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Joel Santo Domingo HP Media Center PC m1050y
HP Media Center PC m1050y
By Joel Santo Domingo
July 1, 2004 11:55AM EST
Hewlett-Packard Co., www.hp.com
$2,876 direct ($5,048 with 23-inch HD monitor)
Spec Data:
Intel Pentium 4 560 (3.6 GHz), 1GB DDR 400 SDRAM, 250GB SATA hard drive, 160GB Personal Media removable drive, ATI Radeon X600 graphics, DVD+RW drive, DVD-ROM drive, Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS sound card, Klipsch ProMedia THX 5.1 speakers, Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004.
Sub-ratings (out of 100):
Music: 100 Photo: 100 Video: 99 Gaming: 97
Innovative removable 160GB Personal Media Drive gives you endless storage for photos, music, and videos. Card slots and space for a camera dock ideal for digital photo enthusiasts. Quiet fans and good TV quality make this suitable for the living room. Optional 23-inch widescreen HDTV-compatible monitor is dazzling.
Low starting price climbs quickly as you add the options you want. Media Center OS still can't work with HD. Tower case still looks like a PC, not a piece of home-entertainment equipment.
The HP Media Center PC m1050y raises the bar on what a media-centric PC should be. The clever removable hard drive means unlimited storage, and lets you store precious photo and home-video files off-site to secure against theft, fire, or other calamity. With the 3.6-GHz processor we tested, it will satisfy both enthusiasts who want a Media Center PC that is fast enough to keep up with all their computing needs, and the computer neophyte who wants to buy a Media Center PC that is powerful enough to last them for the next five or more years.
If you've been holding off committing to the Media Center platform to see what makers would come up with next, it's time to revisit... click here for
HP's Near-Perfect Media Center PC
If you've been holding off committing to the Media Center platform to see what makers would come up with next, it's time to revisit the topic. HP has made good on its "invent" tagline with its latest Media Center PC platform, the m1000 series. We tested the HP Media Center PC m1050y, and are impressed. This amazing box is based on Intel's new 915P (Grantsdale) chipset and Prescott-based Penitum 4 560 processor (3.6-GHz). But what sets the m1050y apart is not these off-the-shelf components, but the work HP has put into the platform to make the unit truly media-friendlyfor years to come.
The neatest feature is the HP Personal Media Drive. A slot in the front of the PC's case accepts 160GB hard drive cartridges that are hot-swappable (meaning you can insert or remove it while the system is running). This essentially gives the m1050y unlimited storage potential (additional cartridges are available for $219 apiece) for your ever-growing collection of music, photo, and video files. It also lets you back up the system's main drive easily, and lets you safely store irreplaceable files off-site to ward off disaster. And because the drives feature a USB 2.0 interface and come with a USB cable and power brick, you can easily connect one to other PCs to transfer files. Combined with the DVR (digital video recorder) features built into the Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 OS, the Personal Media Drive also solves the biggest problem with TiVo and other set-top DVRs: You can never have enough storage.
HP has also improved the TV quality this time around, incorporating the Conexant Blackbird TV tuner card. In our tests with a good cable signal, TV reception was nice and clear. The m1050y's case is even more minimalist on the surface than HP's last Media Center chassis, with a sliding door to cover the front panel A/V inputs. The only exposed ports are the welcome slots for digital media cards (including the new xD format).
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We're big fans of the Media Center 2004 OS, with its intuitive, TV-friendly interface and easy-to-use media-management capabilities. While some PC-centric third-party packages give you more flexibility (like automatic encoding for different file formats), the Media Center functionality is just enough technology to keep people in your house happy, especially those who don't want to read the manual. The high-end configuration of the m1050y we tested delivered excellent 2D graphics and multimedia performance (it scored 32.9 on our Multimedia Content Creation Winstone test). It should be more than powerful enough for video editing and DVD authoring using the included WinDVD Creator and DVD+RW burner. The ATI Radeon X600 PCI Express graphics card helped HP's newest Media Center garner respectable 3D gaming scores.
Our tested configuration also includes great Klipsch THX 5.1 speakers, and HP sent its gorgeous 23-inch widescreen f2304 monitor to boot (a $2,100 add-on). Television, video files, and DVDs look great. Though the monitor itself is HDTV compatible, Media Center PCs (as yet) are not compatible with terrestrial HDTV or cable HDTV broadcasts. You can, however, hook your HDTV set top box directly to the f2034. HDTV-DVD, in the guise of Artisan's Windows Media-based HD video of "Terminator 2," looks sharp and film-like on the f2304, when played from the m1050y.
The HP Media Center PC m1050y shows that the platform is ready for a wider audience. It should satisfy both enthusiasts who want a Media Center PC that is fast enough to keep up with all their computing needs, and the computer neophyte who wants to buy a machine that is powerful enough to last them for the next five years and beyond.
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Joel Santo Domingo joined PC Magazine in 2000, after 7 years of IT work for companies large and small. His background includes managing mobile, desktop and network infrastructure on both the Macintosh and Windows platforms. Joel is proof that you can escape the retail grind: he wore a yellow polo shirt early in his tech career. Along the way Joel e... See Full Bio
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Home > Advice > Advisers can have 1000s of clients each: Feeney
Advisers can have 1000s of clients each: Feeney
Matthew SmithMay 13, 2019
Advisers and business owners trimming or capping their client registers in light of fee-for-no-service revelations from the Hayne royal commission probably have outdated business models, according to Map My Plan chief executive Paul Feeney.
The former Credit Suisse private banker and financial planner, who started a company to develop what he describes as a client-centric financial roadmap tool, believes using technology to enable advisers to dip in and out of their clients’ lives helps them to scale their services.
While Feeney has built a technology solution to enable advisers to reach more Australians, he says most existing advice technology has been designed to anchor advice to product.
“The only way you can provide advice to more people is by using technology, but the problem is advice technology has either been product focused, or has been designed around adviser productivity and compliance relating to face to face advice only,” he says.
“When we have technology designed around the needs of clients, advisers will no longer be limited to 100 or 200 clients; there is no reason they can’t have 1000s of clients,” Feeney tells Professional Planner.
What’s advice about?
While Michael Hodge, the QC assisting Commissioner Kenneth Hayne in his investigations, pressed witnesses on the number of clients advisers could be expected to adequately service during the financial advice hearings in April, Hayne’s final report didn’t weigh into what an appropriate number of clients per adviser might be.
Hayne did, however, highlight cases where the advice licensee’s records showed they knew that an adviser “linked” to ongoing service fees had so many clients that he or she could not possibly have provided ongoing advice. These instances were used by Hayne to call out fee-for-no-service and define more contemporary rules around ongoing service arrangements.
Limiting the size of a client book to 100 or 200 clients is emblematic, Feeney reckons, that many advice professionals have forgotten what advice is actually about. Feeney points to conversations he’s been having over the past year-and-a-half, particularly within the larger advice networks.
“The industry has gone through a royal commission and straight away you’ve got different parts of the industry coming out and fighting to preserve what’s in the best interests of advisers. It’s time they stepped back and said: ‘What would be best for the client? Let’s be the client’s champion,” he says.
“We assumed when we started out the biggest traction would be from the adviser community. It wasn’t. Advisers are slower to take up this technology. Employers understand there is an impact of financial stress in the workplace and they’re the ones looking for solutions,” Feeney says. He adds that some recent conversations with medium sized and boutique licensees have resulted in pilot programs which will be revealed in coming months.
Map My Plan is designed to create an alert when a short-term situation arises the financial adviser can help to address, such as a death in the family or an ominous credit card bill. Map My Plan has its own Australian Financial Services License but Feeney says the system won’t enable to direct sale of investment products.
Further, looking beyond individual advice practices, Feeney notes that walking away as an industry and as a burgeoning profession from providing people with personal advice, at a time when a high proportion of Australians are under financial stress, is the wrong approach.
“By walking away from advice, the banks are saying it’s too hard to give personal advice to anyone, so they’re not going to give it to anyone. This at a time when half or more of the population of working Australians are under financial stress,” Feeney says, citing research Map My Plan has conducted around the financial well-being of Australians in the workplace.
Examples of where product-centric rather than client-centric advice technology is being used is prevalent, not just within bank networks where the royal commission focused its attention, Feeney says.
“In the same way as the banks, industry funds have an embedded conflict in that they people to put more money into super. For example, will advisers in these networks ask clients whether they have ongoing credit card debt? If they do then the advice should not be to put money in super… it should be to pay your credit card off,” Feeney notes.
Some advisers within traditional advice networks are looking past the current business models, Feeney reckons.
“It’s advice practices that are thinking they should be able to give advice to 1000s of people, not just hundreds of people. They’re the ones are future-proofing their businesses,” he says.
client books, client numbers, Hayne royal commission, Map My Plan, Michael Hodge, Paul Feeney
Smith is the editor of Professional Planner’s print and digital platforms. He is an experienced financial journalist, editor and multimedia producer who has held senior editorial positions both in mainstream press and trade media.
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Roland Debuts Its V-1HD High-Definition Video Switcher
Compact, portable, easy-to-use mixer offers 4-channel HD video switching, built-in compositing effects, multichannel audio mixing and more
Clyne Media, Inc
Los Angeles, CA — Roland today announces the introduction of its V-1HD Video Switcher, an easy-to-use, compact and portable switcher that can accommodate up to four HDMI audio/video sources with resolutions up to 1080p and features a host of professional compositing effects and creative video switching capabilities.
“The new V-1HD is ideal for supporting both live events and presentations, as well as small broadcast setups for enterprise video users, K-12 schools and house-of-worship environments. It is also an amazing creative tool for visual artists or musicians who want to add video switching to their performances, create YouTube videos, mix content for online streaming and more,” said Christian Delfino, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Roland Professional A/V Division. “It’s the most affordable 4-channel HD video switcher that includes a hardware interface, video FX and audio mixing/FX, making it a complete portable video switching and control solution.” The V-1HD can also be controlled by the companion PC/Mac or iPad application when connected by USB.
The Roland V-1HD provides switching for up to four HDMI A/V sources including cameras, computers, tablets, smartphones and even Blu-ray players, thanks to its HDCP copy protection support. Its high-definition output can be switched between 720p (from 720p inputs), 1080i or 1080p. In either 1080i or 1080p output mode, the V-1HD can accept both 1080p and 1080i input signals simultaneously, allowing use with a range of sources. It has a 12-channel audio mixer for mixing stereo audio from HDMI and external stereo audio sources and its dedicated microphone input. The V-1HD includes two HDMI program and preview outputs and a stereo audio output.
The V-1HD gives users an array of compositing effects, including picture-in-picture and keying, allowing for graphic insets plus titling and green screen capabilities. The V-1HD is ideal for live event video switching, thanks to its advanced transition and filter effects – more than 30 effects and transition types including mix, cut, full additive mix (FAM), non-additive mix (NAM), wipe and other performance effects. The V-1HD also has output fade, BPM Sync and Auto-Scan functions. The A and B video busses each have controls for effects assignment and parameter control. The output can be switched A/B or in PGM/PST mode where the B buss is used for signal preview. The preview output can be set to a multiview mode, where all inputs are displayed with colored borders indicating the program and preview selections, or in a full-screen mode. The preview output can be used for additional, menu-driven set-up control, or as a second output for applications such as a simultaneous webcast or recording output.
The 12-channel audio mixer offers 3-band parametric EQ, reverb, up to 500ms delay for accurate lip-sync, a compressor/gate on the mic input and level/multiband EQ on the master mix. A headphone output facilitates audio monitoring and the V-1HD supports mono or stereo plug-in-powered microphones.
The V-1HD features a clean, intuitive control layout with multi-function buttons and knobs and a large T-handled T-Fader for key and transition operations. Its rugged construction ensures long-term reliability even under the most demanding conditions of portable and professional use.
The Roland V-1HD High-Definition Video Switcher will be available in December 2015 at a suggested retail price of $995.
To learn more about the V-1HD, visit http://proav.roland.com/v1hd.
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New smart city traffic project takes off in Portland, OR | Tech News
By Prosyscom Tech On Jun 21, 2018
Making traffic safer is the driving force behind a new smart city project in Portland, OR. The project, the first major milestone for Portland’s Smart City PDX urban data and technology initiative, involves the installation of 200 Current by GE CityIQ sensors. The sensors are powered by Intel IoT technology and they’re being placed on existing smart light fixtures on some of the deadliest streets in the city.
The sensors will provide data on the number of vehicles and pedestrians as well as vehicle speeds. City traffic engineers will use the data to can improve street safety design and support Portland’s Vision Zero goal of making the streets safe for all users.
The sensor project, which installed new mast arms and the sensors on street light poles on the three corridors, cost just over $1 million.
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“Portland is leading the country in this important data effort,” said Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. “We are at the forefront of using advanced technology to make our cities safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, helping people more easily get around, save time and reduce the possibility of crashes. This pilot is a significant step in acquiring and utilizing data to make critical decisions.”
“Designing safe streets starts with good data,” said PBOT Director Leah Treat. “Until now, collecting this data was time and volunteer intensive. Now with these smart sensors, we can get real-time data about how Portlanders are using our streets. As a result, our traffic engineers will be smarter and Portlanders will be safer.”
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In addition to improved data insights, the CityIQ open platform is designed to handle future growth using the same street lighting infrastructure, so Portland can continue adapting and developing new applications that meet the specific needs of the city and its residents.
“Portland is a great example of how every city is able to tailor their solution to meet specific challenges and opportunities,” said Austin Ashe, Smart Cities general manager for Current by GE. “For example, we will be working with Portland to extract bicycle data to better understand the bicycle traffic volume and cyclists’ interactions with vehicle and pedestrian traffic to improve safety for all.”
San Diego’s smart city initiative also began with a 200 node pilot and today has grown to 3,400, according to Bruce Stewart, Current’s chief marketing officer.
Having more nodes in Portland will help the city streets be safer for everyone. “At the heart of it is, how can the city truly understand the data about what’s happening with pedestrians, cycles and drivers, and traffic, and so forth, in order to give them that kind of valuable set of data, turned into insights, that let them drive to their goals here to make the city safer,” he said.
A smart CityIQ streetlight with the sensor in place.
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The real reasons why people leave PR agency jobs
May 07, 2014 by Workfish
Lorraine Barker, director at Workfish, looks at the ten main reasons why people leave agency roles.
The average staff turnover at PR agencies is around 20%, which means one in five people will leave every year. If you could choose which ones to lose then it might not be so bad but you can’t, which leads to disruption for clients and additional pressure on the team. The war for talent is fierce; don’t lose yours. Read our top ten reasons why people leave PR agencies. We hear this every day so we know it’s true!
1. Lack of career progression. While the structure of an agency is usually pretty standard as people work their way up from Account Exec to the dizzy heights of Director, the path is often badly defined, which means people frequently move on to move up. A clearly defined path to promotion would help people visualise their future.
2. Feeling undervalued and unappreciated. If the agency’s fee income soars, the people responsible for its success will expect their salary to rise in tandem, not be told there’s a pay freeze. New recruits bring paid more than incumbents for the same role adds to the festering sense of being unappreciated and is another common reason for jumping ship. It’s not about the money, it’s about feeling recognised, valued and treated like a grown-up.
3. Long hours. The long hours culture is still endemic across PR with 41% working 49 to 79 hours a week and 84% having to deal with work-related calls or emails out of office hours, 54% of people have to do this every day*. The benefits of a good work-life balance are well documented but the message doesn’t seem to be getting through to the world of PR and no amount of fresh fruit, massages or bean bags can make up for being permanently exhausted.
4. Lack of flexible, parent-friendly hours. There’s a reason the 70/30 female to male split suddenly flips when you hit Account / Associate Director level. Not enough agencies enable women who have children to return to work, because they simply don’t offer enough flexibility on hours. Hankies out and wave bye-bye to all that highly experienced female talent….
5. Culture / psycho boss. For some strange reason, being shouted at, bullied (e.g. being asked if your clothes came from a charity shop), dealing with bonkers internal politics, crazy bosses (like the one who throws tantrums and screams at people across the office) or coping with egomaniac prima donnas doesn’t engender a warm fuzzy feeling. Who knew? You’d be surprised how many people cite these very reasons for wanting to escape. Odd.
6. Being stuck on the same accounts. There’s often a cyclical element to PR accounts and, once you’ve been through the cycle a couple of times, it starts to get old. People join agencies for variety and flexibility. If they wanted predictability they would have gone in-house. The tricky bit is balancing deep account knowledge and established client relationships with the risk that your prized account handler will get bored and leave.
7. Other people leaving. Never underestimate the power of the social circle, particularly among younger members of staff who can still job hop without being deemed flaky. ‘The grass is greener ‘ is a powerful myth. Friends leave, rave about their new job while enjoying the honeymoon phase and soon the other dominoes start to fall.
8. Money. Low on the list and with good reason as cash alone is seldom the only reason people leave. Yes, everyone would like more but you’d be surprised how few people cite a raise as the reason to go. Even so, it’s worth ensuring your salaries are competitive as it’s much easier to hold on to good people than find new ones.
9. Wanderlust. It’s not so much ‘gap year’ any more as ‘staggered gap decade’. Travelling (formerly known as ‘going on holiday’ – only now it’s for three months at a time) is now a rite of passage that lasts throughout the 20-something years, and in some cases (mainly people with long hair and an endearing commitment to peace) even longer. You can plug the gap with a freelancer or cut your losses and hire someone without a trust fund.
10. Buyouts. You joined an owner-managed business with a wholly-invested boss who was passionate about nurturing his / her agency and staff. Then the agency was sold and merged with another organisation with a completely different culture, run by bean counters based in another country. After a short period of mourning for the good old days, you leave. And really, can you blame them?
*Source: PRCA PR Census 2013
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UK commits £250m to tackling global environmental issues
Simone Rensch
The UK has committed £250m over the next four years to tackling environmental challenges, such as reducing plastic in the oceans and fighting illegal wildlife trade.
Secretary of state Penny Mordaunt made the announcement last week at the Global Environment Facility conference in Stockholm, alongside 29 other donor countries committed to help developing countries tackle environmental degradation.
The pledge is an increase on the country’s last commitment of £210m for the 2014-18 replenishment.
Mordaunt said: “The world’s poorest communities are often the worst affected by environmental change.
“Extreme climates cause devastating drought and hunger, while deforestation and pollution destroy people’s livelihoods and health.”
Mordaunt explained that the UK’s long-running partnership with the multilateral trust fund Global Environment Facility had already achieved “great change”, including cutting greenhouse gas emissions and protecting land.
“Now we’re working with our international partners to do more so that together we can clean our oceans of plastic waste and fight the illegal wildlife trade.”
She added: “This will help developing nations, but, as we are all affected by the environment, it is a win for us in the UK too.”
Last week the UK also committed £450m to help victims of the civil war in Syria, including by providing emergency medical support.
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Cartier's Hope
Publisher: Atria Books
From M.J. Rose, New York Times bestselling author of Tiffany Blues, "a lush, romantic historical mystery" (Kristin Hannah, The Nightingale), comes a gorgeously wrought novel of ambition and betrayal set in the Gilded Age. New York, 1910: A city of extravagant balls in Fifth Avenue mansions and poor immigrants crammed into crumbling Lower East Side tenements. A city where the suffrage movement is growing stronger every day, but most women reporters are still delegated to the fashion and lifestyle pages. But Vera Garland is set on making her mark in a man's world of serious journalism. Shortly after the world-famous Hope Diamond is acquired for a record sum, Vera begins investigating rumors about schemes by its new owner, jeweler Pierre Cartier, to manipulate its value. Vera is determined to find the truth behind the notorious diamond and its legendary curses-even better when the expose puts her in the same orbit as a magazine publisher whose blackmailing schemes led to the death of her beloved father. Appealing to a young Russian jeweler for help, Vera is unprepared when she begins falling in love with himand even more unprepared when she gets caught up in his deceptions and finds herself at risk of losing all she has worked so hard to achieve. Set against the backdrop of New York's glitter and grit, of ruthless men and the atrocities they commit in the pursuit of power, this enthralling historical novel explores our very human needs for love, retribution-and to pursue one's destiny, regardless of the cost.
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Genre: Women's Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction
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Rediff.com » Business » The big challenge brands are facing in India
The big challenge brands are facing in India
The digital audience knows the difference between healthy suggestions, which are welcome, and a downright breach of privacy, which is abhorred.
Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com
‘Don’t get creepy’, is what consumers are telling brands, withdrawing their loyalties if they find them crossing the line on privacy, according to the Adobe India Brand Content report.
While majority of the consumers surveyed said this, those most irked by insensitive personalisation belonged to the 35-49 age band.
If 2018 was all about getting to know the consumer to give her what she wants, the year 2019 is likely to be about walking the line between proximity and intrusiveness.
And brands that get the balance right, will win their trust.
The study found that two-thirds of consumers in India are more likely to make an unplanned purchase from a brand, if the digital content is personalised.
Personalisation is welcome, but not when it gets offensive.
“A winning customer experience can take many forms, but the most common element in every brand’s success story is personalisation.
"Brands that can strike the right level of personalisation will forge stronger connections, resulting in brand loyalty and growth,” said Sunder Madakshira, head of Marketing, Adobe India.
Millennial and Gen X consumers are also engaging with brands across multiple devices.
Device usage peaks for the millennial at an average of 11 hours daily and minimum two devices are used by all age groups, with Indians accessing multiple screens up to 70 per cent of times.
If the content is contextually relevant and the experience is pain-free, brands will find repeat consumers across devices, the report said.
Consumer reaction to personalisation depends on the stage of the purchase cycle that he or she is in, said Shrenik Gandhi, co-founder and CEO of White Rivers Media, a digital marketing firm.
“While some amount of personalised advertising is important to ensure that one doesn't waste money in showing ads meant for consumers in Delhi to those in Bengaluru, it is important not to shock a consumer in a way that will impact their purchase decision,” he added.
Both Indian users and advertisers are about a year away from fully understanding the issues as currently the entire ecosystem is trying to work out consumer habits, Gandhi added.
Social media platforms continue to be a major source of data for brands in India.
Majority of consumers share social media content on a weekly basis, with over 50 per cent of millennial users sharing daily.
Most Indians surveyed are also comfortable sharing their behavioural, geographic, demographic and personal information with brands, as they feel this helps them enjoy a better customer experience, noted the report.
The survey noted that 95 per cent of consumers express confidence in at least one social media channel, with YouTube and Facebook emerging as the most trusted mediums overall.
Younger consumers (18 to 34 years) trust YouTube the most, while middle-aged and elderly consumers (34+ years) rely more on Facebook.
“Interestingly, YouTube celebrities are one of the most trustworthy influencers for consumers between 18 and 34 years, with their word being preferred over that of family and friends.
"In contrast, elderly consumers (50+ years of age) value and trust content from a family member or a friend,” added Madakshira.
Online news sources are the second-best method for consumers to source and share information.
Given the huge reach and access that these news aggregator apps now have in the country, the segment has seen a surge of new entrants with the Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Jio with JioNews being the most recent debutant.
“Five years ago, a digital ad strategy would have been primarily about social media, but now brands need to understand that while users still spend time on social media, the consumption pattern has changed.
"So there is a need to factor in how much time across different times of the day do users spend on content, social media, news etc for brands to chart out a complete personalised ad experience for the users,” said Gandhi.
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Shah Rukh, Salman, Hrithik: How tall are these actors?
Last updated on: February 06, 2017 18:29 IST
Just how tall is Ranveer Singh?
Did you know Shah Rukh Khan was taller than Salman Khan and PK star Aamir Khan is among the shortest actors in Bollywood?
Are you suddenly seeing these actors in a new light?
We know we are.
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Amitabh Bachchan remains the tallest at 6.2.
Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, Sidharth Malhotra, Arjun Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor are the only ones to touch six feet.
Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh are 5'11" and 5'10" respectively.
Ajay Devgn is as tall as Varun Dhawan at 5'9".
Shahid Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan and Emraan Hashmi are the same height at 5'8".
Salman Khan and Saif Ali Khan are 5'7".
Aamir Khan -- the actor whose Dangal and PK are the biggest two blockbusters in Bollywood history -- is 5'5".
Kindly note: These height measurements have been sourced from various news sources and have not been verified by the actors.
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RACV members often tell us that the roadworthy inspection they’ve had on their cars wasn’t correct, with their car being failed for issues they were sure were OK.
Sometimes it might be wishful thinking but often there can be a real problem.
Top of the list is an over-zealous approach to windscreen inspections.
Too many windscreens are being failed at the change of ownership roadworthy. At an average cost of more than $500, this is a significant cost to someone selling their car, reducing the budget they’ve got to buy something newer and safer.
The problem seems to be aggressive interpretation on what constitutes an unroadworthy windscreen and a lack of knowledge among consumers on the subject.
Fortunately VicRoads is fairly specific when it comes to defining what is acceptable.
The area of the windscreen swept by the wipers, known as the primary vision area may have bulls eyes (compact circular cracks) and star fractures up to 16mm in diameter and cracks up to 150mm long without failing a roadworthy. That is as long as the cracks do not penetrate more than one layer of the glass in a laminated windscreen.
A little bit more ambiguously, the rules also state that the primary vision area must not be discoloured, scratched, chipped or otherwise damaged to the extent that it impairs the driver’s vision so much that the car cannot be driven safely.
This phrasing is very consumer unfriendly and gives testers a free kick in front of the sticks.
Here’s a tip to measure the “bull’s eye” fracture in your windscreen. The hole in the centre of a CD or DVD is 15mm in diameter. If this fits over the fracture then there’s probably no reason for the windscreen to fail a roadworthy.
Having said that, cracks and fractures do have a tendency to grow to the point where they are no longer legal. If the damage is greater than the proscribed limits you will be obliged to replace the windscreen.
RACV recommends that the damage be patched to prevent further cracking.
RACV believes testers should apply the roadworthy rules fairly and consistently and not take advantage of consumers’ lack of knowledge to upsell them when a new windscreen isn’t required.
Any perception of unfairness or, worse blatant rip-offs would undermine faith in the system. RACV believes that VicRoads needs to review the actions of licensed testers and provide clearer guidelines. This information should be made public in a clear format. Currently the information is in a hard-to-find document on the VicRoads website and it reads like a list of council by-laws.
The public has a role to play, too, by becoming informed about what to expect from a roadworthy and telling VicRoads about any unfair test results. The email address to do this is roadworthy@roads.vic.gov.au
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A windscreen should only be rejected if:
It is discoloured, badly scratched, fractured or chipped within the area wiped by the windscreen wiper(s) to the extent that the driver’s vision is so impaired that the vehicle cannot be driven safely; or,
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During a sitdown with Chris Cuomo that aired Friday morning on CNN, former Vice President Joe Biden warned voters that if Donald Trump is re-elected, he will destroy NATO.
"He says he’s gotten NATO to give in more money for their defense because of his tactics," CNN's Cuomo said, characterizing President Trump's position.
"Oh, great, oh, come on, man," Biden replied. "Let me put it this way: if he wins reelection, I promise you, there’ll be no NATO in four years or five years."
"You think there’ll be no more NATO if he’s reelected?" Cuomo asked.
"No more NATO," Biden repeated. "It’s being crushed."
CHRIS CUOMO: You made a big point of saying the threat here with the current administration is abroad. What exactly bothers you aboard?
JOE BIDEN: What bothers me aboard is, look, the idea that we can go it alone with no alliances for the next 20 or 30 years is a disaster. How are we going to deal with stateless terrorism, without doing what I’ve been able to do with the President, put together coalitions of 50, 60 nations to take it on. I come out of a generation where we were trying to be the policemen of the world. We can’t go in every place. We need allies. He is absolutely dissing them. he’s embracing thugs. He’s embracing Kim Jong-un, who is a thug.
He’s embracing Putin who is a flat dictator. He’s embracing people who - he’s stiff-arming our friends, he’s threatening NATO, to pull out of NATO. Come on.
CUOMO: He says he’s gotten NATO to give in more money for their defense because of his tactics.
BIDEN: Oh, great, oh come on, man. And by the way, the idea that NATO thinks - let me put it this way: if he wins reelection, I promise you, there’ll be no NATO in four years, or five years.
CUOMO: You think there’ll be no more NATO if he’s reelected?
BIDEN: No more NATO. Look, I once said this in a conference room that we have. The first speech, she stood up, the chancellor, the former chancellor of Germany stands up, she says, "We have to go it alone. We can’t count on the United States." So why did we set up NATO Chris? So no one nation could abuse the power in the region, In Europe, it would suck us in in the way they did in World War I and World War II. It’s being crushed.
Look at what’s happening with Putin. While he – while Putin is trying to undo our elections, he is undoing elections in Europe. Look what’s happening in Hungary. Look what’s happening in Poland. Look what’s happening. Do you think that would happen on my watch or Barack’s watch? You can’t answer that, but I promise you, it wouldn’t have, and it didn’t.
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One of Disneyland’s 1955 original…
One of Disneyland’s 1955 original attractions now sells souvenirs inside and some fans aren’t happy
Main Street Cinema celebrates some of Walt Disney’s earliest animated films starring Mickey Mouse and other beloved Disney characters.
Main Street Cinema on Main Street U.S.A. in Disneyland. (Courtesy of Disneyland)
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An original Disneyland 1955 opening day attraction celebrating some of Walt Disney’s earliest animated films starring Mickey Mouse and other beloved Disney characters has added merchandise for sale inside its walls.
Disneyland’s Main Street Cinema has been transformed into the new Cartoons and Collectibles gift shop on Main Street U.S.A., the entry promenade of the Anaheim theme park, to the dismay of some outraged longtime fans, who took to social media to vent their frustrations.
Angry fans took to social media, tweeting at Disneyland’s official accounts to call the change an “attack on a piece of Disneyland history,” an “insult to Walt’s memory” and a “disgrace to what Walt intended the cinema to be used for.”
@Disneyland @DisneylandToday I’m first to defend Disneyland when it comes to unpopular changes. However, I’m appalled by your decision to turn The Main Street Cinema into a store!! This is an insult to Walt’s memory. It all started with a mouse. Not merchandise. #Disneyland
— evie (@evieyvette55) June 14, 2019
Not to beat a dead horse @DisneylandToday, but currently Main Street Cinema is trending on Twitter. Just a hint at how upset people are over this felonious attack on a piece of Disneyland history. This decision maker needs to be dealt with.
— Fresh Baked! (@FrshBakedDisney) June 14, 2019
This is a disgrace to what Walt intended the Cinema to be used for.@Disneyland Do the right thing and put everything back. https://t.co/vEJTWeUXeG
— DisneyDoll76 (@DisneyDoll76) June 15, 2019
This is frankly disgusting, @Disneyland @DisneylandToday and you should remove it immediately. Honestly, how much extra money could you be making selling THIS merch here? It’s the same stuff you can buy in other shops throughout the resort! Who is this for??
— BRIAN CLARK (@brianrobclark) June 14, 2019
“Terribly wrong and incredibly tacky!” Disney fan L.G. Moore tweeted. “There’s so much retail space on Main Street already!”
Terribly wrong and incredibly tacky! There's so much retail space on Main Street already!
— LGMoore (@3435mom) June 14, 2019
“We continue to operate Main Street Cinema as a theater and there have been no changes to film showings,” Disneyland officials said in a prepared statement. “We’re looking at a variety of ways to drive interest in this beloved location.”
Prior to the change, the dimly-lit Main Street Cinema showcased some of Disney’s first animated films on six movie screens. Now a cash register has been moved into the vintage movie palace along with shirts, Minnie Mouse ears headbands, plush dolls, coffee mugs and Americana merchandise on brightly-lit displays.
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The screens still show the Disney cartoon shorts, but there are merchandise displays in front of or next to them.
“The thing that bothers me the most about Main Street Cinema being turned into *yet another store* is that there isn’t even anything unique about what’s on sale,” tweeted James B. Jones, a video game designer from Los Angeles and self-proclaimed “Disney nerd.” “It’s the same mugs and t-shirts and Americana stuff that people already see EVERYWHERE.”
Other Disneyland fans hoped the change would draw more foot traffic into the underused space. The Main Street Cinema at Disney’s Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida was converted to a store in 1998.
“It’s an amazing and beloved part of Disneyland history, but almost nobody goes in anymore,” tweeted Disneyland Gazette, a Disney fan site and podcast. “Nothing wrong with trying out some new ideas for this lovely space.”
The classic Disneyland attraction pays tribute to the origins of the Disney film studio and the cartoons that made Disneyland possible. Billed as a “nostalgic journey back to the beginning of Disney animation,” Main Street Cinema continuously screens 6- to 8-minute Disney animated shorts that originally aired before full-length feature films.
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The landmark “Steamboat Willie” is the cinema’s marquee film. The 1928 short that made Mickey Mouse a star was directed and voiced by Walt Disney himself. Other cartoons screening in the cinema include: “Plane Crazy” (1928), “The Moose Hunt” (1931), “Traffic Troubles” (1931), “The Dognapper” (1934) and “Mickey’s Polo Team” (1936).
Main Street Cinema has played classic Disney cartoon shorts since the 1970s. In 1955, the collection of films included a Keystone Kops comedy and a risque belly dancing sequence. Among the opening day films was the 1914 “Gertie the Dinosaur,” an early animated work that inspired a young Walt Disney. Through the years, the theater has screened films starring Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and Douglas Fairbanks.
It remains to be seen if the new merchandise in the Main Street Cinema means the attraction will become a permanent retail location or merely a temporary pop-up shop.
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Brady MacDonald
Brady MacDonald is a freelance writer based in California. He’s covered the theme park industry for more than 25 years. He writes about travel, entertainment, business, food and beer. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, New York Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, Orlando Sentinel and Orange County Register.
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Culture | By Marj Ramos - Mar 27, 2017
10 Things You Need to Know About Arra San Agustin
Meet Encantadia’s new Amihan.
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The fans of GMA’s Encantadia 2016 reboot were heartbroken when Amihan, the character portrayed by Kylie Padilla, finally met its sad, unfortunate end. But as she was laid to rest, the local fantasy drama gave life to a brand new character to love: Ariana, Amihan’s reincarnation, is the new guardian of the blue gem that represents the element of the wind. And taking on this challenging role is no other than Arra San Agustin, a 21-year-old graduate of BS Psychology at De La Salle University.
Arra was a Starstruck finalist from batch six, and as far as her acting career goes, being tapped as Encantadia’s new Amihan has been her biggest break to date. Curious about this young actress? Below are 10 fun facts you need to know about her, as told by Arra herself!
1. “I have such a bad sweet tooth. I NEED sweets like I need water in my system. Except for marshmallows—hate 'em.”
2. “My first sport was figure skating.”
3. “I have this weird obsession over the sitcom Friends. I have seen the whole 10-season show for more than 10 times. I find it hard to sleep at night without at least playing it as background noise.”
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4. “I'm a nature person. I've fallen madly in love with the ocean and the mountains. I wanna retire at either of these places one day.”
5. “I have slightly turned into a skin care freak. I used to vastly invest in makeup but lately healthy, bare skin has become my new obsession.”
6. “I am strongly fascinated by astronomy.”
7. “I am God-fearing. I am very spiritual and I'm proud of it.”
8. “My ultimate dream is to put up a mental health care center for kids with autism someday.”
9. “I love singing—to myself.”
10. “My casual getup would normally be shirt, yoga pants/jeans/shorts, and sneakers. I choose comfort over fancy clothes.”
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Restoran Sederhana & KFC battle to be top Indonesian restaurant
Source: Roy Morgan Single Source Indonesia: April 2017 – March 2018, n = 30,311 Indonesians aged 14+.
New research from Roy Morgan shows over 55 million Indonesians aged 14+ (34.3%) eat in family restaurants, buy take away or fast food whether from leading restaurants such as Restoran Sederhana, KFC, Solaria and McDonald’s or eating at the local padang restaurant, buying drive- thru or ordering home delivery from the closest pizza shop in an average six months.
Patronage of restaurants and fast food stores in Indonesia is significantly lower than in southern neighbours Australia (84.5%) or New Zealand (84.8%). However, because of Indonesia’s vast population there are more than three times as many Indonesians that eat at restaurants or fast food than the 17 million Australians that eat fast food.
Local favourite Restoran Sederhana with a menu based on the local padang cuisine is the most visited restaurant in Indonesia with over 28.4 million Indonesians visiting in an average six months. American chicken cuisine based restaurant KFC is a clear second nationwide with 24 million visitors.
American burger chain McDonald’s is visited by 7.7 million Indonesians in an average six months while Pizza Hut is the top pizza restaurant visited by 6.5 million Indonesians. Several other restaurants including Solaria, A&W, D’Cost, Hoka Hoka Bento, Texas Fried Chicken and Es Teler 77 are visited by well over 1 million Indonesians in an average six months.
Top 10 restaurants and fast food outlets in Indonesia to eat at, have take away or home delivery in an average six months – 12 months to March 2018
Greater Jakarta – Jabodetabek – has a voracious appetite for take away and fast food
Patronage of fast food restaurants is significantly higher in Indonesia’s biggest city of Jakarta and the surrounding areas of Greater Jakarta known as Jabodetabek.
There are over 21 million Indonesians aged 14+ living in Jabodetabek – a similar population to all of Australia. Over 12 million people living in Jabodetabek, or 59% of the area’s population, visit fast food restaurants in an average six months.
In a reverse of the national situation KFC is the top fast food restaurant in Jabodetabek.
Nearly 8.5 million Jabodetabek residents (40.2%) visit KFC in an average six months compared to 4.5 million (21.3%) that visit Restoran Sederhana.
McDonald’s is a clear third on 17.8% ahead of Pizza Hut on 12.6% and Solaria on 8.5%. Well over a million residents of Jabodetabek visit all of the above restaurants in an average six months.
Top 10 restaurants and fast food outlets in Jabodetabek to eat at, have take away or home delivery in an average six months – 12 months to March 2018
Source: Roy Morgan Single Source Indonesia: April 2017 – March 2018, n = 30,311 Indonesians aged 14+. Base: 5,283 Indonesians aged 14+ in the Greater Jakarta area – ‘Jabodetabek’. Jabodetabek is a portmanteau of Jakarta and its nearby satellite urban centres of Bogor & Depok to the south, Tangerang to the west and Bekasi to the east.
Michele Levine, CEO, Roy Morgan, says with over 55 million Indonesians eating out at family restaurants and buying take away food the country presents a huge opportunity to savvy restauranteurs and restaurant chains looking to grow their business:
“It’s long been known Indonesia presents a huge opportunity to businesses looking to expand into new markets. But for fast food outlets and restauranteurs in particular quantifying the actual size of that market has never been easy.
“Detailed Roy Morgan surveys across the Indonesian archipelago reveal a stunning 55 million Indonesians eat at restaurants and buy take away food and with the Indonesian economy growing at around 5% per year that number is set to expand significantly in the years ahead.
“At present two restaurant chains dominate the Indonesian market. Local padang cuisine restaurant Restoran Sederhana (which translates to Simple Restaurant in English) reaches over 28 million Indonesians in an average six months – greater than the total population of Australia and New Zealand combined. American chicken cuisine based fast food restaurant KFC is close behind visited by 24 million Indonesians in the same time period.
“Behind these two leaders are a suite of international fast food chains including McDonald’s Pizza Hut and Burger King as well as a variety of local restaurant chains including Solaria, Hoka Hoka Bento and D’Cost Seafood.
“Perhaps unsurprisingly, Indonesian’s love of take away food is strongest in the Greater Jakarta region often referred to as ‘Jabodetabek’. There are over 21 million Indonesians aged 14+ in Jabodetabek – an adult population greater than in Australia.
“Over 12 million people living in Jabodetabek eat at restaurants and buy take away food and KFC is their preferred restaurant of choice. Over 40% of Jabodetabek residents eat at KFC in an average six months nearly twice the rate of local cuisine restauranteur Restoran Sederhana (21.3%). Both McDonald’s (17.8%) and Pizza Hut (12.6%) have much higher market penetration in Jabodetabek than in Indonesia as a whole.
“However, although the Greater Jakarta area of Jabodetabek is recognised as Indonesia’s leading city, it’s worth understanding that the vast majority of Indonesians eating fast food (43 million) live in other cities and towns throughout the country. That 43 million represents over three-quarters of the Indonesian fast food market and is often overlooked to some extent by international restaurant chains planning on entering the Indonesian market.
“The beauty of Roy Morgan’s rich Indonesian data is that it is compiled based on over 2,000 interviews each and every month across the length and breadth of Indonesia. Combining the detailed Roy Morgan Indonesia Single Source interviews with the exciting new Roy Morgan Helix Personas Indonesia product allows an unrivalled peek at the Indonesian consumer.
“Roy Morgan Helix Personas Indonesia is a powerful psychographic segmentation tool that analyses the consumers in this fast growing economy at a level of detail that will give any businesses eyeing off the Indonesian market a unique advantage over their competitors.”
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The two serious health scares that gave the Brumbies a valuable dose of perspective: Pocock
19 Jun 2019 Super Rugby
by Iain Payten
Injured flanker David Pocock has described how life-threatening health scares for two treasured Brumbies in recent years helped the ACT players get a valuable sense of perspective about rugby - and subsequently improve as a team, too.
In what may or may not be the Brumbies' last game at home this year, Pocock is injured for the quarter-final against the Sharks in Canberra but he is hoping the team can send out on a victorious note a group of departing veterans, including Henry Speight, Rory Arnold and Sam Carter.
At the top of the list, though, is skipper Christian Lealiifano, who this week announced he would be moving on to play in Japan after 12 years with the Brumbies.
The team can can potentially play another home game if they win and the Chiefs beat the Jaguares, but Pocock said he hoped Canberrans turn out in force on Saturday night to farewell Lealiifano, the long-serving Brumbies captain.
'I don’t think we need any more motivation, it being a home quarter-final,” Pocock said.
"But there is always that extra element. Someone like Christian, who has played his whole career here, he is the heart and soul of the current Brumbies team.
"Someone like that deserves a really good send off."
The fact Lealiifano is leading the Brumbies into the finals, less than three years after was diagnosed with leukaemia, is remarkable enough.
But the 31-year-old is not only back playing rugby, he is in career-best form and firmly back in the running for Wallabies no.10 shirt at the Rugby World Cup, too.
"The adversity he has faced - he has been really honest about it, stayed positive and never shied away from being vulnerable with guys, in saying 'yeah, it’s been tough going'," Pocock said.
"And seeing how hard it has been for his family. To see him back playing like he is, in such good form, it’s inspirational actually. He is an amazing guy.”
Expanding on the impact of Lealiifano’s battle with cancer - and recovery - on the Brumbies, Pocock said the forced retirement of ex-Brumbies backrower Ita Vaea in the same year had also hit the club hard.
Vaea was advised to hang up the boots in 2016 at the age of 27 due to a potentially fatal blood-clot condition.
Both illnesses gave the Brumbies a strong sense of perspective about life and priorities, Pocock said.
"It’s very easy for the bubble of professional sport to feel like this is the most important thing in the world,” Pocock said.
"I think back to 2016 when Ita (Vaea) had to retire, and that really rocked the group.
"Everyone knows your time playing rugby is potentially pretty short but to see Ita have retire like that was hard for the group, and then it wasn’t long after that that Christian got sick. And that obviously is a whole other level.
"In understanding that it is just a game, and that there are much bigger things in life, it frees you up in a way - I dunno, it’s a strange thing to say - for it to actually mean more and to put more into it because you realise what an amazing opportunity it is to do what we do.
"And that time is short and you want to make the most of it.”
Pocock has always been one to appreciate rugby’s place in his life although he’s the first to admit he’s been frustrated by a mysterious calf injury that’s kept him off the field for nearly all this season.
The decision was made to withdraw from Super Rugby recently and focus on rehabbing towards the Rugby World Cup.
The pleasing part for the Brumbies is not just that good backrowers have stepped up in his absence, but a surplus of good backrowers have stepped up.
Pete Samu, Tom Cusack, Locky McCaffrey, Jahrome Brown and Rob Valetini are all fighting for three starting spots.
"I would love to be out there but that’s not how it is,” Pocock said.
"I’ll be supporting the guys and they’ve been going really well. The back row has been outstanding and there’s been plenty of changes in there, and rotation going on. We have got five blokes, all of them could start.
Unsure if they’ll play a semi-final away or at home, the Brumbies will officially farewell their departing players on Saturday night - including Pocock.
"There are a number of guys moving on and that’s the nature of rugby,” Pocock said.
"Every year you have a group of guys who will never play again with, with that group. So it is a special time and hopefully we can stretch that for a few more weeks.”
he Brumbies take on the Sharks at GIO Stadium, Canberra, on Saturday June 22, kicking off at 8:05pm AEST, LIVE on FOX SPORTS, Kayo and via RUGBY.com.au RADIO. Buy tickets here.
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David Attwood, the Gloucester Rugby player appeared before an independent Disciplinary Hearing in Dublin on Thursday, 6 January s a result of the citing complaint arising from the Amlin Challenge Cup Pool 5 match against La Rochelle at Kingsholm on Sunday, 19 December, and was banned.
The citing complaint made by the Citing Commissioner for the match, Tom McCormack (Ireland), was for stamping on La Rochelle prop Petrisor Toderasc (No 1) 15 minutes into the first half. As a result of the incident, Mr Toderasc sustained injuries to his face.
Mr Attwood pleaded guilty to the citing complaint but maintained that he had not intended to make contact with Mr Toderasc’s face. The independent Judicial Officer, Robert Williams (Wales), considered all of the evidence, including video footage of the incident, medical reports relating to Mr Toderasc’s injuries and testimony from Mr Attwood.
The Judicial Officer heard submissions on behalf of ERC Disciplinary Officer, Roger O’Connor, and on behalf of Mr Attwood from his legal representative, Richard Smith QC, and from Gloucester Rugby coach, Carl Hogg.
The Judicial Officer did not find that Mr Attwood intended to make contact with Mr Toderasc’s face, but he determined that Mr Attwood was guilty of foul play in contravention of Law 10.4(b) in that he had stamped on Mr Toderasc. Having also concluded that the stamp was intentional and that it had caused injury, the Judicial Officer found that the offence was in the top-end range of the level of seriousness for an offence of this type and decided on an entry point of 18 weeks.
Having taken into account mitigating factors, including Mr Attwood’s guilty plea, clean record, clear remorse and exemplary conduct at the hearing, the Judicial Officer reduced the period of suspension by the maximum amount of 50 per cent and suspended the player for a period of nine weeks.
The period of suspension was back-dated to begin on the day of the match in order to take into account that Mr Attwood had been suspended by his club soon after the match as a result of the incident. Mr Attwood is free to play again on Monday, 21 February, 2011.
Under the IRB Recommended Sanctions for Offences Committed within the Playing Enclosure in contravention of Law 10.4(b), ‘A player must not stamp on an opponent,’ carries the following recommended sanctions – Low End: 2 weeks; Mid Range: 5 weeks; Top End: 9 to 52 weeks
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Posted on March 13, 2019 by Sidney Daily News
Lefeld named New Bremen assistant village admin
NEW BREMEN — Matt Lefeld was named to fill the new position of assistant village administrator at the New Bremen Council meeting Monday evening, March 11.
Lefeld will begin working under Village Administrator Chris Dicke at the beginning of April 2019. Before coming to work at New Bremen, Lefeld worked as a program manager for Shinn Brothers, based in Celina. Before that, he had a similar position with Access Engineering in Celina.
Lefeld received his two-year civil engineering degree from Sinclair College. He is a native of St. Henry and lives there with his wife Patty and their three children. Lefeld’s hourly wage will be $35.33. When this new position was first discussed last January, the original title was utility operations manager/asstistant village administrator. The selection committee consisted of council members Dennis Burnell and Jacob Larger, Fiscal Officer Amy Speelman, and Dicke.
In other business, council member Dennis Burnell called for a reminder to village residents that a village ordinance requires dog owners to clean up after their pets, saying he had received several complaints of dogs relieving themselves in neighbor’s yards. The council members advised that property owners can contact the village police department with complaints.
In other action, council approved a second reading of an ordinance to seek bids for engineering for a third electrical substation to be built near the Crown Equipment plant addition. Mayor Jeff Pape said it was estimated that the engineering work would cost $400,000. It was agreed the bid offering would be publicized in local newspapers.
In his report to the council, Pape said Taylor Paul had contacted him about obtaining water access to a lot at the corner of Second and Franklin streets. He said Paul is working on completing her Scout Gold Award by installing a small orchard and raised garden beds on the lot, which is owned by St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. Pape will contact Paul about her options and their cost.
A second reading was approved for a resolution to pay for the village’s share of the Woehrmeyer Ditch project, not to exceed $4,000.
Third and final readings were approved for two ordinances, one to allow low power carts on village streets and another to request a renewal of a 2-mill Fire and EMS renewal levy.
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Hackers breach security giant RSA’s network
EMC’s security division RSA has revealed its own network has been breached by hackers who launched an ‘extremely sophisticated’ attack that may have compromised the company’s SecureID authentication service.
In a note to customers, executive chairman Art Coviello said the company had identified a sophisticated cyber attack in the form of an advanced persistent threat (APT).
He said the information gleaned by the hackers specifically related to RSA’s SecureID two-factor authentication products.
He said that while RSA is confident the information extracted by the hackers does not enable a successful direct attack on its SecureID customers, the information could be used to reduce the effectiveness of a current two-factor authentication implementation as part of a broader attack.
“We have no evidence that customer security related to other RSA products has been similarly impacted,” Coviello explained. “We are also confident that no other EMC products were impacted by this attack. It is important to note that we do not believe that either customer or employee personally identifiable information was compromised as a result of this incident.
“Our first priority is to ensure the security of our customers and their trust,” Coviello continued. “We are committed to applying all necessary resources to give our SecurID customers the tools, processes and support they require to strengthen the security of their IT systems in the face of this incident. Our full support will include a range of RSA and EMC internal resources, as well as close engagement with our partner ecosystems and our customers’ relevant partners,” Coviello added.
Have seed records been extracted?
Andrew Kemshall, RSA Europe’s fifth employee who went on to to set up SecurEnvoy, a tokenless two-factor authentication company, said: “In their 30 years, there has never been a breach like this; it’s sad for this to have happened in our industry – however, it is something that we foresaw happening over 10 years ago!
“This extremely ‘sophisticated attack’, means their core seed database has been compromised, which means that every user’s ID could be exposed.
“When RSA refer to a data breach, the only data stored are the seed records. So what we are handling here is an unknown quantity of seed records that could have been accessed, copied or stored.
“Fundamentally, what this means is the second factor is potentially challenged, leaving only the first factor being a static, four-digit PIN,” Kemshall said.
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Two years after their visionary EP ‘The Shapes’, Miami Horror has returned with a fresh collaborative sound. Their new single ‘Restless’ brings us a combination of dreamy lo-fi funk guitar, mixed with 70’s era drums, and a sultry soulful vocal. ‘Restless’ can be seen as a stepping stone towards the new band vision, marrying funky elements of their past with a soft upbeat almost-RNB vocal. Going forward, we can expect a continuously evolving group of vocalists and an au courant Miami Horror band experimenting with new sounds and voices.
Miami Horror have proved crowd favourites with over 100 million combined streams, and performances at festivals like Coachella, Governors Ball, Electric Forest, Splendour in the Grass, Beyond the Valley and Just Like Heaven, and gear up to perform at Ecuador's Funka Fest and Mexico's Corona Capital Festival this year, including stops with recent live line up additions of Reva Devito, Nic Mulhall, and TC Milan.
Living between LA and their hometown of Melbourne, the project has grown from this dichotomy, continuing to evolve and transform. With latest offering 'Restless', listeners are allowed a glimpse into the new era of Miami Horror, one oozing with unexpected collaborations and fresh sounds
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Learn more about Susan at www.FunkforCityCouncil.com.
Join me in supporting Susan Funk for Atascadero City Council.
Jim Patterson, Atascadero
Newsom would keep Atascadero on right track
I highly recommend Heather Newsom for Atascadero City Council. As a long-time resident and business owner in Atascadero, I’ve seen a lot of positive changes in recent years. I’m especially amazed at the downtown growth in just the past two years, with shops and restaurants filling our storefronts.
Our city is on the right track, and Heather Newsom will continue that trend by supporting an environment that’s friendly to business and encourages investment in our town. Heather is a business owner and working mom who is committed to our family friendly community and improving the quality of life for all residents. Please join me in voting for Heather Newsom for Atascadero City Council.
Kellie Avila, Atascadero
Susan Funk for Atascadero Council
I am writing to ask Atascadero voters to support Susan Funk for City Council. I am a business woman and volunteered for years with the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce Women in Business Committee. Susan owns and operates a local business. I am impressed by Susan’s can-do attitude and ability to listen to all stakeholders.
Her innovative ideas for revitalizing our downtown got my attention. Susan exhibits practicality that I think will appeal to a wide range of voters. I trust Susan to make efficient use of our city resources while working with the whole council to move Atascadero forward.
Marguerite Kelly Pulley, Atascadero
Dariz and Newsom would move Atascadero forward
City councils make many decisions regarding finance, business and planning. Atascadero voters have the perfect opportunity this election to add two business people to our City Council. Mark Dariz is an architect who’s served on the Planning Commission for eight years and Heather Newsom owns a long-established accounting business, preparing tax returns and handling payroll and other issues for her many clients.
Mark and Heather will further strengthen a City Council that operates in a forward-thinking way. Over the last decade, Atascadero made great advances with even more on the way; we don’t want to pump the brakes now! Allow Atascadero to continue moving forward by electing Heather Newsom and Mark Dariz to the Atascadero City Council.
Kim Croft, Atascadero
Vote Mark Dariz for Atascadero council
I am endorsing Atascadero City Council Candidate Mark Dariz. Mark has been my acquaintance for 27 years since the time he started at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
His rigorous education earned him a bachelor’s degree in Architecture. He is a hard-working and ambitious man with an impressive resume. He has managed his own successful architecture business for 15 years. He is currently serving on the Atascadero Planning Commission and has done so for eight years. He also serves on the Design Review Committee and the SLO County Regional Transportation Advisory.
As a member of the Kiwanis Club, he has been past president and is current treasurer. He has volunteered his time at the local park and design concepts for the Joy Park accessibility playground. He designed the current bandstand at the Lake Park.
Mark is dedicated to his wife of 27 years and his two children. I believe Mark will work to improve our city’s economy, infrastructure and civic team. Atascadero has been my residence for 30 years. I have worked and raised a family in this county. I would be proud to have Mark Dariz on the Atascadero City council.
Debbie Roller, Atascadero
Susan Funk is ‘breath of fresh air’
The Tribune’s September article about the three candidates vying for two seats on the Atascadero City Council does a good job of highlighting the vast differences in the caliber of the candidates. As the candidates’ answers to The Tribune’s questions show, Susan Funk stands head and shoulders above her two opponents. Where her answers reflected creativity, incisiveness and careful consideration, those of the other two candidates were little more than canned statements expressing contentment with the status quo.
Susan Funk’s arrival on the political scene in Atascadero is a long-overdue breath of fresh air. She is energetic, highly qualified and committed to working for the people of our community. Her council candidacy is self-made, borne of her genuine, individual desire to contribute to our city. Susan is completely independent of the stuck-in-the-mud political machine that has long dominated Atascadero city government and that is behind her opponents. With Susan Funk on the City Council, the people of Atascadero would gain a representative of our interests rather than those of politicians pulling strings from behind the scenes.
Susan Funk would be an ideal addition to the Atascadero City Council. I encourage every eligible Atascaderan to vote for her.
Len Colamarino, Atascadero
I support Susan Funk
As a former city clerk/elections official, it was necessary for me to keep my political preferences private. I no longer wear that hat. So I am throwing my new hat in the ring in support of Susan Funk for Atascadero City Council!
Susan’s intelligence is matched by the depth and unbiased manner in which she researches all sides of an issue. This open-minded thoroughness is indispensable for those who would lead our city. Susan is an enthusiastic and energetic visionary with the ability to bring life to her visions. She does this by creating win-win situations for all involved … a must-have skill for city leaders who face so many challenges that will affect our residents far into the future. I have worked with many City Councils over the course of my career. I have complete confidence that we couldn’t make a better choice than to vote for Susan.
Check out her website and see if you don’t agree: www.funkforcitycouncil.com!
Audrey Hooper, Atascadero
Dariz and Funk for Atascadero City Council
A candidate for Atascadero City Council should be rooted in our community. He or she should understand what we — the voters — are looking for.
This November we have three first-timers running for City Council. Our main priority is to know “why” they are running. We want candidates who are able to explain why they got into the race and their positive vision for our community.
We look for individuals who know what matters to them and are willing to stand up for those values even when it is difficult
Mark Dariz has lived in Atascadero for 10 years and serves on the city Planning Commission. Serving with Mark on the commission has taught me that he is a serious, thoughtful and open- minded public servant.
Having known Susan for five years we are impressed with her willingness to listen to our views and opinions. With10 years of public service in our community, Susan has actively interacted with many of us and knows what we are looking for and how to be a public servant.
They know “why” they are running and what matters to the community.
Tom and Linda Zirk, Atascadero
Funk would provide constructive leadership
I moved to Atascadero because I think this is the best part of the country to live in. Early in my career I served as an adviser to the City Council of Los Angeles. I saw first hand how critical it is to have creative, constructive and open minded representatives if we are to preserve where we have chosen to live, while still managing the changes that we must confront. And I witnessed what can go wrong when that constructive leadership is missing. That is why I support Susan Funk for Atascadero City Council.
Susan understands what is needed to preserve what is best about our neighborhood, and what we need to do to keep our future strong. And her experience in business has made her recognize that we must work together to build that future.
We need consensus building leaders with a positive and unifying vision as we confront these challenges. A vote for Susan Funk is a vote to forge that stronger community.
George Williams, Atascadero
Susan Funk turned homeless shelter event into a campaign stop
I would like to thank all the community members and businesses that supported ECHO Homeless Shelter’s Long Walk Home event on Aug. 25. It was a great turnout and show of support for an organization that is helping people who are less fortunate than ourselves.
I was surprised, however, that one candidate for Atascadero City Council tried to turn the walk into an hour-long commercial for her campaign. Susan Funk brought 20 people in campaign shirts, wagons with bubble machines and an extra-large campaign banner to announce she was in attendance. This kind of political self-promotion was not right and can jeopardize ECHO Homeless Shelter’s non-profit status with the IRS.
I did notice that the other Atascadero City Council candidates and local elected officials who participated were respectful and made it their priority to remember they were participating to support the ECHO Homeless Shelter.
Vicky Morse, Atascadero
A response to Vicky Morse
Thank you, Mrs. Morse, for highlighting the work of ECHO, North County’s only homeless shelter, and the joy and celebration inherent in their Long Walk Home event. It is true that many Atascadero residents, longtime ECHO volunteers for different community groups, decided to don Susan Funk campaign shirts and make it known that we think Susan is the candidate to choose if you value the work of ECHO and want to seat a council person who cares deeply about all members of our community.
One of my favorite memories from that day was watching the kids play with the bubbles our campaign brought. Kids who stay at ECHO, kids who do not. They were all the same and completely happy playing together. One of the best pictures taken that day was of a toddler with a bubble wand. I recommend everyone go to ECHO’s facebook page and find the picture under “photos.” While there, you can consider how best to help this amazing organization.
Christina Asdel Cisneros, Atascadero
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Schneider Electric India bags the prestigious Aon Best Employers India 2017 award
Mumbai, May 10th, 2017: Schneider Electric India – the global specialist in energy management and automation was today conferred Aon Best Employers Award for the year 2017. Aon Hewitt, is the global leaders in human resource solutions. The award comes as a recognition of the futuristic and impactful people practices of the company which have been instrumental in inspiring strong commitment, deeper engagement and superior performance from the workforce. The award was received by Anil Chaudhry, Country President and Managing Director, Schneider Electric India along with Rachna Mukherjee, CHRO, Schneider Electric India, at an award ceremony in Mumbai.
Receiving the award on behalf of Schneider Electric in India, Anil Chaudhry, Country President and Managing Director, Schneider Electric, India, stated, “I express my gratitude to all the employees on their engagement, commitment and hard work to make Schneider Electric a great company and a great place to work.”
The recognition comes to Schneider Electric after a robust six-month long evaluation process. It is an outcome of a rigorous analysis to measure the alignment between "Intent-Design-Experience", assessed through CEO survey and interview, people practices survey and employee opinion survey for all participating organisations. A shortlisted set is taken through an intense on-site audit to validate the details provided. The selection also took into consideration successful people initiatives on talent, succession, well-being and diversity & inclusion that Schneider Electric has been undertaking over the years. The final analysis of the shortlisted organisations was conducted by an external panel of jury made up of corporates, academicians and industry leaders.
Sharing her delight on receiving the award, Rachna Mukherjee, Chief Human Resource Officer, Schneider Electric India said, “It gives us immense pleasure to be honoured at this platform which recognises our commitment to our most valuable assets which is our employees. An organisation requires a holistic approach for the employees to feel engaged, motivated and recognised to deliver high performance for the organisation, the award acknowledges this. We embrace the responsibility it puts on us to make our people practice stronger year on year. I would like to thank our employees for making this possible.”
The underlying tenet at Schneider Electric has been to nurture a culture of authentic and inspiring leadership and practices that empower employees. Schneider Electric India’s talent and career priority helps nurture and encourage internal talent. It also attracts the best and diverse external talent with its promising Employer Value Proposition that is structured on the 8 pillars of Meaningful purpose, Unique company, Diverse & Inclusive, Well-being, High performance culture, strong belief in people, Authentic leadership and Technology & digital. The organisation’s policies are focused towards creating a high-performance culture by empowering its employees with the right tools and policies and addressing the requirements of successful operation in a digitised world.
On the occasion, Tarandeep Singh, Partner and Chief of Commercial Excellence, Aon Hewitt, said, “Congratulations to Schneider Electric for its people initiatives and its efforts in creating a best in class and engaged work environment. It is a well-deserved recognition for Schneider Electric’s outstanding people priorities journey over the years.”
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Manchester United newsnow
Why Jose Mourinho must win the match against Anderlecht, and Team news
in: Manchester United newsnow, manunews.com, Opinion
By Susan
Man United hope of finishing in the top four in the Premier League is hanging by a thread. We could have had a better chance but for home records this season which are far from being impressive.
We have league matches against against our top six rivals; Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City and Tottenham, and without being bias, winning all those matches could be termed a pipe dream.
But we can take solace from the fact that we are still in the race to win the Europa League, which is obviously our more realistic chance of securing qualification for the Champions League next season.
A major reason why more concentration should be channeled to that course. The results have not been forthcoming in the League but we have been able to grind out results in the Europa League, even though we have not been totally impressive in the competition.
And we can only hope that continues as we face Belgian club Anderlecht – our first meeting in 17 years- in the first leg of the quarter-final on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium.
Though we are favourites to win the match, complacency should not be encouraged. Anderlecht are no underdogs. They have got players like Youri Tielemans, Kara and Lukasz Teodorczyk who could cause us some troubles but with the right approach a win could be on the card for us.
Wayne Rooney will miss the match after being left out of the squad that traveled to Belgium, not really because of injury as the United all-time scorer trained with the team this morning, while Antonio Valencia and David De Gea are available for selection after the pair missed the Sunderland win.
Apart from Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Juan Mata, Jose Mourinho has enough players at his disposal. Sergio Romero is expected to continue between the sticks for us.
The Argentine goalie has been brilliant in that aspect for us as he has kept six clean sheets in 7 outings in this competition as well as keeping a clean sheet against Sunderland on Sunday. There are enough positives to take from that.
A good result would ease the pressure on us ahead of the return leg next week.
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5 Postgame Thoughts: Penn State Blows Out Maryland 38-3
By Nick Polak on November 24, 2018 at 6:54 pm @therealnpolak
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Penn State handled their business against Maryland on Senior Day, obliterating the Terps to the tune of 38-3. The Nittany Lions were led by all-everything quarterback Trace McSorley in his final Beaver Stadium performance. He didn't have a huge day statistically, but still gashed Maryland multiple times and helped make sure the game was never close.
We'll have much more on this game in the coming days, but for now, here are the five things that stand out in the aftermath of this one.
Trace McSorley, Take a Bow
The senior quarterback struggled through the toughest season of his career as a redshirt senior in Happy Valley, but in the end, guided his team to another nine-win regular season. We'll have plenty more content on the winningest-quarterback in Penn State history in the coming days and months, but hats off to him for ending his regular season with a 294 total yard, three touchdown day.
Ricky Rahne Stepped Up
The offensive play calling against Maryland was pretty great for the most part. Had the receivers caught everything thrown their way, the overall numbers would look even better. But the somewhat-maligned offensive coordinator called a nice game for McSorley's Beaver Stadium finale that showed off the best parts of this offense. Sanders was given the ball in space, Hamler was featured on short routes, Dotson and Freiermuth were used on deep-developing crosses and posts- it was great.
the Defense Didn't Miss Many Tackles
One of the issues that plagued the Penn State defense early in the season was missed tackles, and boy, were there a lot of them. As the season turned over, though, the defense really started to find its way. Still, one of the constants was a deficiency in terms of wrapping up opposing ball carriers in space. Against Maryland, however, they did a very good job of making sure that the Terps were not gaining extra yardage- which is especially important against a team with their kind of rushing ability.
The Future is Ridiculously Bright For This Team
By the time 2019 rolls around, gone will be McSorley, Amani Oruwariye, Nick Scott, Koa Farmer, DeAndre Thompkins, and others. But there is an unbelievably talented young core on this roster that is going to be a problem for future opponents. Micah Parsons, P.J. Mustipher, Pat Freiermuth, Jahan Dotson, and K.J. Hamler are just a few of those names, but there are even more whose impacts have yet to be felt. Penn State fans will dearly miss this year's graduates, but there is a group that will return next year with the chance to do some truly special things.
These Seniors Deserve Everything
Everyone surely knows this by now, but this group of redshirt seniors committed to Penn State alongside James Franklin, and they did so thinking that they wouldn't be playing in a bowl game for their first two years. This group has meant everything to this university and have provided countless memories for fans that will never be forgotten. They still have one more chance to put on the uniform in the upcoming bowl game, but seeing them finish off their up-and-down regular season with a big-time win induced all the warm and fuzzy feelings.
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Manga Mausoleum
Your Favorite Episodes
Thread starter Oburi
Start date August 11, 2010
Oburi
All praise Grail
I know it's hard my fellow Sk.net posters, but what some of your favorite episodes? Obviously there are no "bad" episodes in Berserk, but I'm curious to know which ones had more of an impact on you personally or which ones always stood out in your mind. For me, in volume 8, episodes 34-36 titled Morning of the Journey (or Morning of Departure in Darkhorse) always was one of my favorites. Not just because of the fact that Guts and Griffith faced each other in a duel for a second time, but because of the way it is illustrated. It is just such a dramatic scene without being over dramatic in any way. It starts with Guts and Judo talking in the bar and ends with Guts walking away from the Hawks. The whole sequence is so well done, with all the major characters involved having great dialog (well, not Pippin of course). The whole Golden Age Arc is great but it is at that moment where I always get that "oh boy, shit just got real" moment. I almost wish I could erase all my knowledge of Berserk just so I could read that scene again fresh. It's the defining moment, the catalyst for everything that is to come in the next few books, and it's masterfully done.
Does anyone else get shivers down their spine from the pure amazingness of a particular episode?
Episode 175, Femto's incarnation. It's somewhat special for me because I remember picking up the issue of Young Animal it was in, not knowing how it would be portrayed. All we knew right then was that Albion had fallen, and SK was pointing at SOMETHING in the previous episode. It also had this awesome color picture of Griffith in it (click).
A close second is Episode 181, when Guts and Zodd have their duel on the Hill of Swords, also because I knew literally nothing about the contents of the episode before I read it. *Sigh* I miss those days sometimes...
See I'm actually jealous of the people who were receiving young animal in the early days. I've only been reading episodes as they come for 4 or 5 years but everything before that I just read in bulk, books 1 -27 or something like that in a few days. I wish so bad that I had got into Berserk sooner so I could have read something like Episode 175 when it came out. I guess the closest thing I can use to relate is something like episode 303, when the preview pic was that two page spread of Griffith kneeling down at Ganishka as Femto with Skullknight coming from out of nowhere behind him. The best experience I've had with a preview.
(thank you for that image Walter, never even seen that one before, it's beautiful.)
Gobolatula
praise be to grail!
One of my favorite episodes was when Guts collapsed after he and Zodd took on Ganishka. The tired look on Guts' face as he looked off to the distance to see Griffith looking right back at him... And then he falls asleep. I remember when I read that I felt so intense. I thought, "Poor Guts." The man has gone through so much. I also analyze that scene and wonder what went on in the two former friends' minds as they caught a glimpse of each other after unintentionally helping each other out. I imagine Griffith thinking "Oh it's you / DADDY!?" and Guts thinking, "Ugh. Fuck you..... ZZZZZ...."
Dar_Klink
Last Guardian when? - CyberKlink 20XX before dying
117 or 118... they both have some of my favorite imagery in the series, from Guts telling Jill to look at the darkness around him, Skully eating some delicious egg, the silhouettes of the trees while Guts walks through the forest, the appearance of the best, and of course, this amazing shot. http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8528/1267698347533.jpg
Rhombaad
Great thread idea, Oburi! It's hard narrowing down a particular episode as a favorite. I'm not good narrowing down favorites, period, but it's even tougher when it's a series where I don't hate a single episode. Episode 243 (Superior Being) is probably the episode I remember with the most fondness because it marked the beginning of following the series episodically for me. This was significant for a number of reasons, the main one being I had recently recovered from the most debilitating relapse of obsessive compulsive disorder I've ever experienced, and I had just finished catching up to a series I had all but abandoned during said relapse. Ever since then, I've felt the same sense of joy reading each new episode that's come out. The anticipation of the next episode, reading the newest bit of genius written and drawn by Miura-sensei, the inevitable cliffhanger swiftly followed by anticipation of the next episode...I enjoy it so much that words just don't do it justice. Anyway, enough about that.
The episode that had the most effect on me was Episode 90 (Sprint). I was pretty familiar with the anime at this point, so seeing the aftermath of the Eclipse was extremely jarring. I was literally shaking as I read this episode because Miura-sensei conveyed Guts' loss so brilliantly. Seeing him running through the wilderness recalling his lost friends and Griffith's betrayal, all the while screaming in fury was almost too much. I literally felt drained after reading it, but dived into the next episode nonetheless.
Oburi said:
I know it's hard my fellow Sk.net posters, but what some of your favorite episodes?
Beyond hard for me. There's just too many.
Episode 30: Moment of Glory hands down. Seeing Casca in that dress, just beautiful.
This panel is my favorite panel in the whole series so far.
Dammit! I knew you wouldn't answer, and it was the post I was most interested in
Alright, I made you a quick list (click).
Death May Die
"That day you left, that's when I knew."
Lets see. The Guts/Zodd fight on the sword of hills would be way up there. (The Beast Swordsman vs. The Black Swordsman) Guts is there, it's show time, and then out of nowhere Zodd and Guts have what I feel is the best one on one fight scene in the series. If not that, I would say when Guts gets the Berserker armor. It was the first time ever in the series that I thought that Apostles vs. Guts was no longer a fair fight. In Guts favor of course. (The Blaze, Part 1)
jackson_hurley
even the horses are cut in half!
I'm rereading the series right now (before vol 34 its the stand) and I'm just at vol. 14 so far, so I'd say for the moment it would be Judeau's death Storm of Death (2).
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Man charged with murder in fatal stabbings in rural San Mateo County
Local // Crime
Gwendolyn Wu June 21, 2019 Updated: June 21, 2019 3:45 p.m.
Man charged with murder in fatal stabbings in rural San...
1of2Lanes in both directions of Skyline Boulevard remain closed between Reid’s Roost and Swett roads west of Woodside, Calif. on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 while investigators from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office gather evidence from a crime scene where two men were stabbed to death.Photo: Paul Chinn / The Chronicle
2of2As police investigated the stabbings of two men, lanes were closed Wednesday on Skyline Boulevard between Reids Roost and Swett roads west of Woodside.Photo: Paul Chinn / The Chronicle
A Pacifica man accused of stabbing two Bay Area men to death on a rural road in San Mateo County has been charged with murder.
Malik Dosouqi, 26, was charged Thursday with two counts of murder under special circumstances, with enhancements for use of a deadly weapon and multiple murder, according to the San Mateo County district attorney’s office.
A sheriff’s deputy responding to a call Monday night near the El Corte de Madera Creek Preserve found the body of Abdulmalek Nasher, a 32-year-old taxi driver from Pacifica. A customer called Nasher for a pickup around 10 p.m., and later that night his wife and brothers reported him missing to authorities when he did not answer phone calls, according to his family.
Nasher was found off the side of Skyline Boulevard near Reids Roost Road with multiple stab wounds, officials said. Deputies returned to the scene Tuesday night in search of more evidence and heard a man calling for help 50 yards away.
The man, 31-year-old John Sione Pekipaki, was also found with multiple stab wounds in a turnout off Skyline Boulevard, authorities said. Pekipaki died of his injuries at the scene. Public records showed Pekipaki resided in Los Altos and San Jose before his death.
By Matthias Gafni, Gwendolyn Wu and Lauren Hernández
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As deputies tried to render aid, a man later identified as Dosouqi drove toward the officers, prompting one to shoot at the moving vehicle, authorities said. The vehicle ended up in a ditch. Dosouqi was not hit by gunfire but was hospitalized for a laceration to the arm, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials did not provide additional details about a motive for the killings.
Dosouqi was released from a local hospital and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City without bail. A complaint has been filed and sealed, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. Dosouqi is scheduled to be arraigned Monday, according to jail records.
Gwendolyn Wu is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: gwendolyn.wu@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @gwendolynawu
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Quiet Family Dramas: Four Recent Middle-grade novels
June 22, 2019 / Comments Off on Quiet Family Dramas: Four Recent Middle-grade novels
A roundup of recent middle-grade novels about family formation and dissolution.
Stories, like people, begin at home, and no matter how fanciful or adventurous middle-grade fiction may be, its mainstay remains what it’s always been: the family. Four recent novels by award-winning authors present families in the process of bereaving, breaking up, or re-forming, all ending on a note of hope. No big upheavals happen, but that’s life for most of us. We come, as these characters do, to a sense of self and stability hand-to-hand, through developing relationships.
The Lost Boy’s Gift by Kimberly
Wilhoit. Henry Holt, 2019, 210 pages. For ages 8-12
“The art of noticing is the
gift we all own.” Daniel is too
distracted to notice much when he and his mom move across country after a
divorce. They’ve found a house on
While-a-Way Lane, where Daniel doesn’t hit it off with his nearest neighbor
Tilda Butter. To be fair, Tilda isn’t
overly impressed with him either. But
Tilda has a gift of listening, which is so keen she can hear neighbors who
aren’t of her species, like Isadora the snake and the spider who moves in
uninvited. Once Daniel starts paying
attention, he can hear things, too. When
school restarts after spring break, he sees a chance to shape his life through
the medium of a school production of Peter Pan.
Things don’t work out as he expected, but . . .
It’s a quietly humorous story
with some quirky secondary characters and subtle twists. The divorce is handled in a way that’s
realistic and age-appropriate, and the inter-generational friendship between
Daniel and Tilda is nicely portrayed.
Cautions:
4 (out of 5)
Birdie by Eileen
Spinelli. Eerdmans, 2019, 197. For ages 10-14
Roberta Briggs is known to everyone as Birdie, and as soon as she’s old enough she’ll make that name official. She loves birds of all kinds (“There’s something light and feathery in my heart”), and the hills and woods surrounding her small Pennsylvania town offer plenty of opportunity for bird-watching. She and her mother aren’t natives; they moved in with grandmother Maymee after Dad was killed on duty as a firefighter in Philly. Birdie is trying to reconstruct her life, and may be looking too much to her friends for self-worth. Especially Martin, who has boyfriend potential. Whether Mom should have a boyfriend is another matter entirely.
Birdie has ruffly feathers that need smoothing from time to time, but her voice, all in blank verse, observes the little things in life as closely as the larger ones. One welcome shift is her revelation that she and her friends “aren’t ready for dating./ Maybe we should just concentrate/ on friendship with boys./ Mom says there’s a lot/ to be said for friendship.” There’s a lot to be said for this gentle story, too.
Shouting at the Rain by Lynda
Mullaly Hunt. Penguin Random House
(Nancy Paulsen Books), 2019, 288 pages.
For ages 10-12
There are advantages to growing up on Cape Cod—the real one, not the touristy side. Delsie lives there on the Cape year-round with her Grammy, who runs a one-woman house-cleaning business and thinks Delsie hung the moon. Life is good, but more and more lately Delsie feels a hole in her heart where her mom and dad should be. She doesn’t even know who her father is, and Mom is a subject Grammy doesn’t like to talk about. At the beginning of summer, her best vacation friend Brandy arrives and the girls try to make plans. But Brandy has outgrown some of their old interests, and soon makes friends with Tressa, a classic mean girl.
Grammy is a bit preachy in
her down-home way, but all the characters are well drawn (except for Tressa,
who acts like a stereotype even if she isn’t one). I would like to have seen one intact family
among the main characters.
small amount of omg profanity
Sweeping up the Heart by Kevin
Henkes. Greenwillow, 2019, 192 pages. For ages 11-14
Since Amelia’s mother died—so long ago Amelia doesn’t clearly remember her—her college-professor father has grown more distant and uncommunicative. Now that summer’s here a Florida vacation would be fun, but he’s not up for fun, or anything else. Resigned to a boring summer at home, Amelia can at least spend more time at the pottery studio. There she meets Casey, the potter’s nephew, who is staying with his aunt while his parents try to work out their troubled marriage. What should be his foundation is breaking up: “Life just keeps throwing things at you.” Both come to terms through friendship, sympathy, and a mysterious woman who looks shockingly like Amelia’s mother as remembered.
Short and sweet, the novel is most effective when showing Casey’s devastation at his parents’ impending divorce. Children who have gone through a similar trauma can relate. Amelia’s conflicts may be resolved too easily, and a possible developing romance between the kids is implied. Right now they’re just friends, though. Amelia’s father is agnostic, and no meaningful spiritual dimension emerges.
Cautions: None
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Spotify Launches New Video Series Teaching Artists How to Better Use Platform, Navigate Music Business
(Billboard)
'The Game Plan' launches with 10 episodes ranging from teaching viewers how to get their music on Spotify to how and when they should start assembling a team.
Spotify launched a new video series called The Game Plan on Wednesday (May 23) geared towards teaching artists and their teams how too better use the streaming service and advance their careers in the music industry.
The series features Spotify employees, including global head of creator services Troy Carter and former global head of artist and label marketing (and current Universal Music Group executive vice president, creative) Dave Rocco, and artists such as Rick Ross, Little Dragon and Mike Posner, offering advice in quirky, easily digestible episodes. The first 10 installments were released on Wednesday with topics including "What Is Spotify for Artists?," "Building Your Artist Profile, "How to Read Your Data," "Engaging Your Audience," "Promoting Your Work," "Building Your Team" and more.
"You can consider them the 101 basics that artists and their teams will need in order to navigate Spotify, get the most out of Spotify and succeed in the music industry in 2018," says Spotify's global head of creator marketing Dominik Sanya, teasing future episodes based on community and artist feedback.
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Leading article Australia
Australians sometimes think our Kiwi cousins are two hours ahead but more than 20 years behind us. New Zealand is the sort of country we once were: the sort of place where you can keep your door open at night, and sheep dog trials are top-rating TV programmes.
But last week’s appalling carnage in Christchurch shows New Zealand is more than 20 years behind in other ways too. It’s now 23 years since a deranged gunman killed 35 innocent people out for a Sunday excursion at Tasmania’s Port Arthur. Now New Zealand has passed Australia all these years later with a meticulously-planned mass killing with one chilling innovation: live-streaming by the killer of his own horrific actions.
That fifty innocent people were mowed down, and dozens more wounded, simply by attending their own places of worship, is sickening. That the victims are Muslim New Zealanders, targeted by the alleged killer simply because their cultures, religion and religious practices don’t accord with his warped world view, adds to the horror. Christchurch, New Zealand and the world rightly have embraced the local Muslim communities who are suffering in ways the rest of us barely can comprehend, reminding us the better angels of mankind’s nature still fly among us.
Australians know what Port Arthur feels like, so it is a matter of great shame for all of us that a fellow Australian is the alleged mass killer who has broken New Zealand’s heart. But as Australian political leaders have said, this man may have come from us, but he is not one of us in his beliefs, thoughts and actions.
As for those beliefs and thoughts, the alleged killer’s confused, racist and rambling manifesto showed his religious hatred was percolated from the extreme Left as much as the far right. However he arrived at his abhorrent views – and international police investigations are now piecing together his long journey to last week – he appears to have killed out of a deep-seated generic hate of the Muslim religion and its history. That only a relative few Muslims are violent fanatics, or brainwashed followers of the now-defeated Islamic State, was lost on him, and on those who appallingly cheered him on through social media.
The lesson of Christchurch, however, is the same as those of Manchester, London, Paris, Nice and Bali among many other places around the world, where religious and race-inspired terror attacks and mass killings have destroyed so many innocent lives. Be it a Christchurch mosque or Charlie Hebdo, no-one has the God-given right to inflict death and violence on those who look or think differently to them. The despicable actions of the Christchurch accused rightly have been condemned across the political and religious spectrum. It’s been easy for some to do so this time because the perpetrator is an extremist white Anglo man, and not, say, a fanatical Muslim attacking ‘infidels’. Such selectivity of condemnation is utterly wrong.
Religious and race-motivated violence is generically evil. Which race or what religion is targeted does not matter: attacks of the New Zealand kind are attacks on us all and what we hold dear as a free society. We condemn and grieve what happened in Christchurch, but we must not treat it differently from what previously shocked and sickened us in Manchester, London, Paris, New York, Nice and Bali.
John Howard can show the way (again)
To her great credit, Jacinda Ardern is wasting no time in cracking down on her country’s easy access to guns, including military-style semi-automatics that are portable killing machines. On gun law reform, she has boasted she is doing in 72 hours what John Howard did in 12 days.
But unlike Ms Ardern, in 1996 Mr Howard had to persuade eight state and territory governments, of both major parties, as well as his own. With Tim Fischer, he had to reassure his jittery National party partners as they faced their own gun-owning constituency, especially farmers and graziers. He raised the Medicare levy to pay for gun buybacks. He won cross-party consensus by bringing Labor leader Kim Beazley into the decision-making. And while never the media darling Ms Ardern is, he discovered deep personal reserves of empathy that brought comfort and hope to the victims and the exhausted responders who heroically gave everything to help. In facing Port Arthur’s ghastly challenge, Mr Howard showed a genuinely national leadership that we much miss. All that Ms Ardern is being acclaimed for now has been done before by Mr Howard. Ms Ardern should call on him to lend his insight and wisdom to what she and New Zealand now confront.
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Lemon Holds the Secret to Manipulating Drug-Making Bugs
By Sergio Pistoi on May 15, 2001
Researchers from the University of Georgia have found a method for transferring DNA into Streptomyces, the soil-borne bacteria from which drug companies currently prepare hundreds of antibiotics and some anticancer drugs. Their results, published online and in the May 22nd issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, open the way for scientists to engineer these organisms geneticallyan ability that should make it easier for pharmaceutical companies to develop new drugs.
Whereas other organisms can be easily manipulatedEscherichia coli, for example, is the bacterial guinea pig for microbiologistsStreptomyces is very reluctant to take up foreign DNA. For many years, scientists have used viruses called phages, which infect bacteria and transport bits of DNA into their hosts, to obtain genetically modified E. coli. This same tactic was useless for manipulating Streptomyces.
Janet Westpheling and two University of Georgia students, Julie Burke and David Schneider, suspected why this approach fails: the infected bacteria succumb to the virusesa phenomenon called superinfection killing. To test their hypothesis, they turned to citric acid, a substance that abounds in fruits such as lemons, limes, and oranges and can also decrease a phage's virulence. By adding tiny amounts of citric acid and lowering the temperature, the researchers found that they could in fact avoid lethal viral infection in the bacteria. More important, they succeeded in transferring a few marker genes from one strain of Streptomyces to another.
This finding could be a major breakthrough for speeding the development of new drugs. At least two dozen species of Streptomyces (hundreds are known to exist in nature) provide a major source of such drugs as streptomycin, choramphemicol and the anticancer drug bleomycin. But relatively little is known about their biology and how they make these molecules. Today most drug companies search for new antibiotics by testing thousands or millions of bacterial samples using costly and time-consuming procedures. And whereas pathogens become rapidly resistant to antibiotics, soil bacteria evolve too slowly to keep up. "There are many [new drugs] waiting to be developed if only the organisms that produce them could be manipulated," Westpheling says. "The ability to shuffle the genetic pathways for existing drugs may lead to [new compounds] for which there is no resistance."
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Sergio Pistoi is based in Arezzo, Italy.
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Scaled-Down: New Nano Device Can Weigh Single Molecules
A tiny resonating beam, just 10 millionths of a meter in length, can measure the mass of a molecule or nanoparticle in real time
By John Matson on August 29, 2012
Dieters and exercise buffs might feel better about their progress if they tracked their weight loss in daltons. Even a short jog can help you shed a few septillion daltons, a unit of mass often used in biochemistry that is equivalent to the atomic mass unit. (Of course, no weight-conscious individual would want to know their full weight in this unit—the average American male weighs approximately 5 X 1028 daltons.)
Even the megadalton, or one million daltons, is a tiny unit of measure—a gold particle five nanometers across weighs in at just a few megadaltons. (One nanometer is a billionth of a meter.) But researchers at the California Institute of Technology and CEA–Leti, a government-funded research organization in Grenoble, France, have built a scale that weighs single objects even lighter than a megadalton, including nanoparticles and human antibody molecules. The device is the first of its kind to determine the masses of individual molecules and nanoparticles in real time, the researchers reported in a study published online August 26 in Nature Nanotechnology. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.)
The heart of the device is a nanoelectromechanical resonator—a tiny beam of silicon vibrating at two tones simultaneously. "It's like vibrating a guitar string at the fundamental and a harmonic," says study co-author Michael Roukes, a Caltech physicist. "We're continuously strumming it with an electrostatic excitation." The beam runs diagonally across the photo (above); it measures 10 microns long and 300 nanometers wide. (A micron is one millionth of a meter.)
Tiny arms connecting the ends of the beam to the rest of the device convert the resonator's vibrations into an electrical signal via a phenomenon known as the piezoresistive effect. "The smallest pieces there are flexed slightly, and when they're flexed their resistance changes," Roukes says. "And so we can read out the motion as a change in resistance." A single molecule landing on the beam shifts the frequency of the two tones downward, and from the accompanying change in resistance the researchers can deduce both the mass of the particle and where it landed along the beam.
The device's sensitivity to single molecules allowed the researchers to perform mass spectroscopy—identifying the various particles in a mixture by their masses—on collections of gold nanoparticles five and 10 nanometers in diameter, as well as on the antibody molecule immunoglobulin M, which weighs just under one megadalton. (The natural molecules proved much more consistent in their construction than did the man-made nanoparticles, whose masses fluctuated by a factor of five or so from particle to particle.)
Roukes notes that past resonators were capable of measuring molecular masses, but only after hundreds of identical molecules had been deposited onto the beam. "We couldn't actually know molecule by molecule what their mass was," he says. The new, more sensitive version should allow researchers to perform mass spectroscopy to identify the various particles within a mixed sample. For instance, researchers could analyze a biological specimen to look for a telltale biomarker with a known mass. "If we can do it one by one, now we can start looking at arbitrarily complex mixtures of different things,” he says.
John Matson
John Matson is a former reporter and editor for Scientific American who has written extensively about astronomy and physics.
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Aug 22, 2016 at 20:36
20 Iconic Hollywood Characters That Should Never Ever Be Recast
by Aditya Varma
We all may have our favourites when it comes to iconic movies, their characters, and more specifically, the actors who gave the character a real face. Among all of the thousands of portrayals of different characters from Hollywood movies, we felt that there were at least a few that we figured would be better off left alone and not recast.
So here are 20 movie characters and the actors whose portrayals should never be recast.
1. Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa/ Rocky
Nostalgia has its perks. Rocky Balboa should never be reprised, in my opinion, purely out of respect for the man who created, nursed and then built the character to mammoth status. Stallone was and is the only one who can.
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2. Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow/ Pirates Of The Caribbean
Just made sense, this one. Johnny Depp's portrayal of Jack Sparrow created enough of hysteria for it to probably have become the most worn Halloween cosplay role ever. This doesn't happen to often.
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3. Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump/ Forrest Gump
A no-brainer, of course. Tom Hanks playing Forrest Gump in the movie is one of the most iconic movie portrayals of all time. His performance was unparalleled and can't be replaced. Period.
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4. Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone/ The Godfather
Considered as one of the best performances in movie history, in one of the most admired movies of all time by one of the most celebrated actors of the generation. The Godfather needs to remain untouched! Don't even think about it, Hollywood.
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5. Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands/ Edward Scissorhands
Tim Burton and his creation, Edward Scissorhands, pretty much created a cult fan-following. The surreal settings and Johnny Depp's memorable performance can never be recreated and nor should anyone attempt to even try.
Source: mimarkit.com
6. Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley/ Alien
Ellen Ripley, for her time, was perhaps the most progressive thing happening in cinema. The Alien franchise didn't just go down in history as a cult phenomenon, perhaps as much as Ripley, it became a full fledged franchise.
Source: blumhouse.com
7. Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy/ Anchorman
If you haven't gotten around to watching the Anchorman series, we suggest you do this on priority and you'll figure out why Will Ferrell is on the map. And no, we don't want anyone replacing him either.
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8. Macauley Culkin as Kevin McCallister/ Home Alone
Do we really need to say any more? Macauley Culkin's role in the Home Alone series was so widely appreciated that the little guy got typecast before his career even kick-started. As sad as that may be, he's still irreplaceable.
9. Bruce Willis as John McClane/ Die Hard
If you've never been a Die Hard fan, you've never known what true action looks like. Bruce Willis didn't just give us the regular American cowboy hero, he gave us the badass we all wished we could be and nothing and no one should take his place
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10. Malcolm McDowell as Alex Delarge/ A Clockwork Orange
Perhaps purely because of the menacing performance he gave, Malcolm McDowell is half the reason why A Clockwork Orange was the masterpiece that it was. Much like how we don't want another Kubrick, this one shall be best left alone.
Source: cinema.theiapolis.com
11. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch/ To Kill A Mockingbird
Based on the Harper Lee novel, Gregory Peck's portrayal of the protagonist went down in history as one of the most revered and memorable performances ever. This one is a must watch for the sheer intensity of his acting. Not one to be replaced, eh?
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12. Jeff Bridges as Jeff Lebowski/ The Big Lebowski
We all remember the 'Dude', don't we? The Big Lebowski is a total laugh riot and Jeff Bridges is the only one who could pull off being The Dude. Watch it, roll over and laugh your ass off and remember that no one else could do the character justice.
Source: wegotthiscovered.com
13. Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates/ Psycho
We can't miss out on Norman Bates if we're talking about iconic. And most would perhaps agree that Anthony Perkins was the perfect man to have been the menacing face of Bates. Tell me that smile doesn't creep you out.
14. Orson Welles as Charles Foster Kane/ Citizen Kane
There's good reason why Orson Welles is considered a genius. Ask any cinephile and you'll know the reason is CItizen Kane and the mass hysteric reverence it inspired - from audiences, to critics, to filmmakers. This should not be and cannot be remade, it just can't.
Source: diaryofascreenwriter.blogspot.com
15. Frances McDormand as Marge Gunderson/ Fargo
The 1996 dark comedy crime thriller film written, produced, edited, and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen starred Frances McDormand as a pregnant Minnesota police chief investigating roadside homicides. And her performance was pivotal to this classic.
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16. Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil/ The Exorcist
The Exorcist is pretty much what our worst nightmares were about back when we were growing up. Linda Blair's menacing performance was absolutely, viscerally harrowing. That's not going to happen again.
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17. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Terminator/ The Terminator
He is the most recognisable action movie star and character ever, because The Terminator is pure gold. I'm sure fans out there are still torn between whether it was more about the robotic ball-buster or Schwarzenegger himself.
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18. Robert Duvall as Lt Col Bill Kilgore/ Apocalypse Now
Not to mention that Apocalypse Now is arguably one of the best and most revered war films in cinema history, Robert Duvall's performance as Lt Col Bill Kilgore is a fan-favourite and a critics pick for supreme badass.
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19. Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding/ The Shawshank Redemption
We're not too sure if any character Morgan Freeman has played over his lifetime can be done better by anyone else, but Red had to make to this list. Memorable, gritty and amazing, his performance is definitely one of a kind.
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20. Daniel Day-Lewis as William Cutting/ Gangs Of New York
Martin Scorcese managed to direct Daniel Day-Lewis's ridiculously splendid and mortifying performance as Bill Cutting from Gangs of New York - the story of New York in the years following the American Independence.
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Artist: Mark Ronson
Composer: Nicholaus Williams, Bruno Mars, Jeff Bhasker, Philip Lawrence, Devon Gallaspy, Mark Ronson
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Composer: Bruno Mars, Rudolph Taylor, Devon Gallaspy, Nicholaus Williams, Jeff Bhasker, Ronnie Wilson, Mark Ronson, Robert Wilson, Lonnie Simmons, Philip Lawrence, Charles Wilson
Composer: Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Lonnie Simmons, Jeff Bhasker, Mark Ronson, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Charles Wilson, Rudolph Taylor, Devon Gallaspy, Nicholaus Williams
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Composer: Mark Ronson, Robert Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Devon Gallaspy, Ronnie Wilson, Philip Lawrence, Nicholaus Williams, Lonnie Simmons, Charles Wilson, Rudolph Taylor, Bruno Mars
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Composer: Devon Gallaspy, Mark Ronson, Nicholaus Williams, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor, Jeff Bhasker, Charles Wilson, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars
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Composer: Bruno Mars, Devon Gallaspy, Charles Wilson, Philip Lawrence, Rudolph Taylor, Lonnie Simmons, Robert Wilson, Jeff Bhasker, Mark Ronson, Nicholaus Williams, Ronnie Wilson
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Composer: Lonnie Simmons, Jeff Bhasker, Mark Ronson, Robert Wilson, Bruno Mars, Charles Wilson, Rudolph Taylor, Devon Gallaspy, Philip Lawrence, Nicholaus Williams, Ronnie Wilson
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Composer: Bruno Mars, Devon Gallaspy, Nicholaus Williams, Jeff Bhasker, Philip Lawrence, Mark Ronson, Ronnie Wilson, Rudolph Taylor, Charles Wilson, Robert Wilson, Lonnie Simmons
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Travers, Pat: Retro Rocket
Legendary guitar hero Pat Travers delivered a fairly solid release for Frontiers Records back in 2013 (Can Do) but he returns now on Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra Records with Retro Rocket, a fiery return to some of the smoldering bluesy hard rock he was known for in the 1970s. Apparently Pat was given half of the backing & rhythm tracks from the folks at Cleopatra and asked to add vintage styled vocals, lyrics, and of course guitar thunder to them, which, the always capable axe slinger was able to do quite successfully. As there are a host of musicians appearing on Retro Rocket, it's not really a 'Pat Travers Band' album, but if you've come to hear the man playing with fire just like he did back in the '70s, then jump on this 'retro rocket' for a ride you won't forget.
Sizzling cuts like "I Always Run" and "Searching For a Clue" rampaging along with bluesy hard rock swagger, Travers' guitar solos front and center, grabbing the listener by the throat and reminding us why he's long been one of the most beloved players for decades. "Who Can You Turn To" is a slower, smoldering blues number that builds and builds in intensity, while "Up Is Down" features jacked up, metallic blues riffs underneath Pat's aggressive vocal delivery. My vote for best track here is the lengthy "Mystery at the Wrecking Yard", an ominous, fuzz drenched heavy rocker packed to the gills with red hot guitar solos and distorted riffing, as Travers shows the world he has PLENTY of gas left in the tank. Fans of the two-guitar attack of some of Pat's late '70s records will love the interplay between he and Jurgen Engler on the funky instrumental "You Can't Get Their From Hare", as well as the bluesy shredding alongside Joe Stump on both "I Am Alive" and "I Wanna Be Free". For some, "Hellbound Train" might disappoint a tad, as it's somewhat of a generic blues rock number but the riffs do rock hard, and truth be told, it's been a wild ride from the start and a let down was bound to happen along the way. The CD ends with a live version of "Looking Up", complete with some tasty solos, and the melodic rocker "Lead Me Home (Theme from The Walking Dead)".
Retro Rocket is ultimately an exciting 'ride' and an album that lets Pat Travers unleash his guitar skills in a big way. Hop on and enjoy this one while we wait for his next band album, which I'm sure won't be far off.
See more about this release on our recent YouTube show!
1. I Always Run
2. Searching For A Clue
3. Who Can You Turn To
4. Up Is Down
5. Mystery At The Wrecking Yard
6. You Can t Get Their From Hare
7. I Am Alive
8. I Wanna Be Free
9. Hellbound Train
10. Looking Up (Live) [CD ONLY]
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11. Lead Me Home (Theme from The Walking Dead)
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Solar energy works by capturing the sun’s energy and turning it into electricity for your home or business.
Our sun is a natural nuclear reactor. It releases tiny packets of energy called photons, which travel the 93 million miles from the sun to Earth in about 8.5 minutes. Every hour, enough photons impact our planet to generate enough solar energy to theoretically satisfy global energy needs for an entire year.
Currently photovoltaic power accounts for only five-tenths of one percent of the energy consumed in the United States. But solar technology is improving and the cost of going solar is dropping rapidly, so our ability to harness the sun’s abundance of energy is on the rise.
A 2017 report from the International Energy Agency shows that solar has become the world’s fastest-growing source of power – marking the first time that solar energy’s growth has surpassed that of all other fuels. In the coming years, we will all be enjoying the benefits of solar-generated electricity in one way or another.
When photons hit a solar cell, they knock electrons loose from their atoms. If conductors are attached to the positive and negative sides of a cell, it forms an electrical circuit. When electrons flow through such a circuit, they generate electricity. Multiple cells make up a solar panel, and multiple panels (modules) can be wired together to form a solar array. The more panels you can deploy, the more energy you can expect to generate.
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Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are made up of many solar cells. Solar cells are made of silicon, like semiconductors. They are constructed with a positive layer and a negative layer, which together create an electric field, just like in a battery.
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PV solar panels generate direct current (DC) electricity. With DC electricity, electrons flow in one direction around a circuit. This example shows a battery powering a light bulb. The electrons move from the negative side of the battery, through the lamp, and return to the positive side of the battery.
With AC (alternating current) electricity, electrons are pushed and pulled, periodically reversing direction, much like the cylinder of a car’s engine. Generators create AC electricity when a coil of wire is spun next to a magnet. Many different energy sources can “turn the handle” of this generator, such as gas or diesel fuel, hydroelectricity, nuclear, coal, wind, or solar.
AC electricity was chosen for the U.S. electrical power grid, primarily because it is less expensive to transmit over long distances. However, solar panels create DC electricity. How do we get DC electricity into the AC grid? We use an inverter.
What Does a Solar Inverter Do?
A solar inverter takes the DC electricity from the solar array and uses that to create AC electricity. Inverters are like the brains of the system. Along with inverting DC to AC power, they also provide ground fault protection and system stats, including voltage and current on AC and DC circuits, energy production and maximum power point tracking.
Central inverters have dominated the solar industry since the beginning. The introduction of micro-inverters is one of the biggest technology shifts in the PV industry. Micro-inverters optimize for each individual solar panel, not for an entire solar system, as central inverters do. This enables every solar panel to perform at maximum potential. When a central inverter is used, having a problem on one solar panel (maybe it’s in the shade or has gotten dirty) can drag down the performance of the entire solar array. Micro-inverters, such as the ones in SunPower’s Equinox home solar system, make this a non-issue. If one solar panel has an issue, the rest of the solar array still performs efficiently.
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However, what happens if you’re not home to use the electricity your solar panels are generating every sunny day? And what happens at night when your solar system is not generating power in real time? Don’t worry, you still benefit through a system called “net metering.”
A typical grid-tied PV system, during peak daylight hours, frequently produces more energy than one customer needs, so that excess energy is fed back into the grid for use elsewhere. The customer gets credit for the excess energy produced, and can use that credit to draw from the conventional grid at night or on cloudy days. A net meter records the energy sent compared to the energy received from the grid.
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Theatre includes: Nativity! The Musical (UK tour), The Wind in the Willows (London Palladium), Whisper House (The Other Palace), Honeymoon in Vegas (London Palladium), Miss Atomic Bomb (St James), The Lorax (Old Vic), I Can't Sing! (London Palladium), Austentatious (Landor), Buddy (tour),Sir Galahad in the 2010/2011 UK tour of Spamalot, Willard Hewitt in the 2009 UK tour of Footloose, Sammy in the UK premiere tour of The Wedding Singer, Nicky and Trekkie Monster in the original West End cast of the smash hit Avenue Q; Pharaoh in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the New London Theatre, West End; Muddles in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Kenneth Moor Theatre Ilford; Prince Charming in Snow White, Swansea, for Qdos; Dandini in Cinderella for First Family; Leopold in Never the Sinner; and Armand in The Scarlet Pimpernel.
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Nativity! The Musical Your favourite festive film is now a major new musical! Adapted for the stage by Debbie Isitt, the creator of the much-loved films, Nativity! The Musical is the perfect seasonal comedy for all the family. Every child in every school has one Christmas wish, to star in a Nativity, and at St Bernadette’s School they’re attempti...
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About West End LIVE Celebrating its 13th year in 2017, West End LIVE is a free, two-day musical extravaganza showcasing the best of West End theatre. It regularly attracts more than 500,000 people to watch live performances from dozens of West End musicals over the course of the weekend and is the largest event of its type in the world. West End ...
A third London season at the Eventim Apollo beckons for Nativity! The Musical
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Heavens above: Danny Dyer & Jo Brand have been cast in the festive London run of Nativity! The Musical
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Poop poop! The Wind in the Willows West End musical is back with countrywide cinema screenings at Easter
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Manufacture of other machine tools revenue in Turkey from 2013 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
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This statistic shows the revenue of manufacture of other machine tools in Turkey from 2013 to 2014, with a forecast to 2022. It is projected that the revenue of manufacture of other machine tools in Turkey will amount to approximately 343 million U.S. dollars by 2022.
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CHIRON Group's annual turnover from 2013 to 2017 (in million euros)Annual turnover of CHIRON Group 2013-2017
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Georg Fischer's annual sales from 2013 to 2017 (in million Swiss francs)Annual sales of Georg Fischer 2013-2017
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Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Hungary 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Czechia 2011-2023
Manufacture of other machine tools revenue in France 2010-2022
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Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Finland 2011-2023
Industry revenue of “manufacture of other machine tools“ in Germany 2011-2023
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Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Sweden 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Bulgaria 2011-2023
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Manufacture of other machine tools revenue in the United Kingdom 2010-2022
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Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Belgium 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Norway 2011-2023
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Slovakia 2011-2023
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World machine tool demand from 2009 to 2019 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Leading countries in the production of machine tools in 2017, based on production value (in million euros)
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The leading consumer countries of machine tools in 2017
Annual production value of the machine tool industry in Europe from 2016 to 2018* (in million euros)
Annual consumption value of the machine tool industry in Europe in 2017, with a forecast until 2022* (in million euros)
Survey on obstacles to activity growth in the machine tool industry in Europe in the third quarter of 2018*
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Trumpf Group's global sales from FY 2006/07 to FY 2017/18 (in million euros)
Value of Schuler AG's annual sales from 2012 to 2017 (in million euros)
Atlas Copco's global revenue between FY 2017 and FY 2018 (in billion Swedish kronor)*
Bystronic's annual net revenue from 2013 to 2017 (in million Swiss francs)
CHIRON Group's annual turnover from 2013 to 2017 (in million euros)
Feintool's annual sales value from 2012 to 2017 (in million Swiss francs)
Georg Fischer's annual sales from 2013 to 2017 (in million Swiss francs)
Körber Group's annual sales from 2011 to 2017 (in million euros)
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Renishaw's annual revenue from 2011 to 2018 (in million GBP)
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Starrag's annual sales value from 2012 to 2017 (in million Swiss francs)
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Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Italy from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Romania from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Finland from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of “manufacture of other machine tools“ in Germany from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Manufacture of other machine tools revenue in Luxembourg from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Sweden from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Bulgaria from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Slovenia from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Manufacture of other machine tools revenue in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
Manufacture of other machine tools revenue in Latvia from 2010 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Belgium from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
Industry revenue of »manufacture of other machine tools« in Norway from 2011 to 2023 (in million U.S. Dollars)
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Revenue of the cosmetic industry in the U.S.
Value of the leading 10 textile exporters worldwide
Vegetable oils: global consumption by oil type 2013/14 to 2018/2019
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World coffee per capita consumption: major consumer countries
Cosmetics Industry in the U.S. - Statistics & Facts
Coca-Cola Company - Statistics & Facts
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U.S. per capita consumption of oils 2000-2010
Per capita consumption of salad and cooking oils in the United States from 2000 to 2010 (in pounds)*
by Statista Research Department, last edited Feb 1, 2014
The timeline shows the per capita consumption of salad and cooking oils in the United States from 2000 to 2010. The U.S. per capita consumption of salad and cooking oils amounted to 51 pounds in 2009.
Per capita consumption in pounds
* Includes edible rapeseed (canola) oil beginning in 1985.
Retail weight. Consumption represents the residual after exports, nonfood use and ending stocks are subtracted from the sum of beginning stocks, domestic production, and imports. Based on Census Bureau estimated resident population plus Armed Forces overseas.
Due to the termination of select Current Industrial Reports (CIR) by the Census Bureau, data on added fats and oils (except butter) cannot be updated beyond 2010 in the Food Availability Data System.
Leading brands of cooking oils in Great Britain 2016-17 by number of users
Leading salad cream & mayo brands in Great Britain 2018, by number of users
Leading sweeteners brands in Great Britain 2014-2018, by number of users
Leading mayonnaise brands in Great Britain 2013-2018, by number of users
Statistics on "Condiments and seasoning consumption in the UK (Kantar Media TGI)"
Condiments and seasoning habits
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Number of people using salad cream in Great Britain from 2017 to 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000 people)Frequency of salad cream usage in Great Britain 2017-2018
Number of people using salad cream in Great Britain from 2013 to 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)Salad cream usage in Great Britain 2013-2018, by user type
Number of people using salad dressing* in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)Salad dressing usage in Great Britain 2013-2018, by user type
Number of people using salad dressing (not home made) in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000 people)Frequency of salad dressing usage in Great Britain 2013-2018
Number of people using mayonnaise in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)Mayonnaise usage in Great Britain 2013-2018, by user type
Number of people using mayonnaise in Great Britain from 2016 to 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000 people)Frequency of mayonnaise usage in Great Britain 2016-2018
Salad cream & mayonnaise brands ranked by number of users in Great Britain in 2018 (in 1,000)Leading salad cream & mayo brands in Great Britain 2018, by number of users
Mayonnaise brands ranked by number of users in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018 (in 1,000s)Leading mayonnaise brands in Great Britain 2013-2018, by number of users
Salad cream brands ranked by number of users in Great Britain from 2013 to 2018 (in 1,000)Leading salad cream brands in Great Britain 2013-2018, by number of users
Brands of stock cubes, ready prepared stocks & gravy makers ranked by number of users in Great Britain from 2016 to 2018 (in 1,000s)Leading brands of stock cubes in Great Britain 2016-17, by number of users
Brands of oils for cooking and salad ranked by number of users in Great Britain from 2016 to 2018 (in 1,000s)Leading brands of cooking oils in Great Britain 2016-17 by number of users
Brands of artificial sweeteners ranked by number of users in Great Britain from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000s)Leading sweeteners brands in Great Britain 2014-2018, by number of users
Salad cream & mayonnaise brands of Heinz ranked by number of users in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018 (in 1,000)Heinz: leading salad cream & mayonnaise brands in GB 2013-17, by number of users
Salad cream & mayonnaise brands of Hellman ranked by number of users in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018 (in 1,000)Salad cream & mayonnaise brands of Hellman in GB 2013-2018, by number of users
Table sauces brands of HP ranked by number of users in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017 (in 1,000s)Leading table sauces brands of HP in the UK 2013-2017, by number of users
Hellmann products ranked by number of users in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017 (in 1,000)Leading Hellmann products in the United Kingdom (UK) 2013-2017, by number of users
Cooking and salad oil supermarket brands in France 2014-2017, by number of users
Oils for cooking and salad usage in households in France 2015-2017, by type
Olive oil: global major consumers 2018/19
Oils for cooking and salad usage in France 2014-2017, by user type
Oils for cooking and salad usage in households in France 2015-2017, by frequency
Per capita consumption of vegetable oils and fats in Europe
Olive oil: global consumption 2012/13-2018/19
Consumption of salad and cooking oils in the U.S. 1999-2010
DR Congo's palm oil consumption 2000-2017
Soybean oil consumption Saudi Arabia 2009-2018
Olive oil consumption in Jordan 2009-2018
European Union palm oil consumption 2011/12-2017/18
Ukraine: forecast vegetable oil consumption 2015-2027
Soybean oil consumption in Iran 2009-2018
Rapeseed oil consumption in Pakistan 2009-2018
Mexico: almonds consumption volume 2008-2018
Snack Foods in Canada
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Functional Foods Market
Food Shopping Behavior in Canada
Food Retail in Canada
Coffee Market in Canada
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Palm oil industry worldwide
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Jam, butter and spread consumption in the UK (Kantar Media TGI)
Certified food products in Italy
AAK Annual Report 2018
Sugar industry in the United Kingdom (UK)
Maple Syrup Industry
Spice market in India
Refrigerated spreads and dips
Condiments and seasoning industry in Italy
Grill and barbecue market in the U.S.
Number of people using tomato ketchup in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)
Number of people using tomato ketchup in Great Britain from 2013 to 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000)
Number of people using salad cream in Great Britain from 2017 to 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000 people)
Number of people using salad cream in Great Britain from 2013 to 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)
Number of people using salad dressing* in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)
Number of people using salad dressing (not home made) in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000 people)
Number of people using mayonnaise in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)
Number of people using mayonnaise in Great Britain from 2016 to 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000 people)
Number of people using oils for cooking and salads in Great Britain from 2013 to 2018, by user type (in 1,000s)
Number of people using oils for cooking and salad in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2018, by product type (in 1,000s)
Number of people using oils for cooking and salad in Great Britain from 2014 to 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000)
Number of people using stock cubes, ready prepared stocks and gravy makers in Great Britain in 2014 and 2018, by user type (in 1,000)
Number of people using stock cubes, ready prepared stocks & gravy makers in Great Britain from 2014 to 2018, by type (in 1,000s)
Number of people using stock cubes, ready prepared stocks and gravy makers in Great Britain in 2014 and 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000s)
Number of people using stock cubes, ready prepared stocks & gravy makers in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017, by kind (in 1,000)
Number of people using artificial sweetener in Great Britain from 2013 to 2018, by user type (in 1,000)
Number of people using artificial sweetener in Great Britain from 2014 to 2018, by frequency of use (in 1,000)
Salad cream & mayonnaise brands ranked by number of users in Great Britain in 2018 (in 1,000)
Mayonnaise brands ranked by number of users in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018 (in 1,000s)
Salad cream brands ranked by number of users in Great Britain from 2013 to 2018 (in 1,000)
Brands of stock cubes, ready prepared stocks & gravy makers ranked by number of users in Great Britain from 2016 to 2018 (in 1,000s)
Brands of oils for cooking and salad ranked by number of users in Great Britain from 2016 to 2018 (in 1,000s)
Brands of artificial sweeteners ranked by number of users in Great Britain from 2014 to 2018 (in 1,000s)
Salad cream & mayonnaise brands of Heinz ranked by number of users in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018 (in 1,000)
Salad cream & mayonnaise brands of Hellman ranked by number of users in Great Britain between 2013 and 2018 (in 1,000)
Table sauces brands of HP ranked by number of users in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
Hellmann products ranked by number of users in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2013 to 2017 (in 1,000)
Cooking and salad oil supermarket brands ranked by number of users in France from 2014 to 2017 (in 1,000s)
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Consumption of salad and cooking oils in the U.S. from 1999 to 2010 (in million pounds)*
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Olive oil consumption in Jordan from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
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Soybean oil consumption in Iran from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
Rapeseed oil consumption in Pakistan from 2009 to 2018 (in 1,000 metric tons)
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Edtech Leaders Support FCC Action On E-Rate Modernization
By Tech & Learning 2014-06-17T00:00:00Z Ed Tech Ticker
A group of 100 CEOs and innovators from education technology companies including Amplify, Channel One, Class Dojo, DreamBox Learning, and LearnZillion today joined forces with EducationSuperHighway in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) supporting Chairman Wheeler’s call for modernization of the E-rate program, and for swift action to immediately address the connectivity gap.
The letter states that it is “imperative” for the FCC to act quickly to bring high-speed broadband to every school, supporting Chairman Wheeler’s call for prompt action to ensure connectivity to millions more students’ desks by the 2015 school year.
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Donald C. Stuart,, 95
Ridge Rd., died peacefully on Monday, August 30, 2010 at his home surrounded by his family.
He leaves three daughters, Donna Smebakken and her husband Bruce of West Brookfield, Joyce Stuart of Warren and Barbara Brown and her husband Keith of Tuckasegee, NC; nine grandchildren, Crystal Mancuso and James Spring of West Brookfield, John Spring of Millbury, Lisa Corley of Tuckasegee, NC, Yvonne Smith of West Brookfield, Robert Beauregard, Randy Beauregard and Dawn Kibbe of Springfield and David McComb of Belmont, NH; sixteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-granddaughter. His wife Annette R. (Breault) Stuart died in 1999. He was also predeceased by a daughter Hazel McComb, a step-son Ronald Beauregard, a brother, Andrew Stuart, a granddaughter Joanne Beauregard and a grandson Mark Beauregard.
He was born in Worcester, son of the late Andrew and Grace (Felton) Stuart and grew up in the former town of Greenwich Village where the Quabbin Reservoir is today. He later lived several years in Greenfield before moving to West Brookfield in 1948. Mr. Stuart owned and operated Donald Stuart�s Saw Shop on Cottage Street for many years and was a trained boiler engineer, heavy equipment operator and truck driver. Mr. Stuart, affectionately referred to as �Pepe� by his children, grandchildren and the girls at Crystal Springs, his favorite eatery in Ware, was a wonderful teller of stories and regaled his children, grandchildren and friends with priceless stories of the Quabbin experience from his boyhood days.
Calling hours will be held Wednesday, September 1, 2010 from 5 to 7 PM in the Varnum Funeral Home, Inc., 43 East Main St., West Brookfield. Funeral Services for Donald will be held privately in Quabbin Park Cemetery in Ware. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Guardian Hospice of Massachusetts, 8 Central St., West Brookfield, MA 01585.
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Stephen Hester apologises to NatWest and RBS customers over computer fiasco
The chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland has apologised after the computer fiasco that left hundreds of thousands of customers unable to access their money.
Stephen Hester, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, said fixing the problems caused by the computer glitch was his top priority. Photo: Reuters
5:51PM BST 23 Jun 2012
Stephen Hester promised "no one will be left permanently out of pocket" after a software failure which has left customers unable to access money.
So bad is the shambles that banks are opening all weekend to deal with people caught up in it.
They include small businesses who have been unable to pay their staff and people moving house who have been told money has not come into the sellers' accounts, and some even been left homeless as a result.
Account balances were not updated properly overnight, meaning credit and debit payments were not showing up as quickly as they should.
Mr Hester said: "I am very sorry for the difficulties people are experiencing.
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NatWest: stranded customers vent their anger
'I have nothing to eat until I get paid'
"Our customers rely on us day in and day out to get things right, and on this occasion we have let them down. This should not have happened.
"Right now my top priority, and the priority of the entire RBS Group, is to fix these problems and put things right for our customers.
"This is taking time, but I want to reassure people that we are working around the clock to resolve these problems as quickly as we are able."
His statement threw into doubt earlier assurances that the problem had been fixed. It is highly embarrassing for the semi-nationalised bank.
It is also highly expensive: the cost of the problem is now expected to run into the tens of millions of pounds in staff costs and compensation to customers.
Many of the people caught up in it are not customers of NatWest, RBS or its Ulster Bank subsidiary themselves but are dealing with companies or other customers who are.
He also sent a message to more than 7,000 staff called into work this weekend. It is the first time in the group's history that banks have opened on a Sunday.
It said: "I know we’re not out of the woods yet and there is more hard work ahead. We will update you on the situation as soon as we have more information."
Up to 12 million NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland customers were left unable to pay bills or move money after the banks failed to resolve a computer glitch that has left savers’ accounts frozen since Tuesday.
The banks said that "technical issues” with its computers meant that payments in or out of accounts have been delayed since late on Tuesday night.
The IT failure has left workers without their wages. People are also facing fines for late payment of bills because the computer meltdown meant that direct debits payments were not made.
Around 1,300 branches will stay open until 6pm on Sunday to give customers access to their cash and help with enquiries.
Susan Allen, director of customer services at the RBS Group, had earlier said the underlying computer failure had been resolved but there was still a lot of accounts to update through the day.
"So we deeply regret the inconvenience caused to our customers and customers of other banks, and if people can get in touch we will make sure that we fix this for them," she said.
Thousands of people took to social media yesterday to express their frustration.
Watchdogs have urged the RBS-owned bank to offer compensation in a "good will gesture" to its customers.
WHICH? executive Richard Lloyd said: “These are the basics that banks should be getting right. The question has to be ‘Are the banks investing in the most modern systems and doing everything they can?’
“It’s time, hassle, inconvenience and RBS and NatWest should offer a goodwill gesture to their customers.”
The fault is understood to have occurred after staff tired to install a software update on RBS's payment processing system, but ended up corrupting it.
Lance King, 34, from Whiteley, Hants, and his family, were left homeless after the problems at NatWest caused their house purchase to fall through.
He and wife Gemma, who have two daughters aged one and five, had sold their previous property, but could not move into their new one because the money for the sale had failed to appear.
“It is a complete nightmare,” he said. The family are now staying with Mrs King’s parents.
First-time buyers Mike Johnson and his wife, Laura, who is 20 weeks pregnant, were thrown out of the house they thought they had bought on Thursday evening because the mortgage payment did not go through from their solicitor’s NatWest account.
“The sales rep turned up that evening and asked us to leave until she could be sure the money was coming,” he said.
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Liverpool v Chelsea: Steven Gerrard's cruel slip ruins Anfield's romantic notion
The idea that Liverpool and their talismanic captain are destined to win Premier League title race is dashed in one moment
Shattered: Liverpool's charge for the Premier Legue title slipped on Sunday when Chelsea won 2-0 at Anfield Photo: GETTY IMAGES
By Paul Hayward, Chief Sports Writer, at Anfield
9:54AM BST 28 Apr 2014
As the stresses multiply romance has a habit of being flipped on its head.
No image from this battle between attack and defence could have been crueller than Steven Gerrard miscontrolling the ball and slipping over to allow Demba Ba to race upfield and score the first of Chelsea’s goals.
Gerrard is the captain, quarterback, local hero and spiritual guardian of this Liverpool side. The rebirth of Brendan Rodgers’s team has been two stories in one. First, the quest to win the English title for the first time in 24 summers. Second, Gerrard’s mission to complete his medal collection with a Premier League disc. His loyalty and perseverance have come to express the whole club’s striving to be back on the pedestal they were knocked off over two demoralising decades.
None of that changes with one bad first touch and a slip of the studs. We cannot be so reductionist that we condense a whole campaign into one trip.
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Liverpool had many chances to cancel out Ba’s breakaway goal before Willian scored a second moments before the final whistle. But the symbolism was easy to recognise as Chelsea returned to the chase and Manchester City kicked off at Crystal Palace with renewed hope of regaining the title they lost to Manchester United last year.
Gerrard, the narrative ran, was finally receiving his due for rejecting Chelsea’s advances, tolerating a never-ending influx of substandard players and seeing United, Arsenal, Chelsea and City all mount the podium during his time at the top.
In the autumn of his playing days, ‘Stevie G’ had found a manager of great creative energy and attacking intent. He would lead Liverpool back to the land of plenty not with a grunt and a shunt but at the head of a wonderfully entertaining side: “the polar opposite”, to use Rodgers’s phrase, of the Chelsea team who confounded them three games short of the finishing line.
History tells us Gerrard always fights on. So will Liverpool, at Crystal Palace and at home to Newcastle, though the outcome is no longer in their hands. Gerrard first: “This is a boy who’s picked up this club so many times, and it was just really unfortunate, at a crucial moment, right on half-time,” Rodgers said. “But again he was doing everything he possibly could today.
“We hoped that there were one or two who could maybe step up to the plate instead of him, and we just couldn’t do that today for the team and for him in particular.
“There’s certainly no blame. We’re in the position we’re in because of him. He’s been instrumental for us this season. It’s just unfortunate that he slipped over and it could have happened to anyone. This is a guy who’s so strong mentally. I thought he showed his courage today because after that he kept getting on the football. He still tried to pass, at times he broke through the line to get in.”
Gerrard’s fine contribution this season was hardly erased by one error. The cost of it, though, was to send Liverpool out for the second-half more jumpy and hurried and probably less hopeful that the blue barricades could be broken.
Twice in a week Chelsea have smothered league leaders and kept clean sheets. Atletico Madrid were top of La Liga when they failed to score against Mourinho’s men at the Vicente Calderón Stadium. Liverpool were five points clear when a shadow Chelsea side time-wasted, blocked off and ultimately defeated mentally and tactically the best team in the country.
The purist will endorse what Rodgers said after the match. “We’re a team who try to win the game, in a sporting way,” he observed. And: “There were probably two buses parked today rather than one.” Soon we will be saying, “Mourinho parked the depot.”
What Liverpool needed, their manager said, was “a wee bit of combination play around the box”. In other words, icy composure rather than a banging of heads against walls. But Chelsea inflict terrible pressure on their enemies.
Until a fortnight ago Liverpool were just hoping to win the league. By the time this game came round they were expected to. The extra anxiety that moment brings was obvious in their struggle to circumvent a tactic that drew some acid comments from Rodgers: “It’s not difficult to coach, to just get 10 players on your 18-yard box, but it’s obviously much harder to break through it, and they defended well. We showed everything today, we tried to get on the ball, we were the team that wanted to win the game. It was difficult because they played virtually from the off with a back six: back four, two wingers [tucked] in, midfield three. So it was 10 players behind from the first minute. But it wasn’t nerves.”
More and more banners declare Anfield’s yearning to be back on top in English football. More and more emotion throbs around this ground. But to be champions for the first time since 1990, Rodgers’s men must survive these gruelling tests. Mourinho dressed for a Sunday trip to the garden centre but still took care of business four days before Atletico roll into Stamford Bridge for their Champions League semi-final second leg.
With 11 successive Premier League wins, Liverpool were threatening to sweep Chelsea and Manchester City off the road. The 3-2 victory at Norwich City last weekend felt like a dress rehearsal for a coronation. But in this state of mind Chelsea could ruin any occasion. Luis Suárez bobbed and weaved but was blunt. Raheem Sterling fizzed in the first-half but lost his way in the second. Daniel Sturridge joined the action with half an hour left but by then the pattern was unchangeable.
Rodgers extolled “the values of how we work”. Liverpool, of course, must stick to what they know. They are on a long and distinguished list of Mourinho’s tactical victims. There is only one way to win the title after a 24-year wait and Gerrard knows it better than anyone. The hard way.
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‘It didn’t work out well last time’: Javid warns against Johnson coronation | Politics News
By Alan McGuinness, political reporter
Tory leadership contender Sajid Javid has said a “coronation” of Boris Johnson as the party’s next leader would be a mistake, declaring: “We had a coronation last time, it didn’t work out well.”
A reported plan for the five other candidates to pull out of the race, leaving Mr Johnson as the only name put to a final ballot of party members, has caused anger.
This would make his election as party leader and prime minister a formality – and comes after he comfortably won the first round of the contest on Thursday.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the scheme was concocted in the whips’ office as part of a bid to avoid weeks of damaging “blue on blue” attacks that could damage the party and provide political ammunition for Labour.
But a number of candidates have said this would be a grave error, pointing to the rise to power of Theresa May in 2016.
The outgoing party leader and prime minister was elected unopposed after her only remaining challenger, Andrea Leadsom, pulled out.
Mrs May’s critics argue her flaws came to the fore during the 2017 election campaign – and would have been apparent much earlier if she had been required to campaign for the votes of party members the previous year.
Mr Javid, who came fifth in the first round, warned against history repeating itself, saying: “I don’t want to see a coronation. I don’t think anyone wants to see a coronation.
“There needs to be a proper process that’s followed through.
“We had a coronation last time, it didn’t work out well.
“So let’s not make the same mistake again and let’s give the opportunity for the members to have their say.”
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart, who narrowly made it through the first round of voting among MPs, echoed Mr Javid’s comments.
Tory leadership: Johnson wins first ballot
He said: “The members of the Conservative Party who are wise, sensible, experienced people, deserve to have a choice.
“We should have learned from the last time round coronations are not the way to do democratic politics.”
The pair were speaking as they arrived for a leadership hustings in London for the party grassroots.
Mr Johnson, who has been criticised for his lack of media interviews during the campaign so far, avoided journalists as his Range Rover pulled up at a side door where the event was being held.
Javid tells Sky News he is confident support is growing
The first TV debate – organised by Channel 4 – will take place on Sunday.
Mr Johnson has said he will not be taking part in this, but has said he will appear in the second debate on Tuesday.
This BBC debate will come after the second round of voting among Tory MPs, which will whittle down the field of candidates further.
Sky News is planning to host its own debate, a 90-minute show featuring the final two candidates, later in the contest.
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Earlier, Dominic Raab said it was vital all candidates were thoroughly tested in the heat of debate.
The former Brexit secretary also used a Telegraph interview to contrast his background as a state school-educated son of a refugee with the “privileged” Old Etonian Mr Johnson.
“When you campaign in marginal seats, who can reach out and unite the working-class vote and the middle-class vote?” he said.
“Are we going to be in a better position to do that with a candidate who isn’t so easily caricatured as being from the privileged elite, with the son of a refugee, a grammar school boy who is offering tax cuts to most of those people on £15,000 as opposed to people on £50,000 and above?”
Speaking after the hustings, Mr Raab said he was “just getting started”.
Asked how he would stop Mr Johnson, he replied: “We should have proper scrutiny of everyone. The longer this goes on, the more the underdog gets their shot.”
The six candidates to succeed Mrs May are: Mr Johnson, Mr Javid, Mr Stewart, Mr Raab, Jeremy Hunt and Michael Gove.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who gained 20 votes on Thursday, pulled out the following day.
Commons leader Mrs Leadsom, former work and pensions secretary Esther McVey and former chief whip Mark Harper fell at the first hurdle after failing to attract enough support.
If the contest goes the distance, a winner will be declared next month.
The victor is expected to take over from Mrs May in the week beginning 22 July.
:: Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab will be joining Sophy Ridge on Sunday tomorrow from 9am
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Japan calls for North Korean steps toward denuclearization
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, speaks to South Korea's National Intelligence Service Chief Suh Hoon, left, during a meeting in Tokyo Tuesd
South Korea's National Intelligence Service Chief Suh Hoon, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to a meeting in Tokyo Tue
South Korea's National Intelligence Service Chief Suh Hoon waits for the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for a meeting in Tokyo Tuesday,
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's leader is calling on North Korea to take concrete steps toward denuclearization.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that he welcomes any dialogue premised on denuclearization. He spoke ahead of a meeting in Tokyo with South Korea intelligence chief Suh Hoon.
President Donald Trump has agreed to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by May, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to meet Kim in late April.
Suh is in Tokyo to brief Japanese officials on developments. He was part of a South Korean delegation that met Kim in Pyongyang last week. Another senior member of the delegation has briefed Chinese officials in Beijing.
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To do tonight: Make tomatoes; J.K. Rowling introduces Pottermore
Daily entertainment news with items on J.K. Rowling's highly anticipated Pottermore website, "A League of Their Own" tonight on AMC and a recipe for Simple Heirloom Tomatoes.
Trending topic: J.K. Rowling introduces Pottermore
J.K. Rowling has introduced the highly anticipated Pottermore website to the world, though the site says it won’t be open to viewers until October. But she did reveal some exciting features, mainly an online gaming experience with real-word treasure hunts. The site will also be the only place to buy digital copies of “Harry Potter” books. “Pottermore will be the place where fans of any age can share, participate in and rediscover stories,” said Rowling.
On TV: ‘A League of Their Own’ on AMC at 8 p.m. EDT/ 7 p.m. CDT
Geena Davis and Tom Hanks star in this funny but heart-jerking movie about the first women’s professional baseball league. The plot focuses on the rivalry of two sisters playing for the same team. Rated TV-PG.
Dinner idea: Simple Heirloom Tomatoes
1 ½ tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 to 1 ½ teaspoons honey
½ teaspoon fresh thyme, minced
2 large or 3 medium heirloom tomatoes, about 1 pound
Whisk oil, vinegar and honey together. Stir in thyme. Core and slice tomatoes. Lay them on a platter and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste. Drizzle with the oil and honey mixture. Let tomatoes sit 15 minutes before serving. Makes 4 servings.
-- “Covered in Honey” by Mani Niall
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Oaths of Office administered Dec. 3
By Editor | December 5, 2018 | 0
Several local elected officials took their Oaths of Office on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, in Alexander County, as pictured below:
Above, on Dec. 3 at the CVCC-Alexander Center for Education, Judge Dale Graham (far right) administered Oaths of Office for School Board members (l-r) Matt Cooksey, David Odom, shown with son, Daniel, and Harry Schrum, shown with wife, Debbie.
Outgoing Alexander County Register of Deeds Benjamin W. Hines (left) congratulates son Scott Hines after the elder Hines swore-in his son as the new occupant of that office on Dec. 3, 2018.
Superior Court Judge Joseph Crosswhite (above left) administered the Oath of Office for Sheriff Chris Bowman, who was joined by several family members on Dec. 3.
Judge Crosswhite also administered the Oaths of Office for Alexander County Sheriff deputies on Dec. 3.
Above, Alexander County detention officers receive the Oath of Office from Judge Crosswhite (left) on Dec. 3, 2018.
Alexander County 911 telecommunicators also received the Oath of Office on Dec. 3.
Above, County Commissioner Larry Yoder receives the Oath of Office, surrounded by his wife, Hazel, and their family. (Alex. Co. photo)
Marty Pennell, newly elected county commissioner, is sworn in on Dec. 3. (Alex. Co. photo)
Re-elected commissioner Ronnie Reese, above, is sworn in on Dec. 3 by Judge Dale Graham. (Alex. Co. photo)
Alexander County Clerk of Superior Court Danny Dyson is shown above left, with wife Kendra, as Judge Dale Graham administers the Oath of Office Dec. 3, 2018. (Facebook photo)
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3M's Quality Is Worth the Premium
Given management's 9% to 11% growth projection in earnings per share and 20% return on invested capital for the next three years, these shares deserve respect.
Richard Saintvilus
Updated Jan 28, 2014 6:00 AM EST
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Whether bearish or bullish, Wall Street analysts can develop a funny groupthink about a company's investment worthiness. And there's always a convenient change in sentiment, whether from year to year or quarter to quarter.
Everyone seems to have margin concerns about industrial conglomerate 3M (MMM - Get Report), a company often praised as a great defensive stock in tough economic conditions. With the market still at record levels, groupthink "logic" now suggests that 3M shares have gotten too expensive and should be sold. The premise is that it's best to own a rival company that has not performed as well in the trailing 12 months. This makes absolutely no sense.
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With 3M shares only 3% away from their 52-week highs, I'm not going to raise an argument that the stock is cheap. Good companies very seldom are. It's not as if 3M's price and/or valuation has diverged from other well-run conglomerates like General Electric (GE - Get Report) or Honeywell (HON - Get Report), which trade near their 52-week highs. There are no bargains left.
What's more, the recent narrative about "repeated margin weakness" in 3M's business has been exaggerated. Yes, margins haven't been up to the company's historical standards in the past couple of quarters, though management has consistently matched its guidance both on a reported and incremental basis. I believe any notion suggesting that investors should dump this winner only to bet on a "long shot" is misguided, if not entirely bizarre.
I have nothing against taking a profit. That's the whole point of investing. But let it be for a good reason, one that goes beyond exchanging a good company for a bad one. I'm won't deny that there are execution risks with 3M. I grant that last year's 54% stock gains, which are still on the table, might suffer if the company underperforms. Management also has a viable long-term strategy in place. And it's one that can accelerate growth as the global economy continues to improve.
Known for Post-it notes and Scotch tape, investors continue to discount 3M's ability to innovate and operate efficiently. These are qualities driving this company and reasons why these shares never get cheap. It seems the Street sometimes needs Post-it notes to remember that 3M also has strong-performing businesses in areas like healthcare, electronics, energy, safety and so on.
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It's true that they are not all growing at a rate that Wall Street would like. )None of the other conglomerates, including Danaher (DHR - Get Report), can make this claim either.) Besides, it's not as if 3M's management is content with its rate of growth. In fact, management has become even more aggressive in areas like research and development, particularly in areas like renewable energy. This makes sense given the recent uptick in the solar industry.
What's more, when you consider the disruption seen in the healthcare industry due to (among other things) regulatory requirements imposed by the Affordable Care Act, there's an opportunity here for 3M to seize some momentum should, say, traditional pharma giants like Johnson & Johnson (JNJ - Get Report) trip up. So although 3M's industrial segment (is its largest by revenue), capture much of the press, this is far from a one-trick-pony.
Thursday, the company will report its fourth-quarter and full-year results. The Street will be looking for earnings-per-share of $1.62 on revenue of $7.71 billion, which would represent a year-over-year revenue increase of 4.3%. Given that 3M's revenue has consistently outperformed its peers, I expect it to come in slightly higher, in the range of 5% to 6%. But even if these number were to come in inline or slightly below, that's not where the value in these shares are.
Management has projected 9% to 11% growth in earnings per share and 20% return on invested capital in the next three years. When you combine this performance with a company that's already producing high-single-digit growth in free-cash-flow and a recent 35% dividend increase, you have a premium brand priced appropriately.
At the time of publication, the author held no positions in any of the stocks mentioned.
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Antonio Cassano dismisses Chinese Super League move and says he will join right club for free
Italian international is still searching for a team after being dropped by Verona
By Jamie Gordon
Updated: 4 Feb 2018, 18:02
ANTONIO CASSANO insists he has no plans to follow the money trail to the Chinese Super League.
The ex-Italy international has been without a club since leaving Verona last summer.
Antonio Cassano is still looking for a new employerCredit: EPA
But Cassano, 35, is adamant he is not prolonging his career for the cash and vowed to play for free if necessary.
He said: "Going to China? Stupid. For me everyone is free to do what they want.
"But whoever goes to play in China should admit they are doing it for the money.
"I don't even remember the name of the team who want to sign me.
Fiery Italian Antonio Cassano says he has earned enough moneyCredit: Getty Images - Getty
Antonio Cassano has a turbulent career off the fieldCredit: EPA
"I want to know whether I can still make it. It needs a president and a coach who have 100 per cent belief in me. Otherwise, I will leave it be.
"However, if I do find it, I'll be ready. I'll sign for free, I have already earned enough money."
'ON ANOTHER PLANET' Antonio Cassano: ‘I could have been as good as Lionel Messi and Neymar’
Cassano - once the world's most expensive teenager - had a turbulent career as off-field issues undermined his talent.
Antonio Cassano was known for his antics - including taking to the field in his pantsCredit: Reuters
Didier Drogba trains in oxygen mask as he prepares for first preseason in FOUR years
He added: "The things I did wrong I paid for in my career, that's how it should be.
"I train every day, using the regime of my former coach, [Agostino] Tibaudi. And I play tennis three times a week with my accountant.
"He always wins, for now, but I was born to play football."
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Heathrow baggage handlers dance to Queen’s I Want To Break Free to honour former bag handler Freddie
There will also be memorabilia and Queen-related jokes on the airport's arrival boards to celebrate Freddie Mercury's birthday
By Rosie Gizauskas
BAGGAGE handlers at Heathrow Airport performed Queen’s hit I Want To Break Free in a tribute to Freddie Mercury on his birthday.
The team worked with one of the choreographers from Strictly Come Dancing on the routine, which sees them dress up in moustaches and high-vis biker jackets.
Baggage handlers at Heathrow practised their moves for weeks ahead of Freddie Mercury's birthday, which is today
The workers strutted their stuff in Freddie-inspired high-vis biker jackets
Freddie worked as a baggage handler at Heathrow himself before joining Queen in 1970 and hitting the big time.
The baggage handlers trained for weeks to learn the dance, which they performed in Heathrow’s Terminal 5 for a crowd of onlookers.
British Airways and Heathrow staff are celebrating "Freddie For A Day" today ahead of the upcoming release of the new Queen film, Bohemian Rhapsody.
The airport will also feature Queen songs on its arrival boards, and memorabilia in the departures lounge.
The workers put on the routine to celebrate Freddie's birthday
The new Queen film Bohemian Rhapsody is out next month
Travellers with the name Freddie, Frederick or the singer's real name, Farrokh, will be invited into the BA First lounge, along with anyone else they are travelling with to celebrate.
Adam Dewey, one of British Airways’ baggage managers, who stars in the video, said: “Freddie Mercury is an undisputed rock legend and it has been an absolute blast planning his birthday celebrations at Heathrow Airport, where he once worked.
“Myself and the other baggage handlers taking part have put everything into these dance routines and we can’t wait to see the faces on holidaymakers when they strut their stuff in the arrivals hall.
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“The new film Bohemian Rhapsody has proved a great inspiration for all of us and we can’t wait to be hot-stepping our way to the premiere next month.”
Bohemian Rhapsody is out on October 24 and focuses on a 15-year period of Queen.
It starts from the formation of the group and runs until their performance at Live Aid in 1985, six years before Freddie Mercury's death.
Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor are serving as the film's music producers.
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FireEye Is First Security Company To Detect All Threats Faced In ICSA Labs Advanced Threat Defense Testing
Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 02:52:26 PM
FireEye Network Security (NX) Achieves Certification, Demonstrating Protection Against New Internet Threats in Tests by Leading Independent Laboratory
MILPITAS, CA – December 12, 2016 – FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: FEYE), the intelligence-led security company, today announced that FireEye Network Security (NX) achieved Advanced Threat Defense (ATD) certification in the latest round of independent testing from ICSA Labs, a leading third-party testing and certification body and an independent division of Verizon.
FireEye NX Series detected 100 percent of the threats it encountered during the test cycle. According to ICSA Labs, this is the first time that a security vendor’s solution detected all threats it faced. ICSA Labs testing reported only one false positive, spotlighting how the accuracy of FireEye detection reduces the time and effort wasted on non-malicious alerts.
ICSA Labs tests ATD products using real, prodigious sources of new and little-known malware and delivering them to vendor ATD solutions via the same means that they would be delivered to unsuspecting enterprises.
FireEye NX underwent 36 consecutive days of testing during the third quarter of 2016, demonstrating excellent threat detection effectiveness against over 360 new and little-known threats. ICSA Labs tested the detection capabilities of FireEye NX with a mix of 738 test runs using recently harvested threats that were not detected by traditional security products. ICSA Labs also launched innocuous applications and activities to test FireEye ATD capabilities in terms of false positives.
FireEye NX protects against known and unknown advanced attacks with the signature-less Multi-Vector Virtual Execution™ (MVX™) engine, conventional intrusion prevention system and intelligence-driven detection.
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The Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics (TTP) consists of three research groups. You can find description of their activities below. Members of the Institute collaborate very closely with the research group in theoretical particle physics at the Institute for Nuclear Physics (IKP).
Research interests: LHC physics, QCD, precision tests of the Standard Model, scattering amplitudes, Higgs physics, top quarks and vector bosons.
Quark and lepton flavour physics, with emphasis on flavour-changing neutral current (FCNC) processes: Improvement of Standard-Model predictions for decay rates and CP asymmetries. Calculations in models of new physics, e.g. with enlarged gauge groups, extended Higgs sectors, supersymmetry, or a link to Dark Matter.
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Paris Jackson Stars in First 'Scream' Season 3 Trailer (VIDEO)
UPI June 25, 2019 10:30 am
Paris Jackson is confronted by the knife-wielding Ghostface in the first teaser trailer for Scream Season 3.
The clip, released on Monday, features Jackson answering her door only to be greeted by the killer.
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"What are you supposed to be?" Jackson asks, unimpressed by Ghostface's mask until he raises his knife above her.
The teaser also introduces the cast for Scream Season 3 which includes Mary J. Blige, Tyga, CJ Wallace and Keke Palmer.
(Credit: VH1)
The third season, titled Scream: Resurrection, will be moving the horror series based on the film franchise of the same name from MTV to VH1. The network will debut the show on July 8 and will air two, one-hour episodes for three consecutive nights.
Scream: Resurrection will follow a local star running back (RJ Cyler) whose past comes back to haunt him and his friends. Queen Latifah is serving as an executive producer.
By Wade Sheridan
Originally published in UPI Entertainment News.
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REVIEW: U2, Manchester Arena - 'one of those concerts that will long live in the memory'
REVIEW: U2, Manchester Arena
THERE aren’t many band who can pull it off – leaving you with feeling that you have just witnessed something epic and yet so intimate and personal. But U2 did just that as their eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour rolled into Manchester.
Much hyped, much vaunted and, in some quarters much loathed, in just over two hours U2 proved why they are still one of the biggest and most relevant bands in the world with a stunning show.
This was one of those special nights; one of those concerts that will live long in the memory of those who were transfixed as Bono and co did what they do best.
Greeting the audience as they entered the arena was a massive cage-like structure bisecting the vast area with stages at either end. Suddenly this giant Meccano construction sprang into life becoming a giant screen, walkway and stage all in one. Never has so much effort, or probably expense, gone into ensuring that a band gets up close and personal to its audience.
But this wasn’t a show that worked because of all the toys being used. The technology was merely an aid, the band remained firmly at the heart of the evening.
As you would expect with U2 this was a show with several messages – the need for love and compassion in the world; the plight of the oppressed, the power of young people to make a difference and even the dangers of Brexit.
But it was also an autobiographical and self-deprecating show as you were taken through a potted history of the band.
The Blackout and Lights of Home from the band’s most recent Songs of Experience album set things off with the band playing inside their giant cage/screen.
But then all was transformed. On a simple stage with basic lighting they tore into I will Follow, suddenly becoming those young lads from Dublin who I first saw in Tiffany’s nightclub in Leeds back in 1981.
Almost 37 years later they proved they can still serve up pure, visceral rock and roll and, if that wasn’t good enough, they followed it up with Gloria. I could have gone home a happy man at that point!
Noticeably the setlist steered clear of songs from arguably U2’s best known album The Joshua Tree but being honest, they weren’t missed.
This was a cleverly planned show designed to make a point and make an impact. The graphics were impressive but not intrusive. A comic strip account of the band’s rise to fame and how it almost led to their implosion in the Nineties was great fun. It was also interesting to hear a band admit ‘we got carried away with it all’.
Who’s Going to Ride Your White Horses was a stunning rendition, leading into tearaway version of The Fly.
For the show Bono revived, thanks to clever technology, his Zoo TV alter ego Mr Macphisto and launched into a chilling warning about the state of the world. It was part theatre, part politics and hugely effective.
Bono remains very much the ringmaster. A charismatic figure, his voice was strong, powerful and genuinely emotive and the clever staging gave him a catwalk, a pulpit and a close connection to his people.
You’re The Best Thing About Me led into a duet with The Edge on guitar of Summer of Love which was one of the highlights of the night.
It’s only when you see U2 live that you fully appreciate the musicianship within the band. Larry Mullen Jr on drums is an absolute rock, pounding away as though his life depends on it, Adam Clayton on bass often adds almost a second lead and the Edge, well he’s the Edge!
Pride (In the Name of Love), New Year’s Day and City of Blinding Lights rounded off the show. Before a three song encore of One, Love is Bigger than Anything in its Way and finally 13 with Bono leaving a giant lightbulb swinging over the arena, a sign of hope in what is an increasingly dark world.
And then they were gone leaving the audience stunned, exhilarated, impressed, ecstatic and moved. If you’ve got a ticket for tonight’s second show at Manchester I envy you.
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Car Rearview Camera Ruling Delayed Again
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While it looked like the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was set to announce this week that all passenger cars will have to come with rearview cameras by 2014, the decision has reportedly been pushed back yet again, probably to the end of this year.
That’s according to a story from Bloomberg via Automotive News. Prior to that, a report in the New York Times pointed to an official pronouncement by the NHTSA that was expected to occur this week.
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We’ve covered this story before, back in December 2010 when the NHTSA first proposed the safety regulation. In January 2012, we followed up with a look at some of the best rearview cameras in 2012 vehicles today. But the truth is that, up to this point, consumers either had to opt for an expensive package costing thousands of dollars or buy a higher-trim model in order to get a rearview camera system.
That will probably change now, according to a report in our sister publication, TheCarConnection, commenting that regulators estimate the added cost per vehicle to be in the range of $160 to $200.
But with the latest delay, it’s not looking good for rearview cameras to be mandated in 2014 passenger cars. Maybe for 2015, but it all depends on when the NHTSA issues their final ruling.
The good news is that some automakers have gotten a jump on providing this all-important safety feature as standard equipment, as in the multi-angle rearview camera with guidelines standard on all trims of the 2012 Honda CR-V (reviewed here by TheCarConnection).
Why the mandate?
Just to reiterate the need for rearview cameras, according to the advocacy group Kids and Cars, more than 50 children are backed over by vehicles every week, 48 are treated in hospital emergency rooms and at least two die from their backover injuries.
The larger the vehicle, say an SUV, minivan or pickup, the bigger the blind spot or blind zone, as Kids and Cars prefers to call it.
While the NHTSA studied other solutions, such as radar-based sensors that beeped in proximity of an object, none worked as effectively as cameras. Sensors, it should be noted, don’t detect moving people, especially children prone to dart in the rear path of a vehicle to wave good-bye, the so-called “bye-bye” syndrome.
Check out the Kids and Cars video below for a frightening look at just how blind that zone can be – enough to fit 62 children!
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Roy championing the cause for fearless England
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Eoin Morgan has often spoken of the “fearless” cricket that has propelled England to the top of the one-day game and Jason Roy is the embodiment of that spirit at the World Cup.
The opening batsman has been a key figure in taking England, who have yet to win the 50-over trophy, to their first final for 27 years.
Roy was missed badly when he was out for three games earlier in the tournament as England stumbled, suffering group-stage defeats to Sri Lanka and Australia in that period.
On both occasions the pressure of a run-chase appeared to overwhelm them, with James Vince, Roy’s replacement at the top of the order, making scores of 14 and nought.
It was little wonder that England, who have set such store by aggressive batting since their miserable first-round exit at the 2015 World Cup, were so desperate to get 28-year-old Surrey star Roy back into their side.
And the powerful Roy has not disappointed, hitting three consecutive fifties in victories against India, New Zealand and Australia.
The first-wicket partnership Roy has formed with Jonny Bairstow has been pivotal in England’s progress to the final against New Zealand at Lord’s on Sunday. They average nearly 70 as an opening pair in ODIs.
To put that into context, the next-best first-wicket duo in ODI cricket, with at least 30 innings together, is the celebrated West Indies pairing of Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes, with an average of 52.55.
But the way Roy, a fundamentally orthodox if powerful strokeplayer, bats is about more than statistics.
There is also the galvanising effect he has on his teammates -- and the demoralising impact he can have on the opposition. Thursday’s semifinal against Australia at Edgbaston provided a brilliant example of Roy’s worth to England.
The host nation were faced with a potentially awkward chase of 224 to win against a world-class attack and the temptation might have been to treat Australia spearhead Mitchell Starc with caution at the start of the innings.
Yet Roy’s response to a full leg-stump ball from Starc in just the sixth over was to hoist the left-arm quick for six over deep fine leg with a late flick of the wrists.
He was even more cavalier when Nathan Lyon came on to bowl, smashing the off-spinner’s first delivery for a huge six over long-off.
He went on to make 85 off 65 balls, including nine fours and five sixes.
Australia captain Aaron Finch, a county colleague of Roy’s, said: “He definitely goes hard, having played with him for a few years now for Surrey.
“He’s a player that when he’s on he can be so damaging to an opposition and in such quick time as well.”
Greenidge and Haynes, in addition to their ODI exploits that included featuring in the West Indies’ 1979 World Cup final win over England, also formed one of Test cricket’s best opening partnerships.
Roy has yet to play Test cricket but, with the Ashes next month, some pundits believe he could be the solution to England’s ongoing problems at the top of the order in the five-day game.
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I Absorbed My Twin Before Birth
By The Doctors Staff on 7:00 AM PDT, March 24, 2017
Playing I Absorbed My Twin in the Womb
“I have a condition called chimerism,” explains Taylor. “Basically, it means I am my own twin.”
The first indication that there was something unusual about Taylor was present at birth – a straight line down the center of her torso divides it into two halves with different skin tones. Doctors dismissed it as a birthmark.
She began to get sick in her early teens, but doctors were mystified by the cause until one correctly diagnosed Taylor as a chimera. The rare condition occurs when two fraternal fertilized eggs fuse in the womb – in a sense, Taylor absorbed her own twin sister. She still carries her sister’s DNA and genetic makeup in addition to her own.
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“I have two different immune systems, and I have two different bloodstreams. My body treats my sister’s DNA and cells as foreign matter and wants to get rid of them, but it can’t,” she tells The Doctors. The result has been repeated immune flare-ups, and Taylor has multiple allergies.
Even before she was diagnosed, Taylor says, she was unusually interested in twins as a child. “I used to ask my mom, ‘Do I have a twin sister? Do I have a twin sister?’” she admits.
Since her condition is so rare it’s been hard for her to find information about it, and she’s hoping The Doctors have some tips for her. Geneticist Dr. Brandon Colby has answers for Taylor.
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Dr. Colby confirms that Taylor’s symptoms are consistent with chimerism. One of the effects of the condition is that, because she has two immune systems and a double set of DNA, she’s likely to get abnormal results on many medical tests. “It’s important for Taylor throughout life to inform doctors that she has chimerism, so when they get these strange test results back they know how to quickly interpret them correctly. This may save her life.”
Two companies that Dr. Colby works with, Sequencing.com and Diagnomics, would like to offer Taylor free genetic testing and analysis. “I’m going to be your doctor through the process,” Dr. Colby assures her, “And we’re going to create a personalized plan that will help optimize your health throughout your life.”
He also assures Taylor that chimerism is not inherited, and her children should not be affected.
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Puppeteer Michael Sommers welcomes mn original to the Open Eye Figure Theatre where he conducts visually driven performances with his creations.
Puppeteer Michael Sommers welcomes MN Original to the Open Eye Figure Theatre where he conducts visually driven performances with his creations. Artist Bio: Michael Sommers has worked professionally in theater for three decades and is renowned in the Twin Cities for his unique, visual approach to the stage and his versatility in multiple art forms. He has worked as puppeteer, writer, performer, designer, and director throughout his career. He has collected many awards including a Ford Fellowship and a Bush Enduring Visions award. Sommers is currently the Artistic Director of The Open Eye Figure Theatre and an Associate Professor in the newly formed Department of Collaborative Arts at the University of Minnesota.
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Puppeteer Michael Sommers and the Open Eye Figure Theatre
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Russian Riviera
Yes, you read that correctly. In the alluring Black Sea town of Sochi, plutocrats and state officials alike are spending billions to reinvent what was once the Soviet Union’s premier resort.
By Valerie Stivers-Isakova
Simon Watson A Lenin mosaic dating from the 1970's
Russian beach has the undeniable ring of an oxymoron. Russia is, after all, the land of reindeer, permafrost, and polar night—a place where people are occasionally killed by icicles. The pants-tucked-in-the-boots look is always de rigeur here, out of necessity. Steam baths, binge drinking, and Ukrainian smoked-lard delicacies, all prophylactics against freezing to death, have been elevated to the status of cultural icons. Tourists who come to Russia do it for the girls, the weirdness, the flash, the spectacle, the party. Expatriates who work here do it for funds or for oil companies or to diligently promote the global increase of credit-card debt. But no one expects to get a tan.
Mere logic has never deterred the Russians from a building project, however. Peter the Great erected his capital on a swamp—and St. Petersburg’s slinking black canals and crumbling Baroque palaces remain a wonder of the world to this day. Delusional, grandiose, ruthless, visionary, mad: these are the people who colonized Siberia and blithely erected cities in the Arctic Circle. So for the humble Black Sea town of Sochi to cast a bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics—and to become a year-round, world-class resort destination attracting high-end travelers who might even, yes, go swimming—is not as implausible as it sounds.
Sochi was for decades the Soviet Union’s center for relaxation and rejuvenation, the finest resort behind the Iron Curtain. It has prodigious natural attributes: mild weather, 73 miles of beach, nearby hills for hiking, easy access to skiing in the winter, and seriously good rustic cuisine. Stalin had a dacha here (now a kitschy hotel and museum), and he encouraged the construction, starting in the 1920’s, of health spas known as sanatoriums—many of which are still operating, running on fumes and faded glory. Until lately, that’s been it: Sochi was a place with a modicum of time-capsule charm, but not much draw for international travelers.
It appears that all of this is about to change. Last year, the Kremlin began funneling stratospheric amounts of cash and big political muscle into the grandly named Federal Target Programme for the Development of Sochi, which promises almost $12 billion over the next seven years to "completely refurbish the entire region," in the words of Olympic bid committee marketing and communications director Andrey Braginski. The funding will be 60 percent public and 40 percent private; deals already inked or under way include a sparkling new airport and additional hotels (both funded by aluminum oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a 39-year-old billionaire whose Belgravia mansion set him back $49 million), as well as two new ski resorts, one financed by the state-owned energy monolith Gazprom, the other by the privately held Interros. If Sochi doesn’t win its Olympic bid (to be determined in July; the city is currently one of three finalists, along with Salzburg and Pyeongchang, South Korea), $7 billion will still be invested, Braginski says, though not necessarily in bobsled tracks.
The first manifestation of the new Sochi is the Grand Hotel Rodina, a $45 million resort that opened quietly in July 2006, flaunting impeccable wild-Russian-luxury credentials. Owned by Russian Hotels, a branch of Deripaska’s empire, and managed by the Stein Group, a European boutique hotelier, the Rodina is a stunning refurbishment of a Stalin-era villa, with characteristically soaring ceilings, acres of creamy marble, and manicured grounds leading down to a private beachfront. Fans of the Stein Group’s other properties (including The Cadogan on Sloane Street, in London, and the College Hotel, in Amsterdam) will recognize the patrician, post-Starck style. The palette in the 40 spacious rooms is chocolate, cinnamon, and vanilla, set off by exposed wood beams and luscious textures. Home-country touches appear unexpectedly here and there: gorgeous antique Pushkin and Tolstoy tomes in Cyrillic in the library, a dish at the hotel’s Black Magnolia restaurant that’s a surf-and-turf "Fabergé egg" of chicken, fish and lobster. Prepared by a French chef, naturally.
"I found the history of the Rodina fascinating," says Stein Group founder and chairman David Stein, referring to the site’s interbellum use as a bolthole where party bosses could relax (or not, since Stalin’s own palace, less than 10 miles away, was perhaps too close for comfort). Through the Cold War and up until perestroika, the building was reserved for the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R.; on an early scouting mission, Stein found a bomb shelter on the premises. "It has these incredible old doors with hammers and sickles painted on them," he says. "We’re going to turn it into a cigar bar."
Stein also has plans to open a full-service spa on the grounds—the architect Matteo Thun is purportedly attached to the project—supplemented by two vast swimming pools; there are also a billiards hall and a screening room, making the Rodina a suitable haven for beachgoers in the summer and skiers in the winter.
It’s still up in the air, however, whether the hotel is a pioneer on the new frontier of Russian decadence or a lonely white elephant. True, the Russian-language Kinotavr film festival, held in Sochi each June for the past 16 years, is gaining international attention. Putin himself has a resort-size personal dacha here, where he hosted an EU summit in May 2006. A degree of star power comes from an elite tennis camp in the hills, the alma mater of, among others, Maria Sharapova. But Sochi’s appeal for tourists, whether Russian or foreign, remains unproven—and, if you ask certain jet-set nationals, unlikely. The distant-second-best hotel option is the Radisson SAS Lazurnaya, built in 1996, which has a nice pool but Miami Vice-hued rooms that could use a revamp. And the current swinging-weekend scene of foreign businessmen down to meet their local "girlfriends" is amusing or distasteful, depending on your point of view.
One thing Sochi indisputably does have going for it is location. Set on a stretch of the easternmost side of the Black Sea, along the foothills of the western Caucasus Mountains, its dramatic black-stone beaches are swimmable from May through the "velvet season" in late October. Blue, cold, instantly deep water hits the rocky shore with a distinctive clatter-slurp sound evocative of ice in a cocktail glass. The coastline segues into hills so steep they’re accessible only by elevator or gondola. Less than an hour away, reached via a newly completed, mountain-bypassing tunnel, looms Krasnaya Polyana (Red Meadow), the apparatchik ski resort that’s a favorite of Putin’s.
This is an area of the world like no other, its rugged hills dotted with fat chickens, milk cows, and cypress trees like black exclamation points, immortalized by the Georgian primitivist painter Niko Pirosmani. Fertile inland hills support vineyards and orchards; along the town’s palm-lined streets, women with glinting gold teeth sell fresh fruit in plastic pint-size containers—tiny, fragrant wild strawberries, rubylike morellos, bilberries, whortleberries, and peaches the size of small lapdogs. The vendors’ open-air stands are festooned with strings of homemade fruit leather bulging with nuts, knots of a salty local cheese known as suluguni, wreaths of fresh laurel leaves, and glossy bouquets of lemons.
The setting allows all kinds of outdoor activities; most of them can be enjoyed in distinctly under-regulated Russian style. In ski season, a few bucks and a helicopter will get you to the top of any piste you like, despite towering cliffs of avalanche-prone powder. Mountain jeeps carve up pristine hills in summer, and fixed ropes allow neophyte spelunkers access to unsupervised prehistoric caves. For the less extreme, there’s hiking, swimming in the emerald pools at the bases of icy mountain waterfalls (of which there are dozens; the most popular are the Agura waterfalls, below the Eagle Cliffs), and rafting trips that stop at riverside restaurants where you can dine on freshly caught trout. The lifts at Krasnaya Polyana run all summer, taking tourists to the summit for a 360-degree view of undulating green hills and Alpine lakes.
Back in town, things are only marginally less wild. Sochi, which means "juicy" in Russian, is at heart a flaming neon phoenix of a boardwalk town. On its main corner stands a giant mosaic of Lenin’s head, perpetually wreathed in smoke billowing from carts of grilling meat. The women—characterized by feral blue eyes and gangly limbs—wear high heels on the beach here, and their proto-capitalist mates unironically chomp cigars as they stand in the shallows.
This 21st-century present exists cheek-by-jowl with the Soviet past, in the form of Sochi’s sanatoriums: combination spa-hospital-resorts where the U.S.S.R.’s workforce—the metalsmiths, the auto workers, the tax collectors—arrived with vouchers to take a heavily discounted month of rest, cooling the sweat of their noble communist labor. On the paths winding through the forested grounds, signposts point: this way—pool, that way—X-rays. In what must be one of the nation’s funnier exercises in futility, wall murals in the socialist-propaganda style exhort Russians not to smoke.
The magnificent Stalinist imperial buildings (and depressing Brezhnev concrete blocks) may be falling into disrepair, but the sanatoriums still endure. At Ordzhonikidze, a palatial structure named after an early Bolshevik activist, pinafore-clad middle-aged women—of the type known as "chemical aunties" for their improbably hued hair and toxic demeanor—guard creaky wooden corridors lavish with original detail. No one can see a room without the proper permission (and paperwork). Inquiries about services and prices, or whether it is even possible to stay the night, are met with extreme suspicion, and visitors are sent to a separate department to stand in one line, then another. And so on.
The sanatoriums are slowly being bought up and transformed—the Rodina is only one example. But visitors who make haste to the region will still have plenty of opportunities to see statues of robust, toga-wearing workers and beautiful marble bas-relief carvings: sheaf of wheat, basket of fruit, hammer and sickle.
Ironically, these still-functioning relics have become obstacles in Sochi’s development. Sanatoriums attract 3 million visitors a year, according to state PR channel Russia Today, many of them financially and physically distressed—making Sochi currently too unfashionable among the Russian elite to, well, become fashionable any time soon. Propose it as a Destination, and chic Muscovites react with varying degrees of amusement and alarm; as the joke goes, "Question: What’s the Russian Riviera?Answer: The Riviera."
Moreover, the infrastructure isn’t yet up to luxury-travel standards. Roads are traffic-choked, mountain paths are sometimes scattered with litter, and the night spots are a collective time machine set to 1980. Until the boondoggle that is the Olympic bid is secure and/or the new ski resorts, airports, and roads are built, it might be foolish for anyone less financially secure than an oligarch to dump money here. A lesson can be drawn from a sight a few minutes up the road from the current, abysmal airport: a grand, ruined, insectile black-glass structure that was to be a new international airport—half-built and then abandoned a decade ago.
And there’s still the general implausibility of Russia as a resort destination. Although it’s very good at many things, the country is not known for its service industry. "Sochi, so far, is still fighting for tourist clientele on a par with those of Turkey and Egypt," says Anton Lyalin, an owner of Moscow’s Goodman Steak House chain, who considered opening a restaurant in town (a low-cost café is all he thinks would make sense) and has decided against it for now. "But the service guys in Turkey—they smile," he says. "Sochi needs a program of how to welcome people to our city, and it’s not happening yet."
Of course, the rough edges hardly matter once one is inside the Rodina’s stately gates, where the atmosphere is so Western, travelers may as well be on Majorca or the Amalfi Coast at one of Stein’s other properties. The hotel will appeal to Russians as a way to "be in Russia without being in Russia," according to Stein Group chairman Thierry Naidu.
The same could be said of the attraction of the place for foreigners, who might be a better audience for the resort, regardless of the Olympics. Greg Tepper, president of the Exeter International agency, a Florida-based company specializing in luxury travel to Eastern Europe, says that a stop in Sochi is sometimes, though not often, part of a client’s Russian itinerary. "The people we’ve sent there are eccentric, looking for something off the beaten path," he says. He adds that to fly directly there from the United States is an "insurmountable" challenge and that he "can’t imagine Sochi in the foreseeable future having major appeal for Americans." On the other hand, Sochi’s current buzz, fascinating history, colorful boardwalk, and unfamiliar but delectable cuisine could constitute major draws in themselves—a reason to come here instead of a more predictable Eastern European destination.
The restaurant scene is predictably (and maddeningly) inconsistent, but a handful of places serve authentic Caucasian food, making them worthy destinations. Beliye Nochi ("White Nights") offers a cult version of the Georgian meat dumpling khinkali that one Sochi businessman and bon vivant describes as the best in Russia. These juicy packets of ground meat, wrapped in a tissue-thin flexible dough, are served boiled or fried, with a variety of sauces (sour-cream-and-garlic and sour pomegranate are favorites). Regulars call ahead to reserve multiple orders, which they eat with many little side dishes, in the Georgian style. At Shalet, a café on the boardwalk, the lyulya kebabs of ground lamb are sprinkled with pomegranate spice, parsley, and chopped white onion and are accompanied by plenty of papery Armenian flatbread.
But the best food can be found at Amshenski Dvor, a 30-minute drive from the Rodina in the direction of Krasnaya Polyana. This mostly open-air Armenian restaurant is set behind a structure that looks like the prow of a ship. Peacocks prowl the courtyard; grapevines drape over and around the cabanas; communal tables are hewn from whole trees. House specialties include fried egg and cheese on fluffy homemade lavash bread, polenta-like cornmeal mamaliga, and grape leaves stuffed with fresh cheese, mild rice, and lamb in a nutmeg-tomato sauce. All this is followed inevitably by succulent shashlik, Caucasian skewers of grilled meat.
This idyllic scene is not without flaws. The staff’s collective English is rudimentary at best, and the bathrooms are better left undescribed. Amshenski Dvor’s edges, like so many others found in Sochi, are rough. But sitting in such a place, a stone’s throw from the blue, blue waters of the Black Sea, savoring regional home cooking while the Volgas and Ladas cruise by on the highway and, perhaps, dabbling in selections from the extensive vodka menu, a person could be forgiven for thinking that there’s nothing at all wrong with Sochi that a few billion dollars couldn’t fix.
Valerie Stivers-Isakova lives in New York and Moscow. Her first novel, Blood Is the New Black, will be published by Crown in the fall.
The balmy months of spring are best; temperatures hit the sixties in April and seventies in June. High summer is a favorite with visitors who enjoy swimming and hiking outdoors; temperatures remain in the sixties through October.
S7 Airlines (www.s7.ru) runs inexpensive, short-haul flights from Moscow to Sochi’s Adler airport. Consult Greg Tepper of Exeter International (800/633-1008; www.exeterinternational.com) for travel advice and arrangements in Russia.
A visa is required for entry to Russia. Many hotels offer tourist invitations (required of all applicants), for a small fee in addition to the cost of the visa. For more information, see www.waytorussia.net or www.expresstorussia.com.
Cabs are plentiful but charge more for foreigners, and most drivers speak only Russian. Ask the concierge at your hotel to arrange transportation.
Grand Hotel Rodina 33 Vinogradnaya St.; 7-8622/539-000; www.grandhotelrodina.com; doubles from $600.
Radisson SAS Lazurnaya 103 Kurortny Prospekt; 888/201-1718 or 7-8622/663-333; www.radissonsas.ru; doubles from $285.
Amshenski Dvor 15A Krasnaplotskaya; 7-8622/955-121; dinner for two $25.
Beliye Nochi 9 Ordzhonikidze St.; 7-8622/625-288; dinner for two $25.
Black Magnolia 33 Vinogradnaya St.; 7-8622/539-000; dinner for two $150.
Shalet 5 Rivyersky Pereulok; 7-918/104-5254; dinner for two $20.
The country remains steeped in Soviet attitudes and regulations. For all activities, including outdoor ones, make arrangements with your concierge—the Rodina staff was endlessly helpful—or contact local travel agency SG tours (7-8622/665-070; www.sgtours.ru).
Zelyonaya Roscha Hotel at Stalin’s Dacha Travelers may not enter the gates of this museum without a prior reservation (ask your hotel to book one for you); the phone number (7-8622/621-842) rarely works.
Kinotavr Film Festival Occurs every June in Sochi, attracting national and international filmmakers. www.kinotavr.net.
Ordzhonikidze 96/5 Kurortny Prospekt; 7-8622/ 976-657.
Mettalurg 92 Kurortny Prospekt; 7-8622/ 971-945.
Light contemporary Russian fiction—it’s a beach town, after all—such as mysteries by essayist Boris Akunin and novels by Moscow native Oksana Robski, available in translation.
Sochi’s black-pebble beaches are murder on bare feet: bring water shoes. To fit in with locals, pack your fanciest, flashiest resortwear. The standard gratuity in Russia is 10 percent.
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Radisson Lazurnaya Hotel, Sochi
Grand Hotel Rodina
A luxurious refurbishment of a stalin-era villa, the 40-room Rodina is set on manicured grounds with a private beachfront in the year-round resort town of Sochi. Russian Hotels, an arm of billionaire aluminum oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s empire, has imparted a postmodern patrician style: soaring ceilings, acres of creamy marble, exposed wood beams, and velvet- and leather-covered furniture. The hotel makes much of the local culture, with antique Cyrillic-language editions of Tolstoy and Pushkin in the library, and original iron doors painted with hammers and sickles in the lobby. Following the announcement that Sochi—between the Black Sea and Caucasus foothills—will be hosting the Winter Olympic Games in 2014, the hotel is sprucing up for its moment in the spotlight. Among the additions is a spa—complete with a traditional banya, or Russian bath—and an enormous indoor pool, part of the planned complex, is already open to guests.
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The Great British Sewing Bee – TV review
Trying to replicate The Great British Bake-Off is all very well – except that trousers just aren't as sexy as chocolate cake
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Tom Meltzer
Wed 10 Apr 2013 02.00 EDT First published on Wed 10 Apr 2013 02.00 EDT
The Great British Sewing Bee … May Martin, Claudia Winkleman and Patrick Grant. Photograph: BBC/Love Productions
It can't be fun being a knock-off. No child aspires to it, after all. Kids, as a rule, set their sights fairly high. What do you want to be when you grow up, little boy? I'd like to be the poor man's Daniel Craig, sir. Doesn't happen. They also tend not to call strangers sir. So I feel almost sorry for the trio of – albeit authorised – knock-offs in Bake-Off spin-off The Great British Sewing Bee (BBC2), each of whom spends the hour labouring inescapably in the shadow of their cake-chomping predecessor.
Presenter Claudia Winkleman has the toughest time of it. She does her best to fill Mel and Sue's shoes by performing a double act with herself. Which, to be fair, she's uniquely qualified to do, since cheeky chats with herself are already part of her sizeable – and quite charming – schtick. So mum Sandra shows her a photo of the chiffon blouse she's putting together for the final task and Winkleman is away, doing all the voices: "That, with a cocktail. Mr Brad Pitt, would you like an extra pretzel? Yes, I would." Sandra's baffled, but that's schtick for you.
If the programme makers wanted to avoid such comparisons they should really have done their best to find a pair of judges without the same first initials as the bake-off's. There is no name I can think of more similar to Mary than May, and it's hardly a leap from Paul to Patrick either. Which would be fine if the pair burst from the screen with distinct personalities of their own, dispelling all memories of their crumby predecessors, but thus far all we've learned about sewing instructor May Martin or walking men's magazine advertisement Patrick Grant is that they like a clean hemline. And, let's be honest with ourselves now, who doesn't?
The real problem though is that they have to judge clothes. And, unlike with a cake or pie, which can be described with evocative words such as "moist", "crusty" and "seductive", the language of clothes is uniformly dreary. So Patrick spends most of the second episode announcing, for example: "You've got a decent pair of trousers there," or "That's a lovely pocket." Or "The fly is doing what a fly should do," pause for effect, "which is concealing the zip." It doesn't make you want to rush out and buy new pants. Bake-off does. Specifically, bigger ones.
There also aren't a lot of ways for judges to interact with clothes. They can pinch the fabric between finger and thumb, sure. They can lift up a collar and peer at the stitching underneath. If they feel a bit saucy they can poke the model wearing them in the stomach. But they can't, you know, chew them. Bite them. Devour them. No one's A-line skirt is going to come apart in their mouth. No one's silk blouse has a soggy middle. You can never taste too much cinnamon in a pair of chinos. The judges just have to stand there, pointing at neat stitching and unwanted creases, spouting synonyms for good, bad and OK.
More even than the judges though, I pity the models for the final task. The contestants have six hours – six hours! – to tailor their models a fitted blouse. During which time these poor souls, presumably, stand there with bits of fabric pinned to them, knowing the best they can hope for from the day is a cheeky poke in the belly from Grant. Those purple robes can't help either. Whose idea was it to dress them in purple robes? They look like a team of Roman serving staff.
They might as well get a show of their own, these standers. I'd watch. I can see it now: two short tasks, an outdoor stand and, say, a handstand, a little lesson in the history of standing and a six-hour showdown at the end. The judges (a former Buckingham Palace guard and a human statue) would have just as much to say. "You're really standing there, Brian." "That is textbook standing." "Janine, I'm sorry, that was kneeling."
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They could call it The Great British Stand-Off. It really wouldn't be much less interesting.
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Budget 2017 (March)
Hammond was a picture of relaxed swagger – because he was in the ring alone
Jonathan Freedland
Hammond left a series of holes in Tory defences that would normally be easy for the opposition to exploit, but Corbyn could not even land a punch
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The government believes it can take all manner of risks without paying an electoral price – thanks to the parlous state of the opposition Photograph: Rupert Hartley/Rex/Shutterstock
In normal times, this was a budget that – while thin on detail, light on policy and devoid of surprise giveaways: all hat and no rabbit – would have been judged to be full of risk. In his most striking announcement, a Tory chancellor hit a core Tory constituency where it hurts, by raising the taxes of the self-employed. In normal times, Philip Hammond could have expected a bucket of tabloid ordure to be poured over his head, punishment for declaring war on white-van man and the millions of others who work for themselves.
But these are not normal times. True, Hammond was being hounded within minutes for breaking a pledge not to raise national insurance contributions that had featured in the Conservative manifesto of 2015. And the Daily Mail wasted no time in slamming the chancellor for his “brazen tax raid” on sole traders earning more than £16,000. Still, Hammond may well be calculating that he can ride out any storm.
And that’s because the normal rules of political physics are currently suspended. Put simply, this government believes it can take all manner of risks without paying an electoral price – thanks to the parlous state of the opposition. They can even jab an elbow in the eye of a group that in the Cameron/Osborne era was identified as a crucial voting bloc – those they called “strivers” – confident that those voters have nowhere else to go. The calculation is that the self-employed may hate this rise in NICs, but they’re never going to vote for Jeremy Corbyn.
Which explains why Hammond came to the despatch box with a breezy confidence that defied the image he’s cultivated during a career of unexciting performances in one dry, technocratic brief after another. He was a picture of relaxed swagger, a smile playing on his lips as he fired off a battery of decent jokes – an accountant finally loosening his tie half way through a bottle of wine.
The source of that confidence was apparent in the target of Hammond’s humour offensive. Languidly, he took a series of swipes at Corbyn and the Labour benches. Driverless cars? You lot know all about that. “They don’t call it the last Labour government for nothing,” he said. He barely broke a sweat, like a cat idly toying with a mouse that is half-dead and poses no resistance.
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And if that assessment seems like arrogance on the Tories’ part, Labour did its best to vindicate it. Corbyn, grappling with the hardest part of a hard job – delivering what is meant to be the leader of the opposition’s impromptu response to the budget – could not land a punch on Hammond, even though the chancellor had all but drawn a target on his own face. Incredibly, Corbyn did not attack the Tories for breaking that manifesto promise on national insurance or speak for the millions who will be hit. Perhaps he had missed that bit. It was an open goal that Corbyn strolled past, preferring to mount his usual soapbox and give a pre-cooked – if impassioned – speech on poverty that could have been delivered at any moment in the last six years.
The result was a budget composed under no external pressure. Raising the taxes of the self-employed was only the most obvious illustration. But there was evidence throughout the speech, in both what was said and not said.
What, for example, is the factor that more than any other will determine Britain’s economic fortunes in the coming years? It’s obviously Brexit, with the triggering of article 50 imminent. But in delivering a 55-minute long assessment of – and plan for – the British economy, Hammond felt able barely to mention it, given that Labour had voted for article 50 too. A cursory reference to the EU at the start, one more later on, and that was it. It meant that the budget, and all its projections and forecasts, were predicated on an assumption that everything will carry on just as before – even though Britain is about to leave its biggest export market, an act so reckless that, we ought to remember, both Hammond and Theresa May used to oppose it.
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And that was far from the only gap. When George Osborne gave these speeches, he would sweat over every number predicting future borrowing, desperate to show that the deficit was coming down year-on-year. But Hammond was relaxed when he announced that Britain will be borrowing more next year than it did this.
He could afford to be relaxed. Osborne made deficit reduction his personal brand, but the same is not true of Hammond: he does not carry that baggage. And if the government has repeatedly delayed the day when the country will go into surplus – despite those 2010 promises to reach that Eden by the end of the last parliament – who exactly is going to punish them for it? Hammond looked at the benches opposite and saw no pressure to defend himself for extending austerity for an eighth or ninth or 10th year.
The same went for social care, as the chancellor announced a mere sticking plaster of £2bn for three years and had similarly little to say about the National Health Service. Corbyn forcefully spoke about a “state of emergency” in the NHS, but Hammond could brush it off, safe in the knowledge that polls show more people trust a Tory PM to protect the health service than trust the Labour leader. The chancellor will doubtless come up with a bigger plan by the autumn. But he faced no pressure to do it now. A holding budget would do.
Even so, Hammond left a series of holes in Tory defences that would, in normal times, be easy for a functioning opposition to blast through. But these are not normal times. For now, the Tories are in the ring alone, able to swing wildly, this way and that, without fearing the consequences. And as long as it goes on, the rest of us are forced to watch an unusual experiment: government without opposition.
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US ready to help investigation into Surabaya bomb attacks: Envoy
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Semarang, Central Java / Wed, May 16, 2018 / 07:55 pm
Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu pours water over the nose of an AH-64E Apache attack helicopter handed over by the US government in a ceremony at Ahmad Yani Air Force Base in Semarang, Central Java, on May 16. (JP/Suherdjoko)
The US government is ready to provide the Indonesian government with assistance in its investigation into a string of suicide bomb attacks in East Java on Sunday and Monday, which left 25 people dead and at least 41 others injured, an envoy has said.
US deputy ambassador to Indonesia Erin McKee told reporters on Wednesday that the US was strongly opposed to terrorism and stood with the Indonesian people and government in eradicating terrorism.
She was speaking after attending the handover ceremony of eight AH-64E Apache attack helicopters at Ahmad Yani Air Force Base in Semarang, Central Java. The Indonesian government bought the eight helicopters worth US$41 million each from the US government.
McKee said all US government institutions were ready to help Indonesia.
The deputy ambassador further stated the US condemned the suicide bomb attacks that hit three churches in Surabaya and expressed her sympathy for the victims.
Despite the terror attacks, she said, the government would not prohibit US citizens from visiting Indonesia. “Our consulate in Surabaya and the US Embassy in Jakarta are still open,” said McKee. (ebf)
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Facebook accused of giving users a false sense of control
A report commissioned by the Belgian Privacy Commission found that the company’s privacy policy violates European law.
By Quinton O'Reilly Monday 23 Feb 2015, 6:45 PM
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
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A NEW REPORT claims that Facebook is in breach of a number of European laws, concerning how much control its 1.39 billion users has over their data.
At the request of the Belgian Privacy Commission, both the ICRI/CIR and iMinds-SMIT conducted a report into what it describes as “an extensive analysis of Facebook’s revised policies and terms,” after it updated its privacy policy for 2015.
First reported by The Guardian, it found that most of Facebook’s new policies and terms were “simply old practices made more explicit.” The default configuration of certain settings like deciding what other Facebook users can access, application settings and settings for advertising was also described as “problematic” and gave users “a false sense of control.”
Some of the issues brought up by the report include:
Placing too much of a burden on its users: Users are expected to navigate the service’s settings to find possible opt-outs, which can be complex and hidden deep within the service. For example, a user can opt-out of appearing as part of Sponsored Stories by not liking content altogether. Also, users are unaware of their appearance in promotional content and how their data is used for advertising purposes.
Unfair contract terms: In comparison to 2013, the report states that Facebook’s new statement of Rights and Responsibilities have “not changed substantially” and a number of violations that were present in 2013 are set to persist in 2015.
Data subject rights: Facebook’s terms do not properly acknowledge the data subject rights of its users. Deleting your profile, for example, is an “all-or-nothing” option and only deletes things you’ve posted. Also, concerns over how the service tracks data and users’ location was highlighted.
Consent: The report states that for consent to be valid, it must be “freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous.”
Given the limited information Facebook provides and the absence of meaningful choice with regard to certain processing operations, it is highly questionable whether Facebook’s current approach satisfies these requirements.
While it mentioned that Facebook’s 2015 Data Use Policy is more explicit about the types of information it collects, the description of purposes was still “as vague and broad as it was in 2013.”
Facebook is hoping to avoid another European privacy investigation and is meeting with the Belgian privacy minister, Bart Tommelein, on Wednesday to persuade him that there were “misunderstandings” about its new policy, according to The Register.
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TLC supports Mangakino Cosy Homes initiative
The Lines Company (TLC) is supporting a community-based initiative to help local families keep their homes warmer.
As part of its sponsorship programme, TLC has provided $4,000 to the Mangakino Cosy Homes initiative which works to support and educate local families to make their homes warmer, drier and healthier.
Since launching in 2016, Mangakino Cosy Homes (MCH) has helped 45 families make improvements to maximise warmth in their homes and reduce mould, moisture, and draughts. TLC’s sponsorship will allow a further 14 homes to be assessed.
Cosy Homes is run under the umbrella of Mangakino Health Services. It involves an accredited assessor Phil Gregg visiting residents in their homes to assess houses and see what can be practically done to keep them warmer and drier.
Mangakino Health Services practice manager Charlene Campbell said supporting and educating whanau in their homes has a direct positive impact on health and wellbeing.
There are no set criteria for assessment and the initiative is open to all local residents, she said.
“Homeowners or tenants simply complete a registration form and assessments are then booked. We currently have five families waiting for assessments and hope to complete these this month.”
During assessments, residents are given advice on how best to use electricity to maximise warmth. Mr Gregg also provides tips to increase energy efficiency and reduce mould and moisture build-up.
“Phil uses thermal imaging to demonstrate pockets of coldness in walls and shows where heat escapes so people can see first-hand the loss of energy,” Mrs Campbell said. “Humidity monitors also help keep temperatures at an optimum level and help manage moisture.”
Resources such as draught stoppers seals for doors and windows and LED light bulbs are gifted to homeowners and residents.
“The feedback we’ve had is that these things make a difference straight away,” Mrs Campbell said. “MCH is certainly helping whanau to be healthier and make changes for the better. We’re delighted that TLC has chosen to become involved as financial support is absolutely essential for us to continue this work.”
TLC communications and customer service general manager Jo Ireland said Mangakino Cosy Homes was a great fit with TLC’s values.
“This is a fantastic, community-focussed and driven project and we’re very happy to support it,” she said.
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Murder and mayhem on MDI – ‘Bar Harbor Babylon’
While it certainly remains a significant destination, the Mount Desert Island of today is viewed very differently than the MDI of days gone by. Yes, there are still plenty of wealthy people who summer on the island, their vast estates surrounded by nature’s beauty. But a peek into the island’s history reveals that not long ago, MDI served as a summer playground for the elite of the elite.
And where the elite of the elite gather, scandals are never far behind.
Those scandals are the subject of “Bar Harbor Babylon: Murder, Misfortune, and Scandal on Mount Desert Island” (Down East, $26.95) by Dan and Leslie Landrigan. It’s a collection of some of the more salacious stories from MDI’s decades-long stint as the go-to getaway for the rich and unprincipled. This was a time when what happened on MDI definitely stayed on MDI. These are tales of deception and theft, of sex and murder – stories that once served as the kind of cocktail party gossip that only the truly privileged might encounter.
Just the names alone – Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbilt, Astor – read like a who’s who of the wealthiest, most powerful families of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These are the people who spent stretches of summer openly and delightedly doing literally whatever they wanted in the considerable privacy provided by the island.
We get the story of J.P. Morgan and his many mistresses. The Vanderbilt divorce that was one of the biggest the world had ever seen. The teen widow Madeline Astor, whose 30-years-older husband went down with the Titanic. Nelson Rockefeller’s infidelities get plenty of page time as well, as does the possibly-related kerfuffle surrounding his demise.
“Bar Harbor Babylon” also spends a fair amount of time with James Blaine. Blaine’s political career didn’t play out the way he wanted – he never managed to get elected President – and he had his share of scandals. One of the big ones was after his 1884 presidential campaign, when Blaine went hard after Grover Cleveland for fathering an illegitimate child; as it turned out, Blaine was going to have to hide from the press because he had a love child of his own. There’s some other stuff, including some time spent with Blaine’s son Jimmie.
But while the famous names are fun, the book’s real highlights are the stories about people whose names haven’t necessarily stayed prominent as the years have passed. These people – well-known and wealthy, real high society types – have largely been forgotten, but their strange and lurid sagas live on.
There’s a section devoted to John Morris, who built his MDI mansion with money he made as the Louisiana Lottery King. Morris amassed his fortune by way of lottery-by-mail; his operation was incredibly lucrative, but the sketchy legality eventually led to him being shut down and lotteries largely disappearing for a few decades (until the government decided to give it a try).
And perhaps the most fascinating character in the whole book is Sir Harry Oakes. A Maine native, born in Sangerville and a graduate of Bowdoin, Oakes devoted his whole life to the idea of getting rich. It was his sole goal, and while it took him 14 years to achieve it, he got there, thanks to his 1912 discovery of what would be the second-largest gold mine in all of the Americas. That wealth took him all the way to the Bahamas, where he would campaign for and receive a knighthood – First Baronet of Nassau.
Harry and his family owned a huge mansion in Bar Harbor; by the late 1930s, the heyday of the Cottage Age had largely passed, but there was still plenty of residual charm. And it was the night before he was to leave Nassau to join his family there in the summer of 1943 that he was murdered – a murder that involved a French count who had eloped with Harry’s daughter … and the Duke of Windsor, Edward VIII himself.
All of this plus some more general hits from the island’s history; we meet George Dorr, who bought Cadillac Mountain, and the McLean family and the fallout from the alleged curse of the Hope Diamond. There are some pretty great stories about the effect of Prohibition on the wealthy summer denizens. There’s even a chapter devoted to the relatively brief but intense relationship between Maine and the Ku Klux Klan.
And through it all, character after bizarre character – wealthy failsons and weirdo quack doctors and serial socialites and even a serial killer – parading through the decades of MDI’s time as the summer getaway of choice for the rich and powerful.
The Landrigans are the writers behind the New England Historical Society; their dedication to history is undeniable. The meticulousness of their methods is obvious; the stories of “Bar Harbor Babylon” are clearly well-researched. Each narrative is rich with detail, bringing the past to bright, bizarre life. The tales being told are true, yes, but they’re also compelling. The source material might be juicy, but a little something extra is required to make it really click. Dan and Leslie Landrigan find the click.
“Bar Harbor Babylon” is a great look at the foolhardy foibles and shadowy scandals that have marked MDI’s time as a summer destination. It’s a fun trip back in time to the island’s swinging, salacious past – an entertaining read for any lover of Maine history.
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Theme Park Insider - March 2019
Robert Niles
It's time to play, at Legoland Florida's The Lego Movie World
March 26, 2019, 8:26 PM · The Lego Movie surprised Hollywood in 2014, grossing more than a quarter billion dollars in the United States alone and reminding everyone why Lego remains one of the world's most enduring brands for children.
Of course, plenty of grown-ups love Lego, too. The Lego Movie rewarded them for making their way to the theater with a surprisingly thoughtful story about how play, commerce, and the conflicts between them. But when The Lego Movie made the kind of bank that it did, I suspect that there was exactly zero conflict within Merlin Entertainments about bringing The Lego Movie to its Legoland theme parks.
And now, The Lego Movie World is here, debuting to the public tomorrow at Legoland Florida. No, The Lego Movie World is not as deep as the film. But the kids at whom this land is aimed won't notice that. This is a children's land in a children's theme park. And there are no better theme parks aimed at elementary-aged children that the Legoland parks.
The two-acre Lego Movie World replaces The World of Chima land that opened in 2013. There's a retheme of The Quest for Chi Splash Battle ride, but the rest of this land is new, including Legoland's first-ever flying theater ride. We'll get to that in a bit. But first, the rest of the land, which is meant to evoke the city of Bricksburg from the film.
Let's start with the tallest attraction in The Lego Movie World, Unikitty's Disco Drop. Standing over the land's entrance, the cutest thing about this tower ride is the screen of Unikitty's face at the top, which changes expression as riders fly up and drop down.
That rethemed Splash Battle is now Battle of Bricksburg, where riders take aim at the Duplo aliens that have invaded the city.
Duplo is Lego's toddler brand, but there is no fiercer fight among children than that to show they are not toddlers any longer. Legoland plays with that need while finding ways to bring the family together, nevertheless. And getting good and soaking wet playing in the water appeals to kids of all ages.
Hungry kids and their parents ca refuel at Taco Everyday!, since everyday is Taco Tuesday in The Lego Movie World. (If you're lost here, Taco Tuesday is an ongoing gag in the film.) Legoland served each invited visitor at the media preview today their choice of chicken of "krab" taco. (Brisket also will be available.)
I chose the chicken, served on a soft corn tortilla with pico, vegetable slaw, and cotija cheese. Living in LA, I think it's grossly unfair to compare theme park tacos to what I can get from trucks around my city, but this one was fine. (Snack-sized media-day food also often bears only a passing resemblance to what gets sold later.) Two-taco plates will cost $11, with the three-taco version going for $14.
The highlight of the new land is that flying theater ride, The Lego Movie Masters of Flight. You board Emmet's three-story "Triple Decker Couch" for your flight through scenes inspired by the film, where even the fire and the water look like they were crafted from Lego bricks.
I loved the quotes from Disney's Flight of Passage, as well as a few Minion Mayhem-inspired scenes. Lego are a medium rather than a narrative, so it just makes sense that Legoland would build something that draws upon a variety of inspirations, when given this chance. That's the sense of creative adventure that made The Lego Movie such a huge hit. It's nice to see that The Lego Movie World has't forgotten it, either.
Update: March 27 Here is this morning's grand opening ceremony from the park, featuring a performance of "Catchy Song" from The Lego Movie 2 by That Girl Lay Lay.
Reader ratings and reviews for Legoland Florida
Jeffrey H
This looks like a quality product by Legoland standards. I really wondered why they bothered building the Legend of Chima area at all when it was already clear that Lego Movie was a huge hit. In my opinion, they waited too long. The sequel wasn't nearly as successful. So...did they add more targets on the boat ride? That was my biggest problem with it. The left side was a real snoozefest.
Brian_from_Florida
This is an excellent review, Robert. Is there enough to do in Legoland Florida to make it worth a visit for adults without children?
@Brian_from_Florida - I know your question was directed at Robert, but in my opinion there is not enough there for childless adults to make it worth a visit. Many of the attractions have height limitations or only allow you to ride with a child present. Perhaps when they add some more substantial attractions in a few years.
I will have another article on the rest of Legoland Florida this weekend, but I would endorse a visit for an adult theme park fan to see Cypress Gardens, the water ski show, a couple of the coasters, the shooter rides, Masters of Flight, and Miniland.
This is a two-day park with kids, but a grown-up without kids can do everything worth doing for them in one.
I actually did visit Cypress way back in 1984 to enjoy it nicely. It's fun to see how it's been boosted thanks to the Legoland popularity and deserves as much attention for a nice afternoon.
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GI’s lost weekend in Brisbane with reality star
The recently retired Greg Inglis has been admitted to rehab after his Brisbane bender.
by Greg Stolz
26th May 2019 6:13 AM
GREG Inglis spent the NRL's Magic Round weekend in a Brisbane riverside mansion with friends and controversial former nude model and reality TV star Suzi Taylor.
The Sunday Mail has learned details of the league legend's bizarre lost-weekend bender which has just seen him admitted to rehab.
It can be revealed that Inglis spent the recent Magic Round weekend drinking with mates and former The Block star Taylor at a luxury home in inner Brisbane after meeting her at the Osbourne Hotel in Fortitude Valley on the Thursday night of the NRL festival at Suncorp Stadium.
It led to desperate attempts by Inglis' girlfriend, sister, Souths boss Shane Richardson and even Broncos indigenous great Justin Hodges to track him down.
Sources say Inglis and girlfriend, NRL event boss Alyse Caccamo, ran into Taylor at the Osbourne on the Thursday of Magic Round and the retired Maroons star turned up at her house two days later.
Inglis entered a relationship with Ms Caccamo earlier this year after splitting with wife Sally, the mother of their two children.
"Suzi said, 'Greg Inglis won't stop ringing me,' " said a witness who was staying at the house, who did not want to be named.
"Greg was at the Osbourne with his girlfriend and it seemed like he knew Suzi and they reconnected."
The man, a professional aged in his 50s, said Taylor turned up at the house on Saturday night with Inglis "and two random blokes".
"They had booze under their arms and sat down in the kitchen - I asked them if they'd mind keeping the noise down," he said.
"The randoms were gone the next morning but Greg was still there.
"He stayed until Monday at the house.
"It seemed to me like he wanted to escape from the world for a few days and get away from whatever pressures he was feeling.
"He was drinking beer and sort of drifting in and out of consciousness.
"I tried to talk to him a couple of times and finally convinced him to have a shower and gave him some (fresh) clothes."
Greg Inglis ‘wasn’t keen’ on returning to Sydney.
Suzi Taylor is best known for her appearance on The Block.
When Inglis said he'd lost his phone, the man rang it and a woman named Alyse answered.
"She was pretty aggro and demanded to know the address," the man said.
"She said to get him to the (Brisbane) Novotel straight away or you'll have the media there."
The Sunday Mail has seen a text message to the man with a similar demand.
"Get him to the Novotel Creek Street now before you are on the news tomorrow … NOW," the message reads.
A frantic text was also sent to the man by the partner of Inglis' sister.
"Hi there … my name is Chantelle and I'm a family member if (sic) Greg's," one message reads.
"I'm so sorry to disturb you but the family is a little concerned about him as he has not checked out of his hotel accommodation or collected his belongings.
"I was kindly passed your contact number by Suzi Taylor, as she claims you were the last person she knew Greg was with.
"If you are aware of his whereabouts or are in contact with him at all, could you please get him to contact his sisters or parents.
"Again, very sorry to disturb you, we are just extremely concerned."
The man said he was at work when he received a concerned call from Shane Richardson asking: "Is Greg with you?"
"He (Richardson) said words to the effect that he's in the wrong company and someone needs to get him away from there," he said.
"But Greg wasn't really keen on going back to Sydney."
The Brisbane riverfront mansion where Greg Inglis lay low for three days.
The man said Justin Hodges turned up at the house and had a coffee with Inglis but was unable to persuade him to leave.
On the Monday morning after Magic Round, there were more calls and texts from Chantelle who, with Inglis' sister, drove six hours to Brisbane from the NSW North Coast to try to get the troubled superstar on a plane back to Sydney.
"They talked to Greg but he just kept saying 'no, no, no' … he wasn't going to leave with them and go back to the hotel they'd booked," he said.
"He agreed to go with them in the morning, so I gave them a bed for the night as they didn't want to leave him."
The Sunday Mail contacted Taylor, who said: "I've really got no comment."
Taylor left the house last week, claiming she was going to Fiji to be one of the celebrities in the next series of Australian Survivor, but Channel 10 sources have disputed this.
A former Penthouse Pet centrefold, the 47-year-old divorced mother-of-three starred on Channel 9's renovation show The Block in 2015 and was later snapped dancing topless on a boat in Melbourne after attending Oaks Day at Flemington races.
Taylor, who famously once dated INXS frontman Michael Hutchence and also claimed to have had a fling with Channel 9 star Richard Wilkins, recently revealed she was in a new relationship with 36-year-old Brisbane landscaper Jonathan Gregory-Kelly.
The Courier-Mail revealed last week that Inglis, who retired from rugby league last month, had been admitted to a rehabilitation clinic to treat alcohol and depression.
Inglis' family declined to comment yesterday and the South Sydney Rabbitohs did not return calls.
The club has asked for privacy for Inglis and said it would make no further comment.
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Yeppoon businesses hit by gang of youths' crime spree
Footage shows a group of juveniles attempting to rob Domino's Yeppoon at 2am Tuesday. James Dooley
by Steph Allen
Steph Allen
16th Apr 2019 12:01 PM
YEPPOON was hit by a crime spree last night with at least three businesses and one home targeted by a group of juveniles.
Yeppoon Police Station acting senior sergeant Chris Griffin said the crime spree had been happening since last Thursday but Monday night was the worst.
Whisk Yeppoon, The Strand Hotel and Dominos were all broken into and had property stolen at around 2am.
"There was also an attempted break in at a dwelling on Johnathon Street but they were disturbed before they could enter,” Snr Sgt Griffin said.
"They were definitely all juveniles. At this stage five have been either dealt with, in custody or are in the process of being dealt with.
"Two had just been picked up and are in custody at the moment at Rockhampton Police Station.”
Snr Sgt Griffin said the gang of youths stole a vehicle from Rockhampton and headed into Yeppoon last night.
Whisk owner Andy Ireland was alerted to the break-ins when two of his staff members came to open the store at 5.15am and found glass everywhere.
"We have a number of umbrella stands and we put weights on them to keep them blowing away. They used one of the weights to smash the side sliding door,” Mr Ireland said.
Mr Ireland said as soon as the individuals entered the store, they broke the surveillance cameras to prevent footage being taken.
They then went on to steal a mobile phone, the contents of a tip jar (around $100-$120) and a small amount of liquor.
"We share frustration with the police because... essentially with the juvenile justice system little can be done with these people.
"Just frustration and anger knowing there will be no consequences and we can't go get their parents to pay for it.
"I'm going to be having conversations with parliamentarians because the juvenile justice system is ridiculous. There's no consequences.
"It's just a joke.”
The Strand administration manager Lynne Jolly was reeling this morning after six juveniles hit the venue around 2am and stole six bottles of liquor.
Footage and finger prints were collected by police.
"They need to be dealt with,” Ms Jolly said.
"They smashed two big glass windows/doors and used a brick to get in.
"They jumped over the back and came through and tried to break one door but it was too strong.
"It's dreadful.”
The manager was alerted to the break-in when an alarm was sounded, but by then the gang had fled.
"You can see in the footage they were all on their phones so they probably had people watching out back,” Ms Jolly said.
A spokesperson for Domino's Yeppoon said property was damaged at the venue but no team members were physically harmed during the incident.
"Domino's will continue to work closely with the local police on this matter,” the spokesperson said.
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Two Poems by Shelley Puhak
Guinevere, Dissecting Lancelot
Still wet from our dip in the river,
you stripped off your shirt and so
I found the freckle that straddles
your third vertebrae and from it traced
the length of your spine. Then sawed
through bone archways, stem to
sacrum, to get to the cord and its tortuous
membranes. Tested my forceps against
your most tubular bundle. Tugged
your palest tether. And carved out cross
sections to sample your nerve.
To think that I have the stomach
for this! —your slop in my stainless. Or the eyes.
To read between your lines, reckon
between vein and slimmest filament.
Lancelot, Alone at Fort McHenry
Oh say, can you see!— from 95 North, the swath of city
from stadium to incinerator smokestack jutting up
like teeth too-crowded in the bay’s small mouth.
I’ve seen and Ginny, darling, I can no longer breathe. I got off
the interstate, cut through an industrial park, throbbing.
Then I saw an alley named Excalibur Drive. How could I not
pull over and sob? My heart is, apparently, impure, clotted up
with more than cholesterol. In the afternoon meeting, I was
pulled off the Grail, the account given to someone who isn’t
so jaded—my own bastard. Damned Galahad, kicked out
of Oberlin, thrice, standing in the rain every weekend,
protesting, waterproof in his Patagonia and linked up with
his iPhone. There’s ignorance and then there’s innocence.
If you don’t want me, Ginny, I don’t know what will weigh
me down. There’s gravity and then there’s me being grave.
I rode the rim of highway like the crease of your lips, searching
by the twilight’s last gleaming. This fort offered succor. Here
the sky is spangled with spiral galaxies and the bay refracts
the dream of their strange light, a luminescence almost-liquid,
past-solid. Ginny, when you speak there’s light glinting
off your fillings. There’s a city stuffed in your mouth.
Shelley Puhak is the author of two poetry collections, the more recent of which, Guinevere in Baltimore, was selected by Charles Simic for the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize. Her poems have most recently appeared in Kenyon Review Online, Missouri Review, Ninth Letter, and North American Review.
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A Normal Interview with Shelley Puhak
By Stacey Balkun
Stacey Balkun: This entire collection traces a modern-day relationship between Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot. The Normal School was proud to publish two of these awesome poems, and we’re curious: How did this project come to be?
Shelley Puhak: An ongoing conversation with certain poems (of the Modernists). An ongoing war. A financial crash. Occupy Wall Street. The uncanny cycles of history. The many myths about waning empires. And one too many Can poetry matter? articles.
SB: What did you think about when ordering these poems? Did you face any organization issues when putting these poems together?
SP: Organizing the poems was more difficult, in many ways, than writing them! I had, at one time, four or five different versions I was deciding among. I had many possible options: organizing by seasons (summer, autumn) or elements (fire, wood, water, metal) or lingo (medical, technological, commercial, Arthurian).
Everything is in threes in this collection: the tercets in the poems, the individual sections featuring three poems each, 16 sets of 3. I became so obsessive about the threes that at one point I wanted to cut one section just for the sake of having the asymmetry of 15 sets of 3, but then I’d pull one poem out of one section, and then the whole house of cards collapsed and it was back to spreading the pages out on the hardwood floor.
SB: Several of these poems are written with variable foot, a metrical device William Carlos Williams “created” to resolve the conflict between form and freedom in verse. In a way, this collection works to resolve a conflict between form and freedom, the obscure and the obvious, mythology and truth. How do you see form functioning in this collection?
SP: Maybe form as a sort of webbing? One that connects the poem to the past and characters within the poems to one another.
Each of the characters has a favorite form: Lancelot always in couplets; Arthur in stricter, often rhyming, forms; Elaine in breathless enjambed asymmetrical strophes; and Guinevere in terse tercets. And the Speaker, as judge and jury, dabbles in all of those forms, trying on the voices of the various characters. Form serves to show connections (hopefully) between major and minor characters, too: between Betsy Patterson and Guinevere, for example, or the Great Fire of 1904 and Elaine.
In "Guinevere, Facing Forty in Baltimore, Writes to Lancelot” and “Guinevere, to Arthur, On Starting Over,” Ginny speaks in her usual style: the imperative____, the end-stopped lines, the
tercets.
In “Arthur’s Grave,” the “I” has become a “we,” and so there is a blend of Lancelot and Guinevere’s voices: five quintets blending the staggered tercets and symmetrical couplets.
SB: “Guinevere, Dissecting Lancelot” appears in the Spring 2013 issue of The Normal School. This poem describes a physical dissection of a body. Guinevere recounts how she: “…carved out cross sections to sample [his] nerve…” and tosses “[his] slop in [her] stainless.” The images are so gruesome yet beautiful—we can’t look away. Tell us about this poem! Where did it come from? What does it do for the narrative of Guinevere in Baltimore?
SP: How this poem was classified in my own notes: summer metal medical.
This sexy autopsy takes place after a swim in the river, past the spring of the relationship and the kingdom, with Guinevere testing Lancelot’s “nerve” and wondering if she has the “stomach” to continue or the “eyes” to see where it is headed.
As for where it fits in the larger narrative: this poem is in conversation with the two other poems in this section. “The Court Physician Interviews Guinevere” is founded on the medicine of the Middle Ages and the belief that “we love with the liver.” “Lancelot, the Microbiology of Us,” locates love (and responsibility) in the fungus and bacteria that live within us. This poem locates love and pleasure in the nervous system. Why? We become our metaphors.
SB: Your first collection, Stalin in Aruba, was a sort of project book, too. What are you working on now?
SP: I’m actually working on a nonfiction project right now, tentatively titled Finding Eva, about the process of hunting down evidence of a great-great-aunt who committed infanticide in Austria-Hungary circa 1880.
Bonus Question: If Guinevere watched The Wire, who would her favorite character be?
SP: Omar!!!
Shelley Puhak is the author of Guinevere in Baltimore, selected by Charles Simic for the 2012 Anthony Hecht Prize. Her first collection, Stalin in Aruba, was awarded the Towson Prize for Literature. Her poems have appeared in many journals, including The Normal School, Alaska Quarterly Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Carolina Quarterly, Kenyon Review Online, Missouri Review, and Ninth Letter; and in anthologies such as A Face to Meet the Faces: Contemporary Persona Poetry. Shelley teaches at Notre Dame of Maryland University, where she is the Eichner Professor of Creative Writing.
Photo credits: ndm.edu
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RushCard Settles for $10M With Prepaid Card Users. Here’s How to Cash In
by Lisa Rowan
Senior Writer and On-Air Journalist
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UniRush, co-founded by music producer Russell Simmons, launched RushCard in 2003 to provide a fresh take on prepaid debit cards.
It also made a big promise: Direct deposit customers could access those deposits two days before the funds would typically be available.
But a series of technical snafus put the company in hot water in the fall of 2015. Now, RushCard customers will see their share of $10 million in restitution as a result of a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) investigation of more than 800 complaints against UniRush.
On top of what it owes customers, MasterCard and UniRush will pay a $3 million fine to the CFPB.
What RushCard Customers Can Expect
UniRush will provide funds directly to customers who were affected in October 2015; amounts will vary.
The minimum redress plan requires UniRush to pay customers the following amounts for inconveniences the botched system conversion created in October 2015:
$25 to customers whose transactions were denied during the extended blackout period Oct. 12, 2015.
$150 to customers whose cards were flagged for fraud because the payment processing platform wasn’t configured correctly.
$100 to customers whose accounts incorrectly said they had a $0 balance in October 2015.
$100 to customers whose automatic clearing house service deposits didn’t go through during the conversion period and its aftermath.
$250 to customers whose ACH deposits bounced or couldn’t be processed by UniRush in October 2015.
$150 to customers who couldn’t access the funds in their accounts.
$150 to customers who lost their cards or had them stolen, but did not receive a functioning replacement.
$150 to customers who loaded cash onto their cards but experienced a delay in posting.
$50 to customers whose card-to-card transfers did not process immediately.
Customers who experienced more than one of these inconveniences may see a considerable payout from UniRush.
If you no longer have an active RushCard account, you’ll receive your payments by mail instead of via direct deposit.
So, What Happened to Everyone’s Money?
UniRush chose MasterCard as its new payment processor in 2014, and a lengthy process followed to prepare the financial management company to switch to the MasterCard system.
When the switch came in mid-October 2015, a host of technological glitches left customers without access to their direct deposits and paychecks. They also couldn’t withdraw cash from their accounts, pay bills with their RushCards or even summon their account information, according to the CFPB. What’s worse, customer service was reportedly scant during this confusing period.
Customers were told there would be a blackout period of five hours in the early morning of Oct. 12, 2015, but the blackout lasted three-and-a-half hours longer than expected, the CFPB found. Approximately 20,824 customers continued to have difficulty accessing and using their accounts over the next several days, with effects rippling into the next few weeks.
Although UniRush designed RushCard to provide customers with easier, faster access to direct deposits, the CFPB’s description of how UniRush “denied consumers access to their own money” during the technical difficulty period is alarming for anyone who’s ever anxiously waited for the next payday to roll around:
UniRush did not accurately transfer all accounts to Mastercard. As a result, thousands of consumers could not access funds stored on their cards for days, or in some circumstances, weeks. Because of Mastercard’s actions, accounts of about 1,110 consumers were incorrectly suspended. UniRush also delayed crediting cash deposits to consumers’ accounts and shut off access to certain funds that consumers put aside for savings. UniRush did not issue a working replacement card to consumers whose cards were lost or stolen during this period.
Many reading about RushCard’s issue may assume it’s something out of either the future or an episode of “Mr. Robot.” But a quickly changing financial landscape and our continuing lean on convenient, connected banking services leave more room for error than any of us might have expected.
Your Turn: Are you a RushCard customer? Will you be waiting for your check?
Lisa Rowan is a writer and producer at The Penny Hoarder.
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Rand Paul: Chameleon With Trojan Horse In Tow
African American voters watch out for the Trojan Horse.
Rand Paul is after your Achilles Heel.
The partnership between Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY) is bothersome. Of course, there is heartfelt and touching good associated with renewing voting rights and freeing certain felons of the anvil against fair employment to some who may have been convicted of felonies that were non-violent crimes is an issue. And, yes, young black males receive disproportionately unbalanced sentences for crimes their white counterparts (for various reasons) may never see a day in court. We even have recent revelations of convictions and prison sentences of judges who took money to railroad youth to private prisons. So, the Paul/Booker 'Buddyship' is for germane and relevant to fairness in the US
The Daily Review February 2011
Mark A. Ciavarella Jr/ Michael T. Conahan
A jury in U.S. District Court found Ciavarella guilty of racketeering and conspiracy for accepting $997,600 from wealthy developer Robert K. Mericle. Mericle testified he won a contract to build a for-profit juvenile detention center after a referral from Ciavarella.
The judges, and I am sure there are more, sentenced youth to prison across the racial spectrum. They are identified here as examples to delineate the good in the Booker/Paul initiative (bill). That said, I find it intriguing Paul chooses voting rights and employment rights for certain felons over other issues that would serve for a better life for Americans in aggregate (e.g., the ACA, Unemployment payments, minimum wage hike). Intriguing, but not surprising as we watch Paul's efforts to "woo" the black vote. He knows as do you and me black youth reap the worse of the US Justice system. He also knows he cannot win the US Presidency absent some degree of "smiles" from the black community.
Rand Paul has a recent history of revelations regarding 'serial plagiarism' and videoed public comment to an audience of medical students about his recognition of the need for misinformation. "Misinformation" is a euphemism for "lies." Some might say Paul's comments in this clip were meant to be flip. Au contraire! His comments appear serious. Moreover, his comments to the young medical students were deeply revealing regarding Paul's inner core and honesty deficiency.
Paul and Booker have embarked on a visuals tour to sell their initiative. Paul is obviously using the camera opportunity to enhance his standing with black voters (and yes non-violent felons comprehensively). Booker's motive? Well, no comment in this screed. Their trod-ding around led to an afternoon exclusive interview with a co-host of the MSNBC's , The Cycle. I have embed the interview below. It is a 12 plus minute exhibition, but (allow me to influence) worth every second. While Ari Melber listened as Paul and Booker spoke about the necessity of their bill (unarguable good), you had to know Melber would perform a professional level of journalism and question Paul about past comments regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1965. He went on record with Rachel Maddow with issues regarding the legislation. Today he repeats his denial to another MSNBC reporter (earlier in the week). He denied he ever said he was against the Civil Rights Act.
The misinformation specialist and subterfuge guru is applying basic legalese and deploying a twisted form of sophism. He will say grab the tape, "I never said I was against the Act." Melber gave Paul at least two opportunities to say he had evolved from his comments with Maddow. Paul went Machiavellian and took the offensive with his own from of Gish Gallop via repeatedly stating he was not against the Civil Rights Act (along with showing of "The Hand" for effect). He went offensive (more than twice) while reminding Melber "his network" (MSNBC hosts) was lying about his comments six hosts mind you. The advantage in going Gish Gallop is supported by the fact the perpetrator knows the host has limited air-time in which to conduct the interview. When Mitt Romney used the debate technique on President Obama in the first Presidential Debate. We regularly see it used in time framed on-air appearances when the speaker does not want a fully comprehensive or probing interview.
As you view the interview, watch the dynamics. Not only does Paul deploy "The Hand" he looked to Booker for humor and validation when first questioned about "stirring-up controversy." Booker was coy enough to give "his buddy" a perfunctory one third smile. He certainly was foolish enough to offer his buddy a full set of 32 gleaming white teeth. The sincere person who maybe felt Paul was guilty of flip flopping for effect would have given no nonverbal response.
http://on.msnbc.com/1tuuudC
Maddow, of course would respond and I am most pleased she did who within hours. I must also state, I am growing increasing weary and leery of Chris Matthews seeming to warm-up to Paul when he knows Paul has major credibility flaws.
TRMS July 30, 2014 http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nbc-new.....
And Rand Paul wound be president?
Labels: Ari Melber , Cory Booker , MSNBC , Rand Paul , The Cycle , TRMS
The "Ugly American".....Fox, Limbaugh And Howard Stern Fan Prank Caller
Fox News reporter pleased his management team and producers, but drew scorn from another Fox personality.
Van Susteren Criticizes Fox News Colleague For "Pathetic" Anti-Obama Plane Crash Tweets
July 17, 2014 2:39 PM EDT ››› ERIC HANANOKI
Fox News host Greta Van Susteren sharply criticized Fox News correspondent Todd Starnes for "very bad taste" over tweeting petty attacks on the president in response to the deadly crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
Starnes has tweeted that Obama isn't "interested" in the crash because it doesn't involve "beer or golf," "Russia bracing for a severe hash tag from the Obama Administration," and "Obama won't comment on Malaysian jetliner crash until he's had a chance to read tomorrow's paper."
Huntington Post on the opportunist Limbaugh as he feeds his flock of sycophants.
The radio show host called the disaster "an opportunity" for media outlets to distract viewers from the controversy surrounding President Obama and US border security. He suspected that CNN had already swept the immigration crisis under the rug andretreated back to its "wall-to-wall" coverage of the plane.
Limbaugh called the whole thing "very eery."
We offer a finale that doesn't poke at the the pathetic state of conservative America. During a segment of yesterday's The Cycle, Krystal Ball and Cycle producers efforts to perform emergency studio news broadcasting fell victim to a prank caller.
We do not criticize Krystal Ball for the live (on-air) prank. Susceptibility to such subterfuge is inherent in media effort to "one-up" the competition with "scoop" coverage. Since, some of you spend time listening to Jock shows like Stern's show, the name also falls on you. Trash begets trash and trash was taken to a new level when we consider the deaths of 200 plus innocent people. While, we have taken our criticism outside the realm of Right-wing ignorance and feeding garbage to viewers, we do feel there is a conservative lean towards the prank call. Let's face it, the prank caller didn't make it on Fox News. Of course, we do not know if the caller attempted to invade a Fox News broadcast.
Labels: .Fox , Fox News , Howard Stern Fan Prank Caller , Huntington Post , Krystal Ball , Limbaugh , Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 , The "Ugly American" , The Cycle , Todd Starnes , VAN SUSTEREN
Abby Huntsman! MSNBC! What Are You Doing?
Andrew Rei
Today, The Cycle's Abby Huntsman showed her pathetic ignorance about the TRUTH about entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare. This note clears up that confusion...
There seems to be some confusion....
I've been writing and saying for a long time that Social Security and Medicare have nothing to do with the deficit and debt. However, that's not completely true. It's half-true and I'm explaining why right now.
Over the past 2.5 years, I've written several posts and comments regarding the Fascist GOP talking point/propaganda about SS and Medicare adding to the deficit. Even Ronald Reagan famously said that they don't have anything to do with the deficit and debt. But, then, he went out and did something that did make them a part of the deficit and debt: he "borrowed" $500 billion from the Social Security Trust Fund, from which SS and Medicare benefits are paid, to finance his deficit-spending. Reagan was the first of four US Presidents in a row that "raided" the SSTF to pay for deficit-spending. Sadly, President Clinton did, as well, but, he remains the only President to "pay it back" by raising the SS income tax "cap".
The biggest offender in raiding the fund was Bush 43. In early 2003, with one war and one coming plus tax breaks already in effect, Bush 43 and his party knew that they had to be financed somehow. At that time, there was more than $6 trillion in the SSTF. So, Bush 43 and his party raided the SSTF for $2.75 TRILLION to finance all of that deficit spending. In order to avoid being charged with grand larceny, Bush 43 and his Fascist acolytes left "Treasury Bonds" as "I.O.U.'s". To this day, those bonds are still drawing interest, which means that the SSTF is owed more than $3 TRILLION. It is that interest that's adding to the deficit.
But, here's how the statement at the top is half-true: we are not borrowing money to pay Social Security and Medicare benefits. That's a pathetic Fascist GOP talking point and the GOP use it to justify their secret plan to abolish both programs, thereby leaving the money left over in the SSTF to be redistributed upwards to the wealthy and big corporate masters of the GOP in tax breaks.
So, yes, the SSTF is a CREDITOR of our national debt. But, there's something you must realize: only about 15% of the current $17 trillion debt is owned by "foreign interests", like China and foreign citizens, etc. Just 15%...the rest is "internal", owned by other governmental agencies who had their funds raided and American citizens. But, what do the Fascist GOP propagandists say, "we're borrowing money from China to pay our bills". That may be true for other programs, but, as for Medicare and Social Security, they are not being financed by debt. The SSTF is a CREDITOR and still has enough money in it to pay full benefits through 2037 and 75% afterwards.
Allow me to repeat: WE ARE NOT BORROWING MONEY TO PAY SS AND MEDICARE BENEFITS!
I have to say, once again, how disappointed I am with Abby Huntsman... when GOP Con woman S.E. Cupp left MSNBC for CNN's Crossfire reboot, it was my hope that Abby would bring a Progressive or Moderate GOP voice to The Cycle. But, instead of showing us that she's actually informed about the truth of political matters, all we get from her is a parroting of Fascist GOP propaganda, talking points and BS.
SHAME ON YOU, ABBY! SHAME ON YOU, PHIL GRIFFIN! (MSNBC President)
On March 15th, 2014, I published a piece with a focus on the Huntsman as a 27 year old daughter of a millionaire who was born to a billionaire and her comments of Food Stamp recipients.
I stand with Andrew Rei's comments about MSNBC management's decision to replace the "Unbrained" S.E. CUPP. Yet, the need to follow The Cycle business model with a woman conservative millennial (who happens to be perceived by some as "cute") seems to pose MSNBC management a staffing challenge.
Ultimately and existentially, Andrew Rei and I are wasting our critique. If MSNBC continues to staff the Cycle based on its current business model, management will not find any young (supposedly cute) conservative who will posit any differently than Cupp and Huntsman. They are of a paradigm mindset along this line: "We are concerned with what we give you."
It doesn't matter that young Huntsman and young Cupp are of "ample" financial background. Huntsman is probably set for instant wealth upon the passing of certain family patriarchs. For anyone to believe any young conservative will offer intellectually based point-count-point is naive at best. Therefore, it seems we will continue to see The Cycle littered with mindless insensitive conservative opine from a young (supposedly cute) millennial.
To expect more from conservative America and young (supposedly cute) conservatives is simply "A Bridge Too Far." MSNBC's continues to employee young women who are pure nefelibata without the remote prospect of reaching a viable path across that bridge (too far).
Labels: Abby Huntsman , Andrew Rei , GOP , MSNBC President , Phil Griffin , The Cycle
Addctinginfo: The Truth On Obamacare
Reblog from Addicting Info's Egberto Willies........
Krystal Ball Tells The Truth On Obamacare (VIDEO)
AUTHOR: EGBERTO WILLIES SEPTEMBER 25, 2013 5:19 AM
In a single epic rant, Krystal Ball served up more useful information on Obamacare than any journalist to date.
MSNBC Krystal Ball’s closing essay on The Cycle today was epic. It was on point. It was a message that journalists should have made clear to the American citizenry long time ago. Unlike what MSNBC’s Chuck Todd said, that is the job of journalists. Journalists are responsible for telling the truth. Journalists must not allow their craft and the nation’s airwaves to be polluted with lies. Chuck Todd, David Gregory, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Fox News, and their ilk have damaged the process by allowing Americans to have been lied to and distracted by misinformation that in many, has metastasized as truth.
Krystal Ball hit the home run of truth one more time. This is a woman who never shies away from controversy. I actually met and spoke to her at the Netroots Nation 2011 convention where it was obvious b– both from her poise and the reaction she got to her speeches — that she was not just another talking head.
Ball hammered several points about the Republican kamikaze mission void of any redeemable values. She stated the truth that Conservatives’ alternative to Hillarycare’s liberal healthcare proposal was one by Wharton Business School professor Marl V. Pauly. That proposal was subsequently adopted by Conservative/Republican Think Tank Heritage Foundation. His proposal required individuals to purchase private insurance called an individual mandate. It was within a bill cosponsored by 22 GOP Senators. It is the same bill that was adopted by Mitt Romney (Romneycare) and it was adopted by President Obama who went against his initial support of Single Payer in order to appease Republicans.
Ball later excoriated Republicans. She said she does not understand any longer what it means to be a Conservative. Do they not believe in efficiency anymore? Do they no longer believe in the free market? She wonders why Republicans are sabotaging Obamacare as opposed to helping make it more efficient. She finds it surprising that while Republicans have normally spoken about states’ rights, they have abrogated their duty causing the Federal Government to set up exchanges in their states instead.
Ball hits back at the GOP ad that encourages young people to not take advantage of Obamacare and risk not getting necessary preventative care or healthcare if something bad were to afflict them. She says,
The GOP is saying to young people we would like to have the government stick an unnecessary trans-vaginal probe if you want an abortion but when it comes to health insurance don’t take any government help. Don’t go to the state or federal government operated insurance exchanges to buy private insurance. Stay away. Stay uninsured. Skip that pap smear. Skip that tetanus shot. Skip that prenatal care. Skip that cholesterol test. And if you die an agonizing death and unnecessary death; one that could have been prevented by the health insurance reform that bears the President’s name, at least you know your death would have not been in vain. You would have died to serve the noble and patriotic cause, not of conservatism but of hurting this President.
Krystal Ball on The Affordable Care Act
Labels: Addictinginfo , Chuck Todd , David Gregory , Fox News , Krystal Ball , Obamacare , Rush Limbaugh , Sean Hannity , The Cycle
"Black Life Means A Little Bit Less Than White Life In America." Toure
We are unable to locate a video segment from yesterday's The Cycle. Toure closed the hour-long show with a poignant set of comments related to growing concern about disparate treatment of whites and blacks in the United States. His comments are frank and 'on-point", and probably was expected to draw criticism from many on the Right. Some on the Right are celebrating the Zimmerman "not guilty" verdict as if the verdict was a re-incarnation opportunity to win the presidency.
Newsbusters immediately went after Toure's exposition. They attacked the segment with as much 'dirt' as the writer could conjure-up, but it all failed if the reader approached the reading with rational mind. The writer use of the label "liberal" was a dead give-way to what was to come. I find it most interesting the writer posted the entirety of Toure's comments. The writer also posted a short piece of the Toure video. And I am sure a piece that was not as poignant and hard-hitting as the actual end of the segment.
Toure and MSNBC's The Cycle
A transcript of the July 15 segment is below:
TOURE: The night Barack Obama was elected, I held my nine-month-old son and I thought, "Wow. You're going to grow up in a new world." The night Trayvon Martin was found guilty in his own killing, I held my now five-year-old son and knew he's got the same, old demons chasing him, because in this verdict, we are reminded, as if we could have forgotten, the lesser worth of black bodies and the inherent criminality ascribed to them by some in this nation and the killability (ph) of black bodies, by which I mean the ease we can be killed with no legal ramifications. Yes, the prosecution sub-bar.
But this is an old dog-eared narrative about the challenge of getting justice in the an American courtroom, especially in the south, or I should say especially in a stand-your- ground state. In a stand-your-ground states, whites who kill blacks are 354 percent more likely to be found justified to kill than whites who kill whites. Extending the privilege of shooting first out of the home and into the public square may not have been racist in the original intention, but it functions in practice to justify too many killings of blacks. And in this verdict, we are reminded of the challenge of getting justice for a black victim from a nearly all white jury. How it been otherwise when the burden of proving Martin's innocence was so high, when his parents had to assert his humanity just to get an arrest. That was back when this case bizarrely became a political football divided neatly among the left-right axis with some on the right positing Zimmerman as the victim and predicting race riots would follow a not-guilty verdict. That was based on the idea that blacks are inherently violent, which is why to some it would sound silly to wonder if some whites would have rioted if he Zimmerman had been found guilty.
I doubt they would have, because there's not a deep lack of efficacy and a long history of painful injustice but who knows? But the right's reflective leap to Zimmerman's side is part of why blacks feel unwelcome on the right and vote predominantly Democratic, just as gun tragedies like this interracial killing as well as the mass of intra-racial killings that plague are community are why blacks support gun control measures at much higher rates than whites do. The way forward, the way to combat this tragedy lies there, in the weeds of gun control and not in the further prosecution of Zimmerman at the federal or civil level. A civil case may heal the family, and they deserve that. But in too many ways, we still live in the same America that Emmett Till lived in, an America where blacks are often judged to be a threat to order and citizens are able to destroy their bodies and be protected by the justice system and the black community is left in pain. And black parents like me are left to teach their sons the lessons my parents taught me about how to survive: Don't run in public if you don't have to. Keep your hands out of your pockets if you're in stores. And if you're confronted by the police, be pliant. Your ability to mollify white people could be the difference between life and death. Doesn't have to be this way. But as this case proved, in America, it still is. Martin (Bashir MSNBC host), I know you know what I'm talking about.
End Toure
A very non-threatening teenager (high school junior) whose only mistake that night was not that of his doing. Trayvon Martin did not chose to be born white nor black. He assumed that if he was doing nothing wrong he had safe passage to the store and back to finish the All-Star Game with his 12 year old future Step-Brother. And, he may have felt safe in what some call the greatest nation on Earth with fair and equal treatment for all. He probably was not at all conscious of a lurking stalker with "one in the chamber" who came across in the 911 call as a sinister detective about to apprehend a harden criminal. He did not have the courtesy of being told ( by the fake cop after the exited his vehicle armed and ready to prove himself.), "Hey I am with the neighborhood watch and I am just making sure all is OK. Where are you headed." No pistol, he stays in the truck.
Can you imagine at 17 years of age being followed by a man with no recognizable or identifiable rationale for following you?
Footage: CCTV footage shows Trayvon buying Skittles and a soda at a 7/11
With conceal carry laws proliferating like weeds and various forms of "stand Your Ground laws in many as thirty states. It is important to note the data related to 'stand your ground' mentioned by Toure was deemed "Questionable" from the Right-wing NewsBusters web site.
The liberal host then cited a questionable study: "In a stand-your-ground states, whites who kill blacks are 354 percent more likely to be found justified to kill than whites who kill whites."
The data is as solid as granite and was reported by PBS (and in part posted below) in July 2012. Linked below. It is sad media on the Right so very much insult the intellect of people who do not subscribe to their propaganda. If I located the source of the data used by Toure it should have taken a competent and much more experienced writers (propagandists) half the time to find same. The NewsBuster's writer probably has issues with the original study, but I did not see his rational for the word "questionable." As we know on the Right the word "questionable" could very well serve as 'code' for readers of the website.
Let's take a look at the impact of Stand Your Ground. As you review the following recognize Stand Your Ground is a direct descendant of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
The writer for NewBusuters chose to strategically avoid seeking the following information. The data does not appear as questionable.
Frontline via io9 Dot Com
Writes Sarah Childress for Frontline:
At FRONTLINE’s request, Roman analyzed the pool of 43,500 homicides by race in states with Stand Your Ground laws and those without them. Because he wanted to control for multiple variables — the races of the victim and the shooter, whether they were strangers, whether they involved a firearm and whether the murders were in Stand Your Ground states — Roman used a technique known as regression analysis, which is a statistical tool to analyze the relationship between different pieces of data.
Using this analysis, Roman found that a greater number of homicides were found justified in Stand Your Ground states in all racial combinations, a result he believes is because those states yielded more killings overall.
Roman also found that Stand Your Ground laws tend to track the existing racial disparities in homicide convictions across the U.S. — with one significant exception: Whites who kill blacks in Stand Your Ground states are far more likely to be found justified in their killings. In non-Stand Your Ground states, whites are 250 percent more likely to be found justified in killing a black person than a white person who kills another white person; in Stand Your Ground states, that number jumps to 354 percent.
You can see the breakdown of the killings in the chart below. The figures represent the percentage likelihood that the deaths will be found justifiable compared to white-on-white killings, which was the baseline Roman used for comparison:
I mentioned "Stand Your Ground" above the graphics.
PR Watch Dot Org
Jury Instructions Included Stand Your Ground
In 2012, the killing of Trayvon Martin acutely focused attention on Stand Your Ground laws, which give criminal and civil immunity to a person who claims they use deadly force because they allege a reasonable fear of harm. Because of the law, Sanford Police initially declined to arrest Zimmerman because they apparently agreed it was "reasonable" to feel threatened after stalking an unarmed African-American teenager returning from a trip to buy Skittles and iced tea.
Some have claimed that Stand Your Ground played no role after Zimmerman was eventually arrested -- he and his lawyers relied on Florida's lenient self defense statutes -- but the jury instructions invoked the Stand Your Ground protections by stating he had no "duty to retreat" from the situation:
"If George Zimmerman was not engaged in an unlawful activity and was attacked in any place where he had a right to be, he had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he reasonably believed that it was necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony."
This language is nearly identical to that in the Florida Stand Your Ground law and the ALEC "model" legislation. We cannot know if the outcome would have been different had the six jurors been instructed differently -- but we do know that Stand Your Ground played a role in the case, even after Zimmerman's arrest.
While we could not find the full Toure segment, we are posting a few segments from MSNBC. The segments relate to a side of the murder that is not covered by other media. Fox News covers the story from a Zimmerman as victim angle and with a (defensive) moot around gun laws. Laura Ingraham via her radio show openly wonder why the "Hispanic" community did not come-out more for Zimmerman. She felt free to do so without regard for Latino perception of 'right or wrong, and with typical non-minority myopic views of the world. Latinos often face the same strife as did young Trayvon Martin. CNN wavers around for exclusives, while employing legal pundits who appeared to sniff two miles of O'Mara/West flatulence while so obviously pulling for the full acquittal of the murderous neighborhood watch guy.
Thomas Roberts speaks frustration associated with the Zimmerman verdict. The Roberts segment is catching hell from Right-wing media. But, like Toure catching hell from right-wing media in this context is a good thing.
From ALEC, through Jeb Bush, through the Florida Governor (and prosecution team), circumstances related to the murder of an innocent black teenager goes into the books as an acquittal. I am not a legal mind, but data indicates, and legal precedence often bares-out, the prospect of future occurrences of similar deaths. We have all too often heard about the need for a national dialog. I am so weary of those words, upon hearing the words I find myself thinking, "political campaigning." The words no longer have substance nor meaning. There will be no national dialog.
As indicated on the NewsBusters website after the verdict last Saturday night articles as linked indicate the level of competitiveness associated with this murder. Fox Crushed MSNBC In Ratings After Sanford Verdict on Saturday Night.
As I read such and hear such, I am seriously reminded of cheering for executions during the GOP primary debates, booing the mention of killing innocents in Iraq, and booing and jeering a gay officer on active duty in the US military.
Toure's on-camera comments hit the nail dead on its head!
Labels: GOP , GOTP , MSNBC's , Newsbusters , O'Mara/West , PR Watch , Sarah Childress for Frontline , The Cycle , Thomas Roberts , Toure , Trayvon Martin , Zimmerman
Toure"s "Proper Negro Fatigue", Fox Guest Says Trayvon Martin had "Street Attitude"
I am going to make this a quick hit. As you can imagine, I have very strong opinions regarding America as an non-evolving society. In fact, much of the social advances in our nation have been rolled back (like a Wal Mart special) since insemination by none other than Ronald Reagan.
In addition to administering the most corrupt administration in US History, Reagan gave birth to a couple of very significant current manifestations in our society. The spreading income disparity among the middle class and the wealthy started in 1980. Reagan and Lee Atwater's "Southern Strategy" has yielded millions who do not believe in equal rights, human rights, educational rights and no rights related life accompanied by humanity. Millions who will flock to the polls to vote for candidates as flawed as Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan; two of the most dishonest people I have observed in my years on Earth.
We live in a world where guests will actually go on Fox News and rail about how Trayvon Martin would be alive if he did not "have a street attitude."
Wonder if the Fox News guest, Harry Houck, thinks these people heads "Street attitude".
You think that is not a fair question? Hey, the guy has his cap on backwards! They both have guns and they attended Columbine High School in Colorado.
Watch the former New York City Cop speak on Fox News. You must keep in mind the New York City Police Chief recently came to the defense of a precinct officer who ordered his officers to target black and Latino males.
Fox News Guest: Trayvon Would Be Alive 'if He Didn't Have a Street Attitude'
Former NYPD detective Harry Houck on Tuesday told Fox News that Florida teen Trayvon Martin was responsible for his own death because he had a "street attitude."
Toure`s MSNBC, The Cycle comments about "proper Negro Fatigue."
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The business of a Fox News guest and "street attitude."
May I ask for a contrast between the two people involved in Trayvon Martin's murder?
Martin: 17 year old high school student, football team player and probably influenced by all that is supposedly cool by some high school students. After watching the first half of a professional basketball game, journeyed to a nearby (walking distance) store for what could be called munchies. He probably felt he could return for the second half of the basketball game. He had no idea the walk would be witnessed, summarily labeled trouble, and accosted by a literal 'vulture." A vulture with a gun mind you! The gun probably gave Zimmerman a sense of security and bravado he probably knew the teenager could not match. The vulture followed the prey and lurched despite admonitions from a police officer to ceased following Zimmerman's tried and convicted ("Trouble, they always get away") criminal. Unless the possession of canned tea and a bag of Skittles was reason for Martin to "get away." Tea and Skittles while black and wearing a hoodie! Of course a death sentence for the vulture.
Zimmermann: Self anointed "Neighborhood Watch "vulture". A vulture fully equipped with gun via Conceal Carry and supported by Jeb Bush's ever-dangerous "Stand Your Ground" License to kill. The Vulture was a walking man-hunter with all the requisite mindset generalizations and social paradigms that would ensure a career as a New a York City Cop (from a precinct ordered to stop and frisk minorities). He also appeared to have possessed a Wyatt Earp mentality replete with a willingness to confront the teenager despite being told to hold off.
Does the Fox News guest have any viable reason for labeling young Martin as having "Street Attitude?" Did Zimmerman have any idea of Martins marijuana use, occasional bling wearing and an alleged gun owner? No, Zimmerman had no sense of the white Fox News guest "Street Attitude" characterization. Have you ever heard of "driving while black?" Have you ever been profiled? The former cop has illustrated exactly why 99% of video taped police brutality is perpetrated by criminal minded cops who hold black people and Latinos in stereotypical contempt.
The former cop illustrates Toure`s brief dissertation in a most timely manner (within hours).
Zimmermann is the classic example of Toure`s point. Of course, you know how the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman interaction ended.
Labels: Fox News , George Zimmerman , Harry Houck , Jeb Bush , Reagan and Lee Atwater's "Southern Strategy" , The Cycle , Toure , Trayvon Martin
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After few days, allow me to look back at how some media perceived and reacted to Antonin Scalia's 'probing' the nation (via the SCOTUS) for the highest level of voter suppression.
We know for certain the US Constitution did not include passages (articles nor other words) related to the vote for people of color and for over 150 years did not include the right to vote for women. The Constitution was amended to include voting rights for Black people and amended dated February 26, 1869 to allow women the right to vote. It seems intriguing Scalia's remarks about race and voting entitlements were spoken almost to the day 140 plus later.
Topically related Amendments to the US Constitution.
15th Prohibits the denial of suffrage based
on race, color, or previous condition of
servitude Feb. 26, 1869 - Feb.3, 1870 Full text
19th Establishes women's suffrage June 4, 1919 - August 18, 1920 Full text
2nd Protects an individual's right to bear arms Sept. 25, 1789 - Dec. 15, 1791 Full text
Suffrage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, distinct from other rights to vote, is the right to vote gained through the democratic process.
If you are not at least somewhat concerned about GOP and conservative attempts to enact voter restrictions as election winning strategy, you either feel you have no worries (based on your race or gender), or you are insensitive to the rights of all Americans. Thus, you are fertile ground for the RNC and GOP. You are are literally Rience Priebus, Karl Rove and Fox News gullible. While you may not fully support GOP denial of Constitutional rights, any personal indifference places you well within the web of hardcore right-wing dogma and physical (voter suppression) manifestations.
Labels: 15th Amendment , 19th Amendment , 2nd Amendment , Fox News , GOP , Martin Bashir , Meghan Kelly , Rachel Maddow , Scalia , SCOTUS , The Cycle , Voter restriction , Voter Suppression
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PROVIDENCE, RI–Advocates for same-sex marriage in Rhode Island remain hopeful that a vote will occur later in the current legislative session, which concludes in June.
Ray Sullivan, Campaign Director for MERI (Marriage Equality Rhode Island) told bloggers during a conference call last week that support for allowing gays and lesbians to wed continues to grow.
“It’s really starting to build,” Sullivan said.
Hearings on a marriage bill were held by the House Judiciary Committee in February. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the marriage bill last month.
A same-sex marriage bill has been introduced by members of the General Assembly every year since 1997. However, the bills have never made it out of their respective committees for a vote. This year may be different.
Sullivan noted that the state’s top leaders, including Governor Lincoln Chafee (I) and House Speaker Gordon Fox (D-Providence, who is openly gay) support same-sex marriage.
A number of organizations have endorsed marriage rights for same-sex couples in the past few weeks, including the state chapter of the AFL-CIO, the Rhode Island Bar Association, as well as numerous city and town committee chairmen.
MERI has 5,000 activists and supporters manning phone banks and lobbying legislators. In addition, the Human Rights Campaign and Freedom to Marry have also loaned their resources.
The Roman Catholic Church, led by Bishop Thomas Tobin of the Providence Archdiocese, has been outspoken in their opposition to same-sex marriage. The church has a full-time lobbyist, Father Bernard Healey, at the State House.
Sullivan acknowledged the church remains a formidable opponent, but notes the marriage equality supporters are strong in their own right.
“We’re better (at) organizing than they are,” Sullivan said. “(The Catholic Church is) running a different playbook than we are.”
The Roman Catholic Church does not speak for all Catholics either, Sullivan explained.
Three national polls revealed the majority of Catholics support marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples. A group known as Catholics for Equality has been working to gain support for same-sex marriage. They have held meetings at MERI’s offices and had the first Catholic Lobby Day at the State House – an event Sullivan called “successful.”
Bombarding individual legislators with phone calls also has an effect, according to Sullivan. One legislator received 67 messages regarding marriage equality.
The state chapter of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) has run television and radio commercials, and distributed mailers to targeted legislative districts in an attempt to have same-sex marriage be decided by the voters.
Sullivan believes a ballot initiative is highly unlikely to occur this year due to a lack of support. However, he expects a legislator will propose legislation to place same-sex marriage on a ballot in the future.
A hearing on a Reciprocal Benefits bill was held last Tuesday, leading many to believe that perhaps a civil unions bill would be voted on instead of the marriage equality bill.
Not true, said Sullivan, who noted that MERI is doing everything in their power to get same-sex marriage passed in Rhode Island this year.
“We are not going to compromise,” Sullivan said. “We’re doing everything we can to turn the heat up on (legislators). We’ll get the votes. We’ll get this done.”
On Tuesday, House Minority Leader Robert Watson (R-East Greenwich), called for a full House vote on the same-sex marriage bill, even offering to use his powers as the head of the chamber’s Republican caucus to do so.
Watson, who opposes same-sex marriage, explained he hoped that the House could resolve the issue before next week’s April recess so that the chamber could focus on the state budget. “It was always my [hope] that after the April break we would be focused like a laser beam on budget issues, yet we have this barking dog, in committee, constantly preoccupying us,” he said.
Watson offered to invoke a House rule that allows for a bill to be removed from a committee without a recommendation in order to allow for a vote on the House floor.
He was promptly cut off by Fox, who ruled him out of order.
Fox said: “It’s just good to see the Leader [being] such a strong support of gay marriage. We noted your support of gay marriage, Leader Watson.”
Watson replied: “I will not allow you Mr. Speaker to mischaracterize my position. You know exactly where I stand.”
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In celebration of 20 years of democracy in South Africa this year, LSE is hosting a public exhibition titled “South Africa’s Democracy – Mandela’s Cherished Ideal” running for the month of September. The exhibition was put together by the Universities of Cape Town, Wits and Fort Hare
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As part of this exhibition, the University of Cape Town Alumni Trust arranged to screen the UK premiere of a short film by Mark J. Kaplan: Madiba Remembered: UCT Looks Back.
Tata Madiba
The film began with recent celebrations at the university of the man, and the legend, following his passing in December 2013. This was interspersed with historic footage of protest by students (most notoriously in 1988 when police retaliated with teargas) and the campaigns to free Mandela.
A wonderful aspect was the volume of emotional personal stories crammed into the 30 minute duration of interaction and joy told by UCT Alumni including the cartoonist and political satirist Jonathan Shapiro – better known by his pen name Zapiro.
Clearly and lovingly demonstrated throughout the film was Mandela’s own warmth that he brought to every occasion, and his ability to make whomever he was speaking with feel like the most important person in the room. His humble nature shone through, as well as his all-inclusive attitude, and above all, love for his country.
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A wonderful example of this was an excerpt from a speech he delivered at the university in 2004 where he relayed a conversation he had after being released from prison with the then ANC leader Oliver Tambo. Tambo had said to Mandela that he should take his place as the leader of the ANC, to which Mandela replied, how could he explain to the people that someone who has been ‘resting on an island’ for 20 years can come out and push a tireless leader who has been working 24 hours a day aside. Laughter and applause erupted in the audience of the film as well at ourselves watching.
The film was a joyous remembrance of how Mandela seemed to effortlessly cement his place in the hearts of all South Africans, and how many of us feel personally connected to him even without meeting him.
The evening was also the launch of Zapiro’s new book: Democrazy: SA’s Twenty-Year Trip – “from Amandla to Nkandla and everything in between” and we were treated to a live Q&A session with the man himself via Skype following the film.
Jonathan Shapiro – aka Zapiro
The book is a fantastic chronicle of South Africa’s developing democracy, keenly observed and humorously depicted by Zapiro, whose razor wit has not dulled during his career.
Twenty years of cartoon genius
He described himself as a ‘visual columnist’, spoke of finding inspiration all around him and how he knows his role as a satirist is to stay one step ahead, to ‘shoot from the hip’ and the challenge of remaining current.
He touched on Mandela’s continuing presence as a character despite his death. Acting as a kind of moral conscience in the minds of South Africans in the way that Ghandi and Martin Luther King are ever present.
He mentioned the change in attitude of government from Mandela accepting his critical works as part of his job, to President Jacob Zuma suing him for defamation not once, but twice. The sentiment is wonderfully expressed by quotes on the back cover of the book.
Zapiro remains unapologetic and stands by his works. Inspiring us to question, he continues to illustrate what many of us are already thinking, and despite legal challenges his ambition remains undented – demonstrated by his continuing portrayal of Zuma with a dripping showerhead hanging over his head.
The final words to Zapiro came from Paul Weinberg, photographer and curator of the exhibition, who plainly stated ‘don’t retire’ which is a sentiment, I believe, shared by many.
I jumped at the chance to get my hands on a signed copy following the event.
Signed copy
The event as a whole was very warm and celebratory. There was an unspoken sense of pride amongst the attendees and a quiet acknowledgement of what we have managed to achieve as a country under the guidance of Mandela’s example. A demonstration to the world of what can be achieved by focusing on the needs of the many instead of the few.
The exhibition runs at the LSE from the 1st to the 26th September
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Every Nation Of Domination Member Ranked By How Successful They Became
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The incredible work of the Nation of Domination in WWE makes them one of the most underrated factions in wrestling history. Few fans will rank them as highly as the top tier factions like the New World Order, Four Horsemen and D-Generation X, but the Nation of Domination belongs on that next tier of highly successful groups. The use of playing into racial tension and the lack of top roles for African American performers in WWE created the faction.
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Quite a few underutilized wrestlers would get paired into the stable and given their best chance at success in WWE. The stable would see a couple of different leaders along with a few wrestlers coming in and out. One constant is that most careers benefited from being in the group. We will look at just how things would play out in the long game by ranking the Nation of Domination by how successful they would become.
10 Clarence Mason
WWE added manager Clarence Mason to the Nation of Domination with a character inspired by lawyer Johnny Cochran. Mason would accompany the Nation to the ring and mostly just stand in the background during their promos
The role of Mason was to threaten lawsuits when other wrestlers wanted to attack them outside of the confines of a match. Mason would see his run in the Nation end quickly. Following one more run in WCW as J Biggs with the Harlem Heat, he would leave the industry to return to his roots as a practicing attorney.
9 Ahmed Johnson
Ahmed Johnson should be towards the top of this list if his planned trajectory from WWE worked out. Vince McMahon was a huge fan of Johnson and wanted him to become a top star for the company as he often teamed with WWE Champion Shawn Michaels.
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A couple of injuries and the inability to improve would lead to WWE giving up on Johnson. The Nation of Domination would welcome him into the group for a short time before turning on him to kick him out. Johnson would get released from WWE, have a short run in WCW, and he never lived up to his potential in wrestling.
8 Crush
Brian Adams aka Crush had an underrated career with his success coming in the 90s. WWE used him in a few different roles from Demolition to a singles run to joining the Nation of Domination. Crush started to show a more intimidating look that led to him embracing the Nation.
The overall success for Crush would never match the opportunities given to him. Crush would eventually start the Disciples of Apocalypse faction after leaving the Nation before getting released and joining WCW. It was a decent run, but Crush did not have the same success as most of his NOD peers.
7 Savio Vega
Savio Vega found his way to WWE in the 90s following a great international run as a top star in Puerto Rico. The face run did not work to start, and WWE ultimately turned him heel when joining the Nation of Domination faction.
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Vega did his best in the role, but he could not break out as much as the others and didn’t appear to have the same chemistry with them. His WWE stint never hit the expectations he had when joining and would find most of his success in wrestling when returning to Puerto Rico.
6 D'Lo Brown
D'Lo Brown was one of the wrestlers to get his first big opportunity in the Nation of Domination. WWE would introduce him as one of the henchmen before his own skills started to get fans to take notice of him over some of the others.
Brown was known for delivering a beautiful Frog Splash as his finisher. The stints as the Intercontinental Champion and European Champion each helped him showcase his talent during the Attitude Era. Brown still occasionally wrestles on the independent circuit and is an agent for Impact Wrestling today.
5 The Godfather
The career of The Godfather would see many different names and gimmicks. It took him a long time to find his ideal role with runs as Papa Shango and Kama the fighter not lasting long. The placement in the Nation of Domination was pivotal for him breaking out in WWE.
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It helped that he was a bigger athlete than most of the Nation along with a fighting background that essentially made him an enforcer of the group. The Godfather character was introduced during the time in the Nation and it helped him land a spot in the WWE Hall of Fame.
4 Ron Simmons
The name of Faarooq was given to Ron Simmons when he made the move to WWE. Many fans expected him to be a top player since he made history as the first African American WCW Champion in WCW history. The start of run as Faarooq disappointed until he formed the Nation of Domination.
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Simmons did a great job in the early portion of the Nation cutting intense promos and wrestling with a physical style. Time would see him get overshadowed and kicked out of the group. Simmons was able to bounce back by creating the APA tag team with Bradshaw to cement his place in the WWE Hall of Fame.
3 Mark Henry
Mark Henry was extremely new to wrestling when he joined the Nation of Domination stable. WWE tried to push Henry as a patriotic hero due to his background competing in the Olympics weightlifting action representing the United States.
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Henry struggled on his own until finding more success with the Nation. The larger size of Henry made him a great source of the muscle most stables will need. Henry would find his biggest success over a decade after the Nation ended as he became a World Champion and is now retired as a Hall of Famer.
2 Owen Hart
Fans were shocked when Owen Hart made a surprising move of joining the Nation of Domination in 1998. WWE was trying to find a new role for Owen months after his brother Bret Hart and other relatives left the company following the Montreal Screwjob.
The stint in the Nation was quite entertaining as Owen continued to produce great matches and promos. Despite his passing away at a young age before his career ended, Owen had a legendary stint in WWE and is viewed as one of the all-time great in-ring performers.
1 The Rock
There is no doubt that The Rock is the wrestler that went on to find the most success in the Nation of Domination. Rock was sinking badly after debuting as a generic face character until he turned heel to become the newest member of the Nation.
A new heel character allowed Rock to showcase his charisma by cutting incredible promos. Rock naturally replaced Faarooq as the leader of the Nation into their amazing feud with D-Generation X. The run in the Nation allowed The Rock to break out on his path to becoming a wrestling legend and pop culture superstar.
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Personal Finance 101: Young People Need to Learn About Money
John Pelletier says that like math and reading, personal finance should be taught at all grade levels.
TheStreet Guest Contributor
May 16, 2018 11:48 AM EDT
By John Pelletier
It is gratifying to know that state legislators and education regulators across the nation are moving to improve financial literacy education at the high school level. It seems logical to offer personal finance courses to high school students, since they soon will be dealing with college loans and other financial decisions related to entering the workforce.
In three report cards issued biennially since 2013, Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College has graded states for their high school efforts.
In truth, there have been too many D and F grades, but initiatives in several states signal that states are beginning to take the subject seriously.
In recent months, Wisconsin and Kentucky passed laws to improve personal finance education, Vermont and Delaware have implemented regulatory changes, and Massachusetts, Louisiana and Florida may pass legislation.
If all these changes are put in place, we would have 1 out of 5 states with Ds and Fs, whereas after our first report card in 2013, it was 1 out of 3.
This means more high school graduates will be better prepared for work or college and the financial decisions both bring.
But what about elementary and middle school? There are not enough states that require personal finance education in those grades. More should.
I believe that this subject is as important in today's world as math and reading, and should start early at home and in school and continue through college.
In mathematics, you start with counting, move on to addition and subtraction, and then move on to division and multiplication. You need to learn letters before you can read. Personal finance education should be a cumulative process, with age-appropriate topics taught each school year.
I believe that teaching young people about money, its value, how to save, invest and spend, and how not to waste it -- can and should be taught in elementary and middle school. Here's my plan:
Elementary School Learning Goals
Understanding of money and ways to earn it
Basic knowledge of spending choices
How savings accounts can protect their money and pay interest
How dangerous it is to share financial information online
Fundamental understanding of the concept of budgeting.
Middle School Learning Goals
Understanding of compound interest and how it impacts savings and credit
Knowledge of how credit cards and student loans work
Grasp of concepts like opportunity costs and delayed gratification
Appreciation of the links between education and income, careers and income
Basic knowledge of college costs
More advanced understanding of budgeting and saving
Skills to protect their identity in this technologically driven world
Personal finance learning goals for high school have been or are being implemented by many states. Suffice it to say no young person should graduate from high school unprepared for the financial decisions he or she will have to make in college or the workplace.
Champlain College requires personal finance education, but too few colleges do. It's a critical time to learn about budgeting, student loans, investing in 401Ks, how credit works and more, all of which will be staring college students in the face in just a few short years.
For those who don't think personal finance is important enough to be taught in every grade, consider that financially illiterate adults were the victims who suffered the most during the Great Recession. If they had been taught personal finance in school, perhaps many would not have entered into those sub-prime mortgages.
On the positive side, when young children learn early about money, they are more likely as adults to save for rainy days and retirement, invest in stocks and avoid high-cost alternative financial services, like payday lending and auto title loans.
John Pelletier is director of the Center for Financial Literacy at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt.
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For those of you who don’t know Mutek let’s break it down for you. Mutek = new heights in experimental music, performance and visuals. Mutek is over 15 years old and hs put on more than 150 events in Montreal and around the world.
What does MUTEK do?
MUTEK is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination and development of digital creativity in sound, music, and audio-visual art. Its mandate is to provide a platform for the most original and visionary artists currently working in their fields, with the intent of providing an outlet of initiation and discovery for the audiences we seek to develop. MUTEK’s principal activity is the annual presentation of its namesake festival, which has taken place in Montreal since 2000. Since its first edition, the MUTEK festival has distinguished itself as an international rendezvous for original and avant-garde programming. This is a world of constant evolution and incessant refinement – the “MU” in MUTEK refers consciously to the notion of “mutation”.
It is a major coup for Vancouver to have not one, but two Mutek concerts as part of the ISEA2015 programme. The apple doesn’t fall far from the ISEA tree, MUTEK Vancouver is curated by Alain Mongeau who is the founder and director of MUTEK. Alain also happens to have previously directed the 6th International Symposium of Electronic Arts as well as ISEA’s head office from 1996-2000. If anyone is going to be on the pulse of what is happening in music and audio-visual art is is Mongeau.
VIA got in touch with Mongeau to find out what was in store for Vancouverites at the two MUTEK cabarets happening on the 16th and the 18th of August. Mutek is a ticketed event, you can acquire your set of tickets for either evening on the ISEA Evenbrite page.
Details on both cabarets and Mongeau’s vision can be found below. See you at Mutek!
Emoralis a project by Slow Pitch and Wifihifiscifi presented at Mutek. Image courtesy of the artists and Mutek: http://www.mutek.org/
MUTEK CABARET – Sunday, August 16 • 10:00pm – 12:00am
Artists: Martin Messier, Myriam Bleau, BetaFeed, Woulg
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Artists: Alexandre Burton & Julien Roy (artificiel.org), Nicolas Bernier, Maotik & Metametric, Herman Kolgen
*Both events are curated by Alain Mongeau
In the context of ISEA’s 21st edition in Vancouver, MUTEK is proud to present a series of audiovisual performances from some of Québec’s most internationally renowned and emerging artists working in this field.
Audiovisual imagery from EM15, a project presented at Mutek. Image courtesy of the artists and Mutek: http://www.mutek.org/
VIA: Given the theme of ISEA2015 – were you curating artists whose work or practice deals with disruption? What was the focus for the program on Sunday vs. Tuesday?
Actually we didn’t program the 2 nights in relation to the theme… it’s more a connection with the fact that ISEA took place in Montreal in 1995.
Here’s the rationale:
The 5th edition of the International Symposium on Electronic Arts (ISEA) took place in Montréal in 1995 and set a new benchmark not only for the symposium itself, but also for Montréal’s creative scene. Alain Mongeau, founder and current artistic director of MUTEK, was the Program Chair of ISEA95. As part of the artistic program of the symposium, he developed The Electronic Cabaret, a site of ongoing activities with a hybrid and eclectic program of presentations, performances and video projections. Twenty years later, ISEA is hosted in Vancouver and proposed to bring Montréal’s Electronic Cabaret back to life, thus connecting Canada’s East and West as well as ISEA’s past and present.
Curated by Artistic Director Alain Mongeau in both instances, this new program features eight startling and mesmerizing, live audiovisual performances representing three generations of Québec artists active in the 20 years since the original Cabaret. Herman Kolgen’s always visionary conceptual and technical intersections between sound and image, and artificiel’s long running fascinations with illumination, power currents and the invention of new digital instruments, epitomize an original vanguard; Bernier and Messier (together and singularly) are a second wave of artists who have furthered audiovisual digital practices that play between the immaterial and material, adding elements of performer intervention and theatrical choreography to the oeuvre, while Myriam Bleau, Maotik & Metametric, Woulg and BetaFeed typify a new generation of practitioners building on the fertile and established terrain that has come before them, always advancing the theoretical, conceptual, affective and technical elements that define this most contemporary of forms.
VIA: When is the next MUTEK Festival? Is it in Montreal or elsewhere?
The next full festival on the horizon is MUTEK.MX which will be presenting its 12th edition in Mexico city Oct 21 to 25th. Just before that we’ll be having the 2nd instalment of the MUTEK_MUTEK.CO in Bogota (Columbia) Sept 24 to 26th and the next MUTEK festival in Montreal, our 17th edition, will be June 1 to 5, 2016.
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“It’s meaningful to me,” the actor told Ellen DeGeneres. “I like it . . . Luckily, I’m the one who has it.”
The annals of Amusing Celebrity Tattoos run very, very deep. Misspellings and foreign-language screwups abound, as does ink that comes to represent the darker sides of some celebrities’ narratives. But apart from all these, there is one tat to rule them all. Soon after its debut, it became the subject of controversy and conspiracy theories—and, most importantly, the cornerstone of the biggest mood ever photographed. I’m speaking, of course, about Ben Affleck’s back tattoo, a giant design depicting a phoenix rising from the ashes—or is it rising from his ass?
That’s what Ellen DeGeneres wanted to know during the actor’s appearance on her talk show Thursday, where the actor discussed his new film, Triple Frontier, as well as his charity work with the Eastern Congo Initiative. But the most important topic of conversation was the ink that shook the world. The tattoo made its first appearance in 2015, in a paparazzi shot taken on the set of Affleck’s passion project, Live by Night. At first, Affleck denied that the tattoo—which covered his whole back—was real, claiming instead that it was a temporary piece of back art he was sporting for the movie. But the tat never appeared in the film, and has been spotted on Affleck since—so soon enough, the actor had to admit that backffleck was, indeed, forever. The initial reaction to that first photo, the actor admitted to DeGeneres, was “not so much positive.” But Affleck has decided to take the jokes in stride.
“It’s a phoenix, rising from my ass,” the actor agreed with DeGeneres, adding that the imagery “represents something really important to me.”
During the interview, Affleck admitted that he’s had a rough go of things over the past few years. His marriage with Jennifer Garner imploded in 2017, after Garner confirmed that the actor had had an affair with their nanny. His turn as Batman ended with a long whimper. And worst of all, the paparazzi kept capturing photos of the actor smoking his way through life’s daily indignities, to the point where the narrative surrounding his sadness became a meme unto itself.
The back tattoo became the linchpin of that narrative. Two of Affleck’s exes, Jennifers Garner and Lopez, have mocked the ink: the former responded with the withering Southern-ism “Bless his heart,” while the latter went with, “It’s awful!” (For the record, Garner’s main issue with the tattoo was its admittedly on-the-nose symbolism; “Am I the ashes in this scenario?” she wondered. “I take umbrage. I refuse to be the ashes.”) But the narrative really peaked when Affleck was photographed on a beach, wrapped in a little blue towel and staring out into the ocean, his tat laid bare for all the world to see. “We were two hours north of the city in some island in Hawaii, and we didn’t know the paparazzi was there,” Affleck said of the shot. “So yeah, they got a picture of my tattoo. And sentiment ran, you know, against.“
“There’s temptation to get like—I could get depressed. I could feel like, ‘Oh I’ve been through a lot, and this was hard, and that was hard,’ or I could be kind of embarrassed,” Affleck told DeGeneres. “But I have to say, I feel so good now. I’m in such a great place; kids are healthy, life is good. So whatever it took for me to get to this place, you know, I’m grateful for.” As for the tattoo? “It’s meaningful to me,” Affleck said. “I like it. It’s not something that I sort of kept private.” Hm. Regardless of whether the actor was initially shy about his giant, mythical illustration, however, Affleck made one thing clear: haters be damned, he now cherishes his ink.
“I love my tattoo,” Affleck said. “I’m very happy with it. Luckily, I’m the one who has it.” Indeed, we can all count ourselves lucky for that.
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Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism
by L.A. Kauffman
256 pages / February 2017 / 9781784784096
February 2017 / 9781784784102
A longtime movement insider's powerful account of the origins of today's protest movements and what they can achieve now
As Americans take to the streets in record numbers to resist the presidency of Donald Trump, L.A. Kauffman’s timely, trenchant history of protest offers unique insights into how past movements have won victories in times of crisis and backlash and how they can be most effective today.
This deeply researched account, twenty-five years in the making, traces the evolution of disruptive protest since the Sixties to tell a larger story about the reshaping of the American left. Kauffman, a longtime grassroots organizer, examines how movements from ACT UP to Occupy Wall Street to Black Lives Matter have used disruptive tactics to catalyze change despite long odds.
Kauffman's lively and elegant history is propelled by hundreds of candid interviews conducted over a span of decades. Direct Action showcases the voices of key players in an array of movements – environmentalist, anti-nuclear, anti-apartheid, feminist, LGBTQ, anti-globalization, racial-justice, anti-war, and more – across an era when American politics shifted to the right, and a constellation of decentralized issue- and identity-based movements supplanted the older ideal of a single, unified left.
Now, as protest movements again take on a central and urgent political role, Kauffman’s history offers both striking lessons for the current moment and an unparalleled overview of the landscape of recent activism. Written with nuance and humor, Direct Action is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the protest movements of our time.
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“L.A. Kauffman’s Direct Action is the best overview of how protest works—when it does—and what it’s achieved over the past 50 years.”
– Rebecca Solnit, New York Times
“It is impossible to overstate the importance of this book. Chances are that even if you know something about the recent history of the left in America, you probably only know a few isolated parts. L.A. Kauffman has connected a vast field of dots to create an overview, and she has done so with dispatch, clarity, and elegance. Her book is essential reading for today, and will be for tomorrow.”
– Luc Sante, author of The Other Paris
“As the new political reality settles in, resisters are asking a follow-up question: What else can I do? L.A. Kauffman’s new book Direct Action provides some answers.”
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“L.A. Kauffman may have the best-timed book release in years.”
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“A movement tour de force. A must-read for those who have committed themselves to the life of the mind and of struggle.”
– Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou, theologian and organizer
“You could not ask for a better guide through recent social movement history than L.A. Kauffman. A champion of radical causes with decades of experience on the front lines of civil disobedience, she chronicles the fascinating evolution of a set of protest tactics today’s activists take for granted. Kauffman has done a tremendous public service: by helping us better understand the past, in all its glory and folly, we can be more effective dissidents and rabble-rousers tomorrow. This startling, inspiring book is for anyone who has ever felt the urge to put their body on the line and shut things down for something they believe in.”
– Astra Taylor, author of The People’s Platform and co-founder of the Debt Collective
“The lurid circus sideshow has seized center ring in Washington, making direct action by progressive agitators all across the country more essential than ever. Don't agonize, organize! How to do it? Kauffman's powerful book, drawing on our people's recent history, shows the way to create true justice for all.”
– Jim Hightower, author and activist
“If direct action is 'a laboratory for political experimentation and innovation,' as Kauffman argues in the introduction, then this is the lab report.”
– Philip Eis, Vice
“Kauffman, an important and experienced organizer, senses in Occupy, Black Lives Matter and perhaps even the Bernie Sanders campaign new political oxygen, locally-based movements that cannot be effectively controlled or easily squashed.”
– Paul Buhle, Socialism and Democracy
“In Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism, L. A. Kauffman assesses movements of the past half century not as scattered uprisings but as phases of an overarching project... Our current radical-action culture, she thinks, really started in the early seventies, when a new generation of green shoots rose up from the ash.”
– Nathan Heller, New Yorker
“In a genuinely invigorating book for these times, L. A. Kauffman positively reassesses the efficacy of leftist protest movements since the '60s, beginning with a re-examination of the '60s itself. This book is a must-read for anyone looking for a way forward.”
– Dana Snitzky, Longreads
“This intricate book deserves careful reading. Far from being just a catalogue of actions, it traces the ways in which radical movements, linked by their use of civil disobedience, have adapted to contemporary demands.”
– Peace News
“L.A. Kauffman's valuable book, Direct Action, is both a thematic history of a period and a dramatic exploration of the changing repertoire of protest tactics used by the American movements of the radical left. Beginning with the May 3, 1971 'Mayday' anti-Viet-Nam War demonstration in Washington, DC, the book concludes with Black Lives Matter and the use of direct action in the 2014 resistance to racist police practices in Ferguson, Missouri. Consideration of times and techniques is integrated into four roughly chronological chapters which answer the book's essential question: 'What happened to the American left after the sixties?'”
– Matthew Schultz, Socialism and Democracy
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UP PhD student a runner-up in SA Agency for Science and Technology Advancement competition
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UP Academic elected to International Board
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Bright student has a planet named after him
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Prof Don Cowan published his 300th paper
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THE GRI HOSTS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SYMPOSIUM
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Dr Riaan Rifkin wins best presentation at the 8th Oppenheimer De Beers Research Conference.
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Marc Van Goethem selected as one of the Top 100 university students in South Africa by Gradstar Awards
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CMEG welcomes Prof Teresa Coutinho and her research group
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CMEG welcomes new researcher Dr Karin Jordaan, winner of an Australia–Africa Postdoctoral award
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2 magazine covers sparked an important discussion about gender targeting in the media.
'We all need to do better.'
Ally Hirschlag
There's something very wrong with the difference between these two magazine covers.
A photo posted by @amyschumer on Sep 20, 2016 at 4:49pm PDT
In the image above, which was shared by comedian Amy Schumer, the Boys' Life magazine cover shows its readers a future filled with seemingly limitless career opportunities while the Girls' Life magazine cover boils its readers dreams down to first kisses and looking pretty.
Both issues were released in September 2016, proving that, despite how far gender equality has come, there are still plenty of places peddling these outdated, stereotypical gender expectations.
It's far more than just disappointing. It's having a negative effect on scores of impressionable young girls.
When graphic designer Katherine Young saw the side-by-side covers, she decided to redesign the Girls' Life cover — with some key changes.
Images via Girls' Life magazine and Katherine Young, used with permission.
Young replaced Disney actress Olivia Holt with Olivia Hallisey, a teen scientist who won Google's Science Fair in 2015 with her invention of a $25 Ebola test. Instead of hair tips and fall fashion trends, Young's cover advertises dream careers and ways girls can help out in their communities.
In about 10 minutes, she gave the magazine cover the best makeover ever. Here's a close-up of her work:
Image via Katherine Young, used with permission.
Young put the side-by-side photos on her blog with the caption "We can do better," and when she posted the Photoshopped job on Twitter, it quickly went viral.
Obviously Young isn't the only one who's ever felt personally victimized (to borrow a phrase from "Mean Girls") by magazine covers promoting tired gender stereotypes like these.
"I had real body issues all the way up through my mid twenties," Young explains in an email. "I would barely eat in front of my friends as a teenager because I was embarrassed that my jean size was too big. I thought I was less valuable as an individual because I wasn't a 'pretty girl' as defined by society and pop culture standards."
Many studies have found that girls' self-esteem drops dramatically during their pre-teen years far more than boys. There are a number of reasons why this happens, but one glaring factor is that girls feel much more judgmental of their changing bodies than boys. It's not hard to wonder why that might be.
Before girls even reach puberty, they're flooded with images of what society thinks the ideal women should look like.
Image via Seventeen Magazine.
Sure, boys experience this kind of messaging directed at them as well, but there are a lot more male role models in a much wider array of body types, ages, and jobs than there are for girls (thanks, media's sexist double standard).
After being constantly bombarded with messages on how to dress, what hairstyles look good, and exercise tips to achieve a "great butt," it's not surprising that teen and pre-teen girls often have such low self-esteem or that studies show that the media continues to take its toll as girls grow up.
"It does matter and it effects us more than we realize," writes Young.
That being said, there are examples of the media starting to do better.
I am so beyond excited and overwhelmed and happy and astonished and of course, SHOOK, to announce that I am the newest face of @covergirl. First ever male ambassador for the brand and I am so honored and excited to be working with such an iconic brand. I started my Instagram one year ago to inspire others and as an artistic outlet to challenge myself creatively. I truly hope that this shows that anyone and everyone can wear makeup and can do anything if you work hard. I can't wait to share with you all what we have in store, but trust me when I say it's gonna be real good. 😊💕 make sure you check out @covergirl's page for more info coming soon, and my new bff @katyperry as well for a cute pic! 😉 Thank you all so much. This would not be possible without all of you.
A photo posted by James Charles (@jamescharles) on Oct 11, 2016 at 1:17pm PDT
Teen Vogue magazine has been running some hard-hitting news stories lately about the state of our political world. Average-size and plus-size women are being featured on fashion and lifestyle magazine covers. And men have even started becoming the spokespeople for brands traditionally geared toward women.
Bit by bit, the media landscape is changing, but there's still a long, long way to go.
Do female-oriented magazines need to get rid of all their makeup tips and "match your style to this celebrity" sections? No. Makeup and clothes can be fun for many women. Gender-targeted magazines that continue to reinforce tired stereotypes, however, shouldn't be so very polarizing.
For example, lots of men (straight and gay) enjoy doing their hair and putting on makeup and nail polish too. If men's magazines spoke to that, perhaps those men wouldn't experience as much judgment as they do?
Inclusivity and confidence should always win out over snark and skin-deep, stereotypical standards. Hopefully the media will accept the challenge to go further in that direction and continue to do better in 2017.
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Before You Listen to Frank Ocean’s New Album Tomorrow...
We’ll Celebrate His Greatest Sartorial Achievements
By Sam Eichner · August 04, 2016
Four long years, a series of coded messages and one highly enigmatic livestream later, Frank Ocean is finally releasing his much anticipated follow-up to Channel Orange tomorrow on Apple Music.
And while we’re looking forward to Boys Don’t Cry—along with its corollary print publication and visual component—as much as anybody, we’d also like to use this occasion to pause and take a look back.
Not at the man’s musical genius, which needs no commentary, but at the reification of said genius on his singular body of sartorial-related work.
Herewith, our top 10 favorite Frank Ocean style moments (in no particular order)...
Let’s start here: Frank Ocean at the 2013 Time 100 Gala, in a long satin lapel coat and jacquard trousers that prove he knows how to pull off a more typically modern stylish look when he chooses to.
Same goes for this Dior Homme monochrome look at the Grammys (from the same year). It’s bold. It’s sleek. It’s completely his own.
Think of those last two as the stylish base from which he can take risks with an outfit like this, which involves his signature bandanna, a Chinese-tunic-like shirt that nonetheless seems to depict the Wild West and what appear to be camo shorts. These pieces should not work together. And yet, on Frank, they make a weird sort of sense.
And this pattern-on-pattern look here, from the 2012 VMAs. Sure, he kind of looks like a middle schooler on the way to his first school dance. But, really, this is the menswear equivalent of those genius visual artists (Picasso, Pollock) who have mastered classic modes of painting and so can pull off pieces that, to the layman, look like the work of a child. Either that, or he just genuinely didn’t give a shit.
Here you’ve got the bandanna again, but you’ve also got the tight-fitting, buttoned-up white shirt. If one look could sum up Frank’s style (and it can’t), this one comes closest.
From the Band of Outsiders spring 2013 lookbook.
From Calvin Klein’s dare-we-say Lynchian 2016 global campaign. The man knows how to wear an air tie.
From a shoot for Vogue: his emerald-green blazer game is strong. (It’s a very specific, rarefied type of game.)
Vintage Frank. Who needs shoes?
And last but not least, here’s Mr. Ocean fixing Jimmy Fallon’s bow tie.
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Last chance to vote for Best Aquarium
Readers have until Monday, Aug. 18 at noon, to vote for Best Aquarium in our 10Best Readers' Choice contest.
Last chance to vote for Best Aquarium Readers have until Monday, Aug. 18 at noon, to vote for Best Aquarium in our 10Best Readers' Choice contest. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/VlyJta
Libby McMillan, USA TODAY 10Best Published 10:14 a.m. ET Aug. 13, 2014
10Best Readers' Choice Best Aquarium
Get your fish on! It's time to choose the Best Aquarium in North America. You have until Monday, Aug. 18 at noon to vote for your favorite aquarium, and you can vote once a day in this category. Getty Images/iStockphoto
The ABQ BioPark Aquarium in Albuquerque has all the visitor favorites - sharks, colorful corals and plenty of jellies - with several interesting exhibits to boot. Visit Albuquerque
The 2 million-gallon Adventure Aquarium in Camden, N.J., houses some 8,500 aquatic critters, including one of the largest collections of sharks on the East Coast. Todd Thrice, Adventure Aquarium
San Francisco's Aquarium of the Bay celebrates the diversity of the bay and its watershed by showcasing 20,000 aquatic animals from regional waters. Flickr/ Ruth Hartnup
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach is home to 11,0000 animals in more than 50 exhibits - sharks, rays, jellyfish, horseshoe crabs and tidepool critters, among others - to help inspire ocean conservation education, all within a carbon-neutral building. Aquarium of the Pacific
Highly regarded for its conservation efforts, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas sits on the banks of the Mississippi River in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans. Jeff Strout, Audubon Nature Institute
With more than 10 million gallons of water, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is one of the world's largest. Georgia Aquarium
The Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium inside Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo takes visitors on a tour of the world's marine habitats, from the polar regions to the Amazon, and everywhere in between. Flickr/Raymond Bucko, SJ
A frequent Association of Zoos and Aquariums honoree, the Monterey Bay Aquarium features a 28-foot-tall kelp forest - one of the tallest aquarium exhibits in the world - as well as exhibits on jellyfish, sea otters, giant Pacific octopus and the award-winning Splash Zone, featuring 45 interactive exhibits perfect for families. Randy Wilder, Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Conn., part of Sea Research Foundation, Inc., seeks to create thought-provoking encounters between visitors and marine life. Ryan Donnell, Mystic Aquarium
The National Aquarium, located right on Baltimore's Inner Harbor, is home to some 17,000 fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and marine mammals living in its award-winning habitats. National Aquarium
At the heart of the New England Aquarium in Boston sits the four-story Giant Ocean Tank, teeming with colorful corals and tropical fish. S. Cheng
Located just off the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium offers 14 acres of exhibit space highlighting more than 300 marine species. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Aquarium
The Oregon Coast Aquarium, overlooking Yaquina Bay near Newport's historic bay, showcases 15,000 animals from 259 species in three galleries meant to resemble the natural habitats of the state's coastal areas. Oregon Coast Aquarium
Recognized by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums for both its educational and conservation efforts, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash., divides its aquatic inhabitants into North Pacific and South Pacific Aquariums. Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
More than 350 species are represented among the10,000 aquatic residents of Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, located in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Flickr/emma.kate
The Seattle Aquarium's collection of marine life is divided among six major exhibits: Window on Washington Waters, Life on the Edge, Pacific Coral Reef, Birds & Shores, the Underwater Dome and Marine Mammals. Seattle Aquarium
Chicago's John G. Shedd Aquarium, nicknamed "The World's Aquarium," features 32,000 animals representing 1,500 species from fresh- and saltwater environments around the globe. Brenna Hernandez, Shedd Aquarium
On a self-guided tour through the award-winning Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, guests trace the journey of a raindrop from its beginnings in an Appalachian Mountain cove forest all the way to the Gulf of Mexico in its River Journey building. John Bamber, Tennessee Aquarium
Corpus Christi's most popular attraction, the Texas State Aquarium, features 330 species of aquatic animals, many native to the Gulf waters just offshore. Texas State Aquarium
In June 2014, the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park unveiled the biggest expansion in its history, nearly doubling its gallery space. The new and improved aquarium now houses some 50,000 animals. Hamid Attie, Vancouver Aquarium
The 2 million-gallon Adventure Aquarium in Camden, N.J., houses some 8,500 aquatic critters, including one of the largest collections of sharks on the East Coast.(Photo: Todd Thrice, Adventure Aquarium)
Readers have until Monday, Aug. 18 at noon, to vote for Best Aquarium in our 10Best Readers' Choice contest. To determine the nominees, our expert panel looked at data provided by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Taken into consideration were visitor counts, square footage, total aquarium gallons, membership numbers, affordability of entrance fees, recent awards won and commitment to conservation efforts.
Vote by clicking here, or visit 10best.com/awards/travel.
The nominees in the "Best Aquarium" contest category for 10Best Readers' Choice, are as follows:
ABQ BioPark Aquarium - Albuquerque
Adventure Aquarium - Camden, N.J.
Aquarium of the Bay - San Francisco
Aquarium of the Pacific - Long Beach
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas - New Orleans
Georgia Aquarium - Atlanta
Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium - Omaha
Monterey Bay Aquarium - Monterey, Calif.
Mystic Aquarium - Mystic, Conn.
National Aquarium - Baltimore
New England Aquarium - Boston
New York Aquarium - New York
Oregon Coast Aquarium - Newport, Ore.
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium - Tacoma, Wash.
Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies -Gatlinburg, Tenn.
Seattle Aquarium - Seattle
Shedd Aquarium - Chicago
Tennessee Aquarium - Chattanooga, Tenn.
Texas State Aquarium - Corpus Christi, Texas
Vancouver Aquarium - Vancouver
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Your Move/Readers Write: Kudos for Swift Ratings
Kudos for Swift Ratings: “I’ve complained before about the timeliness of ratings updates, so let me be the first to compliment those responsible for getting it done swiftly this year,” writes Brady Daniels.
The following US Go Congress tournaments have now been rated: US Open, US Open Masters, Congress Self-Paired, Congress DieHard and Congress U16 AGA Girls’ Championship. Click here for latest ratings.
Categories: U.S. Go Congress,Your Move: Readers Write
US Open, Pro Lectures Lead in Go Congress Survey
Monday August 24, 2015
“Meeting all the other people who love to play go as much as I do”…”Pro game review is the single most important activity at the Congress” …” I have attended only two US Go Congresses in the past ten years, but follow them avidly each year and attempt to visit each year.” These are just a few of the more than 100 responses thus far to the US Go Congress Survey. So far, the US Open and pro lectures rank highest in popularity, while the 9×9 and 13×13 tournaments rank lowest. Whether you’ve attended a Congress or not, Congress organizers would like your opinions on a few basic questions so that they can make future Congresses even better. “One of the best things is simply meeting people who love the game and playing go.” Click here to take the brief survey; participants are eligible for go prizes!
Take Go Congress Survey, Win Prizes; Got US Open Game Records?
Take Go Congress Survey, Win Prizes: The US Go Congress is the single biggest go event in North America each year, drawing hundreds of go players from across the country for a week of go events. Whether you’ve attended a Congress or not, Congress organizers would like your opinions on a few basic questions so that they can make future Congresses even better. Click here to take a brief survey; participants will be eligible for go prizes!
Got US Open Games? Make sure your US Open games are part of the tournament’s permanent record: send in your US Open game records and we’ll add them to the official crosstab (thanks to everyone who’s already done so!)
Email them to us at journal@usgo.org
Categories: U.S. Go Congress,U.S./North America
2015 E-Journal Congress Team Credits
by Chris Garlock, Managing Editor, American Go E-Journal
The American Go E-Journal’s coverage of the 2015 US Go Congress in St Paul, MN was truly wall-to-wall this year, with more than 60 games broadcast live on KGS, 23 live video feeds on our YouTube channel, well over a dozen live pro game commentaries and nearly two dozen reports in the E-Journal, as well as numerous posts to the AGA’s Facebook page and Twitter feed. None of that would have been possible without a talented and committed team of volunteers, some of them veterans of previous congresses and some newbies, but every one richly deserving of a hearty round of applause and appreciation. Click here to see our Facebook album of team photos.
First and foremost are Assistant Manager Todd Heidenreich, Tech/IT Manager Steve Colburn and Lead Game Recorder Dennis Wheeler; their titles don’t begin to do justice to the many key roles these three play in ensuring our smooth operation. Todd, Steve and Dennis have been our core team for many years now, and hanging out with them in the EJ room each year is a joy that many others have discovered as well.
An exciting addition to the EJ team this year was our video streaming operation, managed by Andrew Jackson, who surpassed his goal of dramatically improving the current state of go video streaming, as evidenced by the impressive number of live viewers and video views. The video streaming team included Ashish Varma (fairgo) Shawn Ray (clossius), Justin Teng (odnihs),Stephen Hu (xhu98), Lionel Zhang and Calvin Sun.
Youth Editor Paul Barchilon makes sure we give proper coverage to the many exciting youth events and rising young go stars; he’s also training the next generation of the EJ’s youth team and worked with Jackson to coordinate youth coverage; special thanks to Justin Teng, who went above and beyond to organize the streaming team for the Redmond Cup games. Game recorders included Andrew Lu, Ethan Frank, and Ashish Varma.
While video streaming and social me dia coverage have been generating a lot of this year’s interest in the Congress, our game recording team quietly went about the everyday work of broadcasting top-board games online, not only so that go players around the world could watch live, but so that the games are recorded for posterity. Dennis Wheeler anchored the team, as usual, and with the indefatigable Richard Dolen they broadcast all the morning top-board games. The evening game recording team included Solomon Smilack — who also transcribed the live pro commentary for the Friday Night Big Broadcast —David Weimer, Bart Jacob, Stephen Hu, Andrew Lu, Ethan Frank, George Schmitten, Yong Peng, Yanqing Sun and Austin Harvey. Thanks as always to Akane Negishi and the entire team at KGS for their support and help. And a big shout-out to US Open Masters/US Open TD Jon Boley, whose coordination with pairings and results data was critical to our timely reporting; plus his sense of humor made him a perfect fit for the EJ team.The professional go players have become an integral part of the EJ team each year, contributing their insights in live game commentaries, this year on our YouTube livestream as well as on KGS. They included: Feng Yun 9P, Cho Hye-yeon 9P, Yilun Yang 7P, Jennie Shen 2P, Shirley Lin 1P, Stephanie Yin 1P, Cathy Li 1P. Special thanks to Myungwan Kim 9P and Yilun Yang 7P for their Big Game broadcast Friday night, and to pro coordinator I-Han Lui, who provided professionals for both the KGS and video stream commentaries. And a very special thanks this year to Hajin Lee 3P and Nick Sibicki, who anchored our streaming video commentary, and to Matthew Hershberger, who also helped with the commentary on Pair Go night.
Finally, I want to thank EJ photographer — and my very good friend — Phil Straus (left, in yellow shirt), without whom literally none of this would be possible: Phil taught me how to play go 30 years ago when I showed up at the Philadelphia Go Club, which he ran out of his house in center city Philly. He’s been there for me as a go player, go journalist and friend for three decades.
Thanks to the entire team, and to you, our readers; see you next year in Boston!
photos by Phil Straus (top right), Chris Garlock (left) and Ken Koester (bottom right).
Kevin Chao Wins AGF Board Auction
The Orange County Go Club’s Kevin Chao 6D (right) prevailed in a spirited bidding war at the annual go board auction at the 2015 U.S. Go Congress banquet August 8. For much of the auction, conducted by E-Journal Managing Editor Chris Garlock and American Go Foundation president Terry Benson, it was a 3-man duel between Brady Daniels, Congress Director Josh Larson and an increasingly hoarse banquet MC Andrew Jackson. The back of the board — donated by Yutopian — had been signed by most of the professional go players attending the Go Congress, and previous winner Andy Okun testified to the veracity of Garlock’s promise of improvement, noting that he’d been 1-kyu when he won the auction and is now shodan.
When Jackson’s bid of $1,200 knocked Daniels out, the board seemed destined to head to Seattle, but then Chao swooped in with a bid of $1,500, his first of the evening, and it proved decisive. “This is so amazingly generous,” said Benson. “This will help fund American Go Foundation activities and programs that promote go across the United States, including important future investments like go camp scholarships.”
“The support of go players like Kevin and Chris (whose recent walk across Wales raised $2,400 for the AGF) is what makes this such an incredible community,” added American Go Association president Andy Okun. “They, and all our generous AGF contributors, are truly planting the seeds for the future of American go.”
photo: (top left) Benson, Okun & Garlock; photos by Phil Straus
US Go Congress Updates: Ratings, Winner Reports, Game Records & Congress Coverage Goes Viral
2015 Congress Ratings Update: As of Friday, August 14th, the results of four Congress tournaments have been submitted, reports Jonathan Bresler. “The four tournaments are the U.S. Open, the U.S. Open Masters, the DieHard and the Girls 16 and Under. The DieHard and Girls have been rated.” Self-Paired results are expected to be submitted Monday. Click here for AGA ratings.
(8/16 Update/Clarification: the U.S. Open and U.S. Open Masters results were just submitted on August 14 and have not yet been rated)
Winner Reports Posted: Complete Congress tournament winner reports are now posted online.
Got Game Records? Send in your US Open game records and we’ll add them to the official crosstab (thanks to everyone who’s already done so!) Email them to us at journal@usgo.org
Congress Coverage Going Viral: The EJ’s Congress posts on Twitter and Facebook have been generating lots of traffic and likes, and the videos on our YouTube page have been getting tons of views. Our story on the Cuban delegation, for example, reached over 1,000 people on Facebook, the report on go pioneer John Goodell reached nearly 1,000 and photo albums like Phil Straus’ recent collection of Pair Go photos reached nearly 600. Over on YouTube, the 23 Congress videos reached people in over 100 countries, added almost 1,000 subscribers and the most-viewed video was Round 4, Mark Lee vs Cao Youyin with Haylee commenting, with over 2,600 views since it went live.
photo: 2015 US Open players; photo by Chris Garlock
Categories: Go Photos,U.S. Go Congress,U.S./North America
Pandanet AGA City League Registration begins, as A & B Leagues expand
In the new season for the Pandanet AGA City League, the A and B League will enlarged to eight teams each. The teams in last place for the A League and the winners of the B League will be demoted and promoted as normal. The other teams in the B League will be promoted until there are 8 teams in play. The B League will be the same way with the C League until there are 8 teams. “Start gathering your team for the fourth season of this exciting league,” says League coordinator Steve CColburn. The new season include some revised rules to make the seasons longer and more challenging games. Check the rules for a special registration deal for the teams. “Does your team have what it takes to defeat our winners from last year?” Colburn asks. Registration is open until September 20th. Email steve.colburn@usgo.org for more information or to register your team.
Categories: Pandanet-AGA City League
Yulin Tong Wins U.S. Open Masters Tournament; Albert Yen Wins U.S. Open
Yulin Tong 4P defeated Zexiang Sui 7D in just 126 moves (click here to see the game) Saturday morning to lock up his 2015 U.S. Open Masters Tournament championship, losing just one game, to defending champion Mark Lee, on his way to an 8-1 record. Click here for complete results and to see the professional review by Cho Hye-yeon 9P and Myungwan Kim 9P on the AGA’s YouTube page. Albert Yen won the U.S. Open; click here for complete results.
photo: Tong (second from left) reviews the Round 9, Board 2 game with Chen Wang 7D and Qun Wang 8P, as Yongfe Ge 7D, Ryan Li 1P and Eric Lui 7D watch; photo by Chris Garlock
Cuban delegation to U.S. Go Congress “bringing back much” to island nation
Rafael Torres Miranda had a problem. The automotive importer had just discovered the game of go in 1990 but had no one to teach him and, worse yet, no one to play with. Twenty five years later, he’s attending the U.S. Go Congress as President of the Cuban Go Federation, the first time a delegation of Cuban go players has ever participated.
“The high level of play and the variety — as well as sheer quantity — of go activities is very impressive,” Miranda (at right, in white shirt) told the E-Journal. The other member of the delegation is Dr. Lazaro Bueno Perez (far left), a professor of chess and go at the University of Camaguey, and both said that they “will be bringing much back to Cuba from the Go Congress.”
Miranda says that there are some 2,000 go players in Cuba, ranging in strength from 5-dan to double-digit kyu players. “We’ve come a long way in a very short time,” he said. Miranda learned about the game from a Japanese colleague in the automotive business. The game intrigued him immediately. Although his colleague didn’t think he was serious, but he did teach Miranda the rules and they played. “No one in Cuba played go,” he laughs, “everyone played chess.” But as a judo teacher Miranda knew how to study and train and determination did the rest. They have had major support from the Association for International Go Exchange (a group of retired Japanese who love the game) and pros from the Nihon Ki-in. The Cubans make their own go equipment and there are now players in every city in the country.
In addition to the obvious barriers posed by Cuba’s political isolation, perhaps the biggest obstacle to spreading the game and improving Cuban go player’s strength has been one that go players around the world can appreciate: extremely limited internet access. There’s also a real hunger to participate in go tournaments around the world. “Always we want to participate,” Miranda said, chuckling. “We can’t, but we want to.” He hopes that the timing of the Cuban delegation to the U.S. Go Congress as official relations between the United States and Cuba have been established this year may be a harbinger of more opportunities to travel and compete internationally. “We are grateful to the AGA, the American Go Foundation, and to Bob Gilman for making this possible.”
Cuba will host the 17th Iberoamerican Go Championships October 9-11 at the Cuban Go Academy in Havana. Cuba. In addition to the chance for Cuban go players to meet their comrades from other Latin American countries, Miranda said it’s an opportunity for the Cuban Go Federation to be in the spotlight; after all Cuba organized the first four international tournaments in Latin America (1998-2001) before the current Championship series began.
– Chris Garlock; photo by Phil Straus
Categories: Latin America,U.S. Go Congress,U.S./North America
Amy Wang/Danny Ko Win 2015 North American Pair Go Championship
Amy Wang 5d and her partner Daehyuk (Daniel) Ko won first place in the 2015 North American Pair Go Championship Thursday night at the U.S. Go Congress. “U.S. Pair Go fans should watch for Amy and Daniel to be competing in the upcoming World Amateur Pair Go Championships in Tokyo,” said TD Todd Heidenreich. The Championships will be held the first weekend in December. Forty eight pairs participated in the popular event, including nine professional players. Six of the eight players on boards 3 and 4 were professionals, drawing a lot of interest from spectators. “Special thanks to Dennis Wheeler, Steve Colburn, Susanna Pfeffer, and Garrett Smith for their assistance,” Heidenreich added.
The top table of the Pair Go tournament determined the overall champion. As with many of the tournaments at this year’s Congress, the matches played on the top board of the tournament were broadcast online — in this case on the Pandanet Go Server — along with a live stream on the AGA’s YouTube page. Click here for Steve Colburn’s album of photos.
Top table results: 1st Place – Amy Wang 5d & Daniel Ko 7d; 2nd Place – Melissa Cao 1k & Justin Ching 6d; 3rd Place – WanYu Chen & Andrew Lu 7d; 4th Place – Julie Burrall 2d & Lionel Zhang 7d.
Table Winners: Amy Wang 5d & Daniel Ko 7d; HsiYun Tang 2P & Mark Lee 7d; Jennie Shen 2P & Josh Larson 3d; Mirano Shiraki 5d & Shunichi Hyodo 6d; Agnes Rzepecki 2k & Aaron Broege 1d; Isabelle Peng 5k & Evan Zou 4d; Nqua Xiong 2k & Fernando Torre 3k; Yoko Ohashi 6k & Mark Fraser 7k; Vivienne Blandy 9k & Mark Smith 7k; Kaoru Hidaka 19k & Shigeo Hidaka 2d; Sarah Crites 11k & Bob Crites 7k; Susanna Pfeffer 10k & Rab Beverly 12k
– photos by Eric Jankowski (right) and Steve Colburn (left).
Categories: Pair Go,U.S. Go Congress,U.S./North America
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It's Britney, Witch! Britney Spears Spoofs Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Intro (Video)
October 28, 2013 - 4:13 pm by VIBE
With Halloween three flips of the calendar away. Britney Spears brings out her inner ghoul with a special take on the intro to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" for BBC1. Cue the silly spook spoof above.
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Blueface attends the BET Awards 2019 Radio Broadcast Center at Microsoft Theater on June 21, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for BET
Blueface Claims He’s The “Best Lyricist” In Rap
Blueface has high self-esteem when it comes to his lyrical abilities. The “Thotiana” rapper crowned himself the “most lyrical rapper” in the game during an Instagram Live session Thursday (July 18), XXL reports.
"Hey cuz, that’s on my mama and my sis, I’m the best lyricist in the muthaf**kin' game, bro,” he declared. “I might not have the best flow, sound...but when it comes to wordplay, cuz, come on bro.”
Blueface says he’s “the best lyricist in the game”...do y’all agree? 樂 @BluefaceBleedEm pic.twitter.com/WXcr46FzXu
— WORLDSTARHIPHOP (@WORLDSTAR) July 18, 2019
The 22-year-old rapper has a way of getting a response on social media — even if its negative. Earlier in the month, Blueface kicked his mother and sister out of his home during a heated confrontation that reportedly involved his two girlfriends. On Tuesday (July 16), the L.A. native debuted a new face tattoo and previewed a new record where he talks about booting his family out of the home. Listen to the track below.
Blueface got a new face tattoo and he made a song dissing his moms and sister. “On my momma and my sis... Had to kick my own blood out... they musta forgot I was a Crip ” pic.twitter.com/FtfajcXtjp
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) July 17, 2019
Justin Sullivan
Instagram Testing Feature That Hides Number Of “Likes” From Users
Instagram could be gearing up for a permanent change that would allow users to focus on content instead of the number of likes that each posts receives. The Facebook-owned social networking giant is testing a tool that hides the number of likes that each post receives and video views., making them only visible to the account holder.
“We’re currently running a test that hides the total number of likes and video views for some people,” the company announced on social media Wednesday (July 17). For now, Instagram is running the test in Australia, Canada, Brazil, Japan and three other countries.
“We want your friends to focus on the photos and videos you share, not how many likes they get. You can still see your own likes by tapping on the list of people who've liked it, but your friends will not be able to see how many likes your post has received,” the company explained in a series of tweets.
We’re currently running a test that hides the total number of likes and video views for some people in the following countries:
✅ Australia ✅ Brazil ✅ Canada ✅ Ireland ✅ Italy ✅ Japan ✅ New Zealand pic.twitter.com/2OdzpIUBka
— Instagram (@instagram) July 17, 2019
We’re looking forward to learning more about how this change might benefit everyone’s experience on Instagram.
Jan Wong, an app analyzer who scopes out hidden codes from your favorite apps, discovered that the company was toying around with the feature in April. “Instagram is testing hiding like count from audiences,” Wong tweeted at the time.
The change could make for a big adjustment for social influencers who seemingly depend on numbers to measure their engagement. The same goes for general users who could potentially feel less pressure to garner a certain number of likes for each post.
Cardi B Praises Rep. Ilhan Omar Amid Donald Trump's Racist Attacks
Cardi B is showing support for Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) amid the latest round of racist attacks against her spearheaded by President Donald Trump. The “Money” rapper took to Instagram Thursday (July 18) with a photo of Omar and a Beyonce quote.
“You know you that b**ch when you cause all this conversation,” Cardi captioned the photo of Omar.
You know you that bitch when you cause all this conversation ♀️
A post shared by MOSTHATEDCARDI (@iamcardib) on Jul 17, 2019 at 7:01pm PDT
Trump targeted Omar, and other women minorities in Congress in a weekend Twitter rant. He also stood silently as a crowd chanted “Send her back!” during his North Carolina rally Wednesday (July 17).
When asked if she was “scared” for her safety Omar replied, “What I am scared for is the safety [of] people who share my identity. When you have a president who clearly thinks someone like me should ‘go back.’ The message that he’s sending is not for me, it’s for every single person who shares an identity with me, and he’s telling them that this is not their country. What we tell them is that this is [their country] and they are welcome here.”
The Somali refugee who migrated to the U.S. at age 12 and became a U.S. citizen by age 17, is the first muslim woman elected to Congress and the first Somali American legislator in the U.S. When asked about Cardi’s endorsement Omar told TMZ, “It’s really amazing to see what that message means for everybody who is listening and paying attention.”
Omar also reacted to a reporter questioning if Trump’s taunts were actually racist. “The fact that you’re still asking that question is what’s wrong,” she said. “We have said this president is racist. We have condemned his racist remarks.”
Hear more of Omar's remarks in the vide below.
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The Art Of Self-Defense: A Refreshing Karate Chop To The Funny Bone
July 11, 2019 / Aaron Haughton
Writer/director Riley Stearns’ latest effort is just as surprising and refreshingly offbeat as his cult-centric debut, Faults. Audacious and kooky, The Art of Self-Defense is a wholly original dark comedy with something more to say. This one is sure to deliver a karate chop straight to your funny bone.
After he's attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei (Alessandro Nivola), and hardcore brown belt Anna (Imogen Poots), Casey gains a newfound sense of confidence for the first time in his life. But when he attends Sensei's mysterious night classes, he discovers a sinister world of fraternity, brutality and hyper-masculinity, presenting a journey that places him squarely in the sights of his enigmatic new mentor.
Interestingly enough, both of Riley Stearns’ features focus on cult-like mentalities and characters who wind up in situations that are bigger than they initially realize. They both also feature similar set design (with an emphasis on natural wood surfaces) and also open in diner setting with a scene that gives the viewer immediate context into the inner turmoil and psyche of their protagonists, which adequately set the stage for the events to come.
In the open of Faults, Stearns shows us how desperate and financially ruined Ansel (wonderfully played by Leland Orser) is in an absurdly comical altercation over hotel vouchers and a $4 breakfast. With The Art of Self-Defense, our “effeminately named” protagonist, Casey Davies, sits alone in a diner, listening to a French couple talk shit about him in their native tongue. Just as with Ansel, Stearns immediately shows — “shows” being the operative word — us two important things about Casey; he’s content to sit idle when he’s the source of ridicule, and he’s a quick learner and knows more than he lets on (as he is shown learning French in the following scene, and seems know a fair bit, enough to say that he knew what the French couple was saying about him).
We later see the unimposing and socially awkward Casey at work where he comically fails to make small talk with his male coworkers, whose response only makes him feel smaller and more insignificant, before he is brutally accosted by a gang of mysterious bikers. The traumatic event Casey suffers causes his feelings of fear and inadequacy to totally consume him, and it serves as the catalyst for his peculiar and graphically violent journey into the world of martial arts lead by his sensei, who is aptly named “Sensei” (played brilliantly by Alessandro Nivola).
This oddball and deliciously niche comedy had me in an stranglehold of laughter for nearly its entirety. It’s probably the greatest reexamination and takedown of masculinity since David Fincher’s Fight Club, albeit through a much different means. Stearns’ has a more simple approach to his visuals than Fincher, with framing that favors static shots and negative space that put a lot of weight on the performances. Tonally, he favors wry humor and awkward exaggerations of reality. It shares some similarities to Napoleon Dynamite in that regard, but given that it has something more to say, it also bears semblance to Yorgos Lanthimos’ idiosyncratic style that has swept the mainstream ever since 2015’s The Lobster (though arguably, it’s been a through line in a Stearns’ work).
A large part of the film is waiting for our protagonist to catch up to us, which makes the bends and forks in the road visible before they arrive; however, while you may guess where the The Art of Self-Defense is headed, you’re never fully sure how it will get there — and the getting there is the fun. It may veer too heavily into the deadpan for some (another reason for the Lanthimos parallel), but it takes on its meaty subject matter with deliberate blows that quietly boil into a surprising crescendo. It has some really sneaky, low key zingers and several roundhouse kicks of gut-bursting laughs — you won’t really be able to look at a belt the same way again — and like most of the great comedies, it has something deeper to say.
It’s ultimately about toxic masculinity and the dangers of “boys’ clubs,” but it has some things to say about women and femininity by proxy, which are just as potent. The dojo’s sole female student, Anna, is often overlooked by Sensei, who comically muses at one point to Casey, “You know, I’m starting to think that the fact that she’s a woman will always prevent her from being a man.” And The Art of Self-Defense targets that “Man’s world” mentality and beautifully dismantles it, taking everything to gloriously absurd extremes (some of which come out of nowhere). It’s a critique of our times that cautions us to be wary of how our fears can turn us into the thing we were afraid of, whichttps://www.viddy-well.com/reviews/the-art-of-self-defenseh, in turn, can cause us to inflict our own pain onto others, creating a perpetual state of cyclical violence that is only broken when patriarchy is destroyed. Or, at least, that seems to be Stearns’ final ruling.
The film’s superb performances, which are uniformly great, make its messaging all the more sharp. Jesse Eisenberg does a fantastic job in the lead. He is a black belt in the art of social awkwardness, and his straight-faced delivery makes the humor resonate so wonderfully. Alessandro Nivola is absolutely hysterical while being imposing, delivering his best performance to date as the hyper-masculine Sensei, with Imogen Poots giving the film a nice added bite.
Recommendation: Definitely don’t sleep on this; it could be the new cult comedy sensation.
Rating: 4.5 slow motion kick-punches outta 5.
What do you think? Did you love the film or was it too deadpan for you? We want to know. Share your thoughts and feelings in the comments section below, and as always, remember to viddy well!
Midsommar: An Unsettling, Sun Soaked Breakup Fairytale
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Here’s All the TV to Cling to This February | Village Voice
Right Wing’s New Breed Are Loving Trump’s Putin-esca
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Here’s All the TV to Cling to This February
Glenn Howerton (middle), one of the cast members of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” stars in NBC’s “A.P. Bio,” the story of a disgraced Harvard philosophy scholar who becomes a high school biology teacher after losing out on his dream job. Ron Batzdorff/Courtesy of NBC
The Winter Olympics are this month, so even though I’m skipping figure skating — because seriously, fuck all those creeps who profit off the abuse and commodification of young women’s bodies! — I’ll still probably watch the weirder shit like biathlon and curling, because I love competition as long as it’s low-stakes and I don’t know enough about anyone participating to pick a favorite. Other than that, I’m Time’s Up–invigorated and ready to BURN IT ALL DOWN, so please take all my recommendations with a grain of salt, because if it stars a white man, I’d like to see it in the garbage can. (Also, Time’s Up on me not rhyming!)
A.P. Bio (NBC), February 1
It’s the story of a disgraced egomaniac white guy who gets stuck teaching instead of being a star. This must be a wish-fulfillment fantasy for a lot of white-guy Hollywood execs, because there are lots of shows in this vein, most notably Eastbound & Down. That’s a great show, don’t get me wrong — but I wonder how many “bad boys getting stuck with kids as punishment” plotlines we must endure before Satan rises from below and ushers us to a better place. Anyway, this one stars It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Glenn Howerton. I chuckled through the whole damn trailer, so I’ll give it a chance like the conditioned monkey that I am.
Absentia (Amazon), February 2
An ad featuring Lizzo’s “Good as Hell” played before the trailer, and it was so good that I just went and watched that song’s video five times before going back to Absentia. I shoulda watched it two more times, because the trailer for this ten-episode series is pretty dumb.
The show’s about an FBI agent who vanishes while investigating a serial killer. Everyone thinks she’s dead, but, no doy, she’s alive and living in a cabin. So, six years have passed and she has zero memory of what happened in the cabin, so you know whatever happened in that cabin was SUPER fucked up and awful! And, honestly, if they show any of that, I’m gonna lose it, because I’m tired of seeing violence against women. I’m over it! You know what would be more interesting? If she spent six years in that cabin and used that time to, like, cure cancer or write the Great American Novel or even think of plots for shows that don’t revolve around trauma to women?! Of course, the last one is the hardest, so she should start with the cancer. YA BURNT, HOLLYWOOD!
Altered Carbon (Netflix), February 2
If you took Neo’s penis and turned it into a series, it would be this ten-episode adaptation of Richard Morgan’s 2002 sci-fi novel. It’s just SO MALE. The show is set in the 25th century, when human consciousness can be digitized and downloaded into different bodies. Scary! The Killing’s Joel Kinnaman stars as a former warrior who was imprisoned for 500 years in some sort of fancy future coma and reawakened to go solve a murder. My husband just told me that the book has really hardcore sex scenes, so maybe this is just romance novels for boys? Just a big ol’ tough guy swingin’ his mammoth d around to bad techno.
I’m probably gonna love it.
2 Dope Queens (HBO), February 2
Comedians Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson’s wonderful podcast is turned into a four-part series, which maybe is gonna be even better because we’ll get to see their beautiful faces and enjoy guests like Sarah Jessica Parker and Tituss Burgess. I mean, that’s three dope queens and a dope king right there. Here’s hoping they get Sarah Jessica to explain why she gave Jennifer Hudson that ugly-ass purse in the first Sex and the City movie. You saw that shit, right? Why haven’t we had a tribunal on that? Time’s Up! (Which is a very serious and necessary thing, but if you can’t laugh, what can you do? Crucify Mel Gibson? Ugh — he’d probably like that too much.)
Queer Eye (Netflix), February 7
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is reborn as a Netflix original, with a new cast, including Gay of Thrones’ Jonathan van Ness. I love that dude so much that even if this show turns out to be offensive and terrible (because, honestly, the whole premise is, ya know, iffy), I’ll still FF to his parts so I can laugh and laugh and gaze upon his perfect tresses and dream about what our perfect babies would look like. AND YES I KNOW HE’S GAY BUT MAYBE HE STILL WANTS TO MAKE BABIES WITH ME. DAMN.
Here and Now (HBO), February 11
Alan Ball is back, and not a moment too soon, because, baby, I missed you! This supernatural dark comedy — I’m not sure that makes sense, but it’s kinda what all of Ball’s shows are (True Blood, Six Feet Under), if you really think about it. Deep thoughts! — is about a “progressive multi-ethnic family” that’s upended when one of the children starts seeing things. It’s not clear what yet, but I hope it’s hella spooky. Already calling it: This show is gonna win all the Emmys and Trump will be impeached. COME ON, NOVEMBER!
This Close (Sundance), February 14
This looks good! A dramedy from writers-creators-stars Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman about navigating love and life and doing it all with a disability (they’re both deaf) and basically just trying to survive and thrive in this crazy mixed-up world of ours. I feel like I’m not selling it, but the trailer makes it look like Catastrophe meets Parenthood meets Difficult People! Go watch the damn trailer! You’ll see I’m right and then come back and apologize for thinking such mean thoughts about my shitty write-up.
Elijah Stevenson (left) and Sydney Sweeney are two of the cast members in “Everything Sucks!,” a high school dramatic comedy series on Netflix that shows how teenagers survive boring Oregon in the boring Nineties. Scott Patrick Green/Courtesy of Netflix
Everything Sucks! (Netflix), February 16
This high school dramatic comedy (ha! I didn’t say “dramedy” three times in the article, and so the ghost of a grumpy editor couldn’t materialize out of the ether to eat my laptop!) (Oh, shit, never mind — I got an email about it anyway!) examines life in Boring, Oregon, in 1996, which is really just pissing me off, because I could have made a show about how boring 1996 was, and instead I just ate cake and stared at a wall last year. FUCK YOU, TRUMP!
It’s also frustrating because (almost?) every major creative player involved is a man, and how are you gonna create a show about high school and not get the female perspective? Everyone knows teen girls are the most powerful creatures on Earth, and I do not have faith that this show will accurately represent me and my 4 Non Blondes–inspired haircut!!
Christina Hendricks (left) and Retta play suburban women who decide to rob a supermarket in “Good Girls,” an NBC show that also stars Mae Whitman and may be a comedy or a drama or another dramedy. Josh Stringer/Courtesy of NBC
Good Girls (NBC), February 26
This one is confusing to me. It stars a world-class trio of perfection — Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman — as suburban women who decide to rob a supermarket. Sounds great, right? But why is it a TV show and not a movie? And is this a comedy? Or a drama? Or, sigh, another dramedy? (Sorry!!) The trailer has me wondering which way is up about how/why/where/when/etc., but given the cast alone, I’ll watch every episode.
The Looming Tower (Hulu), February 28
Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book about Osama bin Laden and 9-11 is a fascinating read, and I’m kiiiiinda curious to see how it translates to TV. The ten-episode series — natch, because that’s the only kind of TV that anyone makes anymore! I miss the days of 153 Friends episodes a season! — stars Tahar Rahim (The Last Panthers), Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bill Camp, and Jeff Daniels, and you know the showrunners and everyone else involved is a fucking man. Let’s hope they can get through it without being racist AF! You gotta believe in something, right? Oh, yeah, wait, I do, I believe in women, fuck this series. JK JK JK byeeeee.
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Hiking Highlight - Schumann Preserve at Pilot Knob
A quick hike to a gazebo with views overlooking southern Lake George
Written by Eric Pfau
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An easy hike to a stunning view of Lake George.
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The story of one family's mission to preserve an Adirondack treasure.
My girlfriend and I rolled south on Route 9N through Lake George Village at around 8:30 a.m., just as the normally bustling strip was beginning to wake up. The streets were crawling with visiting families heading to breakfast and Lake George Area locals walking their dogs. We were headed for a walk of our own at the Schumann Preserve at Pilot Knob.
The Lake George Land Conservancy, a not-for-profit that aims to protect Lake George, bought the 223-acre preserve in August of 2000. It was originally named the Pilot Knob Ridge Preserve, but was renamed to the Schumann Preserve at Pilot Knob after past executive director Lynn LaMontagne Schumann passed away from breast cancer.
We turned left onto Beach Road, passed Million Dollar Beach, and then hung a left onto Route 9L. About seven miles later, after passing Dunham’s Bay Resort, we took another left onto Pilot Knob Road. Less than a mile later, on the edge of the Lake George Area, the Schumann Preserve at Pilot Knob is on the right. If you cross into Washington County you’ve gone too far.
In May of 2017, the Lake George Land Conservancy constructed an expanded parking lot at the base of the preserve. The old lot was small, forcing hikers to attempt to jam their cars into tight spots, park on a busy Pilot Knob Road, or find somewhere else to hike. The new lot is a huge upgrade over the old one. There are now two levels of parking with room for about 20 cars. The crushed stone lots are enclosed by light brown post and rail fencing. A park bench stationed on one corner of the lot is a great place to retie your hiking boot and double check your gear.
After locking my car and admiring the new parking lot one more time, we signed into the trail register. Great news: only one group had signed in so far. Pilot Knob is a quick hike, kid-friendly, and located ten minutes outside Lake George Village. It can be a busy trail. Only one sign-in meant we might have some trail time alone. We hit the trail at 9:05 a.m. with our fingers crossed.
The orange trail climbs for about one mile from the trailhead to the gazebo at the top. A quarter of a mile beyond the parking lot the trail splits, with one section heading south and the other continuing east. Orange Lake George Land Conservancy trail markers are almost always in view. It’s a well-traveled dirt trail that swells to 10 feet wide in spots. Large rocks are scattered throughout the trail, popping out of the earth like goose bumps and forcing you to constantly watch where you’re walking.
It was a sunny morning with temperatures nearing 70 degrees, but we both noted that the forest surrounding the trail was thick and dark. We noticed distinct rays of sun blasting through the leaves. It was even a kind of chilly in the heavily shaded sections.
That momentary chill disappeared as soon as we started sweating. The trail begins as an easy jaunt through the woods but quickly gets steeper and more intense. We passed a section covered in intermingling tree roots which seemed to throttle the boulders buried in the ground. Even some tree trunks seemed to be exposed above where they should be, showing how roots quickly expand as they dive into the earth.
We picked up an empty Budweiser can and an empty chip bag on the trail. Again, this is a busy preserve hiked by dozens of families and oodles of kids. We saw probably twenty people during our two hours on the property. I assume the garbage was dropped by accident, or by kids who don’t understand how important it is to keep trails clean. Please remember that when you’re hiking it is up to you to clean up after yourself. Throw your trash in a back pack or in your pocket. Bring an empty plastic grocery bag with you so you can pick up trash on the trail. We want the Adirondacks to stay clean!
The trail continues east. According to the Lake George Land Conservancy website, there’s a spot where the orange trail breaks off to the south, leading hikers on a more meandering path to the gazebo. We didn’t notice this break on our way up.
Sometimes it’s hard to find a clear trail to follow. You always know where you’re going, but between the fields of boulders and sprawling roots, you’re not pushed to follow a specific path. If you’re ready for a rest there are plenty of boulders to take a seat on.
We made it to the gazebo at 9:30 a.m. – a 25 minute hike with one short rest. Benches arc around the gazebo's edges. There’s room for a dozen people to relax, rehydrate, and get out of the sun. It’s covered in signatures, messages, and phone numbers left by hikers, but I’d recommend not defacing it any more than it already is.
The view of the southern basin of Lake George from the gazebo is gorgeous. You can see the small communities of Assembly Point and Cleverdale, Long Island and Speaker Heck Island, Harris Bay, and the mountains on the west side of Lake George.
We had only hiked Pilot Knob in the winter, so the growth on the fields behind the gazebo was surprising. The trail to the gazebo is almost overrun by the tall grass and weeds. There will be no Frisbee or football played in this jungle anytime soon.
We arrived at the gazebo just behind a trio visiting the Lake George Area from Tom’s River, NJ. We chatted for a few minutes about the region, where to launch a kayak onto Lake George, and my recent visit to the Stone Pony in New Jersey. Pilot Knob was one of the trio's first ever hikes, showing how accessible it is. Two more groups and about ten hikers total arrived at the top during our twenty minutes in the gazebo.
After we finished chatting with our new friends we wandered south of the gazebo towards the blue trail. Following this trail east for about a mile leads to a seasonal waterfall. We strolled for half a mile, discussing breakfast. The weather was warming up and the bugs were beginning to buzz around. After a typical “I don’t know, what do you want to do...” discussion, we turned around and went back to the gazebo. We’ll hit the waterfall next spring when it’s flowing hard. We sat down again, snapped some pictures, and started down the other side of the orange trail.
The orange trail wraps around the south side of the gazebo and eventually merges back into one trail. Like usual, we scrambled down the trail quicker than we hiked up. We had to step or hop off some of the boulders mentioned earlier, being careful not to trip. We found a few critters on the way down. After taking this picture, and doing research on its proper name, I eagerly await the nightmares involving this American giant millipede. I much prefer the American toad that seems to hop under my boot every time I hike.
Overall, we’d rate this hike as easy-moderate, but leaning more towards moderate. It doesn’t take long to travel the two miles round trip to the gazebo, but there are a few momentary steep sections. The views are jaw-dropping, the gazebo is unique on a mountain summit, and the convenience to Lake George Village can’t be beat. It’s definitely kid and dog friendly. For those reasons, we recommend the Schumann Preserve at Pilot Knob.
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Crime, Thrillers & Mystery > Thrillers
The Date: An unputdownable psychological thriller with a breathtaking twist (Paperback)
Louise Jensen (author)
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Something bad has happened to Alison Taylor.
Her Saturday night started normally. Recently separated from her husband, Ali has been persuaded by her friends to go on a date with a new man. She is ready, she is nervous, she is excited. She is about to take a step into her new future.
By Sunday morning, Ali's life is unrecognisable. She wakes, and she knows that something is wrong. She is home, she is alone, she is hurt and she has no memory of what happened to her.
Worse still, when she looks in the mirror, Ali doesn't recognise the face staring back at her. She can't recognise her friends and family. And she can't recognise the person who is trying to destroy her...
From the no. 1 bestselling author of The Sister, The Gift and The Surrogate, The Date is a gripping page-turner that will keep you awake until the early hours. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and Before I Go To Sleep.
What readers are saying about Louise Jensen:
'The Date kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page . . . all too believable' Jane Corry, bestselling author of The Dead Ex
'WOW I was blown away by this thriller... This book had me guessing right up to the very end. An exceptional book' Just One More Page, 5 stars
'This novel was paced perfectly and I actually finished it in one day because I couldn't put it down... so addictive!' Steph and Chris Book Reviews
'This book had more twists and turns than a rollercoaster, with the heart thumping feeling to go with it! If you like psychological thrillers, then definitely read this one... you will not regret it! Five Stars!' Stardust Book Reviews
'My God! It's a bloody corker! An exquisite writer... Louise has completely knocked it out of the park and brought us all another amazing thriller! MY FIRST EVER GOLD STAR AWARD' Emma the Little Bookworm
'I could not put this book down. I neglected all the house work and put off cooking dinner until I was finished... I loved every page' Renee Reads
'Just as I thought the story was wrapping up BANG! I was hit again with another twist. Brilliant! It is chilling and sinister and yet heart-breaking and tragic, and I felt really emotional on finishing it... I can't wait to read more by Louise' Bloomin Brilliant Books
'OMG I love this... one corker of a psychological thriller which ticked all the boxes for me giving it an easy 5 stars' Chelle's Book Reviews
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
THE DATE kept me on the edge of my seat from the first page . . . all too believable * Jane Corry, bestselling author of THE DEAD EX *
The ending will chill you to the bone * Sun *
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“This was, in my opinion, psychological warfare at its very finest.”
"The Date" was my first book by this particular author and I really did enjoy it.
I was rapt and invested from the very first instance here.
A mystery told from Ali's and her enemies POV, an enemy who... More
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“Worth a read!”
Alison has split up with her husband although she really didn't want to. For the last few months she has put her life on hold in the hope of them getting back together but friends keep telling her she needs to... More
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So terrifically compelling I was racing through the pages.
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Umbrella (Paperback)
Will Self (author)
Synopsis Author
"A brother is as easily forgotten as an umbrella."--James Joyce, Ulysses
Audrey Death--feminist, socialist and munitions worker at Woolwich Arsenal--falls ill with encephalitis lethargica as the epidemic rages across Europe, killing a third of its victims and condemning a further third to living death.
Under the curious eyes of psychiatrist Dr. Zack Busner, assumed mental patient Audrey Death lies supine in bed above a spring grotto that she has made every one of the forty-nine years she has resided in Friern Mental Hospital.
Now retired, Dr. Busner travels waywardly across North London in search of the truth about that tumultuous summer when he awoke the post-encephalitic patients under his care using a new and powerful drug.
Weaving together a dense tapestry of consciousness and lived life across an entire century, in his latest and most ambitious novel, Will Self takes up the challenge of Modernism and reveals how it--and it alone--can unravel new and unsettling truths about our world and how it came to be.
Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 MAN BOOKER PRIZE
"A work of throwback modernism . . . an erudite yet barking mad novel about barking madness. . . . You give yourself over to Umbrella in flashes, as if it were a radio station you're unable to tune in that you suspect is playing the most beautiful song you will ever hear. . . this novel locks into moments of ungodly beauty and radiant moral sympathy. . . . a bitter critique of how society has viewed (and cared for) those with mental illnesses. It's about myriad other things too: class, the changing nature of British society, trench warfare in World War I, how technology can be counted on to upend everything. At heart it's a novel about seeing. . . . Mr. Self often enough writes with such vividness it's as if he is the first person to see anything at all."--The New York Times
"A savage and deeply humane novel. . . . . Umbrella is an old-fashioned modernist tale with retrofitted ambitions to boot. . . . Self has always been a fabulous writer. . . . The result is page after page of gorgeously musical prose. Self's sentences bounce and weave, and like poetry, they refract. The result is mesmerizing. . . . In its best moments, Umbrella compels a reader to the heights of vertigo Woolf excelled at creating.. . . . a triumph of form. With this magnificent novel Will Self reminds that he is Britain's reigning poet of the night."--Boston Globe
"A virtuosic performance . . . narrated in the allusive, sensory-overloaded style associated with Joyce's Ulysses. . . . A heady mixture of closely observed (and deeply researched) period details, colorful imagery, surrealistic juxtapositions, and italicized interjections . . . Self's wildly nonlinear narrative offers other delights: richly detailed settings that bring the Edwardian era and mental hospitals sensuously alive, kaleidoscopic patterns of symbolism (umbrellas assume all sorts of forms and functions), and loads of mordant satire."--The Washington Post
"Self's novel is an epic, but also a love story, and even a kind of fairytale. . . . it unfurls in anarchic flux, like an old-school experimental video. There are no chapters and few paragraph breaks. Scenes dissolve in midsentence. Phrases burst suddenly into italics. . . . it holds you fast with a weird charm."--The New York Times Book Review
"A brilliant, beautiful, hypnotic, and haunting novel. . . begins as hard-bitten satire but gradually achieves an even harder-won humane tenderness. . . . Self discovers a poetic vibrancy and an emotional conviction that far surpass anything in his previous work. . . . Umbrella is not just a revisiting of modernism--it is a reflection on the modern condition itself. . . . [it] shuffles past and present with such mesmerizing rhythm that the distinction between them ceases to matter. Memory acquires the force of reality. The world inside Audrey's head becomes immensely precious, restoring to her life the richness and dignity it had been so cruelly denied. Writers, too, as Self so wonderfully proves, can awaken the half-dead and reanimate that which has been sunk in oblivion."--The New York Review of Books
"In these culturally straitened times few writers would have the artistic effrontery to offer us a novel as daring, exuberant and richly dense as Umbrella. Will Self has carried the Modernist challenge into the twenty-first century, and worked a wonder."--John Banville
"Umbrella is his best book yet. . . . It makes new for today the lessons taught by the morals of Catch-22, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Tin Drum, also Garc a M rquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold."--Alasdair Gray
"Self's latest novel. . . is a strange and sprawling modernist experiment that takes the human mind as its subject and, like the human mind, is infinitely capacious, wretchedly petty and ultimately magnificent. . . . It may not be beautiful, but it is extraordinary."--NPR Books
"Written in a style reanimated from another era, Umbrella is a carefully sequenced fugue on the theme of being out-of-sequence. It's often beautiful. . . Mr. Self's perceptions are original ("a faint applause of pigeons"), and he is Ronald Firbank-like in his ability to shape poetry from prattle. . . Nostalgic in its literary mechanics, Umbrella identifies forgetfulness as the grammar of power, the blindness bred by its routinization. It is a difficult but profound idea. Mr. Self has dusted off these old devices to do an interesting new thing with his talent."--New York Observer
"A hefty, challenging stream-of-consciousness story whose engagement with modernist themes and techniques is announced in its epigraph from Joyce's Ulysses."--New Yorker.com
"A fascinating read, and Self's prose is so beautiful and assured that it feels authentic even as it renders confusion. It's a funny, sad, surreal novel that aims high and reaches most of its lofty goals. Modernism fans will be glad to see a current author who so strongly captures the form pioneered by Proust, Virginia Woolf, and William Faulkner, and Umbrella only falls short by comparison with those classics."--A. V. Club
"In prose uninterrupted by chapters or line breaks, a twisted version of the 20th century is woven and unpicked again. It is a postmodern vivisection of Modernism, analyzing the dream and the machine, war as the old lie and a new liberation, and rituals sacred, profane and banal. . . . a linguistically adept, emotionally subtle and ethically complex novel."--The Guardian
"An ambitiously conceived and brilliantly executed novel in the high modernist tradition of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf . . . Its scope is dazzling . . . The switches between perspective and chronology are demanding (there are no chapters), but Self handles them with bravura skill, setting up imagery and phrases that echo suggestively between different episodes . . . Umbrella is an immense achievement."--Financial Times
"Entertaining and enthralling. . . extensively researched. . . . An experimental novel that is also a compassionate and thrilling book--and one that, despite its difficulty, deserves to be read."--The Economist
"Will Self's Joycean tribute is a stream of consciousness tour de force. . . . [It] builds into a heartbreaking mosaic, a sardonic critique of the woefully misdirected treatment of the mentally ill and the futility of war and, above all, a summation of the human condition. Despite the bleakness of the message, by the end you are filled with elation at the author's exuberant ambition and the swaggering way he carries it all off, and then a huge sense of deflation at the realization that whatever book you read next, it won't be anything like this."--Daily Mail
"Umbrella is old-school modernism. It isn't supposed to be a breeze. But it is, to use the literary critical term of art, kind of amazing ... It may not be his easiest, but I think this may be Will Self's best book."--The Observer (London)
"Umbrella is not easily forgotten. . . . a brave piece of work."--Buffalo News
"A story too clawing to avoid."--Foreword
"Umbrella is the result of Self's surge in ambition."--The Millions
"A virtuoso performance. . . . Self weaves together disparate voices so seamlessly . . . but there's more going on here than a display of formal dexterity. . . . [Umbrella] disorients the reader, who experiences identity as porous and permeable, the individual fractured and reconstituted in the twin forges of industrialization and institutionalization."--The Globe and Mail
"Defies convention and digs deep into the social issues plaguing the 20th century. . . . loaded with heavy critiques of war and mental health treatment. . . . Leaves the reader wondering if the future will indeed repeat the past or if we will finally learn the hard lessons from what we have already painfully known"--ZYZZYVA
"A fascinating read. . . Self's prose is so beautiful and assured that it feels authentic even as it renders confusion. It's a funny, sad, surreal novel that aims high and reaches most of its lofty goals. Modernism fans will be glad to see a current author who so strongly captures the form pioneered by Proust, Virginia Woolf, and William Faulkner, and Umbrella only falls short by comparison with those classics."--Onion-AV Club
"Brainy and outlandish, though still in the mainstream of modernist fiction, this book captures a number of eccentric voices and sends the reader running to the dictionary. . . . There's a lyrical, rhapsodic element that continually pulls one into and through the narrative."--Kirkus Reviews
"Umbrella is a magnificent celebration of modernist prose, an epic account of the first world war, a frightening investigation into the pathology of mental illness, and the first true occasion when Self's ambition and talent have produced something of real cultural significance. . . . [Umbrella] must be recognized as, above all, a virtuoso triumph of emotional and creative intelligence."--The Spectator
"There is a contemplative quality to the prose that feels new . . . but the content remains familiar: a Swiftian disgust with the body; a fastidious querulousness about human sexuality; a forcing of attention on human frailty . . . Undoubtedly Self's most considered novel, as much a new beginning as a consolidation of everything he has written to date."--The Independent
"Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Self's sweeping experimental new novel (after Walking to Hollywood) creaks under the weight of chaotic complexity. . . . With snippets of dialects, stylistic flourishes, and inventive phrases loose with meaning, for those that grab and hang on, the experience falls just shy of brilliant."--Publishers Weekly (boxed review)
"The Edwardian sections are the most lavishly engaging, with Self doing different voices like a schizophrenic music hall act. . . . In the course of the book the umbrella becomes a syringe, a penis, a fetish of the bourgeoisie, as one Edwardian socialist pompously declares it, and the novel itself an umbrella beneath whose canopy all manner of anxieties about technology and the body cram together."--Daily Telegraph
"Scattered thoughts of patient and doctor add layers of comprehension that a more straightforward telling might miss, and the writing often sizzles with invention."--Chicago Tribune Printers Row
"This is by far Will Self's best novel; clever, intense, ambitious and risky."--The Scotsman
"Umbrella is an astonishing achievement, a novel of exhilarating linguistic invention and high moral seriousness. . . . This is a novel which will be read and re-read, as much for its emotional weight as its technical virtuosity. . . . With this book he reveals himself as the most determinedly and delightfully literary novelist of his generation."--Scotland on Sunday
"[Self] renders the texture of Audrey's London, its odors and colloquialisms, in vivid detail. . . . Perhaps in the story of Sacks' roused patients, Self saw a metaphor for his own attempts to resurrect the past, to give history a distinctive, earthy voice. In this he succeeds beautifully, writing with a new sophistication. The result is a stunning novel, and a compelling Self-reinvention."--The Independent on Sunday
"There are echoes of Joyce and Eliot, but also of Flaubert. . . . Umbrella is a complexly textured, conceptually forbidding thesis about the modern, its art and their discontents. This being Self, though, there is also a great deal of humor, much of it to do with the dismal, drugged, inhuman pass to which Busner's patients have come after decades in their psychiatric 'jail within a jail.'"--New Statesman
"A surprisingly moving story of common people crushed by the state."--Metro
"If the realist novel welcomes you in, takes your coat, hat (and umbrella), shows you to a comfortable seat and gets you a gin and tonic, this book leaves you to let yourself in, sit yourself down (if you can find room) and get your own bloody drink if you insist on having one."--The Sunday Times
"This is not an easy read, but it is a major and unforgettable one . . . and, with it, the prolific maverick Self may have written his best book yet."--Booklist
"Umbrella is a 417-page, sprawling beast of contemporary Modernism, which many are claiming to be Self's best yet."--Huffington Post (UK)
"Self fully embraces the fragmented and elliptical form with all its clutter and confusion, depth and dexterity. . . . Some passages trip off the tongue with a speed and ease
Will Self
A unique and controversial figure in British fiction, Will Self is a novelist, short story writer and cultural and political commentator, whose most notable works include Dorian, Great Apes, The Book of Dave and Umbrella.
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Stepping Stone Theatre group offer hugs to promote upcoming show and well being
Stepping Stone Theatre offered 'bear hug' to Tesco customers and staff
Published: 16:17 Updated: 16:20 Thursday 22 March 2018
A Gainsborough theatre group used hugs as a way to promote their latest production as well as better well being.
Members of Stepping Stone Theatre For Mental Health went along to Tesco in Gainsborough with their bear mascots to give out hugs to the customers.
Bill Rodgers said: “The idea around it was two fold, to help promote Stepping Stone Theatre For Mental Health and the event we are doing on April 29, to celebrate the life and work of Nigel Webster, and also a thank you to Tesco for choosing us as one of their charity partners at the beginning of the year.
“The idea of the bears came about after I read an article in the Guardian about hugging and the benefits. I thought it would be a good idea to take the bears into the community and offer bear hugs.
“It was a great success in Tesco, even some of the staff got involved and one member of staff, who asked for a hug, said afterwards, ‘thank you, I needed that. I feel so much better’.
“It also made people feel good seeing something different around. We had families asking to have their photos taken with the bears,
“It is also a way to promote well-being, hugging can help with promoting better mental health, according to the article.”
The bears have been named by the group and are called Syd and Sarah Tonin.
Bill added: “As in serotonin, the bodies feel good endorphin. The baby bear does not have a name yet and we want to run a competition to name him. Baby bear’s name will have to reflect the theme of good mental health as its last name is Tonin.”
To submit a name email justask@steppingstonetheatre.co.uk, visit www.facebook.com/steppingstonetheatreformentalhealth or find them on Twitter, @SStoneTheatre. The winner will be chosen in April and they will receive two free tickets to the event.
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Federal NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen says the party is a progressive force but won't be pressured into adopting the provisions of the Leap Manifesto circulated by prominent activists.
ELECTION 2015: NDP won’t be guided by Leap Manifesto, Cullen says
Call for radical social, environmental reform would scrap trade deals, accelerate climate action
Federal NDP finance critic Nathan Cullen is distancing himself and the party from the Leap Manifesto circulated by prominent activists who want to quickly stamp out fossil fuel use and upend business-as-usual capitalism in the name of social and environmental reform.
Cullen, one of B.C.’s senior federal New Democrats and MP for Skeena-Bulkley Valley, welcomed debate on policy but said the party would not be pressured into changing its platform.
“These are good and important conversations,” Cullen said in an interview. “But we’re not going to be guided by a manifesto delivered in the midst of a campaign by high- or low-profile people. It’s just not the way to build a sustainable government.”
The Leap Manifesto, released Sept. 15, is backed by anti-globalization author Naomi Klein, environmentalist David Suzuki and others on the left, including the former leader of the Ontario NDP.
It advocates for ideas like erasing poverty with a guaranteed livable income, opposition to new oil and gas pipelines and a shift to localized eco-agriculture.
“We call for an end to all trade deals that interfere with our attempts to rebuild local economies, regulate corporations and stop damaging extractive projects,” it says.
Leap advocates say the time is over for a go-slow approach to climate change, calling Canada’s record a “crime against humanity’s future.”
A guaranteed income is not NDP policy, Cullen said, nor is ripping up all trade deals.
“We believe that trade should work in Canada’s favour and we also believe in trade,” Cullen said. “There are some people who don’t believe in trade yet type emails happily into their iPhone.”
Nor does the NDP oppose liquefied natural gas exports – if pipelines and terminals can be built responsibly.
The manifesto comes as the NDP under Mulcair are trying to appeal to centrist voters who worry about the economy, while fending off Green attempts to woo away environmentally minded supporters.
Cullen said the NDP will be taking more decisive action on climate change and insisted the party’s platform offers a credible contrast to the Conservatives.
“We will be pricing carbon, we will take the subsidies away from oil and we will be funding the solutions,” Cullen said. “And those are all things that progressive people want.”
He accused the federal Liberals of only belatedly joining the NDP’s opposition to increased tanker traffic.
“People can tell the difference between parties that are just glancing left in the hope to catch more votes and ones that actually have it in the DNA. Being progressive and answering these big questions is in the DNA of this party.”
Cullen said “aspirational documents” are often circulated by activists of all stripes to try to get parties to make commitments.
The manifesto urges government to tax financial transactions, jack resource royalties, raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and impose a national carbon tax that a backgrounder suggests could charge almost seven times as much as B.C.’s carbon tax.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May says the Leap Manifesto aligns closely with the Green platform.
“I encourage every Canadian to read it and sign it,” May said. “But don’t just sign it – vote for it.”
The Leap website claims nearly 25,000 supporters. Its initiating signatories include numerous musicians, actors, authors and academics.
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Quiz: How Well Do You Know Chevrolet?
How Well Do You Know Chevrolet?
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Do you like climbing behind the wheel, seeing a bow tie on it instead of a blue oval or something else? Are you convinced that the Corvette really is America's only real sports car? If so, you might have an obsession with the Chevrolet brand, and you're certainly not alone. Plenty of people in North America and even beyond drive Chevrolet cars, trucks, and SUVs, making them quite popular.
Let's face it: There's a good reason why Prince wrote about a little red Corvette instead of a Sentra or Corolla.
Chevrolet has been a symbol of American national pride for some time. It rose up in the Motor City and has grown to become one of the most popular auto brands in the country. With a long and rich history, there's a lot to know about this dynamic brand. It's been responsible for some of the most iconic vehicles to ever roll down American streets. In fact, you could make a good argument that Chevrolet has greatly impacted American culture.
But how much do you really know about this brand? Maybe you know the vehicles, but do you know the company and its lengthy history? Test out the extent of your Chevrolet knowledge right now by taking this test.
What company owns Chevrolet?
General Motors, one of the largest automakers in the world, promotes Chevrolet as a brand for the masses. That's why you'll find cars, trucks, crossovers and SUVs all under the Chevy brand.
When did Chevrolet debut the Camaro?
With the muscle car wars heating up, and an opportunity to produce its own pony car to compete with the Mustang, Chevrolet released the Camaro in 1966 as a 1967 model. You could get it with a V-6 or V-8, and as a coupe or convertible.
For Chevy vehicles, SS stands for what?
Super Slow
Sick Standard
Chevrolet has used the SS designation on quite a few high-performance vehicles
What was the first Chevrolet?
Corvair 3
Series C Classic Six
T-Head
When Chevrolet first launched as a brand, it promoted what was a high-performance and luxurious automobile. It didn't take too long for the brand to transform into something more for the masses.
Where does the Chevrolet name come from?
a city in France
a city in Canada
a silent film
Louis Chevrolet was a race car driver fro Buick, and had set quite few records in his day. Being a humble person, like other people who started car companies, he put his surname on it.
What notorious Chevrolet car had a rear engine?
The Corvair has gone down in infamy, thanks to a scathing book about automotive safety, focusing much on this Chevy model. Today, the Corvair is becoming a collector's item, which makes sense since it's an oddball for American vehicles in general.
After taking a hiatus from the European market, what year did Chevrolet return?
After being absent from the European market, GM decided to launch Chevrolet with an aggressive push. That effort didn't last long, thanks to slow sales, with only the Corvette and Camaro left after a 2015 pullback. Some think with the sale of Opel that a return is imminent.
Where does Chevrolet's famous bowtie badge come from?
a man's love of bowties
it's a plus sign
a newspaper ad
the Swedish flag
While on vacation in Virginia with his wife, Billy Durant saw an advertisement in a paper for Coalettes brand, which used a similar shape in the logo. The co-founder of the brand decided it was the perfect thing to put on cars, and the rest is history.
When did the Chevrolet small-block V8 debut?
To say that the small-block V8 had a huge impact on the automotive industry would be an understatement. Not only was it a hit with enthusiasts, it shaped how V8 engines were designed by Chevrolet and other automakers for years.
What truck did the Colorado replace?
Some people complained when the Chevy Colorado debuted in 2004, because the pickup is larger than the S-10 in every way. Technically, it's a midsize truck, instead of a compact one. That's a double-edge sword, because you get more interior space, but the truck takes up more parking space.
In what year did Chevy start using only gold bowties on all vehicles?
Previous to this transition, Chevrolet tried to differentiate different types of vehicles by using different colors for the bowtie badges. The switch to gold was supposed to show brand unity and help differentiate it from competitors.
Technically, what kind of a powertrain does the Chevy Volt have?
purely electric
Many people think that the Chevrolet Volt is a pure electric vehicle, but in certain situations the gasoline engine helps propel it forward, instead of just acting as a range extender. That detail makes it a plug-in hybrid instead.
How long after it was created did Chevrolet get scooped up by GM?
a decade
Six years after the company was created in 1911, Chevrolet merged with General Motors. That relationship between the two have remained constant ever since.
Who were the founders of Chevrolet?
Chevrolet and Buick
Chevrolet and Jimmy
Chevrolet and Edison
Chevrolet and Durant
William C. Durant originally ran Buick Motor Company and hired Louis Chevrolet to race the company's cars for promotional purposes. He decided to use Chevrolet's fame by naming a new automaker after him.
What design did the first Impala introduce to the Chevrolet brand?
dual headlights
neon underbody kit
The first generation of the Impala, which was a 1958 model, was a large and brash vehicle. The highly sculpted fenders and plenty of chrome were characteristic of the period, while dual headlamps added a new element to the brand's design approach.
What was Alfred Sloan's famous market segment strategy for Chevrolet?
a car for every purse and purpose
a sucker's born every minute
only the best will do
second place is the first loser
Alfred Sloan had a philosophy that Chevrolet should truly be the brand for the masses, hence his comment about a vehicle for every budget and job out there. The strategy worked, pushing Chevrolet sales past Ford not too long after.
What model did the Silverado replace?
GMT1400
C/K
Chevrolet didn't just pull the Silverado name out of nowhere, but instead it was already familiar with Chevy fans as a trim level used on the C/K. The new Silverado line of trucks was introduced in 1998, making the beginning of a new era.
Where is Chevrolet's headquarters?
You might hear that commerce in Detroit is dead these days, but that might be a little blown out of proportion. While it might not be the same as the glory days, the Motor City still hosts the worldwide headquarters for Chevrolet, among other international companies.
What was the predecessor to the Chevrolet Tahoe?
The 1995 model year marked the Chevy Tahoe's launch into the market. Since then the design has changed quite a bit, but even today the Tahoe has been praised by numerous organizations for being affordable, when compared to other full-size SUVs.
What was the first true EV offered by Chevrolet?
With electrification a big push in the auto industry, GM decided to create a relatively affordable and practical electric vehicle, offered through the Chevrolet brand. The Bolt has been a sales success, with other models using the same architecture in the works.
How long was the Chevy Stovebolt in production?
over 7 decades
almost 40 years
Chevy first put its Stovebolt OHV inline-6 engine into production in 1929, and amazingly it lasted all the way until 2001. That kind of a run is pretty much unheard of for any engine, which is a testament to the design.
Chevy launched the El Camino in response to what vehicle?
Jeep Truckster
The Chevy El Camino is a cult classic, because the coupe pickup craze didn't last long and has never returned. Chevrolet only made the car until 1987, with the first run only lasting two years, then resuming four years later.
What time period did Chevrolet use The Heartbeat of America slogan?
mid-70s
Before Dannielle Hudler come on as the direct of advertising, Chevrolet was using the Today's Chevrolet slogan. Hudler told the advertising team to keep the all-American theme when developing the new push, which they most certainly did.
What was Chevrolet's first muscle car?
Camaro Z/28
Chevelle SS
Chevrolet decided to get in on the muscle car action by creating the Chevelle SS. In the middle of the 1964 model year, shoppers could get a 327 under the hood, which could be tuned for a peak 300 horsepower.
Who was the first female leader of Chevrolet?
Tammy Owens
Julia Childs
Mary Barra
As CEO and chairman of the board for GM, Barra heads up operations for Chevrolet. She became the first female CEO after GM exited bankruptcy and has led the Chevrolet brand into a period of healthy resurgence.
What was the first year Chevrolet became the best-selling car brand in the United States?
Thanks to the Stovebolt OHV inline 6-cylinder engine, as well as the push to make a wide variety of affordable vehicles, Chevrolet surpassed Ford's sales. It sparked a rivalry still going on today.
What was the first model year of the Chevrolet Corvette?
When Chevrolet designed the Corvette, it was only supposed to be a show car. Thanks to it generating plenty of interest at the 1953 Motorama as part of the New York Auto Show, GM decided to go ahead with production.
What was the first model year shoppers could order a Duramax for their Colorado?
The optional 2.8-liter Duramax turbo-diesel engine has turned out to be quite popular for the Colorado. In fact, a growing number of light-duty trucks have started offering diesel engines, a trend that likely will only continue.
When did Chevrolet bring the Camaro back from the dead?
Falling sales and a general lack of interest led Chevrolet brass to decide the Camaro needed to go away for a while. The company worked in secret on bringing the muscle car back, teasing the rebirth with a 2006 concept. Holden actually played a key role in engineering and designing the new Camaro.
What was the top version of the 1957 Chevy?
One-Fifty
Two-Ten
An iconic car, the 57 Chevy is often featured on posters, paintings, tin signs - you name it. The one most people drool over is the top-of-the-line Bel Air, although the Two-Ten and One-Fifty are still highly sought after.
What Chevrolet holds the record for the longest-running nameplate that's still being made?
Chevrolet first started making a Suburban model back in 1935, but it was admittedly quite different from the behemoth we have today. Still, no other nameplate in the industry has had that kind of lasting power.
Where did the term "Stingray" for Chevy Corvettes come from?
the CEO's dog
a type of ship
a movie
a concept car
The Corvette Stingray Racer Concept Car showed a big departure from the C1's buttoned-up design, thanks to the concept being the personal project of the youngest designer GM had at the time. The name fell in with the nautical theme the Corvette name played off of, so it was applied to the C2, which was heavily influenced by the concept.
What motorsports competition was the Chevrolet Monte Carlo heavily associated with?
Group B Rally Racing
While the Monte Carlo was a fairly tame car in the hands of consumers, Chevrolet turned it into a performance beast to compete in NASCAR and other stock car events. Among the famous drivers to have piloted one was Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty, and Jeff Gordon.
What did Chevrolet use to replace the big-block V8s in trucks?
electric powertrains
hydrogen fuel cells
The advantage of the big-block V8s was the fact they churned out tons of torque in the low RPMs, which is exactly what you want for towing or hauling heavy loads, The drawback was the engines were anything but efficient. Diesels also provides plenty of low-end torque, but they conserve fuel quite well.
What international brand did Chevrolet use to source the late SS Sedan?
The Holden Commodore has been a celebrated monster performance sedan from the land Down Under. Chevrolet decided to import the car, rebadging it as the SS Sedan.
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IT Jobs in 2020: A Leader's Guide
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It's easy to get caught up in the doom-and-gloom predictions about artificial intelligence wiping out millions of jobs. Here's a reality check.
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AI and jobs: Humans vs. algorithms One of the biggest questions of the 21st century is how artificial intelligence, automation, and robots will affect the future of jobs. Read more: http://zd.net/2BB8wNS
The 21st century's longest shadow hanging over the technology industry, workers, and humanity in general, is the effect that artificial intelligence, robots, and automation are going to have on jobs.
The popular narrative is generally filled with lots of doom-and-gloom about AI wiping out whole industries and millions of people going unemployed, but let's take a little reality check and look at where humans do a better job than AI, and vice versa, to give you some context for how the workforce of the future is going to change.
Where AI wins
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It's no secret that algorithms and robots can smoke humans at repetitive tasks and solving problems that involve crunching large, well-organized data sets. Humans get bored and distracted doing the same things over and over again. Robots and computers don't care.
Humans are also slow and prone to error when processing and evaluating patterns in big data. Algorithms have long since lapped us. That's why IBM's Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov in chess in 1997, and it's why Google DeepMind beat Lee Sedol in the Game of Go in 2016. They used pattern analysis on datasets with very clear rules and parameters.
SEE: Software automation policy guidelines (Tech Pro Research)
Where humans win
However, what AI and algorithms are not good at is dealing with ambiguity and gray areas. They don't understand context or nuance, and so they aren't good at making judgment calls. That's where humans are much faster and more accurate.
One of the dirty little secrets about AI and big data is that the tech giants working on it are hiring lots of human beings to sort, organize, cleanse, and prepare the data to be analyzed by the algorithms--because humans are better at it.
As more and more of the economy gets digitized and automated, it's going to create more opportunities for humans with critical thinking skills. And those aren't just white collar jobs either. Robots and AI won't be fixing your plumbing or building skyscrapers. But, they will provide those workers with data that can help them work faster, more efficiently, and more safely.
SEE: Despite the hype, workers aren't scared of AI stealing their jobs (TechRepublic)
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FlexPool: Simplifying software licensing for application delivery services
A10 Networks' latest IT-as-a-service component makes it easier for enterprises and service providers to consume app delivery services by reallocating capacity across cloud and traditional IT infrastructure.
By Charles McLellan for Product Central | November 9, 2017 -- 11:26 GMT (03:26 PST) | Topic: Cloud
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A10 Networks operates at the intersection between application delivery services and security, catering for the full range of deployment platforms -- public, private and hybrid cloud, and traditional on-premises infrastructure.
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The company's portfolio covers application delivery and load balancing, DDoS protection, SSL visibility, data centre and Gi/SGi firewall, IPsec, IPv4 preservation and IPv6 transition, and management. A10's products are available as optimised hardware appliances, bare metal software, virtual appliances and cloud-native software.
Earlier this year A10 built upon its 2016 acquisition of Appcito by launching the cloud-native Harmony Controller to deliver centralised management and analytics for its secure application services. Now the company has added another key component of the IT-as-a-service model: a software subscription-based capacity pooling licence called FlexPool.
Software licensing has always been a headache for enterprises and service providers, with traditional solutions tending to result in costly over-provision, Kishore Inampudi, director of product management at A10 Networks, told ZDNet. "Today, most software licences are perpetual, fixed-capacity licences tied to hardware, which means additional maintenance costs. This model will continue to exist in use cases such as traditional and virtualised data centres, but as we look at cloud and multi-cloud environments, licence portability becomes more important. Also, from a solution point of view, customers would like to consume capacity as a pool, not just individual licences."
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With the SaaS-based FlexPool, customers can purchase licensed application delivery capacity as required and then allocate it flexibly across whatever IT infrastructure they care to use. Capacity pools of 10Gbps, 50Gbps and 100Gbps are available, as well as custom bundles. Prices start at $29,000 for a one-year 10Gbps subscription, rising to $557,000 for a three-year 100Gbps subscription. Enterprise License Agreements (ELAs) are also available.
"It's a floating licence pool: we don't count instances." said Inampudi. "As long as the aggregate capacity usage is being met, we don't count how many licences customers would like to use. This is pre-allocated capacity, meaning that once an instance is allocated you just check out the bandwidth needed for that instance; when that instance is done you can check that capacity back into the pool. For enterprises this is much more flexible."
A central management portal, the GLM (Global License Manager), provides visibility and usage monitoring for the Flexpool service, which supports A10 Networks' software-based Thunder appliances for application delivery (Thunder ADC), IPv4 preservation/IPv6 migration (Thunder CGN) and firewalling (Thunder CFW).
According to A10 Networks, there are significant savings to be made by adopting a subscription model for software licensing. "Upfront costs will be lower, at least one-third compared to a perpetual model," said Inampudi. "And as long as customers have automated systems that can talk to our GLM to get the licences, they can make significant operational efficiencies, too" he added.
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