men were stripped, beaten, and made to breathe tear gas at a very close range. The soldiers also took one of their cameras, which was later found unharmed nearby. The incident took place shortly after a local teenager was shot to death by a Border Police soldier at… In the ghetto of self-righteousness and self-pity From attacks on our site to talking points for rabbis: thoughts for the Jewish New Year. So it's that time of year again, when Gerald Steinberg writes an article about us. Steinberg, the head of a right-wing organization called NGO Monitor, has been using +972 (along with a few of other organizations) as tools in his efforts to demonize the New Israel Fund (following its decsion to add us to their donor-advised list). This is what he has to say: A number of +972’s bloggers have invoked the immoral and false “apartheid” analogy, and in a February 2012 interview in… array(5) { [142302]=> int(6) [142340]=> int(4) [142316]=> int(3) [142154]=> int(1) [142294]=> int(1) }	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line825
__label__wiki	0.747042	0.747042	Oakland Teacher Strike Oakland rec centers provide safe space for students during teacher strike By Eric Thomas OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Day one of the Oakland teachers' strike left some parents scrambling to find a place to care for their kids while teachers walked the picket line. At Oakland's Redwood Heights Recreation Center, parent volunteer Pam Genio-Bates was trying help frazzled mom Mireya Montes fill out the paperwork to leave her 11-year-old son Nehemiah in their care, while she went to work. First Montes considered taking him to school, but then she saw teachers on the picket line. RELATED: Oakland teachers hold rally at Frank Ogawa Plaza "I went to school to drop him and I didn't feel right leaving him, not because he wasn't safe but because I thought I wasn't supporting them by bringing him to school," she said. The teachers instead recommended that she take him to the Rec Center, which was gearing up Thursday to handle an influx of kids with no place else to go. Genio-Bates say they were expecting "a little bit of chaos but a lot of fun. We basically just wanted to create a safe space for kids to come to." Organizer Sarah Henry says they've planned a full day for the kids. Han martial arts, which is in Montclair, is going to be coming out to lead a class. Musicians are coming out to teach music classes. We've put together a curriculum based on the requests and response of teachers. The Rec Center can handle 60 students in grade three and up. Up to 75 younger kids could hang out at the nearby First Covenant Church. Support for the teachers was universal among parents and students that we talked to. But, believe it or not, some students actually wanted to be in school. Sana Miller is one of them. "I'm not taking it like a break. I'm taking it like we're fighting for justice for our teachers," she said. Another Oakland institution was offering a change of pace for students who were out of school. The Grand Lake Theater was offering one dollar showings of a couple of movies. Sixth-grader Lola Faulkner-Webb, her mom and three of her friends took advantage. Black Panther was the other offering. Lola's mom Chandra Faulkner is hoping the strike doesn't last long. "We've got a lot of juggling that we're doing. We're taking advantage of things like this and maybe a museum day," she said. Student Ingrid Christensen considered this day a mixed blessing. "It's fun for me that I get to go watch a move, but it's a bad thing because the teachers aren't getting paid and it's not fair" she said. Take a look at the latest stories and videos about the Oakland teacher strike here. educationoaklandalameda countyteacherstrikeunionsteachersoakland teacher strike Public charter schools continue to be point of contention Oakland mayor discusses Raiders, teacher strike, more during ABC7 visit Contentious post-strike board meeting in Oakland after budget cuts approved Oakland teachers approve new contract ending 7-day strike	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line830
__label__cc	0.553122	0.446878	Aberyscir Coach House Brecon Beacons holiday cottage for two Brecon Beacons Guide Contact/Find Brecon Beacons Gunpowder March 15, 2019 By Valerie Davies Gunpowder Brecon Beacons The Glynneath Gunpowder Works Pontneddfechan were established in 1857. It produced black powder for use in mining and quarrying and operated until the early 1930’s. Since that time the site slowly disintegrated. Many of the buildings had to be demolished because of the risk of accidental explosion they posed. Brecon Beacons Park authority took over the site and it has undergone a major restoration project to preserve what remains. You will be able to start your tour in the Pontneddfechan Village Hall when the project is finished. A walk along the line of the old tramroad which takes you through the works and past the remains of each of the factory buildings. Interpretative boards along the way will help you imagine it in its heyday when 60-70 people were working there. How to make Gunpowder Brecon Beacons The factory’s waterwheels and turbines were powered by the River Mellte, effectively providing free and fairly constant energy. The raw materials, charcoal, sulphur and salt petre or potassium nitrate came in at the bottom of the site. The materials were then transported around by tramroad until the finished black powder came out at the top. Safety was paramount and all possible precautions had to be taken to avoid explosions. Employees always changed into work clothes before entering potentially dangerous areas. They wore leather slippers fastened with wooden pegs over their shoes and boots. Trousers with pockets were not allowed or turn-ups to prevent grit being carried into the works which might have caused sparks. To avoid explosions areas of the works were regularly dowsed with water to keep them damp in a process called liquoring. Other areas were also doused after an explosion to stop it spreading. They had a fairly good safety record at this site but still there were quite a few explosions. Buildings had a front wall designed to easily blow out so that the rest of the building might survive. The quality of the black powder was tested by using it to fire a cannon which is now outside Brecknock Museum in Brecon. Only if the powder propelled a cannon ball a specific distance did it make the grade. Aberyscir Coach House – Brecon Beacons Guide Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: Industrial heritage Big Pit Blaenafon November 8, 2018 By Valerie Davies As part of our Brecon Beacons Ambassador scheme we visited Big Pit National Coal Museum at Blaenafon.The site sits high on the Blaenafon moor exposed to the Welsh weather. Below it are the rows of terraced houses where the miners once lived. Now home to commuters from the neighbouring cities like Swansea, Neath and Newport. When the mine closed over 100 years of coal mining came to an end. It was decided to preserve and share the experience of the Welsh miner in a museum. There are still real ex miners that take you 90 metres underground in the same cage as they used though thankfully quite a bit slower. Our guide Steve had worked in the mines for 35 years and as you can imagine had a few tall tales to tell . He made you feel like his first guests of the day and that he was really pleased to see you. Some of the stories brought home to you the reality of working underground both for him and the ones that came before. Conditions had improved over the years with machinery taking away some of the back bracking work but it was still a dangerous place to be. Afterwards we went on a tour of the bath house. This facility is now a museum but still retains many of the major improvements of a miner’s life that it brought like showers , clean clothes and a canteen. It even has a water bottle fill station which is quite ironic considering our current move away from bottled water. So proves we can still learn from the past. The Museum is set in a unique industrial landscape, designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. It is in recognition of its international importance to the process of industrialisation through iron and coal production. Entry is free which is another bonus. Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: Industrial heritage, Museum Cribarth Geotrail October 19, 2018 By Valerie Davies The geotrail is part of the Brecon Beacons UNESCO Global Geopark. The area was awarded this status due to the significant geological formations that can be found here. As part of our Brecon Beacons Ambassador scheme the park geologist takes us up onto areas of the park that are full of these features but quite possibly not that well known as a tourist spot. Cribarth Geotrail is a good example of this. There is a 3.25 mile walking trail that explores the rocky slopes of the spectacular hill rising above Craig-Y-Nos Country Park in the upper Swansea Valley (Cwm Tawe). The landscape has been carved by water and ice from the folded layers of sandstone and limestone. There are also remains of the quarrying and lime kilns which were such an important part of the 19c industrial landscape. You can walk this area and meet nobody else or indeed hear anyone else. The only sounds being that of the birds that are flying above you or the sheep and ponies quietly grazing around you. The walking trail The Cribarth geotrail contains numerous cliffs and areas of very steep ground and loose rock. Other than a couple of short rocky sections this trail picks a way between these difficulties. Some sections of path can be wet even when it is not raining. Both rocks and grass slopes can get even more slippery after heavy rain. Aside from all the history there are of cause the views for miles around. To help you get the most from these areas and walks there are detailed leaflets to accompany the trail. Full details will be found on the Brecon Beacons visitor site More details on the whole geopark area will also be found on the visitor site Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: Industrial heritage, Landscapes Blaernavon May 2, 2018 By Valerie Davies Today I visited Blaernavon World Heritage Centre and Blaernavon Ironworks. The heritage centre is based in a converted school house. It offers an insight into the industrial era and the production of iron ore that went on to be railway tracks and cannon balls. There are displays and presentations designed to bring this era to life. A model of the ironworks shows how it looked at the height of its production period. A few of the buildings remain in which examples of the tools remain slowly rusting in the dusty old buildings. The ruined furnaces are still visible today as are the remains of the foundry, cast house and water balance tower that raised wagons 80 feet into the air. The cottages on site have been staged with items that would have been relavent to different eras. This gives you an idea of what living there was like but without the pollution and heat the 6 large furnaces produced. History of Blaernavon The edges of the Brecon Beacons were rich in coa,l iron ore and limestone which were the main raw materials of the Industrial Revolution. Blaernavon came about because of this. They forged the tools, machines and engines. These were used to build the railways, ships and bridges at the start of our modern industrial socierty. It started in 1789 when steam was used to power the blast furnaces of Blaernavon. Just 100 years later Sidney Gilchrist Thomas invented a method to remove phosphorus from iron ore to make steel. Blaenavon was owned by infamous ruthless industrialists but they would have been nothing without the workers to run the furnaces. The work was hard, hot and with small reward but at least housing was provided for some. They were expected to work 12 hour days, seven days a week. You would have found children as young as 5 being put to work which took many years to be banned. Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: Industrial heritage, Museum, Tours Industrial Brecon Beacons December 28, 2017 By Valerie Davies We are probably aware of the beautiful countryside of the Brecon Beacons as we travel around but there is a wealth of evidence of its industrial past. The whole area is quite unique in the geology that led to the lime, coal and steel industries that prospered as a result. You can see many examples at our world heritage site Blaernavon or the lime kilns at Brecon. An important component is Silica sand. Silica sand an important component of Kiln bricks Silica sand Hidden away in pockets beneath the surface of this area are caches of a pure white sand. A curiosity perhaps but is it any more than that? Well yes, it is. This sand with its special characteristics is exactly what the industrialists of yesteryear were on the look-out for and when they found it, they opened up pits and carted it away. The burgeoning of the South Wales iron industry in the 19th and early 20th century saw the construction of innumerable furnaces for smelting the iron ore. And each of these furnaces had to be lined with heat-resistant bricks. And what is the best material to make these bricks from – pure silica of course, the purer the better. With few impurities the bricks were less likely to crack under the extreme operating conditions. Factories such as that at Penwyllt were set up to exploit the pre silica rock – the basal grit or Twrch Sandstone as we now call it. Quarry that, crush it and re-form it as bricks – a simple enough process once the techniques had been worked out. But the silica rock is tough to quarry and hard to crush. When the proprietors of Penwyllt discovered that nature had done half the job for them, they leapt at the chance. You see, the silica sand was originally ultra-tough silica rock but natural processes – perhaps tropical weathering in the distant past, perhaps another process – had converted the rock into sand. It had lain there on the doorstep ready to be scooped up. They built a tramway between the silica sand pit which they opened up and the existing brickworks. Other pits operated at various remote spots on the Black Mountain. Visit these spots today and you’ll see the legacy of an industry which ceased 60 years ago and more. There are some remains, perhaps some rusting iron and a connecting track down the hill. Otherwise it’s a tale of nature reclaiming what was hers. 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__label__cc	0.610811	0.389189	DermNet New Zealand All about the skin Topics A?밵 Home » Topics A?밵 » Zika virus Author and Chief Editor: Honorary Associate Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, March 2014. Updated, January 2016. What is zika virus? Zika virus causes an infection that is mainly spread by the bite of tropical zika virus-carrying mosquitoes. It presents as a flu-like illness rather similar to dengue fever, but not as severe. Rash is a prominent feature. There is current concern because birth defects have been reported after zika infection of pregnant women. Pregnant women should take special precautions if travelling to affected areas. See Question and Answers: Zika virus infection (Zika) and pregnancy (CDC). Who gets zika virus infection? Zika virus affects people that have travelled to affected tropical areas and have been bitten by a mosquito that carries the infection. It is estimated that only about one in five people carrying the virus actually develop symptoms from zika virus infection. For current affected areas worldwide, see Zika-affected areas information on the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) website. New Zealand does not have the zika-virus carrying mosquitoes, and to date, zika virus infection has only been reported in people that have recently travelled to an affected area. During 2014??016, these have included the Pacific Islands, South East Asia, Central and South American countries. What causes zika virus infection? Zika virus infection is an arboviral illness (infections caused by viruses transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks). Where does zika virus come from and how is it spread? Zika virus is a small, spherical, single-stranded enveloped RNA virus belonging to family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. Zika virus it was first described in humans in the 1960s in Nigeria. It was first reported outside Africa in 2007 when a case was reported on the Island of Yap in Micronesia. Possible factors for zika virus spread include: Overpopulation of areas leading to inadequate housing and public health systems (water, sewerage and waste management). Poor vector control, e.g., stagnant pools of water for mosquito breeding. Climate change (increased virus transmission has been linked to El Nino conditions). Increased international travel (recreational, business or military) to endemic areas. The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the main Aedes species involved in transmitting the zika virus from infected individuals to healthy contacts. These mosquitoes breed in and around ponds of stagnant water where humans live and usually bite during daylight hours. When a human is infected the virus circulates the blood for 10 days before symptoms occur. It is during this time that the Aedes mosquito may acquire the virus, then bite and infect another unsuspecting victim. Zika virus can be transmitted from an infected mother to a baby at the time of birth, or transmitted by sexual intercourse if the partner is infected. What are the clinical features of zika virus infection? Zika virus infection arises about 10 days after a bite from an infected mosquito. It results in headache, mild fever, chills, conjunctivitis (red eyes), joint and muscle aches and rash. Other non-specific symptoms may include headache, fatigue, malaise, abdominal pain and vomiting. Zika virus infection usually recovers within a week. What does the zika virus rash look like? The rash associated with zika virus is maculopapular (flat and bumpy spots), either morbilliform (small spots) or scarlatiniform (smaller ones). It starts on the face on the first day of illness and spreads all over the body. It begins to fade within 2?? days and is gone completely within a week. At the same time, the eyes become sore and red and may be sensitive to the light. Small red dots, petechiae, may be observed inside the mouth on the palate. Zika virus infection Mosquito bite, healing What are the complications of zika virus? Guillain-Barr챕 syndrome Guillain-Barr챕 syndrome is a rare, rapid-onset form of paralysis. It is an autoimmune sydrome, and is often triggered by an infection a few days to weeks earlier. The first case of zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barr챕 syndrome was reported from French Polynesia in March 2014, and others have occurred in Brazil. Death is rare. For futher information about Guillain-Barr챕 syndrome, see Guillain-Barr챕 Syndrome Fact Sheet, NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The risk of zika virus infection damaging a fetus is unknown. Brazil has reported an increase in birth defects in babies born during the recent zika virus epidemic, specifically: Fetal microcephaly (small head) Intracranial calcifications (calcium deposits in the brain) Pregnant mothers with suspected zika infection, or that have recently travelled to an infected zone, should see their doctor or midwife. They should undergo testing for zika virus (see below). If infection is confirmed, CDC recommends serial ultrasound examination to monitor fetal growth and anatomy and referral to a maternal-fetal medicine or infectious disease specialist with expertise in pregnancy management. Amniocentesis may be considered after 15 weeks of gestation. How is zika virus diagnosed? Zika virus infection are diagnosed by typical clinical symptoms after mosquito bite in an endemic area. The infection is confirmed by specific serological tests for zika virus immunoglobulins (IgG and IgM), which may need to be repeated 2?? weeks later. New Zealand samples are tested at a Australian Arbovirus Reference laboratory. There is some cross-reactivity with tests for dengue viruses. In New Zealand, zika virus infection is notifiable. What is the treatment of zika virus infection? There is no specific treatment available against zika virus infection. Zika virus infection is usually self-limiting and resolves with supportive therapy. Paracetamol (acetaminophen) may be used to treat patients with fever. Aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are not recommended. Drink plenty of fluids, and take rest. People with zika virus infection or who have recently had zika virus infection should not donate blood, as the virus could be transmitted to a recipient. They must also be careful to avoid mosquito bites to reduce spreading the disease to others. How to prevent zika virus infection The best way to prevent zika virus infections is by preventing spread of the virus by vector control. This means eliminating or controlling mosquito breeding sites. The zika virus-carrying mosquito likes to breed in artificial containers and receptacles containing water in and near buildings. The following measures can be taken to reduce the breeding of mosquitoes. Cover tightly with a lid all water tanks, cisterns, barrels, rubbish containers, etc. Remove or empty water in old tyres, tin cans, bottles, trays, etc. Check and clean out clogged gutters and flat roofs where water may have settled. Change water regularly in pet water dishes, birdbaths and plant trays. Introduce larvivorous fish (e.g., guppy) to ornamental water features as these eat the mosquito larvae. Trim weeds and tall grasses as adult mosquitoes seek these for shade on hot days. People can do the following to prevent themselves from being bitten by mosquitoes. Wear long sleeves and pants. Install secure screens to windows and doors to keep mosquitoes out. Use an insect repellent such as DEET. Sleep under mosquito curtains or nets, this is particularly important when children are sleeping or resting during daylight hours. In high-risk areas, insecticide sprays may be used to kill mosquitoes. Children must be protected too. There is no available vaccine to prevent zika virus infection (2016). Zika virus infection ??European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Zika Virus Outside Africa ??CDC Zika virus infection complicated by Guillain-Barr챕 syndrome ??case report, French Polynesia, December 2013 Eurosurveillance, Volume 19, Issue 9, 06 March 2014 Lucey DR, Gostin LO. The Emerging Zika Pandemic: Enhancing Preparedness. JAMA. Published online January 27, 2016. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.0904. Stamm LV. Zika Virus in the Americas: An Obscure Arbovirus Comes Calling.혻JAMA Dermatol.혻Published online May 11, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.1499. Parry GJ, Peacey M, Buenz EJ. Little risk of severe complications associated혻with Zika infection in New Zealand. N Z Med J. 2016 Aug 19;129(1440):108-113.혻PubMed PMID: 27538044. On DermNet NZ: Interim Guidelines for Pregnant Women During a Zika Virus Outbreak ??United States, 2016 ??CDC 25 July 2016 Overview of Emerging Arboviruses ??Medscape Dermatology Zika virus ??Ministry of Health, New Zealand, updated 1 August 2016. Books about skin diseases: See the DermNet NZ bookstore Link to New Zealand Dermatological Society to find a dermatologist Copyright 짤 2016 DermNet New Zealand Trust.혻 DermNet NZ does not provide an online consultation service. 혻If you have any concerns with your skin or its treatment, see a dermatologist for advice.혻	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line839
__label__wiki	0.843907	0.843907	Posted 10:00AM on Sunday 14th April 2019 ( 3 months ago ) Brenau convocation recognizes Schrader, students By AccessWDUN Staff Brenau President Ed Schrader gets a kiss from his dog Jake while being celebrated at Brenau's Honors Convocation last week. (Courtesy AJ Reynolds/Brenau University) April 11, 2019, is a day Brenau University Ed Schrader probably won't soon forget. At the school's annual Honors Convocation, Schrader’s last as president, Gainesville Mayor Danny Dunagan declared the date as Dr. Edward L. Schrader Day. Dunagan said, “It is my pleasure to be here this afternoon to read a little proclamation to Dr. Schrader who has meant so much to this community and our city and Brenau. “Ed and I have gotten to be real good friends over the several years that he’s been here… We’ve had a lot of good times together.” Other than having a day named in his honor, Schrader received several gifts. Schrader, his wife, Myra, and their dog Jake were given gifts made from Brenau tartan, which will be certified when completed. “While we very much honor and appreciate everything Dr. Schrader has done for Brenau, we certainly thank Myra for her years of cheerful service and dedicated support for the Brenau family near and far,” said Debra Dobkins, dean of The Women’s College. Schrader was also presented a basketball with a message from Mike Krzyewski, head coach of the Duke University men’s basketball team, where Schrader earned a Ph.D in geochemistry. Schrader also received a binder of well-wishes from his colleagues across the country. In addition, an oak tree will be planted on Brenau's front lawn in Schrader’s honor. “Throughout your tenure as president you have remained an ally and advocate for students and we would like to present a gift to show our appreciation,” said Sommer Stockton, president of the Student Government Association. During the ceremony, Schrader awarded the highest academic honor, the Baxter-Bryan Scholarship, to rising senior Kendy Manzano, fashion design major from Adairsville. The award is granted to a junior for her senior year to cover tuition, room and board. It has been given out for the past 30 years and was established by Joe W. Baxter, who named the scholarship for his sister Carfax Baxter and friend Morris Bryan Jr. First runner-up for the award was Cierra Franklin, mass communications major from Albany, who was awarded the Sidney O. Smith Scholarship. The three other finalists were Mae Allison, theatre major from Lawrenceville; Ashton Stockdale, English major from Lilburn; and Tabitha Morrison, early childhood education major from Dawsonville, all of whom received Provost Scholarships. “These five young women are amongst the best and brightest that Brenau and the United States has to offer,” Schrader said. “We recognize all of them and I want you to know it was a very difficult contest, a very difficult decision this year because everyone was deserving of the highest recognition.” The Mary Mildred Sullivan Award was also handed out. The award is given to a senior who is a leader, works hard and reflects the Brenau Ideal. Lauren Hill, acting major, from Flowery Branch was this year’s recipient. Schrader said she is described as “a ray of sunshine.” At the end of the Honors Convocation, freshman Xueyun “Anna” Feng sang Jimmy Buffet's “Margaritaville,” a favorite of Schrader’s, while faculty members on stage revealed tie-dye and Hawaiian shirts under their robes. Brenau University students in Gainesville were given a gift as well. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day and students were able to enjoy activities outside, including foods, games, and music. “I have a friend of mine in Mississippi who says, ‘it hadn’t been nothing but fun,’” Schrader said. On Friday, the Brenau Board of Trustees announced Schrader's successor - Dr. Anne A. Skleder, senior vice president and provost and professor of psychology at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Associated Categories: Local/State News Associated Tags: Brenau University, convocation, Ed Schrader	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line844
__label__wiki	0.643272	0.643272	Breton String Quartet Portada » News » Pacho Flores on tour in Europe Pacho Flores on tour in Europe On the occasion of the presentation of FRACTALES, his most recent recording for Deutsche Grammophon together with the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra and Christian Lindberg, Pacho Flores begins an international tour that will take him to venues in Norway, Holland and Spain, where he will offer various works from the album, such as the Haydn and Arutunian concertos and Akban Bunka by Christian Lindberg. Fractales may be purchased, listened to and downloaded here. On 7 and 8 November at the Kulturhuset in Tromso and the Stormen Hall in Bodø, the two Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra venues, he will play the Haydn and Aruturnian concertos; on 11 November at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam will perform the Haydn concert and on 14 November at the Auditorio de la Diputación de Alicante, where the Israel NK Orchestra will replace the Arctic, he will play Akban Bunka by Christian Lindberg. In December Pacho will be travelling between Asia and Finland to offer a series of concerts with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra at the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore conducted by Peter Stark on the 6th; and at the Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou (China) and the Hong Kong Culture Centre Concert Hall conducted by Joshua Tan on the 23rd and 26th. In these concerts Pacho will play Arutunian’s Concerto. In between, on December 12th and 13th, Pacho will play Piazzolla’s Oblivion and Invierno Porteño together with the Haydn concerto with the Kymi Sinfonietta and Olari Elts in the Finnish towns of Kotka and Kouvola. The new year will take Pacho to the Dutch towns of Zutphen, Arnhem and Nijtmegen to offer, along with the Het Gelders Orchestra and Christian Vásquez, an intense programme consisting of Villalobos’ Aria de la Bachiana nº 5, Christian Lindberg’s Akban Bunka, the absolute premiere of Daniel Freiberg’s Crónicas Latinoamericanas in its version for trumpet and to finish a samba by Pacho himself entitled Labios Vermelhos. These performances will take place on January 4, 5 and 6, before he leaves for the U.S., where on January 25 and 27 he will play with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra and Jose Luis Gomez, the U.S. premiere of Arturo Marquez’s Concerto, the result of the shared commissions project that Pacho is involved with. This concert premiered last September with the National Orchestra of Mexico and its Japanese and Spanish premieres are already scheduled, with the Hyogo PAC Orchestra and Michiyoshi Inoue and the Oviedo Filarmonía and Lucas Macías in May and August respectively. (Translation: John Eastham) Hernández-Silva, excellent reviews at Teatro Colón Alexandre Kantorow, Grand Prix winner of the Tchaikovski Competition Alexandre Kantorow, winner of the Tchaikovski Competition Pacho Flores, premiere of Arturo Sandoval in Buenos Aires Hernández-Silva at Teatro Colón with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Auditorio de Galicia Auditorio Nacional Badische Staatskapelle de Karlsruhe Baluarte Berna Perles Bremen Philharmonic Bruckner Orchestra de Linz Concurso Internacional de Violín Pablo Sarasate Deutsche Oper am Rhein Dresden Staatskapelle Duisburg Philharmonic Düsseldorf Symphony Festival de Cesky Krumlov Festival de Música Española de Cádiz Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de Granada Filarmónica de Buenos Aires Frankfurt Museum Orchestra Ira Levin Joven Orquesta Nacional de España Jove Orquestra Sinfónica de Barcelona Leipzig Gewandhaus London Symphony Orchestra Manuel Hernandez-Silva Max Reger Mozart National Symphony of Taiwan New York City Opera Orquesta de Biel-Solothurn Orquesta de la Radio de Praga Orquesta de la Región de Murcia Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga Orquesta Joven de Andalucía Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León Orquesta Sinfónica de Navarra Orquesta Sinfónica Portuguesa de Lisboa Real Filharmonía de Galicia Roya Scottish National Orchestra Sinfónica del Estado de México Teatro Colón Teatro de la Mestranza Teatro Municipal de Sao Paulo Teatro Nacional de Brasil Ópera de Bremen Ópera de Frankfurt Ópera de Kassel	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line846
__label__cc	0.577803	0.422197	tv Squawk on the Street CNBC December 12, 2016 9:00am-11:01am EST no. seriously. reading is the one element of success that you cannot hide from. i mean, i got a chance to maneuver around a world a little bit and everybody i talk to that's been successful, i mean, they have their stories and reading is a big part of it. >> i love how you go in and there's things when you pass you do 80% or above, you get automatically entered to get the great prizes an including nfl tickets as the giants start peaking again maybe. weird. late in the season. two super bowls -- >> all right. not weirdment it's good. >> okay. we have to run. thank you. >> thank you. >> check it out. >> dot-org. >> show's over. ♪ good monday morning. welcome to "squawk on the street." we wake up another tweeter bomb. a big week with a fed decision. the fed near 20k. europe is mixed. 10-year 2 1/2. oil up on the nonopec oil production. the road map with the negotiation of the president-elect and an american company. donald trump calling out the cost of the f-35. defense stocks are dropping in the premarket. >> timing, another company trump has in the cites, boeing, a deal for 80 jets. the buyer -- iran. and the market's making new records. oil prizes, as well ahead of the fed meeting which, of course, is wednesday. david with breaking news. >> we do. on a potential deal that will not happen. and that is involving viacom and cbs. right now, the national amusements, shareholder of both companies, led by sherri redstone and wanted to them to engage in talks designed to see whether they could come to a combination has withdrawal that proposal of viacom and cbs engage in the discussions. reversing course in a sense and backing the new ceo at viacom and his plan to bring the company back to prominence and through the difficult period. and saying that she wants viacom to remain an independent company, a letter from national amusements according to people familiar with the situation is expected to be released shortly. but on both sides, sources tell me they're aware of this very event development. this after the two companies engaged in preliminary discussions and cbs yet to make a bid for viacom. mr. backus i will tell you myself speaking to investors gaining a following among those who believe he has the finger on the pulse of what may need to be done at viacom. and so, in recent days there had been a sense perhaps not having the momentum others thought and shari redstone sent a letter indicating no more. remember that letter i sent previously saying i would like you to consider getting together and the scale beneficial? now i don't. i think viacom is better off as an independent company led by mr. backus and she believes shown promise in the early days of his reign having taken over, of course, as an interim ceo in the middle of november, i believe, guys. stocks reacting at this point. there had been a bit of a premium in viacom shares and an idea of a premium bid of cbs for the company and always remained in some question. certainly the synergies of a potential deal were significant. though some question whether you can realize all of them but right now that's all off the table. leslie moonves to continue to pursue the independent path for cbs and now mr. backus getting the backing of his most important shareholder shari redstone. again, in this letter that should be released in the not too distant future and sent to the company saying, hey, we want you to discontinue conversations and we like the strategy you're pursuing. >> wow. i think that obviously viacom many people are hoping for something but cbs has been trading an at pretty big discount to the s&p. they have done a lot of good things. cbs radio deal. i mean, they have to sell off 15 times earnings and earning more than four bucks cbs undervalued on that story. a lot of people thought that cbs paying too much no matter what. >> it's funny because the people indicated to me any deal -- any offer not fairly significant premium would fall on deaf ears and didn't appear to have the momentum and talk of leslie moo moonves and ms. redstone negotiating for governance and what's most significant is performance of mr. backus with confidence of the largest hair shoulder and i had conversations with viacom shareholders and see does seem to be on top of it. he will have the opportunity to per frm. >> this is the same day as fox sky and causing some people to downgrade fox and it is kind of a changing of the guard here. i fully expected people with cbs to do this deal and i think cbs if les moonves reiterates how well things are doing, why didn't i buy it under 63? that's a major story. >> see how cbs performs today and expectation is to hear from national amusements and perhaps both companies, as well, to chime in with statements. that will now remain independent despite the story of scale, scale, scale and do you need it? >> man ves interest of running it with tepid. >> i think there was interest, carl. i do. i think there was some relu reluctance. the movie studios don't come up for sale often. it is not my belief he was reluctant that he would not have pursued it but key questions and discussion over price which they never got to. they did get management presentations from viacom and that apparently is where it's going to have ended and doesn't mean you won't revisit this. no longer going to happen for now. >> big. >> big story. >> nice reporting on this. >> thanks. >> other big one this morning is lockheed of course down in the market after the tweet of the f-35. the program is -- and cost is out of control. billions of dollars can and will be saved after january 20th. meanwhile, boeing striking a deal to sell 80 jetliners to iran for almost $17 billion and could threatened by opposition to the nuclear accord of western leaders and that country. that would be the biggest deal going back decades but we know where the president-elect has been regarding twitter and boeing. >> yeah. look, all the appointees that are involved with defense and national security are no fans of iran. i have to tell you, i was looking at the deal of the non opec and opec and saudis and cutting back and maybe the new president tweets he doesn't favor the technology that u.s. technology going to iran including boeing and also oil service. the lockheed martin, everyone knows that the joint strike fighter is hideously overruns for more than a decade. >> yes. >> but i don't know. no one thought that you could go back at this point and say we're paying less per plane, period, end of story sigh that a possibility? there are contracts. plenty of questions of the cost per plane and scaled up and still numbers are still extraordinary per plane. >> same thing as united technologies and pratt and whitney makes the engine. >> northrup is involved. >> okay, look. this opening bid is paying dramatically less per plane. and then what? they would -- the government sovereign. lockheed can't sue necessarily but it is -- i think that lockheed martin ceo will have to say we have a lot of contracts with the government besides this one and we have a lot in the hopper. frankly, i'm flabbergasted. i know it's expensive and i was up at pratt & whitney last weekend and didn't think they would -- president-elect to say, listen, i won't pay for these. this is kind of etched in stone. it's etched in stone. >> no coincidence on the boeing side, the emphasis in this deal is promoting the number of u.s. jobs that would be created/protected by this kind of sale. >> i don't know if it's insulation anymore. i don't know. i know you're marilyn houston and she's terrific, low profile, looking at the book of business and not so much necessarily negotiating. maybe he's saying we're going to prosecure differently. look. yes, he could say we'll buy half the planes we thought you were unless you renegotiate. the numbers north of -- north of 3,000. >> already put into it. i don't know the specifics of these -- how the deals work and -- >> but everybody -- >> i'm sure we'll learn more. >> 2,400 combat jets. what he has the ability to do is say we'll take 2,000, 1,500. here's the price to pay. he has that. many contracts have been cut over history. >> yes. >> how many we take of a destroyer, of an aircraft carrier. what he has -- leverage he has is not taking 2,400. we take 2,000 and you're going to -- or we're going to pay for 2,000 and you throw in 400 for free. anything's can happen. >> if the government is involved in paying any company you have to rethink what you're paying for -- >> drug stocks. the defense cut. look. i don't know if people get to grasp this. this is very serious decision already obviously through a tweet that changes the way we procure and to bargain after the bargain's been made. this is a done deal. reopening it and say, listen, we don't have to take the planes and marilyn has to say we want you to buy 2,400. he says i won't pay that price. all through the whole supply chain, lockheed has to go to pratt & whitney -- everybody takes a hit if has the case and it's an inexpensive stock and more than i thought. i mean, all of the product. >> next week? >> if they -- look -- >> one a week. i'm assuming next week is something else. going down the list of defense contractors and things that don't look appropriate in terms of cost. >> darden? i was watching and reading articles of pepsico and salty snacks. salty snacks are bad for people. i don't know. >> i don't think that will happen. >> it's the government nexus that matters. he kacannot be a moral leader. >> you say there's a screen -- >> i did that screen. >> government contract exposure is nil? >> you have to look at whether your company is being paid or at the trough of the government. this week, there's two kinds of risk. chief tins of tech and treats them like the media. they didn't vote for him. that's hard to swallow and then the companies -- drug manufacturers and they exist. lockheed martin won't make it up with the tristar. they got out of commercial years ago. look. i am a little flabbergasted because i know that it was an overrun and ways to make it so there's a deal. and he can call marilyn houston. why doesn't the president call people and get things done? >> whether it's boeing, carrier, now china and the one china discussion with chris wallace over the weekend, do you believe he's using hammer where a scalpel will do? >> i think if i do business with china, i think that what he's saying is, listen, you have to take some pain here. we'll get the relationship back on even footing. and, you know, so maybe if you do business with china, just worry -- not the earnings per share of qualcomm. >> why not four planes of boeing goes to china? >> but world, man. we are underestimating the impact of the volatility to occur here. how many people -- marginal market. >> you have contracts, law. >> david, you really just throwback. >> is that what i am? a throwback? >> old media. >> old media? >> you have to get with the program. >> contract. okay. sorry. >> yesterday against -- in the eagles where a defensive fabulous guy hit by a washington redskin and should be out of the game. a bell rung. here's a player, a bell ringer. really is. she's got a budget of how many planes to sell and suddenly it is like, you know, defenseless. defenseless. but it is! >> interesting allusion. darren sproels. i saw that. that was wrong. >> defenseless receiver hit by a tweet of a plan -- program everyone knew was an overrun. so many programs. >> hit by a tweet. >> sorry. i'm sorry. >> concussion protocol. >> oh yeah! a couple of weeks. she ain't going to make the playoffs. playoffs! regular season game. >> when we come back this morning, the buzz of rex tillerson and could be president-elect trump's choice for secretary of state. news behind that. premarket, s&p going for seven wins in a row. hasn't done that in about three years. we are back in just a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh hey john, i'm connecting our brains so we can share our amazing trading knowledge. that's a great idea, but why don't you just go to thinkorswim's chat rooms where you can share strategies, ideas, even actual trades with market professionals and thousands of other traders? 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mad dash here late in the program. a couple of minutes before the opening bell. >> yeah. i want to head to optho tech and it's opht. this was an important study to trump the drug which is for machular dejen ration. >> this is a very hard drug to beat. which has great market share. triumph over a competitor hoping to merge it it would be superior. so you see what happens. this is really when you have one shot on goal like opthotech to having a minuscule market cap. once again, regeneron was down. under fire from trump. lynch lifer said last week we have to be -- a tiff of reed from pfizer saying we have to be more representative of the price increases of the rest of the country so you've got before you get too excited about this, just hope that president-elect trump doesn't see that up 17 and question whether that drug is too expensive. it saved a lot of people's eyesight. >> opening bell here and get the s&p at the bottom of your screen. red hat with the tenth listing anniversary. sally may with the fifth listing anniversary. s&p going for seven straight wins today. we are looking at the best december since 2004. we're about a percent away from 20k on the dow. ten times since 2012 s&p's had a 3% weekly gain, jim. every time it's been foal lowed by another weekly gain. >> obviously a gut check week. we have the tech. chieftains of tech. against that we have oil and oil historically taken the s&p. typically the way that the analysis had been is oil up feign mao ens the economy is stronger and not taking out 1.2 million opec barrels and non opec barrels but driving up the u.s. which i understand i had friday a fantastic independent oil company. you will see the stock up very busy and they have said over and over again that the saudi umbrella is fantastic for them to lower drilling costs dramatically. they make a fortune at 53. seeing all of these independent oils, whiting, wx, whether it be anna c annadarko it's an umbrella and serious and numbers go higher. >> 24 countries. nigeria saying 60 is reasonable? >> 55, of 60. look at the five-year curve. they were thankful to see gary pruett appointed to the epa and felt it would surprise people and maybe more predictable. this industry is looking forward to tax breaks to start drilling. you have good incentives. maybe epa not so hard on them. they deserve the premiums. i think they deserve this. this is big. >> you mentioned curve and not spoken about today is that the 10-year above 25 on the yield. i haven't taken a look at this very moment. >> right. >> and the banks are responding as you might expect. a mixed bag. 2.49 now. >> there's a big move in the housing stocks last week and seemed to have somehow accepted the fact that rates are going higher. >> it's been a couple of years since seeing that. >> above the closing high for last year. >> makes me not pine for these 3% consumer package good stocks that have been so much in vogue and sold off for a recovery last week and the speed, velocity of things happening. it amazes me. typically you would not have this level of placid let's say not ignorance but we certainly are not factoring in things to sell off. anyone who's seen this kind of rally in rates sort to speak and traded historically shorting the market but that seems to be difficult to do other than say some tech periodically. >> number two in terms of sectors last week. >> near the end, phang rallying. and led by amd. it's an upgrade. inexpensive. hold the buy. bmo. but the inexpensive pc related tech had a very nice move. very nice. >> national amusements? >> yeah. wanted to update the news we brought you at 9:00 is now confirmed by national amusements. in a statement that just came out moments ago. saying the company no longer or asked the boards of cbs and viacom to discontinue an exploration and quoting from the letter here, over the past few minutes after careful assessment and we have concluded this is not the right time to merge the companies. going on to say following the management changes that the viacom board put in place we've been impressed with the plan pursued under bob backus' leadership, the new ceo at viacom and not just redstone singing his praises. we'll see, of course. it is interesting days and down almost the same on a percentage basis. viacom maybe some premium thought or hoped might be there and a combination itself to bring cost savings and synergies fairly significant and right there to be captured and not going to happen. at least not now. perhaps some point in the future but, you know, finally going to lap the colbert and comedy central comparisons and first quarter and showing growth for the first time and managed to get the viacom networks on the directv now platform and you can argue with the over the top platforms proliferating and would or not would not carry networks such as viacoms and apparently on top of the numbers. we'll see. shares are down as you would expect. another deal that does appear to happen is as you brought up earlier, fox saying we want to buy the 60% of sky we don't already own. they don't have an opportunity to communicate with the laws in the uk and can or can't talk about things. proposal accepted by the independent directors at sky but it does have to be brought to shareholders and see fox sold off on friday. not initially. >> right. >> and, you know, speaking to a couple of shareholders, yes, it's a slow growth company and there's just a question of why now and why do they need to spend this $8 billion on this. and think near a position to not completely answer that. >> cbs which is down badly, do people feel they're going to steal -- >> yeah. some hope that the combination would be a more -- >> wow. >> a positive. a broader array of channels. maybe asset sales. more power the distributors potentially in the world where that may be something you need. >> wow. >> and there were a lot of cost savings and the question would have been, you know, again, even without shari redstone changing course and saying, no, i was hearing it would be tough and moonves not offering much of a premium and viacom expecting it would be one. now they go off their own ways as continued separate companies controlled by the same shareholders. >> surprised. listen. without viacom, cbs is not worth owning? i don't know. there's my take. >> yeah. meanwhile, speaking of media, golden globes out today and making that count and disney "moana" is number one. disney was second best dow stock last week behind goldman. >> amazing. one of the things that iger did is saying that espn is not doing that badly and trial balloons of what happens, maybe spinning espn off. third, because of the year of good feeling, hearing of theme parks things are better and still matter for disney. you have the movie slate and $800 million movie tent poles that iger has and who's talking about espn? who's talking apt it? it is just muted. i was with someone this weekend who made it -- very close to the technology saying, listen, this mlb deal, do not procollude the notion of disney becoming tech oriented. mlb is superior platform. merge espn with bam tech which is the baseball technology and maybe you have a story coming together of technology, of movies, of theme park saying stop listen at the month to month espn and people are doing that. they're looking through it. >> this is just a name that investors are focused on a. lot of investment bankers chasing it around. not clear to me there's anything going on except people talking about things and getting things going without there being a there there. >> chipotle quickly. steve ells -- >> this is -- i have interviewed both gentlemen repeatedly. this reminds me of stepping down at -- because the underperforming whole foods and walter was fantastic and monty is fantastic. i think maybe the two ceo -- maybe this is ackman pressuring. you said anniversary of comparisons. they're only last year, last week was when the nova virus, the first anniversary of that terrible illness that happened in boston, every single one of these restaurant food scares taken 18 months to get through and looks like monty didn't get to the promised land. >> they did give guidance last tuesday as we recall. >> yes. >> two-year comp stacks still down. >> american people -- takes 18 months to forget. that's on average. that was the horrendous taco bell. worst jack out box and children died and lasting illnesses and 18 months. terrible thing what happened to them. they can come back. this is obviously -- we had heard chatter that there could be a one ceo. it is not the issue. the issue is when does america forget what happened? and that does happen historically. >> take a look at alxn. both ceo and coo leave today. >> right. >> waiting on the 10q of the company after a whistle-blower raised concerns of sales practices. other than that, we won't have a lot of details right now as an independent investigation from the company moves ahead. but this was somewhat surprising. somewhat unexpected. >> somewhat surprising? you can see the stock is down a good amount. had been down a bit more prior to the open. $30 billion company, too. >> a lot of information. ceo resigns and the cfo leaves the company. honeywell former ceo anderson whom i like very much is an old hand and become it is cfo. i am amazed this stock isn't down more to see the ceo and cfo leave the same day? they have one drug that by the way look out. look out alexion. it was at one time the most expensive in the world for pnc. but most expensive drug in the world and don't want to be there at the time of the -- >> some question whether lenny bell, still the chairman, is not stepping in as the interim ceo. i don't have the answer for you on this one. >> a rather remarkable turn about. the stock only down 15. shows great hope. >> all about oil today, jim. top gainer somehow oil related. >> look, i know that people were surprised by the fact that opec cut back. i think that the non opec nations, when they cut back, you have a situation where it's for real. and if it's for real, then a lot of the -- you have to revalue the american companies that lowered break even 35 to 40 and also colder over the country and natural gas spiking. a lot going their way. well below where they were two years ago and people like the conoco upgrade and i thought more upgrades this morning and like multiple upgrades. everybody else has got to catch up. i urge people to look at pioneer as an example. that stock undervalued at these prices. lowered the cost by 35% and we are the winners and don't forget next president-elect trump, the people he's appointing are people who are -- every oil -- i'm in touch with i'd say five of the largest oil expects and oil service expects in last ten days and they're cheering. >> they say we can double the production. >> what did he say? 20 million? >> yeah. yeah. >> if you got -- the -- i know that when i met with trump in 2008 he does seem to have a long memory for promises. smashing the cartel. 2008, we were still declining in production. kind of a visionary comment. don't know whether -- only the late aubry mcclendon felt to be continental independent. >> with that record high for the day, let's goat dominic chu. hey, dom. >> good morning. i want to echo the thoughts of the past few minutes because if you look at the market shaping up overall, we are seeing another day, another record high for the dow industrials and just off the early session highs and up 26 right now. notable laggards and david farber mentioned one of them. i would point out, however, that transportation stocks and small caps two of the more outperformers of the past few weeks are not performing. if you look at the at least for right now, up by 2%. no surprise on oil prices. materials, health care also at least for right now holding on to some of the gains. tech and industrials, big etf laggards with sectors overall. if you take a look at when's happening with the oil market overall, that's a big story. down here far lot of traders, chevron and exxon over there watching for that all day today with the oil majors. taking a look at the other companies, not just pioneer but names of anadarko, marathon oil. not necessarily majors and also steaming ahead today, as well. overall the way that some of the markets are shaping up internationally could be interesting, as well, if you take a look at what's going on with china and italy. huge moves lower in china overnight with the shanghai composite after property real estate concerns and popping up. also, a big insurance regulator there curving on the investments and stocks that some of the big insurers in china make and dragging down the stocks and the notable outperformer today in italian trading up being here after a change in the prime minister there and perhaps things moving better. moving ahead with the capitalization plans. those shares up, as well. we know how volatile they can be and domestically, internationally, the big story is oil is a very big story here today an throughout the course of the week. see if the international markets start to -- towards the holiday. >> see you in a bit. let's get to the bonds pits, as well. rick santelli at the cme. good morning. >> yes, carl. not only auctions but the central bank two-day meeting. press conference statement. rate rise. maybe thinking it should be 50. i find it hard to believe it's more than 25. something everybody's looking at, shanghai down close to 2 1/2. you know, when you come to a tightening mode, memories are clear regarding how january after the december rate hike last year affected china. also, think about the dynamics of emerging markets and differences this time. let's look at a two-year note yield shall we? highest since april of 2010 but you can see once again from '08 how much room we may have with regard to making the curve less steep. if you look at a two-day of 10s this morning, 252. opening the chart up, we haven't settled at these levels since september of 2014. year to date of boons, relative value trade and the linkage the other way to the upside dabbling in the low 40s and very small incremental increases to history and boon yields hovering at the highest levels since the end of january and looking at 10s minus boons and realize that the high trade is 211 is not far away. our 10s are hotter than the european 10s as the spread continues to widen and last two-day dollar index. see the high friday and today over 101.70. that's the current high close from the 23rd of november back to march of '03 and fail there had and a reason we failed is big support level for euro versus dollar down at 1.05. back to you. >> rick, talk to you soon. still to come this morning, former commerce secretary tear carlos gonzalez, a take on trump's transition and today's tweets of president-elect. record dow. we're back after a break. just as boeing responded to trump's tweets a few days ago, today lockheed responding to trump's tweets this morning. an executive telling reuters that the company understands concerns about affordability, goes onto say they've invested millions of dollars to reduce the price of the f-35, jim, since the original price was determined. >> well, again, i mean, the president does he have the ability to say, listen, we're going to take fewer product? he does. does he have the ability to say, listen, we don't like these prices? historically that's not what the president has done. people within the pentagon have negotiated, but very high level. we're seeing a lot of person-to-person. i think gets a call today from the president-elect, we got to sit down, this is not what i wanted. this is person-to-person. >> sure. we should point out boeing's former chief on the board a strategic advisors that includes bob iger and schwartzman. and this week is the meeting of tech ceos. the guest list could include jeff bezos and cook and others. >> wow. fly on the wall in that meeting. don't forget we've got andrew being head of the manufacturing advisory has a major deal in front of the government, the dow-dupont deal. >> yes. >> none of these things seem to play a role. that tech ceo looking at a lot of those are big contributors to another team. and it will be interesting to see if brian krzanich, remember intel going to throw a fundraiser for the other party? i don't know. this is a different kind of time. it's a different kind of time. and we don't recognize enough how different it really is. >> yeah. the dow is -- >> for the 35 years i've been investing. >> dow's 196 points from 20k. back after a break. time for cramer and stop trading. >> a lot of excitement about the offshore oil drillers here. transocean rig, my go-to guy for energy reminds me that the 2019 contract for oil is barely unchanged. even though the front month's up two right here, the out two years is up only 44 cents. that's a sign people are skeptical that the deal will hold, the opec and non-opec deal. why is that important? because transocean needs about 70, 75 before we start the process of offshore drilling, which is very expensive. if anything's ahead of itself, it would be this complex of which transocean's run now. animal spirits taken over this group, but 2019 it's barely up. and i think that the out months do matter. they show no faith in this deal. none. >> yep. that's a great point. what's tonight? >> i've got trust typically would not think it's important, dct, why is it important? because they are one of the real estate investor trusts that does tech. remember the server farms are and where all the -- did you see that google uses like a huge amount of energy? >> incredible. >> these are about where you put your factories and where you do your distribution centers. i'm going to try to get a read on the economy. do you remember the economy? >> i do. i hope the fed kmenlt comments on it if we pay attention wednesday. >> what do we get if the president-elect tweets price-to-earnings are too low? i don't know. i was talking to david saying, listen, i don't want to be too bullish because it's like maybe tax us. listen, got carried away with what i'm saying. >> jim, we will see you tonight. "mad money"'s at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. when we come back, more on the president-elect's tweet about the f-35 weighing on shares of lockheed martin. dow's up 52. is happening before our eyes. shift in human history sixty to seventy million people are moving to cities every year. at pgim we help investors see the implications of long term megatrends like the prime time of urban expansion, pinpointing opportunities to capture alpha in real estate, infrastructure and emerging markets. partner with pgim the global investment management businesses of prudential. ♪ good monday morning. welcome back to "squawk on the street." i'm carl quintanilla with kayla tausche, david faber at the new york stock exchange. sara eisen is off today. dow's up 54 points. that's another record high as we start a big week with a fed meeting watching some of these tweets from president-elect trump, oil is soaring on this non-opec production cut. >> our road map this morning starts with president-elect trump tweeting about lockheed martin's f-35 program. defense stocks dropping after those comments. lockheed now responding to the criticism. we've got the latest. >> another company that president-elect called out, boeing, announced a big $17 billion deal to sell jetliners to iran. >> and the trump rally carries on. stocks hitting new highs and dow 20,000 in sight. the nasdaq just points away for its own record. first up though president-elect donald trump tweeting this morning about lockheed martin's f-35 program saying the f-35 and cost is out of control. billions of dollars can and will be saved on military and other purchases after january 20th. shares of lockheed martin dropped after that tweet. a lockheed executive responded by saying the company understands the concerns but that lockheed has invested millions to reduce the f-35's price since the original pricing. john harwood's watching that and a lot more this morning. hey, john. >> hey, carl. you know, this is the most expensive military procurement project in history, so not surprising perhaps that president-elect trump has gone after it. it's reminiscent of what he did last week with boeing raising questions about the cost of the new air force one 747s that are being constructed. now, in both cases we don't know where the president-elect will take this concern, whether this is a momentary thing, a momentary expression of an intent to be tough with taxpayer money or whether he's going to try to actually change things. the boeing questions have gotten into even sharper relief after their deal last night announced with iran to sell all those airplanes to iran. question is with the iran deal that donald trump has sharply criticized, will that sale be able to go forward? because the deal was precedent for the sale of those aircraft to take place. now, on an entirely separate matter, it does appear that after all the talk about rudy giuliani, about david petraeus, about mitt romney, that president-elect trump has settled on exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson to be his choice for secretary of state. now, rex tillerson has zero diplomatic experience, but he does have a top level global business experience. and donald trump said on fox news sunday over the weekend that that's plenty. >> in his case he's much more than a business executive. i mean, he's a world class player. he's in charge of, i guess, the largest company in the world. it's been a company that's been unbelievably managed. and to me a great advantage is he knows many of the players. and he knows them well. he does massive deals in russia. he does massive deals for the company, not for himself. >> massive deals in russia. that could become a point of controversy not just with democrats but also with republicans. marco rubio, former rival to donald trump in the 2016 campaign tweeted yesterday that being a friend of vladimir putin is not something i'm looking for in a secretary of state. in addition, chuck schumer, the incoming democratic leader in the senate and republicans including john mccain, the 2008 republican nominee, have issued a call for a bipartisan investigation into russian interference in the u.s. presidential election. this comes on the heels of the news that the cia has concluded that russia was trying to help donald trump specifically, not simply to muck with our elections. don't know where that investigation will go, but it has a potential to be a big problem for the trump administration. >> a lot of news packed into that report, john. thank you so much. john harwood. president-elect trump certainly not shying away from criticizing u.s. companies, as you know. signaling a new era for government-corporate relations. take a listen to this new challenge to outsourcers last night. >> we're going to have to impose a major tax on companies that leave, build their product and think they're going to sell it right through our border like we're a bunch of -- >> that's the free market, sir. >> it's not free market when they move and sell back into our country. >> but that's a free market. makes a decision that makes -- >> no, that's the dumb market, okay? i'm a big free trader, but it has to be fair. >> joining us this morning at post nine the former u.s. secretary of commerce carlos gutierrez, now the chair of the albright stoneridge group. >> good to see you. >> he's used that line before. fair trade, not free trade. we were talking with cramer this morning about how a ceo is supposed to respond to these tweets that greet you in the morning. what's the answer? >> first of all, let me just say i just heard you talk about rex tillerson. and that president-elect trump is going with tillerson. i think it's a great choice. and i just want to say that. i know tillerson. i'm sure you all know him. he is world class. he's a diplomat. he knows how to deal with people around the world. and the fact that he's dealt successfully with the russians it would seem to me that that is an advantage. that is a benefit to the country. and i also think that this notion of saying that he's a friend of putin and therefore somehow taint i think it's very unfair to a very good man. i'm sure that when he went over and negotiated with russia he had the best interests of exxon mobil shareholders. and when he is secretary of state, he will have the best interests of the u.s. >> so you believe that making a deal regarding oil platforms or fields can be transferred to making a deal about ukraine or nato? >> absolutely. because he understands the psyche, the idiosin crow sis. how to get what you want. he understands russian thinking. of course, that's what it takes. >> he has $230 million in exxon stock and there have been some concerns raised that say if sanctions against russia were rolled back, he would stand to benefit financially even if someone else was managing that money. do you think those concerns are overblown? >> well, there's a process for that. and i'm sure that he may have to divest his stock. but i'm sure that someone like rex tillerson would do whatever needs to be done so that there are absolutely no conflicts of interest. i have no doubt about that. this is a very good executive, a very good american, a very decent man who happens to have great skills. >> changing subjects a bit, if you were still the ceo of kellogg, and you woke up on the morning, turned us on and you see that the president or president-elect decided that corn flakes cost too much and attacked them. you know, i mean, we can make this -- >> it's not the first time. i actually went through that but with a different administration. >> how do you react to something like that? >> look, i think that ultimately we're in this limbo period. by the way, i am not a trump surrogate. i didn't support trump. i'm just trying to be objective. >> uh-huh. >> i think eventually you have to do this in private and eventually that will happen once he becomes president. i would assume that. so, you know, this is -- i don't know if he's negotiating. i don't know him well enough to understand what he's trying to do. but we'll see. i think after january 20 we'll see what his real style's going to be with u.s. companies. the f-35 by the way is not the first time -- >> no, of course not. that has been the focus. and in fact as they've dealt with that lockheed some of the concerns the pentagon has had about the cost of the airplane. but this does seem to be a new world in terms of the white house and its willingness to either callout and/or cozy up to business. i mean, depends how you want to look at it. >> you know what's interesting, and i think this should be recognized is he is behaving like an executive. and this is like executive basics. you have a strategy. and then you put the right skills in a job to implement your strategy. whether we agree or not with the strategy is a separate question. so he said during the campaign, he's going to go after companies who outsource and export back in. that's what he's doing. now, he's got somebody at commerce, somebody at treasury, they'll take over after january 20th. but a lot of what's happening, whether it's happening in an orderly fashion or not are things that he ran on. and he has put the skills that he needs in the jobs that will get the strategy done. again, whether you agree or not on the strategy, he's doing what he said he would do. >> well, his strategy's also involved full repeal and replacement of obamacare, a wall, a muslim registry, things he's backed off on. how do we know what was a true strategy? >> i think you have to look at the organizational moves. and that's a great example, by the way. conventional wisdom said, hey, ben carson, who i know and is a dear friend, is going to be secretary of health. why? because he's a pediatric neurosurgeon, conventional wisdom. what he did was pick the person who knows every single word of the affordable care act. so, again, you may not agree with repealing and replacing the affordable care act, but he's putting the right skills in the right place. >> one last thing, kellogg is involved in this dust-up with breitbart, right? they've pulled advertising from breitbart, right wing news organizations. breitbart responded with a hash tag boycott kellogg. any idea how best to respond there? >> you'd have to talk to kellogg. >> worth a shot. thank you. appreciate it. carlos gutierrez. want to get to news on the media front we first brought you at 9:00 this morning confirmed at 9:30. cbs and viacom no longer going to be a potential merger controlling shareholder national amusements run by sherri redstone releasing a letter this morning sent to boards of both companies indicating her desire or national amusement's desire that the two companies remain independent. and as you see both stocks reacting negatively, more so of course viacom which may have had a premium in there on the expectation you would get a deal. now, the two companies stwal didn't get that close to a deal. cbs never made an offer for viac viacom. there had been some management presentations by viacom to cbs a couple weeks ago. but that was not followed up with what was anticipated to be an offer, whether it would have been a premium offer with something of a question mark in the marketplace. not going to happen anymore anyway. in a statement ms. redstone and national amusement writing over the past few months after careful assessment and meetings with the leadership of both companies we've concluded this is not the right time to merged companies, following management changes the viacom board put in place, we've been very impressed with the forward looking thinking and strategic plan being pursued under bob bakish, the new ceo having taken over for tom dooley. some backers i've spoken to also are potentially impressed with the making fact he seemed to know every single number. so there is the possibility he will gain significant confidence and already has amongst the most important shareholder he has namely his controlling shareholder, shari redstone. as for cbs of course it will remain an independent company run by leslie moonves, but the prospect of viacom and cbs is not one certainly that can be dismissed in an industry in which it would seem scale may become more important as distributors gain more power. the question will be can these two companies remain independent and still grow in a significant way with the proliferation of over the top platforms? will their networks always be carried on them? to date it does appear to be the case. cbs an important component in any of them and viacom managed to get all of its networks on the directv now platform which was just out a couple of weeks ago. cbs and viacom though no longer going to be pursuing a merger, at least no time soon, kayla. all right. when we come back, we'll continue our conversation on the new trump era, that big boeing deal and more with former white house middle east policy advisor ambassador marc ginsberg. plus, the march to dow 20,000. about 200 points from the dow and of course the fed meeting kicks off tomorrow. we'll hear from the editor of mcclellan, tom mcclellan up next. got a record high for stocks this morning coming off that huge rally week of last week. question is, will it continue into the fed announcement on wednesday? joining us this morning tom mcclellan editor of the mcclellan market report and joining us at post nine co-head of equities and chief market strategist at canter. let's start with this wednesday meeting and announcement. is it going to mark some change in tone? >> i think it might. there are two things people are talking about, right? there's this meeting and then there's the inauguration. some are talking about a rally through the inauguration and i've been talking a little more in the context of this particular meeting. because my philosophy, my concept is that really fiscal policy is not a great substitute for monetary policy and conditions are tightening. and this meeting will sort of be that crystallizing moment around the fact conditions are continuing to tighten. >> right. do they need to make some overt reference to what many people believe, that is we're about to pour kerosene on as crazy as it may sound a fully employed economy? >> well, i think they may allude to the fact that the economy is at full employment and other such things, however, what i'm looking at is the big dog in the room, the ecb. the ecb right now is as important if not more important than the fed really. and the ecb in my view is really the central bank that has done a great job despite all the headwinds at maintaining credibility in a very slow growth european environment. and frankly i think the ecb is having more of an impact on the long end of our treasury curve than our own fed is by for example allowing the bund, allowing rates that is i'm talking in terms of rates to go from negative rates to 40 basis points right now. that's provided head room for the long end of our curve. >> absolutely true. tom, what are the charts telling you at this point? >> well, you know, this fed meeting has been anticipated for about the last six months. everybody was talking this summer and this fall about how the fed didn't want to get in the way of the election. so just as the stock market investors were all waiting and anticipating the outcome of the presidential election in november, the bond market's been awaiting the outcome of this fed meeting. and i think this is finally going to shake everybody loose. once they get past the fed meeting and realize what has been done look at other things and realize that t-bonds are really, really oversold right now. and the funny thing about t-bonds is that gold prices have fallen into an unnatural correlation with t-bonds. you're seeing oversold conditions in both of them. and day-to-day movements of both of them have been even very, very similar. so i'm looking for a relief rally in both bonds and in gold. >> so to what extent do you think that will happen, tom? because people have been focusing sort of beyond this week's meeting and what the fed will do next year, whether it has two, three hikes in the bag and whether treasuries will just keep selling off for that reason. >> well, the thing that people should understand is that the fed could hike two quarter-point rate hikes now and still be an overly accommodative posture. we like to look at the spread between the fed funds target and the two-year note yield, which is at 1.1%. the fed fund is at 0.38%, you can go all the way up to 1% and still be accommodative because of the spread to the two-year note yield. the fed has a lot of room to raise without even taking away the punch bowl. i think once we get past it though people can start looking at other things and stop worrying about it. it's the fear of the unknown that drives everybody crazy. i think that the smart money is already positioning itself for that outcome we're seeing and the commitment of traders data. last summer we saw the commercial trader, the smart money, they were at an all-time record net short business directly anticipating the decline we saw in t-bond crisis. they are positioning themselves for a big rebound and bond prices that i think is going to come and also lift gold prices. >> yeah, tom loves that chart. he's been working with it for years. >> yes. >> it's a long-term one. >> yes. >> do you agree? a big dynamic in '17? >> i do to some extent, but i think more dynamic is if we're correct and rates come down on the long end of our curve, the curve is going to flatten again. it was flat to 75 basis points, spread wide to 125, we agree with him. we think that's way overdone. we think the curve starts to flatten again. and that is going to mute economic activity. so i agree, but in a very low interest rate environment the dynamic is very different now than it ever has been in the past with respect to even a quarter point raise in rates because of that dynamic of flattening the curve. that spread is all important. >> what do you think the bank of england does on thursday? >> stands pat. >> again? >> again. i just think there's too much uncertainty. i think at the end of the day the ecb, again, is the mover and the ecb -- by the way, that wasn't a dovish taper. that was just simply dovish. it was $60 billion of extra accommodation. and at the end of the day the ecb will be moving all the curves, all the sovereign curves globally. >> peter, tom, good stuff. sets us up nicely for the week ahead. thanks, guys. tom mcclellan, peter at cantor fitzgerald. coming up, boeing reaching a $17 billion deal with iran. and the president-elect taking aim at lockheed martin. we're going to discuss how ceos and companies will navigate the new trump era. much more ahead on "squawk on the street." ♪ we're drowning in information. where, in all of this, is the stuff that matters? the stakes are so high, your finances, your future. how do you solve this? you don't. you partner with a firm that advises governments and the fortune 500, and, can deliver insight person to person, on what matters to you. morgan stanley. welcome back to "squawk on the street." for more on this record breaking rally, ubs director of floor operations art cashin joins us. we're driven once again by oil and the deal over the weekend between opec's producing companies and non-opec members also oil producers, first in 15 years, but history has shown us these deals almost never go as planned. >> most people don't cooperate, don't stick to what they've agreed to, but the oil market in particular for the last six months has reacted very strongly to every hint, every rumor that some kind of deal was coming up. and i think you're seeing the tag end of that now. this is the final reaction, the non-opec people they supposedly are going to join in the deal. in morning almost at 54, i don't know that you're going to go there. i'm almost surprised that the equity rally has the legs that it had. when we had the big rally last wednesday, the vix behaved in a very unusual manner. and the few times it's behaved like that before we've had a pullback of some significance within three days. didn't even come close. they just kept rallying. so i think the ability to draw money in on the hopes you're going to get deregulation, tax reform, et cetera, et cetera, keeping a lot of that sideline money moving. >> a lot of discussion over the weekend on whether or not it still works to favor the dow over the s&p. some believe the valuation not as excessive despite goldman and j.p. morgan and travelers and am ex. you agree? >> only partially, but i think the one you've got to take as odd man out is the russell. because they're all small to medium size companies that don't have as much international exposu exposure, and if the president-elect picks a trade war or comes close to it, it will be the big multinationals that will suffer the most. >> what should we be thinking about 2.5 on the ten-year? how should we be viewing it overall in all the markets? >> i would agree with the previous two guests. i think we're a little overdone in the bond selling market. cocktail napkin charting says once you hit through 50 you've got almost a 50/50 chance of coming back to 2.19, 2.20, somewhere in there. and that would fit in with some of their conversation about things being oversold. so i wouldn't look to see the yield go much higher. >> treasuries potentially oversold. at what point would you say equities are overbought? >> well, they could be getting close to it, but you have -- you still have weeks to go before the inauguration. and you're not entirely sure how things are going to go. i mean, i think mr. tillerson is going to be an interesting bet if that's the way he goes because not only will you have some of these people objecting because he's a quote/unquote friend of putin. but don't forget all the greennies have been absolutely crazy about exxon and carbon problems and whether they were lying or not and so on. misleading people. >> right. >> so that could be a real circus when he goes up. >> you don't normally think of cabinet appointments being market moving. >> no. but quite possibly. >> all right. art, thank you. art cashin. when we come back, that big $17 billion deal between boeing and iran. we'll talk to former white house middle east policy advisor ambassador marc ginsberg on that and a lot more. dow's now up 18. good morning everyone. i'm sue herera. here's your cnbc news update at this hour. defense secretary ash carter visiting israel as it prepares to receive the first two next-generation f-35 jets that will help it preserve its military edge in the middle east. this comes though as president-elect trump tweeted that the f-35 program is out of control. and he will cut billions in costs for military purchases. egypt's president attending a state funeral for the victims of an explosion that killed 24 christians during sunday mass at a cairo chapel. he said a suicide bomber was behind that explosion. three other men and a woman were arrested. imf chief christine lagarde arriving at a paris courthouse for a high profile trial in which she's accused of negligence for allowing a huge handout to a well-connected businessman. she faces up to a year in prison if convicted. the charges date to her time as french finance minister. and yankee candle is recalling about 31,000 of its candles. the square glass jars can crack when the candle is lit. there have been 16 reports of cracking, but luckily no injuries. that's the news update this hour. let's send it back downtown. i think, david, i'm going back to you. yes, you are. sue, thank you. >> sure. >> sue herera. well, whether it is carrier, rexnord, boeing our now lockheed martin, no business seems to be immune from donald trump's criticism. the president-elect tweeting today, quote, the f-35 program and cost is out of control. billions of dollars can and will be saved on military and other purchases after january 20th. this following similar criticism last night. take a listen. >> i just see things that -- you look at the f-35 program where the money, the hundreds of billions of dollars and it's out of control. and the people that are making these deals with the government, they should never be allowed to go to work for these companies. you know they make a deal like that and then a year later or two years later or three years later you see them working for the big companies that made the deal. i'm going to put a very -- you know, lobbyists, this is bigger than the lobbyists. >> so just how should companies prepare for a trump attack? cnbc contributor and former economic advisor to vice president biden, jared bernstein is with us, and former rubio senior advisor alex conant. alex, let me start with you. it's true seems we can wake up every morning and you could be the ceo of a particular company and find yourself on the end of criticism from the president. right now president-elect, about a product, about who knows. how do you respond? and if you're a ceo, do you really need to be thinking about these things right now? >> well, i actually wrote something for "the wall street journal" over the weekend about this very issue because this is the new reality for american businesses. they need to accept the reality that donald trump is going to wake up in the morning and more often than not fire off a tweet about an american company. and it has real world ramifications as we're seeing with lockheed today. their stock price down almost 5%. and what i wrote in "the wall street journal" this weekend was they need to be prepared for it by first assessing their own risk. and then having tweets ready to go to respond to them. i know lockheed martin for example still has not responded to donald trump's tweets from this morning. they need to establish back channels with the trump administration, with his team to talk about and to make sure all of the facts are on the table, that president-elect understands the issue and that they understand the core -- the crux of the president-elect's concerns with them. and then, four, they need to watch tv. because a lot of the time trump telegraphs these tweets with tv interviews as you just showed, or by he sees something on tv so they need to monitor 24/7. but be prepared, have a plan. >> so they're going to end up getting a tweet war with the president? that doesn't sound particularly productive. >> well, i think they need to -- >> sorry, go ahead. >> yeah, alex. >> i was just going to say i think they need to have a plan one way or the other. and it's not about having a tweet war. it's about making sure they're responsive, their information is out there. what is lockheed martin's defense for the cost overruns in the f-35? why aren't they out there talking about the thousands of jobs that this program creates, about how it's going to help maintain american and our allies air superiority, it's just silence. all the people watching this program and all the tv news this morning that covered lockheed martin, all they know is the president-elect has huge problems with the cost overruns and that's why the stock price is down. they need to respond. silence is not acceptable. >> well, it would seem that boeing learned that lesson now in its $17 billion deal to sell planes to iran saying that about tens of thousands u.s. jobs will be saved in the process. but, jared, if you're a u.s. company, and you have a lucrative government contract, a long-term one, do you pick up the phone and call the president-elect directly to try negotiate whatever it is you have on the table behind the scenes or just open dialogue to avoid being in this position? or do you think he's going to use the court of public opinion regardless? >> i think what alex said is not only correct but it suggests the latter, the court of public opinion. what you described was certainly the procedure you would do with probably any other president-elect we've had in my lifetime. trump is obviously very different. so stipulating everything that alex said let me say one other point though that's actually really important for these companies, if you take the carrier example, there's something that donald trump does or at least did in that case that ought to be noted. that is he talks sticks, but he at least in that case gave carrots. remember, this is a company that was pill ried for sending jobs overseas and he used the bully pulpit against them in that regard, but they ended up with subsidies to the tune of $7 million over ten years. so there is that dynamic as well. in terms of the cost overruns, yeah, there's definitely a lot of defense industry lobbyist who is are choking on their coffee this morning. and those overruns exist. so if donald trump can help reduce them, that's great. i don't know that it works this way, you know, through this kind of tweeting war that has been described here. >> hey, alex, you know, lockheed is down. but we'll see where it closes. boeing did not close down the day of that tweet. i just wonder, is this a currency that loses value over time? is the victim of inflation if he does this again and again? >> well, i don't think so. i mean, the president-elect is going to have the loudest mouthpiece in the entire world, that's the power of the white house is essentially the bully pulpit. and if he decides and continues to use the bully pulpit that go after businesses he thinks are erring in some way because he doesn't like the size of government contracts or where they open new factories as he did repeatedly during the campaign, i expect he'll continue to do it and continue to be a problem for if not ceo certainly there communications teams who wake up this morning and have this huge communications problem. unless they have a plan ready to go. and that's the argument i've been making. >> you know, jared, when it comes to these -- these contracts, let's talk boeing or lockheed martin, i mean, there are long established norms for how we deal with them, how we deal with cost overruns, congress has an important role here. are you saying or do you expect we're going to revert to what has been typical of how these kinds of things are handled? or is it really a new world? >> you know, i don't know, but i really hope it is a new world. i mean, when i worked at the white house, i ran into executives from boeing frankly kind of too often. there is such a thing as crony capitalism. and there are ways in which contract taxpayer dollars are wasted through these contracts. so scrutiny would be well placed. the problem is this purely optics just tweeting or is there something under the surface here that actually gets to the fundamental issues of greater accountability and transparency? i hope there is. i don't have a ton of hope that this is anything more than optics. oftentimes donald trump's a great showman without the substance to follow it up. >> yeah, well, i'm sure we're going to have this conversation a number of times along the way, but we'll end it right now. jared, alex, thanks to you both. >> thank you. got some breaking news on that upcoming meeting between the president-elect and those tech leaders this week. our diedre bosa has more. >> that's right, carl. a source close to the matter has confirmed to me that amazon ceo jeff bezos will be attending that trump tech round table that's taking place later this week. other expected attendees include some of the biggest names from tech including apple's tim cook, along with many other heavy hitters in the space. of course many wanted to know especially whether jeff bezos would be attending because he had one of the most public spats with president-elect donald trump during the campaign. drump threatened that amazon would have major problems if he became president. bezos at one point offered to send him to space, but since trump's victory the rhetoric among jeff bezos as well as among silicon valley companies has been toned down. there's been more of a tone of openness. that's why everyone is watching this meeting so carefully to see what actually comes out of it and how trump is actually going to deal with the technology space that wasn't just amazon. but he came out against other companies saying that apple for example should be manufacturing iphones in the united states. since the election though i do want to mention that jeff bezos tweeted congratulations to donald trump. i for one give him my most open mind and wish him great success in his service to the country. and the fact he will be participating in this meeting indicates that bezos along with a lot of other ceos, big ceos in this space want to move forward and work with the president-elect on issues such as immigration, especially of highly skilled workers, protection of i.p., trade with china, encryption, electronic surveillance. these are all going to be on tap on wednesday when you have some of the biggest players in silicon valley in the tech space. that's happening later this week. so we can confirm that jeff bezos will be attending. back over to you guys. >> thanks. when we come back, former white house middle east advisor ambassador marc ginsberg will join us. as we go to break take a look at dow component j&j. barron's report says j&j could have 20% upside because cost on medical will effect customers even more. why pause a spontaneous moment? 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what should we look forward to with regard to change? what things should we be paying most attention to? >> so about in august i wrote a piece for "the wall street journal" that said that the federal student aid problem was a $500 billion problem facing this country. the department of education has underestimated that. low and behold two weeks ago gao drops this report that says the department was actually underestimated to the tune of $108 billion. and they're only 24% of the way through the loan program. so my number of $500 billion is kind of looking very, very real right now. >> now, if this was a company, and this report was done, how would that effect the board, the stockholders and all the various regulators? >> this is a real black mark on the department. one analyst said either gross incompetence or deceit because they neglected to include whole classes of loans, didn't calculate interest rates correctly, they estimated people participating in sort of the most generous programs would remain flat even though programs are scheduled to increase by 2 million people. so across the board they didn't add hard cords in their models, across the board there were problems. if this were goldman sachs and had a $100 billion writeoff, you would see blood in the streets. >> media doesn't like his tweets, he gets right to the heart of the matter and maybe not pretty, but he does. well, if i view this in his businessman approach, i can't think he's going to look favorably on this, but i haven't heard the administration talk much about student loans. >> yet the fundamental problem is college cost and eligibility around those costs and president-elect has talked about income share agreements which are instead of paying money for your college when you sit down, you actually pay a percentage of your income after you graduate. and i think if the administration's going to go in a direction that's the general direction they're going to go in. i think that would really help bend the cost curve here because right now we're paying too much for college. if you think about it, college costs have increased at two times the rate of inflation in the last 30 or so years. >> all i know is both sides of the aisle this isn't a democratic issue, it isn't republican issue, in essence trying to bring young people onboard to vote for your candidates and your party has created this dynamic. let's see if the president-elect has some new and refreshing answers. dan, thank you for being here in chicago. kayla, back to you. >> all right, thanks so much, rick santelli. now, let's send it over to jon fortt with a look at what's coming up on "squawk alley," jon. >> kayla, tech titans from apple, amazon, alphabet and more sitting down with the president-elect this week. we're going to look at strategy on both sides and cnbc's all-america survey shows a surge in online shopping. we're going to tell you who's really winning big. all that and more coming up on "squawk alley." sometimes when brushing my gums bleed. no big deal. but my hygienist said, it is a big deal. go pro with crest pro health gum protection. it helps prevent gum bleeding by targeting harmful bacteria on your gums. left untreated, these symptoms could lead to more serious problems including tooth loss. gum crisis averted. anything worth pursuing hard work and a plan. at baird, we approach your wealth management strategy the same way to create a financial plan built to last from generation to generation. we'll listen. we'll talk. we'll plan. baird. boeing sealing a nearly $17 billion deal to sell 80 planes to iran, which for decades had been economically blacklisted by the united states. the company says the deal will support tens of thousands of u.s. jobs, likely a direct message to president-elect donald trump. joining us now is former white house middle east policy adviser, ambassador marc ginsberg. the iran deal was inked a year ago, but how dry is the ink on it if you're a business leader considering putting a new deal together? >> well, i certainly wouldn't be uncorking the champagne on this boeing deal. the house of representatives overwhelmingly voted to try to kill this deal before the congress ended its session, and this deal is going to be brought before the senate and the house and god knows what's going to happen then. and as well as the fact that the president-elect has tweeted somewhat inconsistently twice about this deal. so this really comes down again to the very question about whether or not the congress is going to tolerate doing business with iran when there's such anger and resentment towards iran's policies in the middle east. >> saying that the deal to sell those planes, though, will keep tens of thousands of jobs intact, does that make it more difficult for congress to strike it down? >> well, apparently not, because the house of representatives went ahead and didn't even have a record vote on this, and it was not merely just a bunch of republican congressmen, this was a bipartisan vote. boeing has got a major amount of work to do here to try to sell the fact that jobs trumps foreign policy in the middle east. >> well, it's not just opposition here in the u.s. against the iran deal. also israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu discussed on 60 minutes last night relations in an interview. let's listen to that. >> we hear that you have dramatically improved your relationship with egypt. >> that's correct. >> is that correct? >> yes. >> jordan? >> yes. >> saudi arabia? >> no comment. >> i have to ask you, because it's the most fascinating of all. israel and saudi arabia. are you actually developing an anti-iran development in the middle east? >> it doesn't have to be developed. it's there anyway. >> doesn't have to be developed, it's there anyway. what's that mean for this deal? >> going to be a fascinating question, because when the israeli prime minister sits down with the president or president-elect again, they are going to discuss as the number one topic the status of this iran deal. the president-elect has indicated he wants to renegotiate parts of this, but there's a congress that more or less may be pushing him to aggregate whole sections of this deal, much less to put severe restrictions on this boeing deal to, in effect, kick this thing down the road further. at the same time, the israelis very much concerned ability militarizing these planes, which the iranians have been doing with their existing planes, to ferry revolutionary guards to and from iran and syria, where the iranians, as you know, are supporting assad's regime on aleppo. >> what do you make of the fact the president-elect seems antideal across the border, doesn't like the iran deal, doesn't like tpp, doesn't like nafta, but seems dealing with russia and china have emerged as diplomatic priorities. where does that leave middle east relations? >> well, i think it's going to in the case of the iran deal it's going to be complicated, because not just the united states that signed this iran deal, it's also america's allies in europe that signed this deal, so we have a difficult choice to make, and the president-elect has an extraordinarily difficult choice. he wants to make a better deal with iran. he wants to hold iran accountable for its military and terrorist activities around the world. and it's conceivable that this deal may be held up until the president and his team are, in effect, satisfied that there can be conditions put on it to restrict iran's military behavior in the middle east. >> quickly before we go, the expected secretary of state nomination is rex tillerson, the ceo of exxonmobil. we focused on the relationship he has with russia, but they also have operations in saudi arabia, in kuwait, qatar, iraq. what should we be thinking about that specifically? >> well, i think the israelis, southwesternly prime minister netanyahu is not going to be overwhelmed with the choice of rex tillerson as secretary of state. the israelis are going to be particularly concerned an incomming secretary of state has such close ties to the arab world and the sunni states the israelis themselves are developing closer ties because of the opposition of the sunni states to iran's meddling in the middle east, as well. >> it's a fascinating conversation. we have to leave it there. ambassador marc ginsburg, appreciate your time this morning. >> good to be with you. as we head to break, a quick programming note. make sure to tune into "squawk box" tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m., when becky quick is going to sit down with an exclusive interview with bill gates. much more ahead. stay with us. welcome back. oil prices seeing less than a $2 gain today, but overnight 5451 was the session high. moving because of the nonopec producer meeting over the weekend. they agreed to cut almost 600 barrels a day, the key player being russia. add that number to the 1.2 million barrels from opec, you get to 1.8, and consider the fact that u.s. production has come down a million barrels over the last year or so and the market is starting to get excited that the rebalance is slowly happening here, especially summer forecasting demand will go up next year also. things to consider right now, what we could see with pricing, 55 is certainly a possibility. the people on the street that are more optimistic are looking at the $60 level. still, we have a couple of headwinds. stronger dollar is one of them. the second piece is, we're seeing u.s. recounts go up and the problem there is shale producers could start to produce more and push this price down. carl? 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__label__cc	0.68016	0.31984	tv Good Morning America Weekend Edition ABC October 18, 2015 7:00am-8:00am EDT schiavocampo and schiavocampo and mara schiavocampo has the authorities tracking the world's most notorious druglord, el chapo hiding out in the mountains. the elusive fugitive now is he cornered? the immense military operation going right now to bring him to justice. breaking news! zombie-con chaos. bullets flying, fans running for cover. one person killed, four others wounded at the annual festival the hunt for the shooter and what started it all? comic's comeback! tracy morgan's triumphant return to snl. and he's hilarious! >> people are wondering, can he speak? does he have 100% mental capacity? but the truth is, i never did! >> bouncing back after that devastating crash. plus, the warm welcome from his old pals. and what a play! michigan state beats michigan in a stunning game-ending fumble >> and he scores on the last play of the game? unbelievable? >> the wild race to the end zone. that big block. fans in shock. social media blowing up this morning. and good morning, america. dan has the weekend off. it's great to have tom beside me once again. you said you were coming back. >> i did. i showed up and glad i'm here for you today. i know it was very rough for you last night as a michigan fan. >> it's a rough night and morning. everyone is talking about the crazy moment on the college football field that nobody saw coming but that's what makes games like this so -- i guess you could say exciting. but heartbreaking for the michigan fans. we'll have more on that. you played 59:50 seconds and it comes down to the last 10 seconds of the game. a lesson here, it's not how you start. it's how you finish. >> a 60 minute game paula. >> i know. thank you. >> paula -- >> got to play to the whistle. >> all right. sticking with football, take a look at this, another moment on a football field. snow in gaylord, michigan. it's only october as we start with the eastern half of the nation in a freeze in morning seeing the first solid snowfall this season. rob out shivering in central park. rob, how cold is it out there. >> reporter: well, you can see my breath. i haven't been able to do that since february or march of last year. certainly great football weather yesterday. the leaves are changing in central park. the first real shot of cold air is always a bit of a shock to the system. it's more than just the leaves changing. it looks like winter especially the northern tier. rook at the stuff in michigan. that's the earliest they have seen snow since 2001. grand rapids, michigan seeing 6 inches of snow and northern parts of maine seeing a pileup. lake placid, yes, i do believe in miracles and the play in michigan state last night, they saw some snow. here's the cold blast. temperatures, we have got frost and freeze advisories from maine all the way down to mississippi. this is the end of the growing season for a lot of folks. a lot of vegetable gashdens and lawns and it's going to be chilly today. 20s and 30s to start. look at temperatures across the northeast. they don't rise very much. struggling to get to 50 degrees. there's a bit of good news, a bit of a warmup. we'll talk more later on when i get to come back inside. >> rob, we all love that fall you're kicking that scarf perfectly and that jacket. right. thanks so much. now howth hot on the trail. you remember the notorious el chapo making his daring prison escape in july. now the man hunt tracking him to the mountains of north mexico. abc's mara schiavocampo has the latest. >> good morning. el chapo tracked to a mountain region where he and his associates engaged in a violent vootout with law enforcement. this as new videos emerges showing that brazen escape. this morning mexican officials confirming they are closing in on notorious druglord joaquin guzman. mexico. the drug king pin was barely able to make a escape but not without suffering injuring. security officials deny those wounds came from a con fron tracing with police but residents in this rural region describe an all-out siege when they say the cops and mexico's marines stormed in. this woman showing where she hid as bullets ripped through her home during a fire fight. it's the closest law enforcement says they have come to recapturing el chapo since his brazen prison break in july. >> there had to be complicity within the penitentiary. it came as a price but not a shock when he had been able to engineer his escape. >> this video released this week for the first time with audio. revealing guzman was anything but subtle as he entered this narrow tunnel to a home nearly one mile away. his engineering and escape pro wes well known, famously using this secret trapped door beneath a bathtub to elude capture in 2014. el chapo es inner circle have been key. in their search officials have closed off more than a dozen communities in the area. one thing that's important, this is someone with a lot of experience evading capture. he can pay for a lot of loyalties. >> new development that he's possibly injured. >> very big developments and we'll wait to see what happens. one of the world's most wanted men. >> now to the wild scene at zombie-con. drawing 20,000 people each year to fort meyers, florida. people running for cover when gunfire range out. abc's fill len mena has the story. turned deadly leaving one person dead and four others wounded in downtown florida. organizers estimated more than 20,000 fans dressed as the walking dead descended of the festival turning into a real life horror show as they fled with gunshots. coordinators say they are deeply saddened by the tragedy and posting on facebook for those at the event to help police with any information regarding the incident. we are asking for your assistance. if anyone has any information regarding the incident this evening, photos, video, according to police the four surviving victims were taken to the hospital with nonlife tlaenting injuries. police on the hunt for the shooter. police still looking for the shooter and have yet to identify those shot but you have to imagine those costumes not making things easier. tens of thousands of people dressed up and covered in fake blood. to the 2016 election and the most popular guessing game in washington and around the country. will joe biden run for president? lots of clues and decision about his future political plans could come in the next days. abc is all over the fast moving story. we have the latest from the white house. >> if joe biden gets in he's need to raise millions of dollars and enless armies of volunteers and lock down endorsements. word that he may have one of the nation's most powerful labor unions in his corner. over night vice president biden left his political deliberations for a gala in new york city. >> it may be the greatest honor i have ever received in my public life. >> accepting the human rights award as sources say his decision on the 2016 campaign is imminent. the big sticking point, that lingering grief over the death of his son beau. >> to put one foot in front of the other as my son beau used to say, just keep moving forward. >> learning biden has called supporters to ready for a run. the president of the nation's largest firefighters union telling us he spoke personally with him on friday and got every indication he is running. the firefighters have backed biden in the past. >> i've got the firefighters. that's why i'm going to whip. >> and have not endorsed hillary clinton for 2016. it's likely they'll back biden if he gets in. the only running he's been doing is catching his grandkids on the athletic field. on his grandson's football game there was biden cheering on the sideline and playing with the family dog champ. meanwhile hillary clinton campaigning in alabama revealing a katy perry concert next week going head to head with bernie sanders and his big bash rockin' the burn. the vice president's office tells us joe biden has no plans to go to iowa or hold one of he will be back here at the white house tomorrow on climate change. >> turning to the republicans donald trump said in an interview and later on twitter that president george w. bush is partly to blame for 9/11. how is jeb bush handling that? >> jeb bush hitting back hard against donald trump for those comments. take a look. this video released by his campaign overnight. two minute video on social media mocking trump and questioning his judgment if he were to become commander in chief. >> there's no love loss between those two. for more let's turn to abc's "this week" george stephanopoulos. "good morning america." the window for biden appears to be closing. hillary does not look as vulnerable as she once did. if he jumps in is this a clear indication that voters and donors are still ready to back biden? >> we'll see what happens. in on a decision. people close to biden say that his family now if he decides to run would be behind that run and that he knows that the time for him to make a decision is here. so i would expect all of us to know one way or the other sometime this week. >> and he has the backing of the powerful firefighters union. after this week's debate so many drawing comparisons between bernie sanders and larry david. larry got in on the fun on ""snl" take a look. >> i own one pair of underwear. these billionaires have three, four pairs. i don't have a dryer. i have to put my clothes on the radiator. one of these washington insiders or a guy with one pair of clean underwear that he dries on a radiator. >> i don't even know if larry -- >> really good. >> did he have to get into character for that? i don't think so. democratic socialist which means more kbovt involvement and social issues in the economy? >> there was a poll. 50% saying no. what you see bernie sanders doing is redefine ing redefining. do you like medicare. that's got aspects of socialism. co-you like tuition free college. he's trying to specify what he means by that and it has not hurt him so far. >> can't wait to hear what bernie thinks. >> and ben carson. >> george has a great show lined up this morning on abc's "this week" going one on one with bernie sanders aka larry david and ben carson. >> we're turning to new rules for drones set for tomorrow. to be announced after too many dangerous close encounters in the sky. the government is cracking down and keeping close tabs on everyone who owns what's expected to be a popular >> reporter: the faa announcing strict first of its kind rules with hobbiest pilots. confirming on monday the agency will lay out regulation requiring all new buyers to register their unmanned multi-copters. part of their effort to get the problematic aircraft under control, expected to be one of the hottest gifts this holiday season, as many as 750,000 will be sold by christmas. the unmanned aerial vehicles have proven to be dangerous with case after case reporting drones flying too close to aircraft endangering passengers. some impeding fire fighting efforts like this fire in july. >> sooner or later we're going to lose an airplane to a drone due to collision. >> regulations for commercial use of drones proposed by the faa earlier this year require a written test and limit flight to below 500 feet. >> the objective is to get people to fly where they're supposed to fly. keep them from flying where they're not allowed to fly. >> reporter: we're told the new registration requirements should be in effect by christmas and get all of the specifics when the faa holds the news conference tomorrow. >> we're looking at the other stories that have been happening. good morning to you. >> good morning to you paula. >> can we -- >> we'll drop that and tom good morning. we begin with brand new information on the search for the suspects who stabbed french train hero spencer stone. police in sacramento california compiled these sketches of the men they're looking for based on surveillance video and released this new video showing the two suspects along with a female getting into a car after that incident. spencer stone was stabbed four times and critically wounded outside a bar after a fight caught on camera. he was released from the hospital this past thursday. oversee as and another bloody day on the streets of israel in the middle east. pal stibian assailants carried out five stabbing attacks in the west bank over the past month. eight israelis have been killed in stabbing attacks. 40 palestinians have lost their lives in clashes with police. to texas, another high school football player has died. cameron matthews a junior from alto high school in east texas died saturday afternoon after collapsing during a game friday night. he had to be air-lifted. he told players he felt dizzy. he's the 6th to die at the beginning of the season. a woman wanted in a string of jewelry heists in several states may have struck again. investigators released this into a jared's jewelry store toting a gun. she tied up the workers. officials are trying to figure out if this is the same woman who held up stores in georgia, south carolina and florida. just when you think you've seen it all in new york city. this happens. a man was opening up his auto repair shop when she saw what he thought was a deer. which was not a deer. it's a kang ga roo in a parking lot. >> on staten island. >> his name is buster and he got loose while he and his owner were visiting from upstate new york where they live on a farm. owner and the rogue ru have since been reunited. in case you're wondering, it is illegal to have a maher soup y'all in new york city. >> how do people do that? >> its caped. >> it was illegal to own it or visiting staten island. >> we'll clear it up. >> and follow it. >> own it in new york city. i don't know if you can bring one into new york city. >> we've seen stranger things in new york city. >> or a boxing kangaroo. >> oh, geez. >> look west side story? >> looking for better tv. >> that's very nice suit. >> thanks. >> we have to turn to a story that is very serious to paula. that wild end at a college football game. michigan state stunning the wolverines in a crazy final play. everyone is talking about this this morning. it was a wild game. >> i know this is sensitive for paula right now. it's what everyone is talking about on social media. we've got michigan and michigan state playing. let me show you the video first and then i'll tell you. go ahead and look. >> oh, trouble with the snap! the ball is free! it's picked up by michigan state's jalen watts-jackson and he scores on the last play of the game. >> the snap was flubbed and michigan state picked up the ball, ran it in. now, there were like eight seconds on the clock. >> ten. >> or ten seconds when this happened. paula was noted. >> it's a very sore subject for me. >> clearly like any time this is all everyone is talking about, the play. we have a disappointed fan that you saw. you guys have all seen this guy. >> yeah. >> classic. >> but we might have found his future wife. we don't know if he's married or not because she was also pretty disappointed but there was a lot of celebrate ing because michigan state was visiting. so that's a bigger thing. >> the fact it happened in an arbor at the big house with ten seconds left. my kids said mommy why do you look sick. >> two words for those people, laces up. >> laces up. >> paula, you're wearing green today. >> nice colors. >> here, these are for you. just a reminder. all i can say if you ask any michigan fan, the expectations were lowered. we knew harbaugh was going to turn the team around but congratulations to the spartans. i'm a michigan turn. >> there you go. >> you're going to -- >> someone having a fellow michigonian. >> it's a michigander. >> we kept it in the family. >> talk to the hand people. >> the other way. >> oh. i always mess that up. >> i like the green. >> like we said earlier it snowed in michigan. we're going to talk about this land spot. this is amazing out of california. a land spout much weak earn due to converging winds. cool to look at. they're typically less strong and a tornado you see in the plains developing from a supercell. this is a water spout that is over land as far as intensity goes. but an amazing picture. very turbulent weather the past couple days. torrential rains outside of l.a. mostly for nevada and arizona for the bulk of the heavy rain shifting to the east. couple of inches in some spots. where they went from flood to drought again in northern texas. incredibly dry weather there. red flag warnings and fire watches. humidity warnings across the deep south in teens. meanwhile the cool air that's in place across the eastern half of the country a general warmup. look at the numbers. in rapid city, 83. 78 expected in denver and getting into the 80s in texas as well. and mike: good morning. i'm meteorologist mike wankum. it is a frosty start out there this morning. look at the current temperatures. many places are into the 20's right now. it is a cold start. tonight could be even colder. today 48 for a high. tomorrow 48 for a high. then we start bringing things back to where they're supposed to be by this time of year. tuesday and wednesday 60. showers wednesday night and rain possible on thursday before cooler temperatures final he'll settle in for friday and saturday. have a great day. and stay >> talking a lot of football of course plus the snow. still hurricane season. we have got something percolating in the tropics. we'll talk about more about that later. nothing to be too scared. >> get 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for the city of boston. what will happen today? we're going to see lots of sunshine. boy, it's pretty ineffective sunshine. highs only in the mid to upper 40's. clouds will come in again as we saw yesterday so it's not out of the question there could be an isolated sprinkle or two to develop. with temperatures in the 40's, that could be a cold, chilly sprinkle we're talking about. how does it look over the next several days? don't get too used to the chill because it will warm up nicely. by the time we head towards tuesday we have the winds switching around to a southwesterly direction. that will help us warm up. that will allow our temperatures to climb up to around 60 degrees. the warm weather will stay with us through tuesday, wednesday and thursday and eventually good evening and welcome to brown safari planet. i'm brian fellows. >> tracy morgan back on stage and great to see him and great to see him cracking us up over a year after that treshl crash. more highlights just ahead. >> sara you have got this story. so great to see you back. >> and to see him doing what he loves doing. again giving back to all of us. i love me some brian fellows. >> we have some other news we want to turn to. two shark attacks in hawaii. hearing from a brave surfer speaking out how he survived. >> one minute he was trying to catch a wave and the next he found himself in the jaws a of a 13-foot monster. abc's aditi has more on this. >> reporter: good morning to you. some harrowing moments. three attacks in eight days. in yesterday's twin attacks the victim in one incident was seriously hurt and the other with minor injuries. this as a 25-year-old surfer in hawaii is speaking out about his own bone-chilling attack by a shark nine days ago. terror on the beaches of hawaii. two shark attacks in one day on two separate beaches. one 32-year-old male transported to a nearby hospital set to be in stable condition. the other, a 44-year-old swimmer. >> we're looking at the guy right now. >> one of three people in eight days to be maimed by a shark on a man saying his injuries were gruesome and severe. >> my friend was badly injured and lost a lot of blood and having trouble breathing. >> one day earlier, 25-year-old collin cook speaking out about the shark which attacked him last friday. losing his left leg. power. >> fighting back refusing to lose his life. >> he dragged me under water. had to push him off. i lost fingers and stuff and i punched him with my other. >> the surfer recalling his will to survive. with the 13 foot tiger shark tearing into him. >> kept coming around after us. >> i was able to deflect it a little bit with my paddle. >> cook making it to shore with the help of good samaritans. other bystanders on the beach using the leash as a tourniquet likely saving his life. drive's phone. dad, don't worry. >> strongly advise ing beachgoers and surfers to shay on shower. he could lose his right foot. authorities are not releasing the names of the two latest victims. cook says he can't wait to surf after he gets his prosthetic leg. amazing attitude. >> always amazed by their resiliency. thank you. >> very brave. i would not get back in the water for a long time. >> i just don't get in the water period. >> that's another strategy. good. let's go to ron with more news. talking about el chapo. >> good morning again tom and sara, paula. robert, the whole crew here. mexican drug king pin elle chapo remains on the run. mexican officials say he was so injured that he was barely able to make an escape to nab him in northern mexico. this is the closest officials have come to recapturing him july. now to the search for the missing cargo ship elle far row. the navy is going to use the high tech equipment for the malaysian airliner, along with 33 crew members sank after encounter hurricane joaquin. and lamar ode hmm appears to be getting better and a thumbs up from his hospital day just days condition. chloe tweeting so happy kendall and i could make you smile. finally the kansas city royals scoring five runs on their way to a thrilling comeback. a victory over the blue jays. final score, royals 6, blue jays, 3. here in new york city in queens exactly the mets taking game one of nlcs against the chicago cubs. paula with the final score of 4-2. paula, game two tonight. >> you should have just brought a big plate of crow for me so i could eat it all day. >> it's a seven game series. only game one. >> they lost the first game. >> they can win the next four in a row get that billy goat off their backs. >> that's right. >> a very big chunk of america rooting for the cubs. >> the cubbies. >> i'm neutral. >> you're switzerland. >> you're never neutral ron. >> our season is over. >> there's a down side to playing in october and november. it's cold. >> really cold. >> my goodness. it must have been freezing. temperatures getting close to the freezing mark. thank you for this shot of brotherly love in philadelphia. sunshine will help. it is relatively strong of this time of year. that's our saving grace of the cool shot of arctic air. the warmup starting in the plains today and moving towards the eastern corridor where it's the chilliest. mid 40s for boston for high today. probably won't get to 50 in new york city but up into the lower 70s by wednesday. october is a wonderful time of year and if it's really cold it doesn't stay that cold at least for long. november is a different story. a fall like pattern. you will take it. if el nino pans out you may not get as much rain as you do during the winter months. so bring on that rain and snow. here's our area of distissued urbed weather. gulf of mexico, developing next week, it looks like it's bringing rain to texas and louisiana and they will take it in a bit of a drought there. florida. mike: good morning. we're starting with sunshine. we'll have a few clouds this afternoon but kind of a chilly day with temperatures only into the upper 40's. it will warm up as we head 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police car. abc's tahman bradley has the latest. >> reporter: police are urging drivers in mississippi state to be on alert. as police look for a shooter that may be posing as a police officer. this morning, local and state police, along with federal law enforcement, are launching a massive manhunt in mississippi to find this person, who may be pulling cars over by the side of the road and killing the drivers. >> we're going to hunt this person down. >> in these times, it's best to be precautious, if you're traveling. >> reporter: last tuesday, thomas schlender was driving along this remote stretch in northern mississippi. he was shot and killed. >> this is a violent end to a kind man's life. >> reporter: 50 miles away, lori ann causewell was found along another highway. there's no connection between the victims. the shootings have motorists on edge. >> it is a bad situation. i believe it could be a serial, as well. >> reporter: detectives say they're looking for a gold, unmarked crown victoria. police fear the shooter may be using flashing lights. authorities have these tips for scared drivers pulled over by what looks like a police car. >> put your flashers on. drive a safe speed and drive to a lighted, populated area. >> reporter: authorities are not sure if this is a serial killer. but they're not ruling anything out or taking any chances. tahman bradley, abc news. in other news this morning, abc news has obtained exclusive, new information about george zimmerman's medical condition right after the trayvon martin shooting. according to records, zimmermann had a closed praur, a broken nose, and gashes on the back of his head. dan abrams says the records are important, but not a smoking gun. >> if george zimmer man started the altercation and he's losing the fight and fears for his life, he does not have the legal right at that point to use deadly force. >> now, this report also shows that zimmerman declined hospitalization after the shooting. he also declined his own doctor's suggestion, that he see a specialist for a follow-up. it could be an emotional ending as the defense winds down the case in the john edwards' trial. on the witness list, edwards daughter, his former mistress and edwards himself. >> and lawyers have not indicated which if any of them will be called. scott goldberg is following the story. >> reporter: good morning. lawyers say he could call his daughter, cate, or his former mistress, rielle hunter, to the stand. they also could call edwards himself. it's a blockbuster day after they focused yesterday on technical issues. for all the emotions coming out of the john edwards trial, all that really matters are cold, hard details about cash. was it campaign money spent to cover up his affair with rielle hunter. and was the candidate trying to hide it from voters? his lawyers say no. and they say that edwards didn't know about the money, with records showing that some of it, $74,000, went into hunter's checking account. in all, hunter received nearly $1 million, most of it from heire heiress, bunny mellon. scott thomas was prepared to testify explicitly that edwards did not violate campaign finance laws. but the judge decided not to allow it. so, the question now is when will edwards daughter, cate, take the stand? she was close to her mother, elizabeth, who died of breast cancer. and can testify that her dad didn't want her mom to find out about the affair. >> all that makes her sympathetic to the jury. could humanize john edwards to the jury. >> reporter: when cate takes the stand, it could be the most emotional moment so far. earlier this month, she had to leave the courtroom, because it was too hard for her to hear how it affected her mother. >> what a trial it's been. the fbi has launched an investigation into potential wrongdoing on the part of jpmorgan chase, after last week's $2 billion trading loss. for now, shareholders are giving ceo, jamie dimon, a pass for the blunder. they've voted to let him keep his job. they also endored dimon's day package from last year. and the white house disclosure forms show president obama, in fact, has a jpmorgan chase checking account. and that account holds between $500,000 and 1 million bucks. last year, that account generated $1,002 in interest. jpmorgan chase is one of the best managed banks, despite that trading loss. now, to politics, where republicans have chosen mitt romney in nebraska and oregon. romney is expected to capture enough delegates to officially get the nomination by the end of this month. he campaigns today in the key battleground state of florida. and for the first time, former president george w. bush said he will back romney. his support was expected. now, the former president has confirmed that support in a comment to abc news. and a familiar face is returning to politics. former nebraska senator, and governor, bob kerrey, has won the primary to run for his old seat again. he beat out deb fischer. and a note this morning, stemming from president obama's health care law. it somes from franciscan university in ohio. the small catholic school says it is dropping all health insurance, rather than go along with the new rule requiring birth control coverage. the school says the coverage violates their belief and the sacredness of human life. investigators in arizona launched a new search in the desert near tucson, for little isabel celis, who has been missing for nearly a month. for the first time, police say they believe the 6-year-old was kidnapped. until now, they only said they believed isabel disappeared under suspicious circumstances. firefighters in arizona are facing another day of warm, windy weather as they battle several major wildfires that are still burning out of control. >> so far, the flames have burned through 13,000 acres. and firefighters are being told to keep an eye out for snakes in abandoned mine shafts. it's considered a slow start to the wildfire season, compared to last year. and with that, let's take a look at your weather from across the country on this wednesday morning. we have some dense morning fog here in the northeast, with hail and gusty winds from new york, up to vermont, new hampshire and maine. also, showers in the ohio valley, around cincinnati and louisville. thunderstorms in the southeast. and from houston to new orleans. >> 80s from dallas to miami. 77 in atlanta. and 68 here in new york. 77 also in chicago. and 82 in the twin cities. phoenix, though, heating up to a scorching 106 degrees. salt lake city, 85. and seattle, 75. >> that heat is not what they need in phoenix. coming up next after the break, health care costs. guess which direction they're now going. >> and paying with your credit card, it seems like we're doing a better job of it these days. your business news is next. also next, a brutal beating in florida. police hope th welcome back, everybody. well, health care is costing more this year. not a shocker. keeping a family of four healthy will cost about $21,000. that's an increase of nearly 7%, with about 40% now being paid by families themselves, not their insurance companies. and we're doing a better job of keeping up with our credit card payments. a smaller portion of accounts were three months or more overdue in the first quarter. but the average balance on a credit card is higher than a year ago, as americans become more confident about the economy. overseas markets took a dive over greece's failure to form a new government. tokyo's nikkei average fell 100 points today. hong kong's hang seng plunged 684. that's almost 3.5%. meanwhile, in london, the ftse opened lower, as well. on wall street, the dow lost another 63 points yesterday. the nasdaq index was off nine. a few more of us will be traveling for the upcoming memorial day weekend. aaa expects almost 35 million people to hit the road. $500,000 more than last year. they will stay a little closer to home this time around. 88% will drive. and fewer will take a plane this year than last. and facebook's initial public stock offering could help its cash-strapped home state. california expects the ipo will generate $1.5 billion and $2 billion in income taxes, as facebook employees sell shares. that's money california can use. >> tough times out there, for sure. just to be clear here, the big tech ipos, are no guarantee at all for shareholders, spending about $200 in ten shares, your investment in apple would be worth about 45,000 bucks today. >> amazon would be half as much in half the amount of time. you may as well put your money under the mattress instead of investing in aol because those shares did not keep pace with inflation. >> superstition. when we come back this morning, where the buffalo roam, literally. and the understatement of the morning. you think it's time to mow? one couple's home of nearly 40 years, in serious jeopardy. for months, i had this deep pain all over my body. it just wouldn't go away. my doctor 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lyrica is right for your fibromyalgia pain. the town of ashton, iowa, is not a place you want to be on foot about now. a third of about 250 buffalo managed to escape their pen sunday night. riders on horseback have chased them down and corralled most of them but not all. unlike cattle, those buffalo, well, they move surprisingly fast. >> that horse better get moving. >> home on the range. now, a look at the morning road conditions. wet on i-95, from portland, maine, to miami. i-90, from boston to buffalo. and i-70, across pennsylvania. thunderstorms make for a slick ride on i-71 is, from cincinnati to lexington. and i-10, from houston to new orleans. >> and if you are flying today, airport delays are possible on the east coast, in new york, boston and philadelphia. well, florida community's in shock this morning after a woman killed her four children and turned the gun on herself. >> such a sad story. police in port st. john, near cape canaveral, said a wounded kid ran for help. but their mother called them back home before firing the fatal shots. a few hours earlier, she sent a disturbing text message to a friend. >> the mother advised she wanted to be cremated with her children. and unfortunately, he did not see that text or read it on his phone until he woke up this morning, which was well after the incident had already occurred. >> the children range in age from 12 to 17. the mother, 33-year-old tanya thomas, had complained to police just last month about being kicked and punched by her son. also, police in tampa, on a manhunt for four men in a vicious attack of a serviceman near the deal air force pace. it shows johnny walking home alone. and a man walks up to him and punches him in the face. three others immediately joined in, brettally kicking and punching the defenseless victim. they took off with his wallet and his cell phone. >> hard to watch. dominick strauss-kahn is striking back against the new york city maid that accused him of sexual assault. he's filed a countersuit. the former head of the monetary fund, says the woman made a malicious and false accusation, when she claimed he assaulted her a year ago. a gainesville, florida, family, has had to abandon their house of 37 years because of a sink hole that's swallowed much of the backyard. the homeowners say they're glad nobody was there when all that ground gave way. florida is also where we start this morning, sports highlights. we get those from espn. >> good morning and welcome to your "sportscenter" update. i'm zubin mehenti. the miami heat have lost chris bosh. now, they've lost home court advantage in this round, against the indiana patzers. the heat down one, dwyane wade, no. lbj's got the rebound. he goes to the line. he's just a 58% free-throw shooter. in the final minute of a one-possession game, misses both. wow. heat down two. still, with a pulse. wade, backing in. got the step. just puts it up short. miami has one, last chance to tie. it's not lbj. it's not wade. it's mario chalmers. playing off the mark. pacers win 78-75. they're 3-1, on the road this postseason. elsewhere, in the west. clippers with one day of rest, taking on the spurs, who have been off for about eight days. blake griffin's sprained left knee was just fine. tony parker, to tim duncan. the dynamic duo, at it again. the double-double for the big fundamental. and the new issue, stephen jackson, to boris daiwa, for 17. they've won 15-straight postseason games. jackson, helping the cause. chris paul had just six points. he did have ten dimes. that one to griffin. it's a ten-point game. and way too much, as san antonio, duncan, gets it to go. san antonio, has won their first five postseason games this playoff season. the nba playoffs continue on espn thursday, speaking of the clippers and spurs. the series resumes with game two, at 9:30 eastern. that's preceded by the series between the heat and the pacers. well, prospective bridegrooms looking for the perfect engagement ring have 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"w" magazine. the photos by mario serenty. this hits newsstands by may 22nd. >> it's push for the movie "rock of ages." there will be more of cruise's photo shoots and comments on "good morning america." that beautiful man, he looks awful there. >> "top gun" 50. where does the time go. for some of you, your local news is coming up next. >> for everyone else, we'll be back with the results of "dancing with the stars." stay with us. people have doubts about taking aspirin for pain. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer. visit fastreliefchallenge.com when it comes to toilet paper, there's no such thing as too soft. i know what i like. i like feeling both clean and pampered. why should i compromise? quilted northern ultra plush®, now with the innerlux layer. for a comfortable, confident clean, or your money back. updating our top stories now this morning. drivers in mississippi are on-edge, as police try to track down a highway killer. two drivers were shot to death in the past week. the murderer may be posing as a cop in an unmarked car. and medical records obtained by abc news show george zimmerman suffered a broken nose and other injuries the night he killed trayvon martin. zimmerman says he acted in self-defense. john edwards daughter, cate, could be on the witness stand today, as the defense wraps up its case. edwards or his former mistress will testify. thunderstorms from houston to new orleans and the ohio valley. morning fog in the northeast. hail and high winds in the northeast and new england. and finally from us this morning, heartbreaking news, at least for me. despite notching nearly perfect scores this week, my future wife, maria menounos, officially booted from "dancing with the stars." >> it's ripped your heart out. i'm sorry. but the three couples are heading for next monday's finals and are closely matched. the mirrorball is up for grabs here. here's abc's george pennacchio. >> maria and derek. >> reporter: maria menounos and derek hough made it to just one step away. >> i think we went out winners. i danced every single dance i could dance in this. he told me in the elevator today. that feels good. >> reporter: they started with the cha-cha, in week one, earning triple 7s. by week three, they rumbaed their way to triple 9s. and the dramatic paso doble in week seven, earned them their first perfect score of the season. >> i never thought i would make it this far, ever. and so, for me, every week was like, oh, wow. oh, gosh, we did it. yay. we're here another week. >> it's bittersweet but mainly just sweet. this entire season has been incredible. >> reporter: green bay packer, donald driver, classical singer, katherine jenkins, and telenovella star, william levy will battle it out in next week's finals, which include the popular freestyle routine. >> i don't know what the freestyle is. all i know is that i have to go work on it right now. so, hopefully, she makes it good. >> i didn't even think we'd be here standing here, talking about being in the finals. it's a real shock. >> no pressure at all. i'm always up for the challenge. i'm glad i'm able to get her to this point. she has a dream that she wants to win it all. if i can make her dream come true, i've done my job. >> you're going to see donald in a different light. he's going to surprise everybody. >> reporter: it begins monday. >> right here on abc. in los angeles, george pennacchio, for abc news. >> tough battle. >> next season, all-stars. should be good. that's what's making news in america this morning. p. >> stay with us for "good morning america." thanks for watching, everybody. have a g <div class="tv-ttl"><a href="http://gma.yahoo.com/">America This Morning</a><div>ABC May 16, 2012 4:00am-4:30am EDT</div></div> News/Business. 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CBS This Morning : KPHO : August 20, 2016 5:00am-7:01am MST against bissonnette. >>> the "chicago tribune" reports kfc's secret recipe may have been discovered in a family sande -- colonel sanders was his uncle and the recipe is written on the back of the second will for colonel sanders' second wife. the ingredients including white weer and garlic salt. i can confirm i will be trying out those ingredients in random quantities. >> that is potentially a very valuable piece of paper there. >> that's right. >>> pennsylvania, it's reported they can sell wine by the bottle. giant eagle is first to sell wine in the state. their archaic laws prevented people to go from state-to-state to buy liquor. they can sell up to three liters of wine to go. that is a little less than a >>> coming up the fda investigated a hair products company after receiving thousands of complaints about severe reactions to those product. they don't expect the agency to do anything about it and we will tell you why. >>> la of dollars to fix the nation's aging infrastructure. which presidential candidate may do the better job. >>> coming up, unknown slime defacing some of the well-k against bissonnette. >>> the "chicago tribune" reports kfc's secret recipe may have been discovered in a family sande -- colonel sanders was his uncle and the recipe is written on the back of the second will for colonel sanders' second wife. the ingredients including white weer and garlic salt. i can confirm i will be trying out those ingredients in random quantities. >> that is potentially a very valuable piece of paper there. >> that's right. >>>... 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CBS This Morning : WUSA : August 19, 2016 7:00am-8:59am EDT dickerson, he joins us from chicago. john, good morning. let's start with donald trump. definitely a change in tone. is it a change in strategy too, do you think? and is this part of the kellyanne conway effect? >> it's certainly a change in tone. a very noticeable one and change in strategy. like his other changes in tone and strategy in the campaign, the real question is how long will it last? >> and how much time do you think he has to turn things around, john, given the high negatives he now has, particular among women? >> the central question whether this is a change and w sustains long enough the people who have doubts about donald trump and his judgment and temperament in office, which is, right now, the thing that is controlling the movement in the polls. hillary clinton has lots of weaknesses. but right now, voters are more worried about donald trump and his temperament and this change in tone is, obviously, an attempt to try to fix that, to suggest that the inner trump is something different than what people have come to believe about it. does he have enough time? the clock dickerson, he joins us from chicago. john, good morning. let's start with donald trump. definitely a change in tone. is it a change in strategy too, do you think? and is this part of the kellyanne conway effect? >> it's certainly a change in tone. a very noticeable one and change in strategy. like his other changes in tone and strategy in the campaign, the real question is how long will it last? >> and how much time do you think he has to turn things around, john, given the high... CBS This Morning : WCBS : August 20, 2016 7:00am-9:01am EDT publish his book. the justice department did not bring charges against bissonnette. >>> the "chicago tribune" reports kfc's secret recipe may have been discovered in a family scrapbook. a kentucky man who says criminal sande uncle and the recipe is written on the back of the second will for colonel sanders' second wife. the ingredients including white weer and garlic salt. i can confirm i will be trying out those ingredients in random quantities. >> that is potentially a very valuable piece of paper there. >> that's right. >>> supermarkets in pennsylvania, it's reported the giant eagle is first to sell wine in the state. their archaic laws prevented people to go from state-to-state to buy liquor. they can sell up to three liters of wine to go. that is a little less than a >>> good morning. we are in for another very warm and very humid day, and right now your vortex satellite and afternoon. we could see spotty showers, and 87 degrees, and that's the forecasted high today it will feel more like 89 with the humidity. cooler tomorrow with the chance of showers and thunderstorms. >>> com publish his book. the justice department did not bring charges against bissonnette. >>> the "chicago tribune" reports kfc's secret recipe may have been discovered in a family scrapbook. a kentucky man who says criminal sande uncle and the recipe is written on the back of the second will for colonel sanders' second wife. the ingredients including white weer and garlic salt. i can confirm i will be trying out those ingredients in random quantities. >> that is potentially... cleveland and chicago and detroit and los angeles didn't come to those communities for economic opportunities. they came to these communities terror. we don't talk about that history, we're not going to understand the challenges they've created. so, we want to give name to this history. we want to name the lynchings. we want to talk about people like elizabeth morin who was lynched. and we want to talk about people who were lynched publicly >> when was the last lynching? >> we documented linkings from 1877 and 1950. there's continued violence every day. hanging, we call racial tension the act of violence that is done with unity where there's no risk of prosecution. our study focuses on those from 1877 and 1950s. >> we're running out of time but what you're trying to say we have to recognize what is the legacy of slavery in america. only then can we begin to appreciate racial violence in 2016? >> that is until we honor this history, we're going to be compromised by an identity that doesn't allow us to talk about this. >> thank you for coming. >> you're welcome. >> fascinating wor cleveland and chicago and detroit and los angeles didn't come to those communities for economic opportunities. they came to these communities terror. we don't talk about that history, we're not going to understand the challenges they've created. so, we want to give name to this history. we want to name the lynchings. we want to talk about people like elizabeth morin who was lynched. and we want to talk about people who were lynched publicly >> when was the last lynching? >> we... CBS This Morning : KPIX : August 13, 2016 5:00am-7:01am PDT expected throughout the weekend we turn to meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station wbbm-tv. >> good morning. the very slow moving system that is triggering off all of the rain, first, down in louisiana. flood watches up. flash flood warning up through the morning as well. the ohio river valley and northeast flash flood watches are up as the system continues. a marginal risk for severe weather in this region, damaging winds the threat there. excessive heat warnings in new york, washington, heat advisories outside of there. temperatures that soar 94 degrees in new york today will feel like 110 and 97 in d.c. will feel like 112 degrees. elsewhere, hot. 105 in phoenix and 94 portland and 101 in sacramento. jeff? >> ed curran from wbbn-tv, thank you. >>> to politics. donald trump's numbers in swing states are dropping and the republican presidential nominee is trading controversy about what he is potentially losing in one state. in pennsylvania, hillary clinton is leading by an average of nine points over the republican candidate but not trump claiming a loss there would be susp expected throughout the weekend we turn to meteorologist ed curran of our chicago station wbbm-tv. >> good morning. the very slow moving system that is triggering off all of the rain, first, down in louisiana. flood watches up. flash flood warning up through the morning as well. the ohio river valley and northeast flash flood watches are up as the system continues. a marginal risk for severe weather in this region, damaging winds the threat there. excessive heat warnings in new york,... CBS This Morning : WDJT : August 16, 2016 7:00am-9:00am CDT the millions. and the black people in milwaukee and cleveland and chicago and detroit and los angeles didn't come to those communities for economic as refugees and exiles from terror. we don't talk about that history, we're not going to understand the challenges theye created. so, we want to give name to this history. we want to name the lynchings. we want to talk about people like elizabeth morin who was lynched. and we want to talk about people who were lynched >> when was the last lynching? >> we documented linkings from 1877 and 1950. there's continued violence every day. hanging, we call racial tension the act of violence that is done with unity where there's no risk of prosecution. our study focuses on those from 1877 and 1950s. penalties to play that role. >> we're running out of time but what you're trying to say we have to recognize what is the >> so far i had a biscuit of corned dog, fried chicken, hot dog, ? >>> first on "cbs this morning" -- bon appetit magazine place goes to bad in washington, d.c. and number one staplehouse. andrew is here. good morning. i'm exci the millions. and the black people in milwaukee and cleveland and chicago and detroit and los angeles didn't come to those communities for economic as refugees and exiles from terror. we don't talk about that history, we're not going to understand the challenges theye created. so, we want to give name to this history. we want to name the lynchings. we want to talk about people like elizabeth morin who was lynched. and we want to talk about people who were lynched >> when was the last... 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Despierta América : WUVP : August 5, 2016 7:00am-11:01am EDT precipitaciones. chicago amanece con algo de lluvia. en la tarde se prevÉ tiempo mayormente seco, hoy, temas en los 81. dallas con mÁximas de 102. y en san francisco, tiempo placentero. las mÁximas en los 63. y tenemos los Ángeles, que tiene mÁximas de 86, y se levantan con algo de neblina. tenga mucha precauciÓn. vamos con karla y johnny para conectarnos precisamente a los Ángeles. karla: claro que sÍ. gracias por despertar a los hombres tan tempranito! vamos hasta los Ángeles con luis sandoval y fernanda kelly, que estÁn celebrando una de nuestras mÁs hermosas tradiciones mexicanas. johnny: buenos dÍas! veo que estÁn muy bien acompaÑados, muchachos. ♪ fernanda: bravo, bravo! muy buenos dÍas! luis: gracias, muchachos! fuerte del aplauso para la gente de oaxaca. fernanda: orgullosamente representando a oaxaca aquÍ en los Ángeles! luis: entre nosotros se encuentra una celebridad. ¿cÓmo estÁs el dÍa de hoy? >> bien. luis: ¿de quÉ vienes vestida? >> un huipil. luis: ¿quÉ es la guelaguetza? >> significa dar y compartir. fernanda: y eso vamos a vivir maÑana y el precipitaciones. chicago amanece con algo de lluvia. en la tarde se prevÉ tiempo mayormente seco, hoy, temas en los 81. dallas con mÁximas de 102. y en san francisco, tiempo placentero. las mÁximas en los 63. y tenemos los Ángeles, que tiene mÁximas de 86, y se levantan con algo de neblina. tenga mucha precauciÓn. vamos con karla y johnny para conectarnos precisamente a los Ángeles. karla: claro que sÍ. gracias por despertar a los hombres tan tempranito! vamos hasta los Ángeles con... aguilar, con 20 aÑos. alejandro: y un beso hasta chicago, illinois. kayla estÁ cumpliendo siete aÑos! francisca: tengo ganas de bailar. alan: si quieren felicitar a un familiar o amigo, envÍenos su foto a "despierta amÉrica". la direcciÓn... francisca: 9405 nw 41 st, en miami, florida, 33178. william: o a travÉs de nuestro correo electrÓnico, despiertaamerica@tv.univision.co m. ♪ alan: ahora sÍ nos hiciste bailar, mi carmencita! tremendo zafarrancho se armÓ cuando maribel guardia se cayÓ encima de un fanÁtico. entÉrate cÓmo sucedió. alejandro: y mejor es prevenir que lamentar. te mostramos los primeros auxilios que pudieran salvar la vida de tus hijos en caso de emergencia. karla: amigas, ¿nos ponemos aÚn mÁs lindas? tenemos los gadgets de belleza que harÁn tu vida mÁs fácil. alan: ¿en dÓnde? en "despierta amÉrica"! ♪ despierta amÉrica ♪ alejandro: advertencia histÓrica. recomiendan a embarazada y que sus parejas no viajar a una comunidad de miami, florida, donde el zika circular activamente. karla: le dieron el Último adiÓs a la actriz mariana karr. al aguilar, con 20 aÑos. alejandro: y un beso hasta chicago, illinois. kayla estÁ cumpliendo siete aÑos! francisca: tengo ganas de bailar. alan: si quieren felicitar a un familiar o amigo, envÍenos su foto a "despierta amÉrica". la direcciÓn... francisca: 9405 nw 41 st, en miami, florida, 33178. william: o a travÉs de nuestro correo electrÓnico, despiertaamerica@tv.univision.co m. ♪ alan: ahora sÍ nos hiciste bailar, mi carmencita! tremendo zafarrancho se armÓ cuando maribel... Despierta América : KDTV : August 12, 2016 7:00am-11:01am PDT de lluvia para filadelfia, boston y nueva york, con mÁximas de 95 grados. en chicago, 60% de actividad de precipitaciones. en miami, un 40% de actividad de lluvia, mÁximas en los 88. en dallas han tenido tiempo mayormente seco, pero hoy hay 40% de actividad de lluvia, maÑana un 60, y mÁximas en los 102. es todo lo que les traje en el segmento del tiempo. ahora nos vamos para california. en los Ángeles les espera una temperatura de 84 grados. karla: calorcito todavÍa. allÁ siempre está el cielo azul hermoso. y nos vamos con nitzia cha. alejandro: buenos dÍas, nitzia! nitzia: buenos dÍas! no crean que es la aplicaciÓn del boomerang. no, es la emociÓn de que ya llegÓ el viernes! aquÍ la pachanga ya se armÓ en grande. estamos amaneciendo sÚper felices, pero tambiÉn con un poquito de hambre. asÍ que me vine a visitar un lugar super bonito en la ciudad de paramount, california. ella es amber. cuÉntanos un poquito sobre horchaterÍa. amber: pues abrimos hace cinco meses. somos un negocio familiar. no somos el tÍpico cafÉ. tenemos sabores tradicionales mexicanos. de lluvia para filadelfia, boston y nueva york, con mÁximas de 95 grados. en chicago, 60% de actividad de precipitaciones. en miami, un 40% de actividad de lluvia, mÁximas en los 88. en dallas han tenido tiempo mayormente seco, pero hoy hay 40% de actividad de lluvia, maÑana un 60, y mÁximas en los 102. es todo lo que les traje en el segmento del tiempo. ahora nos vamos para california. en los Ángeles les espera una temperatura de 84 grados. karla: calorcito todavÍa. allÁ siempre está... Today : KNTV : August 23, 2016 7:00am-10:01am PDT chicago by tomorrow where there could be some airport delays with it. right now we've got a threat of severe weather from des moines to salina down to kansas city. damaging winds, hail possible. we're watching this front push through, bring in more strong storms. ahead of that front, on into tomorrow, storms in chicago, travel delays by the afternoon. we're going to be watching that rain fall amounts anywhere from 2 to 3 inches but locally could be upwards of 3 to 4 or even 5 inches from missouri and iowa. we'll get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 and so many businesses rely on the united states postal service to get it there. because when you ship with us, your business becomes our business. that's why we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. the united states postal service. priority: you >>> the morning starting off with lots of low clouds including san jose. evergreen today at the evergreen school district looking at temperatures in the mid 80s this afternoon. closer to 80 in downtown san jose. 86 degrees in morgan hill. mid 60 chicago by tomorrow where there could be some airport delays with it. right now we've got a threat of severe weather from des moines to salina down to kansas city. damaging winds, hail possible. we're watching this front push through, bring in more strong storms. ahead of that front, on into tomorrow, storms in chicago, travel delays by the afternoon. we're going to be watching that rain fall amounts anywhere from 2 to 3 inches but locally could be upwards of 3 to 4 or even 5 inches from... Fox and Friends Sunday : FOXNEWSW : August 14, 2016 3:00am-7:01am PDT chicago where 68 people were shot over the past week. i mean, that's where you really want to riot, not here in milwaukee, where a police officer was doing his job. but again, it's going to be very difficult for police going forward. we understand that. we realize that. we continue to do the best job we can. but again, the bottom line is this. how much does the community want the police to enforce the law in their communities? if they want the cops to do their jobs, then let the cops do their jobs. politicians have to get on the ball and support police better in these communities as well. >> yeah, and rod, milwaukee a very dangerous city too. just between friday night and saturday before any of this unfolded, there were nine shootings and five murders recorded by local news and no suspects had been taken into custody on that. but we want to get your thoughts on another story that we're following. it's another fox news alert. a police officer was ambushed outside of atlanta. police are now looking for a suspected cop killer in georgia. officer tim smith shot and killed while respond chicago where 68 people were shot over the past week. i mean, that's where you really want to riot, not here in milwaukee, where a police officer was doing his job. but again, it's going to be very difficult for police going forward. we understand that. we realize that. we continue to do the best job we can. but again, the bottom line is this. how much does the community want the police to enforce the law in their communities? if they want the cops to do their jobs, then let the cops do their... destino para el cuidado de la piel. ♪ alan: ay, hasta todos mis paisanos de chicago, mira nada mÁs, quÉ vientos, qué rico lugar para convivir con todos ustedes y presentarles a maity! maity: muchÍsimas gracias, buenos dÍas. tuvimos la oportunidad de estar recientemente en chicago, y el clima estÁ perfecto. alan: en un pequeÑo yate. maity: bueno, tuve que hacerlo. pero mientras eso pasa, quiero decirles que llegÓ la hora de "el revoltillo", y viene cargado de muchas noticias. vamos a verlo. ♪ maity: maite perroni, quien continÚa con su exitosa gira en producciÓn de su nuevo sencillo "adicta", fue escogida para ser la portada de la revista "kena". shakira se encuentra disfrutando unos dÍas de descanso al aire libre. antonio banderas como que andaba un poco nostÁlgico, porque compartiÓ en las redes esta foto de unos aÑos atrÁs junto a su hija stella. paulina rubio dejÓ al descubierto que uno de sus secretos para un alma sana es la meditaciÓn diaria, aunque sea en la cama. la primera dama de mÉxico y actriz, angÉlica rivera, celebrÓ su cumpleaÑos. su esposo, el pr destino para el cuidado de la piel. ♪ alan: ay, hasta todos mis paisanos de chicago, mira nada mÁs, quÉ vientos, qué rico lugar para convivir con todos ustedes y presentarles a maity! maity: muchÍsimas gracias, buenos dÍas. tuvimos la oportunidad de estar recientemente en chicago, y el clima estÁ perfecto. alan: en un pequeÑo yate. maity: bueno, tuve que hacerlo. pero mientras eso pasa, quiero decirles que llegÓ la hora de "el revoltillo", y viene cargado de muchas... Today : KNTV : August 8, 2016 7:00am-10:01am PDT , oregon, washington, d.c., hartford, connecticut. >> my brother and my dad. >> hey, chicago! ♪ just dance dance dance come on ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone, to a special split edition of "today" on a monday morning, the 8th day of august 2016. 9:00 in the morning here in rio. 8:00 back on the east coast of the united states. we've got a big crowd gathered on copacabana beach. i'm here with hoda and al and billy bush while savannah is back home holding down the fort. savannah, we truly miss you >> we miss you. >> miss you guys too. >> i've got a present for everybody including you, savannah. here's a pair of glasses for you. look at these. usa. savannah, i have a pair for you. i have a pair for natalie. look how cool they are. >> right. >> they're nice. >> you like? >> i feel like i'm looking through a screened door. >> we are assembling a goody bag of swag for you. >> yes, we are. >> to bring home to you. >> thanks, guys. appreciate it. >> all right. >>> coming up -- i had to put my glasses back on. we're going to talk to some of the team usa swimmers who are taking home the hardware fro , oregon, washington, d.c., hartford, connecticut. >> my brother and my dad. >> hey, chicago! ♪ just dance dance dance come on ♪ >>> welcome back, everyone, to a special split edition of "today" on a monday morning, the 8th day of august 2016. 9:00 in the morning here in rio. 8:00 back on the east coast of the united states. we've got a big crowd gathered on copacabana beach. i'm here with hoda and al and billy bush while savannah is back home holding down the... Sunday Morning : WBZ : August 14, 2016 9:00am-10:31am EDT ? >> that's right. >> reporter: it was patented in 1894 by chicago inventor frederick weeks wilcox. in the 1970s, that red pagoda, popularized in san francisco, was added along with, "thank you," and "enjoy." as for the food inside: >> chinese-american cuisine itself is very different from food you find in china. >> reporter: so we have american food, basically, in an american box, and we all think >> yes, chinese food in the chinese takeout box is as american as apple pie. >> reporter: and this is as chinese as i am? >> yeah, that's right. >> reporter: no surprise then that the takeout box is made in the usa. the biggest company churns out a whopping 300 million a year. >> there are over 40,000 chinese restaurants in the u.s. and just to put that in context for you, that's nearly three times as many mcdonald's as there are in the u.s. >> reporter: there are three times-- there are three times more chinese restaurants than mcdonald's? >> almost, yeah. >> reporter: but back to that iconic box. peter kim likes to save the best for last. >> and i'm going to let you in on a little secr ? >> that's right. >> reporter: it was patented in 1894 by chicago inventor frederick weeks wilcox. in the 1970s, that red pagoda, popularized in san francisco, was added along with, "thank you," and "enjoy." as for the food inside: >> chinese-american cuisine itself is very different from food you find in china. >> reporter: so we have american food, basically, in an american box, and we all think >> yes, chinese food in the chinese takeout box... about 5 to 10 degrees above average. cleveland should hit 88 degrees. 83 in chicago, which is still above average for this time of year. watch what happens as we get into the end of the week. especially by thursday, friday, temperatures only in the mid to upper 70s. almost having that fall-like feel to the air with low humidity as we get into september if you can believe it in the northeast by the end of the week temperatures up in the burlington about 72 by friday. new york city about 80. even washington, d.c. will go from lower 90s wednesday down to lower 80s b . >>> right now we're watching clouds moving across the bay area. showers off to the north. you can see underneath the clouds here with the sunshine across the golden gate bridge. san francisco currently 60. expecting a high today of close to 68 degrees. notice the flag around san francisco not moving around a whole lot. along the coastal hilltops gusty. agencys in the forecast inland today around the tri-valley. seven-day outlook shows temperatures are trending cooler as we approach labor day weekend. low 80s inland on fri about 5 to 10 degrees above average. cleveland should hit 88 degrees. 83 in chicago, which is still above average for this time of year. watch what happens as we get into the end of the week. especially by thursday, friday, temperatures only in the mid to upper 70s. almost having that fall-like feel to the air with low humidity as we get into september if you can believe it in the northeast by the end of the week temperatures up in the burlington about 72 by friday. new york city about 80.... . could be airport delays today and into tonight for parts of chicago. out west, more gorgeous weather. look at portland, oregon, sunshine, 92 degrees. warmer in portland. 82 in los angeles. we'll get to your local forecast in the next 30 seconds. with engineering... it's a performance machine. with this degree of intelligence... it's a supercomputer. with this grade of protection... it's a fortress. and with this standard of luxury... it's an oasis. introducing the completely redesigned e-class. it's everything you need it to be... and more. lease the e300 for $549 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >>> seeing a little bit of sunshine between the clouds right now in san jose. 61 for the morning. and by the afternoon, highs 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yesterday and a lot of people -- >> yeah, how the media characterized his response. the "daily news" says, trump uses death of dwayne wade's cousin to boast odds. >> let's be clear what the tweet was. he said, duane wade's cousin was shot and killed while walking in chicago. justsaying, african-americans will vote trump. >> so he was blasted for that. >> and after a misspelling, he pulled that tweet from his twitter account. he deleted it, and he row posted a new tweet saying, my condolences to dwyane wade and his family on the loss of nikia aldridge. they are in my thought and prayers. >> and he gets out there on the stump and tries to clarify that in iowa yesterday. and listen to his words and see if his next 30 or 40 seconds clarify what he was trying to say. listen. >> more than 6,000 african-americans are the victims of murder. of murder, every single area. just yesterday, the cousin of nba star, dwayne w stroller with a toddler in it outside of an elementary school in chicago yesterday, when she got caught in some cross fire and was killed. and donald trump tweeted about it yesterday and a lot of people -- >> yeah, how the media characterized his response. the "daily news" says, trump uses death of dwayne wade's cousin to boast odds. >> let's be clear what the tweet was. he said, duane wade's cousin was shot and killed while walking in chicago. justsaying,... Today : WRC : August 23, 2016 7:00am-9:58am EDT chicago by tomorrow where there could be airport delays with this. right now we have got a threat of severe weather from des moines to selena down to kansas city, and damaging winds and hail possible and we are watching the front push through and bring in small storms, and storms in chicago, travel delays by the afternoon and so we will watch the rainfall amount anywhere from two to three inches and locally could be upwards of three to four or even five inches from missouri and iowa. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. >>> temperatures right now are back in the cool 50s across montgomergomery county, and som the nearby suburbs in the low to mid-60s right now, and bus stop weather mid-60s for now, and coming home from school this afternoon, temperatures will be in the low to mid-80s, so a great day to be outside today, plenty of sunshine. a little warming trend coming our way as we finish out the week, and low to mid-90s by friday. >> that's your latest weather, guys? >>> thank you. and that fallout from rio involving lochte. the major endorseme chicago by tomorrow where there could be airport delays with this. right now we have got a threat of severe weather from des moines to selena down to kansas city, and damaging winds and hail possible and we are watching the front push through and bring in small storms, and storms in chicago, travel delays by the afternoon and so we will watch the rainfall amount anywhere from two to three inches and locally could be upwards of three to four or even five inches from missouri and iowa. we're... The Late Show With Stephen Colbert : WNCN : August 16, 2016 11:30pm-12:33am EDT rubbing my lucky three chicago cubs. come on, fellas! it's rubbing time! whooo! whooo! we're going to do it! whooo! whooo! >> tonight, stephen welcomes featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now it's time for "the late show with stephen colbert!" ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs thank you so much. thank you, my friend. ( cheers and applause ) hey! nice to see you. hey, kris. welcome to the "late show," everybody. that's all for tonight. welcome to the late show, i'm arrieta, kris brient and anthony rizzo from the chicago cubs for doing that cold open. ( cheers and applause ) good luck, fellas. and for allowing me to rub their bodies. ( laughter ) very fit, very fit. and you can see those guys in baseball's all-star game tomorrow night on another network, that is fox. ( laughter ) let's see, what happened? i'm wearing new glasses. ( cheers and applause ) there you go. that's kind of a big story. kind of a big story. and we were on vacation. and when you go away, you always worry, did i leave the oven on? did i lock the back door? will the country i love appear rubbing my lucky three chicago cubs. come on, fellas! it's rubbing time! whooo! whooo! we're going to do it! whooo! whooo! >> tonight, stephen welcomes featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now it's time for "the late show with stephen colbert!" ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by cbs thank you so much. thank you, my friend. ( cheers and applause ) hey! nice to see you. hey, kris. welcome to the "late show," everybody. that's all for tonight. welcome... joins us from chicago. good morning. let's start with donald trump. definitely a change in tone. is it a change in strategy, too, is this part of the kellyanne conway effect? >> yeah. certainly a change in tone of very noticeable one. change in strategy. but like his other change in strategy and how much time do you think he has and particularly among women. >> the central question here is whether the people who have doubts about donald trump and his judgment and temperament in office which is right now the thing controlling the movement in the polls. hillary clinton has lots of weaknesses. but right now voters are more worried about donald trump and his temperament and this is an ait e. to fix that to suggest the inner trump is something different than what people have come to believe about it. does he have enough time? the clock is ticking. early voting starts at the end of september and those are set. it's always hard to undo doubts once they've been set in voters' minds. >> donald trump knows reality campai campaign. but very focused on immigration and crossing at the border. is th joins us from chicago. good morning. let's start with donald trump. definitely a change in tone. is it a change in strategy, too, is this part of the kellyanne conway effect? >> yeah. certainly a change in tone of very noticeable one. change in strategy. but like his other change in strategy and how much time do you think he has and particularly among women. >> the central question here is whether the people who have doubts about donald trump and his judgment and temperament in... KTVU Mornings Weekend Edition : KTVU : August 20, 2016 7:00am-10:01am PDT . the a's might be 20 games out but the white sox may beg to differ chicago got club last night mine-0 by oakland. it was over quickly. chris davis with a meatball and that baby is gone. 30 -- the first of the year. all-star stephen boyd says i want one as well. that's a solo shot. a deep shot of his own. a two run homer a's in cruise control on this one. they had terrific outing a complete game shutout and gets for the final out on the ground out. chicago only had two hits in the game. a's when it might-0 the final. -- 9-0. >>> the 18 runs and grabbed too much needed winds. it's all good and by the way about time. bottom three say hello to denard span. he had a big game. four hits including rbi single. tied at 1. we have more spent. is another rbi his second three one game after seven and the giants broke it open in the eighth. good for the giants then open up the door. a five-run inning. giants back in first they win the-1. >>> the great tony bennett we celebrated his 90th birthday last night at the ballpark. >> happy birthday mr. bennett. the remaining fans as you might imagine. t . the a's might be 20 games out but the white sox may beg to differ chicago got club last night mine-0 by oakland. it was over quickly. chris davis with a meatball and that baby is gone. 30 -- the first of the year. all-star stephen boyd says i want one as well. that's a solo shot. a deep shot of his own. a two run homer a's in cruise control on this one. they had terrific outing a complete game shutout and gets for the final out on the ground out. chicago only had two hits in the game. a's... KTVU Mornings Weekend Edition : KTVU : August 6, 2016 7:00am-10:01am PDT showing a deadly confrontation tween chicago police and unarmed black teenager suspected of driving a stolen car. >> graphic footage was released yesterday from nine police by cameras and dashboard cams officers fired an 18-year-old suspect paul o'neill essie ran it police vehicles while trying to escape they chased him down to the yard of a home in the footage shows police handcuffing him all he was face down and bleeding. his family and friends said there was no justice -- justifiable reason for him to lose his life. >> if he did steal the car that is for the court to decide what instead the police officers decided to be the judge and execute him. the way they did. >> officers fired at least 15 shots as he drove away. authorities say he died from a gunshot wound to the back and there's no footage of the fatal shot. his family accuse the officer of intentionally turning off his camera. the police department has three officers of their authority saying it does appear they violated department policy. >>> a group of african-american civil rights leaders including a san francisco offic showing a deadly confrontation tween chicago police and unarmed black teenager suspected of driving a stolen car. >> graphic footage was released yesterday from nine police by cameras and dashboard cams officers fired an 18-year-old suspect paul o'neill essie ran it police vehicles while trying to escape they chased him down to the yard of a home in the footage shows police handcuffing him all he was face down and bleeding. his family and friends said there was no justice -- justifiable... people, this happened in chicago. security then kicked out that guy. way to go, justin moore. those are your headlines. >> well done. >> good for him. >> a friend of the show. summer concert series. >> did you meet him? >> i did. >> i was out that day. good guy? >> yeah. we missed you. this is what brian does. he takes vacation and he doesn't tell us he's going on vacation. >> oh, my goodness. >> he doesn't. >> he doesn't show up. he was gone for two weeks. he didn't tell anyone. >> nothing happened while i was gone. that was my only two week vacation in life. i was gone. >>> 12 minutes after the hour, what's straight ahead, hillary clinton is slipping in the polls and donald trump preps for a major speech on immigration. we are live on the trail with the big plans next. >>> high school students told they can't bring american flags to football games. the reason? well, they might offend someone, apparently. but that's not the end of the story. stick around. for lower back pain sufferers, the search for relief often leads to this. introducing drug-free aleve direct therapy. a high int people, this happened in chicago. security then kicked out that guy. way to go, justin moore. those are your headlines. >> well done. >> good for him. >> a friend of the show. summer concert series. >> did you meet him? >> i did. >> i was out that day. good guy? >> yeah. we missed you. this is what brian does. he takes vacation and he doesn't tell us he's going on vacation. >> oh, my goodness. >> he doesn't. >> he doesn't show up. he... y 93 grados. chicago hoy con mÁximas en los 77, tiempo mayormente seco, pero lluvia en una semana. es todo lo que les traje en el segmento del tiempo. ahora vamos con la actualidad de nuestra gente en california, que tiene 79 grados en los Ángeles. ana patricia: muy agradable. nos vamos a ir con nuestro querido luis sandoval, que se encuentra en un lugar muy especial. johnny: y tengo entendido que anda con varias fanÁticas de cnco. luis: asÍ es, muchachos! en un lugar muy especial, o sea, mi oficina. pero hoy llegaron las fanÁticas de cnco. miren nada mÁs, la camiseta oficial. aquÍ trae el nombre de su integrante favorito. y otras dos amigas traen a todos. ¿cÓmo dice la canción, muchachas? ♪ porque tÚ me miras y yo siento lo mismo que tÚ ♪ luis: eso! asÍ es que aquí tambiÉn estamos en los Ángeles a todo dar esperando a los chamacones de cnco. chicos, cosas interesantes que estÁn pasando acá en los Ángeles: ayer, el consulado mexicano, junto al consulado de honduras y el salvador, reconocieron a estas mujeres que son verdaderas heroÍnas de la vida real. se ll y 93 grados. chicago hoy con mÁximas en los 77, tiempo mayormente seco, pero lluvia en una semana. es todo lo que les traje en el segmento del tiempo. ahora vamos con la actualidad de nuestra gente en california, que tiene 79 grados en los Ángeles. ana patricia: muy agradable. nos vamos a ir con nuestro querido luis sandoval, que se encuentra en un lugar muy especial. johnny: y tengo entendido que anda con varias fanÁticas de cnco. luis: asÍ es, muchachos! en un lugar muy especial, o sea,... doing this also would think that it's okay for the chicago bears to wear a decal for laquon mcdonald or paul o'neil. two people who have been killed recently or allegedly killed by the chicago police officers unjustly. so i think that in order for the nfl to stay out of this, they should make sure that they don't support one issue or another. >> well, and to that point, there have been instances where staples -- statements have been made. trample, breast cancer awareness month. all of the players wearing pink socks and gloves and in memory of sean taylor murdered in 2007. in honor of pat tillman killed in afghanistan in 2004 and iran hostages in 1981. one more example denver decal for victims of wildfires in 2012. and the aurora shootings and also there for the wildfires. and then for 9/11. so it has been done in the past. >> there is precedent, obviously. again, i think this is just another instance where a situation is being politicized way beyond what it should be. this is a dallas community issue. it's obviously become a national issue. and it is national issue. it really effects th doing this also would think that it's okay for the chicago bears to wear a decal for laquon mcdonald or paul o'neil. two people who have been killed recently or allegedly killed by the chicago police officers unjustly. so i think that in order for the nfl to stay out of this, they should make sure that they don't support one issue or another. >> well, and to that point, there have been instances where staples -- statements have been made. trample, breast cancer awareness month. all of... 2800 shootings in chicago this year alone and one illinois lawmaker has a controversial plan to curb that strike in violence. they want a serial number on bullets like guns. the ammo could be traced back to the stores. it will crack down on stores that illegally sell ammunition but some gun shop owners say it will create a mountain of paperwork for them. interesting debate to have. >>> how would you feel if your child was waking up in the same halls as a former terrorist? this is reality for some students at one of the most prominent universities in the united states. a former al qaeda recruiter, name is jesse morten, says spending years in prison changed him but in a 2009 interview morten says that the koran commands him to, quote, terrorize disbelievers. listen to this. >> the koran says very clearly in arabic language. this means terrorize them. it's a command from alla. >> there you go. >>> george washington university and our nation's capitol. he's working as a researcher for cyber and homeland security at that institution. he hopes they can stop others from becoming an ext 2800 shootings in chicago this year alone and one illinois lawmaker has a controversial plan to curb that strike in violence. they want a serial number on bullets like guns. the ammo could be traced back to the stores. it will crack down on stores that illegally sell ammunition but some gun shop owners say it will create a mountain of paperwork for them. interesting debate to have. >>> how would you feel if your child was waking up in the same halls as a former terrorist? this is... windy city to serve as a fellow at the university of chicago. friend of president obama, institute of politics there despite multiple arrests he is making 165 grand a year recruiting teachers for baltimore school districts. bernie is back, sort of. the vermont senator will be lunch agnew organization next week. it's called our revolution, which is a little scary. he says it's an effort to transform american society and help progressive political candidates across this country. clayton? >> america is welcoming refugees with open arms and free education. apparently that's not good enough. six refugees at the phoenix academy in lancaster, pennsylvania are suing the school district because they feel that they deserve the very best education. the angry students claim they were dumped out of school for under achieving students and should be transferred to a school with better academic program. the school district says a lawsuit has no merit but do these students have a case? to debate this bring in criminal defense attorney and prosecutor david bruno and kisha. nice to see you poet this windy city to serve as a fellow at the university of chicago. friend of president obama, institute of politics there despite multiple arrests he is making 165 grand a year recruiting teachers for baltimore school districts. bernie is back, sort of. the vermont senator will be lunch agnew organization next week. it's called our revolution, which is a little scary. he says it's an effort to transform american society and help progressive political candidates across this country. clayton?... 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The Late Show With Stephen Colbert : KPIX : August 10, 2016 11:35pm-12:38am PDT in capetown, london, liverpool, chicago, atlanta, it was one common thread. no one was proud of what they were doing, breaking the law and living below the poverty line. and if they had an opportunity, they would do better, you know. and that was across the line, everyone shared that sentiment and it just made me, it just, i don't know. i felt, i feel enlightened. it was a lot of darkness i saw, but i feel enlightened for having being given the opportunity to share people's pain. >> stephen: well there is a lot of pain and darkness in the world right now, thank you for sharing these stories with us. ( cheers and applause ) >> thank you so much. >> stephen: "black market" with michael k. williams is on viceland. we'll be right back with a performance by parquet courts. stick around. thanks, man. 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CBS This Morning : KPIX : August 1, 2016 7:00am-9:01am PDT worried. >> chicago as well as the north. >> right. exactly. and wallace also perfected the dog whistles of the kind we now hear about in politics. you're talking about one thing -- >> didn't nixon use that same theme in 2erterms of lay and or? >> he did, but he was chasing wallace. the police chief in san francisco said all these candidates sound like they're running for sheriff because they were talking about law and order so much. talking about law and order which appealed to voters worried about the african-americans in the cities and also the riots having -- the marches having to do with the vietnam war and the general deisn't gration of the american culture. >> the name of the book is "whistlestop." there's a post to your book where you want to be on the couch and watch the sun come down. >> dedicated to ann, rice, and nan. >> i'm going to give it a kiss on camera. >> your mom would be so proud of you. >> great book. >> it goes on sale tomorrow. >>> david oyelowo is joining us next. he's in studio 57 to explain why he's drawn to stories that don', , >>> those that have gon worried. >> chicago as well as the north. >> right. exactly. and wallace also perfected the dog whistles of the kind we now hear about in politics. you're talking about one thing -- >> didn't nixon use that same theme in 2erterms of lay and or? >> he did, but he was chasing wallace. the police chief in san francisco said all these candidates sound like they're running for sheriff because they were talking about law and order so much. talking about law and order which... Good Morning America : KGO : August 22, 2016 7:00am-9:01am PDT . we called it a taste or a touch of fall because it's 59 in chicago. 58, bloomington, illinois and look at that high, it moves on over here. and you can feel it. it's almost -- i said almost cool. i don't know if i have to call it that. but 50 in far western new york too. that is the big picture. of course, it'll get warme >>> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco, check out the day planner today. we have mist through 9:00, and a slight chance of a stray shower, more than likely we will be partly cloudy with temperatures below average. we will warm up through wednes >> this weather report brought to you by carmax. and i'm not alone. joining us now fresh off their performances in last night's wwe summer slam at the barclays center in brooklyn are the new first ever wwe universal champions, finn balor, the demon king, and the new women's champion, charlotte. >> thank you. >> wow. so millions of people are watching. barclays is nuts, it's sold out. what does that feel like for you guys? >> well, what a night last night. barclays sold out crowd were electric start to finish. obvi . we called it a taste or a touch of fall because it's 59 in chicago. 58, bloomington, illinois and look at that high, it moves on over here. and you can feel it. it's almost -- i said almost cool. i don't know if i have to call it that. but 50 in far western new york too. that is the big picture. of course, it'll get warme >>> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco, check out the day planner today. we have mist through 9:00, and a slight chance of a stray shower, more than likely... Despierta América : KDTV : August 8, 2016 7:00am-11:01am PDT de chicago, con mÁximas de 82, cielos mayormente despejados. es todo lo que les traje en el segmento del tiempo. vamos con chabÁn y karla, que nos llevan hasta california, que hoy estÁ con tiempo mayormente tranquilo. karla: asÍ es. le vamos a dar los buenos dÍas a nuestra querida nitzia chama. la gente estÁ feliz por muchas razones. nitzia: asÍ es, muy buenos dÍas! fÍjense que hoy no me estÁn pagando, pero me vine a cuidarle el changarro a nuestro querido luis, que estÁ de vacaciones. le traje unas florecitas para ver si se acuerda de mÍ. en los Ángeles pasa de todo, y tenemos lo mejor para ustedes. para todos los fanÁticos de los rams, el equipo ya volviÓ a pisar tierras angelinas. despuÉs de 22 aÑos, llegaron nuevamente al coliseo de los Ángeles, y la gente estaba más que emocionada. yo estuve ahÍ el dÍa sÁbado, porque tuvieron un entrenamiento abierto. fue divertidÍsimo. ademÁs que los carneros, uno de los equipos mÁs antiguos de la nfl, llegaron nuevamente a los Ánges. yo ya tengo mi playera de los rams! porque la prÓxima semana ya es el primer de chicago, con mÁximas de 82, cielos mayormente despejados. es todo lo que les traje en el segmento del tiempo. vamos con chabÁn y karla, que nos llevan hasta california, que hoy estÁ con tiempo mayormente tranquilo. karla: asÍ es. le vamos a dar los buenos dÍas a nuestra querida nitzia chama. la gente estÁ feliz por muchas razones. nitzia: asÍ es, muy buenos dÍas! fÍjense que hoy no me estÁn pagando, pero me vine a cuidarle el changarro a nuestro querido luis, que estÁ de...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line857
__label__cc	0.684088	0.315912	Tag: Medicaid (page 1 of 5) Innovative Senior Living Big Innovation vs. Little Innovation in Senior Living and Senior Housing Disruptive innovation changes retirees’ calculus about housing and support transitions The more things stay the same. We recently reread our one-year anniversary post from our original blog, recapping our first-year lessons looking at senior housing and retirement. https://agingwithfreedom.com/2016/06/02/one-year/ Our then six big observations? Senior housing is stagnant. The typical senior living housing design program features updated materials and colors but is anyone thinking about what we’re trying to accomplish in these constructed environments? We just didn’t see the level of change we expected. Loneliness is the Enemy. A loneliness antidote is what the industry should be selling. Aging-in-Place works until it doesn’t. And then it’s too late to win the battle against Loneliness. Just because aging-in-place is cheap doesn’t mean it’s better. The familiar single-family housing is isolating as we age and need social connections and emotional support more, not less. The Affordability Wall for Baby Boomers is the elephant in the room. Unless you’ve got a public-employee pension, or are on the tip of the wealth pyramid affordability is the barrier to senior community entry for aging Baby Boomers. Move beyond the senior housing industry’s physical walls to find broader successful retirement lessons. We started our blog focused on just Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs) but they seemed increasingly irrelevant, with exclusive pricing and serving the wealthy few. We pivoted to looking for lessons for the rest of us for successful aging derived from the best examples of senior communities. Everything else is changing. Will senior housing and the retirement services industry? We thought it was time to look again as we approach our four-year blogging anniversary. Do We Still Care? We’re passionate about a successful third act, enjoying our retirement. But we see retirement as a new opportunity to engage with the world, not a withdrawal from life. Our personal motto? High Wealth, High Health, High Purpose informs our planning and our living. When we share insights or experience we envision informing our younger selves what we wished we’d known earlier rather than later. We’ve worked in and around the issues of longevity and senior living. Lori as a developer and design manager. Dan as a regulator and policymaker. Our careers are all about realizing the ideal and expanding possibilities. We always saw senior living communities like the traditional CCRC as an ideal retirement objective. So does the senior living industry still speak to us as consumers as we approach the realistic option to choose a CCRC or other senior living option? What trips our trigger today? What currently excites our passions or stirs our worries? Pain points and passions in entrepreneurial-speak: Off-grid energy independence and efficiency. We hate escalating energy costs and our power company. With a passion. Top of the list because our “utility” is asking for a 24% rate increase to our base rate from state regulators. This type of uncontrolled expense is anathema to a predictable retirement budget. And we are conservationists. We care about wasting scarce resources. Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) Movement. Dave Ramsey and FIRE are drivers for a large share of the social media communities we follow. Dave Ramsey changed our financial life for the better. We’ve hit the self-sustaining financial independence point and have the choice to retire. Not a lot early, but earlier than being forced out of the workplace. Smart financial stewardship matters. Travel and Time Together. We watched parents who enjoyed travel get too infirm before taking the time to travel together. We’re emphasizing big and small adventures together, now while we can. See our recent article on How to Plan an Adventure. And since the “we” includes, Gunner the Adventure Dog (a loyal Brittany), RVs and camping seem like a better deal than hotels for family adventures. We’re hitting the road this summer with our minivan and tent camping. But we have an eye on a Winnebago Travato 59K Lithium with solar cells and lithium power or maybe an ultralight RV trailer similarly equipped to defy the need for connected power. This enables snowbird plans. Autonomous-driving and Electric Vehicles. Our ideal motorhome is self-driving. But we eagerly watch the evolving transportation choices like Uber, Lyft, Waymo, Tesla, and Rivian and see more freedom ahead for retirees. We went through the pain of parents who could no longer drive and should no longer drive. It was an unnecessary point of risk, conflict, and broken spirits. Technology promises a better future in this and more. Health care cost and access. Okay, this one is more obviously a worry than a passion. Dan’s career is closely entwined with medical technology and the evolving health delivery system. But the view from consumerland for patients is still bleak. We don’t know what anything costs until after it’s bought. Everything and everywhere is expensive. Some places more so. Access and quality vary widely if they exist at all. Especially in rural areas. Rural America, Flyover Country, may be an inexpensive place to live, but it is increasingly being abandoned by government-run healthcare programs that underpay rural healthcare providers. More than half of the 65 million Americans living in rural areas are over the age of 50. Elders in rural areas (about a quarter of all elders) are more likely to reside alone, near or at the poverty level, and suffer from a chronic condition or physical disability. They require an average of 46 miles of travel to get to the nearest health professional. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rural Task Force. (2002). HHS Rural Task Force Report.] Medicaid and Medicare are destroying rural healthcare access. We live in Flyover Country and worry about future care needs, access, and cost. Do Senior Living Communities speak to these priorities? Aging With Freedom is all about the freedom to choose our passions in retirement. So, does the Senior Living industry that claims to want to serve us hit any of these pain or passion triggers? Sadly, not much. Some of these emerging passion options are de facto competitors to the senior living industry offerings by extending the option to age-in-place or to buy senior-friendly services ala carte. We see hints that some communities are truly emphasizing wellness as more than just a marketing hook. Done well, wellness combats the worries of debilitating illnesses, costly healthcare, and extended dying by offering instead vibrant living. But where, for instance, are market offerings to facilitate snowbirding? It’s not exactly a new or mysterious retiree behavior. National chains could offer retirees the ability to swing locations to follow the seasons. But the industry is stuck thinking about fixed brick and mortar and not customer solutions. Are we stuck on repeat? We worry if the senior living industry is relevant to our future. In the last few days we’ve seen articles on: Finding the human genetic key for limb regeneration. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/harvard-university-uncovers-dna-switch-180000109.html The new Rivian electric pick-up truck with more than 400 miles of range and 11,000 lbs of towing capacity. https://youtu.be/rEkeu60vRMk Post reveal, Amazon invested in Rivian and General Motors (GM) is rumored to be considering an investment. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chucktannert/2019/02/15/amazon-invests-700-million-in-electric-vehicle-startup-rivian/#109422e212e0 Lyft, the ride sharing service and self-driving car developer, partly owned by GM (7.8% purchased for $500 Million), is set for an initial public offering with a $15+ Billion valuation. More than doubling GM’s money in under four years since the 2016 investment. http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/03/how-the-lyft-ipo-will-benefit-general-motors/ Self-driving cars are now an assumed future. Cadillac Super Cruise can drive handsfree coast-to-coast. https://www.cadillac.com/world-of-cadillac/innovation/super-cruise/coast-to-coast. And if cars can drive themselves, do we need them parked and idle when we’re not using them? The technology changes the art of the possible. South by Southwest (SXSW) debuted a new documentary, Autonomy, on autonomous-driving that makes the case for a very different, and we think bright, future. https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/13/18262364/autonomy-film-review-self-driving-cars-malcolm-gladwell-documentary-sxsw-2019 SpaceX successfully flew its Dragon space capsule unmanned to the International Space Station and recovered it for reuse in a future human-crewed flight. SpaceX promises to return Americans to space on the American spacecraft yet this summer. https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-news/dragon-spacecraft-returns-earth-bearing-gifts/ https://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/space-exploration-technologies/what-makes-a-dragon-a-quick-guide-to-the-spacex-capsule/ And SpaceX is only one of several commercial launch companies preparing to return to space, the moon, and onto Mars. We grew up with Americans on the Moon and visions of going to the stars. Dan cut his teeth on science fiction reading Andre Norton’s, The Stars Are Ours. The 1954 book jacket looks suspiciously like a SpaceX BFR. https://www.amazon.com/STARS-Are-OURS-M-147/dp/B000MZ8RSA/ The Stars are Ours (c) 1954 Space X BFR rendering Lori still loves Captain Kirk’s crew of the Enterprise. “Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!” Star Trek’s communicators are daily fixtures realized in our ubiquitous smartphones. George Jetsonesque quadracopter flying cars require little more than scaling up toy camera drones. Amazon and a host of delivery services bring the world to our door. Now with human drivers. But robotic drones and self-driving delivery vehicles are the grand plan. Sooner rather than later. Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant talk to us just like the Enterprise’s computer. No, correct that. Better than. More conversational. With the power of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI) the uncanny valley of a contextually appropriate conversational computer indistinguishable from a human voice doesn’t seem impossible to cross. Or far off. Listen to Google Assistant AI make a phone reservation. https://youtu.be/7gh6_U7Nfjs And AI will transform medical diagnostics and delivery. (Remember one of our worries?) Science fiction is fiction no more. And we’re excited as heck because we love tech. We’re Boomers after all! Boomers built the Space Shuttle and bought every new consumer electronics device from transistor radios to the Sony Walkman to the Apple iPhone and progeny. Forget that crap that Boomers are somehow technology adverse. Retirement Living and Senior Housing are not immune to change So, who believes living in retirement in 2030 will be the same as our grandparents in 1970 or our parents in 2000? Are Senior Living Communities ready for what’s ahead? Big I vs. Little I There are two types of innovation. 1. Little Innovation — Little I. Incrementally progressive, sustaining improvement within existing products, services, and markets. 2. Big Innovation — Big I. And the quantum leap of discontinuous, disruptive innovation that resets the table by fundamentally changing what’s possible, creating new products, services, and markets. We like to think of these as Little I and Big I. Innovation in Senior Living Similar to the laundry list of big trends in the overall economy, a few articles caught our eye in recent weeks on innovation in senior living. Confessions of a Chief Strategy Officer: Senior Housing Industry Lacks Imagination. In this article by Tim Mullane, an anonymous senior housing industry officer bemoans the lack of innovation in senior housing. It struck a chord because we’ve also been struck with just how cookie-cutter similar communities look and feel. And how little has changed beyond color-schemes and finishes. The industry is betting on demographics to save it but is ignoring clear signals that Boomers’ psychographics are different than their parents. The why they buy is different. “Demographics are going to favor senior living in the future, but sometimes I wonder if the industry is being too complacent and that some companies’ “strategy” is just to wait until aging baby boomer come knocking.” https://seniorhousingnews.com/2017/12/18/confessions-chief-strategy-officer-senior-housing-industry-lacks-imagination/ We Moved to the City, Isn’t That Change? Exact Opposite Now: How Senior Living Design Has Changed Over 20 Years. Another article in Senior Housing News makes the case that the industry has changed. Mary Kate Nelson, points out that the typical sprawling suburban senior living community of 2000 is now more likely to be a smaller, more vertical urban community. ‘Exact Opposite Now’: How Senior Living Design Has Changed Over 20 Years This is just following the crowd in our opinion. Urban development dollars and housing subsidies brought developers downtown. Great. We love New Urbanism in design. But what goes on in the buildings didn’t fundamentally change. This is at best Little I. Not Big I innovation. Incremental, Little I, innovation is better than nothing. We like similar and related trends to mixed-use development and intergenerational housing developments. But we fear it’s ignoring the thunder of the oncoming train of disruptive change and Big I innovation. I can see the train coming but I can’t get out of the way Sears Object Lesson. We grew up on Sears as the annual start-of-school outfitting store cum home appliance and tool smorgasbord. Over the weekend, we saw that Sears tried to buy Best Buy twenty years ago. Sears saw the crowds leaving the malls for the big box stores, but Sears wasn’t willing to pay the premium Best Buy’s then growth demanded. The deal fell through. It’s not that Sears didn’t see the train coming. It’s that they didn’t have the courage for discontinuous change. They couldn’t get out of the way of the oncoming trend. And certainly didn’t see Amazon over the horizon. Or Sear’s own potential to leapfrog Best Buy to be the Amazon. http://www.startribune.com/former-sears-ceo-says-he-tried-to-forge-a-deal-with-best-buy-in-1998/507210052/ Don’t Bank on [Silver] tsunami. McKnights Long-Term Care News recently examined the financial prospects of the senior housing industry. With leading-edge Baby Boomers entering their seventies, senior service providers are licking their chops in anticipation. But the typical age of a skilled nursing property resident today is about 82. So, nirvana is a ways off for the industry. There are forecasts that say we’ll need three times more senior housing units by 2040 or another 2 million new units. But that’s assuming the past predicts the future. Check your stock prospectus. Past performance does not guaranty future results. Almost every expert interviewed sees the growing numbers of boomers as a boon, but there’s always a but. A hedge. There’s great uncertainty about what Boomers really want and whether the industry is responsive enough to deliver. More fish in the pond is a great opportunity but only if you’re using the right bait. Old bait might not work. And the variety of product offerings is only getting more segmented and confusing for consumers and payers. Potential residents will be plentiful for long-term operators in the very near future, but will service offerings be up to the task? Trends that matter more than Boomer demographics We think three other trends may matter more than boomer demographics. Third-party payers. Medicare and Medicaid, the two big government third-party payers are reducing how much they will pay and how they pay. Brick and mortar is at a disadvantage to more nimble, mobile service providers. Third-party payers matter more not less with the Boomers. As a generational cohort have particularly poor retirement savings, except in the upper wealth echelons. An upcoming study by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC) says that middle-income seniors face a funding gap in paying for seniors housing units. The industry has a severe affordability problem ahead. https://www.nreionline.com/print/81663 Labor shortages. Even if the dollars are there, the employees, especially skilled employees, are in short supply. If Boomer demographics favor demand, it hurts supply as Boomers leave the workforce and smaller generations behind can’t fill the traditional service model openings. Can robotics, automation, big data, and AI help? That’s where we’d be betting. For most of us, this probably means more interacting with machines and screens than caregivers. The New York Times sees evidence that there’s already emerging wealth disparity in people contact versus screen time. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/23/sunday-review/human-contact-luxury-screens.html Caregiver shortages. Baby Boomers are filling the current support gaps acting as caregivers for their parents. Baby Boomers are more likely to be single and with fewer children to look to for support than their parents’ generation. https://www.caregiver.org/caregiver-statistics-demographics Tastes and Preferences (Psychographics). Boomers really don’t want to move into an old-age home or a nursing home. Despite all the fancy names, euphemisms and different levels of care and offerings, most senior housing start with a huge stigma. Even if it’s unfair. The success of Margaritaville as a senior living brand? The exception proves the rule. It directly attacks the real problem of industry image. If senior housing felt more like returning to our youthful college days? When we loved group living (and socializing) in the dorms or Greek houses? It would sound like Margaritaville. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/14/magazine/tech-design-longevity-margaritaville.html Latitude Margaritaville is promising in that someone is starting to figure out that the incoming generation of retirees wants something different. https://www.latitudemargaritaville.com/ There are also movers beneath the surface that are promising to help traditional senior housing industry members deal with the potential of technology to change the world. One we like is K4Connect, promising to integrate the power of Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) for senior living communities and their residents. It’s well backed by savvy and deep venture capital. And we like their approach of integrating and simplifying tech for the community operator and the community’s residents. And K4Connect rightly rejects that seniors somehow don’t like tech. We’ll love tech when it delivers tangible benefits in our day-to-day lives. We’d buy fairy dust if fairy dust worked. But technology serving the status quo runs the danger of fundamental disruptions to the status quo. We’re still looking for the Big I, the disruptors. http://www.seniorshousingbusiness.com/industry-voices/the-shb-interview-f-scott-moody-ceo-k4connect What we wrote three years ago is still way too true. Some in the senior housing industry seem to be waking up to the challenges ahead. There’s a new world coming whether we like it or not. Personally, we’re excited by the promise of emerging technology to fundamentally change retirement for the better. Still, we think the senior housing industry hasn’t figured out just how much change is headed their way and ours. We’re looking for the innovators in the senior living and retirement services. Both Little I incremental innovation and Big I disruptive innovation. A few final predictions. Stop pushing customers around. We think the future is more bringing services to retirees and less moving retirees to access higher levels of care or services. We’ll bring the care to you (or me). This is the single worst part of our experience with our parents in retirement. Every move is disruptive. Multiple moves multiply the disruption. It’s not just additive. The industry is crazy if it thinks Baby Boomers will tolerate this traditional medical model of progressive care bound to particular, specialized, segregated buildings. We’re not immortal. But we’re not crazy consumers either. We didn’t enjoy the experience as caregivers. We’ll reject it for ourselves. Adaptability built-in as a feature. Moving services and not customers requires building (or remodeling) spaces to be more flexible. This is more than just universal design. It includes the ability to accommodate the technology required for higher levels of care or services. These real estate distinctions between independent living, assisted living, and long-term care? Are almost all driven by third-party payors or operational efficiencies. No rational aging consumer wants to be shuffled off somewhere new every time they get comfortable. We think this is the aging version of Sarah Suzanka’s Not So Big House. https://www.amazon.com/Not-So-Big-House-Blueprint/dp/1600851509 Designed Experiences. Living spaces will become more designed experiences conscious of the social interactions and connections desired. We hate generic “flex” space that works well for nothing. Our friends at Brad Smith & Associates Planning talk about intentional PLACEcreation and compare creating senior living environments to experience as Disney Imagineers. We think BSA Planning is spot on. See our prior article at: https://agingwithfreedom.com/2017/08/15/sustainability-in-senior-living/ Payment Incentives Must and Will Change. So many of the evils in the status quo trace back to the payment incentives. This is true in healthcare overall not just senior living. We’ve paid for efforts and not results for too long. There’s too little team play or coordination of effort. Why? Different payment silos. And it’s top-down driven, unresponsive to consumers as patients or residents. This can’t last. We see more transparent and less complex pricing ahead. Or we see consumers going elsewhere. Affordability is the challenge. The money always matters, but it’s never all that matters. In senior housing choices, affordability is a special challenge for the industry and boomer consumers. Boomers are a double-barrel demographic challenge and opportunity. We are a huge cohort. And the gift of longevity extends the questions. “ “. . . [F]ewer than one in 10 (7%) Baby Boom adults . . . purports even to be actively planning to buy a new or resale home in the next 12 months. . . Not the active “active adult” demand trend many would have expected, especially among Baby Boomer retirees and about-to-be retirees, who’ve made it a lifelong practice essentially to get what they want.” https://www.builderonline.com/design/consumer-trends/whats-holding-back-55-new-home-buyers-in-todays-marketplace_o The unequal distribution of wealth means that serving the upper five percent won’t help society or Boomers overall with successful aging. Real world solutions at affordable prices will require Big I innovation. Smart AI-informed Remote Monitoring and Medicine. Technology is driving medicine out of the exclusive clinical setting and into our everyday living environment. Fitbit and Apple Watch are the tips of the spear. Senior living providers should be the expert in facilitating and delivering care in nonclinical settings. The future is going to feature fewer physicians serving more patients. How? Monitoring and even diagnosis will be driven by more data collection, smart Artificial Intelligence (AI) diagnosis, and remote service delivery. Senior living either finds a role in this new world or becomes more irrelevant. More Like-Minded, Self-Directed Communities. Boomers as a group are proactive and less content to be told what to do. We’re the rebels rejecting the hierarchical authority of The Greatest Generation. This is not always a good thing. But, like The Big Sort at the societal level, we expect more grouping in retirement by ideology, worldviews, and passions. https://www.amazon.com/Big-Sort-Clustering-Like-Minded-America/dp/0547237723/ We see the selection of which senior living community being driven more by cultural affinity and less by just architecture. This social drive also suggests Boomers insisting on greater say or influence in the day-to-day operations of their communities. Successful senior living communities will encourage and direct this generational impulse. Legal structures may not change, but the result will feel more cooperative. Latitude Margaritaville is an example of this cultural affinity forward model. Success will require more. Automation including Self-Driving Cars. Automation will replace lost dexterity and strength and substitute for scarce, skilled labor. We want to send our car to work when we’re not using it. Our current desire? A Rivian R1T electric pickup truck. So cool. Or maybe we won’t need a car when we can call up one on demand. Rivian R1T EV Pickup with its distinctive gear tunnel, “frunk” or front trunk, Level 3 autonomous driving, 400+ miles of range, and AWD towing power. Our future? Yes! More changes and one thing to keep Trailing Parents (Grandparents). Remember those helicopter parents of the 1990s? Same shtick, different venue. We see more Boomers trailing behind their adult kids and grandkids to live close to their smaller families. This really changes the marketing for downsizing or senior living communities as the consumer needs to connect with available choices often before knowing a city or region. This may increase the importance of brand power. Why do we love McDonald’s and Holiday Inn Express? Because we know what we’re getting even away from our familiar environs. Renting not Owning. There’s evidence of this trend already. We think it will accelerate. Boomer’s will be reluctant to tie too much wealth up in their residence after the Great Recession. Once burned, twice shy. We actually think another round of pain is ahead. We’re not sure who will buy all the McMansions. We fear a similar fate as for the big homes of the 1920s. Getting the current paper wealth (equity) out of big homes may be harder than Boomers think. So when the time comes for downsizing, it may be twice burned. RentCafe.com recently published data-backed proof that Boomers in retirement are swinging hard to renting, not buying. https://www.rentcafe.com/blog/renting/the-future-of-renting-will-be-centered-around-a-new-older-demographic/ Caring still in short supply. As caregivers, we’ve seen the huge difference a caring staff can make in senior living. We’ve had two good experiences and one terrible experience with our folks. As much as we love automation and virtual communication, a caring heart and human touch are still important, especially late in life when life by necessity. The innovation winners will remember the importance of caring. We value love above things. That won’t change.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line863
__label__wiki	0.874277	0.874277	Face Bar - Red Room An independant venue which hosts a variety of acts and DJs. Ambrose place, Chatham Street, RG1 7JE 17:45 - The Military Arcade The band formed in 2008, and started as a 3 piece. The band released the first EP in 2012 and followed that with a local battle of the bands win. The band then recorded their debug album revolution is imminent and won best live act at exposure music awards. The band was then invited to play in Belgium at the exposure show there and the band were praised by industry top dogs including Steve Brown (producer for manic street preachers, wham and Freddie mercury) They followed this with a UK tour before going on hiatus. But the band are back in full swing with several shows booked and working with producer Pete brand (inme/stereophonics) on the next album. 18:45 - Intraverse Alternative rock act Intraverse are four lifelong friends, feeding their musical appetite with one defining notion; making music they want to hear. On paper their ideology is a very simple formula, but live, it is a powerhouse of a sonic spectacle, coupling visual theatrics with truly gifted musicianship. The band’s first single ‘Please Don't Share Your Kisses' climbed to No.4 in the Itunes rock chart and debuted Top 40 in the official Indie Chart, an outstanding achievement for an unsigned band. They have continued to convert the uninitiated at festivals including the mighty Download, and Halloween’s Nightmare in Camden. 19:30 - Black State Highway Black State Highway are a five- piece female fronted rock outfit formed at the Brighton Institute Of Modern Music; their mission is to inflict what they call ‘The Pong’. In other words they use filthy stinkin’, bluesy riffage delivered in a down to earth jeans and t-shirt kind of way, to put a disgusted expression on the faces of those who enjoy such afflictions. Amongst a wide and varied repertoire of influences, Black State Highway are heavily influenced by the old school 70s rock bands whom need not be named, but despite following this pedigree they stamp authority by stepping outside the boundaries of classic rock traditions with their own original brand of heavy riff based rock. The rhythm section promises sizable power and aggression that will shake the ground beneath the crowd. Coupled with the crunching riffs, relentlessly skilled solos, and not to mention the raw, melodic hooks of Steinberga's power-vocals, they create a ‘one off’ sound that has never been heard before. 19:45 - Arsenio REPLACE - Black State Highway ARSENIO are an unassuming guitar and drum duo from the burbs of reading who play a form of glistening high powered sportsmusic. chug and squall and syncho rumble. math rock scribbled on a napkin, more than the sum of its parts, an equation that does not equate. sprawling and restless riff monster compojams that hide their tracts of melody like an ogre hides his heart. that lodge their spawn nestled in your ears and leave them to hatch and grow up in your brain. enjoy. 20:45 - The Twin Dracula Having spent their first 12 months as a band sharing stages with punk heavyweights GBH, Chelsea, and The Peacocks, Reading's The Twin Dracula look to enter 2015 with their as-yet-untitled fourth EP, scheduled for release this summer. 21:45 - God Damn Dropped like a pipe-bomb into the British rock scene, Wolverhampton band God Damn have spent the last three years nailing audiences to the walls with their sonic blasts of glorious noise. Yet their debut album Vultures offers more than just machismo, bombast and bluster. There is nuance and melody. Purpose and meaning. Heartfelt intent. A dizzying blend of barbed wire guitars, lung-shredding vocals and drums that run away like wild horses. It’s all the more effective when you learn God Damn are a stripped-down two-piece. The band have toured with the likes of Slaves, Funeral For A Friend, Eagulls, The Wytches, Hawk Eyes, Turbowolf and played a host of festivals including Bestival, Camden Rocks and Hand Made. 22:45 - The Computers Signed to One Little Indian, The Computers are from Exeter. Their sound initially fused hardcore punk and garage rock and progressed to a less heavy sound incorporating blues and soul. In March 2015 the band began recording their 3rd studio album.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line873
__label__cc	0.577236	0.422764	Serving gay romance, snarky side up. wRomance Romancelandia Too Stupid to Live Billionaire with Benefits Theta Alpha Gamma Frat Boy & Toppy Love, Hypothetically Sweet Young Thang Task Force Iota Bluewater Bay Whitetail Series Turning Tricks Excerpt Frat Boy & Toppy Epilogue Sam Breaks Up with Marley College Hockey Player Outed X-rated Crochet August 1 — 18% Gray — Excerpt July 12, 2011 by Anne Tenino Okay, we have the trifecta. The book, the cover and the release date (which is Aug. 1 if you didn’t catch the title of this post). 18% Gray cover art 18% Gray is available on the Dreamspinner website for preorder in both ebook format or paperback. If you just wanna get to the excerpt, scroll down until you see “Excerpt” in bold. For the blurb, look for “Blurb”. Otherwise you will put up with my wordiness. 18% is M/M sci-fi, futuristic with a dystopic edge. It’s not very high-tech sci-fi, sorry. I’m not a high-tech kinda girl. One of my friends yelled at my (e-yelling, very unpleasant, caps and everything) for not telling her it was sci-fi. Which led me to realize I haven’t said much about this book at all, really. I am remiss. What kind of author am I? The kind that thought she could write a book and go back into her cave, actually. Not so. Anyhoo, while I could ramble along all day, I should probably just put in the blurb, say a few things about the excerpt, then shut the hell up, huh? “ In a future where the United States has split along party lines, agent Matt Tennimore’s job is to get people out of the Confederated Red States, whether they’re captured special ops agents from his own country or gay CRS citizens who’ve petitioned for asylum. He never expected to have to retrieve his high school crush, aka the guy who ostracized him for being gay. Rescuing James Ayala isn’t going to be easy: he’s crawling with tracking nanos and has a cybernetic brain implant that granted him psychic powers he isn’t sure how to control. That’s the good news. The bad? The implant is compromising James’s mental stability. So they’re on the run, avoiding surveillance by AI aircraft and hiding from enemy militia. Then James confesses he tormented Matt in high school because James wanted him. Matt can’t resist the temptation James offers, but he wants so much more than sex; assuming they ever make it home alive. Is James really a good bet when he’s got a ticking time bomb in his brain? And then there’s the question of how much he’s actually changed.“ The blurb could have a more amusing tone. It seems a little angsty, but I tried. Okay, so the excerpt is the prologue of the book, and it takes place 7 (and a half) years before the main story. A little slice of when James and Matt knew each other in high school. I’ll post another excerpt next Tuesday… The Excerpt: Matt spent the time on his knees thinking. Oh, he should have been concentrating on the dick in his mouth, but he’d lost interest in it a few weeks ago. About one week after he’d started putting said dick in his mouth. Actually, it wasn’t so much the dick in his mouth he was sick of; it was the dick attached to it. “Dude, deep-throat me,” Steve begged in a whiny voice. Matt had learned from recent experience that snorting in derision when you were giving a guy a blow job didn’t end well for either party. He sent Steve a scathing look. Yeah, that’s gonna happen. If Matt weren’t a hormonal, sex-deprived sixteen-year-old, he probably wouldn’t even be hard. Oblivious to Matt, Steve thrust his hips a little. Matt planted his hands on Steve’s hips and held them still against the tractor Steve was leaning on. The dumbass moaned. Matt was so getting a blow job this time. No more letting Steve get away with the hand job treatment. He’d managed to convince Steve to blow him—what? Three times, maybe? And in that same period of time Matt was sure he’d given Steve… let’s see… two to three blow jobs a week—he’d call it 2.5—for five weeks was… 12.5 blow jobs. Look, ma! He could suck cock and do math at the same time! He should have made Steve blow him first. He sighed around Steve’s erection. Live and learn. “Oh, yeah, suck it, baby,” Steve moaned. This guy watched too many porn vids. To pass the time, Matt reviewed how he’d ended up here on his knees. Fact: Matt was the only out kid in their high school. Announcing you were gay wasn’t that typical in a small town, even in a state like Oregon, where 95% of the people had joined the Blue States of America after the Split in ’56. Oregon had mostly just lost Ontario and a little of the southeastern corner in ’56 when Idaho went Red. Fact: Statistically, Matt knew there had to be about fourteen other queer guys in his school. There were 230 kids in the whole K-through-12 school in Weimer. If about 12% of the population was queer, that meant there were twenty-eight gay or lesbian kids in school. Half of them were of no interest to him, having the wrong equipment and all. That left fourteen potential playmates for him. But they could be in kindergarten for all he knew. Fact: Weimer was the largest town in the county, at just under 3,000 people, plus another couple thousand on outlying ranches. The closest school district to Weimer was 120 kilometers away, and it had fewer than one hundred kids in it. Fact: He could forget sex with some sympathetic guy out of high school (or, you know, some elderly pervert—he was sixteen; he wasn’t that picky). Matt wouldn’t be of age for two more years, and no one would fuck with an underage kid in his family. Most of his cousins—and his mom—knew three ways to eviscerate someone with their pinky nail. Crap, he knew that. It was a requirement of growing up in the Kell-Viteaux clan. Conclusion: It was going to be really fucking hard for him to get any action in this town. Like, ever. Clearly, tactical planning was necessary. So, he’d come up with a simple two-step plan. Step 1: He was a horny sixteen-year-old queer boy in an isolated, conservative community. He also happened to be relatively attractive. Instead of hunting his prey, it seemed easier to become the prey. So he very publicly came out in September. Step 2: Wait to be caught. Result? By February not a single underage, horny, closeted guy had come on to him. It looked like the plan was a bust. So when Steve came on to him one drunken night last month? Matt was so happy for another guy to touch him that he jumped at the chance. Literally. Climbed right up Steve. So now he had a closeted boyfriend. Really, fuck-buddy was a more accurate term. So, yay! Matt was fucking around with the quarterback of the football team, but no one knew it except Matt’s family (well, he hadn’t worked up to telling Dad yet, but Mom and the grampas knew). Not only could he not brag about his hot fuck-buddy, but the fuck-buddy had misplaced his personality to top it off. Somehow, this wasn’t as great as he thought it would be when he had come up with the grand plan to get some action. Too bad his closeted fuck-buddy didn’t blow him more, to make up for it. And, you know, for being generally boring. But Steve was the only game in town, and they both knew it. Steve started to make those noises he made when he was getting close, and Matt snapped back to attention. Oh, yeah. Sucking cock. Matt glanced up at Steve. Ugh. He was too… classically handsome. Dark hair, built, tall, perfect nose. Too cliché. Of course the totally hot quarterback was gay! Matt closed his eyes and imagined Steve as someone else. It was the only way he was going to get this done. Matt just wasn’t capable of giving it that necessary extra little bit if he had to give it to Steve. Matt imagined the guy he imagined every time he sucked Steve off anymore. The guy who probably wasn’t gay, but telling himself that hadn’t stopped Matt from wanting him. James Ayala. Steve’s best friend. James didn’t go in for a lot of the high school hubris Matt saw in most jocks (exhibit A? Fucking his mouth). James had self-confidence, and he didn’t need to treat anyone like shit to make himself feel better. He never bullied or ridiculed. He was the original strong, silent type, who understood what personal integrity was before most guys had even heard of it. And if James was a little less than classically handsome? Something about the way he was put together, and the way he moved, and the way Matt felt when James looked at him more than made up for it. So it was James’s hard cock he was sucking right now. He could feel James’s hand in his hair, gripping it tight, almost painfully tight. Forcing him to take it. Matt shivered at the idea and sucked harder, humming a little. Steve gave a grunt, ruining Matt’s good time. Why was that fantasy a turn-on when he imagined James doing it, but if Steve did it Matt felt compelled to twist his sac? Matt opened his eyes and started pulling off Steve. He didn’t know if he could finish if the guy was going to make noise and ruin his fantasy. That’s when Matt saw the guy standing in the door of Steve’s family’s machine shed. Backlit, he was mostly a silhouette, but there was just enough interior light that Matt could make out his face. “James,” Matt breathed. Steve froze and then gave himself whiplash cranking his head toward the door. “Fuck, dude!” Steve yelped, pushing on Matt’s shoulders. “Shit,” Matt groaned, pulling his hands off Steve’s hips. He didn’t see how this could be good. “Jesus Christ!” James spat, his face going red with anger and… was that hatred? Then James turned and walked out. Steve tried to get Matt to finish but Matt told him to fuck off and left, looking for James. Matt climbed on his crotch rocket, not entirely sure what he was doing but knowing he needed to talk to him. It wasn’t like they were close friends, exactly, but James had been really cool to him. They were friendly. He found James outside his family ranch house, plugging in his own crotch rocket. Matt pulled up silently, just the gravel crunching under his wheels. He raised the shield on the rocket, apprehensive and unsure what he was going to say. Shit. He knew James could hear him, but he kept his back to Matt. Matt figured his best approach was a brazen one. He got off the bike. “Th’fuck?” Matt asked James, walking up behind him. James stood up from where he’d been stowing his helmet behind the seat. “I didn’t know you were a fag,” James said coldly, not even turning around. Matt felt like someone had kicked him in the nuts. No one said the F-word anymore. Unless they were one. Then it was okay. But otherwise? Nuh-uh. But it was so much more than that. “How could you not know I was queer, James? Everyone knows I’m queer. Somebody lased it into the bathroom wall! ‘Need your cock sucked? Call Matt Tennimore’.” “Yeah, I saw it.” James wouldn’t look at him, disgusted. “I just thought it couldn’t be true about someone like you.” “Whadya mean, ‘someone like me’? Someone skinny and short and kinda effeminate?” It was a measure of how upset Matt was that he called himself effeminate. Most of the time he refused to admit he might be. Not that there was anything wrong with it, of course. “No!” James finally looked at him, the same look in his eye that he’d had when he’d found Matt on his knees in front of Steve’s cock. “Someone I liked.” James turned and stalked off toward his front door. “But if you like me….” Matt wanted to kick his own ass as soon as he opened his mouth. James turned but just gave Matt that stony look he was so good at. He snorted in disgust. “Gimme a fucking break. You think I’m going to hang out with a faggot like you?” “What about Steve? He’s a fag too! He still your friend?” Matt called after him. All he got in reply was a slamming front door. Matt waited a minute. He felt hot and cold by turns, and his fists were clenched so hard he could feel the nails bite into his palms. It wasn’t the worst treatment he’d gotten in this fucking town, but it hurt the most. This can’t end like this. But it did, of course. For the next four months of school James was Matt’s enemy. Cold looks, snide comments in class, and a lot of James pretending Matt didn’t exist. Finally James went off to Oregon State, and Matt breathed a sigh of relief. Probably partly because Steve went off to college too. Matt was pretty fucking sick of Steve by then. Not that he ever touched him again after that day, but Steve kept bugging him to. James’s leaving felt like a splinter in his chest. Not because he gave a shit, but because what a fucking dick! No one gave him that kind of shit! He had relatives in Special Ops, and they’d kick James’s sorry ass for calling Matt a fag. Except he didn’t ever tell them about it, because he didn’t want anyone to know what a loser he was. It certainly wasn’t because he wanted to save James’s ass. Category: 18%, Basic, Books 18% Gray, 2nd Excerpt » « Whitetail Rock 12 thoughts on “August 1 — 18% Gray — Excerpt” I LOVED this book, I haven’t read any of your books this was a first, I had run otu of books to read saw it on the coming soon/new release page and got it, I’m so happy I did, Matt and James were meant for each other, I’m looking forward to any new books you might have, gonna have to go looking lol. I really hope you write Laslo and Logan’s story, I’m very curious to see how Logan recovers and if Laslo will go get him out of Red territory/ Anne Tenino says: Matt and James were meant for each other, weren’t they? I love them. 🙂 Thank you, Tess! oh yes they are!! and from the looks of Laslo and Logan in 18% Gray I think they are too. I just can’t wait for more to read. oh I read Happy Birthday to me, so I know they get together 😀 I just want their book lol Laslo and Logan have been surprisingly hard to write, but I think I’ve got it under control, now. I’ll post as soon as I know what’s going on with that book. Well tell the buggars to stop giving you a hard time while you try to write their book lol Thanks I most certainly will keep an eye on this blog and Dreamspinner lol Laslo is a surprisingly uptight, anxious guy, and Logan is completely rocking his world. That’s not how he thought it would go, he thought it would be the other way around. He’s had a bit of a shock. snort LOL Well from the little bit we got to know both of them in 18% Gray I knew Logan was gonna make it hard for Laslo (yes pun intended) Hopefully their story will get easier to write and theyll start to behind lmao! Just finished this book and I need to tell you that you are now my new fave author whose books I’m surely gonna watch out for! You’re up there with Josh Lanyon, Heidi Cullinan, JL Langley, KA Mitchell, etc. Looking forward to your next books (got plans for Lance and Sid?)! And hopefully more free stories here, too! I do! I do have plans for Lance and Sid! I even have a little bit of it written, but I think it might be a while before that comes along. Right now I’m working on Laslo and Logan’s story, first and foremost. You totally made my day, BTW, by comparing me to some of my favorite authors. 🙂 Thank You! Awesome! Heh, this series sorta like the Sci-Regency series by Langley, with a very strong family theme. I’m also hoping that JL will write a book about the patriarchs there. And you so totally deserve the compliments! Saturday Snark « Anne Tenino says: […] peruse further excerpts from 18%, check out excerpts 1 and/or […] 18% Gray Available Now « Anne Tenino says: […] and I forgot to post about it here. Check it out on the Dreamspinner Press site, or read excerpts one or two on this […] Material and posts on this site are for mature readers only. It features gay erotica, and is intended for people aged 18 or over. 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__label__cc	0.718072	0.281928	AnythingNovel Home » My Wife is a Beautiful CEO » My Wife Is A Beautiful CEO - Chapter 309 Admins note : Error? delete cache/history browser. Still error? report it. - Next button doesnt work? sometimes, open via index My Wife Is A Beautiful CEO - Chapter 309 If If If Yang Chen felt that there seemed to be something wrong with Cai Yan's mood as he looked at such a facial expression. He didn't understand what was going on. Curious, he asked, ’’What is it? What happened?’’ ’’To be honest, do you feel that being together with me and eating with me are both a waste of your precious time?’’ Cai Yan asked emotionlessly. Yang Chen got dumbfounded. Frowning, he asked, ’’Cai Yan, what do you mean? Why did you suddenly say that?' ’’What do I mean?’’ Cai Yan snorted coldly. ’’Do you possibly mind your own business and finish your food in three minutes without saying anything when you eat with other women before biting a toothpick while you wait for them to slowly finish their food?’’ Yang Chen vaguely understood why Cai Yan was mad. Smiling awkwardly, he said, ’’I'm really sorry. I thought you were all about effectiveness since you're a police, and I also don't know what to say to you. Actually, finishing my food in three minutes is my usual speed when I eat alone. I didn't mean anything else by it, I didn't know this'd displease you.’’ Cai Yan turned dismal. ’’Police... In your eyes, except for the fact that I'm a police, could I possibly also not be a woman?’’ Yang Chen listened to her silently. He too felt rather weird in his heart, since he really didn't see Cai Yan as a beauty he could admire, unlike the other women around him. Although Cai Yan's appearance and body were both exceptional, he had a few bad memories regarding her. Together with the way Cai Yan spoke and handled tasks, Yang Chen found it hard to equate this lady to a 'beauty'. ’’I... I really didn't think of this question before,’’ Yang Chen answered honestly. Cai Yan said softly, ’’I specially put on makeup before leaving the house and coming here today. I even carefully selected a restaurant. Do you know what i did all this for?’’ Yang Chen wasn't an idiot. He could connect the dots as he thought of the time where she gave him a Rolex watch, the matter where she did her best to look after Zhenxiu, and the way she spoke and acted for a few times, especially today when she asked him out for lunch after going out of her way to dress up nicely... Although Yang Chen felt that it was rather unbelievable, Cai Yan evidently had that kind of feelings for him. Yang Chen felt a massive headache. If it was him back then, he wouldn't even have time to celebrate if there was such a beautiful police officer coming to his door herself. He definitely wouldn't refuse the visitor. However today, Yang Chen felt rather afraid when he met a beauty who willingly clung to him. He had always felt apologetic towards the few ladies around him. If he got involved with this beautiful police officer as well, or even took in a few more in the future, Yang Chen felt that his nerves would split one day. The guilt he held in his heart towards every woman of his was enough to make him seek death due to the pain. Seeing that Yang Chen wasn't talking, Cai Yan bit her lower lip and said, ’’You can definitely tell what I'm thinking after what I've done. Don't even try to avoid this.’’ ’’Cai Yan, I... really came out just to return your handbag today.’’ Yang Chen didn't know how to reject Cai Yan. He could only push her away indirectly. Cai Yan's face expressed disappointment, but soon turned to hatred. She felt like she had to get her dissatisfaction and resentment off her chest as soon as possible! Cai Yan gazed at Yang Chen directly as tears filled up her eyes. Smiling disdainfully, she said, ’’Yang Chen, do you know that this seems to be the first time in my life that I got rejected by a man? ’’My family, influence, career, and face that even women are envious of, are all useless when I'm faced with such a man... ’’Whether you can give me a fulfilling love life or not is already a problem. Other women must be mocking me for my stupidity... ’’Return the handbag to me? Humph, how much money is this damned bag worth... Let me tell you, I have never cared about stuff like this! ’’If you have considered my feelings for even the slightest bit, before you sat down in front of me and said what you did earlier, you would at least ask yourself if you had to speak this brutally or not, so brutal that you caused cut wounds to appear all over the body of a woman who isn't very confident, a woman who just wants to speak to you! ’’I you! ’’I don't have to ask you to come to such a place, just to take back a bag that's worth two thousand bucks... Can't I live by my own if I don't see you?! ’’Don't I have a nicer bag?! Don't I have time to go there and take it myself?! Does the situation not allow me to do that?! Or... do I not have the money to even get a bag... ’’Answer me!’’ Cai Yan's voice became really loud at last, but she didn't attract much attention from the other customers since the restaurant was located by the road, causing the noise outside to be rather apparent. Yang Chen's body appeared to be stiff on his seat. Cai Yan's words acted just like nails as they got hammered into his heart. Although he didn't have the feelings that he held towards his other women to Cai Yan, Yang Chen knew that this daring lady left a unforgettable impression to him, regardless if he liked her or not. Cai Yan saw that Yang Chen still didn't answer her. Contempt appeared in her eyes. Smiling, she said, ’’Do you possibly think that I'd develop feelings to a man who sees more value in a two-thousand-dollar bag than me? Do you really think I'd constantly think about him in an entire day, a week, or a month?!’’ Yang Chen knew that he couldn't avoid much. Cai Yan's confession made him feel disdainful towards himself, but he definitely couldn't say he loved her, it'd even be tough for him to say that he liked her. The relationship between him and her was merely limited within friendship, not to mention she was Lin Ruoxi's close friend. Even if he wanted to divorce Lin Ruoxi, there was still no reason for him to get involved with her close friend. After calming his emotions, Yang Chen said solemnly, ’’Cai Yan, I really don't know what to do for the feelings you have for me, but you should know that I'm already married. Ruoxi is your good friend, it's impossible for us to work out.’’ ’’You guys are only married on the surface, bound by a contract, aren't you?’’ Cai Yan asked directly. Yang Chen's scalp quickly went numb as his heart jumped violently. He didn't expect that Cai Yan would know about him and Lin Ruoxi no matter what. ’’Do you feel very surprised? She told me these because you didn't you didn't return home at night after arguing with her. Actually, even if she didn't tell me, I've never believed that you two got married out of true love. Ruoxi isn't that kind of woman who would suddenly get married. She's more calm than everyone else, it's impossible that she got married out of nowhere,’’ Cai Yan said. ’’Now, do you still want to use Ruoxi as an excuse to reject me?’’ Yang Chen smiled bitterly. ’’I really didn't expect you to know about this, but I still can't accept you even if Ruoxi and I aren't truly married. Doing this would be unfair to both you and her. If I hadn't married Ruoxi back then, if the first time we met wasn't in the police station, then the outcome may have come out differently. However, now... I really can't accept your feelings. I don't want to trick you, and don't want to trick myself as well.’’ Cai Yan tried her best to resist from tearing. Turning her head around, she smiled in grievance, saying, ’’If... if... if... ’’The word 'if' is what I hate the most in the world. Everything took place already, isn't it useless to say that word? But after meeting you, especially the day you saved my life in the building, I've always been thinking of this term. ’’'If' I had the chance to be the first one to know you, 'if' you met me first, 'if' I didn't stupidly think that you were a bad guy, 'if' you didn't get married with Ruoxi... ’’'If' I was given an opportunity to start over, I definitely wouldn't waste every single second of being together with you. This is what I think, if your marriage is just a deal and a piece of paper, am I still considered too late? 'If' you can, can you also give me a chance?’’ After listening to Cai Yan's sleep-talking-like words, Yang Chen suddenly realized that he had neglected too many things on this woman, but so what is this was the case? Stuff like feelings wouldn't come true just because one wanted it to. It couldn't be stopped if it wanted to come, and couldn't be found when it didn't want to come. Smiling apologetically, Yang Chen said, ’’I'm sorry, this isn't the matter of chance. We could be good friends, but... I've never had the thought of making you my woman. This doesn't woman. This doesn't mean you're inferior to the women around me, it's just that I can't force myself to develop that kind of feelings, so I really can't promise you anything.’’ ’’If that's the case, why did you save me recklessly in the building while you're facing so many people and bullets?’’ Cai Yan asked as she was unwilling to give up. Yang Chen shook his head. ’’I wasn't reckless. I only saved you because you're Ruoxi's friend, and also a good police woman. To me, the bullets aren't dangerous at all.’’ ’’You're lying to me. You must be hating me. You hate me because I used to treat you so badly, don't you?’’ Cai Yan's voice became rather shaky. ’’I didn't lie to you, and I also don't hate you. It is true that I saved you, but this can't represent anything. I've rescued many people and killed countless as well. This is the most common thing to me.’’ Yang Chen couldn't hold it anymore. He said, ’’You can actually pick a much better man. A fellow like me who can never be faithful doesn't deserve your tears.’’ Cai Yan laughed for a while. It was unknown who she was laughing at. ’’It seems like I've misunderstood the situation. You may leave now.’’ As soon as she finished speaking, Cai Yan picked up her bowl and chopsticks before starting to eat. Yang Chen didn't leave. He frowned as he worriedly looked at Cai Yan. Cai Yan wiped her tears and raised her head before revealing a bright smile. ’’Do you think I'm a sixteen-year-old teenager? Just because I got rejected by a man, I'll do stupid things like jumping out of the building or cutting my wrist? Leave, I hate to see you now.’’ Yang Chen knew that Cai Yan must be detesting him in her heart now, but nothing came out of his mouth when he tried to console her. Rejecting a love confession was indeed very difficult. Yang Chen couldn't imagined, Will I be able to reject someone when it comes to a woman who loves me, who is also a woman I love? Yang Chen stood up and left the restaurant as he brought his heavy mood. Cai Yan put down her bowl and chopsticks the moment Yang Chen's figure stepped out of the restaurant's door. She lay her head on the table and her shoulders shivered as she started to cry in silence. 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__label__cc	0.729741	0.270259	Armaell's Library Death mage Volume 5 The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time Densuke Hello everyone and here's the fifth volume of DM. So happy with the return of the series now that TL is back from vacation, and still can't get enough of this story. By the way, the 1st volume has been updated with illustrations, both epub and pdf, re-download it if interested in checking them out. Anyways, give support to Tl and author as always, and have a good read. Noitrus Set avatar Disallow Armaell's Library uses cookies for quality of life purposes, they allow us to remember your preferences. Click to Learn more on their usage. Armaell's Library uses cookies for quality of life purposes, they allow us to remember your preferences. Learn more. Allow Armaell's Library to use cookies for quality of life purposes. Learn more. More information on cookies Cookies are a small file with many purposes such as: identifying a user, transmitting data between pages during site navigation, and helping the website remember you between visits. What is the point of this message ? The European Union passed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), regulating data protection and privacy. This regulation helps a user better control and understand where their personal data is being used. As such, as a user of this website you are given the right to restrict the information you give us by either allowing or disallowing the use of non-essential cookies. What are cookies used for on Armaell's Library? Armaell's Library has multiple different types of cookies each for their own purpose outlined below: When you comment you're required to submit your name (username) and email. Armaell's Library will write down your name (username) and email in a cookie. When you return to comment again, those fields will already be pre-filled This is a non-essential cookie and disallowing them will in disabling the above-mentioned functionality. Logging users Users that manage the website will need a cookie containing a unique session identifier when logging into the backend of the website. This is an essential cookie and cannot be disabled. Remembering cookies preferences When you answer if you allow or disallow non-essential cookies, your choice will be written down in a cookie as to not ask you again. This cookie can't be disabled.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line885
__label__wiki	0.611776	0.611776	Max Payne works in the cold-case unit at the police department. He becomes obsessed with finding the killer who brutally murdered his wife and infant daughter. Max becomes hell-bent on revenge and is determined to track down those responsible for the murder of his family. Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world. Publisher: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2008] Edition: Widescreen ed. Characteristics: 1 videodisc (103 min.) :,sd., col. ;,12 cm. Additional Contributors: Moore, John 1970-- Director Wahlberg, Mark 1971-- Actor Kunis, Mila 1983-- Actor Bridges, Beau - Actor Ludacris (Rapper)- Actor O'Donnell, Chris - Actor Yorn, Julie 1969-- Producer Read more reviews of Max Payne at iDreamBooks.com aaa5756 Jul 03, 2014 This DVD movie was entertaining and interesting but not one of my favorite for this year. Not too bad---good performance. Very predictable but still entertaining. AdlerC Jan 23, 2012 Play the video game instead. Stealthman Oct 20, 2011 Some nice visuals, but I did not like this as much as what the director had done before. RonNasty64 Mar 30, 2011 Total snooze fest. There was nothing interesting about this film, except the locations. Lots of exterior shots in Toronto. coryandtrevor Dec 23, 2010 Terrible film. I've watched clearer plot lines and more believeable twists on Miami Vice. The way the film was going to end was made clear from the moment an old family friend reacquaints himself with our hurting title character. Any time spent watching film and television alerted the viewer to this fact. And just when you think that our hero is finally going to earn the bullet (that anyone who paid to see this film in the theatre would line-up to deliver (to the character)) the female lead shows up, completely out of nowhere to assist. Come on, man, give us more credit than that. Don't waste your time. joseph Apr 07, 2009 Fair – Max Payne (2008) 100 min. Film adaptation of the popular video game starring Mark Wahlberg is completely forgettable. I found the story to drag at times as the camera pans across the city (wished they spent more time panning across the characters and giving them some life). The film never really gets going because Wahlberg plays Max Payne with the emotions of a tree stump. Oh yes, there is one scene that shows the guy, riddled with the much understood blues over his family’s violent death, smiling. That lasted 3 seconds. By the way, the one thing that makes a great picture is when you forget you’re watching a movie. Not with this one – you know acting (bad acting) is going on and the director yelling “cut”. It was fun watching an older Chris O’Donnell, who’s gained weight, still maintain that squeaky “Robin” voice. This film is barely watchable. PayneBringer007 Aug 11, 2014 Max Payne: There's an army of bodies under this river - criminals, people who ran out of time, out of friends. Next time they drag this river, they'll find me at the bottom with the rest of them. There won't be anyone left to say I was different. I could feel the dead down there, just below my feet, reaching up to welcome me as one of their own. It was an easy mistake to make. Max Payne: I don't believe in heaven. I believe in pain. I believe in fear. I believe in death. “One person can make a difference and every person should try.” –John F Kennedy Sunnchilde Jul 31, 2011 "In Norse mythology, the only way you get to go to heaven is to die in violence." Police — United States — Drama. Murderers — United States — Drama. Revenge — United States — Drama.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line886
__label__wiki	0.754247	0.754247	Trope, Warcraft Expanded Universe, Ashbringer Ashbringer The Ashbringer... World of Warcraft: Ashbringer is a mini-series from the World of Warcraft Comic series which set in Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft universe and released monthly in a standard western comic format. It is written by Micky Neilson. Art by Ludo Lullabi along with Tony Washington. The covers are by Chris Robinson, Ludo Lullabi, and Tony Washington The series consists of four issues and chronicles the history of the fictional sword known as Ashbringer. It is part of the Warcraft Expanded Universe. The series contains examples of: Achilles in His Tent: Tirion Fordring. All There in the Manual: This is a strange reversal as much of the story loses its impact unless you know who the characters are from the video game. Cain and Abel: Renault and Darion. Ironically, Darion doesn't know it. Cameo: Argent Officer Pureheart is the "other" female in the Order of the Silver Hand but is never identified by name. Cool Sword: The titular Ashbringer. The Devil: Balnazzar's role in the comic. The Faceless: Castillian. Fan Service: The point of the entire thing. Fantastic Racism: Something that cripples the Scarlet Crusade. Foregone Conclusion: This is an adaptation of the Ashbringer story to Warcraft. Fate Worse Than Death: The punishment for Alexandros Mograine and his son Darion. Dathrohan is viewed as an insanely evil Knight Templar when the book reveals that he died before he did anything questionable. It was all Balnazzar's doing. Grand Theft Me: Dathrohan. Heroic Sacrifice: Darion Morgraine makes one to free his father's soul from Ashbringer. However, it causes him to take his father's place. Knight Templar: The fanatical Scarlet Crusade is pretty much a direct analogue to the Knights Templars, except they fight Undead. Knight Templar Parent: Brigitte Abbendis' father. Unfortunately, she's not much better. Last Words: Alexandros Mograine gets some. Specifically, it's the A Plague on Both Your Houses with Dramatic Irony. He informs Renault that he was wrong about his son. Specifically, he was wrong that his son was anything like him. Renault, who murdered his father for his lack of approval thus goes insane for the fact that he was actually the son that his father thought was the most capable and strong willed. Lawful Stupid: High General Abbendis, both of them, shoot down any plan that begins with "Allying with the other races." The Messiah: Tirion Fordring. The Mole: Castillian, although it is pretty obvious, and at least one character suspects it. Ms. Fanservice: Sally Whitemane exemplifies this trope. In a order of otherwise straight Knight Templars, she's walking sex. Redshirt Army: Darion's Argent Dawn companions infiltrating Naxxramas pretty much only exist to be killed. Retcon: Tons. One of the chief retcons is Sally Whitemane survives the events of WOW due to Darion not killing her in this comic as she would be in the fulfillment of the Ashbringer quests in World of Warcraft. Not to mention Darion takes over the role of the player character in pursuing many of these events. Self-Made Orphan: The young Renault Mograine becomes this at the urging of the hideous Balnazaar. Of course, Renault's dad gets him back for it. Stripperific: Whitemane's outfit. Of course, it WORKS on her. Trauma Conga Line: Poor, poor Darion...But he got he gets turned Death Knight, but snaps out of it with the help of his Dad's spirit, he goes on to form the Knights of the Ebon Blade and plays a key part in defeating the Lich King. This has the happy side effect of shattering Frostmourne, releasing the souls of thousands (Along with Daddy's), which, while not making up for everything. It at LEAST gives him something to hold onto. He may have been dragged into Darkness, but he helped bring Light to the world! Oh, and he still gets some pretty bad-ass Death Knight powers The Unfavorite: Renault's motivation for turning evil. The Virus: The plague of undeath sweeping the land. Voice of the Legion: For a comic, they really did a good job with Kel'Thuzad's voice. Twisted Speech Bubbles with a black/red background, white borders and text, and a shadow effect really lets you know that he isn't one of the good guys. "Well Done, Son" Guy: Renault Mograine wants his father's approval. In the end, he turns to the figure of Balnazzar possessing Dathrohan's corpse for approval and is convinced to murder his own father. Oh, and then he finds out he had Dad's approval, he just thought it was so obvious he didn't need to say it. Well-Intentioned Extremist: The Scarlet Crusade exemplifies this trope. It turns out, however, that only the lower-ranking operatives are, as some of the higher-ranking ones, including Dathrothan himself, are demons in disguise, and want to destroy the Scourge for being enemies of the Burning Legion. Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Ashbringer?oldid=155412" Warcraft Expanded Universe	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line895
__label__cc	0.664132	0.335868	Trope, Tropes of Legend, Loser Archetype, Turn of the Millennium Useful Notes/Fighting Game Dead Herring Depressing Tropes Plot Magnet Older Than Feudalism Butt Monkey No Real Life Examples, Please You know what? I'm sick of this crap. I'm sick of being the guy who eats insects and gets the funny syphilis. As of this moment, it's over. I'm finished being everybody's butt-monkey! —Xander Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer The character who is always the butt of the demeaning joke or the "put him through hell" plotline. For whatever reason, the Butt Monkey seems to walk through life with a permanent "Kick Me" sign attached to their backs, invisible to them, but all too visible to the rest of the world. Nothing ever goes right for this character, and if something bad is going to happen to someone, chances are it's going to happen to them. Long story short, it sucks to be the Butt Monkey. Simply having a character go through hell once or twice (no matter how severely) is not enough to be the Butt Monkey. With primary and secondary characters, it must be a regular occurrence. With tertiary characters, it must be their sole purpose to exist. They don't do anything to earn the hell they go through, other than being an easy target. Sometimes it's all the writers can think of to do with the character. The direct opposite of a Karma Houdini (although technically the definition applies to those who escape from karma regardless of whether it's good or bad) If carried too far, may result in Deus Angst Machina. This can be counteracted if you occasionally Throw the Dog a Bone, though many writers just can't resist Yanking The Dog's Chain. The Butt Monkey is occasionally dangerous if he's pushed too far. If the audience sympathizes with them, they become The Woobie. If, however, the character's suffering is Played for Laughs and the reason the audience loves them is because of all the crap they get put through, they're generally The Chew Toy. On the other hand, if the audience begins to resent the "unfair" treatment of the character, they can become the Designated Monkey. The joke can also be dragged too far in other ways - to make a character a Butt Monkey of fate is one thing; to have them constantly taking the punishment for the misdeeds of an unsympathetic cast is another. If a female Butt Monkey is regularly used for slapstick and it is Played for Laughs she is probably also a case of Slapstick Knows No Gender. If every conceivable misfortune happens to the Butt Monkey, regardless of its logic or lack thereof, you've got yourself a Cosmic Plaything. If someone is Giving the Sword to A Noob, nine times out of ten this person is the noob. On the other hand, if someone in the cast other than The Hero is going to Take a Level in Badass, its almost invariably the Butt Monkey who does it. See also: Bumbling Sidekick, The Unfavourite, Guilt by Association Gag, Humiliation Conga, Iron Butt Monkey. Is nearly always on the receiving end of Comedic Sociopathy. Examples go in subpages: Live Action Films Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.fandom.com/wiki/Butt_Monkey?oldid=317086" Loser Archetype	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line896
__label__cc	0.691041	0.308959	Appeal of the American Political Science Association to presidents Juncker and Tusk Athens Review of Books 18/12/2018 , English articles Dear Presidents Juncker and Tusk, The American Political Science Association is a scholarly association that represents more than 11,000 U.S. and internationally based professors and students of political science, including scholars in Greece. We write today to express our deep concern regarding the threat to scholarly and political expression in Greece. As you are aware, the Greek courts have upheld efforts to curtail the capacity of the Athens Review of Books (ARB) to remain a leading venue for discussions of important political topics. It is our understanding that former Foreign Minister Mr. Nikos Kotzias has frozen the bank accounts of the journal’s publisher and taken extensive legal action against the ARB in response to a reader’s letter to the editor that was critical of the Foreign Minister. APSA shares the view of many leading scholars that European institutions must be vigilant to protect robust freedoms of scholarly and political expression against governmental repression. Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedom affirmed the European Union’s dedication to free expression without interference by government. We ask that you work with the government of Greece to ensure its treatment of the ARB meets the spirit of these commitments and thank you for your attention to this matter. Rogers M. Smith, President Paula D. McClain, President Elect Kathleen Thelen, Past-President Steven Rathgeb Smith, Executive Director Are you in need of: A killer app to boost your growth? An online strategy that steals the show? We know you are dying to meet us, and so do we! P.S First meeting includes coffee, cookies & consulting ☕ 🍪 🚀 Designs, Develops & Delivers custom solutions & agile tools, tailor-made for your needs. Νάσος Βαγενάς (Nassos Vagenas) Εξάρθρωση των Ταγμάτων Εφόδου άμεσα! Άρθρο στην «Neue Zürcher Zeitung» ‒ Μια επιστολή αναγνώστη κι έγινε το κακό. Η «Athens Review of Books» στα γρανάζια της ελληνικής δικαιοσύνης A shame for Greece and Europe Άμος Οζ (1939-2018) Τις συναλλαγές σας με το athensreviewofbooks.com διασφαλίζει η Alpha Bank 2019 © The Athens Review of books. All rights reserved Κατασκευή ιστοσελίδας Αυτή η σελίδα χρησιμοποιεί cookies για να διαχειριστεί τα στοιχεία χρήσης, στατιστικά πλοήγησης και άλλες λειτουργίες. Επισκεπτόμενοι τη σελίδα μας συμφωνείτε οτι μπορούμε να χρησιμοποιήσουμε cookies.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line900
__label__cc	0.618423	0.381577	Monday, March 16 • 8:45pm - 10:12pm Hot Sugar's Cold World A fly-on-the-wall look into the life of a modern-day Mozart, Nick Koenig (Hot Sugar) as he creates one-of-a-kind music made entirely out of sounds from the world around him. Nick lives every young musician’s dream, but when his internet- famous girlfriend, Rapper/Singer Kitty goes on tour and they split, he flies to Paris where he grew up, to move on with his life, while hunting for increasingly unique and exotic sounds to sample and turn into beats. Through his journey, Hot Sugar goes on some crazy adventures, meets some fascinating people and learns what it takes to survive as an artist. Section: 24 Beats Per Second Premiere Status: World Premiere Runtime: 87min Monday March 16, 2015 8:45pm - 10:12pm Alamo Ritz 320 E 6th St Film, Screening Type Documentary Feature Screening section 24 Beats Per Second Online http://www.adambhalalough.com Tags music-badge, film-badge, gold-badge, platinum-badge, film-festival-wristband, artist-wristband, convergence	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line904
__label__cc	0.532433	0.467567	Home News Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Will Give Away $300K on HQ Trivia’s Biggest... Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Will Give Away $300K on HQ Trivia’s Biggest Ever Game This Week HQ Trivia is one of the most popular mobile entertainment apps out there and its popularity can be justified from the recent $3 million deal it entered into with Warner for promoting some upcoming movies. And now, HQ Trivia will witness a visit by ‘The Rock’ Dwayne Johnson who will join the anchor Scott Rogowsky to give away the biggest cash prize yet. People Magazine confirms that on Wednesday, April 11, The Rock will shake HQ Trivia up with a massive $300,000. Johnson will be promoting his movie Rampage, based on the eponymous 1980s arcade game, which releases on Friday. Rogowsky told PEOPLE that he’d been fanboying over The Rock since his participation in the Canadian Football League and working with him was like a “dream come true”. He added, ‘HQties across the HQniverse are going to flip their wigs when they see DJ pop up on their favorite game show on Wednesday. We’re giving out our biggest prize ever — enough money to go to the gym for 400 years (which is how long it would take to get as swole as him!)‘. HQ Trivia attracts over a million users per game who try to answer a series of questions in the increasing order of difficulty with a chance to win at least some cash. The players who get the last answer right win the money. So will you be up for HQ Trivia with The Rock? Are you hoping – like us – for at least one retro WWF question? Let us know below! HQ Trivia	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line912
__label__wiki	0.571164	0.571164	March 16, 2017 quivet Leave a comment Written and Directed by Sean Hogan Starring Billy Clarke, Jack Gordon, Jonathan Hansler, Harry Miller and Mark Sealy Two hit men are sent to do an assassination, for their boss Bruno. Pinner (Billy Clarke) is an experienced gun for hire and he is provided assistance by the young, inexperienced and skittish Cully (Jack Gordon). They arrive at the house of their target and settle in for Kist (Jonathan Hansler) to return from the Opera so they can murder him and go home. Cully is nervous and asks Pinner to tell him about the strangest thing he’s seen doing this job, and a reluctant Pinner tells him a ghost story about a young striptease dancer he had to murder when he was still a novice. To Pinner she was beautiful, the death is portrayed as tragic, and his accomplice on that job swears he sees her on stage at the club for months after the death. Suddenly a strike at the window draws the pair to the shed where they find that their target has a satanic shrine, complete with murdered baby. Shaken but determined to get on with the job they return to the house, where Pinner encounters Kist who has returned early from the Opera. Pinner executes Kist and it seems like the job is over. “You’ve got red on you.” As the pair leave, Cully remembers that he has left his watch in the bathroom and the two of them head back inside the house – to find that Kist’s body has disappeared. They prepare to search the premises for the person they assume must be in the building somewhere. Pinner heads outside to call Bruno and explain that there’s been a complication and Cully is completely thrown when a small red ball comes down the staircase. Clearly paranoid and losing his nerve, he accidentally shoots Pinner as he re-enters the house. A wounded Pinner finishes the ghost story that he was telling Cully earlier, while he binds his wounds, and Cully nurses the bloody nose Pinner gave him for shooting him in the shoulder. Searching the house Cully finally loses it and demands to go home, Pinner though reluctant agrees, but as they are leaving, Cully is trapped in a room by supernatural means and killed off camera. Pinner finally enters the room to find his bloody remains all over the black altar they discovered earlier. Pinner wanders aimlessly, and in a state of shock until he finally comes face to face once more with Kist, who has the wounds of a man shot in the back of the head, but apparently hasn’t decided that was going to stop him enjoying his evening. He explains to a shell-shocked Pinner that he has an unusual line of work, and also tidies up the end of Pinner’s ghost story, when he gets Pinner to reveal that he was the lover of the murdered striptease girl. Pinner goes to head home, drained by the whole experience, but decides to finish the job, heading back into the house one more time. He uncovers a secret basement/wine cellar and in it, a child. He shouts to Kist to tell him that the jig is up, and that he now holds his child hostage, but the child – clearly a supernatural creation turns and rips out Pinner’s throat. Kist comes down to the basement, takes Pinners phone and kills Bruno with some form of incantation. What’s wrong with it? The film tries hard to wrap a ghost story within a horror thriller, and relies on the interaction between the three main characters conversations. However, the dialogue is incredibly tiresome, fifty words are often used when ten would suffice, and the same point is made over and over again with a little rewording. As the characters fall one by one, we’re supposed to be drawn into the moral ambiguity of their world, but we’re left without a reason to relate to these characters – we are never drawn into their world. There is one point in the film, where Billy Clarke delivers a fifteen minute, laboured monologue, in a flat monotone and a complete lack of facial expression. If you took a still from it, it would look great, he looks like a man haunted by his past, but after a few minutes the attention wanders and you end up struggling to understand what the point of the story he is telling is. And then after an hour of not showing us the monster, the ending falls entirely flat, when the homonculus appears, and Kist uses an incantation to kill Bruno. All mystery is dispelled and instead we’re left with an unsatisfactory ending. What’s right with it? The story is fine, and the acting is reasonable given the script. The overall structure of the film really works in its favour, and its a nice micro-budget horror flick – if you can get past it’s flaws. As a thirty minute film it would have been tight and snappy. How bad is it really? It’s not bad, in so much as it is tediously boring, for a film that should be keeping you on the edge of your seat, I found myself looking for my phone after the third time we returned to the ghost story. Best bit (if such there is)? We finally get a sense of the sort of man that Pinner is when after being shot, he calmly walks over and nuts Cully in the face breaking his nose. The best moment in the film by far. What’s up with…? The gloves. Cully’s character clearly comes in with the intention of leaving no evidence and then proceeds to haphazardly touch, drink-from, or otherwise leave evidence all over the house. Production values – It’s a small set, with a small budget. There’s not a lot to discuss here, the supernatural gubbins could have been kit-bashed in a garage in an afternoon, but with the exception maybe of the homonculus makeup job there’s nothing either good or bad about it. 17 Dialogue and performances – Oh my god, show don’t tell, and tell us waaaaay less. 20 Plot and execution – The plot is fine, but the execution is very poor, as I said previously, my conviction is that this would have made a good 25 minute film, at seventy minutes it was like sitting in the dentists chair at times. 16 Randomness – This film doesn’t really suffer from parts which don’t add up, rather a lack of focus, I think we found out five times in three minutes what Cully’s character really wanted 11 Waste of potential – This film needed a really good and a really harsh editor, it also needed to be a short movie, or we needed Pinner’s ghost story to be shown and not told 8 Overall 72% Previous PostBlast from the Past: xXx (2002)Next PostRebourne – Kong: Skull Island (2017)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line916
__label__cc	0.666033	0.333967	Tim Phillips joins iHeart radio and 23andme for Peace Day pop-up episode of the podcast Spit Tim Phillips, Beyond Conflict’s founder and CEO, joined iHeartRadio on-air personality and entertainer Bobby Bones, artist and philanthropist Mike Posner, and Peace One Day Founder Jeremy Gilley in a special Peace Day pop-up episode of the podcast Spit. Recorded live from the iHeartRadio Music Festival in conjunction with 23andme. Listen to it here: Spit Podcast: What Does It Take To Make Peace? A special episode with Bobby Bones, Mike Posner, Jeremy Gilley and Tim Phillips This Peace Day podcast with iHeart radio and 23andme highlights the powerful message that in our DNA, we are 99.5% the same, and humans are far more alike than we are different. Brain science builds on these commonalities: we all have a brain, we all want to feel our identities are understood and valued in the world, and we are all capable of changing the way we think. The connections in our DNA powerfully resonate with what Beyond Conflict has learned through its work on science-informed conflict resolution around the world — that our need to feel safe and validated ties us all together, and that our thoughts and actions are motivated by our deep universal need to be seen and to belong. Recognizing this simple yet profound truth will help us close the gap that often drives us apart. Follow us on twitter — @Beyond_Conflict	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line923
__label__cc	0.661251	0.338749	Bible > Ecclesiastes > Chapter 8 > Verse 14 ◄ Ecclesiastes 8:14 ► There is a vanity that takes place on earth, that there are righteous people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked, and there are wicked people to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity. There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. There is also another vanity, which is done upon the earth. There are just men to whom evils happen, as though they had done the works of the wicked: and there are wicked men, who are as secure, as though they had the deeds of the just: but this also I judge most vain. There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be righteous men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are just men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. Ecclesiastes 8:14 Parallel Ecclesiastes 8:7 and Ecclesiastes 8:8 thus continue the For and For: "For he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him who it will be? There is no man who has power over the wind, to restrain the wind; and no one has authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the war; and wickedness does not save its possessor." The actor has the sin upon himself, and bears it; if it reaches the terminus of full measure, it suddenly overwhelms him in punishment, and the too great burden oppresses its bearer (Hitzig, under Isaiah 24:20). This עת ומשׁ comes unforeseen, for he (the man who heaps up sins) knoweth not id quod fiet; it arrives unforeseen, for quomodo fiet, who can show it to him? Thus, e.g., the tyrant knows not that he will die by assassination, and no one can say to him how that will happen, so that he might make arrangements for his protection. Rightly the lxx κατηὼς ἔσται; on the contrary, the Targ., Hitzig, and Ginsburg: when it will be; (Note: The Venet. ἐν ᾧ, as if the text had בּאשׁר.) but כּאשׁר signifies quum, Ecclesiastes 5:1; Ecclesiastes 5:3; Ecclesiastes 8:16, but not quando, which must be expressed by מתי (Mishnic אימתי, אימת). Now follows the concluding thought of the four כי, whereby Ecclesiastes 8:5 is established. There are four impossibilities enumerated; the fourth is the point of the enumeration constructed in the form of a numerical proverb. (1) No man has power over the wind, to check the wind. Ewald, Hengst., Zckl., and others understand רוּח, with the Targ., Jerome, and Luther, of the Spirit (חיים( tir רוח); but man can limit this physically when he puts a violent termination to life, and must restrain it morally by ruling it, Proverbs 16:32; Proverbs 25:28. On the contrary, the wind hrwch is, after Ecclesiastes 11:5, incalculable, and to rule over it is the exclusive prerogative of Divine Omnipotence, Proverbs 30:4. The transition to the second impossibility is mediated by this, that in רוח, according to the usus loq., the ideas of the breath of animal life, and of wind as the breath as it were of the life of the whole of nature, are interwoven. (2) No one has power over the day of death: death, viz., natural death, comes to a man without his being able to see it before, to determine it, or to change it. With שׁלּיט there here interchanges שׁלטון, which is rendered by the lxx and Venet. as abstr., also by the Syr. But as at Daniel 3:2, so also above at Ecclesiastes 8:4, it is concr., and will be so also in the passage before us, as generally in the Talm. and Midrash, in contradistinction to the abstr., which is שׁלטן, after the forms אבדן, דּרבן, etc., e.g., Bereshith rabba, c. 85 extr.: "Every king and ruler שלטון who had not a שולטן, a command (government, sway) in the land, said that that did not satisfy him, the king of Babylon had to place an under-Caesar in Jericho," etc. (Note: Regarding the distinction between שׁלטון and שׁלטן, vid., Baer's Abodath Jisrael, p. 385.) Thus: no man possesses rule or is a ruler ... . A transition is made from the inevitable law of death to the inexorable severity of the law of war; (3) there is no discharge, no dispensation, whether for a time merely (missio), or a full discharge (dimissio), in war, which in its fearful rigour (vid., on the contrary, Deuteronomy 20:5-8) was the Persian law. Even so, every possibility of escape is cut off by the law of the divine requital; (4) wickedness will not save (מלּט, causative, as always) its lord (cf. the proverb: "Unfaithfulness strikes its own master") or possessor; i.e., the wicked person, when the עת ום comes, is hopelessly lost. Grtz would adopt the reading עשׁר instead of רשע; but the fate of the רשׁע בּעל, or of the רשׁע, is certainly that to which the concatenation of thought from Ecclesiastes 8:6 leads, as also the disjunctive accent at the end of the three first clauses of Ecclesiastes 8:8 denotes. But that in the words בּעל רשׁע (not בּעלי) a despotic king is thought of (בּעליו, as at Ecclesiastes 5:10, Ecclesiastes 5:12; Ecclesiastes 7:12; Proverbs 3:27; cf. under Proverbs 1:19), is placed beyond a doubt by the epilogistic verse: Ecclesiastes 8:14 Parallel Commentaries a vanity Ecclesiastes 4:4,8 Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor... Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes... Ecclesiastes 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler: there shall be just Ecclesiastes 2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happens to them all. Ecclesiastes 7:15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness... Ecclesiastes 9:1-3 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works... Job 9:22-24 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked... Job 21:17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft comes their destruction on them! God distributes sorrows in his anger. Job 24:21-25 He evil entreats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow... Psalm 73:13,14 Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence... Malachi 3:15 And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered. Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Behold, these are the wicked; always at ease, they increase in riches. For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning. In my vain life I have seen everything. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evildoing. Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive? And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.'" 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__label__wiki	0.562789	0.562789	Second security hole accelerates Google+'s demise Tags: #closure #david-thacker #flaw #insecurity #security #social-networking Companies: #alphabet #google Google has announced it is accelerating its planned closure of the Google+ social networking platform, following the discovery of a second security flaw which has potentially exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of around 52.5 million users. The latest in a string of abortive attempts to break into the social networking market - after Orkut, Dodgeball, Jaiku, Lively, and Buzz - Google+ never really set the world on fire. Slow adoption was one thing, but when Google discovered a serious security flaw the company decided enough was enough and announced plans to close the platform to all but a handful of corporate users. October's flaw, sadly, turns out to be one of two affecting Google+: Google has now confirmed a second flaw, responsible for the potential disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) including names, email addresses, occupation, and age, of around 52.5 million users, and as a result is accelerating the platform's closure. 'We’ve recently determined that some users were impacted by a software update introduced in November that contained a bug affecting a Google+ API,' explains G Suite vice president David Thacker in the company's announcement. 'We discovered this bug as part of our standard and ongoing testing procedures and fixed it within a week of it being introduced. No third party compromised our systems, and we have no evidence that the app developers that inadvertently had this access for six days were aware of it or misused it in any way. 'With the discovery of this new bug, we have decided to expedite the shut-down of all Google+ APIs; this will occur within the next 90 days. In addition, we have also decided to accelerate the sunsetting of consumer Google+ from August 2019 to April 2019. While we recognise there are implications for developers, we want to ensure the protection of our users.' The company still plans to retain the enterprise variant of Google+, which was also affected by the bug. ICANN goes all-in on DNSSEC Warns of 'ongoing and sustained risk'. Google launches AI for Social Good Backed by $25 million in grant funding. Facebook downgrades data breach to 30m accounts Confirms data stolen.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line932
__label__cc	0.588877	0.411123	Apache Conferences, BarCamps, and MeetUps « ADVISORY: Communicat... \| Main The Apache® Software Foundation Announces Program for ApacheCon™ Europe Official Global Conference Series heralds "Tomorrow's Technology Today" with keynotes by European Commission Director of Digital Business Solutions Thomas Gageik, Mastercard Executive Vice President for Global Cities Miguel Gamiño, and Political Analyst and Writer Nanjala Nyabola Wakefield, MA —11 July 2019— The Apache® Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today the event program for the European edition of ApacheCon™, the ASF's official global conference series. ApacheCon Europe will take place 22-24 October 2019 at the Kulturbrauerei in Berlin, Germany. ApacheCon draws attendees from more than 60 countries to experience "Tomorrow's Technology Today" by showcasing key Open Source technologies independent of business interests, corporate biases, or sales pitches. ApacheCon content is selected entirely by Apache projects and their communities, enabling participants at all levels to learn about the latest innovations in dozens of categories. The ApacheCon Europe program categories include Big Data, Community, IoT, Machine Learning, and Open Source Design, among others. Participants learn about Open Source development "The Apache Way", through hands-on sessions, keynotes, real-world case studies, hackathons, and more in a deliberately intimate, collaborative, vendor-neutral environment. Dozens of Apache projects will be represented across dedicated categories and project tracks, including Airflow, Beam, Calcite, Cassandra, Flink, Hivemall (incubating), HTTP Server, Ignite, IoTDB (incubating), Kafka, MXNet, Mynewt, NiFi, Spark, Tika, Tomcat, Training (incubating), and more. The full program is available at https://aceu19.apachecon.com/schedule Attendees will join The Apache Software Foundation in celebrating its 20th Anniversary with special events and activities, including dynamic discourse with select ASF founders, and keynotes by European Commission Director of Digital Business Solutions Thomas Gageik, Mastercard Executive Vice President for Global Cities Miguel Gamiño, and political analyst and writer Nanjala Nyabola. Registration and Deadlines Standard Registration: 7 October. Special discounted rates are available for select individual participants and groups. Sign up at https://aceu19.apachecon.com Travel Assistance: 14 July. Members of all underrepresented communities are encouraged to apply for Travel Assistance. Apply at http://www.apache.org/travel/ ApacheCon is the primary gathering of the collective Apache community worldwide; sponsorship of the official conference series of the world’s largest Open Source foundation is one of the most effective ways to gain visibility and competitive advantage. Sponsors who showcase their products, people, and community support benefit by extending their brands to the greater Apache community, engaging with industry influencers, and connecting with potential future collaborators. Many sponsors consider ApacheCon to be an invaluable resource for recruiting top Open Source talent. ApacheCon attendees include individual developers and users, Fortune 500 companies, start-ups, educators, consultants, community managers, Open Source enthusiasts, influencers, and industry analysts. 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Since 1998 ApacheCon has been drawing participants at all levels to explore ”Tomorrow’s Technology Today” across 300+ Apache projects and their diverse communities. ApacheCon showcases the latest developments in ubiquitous Apache projects and emerging innovations through hands-on sessions, keynotes, real-world case studies, trainings, hackathons, community events, and more. For more information, visit http://apachecon.com/ , https://twitter.com/ApacheCon , and https://s.apache.org/ApacheCon About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than 350 leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server —the world's most popular Web server software. 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__label__cc	0.633889	0.366111	Urban Land Tenure Suggested Literatures Divided by Policy Urban Inequality in Finland Master of Social Sciences Mika Hyötyläinen defended his doctoral dissertation, titled Divided by Policy – Urban Inequality in Finland at the University of Helsinki on 23.3.2019. The opponent was Professor Robert Beauregard of Columbia University, New York. This is the transcript of the opening lecture, lectio praecursoria, given by Mika, who now as post-doctoral researcher continues exploring Alternatives Continue reading “Divided by Policy” Author Bok-Yong ShinPosted on 31/05/2019 01/06/2019 Categories EventsLeave a comment on Divided by Policy Religion, Commons and the Urban Question Please spread awareness for this event and take part in! For more information about the talk, please visit the website at https://ari.nus.edu.sg/events/religion-commons-and-urban-question/ Source of image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Siivousp%C3%A4iv%C3%A4.jpg Author Bok-Yong ShinPosted on 29/05/2019 29/05/2019 Categories EventsLeave a comment on Religion, Commons and the Urban Question Upcoming seminar: Religion, Commons and the Urban Question Title: Religion, Commons and the Urban Question Date: 11 Jun 2019 Venue: AS8, Level 4, Seminar Room 04-04 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260 National University of Singapore @ KRC In this seminar we will discuss the importance of land tenure in producing just and liveable cities. Particularly we are interested in non-commodified land and the land that is managed by residents or managed by faith-based organisations (Christian Church, Buddhist temples and waqf land). The question we ask, are these tenure types better than private ownership in reducing urban inequalities, preventing land speculation, stopping gentrification, making possible producing affordable housing, and supporting the community. We will present some preliminary results of our project investigating Alternatives to private landownership. Link: https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Event/Detail/847516ba-94db-4990-aa7e-3302dcc3225f Anne Haila is Academy Professor and Professor of Urban Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. From 1994 to 1996 she was Senior Fellow at Faculty of Architecture and Building, National University of Singapore. In recent years, her research has focussed on property rights, property markets and the role of state intervention in regulating property market. Cases of her research have been particularly Singapore, Finland, China and Hong Kong. Among her publications are: Urban Land Rent: Singapore as a Property State, Wiley Blackwell 2016, The market as the new emperor, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 2007, Real estate in global cities: Singapore and Hong Kong as property states, Urban Studies, 2000, and Four types of investment in land and property, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 1991. Mika Hyötyläinen’s doctoral thesis, Divided by Policy: Urban Inequality in Finland, investigates the roles of land and housing policies in the material and symbolic inequalities of Finnish cities. His scholarly interests reside in the realm of critical urban studies. gentrification, territorial stigmatization, urban commons and land and housing policies are some of the topics Mika explores. Sefer Kahraman is a researcher in Urban Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki. His thesis discusses urban transit transformations in Chiang Mai, Thailand. His education in comparative urban studies focuses on the land question and the scholarly discussion around Southeast Asia. His interests include different property ownership understandings and practices based on cultural values, religion and language in the Global South. Admission is free. We would greatly appreciate if you click on the “Register” button above to RSVP. CONTACT PERSON(S) Minghua TAY Author Bok-Yong ShinPosted on 06/03/2019 06/03/2019 Categories EventsLeave a comment on Upcoming seminar: Religion, Commons and the Urban Question Upcoming session: Alternatives to Private Landownership 1: Global South Perspectives This post is to announce the special session “Alternatives to Private Landownership 1: Global South Perspectives” in the upcoming American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2019 in Washington D.C. The mantra of privatization repeated for years and the unfortunately ineffectual criticism against land grabbing have left other than private land tenure forms in the shadow. This session discusses such other tenure types: for example, unregistered land, collectively owned land, communal land, state land and municipal land. The question asked is how these non-private forms of land tenure can resolve urban problems. Previous studies have focused on rural land, regarded informal land rights as causing urban problems, and ignored the rights that are specific to cities, for instance, development rights. We are interested in filling these research gaps and overcome false prejudices and assumptions. We call studies on non-private urban land tenure investigating, for example, the effects and functions of non-private urban land tenure; methods of studying non-private urban land; scholars and intellectual traditions neglected but who have developed theories, approaches and visions of non-private ownership; alternatives to the theories of the highest and best use of land. Examples of studies this session calls are the following: what are the benefits of informal land rights in kampongs in Southeast Asia; how Chinese villagers who own the land collectively make decisions on the use of their land; are community land trusts or community gardens a solution; have the state and municipalities began treating the land they own as a financial asset; why Nordic welfare states and cities prioritize efficiency to equity in their land policies? The studies can concern cities in the Global South as well as in the Global North. Link: https://aag.secure-abstracts.com/AAG%20Annual%20Meeting%202019/sessions-gallery/23263 Alternatives to private landownership 1: Global South Perspectives Day: 4/5/2019 Start / End Time: 3:05 PM / 4:45 PM Room: Washington 4, Marriott, Exhibition Level Organizers: Anne Haila Chairs: Mika Hyotylainen Haoxuan Sa, University of Helsinki, What made villagers in Xiaojia giving up farming and became developers Yu Zhang, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University, De Tong, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University, Ian MacLachlan, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University, From Land Value Capture to Value Sharing: evidence from the new town construction in China Franklin Obeng-Odoom, University of Helsinki, Further Thoughts on Valuing unregistered urban land in Indonesia Tauran Tauran, University of Helsinki, Kampung residents left without the registration of their land: Land registration in Surabaya Discussant Mi Shih, Rutgers University Mi Shih joined the faculty of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy in 2014 as an assistant professor. Prior to this appointment, she served as an assistant professor in the Human Geography and Planning Program at the University of Alberta, Canada. Between 2011 and 2013, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the China Research Centre at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. She received her Ph.D. in Planning and Public Policy from Rutgers University in 2010. Her main research focus is on understanding the role of urban planning in shaping Chinese cities and the everyday lives of Chinese citizens in the post-reform era. Her research interest has expanded from an early focus on Shanghai to a broader perspective encompassing a number of cities in both China and Taiwan. Link: https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/shih/ Author Bok-Yong ShinPosted on 05/02/2019 06/03/2019 Categories EventsLeave a comment on Upcoming session: Alternatives to Private Landownership 1: Global South Perspectives Upcoming session: Alternatives to private landownership 2: Western Perspectives This post is to announce the special session “Alternatives to private landownership 2: Western Perspectives” in the upcoming American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2019 in Washington D.C. Alternatives to private landownership 2: Western Perspectives Chairs: Sefer Kahraman Mika Hyotylainen, University of Helsinki, State as a real estate speculator Chaitawat Boonjubun, University of Helsinki, Managing Public Premises for Street Food Vending in Helsinki Joseph Pierce, University of Oklahoma, Richard Kruger, Clark University, Azadeh Hadizadeh Esfahani, Clark University, Olivia Williams, Independent Scholar, James DeFilippis, Rutgers University, Deborah G Martin, Clark University, How Community Land Trusts expose key consensual fictions of urban property Kenton Card, University of California – Los Angeles Kenton Card is a PhD Student in the Department of Urban Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently an Editor of Critical Planning Journal and a Student Advisor to the Institute on Inequality and Democracy at UCLA Luskin. Kenton’s current research questions the implications of various legal and ownership configurations of housing and land within a comparative urban political economic framework. Link: https://luskin.ucla.edu/person/kenton-card/ Author Bok-Yong ShinPosted on 05/02/2019 06/03/2019 Categories EventsLeave a comment on Upcoming session: Alternatives to private landownership 2: Western Perspectives Alternatives Proudly powered by WordPress	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line951
__label__wiki	0.508571	0.508571	Public Anatomy botch puppet Welcome to Botchpuppet, New York City based Theater Collective since 2016. The Collective. Rosa Douglas Ben is a puppeteer and theatrical technician. He has worked extensively as an audio/video engineer, and freelance technical director for several Off-Broadway productions. In addition to his technical work, Ben has puppeteered in Basil Twist’s Rite of Spring at Lincoln Center, and in Symphonie Fantastique at HERE Arts Center. He is a founding member of Botch Puppet, whose goals include creating works of visual theatre that tickle the toes, and pare your spinal column down to the last nerve. Rosa is a maker of things. She works freelance as a designer and builder and has had her work featured in productions for both stage and screen. Originally from London, Rosa has been fortunate to work for a talented array of Puppet Makers including Nick Barnes, Caroline Bowman, Basil Twist, Puppet Kitchen Productions and AchesonWalsh studios to name a few. Her work has been shown on Broadway, Off Broadway and Off Off Off Broadway. For inquiries reach Rosa via email: Rosamqde@gmail.com Benjamin Elling	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line954
__label__cc	0.690194	0.309806	Taupo-based Volcanic Plateau Logging has become the 100th forestry contractor to be awarded Safetree Contractor Certification. The crew were presented with their certificate last week. Volcanic Plateau Logging director Steve Yeoman says he and his eight-man crew are pleased with the achievement. “We take a lot of pride in our work. So, it’s great to have our good work practices officially recognised by the industry.” Steve (second from the left in the photo above) has a second crew with his brother Vincent, Volcanic Plateau Harvesting, which was the 101st to become certified. The Volcanic Plateau crews work for forest owner Timberlands, which contributed to the cost of them getting certified. Steve says the process of getting certified was pretty straightforward. “It’s quite user-friendly. We’re already pretty focused on safety because that’s just part of running a good business. But the audit was an opportunity to have an independent person look at what we are doing and confirm that it is good practice.” See more about certification Jointly funded by ACC, Worksafe and the forestry industry, Safetree is part of the Government’s commitment to reducing serious harm and fatalities in New Zealand’s workplaces by 25% by 2020. By BraveGen\|2019-06-13T16:02:42+12:00February 22nd, 2019\|Agriculture, BraveGen, Environmental Compliance, Forestry, Government, Health & Safety, Mobile, New Zealand, Safetree, Sector, Supply Chain\| About the Author: BraveGen CEO and founder of BraveGen First Safetree Certificates Sent Out BraveGen Sponsors the New Zealand and Australia Forest Safety Conferences Categories Select Category Agriculture (3) Australia (3) Awards (5) BraveGen (28) Conferences (9) Contractor Management (3) CSR Data Management (8) CSR Reporting (9) Education (2) Energy and Utility (4) Energy Manager (1) Environmental Compliance (7) Financial (3) Forestry (8) Government (9) Health (1) Health & Safety (7) Lifestyle (1) Manufacturing (1) Mobile (3) New Zealand (13) Retail (2) Roadmap (1) SDGs (5) Sector (5) Security (2) Singapore (5) Social Impact (2) Supply Chain (6) Safetree (4) The CFO (1) The Sustainability Manager (11) lnkd.in/fn5bsjJ The first Safetree certificates were sent out this week. With 170 forest companies currently in the programme momen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… At #fujixerox launch of their open source product stewardship roadmap #circulareconomy pic.twitter.com/N3TxGDn6xj Archives Select Month March 2019 (1) February 2019 (2) October 2018 (1) July 2018 (1) June 2018 (1) May 2018 (1) April 2018 (1) January 2018 (1) October 2017 (1) July 2017 (1) February 2017 (1) January 2017 (1) November 2016 (2) October 2016 (6) September 2016 (3) August 2016 (3) May 2016 (1) April 2016 (1) May 2015 (4) March 2015 (1) September 2014 (1) April 2014 (1) March 2014 (1)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line956
__label__wiki	0.901715	0.901715	[HanCinema's Film Review] "Believer" By William Schwartz on 2018/06/02 at 20:25 PST 2018/06/02 \| 1038 views \| Permalink Won-ho (played by Cho Jin-woong) is a prosecutor who works in narcotics. We're first introduced to him via his bratty niece Soo-jeong (played by Geum Sae-rok). Then out of nowhere "Believer" jumps into drugs and death. Yeon-ok (played by Kim Sung-ryung) decides to cooperate with police after a business meeting fails to go as planned, and it isn't long before Won-ho is running a sting on international crime lords Ha-rim (played by Kim Joo-hyuk) and Bo-ryeong (played by Jin Seo-yeon), who are also loony drug addicts. The scenes featuring Kim Joo-hyuk and Jin Seo-yeon are the big highlights of "Believer" as these are pitch-perfect performances. Ha-rim and Bo-ryeong are middle-aged, with emaciated diseased bodies, weird taste in wardrobe, and an unfortunate tendency to go into loopy violent spasms. Ha-rim and Bo-ryeong are psychotic and unpredictable, yet still claim to be serious businesspeople. They are credible villains who do not in any way glamorize the drug trade, because who in the world would want to be like them? Unfortunately Ha-rim and Bo-ryeong are such appealing characters nearly everyone else is a bit of a let-down by comparison. Cho Jin-woong's best scene is the sequence where he must pretend to be Ha-rim, which climaxes in a brutal yet believably bad acid trip in cold water. Sadly, Kang Seung-hyun, whose character has to pretend to be Bo-ryeong, doesn't get to do anything interesting during this scene. She does get a one-on-one fight in the climax though. You may have noticed that this movie has a lot of characters. I haven't even gotten into Rock (played by Ryu Jun-yeol), mainly because even though Ryu Jun-yeol has second-billing and prominence in the marketing material...his character doesn't really do anything. His characterization is set early on as being sad because something bad happened to his dog. Other than that, like Yeon-ok, he just helps out with Won-ho's investigation. Rock is actually most interesting by proxy because of his relationship with the deaf meth siblings Dong-yeong (played by Kim Dong-young) and Joo-yeong (played by Lee Joo-young-III). Because really, that whole character concept is so cool, how do you not like it? I loved their furious gesticulating with Rock. I'd never really thought that much about how sign language can take a specific tone beyond the literal meaning, but Dong-yeong and Joo-yeong really sell themselves as deaf people who work in a tough field and make up for their handicap with a personalized blend of casual aggression. "Believer" is in the awkward position of having its supporting moments be so good that they just call attention to how mediocre the main plot is. I mean, granted, the explosions and the fight scenes are pretty good, but they're nothing we haven't seen before. I just keep thinking about how much of a let down it is when the villain finally goes down because...uh...who was that guy again? It was very considerate of the script to explain this, but even so the ending, and especially that last ambiguous gunshot, were fairly underwhelming. Review by William Schwartz "Believer" is directed by Lee Hae-yeong and features Cho Jin-woong, Ryu Jun-yeol, Kim Joo-hyuk, Kim Sung-ryung and Park Hae-joon. ** "Believer" in select USA & Canada theaters June 8, more information: wellgousa.com/theatrical/believer William Schwartz Staff writer. Has been writing articles for HanCinema since 2012, having lived in South Korea since 2011. Started out in Gyeongju, then to Daegu, then to Ansan, then to Yeongju, then to Seoul, lived on the road for HanCinema's travel diaries series in the summer of 2016, and is currently settled in Anyang. Has good tips for utilizing South Korea's public bus system. William Schwartz can be contacted via william@hancinema.net. "[HanCinema's Film Review] "Believer"" (독전 - 2018) [HanCinema's Film Review] "Papa Oranghutan" The opening scene of "Papa Oranghutan" features Korean pastor Park Cheol-yeon and several of his c,...More [HanCinema's Film Review] "After Diving Bell" Four years ago director Lee Sang-ho made "The Truth Shall Not Sink With Sewol" or, as it is called,...More [Guest Film Review] "The Aimless Bullet" with Full Movie Considered by many as the best Korean movie ever made, "The Aimless Bullet" is a true masterpiece,,...More	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line962
__label__cc	0.742075	0.257925	DHF Outreach Why Making? Digital Harbor Foundation We Don’t Know the Careers of the Future It is impossible for us to predict what the future will look like, yet, as educators, we have the responsibility to prepare our youth for it. We have to develop their skills for careers that do not exist yet and navigate rapidly changing technology. Kids starting school now will graduate in 2030. Can you imagine what 2030 will be like? It is impossible for us to know what careers might exist that far in the future. Even current high school students face a rapidly changing technology landscape as they look toward finding their first jobs in the next few years. At Digital Harbor Foundation (DHF), we focus on developing creative problem solving skills and confidence. Our youth learn how to learn instead of what to learn, which builds confidence in their own abilities to overcome challenges. This confidence allows them to become an active advocate for their own learning rather than passive participant. Through this process, they develop a love of learning, putting them on the pathway to becoming lifelong learners. When students know how to learn and love to learn they will be able to adapt to any career field of today or tomorrow. How do we prepare youth for careers that don’t yet exist? By teaching them how to learn and to love learning. By creating accessible community environments where youth can be valued and develop self-worth based on their skills and learning. If we can equip youth with these critical skills and mindsets, then they will be prepared for whatever the future holds. Moving from Rec Centers to Tech Centers Community Rec Centers were created and experienced great support throughout the past century, which in the context of the industrial era actually makes a lot of sense. Factories needed lots of physically fit, able-bodied folks to be able to work in them, and Rec Centers helped with that. These factories also needed extended daycare options for second-shift workers; again, a great fit. Additionally, the role of Rec Centers as physical locations for community gatherings galvanized the political will to support them. However, as factories have shut down, closed their doors, and auctioned off their equipment, Rec Centers have failed to re-imagine themselves, and are being shuttered all across this country as government budgets are being cut. At the same time, the recent release of internal demographic information by numerous tech companies underscores the massive and systemic disparities that exist in this country. The data makes painfully clear that all populations do not have equal access to opportunities, and therefore do not have equal technical skill attainment. For example, at companies like Facebook and Google, African-Americans make up just 2% of the total company workforce. At the same time, tens of thousands of tech-sector jobs lie vacant in Baltimore alone, simply because there are not enough local tech professionals to fill them; tech companies are starving for individuals with the appropriate skills and mindsets. Our nation’s current system of public schools and Rec Centers is failing to prepare our youth for the needs of today’s rapidly-changing and increasingly more tech-focused economy. Reimagining Rec Centers If you re-image a Rec Center as a Tech Center, however, the equation suddenly changes. It goes from being an expense item on a budget to being an investment. In this new vision, a Tech Center is directly linked to the future health of a city’s future workforce, and becomes an economic imperative as a key component in a robust pipeline for high-growth sector jobs. At the Digital Harbor Foundation Tech Center, we offer camps and programs that give local Baltimore youth the opportunity to engage in new technologies such as 3D printing and programmable electronics. We also have a semester-long afterschool program that helps youth discover passions that they may not have otherwise developed, and helps them build computer skills and technology experience that prepares them for successful careers after graduation. The Digital Harbor Foundation is dedicated to fostering learning, creativity, productivity, and community through education. In 2013 we transformed a closed-down rec center in Baltimore City into a vibrant Tech Center for youth. In 2014 we launched the Center of Excellence to train others how to incorporate making into their own learning environments. The DHF Blueprint brings these two initiatives to a national scale. Why Tech Centers? Cities all over the country are facing the same challenges we are working to overcome in Baltimore. We need safe spaces for youth to learn outside of school, and we need to provide training in vital technology skills to raise employment opportunities for the next generation. At the same time, cities often have underutilized buildings right in the heart of the communities that most need support for youth education and career training. By repurposing such unused spaces as Tech Centers, cities can bring creativity, opportunity, and engagement directly into their most at-risk local communities. The DHF Blueprint provides resources to help city officials, program developers, and educators start youth Tech Centers in their own communities. We can help you get through initial concepting and budgeting, equipment purchases and construction, and even provide projects and training to support your educational staff. Getting Started with FlashPrint FlashPrint Overview For a while, one of the major gaps... Maker Project Rubric Digital Harbor Foundation and its partners have develop... Stomp Rockets Stomp rockets are an easy project for youth of any age... Paper Flashlights Foam tape inside a folded paper model makes a push-butt... 3D Printed Keychain Design and 3D print your own custom keychain for yourse... Preparing Files with FlashPrint Printing on the Finder The Finder can print tethered o... Beginner’s Guide to Tinkercad Tinkercad is an easy to use, yet powerful, 3D design to... Fusion 360: How to Make a Fidget Spinner Darius McCoy, Digital Harbor Foundation's 3D Printing M... Makerspace Starter Kit Contents The following items are included in the Makerspace Star... Paper Circuits: Resources Paper Circuits are electronic circuits built on a base... Tinkercad Prompts to Inspire Creativity in Your Makerspace Tinkercad is an easy to use, browser-based 3D design tool.… Articles Scaffold Graphic Design By Creating Physical Pixel Art This student pixel art project was created to support a graphic… Projects Introduce Mathematical Logic and Tools By Creating Mandala Illustrations A mandala is a complex, abstract design, usually in circular… Projects by Jonathan Prozzi Make Your Makerspace by shawn © 2018 - Digital Harbor Foundation	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line963
__label__cc	0.548623	0.451377	Assessing quality of life in a randomized clinical trial: Correcting for missing data Nina Gunnes1Email author, Taral G Seierstad1, Steinar Aamdal2, Paal F Brunsvig2, Anne-Birgitte Jacobsen2, Stein Sundstrøm3 and Odd O Aalen1 BMC Medical Research Methodology20099:28 © Gunnes et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009 Received: 18 December 2008 Accepted: 30 April 2009 Health-related quality of life is a topic of current interest. This paper considers a randomized phase III study of radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy (docetaxel) versus radiation therapy alone in non-small cell lung cancer, stage III A/B. Longitudinal data on quality of life have been obtained through repeated administration of a multi-item questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) developed by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Missingness in the data is owing to patients having failed to complete the questionnaire at some of the scheduled filling-in times. We have analysed a monotone (in terms of missingness) subset of the data as regards estimation of the mean score of a summary measure of self-reported quality of life in a hypothetical drop-out-free population at different points in time. Missingness is a difficult issue of great importance. We have therefore chosen to compare three different methods that are relatively easy to implement: the linear-increments method, the inverse-probability-weighting method and the Markov-process method. Single imputation has been applied in a supplementary analysis to fill in for all the non-consecutive missing score values prior to the execution of the estimation procedure. For the response in focus, the observed mean score at a certain time is larger than the estimated mean scores, which implies that the true mean score is easily overestimated unless the missingness is appropriately adjusted for. Comparison of the treatment arms shows a significant difference in mean score at the end of treatment. Use of proper methodology developed for analysing data subject to missingness is necessary to reduce potential estimation bias. The quality of life of patients receiving radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy (docetaxel) appears somewhat worse than that of patients receiving radiation therapy alone in the period during which treatment is given. The conclusions are robust for the choice of statistical methods. Score Estimate Single Imputation Patient Receive Radiation Therapy Previous Score Empirical Standard Error Quality of life (QoL) is a rather complex multi-dimensional concept that can be defined as the degree of well-being felt by an individual [1]. It is commonly divided into two different components: a physical component and a psychological component. The former includes diet, health, etc., while the latter involves different emotional states such as worry, fear, sorrow and happiness. In health care it is very important to consider QoL in the course of a treatment evaluation. Since QoL is based on subjective assessments, it is not easily quantifiable, as opposed to more concrete measures like e.g. weight and blood pressure. Health-related QoL has been an area of research over the past 20 years, and several international validated self-report questionnaires have been developed in this regard and used in longitudinal studies. A longitudinal study involves time-discrete observation of time-continuous processes, where measurements of the variables of interest are taken at consecutive points in time. These times are often represented by so-called study waves; wave 1 represents the time at which the first set of measurements is taken, wave 2 represents the time at which the second set of measurements is taken, and so on. A problem arises when study participants die, are lost to follow-up or for other reasons fail to contribute all of the planned sets of measurements. This resulting incompleteness of data is a challenge to the analyst, and it may lead to biased results if it is not taken into account in the statistical analysis and adjusted for in an appropriate way. The missingness is said to be of a monotone kind if a subject that fails to contribute measurements at a certain study wave, also fails to contribute measurements at all of the subsequent waves. Otherwise, the missingness is said to be of a non-monotone kind. In this paper we consider a monotone (in terms of missingness) subset of longitudinal measurements of QoL. The data are obtained from a randomized phase III study of radiation therapy with concurrent chemotherapy versus radiation therapy alone in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), stage III A/B. Location of the randomization centre for this international multi-centre study was at The Norwegian Radium Hospital in Oslo, Norway. The clinical trial was approved by the Hospital Review Board, the Regional Ethics Committee and the Norwegian Medicines Agency. A total of 261 patients diagnosed with NSCLC, stage III A (inoperable) or stage III B, were included in the study between April 2000 and June 2006. Twelve of the initially included patients were later excluded from the study for not fulfilling the inclusion criteria. The final study sample thus consisted of 249 patients (157 men and 92 women) from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The study medication administration was divided into two different treatment arms: arm A (study arm) and arm B (standard arm). The former involved six weeks of radiation therapy, given five days a week, combined with weekly infusion of the cytotoxic drug docetaxel (Taxotere®), whereas the latter involved solely six weeks of radiation therapy. Upon inclusion, the patients were independently randomized to one of the two treatment arms; 119 (48%) of the patients were randomized to arm A, and 130 (52%) of the patients were randomized to arm B. Also, prior to inclusion of its first patient, each involved centre had to decide whether two courses of induction chemotherapy would be given before start of treatment, in which case the same regimen would be used for all patients included by that particular centre. Induction chemotherapy involves initial treatment by giving the patient standard chemotherapy before the start of radiation therapy with the intention to reduce the volume of the tumour (downstaging) in such a way that the radiation area is reduced. The primary objective of the study was to compare the survival time of radiation therapy combined with docetaxel versus radiation therapy alone, and the secondary objective was to compare the time to progression and QoL in the two treatment groups. Validated self-report, multi-item questionnaires have been developed by the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) in order to assess the QoL of cancer patients participating in clinical trials. Translated versions of the EORTC QLQ-C30 [2], supplemented by a lung cancer module, were administrated to the patients at a pre-specified set of times during follow-up: immediately before start of treatment (control week 0), at the end of treatment (control week 6), six weeks after end of treatment (control week 12), and then every 12 weeks until death, drop-out or closure of the study in January 2009. The EORTC QLQ-C30 includes 30 items in the form of questions regarding a patient's symptoms, health and competency to perform various daily life tasks, and in that way it covers and reflects different generic aspects of QoL. Each item is answered by circling the number corresponding to the pre-coded response option that best applies. Nineteen of the patients (9 in arm A and 10 in arm B) started induction therapy at the time of randomization. The timing of the questionnaires for these patients differed from protocol, and hence, their answers have been discarded. We have focused on item 30 in the EORTC QLQ-C30, which is given by the following question: "How would you rate your overall quality of life during the past week?". This can be regarded as a summary measure of QoL, taking integer score values in the range from 1 to 7, where scores of 1 and 7 correspond to 'very poor' and 'excellent', respectively. That is, the higher the score value, the higher the QoL as measured by this particular item. Our aim has been to estimate the mean score of item 30 in a hypothetical drop-out-free population in which every subject contributes all planned sets of measurements. Ignoring missingness present in the data might lead to biased mean score estimates, and so we have made use of different adjusting techniques. It is not obvious whether one should adjust for all missing observations, including those due to death, or whether one should only consider surviving patients. The former corresponds to analysing an immortal cohort, while the latter corresponds to analysing a mortal cohort [3]. On the surface, the mortal cohort analysis seems more reasonable, but in reality one may get a false impression of the relationship between treatments. For instance, it may be the case that one treatment improves survival, but at the cost of QoL. Hence, the treatment that is better in terms of survival may, precisely because of this advantage, come out worse in terms of QoL. Therefore, the immortal cohort analysis may be worth considering. The procedure of correcting for all missing observations, without regard to cause, can be quite sensible in many circumstances and give a more fair comparison of treatments. This will be our main approach since we indeed wish to compare arm A and arm B as regards QoL. One further note should be made regarding adjusting for mortality. In survival studies there is usually an amount of censoring due to subjects entering the study late and thus being under follow-up for just a short period of time. In these cases one will not know when death takes place, and so distinguishing between death and missingness due to other causes may not be feasible. Hence, adjusting for all missing observations may be the most clear-cut approach. However, for the disease studied here, mortality is high, and most patients have been followed until death. Therefore, we have also performed a mortal cohort analysis, where patients are removed from the study at their known death times, and we have compared this with the other analysis. The employed methodology includes three methods that rest on different assumptions. Merely using one method could then result in wrong conclusions if the relevant assumptions were not to be true. By using two or three methods, the conclusions will be more certain and robust when the respective results agree. The methodology has been implemented using the programming language Matlab® [4]. In this section we introduce the statistical framework used for analysing longitudinal data subject to monotone missingness with regard to estimation of the mean of a time-continuous, discrete-valued response variable. Consider a longitudinal study of a time-continuous response process , taking only discrete values, and some time-continuous covariate processes , which can take both discrete and continuous values. In accordance with Diggle et al. [5] and Gunnes et al. [6], we refer to the variable (t) as the hypothetical response at time t, that is, the response that would have been recorded had the subject, possibly contrary to fact, contributed a measurement at this time. In the same way, we let (t) be the hypothetical covariates at time t. Measurements of the response and covariates are scheduled for a pre-specified set of ordered times t 1,..., t τ , where τ is the total number of measurement occasions. We assume that the data are subject to monotone missingness, and the predictable time-continuous response indicator process is denoted by R. The term 'predictable' means that the value of R(t) is known at time t-, i.e. right before t. We set R(t) equal to 1 if the subject has contributed all planned measurements of the response and covariates up to, and including, time t. Otherwise, we set R(t) equal to 0. Further, we write Y(t 1),..., Y (t T ) for the observed responses, where T ≤ τ is the total number of measurement sets the subject gives rise to. Correspondingly, we write X(t 1),..., X (t T ) for the observed covariates. The specification of the missingness and censoring schemes presented below is based on the history of the observed and unobserved processes. Following the notation of Gunnes et al. [6], the past history and strict past history of the hypothetical time-continuous response process and covariate processes at time t are written and , respectively. In the same way, ℛ[t] denotes the past history of the time-continuous response indicator process R at time t, and ℛ(t) denotes its strict past. Note that since R is predictable, we have ℛ[t] = ℛ(t). If we restrict these histories to the scheduled measurement times, we set and make an equivalent definition of . Further, we let and denote the past history and strict past history, respectively, of the time-discrete observed response and covariate processes, where . Missingness and censoring schemes The methodology that we have made use of in our work is based on some assumptions regarding the response indicator process R. The missingness completely at random (MCAR) condition [[7], chapter 1.3] states that the response indicator process is independent of the hypothetical response process and covariate processes : In other words, knowledge of all realizations of the response and covariate variables does not influence the dropout probability. When the missingness at random (MAR) condition [8] is fulfilled, the response indicator process only depends on the observed data: This means that the probability of dropping out is unaffected by response and covariate values that are not observed. MAR is guaranteed by insisting that the response indicator process depends solely on previously observed responses and covariates. On the other hand, if the response indicator process depends on unobserved data, we have missingness not at random (MNAR). The continuous-time independent censoring (CTIC) condition [9] can be defined as follows: where is shorthand for . A sufficient, but not necessary, condition for CTIC is for every time t. This allows R(t) to depend on any aspect of the past of and but for the current infinitesimal and . A stronger condition than CTIC is the discrete-time independent censoring (DTIC) condition, which recognizes that longitudinal data are measured in discrete time: Thus, it places constraints on the expected value of the increment of the hypothetical response. A sufficient condition for DTIC is for each time t k . This implies that R(t k ) may only depend on and until time t k-1, and not on the interval (t k-1, t k ) [6]. The DTIC condition may seem somewhat unrealistic, but it corresponds to what can actually be observed. Clearly, we cannot correct for the unobserved development within an interval. The linear-increments method The linear-increments (LI) method postulates linear models for the increments of the hypothetical response process at different times. This was first proposed by Diggle et al. [5] for continuous-valued response variables. Gunnes et al. [6] discuss the LI technique for discrete-valued response variables, for which the model at time t k is given by Here, the predictors (t k ) are functions of the strict past history , and β(t k ) are the corresponding regression functions. Following Diggle et al. [5] and Gunnes et al. [6], we make the definitions (0) := 0 and (0) := 0. The former leads to , where t 1 > 0 is the time at which the first set of measurements are taken. Assuming DTIC, linear models are induced on the increments of the observed data as well: where . The regression functions β(t k ) are the same as for the hypothetical data, and they are estimated for each time t k using ordinary least squares regression. For every subject, the mean hypothetical response at time t k is estimated by replacing the regression functions with the ordinary least squares estimates and then, recursively, inserting previously obtained estimates into Equation (5) and calculating the cumulative sum. Finally, an estimate of the population mean of the hypothetical response at time t k is given by the arithmetic average of all individual estimated mean hypothetical responses. The detailed procedure is given by Gunnes et al. [6]. The inverse-probability-weighting method As the name suggests, the inverse-probability-weighting (IPW) method involves weighting the observed responses at a certain time by the inverse of the respective probabilities of measurements being taken, and thus, creating a pseudo-population where no data are missing. Following Gunnes et al. [6], we let ρ(t k ) = Pr{R(t k ) = 1} be the probability that the subject contributes measurements of the variables of interest at time t k , and we set ρ(t 1) ≡ 1 for all subjects. Further, we let be the conditional probability that the subject contributes a set of measurements at time t k , given that a set of measurements was contributed at t k-1. Under the assumption of monotone missingness, the probability that the subject contributes a set of measurements at time t k ≥ t 2 is given by If the MAR condition is fulfilled, the unknown conditional probabilities can be estimated in a preliminary pooled logistic regression analysis [3, 6]: Here, the predictors Z(t k ) are functions of the time t k and , and α are the corresponding time-independent regression coefficients. Subject-specific weights w(t k ) are found by taking the inverse of the respective estimated measurement probabilities . We have used "stabilized" weights [[10], page 562] to reduce the variability of the estimates. Here, is the estimated probability that a set of measurements is taken at time t k , calculated by including only baseline covariates in the logistic model given in Equation (8). Finally, the population mean of the hypothetical response at time t k is estimated by a weighted arithmetic average of all observed responses: where Y i (t k ) denotes the observed response of subject i at time t k , with corresponding weight w i (t k ), and I(t k ) is the set of subjects of which measurements are taken at t k [6]. The Markov-process method The Markov-process (MP) method [6] is based on an assumption that the hypothetical response process is a Markov process with a finite state space = {1,..., U}, where U ∈ ℕ is some natural number. Each state represents a certain value of the response. Assuming monotone missingness, we let be the number of observed subjects in state u at time t k-1 and in state v at time t k . Here, S i (t k ) denotes the state occupied, that is, the response value attained, by subject i at time t k , and I (t k ) is the set of subjects of which measurements are taken at t k . If the DTIC condition is fulfilled, the discrete analogue of the time-continuous Aalen-Johansen estimator [11] of the transition probability matrix at time t k ≥ t 2 is given by where , and equals the U-dimensional identity matrix [6]. The estimated occupation probability of state v at time t k is Here, is the empirical proportion of n subjects occupying state u at time t 1. Finally, the population mean of the hypothetical response at time t k is given by a weighted sum of the estimated state occupation probabilities: where c u denotes the value of the hypothetical response corresponding to occupation of state u [6]. Subjects participating in longitudinal studies occasionally fail to contribute measurements of the variables of interest while under follow-up. This can result in a considerable loss of information, especially when the employed methodology is developed for analysing monotone (in terms of missingness) subsets of the data. In order to be able to utilize more of the available data, a feasible approach is to use single imputation to fill in for all non-consecutive, i.e. isolated, missing values that are directly preceded and succeeded by observed values. Thus, a new "artificial" and more complete monotone (in terms of missingness) subset of the data is created. (Multiple imputation has not been used here since the added complexity was not deemed necessary.) In a supplementary analysis we have chosen to impute a non-consecutive missing value at time t k by the arithmetic average of the two corresponding adjacent observed values at times t k-1 and t k+1. That is, for instance, if a subject contributes a measurement of value 4 at a certain time, fails to contribute a measurement at the following time and then contributes a measurement of value 6 at the next time, the missing value in between the two observed ones is imputed by (4 + 6)/2 = 5. The MP method is currently developed only for integer-valued responses or responses that can be cast in this form. Since the non-consecutive missing values in some cases may be imputed by decimal numbers, i.e. non-integers, we have not calculated the MP estimates when single imputation has been applied prior to the data analysis. During treatment and the first couple of weeks following end of treatment, the scores reported by the patients randomized to arm A changed considerably, and so, imputation of missing values in this period using the technique described above would be inappropriate and might lead to biased mean score estimates. Therefore, missing values at the first three scheduled filling-in times of the EORTC QLQ-C30, that is, control weeks 0, 6 and 12, have not been imputed for either of the treatment arms. As previously mentioned, item 30 in the EORTC QLQ-C30 has been the response in focus. This item deals with the overall QoL of a patient during the past week. The observation of the response process is discrete (in time), corresponding to the filling in of the questionnaire. It is reasonable to believe that the expected increment of a discrete-valued response at time t k will depend on its previous value at time t k-1, as will the probability of contributing a response measurement at time t k . In addition, we assume that sex, treatment arm and whether or not induction therapy was given will affect the response process as well as the response indicator process. In consequence, the following covariates have been included in the linear regression model of the LI method: the previous score, indicator for being a woman, indicator for being randomized to arm A and indicator for having received induction chemotherapy. Further, the following covariates have been included in the pooled logistic regression model of the IPW method: indicators for the possible values of the previous score, time, indicator for being a woman, indicator for being randomized to arm A and indicator for having received induction chemotherapy. (Note that in the analysis where single imputation has been applied, the previous score, instead of indicators for the possible values of the previous score, has been included in the pooled logistic regression model of the IPW method. The reason for this is that then the previous score value may actually be a decimal number and not an integer in the range 1–7.) Two corresponding immortal cohort analyses have been performed using the three estimation methods. Single imputation was not applied in the first analysis, whereas in the second analysis it was applied. For comparison, a mortal cohort analysis, without applying single imputation, has also been performed using the LI method. Because of the assumption of monotone missingness, only a selection of the score values in the original data set are considered to be observed in a specific analysis, and the remaining score values are thus regarded as missing. All our analyses are restricted to 198 patients (98 in arm A and 100 in arm B) whose respective score values at control week 0, that is, immediately before start of treatment, are available. Keep in mind that in the analysis where single imputation has been applied, some of the observed score values, with respect to monotone missingness, are actually missing values that have been imputed. Without single imputation Table 1 presents the numbers of observed score values, with respect to monotone missingness, for both treatment arms at different control weeks. The corresponding numbers of missing score values are presented in Table 2. Obviously, the numbers of observed score values decrease over time as the patients fail to answer the current question. In the same way, the numbers of missing score values increase over time. Figure 1 displays the mean score estimates, plotted against time, for both treatment arms when considering an immortal cohort. In the plot corresponding to arm A, we notice a rapid decline in the curves right after start of treatment. At control week 6, they reach a low before increasing. This sudden dip at the end of treatment is most likely due to some of the adverse effects of chemotherapy, such as nausea and discomfort, which generally lead to low score values. The curves fluctuate somewhat after control week 24. In contrast, the curves in the plot corresponding to arm B fall gradually. They begin to rise again at control week 84. Figure 2 displays the LI estimates of the mean score, plotted against time, for both treatment arms when considering a mortal cohort. We observe no important differences between the immortal cohort analysis and the mortal cohort analysis as regards estimation of the mean score using the LI method. Observed and estimated mean scores for an immortal cohort (without single imputation). The figure displays the observed and estimated mean scores for arm A (upper panel) and arm B (lower panel) when considering an immortal cohort. Single imputation has not been applied. The black solid-line curve corresponds to the arithmetic average of the observed score values, the blue dotted-line curve corresponds to the IPW method, the green dash-dotted-line curve corresponds to the LI method, and the red dashed-line curve corresponds to the MP method. Observed and estimated mean scores for a mortal cohort (without single imputation). The figure displays the observed and estimated mean scores for arm A (upper panel) and arm B (lower panel) when considering a mortal cohort. Single imputation has not been applied. The black solid-line curve corresponds to the arithmetic average of the observed score values, the magenta dotted-line curve corresponds to the LI method, and the green dash-dotted-line curve corresponds to the LI method when considering an immortal cohort (for comparison). Numbers of observed score values (without single imputation). Control week Arm A Arm B The table presents the numbers of observed score values, with respect to monotone missingness, for arm A and arm B at different control weeks. Single imputation has not been applied. Numbers of missing score values (without single imputation). Other causes The table presents the numbers of missing score values, with respect to monotone missingness, due to death and other causes for arm A and arm B at different control weeks. Single imputation has not been applied. Figure 3 displays the empirical standard errors of the mean score estimates (based on 1000 bootstrap samples), plotted against time, for both treatment arms when considering an immortal cohort. As expected, the empirical standard errors increase over time. The variability does not seem to differ much between the three estimation methods. Empirical standard errors of the estimated mean scores for an immortal cohort (without single imputation). The figure displays the empirical standard errors of the estimated mean scores (based on 1000 bootstrap samples) for arm A (upper panel) and arm B (lower panel) when considering an immortal cohort. Single imputation has not been applied. The blue dotted-line curve corresponds to the IPW method, the green dash-dotted-line curve corresponds to the LI method, and the red dashed-line curve corresponds to the MP method. Figure 4 displays the differences in the mean score estimates between arm A and arm B, plotted against time, when considering an immortal cohort. The corresponding 95% percentile intervals (based on 1000 bootstrap samples) are also shown. The upper and lower percentile limits lying on each side of the zero line corresponds to no significant difference between the two treatment arms. At control week 6, both percentile limits lie on the negative side of the zero line in each of the plots. This indicates a lower mean score in arm A compared to arm B at the end of treatment. In the plot corresponding to the IPW method, the lower percentile limit lies just barely on the positive side of the zero line at control week 72, which indicates a possible higher mean score in arm A. However, this is not supported by the results obtained from the other two estimation methods. Differences in the observed and estimated mean scores for an immortal cohort (without single imputation). The figure displays the differences in the observed and estimated mean scores between arm A and arm B for the arithmetic average of the observed score values (upper left panel), the IPW method (upper right panel), the LI method (lower left panel) and the MP method (lower right panel) when considering an immortal cohort. Single imputation has not been applied. The black solid-line curve corresponds to the estimated differences, the black dashed-line curves correspond to the upper and lower limits of the 95% percentile interval (based on 1000 bootstrap samples), and the black dotted-line curve corresponds to the zero line. With single imputation Table 3 presents the numbers of observed score values, with respect to monotone missingness, for both treatment arms at different control weeks. The corresponding numbers of missing score values are presented in Table 4. By comparing the numbers in Table 1 and Table 3, we see that we get up to 4 and 6 more observed score values at a given control week in arm A and arm B, respectively, when single imputation is applied. Only a few of the score values that are gained have been imputed. The rest of them are available score values that were considered to be missing in the first two analyses where single imputation was not applied, but that now are regarded as observed because of the filling in of non-consecutive missing values preceding them. Numbers of observed score values (with single imputation). Non-imputed Imputed The table presents the numbers of observed score values, with respect to monotone missingness, for arm A and arm B at different control weeks. Single imputation has been applied. Numbers of missing score values (with single imputation). The table presents the numbers of missing score values, with respect to monotone missingness, due to death and other causes for arm A and arm B at different control weeks. Single imputation has been applied. Figure 5 displays the mean score estimates, plotted against time, for both treatment arms when considering an immortal cohort. By comparing the curves in Figure 1 and Figure 5, we see that the application of single imputation prior to the data analysis has not changed the observed and estimated mean scores very much. Figure 6 displays the empirical standard errors of the mean score estimates (based on 1000 bootstrap samples), plotted against time, for both treatment arms when considering an immortal cohort. It is evident that single imputation reduces the variability of the estimates. Observed and estimated mean scores for an immortal cohort (with single imputation). The figure displays the observed and estimated mean scores for arm A (upper panel) and arm B (lower panel) when considering an immortal cohort. Single imputation has been applied. The black solid-line curve corresponds to the arithmetic average of the observed score values, the blue dotted-line curve corresponds to the IPW method, and the green dash-dotted-line curve corresponds to the LI method. Empirical standard errors of the estimated mean scores for an immortal cohort (with single imputation). The figure displays the empirical standard errors of the estimated mean scores (based on 1000 bootstrap samples) for arm A (upper panel) and arm B (lower panel) when considering an immortal cohort. Single imputation has been applied. The blue dotted-line curve corresponds to the IPW method, and the green dash-dotted-line curve corresponds to the LI method. Figure 7 displays the differences in the mean score estimates between arm A and arm B, plotted against time, when considering an immortal cohort. The corresponding 95% percentile intervals (based on 1000 bootstrap samples) are also shown. The curve patterns resemble the ones displayed in Figure 4. Differences in the observed and estimated mean scores for an immortal cohort (with single imputation). The figure displays the differences in the observed and estimated mean scores between arm A and arm B for the arithmetic average of the observed score values (upper left panel), the IPW method (upper right panel) and the LI method (lower left panel) when considering an immortal cohort. Single imputation has been applied. The black solid-line curve corresponds to the estimated differences, the black dashed-line curves correspond to the upper and lower limits of the 95% percentile interval (based on 1000 bootstrap samples), and the black dotted-line curve corresponds to the zero line. Results from the data analyses suggest that the true mean score might be overestimated by using the observed mean score, which equals the arithmetic average of the observed score values at a given control week. The most likely reason for this is that the worst patients, that is, the patients with the lowest score values, fail to complete the questionnaire. Thus, higher score values tend to predominate in the data. The initial and sudden drop in the curves of the mean score estimates in the plots corresponding to arm A is in accordance with what might have been expected; the patients in arm A, who received both radiation therapy and chemotherapy, experienced an immediate reduction in mean score, as opposed to the patients in arm B, who received only radiation therapy. However, the difference between the two treatment arms with respect to the mean score seems to diminish over time. The application of single imputation did not alter the mean score estimates considerably, but the numbers of extra observed score values were indeed quite low. It did, however, lower the empirical standard errors of the mean score estimates. In other words, we gain precision from using single imputation, and this makes our estimates more reliable. The MP method is certainly the easiest one to implement among the three estimation methods. However, this method, unlike the other two methods, is limited to handle only discrete-valued responses. Further, the IPW method may give more variable estimates and thus less precision [12]. Therefore, we recommend using the LI method in practice when appropriate. This is a good method that is relatively easy to implement. The Matlab® code for the implementation of the methodology considered in this paper is available and can be obtained by contacting the corresponding author. Health-related QoL is an important research field of current interest. In medical settings we believe that it is crucial to consider QoL when treatments are being evaluated. The obtained results from the data analyses corresponding to the three estimation methods agree with one another. Within each treatment arm, the estimated mean scores of self-reported QoL are adjusted downwards compared to the observed mean score. There are significant differences in the estimated mean scores of self-reported QoL between arm A and arm B at the end of treatment. Nina Gunnes is funded by the Norwegian Cancer Society through grant number 70120/001. Taral G. Seierstad is funded by the Research Council of Norway through grant number 170620/V30. 12874_2008_344_MOESM1_ESM.pdf Authors’ original file for figure 1 12874_2008_344_MOESM8_ESM.eps Authors’ original file for figure 8 12874_2008_344_MOESM10_ESM.eps Authors’ original file for figure 10 NG and OOA conceived the methodological approach. NG performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript. 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__label__wiki	0.770075	0.770075	BusinessRetail Albertsons/Rite Aid merger faces challenge ahead of key vote exc-5b5f46162b6a286752c5865b A week from Friday, shareholders of Rite Aid Corp. will decide if the independent pharmacy retailer can merge with Boise-based Albertsons Companies. If 50% say yes – the deal is likely to happen. If it can’t reach that threshold, the next steps for the two companies are unclear. Advisors say no: Two big shareholder advisory firms said a no vote was appropriate. Institutional Shareholder Services & Glass Lewis gave the tie-up a thumbs down. ISS report: “It does not appear that Rite Aid shareholders would receive a fair ownership interest in the combined company, a concern heightened by potential conflicts of interest during the negotiation process and apparently reflected in the company’s underperformance since announcement.” Glass Lewis: “We fail to see that the proposed combination represents a particularly attractive outcome for unaffiliated Rite Aid shareholders, each of whom has, in our view, been offered very little reason to conclude that management has secured full value under extant market conditions or that the Company would not benefit from continued implementation of its stand-alone operating strategy until a counterparty is prepared to deliver a clear and attractive value for control of Rite Aid,” A Rite Aid spokesperson disagreed, telling Reuters the deal “will significantly improve Rite Aid’s growth prospects, financial strength and ability to deliver compelling long-term value for shareholders.” Other shareholders against: Highfields Capital Management came out earlier this month and said it would vote its 4.4% stake against the deal. “The proposed transaction is in the best interests of Albertsons and Rite Aid management, but not Rite Aid shareholders,” Highfields said. It’s about scale: The two companies have mounted a detailed campaign to gin up support for the deal – with an extensive website and letters to Rite Aid shareholders ahead of the vote. Albertsons COO Jim Donald on CNBC: “Scale is big here. Scale is what we can use as we continue to [serve] customers online and brick and mortar.” Amazon looms: With the pending merger of Albertsons and Rite Aid on the table, Amazon announced it would acquire small prescription-by-mail company PillPack – one of a number of moves the web giant has taken in the drug space. E-commerce perks up: Albertsons said on a recent earnings call that sales from e-commerce more than doubled from the previous period – up 108%. The company has been working to drive initiatives – including home delivery, “Drive Up and Go,” meal delivery service Plated and a partnership with Instacart. Project to build new Albertsons rumbles to life In 2016, Albertsons purchased a large site at the corner of Eagle Rd. and Amity Rd. for a future grocery store. Now,... Class action suit over 2014 Supervalu/Albertsons data breach dismissed SuperValu and Albertsons are clear from the threat of a class action lawsuit related to a 2014 data breach. Albertsons tweaks and expands lineup of store brands Boise-based Albertsons is revamping and expanding its core line of store brand products. Several of the company's other brands,... Big business: Boise’s Albertsons, Micron increase ranking on annual Fortune list Fortune Magazine is out with its latest list of the top 500 businesses in the US, ranked by revenues. Two Idaho... Local Downtown Boise coffee & tea house to sprout Bench location	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line969
__label__cc	0.709982	0.290018	Technology in Action, Introductory Alan Evans, Kendall Martin, Mary Anne Poatsy Prentice Hall PTR, 2009 - Computers - 521 pages In today's technological age, computer literacy is important for everyone, and now learning the basics is easier than ever. A Computer Concepts Text Focused on Today's Student! Technology in Action engages students by combining a unique teaching approach with rich companion media. The sixth edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments in computer technology. New interactive learning tools have also been added to enhance student engagement. Student CD is included with every text, containing: Sound Bytes: Multimedia lessons that demystify computer concepts with audio and video presentations. Sound Byte Podcasts: The Sound Bytes are now also available as podcasts. Active Helpdesk Calls: Highly interactive, engaging, almost game-like media that places the student in the role of a helpdesk staffer answering computer technology questions from callers. Why Computers Matter to You: Becoming Computer Literate; The History of the PC; Looking at Computers: Understanding the Parts; Using the Internet; Ethics; Application Software: Programs That Let You Work and Play; Using System Software: The Operating System, Utility Programs, and File Management; Understanding and Assessing Hardware; Networking and Security: Hackers and Viruses; Protecting Your Computer and Backing Up Your Data; Mobile Computing; Digital Entertainment; System Hardware With an array of fun and engaging learning tools, Technology in Action teaches students computer fundamentals, from learning Microsoft Office to setting up their own home network. 27 pages matching Ethernet in this book TECHNOLOGY IN FOCUS Understanding the Parts Making the Most of the Webs Resources Active Helpdesk allow application software audio BITS AND BYTES blogs Bluetooth browser cable called cameras cell phone chapter chip computer literate computer system computer's create database designed desktop developed disk display document drive bays e-mail Ethernet ethical example files firewall flash drive flash memory folder Google hackers hard drive hardware images inkjet printers input install Internet connection Internet Explorer keyboard Linux memory microphone Microsoft mobile devices monitor mouse multimedia notebook operating system options PDA/smartphone PDAs personal computer phishing players podcasts popular portable ports processor protect puter router screen search engine shown in Figure software applications Sound Byte spam storage subject directory system unit tion updates upgrade users VoIP Windows Vista wireless network Three professors from Montgomery County Community College traveled with the Prentice Hall Information Technology team for over two years to uncover what students and professors today wanted and needed in an Intro to Computer Concepts text. After meeting with more than 1,000 students and instructors and developed Technology in Action. Due to overwhelming success, they recently published Technology in Action 6/e! Alan D. Evans, M.S., CPA Alan Evans is currently a faculty member at Manor College and Montgomery County Community College teaching a variety of computer science and business courses. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Rider University and an M.S. in Information Systems from Drexel University, and he is a certified public accountant. After a successful career in business, Alan finally realized his true calling was education. He has been teaching at the college level since 2000. Alan enjoys giving presentations at technical conferences and meets regularly with computer science faculty and administrators from other colleges to discuss curriculum development and new methods of engaging students. Kendall E. Martin, Ph.D. Kendall has been teaching since 1988 at a number of institutions, including Villanova University, DeSales University, Arcadia University, Ursinus College, County College of Morris, and Montgomery County Community College, at both the undergraduate and master's degree level. Kendall's education includes a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. She has industrial experience in research and development environments (AT&T Bell Laboratories) as well as experience from several start-up technology firms. At Ursinus College, Kendall developed a successful faculty training program for distance education instructors, and she makes conference presentations during the year. Mary Anne Poatsy, MBA, CFP Mary Anne is an adjunct faculty member at Montgomery County Community College, teaching various computer application and concepts courses in face-to-face and online environments. Mary Anne holds a B.A. in Psychology and Elementary Education from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA in Finance from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Mary Anne has more than nine years of educational experience, ranging from elementary and secondary education to Montgomery County Community College, Muhlenberg College, and Bucks County Community College, as well as training in the professional environment. Prior to teaching, Mary Anne was a vice president at Shearson Lehman Hutton in the Muncipal Bond Investment Banking department Title Technology in Action, Introductory Authors Alan Evans, Kendall Martin, Mary Anne Poatsy Publisher Prentice Hall PTR, 2009 Computers / General	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line971
__label__cc	0.547511	0.452489	Group Theory in Solid State Physics and Photonics: Problem Solving with Mathematica Wolfram Hergert, R. Matthias Geilhufe John Wiley & Sons, 20 apr. 2018 - 360 sidor While group theory and its application to solid state physics is well established, this textbook raises two completely new aspects. First, it provides a better understanding by focusing on problem solving and making extensive use of Mathematica tools to visualize the concepts. Second, it offers a new tool for the photonics community by transferring the concepts of group theory and its application to photonic crystals. Clearly divided into three parts, the first provides the basics of group theory. Even at this stage, the authors go beyond the widely used standard examples to show the broad field of applications. Part II is devoted to applications in condensed matter physics, i.e. the electronic structure of materials. Combining the application of the computer algebra system Mathematica with pen and paper derivations leads to a better and faster understanding. The exhaustive discussion shows that the basics of group theory can also be applied to a totally different field, as seen in Part III. Here, photonic applications are discussed in parallel to the electronic case, with the focus on photonic crystals in two and three dimensions, as well as being partially expanded to other problems in the field of photonics. The authors have developed Mathematica package GTPack which is available for download from the book's homepage. Analytic considerations, numerical calculations and visualization are carried out using the same software. While the use of the Mathematica tools are demonstrated on elementary examples, they can equally be applied to more complicated tasks resulting from the reader's own research. Förhandsvisa den här boken » Utvalda sidor Titelsida Part One Basics of Group Theory Part Two Applications in Electronic Structure Theory Part Three Applications in Photonics Part Four Other Applications Appendix A Spherical Harmonics Appendix B Remarks on Databases Appendix C Use of MPB together with GTPack Appendix D Technical Remarks on GTPack Group Theory in Solid State Physics and Photonics: Problem Solving with ... Wolfram Hergert,Christian Matyssek,R. Matthias Geilhufe Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2018 Wolfram Hergert,R. Matthias Geilhufe angle applied atoms band structure basis functions Brillouin zone character table classes Clebsch–Gordan coefficients command constructed contains coordinate corresponding cosets crystal field cubic database decomposition Definition degeneracy denotes density dielectric direct product representation discussed double group eigenmodes eigenvalue energy example given group C4v group theory GTPack Hamiltonian improper rotations installed invariant subgroup inversion irreducible representations KGaA lattice vectors linear magnetic master equation Mathematica matrix elements matrix representation modes molecule nanotubes notation orthogonal parameters Pauli Pauli equation permittivity photonic band photonic band structure photonic crystal Physics and Photonics plane waves point group properties quaternion real-space representation matrices right cosets rotation axis rotation matrix Schrödinger equation Section shown in Figure Shubnikov space groups spherical harmonics spin spin–orbit coupling structure calculation symmetry elements symmetry group symmorphic space groups Theorem tight-binding Hamiltonian tion transformation translation two-dimensional unit cell verified Om författaren (2018) Wolfram Hergert, extraordinary professor in Computational Physics, is member of the Theoretical Physics group at University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. Main subjects of his work are solid state theory, electronic and magnetic structure of nanostructures and photonics. Prof. Hergert has experience in teaching group theory and in applying Mathematica to physical problems. He has published in renowned journals, like Nature and Physical Review Letters, and edited a books on Computational Materials Science and Mie Theory. He is also coauthor of a book on Quantum Theory. Matthias Geilhufe studied physics at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) with specialization in theoretical and computational physics. From 2012-2015 he was employed as a PhD student at the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle. In 2015 he obtained his PhD at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Currently, he is working at the Nordita Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. His work is based on the investigation of electronic and magnetic properties of complex materials. For his research, methods based on group theory or density functional theory are applied. Titel Group Theory in Solid State Physics and Photonics: Problem Solving with Mathematica Författare Wolfram Hergert, R. Matthias Geilhufe Utgivare John Wiley & Sons, 2018 Längd 360 sidor	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line974
__label__cc	0.740732	0.259268	Director of Admissions and Marketing Scattergood Friends School West Branch, Iowa Start date: Immediately. Interim Admissions Director will provide training and be available for transitional support and guidance as requested. Develops, coordinates, and directs all enrollment and marketing efforts: advertising, social media, website, e-newsletter, open house events, regional school fairs, etc. Provides enrollment management of the entire admissions funnel from point of inquiry through completion Introduces the school to prospective students and their families, interacting via social media, email, phone, and in-person tours. Researches and engages vendors for marketing and technical work. Plans and coordinates special events involving prospective students. Meets annual admissions goals and works with members of the administration and faculty to devise strategies to retain existing students. Develops relationships with outside institutions or groups (educational consultants, feeder schools, etc.) Prepares and maintains statistics regarding enrollment, geographical distribution of students, financial aid, and attrition. Interprets these statistics to the administration, faculty, and board of trustees. Serves (after training) as SEVIS Designated School Official (DSO) to issue documentation for international students and maintain international student records, in accordance with federal law. Serves on the administrative team, reporting directly to the Head of School. Additional boarding school staff duties and “all-hands-on-deck” school-wide events as assigned. To Apply: send a cover letter, resume and three references (with contact info) to Mainoffice@scattergood.org include Admissions and Marketing in the subject line. Experience in either marketing, sales, or admissions Digital marketing and/or graphic design experience Strong organizational and executive skills, and the ability to work independently Strong interpersonal skills, and easily builds and maintains rapport with persons of all ages and backgrounds Ability to travel overnight 10-15 days per year Desire to work in an intentional, peace and social justice oriented community that is inclusive of all backgrounds and identities Additional Salary Information: Compensation includes: salary, rent-free on-campus housing and utilities (optional), organic farm-based meals when school is in session, health insurance, disability insurance, and retirement benefits. About Scattergood Friends School Scattergood Friends School is an educational community that seeks motivated learners who value simplicity, personal integrity and non-violence. We believe that the integration of these Quaker values within our holistic curriculum promotes excellence. At Scattergood, we bring forth the strengths of each individual through a diverse, well rounded experience which prepares students for higher education and life-long learning. As a community, we work and learn on our organic farm, participate in a work crew program and explore responsible use of technology. We cultivate our inner voice through quiet spiritual reflection and use that voice in community shared leadership. At Scattergood, we value the development of the whole person within the context of the global community, instilling a sense of place and purpose as we carry our values and commitment into the wider world. Scattergood Friends School is an academic community which provides a four-year college preparatory curriculum in accordance with Friends' values. The academic program endeavors to provide an integrated educational experience that will enable students to attain their academic and personal goals. We promote an educati...on that can be the basis for lifelong growth. Accordingly, we believe knowledge and proficiency, acquired through a variety of experiences, are essential for learning to think critically, express ideas effectively, and relate information on a variety of subject areas. We intend for our students to develop ethical values and strength of character. Therefore, we offer opportunities for our students to serve others as we prepare them for life beyond Scattergood. While the academics are a great focus at Scattergood, the community is stressed just as much. Scattergood relies on the Quaker principles of community, equality, simplicity, and harmony when dealing with issues that arise in our day-to-day lives. However, this rarely makes the process quick and easy. Living in community involves sharing meals, classes, chores, living space, and other responsibilities. "Community" is an ideal and a challenge that we attempt to realize and discover in our daily lives. Community is not something that can be learned through rules, handbooks, or definitions, but rather something that can only be sought and discovered by willing individuals. Our philosophy concentrates on preparation for life, which involves promoting academic achievement, fostering a responsible and confident self-image in our students, and encouraging personal commitment to the extended community. Director of Marketing and Brand Management Chicago, Illinois University of Illinois at Chicago 3 Weeks Ago Marketing and Communications Manager Greenfield, Massachusetts Stoneleigh-Burnham School 1 Month Ago Director of Admissions and Marketing Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg Academy 1 Month Ago CADM Careers is Just One of the Benefits. Discover what else CADM has to offer! The job you are trying to reach from was originally posted at CADM Careers.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line979
__label__cc	0.56144	0.43856	Urologist Opportunity in Minnesota Lakes Country Essentia Health Brainerd, Minnesota Contact our recruiter PRACTICE SPECIFICS Join a busy urology practice in a newly renovated department with a collegial group of 3 Urologists and 1 Physician Assistant! Option to choose Mon – Friday working 4 days/week (32 patient contact hours) 1:4 Call 16-20 clinic patients a day Multispecialty organization with over 60 referring physicians Potential ownership of Ambulatory Surgery Center Sign-on bonus and residency stipend included in a highly competitive compensation package Brainerd, MN –located in the heart of Minnesota Lakes offering an array of recreational activities 125 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul Brainerd Lakes Area population: 65,000; Regional service area: 115,000 BC/BE Urology Peds a plus but not a requirement Essentia Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, sexual identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran Status. Liz Huesman, Physician Recruiter Email: liz.huesman@essentiahealth.org Internal Number: 02 About Essentia Health Essentia Health, headquartered in Duluth, Minn., is an integrated health system serving patients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Idaho. Essentia began fully integrating operations in the summer of 2010, bringing together the resources of its member organizations – SMDC Health System, Innovis Health, Brainerd Lakes Health and the Essentia Institute of Rural Health. In 2013, Essentia was accredited as an Accountable Care Organization by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Essentia Health combines the strengths and talents of 13,900 employees, including nearly 1,800 physicians and advanced practitioners, whose mission is to provide high quality care while making patients feel known and understood. Essentia Health, which includes many catholic facilities, is guided by the values of quality, hospitality, respect, justice, stewardship and teamwork. The organization delivers on its promise to be “Here With You” in 15 hospitals, 68 clinics, seven long-term care facilities, two assisted living facilities, four independent living facilities, five ambulance services and one research institute. 600K+ Urology \| 4-Day Week & No Call \| Minnesota Resort Community Minnesota	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line981
__label__cc	0.638319	0.361681	Construction residential information RESIDENTIAL INDUSTRY MULTI FUNCTIONAL PROTECTIVE COATINGS Ceramic Pro is an ideal solution to protect surfaces in construction industry.Ceramic Pro is used in the residential industry for all-surface protective coating. Our Ceramic Pro range creates a strong durable barrier to chemicals, harsh weather conditions and corrosion elements.Its bonding features provide easy-to-clean surfaces that prevent water, dirt, grease and is anti-graffiti. Our product for the residential market is Ceramic Pro Strong. It is resistant to solvents, acids, alkalis and chemicals.It is offered as a composite coating and requires no mixing with other substances. The Ceramic Pro range has been tested in oil pipelines in Russia, boats, electronic home appliances, alloy wheels, building materials,natural stone, public transport, signs, glass, electroplating industry, electronics, housing and LCD TVs. Ceramic Pro is designed as an industrial multi-functional protective coating for all surfaces. Its complex composition creates a permanent, rigid, flexible glass shield ensuring maximum durability and strength. Ceramic Pro Strong is the product within the range used for all heavy industry applications. It can be described as an additional protective layer, with maximum hardness and self-cleaning properties. CERAMIC PRO OFFERS COATING SOLUTIONS FOR MANY INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS Ceramic Pro’s nano-ceramic coatings for use in industrial applications offer the same ground-breaking performance and experience for just about every industry on the planet. Never before has such a modern and high-performing ceramic coating been available to work across multiple industries. With Ceramic Pro, companies can apply the same level of protection and surface slickness you’ve come to expect for automotive paint, on a plethora of other surfaces. 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With Strong, the coated surface repels dirt, mud or other contaminants keeping the surface intact without aging. Costly maintenance of any industrial properties will be required less frequent, making Strong a valuable investment to any business within the heavy industry. In the coating industry a product’s hardness or ability to resist scratches is determined by the pencil test. Strong has been tested and classified with a hardness above 9H. Once cured, the coating provides protection from temperatures ranging from -50 to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. No other coating on the market provides this level of temperature resilience. The coating has 100% resistance against damaging contaminants and harsh chemicals. Once cured, the only way to remove the coating is through heavy abrasion. It is extremely durable. Ceramic Pro Strong protects the surface from UV rays, preventing paint, rubber and plastic from aging. Normally polymers such as these are the first to show signs of UV damage. Once cured, the coating provides protection from temperatures ranging from -50 to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. The coating has 100% resistance against damaging contaminants and harsh chemicals. Once cured, the only way to remove the coating is through heavy abrasion. Oxidation & Corrosion Resistant Ceramic Pro Strong protects paint and metal from coming into contact with water and oxygen preventing oxidation and corrosion. Ceramic Pro Strong has proven to be a perfect coating for surfaces that are exposed to expansion and deformation. In the coating industry a products hardness or ability to resist scratches is determined by the pencil test. Strong has been tested and classified above 9H. Ceramic Pro Strong protects the surface from UV rays, preventing paint, rubber and plastic from aging. Used for/in Glass constructions Glass facades of constructions Cleaning of constructions Chrome elements of construction Technical application Sanitary engineering and bath SOME EXAMPLES OF SURFACES WE CAN PROTECT: Windows & Facades The coating protects the surface from hard water, calcium build up, watermarks, sand and dirt. The water that hits the surface beads and rolls off taking the dirt with it, giving the surface a self-cleaning property. Ceramic Pro on treated marble gets glossy and very liquid repellent. Once applied it protects the surface from all sorts of stains, scratches and at the same time allows the stone to breath. There is no need for waxes or sealants once the product is applied. The longevity is multiple years. Strong can be applied to most wood surfaces. It can be used instead of oils, stains and sealants. The coating prevents UV rays and water from damaging the surface. Train cars and wall paintings are targets for graffiti painters around the world. With a Ceramic Pro protective coating, graffiti paint will not bond to the surface and can be removed with a simple pressure wash. On train cars the coating also protects against brake sparks leaving marks on the cars. Trucks & Excavators The coating on these vehicles protects the exterior from all sorts of abuse and lowers maintenance costs substantially. Trucks become easy to clean as it prevents the material from sticking to the exterior. Strong is used across all branches of the military to protect surfaces exposed to harsh environments. It protects high value assets ranging from sensors and cameras to offshore equipment and fighter jets from scratches, icing and corrosion. Stainless steel is not always stainless. Our coating bonds to stainless steel and gives it additional protection and gloss when needed. Ceramic Pro protects the aircraft from the extreme climates and contaminates. With multiple layers and the right maintenance Ceramic Pro will prevent rain erosion, sky drawl and icing. Once applied it will also reduce drag which saves fuel. Ceramic pro is used to lower maintenance costs and protect all types of pipelines from corrosion. The surface gets so slick that dirt, oil and debris does not stick. This dramatically reduces maintenance cost. Other Industries & Application Below are some of the industries and surfaces we work with. Our line of products serves all surfaces that need any kind of protection. Automotive, Fabrics, Suede, Stainless steel, Counter tops, Sunglasses, Railings, Refrigerators, Exhaust pipes. Application Heavy Industry Strong can be applied with air guns, brushes or sponges. When working on surfaces where gloss is a factor, a wipe off procedure can be used to remove residue and avoid spots and streaks. Curing Condition Allow Strong to air dry (ambient curing). Parts will be tack free after approximately 30 to 120 minutes. Until this point the coating is still wet and care should be taken to not bump or touch the parts. Parts will be partially cured after 24 hours and fully cured 5 to 7 days after application. The curing time can be reduced by the use of infrared heaters. Do not expose the surface to water within the first 24 hours. Work of other applicators around the world: “SIMPLY AMAZING.” That’s how most people respond once they’ve seen the results of Ceramic Pro. It truly is simply amazing and nothing less.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line990
__label__cc	0.67244	0.32756	Featured Post, Mobility Tablets: The iPad is just the beginning by Robert Dutt • October 17, 2010 Apple's iPad helped kick off the current round of Tabletmania. It seems like everyone wants to be in the tablet business right now. And why not. Consider this – Gartner says that in 2010, worldwide tablet computer sales will reach almost 20 million. That’s no small market, to be sure. But next year? With the debut of more and more tablet platforms from a variety of vendors with a variety of viewpoints, things get really interesting. Like 181 per cent growth interesting. The analyst firm reckons the 2011 tablet market will hit 54.8 million, on its way 208 million units by 2014. With that kind of growth, the market is getting a lot of attention – both from end users and from vendors in a variety of different fields. Defining where exactly the tablet fits in is challenging, considering the number of vendors trying to fit offerings into the space. Apple’s iPad clearly began the renaissance of tablet computing with its January hype-filled introduction, but since then, it’s been open season. Tablet platforms now include Google’s Android and Nokia’s Meego, with a variety of companies pumping out a variety of hardware options, from the Dell Streak to the Samsung Galaxy Tab. And then there’s HP’s webOS platform. There’s nothing concrete from HP as of yet, but the company pulled the plug on the first generation of its HP Slate, to be built around Windows 7, shortly after it purchased Palm and webOS this spring. And now rumours persist that a webOS-based tablet will soon hit the streets. Networking vendors – Cisco’s Cius and more recently Avaya’s Flare Experience – have also got into the fray. Their view of the “media” for a “media tablet” is a little different. Instead of an entertainment device, they’re looking at it as a natural extension of their own video-heavy unified communications offerings. And then there’s Microsoft. Rather than the idea of lightweight, mobile-friendly tablet built on a platform like iOS or Android, the software titan’s efforts are focused on getting a tablet-friendly version of Windows 7 – and beefier hardware to support it – into the wild. There’s nothing announced yet, but Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently gave a clear “watch this space” message in a speech at the London school of economics. “We as a company will need to cover all form factors … You’ll see slates with Windows on them – you’ll see them this Christmas.” Eating notebooks’ lunch? If the public is hungry for tablets, does that mean their appetite for notebooks and netbooks is declining? Opinions seem to vary, as pointed out by Dirk Meyer, CEO of chipmaker AMD, on the company’s third quarter earnings call. “If you ask five people you’ll get five different answers as to what degree there has been cannibalization by tablets of either Netbooks or notebooks. I personally think the answer is both.” Gartner’s research agrees, and in fact, sees the challenge for notebook and netbook vendors accelerating as tablet prices continue to naturally decline. “The all-in-one nature of media tablets will result in the cannibalization of other consumer electronics devices such as e-readers, gaming devices and media players,” said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner. “Mini notebooks will suffer from the strongest cannibalization threat as media tablet average selling prices (ASPs) drop below $300 over the next 2 years.” Here are some other thoughts from Gartner on the size and nature of the tablet market: While the market for tablets is primarily a North American one (61 per cent in 2010), the research firm sees that declining to 43 per cent by 2014 as more devices become available in worldwide markets. RIM may want to take note for its WiFi-only PlayBook: Gartner sees tablets with both cellular and WiFi connectivity accounting for more than half of all tablet sales this year, on its way to 80 per cent by 2014. As attention shifts from the netbook to the tablet, Gartner predicts so too will mobile phone service providers switch allegiances. Expect to see cheap tablets from Bell, Rogers and Telus for those willing to sign up for three-year data plans. Gartner says it doesn’t see the tablet replacing the notebook for the knowledge worker of the future. But the tablet will become a strong “companion device” for these corporate users, especially due to instant bootup times and always-on network connectivity. As it moves into the mainstream in the consumer market, Gartner said it sees the media tablet purchasing decision “will become a family purchase as well as a personal one.” Tags:Android Apple Avaya Cisco Consumerization of IT Dell Gartner Google HP iPad Meego Microsoft Netbooks Nokia Notebooks Research in Motion RIM PlayBook Samsung Steve Ballmer Tablets webOS Windows 7 ← VARs get early look at Windows Phone 7 PEER 1 adds partner directory →	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line993
__label__wiki	0.654802	0.654802	Angiogenesis Research Biomedical Optics and Functional Imaging Laboratory Clinical Psychophysics Stem Cell Therapy and Corneal Tissue Engineering Glaucoma LOCI Laboratory Kazlauskas Lab Metalloproteinases Research Ocular Cell Biology Ocular Virology Ophthalmic Data Science Photoreceptor Research Quantitative Ocular Genomics Laboratory Retina Chemical Genomics Retinal Circulation and Metabolism Translational Neurobiology Laboratory Visual Perception Laboratory Core Grant for Vision Research Imaging and Image Analysis Instrument Shop Biostatistics and Genetic Analysis Ophthalmic Clinical Trials & Translational Center Surgical Experience Resident Experiences Residency Program Leadership Cornea Fellowship Glaucoma Fellowship Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship Oculoplastics Fellowship Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship Vitreoretinal Fellowship Optometry Fellowship Subspecialty Courses Illinois Eye Review 2020 UIC K12 Independent Clinical Vision Scientist Development Program Global Division Use your Flexible Spending Account for LASIK Where your gift will go Donor Honor Roll Donor Profiles Make Your Donation: Online, Phone, or Email Home/Departments/Academic Departments/Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences/Our Department/Media Center/Eye Facts/Optic Neuritis Optic Neuritisaodunsi2018-03-16T12:42:31-05:00 The optic nerve is an extension of the brain that connects the retina of the eye to the brain. The retina contains photoreceptors, cells that are activated by light and that connect to other retinal cells called ganglion cells. These, in turn, send long projections called axons into the brain. By this route, the optic nerve sends visual impulses to the brain. © University of Illinois Board of Trustees Usage without written permission is prohibited. Optic neuritis is the most common optic nerve disease to affect young people. The average age at the first attack is 31 years, but teenagers and persons over 40 may develop this disease for the first time. It is an inflammatory disease of uncertain cause, which affects more women than men. The presenting symptoms are blurred central vision (the vision used to read and see fine detail), reduced sensation of light brightness, and reduced color vision. Commonly there is aching pain in the eye made worse by eye movement. The pain often goes away within a week or so but the blurred vision lasts for weeks to several months. Three fourths of the patients have nearly complete return of central vision, as measured by reading the eye chart. However, there is usually some permanent residual haziness, which patients describe as “looking through smoke” even though outlines of objects are sharp. Fifteen percent of patients remain blind in the affected eye. Recurrences in the same or the other eye are uncommon, and residual foggy vision following these is more prominent than after a first attack. Thus, optic neuritis can be a serious problem that leads to significant visual disability. There is a close relationship between optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is one of several illnesses classed as demyelinating disease. These conditions are characterized by degeneration of the fatty covering called myelin that surrounds nerves in the central nervous system (CNS) and ensures normal conduction of nerve impulses. We believe that in demyelinating diseases the body’s immune system has attacked and damaged the myelin sheaths (nerve coverings). Normally, of course, the immune system protects the body against invasion from the outside by disease-producing organisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses. On occasion the immune system perceives a normal body tissue to be a foreign invader and mounts a destructive attack on that tissue using proteins called antibodies and specialized white blood cells called killer cells. This constitutes the mechanism of a class of diseases called autoimmune. MS is most likely a disease of this type in which the abnormal attack on tissue is limited to the nervous system. The optic nerve is frequently the first area of the CNS to be attacked by this disease. The diagnosis of MS is based on both of the following criteria: (l) remissions and exacerbations—attacks of the disease come and go—and (2) multiple areas of the nervous system are involved in separate attacks. In other words, the disease is multiple both in time and site. There are many demyelinating illnesses that are “one shot.” They come once and never recur. At the time of the first attack, even if multiple areas of the nervous system are affected, it is not possible to diagnose the condition as MS until there is a recurrence. The percentage of optic neuritis patients who later develop MS or necrologic symptoms other than visual loss varies with length of follow-up in large studies. When patients are followed up for more than 15 years after an attack of optic neuritis, more than 60% develop other neurologic symptoms. One possibility is that all patients with optic neuritis have a limited form of MS, in which many are not destined to have any other attacks. Another possibility is that optic neuritis is a syndrome— a collection of signs and symptoms with various underlying causes and mechanisms—in which only a fraction of patients have MS. For decades, physicians have treated optic neuritis with steroids, administered either orally or intravenously. In recent years, some physicians have given ultra-high-dose steroids intravenously. It has never been proved that treatment with any form of steroid regimen improves the long-range outcome of optic neuritis. In addition, steroids may cause adverse side effects. To help determine the best treatment of optic neuritis, the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service at the University of Illinois Hospital Eye and Ear Infirmary is participating in a multicenter study, funded by the National Eye Institute. “Eye Facts” is an informational series and should not be used as a substitute for medical advice. For eye appointments, call (312) 996-6591. All Eye Facts illustrations and images are copyright protected and are the property of the UIC Board of Trustees. Unauthorized use of the images is prohibited. 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__label__wiki	0.842261	0.842261	Work Business Curio China’s hidden debt A lesson with Marketplace Morning Report From the BBC World Service…Germany’s defense minister Ursula von der Leyen has been making her final pitch to be the next president of the European Commissio... with Marketplace Morning Report Humanities Word Curio Word of the Day: Auxiliary A lesson with Merriam-Webster Word of the Day : July 16, 2019 auxiliary \awg-ZILL-yuh-ree\ adjective 1 a : offering or providing help b : functioning in a subsidiary capaci... with Merriam-Webster Humanities Worldly Curio Journalist who 'shined light' on Somalia dies in terror... A lesson with PRI's The World Somali Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh "tried to reconnect a broken Somali community" with a YouTube network that told positive stories of Somalis living a... Journalist who 'shined light' on Somalia dies in terrorist attack with PRI's The World Humanities Daily Curio #1791 The storming of Area 51 A curio with View curio If I told you over one million people had committed to sacking Area 51 in hopes of finding aliens, would you believe me? It sounds too foolish to be true, but a recent tongue-in-cheek Facebook event called Storm Area 51 has managed to mobilize a volunteer army of alien hunters to do just that. Originally a prank started by anonymous user "Val," Storm Area 51 describes how it will use strength in numbers to overcome the military base's defenses, to "see them aliens." The charge will allegedly take place before dawn on September 20, with a horde of alien hunters "naruto running" to "move faster than [the U.S. Air Force's] bullets." For those of us over 40, "naruto" refers to a popular Japanese anime character. All fun and games, right? Well, one million Facebook users have posted that they're "Going" to Storm Area 51 while another million are "Interested." Hotels, RV lots, and campgrounds in the local Nevada desert area are being flooded with reservations and tourists set on observing (and possibly participating in) the spectacle. The sheer number of responders has alerted the U.S. Air Force, which has authorized guards to "use deadly force" should the storming take place. To be clear, the top-secret complex is arrayed with motion sensors and high tech cameras, so good luck would-be raiders. The ordeal also has the event's creator and comedic agitators worried that they may be held accountable, should any numbskulls get seriously hurt attempting the feat. All in all, Storm Area 51 is a testament to the growing power of internet personalities, in this case jokesters called "meme lords." Really, all this stupidity has me yearning for better days—when people still listened to common sense! Image credit & copyright: Laura Rauch /AP Poetry Poem Curio Poem of the Day: Tonight A lesson with Poetry Foundation Poem of the Day: Tonight. Agha Shahid Ali (read by Michael Stuhlbarg). with Poetry Foundation Composition Photo Curio A Russian eruption Some natural events are so enormous in scale—not to mention dangerous—that they're best appreciated from a distance. Such was the case when Raikoke Volcano, located on Russia's Kuril Islands, erupted for the first time since 1924 on June 22, 2019. Photos of the volcano's smoke plume, which reached over eight miles high, were taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, located 250 miles above earth. The large top portion of the smoke plume is called the umbrella region. Such umbrellas are formed when surrounding air equalizes in density with the smoke, so the smoke stops rising and begins to fan out. The Raikoke eruption was so massive that ash and gas temporarily caused a flight risk to airplanes. We'll take turbulence over umbrella clouds any day! Below: Check out the video below for more photos of the eruption. Image credit & copyright: Nasa Earth Observatory STEM Nerdy Curio How to Turn Cancer Against Itself A lesson with Minute Earth Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by Minute Earth. with Minute Earth From the BBC World Service… New figures from China show the economy growing at its slowest pace in nearly thirty years. Plus, Turkey is likely to be hit by s... Word of the Day: Nosegay nosegay \NOHZ-gay\ noun : a small bunch of flowers : posy Nosegay is a homegrown word—that is, ... US History Daily Curio #1790 Pauline, the presidential cow Most presidents keep a White House pet. Some just happen to be stranger than others. Shown above is Pauline Wayne, a 1,500-pound Holstein-Friesian cow of high pedigree that President William Howard Taft kept on White House grounds. Pauline's job was to produce 25 pounds of butter and nine gallons of milk a week for the first family. It was a tough quota, but Taft, who allegedly got stuck in the White House bathtub, was the largest president on record at six feet tall and 340 pounds. Sure, keeping a cow at the White House might seem odd, but it was once commonplace before the dawn of milkmen or refrigerators. What really makes Pauline unique is the stir she made with the media. After a trespasser slunk out onto the White House lawn and was caught trying to milk her, newspapers rushed to interview the cow. The Washington Post went so far as to quote her, fabricating bizarre responses. According to the paper, Pauline labeled herself "progressive" but controversially claimed she was against the women's suffrage movement. The bovine's fame only grew when she began campaigning in Taft's stead at livestock shows around the U.S. There were even parades planned just for her. Then on one fateful day in 1911, she disappeared without a trace en route to the Milwaukee Dairy Show. A frantic search ensued. Fortunately, Pauline was located in a Chicago stockyard and saved "from the bludgeon of the slaughter" in the knick of time. The poor heifer endured way more stress than a cow ever should during Taft's presidency, and benefited from him leaving office in 1913. She retired to Wisconsin, her birthplace, and lived in serenity on a farm the rest of her life. To date, Pauline was the last presidential cow to bunk at the White House. One can only guess if the American public will ever be as deeply mooved again. Art Appreciation Art Curio Many-hued masks Title: Libaad Artist: Magnhild Kennedy Medium: mixed media Current location: London Magnhild Kennedy proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that art has the power to transform us. The London-based designer creates elaborate masks and headdresses under the name Damselfrau, and her pieces turn wearers into unrecognizable human sculptures. Take Libaad, a mask created in 2018 which completely obscures the wearer's face with a colorful wall of flowing tassels and beads. Kennedy, originally from Norway, has been creating masks since the early 2000s, initially for herself and her friends. In 2007, she moved to London and found work in a vintage clothing shop. Inspired by the bright colors and unusual fabrics surrounding her, Kennedy began learning fashion design techniques from Youtube videos. Though she never studied professional design, her masks and headdresses have been featured in fashion shows, gallery exhibits, and in Vogue magazine. According to an interview with Vogue, Kennedy does not begin her projects by sketching out ideas. Instead, she selects materials, then allows those materials, along with her imagination, to lead the way. Below: Another of Kennedy’s masks, Liorin, created in 2015. Image credit & copyright: Magnhild Kennedy/Damselfrau Poem of the Day: Nursery Poem of the Day: Nursery. By Kiki Petrosino. New Palestinian museum in DC favors the personal over t... The museum aims to "put Palestinians in the light that we are human beings. We’re artists, we’re entrepreneurs, we’re in politics and we [are] contributing a... New Palestinian museum in DC favors the personal over the political Astronomy Nerdy Curio Landing NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover with Terrain Relative Na... A lesson with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. The Mars 2020 mission is facing the most challenging landing yet on the Red Planet. Landing NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover with Terrain Relative Navigation with NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Word of the Day: Embezzle embezzle \im-BEZZ-ul\ verb : to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently ... Poem of the Day: Butter Poem of the Day: Butter. By Andrea Cohen. Hong Kong pop star fights for ‘our autonomy’ as protest... Hong Kong pop singer Denise Ho has been an outspoken activist for democracy in Hong Kong. She says there has been a breakdown in the "one country, two system... Hong Kong pop star fights for ‘our autonomy’ as protests against Beijing continue Globalization, shmobilization. Try “slowbalisation.” Interest rate cuts are coming, so why are bond rates going up? And at Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s congressional hearing earlier this week, he sounded the alarm... World History PP&T Curio Place: Bastille Saint-Antoine The fortress-turned-prison has its (demolition) day. How does a building earn a bad reputation? In the case of the Bastille Saint-Antoine of France, once a defensive fortress against foreign invaders, it only took a turn as a symbol of tyrannical power and gross injustice. The Bastille was destroyed on this day 230 years ago, leaving behind a legendary history. The Bastille's construction began during the Hundred Years War between France and England. At the time, French Monarchs had traditionally used the Louvre—yes, the art museum—as the main castle to defend Paris. The city swelled in population over time, however, and new defenses were needed to protect its new, vulnerable outskirts. The Bastille rose from the ground piecemeal, initially as rudimentary battlements. First, two stone towers were built to protect the Porte Saint-Antoine, a gateway to Paris. Along with them, a 78-foot-wide ditch called a "bastide" or "fortification" was dug. A decade later, Charles V tasked his provost Hugh Aubriot with building six more towers and consolidating the military complex into a superstructure. Aubriot designed a fortress with 78-feet-tall walls and towers, crenelated walkways, and underground dungeons. Ironically, he later became one of the citadel's first prisoners in 1380, when trumped-up charges were brought against him for defending the city's Jewish population. Over the next 200 years, the Bastille withstood waves of anti-French forces and traded rulership between countries several times. By Louis XIV's 43-year reign, the Bastille was a bonafide prison and held approximately 2,300 captives: enemies of the throne. The underground dungeons were saved for recaptured escapees while the mid-level tower rooms had basic furnishings and a stove or fireplace. The most elite of prisoners were allowed lavish accouterments in their quarters. One of the most famous inmates, the Marquis de Sade—a notorious writer and the namesake of sadism—was said to have arrived with a wardrobe, paintings, tapestries, perfumes, and 133 books (he was later taken away to an insane asylum 10 days before the storming of Bastille). The French Enlightenment philosopher Voltaire, another famous Bastille prisoner, deemed the location a "palace of revenge"; other prisoners told of rotting away beside corpses in the underground pits. Voltaire himself lent credence to another famous prisoner of the time: the Man in the Iron Mask. The legend goes that the masked prisoner spent 34 years of his life in jail, dying in squalor at the Bastille for no other crime than being the illegitimate brother of Louis XIV. The Man in the Iron Mask became somewhat of a folk hero and martyr for prison abolishment, being the subject of a Three Musketeers story by Alexander Dumas and an epic poem by Alfred de Vigny. As terrifying or macabre as some stories of the Bastille seem, it's likely that most were exaggerated. Immediately after its destruction in 1789, when revolutionaries looted it for gunpowder and weapons, bits of armor and a printing press were paraded and decried as instruments of torture. Just seven prisoners were being held at the time. A year later, all manner of French royalty and common folk came together to celebrate its destruction. The Siege of the Bastille was declared a holiday on July 6, 1880, and a fountain known as the Place de la Bastille was built in the fortress' place. It's like they say: if it's a broke historical place of oppression, don't fix it! Image credit & copyright: PBS, Library of Congress Flying Around the World A lesson with Engines of our Ingenuity Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by Engines of Our Ingenuity. Episode: 1715 The first flight around the world -- in 175 days. Today, we circle the earth. with Engines of our Ingenuity Word of the Day: Torrid torrid \TOR-id\ adjective 1 a : parched with heat especially of the sun : hot b : giving off intense heat : sc... Play Teaser Curio #195 A square at a loss for words Of course, all of our word square teasers are at a loss for words: the words are missing. Duh. This one is a little more meta, though... Here the missing words are about words that are missing (or negative). So in a teaser about missing words, why is this preamble still going? We'll just stop. Remember: a word square is similar to a square crossword puzzle, but the same words appear across and down. Here's an example of a 3x3 word square: CAT AGO TOY Below are four clues, not in order. Can you make a 4x4 word square out of it? Its booklets have frustratingly few words in them. It has no words when you buy it, but it can fit ~500,000 of them. It can't speak but it can sing (well, it most likely can't speak) What negative words can do to positive thoughts Think you know the answer? Email support@curious.com with the subject "Teaser #195" and let us know, or check back next week to find out! Students at this Minneapolis charter school prep for im... There could be immigration raids in 10 US cities, according to news reports. At a south Minneapolis high school, the principal has worked to make sure her st... Students at this Minneapolis charter school prep for immigration raids Guilt by association with vacation Workers and businesses are on edge after ICE officials announce immigration raids will be carried out this weekend. How has the trade war affected China’s GD... Poem of the Day: The Rolling Saint Poem of the Day: The Rolling Saint. By Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Scourge of the Sea Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by Engines of Our Ingenuity. Episode: 3210 Scourge of the Sea, the long search for a cure for scurvy. Today, a medical... Wimbledon highlights a very British obsession From the BBC World Service… Singapore’s economy shrank at its fastest pace in seven years in the second quarter. Greece’s new prime minister outlines his pri... Word of the Day: Dearth dearth \DERTH\ noun 1 : scarcity that makes dear; specifically : famine 2 : an inadequate supply : lack Did Yo... Tensions rise in Gulf after oil tanker standoff between... Iranian ships tried to block a British tanker in the Straight of Hormuz. How does the standoff fit into rising tensions in the Gulf? Tensions rise in Gulf after oil tanker standoff between Iran and the UK Music Appreciation Song Curio FLASHBACK \| Nirvana's big splash It's Flashback Friday! Enjoy this favorite from the Curio Cabinet archives. "Hello, hello, hello, how low?" That hypnotic phrase was first heard in 1991 when Smells Like Teen Spirit was released as a single off of Nirvana's Nevermind album. Kurt Cobain had a few punk rock sources of inspiration to draw from while writing the song. A rowdy night hanging out with Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hannah ended with her scrawling "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" on his bedroom wall, in reference to the deodorant his girlfriend wore. Cobain liked the phrase so much, he penned it into "the ultimate pop song" mixed with the loud-quiet-loud sonic dynamics of his favorite band the Pixies. The rest of the lyrics were inspired by Kurt's adolescence in Aberdeen, Washington, his anti-establishment punk ethics, and his penchant for surreal poetry. When combined with the visuals of the high school concert-turned-riot music video, Nirvana had a massive hit on their hands, which would come to define the raw-sounding Seattle grunge scene and obscure the hair metal hype of the late '80s. Since its release, Smells Like Teen Spirit has helped Nirvana sell over 10 million copies of Nevermind, and is often hailed as one of the best rock songs ever recorded. "Entertain us," they did! Other streaming options Image credit & copyright: Universal Music Group Photography Photo Curio FLASHBACK \| Swim like a girl When Kathleen Thomas swam 11 miles across the Bristol Channel over 90 years ago, she wasn't just the first woman to make the treacherous crossing—no man had ever done it, either. Shown in this photo as she was helped from the water afterwards, Thomas completed the swim at just 21 years old. When Thomas first announced her plan to cross the channel in 1927, many people thought she was crazy. In fact, a local paper had to repeat its report of Thomas' intent two days in a row, because the initial story was met with so much skepticism. Because of the channel's powerful currents, crossing is actually the equivalent of going 22.5 miles; many boats capsized in the choppy stretch of water, and many men had tried to swim across and failed. But Thomas, dressed only in a bathing suit and swim cap, her skin slathered in lanolin, braved the cold water and brutal currents to reach her goal in seven hours and 20 minutes. Swim across channels, run marathons, fight battles, strike out Babe Ruth… what can't women do? Below: a portrait of Kathleen Thomas. Image credit: Simon & Schuster FLASHBACK \| Afternoon admirers Title: South Beach Bathers Artist: John French Sloan (1871-1951) Created: 1907-1908 Dimensions: 31.75 x 26 in (80.65 x 66 cm) Current location: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Don't forget the parasol! Realist painter John French Sloan depicted the vivacious lives of New Yorkers during the turn of the century. Specifically, he and the other artists of the Ashcan School made non-critical art "for life's sake," using traditional techniques to portray everyday events—like a summer beach day in the South Beach Bathers. The painting focuses upon the woman adjusting her white hat, whom Sloan affectionately nicknamed the South Beach Belle. During the early 20th century, full bodies gathered at the waist with a corset were all the rage, and the belle's agreeing measurements captivates her company. Their lingering eyes lead our attention to her, no doubt the way Sloan's own eyes must've peeped her real-life counterpart. In fact, the only proximate subjects seemingly ambivalent to the belle appear to be the little girl and her fussing mother. But enough with the beach ogling; there's plenty of scenery to take in, and even a diving platform to enjoy. Save for the abundance of strange, woolen swim gear, the scene totally resembles some modern-day fun in the sun! Image credit & copyright: Walker Art Center Poem of the Day: The Obscenity Prayer Poem of the Day: The Obscenity Prayer. By Mary Karr. “Infinite Reservoir" of Space Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by Engines of Our Ingenuity. Episode: 1714 The mischief, in space, of the "infinite reservoir" thought model. Today, l... STEM Daily Curio FLASHBACK \| Swimming micro-breweries Drunken goldfish? According to new research, fish of the genus Carassius (crucian carp and goldfish) have evolved a set of enzymes that convert carbohydrates into alcohol when they are in low-oxygen water. Unlike all other fish, this mechanism allows them to survive in frozen ponds for many months at a time. Which explains how they can live in the lakes of northern Europe and Asia—the mystery which biomedical researchers at the University of Oslo and the University of Liverpool were investigating. When humans and most other animals' cells are deprived of oxygen, they can die within minutes. That's because when we metabolise carbohydrates without the help of oxygen—known as anaerobic metabolism—our bodies produce toxic lactic acid, which quickly builds up in our muscles and must quickly be removed by the liver (with the help of oxygen!). But in findings published this week in Nature, scientists discovered that when Carassius anaerobically metabolize carbohydrates, they produce alcohol instead of lactic acid. The fish then release the harmless alcohol through their gills. The fishes' secret evolutionary power stems from a set of enzymes which kick into action when their oxygen levels drop. These enzymes are almost identical to brewer's yeast, which is how beer is made from carbohydrate-rich grains! Scientists believe that Carassius evolved this alchohol-not-lactic-acid mutation around eight million years ago. To survive the oxygen-free or anoxic frozen lakes, the fish must generate so much alcohol that their blood alcohol level hovers around 55 mg per 100 mL for the entire winter. Ironically, that exceeds the drunk-driving limit in all of the northern European countries where it lives. No word on whether the drunken goldfish swim erratically or enjoy the experience. Asia’s other trade tussle From the BBC World Service… France’s digital tax plans draw ire from the Trump administration. A British consumer giant has been hit with a record fine linke... Word of the Day: Ostentatious ostentatious \ah-stun-TAY-shus\ adjective : attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy oft... Some Hot Dog Histology A lesson with 60-Second Science Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by 60-Second Science. A lab analysis found that even an all-beef frankfurter had very little skeletal muscle, or 'meat.... with 60-Second Science Goodbye, old friend: VW Beetle ceases production Today, we say goodbye to an automotive icon and an old friend. Volkswagen is halting production of the Beetle. For real this time. We think. Vanishing shipwrecks This gives new meaning to "dirty money." Two Dutch WWII submarine wrecks off the coast of Malaysia were recently found missing. The subs, each 240 feet long, had been resting on the seabed of the South China Sea since they were sunk by Japanese mines in 1941. It's estimated that both carried the remains of 79 crewmen. Who would desecrate their ruins? Salvagers looking to turn a profit off of steel, copper cables, and phosphor bronze propellers. According to The Guardian, some 40 WWII-era shipwrecks containing the remains of 4,500 crewmen have been plundered or tampered with for their precious metals in recent years. Scavengers posing as fishermen detonate explosives within the vessels and haul up the scraps with cranes. The vandals make around $1.3 million per ship. Over 100 remaining shipwrecks from WWII are estimated to exist in the waters around Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. They contain British, American, Australian, Dutch, and Japanese sailors, and their corresponding countries are up in arms over the defilements. The wrecks are technically protected under international treaties which recognize them as unmarked graves. Only, safeguarding them has proven to be a challenge. Thankfully, international pressure is mounting. Because it's only fair that everyone—especially veterans—be left to rest in peace. Image credit & copyright: Dutch national archives Blankets of color At first, this pearlescent rainbow might appear to be a kite or banner hovering against the night sky. Believe it or not, it's actually a living creature in the depths of the North Pacific Ocean. In April 2019, diver Joseph Elayani captured video footage of two female blanket octopuses near Romblon Island in the Philippines. The footage is now making news around the world, and it's easy to see why. It offers an extraordinary look at one of the ocean's oddest and most elusive species, which is also a master of self-defense. These cephalopods are immune to certain types of jellyfish venom and sometimes pull the tentacles off of Portuguese man-of-war jellyfishes, to use as weapons against predators. Another defense mechanism is the web of skin which stretches between some of the octopus' arms. This "blanket", for which the species is named, can be stretched out to make the octopus appear bigger, frightening predators away. If that isn't odd enough, male blanket octopuses only grow to around an inch long, while females can reach lengths of up to six feet. That's one of the biggest size differences between males and females of any species on earth! Below: See Joseph Elayani's footage of these beautiful animals. Image credit & copyright: Joseph Elayani/Caters News Poem of the Day: At the Fishhouses Poem of the Day: At the Fishhouses. By Elizabeth Bishop. Building the modern panic room From the BBC World Service… Iran has warned it will move further away from its international nuclear deal unless Europe takes steps to cushion the impact of ... Word of the Day: Lionize lionize \LYE-uh-nyze\ verb : to treat as an object of great interest or importance The lion is ... Mind and Body Benefit from Two Hours in Nature Each Week Today's Nerdy Curio is brought to you by 60-Second Science. People who spent at least two hours outside—either all at once or totaled over several shorter vi... Ambassador says UK still looking to salvage Iran nuclea... As Iran threatened to restart centrifuges on Monday, the UK's ambassador to the UN says Britain and other European countries are still searching for "a possi... Ambassador says UK still looking to salvage Iran nuclear deal Biology Daily Curio #1788 Eco-friendly protein Here's a way to take a bite out of climate change. A Finnish food tech startup called Solar Foods just unveiled a method to pull carbon dioxide from the air and make food from it. The process works by applying electricity to water until it releases bubbles of carbon dioxide and hydrogen, which are mixed with living microbes and other nutrients to produce a protein called Solein that looks like wheat flour. The process, which largely resembles yeast fermentation, doesn't rely on farmland or irrigation and is allegedly 100 times more climate-friendly than meat or even plant-based sources of protein. In fact, it takes 1,550 times more water to generate the same amount of beef as Solein. The miracle protein could be easily produced anywhere, including Antarctica or space. As for nutritional value, Solar Foods maintains that Solein consists of 20-25 percent carbs, 5-10 percent fats, and roughly 50 percent protein. It can be 3D printed for preferred textures, and possibly made into meat-like fibers and pasta. Solar Foods genuinely believes that Solein is a scalable product, and plans to sell 50 million meals worth in supermarkets over the next two years. Personally, I'm a little skeptical. I love the sentiment, but can't help but worry about the taste of Solein. Before I get out the fork and knife, I need to see some Solein that doesn't look like chalk. Image credit & copyright: Solar Foods Poem of the Day: A Story about Chicken Soup Poem of the Day: A Story about Chicken Soup. by Louis Simpson. The virtuous one As one of the gods of British alternative rock, PJ Harvey is no stranger to dissonance. This past month, the artist released six new tunes for The Virtues' soundtrack, including The Crowded Cell. The ominous march is propelled by Harvey's sharp and guttural guitar riffs, as well as her powerful lyrics about capital punishment. The violent themes parallel those of The Virtues, a BBC drama written by Shane Meadows about repressed memories, betrayal, and vengeance. It's not all bad though: Harvey's unflinching perspective in folk songs like Crowded Cell sheds light on Britain's imperialist history and human rights violations. Okay, so maybe that's not the cheery allure many were looking for, but Harvey's recent forays into scoring—such as an All About Eve production—are also proving to be compelling as any of Harvey's other ventures in an illustrious 30-year career. Indeed, for those of us that can handle the truth, Harvey's honesty and drive continue to provide us with beautifully haunting and challenging music. Image credit & copyright: Seamus Murphy / Nasty Little Man Daily Curio Explore your curiosity with an amusing daily fact from Justin Kitch, Curious CEO. Teaser Curio Challenge your wits with a weekly brain buster from Curious co-founder Thai Bui. Mindset Curio Set yourself up for success with growth mindset tips from Dr. Carol Dweck, author of Mindset. Person, Place, or Thing Plunge into fascinating subjects with our encyclopedia of the odd and awe-inspiring. Nerdy Curio Glimpse into the inner-workings of everything from the Big Bang to Big Ben. Curated by the Curio staff. Photo Curio Peruse pictures worth a thousand words. And a CQ point. Art Curio Broaden your creative horizons with a daily dose of visual culture. Song Curio Find your next musical obsession. Worldly Curio PRI brings you the world’s most interesting stories that you need to know today. Business Curio A lot happened while you slept. Marketplace brings you up to speed with the latest business news, covering money, jobs, and innovation. Word Curio Expand your vocabulary! Merriam-Webster defines namby-pamby, myrmidon, and more. Poem Curio Poetry Foundation brings you noteworthy poems read by masters of the craft. A daily dose of visual culture. Uncle Kitchener Title: I Want You for U.S. Army Artist: James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) Dimensions: 40.25 x 29.5 in (102.1 x 74.8 cm) Current location: The Museum of Modern Art, Manhattan, New York With his bushy eyebrows, stern gaze, and long accusing finger, this representation of Uncle Sam was the perfect tool to boost World War I enlistment. Prolific illustrator James Montgomery Flagg drafted I Want You for U.S. Army when he was 39 and too old to join the fight himself. It's a total knockoff of another recruitment poster, Lord Kitchener Wants You by British graphic artist Alfred Leete, which pictured the titular U.K. Secretary of State for War in the same pose. Flagg, who had sold his first drawing at 12, modeled Uncle Sam's austere visage off his own. The result was printed over four million times in the final year of the war, both making Flagg the highest paid magazine illustrator in all of America and drawing droves of young men to join the cause with its emboldening glare. This Memorial Day, we're doffing our top hats to those heroes who answered this poignant call. Below: Alfred Leete's Lord Kitchener Wants You (1914), the inspiration for I Want You for U.S. Army. Image credit & copyright: Library of Congress More about this Curio: The Museum of Modern Art: "I Want You for the U.S. Army" The Washington Post: "The Uncle Sam 'I Want YOU' poster is 100 years old. Almost everything about it was borrowed." Illustration Chronicles: "'I Want YOU!'—The Story of James Montgomery Flagg's Iconic Poster" Claim 1 CQ	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1015
__label__wiki	0.563905	0.563905	Columns, Sports Living in Fantasy: Deep Sleeper wideouts to add for Week 8 October 25, 2017 1:28 am by Tyler Oringer Kenny Stills (MIA) @ BAL This is a risky play for two reasons: 1) It appears Matt Moore is going to be the starting quarterback Thursday night for the Miami Dolphins due to a Jay Cutler injury. 2) Baltimore has a stifling wide receiver defense, allowing the third fewest fantasy points to the position this year. However, Moore and Stills have been a dynamic duo in their small sample size together. In his last two games, Stills has 134 yards and three touchdowns in DeVante Parker’s absence. Last weekend, Stills burned my New York Jets for 85 yards and two touchdowns, but keep in mind, Buster Skrine, one of the worst cornerbacks in the league, was shadowing him for most of the day. Though the matchup was easy, Stills took advantage and showcased his burning speed, seemingly leaving behind his butterfingers behind in New Orleans. Assuming Parker remains out, fire Stills up as a solid WR3/FLEX. Prediction: 5 receptions 70 yards 1 TD. Mohamed Sanu (ATL) @ NYJ If Matt Moore can burn the Jets, so can a far better Matt Ryan. The 2016 NFL MVP — Ryan, needs to earn his team a victory after an embarrassing loss to the New England Patriots. The Falcons totaled a measly seven points and will look to bounce back against the aforementioned porous Jets secondary. Now that Sanu is back, Ryan has a legitimate second target behind Julio Jones. Given Sanu’s 10 targets and six receptions for 65 yards last week, I would be shocked if he does not match or even exceed those totals. Before Week 4 and his injury, Sanu had either a touchdown or five receptions in his first three games. Now that he is totally healthy, he will compliment Jones who finally surfaced last week against the Pats. Use Sanu as a lower-end WR3/FLEX option in Week 8. JuJu Smith-Schuster (PIT) @ DET The previous two wide receivers are far better plays than Smith-Schuster this week, but I really see the second round pick finding the endzone this weekend. The 6’1” USC product has already scored three touchdowns on the season and is developing into the number two guy behind the all-time great — Antonio Brown. With Martavis Bryant literally trying to claw his way out of Pittsburgh, Smith-Schuster needs to establish himself in the eyes of Mike Tomlin. With the shutdown corner, Darius Slay, inevitably shadowing Brown on Sunday, I envision the Steelers running plays for JuJu when in the redzone. He went for two catches and 39 yards last week, including a designed play that resulted in a touchdown and though his floor and ceiling are both low for the time being, he is a good play for the wide receiver-needy this week. View the future, and perhaps present complement to Brown as a WR4/low-end FLEX this week. Prediction: 3 catches 35 yards 1 TD. Author: Tyler Oringer	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1021
__label__wiki	0.9943	0.9943	Christy DoranFOX SPORTS Cash over country: Why Wallabies stars are selling Australia short Reds captain Samu Kerevi is expected to abandon the Wallabies and play club rugby in Japan next year. How much is the Wallabies jersey worth? It’s a question Australia’s top players are now considering more than ever. This year, in particular, because while the World Cup is a carrot for many, so is a lucrative overseas contract once its all over. Already Wallabies Rory Arnold, Sefa Naivalu and Nick Phipps have confirmed they’re heading overseas at season’s end, while Adam Coleman and Marika Koroibete have also been linked with moves abroad. Then there’s experienced campaigners Bernard Foley and David Pocock, who also look set to leave Super Rugby — although both would still qualify to play for the Wallabies — while Quade Cooper, Kurtley Beale and Karmichael Hunt have yet to settle their futures. Will Genia is hoping to sign a three-year deal to remain in Australia beyond the World Cup, but Rugby Australia is pushing for a shorter contract given the next generation of halfbacks may have overtaken him come 2021. Live stream the 2019 Vodafone Super Rugby season on KAYO SPORTS. Every game of every round live & anytime in HD and ad-break free during play. Get your 14 day free trial Samu Kerevi and coach Michael Cheika during a Wallabies squad announcement. But the man Australia desperately can’t afford to lose is Reds captain Samu Kerevi. Unfortunately, however, it appears near certain that Kerevi will leave, with Japanese heavyweights Suntory primed to snare the Wallabies midfielder. It would be a colossal blow, particularly for the Reds who were hoping to build a young squad around their first-year leader. Questions must be asked. How is one of the most destructive ball carriers in world rugby leaving just as he enters his prime? While a stack of yen is one reason, RA feel they have made a highly competitive offer which would make Kerevi one of the highest paid players in Australia. And rightly so. Kerevi is only 25 and has the potential to be a Ma’a Nonu-type player. However, in his 25 Tests to date he is yet to have the same impact as he consistently makes in Super Rugby. So what does it say about the attitude of Kerevi and others, not yet halfway through their careers, yet passing on the Wallabies jersey? NEW PODCAST! Rebels star Luke Jones on his Wallabies’ Rugby World Cup claims and Waratahs prop Emily Robinson previews Sunday’s Super W final against the Reds Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes by CLICKING HERE ON YOUR MOBILE? Click here to listen to the podcast Aaron Smith of the All Blacks hands a ball to a child during a captain’s run at Eden Park. It’s interesting to compare Kerevi’s all-but-certain departure with the news this week of Aaron Smith re-signing with New Zealand for a further two years. Smith is 30. He’s achieved everything in the game, winning a World Cup, Bledisloe Cups, Rugby Championships, a Super Rugby title and playing in a compelling drawn series against the British and Irish Lions. Smith remains one of the world’s premier halfbacks and has no itchy feet. “I was very keen on staying and cementing my future here,” Smith said. “That’s probably why it took a while, because there wasn’t really a big threat for me to want to go. “We got a couple of offers and one... gave us something that me and [fiancee] Teagan [Voykovich] talked about but I’ve still got some dreams I want to achieve in New Zealand.” Australian rugby needs more Aaron Smiths. MORE RUGBY NEWS BOMBINGS, BEYONCÉ, LINGERIE SLEDGES: What you didn’t know about Cheika CHEIKA REVEALS: Why he punted Larkham, extraordinary World Cup admission CHANGE COMING: Crusaders review ‘offensive’ name, branding after mosque attacks Yes, it should be acknowledged that many top Kiwi players are also leaving their homeland. All Blacks centre Ryan Crotty joined that growing list this week. But other departing stars Kieran Read, Ben Smith and Owen Franks are well into their 30s, pouring everything into the black jersey and achieving everything on offer in the game. Even Nehe Milner-Skudder, the 2015 world rookie of the year who will also depart at season’s end, has won a World Cup and a Super Rugby title. So as a flood of Aussies prepare to depart in their 20s, with not a lot of silverware in their luggage, what does it say about the Wallabies jersey? Probably that it’s lost its prestige. While you can’t begrudge a player for wanting to set up themselves and their families financially, it is dispiriting that gun youngsters like Kerevi and Sean McMahon are opting to go. Can you imagine the likes of the ultra competitive George Gregan or Stephen Larkham packing their bags before first leading the Brumbies and Wallabies to glory? Both eventually did play abroad — but not before winning it all. And as former Wallaby Luke Jones told the Fox Rugby Podcast this week, the money is not everything. “I have spoken to players about it,” said Jones, who returned to the Rebels this year after a couple of seasons in the south of France. “You always think that the grass is greener elsewhere. “But I’ve just said to players that it’s good for experience and a bit of learning, but nothing’s as good as the Super Rugby competition and playing in Australia.” Indeed, Australian players heading to the Japanese Top League are unlikely to improve their games, as Sunwolves coach Tony Brown highlighted on the Fox Rugby Podcast. “I can’t see Japan Top League being as effective as the Sunwolves playing in Super Rugby, at preparing guys for international rugby,” Brown said. “The last 3-4 years has been huge for the Japanese development as far as players being able to test themselves against some of the best players in the world. “It’s going to be a shame to not have the Sunwolves involved in Super and Japanese rugby players are going to suffer because of that. “I just can’t see the Top League being a sufficient enough competition to challenge the top Japanese players.” So when people say lift the Giteau Law and open the floodgates allowing overseas players to be selected for Australia, those stars may not maintain their high standards. Australia’s new director of rugby Scott Johnson was quizzed about the Giteau Law after starting work last week. “With every decision, there’s unintended consequences,” Johnson said. “I understand the repercussions and I understand why the decision was made and we’ll work through that. “But let’s be clear: we want people wanting to stay in Australia, represent Australia and do really well.” So as Australian players test their financial worth on the international market, the value of the Wallabies jersey goes beyond the dollars sign. Aussie players can’t have their cake and eat it too. A desire to win and wear the Wallabies jersey must be at the heart of Australian rugby going forward. 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__label__cc	0.608575	0.391425	Bleeding Through – Love Will Kill All (Album Review) May 21, 2018 Bleeding Through – Love Will Kill All (Album Review) Posted at 12:00h Jeannie Blue cryptic rock, CrypticRock, Music reviews, News, Reviews 0 Comments Nothing is over. Remember in the early 2000s when Metalcore earned its name by actually being a blend of Metal and Hardcore? Southern California was home to many of Metalcore’s pioneers, bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Eighteen Visions, and Bleeding Through. Now, in 2018, some of these bands have stuck to their guns while others have gone soft, but definitely not Bleeding Through. In fact, Friday, May 25, 2018, the quintet triumphantly returns to save the dying genre that they helped pioneer with Love Will Kill All, thanks to SharpTone Records. For all basic purposes, in 2014, these trailblazers called it a day and took to civilian life. For Bleeding Through – named for the notion that, “whether black, white, red, brown, yellow, religious, straight or gay, we all… bleed through this life the same” – the past fifteen years had involved grinding it away, year after year, to promote their unique blend of all things deathly heavy with albums like 2001’s Dust to Ashes, 2003’s pivotal This Is Love, This Is Murderous, 2006’s The Truth, and their presumed final release, 2012’s The Great Fire. Sharing stages with everyone from AFI as well as Slipknot to Hatebreed and Tool, Bleeding Through had built a solid reputation for themselves and their no-holds-barred, energetic and frenzied live show. Alas, all great things must often come to an end… …Or so it was thought! In 2018, reinvigorated and ready to once again take names, Bleeding Through – Vocalist Brandan Schieppati, Guitarist Brian Leppke, Bassist Ryan Wombacher, Drummer Derek Youngsma, and Keyboardist Marta Peterson – return with their eighth studio release, Love Will Kill All. The 12-song collection sees the band returning with a full-throttle explosion of renewed energy and inspiration, musical precision, and some of Schiepatti’s most personal lyrics to date. Love Will Kill All kicks off to the hymnal introduction of “Darkness, A Feeling I Know,” a promise that the blackness and the ugliness remain the same. This ominous oath builds to explode into second single/video “Fade Into The Ash,” a pummeling operation that pits Schieppati’s infernal growls against heavy symphonics thanks to the exceptional Peterson, and a jackhammering pulse from Youngsma, Leppke, and Wombacher. All the glitter and Gothic allure remains, promising that Bleeding Through 2.0 is still entirely magical! The vicious assault of “End Us,” an attack on those that ruin everything with their self-serving natures, sees melody infiltrating its catchy choruses. Similarly, the band continues the unrelenting chaos on the emotionally and sonically slaughtering “Cold World.” The graveyard dance of “Dead Eyes” is perhaps Bleeding Through at their most infectious, even, dare it be said, dance-able. Meanwhile, there is clearly still plenty to inspire their aggression, and “Buried” sees a destructive Schiepatti hellbent on burying your disgracefulness. Perhaps the album’s sole misstep is a bizarre, robotic voice introducing “BT 2018” before the beginning of the anthemic “No Friends,” a slaughtering of false friends, you know, those “true friends” who stab you in the front. This flows perfectly into the album’s first single/video, “Set Me Free,” a definite display of the mindset going into Love Will Kill All. A solid representation of the album as a whole, this murderous flaying of the unfaithful, the nonbelievers, those that black out the light, injects melody and haunting keys to weave together a sound that is entirely characteristic of Bleeding Through and yet fresh for 2018 and their glorious return. Ultimately, this was the spot-on choice for first single! “I am oblivion, now follow me” is the rallying cry that ignites the dynamite of “No One From Nowhere,” while “Remains” traffics in the triumphant feel of surviving, thrusting your might into the face of the enemy until they choke. Cue the live sing-alongs! As they near the end of the collection, “Slave” sees Schieppati howling vengeful promises alongside a jackhammering assault, before the introspective “Life” wraps up the entire package with an epic, bloody bow, much in thanks to the vocal contributions of Peterson, who soars in the perfect complement to Schieppati’s emotional grit. Dark, dingy, defying all the odds, Bleeding Through may have amped up their melodic elements, but they remain entirely pummeling, a destructive crush of Metal that you need in your life. Firing on all cylinders, the band have authored an album that is the perfect organic transition from then to now; never leaving behind what once was, but fully embracing their exciting rebirth. If you are too giddy to know what to stream first, check out “Dead Eyes,” “No Friends,” “Set Me Free,” and “Remains,” but you truly need to hear the entirety of Love Will Kill All. Hell, you should own it too, and probably a t-shirt, as well! Still giddy like school-children that Bleeding Through are back, CrypticRock gives Love Will Kill All 4.5 of 5 stars. Southern California fans can see Bleeding Through live on June 8th at The Observatory in Santa Ana, alongside Winds of Plague, Lionheart, Too Pure To Die and Iron Curtain. Purchase Love Will Kill All: Love Will Kill All Machinae Supremacy – Phantom Shadow (Album Review) Boris with Merzbow – Gensho (Album Review) The Other – Fear Itself (Album Review) Judas Priest – Firepower (Album Review) 2018 album, 2018 music, album, Album review, Bleeding Through, Brandan Schiepatti, Brian Leppke, Dead Eyes, Death Metal, Derek Youngsma, Dust to Ashes, Fade Into the Ash, hardcore, Love Will Kill All, Marta Peterson, metal, Metalcore, Metalcore pioneers, music, music review, No Friends, OC Metalcore, Ryan Wombacher, Set Me Free, SharpTone Records, The Great Fire, The Truth, This Is Love This Is Murderous Jeannie Blue Jeannie likes to joke that she is little, yellow, blue, and different. She seemingly popped out of her mother's womb with a pen in her hand and has been writing ever since. Many moons ago - in what feels like a separate lifetime - Jean was co-editor of an online music magazine that afforded her great opportunities to interview and photograph some of her favorite bands/musicians: Tommy Lee, Good Charlotte, Warrant, Bring Me The Horizon, My Chemical Romance, Sevendust, New Found Glory, Deftones, Poison, VH-1 "Band On the Run" Flickerstick, an endless list of unsigned locals, and so many others. These days, she can usually be found hiking aimlessly through the woods in her favorite Technicolor sneakers with a Nikon in hand and her rescue dog, Molly, who is a bit hare-brained.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1036
__label__cc	0.572528	0.427472	Avie Tevanian Was Named Chief Software Technology Officer in 2003, Left in 2006 This completely slipped my mind when I wrote about how few C-level executives Apple has had in its modern era (which I loosely define as starting when Steve Jobs took the “interim” CEO title): July 8, 2003 — Apple today announced that Avadis “Avie” Tevanian Jr., Ph.D., will become the company’s chief software technology officer and Bertrand Serlet will be promoted to senior vice president of Software Engineering. In his new role, Tevanian will focus on setting company-wide software technology directions, and Serlet will now report directly to Apple CEO Steve Jobs and lead the company’s OS Software Engineering group. Tevanian left the company three years later, in 2006. So, there is some precedent for an Apple senior executive getting a promotion to a C-level title on their way out the door. One notable difference between the two situations, though: Serlet reported directly to Jobs; Apple’s new vice presidents of UI design and industrial design (Alan Dye and Richard Howarth) report directly to Jony Ive. ★ Thursday, 28 May 2015	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1039
__label__cc	0.614471	0.385529	Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (10) UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1) literature review (2) Keyword Term: livelihoods Bushmeat research database Bushmeat Research Initiative, 2016, "Bushmeat research database", https://doi.org/10.17528/CIFOR/DATA.00016, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), V2 The Bushmeat Research Initiative (BRI) was established in 2011 as an integral part of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. It is based on knowledge accumulated by CIFOR scientists and partners over more than 15 years of research, and focuses on the multi... Replication Data for: Can the Provision of Alternative Livelihoods Reduce the Impact of Wild Meat Hunting in West and Central Africa? Mar 14, 2019 - General Wicander, S.; Coad, L., 2018, "Replication Data for: Can the Provision of Alternative Livelihoods Reduce the Impact of Wild Meat Hunting in West and Central Africa?", https://doi.org/10.17528/CIFOR/DATA.00083, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), V3 Supporting appendices for Effectiveness of alternative livelihoods in reducing wild meat hunting. As threats to the world’s ecosystems continue to escalate, the demand for evidence-based conservation approaches from conservation scientists, practitioners, policy-makers and donors... Property rights to natural resources Ojanen, M., 2018, "Property rights to natural resources", https://doi.org/10.17528/CIFOR/DATA.00076, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), V2, UNF:6:DHJgIfUjweqvC9sEzkZc3Q== [fileUNF] Property rights to natural resources comprise a major policy instrument for those seeking to advance sustainable resource use and conservation. Despite decades of policy experimentation and empirical research, systematic understanding of the influence of different property rights... Nov 27, 2017 - General Surveys at village level of Forest Management Units (Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan, KPH) Nov 13, 2017 - The Development of Forest Management Units (Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan, KPH) Resosudarmo. I.A.P.; Utomo, N.A., 2017, "Surveys at village level of Forest Management Units (Kesatuan Pengelolaan Hutan, KPH)", https://doi.org/10.17528/CIFOR/DATA.00065, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), V1, UNF:6:vEUJksupqQTJLgkdYwdCBQ== [fileUNF] This dataset is about surveys at village level, a mix group of villagers.Some questions in the questionnaire, such as the demographic and village infrastructure sections were only solicited to key informants knowledgeable about the village. Information about land use, livelihoods...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1043
__label__cc	0.654068	0.345932	David Higgerson Journalism, online, random thinking Social Saturday FOI Friday Front Page Gallery A manifesto for saving local democracy (a very, very long read!) Finding your newsroom’s ‘public interest’ metric How the page view will help save journalism Local journalism’s biggest challenge is still waiting to be solved FOI Friday: How the Local Democracy Reporter scheme is making the most of FOI Storm central: Front pages from when the rain came down and the floods… Today, the newspaper news stands were all about the death of Nelson Mandela, at least on all of the national newspapers. But for regional newspapers, particularly those in in the Midlands, north east and north west, it was the weather which took centre stage. For some titles, this may be because overnight deadlines are in the early evening, meaning that Mandela’s death, announced as it was after 9pm, was too late for the print edition. Many others, however, will have had a choice – go with the late-breaking international news story which will have developed significantly online and through the broadcast media by the time the paper hits the stands and which probably can’t compete with the pre-planned coverage national newspapers may well have had to hand, or stand out with local coverage of the story no-one else will be covering. For me, that choice became a no-brainer – apart from titles such as the Western Mail which have a legitimate claim to being a national newspaper for the area (in its case, a country) it serves – when I watched the BBC News at 10pm. The BBC’s national coverage was without fault, but the regional news – BBC North West where I live – was utterly bizarre. Having heard world leaders pay tribute, meticulous obituaries and pre-planned analysis on the national news, BBC North West delivered a reporter in the studio relaying Tweets from Kenny Dalglish and Rio Ferdinand plus a man, from the north west, who once painted Mandela – I think. I guess what I’m saying is that if you have a strength, you should always play to it. The local media’s strength is being, well, local, and this selection of newspaper front pages from storm-hit areas yesterday, proves just how strong that strength can be: nelson mandelanewspaper front pages Posted on December 6, 2013 December 7, 2013 by davidhiggerson in Newspapers 2 Previous postA glimpse into a very frightening future … if politicians get to meddle in our Press Next postWhen a flower shop breaks the news to you that Nelson Mandela has died, it’s time for journalism to have a think 2 thoughts on “Storm central: Front pages from when the rain came down and the floods…” Hilary Scott says: Reblogged this on Hilary Scott Writes. Sheds Direct says: As I sit in my garden office with the torrential rain still pounding the roof and glass sides I am still amazed at how long these storms have persisted and wonder when they will subside. There is plenty of work in the garden so I hope it is soon.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1044
__label__wiki	0.602356	0.602356	Bigger font White and black contrast DeafBlind West Australians Providing Support for West Australian's who are Deafblind About DBWA About Deafblindness Events / News & Media On this page you will find information about DBWA, our mission, our objectives and our history. The mission of Deafblind West Australian’s is to ensure that those who are deafblind in Western Australia have meaningful, interesting and fulfilling lives. Our group provides four main areas of activity to ensure that the goals in our mission are achieved: We facilitate social activities for those who are deafblind to interact with others with a similar lived experience so that they have the opportunity to support each other. We ensure that those who are deafblind have the opportunity to fulfil their ambitions and engage fully in community activities that would normally not be possible for them without support. We ensure that those who are deafblind have ready access to relevant education and information concerning matters that directly relate to their specific needs and disability conditions. Ensuring that information concerning medical research, available support services and technology advancements are made available to them. We provide advocacy in the broader community for those who are Deafblind. The West Australian Usher syndrome Support Group was founded by Senses Australia in 2007. Usher syndrome is a genetic condition which results in moderate to profound hearing loss at birth and a progressive loss of vision from Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) from late adolescence to early adulthood. Since its inception in 2007, the group has continued to grow and thrive. It has provided critical support and contacts for group members and their families. The group has participated in a variety of activities, recreational, educational and social, including: therapeutic group sessions go kart driving workshops on Human Rights genetic counselling guide dogs NDIS information sessions In 2012 Senses Australia hosted its first Deafblind camp. The 2012 camp had 33 deafblind campers and over eighty volunteers to support them. With the overwhelming success of this first camp, the event is now a biannual event, with the next camp scheduled for November 2016. From its inception, the most important goals of the group has been to minimize isolation, provide education, recreation, physical activity, peer support, resources and facilitate participation and inclusion in the community for people who are Deafblind. The newly renamed Deafblind West Australians Support Group continues to work towards these goals, continuing its support of the West Australian deafblind community. What is Deafblindness? Belmont Oasis Leisure Centre Meet George 17th International Deafblind Conference 2019 Deafblind West Australians Christmas Party 2017 Discussion with Colin Barnett MLA DeafBlind Awareness Week MINI CONFERENCE Come Celebrate Deafblind Awareness Week 26th June – 2nd July, 2017 The Project – Imagine for a Moment Qantas Carer Concession Card Deafblind West Australians – ‘Sculpture by the Sea’ Insert more info here please \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Footer text\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" This website uses cookies to guarantee the best experience for the user. If you continue browsing, we consider that you agree to their use. For more information click here. Don't show this message	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1047
__label__cc	0.602842	0.397158	Aurora Appeal - 5:14 Carl Franco, Alderman, 5th Ward https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2018/5/3/Carl-Franco---Aurora-Appeal As the second largest city in Illinois , Aurora has so much to offer. A far west side former shopping center is now a Mega Fun Park which offers bowling and virtual reality. Downtown offers the Paramount Theater with top line shows. There is also an Artist Community which includes housing for young aspiring artists. Hosted by: Ellee Pai Hong Produced by: Greater Chicago Newsmakers Team #Illinois #Local Other videos hosted by Ellee Pai Hong Teaching Financial Literacy to ‘Underbanked’ Chicagoans Teaching Financial Literacy to ‘Underbanked’ Chicagoans - 4:32 Historically, minorities have been underbanked compared to other groups, and PODER's recent "Financial Careers Training Program," sponsored by UnidosUS, has been a welcome piece to remedy this problem. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2019/4/22/Emanuel-Wilder Supporting Father Figures Supporting Father Figures - 5:14 Sheldon Smith, The Dovetail Project discusses giving young African American fathers, ages 17 to 24 the skills and support they need to be better fathers for their children and better men in their communities. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2018/10/23/Sheldon-Smith Employees with Disabilities: Ready and Willing Employees with Disabilities: Ready and Willing - 4:30 National statistics show that approximately 70% of individuals with disabilities are unemployed. Statistics of our Veterans indicates that nearly 30% of ex-military men and women are jobless. The Chicago Lighthouse is trying to change those numbers. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2019/4/22/Martha-Younger-White Combating Clothing Insecurity in Chicago Combating Clothing Insecurity in Chicago - 4:30 Children from low income families often face clothing insecurity. Cradles to Crayons served over 63,000 children last year with new and gently used items to build self esteem and hurdle barriers so they will attend school. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2019/4/22/Shoshana-Buchholz-Miller Narrowing the Cybersecurity Industry’s Gender Gap Narrowing the Cybersecurity Industry’s Gender Gap - 4:33 Cybersecurity professionals are in high demand and the need keeps growing. Estimates show that there are 35,000 open cybersecurity positions in the United States, but women only make up 20% of the workforce. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2019/4/22/Alisha-Wenc Paid Leave: Advocating for Family Caregivers Paid Leave: Advocating for Family Caregivers - 6:20 A recent Harvard study revealed that 80% of caregivers have experienced a negative impact to workplace performance. Peter Berns, CEO of The Arc, joins host Ellee Pai Hong to discuss the challenges family caregivers face in the workplace, and efforts by legislators and employers to identify and meet the needs of employees with caregiving responsibilities. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2019/5/3/Paid-Leave-Advocating-for-Family-Caregivers Make a Wave - 5:15 Esther Grimm, 3Arts discusses their many programs including the unprecedented Make a Wave program where past award recipients help choose artists to receive grants https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2018/10/23/Esther-Grimm Special Olympics 2018 Special Olympics 2018 - 5:40 Special Olympics kicked off their 50th Anniversary Celebration in Chicago this summer, returning to the hometown of their first event, the 1968 International Summer Games. The golden anniversary of the games celebration included the first-ever Special Olympics Unified Cup; a star-studded Global Day of Inclusion; a Law Enforcement Torch Run Commemorative Run; a ceremonial lighting of the Special Olympics Eternal Flame of Hope, which symbolized our burning passion for inclusion and justice for people with intellectual disabilities. Join Comcast Newsmakers as we honor the history of the Special Olympic and look forward to the next 50 years of the Inclusion Revolution and launch the movement into the future. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2018/9/24/Special-Olympics The Greater Freeport Partnership The Greater Freeport Partnership - 5:18 The city of Freeport has a new form of government, city manager and part time mayor, and not without its challenges but seen as opportunities, we are making progress in many areas. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2018/9/21/Jodi-Miller Amazon to Kayaks Amazon to Kayaks - 5:14 Alderman Brian Hopkins discusses the possibility of Amazon in the area which would bring 50 thousand jobs. He is also trying to turn a 18 acre scrapyard into a green park with kayaking and boats. https://comcastnewsmakers.com/Videos/2018/10/23/Brian-Hopkins	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1051
__label__cc	0.732344	0.267656	Media Training Course Message Testing & Media Consultancy Be Media Aware Intensive Opinion Formers Training Course Investor relations and analyst briefings Conference Media Training Workshop Media Audits Refresher Media Training Post Course Support Investor Relations & Analyst Briefings Public Affairs Training Public Meetings Training Public Relations Training Organisational story telling Business Writing Courses How to handle journalists’ interruptions By simon on - Media Training It’s long been a complaint of politicians and other spokespeople that they’ve just started to answer a question during a media interview when the interviewer jumps in with an objection or another question. People often ask during our media training courses how to handle journalists’ interruptions. The Sunday Times had an interesting story over the weekend about which BBC interviewers interrupt most frequently. John Humphrys, the paper reports, interrupted former Labour leader Ed Miliband 20 times during a seven-minute interview. On average, according to analysis carried out the paper, Humphrys interrupts his interviewees every 51 seconds. Interestingly, though, it’s two female interviewers who interject more frequently, The Sunday Times piece reveals. I say, interestingly because research shows that during normal conversations women interrupt less than men. Do the BBC’s interrupters-in-chief, Emily Maitlis and Mishal Hussain, feel the need to dive in more frequently because they’re women? That’s a matter for another debate but Maitlis interrupts every 28 seconds and Hussain does so every 46 seconds. Evan Davis is bottom of the Sunday Times’ list of BBC interviewers by the way, with an interruption only every 173 seconds – very much in keeping with his relaxed, conversational style. So why do journalists interrupt during interviews and what should those on the other end of the interaction do about it? It’s a question that often arises during our media interview training sessions. Let’s take the first question. One lawyer that we were training a few weeks ago complained that the interviewer had repeatedly interrupted him. When we explored his experience it quickly became apparent that his answers were just too long. One of the things we find when we do media coaching for lawyers is that their training and experience requires them to give a comprehensive and detailed answer. This is fine when talking to clients, regulators and judges but it doesn’t work for media interviews. We journalists just want a brief overview of the issue. It was obvious in this case why the interviewer, with only three minutes to cover the issue and a keen eye on the clock in the studio needed to keep things moving. (I’m glad to say that by the end of our session, this lawyer, like most of the others we train, quickly got into the habit of keeping his answers brief and punchy during media interviews.) The fact is that journalists are almost always pressed for time. We have short attention spans and tight deadlines. If someone is rambling or taking too long to come to the point, we simply have to move things along – very often for their benefit as well as ours. Obviously, the questions and answers vary in length during a media interview for as we explained to participant on our media coaching courses, a journalist question will probably last 5 to 15 seconds and a good length of an answer is 30 to 40 seconds, especially during a broadcast interview. With the press interviews, where there is a more conversational style, both questions and answers can be much longer. The Sunday Times’ analysis also demonstrates something that, really, we all know to be true from our own experience as the audience for interviews – politicians very often don’t answer the question they’ve been asked. You can hardly blame Emily Maitlis, John Humphrys or anyone else for that matter for jumping in to remind a politician of the question that’s been put to them. By blatantly avoiding this question the politician – or business leader for that matter – is not being clever or demonstrating their intellectual ability by playing verbal chess with the journalist. No, they’re just insulting the audience since the journalist is only the conduit. They’re asking what they believe the audience wants to know. Now, what you do once you’ve answered that question is another matter. In our media training workshops, we look at how you can satisfactorily answer the journalist’s question – be that during broadcast or print interviews – but then move the conversation on to talk about what you want to talk about. The interviewer won’t interrupt at this point (unless they’ve run out of time) but you’ve satisfied the requirement to answer the question and you’ve now moved on to talk about something else that is relevant and interesting. You might even have added a memorable little human story to engage your audience and to make your point. Again, it’s all good stuff for the journalist. So, what do you do if an interviewer interrupts you during a press, radio or TV interview? If you’re talking to a print journalist, the situation is slightly easier. As I mentioned, it’s more conversational in tone and there’s less pressure with time. With a live radio or TV slot which might just be two minutes 15 seconds you need to move more quickly. Interruptions are particularly common during hostile or negative interviews and our media trainer/journalists will interrupt participants during our crisis communications courses to train them to handle aggressive interjections. Once you’ve been interrupted, as always with a media interview, the most important thing is not to panic. Take a deep breath and explain that you’ll answer the question that the interviewer poses during the interruption in a moment, once you’ve finished your current point. Now, if the subject of the interruption is actually quite helpful or at least it will allow you to put across a key message then move onto it quickly once you’ve finished answering the first question. If, on the other hand, it’s something that you don’t want to get drawn into then you can spend more time answering that first question. As always, with a media interview, especially one that is hostile, you want to pass the “reasonableness test.” Does what you’re saying and the way in which you’re saying it, sound reasonable? If it does and if what your content is relevant and interesting to the audience then you can be polite but firm and answer interruptions in your own time – and you’ll know that the audience is your side not that of the pushy interviewer. Communicate Media Communicate Media Training is a niche media training, presentation training and crisis communications training consultancy which creates courses tailored to the individual needs of its clients. Call us on +44 (0)800 1777080 Media training courses: the difference between a press and a broadcast interview? Six barriers to effective communication	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1053
__label__cc	0.731213	0.268787	Dirty Girl Romance Romance Book Blog Review Policies & Requests Blog & Giveaway Policies Teasers & Book Trailers Erotic Rom Dirty Talkers Author Spotlight & interview ★Features★ Hooker Line #1: ★Most Anticipated Books★ Hooker Line #2: ★Out-Hookered by Brooke Blaine★ Recommended Reads: Romantic Suspense ★DGR’s Ultimate★ ★DGR’S Ultimate List of Second-Chance Romance★ ★DGR’s Ultimate List of Hate-To-Love Romance★ ★DGR’S Ultimate List of Dirty Talkers★ ★DGR’S Ultimate List of Rockstars★ ★DGR’s Ultimate List of Anti-Heroes★ ★DGR’s Ultimate List of Fighters★ ★DGR’S Ultimate List of Mafia Romance★ ★DGR’S Ultimate List of Angsty Romance★ ★DGR’s Ultimate List of Hot Cops in Romance★ Blog Tour, Review & Giveaway: ★Finley★ by @EllaFrank2012 March 21, 2016 by Lana · Leave a Comment Title: Finley Author: Ella Frank Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance Release Date: March 22nd, 2016 It’s time to come home, Finn. It’s been seven years since Daniel Finley left his hometown in Florida for the hustle and bustle of Chicago’s city life. Since then, he’s worked hard for his position at the prestigious law firm Leighton & Associates, even when it’s caused distance and isolation from his family and friends. But that’s all about to change. On his thirtieth birthday, he receives the one thing he never dared hope for. Something that was promised to him years earlier—a note. One simple sentence from the man he’s never been able to forget. Six words will forever change the course of their lives. Brantley Hayes has it all. Or so he thinks. When he first made the decision to take a job down in Florida, his family thought he was crazy. But, after years of living in the quiet beach town, he finally feels a sense of community. He’s surrounded himself with friends who are like family, has a job he loves, and owns a spectacular beachfront property that is his sanctuary. Yet he still feels unfulfilled, as if a piece of the puzzle is missing, and he knows exactly which piece it is. On an impulse, he follows through with a promise he made years earlier. A promise to call home the one he sent away. Nothing is as simple as it seems. After years of separation, the former lovers are reunited, but Brantley wasn’t expecting to encounter the high walls now guarding Daniel’s heart. Daniel may not be the same person he was when he left, but he knows that the first step to healing is the note in his hand. BRANTLEY KEPT A discreet eye on the final student to leave for the morning as Mr. Finley strode down the stairs to the front of the classroom. They were three weeks into the semester and he was ashamed to admit that, with every day that passed, his fascination with the young man grew.At first, he’d tried to convince himself that it was purely academic. The kid was smart. He’d aced all the weekly quizzes, and Brantley was more than aware of the way he watched him lecture with keen, intelligent eyes that never strayed from him. Oh, he was fascinated, all right, but he made sure to tell himself at the end of every class that it had nothing to do with the mischievous grin Daniel would flash at his friends or the easygoing laugh that would bubble up out of him at any given moment. But he knew he was lying. Daniel was quite possibly the happiest person he’d ever met, and his joy of life lit up the room and everyone in it. Including him. When Daniel stopped in front of him and dropped his paper on the desk, Brantley acknowledged him with a glance before returning his gaze back to the notes he was going over. “Any big plans this weekend, Professor?” The question had been so unexpected that he didn’t think to catch himself before he replied, “Nothing too big. Just going out with some friends. You?” Daniel smiled at him as he shoved his arms through the loops of his backpack, and Brantley couldn’t help but look at his shirt as it stretched across his broad chest. “I’m going to hit the beach. Such great waves right now.” “Ahh, you like to surf. That explains it.” When the side of Daniel’s mouth crooked up, the effect was charming as hell. The kid was a knockout. “Explains what?” Annoyed that he’d made such a stupid slipup, he looked back at the papers in front of him, hoping Daniel would get the message and leave. No such luck. “Explains what?” he asked again. Brantley sighed and rested his arms on the desk as he studied Daniel’s inviting face. “It explains your hair.” “My—oh,” he said, touching the ends of it. “Do you like it?” Stunned by the direct question, he sat back in his chair and fought the smile tugging at the corners of his lips. “Do I like your hair?” “Does it matter?” Jesus, fuck. Stop it. Stop flirting with him. But it was too late. Daniel put his hands on the desk and leaned forward, Brantley toed the ground, shoving his chair back. “It could…” “No. No, it couldn’t,” he said as he got to his feet, shaking his head. Daniel straightened and tucked his thumbs into the straps of his backpack, no doubt to taunt him. His eyes were too knowing for someone his age, and when they held his longer than was acceptable, Brantley’s heart skipped a couple of beats. “Was there something else, Mr. Finley?” “You said you were going out with friends this weekend…” Shit, did I? “Yes, that’s right.” As Daniel ran his thumb down the left strap of his bag, he admonished himself for noticing every little move he made. He needed to get a fucking hold of himself. “Are any of them more than a friend?” If he hadn’t been watching Daniel quite so closely, he wouldn’t have believed the words that had just come out of his mouth. But he had been. So he did. “I don’t believe that’s any of your business. You better hurry or you’ll miss your next class.” Satisfied that he’d firmly dismissed Daniel, he sat down and made a show of focusing on the books lining his desk and didn’t dare look and see if he had left this time or not. He wasn’t sure what he’d do if he was still standing there. He reached up to adjust his tie, which suddenly felt a little too tight around his neck, and with each passing second that he was consciously not checking to see if he was alone, he swore that it was getting tighter. “Professor Hayes?” His head snapped up at his name, and when Daniel had his attention, he continued. “Are you gay?” Brantley’s eyes widened, and he wondered how his mouth hadn’t fallen open at the blunt question. Instead, he went with, “Excuse me?” “I asked if you were—” “I heard what you said. But I don’t see how that is any business of yours, either. You should think before you speak, Mr. Finley. I’m your teacher, and it’s time for you to leave. This conversation is over.” He flipped open one of the books on his desk and shook his head. He couldn’t believe the audacity of the kid—or the fact that he was so damn forthright. As he sat there, grinding his teeth in an effort not to look at his student—who was still standing in front of his desk—a bead of sweat ran down his collar and he cursed the fact that his nerves were getting the better of him. “I only asked because, well, I am too. And I thought it would be nice to have someone to talk to.” Well, hell. He couldn’t fault him for that. The only problem was…talking wasn’t what sprang to mind when he was around Daniel Finley. He clasped his hands on the desk and stared into the anxious face peering down at him. Daniel was worrying his lower lip with his teeth, and he suddenly looked very much the young man he was. “Are you?” he asked again, and there was no way he could deny that hesitant curiosity. “Yes, Daniel. I am.” As his words drifted between them, Daniel’s mouth slipped into a smile. “Oh.” Brantley laughed at that. He wasn’t sure what Daniel was thinking right then. He’d thought for sure with the way he’d been looking at him earlier that, if he’d admitted this, he would be fending off—or at least putting up a good show of fending off—an unwanted pass. But, instead, Daniel appeared thoughtful. “Does that bother you?” Daniel adamantly shook his head. “No.” “Are you sure?” he pressed, and the look that entered Daniel’s eyes then was so hot that he thought he may overheat. “Yes. I’m very sure.” Oh, fuck. Okay. Where the hell did the nervous guy disappear to? One minute, Daniel was endearingly awkward, and the next, he was looking at him like he wanted to strip him out of his clothes and—“Stop right there,” he said, and he wasn’t sure if he was telling himself that or the contradiction eyeing him with newfound knowledge. “Whatever you’re thinking, stop thinking it.” Yep, he was fucked. That wasn’t a word he generally used, but in this case, he was well and truly fucked. He should’ve just stuck to the run–along–now speech. “Because I’m your teacher.” “This isn’t high school. I’m an adult.” He sighed. “That may be true. But I’m your professor and this conversation is inappropriate.” “How? I just asked if you were gay and you said yes. I don’t see what the problem is.” When Daniel aimed a mischievous grin at him, Brantley knew he was very aware of what the problem was. “Out,” he said, pointing to the door. “Time to leave, Mr. Finley.” This time, he made sure to watch Daniel so he knew he was actually leaving. He walked to the door, but at the last minute, he turned around to look back at him. Not willing to back down and show weakness, Brantley kept his eyes on his student as Daniel ran his tongue along his lower lip. “You should call me Finn. Everyone else does.” Christ. The kid was going to drive him to an early grave, but damn if he didn’t laugh at his audacity. “Out,” he said again, and this time Daniel pushed out the door and disappeared into the hall. Copyright © 2016 Ella Frank Their past and present collided spectacularly, and as they collapsed onto the rug in a tangle of arms and legs, he wondered if they would ever be able to disentangle themselves long enough to find a new place to begin. Did you know that Ella Frank is an ovary whisperer? It’s true. The woman can make them rev from 0 to 60 in just one chapter and keep them roaring the entire book. And if there’s one thing that I’ve come to love from her it’s her incredibly sexy MM that she somehow manages to pack full of so much feeling, it practically jumps off the pages at you. And this book? This fantastically written, utterly unputdownable book may be my favorite book by her yet. I never thought I’d say this, but Finley and Brantley took my number one spot from Tate and Logan, and let me just tell you that I LOVED Tate and Logan. And since we’re on the subject of Tate and Logan, while those that read The Temptation series with remember Daniel Finley, this book is a spin off and a full standalone. You don’t have to have read Temptation to enjoy this, but I highly recommend you do because it’s so worth the read. Now onto the review… Daniel Finley is a successful Chicago attorney. He’s left behind his home and everything he knew to make it in the Windy City, and he’s certainly earned his success. But there’s always been something missing for him, and when he gets a note from someone in his past that he’s never forgotten or gotten over, he doesn’t think twice before packing his stuff and taking a vacation to his home town where everything started… Brantley Hayes is a successful professor, but seven years ago he watched his heart leave with the man that still holds it. The years have done nothing to diminish those feelings, but he also knows that it’s done nothing to diminish Finley’s anger over how everything went down as well. But now Finley is back, and their time together may be on a timer, but Brantley knows that he’ll take anything for another chance. Daniel is not the same young man he left, he’s guarded, jaded, angry, and a whole lot more potent than he remembers. But that only serves to make the tension and chemistry between them that much hotter. I want you. And I’m selfish enough to keep you for as long as you let me.” The chemistry between Daniel and Brantley was palpable, as was their emotional connection. I absolutely loved the way that Ella Frank managed to flawlessly weave very well times flashbacks to work with the story. I’m a picky reader when it comes to flashbacks and I can easily say the way they were written here was my absolute favorite. They were well paced and perfectly timed to work with the story and drive the plot. I adored Daniel and Brantley together. I loved the flip of their roles considering they first met as professor and student and Brantley was the more experienced one. That’s not to say Daniel ever paled in comparison. Oh no! He was just as dominant, but a lot more easy going and flirty in nature. The Daniel of today is…intense…to say the least and man did I gobble that up! Now I’m right back where I was before I left.” “And where’s that?” “Tangled up in you,” he whispered against his ear. “It’s always been you.” This book had everything I love in a romance; a touch of angst, emotion, and enough sizzle to set your kindle on fire! It was perfection with two of the most endearing alpha males I’ve read in a while. It was swoony and sexy and totally addicting. I tried to pace myself because I simply didn’t want it to end. I only hope Ella continues this (possible series?) with a secondary character she introduced in this book because I NEED IT!!! Ella Frank is the author of the #1 Bestselling Temptation series, including Try, Take, and Trust and is the co-author of the fan-favorite erotic serial, A Desperate Man. Her Exquisite series has been praised as “scorching hot!” and “enticingly sexy!” A life-long fan of the romance genre, Ella writes contemporary and erotic fiction and lives with her husband in Portland, OR. 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__label__wiki	0.579078	0.579078	← Promoting the Importance of Mental Wellbeing: Awareness, Budgets and Policy (NHS Employers / BBC News / CommunityCare / Department of Health / NHS England) Review of NHS Performance Under the Coalition Government (King’s Fund / BBC News / Macmillan Cancer Support) → Realising the Value Programme (NHS England / Dementia / Australian Journal of Dementia Care) The NHS Five Year Forward View requires more support for people with long term conditions, enabling them to manage their own health. The NHS England “Realising the Value Programme” is about putting such plans into action. “NHS England is pleased to announce that a consortium led by NESTA and the Health Foundation in partnership with Voluntary Voices (National Voices, Regional Voices, NAVCA and CSV), the Behavioural Insights Team and Newcastle University, has been selected to take forward this work to empower patients and engage communities in their own health and care. The consortium will work collaboratively with NHS England, the Coalition for Collaborative Care and other stakeholders to deliver this programme of work”. Full Text Link Realising the value: a new relationship with patients and communities. London [Online]: NHS England, March 2015. This relates to: Realising the Value: a new relationship with patients and communities. Leeds: NHS England, December 1st 2014. The Realising the Value Programme involves: Self-management education. Peer support. Health coaching. Group based activities to support health and wellbeing. Asset based approaches in the health and wellbeing context. It is connected to the New Care Models Programme, and local Sustainability and Transformation Plans. The future means investing in people, patients and communities – Anu Singh. London: NHS England, May 9th 2016. The Relevance of Prescribed DisengagementTM (Particularly in the Earlier Stages of Dementia) Kate Swaffer has introduced the concept of Prescribed DisengagementTM to focus attention on the potentially negative aspects of a dementia diagnosis (usually unintentional, but no less damaging) in terms of the increased level of stigma and discrimination experienced by people with dementia. Prescribed DisengagementTM carries ensuing risks of disempowerment, lower self-esteem, isolation, reduced autonomy / self-efficacy and loss of self-identity. Kate Swaffer is in favour of empowering dementia patients and promoting patient voice. She has, further, made recommendations for better support services to provide rehabilitation / reablement in dementia, as a component of living well with dementia. Swaffer, K. (2015). Dementia and Prescribed Dis-engagement. Dementia. January 2015; 14(1): 3-6. There is a related article, touching on the pejorative influence (again predominantly unintentional) of language and medical terminology which permeates the official literature: Swaffer, K. (2014). Dementia: stigma, language, and dementia-friendly. Dementia. November 2014; 13(6): 709-16. Swaffer, K. (2015). The power of language. Australian Journal of Dementia Care. February 6th 2015. [Epub ahead of print]. About Dementia and Elderly Care News Dementia and Elderly Care News. Wolverhampton Medical Institute: WMI. 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__label__cc	0.72519	0.27481	Licensing Sub-Committee Thursday, 9th May, 2019 10.30 am Agenda frontsheet PDF 143 KB Printed draft minutes PDF 65 KB Venue: F10, Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon CR0 1NX. View directions 020 8726 6000 x63922 Email: kieran.pantry-melsom@croydon.gov.uk Appointment of Chair To appoint a Chair for the duration of the meeting. Councillor Robert Ward nominated CouncillorChris Clark.Councillor Niroshan Sirisena seconded the motion. TheSub-Committee RESOLVEDtoappointCouncillorClarkasChairofthe Sub-Committee. In accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct and the statutory provisions of the Localism Act, Members and co-opted Members of the Council are reminded that it is a requirement to register disclosable pecuniary interests (DPIs) and gifts and hospitality to the value of which exceeds £50 or multiple gifts and/or instances of hospitality with a cumulative value of £50 or more when received from a single donor within a rolling twelve month period. In addition, Members and co-opted Members are reminded that unless their disclosable pecuniary interest is registered on the register of interests or is the subject of a pending notification to the Monitoring Officer, they are required to disclose those disclosable pecuniary interests at the meeting. This should be done by completing the Disclosure of Interest form and handing it to the Democratic Services representative at the start of the meeting. The Chair will then invite Members to make their disclosure orally at the commencement of Agenda item 3. Completed disclosure forms will be provided to the Monitoring Officer for inclusion on the Register of Members’ Interests. There were none. Urgent Business (if any) To receive notice of any business not on the agenda which in the opinion of the Chair, by reason of special circumstances, be considered as a matter of urgency. There were no items of urgent business. Gambling Act 2005: Application for Premises Licence - Adult Gaming Centre PDF 86 KB SCR91HighStreetTHAppA , item 14/19 PDF 137 KB SCR91HighStreetTHAppxA1-A8 , item 14/19 PDF 2 MB The Licensing Sub-Committee considered whether to grant the application for an Adult Gaming Centre Premises Licence at 91 High Street, Thornton Heath CR7 8RY and the representations received as contained in the report of the Executive Director ‘Place’. The Sub-Committee also considered the verbal representations made at the hearing by 4 objectors, a local ward councillor, the applicant and their representatives. The applicant, on request, also provided additional information in the form of Company Policies and Staff Training materials. It was noted that the applicant consented to the introduction of new oral evidence from two members of the public who had not previously made representations. It had also been noted that the Police withdrew their representations as the applicant amended their application to have conditions added to the licence and to a reduction of the premises operating hours. The Sub-Committee is of the view that the existing regulation of and adherence to the Gambling Commission Guidance and Codes of Practice ensures the Applicant is a responsible operator and that gambling is conducted in a fair and proper way. The Sub-Committee noted that the Applicant will have a: · Think 25 Policy, · Appropriate staff training in place, · an effective self-exclusion Scheme and test purchase regime. The Sub-Committee made their decision with reference to the licensing objectives under the Gambling Act 2005, relevant Codes of Practice (issued by the Gambling Commission under section 24 of the Act) and the Council Statement of Principles. The Sub-Committee did not take into consideration: · the commercial aspects of the business · concerns about indirect harm to children, as distinct from their entering the premises and taking part in gambling on-site · the planning regime or · personal, moral or ethical views on gambling. The Sub-Committee RESOLVED to Grant this application. The relevant conditions will be placed on the Licence. This included those suggested by the Police and those mandatory and default conditions specified by the Gambling Act 2005 (Mandatory and Default Conditions) Regulations 2007. The Sub-Committee took the opportunity to remind the objectors that should they be of the view that the Licensing Objectives are not being promoted or adhered to they could apply for a Review of the Licence. In closing this meeting, the Sub-Committee also thanked the applicant and objectors for their thoughtful contributions and the respectful manner in which the hearing had been conducted. Exclusion of the Press and Public The following motion is to be moved and seconded where it is proposed to exclude the press and public from the remainder of a meeting: “That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within those paragraphs indicated in Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended.” This was not required.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1069
__label__cc	0.602897	0.397103	How To Develop A Map That Works Some general advice regarding level design, mainly within frame of Counter-Strike and multiplayer mods in general. 2 Simple Layout 4 Balance Don't touch Hammer! Instead, start with pen and paper. It's much more difficult to change the fundamental layout of a map once you start adding detail. For Counter-Strike maps, consider: Most real-life locations involve repetition and large open spaces with few features; they would make terrible game levels. Meeting points, where the two teams see each other for the first time. Careful spawn placement and timing is the foundation of great maps like de_dust2. Bomb sites, defensive positions and sniper nests. How would players from either team approach a certain area? How close is the bomb site to a meeting point? Performance, how efficiently will the map run on a computer? Vast football-stadium maps will typically fare poorly, while closed spaces with lots of twists will perform well but suffer in gameplay. Simple Layout Take a look at other maps, for example de_dust2, de_cbble and most of the official maps follow a 'four-square' layout. Essentially all the maps are laid out like this, except they overlap each other and meet at different levels etc. But the basic concept of the four-square is still there, by following this method, your maps have a greater chance of having good gameplay and layout. You may also notice that some of the most popular 'fun' maps such as fy_iceworld follow this similar layout except simplified. For hostage maps a different approach to the layout needs to be considered, doesn't it? Take a look at cs_italy, the map has three main routes (Long Hall, Middle, Apartments). However, they also cross over with a central route connecting them, making the 'four-square' pattern emerge again. Layout is one of the most important factors that will determine whether your map is a success or failure, having only one route to each bomb site or hostage holding area would be very boring and play badly. By giving more routes available and using the 'four-square' method, a map will suddenly have great playability and longevity. Just remember to not make the layout square, have twists and turns, make routes crossover each other otherwise it would still be a rather boring map. You can divert from this advice and take a completely new approach to making a map, however, this idea is only intended to give a simple theory on how a simple yet highly effective layout can be achieved. Valve usually builds "orange maps" with bare gameplay essentials before actually working on level art and textures. Concentrate on the layout of your level, then apply textures and lighting afterwards. Create the basic map structure using dev textures (type "dev" in the filter box) and big, simple blocks. For a Counter-Strike map, place some spawn points, some buy zones and some bomb sites. No stairs, just ramps. Optimize at every step of map creation. Turn on Snap to Grid. Don't overlap brushwork, for purposes of neatness and organization. This isn't to say that you should actually start optimizing your map now (adding hint brushes, area portals, etc.) but you should be mindful of the concepts mentioned here so that your map is constructed efficiently. Playtest early. Ensure meeting points are timed correctly and "main arenas" do not cause low framerate. Unleash 20 bots on the map, and let them go at it for an hour. If the result of that comes out significantly in favour of one side or another, try to figure how to re-balance the map. Watch where the bots meet, or see whether there are certain positions that gives one team too much of an advantage. Once you're sure that the map works correctly, then you can start thinking about adding textures, details, props, sounds, etc. A level with purpose draws the player in. It both gives the player a goal, and creates the sense that something is being accomplished above and beyond what the player is doing in that moment. Give motion and momentum to your level in both a physical and temporal sense. I'm referring less to doors, trains and buttons, and more to the motion of consequences. By looking at a level, you should be able to guess what has happened before you arrived, and at least have an inkling of what will happen in the immediate future. Give the player a sense that he is running through a living area, where things happen. Have the map flow smoothly, have one thing lead to another. This can be used to describe the lighting, the structure, the relative ambiance of a level. The character of a level can determine, and is partly determined by, its purpose and motion. Know the enemy The one thing holding you back from making "the perfect level" is the limitation placed upon you by both the engine and by current technology. While designing levels, always be sure to keep track of your levels performance data, and stay within the range you set at the start of your project. Regardless of art style, even may that be realistic; exaggerating a specific element in a game can give it more appeal, and have a larger effect on the player. Most things in the real world aren't questioned for their sometimes odd shape and/or placement. However in a game world, these kinds of objects are. They have the keen ability to stick out and be judged. Sometimes exaggerating an objects appearance or visibility can help justify that object's placement, or existence, even on a performance level. Single-Player Mapping Tips - some more specific tips for single-player mappers. Counter-Strike: Source mapping articles - a list of short tutorials to help with mapping escapades. What makes a good level? - some advice for mappers who are just starting out. www.johnsto.co.uk - a few very good articles to help you getting started, by the creator of de_dust. Retrieved from "https://developer.valvesoftware.com/w/index.php?title=How_To_Develop_A_Map_That_Works&oldid=195094"	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1072
__label__wiki	0.511202	0.511202	GlobalAmericanAustralian/British Why I Hate Influencer Culture June 22, 2018June 26, 2019By Mary Imgrund For just a moment, let’s turn to the big data mirror we use to express ourselves: social media. Specifically, influencer culture. The marketing world looks to influencers, popular social media moguls, and micro influencers, those with smaller followings and seem more “authentic”, to reach their audiences. It’s a sound business model. In the current landscape, general audiences and millennials especially are skeptical of advertisements yet willing to try something recommended by the people they know or admire. While only a small percentage of the population uses ad blockers, we’re better at parsing what’s an ad and usually try to ignore them. No one likes feeling like they’re being manipulated. So, manipulators just had to get better at it. Influencer marketing is a billion-dollar industry and despite the handful of think pieces suggesting the contrary, it’s here to stay. The reason influencer culture is still relevant is that it runs parallel to the phenomenon of fake news and micro-targeted ads. It’s easy to draw parallels between the two. Social media targeting lets brands or organizations whisper into our ears and cater what they say to each of us; it’s why I get followed around the internet by ads about organic cotton dresses and sustainable jewelry. While marketers use influencer marketing like targeted ads to reach niche audiences, they’re disguised. The ads are masquerading as closely to honest content as legally possible. Humans are predisposed to trust the taste and decision-making of those close to us. But what influencer marketing does is intercept that line of trust by presenting people with ideas, opportunities, products, places and experiences that they might not have otherwise recommended or even found. In that way, it’s reminiscent of the phony sites and Facebook pages sharing false stories as news. People believe them because the message aligns with their worldview. People believe influencers because they’re predisposed to trust them. Related Post: How NOT to Approach Sustainable and Ethical Influencers If You’re in PR To be clear, I don’t think social media in a vacuum is the problem, nor do I place the blame entirely on the people who enter these contracts. I blame the companies that understand consumerism and the insecurities that they themselves have planted into cultural zeitgeist to make sales. It’s the same aspirational marketing deeply rooted in the assumption of competition and the assumption of scarce resources (even if those resources are attention, love, beauty, or a caring partner) that brands have been doing for decades. Now, it’s sent to us over a medium that theoretically should have supported community, but instead furthers anxieties over comparison and competition. 'Influencer culture takes some of the worst parts of modern life: the importance of physical beauty, competition, consumerism, and monetizes them.'Click To Tweet There have always been and will always be people of influence, but social media influencers aren’t the same as their predecessors. They’re typically not artists or public figures or philosophers, though many are very creative. They’re gorgeous people who do gorgeous things. Beautiful people with beautiful problems. They’re what we all wish we were, yet no one can truly attain. It’s easy to be caught up in influencer marketing; external validation is delicious. But the problem is that it’s an influence that’s predicated entirely on external factors. We’re already a youth-obsessed beauty-obsessed culture, and now being professionally liked by the 18-35 year old crowd is a career choice. I worry about the people, mostly young women, who aspire to be influencers. Influencer culture takes some of the worst parts of modern life: the importance of physical beauty, competition, consumerism, and monetizes them. It’s peak late-stage capitalism. But, again I don’t blame people for wanting to be liked and feel important. Those feelings are valid, but they’re easily manipulated. I’ve done it. In the pursuit of an easy confidence boost, I signed up to be an “influencer” for a clever brand that used the system not only to get customers but free advertising. They give accepted influencers a minimal discount (hint, they accept literally everyone – I accidentally sent a blank form to one brand and before they saw my complete form they replied to the first with discount codes). They made a Facebook page where influencers could talk to each other in a weak attempt to create a community, though it quickly became clear that it wasn’t. So, they got a few hundred people to not only buy their products at nearly full price, but then share the photos for them. They tapped into a market of very young people who desperately want to be influencers. It’s honestly disquieting to think of the millions of mostly young women willing to turn their social presences into billboards for the enrichment of others. 'We’re already a youth-obsessed beauty-obsessed culture, and now being professionally liked by the 18-35 year old crowd is a career choice. I worry about the people, mostly young women, who aspire to be influencers.' - EWP's US-based writer Mary ImgrundClick To Tweet Related Post: An Insider’s Take on Eco Fashion Blogging and Ethical Fashion Influencers I’ve honestly had trouble writing this because it’s both so personal yet so cliché. Most young people feel anxiety when they go online and a lot of people hate themselves. We’re in the same club, we just haven’t convened any official meetings yet. My dilemma is that outside of becoming a Governor, or Senator, or Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, or beloved writer and social critic, or senior political advisor, there aren’t many ways for me to really feel my impact. I honestly want to influence culture and politics for the better but have neither the aesthetic nor the desire to be an influencer. So not only has influencer culture created a fleeting career path for young Instagram users and manipulated people into mistaking ads for suggestions, it invalidates other forms of positive influence. No one cares if ten thousand people chose to recycle, but ten thousand people might like a photo of a beautiful young woman recycling. Obviously the first has more real-world consequence, but the latter is what everyone wants. That’s why influencers are so powerful. I want to be an inspirer, an uplifter, an advocate, an activist, an altruist, but not an influencer. 'No one cares if ten thousand people chose to recycle, but ten thousand people might like a photo of a beautiful young woman recycling. Obviously the first has more real-world consequence, but the latter is what everyone wants...'Click To Tweet What do you think of this modern ‘culture of influence’? Sick of it? Love it? Think it’s on its last legs? Feel free to share your views below. Never miss our posts. Sign up for our weekly newsletter and receive our free sustainable lifestyle guide. Recommending reading: Family As ‘Brand’ – The Rise of the Digital Mumpreneur What Fashion Bloggers Can Teach Us About Consumerism Can Sustainable Fashion Influencers Really Change The World? Why We Need More Intellectuals To Be Influencers and Noisemakers How to Challenge Neoliberalism’s Mantra of Consumerism and Infinite Growth to Save the Planet If you enjoyed, learned from, or felt empowered after reading this piece, we’ve love for you to support us by donating to our Patreon or giving a once-off PayPal payment via the donate button below. Title image credit: Shutterstock Enjoyed this post & want to show your gratitude? Then please support Eco Warrior Princess on Patreon! Mary Imgrund Mary Imgrund (www.fennecfawn.com) is a writer, entrepreneur, strategist, and artist. A recent graduate of American University where she earned her MA in Political Communication, she now works in the nonprofit sector in the Washington D.C. region. Her writing has been published in both local and national journals, and she co-founded the HBG Flea (www.hbgflea.com), a monthly popup market for handmade and sustainable goods. 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__label__cc	0.739438	0.260562	I, Tonya? I Love! So, I finally saw I, Tonya this weekend! WOOHOO! and I wasn’t completely disappointed. Finally, there is a skating movie that actually appeals to people over 16 in mainstream America that does not include Sasha Cohen waving around men’s underwear. (Hello…Blades of Glory) Plus, the skating wasn’t half bad either. Admittedly, I’ve never been a Tonya hater. I was much more focused on Oksana Baiul at that age then I was on either Tonya or Nancy. I remember the scandal but the closest I can get to disliking either of them is to say that I was never a fan of Nancy Kerrigan’s skating. That’s mainly because I was an Oksana fan and I was less than enthralled by Nancy’s skating. I was also around the same age as Oksana and I remember being in awe of someone that age winning a gold medal. I also really loved her balletic skating. When Nancy made those comments about Oksana crying when she won her gold I think that’s when I made up my mind that maybe she wasn’t all that nicey nice. For years I thought she was a poor sport and maybe, that’s why I’ve never been a Tonya hater. At any rate, as I grew up and started skating myself I actually started admiring Tonya’s skating so I went into this movie more than just a little curious. It’s safe to say that this movie did live up to the hype. At least for me, it did. I thought the movie was hilarious with some great skating bits (gotta love the skating!) but it was also strangely sad. Sad that Tonya’s life seemed to be nothing but a lot of abuse whether it was her mother or her husband doing the abusing or even herself. It was like a never-ending vicious circle that she couldn’t get out of. The movie does make you feel for Tonya and maybe for the first time question whether her involvement warranted her being removed forever from US figure skating. After all, we have men in the NFL being accused of much worse crimes and for the most part they are given a slap on the wrist because they play football. But figure skating is figure skating and I think this movie delves into the nastier side of the skating world, the elitist side. And dare I say it? The biased judging that we still see going on at competitions. Case in point: the judges dropping Ashley Wagner like a hot potato at this year’s nationals with component marks that were almost the same as a newbie skater like Bradie. Whaaaat the heck was that? That’s a complete 360 from the USFS’s usual scoring and a total bunch of BS. Hate or love Ashley Wagner I don’t think anyone thinks Bradie’s artistry is anywhere near Ashley’s nor should it be! Those component scores were ridiculous. It was obvious the judges wanted to put certain skaters at the top. Most skaters would have shut their mouths about it but not Ashley and I think it’s good for the sport to have skaters speak up. You work so hard for something your entire life, why not? I think that part has to change about skating and I think this movie might open up more of a dialogue on that part of the sport. It might actually bring in more fans if skaters were seen to have a little more personality off ice. Hence the whole explosion of fans when Tonya came on the scene. Not to say people should go whacking kneecaps but a little bit of healthy dialogue would do a lot to open up skating to the regular people of the world who still can’t seem to figure out what skating is all about these days. But I digress….I think the movie obviously opens up a can of worms about the whole Nancy and Tonya scandal since most people just blamed Tonya for the whole thing. We may never know the truth but I thought the movie was refreshing and at the very least sheds a new perspective on the whole thing. Although I’m by no means thinking Tonya was blameless in this whole debacle, the movie does make you see her in a kinder light. You can’t help but feel bad for her. Margot Robbie made her seem a lot more vulnerable and I think that’s what made her seem so much more likable. I could be just a softy though but maybe not everything is as cut and dry as it seems. Tonya’s evil, Nancy’s not etc. Even if you could care less about skating, Allison Janney as Tonya’s mother was priceless and for her part alone I would see this movie. So. Freaking. Hilarious. Seriously, the best parts of the movie are her lines alone. If you are looking for good skating though then stay till the credits and you’ll see Tonya’s famous triple axel and her winning nationals program. Have any of you seen the movie? And if you have what were your thoughts? I’m curious… and do you believe her side of the tale? Or do you still think she knew the entire time? I would love to know! Tags: Ashley Wagner, Tonya Harding ← Lesson Recap #1 10 Things Adult Figure Skaters Never Say → 3 Responses to “I, Tonya? I Love!” SkateKat January 20, 2018 at 4:19 am # I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I too thought Nancy was a poor sport after the Olympics. As far as the incident is concerned, Nancy wasn’t actually hit in the knee but rather the quadriceps. Here’s something that always bugged me about the footage after the incident: nobody chased after the assailant. Nobody. Not even to get a license plate number. That’s always struck me as odd; still does. dream2skate February 2, 2018 at 1:04 am # I never thought about that. It’s strange that they didn’t chase after him at all. I think in the movie they did show a little bit of chase after Nancy was hit but it may have been just for the movie. Mary February 5, 2018 at 11:51 pm # Yes, I saw it with a skating friend. I agree that the vulnerability Tonya is shown to have in this movie gives you sympathy with her character. As a child when her dad drives away, in situations with her mom and her husband, and for me, most of all when she’s putting on her overly rouged cheeks while crying at the Olympics.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1087
__label__wiki	0.870258	0.870258	 Date: December,26,2017  Address:  Time: Artist: Award-Winning ghazal maestro Mohammed Vakil all set to release his new single [gallery ids="351"]Forty-one-year-old award winning renowned ghazal singer Mohammed Vakil is all set to release his brand new single titled “Falsafa” under singer and songwriter Daler Mehndi record label DRecords. Hailing from Jaipur, under the aegis of Ustad Ahmed Hussain Mohammed Hussain, Mohammed Vakil's music has made his presence felt. Penned by the respected lyricist Farhat Shahzad and composed by Ram Avtar Dayama who based the ghazal on the soul stirring notes of Raag Kaushik Dhwani, “Falsafa” substantiates the ups and downs, the laughter and sorrows, the ease and hardships, togetherness and separation – all colours of life through this beautiful ghazal. “We are pleased to have Mohammed Vakil, a talented singer on our rooster,” exclaimed Daler Mehndi. “It is our endeavour to provide the talented singers, musicians who uphold the rich culture and tradition – a platform that is conducive.” The lyrics are also penned by Mohammed Saif Babar. The orchestral arrangements lend itself well to a Bollywood scene, making this track a little more versatile than an out and out ghazal track. Most importantly, Vakil has infused this track with his inimitable style, emphasising the fact that the ghazal tradition is alive and kicking. Add elements of Rajasthani Folk with a cross over Sufi style to this soulful track and you get a glimpse of the excellent production skills, not to mention that this track also showcases the immense talent that Vakil possesses in rendering these ghazals, which will firmly catapult him onto the next level for all the ghazal aficionados and musicians to appreciate. Mohammed Saif Babar has also penned the lyrics. The orchestral arrangements lend itself well to a Bollywood scene, making this track a little more versatile than an out and out ghazal track. Most importantly, Vakil has infused this track with his inimitable style, emphasising the fact that the ghazal tradition is alive and kicking The other track titled “Kisi nazneen se mulakat hogi” was inspired by the fond memories that Vakil has for his maternal grandfather Ustad Afzal Hussain. The mood of the track is a soft romantic one. With the New Year around the corner, this track builds up the anticipation to ring in the New Year. Along with the anticipation comes expectations of dreams, in particular the dream of meeting a coy girl, which in Urdu translates to “Nazre-nazakat”. This dream carries with it the expectation of romance; a world filled with unbridled joy that comes with conversing with the one that special one. Once again, the composition comes to light with Vakil’s effervescence also coming to the fore. With the New Year around the corner, it will certainly delight fans of Vakil and introduce him to a much wider audience. The star power that Vakil carries has not overwhelmed his humility that has credited this work to his two maternal uncles and renowned ghazal maestros Ustad Ahmed Hussain and Ustad Mohammed Hussain. Manju Narain has played a vital role in this process, whom Vakil has expressed his gratitude towards in producing these tracks. And last but not the least, Vakil has thanked the audio engineer Aakash Jaitly who made these singles literally “breathe with life” with his impressive skills.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1088
__label__cc	0.702665	0.297335	Home / Press Release / Premier Equestrian Puts a Halt to Dusty Arenas With Innovative New Footing Product, “WHOA Dust™” Premier Equestrian Puts a Halt to Dusty Arenas With Innovative New Footing Product, “WHOA Dust™” Premier Equestrian has added WHOA Dust™ to its lineup of innovative footing and arena products (Photo courtesy JRPR- no photo credit necessary) Salt Lake City, UT (November 6, 2017) — Premier Equestrian is at it again – adding to its comprehensive lineup of innovative arena products designed to make equestrians’ and horses’ lives easier, simpler, and more hassle-free. This time, the company has tackled an age-old arena problem- and offered up a brilliant solution that is at once simple, technologically advanced, and surprisingly cost effective. The company has recently become the United States distributor of WHOA Dust™, a scientifically formulated footing product that decreases dust, retains moisture, and creates a firmer and more rideable surface for any riding discipline. Some dust can actually be an important part of footing because it binds together the sand particles, helping to create a less loose surface. However, too much dust is not only a nuisance, but creates a slippery surface when wet and a very hard dusty surface when dry which negatively affects the horse’s biomechanics, and can be hazardous for you and your horse’s health. “If you can water your arena enough, minimal dust usually isn’t an issue,” explained Heidi Zorn, President of Premier Equestrian. “But it becomes a problem if you can’t water enough or if the water dries up too quickly and creates excessive dust. Inhaling small particles is never good for your horses, and it’s also not good for you.” WHOA Dust provides a simple solution to this problem by keeping the ideal amount of dust in the footing while keeping excess dust out of the air- and, best of all, it’s completely biodegradable and environmentally friendly. The product is made of a polymer similar to the material that contact lenses are made of, and works in an arena in a similar way. Just like a contact lens can absorb a huge amount of moisture in the eye, the polymer in WHOA Dust absorbs a huge amount of water in an arena, retains it, and then re-releases it into the surface over time. This allows for a drastic decrease in the need for watering. “You just have to put a little light sprinkle on it periodically, depending on the climate, and it will retain that moisture for a longer period of time,” said Zorn. Over time, the sand particles in footing break down from horses’ hoofs, tractors, and just plain old degradation. Each time the footing particles break, little pieces eventually become tiny dust particles small enough to become airborne. “That’s why old surfaces that have been in a place for 20, 30, or 40 years are so dusty – the horses’ hooves have pulverized the footing into dust. WHOA Dust rejuvenates old footing by binding those dust particles back together and keeping them from floating up into the air. Binding the footing material together with the polymer also keeps the footing from being slippery or wiggly.” So how does WHOA Dust work? As Zorn explains, the product actually puts a coating on the fine dust particles and gathers them together. “You can see the actual thread when you look at it under a microscope. The polymer actually sews the little particles together with that thread.” Applying WHOA Dust to an arena so it can work its magic is surprisingly easy to do. The product comes in granular form, and is applied in the same way that one would apply a lawn fertilizer, with a fertilizer spreader. “It doesn’t take much- for an average sized dressage arena, about 10 pounds is all you will need,” said Zorn. “We recommend that you refresh it with two to three more pounds every six months.” Perfect for all riding disciplines, WHOA Dust is an effective way to clear dust while adding moisture and stability to an arena. To learn more about WHOA Dust and revamp a riding arena with this advanced new product, visit https://premierequestrian.com/horse-arena-footing/whoa-dust. Premier Equestrian also offers many other innovative footing solutions, attractive dressage arenas, revolutionary arena groomers, and a wide variety of barn and rider accessories. For more information about Premier Equestrian and its products, please call 1-800-611-6109 or visit www.PremierEquestrian.com. Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google+Share on Pinterest	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1089
__label__cc	0.518237	0.481763	/HTML Cheatsheets About This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it. The obsolete HTML No Frames or frame fallback element, <noframes>, provides content to be presented in browsers that don't support (or have disabled support for) the <frame> element. Although most commonly-used browsers support frames, there are exceptions, including certain special-use browsers including some mobile browsers, as well as text-mode browsers. A <noframes> element can contain any HTML elements that are allowed within the body of an HTML document, with the exception of the <frameset> and <frame> elements, since using frames when they aren't supported doesn't make sense. <noframes> can be used to present a message explaining that the user's browser doesn't support frames, but ideally should be used to present an alternate form of the site that doesn't use frames but still offers the same or similar functionality. In HTML 5 and later, <noframes> is obsolete and shouldn't be used, since the <frame> and <frameset> elements are also obsolete. When frames are needed at all, they should be presented using the <iframe> element. Like all other HTML elements, this element supports the global attributes. It has no other attributes available. In this example, we see a frameset with two frames. In addition, <noframes> is used to present an explanatory message if the user agent doesn't support frames. <frameset cols="50%,50%"> <frame src="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/frameset" /> <frame src="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/frame" /> <noframes><p>It seems your browser does not support frames or is configured to not allow them.</p></noframes> </frameset> The definition of 'noframes' in that specification. Recommendation HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<noframes>' in that specification. Recommendation Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes iOS Safari Edit this page on MDN © 2005–2018 Mozilla Developer Network and individual contributors. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/noframes	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1097
__label__cc	0.701155	0.298845	Funding for Arts and Music Projects (UK) Home / news / Funding for Arts and Music Projects (UK) Funding for Arts and Music Projects (UK)2017-05-102017-05-10https://eevt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/neweevtlogo.fw_.pngEEVThttps://eevt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/neweevtlogo.fw_.png200px200px The Austin Hope and Pilkington has a new round of funding round. Grants of £5,000 are available to registered charities that have an income of over £500,000 for projects that relate to Music and the Arts with priority given to projects that focus on: Prisoners/offenders Counselling/support Refugees and asylum seekers Activities for those with limited access or opportunities. The closing date for applications will be 31st May 2017. The Trust will run four funding rounds each year; each with a different theme. For information on how to apply and on future funding rounds this year, please click on the link below. http://austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk/what-we-fund/ Intellectual Property and Contracts Training Leicesternews, updates Transform Foundation Facebook and Website Grants (UK)news, updates	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1098
__label__cc	0.740808	0.259192	Posts Tagged ‘Ashis Nandy’ Tehelka Magazine The pressures of being an editorial columnist, journalist, or some kind of published intellectual can put real strain on your abilities to reach rational, honest conclusions. Because, in this information age, we interact within a massive marketplace of ideas–a market that is constantly and rapidly updating itself with newer, better, more provocative, more sensational ideas. Thus, to really stand out–to win, to be noticed in this marketplace of ideas–especially, if you are in the business of peddling some and your survival depends on being noticed for your ideas, one has to either be a savant genius and genuinely innovative or be at least an imitative provocateur. Ashis Nandy of the Tehelka is an example of the latter. It appears that he has succumbed to the pressures of grabbing eyeballs in this fiercely competitive marketplace of ideas by resorting to gymnastics–of the mental and provocative kind. His latest piece is particularly demonstrative and revealing. In an article titled “The Pursuit of Happiness and other Absurd Ideas“, Nandy picks three ideas that he regards as particularly egregious and poisonous to human civilization: (a) pursuit of happiness; (b) progress; (c) secularism. Now, if your hoping to encounter some definitions of these terms, you will be disappointed. Nandy proceeds blithely through these ideas without ever pinning down their exact meanings or how he uses them. To begin with, Nandy makes this highly debatable–even untrue–statement: “Our value systems, even in India, are increasingly based on reason. Which is why, perhaps, we constantly feel like we are a country sitting on a tinderbox — riots, terrorism, insurgency, discontent.” First, it is unclear what he means by “reason” in the claim that India’s value systems are increasingly based on reason. Next, given a common sense understanding of “reason”–as the faculty of human consciousness to identify, evaluate, and integrate the facts of reality–his statement is squarely false. If anything, the world–and India included–is marching towards irrationality, mysticism, new age spiritualism, whim-worship and hedonism, and overall irrationality than anything resembling reason. The global economic crises and the European bankruptcies are arguably great demonstrations of what short-term, hedonistic irrationality gets you. What’s more interesting is that three of the four consequences Nandy cites here of the use of reason, namely, riots, terrorism, and insurgency, are all actually variants of the use of force. Now, any sensible analysis of force will reveal to you that force is the destroyer of reason. Nandy would perhaps retort here that it is precisely our reason that has convinced us of some superior “right” to use force against other people. For instance, some religious groups have somehow reached a “conviction” that their use of force is justified. But that line of argument is fallacious. Force and reason are opposites. The ability to reason (to think, to evaluate, and to choose) ends immediately when a gun is pointed at you. A gun is a command to action, not a syllogism to persuade. It appeals to your fears not to your reason. Indeed, as it is empirically evident and proven for any honest person to see, it is only when reason, dialog, discussion, persuasion, and argumentation is abandoned that force becomes the means of settling disagreements. Having disparaged reason, Nandy proceeds to attack the three “poisonous” values of pursuit of happiness, progress, and secularism. This is where the article derails from any semblance of intellectual rigor and enters into the territory of the absurd. Indeed, the absurdities leap out of the screen at you. For example, in explaining the origins of the idea of happiness, the author states that “all societies deny the idea of death”. Really? Which one? He does not say. What he does say, immediately thereafter, is this: “In successful capitalist societies–bereft of religion, afterlife, rebirth, or any of the philosophies that transcend death–the panic [about death] is profound.” That should qualify as the most uneducated statement of the year. If any country can be considered as a successful “capitalist” country, it has to be the United States of America more than any other–and this is also perhaps of all advanced economies the only country most rooted in the faith of Christianity, in the Protestant ethic, in the belief in life after death, salvation and damnation, and the transcendence of this material world! Nandy goes on to make another risible claim: that “Both the disease called unhappiness and the determined search for happiness afflict the more developed societies.” Meanwhile, in the world of his own mind, the under-developed societies of repressive Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Nigeria, Somalia, Burma, etc. are veritable paradises of–what? “Happiness, like school uniforms, has now become compulsory,” he says. Is he implying that the ideal human condition need not be one of “happiness”? Is Nandy suggesting that a human life lived in unhappiness or banality is just as optionally preferable as a life of happiness? If you answered NO to be charitable to the author, you are wrong. He explicitly states his intention, saying: “We need to be practical and reconcile to live in this imperfect world with our normal unhappiness.” Yes, my dear readers. He just said that we should learn to live happily with our unhappy lives. Whatever that means. If you think Nandy is just innocently unwise, again you would be wrong. Nandy belies a high degree shrewdness and sophistry. As evidence, note that immediately after citing history’s two most murderous, collectivist, tyrannical regimes–Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany–as examples of societies that enforced “utopian” happiness and thereby inflected untold atrocities upon its people, he goes on to allude that the modern conception of (poisonous) happiness is an outgrowth of the philosophy of individualism. The mental gymnastics that is required to at once connect the epitome of collectivistic horror with the philosophy of individual freedom, self-autonomy, and liberty is not possible without some intentional sophistry at play. To be charitable, the author does introduce a brilliantly benevolent, correct, and pleasant thought into his otherwise vapid article; unfortunately, the thought is not his. “According to philosopher KJ Shah, the strength of a human relationship should be measured not by the absence of quarrels, but by how much quarrelling the relationship can take.” The implication of this view–correctly–is that happy people are not unmoored by momentary disappointments. That happiness is not an experience of the moment, but an orientation towards life. Sadly, however, the author is unable to see that such an orientation towards life as that of happy people is not possible without reason–without a philosophy that promotes the exercise of the rational faculty. As the philosopher Ayn Rand noted correctly, happiness cannot be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims and hedonistic pleasures of the moment. A rational man projects the task of happiness across the entire span of his lifetime. Thus, he seeks his happiness not in the mindless fraudulent pleasures of the moment (although he may choose to indulge in legitimate relaxation), but in the experience of a joy that comes without penalty, guilt, shame, or contradiction. Happiness is the state of consciousness that comes with achieving the non-contradictory values of one’s life. Indeed, from a psychological perspective, happiness is an important signal about the successful state of our lives. It is the emotional barometer of human consciousness, which informs us about our success at living life. Happiness and suffering are parallel indicators about the physical issue of life or death, pain or pleasure. Moving on to his criticism of “Progress,” Nandy states that progress is the major source of violence globally. He says we should “hang our heads in shame when using” the word Progress. Again, his distortions are unbelievably confounding. In his attack on the concept of progress, he raises yet again the repressive regimes of Soviet Russia, China, as Cambodia as examples to fight his case. However, the connection that he wishes to forge between these regimes and progress is one that is founded on non-essentials, and is therefore simply untenable. The common ideology that underlies these regimes is not simply “progress” as a vague, general goal–but a specific approach to achieving their own conception of progress, namely, a collectivized, classless, communist society achieved by force and revolution. This is diametrically opposed to the classical liberal and democratic approach, which also had as its goal “progress” for the human condition. The results are evident and history has offered its verdict. The author conflates the failures of socialist ideologies with the legitimate and praise-worthy goals of human progress–without, notably, ever defining what he means by progress. Then, he identifies a phantom relationship between secularism and the genocides of socialist regimes, such as that of the Soviet Union, North Korea, and Khmer Rouge. Perhaps, he is blind to the fact that National Socialism (Nazism)–the originator of one of the most hateful periods of human history–was virulently anti-secular, anti-atheistic. It was at the same time socialistic and religious. The Reich, or the German State, cloaked in Christianity, was elevated to divine status with the blessings of Hegel, Heidegger, and Nietzsche. If the modern Catholic Church is seen as a benevolent and benign dictatorship, the Nazi regime was an evil and violent one. One should also wonder if the perpetrators of the Crusades, Inquisitions, Islamic wars, and other religious wars had access to the kinds of modern weaponry, would the scale of their murders be just as vast? Ultimately, what drives maniacal men to genocide is not and cannot be a “belief in non-belief” — or atheism. It has always been a belief in some assertion–either that of the Divine God or the Divine State or the Superiority of the Collective. But Nandy is apparently convinced about something that’s paradoxical (and perhaps because it is so, given his antipathy towards reason): he believes that any desirable society must bypass the idea of progress because progress is essentially “anti-life.” Now, to take that seriously, one would first have to know what he defines as “progress,” because in the general understanding of the term, progress means the general enhancement of the living condition. To illustrate it simply, if the average human life span in the 18th century was 30 years, today it is 70. And that is progress. Period. Turning to the “third killer in [the author’s] violent lexicon,” we are confronted with an insidious analysis of “secularism.” In a very disconcerting claim, the author argues that one must not keep religion and politics separate. However, quickly, the reader realizes that the author does not really understand the full implications of what he advocates. At one point, you are even confused about the author’s take on secularism–does he hate it or like it? Because after disparaging it for a while, the author appears to defend secularism when he refers to the “hindutva” movement–claiming that Hindutva is actually secular. Wikipedia describes Hindutva as a Hindu Nationalist movement. So, is he implying that Hindutva is as good as secular or as poisonous as secular? Indeed, much of this article is a (deliberate or not?) mix of conflated terms, inaccurate and ill-defined usages of words, and flat-out contradictions of ideas. It appears to me that Nandy gunned for a shock-treatment approach to writing this piece, by employing “toxic” vocabulary to describe values that are–in the right spirit–actually some of the pillars of a civilized society. Perhaps he did this so that he could gain some eyeballs, shock a few people, and win a few uncritical nods at the seeming profundity of it all. To this end, the author achieves the goals. But he does so at the cost of exposing the goals themselves and at the risk of our evaluating such pursuits and such methods of trying to appear “intellectual.” Posted in Atheism, Culture, General Work/Life, India, My Theories and Ideas, On Collectivism, Philosophy, Political Issues, Religion, Rights and Morality, The Best of Leitmotif, Uncategorized \| Tagged: Ashis Nandy, India, Philosophy, Pursuit of Happiness, Tehelka \| 2 Comments »	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1104
__label__cc	0.588459	0.411541	watch video on Silliman's “Albany” Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (“ModPo”) Universidad de Pensilvania ModPo is a fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U.S. poetry, with an emphasis on experimental verse, from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman to the present. Participants (who need no prior experience with poetry) will learn how to read poems that are supposedly "difficult." We encounter and discuss the poems one at a time. It's much easier than it seems! Join us and try it! ModPo is open all year, so you can enroll now, or any time, and join us. Each year we host a lively, interactive 10-week session, in which we move together through the ten-week syllabus. The next live 10-week session of ModPo will begin on September 7, 2019, and will conclude on November 18, 2019. Al Filreis will be in touch with you by email before the September 7 start of the course with all the information you'll need to participate. If you have questions, you can email the ModPo team any time at modpo@writing.upenn.edu. Much more information about ModPo can be found at modpo.org. During the 10 weeks of the course, you will be guided through poems, video discussions of each poem, and community discussions of each poem. And (unique among open online courses) we offer weekly, interactive live webcasts. Our famed TAs also offer office hours throughout the week. We help arrange meet-ups and in-site study groups. If you are curious about the ModPo team, type "ModPo YouTube introduction" into Google or your favorite search engine, and watch the 20-minute introductory video. You will get an overview of the course and will meet the brilliant TAs, who will be encountering the poems with you all the way to the end. If you use Facebook, join the always-thriving ModPo group: from inside Facebook, search for "Modern & Contemporary American Poetry" and then request to be added as a member. If you have any questions about ModPo, you can post a question to the FB group and you'll receive an almost instant reply. We tweet all year long at @ModPoPenn and you can also find ModPo colleagues using the hashtag #ModPoLive. ModPo is hosted by—and is housed at—the Kelly Writers House at 3805 Locust Walk on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia USA. All ModPo'ers are welcome to visit the Writers House when they are in our area. Our discussions are filmed there. Our live webcasts take place in the famed "Arts Cafe" of the House. To find out what's going on at the Writers House any time, just dial 215-746-POEM. Wonderful course and community! The openness and variety of perspectives and discussions contributes to the richness of each poem and all the possible ways to read poetry. This is the best community in the world and deserving of all praise. More people should get involved and we could make this world a better place. chapter 9.1 (week 8)—some trends in recent poetry: L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E <p><b>AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINAL THREE WEEKS OF MODPO:</b> We spend our final three weeks surveying three related groupings of experimental poetry, covering recent decades to the present. In week 8 (chapter 9.1), we look at the so-called “Language Poetry” movement as it emerged in the San Francisco Bay area and New York in the 1970s and early 1980s. In week 9 (chapter 9.2), we turn to chance-generated and aleatory and quasi-nonintentional writing. In week 10 (chapter 9.3), we look at the recent emergence (or resurgence) of conceptual and appropriative — supposedly 'uncreative' — poetry. Several of the 9.2 poets follow directly from the innovations of the 9.1 Language poets. A few of the 9.3 conceptualists see themselves as breaking away from Language poetry and embrace a “post-avant” status, while others see a continuity from modernism through Language and aleatory writing to conceptualism. The extent to which all these poets — but especially the 9.1 and 9.2 poets — show their indebtedness to modernists such as Duchamp, Stein, Williams, and the proto-modernist Dickinson does suggest that our course is the study of a line or lineage of experimental American poetry continuing out of modernism. </p><p><b>Week 8 begins at 9 AM on Sunday, October 27, 2019 and ends at 9 AM on Sunday, November 3, 2019. </b> For those doing ModPo on their own or in small groups, the week 8 materials are open and available all year.</p><p>By starting with Ron Silliman’s “Albany” and Lyn Hejinian’s 'My Life,' we focus on ways in which — and reasons why — Language poets refused conventional sequential, cause-and-effect presentations of the writing self. They imply that the self is languaged — formed by and in language — and that the self as written is multiple across time (moments and eras) and thus from paratactic sentence to paratactic sentence. While this radical revision of the concept of the lyric self (and of the super-popular genre of memoir) emphasizes one aspect of the Language Poetry movement at the expense of several other important ideas and practices, it is, we feel, an excellent way to introduce the group. Bob Perelman’s “Chronic Meanings,” aside from its contribution to this introduction, also picks up a theme of our course: the experimental writer attempts to encounter death (loss, grief, absence) by somehow making the form of the writing befit that discontinuity and disruption. We began this theme in chapter 2 with Stein's “Let Us Describe” and continued it in chapter 8 with O’Hara’s “The Day Lady Died,” and we will proceed with Jackson Mac Low's “A Vocabulary for Peter Innisfree Moore” in chapter 9.2. Chapter 9.1 concludes with two poems from Harryette Mullen's book of intense alphabetical and lexicographical self-consciousness, <em>Sleeping with the Dictionary.</em> Mullen's talent is diverse, and her work could have appeared in weeks 8 or 9 or 10, but it's here because we hope some readers will sense an interesting relationship between <em>Sleeping with the Dictionary</em> and Hejinian’s <em>My Life. </em>We realize that the list below makes week 8 seem like a long one, but please note that we are asking you here to read just eight poems. </p><p><b>ASSIGNMENTS:</b> During this week there are two quizzes due (see below). No new writing assignment is due. Peer reviews of writing assignment #3 are due. Peer reviews should be submitted anytime between 9 AM on 10/28/19 and 9 AM on 11/3/19. There is also a live webcast on Wednesday, October 30 at 7 PM (New York City time).</ watch video on Silliman's “Albany”23:09 watch Ron Silliman on how Stein never lapses into denotation0:31 watch video on Hejinian’s My Life (part 1)24:23 watch video on Perelman’s "Chronic Meanings"21:42 watch video on Bernstein’s "In a Restless World Like This Is"17:46 watch video on Howe’s “My Emily Dickinson”26:56 watch video on Silliman's BART23:57 watch brief video introducing Mullen's "Sleeping with the Dictionary"1:31 watch video on Mullen’s “Sleeping with the Dictionary”30:33 Al Filreis Kelly Professor, Dir. Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, Faculty Dir. Kelly Writers House Seleccionar un idiomaInglés (English) So now we're talking about Ron Silliman's Albany, which is made of 100 sentences. Now Silliman intended in this poem to write each sentence, such that the sentence can be thought of as belonging to the world of political signification, political meaning, and personal. Each word, each sentence, is both personal and political. That, that may or may not work out in the detail, but that's the intention, and 100 sentences. So I ask you. And, it's, it's a memoir. It's a memoir of coming of age in Albany, California, not Albany, New York. Albany, California which is near Berkeley, it's a working class adjacent town of Berkeley. So, how is this organized Max? 100 sentences, very strict, 100 sentences, so you already sense it's a procedure, but it doesn't seem to be in order. Describe how this thing moves, if it moves at all. >> It seems when you first read it through. This is, this is one of those texts that you have to read with a pen, I think. When you first read it through, if you are just looking at it, doesn't seem to, to, it seems to be sort of randomly arranged. >> Randomly arranged, okay. >> But when you start underlining things, there is a sort of logic that emerges, I think. >> So when you say, have a pen in your hand, what you really mean is, you know, you don't really quite mean making an academic thing out of it, or you might mean that. >> Or, or in heart, maybe. >> But, but you, what is it that you're doing with that pen, literally. >> I'm, I was circling and underlining sort of internal resonances of these. >> Right. So when grandfather comes up at the beginning and comes up again. >> Sure, precisely. >> Or seems to come up again. He's a racist at the beginning, but there are some other things that are going on, such as that he worked for many, many years, at a plant. And you figure, well, maybe that's the same guy, you don't know. You draw a line to it, right? >> Yeah. >> What work are you doing there? >> I'm sort of, in a way, re-ordering it [laugh]. >> You're putting it back. >> Or, or finding a sense. Yeah. >> In an order of a possessional memoir. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Which is not a bad impulse. But there's something else that he's doing, Emily, when he uses a pen to draw one thing to the other. >> Anybody what's he, what's Max implying about what he has to do. >> He has to make meaning out of the, the seemingly random arrangement of the sentences. >> Right and why wouldn't you do that if you're, you're, if you're reading Middlemarch why wouldn't you need to draw connections between and among the sentences in Middlemarch. >> Well because. Because it follows a regular narrative arc. >> Regular. >> A predetermined narrative arc, that is. >> No, not predetermined. >> Supposed to be a beginning, middle and end where. >> I wanna push this, yet everything you're saying is good, but predetermined? >> Traditional. >> Conventional. >> Recognizable. >> Recognizable. >> Logical. >> Recognizable, traditional. >> Linear. >> Logical. >> Logical, linear. Syllogistic, cause and affect. This, then this, then this, then this. And, when things in a novel, a realistic novel, go in sequence, you assume that the plot is moving forward and that there's going to be a Z after the A at the beginning. You don't get A and Z here, do you? Okay. So, what are you doing with your pen, then? You don't do it for middle march. Why do you do it here? >> Well, because, we are close reading this. [laugh] Because it's a regular sort of, habit to underline, but. >> So, here we have memoir, in a way, that in a world full of memoirs. Boy, do we have a lot memoirs in our world. Memoirs are hot genre. This is a memoir. And yet, when I read a memoir, a traditional, conventional memoir, I don't have a pen in my hand at all. >> True. >> But what we're doing is, what, anybody wanna, this is one of those things where I think maybe I know what I wanna say, but I'd like to think of it as a fairly open question. Dave, what's he, what's he doing with the pen? >> Well, I think we're participating in the meaning. >> We're making the, we're making the meaning. So, so I wanna say more about that. Okay? This is very important. Not just to Silliman, to Albany, to Silliman, but also others in the so called Language Poetry Movement. We're doing some work when Hejinian calls for an open text, a rejection of closure. Why, what's to be gained from Max's work? The hard work that he does stitching together. We're going to do this. We're going to do a little close reading in a minute. Sentence a, new sentence a, and new sentence b creates a third meaning, which is between the sentences. And Amaris, what's happening to us when we try to create a meaning? First of all, the writer didn't really mean, if it's an arbitrary juxtaposition, or semi-arbitrary. The writer didn't mean anything more than we mean. >> Say something about this. >> Well I think what you guys were talking, it can be neatly summed up by his line here, a line is the distance between. We can interpret that as the poetic line in which between is rather the goal, not just this arbitrary middle ground where we're lost and confused. But this idea that. >> Between-ness. >> The self, which we conventionally refer to in a George Elliot sense as this lyrical, unified thing is actually something that's created between writer and reader, so its not based on intention. So any search for intention is futile. >> So it's created between sentences about your own life. The self gets languaged. But it's true that the self gets languaged. We'll talk about that more when we talk about Hejinian, and at the same time, so it gets created, meaning gets created, the self gets created between and among new sentences, juxtaposed sentences, and the self gets created in the work that others do, readers. To figure out what this life signifies. That's, wow we could stop now. Because, I mean. [laugh] We won't. We'll go on a little longer. [laugh] But, this is, this just turns me on. I mean I'm so, so tired of the assumption that writing expresses the self and the world in a coherent, unified way. Bullshit, I say, it's not coherent. We made it coherent. History teaches that history teaches. Let's go, let's lift the hood on that car, on that vehicle and look under it. And I think that what Albany does is it makes us look under. Let's do, let's, before we do a closer reading of the first part of this prose poem, you said line by the way. Ron Silliman would, I probably prefer us to say sentence. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. Sentence is the unit of thought and the unit of poetic writing. The new sentence, which is a phrase that Ron Silliman used to describe this juxtaposed paratactic collage like, flow. Non syllogistic or neo syllogistic flow, of words. This is the unit of thought. And I think that, I think that it's pretty clear that Ron Silliman got that primarily, from Gertrude Stein and others. Okay. So, before we do a close reading of the beginning of it, can we, can you pick out arbitrarily any two sentences and let them, then we'll play with what we think the meaning, we'll do Max's little pen job on it. Okay? Anybody wanna pick one? This is scary, yeah, yeah, consecutive, this is scary. Consecutive in quotes. Right, because? >> One following the other, or any two sentences just? >> No, any two sentences that follow one another. I was playing with the word consecutive. >> Oh, okay. >> I was being annoying. >> They follow one another. >> Literally on the page. >> Oh, on the page, okay. Not in terms of meaning. >> I. >> Yes. >> I have one. >> Go ahead. >> Television unifies conversation. Died in action. >> Where is it? >> About a quarter of the way down. >> In the beginning? >> Quarter of the way down or so. >> Mm-hm. >> This one starts with the word form. >> Okay, so. >> Alright, I got it. >> So is it in the close, section we're going to do the close reading of? >> Its right, its like a couple after. >> Yeah lets pass and do it in the close reading. Sorry Dave. We'll get to it though. Any others? >> How about her friendships with women are different. Talking so much is oppressive. >> Okay, do the work. How far down? >> That's about a quarter of the way up the page from the bottom. >> Do the work. Put the two together. >> So talking so much is oppressive, if you consider that, with friendships are different with women maybe she's, the she, the unknown pronoun here, feels that women talk to much. >> Mm-hm, her friendships with women are different. We don't know who her is, right? Talking so much as oppressive could come from a different linguistic and vocabularistic world. But when we see them together, we make some, we draw some. So say again what you think it means. >> So the, ... >> The space between them. >> The she, this, her friendships with women are different, can bounce off talking so much as oppressive and that, that she thinks that women talk too much. And that her friendships are clattered with too much of these. So, the juxtaposition always creates, by definition, creates in the original sense of irony some kind of irony. Irony is a, is a difference. >> Mm-hm. >> Right? And that irony is everywhere in personal and political life. Let's come up with another example. Anybody? Who's got one? Amaris? >> The verb to be admits the assertion the body is a prison, a garden. >> Okay, where are you? >> It's at the very bottom of my page. >> So it's about halfway through the whole text? Okay, can you make some sense out of that? >> Maybe to be sort of implies a direction or a movement forward. And then he shifts it slightly with the second sentence in thinking of the body as a space that can either provide growth and freedom or incarceration. >> Uh-huh. >> So actually, tying it also back to Kristen's sentence, I read talking so much is oppressive as a general statement about how language sort of creates a pressure. >> Uh-huh. >> In a way that either silence or talking can be impressive. So bringing it back to this thinking again about the languaged body, how the way an assertion can create a pressure that can either be oppressive or liberating. >> Where is Ron Silliman as he grows up in Albany? We have many different times, right? Many different social valances. Molly, where do you, where, where generally do you, do you have a sense of Ron Silliman from this reminiscence of growing up and coming of age? >> I mean. I can see his, his sort of working class background, and then it seems later, how that turns into concern with political causes. >> What kind of causes? Conservative causes? Moderate causes? >> No, no pretty liberal. I mean we. >> To say the least. >> Sure. >> What are some, what are some issues? >> Prisons. >> Mm-hm. >> And unions and. >> Prisons. Unions. >> Women's rights, it seems. >> Women's rights implicitly yeah. >> Racism. >> Mm-hm. Civil rights. >> Civil rights. >> And anti-war. All at different times. Can anyone think this is probably more for me to do than for you. Because, you know, I live the history but. Can anyone think of some markers for time? We have some stuff happening in the 60s here. And we have some stuff happening in the 80's. Any, any 60's stuff that you see? >> The teach ins, the sit ins the late 60's ... >> Mh-hm, the, a teach in the 60's but there's a more specific reference. Rubin feared Mcleur would read ghost tantras at the teach in, Rubin is Jerry Rubin, weather underground guy, you know, or a yippie. And McClure is Michael McClure the poet. So Rubin who was like kind of a, not someone that Ron Silliman liked very much, was trying to be very autocratic in the way this teach-in operated. And McClure as a poet was trying to liberate it a little bit. And so there was a. There's some tension there. I mean this is all something you have to, you have to work at, to understand the history of it. Is there an '80s reference? >> Mondale's speech was drowned by cheers, jeers. >> Kristen Martin. Yeah, Mondale. >> Yeah. >> Right, Walter Mondale ran for president in 1980, uh-oh. >> Before my, my lifetime. >> Before your time. >> [laugh]. >> In 1984, he ran against Regan when Regan was running as, as an, incumbent the second time. And, and they're jeering Mondale. Why are they jeering Mondale? They must be Republicans. >> No? >> I have no idea. >> You have no idea. No, this is San Francisco. [laugh]. >> Word for this, that man. >> San Francisco voted for Mondale. I think it's like fifteen to one in 1984. Fifteen to one for Mondale, who got killed. >> By Reagan in the election. >> [laugh] >> Who, by a landslide. So, this is. >> Not literally. >> No, he wasn't killed. This was, this was literally, he got smushed. This was literally a landslide. They were jeering him from the left. >> You know. >> Yeah. >> In San Francisco, Mondale was not left enough and so there's that. So you get very different references. Now, let's go on the personal side. Right? You get Ron Silli-, you seem to get Ron Silliman's boyhood. What's his boyhood like? Happy. >> His father withheld child support. >> His father left the family, didn't provide support. Alright? His mother and the two boys, Cliff to whom the poem is dedicated and Ron, had to move in with her parents, including the racist grandfather. And is it turns out a very psychically unstable grandmother in a small space. So these, this is a family that becomes, or already was, working class in Albany. And so do we have any references to that and it's connection to the politics of the time? In this. >> Our home we were told near the end. >> Oh yeah. >> Our home we were told had been broken. But who were these people we lived with? And then the next sentence says, clubbed in the stomach, she miscarried. >> There were bayonets on campus. Cows in India. People shoplifting books. I just want to make it to lunchtime. Molly, can you do just a little close reading of some of those sentences. What do you get from that? Out of order, non sequitur. Some personal, some political. >> Sure. Well, I think the, the first, our home, we were told it had been broken is, is very personal, and refers to, almost sounds like it's coming from an expert, telling Ron that he comes from a broken home. >> And so he's sort of questioning his family relations. >> Yeah, what, what do people mean conventionally by broken home? It's a real condescending term, isn't it? >> Oh, not a stable, traditional husband and wife, you know. >> Yeah, mommy, daddy, kids two point three, car in garage, split level. >> Sure. >> American, and broken home is anything that's not that. So he's a little resentful about it, and he creates an irony out of it. Okay. Keep going though; anything else from there that moves you? >> Well, clubbed in the stomach, she miscarried. >> Clubbed by the grandfather? By anybody at home? >> Maybe, but I, I see club, I think police batons. >> Of course it's a protest, a demonstration. >> So. And then that. >> So we have a miscarriage which, you know, Silliman and collegues in the language with the mood don't want us to make big metaphors out of these things. There was a miscarriage. >> But, we can't help but see miscarry and think that all kinds of things are miscarriages here. >> Sure. >> But go on. You can say. >> And, and that ties directly to the bayonets on campus. >> Meaning, campus has been, is, because of the anti-war and, and possibly civil, civil rights protests. Berkeley, presumably right next to Albany, is a police state. So, one wants to make the connection between the feelings of the young. The young artist, the artist as a young boy, growing up in a working class family in a broken home. One wants to make the connection between the feelings of confinement and imprisonment there. And this world that he grew up in, in which people who are asking for rights, women get clubbed in the stomach and miscarry. Can't have children, can't have that child. I just want to make it to lunchtime. It's very powerful. You can write a straightforward memoir A to Z consecutive, in the realist style, and say, I just want to make it to lunchtime, and my eyes would pass right over the line. But you could do it this way and make me do the work. Max and his pen. Dave and Amaris talking about filling the space between the sentences with our own understanding, from our own lives, from our own struggles. Light struggles or heavy struggles. And then when you just want to make it, everyone of us knows one way or other, personally or politically, what a struggle it is to just to try to make it to lunchtime. That may, may not be an everyday thing. But we begin to identify one of the selves. Is something that is one of ourselves, whether they we're empowered or not. We're almost out of time, but, so what we'll do is I'll read the first bunch of sentences and we can just talk briefly about how they work in any way we like, okay. The first famous sentence is a fragment. If the function of writing is to express the world. My father withheld child support, forcing my mother to live with her parents. My brother and I to be raised together in a small room. Grandfather called them niggers. I can't afford an automobile. Far across the calm bay stood a complex of long yellow buildings, a prison. A line is the distance between. They circled the seafood restaurant, singing we shall not be moved. My turn to cook. It was hard to adjust my sleeping to those hours when the sun was up. The event was nothing like their report of it. How concerned was I over her failure to have orgasms? Mondale's speech was drowned by jeers. Yea wretched. >> She introduces herself as a rape survivor. Yet his best friend was Hispanic. I decided not to escape to Canada. Dave, you're smiling. Can you say something about this cluster? >> I love how it emulates the chaos of, of life and memory. It's not A follows, A goes to B, goes to C, goes to D. It's like alphabet soup. We have to look at it and make our own meaning and that's just how life happens. We don't know what's going on, when we're living in it. It just happens. >> Nicely put. And while I'm asking Max for his impressions, will you grab that big, big book from the. >> [laugh]. >> From behind me so I can show it. Max. >> The first sentence, it just functions as such a, well, functions. Fir, first sentence functions as such a perfect sort of thesis for this piece. I think it's, eh, it, he truncates it right up the, right where we expect the then cause to come in. So we sort of are already filling in the 'then', and so we either, we wind up asking ourselves, are all these sentences, these sort of arbitrarily arranged sentences, are these all the thens, is this some sort of catalog of, of thens. Is the whole thing. >> Right. >> You know, what happens when you try to express the world or. >> Mm-hm. Good. >> It, it's, it works perfectly. >> Great. Molly, thought? >> Yeah, I mean, I think that's perfect and, and I love the way it, it's sort of circular, the way memory works. The same themes come up again and again, but not necessarily in order or in a, a sensical way. >> Emily have you a thought on this? >> I was also struck by the, the first sentence but maybe in a different way. Is that, that dependent clause never does come, and to some extent I saw the following sentences not as filling in the then clause, but sort of this repetitive rejection of possibility of a then clause, of a dependent sort of syntactical relationship. >> Amaris? >> Actually, talking about the first line as well. I think the absence of that then clause is filled in by the absence of the father, so it kind of demonstrates in that personal way, why a then clause wouldn't make sense. >> You want broken home? You want, you want broken home? You want broken? I'll give you broken. Right. If the function of writing is to express the world, what a gosh darn world it is, so I don't think so. You want fragment? You want life as it's really being lived by a real American? >> This is what you're gonna get. This is what I'm thinking, right? The personal is the political. Show and tell the, so somebody said alphabet, did somebody said alphabet? >> Alphabet soup. >> Alphabet soup. >> [laugh]. So this is, this is, this is what's called sometimes the epic of everyday life that Ron Silliman has written, the alphabet. And the first, although not first written but the first piece is Albany. And there's a piece, 26 pieces and it took him 25 years to write this. And it really is 1000+ new pages of new sentences. So that Albany becomes, in a way, the first thing you see, in the portrait of the artist as a broken, a, an artist, a young man raised in a broken home, alright. And then it goes on and on and on. And also, while we're doing show and tell, there's, under Albany, which is a book length, not explication, but a kind of spelling out of the associations of this one poem, so. Alright, so I'm gonna ask for a final word from Kristen if you would like it. It's all yours. No pressure. >> I find this pleasurable to read in that I get to participate in it and I get to figure out what the paradox is. How it works, how the sentences play together and as Max was saying, how to find, draw my lines and find that circular motion and so. >> And in doing so, the language posts will break the old equivalents of the authorship and authority. They are interested in sharing the authority of meaning making.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1105
__label__cc	0.675196	0.324804	The European Society for Pediatric Nephrology (ESPN) was funded in 1967 and this represented a true milestone for Pediatric Nephrology in Europe. Presently about 2,000 doctors are estimated to be involved at different extent in the care of children with renal disease all over Europe, working in interactive communication through personal contacts and groups with peculiar activities. This process is highly facilitated by the annual ESPN Congress, which has more than 500 attendees and the ESPN network which has been recently greatly expanded. One third of the whole group of European Pediatric Nephrologists works in to 200 specialized centers in tertiary care hospitals, while about two thirds work in secondary pediatric care and have developed a particular interest and skill in the most frequent renal diseases. Pediatric Nephrology has experts in each European Country. Paediatric Nephrology in Europe - Fifty years of Hope In 1967, 36 paediatric nephrologists from 22 countries gathered in Glasgow, Scotland to share outcomes, innovations and to collaborate to fight kidney diseases in children. Today, there are over 1500 paediatric nephrologists in Europe. 2017 was the 50th anniversary of that first meeting of the ESPN. Paediatric nephrology friends and colleagues came together again in Glasgow. Our community celebrated its tremendous scientific advances and human journey by creating an oral video archive from our early pioneers. Thank you to everyone who contributed. The full archive is available to view on: www.youtube.com/c/ESPNhistory A report of its creation has been published: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-315308 The oral history archive is not closed, we welcome further videos of our early pioneers. Contact yincent1@gmail.com to contribute. ESPN 2011 Dubrovnik, Croatia President of Congress: Dr. Danica BATINIC (Croatia) President of Scientific Committee: Dr. Yaacov FRISHBERG (Israel) ESPN 2012 Krakow , Poland President of Congress: Dr. Jacek A. PIETRZYK (Poland) President of Scientific Committee: Dr. Francesco EMMA (Italy) ESPN 2014 Porto , Portugal President of Congress: Dr. Alberto Afonso CALDAS (Portugal) President of Scientific Committee: Dr. Ryszard GRENDA (Poland) ESPN 2015 Brussels , Belgium President of Congress: Dr. Johan Vande Walle (Belgium) President of Scientific Committee: Dr. Elena Levtchenko (Belgium) ESPN 2017 Glasgow, Scotland President of Congress: Dr. Heather Maxwell (Scotland) President of Scientific Committee: Dr. Richard Coward (United Kingdom)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1107
__label__wiki	0.770935	0.770935	1 Actor/Actress / 4 Musician / N by Manila · March 26, 2016 Navarro in 2010, photo by Prphotos Birth Name: David Michael Navarro Place of Birth: Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States father – Mexican [Spanish, some African, possibly other] mother – English, German, remote Welsh Dave Navarro is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, presenter, and actor. He is known as the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction and as the former guitarist of the alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Other members of the latter band include/have included Flea, John Frusciante, Anthony Kiedis, Josh Klinghoffer, and Chad Smith. Dave’s father, Jaime Raul, also known as James Raul, “Mike” Navarro, is of Mexican descent. Dave’s mother, Constance Colleen “Connie” (Hopkins), was murdered along with her friend, Susan Constance “Sue” (Marshall) Jory, by her former boyfriend, John Riccardi, on March 4, 1983. Dave’s paternal grandfather was Gabriel Navarro Celis (the son of Valente Navarro Alcaraz and María Trinidad “Tina” Celis Peña). Gabriel was a Mexican emigrant, from Talpa de Allende, Jalisco. Valente was the son of José Dolores Navarro and Prudencia Alcaraz. Trinidad was the daughter of Ignacio Celis Rubio and Manuela Peña González. Dave’s paternal grandmother was María Flores Vega (also known as Clara María Flores Vega, the daughter of José Francisco Ricardo de Jesús Flores Herrera and Juana “Juanita” Vega Oropesa, also known as María Juana Vega Oropesa or Juana Vega Escarano). Dave’s grandmother María was a Mexican emigrant, from Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Francisco was the son of Epifanio Flores Méndez and María del Refugio Herrera Aguirre. Juana was the daughter of Esteban Vega Vega/Vega Carrasco/Vega Bustillos and Micaela Oropesa Jáquez/Escarano Jáquez. Dave’s maternal grandfather was Robert Francis Hopkins (the son of Leonard Davis Hopkins and Emily Rose Jean “Emma” Potthoff). Robert was born in Iowa. Leonard was the son of William David Hopkins and Mary Dietz. Emily was the daughter of German emigrants, Heinrich Johannes “Henry John” Potthoff, of Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, and Maria Jacobina “Mary” Kuttler, of Ibbenbüren, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dave’s maternal grandmother was Virginia Harford (the daughter of Roy Adelbert Harford and Agnes Matie Boley). Virginia was born in Michigan. Roy was the son of Adelbert Harford and Kittie Maude Miner. Agnes was the daughter of Horace J. Boley and Elta Adeline Barron. Dave’s matrilineal ancestry can be traced back to his fifth great-grandmother, Eliza Lewis. Sources: Marriage record of Dave’s parents – https://familysearch.org Obituary of Dave’s paternal half-uncle – http://santamariatimes.com Marriage record of Dave’s paternal grandparents, Gabriel Navarro Celis and Clara María Flores Vega – https://familysearch.org Death record of Dave’s paternal grandfather, Gabriel Navarro Celis – https://familysearch.org Marriage records of Dave’s paternal great-grandparents, Valente Navarro Alcaraz and María Trinidad Celis Peña – https://familysearch.org https://familysearch.org Baptismal record of Dave’s paternal great-grandmother, María Trinidad Celis Peña – https://familysearch.org Birth record of Dave’s paternal grandmother, María Flores Vega – https://familysearch.org Marriage record of Dave’s paternal great-grandparents, José Francisco Ricardo de Jesús Flores Herrera and Juana Vega Escarano – https://familysearch.org Birth record of Dave’s paternal great-grandfather, José Francisco Ricardo de Jesús Flores Herrera – https://familysearch.org Birth record of Dave’s paternal great-grandmother, María Juana Vega Oropesa – https://familysearch.org Baptismal record of Dave’s paternal great-grandmother, María Juana Vega Oropesa – https://familysearch.org Death record of Dave’s mother – https://familysearch.org Birth record of Dave’s maternal grandfather, Robert Francis Hopkins – https://familysearch.org Birth record of Dave’s maternal great-grandfather, Leonard Davis Hopkins – https://familysearch.org Birth record of Dave’s maternal great-grandmother, Emily Rose Jean Potthoff – https://familysearch.org Dave’s maternal grandmother, Virginia Agnes Harford, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org Marriage record of Dave’s maternal great-grandparents, Roy Adelbert Harford and Agnes Matie Boley – https://familysearch.org Tags: AfricanAfrican-MexicanEnglishGermanMexicanSpanishSpanish-MexicanWelsh neiltennant says: looks like a — he looks like CHRIS ANGEL Gurrl says: “Spanish, some African” are you sure his Mexican side is not Mestizo? He has that look. memphis says: Many Mexican DNA studies, many posted on YouTube, almost always showing degrees of African ancestry be it North or SSA…from 1% to 11%. The region known as Costa Chicago has the most African ancestry going back to Spanish colonization. Rip says: He undoubtedly must have Native influence since the African component is fairly small compared to the Native and European elements. Even many in the Afro-Mexican minority often have more Native or European ancestry than African. phaedra says: Unless he tans himself, he looks more like his Mexican side. Manila says: Please, link Carmen Electra. Marcus Schenkenberg dlxzvs on Virgil van Dijk	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1110
__label__wiki	0.91488	0.91488	Wiedeking's future is in the balance Wiedeking: VW fusion 'not a marriage made in heaven.' MUNICH -- Porsche's plan to merge with Volkswagen has intensifed a power struggle that could see the spectacular fall of the sports car maker's CEO Wendelin Wiedeking. The German press says that Wiedeking faces his Götterdämmerung after his plan for Porsche to take control of Volkswagen, a company 15 times Porsche's size, was abandoned. Laden with debts of 9 billion euros ($11.99 billion) from its acquisition of 51 percent of VW shares, Porsche Automobil Holding on Wednesday halted its original plan to seize control of VW, which is Europe's largest automaker, by raising its stake to 75 percent. Instead the Porsche-Piech clan, which controls Porsche, wants to merge their Stuttgart-based sports car business with VW under a new holding company. Porsche would become the 10th brand in VW group alongside units such as Scania trucks, Skoda, Seat, Bentley and Lamborghini. Winterkorn favorite It's not clear who will run the new company. German press reports say VW group CEO Martin Winterkorn, 62, is favorite because Wiedeking has made too many enemies with his outspoken attacks on the way VW is run. “Wiedeking has broken too much china,” said Stefan Bratzel, head of the Centre of Automotive Research at the University of Applied Sciences in Bergish-Gladbach, Germany. Winterkorn also is a protege of VW Chairman Ferdinand Piech, who wants Wiedeking and Porsche's Chief Finance Officer Holger Haerter to be fired for amassing huge debts at Porsche, according to German media reports. Wiedeking admits that a merger with VW is not what he hoped for. “It's not a marriage made in heaven, more a marriage of convenience,” Wiedeking told Porsche's 3,000 employees in Stuttgart on Thursday. When Porsche first began building up its stake in VW in 2005, Wiedeking upset Wolfsburg's powerful trade unions by calling for “sacred cows” to be slaughtered. He challenged VW's labor agreement that pays the company's German workers above the industry average and called for the abolition of the so-called VW Law. The law gives the north German state of Lower Saxony where VW is based a blocking minority on strategic decisions because it has a 20 percent stake in VW. Wiedeking also upset Piech by criticizing as cars, which the VW patriarch had championed, such as the Bugatti Veyron and VW Phaeton. Until the extent of Porsche's debts became clear in recent weeks, Wiedeking, 56, had seemed untouchable. He was praised as one of the auto industry's brightest stars after turning Porsche from a bankruptcy candidate into the world's most profitable carmaker. His salary of 80 million euros last year made him Germany's highest paid boss. Wiedeking loses key ally Now some of Wiedeking's staunchest supporters are distancing themselves from him. Porsche's labor boss Uwe Hueck was previously a key ally of Wiedeking's in challenging VW's trade union leaders and the VW Law. Hueck now says he wants a similar law at Porsche to protect its workers.. “I am concentrating on the workforce, the bosses are secondary,” Hueck said. Porsche's workers are disillusioned. “Porsche is finished. We're VW now,” one worker told reporters at the factory gates. Lower Saxony and VW labor leaders have threatened to block a VW-Porsche merger unless they win key concessions. Lower Saxony Premier Christian Wulff insisted on maintaining the state's blocking minority stake, two seats on the supervisory board, and a veto on plant closures. He added that a merger was by no means a done deal. VW's employee leaders said labor should continue to have a major say in how the new company is run. Porsche will struggle to dictate terms of how the new company will look, analysts and bankers close to the deal say. "Volkswagen and Lower Saxony are now in the driver's seat," Credit Suisse analyst Arndt Ellinghorst said on Thursday. "Porsche needs VW's cash, and VW doesn't need Porsche's debt." Reuters, dpa contributed Porsche stops VW takeover, now seeks merger	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1111
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__label__wiki	0.665253	0.665253	Uniformity And Variability: An Essay in the Philosophy of Matter by Manuel De Landa Original Title: MANUEL de LANDA, Uniformity and Variability Uploaded by Mara Ki saveSave MANUEL de LANDA, Uniformity and Variability For Later Rules for the Classification of Ships, Pt. 2, Amendments No. 1, 2014 Rice the Localization of Plastic Deformation Effect of Increasing Post Weld Heat Treatment Gichuru R W - Use of Crumb Rubber in Concrete Mechanical Properties_p2 (1) +++Lameiras_et_al_CemConComp_2015 Trol Rbulnes ATENA_presentation.pptx 379ÀÌÁ¤ÈÆ Asnt Modules Aero Msen645 f17 Syllabus 2001 Defectdamage tolerance of pressurized biber composite shells.pdf 材導第五次習題(Chap. 7)1040413 Crpe Questions (1) Mechanism of Metal Cutting.ppt Cyclic Deformation and Phase Transformation of 6Mo Stainless Steel 04218353_pv docslide.net_an-analysis-of-the-causes-of-a-bwe-counterweight-boom-support-fracture.pdf Fracture Intro 9 Pics NoLogo Cimentaciones Profundas-pilotes theory Zero News Datapool, MANUEL DE LANDA, Uniformity and Variability http://www.t0.or.at/delanda/matterdl.htm UNIFORMITY and VARIABILITY An Essay in the Philosophy of Matter by Manuel De Landa. Uniformity and Variability:. The development of the science and engineering of materials in this century has many aspects which promise to enrich the conceptual reservoir of the philosopher of matter. In this essay I would like to explore a few of the philosophical issues raised by new developments in materials science, particularly the new awareness of the importance of studying the behaviour of matter in its full complexity. This awareness has, in turn, resulted in part from the creation and experimentation with materials which involve a heterogenous meshwork of components, such as fiberglass and other composites, as opposed to the simpler and more predictable behaviour of uniform, homogeneous materials such as industrial-quality steel. Cyril Stanley Smith, a metallurgist and an expert in the history of materials, has explored the development of the philosophy of matter in the West, from the ancient Greeks to the present day, and has concluded that for the most part, the study of the complexity and variability of behaviour of materials has always been the concern of empirically oriented craftmen or engineers, not of philosophers or scientists. In his own words: "Through most of history, matter has been a concern of metaphysics more than physics, and materials of neither. Classical physics at its best turned matter into mass, while chemistry discovered the atom and lost interest in properties...[In both metaphysical speculation and scientific research] sensitivity to the wonderful diversity of real materials was lost, at first because philosophical thought despised the senses, later because the . . . the new science could only deal with one thing at a time. It was atomistic, or at least, simplistic, in its very essence." {1} This author claims that by the time Greek philosophers like Democritus or Aristotle developed their philosophies of matter, practically everything about the behaviour of metals and alloys that could be explored with pre-industrial technology, was already known to craftmen and blacksmiths. For at least a thousand years before philosophers began their speculations, this knowledge was developed on a purely empirical basis, through a direct interaction with the complex behaviour of 1 of 9 16/11/2011 2:16 materials. Indeed, the early philosophies of matter may have been derived from observation and conversation with those "whose eyes had seen and whose fingers had felt the intricacies of the behaviour of materials during thermal processing or as they were shaped by chipping, cutting or plastic deformation." {2} For instance, Aristotleis famous four elements, fire, earth, water and air, may be said to reflect a sensual awareness of what today we know as energy and the three main states of aggregation of matter, the solid, liquid and gas states. As metaphysical speculation gave special meanings to these four elementary qualities, their original physical meaning was lost, and the variability and complexity of real materials was replaced with the uniform behaviour of a philosophically simplified matter about which one could only speculate symbolically. It is true that sixteen-century alchemists recovered a certain respect for a direct interaction with matter and energy, and that seventeen-century Cartesian philosophers intensely speculated about the variable properties of different ways of aggregating material components. But these early attempts at capturing the complexity of physical transmutations and of the effect of physical structure on the complex properties of materials, eventually lost to the emergent science of chemistry, and its almost total concentration on simple behaviour: that of individual components (such as Lavoisieris oxygen) or of substances that conform to the law of definite proportions (as in Daltonis atomic theory). There was, as Cyril Stanley Smith observes, an "immense gain" in these simplifications, since the exact sciences could not have developed without them, but the triumph of chemistry was accompanied by a "not insignificant loss". In particular, the complete concentration of analysis at the level of molecules caused an almost total disregard for higher levels of aggregation in solids, but it is there where most complex properties of interest to todayis material scientist occurr. {3} As it is usual in the history of science, there were several exceptions. Galileo studied the strenght of materials in the sixteen-century, and in the seventeenth while Newton was reducing the variability of material behaviour to questions of mass, his arch-enemy Robert Hooke was developing the first theory of elasticity. As materials scientist James Edward Gordon has remarked, "unlike Newton, Hooke was intensely interested in what went on in kitchens, dockyards, and buildings -the mundane mechanical arenas of life...Nor did Hooke despised craftmen, and he probably got the inspiration for at least some of his ideas from his friend the great London clockmaker Thomas Tompion...". {4} Despite the imporatnt exceptions, I believe it is fair to say that, at least in England, much more prestige was attached to scientific fields that were not concerned with these mundane mechanical arenas where materials displayed their full complex behaviour. This may be one reason why conceptual advances in the study of materials, such as the key conceptual distinction between stress and strain (one refering to the forces acting on a material structure, the other to the behaviour of the structure in response to those forces), were made in France where applied science was encouraged both officially and socially. {5} James Gordon has called the study of the strenght of materials the Cinderella of science, partly because much of the knowledge was developed by craftmen, metallurgists and engineers (that is the flow of ideas often ran from the applied to the pure fields), and partly because by its very nature, the study of materials involved an interaction between many scientific disciplines, an interdisciplinary approach which ran counter to the more prestigious tradition of "pure" specialization. {6} Today, of course, the interdisciplinary study of complexity, not only in materials but in many other areas of science, from physics and ecology to economics, is finally taking its place at the cutting-edge of scientific research. We are begining to understand that any complex system, whether composed of interacting molecules, organic creatures or economic agents, is capable of spontaneoulsy generating order and of actively organizing itself into new structures and forms. It is precisely this ability of matter and energy to self-organize that is of greatest significance to the philosopher. Let me illustrate this with an example from materials science. Long ago, practical metallurgists understood that a given piece of metal can be made to change its behaviour, from ductile and tough to strong and brittle, by hammering it while cold. The opposite transmutation, from hard to ductile, could also be achieved by heating the piece of metal again and then allowing it to cool down slowly (that is, by annealing it). Yet, although blacksmiths knew empirically how to cause these metamorphoses, it was not until a few decades ago that scientists understood its actual microscopic mechanism. As it turns out, explaining the physical basis of ductility involved a radical conceptual change: scientists had to stop viewing metals in static terms, that is, as deriving their strenghth in a simple way from the chemical bonds between their composing atoms, and begin seeing them as dynamical systems. In particular, the real cause of brittleness in rigid materials, and the reason why ductile ones can resist being broken, has to do with the complex dynamics of spreading cracks. A crack or fracture needs energy to spread through a piece of material and so any mechanism that takes away energy from the crack will make the material tough. In metals, the mechanism seems to be based on certain defects or imperfections within the component crystals called dislocations. Dislocations not only trap energy locally but moreover, are highly mobile and may be brought into existance in large quantities by the very concentrations of stress which tend to break a piece of material. Roughly, if populations of these line defects are free to move in a material they will endow it with the capacity to yield locally without breaking, that is, they will make the material tough. On the other hand, restricted movement of dislocations will result in a stronger but more brittle material. {7} Both of these properties may be desirable for different tools, and even within one and the same tool: in a sword or knife, for instance, the body must be tough while the cutting edge must be strong. W hat matters from the philosophical point of view is precisely that toughness or strength are emergent properties of a metallic material that result from the complex dynamical behaviour of some of its components. An even deeper philosophical insight is related to the fact that the dynamics of populations of dislocations are very closely related to the population dynamics of very different entities, such as molecules in a rhythmic chemical reaction, termites in a nest-building colony, and perhaps even human agents in a market. In other words, despite the great difference in the nature and behaviour of the components, a given population of interacting entities will tend to display similar collective behaviour as long as there is some feedback in the interactions between components (that is, the interactions must be nonlinear) and as long as there is an intense enough flow of energy rushing through the system (that is, the population in question must operate far from thermodynamic equilibrium). As I will argue in a moment, the idea that many different material and energetic systems may have a common source of spontaneous order is now playing a key role in the development of a new philosophy of matter. But for materials scientists this commonality of behaviour is of direct practical significance since it means that as they begin to confront increasingly more complex material properties, they can make use of tools coming from nonlinear dynamics and nonequilibrium thermodynamics, tools that may have been developed to deal with completly different problems. In the words of one author: ". . . during the last years the whole field of materials science and related technologies has experienced a complete renewal. Effectively, by using techniques corresponding to strong nonequilibrium conditions, it is now possible to escape from the constraints of equilibrium thermodynamics and to process totally new material structures including different types of glasses, nano- and quasicrystals, superlaticces . . . As materials with increased resistance to fatigue and fracture are sought for actual applications, a fundamental understanding of the collective behaviour of dislocations and point defects is highly desirable. Since the usual thermodynamic and mechanical concepts are not adapted to describe those situations, progress in this direction should be related to the explicit use of genuine nonequilibrium techniques, nonlinear dynamics and instability theory". {8} Thus, to the extent that the self-organizing behaviour of populations of dislocations within ductile metals is basically similar to the spontaneous collective behaviour in other populations, tools and concepts developed in very different disciplines may apply across the board, and this may help legitimize the intrinsic interdisciplinary approach of materials science. As I just said, however, the common behaviour of different collectivities in nonlinear, nonequilibrium conditions is of even greater importance to the philosopher of matter. This is very clear in the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari who are perhaps the most radical contemporary representatives of this branch of philosophy. Inspired in part by some early versions of complexity theory (e.g. Rene Thomis catastrophe theory, and the theories of technology of Gilbert Simondon) these authors arrived at the idea that all structures, whether natural or social, are indeed different expressions of a single matter-energy behaving dynamically, that is, matter-energy in flux, to which they have given the name of "machinic phylum". In their words: ". . .the machinic phylum is materiality, natural or artificial, and both simultaneoulsy; it is matter in movement, in flux, in variation. . ." {9} The term "phylum" is used in biology to refer to the common body-plan of many different creatures. Human beings, for example, belong to the phylum "chordata", as do all other vertebrate animals. The basic idea is that of a common source of form, a body-plan which through different foldings and stretchings during embryological development, is capable of generating a wide variety of specific forms, from snakes, to giraffes to humans. Deleuze and Guattari, aware that nonlinear population processes are common not only to animals and plants but to metals and other inorganic materials, have extended this meaning to refer to a common source of spontaneoulsy generated form across all material entities. I began this essay by quoting the opinion of a metallurgist, Cyril Stanley Smith, on the historical importance of sensually aquired knowledge about the complex behaviour of metals and other materials. And indeed, in Deleuze and Guattariis philosophy of matter, metallurgists play an important role: ". . . what metal and metallurgy bring to light is a life proper to matter, a vital state of matter as such, a material vitalism that doubtless exists everywhere but is ordinarly hidden or covered, rendered unrecognizable . . . Metallurgy is the consciousness or thought of the matter-flow, and metal the correlate of this consciousness. As expressed in panmetallism, metal is coextensive to the whole of matter, and the whole of matter to metallurgy. Even the waters, the grasses and varieties of wood, the animals are populated by salts or mineral elements. Not everything is metal, but metal is everywhere. . . The machinic phylum is metallurgical, or at least has a metallic head, as its itinerant probe-head or guidance device." {9} One aspect of the definition of the machinic phylum is of special interest to our discussion of contemporary materials science. Not only is the phylum defined in dynamic terms (that is, as matter in motion) but also as "matter in continuous variation". Indeed, these philosophers define the term "machinic" precisely as the process through which structures can be created by bringing together heterogenous materials, that is, by articulating the diverse as such, without homogenization. In other words, the emphasis here is not only on the spontaneous generation of form, but on the fact that this morphogenetic potential is best expressed not by the simple and uniform behaviour of materials, but by their complex and variable behaviour. In this sense, contemporary industrial metals, such as mild steel, may not be the best illustration of this new philosophical conception of matter. W hile naturally ocurring metals contain all kinds of impurities that change their mechanical behaviour in different ways, steel and other industrial metals have undergone in the last two hundred years an intense process of uniformation and homogenization in both their chemical composition and their physical structure. The rationale behind this process was partly based on questions of reliability and quality control, but it had also a social component: both human workers and the materials they used needed to be disciplined and their behaviour made predictable. Only then the full efficiencies and economies of scale of mass production techniques could be realized. But this homogenization also affected the engineers that designed structures using this well disciplined materials. In the words of James E. Gordon: "The widespread use of steel for so many purposes in the modern world is only partly due to technical causes. Steel, especially mild steel, might euphemistically be described as a material that facilitates the dilution of skills. . . Manufacturing processes can be broken down into many separate stages, each requiring a minimum of skill or intelligence. . . At a higher mental level, the design process becomes a good deal easier and more foolproof by the use of a ductile, isotropic, and practically uniform material with which there is already a great deal of accumulated experience. The design of many components, such as gear wheels, can be reduced to a routine that can be looked up in handbooks." {10} Gordon sees in the spread of the use of steel in the late nineteen- and early twenty centuries, a double danger for the creativity of structural designers. The first danger is the idea that a single, universal material is good for all different kinds of structure, some of which may be supporting loads in compression, some in tension, some withstanding shear stresses and others torsional stresses. But as Gordon points out, given that the roles which a structure may play can be highly heterogenous, the repertoir of materials that a designer uses should reflect this complexity. On the other hand, he points out that, much as in the case of biological materials like bone, new designs may involve structures with properties that are in continuous variation, with some portions of the structure better able to deal with compression while others deal with tension. Intrinsically heterogenous materials, such as fiberglass and the newer hi-tech composites, afford designers this possibility. As Gordon says, "it is scarcely practicable to tabulate elaborate sets of "typical mechanical properties" for the new composites. In theory, the whole point of such materials is that, unlike metals, they do not have "typical properties, because the material is designed to suit not only each individual structure, but each place in that structure." {11} I do not mean to imply that there are no legitimate roles to be played by homogenous materials with simple and predictable behaviour, such as bearing loads in compression. And similarly for the institutional and economic arrangements that were behind the quest for uniformity: the economies of scale achieved by routinizing production and some design tasks, were certainly very significant. As with the already mentioned homogenizations performed by scientists in their conceptions of matter, there were undoubtedly some gains. The question is, what got lost in the process. I can think of several things. First, the nineteenth century process of transfering skills from the human worker to the machine, and the task of homogenizing metallic behaviour went hand in hand. As Cyril Stanley Smith remarks "The craftman can compensate for differences in the qualities of his material, for he can adjust the precise strength and pattern of application of his tools to the materialis local vagaries. Conversely, the constant motion of a machine requires constant materials." {12} If its is true as I said at the beggining of this essay that much of the knowledge about the complex behaviour of materials was developed outside science by empirically oriented individuals, the deskilling of craftmen that accompanied mechanization may be seen as involving a loss of at least part of that knowledge, since in many cases empirical know-how is stored in the form of skills. Second, as I just said, not only the production process was routinized this way, so was to a lesser extent the design process. Many professionals who design load-bearing structures lost their ability to design with materials that are not isotropic, that is, that do not have identical properties in all directions. But it is precisely those abilities to deal with complex, continuously variable bahaviour that are now needed to design structures with the new composites. Hence, we may need to nurture again our ability to deal with variation as a creative force, and to think of structures that incorporate heterogenous elements as a challenge to be met by innovative design. Third, the quest for uniformity in human and metallic behaviour went beyond the specific disciplinary devices used in assembly-line factories. Many other things became homogenized in the last few centuries. To give only two examples: the genetic materials of our farm animals and crops have become much more uniform, at first due to the spread of the "pedigree mystique", and later in this century, by the development and diffusion of miracle crops, like hybrid corn. Our linguistic materials also became more uniform as the meshworks of heterogenous dialects which existed in most countries began to yield to the spread of standard languages, through compulsory education systems and the effects mass media. As before, the question is not whether we achieved some efficiencies through genetic and linguisitic standarization. We did. The problem is that in the process we came to view heterogeneity and variation as something to be avoided, as something pathological to be cured or uprooted since it endangered the unity of the nation state. Finally, as Deleuze and Guattari point out, the nineteen-century quest for uniformity may had had damaging effects for the philosophy of matter by making the machinic phylum effectively unrecognizable. As the behaviour of metals and other mineral materials became routine, and hence, unremarkable, philosophical attention became redirected to the more interesting behaviour of living creatures, as in early twenty-century forms of vitalism, and later on, to the behaviour of symbols, discourses and texts, in which any consideration of material or energetic factors was completly lost. Today, thanks in part to the new theories of self-organization that have revealed the potential complexity of behaviour of even the humbler forms of matter-energy, we are begining to recover a certain philosophical respect for the inherent morphogenetic potential of all materials. And we may now be in a position to think about the origin of form and structure, not as something imposed from the outside on an inert matter, not as a hierarchical command from above as in an assembly line, but as something that may come from within the materials, a form that we tease out of those materials as we allow them to have their say in the structures we create. References: 1) Cyril Stanley Smith. Matter Versus Materials: A Historical View. In A Search for Structure. (MIT Press, 1992). p. 115 2) ibid. p.115 3) ibid. p. 120 and 121 4) James Edward Gordon. The Science of Structures and Materials. (Scientific American Library, 1988). p. 18 5) ibid. p. 21 and 22 6) ibid p. 3 7) ibid. p. 111 8) D. Walgraef. Pattern Selection and Symmetry Competition in Materials Instabilities. In New Trends in Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern-Forming Phenomena. Pierre Coullet and Patrick Huerre eds. (Plenum Press 1990). p. 26 9) Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. A Thousand Plateaus. 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This is not a criticism - on the contrary, I agree with Guy Kawasaki and Seth Godin that a presentation should not necessarily be comprehensible without the spoken word. harprits10 Kim Whitney , Chief Air Force Fellowship at Royal Australian Air Force at Royal Australian Air Force toniglez ibox2000 , Consultant Rhonda Lowry 1. You are (Mostly) Here Digital Space & The Context Problem Andrew Hinton / inkblurt.com 1 Thanks for coming. This talk is about context, and how it’s been disrupted by what I’m calling here “digital space.” But ﬁrst, let me tell you about an amazing thing they’re going to be doing in Vegas. (This is an updated version of the talk I did for IDEA 2008 in Chicago -- there is some new/ tweaked content. Just FYI for those of you looking at this online.) 2. Vegas Everyone you know Your address Camera Transcription book 2 As you know, Las Vegas is America’s playground for grownups. It turns out that Las Vegas has had a dip in tourism, and they’re wanting to enhance their service model. It’s planning to surprise its visitors with a whole new, fun and social program. First, they’re going to watch you as you spend money in Vegas. >> via the security cameras that are already there. >> and they’ll also transcribe everything you spend money on -- keep a nice, line-by-line record of everything that you do in the city. Products you buy ... shows you see ... services you acquire. Oh, but it gets better ... I mean, this service is awesome you’re gonna love it. >> They then go into your hotel room and look at your address book -- and the copy down all the contact information for everyone you know, because of course all these people are your close friends. And ... >> They send a notice to everyone you know, each time you spend money on something in Vegas. That’s a great service, right? I mean ... right? Who wouldn’t want that? Well, of course, you wouldn’t. 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But unlike Vegas, where it would’ve taken a major expense and a lot of physical work to create the infrastructure, not to mention a radical overhaul of Nevada privacy laws, there was relatively little inertia in the way for Facebook to implement this so-called “feature.” All they had to do was add some code, and turn it on. So what was the outcome? >>It caused a huge user revolt and a lot of controversy. Why? Because the nice people at Facebook didn’t comprehend a lot of things about their user base. They made a lot of assumptions about their users’ context. 4. “Friend?” 4 For one thing, Facebook took great liberties with what the word “Friend” means. And people recoiled in horror -- because this lumbering creature had invaded their privacy, connected things that many users didn’t want connected. If you’ve seen Frankenstein, you know this scene doesn’t end well... Here’s another story ... 5. Language Context 5 This is a urinal. It’s also probably the most inﬂuential work of art in the 20th century. To be exact, it’s a urinal that Marcel Duchamp submitted to an art show in 1917. He didn’t just submit it, though. He scrawled R. Mutt, 1917 on the side, like an artist’s signature, called it “Fountain” stuck it on a pedestal, and then submitted it. It was a splendid act of Dada. But it ended up being more than merely a joke. >>By labeling it, >>and putting it in a dierent context, Duchamp changed the frame of reference for the object. It was a challenge against everything that had come before: every cultural assumption or taboo. It eventually aected how people thought about art, high and low culture, everything. Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Duchamp_Fountaine.jpg 6. 6 These issues of language and context can have history-changing eects. Here’s a graphic that was on boingboing.net not long ago: Notice the grainy satellite photo. The labels say there’s a decontamination vehicle, a security post, and a large Chemical Munitions bunker. That’s enough to convince anybody that there’s trouble afoot. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/12/errol-morris-on-phot.html 7. 7 But the real trouble that’s afoot is the language. This can just as easily be a delivery truck, an SUV, and an IHOP. ---- http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/12/errol-morris-on-phot.html 8. The trolley conundrum. 90% Say “Yeah, I’d pull the lever.” 8 This is the trolley conundrum. Imagine there’s a trolley, and it’s going pretty fast, but its brakes are out. And it’s racing down the tracks. You happen to be standing there by the tracks, and you can see that the trolley is hurtling toward a fork in the track. On one side of the fork, there’s someone lying on the track, unconscious. On the other side of the fork, there are FIVE people lying on the track, unconscious. Why they’re unconscious, we don’t know. Maybe there was a rave last night in the train yard. Regardless, not only are you witness to this impending catastrophe -- you also happen to be the only person within reach of a lever that happens to control which way the trolley will go in the fork. Right now, it’s set to go down the side that will surely kill ﬁve innocent, unconscious ravers. If you pull the lever, you’ll save those ﬁve people, but kill one. Do you pull the lever? In experiments where a huge sample of people were asked this question, Nine out of Ten said: Yes... I’d pull the lever. Fascinating. ... But that’s not all! http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/%7Ejgreene/ http://mindfulhack.blogspot.com/2008/06/evolutionary-psychology-would-you-shove.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/31/health/psychology/31book.html (First proposed in Phillipa Foot in 1967, a paper called “Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Eect”) http://people.howstuworks.com/trolley-problem.htm 9. The trolley conundrum, Part Deux. 90% Say “No, I couldn’t push him to his death.” 9 There’s another part. This is a similar problem, with just a few dierences. So, there’s a trolley hurtling down the track. Only this time, there’s no fork in the track, and the ﬁve unconscious people are lying on it. And, this time, you’re not on the side with a lever -- you’re standing on an overpass, above the track. And a huge bodybuilder the size of Andre the Giant is leaning precariously over the side of the railing on the same platform, watching the trolley as it approaches. You know that the trolley will kill those ﬁve people. But you also know that this guy is deﬁnitely big enough -- and poorly balanced enough -- that, if you just barely pushed him, he’d fall o the platform, in front of the trolley, and would be killed ... but his bulk would stop the trolley. Would you do it? ..... Nine out of Ten people said ... No. Even though, in terms of loss of life, it’s exactly the same. This problem’s been around for at least forty years, and it’s been used to illustrate situational ethics all that time. But only recently are scientists starting to ﬁgure out what may be behind it. 10. Brains! 10 Some scientists have been working on why we do this, and they think they have some answers. It turns out that, when you ask the trolley conundrum of people who are in an fMRI scan, you see that each version seems to engage the brain dierently. 11. Limbic System Frontal Lobe “I would pull the lever ...” “I will not push the man...” Morality 11 Our frontal lobes are more recently evolved, and house our more rational, logical processes. So this part tends to engage the version involving the lever, because it’s a sort of cost-beneﬁt analysis, and we’re more physically removed from the results of our action -- pulling a lever isn’t as visceral, or intimate an act as pushing another person. Let’s say this is sort of the Spock side. Then there’s the Limbic System, which is quite ancient. It handles a lot of stu, like breathing and other bodily functions, but it also handles instinctive things like fear, revulsion, pleasure. An awful lot of our behavior really comes from here, and our frontal lobe tries to make sense of it, often immediately after the fact. Just to keep the metaphor clear, I’ll say this is more on the Captain Kirk side of things. What these scientists contend is that, when we encounter a problem like this, we’d like to think that we’re very rational, but in fact both of these parts of the brain are engaged -- and they have to ﬁght it out to see which side wins. As illustrated here: The ultimate point is: what we call Morality is the result of this ﬁght between parts of our brains. --------- 14 SEPTEMBER 2001 VOL 293 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/28 “Two ﬁndings from our most recent neuroimaging study support this interpretation. First, we have found that in response to difﬁcult moral dilemmas such as this a brain region associated with response conﬂict (the anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC) exhibits increased activity, suggesting that the difﬁculty associated with dilemmas such as this results from response conﬂict and not just a need for extended computation. Second, we have found that in response to dilemmas such as this brain regions associated with cognitive control (dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, or DLPFC, and inferior parietal cortex) exhibit greater activity when people favor the promotion of the best overall consequences.” http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/%7Ejgreene/ Image borrowed from: http://www.wiredtowinthemovie.com/mindtrip.html “How (and where) does moral judgment work?” http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL_udi=B6VH9-47C8S3T- H_user=10_rdoc=1_fmt=_orig=search_sort=dview=c_version=1_urlVersion=0_userid=10md5=0bc29a2265d81634034aaf8d7ac5bd 12. $5 $1 = .9 00 9 “meh....” “Delicious!” 12 One thing this tells us is that language actually shapes the way we perceive reality in a very deep, biological, neurological way. Another study using fMRI scans tested how people would respond to wine. They had subjects take two tastes of wine while being scanned. They told them one was an inexpensive wine. And that the other was a very high-priced, ﬁne wine. People not only said they thought the expensive wine was more delicious, but according to the fMRI scans, their brains reacted in very dierent ways. The cheap wine was OK, but didn’t cause that much activity. The expensive wine lit up more of the brain’s pleasure centers -- a biological reaction. Funny thing is -- it was the same wine. 13. Context Language 13 These studies are teaching us a lot about the power of context and language. The fact that context is, to some degree, biological for us, and that our brains can respond very dierently to just a few changes in context. And then there’s the fact that these trolley stories are not actual physical situations that people are in, they’re just STORIES. And yet, our brains still respond as if we were there, making the decision for real. Language and Context are symbiotic -- they inﬂuence each other so deeply, there’s no separating them. When I say language, I mean it in the broad sense that includes not just written or spoke words, but signs, symbols, illustrations, and maps. Maps in particular are archetypal examples of how language informs context. 14. Map (Language) Territory (Context) 14 This is Boylan Heights, a historic neighborhood in Raleigh, North Carolina. On the left is the map, snapped from Google Maps. Maps are a very specialized form of language that we use to shape our understanding of geographic contexts. On the right is a satellite view, with the Boylan Heights area highlighted. Now, in the physical world, map and landscape are not the same thing. At least, not literally. But in every way except literally the same, the closer you look, the more the boundaries blur. 15. “This neighborhood “A map is to is made of help you streets with navigate names, and streets.” other stuff without names.” 15 When you look at this photograph of Boylan Heights, you already have a ﬁlter with which you comprehend the physical reality you see. We’re so used to seeing neighborhoods mapped with street maps, we automatically narrow our comprehension of the reality: “I’m looking at a series of streets, with a bunch of anonymous houses, trees and stu mixed in.” The map narrows the your focus to one very thin slice of this neighborhood’s reality. Well there’s something special about Boylan Heights. It was the subject of a sort of obsession of a writer, artist professor of geography named Denis Wood. It was where he lived when he was teaching at North Carolina State University. Some of you may have heard about this if you listen to the radio show This American Life on NPR. Wood is something of an artist-philosopher, and for a while he had a project going where he mapped his neighborhood in some unconventional ways. 16. 16 There’s the map of Overhead Lines map ... tracking the various phone power lines throughout the neighborhood. 17. 17 The street signs map. 18. 18 There’s the underground map, showing sewer water lines and cisterns. 19. 19 There’s the streetlights map, showing where light divides darkness after sundown. 20. 20 Here’s the Car Spaces map, showing all the places where cars might go, both formal and informal. If you were a car, this is how you’d understand Boylan Heights. 21. 21 This is the “Mentions in the Newsletter” Map that tracked mentions of certain addresses in the neighborhood newsletter over the years. Interestingly, no matter who lived in the homes during that time, the same homes tended to have more mentions than others. Does this mean certain homes just command more attention? Does it mean particular homes attract certain kinds of owners? (From “You Are Here: Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination” by Katherine Harmon) 22. 22 This is my favorite, of course. It represents the porches in the neighborhood where you ﬁnd one or more jack-o-lanterns. Interestingly, it corresponds highly to the “mentions in the newsletter” map. 23. The territory was there ﬁrst, and the map came later. But the map has a lot of power over how we understand the territory. 23 Taken together, these maps are incredibly enlightening. After all, a neighborhood is made of neighbors --the streets are just one very thin slice of what the place means to human beings. What these maps remind us of is that we often receive messages about contexts without really thinking, and without questioning what other experience or wisdom might be hidden from us because we haven’t looked or asked. It’s not the map’s fault -- the map is just doing the work that the maker assumed it needed to do. If it did everything, it would cease to be a useful, working map. The territory was there ﬁrst, and the map came later. But the map has a lot of power over how we understand the territory. 24. “The map’s effectiveness is a consequence of the selectivity, or interest, with which it brings the past to bear on the present... maps work by serving interests.” -- Denis Wood The Power of Maps 24 Maps work by serving speciﬁc interests. That’s not bad, it’s just what makes a map a map. Every time we shape language with context, it’s serving some interest. Whether consciously or explicitly, or not. I suspect that more often than not, when we describe context with language, we don’t consider the options because they haven’t occurred to us. So, now you may be wondering when we’re going to get to the “digital” part of this talk. Well, online, we have lots of maps that shape how we understand the things they describe. But online, there’s a further wrinkle. (quote slightly edited, from page 1 of The Power of Maps, Denis Wood) 25. MUD (Multi-User Domain) @dig @@ Start here! @dig/teleport meetingroom=meetingroom;meetingroom;me;m, lobby;lobby;lo;l;Out;ou;o @desc here=The meeting room is ornate, and is large enough for about 200 people. OOC here=0 @desc lobby=The exit has two doors and leads into the lobby. @succ lobby=You have left the meeting room. @osucc lobby=has entered. @odrop lobby=has left. move out @desc meetingroom=The meeting room entrance has two doors. @succ meetingroom=Now in the Meeting Room @osucc meetingroom=has left for the meeting room. @odrop meetingroom=has entered the meeting room. move meetingroom Language Context 25 MUDs are “multi-user domains.” They’re precursors to things like World of Warcraft and Second Life, but experienced in text only, and navigated or played via command line. You move around in them by typing “north” or “forward” or other commands; you also type commands to look around, to interact with objects, and to interact with other people who are simultaneously in the same MUD. This is all done using typed, textual language. I bring them up because they illustrate something very important about digital space. To make a MUD (or a MUSH or MOO or any other variation), you start by making “rooms.” And to make a room, you use a command, such as “dig” -- followed by a lot of parameters. MUDs and their kin have their own script language for their creation. And what you create ends up being experienced like a series of connected rooms -- sub-contexts all making up the larger context of the MUD. This is a map of just part of a long-time MUD based on Discworld. So, even though I’m showing you a map here, which is just another language artifact, the visual is meant to evoke the fact that there’s a context being created with this language. But unlike Boylan Heights, there’s no physical context with which to compare this map. 26. In digital space, the Map creates the Territory. 26 In digital space, the Map creates the Territory. Literally. Now, I know most of you don’t use MUDS, MUSHs MOOs. At least, probably not in a while. But the Web is really no dierent. 27. Representation Instantiation 27 [[20 MIN MARK!!]] On the Web, we make the territories, the contexts, by mapping them. And the map becomes its own territory, and vice versa. At Google, there’s a site map ... A site map represents the structure of the space you’re in ... like a map at a shopping Mall. In a Mall, it would just tell you where to walk in the separate, external space. Like how to get from the Apple store to the Food court. Except that, this map is the place itself ... when you use it, you move through the space it instantiates. On the Web, representation and instantiation merge. Weirdly, this is starting to trickle over into the physical world. If we think of Google as a sort of map to not only things we do online but things we do ofline as well, it can get strange. 28. Fuzzy boundaries between real virtual. 28 For example, let’s say you were interested in how saddles are made, and you searched for “leatherworking” on Google. As you can see, the ﬁrst items to come up will be about how to make leather goods in the land of Azeroth -- that is, the multiplayer game World of Warcraft. Why? you may ask ... well, there are over 8 million people playing the game, and a lot of of them want to know how to make a Deathmantle Chestguard. Remember, as Denis Wood told us earlier, Maps work by serving Interests. If this makes you feel a little dizzy, it should. It’s the sort of vertigo you get when you realize we’re living in more than one place, simultaneously. 29. The space we live in is less and less exclusively “physical.” 29 The world we live in is less and less exclusively physical. Just as I’ve been speaking, quite a few of you have undoubtedly used text messaging, or a blog, or email. Increasingly, we’re walking around in many contexts at once, to the point where we have to start re-thinking what “HERE” means. This dimension -- this “information dimension” -- does not behave like the world we evolved in. It’s entirely made of language, and can change what we mean by “HERE” with a single sentence. A single word ... even a single character. ---------- iphone photo: CC http://ﬂickr.com/photos/shapeshift/707543617/ upc: wikipedia vid chat: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/superamit/2130646515/ hula gps: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/joc67/774419510/ nintendo store: andrew hinton teens phones: corbis 42-15617230 nintendo ds: andrew hinton 30. Fuzzy Human Stuff Made Into Data 0/1 Our ambiguities rendered into binary attributes. 30 Making fuzzy human stu into data tends to screen out the ambiguities in a way that works very well for the logical grid of databases and taxonomies, but loses a lot of meaning along the way. Unlike physical life, where our language comes with a lot of contextual nuance like tone of voice or the subject of the conversation, digital space tends to be very narrow in its deﬁnitions. It takes words that have a lot of richness and truncates their meanings into logical absolutes. heart: http://www.turbosquid.com/FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/223689 31. Eats Shoots and Leaves Eats, Shoots and Leaves 31 Digital space is pretty ruthless about interpreting our ambiguities. And that can be a problem because our lives, and our language, are full of ambiguity! There’s the classic example from the book “Eats Shoots Leaves” -- a phrase that can be understood in two radically dierent ways. It can be something as cute as a Panda having lunch. Or, if you just add a comma, It can turn surreal, and a little violent. Now, just one little typo written in a letter or email to someone isn’t a big deal. People can usually understand, based on the context of the conversation and what they know about you, that you aren’t talking about ﬂeeing from a food-related homicide. But digital space is more literal than that. It will happily take your typo as a real command, and execute it, no matter how absurd it might be. UNLESS the design prevents you from making such an error. What I’m getting at here is that, whereas something as small as a comma can radically change the meaning of language on a page, in digital space, something that small can radically change the meaning of the SPACE. eating by: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/clintjcl/2421838198/ shooting by: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/ebolasmallpox/2738790934/ exit by: http://ﬂickr.com/photos/peasandcornbread/1636576202/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en 32. vs Obvious difference. 32 For example, in physical space, there’s an obvious dierence between a little nook in the corner of a room where you can whisper to someone, and a stage in front of thousands of people where a microphone will announce what you say to all of them. Whisper image CC http://ﬂickr.com/photos/shimonkey/447924817/ Crowd image CC http://ﬂickr.com/photos/anirudhkoul/2046282436/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en 33. d @ vs Not so obvious. 33 On Twitter, you have both options -- a hidden nook where you can whisper to another user privately, which you access by prefacing your message with the letter “d”. Or you can reply to another user in full view of everyone who follows you, by using the at-sign (@). In the physical world, it’s hard to mistake one for the other, or do one over the other in haste. But on Twitter, it’s incredibly easy to make that mistake. I’m sure everybody here has, at least once, accidentally hit “reply all” on email -- which is pretty much the same thing. This sort of thing can be incredibly disorienting -- and it’s the result of the fact that we’re living in this other dimension that we don’t fully understand yet -- a place that can radically aect not only where we are, but WHO we are. 34. Ofﬁce Nightclub Context shapes identity. 34 The spaces we inhabit are powerful shapers of our identities, especially when we’re inhabiting them. Take for example, the garden-variety ofice building. An ofice typically has a particular architecture, with speciﬁc design choices that limit what you can do there -- or at least, it only aords certain activities easily. If you’ve ever tried having a social event in a cube farm, you know how annoying it can be. But in a nightclub, there’s a bar, the bathrooms are situated dierently, there’s a danceﬂoor, and lots of other aordances for a particular sort of activity. But most of us could get precious little work done in a nightclub. Now, when you’re at the ofice, you’re wearing your “ofice” hat -- you’re playing that role. It’s not fake, it’s just a side of your personality. When you’re at a nightclub (or whatever social fun atmosphere you prefer in your o hours), you wear a dierent hat, emphasizing dierent parts of your personality. It can be a little awkward to be partying hard when you’re out, and running into somebody from the ofice. It gives you that sense of vertigo you get when you’re in two places at once. That’s the feeling of two parts of your identity rubbing against each other. 35. School-me. Private- Working-me. thoughts-me Dating-me Craft-seller-me Party Music-me 35 Well, now we’re oered a plethora of choices for extending and reﬁning the facets of our identities. And each has its own architecture that shapes who you are when you’re there. A proﬁle at LinkedIn has vastly dierent choices than one at Chemistry. LinkedIn will ask about your job history, but not about what you like to do on a date (or with a date; or to a date). Chemistry will want you to say a lot about dating, as well as sexual preferences, and other very personal matters. But it won’t ask you for an extensive job history. All of these have architectures that aord certain sorts of identities -- facets of ourselves. This brings us a lot of challenges when it comes to cross-over of contexts. We might not want our ofice mates to know what nightclubs we frequent -- and we might not want people on Linked In to know what we like to do on a date. But unlike an ofice, or a nightclub, or a church, or Vegas, these are not the physical places we’re used to. These can cross-over, or change at a moment’s notice. 36. Everything-Me! Private- Working-me. thoughts-me Dating-me Crafty-me Party Music-me 36 I know a lot of people who started out using Facebook when they were in school, and the strong implication was: nobody is going to be here except your classmates. The very structure of the site’s security made an implicit promise about the nature of the space. But then Facebook changed almost overnight, and people found themselves in the uncomfortable position of having sides of themselves that they mean to present only to people their age, from their background, in a wholly new place. Where in the physical world has something that radical ever happened? And again, you get that weird identity vertigo. We’d like to think that our identities aren’t so dependent upon the context we’re in, or the people we’re around ... we’d like to believe that we’re more independent and “solid” than that. 37. 37 But science philosophy have been telling us for a generation now that, objectively speaking, we’re not like that. We’re constructed from the interactions, memories, and stories around us. The “self” is a useful illusion of sorts -- a reiﬁcation -- that we depend upon for getting along in the world. Here’s another Duchamp creation -- “Nude Descending a Staircase.” It preﬁgures this weird, time-space-displaced dimension we’ve created for ourselves, where our identities are sliced and frozen in time, and spread across space. Our identities are inextricably bound up in the spaces and systems we make for ourselves. 38. “The self as a multiple, distributed system ... a decentered self that exists in many worlds and plays many roles at the same time.... Real Life as ‘Just one more window.’” (“Life on the Screen” -- 1995) Sherry Turkle 38 Sherry Turkle, a professor and writer at MIT, has been exploring this issue for a long time. Way back in 1995, in “Life on the Screen” she explained how the Internet had brought us to a sort of literal culmination of what people like Lacan, Foucault and Levi-Strauss had been saying about us all along. She described the self as a multiple, distributed system ... a decentered self that exists in many worlds and plays many roles at the same time... a world in which so-called “real life” is “Just one more window.” 39. “Context Collapse” “On the other side of that glass lens is almost everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you have ever heard of, and even those you have never heard of.... Billions of potential viewers and your future self among them. Some have called it at once the biggest and smallest stage - the most public space in the world, entered from the privacy of our own homes...That seemingly innocuous and insigniﬁcant glass dot is the eyes of the world and the future ... The problem is not lack of context. It is context collapse: an inﬁnite number of contexts collapsing upon one another into that single moment of recording.” -- Michael Wesch 39 RUN THROUGH THIS (OR SKIP???) On his blog, he’s written about it this way ... He calls it “Context Collapse” [READ WHAT”S ON SCREEN] “On the other side of that little glass lens is almost everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you have ever heard of, and even those you have never heard of. In more specific terms, it is everyone who has or will have access to the internet - billions of potential viewers, and your future self among them. Some have called it at once the biggest and the smallest stage – the most public space in the world, entered from the privacy of our own homes.... That seemingly innocuous and insignificant glass dot is the eyes of the world and the future.... The problem is not lack of context. It is context collapse: an infinite number of contexts collapsing upon one another into that single moment of recording. The images, actions, and words captured by the lens at any moment can be transported to anywhere on the planet and preserved (the performer must assume) for all time. The little glass lens becomes the gateway to a blackhole sucking all of time and space – virtually all possible contexts – in upon itself. http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=183 40. Web / Twitterifﬁc: - Linear column - Serial feed - Narrow aperture - Peripheral attention iconfactory.com Tweetdeck: - Multi-column - Parallel feed tweetdeck.com - Very wide aperture - Central attention SMS: - Single-message - No “feed” - Tiny aperture - Interruptive / alert Users of these applications devices treat the Twitter www.webmaster247.co.uk/ “space” very differently. They act as if they are in completely different places. 40 (HURRY THROUGH THIS!!! or SKIP???) Those of us who use Twitter (which is hopefully going to come down o its hype curve sometime soon) access this service in a variety of ways. Originally it was created to be used via SMS on digital phones. - single message - no ‘feed’ - tiny aperture - interruptive/alert But Twitter also had a web interface that allowed users to more easily add or unfollow friends, and see a convenient, long-form view of their friends’ tweets. And its open API allowed applications like Twitterific to be available as well. This is a very dierent context for interacting with Twitter: - A linear column - Tweets are fed to you serially, not bite by bite. - There’s a larger, but still somewhat narrow aperture through which to see your friends’ activity. - And an app like Twitterific takes advantage of peripheral attention -- it’s not your main focus. (The web site can be at times, but it’s so light, and the feed so narrow, that it’s not meant to be a big time hog.) Then comes along something like Tweetdeck -- a sort of monstrous abomination, if you’re like me and prefer keeping Twitter a light, informal medium. - Multi-column - Parallel feeds - Very wide aperture - Demands your central attention. Not only does the format of Tweetdeck change how people use it, but its functions do too -- such as the ability to add someone to your feed, but then ﬁlter them out into a dierent column, breaking an inherent “rule” of the original platform -- that if you add someone, they show up in your feed. Users with these entries into Twitter use it like a completely dierent space. 41. Implications are everywhere ... Learning Money News Family Entertainment 41 I’ve focused a lot on identity and privacy here, and that’s mostly in the interest of time ... ... but I want to be sure to mention that the context problem is bigger than that. it aects the way we earn, spend and lend money -- part of what made the mortgage crisis possible is that it’s easier to approve a bad loan when the damage is going to be far away from you in the contextual system -- just like it’s easier to pull a lever than it is to push somebody in front of a train. It also aects the way we learn, how we think of family, how we’re informed about the world, and even how we play. The context problem exists everywhere we or anything about us can be “online”. That’s an important distinction -- there are many millions of people who are not “online” on our planet, but information about them still is ... 42. 42 You’ve probably heard of the Google Earth project that has been tracking the destruction of people’s lives in Darfur. It’s an astonishing, powerful example of how radically context has been disrupted for our species. Implicitly, it raises a question of what the human limits are to comprehend context -- at what point, no matter how much information we receive, is another context only an abstraction if we can’t then reach into it and aect it the way it aects us. http://earth.google.com/outreach/images/case_study/ushmm_ﬁg1_lg.jpg 43. Information Language Space/Identity/Meaning Context Architecture 43 So, as we’ve established: Language and Context shape one another, especially online where everything is made of language. And the more of our lives exist online, the more our living space, identity and meaning are aected by this relationship. The relationship between Language -- which online is essentially Information, and the context that’s formed from this information, and the Architecture: the structures, places, experiences through which we move, converse, and live. What I’m getting at here is that this is an extremely important role of the practice of information architecture; what I am NOT saying is that it is the exclusive domain of “Information Architects”. 44. Findability Content Designing Context 44 Information Architecture is great at Findability -- but we can’t just stop there. Even Peter Morville, who coined the term, has been saying for quite a while that Findability is just part of the value proposition of the IA ﬁeld. The act of shaping digital space with links and language is an architectural act -- it’s an act of designing context itself. 45. We lack a suitable language for contextual systems. tools methods patterns heuristics etc... 45 I believe we lack a suitable language for this new dimension of contextual systems. As a result, we lack suitable tools, methods, patterns, and heuristics and the rest of what we need for discovering, clearly understanding, and solving the problems that these new contextual systems present to us. 46. Just getting started ... 46 There has been some progress, though. There’s the excellent foundation for thinking about context in design that we ﬁnd in this book, “Contextual Design” which I can’t recommend highly enough. It doesn’t get into these more theoretical IA issues, but there’s a lot of wisdom practical stu there. Some of us at Vanguard have been puzzling through some models we can use to help us structure, explain and analyze the contextual realities we’re designing for. (These are diagrams by myself and Richard Dalton -- whose poster is on display at the conference this year.) And there’s some very ﬁne academic work happening that’s dealing with context both in the realm of ubiquitous computing and in the growing academic side of IA itself (this work on cross-context is being done by our own Luca Rosati and Andrea Resmini) 47. Who’s going to ﬁgure this out? All of us. 47 This challenge is huge -- too big for any single discipline, ﬁeld or clique. Working through it is going to take all of us. 48. Now, let’s get to work. thanks 48 Now, let’s get to work! thanks проблема интуиции в научном творчестве sociopresentations What We Talk About When We Talk About Navigation (IA Conf 2019) The World is the Screen - Convey UX 2014 Architecture for Aliens IA Summit 2017 Designing a Future We Want to Live In - UX STRAT USA 2017 Understanding Context for UX Strategy UXSTRAT 2015 Practical Conceptual Modeling at UX Detroit Feb 2015	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1123
__label__wiki	0.504607	0.504607	Regulations needed after cryptocurrency CEO takes passwords to his grave News • Business • 04.03.2019 • Lisa Kramer/University of Toronto Illustration photo. Quadriga CX's need for bankruptcy protection arose when its founder and chief operator, Gerald Cotten, died suddenly in December while vacationing in India Schneider visits Stëmm vun der Strooss Snapshots • Current affairs • 16.07.2019 US toolmaker polishing up in Lux for 30 years News • Business • 16.07.2019 A high-stakes legal drama featuring cryptocurrencies has been unfolding in a Canadian court recently. The antics that led to the litigation almost defy credulity, and they highlight the need for new regulations to better suit a financial marketplace that includes virtual currencies. News broke in early February that Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX was seeking creditor protection, leaving in financial limbo about 115,000 people who had entrusted the firm to maintain their deposits of Bitcoins and other digital tokens worth an estimated US$250 million. The company’s need for bankruptcy protection arose when its founder and chief operator, Gerald Cotten, died suddenly in December while vacationing in India. Normally, if a financial institution’s executive officer meets an untimely demise, he or she doesn’t bring to the afterworld the only keys to the vault. And thus clients maintain continued access their deposited funds all the while. In the case of Quadriga, unfortunately, Cotten was the only living soul who knew the password to an encrypted offline repository, known as cold storage, where the firm had enshrined the vast majority of clients’ cryptocurrency deposits. Without the password, no one can access those holdings. Murky or absent regulations While the Nova Scotia Supreme Court wades its way through some very novel and complex issues, the question that comes to my mind is: How has one bad decision about password custodianship caused more than 100,000 people to lose access to their deposits? The answer lies in the murky and mostly lacking regulations that govern the cryptocurrency world. Nothing stops entrepreneurs like Cotten from running companies like Quadriga with no independent oversight. Had he ever raised equity capital from investors in return for tokens or coins, that process would have been governed by Canadian securities regulations. But because Quadriga is an exchange — maintaining deposits and facilitating conversions between regular cash and cryptocurrencies, but not issuing cryptocurrencies in exchange for ownership shares — it operates in a regulatory vacuum. In Canada, the Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OFSI) oversees banks that take regular dollar deposits. One might argue that the OFSI umbrella ought to be adapted to include oversight of virtual exchanges like Quadriga, even though such institutions are not technically banks and their deposits are non-traditional in nature. That oversight would impose accounting standards and reporting requirements that would help prevent the sorts of irresponsible missteps that put Quadriga depositors in such a precarious position. A likely side benefit of regulatory supervision would be the eventual development of standardised safeguards against hackers and other cybercriminal activity that plagues the cryptocurrency world. Lack of regulations attractive to some A feature that draws many crypto enthusiasts to the virtual currency sector is the very fact that it lacks government oversight, and those individuals will bristle at any hint of new regulations. Members of the general public might also be leery of new laws lest they grant an undeserved sheen of legitimacy to cryptocurrencies, which are not suitable investments for anyone except the most risk-loving of speculators. But in Canada, we regulate many industries that are risky or distasteful to some, including gambling, alcohol, tobacco and marijuana. The underlying calculus is that providing standards for certain illicit activities is preferable to driving those activities to the black market, where the risks would be amplified. For instance, a benefit of buying my beloved guilty pleasure of choice, craft gins, from a regulated marketplace is that I can imbibe confident in the knowledge that my cocktails are free from wood alcohol. Three cheers for avoiding blindness! We cannot protect Canadians from all possible risks, especially when it comes to financial markets. And to be clear, I am not suggesting that we indemnify cryptocurrency speculators against losses that may arise from taking calculated risks, such as the beating that some fortune-seekers have taken since Bitcoin valuations plummeted from stratospheric heights. Rather, I propose that depositors ought not to be penalized for the indiscretions of the custodians to whom they entrust their financial holdings. Lisa Kramer, Professor of Finance, University of Toronto This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons licence. Read the original article. Gerald Cotten • QuadrigaCX • The Conversation • cryptocurrency • Canada Students cash in on crypto craze New cryptocurrency rewards CO2 reduction Why Luxembourg should adopt this cryptocurrency Bitcoin mining in Puerto Rico not the solution See the "doughboys" of Luxembourg Exhibition • 10:00 - 18:00 Get a bird's-eye view Attraction • 11:00 - 21:00	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1128
__label__wiki	0.818767	0.818767	First Pics of Mel B’s Former Nanny After Stephen Belafonte Affair Allegations AKM-GSI On Thursday afternoon, Mel B’s former nanny Lorraine Gilles emerged for the first time since news broke about her alleged relationship with Stephen Belafonte. Gilles was joined by husband Michael Bleau in Los Angeles. She married Bleau last year on the heels of her dismissal as Mel’s nanny. Mel claimed that Stephen gave $60,000 to Michael’s company without her knowledge. On Monday, “Extra” reached out to Michael, who said, "Lorraine is unable to comment at this time.” Gilles is the middle of Mel and Stephen’s ugly divorce drama. In her declaration, Mel accused Stephen of impregnating Gilles, who was their nanny for seven years. She claims that Stephen "used money earned by me to pay for Lorraine's abortion, and he used money earned by me to pay for Lorraine's hotel stay while she recuperated from the procedure.” Gilles’ sister Jacquelyn Baartz denies that she was ever pregnant with Belafonte’s baby, telling Dailymail.com, "My sister and I are very, very close and I would have known about this, believe me. I don't know where this is coming from. She worked for the family for seven years and had nothing but positive experiences. She really loved those kids as if they were her own, so she stayed on much longer than she originally planned to.” "I am sure my sister would have told me if there had been fights like have been alleged. But she never did,” Jacquelyn went on. "She is married now and trying to get on with her life. I don't believe she ever got paid anything like the amount of money that the court papers say.” Though Mel fired Lorraine in 2015, she would rehire the aspiring model,allegedly because she feared Stephen. She said in the court documents, first reported by TMZ, "This time however, [he] treated Lorraine as if she was his wife and I was second rate. His demeaning comments towards me made in Lorraine's presence became worse. Lorraine felt empowered by this and became manipulative and demanding of me, knowing that I could not fire her.” Stephen’s lawyers have also defended him against the allegations, calling them “outrageous” and "unfounded.” #TrendingStories#CelebrityNews#MelB Pics Emerge of Mel B’s Nightmare Vacation with Former Nanny Lorraine Gilles Stephen Belafonte 'Vehemently Denies' Mel B’s Jaw-Dropping Allegations Nannygate? The Woman Allegedly Impregnated by Mel B’s Husband Revealed	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1132
__label__wiki	0.659592	0.659592	Stream, Stream, Stream: 2x SP 5.26-6.1 by Brandon Warne Thank you for your patience with me as I missed last week’s piece to attend a funeral in Minot, North Dakota. Now, onto this week’s business, but not before first taking a look at the running totals through week six: 9-8 record 8.3 K/9 2.8 K/BB 1.28 WHIP Needless to say, the pre-DL Tyler Lyons clunker took its own toll on these stats. Let’s get back on track. Here’s a look at this week’s recs, with team wOBA in parentheses: RHP Nathan Eovaldi – 46.2% ESPN/46% Y!/80% ESPN (50% start) – @WAS (.309), v. ATL (.298) A blowup in San Francisco (six earned over 4.1 innings) caused many to jump ship, with few opting for life preservers in a win over the Phillies in the interim. That can be expected, as not only is the Phillies offense not particularly good (.310 wOBA right around the MLB midpoint), but Eovaldi only whiffed a pair while allowing 10 hits over six innings. The 12 groundball outs was a nice touch, but not enough to keep the righty from halving his ownership rate from almost 90 percent down to under 50. But let’s be honest, how often is one going to find a pitcher who throws 95-plus, fans more than league average (7.7 per 9), and burns worms at a well above league average rate (51.3 percent GB rate). I’m not picking up Eovaldi to stream, but to keep to be perfectly honest. Consider it. LHP Jose Quintana – 9.1% ESPN/36% Y!/83% CBS (54% start) – v. CLE (.323), v. SDP (.279) Outside of a five earned run blip on the radar screen (Apr 19 v. Texas), Quintana has been cruising along for the White Sox to the tune of three earned runs or less in his other nine starts. That includes a run of six straight dating back to that outing against the Rangers. The 25-year-old left-hander has made the Pale Hose look wise for locking him up ($21m/five years) in the offseason, not only hanging onto his typical brand of 7ish strikeouts per nine, but bumping his groundball rate just above league average. That’s a nice combo, and a big reason why his 3.67 ERA has been 100 percent legit so far to date. At the outset it again looks like wins may be hard to come by for the lefty (two through 10 starts after nine in 33 last year), but he should be a good bet to log solid innings and he does have a couple reasonable matchups this week. RHP Phil Hughes – 24% ESPN/33% Y!/70% CBS (47% start) – v. TEX (.310), @NYY (.323) That’s not a misprint; yes, I’m recommending the born-again Hughes for his first return trip to the Bronx. Even though he’s facing a still above-average, if not particularly intimidating Yankee offense, there are still a lot of demons to be exorcised here. Don’t forget the team he’s pitching for too, and what beating the Yankees has meant — or not meant, as it were — to the Ron Gardenhire-era Twins over the past 12-13 years. Hughes is on a roll though, having not walked a hitter since the second inning back on April 20. That means Hughes has 29 strikeouts since his last walk, and that’s impressive even for a guy who is really surviving on just a couple variations of a fastball. Whether or not it’s truly sustainable will be hard to know for sure right now, but with a run like he’s been on (last six starts: 5-0, 1.60 ERA, 30/1 K/BB, .253/.256/.331 batting line), it’s worth trying to ride out. We hoped you liked reading Stream, Stream, Stream: 2x SP 5.26-6.1 by Brandon Warne! Existential Crisis and Kyle Seager Fantasy Baseball Existentialism: Wither Danny Salazar? In addition to Rotographs, Warne writes about the Minnesota Twins for The Athletic and is a sportswriter for Sportradar U.S. in downtown Minneapolis. Follow him on Twitter @Brandon_Warne, or feel free to email him to do podcasts or for any old reason at brandon.r.warne@gmail-dot-com thalooch what’s wrong with brandon mccarthy? 2 starts at home vs the Padres (droool) and the Reds….who also have forgotten how to hit. Brandon Warne Nothing. Great matchups if he’s available. I just limit myself to three every week. McCarthy is right in the thick of it samyoung Yes, McCarthy! And his next start after those could be against Atlanta, which is another favorable matchup. majnun I feel like Atlanta is coming out of bad times. That’s a good lineup. ^perhaps. In any case, it’s probably best not to put too much stock in the potential ATL matchup yet, as a lot can change between now and then. Plus, if it’s not ATL it’s @COL, which is basically a no-go.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1136
__label__cc	0.50931	0.49069	Font Folly Ramblings from the desk of the Script Doctor You mean the world to someone “Watch your step. You mean the world to someone.” (click to embiggen) G’day11931! 1. g’day interjection Good day : g’day, mate (1928+ Australian) – The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D. Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers2. 2. g’day /ɡəˈdaɪ/ sentence substitute an Austral and NZ informal variant of good day – Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 20123. 3. I wish all who read4 this a “Good day5!”6 4. Yes, even you, the one sitting in the back who has been talking through the whole picture!7 5. And not in the Klingon sense, at all! Today is not a good day to die! 6. Expressing both my hope that your day thus far has been acceptably pleasant8, and the the rest of the day will only improve9. 7. If you get that reference, please consider yourself the recipient of an authentic No-Prize10. 8. However you define that. 9. Or at least that nothing which goes less than pleasantly is more than a minor inconvenience. 10. And if you get that reference, you are probably an old fart Marvel Comics11 fan, to whom I say, “Excelsior!12 And well met, my friend!”13 11. For a major portion of my childhood and teen years, I was a super loyal Marvel fan, considering my younger years where I liked both DC and Marvel as a something of a youthful indescretion. It was understandable: while Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and such were confronting mostly serious storylines and tackling topical subjects14, because of the insane popularity of the extremely campy Batman television series, DC Comics became just as campy and silly (at least for a few years). Later, I came back to the fold, learning to appreciate both universes again. 12. If this was a movie rather than a blog post, this would be where Stan Lee made a cameo. 13. I’m an old enough fan that I was, for a few years in the early 70s, a card-carrying member of the official Marvel fan club: Friends Of Old Marvel, receiving four times per year the official newsletter/zine entitled FOOM! I am not, however, an old enough fan that I was ever a member of the Merry Marvel Marching Society, the fan club that had preceeded FOOM. 14. Including a famous drug addiction story in 1971 which, when the Comics Code Authority15 refused to approve the story, Stan Lee decided to publish without the Comics Code seal on the cover. This eventually forced a major (and long overdue) revamping of the Comics Code. 15. In the 1950s a quack made big headlines (and a lot of money going on speaking tours and selling his book) with a bogus study16 that alleged to prove that horror and true crime comic books and the like warped the minds of children and teen-agers, turning them into criminals. Congress held hearings. Several cities and counties banned the sale of comic books altogether. It was clear some sort of federal law restricting comic books was going to get passed, so the publishers banded together and formed the Comics Code Authority, which had an enormous and ridiculous list of types of people that couldn’t be portrayed, topics that couldn’t be mentioned, and situations that could not be depicted in comics. The publishers “voluntarily17” submitted comics to the authority for review. If approved they could be published with an image of the official seal of the CCA on the cover. 16. He surveyed children and teens who were psychiatric patients at several New York hospitals, fudged his numbers, had no control group, merged and distorted some of the survey answers, distorted and misrepresented the contents of some comics, and generally just made stuff up. 17. The code had no legal authority to stop the publication of “offensive” comics, but most of the distributors refused to carry comics that didn’t carry the seal. 18. There is no eighteenth footnote. 19. Good can mean so many things. The opposite of evil, for instance. Or simply something desirable or suitable. It can mean a saleable commodity or a piece of property. I love the way that words can mean different things depending on the context20! 20. This is why I (and others21) argue that the fundamental tool of a storyteller22 is the sentence, rather than the word23. A sentence (usually) provides the context to understand which of the many meanings each of the words25 within the sentence is being evoked. 21. For instance, Stanley Fish, who expounds upon this and related topics in his excellent book, How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One. 22. I am a writer, a storyteller, a reconteur, a fabulist, and a teller of tales. 23. I have always been amused by people who expect that every writer must possess a vast vocabulary of rare and obscure words which mean very specific things and when deployed pluck at the heartstrings and conjure fantastical images in the imaginations of the reader. The obvious flaw in this reasoning is that if the words are rare or obscure (let alone both), that most of the readers/audience will not understand them. Such a writer will be speaking in gibberish!24 24. Not that telling tales with gibberish is impossible. Lewis Carroll’s famous poem, Jabberwocky, contains nonsense words in every line, yet people understand it. Dr. Seuss is another famous author who successfully uses made-up nonsense words to convey sometimes profound truth. 25. What writers must possess in the way of vocabulary is an understanding of the words they use, so that when we use them we use them correctly26. 26. A friend once wrote a science fiction story in which he described in exquisite detail the hostile environment of the planet his main character was visiting, with especial attention to the hellishness of its corrosive atmosphere. Then, to segue27 from the description of the physical environment to talk about the inhabitants of the domed city, he referred to the sky as “the planet’s empyrean envelope.” Reading my friend’s story in a ‘zine for the first time, I stopped at the sentence. He couldn’t possibly mean that, did he? Because empyrean, when used as and adjective, means “heavenly.” But he’d just described the atmosphere as the opposite of heavenly. As an adjective, empyrean derives form a proper noun, Empyrean, which is the name of the highest heaven in some medeival Christian theologies. When I asked my friend why he used that word, he admitted that he had gone through a thesaurus looking for synonyms for sky and such, and had written this one down without looking it up in a dictionary28. 27. segue [sey-gwey, seg-wey] noun 5. any smooth, uninterrupted transition from one thing to another. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2017. 28. Hence my oft-repeated advice to never use a thesaurus without also looking up the words in a dictionary29! 29. Author Simon Winchester tells a similar story from his days teaching English, of a student who wrote an expository essay on how to re-pot geraniums in which the student referred to chthonic fingers. The student was referring to the fact that your hands would be dirty after you had completed the re-potting, but he thought that for an English class one must use fancy words, so he’d gone through his thesaurus for a lot of the words in the essay. Chthonic popped up while he was looking up “earth” and “ground” and such. He didn’t realize that it was a reference to things pertaining to hell or hades or similar parts of the underworld. 30. This footnote is self-referential30. 31. Yes, I’m running this gag into the ground. But if the world were only full of serious things, life wouldn’t be worth living. And as I said up in footnote 5, today is not a good day to die. I hope that this silliness has lightened your day32. 32. And if not, I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy it. Tags: footnotes, joke, life, nerdy jokes About fontfolly I've loved reading for as long as I can remember. I write fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and nonfiction. For more than 18 years I edited and published an anthropomorphic sci-fi/space opera literary fanzine. I attend and work on the staff for several anthropormorphics, anime, and science fiction conventions. I live near Seattle with my wonderful husband, still completely amazed that he puts up with me at all. 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__label__cc	0.640872	0.359128	How major US stock indexes fared Friday Major U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs on Friday, with the S&P 500 ending above 3,000 for the first time. The market was driven higher by technology, consumer discretionary and industrial company stocks, which more than offset the drop in drugmakers. Investors continued to remain focused on the Federal Reserve. The Fed is expected to cut its benchmark interest rate later this month for the first time in more than a decade to help counter slowing economic growth caused by various trade disputes. Investors have bet heavily that the Fed is moving that direction, moving stock and bond yields higher in the last two weeks. On Friday: The S&P 500 rose 13.86 points, or 0.5%, to 3,013.77. The Dow gained 243.95 points, or 0.9%, to 27,332.03. The Nasdaq composite rose 48.10 points, or 0.6%, to 8,244.14. The Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks added 12.08 points, or 0.8%, to 1,570.00. For the week: The S&P 500 closed up 23.36 points, or 0.8%. The Dow rose 409.91 points, or 1.5%. The Nasdaq added 82.36 points, or 1%. The Russell 2000 fell 5.63 points, or 0.4%. For the year: The S&P 500 is up 506.92 points, or 20.2%. The Dow is up 4,004.57 points, or 17.2%. The Nasdaq is up 1,608.87 points, or 24.2%. The Russell 2000 is up 221.44 points, or 16.4%.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1146
__label__wiki	0.589299	0.589299	Oomycete (Redirected from Water mould) Oomycota or oomycetes (/ˌoʊəˈmaɪsiːts/[4]) form a distinct phylogenetic lineage of fungus-like eukaryotic microorganisms. They are filamentous, microscopic, absorptive organisms that reproduce both sexually and asexually. Sexual reproduction of an oospore is the result of contact between hyphae of a male antheridia and female oogonia; this spore can overwinter and is known as a resting spore.[5] Asexual reproduction is the formation of chlamydospore and sporangia producing zoospores.[5] Oomycetes occupy both saprophytic and pathogenic lifestyles, and include some of the most notorious pathogens of plants, causing devastating diseases such as late blight of potato and sudden oak death. One oomycete, the mycoparasite Pythium oligandrum, is used for biocontrol, attacking plant pathogenic fungi.[6] The oomycetes are also often referred to as water molds (or water moulds), although the water-preferring nature which led to that name is not true of most species, which are terrestrial pathogens. The Oomycota have a very sparse fossil record. A possible oomycete has been described from Cretaceous amber.[7] Oomycetes Asexual (A: sporangia, B: zoospores, C: chlamydospores) and sexual (D: oospores) reproductive structures of Phytophthora infestans (Peronosporales) Domain: Eukaryota (unranked): Bikonta (unranked): Chromalveolata Phylum: Heterokontophyta Class: Oomycota Arx, 1967[1] Orders and families Lagenidiales Lagenidiaceae Olpidiosidaceae Sirolpidiaceae Leptomitales Leptomitaceae Peronosporales Albuginaceae Peronosporaceae Pythiaceae Rhipidiales Rhipidaceae Saprolegniales Ectrogellaceae Haliphthoraceae Leptolegniellaceae Saprolegniaceae Oomycetes Winter, 1879[2] Peronosporomycetes Dick, 2001[3] "Oomycota" means "egg fungi", referring to the large round oogonia, structures containing the female gametes, that are characteristic of the oomycetes. The name "water mold" refers to their earlier classification as fungi and their preference for conditions of high humidity and running surface water, which is characteristic for the basal taxa of the oomycetes. MorphologyEdit The oomycetes rarely have septa (see hypha), and if they do, they are scarce,[8] appearing at the bases of sporangia, and sometimes in older parts of the filaments.[9] Some are unicellular, while others are filamentous and branching.[9] ClassificationEdit Simplified phylogeny. Asexual structures (sporangia) in Saprolegniales, Albuginales and Peronosporales Sexual structures (only oogonia, antheridia not shown) of Saprolegnia. Previously the group was arranged into six orders.[9] The Saprolegniales are the most widespread. Many break down decaying matter; others are parasites. The Leptomitales have wall thickenings that give their continuous cell body the appearance of septation. They bear chitin and often reproduce asexually. The Rhipidiales use rhizoids to attach their thallus to the bed of stagnant or polluted water bodies. The Albuginales are considered by some authors to be a family (Albuginaceae) within the Peronosporales, although it has been shown that they are phylogenetically distinct from this order. The Peronosporales too are mainly saprophytic or parasitic on plants, and have an aseptate, branching form. Many of the most damaging agricultural parasites belong to this order. The Lagenidiales are the most primitive; some are filamentous, others unicellular; they are generally parasitic. However more recently this has been expanded considerably.[10][11] Anisolpidiales Dick 2001 Anisolpidiaceae Karling 1943 Lagenismatales Dick 2001 Lagenismataceae Dick 1995 Salilagenidiales Dick 2001 Salilagenidiaceae Dick 1995 Rozellopsidales Dick 2001 Rozellopsidaceae Dick 1995 Pseudosphaeritaceae Dick 1995 Ectrogellales Haptoglossales Haptoglossaceae Eurychasmales Eurychasmataceae Petersen 1905 Haliphthorales Haliphthoraceae Vishniac 1958 Olpidiopsidales Sirolpidiaceae Cejp 1959 Pontismataceae Petersen 1909 Olpidiopsidaceae Cejp 1959 Atkinsiellales Atkinisellaceae Crypticolaceae Dick 1995 Achlyaceae Verrucalvaceae Dick 1984 Saprolegniaceae Warm. 1884 [Leptolegniaceae] Leptomitaceae Kuetz. 1843 [Apodachlyellaceae Dick 1986] Leptolegniellaceae Dick 1971 [Ducellieriaceae Dick 1995] Rhipidiaceae Cejp 1959 Albuginales Albuginaceae Schroet. 1893 Peronosporales [Pythiales; Sclerosporales; Lagenidiales] Salisapiliaceae Pythiaceae Schroet. 1893 [Pythiogetonaceae; Lagenaceae Dick 1994; Lagenidiaceae; Peronophythoraceae; Myzocytiopsidaceae Dick 1995] Peronosporaceae Warm. 1884 [Sclerosporaceae Dick 1984] Phylogenetic relationshipsEdit Pythium sp. (Peronosporales), which causes pythiosis in animals, under microscope. Symptom of late blight (P. infestans, Peronosporales) on the underside of a potato leaf. Albugo candida (Albuginales) on shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris, Brassicales). InternalEdit Oogametia Saprolegniomycetes Peronosporomycetes s.s. ExternalEdit This group was originally classified among the fungi (the name "oomycota" means "egg fungus") and later treated as protists, based on general morphology and lifestyle.[7] A cladistic analysis based on modern discoveries about the biology of these organisms supports a relatively close relationship with some photosynthetic organisms, such as brown algae and diatoms. A common taxonomic classification based on these data, places the class Oomycota along with other classes such as Phaeophyceae (brown algae) within the phylum Heterokonta. This relationship is supported by a number of observed differences between the characteristics of oomycetes and fungi. For instance, the cell walls of oomycetes are composed of cellulose rather than chitin[12] and generally do not have septations. Also, in the vegetative state they have diploid nuclei, whereas fungi have haploid nuclei. Most oomycetes produce self-motile zoospores with two flagella. One flagellum has a "whiplash" morphology, and the other a branched "tinsel" morphology. The "tinsel" flagellum is unique to the Kingdom Heterokonta. Spores of the few fungal groups which retain flagella (such as the Chytridiomycetes) have only one whiplash flagellum.[12] Oomycota and fungi have different metabolic pathways for synthesizing lysine and have a number of enzymes that differ.[12] The ultrastructure is also different, with oomycota having tubular mitochondrial cristae and fungi having flattened cristae.[12] In spite of this evidence to the contrary, many species of oomycetes are still described or listed as types of fungi and may sometimes be referred to as pseudofungi, or lower fungi. BiologyEdit ReproductionEdit Life cycle of Phytophthora infestans (Peronosporales) on potato. Most of the oomycetes produce two distinct types of spores. The main dispersive spores are asexual, self-motile spores called zoospores, which are capable of chemotaxis (movement toward or away from a chemical signal, such as those released by potential food sources) in surface water (including precipitation on plant surfaces). A few oomycetes produce aerial asexual spores that are distributed by wind. They also produce sexual spores, called oospores, that are translucent, double-walled, spherical structures used to survive adverse environmental conditions. Ecology and pathogenicityEdit Unidentified water mold on dead larval mayfly. A culture of Achlya sp. (Saprolegniales) isolated from a stream. Sea trout suffering from UDN with secondary Saprolegnia infections. Many oomycetes species are economically important, aggressive plant pathogens.[13] Some species can cause disease in fish, and at least one is a pathogen of mammals. The majority of the plant pathogenic species can be classified into four groups, although more exist. The Phytophthora group is a paraphyletic genus that causes diseases such as dieback, late blight in potatoes (the cause of the Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s that ravaged Ireland and other parts of Europe),[14] sudden oak death, rhododendron root rot, and ink disease in the European chestnut[15] The paraphyletic Pythium group is more prevalent than Phytophthora and individual species have larger host ranges, although usually causing less damage. Pythium damping off is a very common problem in greenhouses, where the organism kills newly emerged seedlings. Mycoparasitic members of this group (e.g. P. oligandrum) parasitize other oomycetes and fungi, and have been employed as biocontrol agents. One Pythium species, Pythium insidiosum, also causes Pythiosis in mammals. The third group are the downy mildews, which are easily identifiable by the appearance of white, brownish or olive "mildew" on the leaf undersides (although this group can be confused with the unrelated fungal powdery mildews). The fourth group are the white blister rusts, Albuginales, which cause white blister disease on a variety of flowering plants. White blister rusts sporulate beneath the epidermis of their hosts, causing spore-filled blisters on stems, leaves and the inflorescence. The Albuginales are currently divided into three genera, Albugo parasitic predominantly to Brassicales, Pustula, parasitic predominantly to Asterales, and Wilsoniana, predominantly parasitic to Caryophyllales. Like the downy mildews, the white blister rusts are obligate biotrophs, which means that they are unable to survive without the presence of a living host. ^ Arx, J.A. von. 1967. Pilzkunde. :1-356 ^ Winter, G. 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PMID 16018320. ^ a b c Sumbali, Geeta; Johri, B. M (January 2005). The fungi. ISBN 978-1-84265-153-7. ^ Ruggiero; et al. (2015), "Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms", PLoS ONE, 10 (4): e0119248, Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1019248R, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119248, PMC 4418965, PMID 25923521 ^ Silar, Philippe (2016), "Protistes Eucaryotes: Origine, Evolution et Biologie des Microbes Eucaryotes", HAL Archives-ouvertes: 1–462 ^ a b c d Van der Auwera G, De Baere R, Van de Peer Y, De Rijk P, Van den Broeck I, De Wachter R (July 1995). "The phylogeny of the Hyphochytriomycota as deduced from ribosomal RNA sequences of Hyphochytrium catenoides". Mol. Biol. Evol. 12 (4): 671–8. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040245. PMID 7659021. ^ Agrios, George N. (2005). Plant Pathology. 5th ed. Academic Press. link. ^ Haas, BJ; Kamoun, S; Zody, MC; Jiang, RH; Handsaker, RE; Cano, LM; Grabherr, M; Kodira, CD; et al. (2009). 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__label__cc	0.675663	0.324337	Home Forums > RPG Maker Central > RGSS Boards > RGSSx Script Support > [Ace] Yanfly Ace Message System displaying message box incorrectly Discussion in 'RGSSx Script Support' started by Ech0es, Apr 5, 2014. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next ▸ Ech0es Moon So I am using the Ace Message System by Yanfly Engine Ace, and the issue I am having can be seen below in the picture. I removed all scripts but this one to make sure. Whenever I show a normal message box, that displays fine. But whenever showing a message with a dim background, it appears to be off screen instead of spanning the entire screen like usual. There is no problem until I load a saved game. So it only happens after a game is loaded. Any ideas what is causing this? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Before loading game: <image removed at OP's request> After loading saved game: Shaz Veteran Please provide a link to the script so others can take a look at it without having to go searching. Are these save files of games started AFTER the script was added? It almost looks like the message window itself or the viewport have been moved. Do you have any other scripts that affect messages? The script here posted at pastebin: http://pastebin.com/XPNffTMs No, these are not save files after the script was added.I've had this script in my project for awhile but just now noticing this problem. I tested this a lot to make sure which script was causing the problem. I do have two other message scripts (Special Message Codes & Text Formatting by modern algebra). But I removed those two and tested, and the error still persisted. I eventually removed ALL scripts from my game but Yanfly's, and the problem still occured. So it's not any other script that is causing the problem. Like I stated above, all works perfectly fine until I load my game. I can probably narrow the problem down more for you... A feature in the script allows you to set a variable and adjust the width of the message box. I am setting a variable to 400 so the message box appears smaller. Once I remove the variable and test, save, and load, there is no problem Are you sure you're not using that variable for something else as well, or that it's not used anywhere else in your scripts? That's a sadly common problem. Nope, not using that variable anywhere else. It is definitely a problem with the script because I even took the script and put it in an entirely new project just to test it and make sure it wasn't my game. If you have the time, test it for yourself: Take the script, put in new project, make an event with a message, one with a normal background, and a dim background, put variable 1 at top with a constant of 400. View the messages, save game, shut down game, load game and view messages again. The dim background should be displayed incorrectly like above in the photos. Okay ... it looks like it's doing exactly what you're telling it to do. That text box has not been moved, as the text itself is still in the same position. It's just been shortened - to 400 pixels. IF you have that variable set to 400 right at the beginning of your game, what I don't understand is why the problem doesn't happen until AFTER you load a saved game. I still suspect something funny is going on with either the variable being changed in several places, or your saves having different values for it. In fact, if you HADN'T set the variable at all, the script would make the message box go across the entire screen. So I believe wherever you have it set to change it to 400 is probably wrong - it's not getting done right at the start of the game, but only after you load the save file for some reason. Your screen is larger than the default - you're using a script call to change it from 544x416 to 640x480. Even if you didn't have that call, 400 is still not wide enough to cover the screen. 400 IS the width of the message box in the lower image, so that one is doing exactly what you're telling it to do by setting the variable to 400. If you want it to be the width of the screen, you either have to change that variable to 640, or to 0 (which makes it default to the full width). What happens to NORMAL messages (not a dim background) if you leave the variable at 0? Yeah, the problem is definitey with the variable feature. I don't get why it only occurs after the game has been loaded either. It works perfectly fine until a game is loaded -- normal messages are shortened like they should be, and dim backgrounds exapnd the entire screen as they should. I have experimented by using all different numbers for the constant, but all return the same problem. I can opt out of using this feature entirely, then all would be fine I'm sure. But I would like to use it if I can. I tried searching this but no one else seems to have reported this problem. So I dunno if it is just happening on my end? But it also occurs in new projects, so who knows. What happens to normal messages if I leave the variable at 0? Nothing. The message box stays the same and expands the entire window length. Is that what you WANT to happen? Where is your command to set the variable to 400? Why do you want to use this feature? How do you expect it to behave when you use it? What I want to happen is for it to work like it should. Setting message width to 400 shouldn't affect the dim background at all, only the normal message box. Something is causing it to affect the dim box. What is? I dunno, hence the creation of this thread. I thought maybe the coding in the script was wrong or something missing. But I dunno too much about that. Why do I want to use this feature? Because I want to. It makes the messages look better, in my opinion. It IS working like it should. It seems what it SHOULD do and what you THINK it should do are two different things. The message box is the message box - there is only one, and it doesn't matter whether it has a dim, transparent or normal background. If you tell it to have a width of 400, that's what it's going to do. Nowhere in the script does it say the setting is only used for certain types of messages. What you REALLY want is for it to NOT behave the way it's designed, and to do something different depending on the background. What do you want to happen if the background is transparent? Should it also assume the message box width takes the full width of the screen and center the text accordingly? Same as what you want to happen with a dim background? If that's the case (you ONLY want it to look at the variable when using a normal background), find this method in the script: def self.message_width return Graphics.width if YEA::MESSAGE::VARIABLE_WIDTH <= 0 return Graphics.width if $game_variables[YEA::MESSAGE::VARIABLE_WIDTH] <= 0 return $game_variables[YEA::MESSAGE::VARIABLE_WIDTH] end and add this line: def self.message_width return Graphics.width if $game_message.background != 0 return Graphics.width if YEA::MESSAGE::VARIABLE_WIDTH <= 0 return Graphics.width if $game_variables[YEA::MESSAGE::VARIABLE_WIDTH] <= 0 return $game_variables[YEA::MESSAGE::VARIABLE_WIDTH] end It's not working like it should, because if it was, then it wouldn't adjust the dim background. I don't think you fully understand -- "The message box is the message box - there is only one, and it doesn't matter whether it has a dim, transparent or normal background. If you tell it to have a width of 400, that's what it's going to do." Yes, there is only one. This variable should only adjust the NORMAL message box. Because when it works before loading a game, the message box is shortened, but the dim box expands the entire screen. I'm sure it's not meant to work the way it does after a game is loaded. Why else does it work that way before the game is loaded (short normal, expanded dim)? This is what happens BEFORE the game is saved: (normal, then dim) What happens AFTER the game is saved then loaded: And this is how I have it set up: If you claim the variable is going to adjust the message box no matter what, then why doesn't it happen to begin with, yet only after it is saved? I'm fairly certain the way it is supposed to work is the first set of images I posted above. You can tell it shouldn't happen because the dim box is shortened and not even centered. I'd be ok with it being shortened if the dim message would appear centered, but it's not. I added in that line you provided me, and it didn't appear to do anything. Any way I can get it to work the way in the first set of images I posted, even AFTER a loaded game? If not, how can I adjust the dim message so it appears centered? I do appreciate your help thus far. Ech0es said: ↑ No, it shouldn't. Where in the script do you get the idea that the variable is only intended to affect the NORMAL message box? There is no such statement. And once again, WHERE is your statement that sets the variable to 400? As I said, I suspect something is happening with that - it's not being done in the right place. The point where you change that variable to 400 is somewhere between the last dim message showing correctly and the next one not showing correctly. I really don't think it's got anything to do with saving the game at all - unless there is a script or something else you do on saving/loading that changes that variable. You have said there isn't, but I'm afraid I can't put much faith in that (based on the number of times people have sworn they didn't have scripts that did certain things, and only when pushed actually looked properly and discovered that they actually did). I don't know where that is at in the script, I didn't study it. I only go on that assumption because why doesn't it change the dim box originally? Why does it only change AFTER the game is loaded? Either way, it isn't working the way it should. It doesn't shorten the dim box, then it does after saved. So which is it supposed to be? How can it be made to do one or the other? How can you not put faith in what I've stated about the scripts? I stated many times that I have deleted ALL SCRIPTS from my project, except the Ace message. The problem still persisted. Then created a brand new project, put that script in it, and tested. That same problem still occured. So no, it isn't any other script causing the problem, because there are no other custom scripts. Why don't you test this for yourself? Make a new project and test it out. Or if not, how can I have the dim box messaged shortened to 400 (and centered) like the normal message box? I've asked you several times now WHERE you set the variable to be 400. Maybe you can zip up your project and load it up somewhere so I can take a look ... And I showed you an image where I have it set up... In the spoiler tags above. One of the last images there. I have it set in the events, before the text messages. I have also tested it between two maps as well, one map with the variable, then text messages, then transfer to another map with just the text messages. I would save on the 2nd map and load. Still no luck. I made a new project with the script. See if it occurs on your end. Just load the game up, talk to the person, save game, shut down, load, then talk to person again. https://www.mediafire.com/?8exes8alctsbqw3 That just shows me the event. You didn't even include the whole event window. So that tells me nothing about when it gets run. It's set to action button. Not an autorun or parallel process. You can see how I have it set up in the project I uploaded in my last post. yeah. Leave it with me for a bit. It IS detecting the size it SHOULD show. I suspect the resize just isn't actually resizing the window as it should, or is drawing the background incorrectly. alright - fixed (though it's a bit of a hack and if I had more time I'd investigate it more thoroughly). It wasn't recreating the background correctly. What I'm not sure about is why it was changed in the first place ... Find this method in the script and replace it with what I have below: #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- # new method: adjust_message_window_size #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- def adjust_message_window_size self.height = window_height self.width = window_width dispose_back_bitmap create_back_bitmap @back_sprite.bitmap = @back_bitmap create_contents update_placement self.x = (Graphics.width - self.width) / 2 start_name_window end Alright, it's resizing the dim background like the rest of the messages... but it's still showing up alligned on the left, instead of the window box being centered like the other message boxes. Is there a way to have it centered? The message box takes up the whole width of the screen. There is no centering because there's no unused space on either side.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1158
__label__cc	0.718822	0.281178	Board index Area Development, Projects & Discussion Transportation Minnesota Transportation Funding (General) Roads - Rails - Sidewalks - Bikeways Postby twincitizen » May 10th, 2013, 4:36 pm They're debating the bill in the Senate right now!! Apparently increased funding for transit and roads has been amended back into the so-called "lights-on" bill! http://www.theuptake.org/mn-senate-channel/ EDIT: Franzen amendment passes. Gas tax increase is back in (5c maybe). I have no idea where the transit tax increase stands. It definitely isn't a .5% increase, maybe down to .25% at this time. Follow @EthanFawley or @RachelSB on Twitter, or just search #mnleg to follow along. EDIT2: They're about to vote on the bill, as amended! Sen. Hortman (R-Chanhassen) threw a temper tantrum. Regardless of anyone's feelings about more transit taxes, I don't understand how anyone can seriously oppose a 5-7cent gas tax increase. The current revenue stream does not cover present and future obligations. Transportation spending should not come out of the general fund, period. Being opposed to slightly increased gas taxes and thinking gas prices are already too high is just plain selfish and shortsighted. EDIT3: Sen. Osmek (R-Mound) is somehow saying that giving more money to transportation takes it away from keeping guns out of criminals' hands. So yeah...he made a connection between transportation funding and gun control. Somebody shoot me Mdcastle Location: Bloomington, MN Contact Mdcastle Re: State transportation financing and tax reform Postby Mdcastle » May 10th, 2013, 5:33 pm My own idea would be to eliminate all sales taxes and user fees, and that includes tolls, fares, state park admissions, gasoline taxes, and the like and just fund what we need to with income taxes. Postby MNdible » May 10th, 2013, 7:31 pm The gas tax increase seems reasonable, but I don't understand why no transportation funding should come out of the general fund. It is a public good, right? The idea that everything has to be funded by user fees seems strange to me. gahwi003 Location: Dinkytown Postby gahwi003 » May 10th, 2013, 8:42 pm Mdcastle wrote: My own idea would be to eliminate all sales taxes and user fees, and that includes tolls, fares, state park admissions, gasoline taxes, and the like and just fund what we need to with income taxes. If you are interested in developing connected, and livable communities through the use of mass transit, you should not be advocating the removal of road tolls/fares. This would give individuals an incentive to use their gas guzzling machines. RailBaronYarr Postby RailBaronYarr » May 10th, 2013, 9:48 pm MNdible wrote: The gas tax increase seems reasonable, but I don't understand why no transportation funding should come out of the general fund. It is a public good, right? The idea that everything has to be funded by user fees seems strange to me. David Levinson would say it's a club good. Using the definition that riding it is rivalrous (you standing on a bus means someone else can't, at least if congested), and excludable (we currently pay a fare to ride it). Under these definitions, one could make the case that many goods typically described as public are not truly public but club goods. Me playing basketball on a public court means someone else can't, but we all pay taxes that support the maintenance of the park. We all pay for roads/streets (some pay more if they buy gas) but if the street is clogged with cars I can't get out on it. You can make the case that we should stop any subsidy for both roads (freeways, highways) and transit (while leaving local streets as public goods that are not excludable or rivalrous 99.8% of the time). Take it to the limit by making people pay the true cost of driving - tolls on freeways and highways, carbon taxes that reflect the future cost of environmental damages, etc. Heck, one could even be clever and find out how much of our national defense is spent on protecting oil reserves and transport and build that in to gasoline and nat'l gas prices (but good luck on that one). Carbon taxes also apply to transit but would have less of an effect, most likely making it a more economical choice with the drawbacks being freedom of time and destination options. You could then make transit a pseudo-public good by subsidizing demand for those that cannot afford it to meet their daily needs. But I don't think any of the things i just talked about would happen in our lifetimes, so if we're going to subsidize a form of transportation, it should be the one that is more equitable and has lower direct and secondary (poor land-use) environmental harm. Postby MNdible » May 10th, 2013, 10:37 pm Even if I never drive a car, I benefit from the existence of a well maintained transportation system. Just like even if I never call the police, I benefit from the existence of the police department. If I never collect welfare, I still benefit from the presence of a societal safety net. Etc. Public goods, all. Location: Jordan, Minneapolis, MN Contact alleycat Postby alleycat » May 11th, 2013, 12:15 am Looks like .25 cent raise now and another .25 next biennium. Same goes for gas tax. Scottie B. Tuska scottie.tuska@gmail.com talindsay Postby talindsay » May 11th, 2013, 8:20 am MNdible wrote: Even if I never drive a car, I benefit from the existence of a well maintained transportation system. Just like even if I never call the police, I benefit from the existence of the police department. If I never collect welfare, I still benefit from the presence of a societal safety net. Etc. Hear hear! We choose the society we live in, and it's not all about our immediate, direct needs. Helping others most certainly does help us, if even from the cynical view that it gets them out of our way. Postby RailBaronYarr » May 11th, 2013, 8:45 am I agree with you. But if you never drive a car you don't benefit from everyone else having unlimited access to an ever growing network of road infrastructure. I'm not saying I agree with the toll 100% method. The problem is everyone (businesses and people alike) assuming they have a right to direct physical access to certain types of transportation systems. It's one thing to compare public goods like welfare, police, fire fighters, national defense - things that are a basic social safety net (and I completely agree with you, and I add healthcare in that mix too). It's another to assume it's everyone's job to make sure everyone's choice of lifestyle is supported with good infrastructure no matter where they live. Similarly, we all pay the postal service to mail a letter, and have to pay more if it's a package, etc David Levinson has a point in this regard, that the rivalrous nature of a freeway or bus blurs the line - if I use the police system that doesn't prevent someone else from enjoying it. I think this is where the ST message comes in to play - we need high capacity, high speed roadways (HSR, interstates, highways, etc) that allow people to travel from one area to another without congestion. Once you get there, we need a well-maintained infrastructure to get you around the area you're in (streets, sidewalks, bus, LRT, subway). We've mucked things up with a design of infrastructure where anyone who wants access to certain roadways gets it, and the congestion that results is attempted to be fixed by just creating more lanes. Without really charging people for the use of roadways (gas taxes are very indirect) we create a tragedy of the commons problem because one car can physically exclude another from entering the system. My take is that capital costs of infrastructure should come out of the public fund. If you apply the ST principle, gas taxes/fares/etc should cover operating expenses and more, and the amount left over can be funded to build new infrastructure when it is financially productive to do so. Tolling, be it zone tolls, true congestion pricing, VMT, etc ensures that we have an array of options for people to use said infrastructure without delay. And again, I think if this results in a missing link of affordability, subsidize demand for that group of people. scttdvd Postby scttdvd » May 11th, 2013, 12:56 pm A public good is not simply a thing with positive externalities, it is a thing whose benefit to consumers is disconnected from the price the consumers are willing to pay because the good is non-rival and non-excludable. It's something everyone wants, but no one has a reason to pay for. You tax people to avoid the free-rider problem. Everyone benefits from clean air and water, but no single person has an incentive to pay for an agency to inspect factories and study the environment. I live in an apartment building, and I benefit from living near large, beautiful homes. They make for good Instagramming. But large, beautiful homes are not a public good, and it would be foolish and regressive to subsidize them. [5/13 edit: Changed "non-exclusive" to "non-excludable."] Last edited by scttdvd on May 13th, 2013, 8:32 am, edited 1 time in total. mplsjaromir Location: Sommerset Knolls Postby mplsjaromir » May 11th, 2013, 7:58 pm scttdvd wrote: A public good is not simply a thing with positive externalities, it is a thing whose benefit to consumers is disconnected from the price the consumers are willing to pay because the good is non-rival and non-exclusive. It's something everyone wants, but no one has a reason to pay for. You tax people to avoid the free-rider problem. Everyone benefits from clean air and water, but no single person has an incentive to pay for an agency to inspect factories and study the environment. Best 1st post ever. mplsjaromir wrote: Best 1st post ever. -1. He said it better than I did. Postby gpete » May 17th, 2013, 1:44 pm Slightly related, the MN House just rejected a bonding bill for this year. Never say never, but it looks highly unlikely that there will be a bonding bill (then again, it would have been unusual to have a bonding bill in an odd-numbered year; presumably there will be a bonding bill next year). Of relevance to this discussion, the bonding bill that they voted on included $50 million for the Met Council: This appropriation may be used by the Metropolitan Council or for grants to metropolitan area political subdivisions for preliminary engineering, engineering, environmental assessment, environmental work, design, right-of-way acquisition, and construction for the Lake Street and I-35W transit station in Minneapolis, and in the following transit way corridors: Bottineau Boulevard, East 37th Street in St. Paul, I-94 Gateway, Nicollet Avenue, Red Rock, Riverview, Robert Street, Rush Line, Snelling Avenue, and Southwest. Re: Southwest Corridor (Green Line Extension) Postby David Greene » May 17th, 2013, 3:00 pm min-chi-cbus wrote: I totally agree, don't eff with the sales tax or it'll have ripple effects well beyond the income it will bring. Besides, it taxes the very wrong people -- the people who need that subsidy the most are the poorest people. You're taking too narrow a view. Regressivity analysis should consider the use as well as the source. Dedicating a sales tax to service that benefits and is essential to low-include people is the very definition of progressive, as far as I'm concerned. Any other funding source is not politically realistic. There's a reason practically every other region in the U.S. funds transit via sales taxes. Well, looks like transit funding is dead this year, leaving an $18 million hole for Metro Transit and jeopardizing lots of projects. Here's who you can blame for fighting against transit funding: - Paul Thissen - Diane Loeffler - Joe Mullery - Mark Dayton Yep. All urban Dems, all Minneapolis legislators. Postby mullen » May 19th, 2013, 12:01 am transit funding isn't dead because the final trans bill was still being negotiated in conference committee. it takes more than legislators from the urban core to pass a bill. there are many factors that go into how these bills are shaped. one of those is what has a realistic chance at passage by the full body. there is a lot of tax being raised this session. a lot of legislators are hesitant at more. the final bill to be voted on both floors has nearly 40 million for southwest lrt and 18 million for metro transit, filling that hole in their budget. unfortunately though there is no provision for a dedicated sales tax for transit. hopefully something will happen during next year's session. mullen wrote: transit funding isn't dead because the final trans bill was still being negotiated in conference committee. Believing anything will happen next year is next to fantasy. It's an election year. If they couldn't raise taxes for bread-and-butter infrastructure all over the state this year, they sure as heck won't do it next year. Many legislators were ready to raise the gas and sales tax. Dayton refused to allow a gas tax increase. Greater MN legislators aren't going to vote for a transportation bill that gives them nothing. Thissen refused to challenge Dayton. We had a Senator from EDINA resurrect the sales and gas tax. Hats off to Melisa Franzen! Minneapolis legislators should feel absolutely ashamed and embarrassed about that. I've been involved in this campaign all year. Believe me, stiff opposition from Minneapolis legislators was a BIG reason this failed. Postby mullen » May 20th, 2013, 6:13 am uhuh...you've been involved eh. why you don't you run for office. go tell rep Horstein and senator Dibble, both representing minneapolis that were was stiff oppostition from mpls for dedicated transit funding. you're full of crap. do you know how a bill gets passed? do you really think a gas tax increase, with prices currently up to 4.50 a gallon and up was going to pass the full legisltaure? keep pissing on the city. that seems to be your agenda. Postby MNdible » May 20th, 2013, 8:09 am Well that got personal in a hurry. Postby mplsjaromir » May 20th, 2013, 8:38 am MNdible wrote: Well that got personal in a hurry. You mean when David Greene said he was personally advocating for transit at the capital? He stated he was involved all year and asked forum readers to believe him. That has to be what you meant. Return to “Transportation”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1160
__label__cc	0.64881	0.35119	Joss Whedon – Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale tags: book, book review, chris samnee, joss whedon, serenity, serenity graphic novels, the shepherd's tale, zack whedon 10. The Shepherd’s Tale by Joss Whedon, Zach Whedon, Chris Samnee (2010) Serenity, Volume 3 Read my review of volume: 1. Those Left Behind 2. Better Days Genre: Sci-Fi, Graphic Novel Started/Finished: 13 February 2013 Where did it come from? The library. Why do I have it? I was in the mood for graphic novels. Also, yay Browncoats! We finally get answers about Firefly’s preacher mystery. Summary: The untimely cancellation of Firefly left fans with a lot of questions unanswered. Some of these were dealt with in Serenity, but Shepherd Book’s origin story remained mysterious. What did he do before becoming a Shepherd? How does he know so much about weaponry and tactics? Why does the Alliance defer to him once they scan his ident card in the episode “Safe”? This short graphic novel attempts to answer all of these questions and more, starting at that fateful day on Haven, and working backwards through time, looking at the key events that set Book on his life’s path. Review: I wish I hadn’t read this. I am a huge Firefly fan, so I couldn’t help myself… but once I had, I wished I hadn’t. Not that it was bad. The story itself was solid, and showed believable character growth (or character reduction, since it’s moving backwards in time?) that explains how Book got to here from there. But. There’s a but. While I was as curious as anyone about Book’s past, I actually liked the fact that it was left mysterious. Whether or not Joss would have revealed which pieces of it if the series had been allowed to continue is a matter of pure speculation at this point. But I thought that the exchange between Mal and Book in the movie Serenity kind of put paid to the issue. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: It’s of interest to me how much you seem to know about that world. Shepherd Book: I wasn’t born a shepherd, Mal. Capt. Malcolm Reynolds: You have to tell me about that sometime. Shepherd Book: [pause] No, I don’t. Some things remain mysterious, and we don’t always get our questions answered. And I was okay with that. And the problem I had with this book is that fans have had so long to speculate, that to be provided the answers flat out, in this very short book, felt anticlimactic and not entirely satisfying, relative to the possible answers that I’d imagined. (Plus, either I missed something, or the backstory as given here doesn’t really gel with the fact that the Alliance would instantly render help to the point of letting the Serenity go without inspection upon seeing Book’s ID, as established in the series.) The art in this one was kind of a mixed bag. Book himself is really well done, and the backwards aging is nicely handled; even though the art is relatively simple, you can still see aspects of older Book in the younger versions. The other characters don’t fare as well; they’re only present briefly, but are typically recognizable only by their clothes. 3.5 out of 5 stars. Recommendation: For Firefly fans only. And even there, I’d say only for Firefly fans who really want the official answers about Shepherd Book. While it wasn’t bad on its own merits, I personally preferred the ambiguity. Other Reviews: The Little Red Reviewer, Once Upon a Bookshelf, Tales of the Marvelous, The Written World, and more at the Book Blogs Search Engine. First Line: “Shepherd, when’s the Captain and them comin’ round again?” © 2013 Fyrefly’s Book Blog. All Rights Reserved. If you’re reading this on a site other than Fyrefly’s Book Blog or its RSS feed, be aware that this post has been stolen and is being used without permission. from → 3.5 stars, Graphic Novel, Science Fiction ← Bill Willingham – Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland Ellen Kushner – Swordspoint → Joanna @ CreateYourWorld permalink I’m a huge Whedon fan, but so far mostly of the Buffyverse. I have the Firefly dvds but haven’t watched them yet… Joanna — Gasp! OMG OMG I don’t know whether to be shocked that you haven’t seen them yet or jealous that you get to watch them for the first time. :) I don’t regret reading this, but I was left feeling like I still wanted to know so much more. I think you’re right that there was so much speculation built up, it’s very hard to tell a story that won’t wind up as an anticlimax. Cheryl – I think if it had been allowed to go as a series, we could have had the same pieces of information doled out and had it be satisfying, but it just felt so quick after so many years of wondering… Ricardo de Draco permalink It was odd. I expected the shepherd would have a dark past, but I found this story unsatisfying. If he was a mole and a traitor (or just a bumbling idiot that caused the worst defeat in Alliance history), why would the Alliance treat him with so much respect when he was wounded? It doesn’t gel with the Safe episode. Also the browncoats’ reputation didn’t fair much better. They destroyed a ship with 4000 souls; apparently many of them doctors, nurses and teachers. Not exactly a praise worthy group of freedom fighters (of course, in real life many aren’t). I also thought the story was unnecessarily convoluted: abused child to street thug to nasty ninja freedom fighter to villainous Alliance lackey to activated sleeper mole that causes the deaths of thousands. Frankly, I would have found it more interesting if his connection with the browncoats didn’t exist. Villainous lackey realizes the error of his ways, seeks redemption through spiritual endeavors and ends up the conscious of a crew of misfits (some of whom fought for independence). A cliche perhaps but at least it makes some sense. Of course, that’s just my opinion.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1168
__label__wiki	0.677617	0.677617	You are here: Home Page > Arts & Humanities > Religion > Christianity > Early Christianity > Origen This item is out of stock. It can be ordered now for delivery when back in stock. On First Principles Edited by John Behr Oxford Early Christian Texts A new edition and translation of one of the most important and controversial texts from early Christianity Offers a more sympathetic understanding of the text than that currently available in the only English translation Provides new insights into the structure of the work and the nature of theology as it was practiced in early Christianity On First Principles by Origen of Alexandria, written around 220-230 AD, is one of the most important and contentious works of early Christianity. It provoked controversy when written, provoked further debate when translated into Latin by Rufinus in the fourth century, and was the subject, together with its author, of condemnation in the sixth century. As a result, the work no longer survives intact in the original Greek. We only have the complete work in the Latin translation of Rufinus, and a few extensive passages preserved in Greek by being excerpted into the Philokalia of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus. John Behr provides a new edition and translation of one of the most important texts from early Christianity. He includes an invaluable introduction, which provides a clear structure of the work with significant implications for how the text is to be read and for understanding the character of theology in the early Christian tradition. 1. Origen and his On First Principles I. Origen in Alexandria II. On First Principles 2. The structure of On First Principles I. The Two Cycles II. The Division into Chapters III. Theology and Economy IV. The Apostolic and the Ecclesiastical Preaching V. Scripture, Book Four, and the Purpose of On First Principles VI. Conclusion and the Context of On First Principles 3. Theology I. An Eternal Creation? II. The 'Foundation' of the World 4. Economy I. Incarnation II. The 'Pre-existence' and Incarnation of Christ 5. 'In My End is My Beginning' Origen, On First Principles Manuscripts and Other Sources, Abbreviations and Sigla 1. Rufinus' Translation I. Manuscripts II. Indirect Witnesses III. Editions 2. The Philocalia II. Editions 3. Abbreviations and Sigla Rufinus' Preface Part I: Theology I. The Apostolic Preaching II. The Church's Preaching Part II: Economy I. The Apostolic Praching Part III: The Inspired Scripture Recapitulation Appendix I Chapter Titles in the Latin Manuscripts Appendix II Koetschau's Fragments Index of Ancient Sources Index of Modern Authors Cited John Behr is the Dean of St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and Professor of Patristics and Metropolitan Kallistos Chair in Orthodox Theology at Vrije Universiteit. His previous publications include Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement (2000), The Case Against Diodore and Theodore: Texts and Their Contexts (2011), and Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (OUP, 2013). He is also the co-editor of The Role of Life in Death: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Issues pertaining to Life and Death (Wipf and Stock, 2015; with C. Cunningham). "[A] precious resource for scholarship ... it presents both a clear account and a seductive resolution of the difficulties which occlude our understanding of the most thoughtful and fecund thinker of the ante-Nicene church.'" -- Mark Edwards, The Journal of Theological Studies "[A] magisterial edition...Thanks to Behr's unique blend of diligence and free-spiritedness, these volumes bring to life one of the most fearsomely inventive works of theology ever written."--Benjamin Myers, Christian Century "Behr has proven himself to be an able commentator and analyst of early Christian theology in both its Latin and Greek varieties. Here he shows himself also to be a splendid translator of one of the most acclaimed and yet too often unread works of early Christian theology. . . . [T]his new edition should prove to be a constant reference point for students of early Christian theology and exegesis and—one might hope—an instigating force for further research upon Origen's contribution to theological developments in the third century Christian church."--Michael Allen, Reading Religion "Behr has surpassed other laborers in this field and has now also surpassed his previous work with a magisterial edition of Origen's On First Principles. ... Thanks to Behr's unique blend of diligence and free-spiritedness, these volumes bring to life one of the most fearsomely inventive works of theology ever written."--Benjamin Myers, The Christian Century The Case Against Diodore and Theodore John Behr Jerome's Epitaph on Paula Andrew Cain The Christian Tradition Peter Feldmeier Theology and the Kinesthetic Imagination Kathryn Reklis The Classical Tradition Gilbert Highet and Harold Bloom Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement Faith in Formulae Wolfram Kinzig Heaven's Purge Isabel Moreira John Wigger Vergil in Russia Zara Martirosova Torlone Greek and Latin Narratives about the Ancient Martyrs Éric Rebillard The Early Text of the New Testament Charles E. Hill and Michael J. Kruger Aquinas and Calvin on Romans Charles Raith II Ancient Egyptian Literature Roland Enmarch and Verena M. 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__label__cc	0.55561	0.44439	5 tasty foods that help fight inflammation By Dani-Elle Dubé National Online Journalist, Smart Living Global News Strawberries are a good anti-inflammatory food that's even good for people with Type 2 diabetes, experts say. “Inflammation” is a word that’s mentioned quite a bit but not many people know what it means, let alone how to prevent it and treat it should they have it. Put simply, inflammation acts as the body’s first responder – it is the response of the body’s immune system to stress, Desiree Nielsen, registered dietitian and author of Un-Junk Your Diet, explains. READ MORE: Eating whole grains decreases colorectal cancer risk, processed meats increase risk: report According to Nielsen, there are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. In most cases, however, when inflammation is mentioned, the chronic type is usually being referenced. “Chronic inflammation represents a loss of the balance between tolerance and action in the immune system – because for your immune system to operate properly, it needs to know when it really needs to act, and when it needs to hang back when it’s not a big deal,” Nielsen says. “Usually it’s the immune system that’s very confused by some aspect of modern living. So chronic stress is a very under-rated source of chronic inflammation in the body, and it has a very real physical impact on us.” Nutritional benefits of radishes Nutrition: Spring garden vegetables Nutrition: Ways to better snacking Chronic inflammation has been linked to ailments like diabetes, obesity and heart disease, among others, Nielsen points out. It can be triggered by lifestyle, infection or environment, but perhaps the biggest trigger, Nielsen says, is diet. “Maintenance of stable blood sugars and avoiding that blood sugar roller coaster will help with inflammation,” Nielsen says. “Making very high glycemic choices and ones that spike blood sugars and keep a high level of blood sugar circulating in the blood tends to promote chronic inflammation.” READ MORE: 5 high-fibre foods that help fight constipation Another diet trigger of inflammation is the types of fats one consumes, Nielsen adds. “Eating a lot of saturated fats, Omega 6 fats – which we also find in meats and animal products, as well as the vegetable oils like sunflower oil – will do this,” Nielsen reveals. “These types of fats are also really prevalent in junk foods and processed foods. When eaten in excess, it can promote more pro-inflammatory pathways, whereas monounsaturated fats – like avocado oil, extra virgin olive oil and Omega 3 fats – those tend to promote anti-inflammatory pathways.” So what are some other foods that promote anti-inflammation that one can easily incorporate into their diet? Nielsen has a few suggestions. 1. Fermented food and probiotics When talking about fermented foods and probiotics, think plain unsweetened yogurt, kombucha, and kimchi, Nielsen says. “They’re kind of a natural piece of the anti-inflammatory arsenal,” she says. “They introduce beneficial bacteria into the system – not in a way that is therapeutic, but more as a prevention and general anti-inflammatory. So that is tackling inflammation from the gut.” According to Nielsen, these types of foods bring that anti-inflammatory component to the gut bacteria while also helping to calm the immune system within the gut. 2. Dark leafy greens Kale, spinach, chard and broccoli are just some of the many dark leafy green vegetable examples that can help with inflammation, “They’re incredibly nutrient dense and are very nutritious foods,” Nielsen says. “But they’re also very high in certain antioxidants and anti-inflammatory vitamins, like vitamin A. It helps to control oxidative damage, which can lead to inflammation.” Nielsen says these types of foods are also high in vitamin K, a less discussed vitamin that has great anti-inflammatory properties. It also helps with heart health and bone health, Nielsen adds. It doesn’t matter what type – strawberry, blackberry, blueberry or whatever – berries are another great food that fights inflammation, Nielsen says. “All fruits are wonderful and are part of an anti-inflammatory diet, but berries have some particular importance in anti-inflammatory nutrition,” she says. “In the fruit world, they actually have a very moderate impact on blood sugar. So even people with blood sugar issues – like those with Type 2 diabetes – are very well suited to eat berries daily.” Berries are also very high in fibres, which help feed beneficial bacteria to target inflammation at the gut level, Nielsen adds. “They also all contain flavonoids, which are phytochemicals that are very strongly associated with protecting against chronic inflammation,” she says. Turmeric Powder in bowl and raw turmeric with wooden spoon against white background. Turmeric is a golden-coloured spice that is native to Southeast Asia but can be bought here in Canada. It is also part of the ginger family, and it is also what gives curry its colour. “This is one of the best researched, but also a befuddling anti-inflammatory,” Nielsen says. “The reason why is because the main component is called curcumin. In lab studies, it has shown remarkable anti-inflammatory capacity… and the consumption is associated with lower levels of cancer prevention and Alzheimer’s disease.” But when humans eat turmeric, Nielsen explains that the spice is not very “bio-available,” meaning humans don’t actually digest and absorb the spice into our circulation very well, so humans have to consume a lot of it. “But we’re also learning now that perhaps, part of how it works is through the gut,” Nielsen says. “So by not being digested or absorbed might be happening because it has a bit of a prebiotic effect on our gut bacteria – so feeding beneficial bacteria. But the compounds may also be interacting with the gut level immune system as opposed to having a huge amount of activity when in the blood.” 5. Beans and lentils Lentils pouring from wooden scoop, close up “They are a super un-trendy, un-sexy food,” Nielsen says. “But they are some of the healthiest food that people are still just not eating. For me, it’s kind of like a core component of an anti-inflammatory diet.” Beans and lentils, Nielsen explains, has plant-based protein and come packed with tons of fibre and their carbohydrates are very slowly burned.” That fibre feeds beneficial bacteria in the gut and they contain minerals which really help calm inflammation, Nieslen says. And – depending on their colour – can also contain anti-inflammatory markets in the blood. Examples include black beans and kidney beans. Follow @danidmedia Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter anti-inflammatory foods chronic inflammation foods that fight inflammation Want to discuss? Please read our Commenting Policy first.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1180
__label__wiki	0.564117	0.564117	← On This Day — The Shot That Shocked the World (February 1 1968) One Year Ago — Germany : Constitutional Complaint Lodged Against BND Law → Two Years Ago — Former MOSSAD Chief : “Israel’s Biggest Threat Is Potential Civil War, Not Iran.” Posted on February 1, 2019 by L “If a society crosses a certain line in its division and hatred, then it is a real possibility to see a phenomenon like a civil war.” Tamir Pardo — Former Mossad chief Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo February 1 2017 — The most pressing threat to Israel is not Iran, but rather the increased polarization within Israeli society, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo said in a rare public appearance since leaving office. Follow us on Twitter: @Intel_Today. RELATED POST: ISIS, Israel, and Spymasters: A Reality Check RELATED POST: Ex MOSSAD Boss: Cyber-attacks far more efficient than bombs RELATED POST: Will Trump Target Iran? RELATED POST: Israel Modifies Sharing Intelligence Protocol with US after Trump’s Leak RELATED POST: MOSSAD Chief’s Secret Visit to Washington RELATED POST: MOSSAD — Test your ‘SPY’ knowledge with our quiz! RELATED POST: Former CIA Phil Giraldi: “Israel Steals US Technology” UPDATE (February 1 2019) — Pardo has been very critical of the Trump’s administration for its policy towards Iran. Trump has withdrawn the US from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) –known commonly nuclear deal — with Iran negotiated by the Obama administration, arguing it was a terrible deal that did nothing about Tehran’s “malign activity” in the Middle East, ballistic missile development, and threats to Israel. The US has re-imposed most of the sanctions on Iran that had been suspended under the deal, with the last batch scheduled to go into effect November 5 2018. RELATED POST: General Qassem Soleimani : “I Will Stand Against You” [UPDATE] Pardo argues that, although the nuclear deal is not perfect, staying in it while Iran is complying is better than exiting it this early – a position similar to the IDF’s. Citing a benefit of the accord, Pardo said that “after the nuclear deal, Iran started fighting ISIS” side by side with the West and made an important contribution in that regard. Pardo believes that the risk of a major cyber attack is very real. “A cyber attack could turn five nuclear power plants into a group of Chernobyls. We need an IAEA on cyber. That is the only solution if you want to fight it.” END od UPDATE Tamir Pardo (born 1953) is the former Director of the Mossad, taking over the role from Meir Dagan on 1st January 2011. He was succeeded by Yossi Cohen on 5 January 2016. In a rare public speech, Pardo said that: “There is no outside existential threat to Israel, the only real existential threat is internal division.” “Internal division can lead us to civil war – we are already on a path toward that. If a society crosses a certain line in its division and hatred, it is a real possibility to see a phenomenon like a civil war.” “Society at large bears responsibility to prevent these divisions, not just the leadership.” During the event, Pardo criticized both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Defense Ministry. [Pardo participated in Operation Entebbe during which his commanding officer Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu — the elder brother to current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — was killed.] While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly hailed improved diplomatic relations with moderate Arab countries in the region, Pardo stated that: “Without a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we will never be able to achieve normalization with our Arab neighbors.” The Defense Ministry has compared the deal between the six world powers and Iran to curb Tehran’s nuclear program with the 1938 Munich agreement that allowed Nazi Germany to annex portions of Czechoslovakia. Pardo does not appear to agree. “You can’t compare squash and grapes. What happened a century ago is different from what is occurring today. History does not repeat itself.” Tamir Pardo on Balancing Liberty and Security From the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on May 3 2016, “ISIS, Israel, and Spymasters: A Reality Check” featuring a conversation between Michael Morell, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Tamir Pardo, former Director of the Mossad. The event was moderated by Belfer Center Director Graham Allison. “We have to preserve, I think, our democracy and be ready even to pay quite a high price for that. I think it’s better to suffer from their, let’s say, behavior, than to ruin our own society and the things that we believe in.” Ex Mossad chief: Israel’s biggest threat is potential civil war, not Iran — ARIEL WHITMAN, REUTERS One Year Ago — Former MOSSAD Chief : “Israel’s Biggest Threat Is Potential Civil War, Not Iran.” This entry was posted in Iran, Israel, Michael Morell, MOSSAD, Tamir Pardo and tagged Benjamin Netanyahu, Civil war, Iran Nuclear deal, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Meir Dagan, Michael Morell, MOSSAD, Operation Entebbe, Tamir Pardo, Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu, Yossi Cohen. 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__label__wiki	0.640325	0.640325	Tag: Kendrick Lamar Anderson Paak’s new single is perfect for your tinted windows whip October 9, 2018 October 9, 2018 Categories Sgt. Tibs, SongsLeave a Comment on Anderson Paak’s new single is perfect for your tinted windows whip It’s an especially great feeling bumping this having literally just bought a new whip with black tints already installed in the back windows and windshield. If you’re curious… and haha, it’s a Honda Accord. Oh right, the song. Love Anderson Paak’s feel-good LA vibe that comes across on this one again. That said, I coulda used more from Kendrick Lamar. Disappointing feature, but he gets a pass. Tibs Fav. Kendrick Lamar interviews N.W.A. August 13, 2015 Categories featured On the heels of yesterday’s RollingStone cover reveal, the latest pub for N.W.A. and Straight Outta Compton is a doozy. Kendrick Lamar sits down with N.W.A. for Billboard and they talk for 25 minutes. Need I really say more? http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 The conversation ranges from early days in the studio with Eazy-E, the eternal “bullshit” of the music business and how N.W.A made South Park (and much more) possible. “N.W.A did a lot more than entertain. They told the truth,” says Lamar. And as Dre explains, “If N.W.A had done it softer, it wouldn’t have gotten the attention. It wouldn’t have worked.” Cube tells Billboard that he believes police brutality remains “the same” today as it did in the late ’80s and early ’90s. “Ain’t nobody we’d rather have do this interview,” says Cube, 46. “Have you seen the movie?” asks Dre, 50. “Not yet,” answers Lamar. “Didn’t want to go to a preview and see it in a privileged setting. Would rather wait for it to come to the neighborhood and see it with everyone else. That way it’ll mean the most to me.” These are just scattered tibits aside from the sitdown itself. Again, be sure to press play above, if you can only read right now, the full transcript is here. And there’s also some behind the scenes on the cover shoot here. Dr. Dre ‘Compton’ (Album Stream) August 6, 2015 Categories Album Streams, featured STREAM Dr. Dre ‘Compton’ here (iTunes or iOS) Dr. Dre’s first album in 15 years! Featuring Eminem, Kendrick Lamar (multiple times!), DJ Premier, Snoop Dogg, and much more! I pressed play instantly. The album goes up as one giant 3 hour stream before it’s scheduled premiere tonight and release for retail on Apple Music. Compton actually clocks in at a little over an hour. When you click the link, you can sift through to find when a desired song starts. For instance, you can skip right to the Eminem song at the 53 minute mark. It’s Dre Day! Enjoy. 1) Intro 2) Talk About It (feat. King Mez & Justus) 3) Genocide (feat. Kendrick Lamar, Marsha Ambrosius & Candice Pillay) 4) It’s All On Me (feat. Justus & BJ the Chicago Kid) 5) All In a Day’s Work (feat. Anderson .Paak & Marsha Ambrosius) 6) Darkside/Gone (feat. King Mez, Marsha Ambrosius & Kendrick Lamar) 7) Loose Cannons (feat. Xzibit & COLD 187um) 8) Issues (feat. Ice Cube &Anderson .Paak) 9) Deep Water (feat. Kendrick Lamar & Justus) 10) Jon Connor – One Shot One Kill (feat. Snoop Dogg) 11) The Game – Just Another Day (feat. Asia Bryant) 12) For the Love of Money (feat. Jill Scott & Jon Connor) 13) Satisfaction (feat. Snoop Dogg, Marsha Ambrosius & King Mez) 14) Animals (feat. Anderson .Paak) (prod. DJ Premier) 15) Medicine Man (feat. Eminem, Candice Pillay & Anderson .Paak) (starts at 53:10) 16) Talking To My Diary For those on the go… http://emd.sharebeast.com/embed.php?type=basic&file=4hhw6ujipc21&enableDownload=false&title=15.%20Medicine%20Man%20(Ft.%20Eminem,%20Candice%20Pillay%20&%20Anderson%20Paak).mp3&dur=253.0&bg=F9F9F9&border=CCCCCC&color1=00A5DF 1st Listen Impressions: Very positive. The album bangs from beginning to end, with layers like horn solos that enter the overall sound too. Definitely a Compton/west coast sound that you’d expect, and it’s definitely modern too. Also: don’t even listen if it’s not loud. High volume adds to the experience, for sure. It’s tough to find a drawback in tracks 1-9. The first half of the album is strongest, brought in properly by the intro + first real track. This stretch also has features 3 (!) Kendrick Lamar features in this stretch. All of them are on point and I liked his work on “Darkside/Gone” and “Deep Water” a little more than “Genocide”. The beat drop for Xzibit and his subsequent energy was new/classic. That definitely worked. Cube’s feature + the murder fantasy on that track took the album a dark direction for a couple songs that I feel longtime fans will definitely appreciate. Reminds me of the 90s. Dre himself is flowin with more rhythm than some of his random, rare appearances in the past few years. Singers doin it justice too, specifically Marsha Ambrosius, BJ The Chicago Kid, and Anderson .Paak. Dap to Asia Bryant on “Just Another Day” too. Wait, can you imagine this album live? It flows really well and will definitely jump another level if the rumored Straight Outta Compton Tour with N.W.A. and Eminem comes to fruition. Whoo! Ran back “Medicine Man” twice in a row. Dre and Em definitely feels right and both delivered. How bout Dre disgusted at today’s rap game?! The eerie, and explicit female hook from Candice Pillay works. Then Eminem kept getting better and better and even had some shock value lines along the way. Lots of songs will make the rotation for awhile to come, this is one of them. R.I.P. Eazy-E. Dre appropriately paid homage to him throughout, especially to close it out on “Talking To My Diary”. applauds* What are your first impressions?! Let me know @gowherehiphop UPDATE: Lots of speculation of Kendrick sub-dissing Drake in “Deep Water”, namely the beginning and end bars of his. Also on “Darkside/Gone”: But still I got enemies giving me energy I wanna fight now Subliminally sent to me all of this hate I thought I was holding the mic down… I dunno, part of me feels like this is a stretch. (In fact, Mickey sums it up well.) But whatever the case, the bars are hot and if it snowballs into an even greater competition, I’m all for it. ICYMI: Dr. Dre talks Compton with Zane Lowe yasiin bey x Kendrick Lamar “Alright” August 2, 2015 Categories Videos Just look at that photo. After K. Dot told the crowd at OSHEAGA that Mos Def was someone who inspired him to start rapping, he brings him out. And together they perform “Alright”. Chills? Kendrick Lamar “For Free? (Interlude)” July 31, 2015 Categories Videos Surprise new visuals off TPAB on this Friday as K. Dot offers up a sharp one for the “For Free? (Interlude)”. Fire this up for the weekend’s playlist once again. College students sing “Alright” in police protest July 29, 2015 Categories featured Wow, a chilling, and very powerful statement. Kendrick Lamar has got to feel inspired that his new single (and masterful video) for “Alright” is connecting like this. Cleveland State University students gathered at a Black Lives Matter conference this past weekend. An incident caused unrest when the police detained a 14-year old boy for public intoxication. They did it violently, according to witnesses to ABC News 5 Cleveland, as officers slammed him to the ground. Things escalated when a crowd blocked a police car’s path, causing the officers to use pepper spray. This led to the arm to arm unity and the “Alright” chorus to reign loud. Here’s the video: Jidenna f/ Kendrick Lamar “Classic Man (Remix)” Jidenna and Kendrick show the flash in L.A. for the “Classic Man (Remix)” visual. I’ve been giving this some more spins since it’s been appearing a lot on Apple Music playlists, haha.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1187
__label__wiki	0.568151	0.568151	Feedback for Affinity Publisher on Desktop Feature Requests, Suggestions & Discussions Footnotes/Endnotes By garrettm30, August 31, 2018 in Feedback for Affinity Publisher on Desktop A_B_C 1,766 Ahh … elles83 0 A good native footnotes/endnotes manager would be great and it would differentiate AP from other parties programs. Peter Kahrel 23 I'll add my vote for footnote and endnote support. > Hope you can implement it in a similar way like in InDesign, . . . Please, Affinity, whatever you do, don't look at InDesign's notes. Footnotes are at the document level in InDesign, they should be at the level of the story. That way each story can have its own numbering style and start number. It should also be possible (as it isn't in InDesign), to set the first footnote in a text as an uncued note. And users should be able to define their own sequence and appearance of note symbols (asterisk, pilcrow, dagger, double dagger, paragraph symbol, etc.). > Visit any university library and you'll find that endnotes replaced footnotes long ago, perhaps in the 1950s. Complete nonsense. Academic publishers prefer footnotes. > In the era before computers, endnotes were far easier to typeset. That's why notes were set as endnotes at some stage. Endnotes hung on for non-academic texts and in texts published by penny-pinching publishers, but nowadays footnotes are preferred by many. Footnotes are still more labour-intensive than endnotes, but the difference in effort is not nearly as big as it used to be. > In today's world, their appearance at the bottom of a page is seen as clutter by most readers. In my experience, readers just get annoyed by having to go to the end of the book (or worse, to the end of the chapter in multi-authored volumes). Markio, siafok, cai and 6 others reacted to this Seneca 316 On 9/15/2018 at 11:54 AM, Peter Kahrel said: Exactly. I don't want to scout for footnotes somewhere else in the book, particularly, where there are many of them. Obviously, with a very few notes in the document placing them at the back of the chapter or at the end the book is acceptable and oftentimes desirable. And I agree with Peter. We need greater flexibility than in indesign. T.O.R.A., jmwellborn, Jaran Gaarder Heggen and 1 other reacted to this Jowday 139 Location: Waiting for Godot On 8/31/2018 at 4:05 PM, Seneca said: I'm sure the dev team are already working on this. "Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one." +1 for footnotes and endnotes. Yannick 1 Without footnotes it's absolutely impossible for me to work with AP Yannixk Jaran Gaarder Heggen 1 And by adding support for bibliography and Reference Tools like JabRef, Zotero and Medeley it will be even easier to make good references/endnotes/footnotes... That way we can actually drop Words or other word prosessors for writing and go stright to Publisher to do all our work for books and reports that need references and bibliographies... Would be great... Petar Petrenko reacted to this On 9/15/2018 at 12:54 PM, Peter Kahrel said: By adding support for bibliography and Reference Tools like JabRef, Zotero and Medeley we would get everything needed, and it the notes/bibliography would be formated correctly all the time, with minimal effort... We would get all the flexibility needed if they would support Bibliography and Reference Tools like JabRef, Zotero and Medeley? Calum MacLeod (pangur) 2 Please add me to the list of those wanting footnotes, endnotes, etc. I realise that margin notes can be mimicked easily once anchoring graphics to paragraphs is fixed. I use Spacemacs. LaTeX, and Auctex at present. Though a bit old fashioned it does footnotes with ease. So, I am guessing that Affinity Publisher will have them eventually anyway. hum3 1 On 9/3/2018 at 3:40 PM, Mike Perry said: Add me to those voting for footnotes and endnotes, but with a strong stress on the later. Visit any university library and you'll find that endnotes replaced footnotes long ago, perhaps in the 1950s. In the era before computers, endnotes were far easier to typeset. In todays world, their appearance at the bottom of a page is seen as clutter by most readers. And being able to have both in the same document would be handy. Footnotes could be used at the bottom of a page to clarify ideas. Endnotes far away could be used to give references that most people don't read. I would, however, agree with those who'd like to see footnotes handled in a more powerful way. Untangling Tolkien, my day-by-day chronology of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was done in Framemaker, which allowed me create the equivalent of footnotes for references to the source in LOTR in a sidebar alongside the text to which it applies. That worked far better than bottom of the page footnotes or endnotes. I can't do that in ID. Seriously? Giving the information on the page is way more user-friendly than having to constantly refer to another page. Function over form on this one – we are relaying information here, not sweeping it out of sight to make the page less 'cluttered'. If your footnotes look rubbish, then it is probably the designer.... Definite want for footnote / endnote support here. Can't use AP until they are supported. It would be superb if you could support them from within tables – something that ID fails to do and makes my life miserable. A_B_C reacted to this Yes, please. Support for footnotes in tables would be wonderful! Birn 1 Footnotes, yes! If you want to get customers you need footnotes/endnotes and Hebrew/RTL support! Joansz 2 Still no footnotes and end notes. They are a must have. Product useless without this, IMO. jmwellborn and siafok reacted to this fde101 613 In case you missed this comment in another thread: jmwellborn and cubesquareredux reacted to this ernie-f 16 Location: Germany-Bavaria Footnotes/endnotes a must have feauter like daily bread. eliaskroell 0 also voting for footnotes and endnotes. in my opinion it is a absolute must have feature! fluffy sheep 0 +1 for footnotes and endnotes. essentiell feature! Bhikkhu Pesala 38 LocationLondon UK I agree that footnotes are essential for a professional DTP application Endnotes are not essential if there is an option, like in PagePlus, to place footnotes at the end of the story or at the bottom of a page, or column. Ideally, one would have both, but footnotes per story would be a good start. For publications with lots of short footnote references, columns for footnotes would be the icing on the cake. I wrote a tutorial on how to do this in PagePlus, but it is a workaround at best. A_B_C and Markio reacted to this AMD A10-6800K, with Radeon HD Graphics 4100 GHz 8 Gb on Windows 10 64-bit build 17763.316 • My Free OpenType Fonts PatrickOfLondon 11 Yes please, I would like to add my vote for footnotes and endnotes facilities. Thank you for all your good work so far on Affinity Publisher Beta. cubesquareredux reacted to this On 2/24/2019 at 3:13 AM, Bhikkhu Pesala said: Footnotes at the end of the story are endnotes. 20 minutes ago, fde101 said: Almost, but not quite. Endnotes are placed at the end of the story, while footnotes are placed at the bottom of the text frame. PagePlus has both. The option to place footnotes immediately after the end of the text before a page break, or at the end of the story has been a feature request for many years. Patrick Connor reacted to this BillF 3 Footnotes may not be essential for a general non-fiction work, where either no referencing is given or endnotes will suffice. However footnotes are essential in any serious academic work. The reader of which should not have to keep on jumping between pages and the end of a chapter to see the reference. I hope we will see this feature soon. Go To Topic Listing Feedback for Affinity Publisher on Desktop	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1188
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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC PA9S0000US 6246960 Motorola - Moto Z3 Play with 64GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) with battery Moto ... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-moto-z3-play-with-64gb-memory-cell-phone-un... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303040_sd.jp... $41.67/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 01154NARTL 5889301 Motorola - Moto E4 4G LTE with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Fine Gold https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-moto-e4-4g-lte-with-16gb-memory-cell-phone-... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6272/6272733_sd.jp... $359.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC ZC600KL-5Q 6244701 ASUS - ZenFone 5Q with 64GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Midnight Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-zenfone-5q-with-64gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6305/6305718_sd.jp... $749.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6196/6196929_sd.jp... $149.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6252/6252310_sa.jp... $149.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SMJ337VZKV 6251809 Samsung - Galaxy J3 TOP - Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-j3-top-black-verizon/6251809.p?skuId=... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5801/5801406_sd.jp... $33.34/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC GA00475-US 6303050 Google - Pixel 3 XL 64GB - Just Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/google-pixel-3-xl-64gb-just-black-verizon/6303050.p?... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6002/6002605_sd.jp... $849.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 01150NARTL 5889300 Motorola - Moto E4 4G LTE with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Licorice Black... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-moto-e4-4g-lte-with-16gb-memory-cell-phone-... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6186/6186103_sd.jp... $219.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=2&id=pcat17071&qp=category_facet%3... 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC TA-1085 BLUE 6291898 Nokia - 7.1 with 64GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Blue https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nokia-7-1-with-64gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-blue/... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5923/5923206_sd.jp... $549.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC LG V40 6305718 LG - V40 ThinQ with 64GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Aurora Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-v40-thinq-with-64gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-au... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6261/6261400_sd.jp... $299.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC TA-1049 BLACK 6252310 Nokia - 3.1 with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nokia-3-1-with-16gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-black... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6252/6252140_sd.jp... $29.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC GA00478-US 6303039 Google - Pixel 3 XL 128GB - Just Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/google-pixel-3-xl-128gb-just-black-verizon/6303039.p... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6251/6251809_sd.jp... $0.00/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MN8G2LL/A 5581586 Apple - iPhone 7 32GB - Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-7-32gb-black-verizon/5581586.p?skuId=55... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6250/6250950_sd.jp... $109.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6251/6251810_sd.jp... $5.00/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC PA9S0000US 6246960 Motorola - Moto Z3 Play with 64GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) with battery Moto ... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-moto-z3-play-with-64gb-memory-cell-phone-un... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6221/6221302_sd.jp... $149.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=2&id=pcat17071&qp=category_facet%3... 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC H3223 6178295 Sony - Xperia XA2 Ultra 4G LTE with 32GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/sony-xperia-xa2-ultra-4g-lte-with-32gb-memory-cell-p... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5859/5859415_sd.jp... $139.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC PA8S0019US 6272733 Motorola - Moto X (4th Generation) with 64GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Super... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-moto-x-4th-generation-with-64gb-memory-cell... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6291/6291898_sa.jp... $349.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC V0330WW 32GB SILVER 6291857 BLU - Vivo XI with 32GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Silver https://www.bestbuy.com/site/blu-vivo-xi-with-32gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-sil... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6244/6244701_sd.jp... $299.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM-N950UZKAXAA 6002605 Samsung - Galaxy Note8 64GB (Unlocked) - Midnight Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-note8-64gb-unlocked-midnight-black/60... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6230/6230086_sd.jp... $549.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC ZA550KL-LIVE-L1 6250950 ASUS - ZenFone Live with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Midnight Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-zenfone-live-with-16gb-memory-cell-phone-unlock... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6145/6145302_sd.jp... $94.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 6482B 6249800 Samsung - Galaxy J3 (2018) (AT&T) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-j3-2018-at-t/6249800.p?skuId=6249800 https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5859/5859423_sd.jp... $139.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM-N960UZBAXAA 6278210 Samsung - Galaxy Note9 128GB (Unlocked) - Ocean Blue https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-note9-128gb-unlocked-ocean-blue/62782... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303037_sd.jp... $37.50/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC LG STYLO 4 6261400 LG - Stylo 4 with 32GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-stylo-4-with-32gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-blac... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6178/6178295_sd.jp... $379.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SMN960UZBV 6285918 Samsung - Galaxy Note9 128GB - Ocean Blue (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-note9-128gb-ocean-blue-verizon/628591... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5870/5870305_sd.jp... $399.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM-J701FZKDMID 6201110 Samsung - Galaxy J7 Neo with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-j7-neo-with-16gb-memory-cell-phone-un... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303040_sd.jp... $41.67/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC LG Q6 6134901 LG - Q6 4G LTE with 32GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Platinum https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-q6-4g-lte-with-32gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-pl... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5801/5801316_sd.jp... $31.25/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SMAPISEG32RGP5 5859415 Simple Mobile - Apple iPhone SE 4G LTE with 32GB Memory Prepaid Cell Phone - Rose... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/simple-mobile-apple-iphone-se-4g-lte-with-32gb-memor... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6246/6246960_sd.jp... $499.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC PH1PW128USEP 5973001 Essential - Essential Phone 4G LTE with 128GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Pure... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/essential-essential-phone-4g-lte-with-128gb-memory-c... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6291/6291866_sd.jp... $99.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6285/6285918_sd.jp... $31.24/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM-N960UZBFXAA 6278214 Samsung - Galaxy Note9 512GB (Unlocked) - Ocean Blue https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-note9-512gb-unlocked-ocean-blue/62782... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6267/6267019_sd.jp... $169.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC PAA90004US 6291837 Motorola - Moto E5 Play with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-moto-e5-play-with-16gb-memory-cell-phone-un... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6278/6278210_sd.jp... $999.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SMALA574BG3P5P 6252140 Simple Mobile - Raven A574BL with 16GB Memory Cell Phone - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/simple-mobile-raven-a574bl-with-16gb-memory-cell-pho... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5955/5955701_sd.jp... $169.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC GSRF GA00151-US 6230086 Google - Geek Squad Certified Refurbished Pixel 2 XL with 64GB Memory Cell Phone ... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/google-geek-squad-certified-refurbished-pixel-2-xl-w... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5803/5803742_sd.jp... $639.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC TA-1035 BLACK 6145302 Nokia - 2 4G LTE with 8GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nokia-2-4g-lte-with-8gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-b... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6278/6278214_sd.jp... $1,249.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC S910Q BLACK 6291866 BLU - Studio Mega with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/blu-studio-mega-with-16gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6283/6283102_rd.jp... $10.00/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC LGUS997.AUSABK 5870305 LG - G6 US997 4G LTE with 32GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-g6-us997-4g-lte-with-32gb-memory-cell-phone-unloc... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6197/6197100_sd.jp... $111.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MRYY2LL/A 5801406 Apple - iPhone XR 128GB - Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-xr-128gb-black-verizon/5801406.p?skuId=... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303042_sd.jp... $33.34/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MRYR2LL/A 5801316 Apple - iPhone XR 64GB - Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-xr-64gb-black-verizon/5801316.p?skuId=5... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6251/6251855_sd.jp... $10.00/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MT5F2LL/A 6009888 Apple - iPhone XS Max 256GB - Gold (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-xs-max-256gb-gold-verizon/6009888.p?sku... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6134/6134313_sd.jp... $399.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC V0270WW VIVO ONE BLACK 6197100 BLU - Vivo ONE with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/blu-vivo-one-with-16gb-memory-cell-phone-unlocked-bl... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5889/5889301_sd.jp... $79.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC V0290WW VIVO ONE PLUS BLACK 6196929 BLU - Vivo One Plus with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) 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(Unlocked) - Space ... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-pre-owned-iphone-6-4g-lte-with-64gb-memory-cel... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303050_sd.jp... $37.50/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 01163NARTL 5955701 Motorola - Moto E4 Plus 4G LTE with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Iron Gray... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-moto-e4-plus-4g-lte-with-16gb-memory-cell-p... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5973/5973001_sd.jp... $499.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=3&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM-G955UZKAXAA 5803742 Samsung - Galaxy S8+ 64GB (Unlocked) - Midnight Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-s8-64gb-unlocked-midnight-black/58037... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303037_sd.jp... $37.50/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MOTXT192512 6251855 Motorola - Moto G6 with 32GB Memory Cell Phone - Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/motorola-moto-g6-with-32gb-memory-cell-phone-black-v... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303039_sd.jp... $41.67/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SMAPISEG32GDP5 5859423 Simple Mobile - Apple iPhone SE 4G LTE with 32GB Memory Prepaid Cell Phone - Gold... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/simple-mobile-apple-iphone-se-4g-lte-with-32gb-memor... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5581/5581586_sd.jp... $16.04/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC GA00463-US 6303045 Google - Pixel 3 64GB - Just Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/google-pixel-3-64gb-just-black-verizon/6303045.p?sku... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5710/5710001_sa.jp... $199.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM5G935UZSAXAA 6134313 Samsung - Certified Pre-Owned Galaxy S7 edge 4G LTE with 32GB Memory Cell Phone (... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-certified-pre-owned-galaxy-s7-edge-4g-lte-wi... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303045_sd.jp... $33.34/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=4&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 5C 16GB WHITE-RB 6081416 Apple - Pre-Owned iPhone 5C 4G LTE with 16GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - White... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-pre-owned-iphone-5c-4g-lte-with-16gb-memory-ce... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303037_sd.jp... $37.50/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM-G950UZKAVZW 5789008 Samsung - Galaxy S8 64GB - Midnight Black (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-s8-64gb-midnight-black-verizon/578900... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303040_sd.jp... $41.67/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SPHN960UBLU 6281706 Samsung - Galaxy Note9 128GB - Ocean Blue (Sprint) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-note9-128gb-ocean-blue-sprint/6281706... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6081/6081416_sd.jp... $99.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MQ8D2LL/A 5999105 Apple - iPhone 8 Plus 64GB - Space Gray (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-8-plus-64gb-space-gray-verizon/5999105.... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303042_sd.jp... $33.34/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MQ6M2LL/A 6009932 Apple - iPhone 8 64GB - Gold (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-8-64gb-gold-verizon/6009932.p?skuId=600... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5999/5999105_sd.jp... $29.17/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MQ6K2LL/A 6009931 Apple - iPhone 8 64GB - Space Gray (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-8-64gb-space-gray-verizon/6009931.p?sku... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5801/5801400_sd.jp... $31.25/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM-N960U 6282526 Samsung - Galaxy Note9 128GB - Ocean Blue (AT&T) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-note9-128gb-ocean-blue-at-t/6282526.p... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6009/6009932_sd.jp... $25.00/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 5S 32GB GRAY-RB 5872533 Apple - Pre-Owned iPhone 5s 4G LTE with 32GB Memory Cell Phone (Unlocked) - Space... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-pre-owned-iphone-5s-4g-lte-with-32gb-memory-ce... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5775/5775000_sd.jp... $1.75/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5948/5948513_sd.jp... $79.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=14&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SPHG950UBLK 5775000 Samsung - Galaxy S8 64GB - Midnight Black (Sprint) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-s8-64gb-midnight-black-sprint/5775000... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6009/6009880_sd.jp... $29.17/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SM-A600A 6302279 Samsung - Galaxy A6 - Black (AT&T) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-a6-black-at-t/6302279.p?skuId=6302279... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5748/5748617_sd.jp... $39.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SPHG965UBLK 6196533 Samsung - Galaxy S9+ 64GB - Midnight Black (Sprint) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-s9-64gb-midnight-black-sprint/6196533... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6008/6008100_sd.jp... $24.99 https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=6&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC Z835 6008100 AT&T Prepaid - ZTE Maven 3 4G with 8GB Memory Prepaid Cell Phone - Black https://www.bestbuy.com/site/at-t-prepaid-zte-maven-3-4g-with-8gb-memory-prepaid-... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6303/6303037_sd.jp... $37.50/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=6&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MT5A2LL/A 6009878 Apple - iPhone XS Max 64GB - Silver (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-xs-max-64gb-silver-verizon/6009878.p?sk... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6009/6009882_sd.jp... $52.09/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=6&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MT012LL/A 5801407 Apple - iPhone XR 128GB - White (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-xr-128gb-white-verizon/5801407.p?skuId=... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6009/6009860_sd.jp... $41.67/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=7&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MN8G2LL/A 5580716 Apple - iPhone 7 32GB - Black (Sprint) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-7-32gb-black-sprint/5580716.p?skuId=558... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6009/6009651_sd.jp... $38.34/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=7&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC MRYT2LL/A 5801400 Apple - iPhone XR 64GB - White (Verizon) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-iphone-xr-64gb-white-verizon/5801400.p?skuId=5... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6281/6281706_sd.jp... $20.00/mo. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=phones&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17... https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?cp=5&id=pcat17071&st=phones 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC 2018-11-01 19:59:45 UTC SPHA600PBLK 6298627 Samsung - Galaxy A6 - Black (Sprint) https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-galaxy-a6-black-sprint/6298627.p?skuId=62986... https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5580/5580377_sd.jp... $3.33/mo. 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__label__cc	0.715144	0.284856	paniq/gpu_edge_flip.md Secret Delaunay transformation using edge flips on the GPU w/o compute or atomics gpu_edge_flip.md This is the result of thinking about how to transform a triangle mesh into a constrained Delaunay triangulation on the GPU. I need this functionality for the prototype. What happens specifically is that the vertices of the 2D mesh on which the prototype world runs are continuously deformed and refined as part of a physical simulation. Inverted triangles are used to detect and repair collisions. But for this to work, triangles representing air or vacuum must be continuously refined. (Here is a video of that technique in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIIYP8e2tKo) A very similar problem is the task of maintaining a proximity or pathfinding map for a set of points; The map is also set up as a triangle mesh, and, if Delaunay conforming, has the nice property that each point can enumerate all points that would be equivalent to the closest cells on a voronoi diagram. It's an excellent structure to have for AI logic and other gameplay relevant spatial queries. I have a solution that operates on the CPU, but it is (shocking, I know) not fast enough. So the question is, how to parallelize this on the GPU, preferably in a way that is backwards compatible to GL 3.2 hardware. There are two ways to optimize the mesh; The first one is to remove all triangles and Delaunay triangulate the vertices from scratch. The second one is to flip edges until the mesh is Delaunay conforming. So far I've been considering the second method, as it's nearly always a substep of the first method, easier to implement and requires no spatial accelleration structures like grids or trees. There is a paper that aims to exclusively solve this problem (http://swp.dcc.uchile.cl/TR/2011/TR_DCC-20110315-003.pdf). What I find most attractive about this is that the solution is GPU only and the refined data is ready to be rendered by GL, but the solution requires scatter-based evaluation, that is: compute shaders and atomics, which I don't necessarily have. Unfortunately this is the only solution I could find. So I've been thinking about a gather-based approach to the same problem. It's good to know the invariants in this procedure beforehand: vertex positions, vertex count, edge count and triangle count don't change, so this appears like a straight forward 1:1 triangle index mapping algorithm. Edge flips can also be described as rotating two triangles within a quadric patch; only their indices change, nothing else. It is known that the mesh can not be perfectly optimized in a single pass; if two edges qualify for a flip, but share a common triangle, the flip must be executed sequentially. In Navarro et al's solution, the algorithm is executed until the mesh is refined; We don't need this kind of precision, as we do one optimization pass per frame, and vertices are altered deterministically and localized; I'd speculate that 30-60 passes per second are enough to keep the mesh reasonably clean, and the worst that can happen is that an object appears to collide with an invisible wall, because the mesh could not be refined on time to prevent a triangle inversion. That is fine. So we can implicitly defer subsequent edge flips to the next frame. Delaunay refinement requires at least two steps: Step 1 is identifying the edges that need to be flipped, step 2 is re-mapping triangle indices. The paper also has a third step, where broken references are fixed. Navarro et al use atomics in Step 1 to decide on which edges are flipped first, and this is the part I have to replace with something else. Considering step 1: Let's say we process each (full-)edge of the mesh; The edge reads its two participating and opposing vertices to retrieve the quadric shape of which it forms the center, and uses a cost function to determine whether a flip would improve the quality of both triangles (the formula is in the air mesh paper); if it does, the edge is tagged. There is duplicate work here, as the quality for each triangle is computed three times, but let's ignore that for now. Step 2: each triangle checks if an edge is tagged, and, if it does, reads the fourth vertex needed to rotate within the quadric and changes its indices accordingly (the rotation is either clockwise or counter-clockwise by convention.) This step is complicated by the fact that more than one edge of a triangle can be tagged; This messes with our assumption that both triangles sharing a tagged edge would perform a symmetrical rotation that leaves the mesh intact. When a triangle has more than one choice to rotate, however, two neighboring triangles could end up making conflicting moves, and destroy the mesh. No simple greedy heuristic seems to work here: preferring the edge with the lowest index does not work, as the opposing triangle might see an edge that has an even lower index. Taking the edge indices of neighboring triangles into account, however, it appears that it is possible to establish priority without conflict: if a tagged edge that two triangles share has the lowest index of all tagged connected edges (max 4), then it will be flipped. I did a few tests on paper and could not imagine a corner case for this rule, so there might very well be one I'm unaware of. The fact that we need to access neighboring triangles and full-edges in particular requires thinking about data structures. A vertex / triangle soup usually has no requirement for an explicit edge structure; But this paper would need one, which incurs additional synchronization and mapping issues. Could we do without one? How about, instead of storing edges, we extend the triangle structure. Each triangle stores its three adjacent vertices a0 a1 a2 (either analog to GL_TRIANGLES_ADJACENCY, or into a separate parallel array), and the three analog triangle buffer indices t0 t1 t2, so that a(x) == triangles[t(x)], which are the same as the half-edge indices. The remaining vertex indices of the opposite half-edge can be calculated from (t(x) - (t(x) % 3)) + ((t(x) + n) % 3) where n is 1 or 2. Pass 1 would then map triangles to a tag buffer, at the disadvantage that each tag would be computed and stored twice (as we can only map half-edges this way), but we end up with a nice 1:1 half-edge -> tag map (can be simple U8, with three flagbits per value); Pass 2 then generates a new index buffer, using tags and the adjacent lowest edge index heuristic (using the vertex end points for comparison) to decide whether and in what direction a triangle's indices need to be rotated. The indices are swapped for a minimum footprint, as Navarro et al describe it. After pass 2, just as with the edge structure in the paper, the adjacency information is partially broken. A third pass is needed to restore this information. Just as Navarro et al do it, the adjacent, now updated half-edge indices can be compared against the stored vertex indices. If a(x) != triangles[t(x)], then the correct values must be found in the indices of the triangles that were rotated together. This makes it necessary to fill a second U32 array in Pass 2 mapping a rotated triangle against its pair, or itself if no flip was performed. I believe this should cover everything. Whether it works depends completely on the lowest edge index heuristic working as intended. Here's a list of the structures required: - array of V vertices (V? bytes) - array of F (~= 2V) triangles (each triangle 3 * vertex index (uint32), F34 bytes) - array of F adjacent vertex triplets (each triangle 3 * vertex index (uint32), F34 bytes) - array of F adjacent half-edge triplets (each triangle 3 * edge index (uint32), F34 bytes) (edge index = F3 + i, where i=0,1,2) - array of F flip flag triplets (each triangle 3 bit flags (uint8), F bytes) - array of F flipped pair triangle indices (each triangle 1 triangle index (uint32), F4 bytes) = 29 bytes extra per triangle.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1197
__label__wiki	0.63673	0.63673	Are Online Talent Platforms Making Life Easier or Harder for Recruiters? by Katie Tierney Helpful or harmful? Friend or foe? With the emergence of online talent platforms, questions have swirled in the global recruitment sector over the last few years. Will these disruptive solutions ultimately present an opportunity amidst the rise of the gig economy? Or will they pose an existential threat to the industry? What are Online Talent Platforms and Who’s Using Them? Online talent platforms, for simplicity’s sake, are self-service applications that allow job seekers and employers to find each other on-demand. Platforms like Upwork, Shiftgig, and Catalant, for example, make it easy for workers to find hourly, part-time, project-based, or contract assignments, and to work how and when they want to work. For employers, these platforms make it easy to find and directly engage with gig workers who are willing to do such temporary jobs. Part-time, temporary, and contract work aren’t new labor models. “Contract recruitment is a long-established industry and one that has continued to flourish despite the rise of the gig economy,” according to Peter Linas, EVP of Corporate Development and International, Bullhorn. What is new? The way people search for work, the types of jobs they want to take, and the kinds of companies for which they want to work have all evolved, thanks in large part to how technology has transformed the nature of how and where work gets done over the last decade. And employers’ appetites for hiring more contractors to cope with cycles of demand and the desire to combat skills shortages by recruiting beyond their backyard to find the best candidates continue to grow as well. Contract recruitment is a long-established industry and one that has continued to flourish despite the rise of the gig economy. Peter Linas, EVP of Corporate Development and International, Bullhorn Beyond using online talent platforms to find workers, customers also use them because they “want to reduce their costs, find more affordable contractors, and eventually find opportunities to downsize their physical office space,” according to Art Papas, Founder and CEO of Bullhorn. Yet while people are comfortable hiring workers online, Papas doesn’t think most clients want to deal with posting an ad, sifting through the responses, and managing any fallout if the project doesn’t go as planned, which are some of the many valuable services recruitment agencies can offer to clients. Though the gig economy does not mean the end of traditional recruitment, it’s clear that agencies can’t afford to ignore the growing ubiquity of online talent platforms. A McKinsey Global Institute report estimates online talent platforms could add $2.7 trillion to global GDP by 2025. McKinsey says online talent platforms include more traditional stalwarts like “Monster.com and LinkedIn, that aggregate individual résumés with job postings from traditional employers, as well as the rapidly growing digital marketplaces of the new ‘gig economy,’ such as Uber and Upwork.” Online talent platforms could add $2.7 trillion to global GDP by 2025. How Do Global Recruitment Professionals View Online Talent Platforms? Over the last few years, we’ve surveyed thousands of global staffing and recruiting professionals to understand how they feel about the emergence of online talent platforms and how they’re impacting their businesses. At the beginning of last year, the jury was still out, but signs pointed to the belief that these platforms would have a more helpful than harmful impact. Although 63 percent of respondents weren’t sure, 21 percent said digital staffing platforms could help their business, compared to 16 percent who thought they could hurt it. Online talent platforms are here to stay, so this year we sought to find out if global recruiting professionals believed that the growth of these platforms was making recruiting for sought-after roles easier or harder. Their response was akin to last year. A similar amount (60 percent) of respondents say they’re not sure, but signs once again point to a belief that they’ll have a more helpful than harmful impact. Twenty-six percent of global respondents said online talent platforms are making it easier to recruit for sought-after roles and 14 percent said they’re making it harder. 26% of respondents say online talent platforms are making it easier to recruit for sought-after roles At Engage Boston, Papas talked about how recruitment professionals had a choice to make with how they viewed online talent platforms. They could either choose to embrace them and find ways to partner with them, or they could try to fight them off. “If you think of talent platforms as your friend, you can partner with them and project manage the process. You act as the customer’s concierge, doing all the selection and managing deliverables — and clients would pay a premium for that help. Or, if you think of talent platforms as a foe, you go in the other direction. You could decide they’re your direct competition, going after your customers, and decide to fight back,” Papas said. In a live poll, more than half the audience (53 percent) said they viewed online talent platforms as a friend rather than a foe. If you think of talent platforms as your friend, you can partner with them and project manage the process. You act as the customer’s concierge, doing all the selection and managing deliverables — and clients would pay a premium for that help. Or, if you think of talent platforms as a foe, you go in the other direction. You could decide they’re your direct competition, going after your customers, and decide to fight back. Art Papas, Founder and CEO, Bullhorn When asked for his thoughts on the topic by the Recruitment Innovation Exchange (RIX), Bary Asin, President of Staffing Industry Analysts, said, “Of course, no one knows exactly how this will play out, but my theory is that over time you will see more convergence among segments. Human cloud firms will run up against the reality of employment law and handling the compliance needs of large enterprise clients, not to mention the more complex hiring requirements for higher skilled and local workers. They will start looking more like staffing firms and take on more of a human component.” So if traditional recruitment and online talent platform segments begin to converge as Asin speculates, what will that mean for recruitment agencies? On the flip side, there’s an opportunity for staffing firms to act more like cloud players, and to promote their ability to access a primarily online self-service talent pool in addition to those they find and manage through traditional channels. Those firms that can move along the value chain will have an edge in promoting total workforce solutions. Barry Asin, President, Staffing Industry Analysts How are you choosing to view online talent platforms? Helpful or harmful? Friend or foe? An Opportunity or a Challenge? See how respondents are thinking about globalization and the increased mobility of talent. Content Marketing Director Katie Tierney is Bullhorn’s Content Marketing Director. She leads global content marketing and social media for Bullhorn. Before joining Bullhorn in 2016, Katie spent nearly 10 years with Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group and served as Virgin Pulse’s Director of Marketing (Content & Communications). One of its original employees, Katie helped to take the company from start-up through its $92MM investment. Katie earned both her Bachelor’s and MBA degrees from Northeastern University. Follow Katie on Twitter: @k_tierney. The Global Recruitment Insights and Data site utilizes information from an online trends survey of more than 2,000 global recruitment agency employees. It’s brought to you by Bullhorn, the global leader in CRM and operations software for the recruitment industry. More than 8,000 recruitment companies rely on Bullhorn’s cloud-based platform to drive sales, build relationships, and power their recruitment processes from end to end. Headquartered in Boston, with offices around the world, Bullhorn is founder-led and employs more than 700 people globally. To learn more, visit www.bullhorn.com or follow @Bullhorn on Twitter.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1206
__label__cc	0.581745	0.418255	UK/I Top Priorities Top Challenges Brexit and the Future of Recruiting United or Divided? Welcome to the GRID! Bullhorn is pleased to share the opinions, insights, and concerns of more than 2,000 recruitment industry professionals here on the Global Recruitment Insights and Data (GRID) site. Whatever your challenges—from finding top talent to reskilling workers—you’re not alone. Despite a tight labour market, many of your peers feel both enthusiastic and optimistic about the year ahead. Explore the GRID to see why. Recruitment in the UK and Ireland: What does 2019 hold? 2019 is bound to be a big year for the recruitment industry. Whether you’re concerned with Brexit or excited about automation, big things are on the horizon. More than 2,000 industry professionals worldwide shared their thoughts and predictions for the year ahead. Check out what recruitment professionals across the UK and Ireland have to say. Recruitment Industry Outlook Optimism runs high in the recruitment industry. Expectations for revenue, budgets, investments, and placements in 2019 are all higher than they were heading into 2018. How do you expect revenue to change in 2019? Most respondents anticipate an increase in 2019 revenue versus 2018. Just 3 per cent of respondents expect to see revenue decrease in the year ahead. A Positive Outlook Learn more about the industry’s outlook for 2019. Recruitment professionals say they expect to see temporary placements increase in 2019. What else is on the rise? Operating budgets, investments in technology, efforts to increase workers’ skills through education and training, and the percentage of business done through VMS. How do you expect the following to change in 2019? Few respondents expect to see decreases in temp placements, budgets, tech spending, efforts to reskill workers, and VMS business. Reskilling on the Rise See why reskilling workers will be top of mind in 2019. Recruitment leaders have options when it comes to growing their businesses: expand their agencies’ footprint by doing more business with new and current customers; grow quickly by acquiring new companies; or exit their businesses by being acquired by another company. Here’s how most respondents say they’re thinking about strategic growth in 2019. What’s your business’ primary growth strategy? Organic growth is the industry’s primary growth strategy in 2019. Only 6 per cent say they expect to grow by acquiring new companies and even fewer (3 per cent) expect to be acquired. Build, Buy, or Exit? Discover how industry leaders are thinking about their strategic growth options. Top Priorities for Recruitment Professionals Aside from the obvious—driving top-line revenue growth and increasing profitability—respondents say they’ll be firmly focused on candidates in 2019. Other priorities on which they’ll focus? The top ranking priorities include embracing digital transformation to improve their operations, developing their employment brand, and enhancing their marketing strategies. What are your top priorities for 2019? Candidates will matter most in 2019, with sourcing (55 per cent) and candidate engagement (40 per cent) leading the pack. Beyond candidates, take a look at some other notable priorities. More Top Priorities See what your peers have to say about their top priorities for 2019. Top Challenges for Recruitment Professionals While optimism abounds, the outlook’s not all rosy. From hiring and operational challenges, to the issues macroeconomic and political shifts present, there are plenty of tricky problems recruitment industry pros will have to tackle in 2019. What are your top hiring challenges for 2019? Beyond the perennial skills shortage, recruitment leaders consider aspects such as reskilling, the shift to non-traditional labour models, and restrictions on the use of foreign labour, to be some of the top hiring challenges for the year ahead. More Top Challenges Curious about the hiring challenges your peers will confront in 2019? Take a look. What are your top operational challenges for 2019? Pricing pressure and margin compression once again rank highly among operational challenges staffing professionals say they’ll face in 2019. Interestingly, however, embracing digital transformation to improve operations outweighed margin concerns, followed by cybersecurity and data protection compliance. Learn more about the operational challenges your peers say they’ll face in 2019. What are your top macroeconomic and political challenges for 2019? If you’re feeling a bit skittish when it comes to future growth amidst an uncertain economy, you’re not alone. Cybersecurity and data protection regulations and restrictions over the use of foreign labour are among the top macroeconomic and political concerns - unsurprising when we consider the recent implementation of GDPR and the ongoing Brexit negotiations. Discover the macroeconomic and political challenges that recruitment agencies say they’re up against in the year ahead. Which part of the recruitment lifecycle is most challenging? Respondents say sourcing, gathering requirements from clients, and back office administration are the trickiest parts of the recruitment lifecycle. Learn more about the top challenges respondents say they’ll encounter in 2019. Technology has transformed how people connect and communicate with each other. Gone are the days when recruiters could simply pick up a phone and reach a candidate. Today, they must embrace generational differences when it comes to communication vehicles and cadence, and adjust their strategies accordingly to stand out in the eyes of candidates. Talkin’ ‘bout my generation Recruiters say millennials are the most difficult generation to reach and engage with, followed by post-millennials. The easiest generation to reach and engage? UK and Irish recruiters say Baby Boomers. Discover the top challenges respondents say they’ll face in 2019. For years, we’ve been hearing about talent shortages and how they’re a top challenge for the industry. In many sectors, it seems like there simply aren’t enough qualified people with the right skills to fill many modern job openings. But just how troublesome are talent shortages? Are they getting any better or worse? The skills shortage: better or worse? When asked if they think skills shortages are better or worse now compared to 5 years ago, more than half (57 per cent) said they’re getting worse. Learn more about the top challenges respondents say they’ll tackle in 2019. Despite ongoing negotiations, the UK’s exit from the EU draws ever closer. But how do recruitment pros feel that Brexit will impact their businesses’ ability to achieve future revenue and growth goals? Certainly uncertain Whilst the majority of UK and Irish recruitment pros anticipate that Brexit will negatively impact their businesses’ future goals, it's worth noting that a significant number of participants are unsure. The Brexit Paradox Find out more about how recruitment pros really feel about Brexit’s impact on the industry in 2019. Recruiting Under New Regulations: GDPR Almost a year has passed since GDPR regulations were enforced, but how do recruitment professionals feel that recruiting under new regulations has affected their ability to reach their revenue and growth goals for 2019? Much ado about nothing? More than half (55 per cent) of recruitment pros feel that GDPR regulations have had no impact on whether or not they will reach their goals for growth and revenue. However, this is not a sentiment shared by all. See how respondents are split when it comes to data regulation. A Cultural Shift in Data Privacy Regulation How are your recruitment peers adapting to the culture shift in data privacy and regulation? Many factors influence the evolution of the recruitment industry. Beyond the industry’s outlook for the year ahead, here’s a look at how recruitment pros feel about key topics that could influence the ways in which business gets done in 2019. Do you agree or disagree with the following topics? Respondents overwhelmingly agree: agencies must embrace digital transformation, employers must accelerate pay increases, and reskilling candidates is critical. See where respondents are united and divided. More on the Industry’s Sentiment Get a pulse on how recruitment professionals feels about key factors impacting the industry. One thing is clear: the recruitment industry is continually changing, which means professionals must constantly keep up with new topics, trends, and updated skills. Respondents believe that their fellow recruitment industry professionals would benefit from having additional training on these topics. Social media 15% Search engine optimisation 6% Use of technology to automate manual processes 16% Staffing/recruitment software (CRM, VMS, etc.) 9% Data protection and security 6% Staffing/recruitment marketing 7% Client management and relationship building 21% Candidate screening and selection 11% Candidate nurturing and redeployment 6% What is the top area in which your peers need the most training and development? Respondents think their fellow industry professionals would benefit most by having additional training when it comes to client management and relationship building. This is closely followed by how to use technology to automate manual processes, social media, and candidate screening and selection. More on Artificial Intelligence Learn more about artificial intelligence in the recruitment industry. In recruitment, it’s important to stay current on trends impacting the industry as well as trends that are influencing client businesses and the candidates that firms are working to recruit. We asked respondents to share the most interesting industry trends they’re actively following. What’s the most interesting industry trend you’re following? Most commonly, respondents say they’re interested in artificial intelligence and how it relates to automation and the recruitment industry. The second most common responses relate to social media and how to leverage it for opportunities within recruitment. Other common responses include topics like digital marketing, the gig/freelance economy, and VMS. The skills gap, and how to be part of the solution helping companies to close it. survey respondent Value-added services for candidates, beyond placements. The role recruitment businesses can play in the training and development of unskilled / outdated workers and placement of them into a new career. This could change the way external recruitment is seen and present a seismic shift in our sector. How AI and automation can help with candidate screening and onboarding. Using video technology to attract new talent. Increased use of social media to profile future recruits, and better market ourselves. Movement and globalisation of the active talent pool. Use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) within a recruitment business from automation of finance function through to client & candidate engagement. The ongoing adoption of psychometric testing, and the valuable insights it offers. What trends would you like to learn more about? Let us know and we’ll share relevant insights here on the GRID. Learn more about the topics recruitment professionals say will influence the industry in 2019. Visit the insights and spotlights sections here on the GRID. The Global Recruitment Insights and Data site utilises information from an online trends survey of more than 2,000 global recruitment agency employees. It’s brought to you by Bullhorn, the global leader in CRM and operations software for the recruitment industry. More than 8,000 recruitment companies rely on Bullhorn’s cloud-based platform to drive sales, build relationships, and power their recruitment processes from end to end. 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__label__wiki	0.554223	0.554223	Death, Art, and Writing \| by Ryan Masters March 20, 2017 By Grist Journal The first working artist I ever met was a funeral director named Dan Mason. I worked as Dan’s apprentice at Diuguid Funeral Home for 6 months, and besides some tedious truths about the way people die in the Bible Belt, the only things I learned were the few things Dan taught me about the disciplines of an artist. There are hundreds of reasons a person shouldn’t be a writer, especially not a serious one, and many of these reasons are sound. So when I find myself drinking too much or seriously contemplating a life selling insurance, I remember what I learned from Dan, principles I work by as I endure the poverty and obscurity of my current condition. Dan had a thick head and a quick, Southern tongue. When I came to work for him my head was a big, soft cloud, full of empty abstractions. I thought I knew something about life and about writing, and that all I lacked to become a serious writer was a little experience. A job that surrounded me with the gravitas of mourning, I thought, would really teach me the difference between books and literature. I aspired to life’s higher experiences. But Dan had long ago shaken off the pretense of the profound. He had been a funeral director as long as I had been alive. Life, Death, Art—he capitalized none of them. They were “university words,” to him, and he suggested I go back there if they interested me so much. He left truth and the afterlife to Reverend Pillow and the other dreary Baptist preachers of our town. Dan simply worked. Whatever was needed to move a family through their grief, he set his mind to doing these things well. Most of these things were boringly ordinary. He was careful to fold the sheets and tidy up after removing the deceased from its place of death. He always wore his suit jacket in the presence of the bereaved family. He used an incredibly difficult stitch to close the incision used to fish out the carotid artery during embalming, a stitch that, if done properly, made the spot disappear into an elderly body’s natural wrinkles. His work was important not because of anything special about death, but simply because it was difficult and required a commitment that not many were willing to take seriously. For Dan, embalming was high science, cosmetizing a lost art. Through years of death-disfigured faces he had learned how to make any dead face imitate its living form. His proudest work was of a man whose jaw had disintegrated from oral cancer, whose face he had taken two days to restore with clay compound, cosmetics, wire, and whatever else he could find in the embalming room. He did this to replace the widow’s hideous last memories of her lover’s cancer-ridden face—its shocking absurdity of colors, its haunting disfigurement—with a face that hearkened back to a time when the man was healthy and alive. He even labored over the creases of the man’s new lip, used sand paper to give his clay chin a natural coarseness. Some object to this function of art. Shouldn’t art reveal the truth, rather than conceal it? We are about confronting hard truths in their raw form: Death, Life, Decay, those sacred, capitalized words. But think of that. The disordered image of a cancerous death restored to the delicate order of the living form. The mortician serves the memory of the bereaved the same way the literary writer serves the imagination of the reader. The writer takes words and characters that have gone cold dead from everyday use and gives them the aura of life. In the end the work is only an imitation of life, but what does that matter if the imagination experiences that work as living? Finally, Dan knew the funeral was ultimately about the difficulty of being the living witness of a dead body. Especially if that body was beloved. This is why he obsessed over open caskets and said to hell with all the memorial jewelry the corporate office was pushing. He knew that the central issue of his art was the lost body, and that his job was to fix that body in a narrative that allowed it to be grieved by the bodies that had to go on living. I first learned this truth in the context of fiction writing. It was from Flannery O’Connor, who wrote: “The type of mind that can understand good fiction is not necessarily the educated mind, but it is at all times the kind of mind that is willing to have its sense of mystery deepened by contact with reality.” The hard reality of the dead body has this in common with the realities of well-made fiction: it brings us into deeper contact with that all-consuming mystery of human life, namely that it matters and that it ends. I remember the night the family of a teenager who hanged himself came in for their first viewing of the body. We didn’t have time to embalm, so Dan improvised. He set the features, which is industry parlance meaning to fix the eyes and mouth in positions of repose. He applied a little cosmetic, just to take the blue out of the lips and cheeks, and then tilted the head in such a way to hide the marks of the rope. Then he had us cover the boy with three long sheets that would obscure the metal table the boy’s body lay upon. Then he covered the boy in a thick blanket that he fished out of somewhere. That poor family was about to come into deep contact with reality. And though their boy was, in sheer cold fact, dead, Dan didn’t want the family to leave thinking he no longer mattered. Dan and I never did really get along. I was a novice in the world of funeral directing, and I had no respect or patience for his craft at the time. It took me a while to grow up and to realize the vast difference between a man like that and a boy like myself. I was like one of those who are swept up into the romance of novel-writing each November. It was all very exciting, and then it began. I lasted 6 months. When I moved on and set myself to the daily, hourly, grind of writing, I finally started to understand something about what was required to do good work: dedication, in lower-case. Ryan Masters is an MFA in Creative Non-Fiction student at Washington University in St. Louis. His recent essay, “Unless a Kernal of Wheat Falls,” was published in Image and appears in the Notables section of this year’s Best American Essays series. Filed Under: Essays Tagged With: craft essay, Essays, Ryan Masters, writing Say What?: Writing in Regional Accents \| by Alex Bledsoe September 27, 2016 By Grist Journal I had a creative writing teacher at the University of Tennessee at Martin who was once asked, “When is it okay to write in vernacular speech?” By that, the questioner meant a phonetic representation of how words sound, as opposed to how they normally appear in print. For example: “He pahked the cah in the yahd,” said the man from Boston. The professor responded, “First, ask yourself one question: ‘Am I William Faulkner?’ If the answer is ‘no,’ then you shouldn’t write in vernacular.” While that’s certainly a useful guideline, it doesn’t address the real issue: how do you recreate regional accents and speech patterns, especially in cases when it comes down to the distinctive pronunciation of certain words, without confusing your reader? Faulkner wasn’t the first to do vernacular, of course. Mark Twain littered Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn with it: “‘tain’t a dream,” “Blest if the old Nonesuch ain’t a heppin’ us out agin,” and so forth. Anthony Burgess made up a whole new urban vernacular for A Clockwork Orange, which required a glossary to explain. All of these approaches have their purpose, and defenders. But for readers, having to pause and sound out a word, especially if it’s a common word spelled in a strange way, can take you right out of the story. Of my eleven published novels, six of them are set in the American South, specifically my home state of Tennessee. So the dialogue in my novels isn’t just the way my characters speak, it’s the way I speak. Even though I’ve lived in Wisconsin for 13 years, I have it on good authority that my accent has not diminished. Certainly my inner voice still speaks with a drawl. And since the way people speak is a crucial element of atmosphere, of setting, and of characterization, I’m actually proud of that. (And one reason I haven’t written anything set in Wisconsin is that I’m not sure I can nail the very specific accent. Uff da, ya know?) I’ve tried doing the phonetic thing. One of my great frustrations as a writer is my inability to really capture the way “I don’t know” is said in my home town. It’s one single, harsh, burp-like sound: “Iowntno.” But written like that, it looks so weird that anyone reading it would go, “Wait, what?” Writers of vernacular like Faulkner come alive when read aloud by someone who understands the cadences and rhythms of their characters’ speech. Even Absalom, Absalom! flows better as an oral presentation than it does as dense, rambling text. If I were teaching Faulkner, I think I’d have my students listen to the audio versions for that very reason. So I asked Stefan Rudnicki, who reads all my books for Blackstone Audio, whether phonetic dialect was helpful to him. He said, “I find that usually less is more. The suggestion of a cadence, dropped consonants, or perhaps a special way of structuring a sentence will be more useful than detailed phonetic parsing. In more extreme cases, a repeated favorite word or phrase can help (‘for sure!’). It all has to be in the context of the full character, with his/her unique history, quirks and objectives foremost.” I tend to agree (and not just because Stefan does such a great job reading my stuff). As a reader, I find changed spellings both jarring and tedious. Having read Tom Sawyer aloud to my children, I can say it’s trickier than you’d think. The irony that the strange looking word does, in fact, mimic the sound you’re trying to create doesn’t speed up the process. So when I write my Tennessee characters, you won’t see strange spellings of common words to recreate the actual sounds of an accent. Instead, like Stefan says, I try to create it through word choice, rhythm and speech patterns. If I do it correctly, then you’ll hear that voice in your head, but you won’t notice because you’ll be too engrossed in the story. Alex Bledsoe grew up in west Tennessee an hour north of Graceland (the home of Elvis) and twenty minutes from Nutbush (the birthplace of Tina Turner). He’s been a reporter, editor, photographer and door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman. He now lives in a Wisconsin town famous for trolls, writes before six in the morning and tries to teach his three kids to act like they’ve been to town before. Bledsoe is also the author of the Eddie LaCrosse novels and the Memphis Vampires series. Filed Under: Essays Tagged With: Alex Bledsoe, craft essay, fiction, vernacular, voice, writing “Decadence” Is Coming to Knoxville November 10, 2015 By Grist Journal The Grist Graduate Reading Series is kicking off again this Thursday, November 12th, featuring MFA and PhD poets and fiction writers reading “decadent” pieces, devouring morsels of chocolate, and they may or may not be dressed extravagantly while doing so. It will be a sight to behold. If you are anywhere near Knoxville, TN, you won’t want to miss out. The event is being organized by Katie Condon and Paige Lockhart. Readers are Luci Brown, Lance Dyzak, Norris Eppes, Brynn Martin, Myles McDonough and Jeremy Reed. Filed Under: Community, Events, News Tagged With: community, event, reading, students, writing Worlds Away: How Contemporary War Writing Helped Me Bridge the Gap Between Motherhood, the Military, and Making Stories \| by Andria Williams August 5, 2015 By Grist Journal Andria Williams My husband joined the military about a year after I finished grad school. I was not a big fan of this idea. He’d talked about joining for years, with varying degrees of seriousness. I tolerated his patriotism as a sort of quirk, a charming weakness. I was an aspiring writer raised by pacifists; my family were not military people. So I recycled his recruitment pamphlets when they’d land in our mailbox. I waited, really, for him to grow out of it. And then the economy tanked, and Dave ended up working in a battery-recycling plant in an industrial sector of the Twin Cities. This job was serious Bruce Springsteen-lyric territory. Dave had to have his blood lead levels tested monthly. He stirred huge vats of molten lead so hot that in summer, he and the crew were given salt pills so they wouldn’t pass out. In the subzero cold of winter, driving a forklift between buildings, he was issued a headsuit that looked like chain mail and fit tightly along his hairline and down his neck: Sir Lancelot of the lead-lands. Even I—typing the day away, talking shop with my writer friends, maybe enjoying some seeded artisanal muffin at my choice of cafe—had to admit that the disparity in our daily lives was not fair. Dave’s U.C. Berkeley history degree wasn’t seeing the light of day at the lead plant. He told me he wanted to do something meaningful. He wanted to know what was going on in the world, he wanted to contribute. This was post-9/11 and his motivations were admirable. I just didn’t quite share them. But. But. I was tired of feeling selfish, following my own improbable (and—this was key at the time—completely non-paying) dream. I guess I can write anywhere, I said. All I need is a word processor, right? So into the U.S. Navy we went. Back then, I couldn’t have dreamed up any worlds more different than the literary sphere and the military one. I didn’t know of any service members who were writing, let alone their spouses. But for me it didn’t matter much, because immersion in military life and then motherhood came hot on the heels of one another. Within months of entering the military we had our first baby. When she was three months old, Dave was deployed on six days’ notice to the Persian Gulf on the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan. Certainly, the deployment could have been far worse, and we were quite lucky. However, in my own tiny world, writing was a distant memory. I had an infant on my own, and motherhood, plus the cross-country move, the total isolation from my comfy school-and-writing world, had done something to me. I wandered around, indoors with my infant all day, like a dumbstruck vessel of love and caretaking. Motherhood gave me some newfound skills, sure—the ability to sustain another human being with nothing more than my own self; the ability to, when faced with a blown-out diaper and wrecked onesie, actually cut the thing off the baby in such a way that you could peel the child out cleanly and salvage her freshly-bathed hair and face. But my old proficiencies, the things I felt had made me me—well, they were stirring around in there somewhere, making me a little dissatisfied and urgent in the sort of neurotic way a zoo animal might be (I know there is something else I am supposed to be doing, but what is it?). I couldn’t figure out how to get to them. In any case, these were minor concerns. We were a military family now. The war was occupying our own and our friends’ thoughts and fears. It was dragging on and people were being sent out on deployment again, and again, and again. A year would turn into eighteen months. Some of my friends had babies their husbands didn’t meet til they were a year old. My civilian friends could not fathom why we had yoked ourselves to the military at such a time in history, and we were starting to think maybe we had been crazy too. But. But— We were starting to love these people. There was something about them (and in that way, we hoped, there was also something about us). The gallows humor. The endurance. My husband was in charge of folks eighteen, nineteen years old. Former foster kids. Escapees of abuse or poverty or maniacal religion. Ivy League grads. Nice kids from stable, patriotic homes. People who cared. People who had signed up the same way we had, from wherever they’d started – and now here we all were, and they were our friends, and it really hadn’t been so bad for us comparatively, so—how could we leave? And then, finally—I learned about all the people in the military who were writing, and my worlds, for the first time, came together. It started, probably, with Kevin Powers’ The Yellow Birds. “The war tried to kill us in the spring,” the novel famously begins. A traditional, arguably Tim O’Brien-influenced book from a veteran of Fallujah—everyone was reading it in 2012. I read it and felt the full disgust of war descend upon me, which without knowing it was probably what I wanted to feel, probably what any civilian reading it wanted too. The Yellow Birds stirred a strange hunger in me for narratives of the war, for every perspective I could find on this bizarre conflict that had shaped and pressured much of the past decade of our lives. I wanted to hear from writers who’d had “a dog in the fight,” so to speak—the veteran-writers (and, as I’d later discover, some military-spouse writers) who’d also had to engage, in varying degrees, in an international event that the vast majority of the American public had been lucky enough to sit out on. That same year, I read what felt like The Yellow Birds’ brilliant and hilarious opposite: Fobbit, a satire of the war in Iraq by Army veteran David Abrams. Instead of going “house to house,” these soldiers go from computer to computer inside fictional FOB Triumph, near Baghdad. “Who the fuck fucked with my Power Point?” is a common battle cry. One of my favorite lines: as Staff Sgt. Gooding, “the Fobbitiest of the Fobbits” (he uses lavender-vanilla body wash!) types a report, his fingers “flew across the keyboard like he was playing Mozart’s Piano Sonata no. 11 and had only two minutes to finish the damned thing.” This kind of comedic relief (with the implicit doubts and criticisms of the war that it raises) felt absolutely necessary as we emerged from the endless slog of the second Iraq war. Reading it was a breath of fresh air. It also felt somehow liberating: All this shit had happened. We were each, in our variety of ways, a part of it. Was it okay to laugh at ourselves, to realize that at times we’d been in the midst of a truly absurd situation? I felt like Abrams was saying yes: that to process something that’s happened, to give you a way to contrast all that was horrible, you have to allow humor. Humor can, after all, be smarter than solemnity, and Fobbit is so damn smart I felt proud to the core that a soldier had written it. A “golden age of war lit,” people started saying. When Phil Klay’s Redeployment won the National Book Award for fiction this year, it started to seem that this was indeed so. And the books have just kept coming. There’s Jesse Goolsby’s June ’15 release I’d Walk With My Friends if I Could Find Them—a novel-in-stories by a writer with the heart of Walt Whitman. Poetry by talents like Brian Turner and Colin Halloran. Memoirs from women who served, such as Kayla Williams and Jess Goodell, with more coming down the pipeline from women veterans as I write (Teresa Fazio, Lauren Halloran, Jerri Bell, and on and on). Novels and story collections from non-American writers, such as Iraqi-born Hassan Blasim’s The Corpse Exhibition. “Man is not the only creature who kills for bread, or love, or power,” Blasim writes, “because animals in the jungle do that in various ways, but he is the only creature who kills because of faith.” It’s far from a homogeneous group. Some veteran writers are overtly critical of the wars and even of their fellow soldiers’ war writing, such as Roy Scranton, whose beef with much of the relatively-apolitical modern war writing is that “by focusing so insistently on the psychological trauma American soldiers have had to endure, we allow ourselves to forget the death and destruction those very soldiers are responsible for.” It’s not what you love to hear, maybe, as a military spouse; but how meaningful it is, how much it says about the damage done by these recent wars, that a veteran is writing this way. Perhaps even more importantly: how much it says about this extraordinary crop of veteran-writers—smart, tolerant, big enough to handle criticism—and maybe even about the whole point of living in a country that lets you fight for it and still, in writing, eviscerate it. A particularly exciting realization for me was that military spouses were writing nearly as much as the veterans themselves. Siobhan Fallon won a 2012 PEN award for her story collection You Know When the Men Are Gone, a book that made me alternately chuckle and nearly weep. Chuckle, because her details of military life are so dead-on: the surreal FRG (Family Readiness Group) meetings, the chipper ombudsman in her perfectly-fitting khakis, the bizarre and archaic instructions for a service member’s homecoming. Weep, for characters like Kit who come home wounded to find a new wife who’s just not sure Army life is for her; for the woman who loses her husband and asks Kit, in a brief and heartbreaking moment, to serve as a stand-in. There are military spouse poets, I learned, such as Jehanne Dubrow, who inhabits the persona of a modern-day Penelope in her collection “Stateside.” There’s novelist Tiffany Hawk, whose funny, sad debut Love Me Anyway taps into the life she led as a stewardess before marrying her pilot husband. There’s Lily Burana, an Army wife who makes great material out of the fact that she’s a former stripper; she even (when she’s not writing novels or memoir) has led burlesque dancing classes for women whose husbands are on deployment, just so we can have a little surprise in our back pockets (or not!) when they come home. Kathleen Rodgers, Jodie Cain Smith, R.H. Ramsey, Terri Barnes – the list of mil-spouse writers goes on and on. There are so many writers within the military community that I could never possibly list them all here; these are merely some of the best-known, to serve as an intro for civilian readers. The best resource I can think of for learning more about recent war writing is Peter Molin’s fantastic blog, Time Now. For a more concise intro, Air Force officer Jesse Goolsby recently listed what he considers to be fifteen of the best books about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (by service members and civilians alike) for The Daily Beast. (The official caveat at the end of his relatively innocent book list – “The views expressed here are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States government” – underscores the delicate line walked by the small handful of authors who are writing while still in the armed forces, as opposed to the much greater number who publish after their military separation.) My own blog, The Military Spouse Book Review, lists every fellow military-spouse-writer I can uncover, and I’m always on the lookout for more. If a nice and literary-minded civilian out there asked me, Should I start reading some stuff by you military people?, I would shout Yes, a thousand times yes! What’s the importance of it, they might wonder. I know about the wars. I hate them/supported them/love the troops/think Dick Cheney was a genius/despise the military- industrial complex down to the cellular level/ eat nothing but Freedom Fries. But most of all, I love the troops. Isn’t that good enough? Yes and no. First of all, I’d say thank you for loving the troops—and I mean that sincerely. But there’s so much more to it. There’s “loving” someone—or what they seem to stand for—in a distanced way. Then there’s trying to understand them. What I think is earnest and honorable and true about veterans’ writing—novels in particular, perhaps, because I can speak to these most comfortably—is that these authors are trying to close the military-civilian divide, not widen it through some kind of self- aggrandizement. None of what you will read is that “You’d better call me a hero, because I put it all on the line for you” bullshit. Veteran writing is absolutely not about giving civilians some massive guilt trip, nor is it about straining to maintain a cheerful spin on whatever has gone down these past 13+ years. The gist of the writing to come out of these wars, for me, is that it’s only “about war” so much as it’s about being human. Novels and poems by veterans and military spouses are doing what the best novels and poems have always done: giving you a take on the human experiment that changes you, makes you stop and lose yourself in another life for a matter of minutes or hours. From one writer to another, I don’t think there’s anything more important. For nearly a decade after my husband joined the military, I’d thought I was worlds away from the intellectual life I’d once led. I jealously guarded this perceived disadvantage—because some small aspect of it was real, I suppose, but also because it let me off the hook. How dumb of me to think you had to be one thing or the other. How endless the excuses I could make. I can’t be a writer and have small children…I can’t be a writer and a military spouse. The people I’ve met, or whose works I’ve read, over the past year and a half have showed me time and again all the ways this isn’t true. Andria Williams’ first novel, The Longest Night, is forthcoming from Random House in January 2016. She runs the Military Spouse Book Review, a blog that showcases military spouses and female veterans who write novels, memoir, and poetry. Filed Under: Essays Tagged With: military, motherhood, parenting, writing Grist News A new podcast featuring former Grist editors Categories Select Category Careers Community Contest Craft Creative Nonfiction Lessons Editor Recommends Education Emerging Writers Essays Events Fiction Lessons Fiction/Nonfiction Reviews News Poetry Lessons Poetry Reviews Reviews Uncategorized	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1208
__label__wiki	0.990523	0.990523	Lyons inquiry: HSSD says 'it would do same again' News \| Published: Jul 14, 2015 WE WOULD have to do the same again, Health and Social Services chief officer Dr Carol Tozer has said, as she defended how the department investigated and referred four Alderney deaths to the police and confirmed the case was back under investigation by HSSD. Dr Tozer said once its own Serious Incident investigation team identified concerns over 'patient safety and public protection' it had no choice but to refer the matter to the police. She also confirmed that the police and General Medical Council referrals were not the decision of a single person and its own investigation involved looking through files and initial interviews. Dr Tozer said that HSSD had now 're-framed and improved' Serious Incident policies and procedures, but said this was not in response to the Alderney case. It instead followed the damning midwifery reports, the subsequent action plan and the GMC revalidation suspension. The chief officer was responding to calls for a public enquiry, led by grieving families of patients involved, after the police investigation into the four deaths was concluded and 'no evidence of criminality' was found against GP Dr Rory Lyons. 'Where there are issues over public protection they have to be referred on,' she said. 'They have to be, they will be and we will continue to do so.' News News from the Islands World News \| Last updated: Less than an hour ago	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1211
__label__cc	0.7281	0.2719	Tag Archives: Jeremy Morse Keep On Rocking in the Free World: The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree at the Laurie Beechman Theatre is proof that Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical misfits are the future of Broadway. Iconis’ songs have a unique draw that feels very specific to Generation Y, initially the music sounds a little quirky, humorous, and light, but as the song unfurls itself, there’s an underbelly of melancholia and beauty. Iconis takes you on an emotional roller coaster. In four minutes, an entire life unfolds. This feeling is a bit like hearing a Sondheim song for the first time. The Jamboree cast is made up of Iconis’ crazy-talented musical theatre family, which includes: Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Ian Kagey, Jeremy Morse, Lance Rubin, Jason “SweetTooth” Williams, MK Lawson, Liz Lark Brown, Jared Weiss, Brent Stranathan, and Krysta Rodriguez. The special guest at show I attended was Heidi Blickenstaff, who premiered a new song called “Ammonia.” There really aren’t words to accurate describe how hard Heidi rocked that song, so here’s a little visual slice of Blickenstaff/Iconis awesomeness: This group of performers has a vibrancy and raw passion that permeates every note of a song. They are the voices and talents of a generation. Go see them now. You have one more change to catch The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree tomorrow night (Monday, 8/30 @ 9:30p; $10 cover) at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Reservations can be made by calling: 212 695 6909 P.S. There’s even a drinking song! Tagged Brent Stranathan, Heidi Blickenstaff, Ian Kagey, jared weiss, Jason "SweetTooth" Williams, Jeremy Morse, joe iconis, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, Keep on Rocking in the Free World, Krysta Rodriguez, Lance Rubin, Laurie Beechman Theatre, Liz Lark Brown, manhattan, MK Lawson, music, musical theatre, nyc, rock and roll, The Joe Iconis Rock and Roll Jamboree	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1212
__label__cc	0.665431	0.334569	A Prayer for Owen Meany By Irving, John, 1942- Book - 2012 6 - View All Quotes I could have told her that it was only our illusion that Owen Mean weighed 'nothing at all.' We were only children--we are only children-- I could have told her. What did we know about Owen? What did we truly know? We had the impression that everything was a game-- we thought we made everything up as we went along. When we were children,we had the impression that almost eveything was just for fun-- no harm intended, no damage done. When we held Owen Meany above our heads, when we passed him back and forth-- so effortlessly-- we believed that Owen weighed nothing at all. We did not realize that there were forces beyond our play. Now I know they were the forces that contributed to our illusion of Owen's weightlessness; they were the forces we didn't have faith to feel, they were the forces we failed to believe in-- and they were also the lifting up Owen Meany, taking him out of our hands. O God-- please give him back! I shall keep on asking You. DavidB's rating:	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1218
__label__wiki	0.699315	0.699315	Home > Our people > Barristers > Alastair Redpath-Stevens Alastair Redpath-Stevens Year of call: 1998 E: ayrs@hardwicke.co.uk D: +44 (0)20 7691 0110 The following link provides details that it has been requested be shared with you: Alastair Redpath-Stevens https://hardwicke.co.uk/barrister/alastair-redpath-stevens/ We take data and privacy issues very seriously. See our privacy policy. Practice Manager Details: Email: patrick.sarson@hardwicke.co.uk Andrew Goodman Email: andrew.goodman@hardwicke.co.uk A good advocate who goes the extra mile. Alastair Redpath-Stevens is a specialist in property and housing law with a particular focus on service charges, major works consultation and dispensation as well as all aspects of administrative, government and environmental work. He has experience in all courts up to and including the Court of Appeal, in addition to the First-tier Tribunal (LC and PC) and the Upper Tribunal, as well as of arbitration and mediation work. Clients include public bodies, registered social landlords, commercial and private companies and individuals. Before joining the Bar, Alastair Redpath-Stevens worked in local government and as a director of an information technology company. Alastair has developed a history of satisfied clients in this sphere and continues to be well respected as a sound commercial mind. He appears regularly before the First-tier Tribunal (PC and LC) and the Upper Tribunal. Particular specialities include, but are not limited to: service charge disputes; and lease variations and management disputes. Portland Industrial Dwelling Company Ltd v Jetha and Anor [2018] 28 March (unreported) Appeared for the Respondent in a case concerned with the construction of sections 56(3) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. Jetha and anor v Basildon Court Residents Co Ltd [2017] UKUT 58 (LC) Appeared for the Appellant in an appeal from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal: the UT provided guidance in relation to cases involving estoppel by convention. Nogueira an ors v The Lord Mayor and Citizens of Westminster [2014] UKUT 0327 (LC) Appeared for the Respondent in an appeal from a decision of the First-tier Tribunal relating to major works charges and the costs of dispensation. Westminster City Council v Allen [2013] UKUT 0460 (LC) Appeared for the Appellant in relation to global deductions from service charges in reasonableness cases. The Lord Mayor and Citizens of Westminster v Fleury and ors [2010] UKUT 136 (LC) Appeared for the Appellant in relation to major works contracts. Westbourne Limited v Spink and Anor [2008] EWLands LRX/14/2007 Appeared from the appellant in an appeal from a decision of the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in relation to breach of natural justice. Alastair accepts instruction in 54 Act lease renewals, dilapidations, forfeiture and matters relating to breaches of covenant waiver and estoppel. He also has experience of agricultural tenancy work. Alastair advises and represents clients on a broad range of work in this area including: boundary disputes and adverse possession; restrictive covenants and easements including rights to light; injunctions and equitable remedies; leasehold enfranchisement; lease extensions and rights of first refusal; trust of land claims; forfeiture and possession claims, including against trespassers and unlawful sub-tenants; tree preservations orders and related issues; and dilapidations. Lands Tribunal Case (Ascham Homes v All Leaseholders in the LB Waltham Forest) which considered the extent of the Tribunal’s implied jurisdiction to review its decision to refuse permission to appeal. Lands Tribunal case (Bonn v Ayoade) which discussed the extent of the LVT’s jurisdiction in relation to the defence of equitable set-off and the role of res judicata, transit in rem judicatam and the rule in Henderson v Henderson. Ruling by the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry (noted in Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement) (BCLA Ltd v Demetriou & Katchies). Discussed the ability of a landlord to accept surrenders of and re-grant leases during the enfranchisement process. Alastair is considered a keen mind in what is a complex and swiftly developing area of law. He accepts instructions in cases involving rights to light, overage, options, restrictive covenants, estate charges, party wall matters, boundary disputes, easements and rights of way including public rights of way and highways Alastair accepts instructions from registered social landlords, public-sector tenants and also has a wealth of experience advising and representing local authorities and companies exercising public functions. He has excellent experience in all areas of residential landlord and tenant work, including: disputes over the nature or status of a tenancy, service charges disputes disrepair disputes unlawful eviction forfeiture and repossession. Leading Cases: Medina Housing Association v Case [2002] EWCA Civ 2001; [2003] 1 All ER 1084; [2003] HLR 37 Injunction to restrain breach of tenancy agreement – remains in force only until such time as the tenancy comes to an end (leading authority). Stewart v Lambeth LBC [2002] EWCA Civ 753; [2002] HLR 40 Appeared for the Respondent in this leading authority about the meaning of settled accommodation. This area of law has long been considered an area for governmental reform and one which most of the public remain uncertain about. For this reason, Alastair’s advisory work as well as his practical work have led to his commendation amongst property law practitioners and clients. Planning and Environmental Bar Association Property Bar Association Arden & Partington’s Housing Law (Sweet & Maxwell). Housing Law: Pleadings in Practice 2nd.ed (Sweet & Maxwell). BSc (Bristol) BVC (UWE) MA (UWE) MCIH PGDipHousing (UWE) PGDipLaw (UWE) Deputy District Judge Alastair is recommended in Legal 500 for Social Housing. They recommend him particularly for local government issues and also mention: “He understands the commercial realities that face landlords.” “A good advocate who goes the extra mile. Careful, considered advice” 14 March 2019 Alexander Bastin, Alastair Redpath-Stevens, Paul Strelitz, Charlotte John and Gemma Witherington appointed as Deputy District Judges 22 September 2015 Mixed-use developments and service charges (repeat) 18 January 2019 Costs, forfeiture and waiver: an unholy trinity 14 March 2007 Housing Law – Possession Orders – a Delphic Warning	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1222
__label__cc	0.724002	0.275998	Mary Pike Apr 21, 1943 — Jan 01, 2018 Nichola Rich Mary Pike In Memory Of Your Birthday Mary Pike In Celebration Of Your Life Place of birth: Limerick, Ireland Religious affiliation: Catholic Mary Pike died peacefully with her sister Carol by her side on January 1, 2018. She was born in Limerick, Ireland to John and Eileen Collins. She moved to England at age 7 and In 1962, she married John Pike and had two daughters, Nichola and Joanna. In 1980, John passed away and she moved with her daughters to the United States. The family lived in Bordentown, NJ. where she worked as a cook at the Johnstone Training Center and later at NJ Dept of Corrections in Jamesburg NJ .She retired in 1996. Mary and the family later moved to Burlington, NJ and Mary eventually relocated to Fort worth Texas in 2013 to be close to her sister Carol. She was a very talented lady. In her lifetime she created magnificent Wedding cakes, photo albums, bridesmaid dresses and hundreds of crocheted baby outfits. She was an avid cook that had friends and family flock to her kitchen to have a tasty meal. She never gave you a small plate, only Mary Pike portions. She touched so many people with her witty “Mrs. Doubtfire” personality. She sounded like the queen of England but had a twist of Irish potty mouth. She will be fondly remembered for addressing everyone with “Hi my Darling”. She made everyone she met feel like they were the most important person in the world to her. Always a kind word or action to show her affection. She will be missed dearly by all that knew her.Mary is predeceased by her cherished daughter Joanna Pike and her sister, Angela Mundell (England). She leaves behind to cherish her memory, her beloved daughter Nichola Rich and son in law, Price (Rick), her sister, Carol (Don)Cohen, her brother in law William Mundell, and sister in law Christine MacKinnon. Four Grandchildren; Jordan Johnson, Jason and Jaden Rich and Rashonda Boone. Four nephews, Alex (Jane) MacKinnon, Matt (Arby) Cohen, and Paul (Kristie) Cohen. Two nieces, Elizabeth Mundell (England) and Susan (Steve) Newman (England) Her extended family Ann Dykes, Evelyn Rich, Donna Quaye and John Rich. Her very special friends, Carol Burton, Barbara Hoffman, Pat Land and Kathleen Flynn and a host of friends and extended family Funeral Notice Detail The family will have a private viewing followed by cremation in Fort Worth, Texas. A Memorial service will be held in NJ. Details to follow. A Memorial Service will be held at Biggers Funeral Home 6100 Azel Ave Fort Worth , TX 76135 Healgrief has a memorial to share with you. https://healgrief.org/mary-pike/ We invite you to express condolences, share special memories and photos and light virtual candles to honor and celebrate the life of our loved one. We also invite you to share this with others who may want to be notified as well. You may do so by sharing the link or by clicking the “Share this Memorial” button from within the memorial itself.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1230
__label__wiki	0.71011	0.71011	Your New York City Pride Guide 2018: All the Official Events You Don’t Want to Miss Written by Alexander Kacala on June 25, 2018 This post is also available in: Español In anticipation of Pride returning to its birthplace June 14–24, we’ve compiled a guide of everything you need to know to do NYC Pride 2018 the right way. There’s so much happening at NYC Pride that it can be overwhelming for visitors and locals alike. From block parties to film screenings, concerts to panel discussions, there’s never a dull moment. This guide sticks to the official happenings on the calendar of NYC Pride 2018. Here’s your guide to NYC Pride 2018: The theme for NYC Pride 2018: Defiantly Different The official theme for NYC Pride is Defiantly Different, which speaks to the breadth of the LGBTQ community as a unified people and our tenacious individuality. “This year’s theme is about showing our power, squaring our shoulders in the face of adversity and continuing to sculpt that magnetic bond within the LGBTQ+ community and our allies,” says David Studinski, NYC Pride Co-Chair. “We are standing defiantly — defiantly different and defiantly as one.” RELATED \| The Ultimate 2018 Pride Calendar: 100 International Celebrations of the LGBTQ Community In a statement NYC Pride adds, “‘Defiantly Different’ celebrates the rallying cry of generations who laid the groundwork for equality, the next wave of creative thinkers prepared to score their own trails, and each distinctive individual in between. The theme also takes an unflinching stance in response to the Trump administration’s substandard position on the LGBTQ community.” Pride Island: Day 1 Pride Island NYC Pride 2018 is bringing the music and culture festival Pride Island back this year with performances by Kylie Minogue, Tove Lo, Lizzo and Big Freedia, taking place Saturday and Sunday, June 23–24. This year the fun is taking place at a new location, Pier 97. “As we prepare to welcome a record number of attendees for Stonewall 50 / WorldPride 2019 NYC, our move to our new home on Pier 97 is just one of several new venues, new events and new experiences we will launch in 2018 to prepare for next year’s massive crowd,” says Chris Frederick, Managing Director of NYC Pride. Swedish pop star Tove Lo headlines the first day of Pride Island on Saturday. Known as the “Queen of Bounce,” Big Freedia will join Tove Lo for what’s sure to be one of the weekend’s most energetic sets. Additionally, the Saturday edition of Pride Island welcomes a live performance from the “hair toss, check my nails” rising star Lizzo (recently a guest judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race). Simon Dunmore will play a special set for an NYC Pride first. Also, not to be missed, a performance by Drag Race Season 9 winner Sasha Velour. “With the success of last year’s Pride Island, we are thrilled to bring back our music festival in a two-day format,” says Jose Ramos, Pride Island Director. “Kylie Minogue, Tove Lo, Lizzo and Big Freedia are perfect examples of the evolution of Dance on the Pier.” The NYC Pride 2018 March Has Gone Through Some Changes New York City Pride March Organizers of NYC Pride 2018 announced earlier this year the parade route would be changing. The new route for the 49th NYC Pride March — taking place Sunday, June 24 — will begin in a place of prominence in NYC. “To prepare for WorldPride 2019, the NYC Pride March route will be starting in Chelsea, going past The Stonewall Inn and then heading uptown starting in 2018,” NYC Pride recently announced on Facebook. “We believe this will still maintain the crazy energy of the village,” says a NYC Pride rep. “With an expected 1 million additional people in 2019, we think it’s necessary for alleviating overcrowding and dispersal delays.” Last summer, as in recent years, the parade began at Fifth Avenue and 37th Street, followed Fifth Avenue down to 8th Street and then along Christopher Street, ending on Greenwich Street for the annual PrideFest celebration. This year, parade participants will meet at 16th Street and Seventh Avenue, follow Seventh Avenue down to Christopher Street and then along 8th Street, before traveling up Fifth Avenue to disperse on 29th Street. The four grand marshals slated to lead the NYC Pride 2018 March are Billie Jean King, Lambda Legal, Tyler Ford and Kenita Placide. These “defiantly different” trailblazers will lead the demonstration of LGBTQ people onwards and forward, celebrating how far we’ve come but also fighting back against the injustices that still stand against us today. After you strut your stuff in The March or cheer from the sidelines, head over to day two of Pride Island, where pop superstar Kylie Minogue takes center stage. Additionally Grind, Ralphi Rosario and Corey Craig will DJ live. Other Can’t-Miss Events at NYC Pride 2018 NYC Pride 2018 kicks off even earlier this year with a Human Rights Conference on Thursday, June 14. This one-day conference provides a unique opportunity for a global dialogue about human rights, ranging from performances to presentations, politics to policies, activists to academics. OutCinema returns this year celebrating LGBTQ pride and community on film over the course of a three-day festival. Starting Monday, June 18, this partnership between NYC Pride, NewFest and the SVA Theatre features specially curated screenings followed by Q&As and open bar after-parties. We’re especially excited about the screening of the documentary From Selma to Stonewall: Are We There Yet? on Wednesday, June 20. ‘From Selma to Stonewall: Are We There Yet?” Still Before you really party, gain perspective on the fights that still remain for the global LGBTQ community at The Rally on Friday, June 22. This official NYC Pride 2018 opening event first occurred one month after the Stonewall Riots in June 1969, when 500 people gathered for a “Gay Power” demonstration in Washington Square Park. Since then, the rally has changed locations all over the city, including incarnations in Central Park and East River Park. This year it returns to the birthplace of LGBTQ Pride, The Stonewall Inn. One of the best official happenings during NYC Pride 2018 weekend is the VIP Rooftop Party. A partnership between NYC Pride and Brian Rafferty, the party is celebrating its eighth anniversary as one of the best ways to bump and grind your Pride out on Saturday, June 23. VIP Rooftop Party And last but not least, PrideFest celebrates its 25th year on Sunday, June 24. This LGBTQ street fair combines exhibitors, entertainers and activities for a day of fun and celebration in the name of equality. Taking place on University Place between 13th Street and Waverly Place, the best part of this event: it’s totally free. What are you most looking forward to at NYC Pride 2018? Tell us in the comments below and on Facebook. Big Freedia Kylie Minogue New York City NYC Pride Pride Sasha Velour Stonewall Tove Lo	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1248
__label__wiki	0.566901	0.566901	Accor Appoints Arun Rana as New Design Manager for Northern Europe Accor has appointed Arun Rana as Design Manager for Northern Europe with a particular focus on midscale and economy brands. Arun will play an integral role in the Design and Technical Services Team developing the extensive new projects Accor has in the pipeline, briefing and collaborating with designers to achieve the best hotel designs in Accor’s Midscale and Economy range. Arun joins Accor from Philip Watts Design, an independent agency where he worked as Senior Lead Designer for eight years. He has a background in hospitality design, ranging from F&B concepts to full hotel establishments and has worked alongside Accor for several years. Arun Rana, Design Manager, Northern Europe at Accor said: “I am delighted to be joining Accor at this exciting time for the Northern Europe business. There are some bold and innovative design concepts coming out of Accor at the moment, not least the new ibis bedroom and public space designs, a new meeting room concept for Novotel, the launch of Tribe in the UK and a significant number of hotel launches across the region. It is an exciting time to be leading design for Accor economy and midmarket brands in the region.” Arun’s appointment comes alongside a number of senior appointments across Northern Europe. The appointments include: Cristina De Oliveira Frewen, SVP Franchise Operations, Northern Europe: Cristina has extensive experience building and maintaining the UK and Ireland franchise network and will work closely with the teams in Benelux and Scandinavia to develop strong franchise partnerships across the region Shumi Khan, Director of Business Intelligence and Revenue Management – Northern Europe: Shumi brings a wealth of experience in the field of analytics from previous roles across multiple industries. Within the hospitality sector she has worked in the revenue and analytics space at JAC Travel and Expedia Dana Lewis, Director of Global Sales, MICE & Leisure – Northern Europe: Dana has just celebrated 19 years with Accor and has been Director of Global Meetings, Events & Leisure sales based in the UK for the past 12 years. The new role will extend her remit across Northern Europe, driving the key MICE and leisure market in this territory. Ruth Finnis, Director of Guest Loyalty and Partnerships, Northern Europe: Ruth joined the UK & Ireland Accor team in 2018 having worked in marketing and loyalty at global hotel groups. The new role comes at a key time as Accor prepares to launch its new lifestyle loyalty programme, ALL: Accor Live Limitless, later this year.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1251
__label__wiki	0.78051	0.78051	Istoria Group commissions Martin Parr to shoot new board as part of major rebrand Bristol creative business Blue Flint Group has re-branded under a new name – Istoria Group – and has commissioned world-renowned, Bristol-based documentary photographer Martin Parr to photograph its seven-strong board, in celebration of the re-launch. The strategic business re-brand has been undertaken to ensure that Istoria Group – already a multi-million pound business and a highly successful, independently-owned collective of five creative and innovation companies, including exhibition, events and experiences company Ignition; interiors and branding agency Phoenix Wharf; strategic communications agency Caroline; children’s book publishers I am a Bookworm and pioneering innovation platform Solverboard – is ready for the next ambitious stage of its growth at a regional, national and international level. “We can now offer clients access to a raft of specialist talent, based in a single, collaborative office,” Sam Rowe explained. “Our point of difference is that we have shared processes and systems throughout the group, so that clients can decide if they want to work with a single specialist agency – on a shop, restaurant, re-brand, event or exhibition, for example – or else liaise across the group via a single point of contact for all of their creative and design needs.” The business favours a direct and honest way of working with a highly personable approach and the commission of Martin Parr is a perfect embodiment of this. ‘We’re great fans of Martin Parr’s portraiture and of the frank and wryly humorous edge he brings to his work’, Sam Rowe, CEO of Istoria Group, commented, adding that ‘The commission also reflects our belief in Bristol as a centre of world-class creative talent’. Istoria Group, which is based in Bristol’s Paintworks, is located only a few hundred metres from The Martin Parr Foundation, which the photographer opened in 2017 to preserve his archive and legacy and to showcase and archive the work of other new and established photographers. New Changes to the Istoria Group Board: Part of the re-brand includes the confirmation of changes for the Group at board level. Former MD Sam Rowe has now become Group CEO, whilst former CEO & Founder Claire Menzies becomes Istoria Group’s new Chairwoman. “My new role will see me managing the board and keeping Group business strategically on track, as well as acting as an ambassador-at-large for our activities, expertise and pioneering values,” Claire Menzies explained. Claire Menzies previously served on the London Olympics Steering Committee in 2012, helping to create new models of sustainable accreditation at what was the world’s first-ever fully-sustainable event. Ignition subsequently became the first business in its industry to receive ISO 2012-1 accreditation for sustainable event management and now has a total of three ISO accreditations, helping to fly the flag for both sustainability and for what Bristol businesses can achieve on a global basis. “This is an extremely important moment for Istoria Group,” Sam Rowe added. “We are full of ambition for the future. Ignition, our largest creative company, already works with corporate giants in the aerospace and pharmaceutical worlds, including Etihad Airways, Pilatus, Eli Lilly and Roche, but we are keener than ever for all the members of the group to partner with some of the great companies, large and small, that are located in the immediate Bristol and wider South West region. We believe this part of the country has so much potential as a powerhouse for innovation and creativity within the UK and we are here to help companies achieve that.” The Istoria Group board members shot by Martin Parr are: Group CEO Sam Rowe Group Chairwoman Claire Menzies Group Head of Creative Chris Gwyther Group Head of Marketing Lindie Kramers Group Head of Client Services Helen Mitchell Group Head of Innovation Philip Atherton Group Head of Finance Mark Riggott www.istoriagroup.com	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0012.json.gz/line1252

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