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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
Email amdg@hoganlovells.com
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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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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).
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Sumac already made that joke a page back. Originally Posted by Sumac
The fact that you are playing the game doesn't mean that you understand its finer details. Especially, if you say that 2 D fighting games are all the same. By this logic, all platformers are Castlevanias, all First Person Shooters are Doom, all Third Person Shooters are GTAs and all RPGs are Final Fantasies. Its so reductive and limited approach, I can't even imagine how one can come to such a conclusion. Also, Tekkens play much more similar to each other than Street Fighters. Tekken 7, for example, still reuses animations from Tekken 3. Talking about "same skeleton". And even than only inattentive person would say that Tekken 7 plays anything like previous Tekkens. By Andrew's standards we should all be playing fighting games on the Holodeck in fully-immersive VR by now, or else we're wasting our time and videogames have made zero progress. Love ya buddy. "I left some words quite far from here to be a short reminder... I laid them out in stone, in case they need to last forever... "
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I just installed SF5 for kicks. Yeah. It's the same damn game I played in 1992 with a shiny new coat of paint (but I beat 5 out of 5 of the guys I just played online. ). And Castlevania in 3 D isn't wholly different from my argument about 3 D fighters vs. 2 D fighters. Konami was going the right direction with the N64 games, and probably the same with Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness. I can't comment on the "reboot" games because I've never played. But I think with enough finesse, it's completely possible to do a "Castletroid" game like Symphony in a fully 3 D engine. Just saw the first episode of the new season of Castlevania. Well I enjoy the dialogue. And it's nice to see actual Castlevania monsters for once... the undead skeletons and mini Igors. THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION |
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Yeah. It's the same damn game I played in 1992 with a shiny new coat of paint (but I beat 5 out of 5 of the guys I just played online. ). You either don't get hardcore way or you are trolling. And Castlevania in 3 D isn't wholly different from my argument about 3 D fighters vs. 2 D fighters. Konami was going the right direction with the N64 games, and probably the same with Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness. I can't comment on the "reboot" games because I've never played. But I think with enough finesse, it's completely possible to do a "Castletroid" game like Symphony in a fully 3 D engine. CV64 were pretty good, at least when it comes to atmosphere and platforming, though neither were "Castleroids". Lament and COD were just bad beat'em ups, who tried to be "Castleroids" and failed miserably. The only things that were good about Lament were cheesy voice acting, boss battles and a soundtrack. Now with 200,1 % more poison. Find More Posts by Sumac
All I can say is that while Lament of Innocence held my interest to the end... Curse of Darkness I got maybe 2 or so hours into it then completely lost interest. But kind of like SF and MK... that they didn't quite perfect the foray from 2 D into 3 D (though again Mr. Sumac, I'd direct you to give MK vs. DCU an honest shake and come back to the debate -- though I still stand by my basic stance on Akuma in T7 as proof positive that 3 D can be worked in painlessly and without changing anything drastic. )
All I can say is that while Lament of Innocence held my interest to the end... I've completed LOI, but only out of interest to the story and boss battles. I know that the game kinda treats itself like a Castleroid, but I treated it like a beat'em up and flew through it without bothering with optional paths, though I've killed all secret bosses. Yeah. Smash smash smash the same two buttons and so on. And yes, the story was my main interest. And I liked the little upgrades they give to make the whipping more fun along the way. I just think the best Castlevania way to go would be something between your average Resident Evil and Symphony of the Night. Going through Castlevania itself, level by level, open roam with a lot of long winding staircases and secrets. And maybe let you explore around the castle, too. It's really shocking there isn't like a brand new cutting edge Castlevania game every 2 or 3 years. What happened. Did they try to go "too big" with the reboot games with Patrick Stewart and all, then failed. Castlevania seemed like an evergreen property and Konami just seems to have abandoned it. Yeah, maybe they do a cheap portable game every random moon... but this was a juggernaut. A few more into the new season now. It's not quite as annoying as the last season. I'm mostly on board with it. The people involved are clearly more interested in characterizations than pushing a broader saga forward (though that's not at all what they told us at the beginning), but maybe that's fine for something like this. And it looks like Death is finally going to show up... though maybe in nerfed form. Not an elemental force, but just some random evil guy. Eh. Last edited by Andrew NDB; 05 -14 -2021 at 05 :26 AM. I own both "Lords of Shadow" games, but haven't played them yet, only read about them. Apparently the first was a big hit, but they lost the audience with the decision to have much of the sequel take place in a more contemporary, modern-day setting. It seems that most people thought that the gameplay was improved over the first, but the setting and storyline ruined it for them. And so while the first game sold well and was nearly unanimously-praised, the sequel got mixed reviews and sold less. And this all happened right around the time that Konami was more or less just giving up on making games, period, so since it under-performed they just decided that it wasn't worth making any more. So, it seems like a bit of a mix of "players weren't wholly satisfied with the sequel's direction" along with "Anything that doesn't sell 10 million copies isn't worth the effort for modern-day Konami". Thus, the stalling-out of the franchise entirely. Having not played either game yet, I can't speak from experience. But I'm personally less enthusiastic about playing a Castlevania game in a "modern" or "contemporary" setting. So I kind of get the complaints. It just feels like something that needs to be more Gothic and "dated", like just set A Long Time Ago rather than Right Now or in the future. I'unno. Konami attempted to turn Castlevania into big 3 D, but every time they efforts were for naught: CV64 was rushed and made by an inexperienced team, so developers were allowed to make a "better" version of it, Legacy of Darkness. Both games failed to become "superhits" forcing Konami to make 2 D Castlevanias. Just a year later Castlevania Resurrection for Dreamcast was canceled, supposedly, due to the conflict between Konami Japan and Konami USA. Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness were made on a shoestring budget and failed to garner interest. Symphony of the Night 2 was canceled, most likely, because, Konami didn't see how Igarashi (producer of the series) could make a good 3 D game, he made LOI and COD after all and his 2 D games were no longer profitable. Though Konami put out teaser for it and a Radio spectacle which was supposed to bridge SOTN1 and SOTN2, they've canceled the game and started seek for someone else to make it, which led to... ... LOS1 which was the best selling in the series and LOS2 which was messed up by EGO of the producer, who thought he knows better than designers and writers how the game should look and what story should be, so, as Leo said, it ended up as a failure. And so we arrived today, where there is no 3 D or any other Castlevanias for that matter. IMJ
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True. Though the reasons they were not superhits were because they did not deserve to be superhits. Though they weren't going in the wrong direction. And I don't think Konami always coming out with new 2 D Castletroid stuff on the handhelds has anything to do with the 3 D ones "failing" on the main consoles. They always would have done more 2 D Castletroid stuff because they're affordable to make and easy to crank out. It was going to be a disaster. I remember writing about it on my old Castlevania website. It was going to be a big time traveling thing with Sonia Belmont (from Castlevania Legends on Gameboy that was already removed from canon) and others. A few things leaked from it. Lament of Innocence and Curse of Darkness were made on a shoestring budget
Do you think. Lament of Innocence looked expensive to me, at least at the time. Curse of Darkness, not bad either. Engine and presentation-wise. I don't even remember a Symphony of the Night 2 ever being announced. It just struck me when they revealed LOS1 was a reboot. The up until then relatively faithful adherence to a timeline, a growing saga was -- I think -- one of the big boons to Castlevania fans. Now just throw it out the window. Not enhance it instead, or just play in an unexplored corner of it. Stupid. Needless. Originally Posted by IMJ
I've heard nothing but great things. I think I still need to purchase some DLC before I actually play it, though. I forget why I didn't get around to it yet but I think that's one of the reasons. I kind of get that, but I also get their reasoning. "We want to make this a big 'coming-out party' for the franchise, the first 'real' games in the series in a long time (read: The first non-handheld Castlevania games in about a decade or so). We want to attract the largest potential audience possible. "
It would be kind of silly of them to insist that Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers, most of whom never even owned an NES or GBA and therefore never played any of the Castlevania games before, have had played the other games in the series. Forcing the storyline of LoS to fit in with a dozen games most of their audience hadn't ever played would have been needlessly limiting. I'm a stickler for "canon" more often than not. But the fact that LoS ended up being the most financially successful game in the entire franchise kind of proves that they made the right decision. It was designed to be a jumping-on point for people unfamiliar with the franchise, and a lot of people were thrilled that none of the earlier games "counted" because they didn't feel like they were missing anything by jumping straight into that one. I mean, I haven't played every single game in the series by far, but by that point where they were having some of the handheld games be set in the future and whatnot, one could seriously argue that the original canon had already become rather unwieldy and convoluted. Last edited by Leo656 ; 05 -14 -2021 at 10 :37 PM. It's very easy. Dracula comes back every 100 years (and after Lament of Innocence, they gave themselves some extra centuries we didn't know they had). Pick a different century. No need to refer to any other Belmonts or anything. Simple. By that same logic, if you're not going to even really address the existing canon in any significant way, why NOT just reboot. Especially since LoS is essentially an "origin story" for the entire franchise. It was probably just simpler to reboot and start everything over from scratch, rather than worry that some fanatics would be all like, "Well, ACTUALLY (adjusts glasses), this Dracula 'origin' story contradicts much of the storyline in the acclaimed GBA Castlevania game 'Orchestra of Dracula's Ballsack: Rondo of Whale Semen', which explains where the saga REALLY started. CLEARLY these people know nothing at all about Castlevania and this game is therefore garbage. "
There's always a FEW of Those People and I assume Konami didn't want to be bothered with all of that. There's very little to worry about. Dracula died here, Dracula died there, Dracula got resurrected here, Dracula got resurrected there. It's not like dodging or navigating land mines or something. Yeah, but I think the original timeline already had established a Dracula origin of some sort, somewhere along the way (by all means, someone correct me if I'm wrong). Since they were hellbent on LoS being an origin story and designed it to entice new people to the franchise with no strings attached, their hands were kinda tied. I mean, the Game Boy, N64 and PS2 games had already splintered the canon into a Castlevania "Multiverse", anyway. LoS being a hard reboot wasn't some kind of mortal sin, I don't think. And again, for whatever else it was the most commercially-successful game, so it's hard to really argue that it was a bad decision. They just went with the thing that was easiest. It worked, so... I'unno. No, it is actually what had happened. Even Igarashi said that. Konami plan was that CV64 will be super popular and the template for all other Castlevania games going forward, and Symphony of the Night was planned to be a "small spin off". But CV64 ended up being not particularly popular, while Symphony ended up being a megahit. Konami attempted to "fix" CV64 and, later, release another 3 D game for Dreamcast, but neither worked. Konami wanted to completely shut down the series, but Igarashi insisted that he wants to keep the series alive. Konami agreed, but on a condition: he becomes main producer of the series and release Castlevania game every year on whatever budget Konami gives him, which led to "Symphony of the Clones" and some mediocre 3 D games. Until their popularity didn't fall off, due to said 3 D games and Igarashi attempts to make Castlevania more popular in Japan. Funny thing, that first post-Symphony clone, Circle of the Moon, was made not by Igarashi, but by guys behind CV64. Igarashi "borrowed" most of the Circle ideas and made his own Harmony of Dissonance. Until playable version, which exists, will leak, I won't comment on it, but story indeed sounded very... odd. Especially inclusion of the "Female Dracula".
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In many ways it had happened thanks to Igarashi, who introduced a lot of plot points without having any intention to resolve them in the future.
Also, LOS1 was planned to be remake of original Castlevania and original pitch-trailer had Simon Belmont fighting some monster. If I remember right, it was Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear fame, who basically pushed for LOS to be chosen as the next Castlevania game and to be a reboot.
Just to add some more context: after Igarashi was stripped of his influence over Castlevania, Konami held a contest between their US, Japan and European divisions to see, which one will be able to offer the best idea for big budget Castlevania game. Eventually, with Kojima help, EU pitch was chosen.
As you can guess, I am not a big fan of Igarashi and his decisions.
Yeah, but I think the original timeline already had established a Dracula origin of some sort, somewhere along the way (by all means, someone correct me if I'm wrong).
Original timeline did it twice: first in Game Boy Legends and then it was retconned (replaced) by Lament of Innocence, which for all its pitfalls managed to give Dracula more coherent origin, than some "evil wizard".
Legends, CV64, Legacy of Darkness and Circle of the Moon were considered non-canon. Though later "timeline guide" included them in timeline, without mentioning what had happened in those games.
CV64 / LOD was kind of reboot in itself, though, it was mostly because of its troubled development and Circle was initially conceived as spin-off set in Carmilla's castle and not mentioning Belmonts in any capacity.
Also, it might have to do with Igarashi not being involved in development of any of those titles. Just saying.
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Lament of Innocence only replaced Legends because they wanted to do "the very first Belmont" again, only hundreds of years before the 1400 s this time. And honestly, Lament is basically a reboot. While it still sort of works with the rest of the games, it makes Dracula not into Dracula anymore, and it's a big "everything you ever thought you know about Castlevania's beginnings is WRONG! "
Finished the show. I liked how they portrayed Death, I liked the "psyche!!! " with you know who (which I figured was coming because you know who is a frequent boss in Curse of Darkness, which is years after this). They aligned everything pretty well back to the games' timeline by the end with the possible exception of Isaac... he literally is refusing to do at the end of this season the thing that was the whole point of Curse of Darkness. The Dracula stuff was bizarre... and seemed way more like weird fetish stuff from the writers or Ellis. I sure don't remember anything about folks wanting to resurrect Dracula's and his wife's souls and combine into a hermaphrodite body with boobs and who knows what else.
To be honest, Legends were very mediocre as a game and as a story and its version of Dracula origin was basically "he always was a bad wizard" and that's it. It is besides the fact that Symphony established that Dracula had a loving wife and went insane after her death. So much for him "always being a bad wizard".
All in all, its removal from a timeline is not a big loss, even though, I like idea of Sonia Belmont.
The undercurrent was always that Dracula was the real life Vlad Tepes Dracula, 1431 -1476 (and Symphony seemed to cement that, though the opening crawl of CVIII did enough, Bloodlines too for sure). Lament of Innocence took that away. At best, Dracula is just a fake name Matthias or whatever adopted in the 15 th century. That's lame. Making Dracula not be Dracula and just a FAKE Dracula is lame.
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Daily Prompt <3 Looking for a Leader?
So much talk this week in my summer school class on Activism, on how to create real world change, on how to lead, on what makes a leader. And such a lack of real leadership in any of the people running for president, it hurts my heart.
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We are right at the two-week mark for the April 4th Legacy FC 30 event to be held just outside of Albuquerque inside the Route 66 Casino. My best advice to the fight fans of the area is to make sure you already have the tickets to the event or are planning on snagging some up very soon as this event is definitely a “must-see” fight card. Legacy FC 30 features so many talented locals and is blossoming with storylines within the evening’s fight card. The storylines are of great intrigue and the match-ups very compelling; this is not the time to skip out on an event.
We can almost guarantee that on Sunday, April 6th, our post-fight analysis will be full of content as the Legacy FC 30 event is stacked in their professional line-up; from the headliner to the match making, Legacy FC 30 delivers in just about every way you can imagine. To prepare the fight fans for the event, we thought we’d continue sharing some of the reasons why you should be excited to be in attendance on April 4th. Our first reason centered around Holly Holm, her headlining bout and how close she is to leaving the regional scene behind.
Today’s reason follows two fighters who currently train here in New Mexico and match-up with one another in a highly anticipated bout.
Judgement MMA’s Adrian Cruz works with Head Coach Scott Marlowe. Cruz is a talented striker with methodical grappling talents to compliment the stand-up.
Representing Rio Rancho’s Judgement MMA, Adrian Cruz (5-1) is one of the top draws in New Mexico when it comes to ticket sales, fan support, and top talent. The once defeated Cruz has become a staple of our local MMA scene both in his community outreach and in his in-cage performances.
A three-fight Bellator MMA veteran, Cruz had a tremendous 2013 going for him until a late-year loss robbed him of his undefeated status. Now back in action, Cruz will be faced with one of the most difficult scenarios a fighter will face in a combat career, returning to form from a first defeat.
Will Cruz come back stronger than ever? Will he return improved in the areas he found himself needing to fix after his defeat? Nobody could ever question the work ethic and dedication of Cruz as he embodies hard-work and during his five fight win streak, Cruz looked better and better in each outing.
Cruz is a work horse in the cage, he is a gritty and rough-nosed fighter who has no problem biting down on his mouthpiece and get dirty in a fight. Cruz’s striking talents are powerful and refined, the Scott Marlowe trained fighter has an aggressive approach to the stand-up game and has fight ending power in his strikes.
When “Killa” Cruz gets top position, his opponents are in for a long night. Cruz can finish fights from top position in a number of ways ranging from passing of the guard to get dominant position to raining down strikes forcing an opponent into an overwhelming state of ground and pound, and Cruz also has top-notch submission skills that are both crafty and technical.
One of the marquee wins of Cruz dates back to July of 2013 where he’d take on Felipe Chavez of Lutrell’s MMA. In that fight, Cruz would pull off the “Submission of the Year” in New Mexico when he executed a arm-lock from the scarf-hold position, a technique traditionally seen when wearing the Gi.
Cruz is a tough-out for anyone and his fight on Friday night will have some redemption opportunity for the Rio Rancho trained fighter.
The Jackson-Winkeljohn trained Briones (13-4) is one of the hottest names in Mexico and comes to New Mexico has a hot prospect prepped for the UFC when they announce their expansion south of our border. Working with coaches Mike Valle to compliment his time with Greg Jackson and Mike Winkeljohn, Briones is part of an elite MMA team who will prep him for the big show.
The Jackson-Winkeljohn fighter, Henry Briones has the talent and the world class preparation heading into the bout. With a win, Briones will earn his first marquee victory on American soil.
Briones has dynamite in his strikes, “Henry Bure” owns seven TKO victories in thirteen career victories; which is complimented by four submission wins to make his career finishing rate an impressive 85%.
The Mexican fighter represents the wave of fighters from Mexico who have made a home in Albuquerque at the Jackson-Winkeljohn gym. Briones joins teammates “Moggly” Benitez and “Dodger” Montano as part Mexican MMA movement currently in full swing in our state.
Briones is a very explosive and methodical striker who can be very patient awaiting a perfect time to strike but when he sees the opening, Briones is aggressive and ferocious. His finishing ability is extremely impressive and one of his best skills is being able to capitalize on opponent’s mistakes.
Insanely difficult to defeat, Briones has won six straight and his only losses within the last five years have come by judge’s decision, two of which being split decisions. The fight with Cruz comes with the opportunity to gain local fandom and propel himself higher up on the prospect rankings.
The match-up between these two Bantamweights will be very intriguing as they have similarities in their talents but also clash when it comes to their technical skill sets. The two fighters are immensely talented and will undoubtedly challenge the other once the cage door shuts.
The x-factor for Cruz may be his work ethic as Briones has been hard to finish over his career and the odds are definitely on the side of this fight going the distance. Cruz will need every bit of cardiovascular muscle he can muster as beating Briones may require 15-minutes of fast-pace offense.
For Briones, the x-factor may be his ability to out-work Cruz. Can Briones find openings and can he consistently keep Cruz on the heels of his feet where he will be unable to mount his own offense. Cruz’s only loss came at the hands of a fighter who was able to out hustle Cruz from top position, Briones may not want to implement that same gameplan, but a high-paced workload may be his key to victory.
Cruz will definitely have the ability to out strike Briones and Briones will have the arsenal to do the same. Cruz will have the talents to work a takedown and top-end grappling gameplan but Briones will have the footwork to counter that. This will be a true chess match and the outcome can be argued in so many different direction.
Guess we will have to tune in fight fans! Keep up with Southwest Fight News this week for the Legacy FC 30 event coverage, bout breakdowns and analysis.
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Radical transport blueprint for Glasgow includes Metro network
Words: Roger Milne
A radical transport blueprint for Glasgow, Scotland’s biggest conurbation, has been published.
It includes ambitious proposals for a Glasgow-wide light-rail Metro system; a tunnel linking Glasgow Central and Queen Street stations; an extension of the Central station across the Clyde to accommodate HS2 trains; and a metro connection between the city centre and the airport.
The scheme comes with a price-tag of £10 billion and a 20-year time frame.
It’s the outcome of the deliberations of the Glasgow Connectivity Commission, chaired by transport guru professor David Begg.
The commission’s report highlights measures to transform the economic performance of the city region and reconnect left-behind areas to Scotland’s economic powerhouse.
The commission concluded that developing a Glasgow Metro was critical to connect areas of the city currently poorly served by rail.
Equally important, said the commission, was making sure both HS2 and metro developments acted as a catalyst for regeneration, generating private-sector investment and capturing the uplift in land value.
The commission has called for a regional transport authority to coordinate land-use planning and transport investment. It would develop plans for bus priority on Glasgow’s motorway network and it would prepare for the shift to electric and autonomous vehicles by considering new methods of road charging.
It examined proposals to link Glasgow Airport to the rail network and recommended that this should be achieved within the existing timeframe of 2025 with committed budgets. However, it rejected proposals to build a “pod”-style people carrier, concluding that it was no longer appropriate to plan for a self-contained transport system that only served the airport.
Instead, the commission recommended building a link between the airport and Paisley Gilmour Street Station as the first leg of a Metro line that would then be extended to connect the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland, Renfrew (the largest town in Scotland without a rail station), Braehead Shopping Centre and Queen Elizabeth University Hospital to the city centre.
Over the next two decades, this route should be extended across the city by reviving a network of abandoned rail routes, converting heavy rail to light rail and developing on-street tram running, the report proposed.
Professor Begg insisted the report’s recommendations were “ambitious and achievable”. “The proposals we have recommended here will deliver a step-change in Glasgow’s economic performance and drive Scotland’s ambitions to deliver stronger, sustainable, inclusive growth.
“They are bold, ambitious and transformative but we are also confident that they are achievable and the right response to secure Glasgow’s long-term economic prosperity,” he said.
The report has been welcomed by the Scottish transport secretary, Michael Matheson. He said: “The commission’s report is timely as Transport Scotland takes forward a nationwide assessment of transport requirements with work on an updated National Transport Strategy and the second Strategic Transport Projects Review underway.”
Susan Aitken, leader of the city council, set up the commission. She commented: “These recommendations have the potential to deliver the kind of inclusive and sustainable economic growth the city government is committed to, to give Glasgow a competitive edge it needs to compete globally and provide the transport networks the citizens of Glasgow and beyond deserve.”
Connecting Glasgow: Creating an Inclusive Thriving, Liveable City can be found here on the Glasgow City Council website (pdf).
Image credit | iStock
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There are 1,696 Traveller households on waiting lists for pitches in England – but only 59 permanent and 42 transit pitches available, according...
Housing Delivery Test: More councils face presumption in favour of sustainable development
The government has published the results of the 2020 Housing Delivery Test, which show that 55 councils in England now face the presumption in...
Wei Yang inaugurated as president of the RTPI
Dr Wei Yang FRTPI has pledged to inform and update the public on the purpose of town planning in her year as president of the RTPI.
Anglian Water: Spatial Planning Manager
Grundon Waste Management Ltd: Planning & Development Manager
Oxfordshire County Council: Programme Lead (Oxfordshire Plan 2050) OCC53697
Test Valley Borough Council: Planning Policy Manager
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Австралийска мрежоока жаба (Litoria dayi) е вид земноводно от семейство Дървесници (Hylidae). Видът е застрашен от изчезване.
Разпространение
Разпространен е в Австралия.
Източници
Австралийски дървесници
Фауна на Австралия
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Sa'ed Atshan, Swarthmore College Peace & Conflict Studies Assistant Professor.
The two Friends' Central School teachers fired last year after a flap over inviting a Palestinian professor and peace activist to speak to students have sued the Main Line Quaker school and its top officials, claiming they were wrongfully terminated.
In a lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Philadelphia, Ariel Eure and Layla Helwa claim that the Wynnewood school not only violated their civil rights by firing them after the slated talk by Swarthmore College professor Sa'ed Atshan was canceled in February 2017 but that school officials made a series of defamatory statements against them.
The suit also targets the head of school, Craig Sellers; chief trustee Phillip Scott; and unnamed board members for the alleged defamation campaign that, according to the suit, cast the teachers in a "false light." It seeks back pay and other compensation as well as punitive damages.
Filed by attorney Mark Schwartz, the suit states that "the absolute tragedy is that a school which professes to operate according to the fundamental Quaker principles of tolerance has proven to [be] intolerant where the administration and board maintain an illegal atmosphere depriving two teachers of their civil rights."
Friends' Central attorney David Fryman said in a statement that the lawsuit "lacks merit" and that the school has attempted to mediate a resolution, but he did not provide details. The school, Fryman said, "engaged in a thorough and thoughtful Quaker process before deciding not to renew [the teachers'] contracts. We expect the court will agree."
Officials at Friends' Central previously said the teachers were fired because they were present at student protests against the cancellation of Atshan's lecture, which came after some Jewish parents and others complained about the proposed speaker's past statements on the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
The civil rights lawsuit replaces an earlier federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint filed against Friends' Central when the school initially placed the pair on administrative leave. The teachers had said the school offered them $5,500 each in severance pay if they would drop the EEOC case when they were notified of their firing in May 2017. The EEOC terminated its investigation once the federal lawsuit was filed.
"I am disappointed that Quaker organizations have been silent on the outrage that occurred at a purportedly Quaker school," Schwartz said Tuesday, adding: "I am gratified that there is a forum which Mr. Sellers can't control, namely the federal courts."
The lawsuit is the latest turn in the ongoing controversy over free speech and the fiery cauldron of Middle East politics at one of the region's more prestigious private schools.
It began when the teachers invited Atshan — who'd been raised as a Quaker on the disputed West Bank and is now as assistant professor of peace and conflict studies at Swarthmore — to speak in February 2017 to a student Palestinian peace club that they served as advisers.
But the talk was canceled when some parents complained about Atshan's support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, or BDS, which aims to pressure Israel to end the occupation of the West Bank.
In the face of student protests, as part of a series of proposed steps to foster dialogue on the Middle East conflict, Friends' Central officials later invited Atshan to speak there on his peace efforts. But the professor said he wouldn't address the school unless Eure and Helwa were reinstated.
In a sign of how divisive the issue remains on the Friends' Central campus, the school's director of strategic initiatives, Lydia Martin, sent an email to stakeholders on Monday urging them to "please refrain from comment" if contacted by anyone about the lawsuit.
The 58-page lawsuit lays out in extensive detail an escalating conflict over the formation of the club, the inviting and subsequent disinviting of Atshan, and the subsequent fallout including the suspension and firing of the teachers.
The filing explicitly accuses the school of racism at times in its treatment of Eure, who is gay and African American, and Helwa, who is also gay and is a Muslim, stating the teachers "came to resent this racist, 'You are one of them, so you deal with it,' attitude" in pushing them to get involved with students on matters of race or sexuality. It also claims several white teachers who violated school directives were not disciplined.
The suit cites the school's positive reviews for Eure and Helwa, as well as its initial approval of their actions in inviting Atshan — followed by an abrupt change in interactions between the teachers and school leaders after complaints from parents over the invitation.
It also claims that school officials, led by Sellers and Scott, sought to "scapegoat" the two teachers for the controversy over the canceled speech and the bad publicity that came with it. It cites a statement that Sellers posted on the school website on Feb. 13, 2017, saying, "There are very real concerns about the conduct of Ariel Eure and Layla Helwa for their disregard of our guiding testimonies" as an example of the alleged defamation campaign.
The suit also accused the unnamed board members of not properly supervising Sellers in his handling of the matter.
Editor's note: A previous version of this story stated that Mark Schwartz was an alumnus of Friends' Central. He is not.
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Spread some festive cheer—on your favourite crackers! Turn cream cheese into an edible decoration for your holiday cheese platter. This is sure to be the appetizer of the season.
CUT 1 pkg. (250g) Philadelphia Cream Cheese on a diagonal.
PLACE the outer edges together to form a traingle.
SPRINKLE with chopped fresh parsley. Decorate with pieces of red pepper.
SERVE at room temperature with Christie Wheat Thins or Vegetable Thins Crackers.
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Vigil today to honour Ilford’s ‘reluctant Holocaust hero’ Leon Greenman
Published: 12:08 AM January 30, 2011 Updated: 8:34 AM October 13, 2020
A VIGIL is being held today (Sunday) at 11am to mark what would have been the 100th birthday of Holocaust survivor Leon Greenman.
Mr Greenman, who lived in Ingleby Road, Ilford, and died aged 97 in March 2008, �survived Auschwitz.
He is thought to be the only Englishman who was sent to the camp, where his Dutch wife, Else, and �toddler son, Barney, were murdered.
Mr Greenman, who travelled from Rotterdam to London as a bookseller, survived six �concentration camps and a �60-mile “death march”. He devoted his life after the war to writing and speaking out against �racism and intolerance, and was targeted by neo-Nazi thugs.
Last year a memorial was erected as a tribute to Mr Greenman in the Holocaust Memorial Garden, Valentines Park, Ilford, following an appeal by the Recorder.
Mr Greenman’s friend Ruth-Anne Lenga said a small �gathering and vigil at the �memorial at 11am on Sunday (January 30) was an appropriate way to pay tribute to a modest man who was a reluctant hero.
She added: “He was a huge force for good. He started �talking to schools in 1946. He lived a very simple life in Ilford. He was known by the local �community and many people still remember him.
“He was 5ft but in every other way he was a very big man.”
A vigil for Mr Greenman was planned for December but was postponed because of snow.
All are welcome to attend the brief commemoration during which 100 candles will be lit in Leon’s memory. Use the Melbourne Road car park at the park.
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This is the wind, wave and weather report for Struisbaai in Western Cape, South Africa. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing or paragliding.
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Check the wind report for Struisbaai when you want to find the best last minute travel destination for your kiteboarding, windsurfing or sailing vacation in South Africa.
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Media and Telecoms
Jihadists mock Trump travel ban, vow more attacks
By Omar Fahmy, Ali Abdelaty
CAIRO (Reuters) - Supporters of Islamic State mocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to deny entry to citizens of seven Muslim- majority countries, saying it would fail to stop attacks in the United States and help win new militant recruits instead.
“Your decision will do nothing. Attacks will come at you from inside America, from Americans born in America with American parents and grandparents,” one Islamic State supporter posted on Telegram, an encrypted messaging app.
In a move he said would help protect the United States from terrorists, Trump signed an order on Friday suspending the entry of people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for at least 90 days. Admission of all refugees was halted for four months, and for Syrians indefinitely.
The sweeping travel curbs took effect immediately, wreaking havoc for would-be travellers with passports from the seven countries and prompting an international outcry.
Islamic State, which has been fighting military assaults on several fronts in its heartlands of northern Syria and Iraq, has made no formal comment on Trump’s ban. But some sympathisers took to social media to pour scorn on immigration restrictions they said would serve Islamic State’s cause.
“Trump bans Muslims from entering America and kills them in Yemen, Iraq and Syria, then threatens them ... the wretch does not know he presents an invaluable service to Islamic State,” a supporter calling himself Salem al-Mosuly wrote on Twitter.
An Islamist channel on the messaging app Telegram called “Scholars of Haq”, monitored by U.S. monitoring service SITE, asked whether Trump’s policies meant he was currently the best “caller to Islam” - someone who attracts new believers.
Of the first 48 users to respond, 34 answered that he was, according to SITE. SITE quoted one respondent, Abu Magrebi, as saying: “What Trump has done has clearly revealed the truth, and harsh reality behind the American government’s hatred towards Muslims.”
“What is Trump doing to his country? He just become president and already people (are) protesting against his policy, and worldwide countries criticising him. Trump will bring American down God willing,” Abu Magrebi wrote in another post monitored by SITE.
By Monday morning, the Scholars of Haq channel had been taken down, along with several other channels on which Islamist militants had posted responses on Sunday.
Other Islamic State supporters mocked an order issued by Trump on Sunday requiring his joint chiefs of staff give him a plan, in the next 30 days, to defeat the militant group.
“The Crusader Trump has made himself an unthinking Pharaoh. The despicable Crusader forgets the reckless utterances of Bush Junior and the mule Obama before him. They did not succeed and by the grace of God we will rub his nose in the mud as we did his predecessors,” wrote user Turjman Al Asawirti on Telegram.
Additional reporting by Sami Aboudi in Dubai and Eric Knecht in Cairo; Writing by Lin Noueihed; Editing by Peter Graff
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Nash Edgerton
Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo, Thandie Newton
An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico.
Gringo is directed by Nash Edgerton and was released on Mar 9th, 2018.
Cinema Release Date Friday March 9, 2018
DVD Release date Thursday May 24, 2018
Netflix DVD release date Thursday May 24, 2018
Where can you stream Gringo:
Stay up to date with the streaming options of Gringo & other streaming releases
Director Nash Edgerton's Comedy & Action movie Gringo is produced by Denver and Delilah Productions & Annapurna Pictures & was released 2018-03-08.
Gringo Official page
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CAIR-PA announces support for Officer Webb’s appeal for religious accommodation
(Philadelphia, PA 1/10/08) – The Pennsylvania chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-PA) announces its support for Philadelphia Police Officer Kimberlie Webb’s appeal for religious accommodation. CAIR-PA is one of nine signatories to an amicus brief submitted to the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Officer Webb.
Officer Webb’s attorneys have filed an appeal to a district court decision which barred her from wearing a hijab (religious headscarf) while in uniform.
SEE CASE DETAILS BELOW
The amicus brief augments the case laid out in Officer Webb’s appeal by poignantly arguing that the trial court, in reaching its decision in favor of the Police Department, relied heavily on a 30-year old decision that does not reflect the current state of flexible and religiously sensitive uniform policies of public safety agencies throughout the country.
In February 2003 Officer Webb’s request for religious accommodation to wear a hijab while in uniform was denied by the Philadelphia Police Department citing Directive 78, which describes the approved uniform for Philadelphia Police. Directive 78 does not, however, address religious symbols or clothing as part of the uniform. Officer Webb filed a motion with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleging religious discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1966.
In June 2007 the Court dismissed Officer Webb’s Title VII claim without a hearing because the trial judge accepted the City’s argument that Directive 78’ serves a compelling governmental interest and is non-discriminatory. The court further felt that requiring the Police Department to accommodate Officer Webb’s request constituted an “undue hardship” on the City because it had the potential to cause religious divisiveness within the police department and among Philadelphia’s diverse residents.
On appeal, Officer Webb argues that it was inappropriate for the trial court to dismiss her claim on summary judgment without giving her the opportunity to testify herself, as well as to call witnesses in support of her claim. Regarding the city’s claim of undue hardship, Officer Webb argues that the trial court erred because the City provided no proof that allowing her to wear the hijab would constitute an undue hardship. The appeal further argues that the trial court overlooked relevant facts brought to its attention that supported the conclusion that Officer Webb’s hijab would not, in fact, negatively affect the City. Finally, on appeal, Officer Webb argues that the City’s selective enforcement of Directive 78 is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause because the City has in practice allowed Christian officers to wear crosses and other religious symbols. Further, the City allows Muslim men to wear beards but makes no similar accommodation for woman to wear a hijab.
The amicus brief specifically identifies police agencies in some of America’s largest cities such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C., as well as many other smaller jurisdictions that have already provided accommodations similar to those requested by Officer Webb without incident. It further highlights other public safety organizations, such as fire and emergency, corrections, and security agencies at the local, state and federal level that also permit religious accommodations to uniform policies. Finally, the amicus brief points out that today, in certain instances, all branches of the U.S. armed forces permit service members to wear religious clothing while in uniform.
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New York | Matte Sterling Silver
Small - $220.00 Medium - $220.00 Large - Sold out
Our Matte Sterling Silver cuffs go through an in-depth treatment process. Each cuff has a unique finish with varying coloration. The finish of the cuff will get darker with wear.
Our New York bracelet was inspired by The Flatiron Building. The iconic skyscraper was completed in 1902 as one of New York City’s tallest buildings. It was designed to fit in the triangular plot created at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Broadway.
The 22 story building was designed by architect, Daniel Burnham, using a steel skeleton. This relatively new process, combined with precisely pre-cut steel, made for a fast-paced construction. It was completed within just one year. While the building was originally met with mixed reviews, it has become an iconic landmark in Manhattan.
The edge of our New York bracelet smoothly transitions into The Flatiron Building’s triangular shape, maintaining the proportions of the original structure.
Each bracelet is made in USA and comes with a leather case.
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Defeat the Evil Bubble Wizard and rescue baby critters in this great Bubble Shooter! Shoot bubbles and match colors to pop and drop your way to victory!
★ 100+ levels of Challenging Puzzles!
★ Adventure across a stunning world. Throw bubbles in sparkly swamps, amazing airships, and chocolate covered islands!
★ Score Big Bonuses – beat your friends’ scores!
★ Power Up with Rainbow and Bomb Bubbles!
★ Master tricky obstacles like the explosive Lightning Bubble!
★ You’ll love the Exciting Animations and playful music!
★ FREE updates with new puzzles and powers!
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Please note that Bubble Mania™ is free to play, but you can purchase in-app items with real money. To delete this feature, on your device go to the Google Play Store, tap the Menu button, select Settings > Use PIN for purchase. Then, set up the four-digit PIN on the option below. In addition, Bubble Mania™ may link to social media services, such as Facebook, and Storm8 will have access to your information through such services.
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// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
// Licensed under the MIT License.
// Code generated by Microsoft (R) AutoRest Code Generator.
package com.azure.resourcemanager.storage.generated;
import com.azure.core.util.Context;
import com.azure.resourcemanager.storage.fluent.models.BlobContainerInner;
import com.azure.resourcemanager.storage.models.ImmutableStorageWithVersioning;
/** Samples for BlobContainers Create. */
public final class BlobContainersCreateSamples {
/*
* x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2022-05-01/examples/BlobContainersPutDefaultEncryptionScope.json
*/
/**
* Sample code: PutContainerWithDefaultEncryptionScope.
*
* @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
*/
public static void putContainerWithDefaultEncryptionScope(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
azure
.storageAccounts()
.manager()
.serviceClient()
.getBlobContainers()
.createWithResponse(
"res3376",
"sto328",
"container6185",
new BlobContainerInner()
.withDefaultEncryptionScope("encryptionscope185")
.withDenyEncryptionScopeOverride(true),
Context.NONE);
}
/*
* x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2022-05-01/examples/BlobContainersPutObjectLevelWorm.json
*/
/**
* Sample code: PutContainerWithObjectLevelWorm.
*
* @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
*/
public static void putContainerWithObjectLevelWorm(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
azure
.storageAccounts()
.manager()
.serviceClient()
.getBlobContainers()
.createWithResponse(
"res3376",
"sto328",
"container6185",
new BlobContainerInner()
.withImmutableStorageWithVersioning(new ImmutableStorageWithVersioning().withEnabled(true)),
Context.NONE);
}
/*
* x-ms-original-file: specification/storage/resource-manager/Microsoft.Storage/stable/2022-05-01/examples/BlobContainersPut.json
*/
/**
* Sample code: PutContainers.
*
* @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
*/
public static void putContainers(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
azure
.storageAccounts()
.manager()
.serviceClient()
.getBlobContainers()
.createWithResponse("res3376", "sto328", "container6185", new BlobContainerInner(), Context.NONE);
}
}
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Despite growing up in a tranquil wilderness, Teal Swan had a childhood that was anything but serene. Horrors lurked behind the pious facade of the surrounding towns, where Teal attracted undue attention because of her unusually powerful extrasensory abilities. At the hands of a local cult member she endured 13 years of horrendous abuse., Although she was finally able to escape her abuser at the age of 19, Teal was left powerless, lost, hurting and with no way to cope. Gradually, she forged her way from the edge of despair to a sliver of light . ., . and eventually emerged from the darkness into the full dawn of self-love. Here, she shows how you, too, can achieve the feelings of worthiness that may be long missing from your life., Now a world-renowned spiritual luminary, Teal shares how she dug herself out of self-hate, and outlines the remarkable ways in which you can reach the same place of self-love. In Shadows Before Dawn you will discover: -Teal's compelling story, told with raw intensity -a no-nonsense guide to healing, from even the deepest levels? of suffering -a comprehensive self-love toolkit, offering powerful exercises Teal's resonating words will serve as guideposts on the way to complete self-love, and will sit with your soul long after you put down this book.
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Wisconsin Medical and Dental Care
Milwaukee Clinic Directory
North Division Health Center
North Division Health Center - Milwaukee Low Cost Clinic
1101 West Center Street
Milwaukee WI, 53206
Clinic Details: Our mission is to Provide accessible, quality primary and related health care services to Milwaukee residents, with our continuing emphasis on medically-underserved families and individuals.
Website: http://www.mhsi.org/
Services: Dental Care Services, Enabling Services, Mental Health/Substance Abuse Services, Obstetrical and Gynecological Care, Other Professional Services, Primary Medical Care, Specialty Medical Care
Remarks: Year round
North Division High School
Location: Milwaukee, WI - 53206-3262 | 0 mile away
Remarks: Community Health
Details: Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. (MHSI) is a Federally Qualified Community Health Center (CHC) that operates from two (2) sites: The Isaac Coggs Heritage Health Connection at 8200 W. Silver Spring Drive and the MLK Heritage Health Center at 2555 N. Martin Luther King Drive. MHSI offers a range of primary health care services including Physician, Dental, Behavioral, Benefit Determination, and Pharmacy. CHC’s service everyone regardless of income, or third party coverage, and seek to provide high quality care in accessible locations and at convenient times. Our particular sites primarily target the residents of Milwaukee’s north side, but service patients from all over the county.
Martin Luther King - Heritage Health Center
Location: Milwaukee, WI - 53212 | 0.6 mile away
Details: Our mission is to Provide accessible, quality primary and related health care services to Milwaukee residents, with our continuing emphasis on medically-underserved families and individuals.
Milwaukee Health Services Inc
Remarks: Administrative/Clinic
Milwaukee Health Services, Inc.
Location: Milwaukee, WI - 53212-2709 | 0.6 mile away
Location: Milwaukee, WI - 53205 | 1 mile away
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church.
Remarks: Community Health, Health Care for the Homeless
Details: The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by love for God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and meet human needs in his name without discrimination. One of four regions covering the United States, the Central Territory incorporates 11 Midwestern states. Its administrative headquarters outside of Chicago, Ill., oversees the organization's programs in America's Heartland.
Cross Lutheran Church
Contact Phone: (414)374-1746
Details: Cross Lutheran Church is a diverse community of believers. We welcome and celebrate all people of every age, race, economic background, sexual orientation, and gender. Our mission is to share the Good News of God's Love in Jesus Christ. Our goal is to represent Christ by serving our community and the world, and by advocating for justice.
Hillside Family Health Center
Location: Milwaukee, WI - 53205-2301 | 1.1 miles away
Details: Progressive Community Health Centers exists to improve the health and quality of life of the community by providing culturally competent services that address identified needs.
Location: Milwaukee, WI - 53205 | 1.3 miles away
Remarks: Part time
Services: Enabling Services, Mental Health/Substance Abuse Services, Primary Medical Care
Repairers Of The Breach Medical Clinic
Remarks: Medical Clinic is offered on a first come, first served basis; Foot care clinic is by appointment only
Details: Repairers of the Breach was established in 1991 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, with a focus on communications projects advocating with and for people experiencing homelessness. We changed our primary focus in 1994 when we began offering Milwaukee's first daytime homeless center in 1994. We offer a daytime resource center for homeless adults, which restores the security and dignity of profoundly marginalized people and empowers them to create solutions to homelessness through a constellation of free programs and services, including a free medical clinic.
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One of the Pelosi’s sons, Paul, married Nancy D’Alesandro, who went into politics and will soon reclaim the speakership of the House of Representatives. Another Pelosi son married William Newsom’s daughter, Barbara. Until they divorced, that made Nancy Pelosi something like an aunt to Gavin Newson by marriage (Nancy Pelosi’s brother-in-law was Gavin Newsom’s uncle).
After Newsom retired from the bench in 1995, he became administrator of Gordon Getty’s own trust, telling one interviewer, “I make my living working for Gordon Getty.” The trust provided seed money for the Plumpjack chain of restaurants and wine shops that Newsom’s son, Gavin, and Gordon Getty’s son, Billy, developed, the first being in a Squaw Valley hotel.
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Just back from the third VETAMORPHUS retreat, and about to head off on a PE camp, so just some quick blog thoughts before I head off.
Based a chunk of the weekend around spending some time at Credo Cafe, which is a part of Urban Seed, a mission agency I have a lot of respect for, who do some top quality stuff with the marginalised people of Melbourne.
One of my old youth group kids ran some stuff on the Sat night (and did an awesome job JB) talking about some issues behind homelessness, and sharing his personal reflections and songs-which was quality.
But the stuff he was talking about with homelessness really stuck in my brain. He talked about the fact whilst food is often available for people, quite cheaply in many places in the city-the thing that homeless people lack is the sense of comfort and security, the sense of belonging, that home provides.
So rather than just feeding people, they've also tried to create that sense of home, a place to belong, a sense of community, at Credo. And from what I've seen, they do a tip-top job.
I think thats what annoys me about the place where I serve free breakfast to some homeless people in my area, its very much just a free breakfast program, nothing more. We have to stay out in the kitchen and prepare the food, whilst they just come to the window and order what they want and sit down. Would love to sit down and work out ways to improve that. Only problem is, its so early I'm too brain-dead to want to engage with anybody!
Reminds me of an Ash Barker quote 'the poor don't need our money, they need us...' Challenging stuff.
I completely agree Digs. I think the same thing applies to all people, our bodies might 'need' food, shelter and so on, but we all need people in a much more essential way. We can go without food, etc, for a while, but it's human contact that provides us with a desire for life, and therefore a desire for food, etc, to prolong that life!
absolutelly agree man, it was off the shizzle bein there, got a new passion for the lost now.
we definantly gota go back, i was talkin to ellie, we may be goin back in a few weeks, come along.
afta the salvos church, givin that guy food sorta helped me realise what a self focased life i live, and we gota start gettin in the mind set of helpin da less fortunate, helpin the ones who need the arm around them, helpin the ones who need support. something they probable have never had.
now i have no excuse to not comment on yours lol.
hi digs, its mase again.
check out the tshirts, they're hilarious!!
and check this out: ligers do really exist!
'Napoleon's world is inhabited by ligers, wolverines, and unicorns, but the fabulous liger is no mythical beast. The liger is actually a rare mix between a lion father and a tiger mother, a gargantuan animal that's twice the size of either of it's parents.' and there's pics!
haha, i should be doing school work!
Yeah cheers Ali, good to see ya back on the blogging train!
Yeah I guessed it was you Masonic-tiptronic. So true, that Mother Theresa quote is indeed a good one.
Hey Josh, good to see you've got yourself a blog-and Steph too! I should definitely be a blog-vangelist!
Although Josh I couldn't get your blog to work, but I'll try again later, sometimes it just does that.
Will get onto that site MAse-sounds sweet!
Had to return the favour of comment on my blog hehe..!
But this one stuck out massively... i soooo agree! seeing that one first hand right now, relationships & community ESSENTIAL!
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consumers can find detailed information on specs, fuel economy, transmission and safety. Find local 2017 Kia Sorento prices online.
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Pegasus XL Rocket / WIRE Launch
The webmaster took the following images during the 1999 March launch of a Pegasus XL rocket carrying NASA's WIRE (Widefield Infrared Explorer) satellite. An L-1011 jumbo jet carried the rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the drop point above the ocean southwest of Monterey. Although WIRE achieved orbit, a spacecraft malfunction prevented it from accomplishing its intended mission. These photos were taken from a vantage point 265 statute miles (427 kilometers) east-southeast of the launch point while covering the event for a news organization.
The launch was scheduled to occur long after sunset and expected to resemble a moving point of light. After launch, the Pegasus unexpectedly climbed into sunlight and provided an impressive display as the second stage exhaust plume was backlit by the Sun.
A few minutes later, the third stage fired and its plume was also illuminated by sunlight. Because of his obstructed horizon towards the south, the webmaster was not aware of this until it was too late to attempt a photograph.
This cropped version of the original time exposure shows the second stage rocket motor burn. The camera was aimed at a point in the sky that the rocket was expected to pass through during the burn. The plan was to open the camera's shutter just before second stage ignition and hold it open to record the trace from the second stage.
At first, the second stage resembled a semi-bright star or distant aircraft light. However, as the vehicle climbed during the second stage burn, it began to receive illumination from the Sun and the stage's appearance changed from a point of light to a point of light at the tip of a wedge-shaped. The color of the second stage's trail and exhaust plume changed from deep orange to yellow as the rocket gained altitude.
Visible in the background are the planets Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury which resemble short dashes due to trailing caused by the Earth's rotation. The bottom portion of the sky has a brown color due to light pollution. The short line on the right margin is a trail from the lights on an aircraft.
BBC news later used this image on its website.
This is black and white version of the top photo with labels added to identify the planets in the background.
This brief exposure was an attempt to record the large, wedge-shaped exhaust plume during the later portion of the second stage burn. Unfortunately, it fails to capture the surprising amount intricate, feathery plume detail that was visible to the naked eye. The white speck to the right is Venus.
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Absolutely. Chiropractic is one of the safest health care options available and offers an outstanding safety record. As with any health treatment, there is a very small chance of complications. However, when weighed against the benefits, chiropractic comes out a winner hands down.
Chiropractors are the only health practitioners who are necessarily equipped by their education and training to carry out spinal manual therapy (spinal adjustments).
Chiropractors carry out spinal diagnosis and therapy at a sophisticated and refined level.
The duration and training of a registered chiropractor are sufficient to enable him/her to determine whether there are contraindications to spinal manual therapy in a particular case, and whether that patient should have medical care instead of, or as well as, chiropractic care.
New Zealand Report. Hasselberg PD. Government Printer, Wellington 1979.
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The tradition, however, that part of it was translated from Hebrew into Syriac for the benefit of Hiram in the days of Solomon is surely a myth.
It contained the same number of books, but it arranged them in a different order. Bible based on the Peshitta text, an ancient Bible manuscript written in Aramaic, the language spoken by our Lord Jesus and His apostles.
Overview Music Video Charts. Such texts have actually been found: The fragments were examined and edited by Canon Cureton of Westminster in Bible based on the Peshitta text an ancient Bible manuscript written in Aramaic the language spoken by our Lord Jesus and His apostles. May Learn how and when to remove this template message.
The consensus within biblical scholarship, though not universal, is that the Old Testament of the Peshitta was translated into Syriac from Hebrewprobably in the 2nd century AD, and that the New Testament of the Peshitta was translated from the Greek. The influence of the Septuagint is particularly strong in Isaiah and the Psalmsprobably due to their use in the liturgy.
The Aramaic is featured with Hebrew characters and vowel pointing. El objetivo de la Fraternidad Cristiana de Atletas FCAdesdees desafiar a entrenadores y atletas para que el mundo sea transformado por Jesucristo. These were at a later date translated and received into the Syriac Canon of the New Testament, as the quotations of the early Syrian Fathers take no notice of these New Testament writings.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peshitta. Its existence is amply attested in the churches of Mesopotamia and Syria, but it had disappeared for centuries, and not a single copy of the Syriac work survives.
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The Peshitta version of the New Testament is thought to show a continuation of the tradition of the Diatessaron and Old Syriac versions, displaying some lively ‘Western’ renderings particularly clear in the Acts of the Apostles. The text has been carefully examined and many scholars regard it as representing the earliest translation into Syriac, and reaching back into the 2nd century.
It had a great missionary influence: It was at Antiochthe capital of Syriathat the disciples of Christ were first called Christiansand it seemed natural that the first translation bibliaa the Christian Scriptures should have peshitz made there.
The very designation, “Peshito,” has given rise to dispute. It seems to have been psshita to distinguish the version from others which are encumbered with marks and signs in the nature of a critical apparatus.
This work, the ultimate masterpiece in Aramaic literature, left the message of the gospel and the apostles as a historical record in a “clear, simple, straightforward” language, and this is—incidentally—what the word “Peshitta” means. The famous Nestorian tablet of Chang’an witnesses to the presence of the Syriac scriptures peshta the heart of China in the 8th century.
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The current renewed interest in Biblical Aramaic is mainly conveyed by the translation of the Peshitta text into Spanish. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peshitta. Autonomous churches grouped by tradition: Joseph, the son of Matthias, by birth a Hebrew, a priest also, and one who at first fought against the Romans myself, and was forced to be present at what was done afterwards, [am the author of this work],”.
Pfshita commentary upon it by Ephraem the Syriansurviving in an Armenian translation, was issued by the Mechitarist Fathers at Venice inand afterward translated into Latin. This peshiat was last edited on 21 Octoberat The type of text represented bibpia Peshitta is the Biblia peshita. The choice of books included in the Old Testament Peshitta changes from one manuscript to another, though most of the Deuterocanonicals are usually present.
The Curetonian consists of fragments of the gospels brought in from the Nitrian Desert in Egypt biblua now in the British Museum. Ephrem Ecumenical Research Institute, Gwilliam, the learned editor of the Oxford Peshito. May Learn how and when biblia peshita remove this template message. The Aramaic is featured with Hebrew characters and vowel pointing.
It contains the unusual feature of the absence of 2 Peter2 Johnbiblia peshita JohnJudeand Revelationhowever, modern Syriac Bibles add 6th- or 7th-century translations of these biblia peshita books to a revised Peshitta text. That a translation was made by bilbia priest named Assa, or Ezra, whom the king biboia Assyria sent to Samariato instruct the Assyrian colonists mentioned in 2 Kings Most of the Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament are found in the Syriac, and the Wisdom viblia Sirach is held to have been translated from the Hebrew and not from the Septuagint.
It is a palimpsestand was found in the Monastery of Catherine on Mt. Lewis and her sister Margaret D.
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Dalnet contact center is the Indonesia leading cloud-based call center software solution. Our easy-to-use out-of-the-box call center software solution helps growing businesses improve customer satisfaction, while simultaneously reducing customer support costs.
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The recently released Katana Version 2 update takes BOSS’s popular guitar amp series to new levels of performance and versatility. Free for owners of compatible Katana amps, the system software update adds many user-requested features, including new effects types, doubled onboard effects capacity, twice the number of Tone Settings, enhanced direct output options, and more.
Read on to find out more about this powerful new update.
Expanded Effects—Three new types bring the total number of available effects to 58. The Roland SDE-3000 delay, Phaser 90E, and Flanger 117E are based on effects used to create some of rock’s most famous guitar sounds, and work great with the Katana’s high-gain tones.
More Tone Settings—There are now two banks of Tone Settings available, providing eight total memories in the Katana-100, Katana-100/212, and Katana-Head, and four in the Katana-50. Tone Setting banks can be selected from the panel or via an optional footswitch.
Channel and Global Parametric EQs—Configurable in BOSS Tone Studio, these equalizers offer extensive control for perfectly dialing in your personal tones.
More Versatile Reverb Section—Previously, only reverb effects were available in the Reverb section. Now, each of the three storage locations in the section can be used for delay only, reverb only, or delay-plus-reverb.
Cabinet Resonance—Derived from the flagship Waza amp heads, this new feature allows you to adjust the amp/speaker interaction to suit your playing style. Three selectable resonance types include Vintage, Modern, and Deep.
Air Feel—Also inherited from the Waza heads, this feature lets you shape the built-in cabinet simulation on the line and USB outputs. Three available settings include Rec, Live, and Blend.
The Katana Version 2 update adds many new features to the Katana-50, Katana-100, Katana-100/212, and Katana-Head.
Click the link below for your Katana amp model. This will take you to the Downloads page for your amp. On that page, click the KATANA System Program link to go to the update page.
To perform the installation, carefully follow the instructions on the update page for your amp. The download link is at the bottom of the update page.
Note: The instructions include a procedure to check the software version that’s installed in your Katana amp. Currently shipping amps have already been updated with Version 2. Do not install the update if your amp already has the latest version installed.
The BOSS Tone Studio editor for the Katana series has also been updated to support the Version 2 features, and is required for use with an amp that’s been updated. The latest editor is available at BOSS Tone Central or the Downloads page for your amp.
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A major global stock index rose slightly yesterday after three straight days of strong gains as investors braced for news on the American trade relations with Canada and China.
Talks to renew Nafta, the North American Free Trade Agreement hinge on Canada after Monday’s deal between the other parties to that pact, the US and Mexico.
Investors are also nervous ahead of a deadline for the next round of China-US tariffs next week. MSCI’s world equity index, which tracks shares in 47 countries, ticked up 0.2 per cent. The index closed higher on Tuesday but off the 5 1/2 month high hit soon after Mexico and the United States struck their deal.
The Dow Jones rose 22.18 points to 26,086.2, the S&P 500 gained 10.99 points to 2,908.51 and the Nasdaq Composite added 55.61 points to 8,085.65.
“The market is quite right to say after the knee-jerk reaction higher in the Mexican peso and equities, a) there was remarkably little detail and b) what is the state of Canada?” said Aberdeen Standard Investments head of global strategy Andrew Milligan.
US President Donald Trump threatened to proceed with Mexico alone and levy tariffs on Canada if it does not come on board with revised terms. But a trade deal might struggle to win approval from Congress unless Canada comes on board. “The final decisions are unlikely until 2019 at the earliest,” Goldman Sachs analysts wrote in a note to clients, saying Democrats might gain control of the majority in Congress by then, which could make agreement more difficult.
The dollar, which has been a safe haven from trade concerns, turned negative after earlier gains. An index of the US currency against several trading partners fell 0.08 per cent. The Mexican peso lost 0.11 per cent versus the US dollar, while the Canadian dollar ticked down 0.09 per cent versus the greenback.
On another front of the trade conflicts, a deadline for public comment on Trump's increased tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods was less than a week away on September 5. The White House has said it wants to settle Nafta before negotiating with China.
“There’s a big debate taking place among investors: is Trump hoping to reach agreement with all the big players to demonstrate what a successful negotiator he is, or is he trying to make sure he’s got agreement with Nafta and the EU and can turn all the firepower on China?” said Mr Milligan.
Emerging market stocks under pressure from trade concerns and a stronger dollar this year lost 0.10 per cent yesterday, while an index of their currencies fell 0.37 per cent in dollar terms.
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Proven Customer Experience lessons from one of the most Successful Businessmen: Sir Richard Branson
Written by: Sonal Jaiswal | Evangelist, Customer Guru
This week we have some pearls of wisdom from the founder of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson. The man needs absolutely no introduction. He is one of the most successful businessmen of our times and is an idol for budding entrepreneurs. His Virgin Group is a diversified conglomerate comprising of more than 400 companies which span across sectors like travel, healthcare, publishing, hospitality, retail and entertainment. Managing an empire as big as that is not a mean task!
Sir Richard Branson is also known for his exuberance and customer focus, which is clearly visible in his leadership style and the culture he has built at Virgin Group. Here are some of his quotes that will inspire our readers to become better customer experience professionals:
Don’t think what’s the cheapest way to do it or what’s the fastest way to do it. Think what’s the most amazing way to do it?
What an amazing thought to keep in mind when serving your customers. Imagine how delighted this would make every customer when they are treated in the most amazing way!
The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them — preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.
Sounds like one of the ethos that drive Virgin Group’s companies. Setting the right expectations and exceeding them in an unexpected and helpful way would charm your customers like no one else can. This quote has a hidden spell in it, it will get you undying customer loyalty!
The brands that will thrive in the coming years are the ones that have a purpose beyond profit.
Doesn’t this sound familiar? Almost every iconic leader says this in one way or the other. Companies that look beyond just making profits have been the most profitable ones in the past, and will be in the future. Period.
If you aren’t making a difference in other people’s lives, you shouldn’t be in business – it’s that simple.
What better way to set the purpose for your organisation? Ensure that everyone who comes in contact with your company leaves happier, and your organisation will thrive through the years.
Which other quotes from Sir Richard Branson have inspired you to become a better professional and be more customer centric?
Additionally, if you’d like us to write about another iconic business leader who has inspired you, please let us know.
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Why are road, railway projects falling behind?
Shohel Mamun
Published at 11:32 pm July 3rd, 2021
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The Planning Commission and IMED received requests to extend the deadlines of 109 projects in June
Over a hundred ongoing projects of Bangladesh Railway (BR) and the Department of Roads and Highways (RHD) require deadline extensions since the projects have been progressing at a snail’s pace.
The Planning Commission and Implementing Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) received requests to extend the deadlines of 109 projects in June, the end of the 2020-21 fiscal year. Among the projects, 24 are under BR and 85 under the RHD.
“IMED used to approve deadline extensions for all projects that required them, but the situation has changed now. We do not extend deadlines until we know the real cause of the delays, and so many of the requests were sent back for them to mention the cause,” said Pradip Ranjan Chakraborty, secretary of IMED.
He could not specify how many extension requests had been sent back.
Some of the major reasons behind such a falling behind were delays in land acquisition, delays in foreign loans, and a lack of manpower, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic.
RHD projects
The RHD is implementing 200 projects across the country, mostly to develop road networks and construct bridges. The government had allocated Tk24,824.41 crore for the RHD in FY21.
Among the projects, 85 of them missed deadlines in June this year.
After the RHD applied for deadline extensions, the IMED called meetings with the authorities of each of the projects between April and June to discuss the causes for the delays.
One of the projects requiring a deadline extension is the Tk255.29crore Hemayetpur-Shingair-Manikganj highway upgradation project. This will be the third deadline extension for the project, as it was supposed to be completed in June 2019.
Construction of the project is yet to be completed, even though land acquisition has long been completed and there are no problems with funding.
When asked what was causing the delay, IMED officials said negligence and lack of skill were the major factors that had led to the deadline being missed yet again.
On the other hand, the upgradation of the existing 50.58km Ashuganj-Akhaura road to a four-lane highway has been stalled due to problems with land acquisition. The Indian construction company AFCONS Infrastructure Ltd has been assigned to implement the project under a Tk3,000 crore LoC.
Md Abdus Sabur, chief engineer of the Roads and Highways Department, told Dhaka Tribune: “Delays in land acquisition is the main reason for missing the deadlines. Covid-19 is another cause of delays.
“Apart from these, shortage of skilled manpower and loan disbursement are major causes for the delays,” he added.
BR Projects
Currently, BR is implementing 41 projects at a total cost of Tk 1,41,883.70 crore, most of which are funded by loans from various countries, including India, China, Japan, and South Korea, as well as by the Asian Development Bank.
According to BR, the deadlines of 24 of these 41 projects were missed in June this year.
Of these projects, 20 are for construction, rehabilitation and expansion of rail lines or bridges, or installing signalling systems and level crossings.
Besides, four projects are for procurement or renovation of locomotives or carriages.
Among the 24 projects, 19 have had their deadline revised at least once, and several on multiple occasions.
Projects such as the 64.75km Khulna-Mongla Port rail line, construction of the 3rd and 4th lines from Dhaka and Tongi and a double line from Tongi and Joydebpur, rehabilitation of Kulaura-Shahbazpur section, and the procurement of 70 metre gauge locomotives have already missed deadlines.
Buet civil engineering department Prof Shamsul Hoque told Dhaka Tribune: “Government agencies like BR or RHD lack technical and skilled manpower, along with their negligence in implementing a project.
"It is probably logical that one or two projects may face delays and cost escalation. Unfortunately, almost all projects are facing the same fate, meaning there are faults in the system that are increasing our development pains,” he added.
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Synthesis and anti-tumour activity of some new derivatives of flavone-8-acetic acid
DavidWilsonPhDThesis.pdf (39.37Mb)
Wilson, David William Joseph
Association of International Cancer Research
A robust six-step synthesis of substituted flavone-8-acetic acid sodium salts has been developed and optimised to allow preparation of a wide variety of products for testing as anti-tumour agents. The condensation and cyclisation steps have been combined in an efficient one-pot procedure and efficient procedures for subsequent oxidative cleavage of an allyl group and salt formation have been developed. Using this method a total of 18 derivatives bearing substituents on the 2-phenyl ring have been prepared. Based on encouraging activity from methoxy substituted compounds, attention has been concentrated on these and various mono-, di-, tri- and tetramethoxy compounds have been prepared, most for the first time. Activity of these against MAC15A, both in vitro and in vivo has been determined by collaborators at Bradford and several compounds have comparable or greater activity than the unsubstituted prototype. The presence of a 2'-methoxyl substituent appears to be particularly favourable to activity. Five different heterocyclic analogues with furyl, thienyl and benzothienyl groups at the 2-position have been obtained and these also show good activity with the 3-methyl-2-thienyl compound showing the highest in vivo activity of any compound examined. Attempts to prepare pyridyl and quinolyl derivatives were unsuccessful. The 2-benzyl and 2-diphenylmethyl compounds have also been prepared and while the former shows good activity in vitro, it is inactive in vivo probably due to metabolic breakdown. The latter compound is completely inactive probably due to a requirement for planarity in the 2- substituent. An extended derivative has been obtained by an unexpected mode of reaction encountered in an attempt to prepare the 2-phenylethynyl compound. Both this and a dimeric ether analogue show significant activity, thereby adding to our understanding of the structural requirements for activity. Variation in the 8-acetic acid substituted has been examined by synthesis of three compounds with CH₂C(O)CH₂OH at this position and, by a separate multi-stage synthesis, the compound with tetrazolylmethyl. The former compounds are too insoluble for activity to be measured, while the latter is inactive. A comparison of electron density, as reflected by ¹H and ¹³C NMR shifts, against activity in vitro has been made for all the compounds prepared, and while some trends may be discerned, the correlation is generally poor. A suitable single crystal of flavone acetic acid was prepared and its X-ray structure was obtained by the SERC Crystallography Unit, Cardiff. The structure, which proved to be of the monohydrate showed the preferred orientation of the 2- and 8-substituents and provided accurate dimensions for future theoretical work.
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The Book of Rapture
Three children wake up in a basement room. They have been drugged and taken from their beds in the middle of the night. Now they are here. Alone.
Where are their parents? Who can they trust?
The family has been betrayed to the government and Salt Cottage, their home on a cliff top above the ocean, is no longer safe. Their mother’s scientific work has put them all in danger. To protect them, she must let them go. She must put her faith in an old family friend – and in her children’s own resilience and courage.
The Book of Rapture is the new must-read novel from Nikki Gemmell. Searing, provocative and unputdownable, it’s a book of our time that challenges our beliefs about science, about children, about marriage and trust. As passionate as her international bestseller The Bride Stripped Bare, it will compel, seduce and haunt you.
Some thoughts from the author
• “Rapture” takes as its cue Salman Rushdie’s rallying cry for novelists… “A writer’s work is to name the unnameable, to point to frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.”
• This isn’t a book of place but of the planet. I feel like I’m taking on the world with this one.
• I like provocative books that force the reader to face uncomfortable truths.
• I see it as a companion to “Bride Stripped Bare” in many respects. It’s the same structure and tense: both use the second person. I imagine the two of them one day standing side by side in a little slipcase.
• Both books are examining female journeys; what it is to be a woman in this world.
• Both books have lessons from other texts framing each chapter, to guide the protagonist on her momentous journey – and the reader. And they both tackle big issues. This new one feels every bit as driven and passionate as “Bride.” And just as risky!
• The key for me as always is honesty. I like going places where other writers don’t, provoking as well as enchanting if I can.
• This one’s about a woman softening into accepting – and respecting – difference. Becoming less judgemental, less fierce (don’t we all with age?) Motherhood puts you at the coalface of living, and this woman becomes fuller and richer, more compassionate, because of it.
• With all my novels – whether it’s been Aboriginal Australia, Antarctica, exile or sex or whatever – I write to explore, and to understand. This time I wanted to look at spirituality among other things. It feels of- the-time, post 9/11. I’m fascinated by the pull of it over people.
• It’s about a scientist who develops a weapon on mass destruction like no other. It examines the conflict between science and religion from, I think, a rare female perspective. Engages with spirituality in a (hopefully) fresh way – timely, in this Dawkin’s era of scepticism.
• It asks questions like: Are human beings incapable of ethics and morality without inventing a god? Have we outgrown religion? Does goodness evolve? If science does destroy religion – what moral code do we then live by? The God of mysteries: is that all that is left? (because science has explained so much…) Have we outgrown the religious approach to the world? What can science tell us about love/heroism/sacrifice/laying down one’s life for another, all that. (I wanted a book that embraces the heroism of the human.)
• Religion is about how humans should behave. Science has no such fences. Thought it was a good idea to explore.
• One editor said the novel reminded her of “Lost.” Yes! I’ve devoured that show. The sense of mystery, the unfolding jigsaw, the engaging with science and religion. Other influences: the Chapman Brothers, Hellebeque, the freed French/Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, Picasso’s Guernica, Goya. It was also handy that Karadvic (a former doctor) was caught as I was writing: lots of interesting comment pieces out there.
• The book is also inspired by of all things, Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf. I wanted to try a new form of fiction, if I could, with echoes of an epic poem. A narrative for our time, a mythic story about the old world and the new – a book that hopefully sings with hope in this fresh Obama world.
• It could be any place that’s been under occupation, where freedom has been under threat. References to China, Tibet, East Timor, Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Chile, Aboriginal Australia. It’s a story of oppressed or displaced people. I wanted relatively complacent western readers to understand something of what it must be like for these people. But I also wanted to make it a very modern yarn…
• Also exploring an emotional, deep-in-the-blood-and-bones attachment to land – and the wrench experienced when you’re removed from it.
• Edna Obrien said “books should make a disturbance. A writer must try to open doors and walls and cracks that are dangerous to open.” Yes.
• “Raise whirlwinds, goad and lacerate.” Indeed. And always in my head is the Ezra Pound aphorism “make it new.” I love aiming for something fresh and unique every time. Something that’s never been done before. My heart has to be in whatever I’m working on – and my heart just isn’t in repeating myself.
• Last word to Salman Rushdie again: “wrestle with the world….very few writers (have) the courage or even the energy to bite off a big chunk of the universe and chew it over.”
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You’ve been doing it about 20,000 times a day since the moment you were born. In fact, you’re doing it right now. More importantly, experts are saying you’re doing it all wrong.
We’re referring to breathing, which seems like such a natural act that we only think of it when we’re huffing and puffing at the end of a 10k — not while walking to work, eating breakfast, or any other normal activity.
What exactly does it mean to say we’re all breathing “wrong?” If you’ve made it this far, it seems like you’ve been doing an OK job. Oxygen is coming in; carbon dioxide is going out. But, according to Noam Tamir, CSCS, founder of TS Fitness in New York City, while we might be getting by, we could be breathing better. In fact, improving our breathing could help to lower blood pressure, decrease stress, improve athletic performance, and maybe even increase brain size.
Rather than breathing deeply through the belly using the diaphragm, it’s common to see breathing through the top of the chest, Tamir says, which forces the body to rely on other muscles not built for the task at hand. When you breathe through the chest, “you’re using a lot of ancillary muscles, such as those in the neck, that you really don’t need to use.” This can also reinforce neck and shoulder tension common among office workers. Following the age-old principle “Use it or lose it,” this reliance on ancillary muscles also weakens the diaphragm. A weak diaphragm will fatigue easily during exercise, meaning your muscles won’t receive the optimum amount of blood flow during your next CrossFit WOD or 5K.
Another bad habit when it comes to our breath? We’re working too hard to get in the oxygen that we need. Rather than taking deep, full breaths, we’re resorting to shallow, quick ones, forcing the body to work overtime to get the same amount of oxygen, Tamir says. This could partly be due to poor posture, most prevalent among those who slump over a screen all day (not to mention gym-goers who overemphasize mirror muscles instead of focusing on balance). With the shoulders hunched forward, we lose part of our ability to expand our diaphragm and take the big, full breaths that can boost workout perfomance, increase efficiency, and help manage stress.
No, we’re not talking about the kind you would see on the dance floor. If you’ve ever focused on your breathing while running to help pass the time, you’ve likely noticed a specific rhythm to your breath. Perhaps it matched the pace of your footsteps (cadence) or your arm swing. Whatever the pattern, breathing smoothly and rhythmically can play a calming role, particularly in athletes, says Tamir. If your breathing is erratic, it’s hard to get into the zone — whether that’s busting out your last track interval or burning through your last set of squats.
Breathing has a huge impact on our health and fitness, but we’re probably not taking advantage of it just yet. The good news is that anyone can improve their breathing with even a small time investment, Tamir says. And it all starts with basic awareness. Tamir recommends focusing on just your breathing one to two times a day, starting with just one minute at a time. Seem doable? Here’s your playbook for success.
Next, put one hand on your chest and the other on your abdominal area. For one to two minutes, take deep, focused breaths, making sure you spend as much time on the exhalation as the inhalation. In fact, Tamir notes that the exhalation will often be deeper than the inhalation. The key with this exercise is to make sure that your abdominals rise before your chest.
Focusing on your breath prior to exercising reinforces proper breathing mechanics before any heavy lifting or HIIT.
Since breathing has such an impact on athletic performance, the warm-up is the perfect time to refocus the priority on your breath. Spend a few minutes foam rolling your upper body, particularly the areas hampering your ability to breathe correctly (think: chest, shoulders and neck). Then, go through the deep breathing exercise described above before proceeding into your active warm-up. By focusing on your breath prior to exercising, you’re reinforcing proper breathing mechanics before any heavy lifting or HIIT takes place. The result: Less huffing and puffing once the exertion commences, leading to a more efficient workout.
For heavy loads and max efforts, use the Vasalva maneuver.
Val-what? The Valsalva Manuever is a technique that involves taking a deep breath immediately prior to lifting and holding that breath while you lift. Using this method, “You’re creating a lot of intra-abdominal pressure,” Tamir explains. This increase in pressure creates a strong foundation for your body and allows it to handle more weight. Before approaching a max-effort deadlift, for instance, lifters would stand over the bar and prepare for the lift. Right before setting their grip, they would take a deep breath in and hold that air inside the lungs throughout the rep.
Wait — holding your breath during exercise? Wouldn’t that be dangerous? Some research has indeed claimed that the increase in pressure caused by the Valsalva maneuver could have negative health implications (increasing risk of stroke for example). However, a comprehensive recap done by Dr. Jonathon Sullivan, Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Wayne State University/Detroit Receiving Hospital, explains this risk mainly applies to those with preexisting conditions such as uncontrolled blood pressure or other cerebrovascular issues. As with any piece of health advice, it’s best to check with your doctor prior to getting under the bar just to be safe.
For sub-maximal loads, use bracing.
The term “bracing” was first coined by Dr. Stuart McGill, a leading researcher in spine mechanics. Bracing involves activating all of your core musculature from all angles to create a “superstiffness” of the midsection. This bracing creates stability throughout the entire core and reduces injury risk. For example, while performing a lateral raise, lifters should tighten their midsection as if they were about to be punched in the stomach (actual punch not recommended!). This involves more than just pulling in your abs. Instead, imagine tightening your abominals, lower back, lats and obliques for 360 degrees of tension. Now, hold that throughout the exercise!
Between counting your macros, hydrating, stretching, foam rolling, and the myriad other habits you have set up to improve your health, breathing is easy to overlook. But, when you take into account how many times you breathe each day? Taking those 20,000 reps into consideration, even the smallest improvements can have a huge impact. Set aside one to two minutes a day to improve your breathing, and then carry those new habits into the office, the gym, or wherever else the day takes you. You’ll huff and puff your way to a fitter, faster and stronger you!
Originally published January 2015. Updated in August 2016.
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Radio Laurier spotlight: New York Fashion Week
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Celebrities and fashion moguls from all reaches of the globe are congregating in New York City from Sept. 8-15 for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Fashion Week showcases Spring 2012 trends at the Lincoln Centre and various other locations around Manhattan. The impressive list of designers has drawn A-list crowds including U2’s Bono, actress Rachel Bilson and the unlikely pair of Nicki Minaj and Anna Wintour, who sat side by side at the Carolina Herrera show.
Many celebrities are also showcasing their lines this week, including the Olsen twins and Nicole Richie. Celebrity debuts include the Kardashian Kollection for Sears, Jennifer Lopez’s line of casual wear for Kohl’s and Katie Holme’s new dress line.
The Queen of Pop, also known as Madonna, was in town prior to heading to Toronto for TIFF to debut a junior line she designed with her daughter Lourdes called Material Girl, available at Macy’s.
One of the big events during New York Fashion Week is Fashion’s Night Out (FNO). This year marks the third consecutive year for the event.
FNO is both a huge party and a shopping experience with retailers in over 250 cities worldwide and 1000 in NYC alone who open their doors after hours for exclusive deals.
Stores and designers around the globe also host parties at various venues, including this year’s extravagant Versace event, which was DJed by Toronto export Drake.
This year’s New York Fashion Week also happened to fall on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies. Each show that took place on Sept. 11 paused for two moments of silence to commemorate lives lost in the tragedy.
New York Fashion Week continues until Sept. 15 with its most high profile shows still to come, including Betsey Johnson, Vera Wang, Badgley Mischka. Michael Kors and Ralph Lauren, who will close Fashion Week with two back-to-back shows.
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Meteor SKIMS Earth’s atmosphere before passing back into space – video
A small piece of an asteroid or a comet, known as a meteoroid, skimmed Earth, with astronomers filming it in stunning footage. Space enthusiasts were stunned to see the small space rock skim the top of Earth’s atmosphere – something which only happens a “handful of times” a year, according to the European Space Agency (THAT).
On this occasion, cameras at the Global Meteor Network spotted the meteoroid, which came as low as 91 kilometres above the surface, before heading back on its cosmic voyage.
Global Meteor Network founder Denis Vida told CNET: “This is only the fifth documented Earth-grazer of this size.
“There are probably more because not all observations are published, but they are significantly more uncommon than ordinary meteors.”
Mr Vida told the ESA: “The network is basically a decentralised scientific instrument, made up of amateur astronomers and citizen scientists around the planet each with their own camera systems.
“We make all data such as meteoroid trajectories and orbits available to the public and scientific community, with the goal of observing rare meteor shower outbursts and increasing the number of observed meteorite falls and helping to understand delivery mechanisms of meteorites to Earth”.
Some scientists believe these ‘Earth-grazers’ could be responsible for transporting life on Earth to other planets.
A recent study from Harvard University scientists suggested a comet or asteroid which passed through the atmosphere of Earth may have picked up some microbes from our planet, before transporting them to another celestial body, such as Venus.
Amir Siraj and Avi Loeb of Harvard said that when a 2017 meteor passed through the atmosphere above Australia, it could have picked up about 10,000 microbial colonies.
The research said: “The total number of [potentially life-bearing] objects captured by exoplanetary systems over the lifetime of the solar system is 10^7 to 10^9, with the total number of objects with the possibility of living microbes on them at the time of capture estimated to be 10 to 1,000.”
According to the duo, these passing space rocks could account for the presence of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus, which was recently discovered.
The study said: “This potentially viable mechanism for transferring life between the two planets implies that if Venusian life exists, its origin may be fundamentally indistinguishable from that of terrestrial life, and a second genesis may be impossible to prove.”
However, other scientists believe it is important not to get carried away by the discovery of phosphine – which, by current scientific understanding, is formed through biological processes – in the atmosphere of Venus.
Paul Byrne, associate professor of planetary science at North Carolina State University, wrote in The Conversation: “First, it’s critical to point out that this detection does not mean that astronomers have found alien life in the clouds of Venus. Far from it, in fact.
“Although the discovery team identified phosphine at Venus with two different telescopes, helping to confirm the initial detection, phosphine gas can result from several processes that are unrelated to life, such as lightning, meteor impacts or even volcanic activity.”
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It didn't take me long to find a good flat white in the heart of London. Of course there are thousands of cafes to choose from but in the 'not yet gentrified' part of south east London of Camberwell, you still have to be directed by a local. Of course Wellingtonian's Andrew and Letisha had sussed out Fowlds the moment they moved into the area and I'm pleased that was one of the first set of directions I was given on my first day of sight seeing in the big smoke.
Across the green of Burgess Park, Fowlds is located in just another very quaint and old brick terrace building (aren't they all). Off the main thoroughfare, it appears to be a haunt for the locals who are greeted with familiarity by the friendly barrista and wait staff. Surrounded by terrace houses of the upwardly mobile, just a block away is Camberwell Estate and home of the working class.
In splendid isolation, Fowlds seems to be doing a roaring trade, but that's not hard in London where people exist in the millions; working, walking and waking, elbow to elbow in a city which simply oozes people. It doesn't seem to matter whether its day or night, mid morning or peak traffic, you're hard pressed to be alone in this thronging city.
A good flat white then is welcomed when you need to take a seat, rest and gather your thoughts before your next adventure.
Just another day in London. Loving it.
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posted Sunday Nov 2, 2014 by Nicholas DiMeo
Around this time last year the FCC said it was delaying the second part of the famed broadcast spectrum auction until mid-2015. Well, consider this a PSA that the Commission is postponing the auction yet again, this time to early 2016.
The delay is in part due to the lawsuit that is pending, which was filed by the National Association of Broadcasters. The FCC also said that it needs more time to get more TV stations to join in on the auction.
The auction itself is a pretty intricate event. Certain broadcasters will have to give up spectrum and move signals to other parts of the spectrum, all while possibly purchasing new spectrum. Those broadcasters will receive a portion of the winning bid. Winning bidders, the mobile phone companies participating, have to disclose what they intend to do with the spectrum upon purchase and then allocate a signal to that spectrum. It's pretty much a big mess. Oh, and those stations not participating can still have spectrum sold from underneath them, in order to create consistent blocks to be sold to the telecoms.
The big four networks have stated that they will probably not be participating in the auction, said the FCC. Some of the networks, per the lawsuit, have opposed the auction and are saying that this event will affect coverage areas and will cost the stations viewers.
We'll definitely keep everyone posted on how this all plays out and how it will end up affected all parties involved. But it looks like we'll have at least another year before we have to worry about that coverage.
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Seduced by Art & Beauty ‘At the House of Mr X’
When cosmetics magnate Stanley Picker died in 1982, he left behind a gorgeous house and notable art collection. Elizabeth Price's documentary invites viewers to come in and explore.
Chloë Ashby
Updated Apr. 14, 2017 1:04PM ET / Published Jan. 17, 2014 5:45AM ET
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“Enter the beautifully vacated house … and inhabit its luxurious interiors.” A suspicious invitation? Maybe. Seductive? Certainly. I wouldn’t hesitate to cross the threshold: inside is an art-and-design lover’s dream.
Fortunately for the easily swayed and trespass-prone among us, the message (or is it a command?) that flashes across the screen in Turner Prize-winning artist Elizabeth Price’s 2007 film, At the House of Mr X, is notional. She’s offering only a virtual tour of the spectacular former residence of New York-born cosmetics magnate, Stanley Picker (Mr X). Like the rest of the text appearing line by line in motion graphics, it’s a piece of (let’s compromise) advice offered to the viewer by the narrator of the film, our onscreen guide. My advice would be to make your way to London’s Whitechapel Gallery, where Price’s 20-minute film is showing continuously from January 14 to April 15.
The opening shot places the viewer outside, in the dark, looking at a house warmly lit and glowing with fiery hues. Right on cue, as if to sanction a visit, ten choristers from the Royal Holloway Choir start to sing. Before you know it, you’re being ushered inside, the soundtrack a version of The Fleetwoods 1959 single, “Mr Blue.” Who could resist those soothing “Wahoo wahoo wahoos?”
Click. (The film is punctuated with these sudden breaks.)
The authoritative text accompanying the image begins documentary-like, the narrative equivalent of an unusually well-informed real-estate agent. You’re told that the house, located in a quiet cul-de-sac in Kingston-upon-Thames, about 12 miles southwest of London, was built at the edge of a suburb on the side of a hill; it’s sold to you as a fine example of 1960s modernist architecture and, most importantly, as something that is perfect. “Survey the modern, open plan interior … the perfect division of spaces….” It turns out that the information is collaged from archival records and documents relating to Picker’s house, art collection, and business ventures: architectural plans, art inventories, and notes on his cosmetics empire set the scene.
As soon as you enter—“Ready?” reads the screen—the sun rises and it becomes daylight outside. It’s immediately apparent that the house is uninhabited, save for the sculptural figures standing guard in every room (a torso of a female nude greets visitors upon entry), and despite the curiously alive plant life that suggests otherwise. The house, only briefly inhabited by Picker, has been this way since his death in 1982; both house and collection have been maintained by a trust since then. The effect is ghostly. The house is eerily pristine and immaculately preserved; your visit is the only thing threatening to disturb it.
The narrator is kind enough to provide directions through the patches of light and dark (“descend the ash stairway”)—shadows are the only disadvantage of having a house flatteringly free from overhead lighting. And there are moments for you to catch your breath. During the tour, you’re invited to “rest” on the orange, velvet settee, enticingly squashy-looking, and to sit at the table in the dining room and “eat.” But there’s no food, either on film or in the Gallery’s auditorium, a reminder that this isn’t your average cinema trip, full of popcorn and sugary treats.
“Enjoy all the wonderful things.” That you can do. Objects are scrupulously labeled by name, manufacturer, and material. In one room, the three-grace-like nudes of Enzo Plazzotta’s Triptych Bronze prance on a tabletop; in another, a leather Kukkpuro armchair commands the space. The materials are endlessly varied, but what they share is their existence in unencumbered, refined states: every metallic surface is polished, every marble veneer gleams.
And then it all becomes clear. Really, there’s no need for guesswork. Stamped across the screen is the explanation, the history behind the house. All this beauty and luxury were paid for by cosmetics brands Outdoor Girl and Miners, because Mr X, a friend of fashion designer and British fashion icon Mary Quant, invented “eye gloss,” “eye wipers,” and “loads of lash.”
In an instant, the make-up motif becomes obvious. The measured real-estate agent narrator becomes a fanciful cover girl; the on-screen writing, now more commercial than curatorial, turns pink. There’s talk of “lip-shine glossy as lacquer,” “soft center candy floss,” and “natural tint.” The message of the make-up ads is less is more: “Everything that is needed … nothing that is not.”
And then, with the innuendo of advertising copy, things get a little steamy. As the screen flashes over sensual interior shots, the narrator announces, “Make-up to make love in … let’s put it on … at the house of Mr X.” You’re told to “make your way along the mezzanine … and into all the bedrooms.” There’s no privacy here, no locked doors; the viewer is given free reign, invited to inhabit the house completely.
Then, just like that, silence. All of a sudden you’re staring at a bedside table, on which rests a white lamp flanked by two identical clocks. Without realizing it, the cover girl has crept into your conscience and caused you to see things differently; cosmetics product descriptions are applied to the house as though it were a face. You become aware of the complexion of colors and “the restrained luxury of the surfaces.” The still life before you is no longer symmetrical simply to be tidy; it’s fetishized, made symmetrical like a person’s face. Could the faces of the clocks and the ticking of time allude to ageing? Might they allude to a beauty-world calling for botox?
In the final section, the instructions begin to get a little strange. In a long list of imperatives, the narrator entreats the viewer to “Run the taps,” “Switch on the lights … switch off the lights” (should somebody call Martin Creed?), “Lie … sleep … wake … doze.” The instructions become a tad irritating, especially for more independent or stubborn members of the audience. And then, just like that, Price throws a curve-ball: “Pour on your liquid stockings.” You’re invited to physically blend yourself into the slippery surfaces of the house, to “make silvery gold and viscous trails … a delightful décor, of lustrous puddles.” This is the final part of the film, when viewer and architecture merge; you no longer inhabit the house, the house inhabits you.
After being invited to go “here and there as you like,” the viewer is at last drawn to the window. Through the striped blinds—incidentally, the same shades of oranges and reds as the Gallery’s auditorium chairs—you’ll notice that it’s light outside, a clue that now is the time to leave. I happened to walk out of Price’s film to hear the tour guide of the Gallery’s new Hannah Höch show (the first major UK exhibition of the Dadaist) utter, “totalitarian ideas of beauty and the body were at the forefront.” Well, he may have been talking about 1920s Germany, but I’d say that, with Price’s study of seduction and consumption, the same applies here.
At the House of Mr X has been selected by Artists’ Film International, a yearly touring program of film, video, and animation chosen by 15 partner organizations from around the world. It premiered at the Stanley Picker Gallery in 2007. Since then, it has been screened at such venues as the British Film Institute, Southbank London (2008), Frieze Art Fair (2010). It will be on view at the Whitechapel Gallery January 14—April 15, 2014.
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Are You Ready to Reset Your Energy for the New Year?
The cosmic and astrological events of the past few years have strongly facilitated the opportunity for spiritual growth, enlightenment, and energetic evolution.
From a subconscious level, these intense episodes triggered core issues and lessons for all of those presently experiencing physical incarnation. Have you felt the intensity and challenge? It is helpful to understand that when you resist learning from core issues and integrating your life’s lessons, you will manifest pain, struggle, frustration, and imbalance.
The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to take stock and consciously manage any issues that have been activated. Doing so creates the space for tremendous insight, learning, integration, and release, which in turn sets you up to begin your new year fresh and clear.
Taking a moment to reflect upon the past year also provides strong self-healing support in beginning your new year in a positive and more balanced sense of being. A great first step in this process is to do what I call a wholistic check-in with yourself.
How has the past year affected your body, mind, and soul?
What served you well over the past year?
What did not serve you over the past year?
Take the time to deeply ponder and journal about the above questions. Doing so offers you valuable healing information. You are taking your energetic pulse and deeply connecting with where you have been over the past year, where you are presently, and where you would like to be as you move forward into the new year.
Additionally, taking the time to re-read and go over any journals you have kept over the past year brings great awareness, understanding, and valuable information.
The next helpful step in a wholistic check-in is creating a gratitude list. To do so, think about your past year and recall all your blessings. What brought you joy and happiness? What accomplishments did you realize? What goals did you achieve?
Taking the time to acknowledge your accomplishments and hard work is such an important step in fueling positivity, joy, and balance within your life and through the coming year. Congratulate yourself for hard work, goals reached, and any major milestones. This also facilitates integration and gratitude. Take a breath into positivity and pat yourself on the back for a job well done!
The final helpful step in a wholistic check-in is to consider and become aware of all that you are ready to release and clear from your life. Doing so integrates healing and sets you up to begin your new year with a fresh start. What are you ready to give forth and free yourself from? What would you like to change moving forward? Take a few minutes to make a list of those things you are ready to change and unshackle from your life.
When you integrate where you have been, you may therefore perceive and understand where you presently are, and then gain incredible clarity moving forward into a new year. As you look back upon the past year’s lessons, you will gain amazing self-understanding and insight—grounding you in a fresh start and new beginning.
Doing a yearly wholistic check-in also enables the positive change that is necessary within any journey back into health, well-being, and balance. With some preparation you will enter your new year better equipped to make the most of your life’s lessons and these powerful energetic times!
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Green grass and cool uniforms: The Mark Stevens Interview
“The Fireballer is not just a great baseball yarn that any fan of the game will enjoy—it is also a richly-layered exploration of character, regret, and redemption.”
—Lou Berney, author of November Road and The Long and Faraway Gone
By Steve Weddle
As I write this, Mark Stevens has the #1 spot on Amazon's new release list for contemporary fiction. Not a bad way to start the year, and so well deserved.
A poignant story about hopes, dreams, and how far one man’s talent takes him before he realizes it’s about what you do—and how you do it.
Frank Ryder is unstoppable on the baseball field—his pitches arrive faster than a batter can swing, giving his opponents no chance. He’s being heralded as a game-changing pitcher.
But within the maelstrom of press, adulation, and wild speculation, Frank is a man alone. Haunted by a tragic incident from years past, he yearns to be the best but cannot reconcile the guilt he carries with the man everyone believes him to be. Frank’s path to redemption leads him on a journey back to where his life changed forever, to visit his family, his high school coach, and his brother. Through reconnection and reconciliation with those also deeply affected by the devastating event of Frank’s youth, he finds peace and his place in the world both in and outside the game.
The Fireballer is a lyrical, moving story of undeniable talent and the life-changing power of forgiveness and a subtly romantic ode to America’s favorite pastime.
This was a book I thoroughly enjoyed. The Fireballer is warm, charming, and powerful, and Frank Ryder is such a fully imagined character.
Keir Graff has called this an "emotional thriller," and that sounds just about right. This is a book that grabs you and won't let go.
DSD's own Claire Booth said this novel is a "true triumph."
Mark and I had a recent email chat concerning the book, and I was glad we agree on the horror of ghost runners.
Steve Weddle: What kind of a baseball nerd were you before you got to this book?
Mark Stevens: Nerd? Not much. I know people who can recite batting orders and lineups from decades ago for their favorite teams. Batting averages, pitching records, everything. These people inhale the game and never forget an inning. Me? I’m just a huge fan. Since I was nine years old. I remember vividly walking into Fenway Park for the first time and seeing all that green grass and those cool uniforms. Back then, I’d only seen a game on black and white television so the real-life experience was galvanizing. And life-changing.
SW: Why is this a baseball book rather than a redemption story about a corporate lawyer overcoming a bad case from 10 years ago or a police officer trying to make up for accidentally killing a child? What is it about baseball itself that so matches up to the story and the character you're working with here?
MS: Second question first: Because the very thing that makes Frank Ryder the subject of national conversation (his ability to throw a baseball) is the very thing that took a life and has haunted him, for good reason, ever since. Plus, Ryder is playing a game. A game. But it’s a game that can be dangerous and also allow an athlete to be rich. And famous.
First question second: Well, there are plenty of novels about redemption for police officers and lawyers, but I think baseball immediately connects to the nation’s psyche. Its soul. And, frequently, the pitcher is at the center of the story. Because the pitcher, in theory, controls all. That instantly means pressure. It’s the only major sport that starts with the defense putting the ball in play. And, in a pitcher’s perfect world, the other eight players on the field aren’t even necessary. A pitcher is isolated. Alone. And yet in charge of the story unfolding in front of him. Every batter presents a new problem. Every inning holds potential for disaster. It’s high-stakes. And, in the big leagues, you have to do it all
SW: You've done quite a bit of writing, including five or six Allison Coil mystery novels. How would this book have been different had you written at the beginning of your career?
MS: There is no way. Not even close. After I finished book five in the mystery series (The Melancholy Howl) I went back and rewrote book one (Antler Dust) based on all I had learned about writing. And what had I learned? I don’t know. It’s an accumulation of little things that come down to style. I think every aspect of my storytelling abilities got marginally better—enough that I needed to go back and spruce up that first book. The story didn’t change, but my storytelling style did.
SW: How can we get rid of the DH in the National League? It's almost as bad as starting a runner on second in extra innings.
MS: How about if we round up all the baseball fans in the United States and we all agree to not buy one beer at a ballpark until they reinstate the DH in both leagues? That’ll hit them where it hurts! And I’m sure everyone will be willing to forgo a few ballpark beers to restore baseball to its rightful strategic order, which requires that managers have to decide whether to pull the starting pitcher in hopes of one more beneficial at-bat. Plus, installing the DH in the National League had no impact in 2022! National League teams averaged 4.34 runs per game in 2022—down slightly from 2021. Pitchers are dominating the game, no matter who is at the plate.
Don’t get me started on those weird extra inning ghost runners! How sad for MLB to stoop so low. How can any self-respecting professional baseball player walk out to second base in the 10th inning knowing he’s done exactly nothing whatsoever to earn the spot? It’s a crime.
SW: Like me, do you twitch whenever an announcer says "ground-rule double" instead of "rulebook double"?
MS: How about “automatic double”? It’s such a purely, weird baseball thing. It’s one of the quirky rules of the game, like the infield fly rule. I can’t say the phrase itself has bugged me, but it will now that you’ve pointed it out. Speaking of things announcers say, watch this 1-minute video of a ball going right through a seam in the fence. And the commentator has to say “He’ couldn’t do that again if he tried.” No, really?
SW: You open this book with a quote from Tommy Lasorda, who might be the most quotable manager in any sport ever. Of all the managers and all the players, who would you like to see play a game, if you were given a time machine for a summer afternoon?
MS: A diabolical question. I’d like to take the fifth. I have a feeling this answer will incriminate me among baseball fanatics because there are so many good choices, but I’d like to go back and watch Willie Mays in his prime. Nothing better than a good three-way player and he was among the best.
SW: I've said that no one ever picked up a book because of theme. We read for character and plot and setting, for action and emotion. Yet, theme is an undeniable current underneath the best narratives. I see redemption and forgiveness in this book and wonder what made you write about those and why you find them so important.
MS: Do you have an hour? Or two?
I think, in a way, that all books are about loss. A stable world goes unstable. The “now” of our main character is threatened or our main character is living with a secret or burden that needs to be resolved. That “loss” can also be in the form of having a “want” and not being able to achieve it—that feeling of something missing in the character’s life. Shame and embarrassment are powerful drivers for story, too. The “loss” in that case is your public reputation, the public story you’ve been telling about your moral character is threatened. How far will we go to uphold the precious veneer we’ve created in our public image?
If you don’t have a loss, you probably don’t have a novel. I can’t say I set out to want to write a novel that addressed these themes, but when the idea for it came to me it was practically screaming in my ear: write me. That’s a good feeling to have.
SW: What was the toughest scene for you to write? Did it come fully formed or did you have to fight it?
MS: Easy answer. The scene between Frank and Gail Johnson in her house. I won’t identify Gail’s role in the story because that’s a bit of a spoiler. I think I rewrote the dialogue in that scene 30 to 40 times. Easy.
SW: Finally, what are a few books you've read recently that you think people should check out.
MS: I loved Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell. Yes, long book but so much energy and so creative. Fantastic dialogue. Rock and roll in the late 1960’s in London. There’s music on practically every page, in more ways than one.
I can’t say enough about Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison. A very powerful first-person voice that covers so much ground about economic class, enterprise, and personal identity.
And, finally, James Sallis’s Sarah Jane. The definition of concise, tight, and enthralling. It asks the reader to sit up and listen. There is so much deep in-between every word of exposition and dialogue. I read it and immediately started over because I knew I had missed so much.
The Fireballer is a book I’ll never forget. I truly can’t talk about this book except in a rush of emotion, crescendo-ing to uncontrollable tears while I spoil the ending, which, of course, I won’t do here in this letter.
Mark Stevens has written a remarkable novel—a book about humanity by way of baseball. If you, like me, are a fan of The Natural, Field of Dreams, or Moneyball, read on. This one’s for you.
The Fireballer is captivating, emotional, tender, and hopeful. The story of one man’s extraordinary talent and stoicism. The story of mistakes and guilt and forgiveness and grace. Of unwritten rules and personal codes of honor. Of a nation joyfully caught up in collective fervor, rooting for an underdog rookie pitcher as he breaks records and exemplifies good sportsmanship. The story of how he almost loses everything and how, in order to find his way forward, he looks back.
Whether or not you’re a fan of the quintessential American pastime, the story within these pages will, I hope, spark in you the same feelings of connection, understanding, and reverie that I have when I read (and reread) it. It means the world to me to be able to share it now with you.
As Babe Ruth said, “The only real game, I think, in the world is baseball.”
—Alison Dasho, Editor
Posted by Steve Weddle at 3:00 AM
Labels: baseball, mark stevens, Steve Weddle
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Surgical Ward Sister - 50's Style
[Names withheld at the author’s request.]
I became a Ward Sister in RIE in 1954. At that time you didn’t apply for the job – it was offered to you! I was then interviewed by the Chief Surgeon and eventually my appointment was confirmed.
The previous incumbent had already left so I was on my own. However, there were plenty of people to turn to for advice. An early memory was that there was a ward cat! I was modern; I couldn’t have a cat in a surgical ward, so one of the doctors kindly took it home.
The hours were long but in retrospect we usually seemed to be adequately staffed. The day staff covered the ward from 7.30 am to 8.30 pm. This was achieved by some staff working from 7.30 to 5 pm [or 6 pm] and some working `split shifts’ – 7.30 am to 1 pm and back at 5 pm until 8.30 pm. We had a day off once a week; a staff nurse or senior student acted as deputy so we could go off duty leaving the patients in safe hands. The night staff came on at 8.30 pm and worked until 8 am. They were given a report of the patients’ progress and had to know all their names, diagnoses and treatments.
In those days the ward sister was `hands on’ and closely involved in patient care. After breakfast was served, Sister went round the patients to talk to them and hear how they had slept; how they were feeling. She checked that everything was in order – e.g. the wound dressing was secure; temperature charts; fluid balance charts; I.V. infusions etc. After the morning routine care was complete, the dressing round was done. This was quite a ritual. A list was made and a student nurse delegated to prepare the patients and observe the procedure. The appropriate sterile instruments had to be ready. [In 1954 these were boiled up in a kidney dish on the ward kitchen stove!] The patient was made comfortable afterwards and we moved on to the next one.
At that time it was customary for patients to be confined to bed after surgery. This could be for 7 days, 10 days or even longer. Very often there was a patient with a fractured femur on traction in each corner of the ward, therefore care of pressure areas was of vital importance. These patients had to be moved and pressure areas massaged at regular intervals. The occurrence of a pressure sore was one of the ward sister’s biggest nightmares. On operating days Sister was involved in supervising patients being prepared for theatre and receiving them on their return. The `three man lift’ was employed as we lifted them into bed.
On `waiting days’ emergency admissions [including accident patients] were received for 24 hours. When all the beds were full we ordered extra beds which arrived from the tunnel. These were made up ready for the next emergency admission. It was the usual thing to have beds down the centre of the ward. We were expected to cope although sometimes it was hard going! We were free to ask for an extra nurse if the situation became too hectic.
In those days nurses were expected to do some cleaning duties. Tidying and cleaning lockers was a nursing duty and some `damp dusting’ of the ward was done. Cleaning and disinfecting sputum mugs was done after the doctors had inspected them on their rounds. I can also remember polishing the ward floor with a `bumper’ on Sunday afternoons. We also did the ward mending of the linen! The ward maid was an important part of the ward team. She kept the ward in pristine condition and expected the staff to maintain her standards of cleanliness. Perhaps the juniors were a little in awe of her?
Meals were served by Sister so were tailored to the needs of individual patients. A member of staff would feed helpless patients as nutrition was an essential part of their care.
Teaching student nurses was an important part of the ward sister’s job. The students had to know the patients’ diagnoses and work out their care. It was important for them to observe changes in the patient’s condition and develop good powers of observation and clinical judgement. Records were kept and reports written on specific issues by day and night staff, but a lot of information was passed on verbally. In later years the Kardex system was introduced and more com prehensive written reports were available for reference.
One of the advantages of the job was that sisters had their own sitting room on their ward. We could give doctors their coffee in comfort and we could also entertain our friends when we were off duty. Our bedrooms were above Wards 17&18. They were attic rooms but we were all surgical sisters and lived together happily with our older and more venerable colleagues,
Altogether it was a happy lifestyle; we felt really in charge of our little kingdom. A daily visit from an Assistant Lady Superintendent helped to sort out problems and keep us on our toes.
I hope present day nurses get as much satisfaction from the job as we did!
Editor's Footnote:
I was allocated to this ward as a 3rd year student approaching finals. Up until that point I had hated surgical placements and dressings in particular, which I had always experienced with great fear of severe rebuke from the presiding sister. However, this ward sister was different; what I learned about wound management from her saw me through diverse critical care scenarios, 22 years of military nursing and equipped me to teach Eritrean Registered Nurses wound management, often applied to such horrors as landmine trauma, gas gangrene, and advanced cancer.
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Tomorrow is my husband's birthday. He loves wine, so much in fact, that he has acquired quite a collection. He has taken over my "holiday Inn" (the room I store wrapping paper, holiday decorations, etc) as a wine cellar. When I saw this stamp set in the Holiday Catalog, I just knew I was going to make his birthday card with it. It's perfect for the new Stampin' Blends. I used the Fine Tip Glue pen to add some shine to the wine glasses.
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Central Elementary School is a public elementary school located in O Fallon, IL in the Central School District 104. It enrolls 365 students in grades 1st through 12th. Central Elementary School is the 1,406th largest public school in Illinois and the 35,552nd largest nationally. It has 12.6 students to every teacher.
The form below lets you find Central Elementary School alumni info and Central Elementary School students.
Out of 2,421 ranked schools in Illinois, Central Elementary School is ranked 1,079th for total students on lunch assistance.
The percentage of Central Elementary School students on free and reduced lunch assistance (55.3%) is slightly higher than the state average of 52.9%. This may indicate that the area has a higher level of poverty than the state average.
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American Association of Italian Studies Book Prize Awarded to Giorgio Bertellini
Giorgio Bertellini, author of The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America, has been awarded 2019 American Association of Italian Studies Book Prize for Film & Other Media Studies. The AAIS prize recognizes the best books in Italian Studies. Bertellini’s previous book Italy in Early American Cinema: Race, Landscape, and the Picturesque and Italian Silent Cinema: A Reader won the prize in 2010. Bertellini is Professor of Film and Media History at the University of Michigan.
The Divo and the Duce: Promoting Film Stardom and Political Leadership in 1920s America draws on extensive archival research in the United States and Italy. Bertellini’s work shows how the popularity, both political and erotic, of Italian-born star Rodolfo Valentino and Italy’s dictator Benito Mussolini largely depended on the efforts of public opinion managers, including publicists, journalists, and even ambassadors.
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Q: Simple approach to check and store which states that has changed from initial value This component checks if the fields have been changed from the initial value and display the number of changed fields. There's a useEffect for each field. It would be better with something more DRY, but haven't figured out how.
Is there a way to do this faster and better?
States
const [unsavedChanges, setUnsavedChanges] = useState<Array<string>>([]);
const [customField1, setCustomField1] = useState<string | null | undefined>(
Data.field1
);
const [customField2, setCustomField2] = useState<string | null | undefined>(
Data.field2
);
Set unsavedChanges state
//Field 1
useEffect(() => {
if (
(customField1 === Data.field1 ||
customField1 === null) &&
unsavedChanges?.includes('customfield1')
) {
let filtered = unsavedChanges.filter(
(item) => item !== 'customfield1'
);
setUnsavedChanges(filtered);
} else if (
customField1 === Data.field1 ||
unsavedChanges?.includes('customfield1')
) {
return;
} else {
setUnsavedChanges([...unsavedChanges, 'customfield1']);
}
}, [customField1]);
//Field 2
useEffect(() => {
if (
(customField2 === Data.field2 ||
customField2 === null) &&
unsavedChanges?.includes('customfield2')
) {
let filtered = unsavedChanges.filter(
(item) => item !== 'customfield2'
);
setUnsavedChanges(filtered);
} else if (
customField2 === Data.field2 ||
unsavedChanges?.includes('customfield2')
) {
return;
} else {
setUnsavedChanges([...unsavedChanges, 'customfield2']);
}
}, [customField2]);
Return
<>
<Input value={customField1} onChange={setCustomField1(e.target.value}/>
<Input value={customField2} onChange={setCustomField2(e.target.value}/>
<h1>{unsavedChanges.length} # of unsaved changes.</h1>
<Button disabled={unsavedChanges.length > 0 ? false : true} label='Submit'/>
</>
A: i created an example of how to make it simple (in my opinion).
I merged the three states into one. this way i can get each one in more dynamic way. then i created on change handler that handles the changes and doing the all if statements (with less code).
each input is firing the change handler on change. and it sets the state according to the if statements.
this way we can create as many inputs as we want, we just need to pass the right arguments to the change handler and it will take care of the rest for us (and to make sure to include one more key value pair to the state)
this is the dummy data for Data:
const Data = { field1: "abc", field2: "efg" };
the state:
const [generalState, setGeneralState] = useState({
unsavedChanges: [],
customField1: "",
customField2: ""
});
the handler:
const changeTheState = (type, value, field, customField) => {
//setting the values to the state. so we can fetch the values for the inputs and for later use
setGeneralState((prev) => ({ ...prev, [type]: value }));
// i narrowed down the if statements. now its only two.
if (
value === Data[field] &&
generalState.unsavedChanges?.includes(customField)
) {
return setGeneralState((prev) => {
let filtered = prev.unsavedChanges.filter(
(item) => item !== customField
);
return { ...prev, unsavedChanges: filtered };
});
}
if (!generalState.unsavedChanges?.includes(customField)) {
setGeneralState((prev) => ({
...prev,
unsavedChanges: [...prev.unsavedChanges, customField]
}));
}
};
and the jsx:
<div className="App">
<input
value={generalState.customField1}
onChange={(e) => {
changeTheState(
"customField1",
e.target.value,
"field1",
"customField1"
);
}}
/>
<input
value={generalState.customField2}
onChange={(e) => {
changeTheState(
"customField2",
e.target.value,
"field2",
"customField2"
);
}}
/>
<h1>{generalState.unsavedChanges.length} # of unsaved changes.</h1>
<button disabled={generalState.unsavedChanges.length > 0 ? false : true}>
Submit
</button>
</div>
here is the example : codesandbox example
One more thing you can do , is to create a reusable component for the input. create array of objects to represent each input. loop through the array and generate as many inputs you want.
if you need extra explaination let me know.
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Completed shed painting in Carlow. Original shed repaired as it was damaged and some of the cladding had came off. Had to weld part of the internal structure to ensure it stayed solid. Power washed down the farm shed in Carlow. Primed the entire shed area including sides and roof. Sprayed the shed with two finished coats to make sure it took hold proper as it was in very poor condition.
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Of the many houses located in Washington DC, Lorber Tarler Residence is unquestionably one of the houses with the most mesmerizing designs in the city.
It is an old row house designed by Robert Gurney Architect, a Washington DC-based architectural firm and the house has an interior and parts of its exterior facade that were transformed in such a way to create a light-filled open plan contemporary space.
Situated in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood of Washington DC, the existing row house has been re-imagined as a modern, light-filled urban dwelling where a professional couple is residing.
There are parts of the existing house that have been removed including a compartmentalized interior of the existing house that has been gutted, as well as a rear facade and porch that have been removed.
In the house, there is a new floor layout and an open plan and both of them are intended to provide dynamic interior spaces in contrast to the originally dark and cramped house. In this mesmerizing house, manipulation of natural light is a major component that affects home’s design.
Situated in Washington DC, USA, Lorber Tarler Residence is a mesmerizing home with numerous things to offer and a new stair and a glass bridge system that connects all of the house’s three floors are some of them.
The home also has a skylight and in addition, a new, fully-glazed rear facade is also amongst the various different parts of the mesmerizing home.
Inside, the home has translucent panels between rooms that can offer sources for natural light and in addition, the home also has open riser staircases with glass rails, as well as bridges that function as something that provides transparency.
Aside from having the aforementioned parts, the home also has wood-paneled wall that slices through its stairwell, integrating and defining the home’s adjacent spaces.
The wall terminates inside the skylight quite well, thus, allowing light from the skylight to the home’s third floor bedroom.
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SERVICE MANAGEMENT: UP TO 18 ITIL PROCESSES IN 5 CATEGORIES ARE POSSIBLE!
can be assessed for an be awarded the SERVIEW CERTIFIEDTOOL award. The overview below shows for which processes the respective software solutions are certified and thus have obtained the seal of approval.
PRINCE2 has developed into the most successful project management method in the world, and a multitude of software manufacturers have reproduced the PRINCE2 method in their tools. SERVIEW CERTIFIEDTOOL checks the PRINCE2 process compliance of software solutions. In addition, manufacturers off ITIL compliant tools may check the SERVIEW conformity of their Service & Configuration Model and receive a certification for it.
Up to 40% less time and costs for tool evaluation.
If you now had the task to choose an appropriate service management software solution for your organisation, the combination of the SERVIEW CERTIFIEDTOOL and SERVIEW consultancy would not only save you a lot of time and money, but would also offer you verifiable neutrality and unique security to act. You'll find more information here.
"We'll ensure that all service organisations (IT, HR, customer, facility and marketing) develop into genuine business partners. The SERVIEW CERTIFIEDTOOL award only benefits service and project management users. I want to make sure that our customers are able to instantly distinguish very good software solutions from those that are not so good. SERVIEW CERTIFIEDTOOL s not a business model of SERVIEW, it is a service for our customers."
... because it costs nothing but the courage of the manufacturers to meet the challenge posed by the SERVIEW criteria.
... and is an obligatory requirement for the software choice in many calls for tenders.
in instantly separating very good software solutions from those that are not so good.
This overview shows the manufacturers hose solutions currently hold the SERVIEW CERTIFIEDTOOL seal of approval.
The software manufacturer applies for the SERVIEW CERTIFIEDTOOL in writing, in order to be subjected to the assessment process.
The solution of the manufacturer is reviewed on the basis of fixed criteria.
The decision on awarding the seal of approval is made after evaluating the assessment.
The awarded SERVIEW CERTIFIEDTOOL seals of approval are announced to the target audience through targeted information distribution.
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