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Q: Why does LinkedHashSet extend HashSet and implement Set Opened a LinkedHashSet source code today and found some interesting thing:
public class LinkedHashSet<E>
extends HashSet<E>
implements Set<E>, Cloneable, java.io.Serializable {
The question is: why do they need both "extends HashSet" and "implements Set" when HashSet already is the Set?
A: They didn't need to explicitly write implements Set<E>. They did it for readability.
A: There is another reason; consider the following java program:-
package example;
import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Arrays;
public class Test {
public static interface MyInterface {
void foo();
}
public static class BaseClass implements MyInterface, Cloneable, Serializable {
@Override
public void foo() {
System.out.println("BaseClass.foo");
}
}
public static class Class1 extends BaseClass {
@Override
public void foo() {
super.foo();
System.out.println("Class1.foo");
}
}
static class Class2 extends BaseClass implements MyInterface, Cloneable,
Serializable {
@Override
public void foo() {
super.foo();
System.out.println("Class2.foo");
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
showInterfacesFor(BaseClass.class);
showInterfacesFor(Class1.class);
showInterfacesFor(Class2.class);
}
private static void showInterfacesFor(Class<?> clazz) {
System.out.printf("%s --> %s\n", clazz, Arrays.toString(clazz
.getInterfaces()));
}
}
Which outputs the following text (java 6u16):
class example.Test$BaseClass --> [interface example.Test$MyInterface, interface java.lang.Cloneable, interface java.io.Serializable]
class example.Test$Class1 --> []
class example.Test$Class2 --> [interface example.Test$MyInterface, interface java.lang.Cloneable, interface java.io.Serializable]
Notice how Class1 does not have explicit interfaces defined, so the Class#getInterfaces() does not include those interfaces, whereas Class2 does. The use of this only becomes clear in this program:-
package example;
import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
import example.Test.BaseClass;
import example.Test.Class1;
import example.Test.Class2;
public class Test2 extends Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
MyInterface c1 = new Class1();
MyInterface c2 = new Class2();
// Note the order...
MyInterface proxy2 = createProxy(c2);
proxy2.foo();
// This fails with an unchecked exception
MyInterface proxy1 = createProxy(c1);
proxy1.foo();
}
private static <T> T createProxy(final T obj) {
final InvocationHandler handler = new InvocationHandler() {
@Override
public Object invoke(Object proxy, Method method, Object[] args)
throws Throwable {
System.out.printf("About to call %s() on %s\n", method
.getName(), obj);
return method.invoke(obj, args);
}
};
return (T) Proxy.newProxyInstance(obj.getClass().getClassLoader(), obj
.getClass().getInterfaces(), handler);
}
}
Which outputs:-
About to call foo() on example.Test$Class2@578ceb
BaseClass.foo
Class2.foo
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: $Proxy1 cannot be cast to example.Test$MyInterface
at example.Test2.main(Test2.java:23)
While Class1 does implicitly implement MyInterface, but the created proxy does not.
Hence if we wanted to create a dynamic proxy which implements all interfaces for an object which has implicit interface inheritance then the only way to do it generically would be to walk the superclasses all the way back to java.lang.Object, as well as walking all the implemented interfaces and their superclasses (remember Java supports multiple interface inheritance), which doesn't sound very efficient, while it is much easier (and faster) to explicitly name interfaces as I suppose they are set in at compile time.
So what uses reflection & proxies? RMI for one...
Therefore, yes it is a convenience, but no it is certainly not redundant: remember that these classes were carefully designed and implemented by Josh Bloch, so I suspect that they were explicitly programmed this way so that proxied network stubs and skeletons work as they do.
A: I've asked Josh Bloch, and he informs me that it was a mistake. He used to think, long ago, that there was some value in it, but he since "saw the light". Clearly JDK maintainers haven't considered this to be worth backing out later.
A: Good catch, they did not need to put java.io.Serializable either.
A: It's redundant. You could do without the implements Set<E>.
A: Perhaps it has something to do with the way javadoc gets generated. You know how Java API tells you all concrete classes that impement an interface or inherit from other classes? While I agree that at runtime its redundant, I can see how this might ease the automatic generation of javadoc. This is just a wild guess of course.
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DSV: From the association to the media house
The German Ski Association (DSV) has developed into a small media house: the DSV is producing the moving images of the German world cinema. The new website SkiDeutschland.de recently created a new digital home.
31. October 2016 /by Bettina
https://www.mm-sports.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/News_2016_DSV_Vom_Verband_Zum_Medienhaus.jpg 543 775 Bettina https://www.mm-sports.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/logo_mmsports.png Bettina2016-10-31 14:54:382017-10-26 17:57:15DSV: From the association to the media house
DFL brings official match data in-house in a joint venture between Sportcast and deltatre
We congratulate our partners from deltatre for this great achievement! We are very happy that mm sports will continue to support this exciting endeavor particularly through the position of our managing director Stefan Schuster on the Supervisory Board of Sportec Solutions GmbH.
https://www.mm-sports.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/D3_Sportec_BL.jpg 260 640 Bettina https://www.mm-sports.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/logo_mmsports.png Bettina2016-10-17 21:17:042017-10-26 17:58:21DFL brings official match data in-house in a joint venture between Sportcast and deltatre
FIFA Fan Fest locations at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia are announced
Football fans from Russia and all over the world now know where they can enjoy the matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup together in an exciting, friendly and unique atmosphere, as the venues for the FIFA FanFest events in the eleven FIFA World Cup Cities are announced.
27. April 2016 /by Bettina
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German Ski Association (DSV) and SportA (ARD/ZDF) extend their cooperation for four years until 2020
DSV and SportA, the rights agency of ARD and ZDF extended their media cooperation until season 2019/2020. They are able to continue offering DSV World Cups in alpine skiing, ski jumping, cross-country skiing, nordic combined and freestyle, ski cross and snowboard.
26. January 2016 /by Bettina
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Angel Town (1990)
Angel Town (1990)- * * *
Directed by: Eric Karson
Starring: Olivier Gruner, Peter Kwong, and Theresa Saldana
Jacques Montagne (Gruner) is a Frenchman from Paris who saves up all his money so he can get an engineering degree from "Southern California University". On his first day in the United States, he has trouble getting off-campus housing. Not knowing the difference between where the "nice" areas of L.A. are and where the "ghettos" are, he finds himself in a gang-infested barrio. He ends up renting a room from a nice lady and non-gang member named Maria (Saldana). The local gang wants to recruit her son into the gang so they resort to the usual tactics such as terrorizing the town around them.
Unfortunately for these gang baddies, Montagne had a troubled upbringing in Paris where he was forced to learn to fight. So, teaming up with his buddy Henry (Kwong) and the local wheelchair-bound Vietnam Vet, Montagne takes on the baddies using his considerable Martial Arts abilities. but will he be able to take on the gangs and win?
Angel Town is an amusing beat-em-up that's reminiscent of similar titles such as Street Corner Justice and Enemy Territory. A gang or gang lays siege to a house or houses and the hero has to fend them off or eliminate them altogether. It doesn't rise to the heights of Private Wars or The Annihilators, but there are some entertaining moments.
The main problem is that it can't really justify its 102-minute running time. If Angel Town was 80 minutes, we'd be dealing with a classic. The idea of a French guy getting in the middle of a drive-by shooting by Mexican gangs towards college students (this actually happens in the movie) is a novel and almost-brilliant idea. There are some enjoyable brawls that go on, and Olivier Gruner is likable. They actually gave a reason why his accent is so thick, which isn't always the case. It has a good amount of un-PC dialogue, which was more than welcome, and there because the movie has a copyright of 1989 (though it came out in '90) - the golden era before political correctness ruined everything in our society. Perhaps we need Jacques Montagne to clean things up now more than ever.
What's interesting is that, in The Circuit series, Gruner plays the immortal role of Dirk Longstreet. Dirk Longstreet is a college instructor. Could Jacques Montagne be like a forerunner, or precursor, to Dirk Longstreet? Perhaps that's the Longstreet origin story we've all been asking for.
In other casting news, one Tom McGreevey plays Dr. Rice, a very rude and almost Animal House-esque college professor. He steals all his scenes and is a lot of fun to watch. There are also blink-and-you'll-miss-em early appearances by Bruce Locke and Mark Dacascos (credited as "Dacascus").
Director Karson has a history of churning out middling action fare such as The Octagon (1980) and Black Eagle (1988). So, despite its unnecessary length, that officially qualifies Angel Town as his best actioner. In any case, lots of vatos wear button-down plaid shirts with only the top button buttoned, with a hair net and sunglasses. They say "homes" and "ese" more than John Travolta in Chains of Gold. So it's not a total loss.
The songs are provided by Gil Karson (presumably the director's brother?) who also appears onscreen as a member of The Hot Heads Band, who play at the college party that gets driven-by by the baddies (is that how you would say that?) - anyway, the movie was originally released on an Imperial VHS, but now is available on Blu-Ray as part of the MVD collection. It's also available on Amazon Prime as of this writing, in a fine transfer that more than likely comes from the same place the Blu-Ray is sourced from.
Angel Town is a classic example of what was on video store shelves starting in the early 90's. As good as many aspects of it are, it overstays its welcome with its unnecessarily long running time. Though it does overextend itself, there are definitely bright spots throughout Angel Town.
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Posted by Ty at 13.5.20
Labels: 1990, Angel Town, Olivier Gruner, Peter Kwong, Theresa Saldana
Joseph Fragosa said...
Thanks for reviewing this. After reading your review I found this movie on YouTube and watched it for the second time. The first time was when I rented it from the video store in the early 90s. Man how I miss those stores. The fight choreography was really solid.
You're welcome! Glad it's around more for people to check out. Agreed on the fights, got to love Gruner.
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Save the date, The 29th Annual International Cuisine Dinner and Auction is here! Join us at the Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark on Sunday, May 5th, 5:30 pm – 9:00pm for an incomparable evening of great food and auctions! Proceeds help support The World Awareness Children’s Museum cultural educational programs for all ages!
Our list of participating restaurants is as follows: Andrea Maranville: Sweet Life of A Baker, Bean’s Country Store, Ben & Jerry’s, Birch Bark Eatery, Chez Pierre Restaurant, Cooper’s Cave Ale Company, Darling Donuts, Deliciously Different Specialty Items, Dickinson’s Delights, The Grateful Den, Jack’s American Bistro, Johnny Rockets Six Flags Great Escape, La Cosina Mexicana, Lake George Baking Company, Mario’s Restaurant and Pizzeria, Monahan Chase Caterers, Mikado, Morgan & Co Restaurant, Ocho Cinco Cantina, Rachel’s Cafe & Spice Company, Raul’s Mexican Grill, Rock Hill Bakehouse & Cafe, Tandoori Grill, Thai Sushi Aroy Dee Restaurant, The Anvil Restaurant, Docksider Restaurant, The Grist Mill, The Queensbury Hotel, Willows Bistro, and more!
5:30pm – Appetizers, cash bar & silent auction. Music by Hui Cox and a special guest.
8:00pm – Program and desserts.
Tickets are $100 per person – $180 per couple. Table of 10 – $850.
. Saturday, January 5th – Russian Christmas Celebration (11:00am – 12:00pm): Learn about Russian Christmas traditions at our museum Saturday, January 5th, from 11:00am – 12:00pm with special program instructor Natalia Carusone! We will do a Russian nesting doll craft, eat traditional Russian sweets, and hear a Russian holiday story! Event is free with general admission ($5, children under 3 are free).
. Wednesday, January 9th – Members Only Mornings (10:00am – 12:00pm): The museum will be hosting “Members Only Mornings” the second Wednesday of each month, 10:00am – 12:00pm, where members get exclusive time to visit and explore the museum. Interested in becoming a member? You can check out the Membership page on our website here.
. Saturday, January 12th – Uttarayan Indian Kite Festival (11:00am – 12:00pm): Visit the museum on Saturday, January 12th for a truly spectacular event! Special guest instructor Neha Golwala will teach us about Uttarayan, the Indian Kite Festival! Children will hear a story about the festival, make their own kites, and eat some traditional Indian treats! Event is free with admission and runs 11:00am – 12:00pm!
The World Awareness Children’s Museum is proud to announce “Parents’ Night Out”, a time where parents can enjoy a night out on the town, or get some last minute shopping done as their children get set to enjoy time playing in the museum, watching a winter-themed movie, and enjoy some light snacks. Cost: Non-members – $20 per child / Members – $15 per child. Space is limited, so please call us at 518.793.2773 today to register (no children will be admitted without pre-registration). **Children must be potty trained in order to attend**.
Submissions begin: October 1st, 2018.
Submission deadline: November 16th, 2018.
Jury decision: January 11th, 2019.
Finalists art show: January 18th, 2019.
– Entrants must be a resident of Glens Falls, NY and in Kindergarten through 8th grade to be eligible.
– Our theme for the year is “Water, Water Everywhere”. Limit of one piece per entrant.
– There is a $5 submission fee that must be included with the submitted artwork. Payment by cash only, please.
– Submissions must be two dimensional artwork and cannot be larger than 16 x 20 inches.
– A short note about the entrants art is a welcome addition. Please include if available. It should be paper clipped to the corresponding artwork.
– To be included in the judging process for awards, all artwork must be received by November 16th. Please submit art to: World Awareness Children’s Museum, 89 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY, 12801 or [email protected].
We will require filling out our Young Artists Competition form, which you can find/download here.
Winners will have their art reproduced on mugs, postcards, magnets, and more!
Any artwork and materials, by submission to the Young Artists Competition become property of the World Awareness Children’s Museum and cannot be returned. All rights are assigned to the World Awareness Children’s Museum for use, distribution or reproduction in the best interest of the museum.
World Awareness Children’s Museum is the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program recipient for the month of March!
The World Awareness Children’s Museum has been chosen as the Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program recipient for the month of March at the 175 Broad Street, Glens Falls, NY location! For every Cause Bag (pictured on the left) sold during the month, the museum will receive a $1 donation!
Sunday, March 11th: Free Day At WACM – Come visit the World Awareness Children’s Museum for our monthly Free Day! Come explore our exhibits and see all that we have to offer. Museum will be open 12PM to 5PM.
Saturday, March 17th: St. Patrick’s Day At WACM – Come visit the World Awareness Children’s Museum to help celebrate St. Patricks Day! We will be hosting a number of holiday themed crafts that will be fun for the whole family, as well as Irish Step Dancers! Event begins at 10AM.
Saturday, March 24th: Springtime Workshop At WACM – Visit the World Awareness Children’s Museum as we celebrate the first days of Spring with a spring themed workshop! We’ll be doing a number of crafts and events, so stay tuned to this page as we update it! Crafts will begin at 11AM and museum is open 10AM to 3 PM.
The Board of Directors of the World Awareness Children’s Museum is pleased to announce the arrival of the new director, June Waters. Formerly the Curator of Education at The Hyde Collection, June has also held the position of Coordinator of Arts in Education at WSWHE BOCES and was the director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Southern Adirondacks in Glens Falls.
A native of Hudson Falls, June returned to the area from California in January to begin her work with WACM. She hopes to raise awareness of the exhibitions and hands on fun for children in the museum while expanding the museum’s impact into the community with fun and educational programming that will focus on elements of the museum’s unique and vast collection of children’s artwork from around the world.
We wish her the best of luck here at the World Awareness Children’s Museum!
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If you're considering buying a new motorcycle you need to ensure that you're doing as much research as you possibly can beforehand. With lots of things to consider before making that final purchase, you want to be sure you're making the best possible decision in order to avoid any fatal errors. Whether it's ensuring the bike is safe or buying from a trusted dealer, preparation and research is the absolute key.
- What Is Your Budget?
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- Have Your Done Your Research?
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- Is Their A Particular Brand You Want To Purchase?
If you have been doing your research then the chances are you will have one or two brands in mind that you want to purchase. Whether it's a recommendation from a friend or a brand your favourite influencer rides, having this in mind will help the buying process go even quicker. With a brand in mind you can approach any dealer you visit with a clear vision of what you want, cutting out what could be hours of searching. For more information, you can visit CycleCrunch.
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One of the most important things to consider when purchasing a new bike is whether or not the dealer you're visiting is trusted. Make sure to read up on their reviews and ask your friends for recommendations, as you want to be sure you're buying from someone that is trustworthy as well as someone who is recommended within the industry. If your friends don't have any experience in this area, there will be lots of different Facebook groups you can ask for advice.
- Have You Considered Insurance?
When it comes to making your final decision you also need to consider how much the insurance is going to be. Whilst this may have been calculated within your budget, this is often something people forget. Make sure you are buying something that you can ensure easily within your means, reducing any risk of driving around uninsured. For tips and tricks when it comes to insuring a motorbike, you can visit this site here.
One of the best ways to be sure you're making the right decision is to test drive as many different options as you can. Dealerships will be used to people test driving and in order to get the best feel for what is most suited towards you, you may need to ride as many as 10 motorcycles before you find the one. Whilst this may feel as though it takes a lot of time, it will definitely be worth it once you find that perfect ride.
Once you have narrowed your choices down to a couple of bikes, you may want to consider reading reviews for your potential options. Not only will this give your other bikers first-hand experiences of riding them, but it will also give you a clear idea of any potential issues you may face. Often, people will have a good idea of what they want before they read a review and once reading, their mind can be changed completely. Make sure you're reading trusted reviews, focussing mainly on those that are featured on reputable sites and blogs.
Once you have made up your mind about a bike, you need to check everything is in good working condition. This not only means making sure the exterior has been well looked after, but also focussing on the safety aspects of the bike too. If you're unsure, you may find bringing an experienced friend along can help.
If you're still unsure which motorcycle to choose, try thinking about all of the uses you're going to get out of the bike. Is it something you're going to be riding to work? Will it be for running errands? Will it be for leisure? Will you be taking anyone else out on your bike? How often will you be using it? Thinking of all of these things will give you a clear idea of the stats you need, especially if it's something you're going to be using often.
Finally, you may find it helpful to consider your skill level and what you can handle. If you have never ridden a bike before you may want to purchase something a little cheaper for practice, however, if you've been riding for years you may feel ready to upgrade to something a little more powerful. Whilst this doesn't have to affect your whole decision, it should definitely be something you consider if you're worried about safety.
Are you thinking of buying a new motorcycle? What do you need to consider beforehand? How will you make sure you're getting the best possible deal? Let me know in the comments section below.
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Starring: Kevin Bacon, Tom Aldredge, Nicholas Art, Blanche Baker, Guy Boyd, James Castanien, Gordon Clapp
Director: Ross Katz
- Bearing Witness: a featurette that includes interviews with Chance Phelps' friends and family as well a section on the real Lt. Col. Michael Strobl
- The Real Chance Phelps: interviews, home movies and personal photos help to paint a more vivid picture of this hero
- From Script to Screen: a featurette on how "Taking Chance" was made, from concept through production
- Deleted Scene: I'll Watch Over Him
Languages: English/Spanish
Subtitles: English/Spanish/
Portuguese/French
"Taking Chance" is the remarkable true story of one soldier's death in battle, another soldier's journey of discovery and a nation's reverence and gratitude toward its war dead. After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq, veteran officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl (Kevin Bacon) volunteers to escort the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his hometown in Wyoming. Now, on a trip across America's heartland, Strobl will find himself on an unexpectedly emotional sojourn into the soul of a country mourning not only Phelps, but all of our country's fallen heroes.
Just when you thought that the airport is a place where things are always happy, this movie shatters that image. Just when you think that the airport is a place where you see your loved ones off, or welcome them back home, this movie shatters that image. In this Ross Katz directed picture, the airport is a backdrop for a soldier who is returning home from his military duties. The only problem is, he is dead.
Based on real life events, the protagonist is Lt. Col. Mike Strobl, who has volunteered to escort PFC. Chance Phelps, who has been killed at the tender age of 19. On the journey home, person after person pay respects, shower small gifts, small gifts and condolences to the dead soldier. What does this mean for the veteran soldier? What will the high ranking military officer discover on this soul searching trip to bring a dead son back home to his family?
A war drama based on real life events always work for movie adaptations. Half the battle is already won engaging the emotions of the characters in the story. In this particular case, the overarching depression will seep into your every pore, and if you don’t feel a thing for the plot, you’d be one heartless person. In fact, the emotional power is so overwhelming; the rather brief 79 minute runtime seems like a drawn process, simply because there is an uncomfortable overbearing presence. Kevin Bacon’s presence is felt as the tortured officer who has taken on the duty of sending a deceased soldier back home. Several key scenes at the airport are guaranteed tear inducers, and whether you are of the male or female species, you’d be sniffing quite a bit.
Presented as a television movie in the United States, this picture boasts of superb production values. No considerations were made to compromise the quality of the production, and that is proved by the numerous Emmy Primtetime nominations it garnered (it took home the trophy for “Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or a Movie”). The art direction fits aptly for the movie, bringing somberness to the picture, and in turn moving viewers with its authentic and powerfully stirring storytelling. This especially works when you know that what you have just watched on screen happened in real life. This will make you think about what you would have felt or done when put in the shoes of the protagonist. And that alone, makes this recommended movie a must watch.
This Code 3 DVD contains a quite a bit of extra features to have audiences better understand the real life events that took place. Bearing Witness is a 23 minute featurette which shows you who the real Lt. Col. Michael Strobl is. The deceased soldier’s family and friends are also interviewed – get your tissues ready. The Real Chance Phelps makes you even sadder with its insights of what kind of person the dead hero is. In six minutes, you will get to see interviews with more of his loved ones, and the obligatory home videos which will make you shed a tear or two. In the five minute From Script to Screen, you’ll get to see Bacon talking about how he took up the role of the high ranking soldier whose life is changed forever by sending Phelps home. Included is also a two minute Deleted Scene and a short promo clip Learn More About Fisher House which serves military families.
The disc’s visual transfer complements the nostalgic 1970s feel, and there are English, Japanese or Thai 5.1 Dolby Digital audio tracks for you to choose from.
Review by John Li
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Angela Dimsdale Gill
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LanguagesEnglish, Spanish
Practice groupLitigation, Arbitration, and Employment
'a legendary figure”.
The leader of the pension litigation practice, Angela has conducted a number of landmark cases. She has a wide background of litigation in multiple jurisdictions and her claims experience includes confidential information, fraud, insolvency and breach of fiduciary duty. These days her industry focus is almost exclusively on pensions and professional liability. She is one of our lead partners in professional liability and has dealt with substantial claims of all kinds against pensions and other professionals.
In recent years Angela has been known for her work on the Pilots litigation which made new law on the meaning of 'employer' in pension legislation and the Nortel case, involving the pursuit and recovery of a £2bn deficit in proceedings in Europe and North America. In addition to her live cases, through the work of her committees, Angela has been personally involved in the promotion of procedural reform in relation to pension disputes; she has contributed to the drafting of the Chancery Guide on trust and pension-related proceedings and to the formulation of certain provisions of the Civil Procedure Rules.
She prepares and leads discussion forums for the Pension Litigation Committee of the Association of Pension Lawyers and has been a regular speaker at its annual conference for many years. She was a founder member of the Pension Litigation Court Users' Committee and now sits on the Court of Appeal users' Committee. Angela is top-ranked and recognized as a leading individual in all the directories. She is a solicitor-advocate, qualified to advocate in the higher Courts of England and Wales.
Education and admissions
University of Oxford, Somerville College
Litigation Services Pensions Technology Litigation
Related areas of focus
Pensions Litigation Accountants’ Liability
The PNPF Trust Company Ltd v Taylor and Others [2009] EWHC 1693 (Ch), and [2010] EWHC 1573 (Ch).
Bloom v The Pensions Regulator [2010] EWHC 3010 (Ch), and [2011] EWCA Civ 1124; Bloom v the Pension Regulator [2013] UKSC 52.
Granada Rental & Retail Ltd v Pensions Regulator [2014] Pens. L.R. 17.
ITV Plc & Ors v The Pensions Regulator & Anor [2015] EWCA Civ 228.
Harwich Haven Authority v PNPF Trust Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1937
Granada Rental & Retail Ltd v Pensions Regulator [2014] UKUT 0175.
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Signup for news and special offers about his upcoming novel KNIGHT RISE. WRiTE CLUB 2016 - Final Thoughts
Yeah... this is what I'm going to do right after I finish writing this post. It's been a grueling contest. It ran for just seven weeks (shortest time frame to date), but me and my wife have been working behind the scenes since the start of the year doing all sorts of things that are necessary for it to run as smooth as possible. It was a lot of hard work... but it was truly a labor of love. The payoff came this past weekend at the DFW Conference (which was amazing) where I personally met not only our two finalist - Solange Hommel and Joy Lucas, but many others who submitted their work as well. Some of them reached the ring, others weren't as fortunate, but every one of them enjoyed the contest and thanked me for the opportunity it offered. WRiTE CLUB may not be perfect... and I will do what I can to tweak the formula in order to satisfy the majority of our participants (fighters and readers alike)... but it continues to accomplish the goal that has always been at the top of my list -- bring writers closer together. Together lets take a look at how well we did this year. It was definitely a fierce competition with 3 different tie-breakers and the closest final we've seen yet. The number of contestants ended up being 95, which was a new record. Our number of votes per bout = 44, which was not a record and a little disappointing. However, overall each bout averaged 524 page views, and during March my blog saw 31,333 site visits... the most I've ever had in one month. Boo yah!. Yes, the entries did seem to be more on the "dark side" this year, but that wasn't by any design or intent. The slush pile judges chose what they felt was the best. We'll have a new batch of judges for next year (let me know if you are interested) and who knows, maybe romance will dominate. <3 br="">
Right here I want to thank everyone who did what they could to spread the word about WRiTE CLUB. Without you... this contest would have faded away a long time ago. You are are the heart and soul of what we are trying to accomplish here, so you have my deepest appreciation. So where can WRiTE CLUB improve. Well right off the bat I can tell you that the SAVE week will be coming back next year. Voters will be given the chance to save a writer they felt was equally matched in their bout and torn about who to choose. If enough people believe you deserve a second chance, then I'll give you that opportunity. I'm still looking for ways to increase voter participation, especially in the later rounds. In the past I've tried offering a prize for a randomly selected voter, and maybe I'll try something like that again. I'm also considering offering a prize for the person who does the most to publicize the contest. Lots of things to consider, but if anyone has any idea's... I'm all ears. Really, that is what this post is about. What do you feel needs to be changed. This contest is what it is today partly because feedback has helped shape it. So please, leave your recommendations or observations in the comments below and I'll look them over carefully. But just like a critique of a manuscript, the author should only take actions on suggestions he/she feels will improve their work. I will do the same here. One of the changes I've already thought of... and I'm enacting right now... is a signup list for notification about when the 2017 WRiTE CLUB is about to begin. All you have to do is sign up on the linky list below and two weeks before the contest opens up to accept submissions (which runs for about a month), I'll send you an email reminder along with any new rule changes. Don't worry if you don't have a blog to fill in - simply use WRiTE CLUB as the title and www. dlhammons. com as the site address, then your name and email address. I hope to see each and every one of you again next year... and bring your friends. WRiTE CLUB 2016 - A Champion Crowned
The celebrity judges have spoken. The winner of the 2016 version of WRiTE CLUB - announced at the DFW Conference Saturday night - is:
BonsaiBabe
And now the moment many of who have been waiting for, the unveiling of just who our champion is. It is my pleasure to introduce to you Solange Hommel…aka BonsaiBabe. Solange has won a free pass to the 2017 DFW Conference. Solange is a retired teacher, newly transplanted to central Texas from northern Minnesota by way of southern California. She writes mostly contemporary short stories and flash fiction, although she also has a novel of dubious quality lurking in a desk drawer thanks to NaNoWriMo 2011. Write Club 2016 has been her most exhilarating and informative attempt at sharing her writing with the big, bad world. She credits her husband and several four-legged roommates for keeping her sane. Our runner up... The Night Songstress... is none other than Joy Lucas. Inspired by a three-month stint living in an eerie, rundown apartment, Joy is currently putting the finishing touches on her debut horror/dark fantasy novel, “The Daghan Curse. ” When she is not writing, she spends time spoiling her feisty dog, Rowan, named after a tree known in European folklore as a protector against malevolent entities. Joy loves meeting writers and avid readers, so say hi to her via Twitter (@JoyLucas23 ). Inspired by the Write Club competition and the voters’ feedback, Joy will begin posting “The Daghan Curse, ” scene by scene, on joylucas. com
And there you have it. Congratulations to both of our finalist, and a virtual high-five to Solange for becoming the sixth member of an elite club - WRiTE CLUB champ. I want to again thank all 95 contestants who submitted their work for scrutiny this year, everyone who blogged, Tweeted, updated their Facebook status, or did whatever they could to spread the word about WRiTE CLUB so we could provide the exposure to these writers they so richly deserve, and finally I want to thank my wife Kim -- without who's support this contest would be impossible. I want to now give the contestants who feel so inclined an opportunity to reveal their own identity. You may not have won the contest, but as I've said many time before, just making it into the ring is high praise in and of itself, and you should bask in that limelight. So I encourage as many of you as possible to let others who you are and where they can read more of your writing. I'll be back Wednesday with a final few words and a 2016 wrap up. See you then. WRiTE CLUB 2016 - The Finals
This is where it all ends... with two writers... one ring... and a solitary crown. Who do you think will make an impression on the judges and be the one left standing. This years contest has been extremely close all the way through, with no-less than three tie-breakers being necessary. If you want to check out the early round submissions from our finalist, you can do that HERE. Let me start off by congratulating BonsaiBabe and The Night Songstress for surviving weeks of grueling competition and landing here in the final round. But additionally, every single writer who was brave enough to submit an entry to this contest also deserves a tip of the hat as well. I've already emailed the new 500 word writing sample from our finalist to our panel of celebrity judges (forgot who they were... check out the list below) and their decision will be made known during the DFW Conference in Dallas on Saturday. I'll also post the final results, along with any critiques the judges provides, next Monday (April 25 th). But that doesn't mean you don't get a say. I've also posted their pieces here so you can have one final chance to vote. If by some remarkable chance our judges come up with a split decision, your votes in the comments below will decide the tie-breaker. I will be back after announcing the winner to post some takeaways from this season's WRiTE CLUB, and I'll also be asking for recommendations for what you'd like to see be different for next year. Make sure you stop by for that. And now... for one last time this year.... First into the ring, representing the Dark Fantasy genre with 500 words, The Night Songstress. A typical encounter with a mother involves hugs and homemade food. An encounter with my mother involves kidnapping. “Right here. ” A man with a strained voice commands. I lie still, not letting him on to the fact that I’m awake. I don’t have to peel back the blindfold to recognize the musty scent of the home I grew up in. “Be careful. She’s dangerous, ” Mary warns, yet she’s the one who has hurt me more than the demon that’s swirling around inside my head. Two hands reeking of incense pick me up by the shoulders, another two by my legs. They lay me down on a table that, judging by how close they are standing next to me, must not be too wide. “If we can’t heal her…” The man pauses. “We end them both. ”
End them. They think they can end Taṇhā, the greatest demon daughter of Mara. They think they can kill me. The blindfold slips off as I sit up to see a dozen men dressed in robes, surrounding me. Mary’s standing with her back against the living room wall, behind the only man with a maroon scarf draped around his neck. As he commands them to tie me down, I catch a flash of a swastika near the hem. “Let me go. ” I fight off one of the men trying to pin me by my arms. I search Mary’s face for mercy. There is none. She’s smiling with eyes so empty her soul might be more dead than mine. “Please, Mary... M-Mom. Don’t do this. ”
The man with the scarf takes a step closer, now an inch away from my bound feet. Two other men strap me down with duct tape. Without a cue, they all lay a hand on the table and, suddenly, a fever takes over me. I fight through the feelings of my bones crumbling and muscles throbbing. I try with all my strength to loosen the tape. They barely react to my desperate attempt at escape. Instead, they lift their other hand in the air and begin to chant. The man with the scarf pulls out a knife from his robe and walks around the room, slashing their wrists. I try to watch, to find a way to escape before he comes closer, but the feeling of being gutted like a wild animal robs my focus. He makes his way over, not rushing the process, not worried that I’ll escape. Hovering over my head, he sticks out his wrist and drags the scarlet-stained blade across it. Blood pours down my face, smothering my eyes and mouth, dripping into my sinuses. The table begins to tremble as I struggle to breathe. I can barely move a finger without crying in agony. The chanting, the blood, the musty air—they slowly fade away. And then I finally hear Taṇhā’s voice. Silly girl, don’t worry. Exorcisms are like magic shows, she says. Perfectly harmless. Off into the distance, Mary asks, “Why is my daughter smiling. ”
And her formidable opponent, representing the Short Story genre with 494 words, welcome to the ring BonsaiBabe. The butler waved Frank into the dimly lit room and disappeared. Frank shifted uncomfortably on a rug worth more than his monthly mortgage payment, waiting. Finally, Mr. Pickford broke the silence. "Please, tell me about this favor you have come to ask. "
"It's about Helen, " Frank started. "Obviously, " interrupted Mr. Pickford. "You wouldn't dare come in here asking a favor for yourself. "
Frank rushed through the next sentence. "Helen is dying. "
"You don't say. "
"The doctors give her barely a month to live. " Frank cleared the emotion from his throat. "There's a doctor in the city willing to try an experimental therapy, but the bank won't extend me any more credit, and the hospital refuses to admit her unless I can show how I'm going to pay. "
"And you came to me because … . " Mr. Pickford tilted his head precariously on his thin neck, twisted hands folded primly in his lap. Satisfaction danced across his lips like canary feathers on a cat's tongue. "You have resources I don't, " Frank admitted. "You know how special she is, how painful losing her will be. "
"You're right about one thing, my dear Frankie, " Mr. Pickford replied. "I know exactly what it feels like to lose Helen. You … you are the cancer that stole Helen away from me. I have already mourned for Helen. "
"Please—”
"What do I get out of this deal. "
Relief flooded Frank's face. "Name your price. If it's within my power, it's yours. "
"Oh, that is just precious. " Mr. Pickford cackled. "You actually believe you could have something I would want. " He coughed harshly. "It's too late, Frankie, my boy. The only thing of yours I ever wanted is no longer worth having. "
The anger welling up inside Frank's chest was icy cold; it froze him in place. "Now, will you be a good little boy and leave quietly, Frankie, or shall I have Emerson throw you out. " Mr. Pickford reached for the silver bell. Frank's anger shattered into a thousand icy splinters. He placed his hand over Mr. Pickford's, muffling the sound of the bell in the folds of the thick down comforter. Alarm flared in the pale blue depths of Mr. Pickford's eyes. "What are you doing. " His frail hand struggled under Frank's work-worn one, as fragile and flailing as a baby bird, the boom in his voice becoming a thin whine. "You let go of me right now. "
As if in a trance, Frank grabbed a pillow from behind Mr. Pickford's head with his other hand. Mr. Pickford's upper body fell backward, mewling unhappily. Taking no notice of the thrashing, Frank pressed the pillow over Mr. Pickford's mouth and nose. He held it there as the movements weakened to nothing. Carefully, Frank returned the pillow to its original position. He smoothed the comforter, and tucked the handkerchief into one clawed hand. He picked up the bell slowly, dampening the clapper with one finger, and laid it on the floor. Here again is the line up of celebrity judges who will be deciding the fate of these two dynamo writers. Barry Lyga has been called a “YA rebel-author” by Kirkus Reviews. He’s published fourteen novels in various genres in his nine-year career, including the New York Times bestselling I Hunt Killers. His books have been or are slated to be published in a dozen different languages in North America, Australia, Europe, and Asia. After graduating from Yale with a degree in English, Lyga worked in the comic book industry before quitting to pursue his lifelong love of writing. In 2006, his first young adult novel, The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, was published to rave reviews, including starred reviews from Booklist and School Library Journal. Publishers Weekly named Lyga a “Flying Start” in December 2006 on the strength of the debut. His second young adult novel, Boy Toy, received starred reviews in SLJ, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus. VOYA gave it its highest critical rating, and the Chicago Tribune called it “…an astounding portrayal of what it is like to be the young male victim. ” His third novel, Hero-Type, according to VOYA “proves that there are still fresh ideas and new, interesting story lines to be explored in young adult literature. ” Since then, he has also written Goth Girl Rising (the sequel to his first novel), as well as the Archvillain series for middle-grade readers and the graphic novel Mangaman (with art by Colleen Doran).
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wife, Morgan Baden, and their nigh-omnipotent daughter. His comic book collection is a lot smaller than it used to be, but is still way too big.
Russell C. Connor – Russell C. Connor has been writing horror since the age of 5, and has been in the self-publishing industry for a decade. He has published 8 novels and 4 novellas in both paperback and eBook, including the Box Office of Terror Trilogy and "Whitney, " an epic horror novel about hurricane survivors fighting a washed-ashore sea monster. He also designs books for clients and assists them with self-publishing endeavors through his company, Dark Filament Publishing Startup. Contact him through darkfilament. com, or on twitter @russellcconnor.
Monica Odom joined Bradford Literary Agency in 2015. Prior to joining Team Bradford, she worked for five years managing finance, subrights and social media at Liza Dawson Associates, and became an associate agent there in 2013. Monica earned her Masters in Publishing: Digital & Print Media from New York University in 2014, and has a B. A. in English from Montclair State University.
Laura Maisano - Laura has an MA in Technical writing and is a Senior Editor at Anaiah Press for their YA/NA Christian Fiction. She’s excited to release her debut YA Urban Fantasy SCHISM, and she’s finishing up the sequel UNITY.
Her gamer husband and amazing daughter give support and inspiration every day. Their cats, Talyn and Moya, provide entertainment through living room battles and phantom-dust-mote hunting. Somehow, they all manage to survive living in Texas where it is hotter than any human being should have to endure. Check out her blog at LauraMaisano. blogspot. com.
Gordon Warnock is a founding partner at Fuse Literary, serving as a literary agent and Editorial Director of Short Fuse Publishing. He brings years of experience as a senior agent, marketing director, editor for independent publishers, publishing consultant, and author coach. He frequently teaches workshops and gives keynote speeches at conferences and MFA programs nationwide. He is an honors graduate of CSUS with a B. A. in Creative and Professional Writing.
Joanna MacKenzie joined Browne & Miller Literary Associates in 2003. She began her career in publishing as an assistant under Jane Jordan Browne and Danielle Egan-Miller. Now an agent, Joanna has prepared, submitted, and successfully placed all types of projects, but her true passion lies in commercial fiction. She’s looking for exciting new voices in women’s fiction, thriller, new adult, and young adult genres. She enjoys working with writers who embrace the full creative process (read: don’t mind revisions) and has helped to shape many client manuscripts into books that receive stellar reviews, award nominations, and which have gone on to become national and international bestsellers. Joanna holds a Master of Arts in Film Theory and Criticism from the University of Chicago as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from the University of Calgary, Canada. Follow her @joannamackenzie.
Jodell Sadler earned her MFA in Children’s Writing from Hamline University. She is the author of Picture Book Lunch: 20 Tools for Pacing and Writing Picture Books to Wow, and has produced five Writer’s Digest University Tutorials on Children’s Writing. Her published articles include “Picture Book Pacing: Verbal and Visual Tools for Writers, and Picture Book Pacing: The ultimate 20 editing tools for your work, ” in the Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market, 2011 and 2013, respectively. Visit her Picture Book Lunch website and find her on Facebook.
Eric Smith is an associate literary agent at P. S. Literary, with a love for young adult books, sci-fi, fantasy, and literary fiction. He began his publishing career at Quirk Books in Philadelphia, working social media and marketing on numerous books he absolutely adored. Eric completed his BA in English at Kean University, and his MA in English at Arcadia University. A frequent blogger, his ramblings about books appear on BookRiot, The Huffington Post, and more. A published author with Quirk Books and Bloomsbury, he seeks to give his authors the same amount of love his writing has received. Which is a lot.
Mark Falkin. Licensed in Texas, Mark has practiced entertainment and intellectual property law for 17 years, representing hundreds of artists (a platinum seller and Grammy® winner among them), entrepreneurs and businesses, shopping artistic projects, drafting and negotiating entertainment contracts, securing trademarks and copyrights, licensing and selling intellectual properties, establishing businesses, litigating disputes. He’s completed 3 novels (and a chapbook of poems), with two more in rough draft stages. One, literary, is long, self-published and well-reviewed (Days of Grace). Another, an upmarket supernatural thriller, garnered an agent at a venerable NYC agency (Howard Morhaim). The most recent is a near-future suspense tale called Contract City published in hardcover by longstanding Baltimore indie publisher Bancroft Press which is currently in screen development with a studio in Los Angeles (Booklist: "it's hard to put this down. "). And then there’s the ongoing and continual What I’m Working On Now.
Jason Yarn is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives and an attorney registered in the state of New York. He graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in English and from Brooklyn Law School with a JD. He started his career in publishing with Writers & Artists Agency and then continued with Paradigm Talent Agency for ten years, acting as both a literary agent and a business affairs executive.
Tiana Smith – Tiana was the first WRiTE CLUB champion back in 2011. She is represented by Rachel Marks of Rebecca Friedman Literary and writes YA contemporary -- the more kissing the better. When she's not knee-deep in edits, she dabbles in design (theblogdecorator. com) and watches Disney movies while eating as much mint chocolate chip ice cream as possible. She's a mom, accomplished violist and insomniac, though not necessarily in that order. She graduated with double bachelor degrees in Honors and English from Westminster College.
Mark Hough – Mark was the 2012 WRiTE CLUB champion. Mark and his wife Faith live and work in Southern Connecticut, a short drive away from the music centers of New York City and Yale School of Music in New Haven. Mark is not only a talented writer, but he has been making violins, violas and cellos for 13 years, since he completing his 3 -year apprenticeship with Lawrence Wilke in 1998. He is a member of the Violin Society of America, which has awarded Mark's violins two Certificates of Merit for workmanship
Tex Thompson – Arianne "Tex" Thompson is home-grown Texas success story. After earning a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s in literature, she channeled her passion for exciting, innovative, and inclusive fiction into the Children of the Drought – an internationally-published epic fantasy Western series from Solaris. Now a professional writing instructor and editor for the DFW Writers Conference, Tex is blazing a trail through writers conferences, workshops, and fan conventions around the country – as an endlessly energetic, relentlessly enthusiastic one-woman stampede. Find her online at www. TheTexFiles. com
and on Twitter as @tex_maam!
Dan Koboldt – Dan was our 2014 Champion and a genetics researcher slash fantasy/science fiction author. He has co-authored more than 60 publications in Nature, Human Mutation, The New England Journal of Medicine, and other scientific journals. His debut novel The Rogue Retrieval, about a Vegas magician who infiltrates a medieval world, was published by Harper Voyager in January 2016. Dan is also an avid hunter and outdoorsman. He lives with his wife and children in St. Louis, where the deer take their revenge by eating the flowers in his backyard.
Lisa Dunn – Lisa won WRiTE CLUB 2015 with samples of her current work-in-progress, a contemporary YA titled Commando Grace. She believes in heartfelt characters, intriguing plots, and wondrous worlds. Her first two books, Grit of Berth and Stone and Heir of Koradin were published by Anaiah Press in 2015. The final book in the Chasmaria series, Child of Thresh, will release August 2016. Lisa is on Facebook and Twitter, and occasionally blogs at https://waitingforaname. wordpress. com.
And always remember -- this is WRiTE CLUB, the contest where the audience gets clobbered!
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Netflix TV binge review: Marvel’s Daredevil (Episodes 11 – 13)
The Costume
Philip W Bayles | On 28, Apr 2015
Warning: This contains spoilers.
Let’s talk about James Wesley.
The role of Wilson Fisk’s right-hand man could have been an utterly thankless one; nothing more than a way of drawing out the suspense before we finally see the Kingpin for the first time. But thanks to a superb performance from Toby Leonard Moore, he’s turned out to be one of the surprise highlights of Daredevil.
Wesley is an effortlessly cool character in his own right. He’s always in control of any room, and knows how to manipulate the other members of Fisk’s rogues’ gallery with the slightest twist of the proverbial knife. But as The Path of the Righteous starts with Fisk keeping vigil by Vanessa’s bedside in hospital after a failed poisoning attempt, we finally realise that Wesley is far more than just the Smithers to Fisk’s Mr. Burns. While the dodgy financial advisor Leland Owlsley (Bob Gunton) is concerned about business being jeopardised by Fisk’s emotional state, Wesley is genuinely concerned for his wellbeing. Theirs is a fascinating dynamic that elevates the drama beyond most superhero TV shows – and also makes it somewhat harder to stomach when the episode ends with Karen shooting Wesley point blank. Although, to be fair, he really shouldn’t have put a loaded gun within her reach.
It’s a fantastic bad-ass moment for Karen, a character who started off playing the victim, which is why it’s such a shame that writer Douglas Petrie has her turn to the bottle as a way of coping with the enormity of what she’s done. We get that she can’t just shrug it off like Matt can reconcile his nightly beating sessions, but going back to Karen The Victim feels like a step in the wrong direction. While we’re on the subject of women, it’s disappointing that Claire leaves so unceremoniously at the end of Episode 11 too. Rosario Dawson and Charlie Cox have had superb chemistry throughout the season, so let’s hope that there’s more for her to do in the future.
Still, this thinning out of the herd is kind of the point – by the season finale, the battlefield is clear for Matt to finally lock horns (pun only slightly intended) with Fisk.
With his relationship with Foggy at an all-time low, Matt finds himself steadily losing more allies. As if Claire’s sudden departure wasn’t depressing enough, Episode 12 ends on a truly chilling sequence, as Ben Urich returns to his apartment to find Fisk lying in wait, which turns out to be only a small part of his brutal plan of revenge – despite the satisfaction it’ll inevitably bring, we expect most people will wince at what Fisk does to Leland when it turns out he was behind Vanessa’s attempted murder all along.
And then there’s Madame Gao. After her ring of blind drug traffickers is razed to the ground in spectacular fashion, she’s one of the few who gets out alive and decides to return home – which, according to her, is “considerably further” than China. Rumour has it that she’ll feature again in the upcoming kung-fu inspired series Iron Fist, and we’re hoping the rumours are true – Gao is a fascinating character and Wai Ching Ho is a great actor.
Considering the way things are building to a crescendo, the first half of Episode 13 feels like something of an anti-climax, as the newly-reconciled Matt and Foggy find a way to incriminate Fisk through… legal stuff. Sadly, the law firm of Nelson and Murdock has been steadily downplayed to make room for the origins of Matt’s career as a hero and Fisk’s rise to power – a balance that will hopefully be redressed in future seasons. That said, we do get some more cracking action beats. There’s something joyously surreal about seeing Matt chuck his cane into an alley, Clark Kent-style, before free-running across the streets of New York, and the final fight between Fisk and Matt is everything it needed to be – not least because we finally get to see The Costume.
While the black mask certainly has its charms (not least because it looks like Matt has been cosplaying as the Dread Pirate Roberts all season), the Daredevil’s official outfit is a thing of beauty. The iconic horned helmet is now present, but the suit feels like battle armour – more chunky and real than anything we’ve seen in the MCU so far. It feels like something a street-level vigilante would actually wear. But Matt isn’t the only one who’s finally putting on his true colours. Freed from the restraints of his business partners, Fisk has embraced the savage side of his persona, and the result is electrifying. The Kingpin has arrived.
A brave step in a new direction has paid dividends for both Marvel and Netflix – despite the occasional teething issue here and there, Daredevil is undeniably one of the most satisfying shows either company has made to date. Now let’s see if the rest of The Defenders can reach the same high standard.
Want more Daredevil? Read our interview with Charlie Cox.
All of Marvel’s Daredevil is available to watch on Netflix UK, as part of an £9.99 monthly subscription.
Photo: Barry Wetcher © 2014 Netflix, Inc. All rights reserved.
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In a pastel villa that presides over pine-covered slopes and the deep blue waters of the Ligurian Sea, Belmond Hotel Splendido was a 16th-century monastery before it became a cliff-side luxury hotel at the turn of the 20th century. Today, it is one of Portofino’s most iconic resorts, with 70 sunlit rooms (think herringbone hardwood floors, marble baths, and wrought iron terraces) that have hosted the Duke of Windsor, Ava Gardner, and Catherine Deneuve. You’ll get the VIP treatment while sipping champagne on a sunset cruise aboard the hotel’s Chris-Craft Corsair 36, dining on seabream ceviche at La Terrazza, or indulging in a chamomile footbath at the spa. A shuttle can run you down to intimate sister property Splendido Mare, which overlooks the central Piazzetta and is a dressed-up version of a fishing village pied-à-terre, with 16 whitewashed rooms and its own buzzy restaurant.
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The months of November and December are the holiday season, but for HR reps and business owners, this time frame is also open enrollment season. A delicate but important topic, healthcare is a top HR challenge for companies everywhere due to its complexity and ever-changing nature. As 2018 draws near, there are many ways a company can successfully manage healthcare open enrollment and provide a boost to their organization.
The good news is that despite all the confusing talk of healthcare reform in congress, there are few changes affecting 2018. However, ACA enrollment periods have been cut in half, so workers will have less time to get informed, understand their choices, and make decisions. Plus, it’s a good idea to refer to the IRS website to make sure your organization remains in compliance. While a lot of media attention is on employers with 50 full-time employees or more, smaller business must still be up-to-date on laws.
The pressure is on for employers to cut through the distraction of news headlines and educate their employees on their current options as well as any changes unique to your own organization. The advertising budget for ACA open enrollment was slashed by 90% for this year, which means your workforce will not be seeing many ads educating or reminding them about this important time period. That burden falls on employers more than ever before.
Now is the time that employees have the opportunity to change from one plan to another, and will rely on management to help them understand what their options are. The Department of Labor offers some example notices to assist, but an employer will have to do more than tack up forms on a bulletin board. Likewise, emailing information to employees can be helpful for record keeping, but education takes more strategic communication. Hold a town hall style meeting where you can describe each plan fully and field questions that employees have. This can be difficult, especially for small HR departments not versed well in healthcare, so employers often will have an insurance company representative attend such a meeting.
Send out reminders to employees not just once, but regularly. Look for employees who haven’t enrolled in a different plan or haven’t indicated they want to stay in their current plan and call them during the last week of open enrollment. Ideally, every employee should acknowledge that they at least want to stay in their current plan. Silence cannot be taken as a decision, because that employee may complain or become disgruntled if they feel they were not aware of the opportunity to make a change.
Some small businesses may be exempt from offering healthcare to employees. That can seem like a win as healthcare benefits come with a massive cost, especially for companies with small employee bases, but refraining from offering benefits is not a productive long-term business strategy. Simply put, current employees and potential candidates want good healthcare benefits.
In fact, out of all the potential benefits of a new job, 88% of job seekers value better health insurance the most, even preferring it over additional vacation time. Many would accept a job with a lower salary but with excellent benefits. Today’s tight labor market makes it’s hard enough to find good employees, and offering excellent benefits is a massive recruiting tool to leverage. Unfortunately, it’s difficult for most small to medium-sized businesses to provide affordable and robust healthcare benefits to a low number of employees.
Partnering with a PEO is often the easiest and most cost-effective healthcare solution for small to medium-sized businesses. When you partner with a PEO, your employees become part of their much larger employee base. There’s no difference in the work your employees do, but your 10, 50, or 100 employees are suddenly part of a group of thousands. Because of the power of this large group, workers will often receive excellent benefits at cheaper rates.
Additionally, a PEO can alleviate the headaches of staying in compliance and educating employees. A great PEO partner should be an HR and healthcare expert, employing streamlined notifications and experienced HR reps that have held countless informative open enrollment meetings. They’re the ones that answer all the complicated questions about each plan, not you.
Finally, the right PEO can take even more off your shoulders. Forget about dealing with payroll, employee training, and other common HR duties. A PEO can help you achieve business growth, and transitioning your HR responsibilities to the right PEO partner is easy. When you’re a smaller business it’s hard to wear multiple hats, juggling your business expertise with HR trends and healthcare news you may not be versed in. As 2018 open enrollment continues, if you find exploring healthcare changes and educating your employees to be a burden, then a PEO is the solution.
Need a hand managing your healthcare open enrollment? Contact us today, and take a look at this video to see what else Synergy can assist your business with.
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Q: How to get the textbox's id by cursor position I have multiple textboxes inside a div element. I want to insert some text one of the textbox by cursor position on a button click. I am successfully inserted text if I know the id of a textbox, but i am having problem to know the element wheres the cursor currently positioned.
<div>
<input type="text" id="txt1" />
<input type="text" id="Text2" />
<input type="text" id="Text3" />
<input type="button" value="Add" id="btnAdd" />
</div>
$('#btnAdd').click(function () {
insertDataVarables(document.getElementById('txt1'), 'insertedText')
});
function insertDataVarables(myField, myValue) {
//IE support
if (document.selection) {
myField.focus();
sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = myValue;
}
//MOZILLA and others
else if (myField.selectionStart || myField.selectionStart == '0') {
var startPos = myField.selectionStart;
var endPos = myField.selectionEnd;
myField.value = myField.value.substring(0, startPos)
+ myValue
+ myField.value.substring(endPos, myField.value.length);
myField.selectionStart = startPos + myValue.length;
myField.selectionEnd = startPos + myValue.length;
} else {
myField.value += myValue;
}
}
So how could I know the textbox id by cursor position.
Thanks in advance
A: To catch the focused input when clicking a button, you have to listen to the mousedown event as it fires before the input loses focus.
The click event is too late, the input has already lost focused by that time.
To get the currently focused (active) element, one can use document.activeElement.
So something like this :
$('#btnAdd').on('mousedown', function() {
var el = document.activeElement;
insertDataVarables(el, 'insertedText')
});
FIDDLE
A: When a cursor is positioned in a textbox save it in a global variable. The on button click insert the value to the saved element. Hope following code snippet will help you.
var selctedElm;
$(document).on('click', '#btnAdd', function () {
selctedElm && selctedElm.val('insertedText');
});
$(document).on('click', 'input[type=text]', function() {
selctedElm = $(this);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>
<input type="text" id="txt1" />
<input type="text" id="Text2" />
<input type="text" id="Text3" />
<br/><br/>
<input type="button" value="Add" id="btnAdd" />
</div>
A: This is the answer given by adeneo
$('#btnAdd').on('mousedown', function() {
var el = document.activeElement;
insertDataVarables(el, 'insertedText')
});
function insertDataVarables(myField, myValue) {
//IE support
if (document.selection) {
myField.focus();
sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = myValue;
}
//MOZILLA and others
else if (myField.selectionStart || myField.selectionStart == '0') {
var startPos = myField.selectionStart;
var endPos = myField.selectionEnd;
myField.value = myField.value.substring(0, startPos)
+ myValue
+ myField.value.substring(endPos, myField.value.length);
myField.selectionStart = startPos + myValue.length;
myField.selectionEnd = startPos + myValue.length;
} else {
myField.value += myValue;
}
}
<div>
<input type="text" id="txt1" />
<input type="text" id="Text2" />
<input type="text" id="Text3" />
<input type="button" value="Add" id="btnAdd" />
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Emerging themes from MIGPROSP research
Andrew Geddes June 29th, 2016
We’re now two years into the MIGPROSP project and have conducted more than 200 interviews with “actors” in migration governance systems in Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America and South America. By actors we mean those who seek to make, shape or influence policy at local, national, regional or international level. We have amassed a huge amount of information, but what have we learned so far? This blog highlights three of the emerging themes that we’ll flesh out in later publications.
We draw both from the literature that we have reviewed plus our interview material. The interviews focused on a range of issues, including:
The personal background and experience of the interviewee and how this impinges on his or her understanding of international migration.
Whether particular events or incidents have had shaping effects on interviewees’ understanding of international migration.
What the interviewees see as the main causes and effects of international migration and whether these might change in the future.
Interviewees’ views on key risks and uncertainties and how to respond to them.
You can keep up with further news and updates about the MIGPROSP project’s development by subscribing to our mailing list.
Emerging issue 1: A new normal?
A key tension that we have identified in major destination countries, particularly in Europe and North America, is between perceptions of:
a “new normal” — by which we mean the idea that migratory pressures are likely to remain high, alongside
reactive tendencies in migration governance that can lead to a status quo bias
The resulting tension is between the oft-expressed view that “something should be done”, together with doubts about the capacity of existing institutional frameworks to deliver change.
The phrase “new normal” has certainly cropped up in our interviews. For example, one European interviewee told us of an EU-US meeting at which people were, as he put it: “repeatedly mentioning that this will be the new normal. These 250,000-280,000 irregular migrants a year, that’s basically what we have to count on in the foreseeable future. Nothing will change in this regard.” Strikingly, the European Commission’s Communication on establishing a new Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration mirrors this language: “External migratory pressure is the ‘new normal’ both for the EU and for partner countries. This requires a more coordinated, systematic and structured approach to maximise the synergies and leverages of the Union’s internal and external policies”. The “new normal” means the likelihood of persistent and relatively high migratory pressure on Europe’s external borders. Our interviews make it very clear that poverty, inequality and conflict are seen as key drivers of these pressures while demographic and environmental changes can accentuate their effects.
Rome: exhibition of work by child migrants who have survived crossing the Mediterranean to Italy
This “new normal” is often seen to require new thinking because of the view that existing approaches have failed or don’t apply in face of these new dynamics. At the same time – and this is the key tension that we identify — migration governance is widely seen as having strongly reactive (rather than proactive) tendencies. These tendencies can lead to a status quo bias that militates against the kinds of reforms or changes necessary at the policy and institutional level to respond to this “new normal”.
Some of our EU and US interviews illustrate the point. A US official got to the heart of the issue when stating that immigration policy is “so reactive … it seems to be limping along just fine so why rock the boat? If we rock the boat somebody might see us and want to, like, you know, make even more changes.” Another US official echoed this theme: “I think there’s a reluctance to do anything that might make the flood start again. So maybe a risk averseness. Well, so we don’t know what stopped the floods. So anything — all of the actions we took we’re hesitant to change, because any one of them could have been the one.”
In Europe we also find that the strongly negative politicization of immigration in many EU member states acts as a powerful constraint on change. As one of our European interviewees put it: “You have politicians who are terrified that the next move they make is going to see them out of office”. Another of our European interviewees identified the effect of populist and anti-immigration political parties: “The biggest uncertainty is our internal politics rather than the actual phenomenon of migration. It’s the Le Pens, it’s the UKIPs, the True Finns, the Sweden Democrats, the AfDs, the PEGIDAs or whatever movements. They’re much more difficult in that sense; so, it’s actually on the perception side and the reaction side, which are much more difficult to master.”
Particularly amongst governmental and official actors in destination countries, MIGPROSP research suggests that not only is change seen as difficult to deliver, but change itself is viewed as problematic because of the possibility of unforeseen consequences in an unstable and highly politicised policy field.
Emerging issue 2: The causes and limits of deterrence
Deterrence has become a key theme in the rationale for immigration polices and in the academic analysis of the cause and effects of migration laws and policies. What our research shows is that ideas about deterrence -– particularly in major destination countries in Europe as well as the USA and Australia — are based on a particular view of the causes of migration and a strong emphasis on “pull factors”.
There are many ways in which states might seek to deter would-be migrants from making their journeys. Part of our MIGPROSP research saw us travel down to South Texas to try to understand more about the causes and effects of border controls, fences and walls. The USA has experienced the migratory effects of conflict and violence in neighbouring states such as Mexico and, more recently, the Northern Triangle Central American (NTCA) countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. More than 63,000 unaccompanied minors crossed the US southern border between October 2013 and July 2014, of which two thirds came from NTCA countries. In a strategy redolent of the EU’s attempt to deter Mediterranean crossings, a 30 June 2014 White House Press release stated the need to:
send a clear message to potential migrants so that they understand the significant dangers of this journey and what they will experience in the United States. These public information campaigns make clear that recently arriving individuals and children will be placed into removal proceedings, and are not eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals process and earned citizenship provisions that are part of comprehensive immigration reform currently under consideration in the Congress …. we will continue to use multiple channels to counteract the misinformation that is being spread by smugglers.
This language and practice of deterrence is also evident in Europe where there is much talk of “disrupting’ the business models of smugglers and traffickers. This common language and approach does not emerge by chance or coincidence: there is extensive communication between major immigrant destination countries.
Subway, Rome
In Europe, deterrence has a strong welfare state dimension. The Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz was strongly critical of Germany’s more open approach to the refugee crisis and claimed in March 2016 that: “These people don’t come to Europe because they want to live on Lesbos. They come here because they want to enjoy the living standards and benefits they are guaranteed in countries like Austria, Germany or Sweden … Don’t get me wrong, I don’t blame these people; I can understand them, because many politicians have triggered false hopes” (The Observer, 6 March 2016).
The UK was identified as “hyper sensitive” to the deterrence rationale by a member of another EU state’s Brussels delegation. This perceived hyper-sensitivity meant that the UK government did not in late 2015 support extension of the Italian-led Mare Nostrum search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean because being rescued was seen as a pull factor for migrants.
Ostensibly, it seems plausible that a country’s relative attractiveness (land of opportunity, welcoming, rich etc) and openness (ease of entry, rights and benefits extended to newcomers) could drive migration. The potential limits of such a view are that it over-emphasises pull factors, downplays push factors and neglects the role played by migration networks. Pull-factor perspectives can also swiftly translate into deterrence-based approaches. The reasoning goes as follows: migrants come because of country x’s attractiveness and openness, so things need to be made much more difficult to hinder the operation of this pull factor.
A familiar theme in interviews in North America and Europe was a perception that the openness and attractiveness of the destination country are key drivers of migration. However, while Canadian interviewees highlighted the desirability of being seen by migrants as open and attractive, in Europe and the USA we found a more negative view of openness that can feed into ideas about the motives for migration and migrants’ strategies. Perceptions regarding the chance of getting into the US and the role played by communication between migrants are evident in the following quote from a US interviewee:
And if things are pretty crappy but they are not absolutely horrible and there is a chance in the United States; and all of a sudden you start hearing stories like, “Hey there’s a lot better chance now than there was before if you do X, Y and Z”. That can start a snowball. It is a cost benefit analysis.
Another US interviewee discussed her experience of the interdiction and screening at sea of Cuban migrants (the so-called “wet foot/dry foot” policy): “[It] showed to me that where migrants had a sense that their chances of success actually getting to the US were high, they would do something illegal or something dangerous. So that, too, showed me that we have to make clear that the chances of success are not high and we have to demonstrate that in the policy choices we make.”
Part of the border fence separating the US from Mexico
Interpretations of the effectiveness of fence building are related to the idea of openness as a driver. In the US, some saw fence building as a success in stemming the flow while those opposed to policy noted negative effects on “circular migration”. These contrasting perspectives can be seen in the following quotes from two US interviewees:
People decided that post-9/11 we want to do something about the border … almost 700 miles of fencing on the south-west border and that’s made a difference. People were always asking us, “Does it work? Does it not work? You got all this investment. What are we getting for our return?” We’ve really gotten very good at protecting large pieces of border that were previously unprotected or ineffective in our response … If there is opportunity here, people are going to come, but also if they’re caught and sent back, they stop coming. The economics don’t work for them. You can only make a couple of attempts.
There’s a funny thing that we did in the United States: the people who were more restrictionist, opposed to immigrants, decided to build a wall … When they built the wall, what they did is they kept people in. Before, people would go back and forth, certainly the Mexican community, and so it was a major change that it was harder to get in; therefore, people stopped going home. Once they stopped going home, their ties became more to the United States, so in a way it’s very ironic that the people who least want immigrants are arguably the cause why the numbers started to go up. I just think that’s been an interesting kind of behaviour.
For all these actors, the understanding of the causes of migration is shaped by a sense of the centrality of economic factors as both reasons to move and reasons to choose destinations. MIGPROSP research shows that pull-factor based perceptions with their links to a deterrence strategy are strongly evident amongst government actors in Australia, Europe and North America.
Emerging issue 3: Climate change is a problem, but it’s for the future…
Meaduva/Flickr
MIGPROSP interviews asks people to think about whether the causes and effects of migration as they see them might change in the future. The point is that understandings of the future can reveal characteristic features of migration governance systems now. We anticipated that economic and political factors would remain the key drivers. When we asked our interviewees whether they thought other challenges might emerge, by far the most frequent response was climate change. However, this was often a challenge projected into the future, which is interesting for at least three reasons.
First, empirically, there is evidence that climate and environmental change are affecting migration now. Second, this is revealing of the reactive tendency in migration governance and difficulties planning ahead we identified in Emerging issue 1. Third, migration linked to climate change was seen to raise major conceptual and data gathering challenges because of the ways in which environmental effects can be detected, measured and then classified into categories such as “environmental migrants” or, more controversially, “climate refugees”.
The awareness of climate as a factor but its projection into the future is evident in a quote from one of our European interviewees: “You’re going to have climate. Clearly, the effects of climate change will become a big driver of migration”. Similarly, from another European interviewee: “Climate situations … but you never know. We keep on saying that the climate changes will cause starvation and difficulties in crops and these kinds of things. I don’t exclude that climate reasons will increase and justify more causes for migratory movements.” One of our US interviewees identified the difficulty of delineating climate effects when telling us that: “Obviously people talk about climate change but I think … Climate change, I don’t think it’s an immediate driver itself, it’s tied up with poverty and people searching for a better life. It’s not the immediate cause itself.”
These understandings and their effects pose a challenge to governance systems. There have been alarming (and alarmist) overestimates of potential numbers of people moving as a result of environmental change. But this is an issue that our interviewees tend to project into the future even though there is evidence that environmental and climate change are causing displacement and migration now.
Asking interviewees to assess the likely drivers of migration in the future is revealing for two, linked reasons. First, it shows that economic drivers (relative inequalities of income and wealth) and political drivers (conflict within and between states) are expected to remain to the fore. The perception of a “new normal” is predicated upon the continued existence of powerful economic and political drivers. Second, when asked to think about future drivers, environmental and climate changes were often to the fore in interviewees’ thinking, but, significantly, frequently projected as issues for the future. Not only is this indicative of the view about climate as a driver of migration, it also demonstrates the inertial and reactive tendencies in migration governance.
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Finance Director Patricia Lange presented a revised budget forecast to the Hudson School Committee on March 11th. Forecasts are adjusted periodically to reflect new information in regard to anticipated revenues and spending in the current fiscal year. The new forecast projects a slightly smaller deficit in the School Committee approved budget and Level-Services budget.
November projected deficit of $1,274,826 in Approved Budget now projected to be $1,064,845.
November projected deficit of $898,405 in Level Services Budget now projected to be 688,424.
Although this remains a very serious budget situation, this new projection is in a positive direction. Please see attached.
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Sesen Bio Announces Successful Type C Meeting with FDA for Vicinium
November 5, 2019 GMT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 5, 2019--
Sesen Bio (Nasdaq: SESN), a late-stage clinical company developing targeted fusion protein therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer, today reported alignment with the FDA on the design of its post-marketing confirmatory trial for Vicinium.
Sesen Bio reached agreement with the FDA that the post-marketing confirmatory trial for Vicinium will enroll BCG-refractory patients who have received less-than-adequate BCG *, which is especially important in light of the ongoing BCG shortage. This represents a broader patient population than the originally proposed BCG-intolerant population. It is anticipated that, if Vicinium is approved by the FDA, the initial indication will be for BCG-unresponsive patients who have received adequate BCG. However, assuming the post-marketing confirmatory trial is successful, it is expected that labeling will be expanded to include this additional population of patients who have received less-than-adequate BCG.
“This was our third face-to-face meeting with the FDA in the past 6 months, and we continue to have very positive and constructive interactions, which help us advance Vicinium toward regulatory review and approval,” said Dr. Thomas Cannell, president and chief executive officer of Sesen Bio. “ Our long-term relationship with the Agency has allowed us to shape our clinical program in alignment with FDA guidance. It has also helped to ensure that we are able to address the broadest possible segment of appropriate patients, and is expected to provide payers with the superiority data that will help to ensure product reimbursement. We look forward to our next FDA meeting in December.”
The trial is expected to be powered to demonstrate the superior efficacy of Vicinium compared to currently utilized therapies for the primary endpoints, which are expected to include the complete response (CR) rate and duration of response in CIS patients. Secondary endpoints are expected to include a number of quality of life, survival and safety endpoints, with the objective of demonstrating the superiority of Vicinium relative to currently utilized therapies. In addition, after a discussion of favorable Phase 3 post-hoc analyses with the FDA, the trial is expected to be designed to detect a delayed CR in patients who were non-CRs at the initial 3-month assessment.
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*As per the 2018 FDA guidance on NMIBC, adequate BCG is defined as at least 5 doses in an initial induction course, plus at least 2 doses in a second course.
About the VISTA Clinical Trial
The VISTA trial is an open-label, multicenter, single-arm Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and tolerability of Vicinium ® as a monotherapy in patients with high-risk, bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The primary endpoints of the trial are the complete response rate and the duration of response in patients with carcinoma in situ with or without papillary disease. Patients in the trial received locally administered Vicinium twice a week for six weeks, followed by once-weekly treatment for another six weeks, then treatment every other week for up to two years. To learn more about the Phase 3 VISTA trial, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov and search the identifier NCT02449239.
About Vicinium®
Vicinium, a locally-administered fusion protein, is Sesen Bio’s lead product candidate being developed for the treatment of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Vicinium is comprised of a recombinant fusion protein that targets epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) antigens on the surface of tumor cells to deliver a potent protein payload, Pseudomonas Exotoxin A. Vicinium is constructed with a stable, genetically engineered peptide tether to ensure the payload remains attached until it is internalized by the cancer cell, which is believed to decrease the risk of toxicity to healthy tissues, thereby improving its safety. In prior clinical trials conducted by Sesen Bio, EpCAM has been shown to be overexpressed in NMIBC cells with minimal to no EpCAM expression observed on normal bladder cells. Sesen Bio is currently conducting the Phase 3 VISTA trial, designed to support the registration of Vicinium for the treatment of high-risk NMIBC in patients who have previously received a minimum of two courses of bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) and whose disease is now BCG-unresponsive. Additionally, Sesen Bio believes that cancer cell-killing properties of Vicinium promote an anti-tumor immune response that may potentially combine well with immuno-oncology drugs, such as checkpoint inhibitors. The activity of Vicinium in BCG-unresponsive NMIBC is also being explored at the US National Cancer Institute in combination with AstraZeneca’s immune checkpoint inhibitor durvalumab.
About Sesen Bio
Sesen Bio, Inc. is a late-stage clinical company advancing targeted fusion protein therapeutics for the treatment of patients with cancer. The company’s lead program, Vicinium ®, also known as VB4-845, is currently in a Phase 3 registration trial for the treatment of high-risk, BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Vicinium is a locally-administered targeted fusion protein composed of an anti-EPCAM antibody fragment tethered to a truncated form of Pseudomonas Exotoxin A for the treatment of high-risk NMIBC. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.sesenbio.com.
Any statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects for the Company, the Company’s strategy, future operations, and other statements containing the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “target,” “potential,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “continue,” and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: the uncertainties inherent in the conduct of clinical trials, our ability to successfully develop our product candidates and complete our planned clinical programs, expectations regarding future meetings with the FDA, our ability to obtain marketing approvals for our product candidates, the adequacy of any clinical models, expectations regarding regulatory submissions, labelling, and approvals and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company’s views as of the date hereof. The Company anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause the Company’s views to change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s views as of any date subsequent to the date hereof.
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INDUSTRY KEYWORD: BIOTECHNOLOGY PHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH ONCOLOGY
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BLDC celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed in the United States from September 15 through October 15. Over the course of the month, the histories, cultures and contributions of those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America are celebrated. This includes generations of Hispanic American residents of the City of Boston who, for many years, have positively influenced and enriched Boston’s economy and cultural landscape.
The Boston Local Development Corporation has been proud to include many of these Boston job creators as clients. Most recently Patty Martin, with BLDC assistance, realized her dream of owning her own hair salon. Her already highly successful Love and Mercy Salon is located on the ground floor of the Aloft Hotel on D St. in South Boston.
The BLDC also provided a loan when Miguel Fuentes, then owner of Fuentes Market, was the only store in Mission Hill that offered a variety of both Latino and American groceries while providing fresh vegetables and meat to that community. Miguel retired not too long ago, but the business is still going strong.
Another client, Freddy Blanco, the owner of Don Quijote Market, has been a fixture in the South End for almost 40 years. He has always offered his neighbors a variety of reasonably priced groceries, fresh produce and meat, Spanish language newspapers and magazines, sometimes on credit when his customers need it.
Before Downtown Crossing became the dynamic restaurant environment it is today, the BLDC assisted Henry Herrera when he made the leap from food carts to a sit down restaurant. Herrera’s Mexican Grill remains a popular spot for burritos and quesadillas in Downtown Crossing.
The Board of Trustees and staff of the BLDC is proud of these and all of our other client’s contributions to making Boston a better place to live and work.
For more information, visit www.hispanicheritagemonth.gov
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Written by Bankerage Published on November 29, 2022
The United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has announced a settlement with crypto exchange Kraken for “apparent violations of sanctions against Iran.”
In a Nov. 28 announcement, OFAC said Kraken had agreed to pay more than $362,000 as part of a deal “to settle its potential civil liability” related to violating the United States’ sanctions against Iran. The U.S.-based crypto exchange will also be investing $100,000 into sanctions compliance controls as part of the agreement with Treasury.
“Due to Kraken’s failure to timely implement appropriate geolocation tools, including an automated internet protocol (IP) address blocking system, Kraken exported services to users who appeared to be in Iran when they engaged in virtual currency transactions on Kraken’s platform,” said OFAC.
This story is developing and will be updated.
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COMMUNITY PLAYS
What is a Community Play?
Past Plays >
Aldgate Project 2018
Legends of the Rocks
Legends Events
Legends Devising
Claqueur Impro
Past Impro Shows & Events
Empty Gallery
the Aldgate Project
The Aldgate project was an eighteen month programme of events, workshops, and research that culminated in the writing of The Secret of Happiness, ultimate performances and an exhibition in and around Aldgate Summer Festival in June 2018 that celebrated the opening of Aldgate Square. The project also established the Aldgate Community Events, (ACE) a voluntary community organisation that is now managing future cultural events on the borders of The City of London. Claque Theatre, ACE, London Corporation and the wider community worked collaboratively on this Heritage Project based on the principles of a community play.
The Heritage Project
This Heritage project, based in Aldgate and the City of London is on of Claque's Empty Gallery programmes. It is made up of three strands : Aldgate in Camera - an outdoor tour of Victorian photographs mounted on sites close to the point of view of the photographer; Aldgate in Conversation - a short documentary and audio recorded and filmed interviews and conversations with Aldgate residents; and Exhibitions in a Suitcase - personalised exhibitions of people's lives in suitcases. You can find out more about this inspiring project on Claque's Empty Gallery website or the Aldgate Community Events Website. Click Below
Aldgate Community Arts
Aldgate in Performance
Alongside the Heritage project, a research team has been working with Jon Oram and playwright Stephen Lowe to create a community play script. Over the past 39 years Claque has developed process of 'finding a play' for a community that now involves community soundings, historical research, drama searches and creative workshops. The value of turning research into drama is the opportunity it gives a community to empathetically reflect on its past, evaluate it's present and conceive a vision for the future. All the creative events throughout the project have been designed to inform the play script. It will now form the basis of performances in and around the square and be an integral part of the Summer Fair. The play itself has been hampered by a three year delay on the delivery of the square so it's production, if it is to take place will be at some future date.
Claque Theatre Limited (Formerly Colway Theatre Trust) established 1979
Registered in England Company Registration No. 1464536 Registered Charity No. 279311
Artistic Director: Jon Oram Board of Directors: John Harries – Chair, Andy Brett, Brian Blunden
Websites: Community Plays. Empty Gallery Claqueur Impro
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Traders returned to Kingston’s ancient market place this morning as builders raced against time to finish their work.
It is deadline day for Kingston Council, which has promised business as usual from today, after pushing back its initial deadline from April 13.
Fruit and veg sellers had opened their new stalls when the Surrey Comet visited this morning, but at least one trader is still in Memorial Gardens.
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Automation Operations
Automations making Government more efficient
February 24, 2018 By Curtis Davis
Stuck in the Stone Age
While private sector companies have been reaping the benefits of automation for decades (General Motors deployed industrial robots as early as 1961), it seemed that government agencies would be perpetually immune from reaping such rewards. This dynamic persisted despite the fact that the nature of many government processes (rule-based, highly repetitive) makes them well-suited for automation.
Well, it appears that immunity has disappeared as government officials are waking up to the automation revolution! Governments around the world are making investments in cutting-edge, automation initiatives that have the potential to level the playing field between public and private sector efficiency. By harnessing the power of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), government agencies have realized that a wealth administrative tasks such as processing applications for public services can be performed by digital public servants. RPA technology automates repeatable, rule-based workflows with a relatively quick implementation period. With digital assistants in the mix, public officials can provide the type of fast, accurate service citizens have come to expect from private businesses.
Agency heads are desperate to find low-cost solutions to keep output levels high in an environment of austere budgets and understaffed departments. Recent analysis suggests that automating 10% of a federal worker’s routine tasks would result in annual savings of $16.2 billion. Furthermore, offloading mundane tasks to an automation could elevate employee morale and allow them to spend more time providing high quality service to the public.
Government RPA in Action
In light of all that can be achieved with RPA, officials around the world are taking action. The UK’s HM Revenue & Customs Department (think English IRS) has already embraced RPA as a means of transforming and improving its internal operations. Sir John Manzoni, head of the UK Civil Service, recently extolled the benefits of RPA as a way to, “transform the experience of citizens registering for services or applying for grants or benefits.” By bringing more IT and automation talent in-house, the HMRC is targeting annual savings of £200 by 2021. Other local agencies in the UK including Newham and Sefton Councils, are making investments in automation projects that could expedite and streamline the process for delivering services to citizens in their communities.
The Brits aren’t the only ones using RPA to transform government services, agency heads in the United States have also bought into the notion of digital public service. The General Services Administration (GSA) launched the Artificial Intelligence for Citizen Services pilot in October 2016 to study how government systems might benefit from AI-driven tools. The GSA has already completed a successful RPA pilot program to speed up its FASt lane acquisitions process. Programs such as these demonstrate the pragmatic approach governments can take in order to speed up their internal operations.
Not to be outdone, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has developed and deployed an RPA bot of its own. Code-named “Washington”, this NASA bot is designed to populate HR files with information from emails. Who knows, before long we might see automation bots in space!
In Southeast Asia, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) is making investments to digitally transform one of the world’s busiest ports. The MPA has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with start-up Glee Tree to develop and deploy RPA in the ship agency sector. These efforts are components of a larger strategic initiative to bring 5,000 new jobs and $4.5 billion in value-add for the sea transport sector. The Singaporean government has deployed automation technologies in other government sectors as well including the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Electronic Road Pricing system to automatically deduct tolls and other transportation related expenses from motorists.
Government Automation is here to stay
Overall, one can see that the benefits of RPA and digital automation are no longer restricted to Silicon Valley or the world’s most innovative companies. Ordinary citizens around the world are poised to bask in the glory of fast, accurate and reliable government services assisted by an automated workforce. As the public RPA investments being made today begin to show material return on tax revenue, waiting weeks or months to receive approval for a government service will be as old-school as landlines and cable TV.
If you’ve got a government RPA project in mind, Velocity is an approved government vendor and we’d love to hear from you!
Copyright © 2020 · Velocity Growth, Inc.
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How Fast Do Seismic Waves Travel?
Have you ever wondered how fast a seismic wave from an earthquake travels? In this geology science project you can figure this out using historical seismograph data that you can collect from the comfort of your own computer. You will use a web interface to a network of seismometers run by the Northern California Earthquake Data Center, at the University of California, Berkeley. From the seismograms you make, you will be able to measure the time it took for the seismic waves to travel from the earthquake epicenter to the recording station in California. Once you measure the distance between the two points, you will be able to calculate the speed of the seismic waves. Check it out!
Use archived, online seismometer data from the Berkeley Digital Seismic Network to create your own seismograms in order to measure how fast seismic waves from distant earthquakes travel through the Earth's crust.
The Regents of the University of California. (2012, April 25). Make Your Own Seismogram! Northern California Earthquake Data Center, University of California, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory and United States Geological Survey. Retrieved December 20, 2012, from Make Your Own Seismogram!.
Science Buddies Staff. "How Fast Do Seismic Waves Travel?" Science Buddies, 11 Apr. 2018, https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas/Geo_p016/geology/how-fast-do-seismic-waves-travel?from=Home. Accessed 18 Apr. 2019.
A seismograph is an instrument that detects and records ground motion. As an analogy, think of trying to draw a straight line on a piece of paper while someone is holding your elbow and jiggling it back and forth. It would be hard to get the line straight!
You can think of a seismograph as a machine that is kind of like your arm, holding the pen. The 'elbow' end of the machine detects the vibrations, causing the pen to move back and forth. Meanwhile, a roll of paper is moving at a constant speed under the pen. When there are no vibrations, the pen draws a straight line on the paper. When the ground shakes, such as from an earthquake, it causes the pen to move back and forth, so instead of straight lines, you get up and down squiggles. The greater the vibrations, the larger the squiggles. The record the seismograph makes in this way is called a seismogram. In the digital age, seismographs have been replaced by seismometers, which measure and record ground motion digitally. The data from seismometers can be collected automatically and analyzed with computers.
To understand how a seismograph measures how powerful an earthquake is, it is important to know what is happening when an earthquake occurs. The entire outer shell of the Earth, known as the lithosphere (which contains the upper part of the mantle and the crust), is made up of tectonic plates that are constantly moving. There are seven or eight large tectonic plates and many more minor ones. Where the tectonic plates meet and bump together, it is common to find mountains, volcanic activity, mid-ocean ridges, and earthquakes. (What forms depends on how exactly the tectonic plates are moving against each other at the plate boundary.) The movement of the tectonic plates also causes faults to form, which are cracks in the Earth's surface where a plate, or parts of a plate, moves in different directions. Faults are usually near the edge of a plate. When two tectonic plates (or parts of the same plate) bump or catch as they slide past each other at the fault, earthquakes usually occur. Specifically, as the plates rub together, when they catch and get stuck it results in a build up of pressure because the rocks want to move but cannot. Eventually, some rocks break and the pressure is released as the plates suddenly move. This causes waves of energy, known as seismic waves, to travel through the Earth, making the ground shake. Where the rocks broke is known as the earthquake's focus, and right above this point, up on the ground, is called the earthquake's epicenter.
How do scientists know how powerful an earthquake is? A network of seismometers constantly monitors movements of the Earth's crust. When an earthquake occurs, seismic waves travel out from its epicenter, through the crust, and are detected by the seismometers. By analyzing the differences in the timing of the waves between multiple stations, scientists can pinpoint the source of the waves: the epicenter of the original quake.
In this geology science project you will use online seismometer data from the Berkeley Digital Seismograph Network (BDSN) to measure how fast seismic waves from distant earthquakes travel through the earth's crust.
What causes an earthquake? How is it measured using a seismograph?
Do you think seismic waves from more powerful earthquakes travel faster than waves from weaker quakes?
Do you think seismic waves travel faster through oceanic crust or continental crust (or about the same through both)?
Do your background research so that you are knowledgeable about the terms, concepts, and questions, in the Background tab.
In your lab notebook, make a data table of historic earthquakes that you want to analyze. You can use this page to search for earthquakes: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/. To analyze seismic wave speed, choose 10-20 earthquakes from (roughly) the same part of the world.
For each earthquake, make a place in your data table to include at least the following information. Use the USGS earthquake catalog to look up the information for each earthquake.
Go to the Make Your Own Seismogram! webpage at Make Your Own Seismogram! to get started on making a seismogram. The webpage is pretty straightforward. Again, we will walk through an example to show you how to use it.
Select a station. Click on one of the radio buttons to select from the 28 available stations, as shown in Figure 1. For more information on the stations, see Table 1. For our example seismogram, we used data from station BKS, the Byerly Seismographic Vault, near the UC Berkeley campus.
Figure 1. Select one of the 28 stations listed by clicking on the button next to it.
Select the data channel. There are two types of data channels: 'long period' and 'broadband,' as shown in Figure 2. The long period of a seismic wave is the time that elapses between successive wave crests. The long period channels are good for viewing seismic activity from distant earthquakes, so you should use these channels for this science project. You can choose to look at vertical motion, or horizontal motion (either north-south or east-west).
The period of a seismic wave is the time that elapses between successive wave crests. Long period waves, then, are low-frequency waves.
The broadband channels collect information more frequently, and so have information about higher-frequency waves. Broadband channels are good for viewing seismic activity from local earthquakes. See the Make it Your Own tab for project ideas that can make use of the broadband data channels.
Figure 2. Select "long period" as the channel to use in this science project. Select vertical, north-south, or east-west motion.
Set the desired time period. The seismogram plot can be a maximum of 24 hours for long period data channels (1 hour for broadband data channels). View seismic data both before and after the time of the earthquake by setting the time period to one entire day.
Enter the date and time in the format "yyyy/mm/dd,hh:mm:ss". Separate date and time with a comma, but no spaces.
For example, in the screenshot in Figure 3, we have set the plot to cover the entire day of June 11, 2006.
Figure 3. Set the time period to one entire day, covering the time both before and after the earthquake.
Set the plotting parameters. Often, the default parameters, shown in the screenshot in Figure 4, will work just fine. For higher-magnitude quakes, however, you may need to decrease the Amplitude Scaling parameter by a factor of 10 or 20 (or more) so that the active traces do not overwhelm the entire plot.
You can also increase the spacing between the traces (third parameter), but this will increase the vertical size of the plots, making them harder to view and print.
Figure 4. For the plotting parameters, the default parameters (shown here) often work, but for higher-magnitude earthquakes the Amplitude scaling may need to be decreased by a factor of 10 or 20 (or more).
Make the seismogram! Click on the "Create Plot" button near the bottom of the page. That is it!
Figure 5. Here is an example seismogram of June 11, 2006, the day of the magnitude 6.3 quake on Kyushu, Japan.
The plot contains a series of traces. The y-axis shows the intensity of ground motion, and the x-axis is time.
Most of the traces in a random 24-hour plot will be flat; squiggles in the traces indicate seismic activity.
Each trace represents 15 minutes (900 seconds [s]) of data. The first trace of each hour is colored red. It is followed by three black traces—one for each of the remaining quarter-hours.
Look for the first sign of activity following the UTC time given for the earthquake. In this case, the time of the original earthquake was 20:01:29 UTC (= 20:00:00 hours plus 89 seconds). The first squiggle appears in the red trace at 20:00:00 hours + 810 s.
Thus, the elapsed time was 810 - 89 = 721 seconds (just over 12 minutes).
Tip: If you are not sure that a squiggle is related to the earthquake you are studying, try creating a plot for the same time period using one (or more) additional data station(s). This way you can confirm or reject your hunch.
For each earthquake in your data table, determine the elapsed time and add this information to your data table.
Here are some tips on printing the seismogram. Since the plots are large, you probably will not have much luck printing directly from the browser window. Instead, save the plot as a file and print it with another program.
Right click on the plot.
Choose Save Image As... to save image to file.
Then import into another program (e.g. Word) for printing.
Here are some tips if you have problems creating a seismogram.
Data may not be available for all stations at all times, which means that sometimes you may end up with an error message instead of the seismogram you were looking for. If you see an error message like: "Cannot create seismogram -- apparently there is no data.", try using another station. If that does not work, try selecting a different earthquake to study.
If these tips do not help solve your problem, try the help links on the Make Your Own Seismogram! page.
Table 1. In this table, you can find the latitude and longitude of each of the data stations. You can also click on the data station code to see a webpage with detailed information about that station.
Because velocity equals distance divided by time, to calculate the velocity of an earthquake's seismic wave you need to figure out how far the seismic waves traveled during the elapsed time you just determined.
You already have the latitude and longitude of the epicenter of the quake (step 3 of Select Historic Earthquakes to Analyze).
Use the Surface Distance Between Two Points of Latitude and Longitude webpage at Surface Distance Between Two Points of Latitude and Longitude to find the distance between the epicenter of the earthquake and the data station.
The calculator requires you to enter the latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds, instead of decimal degrees. However, it has a handy converter you can use. Click on the button that says, "Decimal Degrees <> Deg Min Sec". A popup window will open where you can convert from decimal degrees to degrees, minutes and seconds.
Enter the latitude of the epicenter in decimal degrees, and click on the "Converts to" button, as shown in Figure 6.
Note: A positive value of latitude is North of the equator, and a negative value is South of the equator. For longitude, a positive value is East of the prime meridian and a negative value is West of the prime meridian.
Figure 6. To convert latitude and longitude from decimal degrees to degrees, minutes, and seconds, click the button that says "Decimal Degrees <> Deg Min Sec" and this popup window will appear that you can use to do these conversions.
Now go back to the distance calculator and enter the latitude of the epicenter in degrees, minutes, and seconds, as shown in Figure 7.
Repeat step 2d and 2e for the longitude of the epicenter, and the latitude and longitude of the data station.
Once you have entered the latitude and longitude of both points, click on the "Distance between" point to calculate the distance, as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7. Enter the latitude and longitude of the epicenter and data station (in degrees, minutes, and seconds) in the distance calculator. Once this data is entered, click "Distance between" to calculate the distance.
For example, the distance between the epicenter of the Kyushu earthquake and the BSK data station is 9030 km.
For each earthquake in your data table, repeat steps 2c-2g to determine the distance between the earthquake's epicenter and the data station. Add this information to your data table.
For each earthquake in your data table, calculate the velocity of the seismic wave by dividing the distance by the elapsed time you calculated from the seismogram. Add this velocity data to your data table.
For our example, the distance is 9030 km, and the time is 721 s. The calculated velocity is 12.5 km/s.
Calculate the average velocity of the seismic waves from all of the earthquakes in your data table (which should all be roughly in the same area of the world). What is the average velocity of the seismic waves from the earthquakes you studied?
The seismometers measure shaking in three dimensions: vertically (up and down), north-south, and east-west. Do seismic waves in each of these dimensions travel at the same or different speeds?
Speed vs. magnitude. Do seismic waves from more powerful earthquakes travel faster than those from less powerful earthquakes? Measure speed from ten earthquakes for each of several different magnitudes and compare.
Interested in making your own seismograph? Try the Science Buddies project Is There a Whole Lot of Shaking Going On?
You can also use the Make Your Own Seismogram! webpage to create hour-length seismograms using broadband channels, which are good for viewing local earthquakes. Is the seismic wave speed over shorter distances the same as that over larger distances? You can use the USGS website to locate historical earthquakes in northern California. In addition, for a list of recent earthquakes in the region, see http://www.ncedc.org/ncedc/eqinfo.html.
For a more advanced project that uses seismometer data, try the Science Buddies project Locating the Epicenter of an Earthquake.
Advanced. Design an experiment to see if there is a relationship between seismic wave speed and the geological features between the earthquake epicenter and the seismic recording station. For example, do seismic waves travel differently through oceanic crust vs. continental crust?
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September 28, 2018 March 5, 2019 by Ndro
The Big Stink – Part Six
Fiction, NdroWriMo, Writings
crime fiction, gaslamp fantasy, NaNoWriMo 2017, NdroWriMo 2017, short story, steampunkish
Tirran dashed across the muddy yard towards the gate. He realised he didn’t have that long before the man he left on the floor in the hut raised the alarm, so a quick escape was the best option. Somewhere in the distance a clock chimed nine, meaning Scovie should have had just enough time to get back from Inche Street. It was just a matter of not getting killed before reinforcements arrived now. It seemed that every member of the gang was now involved in breaking into whatever sewer ran underneath the yard, leaving an almost clear run for the gate. Even so Tirran tried to keep out of the dull light cast by the braziers, skidding in the mud back around to the side of the cart. The home stretch was in sight, it was just a short sprint and he would have been free. Tirran almost reached the edge of the yard when someone grabbed him from behind and threw him into the mud.
The Big Stink – Part Five
The day dragged slowly towards evening. Tirran and Scovie had settled into the motions of a stake out, one constantly sat by the window while the other tried to keep an eye on the door just in case and remain sane. A round of half eaten bacon baps comprised of mostly gristle sat on a bed side table. Food was clearly not the pub’s strong point. Scovie had produced a deck of cards from somewhere and they had been useful to pass the time for a while, but Tirran was convinced either the young Constable was a very accomplished cheat or the deck had a few too many primes for his liking. Either way, the dimming light put an end to it, Tirran had decided quite early on that they couldn’t let it look like someone was watching the street and so decided to forgo any form of lighting that could be seen through the windows. Beyond a sliver of light seeping under the door, the entire room was lit only from the window, which now silhouetted Scovie as he sat on watch. Despite being there all afternoon, neither one of them had seen anything untoward out in the street, and the lack of activity was starting to take its toll.
The Big Stink – Part Four
Tirran dragged his suspect back to the Inche Street Station House in handcuffs. One of the old Coach Houses out the back had been converted into a set of holding cells long ago, its rough iron cages keeping suspects and drunks alike in one place until they were charged and taken along the Gibbetgate Road to the dark, foreboding gaol just beyond the city walls. As he forced the Murid into a cell, Tirran couldn’t help but note the atmosphere of despair the building was soaked in. This simply added to the man’s already visible panic, which was already making it painfully obvious that he hadn’t anticipated quite how much trouble he had gotten himself in. Rather than leave him in the main holding cell alongside the other pick ups from that morning, Tirran directed him into a separate empty cell with solid walls. Even with only a single occupant, the room was cramped… oppressive, lit only by a small barred window out into the yard. As he was pushed into the room, he began to whimper audibly. Tirran ignored him as he undid the handcuffs and left the Murid to stew in his own guilt, slamming the iron cell door behind him.
The Big Stink – Part Three
As the next morning dawned, a heavy fog rolled in across the bay and blanketed the city. Combined with the smoke produced by Tarnhaven’s day to day existence, the air was so thick it became difficult to see even as far as across the street. But undaunted, city life continued without pause. Even as Tirran made his way into the station long before his shift was due to start the streets were starting to get crowded. The red police lantern hanging above the main entrance was fully lit, casting a strange light across the haze that he thought was surprisingly appropriate given the previous night. When Tirran made his way across the entrance hall the desk sergeant, without even looking up from whatever ledger he was poring over, informed him that Inspector Myrti was looking for him. Deciding against a detour to find the tea urn, Tirran slowly made his way up the stairs, trying to imagine what the new day would bring.
The Big Stink – Part Two
The particular geography of the River Farron combined with the layout of Tarnhaven’s Walled City meant the Harbour sat on a headland between the river’s mouth and the walls. This arrangement had served the city well in ages past, but in the new age of industrial trade, the harbour had become incredibly cramped. Even with the new docks being built outside the seaward wall and across the river on the Northbank, things were far from improving. The entire point of the fabled tunnel had been to give traffic a new artery across the city, connecting the harbour across the river mouth to businesses on the far side and so alleviating congestion through the city’s gates, or so the theory went. The sight greeting Tirran and Scovie when they reached what would one day be the tunnel’s great southern portal was a damp, muddy hole taking up a space once occupied by several warehouses. Beyond the makeshift fencing, various engines of modern construction could be seen, most of which sat idle.
The Big Stink – Part One
Or Caliver Tirran & the Farron Tunnel mystery
When Caulder Morgraive first announced plans to build a great tunnel under the River Farron, the City of Tarnhaven rejoiced. Truly it was to be a symbol of modernity, a lasting monument to the growing industrial revolution and the city’s place directly at the centre of it. Morgraive was heralded as a hero and elevated to the loftiest heights of the Worshipful Guild of Mechanical Engineers, constantly lauded in front of his peers from across the continent as a living avatar of this new world of steel and steam. But as the years dragged inexorably on, the people’s enthusiasm waned. Delays and disasters piled up rapidly, barely a day went past without some kind of bad news hitting the national press, and slowly what was once an object of national pride was transformed into a national embarrassment. Now, five years after the fact, the tunnel stands as a muddy scar on the face of the city, an ever present dark memorial to overconfidence and the fickle nature of fame. Few give it the time of day, often only mentioning it in jest or derision. But for the city’s dark underbelly, it became the perfect cover, creating a new generation of inventive and unusual crime. For Sergeant Caliver Tirran and Constable Arbus Scovie of the Tarnhaven Constabulary, however, the tunnel currently represented an unwelcome extra workload. As Spring overtook the city there had been a spate of break-ins at properties along the decaying curtain wall that had once protected the city centre on the southern riverbank, and this morning it was the turn of an old public house on Kanver Street in Farrongate Ward. As the first officers unfortunate enough to pass by, the pair of them were getting an earful from the landlady.
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Perth Bridges Walk Loop 10 km – One of Perth’s Best Walks
Elizabeth Quay
The Perth Bridges Walk, one of the best walks in Perth, takes you in a 10 km loop around the Swan River between the Narrows and Causeway Bridges. Start the loop at any point and see places of interest along the way, including South Perth foreshore, Elizabeth Quay, and Riverside Drive.
This flat trail is a popular run and cycle path, too – we often bike around the bridges – and is pram-friendly with playgrounds. The route is on a sealed path, and you do not need to go on any roads.
Perth Bridges Walk Map
Perth Bridges Distance
Perth Bridges Walk Route
Sir James Mitchell Park
McCallum Park
The Causeway Bridge
Point Fraser
Barrack Street Jetty & Elizabeth Quay
The Narrows Bridge
Mends Street Jetty
How long does it take to walk the 10 km bridge loop around the Swan River?
When is the best time to walk the Perth Bridges loop?
Trip map courtesy of Wanderlog, a trip planner app on iOS and Android
As you may have guessed, the Bridges Loop is 10 km.
Map of South Perth foreshore
We start the bridges loop at Sir James Mitchell Park along the South Perth foreshore as it is easy to park. However, you can begin the loop at Elizabeth Quay if you are using public transport. It’s up to you which direction to go, but we go anti-clockwise.
There are plenty of spaces in the car parks in this area but pay attention to the signage. The Boatshed Car Park (to the left) is free on weekends but costs A$2.60 an hour on weekdays from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. The car parks to the right have some free parking and some paid.
This park is a great place to finish if you have kids with you. There are toilets, barbecues, gazebos, a café, playgrounds, a drinking fountain, and beautiful views of the Perth city skyline.
The walking path and cycling path looking towards Sir James Mitchell Park, South Perth (The Causeway Bridge in the distance)
As you head anti-clockwise, you’ll pass lakes and have views over the Swan River to Langley Park. Once you reach McCallum Park, there’s a playground, more toilets, and views over to Heirisson Island.
Lakes along South Perth foreshore
Stairs and a path lead up onto the Causeway Bridge, which takes you over the river. If cycling, be careful of bikes and pedestrians as the pavement is narrow. Halfway over the Causeway Bridge, you have the option to detour onto Heirisson Island to see the statue of Yagan and maybe a kangaroo or two.
A wild kangaroo on Heirisson Island
Once over the other side of the Swan River, you’ll arrive at Point Fraser, which encompasses a series of boardwalks, restaurants, a playground, and barbecues. You can also hire bikes and canoes from About Bike Hire.
On The Point restaurant, Point Fraser
From Point Fraser, the trail runs alongside Riverside Drive with views over to South Perth. There are plenty of grassed areas and benches to stop along the way to rest while you take in the views.
Views across to South Perth from Riverside Drive near Barrack Street Jetty
Barrack Street Jetty is now part of Elizabeth Quay, a riverside development incorporating restaurants, cafes, bars, public art, jetties, and playgrounds. While there, check out the Bell Tower, an 82.5 metre-high tower consisting of a glass spire with copper sails containing eighteen bells.
The Bell Tower, Elizabeth Quay
Follow the path towards the bridge, where an underpass takes you to David Carr Memorial Park before heading up a ramp to the Narrows Bridge. Again, the path on the bridge is relatively narrow, so be aware of other cyclists and pedestrians.
View of the city and Elizabeth Quay from the Narrows Bridge
Once you’re over the bridge, look on the right to see the Old Flour Mill, built in 1835 and operational until 1859. It has had several uses since, including a hotel, a residence, a wine saloon, and a poultry farm! It is now owned by the City of South Perth and part of the National Trust.
The Old Mill, South Perth
Further along the South Perth Esplanade is Mends Street Jetty, where the ferry to Elizabeth Quay departs. You may also see the Decoy Paddle Steamer and pelicans around there. The piazza here, named Mindeerup (a traditional Noongar name meaning ‘place of the shore), features several sculptures and benches to rest.
Decoy Paddle Steamer, Mends Jetty, South Perth
Just further along, there’s a playground and a large, grassed area.
Continue ahead until you arrive back where you started at Sir James Mitchell Park.
Mends Street playground
The path can be busy, especially on weekends and public holidays
There are drinking fountains along the route but take your own drink bottle to fill up
Wear a hat, sunscreen, and sunglasses
During spring & summer, apply insect repellent
If riding a bike, wear a helmet (compulsory in WA)
View of Perth city from South Perth foreshore
Allow two to three hours to walk the 10km around the Perth Bridges.
All year is a good time for the Perth Bridges loop walk. However, start out early morning during summer to avoid the intense heat.
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2 thoughts on “Perth Bridges Walk Loop 10 km – One of Perth’s Best Walks”
Cindi Korpa
This looks like a beautiful walk/bike route! Do you have a favorite part of this trail if you have only an hour or so?
That’s a great question Cindi. I like the South Perth Esplanade as it’s family-friendly with playgrounds and picnic areas. You also have a beautiful view of the city across the Swan River. There are lots of cafes serving food and drinks nearby too. It’s walking distance to Perth Zoo if you wanted to combine the two.
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The Lake County Water Authority and the Florida Forestry Service are partnering to host a clean-up event along Black Water Creek in northeast Lake County.
Black Water Creek is a tributary of the Wekiva River. This black water system is unique and mostly wild and undeveloped.
Volunteers are being sought to assist with cleaning up around the CR 44, SR 44 Black Water Creek Bridges and SR 46 Wekiva River Bridge. These areas are popular for fishing and adjacent to heavily traveled roads.
Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, April 1, 2017 from 9 am – Noon. Lunch will be provided to participants.
Please call to register at 352-324-4161, ext. 0 so that we may get a headcount for lunch and give instructions.
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Both Night Light and Conversion socket and mobile phone charger with stunning white led light and design and colour. Good high-quality product with the great looking shape. 5V-2A dual USB Charging, 5 holes common conversion socket. Three night time light retaining perform, Auto light management, darkish light Twin USB charger, Android/Apple Cellphone/ tablet/PC/ Home Appliances and so on.
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The Complete Works in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals, of the Late ..., Band 3
for Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, Paternoster Row, London.
WORKS,
PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, AND MORALS,
OF THE LATE
DR. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
NOW FIRST COLLECTED AND ARRANGED:
MEMOIRS OF HIS EARLY LIFE,
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
Loudon :
PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD;
AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME,
PATERNOSTER-ROW,
troversy which have, from time to time, arisen between the several
governors of that province, and their several assemblies. Founded
on authentic documents
The interest of Great Britain considered, with regard to her colonies,
and the acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe
Remarks and facts relative to the American paper-money
To the freemen of Pensylvania, on the subject of a particular militia-
bill, rejected by the proprietor's deputy or governor
Preface by a member of the Pensylvanian assembly (Dr. Franklin)
to the speech of Joseph Galloway, Esq. one of the members for
Philadelphia county; in answer to the speech of John Dickinson,
Esq. delivered in the house of the assembly of the province of
Pensylvania, May 24, 1764, on occasion of a petition drawn up
by order, and then under the consideration of the house, praying
his majesty for a royal, in lieu of a proprietary government
Remarks on a late protest against the appointment of Air. Franklin
as agent for this province (of Pensylvania)
Remarks on a plan for the future management of Indian affairs
PAPERS ON AMERICAN SUBJECTS DURING THE REVOLU
TIONARY TROUBLES.
Causes of the American discontents before 1768
Letter concerning the gratitude of America, and the probability and
effects of an union with Great Britain; and concerning the repeal
or suspension of the stamp act
Letter from governor Pownall to Dr. Franklin, concerning an equal
communication of rights, privileges, &c. to America by Great
Queries from Mr. Strahan
Answer to the preceding queries
State of the constitution of the colonies, by Governor Pownall;
remarks by Dr. Franklin
Concerning the dissentions between England and America
A Prussian edict, assuming claims over Britain
Minutes to the foregoing, by D. Franklin
The examination of Dr. Franklín before the English house of com-
mons, in February, 1766, relative to the repeal of the Ameri-
can stamp act
Attempts of Dr. Franklin for eonciliation of Great Britain with the
Preface by the British editor (Dr. Franklin) to “The votes and
proceedings of the freeholders, and other inhabitants of the town
of Boston, in town-meeting assembled according to law (publish-
ed by order of the town), &c."
Account of governor Hutchinson's letters
Rules for reducing a great empire to a small one, presented to a late
minister, when he entered upon his administration
State of America on Dr. Franklin's arrival there
Proposed vindication and offer from congress to parliament, in 1775
Reprobation of Mr. Strahan's parliamentary conduct
Conciliation hopeless from the conduct of Great Britain to America
Account of the first campaign made by the British forces in America
Probability of a separation
Letter to Monsieur Dumas, urging him to sound the several courts
of Europe, by means of their ambassadors at the Hague, as to any
assistance they may be disposed to afford America in her struggle
for independence
Letter from Lord Howe to Dr. Franklin
Dr. Franklin's answer to Lord Howe
Comparison of Great Britain and America as to credit, in 1777
The way to make money plenty in every man's pocket
New mode of lending money
Remarks concerning the savages of North America
The internal state of America; being a true description of the inte-
PAPERS, DESCRIPTIVE OF AMERICA, OR RELATING TO THAT
COUNTRY, WRITTEN SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVOLUTION.
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rest and policy of that vast continent
Information to those who would remove to America
Concerning new settlements in America
A comparison of the conduct of the ancient Jews, and of the Antife-
deralists in the United States of America
Final speech of Dr. Franklin in the late federal convention
PAPERS ON MORAL SUBJECTS AND THE ECONOMY OF LIFE.
The busy-body
The way to wealth, as clearly shown in the preface of an old Pensyl-
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Champagne and romance take the spotlight in February. Add some glamour to your celebrations this month with legendary sparklers that have graced the silver screen. Here’s an all-star lineup worthy of Oscar’s nod.
James Bond’s taste in Champagne is as exquisite as his taste in leading ladies. Throughout the James Bond film franchise, 007 has divided his loyalties between the prestige cuvées of Dom Pérignon, featured in earlier Bond movies, and Bollinger, Bond’s exclusive go-to bubbly since the late ’80s. In 2012, Bollinger celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Bond films with a special release.
The Champagne flows freely in “Casablanca,” where the proprietor of Rick’s Café Américain plies his nightclub guests with only the best in Nazi-controlled Morocco. While local police captain Louis Renault and his Gestapo pals indulge in Veuve Clicquot, star-crossed lovers Rick and Ilsa seem to prefer Mumm Cordon Rouge, so much so that in their earlier Paris romance they attempted to get through every bottle in the city before the Germans arrived, threatening to water the garden with Champagne rather than let the Nazis have it.
Another Nazi-era thriller, Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 classic “Notorious,” features Bouchard Père & Fils Champagne at the start of Devlin and Alicia’s romance. A Champagne-soaked party at the crux of the plot includes cases of iced-down Piper Brut. Wine aficionado Hitchcock is credited with starting Hollywood’s love affair with bubbly — his 1928 silent movie “Champagne” opened and closed with iconic shots through the bottom of a Champagne coupe.
Most recently, the 2013 remake of “The Great Gatsby” showcases Jay Gatsby’s ardent love for Champagne with a bent toward excess — he serves his favorite sparkler Moët & Chandon’s Impérial by the bottle, the magnum and the case, in fountains and pyramids, and even gargantuan oversized bottles. Moët & Chandon was so ubiquitous in scenes, it should have had a co-star credit in this movie’s salute to opulence.
Want to feel like a Hollywood insider? Serve Piper-Heidsieck Champagne at your Oscar watch party on Feb. 22. The Reims Champagne house is a favorite of the American movie industry, first appearing onscreen in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy classic “Sons of the Desert.” A longtime favorite of Hollywood movie stars, Piper-Heidsieck is the celebratory brand of Oscar winners and the official Champagne of the Cannes Film Festival.
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The Arlo Contemporary Sofa Recliner with Tapered Arms by Palliser at Furniture and ApplianceMart in the Stevens Point, Rhinelander, Wausau, Green Bay, Wisconsin Rapids, Marshfield, East and West Madison, Wisconsin area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
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Manuel Marín has been with Baker McKenzie since 1998 and became partner in 2002. Prior to joining the Firm, he served as chief attorney of the tax division of Legislación Económica, and held varios management positions in the Venezuelan Customs and Tax Administration (SENIAT).
Manuel has authored and co-authored various key publications and has spoken extensively in several customs and tax seminars and conferences. He has been a trade and customs professor in the advanced program for counseling and tax administration at the Universidad Metropolitana (UNIMET), and has given extension courses in the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), the Universidad Católica Andres Bello (UCAB), and the Escuela Nacional de Administración y Hacienda Pública (ENAHP).
Manuel focuses on issues arising from customs transactions, including international customs and integration treaties. He has advised clients on imports, exports, valuation, tariff classification, and temporary admissions/temporary exports. He works on special customs regulations, international trade planning, customs warehousing, duty-free zones, free ports, free zones, and all trade and customs matters. Manuel also handles administrative and judicial litigation in his field.
Represented a leading multinational energy company in its customs valuation administrative process.
Represented the largest Venezuelan pharmaceutical company in various litigation cases before Venezuelan courts.
Advised several mining and oil companies to obtain tax and customs benefits for mining and oil projects.
Represented several major global pharmaceutical companies in administrative customs valuation procedures.
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La-La Land Records this month is bringing out Jerry Goldsmith music to a mostly forgotten 1975 TV show, Archer.
The title Archer is best known for the satiric 2009 cartoon series featuring a spy. The short-lived 1975 Archer was about Lew Archer, the private detective created by Ross Macdonald in a series of books from 1949 to 1976.
Macdonald’s The Moving Target was the basis of the 1966 film Harper with Paul Newman. By the late 1960s and early 1970s, the novels had become popular and critical successes.
Paramount moved to get a Lew Archer TV series going. It made a TV movie of The Underground Man in 1974 with Peter Graves as Archer that aired on NBC. It included a score by Marvin Hamlisch.
Things were retooled and work began on a weekly series with Brian Keith in the role. NBC canceled the long-running Ironside and replaced it with Archer in January 1975.
It didn’t take hold. The network canceled the show and only six episodes aired. Jerry Goldsmith scored one of the episodes and did the show’s theme.
Decades later, La-La Land is releasing a CD set of Goldsmith’s music from Archer along with the film Warning Shot. It will become available on Feb. 19, according to a post on Twitter by the music company.
The Rap Sheet blog several years ago posted a copy of an Archer main title with the Goldsmith theme on YouTube. It’s from a beaten up print of an episode dubbed into Spanish. More recently, the entire episode (the show’s finale, in fact) has surfaced.
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UNO-R Administrator participates in The Climate Project Training in China
University of Negros Occidental - Recoletos - News - UNO-R Administrator participates in The Climate Project Training in China
Brother Jaazeal Jakosalem, OAR, UNO-R Property Administrator, was selected as one of the trainees of The Climate Project Training in China. The training is ongoing from June 9-12, 2010, in Beijing, P.R.C. Former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore, with the cooperation of Alliance for Climate Protection, The Climate Project, and the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development is organizing the training session. The event, held with the support of the Chinese government, led by the Ministry of Science and Technology, will see Vice President Gore personally train a cross-section of 300 Chinese citizens and selected participants from other countries (US, Indonesia, UK and the Philippines) who share a commitment to reduce the harmful effects of climate change.
The Beijing event will focus on the science of climate change and provide tools for effective communication about the issue. Those trained will become Presenters for The Climate Project. Presenters deliver an updated version of the slide show featured in the Academy-Award winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth. The upcoming training will also be the first to incorporate slides and material from Vice President Gore’s latest book, Our Choice, A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. The training is designed to provide the trainees with tool and resources to help educate and engage their respective communities and regions in solving the climate crisis. For three days, they will undergo training from Al Gore himself.
The Climate Project (TCP), a program of the Alliance for Climate Protection, supports the work of more than 3,000 volunteers in 55 countries around the world. The Climate Project has eight official branches – Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Spain, the U.K. and the United States and with the new training will now add China.
Brother Jakosalem is active in the university’s recycling program and eco-educational initiatives. Currently, the University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos (UNO-R) has stabilized her own recycling facility, and the students are active participants in the re-greening initiatives related to tree-planting and community-based eco-educational program.
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Saudi envoy to US: Houthis have attacked Saudi, UAE and US ships
Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Khalid Bin Salman on Wednesday said the Houthi militia in Yemen have attacked commercial and military ships, including ships belonging to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the US, using advanced anti-shipping systems smuggled into Yemen.
In a series of Twitter posts, Prince Khalid cited the importance of liberating the Houthi-held Hodeidah, Yemen’s main port.
“The liberation of Hodeidah is critical in light of the growing threat that the Iranian backed Houthi militia poses to the maritime security of the Red Sea, a vital waterway through which about 15% of international commerce passes,” the ambassador said.
“The Houthi’s continued obstruction with regards to Hodeidah is due to their use of the port to raise revenues through looting, extortion, and illegal taxation imposed on commercial ships to finance and sustain their military aggression against Yemen and neighboring countries,” he added.
The battle to liberate Hodeidah will be by far the biggest battle of a three-year war between an alliance of Arab states and the Houthi militias that control Yemen’s capital.
Hodeidah, Yemen’s biggest Red Sea port and the only one under Houthi control, serves as the lifeline for the majority of Yemen’s population.
Prince Khalid’s full Twitter statement can be read below:
“The Kingdom has been and will continue to be at the forefront of humanitarian efforts to support the brotherly people of Yemen.
“These efforts included the recent contribution of $1.5 billion to UN relief efforts in Yemen, the largest in UN history, as well as initiatives to enhance the capacity of ports throughout Yemen, including facilitating the entry of cranes into Hodeidah.
“The most effective solution to the situation in Hodeidah, and in Yemen, is for the Houthi militias to adhere to UNSC resolution 2216 which calls for the unconditional Houthi withdrawal from all occupied cities.
“Due to the continued obstruction by the Iranian-backed Houthis of mediation efforts, the former UN envoy to Yemen proposed a plan to hand over control of Hodeidah to the UN.
“The Yemeni government and the coalition have accepted the proposal. Unfortunately, the Houthis, spurred by Iran, rejected this initiative as it did to all other initiatives. The Coalition remains supportive of UN efforts to implement its plan.
“The Houthi’s continued obstruction with regards to Hodeidah is due to their use of the port to raise revenues through looting, extortion, and illegal taxation imposed on commercial ships to finance and sustain their military aggression against Yemen and neighboring countries.
“The Houthis have so far launched 150 ballistic missiles against civilian areas in KSA, latest of which was intercepted today. This reckless aggression, supported by Iran is proof of the Houthis intentions. No nation can accept such a threat to its land and people on its borders
“The Houthi militia have also used the port of Hodeidah as a key entry point of smuggled weapons including Iranian provided ballistic missiles.
“The Coalition’s operations to liberate Hodiedah is part of the Coalition’s unwavering commitment to support the people of Yemen against the tyranny imposed by Iranian-backed militias that are spreading chaos and destruction in Yemen.
“The liberation of Hodeidah is critical in light of the growing threat that the Iranian backed Houthi militia poses to the maritime security of the red sea, a vital waterway through which about 15% of international commerce passes.
“The Houthi militia have attacked commercial and military ships, including ships belonging to the Kingdom, the UAE, the US, using advanced anti-shipping systems smuggled into Yemen, such as unmanned vessels.
“Liberating Hodeidah will enhance the maritime security in the region which is crucial for the global economy.
“Addressing the humanitarian situation in a sustainable and effective manner requires liberating Yemen from the control of Houthi militias, which intentionally disrupt the flow and distribution of humanitarian supplies.
“As we have seen in post-IS (Daesh) Mosul, improving the humanitarian situation significantly, requires reinstating legitimate government institutions and providing continued robust international support.” — Al-Arabiya English
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The images at The Ceallaigh Gallery represent the work of the photographer, Cormac O'Ceallaigh. An Irish photographer who, unlike many of today's photographic artists, is entirely self taught in the field of photography. All images are printed from original negatives in a manner going back to the beginning of photography using original chemical processes. Making classic images for over a decade, the photographer has created a portfolio of images highlighting Ireland's natural beauty in all its facets. Shunning the methods of modern photography, Cormac prefers to keep his images simple, yet elegant and works only in black and white. He has been influenced by the photographers of the past and not by the typical postcard images of Ireland, produced by many of today's contemporary photographers.
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Houndmouth
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Houndmouth live at The Castle Theatre on Wednesday, November 20th wsg Mark Charles.
Doors 7:00pm / Show 8:00pm
$25 (Advance) / $28 (Day of Show)
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In late 2011, Matt Myers, Zak Appleby and Shane Cody started playing music together in a historic home in New Albany, Indiana dubbed "The Green House." Its rooms were adorned with relics from times past, so it was no surprise that songs such as “Penitentiary” bounced off the walls. Nostalgic sounds from their first album seemed to serve as a welcome escape for listeners from the relentless demands of the digital age. But if you asked any one of the guys, they were 'just having fun.'
Houndmouth signed with legendary indie label Rough Trade Records in 2012. From The Hills Below The City landed them on several world-famous platforms such as fellow lovable Hoosier, David Letterman's stage. When vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Matt Myers first spoke with big-name producer Dave Cobb prior to working together on their sophomore LP Little Neon Limelight, the two laughingly agreed to “not make another fucking boring Americana record.” A natural sounding album captured in a familiar fashion came together, except this time with a #1 adult alternative radio single in “Sedona.” “I never once thought of us as an Americana band,” says drummer Shane Cody. “The four of us were just a rock band, but some of us had Southern accents,” he laughs.
The group find themselves on their third full length album, Golden Age, set for an August 3, 2018 release via Reprise Records, now with four new touring band members (Caleb Hickman, Drew Miller, Graeme Gardiner, and Aaron Craker - after Katie Toupin’s departure). Although there is no doubt that their perceived public identity is founded on roots and Americana, Houndmouth nevertheless created a concept album around a nostalgic future - and the sound will certainly reflect its message. The credits for Golden Age only begin to hint at the lengths they went to in order to find the sound of their nostalgic future — vintage Voxes, Vocoders and Moogs, modern programming, strings, tympani, baritone sax, live drums, Linn drums, unvarnished pianos and very distorted guitars. “What's happening with humans and technology right now was on my mind really heavily,” says Myers, “and we naturally went that way with the music too. Using synthesizers and drum pads just kind of felt right. I feel like we went into it being like, ‘Yeah, let’s do a Bruce Springsteen/Daft Punk record’.” Myers goes on to explain, “I think the human aspects are still paramount, even though it may sound a bit more bizarre. There's some part of Tom Petty, Randy Newman and the Band that I can’t get away from, and I wanted to keep that untouched, I guess. It’s not about trying to emulate what’s on the radio, it’s combining and messing with sounds to try to make something that seems very familiar but doesn't actually sound like anything you've ever heard before."
Houndmouth knew they wanted to work with producers who would be open to embracing a restless inventor’s spirit, but they had no idea just how inventive things would get until they hooked up with the team of Jonathan Rado, best known as a member of the celebrated indie band Foxygen, and Shawn Everett, who as a producer, engineer and mixer has been a primary collaborator on records from artists as diverse as Alabama Shakes, The Killers, The War on Drugs, Kesha, Kacey Musgraves and John Legend. In fact, the first single, “This Party,” bears a credit for “bucket and rubber band bass,” which turns out to be a literal rendering of just how they got the critical ingredient: by putting actual rubber bands around a bucket and pitching the plucking up or down in tone until they had the faux boomy bass-synth sound of everyone’s dreams. For another song, they cut up an analog tape loop and dragged it behind a truck in the desert outside of El Paso; when they ran it back through the machine, somehow the abuse had caused a spooky hi-hat sound to appear on the tape, which turned out to be just perfect for “World Leader.” As for the jaguars credited on “Black Jaguar”? They’re real — both the car and the animal. “There’s no denying that with the previous records, we weren't hip to all the stuff at our fingertips,” says bassist, vocalist, and songwriter Zak Appleby. “This time it was a completely different vibe — like, ‘Okay so we've got the skeleton for the song, now let's put the meat on it.’ I think experimental is exactly the right word. We still had boundaries to draw; they just didn’t have to do with how we got to the sounds. Shawn and Jonathan said, ‘Hey, any sound that you hear in your head — that you can hum, that you can imagine — we can create that here.’ That was day one, and that led the album in this awesome direction of anything being possible.”
On “Coast to Coast,” Myers sings, “Do you ever feel like a ghost when you’re staring into your phone?” Despite the holy-shit-far-outside-the-box recording style, the songs on this concept album touch more on the prison many humans find themselves in daily - one based around staring into the little electronic box we carry, or our “digital comfort zones” as the band describes them.
Knee-jerk reactions may define Golden Age as a metamorphosis, but it is in actuality a catharsis. Uploading one’s thoughts on life is easier than ever, but Houndmouth took a painstakingly unique route to creatively craft their purge of emotions. This album tackles the issues of identity and self in the digital epoch of romance.
Perhaps the perceived 'escape' or break in time provided by Houndmouth's initial sound was enough to fight off the modern plight for some time, but members and listeners are awarded now with true sight and perspective into the world as it currently stands. In the words of an author you probably quoted to some girl in college to sound interesting, "I think novels that leave out technology misrepresent life as badly as Victorians misrepresented life by leaving out sex," via Vonnegut.
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How many wrongs before it sounds just right?
Tune in tonight at 10PM (GMT+02) for a very special 100th edition of the Wrong Rock Show, when Greg ‘the Hammer’ and Botha revisit some favourite artists and tracks played in two years of shows. You can look forward to The Psychedelic Furs, The Gun Club, Boris, Jim Neversink, PJ Harvey, KOOS, The Clash, Kokeshi Doll, Swans, Joy Division and many more. We think you’ll like it, and we’ve been wrong before.
Listen to 89.5FM or online via www.bushradio.co.za
Listen to some of the past shows on Mixcloud
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Newspaper clipping courtesy of Västra Nyland
The Wrong Rock Show on 89.5Fm is causing a bit of a buzz in Finland judging by the media reports we have been receiving – see Västra Nyland pic or Åbo Underrättelser.
The articles are from Swedish-language papers but if you would like to find out what the fuss is all about tune into the Wrong Rock Show tonight at 10pm on 89.5FM or online, when we air the second edition of “From Kyrkslätt with Love” a segment compiled by Henrik Gustafsson.
Related post: The Wrong Rock Show at Roskilde 2011
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The Wrong Rock Show at Roskilde 2011
Roskilde Festival in Denmark, first staged in 1971, is the largest North European culture and music festival and attracts about 75,000 festival goers every year (excluding day-visitors). It is run by a non-profit association, assisted by 25,000 volunteers and every year it donates all profits to humanitarian and cultural purposes. This year, a Bush Radio t-shirt was also spotted walking around the festival site between 30 June and 3 July, when Botha of the Wrong Rock Show attended the festival for a second time.
The Orange Stage has become the symbol of the Roskilde Festival
While the headline acts are always the biggest attraction for the majority of music fans attending, the value of the four-day festival is the exposure fans get to different genres and artists. South Africa was represented this year by Shangaan Electro, who had a stunned crowd on their feet before they knew it, and as the beats got faster and faster no-one could even think of stopping for air. Bands in the 2011 line-up that have been played on the Wrong Rock Show included PJ Harvey, Swans, The Strokes, Battles, Kings Of Leon, The Raveonettes, Congotronics vs. Rockers, TV On The Radio, Zun Zun Egui, The Walkmen, Iron Maiden, Lykke Li, Weekend, Anna Calvi, Kurt Vile & The Violaters, Spids Nøgenhat, Screaming Females and The Ex.
Shangaan Electro had the crowd on their feet (left) and legendary Bassekou Kouyate from Mali played with Afrocubism
While at the festival, Botha also recorded a special Finnish Wrong Rock Show with Henrik Gustafsson and Jan Larsson, two music gurus who respectively attended their 14th and 22nd Roskilde Festivals! This special episode will be broadcast tonight (11 July 2011) between 10PM and midnight, and will feature two hours of rock music from Finland not often heard outside Northern Europe. For more information, visit the show’s Facebook page.
PJ Harvey was one of the highlights for the alternative rock fans (left) and the Swans put up one of the best concerts of the festival to a small group of hardcore fans
Tags:89.5, Africa, Afrocubism, alternative, Anna Calvi, artists, bands, Bassekou Kouyate, Battles, Botha, Botha Kruger, Bush Radio, cape town, Community radio, Congotronics vs. Rockers, cultural purposes, Denmark, electro, expose, exposure, festival site, Finland, Finnish Wrong Rock Show, genres, Get-A-Tent camp, global, hardcore, Henrik Gustafsson, http://www.facebook.com, humanitarian, Iron Maiden, Jan Larsson, July, June, Kings Of Leon, kruger, Kurt Vile & The Violaters, listen, Lykke Li, music fans, music festival, music guru, musicians, non-profit association, North European culture, Northern Europe, online., Orange Stage, PJ Harvey, radio, Rock Show, Roskilde 2011, Roskilde Festival, Roskilde Festivals, Screaming Females, shangaan, Shangaan Electro, South Africa, Spids Nøgenhat, Swans, The Ex, The Raveonettes, The Strokes, the Swans, The Walkmen, TV On The Radio, Weekend, Wrong Rock Show, www.bushradio.co.za, Zun Zun Egui
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German sports betting stakes up 21% in 2019
10th February 2020 | By contenteditor
German operator body the Deutsche Sportwettenverband (DSWV) has revealed that consumers in the country spent approximately €9.3bn (£7.86bn/$10.16bn) on sports betting in 2019, up 21% on the previous year.
Citing figures from the German Federal Ministry of Finance, the DSWV said that the year-on-year growth was impressive seeing as 2019 did not have a major international football tournament, whereas 2018 had the FIFA World Cup.
The DSWV also noted that operators paid a total of €500m in sports betting tax during the 12 months through to 31 December 2019.
“Sports betting has reached the center of society in Germany and has become a popular leisure activity,” DSWV president Mathias Dahms said.
Though the DSWV did not disclose any more financial figures for sports betting in 2019, Dahms did reference recent market developments in terms of the new State Treaty on Gambling.
Last month, Schleswig-Holstein said Germany’s 16 federal states had made a key breakthrough in negotiations over a new Treaty. This will see a new federal regulator established, with responsibility for licensing and enforcement in the market.
The model will also retain the monopoly structure of Germany’s state lottery industry, the state said, while lifting the prohibition on online casino. Sports betting, legalised in the current State Treaty, would continue to be allowed.
According to Dahms, the responsible regional council in Darmstadt said that at least 45 applications for new sports betting licences are expected, with the first permits set to be issued this spring.
“The federal states are now obliged to show that their regulatory framework works and that they can effectively deal with unlicensed offers,” Dahms said. “In some cases, improvements are necessary so that there is no displacement of players into the black market and distortion of competition.”
The new Treaty has received a mixed response, with the DSWV saying it was pleased a consensus had been reached, but Dahms hit out at restrictive terms on live betting, deposit limits and account access.
However, Deutscher Lotto- und Totoblock, Germany's powerful state lottery association that was previously a vocal opponent of legal online casino, praised the regulations for preserving the state lottery monopoly, while strengthening efforts to tackle black market activity.
Elsewhere, the European Gaming and Betting Association welcomed the Treaty as a “positive development” for the country’s market, despite raising concerns about live betting restrictions, advertising and curbs on player account activity.
Xpoint secures new investment from Bettor Capital
Michigan casino revenue doubles to $1.3bn in 2021
Sports betting regulation
Maryland sports betting debuts with $16.6m staked in December
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Finally I managed to find some time and upload some video and photo content from an event that Oracle Cyprus conducted back in October.
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The policy referenced by URI "policy name" could not be retrieved.
If you get a Web Services Management error about missing policies, then most probably you haven't included the "Oracle WSM Policy Manager" product during the creation of your WebLogic domain.
To solve this, just extend your domain using the Configuration Wizard and include add the "Oracle WSM Policy Manager" product to your domain.
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Claudette Schreuders, The Bystander 2
9-colour Offset Lithograph on archival cotton rag paper
Claudette Schreuders, The Bystander 2 quantity
Claudette Schreuders (b. 1973) is based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Schreuders is an internationally renowned sculpture and printmaker. She is represented by STEVENSON in South Africa, and Jack Shainman Gallery in New York.
The Bystander 2 follows a line of work that seeks to ‘make public that which is private’. The work, a remarkably skilled piece of printmaking, playfully uncovers the middle-class condition. Its darker overtones work to uncover the lighter green, yellows and ochre that form its details.
Schreuder’s nine colour lithograph is hand printed on Arches paper by Andrea Steer at the Printmaking Studio at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town.
BIOGRAPHY_
Born in 1973 in Pretoria, Claudette Schreuders lives and works in Cape Town, where she graduated with a master’s degree from the Michaelis School of Fine Art. In 2004/5 her first solo museum exhibition toured the United States. She has shown extensively on group exhibitions, including Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2011); Mami Wata: Arts for water spirits in Africa and its diasporas, at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, and the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, among other venues (2009-2011); Peekaboo: Current South Africa at the Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki (2010); All the More Real: Portrayals of intimacy and empathy at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York (2007); Since 2000: Printmaking now at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (2006); and Personal Affects: power and poetics in contemporary South African art at the Museum for African Art and the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York (2004), and The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu (2006).
– STEVENSON
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