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Log in with your AAP member information AJPM&R Supplements Cochrane Articles Evidence-Based Physiatry Need Her Science Campaign Resident Fellow Corner Visual Vignettes November-December 1997 - Volume 76 - Issue 6 Thought you might appreciate this item(s) I saw at American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION AND ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION ON MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS1 Hsueh, Tse-Chieh2; Cheng, Pao-Tsai; Kuan, Ta-Shen; Hong, Chang-Zern 1From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Cheng Kung University (T.C.H., T.S.K., C.Z.H.), Tainan, Taiwan, and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital (P.T.C.) and Chang-Gung College of Medicine and Technology (P.T.C.), Tao-Yuan, Taiwan. This study was presented at the AAP Annual Meeting, February 28-March 2, 1997. 2 All correspondence and requests for reprints should be addressed to: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Cheng Kung University, 138 Sheng-Li Road, Tainan (704), Taiwan, Republic of China. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: November-December 1997 - Volume 76 - Issue 6 - p 471-476 This study is designed to investigate the immediate effectiveness of electrotherapy on myofascial trigger points of upper trapezius muscle. Sixty patients (25 males and 35 females) who had myofascial trigger points in one side of the upper trapezius muscles were studied. The involved upper trapezius muscles were treated with three different methods according to a random assignment: group A muscles (n = 18) were given placebo treatment (control group); group B muscles (n = 20) were treated with electrical nerve stimulation (ENS) therapy; and group C muscles(n = 22) were given electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) therapy. The effectiveness of treatment was assessed by conducting three measurements on each muscle before and immediately after treatment: subjective pain intensity [(PI) with a visual analog scale], pressure pain threshold[(PT) with algometry], and range of motion [(ROM) with a goniometer] of upper trapezius muscle (lateral bending of cervical spine to the opposite side). When the effectiveness of treatment was compared with that of the placebo group (group A), there was significant improvement in PI and PT in group B(P < 0.01) but not in group C(P > 0.05). The improvement of ROM was significantly more in group C (P < 0.01) as compared with that in group A or group B. When each group was divided into two additional subgroups based on the initial PI, it was found that ENS could reduce PI and increase PT significantly (P < 0.05), but did not significantly(P > 0.05) improve ROM, as compared with the placebo group for both subgroups. EMS could significantly (P< 0.05) improve ROM, but not PT, better than the placebo groups, for either subgroup. It could reduce PI significantly more (P < 0.05) than placebo controls only for the subgroup with mild to moderate pain, but not with severe pain. For pain relief, ENS was significantly better(P < 0.05) than EMS; but for the improvement of ROM, EMS was significantly better (P < 0.05) than ENS. It is concluded that ENS is more effective for immediate relief of myofascial trigger point pain than EMS, and EMS has a better effect on immediate release of muscle tightness than ENS. © Williams & Wilkins 1997. All Rights Reserved. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation76(6):471-476, November-December 1997. Electrical Stimulation, Pain, Myofascial Trigger Point Articles in PubMed by Tse-Chieh Hsueh Articles in Google Scholar by Tse-Chieh Hsueh Other articles in this journal by Tse-Chieh Hsueh Readers Of this Article Also Read Therapeutic Effects of Lidocaine Patch on Myofascial Pain Syndrome of the Upper Trapezius: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Bilateral Activation of Motor Unit Potentials with Unilateral Needle Stimulation of Active Myofascial Trigger Points Endplate Potentials Are Common to Midfiber Myofacial Trigger Points Do Endplate Noise and Spikes Arise from Normal Motor Endplates? Treatment of Myofascial Pain

This Vairocana Buddha Alter Painting shows well typical characteristics of Buddhist paintings in the latter half of the 18th century of the Joseon Dynasty(1392-1910) as described in the balanced body of the statues of the Buddha, a graceful face, tiny features, elegantly flowing lines of a brush and the tone of thick red and green colors. As the painting record tells the exact years of manufacturing and the painter, the painting is of great value as a basic for understanding the Buddhist paintings of the time. The piece was initially shrined in Yeongwonsa Temple located at Geumdae-ri, Panbu-myeon, Wonju-si(or city), but is currently housed in the Woljeongsa Temple's Seongbo Museum. The painting record at the bottom-center of the painting tells that the work was manufactured in 1759(in the 24th year of Qing's Chien Long reign) and was shrined in the Yeongwonsa Temple on Chiak Mountain in Wonju. Generally, the Buddhist painting is serious in terms of exfoliation of creak and coloring, but highlights its stable composition and scrupulous description. The work is evaluated as a valuable material in studying the Buddhist paintings in the latter half of the Joseon Period in that the painting record tells the years of manufacturing, enshrinement venue and a monk painter of manufacturing.

Seafood Experience Australia Ltd (SEA) is proud and privileged to have funded this video/DVD. This short documentary is about a Seafood Industry Champion who passionately shares his approach, views and visions on future directions toward multi-dimensional Career Pathways and an innovative approach to Education and Training. Joe Coco is one of the pioneers in Queensland Prawn Farming, a highly credentialed Vocational Trainer and a graduate of the National Seafood Industry Leadership Program (NSILP). Utilising Australia's, and possibly the World's, largest "Mobile Aquaculture Training Unit", Joe explains how the hi-tech and innovative facility works and showcases the end product of market size Barramundi and vegetables grown by the students. This seafood and salad approach enables young people to see how it is possible to grow a wholesome healthy nutritious meal through aquaculture. Additionally it promotes the opportunity to discuss within the schools issues such as obesity and chronic diseases and how a healthy nutrition diet will assist future generations avoid the today's major health issues. Such projects also give students a real life and hands-on experience allowing them a sense of ownership to the project. From a training perspective the video also demonstrates an innovative approach to delivery and assessment methods catering for a range of students that have low or high literacy and numeracy levels. It complements the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority's role to make mandatory "Primary Industries" subjects from Kindergarten to Year 8 in the first stage of its process and then continue on to senior subjects and VET programs within schools. Finally, with Joe's passion and his longer term vision, he shows opportunities for Indigenous, urban, rural and remote training, providing equilibrium in learning and job opportunities across the spectrum.

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Mark Newton Heisinger Lockeford, CA Mark Newton Heisinger, 63, of Lockeford passed away at his home on Thursday, August 16, 2012. Born in Long Beach, CA on February 22, 1949, he then grew up in Stockton where he graduated from Stagg High School. Mark continued his education at Delta College and Fresno State where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Mark was active as a swimmer and water polo player while in college. Earning All-American honors for the years of 1968-1969 in the backstroke; Mark also obtained the distinction of All-Conference for water polo in 1968. After graduating college Mark began a fulfilling career with PDM Steel as a Purchasing Manager where he created and maintained friendships for 34 years. Whether it was in the water, at the office, or simply at home with friends and family, Mark's laughter and wit filled the room. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Heisinger, of Lockeford; stepsons, John (Khimm) Journagan of Lodi and Eugene Journagan of Stockton; stepdaughters, Jennifer (Scott) Allen, Amy Pendergrass, and Ashley Pendergrass-Joaquin all of Stockton. He was Papa to Kelly, Joshua, Zachary, Katelyn, and Calissa. His brother William (Kathy) Heisinger of Rancho Cordova, CA and sister Barbara Ann Heisinger Cartwright of Oregon also survive him. He was preceded in death by his loving parents Newton Heisinger and Margaret Heisinger-Roecks. Friends and family are invited to celebrate Mark's life on Saturday, September 8th at Joe's Grill,18690 N. Hwy 88, Lockeford, CA 95237 from 1-4 pm. Inurnment will be private at Cherokee Memorial Park. Donations may be made in his name to Hospice of San Joaquin 3888 Pacific Ave. Stockton, CA 95205. Cherokee Memorial Funeral Home is honored to serve the Heisinger family. Please sign the guest book at www.cherokeememorial.com Record Reader Loyalty Program Submit a newsmaker Submit your sports results © Copyright 2006-2019 GateHouse Media, LLC. All rights reserved • GateHouse A News21 recordnet.com ~ 530 East Market Street, Stockton, CA 95202 ~ Privacy Policy ~ Terms Of Service Prep Football Specialty Publications

Two days down, and I'm still conscious. Which is amazing, considering I tend to have the attention span of a YouTube video; yet somehow my brain is still working. It's always exciting to be surrounded by people interested in and doing the same thing as you. Here at the Non-Profit Technology Convention, there are hundreds of people from all over the country who work in the non-profit world, each sharing similar joys, failures, and challenges. It's fun to meet new people over lunch and see what you have in common, as well as commiserate over how snow in the eye stings a lot, coffee stopped keeping you awake, and our boots have soaked through to the soles. 1. Drink your body weight in coffee. Both to stay warm, and to stay awake. 2. Listen to music between sessions. If there's ever a need to zone out and save your brain it's between sessions on social data, meta tags, and measuring metrics. 3. Make friends with a local. It doesn't have to be lets-braid-each-others-hair friendly, but just friendly enough to ask them what to see in that area of the city. Locals know stuff. Adora and I were both born in Southern California, and now live in Florida. See a theme? Yeah. Warmth. We like to be warm and consider Florida's recent "cold-spell" of 40 degrees to be extreme. However, for a few days, snow can be quite magical. I know I've enjoyed it. This is Adora's face when we walked out in the snowstorm. This year was great. Honestly it was. Lots of fun was had, plenty of mistakes were made, goals were reached, others left hanging, but hey, that's life. In a brief moment of introspection, I think it's safe to say I'm a lot stronger, maybe a little harder, and most of all thankful for everything that's happened this year. It's always funny to me how we gear up for a new year like it's a clean slate, as if the date changing can somehow give us a fresh start. It doesn't really make much sense; after all, time just marches on right? What really makes December 31st 2012 that much different that January 1, 2013? Actually, I think you can sum it up in one word. I think we need to operate this way, as if an arbitrary date change can mean a new beginning. We need to break up our decisions, the good, the bad and the ugly, into a manageable period of time that at the end of which, we get a re-do. A mulligan. A chance to change. So what do you want to change? What are your goals and resolutions?

FBI still seeks woman wanted for newborn's death in 2004 Shadia Muse, who disappeared in 2004, is charged in the death of her newborn girl. By Allison Manning Shadia Muse is 28 now and has been on the run for nearly a decade. Muse was 18 and a student at Mifflin High School when she gave birth to a baby girl in secret on Sept. 3, 2004. She wrapped the newborn in a blanket and a plastic bag and put her in a car trunk outside her North Side apartment. She hoped nobody in her Somali family would discover her pregnancy. But her body couldn't hide it. That night, she went to Mount Carmel St. Ann's hospital with stomach cramps and delivered a full-term placenta. Muse eventually admitted she had been pregnant and told Columbus police where to find the baby. An autopsy determined that the newborn, whose umbilical cord wasn't clamped, died from asphyxia and blood loss. Whether out of fear of prosecution or shame from her community, she fled after she was discharged from the hospital on Sept. 5. She was charged two days later with murder. Police and prosecutors have been looking for her ever since. In October 2004, she was indicted on charges of murder, felonious assault and endangering children. A federal arrest warrant was issued on Nov. 3 that year after she was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. More recently, the FBI drafted a wanted poster, atwww.fbi.gov/wanted/murders/shadia-mahamed-muse. "We're just trying to generate more publicity to generate more tips," said Todd Lindgren, an FBI spokesman. The agent on the case recorded a short podcast about the crime on the FBI website. "I have concerns about the rest of her life, if there are any other children involved ... so we need to know where she is, because there is no statute of limitation on murder," agent Kristin Cadieux says in the recording. Premarital sex is considered so sinful among Somalis that those who give birth out of wedlock — and their children — are often shunned by their families and the greater community. Columbus Police Sgt. Christ Holzhauser, of the homicide squad, worked on the case when the baby was found. He said there have been bits of information about it over the years, but nothing developed from them. He speculated that she might have left the country, and "when they are able to get out of the country, it's hard to get them back." Investigators also speculated that Muse might have fled to another Somali community, perhaps in Boston or Atlanta where she had relatives. Other large Somali communities are in Minneapolis, Seattle, Dallas, San Diego and Washington, D.C. Anyone with information on Muse's whereabouts is asked to contact the FBI or Crime Stoppers at 614-645-TIPS (8477). Somalia trains its first commandos after the collapse of the central government - HOL Mobile phone internet off in Somalia after Al Shabaab order - HOL City inspectors cite apartments' lack of water, electrical service - Columbus Dispatch Revealed: The hidden forces behind violent clashes in Mombasa - dailynation Somali group to use Gawker funds for mentoring - globeandmail U.S. State Department Issues Somalia Travel Warning - enews Kenya president says will not allow radicalization in places of worship - reuters

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A bleak outlook on automotive culture. Long post. derp last edited by I wrote this up in a "what's on your mind" thread on one of the forums I frequent that's still slowly puttering along. It's not happy. I miss when forums were active and various car meets were a regular activity. I used to frequent multiple forums that were thriving, and have pretty much nightly car meets. Monday to Thursday were various meet ups around the cities, Friday and Saturday night were cruise nights, sundays were barbeque/grill days at a park. Since about 2018 it seems like the last vestiges of that life have slipped away, as facebook and gen z kids killed forums then ruined car meets through dipshit behavior bringing enough law enforcement attention that the businesses that hosted us no longer wanted to. The death of forums is a blow to every enthusiast, as the wealth of knowledge in build threads, how-tos, and shop/mechanic presence was presented in an easily searchable format, accessible to anyone. Go find that on snapchat, I'll wait. The death of culture came from too many attention seeking tryhards focused more about "clout" and scene points than any love or understanding of a particular type of vehicle. True, diehard enthusiasts are still out there in every age bracket, but the older guys and gals have either moved on or withdrawn to their small circles, and the younger folks are drowned out by the scene kiddies and their rolling monuments of overinflated self-importance. Glimpses of the glory days are still visible if you know where to look, but rather than an establishment of daily life, it seems like these days they're a sliver of a good memory to be grasped at when you find it, rather than something enduring and repeatable. Not to mention that on top of it all, for a lot of people life simply moves on. Interests change, lives change, families are created or increased, financial situations are ever in flux, jobs come, go, move people across the country. Add into this, the ever-approaching death of the internal combustion engine. The automobile as a vessel of freedom will eventually be relegated to an appliance of convenience, ferrying around worker drones to their places of employment. I'd place money on individually driven vehicles being more and more restricted as time goes on. With it, I think automotive culture will lose more and more of its soul, until the flame is eventually all but snuffed out as the passion is restricted to those Jay Lenos and other immensely wealthy patrons of the hobby who will never need worry about restriction. I see no sunrise on this horizon. I hope I'm wrong. undefined 4 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 5 Automotive culture is different to what it was 10 years ago...and even then it was different in the decade before that. If my memory of the car culture that I knew back in the mid to late 80s remains true...the only thing that remains common between then and now is the love of cars, respect for automotive artisans, complaining about the cost of things and the ever present feeling that car culture as we know it is dying.... Exage03040 last edited by Exage03040 I have a multi part series of posts I'm going to eventual drop about transitioning to a motorcyclist. I'm not sure how many people will read it, but it's approaching 2000 words with 3 parts already so I guess I'm committed? Part of my reasoning is that it has to do with the industry shift and car culture itself. Riding is a very visceral and engaging experience. You don't need big cash to get noticed and the community is actually really great. I've gone to events and ridden with the Harley guys, hipsters, sporties, ADV... Young and old everyone's really chill and respectful 99% of the time and I watched the meets grow 4X what they started with. Riding isn't for everyone, and there's current riders that shouldn't be riding. It's been enjoyable to me though. My bike is great, I keep my head on a swivel and I constantly practice. I'm not convinced that forums are actually dead, though. It's true that a lot has moved to Facebook, but ultimately it's just a matter of which forums are active. Hell, I'm a member of a car forum where I cannot keep up with just one of the many subforums on it because the post volume is just too high. (The trick is that it's Tesla Motors Club.) And, let's be real here: attention seeking tryhards were a problem 15 years ago, too - especially ever since the first Fast and the Furious movie. CarDomain was the name of the game instead of Instagram, but really, it's the same energy - it's just that millennials grew out of it, just as zoomers eventually will. EngineerWithTools last edited by I don't have much to add about car culture, but I have a few big picture thoughts... "...tryhards focused more about "clout" and scene points..." I think this is true almost universally, not just in car culture. Getting noticed/clicked/liked/shared seems to be the objective and the reward, at least for those that, by definition, shout over everyone else. Separately, people much smarter than I have made the case that the automobile changed culture more - and more rapidly - than anything else, pretty much ever. If you're correct and cars stop being vessels of personal freedom through community, corporate or public ownership and control, I think the entire culture will change again, somewhat unpredictably. While it's hard for social - engineering types to put the personal mobility genie back in the bottle, they will still try, and do much damage in the process. (Note: Not a political thing, the social engineering impulse is very much alive in all political flavors.) Poor_sh last edited by I had a long reply but instead ill just say the jist. I think as the car world changes and enthusiasm shrinks then it will actually be stronger. Essentially a strong core of passionate knowledgeable enthusiasts will survive the exodus and then fill in the gaps with stronger but fewer ties. RallyDarkstrike last edited by This is part of the reason that my love for cars has shifted a lot to classics.....I can't see classic cars as being banned, they're like antiques in your house. Nobody''s going to come along and say that 1800s vase on your table has to be destroyed. My only worry there is that eventually ICE engines would be banned completely and that would be a huge blow as converting classics to Electric is A. hugely expensive....and B. kills the soul of the car. A 2CV or classic FIAT 500 or VW Beetle without it's original engine just wouldn't have the same soundtrack, feeling, or soul... CarsOfFortLangley last edited by My biggest concern is the "brain drain". Every year, less real mechanics who can work without computers, less guys who can rebuild a carb, less guys who can do metal body work. Poor_sh @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by @carsoffortlangley very true, but at the same time the knowledge they had is being recorded and becoming more widely available. The tools they had are becoming more affordable. And we can remake old parts more easily with new tech Shop-Teacher @RallyDarkstrike last edited by @rallydarkstrike I really don't think that will happen in our lifetimes. The electrical grid cannot support us all driving electric cars. Do we really think the governments are going to be able to coordinate and sustain the monumental expense and effort it would take to make that happen? I certainly don't. RallyDarkstrike @Shop-Teacher last edited by @shop-teacher I don't either...but with the changes to the climate I've already witnessed in my own lifetime, as much as I love cars, I hope they can.....even if I dread some of the changes that could happen to automotive culture as a result... Zaphod's Heart of Gold last edited by In 2011 I joined mazdaspeedforums.org, a self-sustaining community that was absolutely wild in the way it carried itself. Those who understood the rules thrived, the rest were weeded out. The information came quickly, the builds got insane, and people truly bonded outside the forum. 6 years later it was a shell of its former glory, not at all helped by the death of new production of the vehicles themselves. Younger kits were picking up older models and the focus turned from performance to appearance. A few die-hards hung around, I would visit often but there was not much new. As time went on it was just a sad thing to see. This year the site crashed completely, and with it over a decade of consolidated knowledge. I have needed that information from time to time, but it it nowhere, just gone. Seemingly forever at this point. The death of that forum felt like the death of a small part of me. The friends I have met locally have largely come from that forum. One of them was in my wedding. A bunch of us have started a Lemons team. We take vacations together, we throw parties together, work on cars and houses, have a group chat used daily. We bonded over a specific car then all became real, true friends. The death of the place that helped that along hurts. I don't know what my life would be without that forum. Shop-Teacher @derp last edited by @derpwagon I get where you're coming from. Things are certainly in flux right now. Hell, just about every aspect of culture is in flux right now. People have been lamenting the death of car culture for literally decades now, but it's still around. Car clubs went away. Forums came, and are mostly gone now. Car culture is smaller and different, but still viable. I don't know what the next "thing" will be, but the rapid adoption of the hyphen is a strong sign of life. Also, come to think of it, a lot of the forums that have died are for things where the car itself went away, or the fandom for the car itself faded. You've also got things like Cars and Coffee as a relatively recent phenomenon, for car meets... DipodomysDeserti @Shop-Teacher last edited by @shop-teacher And as some of the replies to you illustrate, most people that express concern about our environment really just want someone to make a change for them. A Former User @Shop-Teacher last edited by @shop-teacher Mmm, the changes aren't anywhere near as big as some people claim, especially with a lot of off-peak charging. Sure, if people charge their cars right at peak demand, that's a problem, but that's not too hard to design around. There are changes that need to happen as part of moves to renewables (a lot more storage needed), but that's independent of EVs. Deployment of endpoint charging infrastructure needs to happen, as well. But, the grid itself? Eh, it doesn't need anywhere near as much as people think. MybirdIStheword @CarsOfFortLangley last edited by @carsoffortlangley the cars that require alot of that work are also becoming more scarce as they age. Shop-Teacher @Guest last edited by @bhtooefr I'm not convinced of that. I see things crashing on hot summer nights, when everybody is cranking their AC, and charging their cars at the same time. Also, when will apartment dwellers charge their cars? At work, during peak hours? There are a lot of questions with complicated answers. BTW, I am not anti-electric cars at all. I just don't buy the current narrative that everything will be electric in 10 years. I think it will be a long slow change. @shop-teacher Peak hours are afternoons/evenings, not mid-day, though, and mid-day is when there's usually a solar surplus, too (and even generation curtailment). And, cars can be set to charge later than they're plugged in (and newer charging equipment can be dynamically controlled based on load/up-to-the-minute pricing), so they can be plugged in when you get home, but then wait to charge until after peak hours. So, charging on base-load surplus at night, or better yet, on solar surplus during the day is good. Charging in the evening is bad. @rallydarkstrike I don't think an electric future will kill car culture. There will always be people that car about cars. There will always be people that care how they look, how they perform, and how they make us feel. Will car culture change again? Undoubtedly. Will it die? I don't think there's a chance in hell of that. It's entirely possible that I am a relentless optimist. TexturedSoyProtein last edited by People complain about the scene changing but the scene always changes. I was in the import tuner crowd before F&F happened and then everybody moaned about the newcomers after it dropped. People migrated from forums to comment sections, facebook groups, hashtags and subreddits. Shit's still happening, it's just different. WhoIsTheLeader @Exage03040 last edited by @exage03040 Cross posting to Drive Tribe gets the clicks/visibility but not really the engagement of on Oppo proper. My experience with motorcycle culture is pretty limited but I've seen plenty of bad behavior. ![alt text] @bhtooefr I remain unconvinced, but time will tell. I am actually optimistic, despite my questioning. spacekraken last edited by @derpwagon I think you'd be as surprised as I was that there's a super active forum for... the Kia Niro. One of the worst cars I've driven, completely soulless and mechanically enough of a pain that I sold it for a used VW and sighed with relief. If something that bad can have a pretty good community around it, gives me a bit of hope that car culture will kick around just fine. Probably not in the forms we're used to from a few years ago, but it'll still exist. I also know as a 20-something all my friend's "dream cars" are from the 60s-80s so I doubt those cars are going away any time soon. People love the design of classic muscle cars, aircooled Porsches, Jags/Astons, etc. @RallyDarkstrike I'm sure the restomod crowd will go more electric over time but I really can't see that as a bad thing-you can only remachine parts on a 60 year old engine so many times. Not that different from LS swapping a classic muscle car, really. As long as it keeps cars on the road I'm all for it. Having seen an electric restomod Beetle, it still has tons of character and really the stock engines on those cars are terrible at being engines @Shop-Teacher FWIW charging an EV slowly takes the same power draw as running a microwave (800-1500w). Faster charging is the same as a hot water heater or small furnace, give or take (7500w max, some are 3600). So it's not as huge of a project as it might seem to support said network-in most cases a typical house heating/cooling already takes more energy than charging a car. (then again I live in a state that has a continuous energy surplus from hydroelectric so I can't really talk haha) TexturedSoyProtein @spacekraken last edited by @spacekraken Hey what's so bad about the Niro? Been seriously considering one as my wife's next car based on it being one of the few mainstream brand cars in the size she wants with driver's seat memory. We'd likely get one CPO with an extended warranty but curious about your experience.

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The following questions are drawn from areas usually covered by RFP documents and more general enquiries. Do contact us if you cannot find an answer to your question on this page. Is there a demo of MedInfoSys® available? There are several online videos demonstrating core MedInfoSys® functionality – please contact us to learn more about these. We are also able to demo MedInfoSys® over the web, using WebEx (and depending on circumstances, we can instead come and demo at your site). However, before we grant access to the videos or demo the system, we will want to have explored your situation and requirements in some more detail first, to maximise the value of your seeing the system. How much does MedInfoSys® cost? Cost varies with many factors – such as numbers of users, data migration, validation requirements, level of consultancy required, etc – and it is impossible to provide an accurate "standard quote"; discussing cost ahead of requirements is also somewhat counterproductive, as numbers don't have much meaning without an understanding of what value is being sought and delivered. For a typical small-to-medium company, initial set-up costs would be in the region of £5,000-10,000. Monthly application rental is then banded by numbers of users, starting at £365pcm for 1-5 users; monthly hosting depends on your company's requirements, but is likely to be in the region of £550pcm. A typical quote consists of licences (including configurations) – both server and users – customisations, data migration, systems integration, project overhead, documentation, training and support (charged annually at 15% of licences, customisations, integrations and data migration). We aim to make as many of these items as possible to be fixed price, but without exploring requirements with you, we are unable to quote for items such as customisation, data migration and systems integration. A small, departmental solution with minimal data migration might cost as little as £25,000; a global solution, with full validation and significant data migration could cost upwards of 10+ times that figure – most installed systems will fall somewhere in the middle. What reference customers do you have? NIP obtains a majority of its business from industry reputation and word-of-mouth referrals. We are happy to provide reference customers at the appropriate stage of negotiations, but we are keen to respect our customers' privacy and time constraints by withholding names until that stage. Is our data safe on third party servers? Yes. Access to the system is via https only, and each customer's instance of the system is fully independent. The servers are locked away and backups are taken every day. For more details – or to discuss specific concerns – please contact us. Why use a remotely hosted service? Because it can solve a number of problems quickly, cheaply and sensibly. It removes a burden and dependence on local IT, who are frequently overworked, outsourced, limited in what technologies they can support, or all three. As it is not a capital purchase, there is also a reduced need for procurement involvement (especially RFPs). As it is an 'out of the box' solution, there is no need to run a long project – when you are ready to proceed (having worked through the necessary set-up questions), we can get you a system up and running in a few days. The system is always available and is geographically independent. These are defined in more detailed contract documents, but rental use of the application and the hosting of it are separately charged, quarterly (see above). The agreement can be terminated with three months notice – there are no penalties; the customer simply stops paying. We can help with the decision about what to do next – the customer can either buy MedInfoSys® and host the entire application and data on their own servers or take the data back and migrate it into another system. What advantages are there in SaaS vs outsourcing? The customer owns the processes. It is possible to monitor and improve quality, be compliant in an inspection and make savings. The hosting service offers complete transparency and enables all parties to share information. What is the basic design of the system? Whilst medical information is a well-recognised area, there is considerable variation within companies – workflow, therapeutic areas, regulatory interpretations, etc – that a system needs to support. MedInfoSys® is designed to balance standardisation and flexibility. Recognising that systems should support users in the ways they need to work without imposing artificial constraints, each MedInfoSys® system consists of a varying selection of configurable modules and capabilities, such as enquiry logging, correspondence management, reporting, etc. In this way, users get the benefit of a well-established system that has also been optimised for their specific requirements (there is a series of optional extras to cater for common, but less universal requirements). Why is MedInfoSys® enquiry-centric (and not e.g. customer-centric)? Medical enquiries are the centre of all medical information processes and they are at the heart of MedInfoSys® (although data can be viewed in many different ways – by enquirer, by assignee, by country, by product, etc). It is our experience that account-centric interfaces (i.e. CRM) hinder rather than help the enquiry-handling process. Workflow, correspondence and reports all flow from the logging of enquiries within medical information departments, and MedInfoSys®' intuitive enquiry logging interface is one of its major advantages, automating and simplifying many aspects of data entry. Any e-mail enquiries can be received straight into the system and letters and faxes can be scanned for entry. Many fields contain user-defined defaults and "picklists" (e.g. product, indications, therapeutic areas, enquiry classification lists) for increased speed and accuracy in logging information – especially when using MedInfoSys® to log a telephone enquiry. All correspondence related to an enquiry is stored with that enquiry. What does MedInfoSys® offer that generic CRM packages don't? Companies are looking to integrate medical information more closely with other strategic and operational goals, coordinating their approach to customer service, and integrating with wider sales processes and systems. The specialist requirements of medical information. The fact that a specialist system (such as MedInfoSys®) can, and should, integrate with third party systems. Generic CRM tools are not generally readily-adaptable to specific medical-enquiry processes and data. Viewing data from an account perspective can be important, but not at the expense of the enquiry-centric interface that medical information professionals need. Various clients have told us that CRM systems have been found by users to be hard to use, unstable and slow, with various key functionality (e.g. letter production, searching, report-generation, e-mail notification) either missing, or hard and expensive to implement. CRM solutions are excellent for the areas where they are designed to be used, but medical information is not one of them. MedInfoSys® can integrate with such tools to extract and publish information to them, and thus offers the best of both worlds: a specialist system, optimised for users, that seamlessly slots into wider processes and systems. Also, by specialising in medical information, NIP are experts in the specific requirements of the domain and how to deploy solutions that work, with an average length of employment being 15+ years. How much configuration is needed in a typical deployment? Many features are optional and can be turned on or off to suit requirements and budget. Even with core features, many system terms and prompts can be configured. Although the system is supplied with default picklist values, these can be configured to suit company terminology and values. To get going quickly, some customers prefer to start with the default system and values; others want to explore options upfront. We would explore the advantages and drawbacks to both approaches before fixing a price and delivery schedule with you. How does MedInfoSys® produce and manage correspondence? In addition to verbal answers, MedInfoSys® allows users to respond to enquiries via customised letter and fax templates (that will print out on corporate stationery for sending) when a written response is required. Letters can also be sent to enquirers via e-mail and – if you have a fax gateway, and enable this option in the system – it is possible to send faxes electronically, too. ( Read more… ). Is MedInfoSys® compliant with GDPR and 21 CFR Part 11? Does it maintain an audit trail? MedInfoSys® is fully-validated on NIP's side and contains all the functionality necessary to comply with GDPR and 21 CFR Part 11 (and other regulatory stipulations). How the system code was developed and then maintained (which NIP is responsible for). How the system has been shown to fulfil business requirements (which depends on the customer articulating those requirements and testing against them). How the system is managed (which will depend on the customers' SOPs, etc, and especially when the system is installed on customer servers). How users are trained and how the system is used (which again depends on the customer). Accordingly, achieving compliance is a partnership between NIP and the customer, and we therefore believe it is misleading if a vendor describes their system as "fully validated" without explaining that the customer needs to consolidate the work they have already done on their side. How are roles and security handled in the system? MedInfoSys® is designed to ensure that users only see the information they are allowed to see (in part, this is also a usability concern, to make information relevant), and that they have the correct permissions to use the system. User records are controlled by designated administrators (although these administrators would, in turn, be controlled by a customer's SOPs) and the system can also enforce password expiry and renewal (a common timeframe being every 3 months). Users are usually categorised by a combination of country and/or department (for data protection and workflow reasons), with varying levels of permissions to ensure that only certain individuals can see and/or change certain records. These permissions are usually based on a matrix of reader, editor and administrator. SOPs would govern the creation of new users, and any changes in permissions. Content providers (medical information staff logging and responding to enquiries and also maintaining reference materials). Each of these roles contains unique access rights and privileges, which are reflected in the system menu and in the ability to create/edit documents. It is also possible to restrict access such that, for example, a representative may only see enquiries they have made, whilst a product manager may only see enquiries for their product. Can legacy data be imported into MedInfoSys®? What reports come as part of the system? Do you integrate with reporting tools? MedInfoSys® contains a number of standard reports which enable e.g. monthly, quarterly and yearly analysis of enquiries by product, staff member, time taken, category, etc, analysis of reference document usage, etc. Many of the reports will display a dynamic chart of the results that can be printed or saved as a picture for use in other documents (e.g. Word). If companies wish to create their own charts, there is a utility that exports selected data in standard format to Excel ( Read more… ). Can MedInfoSys® integrate with our corporate IT infrastructure? Yes. MedInfoSys® uses standard database and open source web technology software, which is closely aligned with most corporate IT standards and policies. When installed on customer servers, IT staff should not require any additional skills transfer or training to support MedInfoSys®. Read more below about the technical aspects of the system. How has the system been developed? To what standards? Using which methodology? MedInfoSys® has evolved over 25 years of learning about customer requirements and how to best meet them. It is now a highly mature and stable core application. In general, NIP aims to balance quality concerns – following a full CSV lifecycle as part of its quality system – with the need to innovate and be responsive to customers' needs. What technology is MedInfoSys® written in? MedInfoSys® is written in Python, an open source advanced object-oriented language. See http://www.python.org. Python is a clear and powerful object-oriented programming language, comparable to Perl, Tcl, Scheme, or Java, used by many web-based solution providers, including Google. What is the basic architecture of the system? MedInfoSys® consists of a three-tier web-based architecture: a thin client (web browser) communicating with a web application server, which accesses a database server. The data held within the MedInfoSys® application server – enquiries, reference documents, Q&As, reps lists, product lists, etc – are stored or referenced within the Oracle database, and are accessed via a web browser and via Microsoft Word. For full functionality, MedInfoSys® is integrated into the corporate e-mail/fax network (via SMTP/IMAP). What software and hardware requirements are there for using MedInfoSys®? MedInfoSys® is optimised for responsiveness, flexibility and ease of maintenance at both the server and client level. On the client side, MedInfoSys® requires only standard software (Windows 7+, etc, Internet Explorer 9+ and Microsoft Word 2007+). Because no additional or proprietary software is required on client PCs, it is very quick and easy to provide access to individual users, mobile workers, and departments across international boundaries. Web application servers supported: Apache 2. How much training is needed to use MedInfoSys®? Increasing departmental effectiveness from launch date. Giving added profile and credibility to launch of an important system. Reducing silly and systematic operational mistakes. A course would typically be a day long, but it depends upon the access levels and responsibilities of the users concerned. Medical Information and customer service staff would need a day. Managers and administrators could be a ½ day as they will not be expected to perform all tasks. A typical way of managing training is to adopt the "train the trainer" approach.

Is "vintage" the same as old and worn out? If so, I have tons of "vintage" married to a sewing machine bottom. and he's developed the perfect patina. "hasn't had a bath in a while". Hope this Picnik "gritty effect" is hiding the fact that my deck is in need of a paint job in the worst way. But hey, it just wasn't happening this year. So an indoor/outdoor rug from O.Com has helped to hide the neglect. and some of my many watering cans. that constantly need to be watered. "Why do you set yourself up for so much work?" flowers just instantly lift my mood. I have two vintage flower pots full of mint, I'm obsessed with it. It's my favorite to flavor everything from orange juice to club soda. Yummy... and don't forget the lime. Below is a sweet topiary from Mother's Day last year. I wintered it, but it wasn't very happy inside. having a near death experience. It needs to be "whipped into shape"! for The Summer Deck and Porch Block Party. for the rest of the links today. for all the Block Party Summer Themed Parties this week. Looks spectacular! I love all the chippiness and bits of rust! Love your deck! I wish I had as much talent as you to decorate everything, you have a great eye for vintage, lovely deck! Such a pretty flowers and items for you to enjoy out there. It is extra work to water the plants almost daily, but I am like you and want to look out at pretty. Debra, everything looks beautiful. I have 2 concrete urns like you have setting by your iron sewing table, but yours is much prettier considering that you have beautiful flowers in yours. I gave up on trying to have any plants... I just don't seem to have the time to take care of them right now, my son bought me some plants for mothers day, well needless to say their already gone! I did water them for several weeks and then forgot about them.... so for know it's best I don't have any! I'll just enjoy looking at yours!!! TOO much beauty! Deck is just chippy:) and chippy is REALLY "IN" right now! Thanks for showing your stuff to me! Love it all! Have a blessed day dear Debra, HUGS! I really love your outdoor decor. The sewing machine base is perfect to hold all your pretty vintage pieces. I like all your old/vintage stuff....the gates are wonderful. And I agree...color in pots is the best! What an inviting deck! I love everything and don't you dare give that lamb a bath...he's perfect!! I have putting use pots more and more each year, myself, Debra! I find it easier to deal with them than getting down on the ground and dealing with the beds now. I'd rather take the time to water the pots everyday. Like you, I like to look out my kitchen window and see my pretty pots! Plus, you can try out something new or different in a pot and it doesn't become an epic fail if it doesn't take off. Oh, so beautiful pictures. Just love the photo with the table. Your vintage porch and yard is so appealing! I love your deck - it is so you. My husband is the same way - but I have to see my flowers and the beauty of our property. Just must! I just love it Debra, in need of paint or not- it looks wonderful, with all your vintage and worn /old lovely things. The table is a dream- with the birdscage ,little house, and your wine. And all the flowers so beautiful--love mint,too, and am just having a cup of pure minttea while writing you, dear Debra. I adore all your warn and chippy white things on the porch. I think your well patina'd lamb is my favorite. It is all just beautiful and so "you". What a pretty space! I love that table. Yes, flowers make everything better. I love to water my stuff in the backyard. Not so much in the front yard. I don't like my neighbors seeing me out there in not my best...but it has to be done. I often do after everyone has gone to bed. I love to garden at night! I'm LOVING the garden gates and fencing!! You've def. given yourself a really pretty area to peek out to every day! How lovely everything is on your deck. The vignette under you kitchen window is delightful. I also love the white wicker chair that has a lyre back with the pic-a-nick basket on it. I should have used that painters technique on my courtyard photos! I guess I will go ahead and thank you early for coming to THT since I'm here! So pretty. I just love that lamb and all the rusty and chippy details. I find myself watering in the morning before work in my pjs to make sure I come home to beautiful flowers. We are off to the beach. Enjoy the party! Everything looks so pretty, Debra. As always, you have an eye for detail and beauty! Your flowers are beautiful and I have to give mint a go! Debra, Your deck is so cute and so many interesting things to look at. Love your little lamb and his "patina". Don't worry about your deck needing painting. NO one even noticed. Painting the deck didn't happen last year for me so I HAD to do it this year. Thank goodness we got it done before summer. Beautiful! I love all of your vintage accessories, especially the birdcage and birdhouse. Great job! may i sit a spell?? wow...lovely! Your deck is wonderful, Debra! I love all the vintage details you have added and I especially love the cute little lamb. Your deck is beautiful! I love your vintage style! What beauties! I love your deck decor, esp. the birdhouse and the birdcage. Gorgeous! Hi Debra! What a charming and inviting deck! It is so YOU! When I saw your thumbnail in the lineup at Faded Charm, I said to myself "that has got to be Debra!" Sure enough! I have a singer sewing table base sitting out in the garden awaiting the right top...and I thank you for the metal grate inspiration! It looks wonderful! I hope you are doing well! Wow, Debra...just....wow.....your deck really should be in a magazine! I loved seeing your wonderful deck. It was just so much fun seeing how you used your treasures. Just Lovely Debra! So Elegant and Fresh!Love it! Hope you are Doing Well! The People of the Midwest have been in my thoughts and Prayers. Your Weather has Been ...Wow is all I can Say. PS; I LOVE my Necklace! I wear it all of the Time and have received SO Many Compliments! Thank You again so Much for It! Love, love, love it Debra! It looks like it should be in the French countryside. :-) I'm thankful for Picnik too as I was editing my photos! LOL! "one" of your white metal garden gates? No fair! I've been looking for one forever. I need to come up and shop your hood. LOVE your metal garden gate!! Debra, love your vignettes ! Our deck needs some tlc too and I am with you on the flowers ... I love to look out and see them. When we first got this old house I removed a window and put in French doors so I could get some light in and see out. OK...we HAVE to do it...we are now singing "Glory, Glory Hallelujah!" repeated several times...gracious Debra...you never cease to blow us away...and by the way, we completely understand that plant thing....we always make sure, that anything we can see out of our kitchen windows looks "happy!" Thank you Debra for your sweet comment. You think I could just come over and hang out on your deck till all this blows over. Maybe I could just hide under one of your pretty planters and make it go away! I appreciate you so much. Wow! What a lot of cool things you have on your deck. The treasures don't come as readily to me but it is always so exciting to find one to bring home. Loved yours. I'd love to come visit you Debra and enjoy a little R&R on your deck! Blogger will not allow me to upload photos today...hope it is all fixed before your party on Friday! So so pretty. Too many flowers. . Never! Yours are lovely. I love your vintage look. What time is tea served? if "vintage" does mean "old and worn out" then consider me *V*I*N*T*A*G*E* I just did a post about moss--I love the lamb! I love your old worn out or vintage things! Love the singer sewing machine. Thanks for sharing. Your white rusty garden fencing is inspiring me. I have bits and pieces of left over kennel fencing that might look a lot better with a coat of spray paint and some random vines. Love how you married the sewing machine bottom and gave it new life. Debra, Your post pretty much knocked my socks off. So much to see and take in all at once...my heart was leaping!! You are so blessed to be surrounded by such beauty. I wanted to tell you I just recently read your health posts and I too will be praying for you. I know you're faith is strong, as is mine and we know that the Lord holds every detail of our lives (large or small) in His very capable hands. How comforting to know that NOTHING is out of His control or beyond His grasp. You are forever safe with Him sweet lady. May He continue to be glorifed through your life and testimony. Love your outdoor space and your wit is killer. I laughed myself silly. I too have a TON of "vintage" items! LOL But I love yours. So beautiful!! I love your lil lion fountain! That little church birdhouse with the zinc roof is so sweet!! Love your deck! I just had to stop by again to thank you for linking up your beautiful deck this week. Beautiful! Love all the white especially the white sewing machine bottom! Oh everything looks just lovely!! I love how you've taken "uncommon" things and grouped and arranged them into these vignettes! That little lamb is just too adorable! What a wonderful spot with all your beautiful decorations. Love that little lamb. Thanks for linking up to Share the Love Wednesday!

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The Museums Association Conference & Exhibition is the largest event of its kind in Europe for museums and heritage professionals. Over 1,500 senior staff discuss the latest issues, discover new practice and meet the world's leading suppliers and consultants. The conference themes are health and wellbeing, museums of the future, and the emotional museum. Keynote speakers include Ricardo Brodsky, director of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile, Lucy Worsley, writer, broadcaster and chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, and Dan Jarvis MP, shadow culture minister. There are a host of other sessions, practical workshops and training - all developed to facilitate fresh thinking. The networking events are at the International Slavery Museum and the Museum of Liverpool.

Politics WND News CenterWND Trump commutes sentence of former GOP congressman Steve Stockman Supporters charged he was victim of politically motivated prosecution By Bob Unruh Published December 24, 2020 at 7:14pm Former Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas President Trump on Wednesday commuted the 10-year prison sentence of former Republican Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas. Stockman was convicted in 2018 of misusing funds donated to charities for which he worked. His supporters argue it took prosecutors four attempts at presenting the case to a grand jury before he was indicted. Former Reps. Bob McEwen of Ohio and Bob Barr of Georgia were among the many public figures who called for Stockman's release. Craig Shirley, a Reagan biographer and presidential historian, contended the charges against Stockman were "cooked up by Barack Obama's minions as a form of retribution." Shirley noted Stockman challenged IRS official Lois Lerner for targeting church and tea party groups under President Obama. "As a congressman, Steve was a relentless voice against Obama's tactics against conservatives through cronies like Lerner at the IRS," he said. "When he continued to raise his voice against what was obviously an Obama hit job on conservative nonprofits, Rep. Stockman found himself in the crosshairs of another hit job." Columnist Rachel Alexander contended the charges against Stockman were "made up," noting an Obama judge sentenced him. Then, while "every other diabetic over age 60 in his prison was released to home confinement due to COVID-19, he was not due to political bias, and he ended up contracting the virus." Should former GOP congressman Steve Stockman be released from prison? Completing this poll entitles you to WND news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Dozens of conservative leaders asked for Stockman to be given home detention. L. Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center, James Dobson of the James Dobson Family Institute, former Energy and Interior Secretary Donald Hodel and Frank Pavone of Priests for Life were among the leaders, according to Richard Viguerie's Conservative HQ. "With diabetes and a lung condition, Stockman is among the non-violent, non-sex crime prisoners whose health conditions and the conditions within our federal prison system make them 'sitting ducks' for a fatal COVID-19 virus infection. Steve Stockman poses no danger to society, but remaining in prison may be a death sentence for him," the petition said. "Prisoners with pre-existing bad health conditions are particularly vulnerable to being infected in over-crowded cells, dorms, and feeding facilities," it stated. "These prisoners were sentenced for crimes, but the present circumstances literally make them at risk for a death sentence, a punishment that does not fit their crimes. These prisoners lack advocates on their behalf, and are even treated with contempt by some within the prison and criminal justice system." It said Stockman was serving "under what many have reason to believe was a political prosecution – using three failed grand juries before a fourth indicted him – for criticizing the Obama administration, the lawlessness at the IRS under Lois Lerner, and corruption in the Ukraine." "A successful man of intense Christian faith, Steve poses no danger to society, but remaining in prison may be a death sentence for him. Due to the unusual and extreme length of the judge's sentence, Steve is not eligible for release under the First Step Act," the petition said. Alexander said the case against Stockman should alarm all nonprofits. "If you raise money for a nonprofit, but don't finish all of the projects you were raising it for, you could go to prison for 10 years. This is no exaggeration. This is what happened to former Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas." The central issue was that Stockman raised money from donors for a charity, from which he was paid a salary. Not all of the planned projects eventually were accomplished, but the donors raised no concerns or objections. The prosecutors then focused on what Stockman did with his salary, claiming it was an inappropriate use of donor money. A key witnesses for the prosecution, Ben Wetmore, later insisted Stockman is innocent. Bob Unruh Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is also a photographer whose scenic work has been used commercially. Social worker sues to be allowed to help special-needs kids Prison chaplain banned for 10 years for exposing Islamic extremism Hundreds of Christians flee after Muslims threaten to torch neighborhood

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Tallahassee Civic Chorale presents - Snow Angels & Snowflakes Turner Auditorium Thank you for your support of the Civic Chorale's 2016-17 concert season. We look forward to seeing you in April for our second concert "Global Voices" The Tallahassee Civic Chorale presents Snow Angels & Snowflakes, a concert of choral music on the themes of winter, renewal, and rebirth. The featured work is the Florida premiere of Canadian composer Sarah Quartel's "Snow Angel," a five-movement work for mixed chorus, piano, strings, solo cello, and djembe. The concert takes place on Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 7:30pm in Fred Turner Auditorium on the campus of Tallahassee Community College located at 444 Appleyard Drive. The evening's program features choral works by John Rutter, Sir David Willcocks, and Stephen Paulus. Tickets are $9 for adults, $7 for seniors (62+) and students, and Free for TCC students, staff, and faculty. Seating in Turner Auditorium is non-reserved. Turner Auditorium (View) 444 Appleyard Dr. Music > Choral

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Facebook is the worst brand of the year The year 2020 straddles the massive gap between the company Facebook projects itself to be and the one defined by its IRL actions. [Photo: Flickr user Anthony Quintano; Brett Jordan/Unsplash] By Jeff Beer 6 minute Read Early on, Facebook made one of the best ads of the pandemic. An emotive piano score plays over images of empty streets, classrooms, buses, and store shelves. People in masks, people in hospital beds, people in tears. All set to poet Kae Tempest reading their beautiful—and remarkably prescient—2019 work, "People's Faces." But the bleak images quickly gave way to those of people in touch online—laughing, smiling, talking, posting what they're doing, how they're feeling, all on Facebook. The tagline: "We're never lost if we can find each other," and then a link to the company's COVID-19 support page appears for those who need help or can offer it. Created by ad agency Droga5, along with Facebook's own marketing team, it hit all the right notes. The only problem here is that the Facebook in this ad also happens to exist in the same universe as another Facebook. The one that has been a health misinformation superspreader during the same pandemic where it sought to present itself as a lifeline for connection. The one that explicitly allowed politicians to lie on its platform leading up to a Presidential election. The same Facebook, which has more users than the Catholic Church, whose CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he didn't want to be an arbiter of truth. That Grand Canyon-size gap between the company Facebook projects itself to be—and the company defined by its actual, real-world actions—is why Facebook is the worst brand of 2020. You can't talk about Facebook's 2020 without looking at how it ended 2019, which was in a full-on PR crisis—thanks, but not limited to, CEO Mark Zuckerberg's performances in front of the House financial services committee. He managed to embody all the worst impressions of a hubristic company, out of touch with its role in the world, and refusing to see the mirror being held up to its face, embodied perfectly in this now classic "Lying is bad" moment with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 'Lying is bad' — @AOC left Mark Zuckerberg completely flustered when she pressed him on false claims in Facebook political ads pic.twitter.com/RTpeR3hTpq — NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 24, 2019 By January, the company was already Zuck-deep in a brand image crisis. Casey Newton wrote on The Verge that if Facebook was to turn public opinion around, it would have to make the case that its tools have a net-positive effect on the world, and address the viewpoint of some current and former employees that the product is "better compared to sugar or nicotine than to a Millsian marketplace of ideas." So, 11 months later, how did the company do? Not long after George Floyd was killed by police in May, the social network was struggling to stem the spread of the viral conspiracy documentary Plandemic. The broader cultural conversation around systemic racism was in full swing, and in June three Democratic senators called out the company's "lack of action to prevent white supremacist groups from using the platform as a recruitment and organizational tool" despite Facebook's stated policies on hate speech. In a letter to Facebook, Virginia Senators Mark Warner, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez, and Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono wrote, "While Facebook has attempted to publicly align itself with this movement, its failure to address the hate spreading on its platform reveals significant gaps between Facebook's professed commitment to racial justice and the company's actions and business interests." This coincided with an advertising boycott called Stop Hate for Profit, launched by civil rights groups such as the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League, as well as Color of Change, Free Press, Common Sense, and Sleeping Giants, to force Facebook to stem the sheer amount of hate speech and divisive content on the platform and halt its long-standing tolerance of problematic posts by President Trump and his campaign. Brands like Unilever, Adidas, Ford, Lego, The North Face, REI, and Patagonia joined in to pause spending on Facebook for at least the month of July. As a PR exercise, it was a success, but it didn't dent the company's bottom line and most brands have since returned. Still, Zuckerberg didn't help his reputation when he said as much and was also called out by Stop Hate For Profit's leaders after meeting with them, for being "not yet ready to address the vitriolic hate on their platform" and offering "the same old defense of white supremacist, antisemitic, Islamophobic, and other hateful groups on Facebook that the Stop Hate For Profit Coalitions, advertisers, and society at large have heard too many times before." In August, the advocacy group Avaaz reported that misleading health content had garnered an estimated 3.8 billion views on Facebook over the past year. The report said that content from 10 "superspreader" sites sharing health misinformation had almost four times as many Facebook views in April as equivalent content from the sites of 10 leading health institutions, such as the World Health Organization and the CDC. Then in September, a former Facebook data scientist's 6,600-word memo—published by BuzzFeed—outlined the avalanche of fake accounts around the world that she had tried to shut down. Meanwhile, the brand launched another tear-jerker ad—shot by an Oscar-nominated cinematographer, and featuring a soft emo cover of "I Will Survive" by Lykke Li—celebrating a beloved New York neighborhood restaurant called Coogan's that was forced to shut down during the pandemic. You can't facilitate the spread of pandemic-related misinformation and then pat yourself on the back for helping at least one small business navigate that very pandemic. Well, you can, but it's absurdly disingenuous. Even Facebook has worked to distance its brand from . . . Facebook. Sort of. The company's pandemic spot wasn't about the company, but really bent over backwards to illustrate how Facebook products are mere conduits through which people come together. The brand's first-ever Super Bowl ad, which ran in February, tried a similar tack. That one consciously put the spotlight on you—the Facebook user—to get your attention as far away as possible from things like not fact-checking political ads or mishandling Instagram passwords. You know you have a brand problem when your Super Bowl ad agency—one of the world's very best—publicly questions the morality of simply having you as a client, as Wieden+Kennedy's Colleen DeCourcy did in Time back in October. When asked, "If you were a betting person, do you think Facebook will be a client next year?" DeCourcy said, "I wouldn't put too many of my dollars on that space." Now in the last few weeks, as the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general for 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam are taking Facebook to court for violating antitrust law, the company launched a PR attack against Apple (a brand whose reputation is far more sterling than Facebook's, despite some notable missteps in 2020), over user privacy and advertising. Facebook launched a website and took out full-page ads in major newspapers to declare it was standing up to Apple on behalf of small businesses. But it's a dispute that carries with it the whiff of desperation, a high-profile attempt to turn the tide of public opinion at a time when it's almost impossible to hear over the bad PR waves already crashing against it. The divide between the company Facebook is and the one it wants you to see has been growing for years, and now the looming, years-long battle over antitrust will only magnify these issues and put them under even more scrutiny. Facebook should brace for that sooner rather than later, as it has lifted its ban on political advertising for the Georgia senate runoff race, setting up another potential mess. In 2020, Facebook became a rather slick marketer, telling a story of a company standing up for small businesses and small groups at a moment when bigness has become ascendant. But no matter what narrative its advertising tells us, Facebook lost the plot a while ago—and appears nowhere near finding itself. Jeff Beer is a staff editor at Fast Company, covering advertising, marketing, and brand creativity. He lives in Toronto. These are the 3 skills you need to succeed in 2021

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The main casualty of this was my voice (and a little bit of my sanity). I'm mainly thankful that I'm not still stuck on the Cross Bronx Expressway or the GW Bridge writing this blog post. It's a 10 full hours of driving from Exit 33 on the Long Island Expressway, where I grew up and my parents still live, to Exit 118 on I-81 South in Virginia, where I moved in 2007 so that I could take a job teaching poetry in the MFA program at Virginia Tech. The car, this trip, was loaded down with flagels (I import them over state lines--the flagel is the flat one on the bottom in the picture), approximately two tons of thanksgiving leftovers, and Hankukkah presents for my three year-old son from every relative we have. Hanukkah starts super-early this year (thanks lunar Jewish calendar!)--on Wednesday--which means I'm less-than-prepared for eight nights of gift giving, and a grueling three-hour knuckle-grating latke-making marathon. I figured I'd take this opportunity to spend some time this week ruminating on poetry and religion (in addition to any tangents on the major beige Jewish food groups). and the three Iraq war vets I saw in hunting gear at the Sunoco off of Exit 7, on I-78 in New Jersey. I've been trying to teach my son basic Hebrew prayers for Shabbat--over the candles, wine, and challah. This past Friday the two of us made it through half the challah blessing together before he got too embarrassed about the twelve other family members who were watching us. I'd say a Hebrew word, and wait for him to repeat it. Baruch atah adonai, eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamotzi lechem min hararetz. (Blessed are you, Lord our God, ruler of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.) Judaism has a fixed liturgy--standardized blessings for every ritual and experience. Because I pray and bless in Hebrew, because I choose not to translate what I'm saying in my head while I'm saying it, the blessing becomes a rote and mimetic part of the ritual--a liturgical chant, a comfort mantra, a familiar song. Question of the night: What's the difference between poetry and prayer? Does it have something to do with power, aspiration, intention? When can poetry become liturgy, incantation, spell? Discuss. Exercise of the night: How might you write a blessing in a new language?

Questions About Election Commission Memo Regarding Ballot Harvesting Posted by James Wigderson | Jun 22, 2020 A week after a the Wisconsin Election Commission deadlocked on specifically prohibiting "ballot harvesting," third party requests and gathering of absentee ballots, new questions are being asked about a memo that seemingly allows the practice in defiance of state law. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), in a letter to the Election Commission, is challenging an interpretation of absentee ballot law by the state agency's administrator, Meagan Wolfe. "Ballots can be returned to the clerk's office, an in-person absentee (or early voting) site or the voter's polling on election day," Wolfe wrote to Wisconsin's municipal clerks on March 31. "A family member or another person may also return the ballot on behalf of the voter." It was the second sentence, specifically "or another person," that attracted the attention of WILL. The letter, written by WILL senior counsel Brian McGrath and Deputy Counsel Lucas Vebber, questioned the absentee ballot policy exception in Wolfe's memo. "This statement is in conflict with the law," said the letter from WILL. "In particular, Wis. Stat. § 6.87(4)(b)1 provides that electors must place their ballot in an envelope and follow certain procedures, and that '…The envelope shall be mailed by the elector, or delivered in person, to the municipal clerk issuing the ballot or ballots.'" The WILL letter says another statute reinforces prohibition against a third party handling an absentee ballot. "This is especially true given Wis. Stat. § 12.13 which provides that no person may 'receive a ballot from or give a ballot to a person other than the election official in charge' and that no person may 'receive a completed ballot from a voter unless qualified to do so,'" the WILL letter states. This is the second attempt by WILL to get the Wisconsin Election Commission to tackle the ballot harvesting issue. On June 9, WILL filed a petition with the Election Commission to have the agency issue a formal opinion banning the practice. As Rick Esenberg, President of WILL, explained in an interview with WISN-AM's Jay Weber why ballot harvesting can lead to vote fraud. "The problem with this should be obvious," Esenberg told Weber. "The people that are likely to do this are partisans. And this creates the possibility that if someone is a Democratic operative or a Republican operative they may place pressure on a voter, they may alter the ballot, they may refuse to return the ballots of individuals who they feel may have voted for the wrong candidate." Esenberg said support for banning the practice should be bipartisan, since the most infamous recent case involved Republicans in North Carolina. "In North Carolina, where ballot harvesting is formally illegal, there were Republican operatives who did it anyway," Esenberg said. "And this caused the election to be invalidated and there were allegations that these ballot harvesters had altered the ballots they had. They voted for candidates and in races where voters had not cast a ballot. They had not returned ballots for people if they thought that the ballots had been cast for the wrong candidate." However, Democrats on the Election Commission last week blocked attempts to issue a formal position against ballot harvesting because, they claimed, it is already illegal in Wisconsin. "We know that ballot harvesting is illegal. We know that it doesn't exist. We know that fraud is virtually a non-existent problem. We had the last election with 43 instances," Democratic Commissioner Mark Thomsen said, according to a report from the Center Square news service. "Voter fraud in Wisconsin is a non-issue." That position seems at odds with Wolfe's memo stating "another person" may collect the absentee ballots and return them to the municipal clerk or voting location. The letter from WILL raises another question about the memo from Wolfe, whether it violated state law regarding government agency rule-making authority. "As a rule, this policy should have been promulgated under the provisions for rule-making under Chapter 227, which, among other things would have provided the public an opportunity to weigh in. But the rule-making process was not followed," the WILL letter states. "Since WEC's interpretation/policy is a rule, and that rule was not promulgated in accordance with the requirements of Wis. Stat. Ch. 227, it is invalid." 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It's not a huge leap to imagine that a young Steve Bagshaw, after playing with his Christmas present chemistry set in between Morecambe and Wise sketches on the telly, might well have thought he would one day like to work full time with his new test tubes and microscopes. With a Derby mum working first as a chemist and then as a teacher he had been inspired to look deeper into the subject and pursued a career at ICI in Huddersfield when he was 21. "I loved working with people who were actually making things, and took that to the next stage when I went on to create teams and environments where people could do what they were good at - often much better at it than I was. I took that through a role in Manchester and then in the States for three years," he said. The quality of his leadership was one of the key factors that won him the North East Business executive of the Year title against colleagues from some of the country's best-performing companies. He says he was humbled by the whole experience, but there is a burning pride there as well that his sector and the importance of it to Teesside was floodlit by his peers. Essentially, that pride courses through his company. It must be a remarkable part of their job for Steve's staff that when they finally go home each night and their kids ask mummy or daddy 'what did you do at work today' they can tell them they helped someone to keep on living. That is the epitome of the incentive, passion and sense of purpose that drives this region and is persuading people to turn those floodlights over here. Steve says of the region: "We need to work hard here, but at least now the Government is acknowledging that they can't invest everything in the Golden Triangle. From that point of view it was important that Teesside and the Tees Valley did what it did about devolution and the focus that Ben Houchen is giving to the region is important. He goes on to explain how Fujifilm is setting the sort of example he wants to see as part of such a long-term plan. ""We recruited 100 people last year and have just finished about £15m worth of investment in manufacturing plants and laboratories as well as another £7m going into more laboratories - all in addition to the £5m-£6m we spend each year on infrastructure," he says. "We are here, we are strong and we are investing tens of millions, so over the next three years we will be encouraging Government to help us in persuading others to come to the region and create some sort of biotech cluster - we call it Bio-Billingham. In 25 years we want people to say 'yes I know Billingham, that's where the biotech is'. "That would be such a different world for us to create, but it is that sort of long-term vision that we need to have, supported by Government. "Billingham has a particular strength in the UK's technical capabilities, which goes back to Biopol (bio-degradable plastic) and the big fermentors we had here in the late Seventies when we developed a bo-technology expertise that is now Quorn. "In the Nineties we chose to go into healthcare instead of food and established ourselves as one of the leading process development facilities, so that if you wanted to make a drug for either the clinic or to commercialise, then you needed someone with a track record of expertise, so when our owners bought us in 2011, they were buying more than 20 years of history. Planning ahead means that the skills gap takes on a slight different shape for Fujifilm, with a need for deeply experienced staff in such a specialised environment, something Steve can influence in his role as chair or the Government-sponsored Industrial Biotechnology Leadership Forum. Once again he is building a team here to weather any conditions and to keep on innovating when at times it seems there is nothing left to invent. He likes to relate an apocryphal teamwork story about a cleaner at Nasa HQ who was asked what their job was and replied 'I'm putting a man on the moon'. That idea that everyone plays a part in the end result pervades the offices and labs at Belasis Avenue, where Steve's staff must be among the most inspired people on Teesside - not only working for one of the region's best leaders but actually helping save lives for a living. Now if Steve could bottle that feeling, there would be a guaranteed market out there.

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Interview with Carolyn Kephart Today's author in my interview series is Carolyn Kephart. Welcome Carolyn! The Ryel Saga underwent several major revisions over many years, and its present form has little or nothing in common with the original version. I had enough youthful hubris to send the first version directly to Del Rey Books, back when it still had a slush pile. Not only did it get read, I received a two-page rejection letter of critique and encouragement from Lester Del Rey himself, that I cherish now. Later on I revised the manuscript in what time I had to spare from pursuing university degrees, teaching college freshmen, and writing academic papers. My life experiences--especially travel and reading--all deepened the narrative. It's a far, far better book now than when it started, and I just wish Mr. Del Rey could have read it in its present version. Did you query agents and traditional publishers? How long before you got your offer of representation/your first contract? I went the typical route for authors back in the days before the Internet, and Writer's Market in hardback was my main resource. Unluckily, my book (then titled Wysard) was simply too big, weighing in at 1000 pages, and didn't fit with the Tolkien-influenced fantasy then being published. After a few years of querying and several almost-offers, I went with a small publisher. The rights reverted to me last year, and I lost no time in becoming a Kindle indie author with my own press, Samarkand. What factors influenced your decision to go with a particular agent or publisher? Like many writers, I just wanted to hit print, and I felt perhaps a greater sense of urgency than some because I was going through significant health problems. What made me happiest with my decision was the careful treatment my manuscript received--my editor was merciless about slimming it down, and I lopped a couple of unnecessary subplots because of her excellent advice. I was very disappointed, however, that I had to cut out even more material because of page constraints, and even more because the publisher split the book into two parts and issued them as trade paperbacks rather than a mass-market single volume. One can conjecture endlessly as to what might have happened had the latter format been possible, since the reviews for the duology were uniformly glowing. Are you currently under a traditional publishing contract for future books or do you have manuscripts that you will publish directly for Kindle? I've published all my short fiction for Kindle, and plan to do so with future books. Being able to make The Ryel Saga available for Kindle fulfilled a long-held dream for me: the chance to join the paperback duology into a single digital book, restoring the many passages that had fallen to the cutting-room floor. Thanks to this opportunity, I'm hopeful that the story will finally get the reader attention so many of the duology's reviewers said it deserves. The cover for The Ryel Saga was done by a professional for a paperback second edition that never went to print. When the rights reverted to me last year, I recycled the artwork, adding in my own title information. I'd love to give the name of the artist, but I lost his email long ago due to computer problems and can only recall his first name, Joseph. As with most authors, I wasn't able to dictate or even influence what went onto the cover. I was, however, pleased with the artwork's quality. I'd have put Ryel into Steppes gear instead of that hooded cloak, and would have made Jinn (his horse) tan rather than white, but the design has a strong archetypal feel that attracts readers not only of epic fantasy, but of myth and legend as well. How did you feel when you got your first sale? Shocked. Everything good that happens to me shocks me first, and it's not a pleasant feeling for the first second. After that, the glow wells up in my solar plexus and moves outward, and I'm in a state of rapture for awhile. There have been many sales since then, but they all feel the exact same way; it never gets old, and I'm sure it never will because I know someone new is reading me. I have accounts on both Twitter and Facebook, and I regularly update my website and blog. Forums include KindleBoards, Goodreads, and Amazon discussion boards. Now that more and more reviewers are considering e-books and indie authors, I'm always discovering new places to pitch my work. So far, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble eBooks, iBooks, and Diesel. The majority of my sales come from Amazon. Lots more books and short stories! I have several novel manuscripts on the verge of completion, and dozens of yarns in my head waiting to get out. I haven't been this excited about writing for a long time, and I owe it all to the Kindle, which gave The Ryel Saga its new lease on life. I'd like to note that The Ryel Saga is digitally available in several versions. They are: The Ryel Saga: A Tale Of Love And Magic. This is the one-volume expanded version of the original duology Wysard and Lord Brother. It alters the plot slightly, and adds in many previously-excised passages. It's a big read at 974 KB, 700 pages if it were paper. I wish readers would select this version, so I'm advertising it most. However, I'm keeping the original duology available because of the many reviews they've received. Those books are: Wysard: The e-book version of the paperback first part of the Ryel Saga. 279 KB or 220 pages. Lord Brother: The e-book version of the paperback second part of the Ryel Saga. 381 KB or 275 pages. Since it was easy to create digitally, I recently made a one-volume edition of the original duology: Wysard and Lord Brother Complete In One Volume. This edition joins the original texts of the paperback versions, with nothing added or taken away. It's much shorter than The Ryel Saga, at 654 KB or around 400 pages. Labels: authors, indie, interview, Kindle Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick November 12, 2010 at 11:59 AM Exellent interview. Great insight into working a book down to size for publication. JC Phelps November 12, 2010 at 6:28 PM Love the interview! I'm a Kindle Author Sponsor New Release-Scourge: A Grim Doyle Adventure by Dav... Shoppers are spending! Off to Craft Shows this Weekend! QUEST FOR NOBILITY Compared to Harry Potter Review of Flank Hawk by Terry Ervin II Panel Discussion - How do you work through writer'... New Release: Cameo & The Highwayman by Dawn McCull... 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The history of Bodie reads like a parody of Wild West clichés. The discovery of gold transformed this one-horse mining camp into a boomtown of banks and brothels, saloons and schools. When the gold supplies dwindled in the early twentieth century, so did the population, and today Bodie is preserved in a state of arrested decay. Rough Guides writer Greg Dickinson travelled to Mono County, California, to prospect these haunted streets. The time portal to Bodie is located about three miles west of the town. Only, unlike the DeLorean time machine in Back to the Future, you need to reduce your car's speed to cross this wormhole. There's no looking back now, as a cloud of whipped-up dust in the rear window distorts any memories of the modern world. The tarmac road reaches a sign that reads "Bodie Historic Park" and a crunch falls beneath your tyres as you land on the sun-bleached dirt track. There's no looking back now, literally, as a cloud of whipped-up dust in the rear window distorts any memories of the modern world. Slowly and jerkily I approached Bodie, air conditioning blasting the hell out of my face. You can't help but feel a bit intrepid on this track near the border of California and Nevada, but I knew mine was just one in a long list of vehicles that had pounded the road over the last 160 years. The first horse and carts arrived in 1859, when prospector William S Bodey discovered gold and established a mill here. Over the next couple of decades the dozen-strong population swelled to ten thousand – families, thieves, miners, journalists. All moved to this remote town in the foothills of Eastern Sierra in hope of a more prosperous life. These days, it's tourists who make the journey – about 200,000 per year – in cars during summer and snowmobiles during the treacherous winter (Bodie is over 2500m above sea level). And there are some unwelcomed guests, too. During the day there was something intoxicatingly unsettling about the place, I couldn't imagine what it must be like in the dead of the night. I empathized with her. California State Parks probably does have better things to spend its time and money on than foiling ghost hunters. Although a small, devious part of me – a part I would never reveal to this ranger – could relate to the impulse to break into Bodie after dark. During the day there was something intoxicatingly unsettling about the place, even with the tourists milling about. I couldn't imagine what it must be like in the dead of the night. As we walked I recognised the buildings that flanked Main Street from the infinite Instagram photos I'd scrolled through before arriving in Bodie, all padlocked doors and faded wooden beams propping up improbably angled roofs. But what the photos can't capture is the arthritic creaks that the buildings make in the lightest breeze, barely strong enough to propel a hay bale. "Don't be tempted to take anything home with you", the ranger said, seeing me pick up some piece of twisted metal off the ground. If you remove anything from the town, the legend goes, you'll be haunted by the "Bodie Curse". In the museum I read accounts of visitors who had taken items – nails, bottles, books – and written in to say they had been plagued by bad luck. Yeah, right. This was a fantasy one step too far for me. The ranger led us around some of the town's best-preserved spots with the tallest of accompanying tales. The old school which was burnt to the ground by a pupil, whose family was subsequently banished from town. The tiny jail consisting of only two cells but nonetheless frequently occupied during the height of Bodie's lawlessness. The road where Chinatown used to be, with its Taoist Temple and sordid opium dens. But I was just as interested in everything that wasn't covered by the tour. This is no Disneyland, I thought, this is real. One particularly unassuming house caught my eye and I slipped off from the group. I half expected to peer through the window to see a perfectly presented scene, complete with waxwork models and a faded information board, maybe a broomstick propped up against the wall. But what I saw was a collapsed ceiling and rips of wallpaper defying gravity with the very last of its fibres. On the floor, ochre-drenched sheets of paper that were dropped and never picked up. This is no Disneyland, I thought, this is real. I peered into the carriages of the battered old cars lying about, inspected the random bits of metallic junk that have been left to rust in the greying bush. Were it not for the blistering heat I could have spent hours exploring this ghost town, and what remains is only five percent of what was once here. After a couple of hours I traipsed back to my car. Before putting the keys in the ignition, I paused. Quickly, I rummaged around my pockets to check I hadn't accidentally picked up an unwanted souvenir from the park. Fact and fiction blur in this ghost town, and I wasn't going to risk taking the Bodie Curse back home with me. Greg flew from London to Los Angeles with Wow Air; one-way flights start from £139. For more information on Bodie, go to www.bodie.com.

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NEW YORK » Stocks ended a lethargic session moderately lower yesterday as a lack of economic news returned investors' focus to interest rates and inflation ahead of comments from new Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke later this week. Trading was quiet while investors anticipated Bernanke's first testimony before Congress tomorrow, said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer for Harris Private Bank. Many thought January's interest rate hike would be the last for a while, but recent signs of economic growth have renewed debate over whether the Fed will go further to stifle inflation, he said. At the close of trading, the Dow Jones industrial average declined 26.73, or 0.24 percent, to 10,892.32. Energy prices slumped despite a heavy weekend snowstorm that blanketed the northeastern states, a major consumer of heating oil. A barrel of light crude lost 60 cents to settle at $61.24 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Investors will be closely monitoring Bernanke's testimony for his perspective on economic growth and inflation, which could exacerbate the response to wholesale price data -- seen as a precursor to consumer-level inflation -- when those numbers are released Friday, said Rick Pendergraft, equity trader for Schaeffer's Investment Research. Other data slated for this week include retail sales, manufacturing activity, housing orders and consumer confidence.

Huddersfield Town boss Jan Siewert: I don't expect to be sacked Head coach does not defend display in defeat to Lincoln City Mel Booth Updated 00:07, 14 AUG 2019 Town boss Jan Siewert on the touchline against Lincoln. Picture by John Rushworth Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from ExaminerLive - Huddersfield Town FC Jan Siewert did not make any excuses for Huddersfield Town's miserable Carabao Cup exit - but says he doesn't expect to be sacked. The German head coach watched his 10-change team lose 1-0 to League One Lincoln City - and deservedly so - before holding a near hour-long inquest with his players in the dressing rooms. While that was going on, chairman Phil Hodgkinson was seen on his own pacing up and down the pitch-side track while talking on his mobile phone. Chief executive Julian Winter also appeared in the tunnel and was in deep conversation with members of the communications team. It all led to rumours that Siewert had maybe taken charge of his last Town game with Fulham to come on Friday night, but the man who succeeded David Wagner in January emerged to face the press at around 10.50pm. "It was very difficult for all of us. All of us can't defend the performance," said Siewert, who fielded seven debutants but heard his team booed off by those in a crowd of 6,908 who remained to the end. "The performance was not good at all. I have spoken with the players in detail about that game, because I wanted to ask where this performance came from. Huddersfield Town vs Lincoln City player ratings: Ryan Schofield shines despite dreadful defeat "The result was bad and the performance was not good at all. "Even if you have situations where you are not with the ball you have to fight and earn it, but I didn't see that." Siewert said he couldn't play his senior side against Lincoln because of Friday night. But given the nature of the defeat, can he do the job? "Of course I can do the job, of course I can, but I have to ask about the expectation - people talk about bouncing back directly, but the reality is where we are," he said. "We face Fulham now and I have a different squad on the pitch. We all want to win, but we have to manage expectations. We have to take the steps towards a winning mentality and towards winning. It's difficult, but I will take the steps with the club. To lose here is difficult, because we didn't perform well at all." Huddersfield Town vs Lincoln action Has he thought about resigning or does he expect to be sacked? "Not at all. Not at all," he answered. "The whole time, I am in exchange with the board about what is happening. "A few days ago I spoke with the chairman about things, and we are on the same page. "The chairman has made it quite clear - we have to stabilise in the Championship. This is the big thing." Huddersfield Town FCHuddersfield Town player ratings vs Brentford: Richard Stearman outstandingMel Booth rates the Town performances against Brentford Andy BoothEmotional moment as Huddersfield Town fan with terminal cancer meets club legend Andy BoothCharles Crowther was given perfect tonic with surprise visit organised by daughter Clemy Huddersfield Town FCHuddersfield Town 0 Brentford 0: Karlan Grant misses glorious chance to win itRichard Stearman and Harry Toffolo impress among January signings

Samsung Begins Mass Production of First 512GB eUFS 3.0 for Next-Generation Mobile Devices on 27 February, 2019 at 11:21 Samsung today announced that it has begun mass producing the industry's first 512-gigabyte (GB) embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) 3.0 for next-generation mobile devices. In line with the latest eUFS 3.0 specification, the new Samsung memory delivers twice the speed of the previous eUFS storage (eUFS 2.1), allowing mobile memory to support seamless user experiences in future smartphones with ultra-large high-resolution screens. Samsung produced the industry-first UFS interface with eUFS 2.0 in January, 2015, which was 1.4 times faster than the mobile memory standard at that time, referred to as the embedded multi-media card (eMMC) 5.1. In just four years, the company's newest eUFS 3.0 matches the performance of today's ultra-slim notebooks. Samsung's 512GB eUFS 3.0 stacks eight of the Samsung's fifth-generation 512-gigabit (Gb) V-NAND die and integrates a high-performance controller. At 2,100 megabytes-per-second (MB/s), the new eUFS doubles the sequential read rate of Samsung's latest eUFS memory (eUFS 2.1) which was announced in January. The new solution's blazing read speed is four times faster than that of a SATA solid state drive (SSDs) and 20 times faster than a typical microSD card, allowing premium smartphones to transfer a Full HD movie to a PC in about three seconds. The sequential write speed has been improved by 50 percent to 410MB/s, which is equivalent to that of a SATA SSD. The new memory's random read and write speeds provide up to a 36-percent increase over the current eUFS 2.1 industry specification, at 63,000 and 68,000 Input/Output Operations Per Second (IOPS), respectively. With the significant gains in random read and writes that are more than 630 times faster than general microSD cards (100 IOPS), a number of complex applications can be simultaneously run, while achieving enhanced responsiveness, especially on the newest generation of mobile devices.Samsung plans to produce 1TB and 256GB models in the second half of the year, to further help global device manufacturers in better delivering tomorrow's mobile innovations. READ Cooler Master JAS mini- premium aluminum stand supports tablets or smartphones up to 8 inch controllerMicroSDnext- generationSamsungSmartphoneSSD LG U+ 86 Terabit Router can Process 2,400 DVDs (4.3 GB) in One Second Canon Announces Limited-Edition gold EOS RP at CP+2019

Top 10 TV Villains We Root For By Jack Gotta The recent passing of James Gandolfini made me think about how likeable his Tony Soprano character was and still is. Since the start of 'The Sopranos,' there have been several shows with many likeable (and sometimes loveable) villains who the audience cheers for. I have put together a top 10 list of TV bad guys that I know we all love. Antiheroes like T-Bag (Prison Break), the Trinity Killer (Dexter), and Nina Myers (24) don't equate because they were evil to their core, with no redeemable qualities. So there is no misunderstanding, characters that make this list must be: 1. True bad guys, 2. know they're bad guys, and yet 3. have some good qualities. Apologies to the Victor Newman, Avon Barksdale, and Enoch Malachi "Nucky" Thompson characters, there just wasn't enough room on my list. Enjoy! 10. (Tie) James "Sawyer" Ford (Josh Holloway) – 'LOST' "Well here's an idea: why don't we take a gun, point it to his big toe and send that little piggy to the market… And if he still doesn't want to tell us, move on to the roast beef. Why don't we do that?" – Sawyer ('The Economist' (4.3)) There's no doubt in my mind that Ben (Michael Emerson) was the most entertaining bad guy, and The Man In Black was ultimately the most important bad guy, but Sawyer was hands down the loveable. Before we actually met the "Others," Sawyer was the group's resident scoundrel; bugging and terrorizing the entire cast through fear, manipulation, and unending mind games. He became more of a human being towards the end of the series, but his trademark wit, nicknames, and one-liners remained constant throughout the series. 10. (Tie) Gustavo "Gus" Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) – 'Breaking Bad' "You are a wealthy man now. One must learn to be rich. To be poor, anyone can manage." – Gus Fring ('Abiquiu' (3.11)) The character is only listed in 26 episodes, but his impact is at least as big (if not bigger) than Walt's sidekick Jesse (Aaron Paul). There's just something about a guy who hides in plain sight and moves in silence (the definition of a true gangster). He was very mysterious, psychotically meticulous, and highly successful. I found myself wanting to see Gus' empire succeed right up until he met his demise. He also owns the best visual death in television history. 9. Patricia "Patty" C. Hewes (Glenn Close) – 'Damages' "I'm not looking to destroy you. We attorneys survive: it's the clients that come and go." – Patty Hewes ('I Hate These People' (1.11)) In the beginning of this series, it seemed as though Patty was the good guy, but like all respectable TV villains, her look was deceiving. She did anything (lie, cheat, steal) to win a case, or the fictional war she believed she was in. She even tried to have her protégé Ellen (Rose Byrne) killed, but that didn't stop a large portion of the audience from wanting to see her succeed. By the end, she turned out to be worse than the original enemy Arthur Frobisher (Ted Danson). 8. Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins) – 'Justified' "Truth always sounds like lies to a sinner." – Boyd Crowder ('The Hammer' (1.10)) What has the world come to when a racist, church-bombing psychopath can make this list? Truth is, this show wouldn't work without the witty repartee and distinct Southern accent of Mr. Crowder. His character reminds me of a villain from a superhero comic. He's bad… but not that bad… and somehow it might not be his fault that he's so bad. Plus, he really seems to love Ava which probably enhances his appeal with the audience. 7. Victor Samuel "Vic" Mackey (Michael Chiklis) – 'The Shield' "I'm Armageddon. Say hello to the hounds of hell." – Vic Mackey ('Enemy of Good' (5.2)") There seems to be a sub-industry catering to the "flawed cop" and this character takes the cake. In pursuit of power and riches, he killed, lied, stole, cheated, and betrayed his way to the bottom, and fans loved every minute of it. This series ended with Mackey sporting a wry smile on his face seemingly on his way to stir up more trouble. This was a very apropos ending for this evil genius. 6. Russell "Stringer" Bell (Idris Elba) – 'The Wire' "You taking notes on a criminal f–king conspiracy?" – Stringer Bell ('Straight and True' (3.5)) Mr. Bell never made it out of season three, but his legend is talked about as if he were a real person. I believe his lovability came from his ability to escape the trap of cliché. Most television shows portray drug dealers and gun-toting Neanderthals who can't even spell politics, but he was a man whose ideas (trying to make sense of the "drug game" by running it like a legitimate business) and vision got him killed. He did his business in a cool and calm way that I believe was endearing to fans of the show. 5. Walter Hartwell White Sr. (Bryan Cranston) – 'Breaking Bad' "I am not in danger, Skyler. I AM the danger! A guy opens his door and gets shot and you think that of me? No. I am the one who knocks!" – Walter White ('Cornered' (4.6)) It's been a wild ride watching Walter White transform from being in the teaching business to being "in the empire business." His appeal probably stems from his early motive of selling drugs to make sure his family would be taken care of after he died of cancer. He outsmarted Gus Fring (#10 on this list), amassed a small fortune, and for a time did his illegal work right under the nose of his DEA brother-in-law Hank (Dean Norris). No matter how low Walter gets; how bad he "breaks," fans can't get enough. It's a shame that the series will be ending this year. 4. Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) – 'Dexter' "There are no secrets in life; just hidden truths that lie beneath the surface." – Dexter Morgan ('Crocodile' (1.2)) Who doesn't love a guy who kills criminals the justice system can't seem to corral? This series found a place for sociopathic serial killers in our (TV) society. Dexter doesn't really have a personality, so appeal is derived from his ability to escape sticky situations. Every season he got himself into trouble, and every season he managed to find his way out. The series will end soon, and I suspect this loveable bad guy will finally get his just due. 3. Omar Devone Little (Michael K. Williams) – 'The Wire' "I got the shotgun. You got the briefcase. It's all in the game though, right?" – Omar ('All Prologue' (2.6)) A person who robs drug dealers has to be likeable, right? He's a semi-gangster with a Robin Hood complex who happens to be homosexual… very complex. He really was only a bad guy because he broke the law (that last statement doesn't make sense), not because of his moral character (again, doesn't make sense). It's not fair to only include one quote from him, since almost everything he said was impactful. When asked how he is able to stay alive as a person who robs drug dealers for a living he simply said, "Day at a time, I s'pose." 2. John Ross "J.R." Ewing, Jr. (Larry Hagman) – 'Dallas' "A marriage is like a salad: the man has to know how to keep his tomatoes on the top." – JR Ewing ('Family Plot' (13.24)) Without this character, this list just isn't possible. The day Larry Hagman passed (November 23, 2012) was a very sad day for television fans throughout the world. J.R. Ewing can probably be attributed as the first villain who fans actively rooted for. Even on the newest version of Dallas he was up to no good (just doing things a little more methodically of course). The character's son John Ross (Josh Henderson) will now have to carry on the JR legacy, but those shoes will never totally get filled. For the better part of five decades this character was as evil as any person could ever be. He (the character and actor) will be sincerely missed. 1. Anthony John "Tony" Soprano (James Gandolfini) – 'The Sopranos' "What kind of person can I be, where his own mother wants him dead?" – Tony Soprano ('I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano' (1.13)) What a character. Tony Soprano ushered in what I call the "Era of Evil." He killed people, cheated on his wife, robbed, conned and cheated almost every person he dealt with, yet he seemed to be a caring father. Getting to see him discuss his life during his therapy sessions definitely lightened the audience's perceptions, and allowed fans to see a different side of this ruthless gangster. Setting aside his evil deeds, this character was funny, engaging, and dynamic. I just wish James Gandolfini got the opportunity to enjoy the fruits of his labor a little while longer. Jack Gotta Follow Jack on Twitter @JackGotta Related Items:television, TV The Leftovers Season One Review: The Return Of Senselessness Reality TV: The Top Five Shows Of Summer 2014 DVR Cleanup: The Top Five Summer Comedies of 2014

This part of the website is for all you wonderful BBN players, coaches and umpires! BBN is for players looking to get back into netball after a break away or looking to play for the first time. If you find yourself wanting to take your netball to the next level get in touch. *Please note if you wish to progress to a senior player, you must upgrade your membership. Allowed in the attacking end 3rd and shooting circle. Work alongside the GA to score goals. Allowed in the centre third, attacking end 3rd and shooting circle. Works alongside the GA to score goals. Usually works with the WA to recieve the centre pass. Allowed in the centre third, attacking end third but NOT the shooting circle. Allowed anywhere on the court, apart from the shooting circles. Links the ball between attacking and defending players. Feeds the ball into the GS and GA. Starts each play off with the centre pass. Allowed in the centre third and defending third, but not the shooting circle. Can be used at a centre pass. Allowed in the centre third, and defending third. Works alongside the GK to defend the shooting. Allowed in the defending third. Works alongside the GD to defend the shooting.

Every year thousands of Baton Rouge residents plan a trip to go boating or swimming with their friends on one of the many lakes, rivers, or bayous in Louisiana. Most of the time their trips are an enjoyable, relaxing, and fun time spent with their friends and family. Unfortunately, not every trip to the lakes, bayous, and waters surrounding Baton Rouge ends happily. In fact, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries concluded that more than 40 recreational boating fatalities occur in Louisiana each year, not to mention countless boating injuries that do not result in fatality and property damage claims. If you or a loved one has been injured in a boating accident, contact a Baton Rouge boating accident attorney immediately because you only have two years from the date of injury to file your claim. Another common cause of boating accidents is the weather. It is well known that Baton Rouge and all of southern Louisiana can have extremely unpredictable and violent weather, and often endure hurricanes and severe downpours. When you are out on the water, even a small storm can easily lead to tragedy. The combination of high winds, rain water, and swells of the waves or wake from other vessels can easily lead to boats colliding or turning over. It takes an experienced boater to be able to weather a storm in a boat. In addition to storms, the sun reflecting off of the water leads to increased chances of boaters to suffer from heat stroke and heat exhaustion. When suffering from heat stroke or exhaustion a common symptom is to faint and if the boater is boating alone then while he is unconscious there is an unmanned vessel on the water. Obviously, this can lead to serious injury. Call (225) 765-2999 to pre-register for a class. Who is Responsible for my injury and What can I Recover if I Hire a Baton Rouge Boat Injury Lawyer? Typically the person who caused your injury is who your Baton Rouge Boat Accident Lawyer will sue to make you whole. Under Louisiana law, a person is responsible for your injury if they acted negligently. It is important to contact a Baton Rouge boat accident attorney because, depending on the facts of your boating injury, you may be able to sue more than just the person who was driving the boat. If you have been hurt in a boating accident, you need a Baton Rouge Boating Injury Lawyer!

Sleek, chic, cutting edge catering. The best events are stylish, fun, memorable, and inspired, so why not start with the food? The Wild Oven is here to work with you to create the ambience you require for your event catering needs. The best events are stylish, fun, memorable, and inspired, so why not start with the food? Soak up the evocative scent of wood fired aromas while the feast is cooking before your very eyes, inside a classic vehicle! We have encapsulated the most sumptuous flavours from world festival and street food and, combined with our detailed level of event planning and stylishly original service, produce the unforgettable experience. With the theatre of our wood fired ovens in classic vehicles we bring great food from British farms to you and your guests. If you're holding a festival style event then look no further than our festival style service where we serve food from in front of our fires. Or, if you want to take your event up a level to a sit down meal, then let our experienced staff bring a sharing feast to the centre of your tables. We understand that whilst organising an event, you'll have a lot on your plate, that's why in the run up to your event our expert team will use our expertise to guide you through the necessary details. Why not have your very own Wilderness, Secret Garden Party, or Folie Douce? We are able to create awesome parties, intimate occasions, and unforgettable experiences by encapsulating the best street food flavours and evoking nostalgia of magical summer festivals. Guests are treated to this wonderful food prepared under festoon lights, cooked with fire inside a classic vehicle, and served up under the inky black star laden skies. Delicious food, happy and caring staff, locally sourced ingredients PLUS a fire in a Land Rover…a high quality, quirky mix which is right up our street! Our client just couldn't decide what to order because all the options were SO good – as event organisers, that's exactly what you need from a tasting.

Optimizing your Microsoft Dynamics CRM/365 ecosystem: Migrate, integrate, or consolidate? by Bryan Ray | posted in: Cloud/SAAS, IOT - Internet of Things, Microsoft Dynamics | 0 By: Zak Pines You're a Microsoft Dynamics CRM/365 administrator. Like many businesses, your company has other applications running alongside your Dynamics instance such as a marketing automation system. You know that optimizing the performance of all your systems, as a unified engine, is key to user productivity and business growth. You also need to ensure your company has trusted datasets to power business analytics and unified views of your customers. So the question becomes: What's the right approach for Dynamics and its system siblings? Do you migrate, integrate, or consolidate? Let's walk through key considerations for each option. Migrating applications and their data to Microsoft Dynamics would allow the latter to take over a wide range of business functions, including: As you consider this option, consider the full scope of what it will mean to be best in class in serving these business functions. There are increasingly specialized applications optimized around each of these areas. Within marketing, teams use software such as HubSpot and Marketo outside their CRM to manage marketing databases, programs and reporting. Which applications you migrate to Dynamics will therefore depend on your business needs. Before you decide to turn off an application, you should ask if users will be successful when working with the Dynamics modules. Do you have users that closely identify with user communities of an existing application? Will it be challenging for them to adopt a new application for their business function? How will switching applications affect recruiting new users into that function? Only adopt modules within Dynamics in areas where you believe a user community is most likely to grow and flourish with the talent you add to work within the system. After you have given careful thought to these business questions, only then should consider the technical side of migrating applications and data to Dynamics. Remember that such projects usually require extensive time and resources. To determine the specs for transforming certain fields, you'll need to learn who has the rights to create, read, edit, and delete data from your systems. A good project plan must carve out time for testing, data migration, change management, and training, as well as time for post-launch quality assurance and optimization. Anticipate glitches, and be prepared to positively validate whether data from the legacy system supports new users after a migration. Moving hundreds of thousands of sensitive records is tricky business, such that even the most seasoned admins cross their fingers when testing a migrated system's performance. So as you consider migration as an option, resist the urge to compromise capabilities merely to keep data under one roof. Some software applications are just too good to give up. They have a proven track record of performance for companies that fit a company's size or industry and are tailored to your team's strengths. In this instance, creating connectivity between Microsoft Dynamics and those applications can increase efficiency and streamline processes. By integrating Microsoft Dynamics with other best-of-breed systems, you might dramatically improve how all your applications perform. Marketing automation applications enhance the features in Dynamics. Integrating means you can optimize different areas of the business, while keeping them aligned. For example, take the case of integrating Microsoft Dynamics with a marketing automation system. Such an integration will result in more collaboration between marketing and sales. Marketing will be able to deliver qualified prospects to sales in a timely manner. Sales will gain greater visibility to key data about prospects before they engage. And using CRM data for segmentation and targeting will foster closed-loop reporting, a big win for both departments. While integrating third party applications can help Dynamics spur growth more than if it was a standalone application, keep in mind that CRM integrations don't happen at the click of a button. You'll need to decide which rules will match like records across applications (i.e. de-dupe keys) and which will resolve data conflicts (i.e. system of record or last updated), on a per field basis. And what about reporting? If you're at a company adopting a "best of breed" strategy, although your business's teams will benefit from enhanced application performance, they might also come to loggerheads about which data source is more accurate and up-to-date. A sound integration strategy should account for which application generates the most reliable reports, since users will be beholden to the reporting capabilities from multiple applications and need to trust their data. As an administrator, it's mission critical to ensure that users spend time acting on their data, rather than debating its accuracy. When looking for that next Dynamics CRM opportunity, look no further than DynamicsFocus, LLC., the leading source for CRM opportunities in North America By "consolidation," we're referring to the increasing trend of taking data from Dynamics and companion applications into a third party data warehouse for business intelligence, unified analytics, and a single view of the customer. Although we posed the question as "Integrate, Migrate, or Consolidate", we often see Dynamics users Integrating and Consolidating, as the two approaches are complementary. A consolidated dataset means that teams can derive actionable insights from reports, use SQL or any BI tool of their choice to report, all while keeping the applications and systems universally adopted throughout their organization. When considering whether to consolidate, it's a question of weighing the positive impact this could have for your business vs. the work required to support it. The issues you'll encounter will be more around process and stakeholder management, not technical. Anticipate this by ensuring there's clarity on which types of reports should originate from the applications, and which types of reports should originate from the consolidated data view. The positive impact starts with what your company would do with a 360-degree view of customers, by having consolidated activity data across Dynamics and other systems. With object relationships mapped, and records merged and normalized in a cloud data warehouse, marketing is often better prepared to acquire new customers; sales can close better deals; and support may strive to make loyal customers even more successful. Across the business, customers get a unified experience because your CRM data works in concert with data from companion applications. A consolidated data model orients an organization around solving problems and connects investments to outcomes. Also, consolidating data from Dynamics and other systems is a boon to compliance initiatives such as GDPR. This ensures all customer records are available through a trusted, centralized resource, while also allowing the individual SaaS applications to continue to perform their important business functions. Since data must be secure across all applications and systems, to comply with GDPR companies can't afford to silo data among so many repositories and processes. If a unified data layer, a location where personal data can be easily found, secured, shared, and deployed, is what's needed most, consolidating your data is a no-brainer. Fortunately, consolidating data is much easier than it used to be. A new class of modern tools reduces the manual work of collecting, cleaning, and organizing datasets. These tools modernize ETL and automate data pipelines, saving admins and analysts time. In the past, IT teams would have to manually extract data from integrated applications, wrangle and format it for consistency, eliminate duplicates, resolve conflicts, and normalize it into a single schema. And we're not just talking about a flat data file, we're talking about an entire data set of object relationships between systems (e.g. the link between Contact and Account) that had to be accessible via one trusted location, merged with all the opportunities, activities, tasks, and tickets with which they were associated. In this brave new world, generating complex reports across an entire dataset is both faster and more possible with one trusted data source and primary record for each customer, than had that data remained siloed. Data are more consistent, accurate, and easy to update. This type of data consolidation, to complement everything your Dynamics instance is already doing day-to-day, could shift the business from doing great work to making an even greater impact. About Zak Pines Zak Pines is the Moneyball Marketer, a data-driven marketing leader closely aligned across departments around driving revenue growth. Zak is the VP, Marketing for Bedrock Data, and has worked in marketing technology and business analytics for over two decades.

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Cognition refers to vital mental processes such as thinking, learning, understanding and remembering. A stroke, which cuts off blood flow to the brain, can impair those abilities. The findings bolster what experts have long believed: Exercise can aid stroke recovery in multiple ways. But, he said, the findings offer more clarity on exactly what works. They suggest, for example, that a combination of moderate aerobic exercise and training in strength and balance is most effective for improving stroke patients' mental acuity. Lauren Oberlin, a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh, led the study. She said the findings confirm the value of exercise after a stroke. Oberlin said. And that mental boon, she noted, may give stroke patients "additional motivation" to start an exercise program. For the study, Oberlin and her colleagues pooled the results of 13 clinical trials that involved a total of 639 patients recovering from a stroke. The studies all differed in a number of ways — including the type of exercise they tested, and the duration of the program. But in general, Oberlin's team found that patients who exercised showed bigger gains in certain mental abilities — namely, attention and processing speed — versus those who did not exercise. And it didn't take a long time, Oberlin said. Even exercise programs lasting four to 12 weeks were effective. It also appears that exercise helps even when patients begin more than three months after their stroke. In fact, Oberlin said, those patients were, on average, about 2.5 years past their stroke. But that doesn't have to mean an intense workout, Oberlin noted. Walking on a treadmill does the job. And for people with balance problems or other physical limitations, she said, there are options like recumbent stationary bikes and rowing machines. Does it necessarily take a formal exercise program? Maybe not, Oberlin said. As long as stroke patients have been cleared to exercise on their own, they may be able to do something as simple as take a daily walk. Lackland agreed, and also noted that exercise is just one part of stroke recovery. He said patients need to take "comprehensive measures" to improve their health and reduce the likelihood of suffering another stroke. "That includes good blood pressure control, weight control, not smoking and limiting salt in the diet," Lackland said. Why Would Physical Activity Benefit Mental Sharpness After A Stroke? Other research points to several possible reasons, Oberlin said: Exercise may improve blood flow to the brain, promote the growth of new brain cells and connections among those cells, and reduce inflammation, to name a few. Oberlin was to present the findings Wednesday at the International Stroke Conference in Houston. Research presented at meetings is considered preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.

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Diwali 2021: What to know about the festival of lights The Hindu festival of Diwali, which symbolizes new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness, was being celebrated Thursday by millions of people worldwide. Diwali, also called Divali or Deepavali, comes from Sanksrit "Deepavali" which means "row of lights." The festival is celebrated mainly in India, but Hindus around the globe, particularly in other parts of Asia, also gather with family members and friends to socialize, visit temples and decorate houses with small oil lamps made from clay. It's also marked by raucous parties and fireworks displays, often throughout the night. "This festival is as important to Hindus as the Christmas holiday is to Christians," writes National Geographic. When is Diwali 2021 and who celebrates it? Diwali is celebrated over five days with the main festival taking place on Nov. 4. It occurs annually in autumn during the Hindu month of Kartik - begins around mid-October and ends in mid-November, according to the Farmer's Almanac. "Specifically, Diwali occurs on the darkest day of the lunar month, which is the day of the new moon," the periodical states. In most of India, Diwali actually consists of a five-day celebration and peaks on the third day. In other places where Diwali occurs, usually, only the main day is celebrated (Nov. 4, 2021). Diwali marks Hindu god Ram's return to his kingdom after 14 years in exile. Hindus believe that during Diwali the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, will visit their homes if they are illuminated and decorated. The Diwali festival is also observed among Jain, Sikh, and Buddhist faiths. While each religion marks the festival with different historical events and legends, they all represent the victory of good over evil. But the holiday is also celebrated throughout India, Singapore, and several other South Asian countries as a national holiday - meaning that people outside these religions may participate in Diwali celebrations as well, according to the Farmer's Almanac. Others who are part of these religious or cultural communities outside of Asia, including here in the U.S., also regularly celebrate. How is Diwali 2021 being celebrated around the world? India has been lit up in a dazzling display of lights and colors this week. Brightly colored rangoli designs are drawn at the entrances of homes and offices, which are decked in fairy lights. The celebrations were especially spectacular in Ayodhya city in northern Uttar Pradesh state, where over 900,000 earthen lamps were lit on the banks of the Saryu River as desk fell Wednesday. Hindus believe the city is the birthplace of the god Ram. In eastern Ahmedabad city in Gujarat state, devotees worshipped their account books as the festival also marks the start of the new Hindu financial year. The day was marked as Tihar, also known as Deepawali, in neighboring Nepal. There, the five-day celebrations began Tuesday and people thronged markets and shopped for marigold flowers, which hold huge cultural significance during the festival. On Wednesday, devotees celebrated dogs that are regarded as the guardian of the Hindu death god Yama. In Malaysia, Hindu devotees prayed at temples and lit clay oil lamps. Some climbed the colored stairs to pray at the Batu Caves temple just north of Kuala Lumpur to pay homage to their deity, Lord Muruga. People also celebrated with friends and families in Indonesia, Japan, and Taiwan. New York City hosted a firework show on the Hudson River on Wednesday evening in honor of Diwali celebrations. The celebrations were organized by the global crypto exchange company CrossTower and the South Asian Engagement Foundation. Source: This story was reported from Cincinnati. The Associated Press contributed. https://www.fox29.com/news/diwali-2021-what-know-about-the-festival-of-lights Priya Living: Mahesh Dr. Aditi & Dr.Putra Podam Video: Diwali 2021 at Priya Living Click on photos to see video

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MIRI — Untreated incidents of psycho trauma experiences have caused prolonged sufferings for many people, including Catholics. There are many of these traumatised victims from among Catholics who suffered for decades, as there are very few trauma-specialists within the church who can give psycho-spiritual healings. 'This aspect of our church life – spiritual healing of trauma victims – needs to be developed as there is a serious lack at this moment in time in our Catholic churches in Asia,' said Father Cornelio Jaranilla (popularly called Fr Kuni) who is a Carmelite priest of 26 years. Father Kuni, who hails from Manila in the Philippines, specialises in trauma spiritual-counselling and healing. He has been helping victims of natural disasters and violence in his home country for many years. He travels extensively within his country and abroad to give talks as well as to give counselling. He came to Miri on Jan 10 – 12, 2019 to give a talk on such spiritual healings for adults and children who have been afflicted by physical and emotional traumas. During the talks held at St Francis Chapel Miri over the three days, Fr Kuni spoke on the increasing need in the church to reach out and help victims who suffer from trauma of one form or another. The seminar here in Miri is the second that Fr Kuni has given on psycho trauma in Malaysia, after the one in Kota Kinabalu. He will be going to Kuching to give a similar talk to the parishioners in the Kuching diocese. The date has been fixed for 28 February – 2 March, at the ACCPC.

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The province of Noord-Holland is going to test the SolaRoad solar-surface for heavy vehicle traffic. After the successful pilot on a cycling lane in Krommenie, the municipality of Haarlemmermeer and the province are looking for a suitable location for heavy vehicle traffic to drive over SolaRoad. The pilot will test the behavior of the road surface for heavy traffic and what the solar-surface means for the daily management and maintenance of the road. In addition, the province will test how the energy-yield can be maximized. The test location for heavy vehicle traffic in the Haarlemmermeer will become a living lab. This means that the test environment is set up on a public road. The test compartment is set up in phases, which also involves working with different materials. The Vice-governor has made € 2.700.000,- available for the pilot, the research and the further development of the product. SolaRoad is a development of the province of Noord-Holland, TNO and Strukton Civiel. In 2018, the province of Zuid-Holland will also carry out a trial with SolaRoad for heavy vehicle traffic. The province of Zuid-Holland wants to test the solar road surface on a bus lane, where the traffic situation is different from the road in Noord-Holland. The provinces work closely together and share knowledge and results. In addition to the concrete pilot in the Haarlemmermeer, the province of Noord-Holland, TNO and Strukton Civiel are currently exploring the chances and opportunities for further commercialization of the SolaRoad initiative in a joint venture. The energy generated with sunlight can be used for many purposes, such as street lighting, households, traffic installations and electric driving. The innovation is in line with the sustainability objectives that many governments and companies, in the context of the Paris Climate Agreement, endorse. It contributes to CO2 reduction and makes a valuable contribution to the development of smart roads and sustainable energy transition.

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Kitchener Rangers centre Radek Faksa on fast track to NHL Radek Faksa, a solid two-way centre from the Czech Republic, is widely projected as a high first-round pick at the June NHL draft. By Daniel GirardSports Reporter Sat., Feb. 18, 2012timer2 min. read Radek Faksa has a soft spot for Boston cream doughnuts and blue Gatorade. As the NHL entry draft approaches, those may be his only weaknesses. The 18-year-old centre from the Czech Republic, who is in his rookie season with the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL, is big, strong, fast, offensively gifted and more than capable of taking care of things in his own zone. "We know he's a world-class offensive player," says Rangers head coach and general manager Steve Spott, who took Faksa 22nd overall in the 2011 CHL import draft. "But I think what makes him attractive to NHL scouts is the fact he might play earlier than expected because he's able to defend at what I consider an elite level right now." Faksa, a native of Opava in the northern Czech Republic, is widely projected as a high first-round pick at the draft next June in Pittsburgh. NHL Central Scouting ranked him fourth among draft-eligible skaters in North America at mid-season. "I was very surprised when I saw those rankings," says Faksa, who leads all OHL rookies in goals and points. "But the season's not over, so I must keep working hard. "It's always been my wish to be drafted in the top 10 but I've got too much work to do between now and then." Faksa, a 6-foot-3, 202-pounder who played for the Czechs at the 2012 world junior championship in Alberta, believes he needs to improve his skating and faceoffs. He also continues to take English lessons, and is completing his Czech high school credits with online courses. Faksa left home when he was 11 to chase his dream of playing professionally in the Czech Republic. He spent six seasons living in a hotel-cum-boarding-school setting and playing for youth teams with Trinec, a club in the country's top league. "Here is better hockey than (at home)," says Faksa, who tries to model his game after Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, a Russian widely considered to be one of the NHL's best two-way players. "There are a lot of scouts watching me. "It's harder, faster and better for my future when I want to play in the NHL." Spott's track record with solid, two-way forwards in Kitchener includes veterans Derek Roy of Buffalo and Mike Richards of the L.A. Kings as well as Carolina's Jeff Skinner and Colorado Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog, both of whom are playing in the NHL this season as teenagers. The coach thinks Faksa has an opportunity to follow the lead of those two youngest players. "He's very humble," Spott says. "I don't think he understands how good he is." PROSPECT WATCH Radek Faksa Born: Jan. 9, 1994 Hometown: Opava, Czech Republic Height: 6-foot-3 Weight: 202 pounds 2011-12 stats: GP: 48; Goals: 23; Assists: 28; Points: 51; Plus/Minus: plus-18 PIM: 35 • Played for the Czech Republic at both the 2011 world U18 championship in Germany and the 2011 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in the Czech Republic. • Had two goals in six games at the 2012 world junior Hockey championship as the Czech Republic lost 2-1 to Russia in overtime of the quarter-finals and went on to finish fifth. • Named OHL rookie of the month for November and January.

Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney stated that his government would like the power to strip citizenship from Canadians who commit terrorism or acts of war. This statement was made one day after a dual Canadian and Lebanese citizen was indicated as a participant in a bus bombing in Bulgaria last year. Support has been shown for a bill currently being debated in Canadian Parliament, which would revoke citizenship from individuals who "engage in acts of war" against Canada. Minister Kenney explained that the government would like to amend the bill to target dual citizens, and to include terrorism as well. "I think where we might want to make a distinction is among those dual citizens who have completely rejected any sense of loyalty to Canada and gone out and committed [...] acts of war against Canada," he said recently. Countries such as the United States and Australia already have similar laws in effect.

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Nowadays with having a kid, I'm realizing that I hardly have time for much else in my life. That is not a bad thing, but I sure miss being able to watch a movie when it comes out in the theater or read a book when I want to. I always feel like there are so many good movies and books to get to that not only do I never get to them, but I always forget about them. That's where DoneNotDone (DND) can come in very handy for those of you that want to stay up on the latest books, movies or music. But it is more than just a way to remember those important things to get to later, they have a social aspect as well as a way to track what you have already completed. Let's delve into it after the break. When you first start to use DND, you can add movies, music and/or books to your collection by searching for what you're looking for. Once you find what you want, you can then add it to your list of items that are Not Done. Items can also be added to your Done list, where you can track items that you have already completed. When adding something here, you can also rate them on a 1-5 scale. You can add comments on both lists, which can come in handy for you and others. What makes DoneNotDone really stand out for me are the social features. You can connect your account with Twitter and Facebook, and if you have any friends on those networks that use DND, you can connect with them as well. Where this came in handy is that you could see the items that they had put on their DND list and you could add them to yours. For me, this made it a much more powerful and useful, because I could now get recommendations from my friends. If they left comments and rated an item that they put on their Done list, I could now see what they thought about it. Checking out what your friends have added to their list. Another social feature that I liked was that you could share any item on both Facebook and Twitter. What I liked about this was that I could search for something, like a movie I was possibly interested in watching and then I could share it with my friends on Facebook, and ask them for their feedback. Where this came in handy was since that I didn't have many friends who used DND, I could still opt to get feedback on something through my social networks. It was a great way to see whether it was worth my time adding something to my list for the future. Sharing an item to Facebook. I liked using DND and I felt that it came in very handy for what I wanted to use it for. The part that I had a hard time with was that as much as I loved the social aspect, I didn't have many friends that used the service, so I couldn't get good recommendations consistently within the app. Another thing that I wish it did better is being able to find the items I was looking for. As I was testing it out, it looked like it would only find items that were currently in stores. For example, I couldn't search for a movie that would be coming out in a future date or a book or album that hadn't been released yet. It would be nice to have this feature and to be able to get reminders when something does come out. I am not sure if the purpose of DoneNotDone is just to create lists of books, music and movies that you have or have not seen, but I think they are going to have to be more than that if they are going to stick around. I can definitely see this becoming a social network of sorts around books, music and movies. People could ask others about their thoughts on something and with a more in-depth rating system, users could get some good feedback on whether they want to add an item to their lists. DND has potential to become solid if they can continue to build the app and attract users. For now, you can get it free on iTunes and they also have a web app that does a lot of the same functions as the iPhone version. Go and download it and let us know what you think. Create lists of books, movies and music that you have or have not gotten to yet with DoneNotDone.

Top 5 Reasons Suge Knight Collapsed in Court! "Cáthia emerges from The Voice to stardom with "Volar"" After stellar performances on the fourth season of NBC's The Voiceand Telemundo's Yo Soy El Artista (I am the Artist), native Bronx (New York) songstress, Cáthia, returns to the industry with new single "Volar" (Fly). The single was produced by acclaimed producer JEAN, known for his work with music icons such as: Prince Royce, Shakira, Alejandro Sanz, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee, Wisin y Yandel, and Luis Fonsi, among others. Cáthia managed to impress millions of viewers through her performances on both television shows a couple of years back. Under the guidance and supervision of Usher and Shakira, Cáthia had an artistic and personal transformation that is reflected in this vibrant song. And after much anticipation, the day has come for her fans to indulge in her new single, "Volar," which premieres today on Latina Magazine(12:30 PM EST). "Volar" is the first single from her debut 3-song EP also titled Volar, produced alongside JEAN. Càthiawas involved in every step of the musical production, proof that she is much more than just a talented singer. May will be a defining month for Cáthia's musical career, besides premiering the single "Volar", she will also release the EP and do a promo run in both New York and Miami. Cáthia has been dubbed "The little girl with a big voice" and while this is true, she is much more than that. Mesmerizing, motivated and possessed of an undeniable star power, Cáthia is a young woman positively at the forefront of her artistry and her destiny. Her voice is captivating and "Volar" is further proof that her place in music on an international level is reserved and ready to be claimed!

The popularity of the Downhills course near Corbridge as a hunt racing venue was shown again on Sunday with a total of 83 runners facing the starter on near perfect jumping ground at the Tynedale fixture. Thankfully, despite a gloomy weather forecast, the rain held off until the second last race. One of the North's most experienced jockeys, Andrew Richardson took his career tally to 100, including 6 under Rules, with victory on Coastley (right) in the Matfen Hall Hotel South Northumberland Hunts Club Members Race. Always prominent, his mount surrendered the initiative following a bad mistake five out but was back in control at the second last and had ten lengths to spare over Border Flora at the line. The 12 year old, making only his second appearance since breaking down in the Grade 2 John Smith's Hurdle at Wetherby on 30 October 2010, is a credit to Hexham owner/trainer, David Carr, who has patiently restored him to full health. The Mick Watson Memorial 4, 5, 6 and 7 year olds Open Maiden Race, sponsored by Strikemorebait & Northumberland Tea Company had to be divided on the day after 22 of the 24 entries were declared. The first division resulted in a debut win for Philippa Shirley-Beavan's French-bred 7 year old gelding, Tambour Major (left) in the hands of Nick Orpwood. After taking closer order on the final circuit, he took up the running from Parlour Of Dreams between the last two fences and kept on well to score by one and a half lengths. Bought as a foal in France, he was actually ready to run last April when he sustained badly skinned legs in a freak accident with a wire fence in a field at Philippa's Bonchester Bridge base. The second division, run in a marginally slower time, provided Kate Leckenby with a third career winner on Hardy Oscar (right). The 7 year old made virtually every yard of the running and drew clear from three out to beat Oscar Stanley by five lengths. Bought for £2200 at Doncaster Sales in May 2013, the gelding has shown steady improvement since joining Kate and looks capable of holding his own in a higher grade. Sea Scout (right) might be small in stature but has the heart of a lion and landed the 3m5f Bedmax Ladies Open Race for the third year in a row. Under a positive ride from Claire Metcalfe, he was never out of the first three and overcame a slow jump at the last to beat Anotherbuck by a couple of lengths. Since opening his account as a 4 year old at Crossford in March 2007, Sea Scout has been the flag-bearer for the Iveston yard of trainer, Russell Ross. This latest success takes his winning tally to 12 from 30 career starts and he has also finished runner-up eight times. The unfancied Indian Print was produced with a well-timed challenge by Toby Speke to head Forge Valley at the last before securing a two lengths verdict in the 3m5f Brewin Dolphin Men's Open Race for the coveted William Bell Memorial Gold Cup. The favourite, Gunner Jack probably found the ground a bit too lively and after staying on gamely to finish eight lengths 3rd was disqualified after losing a weight cloth. This was a 14th career win for Victor Thompson's charge, who set a Northern Area record when he won seven in a row in 2010.

About The Bull Elephant Contact The Bull Elephant Virginia minimum wage hike passes key Senate Committee Common Sense Gun Control from The Populist Right Democrats for redistricting, before they were against it? Trial of the Century? Guns allowed for some teen killers under Virginia... 7 candidates vying for the Republican nomination in... Virginia – A History of "Domestic Abuse" 6th District Chair Jennifer Brown Why didn't you just ask? written by Guest Contributor Hud McWilliams September 28, 2018 Do you know the difference between an adult and a child? A child will not take responsibility for his/her actions. An adult, on the other hand, admits mistakes and takes the consequences of his/her actions. I began this piece with this distinction because it is necessary for you to understand where I am coming from. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Hud McWilliams, and I was the elected Treasurer of the Virginia Sixth Congressional District from May 2017 until June 2018. In that time, I have met some amazing people and been a part of some amazing things, all of which have been geared to elect Republicans to office, not only our Congressperson and Senator, but our local and district candidates as well. I have been involved with the Lynchburg Committee for several years now, (I am currently taking a break from principal active involvement) and with the 6th district for a few years. In that time, I have noticed that there is a definite difference of thought about how Republicans should go about electing their representatives. Have we forgotten that the people we send to Washington, D.C., or Richmond are our Representatives? They are there to do what the citizens in their stated area ask them to do. This does not include doing things for the highest bidder, although that seems to be, in quite a few cases, the order of the day. A duly elected representative should stand by the statements they made to get elected, they should also listen to the citizens in their districts. I digress. Since the beginning of this year, I have been hearing things that did not make sense to me. The biggest thing I read (in a Facebook post) was that somehow, Scott Sayre, in his capacity as Chair, had been funneling funds to Cynthia Dunbar. This confused me because the only checks that were written between Cynthia Dunbar (or her agents) and the Sixth District Committee, were checks written FROM Ms. Dunbar TO the Sixth District. During the examination of the books when I left the Treasurer position, this was found to be the case by the examination committee (Dan Cullers, Nancy Dye, Jonathan Comer, and Donald Helms). So why wasn't I asked about it? I have no idea. I am the only one who at the time could answer that question, and yet no one asked me. As I look back, it SEEMS (to me) that no one asked me because the supposition raised is what somebody wanted people to see, not whether there was any validity attached to said supposition. Fast forward a bit to just before the Convention. I heard that there were some FEC complaints that had been leveled against the Sixth District. While everyone seemed to know about the complaints and what was in them BEFORE the convention, the actual complaints were filed on May 23 and 25. In case you wondered, this is four and six days AFTER the convention. How is something that is supposed to be confidential seemingly known to all before it has even been submitted to the FEC let alone been received by the respondent? There sure was much back and forth about it on Facebook. Because the FEC has only one name when it comes to political committees, that of the treasurer, and complaints must be sent to a person, the complaints against the Va. Sixth District Committee were sent to me. When I received the complaints from the FEC (more properly termed MUR's, or matter under review) I made some inquiries (and asked a couple of people I trust for help). I was told that I needed a law firm that specializes in FEC matters and that the best law firm for such things was the Bopp Law Firm. I then asked for help in contacting this law firm and was relieved to find that they were willing to help me. I asked for help on a personal level, not realizing that, as Treasurer, I was also asking from a Committee level. This was a time sensitive matter in that a response was required within 15 days of receipt of the MUR's. The Bopp Law Firm was able to get an extension so that we had a bit of breathing room. There was no time (according to SIXTH DISTRICT Bylaws) to convene the committee to make this decision. One quick note, the motion made on June 23rd covers any expenses the committee incurs from that point, the work done by the Bopp Law firm before June 23rd is NOT covered by the committee, and that expense has been dealt with already. Now, I must back up a step. Almost immediately after winning the race for Chair of the Sixth District, Ms. Jennifer Brown sent me three emails. It took me a while to respond for two reasons: first, I was teaching at Forest Middle School as a long-term sub and school was still in session. A long-term sub does much more than a regular daily sub. Secondly, the nature of Ms. Brown's request was, in its nature not something that as a Treasurer I could legally do. She asked me to cease all financial activity, because she wanted to go over everything and decide herself whether to pay invoices that came in. While she does have some authority in this area, in this instance the committee had already voted to have the convention, and approved a budget, and, as such, until the committee reconvened, the previous motion was still valid. This means that I, as Treasurer, had a legal obligation to pay any invoice related to the convention, and at that point, the only invoices I received were Convention related. She also, at that time, asked that I turn over the books to her. This was not something that I could legally do. There needs to be an unbroken chain of custody for any financial records, which means that a Treasurer must only hand the books over to the incoming treasurer, not any other party. This does not mean that no one can examine the books, but rather that the examination MUST take place under the scrutiny of the Treasurer. As far as I know, in the Sixth District the Treasurers have never let the ACTUAL books out of their hands. Ms. Brown and I were finally able to come up with a day where we were able to meet for her to examine the books and to put her name on the checking accounts and take the previous chair's name off as a signatory. We met at the bank along with Craig Storrs and Steven "Doc' Troxel to effect the change. For this meeting, I brought with me all the Sixth District Financial records, making it clear to Ms. Brown that she could peruse and take notes but could not take the actual records. Ms. Brown was amenable to this. Ms. Brown made a cursory examination of the books and I explained how I had recorded information. She asked for a total of each account which I provided, at this point the bank was closing, and I asked if she needed anything else, to which she replied, 'No, I just wanted the total, so I could prepare a budget.' Also, during this conversation, she asked about representation for the complaints, to which I told her that I had retained counsel personally, but because of my standing it meant I also retained counsel for the committee. Ms. Brown was grateful that counsel had been retained without any inquiry into what law firm I had retained. Now, back to the complaints. When I read the complaints, the first thought through my head was, 'Why did no one ask me?' If I am on a team with someone, it is not my expectation that one of my team members will go to the referee and point out all the things that they believe their team members are doing wrong. This ends up getting a penalty called on yourself. How does one win a game when your own team is throwing penalty flags on you for perceived guilt? In both complaints, the complainants, as fellow team members (i.e., Republicans) SHOULD have come to their team mates and pulled them aside to point out their perception of what was happening. That can result in two things: first, the perception itself is corrected, or the teammate who has made a mistake can correct the mistake. I was completely prepared to be at the previously called meeting 6th District GOP Committee in June. However, Ms. Brown changed the date and set it in the middle weekend of my vacation. Anyone who knows me knows that my wife takes precedent over everything else. Here is another 'Why didn't you just ask' moment. More than half the people at that meeting knew why I wasn't there and the reasoning. Instead of asking, a few people took to Facebook and, basically, called for my head. It wasn't long after the meeting that I started seeing comments on Facebook about whether I was afraid to turn over the book, and was I ducking my responsibilities. I did answer a few of these complaints but always in the same vein, 'You do not have all of the information to be making these statements, please stop.' It was rather humorous to me when I was told that I had committed a 'dereliction of duty' or 'just hand over the d*mn books, Hud. It's that simple.' I also had one person intimate that it was not going to be good for me when the books were examined and that was the reason I was stalling. If they had bothered to ask, (no one actually did) I could have told them that I was in Florida at that moment. Or they could have asked several of the committee members as my whereabouts was not a secret. Let me be clear, there were NEVER any stall tactics on my part, I simply was not in the State at that time. Also, during this time, Ms. Brown castigated me on Facebook with regards to the length of time she had to examine the books (during the changeover of signatures at the bank and after). I replied on Facebook that I was fully prepared to be there all evening. She then made a statement to the effect that she was not going to go to McDonald's with sensitive information and that I should have given her the option of going somewhere else at the outset of her examination. I did not respond to this at the time, but I will here. Ms. Brown brought up McDonald's, I did not, I could have named a few places we could have done further examinations in private, however, when we parted ways in the bank parking lot, I specifically asked her if she had everything she needed, and she responded in the positive. If she wanted further time, why did she not just ask? Here is something else to consider: In all my time in and around the Sixth District Committee, I have noticed something. There is a group of people who are doing their best to be on the playing field that is the political arena. This group has very clearly stated that every Republican should be involved, have a voice in decisions, and that Republicans should work together for the common goal of putting Republicans in office. To that end, they have organized a Gala to raise money, attached their names to the nullification of the Incumbent Protection Act (not because they don't believe in an incumbent, but rather, they believe in the PEOPLE to make collective wise choices) and left the committee with almost three times more money than when the former Chair took office. I know that we asked our teammates to join us on the field, but in both cases, they chose to stay on the sidelines. This group also believes that, in the course of our duties, should there be a complaint or action leveled against the elected and/or volunteer leadership, that we have the duty to defend our fellow teammates. A defense is always immediate because if a team decides not to defend until the fourth quarter, the game is already over. We continue to ask our teammates to be teammates: not to control but rather collaborate, not to point out mistakes for the other team and /or ref to see, but rather to point out opportunities. No matter what anyone says, our part of the team is not 'resisters', nor do we have it in for Ms. Brown or Craig Storrs or any other detractor from our side. Which begs the question, 'If we are all on the same team, why are we not working together?' I believe we have a common goal, electing Republicans, I believe that if we were asked, we would come to the table and discuss the variety of ways that can be used to Get Out The Vote. But it seems the only ones asking are the people accused of being 'resisters', the only ones asking are the ones who have been deemed the 'establishment'. I always thought the establishment was the group who wanted to keep 'their' people in power, like a ruling elite. I was always under the impression that a Republic was designed to keep "THE" people in power. If that is the case, we have strayed from our mandate, which should be to keep the people in power by sending the people's chosen representative to our halls of government. How about we stop pointing fingers and worrying about who controls what and get down to business. It has always been my perception that those who yell the loudest in a discussion are those who have the least to say, and they think that, by way of distraction, they can get people believing they are correct. The loudest is not always correct in their assertion, and, more often than not, loud conversation includes misdirection. Nobody likes to be dictated to… Why don't you just ask? Why didn't you just ask? was last modified: September 28th, 2018 by Guest Contributor Hud McWilliams Bopp Law firmCynthia DunbarVA 6th districtVA 6th district convention Guest Contributor Hud McWilliams Hud McWilliams is a resident of Lynchburg and the former Treasurer of Virginia Sixth District Congressional Committee. 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Check out the latest features and enhancements from the Lead Commerce development team. You can now Import a Lead Commerce template with just a few clicks of your mouse. This now opens up a huge opportunity for web designers and developers to build beautiful web templates for our ecommerce order management software platform. Checkout the blog post we did that explains how this importing functionality works. We have added, along with the web templates Import, the ability to Export out a Lead Commerce template as well. This functionality now allows for multiple uses such as web developers who want to build a custom template for Lead Commerce, the system will now export out the .zip which acts as an installation file for the template on another instance of Lead Commerce. Additionally, clients can take advantage of this functionality and build out newer versions of their website on a trial of Lead Commerce and then import the new template in when it is ready to go live. To learn more, read our blog specifically on the export of web templates in Lead Commerce. The development team also made some search enhancements that will provide for more accurate search results both in the storefront area as well as the back office. These enhancements are the precursor to the next version of our search algorithm which will allow for users to customize and include specific operators and search weights on what is important to them. This option was added in the System Configuration area of the Back Office of Lead Commerce. You can now control all email system messages from being sent using this new option. This option, regardless of the settings on Sales Channels or Customer Types, will disable all notifications across the entire application.

How Do We Care for an Alongsider? Alongsiders are involved in front-line ministry and cross-cultural missions seven days a week. They count it all joy to spend themselves for the gospel, but spend themselves they do. One of the missions of Alongside Ministries is to care for Alongsiders and one of the ways we help fill their spiritual and emotional tanks is through our biennial Gathering of the Alongside clan. Imagine a week in which all your physical needs are met. Local chefs prepare three healthy squares a day. Three multinational young people care for the fifteen children. The only responsibility you have is your shift to help do the dishes. Each morning spiritual director and AMI Board Trustee Kathy Crosby leads you in lectio divino flowing into worship and prayer. Then follow personal sharing and prayer for individual members, their families and their ministries in small groups. Each evening Alongsiders from different countries share about their countries and the needs and concerns and praises for that country. The evening prayer is for those countries. In the afternoon, there are long walks and talks with friends who really understand what you are experiencing, because they are also. The Cloyd family hosted the Gathering of Alongsiders, their families, and Alongside Board members. The event began with three Alongsiders competing in the Paris marathon. What a metaphor! Missions and ministry are not a sprint, but a distance race of living the gospel in a cross-cultural setting. Then the clan convened in Waldersbach, in the northeastern Alsace region of France for a rich and regenerating week of worship, prayer and coming alongside each other in their lives and ministries, plus a delightful tourist run to historic Strasbourg, France. It was a week of refreshment for families and personal renewal for individuals. Pray…prayers from Acts, prayers that are bold and prayers that seek to bring the power of God's Kingdom into our world in a greater way, prayers for the harvest, prayers to combat the darkness in Europe, and prayers for the strength to preach and proclaim the Kingdom of God. Princesses from across Europe at Alongside Gathering!

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Three fun and easy steps in learning how to read. 1. Learning letters and sounds- enjoy learning the sounds of the letters with fun music, games, and object lessons. 2. Sounding the words- experience the excitement when your child starts sounding out words after learning 5 letters. 3. Reading books- accelerate into reading as your child reads his/her first book within only 3 weeks of starting Frontline Phonics. The program comes with 20 easy readers, alphabet cards, alphabet picture flash cards, and a student workbook. It also has a CD with songs of the alphabet sounds. This set is brand new, never been used.

7 - 8 September 2021 HARNESS THE POWER OF YOUR DATA Data is ubiquitous. Many organisations have spent a fortune on developing talent capable of competent data analysis but not many have equipped their workforce with the ability to communicate the insights they generate effectively to decision-makers. Unlock insights trapped within your analysts through lessons in Data Storytelling. Participants will learn to meaningfully articulate findings through both narrative and visual strategies. This module will enable participants to drive change through effective communication of data insights. Create stories that highlight value from data-driven insights Enhance business insights through rich, interactive and intuitive visuals that are easy for any audience to interpret Transform confusing data into stories that create clarity and inspire action Learn how to create, display and distribute data in a meaningful and impactful way Equip yourself with a proven framework for developing impactful slide-decks that engage stakeholders and secure buy-in Why Data Storytelling? Give data the voice to communicate insights effectively. By harnessing the power of Data Storytelling, minds will be informed of potential solutions, valuable data conversations will be triggered, teams will be better aligned and the path forward for organisations will become clearer with transformative insights. Poor Storytelling The first step to improving storytelling skills is to recognise errors. Participants will see poor examples of storytelling in the wild and discuss on how these came to be. Together, participants and the instructor will brainstorm ideas and concepts for improved effectiveness. Who, What, How The first step to crafting a Data Story is to consider three key questions: Who is your audience? What do you want to tell them? And how can you bring this story to life with your data? This process facilitates the prioritisation of information to a decision-maker. Graphical Integrity Misleading visuals are everywhere. Protect your company from misinformation (or from spreading it) by learning about training in Graphical Integrity. Insight & The Big Idea Putting together the 'Who, What, How' enables us to form the 'Big Idea'. This 'Big Idea' serves as a guide to ensure there is a consistent narrative in our visuals, and thus a singular takeaway for the audience. Stories help us make sense of information in a clear and structured way. Our method and materials emphasise multiple methods of structuring a story, like Head-to-Toe. Graphical Perception Learn the weaknesses and limits of the human brain as well as design visuals that are accessible to your audience. Better visuals means a clearer message. Choosing a Visual There are Bar charts, Line Charts, Stacked Bar, Pie Charts, Area Maps, Impact Metrics, Scatter Plots, Heat Maps and Xenographics among other options. Participants will learn about common pitfalls for popular chart types to avoid replication. Discussions will also include the best charts to use when trying to convey certain types of information. Gestalt Principles of Visual Grouping Design through visual grouping creates intuitive visuals - the 6 Gestalt Principles. Intuitive visual grouping makes it easier to convey essential information. Visual Hierarchy By designing a hierarchy of information into visuals, participants will learn to make charts that explain data for intuitive consumption. This reduces the strain on decision-makers to understand every part of the results. Chart Junk Participants will learn to create visuals where form follows function, making data insightful. Exhibiting impact to decision-makers spurs change in an organisation. Fonts, formats and colours are key elements in any visual. Participants that master these elements can communicate difficult concepts with ease. Dissecting Model Visuals & Chart Redesign Participants will apply the lessons of the course to existing visuals for diagnosis and redesign. Our materials will help others to create a vibrant community of storytellers. This course will utilise a combination of lectures, presentations and workshops This course is best suited for participants that are interested in learning the fundamentals of business analytics solely to be able to think in a data-analytics way. Suitable for people with little or no experience in computer science but with a grounding in undergraduate-level mathematics. This course will allow you to analyse data rigorously, communicate results as well as summarise achievements to present to decision-makers. ZACHARY JOHNSON Zachary is an experienced marketing strategist and business consultant with a decidedly creative flair. His varied background in everything from mobile games to farming implements have given him unique insights into business challenges in every market and scenario. He specialises in data-driven decision making and synthesising new strategies into compelling business cases. His work related passions include human centred design, innovative pricing strategies and international development. Zachary holds an MBA from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota and a BA from Macalester College in Japanese.

Suddenly the Mendelssohn string quartets are fashionable again; this is the third recording of Op 13 to appear in as many months. Those who admire the Alban Berg Quartet will find the usual virtues in these performances - the unanimity of ensemble, the total evenness of tone, and the total consensus about matters of phrasing and dynamics. They take a Beethovenian approach to both works, giving them a seriousness and weight that identifies their pedigree, but in the process they lose many of the qualities that make these early pieces so utterly Mendelssohnian. The element of fantasy, of spontaneous invention, is almost ruthlessly suppressed; the Alban Berg calculate every effect and every rubato down to the last detail, so the music acquires a take-it-or-leave-it flatness. There are several other CD versions of both works that are more alive and endearing. Riccardo Chailly's Mahler survey is nearing completion, and the qualities that have distinguished the previous issues in the series are eloquently demonstrated here. Chailly builds the apocalyptic grandeur of the Resurrection Symphony slowly and inevitably. His view of the opening funeral march is less weighty and sombre than many, but the grip on the huge structure is always unswervingly sure and remorselessly discharged in the final pair of vocal movements. The orchestral playing from the Concertgebouw is superb, and Melanie Diener and Petra Lang are first-rate soprano and mezzo soloists. Chailly also offers the most intelligent of couplings - the symphonic poem Totenfeier, out of which Mahler eventually carved the first movement of the Second Symphony, in an equally majestic reading. If John Adams's Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer spawned the idea of "CNN Opera", it is works such as Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking that have made the term a pejorative one. First performed in San Francisco in 2000, the opera follows the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean and the film (starring Susan Sarandon) based upon it. It tells the story of Sister Helen's befriending of a convicted murderer on death row in Louisiana and her developing relationship with him, ending in his execution. The dramatic treatment is bold and unflinchingly graphic, its moral sentiments impeccable. But the score adds absolutely nothing to the harrowing scenario: the orchestral music is unadventurous and vaguely suggestive; the vocal writing is either tunefully folksy or just utilitarian; characterisation is two-dimensional. Susan Graham sings superbly as Sister Helen, the rest of the cast is more than adequate, but this is a truly unnecessary opera. The oratorio The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the high points of Martinu's notoriously variable output. It was composed in Nice in 1955, originally to a stilted English translation of the Sumerian epic poem preserved on clay tablets. This performance, originally issued on Naxos's sister label Marco Polo, is sung in the later Czech translation of the text. The story of the hero Gilgamesh's confrontation with the creature Enkidu is presented by Martinu with great resourcefulness, using both spoken narration and solo singers, and alternating moments of great lyrical intimacy with raw, primeval grandeur; a huge amount is crammed into the work's hour-long span.

Only when we recognize that both sides of an issue or argument will have some merit, some usable contribution, some wisdom and some worth, can we bring together all our variety of thoughts and experiences to create imaginative, new options. The polarization of incivility simply divides us into camps devoted to the destruction and dominance of the other side, often in ways that block our own ability to be reflective or to adapt when needed. But if we can ever set aside some of the barriers that we build to "win" we just might be able to replace them with bridges that bring us together in amazing new ways. Here's some great work written on the creativity that holds opposing ideas in a constructive tension… The Opposable Mind by Roger Martin. It's a great book that I highly recommend! This entry was posted in October 2012 Civility and tagged Civility, Creativity, opposable mind, opposing ideas, polarization, unity.

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Mizzou student Dustin Dunn has placed second in the "Young Artist" category of this year's Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) national composition competition. Dunn (pictured), a junior working on a bachelor's degree in music composition, was recognized for "Of Stained Glass and Hymnody," which was premiered in March 2016 by the Mizzou New Music Ensemble. His work became eligible for a national award after winning first place in the Missouri statewide and West Central Division portions of the competition. As the second place winner, Dunn will receive a cash prize. A native of Annapolis, MO and graduate of Iron South High School, Dunn was a winner in Mizzou's statewide Creating Original Music Project (COMP) and in the Missouri Composers Project before enrolling at the university with a full-tuition Sinquefield Scholarship to study composition. In addition to his awards from MTNA, he also was the winner of the Springfield (MO) Symphony's 2016 Missouri Composition Competition. Mizzou student Dustin Dunn has won the West Central Division in the "Young Artist" category of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) composition competition. His award in the West Central Division is the latest step in a process that began in October, when he was named winner of the Missouri state division of this year's MTNA competition. Dunn's work now advances to the finals of MTNA's national competition, which offers a first place prize of $3,000, plus a performance at the Winners Concert during the 2017 MTNA National Conference, which will take place from March 18 to March 22 in Baltimore, MD. You can read more about Dustin Dunn in the Fall 2015 issue of Mizzou, the University's alumni magazine, and see the Mizzou New Music Ensemble's performance of "Of Stained Glass and Hymnody" in the embedded video player below. University of Missouri composition student Dustin Dunn has won this year's award in the "Young Artist" category of the Missouri state division of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) composition competition. Dunn, a junior working on a bachelor's degree in music composition at Mizzou, was recognized for "Of Stained Glass and Hymnody," which was premiered in March 2016 by the Mizzou New Music Ensemble. He's the third Mizzou student in a row to win the statewide MTNA award, following Ben Colagiovanni last year and Trey Makler in 2014. "Of Stained Glass and Hymnody" now will be entered in the national MTNA composition competition, which offers a first place prize of $3,000, plus a performance at the Winners Concert during the 2017 MTNA National Conference taking place from March 18 to March 22 in Baltimore, MD. A native of Annapolis, MO and graduate of Iron South High School, Dunn (pictured) was a winner in Mizzou's statewide Creating Original Music Project (COMP) and in the Missouri Composers Project before enrolling at MU with a full-tuition Sinquefield Scholarship to study composition. In addition to this most recent award from MTNA, he also was the winner of the Springfield (MO) Symphony's 2016 Missouri Composition Competition. Dunn was profiled in the Fall 2015 issue of Mizzou, the University's alumni magazine, and you can read that story online here. Mizzou's Ben Colagiovanni has advanced to the next level in this year's Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) composition competition, winning the "Young Artist" award in the West Central Division. Colagiovanni, a senior pursuing a bachelor's degree in music composition, previously was recognized as a state winner for "Forest Park Rhapsody." Now, as a division winner, his work automatically advances to the national competition, the results of which will be announced by the end of January. The national MTNA composition competition offers a first place prize of $3,000, plus a performance at the Winners Concert during the 2016 MTNA National Conference, which will take place April 2 through April 6 in San Antonio, TX. "Forest Park Rhapsody" was one of four works originally commissioned in 2014 by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation for the Mizzou New Music Ensemble to perform at an event for members of Forest Park Forever's Leffingwell Society. A native of St. Louis and graduate of Clayton High School, Colagiovanni (pictured) was a two-time winner in Mizzou's statewide Creating Original Music Project (COMP) before enrolling at MU with a full-tuition Sinquefield Scholarship to study composition. University of Missouri composition student Ben Colagiovanni has won this year's award in the "Young Artist" category of the Missouri state division of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) composition competition. The work originally was one of four commissioned in 2014 by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation for the Mizzou New Music Ensemble to perform at an event for members of Forest Park Forever's Leffingwell Society. "Forest Park Rhapsody" now will be entered in the national MTNA composition competition, which offers a first place prize of $3,000, plus a performance at the Winners Concert during the 2016 MTNA National Conference, taking place April 2 through April 6 in San Antonio, TX.

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Displaying items by tag: interview Erenlai - Displaying items by tag: interview At the Confluence of World Music Meet Fao, one of the instigators of the Renlai World Music Compilation released in July 2011 with the issue #84 of the magazine. I hail from Bogotá, Colombia and have been living in Taipei for two years now. I compose music in which I like to use contemporary elements, electronic generated sounds and traditional music from South America and Asia. After teaching sound engineering in Colombia, I was able to save enough money to fulfill my goal to travel and learn traditional instruments from other parts of the world. I went first to Japan, where I did several collaborations with contemporary noise musicians and also got initiated to traditional Japanese music. Then I moved on to India to learn classical Indian tabla music, before finally arriving in Taiwan where I practice the guqin and Taichi. Daring to Take Risks 勇於冒險 Tim Yip and Chinese Art Tim Yip discusses the avant-garde art scene in China, and how globalization and the desire for a quick buck can affect the core values of traditional culture in societies. Bad kids: Leaving a message for their future selves Yau Ching (游靜) is a documentary filmmaker and professor based in Hong Kong. She was present at the Taiwan Documentary Film Festival this year where her film We Are Alive was nominated for the Asian Vision Award. Since it was one of my favourite films at the festival, both stylistically and in mission, I was delighted to interview Yao Ching about her documentary film and her own youth experiences. What were you trying to show about these 'bad' kids? Was there a message you were trying to give? I didn't really show the kids, to be exact. The kids showed themselves. I basically did a series of workshops in these so-called reform institutes or detention centres in three different places. Hong Kong, Macao and Sapporo, Japan. At the workshops I gave the kids access to a bunch of video cameras, still cameras and audio recorders, for them to express themselves through these media. I gave them some exercises and themes as a means to talk about their feelings and thoughts. Through the exercises they were able to talk about their dreams, their fantasies, to write letters to themselves – their future selves; to talk about their families and most memorable memories. They were able to show a 'self' which is normally ignored or dismissed by mainstream media and institutions because they've been labeled as bad kids by society. Basically, in these very moralizing environments, these kids have lost quite a lot of their dreams and hopes for the future. I hoped that through these exercises they could regain some of this sense of self-recognition and self-confidence, so they could value their differences with other people and be able to think of themselves as having meaningful lives, not just the life defined by the legal institutions. Is this why you asked them where they wanted to be 5 years in the future? Actually that was a question about what kind of video you would write to your future self. I was hoping that through this exercise, they could see themselves as having a kind of continuity in their lives, not just that they were being segregated in this system, and this is the end of your life. Then you restart completely from nothing. This kind of amnesia doesn't really make people recognize and learn from their past experiences. What I value for my own self growth for example, is how I can make sense of my past experiences as something I can use to improve myself, to grow and expand my vision for the future. Building that continuity through media and video, I was hoping they could think like people who had a future and past and could come to terms with things. Have you ever been incarcerated? No. That's a very good question. I was a very good studious kid in my childhood, but then in my adolescence I was suddenly labeled a very 'bad' kid due to my gender and sexuality. This dramatic shift from good kid to bad kid has constructed me very deeply, in that I was forced to rethink some of the assumptions behind these constructions and labels. So, this project was also a way for me to rethink some of these values, such as what it means to be a 'good' or 'bad' kid in society. Are there ways you think the penitentiary system in Asia can be improved on and how would you go about it? From my limited experience, dealing with some institutions in limited places, I think that the whole youth reform system has to reconsider what education for youth is, rather than simply shutting them off from society or incarcerating and isolating them – even in terms of information flow, so that they are denied access to mainstream society and so that mainstream society doesn't have to see them; as if this would make society much more safe and civilized. We have to actually rethink our priorities so that society can help these kids grow up and be useful for society and we could even learn a lot from them. There is a lot to be learnt by society about diversity in East Asia. A lot of the youth problems that we are facing these days, could be coming from the inability of adults to cope with diversity. Our children have been growing up very fast with a lot of access to different kinds of information; thus they grew up being a lot more diverse than we were in the old days. So we adults have to learn to look at some of these, to register, to consult and to learn from these kids. Not just to erase them. Do you think that any of the kids got some useful inspiration by the documentary process? It wasn't really a documentary by me, but a collaborative process between me and the workshop participants. Thus, from the exercises they did themselves and with me, you can see that they have grown over the course of the workshop. I have learnt a lot from them. I think that they have learnt a lot too, not necessarily from me, but more from their own process of making the works, of having that freedom, however temporary it was, to tell these stories about themselves. I always think that telling your own stories to someone else is therapeutic. You can see through the workshop how every time they recount the story it is a little different. So, just through that process of telling, they are already learning. 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In between his arrival and his humorous conducting of the audience at the awards ceremony Nick and Shinie Wang caught up with him to find out a little more about The Villager Documentary Project. Nick Coulson: How did The Villager Documentary Project come about? Wu: It came completely by chance in 2005, when I was wondering how the villagers would use a DV camera if given the opportunity. Would they be able to make the documentary they wanted? Ten villagers came up to Beijing and after basic training; they all made a short film related to village self-governance. After this plan finished, those willing to carry on, did so. Ten became four. The films My Village 2006 and My Village 2007 were completed, without restrictions; what they wanted to film, they filmed. N.C.: Were the villagers able to 'bare their stuff' and bare their past memories through this project? Was there any discrepancy between your initial aims and the final outcome? Wu: Initially, the title of the film Bare Your Stuff, was questioning whether we are able to release ourselves, to honestly confront and get rid of our doubts, to trust each other. The big problem over the past five years is that none of us trusted each other. These trivial matters made it very difficult to work together, as that requires revealing yourself, understanding and respecting others. I discovered that the problem wasn't whether or not they could film. The facts have already proven they can film and very well. China doesn't lack people who can make documentaries. Villagers filming documentary is more about civil consciousness. Shinie Wang: You have been filming since the late 80s, have your creative or technical ideas changed since then? Your latest film Treating, documents the life of your recently deceased mother, does this indicate a change style? Wu: The biggest change is in method. Towards the end of the 90s I changed from large professional equipment to a small DV camera. I adopted an image diary style: no topic, no materials, no plan, no budget. I just filmed what happened to be there and then edited it. For example, Bare Your Stuff was about the behind the scenes process of the Villager Documentary Project. Then, in Treating I edited over 10 years of collected images as a form self-treatment. Next I want to make a film about my father, through history and memory, a film that will deal once and for all with the relationship between my father and this family - this is also self-treatment. I won't film societal documentaries again. I'm bigger than the Palace Museum, there are many things inside myself that I don't understand. How can I understand others if I don't understand myself? S.W.: What documentaries are you most interested in? What are the ingredients of a good documentary? Wu: I have different hobbies at different times. I like all sorts of documentary, but recently I prefer personal images more than recording workers, the repressed and the suffering, which used to fascinate me. How can these personal images transcend of the normal? Documentaries should not merely show the truth, but they should be able to show through things, like X-ray vision. Zhou Xueping's The Starving Village records the last two years of her grandmother's life including several other old villagers; they talk about the famine fifty years back. It's very subjective, she wanted the village she knows, not the reality of the village, yet it all comes from reality. While it leaves objectivity slightly, she creates the reality that she knows, that of a 'starving village', one that is dying, a ruin. This is transcending conventional reality. This is "the creation of reality". Directing Intuition: When you are making a film, leave the window open In October 2010, Taiwan International Documentary Festival welcomed Heddy Honigmann as their special guest. eRenlai & TIDF interviewed her under the watchful eye of her own camera. Born in Peru to Polish Jewish immigrants, Heddy Honigman moved around the world a lot before eventually settling in Holland. She went from literature, to poetry, where she realized she was writing her poem though a series of images and that what she really wanted to do was make films. Yet even in film Heddy has alternated between fiction and documentary. Added to the various languages she speaks, her lifestyle has always had a nomadic touch: "It sounds cliché but I am from everywhere. If I had been in Taiwan and young, I would become Taiwanese. I can root anywhere; I call it a gift for film". For Heddy, film is closely related to memory. Her family members were great story tellers, especially the women. Her mum said "the world is full of horrible things," but that "you can't cry about everything in life". You have to approach everything with a degree of humor and irony. "You have to live and smile a little, or die." Heddy says: "When you are making a film, leave the window open." The art of improvisation is more important when your making documentary. You have a dialogue, not an interview. For example when asked: How do you capture their inner reactions? She retorted: How do you kiss a woman? It's different every time. It either works or it doesn't. For example the former Bosnian War soldier in Crazy. He had sweaty hands. He kept looking down. He told me once that he had tried to commit suicide. He was willing to tell me this. Why? I was talking to him like I talk to a person, I only film people, I had tears running down my face because of some of the stuff he told me. Of course I stopped myself making any sounds. But I was listening to him because I was genuinely interested in him and what he was telling me. Do you observe people for a while before deciding to interview them? Have you already built up a relationship with your subjects? It depends. Most of the time, I research. I make sure the supporting pillars are in place. I make sure the film is possible. I then search for 3 or 4 characters that are so strong that they will always remain in the film, even if it gets difficult. I might find them in the street, or the cemetery; it's intuition. I am looking for 'film characters'. Some people may have interesting content but when they communicate there is no emotion. Some of the people in my films rival Robert De Niro. For example in Crazy, it was very important which music the soldier was listening too; I maintained a veto on Mariah Carey. I dream up my characters. In my dream they would be playing Janis Joplin's Summertime. In a way it is at type of casting, but the process is open and while filming you can find many new beautiful characters. For instance, in Forever, I randomly encountered a woman in the cemetery. We were eating apples in the tree shade, she walked by and said "bon appetit", so we caught up with her and asked her for an interview. In it, she revealed that her husband, who was twenty years younger than her, had died from a bee sting, just three years after their marriage. It was a very strong story. All I knew was that she had been visiting a tomb; my intuition told me there was a story there. I am very curious by nature; I never have a complete plan. I hate documentaries where you feel the questions are already prepared. For example the interviewee says her father is dead and then the next question you ask is: "How long have you been in Taiwan?" In the work Crazy, you ask the interviewee to play a song, which seems to be an emotional medium to trace back through their memory. Meanwhile you continue filming them until near the end of their song. If I were filming you about your life or a memory, what would be playing? The film would definitely be full of Bach. He is a master, a genius in joy. Wherever I go, Bach is my home in exile. Also, recently when I was frustrated and all was going wrong, I opened an old file about 10 years old. It had Madonna, George Michael, and the Rolling Stones. So now I have a cocktail of music on a file, which always brings my sprits back and makes everything better. How do you deal with strong emotional reactions from your subjects? In Oblivion for example you persisted in questioning the shoeshine boy despite his apparent discomfort. With the shoeshine boy, reality was giving me a slap. He had no dreams, nothing, it was blank. So in a natural way, you respect the moment, the silence, but you know you have to continue – you cannot leave the person alone with his problems. For instance with the women whose husband died, there was no second thoughts; I reacted in the most natural way possible. I said "C'est terrible" because it simply was horrible. In the end, she looked at me and I looked back. She understood that it was the end and simply left. It was a beautiful moment. When the soldiers in Crazy hear the music they love, some would eventually look at me in a way that says "Please, stop the torture" and as soon as I see that, I immediately turn off the camera. I just have to stop. Sometimes when you film, you trespass over the frontier. You see that you went too far. I'm very much aware, that when you make a documentary, you use people. So you need to respect them a lot, you can't squeeze them. Simply Filming Yanting An interview with Taiwanese Director Chu-chung Pan (潘巨忠), co-director of the 2010 documentary "Green's 284 Blue's 278", which was featured in the 2010 Taiwan International Documentary Festival. The film portrays the daily life of an autistic young person, and in this clip the director discusses the difficulties encountered and the rewards of filming this particular subject matter. Improving the archives In this audio file we interview Yael Hersonski, director of the groundbreaking new holocaust documentary A Film Unfinished. She talks a bit about her mission to look at wartime holocaust footage in an alternative way. Below is the transcript. Free Memory! What is the difference between our memory's reality and the reality recorded in images. How can we transform, release and liberate our memory, allowing us to view the things we remember from a different perspective? Memory is formed by history. The blind spot of memory lies in its ability to remember only that which it wishes to remember. Even so, Edward Said once said: culture is simply memory struggling not to be forgotten. Through these documentaries, which supposedly record reality, are we able to explore and understand the depths of memory, the past that has been blinded so by our prejudice? And are we able to breed understanding and concern in the wider world and to free our memory. Furthermore it is due to the presence of a camera that we bravely decide to talk of our experiences and memories. This is another level of meaning in the theme 'free memory'. Liberating our memory, does not only concern itself with objective history external to ourselves, but is also concerned with thorough retrospection on our own life and memory. Here, festival director Angelika Wang gives her own explanation of Free Memory, the main programs in this year's festival, the state of documentary and gives a few recommendations of films to look out for: To match the theme of "Free Memory" this festival featured a memory wall - My Photo, Our Wallpaper - where you could choose a picture that meant something to you, then be photographed holding the picture which would eventually stuck on the wall. While Angelika had put up the first photo, the opening ceremony was concluded as we all watched the proud parents of Angelika put their own picture on the wall, a tribute to the passing of memories through the generations. Perhaps by exploring this festival, you can come closer to understanding the significance and importance of documentary. Monday, 04 October 2010 11:26 Reducing the digital divide in Taipei County Jason Wang, Chairman of the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission for the Taipei County Government, elaborates on their policy to bridge the digital divide in their area. {rokbox size=|544 384|thumb=|images/stories/thumbnails_video/taipei_county_digital_divide_wang_thumb.jpg|}images/stories/videos/digital_divide_chairman_wang_taipei_county_2010_r.flv{/rokbox} Social Changes and Challenges 變動中的華人社會 The Dancing Prince A Portrait of Li Wei Chun (李偉淳) aka Prince Lee, a Taiwanese dancer and choregrapher who started his career as a member of the Cloud Gate dance company. You can also visit his blog (in Chinese). (Video edited by Pinti, subtitled by Conor) For readers in mainland China:

G20 Task Force of Finance and Health has begun work on India's global health priorities for 2023 The joint finance and health task force formed under India's G20 presidency began work on a new draft focused on New Delhi's global health priorities for the next year. The task force's first virtual meeting, conducted on Tuesday afternoon, was co-chaired by Italy and Indonesia, and was attended by health and finance representatives from G20 and invited countries, as well as international organisations. India's priorities for the G20 presidency include health emergencies, prevention and preparedness, and response; strengthening cooperation in the pharmaceutical sector with a focus on availability and access to safe, effective, and affordable medical countermeasures; and digital health innovation and solutions to aid universal health coverage. "The Task Force Secretariat worked with the Indian Presidency and co-chairs Italy and Indonesia to draught the work plan for 2023 and beyond, which was designed around the Indian Presidency's Global Health Priorities for 2023," according to an official statement. According to the statement, the work plan was presented for approval during the meeting. It underlined that the Bali Leaders' Declaration 2022 extended the mission of the task force to maintain the cooperation between "Finance and Health Ministries for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response". The meeting enabled discussions on the mandates specified in the Bali Leaders' Declaration, said the statement. The members expressed their commitment to the task force's goal of improving global health architecture for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response, as well as working with the secretariat and co-chairs to achieve the 2023 deliverables.

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Regions of Turkey Travel Reports Topkapı Palace Shortly after the conquest of Constantinople, Mehmed the Conqueror began the construction of a new palace on the hill where in antiquity the acropolis of Byzantium was located. For almost four centuries, until Sultan Abdülmecid I moved his residence in 1853 to Dolmabahçe Palace, the sultans lived in the Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı in Turkish) or Seraglio as it became known in the West. Unlike European palaces, Topkapı Sarayı, meaning Gate of the Cannon, is actually a large complex of pavilions and gardens built around 4 major courtyards. One of those pavilions was a shore palace that was known as the Topkapi shore palace, as it was situated near the cannon gate - Top Kapı - of the ancient walls of Istanbul. When this shore palace burned down in 1863, it lent its name to the great complex we now know as Topkapi Palace. In 1924 the palace was reopened as a museum by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Sights & Photos of Topkapı Palace If you visit first Gülhane Park and the Archaeological Museums Complex, then you arrive immediately in the first court at the main entrance to the palace that is formed by the Bab-üs-Selam (Gate-of-Greeting), also known as Ortakapı (Middle Gate). The Bab-üs-Selam leads to the second courtyard, the Divan Meydanı. Here are the imperial kitchens, where part of the palace's collection Chinese celadon porcelain is exhibited. Opposite, at the west side, is the Kubbealtı (meaning under the dome) or Divan Salonu where the Imperial Council or Divan used to meet. Next to it is also the entrance to the famous harem. The word harem in Arabic means forbidden and refers to the private section of a household where women live and work. The harem of the Topkapi palace was like a labyrinth composed of 400 rooms, 10 bathrooms (hamam), fountains, corridors and secret passages. The Bab-üs-Saadet or Gate-of-Felicity leads to the third court (Enderun) of the Topkapi Palace with its various pavilions. Here is also the Treasury Room located where the world-famous emerald sheathed Topkapi dagger and the 86 carat Kaşıkcı or Spoon Maker's diamond, surrounded by 49 brilliants, are on display (photography not allowed). The Konyali restaurant and cafeteria is the place for a rest, some refreshments, an excellent meal, and a breath-taking view of the Bosphorus. A covered path leads from the Treasury Room to the fourth court with the Lale (Tulip) garden, the Baghdad Pavilion and the Iftariye Kiosk. The elegant Iftariye or Kameriye Kiosk bears the inscription 1640. This gilded porch was, during summer, the chosen site for the sultan during Ramazan - the month of fasting - towards sunset and the end of the daily fast. Next to it, the Baghdad Pavilion is octagonal in plan with two doors that open up to a single chamber. The pavilion dates from 1639 and owes its existence to the Baghdad Campaign of Sultan Murat IV during which it was built. It was used as a coffeehouse for the sultans. We leave the palace through the Bab-i Hümayün or Imperial Gate, the first gate which is actually the main entrance to the museum for organized tours. Just outside Topkapi palace, there is the very elegant Sultan Ahmet Çeşmesi. This fountain was built on the command of Ahmet III in 1728 and is, without doubt, the most beautiful of its kind. Its projecting roof is topped with five small domes, and the monument is decorated with beautiful tiles and fine inscriptions. https://www.turkeyphotoguide.com/topkapi-palace#sigProIda5e2a22a34 Central Anatolia Eastern Anatolia Southeastern Anatolia Copyright © 2023 Turkey Photo Guide

The protection of our environment is important for human health. The adverse impacts of the environment on health are therefore important to the Council. The Environmental Protection Team mainly deals with the smoke emissions from domestic and industrial premises and noise as well as enforcing the provisions of pollution, prevention and control at prescribed processes. We also monitor air quality throughout the Borough through the declaration of air quality management areas and the implementation of air quality action plans. Through a specialist Land Team the identification and remediation of contaminated land is undertaken in accordance with the Council's Contaminated Land Inspection Strategy. Health and Safety affects people and businesses throughout the Borough and beyond. It forms an essential part of our lives in a number of different ways. The Council investigates accidents at work and deals with complaints about health and safety very seriously but fairly. The Health and Safety team also registering a number of business activities as well as carry out inspections of businesses. Environmental health has an important contribution to make to improving public health and reducing health inequalities. There are many ways in which the Council contributes to the improvement in the health of the population, in creating and maintaining sustainable communities, and in addressing the health consequences of environmental degradation and global changes in climate, habitat, energy supplies and other key stresses, such as food, diet, exercise and smoking. Housing should provide an environment that is as safe and healthy as possible. Poor housing conditions can be a major cause of accidents and ill health. The Council looks to tackling problems of poor housing to protect the health, safety and welfare of the occupants in both the public and private sector. We provide a range of services and advice on all housing issues.

01/14/2020 by Brad Rich Post-Florence renourishment project for Bogue Banks is expected to begin in early February. Map: Carteret County Shore Protection Office. Reprinted from the Carteret County News-Times EMERALD ISLE — Bogue Banks' next beach nourishment project is ready to roll, with dredging and pumping of sand set to begin the first week of February, a little earlier than originally planned. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, met Wednesday with town and county officials, representatives of county beach engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol and dredge contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., of Illinois, for a preconstruction session. He said everything went well, and "kicked off" the $28.2 million Phase 2 Hurricane Florence sand replacement project in western Atlantic Beach, all of Pine Knoll Shores, a small part of Salter Path and a part of western Emerald Isle. "The one caveat is that when you hear a date, you have to remember that it's kind of like building a house," he said. "You can know a lot of things, but you can't know, for example, exactly when the electrical contractor is going to show up and wire the master bedroom." Rudolph said an area at The Circle district in Atlantic Beach will serve as the "main staging area for the land-based pipe that will move the sand east-to-west down the island as it is pumped ashore from the borrow site" in the ocean off the town. This is a detailed map of the work expected to take place in Atlantic Beach. Map: Carteret County Shore Protection Office The company's smaller dredge, the Liberty Island, will arrive onsite first and will generally progress and "leapfrog" east to west from Atlantic Beach and continue into Pine Knoll Shores, Rudolph said Thursday. "At some point in mid-March the larger hopper dredge, the Ellis Island, will relieve the Liberty Island and continue leapfrogging down the beach to finish the effort in west Emerald Isle before the (Thursday) April 30 environmental window closes for the sea turtle nesting season and other biological resources," he added. Rudolph said Great Lakes should begin mobilizing land- and water-based pipe, heavy equipment and personnel this month. Once things get underway, the dredges will travel and discharge sand through a buoyed pick-up pipeline offshore that transitions to the preconstruction dry beach via a submerged pipeline assembly, Rudolph said. A secondary elbow connection is used to transport material in one direction (east), then the other direction (west) along the beach to complete approximately 1- to 2-mile sections as lengths of pipe are added and subsequently broken down. Heavy equipment spreads the sand and shapes the constructed beach. The project will involve 1.995 million cubic yards of sand. Western Emerald Isle, Salter Path, Pine Knoll Shores and western Atlantic Beach will receive 345,000, 140,000, 990,000 and 520,000 cubic yards of sand, respectively, along 9.5 miles of beach. This map of Pine Knoll Shores shows the anticipated work to be done during the 2020 beach renourishment project. Map: Carteret County Shore Protection Office A conventional dump truck holds about 12 cubic yards of wet sand, Rudolph said, so the total sand involved equates to about 167,000 dump truck loads. The Liberty Island has a maximum capacity of 6,540 cubic yards and the Ellis Island has a capacity of 14,800 cubic yards under optimal conditions. In a post on the Carteret County Shore Protection Office website, Rudolph added that project engineers will use prepositioned stations along the beach to monitor progress and verify volumes of sand added in those locations. A detailed map of the project in Salter Path. Map: Carteret County Shore Protection Office Regarding the financial aspect of the project, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved $34 million to reimburse Bogue Banks towns for sand lost during Hurricane Florence in September 2018, and that money will be available if needed to pay for this project when bills come due at completion. Alternately, it could be used in a future project. The county completed Phase 1 of the Hurricane Florence sand replacement project in April 2019, placing about 1 million cubic yards of sand on beaches in eastern Emerald Isle, most of Salter Path and all of Indian Beach. details for the renourishment expected in west Emerald Isle. Map: Carteret County Shore Protection Office The project to begin in February will be funded largely by about $12 million from the beach nourishment fund, which gets half of the money from the county's occupancy tax, and $15.3 million from $18 million the North Carolina General Assembly set aside last year to help local governments nourish beaches after Hurricane Florence, which robbed Bogue Banks of about 3.6 million cubic yards of sand. Unlike in the past, the towns will not have to pony up money for the February-through-April project. The towns will, however, reimburse the county for money the county "up-fronted" for the project last year. All that reimbursement money to the county will come from funds reimbursed to the towns by FEMA for the cost of replacing sand lost during Florence. This story is provided courtesy of the Carteret County News-Times, a tri-weekly newspaper published in Morehead City. Coastal Review Online partners with the News-Times to provide our readers with news of the North Carolina coast. Prev:Bill Would Require More Changes at DEQ Next:Corps Funds Bogue, Topsail Sand Projects Brad Rich Brad Rich is a reporter for the Carteret County News-Times in Morehead City. He has written about fishery and environmental issues along the central North Carolina coast for 35 years. He lives in Hubert with his wife, Gwen. FEMA, State OK Funds for Topsail Beach Sand Dare Board OKs Funds for Avon Beach Study Topsail Beach Awards Dredge, Sand Contract UNCW Series Examines Climate Challenges

Tarek Tawfik, president of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Cairo, said that a major US business delegation comprised of 43 American companies will visit Egypt on Tuesday, to explore prospective business opportunities in the country. Members of the delegation are scheduled to meet with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, along with the prime minister, and members of the economic ministerial group. Tawfik added that the visit of American companies to Egypt comes within the framework of periodic meetings organised every two years in cooperation between the AmCham, the Egypt-US Business Council (EUSBC), and the AmCham Egypt Inc. in the US. Among the companies that will participate in the delegation are Apache, the oil and gas giant, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. The chamber said in a statement that the delegation will include leading US corporations represented through their global and regional senior executives, covering a range of economic industries and sectors. Representing the Department of Commerce as part of the delegation will be Acting Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade, Sarah Kemp. Moreover, the delegation will include senior representation from the US Trade Development Agency (USTDA), the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im), as well as various financial institutions. Members of the delegation are scheduled to meet with Al-Sisi, and attend a number of events jointly hosted by AmCham Egypt with its partners, which will include the prime minister and a number of ministerial panels, as well as 700 government officials. "Delegates will underscore the continued commitment and unwavering support of the American business community to Egypt's long-term stability, and economic development, as well as explore prospective business opportunities, " the statement indicated. Furthermore, according to the statement, this visit comes at a period when Egypt has gone through tough yet successful economic reform measures. These measures have contributed to increasing the level of economic growth to 5.2%, the highest reported during the last seven years. Additionally, the country has witnessed an elevated level of investments in infrastructure and energy projects. The Chamber said its legislative reform measures provided the basic mechanisms for expanding the activities of companies during the coming period. This led the international financial institutions, such as the IMF, the World Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to praise the Egyptian economy, as well as improve its credit rating. According to the latest data from the Central Bank of Egypt, the US's total investment in Egypt during the first nine months of fiscal year (FY) 2017/18 accounted for about $ 1.6bn, while investments in FY 2016/17 amounted to about $1.8bn. Moreover, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the volume of trade between Egypt and the US in 2017 amounted to about $5.6bn, compared with $4.97bn in 2016, up by 13%.

Board of Elections recommends against sending mail ballot applications to all registered voters for September primary Katherine Gregg [email protected] PROVIDENCE — State election officials sent word Wednesday that they do not support sending unsolicited mail ballot applications to every one of Rhode Island's 700,000-plus registered voters for the September primaries. The unanimous vote, aimed at Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, came during a two-hour meeting of the Board of Elections that touched on worries about a possible resurgence of the coronavirus in the fall and the chilling effect that could have on voting. As one of the commissioners who also sits on Gorbea's separate elections task force, Isadore Ramos questioned the value of the "redundancy." "Now we're talking about the same issues,'' he said. "I've heard it all. It is time to move and make some decisions." Gorbea's spokesman, Nick Domings, responded: "Secretary Gorbea always values the Board of Elections' expertise and input. Next steps will be discussed and determined at [Thursday's] task force meeting with members of the Board, local boards of canvassers and the public." Most of the decisions on what to recommend to the General Assembly and Gov. Gina Raimondo were postponed until the board's next meeting on Monday. Among the hanging questions: whether to push for the suspension, again, of current requirements for mail ballot voting, such as the presence and signatures of two witnesses or a notary at a mail ballot signing, and of bipartisan pairs at nursing homes for the collection of mail ballots. The secretary of state's office sent hundreds of thousands of mail ballot applications to registered voters for the June 2 presidential primary, to mixed reviews. A number of voters said they never received the ballots. Thousands arrived too late to be counted. Local election officials said they were slammed. The board decided time has run short for mounting another statewide mailing for the Sept. 8 primary and is not needed in every community, since there are no statewide elections and at least a third of incumbent state legislators are running unopposed. The board left the door open to recommending this approach for the November general election. The rundown from the presidential primary: *More than 39,000 of the 144,056 mail ballots that were sent out were not counted as votes. Why? Unclear in most cases. *104,950 voters cast mail ballots, which equates to 83% of the total votes cast. *At least 2,825 ballots did not count because they were received after the June 2 election-day deadline. *At least 7,242 mail ballot applications were rejected for defects. *Approximately 100,000 of the mail ballot applications the state sent to 779,463 registered voters were returned as undeliverable, according to post-election reports from the Board of Elections. On Twitter:@kathyprojo

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Contact Us Now: 213.488.7100 Tap Here To Call Us Internet & Social Media Law Blog Published By Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Internet & Social Media Team Warner Bros.'s "Paid to Play" Disclosures Draw FTC Action by Carolyn S. Toto Carolyn S. Toto Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) went after Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. for not clearly representing that several digital influencers were paid as part of a marketing campaign for the video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. (See our prior posts on FTC enforcement of its disclosure requirements.) According to the complaint, these influencers were paid amounts ranging from hundreds of d ollars to tens of thousands of dollars and received advance-release copies of the game with instructions on how to promote the game. The sponsored videos were viewed more than 5.5 million times. One very popular influencer, Felix Kjellberg, known as "PewDiePie" on YouTube, created a video that has been viewed over 3.7 million times by itself. While Kjellberg did disclose the video was sponsored by Warner Bros., the disclosure that "[t]his video was sponsored by Warner Brothers" required the viewer to scroll down beneath the video and click on a "Show More" button to see the text. Warner Bros. reportedly told participants to place the disclosure in this location. Another problem is that the disclosures would often end up being completely hidden when embedded onto Facebook or Twitter posts since the "Show More" button does not usually appear when YouTube videos are placed onto those platforms. Accordingly, the FTC found the sponsored content to mislead consumers into thinking they are the objective, independent opinions of video game enthusiasts or influencers. This week, Warner Bros. settled the charges and the FTC issued an order mandating Warner Bros. to follow guidelines for clear disclosure in future marketing campaigns, including educating influencers on how to properly disclose the relationship, and monitoring for and enforcing compliance. According to the FTC's Endorsement Guide, the FTC recommends putting the disclosure in the video itself. Due to the nature of YouTube videos, the FTC states the following: "it's easy for consumers to miss disclosures in the video description. Many people might watch the video without even seeing the description page, and those who do might not read the disclosure. The disclosure has the most chance of being effective if it is made clearly and prominently in the video itself. That's not to say that you couldn't have disclosures in both the video and the description." Although the influencers should bear some responsibility for making proper disclosures, the brunt of the responsibility will inevitably fall on the company paying for the advertisements (and that is who the FTC focuses upon). Thus, companies need to be aware of the FTC disclosure requirements and keep abreast of any updates to these requirements so that they can inform hired creators of disclosure obligations and monitor the same. Ultimately, it does not pay to play games with the FTC—an easy-to-miss disclosure may be viewed the same as having none at all. Posted in: Advertising and Federal Trade Commission Tagged: disclosure, FTC and warner bros. Updated: July 13, 2016 12:07 pm The Internet & Social Media Law Blog addresses legal issues surrounding the latest technological developments and social media trends. Blog contributors help companies establish and maintain an online presence, optimize business opportunities, overcome hurdles and mitigate risk. Augmented Reality (41) California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (4) CAN-SPAM Act (3) CFIUS (2) Communications Decency Act (2) Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (2) COPPA (7) The PTAB Handbook Realized Potential: When Algorithms Are Used for Good December 22, 2020 Dave Chappelle Wants You to Boycott … Dave Chappelle? December 14, 2020 Of Platforms and Permissions: Legislation Seeks to Simplify the Menu in Regard to Restaurants and Food Delivery Services December 11, 2020 725 S Figueroa St #2800 Copyright © 2021, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

G.R. NOS. 141593-94 - MELENCIO BERBOSO, ET AL. v. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, ET AL. [G.R. NOS. 141593-94 : July 12, 2006] MELENCIO BERBOSO AND CONCEPCION BERBOSO, Petitioners, v. HON. COURT OF APPEALS, BELEN CARLOS, CORAZON CARLOS, AND JKM INTERNATIONAL, Respondents. CHICO-NAZARIO, J.: Before Us is a Petition for Review of the Decision1 in the consolidated cases of CA-G.R. SP No. 41568 and No. 42122 of the Court of Appeals dated 29 December 1996, which affirmed the 1 March 1996 Decision of the Office of the President in O.P. Case No. 5994 and the 25 June 1996 Decision and 16 September 1996 Resolution of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board2 (DARAB) in DARAB Case No. 1283. In its Decision, the Court of Appeals directed the Register of Deeds, Meycauayan, Bulacan, to cancel Transfer Certificates of Title (TCTs) No. EP-149-M and No. EP-150-M and to reinstate cancelled TCTs No. T-114000 (M), 120510 (M), 102513 (M), 120514 (M), 120516 (M), and 120517 (M) in the name of herein private respondent JKM INTERNATIONAL, INC. (JKM), as well as TCTs No. 122924 (M) and 122925 (M) in the name of Wong Lee Lee. Culled from the records are the following facts: On 29 November 1973, herein private respondents Belen and Corazon Carlos, together with Manuel, Alberto, Antonio and Rafaelito, all surnamed Carlos, filed with the Bureau of Land Acquisition, Distribution and Development of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), a joint request for the conversion of their parcel of land consisting of 48.2789 hectares of unirrigated riceland situated at Calvario, Iba, and Camalig, Meycauayan, Bulacan, and covered by TCTs No. 48182 and No. 48183 issued by the Register of Deeds of Meycauayan, Bulacan. On 22 January 1975, DAR Secretary Conrado F. Estrella issued an Order3 declaring the said parcels of land suitable for residential, commercial, industrial and other urban purposes. The dispositive portion thereof reads: In view of the foregoing, and considering the parcels of land subject hereof to be suitable for residential, commercial, industrial or other urban purposes as verified and recommended by the Department of Local Government and Community Development and the Agrarian Reform Team Leader concerned, the course and the parcels of land subject hereof are hereby declared suitable for residential, commercial,, industrial and other urban purposes subject however, to the provisions of Presidential Decree 406 and other Presidential Decrees, Letters of Instruction, Memoranda and General Orders which may hereafter be promulgated as declared by the President in his land policy speech. It is understood further, that the possession of the agricultural tenant-farmers concerned of their respective landholdings shall not be disturbed until they are duly paid and their landholdings shall already be developed for urban purposes whereby their continuous possession thereof is no longer tenable. Pursuant to the 22 January 1975 Order, private respondents Carloses effected the payment of the compensation due their agricultural tenants. However, herein petitioners Melencio and Concepcion Berboso, successors-in-interest of one of their original tenants, Macario Berboso, refused to vacate their landholdings. On 1 September 1989, private respondents Carloses filed with the DARAB Region III a Petition4 for Confirmation of the Order of Conversion and for the Determination of the Amount of Disturbance Compensation docketed as DARAB Case No. 101-Bul '89. On 7 October 1989, private respondents Carloses and Emiliano Berboso, brother of herein petitioners Berbosos and the named respondent in DARAB Case No. 101-Bul '89, filed with the DARAB a Joint Motion5 to Determine the Amount of Disturbance Compensation due to the respondent/tenant agreeing to abide with the decision of the Board. On 16 October 1989, private respondent Corazon Carlos executed a Deed of Absolute Sale of Real Property in favor of their co-respondent herein JKM which involves one parcel of land consisting of 20,186 square meters covered by TCT No. T-225598 on even date, private respondent Belen Carlos executed another Deed of Absolute Sale of Real Property also in favor of JKM which involves one parcel of land consisting of 20,110 square meters covered by TCT No. T-58059. The said parcels of land sold by private respondents Carloses to JKM are the subjects of the dispute between the private respondents Carloses and JKM, on one hand, and petitioners Berbosos, on the other. In its Decision6 dated 18 December 1989, the DARAB ordered private respondents Carloses to pay Emiliano Berboso the total amount of P112,644.00 equivalent to five years disturbance compensation. On 15 January 1990, Emiliano Berboso filed with the DARAB a Motion7 to Set Aside the 18 December 1989 Decision of the DARAB assailing therein the amount of disturbance compensation. He, together with the other petitioners Berbosos, asserted that he is entitled to either the thirty percent (30%) physical portion of the lot, or the equivalent value thereof in cash, as disturbance compensation. He further asserted that petitioners Berbosos, being tenants of the subject land, should have been included also as parties in the Joint Motion filed in DARAB Case No. 101-Bul '89. Private respondents Carloses presented a photocopy of Official Receipt No. 33121028 dated 29 January 1990 which states that the same was issued by the DAR to them upon payment of P112,644.00 as disturbance compensation pursuant to the 18 December 1989 Decision. On 12 February 1990, Emiliano Berboso filed a Supplemental Motion in support of his earlier Motion to Set Aside the 18 December 1989 Decision which included a Joint Affidavit9 executed by her co-petitioners which Motions were denied by the DARAB. The DARAB, upon motion of private respondents Carloses, issued a Writ of Execution10 on 21 February 1990 to enforce the Decision dated 18 December 1989. On 5 March 1990, Emiliano Berboso filed with the Court of Appeals a Petition for Review11 of the 18 December 1989 Decision of the DARAB docketed as CA-G.R.SP No. 20147. Meanwhile, on motion of private respondents Carloses, the DARAB issued a Writ of Possession12 dated 13 September 1990 against Emiliano Berboso. On 26 December 1990, petitioners Berbosos filed an Action for Maintenance of Peaceful Possession, Damages, and Injunction13 against private respondents Carloses before the DARAB, docketed as DARAB CaseNo. 217-Bul '90, alleging therein that the enforcement of the said Writ of Possession would unjustly deprive them of possession of their land since the land being tilled and tenanted by their brother Emiliano Berboso is separate and distinct from the land they are tenanting from private respondents Carloses, and that they have their own tenanted areas of cultivation which are separate and distinct from that of their brother Emiliano Berboso. Upon motion of private respondents Carloses, the DARAB issued on 16 May 1991 an Alias Writ of Execution14 against Emiliano Berboso. The same, however, was not implemented because Emiliano Berboso refused to sign and acknowledge the Alias Writ of Execution served upon him by Sheriff Armando G. Dionisio. On 25 March 1992, petitioners Berbosos filed a Petition15 before the DARAB, docketed as DARAB Case No. 368-Bul '92, seeking to exercise their right of redemption under Republic Act No. 3844,16 as amended. They similarly prayed for the reversion of the subject land to its original agricultural use contending that private respondent JKM had already started utilizing the said land by bulldozing it. Finally, they deposited with the Regional Agrarian Reform Adjudicators (RARAD) the amount of P1,000,000.00 as redemption money. DARAB Case No. 368-Bul'92 was consolidated with DARAB Case No. 217-Bul '90. On 26 March 1992, the Court of Appeals rendered a Decision17 in CA-G.R. SP No. 20147, denying Emiliano Berboso's Petition for Review, thus: WHEREFORE, the instant petition and the motion to remand the same to the DARAB are hereby DENIED for lack of merit. Accordingly, the motion for the issuance of a writ of injunction to enjoin the enforcement of the decision is likewise denied and DARAB Case No. 101-Bul '89 is hereby remanded to the public respondent for further proceedings. On 9 December 1992, petitioners Berbosos filed before the DAR Secretary a Petition18 for the Cancellation of the Conversion Order dated 22 January 1975 of previous DAR Secretary Estrella. On 9 February 1993, the Provincial Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (PARAB) rendered a Decision19 dismissing the consolidated DARAB Cases No. 217-Bul '90 and No. 368-Bul '92. The dispositive portion reads: WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered: 1. Ordering the dismissal of the above-mentioned cases for lack of basis and/or for being moot and academic; 2. Ordering the plaintiffs/petitioners [petitioner Berbosos] to vacate and restore to the defendants' JKM INTERNATIONAL INC. [private respondent JKM] the portion being in their present possession; andcralawlibrary 3. All other claims are hereby dismissed likewise, for lack of any legal and factual basis. Petitioners Berbosos appealed the aforesaid Decision to the DARAB Head Office at Quezon City, which was docketed as DARAB CaseNo. 1283. On 5 January 1994, the DAR Secretary Ernesto D. Garilao issued an Order20 granting the Motion for Cancellation of the Conversion Order dated 22 January 1975, to wit: WHEREFORE, Order is hereby issued granting the Petition and the Order dated January 22, 1975 is hereby declared null and void for lack of due process. The 6.2789 hectares shall be covered by operation land transfer pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 27 which includes the 4.0 hectares portion which has been found to be still agricultural in use and tenanted by the petitioners. The corresponding Emancipation Patents shall be generated and issued in favor of petitioners Melencio Berboso and Concepcion Berboso, if they are already qualified. Private respondents Carloses moved for the reconsideration of the aforementioned Order of DAR Secretary Garilao but the same was denied. Aggrieved, they filed an Appeal with the Office of the President which was docketed as O.P. Case No. 5994. On 24 October 1994, petitioners Berbosos filed before the DARAB Head Office, Quezon City, a Manifestation with Motion to Withdraw Complaint for Redemption in DARAB Case No. 368-Bul '92, since there was no more need for resolution of the said case in light of the Order of DAR Secretary Garilao dated 5 January1994 finding the subject lands to be still agricultural in use and tenanted by petitioners Berbosos. On 1 March 1996, the Office of the President rendered a Decision21 reversing and setting aside the Order of DAR Secretary Garilao dated 5 January 1994 and reinstating the Order of the former DAR Secretary Estrella dated 22 January 1975, the dispositive portion of which is reproduced below: WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Order of the Department of Agrarian Reform dated January 5, 1994 is REVERSED and SET ASIDE and the Order of then DAR Secretary Conrado F. Estrella, dated January 22, 1975 is REINSTATED. On 25 June 1996, the DARAB Head Office, Quezon City, rendered a Decision22 on DARAB Case No. 1283, dismissing the Appeal of petitioners Berbosos and affirming the Decision of the DARAB Region III dated 18 December 1989, ordering as follows: WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered DISMISSING the appeal and AFFIRMING IN TOTO the challenged decision of the Adjudicator a quo. Any emancipation patent/s issued in favor of Melencio Berboso and Concepcion Berboso, or other persons over these landholdings in dispute are hereby ordered CANCELLED. On 21 August 1996, petitioners Berbosos filed before the Court of Appeals a Petition for Review23 of the Decision dated 1 March 1996 of the Office of the President in O.P. Case No. 5994. This Petition was docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 41568. Again, on 11 October 1996, petitioners Berbosos filed before the Court of Appeals a Petition for Review24 of the Decision of DARAB Head Office, Quezon City, in DARAB Case No. 1283. This was docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 42122. On 3 April 1997, the Court of Appeals issued a Resolution25 which ordered the consolidation of CA-G.R. SP No. 42122 and No. 41568. On 29 December 1999, the Court of Appeals rendered a Decision26 dismissing both Petitions for Review, and affirming the Decisions of the Office of the President dated 1 March 1996 and the DARAB dated 25 June 1996. The dispositive portion of the said Decision reads: WHEREFORE, the petitions in these consolidated cases are hereby DISMISSED and the appealed decisions of the Office of the President and the DARAB are hereby AFFIRMED. Additionally, an order is hereby issued directing the Registry of Deeds, Meycauayan Branch, to cancel Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. EP-149-M and EP-150-M and to reinstate cancelled Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. T-114000 (M), 120510 (M), 102513 (M), 120514 (M), 120516 (M), and 120517 (M) in the name of respondent JKM INTERNATIONAL, INC. as well as Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. 122924 (M) and 122925 (M) in the name of Wong Lee Lee. Undaunted, petitioners Berbosos filed the instant Petition raising the following issues: THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN INVALIDATING THE TRANSFER CERTIFICATES OF TITLES OF THE PETITIONER BERBOSOS IN THE ABSENCE OF DIRECT ATTACK; THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN UPHOLDING THE VALIDITY OF THE CONVERSION ORDER OF DAR SECRETARY ESTRELLA DATED 22 JANUARY 1975; THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN RULING THAT THE PRIVATE RESPONDENT CARLOSESS HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONVERSION OF THEIR LAND UNDER SEC. 36 OF RA 3844; THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN RULING THAT THERE WAS OBSERVANCE OF DUE PROCESS IN APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF ORDER OF CONVERSION; THE COURT OF APPEALS ERRED IN RULING THAT THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF THE SECURITY OF TENURE OF PETITIONER BERBOSOS AS FARMER-BENEFICIARIES. Petitioners Berbosos invoked Presidential Decree No. 27.27 They argued that, upon the promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 27 on 21 October 1972, they are automatically deemed owners of the land in question; that TCTs No. EP-150-M and No. EP-149-M which cover the subject lands, were issued in their favor by the DAR; and that said titles cannot be cancelled by the Court of Appeals in the absence of a direct attack by private respondents Carloses and JKM. Petitioners Berbosos' arguments are without merit. Presidential Decree No. 27, or more popularly known as the Emancipation Decree, was signed into law in view of the fact that the old concept of land ownership by a few has spawned valid and legitimate grievances that gave rise to violent conflict and tension. The law points out that reformation must start with the emancipation of the tiller from the bondage of the soil.28 It recognized the importance of encouraging a more productive agricultural base of the nation's economy. In order to achieve this objective, the decree laid down a scheme for the purchase by small farmers of the lands they were tilling. Landowners of agricultural lands which were devoted primarily to rice and corn production and exceeded the minimum retention area were thus compelled to sell, through the intercession of the government, their lands to qualified farmers at liberal terms and conditions.29 Presidential Decree No. 27 does not, however, automatically vest ownership of a piece of land to a tenant farmer. The law itself provides for certain conditions and procedures before a qualified farmer can claim the right of absolute ownership over these lands, some of which are as follows: The total cost of the land, including interest at the rate of six (6) per centum per annum, shall be paid by the tenant in fifteen (15) years of fifteen (15) equal annual amortizations; No title to the land owned by the tenant-farmers under this Decree shall be actually issued to a tenant farmer unless and until the tenant-farmer has become a full-fledged member of a duly recognized farmer's cooperative; Title to land acquired pursuant to this Decree or the Land Reform Program of the Government shall not be transferable except by hereditary succession or to the Government in accordance with the provisions of this Decree, the Code of Agrarian Reform and other existing laws and regulations. Under Presidential Decree No. 26630 which provides for the mechanics of registration of ownership and/or title to land under Presidential Decree No. 27, full compliance by the grantee with the aforequoted undertakings is required for a grant of title under Presidential Decree No. 27 and the subsequent issuance of an emancipation patent in favor of the farmer/grantee. In the case of Pagtalunan v. Tamayo,31 this Court ruled that: [T]he mere issuance of the certificate of land transfer does not vest in the farmer/grantee ownership of the land described therein. The certificate simply evidences governments recognition of the grantee as the party qualified to avail of the statutory mechanisms for the acquisition of ownership of the land tilled by him as provided under PD 27. Neither is this recognition permanent or irrevocable. Failure on the part of the farmer/grantee to comply with his obligation to pay his lease rentals or amortization payments when they fall due for a period of two (2) years to the landowner or agricultural lessor is a ground for forfeiture of his certificate of land transfer [Section 2, Presidential Decree No. 816 ]. Clearly, it is only after compliance with the above conditions which entitle a farmer/grantee to an emancipation patent that he acquires the vested right of absolute ownership in the landholding - a right which has become fixed and established, and is no longer open to to doubt or controversy [See definition of "vested right" or "vested interest" in Balbao v. Farrales, 51 Phil. 498 (1928); Republic of the Philippines v. De Porkan, G.R. No. 66866, June 18, 1987, 151 SCRA 88]. At best, the farmer/grantee, prior to compliance with these conditions, merely possesses a contingent or expectant right of ownership over the landholding." 32 In the case at bar, petitioners Berbosos submitted as evidence TCTs No. EP-149-M and No. EP-150-M,33 issued by the Registry of Deeds of Meycauayan, Bulacan, in their favor, to prove their claim of ownership over the subject lands. However, the manner by which petitioners Berbosos acquired such TCTs is highly irregular, which casts doubt on their validity. Section 2 of Presidential Decree No. 266 provides that: If the land is previously registered under the Torrens System, the Emancipation Patent and/or Grant, if filed with the Register of Deeds, shall constitute conclusive authority for him to enter a transfer certificate of title in accordance with such patent and/or grant: Provided, however, That the Register of Deeds, before cancelling the original of the certificate of title and issuing a new one in favor of the grantee, shall require the registered owner or the party in possession thereof to surrender for cancellation the owner's duplicate within a reasonable period; and Provided, further, That if the owner or party withholding such duplicate certificate shall refuse or fail to surrender the same within thirty (30) days from and after the date of receipt of the proper notice, the Register of Deeds shall be authorized to cancel the original as well as the owner's duplicate certificate of title and issue in lieu thereof a new one, with the corresponding owner's duplicate, in favor of the grantee. In the case at bar, there is nothing in the records which shows that the Registry of Deeds of Meycauayan, Bulacan, had required private respondent JKM, as the registered owner thereof, to surrender its titles for cancellation and for the issuance of new titles in favor of petitioners Berbosos. There was no proper notice at all given by the Register of Deeds of Meycauayan, Bulacan, to private respondent JKM as regards the cancellation of its titles and the issuance of new ones in favor of petitioners Berbosos. Indeed, the above-quoted provision was not observed. Moreover, the Court of Appeals found that: [I]t appears from the Manifestation filed by respondent JKM INTERNATIONAL, INC., that its Transfer Certificate of Title covering the subject landholding were cancelled and in its place Transfer Certificates of Title Nos. EP-149-M and EP-150-M were issued in the name of petitioners [Berbosos]. Such cancellation of the certificates of title [was] effected despite the pendency of these cases and while the owner's copy of the transfer certificates of title are still in the possession of respondent [Carloses]. Worse, no writ of execution was issued to implement the decision of Secretary Garilao as basis for such cancellation. This development is highly irregular and anomalous and the same should be corrected in order to prevent the judgment of this Court from being rendered ineffectual.34 As to the issue of whether or not there was a direct attack on the validity of the TCTs No. EP-149-M and No. EP-150-M of the petitioners Berbosos by private respondents Carloses and JKM thus allowing for the cancellation of said titles, we rule in the affirmative. In the case of Mallilin, Jr. v. Castillo,35 we had an occasion to discuss the issue of direct attack on the validity of titles, to wit: A torrens title, as a rule, is conclusive and indefeasible. Proceeding from this, P.D. No. 1529, Section 48, provides that a certificate of title shall not be subject to collateral attack and cannot be altered, modified, or cancelled except in a direct proceeding. When is an action an attack on a title? It is when the object of the action or proceeding is to nullify the title, and thus challenge the judgment pursuant to which the title was decreed. The attack is direct when the object of an action or proceeding is to annul or set aside such judgment, or enjoin its enforcement. On the other hand, the attack is indirect or collateral when, in an action to obtain a different relief, an attack on the judgment is nevertheless made as an incident thereof. It can be recalled that DAR Secretary Garilao issued an Order36 dated 5 January 1994 granting the Petition filed by petitioners Berbosos for the Cancellation of the Conversion Order37 dated 22 January 1975 issued by former DAR Secretary Estrella. The Order dated 5 January 1994 declared as null and void, for lack of due process, the Conversion Order because petitioners Berbosos were not notified of the pendency of private respondents Carloses' Application for Conversion Order. It also directed that emancipation patents be issued in the name of petitioners Berbosos. On 2 February 1994, private respondents Carloses filed a Motion38 for Reconsideration to Set Aside the Order dated 5 January 1994 contending that they were denied due process since they were not notified of the filing of such a Petition, and that they were denied the opportunity to present their evidence. On 28 January 1994, private respondent JKM likewise filed a Motion to Set Aside the Order dated 5 January 199439 alleging that petitioners Berbosos were duly notified of the 22 January 1975 Conversion Order. Furthermore, on 16 February 1994, private respondent JKM filed a Supplement to the Motion to Set Aside40 the 5 January 1994 Order. All these Motions were, however, denied by the DAR. Subsequently, private respondents Carloses appealed the said denial with the Office of the President, which, in turn, reversed and set aside41 the 5 January 1994 Order, and reinstated the 22 January 1975 Conversion Order. On 5 November 1999, private respondent JKM filed a Manifestation and Motion42 with the Court of Appeals in the consolidated cases of CA-G.R. SP No. 41568 and No. 42122, stating that the issuance of TCTs No. EP-149-M and No. EP-150-M to petitioners Berbosos was not made known to it since the Registry of Deeds of Meycauayan, Bulacan, did not send to it a written request requiring the surrender of its owner's duplicate copies of the TCTs covering the subject land for cancellation; that there was no Motion for Execution filed by petitioners Berbosos and no Writ of Execution was issued to implement the 5 January 1994 Order; that its owner's duplicate copies of the TCTs are still in its possession; and that in order to protect its rights over the subject land, it caused the registration of the "Notice of Lis Pendens" on the TCTs No. EP-149-M and No. EP-150-M of petitioners Berbosos with the Registry of Deeds, Meycauayan, Bulacan. There is no doubt from the foregoing that private respondents Carloses and JKM have attacked and challenged the 5 January 1994 Order of DAR Secretary Garilao which directed the issuance of emancipation patents in favor of petitioners Berbosos. In fact, in its 5 November 1999 Manifestation and Motion43 filed with the Court of Appeals, private respondent JKM specifically prayed that an order be included in its Decision in CA-G.R. SP No. 41568, directing the Register of Deeds of Meycauayan, Bulacan, to cancel TCTs No. EP-149-M and No. EP-150-M, and to reinstate cancelled TCTs No. T-114000 (M), No. 120510 (M), No. 102513 (M), No. 120514 (M), No. 120516 (M), and No. 120517 (M) in its name, as well TCTs No. 122924 (M) and No. 122925 (M) in the name of Wong Lee Lee (the person who subsequently bought a parcel of the subject land from private respondent JKM). Hence, petitioners Berbosos cannot validly claim that there was no direct attack on their titles thus barring the Court of Appeals from canceling TCTs No. EP-149-M and No. EP-150-M. Petitioners Berbosos also contended that since private respondents Carloses were no longer owners of the subject land as of 21 October 1972 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 27, which brought the subject land under the Operation Land Transfer, private respondents Carloses had no legal basis then to apply for conversion of the subject land in 1973. Again, this contention is bereft of any merit. After the Order dated 22 January 1975 was issued by then DAR Secretary Estrella, what the original tenant therein, Macario Berboso, or his successors-in-interest, Emiliano Berboso and petitioners Berbosos, should have done was to assail the said Order by filing an appeal with the Office of the President within 30 days from their receipt of the said Order pursuant to O.P. Administrative Order No. 18, series of 1987,44 or by filing a Petition for Review within 15 days from notice of the said Order with the Court of Appeals pursuant to our ruling in the case of Villorente v. Aplaya Laiya Corporation,45 to wit: Section 1, Rule 43 of the Rules of Court provides that final orders of quasi-judicial bodies in the exercise of their quasi-judicial functions, including the DAR under Republic Act No. 6657, may be appealed to the Court of Appeals via a Petition for Review . Under Section 4 of the Rule, the petition should be filed within 15 days from notice of the said final order or from the date of its last publication, if publication is required by law for its effectivity, or of the denial of the petitioner's motion for reconsideration duly filed in accordance with the governing law of the court or agency a quo. Unfortunately, they did not question the Conversion Order dated 22 January 1975 in the manner and within the period stated above. Instead, Emiliano Berboso (acting as successor-in-interest of his deceased father, Macario Berboso, and in representation of his siblings petitioners Berbosos), together with private respondents Carloses, chose to file with the DARAB a Joint Motion to Determine Amount of the Disturbance Compensation on 7 October 1989. When the DARAB rendered a Decision on 18 December 1989 fixing the amount of disturbance compensation due to Emiliano Berboso at P112,644.00, Emiliano Berboso and petitioners Berbosos contested the lawfulness of the said amount by filing a Petition for Review with the Court of Appeals. It was only on 9 December 1992, or after 17 years from the issuance of the 22 January 1975 Conversion Order that they questioned the validity of the said Conversion Order when they filed a Petition46 with the Office of the DAR Secretary for the cancellation of the same. By then, the period for petitioners Berbosos to question the Conversion Order had long since expired. Hence, they are now barred from assailing the said Order under the doctrine of estoppel. Estoppel by laches arises from the negligence or omission to assert a right within a reasonable time, warranting a presumption that the party entitled to assert it either has abandoned or declined to assert it.47 Once final and executory, the Conversion Order can no longer be questioned.48 Moreover, the 26 March 1992 Decision of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the lawfulness of the disturbance compensation awarded by the 18 December 1989 DARAB Decision, is final and binding upon the petitioners Berbosos. It can be recalled that Emiliano Berboso filed a Petition for Review49 of the DARAB Decision dated 18 December 1989 with the Court of Appeals docketed as CA-G.R. SP No. 20147, questioning therein the lawfulness of the amount of disturbance compensation awarded to him and claiming that his brother and sister, herein petitioners Berbosos, should have been included as parties in the Joint Motion for Determination of Disturbance Compensation since they are also tenants of the subject land. On 26 March 1992, the Court of Appeals rendered a Decision50 on this Petition ruling that the amount of disturbance compensation awarded to Emiliano Berboso in DARAB Decision dated 18 December 1989 is lawful and valid. It further decreed that herein petitioners Berbosos need not be included as parties in the said Joint Motion since Emiliano Berboso was named therein merely as the representative of the deceased tenant, Macario Berboso, who was the tenant of the whole parcel of the subject land. The disturbance compensation awarded necessarily includes the disturbance compensation due to the petitioners Berbosos, who together with Emiliano Berboso, are the part tillers of the subject land succeeding to the rights of their late father. At this point, the proper remedy of Emiliano Berboso under Section 1, Rule 52 of the Revised Rules of Court would be to file a Motion for Reconsideration with the Court of Appeals of its 26 March 1992 Decision within 15 days from notice thereof, or an Appeal by Certiorari with this Court within 15 days from notice of the assailed Decision pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of Rule 45 of the Revised Rules of Court. However, after going through the records of the instant Petition, we find no evidence showing that Emiliano Berboso had indeed filed the said Motion or Appeal. Hence, under Section 2 of Rule 36 of the Revised Rules of Court, the 26 March 1992 Decision had already attained finality. It is well-settled that a judgment which had acquired finality becomes immutable and unalterable, thus, may no longer be modified in any respect except to clerical errors or mistakes, all the issues between the parties being deemed resolved and laid to rest.51 Since the lawfulness of the determination of the award of disturbance compensation was already settled in the 26 March 1992 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 20147, we hold that the legality and validity of the 22 January 1975 Conversion Order is also settled because determination of disturbance compensation necessarily follows the Conversion Order. Simply put, there would be no determination of disturbance compensation without a Conversion Order being first validly issued. It may be argued that the 26 March 1992 Decision of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 20147 is not binding upon petitioners Berbosos since they are not the original parties therein but only Emiliano Berboso. It is true that Emiliano Berboso is the sole petitioner in CA-G.R. SP No. 20147. Nevertheless, the 26 March 1992 Decision rendered by the Court of Appeals in the said case is also binding upon the other petitioners Berbosos because although they were not the original parties in CA-G.R. SP No. 20147, they were duly represented by their brother Emiliano Berboso, who was named a party merely in representation of their deceased father, Macario Berboso, the tenant beneficiary at the time the Conversion Order was issued on 22 January 1975. It should be emphasized that Emiliano Berboso and his siblings merely inherited and acquired the tenancy rights of their father, Macario Berboso. Petitioners Berbosos failed to establish that they had tenancy rights separate and distinct from what their brother Emiliano Berboso acquired from their father, Macario Berboso. Petitioners Berbosos further alleged that private respondents Carloses failed to comply with the requirements stated in Section 36 of Republic Act No. 3844 as regards the conversion of the subject land; that private respondents Carloses did not, within one year from dispossession of their tenants, undertake the conversion of the subject lands from agricultural to residential, industrial and commercial purposes; and that DAR Secretary Garilao was correct in reversing and setting aside the Conversion Order issued by the previous DAR Secretary Estrella. Since we already ruled that the 22 January 1975 Conversion Order of DAR Secretary Estrella is final and binding upon petitioners Berbosos, any issue related to the said Order is rendered moot and academic. Moreover, the foregoing allegations of petitioners Berbosos were refuted by the Office of the President in its Decision dated 1 March 1996, to wit: The DAR Secretary's appealed decision was anchored on the inherent authority of the Secretary to review the action of his predecessor, and on Sec. X(D) of Administrative Order No. 15 series of 1989 (Rules Governing Conversion of Private Agricultural Lands to Non-Agricultural Uses), which reads: "X. The Secretary may cancel or withdraw authorization for conversion already issued, for any of the following causes/reasons: D. Failure to complete the development of the area within the time frame specified in Section IV-H above." And Section IV-H provides: "IV. Governing Principles. H. To prevent speculation, DAR shall require the petitioner to show clear and convincing proof of financial and organizational capability to undertake and complete the development of the area within one (1) year from date of issuance of development permit by HLURB, if the area is five (5) hectares, and the period of development shall not extend beyond one (1) year for every five (5) hectares of land authorized for conversion." Regarding the invocation of Sections IV and X of Administrative Order No. 15, the inequity of applying the deadline provided for in the Order is revealed by the following considerations: (a) Republic Act No. 3844, otherwise known as the Agricultural Reform Code of 1963, was the law existing at the time the application for conversion was filed and granted. The remedy available to tenants in the event their landowner fail to develop the property is found in Sec. 36 (1) thereof which reads: "Sec. 36. Possession of Landholdings; Exceptions. - x x x (1) x x x Provided, further, That should the landholder not cultivate the land himself for three years or fail to substantially carry out such conversion within one year after the dispossession of the tenant, it shall be presumed that he acted in bad faith and the tenant shall have the right to demand possession of the land and recover damages for any loss incurred by him because of said dispossession." From the foregoing, it is clear that the one year period commences to run only after the tenant has been dispossessed of the property. Since at no time were the Berbosos evicted from the property, the one year period deadline did not commence to run. Also, most significant is the fact that the remedy available to the dispossessed tenant is the right to demand possession of the land plus recovery of damages, and not the cancellation of the order of conversion. (b) While Administrative Order No. 15 applies to the petition for conversion filed in 1989, Sections IV-H and X-D thereof provide that the one year period commences to run only after the issuance of the development permit by the HLURB. The developer, JKM International Inc., claimed that no permit has yet been issued by the said agency. In view of the non-issuance, the one year deadline could not have operated against the rights of the appellants.52 This finding was affirmed by the Court of Appeals in its Decision dated 29 December 1999, is now being impugned before us. Well-settled is the rule that findings of administrative agencies which have acquired expertise because their jurisdiction is confined only to specific matters, is accorded not only respect but finality, particularly when affirmed by the appellate tribunal.53 Petitioners Berbosos further claimed they were denied due process in the application, issuance and confirmation of the said Conversion Order. This is not so. When private respondents Carloses applied for the issuance of the Conversion Order with the DAR in 1973, one of the original tenants in the subject land was petitioners Berbosos' father, Macario Berboso. While the said application is still pending with the DAR, all tenants of private respondents Carloses, including Macario Berboso, were notified and interviewed by DAR Officer Guillermo V. Sta. Ana as regards the said application.54 All of the said tenants, including Macario Berboso, made written declarations and manifestations with regard to the said application.55 Despite said notices, Macario Berboso did not initiate any proceedings to contest the processing of the application and the subsequent issuance of the Conversion Order. Even assuming for the sake of argument that petitioners Berbosos were not notified of the application for Conversion Order filed by private respondents Carloses, this lack of notice had been cured56 when they actively intervened and participated in the proceedings before the DARAB, the PARAB, the Office of the President, and the Court of Appeals. The petitioners Berbosos made appeals and had also repeatedly moved for the reconsideration of each decision that was adverse to them. Time and again, we ruled that what is repugnant to due process is the absolute lack of opportunity to be heard.57 The essence of due process is simply an opportunity to be heard or, as applied to administrative proceedings, an opportunity to seek a reconsideration of the action or ruling complained of.58 Due process is satisfied when the parties are afforded fair and reasonable opportunity to explain their side of the controversy or an opportunity to move for a reconsideration of the action or ruling complained of.59 Lastly, petitioners Berbosos also posited that their security of tenure as farmers-beneficiaries under Presidential Decree No. 27 was violated. According to them, the 18 December 1989 DARAB Decision fixing the amount of disturbance compensation is binding only with respect to Emiliano Berboso, and since they were never made parties therein, their security of tenure cannot be affected. It was already ruled in the Court of Appeals Decision of 26 March 1992 in CA-G.R. SP No. 20147 that petitioners Berbosos were duly represented therein by their brother Emiliano Berboso, who was named a party in representation of their father, Macario Berboso, the tenant beneficiary at the time the 22 January 1975 Conversion Order was issued, and that the disturbance compensation awarded to Emiliano Berboso necessarily includes the disturbance compensation due to petitioners Berbosos. As we discussed earlier, this Decision is already final and binding upon petitioners Berbosos. Hence, there is no more need to determine the claim of security of tenure by petitioners Berbosos as farmers-beneficiaries. WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Decision dated 29 December 1999 of the Court of Appeals in the consolidated cases of CA-G.R. SP No. 41568 and No. 42122 directing the Register of Deeds, Meycauayan, Bulacan, to cancel TCTs No. EP-149-M and No. EP-150-M and to reinstate cancelled TCTs No. T-114000 (M), No. 120510 (M), 102513 (M), 120514 (M), 120516 (M), and 120517 (M) in the name of private respondent JKM, as well as TCTs No. 122924 (M) and No. 122925 (M) in the name of Wong Lee Lee, is hereby AFFIRMED. Costs against petitioners. Panganiban, C.J., Ynares-Santiago, Austria-Martinez, Callejo, Sr., JJ., concur. 1 Penned by Associate Justice Artemio G. Tuquero with Associate Justices Eubulo G. Verzola and Andres B. Reyes, concurring; Rollo, pp. 33-46. 2 CA rollo (CA-G.R. SP No. 42122), pp. 295-306. 3 Id. at 213-216. 8 Id. at 246. 16 "AN ACT TO ORDAIN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND REFORM CODE AND TO INSTITUTE LAND REFORMS IN THE PHILIPPINES, INCLUDING THE ABOLITION OF TENANCY AND THE CHANNELING OF CAPITAL INTO INDUSTRY, PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, APPROPRIATE FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES." (8 August 1963.) 17 CA rollo (CA-G.R. SP No. 42122), pp. 263-271. 20 CA rollo ( CA G.R. SP No. 41568 ), pp. 110-120. 21 CA rollo (CA G.R. SP No. 42122), pp. 288-294. 26 Rollo, pp. 33-46. 27 "DECREEING THE EMANCIPATION OF TENANTS FROM THE BONDAGE OF THE SOIL TRANSFERRING TO THEM THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND THEY TILL AND PROVIDING THE INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANISM THEREFOR." (21 October 1972.) 28 Torres v. Ventura, G.R. No. 86044, 2 July 1990, 187 SCRA 96, 107. 29 Pagtalunan v. Tamayo, G.R. No. 54281, 19 March 1990, 183 SCRA 252, 258. 30 "PROVIDING FOR THE MECHANICS OF REGISTRATION OF OWNERSHIP AND/OR TITLE TO LAND UNDER PD NO. 27." (4 August 1973) 31 Supra note 29. 34 Rollo, p. 45. 35 389 Phil. 153, 165 (2000). 42 Id. at.322-327. 43 Id. 44 Department of Agrarian Reform Administrative Order No. 01, Series of 1999 (30 March 1999): "REVISED RULES AND REGULATIONS ON THE CONVERSION OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS TO NON-AGRICULTURAL USES" 45 G.R. No. 145013, 31 March 2005, 454 SCRA 493, 501. 47 Alday v. FGU Insurance Corporation, 402 Phil. 962, 970-971. 51 Ram's Studio and Photographic Equipment, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, 400 Phil. 542, 550 (2000). 53 Jacinto v. Court of Appeals, 346 Phil. 656, 674 (1997). 56 German Management and Services, Inc. v. Court of Appeals, G.R. No. 76216, 14 September 1989, 177 SCRA 495, 500; Marvel Building Corp. v. Ople, 207 Phil. 351, 353 (1983); Ablaza v. Court of Industrial Relations, 211 Phil. 425, 432 (1983); Cruz v. Minister of Labor and Employment, G.R. No. 56591, 17 January 1983, 120 SCRA 15, 21; Ortigas and Company Limited Partnership v. Velasco, G.R. No. 109645 25 July 1994, 234 SCRA 455, 502. 57 Capuno v. Jaramillo, A.M. No. RTJ-93-944, 20 July 1994, 234 SCRA 212, 233. 58 Vda. de Dela Cruz v. Abille, G.R. No. 130196, 26 February 2001, 352 SCRA 691, 701. 59 Roxas v. Vasquez, 411 Phil. 276, 287 (2001).

Fans of watching top notch talent on different sides of the ball are in for a treat on Sunday. The Jacksonville Jaguars travel to square off against the Kansas City Chiefs in a game that features one of the top defenses versus one of the most explosive offenses in the league. Kansas City is sitting at 4-0, after completing their comeback win against the Denver Broncos on Monday night. Jacksonville are tied atop their division at 3-1, after they dominated the New York Jets last weekend. The storylines are plentiful, the star power is abundant, and these two heavy hitters are ready to clash on Sunday afternoon. Patrick Mahomes. This budding NFL star has been, in a word, phenomenal. He has accounted for 15 total touchdowns without throwing an interception in the first four games of the year. He's completing 65% of his passes while averaging an even 300 yards per game through the air. Above all, his movement in the pocket and his ability to extend plays are reminiscent of a young Aaron Rodgers, or even Brett Favre. Trailing by 10 points and facing his first bit of adversity in the NFL, Mahomes guided the Chiefs to back-to-back touchdowns that helped the Chiefs leave victorious. With all that being said, without a doubt, the Jaguars defense will provide Mahomes with his toughest test to date. 56 points. The Jacksonville Jaguars defense has smothered their opponents in the first four games of the season, only allowing 56 points. They're giving up an average of 12 points a game. Best in the NFL. They're allowing 164 yards passing per game. Best in the NFL. They're only giving up 259 total yards per game. Best in the NFL. Does anybody else notice a trend here? They have two of the top corners in the game, with athletic linebackers and a defensive line that is relentless. The Jaguars have a major test in slowing down the Kansas City offense, but something tells me this group is not intimidated. One of these juggernauts will have to give way. With all of the defensive stats the Jaguars have compiled, the Chiefs come in toting the highest scoring offense in the league (36.3 points/game). Aside from Mahomes, the weapons the Chiefs have provide any defense a challenge. Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce, and Kareem Hunt will have to find ways to make an impact. Kareem Hunt needs the rock. Not just in the running game either. He is averaging almost 18 carries per game, but only averaging 72 yards on the ground. As we saw on Monday night, catching the ball in the open field is where Hunt can really gash a defense. Only coming into Monday night with one catch, he caught two passes on the final two drives that helped the Chiefs march down the field. Hunt has the ability to break tackles and extend plays in the open field. For the Chiefs to score against this defense, they must get Hunt involved heavily in the pass game. Tyreek Hill can fly. With his ability to bust big plays in the blink of an eye, Jalen Ramsey and A.J. Bouye will have a difficult match-up outside the numbers. There's no doubt that these corners aren't deterred by the threat of Hill, but it is a battle that will be interesting to watch. Hill has become more of a traditional wide receiver this season, in the sense that he will catch the ball underneath to move the chains. His big play explosions will always be the focus of defenses. But, his all-around skill catching the ball, plus his ability to run the ball out of the backfield, Hill will need to have a big day to help the Chiefs put up points. Once considered a liability for the Jaguars, Blake Bortles has shown flashes of being a solid NFL quarterback this season. Throwing for over 350 yards in two games, Bortles has had to guide the offense into scoring drives without their lead back Leonard Fournette. Fournette has missed multiple games already, and will miss this match-up due to a hamstring injury that has plagued his young career. Facing a Kansas City defense that has been abysmal at times, Bortles will need to take care of the ball and find ways to move the chains. One has to assume the Chiefs will score into the 20s in this game, which will force Bortles to put up some points this week. Despite his flashes of success this year, the lone Jaguars loss came when the offense only put up 6 points against the Tennessee Titans. He's thrown for over 350 twice, while also being held to under 200 yards twice. What Bortles will we get on Sunday? Click here and sign-up for MyBookie with the promo code "FlurrySports" for them to match your deposit dollar for dollar up to $1,000. In the battle of offense versus defense, the offense will prevail this week. The Chiefs will find ways to win a tight game at home thanks to Mahomes extending plays and Hunt finding the end zone.

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Students "March For Our Lives" By Savannah Tribune | on March 28, 2018 By Kendra Frederick, SSU Student Intern Protestors in Savannah gather in Forsyh Park to discuss gun violence and encourage voter registration. Thousands of students, teachers and supporters gathered to participate in the "March For Our Lives" protest held last Saturday. The crowd gathered in Wright Square in downtown Savannah and began the march at 11a.m. to Forsyth Park. Protesters from all ages packed the streets of Savannah to march against gun violence. The march started in Wright Square and ended at Forsyth Park. The protest was organized by Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) students, Devyn Bauer and Kylie Ruffino. SCAD was not affiliated with the march. "We're here because there have been too many tragedies where too many lives have been lost," Kylie Ruffino told The Savannah Tribune. The march was a part of the March for Our Lives movement, which grew out of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. It was also apart of over a hundred protests to take place over the weekend. In D.C thousands of protesters filled the streets of the nation's capital. "My generation has spent our entire lives seeing mass shooting after mass shooting, and that needs to end now." said Parkland shooting survivor Cameron Kasky to the crowd. In Savannah, protesters held signs and shouted, "enough is enough" and "Hey. Hey. NRA, how many kids have to die today?" A moment of silence was also held for the Marjory Stoneman Douglas victims. "I work in a school and it can be scary. You don't know what's going to happen. I think the kids did great and hopefully the generation in charge will listen because they are the future." said Niki Sarantos, a Texas high school teacher. Voter registration booths were also set up inside the square and at the park. "Be counted this November. And if you've already registered to vote – register your friends. More From Front Page Go To The Front Page Section Savannah Hair Salon Hosts Ball To Benefit Local Children Annual Savannah Black Heritage Festival Opens Feb. 1

Co conics unveils three new laptops in India: The C314A, CC11B and CC11A Colonics unveiled three new laptop models in India. These models are called the Colonics CC11B, CC11A, and C314A. The CC11B is an 11-inch laptop that can be folded to form a tablet. While the CC11A has been designed especially for student use, the Comics C314A is water-resistant. While the Colonics CC11A sports an 11-inch display, the Comics C314A sports a 14-inch display. All three of them have a battery life of up to 8 hours. The company said that the laptops would be available for distribution from the second quarter of 2019. M Sivasankar, Secretary IT, Chairman of KSITM, said, "Our vision of Colonics is to create a vibrant hardware manufacturing ecosystem in the state of Kerala. This includes collaboration between the innovative start-up companies and small and medium; IT enterprises both in the Government and Private sectors. This manufacturing ecosystem would, over a period of time, cater to the needs of Kerala, our country, and also to the global demand by producing hardware products of remarkable quality." Now to talk about the specifications of the three models. The Comics CC11B sports an 11-inch FHD IPS Display and is powered by Intel Celeron N3350. The laptop has 4GB RAM and comes with 64GB onboard storage. The CC11B runs Windows 10 OS and sports a metallic casing. The device also has USB-Type C and is very portable. As the company claims, the Comics CC11B is specially designed for frequent travelers. The Comics CC11A is powered by Intel Celeron N4000 and sports an 11-inch HD Display. The laptop has 2GB RAM, 64GB storage and operates on Windows 10. Finally, the Conics C314A sports a 14-inch HD display and is powered by Intel i3 7100U. The device brings 4GB RAM and 500GB of internal storage. It runs on the Windows 10 operating system. Alexander Varghese, CAO of UST Global, said, "We are excited about Colonics, India's latest OEM/ODM, built-in line with Government of India's 'Make in India' initiative. With the larger vision of creating a hardware ecosystem in Kerala, we intend to leverage our relationship with Intel to take this venture to the next level. We aim to utilize the unique partnership model with the government and the strong ESDM partners already available in the state to bring in more manufacturing to the country." These laptops will be aimed at first-time laptop users and will fall in the budget segment. We will not be surprised if we see the price of under Rs 20,000 for them. Dell Recalls And Will Replace Faulty Hybrid Power Adapters For Laptops Over Shock Safety Risk Should you be afraid of your computer's webcam? The student used the 'USB Killer' device to break $58,000 worth of college computer systems Meade School District trying to replace computer systems This New York City Restaurant Prohibits Cell Phone Use Paytm Laptop Fest: Get i5 laptops at upto 20% off Computers to help group's paintings with at-danger college students

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The Cape Town mayor wants the court to force the DA to hand over evidence of allegations which led to her being sanctioned by the party. Cape Town mayor Patricia De Lille said she will be returning to the Western Cape High Court tomorrow in a bid to compel the Democratic Alliance (DA) to hand over evidence on which an internal investigation into her leadership was based. Speaking after successfully challenging the DA's expulsion of her from the party in the High Court in Cape Town, De Lille said she was energised to serve the people of the city as the ruling affirmed her position as mayor, but added she would continue her fight to clear her name. "Tomorrow I'm back in this court because all of these allegations that they continue is untested allegations that they continue to put out there in the public. They have refused to give us the evidence of the allegations, so tomorrow again the court must now rule and force them to give us the evidence. What kind of justice is that?" she said. De Lille, who still risks expulsion from the party, is challenging the findings of the Steenhuisen report, named after one of its authors – DA chief whip John Steenhuisen. She has accused the party of withholding a letter and a cellphone message on which the report was based. The internal investigation was headed by Steenhuisen and informed the DA's decision to sanction De Lille for misconduct. The documents De Lille is demanding are a letter from city councillor JP Smith, the mayoral committee member for safety and security, and an SMS that she allegedly sent relating to the performance scoring of former city manager Achmat Ebrahim, at the time he applied for the position. It is alleged that De Lille demanded a good scoring for Ebrahim as she wanted him to secure the job, a charge she denies. Ebrahim resigned after the allegation were made and he himself was facing suspension. The DA indicated today it would be studying the judgment before deciding on further action, which could include an appeal of the ruling. The party has also indicated it would move another motion of no confidence in De Lille.

The title is a reference to these moments when you're awake in the middle of the night and the world seems dreadful. You realise what can go wrong in your life. Night Thoughts can be brutally frightening. The whole album is about those traumatic, sleep-depriving memories that have you tossing and turning in your bed. We did the film after we finished the album. It definitely mirrors a lot of the themes on the record such as loss and disaster, paranoids and fear. You can regard the whole film as one big music video. Roger did a perfect job. It was important for us that he could interpret the songs on his own. All in all the album feels like a concept record, but actually we just wanted to have a classic, well-structured and old-fashioned album that you are listening to from first to last song – without playing on your phone in the middle of it. Anderson: When people look back to their youth they kind of idealise everything. And most of all they start to wail the loss of purity. In fact youth is not only about that. Things really can start to go wrong and slip out of your hands at this very early stage of your life, so this song ruminates in a more rueful way. Musically it was inspired by Wagner. It's a very string-filled, heavy opener! Anderson: This is a very classic Suede song. It was one of the later ones. We wrote it around the same time we did "No Tomorrow". Before we wrote those two songs the record felt kind of weighty. There are so many private and weighty moments on this album, so the sound somehow mirrored that. At a certain point we realised that we needed another texture here. Anderson: Again, a very classic Suede moment. This one is more specifically about my father, his relationship with depression and how it affected me and my relationship to my kids. Actually a lot of the songs on the record are about this kind of reflection. Osman: "Pale Snow" was more or less a lucky accident. It came about by putting two bits of two different songs together. There was the verse of a song and then there was the end of something else. We just put it together. Consequently the song is going through some kind of progess with lots of different chords in it. Anderson: Yeah, there's a shift that makes it work and connects one song to the other. And that's what makes this record different to Bloodsports. With Bloodsports we were more interested in individual, melodic songs. If you take "Pale Snow" individually, it appears slightly odd in terms of its structure, but if you take the record as a whole, it makes perfect sense. I guess you have to hear "Pale Snow" more than once and then suddenly you realise it's just a beautiful and atmospheric song. Unlikely, but beautiful! Osman: It's also my favourite moment of the film. Music and scenary are working so well together! Osman: In fact it was the first song we wrote and the first one we finished. Really one of the fastest! Anderson: But we changed the structure a lot! We moved the guitar part because it didn't fit with the vocals – speaking about the chorus. So we took the guitar part and used it as a solo, as a post-chorus, and now it's one of my favourites. Richard's playing is just amazing! Anderson: Musically it's not like anything we've done before. It was kind of hard for my to do these kind of talky lyrics and it's pretty close to funk, which is a strange place for us. This song is almost like a message to my little boy. I'm talking to him. Osman: It's kind of driving, although the beat is almost too slow for this kind of track. It's strange, but I also like it. Anderson: And the ending of it is very Suede-like again! Anderson: We thought about changing the key vocal of it, but in the end we didn't do that. It has a certain feel of drama to it. I like the strings at the end of the song. Again, it was very important for us to link the song to the next one.

…the RealTime accompaniment…let one focus on the singing and still enjoy a night out at the opera. The Virtual Orchestra…behaved well… it never overpowered the singers and they appeared comfortable with their hi-tech partner. …entertaining…winningly sung and acted by a talented, intrepid young cast. …the technology is undeniably impressive. This was a new experience. I'm glad I had it. A small opera-training company in Brooklyn stepped on a giant's toe in mid-August and has lived to tell the tale. …Janinah Burnett, fresh from a stint in Baz Luhrmann's La Bohème on Broadway and at 23 singing her first Pamina (and doing it with great charm). The Virtual Orchestra, it must be said, did its job remarkably well.[…] Surprisingly, a certain amount of flexibility is possible… tempo can shift with the wishes of the singer, and expressive pauses can be accommodated. The musicians union, doesn't entirely rule out the use of virtual orchestras under certain circumstances. "You can't just say no to technology–it always wins and you have to learn to live with it." "The technology can't replace live musicians, it's a different experience," says Bill Moriarity, former president of the New York's Local 802, "but in cities where instrumentalists aren't available, the virtual orchestra has a practical use. Two things must be said here: first, the technology is undeniably impressive. The computer program that runs the virtual orchestra contains digital samples of every orchestral instrument, with a variety of choices for articulation, dynamics and phrasing. In performance, the operator taps one key on a small keyboard in time to the conductor's beat, triggering changes in tempo and advancing from one pre-selected sound bank to the next in sequence. For this production, twenty-eight speakers were strewn across the otherwise spare, platformed stage, each dedicated to a single virtual "instrument,"in an effort to reproduce the physical soundscape of a real orchestra. Obviously, a huge amount of effort goes into the preparation. For more than 200 years, "The Marriage of Figaro" has been performed with a full orchestra. But when the Opera Company of Brooklyn stages the Mozart opera in January, the pit will be occupied by only 12 musicians — and one technician overseeing a computer program that plays all the other parts. Jay Meetze, director of the Opera Company of Brooklyn, says using virtual players reduces his cost of hiring musicians to a little bit more than $5,000 for each performance, compared with a typical rate of $15,000. The savings will allow him to begin a 24-performance tour of another Mozart piece, "The Magic Flute," in April. …conductor (and company founder) Jay D. Meetze's computerized "Flute" came off without a hitch. The cast sang its heart out, and the Virtual Orchestra, developed by Realtime Music Solutions which donated the hall and its services, behaved well. It allowed for pauses and shifts in tempo, thanks to the real-time control of an assistant at the synthesizer, and its surround loudspeakers (nearly 30 of them) created a sense of space. It…never overpowered the singers and they appeared comfortable with their high-tech partner. This "Flute," with minimum trappings and a futuristic setting suggested by slide projections, was a game and often witty theatrical effort, occasionally over the top but endearing for its shoestring effort. Some good voices were on display: Kenneth Overton's powerful Papageno stole the show, and Janinah Burnett's vibrant Pamina clearly could fill a much larger house. David Chase was the capable Tamino. The big question of course is how it sounded, and to these ears the answer is, better than expected.[…] Mr. Smith and his partners have achieved some impressive results. The most noteworthy aspect of the system is the way that the programmed elements of pitch and rhythm can be substantially manipulated in live performance to accommodate the demands of phrasing and rubato. The orchestra, in other words, appeared to follow Mr. Meetze's lead quite aptly.[…] this technology has ample benefits for singers and audiences […] the RealTime accompaniment was unobtrusive enough to let one focus on the singing and still enjoy a night at the opera. On Saturday the cast offered much to enjoy. The leads were generally solid, but two singers stood out: Janinah Burnett, with her lushly rendered Pamina, and Kenneth Overton, with a drolly acted and finely sung Papageno. The production by Enrique Abdala was entertainingly if nonsensically futuristic, complete with androids and laser guns. The Opera Company of Brooklyn founder and principal conductor Jay D. Meetze's fantastical adaptation of Magic Flute, which he set in a future time, both played to a capacity audience and was, itself, nothing short of magical. The singers — mainly younger, rising operatic talent — were outstanding in both voice and action. The costuming was exquisitely expressive and a giant rear-view projection screen at the back of the stage provided all the visuals needed to effectively set the scene and mood. In what amounts to very good news for The Opera Company of Brooklyn and the future of opera in the borough, a majority of the audience seemed made up of opera fans under 30. And when all was sang and done, their response suggested that it had been a wonderful night at the opera.