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__label__wiki	0.531413	0.531413	Zoscin competes in hoops showcase event Published May 15. 2019 11:05AM Weatherly’s Emily Zoscin competed in the 43rd annual Roundball Showcase All-Star games in April at Harrisburg Christian School. Zoscin, a three-time All-State selection, was choosen to be a member of the Pennsylvania All-Stars, teaming with standout players from Lancaster Catholic, Bishop McDevitt, Trinity, Delone Catholic, Harrisburg, Cedar Cliff, Berlin Brothersvalley and Abington. The Pennsylvania All-Stars rolled over the Maryland All-Stars, 87-40. Zoscin made a three-pointer, and played a strong floor game at the point for the winners. Zoscin capped her scholastic career helping the Wreckers capture their second straight District 11 title, and earn a trip to the PIAA Class 1A quarterfinals. A First Team All-State selection as a senior, Zoscin averaged 17.85 points per game this past season and finished her career with 1,703 points. She also averaged nine rebounds per game, 4.9 assists and 5.1 steals. Zoscin collected 745 career rebounds, 480 steals and 360 assists. Weatherly Area School District	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1581
__label__wiki	0.60287	0.60287	SF becomes first major city to ban sale of plastic water bottles Source The Examiner San Francisco recently became the first major city in the U.S. to ban the sale of plastic water bottles on public property, building on a nationwide effort to curb waste from the billion-dollar industry. The nine-months-in-the-making proposal by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu navigated a number of challenging issues, from The City’s drinking-water infrastructure to impacts on events such as the Folsom Street Fair or lower-key nonprofit events that often rely on the sale of bottled water for revenue. Even as the American Beverage Association opposed the restrictions, staunch environmentalists were calling for a tougher crackdown. During the next four years, the ban will phase out the sales of plastic water bottles holding 21 ounces or less on city property, indoor or outdoor, which will impact park vendors, food truck operators, street fairs and places like the Moscone Center convention facility. Waivers are permissible if an adequate alternative water source is not available. “It was not long ago that our world wasn’t addicted to plastic water bottles,” Chiu said. “It wasn’t until the 1990s that the now-$60 billion plastic-bottle water industry experienced an enormous growth based on massive marketing and distribution campaigns.” The proposal was supported by the Think Outside the Bottle campaign, a nationwide effort that encourages restrictions of the “eco-unfriendly product.” San Francisco’s ban is less strict than the full prohibitions passed in 14 national parks, a number of universities and Concord, Mass. “This is legislation that takes a much more targeted approach to reducing plastic-bottle waste,” Chiu said. In San Francisco, Recology collects 10 million to 15 million single-use plastic water bottles a year, Chiu said. Violators of the ban would face fines of up to $1,000. Joshua Arce, chairman of the Commission on the Environment, said the ban is “another step forward on our zero-waste goal.” The City wants to have no waste going to its landfill by 2020. Its diversion rate now stands at 80 percent. Past efforts toward the goal included banning plastic bags and plastic-foam containers. “We had big public events for decades without plastic bottles and we’ll do fine without them again,” Arce said. The American Beverage Association, which includes Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo, said in a statement that the ban was “nothing more than a solution in search of a problem. This is a misguided attempt by city supervisors to decrease waste in a city of avid recyclers.” Chiu said Tuesday that future restrictions may follow. “If we can do this on public property and folks understand that this is absolutely doable, then we can look at next steps,” he said. The Board of Supervisors voted 11-0 to approve the legislation Tuesday. hip hippest hooray, sweet city on the bay! from → Environment ← Prosecute man who Killed Cat with bow for fun in Australia Mandatory Alternatives Petition (MAP) → celestedimilla permalink Yea!!! Yea times two! 🙂 the bay!= Love it, thank you so much, my dear! you are so very welcome and thank you 🙂 Karin Yates permalink This is insane unless all plastic beverage bottles are banned, ie soda! Leave a Reply to Stacey Cancel reply	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1590
__label__wiki	0.581704	0.581704	How to Take the Spicy Heat Out of a Dish By: Kay Ireland How to Make Black Bean Sauce Solutions for Too Much Heat in a Jalapeno What Can Take the Spiciness Out of Gumbo After It Has Been Made? What Can You Do to Tone Down Curry Flavor? What Kinds of Food Do You Serve With Sangria? Purestock/Purestock/Getty Images It's all too easy to become overzealous with spices when you're cooking. Especially when trying recipes from other cultures, you may not be accustomed to the amount of heat in a dish. If you've tasted something and experience only the heat with none of the flavors of the spice, tone down the heat by adding a few extra ingredients to counteract the effect the spiciness has on your tongue. Omit or reduce the amount of spices in a recipe if you know you're sensitive to the heat in foods. Halving the amount of spices called for gives you some of the flavor with less of the heat. When you find a balance that works for you, make note of your recipe alterations for future reference. Add a dollop of dairy product to the dish to help tone down the heat. Dairy products, naturally mild and bland, counteract the heat of spices without altering the composition of the dish. Since the amount of milk, cream or sour cream needed depends on the amount of spice in your dish and your own tastes, add a tablespoon at a time, sampling between each addition until you've fine-tuned the taste and heat level. Drop a teaspoon of sugar or honey into the dish, if adding sweetness won't compromise its flavor. Both sugar and honey, used sparingly as the opposite of the heat, effectively cancel out the spiciness. Since sugar and honey can be strong, they work best in Asian-inspired dishes that call for sweetness, such as sweet-and-sour sauces. Increase the amount of bland ingredients in your recipe to water down the taste of the spice when you've added too much. For example, for a tortilla soup that's too spicy, add more rice, beans or broth to dilute the heat so it's more manageable. A good measure is to repeat the recipe, halving it and omitting the spice. Serve spicy dishes with dairy on the side, so guests can add as much or as little as they want to tone down the heat, to taste. Cream-based salad dressings, cream cheese and sour cream can all be added after a dish is prepared. "The Elements of Life: A Contemporary Guide to Thai Recipes and Traditions for Healthier Living"; Su-Mei Yu; 2009 The Kitchn; How Can I Tone Down a Too-Spicy Dish?; Faith Durand; March 2011 CDKitchen; What Do I Do If . . . ?; Lauren Braun Costello; August 2006 Kay Ireland specializes in health, fitness and lifestyle topics. She is a support worker in the neonatal intensive care and antepartum units of her local hospital and recently became a certified group fitness instructor.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1591
__label__wiki	0.785231	0.785231	Cal HC does not pass interim order Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday did not pass any interim order on the Tata Motors` petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act 2011 by which the West Bengal government has taken back possession of the land leased to the company at Singur. Justice Soumitra Pal, observing that the Advocate General Anindya Mitra has submitted that adequate police were deployed to maintain peace and for protection of the property, directed that no order was being passed. Tata Motors` counsel Samaraditya Pal prayed that possession of the 645 acre that was leased to it by the state government be frozen and the government be restrained till its challenge of the Act was decided by the court. Mitra, however, submitted the land was the government`s property for which adequate security arrangements have been made. Tata Motors Ltd moved the petition before the court of Justice Pal pleading that the Act and all its consequences be declared unconstitutional, illegal, bad in law and void. It was also prayed for an injunction restraining West Bengal government from acting in terms of the Act and interfere with the possession of the land. Tata Motors also asked the court to stay the operation of the Act and restore status quo ante as on June 20. The Act was notified last evening and government took over the land.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1606
__label__wiki	0.972609	0.972609	JV for execution of inter-state transmission projects formed Edited By Odishatv Bureau Published By Odishatv Bureau On Jan 6, 2013 - 10:57 AM Bhubaneswar: State owned Odisha Power Transmission Company Ltd (OPTCL) and central public sector Mahanadi Coalfield Limited (MCL) have formed a joint venture for execution of inter-state transmission projects. "The new company is to develop intra-state transmission projects. Both PSUs will invest about Rs 1,500 crore in the next five years," energy secretary P K Jena told reporters. The two companies formed the Nilachal Power Transmission Private Limited and signed a shareholder agreement yesterday. A notification issued by the energy department said each shareholder would have equal equity and the joint venture company would have have separate transmission licence to be issued by Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC). The new company would give the entire transmission capacity to be created by it to the Grid Corporation of Odisha, the state's bulk power supplier. Earlier, the OPTCL had signed an agreement with PGCIL for intra-state transmission. Jena said it has become imperative to develop intra-state transmission system for generation by certain upcoming thermal power plants. "As an estimated Rs 10,000 crore is required to develop additional transmission capacity during the 12th Five Year Plan period, the state government preferred to take partners," an official said. Keeping the financial as well as organisational capability of OPTCL, the state government felt that it was not possible for the state PSU alone to spend Rs 2,000 per annum. Therefore, it joined hands with MCL and PGCIL, the official said.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1607
__label__cc	0.558934	0.441066	18 September 2016 / Indie Red Eye, XAD, Twilight Fields On this dreary Sunday (let’s not complain – we had an outrageously hot September here so far), it is time to dig into the blog again. I have some fine new three releases for you, covering a wide spectrum of the often unfairly put-into-one-box indie music genre. Red Eye, XAD, Twilight Fields. Just out is a new sigle by Red Eye called “Moroccan fruit”. Red Eye are of the nowadays rare breed of musicians implying that every song should carry a message. What greater compliment could you receive than Billy Bragg himself commenting that Red Eye are a “powerful response to the “Is Protest Music Dead?” question? Red Eye consists mainly of Trevor Perfect who writes the music and the lyrics and features guest vocalists. “Moroccan Fruit” could not be any more up-to-date, dealing with the plight of refugees escaping from horrendous situations to Europe. The song does not scream, it does not accuses…it raises questions and asks for understanding and empathy in a tender way, sparsely arranged. Trevor Perfect was inspired by thinking about what Nina Simone would sing about in the present. Then he saw the photo of Jose Palazon of the migrants’ rights group Pro De In. The photo shows Moroccan immigrants in Melilla, Spain, hanging onto a fence overlooking a golf course at a European border. Seeing the stark similarity with “Strange Fruit” lyrics, “Black bodies swinging from poplar trees”, and the Moroccans hanging from the border fence, the song was born. “Moroccan Fruit” by Red Eye is available here. Thanks to Aled from [Beast PR UK](https://www.facebook.com/beastpruk/). XAD XAD are a grunge rock band based in Haarlem, Netherlands. They have existed in three reincarnations since 2009. The present line-up of Alessandro – Bass, Amar – Druns, Ted – Guitar, Vocals and Kimmo, Production, have just released their third EP, A Distorted World History, which has a dark, raw, rocky, live performance feel to it. The song titles and lyrics however reveal a deeper meaning than the simple rocking it out behind the band. The tracklist of the EP reads as follows: You Believe (A Distorted World History), Enoch, Firedragon, Spaceship, Spanish Fly The idea behind the EP is nicely portrayed on the back cover of the EP: Of course there are some sounds for you to sample as well – you can find the new XAD songs on Spotify or via the band’s webpage. If you want to see something, there is live performance here of the song “Enoch”. #### Twilight Fields Twilight Fields hail from North Bay, Canada. They have just released “Further Up, Further In!”, their debut full-length album. So, who’s behind it? Allister Thompson, heading the band, has been a folk singer, but also a member of 70s-style glam band Crash Kelly. Under the name The Gateless Gate Allister has done Krautrock and as Khan Tengri a psych album. So you see, there are numerous influences or a huge bandwidth of musical taste as well as many years of experience as a musician of all kind of styles. Mind you, the different styles do touch at the edges and they certainly do for Twilight Fields. In 2009, Allister did a progressive rock album called Shadowlands. Then we also have Teri-Lynn Janveau who is a classically trained pianist, who also composed and played with The Gateless Gate. Last but not least, veteran Canadian drummer Tim Timleck joined Twilight Fields. Sound and atmosphere of this records would span a lot of influences, accordingly and lovers of psych and folk, of progressive rock and shoegaze will find something appealing in the album “Further Up, Further In!” Thematically the record deals with serious issues. To quote Twilight Fields: This music asks big questions about life and loss; it’s serious music for serious-minded people. You can find Twilight Fields’ releases on Bandcamp as well as older songs as well. Here are some soundbites for you: Pictish Trail - an interview in May 2017 British Sea Power - Interview May 2017 Wovenhand interview at Reflektor, Liège, 2017 Collaborations you would find many in the music scene. The best are naturally those that were not initiated for commercial reasons but because of the incentive of the musicians themselves. In the case Audiodeluxe Vibrissae, Audiodeluxe, Prana Crafter - listen now! As you will notice, this blog features interviews with the well-known artists of the music scene (well-known to you, dear reader, if your musical interest lead you to this page) as, shall we	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1608
__label__cc	0.510951	0.489049	Home Exploration Total-ExxonMobil & Energean get approval for offshore oil exploration in Greece Total-ExxonMobil & Energean get approval for offshore oil exploration in Greece Greece has approved an application by a consortium of ExxonMobil, France’s Total SA, and domestic oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum, to drill for oil and gas off the island of Crete, Reuters reported on Friday. Greece has also approved another application, by local company Energean Oil, to start drilling for oil offshore western Greece. The country’s oil and gas resources management body will launch a tender for exploration licenses in the blocks by the end of June, with the goal to award licenses by the end of this year. According to an OilPrice report, last month, the energy ministry held talks with Exxon and Total to discuss the potential of offshore gas exploration. Back then, a government official told Reuters that a consortium of ExxonMobil, Total, and Hellenic Petroleum was expected to file an application to explore south of the island of Crete. Greece, which has been struggling with a severe debt crisis in the past few years and has received billions of euros of EU- and IMF-backed bailout support, is trying to resume efforts to search for hydrocarbons both onshore and offshore and possibly lessen its dependence on energy imports in the future. In October last year, Greece’s energy ministry named a consortium led by Total SA and comprised of Italy’s Edison and Hellenic Petroleum as the preferred bidder to drill for gas in an offshore block in the Ionian Sea west of the country. Hellenic Petroleum Total SA Previous articleOver 15 Canadian companies looking to partner with Guyana for oil & gas opportunities Next articleQatar’s emir meets ExxonMobil’s CEO Total divests several non-core UK assets to Petrogas Petrotrin rakes in 1.6 billion TT dollars operating profit in last... Guyana welcomes the announcement made today by ExxonMobil – Ministry of... Hammerhead appraisal could signal good tidings for Eco Atlantic 50-member strong Canadian mission due in Guyana, MoU on O&G to... First shipment of pipes for oil production arrives in Guyana SBM Offshore says Liza 2 floater would be its largest capacity...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1610
__label__wiki	0.869725	0.869725	These Ontario police officers are using ayahuasca to treat their PTSD Even though ayahuasca is illegal in Canada, police officers are seeking out the substance as a last resort to treat their post-traumatic stress disorder.... Source: globalnews.ca Do Service Dogs Help Treat PTSD? V.A. Still Doesn’t Know The V.A. was mandated to study the use of service dogs as a mental-health treatment for veterans almost a decade ago. But repeated setbacks have held up the results.... Johnson: 20,000 more police officers if I become PM Boris Johnson has upped the stakes in the Tory leadership race once more by pledging to put 20,000 more police officers on the streets over three years.... 1,000-Year-Old Psychedelic Drug Kit Contains Traces of Cocaine and Ayahuasca Archaeologists in the Bolivian Andes have discovered a 1,000-year-old ritual bundle—basically a stash of drug paraphernalia—containing traces five different psychoactive substances, including cocaine ... 5 police officers were killed in 9 days Three of the five police officers killed in the past nine days across the US each leave behind two children. A fourth was a young police academy graduate who was about to hit the streets on her own. A... When Police Officers Vent on Facebook Emily Baker-White’s systemic look at officers on social media found thousands of racist, Islamophobic or otherwise offensive posts. Here’s how (and why) she did it.... Three met officers found not guilty over police car crash lie Three Met Police officers who were accused of lying about a patrol car crash have walked free from court after being cleared of perverting the course of justice.... Police: Tennessee man who confronted officers with gun shot BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities say a Tennessee police officer shot a man who confronted officers with a gun. News outlets cite a statement from the Bristol Tennessee Police Department that says off... 6 Kentucky police officers named in indictment LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Six police officers have been indicted in Kentucky in connection with a scheme in which they’re accused of being paid for private security jobs during their regular patrol... Boston police: Man, 19, shot dead after firing at officers BOSTON (AP) — Boston police say a 19-year-old man has been fatally shot after he fired at officers during a foot chase. Commissioner William Gross says officers had been responding to reports of gunfi... Russia suspends police officers over detention of journalist Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said on Tuesday that an internal inquiry into the detention last week of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov was underway and that he had suspended the... Tucson Police Department remembers fallen officers TUCSON — There’s is a profession of protectors. Wednesday night, the Tucson Police Department hosted its annual Fallen Officer Memorial. “It’s very important for families and i... Five Arrested In Jharkhand Mob Killing, 2 Police Officers Suspended Five men have been arrested and two police officers suspended amid outrage across the country over the fatal mob attack on a man in Jharkhand last week. The police are on the lookout for at least one.... Oro Valley Police deploy officers at ‘dangerous’ intersection TUCSON – Oro Valley police say there has been an uptick in crashes. So they are doing something about it. Oro Valley Police Department (OVPD) has been deploying officers near Oracle and Magee ro... Queens police officers rescue kitten from car grill Officers from Far Rockaway’s 101st Precinct had their hands full early Saturday with a particularly feisty fella who squirmed his way into a place he didn’t belong.... 2 off-duty police officers in Wisconsin are killed within 24 hours Two off-duty Wisconsin police died within 24 hours, one after his car was struck by a driver with a history of drunken driving, and the other as he came upon an armed robbery and tried to take down th... 10 Kenyan police officers killed in blast near Somalia NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan officials say at least 10 police officers are dead after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device near the Somali border in a suspected extremist attack. The of... Uniformed police officers banned at Sacramento pride parade SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Organizers of a pride parade in the California state capital have banned uniformed police officers from participating in this weekend’s march and other festivities. The... Police union: Chief violated law in case of 5 fired officers ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The president of the St. Paul police union says the city’s police chief broke a state law by revealing details about a case that cost five officers their jobs. St. Paul Po... Starbucks Apologizes After Six Police Officers in Arizona Say They Were Asked to Leave A customer complained that the officers’ presence made him feel uncomfortable, prompting a barista to ask them to leave, an organization representing the officers said.... Somali civilians, Kenyan police officers killed in blasts A series of explosions have claimed the lives of Kenyan police officers and Somali civilians. The attacks, claimed by al-Shabab jihadists, came after a rival militia executed a group of civilians.... Nebraska man arrested after lying to officers about identity while wearing name tag: police A Nebraska man wanted on two warrants was arrested Tuesday after he tried giving police a false name while wearing his real one on a badge around his neck, authorities said.... Police Seek Armed Alabama Man Accused Of Shooting Officers AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama are searching for a man they say shot and wounded three Auburn police officers. Local and state law enforcement are searching for 29-year-old Grady Wayne Wil... Putin fires police officers involved in journalist's case Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed two senior police officers involved in the arrest of an investigative journalist on drug charges that later were dropped when the government admitted the... Moldova's police chief fires 6 officers in power struggle Moldova's police chief has dismissed six officers who publicly backed a rival government, reflecting a continuing power struggle that has heightened political tensions in the impoverished ex-Soviet na... Putin fires top police officers involved in journalist’s arrest MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed two senior police officers involved in the arrest of an investigative journalist on drug charges that later were dropped when the government adm... Report: More police officers died in line of duty in 2018 The FBI reported Monday that 106 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 2018, an increase from 94 officers who died a year earlier.... Ukraine police officers arrested for murder in killing of five-year-old boy Two Ukrainian police officers were arrested on suspicion of murder on Tuesday, accused of fatally shooting a five-year-old boy while drunkenly firing weapons at cans and bottles in the courtyard of an... Police crash victim's kin: Officers lack training Family members of an 84-year-old woman killed last month when two Chicago Police vehicles slammed into a car she was riding in say a lack of officer training in pursuits led to her death. (June 11) &... Police officers will face charges over yellow vest protests PARIS (AP) — A leading French prosecutor says some police officers will face trial over the police violence that have taken place at protests by people wearing yellow vests. In an interview with the d... Taliban Kill Unarmed Afghan Police Officers Waiting for Pay Fighters disguised in police uniforms killed at least 20 Afghan police officers and wounded dozens of other people in a brazen attack on a police headquarters.... Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Transfers Six Top Police Officers In UP Under fire over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Friday, transferred six senior police officers.... Four police officers killed in bomb explosion in southwest Pakistan A bomb went off in a marketplace in southwest Pakistan, killing at least four police officers and injuring around 10 others, including civilians, Monday night.... Starbucks apologizes to Arizona police after evicting six officers, quells firestorm Starbucks has issued a formal apology to an Arizona police force after six officers were kicked out of a Tempe coffee shop on Independence Day ... Starbucks apologizes after 6 AZ police officers reportedly asked to leave shop NBC NEWS – Starbucks apologized Saturday after an employee reportedly asked six officers to leave one of the company’s stores in a Phoenix suburb because a customer reported feeling unsafe... At least 60 percent of Mexican police officers cannot pass tests for new force, president says President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday that only about 60 percent of Mexico's federal police are passing physical and background exams to join the new National Guard, despite the fact they... Starbucks apologizes to police after six officers were asked to leave Arizona store Starbucks Corp on Sunday apologized after an employee at one of its stores in Tempe, Arizona asked six police officers to leave or move out of a customer's line of sight, triggering social media back... Roadside bomb kills Kenyan police officers near Somali border Blast claimed by Islamist insurgents follows attack in Mogadishu that killed eightA roadside bomb hit a police vehicle patrolling near Kenya’s border with Somalia on Saturday, killing several of the 1... Swedish police say officers shoot man threatening people at train station STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police say officers shoot man threatening people at train station.... Starbucks apologizes to Tempe police after evicting six officers, quells firestorm Starbucks has issued a formal apology to an Arizona police force after six officers were kicked out of a Tempe coffee shop on Independence Day. ... Starbucks apologizes to Tempe police after evicting six officers, trying to quell firestorm Starbucks has issued a formal apology to an Arizona police force after six officers were kicked out of a Tempe coffee shop on Independence Day. ... Dozens of police officers injured in Memphis riots over fatal shooting At least two dozen police officers and two journalists were injured in violent riots that broke out in Memphis overnight, the city’s mayor said Thursday. Six officers were taken to the hospital,... 10 Kenyan police officers killed by roadside bomb near Somali border Kenyan officials say at least 10 police officers are dead after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device near the Somali border in a suspected extremist attack.... 72 Philadelphia police officers on administrative duty after alleged offensive posts More than 70 Philadelphia police officers are off the streets after racist or offensive social media posts were uncovered. ... Report: Hundreds of Police Officers Belong to Racist Facebook Groups Investigative journalists have discovered hundreds of law enforcement officers around the country who are active in members-only Facebook groups that are based on racism, hate and ... well, it would b... Mexican police revolt against plans to absorb officers into new National Guard Hundreds of federal police blocked highways in and around the Mexican capital Wednesday in open revolt against plans to absorb the officers into the newly formed National Guard.... Starbucks Apologises After 6 Police Officers Asked To Leave Arizona Store Starbucks has apologized to police in Arizona after six officers said they were asked to leave one of the coffee chain's stores last week because another customer said the officers made them feel...... Starbucks apologizes after police officers reportedly asked to leave Arizona shop http://x-default-stgec.uplynk.com/ausw/slices/e81/c0ab5584e67842a5a9ab685b5c0d943b/e8121ed0ac0d4a118a219268f34c9e11/e8121ed0ac0d4a118a219268f34c9e11_g.mp4 _____ Starbucks apologized Saturday after an ... ‘Police officers demanded to see my books’: Elif Shafak on Turkey's war on free-speech The author once put on trial for ‘insulting Turkishness’ explains why writers, academics and especially women, face escalating hostility in Erdoğan’s TurkeyOne day two months ago I woke up to thousand... St Louis prosecutor refuses to accept cases from police officers accused of racism Attorney refuses to advance investigations of officers who have allegedly posted racist and violent comments on social mediaThe top prosecutor in St Louis has compiled an “exclusion list” of dozens of... 72 Philadelphia police officers taken off streets over alleged racist social media posts Philadelphia has placed 72 of its police officers on administrative duty pending an investigation into alleged bigoted social media posts. Veuer’s Justin Kircher has the story. ... Philadelphia Yanks 72 Police Officers Off the Street Because They Couldn't Stop Being Racist on Facebook Maybe racist rhetoric on social media isn’t really your thing, but 72 Philadelphia police officers just got yanked off the street and reassigned to administrative duty because it’s apparently theirs.... Memphis police officers injured in unrest following officer-involved shooting: reports The fatal shooting of a suspect who allegedly emerged from his vehicle with a weapon after ramming the vehicles of approaching law enforcement officers sparked a clash between Memphis residents and po... Tory leadership race: Sajid Javid says he will put 20,000 more police officers on the beat if elected Conservative leadership hopeful Sajid Javid has promised to put 20,000 more police officers back on the street if he is elected to be the next Prime Minister.... Starbucks apologizes after employee asks police officers to leave Phoenix shop Starbucks is apologizing after an employee reportedly asked six police officers to leave or change their location in one of the company's shops in a Phoenix suburb.... Starbucks apologizes after police officers asked to leave shop because of customer complaint Starbucks apologized to police officers who asked to leave from its location in a Phoenix suburb after a customer said they didn't feel safe with cops present. ... Footage of deadly police chase shows officers fire 70 shots at suspect Police have released dramatic body camera footage of officers firing more than 70 shots at a suspect as they chased him in their vehicle through a busy residential area.... Starbucks shop boots police officers because customer ‘did not feel safe’ around them: reports Some police officers in Tempe, Ariz., say they were asked to leave a Starbucks coffee shop on the Fourth of July because a customer complained they “did not feel safe” with the cops present, according... Factbox: U.S. police officers who kill unarmed black men often avoid criminal liability A New York City policeman became the latest example of a law enforcement officer to face no criminal liability for killing an unarmed black man when the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday it w... 2019 so far is the least deadliest year for America's police officers in decades, data shows With a third of the year complete, 2019 is shaping up to be the least deadly for police officers since 1965 – prompting one of America’s top law enforcement groups to say it’s holding its breath “hopi... Bomb blast kills four Iraqi federal police officers: security sources Four Iraqi federal police officers were killed on Tuesday after a bomb went off southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, two security sources told Reuters.... Elderly Chicago woman killed, 10 police officers injured in multiple-vehicle crash An elderly woman was killed and 10 Chicago police officers injured in a multiple vehicle crash over the weekend. One man - a civilian - was also injured in the incident.... Fugitive tells Connecticut police he’ll surrender if 15,000 people 'like' his wanted poster on Facebook: officers A Connecticut fugitive told police he will surrender if 15,000 people respond to an online wanted poster on Facebook, according to the Torrington Police Department. ... Russian president Putin fires 2 top police officers involved in arrest of investigative journalist Russian President Vladimir Putin fired two police generals involved in a criminal drug case against a Russian investigative journalist whose arrest had sparked widespread protests. ... Tottenham v Ajax: Nine arrests and three police officers injured ahead of Champions League clash Three police officers have been injured while arresting football fans believed to be throwing missiles ahead of Tottenham's Champions League match in north London.... Officials say 10 Kenyan police officers are killed when vehicle strikes explosives near Somali border NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials say 10 Kenyan police officers are killed when vehicle strikes explosives near Somali border.... California city council woman led officers on high-speed chase with juvenile in backseat: police A city councilwoman in California Wednesday drove through a police parking lot at a high speed then led officers on a high-speed chase while a juvenile sat in the back seat, police said.... One solution for keeping traffic stops from turning violent: A robot that separates police officers from drivers. A California researcher has created a robot that allows police officers to conduct traffic stops without leaving the relative safety of their vehicle.... Starbucks execs reportedly meeting with Tempe police after officers booted from coffee chain location Starbucks executives were reportedly meeting again with the Tempe Police Department on Monday after six officers were booted from one of the coffee giant's locations in Arizona when a customer told an... Police Officers Get Exposed for Making Racist Social Media Posts, So Cities Decide to Investigate Police officers and departments across the nation have been accused of having implicit bias against and racist views about black people for a long time. The accusations are not new, but they are often... A group of police officers shot a man dead after he was caught throwing incendiary devices at a migrant detention center Google Streetview A man died early Saturday morning after throwing incendiary devices at an immigration jail in Tacoma, Washington while armed with a rifle. The man, who has not been identified yet,... On National Police Week, officers 'feel more scrutinized than ever' As law enforcement officers gather in Washington to commemorate their fallen comrades, police are under intense scrutiny. ... Police officers' actions were 'wrong': NYPD apologizes for Stonewall riots, 50 years later Commissioner James O'Neill said Thursday that "the actions taken by the NYPD were wrong." ... 4 Your Health: The deadly effects of PTSD Vets with PTSD at higher risk of early death. Veterans suffering from PTSD are more likely to suffer an early death. That is according to a new study from the department of veterans affairs which incl... Dealing with PTSD during Fourth of July celebrations TUCSON – With the Fourth of July already here, some people who live with post traumatic stress disorder might be affected by the intensity of explosions, lights, and sometimes even the smell of ... FDNY discriminated against Marine with PTSD: watchdog The FDNY discriminated against a former US Marine because he has post-traumatic stress disorder, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled Wednesday. Joseph Leopold, who was honorably discharg... Recommended Reading: Facebook moderator PTSD Bodies in seats Casey Newton, The Verge The job of moderating toxic content on social media is a daunting task. It also takes a massive psychological toll on those doing it. The Verge has first-hand... 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Oklahoma officers in shooting that hurt children named Authorities in Oklahoma on Friday identified two police officers present when at least one of them shot into a pickup truck last week and wounded three children and a man suspected in a robbery.... Dog Owner Charged After Animal Allegedly Attacks Officers BEREA, Ky. (WBON) – A Berea woman was arrested after her dog allegedly attacked police officers. According to our news partner at WBON, police were called out to a dispute between two females. W... Man says fire Phoenix officers who aimed guns at his family PHOENIX (AP) — The young black man shown in a videotaped encounter that showed Phoenix police pointing guns and yelling obscenities at him and his pregnant fiancee told the City Council on Wednesday t... 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LOUIS (AP) — Two Missouri police officers are hospitalized following an accident involving a motorcade escorting the body of a fallen police officer to a funeral home. Officer Michael Langsdorf of... Memorial service to recognize fallen Kentucky officers FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police are holding a memorial service for fallen officers. A statement from the agency says the annual memorial service and wreath-laying ceremony is Friday aftern... Trump criticizes prosecutors at ceremony for fallen officers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is using a Capitol Hill ceremony for fallen law enforcement officers to criticize some big-city prosecutors he asserts don’t go after criminals who pose ... Trump criticizes prosecutors at event for fallen officers President Donald Trump used a Capitol Hill ceremony for fallen law enforcement officers to renew his pitch for changes to the nation’s immigrations law and to criticize some big-city prosecutors... Marshal, officers kill fugitive outside Florida mosque FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. marshal’s task force fatally shot a fugitive wanted for attempted murder outside a Florida mosque. The marshal for South Florida, Gadyaces Serralta, told repo... Portuguese officers convicted of kidnapping black youths A Portuguese court has found eight police officers guilty of kidnapping and beating up six youths from a predominantly black neighborhood in the outskirts of Lisbon.... Kentucky probation and parole officers to receive pay hike LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials say probation and parole officers are the first state employees to see their salaries increase due to an adjustment in the state’s salary schedule. Gov. ... Trump honors officers with Medal of Valor awards Fourteen public safety officers were awarded the nation's highest honor for bravery from President Donald Trump on Wednesday, including eight who responded to a mass shooting on Election Day 2016... Canal Street counterfeiters raided by NYC Sheriff’s Officers Canal Street’s notorious knock-off vendors are up to their old tricks. At least four people were busted and approximately half a million dollars in fake merchandise seized Wednesday afternoon by... CBP officers seize 50 pounds of meth at Port of Lukeville TUCSON – Federal authorities have seized nearly 50 pounds of methamphetamine, and arrested a man who was crossing into Arizona through the Port of Lukeville. U.S. Customs and Border Protection o... Minnesota cop receives $585,000 after fellow officers spied on DMV data The city of Minneapolis is learning a hard lesson about the importance of placing checks on government data access. A court has awarded police officer Amy Krekelberg a total of $585,000 after she sue... Pakistan says roadside bomb kills officers, soldier Pakistan's military says a roadside bomb targeting a security vehicle has killed three army officers and an enlisted soldier in a troubled northwestern district bordering Afghanistan.... Venezuelan military helicopter crashes, 7 officers killed Seven Venezuelan military officers have been killed when their helicopter crashed while heading to a state where President Nicolas Maduro appeared alongside troops Saturday.... 7 Venezuelan military officers killed in chopper crash 7 Venezuelan military officers were killed on Saturday when their helicopter crashed while heading to a state where President Maduro appeared alongside troops... AOC Claims Migrants Being Told to Drink Out of Toilets, Terrorized by Officers Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is visiting several Customs and Border Patrol facilities today as part of a congressional delegation. After the first visit, she claimed that even with members of Congre... Identify Tainted Officers And Compulsorily Retire Them: Anil Baijal Lt Governor Anil Baijal today directed Delhi's chief secretary, vice chairman of the DDA, police commissioner and municipal commissioners to identify "tainted" officers and "compulsorily retire them".... Cochise County Jail officers discover escape attempt BISBEE, Ariz. – Two inmates at Cochise County Jail have been moved to maximum security after detention officers located a potential means of escape in their cell. Robert Andrew Sutton, Rodney Jay Enti... RBI Asks Non-Banking Lending Companies To Appoint Risk Officers Reserve Bank of India said on Thursday that non-banking finance firms with asset size of more than Rs 5,000 crore should appoint a chief risk officer.... Arizona fallen officers honored for giving the ultimate sacrifice PHOENIX – Three law enforcement officials made the ultimate sacrifice while protecting Arizona citizens over the past year. The Arizona Peace Officers Memorial Board honored those men who were k... Eight Officers Suspended In UP After Cows Found Dead At Cattle Shelters Eight government officers have been suspended in Uttar Pradesh in Ayodhya and Mirzapur districts after cows were found dead at state-run shelters in the last few days.... "We're not Chinese officers": Indonesia fights anti-China disinformation Indonesian police arrested a man on Friday accused of creating an anti-Chinese disinformation campaign to incite racial hatred, amid a proliferation of rumors alleging Chinese involvement in post-elec... NYPD to slash overtime for detectives and high-ranking officers The NYPD is slashing the amount of overtime allowed for its detectives and higher-ranking officers, police sources told The Post on Wednesday. Overtime for city detectives, lieutenants and sergeants w... Indian Oil Hiring Research Officers: Salary, Benefits, Other Details Here IOCL: Indian Oil is accepting online applications from candidates and last date to apply for the job is May 21, 2019. The pay scale for research officers is between Rs. 60,000-1,80,000 and Rs....... Colombian Army’s Kill Orders Put Civilians at Risk, Officers Say Senior officers told The Times that soldiers are under intense pressure to defeat rebel groups and that a pattern of suspicious killings and cover-ups has begun to emerge this year.... 12 Top Tax Officers Told To Retire Amid Corruption, Sex Harassment Probes Twelve officials of the Union Ministry of Finance have been forced into compulsory retirement -- the allegations against them range from extortion to bribery and sexual harassment, a circular from the... NYC correction officers brawl in women’s locker room: report Two female correction officers got into a wild brawl Thursday in the Manhattan women’s locker room — with one officer deploying mace. 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Woman dies, 10 officers hurt when vehicles crash in Chicago CHICAGO (AP) — An 84-year-old woman has died after being injured in a Chicago crash that involved multiple vehicles and also hurt 10 police officers. The Chicago Tribune reports that two Chicago polic... 72 Philadelphia Officers Benched After Offensive Social Media Posts Officers accused of making racist, dehumanizing or otherwise biased posts were placed on administrative duty in Philadelphia and barred from presenting cases to prosecutors in St. Louis.... Pair of cop suicides leaves fellow NYPD officers shaken A veteran NYPD homicide detective was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday — one day after a police chief fatally shot himself, sources said. Detective Joe Calabrese, 58, wa... Europol is developing a ‘game’ to teach officers how to trace cryptocurrency Cryptocurrency crime fighters are about to have a lot more fun after Europol has revealed its developing a game to help law enforcers learn how to trace and investigate illicit uses of digital currenc... 72 officers off streets amid probe into social media posts PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police Commissioner Richard Ross says 72 Philadelphia police officers have been placed on administrative duty amid an initial investigation into a national group’s accusation... Chicago panel clears 2 white officers in black man’s death CHICAGO (AP) — A review board has cleared two white Chicago police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man that led to demonstrations. Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability sa... Trump awards highest honor for bravery to public safety officers President Trump awarded the Medal of Valor to 14 public safety officers on Wednesday; the medal is the nation’s highest honor for bravery by a public safety officer.... CBP officers seize ancient Egyptian mummy linen at northern border U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Michigan seized five jars of ancient Egyptian mummy linen coming illegally through the northern border last month.... 6 female corrections officers illegally strip searched women at NYC jail, DA says Six female New York City corrections officers have been charged for illegally strip searching women who visited the Manhattan Detention Center, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced Monda... U.S. churches, some immigration officers denounce sending asylum seekers to Mexico U.S. faith leaders on Thursday expressed outrage over a Trump administration policy that sends asylum seekers to some of Mexico's most violent cities, echoing U.S. asylum officers who said the program... Officers, Special Forces' Soldiers Warned Of Honey Trap Bid On Instagram The army intelligence on Monday issued an advisory to its personnel against a suspected enemy spy believed to be targeting officers and Special Forces' soldiers on social media, news agency ANI...... 135 officers arrest 50 people in massive Connecticut heroin bust: 11 suspects on the run State and Federal law enforcement arrested 51 people in Connecticut on Friday as part of a massive undercover operation that resulted in the seizure of thousands of bags of heroin, guns and 15,000 in ... Justice Dept. Seeks to Question C.I.A. 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Helicopter crash kills 7 military officers in Venezuela, authorities investigating Venezuelan authorities are investigating the cause of a helicopter crash that killed seven military officers while they were while heading to a state where President Nicolas Maduro was visiting troops... Russia drops charges against journalist Golunov, suspends arresting officers Ivan Golunov has been released from house arrest and charges against him have been dropped. The journalist was arrested last week on drug charges, which a minister said "had not been proven."... 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service Peace Officers' Memorial Day pays tribute to the 228 local, state, and federal police officers who died in the line of duty in 2018. ... Video shows Texas officers fatally shooting man inside truck FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Fort Worth police have released body camera footage of officers fatally shooting a man who ignored repeated police orders to drop his handgun. 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"Be Patient While Solving Civic Issues": Naveen Patnaik To Civil Officers Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today called upon the newly recruited state civil service officers to be patient and use prudence to solve the problems of people.... Female corrections officers busted for invasive visitor strip searches Six city Corrections officers, including a retired captain, were busted Monday for unlawfully strip-searching female visitors at the Manhattan Detention Complex and then trying to cover it up. Leslie-... Supreme Court To Hear Plea About Cadre Allocation Of 2018 Batch Officers The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on May 17 Centre's plea challenging the Delhi High Court's verdict which had quashed cadre allocation of IAS and IPS officers of 2018 batch.... Japan navy officers attend maritime security ceremony in South Korea Officers of Japan's maritime self-defense forces took part in the opening ceremony of a combined maritime security exercise that includes the United States.... Update: Suspect Held In Bell County After Fire, Shots Fired At Officers BELL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18 / WRIL) — Authorities in Bell County said a suspect was in custody early Monday after officers from multiple police agencies responded to an area near Cary where a man a... Panic spreads through Hong Kong protest as riot officers fire tear gas Hong Kong police have fired pepper spray at protesters angry about an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.... 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Rajnath Singh Meets Top Army Officers, Reviews Security, Border Situation Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday held a meeting with top Army officials and reviewed the security challenges facing the country, including the situation along borders with Pakistan and China,.... Tempe Officers Association 'encouraged' by Starbucks apology after cops asked to leave The Tempe Officers Association responded Sunday to the controversy that unfolded after some police officers were asked to leave an Arizona Starbucks on Independence Day, saying the union was “encourag... NYPD chief urges officers struggling with mental health to seek help following suicides Following the suicides of two veteran NYPD officers in two days, one of the department’s top cops on Friday urged fellow officers to speak up and seek help if they are struggling with their ment... California man arrested on suspicion of DUI, allegedly spit at officers is gym teacher, school officials say A California man who was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of driving under the influence and allegedly spat at police officers is a P.E. teacher in Sacramento, school district officials said Th... Police say man wanted for shooting a Mississippi officer in police station parking lot has been captured WIGGINS, Miss. (AP) — Police say man wanted for shooting a Mississippi officer in police station parking lot has been captured.... Missouri police officer fatally shot by person trying to cash bad check, police say Officer Michael Langsdorf of the North County Police Cooperative, had been with the department for three months. Police say the suspect is in custody. ... Sierra Vista Police seeks applicants for Citizen Police Academy SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. –Sierra Vista Police Department is seeking interested individuals in its Citizen Police Academy program. 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Nearly 2 dozen St. Louis officers flagged over alleged 'racially charged social media posts' The St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office placed nearly two dozen city police officers on an exclusion list Tuesday after learning about recently revealed “racially-charged social media posts of current... Navy Officers Board Indian Crude Oil Carriers Amid Persian Gulf Tension With the distinct possibility of a military conflict between the United States and Iran, the Indian Navy is set to embark officers and sailors onboard Indian crude oil carriers which enter and exit...... Colombian army denies pushing officers to hike rebel, criminal death toll Colombia's army on Monday denied putting pressure on high-ranking officers to sharply increase the number of rebels and gang members killed or captured in military operations across the Andean nation.... Nashville officer killed after 17-year-old driving without a license slammed into his police vehicle while on duty, police say A Tennessee police officer was killed while on duty Thursday when his marked police car was struck by a 17-year-old driver who was driving without a license, according to the Metropolitan Nashville Po... California police officer, veteran died in his sleep at 36: police A 36-year-old California police officer and veteran was pronounced dead Tuesday morning after passing away in his sleep at his home, the Roseville Police Department said.... New York Police Officer Kills Himself, Third Police Suicide in 10 Days The police commissioner urged officers to seek mental health care, reiterating what he said after a deputy chief and detective took their own lives this month.... 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Chicago FOP president praises officers who gave up holiday time to patrol streets, stem gun violence The president of Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police praised the 1,500 officers who gave up their holiday to patrol the streets and help lower the number of shootings. ... Ocasio-Cortez accuses border officers of ‘violent culture’ after report on graphic Facebook posts New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused U.S. Customs and Border Protection of having a “violent culture” and questioned how officers treat migrants after a report surfaced Monday about a secret... Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes, teammates visit police academy as part of National Police Week Kansas City Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes, and two other quarterbacks, spent time at the Kansas City Regional Police Academy as part of National Police Week on Tuesday.... 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US Man Breaks Into Police Station, With Box Of Donuts There have been many ingenious prison escapes over the years, but a would-be convict has contrived to get himself into jail -- by breaking into a police station near Seattle with a box of donuts.... ‘They Came to Kill.’ Almost 5 Die Daily at Hands of Rio Police. Police operations left 558 Rio de Janeiro residents dead during the first four months of the year — the highest number since the state began keeping records 21 years ago.... Police: Man, 2 children die in crash on Interstate 65 BONNIEVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State Police say a man and two children from North Carolina have died in a crash on Interstate 65. News outlets report police said in a statement that the crash happen... Police say 10 wounded following shooting at New Jersey bar TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey police say 10 people have been wounded following a shooting at a Trenton bar. 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__label__wiki	0.987927	0.987927	Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 27 Nov.'11 / 09:47 Breakaway region of South Ossetia is holding a presidential runoff on Sunday after tight race two weeks ago sent the election into the second round. The breakaway region's emergency situations minister Anatoly Bibilov and ex-education minister Alla Jioyeva each are facing each other in the runoff; each of them garnered up to 25% of votes in the first round in which total of eleven candidates were running. Bibilov, who has always been regarded as the Kremlin's favorite, was received by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when the latter visited Russia's North Ossetian capital Vladikavkaz on November 21. "Medvedev noted that Russia was interested in South Ossetia having efficient leadership,” the Kremlin said in a statement after the meeting. Bibilov secured backing from some of the ex-candidates, including from head of the local bread factory Vadim Tskhovrebov, who was third in the first round with 9.9% of votes. Deputy mayor of Tskhinvali, Alan Kotaev, who received 9.6% of votes also announced about supporting Bibilov. Several other ex-candidates, including Vladimir Kelekhsaev, who garnered 6.6% in the first round, announced about supporting Alla Jioyeva. The latter is also supported by Russian free-style-wrestling team trainer, Jambolat Tedeev - outgoing South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity's fierce opponent, who was barred from running in the presidential election on the grounds of failing to meet 10-year residency requirement. Ahead of the runoff Bibilov accused Jioyeva of trying to win the election with the help from Tbilisi; Bibilov said that ethnic Georgia was leading Jioyeva's campaign in Akhalgori, district predominately populated by ethnic Georgians, which before the August, 2008 war was under Tbilisi's control. Jioyeva responded the accusations by bringing results of the vote in Akhalgori during the first round, saying that she had received there only 150 votes against Bibilov's 600. At least 30% of voters should cast thier ballot in the Sunday's runoff in order to make the poll valid, according to the breakaway region's election rules. Civil.Ge © 2001-2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1612
__label__cc	0.570711	0.429289	Assessing Your Odds Of B-School Success by: John A. Byrne on August 24, 2012 \| 31 Comments 41,435 Views She flunked out of Harvard when her grades plunged due to some family issues, but managed to return after a year’s leave of absence and get a 3.3 grade point average overall. With a 780 GMAT and a marketing job with a top consumer packaged goods company, this 25-year-old professional hopes an MBA will help her transition to consulting or a brand management job. He did a two-year stint in the Peace Corps, working in AIDS prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa. Now in operations for a large, regional trust company, this 25-year-old hopes an MBA degree will help him work for an entrepreneurial venture or a top management consulting firm. She’s a cellist and a tech geek who has launched a pair of startups. With a 720 GMAT and a 3.9 GPA, this 25-year-old woman wants to leverage her interest in design and her experience in brand management at a global consumer goods company to get into a top-ranked MBA program. What these MBA applicants share in common is the goal to get into one of the world’s best business schools. Do they have the raw stats and experience to get in? Or will they get dinged by their dream schools? Sanford “Sandy” Kreisberg, founder of MBA admissions consulting firm HBSGuru.com, is here again to analyze these and a few other profiles of actual MBA applicants who have shared their vital statistics with Poets&Quants. As usual, Kreisberg handicaps each potential applicant’s odds of getting into a top-ranked business school. If you include your own stats and characteristics in the comments, we’ll pick a few more and have Kreisberg assess your chances in a follow-up feature. (Please add your age and be clear on the sequence of your jobs in relaying work experience. Make sure you let us know your current job.) Sandy’s candid analysis: Ms. Intelligence 670 GMAT (will retake) 3.4 GPA Undergraduate degree in economics from West Point, with a track in Civil Engineering (graduated in the top 30% of my class) Work experience includes four years in the Army as an intelligence officer; currently managed a team of four, handling all intelligence analysis, security and anti-terrorism issues for a battalion of 500 soldiers; planned missions for the intelligence assets in almost all of western Iraq; led a military intelligence platoon of 26 soldiers for two years, including one in Iraq, was responsible for $12 million of equipment and training those 26 soldiers for deployment Extracurricular involvement as captain of the Alpine ski team, competed in Sandhurst military competition and was an active member of the model UN team; assist a military family in my spare time to cope with transitioning after a tragic incident; taught English in Cambodia for a month as a West Point cadet; climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, volunteer with Habitat for Humanity Goal: To get some solid business experience, eventually becoming my own boss Odds of Success: Duke: 60+% North Carolina: 60+% Virginia: 60+% Sandy’s Analysis: You may be setting your sights too low, all of those schools– Duke, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Darden– should be solid for you given a female from West Point with a 3.4 and a 670 GMAT and a solid military and volunteer career, especially since you have been in Iraq, with major leadership (e.g. “leader of a military intelligence platoon of 26 soldiers for two years”) and material responsibilities (for “$12 million dollars worth of equipment”). A female from West Point with Iraq experience and lots of extras could be HBS or Wharton if you could manage a 700 GMAT on next try and firm up goals. You currently say, “get some solid business experience, eventually become my own boss . . . .” That is a bit lame and unfocused. Try saying you want to go into consulting as a “gateway” to a career in either consulting or working for a tech company in some data related way, since that synchs up (on Planet Adcom if not in reality, but maybe that too) with your Army intel experience. Just spin out something that is clear and involves working for well-known brands. Schools got tons of entrepreneurs, or wannabes, and saying you want to be “your own boss” is a bit out of date. That is what dead-enders said in the 1950s when working for The Man. Hip kids like you are supposed to say you want to create great products, services and jobs, but I would not go the “own boss” route in any case. Go with consulting. Top consulting firms would be very interested in a female West Point applicant and the rest of your story is real solid. Take a deep breath and start thinking Top 10 B-schools. 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__label__cc	0.548276	0.451724	By Kelvin Smith australian, british, fictional publishers Kabuff or Wunderkammer? Fictional publishers often appear at international book fairs. The setting gives writers the chance to introduce new characters, engineer plot twists and inject the frisson of drunken conversations and illicit sex. The Frankfurt Kabuff, Blaire Squiscoll’s recent work, adds a new twist to this, functioning as a mesmerising deconstruction of what it means to be a publisher and what it means to hang out with publishers at such events. It combines many old publishing tropes, sometimes seeming to be more of a Wunderkammer than a Kabuff. The central character, Beatrice Deft, is not a publisher but she is someone who loves books, believes in their power to change lives. She is old school: she smokes, she drinks, she eats meat (there is a flashback subplot of violence against an immigrant at a chicken shop in Australia – don’t ask), she flies. Deft enjoys sex (and Sekt) with Caspian, the hunky German cop, of whom we learn little except for his badge number (6969) and the way he wields his impressive baton. After a violent intervention by the right-wingers surrounding a publishing firm called White Storm – put down with the help of Tante Fran and the knitting book club – the old left-wing publisher Kurt Weidenfeld steps down from his position at Linksphilosophie Verlag in favour of Adriana, Lotte Frankel takes over from the wannabe demagogue Kristoff Weil, and Beatrice begins a new career as an international publishing consultant, travelling the world to protect international books from future terrorist attacks. The publishing patriarchy is being overturned. As Beatrice prepares to jet off on her new mission, the familiar figure of a strapping blond catches her attention. There will be further adventures, but they had better hurry, because this old world of international publishing will soon be brought to a juddering halt, not, as this story suggests, by the threat of right-wing terrorism, but by the surveillance state it has created, the security apparatus it spawned, and – in this time of climate breakdown – the impossibility of sustaining all that smoking, drinking, meat-eating and carbon-fuelled travel that are at the core of the international book fair circuit. Blaire Squiscoll, The Frankfurt Kabuff, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1622
__label__cc	0.662579	0.337421	Basements and Special Foundations……………..Whispers article for the Pyramus and Thisbe Party Wall Surveyors club. NB please note the diagrams Figures 1-4 have been updated in October 2011 fron that of the original article to provide clarity. Please see PDF download at the end of this document Whispers article and sneak preview for 24th June London Club talk Simon Pole BSc C Eng FIStructE MICE MRICS, is a practising structural engineer, designing all manner of buildings in London and the Home Counties and also advises many Adjoining Owners’ Surveyors as ‘advising’ engineer (P and T guidance note 10 September 2010). As a Building Surveyor he surveys residential properties at the point of sale. First, a shock tactic in the hope you will read on! Is today’s Building Owner’s Surveyor now acting as Advocate to the Building Owner and design team? Engineers’ drawings have changed. I now see structural phrases on drawings dictated by Building Owners’ Surveyors such as notes referring to mass concrete structural blinding, reinforced concrete underpinning, specifications for builders describing the formation of a ‘wall’ in 1m lengths, superfluous blocks of mass concrete under reinforced retaining walls, forming no engineering function, delaying construction work and compromising health and safety in excavations. It would seem that the spirit of the Act is dying in many instances and the credibility of the surveying and engineering profession is under threat if we cannot sort this out and provide more consistent advice to our appointing owners and clients. Can we please review the Section 20 interpretation of the various structural components so that the true spirit of the Act can be restored and Surveyors can be given the tools to do their job more effectively and without so much disagreement and loss of time and money to clients. Two questions keep arising during retrofit basement designs: a) What makes a special foundation ‘special’ and why does this structure receive particular attention in the legislation? b) Why is there so much disagreement between surveyors over the interpretation of simple foundation structures within the Act if neither party has a promotional role? I have recently written an article for the Structural Engineer journal suggesting that the engineering profession needs to do more to train engineers in Party Wall procedures; when the Act applies, how to design responsibly with a duty of care to the Adjoining Owner and how to act in an advisory capacity to the Adjoining Owner’s Surveyor. See separate paper if interested. Health warnings, advance apologies and olive branches are all offered early in this paper, intended to provoke healthy discussion, drawn from a number of exceptional cases in recent times to highlight a potential problem for the future. It concerns me that my observations and experiences are drawn from persons who are experts in their field. I worry how the non expert can be expected to apply the Act given the lack of agreement between experts. Our building stock is at serious risk of future redundancy if clever engineering solutions are increasingly allowed to prejudice neighbouring property. In thirty years of practice, I have noticed a marked change in two aspects of Party Wall procedures which concern me, one technical and one procedural. The first change is a technical point and concerns the complexity of basement construction resulting from commercial pressure on space. This leads to increasingly complex foundation solutions where the Building Owner’s substructure is rigidly connected to, or is part of, the Party Wall foundation. See figures 3 and 4 below. Almost all are ‘Special Foundations’. The second change I have noticed is the increasing trend for some Building Owners’ Surveyors to act as ‘Advocate’ to the Building Owner with regard to avoiding the Special Foundation aspects of the Party Wall Act, whilst still prejudicing the Adjoining Owners’ rights. I suspect this is, in the main, simply to avoid complicated discussions with Appointing Owners and other surveyors resulting from a lack of clarity in the Section 20 interpretation of the structural terms ‘Foundation’ and ‘Special Foundation’. These ‘interpretations’ are no longer sufficient to deal with modern basement construction techniques in my opinion. A proportion of this advocacy is however clearly one of commercial expectation to satisfy an Appointing Owner and design team. The rights of Adjoining Owners are now regularly being prejudiced by a more ‘commercial’ application of the Party Wall Act and the Section 20 Interpretations need urgent review and must include ‘engineering’ definitions. From all of the above, there is a tremendous opportunity for the Pyramus and Thisbe Club to lead the way. Cross party discussions between surveyors and engineers, RICS and I Struct E could see further technical guidance notes following those excellent articles issued to all members dated September 2010. A series of guidance notes or a further revision of the Green book in due course could update the ‘interpretation’ of Section 20 of the Act which would provide invaluable help to Party Wall Surveyors and design engineers alike. Today’s basement extensions are becoming as common as loft conversions. They are becoming larger, with more innovative engineering design and construction techniques creating significant underground development. Some are builder-led with little ‘engineering’ input. Others are highly engineered. The public are concerned about the stability of neighbouring property and the impact on ground water and underground streams. Local Authority Town Planning policy is changing as a result, requiring early engagement of engineers and Party Wall surveyors. This is essential when engineers specify ‘Special Foundations’ as they may not be permitted by the Adjoining Owner even if the surveyors agree and this can lead to months of abortive time and costs. In my formative years, I had not heard of the Party Wall etc Act or The London Building Acts as a Graduate Engineer, until the first project requiring Party Wall procedures tripped me up! 30 years later I meet many engineers and some have very little knowledge of the Act and do not know when to advise their clients that the Act applies to their designs. In recent years, as a building surveyor I have surveyed all manner of properties with basements extending from the front of the front garden to the very end of the rear garden. Some of these have created restrictive development potential for the neighbouring property and new owners, surveyors, designers and estate agents are cursing the previous generation of development. This is a relatively new phenomenon but is increasingly common. A brief recap The derivation of the London Building Acts stemmed from the experiences learnt following the Great Fire of London and the rebuilding of many terraced properties with fireproof walls built from stone and brick. The principle of the Act was for Adjoining Owners to have equal repairing liabilities so that Party Walls did not fall into disrepair. Furthermore the Act developed periodically and the spirit of the Act was to allow a Building Owner reasonable development of the Party Wall, whilst protecting the interests of the Adjoining Owner. Of considerable importance however, is the fact that the London Building Acts were drafted at a time when complex basements were rare. Unfortunately the Section 20 interpretation of simple structural components can no longer keep up with the technical complexity or commercial pressures of today. Party Walls were built on their own simple foundations immediately below ground level. Party Wall considerations were based on ‘above ground level’ separating walls, not subterranean living adjacent to someone’s foundations. New terraces of houses are normally built this way. It is the relatively new phenomenon of retro fit basement and subterranean living that has created our current ‘Special Foundation’ dilemmas in the main. I doubt that those who crafted the simple Section 20 ‘interpretations (not definitions) for the structural elements (walls, foundations and special foundations) even anticipated subsequent generations would spend so much time deliberating over their meaning. Party Wall foundations no longer simply support vertical loads from plain masonry walls above ground. They resist significant horizontal and overturning forces in many instances now. I would make specific reference to a specific Party structure; the reinforced retaining wall here, since, to an engineer, a retaining wall is an intrinsic part of geotechnical/ foundation engineering, resisting vertical horizontal and overturning forces and normally providing ‘support’ to a wall and the Adjoining Owner’s soil and foundations. It is too simplistic to call part of this single structure a ‘wall’ and part of it a ‘foundation’. To ‘want’ to do so is to be an advocate, in my opinion, as it ignores the ‘Special Foundation aspects. See later. The majority of points made in this article are based on reinforced concrete underpinning (‘Special Foundation’) of terraced property but other areas where Party Wall engineering problems arise also include: a) Raising a substantial Party Wall in less durable materials. b) Raising a Party Wall partly on the Party Wall itself and partly on adjacent new framed structure. c) Raising the Party Wall on a cantilever (framed structure). d) Significant vertical chases/ slots in Party Walls (eg for columns, services etc). e) Method/ site related matters associated with deep excavations and temporary works. f) Work to Party Floors (separating floors between flats). Special Foundations It is important to remind ourselves why there is a ‘special foundation provision within the Party Wall Act and what this means for Adjoining Owners and their advisors. Special Foundations are defined specifically in section 20 of the Party Wall etc Act 1996 (and previously in the 1939 London Building Acts) as “an assemblage of beams or rods employed for the purpose of distributing load”. In basement construction this normally means a reinforced concrete foundation, often asymmetrical about the Party Wall and often integral with the Building Owner’s raft/ ground beams/ pile caps. In the 1920’s and 30’s this was more commonly associated with steel beams forming foundation grillage bases for framed structures, which sometimes imposed on the Adjoining Owners land, local to column bases but did not provide wholesale support to the Party Wall. Why are Special Foundations singled out and why do they require specific consent from a neighbour? The Green book says “Special means that reinforcement is used which often creates complex foundations relying on integrity for strength…..” This does perhaps not go far enough to explain the significance as ‘integrity’ only infers ‘quality’. It engineering terms this complexity could be further explained by the ‘distribution of loads or forces to adjacent structures’. In other words, that portion of the foundation immediately beneath the Party Wall is not strong or sufficiently stable enough on its own and the applied forces need to be resisted by adjacent structures remote from the Party Wall foundation. These might be so remote that the Adjoining Owner cannot subsequently use this method of support. Furthermore the distributed loads are transferred into the current Building Owner’s structure, therefore any future use of the wall may damage/ cause settlement/cracking of the current Building Owner’s premises. The most extreme example of this is a cantilevered piled raft supporting a Party Wall. The neighbour cannot realistically underpin the piles or add additional load to those piles in the future. If he excavates, he removes the skin friction from the piles and this could have disastrous consequences to the current Building Owner. Three decades of change The 3 diagrams below are indicative of the change in underpinning technique during the 30 or so years of my working career to date. The diagrams are simplified and exclude non structural detail such as waterproofing and drainage. The changing trend is achieving faster construction and achieving more space for the Building Owner, but at what cost to subsequent neighbouring properties? Figure 1. 1980’s: A typical mass concrete underpinning scheme. A separate basement raft slab and wall or tanking/ dry lining/ drained cavity were provided. Figure 2. 1990’s: To save space, the mass concrete is replaced by reinforced concrete (‘Special Foundation’) but it is separate from the Building Owner’s basement raft and other foundations. Fig 3. 2000’s: To save space and improve watertighness, reinforced underpinning is integral with the Building Owner’s raft foundation, sometimes piles, swimming pool, lift pit etc. Fig 4. 2010’s: Substantial superstructures often include piles and more substantial raft foundations. Over three to four decades we have seen the demand for additional space virtually eliminate the mass concrete underpinning in Figure 1. It is used in domestic subsidence repairs and the most utilitarian basements where ground water is less of an issue and dry lining with a drained cavity is sufficient (Ciria report 139 and BS 8102, grade 3 environment) Today’s trend for deeper and higher specification basements (High quality residential habitation (grade 4), paper archive storage etc) and faster construction methods (top down construction etc) has seen increasingly complex construction. Architects have ‘sculpted’ the space available for clients and have asked engineers to increasingly merge the Building Owner’s foundation structure with the Party Wall foundations. The trend is for the Party Wall foundation to become part of the Building Owner’s foundation structure (Figures 3), to save space for the Building Owner. In recent months I have viewed proposals for deep piled underpinning of Party Walls, complex raft structures, some piled and all manner of part mass and part reinforced concrete underpinning, with endless arguments regarding what constitutes a wall, a foundation and a special foundation. All have in common, a highly engineered basement for the Building Owner that is rigidly connected to the Party Wall foundation, making any subsequent use of the Party Wall difficult without imparting loads and settlements into the current Building Owner’s structure. Figures 3 and 4 above. Is this how Party Walls should be constructed and founded (underpinned) and is this broad principle at odds with the fundamental principles of a shared ‘Party’ Wall being more independent of either neighbours’ foundations and superstructure? In my opinion, engineers are creating problems for future generations in some instances, albeit inadvertently in the main by forgetting about the Adjoining Owner’s rights when designing projects for their clients. I vet lots of competent designs, but they overlook the restrictions that might burden the adjacent property in the future, whilst striving to assist architects to maximise space, and deal with difficult waterproofing issues and construction sequences. Engineers need to take a more active role in Party Wall matters generally, but must specifically be more mindful of the ‘Special Foundation’ provisions of the Party Wall Act when designing basement structures. More training is required to familiarise engineers with the Party Wall legislation and the associated ethics. It is important that clients and designers encourage the appointment of suitably experienced Party Wall surveyors (many basements are for lay clients who are not familiar with Party Wall procedures and rely on the design team to introduce appropriate surveyors. This often occurs too late in the design process). I believe the current Section 20 interpretation of simple structural forms (wall/ foundation/ special foundation) is insufficient to cope with the modern commercial development pressure. The dispute resolution aspects of the Act work well, but the interpretations of ‘Foundations’ and ‘Special Foundations’ in section 20 are inadequate and the imprecise nature of these interpretations no longer help surveyors to carry out their work properly. They allow the ‘enabling’ spirit of the Act to be advanced at the expense of the Adjoining Owners’ future rights in my opinion. I would like to see surveyors acting cautiously when interpreting the phrases ‘foundation’ and ‘special foundation’ so that the Act protects when in doubt rather than advocating development which might prejudice the rights of neighbours. There are afterall several alternative solutions available to a design team, even if a small number of square feet are conceded within a new basement for example. There are too many time and money consuming arguments between surveyors debating what constitutes a Special Foundation. If a more cautious approach were adopted there would be wider agreement and the rights of Adjoining Owners would be better served. As an Advising Surveyor to the Adjoining Owner’s surveyor I now hold ludicrous discussions with Building Owners’ engineers. They are embarrassed when asked why their drawings include ‘structural mass concrete blinding’ and superfluous blocks of mass concrete beneath reinforced concrete retaining walls. Some add construction time and cost and add safety risks by leaving underpinning excavations open longer than normal. It seems preposterous that some argue that the process of excavating and building reinforced concrete in 1m lengths, below ground is no longer the creation of an underpinning foundation, but is the creation of a wall via a downward extension or downward raising of the wall. Surely the spirit of the Act is truly dead if this trend continues! These ‘tricks of the trade’ are of course to avoid ‘Special Foundation’ discussions and are sometimes ‘advanced’ by the Building Owner’s surveyor. Unfortunately the arbitrary presence of some mass concrete beneath the reinforced concrete does not change the engineering design principles and the special foundation (assemblage of rods for the purposes of distributing load etc) assessment should still take place to assess whether the Adjoining Owner’s future rights are prejudiced or not. I would propose that the term “special foundation” is replaced with the term ‘Special Structure’, applicable to all ‘Party Structures’. This would allow normal good engineering judgement to govern decisions rather than the English dictionary/ geometrical shape of foundations to escape the safety net of prudence to look after the Adjoining Owner. This would allow reinforced retaining walls and the raising on a cantilever to be dealt with. It would not adequately deal with separating floors however. Openings beneath such structures should be dealt with under the 3m rule, with excavation for foundations analogous to the removal of support where a supporting wall is removed. Another one for another day however! Engineers need to engage with the Party Wall profession, to provide ‘robust details’ or technical guidance notes to assist designers and surveyors. This could be via an update to a future ‘Green Book’ or via additional guidance notes similar to those produced by the P and T club in September 2010. Surveyors need to do more in my opinion to safeguard neighbouring property and their future development potential. I see far too many surveyors acting as Advocates for the Building Owners, providing short term ‘enabling design solutions’ at the expense of the Adjoining Owner AND the long term financial value and development potential of both buildings. Clients and Landlords etc will not thank us in years to come when the buildings are redeveloped and we advise clients that the development potential of the site is less because of works previously carried out. Put simply, Party Walls should ideally remain separate from other foundations. If we do not act as long term custodians of the wall, nobody else will. This section is from my article for the Institution Of Structural Engineers journal. The role of the advising engineer (advising the Adjoining Owners Surveyor is of utmost importance. The engineering complexity is often the reason why a scheme might prejudice an Adjoining Owner and this is not something the surveyors will normally discern themselves. It is therefore essential that the Adjoining Owner’s Surveyor appoints an engineer who is able to look beyond the normal technical audit and appraise the ‘social engineering’ consequences of a scheme and advise the surveyors accordingly. The Building Owner’s surveyor should remind the Building Owner’s design team (if involved early enough) of the prejudicial issues and their duty of care to consider the Adjoining Owner’s interests. The advising engineer’s role is not a conventional technical audit of engineering adequacy alone. The role of the engineer is to advise the surveyor(s) regarding whether the proposed works: a) Are safe and will not cause significant damage to the Adjoining Owner, during or after the works. b) Restrict the future use of the Adjoining Owner’s property and Party Wall. This is not something engineers are normally used to considering. Ideally this should be written into the engineer’s brief to remind them of this role. The recent P and T technical guidance notes are excellent and the Advising Engineer’s guide (Guidance note 10) should be circulated to every engineer when opportunity arises and should not be kept within the P and T club membership. The role of wider ‘education’ to the industry is a worthy cause which can only further improve the P and T clubs reputation for professionalism within the industry in my opinion. I would stress that almost all Building Owners’ engineers’ proposals I vet, for Adjoining Owners’ surveyors, are safe and well engineered from a safety and strength point of view. The difficulties arise when insufficient thought is given to the neighbourly matters and specifically the design of ‘Special Foundations’ and monolithic structures on the Building Owner’s land that becomes entangled in the shared Party structure. The Party Wall legislation works well for routine dispute resolution when technical definitions are not an issue. Today’s commercial world of development and more advanced design and construction techniques have however pushed the boundaries and many of today’s schemes were not envisaged when the London Building Acts and Party Wall Act 1996 was written. As a consequence, engineers and surveyors struggle to agree how the Act should be interpreted when dealing with basements and Special Foundations. The English language ‘interpretation’ of some wording within section 20 of the Act is now insufficient for todays complex basements and Party Structures and it is increasingly difficult for Party Wall surveyors to do their job properly, without more technical guidance and consistent advice from structural engineers. In the writer’s opinion, more and more surveyors are in danger of becoming advocates instead of arbitrator, promoting the enabling aspects of the Act at the expense of the Adjoining Owner. This is particularly noticeable amongst less participative surveyors who are not members of the P and T club. The balance has on occasion tipped too far in favour of development and short term gains, to the detriment of the neighbour and longer term development of property. The most concerning example of pro development work concerns the bending of the rules concerning the definition of a wall and a foundation. I now see engineers drawings entitled “downward raising of the wall” instead of “underpinning”! I also see that mass concrete blinding is now called a foundation by those advocates trying to avoid Special Foundation discussions. These ‘tricks’ do not assist the construction process, on the contrary, but avoid the Special Foundation provisions of the Act according to some. They still present the same engineering issues that prejudice the Adjoining Owner. Perhaps the ‘Special Foundation’ provisions go too far the other way, allowing an adversarial Adjoining Owner to simply say “no thank you”. However the complexity of some special foundations IS compromising future generations of property, so if we put the short term interests of the current owners to one side for a moment, this long term custodianship is surely our default role. I am minded to recommend that all Special Foundations are referred to a ‘third Surveyor’ style engineer, who could preside over the long term considerations but this would need RICS/ I. Struct E style accreditation so that an appropriate panel of structural engineers could be consulted, rather than a mate of one of the surveyors. Debate over when a wall becomes a foundation with regard to the position of reinforcement is only an issue when surveyors act as advocates. The Party Wall Act needs to be updated and the word ‘Foundation’ should be replaced with the word ‘structure’ so that the focus is on engineering rather than the use of English language and the real business of whether Party Wall works prejudices the neighbouring property or not. The default position for surveyors, if in doubt, should be ‘no thank you’ rather than ‘ok then’. a) The P and T club could prepare technical guidance to assist surveyors and engineers dealing with the section 20 Interpretations for Special Foundations. Ideally this would follow cross professional discussion with RICS, I Struct E and ICE so that surveyors and engineers embrace it. We need to connect with professionals beyond the P and T club if we are to make a difference. b) Such guidance could compliment the recent excellent series dated September 2010 and could be incorporated into a subsequent edition of the Green book. Ideally this would ultimately see a revision to the legislation in time. c) If the Act could be updated I would recommend that the party WALL matters refer to ‘above ground’ discussions where there is habitation on both sides of the wall. Everything below ground and below an adjoining Owners habitable space should be termed a ‘Party Structure’ and the phrase ‘Special Structure’ would replace the phrase ‘Special Foundation’. d) Engineers need to receive more training in Party Wall issues generally but particularly the duty of care and prejudicial issues regarding Adjoining Owners. Instructing surveyors could issue the P and T guidance note 10, September 2010 when instructing Advising Engineers. e) It would seem that the spirit of the Act is under considerable pressure from the commercial approach of developers and designers in their quest to maximise space. Updating the tools of the job, in respect of the section 20 interpretations would assist surveyors considerably, even if this were only via a ‘best practice’ Green Book approach in the short term. f) In the meantime I would like to see surveyors use the spirit of the Act and to act conservatively, to preserve our building stock for others to enjoy in the future.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1623
__label__wiki	0.965415	0.965415	Brooke White Broadens Country Music Landscape With Vibrant New Single 'Into the Trees' 'Modern Family' Star Sarah Hyland Posts Snap With Her New 'Twins' By Stephen Andrew - May 15, 2019 02:08 pm EDT Modern Family star Sarah Hyland, who plays Haley Dunphy on the sitcom, recently posted a snap with her new "twins." On the ABC comedy, Haley had been pregnant with twins and on the season finale it was revealed that she gave birth to them. In her Instagram post, Hyland shared a photo of herself with the babies that played her newborn son and daughter in the episode and joked about it being "double the fun." Double the pleasure + Double the fun = Double the Babies 😳 A post shared by Sarah Hyland (@sarahhyland) on May 9, 2019 at 9:44am PDT Many of Hyland's followers have since commented on the post with one saying, "I literally forgot Haley was pregnant with twins and I dead ass thought you magically had two babies out of the blue without being pregnant." "So cute... I always wonder though , who are the people out there who have fresh new babies that are willing to loan them out for films? I can’t imagine having strangers and a crew handle my little one," another person quipped. "It’s an interesting path [laughing out loud]." "I loved that you has twins!" someone else exclaimed. "I'm a twin mom that has twins early in life. Now their 12 and founders of @gettwinvolved an organization to inspire making be kind cool and to help the community. Hayley, Dylan and the twins will be great!" Notably, Hyland's boyfriend Wells Adams also commented on the post, joking, "These children don’t have nearly enough curly hair." While Season 10 of Modern Family is over, fans can take comfort in the fact that they will get one final season with the Dunphy's before the show ends for good. According to Entertainment Tonight, Sophia Vergara previously spilled the beans on Season 11, saying, "I think it's going to end up, we're doing an extra season that we're going to start next August. We're about to finish the 10th season in March. I mean, from what I heard, we are doing an 11th season. So we're all very excited and very happy." Additionally, Julie Bowen also spoke about the plans for a final season of Modern Family, telling ET, "We were approached. The cast gave a gleeful yes. I think there's a lot of behind-the-scenes action that has to happen with Fox, and ABC buying Fox. There's an extra building worth of paperwork it has to go through. But I'm hoping it does. I really am." At this time, Season 11 of Modern Family does not have an announced premiere date, but will likely debut sometime this fall. Kim Basinger Makes Rare Appearance at Animal Protection Act Press Conference in South Korea Stephanie Niznik, 'Everwood' and 'Star Trek' Actress, Dead at 52 'Jersey Shore' Star Jenni 'JWoww' Farley Admits Roger Mathews Had 'Nervous Breakdown' Over Son's Autism Diagnosis Diane Keaton Reveals She Hasn't Dated Anyone in 35 Years R. Kelly Spokesman Gets Into Intense Fight With Alleged Victim's Father Chrissy Teigen Slams Body-Shaming Trolls: I 'Never Can Win' Will Camille Grammer's 'Particularly Bad Moment' Be Shown on 'RHOBH' Reunion? Jenni 'JWoww' Farley Reveals What 'Jersey Shore' Co-Stars Think of Her New Boyfriend	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1625
__label__wiki	0.831835	0.831835	Travis Scott at PPG Paints: Out of this world By Vikram Sundar, Staff Writer Travis Scott fans were lifted out of this world at his show Sunday night at PPG Paints. The show was part of his 2018 tour for his new album "Astroworld." Tags: Astroworld Tour, ppg paints arena, Travis Scott Tailgating tips to add to the rivalry game experience By Joanna Li, Assistant Sports Editor As the Pitt-Penn State game approaches this weekend, many football fans are making plans to tailgate. But, with the University's recently restrictions on tailgating, fans seem to be limited in their options. Here's how to prepare for a perfect tailgate that can be paired with the intense game to come. Tags: north shore, pitt program council, Pitt-Penn State, ppg paints arena, sweet caroline Get funky this fall with concerts in Pittsburgh By Sarah Connor, Culture Editor The exciting shows coming to Pittsburgh this fall range from rap to pop to 70s rock, leaving little room to disappoint fans of most genres of music. Tags: Mac miller Pittsburgh shows, pittsburgh concerts, ppg paints arena Column: WWE ‘Extreme Rules’ doesn’t bode well for the former Team Xtreme WWE hosted the Extreme Rules pay-per-view at PPG Paints Arena Sunday, and many fans — myself included — weren’t sure how it would go. With Universal Champion Brock Lesnar not even advertised for the show and the WWE Championship in a seemingly throw-away feud, the title outlooks for the show looked bleak. Tags: b-team, extreme rules, Jeff hardy, matt hardy, pay per view, ppg paints arena, Team Xtreme, WWE Pitt to host 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships at PPG Paints Arena By Steve Rotstein \| Sports Editor For the first time in more than 60 years, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships are coming back to Pittsburgh. The NCAA awarded the city of Pittsburgh with the 2019 NCAA Championships on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the sport’s three-day championship event to PPG Paints Arena from March 21-23. ... Tags: fitzgerald field house, heather lyke, keith gavin, kurt angle, ncaa wrestling championships, pitt wrestling, ppg paints arena, WPIAL	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1629
__label__wiki	0.740489	0.740489	Works by Amanda Barnier ( view other items matching `Amanda Barnier`, view all matches ) Listing dateFirst authorImpactPub yearRelevanceDownloads Order pro authors only Configure languages here. Sign in to use this feature. Disambiguations Disambiguations: Amanda Barnier [8] Amanda J. Barnier [2] The Psychology of Memory, Extended Cognition, and Socially Distributed Remembering.John Sutton, Celia B. Harris, Paul G. Keil & Amanda J. Barnier - 2010 - Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 9 (4):521-560.details This paper introduces a new, expanded range of relevant cognitive psychological research on collaborative recall and social memory to the philosophical debate on extended and distributed cognition. We start by examining the case for extended cognition based on the complementarity of inner and outer resources, by which neural, bodily, social, and environmental resources with disparate but complementary properties are integrated into hybrid cognitive systems, transforming or augmenting the nature of remembering or decision-making. Adams and Aizawa, noting this distinctive complementarity argument, (...) say that they agree with it completely: but they describe it as “a non-revolutionary approach” which leaves “the cognitive psychology of memory as the study of processes that take place, essentially without exception, within nervous systems.” In response, we carve out, on distinct conceptual and empirical grounds, a rich middle ground between internalist forms of cognitivism and radical anti-cognitivism. Drawing both on extended cognition literature and on Sterelny’s account of the “scaffolded mind” (this issue), we develop a multidimensional framework for understanding varying relations between agents and external resources, both technological and social. On this basis we argue that, independent of any more “revolutionary” metaphysical claims about the partial constitution of cognitive processes by external resources, a thesis of scaffolded or distributed cognition can substantially influence or transform explanatory practice in cognitive science. Critics also cite various empirical results as evidence against the idea that remembering can extend beyond skull and skin. We respond with a more principled, representative survey of the scientific psychology of memory, focussing in particular on robust recent empirical traditions for the study of collaborative recall and transactive social memory. We describe our own empirical research on socially distributed remembering, aimed at identifying conditions for mnemonic emergence in collaborative groups. Philosophical debates about extended, embedded, and distributed cognition can thus make richer, mutually beneficial contact with independently motivated research programs in the cognitive psychology of memory. (shrink) A Conceptual and Empirical Framework for the Social Distribution of Cognition: The Case of Memory.Amanda Barnier, John Sutton, Celia Harris & Robert A. Wilson - 2008 - Cognitive Systems Research 9 (1):33-51.details In this paper, we aim to show that the framework of embedded, distributed, or extended cognition offers new perspectives on social cognition by applying it to one specific domain: the psychology of memory. In making our case, first we specify some key social dimensions of cognitive distribution and some basic distinctions between memory cases, and then describe stronger and weaker versions of distributed remembering in the general distributed cognition framework. Next, we examine studies of social influences on memory in cognitive (...) psychology, and identify the valuable concepts and methods to be extended and embedded in our framework; we focus in particular on three related paradigms: transactive memory, collaborative recall, and social contagion. Finally, we sketch our own early studies of individual and group memory developed within our framework of distributed cognition, on social contagion of autobiographical memories, collaborative flashbulb memories, and memories of high school at a high school reunion. We see two reciprocal benefits of this conceptual and empirical framework to social memory phenomena: that ideas about distributed cognition can be honed against and tested with the help of sophisticated methods in the social cognitive psychology of memory; and conversely, that a range of social memory phenomena that are as yet poorly understood can be approached afresh with theoretically motivated extensions of existing empirical paradigms. (shrink) We Remember, We Forget: Collaborative Remembering in Older Couples.Celia B. Harris, Paul Keil, John Sutton, Amanda Barnier & Doris McIlwain - 2011 - Discourse Processes 48 (4):267-303.details Transactive memory theory describes the processes by which benefits for memory can occur when remembering is shared in dyads or groups. In contrast, cognitive psychology experiments demonstrate that social influences on memory disrupt and inhibit individual recall. However, most research in cognitive psychology has focused on groups of strangers recalling relatively meaningless stimuli. In the current study, we examined social influences on memory in groups with a shared history, who were recalling a range of stimuli, from word lists to personal, (...) shared memories. We focused in detail on the products and processes of remembering during in-depth interviews with 12 older married couples. These interviews consisted of three recall tasks: (1) word list recall; (2) personal list recall, where stimuli were relevant to the couples’ shared past; and (3) an open-ended autobiographical interview. We conducted these tasks individually and then collaboratively two weeks later. Across each of the tasks, although some couples demonstrated collaborative inhibition, others demonstrated collaborative facilitation. We identified a number of factors that predicted collaborative success, in particular, group-level strategy use. Our results show that collaboration may help or hinder memory, and certain interactions are more likely to produce collaborative benefits. (shrink) Shared Encoding and the Costs and Benefits of Collaborative Recall.Celia Harris, Amanda Barnier & John Sutton - 2013 - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 39 (1):183-195.details We often remember in the company of others. In particular, we routinely collaborate with friends, family, or colleagues to remember shared experiences. But surprisingly, in the experimental collaborative recall paradigm, collaborative groups remember less than their potential, an effect termed collaborative inhibition. Rajaram and Pereira-Pasarin (2010) argued that the effects of collaboration on recall are determined by “pre-collaborative” factors. We studied the role of 2 pre-collaborative factors—shared encoding and group relationship—in determining the costs and benefits of collaborative recall. In Experiment (...) 1, we compared groups of strangers who encoded alone versus together, before collaborating to recall. In Experiment 2, we compared groups of friends who encoded alone versus together, before collaborating to recall. We found that shared encoding abolished collaborative inhibition in both Experiments 1 and 2. But prior relationship did not influence collaborative inhibition over and above the effects of shared encoding. Regardless of encoding condition, collaborative group recall contained fewer intrusions than nominal group recall, and these benefits continued in subsequent individual recall. Our findings demonstrate that pre-collaborative factors—specifically shared encoding—have flow-on benefits for group and individual recall amount, but not recall accuracy. We discuss these findings in terms of self- and cross-cuing in collaborative recall. (shrink) From Individual Memory to Collective Memory: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives.Amanda Barnier & John Sutton - 2008 - Memory 16 (3):177-182.details Very often our memories of the past are of experiences or events we shared with others. And ‘‘in many circumstances in society, remembering is a social event’’ (Roediger, Bergman, & Meade, 2000, p. 129): parents and children reminisce about significant family events, friends discuss a movie they just saw together, students study for exams with their roommates, colleagues remind one another of information relevant to an important group decision, and complete strangers discuss a crime they happened to witness together. Psychology (...) is at the heart of recent interdisciplinary efforts to understand the relationships between an individual remembering alone, an individual remembering in a group, and the group itself remembering. (shrink) Consensus Collaboration Enhances Group and Individual Recall Accuracy.Celia Harris, Amanda Barnier & John Sutton - 2012 - Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 65 (1):v.details We often remember in groups, yet research on collaborative recall finds “collaborative inhibition”: Recalling with others has costs compared to recalling alone. In related paradigms, remembering with others introduces errors into recall. We compared costs and benefits of two collaboration procedures—turn taking and consensus. First, 135 individuals learned a word list and recalled it alone (Recall 1). Then, 45 participants in three-member groups took turns to recall, 45 participants in three-member groups reached a consensus, and 45 participants recalled alone but (...) were analysed as three-member nominal groups (Recall 2). Finally, all participants recalled alone (Recall 3). Both turn-taking and consensus groups demonstrated the usual pattern of costs during collaboration and benefits after collaboration in terms of recall completeness. However, consensus groups, and not turn-taking groups, demonstrated clear benefits in terms of recall accuracy, both during and after collaboration. Consensus groups engaged in beneficial group source-monitoring processes. Our findings challenge assumptions about the negative consequences of social remembering. (shrink) How Did You Feel When the Crocodile Hunter Died?’: Voicing and Silencing in Conversation.Celia Harris, Amanda Barnier, John Sutton & Paul Keil - 2010 - Memory 18 (2):170-184.details Conversations about the past can involve voicing and silencing; processes of validation and invalidation that shape recall. In this experiment we examined the products and processes of remembering a significant autobiographical event in conversation with others. Following the death of Australian celebrity Steve Irwin, in an adapted version of the collaborative recall paradigm, 69 participants described and rated their memories for hearing of his death. Participants then completed a free recall phase where they either discussed the event in groups of (...) three or wrote about the event on their own. Finally, participants completed the original questionnaire again, both 1 week and 1 month after the free recall phase. Discussion influenced later memories for hearing of Irwin’s death, particularly memories for emotion and shock. Qualitative analysis of the free recall phase suggested that during conversation a shared understanding of the event developed, but that emotional reactions to the event were silenced in ways that minimised the event’s impact. These findings are discussed in terms of the processes and consequences of sharing public and personal memories in conversation. (shrink) Memory and Cognition.John Sutton, Celia B. Harris & Amanda Barnier - 2010 - In Susannah Radstone & Barry Schwarz (eds.), Memory: theories, histories, debates. New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 209-226.details In his contribution to the first issue of Memory Studies, Jeffrey Olick notes that despite “the mutual affirmations of psychologists who want more emphasis on the social and sociologists who want more emphasis on the cognitive”, in fact “actual crossdisciplinary research … has been much rarer than affirmations about its necessity and desirability” (2008: 27). The peculiar, contingent disciplinary divisions which structure our academic institutions create and enable many powerful intellectual cultures: but memory researchers are unusually aware that uneasy faultlines (...) and glaring gulfs lie in the uncertain zones between them. The processes of memory are simultaneously natural and cultural. But our difficulties in imagining even fragments of a genuinely integrated framework for understanding diverse memory-related phenomena do not arise from a simple ‘two-cultures’ problem: it’s not as if there are substantially unified visions of memory within either ‘the sciences’ or ‘the humanities’. (shrink) Autobiographical Forgetting, Social Forgetting and Situated Forgetting.Celia B. Harris, John Sutton & Amanda Barnier - 2010 - In Sergio Della Sala (ed.), Forgetting. Psychology Press. pp. 253-284.details We have a striking ability to alter our psychological access to past experiences. Consider the following case. Andrew “Nicky” Barr, OBE, MC, DFC, (1915 – 2006) was one of Australia’s most decorated World War II fighter pilots. He was the top ace of the Western Desert’s 3 Squadron, the pre-eminent fighter squadron in the Middle East, flying P-40 Kittyhawks over Africa. From October 1941, when Nicky Barr’s war began, he flew 22 missions and shot down eight enemy planes in his (...) first 35 operational hours. He was shot down three times, once 25 miles behind enemy lines while trying to rescue a downed pilot. He escaped from prisoner of war camps four times, once jumping out of a train as it travelled from Italy into Austria. His wife Dot, who he married only weeks before the war, waited for him at home. She was told on at least three occasions that he was missing in action or dead. For 50 years, Nicky Barr never spoke publicly, and rarely privately, of his war-time experiences. He was very much a forgotten and forgetting hero (for further details, see Dornan, 2002). In his first public interview in 2002 on the Australian documentary program “Australian Story”, Nicky explained his 50 year silence by saying. (shrink) Hypnotic Clever Hands: Agency and Automatic Responding.Vince Polito, Amanda J. Barnier & Michael H. Connors - 2018 - Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 147 (6):815-828.details The Clever Hands task (Wegner, Fuller, & Sparrow, 2003) is a behavioral illusion in which participants make responses to a trivia quiz for which they have no sense of agency. Sixty high hypnotizable participants completed two versions of the Clever Hands task. Quiz one was a replication of the original study. Quiz two was a hypnotic adaptation using three suggestions that were based on clinical disruptions to the sense of agency. The suggestions were for: Random Responding, Thought Insertion, and Alien (...) Control. These suggestions led to differences in accuracy (action production) and estimates of accuracy (action projection). Specifically, whereas the Random Responding suggestion had little effect, the two clinically based suggestions had opposite impacts on action production: the Thought Insertion suggestion led to an increase in the rate of correct responses (although participants still believed they were responding randomly); while the Alien Control suggestion led to a reduction in the rate of correct answers and a pattern of results that more closely approximated randomness. Contrary to theoretical accounts that claim that hypnosis affects executive monitoring rather than executive control, this result indicates that specific hypnotic suggestions can also influence the implicit processes involved in action production. (shrink)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1634
__label__cc	0.740212	0.259788	Tours aboard the double-decker bus Equator Line Tour Tours in Tourist Transport Cotopaxi Tour Otavalo Tour Papallacta Tour Quilotoa Tour Extreme Quito Tours of two or more days Misahuallí Tours 3D/2N Ticket Points Pululahua Volcano Crater 21 Feb Pululahua Volcano Crater Posted at 13:27h in Blog by Digital Wembau Vistas / Views: 779 Pululahua which in Kichwa means “Cloud of Water” is a potentially active volcano, and its crater is one of the few inhabited in the world. This volcano is formed by several scattered lava domes. Both the domes and the crater are located in Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve. The fantastic Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve reaches an area of 3,383 hectares. This Reserve is very famous for its geological condition, and its biological diversity. It is located 17 kilometers north of Quito, and it is very close to the Middle of the World, which houses the famous monument of the Equatorial Line. One of the main tourist attractions of Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve is the crater and caldera of Pululahua. These are natural formations product of ancient eruptions of Pululahua volcano. The caldera “measures about 4 kilometers in diameter at the top and 3 kilometers at the base. It has the shape of a horseshoe that opens to the north to let out Blanco River, which flows into the Guayllabamba”. Source: National System of Protected Areas of Ecuador – Ministry of the Environment. In addition, inside the Reserve there are volcanic domes or hills, known as: Pondoña, “El Chivo” and “Pan de Azúcar”. The energy of the earth and the rocks that hides this wonderful destination is awesome! Pululahua is one of the few volcanoes in the world where human beings inhabit inside its crater. Most of the families that live in the crater are dedicated to agriculture, cattle raising, and tourism. The hostels of the area receive national and foreign tourists through the whole year. In the same crater, people can perform activities such as: camping, horseback, hiking, and mountain biking. This is also a perfect place to get acquainted with wildlife. In Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve, there is a trail and recreation area called “Moraspungo”, where you can cross the remains of Andean forest and admire the flora and fauna of the area. At the end of the trail, it is possible to find a picnic area where you can enjoy a magnificent view of the crater. Do not forget that the landscape of Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve can be seen from Ventanillas Lookout, also known as the Volcano Crater Lookout. It is located in Caspigasi. In addition, in Ventanillas there are handicraft stores, and it is the beginning of the trail known as “Sal si puedes” which means Run if you can. This trail is about 1.8 kilometres. Quito Tour Bus offers you its Equator Line Tour where you can get to know Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve from the Volcano Crater Gazebo, as well as the famous monument of Equatorial Line located within the Middle of the World Tourist Complex. Do not miss the opportunity to enjoy the natural charm of Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve, one of the exceptional protected areas of Ecuador. You can do this aboard the official double-decker bus of the city of Quito. Artículos relacionados / Related post: Destinos de Ecuador Las 5 mejores cosas para hacer en Quito La ruta de los monolitos: el eje energético de la… ¿Cómo se celebra el año nuevo en Ecuador? 7 Deliciosos Sabores de Colada Morada y Guaguas de… ¿Cómo llegar al Cotopaxi? Actividades cautivadoras de Quito Museo Ecuatorial en la Mitad del Mundo What to do on August 10 in Quito? (2019) 7 Things You Should Do When You Visit The Middle of the World in Ecuador Places to visit in Quito with your couple 4 curious facts about Middle of the World (Español) Tours Misahualli Tour Last news from our blog About Quindetour Cia. Ltda. Ecuador Hop on Hop Off Bus © Copyright QUINDE TOUR CIA. LTDA. \| Quito Tour Bus ® All rights reserved \| Quito, Ecuador \| Web y posicionamiento por Wembaú© Copyright QUINDE TOUR CIA. LTDA. \| Quito Tour Bus ® All rights reserved \| Quito, Ecuador \| Implementado por Wembaú	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1642
__label__wiki	0.54342	0.54342	The Free Thought Project: Blue Privilege Continues EBOLA: A Worldwide Problem-Reaction-Solution Strategy? Michigan nursing home sued for imprisoning and ransoming woman ppjg families, Guardianship Abuse, homicidal guardianships, nursing home neglect, The PPJ Gazette Detroit probate, elder exploitation, elder financial exploitation, false imprisonment, families, financial powers, forced medication, freedoms, Gretchen Rachel Hammond, Lourdes Senior Community, medical decisions, Michigan probate, Mimi Brun, nursing home abuse, Oakland County Probate Court, Oakland County Probate Court Judge Linda S. Hallmark, personal rights, The PPJ Gazette, unnecessary anti-psychotic drugs, Virginia Wahab Leave a comment GretchRHammond This article first appeared on Daily Koz Thursday June 06, 2019 · 11:29 AM CDT Mimi Brun and her mother, Virginia Wahab A number of studies have found that the greatest fear expressed by senior citizens, a demographic that’s exponentially growing in number in this country, is not death but the eradication of their independence if they are forced to live in a nursing facility. According to a lawsuit filed on May 8, that fear became reality for a vital and healthy Detroit-area woman, Virginia “Jean” Wahab, who spent two years falsely imprisoned in a Waterford, Michigan, nursing home owned by Lourdes, Inc., and sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Peace religious order. The home demanded payment of what amounted to a ransom of $25,000 to release Wahab from the facility. “Mom was a fearless, independent woman before Lourdes took control of her,” Wahab’s daughter and caregiver Mimi Brun said. “When I finally got her out of there, it took me a long time to wean her off all the unnecessary anti-psychotic and anti-depressive drugs they had been giving her.” Brun is the plaintiff in the lawsuit, which claims her mother was subject to false imprisonment, negligence, breach of contract, malicious prosecution, abuse of court process, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. Filed in the Oakland County Circuit Court, the complaint is a first for Michigan and comes on the heels of Attorney General Dana Nessel’s creation of an Elder Abuse Task Force. Brun said that although her mother had been living alone before her ordeal began in 2016, by the time she was able to secure Wahab’s release after a protracted legal battle, “She couldn’t stand up. She was terrified of being locked in a room and of someone coming to take her back to Lourdes.” Before Wahab passed away at the end of April, mother and daughter were finally able to spend a precious few months together after having been kept apart by a court order obtained by Lourdes that severed Brun’s visitation rights. Short-term rehab to long-term guardianship According to the complaint, the family’s problems began in February 2016, when Wahab was admitted to Lourdes Senior Community, a $21 million nonprofit organization housing 250 residents at four facilities, for short-term rehabilitation following a recommendation from her doctor. By April 2016, Wahab’s insurance company, Health Alliance Plan, had terminated Wahab’s Medicare benefits at Lourdes, stating that she needed no further services or medication and was “medically stable for discharge.” However, the complaint asserts, “Even though Virginia did not need to be in a nursing home, Lourdes kept her in a section reserved for terminally ill and dementia patients for over two years [and] would not release Virginia without the payment of a bill in the amount of $25,000.” Court documents show that Lourdes filed a June 6, 2016, petition for guardianship of Wahab with the Oakland County Probate Court. During a June 29, 2016, hearing on the petition, Lourdes social worker Sara Van Acker stated that the organization was seeking guardianship of Wahab because of “a concern about the nursing home being paid.” Without any medical documents regarding Wahab’s alleged incapacity presented at the hearing, presiding Oakland County Probate Court Judge Linda S. Hallmark granted the request and appointed former Oakland County Public Administrator Jon B. Munger as Wahab’s guardian. Guardianship under scrutiny Guardianship is a system that has come under scrutiny. Under guardianship, an individual deemed legally incompetent by a probate or family court judge must cede their personal rights, freedoms, financial powers, and medical decisions, often to a total stranger. Cases in which court-appointed professional guardians have used their power to exploit and abuse their elderly or vulnerable wards have been uncovered nationwide. A 2015 Hunter College/New York Times study determined that the use of guardianship as a collection agency by nursing facilities has “become routine.” Despite a statute in Michigan’s Estates and Protected Individuals Code (EPIC) giving Brun priority over a professional guardian in the care of her mother, Judge Hallmark stated that she was appointing Munger “to make sure we have the Medicaid application on track [and] get this bill taken care of.” According to Brun’s lawsuit, Wahab was “kept in Lourdes against her will in exchange for the Medicaid payments [and] as collateral for payments it claimed were owed to it by Ms. Brun.” The fight to be reunited During the two-year fight Brun waged to have Wahab released from both the guardianship and the nursing home, the complaint alleges, Lourdes denied Brun visitation rights and barred her from the premises; chemically restrained Wahab while denying her personal liberty and freedom of movement; and obtained an illegal injunction from Hallmark and a bench warrant for Brun’s arrest unless she paid them $25,000. The complaint notes a Feb. 2, 2017, email from Lourdes attorney Mary Lyneis telling Brun, “We want to be paid. You cannot expect to show up to see your mother when you have not paid for the privilege.” A disturbing June 27, 2018, video shows a brief reunion between mother and daughter outside the Oakland County Probate Court before Munger’s attorney Joseph Ehrlich pulls Wahab’s wheelchair away with such force that Wahab is jolted back in her seat. Brun said her reaction was visceral and born out of exhaustion, frustration, and helplessness. “I hadn’t seen my mother for two years,” she recalled. “They had no right to separate us. What Ehrlich did was aggressive and illegal. If it was your mom, what would you do?” Ultimately, Brun decided the answer was to take legal action against Lourdes and to seek justice—but not only for Wahab. “The irreparable suffering in my mom’s case, the inhumanity she was subjected to, the illegalities and the breaches of her legal and human rights cannot be repeated to anyone else anywhere,” she said. Respecting rights Passed in 1987, the federal Nursing Home Reform Act is supposed to require facilities to ensure the rights and protection of residents. Representing Brun in the case, Michigan trial attorney Mark Hafeli noted that the nursing home’s alleged actions were in violation of those rights. “All federal regulations and resident rights say that a resident of a nursing home has a right to visits. You can’t condition a mother’s right to see her daughter based upon the daughter’s payment of $25,000. To be locked in a nursing home when you don’t want to be there is a serious wrong,” Hafeli said. Even though the act stipulates that in cases where a resident has been deemed incompetent by a state judge, their rights are transferred to a guardian, Hafeli does not believe it lets Lourdes off the hook for filing an unwarranted petition in the first place and holding, isolating, and treating Wahab in a negligent manner. “According to an expert I have consulted, regardless of what the guardian may or may not do, the nursing home has a duty to discharge a person when they don’t need skilled nursing care,” he said, “especially when there’s a family member willing to take care of them.” Diane Menio is the executive director of the Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly, which promotes “the wellbeing, rights and autonomy of older adults.” Menio said, “There are national trends such as nursing homes going for a guardianship when they can’t get payment or an application for Medicaid. But you can’t keep someone hostage until money is paid. A family member being told ‘you can’t visit because you owe us money’ is something new to me.” Menio noted that her organization has lately seen nursing facilities applying for guardianship of their residents “in batches.” Such activity raises the question of whether a reason for the increase in guardianship and nursing home abuse is an increasing senior demographic that, both politically and culturally, the United States would prefer to ignore. “Society doesn’t see elderly people,” Menio agreed. “The abuse of them is underreported. People take advantage of them. Making sure we have protections in place for the elderly population is extremely challenging.” Brun said that her lawsuit is part of a greater elder-abuse awareness campaign she calls #justiceforjean. “People need to wake up about the potential for destructive forces in the lives of people they love,” she said. Reached by email, Debi Batchelder, assistant to Lourdes Senior Community CEO Sister Maureen Comer, said the organization had no comment on the lawsuit or the allegations. Gretchen Rachel Hammond is an award-winning journalist whose body of investigative work has focused on social injustice and marginalized communities. She has just completed a year-long investigation into a massive, alleged elder abuse and exploitation ring operating out of a Detroit-area probate court, which will be published soon. This post was written and reported through our Daily Kos freelance program. This content was created by a Daily Kos Community member. Make YOUR voice heard!	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1645
__label__wiki	0.863639	0.863639	West Brom scouted Alisson… Marc Atkins/Getty Images Sport West Brom scouted Alisson prior to Liverpool move Ryan Darby @RyanDarby_ West Brom reportedly had their eyes on Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson long before Liverpool did. According to the Daily Express, as cited on the Yorkshire Evening Post, the Brazilian was scouted by the Baggies when he first arrived at the Serie A clash. The player was said to be of particular interest to ex-Scotland number one Jonathan Gould, who was working on a scouting mission for the club. Alisson struggled to break into the Roma side when he first joined the Italian giants. He largely played as a back-up to former Arsenal shot-stopper Wojciech Szczesny. It was not until the latter moved on to Juventus that Alisson got his big break in Italy. A standout season saw him earn a move to Liverpool in a deal worth a massive £67 million. Both Chelsea and Liverpool were chasing the Brazilian throughout the summer, but for West Brom, it’s a case of what could have been. Would you have loved to see Alisson at West Brom? Read more from Ryan Darby Everton eye Tousart – would he be a good signing? Read Everton • By Luke Osman	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1653
__label__cc	0.535992	0.464008	Nevada marijuana supply running low ... Nevada marijuana supply running low, state of emergency declared, governor says August 24, 2017 Mary Jane Blog Nevada state officials declared a state of emergency after stores that sell recreational marijuana reported that their supply is running out just less than two weeks after the drug went on sale legally. Gov. Brian Sandoval, R-Nev., issued the state of emergency on Friday, which will allow state officials to decide on new rules that could ease the shortage of marijuana, according to Fox 13 Now. Nevadas Department of Taxation released a statement that said it will contemplate emergency regulations that would permit liquor wholesalers to cash in on the marijuana sales. Based on reports of adult-use marijuana sales already far exceeding the industrys expectations at the states 47 licensed retail marijuana stores and the reality that many stores are running out of inventory, the Department must address the lack of distributors immediately, the Department of Taxation said in a statement. Some establishments report the need for delivery within the next several days. RETRIAL BEGINS FOR FOUR BUNDY SUPPORTERS FROM 2014 ARMED STANDOFF In November, after the law legalizing marijuana in Nevada was passed, liquor distributors were promised that they would have the sole rights of moving the drug for 18 months, but the department said many distributors did not meet the requirements needed in order to be licensed. “We continue to work with the liquor wholesalers who have applied for distribution licenses, but most dont yet meet the requirements that would allow us to license them. Even as we attempted to schedule the final facility inspection for one of the applicants this week, they told us their facility was not ready and declined the inspection. As of mid-day Friday, not one distribution license has been issued,” Stephanie Klapstein, a spokesperson for the Department of Taxation, told USA Today. The dispensaries that were originally allowed to retail medical marijuana can now sell recreational marijuana as well and, by law, must be given the drug from a licensed distributor. But many of the facilities have been left with a diminishing supply. TOURISTS, LOCALS BUY NEVADAS LEGAL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA “The business owners in this industry have invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build facilities across the state,” the Department of Taxation’s statement continued. They have hired and trained thousands of additional employees to meet the demands of the market. Unless the issue with distributor licensing is resolved quickly, the inability to deliver product to retail stores will result in many of these people losing their jobs and will bring this nascent market to a grinding halt.” Nevada voters approved to legalize recreational pot in November. The state joined Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska in allowing adults to buy the drug that is banned by the federal government. To buy, those 21 and older with a valid ID and purchase up to an ounce of pot at dispensaries. The drug can only be consumed in a private home, not in public, including the Strip, hotels and casinos. Violators face a misdemeanor citation and $600 fine. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/07/11/nevada-marijuana-supply-running-low-state-emergency-declared-governor-says.html Mary JaneNevada marijuana supply running low, state of emergency declared, governor says 08.24.2017	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1655
__label__cc	0.569962	0.430038	News \| Governance Urgent Call For Charities Facing Status Revocation to Get in Touch Tuesday, 10th April 2018 at 10:11 am More than 100 Australian charities which have not reported to the national charity regulator could be set to lose their charity status. The Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission is calling on a list of more than 100 registered charities which have at least two outstanding Annual Information Statements to get in touch after their mail was returned unopened. The ACNC said it had attempted to contact these charities several times by phone, email and letter to remind them of their need to report to the ACNC, but had not been successful. ACNC assistant commissioner David Locke told Pro Bono News the charities now faced losing their status. “I encourage people to check the list and if you recognise anyone, to let the charity know that they are in danger of having their registration revoked,” Locke said. “Usually we would write to charities to warn them that they risk revocation, however, we have been unable to reach this group. “This may mean that they have wound up, or they have simply changed their contact information and failed to let us know.” All registered charities have an obligation to notify the ACNC of changes to contact details and submit an Annual Information Statement every year. Locke cautioned that any charities which have their status revoked would lose access to all Commonwealth charity tax concessions, exemptions or benefits. “Registration with the ACNC is a prerequisite for attaining Commonwealth charity tax concessions such as deductible gift recipient status, income tax exemption, Fringe Benefits Tax rebates, and Goods and Services Tax concessions,” he said. “Charities that have their status revoked by the ACNC will no longer be able to access Commonwealth charity tax concessions.” In a public notice of intention to revoke the registration of the charities, the ACNC said the charities had until 13 April to provide reasons why they should not have their registration revoked. The list of charities can be found here. Tags : ACNC, Annual Information Statements, Charity status, revocation, tax concessions, RSL Queensland takes steps to fix governance issues Tuesday, 21st May 2019 at 4:13 pm Charity report criticised for missing detail Tuesday, 21st May 2019 at 8:34 am College of Physicians undergoes charity commission probe Monday, 6th May 2019 at 4:49 pm Coalition promises to support charities and the NDIS… but won’t budge on Newstart Tuesday, 30th April 2019 at 8:39 am	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1658
__label__cc	0.596408	0.403592	Hersh Sagreiya Clinical Instructor, Radiology Research Training Fellowship, HHMI (2009-10) Student Travel Award, RSNA (2017) Cancer Imaging Training Program, Stanford (2017-18) Fellow Grant, RSNA (2017-19) Collaborative Research Grant, Stanford Society of Physician Scholars (2018) GPU Grant, NVIDIA (2018) Power Science Magna Cum Laude Award, Society of Abdominal Radiology (2018) Board Certification, American Board of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology (2018) sagreiya@stanford.edu My current two greatest areas of interest are medical imaging informatics and molecular imaging. As part of an RSNA Fellow grant, I will use machine learning and texture analysis to develop a quantitative tool for the early detection of ovarian cancer using BR55, a novel molecular imaging agent that targets sites of neoangiogenesis. I am interested in additional opportunities to apply deep learning techniques, as well as correlating radiologic and pathologic data. Effect of CYP4F2, VKORC1, and CYP2C9 in Influencing Coumarin Dose: A Single-Patient Data Meta-Analysis in More Than 15,000 Individuals CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS Danese, E., Raimondi, S., Montagnana, M., Tagetti, A., Langaee, T., Borgiani, P., Ciccacci, C., Carcas, A. J., Borobia, A. M., Tong, H. Y., Davila-Fajardo, C., Botton, M., Bourgeois, S., Deloukas, P., Caldwell, M. D., Burmester, J. K., Berg, R. L., Cavallari, L. H., Drozda, K., Huang, M., Zhao, L., Cen, H., Gonzalez-Conejero, R., Roldan, V., Nakamura, Y., Mushiroda, T., Gong, I. Y., Kim, R. B., Hirai, K., Itoh, K., Isaza, C., Beltran, L., Jimenez-Varo, E., Canadas-Garre, M., Giontella, A., Kringen, M. K., Haug, K., Gwak, H., Lee, K., Minuz, P., Lee, M., Lubitz, S. A., Scott, S., Mazzaccara, C., Sacchetti, L., Genc, E., Ozer, M., Pathare, A., Krishnamoorthy, R., Paldi, A., Siguret, V., Loriot, M., Kutala, V., Suarez-Kurtz, G., Perini, J., Denny, J. C., Ramirez, A. H., Mittal, B., Rathore, S., Sagreiya, H., Altman, R., Shahin, M. A., Khalifa, S., Limdi, N. A., Rivers, C., Shendre, A., Dillon, C., Suriapranata, I. M., Zhou, H., Tan, S., Tatarunas, V., Lesauskaite, V., Zhang, Y., Maitland-van der Zee, A. H., Verhoef, T., de Boer, A., Taljaard, M., Zambon, C., Pengo, V., Zhang, J., Pirmohamed, M., Johnson, J. A., Fava, C. 2019; 105 (6): 1477–91 View details for DOI 10.1002/cpt.1323 Point Shear Wave Elastography Using Machine Learning to Differentiate Renal Cell Carcinoma and Angiomyolipoma. Ultrasound in medicine & biology Sagreiya, H., Akhbardeh, A., Li, D., Sigrist, R., Chung, B. I., Sonn, G. A., Tian, L., Rubin, D. L., Willmann, J. K. 2019 The question of whether ultrasound point shear wave elastography can differentiate renal cell carcinoma (RCC) from angiomyolipoma (AML) is controversial. This study prospectively enrolled 51 patients with 52 renal tumors (42 RCCs, 10 AMLs). We obtained 10 measurements of shear wave velocity (SWV) in the renal tumor, cortex and medulla. Median SWV was first used to classify RCC versus AML. Next, the prediction accuracy of 4 machine learning algorithms-logistic regression, naive Bayes, quadratic discriminant analysis and support vector machines (SVMs)-was evaluated, using statistical inputs from the tumor, cortex and combined statistical inputs from tumor, cortex and medulla. After leave-one-out cross validation, models were evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC). Tumor median SWV performed poorly (AUC = 0.62; p = 0.23). Except logistic regression, all machine learning algorithms reached statistical significance using combined statistical inputs (AUC = 0.78-0.98; p < 7.1 * 10-3). SVMs demonstrated 94% accuracy (AUC = 0.98; p = 3.13 * 10-6) and clearly outperformed median SWV in differentiating RCC from AML (p = 2.8 * 10-4). View details for DOI 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2019.04.009 Automatic inference of BI-RADS final assessment categories from narrative mammography report findings Journal of Biomedical Informatics Banerjee, I., Bozkurt, S., Alkim, E., Sagreiya, H., Kurian, A. W., Rubin, D. L. 2019 View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103137 Automatic Inference of BI-RADS Final Assessment Categories from Narrative Mammography Report Findings. Journal of biomedical informatics Banerjee, I., Bozkurt, S., Alkim, E., Sagreiya, H., Kurian, A. W., Rubin, D. L. 2019: 103137 We propose an efficient natural language processing approach for inferring the BI-RADS final assessment categories by analyzing only the mammogram findings reported by the mammographer in narrative form. The proposed hybrid method integrates semantic term embedding with distributional semantics, producing a context-aware vector representation of unstructured mammography reports. A large corpus of unannotated mammography reports (300,000) was used to learn the context of the key-terms using a distributional semantics approach, and the trained model was applied to generate context-aware vector representations of the reports annotated with BI-RADS category(22,091). The vectorized reports were utilized to train a supervised classifier to derive the BI-RADS assessment class. Even though the majority of the proposed embedding pipeline is unsupervised, the classifier was able to recognize substantial semantic information for deriving the BI-RADS categorization not only on a holdout internal testset and also on an external validation set (1,900 reports). Our proposed method outperforms a recently published domain-specific rule-based system and could be relevant for evaluating concordance between radiologists. With minimal requirement for task specific customization, the proposed method can be easily transferable to a different domain to support large scale text mining or derivation of patient phenotype. A Multi-Model Framework to Estimate Perfusion Parameters Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Imaging. Medical physics Akhbardeh, A., Sagreiya, H., El Kaffas, A., Willmann, J. K., Rubin, D. L. 2018 PURPOSE: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging (CEUS) has expanded the diagnostic potential of ultrasound by enabling real-time imaging and quantification of tissue perfusion. Several perfusion models and curve fitting methods have been developed to quantify the temporal behavior of tracer signal and standardize perfusion quantification. While the least-squares approach has traditionally been applied for curve-fitting, it can be inadequate for noisy and complex data. Moreover, previous research suggests that certain perfusion models may be more relevant depending on the organ or tissue imaged. We propose a multi-model framework to select the most appropriate perfusion model and curve fitting method for each diagnostic application.METHODS: Our multi-model approach uses a system identification method, which estimates perfusion parameters from the model with the best fit to a given time-intensity curve (TIC). We compared current perfusion quantification methods that use a single perfusion model and curve fitting method and our proposed multi-model framework on bolus 3D dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (DCE-US) in vivo images obtained in mice implanted with a colon cancer, as well as on simulation data. The quality of fit in estimating perfusion parameters was evaluated using the Spearman correlation coefficient, the coefficient of determination (R2 ), and the normalized root mean square error (NRMSE) to ensure that the multi-model framework finds the best perfusion model and curve fitting algorithm.RESULTS: Our multi-model framework outperforms conventional single perfusion model approaches with least squares optimization, providing more robust perfusion parameter estimation. R2 and NRMSE are 0.98 and 0.18 respectively for our proposed method. By comparison, the performance of the traditional approach is much more dependent upon the selection of the appropriate model. The R2 and NRMSE are 0.91 and 0.31, respectively.CONCLUSIONS: The proposed multi-model framework for perfusion-modeling outperforms the current approach of single perfusion modeling using least-squares optimization and more robustly estimates perfusion parameters when using empiric data labelled by an expert as the gold standard. Our technique is minimally sensitive to issues affecting the accuracy of perfusion parameter estimation, including rise time, noise, ROI size, and frame rate. This framework could be of key utility in modeling different perfusion systems in different tissues and organs. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The effect of CYP4F2, VKORC1 and CYP2C9 in influencing coumarin dose. A single patient data meta-analysis in more than 15,000 individuals. Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics Danese, E., Raimondi, S., Montagnana, M., Tagetti, A., Langaee, T., Borgiani, P., Ciccacci, C., Carcas, A. J., Borobia, A. M., Tong, H. Y., Davila-Fajardo, C., Botton, M. R., Bourgeois, S., Deloukas, P., Caldwell, M. D., Burmester, J. K., Berg, R. L., Cavallari, L. H., Drozda, K., Huang, M., Zhao, L., Cen, H., Gonzalez-Conejero, R., Roldan, V., Nakamura, Y., Mushiroda, T., Gong, I. Y., Kim, R. B., Hirai, K., Itoh, K., Isaza, C., Beltran, L., Jimenez-Varo, E., Canadas-Garre, M., Giontella, A., Kringen, M. K., Bente Foss Haug, K., Gwak, H. S., Lee, K. E., Minuz, P., Lee, M. T., Lubitz, S. A., Scott, S., Mazzaccara, C., Sacchetti, L., Genc, E., Ozer, M., Pathare, A., Krishnamoorthy, R., Paldi, A., Siguret, V., Loriot, M., Kutala, V. K., Suarez-Kurtz, G., Perini, J., Denny, J. C., Ramirez, A. H., Mittal, B., Rathore, S. S., Sagreiya, H., Altman, R., Shahin, M. H., Khalifa, S. I., Limdi, N. A., Rivers, C., Shendre, A., Dillon, C., Suriapranata, I. M., Zhou, H., Tan, S., Tatarunas, V., Lesauskaite, V., Zhang, Y., Maitland-van der Zee, A. H., Verhoef, T. I., de Boer, A., Taljaard, M., Zambon, C. F., Pengo, V., Zhang, J. E., Pirmohamed, M., Johnson, J. A., Fava, C. 2018 The CYP4F2 gene is known to influence mean coumarin dose. The aim of the present study was to undertake a meta-analysis at individual patients' level to capture the possible effect of ethnicity, gene-gene interaction or other drugs on the association and to verify if inclusion of CYP4F23 variant into dosing algorithms improves the prediction of mean coumarin dose. We asked the authors of our previous meta-analysis (30 articles) and of 38 new articles retrieved by a systematic review to send us individual patients' data. The final collection consists 15,754 patients split into a derivation and validation cohort. The CYP4F23 polymorphism was consistently associated with an increase in mean coumarin dose (+9% (95%CI 7-10%), with a higher effect in females, in patients taking acenocoumarol and in Whites. The inclusion of the CYP4F23 in dosing algorithms slightly improved the prediction of stable coumarin dose. New pharmacogenetic equations potentially useful for clinical practice were derived. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. A radiogenomic analysis of hepatocellular carcinoma: association between fractional allelic imbalance rate index and the liver imaging reporting and data system (LI-RADS) categories and features. The British journal of radiology Furlan, A., Almusa, O., Yu, R. K., Sagreiya, H., Borhani, A. A., Bae, K. T., Marsh, J. W. 2018: 20170962 To evaluate the association between the liver imaging reporting and data system (LI-RADS) categories and features and the fractional allelic imbalance (FAI) rate index of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).The institutional review board approved this retrospective study. Medical records collected between January 2008 and December 2013 were reviewed to find patients with histologically confirmed HCC, FAI analysis, and CT or MR imaging of the liver. The final population included 71 patients (54 males, 17 females). Three radiologists reviewed the images using the LI-RADS v. 2014. The association between FAI and LI-RADS categories and features was tested using the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (rho) and the Wilcoxon rank-sum test [low FAI (<40%) vs high FAI (≥40%)]. A p value < 0.007 was used as the threshold for statistical significance after application of the Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons.HCCs were classified as LR-3 (n = 4), LR-4 (n = 22), and LR-5 (n = 45). There was a positive correlation (rho = 0.264) between FAI rate index and LI-RADS category, although not statistically significant after Bonferroni correction (p = 0.024). 14 of the 20 (70%) HCCs with high FAI (≥40%) were categorized as LR-5, 6/20 (30%) as LR-4 and none as LR-3 (p = 0.377). Among the evaluated LI-RADS imaging features, only lesion size showed a statistically significant different distribution in tumors with high FAI compared to those with low FAI. HCCs with FAI ≥40% were larger (56 ± 42 mm) compared to those with FAI <40% (36 ± 30 mm; p = 0.005).There was a positive correlation, although not statistically significant, between the LI-RADS diagnostic categories and the FAI rate of HCC. Tumors with high FAI were larger compared to those with low FAI. Advances in knowledge: HCCs with high (≥40%) FAI are larger compared to those with low (<40%) FAI. Differences in Antipsychotic-Related Adverse Events in Adult, Pediatric, and Geriatric Populations. Cureus Sagreiya, H., Chen, Y., Kumarasamy, N. A., Ponnusamy, K., Chen, D., Das, A. K. 2017; 9 (2) In recent years, antipsychotic medications have increasingly been used in pediatric and geriatric populations, despite the fact that many of these drugs were approved based on clinical trials in adult patients only. Preliminary studies have shown that the "off-label" use of these drugs in pediatric and geriatric populations may result in adverse events not found in adults. In this study, we utilized the large-scale U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Events Reporting System (AERS) database to look at differences in adverse events from antipsychotics among adult, pediatric, and geriatric populations. We performed a systematic analysis of the FDA AERS database using MySQL by standardizing the database using structured terminologies and ontologies. We compared adverse event profiles of atypical versus typical antipsychotic medications among adult (18-65), pediatric (age < 18), and geriatric (> 65) populations. We found statistically significant differences between the number of adverse events in the pediatric versus adult populations with aripiprazole, clozapine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and thiothixene, and between the geriatric versus adult populations with aripiprazole, chlorpromazine, clozapine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, paliperidone, promazine, risperidone, thiothixene, and ziprasidone (p < 0.05, with adjustment for multiple comparisons). Furthermore, the particular types of adverse events reported also varied significantly between each population for aripiprazole, clozapine, haloperidol, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone (Chi-square, p < 10(-6)). Diabetes was the most commonly reported side effect in the adult population, compared to behavioral problems in the pediatric population and neurologic symptoms in the geriatric population. We also found discrepancies between the frequencies of reports in AERS and in the literature. Our analysis of the FDA AERS database shows that there are significant differences in both the numbers and types of adverse events among these age groups and between atypical and typical antipsychotics. It is important for clinicians to be mindful of these differences when prescribing antipsychotics, especially when prescribing medications off-label. View details for DOI 10.7759/cureus.1059 Genetic variants associated with warfarin dose in African-American individuals: a genome-wide association study. Lancet Perera, M. A., Cavallari, L. H., Limdi, N. A., Gamazon, E. R., Konkashbaev, A., Daneshjou, R., Pluzhnikov, A., Crawford, D. C., Wang, J., Liu, N., Tatonetti, N., Bourgeois, S., Takahashi, H., Bradford, Y., Burkley, B. M., Desnick, R. J., Halperin, J. L., Khalifa, S. I., Langaee, T. Y., Lubitz, S. A., Nutescu, E. A., Oetjens, M., Shahin, M. H., Patel, S. R., Sagreiya, H., Tector, M., Weck, K. E., Rieder, M. J., Scott, S. A., Wu, A. H., Burmester, J. K., Wadelius, M., Deloukas, P., Wagner, M. J., Mushiroda, T., Kubo, M., Roden, D. M., Cox, N. J., Altman, R. B., Klein, T. E., Nakamura, Y., Johnson, J. A. 2013; 382 (9894): 790-796 BACKGROUND: VKORC1 and CYP2C9 are important contributors to warfarin dose variability, but explain less variability for individuals of African descent than for those of European or Asian descent. We aimed to identify additional variants contributing to warfarin dose requirements in African Americans. METHODS: We did a genome-wide association study of discovery and replication cohorts. Samples from African-American adults (aged ≥18 years) who were taking a stable maintenance dose of warfarin were obtained at International Warfarin Pharmacogenetics Consortium (IWPC) sites and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL, USA). Patients enrolled at IWPC sites but who were not used for discovery made up the independent replication cohort. All participants were genotyped. We did a stepwise conditional analysis, conditioning first for VKORC1 -1639G→A, followed by the composite genotype of CYP2C92 and CYP2C93. We prespecified a genome-wide significance threshold of p<5×10(-8) in the discovery cohort and p<0·0038 in the replication cohort. FINDINGS: The discovery cohort contained 533 participants and the replication cohort 432 participants. After the prespecified conditioning in the discovery cohort, we identified an association between a novel single nucleotide polymorphism in the CYP2C cluster on chromosome 10 (rs12777823) and warfarin dose requirement that reached genome-wide significance (p=1·51×10(-8)). This association was confirmed in the replication cohort (p=5·04×10(-5)); analysis of the two cohorts together produced a p value of 4·5×10(-12). Individuals heterozygous for the rs12777823 A allele need a dose reduction of 6·92 mg/week and those homozygous 9·34 mg/week. Regression analysis showed that the inclusion of rs12777823 significantly improves warfarin dose variability explained by the IWPC dosing algorithm (21% relative improvement). INTERPRETATION: A novel CYP2C single nucleotide polymorphism exerts a clinically relevant effect on warfarin dose in African Americans, independent of CYP2C92 and CYP2C9*3. Incorporation of this variant into pharmacogenetic dosing algorithms could improve warfarin dose prediction in this population. FUNDING: National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Wisconsin Network for Health Research, and the Wellcome Trust. Pathway analysis of genome-wide data improves warfarin dose prediction BMC GENOMICS Daneshjou, R., Tatonetti, N. P., Karczewski, K. J., Sagreiya, H., Bourgeois, S., Drozda, K., Burmester, J. K., Tsunoda, T., Nakamura, Y., Kubo, M., Tector, M., Limdi, N. A., Cavallari, L. H., Perera, M., Johnson, J. A., Klein, T. E., Altman, R. B. 2013; 14 Many genome-wide association studies focus on associating single loci with target phenotypes. However, in the setting of rare variation, accumulating sufficient samples to assess these associations can be difficult. Moreover, multiple variations in a gene or a set of genes within a pathway may all contribute to the phenotype, suggesting that the aggregation of variations found over the gene or pathway may be useful for improving the power to detect associations.Here, we present a method for aggregating single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) along biologically relevant pathways in order to seek genetic associations with phenotypes. Our method uses all available genetic variants and does not remove those in linkage disequilibrium (LD). Instead, it uses a novel SNP weighting scheme to down-weight the contributions of correlated SNPs. We apply our method to three cohorts of patients taking warfarin: two European descent cohorts and an African American cohort. Although the clinical covariates and key pharmacogenetic loci for warfarin have been characterized, our association metric identifies a significant association with mutations distributed throughout the pathway of warfarin metabolism. We improve dose prediction after using all known clinical covariates and pharmacogenetic variants in VKORC1 and CYP2C9. In particular, we find that at least 1% of the missing heritability in warfarin dose may be due to the aggregated effects of variations in the warfarin metabolic pathway, even though the SNPs do not individually show a significant association.Our method allows researchers to study aggregative SNP effects in an unbiased manner by not preselecting SNPs. It retains all the available information by accounting for LD-structure through weighting, which eliminates the need for LD pruning. View details for DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-14-S3-S11 Pathway analysis of genome-wide data improves warfarin dose prediction. BMC genomics Daneshjou, R., Tatonetti, N. P., Karczewski, K. J., Sagreiya, H., Bourgeois, S., Drozda, K., Burmester, J. K., Tsunoda, T., Nakamura, Y., Kubo, M., Tector, M., Limdi, N. A., Cavallari, L. H., Perera, M., Johnson, J. A., Klein, T. E., Altman, R. B. 2013; 14: S11-? Impact of the CYP4F2 p.V433M Polymorphism on Coumarin Dose Requirement: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS Danese, E., Montagnana, M., Johnson, J. A., Rettie, A. E., Zambon, C. F., Lubitz, S. A., Suarez-Kurtz, G., Cavallari, L. H., Zhao, L., Huang, M., Nakamura, Y., Mushiroda, T., Kringen, M. K., Borgiani, P., Ciccacci, C., Au, N. T., Langaee, T., Siguret, V., Loriot, M. A., Sagreiya, H., Altman, R. B., Shahin, M. H., Scott, S. A., Khalifa, S. I., Chowbay, B., Suriapranata, I. M., Teichert, M., Stricker, B. H., Taljaard, M., Botton, M. R., Zhang, J. E., Pirmohamed, M., Zhang, X., Carlquist, J. F., Horne, B. D., Lee, M. T., Pengo, V., Guidi, G. C., Minuz, P., Fava, C. 2012; 92 (6): 746-756 A systematic review and a meta-analysis were performed to quantify the accumulated information from genetic association studies investigating the impact of the CYP4F2 rs2108622 (p.V433M) polymorphism on coumarin dose requirement. An additional aim was to explore the contribution of the CYP4F2 variant in comparison with, as well as after stratification for, the VKORC1 and CYP2C9 variants. Thirty studies involving 9,470 participants met prespecified inclusion criteria. As compared with CC-homozygotes, T-allele carriers required an 8.3% (95% confidence interval (CI): 5.6-11.1%; P < 0.0001) higher mean daily coumarin dose than CC homozygotes to reach a stable international normalized ratio (INR). There was no evidence of publication bias. Heterogeneity among studies was present (I(2) = 43%). Our results show that the CYP4F2 p.V433M polymorphism is associated with interindividual variability in response to coumarin drugs, but with a low effect size that is confirmed to be lower than those contributed by VKORC1 and CYP2C9 polymorphisms. View details for DOI 10.1038/clpt.2012.184 An integrative method for scoring candidate genes from association studies: application to warfarin dosing AMIA Summit on Translational Bioinformatics Tatonetti, N. P., Dudley, J. T., Sagreiya, H., Butte, A. J., Altman, R. B. BIOMED CENTRAL LTD. 2010 A key challenge in pharmacogenomics is the identification of genes whose variants contribute to drug response phenotypes, which can include severe adverse effects. Pharmacogenomics GWAS attempt to elucidate genotypes predictive of drug response. However, the size of these studies has severely limited their power and potential application. We propose a novel knowledge integration and SNP aggregation approach for identifying genes impacting drug response. Our SNP aggregation method characterizes the degree to which uncommon alleles of a gene are associated with drug response. We first use pre-existing knowledge sources to rank pharmacogenes by their likelihood to affect drug response. We then define a summary score for each gene based on allele frequencies and train linear and logistic regression classifiers to predict drug response phenotypes.We applied our method to a published warfarin GWAS data set comprising 181 individuals. We find that our method can increase the power of the GWAS to identify both VKORC1 and CYP2C9 as warfarin pharmacogenes, where the original analysis had only identified VKORC1. Additionally, we find that our method can be used to discriminate between low-dose (AUROC=0.886) and high-dose (AUROC=0.764) responders.Our method offers a new route for candidate pharmacogene discovery from pharmacogenomics GWAS, and serves as a foundation for future work in methods for predictive pharmacogenomics. VKORC1 Pharmacogenomics Summary PHARMACOGENETICS AND GENOMICS Owen, R. P., Gong, L., Sagreiya, H., Klein, T. E., Altman, R. B. 2010; 20 (10): 642-644 View details for DOI 10.1097/FPC.0b013e32833433b6 The utility of general purpose versus specialty clinical databases for research: Warfarin dose estimation from extracted clinical variables JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS Sagreiya, H., Altman, R. B. 2010; 43 (5): 747-751 There is debate about the utility of clinical data warehouses for research. Using a clinical warfarin dosing algorithm derived from research-quality data, we evaluated the data quality of both a general-purpose database and a coagulation-specific database. We evaluated the functional utility of these repositories by using data extracted from them to predict warfarin dose. We reasoned that high-quality clinical data would predict doses nearly as accurately as research data, while poor-quality clinical data would predict doses less accurately. We evaluated the Mean Absolute Error (MAE) in predicted weekly dose as a metric of data quality. The MAE was comparable between the clinical gold standard (10.1mg/wk) and the specialty database (10.4 mg/wk), but the MAE for the clinical warehouse was 40% greater (14.1mg/wk). Our results indicate that the research utility of clinical data collected in focused clinical settings is greater than that of data collected during general-purpose clinical care. View details for DOI 10.1016/j.jbi.2010.03.014 Extending and evaluating a warfarin dosing algorithm that includes CYP4F2 and pooled rare variants of CYP2C9 PHARMACOGENETICS AND GENOMICS Sagrieya, H., Berube, C., Wen, A., Ramakrishnan, R., Mir, A., Hamilton, A., Altman, R. B. 2010; 20 (7): 407-413 Warfarin dosing remains challenging because of its narrow therapeutic window and large variability in dose response. We sought to analyze new factors involved in its dosing and to evaluate eight dosing algorithms, including two developed by the International Warfarin Pharmacogenetics Consortium (IWPC).we enrolled 108 patients on chronic warfarin therapy and obtained complete clinical and pharmacy records; we genotyped single nucleotide polymorphisms relevant to the VKORC1, CYP2C9, and CYP4F2 genes using integrated fluidic circuits made by Fluidigm.When applying the IWPC pharmacogenetic algorithm to our cohort of patients, the percentage of patients within 1 mg/d of the therapeutic warfarin dose increases from 54% to 63% using clinical factors only, or from 38% using a fixed-dose approach. CYP4F2 adds 4% to the fraction of the variability in dose (R) explained by the IWPC pharmacogenetic algorithm (P<0.05). Importantly, we show that pooling rare variants substantially increases the R for CYP2C9 (rare variants: P=0.0065, R=6%; common variants: P=0.0034, R=7%; rare and common variants: P=0.00018; R=12%), indicating that relatively rare variants not genotyped in genome-wide association studies may be important. In addition, the IWPC pharmacogenetic algorithm and the Gage (2008) algorithm perform best (IWPC: R=50%; Gage: R=49%), and all pharmacogenetic algorithms outperform the IWPC clinical equation (R=22%). VKORC1 and CYP2C9 genotypes did not affect long-term variability in dose. Finally, the Fluidigm platform, a novel warfarin genotyping method, showed 99.65% concordance between different operators and instruments.CYP4F2 and pooled rare variants of CYP2C9 significantly improve the ability to estimate warfarin dose. View details for DOI 10.1097/FPC.0b013e328338bac2 Warfarin pharmacogenetics: a single VKORC1 polymorphism is predictive of dose across 3 racial groups BLOOD Limdi, N. A., Wadelius, M., Cavallari, L., Eriksson, N., Crawford, D. C., Lee, M. M., Chen, C., Motsinger-Reif, A., Sagreiya, H., Liu, N., Wu, A. H., Gage, B. F., Jorgensen, A., Pirmohamed, M., Shin, J., Suarez-Kurtz, G., Kimmel, S. E., Johnson, J. A., Klein, T. E., Wagner, M. J. 2010; 115 (18): 3827-3834 Warfarin-dosing algorithms incorporating CYP2C9 and VKORC1 -1639G>A improve dose prediction compared with algorithms based solely on clinical and demographic factors. However, these algorithms better capture dose variability among whites than Asians or blacks. Herein, we evaluate whether other VKORC1 polymorphisms and haplotypes explain additional variation in warfarin dose beyond that explained by VKORC1 -1639G>A among Asians (n = 1103), blacks (n = 670), and whites (n = 3113). Participants were recruited from 11 countries as part of the International Warfarin Pharmacogenetics Consortium effort. Evaluation of the effects of individual VKORC1 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and haplotypes on warfarin dose used both univariate and multi variable linear regression. VKORC1 -1639G>A and 1173C>T individually explained the greatest variance in dose in all 3 racial groups. Incorporation of additional VKORC1 SNPs or haplotypes did not further improve dose prediction. VKORC1 explained greater variability in dose among whites than blacks and Asians. Differences in the percentage of variance in dose explained by VKORC1 across race were largely accounted for by the frequency of the -1639A (or 1173T) allele. Thus, clinicians should recognize that, although at a population level, the contribution of VKORC1 toward dose requirements is higher in whites than in nonwhites; genotype predicts similar dose requirements across racial groups. Clinical assessment incorporating a personal genome LANCET Ashley, E. A., Butte, A. J., Wheeler, M. T., Chen, R., Klein, T. E., Dewey, F. E., Dudley, J. T., Ormond, K. E., Pavlovic, A., Morgan, A. A., Pushkarev, D., Neff, N. F., Hudgins, L., Gong, L., Hodges, L. M., Berlin, D. S., Thorn, C. F., Sangkuhl, K., Hebert, J. M., Woon, M., Sagreiya, H., Whaley, R., Knowles, J. W., Chou, M. F., Thakuria, J. V., Rosenbaum, A. M., Zaranek, A. W., Church, G. M., Greely, H. T., Quake, S. R., Altman, R. B. 2010; 375 (9725): 1525-1535 The cost of genomic information has fallen steeply, but the clinical translation of genetic risk estimates remains unclear. We aimed to undertake an integrated analysis of a complete human genome in a clinical context.We assessed a patient with a family history of vascular disease and early sudden death. Clinical assessment included analysis of this patient's full genome sequence, risk prediction for coronary artery disease, screening for causes of sudden cardiac death, and genetic counselling. Genetic analysis included the development of novel methods for the integration of whole genome and clinical risk. Disease and risk analysis focused on prediction of genetic risk of variants associated with mendelian disease, recognised drug responses, and pathogenicity for novel variants. We queried disease-specific mutation databases and pharmacogenomics databases to identify genes and mutations with known associations with disease and drug response. We estimated post-test probabilities of disease by applying likelihood ratios derived from integration of multiple common variants to age-appropriate and sex-appropriate pre-test probabilities. We also accounted for gene-environment interactions and conditionally dependent risks.Analysis of 2.6 million single nucleotide polymorphisms and 752 copy number variations showed increased genetic risk for myocardial infarction, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. We discovered rare variants in three genes that are clinically associated with sudden cardiac death-TMEM43, DSP, and MYBPC3. A variant in LPA was consistent with a family history of coronary artery disease. The patient had a heterozygous null mutation in CYP2C19 suggesting probable clopidogrel resistance, several variants associated with a positive response to lipid-lowering therapy, and variants in CYP4F2 and VKORC1 that suggest he might have a low initial dosing requirement for warfarin. Many variants of uncertain importance were reported.Although challenges remain, our results suggest that whole-genome sequencing can yield useful and clinically relevant information for individual patients.National Institute of General Medical Sciences; National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute; National Human Genome Research Institute; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; National Library of Medicine, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health; Hewlett Packard Foundation; Breetwor Family Foundation. Estimation of the Warfarin Dose with Clinical and Pharmacogenetic Data NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE Klein, T. E., Altman, R. B., Eriksson, N., Gage, B. F., Kimmel, S. E., Lee, M. M., Limdi, N. A., Page, D., Roden, D. M., Wagner, M. J., Caldwell, M. D., Johnson, J. A., Chen, Y. T., Wen, M. S., Caraco, Y., Achache, I., Blotnick, S., Muszkat, M., Shin, J. G., Kim, H. S., Suarez-Kurtz, G., Perini, J. A., Silva-Assuncao, E., Anderson, J. L., Horne, B. D., Carlquist, J. F., Caldwell, M. D., Berg, R. L., Burmester, J. K., Goh, B. C., Lee, S. C., Kamali, F., Sconce, E., Daly, A. K., Wu, A. H., Langaee, T. Y., Feng, H., Cavallari, L., Momary, K., Pirmohamed, M., Jorgensen, A., Toh, C. H., Williamson, P., McLeod, H., Evans, J. P., Weck, K. E., Brensinger, C., Nakamura, Y., Mushiroda, T., Veenstra, D., Meckley, L., Rieder, M. J., Rettie, A. E., Wadelius, M., Melhus, H., Stein, C. M., Schwartz, U., Kurnik, D., Deych, E., Lenzini, P., Eby, C., Chen, L. Y., Deloukas, P., Motsinger-Reif, A., Sagreiya, H., Srinivasan, B. S., Lantz, E., Chang, T., Ritchie, M., Lu, L. S., Shin, J. G. 2009; 360 (8): 753-764 Genetic variability among patients plays an important role in determining the dose of warfarin that should be used when oral anticoagulation is initiated, but practical methods of using genetic information have not been evaluated in a diverse and large population. We developed and used an algorithm for estimating the appropriate warfarin dose that is based on both clinical and genetic data from a broad population base.Clinical and genetic data from 4043 patients were used to create a dose algorithm that was based on clinical variables only and an algorithm in which genetic information was added to the clinical variables. In a validation cohort of 1009 subjects, we evaluated the potential clinical value of each algorithm by calculating the percentage of patients whose predicted dose of warfarin was within 20% of the actual stable therapeutic dose; we also evaluated other clinically relevant indicators.In the validation cohort, the pharmacogenetic algorithm accurately identified larger proportions of patients who required 21 mg of warfarin or less per week and of those who required 49 mg or more per week to achieve the target international normalized ratio than did the clinical algorithm (49.4% vs. 33.3%, P<0.001, among patients requiring < or = 21 mg per week; and 24.8% vs. 7.2%, P<0.001, among those requiring > or = 49 mg per week).The use of a pharmacogenetic algorithm for estimating the appropriate initial dose of warfarin produces recommendations that are significantly closer to the required stable therapeutic dose than those derived from a clinical algorithm or a fixed-dose approach. The greatest benefits were observed in the 46.2% of the population that required 21 mg or less of warfarin per week or 49 mg or more per week for therapeutic anticoagulation. A general framework for dose optimization. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings / AMIA Symposium. AMIA Symposium Turcott, R. G., Sagreiya, H., Ashley, E. A., Altman, R. B., Das, A. K. 2009; 2009: 656-660 Dose optimization is a ubiquitous challenge in clinical practice and includes both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Methods for the statistical assessment of optimum dosing are lacking. We developed a generic framework for dose titration and demonstrated its application in two domains. Optimum warfarin dose was estimated from clinical titration data. In addition, cardiac pacemaker interval optimization was conducted using three conventional techniques. For both data types, optima were obtained from mathematical functions fit to the raw data. The precision of the estimated optima was quantified using bootstrapping. In pacing optimization, the observed precision varied significantly among the techniques, suggesting that impedance cardiography is superior to commonly used echocardiographic methods. The average 95% confidence interval of the estimated optimum warfarin dose was +/-18%, suggesting that titration within this range is of limited utility. By identifying statistically ineffective interventions, objective analysis of optimization data may both improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs. The double-anchoring theory of lightness perception: A comment on Bressan (2006) PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW Howe, P. D., Sagreiya, H., Curtis, D. L., Zheng, C., Livingstone, M. S. 2007; 114 (4): 1105-1109 Recently, a double-anchoring theory (DAT) of lightness perception was proposed (P. Bressan, 2006), which offers explanations for all the data explained by the original anchoring theory (A. Gilchrist et al., 1999), as well as a number of additional lightness phenomena. Consequently, DAT can account for an unprecedented range of empirical results, potentially explaining everything from the basic simultaneous contrast display to subtle variations of the Gelb effect. In this comment, the authors raised 4 concerns that demonstrate serious theoretical and empirical difficulties for DAT. View details for DOI 10.1037/0033-295X.114.4.1105 Explaining the footsteps, belly dancer, Wenceslas, and kickback illusions JOURNAL OF VISION Howe, P. D., Thompson, P. G., Anstis, S. M., Sagreiya, H., Livingstone, M. S. 2006; 6 (12): 1396-1405 The footsteps illusion (FI) demonstrates that an object's background can have a profound effect on the object's perceived speed. This illusion consists of a yellow bar and a blue bar that move over a black-and-white, striped background. Although the bars move at a constant rate, they appear to repeatedly accelerate and decelerate in antiphase with each other. Previously, this illusion has been explained in terms of the variations in contrast at the leading and trailing edges of the bars that occur as the bars traverse the striped background. Here, we show that this explanation is inadequate and instead propose that for each bar, the bar's leading edge, trailing edge, lateral edges, and the surrounding background edges all contribute to the bar's perceived speed and that the degree to which each edge contributes to the motion percept is determined by that edge's contrast. We show that this theory can explain all the data on the FI as well as the belly dancer and Wenceslas illusions. We conclude by presenting a new illusion, the kickback illusion, which, although geometrically similar to the FI, is mediated by a different mechanism, namely, reverse phi motion. 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__label__cc	0.529961	0.470039	Race to be Governor Go Long, healthcare, Race to be Governor With primaries in the rearview, health care leaders wait for details to emerge from Dean and Lee Posted on August 4, 2018 August 11, 2018 AuthorHolly Fletcher This is the first in an on-going series that will look at a wide range of issues, including the economy, infrastructure and manufacturing, facing Tennessee’s next governor. Scroll to the bottom of the page to submit topics or questions you’d like to see addressed or put to gubernatorial candidates Karl Dean and Bill Lee. Check back for a breakdown of key health care questions. Great Smoky Mountains National Park/ Photo by Ivana Cajina on Unsplash ILLUSTRATIONS BY AYUMI FUKUDA BENNETT \| @AYUMIBENNETT With party nominations clenched, health care officials want the would-be governors to take a moment to craft and sell their vision for health care — one of the most unwieldy, sweeping, and monumental problems facing the candidates. It’s time for Karl Dean, a Democrat and former Nashville mayor, and Bill Lee, a Republican businessman from Williamson County, to demonstrate how they are thinking about tackling costly, complex health care dilemmas that have cultural, socioeconomic, policy and corporate based roots, said industry professionals across the state. Both have talked in broad strokes about philosophy but people want to understand what that means. Lee emphasizes deregulation, fighting costs and empowering businesses. Dean talks about how to focus on preventative care as a cost cutting measure and expanding Medicaid. “The problem is that the talking points will soon become a policy position. That’s what will happen as soon as the August primary is over, but we’re not seeing sophisticated comments. It’s important to take a breath before the general campaign heats up and help politicians take stock,” said Brian Haile, CEO of Neighborhood Health, a few days before the Aug. 2 primary. The next governor will inherit an industry fatigued from years of health care reform and many Tennesseans beleaguered by rising health care costs and concerns about what the future holds regarding access. The situation could be exacerbated by a potential storm on the horizon that leaves more people uninsured or underinsured in the coming years as deductibles keep rising, changes to individual health insurance markets leave people priced out of comprehensive plans, unsure of how to apply for coverage, or in lower cost short-term plans that mostly cover catastrophic events with limited payout, the late stage economy cycles toward a slowdown per analyst projections, whether the state makes progress in educating and training the workforce for skills needed to land next generation jobs with living wages and benefits. Coverage is a priority for Saint Thomas Health’s CEO, Tim Adams. The next governor needs to “implement policy changes that will increase healthcare access and coverage for all Tennesseans,” Adams said. “Many Middle Tennesseans are uninsured or underinsured and need access to affordable healthcare, and we need legislators ready to provide a direct response to these community needs including solutions to the rural hospital closures that have resulted in lack of access to care in rural Tennessee, and sound business decisions to bring back dollars to Tennessee we have already paid through previous cuts,” said Adams. »Dean supports expanding Medicaid, Lee does not. Read some answers from early in the primary. Governor will grapple with more power as D.C. decentralizes, and govern people who don’t think their voice or experience counts The costs and physical reality of poor health combined with a decade of politicized rhetoric about the broken system that is crumbling in dozens of counties leaves many Tennesseans feeling powerless and defeated about the potential for improvement. Hospitals are the lifeblood of small towns and Tennessee’s leading the way in closures. People are seeing premiums rise or find themselves without the skills to land jobs that come with health insurance — which is increasingly the most stable way to secure access to care. Sandra Rice, a nurse practitioner in Sewanee, said in June that people in her clinic are often without insurance across adult generations — and they think that’s how it has to be. “They just accept they don’t have health insurance and they won’t feel better,” said Rice. “I don’t think they think their vote makes a difference because it never has. They’ve accepted things aren’t going to change. I think that’s very sad.” (Tennessee leads the U.S. in low voter turn-out) Carole Myers, associate professor in the College of Nursing and department of public health at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, said that since changes to long standing programs are being made at the federal level, it’s going to put more pressure on the next governor. “It’s a very interesting time for governors as many social problems are being pushed down to the state,” said Myers. It’s vital that candidates figure out how to talk to voters about the complexity of his proposals on the campaign trail — and then keep explaining them once in office. Except for the savviest of health care voters, the health care system is so shrouded in complexity or infrequently used that talking about vague approaches doesn’t resonate. “I don’t hear any one of the candidates being clear,” said Myers. “Where is the message every Tennessean should have access to primary care? I think we need to translate it down to that level.” Education, jobs, saving access to care: Governor candidates pitch strategies for sustaining rural Tennessee Competition shakes up Tennessee ACA exchange: Highlights urban-rural divide, ups interest in cost impact ‘Campaign platforms are about ideals, the office is about reality’ Health care leaders across the state want the next governor (and legislature) to not only propose solutions but welcome compromise and innovation. “Listening to understand the issue and the rationale for the other person’s position is probably most important (because) from a mutual understanding of the issue, compromise can emerge. Unfortunately, in today’s environment, these skills are often lost here in Nashville and in Washington. The ‘you are with me or you are against me’ mentality is not good for our country or for our state,” said Tina Gerardi, executive director of the Tennessee Nurses Association. The new governor will be working with an unproven legislature. Recent sessions have debated several issues but made little headway on issues that position the state’s health care system for the coming decade. There’s been little to no movement on system issues, including: coverage options via Medicaid for lower income Tennesseans, with the exception of requiring the state to pursue a TennCare work requirement responding to reforms at the federal level regarding required health insurance benefits or requiring people to have insurance (the state does require car insurance), balance billing or other measures to increase pricing transparency; or addressing primary care, specialist and mental health provider shortages across the state Elected officials at the state level will be getting more authority as President Donald Trump’s administration increasingly decentralizes key health policy areas. But Dean and Lee, no matter who is elected, will be working with a limited budget and an imperative to balance the budget while trying to make good on campaign promises and govern effectively. “Campaign platforms are about ideals, the office is about reality. Wanting to achieve something and having the resources and legislative support to do it are not the same thing,” said Gerardi. 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__label__wiki	0.940002	0.940002	Seattle Names Team for World Club 7s Seattle has named its roster for the England leg of the World Club 7s Aug. 16-17 at Twickenham in London. Mike Palefau captains the side that boasts eight capped 7s Eagles. For Danny Barrett, the London tournament will be his second in two weeks, as he is also playing with San Francisco in the Limerick leg of the World Club 7s at Thomond Park Aug. 9-10. Te’o played with San Francisco at Twickenham last year in the inaugural World Club 7s event. – Read More HERE [/two_thirds] [one] [/one] Seattle Names Squad for World Club 7s The Seattle squad has been named for the World Club 7s in London August 16-17. The squad of 12 features nine former collegiate All Americans (7s or 15s), and one other, Mike Te’o, who represented the USA at the Under 20 level. Mike Palefau, who was an All American while at Southern Utah before starring for the USA 7s team, will captain the squad, which will feature two former USA 7s team captains in Shalom Suniula and Kevin Swiryn. Seattle Name Strong Side For World Club 7s Seattle have been the best domestic 7s side over the last year and now they have a chance to compare themselves to top sides from around the world as they head to the World Club 7s in London in two weeks. The team named the 12 players that they will be taking with them and it’s a mixture of the core group based in Seattle with a few Eagles thrown in. ATAVUSnews 2016-11-29T16:55:07+00:00 [GOFF Rugby Report] Mom Figure, Up-and-Comer, Stockert Leads AA 7s [The Breakdown] Atavus Hosts Elite 7s Tournament [King 5] Rugby player Ryan Carlyle credits Seattle for Olympic boost August 8th, 2016 \| 0 Comments [USA Rugby] GHSAAs Powered by Atavus Selected for 2016 Competitions [The Rugby Breakdown] Atavus Hosts Olympic Viewing Parties [GOFF] Atavus Supporting Olympic Effort ATAVUS is relentlessly driven to breed character, develop skills and champion Rugby and Football in the USA and beyond.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1677
__label__wiki	0.816531	0.816531	Home2015July16 Ghabban ordering the release of a number of detainees on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr July 16, 2015 Walter History of edits:: 2015/7/16 22:14 • 58 visits readable {Baghdad: Euphrates News} congratulated Interior Minister Mohammed Salem Ghabban Thursday the Iraqi people on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, directed the release of a number of positions on this occasion. A statement by the Interior Ministry and the agency {Euphrates News} received a copy of it on that “Ghabban met on this occasion with a number of senior leadership of the ministry, including the relevant issues Aleghanoanh and investigative and ordered the meeting to intensify efforts to complete Althakiqh councils in cooperation with the Internal Security Forces courts and the release of not guilty on bail immediately. “ “The Ghabban ordered the release of 17 detainees between an officer and a member of, and exemption of five officers and 27 member of the detainees decided in accordance with the disciplinary sanctions based on the validity in accordance with Article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the forces of the Interior Security Law No. 17 of NSH 2008, in order to be them an opportunity to share their loved ones holiday cheer, as well as their participation Alapthajat and victories achieved by our security forces and the heroes of the popular crowd and the sons of the tribes on the precious remnants of the defeated Daash “.anthy http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=2&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sandbox=0&sl=ar&u=http://www.faceiraq.com/inews.php%3Fid%3D3970998&usg=ALkJrhigzaPCqkwJJB80IPND7YYQxwjBaQ Twitter- Brett McGurk (Ambassador, Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs (Iran and Iraq)) Brett McGurk ‏@brett_mcgurk 43m43 minutes ago 31 new coalition airstrikes destroy #ISIL units across #Iraq & #Syria, including #Mosul, #Raqqa, #Fallujah, #TalAbyad, #Hasakah, #Sinjar. 11:33 AM – 16 Jul 2015 · Details https://twitter.com/brett_mcgurk Security Baghdad declares prevent the entry of trucks today and cut the main streets starting from tomorrow Editor Mohamed supporter – Thursday July 16, 2015 20:49 Alsumaria News / Baghdad Deputy head of the security committee in the House of the province of Baghdad,Mohammed al-Rubaie , Thursday, to prevent the entry of trucks into the capital starting today and cut the main streets starting tomorrow Friday as part of the security plan for Eid al-Fitr. Rubaie said in an interview with Alsumaria News , “The security committee in Baghdad Provincial Council held a meeting with the Baghdad Operations Command and the Interior Ministry to discuss the security plan for Eid.” Rubaie added that “the plan includes preventing entry of trucks into the capital, Baghdad, starting from today, and unloaded trucks cargoes outside the capital,” noting that “the ports that could be where kegs of terrorism will be closed in areas of the outskirts of Baghdad and conducted the unannounced inspections.” Rubaie said that “the main street in the Karrada and Mansour and Palestine Street and Spring Street and Zora will be closed tomorrow at five in the afternoon peak times to civilian vehicular traffic and allocate large buses to transport citizens for their own safety,” adding that “places of worship and public markets will be severely by security measures by thousands of security agents to be deployed. “ The Sunni Endowment in Iraq and the Fiqh Council and the Fatwa announced on Thursday (July 16, 2015), that on Friday, the first day of Eid after testing the new moon of the month of Shawwal. http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=3&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sandbox=0&sl=ar&u=http://www.faceiraq.com/inews.php%3Fid%3D4007967 Cabinet: Eid al-Fitr holiday ending next Monday July 16, 2015 July 16, 2015 Walter Thursday July 16, 2015 – 20:45 It announced the Secretariat of the Council of Ministers, on Thursday, that Eid al-Fitr holiday will end next Monday, the official working hours and will resume on Tuesday. The Secretariat said in a statement carried by the Iraqi channel, “The Eid al-Fitr holiday will end on Monday, 20 July of this official working hours and resumes on Tuesday.” http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=3&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sandbox=0&sl=ar&u=http://www.faceiraq.com/inews.php%3Fid%3D4007921&usg=ALkJrhj5PfPLGv2Zz9zvk48yypZjoH1e_w Sunni Endowment and the Kurdistan region announce on Friday the first day of Eid al-Fitr Writings Thursday, July 16, 2015 BAGHDAD / Nina / supreme body of evidence of the vision of legitimacy in the Sunni Endowment announced proven by surprise seeing the crescent of Shawwal today, to be on Friday the first day of Eid al-Fitr. The head of the Sunni Endowment Abdul Latif Hmam after testing it and seeing off guard the holy month of Shawwal crescent for the year 1436 AH High Authority declares that tomorrow, Friday is the first day of Eid al-Fitr. For its part, the Commission proved the vision of legitimacy in the Kurdistan region sighting of the crescent of Shawwal in the region, and announced on Friday the first day of Eid al-Fitr. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=3&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com&sandbox=0&sl=ar&u=http://www.faceiraq.com/inews.php%3Fid%3D4007969&usg=ALkJrhh9Iy8oKDOI_kjbgxmjrnLOLC6J6A 60 ISIL terrorists killed, 14 vehicles destroyed eastern Ramadi Published: 2015/7/17 3:10 Baghdad (Forat) –The Ministry of Defense announced killing 60 ISIL terrorists and destroyed 14 of their vehicles of eastern Ramadi. The Media Advisor of the MoD, Naseer Nouri, stated to Alforat News “The Iraqi Air Force bombarded the ISIL shelters on Thursday to result in killing 60 of them and destroyed 14 of them in Khaldiya area of eastern Ramadi central Anbar.” /End/ Updated: 2015/7/17 2:55 http://www.alforatnews.com IAF kills 70 ISIL terrorists in Ramadi Anbar (Forat) –The Ministry of Defense announced killing 70 ISIL terrorists in Ramadi. The Media Advisor of the MoD, Naseer Nouri, stated to Alforat News “The Iraqi Air Force bombarded the fertilizing factory where the ISIL terrorists were inside it to result in killing 70 of them.” /End/	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1687
__label__cc	0.676506	0.323494	Exploding heads I'm not one for exploding heads, but District 9 is a good movie and I can forgive. Wikus is a hapless bureaucrat at a military contracting firm, sent into District 9 to serve eviction notices to one million aliens ("prawns") who've been living in squalor for 20 years ever since their mothership broke over Johannesburg. His opinion of the aliens varies from annoying pets to dangerous pests, depending on how they're behaving themselves. In his enthusiasm for routing out illegal activities in the slums, he exposes himself to some alien gunk and begins an icky transformation, and suddenly everyone's after him - to cut him up, to kill him, even to eat him. That's when heads start exploding. Alien weapons will do that. But the more interesting story is Wickus' journey from a bumbling, casually racist desk jockey to a desperate hunted man forced to depend on the aliens, one in particular, for help. The movie is filmed in gritty documentary style, for the most part, using news footage and interviews to effectively convey a sense of realism. Oh, and did I mention that it's gritty? I love gritty. Like Moon, District 9 is a low-budget movie that relies more on story and character than special effects. I live in hope that the upcoming James Cameron movie Avatar, which cost many times more, strikes the same balance. Tez Miller 4:42 PM, August 17, 2009 Moon hasn't come to Oz yet. Will definitely be reading the newspaper reviews when it arrives, though. Toblerone time Setting a target Another Aussie Eos author Canada ahead of the game D&A time Fuzzy no more An awesomely brilliant thing Writing and rain	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1712
__label__cc	0.547186	0.452814	Tityus championi restored to species status Rolando Teruel has recently restored Tityus championi Pocock, 1898 (Buthidae) to species status. This species was previously regarded as a junior synonym of Tityus asthenes Pocock, 1893. The present paper clarifies the taxonomic identity of Tityus championi Pocock 1898. This species is clearly distinct from Tityus asthenes Pocock 1893 (regarded as its senior synonym since 1988), and appears to be endemic to the southem watershed of the Talamanca Range, in the border region between Costa Rica and Panama. Teruel R. La verdadera identidad Tityus championi Pocock, 1898 (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Boletin de la SEA. 2011(48):367-73. Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 10:28 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Buthidae, Central America, Costa Rica, distribution, Panama, restored species, taxonomy, Tityus Mite infestation in scorpions from Egypt Ibrahim & Abdel-Rahman published previously this year a paper on parasitic infestations of the acarine parasite Pimeliaphilus joshuae in various scorpion species from Egypt. The main goal of this study was to study the acarine parasite, Pimeliaphilus joshuae (Prostigmata: Pterygosomatidae) on various scorpion species from Egypt to determine its prevalence, abundance and intensity in relation to host species, size and sex. A total of 95 Leiurus quinquestriatus, 98 Androctonus australis, 40 A. amoreuxi, 30 Scorpio maurus palmatus and 46 Orthochirus scrobicuosus were examined during August 2009. Prevalence and mean abundance of P. joshuae varied significantly in relation to host species, host size and sex. In L. quinquestriatus, A. australis, and A. amoreuxi, the prevalence was 76.8, 13.3, and 50.0%, whereas the mean abundance was 47.6, 6.7 and 14.3%, respectively. Prevalence and mean abundance of P. joshuae were both positively correlated with host size in L. quinquestriatus and A. australis. We conclude that P. joshuae is found in a wide range of scorpion species exhibiting a low degree of host specificity. Controlled laboratory infection experiments are required to explain why S. m. palmatus and O. scrobicuosus are not susceptible to infestation by P. joshuae. Ibrahim MM, Abdel-Rahman MA. Natural infestation of Pimeliaphilus joshuae on scorpion species from Egypt. Exp Appl Acarol. 2011;55(1):77-84. [Subscription required for fulltext] Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 9:29 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Africa, Androctonus, Buthidae, Egypt, Leiurus, Middle East, Orthochirus, parasites, Scorpio Euscorpius flavicaudis fanzagoi is a synonym of Euscorpius flavicaudis Eric Ythier has collected several specimens of Euscorpius flavicaudis (De Geer, 1778) from the region in France where E. flavicaudis fanzagoi Simon, 1879 was originally described. He concludes that the latter is a synonym of E. flavicaudis (De Geer, 1778). The paper also presents an identification key for French Euscorpius. 46 specimens of the genus Euscorpius Thorell, 1876 were collected in ten localities surrounding the type locality of Euscorpius carpathicus fanzagoi Simon, 1879. All of them were identified as belonging to the species Euscorpius flavicaudis (De Geer, 1778). E. c. fanzagoi is therefore suggested to be a synonym of E. flavicaudis. Ythier E. On the taxonomic validity of Euscorpius carpathicus fanzagoi Simon, 1879. Le bulletin d’Arthropoda. 2011(45):14-20. Thanks to Eric for sending me this paper! Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 8:33 AM 0 Comments Keywords: distribution, Europe, Euscorpiidae, Euscorpius, France, Identification key, synonymization, taxonomy A new Vaejovis from Arizona (USA) and a redescription of five other Vaejovis Garrett Hughes have a published an interesting study of the montane Vaejovis (Vaejovidae) from Arizona (USA). A new species is described: Vaejovis electrum Hughes, 2011 A morphological analysis of five other related species is presented with a revised diagnosis. Several scorpions of the genus Vaejovis in Arizona are restricted in range to mountain-top forests. These scorpions, informally referred to as the ‘‘vorhiesi complex’’ are very similar morphologically, but their geographic distribution has attracted the attention of several researchers, resulting in the description of a few new species in recent years. However, these species were described from small sample sizes and were diagnosed with questionable characters that were not sufficiently analyzed. This study evaluates the morphology of scorpions of the ‘‘vorhiesi complex’’ from seven regions in Arizona to verify the validity of the species and their accompanying diagnoses. Morphological characters examined include morphometrics, hemispermatophores, size and shape of subaculear tubercles of the telson vesicle, pectinal tooth counts, pedipalp chela denticle counts, metasomal setal counts, development of metasomal carinae, and tarsal spinule counts. New diagnoses are given for previously described species (V. vorhiesi Stahnke 1940, V. lapidicola Stahnke 1940, V. paysonensis Soleglad 1973, V. cashi Graham 2007 and V. deboerae Ayrey 2009), which are considered valid, based on the morphological evidence gathered. A new species of Vaejovis, V. electrum, is described from the Pinaleno Mountains in Arizona. Hughes GB. Morphological analysis of montane scorpions of the genus Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) in Arizona with revised diagnoses and description of a new species. J Arachnol. 2011;39(3):420-38. [Subscription required for fulltext, but free fulltext after 12 months] Thanks to Gerard Dupre for informing me about this paper! Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 1:04 PM 0 Comments Keywords: distribution, new species, North America, phylogeny, redescription, taxonomy, USA, Vaejovidae, Vaejovis New locality of Mesobuthus eupeus thersites in Kazakhstan Alexander Fomichev has published a new location for Mesobuthus eupeus thersites (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Buthidae) in East Kazakhstan. This species' distribution in Kazakhstan is the second northernmost distribution for scorpions in Asia. A new locality of Mesobuthus eupeus thersites (C. L. Koch, 1839) is reported, found during the fieldtrip to East Kazakhstan, one of the most northern areas where scorpions are found in Asia. Notes on the habitats, map and photographs of specimens are given. Fomichev AA. A new locality of Mesobuthus eupeus thersites (C. L. Koch, 1839) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in East Kazakhstan. Euscorpius. 2011(136):1-3. [Free fultext] Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 9:16 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Asia, Buthidae, distribution, Kazakhstan, Mesobuthus A new Orthochirus from southern Morocco Lourenco and Leguin have described a new species of Orthochirus Karsch, 1891 (Buthidae) from southern Morocco. Orthochirus maroccanus Lourenco & Leguin, 2011 Following the recent considerations proposed on the African species of the genus Orthochirus Karsch, 1891, one new species is described from the south of Morocco. The total number of African species is now raised to six. Lourenco WR, Leguin E-A. One more new species of the genus Orthochirus Karsch, 1891 from Africa (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Euscorpius. 2011(135):1-6. [Free fulltext] Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 10:21 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Africa, Buthidae, distribution, Morocco, new species, Orthochirus, taxonomy New Centruroides from Mexico Javier Ponce-Saavedra and Oscar Francke have recently described a new species of Centruroides (Buthidae) from the state of Jalisco in Mexico. Centruroides chamela Ponce-Saavedra & Francke, 2011 Unable to copy English abstract from pdf file - See fulltext for abstracts. Ponce-Saavedra J, Francke OF. Especie nueva de la alacran del genero Centruroides (Scorpiones: Buthidae) de la costa del estado de Jalisco, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 2011;82:1163-75. [Free fulltext] Thanks to Dr. Francke for sending me this paper! Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 8:37 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Buthidae, Centruroides, distribution, Mexico, new species, North America, taxonomy The medical significance of Leiurus abdullahbayrami in Turkey It is well known that Leiurus quinquestriatus Ehrenberg, 1828 (Buthidae) is the most venomous scorpion based on the LD50 value. In the last decade, three more Leiurus species have been described, but no data has been published on their medical significance (except that it has been safe to assume that they have the same potential as L. quinquestriatus). Ozkan, Yagmur & Ark have now published a study of the venom of Leiurus abdullahbayrami Yagmur, Koc & Kunt, 2009 from southeastern Turkey and its lethal potency. LD50 studies on mice showed a LD50 value of 0.19 mg/kg, which is an extremely low value meaning a very potent venom. This means that Leiurus abdullahbayrami is a medical significant and potential lethal scorpion. Currently, medically significant scorpion species belong to the Buthidae family and are represented by the genera Androctonus, Buthus, Mesobuthus, Hottentotta, Parabuthus, Tityus, Centruroides, Leiurus. Although Leiurus was originally considered a monotypic genus, four additional species have since been described. Leiurus abdullahbayrami (previously identified as L. quinquestriatus in Turkey) was classified as a new Leiurus species. This is the first report conducted on the lethality and biologic effects of L. abdullahbayrami scorpion venom in mice. In this study, the electrophoretic protein pattern of its venom was also determined. Two protein bands with molecular masses of 4 and 6 kDa were more strongly detected than other protein bands in the venom sample. Electrophoresis showed that L. abdullahbayrami scorpion venom possesses both short- and long-chain neurotoxins. The median lethal dose of this venom was found to be 0.19 mg/kg by subcutaneous (SC) injection in mice. Animals experimentally envenomed with L. abdullahbayrami venom exhibited hyperexcitability, agitation, aggressive behavior, squeaking and fighting, tachypnea, weakness, convulsions, and death due to cardiac and respiratory failure. In further studies, the potency of antivenom should be investigated in relation to the scorpion venom. Molecular and pharmacological studies are also required to identify and characterize L. abdullahbayrami scorpion venom. Ozkan O, Yagmur EA, Ark M. A newly described scorpion species, Leiurus abdullahbayrami (Scorpion: Buthidae), and the lethal potency and in vivo effects of its venom. Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases. 2011;17(4):414-21. Thanks to Dr. Ersen Yagmur for sending me this paper! Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 9:18 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Asia, Buthidae, distribution, Europe, Leiurus, medical importance, Middle East, scorpionism, treatment, Turkey, venom A new scorpion fossil from cretaceous amber found in Myanmar (Burma) Wilson Lourenco and Alex Beigel have published a new family, genus and species of fossil scorpions based on a specimen found in cretaceous amber from Burma. Chaerilobuthidae Lourenco & Beigel, 2011 Chaerilobuthus Lourenco & Beigel, 2011 Chaerilobuthus complexus Lourenco & Beigel, 2011 A fossil scorpion belonging to a new family, genus and species, Chaerilobuthus complexus gen. n., sp. n., is described from Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). This is the third species and the fourth scorpion specimen to have been found and described from Burmese amber. The new family seems quite distinct from the family Archaeobuthidae Lourenco, 2001 described from Cretaceous amber of Lebanon. Lourenço WR, Beigel A. A new scorpion fossil from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Burma). New phylogenetic implications. Comptes Rendus Palevol. 2011;10(8):635-9. [subscription required for fulltext] Thanks to Professor Lourenco for sending me this paper! Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 2:34 PM 0 Comments Keywords: amber, Asia, Burma, Chaerilobuthidae, Chaerilobuthus, distribution, fossil, new family, new genus, new species, taxonomy Scorpion fauna of northern Saudi Arabia Mahmoud Desouky and Ahmed Alshammari have published a survey of the scorpion fauna of the Ha'il Region of northern Saudi Arabia. A molecular phylogenetics for Androctonus crassicauda (Buthidae) and Scorpio maurus kruglovi (Scorpionidae) is also presented. The present work is a systematic approach to the scorpion fauna of the Ha'il region (Saudi Arabia), based on morphology. In addition, a phylogenetic study of two common species, Androctonus crassicauda and Scorpio maurus kruglovi, was carried out, based on 16S gene sequences. The purpose is to provide an updated account of the scorpion fauna, and to present a brief description on the distribution of the scorpions of this region, which has been largely neglected and remains poorly known. Eight species of scorpions were identified: seven species and one subspecies belonging to the family Buthidae, and one subspecies belonging to Scorpionidae. Geographic distribution and relative abundance of the species collected were recorded in the study area. We report the 16S gene sequence for two scorpion species, Androctonus crassicauda aud Scorpio maurus krug!ovi, which are the most abundant scorpions in the study area and represent the two reported scorpion families. The gene sequences of these two species were deposited into GenBank with accession numbers HM125965 and 1-IM 125964 for A. crassicauda and S. m. kruglovi respectively. 16S gene sequences from these two taxa were compared with those from other species prevalent in Saudi Arabia, retrieved from GenBank, and aligned sequences were used to constnjct a phylogenetic tree. The results presented provide the first molecular phylogenetic study of the scorpion fauna of Saudi Arabia. Moreover, searching the data base revealed that the 16S gene of S. m. kruglovi was sequenced for the first time. The goal was to evaluate the potential of 16S gene sequencing to provide better resolution of the systematic problems of the Saudi scorpion fauna, and to resolve the phylogenetic relationships among them. Desouky MMA, Alshammari AM. Scorpions of the Ha'il Region, northern Saudi Arabia, and molecular phylogenetics of two common species, Androctonus crassicauda and Scorpio maurus kruglovi. Bull Br Arach Soc. 2011;15(6):193-200. Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 10:06 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Androctonus, Asia, Buthidae, distribution, Middle East, phylogeny, Saudi Arabia, Scorpio, Scorpionidae A revision of the South American genus Orobothriurus with six new species Jose Ochoa, Andres Ojanguren Affilastro, Carlos Mattoni and Lorenzo Prendini have now published a systematic revision of the Andean genus Orobothriurus Maury, 1976 (Bothriuridae). The following new species are described: Orobothriurus calchaqui Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011 (Argentina) Orobothriurus campagnuccii Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011 (Argentina) Orobothriurus huascaran Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011 (Peru) Orobothriurus quewerukana Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011 (Peru & Chile) Orobothriurus ramirezi Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011 (Chile) Orobothriurus tamarugal Ochoa, Ojanguren Affilastro, Mattoni & Prendini, 2011 (Chile) Most Orobothriurus occur at high altitudes in the Andes Mountains. The paper discuss the occurence of scorpions in high altitudes and a list of scorpions found above 3000 meters in the Andes is presented. The altitude record for scorpions is held by O. huascaran. This species has been found in the Ishinca ravine (Peru) at 4910 meters. Please note that the previous altitude record mentioned in the literature (5500 meters) is not correct (see paper for details). The systematics of the Andean scorpion genus, Orobothriurus Maury, 1976 (Bothriuridae Simon, 1880), is revised. New locality records, obtained during recent field expeditions, distribution maps, and a key to identification of the 15 known species, are provided. Six new species are described: Orobothriurus calchaqui, n. sp., from northwestern Argentina; Orobothriurus compagnuccii, n. sp., from the central Andes of Argentina; Orobothriurus huascaran, n. sp., from central Peru; Orobothriurus quewerukana, n. sp., from southern Peru and northern Chile; Orobothriurus ramirezi, n. sp., from central Chile; and Orobothriurus tamarugal, n. sp., from northern Chile. The known distribution of Orobothriurus and the altitude record for scorpions are discussed. The world’s altitude record for a scorpion, previously reported as 5550 m, is demonstrated to be 4910 m. Ochoa JA, Ojanguren Affilastro AA, Mattoni CI, Prendini L. Systematic revision of the Andean scorpion genus Orobothriurus Maury, 1976 (Bothriuridae), with discussion of the altitude record for scorpions. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2011(359):1-90. [Free fultext] Thanks to Jacek Szubert for informing me about this paper! Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 10:18 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Argentina, Bothriuridae, Chile, distribution, habitat, new species, Orobothriurus, Peru, review, South America, taxonomy New information on the enigmatic cave scorpion Akrav from Israel In 2006 cave explorers found the remains of a very unusual troglobitic scorpion in the Ayyalon Cave in Israel. Later, this scorpion was described as Akrav israchanani Levy, 2007 in a brand new family Akravidae. Victor Fet, Michael Soleglad and Sergei Zonstein have now been able to examine available Akrav materials (it has been found 20 more or less complete specimens), and have published a detailed redescription and analysis of the species, genus and family. Interestingly, no live specimens have been found. It also looks like all scorpions died at the same time, indicating a catastrophic extinction event in the cave environment. One theory is that there was a lethal H2S gas event. The scorpions found are not considered fossils, but at the present time it is not known if Akrav is an extinct taxa or not. The paper has many detailed color pictures of the specimens found. The authors conclude that Akrav probably belongs to the family Superstitioniidae and that the Akravidae family status is not justified. No formal decisions on this matter are done in this paper, as this will be addressed in a forthcoming paper. And what did Akrav eat in the closed, isolated caves with no large, terrestrial prey items? The authors suggest that the scorpion actually prey on the aquatic crustaceans that are also present in pools of water in the cave. The strange, beak-shaped fingers of the pedipalps seen in this scorpion may be a specialization for catching this kind of prey. Akrav israchanani, a relict chactoid scorpion from the famous Ayyalon Cave in Israel, is analyzed for the first time since its original description by Gershom Levy (2007). All scorpions found in this cave (20 specimens) were dead, represented by exoskeletons; they are mostly fragmented during collection, many incomplete, but extremely well preserved, and have no evidence of fossilization. Time and cause of death are unknown. Diagnostic characters described by Levy are largely confirmed, and some are further clarified. An exhaustive set of microscopic images is published, encompassing data from all best preserved specimens. Previously unpublished morphological details are illustrated such as exact pattern of trichobothria, finger dentition, structure of pectinal organs, etc. Measurements of type series are provided. Presence of mites (Acari) in the Ayyalon Cave is not confirmed: the only specimen tentatively identified as a mite proved to be a late-stage scorpion embryo found inside one of the females; it is described and illustrated. Phylogenetic placement of Akrav within Recent scorpions is discussed, and its affinity to New World Chactoidea (Superstitioniidae: Typhlochactinae) is demonstrated. Biogeographic and ecological observations are provided. Unusual structure of pedipalp fingertips is suggested to be a device for foraging on aquatic crustaceans abundant in the cave’s pool. Fet V, Soleglad ME, Zonstein SL. The genus Akrav Levy, 2007 (Scorpiones: Akravidae) revisited. Euscorpius. 2011(134):1-49. [Free fulltext] Family Akravidae Submitted by Jan Ove Rein (editor) på 9:12 AM 0 Comments Keywords: Akrav, Akravidae, Asia, distribution, Israel, Middle East, phylogeny, redescription, review, taxonomy Euscorpius flavicaudis fanzagoi is a synonym of Eu... A new Vaejovis from Arizona (USA) and a redescript... New locality of Mesobuthus eupeus thersites in Kaz... The medical significance of Leiurus abdullahbayram... A new scorpion fossil from cretaceous amber found ... A revision of the South American genus Orobothriur... New information on the enigmatic cave scorpion Akr...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1719
__label__wiki	0.93251	0.93251	Guillermo del Toro Was Involved With Pacific Rim Uprising by Dan Zinski Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro was unable to wait out production delays and had to bail on helming the sequel Pacific Rim Uprising, but it's been revealed that del Toro did stay extensively involved with production on the second film - offering his maestro's input during the shooting process. An official Pacific Rim Uprising trailer has now been released online too, affording fans their first taste of the "new generation" sequel to the 2013 Jaeger-vs-Kaiju action epic. After losing Del Toro and star Charlie Hunnam, Pacific Rim Uprising forged ahead with Steven DeKnight behind the camera and John Boyega in the lead role. Set ten years after the Battle of the Breach, Uprising sees a new set of plucky human heroes coming together to battle a new monstrous Kaiju threat. There's also hip-hop (at least in the trailer). Related: Pacific Rim Uprising Gets a Prequel Comic Speaking to Coming Soon, Pacific Rim Uprising producer Cale Boyter talked about the extent to which Pacific Rim writer/director Guillermo del Toro remained involved in bringing the second movie to the screen: “He’s been involved from the different ideas, weighing in, the different drafts. We send him all the visuals and everything. He loves Boyega. Obviously all the stuff he looked at he’s touched and noted. He hasn’t been here yet. I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point he ends up here. Moves things around and I’ll be like ‘No, go back over there.’” At one point, del Toro was set to both write and direct the Pacific Rim sequel, but as he explained, production finally was delayed so many times that he could no longer make it work. Writing chores were eventually passed on to Steven DeKnight, T.S. Nowlin, Kira Snyder, and Emily Carmichael. After Charlie Hunnam's departure left a hole at the top of the cast, Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega jumped in, giving the enterprise a needed infusion of star power. Not that the original Pacific Rim was some kind of cinematic masterpiece, but at least with del Toro at the helm, it did have some humanity and heart to it (though on the surface it may have played like little more than a slightly-smarter Transformers movie). Guillermo del Toro is unique among today's directors in that he has the storytelling ability necessary to tackle complex, emotional subject-matter, but also possesses the sheer technical skill to mount big-budget spectacle. The result is that del Toro's films, no matter how big and dumb they may seem, always have a little special something inside them that distinguishes them from your average Hollywood product. It sounds as though del Toro was able to offer a lot of helpful input to Steven DeKnight and his team as they put together Uprising, which may help put to rest certain fan concerns that the second movie will end up being a lot more Michael Bay and a lot less Guillermo del Toro. MORE: Pacific Rim Uprising Trailer Breakdown Source: Coming Soon Pacific Rim Uprising (2018) release date: Mar 23, 2018 Tags: pacific rim 2 Detective Pikachu is (Almost) the Biggest Video Game Movie Ever The Lion King May Set New Disney Remake Box Office Record Terminator: Dark Fate SDCC 2019 Panel & Footage Description	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1723
__label__wiki	0.885554	0.885554	Hanwha Q CELLS Homes In On Irish Residential PV Market Friday 24th August 2018 Ireland's new microgeneration scheme offers homeowners grants of â‚¬700 for every kWp of home solar installed âˆ’ Additional grant of â‚¬1,000 for solar systems larger than 2 kWp that are paired with a battery storage system âˆ’ Hanwha Q CELLS' Q.PEAK DUO-G5 module series available across Ireland via the Q.PARTNER network as well as local distributor Heat Merchants âˆ’ Q.HOME+ ESS-G1 all-in-one storage solution soon to be introduced to the Irish market Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH, the German subsidiary of one of the largest solar cell manufacturers in the world, Hanwha Q CELLS, is primed to meet an anticipated increase in demand for solar and storage solutions in Ireland following the government's welcome decision to introduce cash grants for homeowners eager to embrace PV. Announced in late July, Ireland's government has backed a new approval under the country's Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS) that will make homeowners who wish to install solar PV systems on their rooftops eligible for generous grants. The grants will be funded by Ireland's Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, with national renewable energy body "“ Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) "“ responsible for the administration of the scheme. Homeowners who live in properties built and occupied before 2011 can apply to the SEAI for a grant, which is paid at â‚¬700 for every kilowatt peak (kWp) of solar PV capacity installed, up to a maximum of 4 kWp. Should a homeowner opt for a solar array over 2 kWp, the scheme states that it must be paired with a battery storage system, for which an additional â‚¬1,000 grant is available. Those homeowners interested in receiving these grants must first have their installation completed by a registered installer in Ireland before claiming the cash. The RESS scheme will release the first set of funds in October this year, and is due to be reviewed at six-month intervals until 2020. Boosting microgeneration to accelerate Ireland's clean energy future The Irish government's policy of creating a band of residential prosumers will hopefully play a pivotal role in strengthening the nation's renewable energy future. Although not renowned for its sunny weather, PV has a vital role to play in Ireland's clean energy landscape, and paired with storage, can be a key ingredient in the electricity mix. Ireland's current solar capacity is just 10 MW, mostly across private rooftops "“ a notable figure given the absence of any feed-in tariff (FIT). The government has revealed that the RESS scheme has already attracted more than 1,700 submissions for grants, which suggests a strong appetite for residential solar in Ireland. To meet this anticipated growth in demand, Hanwha Q CELLS has developed a strong network of Q.PARTNERS in Ireland, developed with local distributor Heat Merchants to ensure that homeowners interested in solar can have their demands, needs and questions met by teams of dedicated professionals. Hanwha Q CELLS solar modules available in Ireland include the latest in half-cut cell technology "“ the Q.PEAK DUO-G5 modules, which boast high yields over small surface areas and in low-light conditions: an ideal combination for the rooftop spaces of Ireland. Also planned for introduction into the Irish market is the Q.HOME+ ESS-G1 energy storage system, which is an all-in-one solution that comprises an inverter, battery and energy management system and is available in three sizes "“ 3.6 kWh, 5.5 kWh, and 8.0 kWh. Sean Collier, Head of Sales for UK and Ireland Hanwha Q CELLS, said, "Ireland has been consulting for many months now about the introduction of a grant support scheme for solar microgeneration, and we at Hanwha Q CELLS are pleased that such an important policy has now been enacted. "The Irish government's consultation found that, based on applications for grid connection, Ireland has a PV pipeline of 6 GW "“ of which over 1 GW would be earmarked for distributed rooftop generation. Hanwha Q CELLS has long earmarked the Irish solar market as one to watch, and we are confident that we can help meet public demand for PV across the country "“ demand that we expect to rise following the introduction of the RESS." LibertÃ©, Ã©galitÃ©, Batterie: France's Revolutionary Role In Battery Technologies Convincing The Public Ireland Plans Renewable Energy Transition By 2050 Feature: Bank Loans In The New Era Without Subsidy Need Careful Planning Storage Will Play Key Role In Power Grid Evolution Battery Sizing: Oversize, Augment, Reduce Or Repower?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1731
__label__cc	0.526064	0.473936	Singapore's Malays and Indians have only themselves to blame We cannot forget that before anyone else, Singapore was the home of the Malays as they were in neighboring Malaysia and Indonesia. The British who colonized the island brought the Chinese and Indians to work in the island, but the Malays had more rights to it above anyone else. It was their island. To recognize this fact, by law the national language was declared Malay although business was better conducted in English. But come 1959 and the advent of Lee Kuan Yew and the Lee Ruling family, comprised now of father and son, the father being the strongman Lee Kuan Yew and his son the Prime Minister whom he appointed, the island began taking an ethnic Chinese appearance, something which I am sure no one ever intended, let alone the founder of Singapore the Englishman Stamford Raffles. Remember in the 1950s ethnic Chinese only formed about 50% of the island. Today with planeloads of Chinese immigrants being brought daily from Communist China, it is about 77%. It appears, Lee Kuan Yew, who is the dictator since 1959, like Fidel Castro’s Cuba, a person of Chinese ethnicity decided that he didn't care too much for the Malays or anyone else and that he will turn it into a Chinese island with ethnic Chinese given preferred status over others. Today all top jobs in every walk of life and top businesses are all in the hands of ethnic Chinese, while Malays, to whom the island actually belonged, a tragic irony, are relegated to being coolies and street sweepers. The Singapore Indians fare no better. The Lee Ruling Family claims that the situation is justified because of meritocracy, a lie which rings completely hollow. Malay or an Indian Singaporean is not any inferior to any ethnic Chinese. Their disadvantageous position is not due to any fault on their part. It is because, Singapore’s Lee Ruling family denies them jobs at every opportunity, there is no race relations laws and employers who are almost entirely Chinese refuse to employ them, leaving them only the demeaning jobs which no one else wants. And this disgusting official policy of racial discrimination has been going on for the last 53 years, ever since Singapore obtained limited self rule form the British. There is no doubt that the ethnic Chinese Lee Ruling Family's racial discriminatory policies are clearly illegal under the Constitution but they have managed to get away with it because of the indifference of Malays and Indians to their plight. The Malays and Indians of Singapore have simply done nothing to stop Lee Ruling Family's ongoing racial discriminatory policies. There has been no public protest or any expression of outrage or indignation by them against these illegal government policies which marginalizes and turns them into second rate citizens in an island which had in fact belonged to them in the first place. Sadly, the Malays who are predominantly Muslim have been simply content living under Lee Kuan Yew's laws which continue to discriminate against them. There are no leaders among the Malay community who care enough to stand up against this abuse of their rights. They are all afraid of Lee Kuan Yew and his threats to lock them up and throw away the key if they openly challenged Lee's unjust laws and policies. The Indians are no different; they have no leaders either and every single one of them is so afraid of Lee Kuan Yew, they dare not even squeak. It is true that Lee is a dictator who is determined to make Singapore into a completely Chinese city and their race the dominating ruling race. It is also true that what he does is simply illegal. But the fault equally lies with the Malay Muslims and Indians because they can stand up against this abuse and illegal discrimination but they instead choose not to and simply accept whatever life Lee decides for them. One can only surmise that Singapore’s Malays and Indians are a cowardly people who are so afraid of the Lee Ruling Family to the extent that they prefer a life in submission and acceptance to the danger that may befall them if they fight. A people who simply let some else ride roughshod over them is simply cowardly. No other word can better describe them. Here is an example of a Malay whom I know. He is Jufrie Mahmood, presently the Chairman of the opposition SDP. He is a good man. I know him personally. He is someone who is clearly interested in Singapore’s politics and the plight of the Malays. He was a long time Workers Party member with JB Jeyaretnam and me. He passionately wants to help his fellow Malays. He sees the injustice being done to them. It cannot be denied that he has paid a painful price for his beliefs at Lee's hands. One cannot fault him for not caring for his people. It is not my intention to criticize him at all. Yet he, except for joining the SDP and writing essays about the injustice, simply refuses to publicly protest or engage in civil disobedience or organize any peaceful demonstration along the streets of Singapore to demand that Lee stops such illegal practices. Without such open protest, which the Malays simply refuse to do, the world is not aware of how shabbily the Lee Ruling Family treat them. Which by the way, conveniently allows the Lees to continue running them down. Other than him, there are no other Malay leaders in Singapore. A couple of Malays serve in Lee’s government. They are not Malay leaders. They are there only to enrich themselves. They are a disgrace. There is no point in talking about them. Singaporean by birth in exile In a multi-racial society, like SIngapore, you would think that there are benefits in having children attend schools where they can mix with kids of different races. These interactions would foster understanding and tolerance, and prepared these children for adult lives where they have to work and live amongst different races. But, guess Lee Kuan Yew did? He sent his two sons to a Chinese school, that is full of ethnic Chinese. LHL and brother did not have classmates called Gopalan or Anwar or D'Souza. Their classmates where Lim, Chong, Wang, Tan, ... Those who lament at the current state of racism in Singapore, should have looked at LKY decision to know the true feelings in his little racist heart! @Gopalan Nair: I refer to your comment about the (two) Malays serving in the government. You may be pleased to note that at least one of them has a BLOT hole to YOUR COUNTRY considering the fact that his (KNOWN) wife and (KNOWN) brood of two (a son and a daughter) are UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN (USA) CITIZENS. I will of course, NOT mention doctor yaacob bin ibrahim by name. Sat Oct 27, 08:18:00 PM PDT Yes, this is absolutely right. I personally realized in my previous company where they were constantly hiring people refused to hire one of my good malay friend just because my manager who is a chinese lady thinks malays are not good enough for the job. I told her this is not right but i was scolded too to speak against her. these chinese people either from China or Singapore are just here to keep chinese people above par and oppress others. So sad to see fellow Singaporeans to be treated worse than foreigners by chinese. Towkay said... Gopal, I think the actual issues are a lot more complex than simple racism to explain the fading fortunes of Singapore's minority populations. Like you, I'm old enough to remember that the ability to converse in Malay was a source of pride for many local-born Chinese and a sign of distinction for the elites. It evoked Peranakan connections and colonial era favoritism politics. As late as the 90s, Singapore was still making significant overtures to the West, including negotiations for hosting significant American military assets which ultimately proved to be unsuccessful. In that context of Western-facing geopolitics, multiculturalism is an important strength and asset. However, without a significant existent Caucasian ruling class (to appease the West), the story that unfolded over the last 20 years was predictably China-centric instead (perhaps even to the chagrin of the still-ruling Peranakan elites). Singapore today no longer "needs" the UK or even the US, as much as it does China for its economic survival. And I believe that the societal changes (and marginalization of Malays and Indians) are a mirror of that. Without a doubt, overt racism against Malays and Indians exists today. But they have always existed, and they exist also between the various Chinese dialect factions and especially against recent mainland immigrants (many of whom are of the still-foreign Northern Chinese ancestry). These attitudes have not changed. What did change was the prevailing economic realities. The Singapore PAP administration has been nothing if not pragmatic and many of the pro-Chinese education policies reflect the economic realities of being economically-dependent on China. Simply put, I think that future economic (and political) success of Malays and Indians will require Mandarin proficiency (just as English proficiency has been so important). And the sooner people accept this reality, the better they will be able to take advantage of the opportunities. Wed Sep 24, 01:08:00 PM PDT Not amy cheong of the NTUC said... If you wish, you may like to do an internet search for these terms: " good bad baggage pests root cause wayang routine tarnish money leeches topple abandon ship ". Next, you may like to check these out: [ asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20141120-THE-REGION-S-TOP-COMPANIES/Markets/Bubble-fears-in-Malaysia-s-Shenzhen ] [ linkedin.com/pub/steven-lee/36/962/ab5 ] "Not amy cheong of the National Trades Union Congress" Fri Nov 21, 11:50:00 PM PST Singapore's Lee Ruling Family have turned the isla... Singapore ethnic Chinese names, Kevin Wong and Pla... Singapore's Malays and Indians have only themselve... Singapore Government's discrimination against Mala... Singapore. The Lee Ruling Family's plan to keep Ma... Singapore Chee Soon Juan's $30,000.00 folly Singapore Lee Ruling Family's grip on power fast u... Singapore. 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__label__cc	0.649614	0.350386	SkySpecs Blog Bringing you the latest in automated drone inspection news & innovation SkySpecs’ CTO Tom Brady talks to PES Magazine about the Future of Drone Inspections SkySpecs’ CTO, Tom Brady, spoke with Power & Energy Solutions about drone inspections and SkySpecs’ record-breaking year, as well as the future of automated wind turbine inspection. “Our drones are completely automated, requiring only the push of a single button to collect photos of all four sides of each of the three blades of a wind […] SkySpecs CEO to take part in ‘Renewable Energy World’ Webinar, 6/30/2017 Join SkySpecs’ CEO Danny Ellis on June 30th, 2017, for a Renewable Energy World webinar. The webinar, which also features Thomas Adams, VP/Power Business Development for ABS Group of Companies, Inc, begins at 10am EST and lasts an hour. The title of Friday’s discussion is, “Discovering the OpEx of US Offshore Wind Operations & Maintenance.” With one […] Siemens & SkySpecs Team Up to Lower O+M Costs Using Automated Drones SkySpecs is excited to announce our collaboration with Siemens Windpower, which commenced in early 2017. Details of our work together are covered in a feature article in Wind Energy Update. Labor and vessel costs form a significant part of offshore O&M costs and developers are implementing the latest automated technology and data analytics to improve […] SkySpecs Completes Record Number of Automated Wind Turbine Inspections in 30-Day Period Author: Danny Ellis, CEO & Co-Founder, SkySpecs It has been an exciting few months at SkySpecs with operations in multiple states and countries. In the last month, we have completed a record number of wind turbine inspections in a 30-day period totaling 483 turbines or 1,449 individual blades with an average of two operational systems […] SkySpecs Named Member of the New Commercial Drone Alliance Drone Industry Veterans Lisa Ellman and Gretchen West announced yesterday the launch of the Commercial Drone Alliance, an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to growing the commercial drone ecosystem. The advocacy group is based in both Washington D.C, and Silicon Valley. Founding Alliance board members include Cisco, AirMap, Lift, DataWing and Measure. Additional members include SkySpecs, […] Interview with SkySpecs’ Founders on Channel ABC57 Skyspecs’ founders Danny Ellis and Tom Brady are featured on a local ABC news segment this week. The founders discuss the UAV industry and where it’s headed, as well as what inspired them to start a drone technology company. SkySpecs’ CEO Danny Ellis Featured in “Drone Industry Insights” SkySpecs’ CEO, Danny Ellis, is today featured in “Drone Industry Insights”. Ellis writes about his early interest in UAV technology; founding Michigan Autonomous Aerial Vehicles (MAAV) and his vision for the UAV industry in the coming years. Visit SkySpecs at the University of Michigan Startup Career Fair on Jan. 14th SkySpecs is proud to be one of several Ann Arbor startups that will be present at the University of Michigan’s Startup Career Fair on January 14th from 1-5pm on North Campus – Duderstadt Atrium, Duderstadt Connector, Pierpont Commons, and Bob and Betsy Beyster Building. Founders Tom Brady and Danny Ellis will return to their alma-mater […] SkySpecs’ Founders Make Forbes’ “30 Under 30” List in 2016 SkySpecs’ co-founders Danny Ellis and Tom Brady were announced as one of 600 chosen by Forbes’ prestigious “30 Under 30” list of 2016. Ellis and Brady are leading the way alongside some of the nation’s brightest and most influential young entrepreneurs. Read more here. TechCrunch & SkySpecs “With the company’s first product, launching today at TechCrunch’s Hardware Battlefield 2015, drones become aware of their surroundings and will automatically avoid objects. If a person walks towards the spinning blades of death, the drone will casually back out of the way. If there is a tree in the way, the drone will avoid it.” […]	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1744
__label__cc	0.579357	0.420643	Leafly Pot shopping tours now an option in Colorado January 2, 2014 Harriet BaskasAirportsColorado, Leafly, marijuana retal stores, pot tourism (Courtesy Colorado Highlife Tours) As Colorado becomes the first state in the nation to allow recreational marijuana sales beginning Jan. 1, a budding pool of “potrepreneurs” have high hopes for an influx of out-of-town pot tourists. Colorado High Life Tours, which promises “fun, affordable and discreet” cannabis-centered excursions, is expanding its private and public limo and bus tours. “You’ll be able to buy a little pot here and there, see a commercial grow, visit iconic Colorado landmarks and take lots of pictures,” said company owner Timothy Vee. “It will be like a Napa Valley wine tour.” Cannabis-friendly guides, activities and tours in Colorado are already available. As of Dec. 30, 14 retail marijuana stores in Denver had received licenses to open on the first of the year and two dozen other marijuana-related businesses that had met the city’s licensing requirements were awaiting approval. Beyond the Mile High City, more than 25 other towns and cities will allow medical marijuana businesses to start adding or transitioning to retail marijuana sales Jan. 1. Unlike Napa Valley wine tours, however, out-of-state tourists to Colorado’s pot retail stores won’t be able to take home most products they purchase. “It remains illegal to take marijuana out of the state,” said Michael Elliott of the Medical Marijuana Industry Group. And because marijuana also remains on the Transportation Security Administration’s list of prohibited items, Denver International Airport will enforce a new policy that bans pot throughout the airport. “Previously, a visitor to the airport could have less than one ounce of pot as long as they were over 21 and did not pass through security,” said airport spokeswoman Stacey Stegman. Now, to ensure that passengers don’t mistakenly violate the rules of the airport and air travel, “we have prohibited the possession, use, and consumption of marijuana for everyone on airport property.” Travelers also won’t find much information about pot tours alongside official city and state tourism brochures, vacation guides and websites promoting Colorado’s skiing, hiking and cultural activities. “We have a fiduciary responsibility to get the best return on our marketing efforts,” said Rich Grant, spokesman for Visit Denver, the city’s travel and visitor bureau. “There is no research yet on the benefits of marijuana tourism, so for at least the first year we’re not going to market that in any way.” Pamphlets created by a coalition of marijuana industry organizations seek to fill in the gaps, informing tourists of what they can and cannot do while in Colorado and offering such advice as “Do not eat the whole brownie” and “Remember, Uncle Sam says ‘Stay off federal lands with that devil’s lettuce.’ ” “There may be a line out the door and we expect our budtenders will be dealing with people who have a myriad of questions. So we wanted to offer information about the laws and about safe consumption,” said Elan Nelson, a business strategy consultant for Medicine Man in Denver. In south Denver, the staff at Evergreen Apothecary, located about an hour and a half from the Wyoming border, is ready for an influx of first-day retail pot shoppers with rented propane heaters, red velvet ropes and a security staff that will be on duty starting at 8 a.m. “We’ll be giving out special T-shirts,” said shop co-owner Tim Cullen, “and my parents have volunteered to hand out coffee, juice and snacks to the people standing in line.” Longtime travel expert Arthur Frommer has predicted that pot tourism will make Colorado a new hot spot. But despite the fact that this sort of tourism has been lucrative for shop owners in Amsterdam, his daughter, Pauline Frommer, the editorial director of Frommer Media, said she’s taking a “wait-and-see approach.” Leafly, an online database with thousands of user reviews of medical marijuana strains and dispensaries around the country, expects that starting Jan.1 there will be a large number of reviews written about the retail pot stores and recreational marijuana strains available in Colorado. “It will help tourists in new locations find the right strain for the experience they’re looking for. And once people find the right strains, we can tell them which retail stores have it and which retail stores are top-rated,” said Leafly CEO Brendan Kennedy. Prior to Jan. 1, Colorado High Life Tours has mixed sightseeing with stops at glass-blowing shops, marijuana grow centers and has offered customers “free samples”—because buying pot was not yet legal. “You live and learn,” said Vee. “On our tours, we’re getting a lot of empty nesters that haven’t smoked pot in 20 years. We’ve also had people who have never smoked pot take our tours and had one couple get high and so paranoid that we had to interrupt the tour and take them back to their hotel.” (My story about pot tourism first appeared on NBC News Travel.)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1748
__label__cc	0.584733	0.415267	Amsterdam Religious Studies 4 days / 3 nights From only £239pp The story of Anne Frank brings home the meaning of the Holocaust at a personal level. The courageous girl survived for 2 years in hidden isolation before her eventual capture and death in 1945, aged just 15 years. Follow the journey from her home in Amsterdam, through the Westerbork transit camp to Bergen-Belsen where she perished along with over 100,000 Dutch Jews. Coach pick up from school. Travel to Dover ferry port. Continue to Westerbork. Guided tour of the transit concentration camp in Westerbork. Afternoon, travel to Amsterdam. Overnight in Amsterdam. Morning guided visit to the Jewish Museum and the Schouwburg. Afternoon visit to the Anne Frank House. Return to the UK. Kroller-Muller Museum Located in the beautiful National Park area, the Kroller Muller Museum is not only a diverse Museum of Art but it also features a unique Sculpture Garden. This Museum is unlike any other and an absolute must-see while in Amsterdam! Rembrandthuis Museum Get a glimpse of what life for Rembrandt was like as a painter in the mid-17th century by visiting what was his home for 20 years. Widely considered one of the best paint and print artists of the 1800s, Rembrandt’s etchings and collections will leave you in awe. The only way to have a truly authentic Amsterdam experience is to cruise through the beautiful city on one of its many notorious canals. Sit back, relax and enjoy all the sites from the comfort of a traditional boat! Discover the story of Amsterdam through a large number of masterpieces and experience how the city has developed. Jewish Historical Museum The museum recounts the historical atrocities and triumphs experienced by Amsterdam's Jewish community. Jewish Memorial The memorial consists of 6 broken pieces of mirror placed in two rows to represent the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. New York City Religious Studies New York is a fantastic destination for your students to discover citizenship, multi-cultural… Read more	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1751
__label__cc	0.700499	0.299501	Psychic Holistic & Wellbeing Day Address: The Quarry Park, Shrewsbury, SY1 1JA, United Kingdom Dudley Psychic Switch Address: Village Hotel, Dudley, DY1 4TB, United Kingdom Coventry Psychic Switch Address: Village Hotel, Coventry, CV4 9GZ, United Kingdom Walsall Psychic Switch Address: Village Hotel, Walsall, WS2 8TJ, United Kingdom Crystals Mind Body Spirit Fayre Other Fantastic Events Psychic Evening Wellbeing Staffordshire \| All Staffordshire \| Articles Staffordshire \| Directory Staffordshire \| Events Staffordshire \| Classifieds Staffordshire \| Regular Services All Sites \| All All Sites \| Articles All Sites \| Directory All Sites \| Events All Sites \| Classifieds All Sites \| Regular Services Staffordshire Spiritual Centres/Groups Home :: Articles :: Spiritism Fun Things to do on a Full Moon By:Trish Kershaw Date: Mon,22 Oct 2018 Submitter:Luna Holistics The Spiritist Teachings and Ideas THE SCIENTIFIC NOTE IN GENESIS Prisoner and Spiritism Spiritist Meetings For a Suicide (GAS-AK) LOVE - THE PATHWAY TO CURE 1st International Spiritist Week Spiritist Studies in Guildford - FREE What actually happens on a Full Moon Full Moons are traditionally associated with temporal insomnia, insanity (hence the terms lunacy and lunatic) and various “magical phenomena” such as lycanthropy. Psychologists, however, have found that there is no strong evidence for effects on human behavior around the time of a full moon. They find that studies are generally not consistent, with some showing a positive effect and others showing a negative effect. In one instance, the 23 December 2000 issue of the British Medical Journal published two studies on dog bite admission to hospitals in England and Australia. The study of the Bradford Royal Infirmary found that dog bites were twice as common during a full moon, whereas the study conducted by the public hospitals in Australia found that they were less likely. Naming the Moon It is traditional to assign special names to each full moon of the year, though the rules that determine the name for a given month’s full moon has changed over time (e.g., the blue moon). An ancient method of assigning names is based upon seasons and quarters of the year. For instance, the Egg Moon (the full moon before Easter) would be the first moon after March 21, and the Lenten Moon would be the last moon on or before March 21. Modern practice, however, is to assign the traditional names based on the Gregorian calendar month when the full moon falls. This method frequently results in the same name as the older method would, and is far more convenient to use. Things that happen on a full moon It has been said that Tidal waves change during a full moon. This is because , high and low tides are now at their absolute maximum and minimum. It has also been said that the chances of being bitten by a dog are double during a full moon. It is known that that in mental homes or asylums there is more unrest and the same goes for anywhere where emotions run high, such as prisons or hospitals or police stations. Staff will often report more problems at this particular time. The interval period between a new or full moon and the next same phase, a synodic month, averages about 29.53 days. Therefore, in those lunar calendars in which each month begins on the day of the new moon, the full moon falls on either the 14th or 15th day of the lunar month. Because a calendar month consists of a whole number of days, a lunar month may be either 29 or 30 days long. cleanse your crystals write down your dreams ask for angelic guidance send love out to the universe and mother earth read your tarot or angel cards for in depth inspiration Send healing out to someone you care about put a crystal in a glass of water, leave overnight on a windowsill overlooking the full moon, use the water for a special plant. Developing your psychic skills Anytime is a great time but at a full moon even better. Why not download our psychic and spiritual development course today and see just how much you can develop your natural skills. This Psychic course includes a fully accredited certificate on completion and is packed full of tips and lessons on how to tap into your own intuition and use this to connect to your guides, develop clairvoyance skills and much more. https://www.lunacourses.com/product/psychic-spiritual-development/ https://www.lunacourses.com/2018/01/20/what-actually-happens... HOW TO BUILD YOUR HEALING CRYSTAL KIT How to use Bach Flowers for Anxiety Top Detox Tips	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1761
__label__wiki	0.513518	0.513518	Rapper WITHDRAWS From Music Festival That Was Charging DOUBLE for White People A Detroit rapper has pulled out of ‘AfroFuture Fest’ a local music festival after discovering its race-based pricing policy. According to The Federalist Papers, One set of prices were for “people of color” and were $20 and the other price was $40 for non persons of color, read white people. Among those outraged was rapper Tiny Jag who withdrew from the event after she learned of the two tiered ticket structure, Detroit Metro Times reported. “I was immediately enraged just because I am biracial,” she said. “I have family members that would have, under those circumstances, been subjected to something that I would not ever want them to be in … especially not because of anything that I have going on.” “It seems almost like it has spite, and unfortunately with spite comes hate, and that’s just not obviously going to be a good direction for us to go if we’re looking for positive change,” she said. Following significant backlash the event backtracked and will offer tickets to everyone for $20, The New York Times reported. The decision to change course came after threats and harassment, said Adrienne Ayers, who goes by Numi and is the founder and co-director of Afrofuture Youth. She said that after right-wing websites highlighted the pricing, people called and harassed the owner of the venue, and sent messages to her co-director’s family. “For safety, not anything else but that, the new ticket structure will be a standard set price across the board of $20,” she said. “However, there will be a suggested donation for non-people of color.” Organizers seem to have NO REMORSE and only changed the prices due to significant backlash. “Our goal is to ensure that the youth of our community can participate in the building of a more just society, one that specifically promotes equity over equality,” she said. Man Arrested, Indicted For Plotting To Kill President Trump: Facing 140 Years In Prison Star Political News May 13, 2019 Central America Caravan Migrants Turn Back Due To Tough Conditions [Video] [Video] Tlaib Declares Victory Over The US Government, Says The Muslims Are Here Star Political News March 10, 2019 New York Dem HAMMERS Ocasio-Cortez For Flirting With Anti-Semitism Star Political News February 4, 2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1765
__label__wiki	0.742777	0.742777	Startselect featured on GamesIndustry.biz The launch of Startselect has not gone unnoticed in the world of videogames. In fact, GamesIndustry.biz, a well-respected outlet in the industry decided to write an article about our platform. The article on GamesIndustry.biz tells the story of four different new storefronts, Startselect being one of them. Author Dan Pearson's first focus is the giftcard business - where our adventure started years ago with Online PrePaid Services - but something that is now also an important part of Startselect. "We don't want to do PC gaming only", our CMO Björn van Beek says. "The broader thing in mind for our mission is to make it as easy as possible for any gamer, anywhere in the world, to access their game as easily as possible." In our quest to make gaming as easy as possible, we're not just focussing on PC or console gamers. Mobile games and buying prepaid cards for Google Play and iTunes will be a core part of our business as well. "In our estimations, or our data, we see about 35 to 40 per cent of console users actually buying games and app purchases on iOS and Android, so there is a fairly large overlap there", Björn is quoted. "I think we'll see in the future that a lot of people will be buying not just for one platform or product, but for multiple." The article also mentions our ongoing quest to get as much publishers on board as possible. In fact, it's our goal to be able to offer games from every publisher on Startselect. Pearson then shifts to what we believe is our most important asset: our fight against the grey market. Our European manager Ferry Rovers emphasizes the need to educate gamers about what they are buying. "We need to [...] make them aware that when you buy a game at launch for €30, it's not acceptable, it's not possible", he's quoted. "Any person can buy these codes and any person can sell them anywhere, except no one is told where these keys are coming from." And that's why at Startselect we're only offering full authorized keys, straight from the publishers. We slowly see developers and publishers are starting to recognize they need to take back control of the digital market. In the coming months, we will definitely tell you more about the grey market and how Startselect is making a difference. Visit Startselect Croatia! You are currently visiting Startselect Croatia. We only deliver products you order on this website in Croatia. Stay on Startselect Croatia kn {! price !} Total kn	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1766
__label__wiki	0.799296	0.799296	Review roundup: Uncharted 4 The embargo's on Uncharted 4 have been lifted, so that means we finally know what the critics think about Drake's last adventure. Here's a roundup of the reviews of some big gaming websites. And for once they agree on one thing: Uncharted 4 is a grand finale! Uncharted 4 is available on May 10. "There is nothing cheap about how Naughty Dog has decided to retire this franchise — no door is left open for a crass surprise sequel — and there's nothing ambiguous about its resolution. Every other Uncharted game has, to varying degrees, posed a question — "can a thief be good?" — and summarily moved on without wagering a guess. In finding an answer, Uncharted 4's story soars, and presents a moving, fulfilling finale." - Full review Score: 8.8/10 (Review in progress) "Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is a remarkable achievement in blockbuster storytelling and graphical beauty. Though it’s let down by a lack of imagination and some self-indulgence, especially in a third act that drags on far too long, Uncharted 4 carries on the series’ proud tradition of peerless polish and style." - Full Review "Uncharted 4 is a challenge to the medium. In its writing, in its design, in its understanding of what makes games unique, Uncharted 4 is something to aspire to. It's a shining example. And we'll be talking about it for years to come." - Full review Score: 'Recommended' "As accomplished as Uncharted 4: A Thief's End is - as heroically as it bests its predecessors, as gracefully as it sidesteps their pitfalls - it's not possible for it to have the seismic impact and far-reaching influence that Uncharted 2 did. Nor does it redefine the storytelling scope of the blockbuster action game like The Last of Us. It still does something remarkable for a major franchise video game, though: it doesn't overdo its exit." - Full review Score: 9.5/10 "Even the ways Uncharted 4 retrofits in previous entries in the series [...] to bring it all to a well-earned, cohesive conclusion is impressive. Stunning art direction; satisfying game feel; a willingness to shake up third-person action conventions, to know when to introduce variety, or let a foot up off the gas; excellent dialogue that reveals a lot without oversharing; and a heck of a conclusion. A thief couldn't ask for a better end." - Full review 1355 Certified reviews Powered by Yotpo Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Pokémon Super Mario World of Warcraft Visit Startselect Italy! You are currently visiting Startselect Italy. We only deliver products you order on this website in Italy. Stay on Startselect Italy	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1767
__label__cc	0.628295	0.371705	– SME’s & Family Owned Businesses – Business Diagnostics – Business Planning & Growth Strategy – Business Performance & Improvement – Investment Readiness & Exit Planning – Coaching, Mentoring & Board of Advice – Turnaround Management – Terry van der Velde – Bernard Stapleton – Sheree Cross – David Stimpson – Brett Goodyer – Darren Vardy – Patrice Armagnacq – Monika Stefani – Regaining Control of Your Business – Dealing with ATO Debt Negotiations – SME Tax Tips – Producing a Cash Flow Budget – Developing a Business Budget – Business Health – A Sum of all Parts – Safe Harbour – History of Insolvent Trading Provisions – Safe Harbour Overview The Harmer Report, where it all began… On 20 November 1983, the federal Attorney-General called for an inquiry “…into the law and practice relating to the insolvency of both individuals and bodies corporate, in particular – (b) Parts VIII, X, XII of the Companies Act 1981 so far as they are related to or are concerned with the insolvency of companies; (c) any related matter.”1 The result was the Law Reform Commission Report No. 45 General Insolvency Inquiry; referred to as ‘The Harmer Report2 , (so named after the Commissioner in charge, Mr Ron W Harmer). Little did we know in 1988, that this report would be responsible for the introduction of two new legislative schemes. These were (through Corporate Law Reform Act 19923): The Voluntary Administration regime4; and Director liability and disqualification5 in so far as dealing with a director’s responsibility to avoid incurring debts (and continuing to trade) whilst a company is insolvent. These changes reflected Australia’s first step towards corporate rescue and aimed to shift some of the cost of corporate failures to the director personally. This was primarily achieved by codifying director (fiduciary) duties around insolvent trading, converting the breach of duty from a criminal offence6 to a civil one (in the absence of dishonesty)7 and allowing a Liquidator to pursue a director, on behalf of the company’s creditors. How effective has the insolvent trading regime been? There are many obligations and duties of a director in operating a company responsibility, one of which is the requirement to ensure the company does not continue to trade whilst it is insolvent (unable to meet its debts as and when they fall due8). These provisions are designed to penalise a director that has taken unreasonable trading risks. However, it is argued they have the undesired effect of restricting responsible risk-taking activity9. The insolvent trading provisions are currently embedded into section 588G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and provide directors that have acted responsibility with reasonable defences to any such claims brought by a liquidator. Since its introduction, there has been debate over the stringency of Australia’s insolvent trading laws, especially compared with other developed countries. However, using law to balance punishment for irresponsible corporate decisions and allowing entrepreneurial activity is problematic. The debate generally turns on: The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) ignited the debate again, with industry stakeholders drawing the focus to the punishment being too severe. An article called ‘Director liability for Insolvent Trading: Is the cure worse than the disease?; the author10 calls for flexibility in Australian insolvent trading laws so that directors can effectively navigate their corporations through the storm of the changing market conditions faced post GFC. In the article titled ‘Harmer Report – 20 years on’11 Richard Fisher12 commented as follows when asked if he believed the Australian insolvent trading laws were too inflexible: “ I am certainly aware of the debate and of the claims, for example, that directors are reluctant to take on that role for fear of personal liability. That said I would stand by the present insolvent trading regime which seeks to avoid a circumstance where unsecured creditors are called upon, to assume the ‘equity capital’ risk of the company’s ongoing trading. The duty to prevent insolvent trading already imposes on a director some expectation of foresight and planning, to anticipate when things are going wrong and to seek advice accordingly. I appreciate, though, that some in the insolvency profession quite properly raise the need for flexibility in the process, short of Part 5.3A being invoked. It may well be that some ‘fine tuning’ of this aspect of our insolvency law is appropriate. Once such proposal has been to extend the defence provided by the ‘business judgement rule’ to an insolvent trading claim on which I am aware the IPA has made submissions.” Formal consultation through Treasury’s corporations and financial services division occurred in January 201013, submitted the following three solutions to address this issue that: no change to the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the CA) insolvent trading provisions; additional defence available to directors based on the ‘business judgement rule’ in section 180 of the CA; or ability of the director, in agreement with creditors, to invoke a moratorium for the purpose of reorganising the company outside of external administration. The first recommendation was adopted and no change to the provisions were made. In response to several related Government inquires, the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) released a discussion paper titled A Platform for Recovery: Dealing with Corporate Financial Distress in Australia in October 2014, which provided further discussion on the benefits of safe harbour provisions. In essence, when directors seeks genuine restructuring, it is argued they should have a defence based on the business judgement rule14. This, coupled with the guidance of an adequately experienced professional, termed a Chief Restructuring Officer, would allow directors to access adequate informal restructuring services when a company is in a financial distress situation. The Productivity Commissions report No.75 also addressed the issue in December 201515 and provided detailed recommendations on the creation of a safe harbour for directors to allow for informal restructuring through the use of an appropriately qualified advisor. Bringing us to today… the proposed safe harbour laws Through the Turnbull Governments National Innovation and Science Agenda and based on the Productivity Commission’s recommendations, this issue was addressed through: On 29 April 2016 Treasury released a consultation paper16 was released for public comment on improving bankruptcy and insolvency laws, which introduced two potential models to provide a safe harbour from insolvent trading. Model A provided for an additional defence in the circumstances where genuine informal restructuring was pursued and Model B provided a carve out of the insolvent trading provisions which allowed directors to retain control without the requirement to seek assistance from a restructuring advisor; Following this, on 28 March 2017 an exposure draft of legislation was released for consultation which was predominately based on Model B and provided more flexibility through: the protection being available from the time the director starts taking a course of action (after the Director suspects the company may become insolvent) and will apply until either the course of action ends or it stops being ‘reasonably likely’ to produce an outcome better than voluntary administration or liquidation; and in determining what is ‘reasonably likely’ to produce a better commercial outcome than formal insolvency is an objective one and the onus to prove this objective standard was not met would be borne by a liquidator; On 1 June 2017 the draft bill Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No.2) Bill 201717 was introduced in the lower house and at the second reading there were several concerns raised, the key comments being “….While the industry as a whole believes that the intent of this bill is very good, not everybody believes that it is in its best form at the moment. The Shareholders’ Association, for example, has concerns for its members, who are shareholders in some of the companies that will be affected by this bill. The Productivity Commission has made a number of recommendations, none of which are in this bill. So there is another course of action recommended by the Productivity Commission, and we need to consider whether we are looking at an exemption or a defence model. So there are things for us to work through, and it will be great to watch the Senate inquiry take place. It will be good to see the submissions so that we can fully understand exactly how this works……”18 “….When we are dealing with this specific bill, this proposal for a safe harbour, we are really talking about creating a safe harbour in respect of a provision that prohibits insolvent trading by corporations. It is worth noting that the proceedings concerned are very rarely actually brought. The Productivity Commission dealt with this point before recommending a safe harbour defence when they said: … the spectre of action looms larger than the actual (likely) consequence. The rate of successful enforcement of insolvent trading actions is low. There were only 103 insolvent trading cases between the law’s introduction in 1961 and 2004. The commission went on to say: While the court ordered that compensation be paid in three quarters of those cases, more serious sanctions were extremely rare. Only 15 per cent of cases involved criminal proceedings, and only two cases involved an order banning directors from managing companies. The commission went on to say: Since 2004, ASIC reports that they have commenced action for insolvent trading for circumstances involving five companies only between 2005 and 2011. …..Of course, this bill is concerned with the civil proceedings under the insolvent trading provisions of the Corporations Legislation, and it follows on from the Productivity Commission recommendation for the creation of a safe harbour defence. The Productivity Commission recommended that the Corporations Act should be amended to allow for a safe harbour defence to insolvent trading. It went on to suggest some conditions for the availability of the defence, saying that defence would only be available when directors of a company have made and documented a conscious decision to appoint a safe harbour advisor with a view to constructing a plan to turn around the company; the advisor was presented with proper books and records; the adviser had at least five years’ experience; the directors were able to demonstrate they had taken all reasonable steps to pursue restructuring; and the advice had to be proximate to the specific circumstance of financial difficulty, not a set of advice much earlier in relation to something else. There are some other components of the recommendation that are relevant, but readers can have a look at the report themselves.”19 Following the readings in the lower house, on 15 June 2017 the bill was referred to the Senate Economics Committee for inquiry, with the committee report due by 8 August 201720. So the debate remains open. We are sure that Australian insolvent trading provisions as they currently stand will be reformed through the proposed safe harbour laws, however, the final application of them remains unresolved. For further Safe Harbour advice or if you require one of our expert management consultants visit our Contact Us page Article written by Nicky Lonergan Chief Operations Officer, SV Partners. Law Reform Commission Report No. 45 General Insolvency Inquiry (The Harmer Report); terms of reference. Australian Law Reform Commission General Insolvency Inquiry, Report No.45 (1988) chapter 7 which commenced on 23 June 1993 Part 5.3A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (the Act) Repositioned the law from s592 and 593 of the Corporations Law (derived from ss.556 & 557 of the Companies Code) s.592 created a criminal offence which carried maximum penalty of $5,000 or one year imprisonment, or both. If convicted, ASIC or a creditor could then, pursuant to s593, apply to Court for a declaration that the convicted person pay whole or part of the debt. The liquidator had not means to pursue a civil remedy on behalf of the company for the benefit of creditors as a whole (http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/BondLawRw/1993/11.pdf) Harris, J. Article: Director Liability for Insolvent Trading: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Reference 22 page 4 Section 95A of the CA Insolvent Trading: A safe harbour for reorganising attempts outside of external administration Harris, J. Article: Director Liability for Insolvent Trading: Is the Cure Worse than the Disease? Murray, M. Australian Insolvency Journal October – December 2007, Vol 19, No.4 4-6, 8-9: An interview with Richard Fisher A commissioner on the then Law Reform Commission’s General Insolvency Inquiry (which produced the Harmer report) ARITA discussion paper: A Platform for Recovery Dealing with Corporate Financial Distress in Australia: October 2014 Productivity Commission Inquiry Report No. 75: Business Set Ups, transfers and Closures, 30 September 2015 (the PC report) http://www.treasury.gov.au/ConsultationsandReviews/Consultations/2016/Improving-bankruptcy-and-insolvency-laws On 1 June 2017 http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2F7940dba6-3d49-4d38-811f-42e1e50c1e3c%2F0074;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2F7940dba6-3d49-4d38-811f-42e1e50c1e3c%2F0077%22 http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/EnterpriseIncentivesNo2	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1773
__label__cc	0.656269	0.343731	Steelers Re-sign Free Agent P Brad Wing Pittsburgh Steelers punter Brad Wing will definitely be back competing for the punting job in 2015 as the team announced Friday that he has signed a one-year contract. Wing was scheduled to be an exclusive rights free agent come March and thus had to sign a one-year tender for the minimum if offered by the Steelers. Wing, who was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Philadelphia Eagles following the 2013 NFL Draft, originally signed with the Steelers last January. Wing punted 61 times for 2,668 yards for the Steelers in 2014. 20 of his punts landed inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and his 43.7 average ranked fifth among rookie punters in team history. The Steelers have also reportedly signed free agent punter Richie Leone to a futures contract, so he should serve as Wing’s competition throughout the offseason. Wing is one of several exclusion rights free agents to be re-signed this offseason as guard Chris Hubbard and linebacker Terence Garvin also were re-signed since the 2014 season ended. Related Items:Brad Wing, exclusive rights free agents, Philadelphia Eagles, Richie Leone Steelers’ Seven Shots – Sunday, June 16, 2019 ESPN Writer Believes Eagles Should Trade For Artie Burns Four Steelers Now On Market After Failing To Receive ERFA Tender Offers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1783
__label__cc	0.667176	0.332824	Has mapping ever changed? By Steve Coast on August 2, 2013 in economics, future shock, maps When you look at the last, say, 40 years of mapping in the United States it’s hard to see that the central problem of mapping has changed. The consumer wants to get to work on time. That’s about it. We can nudge that scenario in to “…wants to get home” or “…wants to see the ball game”… or whatever you want. But, centrally, all I care about is getting from A to B. Where A or B tend to be something like my home, my office or someplace else like my kids school. Only rarely are A and B some other random thing unrelated to my daily life. What’s changed in the last 40 years is the technology. We can imagine that in 1973 the hot technology was paper, as it had been for about the previous two-thousand years. Paper is incredibly cheap, lightweight, hardy and high-resolution. Somewhere in the suburban time frame radio traffic reports emerged. This was a great way to make me tune in to certain radio stations. Now, I not only have a framework for figuring out a route (paper), I also have some approximation of the time it will take. Thus, I can choose which route to take. Let’s pause and emphasize that. The primary piece of information I need to know is binary. Do I take route 1 or route 2 home today. That’s it. That is the major, most important use case for mapping. Everything else, checking in, finding a McDonald’s and so on is far less important compared to the one thing I need every day. Radio reports are a pretty crappy ways to convey the nuance of traffic information. But then, I don’t care. My route to work has two or possibly three variations. So crappy (low density) information is fine. The problem kicks up with frequency. Is information every 10 or 20 minutes useful to me? No, so they give traffic reports every five minutes which makes them super repetitive. A vast infrastructure emerged to include helicopter traffic reporters. What happened next? The world exploded, approximately. We’ve seen a bazillion different mapping apps and services, most have died, most are trying to do the same old thing; tell me how to get to work on time. TrafficGauge for the Bay Area Enter TrafficGauge. Founded in 2001, a full six years before the iPhone shipped. The screen shows traffic, the button looks like it was a backlight. What’s noticeable about the product post-hoc is how damn simple it was. A screen and a button. That’s it. Using the pager network, the device magically showed you where traffic was bad for something like $80 per device and $5/month. They shipped in something like five markets in the US. This is all a little sketchy because, shockingly, there is no wikipedia page. I’ll link to where it should exist one day though here. So we’ve gone from paper to radio reports. Now we have in-car devices which explode thanks to TomTom and others and in a sense died with the launch (and quick death) of Dash. Dash, the in-car connected GPS PND Dash, like TrafficGauge, was a beautiful device but far easier to spell. It included a radio, like TrafficGauge, but this radio could transmit things as well as receive. What did it transmit? Primarily, your position. But, it also meant you could do searches and other stuff. By using your position, Dash could in theory figure out the traffic speed around you. It used you as a probe in the outside world and then could tell drivers behind you how bad the traffic is in front of them. Why do we need this vast infrastructure? There are two reasons. One is, traffic data is kind of monopolistic and expensive so having more sources is a good thing (where good means cheaper). The other is that the cutting edge of traffic information was induction loops. Induction Loop. Pretty, isn’t it? Induction loop is a fancy term for “piece of wire buried in the road” which, with a little logic, you can use to sense cars. At least, until carbon fiber cars become the norm. Various governments install these things in every lane down a freeway every mile or so and can thus detect flow rate of vehicles. After a lot of work, you get to know which freeway you should take home. Putting probes out in to the world would be better, so long as we have sufficient numbers of probes. Thus Dash died under the weight of product development, hardware engineering, software and also having to sell enough units to be self-sustaining. As Dash died, the iPhone and friends took over. That meant waze, google maps and much more. Google Maps on Android with traffic Look how the information density has crept up on us from audio reports over the radio, to TrafficGauge, to the vomit-on-a-screen above. The industry went so far beyond the required information, and got so slap happy with the available tools, it reminds me of when laser printers came out. Leaflets using every available typeface and color were normal for a year or five, then we regained our brains and sense of information design. Think for a second what I actually need to know when navigating. It’s basically down to two modes – unambiguous and ambiguous path decisions. When I’m on a freeway at 70mph I only, really, need to know unambiguously if I’m coming off at the next exit or not. That can be conveyed with an arrow, and maybe some confirmation data like the exit number or name. I only really need confirmation data because the map data might be wrong, or we slip in to a complicated exit scenario like the following city example: When I’m in San Francisco and I have traffic everywhere, bad GPS reception and I’m eating a burrito, things become more complicated. The GPS is telling me to turn left… Does it mean this left or that left? At this point a map is suddenly very useful, in a limited infographic kind of way, to disambiguate the device, reality and my mental model of where I should be going. Snap, when all three of those agree good things happen. Who is the above map useful for? Nobody. As a pedestrian I don’t care much about the traffic. As a driver, the information isn’t condensed enough to things like left or right turns. What it is (and it’s not just Google, everybody makes online maps like this), is an exercise in punishment-by-brogrammer. Look! I can add colors! So, here we are 40 years later and I still have the same problem. Which route do I take home today? Only now I’m overloaded with information and the solution costs infinitely more than it used to. The radio traffic report was approximately free, TrafficGauge was $120 ish fully loaded and now an iPhone costs $2-3,000 fully loaded over the life of the contract. Yes, your iPhone does so much more. These devices have hoovered up entire industries. Where I used to own a camera, GPS, phone, mp3 player and video recorder I now have an iPhone. Let’s divide the cost in five, and we still end up with $400+ for the mapping functionality. Therefore the costs have jumped two orders of magnitude, the problem I’m solving remains the same, and the density of information has jumped – overshot – to a point far beyond my actual needs. You can buy a brand new GPS for $150 with lifetime new maps and live traffic. We can wave our hands and call that half the cost for the same services delivered by an iPhone. We can get similar things far cheaper on eBay. If you’re at all rational, a GPS is the better choice for your car. When I see terms like “lifetime maps and traffic” I feel that there is some level of desperation out there. Here they are giving you the farm; the device and all that data and updates for less than a third of what the device alone used to cost. Your cell phone on the other hand is giving you less distilled information, for more money. It would appear inevitable that the pendulum will swing the other way and we will get simpler interfaces, cheaper, with more distilled information. Perhaps the new Google Maps is a leading indicator of that. Red Dot Fever: The cutting edge of how to find the nearest McDonald’s When maps were made out of dead trees, they needed to show every street. They only show every street today, because that’s what we did back in 1846. There is no actual reason to show every street on a mobile device if you’re attempting to accomplish some task. For entertainment purposes, please, add every street. When I’m browsing around, or finding my bearings, this is useful. But as soon as I want to achieve something, a map is just information design. I don’t want a map. I want to find McDonald’s, or I want to get home on time. A map is just a crappy tool to help me achieve these tasks. 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__label__wiki	0.747355	0.747355	(Fic) Rite of Passage 30th November 2015 (15:09) Tags: fic, silmarillion, tolkien I've written fic! This is a story I've been wanting to write for a while, but found difficult because i'd keep going off at tangents instead of sticking to the main storyline, and had to ruthlessly prune them away again... It's a sequel to A Matter of Perspective, a story I wrote last year about the night Fëanor and Nerdanel first met. That story introduced the OFC character of Lissiel, Nerdanel's best friend and the one who dragged her to the party where she met Prince Fëanor. Then in July of this year I put together Meanwhile, Back in Tirion, a story set 3,000 years later after Fëanor and most of the Noldor have left Tirion to recover the Silmarils; and Nerdanel and her royal sisters-in-law are left behind in the City trying to work out what to do next. This story included Lissiel as Princess Nerdanel's Chief Handmaiden; and as someone asked and I confirmed; yes, it's meant to be the same person. There are numerous references to handmaidens in Tolkien's work — Varda, Vairë, Melian and Galadriel are all specifically mentioned as having one or several — but little detail is given as to what the job actually entails. In some ways they're servants: Galadriel's handmaiden is sent to bring her a cup of wine when the Lady of Lórien wants to toast farewell to the Fellowship. On the other hand, Varda's handmaiden Ilmarë is noted as being 'chief among the Maiar of Valinor', more important than, say, Melian or Olórin. It's clear that if they're servants, they're very senior and illustrious ones. Note that in our real history, a Queen's ladies-in-waiting were often chosen from among daughters of the highest nobility, and it was considered an honour to be chosen; not least because handmaidens and ladies-in-waiting had regular personal access to talk to the Queen, at a time when royalty were not merely symbols but had actual executive power. It should also be noted that in bygone days being a personal servant to someone was not necessarily considered demeaning; it was just a job like any other, and a perfectly honourable one. Finally, bear in mind that in a palace with hundreds, if not thousands of staff, being a servant in charge of other servants and running a department of the royal household would be a very responsible position, similar to a manager in a modern company — i'm assuming that given their general belief in gender equality, elves would not expect handmaidens to be merely decorative! As such, I became interested in exploring Lissiel's backstory; how she became a royal handmaiden, and what the job might entail, and what she thought about it. This also gives an opportunity to look at Nerdanel's story from a new angle. Her marriage to Fëanor is a familiar part of Silmarillion lore; but something that I've not seen mentioned as much is how much of an upheaval it must have been for her to go from being a humble blacksmith's daughter to being the wife of the Crown Prince and heir to the High King of the Noldor. Plus, I like stories being told from the perspective of someone else, not the major and well-known protagonists, giving a view from outside. And so: This story looks at the preparations for Nerdanel's wedding to the Crown Prince from a ground-level point of view; through the eyes of her newly-appointed chief handmaiden who's been given the job of organising it all. Title: Rite of Passage Fandom: The Silmarillion Characters: Lissiel (OFC, Nerdanel's friend), Nerdanel, Fëanor, various Elven and Ainur inhabitants of the Blessed Realm Wordcount: 4758 Rating/Warnings: General, no warnings needed. King's House, Tirion One day before the wedding of Crown Prince Curufinwë Fëanáro to Lady Nerdanel Istarnië Lissiel paused at the bottom of the stairs and took a deep breath. Several deep breaths. Her knuckles were white on the banister as she tried to stop the room from spinning around her. Focus, she told herself. Remember your training. Remember your duty. Then she straightened up, made a microscopic adjustment to the fit of her chemise, and opened the double doors and swept through them like a queen. Two servants bobbed curtseys to her as she went past; she smiled back at them graciously. A measured glance out of the window to judge the brightness of the light told her it was still only the second hour: so she had time to see the Master of the Royal Music first, before going down to the kitchens to double-check the catering arrangements. But if she did that, it would mean... By fortunate coincidence a servant wearing the livery of the Outside Staff walked past at that moment. Lissiel stopped him, asked him to take a message to the Chief Gardener; could he delay their meeting until after Laurelin's fourth hour? The man nodded, said, "Of course, my lady" and hurried off on his errand. Lissiel watched him go, keeping her face carefully immobile to keep it from betraying her glee. She still hadn't quite got used to the way people treated her now. How she could give people instructions — no, orders — and they'd obey her. Without question. It was an unusual feeling; part of her revelled in it, part was afraid she'd start to enjoy it too much... Seven weeks before the wedding She'd discussed her thoughts on the matter with Nerdanel, a while back, and of course her friend had teased her and said she'd always known that Lissiel would turn into a power-mad dictator the moment she became a royal handmaiden and was thus raised to the aristocracy. Power corrupts, and Lissiel was proof. Which was a bit rich – Lissiel retorted – coming from someone who in less than two more months would become Crown Princess of the Noldor and (depending on which protocol expert you talked to) either the second or the third highest-ranked woman in all of Tirion. Give her a year and the Eldar would all be puppets dancing to her whim. They'd been eating cream meringues at the time, prepared for them by the palace pâtissiers, which was unfortunate since they made excellent missiles for Nerdanel to throw at her newly-appointed Chief Handmaiden. Lissiel hadn't hesitated for more than a moment before picking up another and throwing it back - which, Nerdanel warned her between her giggles, was high treason and she could have her executed for it. Lissiel had scorned this threat: if Nerdanel had her killed, who would she find to pick out her clothes for her in future? Surely she didn't think her own lamentable fashion sense was good enough for a princess of the Noldor? Nerdanel had replied archly that Fëanor was marrying her, not her clothes; and if necessary she'd go to her wedding in the nude. The image this conjured up stopped Lissiel in her tracks – a meringue poised to throw lying forgotten in her hand – as she imagined the effect it would have on the more strait-laced Noldorin nobility. Let alone what the Vanyar guests would think! "Actually, the Vanyar probably wouldn't mind," Nerdanel had commented when Lissiel shared her thoughts. "They're more, um, close to nature than we are. They think we rely too much on artifice; we're too much in love with the things we create." "Including clothes?" "Well, I assume so. The ones I've met all wore normal clothing, but you never know..." Lissiel remembered that Nerdanel was more well-travelled than she was; after all, she went on those weird walking holidays far from the civilised delights of Tirion. The very idea made Lissiel shudder. (And the thought that as a royal handmaiden it would probably be her duty to accompany Princess Nerdanel on any future such expeditions was not a comfort.) "Speaking of clothes..." Lissiel looked down at her gown. It was covered in bits of cream and sugar-dust, and was going to pose a challenge to the palace laundry. She sighed. Nerdanel's dress was just as bad, and the floor was a state. "We probably shouldn't have done this." "No, it was funny. But we have made a bit of a mess; I suppose we should clean it up..." Nerdanel half-rose from her chair, but Lissiel - already more attuned to the nuances of palace life thanks to the fact she'd, ahem, been working there for the last few years instead of gallivanting around with her dashing and handsome fiancé - looked up at the two servants who, inevitably, were hovering silently at the edge of the room. There were always servants in the palace, everywhere you went; it was a fact of her new life. These two were wincing with looks of acute distress, which they attempted to hide – too slow – when they realised Lissiel was looking at them. But she called them over with an understanding nod, and restrained Nerdanel from getting up. "Let them do it, Ner. It's their job." "But..." Nerdanel looked rebellious, but subsided, much to Lissiel's relief. Training her to be a proper princess was a far harder job than her own training to be a palace handmaiden had been. The fact was that the servants – and, for that matter, most of the population of Eldamar – were natural royalists. The idea of 'their' princess having to do anything for herself, when they could do it for her, pained them; it hurt their pride. Lissiel herself had once found that hard to comprehend, even though she found herself instinctively sympathising with the viewpoint. But the psychology of it had been explained to her by the highest imaginable authority on empathy, compassion and understanding in the entire realm of Arda, and she finally understood. Which was also Nerdanel's doing, indirectly. Seven years before the wedding Lissiel would never have presumed, or dared, to approach the Valar themselves to request training, even though she knew that Lord Aulë accepted many of the Noldor as students. But her talents lay in other directions than craftsmanship and smithing, so she had never really considered the idea as applicable to her. Then Nerdanel had reminded her that the Valar themselves had interests in other fields too – including much more abstract areas of knowledge and skill – and one of them might be willing to teach her. Lissiel had stored the idea to one side of her mind, as something she might think about later. Until, that is, the day her best friend, newly betrothed and ennobled (as an engagement gift from her future parents-in-law) had called her in to tell her she wanted Lissiel to be her official Chief Handmaiden, so that she'd see at least one familiar face at her side in her new life at the palace. The job would not be a sinecure. A Chief Handmaiden (or the masculine equivalent, for the males of the high nobility) was a combination of personal assistant, chief of staff, social secretary, wardrobe manager, head of intelligence, counsellor, confidante and companion. She counted as a noble of the third rank in her own right, with the perquisites and privileges that entailed. She was in charge of the other handmaidens (who were nobles of the fourth rank) and the non-noble servants who were assigned to her principal. She controlled a significant budget, and was entrusted with her noble's Privy Purse as well. The offer filled Lissiel with an overpowering mixture of delight and terror. Queen Indis's Chief Handmaiden was over 1800 years old and had been born beneath the stars of Cuiviénen; Lissiel was 51, barely out of adolescence by Elven standards. How could she possibly take up such a position in such exalted company? How would the other palace staff ever take her seriously? The solution rose up in her mind and astonished her with her own audacity. They'd have to take her seriously if she was properly trained. Trained by the Valar themselves, in, in, she wasn't exactly sure... people skills? Management and organisation? Politics? Then she'd been worried that this was hubris speaking, that her motives were pride rather than the desire to do a good job. The Valar would see right through her and turn her away. She'd have failed Nerdanel before she even started... She'd gone out onto the terrace to think things through, walking slowly down the silver-lit gravel path; and there she'd met Prince Fëanor himself, taking the evening air. He'd given her the friendly but slightly cautious smile she'd come to recognise. After a lifetime of being the centre of attention, he was now going to get married – and was discovering that his intended wife had her own life, and her own interests, and her own circle of friends which did not revolve around him. This was a new and – let's face it – not entirely enjoyable experience for him. However, he was quick on the uptake (almost disturbingly so) and it was obvious that he genuinely and deeply loved his fiancée; and so he seemed to have made a conscious decision to be pleasant to Nerdanel's friends. He already knew about Lissiel's job offer – it was no surprise to her that Nerdanel had discussed it with him first. He asked what she'd decided to do, and nodded in a slightly uncomprehending manner when Lissiel said she'd come out here to think it over. Thinking things over was not one of Fëanor's strong points, at least according to his fond but often exasperated fiancée. Taking the plunge, Lissiel had asked him what he thought about her approaching one of the Valar to become their student. He'd not been as sympathetic as she'd expected, giving the distinct impression that he wasn't sure there was much to learn from them – or at least, that it was better to find things out for yourself. Still, he was quite blunt about the fact that if Lissiel wanted to do it, she should go right ahead without hesitation. Then his mood turned right around, and he grinned broadly, and he said that none of Queen Indis's handmaidens had been trained by the Valar, so maybe Lissiel should learn what she could from the Powers and then give lessons to the other royal handmaidens, and wouldn't that be a turn-around! Now it was Lissiel's turn to force a hesitant smile. If there was one thing she hated above all else, it was being made to take sides in someone else's argument. Luckily, she was either good at hiding her feelings or the Prince wasn't paying attention to them, because now he was encouraging her to approach the Valar as soon as possible, so her training could be finished before the wedding, so she could be put in charge of making the arrangements for it as her first big job as his future wife's Chief Handmaiden... It was quite overwhelming, but Lissiel forced down the feeling of panic that threatened to engulf her and asked the Prince if he knew the best way to approach the Valar. Fëanor waved a hand airily – "I'm told they can hear you anywhere, but probably best to go to the Máhanaxar, make it formal. Why not go first thing tomorrow? I'll lend you a horse. Comyandur—" this was addressed to the attendant who was waiting dutifully on his master a few paces back "—Please prepare a letter of introduction over my signature for Lady Lissiel; she can stay in the Noldorin embassy in Valmar as my guest. 'Please extend all courtesies as you would to myself', etcetera, you know the drill". She'd stammered out her thanks, then fled before he – or more to the point, she herself – could change their minds. And so in the morning, much to her bemusement, she'd found herself perched on the back of one of the finest horses in the royal stables, its long strides eating up the leagues between Tirion and Valmar; and a week later she'd been standing on the cool grass of the Máhanaxar awaiting her audience when a gentle voice behind her had asked, "Why are you nervous?" She turned, and saw only an ordinary-looking elf woman in a plain white dress, such as one might meet every day on the streets of the city. She bore no obvious sign of power or majesty; but some sixth sense told Lissiel that there was a strength within her, the strength of a tree that bends in the wind but does not break; and so she did not hesitate to tell her the truth. She spoke of her ordinary, everyday nervousness; that she felt awe of the Valar, and was afraid she would offend them or embarrass herself before them. That they might judge her unworthy, and turn her away. Encouraged by the patient smile and warm eyes of her listener – though she spoke no further words – Lissiel opened her heart further. She spoke of her doubts over her own motives, that she worried that perhaps she only wanted to study under the Valar out of pride and ambition rather than a genuine desire to learn. That she was afraid of letting Nerdanel down and falling short of the trust she'd placed in her. That she was terrified that after Nerdanel got married she'd forget her old friend and move on into a new life where Lissiel could not follow... As she stammered out those last words Lissiel finally fell silent, astonished that she'd confided so many of her deepest secrets to this stranger. But the woman gave her a kindly smile and said, "Thank you, Lissiel". And while Lissiel was still wondering, "How do you know my name?" the woman had added, "I would be delighted to have you as my student, if you desire it." And then her eyes saw clearly who was before her, and Lissiel sank to her knees in reverent awe and said, "I do, my lady." But another part of her couldn't resist asking, "Why did you appear to me the way you did, just now?" Nienna extended a hand to help her new student back to her feet. Her voice was still kindly, but now there was a brisk tone underlying it. "As your first lesson, I'd like you to explain that to me..." Seven days before the wedding "Why Nienna?" "Hmm? Lissiel had her back to the room, writing on the Big Board. The cook was riding out to Alqualondë to personally organise a delivery of fresh seafood for the wedding banquet, so she had to reschedule their meeting tomorrow, which caused a cascade effect to ripple though every other appointment she'd made that day... She didn't realise Nerdanel had spoken until she repeated the question. "Why Lady Nienna? You never did explain." Reluctantly she turned away from the board, the chalk still held between her fingers. Nerdanel was standing in the middle of an explosion of cases, bags and boxes, all the drawers and cupboards of the room lying open around her. She'd insisted on doing her own packing, and for once Lissiel wasn't in the mood to argue. She'd dismissed the servants with a quiet nod, knowing they'd still be within call if Nerdanel changed her mind. A week before the Royal Wedding, the tension was starting to leave its mark. Lissiel was, in fact, very glad that Nerdanel had decided to spend her last week of singledom at her parents' house. Maybe it was cowardly of her, but if the Crown-Princess-to-be went into full emotional meltdown from pre-wedding nerves, Master Mahtan and his wife would probably do better than Lissiel at picking up the pieces. They'd known their daughter a little longer than she had, after all. Lissiel opened her mouth to answer, then closed it again with a grin. She pretended to study the chalk held in her hand for a moment, then asked, "Why don't you tell me why I became her student?" Nerdanel gave an exaggerated scowl. "You're not a Vala. Don't try that answer-a-question-with-a-question stuff on me!" "You've got to admit it's a good teaching technique." "I know. Lord Aulë does it all the time. But I don't want my brain stretched right now, I want a nice relaxing time before my big day." Lissiel refrained from turning around to indicate the board crammed with finely-written text detailing all the plans, appointments and schedules that she and the rest of the palace staff were immersed in so that Nerdanel could enjoy her 'relaxing time'. Nerdanel, however, was not stupid; she had the grace to look a little abashed. "I'm sorry. I'm just curious. I mean, if you wanted training in management and organisation, wouldn't Lord Manwë have been a better choice?" Once Lissiel would have been horror-struck at such presumption. Now she just shook her head. "The Elder King is much too busy for that sort of thing; though he did give me the honour of a short audience—" "Really? You never told me!" Nerdanel sounded fascinated, and a little envious. Lissiel shrugged awkwardly. "I think he was curious to meet me. You must know, the Valar saw me as, well, something of an experiment. They've been teaching us the practical arts – agriculture, animal husbandry, architecture, and so on – for years, and of course there's astronomy, theology, mathematics and other areas of abstract knowledge. But can you teach someone the kind of skills a handmaiden needs? Or do you have to be born with them?" "Well, can you?" Now she looked genuinely interested. Lissiel grinned, "You'll be the best judge of my skills yourself, my lady soon-to-be-Princess! But Lady Nienna did teach me a lot. I feel different, you know, in myself? More self-confident. I feel like I understand things a whole lot better now; about the way people act, why they say the things they do. My lady was always asking me to explain why; why I thought someone reacted this way, why they said that, why they did this; and so on, and so on. To question everything." "Hmm. You're saying she made you introspective? I wouldn't have thought that was possible." That made Lissiel laugh. "Oh, she praised me for being spontaneous—" "Is that what they're calling it now?" "Ahem. Lady Nienna says that while self-knowledge is good, it's wrong to be constantly second-guessing yourself. Compassion is active, not passive; you can't help people by sitting quietly on your hands worrying if you're going to do the wrong thing." "Well that's good. Because I can't imagine you sitting quietly, on your hands or otherwise, for more than three minutes at a time." "That's not true! I sit quietly for hours sometimes when you're bashing at rocks with a hammer!" The woman who was already being hailed as the Eldar's greatest sculptor refused to rise to the bait at hearing her art described in such terms. She contented herself by saying mildly, "Do you? I assumed you were always still chattering away, but the noise was just drowned out by the sound of hammering". Lissiel stuck out her tongue. "So, your apprenticeship with Lady Nienna taught you to be spontaneously introspective? Or introspectively spontaneous? And that's useful?" "I've seen Carondo at work, you know. I visited his studio while I was in training." Nerdanel blinked at the apparent non-sequitur. Carondo was, well, he had been the most famous sculptor in Tirion. That status was now in doubt. Nerdanel asked warily, "Did he know you're my friend?" "Oh yes. Don't worry, he was perfectly gracious, though I did get the impression he was hoping to impress me to make a point. He is very good... but you know how he works?" "Slowly. Painstakingly, even. I was in his studio for five hours, and in all that time he only struck his chisel eight times. I counted." "What kind of piece was he working on?" "Hard to tell, it was barely more than a lump of rock when I was there, and he didn't tell me what he was planning." Nerdanel thought for a while. "This was what, two years ago?" "More like six." "Really? Because the only statue he's unveiled since The Party—" (there was only one capital-P Party in Nerdanel's vocabulary: the one where she first met Fëanor) "— is that big monumental piece of Imin, Tata and Enel he did for Mountainside Park. You mean he was already working on it six years ago?" "I told you he was slow." "Slow? With eight chisel-strokes in five hours, it sounds like he was working extra-fast to impress you!" Lissiel giggled. "Probably. But that's my point, see? How many times would you strike your chisel in five hours?" "I've, um, never really counted..." "Could you finish a life-size statue of three people in five hours? You could, I bet." "No! That's ridiculous. Well, not unless it was really, really abstract and impressionistic. Huh. Actually, that might be an interesting... " She looked thoughtful. "Maybe I could?" "I've seen you, Ner, bashing away. Lumps of rock and stone-dust flying everywhere, non-stop. It's pretty spectacular, actually. I can watch what you're carving emerging from the rock in front of my eyes." "Yes, but that's only the statues I make for fun. I take longer over the commissions." She sounded a little defensive. "Anyway, what you don't take account of is the months of preparation and planning and sketching I do beforehand. I only pick up my chisel when I've got everything perfectly fixed in my mind." "Exactly! That's my point!" Lissiel exclaimed gleefully. "That's what Lady Nienna taught me. You prepare carefully in advance, so when the time comes you can be spontaneous! Except you're a person being spontaneous who actually knows what she's doing, and understands how people think, and can foresee the effect she'll have on people." Nerdanel considered this. "It sounds a little, I don't know... manipulative?" Lissiel nodded and said frankly, "You're right. It can be. But listen: do you remember Master Rúmil's story about crossing the Big River? Nerdanel nodded. It was a familiar part of elven folklore, a tale of the Great Journey taught to all their children. "So they built the rafts, but everyone was afraid to get on them because the river was so wide and fast-flowing. So then King Ingwë jumps onto a raft himself and challenges the Vanyar to follow him, and then King Finwë does the same with the Noldor. Do you remember what Ingwë said to them?" "Of course. 'How can we call ourselves Minyar if we are not the first to cross this river?' I remember being confused because they're not called Minyar, they're called Vanyar." "You weren't confused, Nerdanel, you were angry. I remember that day. You made Master Rúmil interrupt his story to explain to you, while the rest of us grumbled." "Well, if you're telling a story you should include all relevant information so people understand it." "Mm-hmm. But anyway, why do you think Ingwë used those words?" "Well, to inspire them to get on the rafts. Appealing to their sense of pride." "'Inspire' or 'manipulate'?" "But they're—" Whatever else she may be, Nerdanel was never slow on the uptake. "All right. I take your point. It's all a matter of perspective." "Yes. Or motive. You can use words to persuade someone to do what you want, or what's in everyone's best interest including their own: but they’re often the same words. Words are powerful and dangerous things." "Which makes you a powerful and dangerous person?" "Of course. I'm a Quende; it's right there in the name." "Is that even a word?" "Sure it is. What else do you think the singular of 'Quendi' would be?" "I've never actually heard anyone say it, and I'm marrying a linguist!" "I'm sure Fëanáro will back me up if you ask him. He'll also explain to you exactly why the Teleri say 'Pende' or whatever it is they say over there, with a side dissertation on the word's derivations in five different dialects of Proto-Eldarin, three of them imaginary." Nerdanel giggled. "He would too. Is this the voice of experience?" "Not directly. I have received similar lectures, uh, I mean conversations before though." Nerdanel pretended to scowl. "I hope you're not being rude about my almost-husband." "I wouldn't dare." This was actually true. Prince Fëanor could be pleasant, even charming when he wanted to be, but when he was angry he was a terror. She added in a more whimsical tone, "But I wish you'd ask him to stop changing my board. I know the Tengwar are still a work in progress, but that doesn't mean he can rub out and redraw the letters I've already written when he decides they should be a different shape! He'd listen to you, if you asked him." She half-turned to indicate the board behind her. Nerdanel walked over to look at it with her, a finger tracing the line that marked today's date. "Only eight more days" she said in a voice gone suddenly shy. Lissiel gave her a companionable squeeze around the shoulders, then gently lifted her finger aside before it smudged the chalk. Nerdanel stood in silence for a moment, then turned to face Lissiel. Her face was solemn, though there was perhaps a faint glint in her eye. "So you're saying that for your training you went to Nienna... because she's the Vala of empathy and understanding?" "Well, yes." "And not because she's also the Vala of sorrow and pity?" "No, I, uh... What are you getting at?" "That I'd hate to think my new Chief Handmaiden thinks that the primary qualification for her job is knowing how to show pity to the afflicted!" Lissiel burst out laughing. "Hardly. You do know you're the envy of every woman in Tirion right now.? Well, nearly every one. And probably some of the men too. You're marrying your prince — both figuratively and literally." Nerdanel tried to look modest, and failed. Her smile was radiant and slightly smug. "I'd still marry him if he were a street sweeper. You do know that, right?" "I do. But admit it, Ner, becoming royalty and having a small army of servants at your beck and call —" she pointed at herself with the hand holding the chalk and swept a curtsey, "does have its advantages, yes?" The general-in-chief of Nerdanel's small army of servants came out of her meeting with the Master of the Royal Music feeling accomplished. They'd reviewed the programme for tomorrow's wedding, incorporated a few minor changes and one major one — moving back the firework display meant that an extra twenty minutes of music had to be found to fill the gap. As Lissiel left she made a promise to double-check that the palace kitchens had made proper arrangements to supply refreshments to the orchestra during the evening reception. Apparently the catering arrangements had been rather lacking in this respect at previous formal social occasions — at least in the Master's eyes; the Cook refused to accept that there was a problem. The Cook was a most formidable lady, the absolute ruler of the palace kitchens, and few dared to challenge her. She was one of the Unbegotten, the original 144, and refused to accept that any elf born of woman could ever know more than her about cooking, catering or managing a kitchen. It had to be said, she was very good at her job – so long as you were happy to do things her way. And talking to her was next on Lissiel's agenda. Gulp. Seven years ago, Lissiel would probably not even have dared speak to her, let alone argue with her. But now she was Nerdanel's Chief Handmaiden — well, strictly speaking, a Royal Handmaiden on secondment to Lady Nerdanel until after her marriage; but Crown Prince Fëanor had personally put her in charge of organising this wedding, and that made Lissiel very senior indeed in the hierarchy of palace servants. At least equal to the Cook, and in this particular case, with the theoretical right to give her instructions... No, not 'theoretical' right. Actual right, damn it. Lissiel took a deep breath. Her hand went to the amulet she wore under her blouse for good luck, and held it. "I can do this," she said to herself. "I can." Then sighed. "Nienna have pity on me..." Posted at: 1st December 2015 13:47 (UTC) A while? I wrote that fragment in 2013. :) As too often happens, I ran out of steam and never worked out how to end it, so it just cuts off abruptly.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1790
__label__cc	0.510861	0.489139	Army Announces 2 New Afghanistan Troop Deployments As DoD Digs In For 2018 Airborne Unit In Alaska Tapped For Afghanistan Deployment Jared Keller U.S. Army photo The Army plans on deploying the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team and 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Fort Carson, Colorado-based 4th Infantry Division to Afghanistan this coming spring, the branch announced in two separate statements on Dec. 14. 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team 4th Brigade Combat Team afghan national defense and security forces afghanistan afghanistan troop levels ANDSF global war on terror taliban troop deployments troop levels War in Afghanistan Alex Horton, Stars and Stripes About 1,500 soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division in Alaska are deploying to Afghanistan as part of a regular rotation as the war in that country continues its 16th year, the Army announced Friday. 25th Infantry Division 4th Brigade Combat Team afghanistan alaska	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1791
__label__wiki	0.825655	0.825655	Putin's much-hyped nuclear-powered cruise missile is an expensive mess Russia can't even afford Report: Russia Lost A Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile At Sea US Revives Idea Of Limited Nuclear War That Doesn’t Destroy The Planet This Is What Led To The US Navy Launching Missiles Into Yemen how the other half fights Ryan Pickrell, Business Insider The launch of what President Vladimir Putin said is Russia's new nuclear-powered intercontinental cruise missile. (RU-RTR Russian Television/Associated Press) Russia can't afford its Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, which still doesn't work right and may not be combat ready for another decade, CNBC reports, citing U.S. intelligence assessments. T-14 Armata su-57 Cruise Missile Russia burevestnik military tech news how the other half fights Brad Howard In the worst reboot of The Hunt For Red October we’ve ever heard, Russia has lost a secretive nuclear-powered cruise missile at sea during a failed test in the last several months, CNBC reports. Bullet Points cruise missile How The Other Half Fights news Nuclear nuclear cruise missile Russia Jeff Schogol UIG via Getty Images / Prisma Bildagentur A nuclear war doesn’t have to be the end of the world, according to the U.S. government’s latest Nuclear Posture Review. cruise missile ICBM mutually assured destruction Nuclear U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mat Murch In the early morning hours on Oct. 13 the USS Nitze, a United States Navy destroyer, launched cruise missile strikes to destroy three coastal radar sites in Yemen. The sites were controlled by Houthi forces, a rebel group closely aligned with Iran. cruise missile houthi missile navy radar site USS Mason uss nitze yemen	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1792
__label__wiki	0.982248	0.982248	With 450M Users, Facebook Events Is Primed For A Standalone App Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 4 years Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook Events has hit global scale with 450 million active users, while noting that Groups now has 850 million. Facebook hasn’t shared a user count for Events in a long time, if ever. That “global scale” he mentioned on today’s earnings call could foreshadow the launch of an enhanced Events feature or a standalone Events app. Facebook recently started sending users a morning reminder about how many Events they have coming up that day. It also just launched a portal teaching people best practices for throwing events, another sign that it’s taking its way to organize IRL gatherings more seriously. In late 2013, I did a talk with Zuckerberg at Facebook campus, where I asked about its strategy with standalone apps. He told me “We just did this big Messenger release and certainly having Instagram here is really shaping our thinking on how you can build out these communities and reach a global maximum for the impact an app can have rather than a local one. So the thinking I think we’ve had in the Facebook mobile app for a while is that experiences that we might add, whether that’s Groups or Events or things like that, can reach a lot of people”. Since then, Facebook did in fact launch a standalone Groups app, as well its Creative Labs initiative to experiment with new app designs like Paper for news reading and Moments for private photo sharing. But there’s still no Events app. There’s a huge opportunity there. Right now, Events works well for organizing birthday parties, protests, and club nights, and it’s easy to invite people. But with all the data about all the Events going on and everything we’ve RSVP’d to in the past, Facebook could help people discover Events they weren’t invited to. It’s been experimenting with some discovery modules buried inside its website and app, including Popular Nearby and Popular In Your Network. But they’re haphazard, randomly showing Events from the next few weeks out of order. The question Facebook could answer is “What should I do tonight?” Either with a standalone app or deeper discovery feature, it could lay out a calendar of suggestions based on the location, type, and friends attending. With these suggestions would come an opportunity to insert “Promoted Events.” People often deride social networks for alienating people rather than actually fostering friendship. A better way to find out what’s going on in your city could prove that Facebook actually is connecting people, not just online.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1797
__label__cc	0.652986	0.347014	COURT SCIENCE CLASSROOM ON-AIR CLASSROOM SPORTS SCIENCE CLASSROOM SUMMER LEAGUE JR. NBA #TOMMORROWSSTARS ADOPT-A-SCHOOLTomorrow's Stars Foundation2019-07-01T20:47:34+00:00 ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM PROVIDES REAL-WORLD OPPORTUNITIES FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT The Adopt-a-School program assists and supports Clark County School District (CCSD) schools identified as at-risk, with in-school and after-school programming and activities, creating opportunities for continued “parent, pupil and principal” interaction. The goal of the Adopt-a-School program is to provide support and specialized in-school programs, after-school extra-curricular activities, and active-learning opportunities to students in grades 6-8. Adopt-A-School provides real-world project opportunities that develop important social, emotional, and cognitive learning skills for at-risk students who have very limited opportunities or the financial means to otherwise engage. ADOPT-A-SCHOOL CREATES MEANINGFUL CHANGE THROUGH THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS “Play-it-Forward” Community Service Based Parent-Pupil Engagement Sponsorship of Home Basketball Game Parent-Student Spirit Nights Parent-Student Essay Contests Parent, Pupil, Principal School Family Nights Inclusion in Court Science Academy – a Tomorrow’s Stars Foundation STEM Project Inclusion Las Vegas’s Annual Martin Luther King Parade Inclusion in Black History Month Festival & Essay Contest Inclusion in Summer League Jr. NBA Basketball League, Camps & Clinics Inclusion in NBA Summer League Ball Crew Program & Special Events Sponsorship of Back-to-School Backpacks & School Supplies Sponsorship of Boys & Girls Basketball Team Uniforms & Gear “Cheer for Self-Esteem” – Inclusion of Cheer Squad at Community Events, Summer League Jr. NBA, and NBA Summer League Co-Ed Basketball Camps in partnerships with the Retired Players Association, Las Vegas Chapter and Summer League Jr. NBA Coaches WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE ADOPT-A-SCHOOL PROGRAM “The Tomorrow’s Stars Foundation sponsorship of John C. Fremont PDMS has allowed our small, antiquated inner city school to be part of the community in an impactful, progressive, and meaningful manner. Fremont students’ lives are changed through opportunity and mentoring, and the Fremont family is very grateful to the NBA Summer League and the Tomorrow’s Stars Foundation for its unwavering support.” – Mrs. Ann Schiller – Principal, John C. Fremont Middle School There are many ways to get involved with the Tomorrow’s Stars Foundation. Every little bit makes a difference. Summer League Jr. NBA All Star Teams Compete in the Jr. NBA West Regional Tournament Summer League Jr. NBA Crowns 2019 Spring League Champions Incredible Talent Showcased at NBA Summer League Anthem Idol Auditions Copyright 2019 Tomorrow's Stars Foundation \| Tomorrow's Stars Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity (tax ID# 13-1685039) \| All Rights Reserved \|	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1801
__label__cc	0.543468	0.456532	Upcoming Features Business In Yorkshire TopicUK News Distribution List Mandy’s Blog TopicUK Picasso exhibition opens in Barnsley Gill Laidler - TopicUK Group Editor Picasso Exhibition opening night at Lady Lever Art Gallery. Images by Gareth Jones Visitors to Barnsley will be able to view ground breaking work by Picasso for free from this weekend. An exhibition featuring 17 original linocut prints will open at the town centre’s newly transformed Cooper Gallery on Saturday (21st January). The prints are on loan from the British Museum and it will be the first time that Picasso’s work has been shown in Barnsley. The exhibition will run until April 29th and a series of educational talks and activities are planned to take place alongside it. In 1950, Picasso visited Sheffield for an international peace conference. To mark the opening of the exhibition, Ian McMillan, Barnsley’s Poet Laureate, has crafted a poem titled ‘Picasso in Barnsley, 1950’ which imagines he also spent some time in Barnsley. Ian is running a creative writing workshop at the Cooper Gallery on Monday 6th March, helping people to create poetry inspired by the exhibition. The event will form part of the Hear My Voice project led by Barnsley Museums. Ian said: “I’m very excited about the Picasso artworks coming to Barnsley; it shows the dynamic cultural times we’re living through round here and that the town is becoming even more of an artistic and creative hub. Picasso in Barnsley? But of course!” Other educational activities include school visits, expert talks, family workshops and events that aim to introduce people to the art of lino cutting. The Picasso artworks, on tour from the British Museum for the first time, have already been on display in Liverpool. Barnsley was chosen as just one of three places in the country to host the exhibition, which will go on to be shown in Coventry. The artworks featured include prints showing the development of two key Picasso prints: ‘Still life under the Lamp’ and ‘Jacqueline Reading’, which depicts the artist’s wife and muse, Jacqueline Roque. Cllr Roy Miller, cabinet spokesperson for Place at Barnsley Council, said: “The exhibition is a great start to the new year for the Cooper Gallery. We hope people make the most of this rare opportunity to see these stunning pieces of artwork right here in Barnsley.” ‘Picasso Linocuts’ has been developed in partnership with the British Museum and the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Liverpool, with support from the Dorset Foundation. For more information about the exhibition, talks and workshops visit www.barnsley-museums.com Previous articleJonathan Straight Next articleLights, camera action http://topicuk.co.uk TopicUK is Wakefield's only B2B community magazine launched in April 2013. We provide free PR and affordable advertising for all locally based businesses. Leeds chiropractors celebrate 25 years service Local Business Leader Finalist for Two Prestigious Awards Yorkshire start-up launches revolutionary video and photo collection service Business is Booming in Armley Saint Catherine’s launches ‘Friends in Business’ scheme Animal Heroes Arrive at White Rose Gill Laidler - TopicUK Group Editor - 07/18/2019	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1802
__label__wiki	0.796711	0.796711	A Preview of Jeff Minter’s ‘Minotron: 2112’ – Llamatron Redux Posted on February 11, 2011 February 11, 2011 by Blake Patterson Early last month, noted gamemaker Jeff Minter released Solar Minotaur Rescue Frenzy [App Store], the first title in his Minotaur Project, an effort to release a series of new games in the style of the hardware of days long past, but without any of the limitations of the original platforms. Over the past weeks we’ve noted with anticipation (and some fear) Jeff’s tweets, providing hints at the progress of the second game in this effort — at least, we seriously hope that’s what all those tweets were about… In any case, Jeff has just given us the best hint of all: an exclusive preview build of the game, known as Minotron: 2112, which turns out to be an enhanced iPhone / iPad (universal) remake of his 1991 shooter Llamatron: 2112. Llamatron, which was originally released as shareware for the Atari ST, was a shooter inspired by Eugene Jarvis’ Robotron: 2084. The game plays more or less like a single-stick version of Robotron — wander about the playfield shooting baddies and not getting killed, but you’re a llama instead of a superhuman and its beasties instead of helpless civilians you’re rescuing. Minotron plays basically the same, but this time around, you’re a minotaur, and things have gone dual (virtual) stick, so what you get feels a whole lot like Robotron, but on acid (which is a phrase that could be used to describe a great many of Jeff’s creations). Minotron offers four modes of play: Normal, which is the standard “dual stick" mode with lots of power-ups to be had; Assisted, where you are assisted by an indestructible helper droid and less power-ups are available; Simplified, where the player only has to move and avoid being killed, aiming and firing are automatic; and Hard, where only the power-ups from the original Llamatron are available. The game’s control system features temporally separated movement and aiming touches; the first thumb to contact the screen becomes the movement thumb, and the second becomes the aiming thumb, which provides a nice bit of control flexibility. (The developer suggests players may find that the use of an occasional swipe to alter the firing direction, as opposed to a constant touch to the “stick," is the better way to go and minimizes thumb obscuring screen.) And, in any playmode, the trippy visuals provided by Llamasoft’s new Neon 2 engine are in full effect, as is the amusing cacophony of explosions, blasts, and bleats. See our brief gameplay video of just the first few levels of the game. As mentioned previously, the game is not quite finished; Jeff indicates that about a week or two’s worth of finishing touches — level balance tweaks, new enemy graphics, leaderboards and achievements, etc. — should get it in order for submission to the App Store. And when Minotron: 2112 lands, unless one of the last minute tweaks is to scrape off all the awesome that’s smeared all over this preview build, retro fans and arcade shooter fans alike are in for some serious, white-knuckle beastie saving. Next PostNext ‘Super Mega Worm’ Is Free for a Limited Time	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1803
__label__cc	0.697519	0.302481	Home Forums Games and Apps Pre-Orders, Soft Launches, and Upcoming iOS Games GrudgeMatch: Mobile Game and TV Show Discussion in 'Pre-Orders, Soft Launches, and Upcoming iOS Games' started by daveyoung, Jan 30, 2015. daveyoung Well-Known Member Tech Entrepreneur http://www.grudgematchsports.com #1 daveyoung, Jan 30, 2015 Hey guys! It's been a long lonely time since I posted on these forums. I used to be do a lot of online RPG development, and over the years took time to raise a family and get neck deep in lots of other cool projects. I still find the time to work on a few prototype projects a year though, and one came my way that I just couldn't turn down. Announcing, GrudgeMatch! Grudge Match is the Sport of Retribution. If you have a problem with someone in Real Life, invite them to a Grudge Match. The loser has to do something to restore your pride. If you find a nasty forum coward, challenge him publicly to a Grudge Match! He can either fight you in a quick battle, or slink away with his tail between his legs. No longer do we need to suffer through these faceless, nameless keyboard warriors. Releasing this summer, before the new Grudge Match TV Show. We're launching a KickStarter for the project to help get us to the next Release phase and figuring out who is interested in being an early tester. Last summer I met an incredible guy named Rich Melcombe and we got to talking. He'd done a LOT in the TV world since the 80's. Directed a few movies, etc. He worked on a TV Show in the 90's called Grudge Match. If you want to make Rich feel old, look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naWnxwmnHrk Anyway, we started writing everything down and have designed a pretty massive undertaking. We have the team to pull it off though. We are going to start with a mobile game before the TV show is piloted next summer. This is one of the first (maybe the first!) games where you get to go on the TV show by playing it and being good at it. Also, this is the first mobile game in the world that lets you change what happens on the TV Show, LIVE! Here's an early gameplay clip We will be inviting artist, developers, designers, musicians to rotate through our dev team to give people exposure to what a true AAA group project feels like. This one is going to be fun! There's a ton of info here on our Kickstarter page. I like TouchArcade the most out of all the game communities, so I will be posting featurettes here about the ongoing development first. Most importantly, I will be doing LiveDev with the team for this project. That means.. once we get to the point where we will put it up on the web to play in a browser for testing, we will invite you to come test and influence the development of the game. #2 daveyoung, Feb 4, 2015 We got a lot of feedback about our project. Mainly, that it was a bit confusing exactly what we were up to first. So we've gone through and moved most of the important information up top. It's a very different kind of game with some really and truly unique elements to it. Our matchmaking system is the first of its kind in the world. Have a look! Way more importantly than pledges, we are asking for you to check out what we're up to and weigh in. This site more than any other is gamer-focused. New Single Player Anti-Bullying Mode After hearing from some people about what they'd like to use the game for, we have decided to add a single player mode to help combat bullying. It's a therapeutic way to sink those feeling of frustration, pain, and helplessness. I'll post a video shortly. Basically you describe the person, feeling, or struggle that is causing you pain. Then you beat the crap out of it in a very therapeutic manner. We need your support! Please visit our Kickstarter page or leave me some feedback here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1398252883/grudge-match-game	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1804
__label__cc	0.632367	0.367633	Tim's Film Reviews Film Reviews From Tim The Film Guy in Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Trailer The Wolverine (Trailer #1) Review I was seriously hoping this film would be good because as of yet I haven’t seen the character Wolverine displayed to its full potential. After watching this trailer 12 times I think I understand what’s going on and I approve of the story. Pretty sure I know what will be going on because I have read this specific comic arc and whilst at first I thought it was going in a different direction I actually see what they have done with the trailer and they are being sneaky! I’ll discuss what I mean in a spoiler section at the end. The visuals look great and claws look much better than the origins film. Jackman looks on fighting form, seriously how does he not age? Is he wolverine? What’s happening? Check out the trailer and my favourite scenes plus my spoiler section at the end. My Score: A Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine, the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern day Japan. Out of his depth in an unknown world he faces his ultimate nemesis in a life-or-death battle that will leave him forever changed. Vulnerable for the first time and pushed to his physical and emotional limits, he confronts not only lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality, emerging more powerful than we have ever seen him before. Top 5 Scenes 5. Those Claws Look Nice! I complained a lot when I saw wolverine origins because of the damn claws! They looked stupid. They were too thick and where so clearly CGI it made me mad. They were always so shiny as well. Anyway these new claws look fantastic and even have a curve with a thinning as it gets closer to the sharp edge. 4. Old man? Am Not So Sure That’s actually Hiroyuki Sanada who is a far younger actor than what we see. I know this because in a hospital monitor it says Mr Yashida (Lord Shingen) who has been cast with actor Hiroyuki Sanada in the role. Why mention this? Well there is only one reason you get a young man dressed as an older man in a film. The only reason is if the character starts off old and becomes young again. If you want to know how look in my spoiler section near the end. 3. Viper and a Captured Wolverine That is Viper she was not in the comic arc but she does have affiliations with both the Silver Samurai and Wolverine in other comics. She is certainly a villain but it remains to be seen how she fits into this film. Wolverine though has clearly been captured in some contraption. 2. Silver Samurai The Silver Samurai possesses an electrified suit of samurai armor and is the illegitimate son of the crime lord Shingen. The first Silver Samurai was a mutant with the ability to generate a tachyon field (some kind of heat energy), with which he can surround anything. He commonly used this power on his sword, enabling it to cut through nearly anything, except adamantium, hence the fun with Wolverine. The two scenes there might not be Silver Samurai but I assume they are. 1. Train Fight That scene is really cool and a great fight scene. That is a bullet train! They travel at ridiculous speeds of 149–199 mph. Imagine a full fight at that speed! SPEED!!! I hope there is more to that fight because it looks great and it could be really short and I don’t want that. Next section is a Spoiler section be warned. SPOILERS!!! ALERT! ALERT! SPOILERS!!! Not even sure this is spoilerific but these are my theories based on my knowledge of the comic arc and what I have seen from the trailer. First off it’s a lie or at least a trick because the story being described doesn’t match the events depicted in the trailer. For example if they removed wolverines powers how is he doing all of those fights and battles because this would be a short film. What I actually think is going to happen based on the comic arc is this. The old man is tricking Logan into copying his powers to save his life and return his youth. Wolverines powers will be taken for a short time but I am guessing from poison which will actually only appear to make him mortal. The old man is actually Lord Shingen. I will bet anything on this because it makes so much sense. If he gets youth from Wolverine it would explain why a much younger actor is playing the main role of Shingen. If I call this then it will mean this film is really clever and I certainly hope I am right. The poison part would match the comic arc and so would the old man (Shingen) tricking Logan to make him weak. Lastly though I know they are trying to point the viewers in a different direction because they not once mentioned Logan’s love interest who plays a massive part of the story in the comic. The love interest is Shingens daughter. END OF SPOILERS!!! Well that’s my views. Now what do you think about this newest trailer? Share my magical words: Tags: Hugh Jackman, Poster, Review, Rila Fukushima, Shingen Yashida, Silver Samurai, Tao Okamoto, The Wolverine, The Wolverine (Trailer #1) Review, Trailer, Trailer #1, Viper, Will Yun Lee, Wolverine, Yukio About Tim The Film Guy Very opinionated about films! View all posts by Tim The Film Guy » 40 responses to “The Wolverine (Trailer #1) Review” Hypersonic55 says : April 1, 2013 at 9:25 PM I am hyped for for the film, though I had wanted more from this trailer. It’s not like it didn’t have moments of awesomeness, the fight sequences look hot and the story looks unique and overall the tone and look is a HELL of a lot better than Origins. Though I am still cautious, I just want a decent Wolverine film. Hopefully this film will be the one. Tim The Film Guy says : April 1, 2013 at 9:29 PM That view is pretty much mine. I want a good Wolverine film and my fingers are crossed 😀 The Focused Filmographer says : April 1, 2013 at 4:02 AM I thought I had commented on this one already, but looks like I didn’t. I really was impressed with this one and hope it is as good as it looks. I like your theory and have shared it with friends of mine who all seem to be in agreement. We’ll see what happens. I’m just thankful the claws are so much better than the origins film. In agreement that I may be onto something or that I am an idiot? Haha 😀 The claws look great! Far more subtle and less super CGI than in origins 😀 The Focused Filmographer says : April 1, 2013 at 6:07 PM hahaha. in agreement that you may be on to something. LOL sidekickreviews says : March 31, 2013 at 12:47 AM I never knew Wolverine wanted to be mortal, hmm. interesting. I want to see the rest of that train fight! Tim The Film Guy says : March 31, 2013 at 1:56 PM I don’t think its so much wanting to be mortal as spend the rest of his life with the woman he loves, which strangely isn’t mentioned in the trailer at all. I explain my theory behind that in the spoiler section 😀 Have you read the comic arc? sidekickreviews says : March 31, 2013 at 10:20 PM I’m avoiding major spoilers so I overlooked everything past the spoiler alert. 🙂 I haven’t read the comic arc yet. Do you know if it is related to the Marvel Anime Wolverine series set in Japan? Good plan 😀 Just started watching that and yes it does follow the same arc, from what I can tell so far 😀 Derek says : March 29, 2013 at 1:13 AM Great analysis…and I did notice that Mariko was not shown in the trailer unless I missed her. For a split second in the domestic trailer she is in it but as a main love interest it seems like they are hiding something. Could be paranoid but there’s nothing wrong with that 😀 Glad you liked my analysis and thanks for commenting 😀 Brian @ Hard Ticket to Home Video says : March 28, 2013 at 12:32 PM #2: He’s silver, he’s a samurai, pretty safe bet that he’s Silver Samurai. My only doubt is that the one on the left looks far bigger and almost robotic. The one on the left is pretty small and is simply a silver suit of samurai. This doesn’t match the description from the film that he wears a suit of electrified Armour of some kind. Its all too fast to tell, in the american trailer the actor playing the role is seen using a bow and arrow so…I don’t precisely know 😀 Wordschat says : March 28, 2013 at 12:22 PM I wonder if 3D will add or detract. With a dirty mind the first line of your review had my mind wander… If I changed the word potential to nude then yes I agree 😀 I don’t want to see it in 3D, if I can avoid it but I’ll suffer if I had to 😦 Burn all the 3D glasses! Issy R. says : March 28, 2013 at 3:13 AM It actually looks like they are finally get a Wolverine movie right. Good stuff! That is what every fan of the character is hoping, fingers crossed 😀 ruth says : March 28, 2013 at 2:47 AM This looks sooo bad ass, it would make us forget about the dismal first movie, at least I hope so. Hugh Jackman is such a cheerful fella in real life, it’s funny how he’s all rage as Wolverine, now THAT’s acting for ya. Certainly does. I think anything can be forgotten as long as the new one is good enough 😀 I think he was voted the nicest guy in Hollywood at some point and they put a rage picture of Wolverine next to him smiling on a red carpet haha made me laugh 😀 Morally Oblogatory says : March 28, 2013 at 2:44 AM Nice review Tim. Do you know what comic story arc this is based on? Is it ‘Origin?’ The one illustrated by Andy Kubert? I hope this is good. Great write-up. You give such good insight. I would love to read the comic art that this is based one. No the comic its based off is called ‘Wolverine’ came out in the 80’s and is brilliant. Definitely check it out, here is a wiki leak if you need more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine_(comic_book) atothewr says : March 28, 2013 at 1:27 AM Great trailer. This looks so much better than the last one. Nice review. Certainly does and thank you 😀 le0pard13 says : March 28, 2013 at 1:13 AM One of my must-sees for 2013. I, too, am interested to see what the filmmakers’ have in store for this iconic comic book tale. Good recap and supposition, Tim. supposition, fancy word 😀 Thanks Mike, must see indeed. When I first saw the trailer I thought what they said about sticking closely to the source material was a lie but when I started to think about it I THINK I know what they are trying to pull 😀 The Celtic Predator says : March 28, 2013 at 12:51 AM Ok, I am really excited now too! I agree with you that we have yet to see Wolverine unleashed and fully realized in his full potential, especially given Hugh Jackman’s talent and ability to fully embody the character enthusiastically. We came close with X1 and X2, but I think you will agree with me that X3 and XOrigins: Wolverine left much to be desired. This new film looks much more focused, efficient, and more carefully crafted. Hell, even the name, ‘The Wolverine’ looks and sounds so much better than the clunky title, ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine.’ I think the most promising part of this film is that it corrects a major mistake from XMOW that was Wolverine’s virtual invincibility, which robbed that film of any tension and excitement it made have had. Making Logan vulnerable is a smart and refreshing move. I am really, really, excited about this. The only thing in the trailer that I didn’t like was the train scene, which looks way over the top and sort of out of place for a film that otherwise looks like it is trying to keep itself grounded in visceral, psuedo-realistic combat. Anywho, things are looking good for the definitive X-Man! X2 got the closest. The name The Wolverine gave me the same feeling you have, simple and less clunky. The story line that this film follows certainly with make him more vunerable but not in the way the trailer describes, see my spoiler section. Not spoilery though is that The Silver Samurai has and most likely will in this film kick Wolverines Ass! Cannot wait to see that smack down 😀 Granted the CGI on the train didnt look great but the scene did look fun and don’t forget they have another 3 months to fix CGI problems. Probably just included it in the trailer because it looks exciting 😀 They always need tent pole action scenes. I want more samurai fighting with claws 😀 Erik says : March 28, 2013 at 12:28 AM I can’t wait to see it though! lol Tim The Film Guy says : March 28, 2013 at 12:58 PM Oh yeah were first in line 😀 This trailer looks fantastic. However I know from experience that a good trailer does not guarantee a great final product so I am keeping my expectations low. 🙂 Trailers are purpose built to take footage from a yet finished film and make it seem as a appealing as possible. Sadly this has the side effect of higher expectations than sometimes reachable for the film. You have a healthy mind set believe me 😀 filmhipster says : March 28, 2013 at 12:23 AM Very cool, can’t wait. I couldn’t help it, I read your spoilers. 🙂 Haha doubt it ruined much, I am probably wrong but if i am right I will be so smug 😀 Did my theory sound good? filmhipster says : March 28, 2013 at 8:49 PM I do, but I hope you’re wrong so I will be surprised when I see the film. If you’re right I’m going to say damn that Tim! Ruined everything for me! Haha xD You peaked in Pandora’s box now you must live with the horrifying consequences 😀 filmhipster says : March 28, 2013 at 11:07 PM You’re paying for my ticket. :p I’ll set aside some money 😀 Fogs' Movie Reviews says : March 28, 2013 at 12:09 AM Yeah, I think its a pretty sweet trailer, too, Tim! Thanks for the break down, I must have missed Silver Samurai the first time I watched it. 😉 Thank you, glad you liked it 😀 See I am not sure which scene actually shows the Silver Samurai, its a little fast and cut up in a weird order. Hope to see a little more in a later trailer 😀 The Wolverine (2013) Review \| Tim's Film Reviews - July 30, 2013 Tim The Film Guy 90%+ = Excellent 81 - 90% = Very Good 71 - 80% = Good 41 - 70% = Average 21 - 40% = Bad 0 - 20% = Very Bad Captain America: Civil War (2016) Review Deadpool (2016) Review Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Review Hiatus over! 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__label__cc	0.73082	0.26918	God Speaks – Nine30 https://trullchurch.org.uk/podcast-player/8419/god-speaks-nine30.mp3 Speaker: Revd Andy Wadsworth Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a New International Version – UK (NIVUK) The Lord calls Samuel 3 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions. 2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place. 3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, ‘Here I am.’ 5 And he ran to Eli and said, ‘Here I am; you called me.’ But Eli said, ‘I did not call; go back and lie down.’ So he went and lay down. 6 Again the Lord called, ‘Samuel!’ And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, ‘Here I am; you called me.’ ‘My son,’ Eli said, ‘I did not call; go back and lie down.’ 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. 8 A third time the Lord called, ‘Samuel!’ And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, ‘Here I am; you called me.’ Then Eli realised that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, ‘Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.”’ So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Then Samuel said, ‘Speak, for your servant is listening.’ 11 And the Lord said to Samuel: ‘See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. 12 At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family – from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I would judge his family for ever because of the sin he knew about; his sons uttered blasphemies against God,[a] and he failed to restrain them. 14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, “The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.”’ 15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, 16 but Eli called him and said, ‘Samuel, my son.’ Samuel answered, ‘Here I am.’ 17 ‘What was it he said to you?’ Eli asked. ‘Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you.’ 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, ‘He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.’ 19 The Lord was with Samuel as he grew up, and he let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognised that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord. 21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed himself to Samuel through his word. 4 And Samuel’s word came to all Israel. 1 Samuel 3:13 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text sons made themselves contemptible New International Version – UK (NIVUK)Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1811
__label__wiki	0.574822	0.574822	TV ReviewsMr. RobotSeason 1 Mr. Robot: “eps1.43xpl0its.wmv” Alex McLevy Mr. RobotSeason 1 "eps1.43xpl0its.wmv" “Many among us find it gratifying to entertain the thought that alienation is to be overcome only by the completeness of alienation, and that alienation completed is not a deprivation but a potency. ..no expression of disaffection from the social existence was ever so desperate as this eagerness to say that authenticity of personal being is achieved through an ultimate isolateness and through the power that this is presumed to bring. The falsities of an alienated reality are rejected in favor of an upward psychopathic mobility to the point of divinity, each one of us a Christ.” — Lionel Trilling, Sincerity And Authenticity People are people. We’re all mostly the same, as Mobley says during his frantic brainstorm with Mr. Robot and Romero in the van, while Elliot waits helplessly for an elevator to escort him out of Steel Mountain. We all tend toward generalization, because we share fundamental qualities. The fact that humanity is primarily defined through society, not through individuality, is analytically important. Because our identities aren’t created in some secret internal chamber, hidden deep within us. No, they’re created in the space between us and the people who surround us. We’re formed intersubjectively; all the parts of me have been shaped by all the parts of everyone else. Simon and Garfunkel were being disingenuous. I am not a rock. You are not an island. The question of how we view ourselves vis-a-vis other people drives ”eps1.43xpl0its.wmv,” as our characters all try, in one way or another, to articulate what separates them from everybody else. Elliot does it almost automatically, as he explains why people make the best exploits: Their vulnerabilities are the most easily hacked. Mobley has impulse control; Romero is arrogant; Mr. Robot is insane. Elliot’s—in his mind—are his drug addiction, fear of being outside, and us. “I’m talking to you right now and you don’t exist.” These are weaknesses, which can then be used against against them. But Elliot is too scared and paranoid to really be aware of it when Tyrell Wellick parrots his own thoughts back at him, taken to their logical conclusion. Regular people are like insects to him—“The life of an ordinary cockroach whose biggest value is to serve me salad,” he opines of the waiter—barely worth the effort it takes to manipulate them. His alienation from the world around him is complete, and his scorn for everyday people has curdled into disgust. Here are Elliot’s own worst tendencies, manifest in human form. Wellick even knows that Elliot was behind the framing of Terry Colby, and doesn’t care. “Revenge. How ordinary,” he sniffs. He leaves our protagonist to his machinations, because for all his jokes about just being another person, Wellick left his humanity behind. He thinks it makes him stronger. And despite Wellick’s hubris (his own exploit), Elliot’s scared he might be right. Which is what makes Elliot’s dismantling of Bill Harper so upsetting. It’s a necessary step in their plan to gain access to the climate control system, but it’s inhumane. Part of the painfulness stems from seeing Elliot’s flashback immediately preceding the act, the internal resource he draws upon in order to wield that cruelty in service of the mission. But Elliot’s mother’s behavior, knocking her son down and shouting at him, “You’re worthless, you’re nothing,” is leavened by our recognition of her emotions overriding her decency. She’s angry, and volatile, and lashing out. Elliot offers no such excuses. When he stares down Steel Mountain’s tour guide, and flatly proclaims him to be nothing, it’s so upsetting precisely because Elliot has stripped it of any affect. He is directly appealing to Bill’s most vulnerable fear, and by not coating it with the bias of human emotion, he makes it sound like a death sentence. This poor, lonely man didn’t do anything wrong. He just happened to make a useful exploit. Wellick would be proud. Speaking of Wellick, he and his wife have their own side adventure this week, a dinner date that culminates in one of the most potent and uneasy scenes the show has offered up yet. Wellick’s wife plays the role of outgoing guest with tactical zeal, lavishing just the amount of attention and interest upon their hosts. This gives Tyrell room to make his play for the right-hand-man position of Evil Corp’s new CTO. And, much more compelling and creepy, he locates the exploit of the CTO’s wife. “How do you not blow your brains out, being married to him?” he asks, before she gets up in a huff, only to be walked in on while on the toilet a moment later. And Tyrell, for all his insecurities, is very good at reading people. They lock eyes, and a minute later, she slowly parts her legs. It’s dark and David Lynchian, and it made for riveting TV. Around the edges of these two narratives, we get Angela, moving on from Ollie and in to her father’s house. It’s a nice counterbalance to all the portentous stuff happening upstate, and serves to further humanize her. Between the wonderful “fuck you” moment when she leaves Ollie and the avuncular “The kid’s a douchebag” proffered by her loving dad, we get new reasons to like her. It’s a little unclear where they’re going with the Evil Corp insurance story—we don’t need to see her arrive at a literal fork in the road, Mr. Robot, you’re better than that—but it sets up some motivation for Angela to get more involved in the central premise, rather than fret on the sidelines. Darlene, by contrast, gets the Dark Army rug pulled out from under her, and spends most of the episode flailing about in one state of agitation or another. To be fair, her character is continuing to improve week to week, and Darlene on the defensive, fuming and frantic, is much preferable to smug vainglorious Darlene who treats Elliot like shit. Seeing her suffer a true failure gives us a reason to side with her. More importantly, it gives Elliot a reason to allow her back into his life. He sees that, to her, the important thing isn’t so much that she screwed up, but that she let the rest of them down. And dealing with the rest of them brings us to the ongoing mystery of Mr. Robot himself. It seems to be the prevailing consensus that Mr. Robot is a figment of Elliot’s imagination, but this episode went out of its way to give us a final scene that potentially scrambles that reading. When they arrive back at the Coney Island headquarters after the successful Steel Mountain operation, Darlene has a very loud, very explicit conversation with Mr. Robot. Not with anyone else, or somehow talking around him: She responds directly to him. Now, we could certainly continue on the Fight Club interpretation of events, wherein Elliot is also speaking as Mr. Robot, and imagining himself watching from the sidelines as this fight plays out. But I think there’s something stranger going on. Because “we” are there, too; we are Elliot’s unseen, fictitious recipient of his inner monologues. In a very real way, we are being told all of this from Elliot’s point of view, and it’s not yet clear how much we can detach from that perspective. Elliot didn’t remember all his hallucinations, but we do. I think we have some yet-to-be-revealed role to play in all this, still. “Am I his malware?” Elliot asks us, referring to Wellick. Here’s a better question: Are we Elliot’s? Stray Observations: We didn’t get much of her this week, but Shayla, as always, is a total joy to be around. “What happened?” “…Obamacare.” I’m already way too worried about her abduction. Bad things need to happen to her jailed sexual abuser, and fast. I don’t want to lose her this soon. In his defense, Wellick is totally right about Evil Corp’s new CTO. Wine snobs are insufferable. The climate control company, of course, is named All Dream Software. I was intrigued by the discovery that the Dark Army backed out the agreement long before now. The elusive group has mostly served as a placeholder for “abstract dangerous entity,” but Darlene isn’t about to let this refusal slide. While we’re at it, Darlene had a legit great moment this week. Way to scream and throw things in that library, Darlene. Wellick’s wife unwittingly offers up what appears to be the key to next week’s Shayla-centric adventure: “You just have to take away what they already have.” Let's watch Tan France help John Mulaney embrace his "fuckable" Pete Davidson side William Hughes Malia Obama visits Brown University, causes campus-wide freak-out Danielle Wiener-Bronner Mailto: for Chrome Opens Email Links in Gmail, Yahoo, or Other Webmail Services Melanie Pinola Recent from Alex McLevy Legion becomes a literal horror show with one of its creepiest threats ever Stranger Things season 3 ruined Hopper	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1818
__label__wiki	0.828031	0.828031	Episode 6.03: Mayham Why does Tony not recognise Tony B.? conkom Honorary Capo Re: Why does Tony not recognise Tony B.? #11 by conkom dsweeney wrote: Interesting that you use the words "other worldly". In an interview Chase says that he believed Tony actually "went somewhere else" and that it wasn't just a dream-sequence per se. Definitely no accident here. The coma dream and the Holsten's scene both have an eerieness to them reminiscent of the Twilight Zone. And like I have said in several posts the original show was referenced several times during the series. If anything the "twist" at the end of the Sopranos is a homage to that classic show. Incidentally dsweeney shouldn't this thread be on the Mayham episode boards? Steve Buscemi was in of that episode. jouster #13 by jouster You're right, conkom. I moved the thread to the proper forum. dsweeney #14 by dsweeney conkom wrote: Definitely no accident here. The coma dream and the Holsten's scene both have an eerieness to them reminiscent of the Twilight Zone. And like I have said in several posts the original show was referenced several times during the series. The coma state itself could be said to be a kind of twilight zone. I think Chase was referring to alternate or parallel universes. Melfi mentions this to Tony remember and he thinks she's making fun of him. The biggest brains in Quantam physics today ( not me) seriously talk of parallel universes. They have proved with the use of lasers that the same photon or atom exists in two places at once. We're made of atoms so..... Maybe Tony the salesman is his alternate self and the Finnerty persona represents this. dsweeney wrote: The coma state itself could be said to be a kind of twilight zone. I think Chase was referring to alternate or parallel universes. Almost sounds like an episode of Life On Mars! Maybe Christopher Moltisani became Ray Carling when Tony snuffed his lights out. But Tony was Tony Soprano in his coma dream. His wife on the phone called him Tony and he had younger children. (Unless they were voices in his head). The conference had Tony Soprano on its attendance list. Only problem was he had Kevin Finnerty's ID who according to the barman sat near Tony at the hotel bar. On the other hand he was being drawn towards the inn and he was sensing a finality, that is by crossing the door of that inn he was about to give up his conscious being as Tony Soprano in the real world. You're right, of course. He is Tony Soprano in the coma. When it first aired my take on it was that this was what Tony would have wanted his life to be, uncomplicated, safe, his children safe, no watching over his shoulder for the Feds etc. A comfortable, law-abiding life. But is it just me or is his accent different from the "usual" Tony? And the woman on the end of the phone is most certainly not Carmela. Sometimes it almost sounds like Adriana, she used to call him "Tone". Are they the various important women in his life, other than Carmela? Just to touch base on the thread again, something occurred to me about the other, earlier dream sequence relating to Tony B. In it Vin Makazian appears as Finn's father but Tony doesn't recognise him. Now of course it is a dream and anything can appear, people can be composites of other people etc. Maybe it's just the proximity of the name Finn and Vin? And in his dream state Tony merges the two? Don't forget he has never actually met Finn's parents so they can be anybody he wants them to be in his dream. The accent was definitely different, I think it might be James Gandolfini's actual voice. The coma dream in some ways could also represent his version of Hell or Purgatory, since it turns out he is trapped in Costa Mesa with another's identity. (Do you remember Christopher's description of his version of hell when he came out of his coma?) Even though Chase denies that Kevin Finnerty has any meaning, it does suggest that Kev (slang for hood) and Infinity was the intent because this is who Tony really was, not the law abiding family man you alluded to. The wife's voice was another actress who was uncredited. She was meant to be the voice of a "generic New Jersey actress". It wasn't Adriana who many fans speculated. I like to think it might have been Kathrine Narducci, since it kind of fits in with what his life could have been, had he made different decisions. Your observation about Vin Makazian really needs to be discussed on Test Dream board, suffice to say that that dream reveals a lot about Tony and his family's fate. I had a quick search through the "Test dream" posts and couldn't see much on the Makazian/ Finn's father point, maybe I missed it. I only mentioned it in it's similarity to Tony not recognising him in much the same way he doesn't recognise Tony B. Suffice to say that in dreams, people aren't necessarily "themselves", more they can appear to represent something to the dreamer in question. Return to “Episode 6.03: Mayham”	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1828
__label__cc	0.709862	0.290138	We Don't Need Requirements « Return to Article (Viewing 50 of 112 comments) evilghost (unregistered) 2008-02-13 I've been involved in similar projects and now have the insight to run at FIRST sign of them. The never-ending project, with no scope, no details, and an hourly vision of what the application should do. SkittlesAreYum (unregistered) 2008-02-13 I am the only one who thinks this could have used better grammar, and perhaps a better explanation? If someone was telling me this story in real life, they would have sounded out of breath. I felt winded just reading it. Mean Mr. Mustard (unregistered) 2008-02-13 ...And they were delicious! suzilou (cs) in reply to evilghost 2008-02-13 evilghost: sounds like a cash-cow for contractors though. why run away? stationary (cs) 2008-02-13 Sponsors getting their full measure of comeuppance? heart.getCockles().setWarm(true); Disnarda (unregistered) in reply to SkittlesAreYum 2008-02-13 SkittlesAreYum: I think that was just the idea... zip (cs) in reply to stationary 2008-02-13 stationary: Beat me to it. Nice to see the right guy getting the blame for a change. Trevel (unregistered) 2008-02-13 I like how it tried to blame it all on the sponsers. Yes, of COURSE the sponsers are going to take advantage of anything you do, if you don't push back and demand requirement documents. You had firm rules that you ignored -- and that's somehow their fault? People who ask for programs/databases are very seldom coders, and certainly don't know the rules that we work under. Why should they? That's our job. "Making it work by any means possible, despite breaking every rule in the department" is the true WTF here. morry (unregistered) 2008-02-13 I've worked on a few that are similiar, although not quite so WTFy. One project where the requirements / specs were quite detailed and complete. And completed AFTER we loaded to production. I enjoyed the review where I got to do the reverse of what normally occurs. I got to tell the BA to remove or change requirements because "that's not how it works". Another one where the BA had been the first to use a new process, and as such the external consultants were the ones driving the meetings. The end result of this is that the requirements were done right, and done up-front. But the process had been so difficult for this BA that she had "broken down in tears more than once". The end result of this painful process was the resulting document was carved in stone. Even where the document was obviously incorrect or did not make sense, it HAD to be done that way. Which was fine in some cases - during acceptance testing the invariable sequence was: "this doesn't work, right, fix it". "See page 87, works as per specs". "Shouldn't work that way, needs to change". "closing the problem ticket. Please open up a change request." I think she cried a lot during that phase too. Zylon (cs) in reply to morry 2008-02-13 morry: The end result of this painful process was the resulting document was carved in stone. Even where the document was obviously incorrect or did not make sense, it HAD to be done that way. I can't tell-- are you ashamed or proud of this? Galbrezu (cs) in reply to evilghost 2008-02-13 Welcome to my life RIGHT NOW, I really need to start looking for a better place to work. Mateo_LeFou (cs) in reply to suzilou 2008-02-13 suzilou: That cow is dry: client will stop paying partway through it, on account of bugs. Bugs creep in when client demands functionality (gotta have it tomorrow, by the way) that is out of scope. A few months after you give up trying to get paid to put out fires, client will try to send you a bill because some other codeshop quoted him $20,000 to redo everything and she thinks you ought to pay it.. (This obviously won't wash, legally, but you're never getting the arrears) Mateo_LeFou (cs) in reply to Trevel 2008-02-13 Trevel: I agree with Trevel. Policy should be "no spec, no check" You were quite happy to take (evidently lot of) money over the course of the project, but did not insist that someone outline what was expected of you? morry (unregistered) in reply to Zylon 2008-02-13 Zylon: Ashamed or proud of what? I'm not sure I know what you're refering to. Kederaji (cs) in reply to evilghost 2008-02-13 So... I take it you've worked for either 3D Realms or Ion Storm before? TheDev (unregistered) in reply to morry 2008-02-13 EPIC FAIL ... EPIC ... FAIL ... Greyfairer (unregistered) in reply to morry 2008-02-13 The end result of this is that the requirements were done right, and done up-front. But the process had been so difficult for this BA that she had "broken down in tears more than once". In my case, our team lead and the Customer's BA spent two full weeks in a little office yelling at each other. Our team lead blaming the BA for giving inconsistent requirements, and the BA blaming our team lead for refusing to design something that was consistent with his inconsistent requirements. When development stalled because we got no more input, the customer fired the BA, and we had to replace our team lead. He has found a better place since. Tei (unregistered) 2008-02-13 I like this WTF. It feel soo real that it smeel, and make all others WTF on this site looks like fanfiction. Alex, can you change the captcha to show humurous words? My captcha is now "nisl" that I doubt is a english word. We must respect traditions! morry (unregistered) in reply to TheDev 2008-02-13 TheDev: thanks... for... adding... nothing... to... the... conversation..., twice... even... Dave (unregistered) in reply to Trevel 2008-02-13 Responding to Trevel-- I, like many developers, would agree with you. But I experienced the exact same thing where a client demanded to push forward on a year long enterprise e-commerce project with about 20 bullet points for a spec. We, the developers, demanded that the client give us clear specs, but our management made us allow the client to do whatever they wanted. After all, everyone knows, the customer is always right. And when a customer is really whiny and your management is really spineless, well...this is what you wind up with. cparker (cs) in reply to morry 2008-02-13 Even where the document was obviously incorrect or did not make sense, it HAD to be done that way. At first glance, it seems like you're saying it's a good thing to be forced to code to a bad spec. After re-reading your entire original comment, it's evident that coding exactly to spec is just a CYA measure, and shifts the blame to the person(s) defining the specs in case of product failure. Tracer bullets FTW. s. (unregistered) in reply to Galbrezu 2008-02-13 Galbrezu: Oh, no. You just need to pay close attention to ALL the requests, require them all in writing and document every change together with estimated man-hours to implement. Then when the deployment day comes, you can say "we are 163 years, 11 months, 3 days and 15 hours ahead of schedule for current scope of work." Every single change of requirements = more development time. I was in such a project recently. Intended to be some 3 months work, it lasted 6, finished only slightly after the "extended" schedule and came out polished, flawless and a delight to all who use it. All extra requirements were fulfilled, all expectations met in their widest scope, documentation detailing every single detail both as raw specs and as juicy how-to, hooks for extra functionalities and customizablity in all possible places and so on. People come to me asking about using the system and customizing it in certain way, and I just open the manual and point them "here it is". They come up with some quite far-fetched ideas and they didn't even get halfway through possible layers of customizablity. Yeah, we doubled the development time. And when they asked why, "well, we were 2 months into the project and they changed the requirements totally, we had to rewrite from scratch and the new requirements had even wider scope than the original." Yep, we rewrote it from scratch, but we had all the projects ready about how it -should- work, and we could finally fit them in the specs :) Trevel (unregistered) in reply to Dave 2008-02-13 Responding to Dave-- I'll certainly agree with that. If you don't have support from management, then there's not much you can do (except it take it higher to the next level of management). -- apply my criticism to the manager, then, or the team lead, or whoever it is who said "Just go along with whatever they say". When you lie down in the mud in front of the sponsors, don't be surprised when you get walked on. Props to my manager for saying when I started -- if we don't have an approved requirement document on file, we don't do ANYTHING. Granted there's a 1% chance that the requirement will actually be useful, but it's a start. s. (unregistered) in reply to cparker 2008-02-13 cparker: One of best ways to teach your kid not to smoke when it smokes its first cigarette, is to give a whole pack and force the kid to smoke them all. Feed the BA their own medicine. They get paid for producing the specs. We are paid to produce software to the specs. If BA does half-assed job and we do the "good thing" we need to do our job, fix the BA's work AND take the blame for any screw-ups, our and their. If BA produces good specs, blame, if any, is where it's due. If BA produces bad specs and gets blamed for bad product, this should teach them not to do it. Where I work, we have guidelines concerning this: "We mention shortcomings of the specs if we notice any ONCE and allow changing them, but if our opinion is ignored, we produce exactly the crap we were asked to." and the second one is "Even late changes to specs are welcome AND BILLED ACCORDINGLY". halber_mensch (cs) in reply to SkittlesAreYum 2008-02-13 I am the only one who thinks this could have used better grammar, and perhaps a better explanation? A statement and a question, all in one convenient sentence! CynicalTyler (unregistered) 2008-02-13 Yes, this is totally and completely the fault of the development firm. Trevel's right. If you know the project is going to fail and you don't change things, you're a critical component in the failure of the project. It's up to you to tell your clients the best way to do things because they often don't know and they're paying you to tell them. Of course you can't force best practice but you had sure as hell better try. Sure, maybe this firm didn't get punished because the ultimate cause of the failure was a non-compliant client, but you can't get past the fact that they helped the project fail. In the end, it's your reputation that gets you your bread and butter and that's what matters: not whose fault it was. DudeMonkey (unregistered) in reply to SkittlesAreYum 2008-02-13 Transposition of question word and subject. This penalty is declined. Illegal use of commas. 10 yard penalty. Repeat 1st down. DudeMonkey (unregistered) in reply to CynicalTyler 2008-02-13 This sounds like a joint failure. I would have difficulty saying that one group, and one group only, is responsible for a failure of this magnitude. The sponsors were crazy. That's for sure. However the development team was poorly led. There's blame enough to go around. morry (unregistered) in reply to cparker 2008-02-13 thank you. I was trying to draw out the original poster and the troll because, while I had a rough idea, I don't see the fail or why I should be ashamed. There's lots more to that story that wasn't included because it wasn't relevant. Those reading the story have a different perspective than me, and a lot less information. It is not a good thing to code to a bad spec, and it wasn't a CYA. The sequence of events was like this: Dev: "This requirement doesn't make sense because of X, Y, and Z, we need to correct it to ABC" BA: "I don't think so. That's the way the spec reads, that's how it should be done. Besides I have to go through a change review then." Dev: "Look, this is really important. It's gonna take us more time, be worse, and it's not going to do what you need, in the long run. You'll have to change it later." BA: "Sorry, but I CRIED during the development of this spec. Follow the spec. Or do I need to bring management in on this and point out you're not willing to follow the new process?" In other words, there was no CYA involved. There was due diligence to produce a quality product as the customer wanted. If the customer insists on doing it wrong, and ends up changing their mind later, that's their choice. But they have to take responsibility for their choices. It's not a good situation, but it's the only possibility. Well there's one other - doing it what Dev thinks is the right way and then either getting congratulated or fired when it's completed, but that's a dangerous road. Does that cover it? Or have I still left out some piece that would clear this up more? Rooser (unregistered) 2008-02-13 The sponsors responded that we don't need specifications because it will be done when we don't see any more problems. I worked on a project just like that just a few months ago. Occasionally, something comes up that reminds us of that project and my boss will break into a delighted grin and say, "Aren't you glad we don't have to work with 'Costive Co.' anymore?" I guess it wasn't exactly like this story because we did get requirements in writing. That didn't stop the folks at "Costive" from changing their minds, though. And we needed the money badly at the time, so we put up with it. Features they said were crucial became ignored and half-developed as they dreamed up new crucial features. Weekly meetings focused on whatever nifty new feature the client had dreamed up since the last meeting. When we actually did institute a code freeze to try and catch up with bugs, they were upset about it. Oh, and did I mention that the whole time we were building this application, they were bringing in paying customers to use it? At least we did have separate dev and prod environments, even if the walls between them were paper-thin. More than once, prod got updated before dev, enough times that we had to abandon the svn repository for the dev server and create a new dev repository based on prod. In the end, we got to a point where we needed their money less than we needed our sanity, so we pulled out the dusty old Scope of Work and used it to show Costive that not only had we built everything they'd asked for, but a bunch of extra stuff as well. We asked them to pay for the extras. Then we told them that if we were going to continue development we'd need a new signed contract and scope of work by a specific date. The date came and went and they never signed, so we gave them all their stuff and washed our hands of the project. Change Request (unregistered) in reply to Trevel 2008-02-13 Requirement: Read my mind and code the software to make it work exactly like I think it should work each time I try to use it. The way I want it to work may be different from moment to moment depending on my mood, what I want it to do, and who else is also watching. Should work in all moon phases equally and please the mother goddess. Trevel (unregistered) in reply to Change Request 2008-02-13 Change Request: Mmhmm, let me see, here's one for you: Requirement: Find someone else to build your dream project. -- is there anything so freeing as being able to say "no"? Steve (unregistered) 2008-02-13 If this kind of stuff bothers you, stay clear of academia. My "requirements" usually are transmitted to me by way of a chance meeting at the coffee shop and projects are all open ended. I've worked on projects for five years without any sign of completion. But, hey, it's research. Lysis (cs) in reply to Trevel 2008-02-13 I don't know what planet you're on, but he did say "sponsor" so that means the guys with all the fuckups were the guys with the money. The guys with the money call the shots. The programmer is just trying to make a paycheck. Not everyone can afford to just walk away because they can't explain to the jackasses with the money what specs are. If it was as easy as saying "no specs, no code." then half the posts on this site wouldn't exist. Barf 4 Eva (unregistered) 2008-02-13 "The system was designed, based on the sponsoring users claims, to handle 500-600 million records per day." So... how did nobody notice that it was REALLY only going to be 350 rows of data in your db?? Honestly, where were the 500-600 million "records" coming from? If it was data from some pre-existing system, show me the pre-existing system. If it was expected millions of transactions per day (or were these bulk loads, which begs the question of where the data was coming from), what was this need based off of? Yeah, specs specs specs specs specs... As someone who loves OLTP databases: Understanding data distribution, number of concurrent users, and how many IUD operations are happening, are all very VITAL to making some assessment of 500-600 million records per day coming in to the system. Honestly, I'd cry foul if I didn't have specs for a system stated at half a million rows per day. You seriously need to determine where the hell they got that figure from before I outright believing it.. Snoofle, I imagine you are standup guy/girl who knows the WTFery of his/her own company, but man.... it seems like the biggest problem is a full lack of skilled project management and a full lack of skilled DBAs/Programmers with solid DB knowledge. Man, I swear I said this the last time TDWTF posted an article by a guy they had given the pseudo-name of snoofle to... Same snoofle? If so, same problem. Management sucks. And perhaps the devs/db programmers are not taking enough responsibility upon their own shoulders in this regard as well... Anyways, I'll read through the comments and see if you already responded and gave more detail on the situation with the sponsor... If not, please share! Mike (unregistered) in reply to Change Request 2008-02-13 There's a Dilbert comic hanging up here in the office with a engineer and the client sitting down hashing out requirements; the engineer is asking the client what the software SHOULD do, and the client wants the engineer to tell her what the software CAN do. It's the classic, I-have-no-freakin'-clue-what-I-want--so-please-tell-me-what-I-want issue that just about every engineer with any measurable experience gathering requirements has had to deal with. The only alternative to this is to sit in your cube and ponder what hurts less: a cattle prod in your rectum, or slamming your own head in your car door. The alternative is far more pleasant, no matter which one you choose. Recycled contractor (unregistered) 2008-02-13 Reminds me of The Neverending Project. This was at one of the country's largest banks, and as far as anyone remembered, the project had been ongoing off & on for 12 years. What happened was one of the Senior VPs wanted a system to do something or other -- estimated time to complete was just over a year. About 2/3 of the way into the project, the sponsor leaves for another position within the bank. The new Senior VP of Absolutely Nothing has been watching Animal Planet's Big Cat Diaries -- the episode where they explain that the new Alpha Male has to kill all the previous male's lion cubs in order to assert his new position. And that's what he does -- he canceled the project, sending all the contractors home. A month later, he has a brainstorm -- he wants a system to do something or other. It's just like the previously killed system, but with minor tweaks, and the major innovation that it's HIS idea! They staff up with contractors for this, gather requirements, do their design, and start coding. About 2/3 of the way through the project, the sponsor leaves for a new position in the bank. The new Senior VP, who had been watching Big Cat Diaries too, kills the lion cubs and sends the contractors home because the project is obviously not needed, the budget is overdrawn, or some such reason. A month later.... DudeMonkey (unregistered) in reply to Lysis 2008-02-13 Lysis: One of the main purposes of tech leads and project managers is to push back on the people with the money. Yes, they have money, but I'm going to guess that they're going to want working software as an ROI more than they're going to want XYZ shiny new feature. This was an example of poor management on the part of the development team as much as it was insanity on the part of the project sponsors. I would say that they share the responsibility pretty equally. Realistically, it's the job of the engineering TEAM or DEPARTMENT to manage these projects. Not necessarily the programmers themselves, but the department. Ouch you missed that AOTS reference, how embarrassing for you. I decided the first didn't quite capture the voiceover in question; the second nailed it. ComputerForumUser (cs) 2008-02-13 Referring != Adding relaxing (unregistered) in reply to DudeMonkey 2008-02-13 DudeMonkey: What does this mean? Exactly what grammar rules were broken and where? CodeMonkey (unregistered) 2008-02-13 Personally, I hope they were eaten. Never before has that awful feeling I've had after leaving a failed project meeting, where the customer was to blame, been summed up so succinctly. Marc (unregistered) in reply to DudeMonkey 2008-02-13 The programmers and/or the department can push back as much as they want, but at the end of the day, the man with the money says "DO THIS", you either do it or leave -- or get thrown out. Byteback (unregistered) 2008-02-13 This is actually not Worse Than Failure. Worse Than Failure is when there is no management chain to point out the total lunacy of an approach that is worse than a week-long party of burning wads of $100 bills on a reception bonfire. Worse Than Failure is when this system go-live is actually deemed a success and the development team who built the beast have the misfortune (or poetic justice, depending on your viewpoint) of being fed into the meat grinder they created, with only the small mercy that one day, maybe, just maybe the will be allowed The Rewrite. Worse Than Failure is, well, when these retards get away with it. You have a manager that spots these idiots for what they are - that's A Good Thing. Even if you all get fired and the hardware freaks are forced to watch their shiny new toys burn in a skip. I want to hire your manager. Damn. I've never seen G4TechTV / Attack of the Show (had to google AOTS, hope that's what you're talking about). Where do I turn in my geek card? Am I relegated to only use windows and AOL from here on? Trevel (unregistered) in reply to Byteback 2008-02-13 Byteback: Why? Where was he in the past years while development went on without requirements? Where was he during the release when they deployed on the test server? I want to fire that manager. Or promote him, whichever. mizchief (unregistered) in reply to Recycled contractor 2008-02-13 So what happend? don't leave us hanging like that. /spoken like a true boss RayMarron (cs) in reply to morry 2008-02-13 [...]I've never seen G4TechTV / Attack of the Show (had to google AOTS, hope that's what you're talking about). Where do I turn in my geek card? Am I relegated to only use windows and AOL from here on? You have it all wrong. Watching the raw effluent that is G4/AOTS is cause for revocation of your geek card, not the other way around! Leave a comment on “We Don't Need Requirements” Replying to comment #176829:	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1829
__label__wiki	0.887626	0.887626	Home>Science/Nature>European satellite captures Nasa Mars lander from orbit European satellite captures Nasa Mars lander from orbit https://thedawggonenews.com/2019/03/14/european-satellite-captures-nasa-mars-lander-from-orbit/#ZXVyb3BlYW4tc2F ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS The picture of the InSight landing location was acquired on 2 March https://thedawggonenews.com/2019/03/14/european-satellite-captures-nasa-mars-lander-from-orbit/#a2FyYWNoaS1wcmV Europe’s newest satellite at Mars has spied the landing site of the American-led InSight probe. The Nasa spacecraft touched down in November on flat terrain close to the equator in a region referred to as Elysium Planitia. The joint European-Russian Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) then passed overhead in March to capture the scene. Visible in the TGO CaSSIS camera image are the lander and the elements that got it safely to the ground. These components include the parachute and the two halves of the capsule that protected InSight during its fiery descent through the atmosphere – its heatshield and backshell. Something else that can been seen are the scorch marks around the probe that were made by the craft’s rocket engines as it gently put down on Mars’ surface. https://thedawggonenews.com/2019/03/14/european-satellite-captures-nasa-mars-lander-from-orbit/#MTU1MjU4MjA4Ml8 Artwork: Twelve thrusters brought InSight to a stop at the surface Burroughs crater near Mars’ south polar ice cap. The ice and dust layers have formed a mound in the crater over hundreds of millions of years. They record how the climate of Mars has evolved over time https://thedawggonenews.com/2019/03/14/european-satellite-captures-nasa-mars-lander-from-orbit/#MTU0Mjg1NDIwNF8 The picture is one of a newly released batch of images from the CaSSIS (Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System) team on the TGO mission. The Swiss-based group’s instrument acquires stereo imagery of the planet’s surface at a best resolution of 4.5m per pixel. It’s onboard principally to provide visual context for the orbiter’s other instruments that are trying to track down the locations on Mars where methane and other trace gases could be being released into the atmosphere. But when CaSSIS is not doing this tandem work, it is employed as a general purpose imager to study the geology of the planet. https://thedawggonenews.com/2019/03/14/european-satellite-captures-nasa-mars-lander-from-orbit/#MTU1MjU4MjA4M18 This colour-composite image of the floor of Kibuye Crater in Terra Sirenum highlights the rich variety of mineralogical composition found in the region’s rocks A good example is the picture of the floor of Kibuye Crater in the region of Terra Sirenum, says Prof Nic Thomas from the University of Bern. “These places where you have a lot of colour diversity is indicating a lot of mineral diversity, and in different layers. This means we could be looking at sedimentary layers where deposition from water was a key process. And because CaSSIS has got this colour and stereo capability, people are really looking to use the camera on these sites,” he told BBC News. The stereo allows scientists to build elevation models and work out how thick layers area. https://thedawggonenews.com/2019/03/14/european-satellite-captures-nasa-mars-lander-from-orbit/#MTU1MjU4MjA4NF8 The crater just to the left of this image is called Jezero. It’s where Nasa will send a rover in 2020. This is a red-blue stereo image that is best viewed with “3D” glasses The Trace Gas Orbiter has been in its science orbit around Mars for almost a year now. One of its roles is to provide a communications relay for surface operations. The US space agency’s Insight probe and its Curiosity rover will talk to Earth through the TGO. And when the joint European-Russian Rosalind Franklin rover arrives in 2021, it too will use the orbiter to transfer its data home. This image covers a portion of the wall-terrace region of the 100km-wide Columbus Crater. The white markings are salts that were deposited when lake water in the crater started to dry out, like a “bath ring” https://thedawggonenews.com/2019/03/14/european-satellite-captures-nasa-mars-lander-from-orbit/#MTU1MjU4MjA4NV8 This mysterious pattern was pictured on the crest of a ridge in the Terra Sabaea region of Mars. The lines are thought to be the tracks left by hundreds or maybe even thousands of “dust devils”, mini Martian tornadoes. 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__label__wiki	0.928722	0.928722	Posts Tagged ‘Lost Under Heaven’ LUH – ” Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing “ Posted: December 16, 2016 in ALBUMS, MUSIC Tags: Ellery Roberts, Lost Under Heaven, LUH, Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Ellery James Roberts‘ band WU LYF felt like the real deal with a colossal debut album, an equally impressive live set up and a cultivated mystique which drew many supporters, whether you liked them or not they warranted your attention. So it was not surprising when they self-combusted in the centre of their own hype machine in November 2012. Roberts returns alongside his girlfriend and co-vocalist Ebony Hoorn on LUH (Lost Under Heaven,) and it’s remarkable how he’s honed some of WU LYF‘s central ideas , This album has massive hooks, cataclysmic percussive beats and choruses and aligned it with his characteristic roar, The result is stadium size bombastic brilliance. LUH may not be a complete reinvention for Roberts but it is a near revelation Perhaps the biggest problem former Wu Lyf singer Ellery Roberts is facing is whether his public still care. It’s been over three years since the cult Manchester act split, and entire scenes have come and gone. Certainly, Roberts’ music is still up to scratch – his and LUH collaborator Ebony Hoorn’s last track ‘Lost Under Heaven’ was a total thriller, and gloriously intense. we posted about their massive track “Unite ” Whatever happens, happens. Embracing LUH challenges you to stop trying to identify with problems or solutions, all is. LUH – ” Soro “ Posted: December 2, 2016 in MUSIC Tags: Amsterdam, Ebony Hoorn, Ellery Roberts, Lost Under Heaven, Manchester, Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing – Prologue featuring demos, alternative versions and rare tracks. LUH (which stands for Lost Under Heaven) is Ellery Roberts and Ebony Hoorn. Over the past two years, they have been releasing music, art, photography, film and manifestos into the world, including 2014’s Unites video and the expansive Lost Under Heaven music and artwork package at the end of last year. Ellery’s name might be familiar as the frontman of WU LYF, whose raw and primal voice helped create a sound that shaped a new model for the untamed fury of youth. Ebony is an audio-visual artist based in Amsterdam, where the pair now live, and co-directed the new video with Florian Joahn. Spiritual Songs For Lovers To Sing is the pair’s debut album and was produced by The Haxan Cloak (known for his own genre-bending experimental compositions in 2015 on the remote island of Osea. Following the flame-out of his beloved, volatile band WU LYF, Ellery James Roberts teams with girlfriend Ebony Hoorn on his debut album produced by the Haxan Cloak (Bobby Krlic). Somehow the best elements of both Roberts’ and Krlic’s previous work find their way to the surface. It’s possible to hear the album as a convoluted display of too many ideas, but the forward-thinking of presenting rock vocals and song structures with influences that draw on contemporary hip-hop, EDM, and pop makes LUH one of the most important releases of the year. It’s a record that lyrically and sonically reflects our times, entering a dialogue across genres. THIS WEEKS ESSENTIAL NEW RELEASES – 29th April 2016 Posted: April 30, 2016 in MUSIC Tags: Black Honey, John Doe, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Lost Under Heaven, Sun Kil Moon, The Barr Brothers, The Jayhawks, the Liminanas THE JAYHAWKS – PAGING MR PROUST Produced by REM guitarist Peter Buck, Tucker Martine, and Gary Louris, this is the first Jayhawks album since 2011’s ‘Mockingbird Time’ and is a return to the lineup of the band that made ‘Rainy Day Music’ in 2003 – the core band of Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Tim O’Reagan, and Karen Grotberg. “It’s the start of a brand new adventure.” sings Gary Louris on ‘Quiet Corners and Empty Spaces’, the opening track on The Jayhawks‘ new album ‘Paging Mr. Proust’. The band formed in Minneapolis in 1985 and the album shows their commitment to adventure and forward motion which makes this collection of songs exciting and instantly memorable. LP – Housed in Gatefold Sleeve with Download. John Doe – The Westerner CD/LP (Cool Rock) John Doe calls his new album The Westerner his “psychedelic soul record from the Arizona desert.” The album features 10 new tracks from Doe with guest appearances from Chan Marshall of Cat Power, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Cindy Wasserman of Dead Rock West and Tom Brosseau. The Westerner was produced by Howe Gelb (Neko Case, M. Ward), Dave Way (Fiona Apple) and Doe. The album’s artwork was designed by Shepard Fairey and Aaron Huey to support Native American rights via a campaign called Protect The Sacred, with additional photography by Jim Herrington. Of the album Doe says, “The Westerner is dedicated to Michael Blake, author of many books, including Dances With Wolves, who was a scholar and advocate for Native American rights. He was also one of my best friends for over 30 years. Michael taught me how to ride horses (we knocked each other off them several times) and we taught each other about writing, music and art. Many of these songs are about him or use him as the main character. His presence has been with me throughout the making of the record. It’s a wild, spread-out, desert-like life that we’ve lived.” SUN KIL MOON / JESU – SUN KIL MOON / JESU ‘Sun Kil Moon / Jesu’ is a collaborative studio album by American indie folk act Sun Kil Moon and British experimental act Jesu. The album also features guests Will Oldham aka Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, members of Low, Rachel Goswell of Slowdive and Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse. 2LP – Double LP with wide spine sleeve and a copy of the album on CD. KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD – NONAGON INFINITY Recording, releasing and touring a couple of albums in 18 months is beyond the realms of comprehensibility for most bands, but then King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard aren’t ‘most bands’. Forget a couple of albums, Friday April 29th 2016 marks the release of ‘Nonagon Infinity’, their fourth long-player for Heavenly Recordings in a little under a year and a half. Workshy they ain’t! After the acid-flecked cosmic jazz of ‘Quarters’ and the hazy, pastoral, acoustic bliss of ‘Paper Mache Dream Balloon’, with ‘Nonagon Infinity’ the Gizzard once again dive head-long into the gonzo freak-beat frenzy that mark both their Heavenly debut ‘I’m In Your Mind Fuzz’, and their perpetually in motion, double-drummer propelled live show. Recorded by Wayne Gordon, Paul Maybury, Michael Badger and Stu Mackenzie at Daptone Studios in Brooklyn, in keeping with their indefatigable spirit the 9 track album may be the world’s first infinitely looping LP. Each of the nine, complex, blistering tracks on ‘Nonagon Infinity’ seamlessly flows into the next, with the final song linking straight back into the top of the opener like a sonic mobius strip. LP – Black Vinyl in Gatefold Sleeve with Download. BLACK HONEY – Headspin 10″ Vinyl 1. All My Pride 2. Headspin 1. On Your Time 2. Mocking Swing THE BARR BROTHERS – ALTA FALLS Limited Red Vinyl 10″. The Barr Brothers release a new EP called ‘Alta Falls’. The 5 songs on this record are some of their favourite misfits from the ‘Sleeping Operator’ sessions. The cover art is by their elusive friend Madame Gilles, whose posters have been anonymously gracing the telephone poles of Montreal for years. THE LIMINANAS – MALAMORE Working in the sweetly swinging tradition of Serge Gainsbourg and the ye-ye sound of the ’60s, the Liminanas have a sound that blends sunny psychedelia with vintage pop. Based out of Perpignan, France, the group is composed of drummer and sometime vocalist Marie Liminana and bassist, organist, and jack-of-all-trades Lionel Liminana, as well as a host of guest vocalists including MU. With its combination of fuzzy organ, half-spoken / half-sung vocals, and vintage production, the band captures the sexy, ultra-hip sound of classic French pop. After releasing a series of singles, the duo released its self-titled debut in 2010 through the Chicago label Trouble in Mind. The band continued to crank out singles, and a second album, ‘Crystal Anis’, followed in the summer of 2012. After taking some time to revamp the Liminanas‘ sound to introduce more elements of French and Italian soundtrack music, the duo returned quickly with its third album for Trouble in Mind. ‘Costa Blanca’ was issued in late 2013. The band are now back with a new release ‘Malamore’ .LP – Housed in gatefold sleeve with CD Version. LUH – SPIRITUAL SONGS FOR LOVERS TO SING Rough Trade Exclusive with a Bonus Six Track CD ‘Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing – Prologue’. LUH (which stands for Lost Under Heaven) is Ellery Roberts and Ebony Hoorn. Over the past two years, they have been releasing music, art, photography, film and manifestos into the world, including 2014’s ‘Unites’ video and the expansive ‘Lost Under Heaven’ music and artwork package at the end of last year. Ellery’s name might be familiar as the frontman of WU LYF, whose raw and primal voice helped create a sound that shaped a new model for the untamed fury of youth. Ebony is an audio-visual artist based in Amsterdam, where the pair now live, and co-directed the new video with Florian Joahn. ‘Spiritual Songs For Lovers To Sing’ is the pair’s debut album and was produced by The Haxan Cloak (known for his own genre-bending experimental compositions and work on Bjork’s Vulnicura album) in 2015 on the remote island of Osea. LP+ – Rough Trade Exclusive Vinyl – Limited to 350 Copies with a Lyric Booklet. Double vinyl (AB white vinyl / CD black vinyl), packaged in separate sleeves with an A2 newsprint style poster and encased in a printed PVC outer sleeve. Comes with Bonus CD and Download. Also comes with 3 limited edition prints. 2LP – Double vinyl (AB white vinyl / CD black vinyl), packaged in separate sleeves with an A2 newsprint style poster and encased in a printed PVC outer sleeve. Comes with Bonus CD and Download. LP – Double vinyl (AB white vinyl / CD black vinyl), packaged in separate sleeves with an A2 newsprint style poster and encased in a printed PVC outer sleeve. The Indie Retail Vinyl includes 3 limited edition prints. Comes with Bonus CD and Download. CD – Comes with Bonus CD.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1835
__label__wiki	0.566384	0.566384	Category: Onibaba (1964) Carnival of Souls (1962): Criterion 60s Eerie Cinema: That Haunting Feeling The Criterion Blogathon is hosted by three truly prolific bloggers, and I want to thank them for allowing me to join in paying tribute to the collection of landmark, art-house & original films from around the globe! Hosted by Aaron at Criterion Blues, Kristina at Speakeasy and Ruth at Silver Screenings! When they started to hint that this blogathon was going to be BIG… none of us had any idea just how BIG!!!! BIG was! Criterion Eerie Cinema of the 60s -‘That Haunting Feeling!‘ The trend of classical Gothic ghost stories in a decade of disorder… Carnival of Souls 1962: “When we are young we read and believe the most fantastic things. When we grow older and wiser we learn with perhaps a little regret that these things can never be. We are quite, quite wrong!” –Noel Coward, Blithe Spirit Is all that we see or seem… But a dream within a dream?” – Edgar Allan Poe – A Dream Within a Dream “I don’t belong in the world”– Mary Henry-Carnival of Souls 1962 Carnival of Souls (1962) was produced & directed by Herk Harvey who originally shot industrial & educational geographical shorts and found himself traveling all over the United States. He came across some inspiring locations when he decided to try his hand at an intellectual horror story. When he stumbled onto the abandoned Pavilion in Utah, which at one time was a grand party spot in the earlier part of the century, between the corrosive salt water air and the years of neglect, Harvey knew that he had found the right place to film his arty horror film. Saltair Pavilion: Historical photograph Carnival of Souls doesn’t rely on it’s sparse dialogue to tell it’s story, for it’s the visual cues, and the spasms of unreality that become the narrator. Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) is a ‘liminal’ wanderer , a heroine who is in a state of transition who occupies both sides of a threshold between reality & oblivion. When Mary experiences bouts of her non-existence in public places, where people act as if she isn’t there, and when all noises and sounds go away and she is stuck in a silent world… she can touch a tree and the chirping of birds re-connects her to reality. This image represents the liminal space she occupies. But don’t get smart alecky with me, I know the difference between liminal and a tree limb! just a co-incidence people just a co-incidence… After having several unfortunate mis-dealings with corrupt distribution houses like Hertz Lion on it’s initial release, and small indie companies that packaged the film as part of collection of B-Movie horror box sets in 1989. In 2000 Carnival of Souls received it’s rightful induction into the Criterion Collection when they put this beautifully artistic horror gem in their extraordinary catalog. Herk Harvey was a devotee to Ingmar Bergman and more specifically his cinematographer Sven Nykvist (The Virgin Spring 1960, Through a Glass Darkly 1961 Persona 1966, Pretty Baby 1978, The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981, The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988). Harvey tried to impart this inspiration to his camera guy Maurice Prather, in terms of how he envisioned lighting the film. Here’s a dismissive description of our female heroine aside from ‘misfit heroine’ which at least the character sees herself as an ‘outsider’… going through some life altering surreal journey … from Roger Ebert in 1989: “The movie stars Candace Hilligoss, one of those worried blonds like Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960)… When women have something praying on their minds , it’s called worry, or if she takes that worry further and voices her anxiety, it’s called hysteria. If the same situation befell a man, he’d be a courageous loner trying to find his way through a challenge. No look of worry on his face. It would be called ‘determination.’ Film critic Roger Ebert also had this to say about Carnival of Souls back during it’s revival in 1989. “Carnival of Souls” is a odd obscure horror film that was made on a low budget in 1962 in Lawrence Kansas., and still has an intriguing power. Like a lost episode from “Twilight Zone”, it places the supernatural right in the middle of everyday life and surrounds it with ordinary people. It ventures to the edge of camp, but never strays across the line taking itself with an eerie seriousness.”…{….} And another effective moment when she’s in a car on a deserted highway and the radio only picks up organ music.” Harvey came up with the story but it was scripted by writer John Clifford, who fashioned his hallucinatory version of the story as a psychological fun house ride in the same mold of Rod Serling’s anthology series, Twilight Zone. I got the same vibe myself when re-viewing the film, as it reminded me of the Hitch-Hiker episode with Inger Stevens. You can see the correlation between the heroine falling into a nether space that mimics life’s mundane locations, yet something is quite off — between her reality and the connection to those places. The tone of Carnival of Souls is somber and the colors are monochromatic which allows for the emergence of the “Man” to project even more supremacy over the mood and motion because of the lack of grey areas. He stands out superbly as the film’s boogeyman. Carnival of Souls is a story that doesn’t rely on elucidating or crucial dialogue. It is driven by eerie & arresting visual cues. Carnival of souls is hauntingly gritty, menacing and an ethereal nightmarish journey that our ‘misfit heroine’ (source -Jarenski) -archetype Mary Henry must roam through in order to find her place in the world… it is a visual and sensory driven allegory. Mary Henry, straddles the plain between reality and unreality, life & death, belonging & alienation, an outcast who is “unfit for the mundane world.” The film works based on the premise that Mary is unusual, an outcast or outsider. Even the people surrounding her act jittery, a bit bewildered and uncomfortable by her strange manner. Gene Moore was responsible for the score that consists of REUTER ORGAN with exposed pipes. He had access to the Reuter Organ Factory and became inspired to use it as the musical undercurrent of calliope. It also gave Harvey the idea to use this motif as Mary Henry’s profession, and place of employment. With all the organ inflections and swells it is only Mary and us, who ever hear the magnificent instrument playing, filling out all the nuanced spaces without intruding, it is subtle and multi-layered for such a powerful instrument, that works well with the macabre carnival atmosphere. The art and set direction are literally the real locations that Harvey and Clifford felt inspired by. They would sneak the crew in to film before getting booted out. The amusement park Pavilion called the Saltair, was shot in Great Salt Lake City Utah. With the exception of Candace Hilligoss who trained in New York City as a method actor under the tutelage of Lee Strasberg, and character actor Sidney Berger as the lascivious neighbor John Lindon, the rest of the cast is virtually unknown non actors. Herk Harvey had requested that they scout for an accomplished New York Actress, and they found Hilligoss! Although Harvey refused to give Hilligoss any cues or background motivation for her character. She, like the other players had no rehearsals nor were they allowed or given any re-takes. Herk Harvey himself plays the ever-present ‘the Man’ as he is credited, who is the sinister presence that stalks Mary throughout the film. He creates an unsettling presence like the lurking archetype of ‘Death.’ Both Herk Harvy and John Clifford evaluated the final film saying that it had the art-house feel that they were shooting for, in their words “The visual style with an Ingmar Bergman look & the mood of a Jean Cocteau film.” with a supernatural theme. The film could also be viewed slightly in the realm of a Neo-Realist work, ‘Post WWII, Italy working under the constraints of a war torn nation, they were filmed in real locations with non-professional actors.’ -Gary J. & Susan Svehla Carnival of Souls attains a gritty naturalism, with the non created sets or the use of recognizable actors, except for Candace Hilligoss who wasn’t even given any direction about her character’s motivation! ironic for a method actor who trained under the master Lee Strasberg… Hilligoss’ state of un-ease was authentic… The make up for what I’m calling the ‘Dead Ensemble‘ came about because of the budgetary restrictions. Using egg whites, yes egg whites, what happened as a happy accident was a chilling & effective look of rotting flesh, and the pale gray glow of death. The egg whites created the pasty grey and flaky tone due to the use of B&W film stock. To get permission to film the car plunging into the Kaw River in Kansas, the film crew had to agree to pick-up the tab for any repairs to the bridge. In fact the police attempted to arrest Harvey for attempted murder til Harvey showed it to be a simulation for their film and not a real accident. Filming the entire movie in a month much of the footage was executed with guerrilla -like shooting tactics because they would have to get in and out of the settings, grab the few shots on that location due to not having permits to be there or to close the streets for filming! Most of the audio was post-dubbed, so it was an impossible task to get the syncing just right. Sadly, With all the financial problems and the lack of recognition that the film failed to get initially turned both Herk Harvey and John Clifford off from making another picture. The film opens on a street of a Midwestern heartland town where three young women in a car are being challenged to a drag race by a gang of young hoodlums. When the driver agrees, the girls begin to tear up the road and head over the very narrow bridge. All three including Mary Henry (Hiligoss) plunge off the bridge into the murky waters below. As the car falls beneath the clouded river, the film’s credit’s ripple over the surface of the water, creating an eerie prelude to the story. This image strikes me as a portrait of Americana- a photo that Shelby Lee Adams might have taken. The menfolk almost looming like apathetic vultures over the car wrecked in the river below another similar view -the men looking down on Mary Henry -objectification & a silent pronouncement from the patriarchy! The sole survivor, Mary emerges from the cold river, drenched like a drowned and rotting water lily, smeared and splattered in mud. While the rescue party arrives on the scene, local townspeople are there, and the police work on raising up the submerged car, Mary walks out of the water staggering onto the jettee. Mary is asked about the other two women in the car but she tells them that she doesn’t remember anything. Mary just walks away from the scene of the accident. As if the entire ordeal was just a dream you wake from to find that it isn’t real, it hasn’t happened, Mary walks away and returns to her job at the organ factory. She tells her boss that she has decided to make a change in her life. She has taken a position as a church organist in another city in Utah. When her co-workers gossip about Mary’s decision they remark in a bit of foretelling dialogue, giving away some dreary foreshadowing of things to come for Mary , “If she’s got a problem, it’ll go right along with her.” “Mary it takes more than intellect to be a musician… put your soul into it.” Mary leaves town, she drives past the scene of the accident. She begins to experience a sense of panic, of trepidation washing over her , but she makes it across the bridge safely. It’s nighttime, shes driving by herself and she sees the abandoned pavilion which instantly sparks her interest. But when she reverts her gaze back to the road she sees directly in front of her a vision of the pale faced stranger who’s sinister presence startles her, and for a moment she veers off the road. Managing to gain back control of the car she makes it onto the road and continues driving til she gets to the gas station. The only music Mary can get on the car radio is organ music… Once there, she is haunted by either strange hallucinations or actual supernatural contact of a sinister man (Herk Harvey) with a macabre pale dead face in a off the rack suit and then a tuxedo. The monochromatic frames work to intensify the look of the ‘Man’ who literally appears to be part of the seducing void & darkness moving around Mary. Mary meets her new landlady at the boarding house where she’s taken a room, near the church where she’ll be the organist. The minister tells her that the congregation would be interested in meeting their new organist but she coldly replies to him. “If they say I’m a fine organist that should be enough” “We have an organist capable of stirring the soul” sure but consider the fact that she’s a ‘lost’ soul herself! She makes it to her new rooming house, getting ready for bed she catches another glimpse of the ‘Man’ outside her bedroom window. In the morning , she goes to her new job at the church. The minister (Art Ellison) tells her that he’d like the congregation to meet her as she’s the new organist and part of the community now. Yet, odd bewildered Mary isn’t interested in this ceremonious display, he imparts a fatherly cliché to her “You can’t live in isolation from the human race.” the ‘Man’ appears at the church looking strangely at the stain glass panel, what is he thinking? it’s an interesting juxtaposition of the image of a pious figure being gazed at by the figure of ‘death’ Mary feels cut off from the world and is believed to be crazy by the people she encounters. She also becomes drawn to a decaying old amusement park where the ‘Man’ who visits her hallucinations, escorts her into a waltz of the dead in the empty ballroom. Meantime, the police are back at the scene of the accident pulling up the wreckage of the car from the river. Mary is pursued by the sleazy roomer at the boarding house, John Linden who’s got plans on getting Mary in the sack! From CRITERION The Liner notes by Bruce Kawin–there are fun references to other movie titles like “Call it Orpheus meets An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge–organ there are similarities.. After the accident she plays the church organ without any religious conviction and has a date without desire, She is accused of having no soul. She feels cut off and doesn’t know why and to find out the reason is to be destroyed : To synchronize with and , quite literally meet her fate. Mary can see Saltair Pavilion from her bedroom window The film is filled with signals and omens that forewarn that something has shifted in Mary’s life either through her dreams or her new reality. John Clifford’s script seems inspired by the old expressionist fantasy dramas and Harvey’s direction allows the atmosphere to embrace a weird style, that could easily have been a silent film. Carnival of Souls depends much on visual cues, and a quirky narrative filled with curiosity, honesty and repressed primal fear. Once Mary walks away from the commotion of the accident she drives to a local garage for assistance. She sees the ‘Man’ and flees on foot. (This is very reminiscent of the Twilight Zone episode called The Hitchhiker starring Inger Stevens being stalked by what looks like a hobo, but just might be death himself trying to take her back with him.) Inger Stevens is Nan Adams in The Hitch-Hiker episode of Rod Serling’s brilliant anthology sci-fi/fantasy show The Twilight Zone The Hitch-Hiker aired on Jan. 22 1960. On Mary’s day off she goes shopping, and in the midst of a retail transaction she becomes disconnected from her surroundings. First people refuse to acknowledge her as if she’s not there. (great idea for a film effect right M Night Shyamalan? yeah as I was saying) Then Mary begins to lose her sense of hearing. Nothing seems to make noise, there isn’t a sound to be heard. While shopping in the department store, the people around Mary act as if she isn’t there. As if she were a ghost… “why can’t I hear anything?” Mary becomes hysterical when she thinks the older gentleman at the water fountain is the ‘Man’ Dr Samuel’s tells her she’s hysterical and that she should control herself… She flees to the tranquility of the city park and leaves the urban stresses behind her, and suddenly her senses start coming back to her. Once she lays her hands on a tree trunk the natural world let’s her in again. She can hear bird’s chirping and becomes connected to reality again. But this is only shortly lived as it lasts briefly before, she thinks she sees the ‘Man’ standing by the a water fountain. Mary becomes hysterical. Dr. Samuel’s comes to her aide, tells her she’s hysterical and to control herself. He takes her to his office across the street. Mary- “It was more than just not being able to hear anything, or make contact with anyone. It was as though, as though for a time I didn’t exist. As though I had no place in the world. No part of the life around me.” Dr. Samuels-“And then you saw this, this man?” He tells her that perhaps the Man represents a ‘guilt’ feeling. She tells him that it’s ridiculous. Mary “Well I know one thing. If my imagination is playing tricks on me, I’m gonna put a stop to it!” He tells her she’s strong willed. She tells him that she’s survived if that’s what he means. He tells her that the Pavilion holds some kind of meaning to her. She’s going out there alone and prove that it’s just her imagination. She tells him she has no interest in being with other people. She also figures that her unease is somehow connected to the abandoned Carnival/Pavilion. So fixated on it is she, that she feels compelled to return there and try to exorcise these recent terrors. While visiting it during daylight she interprets it as a harmless place. But… she is unaware of the ‘Man’ lying beneath the surface of the water… waiting for her. Mary is cast under the spell of the lurking dead and the strange draw to the abandoned & desolate Saltair “Profane… sacrilege What are you playing in this church. Have you no respect Do you feel no reverence? Well I feel sorry for you… and your lack of soul. This organ the music of this church these things have meaning and significance to us. I assumed they did to you. (to Mary it was just a job) But without this awareness I’m afraid you cannot be our organist. In conscious I must ask you to resign” At Church Mary is compelled to play the organ like a feverish madwoman, beyond the control of her hands, she hits the keys and creates dark progressions. Her music becomes malevolent on the pipe organ (Much like Siohban McKenna’s Emmy in Daughter of Darkness 1948) As Mary strokes the keys inflamed, overcome and aroused by the inexplicable desire, she sees images of the ‘Man’ and the others, the dead ensemble rising from the water, then waltzing at the Pavilion, moving in a quick pace, toward her. The jump cuts are very effective, as if they create the illusion of the dead ones hurling themselves at her. The minister interrupts Mary’s day-mare he cries ‘Sacrilege’ and he dismisses her from her post at the church. CRITERION liner notes: All the music with the exception of the jukebox is the organ. “The organ is the music of Mary’s mind and of the world in which she finds herself. the world as a gain the way things are. It may be that she imagines her story in her own terms. With a soundtrack as cold as she is said to be, or that she ‘really’ lives for awhile in a world where the dead intrude. The underscoring and the underwater undead make it likely that what we see and hear is her windscreen. But the horror film can have it both ways.” “An alternate world and an imagined one. Aside from the music the most artistically daring element of this film-one that defies a central convention of the horror genre -is its flight from romanticism , it’s concentration not on a foaming monster or on the hammering bosom of a Hammer heroine, but on a cold fish. If she is a magnet for the Gothic , there is nothing exciting or sexy about it. The thrills of this carnival are cold ones…. bits of death.” The ‘Man’ continues to pursue Mary, she sees him everywhere, even while she’s playing the organ. The minister shows Mary around town and she asks him to accompany her to the Pavilion. Strange too, Mary can see it from her bedroom window. When she returns to the rooming house Mary has to rebuff the seedy lecherous John Linden (Sidney Berger) who keeps trying to insinuate himself into Mary’s apartment. She also sees the ‘Man’ again. Mary is fixated on the Pavilion in the way Eleanor Lance (Julie Harris) is fixated on Hill House. The Pavilion has become a catalyst, a place of connection to Mary who til now has been literally disconnected from the living world. The old rusted machinery of the ballroom, and the rusted collapsing spiral staircase reveal the old is enticing both women who don’t belong in this world that is new and young and vibrant. Both Eleanor and Mary Henry exist in a dust filled space of detachment and estrangement. Mary accepts a date with her sleazy predatory neighbor Lindon, but refuses to drink, dance or be held close. They go back to her room, she sees John’s face become the ‘Man’s’ reflection in the mirror. The next morning she checks out of the rooming house, determined to leave this town behind. She is detained by car trouble. Dropping off the car at the gas station even proves to be an ominous affair. Having been fired, wanting to leave town, the car is the garage, she goes to the bus depot, but can’t buy a ticket because no one hears or sees her. She tries to get onto the bus, the dead ensemble are inside laughing approaching her She tries to get on the train, they close the gate on her. she runs, there is a motorcycle cop, but he pulls away, as does the taxi cab that doesn’t see her…she runs the organ and the heels of her shoes, in a frenzy, her inner monologue why can’t they hear me, why can’t I hear anything. Trying to buy a bus ticket people walk right over her, the teller doesn’t acknowledge her. She is invisible to the world. She tries to get onto the train. they close the gait in her face. She is not there… Mary screams… “Why can’t anybody hear me!!!” She attempts to buy a bus ticket, and becomes separated from the world again, so she attempts to just get on the bus. Jumping through the open door of the idling bus, she is confronted by the passengers, the dead ensemble. She meets with Doctor Samuels again in his office. He sits and listens with his back to her, she tells him “I don’t belong in the world” As the psychiatrist turns to answer her, it is revealed to be the ‘Man’ sitting in the chair. Mary screams… and wakes up in the garage. For a moment Mary is allowed to acknowledge the experience as a dream. Mary to Doctor Samuel’s chair back -“You’ve got to tell me what to do!” Mary drives away from town, directly to the Pavilion. The outside lights are illuminating the dead ensemble dancing. Mary sees herself as one of them. She’s dancing with the ‘Man’, caught in his embrace. The quick cuts create a frenetic dizzying night torment. The dead ensemble begin to chase Mary onto the sand by the beach. Then the scene changes to the austere sky and bleached out white of daylight. There she is haunted by strange visions involving the pasty-faced wraith who continues to be a menacing force. Mary is disconnected from the natural world, and the people around her experience her as odd perhaps even crazy. Even the most ordinary and mundane places like church, retail shops, parks, train stations and doctor’s offices are not safe as the pale-faced wraith that shadows her seems to be everywhere. It is this feeling of isolation & being alienated by the world that draws Mary to the eerie abandoned Pavilion. At the Pavilion she is escorted by the ‘Man’ to come join the dance with the ‘pale-faced pushing up daisy’s gang’ in the empty ballroom. The quick cuts of the ‘Man’ are appropriately horrifying because of the lack of grey tones, he appears with the ghastly pasty white face in dark contrast to his evening wear and the dark corners in which he appears to be occupying. The power in the Pavilion comes on and the festive lights come up in the ballroom -the dead ensemble in their evening attire are waltzing. She see herself as one of them, she is dancing with the ‘Man’- she screams and runs but they chase her down to the beach. Now it’s daytime, the cold light of day at the Pavilion-slipping in and out of a dream, reality, darkness & light or belonging of terror. We see the police, the minister of the church and the locals are investigating Mary’s disappearance. Mary’s car is still at the Pavilion. There are many sets of footprints leading down toward the beach and then… they end abruptly. Is she trapped between the world of the dead or the world of the living? Mary Henry avoids death throughout the film as she is stalked and seduced by the pale-faced ‘Man’ with the mocking gaze and the ‘Lifeless Mob’, the ‘Dead Ensemble’ but it might just be a tryst she’ll have to show up for eventually… Just to recap- The opening prelude shows us Mary rising from the cold waters of the river, her hair splattered with mud, she staggers onto the river bank passing the rescue party. She moves awkwardly as she emerges. It is perhaps the most powerful scene in Carnival of Souls, as Mary Henry indifferent toward ‘rescue’ or ‘deliverance.’ The extraneous attempt are mocked by the reality that Mary doesn’t seek salvation, and soon will embark on a nightmare journey trying to find her way out of purgatory. She is lured to the deserted Pavilion, trying to exorcise the nightmarish wraiths that stalk her even in the stark light of day. The film fell into obscurity for a while because of a bad deal struck with the corrupt Hertz-Lion Company to distribute the film in small theaters , who either didn’t understand or didn’t care to embrace Harvey/Clifford’s vision for the film. So Hertz Lion packaged it as a B-Movie venues exclusively, and playing at drive ins in the Southeastern U.S, not allowing it’s intended urban city Indie arty audience to see it. The Company also kept the profits then went out of business in 1964. Leaving Harvey and Clifford unpaid, the film lab who struck the release print unpaid as well. Carnival of Souls was edited for release to be used as double billing. The film was butchered by Hertz Lion, sacrificing mood and the script’s intelligibility for the sake of a shorter print, which would be easier to distribute. Now you may suppose that the film’s continuity was sacrificed by this, yet Carnival of Souls does not seem to suffer from lack of atmosphere, unique camera work or said continuity, the film still deserves the art-house label as Herk Harvey and John Clifford originally intended. Even after ‘it languished in obscurity’ due to the dubious distribution strategy by the corrupt Hertz Lion Company and despite all the cuts and edits from the original film, Carnival of Souls has gained a tremendous cult following, It’s one of my favorite classical horror films of the 60s! With many of us discovering this horror gem on late nite television with it’s spooky programming like Chiller Theater, Creature Feature and Night Fright on WOR Channel 9 in New York… all of which I was nourished on as a really young horror fan in the 60s & 70s. Candace Hilligoss was frustrated with Herk Harvey because he gave her NO motivation for her character, little to no explanation for Mary’s actions. Coming from the method school of acting, this created a conflict with her role, yet the blank stare and the disconnection to the narrative inadvertently or unconsciously created the no- affect heroine that propelled Mary even further into a netherworld caught between reality and unreality. Sound and silence. Visibility and imperceptibility. Mary Henry walks through the film perplexed and alienated. Hilligoss would appear in one more horror picture from the 60s Corpse of the Living Dead (1964) a gruesome horror whodunit with a heavy dose of cynicism and sadism, Del Tenney style. Carnival of Souls has a visual narrative that is somewhat like a dark poem, or a funeral dance. I’ve read an interesting essay that touches on a corollary between Carnival of Souls and Robert Wise’s 1963 ghost story The Haunting based on Shirley Jackson’s novel, The Haunting of Hill House. From Hidden Horror the chapter on Carnival of Souls by Prof. Shelly Jarenski- They make a few interesting comparisons. Such as the prelude… “… And we who walk here… walk alone.” in my malleable childhood mind, both the prelude and the coda stayed with me like a creepy lullaby or maudlin soliloquy. Jarenski says “The film’s core themes are encapsulated in that line uttered by the misfit heroine Eleanor Lance.” Jarenski also mentions that ‘Eleanor seemed happiest becoming a ghost, belonging to the house.’ Words like ‘we’ or ‘walking’ does create an “ominous ambiguity.“ That Eleanor will either join the collection of lost souls in Hill House or be doomed to walk alone for all eternity in ‘isolation and despair.’ Jarenski asserts that Carnival of Souls can be understood as a corollary to the more ceremonious and celebrated The Haunting because “It portrays what being part of the community of the dead, while simultaneously feeling utterly alone, looks like.” Source From: More Things Than are Dreamt of- they point out the idea that The Haunting is much more than just a ghost story. As Shirley Jackson wrote in her novel, “During the whole underside of her life, ever since her first memory Eleanor had been waiting for something…” Because of the key player Eleanor Lance not being a professional para-psychologist or a willing believer, what surfaces during the story’s reveal is that we are witnesses not just to a haunting, but a lonely woman, a disillusioned spinster, most likely a virgin who is yearning for release. Mary Henry is also an isolated outcast, drawn to something possibly nefarious, but it’s something better than being a nothing, or being invisible around regular people… “I have no desire for the close company of other people.” Mary Henry goes through portends and psychic spells that tamper with her senses, spells that are jarring and utterly frightening. The idea of abject ‘horror’ as with The Haunting (1963) or Daughter of Darkness (1948) doesn’t necessarily prove or disprove the existence of a supernatural force behind the fear that is awakened. The apprehension of evil, the supernatural or the fine line between life and death are made a disturbing odyssey as we aren’t sure what is happening to Mary or us. The disturbing tone as Jarensky puts it, is ‘atmospheric oddness.’ The oddness that is familiar in Robert Wise’s The Haunting as Hill House’s angles were all ‘odd’ leaving one to feel that there is one big distortion as a whole. Mary Henry has been shifted off the mortal plain, journeying through a dizzying quagmire of nocturnal terrors or daytime sensory ordeals and alienation from the world. I’ve made my own connection with another stunning picture that deals with the fine line between death and life, reality and unreality. I’m talking about Tim Robbins in Jacob’s Ladder (1990) where the hero also takes a grotesque and frighteningly nightmarish journey from life… through death… So is it a ‘death journey’, a collective hallucination, or is Mary Henry going mad? From the booklet notes of CRITERION by Bruce Kawin “In Carnival of Souls (1962) one place is allowed to be blatantly creepy: The Amusement park where ghosts rest under the water and rise to dance. The rest of the world appears both normal and somehow wrong and part of what is wrong about it -and within stand encompassing it- it the liminal protagonist , Mary Henry (Candace Hilligoss) For she has gone wrong , and in the world with her. It may be her subjective world, as in the Cocteau and Bergman films that producer -director Herk Harvey and screenwriter John Clifford admired, but it is ours as long as we are in the theater, and it look too much like the real world outside the theater for comfort. Mary Henry could also be said to be the archetypal “alienated heroine’, ‘the misplaced heroine’ or as Jarenski calls it ‘the misfit heroine’ who also feels like she lives on the fringes of society, with no place she truly belongs. Now this is where Mary Henry and her queer mannerism, church organ playing that becomes almost diabolically fevered, and the peculiar magnetism to either attract men or repel them still puts me in mind of director Lance Comfort’s Daughter of Darkness (1948) concerning the odd Irish lass Emily ‘Emmy’ Beaudine (Siohban MacKenna) Emmy too, was the church organist, who aroused every man in the county with a supernatural allure, yet she repelled dogs, horses and the womenfolk. And, when a man did want to go further she would scratch their eyes out or murder them in a fevered rage. Emmy is a wild thing, driven out of town for being one of the devil’s own. When Emmy played the organ, she became entranced not unlike Mary Henry, often she would lose herself in long drawn out musical conflagration to darkness. But was it supernatural or a monstrous feminine morality play about women’s primacy. Both women, provocative and strange possess a power to attract and repel, with Emmy’s boxer and Mary’s neighbor Linden. Mary plays the organ with a “pragmatic irreverence.” When the minister admonishes her, calling it ‘sacrilege’ she leaves her town “I am never coming back!“ The parishioners talk behind her back, “If she’s got a problem, it’ll go right along with her.“ But even as Mary is seen as renegade, wicked or immoral she still doesn’t seem comfortable in her own skin, not as much as the people on the periphery of her world are. Those who inhabit the tenuous wall between life & death. When Mary states that she feels separate from other people, we are dropped into a scene where the outside world that invades and surrounds her, loses all it’s sound. It is a marker to how she is cut off from the world. Julia Kristeva the scholar who expanded brilliantly on Freud’s postulations on the sub-conscious & fear in his The Uncanny describes something that is pervasive through Carnival of Souls. The film takes the mundane, the familiar and these familiar points of reference, department stores, city parks, train stations and brightly sunlit beaches, suddenly become ‘out of place’ This is what happens to Mary Henry as she bares witness to the manifestation of the uncanny. She experiences a ‘profound psychological disturbance’ that is virtually impossible to describe. As Jarensky says, “everything seems familiar to her, and yet she feels an inexplicable sense of separateness.” With each time the sinister and other-worldly ‘Man’ shows himself to Mary, the film begins to spiral into a nightmarish hazy Kaleidoscope of eerie unreality. It not only seems like an assault on Mary, it makes us really uncomfortable as well, causing us anxiety. Carnival of Souls has an enduring eerie charm that has sustained it’s cult status for years. Part of what works so well for this unique film is the lack of direction Hilligoss got from Herk Harvey leaving her as authentically lost as her character Mary Henry wandering through a netherworld too frightening to navigate. Low budget, filled with happy accidents that when viewed in retrospect bares the look of an art-house horror though unintentional the low grade quality creates a haunting appeal…. 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__label__cc	0.531348	0.468652	Generation y hook up culture The paradox of millennial sex: More casual hookups, fewer partners Tinder & Gen Y’s Hook Up Culture Is Hookup Culture Leaving Your Generation Unhappy and Unprepared for Love? Generation Z isn’t interested in dating or sex — or so we thought Why Hook-Up Culture Is Not The Problem With The Gen-Y Dating Game Millennials hookup culture. "hookup culture" & "dating apocalypse" Tinder and the Dawn of the “Dating Apocalypse” Dating in the hookup culture matching matching matching Millennial Sex is Defined by the Hook Up Culture, and College Campuses Are Taking Note This is the fourth story of an eight-part series on the generation Z population in Canada — who they are, what drives them and how they envision their near future. By the time Tessa Hill was 13, she could tell you in a detailed matter what consent meant — something even adults twice her age have a hard time doing. In , the Toronto native, who was in Grade 8 at that time, released the documentary Allegedly with friend Lia Valentine, a school project that centred around rape culture. In the months afterward, Hill met with former Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne to talk about sex ed and launched a viral campaign called We Give Consent, which is still active today. Asher, who hosts and produces a storytelling group in New York, has been dating online for seven years. Recently, he met a girl on the app Bumble , and the two began to casually date. At first, she welcomed the emotional vulnerability between the two of them. They got close quickly, but after a couple months she began to push him away, until she ghosted him completely. Related A Field Guide to Millennials. Asher is struggling, as are many Millennials — defined by the Pew Research center as the group of people born after who came into their young adulthood in or near , of which this writer is a part — to understand how his own generation has redefined courtship. Not that any generation has figured out a foolproof way of forming human connections. But for Millennials, online dating seems to have further complicated the already mysterious process of falling in love. Our entire approach to adulthood has shifted, in fact, from where we choose to live, to how long we stay in school. The media, too, has trouble deciphering what exactly our motivations in life are: Are we having nonstop kinky sex with one-night stands or remaining celibate into adulthood? Despite that confusion, the caricature of the commitment-phobic, sex-starved, Tinder-obsessed, strictly-a-casual-dater Millennial had to come from somewhere, and the Internet is probably to blame: The language of social media is that of openness, and most Millennials 90 percent of us , according to Pew use it, often publicizing our personal lives — including the intimate details of our sexual encounters. We proudly tout our dating hang-ups on a forum that lets us broadcast our problems in the moment. You hate your ex? Me too. We are the generation in an Internet-limbo, nostalgic for a childhood when the World Wide Web was still new while being forced to accept a technology-dependent society in adulthood. With that camaraderie comes a lessening of the shame that the generations before ours felt about sex. Our desires are no longer strange; we feel free to discuss all of our preoccupations with sex and dating, no matter how unusual or potentially embarrassing. Studies show that the stigma around sex is fading: One survey from the University of San Diego found that 58 percent of respondents said there was nothing wrong with sex before marriage, and another study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior found that 45 percent of us of have had casual sex, compared to only 35 percent in the Eighties. While these platforms make us feel less alone in the struggles that go along with maintaining a romantic relationship, social media simultaneously isolates us: Instagram and Twitter promise an audience of Millions without the awkwardness or inconvenience of real-world interactions. The Millennial habit of oversharing on social media is over-compensation for these cultural growing pains: The generation ahead us is fluent in technology; those now-teenagers were raised on it. But Millennials live in two worlds: This is an era of experimentation for young people as they try to have it all: Pew found that only 5 percent of Americans who are married or in a long-term relationship met their partner online. Has the Internet done permanent damage to the way Millennials relate to each other? A recent study from Florida Atlantic University found that more and more young adults are forgoing sex. His study found that 11 percent of to year-olds born from to reported being sexually inactive. But for adults born in from , that percentage jumped to 15 percent. Over the entire population, Dr. After all, the other 85 percent of these younger Millennials are having sex. What might be different with this generation is that the majority of Millennials received sex-education 87 percent , and grew up with an awareness, and a fear, of the AIDS epidemic, making us more hesitant when it comes to sexual encounters. Millennials might actually be a cautious bunch in general, less inclined to take risks: Last year, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that young people these days are far less likely to use drugs, abuse alcohol, and use tobacco. Perhaps our growing acceptance of random hook-ups has backfired on us. Goldman Sachs reported that so far in the s, the median age for marriage is 30 — seven years later than in the s. In , a very meager 23 percent of to year-olds were married and living in their own households. For the first time in more than years, adults aged 18 to 34 are more likely to live with their parents than with a partner. Overall, Millennials are pushing back the age of adulthood, usually as a reaction to our environment — the difficult-to-crack job market, and the ever-rising cost of rent. Sex is just another step toward becoming an adult that Millennials are avoiding. While procreation will always be a biological imperative among humans, dating is a process that continues to evolve: And as technology continues to advance, our dating pool will widen even farther, and so will our options for when and how we choose to meet potential mates. Watch here. Millennials are a generation in Internet limbo. Newswire Powered by. Close the menu. Rolling Stone. Arrow Created with Sketch. Calendar Created with Sketch. Path Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Plus Created with Sketch. We are generation Y and live in a “hook-up” culture. It's healthy and it's a part of life, but a majority of people who are college-aged really don't. Millennials, Hook Up Culture Is Not The Reason You considering hook up culture is made to seem like Gen Y's bread This Is Why Generation Y Fucking. Millennials hookup culture. Government Choose the Wall is unable to remove inlet for food disease outbreak. X On what they found regarding young adults and hookup culture. Edison provided to milan online gambling sites our well-being. Even though young adults seem to be craving some safety to balance their adventure, hookup culture continues to thrive, as much as many therapists would. This was the subject of an academic book called Hooking Up: All this hand-wringing seems unjustified, given that a recent University of Minnesota study refuted the idea that young men and women were at risk of some kind of harmful psychological damage for engaging in casual sex. I recently overheard two students talking in a dining hall at the university where I teach. This young woman was practically following a script. One can argue that each generation has had exposure to sexuality in varying degrees. The baby boomers are most famous for the sexual revolution. Despite the negatives or positives of the hook-up cultures, colleges are preemptively combating the issue by providing numerous options for safe sex. The hook-up culture is definitely something entrenched in the millennial generation. With twenty-somethings delaying marriage and not partaking in serious monogamous relationships , hooking up seems to be the most common method of satisfying those urges. Having casual sex or hooking up may eliminate the emotional investment that comes with a relationship. Sometimes college students do not have the time to devote to relationships or do not want to deal with the work that is involved in a relationship. Hooking up, whatever definition one goes by, allows for people to experiment sexuality and enjoy sex. Like most Gen X mental health professionals, my exposure to youth culture has waned over the years. Marriage A hookup culture is one that Hook-up apps designed for Do you even remember? Growing up with The O. But do claims about the death of romance — a concept so seemingly timeless — ring true? Are we really a generation of emotionally stunted, romance-deprived, sex-fuelled zombies? For better or worse, the advent of modern technologies and the decline of courtship and traditional dating have seen a transformation of the dominant approach to romantic relationships. A Review , published by the American Psychological Association. Social networking and online dating have contributed significantly to the reshaping of the singles landscape and cultural shifts in the mechanics of courtship. Tinder has been labelled the shallowest dating app ever, and yet its popularity is a testament to the fact that Millennials are increasingly turning to social media technologies to increase their hookup stakes. And the likelihood of getting wined, dined and romanced by your Romeo or Juliet through an app designed to pair up sex-starved singles based on their proximity to one another is — shockingly — low. In one sample of undergraduate students , on average, both men and women reported positive attitudes following a one-night stand. Cue orgasm sounds: It's all a far cry from the early part of last century: The so-called "Greatest Generation" those born between roughly and slept with an average of three adult partners in their adult life, while the "Silent Generation" those born from the mids to the mids slept with a meagre average of about two partners each. This is consistent with their image as a tolerant, individualistic generation accepting others' choices and making their own. Twenge said the change in attitude was generation-specific, evolving as younger, more accepting generations replaced older ones. Everyone is drinking, peering into their screens and swiping on the faces of strangers they may have sex with later that evening. Or not. Her friends smirk, not looking up. At a booth in the back, three handsome twentysomething guys in button-downs are having beers. They are Dan, Alex, and Marty, budding investment bankers at the same financial firm, which recruited Alex and Marty straight from an Ivy League campus. Names and some identifying details have been changed for this story. You could talk to two or three girls at a bar and pick the best one, or you can swipe a couple hundred people a day—the sample size is so much larger. Millennials may have popularized hookup culture and the notion of "friends with benefits," but social scientists have made a surprising discovery about the sex lives of these young adults — they're less promiscuous than their parents' generation. But that number is determined by a combination of factors — the time period when people reach adulthood, their age at the time they are surveyed, and the generation they're in. When the study authors used statistical methods to separate out those three factors, they found that a person's generation was the biggest predictor of the number of people he or she had slept with. In their calculations that isolated these so-called generational effects, the average number of partners for a baby boomer born in the s was The comparable figure for millennials was 8. The statistics in the study were drawn from the General Social Survey , a project based at the University of Chicago that has been collecting data on the demographics, attitudes and behavior of a nationally representative sample of American adults for decades. Dating in the hookup culture matching matching matching Contemporary hookup for women i surveyed more frequent, where people sling sex and i had to a friends with benefits. Another asked some women benefit us in fact that promotes hookups. Based on college institutions and downfalls of surveys and hookup culture, why individuals participate. But we've created the question, i've noticed hookup culture. An inside look at 3 types of civilization, kappas, friends with why people if it can also provide positive new hook up culture. 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Loos Suddenly my dreams are flooded with colour and adorable animated kitties and tree-squirrels and other unspecified cute n’ fuzzy creatures who talk to me in Japanese, and little girls who kick serious evil butt! Okay, so maybe as a feminist and long time Buffy-fan, the latter is not that unusual for me to dream about, but the others, especially all of the above in combination can only be attributed to one thing in my waking life: the Studio Ghibli marathon I’ve embarked on recently courtesy of the Cinematheque! This marathon is not to be taken lightly, this is some serious movie watching business, I’ve been running, sprinting, biking, swimming with Ponyo, sword fighting with Nausicaä, flying on Kiki’s broomstick, and exploring world after world of beautiful, extraordinary anime. It is the ‘return’ of Studio Ghibli at The Cinematheque, but I am discovering many of the Ghibli classics for the first time and acquainting myself with a handful of strong, spirited, daring, and independent female characters whom I now adore. It’s making me wish I had grown up watching Ghibli princesses like Nausicaä and Mononoke rather than Disney’s Snow White and Cinderella, but alas, the magical, fantastical productions of Studio Ghibli were not part of my childhood. I was quite late to hop on the Ghibli train, and I didn’t discover my first Studio Ghibli feature until just three years ago, at age 19. My first impression of Studio Ghibli was through Disney’s English adaptation of Ponyo on the Cliff (2008) which I have since heard actually falls short of many Studio Ghibli Fans’ favourite lists, most likely due to its unusual ‘outside’ influence. Like many other Studio Ghibli productions, Ponyo was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. However, the storyline was inspired by the Hans Christen Anderson story “The Little Mermaid”. For some viewers this acts as a deterrent, but for me it was the hook that pulled me into to the world of Ghibli. I grew up on Disney, and The Little Mermaid was one of my favourites, along with Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, and other gems that taught me if I just shut up and looked pretty a handsome prince might come and save me! So, when I discovered Ponyo I was thrilled at the retelling of one of my childhood ‘classics’ but with Ponyo instead of Arielle: an adorable fish and quirky child rather than a hyper-feminine, hyper-sexualized adolescent mermaid who has no problem giving up her voice for a set of human legs. Studio Ghibli is known for, (and often praised for) having brave, strong and un-Disney-like heroines, so as far as Ponyo goes, she may not be as feisty or as dominant as princess Naussicaa, or as brave as Chihiro from Spirited Away (2001), or as strong and independent as Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), but Ponyo definitely has a voice! She is not afraid to speak her mind, and she does not give up her voice for anyone (or anything). Since I was initially drawn to Studio Ghibli because of a girl who could talk, discovering all of the ass-kicking, sword-wielding Ghibli girls who can save themselves and/or save others too, has been a really exciting and satisfying journey. Because of my recent Studio Ghibli marathon and The Return of Studio Ghibli at The Cinematheque, I now have two new favourite Ghibli characters, Kiki, and Nausicaä! Honestly, Nausicaä is the only princess I would ever want to be, or want my future daughter, (or son, or child period.) to want to be. She is smart, strong, inquisitive, fearless, and basically an environmental activist and human and animal rights advocate that saves the world! Technically, Nausicaä is not really a Studio Ghibli character, but she is the character that started it all. From Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984), princess Nausicaä, born from manga created by Miyazaki, captured the hearts of little girls and boys across Japan and soon after, the hearts of children and adults across the globe. It was largely due to this vast success of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind that Studio Ghibli formed the following year, in June 1985. After watching and experiencing more of the colourful art and magic that is Studio Ghibli, I have decided, it is not just the awesome Ghibli girls that have me coming back for more. I have discovered a couple other reoccurring themes and subtexts that excite and fascinate me, and ultimately make me want to invest in my own complete Studio Ghibli collection so that I may be able to watch and re-watch and share them with my future children, nieces, and nephews. All of the Studio Ghibli films I have watched thus far hold some really positive and realistic messages. I would be lying if I said there aren’t some reoccurring stereotypes and comedic tropes that bug me, but for the most part Studio Ghibli films break down stereotypes and blur binaries by painting a spectrum of gender and morality. The line between masculinity and femininity is blurred because so many Ghibli characters contain multiple traditionally ‘feminine’ and ‘masculine’ qualities regardless of their own gender. Visually, many of the Ghibli characters are quite androgynous. All of Studio Ghibli’s main characters have strengths and weaknesses, charms, and flaws. The line between good and evil is often erased because many of the antagonists are given likable qualities too. We are made to empathize with lots of the ‘bad’ guys, and we are shown what it is that drives them. Most of the Ghibli villains are multi-dimensional and have some ‘good’ and some ‘humanity’ in them that the audience can relate to. Take for instance, Dola from Castle in the Sky (1986). When we are first introduced to Dola, she appears to be nothing but selfish, greedy, and gluttonous, but as the film progresses we see her in moments of kindness, we are shown that she is also nurturing, practical and assertive. When Dola overhears young protagonists Sheeta and Pazu talking fondly of her, she is surprised and touched by their sentiment. In turn we are touched by this self-reflexive moment and by Dola’s own dismay to their liking of her. In Princess Mononoke (1997) Lady Eboshi is another complex and interesting antagonist. Many of her workers, such as all of the ex-brothel girls, see her as a wondrous and fearless leader, and through them, we can see this side of her too. Lady Eboshi rescued them from work they did not enjoy, and she created jobs and a sense of purpose for all of the people in her village. However, one of her main faults is that she does not care about nature, not the plants or the animals, or any of the spirits of the forest which she plans to destroy. This brings me to the other reoccurring Studio Ghibli theme that I have discovered during my Studio Ghibli marathon. There are always underlying messages of environmental justice. Again and again in the productions of Studio Ghilbi it is person or people vs. nature, with a protagonist who strives to save the trees, the forest, the jungle, the animals, and the land. Studio Ghibli breathes life into nature, giving trees and plants and wild animals personalities and voices that are so enchanting and endearing, we cannot help but walk away from the screen wanting to save the plants and animals of our own world too! Or at the very least, these films start a conversation, open up a dialogue with all ages of Ghibli viewers about what it means to find a balance and live in harmony with nature. Heidi J. Loos Exploring Faith, Feminism and Authority in Novitiate All in Good Time – Not Quite Enough “First Position”: Dreams of Becoming a Dancer Beauty in Depth Wagner and Me: Separating Art from Artist Take This Waltz – Film Review Contributor Kit ALL-ACCESS PASS Keep up to date by signing up for Vancouver Weekly’s free Newsletter Top stories, events and offers around town.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1854
__label__wiki	0.83675	0.83675	Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge review: Better design, more power, and less clutter Mark Sullivan@thesullivan March 26, 2015 6:01 AM Image Credit: Mark Sullivan/VentureBeat Samsung unveiled two of the most talked-about smartphones in its grand history earlier this month at Mobile World Congress — the Galaxy S6 and curved-screen Galaxy S6 Edge. It was plain to see from the earliest leaked images of the new S6 that Samsung had hit upon some new design inspiration in the new phones. Samsung called the design process of the new phones “emotional,” and stressed the process was governed by an emphasis on “meaningful innovation” and “purposeful design.” After using the phones for awhile I can see they weren’t just blowing smoke. The new S6 is a 5.1-inch screened smartphone with rounded edges, while the new S6 Edge is a similar phone with the same-size screen, but one that curves downward at both sides of the phone. Some reviewers have complained about the feel of the curved-screen S6 Edge in the hand, but it’s very subjective: I like the narrower metal sides of the Edge, which is caused by the glass sloping downward from sides of the display. It makes the phone easier to grip. Samsung has now announced a U.S. release date for the phones: April 10. Preorders begin March 27. The phones come in Black Sapphire, White Pearl, and Gold Platinum colors with 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB memory options. Above: The Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge. The display is beautiful After watching some HD video on both phones, I’m impressed at how beautiful the picture is. This is Samsung playing one of its strong suits: displays. The 5.1-inch displays on the phones are 577 pixels-per-inch HD super-AMOLED. They’re brighter than in earlier Samsung devices, so that they’re easier to see in sunlit conditions. Above: Video looked pretty stellar on the S6 display. On the S6 Edge it seems to me that video appeared just as big as on the flat-screened S6, even though the top and bottom edges (when in landscape view) roll back from the flat surface. The curved edges create the illusion that the Edge is a smaller phone than the S6, but it really isn’t — it’s just a different shape. Fast processor Both the S6 and the S6 Edge run on Samsung processors, not Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, as had been expected. Samsung has a large-scale chip foundry that uses a cutting-edge 14-nanometer process to push the number of transistors in the tiny mobile chips to new levels. And the S6 is fast. I turned on some HD video in split screen mode and began to launch apps and navigate around. I noticed no lag at all — the touch screen was very responsive, and apps opened and responded quickly. Above: One use of the curved sides of the screen is the presentation of five of your best friends or social contacts. You can also instruct the phone to emit different colors of light for each of your friends when they call. The UI stays out of its own way Earlier Galaxy S series phones had taken criticism for including a lot of bloatware in the build — software apps, widgets, and features that got in the way of navigating and accessing the core functions of the phone. Samsung’s new focus on simplicity and purposeful design is very evident in the interface design of these new phones. The company has dialed its TouchWiz Android overlay way back, so that you see a lot more of Android’s elegant “Material Design” and less clutter on top. TouchWiz seems to have been stripped down to a limited set of features that can legitimately help productivity. For instance, the screen-splitting feature lets you pull a phone number from an email and then punch it into a phone dialer that’s also visible on the screen. You can also save the number in a little bookmark on the home screen for dialing later. A Samsung person told me the company has been trying to rediscover the old “desktop” paradigm of the PC age in its phones, where users organize content and tools on a home screen for maximum productivity. Above: From the back the phones look almost identical. Notice that the camera is raised a couple of millimeters off the back surface of the phones. Bigger cameras, brighter images I was impressed again in my tests of the camera. Both the S6 and the S6 Edge have dual-lens 16-megapixel cameras on their backsides, with F1.9 shutter speed. The camera has something called auto real-time HDR, which Samsung says reduces shutter lag. White balance is detected by a sensor and auto-corrected. Image stabilization software helps reduce shakey-cam. An autofocus feature puts a square around faces and follows them when you’re shooting people in motion (although I had mixed results when I tested this). In a head-to-head test between cameras on the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S6, I couldn’t help but notice the difference in the image clarity, detail, and white balance. The Samsung’s camera produced a brighter shot that is, I think, a bit more true to life than the iPhone’s shot. The iPhone 6 produced an image that was sharp and pleasing to the eye, with a more dramatic light/dark balance. Above: Photo of the VentureBeat office taken with the Apple iPhone 6. Above: Photo of the VentureBeat office taken with the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. The front camera on the S6 phones is 5-megapixel, more than enough for selfies and video chats. This camera also has F1.9 shutter speed for more light, as well as auto real-time HDR. Wireless charging baked in Both the S6 and the S6 Edge have integrated wireless charging built in, so there is no need for adapters. The phones support both the WPC and PMA wireless charging standards. Samsung says the phones wirelessly charge their batteries to 20 percent capacity in 30 minutes. When plugged in, the phones can get the battery to 50 percent charged after 30 minutes. Samsung says this is 30 percent faster than in the Galaxy Note 4. Above: For certain interface functions, the curved edges work independently of the rest of the screen. Samsung also jacked up the speaker volume in the S6 and S6 Edge. I can attest to its loudness — it’s clearly louder than the speaker in my iPhone 6 — but I did notice a bit of distortion at high volume levels. Fingerprint reader and mobile payments The new Galaxy phones got an updated fingerprint reader, which is used to log into the phone and for mobile payments. After spending a few minutes resting my thumb and finger on the reader during set-up, the reader responded very quickly and accurately to my touch. The set-up process was similar to that of the iPhone 6, although the S6 reader might be just a hair faster to respond than Apple’s NXP reader. This improved fingerprint reader will become even more important later this year when Samsung launches its new Samsung Pay mobile payments platform. The new service will be based in part on technology from a company Samsung bought called LoopPay. This technology is more versatile, Samsung said, than that of Apple Pay or Android Pay (as it will soon be called), in that it can do near field communications (NFC), magnetic strip, and barcode mobile payments. Google and Apple support only NFC payments. Samsung Pay will launch on Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge in the United States during the second half of this year. As you will hear many reviewers say, the S6 phones (deservedly) get some points taken away for having no removable battery and for not offering an SD card port for additional storage. But the improved design of the phones, and the simplification of the user interface from earlier Galaxy S series phones, will offset those criticisms for most people. Samsung is hoping the phones will bring back some of the mojo its mobile devices business has lost over the past 18 months in the face of new releases from rival Apple. I think they might well wrest some of that mojo back. But the curved screen of the Edge won’t be the killer design innovation Samsung had with its outsized “phablet” devices back in 2011 (which people loved and other smartphone makers, including Apple, eventually copied). We might have to wait until next year when Samsung thrills us again with the introduction of mobile devices with folding screens. Starting April 10, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon Wireless will carry the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, while Boost Mobile, Cricket Wireless, and MetroPCS will carry the Galaxy S6.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1855
__label__cc	0.563785	0.436215	Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies Actress, Survivor, Television actress Maura Tierney talks candidly about her breast cancer diagnosis and her fears about chemotherapy. Genentech, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Siemens, David H. Koch, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Kovler Fund, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Cancer Society, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) The Emperor of All Maladies artfully weaves three different films in one. Preview: S1 \| 6m 12s Dr. Virchow Virchow's microscope reveals that all cancer cells grow from normal cells Angelo Merendino A series of poignant photographs, a lifetime of memories. Lew Klein Lew Klein finds the humor in everything, even a cancer diagnosis. Jerri Little Jerri Little uses her music to deal with cancer. Cancer is the fastest growing disease on earth. Why Cancer is so difficult to cure Cancer cells are constantly mutating and become resistant to drugs Clip: S1 \| 1m 2s Scientists are finally able to prove the health hazards of smoking. In 1947 Robert Sandler received his first injection of controversial amniopterin Future of Cancer Treatment The future of cancer research and treatment is optimistic. Evolution in the Bottle Doctors will soon be able to map all genes and pathways of the human body. Dr. Sidney Farber instigates a national campaign for cancer- The Jimmy Fund. Explore Ken Burns Shows	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1858
__label__cc	0.633821	0.366179	Tagged: hap & leonard Netflix: Why You Should Watch ‘Hap & Leonard’ & The Final Verdict on ‘Iron Fist’! Ok so I wanted to take a minute to briefly comment on Netflix’s ‘Iron Fist’ as I FINALLY finished the whole damn thing. So at first I admit I thought the series wasn’t too bad but as I completed the finale it was clear that this show just didn’t deliver much of anything interesting. Now I’m not saying it deserves a 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes but hey let’s be honest it kinda sucked. The show was pretty damn boring and I admit EVERY one of the Marvel Netflix shows reach a point where this becomes the case. There’s simply way too many episodes, way too much exposition and it just gets to be a bit of a LOOOONG ass process trying to get to the end of these shows. Some of these Iron Fist episodes felt like they were hours long. Combine that with the terrible meandering plot of ‘villains’ Harold and The Hand and the corporate board room BS and it just drags on and on. I really wanted to like this one but god damn am I glad it’s just over with. One thing this series excelled at was being totally consistently mediocre. Even the finale was a bonafide snoozefest. He barely ever even used the ‘iron fist’ at all throughout this damn show but damn was he hyped on telling everyone he was “the Iron Fist” every damn chance he could. I even kinda liked Finn Jones as the clueless, largely directionless, tantrum throwing rich brat superhero. And to be clear Danny Rand was most definitely not a “white savior” in any respect in this series. He actually was more of a “white screwup” – so to all of the people who had their undies in a bundle I suggest watching the show before you throw your online tantrums. Iron Fist could and should have have been great, pushing the kung fu action to crazy new levels, sadly I give this one a solid D+. Oh well let’s hope they get it right in The Defenders! On the brighter and more exciting side of things I did start a relatively new series on Netflix last night called “Hap & Leonard” it hooked me right away and I ended up watching three of the six episodes last night. SIX episodes thankfully NOT thirteen!!! I had to mention this one because it’s got some damn good things going for it & here’s a few reasons why you should check it out. First it’s based on the Joe R. Lansdale book series based on these characters. He’s responsible for writing some incredibly cool stories that have been adapted to film like ‘Bubba Ho-tep’, ‘Incident On and Off a Mountain Road’, ‘Cold in July’ & ‘Christmas with the Dead’ to name a few. Next the directors Jim Mickle & Nick Damici have done some cool flicks like ‘Stakeland’, ‘Mulberry Street’ & ‘We are What We Are’. There’s a big horror connection to this series but so far it really doesn’t quite fit into any genre really. Instead I see aspects of horror, mystery & adventure all crammed nicely into this series. Another plus for me is that it takes place in 1988 and damn do I love the eighties. It’s got some real interesting characters as well, Hap’s a poor rugged private investigator and his best friend Leonard is a gay, black, conservative cowboy who finds more in common with Elvis than Martin Luther King. Both guys are also martial artists and into getting into all sorts of mayhem in the backwoods of east Texas. It also stars Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks (who’s a total babe and a great actor) as Hap’s ex wife who’s sent them on a wild goose chase to find a sunken getaway car supposedly filled with a million bucks somewhere on the bottom of a alligator infested river. There’s also a weird ass serial killer duo on the loose, one of them is Pollyanna MacIntosh who’s known for her intense role in Lucky McKee’s horror flick “The Woman”. She’s just as wild n’ crazy in ‘Hap & Leonard’. Yeah it’s a breath of fresh air after Iron Fist that’s for sure. Check it out, it’s a thrill so far and full of surprises!! I’m thrilled this one’s got a second season as it appears there’s plenty o’ crazy source material for out there already from Mr. Lansdale! Written by Peter Saturday 1 Comment Posted in Horror Whore, Marvel, Movies, TV Shows Tagged with bubba ho-tep, christina hendricks, cold in july, finn jones, hap & leonard, Horror, iron fist, joe r. lansdale, lucky mckee, martial arts, netflix, nude, pollyanna macintosh, review, series, social justice warriors, stakeland, sundance tv, texas, the woman, verdict, what's good on netflix, white savior, why iron fist sucks	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1860
__label__wiki	0.574128	0.574128	IVF Spain UR Vistahermosa Spain Reproduction Unit Assisted Reproductive Treatment Languages → HLA Vistahermosa Reproduction Unit is integrated inside the best private hospital in Alicante Published in sala de prensa HLA Vistahermosa Hospital was elected number 1 in Alicante and also in the Top 20 of private hospitals in Spain The commitment to innovation, quality and excellence have led to its evolution in the reputation ranking to the most prestigious in Spanish healthcare The Reproduction Unit HLA Vistahermosa, the centre of the UR Group matrix, is integrated in HLA Vistahermosa Clinic in Alicante ,which for the first time in its history, has entered the list of the 20 best Spanish private hospitals, according to the Monitor de Reputación Sanitaria (MRS) that MERCO elaborates every year. As published in El Mundo newspaper, according to this ranking, HLA Vistahermosa is the best private hospital centre in the province of Alicante and the second best in the Valencian Community, which shows its clear reference vocation beyond the provincial scope and the autonomous community. This study is the main index of health reputation in Spain, with the analysis of more than 5,000 annual surveys carried out to healthcare professionals, patient associations and specialized journalists throughout the country. This evolution in the reputation ranking to the most prestigious in Spanish Health entails an endorsement of HLA Group’s commitment to innovation, quality and excellence in all its centres and in all its processes. Posted on 17 December, 2018 at 16:01. Privacy Policy Disclaimer Contact with us © 2019 IVF Spain UR Vistahermosa Spain	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1863
__label__cc	0.524365	0.475635	Transport trading floor to be introduced Commodities owners and service providers can purchase transport services on the floor, according to Binh. — Photo baodautu HA NOI (VNS) — The Ministry of Transport is planning to pilot a transport trading floor for the first time this month. "It is an e-commerce trading floor on which transport companies, logistics service providers and commodities owners can post their information on services and commodities that need transporting," Tran Quang Binh, director of Transport Department under the Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam, explained to Thoi bao Kinh te Viet Nam (Viet Nam Economic Times) Commodities owners and service providers can purchase transport services on the floor, according to Binh. Transport companies registering on the floor will be checked on capacity and prestige, as well as commitments on transport for good owners. Their interests will also be ensured. The floor is expected to help transport companies increase their transport capacity in two ways, which reduces the situation of running without goods when returning. It is also easier for state agencies to manage and collect data of commodities. The Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam worked with the Viet Nam E-commerce and Information Technology Agency on building contents to serve the setting up of legal documents. The directorate also studied the transport trading floor of other countries. Nguyen Van Thanh, chairman of the Viet Nam Automobile Transportation Association, said the trading floor was critical as many transport companies currently refused to publicise their data on commodity volumes, details on fee and transport capacity, which caused unhealthy competition. Proposal sent The Viet Nam Maritime Administration also sent a proposal to the Ministry of Transport for setting up a trading floor for maritime transport services to offset the ineffective business of the sector. The administration expects to pilot the floor in 2017 if the Ministry approves the project. The maritime transport trading floor is expected to lay the foundation for modern transport development, which will utilise information and technology to develop a logistics sector, increase connection between transport firms and commodities owners. The current link between firms and commodities owners was ineffective, especially in international goods transport, Bui Thien Thu, deputy director of Viet Nam Maritime Administration said. — VNS	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1867
__label__cc	0.662419	0.337581	The Icebreaker. Short film by Timelab.pro from Timelab.pro Plus info@timelab.pro - collaboration with Timelab instagram.com/timelab.pro/ This video was shot in the Arctic Ocean in March 2018. For 7 days our crew passed through the Barents Sea to Karsky around the Novaya Zemlya archipelago on the nuclear icebreaker Yamal - we saw the northern lights and polar bears, watched the ships stuck in the ice being towed, and were very cold. In the video you can see two Russian icebreakers - “50 Years of Victory” and “Yamal” with a capacity of 75,000 horsepower and a distinctive shark mouth, which appeared on it in 1994 during one of the children's humanitarian programs. According to legend, someone suggested drawing a smiling shark mouth on the nose to make it more fun for children. At present, Russia has the only nuclear-powered icebreaker fleet in the world. They are used to provide wiring ships in the ices of the Northern Sea Route in the freezing ports of the Russian Federation, research expeditions, rescue operations and tourist cruises. In addition to the extreme weather conditions, the shooting was complicated by the fact that the icebreaker was always in motion. And if the drone was flying over the radar tower, the recording file was damaged. Music by Hans Zimmer - Time Shot on DJI Inspire 2 with Zenmuse X7 camera in Prores 2.7K50FPS Filmed a specially for the documentary "Russia From Above" produced by Colourfield.de For licensing this footage - mail@colourFIELD.de Our panel for Adobe Premiere Pro uploads to Vimeo and simplifies your workflow.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1868
__label__wiki	0.574606	0.574606	5 Most Popular Bus Stops In Lagos By Abiodun Oyewole • March 27, 2019, 04 AM • 59 • 3 Lagos state is the most populous city in Nigeria and Africa at large. It is a state know to be land of opportunities. The population of Lagos according to the Lagos State Government was 17.5 million, a number disputed by the Nigerian Government and judged unreliable by the National Population Commission of Nigeria. The latest reports estimate the population at 21 million, making Lagos the largest city in Africa. When it comes to West Africa, Lagos has one of the most extensive and largest road networks. It is a state linked by many highways and bridges which are usually congested in peak hours. The rate of growth of the state is another contributing factor to this traffic congestion. Below are the 5 most popular bus stops in Lagos. Once you make it into Lagos by road, you must hear about one of them. They are also the top bus stops that link to various other locations in Lagos. 1. Oshodi: The bus stop Oshodi was named after Balogun Landuji Oshodi Tapa, a Nupe boy who was adopted and raised by Oba Eshinlokun of Lagos. We can say Oshodi is the most popular bus stop im Lagos and the whole of Nigeria. Oshodi is a very crowded bus stop which is sitted at the center of Lagos. From Oshodi, you have access to almost every other part of Lagos like the Island and some other parts of the Mainland. Oshodi bus stop is an intersection between the busy Apapa-Oshodi Express Way, Gbagada Express Way and Agege Motor Road. 2. Ojota: The name Ojota can be traced back to the 18th century when the present Ojota area was a military settlement where soldiers practiced or perfected their shooting skills. As a result of the training, there were several gun firing spots which became known as “Oju Ota” which means “Bullet spots” in Yoruba. The name later transformed to the Ojota we all know today. Most Lagos first-timers will make it through this road because most of the interstate buses drop off their passengers here. 3. Ojuelegba: Ojuelegba is in the middle of the old Lagos Mainland Local Government. On one side of it is Surulere on the other is Yaba, the 2 major districts that make Lagos Mainland with close proximity to Western Avenue (now Funsho Williams Avenue) and Eko Bridge, Ojuelegba is ever-bubbling and busy. Buses to most part of Lagos can be gotten from Ojuelegba due to its centrality. 4. Mile 2: Mile 2 serves as the intersection of Lagos-Badagry and Apapa Oshodi Express way which are 2 major roads in Lagos. Like Oshodi, it has Mile 2 Oke (Upper Mile 2) and Mile 2 Isale (Lower Mile 2). Mile 2 is essentially the bridge that vehicles coming from or heading to Apapa take to by-pass Lagos-Badagry Expressway. You can get buses going to most parts of Lagos from Mile 2 and also many interstate buses heading to different parts of Lagos. Maza-Maza is the next bus stop after Mile 2 heading towards Festac. If you want to travel to Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana and beyond by road, you probably have to pass through Mile 2 just because there are many bus services to other West African countries at Maza-Maza and a few at Mile 2. 5. Obalande: Obalende is strategically placed between Lagos Island and Ikoyi. Obalende means “The king chased me to this point” when literally translated to English from Yoruba. Obalende is one of the major gateways into the Lagos Island. Source: https://autojosh.com/most-popular-bus-stops-lagos/ 3 Replies \| Last update March 28, 2019, 08 AM \| Last comment Evans94 kawangga March 27, 2019, 10 AM True talk manlykay March 27, 2019, 07 PM Evans94 March 28, 2019, 08 AM True talk,Ojota my area	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1877
__label__cc	0.514811	0.485189	Hialeah history Hialeah’s been through a lot of phases since its incorporation in 1925. From the roaring 20s through the 1950s, the racetrack attracted the rich, famous, and important from around the world. Then the city became a textile industry hub, attracting blue collar Jewish laborers to the area to work in the factories and related stores. They moved on as the Cuban revolution brought thousands of exiles to the area, rewriting the city’s identity yet again. There's one spot to get your nosh on in Hialeah Unofficial segregation and the textile industry brought Jews to Hialeah. They eventually left, but their comfort food remained. How horses brought Hialeah its heyday Hialeah Park used to dominate the world of horse racing, attracting elite from around the world. But changes to gambling laws took away the key to its dominance. How Eight Miami-Dade Cities Got Their Names Many Miami-Dade cities were inspired by the real estate land boom of the 1920s, when soaring dreams met big wallets resulting in some crazy stories and well, some ideas that worked. Get to know the origin stories and some odd history behind eight popular local cities. Welcome to Hialeah Discover the hidden treasures in one of Miami-Dade’s oldest cities. Find out where to eat, where to play, and where to get your thrift store fix. Read more History Did you know… About a Miami man’s role in sunscreen history? Georgette’s Tea Room: A historic meeting place for Miami’s Black arts community Remember when … the Deauville was a glittering Miami Beach resort? Meet the Gondola Building in Coral Gables Explore Miami Guides Neighborhood spotlight on West Kendall Changemakers: Meet the people rethinking the design of Miami’s skyline Finding love in Miami can be tough, so we decided to dive into the issue Neighborhood Spotlight on Liberty City	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1881
__label__cc	0.575996	0.424004	Ryan Fowler Filed under Funnies Towards the end of the season the lacrosse team has played many games this past week. Mostly losses but still some scattered victories in the mix. The end of the season makes the record 4-9. Considering it was a team thrown together that record is pretty. Chad ended up being the top scorer for the team with Will trailing only 6 points behind. Ray has saved more than 100 points from being scored. “It was a pretty good season I’d have to admit. The practices were difficult but not as bad as they could have been,” said Chad. “I’m glad I got to play my last year of school. “This season kept me in shape for wrestling next year at Cornell!” Ray claimed. Overall a pretty successful season but all good things have to come to an end. We appreciate all the support you guys have given us. Just so you all know, the lacrosse team never existed and was never even a real thing. Johnson does not coach it and Will and Chad do not play the sport. Thanks for the great year. Felony Charges for a Dog Poop Bomb Caden’s Quotes A Bad Start?	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1886
__label__cc	0.603643	0.396357	Home Internet Top 51 Email Service Providers of Today to Save Your Lot of... Top 51 Email Service Providers of Today to Save Your Lot of Time & Money When we talk about formal communication, sending and receiving files, storing them online – the very first way os doing this come into mind is through Gmail. If we think more, we have the options of Yahoo Mail, Outlook etc. But email service providing industry is wider than this, and here, I am today to cover top 51 email service provider with their unique features (How are they resolving problems of their users), and I am sure, This article will help you to know more about some non-popular and popular email service providers. You can easily select the service providers as per your preferences and requirements. In the year 2004, Gmail was launched from a simple email, and now it is considered as a primary mode of communication with more than 425 million active users globally. Google has independently overtaken Microsoft popular service of emailing, but as per the figures, it is clear that Gmail is growing significantly with the high number of users. Gmail has an impressive number of users available at present, although it might be the fact that many people may be having multiple accounts at the same time but then to numbers are interesting. As per the recent report, Google has 289 million users in May; Microsoft Gmail is having 325 million users and Yahoo claiming 298 million users. So, the above numbers are indicating that still Gmail is clamming for the crown in the field of email service providers, and still there is no sign of downfall in the near future. Today there are more than one billion active users of Hotmail. Let’s have a look at the other service providers similar to Gmail. Email Service Provider \| Alternative to Gmail (Google Mail) 1) Microsoft Outlook: 2) GMX Mail: 3) iCloud: 4) Zoho Mail: 5) AOL Mail: 6) Elude: 7) 30Gigs.com: 8) Aussie Mail: 9) Mail.Com: 10)Yahoo Mail: 11) Proton Mail: 12)Yandex.Mail: 13)AIM Mail: 14)Bigstring.com: 15)Tutanota: 16)Bluebottle.com: 17)Canoe.ca: 18) Care2.Com: 19) DCE Email.com: 20) DBZ mail.com: 21) Didamail.com: 22) EmailAccount.com: 23) Faster mail: 24) Faster email.FM: 25) Gawab.com: 26) Graffiti.net: 27) Hotpop.com: 28) Hushmail. Com: 29) Inbox.com: 30) ICQ mail.com: 31) India Times: 32) Inmail24.com: 33) LinuxMail.org: 34) Litepost.com: 35) Lycos mail: 36) Mail2World.com: 37) MailSnare.net: 38) MSN Hotmail: 39) MyWay.com: 40) Opera Mail: 41) OutGun.com: 42) Postmaster.co.uk: 43) Rediff.com: 44) RunBox.com: 45) SacMail.com: 46) Safe-mail.net: 1) Private Mail: 2) Business mail: 47) UReach.com: 48) Zilladog.com: 49) VFEmail.net: 50) Munchomail.Com: 51) HoaxMail: Being launched into 1996, Sabeer Bhatia was the first mover (Hotmail) who came into email service provider industry and still, leading the world after Gmail. The terminology of Microsoft is quite confusing as it has not clearly differentiated between email accounts, modern windows app, and 365 apps. As Hotmail is dead now and other outlook services are not clear because we are no longer aware that whether it is Outlook web app, outlook online or any other application. This service has beaten the Yahoo and become the second most popular service provider in the world with a count of 450 million active users in the world. It has been observed that using an outlook account always comes with the significant benefit as it is integrated with Microsoft and Windows 10 operating system. It is a kind of computer software program which offers services such as email management. It has several benefits such as: • Outlook has stable functioning which is quicker and removes frustration with faster response. • Better view of inbox makes it special look wise. • More focus on people and the special focus on the faster processing of email. • Easier to stay on top of things. • It is less expensive because it combines corporate class emails and productivity tools as well. 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You also have right to delete your username from the list of other parties’ message and contact list. This webmail service takes care of your security on priority. It provides you end to end encryption, multi-select drag and drop facility and other extra features such as managing push notification. You can access this email service from any browser or device with android and IOS application. It automatically encrypts all your email on your device. You can communicate with your friends easily; even subjects, attachments as well as contacts are also encrypted. The security is at such a high level. It is licensed under GPL v3. This is an email service which has a high quality of spam protection, such a high level of spam protection that emails are only allowed from trusted persons. It is another Canadian based email service provider. It provides its service free of cost. It is a free email service and the best part is that 5% of total revenue is given in the charity. It seriously takes the issue of your security. This email service provider provides you free email account which allows you to access free email service without charging a single penny. You can access it from any computer and it is a Washington D.C centric service. This is basically for the anime lovers and it is powered by outblaze. Anime lovers can get their Dragonball Z email address. It provides you IMAP access so that you can easily connect your email from mobile devices and desktop email Clint. This email service gives you chance to create your own online identity. You can create your own email address and with the help of that address, you can be in touch with your friends and family. It has attractive features such as anti-virus scanning, 5 MB of storage capacity & webmail access. This email service gives you powerful protection from spam & virus. It is very easy to create your email account here and it also gives you benefit to keep your work safe and secure. You have several benefits from this email service provider such as: (Wide range of domain option, Freedom of using your account anywhere and anytime, Calendar service so that you can manage your task efficiently). This is also a free email service powered by outblaze. It automatically receives the new email with push notification from web and mobile. Find any email in a fraction of seconds with a powerful search option. It keeps your inbox junk-free from virus and Trojans. It provides its service basis on the membership you have for example your storage capacity varies from 10 MB to 2 GB basis on the membership criteria. It supports 12 languages and has 1 GB of storage. It is very stable, speedy and fast email service. It has 10 GB of online space and IMAP access as well. You can search emails faster and allows the user to send mail from other account and can also retrieve their mail too. You can also access your emails on a desktop using POP or IMAP service. It has an option of a smart folder through which you can search email by using sender, date, subject, size, labels all these details. You can compose message both in plain text and rich text editor apart from this you can also insert HTML code manually. It is a free email service offering 100 MB of storage and is powered by Outblaze. This email service gives you 100 Mb of online storage and also gives you free POP3 access. bIt was launched on 1999 May. It is like an email service on which you can read or compose your email on the web, email, smartphone and everywhere you work but important security features are added in this email service provider in order to keep your data safe and secure. Hushmail is a fully web-based service hence it can be used without installing any hardware or software. The best part is that you can access your email from anywhere it may be the browser, your smartphone or PC anything. If we talk about security your IP address are so much secured that they do not appear on the header of your email. Because the service providers of Hushmail believe that communication must be easy and private hence they allow their users to do it affordable. It is a service developed by Google. It is the fast email service providers. It allows you to access external POP3 account access and also allows you to monitor several email accounts and check them for incoming messages from your Inbox.com account. Attachment can be sent and receive up to 20 megabytes, but when your size increased the limit of 20 MB you receive the alert message from Inbox.com. Also, you can send or receive the message up to 20 MB via this process if your message size will exceed 20 MB it won’t be sent. You can make your free account and will get up to 2 GB of storage for premium accounts. It is an instant messaging service which was developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996. The name ICQ was inspired by the English phrase “I seek you” and the ownership was passed from Mirabilis to AOL in 1998 and from AOL to Mail.Ru group in 2010. This was very much similar to Hotmail service of its times where users were allowed to access to log in for free have the very small storage facility and Ad supported interface. As per the report of 2012 Times internet limited has published a notice on its site that this service will soon get shut down and will not accept the new registration of users from 19th November 2012 & also it will permanently shut down from 18 Feb. 2013. It was decided to shut down this email service because the return from the site was not effective. It was not contributing much more in terms of page view and revenues. Free storage till 16 MB, you can download your email by accessing free POP3/IMAP service. It is the 15-year-old site it has a global traffic ranking #547,121 in the world. This site has a google page ranking of 3/10. The estimated worth income of this site is $ 1200.00 and has a daily income of about $ 5.00. It is safe to browse because no active threats have been reported recently by its active users. It is another special email service provider and powered by outblaze. It is a new open source of email service which has a new approach towards the email service providers. Currently, it is in testing mode but working on more flexible online Email service. It has attractive features such as 3 GB of mail storage & no size limit for attachment. It has a spam filter facility and also provides you to use emails in a structured format using smart folders. It is very easy to use service and has plenty of space and it also allows sending huge attachments. The only drawback is that it does not allows POP and IMAP access and rich text editing and large attachment works only with internet explorer. It has a three level of free and effective junk storage capacity. Additional filters of incoming mail service allow you to route your important emails to the separate folders. Although it does not allows access to POP but can collect messages from other Pop mail account. In internet explorer, you can edit the file using rich text facility and can also send large files attachments exceeding 20 MB. It is a global source of the outsourced emails and collaboration services for the consumers. It has few special features such as integrated internet email services, instant email translation, user personalization, advanced virus protection and many more. It was founded in 2000 and its headquarters is in Los Angeles, California, U.S and Clint’s are spread all over the world. The feature of unlimited storage and about 2000 domain names to choose make it special from other sites. It provides you with 25 MB of storage IMAP access are available; also, it provides WAP mobile access. You can start from 40MB and is upgradeable up to 10 GB for premium accounts. It is one of the oldest email providers. There are few rebrands of the original Hotmail services. MSN Hotmail is one of them. But recently it has been observed that few users have complained about the services of MSN Hotmail. But soon it was identified that this issue has been caused by the Microsoft upgrade process because they are migrating to a new outlook.com which may cause issues for some users. Its full form is Minds park interactive network and it is a search engine that is bundled with other free software’s as well. It believes in text loads to help your load time. But make sure while installing the software you must be careful that what you are agreeing to download. It simply means that you should not install the software that you don’t trust. It supports the Opera browser and has 3 Mb of storage capacity. It is an email service developed by Opera software. It works on the principle of one database that keeps the record of all databases. Mails are sorted on the basis of mailing list or attachment type this kind of sorting helps in faster access to searching data. All messages in the database are accessed by opening the received view. This is one another site of email service providers which is powered by outblaze. This email service is free of cost and is a small suite of web-related features. It has some outstanding features such as four Gigabyte of storage facility, IMAP client, Virus filtering facility, spam controls, Personal calendars so that you can plan your task effectively and ad-free service to its users. It is one of the leading networks targeting large numbers of users. It can be defined as one of the information. Entertainment web portal. It has extensive web-based features such as free email, chat, home page, etc. it is an Indian adapted search engine and largest E-commerce platform in India. As per Alexa rediff.com is the No.24 Indian web portal. Most of the visitors of Rediff.com are from India while few come from China and US. It has around 95 million usernames. It was the first website domain name which was registered in India in 1996. It is one of the email service providers which have 10 GB of Email storage, 1 GB of file storage and Ad-free service. It is a secure email service for you and your business. Its server and infrastructure have strong privacy regulations and service management techniques. It is good for both family and business. It is flexible and affordable for individual and at the same time have consolidation of all your email at one place and have simple email administration. You can access it from, Web, POP, IMAP, SMTP it supports any email device. It has a secure connection and encryptions it can import emails from other services and also have the power to filter the email effectively. The best part is that it gives universal access with any internet device. the basic feature is that it has 25 MB of the storage facility and 3.5 MB of attachment limit. Its domain is having .com extension. This website is estimated worth $ 8.95 and its daily income is around $ 0.15 and it is safe to browse as no active threats have been reported by the users. It has only 3 MB of storage but their unique selling point is its heavy encryptions of email send between the users. It is a highly secure and safe connection and distribution system for the internet. It has attractive features such as email, data distribution, instant messaging, data storage, file storage and many more. It is good for both personal and business use as it takes responsibility for securing your data and maintaining the privacy of your data. Basically, it is a hosted facility and it offers the following services: This a single account for email and messaging that keeps your data very safe and secure. Register for free and you will get 3 MB of disk space. It is the best secure email service for your business. You can create and maintain multiple domains and by communicating with your customers and staff you can bring them together on the same platform and secure private community. They will give their users the taste of a Uorganise service for free. It provides affordable and user-friendly service to its users nowadays. UReach indicates that products are designed especially for you and with you. It email is specially designed for kids to use because it is highly safeguard protected have games and many more features. As kids are growing fast nowadays so Zilladog is the best safeguard which will protect your child from the internet predators. Here Kids can remain connected with their family and friends with advanced safety features. It is completely spammed free and also ensures to eliminate all the undesirable emails from undesirable sources. It provides the standard complaint with the POP, IMAP, SMTP interfaces. The best part of this service provider is that they scan each and complete emails including attachments. If any virus is found the email is blocked right away on the gateway. It provides its interface with SSL encryption and also makes sure easy to use service and convenient web interface. It also provides the address book, calendar, notes and task list to its users for making their life easy. It also supports email search option, vacation messages, Domain forwarding, Ftp storage & many more. It has 25 Mb of storage capacity and premium members have a storage capacity of up to 1 GB. It allows you to send a large number of fake messages and emails as pranks. It is one of the greatest tools of an email scam, here you can send emails that appear to come from different accounts than the one from which they were sent. So, generally, people avoid such kinds of emails in order to avoid scams. 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__label__wiki	0.859726	0.859726	Kevin Kennedy Wisconsin: Republicans seize on audit critical of state elections board \| Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel A report of the state’s ethics and elections agency released Friday found officials waited years in some cases to review whether felons had voted and did not promptly audit electronic voting equipment. The Government Accountability Board also avoided imposing late fees on candidates and political groups that hadn’t file their campaign finance reports on time. Republicans who control the Legislature pounced on the report by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau, saying it provided evidence the accountability board needs to be dismantled. … The board’s director, Kevin Kennedy, said his agency had many successes but had fallen behind on some matters because its resources have been strained in recent years by a wave of recall elections; implementing a voter ID law that has been sidelined by courts; conducting the first statewide recount in more than 20 years; administering newly drawn legislative districts; and responding to litigation on such matters. Full Article: Republicans seize on audit critical of state elections board. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: campaign finance, Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, Peter Barca, voter id, voting equipment Wisconsin: Vos’ attacks on elections, ethics watchdog draw fire \| Green Bay Press Gazette No one in Wisconsin has been more forceful in demanding changes to the state’s Government Accountability Board, which oversees elections, campaign finance, ethics and lobbying, than Robin Vos. The Republican Assembly Speaker has deemed the GAB “dysfunctional” and called its director and general counsel, Kevin Kennedy, an “embarrassment” who “needs to be gone.” His critique has been long on vitriol but short on specifics. Vos likes that the board, which the Legislature created in 2007, is led by six former judges appointed by the governor to staggered six-year terms. But he feels these judges are being manipulated by Kennedy and other staff into serving as “a rubber stamp.” “The GAB judges are not in charge, and that has to change,” Vos said recently. Kennedy, noting in an interview that the board has at times overruled staff, is not aware of any board support for legislative intervention. He considers Vos’ comments “an insult to the board members.” The judges seem inclined to agree. Full Article: Vos' attacks on elections, ethics watchdog draw fire. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, Robin Vos Voting Blogs: Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law goes through the wringer \| State of Elections Like many other states, Wisconsin has recently enacted a voter ID law. After winning both the state legislature and the governor’s office in 2010 (a wave year for Republicans), the Wisconsin GOP quickly acted to restrict voting. Governor Scott Walker quickly signed the bill, claiming it was about the integrity of our electoral process, saying “to me, something as important as a vote is important … whether its one case, 100 cases or 100,000 cases.” Voting rights groups, on the other hand, pointed out that in-person voter fraud (what the law claims to address) is exceedingly rare. They claimed that the real purpose of the law was to discourage voting among constituencies which tend to vote Democratic. ACLU Voting Rights Project Director Dale Ho has been at the forefront of the fight against Wisconsin’s law. Ho said that 300,00 or more Wisconsin voters lack the required ID, and that to allow them all to vote 6,000 IDs would have to be issued every day, a practical impossibility. The Advancement Project agreed that getting all the required IDs out would be “mathematically impossible.” While many states are in the midst of litigation over voter ID issues, the Wisconsin case is especially pertinent, since it involves a hotly contested gubernatorial race and could the ID rules in place could sway the election. Full Article: Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law goes through the wringer : State of Elections. Categories: Voting Blogs \| Topics: Kevin Kennedy, photo id, Scott Walker, voter id Wisconsin: Elections agency asks for nearly half a million dollars for voter ID \| Wisconsin State Journal Saying “there is very little time left to reach out to the public,” the head of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board announced Tuesday that he is asking the Legislature for nearly half a million dollars for a statewide campaign to notify voters that they must present a photo identification to vote Nov. 4. Kevin Kennedy, director of the state’s elections agency, said the money is needed to alert voters to the voter ID law, which a federal appeals court reinstated on Sept. 12. Full Article: Elections agency asks for nearly half a million dollars for voter ID : Wsj. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: election costs, Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, voter id Voting Blogs: Elections administrators deal with legal decisions \| electionlineWeekly Elections officials across the country are busy preparing for the upcoming November 4 general election. For many, while the days and sometimes nights are busier than normal, it’s relatively business as usual in the ramp up to the 2014 midterm election. However, officials in a handful of states are grappling with recent court rulings or waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop as they await court rulings. Nowhere does it seem have recent court rulings been more acutely felt than in Wisconsin. Last week the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the state’s voter photo ID law and now elections officials, state agencies and colleges and universities are scrambling to not only inform voters about the law, but make sure voters have the necessary ID. The state’s Government Accountability Board (GAB) said at a press conference following the ruling that they are taking “extraordinary efforts” to put the ID law into place. Full Article: electionlineWeekly. Categories: Voting Blogs \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, photo id, voter id Wisconsin: Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit asking that the new model ballot be redesigned before election \| Associated Press A judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that sought to force a redesign of Wisconsin ballots just six weeks before the Nov. 4 election, saying the complaint first should have been filed with the state elections board. Republican legislative leaders argued in the lawsuit filed last week that the model ballot is confusing, gives undue prominence to Democratic candidates and makes it hard to tell which office candidates are seeking. They asked a judge to force the Government Accountability Board to redesign the ballots, a move that elections officials dismissed as costly and not practical so close to the election. Full Article: Judge dismisses GOP lawsuit asking that the new model ballot be redesigned before election - Daily Journal. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy Wisconsin: Three Democratic county clerks won’t use GAB sample ballot \| Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Clerks around Wisconsin from both parties have modified the state’s model ballots for the Nov. 4 elections, raising questions about both the state officials who designed the ballots and about a GOP lawsuit aimed at forcing a costly reprinting of ballots. Clerks from both parties, including at least three Democrats, have found the model ballots confusing, showing that the concerns over them aren’t limited to the Republicans who have sued over the issue. Checks by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Friday found that most of the state’s urban areas will be using ballots that are more clearly marked for voters than the Government Accountability Board’s model ballot. The biggest exception is in Wausau. Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said Friday he had refused to use the ballot that state elections officials had recommended for this fall out of concerns that it was too confusing. Rock County Clerk Lori Stottler said she had similar concerns that the ballot put forward by the accountability board didn’t clearly distinguish for voters between the candidates on the ballot and the offices they were seeking. And La Crosse County Clerk Ginny Dankmeyer said she added shading to the ballots to make them clearer. “We try to make the ballot as accessible and easy to read, and that’s why I put the shading in,” she said. Full Article: Three Democratic county clerks won't use GAB sample ballot. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, sample ballot Wisconsin: Absentee ballots already cast will need photo ID, elections official says \| Associated Press Wisconsin’s top elections official said Tuesday that hundreds of voters who have already cast absentee ballots for the Nov. 4 election must show or send in a photocopy of acceptable photo identification to their local municipal clerk’s office for those ballots to be counted. Also Tuesday, plaintiffs in a lawsuit that challenged the voter ID requirement said they plan to appeal the ruling by three judges on the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to the full court. That ruling on Friday reinstated the voter ID requirement that had been stalled since 2012 by court challenges. “The panel’s decision allowing this law to take effect this close to the election is a recipe for disaster,” said Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project. “It will create chaos in election administration, resulting in voter confusion and disenfranchisement. The voters of Wisconsin deserve a chance to cast their ballots free of these obstacles.” Kevin Kennedy, director of the state Government Accountability Board, urged absentee voters to send copies or bring in a valid photo identification such as a driver’s license to their local clerks as soon as possible to ensure their ballots would be counted. IDs can be presented in person or copies can be emailed, faxed or mailed. Kennedy said more than 11,000 absentee ballot requests had been received statewide as of Friday. He said he didn’t know how many had been returned by voters to clerks’ offices but estimated it in the hundreds. Full Article: Absentee ballots already cast will need photo ID, elections official says : Baraboo News Republic. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: absentee ballots, election administration, Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, photo id, voter id Wisconsin: Appeals Court Reinstates Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law \| Associated Press In a stunningly fast decision, a federal appeals court in Chicago reinstated Wisconsin’s voter photo identification law on Friday – just hours after three Republican-appointed judges heard arguments on reactivating the hotly debated law in time for the November election. In a brief order, a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said, “The State of Wisconsin may, if it wishes … enforce the photo ID requirement in this November’s elections.” Wisconsin officials wasted no time in saying they would do just that. “We are taking every step to fully implement the voter photo ID law for the November general election,” said Kevin Kennedy, the state’s top election official. “We are now focused on communicating with local election officials and voters, and will have more information about the details next week.” Full Article: News from The Associated Press. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Kevin Kennedy, photo id, Scott Walker, voter id Editorials: Another blow to campaign finance disclosure in Wisconsin? \| Capital Times There have long been plenty of methods for corporations, special interests and wealthy individuals to pour money into political campaigns without having to publicly disclose their activity, but recent action by Wisconsin regulators suggests even fewer state political groups will be subject to regulation, at least in the near future. Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board, the state agency that monitors elections, recently told a number of electioneering groups — conservative and liberal — that they are welcome to disclose their spending activity and donors, but are not required to. That is a change from previous years in Wisconsin, when, at the very least, groups that expressly advocated for the election or defeat of a candidate have been required to periodically submit financial reports that listed their donors and spending activity. Groups that engaged solely in “issue advocacy,” meaning they did not produce advertising using words such as “vote for” or “vote against,” were not required to disclose. Now, however, the GAB is allowing even groups that engage in a certain amount of express advocacy to forgo disclosure. “We aren’t going to force you to report just because you’re making independent expenditures,” explained Kevin Kennedy, director and general counsel for the GAB. Full Article: Another blow to campaign finance disclosure in Wisconsin? : Ct. Categories: Editorials \| Topics: campaign finance, disclosure, Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy Wisconsin: Elections board upholds ban on observers’ use of cameras \| Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal There will be no selfies — or any other photos taken by observers — at the polls this August. The state elections board decided Monday to support a rule banning election observers from taking photos and videotaping what happens at the polls, including selfies and photos of family members. The state Government Accountability Board, which oversees state elections, has banned observers from using cameras for years and did so again in a 4-2 voice vote Monday. Thomas Barland, John Franke, Gerald Nichol and Elsa Lamelas voted in favor of upholding a section that prohibited cameras in polling areas, while Timothy Vocke and Harold Froelich said the prohibition should be removed to allow for an experiment to see whether cameras could be used responsibly in the partisan primary Aug. 12. The board’s ruling will likely stay in place for the primary election and Nov. 4 general election. The issue arose anew as the board finalized administrative rules on election observers. Full Article: Wisconsin elections board upholds ban on observers' use of cameras. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, Scott Walker, selfie Wisconsin: Elections board to consider lifting ban on poll observers using cameras \| Wisconsin State Journal The ban on election observers using cameras at polling locations may soon be lifted in Wisconsin. That move, which was recommended by the Republican-controlled Legislature, is set to be considered Monday when the state elections board meets to vote on proposed changes to election observer rules. If the Government Accountability Board approves the change, observers might be able to use cameras to photograph and record voters and others at polling places by the Aug. 12 primary, including people getting ballots and registering to vote. Earlier this year, Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill allowing observers to get closer to those they are monitoring. The legislation said that observation areas at polling places can be as close as three feet from the tables where voters obtain ballots or register, or from counting locations — rather than the six feet previously required. Observers would need to remain in those areas while filming or taking photographs of voters, and photographing ballots would still be prohibited. Full Article: Elections board to consider lifting ban on poll observers using cameras : Wsj. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: election observers, Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy Wisconsin: State lags behind offering online voter registration \| Associated Press Wisconsin may soon be in a minority of states that don’t allow voters to register online. The state, long considered a model for its high voter turnout and election administration, seems stubbornly old-fashioned as it sticks to paper registration while others move to online systems that are simpler, cheaper and less prone to errors, elections experts told lawmakers recently. Legislators from both parties have expressed interest in online registration, but progress has been stymied by a long-standing fight over same-day voter registration and other party divisions. Two bills that would have allowed online voter registration have failed to pass in the past four years, frustrating elections officials. “Online registration is no longer cutting-edge innovation. It is a well-established and essential tool,” said Kevin Kennedy, director of the Government Accountability Board, which oversees Wisconsin’s elections. “We already have in place what we need to do. We need the legislative authorization to do this.” Eighteen states have already adopted online registration, with Arizona pioneering the approach in 2002 and others following since 2007. Four states have approved the method and are working on the systems. Fifteen more states, including Wisconsin, are considering legislation, according to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures. Full Article: State lags behind offering online voter registration - Leader-Telegram: Daily Updates. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, online voter registration, voter turnout Wisconsin: State to Allow Online Voter Registration? \| MacIver Institute The Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections held an informational hearing on the subject of online voter registration on Tuesday. The hearing did not focus on a specific bill, but legislators and speakers discussed how an online voter registration system has been implemented in other states. Currently, 18 states offer online voter registration, and four other states have passed legislation allowing it. Arizona was the first to allow online registration in 2002. Kevin Kennedy, Director and General Counsel of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board, spoke for informational purposes only but highlighted many of the benefits of online voter registration. “Legislation that enables online voter registration would make a tremendous leap forward in the administration of elections in Wisconsin,” Kennedy said. “The basic voter registration data will be more accurate if it is entered online by the voter. Online registration eliminates data entry errors resulting from difficult to decipher paper forms.” Kennedy also said that online registration would reduce issues caused by large voter registration drives conducted by third-party organizations. Full Article: Wisconsin to Allow Online Voter Registration? \| MacIver Institute. Wisconsin: Kevin Kennedy approaches 35th anniversary managing state elections \| WisPolitics Kevin Kennedy’s predecessor was removed as Wisconsin’s top elections official after a few “management issues.” Kennedy recalled that included mistakes in tallying results from the September 1982 primary and a mix-up with the wording for a ballot referendum that was supposed to gauge support on a nuclear weapons freeze. But the language sent to local clerks left the word “weapons” out of the question. So Kennedy has taken the approach that he’s auditioning each day to keep his post as Government Accountability Board director and general counsel. “I don’t stand for election every four years. I get reviewed every day by a citizen board,” Kennedy said in a WisPolitics.com interview. “As I tell people it takes four votes, not a million votes, to get rid of me.” Kennedy will celebrate 35 years with Wisconsin’s elections agency this week, first as legal counsel and then executive director of the old Elections Board before heading up the GAB, which was created in 2007 and began its work in place of the old Elections and Ethics boards in 2008. Full Article: WisPolitics.com: Kennedy approaches 35th anniversary managing state elections. Wisconsin: Elections official testifies in voter ID case \| Journal Times One of the biggest challenges in rolling out Wisconsin’s 2011 photo voter ID law was training the state’s unusually large number of election clerks, a top elections official testified Thursday during a federal hearing over the stalled law. Kevin Kennedy, the head of the state’s Government Accountability Board, said there were about 1,850 clerks in Wisconsin at the time the law was passed. That’s one-sixth the number of clerks in the entire nation, he noted. An attorney asked Kennedy whether it was difficult to train so many workers on the details of the new law. “It’s never an easy process,” he said, shaking his head. Wisconsin is one of a handful of states that administers its elections at the local level, Reid Magney, a Government Accountability Board spokesman, told The Associated Press. Many states run elections at the county level, but Wisconsin defers control to the state’s 1,852 cities, towns and villages. That means the state elections board has to train all 1,852 clerks, who then instruct 30,000 poll workers, Magney said. Full Article: Wis. elections official testifies in voter ID case. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, poll workers, voter id Wisconsin: Proposed election law changes raise concerns about partisanship \| Journal Sentinel Republicans in the state Senate are looking to overhaul numerous election laws this fall, including one measure that would allow poll workers to serve in communities other than where they live. Critics contended at a public hearing Wednesday that the change could lead to out-of-town partisans replacing poll workers who have long worked on election day in the community where they live. Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin), the author of the bills, said she does not intend to replace local poll workers with people from other communities and would consider changes to her proposals. Lazich is the chairwoman of the Senate Elections and Urban Affairs Committee, and she presided over a hearing on her bills Wednesday. Other bills she drafted would give governors more leeway in whom they appoint to the state’s elections and ethics board; require poll workers to record what type of document voters show to prove residency; and change how ballot containers are sealed. Under current law, poll workers generally must come from the municipality in which they work, and often must live in the voting ward. Full Article: Proposed election law changes raise concerns about partisanship. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Kevin Kennedy, Mary Lazich Wisconsin: GAB: Four state agencies could be sued if same day voter registration dropped \| WSAU Four state agencies which give out public benefits could be sued if Wisconsin drops Election Day voter registration. Government Accountability Board attorney Mike Haas told the panel Tuesday the departments of Transportation, Health Services, Children and Families, and Workforce Development would probably face lawsuits at some time. That’s because they would be required to carry out the federal Motor Voter act, from which the Badger State is currently exempt because it has same-day registration. Full Article: GAB: Four state agencies could be sued if same day voter registration dropped - WSAU News/Talk 550AM 99.9FM. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, same-day registration Wisconsin: Residents no longer need to show papers – State accepts electronic documents for same-day registration \| electionlineWeekly While many elections officials across the country are concerned about the U.S. Postal Service’s ability to stay afloat because of the impact it may have on vote-by-mail and absentee voting, elections officials in Wisconsin are faced with another dilemma from the slow death of the mail. No one mails anything anymore — including identifying documents like utility bills. Faced with a growing number of people who receive and pay their bills exclusively online, recently, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board ruled that residents wishing to register to vote at the polls on election day may provide a poll worker with an electronic proof-of-residency via their smartphone. “I can’t see the difference between being shown a screen with an identifying document or being shown a piece of paper,”said Judge Thomas Cane, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. “I think we’ve got to bring ourselves up to date.” Staff of the GAB recommended that the board not implement the use of electronic documents, but it wasn’t because they disagree with the practice, it was all about timing. “The staff supported the concept because there is no difference in the information that must be presented or recorded,” explained Kevin Kennedy, director of the GAB. “However, we wanted to get enough input from local election officials before instituting the change. “ Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Government Accountability Board, Kevin Kennedy, poll workers, smartphone Wisconsin: Voter ID Cases Unlikely to be Decided by Election Day \| WUWM A judge is expected to rule next month on a challenge to Wisconsin’s photo ID law. The decision would come weeks before this fall’s primary elections. Yet, as WUWM’s Ann-Elise Henzl reports, it is unlikely the state’s policy will be set in stone, by the time voters go to the polls. Groups have filed four lawsuits seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s new photo ID requirement. Two are in state court. Until they’re resolved, the mandate that voters present an acceptable identification card is on hold. One challenge is before a court of appeals, with no decision date in sight. The ruling expected in July is in Dane County Circuit Court. The decision will most certainly be appealed, according to Kevin Kennedy, director of the Government Accountability Board. “Realistically, the courts are probably not going to be acting this summer. I think for August we’re just simply trying to say, ‘don’t expect it, but – again – be prepared,’” Kennedy says. Full Article: WUWM News: Voter ID Cases Unlikely to be Decided by Election Day. Categories: Wisconsin \| Topics: Kevin Kennedy, photo id, primary election, voter id	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1893
__label__wiki	0.782993	0.782993	The Tuesday WAFL: West Perth not the first WAFL team in financial trouble John TownsendThe West Australian Tuesday, 4 September 2018 9:05AM Email John Townsend VideoSouth Fremantle belted a sorry West Perth by 98 points to open their finals campaign on a high. East Perth were in trouble in 1983. The Royals had just lost more than $100,000, had debts of more than $300,000, some players were on sky-high wages and the club was about to fall off a cliff. Enter tough guy Mal Atwell, a ferocious figure on the field in the 1950s and 60s and no shrinking violet off it. He became president and one of his first acts was to have a fire sale to raise enough cash to keep the club alive. Craig Edwards, John Hayes and Paul Arnold were sold off to South Fremantle, Steve Curtis unloaded to Port Adelaide for a reputed $100,000, Larry Kickett and John Scott switched to Claremont and Chris Allen sent off to Swan Districts. The remaining players took a 25% pay cut. The Royals battled on the field in the aftermath of the scorched earth policy but the club remained alive. Camera IconWest Perth is fighting for survival.Picture: Daniel Wilkins And their creditors were all paid. Two decades later and Swan District came perilously close to keeling over. The club spent two years at the bottom of the ladder, just avoiding a winless season in 2002, and scrounged, begged, borrowed and scraped to avoid collapse. Numerous WAFL supporters, many of whom hated Swans from the soles of their feet up and secretly or not so secretly relished the club’s plight, dipped into their hard-earnt to help the Black Ducks keep swimming. It wasn’t easy but all their creditors were paid. South Fremantle this decade. Claremont once or twice in their history. Subiaco, who used to walk a blanket around the ground at home game for essential donations from the crowd, in the days before the arrival of the AFL at Subiaco Oval opened their own private cash pipeline. Peel in their early days and some later ones. All these clubs faced financial crises that threatened their very existence. Yet they all found a way to survive, often by appealing to the goodwill of well-heeled supporters and making tough decisions today to ensure there was a tomorrow. And all their creditors were paid. So to West Perth. Today their creditors will be offered 4c in the dollar as part of a settlement scheme designed to get the club back on its financial feet. VenuesWest had already accepted the deal and the Australian Tax Office is sure to do likewise. That’s half the $790,000 owed by West Perth with the two government entities likely to consider the sum a mere drop in the bucket of their overall activities. But that also means that the poor saps responsible for supplying footies and jumpers, or the tradies who do all the little and no-so little jobs required to keep a facility running, will get just 4c for every dollar they are owed. That’s $400 on a $10,000 job or $2800 for the supplier owed $70,000 for jumpers and other gear. No wonder those other clubs, those who weathered their storms and called in favours and knocked on doors and suffered the heartache of selling off favourite sons, are so angry. VideoClaremont overcame a spirited second-half fightback from East Perth to prevail by 28 points. They did the hard yards to keep their clubs alive. They paid their creditors who supplied them in good faith. The Falcons actually have a bit of dough. They have raised $200,000 in the past month but that won’t be going to any creditors. That cash is quarantined in a foundation and will not be withdrawn until the administrators leave with their $85,000 cheque for a clean-up job done neatly and efficiently and dispassionately. Could West Perth have seen off the crisis and found the cash needed to pay their bills? It is impossible to know and irrelevant once their creditors meet this afternoon. Yes, it is a tough economy but the Falcons appear to have taken their eyes off the ball in recent years as far as bringing in the sponsors and benefactors required to keep any ambitious sporting organisation afloat. If $200,000 could be raised in a month, how much more could have been raised over the past few years? How many creditors could have been paid? West Perth have made their call, a decision also made in good faith and no doubt with the best interests and future of the club in mind. No one wants to see the demise of WA’s oldest football club, even the East Perth fans who love to hate them, but there will be some people hurting hard today after putting their faith in the Falcons. Camera IconSouth Fremantle's Mason Shaw has been in stunning goal-kicking form.Picture: Daniel Wilkins Tuesday hero Mason Shaw has spent the past three years in the shadow of South Fremantle spearhead Ben Saunders but, with the full-forward out of action, is now relishing his chance on centre stage. A running machine whose diligence and durability is underlined by his 65 consecutive matches since returning from Port Adelaide, Shaw has never played better than in the past few weeks. And his kicking for goal is in rare air with 7.0, 5.0 and 6.0 in his past three outings. It is no coincidence that Shaw’s kicking improved after WA great John Todd took him under his wing recently. Subiaco are deserved flag favourites after their unbeaten season but South will challenge hard if their Shaw thing keeps starring. Landmark wrap, LeCras’ cameo, ex-Bomber’s half-centuryPremium Mid-season jaunts show WAFL has changedPremium Sore Wellingham in sight of finish linePremium WAFLWest Perth Football Club	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1894
__label__wiki	0.613443	0.613443	Dramatic and Literary Depictions of War Length: 3745 words (10.7 double-spaced pages) Stimulus text one: part A - poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Mr. Devine opened up our exam to revel that the theme would be war. The class was split into three groups and each group was given the poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ as the first stimulus. We were asked to read it and discuss in our groups what we thought of the poem and how it portrayed war. At first we thought that the poem would have a positive opinion because of the title, ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’. Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori is a Latin translation for ’it is a beautiful and wonderful thing to die for your country’. However as we read the poem we found the words to be contradictory to the title. We found the poem to be very patriotic. Even from the first line the poet gave a sense of an uncomfortable and dreary atmosphere, ‘Bent double, like old beggars under sacks’. The poem gave a descriptive picture of the negative and gruesome images behind war My group thought that the poet thought war to be based on lies and propaganda; it was portrayed as a wonderful and beautiful thing to die for your country yet truthfully war was horrifying and disturbing. Our group thought the poet believed people should know the truth about war before they sign up. We thought this because the poet images got more and more vile towards the end of the poem, which we thought was a symbol of the poet’s anger and how haunted he was by the things he saw during the war. The poet also gave off a sense of irony, as the people who have allegedly died bravely for their country ended up just ‘flung’ onto wagons in piles. Stimulus text one: part B - Lord Kitchener poster In are groups we were then given a Lord Kitchener poster which was idealistically designed to persuade men to join the British army. 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Portable hand cannons were made because it would be easier house kill the enemy. The hand cannon had a small piece of metal with a wooden rod for the recoil of the mini cannon. When the gunpowder was reduces it would be still a powerful weapon. Artillery was an important weapon in the battle field, because artillery kill a lot of men when fired.... [tags: religion, politics, power] 690 words (2 pages) Literary Sources and Their Significance in Noh Essay - I believe that universally, theater is the concentration of passing down history, whether factual or mythical, to future generations paired with various degrees of artistic dignity. Like many other staged performances, the root of Noh is based off of a storytelling tradition, enhanced or exaggerated to be viewed by a wider audience. In the end, it was supposed to be somewhat entertaining, the viewer perhaps receiving a more dramatic interpretation of a past tale accompanied by dance, music, and visuals.... [tags: Literary Analysis] The Valley of Elah Essay example - In The Valley of Elah is undoubtedly one of the most realistic depictions of a modern soldiers experience during the war in Iraq. This film exposes the challenges that many soldiers face upon returning home from duty. In the Valley of Elah follows a detective plot as Hank Deerfield tries to find his AWOL son, Mike, who has just returned home from active duty in Iraq. As Hank pieces together the events that lead to his sons death, the viewers see how traumatized the returning soldiers are. This film submerges the viewer in very powerful and gruesome incidents, which is seen through the photographs and cell phone footage that Mike records while in Iraq.... [tags: depictions, modern soldiers, war] The Dramatic Monologues of Robert Browning Essay - The Dramatic Monologues of Robert Browning Consider the range of characterisation in Browning’s dramatic monologues and the poetic methods he employs to portray his speakers. 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The protagonist of this story is Jerry Renault and the antagonist in Archie Costello.... [tags: Chocolate War Essays] Depictions Et Decorum British Army Poster Et Decorum Est Stimulus Poet Split Translation Text An Investigation Into the Way in Which Energy Is Lost by A Table The DNA Structure and Function Compared to the RNA T-Totals Investigation Racism in the UK United Kingdom Economy for Local Businesses The Life of the Great William Shakespeare the text reading “your country needs YOU”. Our groups where asked to discuss how we felt this linked to the poem. Firstly my group discussed how effective the poster was, we decided that Lord Kitchener was deliberately placed standing forward so that it felt to the onlooker as if it was impossible to escape. It was made to point out every person individually. Additionally we believed that Lord Kitchener was on the poster because of his authority, it gave the onlookers a sense of importance to be ‘NEEDED’ by such an important and powerful man. We found this to be very ironic as we know in the war none of the soldiers were truly important to people as powerful as Lord Kitchener. Also by the choice of words we felt that the poster used propaganda in order to persuade people, to have been politically correct the poster should have said ‘you country wants YOU’ rather than ‘needs’. By stating that ‘your country needs YOU’ the poster is placing the reader with a duty and therefore is pressuring them. Our group felt that posters like this were exactly what the poem was talking about; Lord Kitchener was preaching ‘The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.’ This emphasised how the poem was designed to portray to people the truth behind the war. In other words the poster is designed to persuade more and more men to join war by giving them a false impression of what war was like. After discussing both stimulus in our groups we discussed our ideas as a class and wrote up the key points on the board. Most of the key points all the groups agreed on. One of the other groups also thought it was a good idea to extract key words from the poem that strongly portray the poets feelings on war. After discussing the main points the teacher then asked us to prepare 3 freeze-frames based on the poem and poster. Freeze-frame 1:‘Bent double’ [IMAGE] Freeze-frame 2:‘gas, gas’ Freeze-frame 3:‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ Stimulus text two: video ‘white feather’ The second stimulus was an extract from the video called ‘white feather’. This extract showed a congregation at a church which was interrupted by a man who was outraged that the church spoke so highly of war. The man was taken from the church and after there was a meeting held for women, women were to encourage men to join the war and expected to sign up to help in the hospitals. The speaker went on to say any man that did not join the army was a coward and you should not be seen with such a man or you too are a coward. A white feather would be given as a symbol of a coward and should be warn by all those who are given it. After the meeting the man from the church met his girlfriend outside, she told him that she thinks he must go to war and that she can’t be seen with him if he doesn’t, the man is outraged that the woman has been pressured to think this but the women tells him she is leaving to go help in a hospital anyway. After watching the video we were asked to discuss are reactions. I thought that the video showed how much pressure was put on people in the war. The group agreed that it was unfair to single out anyone just because they had a different opinion and came to the conclusion that bullying was a big part of the war. Stimulus text three: teacher and pupils in role The final stimulus was a planned improvisation played by the teacher and pupils in role. Each person was first given a character and told to react to how they think their character would in a similar situation. The basic plot was that the family had tried hide the age of their eldest son so that he would not be taken for war. There was also an elder daughter who knew the truth about the war and wanted to hide it from her family and a young son who wanted to go to war. The recruitment officer comes in to take away the eldest son, and when the wife argues back he tries to gain authority by belittling the father - normally the ‘head of the family’. Over all response to the three stimuli: From the three stimuli I learnt of the pressure the government put on innocent people due in the war. By participating in this workshop I have come to realise a lot about the hidden truth of war and the depth of pain involved in it. Also I believe I have gained a better understanding of why war is such a big issue to this day. I was shocked to see how well all the stimuli fitted together, almost like a jigsaw. I had expected each stimulus to motivate a different response to the other stimuli. However I found that rather than doing this each new stimulus developed the response to the previous stimuli. I enjoyed learning about the different views of war. This is because I feel that by exploring all the alternative views of a matter help you to gain a better understanding and thus can improve a person’s ability to do something. In this case having a better understanding of war made it easier to act out the emotions of characters involved in the ‘‘War’’ We were firstly asked to discuss out reactions to the character of the recruitment officer. We came to the conclusion that he had tried to gain authority by bullying the easiest target - the father. This was strongly linked to the second stimuli as it was all about the pressure placed on families due in the war. After discussing stimulus 2 and 3 we were split into groups and asked to develop a relationship between the characters of the family. Each group was given a different title and asked to first plan then act out a small improvisation of the scenario. Our group acted out ‘a fathers proudest moment’. We choose to set it as the son was going off to war and the father being proud of his son for doing the right thing for his country. I was glad we got the title ‘a fathers proudest moment’ because it gave us the chance to develop all characters. Choosing to set it when the son went off for war aloud us to not only show the relationship between the father and the son but the reaction of the rest of the family. After performing our short improvisation to the class we were asked to go home and select an object that would symbolise their characters relationship with the son who had gone to war. After choosing our objects we had to careful think why our character would related to it. Using out objects we were then asked to plan a monolog in which we used the symbol to add more depth and meaning to what we said. For this task I played the character of the boys mother. I decided I wanted my character to be some-one who was torn between being happy for her son and guilt from the past. Because of this I wanted to choose an object that would be a memory from the past. I choose a war medal which I represented my dead brother who had died from injury after the first world war. Right before he died my brother had given me the medal and said he had died for the sake of my children, and so that they would never have to go to war and endure the suffering he bore witness to. I used the medal to show how although I was proud of my son I hated him for leaving me and how I thought he would never come back. Task 3: part a Subsequently the teacher told us to go away and individually find a gesture that would help us develop and get a better feel for our character. We weren’t supposed to tell anyone else in the workshop our gesture. He explained that all people have a certain thing they do in a particular situation i.e. play with their hair when they are agitated. This time I was playing the character of the older sister; my character was to be nervous of telling my family the truth about war. I choose to bite my nails when ever the family asked something I didn’t want to answer. After each person had picked a gesture we were told to perform the short scene of the son going away, using our gestures to enhance our characters. After the rest of the class were asked to watch our performance and guess what each person’s gesture was. Task 3: part b The class where then asked to make 3 short scenes which lead into 3 freeze-frames. Each scene was to show at least one characters gesture and emotion, each characters emotion and gesture had to be shown at some point. My group decided to do once scene for the father and son, another for the mother and daughter and one for the youngest son. The class was split up into two groups and were given a newspaper clipping featuring an article about a Muslim girl and Serb boy Admira and Bosko, a real life Romeo and Juliet. The article was about two people who had fallen in love, but came from rival backgrounds, and were finally aloud to be together. Both the sides agreed to let them pass; but on the Verbena bridge, the only neutral territory between the rival countries, they were shot, Bosko had dies straight away, but Admira had lived long enough to crawl over to her lover and embrace him. The killer was unknown. The two sides continued to fight over their bodies for five days, when finally they were given permission to be buried in Sarajevo. Basically it was showing how the Serb boy and the Muslim girl who had loved each other for nine years were put in a coffin and buried in the Serbian military graveyard south of Sarajevo. In our groups we were then asked to create 3 short scenes featuring the 3 main points of the story, using the mediums of drama. Freeze-frame 1:‘Escape’ Our first freeze-frame was of soldiers from both sides facing each other on each side of the bridge. For this we had the use of prop, sound and narration as our drama mediums. We used boxes to create different levels to create the image of the bridge but also of authority. The soldiers were placed on platforms but the lovers were at ground level showing they were both people of no authority. The character of the Serb boy was walking along holding hands with the Muslim girl, ecstatic that now they thought nothing could get in the way of their love, “now we can be together for ever” was the Serb boys last words before both lovers fell to their inevitable death. Freeze-frame 2:‘Death and true love’ For our second freeze-frame we choose to show the Muslim girl embracing the Serb boy just before she died. For this we choose to use thought tracking, narration, freeze frame and lighting. This freeze-frame portrayed how deep and strong Admira and Bosko love was, even death could not part them, we used narration and thought tracking to show this. However this scene also showed the selfishness and cruelty of man, we used a red light to emphasis this. Freeze-frame 3:‘Eternal peace’ In the third freeze frame we had two platforms pushed together to create a coffin with the Serb boy and the Muslim girl in it. This was meant to convey that they would be together forever in this life and the next because their eternal love for each other was so strong, and finally they could be together in peace, like they had waited for, for so many years. The two families joined for the ceremony, for the funeral both familys put their differences behind them and shared their grief, both mothers wore black shawls to show that they were upset over the death of their children. This may seem a silly thing to include but because of the rivalry between the families both lovers had not expected their mothers to care much. At the end of the funeral the narrator explained to the audience how the ring in Admira’s hand was now the only symbol left of Admira’s and Bosko’s love, then the ring dropped to the floor. This symbolised a new beginning for the lovers. For this scene we used the used of costume, prop, lighting, symbol and monolog. Through out the three freeze frames we mainly used narration; the reason for this was we wanted to give a neutral view of the story. The characters froze for a few seconds whilst the narrator narrated and then the actors persisted with the story. We choose to decide the use of drama mediums individually for each scene, this was to ensure that each medium worked as well as it could and was used in the right way. Evaluation of response to stimulus text one: I think that by sharing our ideas as a group and then as a class it meant we were able to develop and explore ideas more. It was interesting to see how although all the groups pick up on similar things we all ended up with very different freeze frames. My group chose what we thought were the 3 key images in the poem and used them as our freeze-frames. We choose to do this because we thought that it expressed best the suffering the poet would have seen and endured. Our first freeze-frame was based on the first line of the poem, ‘bent double.’ we choose this because we wanted to show how even in the trenches how horrible war was. For this we placed people shooting at the front with a brave look on their face, this was to show how the war was portrayed, but behind them were people bent double and struggling, this was to show how the war really was. Body posture was really important in this freeze-frame as well as facial expression. These were important because we needed to show the different views of war, so the soldiers at the front needed to look happy and keen to do a good job, to reflect this they needed good posture to show their enthusiasm and smiles to show how they think they are doing the right thing. The others however needed to look worried and week, to portray this the soldiers were bent over like they couldn’t stand straight or huddled on the floor to show they had no strength. The spacing was also important as soldiers shown to be huddling implies a sense of insecurity and loneliness. The suffering soldiers were placed behind the enthusiastic ones to show how the poet felt how war was portrayed was a lie. The second freeze-frames was based on the gas attack as a large proportion on the poem was about this. We wanted to show how everyone was injured. Our main focus in this was hand gesture, soldiers reaching out showed their desperation, other soldiers had their hand on their throats to show their suffering. Posture was also used as we made sure no-one was standing completely straight to show that everyone was suffering. The final freeze-frame we choose to do showed everyone dead in a heap. We called this ’Dulce de Decorum Est’ because it was not a beautiful and wonderful sight, which we thought was the key part of the poem. We used spacing by crowding all the bodies together so they were almost heaped. We did this to show how the poet did not believe the soldiers died bravely and gracefully for their country, as the ’old lie’ would have us believe. Another of the groups decided to base their freeze-frames around the poster. I found this very effective especially in the last freeze-frame as the truth of war was literally hidden behind the Freeze-frame three:‘the old lie’ I found the most effective thing about this freeze-frame was the use of levels. They showed the authority of the poster over everything else by placing Lord Kitchener higher than all of the other characters. It was also really effective how although people where dying and suffering behind the poster the people in front of it were still looking up to it. I found this to be a really successful way of expressing the poets view of war. Evaluation of response to stimulus text two: The video was the first stimulus that really highlighted the extremity of the pressure the government put on people involved in the war. It portrayed how the government had used pier pressure to control people and take away their voices. It also showed how the government made it extremely difficult for anyone with an opposing view to war. They made sure anyone who publicly spoke out against them or refused to join the war was publicly humiliated by the white feather campaign. Evaluation of response to stimulus text three: I think it was a good idea to have randomly picked unprepared students to participate in this exercise. I think that this was important because it is necessary to see the natural reactions of people to a character such as the recruitment officer. The fact that the mother character stood up to the recruitment officer was also a key moment because it showed the recruitments officer’s true colors, and how much of his authority was fake – much like most of the public eyes view of war. This stimulus re-establishes the major issue of bullying that went on due in the war. Evaluation of the development phase: Task One When we were asked to acted out a fathers proudest moment we were able to plan the reaction of the characters. As we knew the younger son was jealous we decided to separate him from the rest of the family. He sat with his back to his family and played with toy soldiers. The separation was important as it showed the child’s adolescence because of his lack of understanding, also by sitting crossed legged it showed that the boy was very young as it is a it is not normally a tendency of an older person. The daughter stood with her family but with her head down and didn’t say anything, the daughter was stood next to the family to show her concern for her brother but by starring down and not talking it showed really her character was troubled and that she was trying to hide it from her family. The mother stood comforting her daughter which showed she was upset to, but she looked straight at her son with her back straight and her head high to show she was proud and happy for him as well. The son was looking up to his dad why they were talking which showed that it made the son happy that his dad was proud of him. The father stood up straight with his head up and his fist held clenched on his heart these were all symbols of the fathers proudness. Our improvisation was based mainly on our use of the body and although words added to the effect I think it would have work jus as well as a freeze-frame. Another group did ‘a mothers nightmare’ they built up atmosphere by having all the characters harass her in her sleep. It was found it really good as it gave me a headache and I think that was the whole concept, the words were the most important thing in this peace as they were all things that added to the mothers guilt. Everything that was said seems to have been taken out of context by the mother and have been changed to be used against her, by her conscience. Although I did think this performance was cleverly thought out I think it could have been improved if the voices had started off in almost a whisper and gradually got louder and louder and faster and faster. I think this would have worked better because it would have symbolised how the mother’s guilt was building up. Task Two I found it important to plan the monolog so that I could see if my object would work. However I didn’t think I should learn one off by heart because it would have more and meaning if it was partly improvised in the sense that this object started off a chain of thought. Also I thought it would help myself as a performer because if I had learnt it off by heart and forgotten a bit I would be stuck, but I found that just by getting an idea of what I was going to say it aloud me to make up the bits I’d forgotten or just move on to the next piece. During my piece I though I used the object well as I directly related what I was saying to the object. However I found that my performance would have been better if I had tried harder to involve the audience. To do this I could have simply showed the audience the medal I used for my object, by doing this I would have drawn the audience in and it would have given the audience a better sense of involvement. After performing I carefully observed other members of the group. By watching other people perform it made me realise how important panning was, you could clearly see who had carefully thought out and planned their monolog and who appear to have grabbed the first object they found. This was not because of the acting but because of the flow and content of the performance. A couple of people’s monologs really stood out for me: One person in the character of the younger son bought in toy soldiers to play with; I thought this to be a very good object as it was directly symbolic. The performance was extremely successful as the boy used the soldiers to show his mixed emotions and lack of understanding. The actor also successfully drew the audience in by almost including them in the boys game that he was playing with the toy soldiers. The young boy expressed his mixed emotions for his brother by first placing him at the front of the line, which showed that really he was proud of his brother, but then his jealousy took over and he knocked all the soldiers down. I found this very impressive as I think it worked on many levels, for me it caught the credulity and innocents of childhood as well as successfully completing the task asked. Another, which stood out to me, was a monolog in the character of the sister. She choose to use skipping rope that her and her elder brother had played with every summer years ago. The reason this monolog worked so well was because of the way the rope was used. While telling a short story she got the rope and started to tie it around her wrist, she then went on to explain that the last time her and her brother had played with this rope he had tied her up and pretended she was a prisoner of war. This brought to the surface how her brother was the one imprisoned at war, but it was no longer a game. She aloud the audience to be drawn in by her story telling and then persisted to express an immense sense of emotion to them. You could tell that this was a very well prepared monolog and that the task had been Another person did a really good monolog but didn’t successfully link it to the object. From this I saw how much depth and meaning a simple thing can add to a performance and how it helps enhance a character. Task three: part a I found that finding a gesture and making it work for a particular character was hard to get into. In spite of this once I had got used to the idea of the gesture doing it helped me get into my character quickly. I think my character was quite easy to pick a gesture for because it is common for people to try and distract themselves when they are nervous e.g. playing with their hair or biting their nails. I think it may have been harder for other characters to think of a gesture for their character in such a short space of time. Most people gestures were easy to guess as they did it in the right situation or at the right time. This proved that the exercise had worked. Task three: part b When doing task 3 we decided to split the 3 scenes up into groups of characters because we thought it would be easier to create a situation in which the character could show their gesture. We put the son and the father together because we thought it would be the best opportunity to show the fathers pride and the reaction. The mother and daughter were placed together because we wanted to show the daughters worry and the mothers guilt and by doing a scene with them together a tense atmosphere could easily be created, emphasising both characters emotions. Finally we choose to put the youngest son on his own because we thought it would be more affected for him to use mime. We choose to stick to using the toy soldiers that younger son had used for monolog, but as we couldn’t use an actual prop the actor had to mime playing with them. We were worried it might not work in this situation but after performing we found that it did work really well because it showed how the youngest son didn’t understand the impotence of what was going on and his adolescence, and this was directly linked to his emotion and gesture. Task four: freeze-frame one I think the use of level worked reasonably well in the first freeze-frame as it created a literal and symbolic meaning. I also think that we made the right decision choosing not to use light in this scene as it was unnecessary and would have just over complicated the scene. From this I learnt that it is much better to use a few mediums of drama well than it is to use as many as possible badly. Task four: freeze-frame two In the second scene I think that the choice of thought tracking was a mistake. It seemed to confuse the audience, and the person stepping out of character to do the thought tracking was unable to get into character quick enough to capture the strong emotions of Admira. I think it would have been better to if the character of Admira had have performed a small monolog instead. However I thought the use of the red light was very successful as it introduced another level of meaning to the scene and thus allowed the characters to develop more. Task four: freeze-frame three We choose to close the final scene with a white light shinning on the two lovers as they lay in their grave. We did this because white symbolizes innocents, purity and peace. I also think that the symbol of the ring worked exceptionally well, as it portrayed to the audience the strength of Admira’s and Bosko’s love, but it also symbolised hope, future and happiness. Finally I thought that the monolog of Admira’s father was important because it demonstrated how some things are more important than others, especially war and hate, no matter how deep they run. It also highlights how stubbornness is sometimes better left, and that it is more important in the long run to put things behind us before they get out of hand. I though this to be a really important message especially on the topic of war. After receiving the topic of war and the poem I decided to research relevant information. The first thing I found was that the saying ‘Dulce et Decorum Est Pro patria mori’ was a saying that originated form the Roman poet Horace. It was an old Latin saying meaning it is a beautiful and wonderful thing to die for your country.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1896
__label__wiki	0.790372	0.790372	James Zabiela - The Healing (Remixes) (Born Electric) Via Flux webzine: It is always with great excitement that we receive a new label to the electronic music panorama. Born Electric is the new and highly anticipated imprint of the established DJ/producer James Zabiela. Not exactly a new-born to the scene, Zabiela has been guiding people to the dance-floor for over a decade now; with his signature ‘genre-less’ style that has won him great acclaim and one of the most loyal fan bases in electronic music. “The Healing” is the label’s debut release and title track is a perfect introduction into Zabiela’s ethereal world. This ambient piece is driven by a soft synth line which sets the mood of the song. Pianos, guitars, and, most importantly, Zabiela’s own vocals add a melancholic and personal component to this track, expanding it into further dimensions and creating a very enjoyable listen. With the original mix we get the sweet and contemplative side of Zabiela, his 85 Remix cuts straight to the chase. A choppy beat dominated by a rather chunky bass line and slappy hi-hats that unite to produce an ‘in your face’ reaction. At around minute three, the reinsertion of the original synth line sets up a vibe in such way that incites me to commit the crime of cataloguing this as ‘space-funk.’ Joking aside, the winks to disco, electro, and Planet Rock are much appreciated. Previously this year Zabiela successfully remixed Hot Chip’s single “How Do You Do.” Here we see the band returning ‘the favour’ with a remix that remains very loyal to the original. It’s a rough, more percussive and less melodic version. Midland’s remix was recorded on tape in order to accentuate the textures and deliver a great piece of hypnotizing house. His fantastic form in 2012 is well showcased in this slow burning piece. This track shows yet again the potential of Zabiela’s synth line, deconstructing it and stringing it out across 7 minutes. The digital release also includes 2 extra remixes by Clubroot and Gang Colours. Clubroot’s ‘future garage’ yields an impressive remix. It sends out a feel of night bus melancholia and loneliness, very apt for rainy winter days. Finally, fellow Southampton producer Gang Colours offers a version with a stompy hovering beat, spacey harps and a delicate piano keys. This is an all-together good first EP, reflecting the eclecticism of Zabiela’s world. One can only expect the unexpected, which might not be reassuring but it certainly makes for an exciting journey. Nick Warren - “Great work, James. Well done!” Q-Burns Abstract Message - “Some ambitious treatments in this package. Midland gains most of my attention with their swell remix, but also liking the beguiling Clubroot version. Dig.” Tom Flynn (Hypercolour, Dirtybird) - “Zabiela’s 85 Remix is my pick. The Clubroot mix will be useful, too. Nice package!” Will SumSuch (DeepWit, Etoka) - “A really impressive debut package here, with a mix for every possible occasion. Really liking the original track … stunning Balearic, deeply emotional vibes. Midland’s remix is shading it for me, but the Clubroot version is also excellent.” Kruse & Nuernberg - “The Midland remix is ace!” Raxon (audio tonic) - “I’m really feeling Zabiela’s 85 Remix! Excellent production.” Lönya (Asymmetric Soul) - “Hot Chip are out of this world! The Clubroot mix is great, too.” Tim Sweeney (Beats In Space) - “The Hot Chip and Midland mixes for me.” Bruno Lepretre (Ibiza Global Radio) - “Awesome … great remix package.” Tris Kayo (Radio Monaco) - “Oh yeah! It’s been a while and this is a great release. Full support!” Bobi (Global Movement Radio Show) - “This is release is crazy, though very tasty, indeed. Dance floor dynamite!” Tags James Zabiela, Born Electric, Hot Chip, Midland, Clubroot, Gang Colours, Electronic, Chill Out, Breakbeat, Deep House	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1901
__label__wiki	0.809653	0.809653	You are currently: > News & Media > News & media > Media releases > 2016 Focus on human rights protection this Human Rights Day The Australian government must make a stronger commitment to fulfil its human rights obligations, the President of the Australian Association of Social Workers, Professor Karen Healy AM has said on the eve of Human Rights Day. Court system further compounding family violence trauma: AASW Courts are further traumatising victims of family violence by allowing perpetrators to continue to abuse women through the process, says Vice President of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Christine Craik, on the eve of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women/White Ribbon Day 2016. Mary Moylan NT Social Worker of the Year award 2016 A social worker with over 20 years’ experience across remote, rural and urban communities has been named the Mary Moylan Northern Territory Social Worker of the Year by the Australian Association of Social Workers. Committing to early intervention and monitoring will improve out-of-home-care outcomes for young Australians Committing to better long-term early intervention for vulnerable families and ensuring effective monitoring of out-of-home care providers are the keys to protecting the young Australians in care shown by the ABC’s Four Corners program last night, says the President of the Australian Association of Social Workers, Professor Karen Healy AM. AASW welcomes compensation fund for survivors of child sexual abuse Published: 7 November 2016 The AASW welcomes the announcement by Social Services Minister Christian Porter of a compensation fund for survivors of child sexual abuse in faith based and human services institutions. Adoption a complex issue that needs more consideration: AASW Children and young people who come into the care of the state are amongst the most vulnerable members of our society. Adoption may not be the best option for many of these children and much care in needed to recognise the best interests of each individual child, says the AASW National President Karen Healy AM. South Australian social workers celebrate 70 years of their professional association On Thursday 20 October, South Australian social workers who qualified 40 years ago and more will join new graduates just beginning their careers, current students and university academics in a celebration that will mark 70 years of the Australian Association of Social Workers. Anti-Poverty Week: Immediate action needed to address entrenched poverty The current levels of welfare payments are creating entrenched poverty and no longer fulfilling their main function of providing for a minimum acceptable standard of living, the AASW National President, Professor Karen Healy Healy AM, has said on the eve of Anti-Poverty Week. World Mental Health Day: AASW renews call for greater investment in mental health services With mental illness affecting one in five Australians and deaths from suicide at a 10-year high, days like World Mental Health Day can help people discuss issues that they would normally find challenging, says the AASW National President, Professor Karen Healy Healy AM. No evidence four week wait for young jobless will help: AASW The legislation that would see unemployed people aged under-25 wait four weeks before being eligible for welfare will further entrench poverty, according to the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). As it did the last time this measure was put before parliament, the AASW is urging all politicians to accept that to achieve good policy outcomes the rates of allowances must be raised to just and humane levels that keep young people out of poverty. Priority Investment Approach likely to fail: AASW The Priority Investment Approach to Welfare will not address the profound challenges disadvantaged young people face in achieving greater participation in education and employment. Intervention programs which leave people in poverty do not work and it is better to invest early in assisting people who are at risk of falling into long term disadvantage. Omnibus Bill: most vulnerable still affected by low allowances The Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill passed by the Senate last night is an improvement on its predecessor, but will still cause distress for the most vulnerable members of society, according to the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). R U OK? This simple question can help Social workers who work in mental health see R U OK Day as a great opportunity for the community to engage with friends, family and colleagues in conversations about their wellbeing. Queensland government decision to remove 17-year-olds from aduilt prisons welcomed by AASW The Queensland Government has taken a landmark and long-overdue step by introducing legislation next week to remove all 17 year old children from the adult prison system. Initial response to final SA Child Protection Royal Commission report While it continues to consider the 260 recommendations of the final report South Australian Child Protection Royal Commission, the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) has endorsed some of its key findings.These include the findings that relate to the developing and maintaining of a child protection department environment that supports and nurtures its staff to allow good decision making. Incident reports provide evidence to close Nauru now "The release of the Nauru incident reports reinforce the need to stop using the island as a place to detain refugees and asylum seekers,” said AASW National President, Karen Healy AM, in a media statement today, 10 August 2016. “It also shows how dangerous the Border Force Act is which tries to stop professional social workers and others from speaking out about the systemic abuse of children.” AASW SA responds to interim findings of child protection systems royal commission The advance recommendations of the SA Royal Commission into Child Protection Systems will ensure the critically needed reforms to this sector are not further delayed, the President of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Dr Mary Hood, said today. She commended the strong stance taken by the Commission that supports an overhaul of the child protection system in South Australia to restore public confidence. AASW supports High Court challenge to Border Force Act The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) welcomes the High Court challenge to the secrecy provisions under section 42 of the Australian Border Force Act 2015. National President Professor Karen Healy AM says that the legal challenge by Doctors 4 Refugees highlights how deeply unethical the secrecy provisions in the Act are to health professionals. Letter to the Editor: NT News AASW President, Karen Healy AM, has written a letter to the Editor of the NT News in response to the ABC Four Corners report on the Don Dale juvenile detention centre New study reveals students also struggling A third of students are regularly going without food and other necessities because of a lack of financial support, a new study conducted by the AASW and James Cook University has revealed. Reducing homelessness and its links to family violence a national priority Reducing homelessness and its strong links to family violence must be a national priority, the President of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Professor Karen Healy AM, has said in a media release today. Responding to the call by Australia’s largest homelessness service providers for a national plan to reduce homelessness, she said reduced housing affordability and lack of adequate services particularly disadvantages people attempting to leave situations of violence. Medicare rebate freeze undermines scheme’s universality: AASW The Federal government’s decision to extend the freeze on the Medicare rebate until 2020 puts Australia’s universal health care system at serious risk, says the National President of the Australian Association of Social Workers, Professor Karen Healy AM. AASW welcomes recommendations for commercial surrogacy to remain illegal in Australia The Australian Association of Social Workers strongly opposes the legalisation of commercial surrogacy in Australia. This is based on the potential for exploitation and problematic outcomes for children. The view is strongly supported in the recommendations from the Parliamentary Inquiry into Surrogacy (Report tabled 4 May 2016), Government must apologise to Save the Children workers and shut down Nauru The nine Save the Children welfare workers deported from Nauru were carrying out their professional and ethical duty and should receive an immediate apology from the Federal government for their shameful treatment, said the President of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Professor Karen Healy AM, today. 2016 – 17 Budget: How long will we tolerate keeping people in serious poverty Yet again the government has chosen to leave young people and people seeking employment in poverty, missing the opportunity to increase government allowances. Newstart, youth and student allowances remain well below the level on which it is possible to survive without extreme poverty. Victorian Budget a landmark investment in addressing family violence The state government’s approach to addressing family violence in its budget will ensure that Victorian women have a better chance of being safe from violence, says Glenda Kerridge, President of the Victorian branch of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Stemming rate of child abuse needs action as well as outrage The release of the 19th annual report on child protection, Child Protection Australia 2014-2015, is a cause for concern as well as for hope, says the national president of the Australian Association of Social Workers, Professor Karen Healy AM. Family Court no place to be without legal assistance when family violence is present The Australian Association of Social Workers calls for immediate action from the Commonwealth, states and territories to provide greater legal assistance for victims of family violence in family law cases. Family violence Royal Commission recommendations a step in the right direction Family violence is a national emergency and the measures recommended in the Royal Commission’s report today begin to address the structural, attitudinal and service-delivery reforms that are desperately needed to support victims, says the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Women and older students most affected by HELP repayment proposal Lowering the threshold for starting HELP payments to $42,000 as recommended by the latest Grattan Institute Report would affect women and older students studying health, welfare and education courses and could lead to a downturn in enrolments in these courses, says the Australian Association of Social Workers. Safe Schools program vital to addressing suicide rate: AASW The Safe Schools program provides same-sex attracted students with an environment where they can feel safe, and has the potential to save lives, the Australian Association of Social Workers’ President, Professor Karen Healy AM, said today. She is calling on the government to act in accordance with the findings of the Safe Schools review and support the program so that students can feel safe and thrive at school. Returning baby Asha to Nauru is government sanctioned child abuse: AASW “Sending baby Asha, or any child, to Nauru is immoral and dangerous. Releasing baby Asha and her family into community detention is an important first step, but we are deeply disappointed in the government’s plan to eventually return them to offshore processing” Professor Healy said. Budget 2016: Now's the time to reform Newstart and Youth Allowance With the release of ACOSS's proposals for the Federal Budget , AASW President Professor Karen Healy AM says now is the time to begin talking about reforming our outdated, unfair and destructive system of welfare allowances. Lady Cilento Hospital doctors and staff know their ethical responsibilities The refusal of doctors and staff at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital in Brisbane to discharge baby Asha so the government can return her to detention on Nauru is to be admired, says Australian Association of Social Workers’ National President, Professor Karen Healy AM. Child protection system needs more investment to protect vulnerable children The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) urges the Victorian government to invest in more early intervention, prevention and intensive family support services for vulnerable children and their families to ensure that the almost 3,000 thousand children suspected of being abused and neglected are receiving intervention services. AASW supports Close the Gap Progress and Priorities Report The recommendations in the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee’s Progress and Priorities report will contribute to the overall goal to close the gap in the life expectancy, educational achievement and employment opportunities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, says AASW National President, Professor Karen Healy. High Court ruling highlights irony of government sanctioned child abuse There is no justifying sending children into danger, says National President of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Professor Karen Healy, whose voice today joined many around Australia concerned about the prospect of returning young asylum seekers and their families to the abuses of Nauru after last week’s High Court ruling. Why Senate should reject removal of Pensioner Education Supplement Published: 5 February 2016 The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) agrees with the recommendation of Labor and Greens' senators in yesterday’s Senate report that the Government should not pass the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Budget Repair) Bill 2015. Determining risks to vulnerable children a complex and difficult process The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) congratulates the head of Tasmania’s child protection services, Mr Tony Kemp, for his careful but clear statements during the Baby Bjay inquest about the risks to children in some abusive or neglectful homes, and the realities of running a child protection service. AASW urges Senate to reject removal of Pensioner Education Supplement In a submission to the Senate, the Australian Association of Social Workers rejects the Government’s proposal to remove the Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) that is worth up to $36.20 per week for approved students who receive the Disability Support Pension. Government should apologise, compensate welfare workers and shut down Nauru The AASW is calling on the Government to immediately apologise to and compensate the ten Save the Children welfare workers who were deported from the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru and to close the centre whose conditions increase the likelihood of child abuse.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1903
__label__wiki	0.863681	0.863681	Home News UC Browser is back on Google Play Store After Getting Banned UC Browser is back on Google Play Store After Getting Banned Alibaba-owned UCWeb said that it is available again with a new version of UC Browser on the Google Play Store. This mobile browser was removed from the Google Play Store for violating Google’s policies. The browser is very popular in India which has around 500 million users. UC Browser provides features like in-built ad-blocking, webpage compression on poor data connections and more, which are liked by the users. The app was removed from Google Play Store last week, and UCWeb claims it was due to certain Google’s policy. The latest update of UC browser uploaded to Google Play Store was well rectified. The company said that the new version is available for users with an updated setting which line with Google Play’s policy. Young Li, Head-International Business Department at Alibaba Mobile Business Group said, “During the brief absence of UC Browser on Play Store, we continued to meticulously check our technical settings while also witnessing an uninterrupted passion of our users for the product, who looked upon the alternative version, UC Browser Mini, and made it to the top of Free Apps category on the Play Store.” Stats About UC Browser The company claimed that it has user base share of 45 percent and also it becomes the most used mobile browser in India in terms of Internet usage. In October, the Browser has crossed 500 million downloads on Google Play Store. The company said the allegations of misleading and malicious promotions by the said person are completely false and baseless. Also, they have no records of anyone named ‘Mike Ross’ which was claiming to work for UC Browser, as mentioned in some reports. They said this person is not associated with the firm nor represents the views of the company. Addition to this, Alibaba announced a Rs 2 billion investment to build UCWeb in India and Indonesia over the next two years. Now browse with your favorite app by downloading UC Browser from Google Play Store. Also, Feel free to comment down below. Previous articleFamily Zoo: The Story Review – A Match-3 Puzzler With Heart Next articleWhy OnePlus 5 users Should Upgrade to the New OnePlus 5T Oppo K3 Launch in India Teased on Amazon Realme Phones to Get System-Wide Dark Mode Xiaomi Mi Band 4 with 20 Days Battery Life Launched in China Asus 6z (Zenfone 6) launching in India on June 19 Alexa Hindi Support will be coming soon for Indian Users OLineO Launch 70+ Mobile Retail Shops in Mumbai with One-Stop Online Shop.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1907
__label__cc	0.695338	0.304662	Joe Huddleston, Design Manager at Gensler, says everyone – from architects through to landlords – needs to take shared responsibility for wellbeing. Content Team2 weeks ago7 min Wellbeing at work is increasingly being prioritised by business leaders, and for very good reason. In an office environment, we are all becoming increasingly aware of the benefits that thermal comfort, good acoustics, well-designed lighting and air quality can have on our working day. Not only do they make it more enjoyable and productive, but they can also play a vital role in reducing absenteeism, ill health and staff turnover. But when it comes to the workplace, who should be leading this growing emphasis on health and wellbeing strategies? One illuminating study by the British Council for Offices (BCO) highlighted the fragmented nature of project delivery and a dramatic split in opinion over who should lead and deliver. A divided approach The Wellness Matters report, which involved seeking the opinion of 250 stakeholders, revealed that 42% of respondents felt strategies should be client-led, with responsibility split between landlords, asset managers and developers in one group, and occupiers. When HR was included, the figure increased to 50%. In contrast, 32% of respondents believed that the design and construction supply chain should lead health and wellbeing strategies. Within this broad group, the architect or interior designer were allotted the greatest expectation of leadership (13%), followed by sustainability consultants (7%). Interestingly, when it came asking who should hold responsibility for delivering wellness, the split was largely reversed. Client and HR groups accounted for 29%, while the design and construction supply chain leapt to 50%. Joe Huddleston, Design Manager at Gensler and BCO NextGen committee member, believes that we need to reconsider our disjointed approach to wellbeing. He tells Work in Mind, “When it comes to wellbeing issues, responsibility for leadership and delivery are hard to place. The industry is unclear and floundering a little. However, I believe that for the best results, those who lead and those who deliver need to work hand-in-hand from inception, through to implementation.” Different drivers As Huddleston points out, different disciplines have different drivers, depending on what benefits them. Landlords, for example, are actively targeting wellbeing initiatives in order to differentiate themselves from the competition in a challenging commercial landscape. Human resource teams want to improve their attraction and retention figures, while sustainability champions may have a focus on environmental impact and sustainability metrics. These differences could be interpreted as a negative, but Huddleston believes a ‘collective voice’ approach transforms them into a positive. “If everyone takes responsibility for wellbeing, the different drivers matter less,” he explains. “Over time, the best ideas from across the industry will become best practice – inspiration is a great catalyst for change, so the more people that contribute the better. Ultimately, the collective voice is what will bring about the most constructive wellbeing impacts.” Long term benefits Huddleston also believes that, in the long term, this collective approach could help guide best practice. He says, “Wellbeing within the workplace still feels like a very new initiative to many, but thankfully useful documentation is becoming more readily available. Some of the best is found in the research-backed report by the British Council for Offices, which aims to help businesses prepare for the increasing importance of health and wellbeing. “Ultimately, we’ll all be inspired by opening up the discussion and allowing the collective to lead through curation and positive messaging. This approach will allow us to embrace the future of wellbeing, both in the workplace and our own personal lives.” To find more information on wellbeing at work, click here. To find out more about the BCO’s report, ‘Wellness Matters’, click here. Joe Huddleston, Design Manager at Gensler Office washrooms: Reimagined as sensory spaces that aid workplace wellbeing Is there still a place for the traditional office? Pollution: Why internal air quality is critical for business Sophie Barton	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1914
__label__cc	0.731563	0.268437	Home Blog Page 4 Long Shot – The Dangers of an Affair Devoid of Consequence Hank - May 6, 2019 An excerpt from my script review for Long Shot which will be available 05/06/19: 2.) Plot Stability What Could Have Been: The Marvel of the Haunted Castle –... An excerpt from SK's script review for The Marvel of the Haunted Castle which will be available 04/28/19: So... An excerpt from Reals script review for The Curse of La Llorona (2019) which will be available 04/29/19: What... Avengers: Endgame Review (And BONUS Game of Thrones Rant!) This weekend might be too much to handle, as not only is Endgame here, so is the epic battle in Game of... Unicorn Store – Captin Marvel and Nick Fury’s OTHER April Movie Hank - April 29, 2019 An excerpt from my script review for Unicorn Store which will be available 04/29/19: 3.) Quality of Characters Write to Reals: The Wind (2019) – What makes a modern... Alright, ladies and gentlemen, back again today with another horror piece that may have slipped under the radar a bit - The Wind. Under the Silver Lake – Is “WTF” Enough to Carry Your... An excerpt from my script review for Under the Silver Lake which will be available 04/22/19: 2.) Plot Stability Hellboy (2019) – Too many cooks in the kitchen? Out of curiosity, before I went to go see Hellboy in theaters, I searched around on Hellboy’s imdb page first since I...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1919
__label__cc	0.733484	0.266516	Blog Posts > Expanding Health Care Coverage for West Virginia Moms WVCBP Expanding Health Care Coverage for West Virginia Moms In March 2019, West Virginia lawmakers passed Senate Bill 564 to raise the Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women to 300 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) while guaranteeing coverage for 60-days postpartum. By aligning West Virginia with current state trends and closing a health insurance gap, this policy will provide coverage for hundreds of pregnant women starting July 1, 2019. This week, we released a report that describes the disturbing trend of rising maternal mortality rates in West Virginia and the positive impact such legislation has had in other states. Read PDF of report. Research shows a multitude of health and financial benefits to providing health care to pregnant and postpartum women. It can address the issues of low birthweight, infant and maternal death, postpartum depression, opioid addiction, health problems for mothers, as well as those of their children. Extending Medicaid coverage beyond 60-days postpartum could have lasting short- and long-term benefits for those women, their children and families, and the state of West Virginia. Protect a Strong Payday Lending Rule The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is rolling back a recently created rule that requires predatory payday lenders to make affordable loans. Without this rule, payday loan sharks can prey on vulnerable consumers with debt trap loans causing default on other bills, overdraft fees, and even bankruptcy. Even though payday lending is illegal in West Virginia, many people fall victim to predatory lending in our neighboring states or online. A strong rule is so important to protect people from falling into the debt trap. Please take a moment and add your name to the voices calling for the CFBP to keep its strong payday lending rule! Send in your comments by May 15. Number of Uninsured Increasing West Virginia experienced historic gains in the number of residents insured when the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion were implemented. In fact, West Virginia arguably benefited more than any other state. In 2013, prior to implementation, the state’s uninsured rate was 14 percent. By 2016, it was down to 5.3 percent. But now the uninsured rate has inched back up to 6.1 percent and participation in the ACA’s programs is declining across the state. And as the uninsured rate increases, so does poverty. Read more in Kelly’s blog post. What is Causing Our Population Decline? You might be surprised. Census numbers out last week showed that most West Virginia counties are losing population at a rate faster than predicted. Hardest hit are the coalfield counties along with other rural areas. For more on this trend and what’s causing it, read Sean’s blog post. Calling for an End to Hunger Anti-hunger advocates descended upon Washington, D.C. to talk to legislators about importance of protecting safety-net programs like SNAP. The trip was supported by MAZON, a food security organization that is providing resources to many West Virginia organizations, including the WVCBP. Representing our state is Rabbi Victor Urecki from Charleston. May 19 and 20: Fighting Runaway Inequality Events The U.S. is an increasingly unequal society: the average CEO makes nearly 800 times more than the average worker, and the wealthiest 1% of households own 40% of the wealth. It is impossible to have a functioning democracy when so few people control so much wealth. Join us on May 19 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at Temple Israel (2312 Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston) for a free workshop with Les Leopold, director of the Labor Institute and author of “Runaway Inequality,” to explore what inequality has to do with our current political situation and how people across the political spectrum can find common cause to fight for a fair economy. Register here. Les will also lead a “Runaway Inequality” book talk on Monday, May 20, 6pm at Taylor Books (226 Capitol St, Charleston) to lead a discussion on: What has made our economy less fair and left most of us less secure? How does the US really compare with other developed countries? What does economic inequality have to do with other critical issues, including education, criminal justice, racism, climate change, foreign trade and war? July 26 – 28: 2019 Summer Policy Institute This year’s SPI will be held from July 26-28 at WV State University in Institute, WV and will center around criminal justice reforms. Panelists and speakers will highlight recent criminal justice reform victories as well as innovative policies that would help even more folks across the state avoid the criminal justice system when possible and improve the reentry process for those coming out of the justice system. Interactive sessions, including a re-entry simulation with officials from the U.S Department of Justice, will set the tone for the weekend. Apply today! Deadline extended to May 31! Categories: Budget Beat	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1921
__label__cc	0.729711	0.270289	Copy of DESIGNE Garrett Leight California Optical is an independent eyewear brand founded in Venice Beach in 2010 and inspired by the art, fashion, people, and places of California. GLCO brings fresh perspective to classically tailored frames, blending timeless and iconic styles with the highest quality materials sourced from around the world. Mr. Leight’s debut eyewear collection reflects the brand’s origins, channeling Hollywood in the 1980s, a place slightly more than real—where and when it all started for the Leights. The collection reflects the enduring appeal of easy, effortless American style and reimagines it for a new generation. Inspired by the glamour, luxury, and exuberance of the 1980s, Mr. Leight pays tribute to this iconic era by evoking the people and places that have helped to form the idea of Hollywood as a mythic promised land. MAYBACH, the prestigious luxury brand specialising in high-end luxury accessories, takes their mission seriously and has created a limited collection that is literally jewellery for the eyes. Painstakingly wrought by hand, these unique masterpieces are enhanced by the most luxurious and precious materials that the eyewear lover`s world can provide. MAYBACH eyewear is a timeless investment. Since launching in 2008 the Victoria Beckham fashion brand has developed a distinctive and modern language of clothing. Bold, intuitive and refined, its wardrobe of apparel and accessories is now stocked in over 500 stores in over 60 countries internationally. With each collection Victoria adapts her own personal style to the needs and desires of the international women who swear by the label’s luxurious and flattering garments. Represented through our partnership with KORE Brands. Dover Gray Dover Gray is a contemporary t-shirt collection that turns your everyday basics into luxury essentials. And we are anything but basic. Think of Dover Gray as your little black tee, your cocktail tee, your tee that takes you from day to night. Dover gray t-shirts are sexy yet comfortable, feminine yet chic, and luxurious yet within the budget. From the construction and fit to the importance of being made in our hometown of Los Angeles, no detail has been spared. Established in 1970, the Linda Farrow brand of luxury eyewear rose quickly to acclaim. Originally a fashion designer herself, Linda Farrow was one of the first to treat sunglasses as fashion, her finger always on the pulse of the times. After a twenty year hiatus, the brand was revived in 2003 by Farrow’s son Simon following the discovery of a vast archive of vintage sunglasses in the family’s London warehouse. Combined with the unprecedented archive of vintage sunglasses and uncompromisingly luxurious Fine Jewelry collection, the brand has established itself as one of the most exciting in fashion.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1922
__label__wiki	0.94061	0.94061	Geoff Cochrane ANZL Member About this Member Image with thanks to Victoria UP Geoff Cochrane is a poet, novelist and short fiction writer. He has published fifteen poetry collections and two novels. ‘Over the years,’ wrote Pip Adam, ‘Cochrane’s work has been a joy to me, a solace, a proof that art can be made in New Zealand which shows ourselves in new ways’. Amongst his accolades, Geoff has won the Janet Frame Prize for Poetry (2009) and the inaugural Nigel Cox Unity Books award (2010). In 2014, he was made an Arts Foundation New Zealand Laureate. Born in Wellington in 1951, Geoff describes his books as ‘the milestones’ in his life. From his college days he became ‘enchanted and enslaved’ by alcohol, with subsequent years of irregular employment such as storeman, window-cleaner and barrow boy. An introduction – through his old friend Lindsey Rabbitt – to Fergus Barrowman of Victoria University Press, began what Geoff describes as ‘a second shot at living and writing’. Geoff’s first novel Tin Nimbus (VUP, 1995), was named a 1996 Commonwealth Best First Book Prize regional finalist. In addition to his collections and novels, his work has been published in various anthologies and journals, including Sport, Printout, The Best of New Zealand Fiction: Volume Three (Vintage, 2006), and multiple times – and consecutive years – in Best New Zealand Poems. Geoff’s new work RedEdits is forthcoming through Victoria University Press. New Zealand Book Council profile page Arts Foundation poet page Victoria University list of works Victoria University Press author page NZ Listener interview with Geoff (July, 2015) Geoff Cochrane poetry reading on Radio New Zealand (March, 2015) Bibliography: Geoff Cochrane Wonky Optics (Victoria UP, 2015) The Bengal Engine’s Mango Afterglow (Victoria UP, 2012) The Worm in the Tequila (Victoria UP, 2010) Pocket Edition (Victoria UP, 2009) 84-484 (Victoria UP, 2007) Hypnic Jerks (Victoria UP, 2005) Vanilla Wine (Victoria UP, 2003) Nine Poems (Fernbank Studio, 2002) Acetylene (Victoria UP, 2001) Into India (Victoria UP, 1999) Aztec Noon (Victoria UP, 1992) Kandinsky’s Mirror (Rat Island Press, 1989) Taming the Smoke (Grape Press, 1983) Images of Midnight City (Hauraki Press, 1976) Astonished Dice (Short stories: Victoria UP, 2014) White Nights (Short stories: Thumbprint Press, 2004) Brindle Embers (Short Stories: Thumbprint Press, 2002) Blood (Novel: Victoria UP, 1997) Tin Nimbus (Novel: Victoria UP, 1995) Best New Zealand Poems ( Institute of Modern Letters, 2003) Best New Zealand Poems (IIML, 2004) 'One of writing’s greatest magics is to allow us – to use Kiri Piahana-Wong’s phrase – to slide outside the trap of time.' - David Taylor	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1932
__label__cc	0.695769	0.304231	Domestic Incident Arrest On March 1st, 2018 at about 11:21pm, members of the Waterloo Police Department arrested Joseph A. Jones, age 29, of 20 Inslee Street in the Village of Waterloo. Officers were called to Jones’ address for the report of a domestic dispute, and after investigation it was found that Jones had prevented an individual from calling 911, and had struck a child under the age of 17. Jones was charged with Harassment in the second degree (Violation), Criminal Mischief in the fourth degree (Misdemeanor) and Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Misdemeanor). Jones was arraigned in the Village of Waterloo Court and committed to the Seneca County Correctional Facility on $250 cash/$500 secured bond bail. Jones is to appear back in the Village of Waterloo Court on March 7th, 2018 at 5:00pm. The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office also responded and assisted at the scene. Author Waterloo PolicePosted on March 2, 2018 Categories News Waterloo Police Officers Save 2 With Narcan On Feb. 14th members of the Waterloo Police Department responded to 21 Oak Street in the Village of Waterloo for the report of a male and a female that were unconscious and not responding. Upon arrival, both subjects were found in bed barely breathing and not responding to stimuli. Sergeant Chechak and Patrolman Scaglione quickly recognized the symptoms shown as an overdose, and began to administer Narcan to both parties. Both officers administered 3, double dose, viles of Narcan to each subject which slowly revived them. Members of North Seneca Ambulance assisted at the scene and transported them to Geneva General Hospital for treatment. The life saving measures taken by both Sergeant Chechak and Officer Scaglione saved the lives of both parties involved. Author Waterloo PolicePosted on February 14, 2018 Categories News Waterloo Police Recruit Hired The Waterloo Police Department is proud to announce the hiring of the departments first police recruit. Moriah Excell is currently attending the Finger Lakes Law Enforcement Academy in Hopewell. Upon completion of the academy and training period in August, Moriah will join the ranks of the Waterloo Police Department as a Part Time Police Officer. Moriah is a graduate of Waterloo High School with an Advanced Regents diploma, she holds an Associate’s Degree from Finger Lakes Community College and is an active member of the Army National Guard. Author Waterloo PolicePosted on February 14, 2018 February 14, 2018 Categories News Presentation on Authority Figures On Feb. 13th Chief Jason Godley of the Waterloo Police Department gave a presentation to a group of Daisy Girl Scouts on the importance of showing respect to authority. The topics covered included, identifying authority figures and proper ways to show respect to members of authority. The presentation was given at the Waterloo Library and the scout members all received coloring books and crayons at the end of the presentation. On Feb. 13th Officer Higgins of the Waterloo Police Department presented a program on internet safety to a group of local Tiger Scouts at St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Waterloo. Officer Higgins spoke of the potential dangers that can be found on the internet, ways to be safe while using the internet and what to do if encountering a problem. Each Tiger Scout was also given a coloring book that also provided information concerning internet safety. Criminal Contempt Arrest On 02/03/2018 members of the Waterloo Police Department arrested Daniel S. Ubbink for Criminal Contempt in the 2nd Degree. It is alleged that Mr. Ubbink violated an active Class “A” Order of Protection by attempting to contact the protected party several times by phone. Mr. Ubbink was arraigned in the Village of Waterloo Court in front of Judge Struzik and was remanded to the Seneca County Correctional Facility on $200 bail. He is to reappear in the Village of Waterloo Court on 02/07/2018 to answer for the alleged charge. Author Waterloo PolicePosted on February 6, 2018 Categories News Forensics Lecture for High School Students On January 31st, 2018 Officer Greg Bendzlowicz of the Village of Waterloo Police Department went to the Waterloo High School and conducted three Police Forensic lectures. The three lectures were presented to Waterloo H.S. students in Science Teacher Heather Gill’s classroom. The lectures were given to two FLCC College level Biology classes and one Biology Extended 2 class. The lectures are part of an effort to expose science students to the use of science and scientific principles as they apply to modern police work. There were several topics covered such as Locards Theory of Transference as it relates to latent and patent prints and footwear impressions, trace evidence, DNA, blood spatter interpretation, processing of a crime scene and the Chain of Evidence in criminal prosecutions. Some hands on experiments were conducted. Officer Greg Bendzlowicz is a retired Detective Lieutenant from the City of Geneva Police Department with 26 years of full time law enforcement experience. He is a former evidence technician and for the last 3 ½ years he has worked part-time for the Village of Waterloo Police Department. His duties at the Village of Waterloo Police Dept. now include, uniformed patrol, evidence & property management, as well as firearms instruction. Author Waterloo PolicePosted on February 6, 2018 February 6, 2018 Categories News Criminal Mischief Arrest On Sunday, January 21st, 2018, at about 11:45 PM, The Waterloo Police Department arrested Timothy O. Jones, age 52, of 8 Rollins Avenue, Village of Waterloo for criminal mischief 4th degree, a class “A” misdemeanor. The arrest was made following an investigation into a domestic incident that occurred at his residence involving his girlfriend. During a verbal argument, it is alleged Jones damaged property with a kitchen knife and physically destroyed other household items. Jones was arraigned in the Village of Waterloo Court and held in the Seneca County Correctional Facility on $500.00 bail. He is to reappear at a later date to answer to this charge. Author Waterloo PolicePosted on January 31, 2018 January 31, 2018 Categories News Menacing, EWOC, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance Arrest On 01/19/2018 at approximately 7:00pm, the Waterloo Police Department responded to 400 W. Main Street for a report of domestic incident involving a knife. Upon arrival, it was determined by officers after speaking to witnesses and completing their investigation that Damon M. Moody attempted to use a kitchen knife during an altercation with his family after consuming crack and cocaine. Mr. Moody was arrested for Menacing in the 2nd Degree, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the 7th Degree. Mr. Moody was arraigned in the Village of Waterloo Court in front of Judge Struzik and was released without bail. He is to reappear in the Village of Waterloo Court on 02/07/2018 to answer for the alleged charges. Author Waterloo PolicePosted on January 31, 2018 Categories News Criminal Mischief, Disorderly Conduct Arrest The Waterloo Police Department reports that on January 14th, 2018, officers arrested Nicholas E. Schessl, age 26, of 428 W Main St in the Village of Waterloo. Schessl was charged with Disorderly Conduct (Violation), and Criminal Mischief in the second degree (Class D Felony). The charges stem from a complaint where it is alleged that Schessl threw a beer bottle inside of a Village of Waterloo business, and damaged a digital juke box. Schessl was arraigned in the Village of Waterloo Court and committed to the Seneca County Correctional Facility in lieu of $1,000 cash/$2,000 secured bond bail. Schessl is to appear back in the Village of Waterloo Court on January 17th, 2018 at 4:00pm.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1935
__label__cc	0.701876	0.298124	Musicians who died in 2016 (January) Rollings Band Having already built an audience with Black Flag, Henry Rollins hit it on a different level with The Rollins Band's breakthrough hit song "Liar" on MTV and Beavis & Butthead. … I know it's only a week into the New Year, but we've already receiving a few death news. The most shocking death so far in this first week is country singer Craig Strickland and his buddy Chase Morland was killed while on a duck hunt on December 27th, 2015. There was a massive storm that caused their boat to capsized and, based on finding Morland's body in the river, they think he immediately drowned. Strickland, on the other hand, was able to swim to shore... only to later expire due to extreme weather exposure. The one shining light is that Strickland's dog, Sam, survived the ordeal. Strickland's band Backroad Anthem will hold a tribute concert to their fallen friend and singer at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville on January 17th (based on the fact that they sold out their January 16th date at the same venue, you may want to get tickets as soon as possible if you live in the area). In other death news, Jason Mackenroth, the former drummer for Rollins Band (and apparently also drummed for Mother Superior for a time), passed away at home in Henderson, Nevada, on Sunday, January 3, 2016 after a nearly four-year battle with prostate cancer. Mackenroth would later form his band Mack (not to be confused with Mack 10), as well as spent more than eight years with Blue Man Group. Despite his illness to prostate cancer, Mackenroth was still dedicated to play with BMG, as the band ended its January 3rd show with a tribute to Mackenroth. If you would like to donate or be part of his extended family, a GoFundMe.com page was set up to help cover his passing and funeral expenses. Musicians who died in 2016 (so far): [28 Jan 2016] Paul Kantner (Jefferson Airplane), 74, multiple organ failure [26 Jan 2016] Black, 53, traffic accident [24 Jan 2016] Jimmy Bain (Rainbow), 68, pneumonia [23 Jan 2016] Cadalack Ron, 34, unknown [22 Jan 2016] Alec Wishart (Hogsnort Rupert), 76, lung cancer [20 Jan 2016] Lee Abramson, 45, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [18 Jan 2016] Glenn Frey (Eagles), 67, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acute Ulcerative Colitis and Pneumonia [18 Jan 2016] Pablo Manavello, 65, unknown [18 Jan 2016] Andy Dog (artist for The The), 57, brain tumor [17 Jan 2016] Mic Gillette (Tower of Power), 64, heart attack [17 Jan 2016] Dale Griffin (Mott the Hoople), 67, Alzheimer's disease [17 Jan 2016] Blowfly, 76, liver cancer [16 Jan 2016] Hubert Giraud, 94, unknown [16 Jan 2016] Carina Jaarnek (Frösöflickorna), 53, cerebral haemorrhage [16 Jan 2016] Gary Loizzo (The American Breed), 70, pancreatic cancer [15 Jan 2016] Pete Huttlinger, 54, stroke. [14 Jan 2016] René Angélil (Celine Dion's manager/husband), 73, throat cancer [14 Jan 2016] Franco Oppo, 80, unknown [10 Jan 2016] David Bowie, 69, cancer [10 Jan 2016] John Berry (Idaho), 51, natural causes [10 Jan 2016] Hernán Gamboa (Serenata Guayanesa), 69, cancer [09 Jan 2016] Robert McAllister (Iron Chic), 36, unknown [09 Jan 2016] Jānis Vaišļa (Pirates of the Sea), 46, cardiac amyloidosis [08 Jan 2016] Brett Smiley, 60, HIV and hepatitis [08 Jan 2016] Otis Clay, 73, heart attack [08 Jan 2016] Red Simpson, 81, heart attack [07 Jan 2016] Kitty Kallen, 94, unknown [07 Jan 2016] Troy Shondell, 76, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease [06 Jan 2016] Nicholas Caldwell (The Whispers), 71, heart problems [04 Jan 2016] Craig Strickland (Backroad Anthem), 29, hypothermia (Body found on January 4) [04 Jan 2016] Long John Hunter, 84, natural causes [04 Jan 2016] Robert Stigwood (manager of The Bee Gees, Cream), 81, unknown [04 Jan 2016] Achim Mentzel, 69, stroke [03 Jan 2016] Jason Mackenroth (Rollins Band, Blue Man Group), 46, prostate cancer [02 Jan 2016] Michel Delpech, 69, cancer As with last year's death list, I will be compiling the death list for 2016... so if you have any death announcements, please email it to me and I will add it to the list. Would like to know the date of death, age, and cause of death (if known). NOTE: This was published January 6th, for current deaths, please head over to musicians-who-died-in-2016.html Posted by W♥M on Wednesday, 06 January 2016 at 10:43 PM in Backroad Anthem, Blue Man Group, Craig Strickland, Henry Rollins, Jason Mackenroth, RIP, Vu \| Permalink \| Comments (3) Pump Up The Volume (1990) I’m a sucker for the sports documentary. From “the thrill of victory” to the “agony of defeat” and all nuances in-between, I find it all fascinating. However, I have a special affection for the “Field Of Broken Dreams” .… One of the best music teen angst film is Pump Up The Volume. The film was released in 1990, written and directed by Allan Moyle and starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis. If you've never seen it, it is about Mark Hunter, who just moved to Phoenix, Arizona. He's a little anti-social, and expressed himself through a personality called Happy Harry Hard-On via a small FM pirate radio station that broadcasts from the basement of his parents' house. His station is popular with his high school and, of course, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) eventually stepped in and try to stop the pirate broadcast. As the movie's theme song, "Everybody Knows" by Leonard Cohen plays over the opening credit, you get a glimpse of Hunter's "underground" bands on cassette tapes: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Camper Van Beethoven, Primal Scream, Soundgarden, Ice-T, Bad Brains, Concrete Blonde, Henry Rollins, and The Pixies (see image below). Pump Up the Volume Soundtrack MCA Records The official soundtrack, released by MCA Records on August 14, 1990, features Concrete Blonde's version of "Everybody Knows", not the Leonard Cohen original. This is possible due to costs and licensing issues. For example, the movie Trainspotting wanted to use Blondie's "Atomic", but it was so expensive to license that the movie producer spent a fraction of that cost and had Sleeper record a cover of that song (that information was given on the audio commentary of the Trainspotting laser disc.) Instead, if you watch the movie, the Concrete Blonde's version does appear on Hunter's final broadcast. Pump Up The Volume's soundtrack still holds up, as does the film. Although, I do find it hard to believe that some of the actors that appeared in Pump Up The Volume are teenagers, despite the fact that Slater previously appeared as a teenager in Heathers. If you enjoyed Pump Up The Volume, other films, from this era, worth checking out: Say Anything... (1989), Dazed And Confused (1993), Singles (1992), Empire Records (1995), and, of course, Trainspotting (1996). Pump Up the Volume: Soundgarden, Camper Van Beethoven, Pixies, and Henry Rollins vu ( ) ♥ weheartmusic.com Posted by W♥M on Wednesday, 18 December 2013 at 12:35 PM in Camper Van Beethoven, Christian Slater, Film, Films, Henry Rollins, Leonard Cohen, Pixies, Soundgarden, Trainspotting, Vu \| Permalink \| Comments (0) Henry Rollins at 9:30 Club, Washington (11/05/12) 11-08-12 Joe’s Pub - New York, NY 11-15-12 Old Town - Chicago, IL 11-19-12 Glenn Gould Studio - Toronto, ON 11-22-12 Yoshi’s - San Francisco, CA 11-27-12 Largo - Los Angeles, CA 12-14-12 Fitzgerald Theater - St Paul, MN Henry Rollins' Capitalism: Live from Washington, DC on Nov. 5th \| TakePart TV. Henry Rollins is taking his show on the internet! Watch a LIVE performance … I caught the whole Henry Rollins live broadcast from the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, via TakePart TV last night. That show was the last stop in Henry Rollins' "Capitalism" tour. Live streaming topped out at around 600 live viewers, but fortunately, they've made the whole thing available for not-so-live viewing. The two plus hour spoken word show had Rollins telling us stories from his Black Flag days to his thoughts and opinions on women, politics, history, and the world. Broadcast setup was very professional, it included multiple (with panning/not stationary) cameras and had a live director (for switching camera angles.) Tight shots are amazingly detailed, but blowing up the image full screen, you can see image artifacts, even at "720p" quality. I believe this has to do with the bandwidth limitation and current streaming technology and not necessary on the cameras they were shooting with. For the price of "free", I can't complain too much. In fact, because of stuttering problems/buffering issues, I had to reduce the streaming to 240p anyway, so I can just listen to Henry Rollins' voice. Compare this to the amateur setups of Stageit shows (and this has nothing to do with the performers), the HD-quality of TakePart TV blows away any low-res laptop camera from all the Stageit shows I've seen. Plus, it's free and made available for later viewing. As for the show, it's pretty amazing to just watch Henry Rollins just talk. There's so much energy and excitement from Rollins. Even if you don't agree with him, at least Rollins stands behind his beliefs 100%. There are three things Rollins is afraid of, but the most important thing is that he's afraid he would do a bad show. He thinks that everybody that buys a ticket for his show, that the ticket is a binding contract for Rollins to perform his best show. He does it every night, and you wonder sometime how he pulls all the intensity, anger, and loudness, every time. My favorite is his stories about Black Flag. I wish he had more of these stories to tell, after all, he explained it best that in the 80s, hardly anyone documented or taken photos of the band. One story he told was they were constantly looking to crash at friends and fans' homes. If you stay late to meet the band, often Rollins had the unfortunate job of asking their fans if they could sleep over (this made a lot of sense because Rollins was the most recognized person on stage.) The pancakes that were fed to them by a suburban mother were the funniest story on Rollins' set, especially when Rollins was doing his pack of hyena eating impression. His dedication and engagement with his fans are his number one concern. He made it quite clear that he answers all fan mail and there are a number of stories about this. He encouraged everyone to come meet him face to face after the show, even if it's just to shake his hand. Rollins is a man of many thoughts and opinions. Although accessing the live stream, and sitting at home in my pajamas was pretty awesome, I would have rather been with him in the audience. Hopefully, when he comes back to St Paul, at Fitzgerald Theater on 12/14, we'll cover his show in person. In the meantime, he's doing several residency shows in New York, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, and his hometown in Los Angeles (where he lives just a couple of traffic lights from Largo.) vu ( ) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ podcast.weheartmusic.com ♥ twitter.com/weheartmusic ♥ +W♥M Posted by W♥M on Tuesday, 06 November 2012 at 10:51 AM in Henry Rollins, Stageit, TakePart TV, Vu \| Permalink \| Comments (0) W♥M162: Henry Rollins W♥M163: Henry Rollins (20 mins) Henry Rollins' Capitalism: Live from Washington, DC on Nov. 5th \| TakePart TV. Henry Rollins is taking his show on the internet! Watch a LIVE performance from Henry Rollins' Capitalism tour, direct from Washington, DC … Having already built an audience with Black Flag, Henry Rollins hit it on a different level with The Rollins Band's breakthrough hit song "Liar" on MTV and Beavis & Butthead. Since then, Rollins has gone on spoken word tour, written over 20 books, acted on movies and television. Currently, Henry Rollins is on tour for his politically-charged "Capitalism" tour. Tonight on election-eve is his last stop on our nation's capitol city of Washington, DC. You can watch tonight's performance for free on TakePart TV at 8pm EST. Rollins talked about the fifty capital cities and what he observed from each city. Note: St Paul in Minnesota gets a big thumb up from Rollins who was surprised that "everything's still open!" We also asked about his involvement with TakePart TV and how he got involved with them. Interestingly enough, he talks about how strange it is to finally go to his home and sleep in his own bed (since he spends 90% of the year on the road, living in and out of tour buses and rock venues.) BONUS: Reading books on tour. Henry Rollins will be performing tonight at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. You can tune in and watch it free tonight. More tour dates below: 11-05-12 9:30 Club - Washington, DC 11-15-12 Old Town School of Folk - Chicago, IL 12-14-12 Fitzgerald Theater - Saint Paul, MN W♥M Radio is available on iTunes, please subscribe! Add to Yahoo Archive of this show at archive.org. More information on podomatic.com Posted by W♥M on Monday, 05 November 2012 at 03:12 PM in Emily, Henry Rollins, Interview, Podcast, Vu \| Permalink \| Comments (0) Tonight: Henry Rollins' Capitalism: Live from Washington, DC As part of Henny Rollins' Capitalism tour, he will be broadcasting live from Washington, DC via TakePart TV. Tune in live: Henry Rollins' Capitalism: Live from Washington, DC on Nov. 5th \| TakePart TV Henry Rollins is taking his show on the internet! Watch a LIVE performance from Henry Rollins' Capitalism tour, direct from Washington, DC. Tune in November 5th at 8 PM (EST.) Watch More Capitalism Is it a coincidence that on the election eve that Rollins is in our nation's capital at Washington, DC? UPDATE: It's live! Henry Rollins is currently on tour: vu ( ) ♥ weheartmusic.com ♥ podcast.weheartmusic.com Posted by W♥M on Monday, 05 November 2012 at 11:03 AM in Black Flag, Henry Rollins, TakePart TV, Vu \| Permalink \| Comments (0) The Sword/Slough Feg! Live! At Neurolux in Boise, ID, 4/24/08! Hardworlder Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians I was once watching Henry Rollins talk about meeting William Shatner for the recording of “I Can't Get Behind That” from his album, Has Been. In the story, he recalls the Shat asking him, “Henry, do you hear a guitar?” His reply: “No, but I hear a high pitched whine in my right ear since 1982.” This quote kept replaying itself in my head as I watched The Sword and Slough Feg destroy the Neurolux in a way that would make Slayer proud, and now I'm hearing it loud and clear despite the high-pitched whine in my own right ear. While Children dropping off the bill was rather disappointing, it gave the other bands much longer sets to work with, making the $10 cover more than worth it. Both bands played for roughly an hour, and didn't let up for a second. San Franciso's Slough Feg (formerly The Lord Weird Slough Feg) is a band that started life in 1990 in Pennsylvania. Their sound is a more traditional, hard rock style of metal with a doomy edge. Vocalist/guitarist Mike Scalzi spent as much time standing on the floor monitors as he did standing on the stage and the band ripped through their set with more energy than most bands half their age. Between songs, Mike asked trivia questions and threw records to the people who answered them correctly. He also seemed to be all about posing for pictures whenever he saw a camera. The band sounded tight, and were a lot of fun. Definitely worth catching on their own. Slough Feg 5 But the crowd didn't really start going nuts until The Sword went on. The Sword is a much younger band, formed in Austin, Texas in 2003. Their sound is more on the “thrash” end of doom metal, with riffing reminiscent of early Metallica, guitar solos worthy of the same, and enough sludgy breakdowns to keep any doom junkie nice and happy. They didn't have quite the stage presence of Slough Feg, but they made up for it with sheer intensity and speed. The band was in excellent form, with top notch guitar heroics taking the center stage. The drunken crowd ate it up. I ate it up sober. My neck is still sore from headbanging. These guys are one of the most important touring metal bands right now, and it's easy to see why. They can work a crowd effortlessly, and there are few bands at the same level of technical skill playing this kind of music right now. This band is going to be huge by the end of the year. The Sword 6 Both of these bands are still on tour. Unfortunately, Slough Feg will only be playing with The Sword for two more shows, in Salt Lake and Denver. The Sword is touring through July, including an east coast tour with Torche and Stinking Lizaveta, and then a European tour with Metallica! I can't emphasize enough that this band is about to be inconceivably huge, so catch them in a tiny club while you still can! Apr 25 : Salt Lake City, UT - Club Vegas w/ Slough Feg & Children Apr 26 : Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater w/ Slough Feg & Children Apr 28 : Wichita, KS - BarleyCorns w/ Children & Black Gasoline Apr 29 : Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory w/ Children & Those Peabody's May 09 : Fort Worth, TX - Lola's w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 10 : Memphis, TN - Hi-tone w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 11 : Nashville, TN - Exit/In w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 12 : Covington, KY - The Mad Hatter w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 13 : Detroit, MI - The Magic Stick w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 14 : Columbus, OH - Ravari Room w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 15 : Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 16 : Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 17 : Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 18 : Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 20 : Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 21 : Savannah, GA - The Jinx w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 22 : Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 23 : St. Petersburg, FL - State Theatre w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 24 : Orlando, FL - The Social w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 25 : Gainsville, FL - Common Grounds w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 26 : Atlanta, GA - Lenny's w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 27 : Birmingham, AL - The Bottle Tree w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 28 : Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta May 29 : Houston, TX - Rudyard's w/ Torche, Stinking Lizaveta Jun 12 : Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival w/ Metallica & many more... Jul 16 : Bergen, Norway - City of Bergen Festival w/ Metallica Jul 18 : St. Petersburg, Russia - SKK Hall w/ Metallica Jul 20 : Riga, Latvia - Skonto Stadium w/ Metallica Jul 22 : Bologna, Italy - Parco Nord w/ Metallica Jul 23 : Bucharest, Romania - Cotroceni Football Stadium w/ Metallica Jul 25 : Sofia, Bulgaria - Levski Stadium w/ Metallica Jul 27 : Istanbul, Turkey - Inonu Stadium w/ Metallica The Sword's official site Slough Feg's official site -Soup Posted by W♥M on Friday, 25 April 2008 at 03:21 AM in Concert, Henry Rollins, Soup, The Sword \| Permalink \| Comments (2) Birthday Beefcake Party Hunk Lodi's very own horror-movie-loving, skull-collecting, fan-pummeling, Jerry-Only-hating, muscle-bound poet turned 52 yesterday. I wanted to post half a dozen pictures of a shirtless Danzig pretending not to flex, pointing, or just looking mean, but then I'd have to pass out the smelling salts, wouldn't I? So, all you get is a bunch of covers and live performances. Hatebreeders The Nutley Brass, who've also covered the Ramones, perform cheerful, lounge versions of 11 Misfits classics. "Die, Die My Darling", "Last Caress", and "Angelfuck" are standouts, though the entire cd is pretty good. "Hatebreeders" is the only song with (oohing) vocals and the least recognizable. Last Carcass Portland's The Misfats keep the tunes and amusingly mangle the lyrics into the Anti-Danzig: Reveling in all things Fat. Some of their parodies include "Mommy, Can I Go Out and Grill Tonight?", "Hungry Moments", and "Butter". You get it. Even though I can't make out at least a third of the lyrics, there's enough there to make me giggle. (Glenn Hamzinger declaring "You Don't Go in the Bathroom.. After Me" in "Private Bidness" almost made me choke on my allergy snot.) If you'd like to hear more, there's a download link on their MySpace blog. I'm not too sure if it still works, though. I do know of another source. Just mail me. Last Caress Aerial M is David Pajo of Pajo, Zwan, Tortoise, etc. From the little that I've heard, his own music is not too different from his accoustic version of "Last Caress", which is almost soothing and pretty -- if you ignore the lyrics. I kind of laughed at the violent bits. Oh man. Sleater-Kinney and three fifths of Pearl Jam performed "Mother" live in 2005. Googling will easily lead to the mp3. The Misfits and Henry Rollins - Bullet The Misfits and Henry Rollins at The Whiskey in 1982. Rollins tries to keep up with Danzig, but just ends up screaming a lot. Tip: Don't rent a movie solely based on what was screamed in a Misfits song. This guy's the Roger Corman of music. Snottily, Cristina Posted by W♥M on Sunday, 24 June 2007 at 02:00 AM in Cristina, Danzig, Henry Rollins, Sleater-Kinney \| Permalink \| Comments (10)	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1939
__label__cc	0.608045	0.391955	ATG Star of the Week: Jill Emery, Portland State University Library by Leah Hinds \| Jun 2, 2011 \| 0 comments Name: Jill Emery Title: Collections Librarian Organization: Portland State University Library address: 1875 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201 website: http://ntkl.tumblr.com/ Born and lived: Born in Tucson, Arizona but lived my formative years in Texas Early life: Air Force brat who spent the first five years of life in Izmir, Turkey with summers in the UK with my mother’s family. Then lived in the midwest for the next four years before my family settled in Abilene, Texas for the duration of my childhood. I attended both undergraduate and graduate school in Texas. Professional career and activities: began my academic library career at the age of 19 by shelving periodicals at the Sterling C. Evans Library in College Station, Texas. There was nowhere to go but up! My first professional librarian job was as the Serials Librarian at Texas Southern University and I’m now about to leave Texas to become the Collections Librarian at Portland State University. In other professional news, I was a 2004 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, Past-chair of the Continuing Resources Section of ALCTS, Past-President of NASIG, current Social Media Specialist for the Electronic Resources & Libraries, LLC, member of the ALCTS Acquisitions section Research and Statistics committee, member of SSP, & current Heard on the Net columnist for The Charleston Advisor. family: My husband, Dennis Hodges, is multi-talented and is currently a stay-at-home father to our newborn daughter, Pearl Rose Hodges. In his scant spare time, Dennis screen prints t-shirts, is an artist, rides BMX for personal enjoyment, and is a culinary wizard to name just a few of his many talents. In my spare time: I like to ride a bike, swim in rivers and pools, read Vanity Fair magazine and watch movies on NetFlix streaming. Favorite books: Just about anything by Haruki Murakami, Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce mysteries, The Wind in the Willows, and just about everything by Jeanette Winterson Pet peeves: librarians who refuse to look up information and who dismiss mind-hive developments like Wikipedia as non-authoritative Philosophy: Enjoy every minute Most memorable career achievement: Being invited to be a pre-conference presenter at the SLA Arabian Gulf Chapter in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2010. Goal I hope to achieve five years from now: Continued involvement with international library organizations How/where do I see the industry in five years: Information sources are becoming more refined and discrete to meet individual needs at their point of wanting to know something. Librarians have to become better at dissecting information resources and developing ways to meet these needs as they arise. Librarians can on longer be just public service oriented or technical service oriented; these delineations are becoming completely blurred. The librarian of 5 years from now will do a bit of everything ( be a a bit of an acquisitions specialist, a cataloger, a systems person, an instruction person, & a reference librarian) in order to be a viable member of the information community. We need to be open to providing straight-forward and clear-cut ways for people to find the answers they seek at their points of need. Sometimes this will mean constructing new ways of access to information and sometimes this will mean using pre-existing tools. We need to embrace these opportunities to make things happen and not get mired down in ontological debates on how things should be arranged and structured. EBSCO Publishing and The H.W. Wilson Company Make Joint Announcement of Merger Agreement SSP 2011 Election Results	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1945
__label__cc	0.648544	0.351456	Publication Ethics, Today’s Challenges by Donald Hawkins \| Nov 9, 2017 \| 0 comments Blogs, Charleston Conference Blog \| Blog Posts (L-R) Duncan MacRae, Director, Open Access, Editorial, Wolters Kluwer; Barbara Epstein, Director, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System; Jenny Lunn, Director, Publications, American Geopohysical Union (AGU); Jayne Marks (VP, Global Publishing, Wolters Kluwer, Moderator) Jenny Lunn presented the association perspective on ethics. Associations want to be a credible voice and be trusted by both scientists and the public. They must set standards for the behavior to be followed by their members. Harassment by bullying in the workplace,has become a big issue, especially when directed at women. in the publication area, questionable practices extend from ignorance to outright fraud; the roles of the association include: Provide guidelines to authors, Check incoming manuscripts to ensure they conform to standards, Mediate and try to resolve disputes, and Oversee self-policing by the community. Experience suggests that most questionable practices arise from author ignorance, so we must keep educating them. Every situation is unique, but some cases are like the tip of an iceberg and may point to something deeper. For example a request to remove a co-author from an article may be a red flag (the author must have a very good reason). A plagiarism match of over 15% will trigger a manual check of the article, as will a refusal to share the raw data (many journals make data sharing mandatory and will not accept a statement that the data is only available from the author). Most cases are handled internally by the editorial staff. AGU is committed to scientific integrity and tries to lead by example. Duncan MacRae said that new developments have occurred in academic fraud, and it has become a business model for some companies. For example, here are some activities that have been observed. There were hundreds of retractions of papers by authors in 2015, and there were some cases of falsification of suggested peer reviewers so that authors could review their own manuscripts. Such actions used to be fairly rare, but they are becoming much more common. Why did this happen? The New York Times has accused China, which rewards authors financially for getting published. Undue emphasis has been placed on journal impact factors, and there is a lack of education on standard ethical practices. In response to these problems, journals have changed some of their practices. They no longer will accept suggestions of reviewers, and stricter policies regarding authorship have been instituted (author changes after acceptance are not allowed), the role of each co-author in the research must be clearly stated, and anti-plagiarism software is routinely used. Publisher and industry responses include increased outreach to editorial offices, authors, and institutions in developing markets. Many publishers work with the Coalition for Responsible Publication Resources (CRPR). The think, check, submit website has some useful advice for authors: they should have checklist to follow before submitting a manuscript to a journal. Here are some government responses to the problem of academic misconduct. It has become clear that misconduct no longer solely the province of individuals; we are now combating organizations. :dhchs17: Donald Hawkins Don Hawkins blogs about conferences for Information Today and Against The Grain. He also maintains the Conference Calendar on the Information Today website and is the Editor of Personal Archiving: Preserving Our Digital Heritage, published by Information Today in 2013, and Co-Editor of Public Knowledge: Access and Benefits, published by Information Today in 2016. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and has worked in the information industry for over 45 years. Technology and Platforms: What's On the Horizon Our Lives as Editors of a Predatory Journal: Lessons Learned Publishing a Scholarly Open Access Journal	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1946
__label__cc	0.642199	0.357801	Viral Contamination of Biologics Manufacture—Occurrence and Mitigation Originally delivered Dec 19, 2011 Source: SBE - Society for Biological Engineering Preview Webinar: Viral contamination events are a rare occurrence in the biopharmaceutical industry. In the past, most of the reported viral contamination events have involved hamster cell production substrates. It has only been recently that we have learned about viral contaminations involving human and monkey cell production substrates. Manufacturing processes involving bacterial fermentation also are at risk of viral contamination. The viruses in this case are referred to as bacteriophage, and while these agents are not believed to represent a patient safety risk, they can wreak havoc with manufacturing processes. Sources of viral contamination include raw materials, open vessel operations, and other less obvious sources. Small, non-enveloped viruses are the most worrisome of the viral contaminants. These may be difficult to detect, and hard to eradicate from a contaminated facility. However, risk mitigation strategies may be used to reduce the potential for contamination with these and other viruses. It is the responsibility of manufacturers to assure safety from viral contamination through raw materials (including cell banks) treatment and/or testing, process engineering, in process testing, lot release testing, and purification process validation. This Webinar is FREE to members of SBE. Simply click 'Attend this Webinar' below and our system will recognize your log in and charge you $0. AIChE members may join SBE for only $15. Others pay just $75. Join SBE now (processing takes about 24 hours) and return to this page with your new log-in and you will receive this webinar for FREE. Raymond Nims Raymond Nims brings over 37 years of experience in the biomedical sciences. He currently provides consulting services as an employee of RMC Pharmaceutical Solutions. From 2006 to 2009, Ray served in Amgen’s corporate Quality Control group, providing subject matter expertise in viral and mycoplasma testing of raw materials and products, and serving as business process owner for Amgen’s global contract analytical testing lab outsourcing program. From 1994 to 2006, Ray directed laboratories at BioReliance performing viral safety, endotoxin, and...Read more AIChE Member Credits 1 SBE Members Free Webinar content is available with the kind permission of the author(s) solely for the purpose of furthering AIChE’s mission to educate, inform and improve the practice of professional chemical engineering. All other uses are forbidden without the express consent of the author(s). Towards Genome Engineering in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Worth over $30 billion, therapeutic proteins, produced by recombinant mammalian cells, have been the fastest growing class of medicines in industrialized... Impact of Lignin Extraction and Cellulose III Conversion On the Enzymatic Digestibility of Corn Stover The benefits of delignification on plant cell wall digestibility by hydrolytic enzymes are well described in the literature. The presence of lignin increases...	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1947
__label__cc	0.746171	0.253829	Chemical Eng. Practice CEP Magazine Directories & Databases Member Insurance Solutions Discounted Products & Services Industrial Technology Groups Divisions & Forums AIChE Partners ChEnected and Social Media CEP: December 2017 Patent Update: Patent Exhaustion: The Patent Owner’s Dilemma M. Henry Heines A patent gives its owner the right to block others from making, using, or selling products within the patent’s claims, or to demand a license fee for doing so. However, if the patent owner sells a unit covered by the patent’s claims, the patent owner can no longer limit what a buyer of the unit, or anyone the buyer passes the unit on to, can do with that unit. This is known as “patent exhaustion” (i.e., once the patent owner has sold a unit, the patent rights to that unit are used up, or exhausted). Certain products are renewable, so once they are depleted, they can be refreshed and reused or resold. A buyer who can renew a product can reduce the number of times that he or she needs to go back to the original supplier to purchase a fresh product. A good example of a renewable product is toner cartridges for laser printers because they can be refilled, making them as good as new. This renewability spawned an industry of cartridge remanufacturers — companies that are not the original inventors or manufacturers of the cartridges, that acquire depleted cartridges from consumers (who bought the cartridges from the original manufacturers), refill them, and resell the refilled cartridges to consumers. The cost of refilling cartridges... Author Bios: M. Henry Heines, PhD, JD, (Email: mhheines@comcast.net; Website: http://henryheines.com) is a patent attorney and an author, speaker, and consultant on patent-related topics for lawyers, as well as for scientists, engineers, and managers in technology companies, and has served as an expert witness in patent litigation. He began his career as a research engineer in the chemicals industry and worked in corporate patent practice before entering private practice, including 25 years as a partner in the firm now...Read more Would you like to access the complete CEP Article? No problem. You just have to complete the following steps. You have completed 0 of 2 steps. You must be logged in to view this content. Log in now. AIChE Membership You must be an AIChE member to view this article. Join now. Copyright Permissions: Would you like to reuse content from CEP Magazine? It’s easy to request permission to reuse content. Simply click here to connect instantly to licensing services, where you can choose from a list of options regarding how you would like to reuse the desired content and complete the transaction. Features in this Issue Ensuring Process Safety in Batch Tolling Estimate the Capital Cost of Shale-Gas Monetization Projects Optimize Heat Transfer of Viscous Fluids in Agitated Vessels The Philippine Chemical Industry Departments in this Issue Process Safety Visions Technical Entity Trends Catalyzing Commercialization Patent Update Process Safety Beacon Journal Highlight 2019 AIChE Salary Survey The results of AIChE’s biennial salary survey are in, revealing positive advances for the chemical engineering profession. Read Survey Sponsored White Papers Four Steps to Noise Management in Offshore Facilities Use Advanced Simulation to Improve Processes Involving Solids Multivariate Analytics: The Secret to Better Batch Processes Hear What Members Have to Say Subscribe to CEP Subscribe to AIChE's flagship publication, written and edited by chemical engineering professionals for chemical engineering professionals.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1948
__label__cc	0.689876	0.310124	In New Zealand Accenture in New Zealand A new normal in industrial B2B marketing and sales B2B customers increasingly expect the personalized, frictionless interactions they experience in B2C markets. By 2025 more than half of industrial transactions will be induced online. Companies that fail to invest in this marketing, sales and service revolution will be risking 10 to 20 percent of their revenues. Constantly evolving digital technologies are reinventing industry as we know it. And business-to-business (B2B) customers increasingly expect the personalized, frictionless interaction they are already experiencing in business-to-consumer (B2C). It’s a step change in expectations that Accenture calls industrial consumerism. By 2025, we estimate that most B2B customers will have an online touchpoint at some stage between research and purchase. As a result, more than half of industrial transactions will be induced online. This seismic shift requires a massive change of mindset, and inevitably, a reallocation of the Sales, General and Administration (SG&A) cost budget—away from traditional structures that rely heavily on a physical field force, towards increased online tools and presence. We estimate that companies who fail to invest in this marketing, sales and service revolution will be risking between 10 and 20 percent of their revenues. Today, however, few recognize the enormous speed of change, let alone its implications. Most B2B organizations think they are doing just fine on industrial consumerism maturity. However, our findings reveal that these perceptions are a long way from market reality. Three reasons for the discrepancy between self-assessment and reality: Most organizations still benchmark against their peers rather than digital leaders in allied industries. Decision-makers have yet to recognize that true digitization is a perpetual process. Traditional/legacy behaviors and structures are entrenched and difficult to break down and change. With both revenues and profitability at risk, all industrial companies need to raise their game. Getting serious about disruptive growth What sets the masters apart? Our research revealed that a small group, 16 percent, of B2B organizations are transforming at pace and already reaping the rewards. The EBIT of these “masters” is 13 percent higher than the rest of the peer group, and it’s growing 8 percent faster. Masters understand that the disruption of marketing, sales and service is inevitable. They view industrial consumerism as an opportunity to evoke the pioneering spirit that defined industrial leaders in the past—and they are setting the pace in the race to reinvent marketing, sales and service. What sets them apart? Their transformative vision gives them the courage to break with legacy paradigms. Their lifecycle digitization reinforces their commitment to transform with new technologies. Their true customer-centricity makes the pursuit of new structures, processes, go-to-market capabilities and data-driven customer experiences their business lodestar. B2B customers expect the personalized interaction they experience in B2C markets. It’s a change in expectations that we call industrial consumerism. Lessons in mastery Our research reveals only masters appear to comprehend the big picture. A deep dive into their performance along three core dimensions of industrial consumerism maturity reveals the lessons that can be learnt from the masters. Industrial consumerism maturity Transform your vision into reality Most critically, and in sharp contrast to strivers and laggards, masters have a clear strategic vision of how to digitize their marketing, sales and service. With customer-centricity at its core, that vision is fully embedded in the C-suite and across the organization. A digitization plan is defined and implemented, with clear governance structures, binding principles and secure funding in place. Masters also use rapid prototyping, minimum viable products, and SCRUM / agile implementation as part of their differentiated approach. They rigorously prioritize digitization initiatives according to how they add value, both in terms of improving customer experience to boost sales and improving performance to boost margin. Furthermore, they have flexible, adaptive structures to deal with the fragmentation of knowledge in the digital age which enables swift, efficient sourcing of expertise from their ecosystems. Adopt a lifecycle approach to front-office digitization Masters have invested in customer-facing technologies to deliver on industrial consumerism’s core promise: a personalized, frictionless experience throughout the lifecycle, from product information, consulting and purchase to maintenance, repair and overhaul. Advanced technologies are leveraged to attract talent and retain skills, while also enhancing workforce performance. Masters also ensure that all functional departments use leading edge technologies and have a sophisticated CRM backbone to drive sales pipelines and conversion rates. Selected technology insights Deliver true customer-centricity Masters fully align the overall customer experience across all channels and touchpoints, avoiding channel conflicts and cannibalization. Their understanding of emerging requirements across the entire product and service lifecycle makes them relevant throughout the customer journey. They score particularly highly in solution selling and deployment of new business models. This is key to achieving new revenue streams and realizing the full benefits of Industry X.0—the digital reinvention of industry. Crowd sourcing, AR/VR-based product configuration, interaction portals and IoT-based service models all help to keep customers engaged. Customer engagement insights Continuous and agile transformation is key to realizing the full benefits of industrial consumerism. Get ready to reinvent. Fast. Masters have risen to the challenge of industrial consumerism with vision and enthusiasm. And, as a result, they are already more profitable than their peers. By following their lead, other companies can learn from them and reduce the risks to their own businesses. But to make a difference this change must happen fast. The time is now. Are you ready? Bernd Hirschle Managing Director, Lead Customer Insight & Growth – Industrial Equipment Frederique Schmitt Managing Director – Digital Transformation Clemens Stahl Manager – Customer Insight & Growth Matthias Wahrendorff Thought Leadership Research Senior Principal – Accenture Research Emma Blackburn Research Manager – Customer Insight & Growth Traditional brands have a new lease on life Delivering digital dividends Accenture helps industrial companies create a new level of innovation and efficiency. Digital is reinventing industry as we know it.	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1950
__label__wiki	0.961506	0.961506	Zynga Sues Vostu, Alleged Copycat Gaming Startup Zynga's history of "borrowing" not exactly clean By Emma Bazilian Zynga has filed a lawsuit against Brazilian startup Vostu—owned by Joshua Kushner, brother of Jared—for copyright infringement. “Vostu's business model is simple: copy Zynga's successful games,” the lawsuit states. “While imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, the copying of valuable intellectual property rights is theft.” Zynga claims that Vostu hasn’t just copied its ideas for games, but that it has replicated every detail, from storylines to in-game items, and even included “mistakes” that appear in Zynga games (like the fact that community buildings in CityVille aren’t connected to roads). But Zynga has no right to point fingers, Vostu responded in a statement. “Zynga has been accused of copying so many games that they’ve sadly lost the ability to recognize games like ours that are chock full of original content and have been independently created,” said Vostu. Zynga has been in legal hot water in the past—like when the creators of Mob Wars sued the company over its similar Mafia Wars game. Regardless of whether Zynga has also “borrowed” ideas in the past, says TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, the company “has never had the chutzpah to not only copy a game idea, but copy every aspect of the game design and mechanics as well,” and feels it’s highly unlikely that Vostu will come out on the winning side of this dispute. http://adweek.it/2kqMQf7	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1958
__label__wiki	0.831716	0.831716	Connor Way, from Football to Fashion Athlete is an MVP on the field and on the runway Mar. 8, 2019 7:00 a.m. – Story by Sean McIntyreStyling by Shai ThompsonPhotography by Lia Crowe North Saanich’s Connor Way is a rising star on both the football field and the runway. Here, he talks to Pearl Magazine about these two seemingly polar worlds … and presents spring fashion that is sure to put some prep in your step. Renaissance Denim Pant by 7 Downie St. ($178), skull shirt by 7 Downie St. ($178), double-breasted sports jacket by Coppley ($998), NOBRAND Shoe Grey ($225) and socks by Marcoliani ($32.50), all from d.g. bremner & co. Lia Crowe photograph Twelve months ago, 17-year-old Connor Way was on his way back from Texas, where he had joined the world’s best high school football prospects at the International Bowl. Connor still has a passion for the game and, with high school graduation and university application deadlines closing in, he’s already been courted by colleges south of the border. Yet Connor finds himself suddenly with more than just scholarship offers to choose from this spring. Not long after his return to North Saanich following last year’s big game down in Dallas, the Claremont Secondary School student embarked on something entirely new when he seized an opportunity to do some modelling work. Never one to step away from a challenge, Connor has tackled his budding modelling career head on. “As much as football is hard, the game comes easy to me,” he says. “When I started modelling, it required getting to know a whole different thing.” He recalls the hilariously challenging modelling practise of producing 30 facial expressions in 30 seconds. Walking on a runway, too, it turns out, was also a whole lot different then playing defensive safety for various BC teams. “It’s actually been really humbling to see how far my work has come,” he says. And Connor has come a very long way. Within the past year, he’s gone from doing some local photo shoots to signing a contract with Coultish Management, a Victoria-based agency that’s managed the successful careers of hundreds of models since it was established in 1987. Cool denim by 34 Heritage ($198), blue check sports coat by Ted Baker ($725), white T-shirt by Robert Barakett ($67.50), salmon stripe scarf by Stones ($89), blue textured belt by Benchcraft ($150), all from d.g. bremner & co. Lia Crowe photograph Connor is regularly booked for photoshoots in both Victoria and Vancouver, and he’s slated to make his second appearance at Vancouver Fashion Week in March. He also acts part-time, has appeared in seven movies, a commercial and a soon-to-be launched music video. The highlight of his rookie season in the fashion world, however, came late last year when Connor won the 2018 Senior Champion Male Model of the World competition at WCOPA (World Centre of the Performing Arts) in Long Beach, California. Competing against contestants aged 16 and up from 62 countries, Connor also won gold medals in the casual, formal, spokesmodel and photo categories. According to Connor’s mother, Shauna Dorko, the competition is akin to the “talent Olympics” and features performers in categories that include vocals, dance, modelling and acting. To Dorko, who spends about three hours per day managing her son’s busy modelling career, the event was about so much more than winning medals. Being in Los Angeles, a major hub in the modelling universe, gave Connor the chance to sit down and meet with representatives from modelling agencies, casting agents and directors. Dorko, who runs her own business, never imagined her son’s ascendancy in the fashion world. She believed he had what it takes, but she’s continually amazed at how quickly the process has evolved. Given how far he’s come in a year, Connor and his mother already have plans to head back to Southern California to follow up on some of the successful networking leads they’ve established. “The minute we were in LA, we saw how things were playing out on a whole different scale,” she says. “There are a few people who want us to come back and meet with them.” Blue cardigan by William Lockie ($250), plaid shirt by Viyella ($145) and blue knit tie by Gattonero ($75), all from W&J Wilson; cool denim by 34 Heritage ($198) and blue check sports coat by Ted Baker ($725) both from d.g. bremner & co. Given his meteoric rise, Connor has stayed remarkably grounded. Within minutes of speaking with him, it becomes clear that his confidence, maturity and respectful demeanour are a major reason for his success. In the notoriously competitive field of fashion and elite sports, it’s refreshing to hear an aspiring star speak of camaraderie and brotherhood. Rather than pit himself against those around him, Connor seems genuinely interested in their success. His competitive streak is bred not from how he ranks in relation to others, but with regard to how he looks at himself. That’s a valuable lesson to have mastered so early in life. “I respect what’s best for everyone, and I love to see people succeed,” he says. “I’ve never been super nervous. Nothing really stresses me out because I feel I can turn to people if I’m lost.” He credits his mother and strong network of friends for his success. Teachers and tutors, he adds, have shown great flexibility and patience with helping him fit schoolwork into a busy schedule that sees him travel extensively for one job and train relentlessly for the other. Despite all the excitement, he fully realizes that it’s nearly time to make a choice. “I still haven’t made the switch from football to modelling, but it’s time for making decisions,” he says. “Now I need to figure out what I want to do for the rest of my life.” Given his attitude, he’s likely to make the best of whichever pathway he chooses. Special thanks to local skateboarder Zachary Wilkinson. Photographed on location at the Sidney Lawn Bowling Club, Tulista Park and Iroquois Park. A huge thank you to the Sidney Lawn Bowling Club for hosting our team. Renaissance denim by 7 Downie St. ($178), green shirt by Stenströms ($295), blue cardigan by Belika ($165), green outer-coat by Milestone ($495), tie by Dion ($135), satchel by Bugatti ($295), shoe by NOBRAND ($245) all from d.g. bremner & co. Portraiture Through The Eyes of Artist Nicholas Pearce Fashion Fridays: 2019 spring trends Kootenay Anglican bishops, priests grapple with same-sex marriage vote After same-sex marriage amendment rejection, priests, bishops voice discontent Feds issue battery technology challenge at energy conference in Cranbrook Provincial and territorial energy and mines ministers talk policy, challenges at annual meeting Users of popular FaceApp should be wary of terms of use, experts say Privacy expert Ann Cavoukian says app can potential share photos and other information with third parties	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1963
__label__cc	0.585166	0.414834	As AHA! celebrates our five-year anniversary, we present an update on our second “Dance For Life” celebration at Immaculata Auditorium on the StFX campus in November, 2017, which was a partnership between AHA! and the Heritage Association of Antigonish. We began with a smudging ceremony honouring our Renewal to Peace and Friendship between the Mi’kmaw community and our whole multicultural community, conducted by Elder Thomas Christmas. We acknowledged our presence in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People, which is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship.” Mi’kmaq and Maliseet first signed this Treaty with the British Crown in 1725 to recognize Mi’kmaw and Maliseet title and establish the rules for the ongoing relationship between nations. (See below). In the closing months of Lyghtesome Gallery, Jeff Parker created the signing Parchment, which featured the 1752 Peace and Friendship Treaty as the background, and an overlay painting of the symbolic smudging of the 1752 Indigenous clan signatures created by Mi’kmaw artist Loretta Gould. The intergenerational and multicultural attendees at the Dance for Life, including many of our community leaders, signed their Renewal Commitment to Peace and Friendship on the Parchment and many other added their signatures when it was displayed at the People’s Place through the month of January, 2018. Paula Paul and Derrick Poulette at Parchment; Stacy Septon and Pat Chisholm as Loyalist Soldiers in Background We then celebrated our diverse community with highly multicultural dance performances. The Dance for Life program led off with “Little Cloud on a Wheelchair” by Anne Camozzi followed by: “Friends” — Jeannine Philpott & StFX Dance; “Strathspeys and Reels”—Scottish step dance & fiddle with Maureen and James Fraser: Lyrical dance “Imagine” by Amaya Benoit & Audrey Cochrane; Smith Highland Dancers — 1) Yashita Ghore, Solo: 2) Connor Fraser & Ruthie Stanley-Blackwell; Contemporary African Dance — Liliona Quarmyne; Traditional Indian “Garbha” Dance — Sarita Ghore & Gayathri Vikram; Nia—gentle mind body movement— Kate Georgallas & Friends; “The Gift of Friendship” — L’Arche Creative Dance Group, Hearts & Hands; and finally the Fusion Dance of Nations — 2017 Coady Diploma Participants On the following day, we held an art and activism workshop also in Immaculata Auditoriu, facilitated by contemporary African dancer and choreographer, Liliona Quarmyne. She shared the dynamic process around a resistance dance-drama created by women in Ada, Ghana, as part of their struggle to reclaim communal access to the Songor Salt Lagoon. We explored the possibilities for a similar process in Antigonish. Dorothy Lander and John Graham-Pole	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1965
__label__cc	0.718524	0.281476	Time to Make Memories My summers as a child were spent with family. We fished, we camped and vacationed together. Most years included a trip to visit our cousins in Colorado. Oh how we loved our time with our grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. In the evenings we would gather together either at grandma's house or at one of my aunt and uncle's homes. Other evenings we would head to the mountains where we would roast hot dogs and load our plates with all kinds of delicious salads and side dishes. No one ever went hungry. Some summers we visited my uncles' saw mill in the mountains. Knowing full well that we would itch the rest of the night, we would nonetheless climb the mountain of saw dust, our feet burning as they sunk deep within the hot dust. We loved the mountains where the air was cool and crisp and the smell of pine was strong. Whether in the mountains or at one of their homes the kids would run and play while the adults visited. Kick the can, capture the flag and games we created with our own imagination filled our time. It was there in the summers that I tried without success to chew pine gum. Supposedly if you suck on the sap from a pine tree long enough, it softens and you can chew it like gum. Although I tried it every year, I never was patient enough and would always end up with the bitter stuff broken up in bits and stuck to my teeth. It was there that I learned to ride a tote gote and later learned to drive a pickup over the back roads of the farm. We hunted for worms to take fishing and walked the fence around my grandma's house. It was there that I learned to love carrots and fresh peas. We would stand in my aunt's garden and pull up the sweet carrots, wash them with a hose and eat them right there. But as much as I loved the carrots, I really loved the garden peas and I still do. It was there one summer that my cousin taught me how to make cat tail torches. We dipped cat tails (the plant) in gasoline and lit them on fire. Just as he had promised, they made the perfect torch. As the fire died out, we tossed the torch aside and dipped the next cat tail in the gas and lit it. Imagine our surprise when we turned around to discover one of their outbuildings on fire! We ran for the porch where we grabbed the milking buckets and the hose and managed to get the fire out. The charred black scar on the building served as a reminder of our foolishness for years to come. We rode horses, floated down the canal on inner tubes, went swimming at Splash Land and ate snow cones. To this day blue raspberry snow cones are an essential part of my summer. Summers were a magical time when we strengthened family relationships and made memories. I am so thankful for those special cherished memories. Now I am the grandma and it is to my house that the kids and grandkids gather. I hope that someday they will look back at summers and remember how much fun we had together. With that in mind, I am going to take a break in blogging for a few weeks to spend time with family and make some memories (hopefully minus the torches!) See you next month! Love without Boundaries -Minnie Ganus, part 3 Minnie Diggs. She was born a Ganus, yet no one was quite sure why she was remembered as Minnie Diggs. Maybe it was her maternal grandmother's name they told me, or maybe just a nickname of some sorts. I could think of several possibilities, so I tucked the name Diggs in the back of my mind until I knew for certain. I wanted to believe that although she had a rough start, Minnie Ganus had ultimately had a good life. I wanted to believe that after her grandmother took her in at three years of age (a story shared HERE) she loved her and cared for her as her own, and I wanted to believe that, although her grandmother was certainly "older" when Minnie came to live with her, it had been good for them both. I wanted to know so much more than any governmental record could tell me. However, records did tell a great deal of her story. I was able to learn that Minnie remained with her grandmother until the 19th of November, 1890 when in Campbell County, Georgia 20 year old Minnie Ganus married John Hewell Diggs. I now knew why she was called Minnie Diggs. Apparently someone at some point in time had been aware of Minnie's marriage although time had blurred that fact. By the time Minnie married, her grandmother Nancy Foster was 73 years old and had cared for Minnie for about 17 years. Grandma Nancy Foster lived another 15 years after Minnie married John. While she lived the remainder of her life with her son Willis and daughter, Mary, Minnie and her husband John and their children lived nearby. Nancy would live long enough to know four of Minnie's children before she died on 13 March 1905. Nancy was buried in the Fairburn City Cemetery in Fulton County, Georgia. Nancy E. Foster's Headstone Photo taken by Rhonda Brady Rampy, Used by permission John and Minnie [Ganus] Diggs lived their entire married lives in East Point, on the outskirts of Atlanta. There John farmed and together he and Minnie reared seven children; four boys and three girls. Their children were John C., Joseph E., Mary Jewell, Jamie, Herbert O., Velma Elizabeth and Alice Louise . Minnie was able to see their oldest children marry and have their own children, but her three youngest would have time with their mother cut short. On the 21 March 1921, at the age of 50, Minnie passed from this life leaving 9 year old Alice, 14 year old Velma, and 16 year old Herbert without their mother. According to the death certificate, her cause of death was consumption, which we now call tuberculosis. Her death certificate helped to fill in a few details of her life and death. Minnie Digg's Death Certificate [2] Seeing her father listed as "Bud" Gainous made me wonder if either she and her husband had known him well enough to know his nickname or if perhaps they hadn't really known him at all and Bud was just a guess. I've never seen him referred to as Bud, but always as James. Minnie was buried in the Bethel Church Cemetery in Fulton County, Georgia. Minnie received a brief mention in the newspaper, The Atlanta Constitution, on 22 March 1921. It simply stated: "Mrs. J. H. Diggs, 50 years old, died Sunday at the residence in East Point. She is survived by four sons, J.C., J.E., J.F. and H.O. Diggs and three daughters, Mrs. H.D. Eidson and Misses Elizabeth and Lucile Diggs." [2] Initially this was Minnie's story. The story of a little girl who lost her mother when she was only three years old and was raised by her grandmother Nancy Elizabeth Foster. Minnie married, had children and then, like her mother, she died much too young. Minnie left three children to be reared by another woman, a step-mother. But as I learned about Minnie, I realized that in the shadows of her story was another story, the story of her widowed grandmother, Nancy Foster. The grandmother who undoubtedly lived a very different life than she had planned. Long after her own children were grown, Nancy returned to the role of a young mother, changing diapers, bandaging skinned knees and raising her granddaughter through marriage. Truthfully, there are many such women in my line; women who helped raise grandchildren as well as nieces, nephews or even seemingly unrelated children. My great grandfather's brother, Roderick Monroe Ganus and his wife, Carrie, took several children into their home over the years, including my own grandfather. Two Chance boys were taken in and reared by John Monroe Ganus' brother, Addison Ganus and his wife Sally. While thankfully there are records of these stories, I am sure there are just as many similar unrecorded stories in my line and possibly yours. Mothers and grandmothers who dutifully took in other's laundry, prepared extra meals, and helped with each other's children. Mothers whose love and duties extended beyond the boundaries of their immediate families to bless and help those around them. Mothers whose love knew no boundaries; mothers helping mothers. 1. Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927; Death Certificate dated 21 March 1921; digital images, Image 1016 of 1525 (https://familysearch.org: accessed 24 June 2015.) 2. Atlanta Constitution, 22 March 1921, page 12, Fold3, www.fold3.com . Accessed on 24 June 2015. 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__label__cc	0.682051	0.317949	Showing posts with label Howell Lillian. Show all posts Life Altered in an Instant How often have you wished you could do something over again, vowing that this time you would do it better? Sometimes the consequences of snap decisions are just annoying, but other times they are tragic. As I shared in last weeks post, (found here) running across a McCleskey among Utah Death certificates came as a surprise, especially since it was a McCleskey with a connection to my family in Oklahoma. It would take some digging to find the story, but things eventually fell into place. Lillian Howell was born in 1883 in Collin County, Texas to Henry Harrison Howell and Amelia Louisa Turner. Lillian grew up in a household of 11 children, two were half siblings from her father's prior marriage. By 1900 the family moved to Creek Nation, Indian Territory. Two years later, on 28 December 1902, nineteen year old Lillian Howell married thirty-one year old Benjamin Green McCleskey in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. A year later their first child Floyd Elmer was born in 1903, followed by Williard Roscoe in 1904. Raymond was born in 1906 and Green Russell McCleskey was born on the 31 of March in 1909, likely in Okmulgee where his family was living in 1910. The brothers were close in age with all four born within six years. I can only imagine the challenges their mother faced as she raised four boys so close in age. Russell and his brothers all learned to read and write and helped their father on the farm. Life was hard and there was a lot to do for those families struggling to farm in the early days in Oklahoma. I wonder how many times over the years Russell's father, Benjamin, shared the story of losing his father, George Walter McCleskey, in a shootout with Native Americans in Weatherford, Texas, a story I shared here. At the age of 20, Russell proposed to Virginia Canes and they tied the knot on March 2, 1929 in Okfuskee, Oklahoma. While most couples feel a certain sense of optimism and hope for the future, few anticipate the challenges and difficulties that come with life. Sadly Russell and Virginia's life would include a very tragic event within their first year of marriage. When Russell and Virginia married, Oklahoma was already struggling economically, but the big stock market crash would occur later that year making life even more difficult. Jobs were hard to come by and people were willing to look beyond their immediate communities. I am not sure how Russell learned of the job, but he was hired to work for a loan company in Utah, so he and Virginia packed up and made the nearly 1,300 mile move to Utah. In Salt Lake City, Russell worked as a manager for The Commercial Discount Company while Virginia worked as a telephone operator. They lived in a small three-year old brick house located at 1453 Westminster Avenue in Salt Lake City, Utah. They were some of the lucky ones. Over Labor Day weekend in 1930, Russell and Virginia went on a little trip to Ogden with friends, Alma U. Daniels and wife Bernice. Bernice also worked for the phone company and it is likely the wives met there. In addition, the couples were close in age and lived within five minutes of each other. Wikipedia , 9/28/2012 Ogden, Utah The 2012 Federal Duck Stamp Contest photo by Garry Tucker, USFWS On Monday evening, September 1, 1930, the couples returned from Ogden, driving along the Ogden-Salt Lake highway, a distance of about 40 miles. Riding along the base of the Wasatch Mountain range, they would have had a clear view of mountains, ablaze with the colors of fall. With an altitude of a little over 4,000 feet, evenings in Salt Lake City tend to cool down considerably as the sun drops and such was the case that day. Although the high on September 1, 1930 was 81, the low was 55. [1] While Alma, Bernice and Virginia rode in the front seat of the car, Russell rode in the rumble seat in the back, which soon became too cool. Several articles reported simply that G. Russell tried to move from the rumble seat to inside the car while it was still moving. Thankfully the following article gave a more complete picture of the events that occurred.[2] The newspaper reported that Russell died of a skull fracture, but the death certificate indicated that he probably died from a broken neck. [3] I can't comprehend the shock folks must have felt as the news reached Russell's friends and family in Oklahoma. Russell was a young man in the prime of life with so much ahead of him. He was working, renting a nice home and was newly married. As friends and family gathered to comfort his devastated parents, Benjamin Green McCleskey and Lillian Howell, I imagine his aunt and uncle, Henry Edgar Howell and Ollie (Ganus), were among them. There would be many hard days to follow. Life can be altered forever in an instant. A seemingly simple action can lead to a tragic end. How often I have replayed an incident over and over in my mind, wishing I could go back and do it again but different. If only..... Married just over a year, Virginia had her husband's body shipped back to Oklmulgee and buried in the Okmulgee Cemetery. [1] "The Weather" column Salt Lake Telegram, September 1, 1930, image 7, Utah Digital Newspapers; http://digitalnewspapers.org/, accessed 14 August, 2015. [2] Salt Lake Man Killed In Fall off Auto, Salt Lake Telegram, September 2, 1930; Utah Digital Newspapers, http://digitalnewspapers.org/; accessed 11 August, 2015. [3] Utah Death Certificate Index, Utah Department of Administrative Services,http://www.archives.utah.gov/research/indexes/20842.htm, Green Russell McCleskey Death Certificate, accessed 14 August 2015. Posted by Michelle Ganus Taggart at 7:47 PM 12 comments: Labels: Ganus Martha Olivia, Howell Henry Edgar, Howell Lillian, McCleskey Benjamin Green, McCleskey Green Russell Sometimes you find people where you least expect to find them! Martha Olivia (Ganus) Howell (Original photo in my possession) While helping a friend do some research, I spent some time searching the Utah Death Certificates. While I was at it, I couldn't resist putting in a few of my own family names into the search box just for fun. I really didn't expect to find anyone because the majority of my ancestors lived in the southern states. Imagine my surprise when I typed in McCleskey and up popped Green Russell McCleskey. Although not a direct ancestor, Green Russell McCleskey's family lived near my family in both Georgia and Oklahoma and with the name of McCleskey (my brick wall) I've kept my eye on this family for some time. Russell's mother, Lillian Howell, was a sister to Henry Edgar Howell, who married Martha Olivia Ganus, my grandpa's half sister. Martha Olivia, or "Ollie" was William Franklin Ganus's daughter with his first wife, Mary Matilda Roberts. Just to make sure that this was the same Green Russell McCleskey, I double checked my database and confirmed that, yes, parents and his birth date were the same. Since my grandfather's half sister, Ollie (Ganus) Howell was Green Russell McCleskey's aunt and they lived in the same area of Oklahoma, I felt sure that the families interacted. Below are the Howell, McCleskey and Ganus families and the red helps to clarify the link. Henry Harrison Howell b. 1840 IL d. 1928 Ok married Amelia Louisa Turner b. 1852 IL d. 1928 OK Children of Henry and Louisa 1. Katherine Anne Howell b. 1873 2. Henry Edgar Howell b. 1875 Il d. 1951 Ok marr. Martha Olivia Ganus b. 1880 GA d. 1916 OK 3. Elroy Howell b. 1878 4. Lily Howell b. 1883 TX d. 1899 OK 5. Lillian Howell b. 1883 TX d. 1974 Ok married Benjamin Green McCleskey b. 1871 Tx d. 1932 OK Children of Benjamin and Lillian * Floyd Elmer McCleskey b. 1903 * Raymond C. McCleskey b. 1906 * Green Russell McCleskey b. 1909 * Willard McCleskey b. 1913 6. Lela Howell b. 1886 Tx d 1905 Ok 7. Pearl Howell b. 1889 Tx d. 1905 Ok 8. Willis Jay Howell b. 1895 OK 9. Minnie Mae Howell b. 1895 OK So what was Green Russell McCleskey, an Oklahoma boy, doing in Salt Lake City, Utah and what was his story? Have your kleenex ready for next week's post when I share the story I uncovered. Labels: Ganus Heber Monroe, Ganus Martha Olivia, Ganus William Franklin, Howell Henry Edgar, Howell Henry Harrison, Howell Lillian, McCleskey, McCleskey Benjamin Green, McCleskey Green Russell Shoot Out at the Double Cabin I love a good story. Sometimes I find myself chasing a story even after the trail leaves behind my own family, just because the story is interesting. And truthfully, I know I am not the only genealogist that does that. Genealogist love stories, especially when there is a mystery involved. The story I am about to share is complete with romance, action and of course some mystery, ending as many of my genealogy adventures seem to end, with more questions. This story actually begins with my half great aunt, Martha Olivia Ganus. Martha Olivia or "Ollie" was the daughter of William Franklin Ganus, my great grandfather and his first wife Mary Matilda Roberts and I shared some of her story here. Martha lost her mother, "Tilda," about 1886 and later that same year, she and her father, along with her Ganus grandparents, aunts and uncles all boarded a train bound for Colorado. The Ganus family settled in Manassa, Colorado initially and remained there for a few years. Sometime before 1900 the Ganus family moved to Oklahoma where Ollie met and married Henry Edgar Howell on 16 March 1896. Henry and Ollie settled down in what was then Creek Nation, Indian Territory and began a family. According to Henry's obituary from October 1951, in about 1891, when Henry was approximately 16, his family moved from Illinois to Oklahoma. Henry's family was then comprised of his parents, Henry Harrison Howell and Amelia Louisa [Turner], and his siblings Katherine, Elroy, twins Lily and Lillian, Lela and Pearl. Later Willis and Minnie would join the family. As I learned a little about Henry's family, for some reason, it was his twin sisters that initially caught my attention. Lillian and Lily Howell were born 13 June 1883. Lily only lived to age 16, but Lillian lived to adulthood, married and reared a family in Oklahoma. It was Lillian's marriage that intrigued me. Because my 2nd great grandmother was a McCleskey (Elizabeth McCleskey) and because I have yet to determine who her parents were, I am ever on the lookout for any connection to McCleskeys. So you can imagine that while admittedly the connection was somewhat distant, I nonetheless sat up and paid attention when I realized that Martha Olivia's sister-in-law, Lillian, had married a McCleskey, a McCleskey with Georgia ties no less! Lillian Howell married Benjamin Green McCleskey. Benjamin was born 18 July 1871 in Parker County, Texas, the son of George Walter McCleskey and Eliza C. Bumgarner. Ben's father, George was born in Hall County, Georgia 1838 to Benjamin G. McCleskey and Martha Mahuldah Boyd. George eventually joined with others in the move to Texas and settled in Parker County, Texas where he married Eliz Bumgarner and they settled down and began their family. And herein lies a story. From Wikimedia Commons The story takes place in Weatherford, Texas in 1873. George W, and Eliza[Bumgarner] McCleskey had two children at the time, six year old May and one year old Benjamin. Because there had been a great deal conflict between settlers and the local natives of the area, many preferred to live in town where there was safety in numbers. But the McCleskeys and the Bumgarners lived out by Holland Lake. In July of that year, John Bumgarner and his son-in-law George planned to go out on the range and bring back some of their cattle (some versions say horses). The men decided that in order to get an early start the next morning, George would spend the night at his father-in-law's cabin. The following morning the men rose to drizzly rain, but opted to go anyway. As they began saddling up their horses, some of local natives were waiting and opened up fire. A shoot out ensued and George was shot. John drug his daughter's husband, George inside the cabin, where George died a short time later. The cabin remains standing and it is said that you can still see the bullet holes in the walls of the cabin. You can read more about the incident at the following links: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txparker/history/cabin.htm http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peggyjbr/landmarks.htm http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth113807/m1/87/?q=mccleskey Thirty three year old Eliza was left a widow with two young children to raise alone on the frontier. Heat, relentless winds, tornados, copperheads and rattlesnakes were just a few of the challenges settlers of the area faced and it could not have been easy for a woman alone. Sometime before 1880, Eliza died, leaving Benjamin and May orphaned. Family stories say that their Uncle Hubbard Bumgarner took the children in and the 1880 Parker County Census does show 12 year old May and 9 year old "Green" (Ben's middle name) McCleskey living with their Uncle Hubbard. As adults, both Ben and sister May ended up in Oklahoma. On 28 December 1902 in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, Benjamin Green McCleskey and Lillian Howell married. Four children would join that union, Floyd Elmer, Raymond C., Willard and Green Russell. Ben and Lillian lived out their life in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and it is there in Okmulgee that both Ben and Lillian are buried. Note location of Okmulgee So granted, it is a little removed, and yet I am intrigued by it all. Is it just a fluke that several Ganus and McCleskey families ended up living and dying not just in Oklahoma, but a short distance from each other in Okmulgee, Oklahoma? Is it just a simple coincidence that both the Ganus family and the McCleskey family had Hall County, Georgia roots? Maybe.....but maybe not. If I believe in the importance of the FAN club as taught by Elizabeth Shown Mills, which emphasizes the importance of an individual's family, associates and neighbors, then such connections, however seemingly innocent and removed, warrant my attention. And questions such as why and how did the Ganus and McCleskey families of Georgia both end up in Okmulgee, Oklahoma need an answer. Copyright © Michelle G. Taggart 2014 Posted by Michelle Ganus Taggart at 1:15 PM No comments: Labels: Bumgarner Eliza, Howell Henry Edgar, Howell Lillian, McCleskey Benjamin Green, McCleskey Floyd Elmer, McCleskey George Walter, McCleskey Green Russell, McCleskey Raymond C., McCleskey Willard The Gene to Tinker Fireflies and Grandpa Ganus	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1968
__label__wiki	0.953483	0.953483	Mahbubnagar ( mbnr) Station Detail mahbubnagar (mbnr) railway stations Train Time table & Schedule महबूबनगर ट्रेन समय तालिका और अनुसूची Originating Trains: 3 Terminating Trains: 3 Train Stop Here: 66 Nearest Airport: hyderabad shamshabad airport/hyd Distance From Airport: 73 km mahbubnagar rlwy. stn to ayyawari palle(zainallipoor), mahbubnagar, telangana All train Times provide complete information of mahbubnagar (mbnr) Railway Stations Train Time Table & Schedule. mahbubnagar Station is one of the cleanest railway stations of mahbubnagar rlwy. stn to ayyawari palle(zainallipoor), mahbubnagar, telangana. The passengers who are planning to board the train from mahbubnagar Station must acquire the complete details of the trains passing through it. There are around 66 trains that you can board from mahbubnagar station. It is a regular type of station with the nearest airport being the hyderabad shamshabad airport/hyd. 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The information about originating trains, terminating trains and total number of platforms can be availed from the station itself. trains departures from mahbubnagar (mbnr), mahbubnagar rlwy. stn to ayyawari palle(zainallipoor), mahbubnagar, telangana మహబూబ్ నగర్ महबूबनगर, trains passing through mahbubnagar station, train via mahbubnagar, train stop at mahbubnagar 12708 Andhra Pradesh Sampark Kranti Express 11:22 11:24 2 SCR N/A 12785 Kacheguda - KSR Bengaluru City super fast Express (PT) 20:36 20:38 2 SCR N/A 12975 Mysuru - Jaipur super fast Express 00:10 00:12 2 NWR N/A 12976 Jaipur-Mysuru super fast Express 01:27 01:29 2 NWR N/A 12786 KSR Bengaluru City - Kacheguda super fast Express (PT) 03:41 03:43 2 SCR N/A 12647 Kongu Express 08:33 08:35 2 SR N/A 12797 Venkatadri super fast Express 21:42 21:44 2 SCR N/A 12251 Wainganga super fast Express 08:33 08:35 2 SWR N/A 12252 Wainganga super fast Express (PT) 03:07 03:09 2 SWR N/A 12193 Yesvantpur - Jabalpur super fast Express 01:35 01:37 2 WCR N/A 12194 Jabalpur - Yesvantpur super fast Express 03:07 03:09 2 WCR N/A 12766 Amravati - Tirupati super fast Express 19:48 19:50 2 SCR N/A 12765 Tirupati - Amravati super fast Express 01:35 01:37 2 SCR N/A 12770 Seven Hills super fast Express 19:48 19:50 2 SCR N/A 22684 Lucknow - Yesvantpur super fast Express (Via Kacheguda) 03:07 03:09 2 SWR N/A 22683 Yesvantpur - Lucknow super fast Express (Via Kacheguda) 08:33 08:35 2 SWR N/A 17226 Amaravati Express 2:50 2:52 2m SCR 2 17652 Kacheguda - Chennai Egmore Express 17:50 17:52 2 SCR N/A 16733 Rameswaram - Okha Express 21:38 21:40 2 SR N/A 16734 Okha - Rameswaram Weekly Express 19:48 19:50 2 SR N/A 17023 Tungabhadra Express 10:01 10:03 2 SCR N/A 18047 Amaravati Express (PT) 22:36 22:38 2m SCR 2 19301 Indore - Yesvantpur Weekly Express 00:13 00:15 2 WR N/A 15023 Gorakhpur - Yesvantpur Express 00:13 00:15 2 NE N/A 15024 Yesvantpur - Gorakhpur Express 08:33 08:35 2 NE N/A 19302 Yesvantpur - Indore Weekly Express 21:38 21:40 2 WR N/A 17616 Madurai - Kacheguda Weekly Express 11:53 11:55 2 SCR N/A 17615 Kacheguda - Madurai Weekly Express 07:50 07:51 1 SCR N/A 17028 Hundry Express 07:53 07:55 2 SCR N/A 17606 Kacheguda - Mangaluru Central Express 07:50 07:51 1 SCR N/A 17605 Mangaluru Central - Kacheguda Express 01:00 01:02 2 SCR N/A 16570 Kacheguda - Yesvantpur Express 15:50 15:52 2 SWR N/A 16569 Yesvantpur - Kacheguda Express 01:00 01:02 2 SWR N/A 16003 Chennai Central Nagarsol Weekly Express 21:38 21:40 2 SR N/A 16004 Nagarsol - Chennai Central Weekly Express 03:07 03:09 2 SR N/A 17603 Prashanti Nilayam Express 22:36 22:38 2 SCR N/A 17603 Prashanti Nilayam Express 22:36 22:38 2m SCR 2 16353 Kacheguda - Nagercoil Weekly Express 17:18 17:20 2 SR N/A 16354 Nagercoil - Kacheguda Weekly Express 11:53 11:55 2 SR N/A 22119 Tirupati - Kacheguda AC Double Decker Express 15:04 15:06 2m SCR N/A 22120 Kacheguda - Tirupati AC Double Decker Express 8:05 8:07 2m SCR N/A 17651 Chengalpattu - Kacheguda Express 5:38 5:40 2m SCR 2 17604 Prashanti Nilayam Express 2:50 2:52 2m SCR 2 17607 Tungabhadra Express 10:01 10:03 2m SCR 2 9307 Indore - Yesvantpur Weekly Express 0:13 0:15 2m SCR 2 17224 Hundry Express (UnReserved) 7:53 7:55 2m SCR 2 17223 Hundry Express (UnReserved) 18:48 18:50 2m SCR 1 77693 kacheguda - raichur demu 8:20 8:30 10m SCR 1 77694 raichur - kacheguda demu 20:00 20:02 2m SCR N/A 57305 Kacheguda Guntur Passenger 16:45 16:47 2m SCR 1 57306 Guntur Kacheguda Passenger 6:50 7:05 15m SCR N/A 57436 Kurnool City - Kacheguda Passenger (UnReserved) 9:25 9:30 5m SCR 3 57435 Kacheguda - Kurnool City Passenger (UnReserved) 19:55 20:00 5m SCR N/A 57426 Guntakal Kacheguda Passenger (UnReserved) 12:00 12:05 5m SCR N/A 17021 Hyderabad - Vasco-Da-Gama Express 11:58 12:00 2m SCR -- cheragi Railway Station List of train passing from cheragi Railway Station kaimai road Railway Station List of train passing from kaimai road Railway Station thingu Railway Station List of train passing from thingu Railway Station khongsang Railway Station List of train passing from khongsang Railway Station	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1970
__label__wiki	0.588773	0.588773	#20 – Ned Kelly’s High Country hideaway — Beechworth — The 1858 Telegraph Station in Beechworth. Beechworth in the Victorian High Country is a beautiful town with a famous bushranger (Ned Kelly) past, number 20 on Australian Traveller’s ‘100 amazing places you haven’t been to yet‘. Nominated by: Peter FitzSimons, journalist and author. Peter FitzSimons is prone to making grand statements, and this one is no exception: “the most beautiful town in Australia to me,” he declares, “is Beechworth.” To be fair, any Victorian might say the same – the town’s wide, pretty streets and gorgeous autumn colours are well-known. But what really makes it beautiful are the stories behind the good looks, he says. You have to try ‘snowga’, yoga in the snow 'Snowga' is the latest mash-up that combines snow sports with the practice of yoga. Carla ... READ MORE “I first discovered the town when I was researching my novel Ned Kelly, who spent time in jail here.” As a result, the Ned Kelly Vault exhibition space is worth a visit, he says, as is the courthouse next door. “Parts of the town courthouse have been left exactly as they were 150 years ago.” After a visit to the Robert O’Hara Burke Museum – “one of Australia’s oldest museums, and a tribute to the explorer and local police officer who set off on the ill-fated cross-country expedition from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria”, take a walk down the main street, he says. Neighbourhood guide: Elwood With so much life and energy around the Australian Open in summer, escape the heat and hea... READ MORE Exploring the West Gippsland Hinterland Drive Elisabeth Knowles takes the long and winding road from Drouin and back via Walhalla, Mount... READ MORE Geelong comes of age Thanks to a flourishing food and wine scene, Victoria’s largest regional city is now a w... READ MORE Grampians – among the ancient ranges Megan Blandford finds that the rugged landscape of the Grampians is just the place to live... READ MORE Finding gold in Ballarat From INCREDIBLE ART to dining and sipping a golden brew, LEANNE CLANCEY discovers a town t... READ MORE Hidden gems of The Yarra Valley How do those secret gardens grow? Megan Blandford wanders through the lush gardens of thes... READ MORE Where to eat, drink, sleep and play in Gippsland For years Gippsland has been a weekend destination for those who wander in the outdoors. ... READ MORE Inside Bendigo’s rich food and creative scene Megan Blandford finds that Bendigo’s rich creative and food scene is just getting starte... READ MORE Your guide to walking the Great Ocean Road Nature’s drama unfolds at every step along this eight-day, 100-kilometre trek, beginning... READ MORE Marysville: the quintessential 48-hour road trip It’s one of the quaintest and do-able road trips from Melbourne, one full of adventure a... READ MORE “It has 30 heritage-listed buildings, all made from the local granite, dating back to the 1850s”, offering a real taste of what life would have been like back in Kelly’s day. Finally, he says, finish with dinner at Hotel Nicholas. “The sense of old Australia is still here, and still prospering.” Return to: 100 Amazing Places You Haven’t Been to Yet The Great Alpine Road Snow fun for everyone at Dinner Plain A liberating High Country horseback adventure The best of Rutherglen’s new-school winemakers	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1978
__label__wiki	0.91752	0.91752	Feds allege widespread Volkswagen cheating on clean-air rules VW Purposely Evaded Emissions Tests For Diesels, EPA Says Sep 18th 2015 at 1:28PM Volkswagen intentionally installed software in nearly a half-million diesel vehicles that helped the cars evade substandard results on emissions tests, the federal government charged Friday. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a notice of violation to the German automaker, saying the company's software broke the law by violating two provisions in the Clean Air Act. Circumventing the standards meant affected cars emitted as much as 40 times the allowable level of certain pollutants. Both the EPA and California Air Resources Board have launched investigations. In its notice of violations, the EPA said Volkswagen officials admitted to installing and concealing what they call a "defeat device," which was designed to detect when the cars were undergoing official emissions tests – and only turn on emissions controls during that time. "Our goal now is to ensure that the affected cars are brought into compliance, to dig more deeply into the extent and implications of Volkswagen's efforts to cheat on clean air rules, and to take appropriate further action," said Richard Corey, executive officer of CARB. The allegations cover approximately 482,000 vehicles sold in the United States over the past seven years. Cars involved include diesel versions of the Jetta, Beetle, Audi A3 and Golf manufactured between the 2009 and 2015 model years. Passats manufactured for the 2014 and 2015 model years are also included. Federal officials note there is no safety danger to motorists, but the cars will be recalled for repairs. If true, Volkswagen faces a fine that could run in the hundreds of millions of dollars -- likely higher than the $300 million charge the EPA levied last November at Hyundai and Kia for exaggerating the fuel-economy in several models. The charges also put a tremendous dent into the company's plans to increase sales of its "Clean Diesel" vehicles in North America. In a written statement, Volkswagen Group of America acknowledged it had received the notices from the EPA and CARB. "VW is cooperating with the investigation; we are unable to comment further at this time," it said. Federal officials said the defeat-device software was uncovered during an independent analysis by researchers at West Virginia University, who in working with the International Council on Clean Transportation, a non-governmental organization, raised questions about emissions levels. Earlier this month, EPA and CARB say they demanded explanations for the identified problem, and Volkswagen admitted the cars contained the defeat devices. In its Notice Of Violation, EPA officials described the software as a "sophisticated algorithm" that could detect when a car was undergoing official emissions testing, but would then "greatly reduce" the effectiveness of pollution-control devices during other normal driving situations. "Using a defeat device in cars to evade clean air standards is illegal and a threat to public health," said Cynthia Giles, assistant administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. "Working closely with the California Air Resources Board, EPA is committed to making sure that all automakers play by the same rules." Volkswagen Information All Volkswagen Models More Volkswagen Information Image Credit: Getty Government/Legal vw diesel scandal clean diesel vw diesel emissions testing Japanese car-sharing service members are renting cars — but not for driving VW Type 20 Concept is an organic, retro EV Watch the VW ID.R break a 20-year-old record at Goodwood	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1979
__label__wiki	0.894425	0.894425	Wack Family History Wack Name Meaning German: habitational name from a place called Wacken near Itzehoe. German: variant of Waack 1. French: perhaps derived from an old Flemish word wacque, a measure of weight (Middle Dutch wage ‘weight’), hence an occupational name for an official responsible for weighing produce (in particular produce paid as rent in kind), or else for one who was in charge of checking weights and measures used by merchants in a market. Similar surnames: Wick, Back, Hack, Sack, Pack, Weck, Jack, Dack, Walk, Mack 12K Birth, Marriage, and Deaths 2K Military Records 13K Member Trees Wack Family Origin Where is the Wack family from? You can see how Wack families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Wack family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Wack families were found in the USA in 1920. In 1911 there were 20 Wack families living in Ontario. This was about 47% of all the recorded Wack's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Wack families in 1911. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Wack surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations. View Census Data for Wack Wack Family Occupations What did your Wack ancestors do for a living? In 1881, the most common Wack occupation in Canada was Farmer. 100% of Wack's were Farmers. View Census data for Wack \| Data not to scale Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Wack ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status. Wack Historical Records What Wack family records will you find? There are 9,000 census records available for the last name Wack. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Wack census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more. Search 1881 Canadian census records for Wack There are 1,000 immigration records available for the last name Wack. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure. View all Wack immigration records There are 2,000 military records available for the last name Wack. For the veterans among your Wack ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions. View all Wack military records You've only scratched the surface of Wack family history. Wack Life Expectancy What is the average Wack lifespan? Between 1945 and 2004, in the United States, Wack life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1956, and highest in 1989. The average life expectancy for Wack in 1945 was 61, and 86 in 2004. View Social Security Death Index (SSDI) for Wack An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Wack ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more. Famous Wack Family Ancestors	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1983
__label__wiki	0.543836	0.543836	bæst a journal of queer forms & affects Navigation Issues About Submit jayy dodd jayy dodd is a blxk trans womxn from los angeles, california– now based in Portland, OR. she is a literary & performance artist. her work has appeared / will appear in Broadly, The Establishment, Entropy, LitHub, BOAAT Press, Duende, & Poetry Foundation among others. she is the Executive Director for Dovesong Labs (a development of Winter Tangerine), editor of A Portrait in Blues (Platypus Press 2017), author of Mannish Tongues (Platypus Press 2017) & The Black Condition ft. Narcissus (Nightboat Books 2019). she has been a Pushcart Prize nominee, co-editor of Bettering American Poetry. her visual & written work has been featured in West Hollywood, Portland’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Teen Vogue & Entropy. they are also a volunteer gender-terrorist & artificial intellectual. find her talking trash online or taking a selfie. Back to Issue 3 ISSUES • ABOUT • SUBMIT	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1987
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__label__wiki	0.863547	0.863547	Tough search the tip for ET videogame 11th Jun 2013 6:00 AM A DOCUMENTARY film crew is set to spend six months digging up a landfill site in America as they search for signs of ET. But anyone hoping they will find little green men will be disappointed since the team is actually looking for millions of unsold copies of the flop videogame ET. the Extra-Terrestrial that were said to have been buried in September, 1983. Canadian film production company Fuel Industries has been given the go-ahead by landfill bosses in Alamorgordo, New Mexico, to locate the vast quantity of cartridges. They will have to scour 100 acres to find the haul which some critics doubt even exists, claiming the numbers to be far too big. About five million copies of the game were made for the Atari 2600 console but only 1.5 million were sold as word spread about the poor gameplay. The game, named many times as one of the worst ever made, lost Atari a fortune and it was blamed for playing a part in the 1982 videogame crash. As well as burying the games, the tip's workers are believed to have run a steamroller over them and poured concrete over the top, making the search even more difficult Apple's new iTunes Radio 'no Pandora killer' Hornblower meets Steampunk in Guns of Icarus Online et games and gadgets steven spielberg Map reveals clue to next Big W closures	cc/2019-30/en_middle_0037.json.gz/line1990

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