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Coppell TV Repair offers you the essential components needed to repair the most common failure in LG ZSUS board 6871QZH056B 6870QZH004B as shown on the picture below.
Those are the large IC voltage regulator (called IPM) and a fast acting 4A fuse which usually (not always!) burns when the IPM fails.
(You are not getting the board on the large picture; it is put there just for an illustration of what this kit is intended for!)
Please read the following carefully and do not hesitate to ask if you have questions:
Easily 99% of the time when the ZSUS board does not work you will need this kit. 80% of the time this kit is all that you will need. Statistics come from our own experience servicing boards, i.e. using this very kit.
A blown 4A fuse on the board (see picture) is a clear indication you need this kit however the lack of blown fuse does not rule it out. Sometimes the power board acts faster than the OEM fuses and shuts off before the fuse blows.
Applying the kit requires advanced soldering skills and appropriate equipment. A 50W soldering iron for $15 is more likely to damage the board than help do the job!
We offer board repair service
, but we will reject or at best not give warranty on boards that have been previously worked on. Think twice if you want to DIY or send the board for repair!
If you need other components for your service do not hesitate to contact us - if anyone has them we do!
The kit contains the same components that our own service technicians use.
The IPM hybrid IC in the kit may be different from the one on your board (e.g. Sanyo versus LG), but is guaranteed to substitute it all right. We just buy the ones that work best for us considering both price and quality.
Coppell TV Repair specialize in component level service of plasma, LCD and LED TVs and other consumer electroncis.
We have serviced hundreds if not thousands of plasma sustain boards.
Please note we can and will try to support your efforts within some reasonable margins, but we can not troubleshoot your board remotely nor can we spend the time to teach customers on individual basis.
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Business Administrator - Apprenticeship
Job title: Business Administrator - Apprenticeship
Location: Woolwich, South East London
Start date: ASAP
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 6pm
Time spent in training: You are required to spend a minimum of 7 hours per week in training that supports your apprenticeship course
Course entry requirements: GCSEs at grade C/level 4 or above in English and Maths
What is an apprenticeship?
Apprenticeship courses are developed by employers and professional bodies, ensuring apprentices study a curriculum that is tailored to real-world job roles. All our courses are accredited by an authorised awarding body or the Institute of Apprenticeships, guaranteeing you work towards an approved, professional certificate. Completing an apprenticeship will help you develop the knowledge and skills required to excel in your chosen career, providing a concrete foundation for future growth.
Apprenticeship course available: Business Administrator Level 3
Course information: Business Administrator Level 3
About the role:
My client is a London based creative production agency who are experts in Commercial Photography, Interactive Images, Video Production and Web Development. Clients include; Calvin Clein, BBC, Channel 4, Sony Music and many more. Due to expansion they are currently seeking an apprentice administrator to join their team in South east London.
- Apprenticeship training delivered at your workplace to achieve a nationally recognised certificate
- Competitive apprentice wage
- Career guidance with opportunities for progression
- Retail discounts
- Discounted travel
- 28 days holiday
Job duties and responsibilities
- Implementation of general business development and marketing strategies
- Email and phone enquiries screening and delegation
- Update CRM systems
- Studio hire booking software updates and management
- Reconcile payments and confirm invoice payments with senior management
- Assists with operations and business management tasks
- Researching new markets and opportunities
- Creating and updating MS Excel spreadsheets and reports
- Assist with sales reports and accounts preparation
- Model and talent booking
- Ad-hoc tasks around the studio and office
The successful candidate will have the following:
- Working knowledge of SEO and AdWords
- Creative outlook with an interest in Photography
- Ability to communicate effectively with a natural eye for detail
- Competent with experience in Adobe software
At Apprenticeship Connect we take the time to get to know our applicants as individuals and understand their career aspirations, potential and skills. Our talent partners match our candidates to the best opportunities to help them flourish.
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“A helpful smile in every aisle,” is the slogan for this company, expressing the foundation of their corporate philosophy. According to their website, Hy-Vee.com, the name Hy-Vee has become synonymous with quality products, low prices, and superior customer service.
Hy-Vee started in Beaconsfield, Iowa, as a small general retailer. Ever since its beginning, Hy-Vee has been an employee owned corporation. Profits are distributed to employees through the Hy-Vee and Affiliates Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan. This is in addition to bonuses, commissions, and incentive programs. In this way, Hy-Vee inspires each employee to work toward guiding the company to profitability.
Hy-Vee provides its consumers with information on nutrition, diet, and wellness. The stores each have a HealthMarket department, which features organic and natural products, as well as providing consulting services of an on-site dietitian. It also offers employee and consumer wellness programs. At Hy-Vee’s corporate office, located in West Des Moines, Iowa, there is a 12,000-square-foot center for continuing education programs, training and meetings.
Hy-Vee is rated among the top 25 grocery chains, and it is among the top 50 privately held companies in the United States. Supermarket News has given Hy-Vee a Whole Health Enterprise Award for its leadership in creating programs that encourage a healthy lifestyle. The success of this company is a result of hard work and a clear vision.
Annual Sales – By the end of the fiscal year 2010 (the most current information available), the company reached $6.4 billion in total sales.
Number of Employees – the company employs more than 56,000 people.
States Serviced – Hy-Vee currently operates 248 stores in seven U.S. states. They are:
- South Dakota
Hy-Vee has established a distribution system that secures the highest quality merchandise and ensures that it is transported quickly and efficiently. In order to accomplish this, Hy-Vee has acquired and developed several companies to help in distribution and other functions. They are:
- D&D Foods, Inc.
- Florist Distributing, Inc.
- Hy-Vee Weitz Construction
- Lomar Distributing, Inc.
- Midwest Heritage Bank, FSB
- Perishable Distributors of Iowa, LTD
One of Hy-Vee’s main focus is sustainability. You will often see “green” products on Hy-Vee’s shelves, but you don’t see what is taking place in the background. Hy-Vee has a sustainability mission. What the company is currently doing along this line are:
Store Construction and Design – Concrete floors are used to reduce the reliance on chemicals used to clean floor coverings. Recycled materials are used in the construction of their buildings whenever possible. They use Low-E windows and a highly reflective roof to reduce the energy load in the summer time. The landscaping, toilets, and faucets are all set up to reduce water consumption. The corporation has recently received their first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, which is a nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.
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Denver Boiler Installation in Your Home
Combination boiler units can produce hot water for use in bathing and washing, as well as for the central heating system of the house.
The greatest advantage of having Impact Heating & Cooling install an HVAC boiler unit to heat your Thornton, CO and surrounding areas area home is the fact that household temperatures will remain more consistent than with an air furnace.
You can also connect it to a green energy source like solar-powered water heaters, to save additional money on energy costs. The main downside is, if you want to use central air conditioning to cool your home, you’ll probably have to install a separate system.
Gas fired boiler units are very common, and can either take in conditioned air from the home or from outside for use in burning the gas. Condensing boilers using a specially designed heat exchanger, can have an efficiency as high as 96% when extracting heat from the burned fuel. The exhaust from a condensing boiler is typically cold enough to be vented with just PVC pipe.
Home Boiler Repair in Thornton, Broomfield, Arvada, Northglenn, Dacono, Erie, Lafayette, Louisville, Frederick, Firestone, Wheat Ridge, and Brighton, CO
At Impact Heating & Cooling, we have years of experience with boiler repair. Thornton, CO and surrounding areas home and business owners know they can count on us for heating system maintenance and repair tasks because of our longstanding reputation for reliability, and because we have the expertise to keep your boiler system running safely, smoothly and efficiently.
If you have a hydronic heating system, now is the perfect time for you to be proactive, take care of routine maintenance, and nip any potential heating problems in the bud before they result in a costly boiler repair.
Denver winters are long and can be cold, putting your unit through its paces and then some. That’s why it is so important to take care of troubleshooting now, when the weather is warm, to identify signs of trouble.
Ignore warning signs, and watch your utility bills skyrocket
The water boiler is a key component of your HVAC system, and with proper care and maintenance, it will provide your home with warmth and comfort for decades. But if warning signs are ignored, the unit can become inefficient, driving your utility bills through the roof, and ultimately require expensive boiler repair. We can help save your family these hassles and expenses.
Preventing Boiler Repairs
Denver homeowners should keep a close eye on these signs and symptoms to make sure their boilers are operating at peak efficiency.
- Age – In order to provide proper maintenance, you should know the age of your boiler. Like a vintage car, older boilers may require a bit of extra attention, but with the proper TLC, your boiler should provide you with a lifetime of warmth and comfort.
- Strange smells – Metallic or gas-like smells around your gas fired or oil burning boiler mean you could have an oil or gas leak. Gas leaks in particular are very dangerous, and homeowners should watch for these warning signs.
- Inadequate or no heat – There are a number of possible issues that might prevent your boiler from producing good heat, including thermostat malfunction, low water level or pressure, sludge build up in the tank, and burner or pilot light malfunction. Make sure the unit’s breaker or fuse is not thrown or blown, and that the thermostat is set to the desired temperature. If you have an oil burning boiler, check that the supply line is unobstructed before calling (720) 773-5865 for assistance.
- Leaking water – There should be no water standing around your tank. If there is, make sure the water is not coming from another source. A leaky pipe or faulty circulator or pressure relief valve could be the culprit here. This is an important boiler repair, because Denver’s longstanding drought conditions make water more expensive. Besides additional water costs, leaks will cause the unit to burn extra fuel as well.
- Unusual noises – Clunking noises are a sign of uneven water distribution, which could be due to circulator malfunction, standing or trapped water in return pipes, or iron deposits. This could ultimately lead to overheating or outright boiler failure.
Some of the problems indicated by these signs indicate relatively minor issues. Others are more serious and urgent, requiring a visit from a qualified service technician. You can trust us to handle all your boiler repairs, from clanking pipes, to leaky tanks.
If you have noted any of these warning signs, or if you have general heating and cooling questions, don’t hesitate to call Thornton, CO and surrounding areas’s number one HVAC contractor at (720) 773-5865 today! | <urn:uuid:130cbcb6-a46a-49a5-b054-61dea4d416bd> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://impacthvac.com/boilers/ | 2021-05-19T03:28:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991562.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20210519012635-20210519042635-00431.warc.gz | en | 0.929957 | 996 |
Welcome Belliveau Motors
Belliveau Motors is the ultimate Ford team in Southwest Nova Scotia. Our experts are passionate about cars and will be happy to assist you and answer all your questions concerning new Ford vehicles or used vehicles of all brands.
Our advisers can guide and support you with choosing a new vehicle for you and will help you make your dreams come true.
Looking for a family vehicle? Our specialists will explain all the benefits of a Ford vehicle to you in detail. Concerned about security? Our experts will tell you why Ford vehicles are among the safest on the market.
Amateur of sporty driving, or technology? Our wide range of models, and the expertise of our advisers will allow you to make an informed decision, both in our inventory of new vehicles and in that of used vehicles. Furthermore, you can always take advantage of our website to consult online the full details of the models available at Belliveau Motors. Once you have made your choice, our financial specialists will help you make your dream come true by ensuring that the purchase or lease of your car is suitable for your budget.
Also, don't forget that our team of specialized technicians is waiting for you to take care of your vehicle, and ensure that it can accompany you for many years. Simply make an appointment!
We look forward to welcoming you to our home at one of our two locations in Church Point or Digby, to Belliveau Motors! | <urn:uuid:ec5843c1-bb0c-4bbf-a986-b33d581cec6d> | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | https://www.belliveaumotorsford.com/ | 2020-06-05T22:31:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590348504341.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20200605205507-20200605235507-00393.warc.gz | en | 0.946808 | 292 |
Senior Product Manager Permanent
- Location: Bristol, England
- Salary: £0.00 per annum
- Sector: Product Management
They are the largest recipe sharing platform in the world, enabling users worldwide to use its platform, working to launch genuine disruptive ideas to the world food market and sustainability. We're looking for a passionate Senior Product manager to lead a team to deliver high performance digital experiences. You will oversee overall strategy, empowering a global audience, while working with a wide variety of teams across UX, Engineering, and marketing among others.
As Senior Product Manager, you will become the company's domain expert in the UK, taking part and representing the UK in strategic product planning processes. As a self-starter with an audience focus you will be working closely with multiple teams across the globe. Based in Bristol, you will be a key member of the team, encouraged to grow your skillset and voice opinions.
Skill set required:
-experience working with Products through the lifecycle
-At least 3 years' expertise in senior product management related roles, you will be able to lead multiple teams and motivate them, always with a clear focus on measurable outcomes
-experience in working in an Agile environment
-a high standard in product management practices such as analytics, insights and rapid prototyping and testing.
Propel are the UK's largest independent provider of permanent and contract recruitment services to the global digital economy, specialising in commercial, marketing, technical and creative talent.
Services advertised by Propel are those of an Agency and/or an Employment Business. Please be aware that we receive a high volume of applications for our roles, many from people who meet or exceed the requirements. Whilst we try to respond to as many applicants as possible, you can assume that you have not been selected for interview if you do not hear from us within 14 days. | <urn:uuid:f780daec-f2e8-41af-9c5d-d4b46cd6d375> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://www.propellondon.com/jobs/senior-product-manager-1 | 2019-04-19T13:42:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578527720.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20190419121234-20190419143234-00332.warc.gz | en | 0.948436 | 380 |
Hear me! As you know, before our kingdoms, blessed by the gods with the gifts of Seven Virtues, were born, the world was ruled by the Unnamed. It was him, who spread disaster and there was no-one who did not bear wickedness in his heart. Only the First Hero, shielded by an armor, which defended him from the influence of sin, has challenged the Unnamed, defeated him and banished into the Void, which he close using magical seals.
Today the safeguards crumble, and the power of the Unnamed makes its way to our world. Again, people act against each other, their hearts bearing the seeds of wickedness. The Virtues that were our strength are transforming into parodies of themselves. If the heroes will not complete the armor of the First, clothe with it the most worthy of them, and achieve victory over the Unnamed, all shall be lost.
7 is a fantasy board game, in which you will become a hero worthy of legends, gathering his own party of adventurers to win over an ancient evil. You will take part in dangerous quests, working with other heroes to recover the miraculous Armor of Virtues and proving that you are the most worthy of wearing it. You shall accomplish great deeds, as long as you guard yourself from the temptation of excess, which brings with it sin and disaster.
7 offers a unique mechanism of play, joining the aspect of cooperation with an element of rivalry. For the kingdom to survive, you will have to join your forces with other players. Be wary though, as there can be only one victor. You will have to beware of excessive ambition though, as it can unnoticeably cause your strength to falter. 7 opens the gates to a heroic, but dangerous adventure.
7 is a fantasy game which uses the well-known themes which created the genre: a kingdom endangered by an ancient Evil, and a need to repeat a great deed of the first hero. Here the similarities end, however. 7 isn't your typical adventure game in which the heroes journey around the board and complete missions. Instead, it focuses on a strategic and economic aspect of the plot, by joining two elements: a traditional model of constructing a party and completing adventures, and a resource management mechanic. To retrieve the elements of the First Hero's armor, or to seal the portal through which the enemy of the world may arrive, the players have to utilise their characters' talents and think which challenges are worthy of undertaking.
The foe is common, so the players have to cooperate to win – they complete journeys together and decide what path the game should take. This is accompanied by a rivalry though, because as much as strategic alliances are a must to defeat the game's mechanisms, there can be only one winner – which is unlikely for regular cooperation games. The most important issue then, is to balance between private gain, which helps your character become better than all the others, and cooperation which is required to beat the game. The winner is a single person, but in case of defeat, all players lose.
Evil corrupts, and it's not any different in 7. If a player focuses too much on personal gain and plays against the other players instead of helping them out, his hero may betray his comrades and join the enemy. From that point on, his goal is to work with the game mechanisms, because he wins if other players lose. Corruption is an option for players who were left behind during normal gameplay, and if chosen, it balances the chances for all the players to win, without introducing the popular element of a Traitor, arbitrarily chosen at the beginning of the game.
7 offers several alternative ways to victory, a cooperative style gameplay with a strong element of competition and an unconventional merging of a fantasy theme with a resource management mechanic. It's a good choice for both players who seek competition, as well as those who would rather slowly and methodically complete their goals while working with others.
Inside the box:
42 gift cards
7 artifact cards
7 Legendary Armour cards
14 cataclysm cards
18 building cards (6 Temples, 6 Castles, 6 Estates)
6 hero cards
28 sin cards
18 treasure cards
6 closing cards
24 quest cards
30 character cards
36 elixir cards
6 treasury cards
36 corruption cards
14 Unnamed cards
30 wooden fame markers
30 wooden gold markers
54 wooden player markers (9 in each of the 6 colours)
A rules aid for the game 7. Since the rulebook is so confusing I tried compacting the rules into a more manageable way of consulting. Hope the users enjoy.
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SAP Activate is SAP’s current methodology for deploying, upgrading or migrating to a HANA or S/4HANA landscape.
Activate draws on SAP’s accumulated experience to provide a detailed roadmap to S/4HANA, from scoping the project to post go-live. Activate also guides your team through integration with third-party software offerings and cloud solutions, training, project management and other needs associated with a migration.
What is SAP Activate? More Than a Methodology
We used the word “methodology” to describe Activate, but the term isn’t quite sufficient. SAP Activate is more like a kit to build an S/4HANA landscape.
It guides project managers, technical, and functional teams through a six phase process to deploy and run any S/4HANA landscape on premise, in the cloud or in a hybrid hosting environment. An assortment of SAP and optional third-party tools simplify the process, save time and limit the risk of human error.
Each phase has individual deliverables, which are linked into work streams, making tracking the project straightforward. There are also quality checks throughout the process, and extensive resources linked to each deliverable (“accelerators” in SAP terminology).
SAP Activate Phases
As we mentioned earlier, SAP Activate is divided into six phases: Discover, Prepare, Explore, Realize, Deploy and Run.
- Discover: The Discover phase is where you define the broad goals and context of the project. You assess where your company is on its SAP journey and what you want the project to accomplish. This should be grounded in an overall framework of digital transformation — considering where your company wants to be in 5-10 years, not just 5-10 months. Your partner should help you connect your goals with the available technology. The goal shouldn’t be just to get to S/4HANA, but to utilize its technology (possibly combined with third-party offerings) to provide a competitive advantage. In some cases, it may be appropriate to provision a trial system to preview the capabilities of HANA. The Discover phase doesn’t have any quality gates in SAP Activate, which we believe is unfortunate. This phase involves a significant amount of technical research, which in turn informs the decisions your company makes. If your partner isn’t able to provide an accurate assessment of your current system and the costs associated with various options, your ability to make the correct strategic decision can be impacted.
- Prepare: In this phase, you take the initial work you did in the discover phase and turn it into a plan. As such, the requirements of the Prepare phase are highly dependent on the previous phase. Decisions like your migration strategy, hosting destination and IT management approach will determine the scope and structure of the project. The Prepare phase also involves a lot of preliminary work to get your team ready to go. For example, Project Team Enablement will require you to provision access to various resources as well as train your project team on both Agile methodology and the various tools they’ll need to conduct a successful project. Bringing in an experienced team can accelerate this phase considerably.
- Explore: Now that you have the basic preparations taken care of, it’s time to get ready for the actual implementation or system conversion. That means spelling out and documenting every detail of the SAP S/4HANA solution. This requires a coordinated effort across multiple teams. On the functional end, you need to identify functional gaps, carry out UX activation and design, analyze custom code, conduct security preparations and take other steps to prepare the system. The technical work is just as elaborate — the team needs to configure a Sandbox and Development system, build out the IT infrastructure, size and refine the solution. One important technical step that’s often overlooked is Operations Impact Evaluation. A new SAP S/4HANA system will usually change the way IT support is structured. What skills and training the IT team require will depend on where the solution is hosted, what vendors are selected and the support model you choose. If your solution is hosted on-premise or managed in-house, you’ll need to start preparing a team to takeover once the system goes live. Whether or not you decide to outsource SAP management, it’s a good idea to work with a migration partner who provides those services. If your technical partner is only concerned with getting the job done and moving on to the next project, they don’t have the same incentive to ensure a smooth transition — as long as everything works at go live, they’ve succeeded. On the other hand, if your technical partner offers SAP managed services, it’s in their interest to make sure your transition is smooth, because they want your ongoing business. Additionally, an SAP MSP will have a better understanding of what it takes to ensure a smooth post go-live and can provide invaluable training and assistance if you do opt to manage the SAP yourself.
- Realize: SAP projects are recursive. At each stage, you test, refine and add to the work done in the previous stage until you’ve built a software solution. Realize is the phase where you more or less finish this process — your team will now move forward and set up the infrastructure and supporting systems. They refine custom code and implement all the applications and analytics you’ll need in your new solution. Any remaining problems with the system, such as performance problems, are ironed out and the solution is tested. The team then tests the migration process itself, ensuring that data can be migrated quickly and smoothly when it’s time to go live. However, the Realize phase is not the migration — it’s not even the dress rehearsal. To make sure everything goes exactly according to plan, your team will retest their solution before migrating in the Deploy phase.
- Deploy: In Deploy, you test everything again — the migration process, the IT infrastructure and even the stakeholders. Your partner will need to make sure everyone, from your IT admin to entry level workers, understands how to do their job on the new system, and provide training to anyone that needs it. The goal of all this testing and preparation is to minimize disruption as much as possible. If the migration is planned and executed well, it will have very little impact on productivity. Your team can migrate during off hours, and have everyone back to work by the next morning. At the end of the Deploy phase it’s time for the main event: the production cutover. There’s not a lot to say about it — if your team has done their work, they’ll know every stage of the process, and have the whole procedure timed almost to the second. In 20 years as an SAP managed services provider, Protera has never breached an SLA — let alone had a failed migration. Make sure you choose a migration partner who can say the same.
- Run: In moving your organization to a new software suite, there will always be adjustments you need to make. Your admins may have to configure new tools, and adjust system settings to deal with, say, demand that’s a bit higher than expected. The run phase is where you handle this needed tweaking and tuning and prepare your organization for steady-state running. Run is also the phase where you setup your team for success. Your landscape will continue to grow, the software will keep changing, and your admins will have to make daily tweaks to keep the system running. The goal of your migration team is to make sure your SAP Basis admin is doing their jobs well enough that end users are never disrupted by these tweaks. Finally, you should start planning future projects. In the Discover phase, you created an overall IT strategy for the next several years. Once you’ve had a few weeks on your new system, you should revisit that strategy, refine it, and take whatever steps are necessary to accomplish those goals. That doesn’t mean you have to start planning your next project right away. But you don’t want to put off planning until “maybe in a year or two” either. It’s important to stay on track for your next transformation goal, whether that’s in five months or five years. | <urn:uuid:35d92361-c425-4ac5-9046-2f7d8f014194> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://pampabi.com/en/sap-activate.html | 2021-01-22T19:48:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703531335.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20210122175527-20210122205527-00621.warc.gz | en | 0.944123 | 1,702 |
While I can’t necessarily recommend the video — There’s more flash than a red carpet and enough pulsating black and white to make your eyes pop like a manga comic character, Suuns’ video for “2020” shows the band beginning to fulfill the promise of their 2010 Zeroes QC. Before, I had them pegged as Radiohead acolytes with more style than substance. The thick bass groove of this surprisingly, danceable number suggests otherwise. Images Du Futur will be released March 5th on Secretly Canadian. The band will be in Cleveland on April 18th for a date at the Grog Shop with Besnard Lakes.
The later career output of Primal Scream is a mixed bag at best, with 2000’s XTRMNTR being the band’s last album of essential material. For those still waiting for something, anything to match its sheer, sonic destruction, new single, “2013,” hints at better things to come. The guest shredder on this, the first track to surface from the forthcoming album, New Light (May 13th), is none other than My Bloody Valentine’s Kevin Shields. Plus, Bobby Gillespie has found that old vocal spitfire which made XTRMNTR such a lasting work. If only we could hear the track’s other five minutes (the audio is edited down to four minutes for the video embedded below), and more from the album, for that matter, and then maybe we could announce their return to the top.
Disappears have always been a band with a well-sourced sound. Over the course of three albums, they’ve mixed krautrock, psychedelic rock and garage rock to sometimes extraordinary and other times predictable results. “Kone,” would be one of those tracks where the Chicago-based outfit are more than their influences. A drone opening gives way to a bass melody reminiscent of the classic Peter Gunn theme. For Disappears, the theme is slower and heavier than you may remember. From there, they take an almost dub-like approach to psychedelic rock as jabs of guitar punching the mix at unexpected intervals. “Kone” goes on like this for over ten-minutes, and it’s hardly a drag. Really, long-form, head music doesn’t get much better than this. Disappears will be self-releasing the Kone EP on April 16th.
At times, the music of Eluvium has trouble getting past the ground-breaking, ambient work of Brian Eno. This is hardly a knock. I’ll often mix the two into the same playlist. Plus, once one closes their mind to the outside and takes in the striking beauty of a song like “Don’t Get Any Closer,” it’s difficult to argue that Eluvium should do it any other way. Eluvium’s Nightmare Ending will be released May 14th on Temporary Residence.
Barn Owl, on the other hand, have added some new tricks to their drone-centric, instrumental mix. “The Long Shadow,” is heavier, darker, and louder; there is more feedback, more spooky mood, courtesy of some vintage organ, and pretty much more everything than their 2011 album, Lost in the Glare. Barn Owl’s V will be out April 16th on Thrill Jockey. | <urn:uuid:26343d53-4404-485a-807a-a2deb5d0c229> | CC-MAIN-2015-35 | http://blog.irockcleveland.com/2013/02/26/jam-packed-tuesday-feat-suuns-primal-scream-disappears-eluvium-and-barn-owl/ | 2015-08-30T11:52:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-35/segments/1440644065306.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20150827025425-00103-ip-10-171-96-226.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945552 | 711 |
Trouble started when some of the protesters outside Sir Robert McAlpine’s office in the Merrion Centre in Leeds were invited inside to visit neighbouring offices of the PCS union. Security had other ideas.
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Going on to part two of my Batt Experiments. In my last post I discussed the technique of making a layered batt, then tearing it into strips and putting the strips back through the drum carder on edge to make a striped batt. I then removed the batt as a roving by pulling it through a diz, going back and forth across the width of the carder. I showed the resulting roving, and the resulting singles on the bobbin, and talked about how they didn’t turn out the way I’d expected due to some unwise fiber choices.
This is part two, where I kept the batt in layers, tried to maintain a little more control over the bamboo by applying it directly to the drum rather than going through the feed tray, and again removing the batt as a roving by pulling it off through a diz, going back and forth across the width of the carder.
As with the striped batt, the roving came off looking more-or-less the way I’d expected it to. When you diz off a striped batt, you should get all the colors in all the layers distributed fairly evenly along the roving. Theoretically, this should give you a single that also has all the colors in all the layers distributed evenly along the length of the single.
Again, as with the striped batt, the bamboo bit me in the posterior. The slipperiness and tendency to clump together made the bamboo draft in long sections. This time I ended up with a single that had blue and magenta segments interspersed with mostly white bamboo segments.
The final results of this round: Even though the dizzed rovings from each batt looked the way I expected them to, the fiber choice impacted the way the rovings drafted to the extent that the appearance of the singles was almost opposite of what I had expected.
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US official: Cuba migration talks productive
HAVANA (AP) – A senior U.S. State Department official said Friday that migration talks with the Cuban government this week have been productive and yielded “some positive outcomes,” but did not give concrete details of any agreements or breakthroughs.
Alex Lee, deputy assistant secretary at the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, told reporters that the Obama administration is open to seeking a new relationship with Havana, but it should go hand-in-hand with more political freedom in the Communist-run nation.
“We at the same time want to have that opening reflect from the Cuban side a respect for Cubans who express themselves freely,” Lee said. “To be able to petition their government with grievances without the danger of them being arrested. … In the meantime, we are working on these sets of rather narrowly defined areas of cooperation.”
The migration talks took place Thursday in the Cuban capital and ranged to cover other topics of mutual interest for the Cold War foes, including aviation safety, maritime search and rescue protocols and consular document fraud.
Lee said Washington welcomed a year-old Cuban migratory policy change eliminating a longstanding exit visa requirement under which islanders had to ask their government’s permission to travel abroad.
He said that during three days in Havana, he met with foreign diplomats and members of so-called civil society _ primarily independent journalists, writers and political activists.
Lee also visited imprisoned U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year sentence on a conviction for crimes against the Cuban state related to his work setting up hard-to-detect Internet networks for the island’s tiny Jewish community.
He declined to give details of their private discussion, and repeated Washington’s previous calls for Gross’ freedom.
“We believe that Alan should be released. … We do not see any reason why he received such a harsh sentence,” Lee said.
He added that during his discussions with Josefina Vidal, Josefina Vidal, director of the U.S. Division at Cuba’s Foreign Ministry, and other island officials, they raised their concerns about four Cuban intelligence agents serving long terms in the United States.
“We took note,” Lee said.
The migration talks have in the past been used as a rare chance for dialogue between two countries that have not had full diplomatic relations for decades.
They were suspended in 2011, the same year Cuba sentenced Gross to prison, but resumed last July. Cuban and American officials also met multiple times in 2013 on re-establishing direct mail service, and Lee said there have been conversations in areas such as counter-narcotics cooperation, oil spill preparation and transportation.
“Despite our historically difficult relationship … we have been able to speak to each other in a respectful and thoughtful manner,” he added.
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Blood Drive 1x04 "In the Crimson Halls of Kane Hill" Season 1 Episode 4 Promo - Arthur and Grace take a dangerous detour to a mental asylum in search of Grace's missing sister.
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Duke University Hospital top 10 in the country, No.1 in the state
Duke University Medical Center has once again been named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation's top 10 hospitals. Duke is #8 in this year's rankings, placing it among the nation's elite medical institutions, including Mass General, Johns Hopkins, the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic.
This is the first year the magazine ranked the top hospitals in each state, with Duke being named the #1 hospital in North Carolina. The hospital is again #1 in the Triangle. Perhaps more importantly, this year's national ranking marks the 23rd consecutive year that U.S. News & World Report has included Duke among the very best hospitals in the country.
"These rankings recognize the outstanding medical care provided by Duke physicians and health care teams on behalf of patients in our community, state and nation," said Victor J. Dzau, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Duke University Health System. "At a time of uncertainty in the nation's health care environment, Duke Medicine is committed to providing the best care to its patients."
The magazine assesses 16 medical specialties at each of the 5,000 hospitals in the U.S. that are evaluated. The combined assessments of the specialties at each hospital form the basis for the overall hospital ranking. Eight of those specialty areas at Duke made the top 10 in this year's list, while four others placed highly in their respective honor roles.
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Cardiology & Heart Surgery #7
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The rankings come just one month after Duke University Hospital became the first hospital in North Carolina to achieve the highest level in the N.C. Awards for Excellence program that recognizes exemplary business practices. The Level 4 designation positions Duke to participate at the national level in the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which assesses and designates model organizations for their leadership, strategic planning, customer service, workforce initiatives and other functions.
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President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and a delegation of 13 Jewish leaders, who met last Friday afternoon at the residence of Egypt’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Ahmed Abdel Meguid, disagreed on the issue of Palestine Liberation Organization recognition.
Following the 70-minute meeting, Howard Squadron, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, told reporters that the Egyptian President said that the cease-fire between Israel and Palestinians in Lebanon was “a turning point” and a clear indication that the Palestinian movement has decided to accept responsibility and move in a new direction.
Squadron said that Sadat urged that Israel and the United States should build on the ceasefire in Lebanon and deal directly with the PLO. “We told him,” Squadron said, “that the PLO is a terrorist organization bent on the destruction of Israel and that it should recognize Israel’s right to exist first.”
The delegation, which was headed by Edgar Bronfman, president of the World Jewish Congress, and Squadron, also discussed with Sadat the issues of autonomy and the AWACS sale by the United States to Saudi Arabia.
Squadron said that Sadat agreed with the Jewish leaders that the conclusion of the autonomy talks for the Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is essential to the progress of peace in the region and it should be concluded as soon as possible, Sadat, Squadron said, also agreed that Jerusalem was a separate issue that should be dealt with on a separate basis and not as part of the autonomy negotiations.
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The Jewish leaders told Sadat of their strong opposition to the sale of AWACS reconnaissance planes to Saudi Arabia, explaining that Saudi Arabia is against the Camp David peace process and is one of the major supporters of the PLO. The meeting between the Jewish leaders and Sadat, which was also attended by Egyptian Ambassador to the United States, Ashraf Ghorbal, was described as “cordial and warm.” It lasted 25 minutes more than originally planned. Before the meeting, Sadat met privately with Bronfman and Squadron and invited them to pay an official visit to Egypt later this fall. The two Jewish leaders accepted the invitation.
Following his meeting with the Jewish leaders, Sadat was the guest of honor at a reception attended by more than 600 people at the Temple Of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Sackler Wing. During the reception, Mayor Edward Koch presented Sadat with New York City’s highest honor, the Gold Medal. About 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, chanting “Down With Sadat,” gathered in front of the museum during the ceremony. | <urn:uuid:dbcace2a-5455-412f-ae8c-bb7bcb0022e1> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.jta.org/1981/08/10/archive/sadat-and-jewish-leaders-disagree-on-role-of-plo | 2014-03-15T20:33:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394678699570/warc/CC-MAIN-20140313024459-00067-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963351 | 567 |
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Thief steals $1,000 worth of jewelry from Wal-Mart
Mahoning Township police are investigating the theft of $1,000 worth of jewelry from Wal-Mart.
Officer-in-Charge Audie Mertz said the theft occurred on Wednesday at 2 a.m.
Police said a male cut a jewelry display case security cable. The male then concealed the case inside of a plastic tote. He fled the store in what was believed to be a Ford Mustang.
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The New Universe adds many new systems, stations, ships, factions, equipment, etc. to the Freelancer universe. It contains new equipment like hull upgrades and special guns/shields. The mod contains a Stargate and a StarWars area. For mor information please read the mod readme!
This is one of the 3 custom intro's we made for NewUniverse 1.7.
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It said Britain should pay the former spy - who escaped from prison 40 years ago and fled to the USSR - €5,000 (£3,350) in damages and €2,000 in costs because its handling of the case took too long.
The British government launched a court case against Blake in 1991 to stop him receiving royalties from his autobiography, No Other Choice. It argued that he should not be allowed to make money by breaching his duty of confidentiality. The case went through the UK courts and the law lords ruled in the government's favour in 2000. The European court of human rights unanimously ruled yesterday that the case took too long to process.
"The court noted that the proceedings had lasted nine years and two months," it said. "There were periods of inactivity for which no satisfactory explanation has been given by the government. Taking into account the circumstances of the case, the court did not consider that the proceedings against the applicant were pursued with the diligence required."
Blake was sentenced at the Old Bailey in 1961 to 42 years in prison after admitting spying for the Soviet Union. He was a double agent for nine years, during which time he is thought to have betrayed the names of more than 40 British agents. Many of them disappeared.
His actions devastated British secret service operations in the Middle East. He is believed to have passed on the names of almost every British agent working in Cairo, Damascus and Beirut.
He escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 with the help of Michael Randle and Pat Pottle, two anti-nuclear campaigners who were jailed with him, and was smuggled out of the country. Blake, 83, now lives in Moscow.
After Randle and Pottle admitted their role in a book, they were tried at the Old Bailey. But they were acquitted after evidence was given that Special Branch had known about their role for years.
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Yesterday as we were driving along James Gichuru road after attending church, Xena had her head craned (as always) analysing all the billboards we came across.
“Who’s that guy?” She asked, pointing at a billboard with a “big-boned” guy in a vest and an imposing pot belly that took up half of the ad space. He had a tape measure around his non-existent waist.
“I don’t know him Xena.” I responded as I quickly turned my gaze back to the road.
“I thought you read?” She asked as she turned to look at me.
“Sorry?” I asked her, rather confused.
“I thought you read so you know everything?” She expounded. “You said I have to read so that I can find answers to all my questions. You read every day, so how come you don’t know who that guy on the billboard is?”
“Touche.” I sighed as I took the first exit at the Lavington roundabout.
“What is that?” She asked.
“It means you are an extremely witty girl and I am both afraid and excited for when you start reading intensively.” I said.
“Ati witty? What is that?” She asked.
“It means you are clever and funny.” I said.
“How does he tie his belt?” She inquired.
“How does who tie his belt?” I asked her as I simultaneously said a silent prayer hoping that she was not about to throw another punch. Having a conversation with Xena lately feels like an exam, except that I would never know which topic to revise!
“The guy on the billboard.” She said.
“I think the same way you do. He must have a really long belt.” I said.
“He looks like Patrick.” She said.
“Who is Patrick?” I asked.
“The one on SpongeBob.” She said.
The mister -who had been reading a newspaper all this time- burst out laughing.
“What’s funny?” I asked?
“Who doesn’t know Patrick?” He said dismissively and immediately got into this discourse with Xena about Patrick and SpongeBob, laughing aloud and constantly giving each other high fives. I sneered.
Anyway, later on in the afternoon, we ended up at Concours d’Elegance at the Ngong Racecourse. We were stuck in traffic for almost two hours and all I kept thinking was how brilliant of an idea it was to ride with Xena’s friend. They sat in the boot and chatted away for two hours.
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We often hear our clients lament the 300 page “segmentation learnings” deck that fails to illuminate and ends up sitting on the shelf, unused. Nowhere is this more true than for image-driven brands for whom aspiration is hard to express in words and attitudes alone.
“Who is our current consumer? And who do we want our consumers to be in the future?” These questions have never been more important as brands look to understand and inspire their consumers while managing their equity across multiple media models, distribution channels and price-points.
Traditionally, consumer segmentation has been driven mainly by usage or involvement – a view of consumer types that led to predictable results with every brand in a company’s portfolio – and even entire industries – going after the same 1 to 2 “high value, high involvement” consumers.
Now, a new consumer segmentation approach uses highly creative visual projection techniques to segment consumers based on image – exploring how consumers wish to be seen, versus who they are.
This technique goes beyond single-word, single-visual inputs, to create a broad-ranging set of aspirational consumer “facets”, each with a tailored verbal and visual component that is custom-developed by category. The real unlock comes from pairing this highly intuitive, aspirational stimulus—the facets—with a discrete choice methodology that forces a true consumer ranking of the facets, resulting in an honest and complete picture of the person they wish to project. Through this process, each consumer essentially creates a multi-dimensional virtual collage of themselves that ladders up to a rich, fully-expressed vision of each segment rather than a flat range of consumer types. Part of the power of the methodology is that it operates on a subconscious level to draw out deeply emotional, nuanced insights traditional segmentations simply can’t access.
With these new tools, we can now decode aspiration: breaking down the exact motivations and desires that drive each consumer segment, while providing detailed verbal and visual insights brands can action directly in equity, communication and innovation work. In fact, the stimulus used to express these facets typically becomes a verbal-visual language the entire organization—from creative to finance—can use to shape strategy.
More specifically, this new consumer segmentation approach delivers real results, guiding company and brand strategy in everything from positioning to innovation to M&A:
• POSITIONING – Develop or refine brand positioning to truly align with consumer aspirations
• CREATIVE – Design inspirational creative that leads the creative dialogue with consumers
• MESSAGING – Tailor brand communication for the right tone and level of detail to capture consumers where they spend their time, both virtually and in the real world
• INNOVATION – Prioritize resources and create an action plan for product development
• RETAIL STRATEGY – Identify shopping influences, buying patterns and preferences
• PORTFOLIO STRATEGY – Determine aspirational targets for each portfolio brand and define white space M&A opportunity for new brands
THE WORLD OF CONSUMER SEGMENTATION
This new segmentation approach can bring unique insights to all industries, but is particularly valuable for image-driven brands where badge value plays an important role, in industries such as fashion, personal care, alcohol and beverages to name a few.
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Newport Independent Schools has new principals at its two lowest-performing schools.
The superintendent says the transition is a coincidence, rather than a result of low academic performance in 2012-13. One principal left for a job elsewhere in the state, the other transferred to a job in the district administration.
The changes mean the school district will go into the 2014-15 school year with half of its schools under new leadership – a big transition for the 1,700-student district, which has long struggled with academics.
• Kyle Niederman is the new principal of Newport Intermediate School. He served as the school’s assistant principal last year. He takes over for Doug Cotton, who took a job leading an elementary school in Todd County. He will make $80,228.
• Tim Grayson is the new principal at Newport Middle School. He came from Grant County Middle School, where he earned a reputation for delivering academic improvement. Newport Middle School’s previous principal, Mark Krebs, left the school just a few months into the school year to take a position as the district’s facilities director. The school had an interim principal for the remainder of the year. Grayson will make $91,837. The district pays its principals based on years of experience.
Superintendent expects to see better academic performance
Newport Independent is an urban district with a high poverty rate. Academically it was ranked worst in Kentucky based on its 2012-13 state report card, mostly because of plummeting scores at Newport Intermediate.
Superintendent Kelly Middleton said he made it clear that if principals wanted to keep their jobs, test scores had to improve. He thinks, based on how students did on national tests, that the intermediate school may have done that. He’s not sure about the middle school. The ratings from last school year’s state tests won’t be available until September.
High principal turnover has good and bad aspects. Instability at the top can hurt student achievement, particularly if each new hire has different priorities. New leadership, though, can also bring in new ideas and energy.
Middleton thinks the schools will be OK. Since Niederman was assistant principal at the intermediate school last year, promoting him to the top job will help that school remain stable. “You’re not bringing in a different philosophy,” he said.
As for Newport Middle, Middleton said Grayson’s track record in Grant County will override any transition issues.
Both men are already on the job. Grayson this week was working on scheduling and taking care of building issues. He’s making plans for next year.
“The first thing we have to look at is making sure the entire focus is on our kids and what they need,” he said. “We have quite a few new staff members coming in. It’s just about achieving more of a focus on our plan.”
At the intermediate school, Niederman was holding meetings with staff, giving new teachers tours and working on hiring an assistant principal. He’s excited about the potential at his school.
“There are a lot of great things going on,” he said. “I’m excited to work with all the great people here and excited to continue the improvements.” ⬛
Newport schools’ new hires
Timothy ‘Tim’ Grayson
• Job history:Principal of Grant County Middle School for five years, during which test scores improved significantly. He’s been in education for 23 years including stints at Lewis County, Mason County, Bracken County, Dayton Independent and Grant County.
• Education:Bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University, master’s degree from Morehead State University.
• Personal:Married, two children. Lives in Mason County.
• Job history:Taught 18 years in Boone County Schools. Coached football for several schools. Last year was assistant principal of Newport Intermediate.
• Education:Bachelor’s from Thomas More College, master’s degree from Northern Kentucky University.
• Personal:Married, two children. Lives in Boone County.
Newport Intermediate school was among the worst in the state in 2012-13. Here’s how the schools did. Results for the 2013-14 school year will be released in September.
Newport Intermediate School
Grades served Pre-K, 3-5
Kentucky Report Card 33.4 overall score
Classification: Needs Improvement (lowest of three categories)
Enrollment 432 (39.4 percent minority)
Free/reduced lunch 89 percent
Reading 14.6 percent proficient or above
Math 13.7 percent proficient or above
Newport Middle School
Grades served 6-8
Kentucky Report Card 39.7 overall score
Classification Needs Improvement/Progressing
Enrollment 364 (34.6 percent minority)
Free/reduced lunch 89 percent
Reading 24.8 percent proficient or above
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Figure 1. The San Miguel Island rookery off the coast of California.
Scientists observed another year of low pup weights during their annual survey on the San Miguel Island rookery off California, where sea lions and fur seals breed and rear their young (Fig. 1). In fact, pup weights were among the lowest recorded for the two species in more than 40 years.
Since 2012, the sight of malnourished pups on the island during the autumn surveys has been a precursor to elevated pup strandings along the California coast the following winter and spring. In the spring of 2015, more than 3,300 pups came ashore, dying or dead, taxing resource-limited stranding response centers across the state.
Figure 2. San Miguel Island California sea lion female pup weights expressed as the difference from the average weight. Gray bars are within 10% of the average weight. Green bars are higher and red bars are lower than average.
“If last year is any indication of what to expect this year, we’re probably going to see a lot of pups strand unless many die at the rookeries,” said Sharon Melin, wildlife biologist, NOAA Fisheries. “Only this time it is not just going to be California sea lion pups. We’re already seeing unusual numbers of northern fur seal pups stranding in California and we may even see some adults for both species.”
Melin predicts that the geographic extent of the strandings will also expand. Northern fur seal pup strandings, which began in October in California, are expected to continue with pups stranding in Oregon and Washington later this winter. California sea lion strandings, which probably won’t begin until December or January, are expected to occur mostly along the California coast.
In recent years, both indices have suggested that California sea lions are struggling. In five of the last seven years, California sea lion pup condition has been poor relative to other years. Pup births have been less consistent, but since 2013 have shown a decline as well.
Figure 3. San Miguel Island female fur seal pup weights expressed as the difference from the average weight. Gray bars are within 10% of the average weight. Green bars are higher and red bars are lower than average.
This year, the number of pup births was 43 percent below the highest birth year in 2012.
“Three-month old female California sea lion pups had an average weight of 11.8 kg (about 26 pounds) -- that’s 31 percent below normal and the lowest weights we’ve seen at this rookery in 41 years since monitoring began,” said Melin (Fig. 2).
For northern fur seal pups, the news is equally grim. The average weight of three-month old female pups was 6.6 kg (about 14.5 pounds), which is 33 percent below normal (Fig. 3). Northern fur seal pup weights were the third lowest in 41 years. The lowest were measured during the 1982-83 and 1997-98 El Niño events.
Three-month old pups of both species are still dependent on their mother’s milk for nutrition. The poor condition of pups means that their mothers are not finding sufficient prey near the rookery to produce enough milk to support pup growth. The core prey species include Pacific sardine, northern anchovy, Pacific hake, rockfish, and market squid. The lack of prey near the rookery is linked to the anomalous ocean conditions persisting along the California coast for more than a year.
Up until two years ago, the conditions mostly affected California sea lions, which feed primarily in the coastal environment. Northern fur seals feed mostly in the offshore environment. The fact that both species are struggling this year indicates that the effects of the unusual ocean conditions on sea lion and fur seal prey are widespread.
Sea Lions and Fur Seals as Ecosystem Indicators?
NOAA Fisheries scientist Nate Mantua sees struggling California sea lions as indicators for lots of changes taking place in the marine environment. Notable changes in the past two years include warm water temperatures that have led to shifts in ocean productivity and the distribution of fish species that sea lions and fur seals typically depend on.
“West Coast ocean temperatures have been at or near a record high for over 18 months. We also witnessed a massive toxic bloom from Southern California to Alaska. We expect the extremely strong (tropical) El Niño to cause more West Coast warming in the next six months.”
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center expects that this year’s El Niño could be one of the strongest on record.
Potential Population Impacts
Despite the record number of California sea lion pup strandings last winter, the total population remains healthy. The most recent population estimate is around 300,000 animals. However, at some point, the cumulative effect of consecutive years of high pup mortality will likely result in a decline in the population size.
The San Miguel Island northern fur seal colony is part of the California stock of northern fur seals that is estimated to be about 12,000. The much larger Eastern Pacific stock is considered depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and has been decreasing in parts of the species range. The California stock has been generally increasing but the population growth rate is regulated by El Niño events that can cause significant mortality of pups and adults. If the 2015-2016 El Niño prolongs unusually warm ocean temperatures along the West Coast as expected, a very slow period of population growth will likely follow for the California stock of northern fur seals.
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Announcing a new short story collection from Mary Papas!
What happens when reality plays games on you? What happens when you think you know someone only to find out you actually don’t? What happens when you have to deal with situations you didn’t even dream of? This short story collection answers all those questions (and more!). | <urn:uuid:5d2b1813-67ec-4d48-8edf-eb5adf653687> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | https://www.shortstoryflashfictionsociety.com/walking-in-the-dark-by-mary-papas/ | 2018-09-24T15:21:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267160568.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20180924145620-20180924170020-00041.warc.gz | en | 0.938322 | 71 |
The Oklahoma City Thunder are scoring at will on the Washington Wizards. Led by 17 points from Kevin Durant, the Thunder lead the Wizards 68-47 at halftime.
The Thunder took control in the second quarter, outscoring the Wizards 35-23 after ending the first quarter with a nine-point lead. The Thunder are shooting 50 percent from the field and have also hit 50 percent of their threes. Russell Westbrook added 14 points and seven assists, and Daequan Cook hit three three-pointers in the second quarter to spur the Thunder.
Trevor Booker leads the Wizards with 11 points on just five shots, while JaVale McGee added10 points and four blocks, though he mixed in his typical poor help defense and mind-boggling inability to stay down on pump fakes. John Wall has eight points on eight shots, but also had four turnovers as he struggled to deal with the speed of Westbrook on both ends. | <urn:uuid:30810451-6040-4079-96e9-0c4cc976b595> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://dc.sbnation.com/washington-wizards/2011/3/14/2050945/thunder-vs-wizards-score-halftime | 2023-05-29T21:23:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224644913.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20230529205037-20230529235037-00253.warc.gz | en | 0.973299 | 190 |
The Einstein Intersection
Reviewed by Galen Strickland
Delany was awarded his second Nebula for Best Novel for this book, one year after his first win for Babel-17. I don't consider either of these to be his best work, and even though several more of his novels would be nominated, his only subsequent wins were for shorter works. As with the previous stories this is essentially a tale of a quest, but with a twist. While the overall tone is more fantasy-like, there is a science fictional element. A parallel universe has collided with ours, and either that caused the annihilation of humanity, or perhaps we were already gone before the merge. In either case, the world has areas of high radiation, which has caused many different forms of birth defects and mutations. Many of our buildings and other artifacts survived, and the inhabitants of that other realm have taken on the semblance of humanity, culled from books, music and video recordings, and other remnants of our cultures.
The protagonist is Lobey, member of a small community beset with children afflicted with mutations, some so severe they are segregated from the more productive villagers. Some of the mutations are beneficial, or at least not viewed in a negative way, such as the way Lobey's prehensile feet are able to grasp and handle tools as well as, if not better, than he can with his hands. Other conditions are hidden, such as the telekinesis of Lobey's friend and lover, Friza. Unfortunately, that power does not save her from some unknown force, and her death both saddens Lobey as well as instills in him the need to seek out and destroy whatever killed his love. Shortly after leaving his village he encounters a huge and violent bull which has killed some of their livestock. From evidence at the scene of Friza's death he knows the bull was not her killer, but he knows he must pursue it anyway or it will continue to endanger his village. He tracks the bull to a vast underground cavern, and against all reason he overcomes his fear and descends into the darkness and is able to slay the beast. This part of his quest parallels several different human myths, such as the tale of the Minotaur and of Theseus who slayed him, as well as that of Orpheus descending to hell to return his love Eurydice to the world of the living. Even Phaedra, wife of Theseus, is referenced here, but in this case it is PHAEDRA, an ancient computer Lobey finds in the depths of the caverns.
It's a short novel, but dense with allegory and vivid imagery, told with a very poetic voice. It can also be read on several different levels. The first is simply as a fable, perhaps more elaborately told than most, but essentially a tale of love, revenge, sacrifice and redemption. Viewed from another perspective it is a look at how myths, as fantastical as they may be, help us understand ourselves and our world, and I am sure Delany meant that in contemporary terms. He began writing the book during a tour of southern Europe, including Italy, Greece and Crete, as well as Turkey and other eastern Mediterranean lands. Most of our common myths come from this area, and Delany couldn't help but notice the clash of his American way of looking at things with those of people he encountered on this trip. That clash of cultures is reflected in the clash of the two universes, and is the reason the myths adopted by the aliens from that other universe were a mix of ancient and more current pop cultural references. Lobey and his friends talk of the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Elvis much the same as the ancient Greeks spoke of Zeus and Hercules. One of the people(?) Lobey encounters goes by the name of Kid Death, and he is both the embodiment of the Devil/Death as well as Billy the Kid. Another, known as Green-Eye, turns out to be this world's version of Christ, doomed to continually return to an ancient city to be ritually tortured and killed. There is no true conclusion to the story, which may disappoint some readers. I took it as a sign that Lobey's story is much like any myth, destined to be retold again and again, perhaps with various changes in each telling. Since the answers concerning the meaning of life and death can never be definitive for everyone, like Lobey, we will all be on that quest forever.
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3D street racing game. Night street racing is a major attraction in big cities around the world. The racers are legendary for their need for speed, while the cars they drive signify the perfect union of consumer-grade auto manufacturing and extreme vehicular tuning. Now you can become a night street racer. You will take part in competitions, earning cash and winning new cars along the way.
High definition graphics, action packed gameplay, variety of gameplay features, 3-dimensional graphics, high performance, low file size, easy to play make this software different from other similar software on the market.
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Jersey's Viscount is seeking the assistance of the English High Court for the first time in 36 years in a £1.3 billion cross-border insolvency case.
Jersey's Royal Court has granted the Viscount's application and issued two letters of request to the English High Court seeking judicial cooperation and recognition of the Viscount and her appointment as administrator of the désastres of a Jersey doctor and a Jersey-registered company declared en désastre late last year.
The Royal Court has also requested the High Court to authorise the Viscount to exercise such of her powers and functions as maybe necessary, including allowing her to intervene in and prosecute or defend or apply for a stay in various sets of proceedings currently before the English courts.
If the request is accepted by the English Court, it will be the first time that Jersey's Viscount has been recognised by the High Court since 1981 – it will also mean that creditors should not assume in the future that Jersey's Royal Court will always concede to a request to put a Jersey insolvent company into English administration.
Advocate Nicola Roberts, Counsel in Ogier's Jersey Dispute Resolution team, acted for the Viscount in the successful application to the Royal Court for the request to the English court for recognition in respect of the local GP and Orb a.r.l., the Jersey company, both of which were declared en désastre on 24 November 2016. Since that date creditors have submitted claims against them in the combined sum of £1.3 billion.
Nicola, who specialises in contentious insolvency matters, said: "In the past, the Royal Court has often agreed to allow Jersey insolvent companies to go into administration in the UK – for the first time in decades, the court has instead sought the assistance of the English High Court to recognise Jersey's Viscount and allow her to administer and exercise her powers in its jurisdiction instead.
"In light of the judgment, creditors of Jersey companies should no longer assume that the door to UK administration is always going to be open, it is very much based on the facts of each particular case and what is in the best interests of creditors as a whole.
"In this instance the Court felt it was important that the Island, as a well-respected financial centre, discharge its responsibilities for dealing with the affairs of this Jersey registered company and Jersey resident."
Nicola, who is qualified in England, Jersey and the BVI, was appointed to Counsel at the start of the month. As well as working on restructuring and insolvency matters, Nicola has considerable experience of complex, high value multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation with a particular focus on commercial fraud, trusts, regulatory issues including sanctions, and shareholder disputes. | <urn:uuid:99a4d58e-08e9-4d48-a4d8-b46a3b43b3ae> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://www.ogier.com/news/court-judgment-backs-jersey-authorities-to-deal-with-13-billion-cross-border-insolvency-case | 2017-11-24T23:50:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934809160.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20171124234011-20171125014011-00221.warc.gz | en | 0.965638 | 568 |
Chris Gebauer, the vocalist of Perth’s Deadspace, wrote the majority of the band’s last release, 2015’s ‘The Promise Of Oblivion’. But since that record, a more complete and well-rounded line-up has been secured, which has resulted in Deadspace’s best release thus far; the fantastic ‘Gravity’ EP. Between shows for their current EP tour, the singer jumped on the phone with me to talk in-depth about their mix of sounds and influences, the origins of the band and its moniker, his views on depression, his vocals, on being mistaken for the video game of the same name, and so much more. Seriously, there’s a lot to sink your teeth into here!
With your vocal style, Chris, the first time I heard them on the EP I thought ‘Man, that’s sick!’ which was followed up by ‘Fuck, that must hurt, though?’
[Laughs] well, it’s definitely not a very honed-in style. A lot of other people wouldn’t use this technique for death metal growls or black metal shrieks. I grew up listening to Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails, so my vocal style is true to my talking voice. It’s a more a singing technique than anything else. If you came to a show and you were up front, you’d be able to hear me acoustically over the band, which does take a toll. But, if all these other guys can do it, then why not? I mean, you see Trent Reznor going nuts and then he can still talk off-stage. Of course, Manson sounds like he’s been choking on cum for the past ten years so who knows, I may end up like that.
Good to hear man, but god, let’s hope not!
Well, I have definitely noticed that my talking voice has gotten lower since doing this. But no one ever said it would be easy. So yeah, it’s different but there is a lot of diaphragm control, of course, and I do delve into a gravelly sound live. We did two shows back to back last week, with no sleep in between, and it held up just fine. I am yet to see what a five-day bender will do to it.
I find it interesting what you hear about singers like Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley, who doesn’t get any pain or issues after a big tour or after playing really long sets.
Oh, Keith is actually one of my favourite vocalists, and that band is one of my favourites. There’s a similarity there between us and that’s that we both go off our talking voices. Of course, you get used to the pitches and the vocal delivery live. But I find what actually fucks up my voice is all yelling over people and the band being idiots after the gig, that’s the hard part; all the laughing and talking. But hey, what fun is being in a band if you can’t yell at the other members? And if I can’t sing anymore, I’ll just go back to playing drums, so I’m not worried.
Oh, a drummer Cool. I’m a drummer myself and with your drummer, Herb, he really plays to the songs instead of trying to steal the show, which I really like.
Yeah! This is actually the first release of ours that he’s played on. We borrowed him from another Perth band and we used to have Ben [Stanley] from Sanzu, but he picked Herb to fill his shows as he had to move on as his band got busier. Herb is exactly what you want in a drummer; he’s super humble, always there when you need him, so solid, plays to the song and he gets really involved.
Exactly, and you can never take that for granted! Now, I wouldn’t say that Deadspace is a super eclectic band, but I find that you are so much more than your average death and black metal bands, instrumentally and structurally. With the long song lengths and how each of the four songs flow, is that just a matter of creating a cohesive sound and theme or for you guys as a band to not be thought of as just one sound, to not be pigeonholed?
I think that with any musical creation, anything that we do is going to be slightly different. The Gravity EP was the first thing we’ve done with a full band and a line-up that’s ready to tour. As concisely as we could, we wanted this to sum up what’s to come next. Our guitarist, Oli, has a Bachelor in classical piano, and some of the writing he’s doing for our next album – a split release – is just nuts. There’s always a theatrical vibe to our music, with the moody piano for instance. The concept of the EP is birth, life, death, and rebirth; it’s a life cycle. You get born into this world that you didn’t ask to be born into, and it’s the song Life that has the most eclectic mix, as it has shades of light and dark. That’s the entire point of the EP, that we aren’t just this group of miserable shits [laughs]. We are all good and bad, we are nothing without struggle and we will all be worm food at some point.
So for the musical style, it was concept born. I felt it needed the piano parts, and we all play the piano actually. This is also our first release that everyone has vocal parts on, something we’ll hopefully be exploring on further releases. Sometimes in band practice, we’ll just put down the instruments and sing barbershop quartets for fun. In fact, a lot of the sound for the EP was built around Shelby’s bass playing and tone, which is what I am the proudest of. We all play different instruments and I can assure you that Shelby was not the only one who played bass on the EP. Nish [guitar] wasn’t the only one who played lead guitar on the EP and Herd didn’t play all of the drums either as I played some too. That’s just how it is with us; we all make it work for the record and then we create that live in our own roles.
That’s so cool! I felt that all of the instrumental parts work towards the EP’s theme and they create a really good flow of it as well. Also, where did that final audio sample in ‘Rebirth’ come from?
Oh, that’s actually from Alan Watts, one of my favourite philosophical speakers. It’s a talk in which he discusses death and how we need to let go of things we can’t change. This EP’s concept is the simplest one that we’ll ever do and that’s one of certainty. But it’s funny; the fucked thing about that track was that I actually recorded it when I was sixteen.
I suffered from a dissociative disorder for a while, and I found out that I am missing a few litres, permanently, so my whole body is fucked. That’s why I got off of the drums too, my legs would get messed up. So there were a few things wrong with me and there was a six-month period when I was younger that I thought I was practically dead; I couldn’t feel anything, I was pale white, I couldn’t talk to anyone so I’d just write and record. The interlude between Death & Rebirth are exact recordings from that time period and they weren’t re-recorded. I just pulled them out and they fitted with this release so perfectly.
Dude, that’s so cool, and it really shows the consistency in your writing that certain parts, written years ago, are just so appropriate for what you write now. Also, I think that knowing about your personal health issues does make a lot more sense about Deadspace’s overall vibe and tone now.
It’s strange, with your review of the EP and how you likened the concept to the nature and flow of the game [Dead Space], as I hadn’t heard of the game until then. The band’s been called Deadspace since I was sixteen. It was an ambient project named after that time in my life; this “dead space” that I was living in. When putting the band together, it was much like the atmospheric stuff I wrote but now I had more musicians and can play it live. When we put out ‘The Promise Of Oblivion’, a lot of reviewers mentioned the game and I realised that all of our search results on Google came up down the bottom. But whatever, we weren’t going to change the name and apparently, it’s a sick game [laughs].
Yes, yes it is [laughs].
And I do hope that a lot of people have maybe stumbled upon our band cause of the game, but you win lose some in this music industry game, and it is a game. I mean, I haven’t made a cent out of doing this band.
But you wouldn’t have it any other way?
Absolutely! I live in Perth, like come on. My mother and I were talking about this the other day, and I said ‘Mum, I live in Perth. It’s either a musical project or a crippling heroin addiction; this place sucks!’ That’s why I live about two hours south of Perth with my partner and it is just so awesome here. I didn’t really go to school as I dropped out to play music and all I’ve ever wanted to do is write music. When you reach that point where you’ve played this many shows and written so much, if you take it too seriously, you’ll be disappointed. You’re living the life, playing shows, drinking with your best friends, and having fun. But with the style of music we play, how many people do you think are going to get into our sound? [Laughs]
Oh, it is a niche sound for sure man, but that’s what’s so cool about it. As far as Perth goes, the only experience I have there was when I was five or six and almost drowned in a swimming pool. It’s never happened anywhere else so it may just be a Perth thing.
I actually pulled my sister out of a pool when she was a kid, and she almost drowned. It’s a good place to drown; I’ll give you that.
Well, I guess there’s the artwork for your next release! With that review I did, I found it interesting how music – especially metal – can be so contextualised to just the album, the art, the band but how in the other instances it can become a fitting score for another medium or piece of art. In this case, a video game. Do you have a take on that at all?
I think in terms of music, the Internet has done some good and bad things, but mainly good things. The best it’s done has been able to share combinations of visual and audio, such as music videos. The videos that Tool did were really creative, where the visual is based around the music. We did a little experiment the other day where we got shitfaced and put on a bunch of ambient black metal to Mr. Bean videos. It was one of the funniest things I have seen in my life! I suppose it’s like combining a good wine with a good meal, or like beer with nuts at a bar or whatever you’re into. It gives you options.
With the audio being separate it can mean whatever it means to you, but the visual element can help you really connect you with something in your mind. I also think that what’s really important is what you’re watching, doing, or digesting when you are creating that art. If any band is going to put out a record or a few tracks and have no music video of some kind, they tend to do very poorly. We’ve put more money into the videos than we do making the music because it’s good to feel that connection with the band. Especially with this black metal genre, there’s a strong sense of obscurity and anonymity, but we’re not about that; we’re more or less of a rock band in that sense. So whether you listen to our music while you’re swimming, watching Mr. Been or fucking your partner – it doesn’t matter – it just has to be real to you and that’ll make it real for others.
For sure! That added context of songs, depending on where you are in your life, is so important. If you listen to a breakup song while you’re in a happy relationship, you may not relate to it as strongly when that relationship goes sour. Also on the visuals, I wanted to talk about the video for ‘Death’, which reminded me so much of Whitechapel’s ‘The Darkest Day Of Man’, and I wanted to ask about how much of that story and the visuals came from the band and how much was the director/artist?
Everything I do is very spur of the moment. I was sitting down with my partner and saying that we’ll do an animated video and we spent about twenty minutes writing the story. Zac Andrews from Sanzu put us onto this guy from Melbourne called Davide [Eklipse Media]. This is the first video he’s done where there’s been no lyrics involved, and the first thing he said to me when I explained the concept was ‘fucking calm down, Tim Burton’ [laughs]. For that song and the video’s story, it’s the entire story of the EP in one song.
Davide went above and beyond for this video and us. He did not sleep for months. Everything that came back was just exceeding all of my expectations. But in my version, there was no alien, no spaceship, and no giant preying mantis; that was all him. He would just say to me ‘Just trust me, my friend’. Even three weeks after he sent me the final video, he couldn’t go back and watch it as he was just so tired of it. The dude worked so hard and he was so professional about it all, and he was so innovative too. But to answer your original question, I would say half-half and it feels good to have something that if anyone asks what our band is like I can just send him or her that!
Sweet! With a music video like that, in this style of music, it was really refreshing to see. Plus, it sounds like Davide was a real catch.
Oh yeah, we really lucked out with him. He comes and sees us every time we play in Melbourne. If there is someone that does really good work for you, you really look after them. So there are definitely other bands we’ll put him onto and we’ll get him to work with us again when we’re ready to go. He understands musicians, he gets in our headspace really well. Because he understands what it is to be worthless to some and the whole world to others, it really reflects in the video.
You know, this EP really feels like a release where there should be a video for each song.
Oh yeah, it does. The only one we don’t have a video for is Rebirth. Well, not yet… that’ll come out soon, I’m sure.
Sick! I think that that’s because there’s such a strong concept behind it to back it all up. But over this interview, you’ve mentioned a lot of intense, personal stuff, but I wouldn’t label you as a depressed or pessimistic person, even with the EP’s concept.
Yeah, it’s a weird thing. I don’t think a lot of people will like what I have to say about depression, but I don’t think that it’s a disease. I feel like it’s a symptom. I think it comes with other factors, like a chemical imbalance or what your environment is like, and I feel many things are misdiagnosed about the human body. But as far as depression goes, we’re all fucked, really. We’re all depressed but depression is not an excuse to go to work or play music. So the big picture is more important than just being locked in this one spot, and that’s the one phobia I have had my entire life; being stuck in one place with nothing to do.
We’ve all dealt with things in the band, but so has everyone else. You can turn things around that are terrible. One of our biggest fans lost his leg to cancer and he’s always up the front banging his head like crazy. That is just so inspiring, and not in an elitist way, but I don’t have time to deal with people who mope around. I’ve been a type 1 diabetic since I was four and I’ve had weird family shit, but now I am in a great place. I’m sitting here on a beach, talking to you, drinking beer, it couldn’t get any better than this. Nish said it the best once, ‘people that have chaotic minds need to find chaos in solace’, which is so true; sometimes tranquillity is not invigorating. If I looked at my bank account and based my whole life off of that, I wouldn’t be playing music, but it gets me through my day.
Very well said, man. It’s how you deal with shit that counts and how to deal with one’s own perspective. I find that depression is, sadly, such a relative thing, and perhaps that’s why I appreciate your music so much, is that it’s relative to so many people, both musically and thematically.
Well, we’re always and fair to ourselves and in our music. We actually cop a lot of shit from other death metal bands in Perth because we’re considered soft or whatever. But many things in life don’t need to be so confronting. Sometimes, it’s the least obvious things that are the most confronting to people. I know people who have terminal cancer and they come out and party so hard that you wouldn’t know any better, but there are others who can’t leave the house and there’s nothing wrong with them. Nine Inch Nails have an album called The Fragile, and it’s built on fragility. Somewhere along the way in this industry, fragility got squashed out and people, especially in Australia, have this “man’s” attitude of just bottling shit up. People don’t look inside enough and I think that’s why there are high divorce rates, why there’s a climbing suicide rate, but that’s just me.
Well, as a fellow male in his 20’s, I also find that that overbearing “male” mentality is such an odd one. It’s very…Neanderthalic, I feel and it quite limiting.
And that’s what I love about music and about playing in Deadspace. I am a dude with multiple health issues, who works in an office, but by the way, here’s my depressive black metal band that I play in. Total curveball! So I think that we can do anything on the next release. We could release a jazz record and people may hate it, but if it saves me from feeling mundane than that’s what has to happen. You can be assured that whatever we release next will be true to us. I remember when I showed my parents Gravity, they said it sounded like me, just with some friends.
Of course man, and I hope that this line-up stays the same as you’re onto something here. I am excited to see where you go with this new split release or on future releases.
For sure! That split is actually almost finished. Some of the songs were written after Gravity and some were written before, so it may be even more eclectic…
Well, I look forward to it as you’re really on my radar now. See if you stick to the “blackened post goth-rock band” sound [laughs].
[Laughs] yeah, it’s weird. It was hard naming our sound. We called it a depressive black metal sound to be approachable to people that like emotional music. Then we got Shelby in the band who is massively into Goth rock, as I am, and we eventually became this shitstorm of influences. If you go on our Facebook profile now, we’re just called “bi-curious” as we don’t really know what we are. We’ve been called melodic death metal and many others, and whenever someone asks what band I play in, I just say it’s a rock band. Nish hates it, though, as he says that we’re a metal band but metal is just a perverted style of rock.
Good point, and I suppose it is the easiest comparison to bring up to people!
Yeah! It’s basically a mix of what we listen to, like Placebo, Nine Inch Nails, AFI, and then mixed with Enslaved, Dark Tranquillity and a heap of other black and death metal bands. But I think if you took the song structures of Sister Of Mercy, the ambience of God Is An Astronaut and Mogwai, and turned it black metal, that’s what we are. I loved that in your review you said it’s really fitting for us, as it ridiculous [laughs].
Oh yeah, it is! But some genre labels don’t really roll off the tongue well.
You’re not too far off with it being the joke, but isn’t the music industry a joke anyway? As then people may go and listen to us and find out what it [the genre] means. That was the thinking behind it, plus Facebook was whining at us leaving it blank and that we weren’t legit or whatever.
I think it’s apt and it gets the job done. In a way, your music is whatever the listener wants it to be.
For sure. I mean, how upset would you be if you were a DSBM fan and were into bands like Shining, and if you listened to us you’d think we were soft as fuck if we labelled ourselves as that. We don’t want to shallowly promise people what we’re not hence why we’re so androgynous about it.
I think that that’ll be good for the band in the long run. But with our discussion of genres, I think we’ll wrap it up there Chris. We’ve been on the phone for an hour or so now, definitely one of the longer interviews I’ve done! Thank you so much for your time tonight!
[Laughs] no worries Alex, this was good fun. Thanks so much man!
Saturday, October 15th – Enigma Bar, Adelaide
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The Patriot Act continues to wreak its havoc on civil liberties. Section 213 was included in the Patriot Act over the protests of privacy advocates and granted law enforcement the power to conduct a search while delaying notice to the suspect of the search. Known as a “sneak and peek” warrant, law enforcement was adamant Section 213 was needed to protect against terrorism. But the latest government report detailing the numbers of “sneak and peek” warrants reveals that out of a total of over 11,000 sneak and peek requests, only 51 were used for terrorism. Yet again, terrorism concerns appear to be trampling our civil liberties.
Throughout the Patriot Act debate the Department of Justice urged Congress to pass Section 213 because it needed the sneak and peak power to help investigate and prosecute terrorism crimes “without tipping off terrorists.” In 2005, FBI Director Robert Mueller continued the same exact talking point, emphasizing sneak and peek warrants were “an invaluable tool in the war on terror and our efforts to combat serious criminal conduct.”
A closer look at the number of sneak and peek warrants issued (a reporting requirement imposed by Congress) shows this is simply not the case. The last publicly available report about sneak and peek warrants was released in 2010; however, the Administrative Office of the US Courts has finally released reports from 2011, 2012, and 2013.
What do the reports reveal? Two things: 1) there has been an enormous increase in the use of sneak and peek warrants and 2) they are rarely used for terrorism cases.
First, the numbers: Law enforcement made 47 sneak-and-peek searches nationwide from September 2001 to April 2003. The 2010 report reveals 3,970 total requests were processed. Within three years that number jumped to 11,129. That's an increase of over 7,000 requests. Exactly what privacy advocates argued in 2001 is happening: sneak and peak warrants are not just being used in exceptional circumstances—which was their original intent—but as an everyday investigative tool.
Second, the uses: Out of the 3,970 total requests from October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010, 3,034 were for narcotics cases and only 37 for terrorism cases (about .9%). Since then, the numbers get worse. The 2011 report reveals a total of 6,775 requests. 5,093 were used for drugs, while only 31 (or .5%) were used for terrorism cases. The 2012 report follows a similar pattern: Only .6%, or 58 requests, dealt with terrorism cases. The 2013 report confirms the incredibly low numbers. Out of 11,129 reports only 51, or .5%, of requests were used for terrorism. The majority of requests were overwhelmingly for narcotics cases, which tapped out at 9,401 requests.
Section 213 may be less known than Section 215 of the Patriot Act (the clause the government is currently using to collect your phone records), but it's just as important. The Supreme Court ruled in Wilson v. Arkansas and Richards v. Wisconsin that the Fourth Amendment requires police to generally “knock and announce” their entry into property as a means of notifying a homeowner of a search. The idea was to give the owner an opportunity to assert their Fourth Amendment rights. The court also explained that the rule could give way in situations where evidence was under threat of destruction or there were concerns for officer safety. Section 213 codified this practice into statute, taking delayed notice from a relatively rare occurrence into standard operating law enforcement procedure.
The numbers vindicate privacy advocates who urged Congress to shelve Section 213 during the Patriot Act debates. Proponents of Section 213 claimed sneak and peek warrants were needed to protect against terrorism. But just like we've seen elsewhere, these claims are false. The government will continue to argue for more surveillance authorities—like the need to update the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act—under the guise of terrorism. But before we engage in any updates, the public must be convinced such updates are needed and won't be used for non-terrorist purposes that chip away at our civil liberties. | <urn:uuid:b8b2d8fe-fb41-4aea-9825-da16df9174f9> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.eff.org/uk/deeplinks/2014/10/peekaboo-i-see-you-government-uses-authority-meant-terrorism-other-uses | 2023-09-24T18:42:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506658.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924155422-20230924185422-00455.warc.gz | en | 0.968408 | 827 |
Get A Mac Commercials
Apple just released some fun new commercials. Supposedly two have already run on US TV, but if you want to see all of them, go to Apple's new Get A Mac Ads page. Basically they're two guys, a Mac and a PC, who talk about their virtues. And since these are Apple commercials, Windows obviously comes away as the loser every time.
Admittedly, Apple are throwing rocks inside a glass house here (e.g. their stance on viruses gives the impression they were immune, a topic about which I already wrote in this place), and the thing with drivers has happened the other way round quite often enough that I'd consider it lying ... still, they're hilariously funny. In particular, the Networking and the Restart ad are beautiful ways to humanise computers. Watch them, they're fun! | <urn:uuid:9e31a274-7a94-417f-8b46-c0044e71d162> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | http://zathras.de/angelweb/blog-get-a-mac-trailers.htm | 2019-01-23T17:39:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547584336901.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20190123172047-20190123194047-00123.warc.gz | en | 0.981618 | 176 |
As cold season quickly approaches, I turn to my Immunity Boosting Elixir to stay at the top of my game. It is easy to make, delicious and hopefully a glass a day will help keep the doctor away! Click here to read my post about evamor water and learn more about the benefits of alkaline foods and water.
- 2 cups evamor water
- 1 tsp fresh turmeric, grated
- ½ tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp local honey (sub real maple syrup if vegan)
- ½ lemon, juiced
Heat water over medium-high heat and add all other ingredients. Let steep for a few minutes, keeping water temperature just below a boil. Pour through a fine mesh strainer into a mug and serve. | <urn:uuid:903f0a5c-f7e3-4811-89d1-739ce87dd2d4> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://liv-light.com/immunity-boosting-elixir/ | 2017-11-24T22:08:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934808972.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20171124214510-20171124234510-00728.warc.gz | en | 0.89283 | 167 |
Norm Pattis: I lost a sinner the other day and for that, I grieve
I just lost a tough case and, as in any loss, I am bitter about it. My client faces 60 years for the shooting of a rival gang member in Hartford’s North End. We tried the case twice, the first time to a hung jury. On Monday, a jury returned a quick guilty verdict.
The case turned on the testimony of two witnesses, one a man who claimed to be the driver as my client mowed down the decedent with an assault rifle. This witness was facing charges in some 14 attempted and conspiracy to commit murder charges, a man who had already pleaded guilty to another murder and had been sentenced to 42 years. He’d struck a deal with the state, hoping for leniency in exchange for “truthful” testimony.
The other witness was a woman who claimed my client had shot at her one night. She claimed to have been returning home from a birthday party one night when two men opened fire on her for no reason at all.
Hartford’s North End is much like Hobbes’s state of nature: Life can resemble a war of all against all; it is too often nasty, solitary, brutish and short.
All criminal defense lawyers hate cooperating witnesses. We call them “rats” who are willing to do, or to say, anything in order to gnaw away at the chains binding them to a prison wall.
The state, by contrast, loves what they call “cooperators.” There’s even a set argument prosecutors use in asking jurors to believe these witnesses. “The state does not go to central casting for its witnesses. Bad men associate with other bad men,” or some such.
Try enough cases, and these arguments sound trite, even tedious — there are only so many ways to argue the recurring crises we call life.
So in this case, I dug into the cooperator as best I could. You’re a murderer, aren’t you? You want this jury to believe you so that the state will set you free to kill again, isn’t that right? You shot children at a parade, didn’t you? The state was objecting during these questions, but defense lawyers learn early to ignore the sound of a prosecutor’s voice.
The press, of course, rarely reports on a cross-examination. It’s as though they are trained to hear only the obvious. No matter how foul the witness, the next day’s report is typically a straight narrative of whatever the prosecution’s witness said in response to the prosecutor’s questions.
I’ll concede that watching a trial is a lot like watching ice melt on a cool day. Yes, the shape of what remains when time passes differs, but the shape changes in slow, almost imperceptible, ways.
In this case, I hammered away on all the people the rat had shot at, all the folks he tried to kill. I sported with him when he seemed to have forgotten one of his homicides. But he never lost his cool. He was a cold-blooded killer; what would a little cross-examination do to him.
The other witness, the woman who claimed my client shot at her, was another story. I walked her through the testimony she had offered at this trial, and a previous trial, and a grand jury proceeding, and her sworn statement to the police. She could rarely assert the same detail twice under oath. If the jury believed a word she said, I suspect they’re also willing to purchase a certain bridge in Brooklyn.
To the newspapers, however, she was an innocent woman shot at by my client for no reason, a random victim of urban terror.
The state was methodical in this case. Witness after witness recast the crime scenes, but shed no light on whether the state’s star witness, the rat, was telling the truth. The jury sat wide-eyed, stunned into something like submission by the sheer randomness of it all.
The first time we tried this case, the jury could not agree. The state failed to meet its burden of proof, but still got the right to try all over again. Double jeopardy does not bar such a re-prosecution, although it should.
At the second trial, a different jury voted guilty, all 12 of them. After the jurors left the room, we asked for an immediate sentencing. We wanted no delay. We are eager to take an appeal.
“I’m mindful,” I told the judge, “of what Jesus said to Judas Iscariot on the night Jesus was betrayed: ‘What thou doest, do quickly.’” The judge did not impose sentence on the spot. We expect a 60-year wallop come judgment day.
I read a comment one of the jurors made on her Facebook page after the jury was discharged. “I wish,” she said, “I could say I was happy that my jury duty is over.”
I wonder if that’s because she knows that at some level her verdict was the product of guesswork. Did she really believe the testimony of a killer looking for mercy? Did she buy the testimony of a woman whose testimony changed each time she took the oath? Or did she merely succumb to terror?
I’m a sore loser. I am the one who met with my client in the lockup moments after the verdict. The guards were quick to strip him of his suit, to clothe him in an orange jumpsuit and to drape him in chains.
The case read in the papers like a tale of kids killing kids for little reason. I had hoped the jury saw something more nuanced, more frightening, in court: witnesses too unreliable to support a guilty verdict.
“Why do you take such cases?,” a friend asked.
How could I not, I wanted to respond. Whatever the violence that ended a life in the North End years ago, nothing in the trial just ended brings back the dead. No rough justice, no sense of accountability, rights the wrong.
Instead, another life was destroyed.
Forgive me if I came to care for the accused, and to regard him as a family member, and a friend. I read once that all have sinned.
I lost a sinner the other day, and for that I grieve. The pity is that few who read this will understand that, or even try to understand it.
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$1800 per month, beautiful Burlington home for rent.
Raised ranch style bungalow semi for lease.
Includes 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, with a renovated and modern kitchen and bathroom, as well as all flooring and windows. Kitchen is equipped with a gas stove, built-in microwave, and dishwasher with plenty of kitchen cabinetry for storage.
This lovely family home for $1800 + utilities, located in a desirable neighbourhood of Burlington, with best schools, parks, and amenities is perfect for a growing family.
Driveway parking is included. On corner of Burloak and New Street, border of Oakville and Burlington. Fully renovated, nicest home in the neighbourhood. Large back yard, lots of parking space, friendly neighbours, GO train station very close by with express line to downtown Toronto.
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Real options theory has emerged as a promising avenue to study joint venture (JV) evolution as a strategic response to managing uncertainty. We extend the real options approach by integrating it with game theory. Such a combined method enriches the valuation functions of each partnering firm and helps to identify the optimal decisions for exercising options in a JV. In our model, each firm's synergy from the joint operation and its knowledge acquisition capability (KAC) can significantly influence the competitive dynamics between partners, potentially affecting how each firm decides to acquire, divest, or dissolve. We employ a new solution technique in real options theory to capture the stochastic process of three factors, and use computer simulation to test the model under varying conditions. The results are stated in five testable propositions, providing a better understanding of the dynamics of a JV. We find that symmetries between partners in synergy or KAC contribute to stability or dissolution of the JV, whereas asymmetries in synergy or KAC make acquisition of the JV assets by one partner desirable. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | <urn:uuid:e56cc50a-7e9d-44bc-9c69-424b2e0ccabc> | CC-MAIN-2016-36 | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mde.1407/abstract | 2016-08-27T16:16:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982921683.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823200841-00166-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915604 | 220 |
New York is the only state with a law that explicitly allows for tax-related whistleblower lawsuits, and its decision to include tax fraud and evasion under the state False Claims Act is paying off in a big way.
The New York State Attorney General announced earlier this month that with the help of a whistleblower, it reached its largest ever settlement for tax fraud under the state False Claims Act.
The $40 million settlement with Alabama-based Harbert Management Corporation involved a “brazen and deliberate decision to avoid paying millions in taxes owed to New York State,” according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. New York’s False Claims Act had been amended in 2010 specifically to include tax claims.
A whistleblower alerted the New York Attorney General’s office to the alleged fraud in 2015 by filing a NY False Claims Act case against Harbert Management. Harbert allegedly failed to pay taxes on profits generated by a $26 billion hedge fund, Harbinger Capital Partners, which it sponsored. Harbinger, located in New York, did not apportion any income from its performance fees to New York State, according to the Attorney General. When a fund operates in both New York and other states, it is required to pay taxes on the business generated in New York.
After investigating the matter, the state said Harbert failed to pay New York state taxes on profits from 2004 to 2009—despite its compliance department advising the company that taxes were owed. Not only did the company’s state tax returns fail to apportion any income to New York, according to the investigation, but on several occasions they did not even acknowledge that a New York office existed.
Of the $40 million recovered by the state, $8.8 million was awarded to the whistleblower, who remains anonymous.
While 35 states have state False Claims Acts, only New York’s FCA explicitly allows for tax-related whistleblower suits, although some other states have FCA statutes that implicitly allow tax matters. And although the IRS has a tax whistleblower program, that program is focused on federal — not state — tax evasion, and can be a slow-moving process for whistleblowers.
Financial fraud, such as tax evasion or illegal tax shelters, is particularly hard to detect without the help of knowledgeable, well-placed insiders. Having state False Claims Acts that explicitly include tax fraud encourages these insiders to come forward. The growing success of the New York FCA’s tax cases should cause state legislatures to consider explicitly adding a tax provision to their states’ False Claims Acts. | <urn:uuid:011d2c26-3790-4dd1-bf57-87d4253297e9> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://www.phillipsandcohen.com/new-york-40-million-tax-whistleblower/ | 2023-06-03T08:45:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224649177.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20230603064842-20230603094842-00781.warc.gz | en | 0.960755 | 519 |
I am happy for any minority who rises to the top. I would be happier still if the headline read, "NURSE" instead of former nurse.
My friend Bob worked as an IRS auditor for ten years before he went to nursing school. After rising to middle management, he went back to school and got his MBA. For several years he worked in health care management for a major manufacturing firm, rising all the way to the top and then being "down sized" out. Bob now runs a successful tax accounting business and does my taxes at a very good rate. I see Bob in January every year, and like boy-nurses will do, we always talk about the sorry state of nursing. One of the things that got Bob bounced out was his life-long committment to nursing. One of the first things Bob tells any stranger is that he is a Nurse.
I have known nurses who have been quite successful in health care. Most of them went into the office, hung up their scrubs
and proceeded to worry only about the bottom line. As soon as most bosses are put on profit sharing, their concern for staff nurses vanishes. I do know of one or two exceptions. One of them rose to director of nurses at my hospital. During her tenure she saw to it that we had a Nursing Practice Council that met once a month. After 30 some-odd years she was downsized (walked out of the hospital by 2 armed security guards). She went back to college and got a pHd in nursing. While she was in school she sued her former employer and her settlement consisted of an appointment as the first female Vice-President (Nursing) of the biggest medical center in town. I think she keeps her license up. I know that she would never allow anyone to refer to her as a "former" nurse.
I keep a little book on my desk, "How to Succeed in Business Without Lying, Cheating or Stealing", by Jack Nadel. If anyone could convince me that this gal got anywhere in the health care industry without doing anything dishonest, it might make me respect her. In today's world I doubt that this is even the remotest possibility.
This is a new post, and I hope we hear from bedside nurses who work in her system. Even more welcome would be input from former peers who would enlighten us that she made it to the top without stepping on the heads of those around her.
I read the entire article. It tells an impressive success story, but says little if anything about, "Nursing--the Real Health Care Crisis", Reader's Digest, 2003. If she allows the press to refer to her as a "former" nurse, is she telling nurses that the only way to succeed is to get out? | <urn:uuid:c6b27ddc-0106-4e9d-aa46-129a2060a8c7> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://allnurses.com/nursing-activism-healthcare/former-nurse-now-60141.html | 2018-10-22T23:50:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583515555.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20181022222133-20181023003633-00007.warc.gz | en | 0.989204 | 574 |
NOTE: This tour is currently out of season. See here for a selection of alternative London activities. We apologise for any inconvenience.
About The London Rock Tour & Hard Rock Museum:
This 2 hour tour takes you back to London’s rock era, from the cultural revolution that spawned the pop explosion and the ‘British Invasion’.
You’ll see locations associated with music and cutting-edge fashion of the time as we pass by homes of notable celebrities in Edith Grove and Cheyne Walk on our way back to London’s only rock museum.
In the basement of the Rock Shop, next to the Hard Rock Cafe, you can witness pieces of rock memorabilia including John Lennon’s original lyrics and glasses, guitars owned by Dylan, Hendrix, Bowie, Page and Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and a coat owned and worn by Elvis Presley.
After a short introduction, you are free to look around for yourself and take photos and videos as all items are clearly labelled.
Beat The Cafe Queue:
If a meal at the world’s first Hard Rock Cafe takes your fancy after the tour, beat the queues by showing your valid online tickets on entry.
Note: Table availability may not be immediate.
- March 25 to August 26, every Sunday.
- Live English-Speaking Guide.
- Tuesdays: 13:30.
- Sundays: 12:30.
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Information Security Meetup
"Implementing a holistic Information Security program"
Organizations today are faced with an increasing level of security threats that are growing in each attack. To secure your organization today, it is no longer adequate to rely only on the various types of security controls implemented but to adopt a holistic approach to managing your organization’s information security requirements.
Join us for Information Security Meet up. Learn how to implement Information Security program for leaders!
This event is FREE of charge! Seats are limited and available on a first come first served basis.
Principal Consultant, Singapore
Lionel has over 20 years of experience in IT industry, included more than 10 years’ experience as an educator with professional competencies critical for organizational implementations in the areas of IT Service Management, Security Management and Project Management.
Lionel is a founding member of Sapience Consulting who has been involved in projects for customers in various industries and countries. He has developed training in IT Service Management, IT Infrastructure Library, Project Management, and Security Related Offerings in the areas of ISO27000, CISSP, and CISM as well.
Things to talk about
- Importance of a comprehensive Information Security Program
- Security Challenges and threats
- The holistic Information Security Framework and Its components
- Putting it all together
6.00 pm Get together
(A little something to eat and drinks are provided.)
6.30 pm Presentation
7.30 pm Open discussion / Networking session
8.00 pm Lucky draw
This event is free of charge. Seats are limited and available on a first come first served basis.
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A native of Munhall, Pennsylvania, Barrett spent time writing and recording in Nashville as a high school student. Before auditioning for American Idol in Music City as a 17-year-old, she had also performed the national anthem at NFL and MLB games and opened tour stops for Toby Keith and Cole Swindell. Performing songs made famous by artists including Carrie Underwood, Maren Morris, and Miranda Lambert, Barrett eventually made it to the finals of the 2018 season of Idol, placing third.
In mid-January 2019, she released the three-track EP Fireflies, following it a week later with the vengeful breakup single "I Hope." The song marked her debut on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Over the next year and half, Barrett delivered a handful of follow-up singles including "The Good Ones," "Hall of Fame," and the Shane & Shane collaboration "Got Me," which was touted as the first official single from her debut album, Goldmine. ~ Marcy Donelson | <urn:uuid:831f1306-5a3f-4097-b596-1973bc324b05> | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | https://www.magic1021.com/lsp/artist/gabby-barrett/c9ae80a3-5241-4c37-b407-aa6435cc319d/ | 2021-04-21T10:28:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618039536858.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20210421100029-20210421130029-00097.warc.gz | en | 0.971869 | 230 |
Thanks to our dedicated and committed employees, we continue manufacture of high quality refractories and processed minerals for a range of critical end user industries, announced by Zhong Tang (Dalian) Materials Co.,LTD.
Love is all we need. We are the world, we are the children, we are the ones who make a brighter day. There's a choice we're making. We're saving our own lives. It's true we'll make a better day. Just you and me
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Aerovironment Incorporated Stock Downgraded (AVAV)
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- AVAV has no debt to speak of therefore resulting in a debt-to-equity ratio of zero, which we consider to be a relatively favorable sign. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 4.87, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- 46.90% is the gross profit margin for AEROVIRONMENT INC which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 8.21% is above that of the industry average.
- The revenue fell significantly faster than the industry average of 6.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues fell by 34.6%. The declining revenue appears to have seeped down to the company's bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- Despite any intermediate fluctuations, we have only bad news to report on this stock's performance over the last year: it has tumbled by 27.79%, worse than the S&P 500's performance. Consistent with the plunge in the stock price, the company's earnings per share are down 34.61% compared to the year-earlier quarter. Although its share price is down sharply from a year ago, do not assume that it can now be tagged as cheap and attractive. The reality is that, based on its current price in relation to its earnings, AVAV is still more expensive than most of the other companies in its industry.
- The company's current return on equity has slightly decreased from the same quarter one year prior. This implies a minor weakness in the organization. In comparison to the other companies in the Aerospace & Defense industry and the overall market, AEROVIRONMENT INC's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff
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Goodmail Systems formally released CertifiedVideo, a technology that enables marketers to incorporate streaming video into the body of email messages.
Video has been slow coming to email because of security concerns. Email provider prevent video from playing or from reaching users altogether. To ensure that CertifiedVideo messages work as promised, Goodmail analyzes prospective senders’ video players for code stability and platform compatibility. Once approved, senders can leverage Goodmail’s existing CertifiedEmail infrastructure to affix cryptographically-secure CertifiedVideo tokens to outbound messages that instruct receiving email providers to deliver them directly to the inbox with video content enabled.
AOL is the first email provider to implement CertifiedVideo, enabling its Webmail users to receive CertifiedVideo messages. The first CertifiedVideo senders include Country Music TV, DailyCandy.com, Fox Digital, iVillage (NBC Universal), LiveNation, The New York Times, Target, Thrillist and Turner Networks.
“CertifiedVideo merges the best of the Web with the email inbox, delivering breaking news and sports, exclusive movie premieres and product demonstrations directly to an audience of opt-in subscribers,” said Peter Horan, CEO of Goodmail. “Americans watched more than 14 billion online videos this past January alone. With CertifiedVideo, consumers can now watch videos within their email inbox without having to click to an external Web site, and brands can tap into shifting media consumption habits and craft truly interactive, email 3.0 marketing campaigns.”
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UK hate crime 'at record levels' after Brexit vote
Feb.16, London: Hates crimes in the UK reached record levels following a June vote to leave the European Union, according to new figures collated by a British news agency.
The number of reported hate crimes for the July to September quarter rose from 10,793 in 2015 to 14,295 for the same period last year, according to media reprots.
The report on Wednesday by the Press Association said 33 out of the UK's 44 police forces had witnessed record numbers of such crimes.
Authorities in three areas recorded more than 1,000 incidents during the period.
Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire police forces dealt with just over a 1,000 cases each, and London's Metropolitan police force recorded 3,356 cases.
According to the British government, it was working on ways to tackle hate crime and provide help to its victims.
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March brought the largest decline in retail sales in nearly three decades as the coronavirus altered consumer confidence and spending, but some ETFs, including the VanEck Vectors Retail (RTH), may be well-positioned for a new look retail industry.
RTH turns nine years old later this year and follows the MVIS US Listed Retail 25 Index, “which is intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in retail distribution, wholesalers, on-line, direct mail and TV retailers, multi-line retailers, specialty retailers, and food and other staples retailers,” according to VanEck.
While it’s often known as an ETF with one of the largest weights to Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) – 22.68% to be precise – RTH’s robust exposure to the staples retailers, such as Dow component Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Costco (NASDAQ: COST), is a plus in the COVID-19 environment.
“Some large retailers that are focused on e-commerce, groceries or other essential products have been experiencing unprecedented sales volumes as to the rush to stock up on household essentials continues,” said VanEck in a recent note. “In the two weeks ending March 22, 2020, U.S. grocery sales are up 83% from the same period last year.”
Ring up RTH
Staples are extending a run of being sturdy amid the COVID-19 outbreak as the public seeks refuge within their homes, amid a haven of Clorox bleach, Coca-cola, and toilet paper. These are goods that will continue to be necessary regardless of the landscape, and some states are even mandating that stores remain open to sell them.
“At a time when many other industries are seeing large-scale layoffs, these retailers are on a hiring spree to help address the rise in demand. Amazon has hired 80,000 workers over the course of a few weeks as part of its plan to add 100,000 to its workforce, while Walmart plans to expand its employee base by 10%,” according to VanEck.
The consumer staples segment has long been viewed as a high-quality and defensive play. The slow and steady nature of the consumer staples business has long been touted as a safe play for all periods since consumers will still need to buy the basic necessities.
RTH “offers exposure to companies involved in retail, including distribution, wholesalers, online retailers and retailers of food and other staples. Amazon, Costco, Walmart, and CVS are among its largest holdings. Year-to-date as of April 6, 2020, RTH was significantly outperforming the S&P 500, at -9.4% vs -17.2%, respectively,” notes the issuer.
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One the finest Lieder singers and one of the most prolific recording artists of his generation, the great German baritone, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, possessed a virtually flawless vocal technique, a remarkable ability to convey the right tonal colour and nuance of a musical phrase, as well as a wonderful command of rhythm.
This re-issue brings together three of Fischer-Dieskau’s most famous recordings, that of Schumann’s Liederkreis with the pianist Gerald Moore, a partnership which would produce a remarkable artistic and creative fusion over the next quarter century.
The 1952 recording of the song-cycle Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, conducted by Furtwängler, was made at a time when the music of Mahler was little known or heard outside German-speaking countries, a bold and inspired choice.
Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Song of a Wayfarer)
I. Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
II. Ging heut' morgen ubers Feld
III. Ich hab' ein gluhend Messer
IV. Die zwei blauen Augen
Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
I. Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n
II. Nun seh' ich wohl
III. Wenn dein Mutterlein
IV. Oft denk' ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
V. In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus
Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39
No. 1. In der Fremde (In Foreign Parts)
No. 2. Intermezzo
No. 3. Waldesgesprach (Colloquy in the Forest)
No. 4. Die Stille (Quietness)
No. 5. Mondnacht (Moonlit Night)
No. 6. Schone Fremde (Fair Foreign Land)
No. 7. Auf einer Burg (On a Fortress)
No. 8. In der Fremde (In Foreign Parts)
No. 9. Wehmut (Melancholy)
No. 10. Zwielicht (Twilight)
No. 11. Im Walde (In the Forest)
No. 12. Fruhlingsnacht (Spring Night)
“In Kindertotenlieder the young Fischer-Dieskau is a perfect foil for the aging Furtwängler. Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 39, an early collaboration with Gerald Moore, will melt the stoniest heart.”
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“Together [Fischer-Dieskau and Furtwangler] recorded what remains an unsurpassed version of the Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, the singer spontaneously overwhelmed by the meaning of the text, the conductor revealing more of the inner workings of the score than any of his successors and drawing a sensuous response from the young Philharmonia. The recording, amazingly, hardly shows its age and comes up on CD sounding natural, refined and as beautiful as the performance.”
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- In a mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients except water. Stir to combine. Taste and if needed add more hot sauce or salt and pepperwhatever you think it needs. Then thin to your desired consistency with water.
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- In a small mixing bowl, measure out all ingredients and whisk until you have a smooth sauce or combine in a food processor.
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- There are a few ways you can make this Yum Yum sauce, all of them very quick and very easy.
- The first way is to combine all of the ingredients, except for the water, in a mixing bowl and whisking it until everything is fully and evenly incorporated.
- The second method, especially if you have a thick, gelatinous mayonnaise, is to place all of the ingredients in a food processor. You can blend until all the ingredients until they are evenly incorporated, about 10-15 seconds.
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Sometimes called Japanese shrimp sauce, Benihana Yum Yum sauce, or hibachi shrimp sauce, this is the authentic yum yum sauce youve been looking for ever since enjoying it at your local Japanese steak house! This post was updated in 2021 to include a step by step video.
Ingredients 1 cup mayonnaise 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1 tablespoon melted butter 2 teaspoons sugar 1 tablespoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon onion powder 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon salt
What Youll Need
To make American-style hibachi sauce recipes, youll need a few simple ingredients that you should be able to pick up for the local grocery store. Its also best to have a small bowl and food processor handy. We have several, but I use this small one when I make the ginger sauce.
Heres a quick ingredient list:
- Soy sauce
- Avocado oil
- Hot sauce
Have an airtight container ready for storing your sauce until youre ready to eat. Use leftovers within a day or two.
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How To Use It
This sauce is extremely versatile and the flavors pair will a wide variety of foods. Its similar to whats known in the U.S. as Fry Sauce but with additional ingredients. You could consider it fry sauce on flavor steroids! Here are a few ways to use it:
- As a dipping sauce for shrimp
- Drizzled over fried rice and noodles
- With grilled chicken, meat and seafood
- Slathered on hamburger and hot dog buns
- With French fries and sweet potato fries
- As a dipping sauce for potstickers and wontons
- As a vegetable dip
- With sushi and rice balls
- In pasta salads
- On baked potatoes
How Do You Make This Sauce
As I said before this is a five minute recipe. Simply grab a bowl and whisk together the mayo, ketchup, rice vinegar, mirin, garlic powder, paprika and water. It takes a few minutes to whisk it all together and get it smooth. Just keep going because it will pull together. Now here is the important part cover and let it sit for a day or two. You can eat it right after you mix it however if you want the flavor to really pop than hold back.
This dipping sauce is absolutely scrumptious. It is perfect for dipping shrimp, pot stickers, chicken, and fried rice. Make a batch for your family today and they will be singing your praises.
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Never leave Yum Yum Sauce out for more than 2 hours. TIPS AND TRICKS FOR YUM YUM SAUCE. Allow this yum yum sauce to sit in the fridge for a while before you add more sugar or before using on your food because the flavors have to get to know each other first! Pour This on EVERYTHING! It makes an excellent dip for chips, veggies and breads.
Yum Yum Sauce The famous Japanese steakhouse sauce thats phenomenal for dipping, drizzling and enjoying with your grilled meats, seafood, vegetables, rice, noodles and more! Super easy to make and at least a hundred times better than store-bought!
If you love food, and most of us do, you will love our Fun and Easy Yum Yum Sauce Recipe! Feel free to tweak the recipe and then let us know what you did and how it came out so we can all give it a try! If you make the recipe as is let us know how you liked it!
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- Once the garlic bulbs are roasted, cut the tip for easy peeling. Squirt and squeeze into a container and continue doing the same process until each garlic clove is peeled. Start smashing like mashed potatoes, turning them into a smooth paste.
- Gradually add the room temperature whipped butter and combine them with a spatula by folding. This refers to continuously folding the ingredients gently toward the center of the bowl until they are evenly combined. When the color of the mixture is the same throughout, you have got the proper consistency.
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- Combine all ingredients in a food processor or blender. Pulse/puree until a chunky consistency is achieved. Store in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
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Benihana sauces for sale. I asked my local benihana for the recipe and they gave it to me. So of course avid fans like myself simply have to have it at home. Continuing with our benihana theme i have recreated the delicious dipping sauces found at benihana s and at most traditional teppanyaki restaurants.
At benihana we believe that pairing your meal with one of our signature dipping sauces can take it to the next level. Benihana makes this wonderful ginger sauce fresh daily like their other sauces. Jul 24 2012 i dip all veggies in this as well as chicken steak and shrimp.
We also know that quality ingredients are a big part of what makes our ginger dipping sauce one of our most craveable menu items. You can prepare this simple to make the mustard sauce at home. Benihana is a japanese style restaurant they serve a lovely several course dinner at a hibachi grill.
Both of these sauces are very easy to make and. The freshly peeled and mashed ginger is combined with chopped onion vinegar lemon juice lemon zest and soy sauce to create our popular ginger dipping sauce it pairs perfectly with any of our seafood dishes. The magic mustard is one of the two dipping sauces that are served at the restaurant.
11 people talking join in now join the conversation. The origin of the name of this chain of japanese steakhouses dates back to 1935. Benihana magic mustard sauce.
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Benihana makes this wonderful ginger sauce fresh daily, like their other sauces. Unfortunately, unlike the Benihana ginger salad dressing, this sauce is not available for sale at Benihana restaurant locations.
So, of course, avid fans like myself simply have to have it at home! Thankfully, its ridiculously easy to make and doesnt require any special ingredientsother than some fresh ginger.
Fresh ginger is a must have. I few inches of ginger root is all you will need or even a tube of ginger available in the produce section. I do not recommend substituting ground ginger!
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Questions You Might Have About How To Make Yum Yum Sauce
Mine doesnt taste right. What did I do wrong? You probably did nothing wrong! Every single Japanese Hibachi joint has its own recipe for their white sauce, seafood sauce or yum yum sauce depending on what they call it.
Yours is probably just a little different than mine. Play with the amounts of ingredients to get the right flavor.
Is yours more white?Cut back on the ketchup or tomato sauce.
Less spicy? Omit hot sauce or chili flakes.
Sweeter? Add a tiny bit more sugar.
Is yum yum sauce gluten free? I am not a gluten free expert, nor a trained professional, however to my knowledge, all of these ingredients are gluten free.
Does yum yum sauce have dairy? Yes. Butter is dairy unless you use clarified butter with milk solids removed.
Does yum yum sauce have raw eggs? The majority of yum yum sauce, including my recipe, has mayonnaise, which is made with raw egg. If you are cool with mayonnaise, youll be cool with yum yum sauce.
I want to make mine fancy, how do I do that? I would garnish with a few sesame seeds, either regular or black and serve your dipping sauce as a duo with either a good quality soy sauce or tonkatsu sauce.
Do I have to use smoked paprika? I prefer smoked paprika because of the subtle smoked flavor, but if you just have regular paprika, that is fine too.
Tips & Tricks For This Sauce:
- You might want to add a tiny bit more sugar according to your tastes. You be the boss in your kitchen!
- Use a whisk to combine the ingredients, youll be much more satisfied with how smooth the resulting sauce is.
- If you are concerned about this being too hot, first let me assure you, it isnt hot. The spices that you normally associate with heat are simply flavor in this recipe.
- Dont limit yourself to JUST Japanese food with this sauce, you can put it on EVERYTHING!
- Just so you know, this recipe is the same as Shrimp Sauce and Japanese White Sauce they just have different names depending on what restaurant you are in and who you are talking to.
PRO TIP: Allow this sauce to rest in the refrigerator for at least an hour and for 24 hours for the best flavor! The ingredients need to meld and get to know each other!
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What To Serve This With
Use your Benihana Yum Yum sauce as a dipping sauce for vegetables or any other type of finger food.
It also goes great with shrimp and can even replace the traditional shrimp cocktail sauce.
Sushi is also another great way to show off your new sauce. You can either use it instead of plain mayonnaise or you can add it on the side to use as a dipping sauce.
You can also easily create an amazing salad dressing using this Yum Yum sauce as a base or even as is!
As we have briefly mentioned, you can also use this recipe in many casseroles and stir-fries all you have to do is experiment a bit to find the right flavor combinations. Heres a simple guideline Asian flavors go great with this sauce.
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Yum Yum Sauce Ingredients
As I said, the yum yum sauce ingredients are sooo simple and are things that you probably already have in your kitchen. Heres what youll need:
- Mayonnaise this sauce uses mayo as a base, and if youre looking for a vegan version then check out my homemade vegan mayo recipe.
- Unsalted butter if vegan use sunflower butter or coconut oil.
- Tomato paste you can substitute with ketchup if you like.
- Sugar to add some sweetness to the sauce. You can substitute with maple syrup if desired.
- Garlic granules or garlic powder.
- Paprika, and cayenne powder if you like smokey flavors, then go for smoked paprika.
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Cafe Yumm! Café Yumm! is a fast casual restaurant chain with outlets in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Founded in 1997 in Eugene, Oregon, Café Yumm! outlets focus on fast, casual, cheap and healthy cuisine, and many menu items feature the companys original signature sauce.
Once you know how to make this special garlic butter sauce, adding it to Benihana fried rice will become one of your favorites. To try this, you need some bean sprouts, green onion, cooked rice, and some garlic butter. If you want the deluxe version, add some beef, shrimp, and egg. Yum!
This dipping sauce is a copycat recipe of Benihanas ginger dipping sauce that you love! It pairs so well with hibachi steak, chicken, shrimp, veggies, and rice.
Just like most of my spicy recipes, the heat can be toned down to suit your tastes. Most Japanese Steakhouses claim that this yummy sauce is for dipping the vegetables in, but I say it is delicious on chicken and steak, and rice, Pot Stickers, and noodles as well.
Each morning inside our Benihana restaurants, our teppanyaki chefs peel and grate fresh ginger and blend it with chopped onion, vinegar, lemon and soy sauce to create a distinct savory-citrus taste. It perfectly accentuates the flavor profiles of our seafood dishes like the Ocean Treasure, Hibachi Shrimp and sesame-crusted Hibachi Tuna entrées.
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How To Make Yum Yum Sauce
This popular sauce is a sweet one with a slight bit of tang. The main ingredients for yum yum sauce are standard but every Japanese chef uses different own ratios and some include their own special touches. We recently had the BEST hibachi sauce ever at our local Japanese steakhouse. I asked the chef and he revealed his secret addition: Mirin. It adds flavor and complexity and were including it in our recipe.
Mirin is Japanese sweet rice wine used for cooking. Its similar to sake but is sweeter and has a lower alcohol content. If you dont have access to mirin you can substitute a dry sherry or white wine mixed with 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Our yum yum sauce ingredients include mayonnaise, sugar, butter, paprika, ketchup, rice vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder and mirin. For a smokier version you can add a touch of smoked paprika. And if you like a little heat add some hot sauce or cayenne pepper. Go easy on the ketchup and the paprika as this sauce should be a very pale pink color .
As with most condiments you can buy this sauce in the store but let me tell you, NOTHING beats the flavor of homemade!
Lets get started!
Place all of the ingredients in a small bowl, stir to thoroughly combine, cover and chill for at least 2 hours before using. For best flavor results let it chill overnight to give the flavors more time to meld. Store in an airtight jar in the fridge and it will keep for up to a week.
Spicy Hibachi Chicken Benihana Copycat Recipe
This copycat Hibachi Chicken recipe is made of savory chicken bites with sautéed vegetables, served over fried rice and topped with yum yum sauce. My first taste of spicy hibachi chicken was at Benihana.
When I tasted it, it was an experience. Benihana is a Japanese restaurant specializing in teppanyaki, a Japanese cooking style that focuses on exhibition cooking.
I was with my friends that night, so we all sat around a communal table, where the chef prepared ingredients at high speed.
The chef then placed the vegetables, steak, seafood, and chicken on all our plates with precision.
This type of hibachi chicken was so delicious that I wanted to make it at home. What can I say? Benihanas Japanese hibachi chicken and fried rice with sautéed vegetables truly made an impression.
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Assortment: This is unquestionably an excellent base sauce, on the off chance that you need to add pretty much flavoring however, you would prefer to pull out all the stops. Add some cayenne, a sprinkle of vinegar, or other pepper. You choose.
Allow it to set: The more drawn out the Sauce sits before you use it, the better you can plan to make a day ahead. It gives time for the flavors to merge.
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Immune-related adverse events associated with programmed cell death protein-1 and programmed cell death ligand 1 inhibitors for non-small cell lung cancer: a PRISMA systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC Cancer volume 19, Article number: 558 (2019)
Programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors have remarkable clinical efficacy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, the breakdown of immune escape causes a variety of immune-related adverse events (irAEs). With the increasing use of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors alone or in combination with other therapies, awareness and management of irAEs have become more important. We aimed to assess the incidence and nature of irAEs associated with PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors for NSCLC.
Articles from the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched through December 2017. The incidence of overall and organ-specific irAEs was investigated in all clinical trials with nivolumab, pembrolizumab, atezolimumab, durvalumab, and avelumab as single agents for treatment of NSCLC. We calculated the pooled incidence using R software with package Meta.
Sixteen trials were included in the meta-analysis: 10 trials with PD-1 inhibitors (3734 patients) and 6 trials with PD-L1 inhibitors (2474 patients). The overall incidence of irAEs was 22% (95% confidence interval [CI], 17–28) for all grades and 4% (95% CI, 2–6) for high-grade irAEs. The frequency of irAEs varied based on drug type and organ, and patients treated with PD-1 inhibitors had an increased rate of any grade and high-grade irAEs compared with patients who received PD-L1 inhibitors. Organ-specific irAEs were most frequently observed in, in decreasing order, the endocrine system, skin, pulmonary tract, and gastrointestinal tract. The total number of patients whose death was attributed to irAEs was 14 (0.34%), and most (79%) of these patients died because of pneumonitis. The median time to the onset of irAEs after the initiation of treatment was 10 weeks (interquartile range, 6–19.5 weeks) and varied depending on the organ system involved.
The specificity of irAEs was closely associated with the mechanism of PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies involved in restarting anticancer immune attacks. Comprehensive understanding, timely detection, and effective management could improve the compliance of patients and guide the interruption of treatment.
Programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) is an important immunologic checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) that was discovered after cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4). In 2002, a study using cloned antibodies in a mouse model showed that local immunosuppression can be abolished by blocking the binding of PD-1 and programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) . This strategy established the basis for using PD-1/PD-L1 monoclonal antibodies to treat tumors. Since that time, the full leverage of the immune system’s potential has opened a new era of cancer treatment.
Inhibitors of PD-1 and PD-L1 act as ICIs by relaunching T cell-mediated tumor cell death programs (Fig. 1). These inhibitors have shown promising clinical efficacy in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), which remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality . PD-1 inhibitors pembrolizumab and nivolumab as well as the PD-L1 inhibitors atezolizumab, avelumab, and durvalumab have all been approved in succession by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating patients with metastatic NSCLC. Moreover, pembrolizumab was recently approved for first-line treatment of metastatic NSCLC (i.e., high PD-L1 expression, ≥50%; no epidermal growth factor receptor; or anaplastic lymphoma kinase mutation). In addition, pembrolizumab has been approved for adult and childhood cancer patients for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic solid tumors with the molecular features of high microsatellite instability or mismatch repair deficiency. The use of the same treatment for different diseases signifies a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of cancer and represents an important milestone in precision medicine.
Many clinical trials have been conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors used in combination with oncolytic virotherapy , anti-CTLA-4 antibodies [4, 5], targeted therapy , chemotherapy , or other means . The increase in combined applications has made it difficult to evaluate safety. For example, grade 3–4 treatment-related adverse events (trAEs) were reported in 37, 33, and 48% of patients in two cohorts of one study and in another study , respectively, involving treatment with nivolumab plus ipilimumab. It should be noted that these studies did not focus on irAEs, and it is not possible to distinguish which drug of a combination causes trAEs. Such safety assessment does not provide a unified reference for clinicians. Therefore, it is essential to conduct a meta-analysis and systematic review to evaluate the irAEs of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors alone in the treatment of NSCLC.
Inhibitors of PD-1 and PD-L1 interfere with normal mechanisms of immune tolerance while inhibiting tumor immune escape. The increase in immune activation caused by these inhibitors in normal tissues may be responsible for various types of significant irAEs, which include endocrine, skin, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, hepatic, renal, neurologic, cardiac, and hematologic autoimmune diseases. IrAEs can negatively influence a patient’s quality of life and interrupt oncology treatment; therefore, sufficient knowledge, on-time monitoring, and appropriate management of these events are important. Although two reports have reviewed the safety of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in the treatment of malignancies, the results were not entirely consistent [9, 10], and to our knowledge, no systematic reviews or meta-analyses of irAEs associated with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors for NSCLC using the Common Terminology Criteria as the outcome metric have been published in the literature. Thus, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the qualifying literature aiming to assess the incidence and nature of irAEs resulting from the use of anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 antibodies to treat NSCLC.
Developed using the stepwise approach to systematic reviews described by Kelley and Kelley , the protocol of our systematic review and meta-analysis has been registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) (No. CRD42016045886) and has been previously published .
Data sources and searches
A systematic literature search for relevant articles published in any language through December 2017 was conducted using EMBASE, MEDLINE via PubMed, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials. Two investigators (XYS and SYC) together determined the final search strategy. The detailed search strategy for PubMed was provided in Additional file 1: Table S1. Searches were repeated immediately before the final analysis to identify additional studies for inclusion, and manual searches were also conducted from references of related literature, both of which were done by XYS. Articles published as full texts were optimal to extract data related to irAEs in detail and to allow a quality assessment of the trials included in the meta-analysis. Therefore, unpublished studies were not searched or included. EndNote X7 software was used to store references.
Eligibility criteria and study selection
We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs), single-arm trials, and case reports that reported irAEs in patients with a diagnosis of NSCLC who were receiving anti-PD-1 antibodies (e.g., nivolumab or pembrolizumab) or anti-PD-L1 antibodies (e.g., atezolizumab or durvalumab). The included patients could have received previous oncologic therapy, but patients were excluded if they had received anti-PD-1 antibodies or anti-PD-L1 antibodies in combination with other treatments such as chemotherapy or other immunotherapies. XYS and SYC screened the titles and abstracts of the search output to assess whether the studies met the inclusion criteria, as defined by the protocol. Then, they independently read the full text of all potentially eligible studies for further discrimination. Discrepancies between the two authors regarding study inclusion were resolved via consensus with the assistance of the senior authors (HJL and XL).
Incidence assessment was based on the number of global and organ-specific irAEs (i.e., endocrine, gastrointestinal, hepatic, pulmonary, renal, and skin diseases). IrAE severity was recorded as grade 1–5 based on version 3 or 4 of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events of the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, MD, USA). Grades 3 through 5 were considered high-grade irAEs.
Two authors (XYS and SYC) independently extracted and recorded the data using Excel 2007. The data were recorded on a predesigned extraction list. Full texts were obtained through databases or by contacting the corresponding authors. Discrepancies regarding data records between the two authors were resolved via consensus with the assistance of a senior author (XL).
Clinical trials were used to assess the incidence of irAEs. Author(s), clinical trial information, study design, enrollment size, type and dose of monoclonal antibodies, version of the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, frequency of irAEs and organ-specific irAEs, and the median time to onset were captured for the systematic review and meta-analysis.
Case reports were used to describe the diversity of irAEs qualitatively. Patient characteristics, previous oncologic treatment, cancer outcome (i.e., oncologic response or progressive disease), the nature of each irAE, as well as irAE onset, treatment, and outcome were all recorded.
The Cochrane Collaboration “risk of bias” tool was used to assess the risk of bias and to evaluate the quality of RCTs that were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. Additionally, this tool was also used to determine selection bias, performance bias, detection bias, attrition bias, reporting bias, and other biases . The quality of non-RCTs was assessed by the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) . Two authors (XYS and TD) independently conducted this quality assessment, and agreement was reached via consensus with the assistance of a senior author (XL).
Data synthesis and analysis
The primary objective of this study was to determine the incidence of irAEs for each treatment group (i.e., anti-PD-1 group and anti-PD-L1 group). The effect size was a single proportion of incidence from each study because, some of the included studies were single-armed. Statistical heterogeneity and inconsistency between the selected studies were assessed using the Q statistic and I2 statistic, respectively. The I2 cutoffs used to determine inconsistency were very low (< 25%), low (25 to < 50%), moderate (50 to < 75%), and large (> 75%). For each analysis, the 95% confidence interval (CI) of the weighted average was calculated. If heterogeneity was not rejected by the Q-test, the original random-effects model was used because our analysis involved different populations and the random-effects model incorporates interstudy heterogeneity into the calculation [15, 16]. Before the analyses, rate consolidation was conducted using five methods (untransformed, log transformation, logit transformation, arcsine transformation, and Freeman–Tukey double arcsine transformation), and the method that yielded results closest to a normal distribution was selected. All analyses were conducted using the R package Meta and function Metaprop (R version 3.4.4 [2018-3-15]; R Foundation, Vienna, Austria), which is better able to achieve single-rate meta-analysis than the method described in the published protocol for the R package Meta. When the number of event counts was 0, the classic value of 0.5 was used instead. The incidences and their 95% CIs are presented as forest plots. Subgroup analyses according to the type (anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1) and brand of antibody drugs were performed to avoid heterogeneity. Small-study effects were assessed through a potentially more robust qualitative (Doi plot) and quantitative (LFK index) approach with MetaXL (MetaXL version 5.3; EpiGear International, Noosa, Queensland, Australia) . Influence analysis was conducted by deleting each study from the model once to observe how the omission influenced our overall findings.
Seven hundred ninety-nine articles were identified by searching the literature databases, and six additional articles were retrieved by manual searches. The titles and abstracts were then read for these 805 articles, and 643 articles were excluded because they were duplicate articles, included non-NSCLC tumors, or reported the use of the inhibitors in combination with other drugs or were review articles, basic research articles, or off topic. One hundred sixty-two articles were ultimately fully reviewed; of these, 43 studies were considered relevant for the present study (16 clinical trials and 27 case reports, Fig. 2). Per PRISMA guidelines, a reference list of all excluded studies, except for those that were duplicates, is provided with the reason(s) for exclusion before each reference according to Fig. 2 (Additional file 2).
The meta-analysis thus included 16 clinical trials in which patients were treated, based on the labeling of the products (e.g., nivolumab at 1 mg/kg, 3 mg/kg, or 10 mg/kg every 2 weeks; pembrolizumab at 2 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg every 3 weeks; durvalumab at 10 mg/kg every 2 weeks; atezolizumab at 1200 mg every 3 weeks; avelumab at 10 mg/kg every 3 weeks).
Incidence of irAEs: data from clinical trials
Sixteen clinical trials were included in the meta-analysis for the current study. Only six articles recorded the total and organ-specific irAEs. The remaining 10 articles described only organ-specific irAEs. Because several irAEs can occur in the same patient, the sum of the incidence of organ-specific irAEs does not represent the overall irAE incidence. Therefore, 2029 patients from six clinical trials (three trials concentrated on anti-PD-1 treatment, and three trials focused on anti-PD-L1 treatment) were included in the meta-analysis to assess the global incidence of irAEs [18,19,20,21,22,23]. In addition, 6208 patients from 16 clinical trials were included to assess the incidence of organ-specific irAEs (Table 1) [18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33].
Most (15/16) studies were not blind. Nine of the studies were randomized, of which eight were controlled, and seven of the studies were single-armed. Fourteen studies were multicentered. The median follow-up duration for all clinical trials was 13 months (interquartile range [IQR], 10–15 months). It is noteworthy that patients with a history of autoimmune disease met the exclusion criteria in all studies.
Global incidence of irAEs
The overall incidence of irAEs reported with anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 treatment was 22% (95% CI, 17–28; I2, 90%) for all grades and 4% (95% CI, 2–6; I2, 60%) for high grades (Fig. 3a and b). The incidence of all-grade irAEs varied depending on drug type, from 27% (95% CI, 18–35; I2, 88%) for patients treated with PD-1 to 17% (95% CI, 9–25; I2, 91%) for patients receiving PD-L1. This drug effect was analogously confirmed in high-grade irAEs, which showed incidences ranging from 7% (95% CI, 2–12; I2, 65%) for PD-1 to 3% (95% CI, 2–4; I2, 10%) for PD-L1 (Additional file 3: Figures S1 and S2). No trials investigated the incidence of any grade irAEs in patients treated with atezolizumab. Further, only two clinical trials each assessed the incidence of irAEs in patients treated with pembrolizumab [21, 22] or durvalumab [18, 19]; one trial each assessed the incidence of any grade irAEs in patients treated with nivolumab or avelumab , and one trial assessed the incidence of high-grade irAEs in patients treated with pembrolizumab . Therefore, these studies were not assessed in this meta-analysis (Additional file 3: Figures S3 and S4).
Incidence of organ-specific irAEs
Organ-specific irAEs were observed with the highest incidence in the endocrine system, skin, pulmonary tract, and gastrointestinal tract, which were affected in 7% (95% CI, 4–10), 5% (95% CI, 4–6), 4% (95% CI, 3–5), and 4% (95% CI, 2–5) of cases, respectively. Hepatic organs were affected in only 1% (95% CI, 1–2) of cases, and other events, such as nephrologic, neurologic, cardiologic, and hematologic diseases, were rare (< 1%).
Nearly all skin, endocrine, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and renal irAEs were low-grade. High-grade irAEs represented 1% of pulmonary events (95% CI, 1–2; Fig. 3c and Additional file 3: Figures S5 to S43).
Patients treated with PD-1 inhibitors tended to show a higher incidence of organ-specific irAEs compared with those treated with PD-L1 inhibitors, especially in the gastrointestinal tract [9% (95% CI, 4–14%) vs. 1% (95% CI, 0–1%)] and skin [10% (95% CI, 7–14%) vs. 1% (95% CI, 0–2%)], although the rates of high-grade irAEs were equivalent in the two groups (Fig. 3c; Additional file 3: Figures S14 to S19 and Figures S40 to S46).
Incidence of death related to irAEs
Thirteen clinical trials reported the incidence of death attributed to irAEs. In these studies, death occurred in 14 (0.34%) patients. Most deaths (79%) were related to pneumonitis.
Nature of irAEs: data from case reports and retrospective studies
Our research identified 35 patients from 27 case reports with at least one irAE [34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60]. Three of these patients presented with several irAEs. The general characteristics of the patients are shown in Additional file 4: Table S2. Thirty-two patients received anti-PD-1 treatment. Of these, 74% received nivolumab treatment. Just one patient received anti-PD-L1 treatment. Seventeen (54%) patients failed at least one course of chemotherapy before receiving anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 antibodies. The irAEs manifested within a median of 10 (IQR, 6–19.5) weeks. Ten patients continued to receive immunotherapy after irAE diagnosis. The patients received a median treatment of 6 (IQR, 2.25–11.25) cycles.
Nature of irAEs
The most common organ-specific irAEs described in the 27 case reports of 35 patients occurred in the endocrine system. Eleven (31%) cases were recorded and occurred, on average, within 8.5 weeks of anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 treatment (Additional file 4: Table S2 and Table S3).
Adrenal crisis and diabetes were rare, and one case study of diabetes reported that blood glucose levels were elevated when the blood samples were tested before treatment . The irAEs reported in 6 of 11 clinical trials resolved when treated by steroids and other symptomatic drugs. Two cases of diabetes were also controlled with insulin therapy. One report described life-threatening adrenal crisis following nivolumab treatment .
Pneumonitis was the most frequent pulmonary adverse effect and is of particular relevance to NSCLC. It was reported in up to 4% of all-grade irAEs and 1.5% of high-grade irAEs in clinical trials [18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33]. Pneumonitis tended to occur early, at a median time of 4.5 weeks (IQR, 2.75–6.25) in four patients described in three case reports, all of whom were treated with nivolumab (Additional file 4: Table S3) [37, 40, 42]. The median duration of immune treatment was 4.5 (IQR, 2.75–6.25) cycles, implying that immunotherapy did not stop immediately when pneumonitis occurred. Most of the initial symptoms were mild and presented as progressive dyspnea, dry cough, and fever. These symptoms were readily confused with lung cancer, which delayed the diagnosis. In addition to clinical symptoms, the noted characteristics included typical changes in ground glass opacity, reticular opacity, and consolidation distributed in the periphery on CT.
Cutaneous irAEs are mostly described as rash and pruritus. These are commonly reported in clinical trials, second only to endocrine irAEs, and tend to be mild. Of the three case reports of skin irAEs, two patients developed grade 3 skin adverse reactions: psoriasis occurred at week 6 in one patient, while bullous pemphigoid occurred at week 8 in the other patient (Additional file 4: Table S3). Suspension of immunotherapy was the principal treatment. The combination of topical or intravenous steroids with other therapies such as phototherapy also promoted disease relief.
Nephrologic irAEs were rare. Most (80.0%; 4/5) cases were diagnosed as acute interstitial nephritis by evidence of kidney biopsy. Immune therapy was withdrawn, and prednisone therapy was initiated from 60 mg/day and tapered over 1 month. The patients showed a prompt return to baseline kidney function .
Colitis was the most frequent gastrointestinal irAE in clinical trials. However, possibly because of mostly mild symptoms, we only retrieved one case report describing pancreatitis , which presented after two cycles of nivolumab with typical anorexia, vomiting, and back pain. There were no abnormalities on CT or magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography. Prednisone was administered up to 4 mg/kg/day, and amylase and lipase levels eventually returned to the normal range.
Neurologic irAEs reported in the literature included one case of cerebral vasculitis/encephalitis and two cases of myasthenia gravis [46, 51] (Additional file 4: Table S3). The case of cerebral vasculitis/encephalitis resolved through treatment with surgery and steroids. Although immune therapy was discontinued, and steroids, plasmapheresis, and other adapted treatments were combined, one patient with myasthenia gravis died, and one had persistent myasthenia gravis symptoms.
Moreover, we retrieved two case reports describing pericardial effusion [55, 60] and two case reports describing myocarditis [50, 52], one of which was fatal. The patient with myocarditis presented with acute right heart failure and may have died of lethal cardiac arrhythmia 1 day after hospitalization. At autopsy, a T cell-rich myocardial infiltrate was identified, but an infectious cause was not identified . In addition, authors in various studies reported one case each of agranulocytosis , warm-autoimmune hemolytic anemia , and immune thrombocytopenia . After administering methylprednisolone or dexamethasone and other symptomatic treatments, three cases of hematologic irAEs were resolved.
Most studies were open label, single-arm trials and therefore had a high risk of selection bias, performance bias, and detection bias. This problem is mostly unavoidable in clinical studies of oncology owing to ethical considerations. Several researchers used a blinded, independent, central review to assess tumor primary endpoints but not adverse events [18, 22, 26, 30]. All included RCTs had low risks of reporting bias, attrition bias, and other biases, and all non-RCTs had a high or medium quality according to NOS for quality assessment. Further details about the quality assessment are available in Additional file 5: Table S4 and Table S5. The LFK index values for quantitative assessment of the small-study effects were more than 1 in the analysis of incidence of both all-grade (LFK: 1.19) and severe-grade (LFK: 1.17) irAEs with anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1, which indicated that positive publication bias existed (Additional file 6: Figure S45).
The application of immunotherapy, especially PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, has provided unprecedented efficacy gains in NSCLC treatment. With the promotion of single and joint application, two existing problems are becoming increasingly evident: unpredictable efficacy and inevitable irAEs. To the best of our knowledge, our study is the first meta-analysis and systematic review of irAEs following treatment of NSCLC with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1. The most significant finding of the current study was that the incidence of any grade irAEs with anti-PD-1 treatment was higher than that with anti-PD-L1 treatment, and the trend was consistent with the incidence of high-grade irAEs. This finding was different from or even the opposite of the results of a previous systematic review that compared PD-1 inhibitors with PD-L1 inhibitors (any grade, 16% vs. 11%; high grade, 3% vs. 5%) . This may be explained by the increased number of included articles and the more explicit definition of irAEs.
Organ-specific irAEs occurred most frequently in the endocrine organs and skin, followed by the gastrointestinal tract and the pulmonary tract. Liver-related and kidney-related adverse reactions were rare. Adverse events affecting the heart, blood, and nerves have also been reported. The most frequent endocrine adverse effect was thyroid dysfunction, which included six cases of hypothyroidism, one case of hyperthyroidism, and one case of thyroiditis. This irAE is usually detected 3–4 weeks after drug intervention, with a trend of quick onset of hyperthyroidism and short lag time to the development of hypothyroidism . The exact pathophysiology of PD-1-associated thyroid dysfunction remains unclear. However, unlike the slow progression of typical Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, the rapid course of PD-1-associated thyroid dysfunction suggests inflammatory destruction and mechanisms similar to painless thyroiditis.
Symptoms such as fatigue, weight loss, cold intolerance, and palpitations are common in oncology patients and have a high possibility of being missed or misdiagnosed. Delays in diagnosis and management may lead to worsening symptoms and further complications. Therefore, specialists should be vigilant and rigorously monitor confusing clinical symptoms and changes in laboratory parameters to promptly identify and manage irAEs. For example, thyroid changes are common after treatment with PD-1 inhibitors and require active laboratory monitoring. TSH levels should thus be measured before initiating anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment and every 4–6 weeks during treatment because nivolumab is administered intravenously every 2 weeks and pembrolizumab is administered intravenously every 3 weeks . In addition, we recommend that Common Terminology Criteria self-reported by oncologists be used to supplement physician evaluation .
Tissue pneumonia should be scrutinized to distinguish between immune-related and non-immune-related disease. Asepticity of the bronchial and alveolar samples, CD8+ lymphocyte-based alveolitis, and the presence of lung immune-reactive processes are important references for the diagnosis of immune-mediated organizing pneumonitis . Fortunately, most irAEs are highly sensitive to corticosteroids, but recurrence due to premature tapering of steroids and possibly the long tissue half-life of nivolumab is common . One study on colon irAEs reported that steroid sensitivity can be predicted by the colonic mucosal concentration of tumor necrosis factor alpha . Additionally, Stroud et al. used the interleukin 6 receptor antagonist tocilizumab to effectively treat steroid-refractory irAEs. However, randomized trials are required to more rigorously clarify the relative efficacy and safety of these drugs.
It should be noted that case reports were included in this review to qualitatively complement the quantitative conclusions of the companion meta-analysis, and the ability to draw statistical conclusions from case studies is limited because only novel or rare irAEs tend to be reported in the literature. Despite this limitation, the current body of case studies does show that several serious irAEs have occurred in patients treated with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agents. However, immune-related deaths are rare (0.34%), which is consistent with a review of ICIs that reported that less than 1% of all patients had fatal events associated with ICI . Nonetheless, the incidence of death due to irAEs in patients with NSCLC was twice the incidence reported in a previous study of malignancy (0.17%) .
The leading cause of death in the studies we reviewed was pneumonitis, presumably because organ-specific irAEs are related to tumor type. However, systematic reviews of other tumor types will be required to verify this finding.
An increasing number of lung cancer patients receive first- or second-line immunotherapy; therefore, early identification and management of irAEs is critical. Several guidelines and reports on patient care have thus been released. The European Society for Medical Oncology Guidelines Committee has developed clinical practice guidelines for the use of five PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors alone, the use of ipilimumab alone, and the use of combined ipilimumab and nivolumab . Further, a consensus statement from the Melanoma Nursing Initiative on managing adverse events offers a positive, comprehensive nursing approach that gives clinicians resources to guide clinical care for patients who develop irAEs while receiving anti-PD-1/PD-L1 therapy . Additionally, the Clinical Committee of the Endocrine Society has approved the acute treatment guideline developed by Higham et al. for treating endocrine irAEs with checkpoint inhibitors. Finally, one report each has shared experiences in managing cutaneous irAEs and neurologic irAEs .
We did not examine differences in the incidence of irAEs at different treatment doses because most reported data only focus on trAEs, which do not exactly match the definition of irAEs. However, the only RCT that has evaluated the efficacy of pembrolizumab in patients with previously treated PD-L1-positive NSCLC and advanced NSCLC reported that adverse events of special interest based on immune etiology occurred in 69 of 339 patients (20%) in the 2 mg/kg group and 64 of 343 patients (19%) in the 10 mg/kg group . A meta-analysis of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 treatment for malignancy also reported that the development of irAEs was unrelated to the dose of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors . Another clinical trial compared the effect of different infusion times on the incidence of irAEs in patients with previously-treated advanced NSCLC and found that the overall frequency of organ-specific irAEs was higher in the 30-min infusion group than in the 60-min infusion group; however, most events were mild, and the frequency of high-grade irAEs was similarly low in both groups .
Our analysis showed that the incidence of irAEs is higher with PD-1 inhibitors than with PD-L1 inhibitors. PD-L1 inhibitors prevent PD-L1 from binding to PD-1, but they do not prevent programmed cell death ligand 2 (PD-L2) from binding to PD-1, which may allow potential immune-related toxicity attributed to PD-L2 blockade to be avoided .
Another meta-analysis compared the efficacy of PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors in treating NSCLC and concluded that the tumor response rate was higher in the anti-PD-1 group than in the anti-PD-L1 group . The mechanism of tumor response is that PD-1 inhibitors prevent the binding of protein PD-1 on the surface of activated T cells to PD-L1 and PD-L2 on the surface of tumor cells, thus restoring the function of T cells in the immune system. PD-1 and PD-L1 are distributed not only on T cells and tumor cells but also on various immune cells such as B cells and macrophages. Thus, toxicity to normal organs is difficult to avoid. In addition, recent research has shown that PD-L1-positive extracellular vesicles participate in systemic resistance to anti-tumor immunity when they are secreted by melanoma cells into the tumor microenvironment and circulation . This finding expanded a previously unrecognized PD-1/PD-L1 interaction mechanism and, to some extent, explained the correlation between high risk rate and high response rate. This association is a reminder that specialists should seek a balance between gains in efficacy and frequency/severity of adverse reactions.
Indeed, it should be noted that the role of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors and agonists in predicting response rates and improving efficacy also affects the incidence of irAEs. For example, the main factors affecting the pembrolizumab response rate fall into two categories: those associated with tumor neoepitope burden, such as high tumor mutational burden, and those related to T cell-inflamed tumor microenvironment, such as PD-L1 . A combination of these predictive factors thus helps to guide drug selection and to predict irAEs. It has been shown that the number of genetic mutations in patients , the presence of CMTM6 molecules , CD28/B7 status , and intestinal microbes may be associated with new antigens on the surface of cancer cells, PD-L1 half-life, T cell activity, and T cell recruitment, respectively. However, considering the high cost of tumor mutational burden genome analysis and the widespread application limits, novel markers that can be directly detected by blood tests are needed, and the threshold for these markers needs to be determined by standardized experiments. Furthermore, it may be necessary to discover new organ-specific indicators in order to predict individual differences in organ-specific irAEs. In summary, dynamic monitoring of the whole process of drug penetration based on clear indicators and a more thorough understanding of molecular mechanisms are needed to establish an irAE-prediction system.
CTLA-4 inhibitors are a class of ICIs that were discovered before PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors. The overall incidence of irAEs with these ICIs has been reported to be 72% for all-grade malignant tumors and 24% for high-grade malignant tumors . This incidence was significantly higher than that from treatment with PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors, reflecting the fact that these drugs have different mechanisms of initiating anticancer immune attacks. Anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA-4 treatments both induce the expansion of specific subsets of tumor-infiltrating exhausted-like T cells, and anti-CTLA-4 additionally engages ICOS+ Th1-like CD4 T cells . The fact that these treatments affect different T cell subsets explains why these therapies are more effective when combined than when used alone. Indeed, the histopathology of irAEs reflects these immunologic characteristics. For example, in PD-1 inhibitor-induced colitis, CD8+ T cells exist in the lamina propria and epithelium, whereas the same T cells exist in the lamina propria in CTLA-4 inhibitor-induced colitis . The FDA has approved the use of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors in combination with CTLA-4 antibodies for the treatment of NSCLC, which represents an opportunity and a challenge for specialists to more thoroughly understand the irAEs induced by the two ICIs in combination.
The irAEs reported after the deadline of the literature search tended to be high-grade and fatal and include hypophysitis , type I diabetes , and renal tubular acidosis . Renal tubular acidosis was reported for the first time as an irAE associated with nivolumab. There is a notable case report of a patient who experienced successive secondary adrenal insufficiency, thrombocytopenia, and colitis, which were attributed to durvalumab . In addition, it was recently shown that influenza vaccination in lung cancer patients can reduce the risk of complications but might increase the frequency of irAEs .
Our research had the following strengths. Firstly, our study is the first meta-analysis and systematic evaluation of irAEs after treatment of NSCLC with anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-L1 and reconciled previous contradictory results. Secondly, the use of the Common Terminology Criteria as an outcome metric for irAEs is clinically relevant and readily interpretable by practicing oncologists. Furthermore, the utilization of case reports in studies of this nature is relatively novel, and a comprehensive review of the treatment and prognosis status of irAEs compensated for the weakness related to publication bias to some extent. In addition, the integration of the Cochrane risk of bias tool allowed us to highlight that clinical studies of immunotherapy are often not randomized studies, but single-arm trials. Finally, the imputation of event counts of zero with 0.5 allowed trials that did not observe any adverse events to be included in the meta-analysis and contribute valuable data. These advantages increased the relevance and improved the quality of our results, and strengthened the validity of the conclusions.
On the other hand, several limitations should be noted. First of all, only 16 studies that specifically reported irAEs were included in this report, and the remaining 10 studies only reported trAEs or did not further clarify the incidence of any grade and high-grade irAEs. This low proportion may be due to the need for a clear definition of irAE and the corresponding difficulty in diagnosing irAEs. Indeed, certain adverse events, such as colitis, can occur because of a non-immune drug response. Therefore, there is an urgent need to publish a standardized method that specifies quantifiable criteria for irAEs and non-irAEs. The irAEs described in this study include those that were directly described in the included clinical trials as well as select adverse events and adverse events of special interest based on a prespecified list of terms from the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities . Secondly, this analysis was based on articles that were published and indexed in one of the databases or registries that were searched. It is certainly plausible that publication of trials with unfavorable adverse event profiles, which may be more common and more likely to have adverse consequences for patients, was never pursued by the industry sponsor. Thirdly, the included clinical studies described single-arm trials, which are justified by the humanistic approach to care required in oncology research. This limitation does not allow the use of odds ratios to assess the risk of adverse reactions. Moreover, three PD-L1 inhibitors were each approved for listing in the last 2 years; therefore, there are fewer published clinical trials that focus on these drugs. The incidence of irAEs for PD-L1 inhibitors thus needs to be further evaluated by future updated studies. Finally, given that this study involved an aggregate data meta-analysis, the potential for ecological fallacy existed.
Wider applications of an increasing number of new irAEs are being recognized. A thorough understanding of the pathogenesis and pathologic features of these adverse reactions can help to clarify the definition of irAEs and to establish a predictive system to reduce morbidity. At present, management guidelines for irAEs are gradually being established. Timely and effective treatment of irAEs is necessary to improve patient compliance and guide decision-making for interruption of immunotherapy. More in-depth clinical studies are required to identify biomarkers that are useful predictors of both treatment efficacy and adverse effects and thereby allow specialists to determine the optimal balance for effective oncology treatment.
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This study was supported by grants from National Key Research and Development Program of China (no. 2018YFC1705301), National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 81874470 and 81603627), Shanghai Rising-Star program (no. 16QA1403800), Development Fund for Shanghai Talents (no. 2017047), Young Talent Supporting Program of China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (no. QNRC2-B05), Hundred Talents Program of Shaanxi (no. SXBR9053), Shanghai Development Office of TCM [no. ZY (2018–2020)-FWTX-1008, ZY (2018–2020)-CCCX-2004-08, ZY (2018–2020)-FWTX-4010], the Shanghai Shen Kang Hospital Development Center Project (no. 16CR2035B) and Budget project of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (no. 18LK049). The funding body had no role in the design of the study and collection, analysis and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript.
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Table S1. Search strategy for PubMed. (DOCX 18 kb)
Reference list of all excluded studies. (DOCX 81 kb)
Figure S1. to Figure S2. Global irAEs (all grade and severe grade) associated with anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 drugs. Figure S3. to Figure S4. Global irAEs (all grade and severe grade) associated with pembrolizumab and durvalumab. Figure S5 to Figure S43. Organ-specific (i.e., skin, endocrine, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and renal diseases) irAEs (all grade and high grade) associated with anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1, anti-PD-1, nivolumab, pembrolizumab, anti-PD-L1, atezolizumab, and durvalumab at all dosages. Figure S44. Death related to irAEs. (DOCX 9781 kb)
Table S2. General characteristics of patients receiving anti-PD-1/anti-PD-L1 antibodies, as described in case reports (n = 35). Table S3. Organ-specific immune-related adverse events. (DOCX 32 kb)
Table S4. The Cochrane Collaboration’s tool for assessing risk of bias of RCTs. Table S5. Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) for quality assessment of non-RCTs. (DOCX 43 kb)
Figure S45. Qualitative and quantitative assessment of small-study effects on incidence of global irAEs with anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1. (DOCX 93 kb)
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The start of each school year brings many new faces into the hallways at Blue Earth Area schools.
This year the new faces in the hallway will include a new nurse and 11 new teachers.
The new teachers at Blue Earth Area schools are pictured above. Front row, from left to right; Beth Kollasch, Sarah Anderson, Sara Petrowiak, Carissa Weiss, Hannah Martel and Elizabeth Stallman. Back row, left to right; Kelly Prunty, Keli Enser, Colby Swanson, Bjorn Olson and Courtney Luniewski.
Keli Enser is one of the new teachers at BEA?Elementary School.
She will be joining the staff as the first grade teacher and has had some experience in the BEA?school system.
She was previously employed as the sixth-grade science teacher and was a long-term substitute at BEA.
Before that she was a substitute teacher in Albert Lea where she graduated from high school.
She was in the class of 2002 at Albert Lea and from there she received her associate degree from Riverland Community College and a bachelors degree from Crown College.
Enser and her husband, David, have four children: Gracie, 9; Ramsie, 6; Sophie, 5; and Edison, 4.
BEA will also have a new face in the second grade classroom this year Sarah Anderson.
Her parents, Jeff and Linda Anderson, live in Rochester and she has two sisters, Jennifer and Melissa.
Anderson graduated from Winona State University in 2013. She student taught the first grade class in Kasson.
Winnebago Elementary third grade class welcomes Hannah Martel as its new teacher.
She graduated from Chaska High School in 2009 and attended Bethel University. There she majored in K-6 elementary education with a minor in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). She graduated from Bethel in 2013.
Her job at the Winnebago Elementary will be her first year of teaching. Before that, she completed a residency teaching program part-time for a semester and full-time for a semester in a third grade classroom in Fridley.
Sara Petrowiak will also be teaching third grade at BEA this year. Her first year of teaching was at Martin County West in a sixth grade classroom.
She graduated from St. Cloud State University and student taught at Kimball Elementary in the fourth grade.
Her family lives in Fairmont and includes her parents, Brian and Susan Petrowiak and sisters Jessica and Megan Petrowiak.
A graduate of BEAHS is returning as a teacher this year. Bjorn Olson will be the new seventh-grade U.S. history teacher.
He graduated from BEA?in 2009 and went to college at Bethel University. He graduated from college in 2013 with a double major in history and social studies education.
His teaching experience includes his time as a student teacher at Anoka High School.
His parents, Stephen and Amalia Olson, and siblings Amy, Aeli and Signe Olson, live in Blue Earth.
Elizabeth Stallman will be teaching eighth grade English and seventh grade reading.
She is a graduate of BEAHS and received her bachelors degree from Minnesota State University-Mankato. She also spent six years in the United States Air Guard.
She spent her time as a student teacher at Fairmont High School.
Stallman is married to TJ?Stallman and they have an 18-month-old daughter, Parker.
The eighth-grade social studies teacher isn't a stranger to BEA schools. Colby Swanson taught three years in the high school and will be returning this year.
He and his wife Shannon and their nine-month-old daughter, Ella, will be returning to the Blue Earth area.
He has six years of teaching experience; three at BEAHS and three at Arcadia High School in Arcadia, Wis.
Swanson received his associate of arts at Bethany Lutheran College and then attended Concordia University in St. Paul for his bachelor of arts.
The new eighth-grade math teacher also has a little experience with the BEA school system.
Carissa Weiss will be the new face in the math classrooms and she spent the 2013 spring semester student teaching at BEAHS.
She graduated from Minnesota State University-Mankato in 2013.
She is engaged to Robert Maday who farms near Granada and she has a 17-month-old son, Owen.
Elisabeth Kollasch will be joining the staff this year as an Elementary Special Education teacher.
This will be her first year teaching after graduating from St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.
Winnebago Elementary will also welcome a new special education teacher this fall.
Courtney Luniewski received a bachelor of arts degree from Buena Vista University in elementary education with a special education endorsement.
She attended Minnesota State University-Mankato for her masters degree in emotional/behavior disorders.
She taught math and special education at the Adolescent Treatment Center of Winnebago.
She and her husband, Tim, have four children ages 13, 6, 4 and 17 months.
Kelly Prunty will be in the elementary and middle school special education department this fall. She started teaching in Blue Earth last January.
She grew up in Welcome and graduated from Martin County West in 2007.
Prunty attended St. Olaf College for her undergraduate degree and is currently working toward a masters degree in special education from St. Mary's University.
Ann Crofton will be joining the BEA staff as the licensed school nurse.
She received her bachelors degree at Gustavus Adolphus College and masters degree at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
She was a registered nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester for nine years before coming to work at BEA schools.
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No, Snippets aren't just for Wednesdays and Fridays here on TGN. I mean, sure, we had a snippets post earlier. But this post is about Snippets, a new word game that's currently up on Kickstarter.
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Reliable Broadcast Scheme for IEEE 802.15.5 Low-Rate WPAN Mesh Networks
Woongsoo NA Gunwoo LEE Hyungchul BAE Jungsuk YU Sungrae CHO
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personal area network, reliable broadcast, mesh network, timer, and acknowledgement,
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The IEEE has recently released IEEE 802.15.5 standard to provide multi-hop mesh functions for low-rate wireless personal area networks (WPANs). In this paper, we extensively describe a link-layer reliable broadcast protocol referred to as timer-based reliable broadcast (TRB) in the IEEE 802.15.5 standard. The TRB scheme exploits (1) bitmap based implicit ACK to effectively reduce the unnecessary error control messages and (2) randomized timer for ACK transmission to substantially reduce the possibility of contentions. Performance evaluation shows that the TRB scheme achieves 100% reliability compared with other schemes with expense of slightly increased energy consumption. | <urn:uuid:3dd4098b-8fd2-4ab5-90ec-8097b1f91be6> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | https://search.ieice.org/bin/summary.php?id=e95-b_9_2700&category=B&lang=E&year=2012&abst= | 2020-01-20T05:03:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250597230.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20200120023523-20200120051523-00288.warc.gz | en | 0.826718 | 315 |
I’ve never had a poke bowl or put that much thought into poke in general, until I read through my April 2016 issue of Bon Appétit and saw this gorgeous tuna poke bowl. I’ve baked watermelon before, I could sub that for the tuna. And I’ve made amaranth caviar before, I could sub that for the tobiko. And use vegan mayo. Everything else looked vegan, fresh and delicious, so I was suddenly very interested in poke, and seeing if everything would work together. And it did!
There are crunchy and jalepeno-kissed pickles, rich cubed avocado, crisp sliced scallions, plump seaweed, fluffy sushi rice, creamy+spicy mayo, and a delicate but flavorful ponzu dressing. All of these things work together to create a super fresh and colorful bowl that’s worth all of the prep work. Here’s BA‘s recipe, which I loosely followed, and you can find here.
But you are probably still wondering about the watermelon tuna! Baking bite-sized chunks of watermelon, then allowing them to cool and marinate in the rice vinegar creates something that looks just like tuna, feels just like tuna—doesn’t quite taste like tuna—but is still interesting enough to work here. The vinegar does two things: it helps neutralize the intense sweetness released when baking the watermelon, then continues to “cook” and deepen the color once cooled. The end result is an amazing texture that is worth the one-hour bake time. 🙂
The amaranth caviar adds a nice visual element too, and works really well with the rice and sambal-mayo here. As the weather warms up here in LA, I plan to make this often!
FOR THE WATERMELON TUNA
- 1 1/2 pound of bite-sized watermelon cubes
- 4 TB olive oil
- 4 TB rice vinegar
FOR THE AMARANTH CAVIAR
- 1/3 cup amaranth
- 2 cups beet juice
FOR THE SUSHI RICE
- 1 cup sushi rice, soaked for 30 minutes then rinsed well
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1 TB rice vinegar
- 1 TB sugar
- 1 tsp salt
FOR THE PICKLES
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup rice vinegar
- 1 TB sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 Persian cucumbers, sliced on a mandoline
- 1 jalepeno, sliced on a mandoline
FOR THE SEAWEED
- 2 TB hijiki seaweed
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 TB mirin
- 1 TB soy sauce
- 2 tsp sesame seeds
FOR THE PONZU DRESSING
- 1/2 grapefruit, juiced
- 1/2 lime, juiced
- 2 TB mirin
- 1 TB soy sauce
- pinch salt
FOR THE SAMBAL MAYO
- 1/3 cup vegan mayo
- 2 TB sambal, or more (or less) to taste
- 1–2 scallions, sliced
- 1 avocado, cubed
TO MAKE THE WATERMELON TUNA
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Drizzle the bottom of a large pyrex with 2 TB of the olive oil. Place the watermelon cubes into the pyrex a single layer, then drizzle the remaining 2 TB olive oil over the top.
- Place into the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, stir to coat and flip the watermelon, then drizzle with the rice vinegar. Stir again to coat, then place back into the oven for about 20 minutes more, checking it after 15 minutes to ensure that the edges do not brown.
- Let it cool in the pyrex, then scrape the watermelon and liquid into a container. Cover and place into the refrigerator. The olive oil and vinegar will continue to soften and “cook” the watermelon.
- Allow to marinate for 12-24 hours. Before serving, allow it to come to room temperature, drain and then serve.
TO MAKE THE AMARANTH CAVIAR
- Combine the amaranth and beet juice in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a low simmer, covering partially with a lid, for 22-24 minutes.
- Transfer everything into a container and place into the refrigerator to allow the color to penetrate overnight.
TO MAKE THE SUSHI RICE
Place the rice and water into a rice cooker. Once done, season with the rice vinegar, sugar and salt, then keep warm in the rice cooker until ready to serve.
TO MAKE THE PICKLES
Combine the water and vinegar together in a bowl. Whisk in the sugar and salt and stir to dissolve. Add the cucumber and jalepeno and stir gently to coat. Allow to marinate for about 30 minutes.
TO MAKE THE SEAWEED
Soak the hijiki in water for 30 minutes. Drain, then season with the mirin and soy sauce, and sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Set aside.
TO MAKE THE PONZU DRESSING
Combine the grapefruit and lime juice, soy sauce, mirin and salt. Set aside.
TO MAKE THE SAMBAL MAYO
Combine the vegan mayo and desired amount of sambal. Set aside.
Divide the rice between two bowls. Top with the pickles, dollop with the sambal-mayo, then the watermelon tuna, and drizzle with the ponzu. Then add the cubed avocado, seaweed, scallions and sesame seeds. Serve immediately.
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How Do I Get It?
The Xbox Live Arcade disc is included with the Xbox Live Starter Kit and in many Xbox games. For a limited time in North America, the Xbox Live Arcade disc will also include a free copy of the arcade classic Ms. Pac-Man.
What is Xbox Live Arcade?
Xbox Live® Arcade is a new service offered exclusively to Xbox Live members. It brings broad-appeal and classic games directly to your Xbox®!
How does it work?
If you're an Xbox Live member, simply put the Xbox Live Arcade disc into your Xbox console to access a menu of downloadable Xbox Live Arcade games. Try out game demos or download the full versions of games for a small fee (billed directly to your Xbox Live account).
Breakneck-paced single-player intergalactic warfare against swarms of insectoid aliens. Capture power-ups to boost your shields and upgrade your weapons over 119 levels of rocket-fueled action. Xbox Live aware for updated score boards.
Ever feel like the walls are closing in? Do something about it - grab bricks with your ship’s magnet, or just blast-on through in this space-based puzzle game. Single player, Xbox Live aware.
Classic pool game that’s sure to get you hooked. Get match fit with the Cueball Path option, then release the hustler in you with nine different game styles to challenge up to two opponents on Xbox Live.
Three mine-sweeping games in one offers over a trillion (that’s a thousand billion!) unique gem patterns. Pile the pressure on with round after round of tense single-player elimination matches. Xbox Live aware.
Not the kind of puzzle your granny’s used to. Pick the blocks up, throw them and eliminate up to three opponents on Xbox Live in this chaotic and truly unique multiplayer puzzle game.
Single player side-scrolling space warfare against fleets of enemy ships, with massive firepower and action to match. Weapon power ups and fresh graphics deliver classic arcade action. You’ll be blown away. Xbox Live aware.
The desktop classic comes of age with over 100 variants including Klondike, Spider, FreeCell and Pyramid. Compete for high scores on the online leader boards. Single player and Xbox Live aware.
Slug it out alone or with a mate to rid the world of mutants bent on the destruction of the human race. Surreal, high definition graphics and fast-paced gameplay over 89 stages and 8 difficulty levels. Xbox Live aware.
Super collapse II
Stop the colored blocks from floating up to the top of the screen by clicking groups of three or more of the same color. Sounds simple - until you try. Strangely compelling. Single player, Xbox Live aware.
On the Frenzy Coast, the rules are simple: eat anything that’s smaller than you, and swim clear of everything else. The more you eat, the bigger you get – it’s up to you to become the biggest fish in the sea.
This is no ordinary game of marbles. Roll your way to the top of the Leader Boards through cartoon landscapes - dodging the hazards and collecting treasure. Power-ups boost your speed, jumping ability and flight power. Game on.
Your planet system is being invaded by cyborgs – only you can save it. Explore different planets to fight enemy fire and eradicate robots before they reach your ship. Then turn the tables and use the aliens’ weapons against them.
Dino & Aliens
Help Dino defeat the fork-wielding Shorty, hard-hitting Bouncer and other extra-terrestrial nasties. With bouncing bombs and a turn-yourself-invisible magic hat at your disposal, there are no excuses. Energy flagging? Replenish your stocks by tucking into some fruit along the way.
Having escaped from the Alien Mind Control, you have to think your way to defeating the bad guys who want you back. Beat them and it’s then up to you to rescue your allies. Go single-player style, or get online and outwit real live brains.
Hop in the hamsterball and get rollin'! Guide your furry friend through a course filled with pipes, ramps, bridges, and all manner of obstacles. Don't roll off a ledge or you'll lose precious time. Challenge multiple players on a single console. Xbox Live aware for up-to-date scoreboards.
Fire your orb around the 3-D environments to hit the targets and pick up the most points. Grab power-ups, like Money Shot and Curse of the Goober, to boost your score or slow opponents. Compete against up to six players online or play against Botz. Xbox Live and voice enabled.
Hearken back to the golden age of arcade gaming with Ms. Pac-Man. It’s all here for you remember—from ghosts and power pellets to warp tunnels, bouncing fruit, and multiple mazes!
Itching to get your hands on yesterday’s hottest arcade hits? Well, look no further! Namco transports you back to the good old days, when arcade gaming was king, with Dig Dug, Galaga, and Pole Position. No tokens needed …
Feed the bookworm! Link letters to form words, the longer the better. Score big points by using difficult letters and linking colored tiles. Watch out for the burning tiles or your library will be reduced to ashes in no time!
Pipeline pits you against the clock in a race to build increasingly elaborate pipelines.Take advantage of a huge assortment of special objects including sprinklers, fire hydrants, locked grates, keys, and much more.
Mount thy noble ostrich and ride forth into battle in the classic arcade game Joust™. Defeat enemy knights and capture the resulting eggs before they hatch or you're in for an even bigger fight with stronger foes!
The classic arcade roleplaying game returns! Your party of four—a wizard, elf, valkyrie, and warrior—travels dark mazes, destroying evil beasts and claiming wondrous treasures. Collect food and potions to further your journey.
The machines have revolted against their human masters! Fight back wave after wave of invading androids. Can you withstand the robotic invasion and save Mommy, Daddy, and Mikey … before it's too late?
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Case Study: Capacitive Tactile Sensors In Robotics
The development of RoboTouch sensor technology began in a robotics lab in the early 1990’s with a dream to give robots the “Sense of Touch”. Today, after years of refinement of the sensor design and digital interfaces, RoboTouch sensors are ready to be integrated into every robotic gripper in the market today.
The RoboTouch patented capacitive tactile sensing technology is the highest performance embedded tactile sensing technology for giving industrial and consumer robotic grippers or Humanoid robots the “sense of touch”.
It is based on Digitacts sensor technology that features embedded digital output ideal for OEM integration into the gripper. The sensors comprise of multiple sensing pads, each typically with 12-24 sensing elements, which can be placed on any location of choosing in the gripper. Data from sensors are transferred to grippers via I²C or SPI digital interfaces, enabling you to easily integrate the sensors into your grippers.
After years of proven successes of working with many robotics gripper companies we encourage you to partner with PPS and benefit from...
The ability to give your robot the “sense of touch”
Providing your robot with the ability to manipulate delicate objects
Optimizing your grippers for low-power operation by minimizing grasping force
Collecting data using the most sensitive and repeatable tactile sensors for robotic applications
The great flexibility of PPS customized sensor design patterns which can be molded to fit almost any gripper shape while keeping data quality intact.
Working with “The Company to go to” for embedding tactile sensors
into robotic grippers.
NEXT STEPS TO EMBED PPS SENSORS INTO YOUR PRODUCTS
It will be our pleasure to partner with it to embed our tactile sensor technology into your products through development and licensing/manufacturing services.
We will integrate our sensor solutions into your prototypes.
We will also consult on sensor design, integration, and testing.
Manufacture and supply logistics of prototypes per customer requirements.
PPS can either license its OEM solutions directly to you.
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Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce, Inc
The Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce, Inc. is a local organization of businesses whose goal is to support and encourage the economic and business development of the area. It is comprised of businesses of all sizes and provides networking and learning opportunities for the business community in and around Nebraska City.
Nebraska City Tourism & Commerce, Inc.
806 1st Ave
Nebraska City, Nebraska 68410
Phone: (402) 873-6654
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Every spring, as part of her job as a math professor at the local community college, my mom goes to a math education conference and brings home all sorts of interesting books, games, and ideas. One of these was a set of playing cards containing the integers from -12 to 12 (two sets of -12 to 0 and two sets of 0 to 12), from Eureka Math. I can only find the cards sold in packs of 12, which isn’t very useful for a single family in terms of either quantity or price, but if you have an interested support group or co-op I’d definitely recommend them.
So far we’ve come up with two different games to play (neither of which is the game for which instructions are provided with the cards, though that also looks fun). First, we’ve been playing addition war, where whoever’s sum is closest to zero wins the round. Limerick picked up the concept of negative numbers really quickly – I introduced them with a number line while we were waiting for Rondel’s speech therapy, and he understood them and was picking up speed in figuring out the sums in our game of war by the end of the 45-minute session. Rondel is more visual and tactile than Limerick, and was struggling with the concept and calculations when they were presented that abstractly, so we made a large helpful number line that has really helped.
Unlike a traditional number line that runs horizontally, this one extends vertically, with negative numbers at the bottom and positive numbers at the top. So positive numbers are like steps up a mountain, while negative numbers are steps down into a hole underground. When we make the sums during war, Rondel knows that he can start with either number and count the number of steps either up (for a positive number) or down (for a negative number) to calculate the result. After a week or so of playing with this board every day, he’s now grasped the concept well enough to be able to figure out most of the sums completely in his head, just like Limerick.
The board also gave us an opportunity to develop another game using the Eureka Math integer cards, this one cooperative instead of competitive. Each of us starts out with one playing piece (a small animal counter, usually) on the zero tick in the center of the board. Taking turns, we draw one card at a time from the pile and move that number of steps from our current position. Every time someone goes off the board (28 or -28 – my tick marks are centimeters on standard printer paper) or lands exactly on 0, everyone gets a chocolate chip 🙂 The board is large enough that the amount of chocolate earned is fairly small, but small enough to keep everyone from getting frustrated. I usually end this game (to loud protests) when we’ve gone through the entire deck three times… more than that could lead to excessive amounts of chocolate and the concomitant hyper silliness 🙂
From what my mom says, negative numbers were apparently one of the more difficult mathematical concepts for me to grasp (along with distance-rate-time problems), though I don’t remember learning (or struggling with) them. So I’m glad that these two fairly simple tools have made them intuitive and fun for my kids. | <urn:uuid:ff1368b1-b14e-4f40-bb37-79a3f5f3acd2> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://littlethoughts.blog/2019/05/07/what-were-learning-wednesday-episode-9/ | 2021-01-20T07:53:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703519923.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20210120054203-20210120084203-00131.warc.gz | en | 0.968818 | 685 |
There are many different ways to volunteer at The Viscardi Center as an individual or a group. These include:
• Clerical/general office assistance
• Conducting mock job interviews
• Assisting at an event
• Acting as a guest speaker
• Organizing a fund raiser
Tutors for Business Math and English are needed for our adolescent and adult programs. Tutoring can be a great community service project for high school and college students, Boy and Girl Scouts, Honor Society Students, school/summer break, etc. For more information, contact Lauren Wenzel at firstname.lastname@example.org or 516.465.1503.
To apply as a volunteer for the Henry Viscardi School at The Viscardi Center, please download a volunteer application or pick one up at the main school entrance.
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Great tour, guide was awesome and despite the rain we all had a good time!
Great tour and great guide. I picked the Monday am tour which meant the museums were busy as theyre closed on sundays, so if you have flexibility then choose any of the other times.
Only downside was didnt get to see the famous 'spiral staircase' which was a shame, I didnt ask the guide to show us as i thought it would be part of the route, so if you want to see it make sure you ask.
Definately recommend the tour, you find out lots from the guide as well as skip the LONG queues :)
Excellent tour, very informative with a great guide. Thouroughly recommended.
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Ben LawskyRejects Conflict
Ever since Benjamin Lawsky, former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), and the man behind the BitLicense, departed from his job and founded a virtual currency compliance consultancy firm, he has faced accusations of creating a conflict of interest.
Soon after departing from the NYDFS, Benjamin registered the Lawsky Group in Delaware on June 17, 2015, his firm located at 27 East 62nd Street in Manhattan. Lawsky’s new business quickly attracted criticism from the Bitcoin community. Bitcoin.com published a piece on the issue, which stated:
“With this new consulting firm, the possibility of a cronyist and elitist Bitcoin economy in New York is much more likely to come to fruition. Essentially, Lawsky is providing the top firms with a direct link to the NYDFS. With his political connections and intimate knowledge of BitLicense, Lawsky is equipped to open the floodgates for companies that wish to use the law against competitors. In public choice theory, this phenomenon is known as regulatory capture, where private firms use their resources to influence the government in their favor.”
After facing accusations from the Bitcoin community, as well as companies that have already experienced BitLicense-related issues, Lawsky seems to have acknowledged that his integrity is being questioned. In a recent program, he denied any such issues, and said that the accusations from the Bitcoin community are wrong.
Has Lawsky Misused his NYDFS Position to Help His Firm?
There is no doubt about the fact Lawsky started a virtual currency regulation consultancy firm soon after working as the architect of the first comprehensive body of Bitcoin regulation. Though the accusations are not new, they came to mainstream media for the first time when Marc Hochstein, editor-in-chief of the American Banker, asked Lawsky about the possible conflict of interest in his issuing regulations governing Bitcoin on June 3, 2015.
Ben Lawsky zealously followed and supported Bitcoin regulation in New York, even when the Bitcoin community spoke out in opposition. Furthermore, since his new firm provides consultancy on virtual currency in regulations in New York, the natural question is: did Lawsky use his position in the NYDFS to set himself up for private sector success? Hochstein probed Lawsky for a reaction to the allegations that he built himself a revolving door.
Responding to Hochstein, Lawsky said that he would not allowed to do any work before the department for two years, including behind-the-scenes work. According to Lawsky, he has been banned for life from working on any matter he worked on at the department — including BitLicense.
Accusation Still Holds Ground
Although Lawsky will apparently be unable to provide legal consultancy on BitLicense — based on his comments to Hochstein — he can still provide services to clients getting into New York’s digital currency economy. Thus, there will still be ambiguity regarding conflict of interest when Lawsky’s firm offers services in the same area that he built regulation for just a few months ago on behalf of the government.
What do you think about Lawsky’s decision to open a private consulting firm for New York’s digital currency businesses? Let us know in the comments below!
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Dr. Sunny Onuigbo is a traveling board-certified internal medicine doctor based in Alpharetta, Georgia. Dr. Onuigbo assists facilities throughout the country who need more providers on staff for short term coverage. The opportunity to serve such a diverse patient base has allowed him to build his knowledge, enabled him to help put people back on the path to healing and health, and opened the way for him to share his passion with others.
Dr. Onuigbo grew up in Nigeria and found his calling to be a physician at a young age following the death of his own mother. He attended the University of Nigeria, with an initial interest in veterinary medicine. His family got the opportunity to move to the United States in 1997 before he was able to complete that degree.
Once here, Dr. Onuigbo continued his education, first receiving a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts then moving on to his M.D. in 2013.
In his free time, Dr. Onuigbo spends time at home with his children. They also enjoy international travel whenever they can.
Why did you choose to become a doctor?
I grew up in Nigeria. Access to health care is not widely available. My mother passed when I was a year old while in labor with my twin siblings. I saw my friends with their mothers, and I felt a sense of loss. I never had the privilege of feeling the love of a mother.
As I got older, I began asking what had happened and learned that she most likely had passed from hemorrhage due to preeclampsia. In other words, had the access been there, a cesarean could have saved her life and the lives of my siblings. I felt an overwhelming need to help others so they wouldn’t have to experience what I did. I knew from a young age that I wanted to be a doctor.
What area do you specialize in?
I am a board-certified internal medicine doctor, which is a more general physician. We look at the whole patient, not specifically at one particular issue. We diagnose and create a plan of care. If it’s necessary, we will refer patients to a specialist.
Specifically, I am a traveling physician, meaning I frequently travel throughout the country to different hospitals and assist for a short time as I am needed. I really enjoy getting to help so many people while learning about illnesses I wouldn’t typically learn if I were rooted in one hospital.
Why did you choose this specialty?
I feel like I am gaining more knowledge by being a traveling doctor. When you are employed by a specific facility, you are bound by their respective rules and treatment plans. I get to see how different hospitals approach different routines and I can use that in my own clinical assessments.
I had initially planned to specialize in OB/GYN, but I found it wasn’t my calling. During my residency program, I spent time in that field and found it too emotional for me. I would be distracted, thinking about my own mother and how her death could possibly have been avoided. The last thing you need is a distracted doctor, so I changed my focus to internal medicine. I feel like that was the best choice for me.
What is your daily routine?
I don’t have a typical workday, which I thoroughly enjoy. Before I leave home, I get my itinerary together, including what facility and what area I will be working. When I arrive, I rent a car and head to work.
I primarily work as an admissions physician. That means I get direct patient contact while getting their history, checking for allergies, and the general information on what has brought them to the hospital. I then initiate their plan of care. I help determine where they need to be admitted and what needs to be done.
Other times, I am a rounding physician. This is when a patient has already been admitted, and I am following up on their continuity of care. Generally, this is done in twelve-hour shifts.
What do you love about your job?
The reward for me is the positive impact I have on, not just the patient, but their family as well. I have received letters from families thanking me for helping their loved ones. I’m usually at a facility for several days, and I will follow up with patients to be sure the plan of care is helping them. It’s just such a joy for me to see them doing better and know that I had a hand in that. When I first started as a traveling doctor in 2015, I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to follow up with patients and I am so happy when I can.
What would you consider to be the greatest accomplishment in your career?
Really, for me, just becoming a doctor is my greatest professional accomplishment. I came to the states before I was able to finish my schooling in Nigeria, so in some respects, it was like having to start all over. When I’d completed all of my education, I was just so thankful to have that opportunity.
Personally, I feel my greatest accomplishment is having my family. My children are my world, and I so enjoy spending time with them.
Tell our readers about some of your volunteer activities.
I have done several medical missions, mostly in Nigeria. When these are organized, it’s a group of doctors traveling for a specific reason. We are there for a set amount of time to provide medical services otherwise not available. We provide access to medications or treatments that cannot be obtained in any other way.
I also tend to help people I know personally when I am home. I am known to be a doctor, so a lot of times people will reach out while I am visiting on a mission and I will help them as well. Usually, this is for general health care issues.
What do you do in order to mentally separate yourself from your job?
Since I travel so much, my idea of winding down is a bit different than my colleagues. I fly to Atlanta and spend some time with my family. I use this time to catch up with my children’s daily lives and to unwind from my recent trip. I also enjoy reading and keeping up with world news. | <urn:uuid:8feb4380-26a7-45f1-a8a7-83dc53768523> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://interview.net/dr-sunny-onuigbo/ | 2019-04-18T13:04:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578517639.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20190418121317-20190418143317-00196.warc.gz | en | 0.983974 | 1,297 |
The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved a $1.5 million payment plus some accrued interest to a veteran police detective who sued the city, alleging he was denied career advancements for refusing to sign a statement that contained false information.
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury in March found in favor of Detective Jamie McBride in his lawsuit stemming from incidents that began in 2011, when officers from the LAPD and several other agencies arrested 57 people in a roundup targeting a street gang.
One of those arrested was Ruben Marquez, who worked as a confidential informant for McBride from 2007-10, according to McBride’s lawyer, Gregory W. Smith.
McBride later spoke with Assistant U.S. Attorney Ariel Neuman and told him what he knew about Marquez and what the informant had done for the plaintiff, Smith told the jury. Smith said his client was later sent a declaration to review by Neuman, but that the detective refused to sign the document because it contained five errors.
McBride, who joined the force in 1990, claims he was removed from the field of duty in 2012 and sent to a Board of Rights hearing the following year because the LAPD was unhappy he had refused to sign the document.
Although McBride was cleared of five of the seven charges filed against him at the BOR hearing in 2014, Jorge Villegas, an LAPD bureau chief, prohibited McBride from working as a night watch detective supervisor and from having any supervisory roles, according to Smith.
Former LAPD Officer Rodney Rodriguez stated in a sworn declaration that he overheard Villegas say to someone in a cell phone call that McBride had embarrassed the department by refusing to sign the declaration and that the entire case could have been jeopardized.
“We’re going to have to deal with him,” Villegas said, according to Rodriguez’s declaration.
Deputy City Attorney Dennis Kong told jurors McBride was treated the same way any other LAPD officer would be under the same circumstances and that there was no retaliation by the department.
According to his lawsuit, McBride said he was unable to advance in his career because of the continuing restrictions, so he ran for director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League and was elected in January 2015.
–City News Service
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This is one of a series of posts on The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5.
In The End of Jobs, Taylor Pearson says that even highly trained and credentialed workers are finding that it’s harder and harder to find quality jobs after graduation. “The glut of lawyers in the U.S. may be the most obvious example, but even in the traditional STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), which were long considered lock-ins for employment, people with related degrees are struggling harder to find jobs than they were a decade ago.”
One reason for the dearth of opportunities, he argues, is that we’re training workers to do the wrong things and to do things the wrong way. He presents a framework for thinking about complexity in work called The Cynefin framework (pronounced Kih-neh-vihn), which was developed by Dave Snowden after studying the management structure at IBM.
The Cynefin framework organizes work and management into four domains: simple, complicated, complex, and chaotic. Simple work requires less thinking and less oversight; complex work requires higher reasoning, and by definition, higher training levels and credentials.
Pearson says that historically, almost all work has fallen on a straight line continuum form simple to complex, and we’ve trained workers to function in those domains. “But in recent years that’s no longer the case,” he writes. “What this categorization ignores are the complex and chaotic domains.”
Here’s how Pearson defines the four types of work:
- The Simple domain is the one where the relationship between cause and effect is obvious; anyone can apply a best practice to solve a simple problem. It’s something that can be easily documented, like the instructions for putting together an Ikea table or a set of Legos.
- The Complicated domain is where the relationship between cause and effect requires analysis and investigation. Operating in a complicated domain requires investigation and/ or the application of expert knowledge. It’s something that requires thinking and consideration, but getting it done can be handled by utilizing existing expertise. This is the domain you are equipped to deal with coming out of school.
- Complex is where the relationships between cause and effect are only clear in retrospect. It’s an emergent practice. This is the field that entrepreneurs frequently find themselves in. It’s not clear what to do next, because you exhausted the expertise you gained through education. The problem is solved, instead, by testing new solutions and seeing the reaction.
- Chaotic is the domain where there is no relationship between cause and effect. We must act in spite of the disorder, to develop ways to survive. In his book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, venture capitalist and former CEO Ben Horowitz recounts taking his company public during the 2001 crash. In the midst of layoffs and sales falling off a cliff as the tech bubble crashed, he had to convince investors they should put more money into the company. There’s no guide book for that, no college course.
When the Industrial Revolution occurred in the 19th century, factories need workers who had the skills to perform simple work well. Pearson writes, “Horace Mann, often credited as the father of the modern education system, started a school 150 years ago, called the Common School. The purpose of the Common School was to teach students how to follow directions effectively so they would be prepared for factory work.”
That’s why we’re trained to follow instructions, wait for direction, look for a single right answer, pick from several pre-written answers, trust expert opinions, learn and base your actions on history, and even watch the clock and respond to the bells signaling lunch and quitting time. We’re trained to be effective factory workers even today, when factory jobs are disappearing rapidly.
The skills we’ve acquired through education and credentialing are not the skills we need to continually adapt to changing conditions, respond to rapid innovation and continuous feedback from the market, or build a better app.
Steve Jobs’ mantra at Apple was “Think different.” Most of us graduate from school afraid to think different. In fact, different is scary and threatening, and it gets scarier as we age into our careers. In future posts, you’ll learn how to cope better with chaos. | <urn:uuid:d06e0b5d-cd13-4339-8e7d-f6f939385a10> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | https://atworkjax.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/work-is-hard-and-working-harder-is-not-the-answer/ | 2017-04-26T19:24:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917121644.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031201-00540-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959848 | 920 |
Do you know that no two masses of land are alike on Earth? That there is a desert which remains
frozen throughout the year? From snow-capped mountains to forested valleys, our Earth is the
most geographically varied planet ever to be discovered!
Around the World in 11 Days will take you on a speed ride where you will discover the deepest
oceans, row along dangerous rivers, come face-to-face with wildlife in dense forests, and experience
the awesome spectacle of volcanoes.
By the end of the book, you will not only feel an immense
love for this beautiful planet but also know it as if it was your own backyard!
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Cosi Belloso’s dedication to working with amputees started during her formative years working as a newly-graduated PT under the mentorship of Curtis Clark at Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH). Within the setting of JMH’s world-class facilities, she became familiar with the special challenges facing people with limb loss/ deficiencies, from Symmes patients to bilateral above knee amputees. She found her passion in helping these individuals from the immediate pre and post-op care period all the way to full independence with their prosthetics legs.
As time went on, she wanted to be able to reach the amputee community even more, creating a platform to have a voice and bring awareness, knowledge and care with “Cosi Talks!” which is a live feed show that happens every Wednesday evening at 8:30pm EST on Facebook.
This a chance for you, your family, and even your clinicians to ask questions regarding recovery from amputation. Whether you’re fresh out of surgery or a veteran amputee, there is always something new to be learned and this is the place to get your answers! Feel free to explore this website for the schedule of topics that will be discussed and I hope to see you next Wednesday evening! | <urn:uuid:ea1b126e-7ecc-4004-a976-f74e2d64ce2b> | CC-MAIN-2021-21 | https://www.amputee-coalition.org/calendar-event/cosi-talks/2021-06-16/ | 2021-05-14T16:57:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-21/segments/1620243991428.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20210514152803-20210514182803-00416.warc.gz | en | 0.949293 | 348 |
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At Vita Dental in Katy, patients come in and are looking for different dental caring tips on how to improve their smile and healthier teeth. It is important to us that patients have adequate knowledge about the different types of best dental care options that are available through us and also steps that you can take on your own to help you get the results that you want.
1. Teeth Whitening- As you get older, teeth can become discolored through drinking beverages such as soda, coffee or tea and smoking. The most popular cosmetic dentistry method to make your teeth white are through in office and at home bleaching. A dentist can create a mouthpiece tray to make sure the proper amount of whitening solution gets into your teeth. If you are going to do this method at home, the process can take at least two to four weeks. If you are doing this process with a doctor then it can take a few one to two hour sessions to make sure it is a smooth process. It is also important to practice good hygiene such as brushing your teeth and flossing because teeth whitening is not a substitute and if good hygiene is not practiced then the teeth can become stained again.
2. Crowns- Crowns help to cover a tooth and restore it to its normal appearance. Some of the functions are to cover a discolored tooth, protect a weak tooth, restore a broken or worn tooth, cover a tooth with a large filling, hold a dental bridge in place and cover a dental implant.
3. Bonding- Bonding is a process that helps your teeth get a natural look. Bonding is a process where a dentist takes materials such as porcelain and resin and fuses it together with your enamel and dentin to create that natural look. The dentist can do this in one office visit
4. Veneers- Veneers are thin shells typically made of porcelain (sometimes plastic), cover the front sides of the teeth to change their color and/or shape. They can improve teeth that have spaces between them, have become chipped or worn, are permanently stained, are poorly shaped and are slightly crooked.
5. Emanel Contouring- This process involves removing enamel from your teeth to improve your appearance. This helps to correct crooked teeth, chipped or irregular teeth and minor bites.
Besides these different dental care options, there are other options that do not require going to a dentist that you can do at home such as eating more fruits and vegetables. Fruits and Vegetables have natural antioxidants that help fight bacteria and inflammation. Specific fruits and vegetables in particular such as apples, carrots and celery clean plaque from teeth and prevent bad breath from occurring. Also you should quit smoking and or chewing tobacco since those are the highest causes of gum disease, cavities, tooth discoloration and oral cancer. Excessive drinking of alcohol can also cause gum recession especially if you combine that with smoking.
The most basic thing that you can do to help maintain a good smile is to constantly brushing and flossing your teeth. You should brush your teeth at least twice a day and floss at least once a day to help get rid of any food lodged between your teeth. It also helps to get rid of plaque and bacteria and bad breath. Also it is important to make regular dentist appointments so that way you can get your teeth cleaned and also be on the lookout for any infections or diseases. It is important to get regular dental visits at least twice a week. Please contact us at Vita Dental for more information and to book your appointment today.
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How do you tell your child "I love you?" Do you borrow someone else's flowery, poetic language day by day? Or is it through the ordinary but special things you do with your child on a regular basis? There is an abundance of books based on the former, a parent's tender love song to his or her child that has been illustrated and published. Some, a very few, are even nicely done. Others make Betsy and me gag (but we won't mention specifics except in private conversation).
Three good examples of Story built around this theme (and which are subtle as opposed to sentimental) come to mind: Where the Wild Things Are, Runaway Bunny and Moon Sandwich Mom. Promising the child that "I'll always be here, always feed you, always love you," these mothers SHOW rather than TELL their love. In Wild Things, the unseen mother is understandably exasperated with her son's behavior and sends him to his room without supper, but when he returns from his adventure, his supper is waiting for him "and it was still hot." You might notice that there's even dessert--what a loving mama!
I like Moon Sandwich Mom because each mother has her own strength and weakness and is loved by her children, but none can substitute for Rafferty's mom. And even though he leaves because she is too busy being creative to play with him, he misses their own unique fun relationship; when he returns, she helps him be creative, too. Rafferty's friends' mothers (how's that for apostrophe and plural use?!) also enjoy their children and their children are happy, so there is no implication that one is better than another.
Runaway Bunny is a classic for good reason. Toddlers and preschoolers are constantly testing boundaries, making sure the rules are the same as they were five minutes ago! Runaway Bunny is full of that gentle reassurance that Mom is there, always loving. And yes, at the end, they enjoy carrots together, so it's both nurturing and nourishing.
The important thread in these three books (and in others) is the relationship between three very different children and their mothers. Are you the perfect parent for your children? Not perfect, but chosen by God to enjoy a relationship with them! | <urn:uuid:78764ca7-9883-4c2e-ad75-4262514a5641> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://literaritea.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-tell-your-child-i-love-you.html | 2018-07-18T22:16:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590329.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20180718213135-20180718233135-00603.warc.gz | en | 0.983463 | 465 |
Scots MEP Fights Off Bid For Spanish Concessions Fishing Monthly Published: 07 November, 2002
THE European Parliament Fisheries Committee has rejected demands for a free-for-all in EU fisheries.The Committee was voting on a Spanish authored report on EU Fish Policy reform.
SNP-Euro MP Ian Hudghton said:“The Spanish Rapporteur had rejected down to the very last detail the European Commission’s proposals on the Common Fisheries Policy.His draft report was riddled with unreasonable demands for free access, elimination of the 6-12 mile coastal zones, the abandonment of relative stability, an end to the Hague preferences and a rejection of regional management.
“However, I am very satisfied with the outcome of the vote. In particular, the Committee supported a number of my own key amendments, including the permanent retention of the 6-12 mile coastal zones and the need for the Commission to ensure that there is no legal void which could seriously jeopardise stocks, should the CFP reforms not be implemented by the end of this year.”
The Commission was also sent a clear message that the Spanish fleet is not welcome in the North Sea, for the Committee approved his amendments calling for the Commission to protect already endangered stocks of the North Sea and ensure that any consideration of open access to the North Sea be ruled out in the absence of scientific evidence with regard to the extent and value of non-quota species and in the absence of up-to-date and verifiable studies into potential incidences and risks of bycatches of quota species and other potential harm to the marine environment. | <urn:uuid:669bf0fb-9be2-438c-80b5-9e94f71513da> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.fishfarmermagazine.com/archive-2/scots-mep-fights-off-bid-for-spanish-concessions-fishupdate-com/ | 2022-09-25T02:35:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334332.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220925004536-20220925034536-00505.warc.gz | en | 0.936645 | 326 |
Re: @Mark - multiple iDevice resolutions
Well I'm not saying it's an difficult problem, just that the advantages of "single model" aren't there, and it's no worse than other platforms like Android.
"So it's unlikely app developers will ever need to worry about more screen dimensions they do currently, as any newer screen dimensions (from say a phablet type iPhone) would come around the time you'd eliminate one of the older ones."
Even currently, there are still 4 sizes (the 4/4S is still in widespread use), and I think at least 3 resolutions?
Plus look at it from the other way - suppose I wrote an application a few years ago, isn't it better that all the existing applications Just Work, rather than breaking (or needing some horrendous hack, or leaving blank space)? If a new model is released, I want it to work out of the box, not have to rewrite all my apps. This is bad for both developers and users.
"Apple could do a more major update to iOS at some point and have it use Quartz for full resolution independence like OS X does. That they didn't do this when iOS first came out could have been due to battery life concerns from the computational load, but now CPUs in phones are far more powerful and efficient so it may be a reasonable thing to do."
Wait - are you telling me that the IOS API *doesn't* have a UI toolkit with resolution independence? What, are apps specifying coordinates like it's 1990 again?
The low CPU power argument doesn't really hold - the iphones have always been high end devices, and Symbian has had Qt (with still excellent battery life) that runs on even mid-range phones from 2008 (e.g., Nokia 5800 with 433MHz ARM11, no GPU). | <urn:uuid:98a75e30-c42e-42c4-a44e-30af1bfc795a> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/1/2013/01/02/new_iphone/ | 2015-04-19T03:39:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246637364.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045717-00051-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967615 | 377 |
27th November 2005
Go Esks Go! This afternoon the Edmonton Eskimos defeated the Montreal Alouettes 38-35 to win the 93rd Grey Cup. The game was a nail biter with Edmonton winning in overtime by a field goal. Even though Ricky Ray — Edmonton’s hit and miss quarterback — pulled out the win in the end (and even won the MVP award), when there was about six minutes left I sure was thinking that he should have been pulled and Jason Maas put in. Doesn’t matter anymore! The Esks won!
For my international readers, the Grey Cup is the Canadian Football League‘s championship game. And, IMHO, the Canadian football game is more exciting than American football (three downs which makes more of a passing game), though the calibre of American football players is superior). | <urn:uuid:fc769719-7130-4811-82a7-7f05e22ab23c> | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | http://biblical-studies.ca/blog/2005/11/27/the-edmonton-eskimos-2005-grey-cup-champions/ | 2015-04-18T16:41:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246635639.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045715-00267-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976412 | 173 |
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OT--"Keep F'in that chicken" Says Fox news anchor..
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WASHINGTON – After weeks of intensifying warnings from Washington and threats by Pyongyang, U.S. policymakers are hoping to stop the crisis from spiraling into war while still standing firm on North Korea.
North Korea is famous for its shrill proclamations but it has sent shudders in the United States, South Korea and Japan in recent days by brandishing threats of nuclear war and apparently moving a missile to its east coast.
The United States last week took the unprecedented step of announcing a bomb test by its nuclear-capable B-2 stealth fighter, one of a series of moves meant partly as reassurance to the new administration in ally South Korea.
A senior U.S. official insisted that such shows of force are needed to influence North Korea but said that the United States also wants to climb down from the crisis and minimize the potential for a miscalculation.
“No one should think we’re on the brink of war, at least at this point, and we have to do everything we can to avoid it,” the official said.
The official said the United States is committed to its annual joint maneuvers with South Korea — which end this month and included the B-2 and other advanced jets — but that it may “go a little less public with our exercise activities.”
The Pentagon said Wednesday it will speed up stationing of ground-based Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD) missile-interceptor batteries to protect the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam but characterized the move as defensive.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland denied any shift in tone but said that the situation “does not need to get hotter” and that the United States is open to a “different course” if North Korea acts differently.
Driving the concern, the United States knows little about Kim Jong Un, a third-generation leader in his late 20s who since taking charge in late 2011 has met few foreigners other than basketball all-star Dennis Rodman.
Scott Snyder, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the United States has likely already taken enough actions to make its message clear to North Korea, which in February defiantly carried out a third nuclear test.
But Snyder said Washington has little incentive to turn down the temperature when it appears that Pyongyang may not have completed its playbook.
“My impression is that the North Koreans have got the message. At this point, the problem is that the North Koreans are already on a set course of action,” he said.
Bonnie Glaser of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said that the United States has more leeway on revealing military moves as the key stretch of its exercises with South Korea is winding down.
But she said the United States cannot make gestures toward North Korea, other than continuing to state that the door is open for dialogue.
“We do not want to reward their threats and I don’t think we should really be offering them anything new, absent any steps by them to start ratcheting down these tensions,” she said.
Kurt Campbell, who stepped down in February as the top State Department official on East Asia, said that President Barack Obama’s administration has deliberately sent a “dual message” on North Korea.
The administration has warned North Korea but highlighted that it has seen little concrete military buildup by Pyongyang.
“I think they (the administration) are doing that in a way so that we don’t have a set of circumstances where things escalate beyond a point where it can be effectively managed,” Campbell said at Johns Hopkins University. “This is one of the most dangerous parts of the world. It’s a hair-trigger, heavily militarized (area) and so great care needs to be taken.” | <urn:uuid:307180c3-76b5-42e9-b43c-bc8f22aaa71d> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/05/asia-pacific/as-north-korean-crisis-rumbles-on-how-far-is-too-far/ | 2013-12-21T16:55:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1387345776257/warc/CC-MAIN-20131218054936-00044-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966177 | 794 |
Surprise findings into influenza vaccinationThe result of a population study, published in the journal Vaccine, found that pregnant women who received influenza vaccination may be at a higher risk of suffering a miscarriage. Nonetheless, this is only if they had received the same vaccination the year before. These oddly specific set of results was captured from a study on the 2010 – 2011 and 2011 – 2012 influenza seasons and have left researchers and the scientific community puzzled. So much so, that even the authors of the paper have been cautious in jumping to conclusions based on the findings of their own report.
“I understand it’s disconcerting. It’s not a message that we welcome or want. But it is what we found, and we have an obligation to let people know about that,” said senior author of the report Dr Edward Belongia, a long-time vaccine researcher who heads the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health at Wisconsin’s Marshfield Clinic. Dr Belongia also sits on the expert panel that helps makes vaccine policy recommendations to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Following the release of these results, the same group of researchers are hard at work analysing similar data from the yester-years to confirm the reliability of their data and ensuring that it was not just an unobserved statistical fluke. Nevertheless, the preliminary data has left many healthcare experts including the CDC with many questions. Especially since the CDC recommend that pregnant women in their second or third trimester to receive influenza vaccination and have continued to do so since the late 1990s.
Vaccine’s commitment to public healthDespite all the confusion humming around the situation, experts have advised the public and healthcare sector to proceed with vaccinations. This is in large part to the nature of the study which is both observational in nature and lacking a sizable group of women. For starters, observational studies lack the ability to make strong causative links due to their lack of placebo-control as a group of comparison. Moreover, the report only takes a small horizontal slice of a much larger vertical timeline that is the progress of influenza vaccines. By only looking at 485 women, during the study period, who miscarried, the numbers are much too small to form any reliable, conclusive data.
“We’re really sort of at the beginning of this process with this study. I have no doubt that we will eventually sort this out,” said Belongia. In the meantime, Belongia recommends pregnant women to continue with influenza vaccination.
“There’s a large amount of data and studies confirming the safety of flu vaccine in the second and third trimester. And the benefit is proven, and the safety is rock solid,” he elaborated. “And we want to be really sure that people don’t get the mistaken message that this study is suggesting that getting a flu vaccine at any time in pregnancy might be risky.”
Understanding the caveats in their data, the research team is now hard at work to repeat the same study while expanding their result over three years starting in 2012 – 2013. Due to the massive amount of data and the implications of the study, the team have also decided to be more meticulous in their approach and are not expecting results until 2018 or early 2019. Such moves are necessary in reiterating vaccine’s commitment to improving public health where constant and persistent research are carried out in ensuring the safety profile of vaccines.
The Malaysian landscape of influenza vaccinationOver in Malaysia, top healthcare professionals have been advocating for influenza vaccination; especially those in high-risk groups. Dr Christopher Lee, Sungai Buloh Hospital’s Head of General Medicine, has recommended for annual influenza vaccination as protection against severe influenza infections as well as death. Those who were particularly vulnerable included children, the elderly, pregnant women, healthcare works as well as those with chronic immune deficiencies. “If people in these categories get vaccinated, there is a 50% – 70% chance of risk reduction. Therefore, for those people in the risk categories, we would advise them to get vaccinated every year because it does protect them,” Dr Lee said.
This comes of the back of several influenza A related death which occurred in Terengganu earlier this year. Now equipped with the proper infrastructure, Dr Lee has urged the general public to receive their annual flu vaccination be it from government institutions of private healthcare clinics and hospitals.
Dr Lee went on to add the importance of education and awareness in the general public regarding influenza. The Malaysian public often confuses influenza with the common cold under the umbrella term of “flu”. This mistake could prove to be fatal especially in pregnant women who fail to receive their influenza vaccination. By adopting the CDC’s vaccination recommendation in pregnant women, Dr Lee hopes that the number of influenza cases and subsequently deaths in pregnant women can be drastically reduced.
The bottom lineDespite the recent study which indicated a possible link between influenza vaccination in pregnant women and an increased risk of miscarriage – due to the lack of causative links and reliable data from the initial investigation – current CDC recommendations to vaccinate pregnant women against influenza in their second and third trimester still stands. Depending on the results of the follow up studies, the stance of countries advocating for influenza vaccination in pregnant women, such as Malaysia, may shift drastically. At least for now, vaccines still possess a significantly greater advantage over its perceived harm. MIMS
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For much of the economic boom homeowners were quite happy to talk up the value of their houses. With the downturn, and introduction of the local property tax, they are now talking down their value. Since 2006 house prices have fallen by more than half from their peak. This boom and bust cycle presents problems for the Revenue Commissioners in providing accurate guide prices to assist homeowners in valuing their houses for tax purposes. Homeowners too face difficulties in deciding the market value of their home.
The housing market has yet to recover. Fewer sales have made it far harder to value property. So while Revenue provides an estimate of a homeowner’s tax liability – which may be overestimated or underestimated – it remains a suggested guide price and not a binding valuation. The onus lies with the homeowner to assess the market value of the house, and to pay the appropriate tax. That, however, is not easy to establish without an active housing market where transactions of buyers and sellers set real prices. Given that difficulty, Revenue must make adequate allowance for price uncertainty, when assessing property tax returns. In these unusual circumstances, the margin of error can be high.
Politically, heightened anxiety among property owners as a consequence of uncertainty risks heightening animosity towards those in government who have little choice to diversify the tax base. Nevertheless, homeowners are required to act honestly. Failure to do so, by mis-declaring or underestimating the value of property, could risk penalties, fines and the increased possibility of a tax audit. Homeowners must complete and return a self-assessment tax form by May. But with almost two million homeowners subject to the tax, many of whom have not yet received Revenue’s estimate, that will afford some with little time to ensure tax compliance. In the circumstances, Revenue should provide greater clarity and certainty for taxpayers meeting their obligations and consider extending that payment deadline. | <urn:uuid:8b113385-d58e-444a-a8ea-f6bbafcaf47d> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.irishtimes.com/news/pricing-homes-1.1329283 | 2017-05-30T13:27:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463615105.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170530124450-20170530144450-00142.warc.gz | en | 0.962582 | 379 |
How quickly the pendulum can swing.
Navy’s epic and historic 14-game winning streak against archrival Army is now definitely a thing of the past. Suddenly, the Black Knights have a two-game winning streak on the Midshipmen.
And now those on the Navy side are beginning to experience the pain and frustration their Army counterparts suffered for so long.
Quarterback Ahmad Bradshaw and the Army offense took charge at crunch time and marched 65 yards in 13 plays for the game-winning touchdown that produced a 14-13 victory over Navy on a snowy day in Philadelphia.
Senior linebacker Micah Thomas was downright ticked off and could only mutter “It sucks” when asked what it felt like to close out his career with consecutive losses to Army. Bennett Moehring was truly upset that he narrowly missed a potential game-winning field goal.
There was a mixture of anger and disappointment in the Navy locker room at Lincoln Financial Field after another close loss to Army. For the second straight year, the Midshipmen had the ball late in the fourth quarter with a chance to drive for the go-ahead points and could not get it done.
It is a sudden and unexpected reversal of roles as Army is now the team that finds a way to win when the game is on the line and Navy is the team that just cannot make plays when it counts.
I can think of so many key moments from 2002 through 2015 when a close game swung in favor of the Midshipmen.
There was the 98-yard fumble return for touchdown by Wyatt Middleton in 2010 that turned the tide in favor of Navy and the fumble by fullback Larry Dixon at the 13-yard line that brought an abrupt end to a potential go-ahead touchdown drive by Army in 2012.
I could go on and on, but the bottom line is that Navy constantly came through in the clutch while Army always blew its chances to change the outcome. By making the plays necessary to pull out wins the past two years, the Black Knights are beginning to change that narrative.
In my mind, what happened on Saturday was a microcosm of what has happened during this disappointing season for the Mids. There were missed opportunities, mental mistakes and untimely penalties. Navy’s offense was one-dimensional while the defense let down with the game on the line.
Navy missed two golden opportunities to score touchdowns that, ultimately, would have won the game. Offensive coordinator Ivin Jasper called a gadget play on third-and-six in the second quarter and it worked to perfection.
Quarterback Malcolm Perry handed the ball off then slipped out of the backfield unnoticed. Wide receiver Craig Scott got the ball on what looked like a reverse and had Perry wide-open in the flat. However, Scott hesitated to throw the ball when he should have, then got off a terrible pass that had no chance.
There was no defender within 15 yards of Perry, so all Scott needed to do was loft an easy toss high in the air and it would have been a touchdown that gave Navy a 17-7 lead.
Early in the third quarter, Perry got loose on a zone option play and seemed headed for the end zone for his second long touchdown run. However, Army defensive end John Voit made a tremendous hustle play by racing almost 50 yards downfield and diving to trip up Perry at the 11-yard line. The Midshipmen wound up settling for a field goal and it was 13-7 instead of 17-7.
Two clear-cut cases of one team making a critical play and another team failing to do so.
Navy actually had two trips into the red zone result in short field goals by Moehring. On their opening possession, the Mids saw a promising drive sputter at the Army 11-yard line. That failure to finish with touchdowns came back to haunt Navy in a one-point game.
Despite all those missed opportunities, Navy was still in position to win at the end. Perry, who rushed for 250 yards in another spectacular performance, drove the Midshipmen deep into opposing territory with time winding down.
Navy had reached the Army 23-yard line when disaster struck. Right guard Evan Martin jumped and was whistled for a false start penalty that pushed the Mids backward. Two plays later, it happened again with wide receiver Tyler Carmona moving early and drawing another false start flag.
Those 10 yards worth of penalties turned a potential 38-yard field goal into a 48-yarder and most likely cost Navy a season-changing win. I feel confident that Moehring would have made the attempt from the shorter distance, but the two boneheaded penalties took the kicker out of his range.
Sorry, but I find it absolutely unbelievable that two seniors would completely lose focus and commit such costly mistakes at the most important moment of the biggest game of the year. I asked Ken Niumatalolo if that was pretty much the story of this season and the 10th-year head coach simply nodded his head in agreement.
I’ve written it several times this season, but there is just something that is not right with this Navy football team. I cannot put my finger on it based off extremely close observation and don’t know if there is something going on inside the program that has led to the unprecedented collapse during the second half of the season.
During Niumatalolo’s highly successful tenure, Navy has repeatedly dug deep and found ways to win. This year’s team has come up with creative ways to lose. The Midshipmen have dropped six of their last seven games and are now in danger of suffering just their second losing season since 2003.
Navy was 5-0 and ranked No. 25 in the Associated Press poll after defeating Air Force on Oct. 7 and now stands at 6-6 after losing to archrival Army on Dec. 9.
Poor senior leadership was mostly responsible for the 5-7 finish in 2011. There is no easily identifiable reason for why this season has spun out of control, other than the obvious fact that Navy simply did not play a winning brand of football from mid-October on.
All six losses during this disappointing slide came by 10 points or less. The Midshipmen had numerous opportunities to step up and win those games, but just did not have the mental strength and toughness to make the plays necessary to do so.
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When David J. Garrow, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sat down last spring to dig through a trove of previously unreleased government records, it was business as usual for a researcher known for prodigious reporting and doorstop books.
“There’s this weird ability I have of complete recall with regard to what I already know and don’t know,” Mr. Garrow said, describing the experience of wrestling with some 54,000 separate web links posted by the National Archives and Records Administration. “I was just scrolling through the PDFs, looking for new little factoids.”
Mr. Garrow found factoids aplenty, about the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s infamous surveillance of Dr. King — and, most controversially, about alleged sexual misconduct by the civil rights leader.
In a 7,800-word article published last week by the British monthly magazine Standpoint, which teased the piece on its cover as “Martin Luther King and #MeToo,” Mr. Garrow provides new details about the F.B.I.’s tactics alongside graphic descriptions from documents recounting alleged group sex in bugged hotel rooms. He also names some of Dr. King’s purported lovers, including fellow activists who have never been publicly identified as such.
While Dr. King’s infidelities have long been known in broad outline, Mr. Garrow concludes by saying that the new material — including an explosive allegation that he witnessed, and even encouraged, a rape committed by a fellow minister — “poses so fundamental a challenge to his historical stature as to require the most complete and extensive historical review possible.”
The revelations have sparked a heated reaction. But so far, it has been as much about the ethics and evidentiary standards of Mr. Garrow’s article as it is about Dr. King.
Some fellow historians credit Mr. Garrow with finding potentially important new information about both Dr. King and the F.B.I. attempts to discredit him. But others are denouncing him for publishing incendiary claims generated as part of an F.B.I. smear campaign, without offering any corroborating evidence. And some are accusing him of running roughshod over the privacy of the women with whom Dr. King was allegedly involved.
“It is deeply irresponsible for a historian to cast such F.B.I. sources, which can be deeply unreliable, as fact,” Jeanne Theoharis, a professor of political science at Brooklyn College and the author of a biography of Rosa Parks, said. “Most scholars I know would penalize their graduate students for doing this.”
But in an interview shortly after the online publication of the article — which he said had been rejected by more than two dozen outlets, including The New York Times — Mr. Garrow, 66, said he wrote about the alleged rape and the other sexual material in the documents out of a sense of obligation.
“I think any journalist and any historian has to deal with the public record that the government puts out there,” he said. “These are government documents that the National Archives has put into view for anyone with an internet connection.”
The F.B.I. vs. Dr. King
The documents Mr. Garrow, 66, writes about stem from one of the most notorious abuses of power in F.B.I. history. In November 1963, the bureau, with the permission of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, began wiretapping Dr. King’s home and office telephones. It also placed bugs in his hotel rooms.
The intent was to monitor Dr. King’s connections with suspected Communists. But as the surveillance began capturing his extramarital sexual activities, that “fig leaf,” as Mr. Garrow puts it in his article, fell away.
To further its goal of “neutralizing King as an effective Negro leader” (as a 1963 F.B.I. memo put it), the bureau peddled lurid details of his sex life to journalists and politicians. In late 1964, it anonymously mailed him a tape reportedly including some of the sexual encounters it had captured, along with a letter urging him to commit suicide.
The F.B.I.’s surveillance tapes and the transcripts of them remain under seal until 2027. But some summaries and related material were included among intelligence documents covered by the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992, and released in 2017 and 2018 in accordance with that law.
Mr. Garrow, the author of the 1981 book “The F.B.I. and Martin Luther King Jr.,” said he was initially interested in what the documents would reveal about the behavior of the F.B.I., of which he is harshly critical.
As for his claim that Dr. King was an enthusiastic witness to an alleged rape, it rests on a single paragraph in an F.B.I. summary of what supposedly took place in January 1964 in a Washington hotel room where King was staying. There, according to the summary, another minister (now deceased) and unspecified other men discussed which of the “several women ‘parishioners’” brought to the room by the minister would be “suitable for natural and unnatural acts.” After one of the women objected, the other minister “immediately and forcibly raped her.”
Mr. Garrow also quotes a handwritten annotation in the margin that reads: “King looked on, laughed and offered advice.”
Some historians have strongly criticized Mr. Garrow for hanging an explosive allegation on an anonymous handwritten annotation. (A spokesman for the King Center in Atlanta said that Bernice King, Dr. King’s youngest daughter and chief executive of the center, had no comment on the article.)
Mr. Garrow said he believed the typed summary, and the handwritten addition, were based on the actual contents of the tapes, rather than an embellishment. Citing a passage in his 1981 book about the F.B.I., he noted that he first heard hints of an alleged assault around 1980, when he interviewed several Justice Department lawyers who he said had heard the tapes.
Over the past year, outlet after outlet declined to publish Mr. Garrow’s findings.
(Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The Times, said that the paper declined to pursue an article about the documents because the historian wanted to write the piece himself. “We thought anything this explosive needed to be vetted — and edited — by The Times itself,” Mr. Baquet said.)
Mr. Garrow finally found a home for the article in Standpoint, a right-of-center magazine that describes its core mission as defending the values of Western civilization.
Mr. Garrow, who identifies himself as a Democratic Socialist and noted that he donated to Senator Bernie Sanders’s 2016 presidential campaign, brushed aside questions about the editorial that Standpoint published along with his article, which called Dr. King a “sexual predator” and “the Harvey Weinstein of the civil rights movement.”
“We are going to talk about what is under my byline,” he said. “I’m not responsible for what anyone else says. I’m responsible for the historical record I’m addressing.”
A Joe Friday With Sharp Elbows
Few people know more about the minutiae of both Dr. King’s life and the F.B.I.’s pursuit of him than Mr. Garrow. His Pulitzer-winning 1986 book “Bearing the Cross” (for which he conducted more than 700 interviews) was the first serious biography of Dr. King, and helped cement the King-centric view of the civil rights movement. Ask him a question, and you tend to get an answer wrapped in a blizzard of names, dates, cross-references and self-references.
He recalled the precise date — “June 4, 1974” — when, as an undergraduate, he began what became “Protest At Selma,” a scholarly monograph published in 1978.
“I always privately celebrate it as my private anniversary,” he said. “And the book is still in print!”
And he recited a quote about him from a 1995 essay on civil rights historiography by Charles M. Payne: “Like the cop in ‘Dragnet,’ Garrow sticks to ‘the facts, ma’am, just the facts.”
“That’s a characterization I’ve always embraced,” he said.
But Mr. Garrow also has a reputation among some as a sharp-elbowed guardian of what he views as his turf. In 2017, when “Rising Star,” his mammoth, myth-puncturing biography of Barack Obama, appeared, David Maraniss, the author of an earlier Obama biography, tweeted that Mr. Garrow was a “vile, undercutting, ignoble competitor unlike any I’ve ever encountered.”
Mr. Garrow, whose book included jabs at Mr. Maraniss and other Obama biographers, said the comment was “utterly and completely false,” and that it should not be repeated in this article because it was “defamatory.”
Mr. Garrow, also the author of a well-regarded 1,000-page legal history of Roe v. Wade, similarly objected to questions about a 2002 episode at Emory University’s law school. At that time, a school official in charge of the facilities said Mr. Garrow “went into an uncontrollable rage” and grabbed her by the wrists while yelling at her about construction noise, according to an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The official also said she had complained for years about abusive treatment of her and other employees by Mr. Garrow.
The incident led to a misdemeanor charge of battery and a lawsuit by the official. Both were eventually dismissed at her request.
Mr. Garrow, who retired from the University of Pittsburgh law school in 2017, said: “It was 17 years ago. It was false, and it was dismissed.”
He added, “It has no relevance to my scholarly credentials.”
Mr. Garrow said that his article, although titled “The Troubling Legacy of Martin Luther King,” was motivated mainly by a desire to expose the misdeeds of the F.B.I., including what he sees as its failure to stop or prosecute an alleged sexual assault overheard by its agents.
“Both civil rights preachers and F.B.I. agents coequally tolerated the abuse of women,” he said.
But some women scholars in particular expressed outrage at the way Mr. Garrow said he was speaking up for women, while also publicly naming activists whom he alleges were Dr. King’s lovers.
“He demonstrates no ethical discord about his own role in revealing unsubstantiated accounts about these women, dead or alive,” said Nishani Frazier, an associate professor of history at Miami University of Ohio who writes about the civil rights movement.
“He sexualizes them, and puts out their name without consideration for them, their family, their friends or their legacy,” she said.
(In the article, Mr. Garrow said he made repeated attempts to interview one of the women, through her daughter, but was rebuffed.)
A Reckoning to Come?
Other scholars also criticized what they called the sensationalized presentation of the claims, which were quickly seized on by the conservative commentator Dinesh D’Souza, who called Dr. King “quite a sicko,” and by social media trolls suggesting statues of him should be taken down.
Peniel Joseph, a professor of public affairs at the University of Texas who writes about the Black Power movement, said it smacked of “the kind of character assassination that folks peddled before the King holiday was signed into law.”
“This is all, unfortunately, a further example of the tabloidization of history for political ends rather than an illumination of the historical record,” Mr. Joseph said.
While there have been few full-throated endorsements of Mr. Garrow’s article so far, some historians say it cannot simply be dismissed.
Beverly Gage, a historian at Yale who is writing a biography of J. Edgar Hoover, said that while the F.B.I. documents must be interpreted in the context of its efforts to discredit Dr. King, they cannot be assumed to contain fabricated information.
Mr. Garrow’s article is “potentially important research for rounding out King as a complicated person, and for giving new perspectives on women’s experiences in the civil rights movement,” she said.
David Greenberg, a professor of history and journalism at Rutgers, called for a “middle stance of uncertainty.”
“We can’t necessarily assume what’s in the F.B.I. report is completely accurate, but we have to reckon with the possibility that it is,” he said.
Mr. Garrow said his piece was not an effort to knock Dr. King off his pedestal, but a “corrective” — and a prelude, he suggested, to an even greater reckoning.
“People will not know the historical verdict until 2027,” when the tapes are unsealed, he said. “This is a warning message as to what’s coming.”
Jennifer Schuessler is a culture reporter covering intellectual life and the world of ideas. She is based in New York. @jennyschuessler
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WASHINGTON - House Democrats on Tuesday introduced a resolution to formalize their impeachment inquiry and adopt rules to govern the proceedings, following sustained complaints by Republicans in Congress and the White House that the secretive inquiry hasn't followed past precedent and violates the president's due process rights.
But, illustrating the tight balancing act involved as the 2020 election cycle gets started, Democrats have adamantly denied that the document is an "impeachment resolution," perhaps out of concern for how that label would play in more moderate swing districts.
The resolution directs the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees to "continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump."
It specifies that ranking Republicans in the minority on the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees (Reps. Doug Collins and Devin Nunes, respectively) will have the authority, with the concurrence of committee chairs in the majority, to subpoena witnesses and compel their testimony -- a major demand that the White House and top Republicans had made in recent weeks. If the chairman does not consent, the minority can appeal to the full committee.
The resolution also authorizes the Intelligence Committee to conduct an "open hearing or hearings" in which minority Republicans have equal time to question witnesses.
And, after that hearing is concluded, "to allow for full evaluation of minority witness requests, the ranking minority member may submit to the chair, in writing, any requests for witness testimony relevant to the investigation described in the first section of this resolution within 72 hours after notice is given."
The resolution also directs the Intelligence Committee, in consultation with the other committees, to prepare a report on its findings to the Judiciary Committee, which would actually write any articles of impeachment. There is no timeline given for the impeachment inquiry to conclude.
The House Rules Committee will meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. ET prepare the resolution for the House floor. The Rules Committee is the gateway for most measures to hit the floor. The full House will debate and vote on the measure Thursday morning, with a vote expected by midday.
Just before the resolution was filed, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told Fox News flatly on Tuesday that “this is not an impeachment resolution.”
He did not answer when asked if he was concerned about the public perception of that term.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., also insisted Monday night, “It’s not an impeachment resolution."
Four Democratic committee chairs -- Reps. Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, Eliot L. Engel, and Carolyn Maloney -- said in a statement Tuesday that the "resolution provides rules for the format of open hearings in the House Intelligence Committee, including staff-led questioning of witnesses, and it authorizes the public release of deposition transcripts ... [it] establishes procedures for the transfer of evidence to the Judiciary Committee as it considers potential articles of impeachment, and it sets forth due process rights for the president and his counsel in the Judiciary Committee proceedings."
They added: “The evidence we have already collected paints the picture of a president who abused his power by using multiple levers of government to press a foreign country to interfere in the 2020 election. Following in the footsteps of previous impeachment inquiries, the next phase will move from closed depositions to open hearings where the American people will learn firsthand about the president’s misconduct.”
Earlier in the day, the top Republicans on the House committees leading the impeachment inquiry into the president blasted the investigation as “illegitimate” and a “sham," signaling that the new procedures wouldn't change their minds.
House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Nunes, R-Calif., Oversight Committee Ranking Member Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul, R-Texas, penned a letter to Rep. James McGovern, the chairman of the House Rules Committee, who announced his panel would take up an impeachment procedure resolution on Wednesday to “ensure transparency and provide a clear path forward.”
Nunes, Jordan and McCaul accused McGovern, D-Mass., of not giving enough time for Republican members to review the resolution ahead of the vote, and they continued to blast the inquiry as a whole.
“Under House rules you championed at the beginning of this Congress, major legislation is required to be posted 72 hours in advance of a vote,” they wrote. “Yet, here, on the gravest and most solemn work the House can do, you are forcing the House to consider a resolution with text that is still not available two days before the vote.”
“Without text, we know nothing about the Democrats’ intended impeachment process. Your website describes the resolution as ‘directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigation,’” they continued. “Chairman Schiff does not need a resolution to continue leaking selective facts from his basement bunker.”
They added, “We can only assume, therefore, that this resolution is necessary to allow Democrats to subvert the ordinary legislative process.”
Still, the Democrats' resolution appeared to address the White House's complaints from earlier this month, when it vowed not to participate in the inquiry.
Democrats, the White House complained, had not permitted Republicans in the minority to issue subpoenas, contradicting the "standard, bipartisan practice in all recent resolutions authorizing presidential impeachment inquiries."
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Tech people love stories about breakthrough innovations—gadgets or technologies that emerge suddenly and take over, like the iPhone or Twitter. Indeed, there's a whole industry of pundits, investors, and websites trying feverishly to predict the Next New Big Thing. The assumption is that breakthroughs are inherently surprising, so it takes special genius to spot one coming.
But that's not how innovation really works, if you ask Bill Buxton. A pioneer in computer graphics who is now a principal researcher at Microsoft, he thinks paradigm-busting inventions are easy to see coming because they're already lying there, close at hand. "Anything that's going to have an impact over the next decade—that's going to be a billion-dollar industry—has always already been around for 10 years," he says.
Buxton calls this the "long nose" theory of innovation: Big ideas poke their noses into the world very slowly, easing gradually into view.
Can this actually be true? Buxton points to exhibit A, the pinch-and-zoom gesture that Apple introduced on the iPhone. It seemed like a bolt out of the blue, but as Buxton notes, computer designer Myron Krueger pioneered the pinch gesture on his experimental Video Place system in 1983. Other engineers began experimenting with it, and companies like Wacom introduced tablets that let designers use a pen and a puck simultaneously to manipulate images onscreen. By the time the iPhone rolled around, "pinch" was a robust, well-understood concept.
A more recent example is the Microsoft Kinect. Sure, the idea of controlling software just by waving your body seems wild and new. But as Buxton says, engineers have long been perfecting motion-sensing for alarm systems and for automatic doors in grocery stores. We've been controlling software with our bodies for years, just in a different domain.
This is why truly billion-dollar breakthrough ideas have what Buxton calls surprising obviousness. They feel at once fresh and familiar. It's this combination that lets a new gizmo take off quickly and dominate.
The iPhone was designed by Apple engineers who had learned plenty from successes and failures in the PDA market, including, of course, their own ill-fated Newton. By the time they added those pinch gestures, they'd made the obvious freshly surprising.
If you want to spot the next thing, Buxton argues, you just need to go "prospecting and mining"—looking for concepts that are already successful in one field so you can bring them to another. Buxton particularly recommends prospecting the musical world, because musicians invent gadgets and interfaces that are robust and sturdy yet creatively cool—like guitar pedals. When a team led by Buxton developed the interface for Maya, a 3-D design tool, he heavily plundered music hardware and software. ("There's normal spec, there's military spec, and there's rock spec," he jokes.)
OK: If it's so easy to spy the future, what are Buxton's predictions? He thinks tablet computers, pen-based interfaces, and omnipresent e-ink are going to dominate the next decade. Those inventions have been slowly stress-tested for 20 years now, and they're finally ready.
Using a "long nose" analysis, I have a prediction of my own. I bet electric vehicles are going to become huge—specifically, electric bicycles. Battery technology has been improving for decades, and the planet is urbanizing rapidly. The nose is already poking out: Electric bikes are incredibly popular in China and becoming common in the US among takeout/delivery people, who haul them inside their shops each night to plug them in. (Pennies per charge, and no complicated rewiring of the grid necessary.) I predict a design firm will introduce the iPhone of electric bikes and whoa: It'll seem revolutionary!
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This Autumn Synchronicity Earth launches its new Congo Basin Programme!
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332 U.S. 633 (1948), 44, Oyama v. California
|Docket Nº:||No. 44|
|Citation:||332 U.S. 633, 68 S.Ct. 269, 92 L.Ed. 249|
|Party Name:||Oyama v. California|
|Case Date:||January 19, 1948|
|Court:||United States Supreme Court|
Argued October 22, 1947
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA
1. The California Alien Land Law, as applied in this case to effect an escheat to the State of certain agricultural lands recorded in the name of a minor American citizen because they had been paid for by his father, a Japanese alien ineligible for naturalization who was appointed the son's guardian, held to have deprived the son of the equal protection of the laws and of his privileges as an American citizen, contrary to the Fourteenth Amendment and R.S. § 1978. Pp. 640-647.
2. The Alien Land Law, as applied in this case discriminated against the citizen son in the following respects:
(a) By a statutory prima facie presumption that conveyances financed by his father and recorded in the son's name were not gifts to the son, but that the land was held for the benefit of the father, whereas, for most minors, California applies the rule that, where a parent pays for a conveyance to his child, it is presumed that a gift was intended. Pp. 641-642, 644-645.
(b) Because, under the laws of California as applied by its courts when the father is ineligible for citizenship, facts which would usually be considered indicia of the son's ownership are used to make that ownership suspect, whereas, if the father were not
an ineligible alien, the same facts would be evidence that a completed gift was intended. P. 642.
(c) By being required to counter evidence that his father was remiss in his duties as guardian, whereas no other California case has been called to this Court's attention in which the penalty for a guardian's derelictions has fallen on the ward. Pp. 642-644.
3. The sole basis for this discrimination, which resulted in a citizen's losing the land irretrievably and without compensation, was the fact that his father was Japanese. Cockrill v. California, 268 U.S. 258 distinguished. Pp. 644-645.
4. Such discrimination against a citizen on the basis of his racial descent cannot be justified on the ground that it is necessary to prevent evasion of the State's laws prohibiting the ownership of agricultural land by aliens who are ineligible for citizenship. Pp. 646-647.
29 Cal.2d 164, 173 P.2d 794, reversed.
The Supreme Court of California affirmed a decision of a state trial court declaring escheated to the State under the California Alien Land Law, 1 Ca.Gen.Laws, Act 261, as amended, certain agricultural lands recorded in the name of a minor American citizen, which lands had been paid for by his father, a Japanese citizen ineligible for naturalization. 29 Cal.2d 164, 173 P.2d 794. This Court granted certiorari. 330 U.S. 818. Reversed, p. 647.
VINSON, J., lead opinion
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.
Petitioners challenge the constitutionality of California's Alien Land Law1 as it has been applied in this case to effect an escheat of two small parcels of agricultural land.2 One of the petitioners is Fred Oyama, a minor American citizen in whose name title was taken. The other is his father and guardian, Kajiro Oyama, a Japanese citizen not eligible for naturalization,3 who paid the purchase price.
Petitioners press three attacks on the Alien Land Law as it has been applied in this case: first, that it deprives Fred Oyama of the equal protection of the laws and of his privileges as an American citizen; secondly, that it denies Kajiro Oyama equal protection of the laws; and, thirdly, that it contravenes the due process clause by sanctioning a taking of property after expiration of the
applicable limitations period. Proper foundation for these claims has been laid in the proceedings below.
In approaching cases, such as this one, in which federal constitutional rights are asserted, it is incumbent on us to inquire not merely whether those rights have been denied in express terms, but also whether they have been denied in substance and effect. We must review independently both the legal issues and those factual matters with which they are commingled.4
In broad outline, the Alien Land Law forbids aliens ineligible for American citizenship to acquire, own, occupy, lease, or transfer agricultural land.5 It also provides that any property acquired in violation of the statute shall escheat as of the date of acquisition,6 and that the same result shall follow any transfer made with "intent to prevent, evade or avoid" escheat.7 In addition, that intent is presumed, prima facie, whenever an ineligible alien pays the consideration [68 S.Ct. 271] for a transfer to a citizen or eligible alien.8
The first of the two parcels in question, consisting of six acres of agricultural land in southern California, was purchased in 1934, when Fred Oyama was six years old. Kajiro Oyama paid the $4,000 consideration, and the seller executed a deed to Fred. The deed was duly recorded.
Some six months later, the father petitioned the Superior Court for San Diego County to be appointed Fred's guardian, stating that Fred owned the six acres. After a hearing, the court found the allegations of the petition
true and Kajiro Oyama "a competent an proper person" to be appointed Fred's guardian. The appointment was then ordered, and the father posted the necessary bond.
In 1936 and again in 1937, the father as guardian sought permission to borrow $4,000, payable in six months, for the purpose of financing the next season's crops and to mortgage the six-acre parcel as security. In each case, notice of the petition and date for hearing was published in a newspaper, the court then approved the borrowing as advantageous to Fred Oyama's estate, and the father posted a bond for $8,000. So far as appears from the record, both loans were obtained, used for the benefit of the estate, and repaid on maturity.
The second parcel, an adjoining two acres, was acquired in 1937, when Fred was nine years old. It was sold by the guardian of another minor, and the court supervising that guardianship confirmed the sale "to Fred Oyama" as highest bidder at a publicly advertised sale. A copy of the court's order was recorded. Fred's father again paid the purchase price, $1,500.
From the time of the two transfers until the date of trial, however, Kajiro Oyama did not file the annual reports which the Alien Land Law requires of all guardians of agricultural land belonging to minor children of ineligible aliens.9
In 1942, Fred and his family were evacuated from the Pacific Coast along with all other persons of Japanese descent. And, in 1944, when Fred was sixteen and still forbidden to return home, the State filed a petition to declare an escheat of the two parcels on the ground that the conveyances in 1934 and 1937 had been with intent to violate and evade the Alien Land Law.
At the trial, the only witness, other than a court official testifying to records showing the facts set forth above, was one John Kurfurst, who had been left in charge of the land at the time of the evacuation. He testified that the Oyama family once lived on the land, but had not occupied it for several years before the evacuation. After the evacuation, Kurfurst and those to whom he rented the property drew checks to Fred Oyama for the rentals (less expenses), and Kurfurst transmitted them to Fred Oyama through the War Relocation Authority. The canceled checks were returned endorsed "Fred Oyama," and no evidence was offered to prove that the signatures were not by the son. Moreover, the receipts issued by the War Relocation Authority for the funds transmitted by Kurfurst were for the account of Fred Oyama, and Kurfurst identified a letter signed "Fred Oyama" directing him to turn the property over to a local bank for management.
On direct examination by the State's Attorney, however, Kurfurst also testified that he knew the father as "Fred," but he added that he had never heard the father refer to himself by that name. In addition, he testified on cross-examination that he had once heard the father say, "Some day the boy will have a good piece of property because that is going to be valuable." He also admitted that he knew "the father was running the boy's business," and that "the property belonged to the boy and to June Kushino" (Fred's cousin, an American citizen). Kurfurst further acknowledged that, in a letter he had written about the property and had headed "Re: Fred Yoshihiro Oyama [68 S.Ct. 272] and June Kushino," he meant by "Fred Yoshihiro Oyama" the boy, not the father. He also understood a letter written to him by the War Relocation Authority "Re: Fred Oyama" to refer to the boy.
From this evidence, the trial court found as facts that the father had had the beneficial use of the land and that
the transfers were subterfuges effected with intent to prevent, evade or avoid escheat. Accordingly, the court entered its conclusion of law that the parcels had vested in the State as of the date of the attempted transfers in 1934 and 1937.
The trial court filed no written opinion, but indicated orally that its findings were based primarily on four inferences: (1) the statutory presumption that any conveyance is with "intent to prevent, evade or avoid" escheat if an ineligible alien pays the consideration;10 (2) an inference of similar intent from the mere fact that the conveyances ran to a minor child;11 (3) an inference of lack of bona fides at the time of the original transactions from the fact that the father thereafter failed to file annual guardianship reports; and (4) an inference from the father's failure to testify that his testimony would have been adverse...
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To add salt to injuryPosted: February 16, 2018
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