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Report: FBI Chief Orders Washington, DC Agents to "Report to Work Immediately"
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ALLEGED SOURCE: "WE'RE PREPARING FOR MANY ARRESTS FROM THE TOP DOWN"
by Sharon Rondeau
(Nov. 4, 2016) — The website TruePundit, whose owners pride themselves on complete accuracy, reported on Twitter and online that FBI Director James Comey has "mandated all FBI agents [to] report to D.C. Offices. Prep for Raids. Possible Arrests in Clinton Probes."
It is believed by this writer that the website's operators are former US intelligence officials with inside sources unavailable to most media.
In an article published on Friday morning, TruePundit quoted an FBI source as having said, "we are preparing for many arrests from the top down. I cannot elaborate beyond that."
Prior to the release of 28 batches of emails involving Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta beginning on October 7, TruePundit correctly predicted that at least one of the emails which show that Clinton suggested killing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange with a drone in a national security meeting held on November 23, 2010 with Obama and national security personnel in attendance.
In a subsequent tweet, TruePundit wrote, "We have not been wrong yet. Wait & see."
On September 25, TruePundit issued a highly-detailed report quoting anonymous FBI sources as having come to the conclusion that they were "used" "as pawns to insulate Hillary, aides & Clinton Foundation from prosecutions" during their year-long investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private server to conduct government business. WikiLeaks release #27 posted on Thursday reveals that Clinton operatives admitted that, contrary to Clinton's claim of having released all of her emails relevant to her tenure as Secretary of State, there were "definitely" some withheld from the State Department and therefore the American people.
On Wednesday, TruePundit reported that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) has gathered evidence from a laptop computer belonging to the estranged husband of top Clinton aide Huma Abedin with enough evidence to send people to prison, with Clinton, some of her aides and several past and present members of Congress reportedly implicated.
In that report, TruePundit wrote:
New revelations from newly-recovered Clinton emails, according to law enforcement sources, implicate the Democratic presidential candidate, her subordinates, and even select elected officials in far more alleged serious crimes than mishandling classified and top secret emails, sources said. NYPD sources linked to the probe said these new emails include evidence linking Clinton herself and associates to:
Sex crimes with minors (children)
Pay to play through Clinton Foundation
Obstruction of justice
Other felony crimes
Tagged: classified information, FBI, FBI Director James Comey, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton's private server, Huma Abedin, John Podesta, Julian Assange, national security, NYPD, The Clinton Foundation, TruePundit, Twitter, Wikileaks
Junius Oates says:
Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 1:02 PM
The mechanism for justice is controlled be the executive branch and therefore there will be no justice.
This appears to be a flaw in our system of justice. As many have said a Constitutional Crisis.
Friday, November 4, 2016 at 5:43 PM
I pray this is true and the nightmare we have been living in ends.
Nothing like sunlight as the ultimate disinfectant. A
personal saying of mine is, "truth is like air bubbles
that eventually comes to the surface". The Bible says
sin has a season, but in the end it destroys and requires
a fee.
Soon, the rats will be jumping ship. Others can be expected
to "roll over" and "squeal like swine" and "give info and
evidence" to save their own skin…
In addition to snagging Hillary, can Obama be on the hook
People like Cathy O'Brien, Ted Gunderson, Brice Taylor, and the list goes on and on will be verified of their testimony! Thank you Jesus! I have prayed and prayed that the evil should be exposed. One last request dear Lord… expose the ties to the Vatican and the occult to free my family.
Friday, November 4, 2016 at 12:24 PM
is there any truth to the fbi getting ready to make arrests, and Hilary involved in child sex ring. thanks
Ed Sunderland says:
Friday, November 4, 2016 at 10:16 AM
If this is true it is long overdue and they had better not forget Sandy Hook and the other false operations the Obama admin has been into.
Stephen Hiller says:
Friday, November 4, 2016 at 8:45 AM
O Happy Day !!!


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India needs to remove growing negative perceptions of its domestic policies in the Muslim world
Delhi might be giving an opportunity to an otherwise divided world, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, to agree in their disapproval of India's domestic politics.
Written by C. Raja Mohan | Updated: December 24, 2019 10:39:20 am
Malaysia's King Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah speaks during Kuala Lumpur Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 19, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS)
The Islamic summit in Kuala Lumpur last week raised many familiar questions about the role of religion in promoting solidarity between nations; it also reminded us of the well-known answer that national interest often tends to trump shared faith. The gathering in Kuala Lumpur did bring some key Islamic nations together, but it also revealed the deepening schisms in the Muslim world today that are of considerable importance for the Subcontinent.
While Malaysia, Turkey and Qatar were the moving forces behind the summit, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates were among the notable absentees. Indonesia, the world's largest Islamic nation, kept a low profile at the summit, while Pakistan's Imran Khan was a surprising dropout at the last minute.
For Mahathir Mohamad, the summit, and the diplomacy surrounding it are means to increase his domestic room for manoeuvering and win a leadership role in the Muslim world. Many in the Middle East, however, see the claims for Islamic leadership from outside the region with either bemusement or condescension.
The real contestation for leading the Islamic world remains within the Middle East. Turkey and Iran have a long tradition of challenging the Saudi leadership of the Islamic world. Qatar, which punches way above its weight, has now joined their ranks.
The Saudis expressed displeasure at convening the Islamic nations outside the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation. Mahathir, of course, claimed that the summit was not about undermining the OIC and its Saudi leadership. But, he said enough to suggest that the OIC has not been an effective instrument in addressing the contemporary challenges facing the Islamic world.
The idea that religion can bind people together has an enduring appeal. In practice though, religion has not been enough to sustain unity within and among nations that profess a common faith. Many countries in the Islamic world struggle to respect the rights of minorities, Muslim or non-Muslim, and cope with the problems of religious sectarianism and ethnic separatism.
If keeping the faithful together within a nation is hard enough, it is a lot harder to promote supra-national solidarity in the name of Islam. The origins of pan Islamism date back to the late 19th century, but its record in binding nations has not been impressive.
The same is true of ethnicity-based solidarity in the world. For example, the pan-Arab and pan-Asian movements that stirred the world in the 20th century, are today, pale shadows of themselves. While the decline of pan-Arabism has been evident, the idea of Asian solidarity endures. But, just look beneath the rhetoric on "Asian solidarity", and you will find deep contradictions between, for example, China and India, and China and Japan.
Solidarity based on other ideologies, class or political values, too has been difficult to sustain for long periods. The communist solidarity that seemed so powerful in the middle of the 20th century crashed quickly against the rocks of nationalism in Central Europe, Russia and China.
On the face of it, shared values — political and economic liberalism — have been far more successful in holding together the so-called political and economic "West". After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it became ever harder to sustain harmony within the western world. US president Donald Trump appears determined to restructure the political-economic institutions built after the World War II. Intra-Western contradictions shaped the world before the middle of the 20th century, and are becoming an important factor in the 21st century. In all these cases, the tension between transcendental ideologies and narrow national interests has often been resolved in favour of the latter.
The splits in the Islamic world exposed by the Malaysian summit should be of great interest to the Subcontinent. The main differences are about political Islam and its role in shaping the domestic structures in Muslim nations. Turkey and Qatar have championed the Muslim Brotherhood that seeks to overthrow the current political order in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, as well as in Egypt. Iran has its own variant of political Islam for export.
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE seek to protect their own societies and state structures from external onslaught, and are pushing back. Beyond the nature and role of Islam, there is also the growing competition among the major Middle Eastern states for strategic influence in the region and beyond.
The South-Asian political discourse tends to see the Muslim world as a monolith. That has become increasingly difficult to maintain amidst the current conflicts in the Middle East.
Imran Khan has showcased his special relationships with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Malaysia's Mahathir. He was supposed to play a leading role at the Kuala Lumpur summit. But, apparently under pressure from the Saudis and the Emiratis, his main economic benefactors, he chose to stay home.
For Delhi too, the divisions in the Islamic world are of significance. If Malaysia and Turkey have become increasingly critical of the NDA government's policies, the UAE and the Saudis have given India the benefit of doubt, until now. The Qatar-owned Al Jazeera channel has run a far more damaging campaign against Delhi in recent months than the much-maligned New York Times.
Delhi has an urgent need to remove the growing negative perceptions of its domestic policies in the Middle East and more broadly the Muslim world. In his speech at a rally in Delhi on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to India's expanding friendships in the Middle East during the last few years. The PM, however, might be in the danger of squandering a major diplomatic achievement, if he miscalculates the external costs of the government's domestic politics. Worse still, Delhi might be giving an opportunity to an otherwise divided world, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, to agree in their disapproval of India's domestic politics.
This article first appeared in the print edition on December 24, 2019 under the title "When politics hurts diplomacy." The writer is director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore and contributing editor on international affairs for The Indian Express
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The distinguished firm that brought French style to the world
By Elizabeth Lambert
Around 1900 several of the great Paris decorating firms, such as Allard et ses Fils and Alavoine, began to expand their operations, establishing showrooms in the Americas in the hope of attracting new clients eager to add a veneer of sophisticated French taste to their already opulently gilded lifestyles. Few of them, however, equaled the energy and ambition of the House of Jansen, which opened offices not only in New York but also in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Havana.
The business was founded in Paris in 1880 by Henri Jansen, who, although Dutch by birth, had made himself a prominent figure in the Paris worlds of antiques dealing and furniture making, and in that curious gray area that lies somewhere between. Progressing naturally to the creation of complete rooms and the decoration of whole houses, Jansen specialized in solidly grand, if rather vague, "tous les Louis" period–style work. He rapidly outdistanced his rivals in amassing a superb stock of furniture as well as exquisite French boiseries and entire rooms of carved woodwork from important houses across Europe—for example, the Hotel Parr in Vienna. Then, momentously, in 1923 Jansen was joined by Stéphane Boudin, who within little more than a decade would become one of the era's most celebrated decorators and make the name Jansen a byword for grandeur and chic.
Boudin was born in 1888, the son of a passementerie manufacturer who was a major supplier of tassels and trim for Jansen. He rose quickly to be the firm's principal designer and was soon working for prestigious clients, such as the Prince of Wales (later duke of Windsor), for whose country retreat Fort Belvedere he laid out stylish, comfortable interiors. As the thirties began he was doing several projects in France, but most were in England.
He had a formative influence on the making of the grandiose interiors at Ditchley Park, the home of Nancy Astor's niece Nancy Lancaster, who later took up decoration herself, becoming the partner of John Fowler. Coming from widely differing traditions, Lancaster and Boudin agreed completely on the subtle painting of old woodwork. "He had the most extraordinary good taste," she said, "and understood color."
Boudin was "the greatest decorator in the world," according to Sir Henry "Chips" Channon, the American millionaire socialite who settled himself at the very heart of the English political establishment. For him Boudin designed in 1934 the most frivolous room of the era, and one of the most expensive—a rococo fantasy based on the riotous pale-blue-and-silver Amalienburg Pavilion of the Nymphenburg Palace, near Munich. Installing a mirrored table and thirty rococo chairs and side tables inspired by furniture from the Hotel Parr, Boudin charged his client a cool six thousand pounds, which would be approximately half a million dollars today. Ironically, wartime bomb damage revealed that much of the decoration was not the carved wood Channon imagined but cast plaster.
His 1938 commission to design a tented pavilion for a party for Elsie de Wolfe earned Boudin the sobriquet the "decorator's decorator." He went on to do extensive work for the duke and duchess of Windsor: first in their Paris house; then, after the war, at their country place, the Moulin de la Tuilerie (famously damned by Billy Baldwin as revealing Wallis Simpson's "tacky" southern taste); and culminating in their house in the Bois de Boulogne. Neatly judging the ambiguous semi-royal status of the place, Boudin invented effects that somehow hinted at both Buckingham Palace and Miami. The drawing room, with boiseries carved with rope tassels, was inspired by a Bavarian palace; the English wit John Cornforth likened it to "almost a smart restaurant."
The fifties and sixties brought Boudin a stream of important commissions. He did residences for the Paleys, C. Z. Guest, H. J. Heinz and the Wrightsmans in the United States, and in Europe he designed sumptuous houses for the Agnellis and the king of Belgium. Much of this superb work remained discreetly unpublicized. By contrast, his involvement in the early-1960s redecoration of a number of rooms at the White House put him right in the public eye.
Chosen by a committee headed by the renowned collector Henry F. du Pont, Boudin found himself working closely with Jacqueline Kennedy. His arrangements emphasized the crucial role that French taste and furnishings had played in the decorations of the White House since Jefferson's day. Although perhaps for political reasons the role of Boudin (because he was a Frenchman) was minimized, the White House project nonetheless represented his finest hour.
Stéphane Boudin died in 1967, leaving the New York side of the business in the hands of Paul Manno, who had been with the firm since the thirties. Pierre Delbée continued to carry the torch in Paris. He was responsible for major projects, such as the spectacular library in the Madrid mansion of Bartolomé March and his own extraordinary residence, one of the last classic set pieces in the Jansen style; its contents were sold by Christie's in Monaco in December 1999.
Shortly after the sale of the business to new owners in 1979, the dynamic young design duo of Elisabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti were invited to set up installations of their weirdly innovative "Stone Age baroque" furniture in Jansen's august Louis XVI–style rooms. Sadly, this memorable show was the swan song of one of the last of the great Paris houses; in the late eighties, just over a century after its inception, the House of Jansen finally closed its doors.
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Home » Spring 2018 Distinguished Lecture by Professor Victoria Orphan
Professor Victoria Orphan (California Institute of Technology) gave the Spring 2018 UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture on Friday, April 20.
Over 250 faculty, students, and researchers attended Orphan's lecture titled "Syntrophy, Interspecies Electron Transfer, and Sulfate-Coupled Methane Oxidation: Fueling Chemosynthetic Life in the Deep Sea" in the Kenneth Trueblood Lecture Hall CS50. A photo gallery from the event can be viewed here and select photos can be viewed below.
Over 250 people attended Orphan's lecture which took place in the Kenneth Trueblood Lecture Hall CS50.
Orphan is the James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. She received her B.A. in aquatic biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1994, and her Ph.D. in the Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology program at UCSB in 2001. During 2002–2004, she served as a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow at the NASA Ames Research Center before joining the geobiology faculty in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech in 2004. She was named the James Irvine Professor in Environmental Science and Geobiology in 2016. Orphan is a member of the American Academy of Microbiology and was recently named a 2016 MacArthur Fellow.
At the lecture, Department Chair Professor Catherine Clarke gave the welcoming remarks and Orphan was introduced by Professor Tina Treude of the UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (EPSS) and the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS). After the lecture Clarke presented Orphan with an engraved crystal plaque.
Department Chair Professor Catherine Clarke (left) gave the welcoming remarks and Professor Tina Treude (UCLA EPSS and AOS) (right) introduced Orphan.
Professor Kevin McKeegan (UCLA EPSS) (left) during the question and answer period.
Professor Joan Valentine (left) asks a question during the question and answer period.
(Left) After the lecture, Clarke presented Orphan with an engraved crystal plaque. (Right) Orphan, Clarke, and Treude.
At the reception following the lecture - Orphan, Stephen Young (UCLA Cardiology), and Sabeeha Merchant.
Professors Richard Kaner, Joan Valentine, Tina Treude, and Kevin McKeegan.
At the reception following the lecture, Orphan with postdocs and graduate students - (from left) Dr. Stefan Schmollinger (Merchant Group), Victoria Orphan, Sebastian Krause (Treude Group EPSS), Mojhgan Haghnegahdar (Schaubles Group EPSS), Jeffrey Osterhout (Schopf Group EPSS).
About The Distinguished Lecture Series
The UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Distinguished Lecture Series is a department-wide colloquium in a special week once per quarter when there are no other seminars in our department. Since beginning the series in 2013, we have invited some of the world's most accomplished and engaging scientists to speak - Frances Arnold (Caltech), Barry Honig (Columbia), Nobel Laureate Roger Kornberg (Stanford), Harry Gray (Caltech), Francois Diederich (ETH Zurich), Yi Lu (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Sharon Hammes-Schiffer (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), JoAnne Stubbe (MIT), Douglas Rees (Caltech), Kimberly Prather (UCSD, Scripps), Jacqueline Barton (Caltech), Nobel Laureate Thomas Cech (University of Colorado, Boulder), and David Baker (University of Washington). Their lectures have consistently encouraged thought-provoking conversations and ideas.
In lieu of a Fall 2018 Distinguished Lecture, George Whitesides, Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor, Harvard University, will give the 2018 John D. Roberts Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 at 4 p.m. in the CNSI auditorium, followed by a piano tribute to Roberts by Prof. David Schuster (NYU). A reception and dinner will take place at the Faculty Center California patio and dining room. More details about this event will be provided soon.
The lectures are open to the public. While the research covered in the lectures is meant to appeal to a broad range of chemists and biochemists, the lectures also include a general introduction to the research for those who are further separated in research expertise. For more information, visit the Distinguished Lecture series website.
Photos by Penny Jennings, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.


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Scenario House: AJ retrofit awards finalist and long-listed for two further awards
We are delighted to announce the scenario house has been acknowledged by these three prestigious architecture awards.
The AJ Retrofit Awards by The Architects' Journal, recognise and celebrate design, engineering and construction excellence that prolongs and improves the life of the built environment.
We have reached the final 10 in the category of 'Retrofit House (Under £500,000)'.
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Apple Offers to Relax Some App Store Rules to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit
Developers will be able to contact customers about alternative payment methods.
27 Aug 2021, 9 p.m.
Apple is offering to make a number of App Store rule concessions in a bid to settle a class-action lawsuit the company has been fighting for a couple of years.
The lawsuit was originally filed back in June 2019 by two developers claiming Apple had an "abusive monopoly" in the iOS App Store and in-app distribution service. The complaint states that Apple doesn't allow any form of competition, charges a high commission on each app sale as well as charging developers for access to the store, and dictates price points.
As Axios reports, Apple has offered to make a number of changes, providing the court approves, in order to settle the lawsuit. The most headline-grabbing change is Apple allowing app developers to communicate directly with customers about alternative payment options outside of the App Store ecosystem.
On the face of it, that reads like a huge concession, but not really. Apple is allowing developers to contact customer outside of the app with their consent. It's still forbidden to tell customers inside an app that other payment methods exists. Customers (rightly) also need to be given the ability to opt-out of such communication from developers.
Other concessions Apple proposes include increasing the number of price points available for apps from less than 100 to more than 500. The company promises to make sure App Store search results are "based on objective criteria" and that a three year program is being maintained to lower commissions to small businesses. A transparently report will also be produced including "data on the number of apps rejected and removed and customer and developer accounts deactivated."
For the US specifically, a new $100 million fund is being created for small developers, which will offer between $250 and $30,000 to developers who generated less than $1 million during the last five years.
"From the beginning, the App Store has been an economic miracle; it is the safest and most trusted place for users to get apps, and an incredible business opportunity for developers to innovate, thrive, and grow," said Phil Schiller, Apple Fellow who oversees the App Store. "We would like to thank the developers who worked with us to reach these agreements in support of the goals of the App Store and to the benefit of all of our users."
It's now up to Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to assess whether this settlement offer is good enough to conclude the lawsuit. Meanwhile, Apple is still fighting Epic in a separate lawsuit, which happens to have the same federal judge.
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Heat wave holds more than 150 million Americans in stifling grip this weekend
Take the heat seriously.
That's what the National Weather Service is warning as a dangerous heat wave reaches its peak this weekend, with more than two-thirds of the US feeling temperatures push into the triple digits.
So far, one death has been attributed to the high temperatures. Former NFL player Mitch Petrus, 32, fell ill while working outside Thursday during a heat advisory in Arkansas. He died of heat stroke, officials said.
Cities in Virginia and North Carolina will see some of the hottest air of the season. New York, meanwhile, has opened almost 500 cooling centers. And officials in Massachusetts are urging residents to wear loose clothing and be alert for signs of a heat stroke.
About 157 million people are under heat warnings and heat advisories Saturday as daytime temperatures will climb into the mid to upper 90s — and feel like more than 100 degrees — from the Great Plains to the East Coast.
Unfortunately, it won't get any better at night. Overnight temperatures over the weekend will not drop below 80 degrees in many cities across the East Coast, the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center said.
Across the upper East Coast on Saturday, the weather service said, the most dangerous time will be mid-afternoon into early evening, when temperatures and humidity will peak.
"Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside," the service said. "When possible, reschedule strenuous activities to the early morning the late evening."
In Philadelphia and New Jersey, the weather service warned the heat may cause heat stress or heat stroke. The elderly and people with pre-existing conditions are most at risk.
In Detroit, where residents will see a heat index of up to 105 degrees Saturday, more than 200,000 people did not have power in the early morning hours after thunderstorms caused trees and branches to take down power lines.
By Saturday afternoon, power had been restored to all but about 70,000, officials said.
But relief is coming. A cold front will drop into the central US and portions of the Midwest late Saturday, which will bring cool air in the Midwest Sunday, CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera said. The East Coast will begin cooling down Monday, Cabrera said.
Until then, city officials are taking precautions against the sweltering heat and preparing for what could be a deadly weekend.
Track the extreme heat here
Heat wave in the Big Apple
In New York — which has declared an emergency — many events have been canceled or postponed after concerns of participants' health.
Saturday's card of horse racing at New York's Saratoga Race Course was canceled. So were all races Saturday and Sunday at the Maryland Jockey Club in Laurel.
"The health and safety of our horses and jockeys is our highest priority," Maryland Jockey Club President and General Manager Sal Sinatra said.
The New York City Triathlon also was canceled.
"After exhausting all options to mitigate athlete, volunteer, spectator and staff exposure alike, we are unable to provide either a safe event experience or an alternate race weekend," organizers said.
In an executive order that lasts until Sunday night, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered office buildings 100 feet or taller to raise thermostats to 78 degrees and encouraged residents to set their thermostats higher to reduce energy use.
The city is opening about 500 air-conditioned "cooling centers" in public facilities. Public pools were to be open an extra hour (until 8 p.m.) from Friday through Sunday, And the city will set up portable drinking fountains at busy pedestrian areas through Sunday.
The Brooklyn Defender Services called on the mayor and the Department of Corrections Commissioner Cynthia Brann to protect inmates from the heat.
"Most incarcerated people are without air conditioning and the limited number of fans are only in the day rooms, leaving people to swelter, particularly while in their cells," the organization said. "DOC is not providing appropriate summer clothes to many of our clients. People with medical needs have reported feeling nauseous and dizzy."
What is the heat index?
Peter Thorne, DOC deputy commissioner of public information, said in a statement that the health and safety of inmates was "top priority."
"During these warm weather conditions, as always, we remain in close contact with Correctional Health Services, the department's health care provider," Thorne said in a statement.
Mayor de Blasio tweeted Saturday that Brann "has been on Rikers Island to monitor response to the heatwave."
"Summer clothes have been distributed, clinics are open 24/7, and medical personnel are on site for emergencies," the mayor tweeted. "DOC senior leadership have been on site to monitor the response and protect health and safety of everyone in the facility."
Protect your animals
In many locations across the country, city officials and emergency departments are warning against the danger that pets will face.
"A closed car can rise to 125 degrees in just 8 minutes," the Massachusetts Department of Public Health wrote on Twitter.
Animals, according to the weather service, can die of heat stroke within 15 minutes. Cracking car windows won't help. Keep your pets at home during hot weather, the service said, and if you see an animal inside a car, don't leave without solving the problem.
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recommends lots of fresh, clean water.
"Know the symptoms of overheating in pets, which include excessive panting or difficulty breathing, increased heart and respiratory rate, drooling, mild weakness, stupor or even collapse," the organization said.
How climate change has played a role
Each year, summer heat kills more Americans on average than any other natural disaster, CNN meteorologist Cabrera said.
The threat of heat waves will become more serious across the globe and more widespread as the climate crisis continues, says Francesco Rocca, president of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
A new report by the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre says 17 of the 18 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001.
"Climate projections indicate that if greenhouse gas emissions continue on their current pathway, by the year 2100 three out of four people on Earth could be subject to at least 20 days per year of potentially deadly heat and humidity levels," the report says.
And in the US, the number of days each year with a heat index of more than 100 degrees will more than double by mid-century, a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists says.


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Senior Anna Cizek Selected for Teaching Assistantship Program in France
MACON – Mercer University senior Anna Cizek was recently accepted into the Teaching Assistantship Program in France (TAPIF) and will teach secondary English at the Académie de Nancy-Metz for seven months during the 2017-2018 academic year.
A joint initiative of the French Ministry of Education, the Centre international d'études pédagogiques and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, the program's goal is to strengthen English language instruction in French schools by establishing a native speaker presence while also providing American Francophiles with excellent teaching experience and first-hand knowledge of French language and culture.
"Anna has been a wonderful student, loving the language and culture of France so much that she used her French name, Yvonne, in all of her classes with us," said Dr. Anna Weaver, associate professor and chair of foreign languages and literatures. "While she has thoroughly enjoyed learning French on a personal level, it has also helped her achieve her career goals. We are proud of all that she has accomplished and know she will be a great assistante."
Cizek, from Naperville, Illinois, is a triple-major in international affairs, French, and global health studies. Following her teaching assistantship, she intends to pursue graduate school for international affairs or language interpretation and translation.
"The Teaching Assistantship Program in France is the ideal next step to achieving my career goals. The program will allow me to grow academically and culturally while expanding my professional network," said Cizek. "I would like to thank my advisers, Dr. Eimad Houry and Dr. Anna Weaver, as well as Dr. David Davis for their encouragement and guidance throughout my time at Mercer. I would also like to give a special thanks to Deputy Director of Athletics Sybil Blalock for giving me the opportunity to achieve my full potential both on and off the field."
A student assistant and former infielder and pinch runner on Mercer's softball team, Cizek has traveled with Mercer On Mission to Greece and South Africa, presented research in Doha, Qatar, studied abroad in Morocco and interned with the Québec Government Office in Chicago, Illinois. This summer, she will intern with the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations in Washington, D.C.
Cizek is secretary of Mercer's French Club and a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Sigma Alpha honor societies. She was a National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I All-America Scholar-Athlete, received departmental honors for her work in international affairs and multiple awards in Model Arab League and Mock World Health Organization, and was inducted into the Order of Omega Executive Council for exemplifying high standards of scholarship, leadership and involvement in the Greek community.
TAPIF allows more than 1,100 American citizens and permanent residents to teach each year in public schools across all of metropolitan France as well as in overseas regions such as Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion. For more information, visit http://highereducation.frenchculture.org/teach-in-france.


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For IOC Member Lindberg, A Stockholm-Åre 2026 Olympics Is A Personal Dream
Posted on Jan 14, 2019 2:10 PM by Robert Livingstone in Featured, 2026 Olympic Bid News
IOC Executive Board Member and Swedish Olympic Committee Secretary-General Gunilla Lindberg (SOK Photo)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board member Gunilla Lindberg has this week strongly backed the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid from Stockholm-Åre in Sweden.
The Swede had remained low-key until the submission of her bid's application file Friday along with rival Milan-Cortina from Italy. The prominent and outspoken Lindberg most recently led the IOC Coordination Commission that was instrumental in helping deliver the PyeongChang 2018 Games.
She sees the Stockholm-Åre proposal as a great fit for the kind of Games the Olympic Movement needs now.
"The question is not what the Olympic Movement can give Sweden, but rather what Sweden can contribute to the Olympic Movement," Lindberg said.
"It's really simple. Just think about what Sweden stands for. Democracy, humility, equality, sustainability, transparency, the environment, reliability, honesty, public health, and interest in sport just to name a few.
"In all these areas, Sweden is a world leader.
"That is why I say these Games are about much more than 2026, they are about the future of the Winter Games."
As an influential member of the IOC and Secretary-General of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), her strong support of Sweden's bid is expected to give the project a major boost when her IOC colleagues gather to elect a winner in Lausanne, Switzlerland in June.
But in order to reach the finish line, bid officials will first need to get local politicians to buy into the project. A Stockholm city coalition government formed last year on the condition that it not fund the hosting of an Olympic Games, and a currently hung parliament has made it impossible for organizers to secure national government support.
Stockholm-Åre is bidding to host the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (Photo: Malcolm Hanes)
The IOC deadline to provide government assurances passed on Friday, but IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi agreed to grant extensions, providing both bids more time to comply.
A parliamentary vote is expected this month that may open the door for government approval, and the bid said it remains in talks with the city to change its position. Last week three governors representing regions with host venues voiced their support for the project.
Milan-Cortina claim to have all of the necessary support after securing government 'approval' last week, but it is still unclear if it meets IOC requirements. Further guarantees from both bids are required by April 12.
An Evaluation Commission to be led by Octavian Morariu will visit the Swedish capital from March 12 to 16 before inspecting the rival Italian bid from April 2 to 6.
"Hosting the Games is a personal dream," Lindberg said.
"Of course, it is. Even a Board Member of the IOC must have her own private dreams. For me personally it would be absolutely amazing."
While Lindberg is optimistic, she remains aware of both the hurdles and competition that must be faced in the months ahead.
"Hosting an Olympic Games is not a right; every Host City has to earn it. It's a competition where there is only one medal, and very few have had the privilege of winning. It is a very exclusive club".
Sweden has bid for, and lost, seven Winter Games bids. The Capital has only hosted the Summer Games once in 1912.
"Someone else was better. It's that simple," Lindberg said.
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"There is no room for excuses in sport. As an athlete you can't go to an Olympic Games assuming you'll win a gold medal just because you've participated; no one wins anything for simply showing up. It takes decades of preparation, almost beyond the imaginable to succeed – and it takes a lot of people such as coaches and officials helping as well.
"Yet in some ways, it's even harder to win an Olympic bid. In that competition, there is only one winner.
"Therefore, I see it differently. Sweden has practiced hard for a long time. Sweden has shown dedication and perseverance beyond the imaginable. Sweden has planned and prepared. Sweden has leaders and coaches who have done everything they can, and we are now in the final. Our position is this race could not be better. That is my message to the doubters.
"I believe that 'moderation' is really something the Olympic Movement, and indeed the world, is looking for. This is really what the IOC's new approach is all about: make hosting the Games more affordable, more sustainable and frankly more inspiring for cities and communities around the world. The good news is that this new focus of the IOC is exactly the way Sweden has always conducted business."
The Milan-Cortina bid is also proposing a sustainable regional project with mostly existing venues and minimal permanent builds.
When tested, Lindberg immediately steps back into her role as IOC Executive Board member and remains diplomatic.
On the competition she said "Italy has a good concept and I think it will be an even match. 50/50".
Gunilla LINDBERG
Stockholm-Åre 2026
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Main Blog > Handcarved Credits
Handcarved Credits
Queuebot • Monday, February 9, 2009 at 5:39 PM
"...whittled like a toy whistle from the stick that is the movie."
Every time film score enthusiast Erin Murray sees a movie, she writes a song for the end credits. She's outfitted 'Hellboy 2' with a soul theme, 'Doubt' with an organ hymn, 'Lost in Translation' with an Indie tune, and even made a 80s sitcom theme for Battlestar Galactica. Some of them are silly, some of them are serious, but they're all crafted to fit with the subject. She also takes requests for films and for styles.
Her latest one is for the film 'Coraline'.
[on the Coraline score]Bruno Coulais leads the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra and the Children's Choir of Nice, among others, in this eerie and enchanting score. There were two things I wanted to duplicate in my piece: the choral works, and the sounds of the words. The lyrics, in French I believe, are fantastic, simply in the sounds they make. It was like a consonant rhythm section!
Link to website.
Link to song La Belle Dame Sans Merci.
From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by rebelrebel.
Tags: Movies, Songs
tpr • 13Feb09 1:25pm • 0
Zselmon-
I just wanted to say that makes total sense! I was so impressed by how well the words worked in the score, and now I know why. Thanks for posting the interview, that's insanely neat.
-Erin, from the website in question
zselmon • 12Feb09 5:04pm • 0
"The lyrics, in French I believe, are fantastic, simply in the sounds they make. It was like a consonant rhythm section!"
The lyrics are actually in a nonsense language that the composer concocts solely for their sounds!
... from an interview with the director...
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39977
kodabear • 09Feb09 9:51pm • 0
Loved this! Singer/Songwriter is talented and I agree with previous post definitely worth the time to listen to her!
pookie 1 • 09Feb09 9:01pm • 0
This is one deep kitty kat. Checked her out on YouTube and was blown away by her talent. What a pure sound - this is the real thing!
keeter • 09Feb09 5:39pm • 0
This writer has tremendously eclectic talents in her writing. You really have to listen to a number of the songs to get an understanding of her amazing range, from the haunting and moody piece she wrote for Coraline, to the playful "Simple Things" and heartbreaking "Whisper."
And the "If Battlestar was and 80's sitcom" theme is frakkin' inspired... think Larry and Balki meet the Cylons...
Definitely worth the time to listen to a number of the writer's compositions.
"Handcarved Credits"


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The AC/DC wine
You've been, THUNDERDRUNK!
It's common knowledge that rock stars like to drink. In fact, a recent study showed that 9 out of 10 people in rehab did at one stage in their life release an album. Okay so that's not true but it could be.
But when you think of hard-partying rockers, you don't expect them to be swigging a light and fruity bottle of Sauvignon Blanc. Well, it's time to stop thinking in damn stereotypes...
AC/DC have gone and surprised the lot of us by creating their own set of wines. They've already been a success over in Australia but they're now bringing them to the UK for further grape-related winnings. There are two AC/DC wines to enjoy: the Back in Black Shiraz and the Hells Bells Sauvignon Blanc.
Both are available to buy from Laithwaites.


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The Albanians of Afghanistan, the 2300-years old unwritten History
Jean-Jacques Vinamont & Renaissance Paienne Européenne (via facebook)
We are dealing with a unique case of the existence of our ancestors, the Illyrians, in another corner of the world, with thousands of kilometers away, which could shed light on their history, but also can enrich our historiography. Because it was a hideaway for thousands of years, they have kept alive popular features, language and Arberesh-Pelasgian-Illyrian-Albanian customs.
There is existence of Illyrians in the region Indochina in Qafiristan (today Nuristan), a place where Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tajikistan, are met, precisely in the area where some time ago was killed Bin Laden, originally discovered by American screenwriter James Hilton, who shot a documentary titled Lost Horizons. In May 1983, Ernesto Skura wrote on League newspaper of Antonio Bellushi an article entitled "The Illyrians in Afghanistan." The same thing did in his book "Arvanites" the great historian of Albanian descent, Aristides Kola, which describes the time of placement of the Illyrians in this distant place.
The most stable hypothesis, descendants of Alexander's army
History explored to date shows that they are descendants of 6000 Illyrian fighters fled their country after the assassination of king Kliti by Alexander the Great around 300 BC. They remained there, because of distance they could not return home, but settled in this region, where they were forced to marry local women. Their language was called "burrashka", the language of men, while women spoke another language. Now this language is called again "burrashka", but is mixed and not written.
Language, many words are vestiges of Albanian
The characteristics of these residents are different from those of the Pakistanis, they live longer, are taller and have brown hair, they make and drink wine as none of these areas and the region where they live. Valley where they live nowadays is called "hundëza" (small nose) and really it closes with a spout between two mountains that surround it. Another site called is called "balta" (mud). The mounting in front is called Torabora (falling snow). Another mountain next to the valley is covered with glaciers, that slide over time. This mountain is called "rakaposhi" (falling downwards).
Although the country is mountainous, it is very prolific in producing vegetables, fruits and various grains, such as: potatoes, peas, cucumbers, wheat, corn, barley, apricots, pears, apples, peaches, plums, figs, cherries , grapes, watermelon, etc., products that locals does not cultivate. The inhabitants are excellent farmers and have created a stunning and majestic system of rooftops and irrigation that connect and feed terraces with. People are very friendly and helpful to each other. President of Hundzës has the title Mir (the best). Their largest holiday is the solar New Year (as Pelasgians and Arberesh), called Naurosh (wish us) and falls on March 21.
The Hunza are very different compared with the Pakistanis with dark skin or the Afghans and the Chinese. Hunza are white skinned with red cheeks. Most of the 50 thousand Hunza have blue, green or gray eyes, and hairs ranging from the yellow of maize to the black of raven. Some children also have red hair. Up in the mountains is a great tribe called Kalash and their similarity with European ancestors leaves you dumbfound. Kalash gods headed by the god Di-Zau (Sun-Zeus). Kalash display on their gates a symbol which expresses their ancient origins of Illyrian and their connection to Alexander the Great, two-horned goat (the goat of Skanderbeg had two horns on the helmet). A wild flower in yellow that children gather it in the mountain or field is called "Bisha". Men wear white pants called "shalëvare" (hanged saddle), while women call their shirt kamish (worn in the flesh). Hundza dances are accompanied by drums, pipes or nozzles and the dancers jump to catch it around the circle. An important folk dance is the dance of the swords, which is always danced by men and the dancers wear colorful robes called "kamarbunde".
Scholar Dr. J. M. Hoffman has twice visited Hunza and draw the following conclusions: The settlement of the Illyrians is where Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Tajikistan are meet and is part of Pakistan. The valley where they live today is called spout (small nose). It closes with a spout area, surrounded by two mountains 6000-7500 meters above sea level. A swampy place there is called Clay, etc.
Livre recencé en 1987 dans "Orientations"
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A film to watch: Aidan Walsh – Master of the Universe
In the PopLives Q&A from the Irish Times today, I mentioned that I finally got to see the film Aidan Walsh Master Of The Universe thanks to it being on Volta.ie who have it for rent or download. I first wrote about the film four years ago. At that time, it was kind of lost to the switch between VHS and DVD and there was no copy available other than a few people on Thumped who offered a copy.
At the time, all I knew about him was that he put on gigs for young bands during the day, took photos of touring bands at night and talked funny. Shimmy Marcus's film is well worth watching as it goes beyond the publicity stunts. The stunts are a great watch mind – witness Aidan astride a white horse entering the old Virgin Megastore on Dublin's Quays led by Gerry Ryan, his performances on TV, his bizarre musical appearances and his rent-dodging stringently-secured recording studio.
The film delves into Walsh's difficult life, growing up in an orphanage in Cork, witnessing physical abuse by priests, losing his family, finding them, only to lose them again. Despite all his troubles and adversity, he persevered and entertained people in his own unique way. You don't need to wait til someone dies to celebrate them and Aidan Walsh is true Dublin character worth celebrating. A once off. Volta.ieSo go watch the film.
Aidan Walsh Master of the Universe
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Eating Out in Bristol
Bristol's Boston Tea Party loses quarter of a million pounds after coffee cup ban
"We don't have a planet B"
Hannah BakerBusiness Editor
Updated 09:30, 4 APR 2019
Boston Tea Party on Whiteladies Road (Image: Jon Hurst)
Bristol cafe chain Boston Tea Party has lost a quarter of a million pounds since banning single use cups last year.
The coffee shop group, which was founded in Bristol in 2004, has taken a massive financial hit since it stopped selling throwaway cups in June 2018.
The chain has 22 branches in the UK including a number in Bristol - in Clifton, on Park Street, Whiteladies Road, Gloucester Road and Stokes Croft.
"Someone's got to take a stand," said co-founder and chief executive Sam Roberts. "We don't have a planet B."
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Sam says Boston Tea Party was aware the financial impact to the business would be significant, but has no regrets about the decision.
"It would be incredibly contradictory to change tack," he told Bristol Live. "As much as the loss is a painful amount of money to lose, at some point businesses have got to start prioritising the impact on the planet ahead of profits."
Boston Tea Party started the ban in June 2018
Boston Tea Party has lost 25 per cent of its takeaway coffee sales since implementing the ban, but says it has prevented 125,000 cups going to landfill.
Customers visiting the cafe now have to bring in their own cup, buy a reusable cup from £4.25 or pay a deposit to loan a cup, which they can bring back to any branch.
"Bristolians have reacted really positively. It's not enough to compensate for the loss but ours is a long-term strategy.
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"Bristol always has been and will always be our spiritual home. It's a super ethical, environmental and bohemian city, and our brand does really well here. What we have done has been really warmly received.
"That's not to say other places haven't been supportive but Bristol has been a particularly special place. The customers have been amazing."
The business is not worried about the future, believing it's "only a matter of time" before Government brings in legislation to stop shops selling single use cups.
Sam added: "Anyone who ignores this is on borrowed time.
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"We are dealing with this up front and we challenge other businesses in the sector to do the same.
"I am not worried about the long term. We truly believe we have acted in the right way and we are proud of that."
Stokes Croft
Bristol Live


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Home News Briefs Transom acquires SemiTorr from Riverlake Partners
Transom acquires SemiTorr from Riverlake Partners
Transom Capital Group has acquired SemiTorr Group from Riverlake Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. Oregon-based SemiTorr is a provider of high purity products.
PORTLAND, Ore. – January 8, 2019 – Transom Capital Group (Transom), a leading operations-focused middle market private equity firm, today announced it has acquired SemiTorr Group, Inc. (SemiTorr), a leading distributor of high purity products, from Riverlake Partners.
SemiTorr is a leading distributor for high purity gas and fluid handling systems and components supporting the microelectronics, sanitary and industrial markets. SemiTorr's family of products includes process equipment, tubing, hoses, fittings, valves, filtration and instrumentation. Founded in 1988, SemiTorr's headquarters are located in Tualatin, Oregon with eight distribution centers located across the country.
"SemiTorr provides a unique value proposition to its suppliers and customers and has a best-in-class management team. It represents the market-leading brands in the high purity space, and maintains a blue-chip customer base in its respective end-markets. Partnering with SemiTorr's leadership team was an easy decision for us and we look forward to supporting them in growing the business," said James Oh, Partner at Transom Capital.
"We spent considerable time and energy evaluating the landscape of potential partners to find one that can support SemiTorr's next phase of growth. Transom strongly believes in what we have done over the past several years to grow the business and has encouraged us to do more of the same. We are excited to work with them to develop new ways to serve our business partners," said Kevin Waddell, President and CEO at SemiTorr.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Transom was represented by O'Melveny and Myers LLP as M&A counsel and Perkins Coie as debt finance counsel on this transaction. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and PNC Mezzanine Capital provided the debt financing for the transaction.
About Transom Capital Group
Transom (www.transomcap.com) is a leading operations-focused private equity firm in the middle market with more than $500M in assets under management. The firm's functional pattern recognition, access to capital, and proven ARMOR Value Creation Process combine with management's industry expertise to create improved operational efficiency, significant top-line growth, cultural transformation and overall distinctive outcomes. Transom is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
About SemiTorr Group, Inc.
The SemiTorr Group, Inc. is a leading sales and distribution company supporting the Semiconductor/Microelectronic, Sanitary and Industrial Markets. Founded in 1988, its headquarters are located in Tualatin, Oregon with eight distribution centers located across the country. SemiTorr believes in providing the best products and giving its customers outstanding service and support. Effectiveness stems from the experience of the Company's technical sales staff coupled with a dedicated inside sales support team. SemiTorr prides itself on assisting its customers to find the right solution.
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2013 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final London
Results: 2013 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final London | Junior Women
London, Great Britain • 12 Sep, 2013
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13 Emma Sharkey 1994 IRL 15 00:59:13 00:09:20 00:00:49 00:29:28 00:00:30 00:19:08
14 Zsanett Bragmayer 1994 HUN 42 00:59:21 00:09:20 00:00:45 00:29:33 00:00:37 00:19:07
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17 Melanie Santos 1995 POR 24 00:59:43 00:09:24 00:00:47 00:29:26 00:00:35 00:19:32
18 Mikayla Nielsen 1994 NZL 64 00:59:58 00:09:54 00:00:59 00:30:43 00:00:32 00:17:52
19 Angelica Olmo 1996 ITA 60 01:00:03 00:09:42 00:00:52 00:30:23 00:00:32 00:18:37
20 Lotte Miller 1996 NOR 22 01:00:03 00:09:37 00:01:14 00:30:43 00:00:37 00:17:54
21 Vanesa De La Torre 1995 MEX 62 01:00:05 00:09:57 00:00:52 00:31:07 00:00:33 00:17:38
22 Sian Rainsley 1997 GBR 69 01:00:11 00:09:38 00:00:46 00:30:34 00:00:29 00:18:46
23 Sophie Malowiecki 1997 AUS 68 01:00:12 00:10:29 00:00:50 00:30:36 00:00:31 00:17:49
24 Jodie Duff 1994 AUS 55 01:00:16 00:09:50 00:00:51 00:30:53 00:00:34 00:18:11
25 Verena Steinhauser 1994 ITA 17 01:00:24 00:09:49 00:00:49 00:30:19 00:00:33 00:18:56
26 Sveva Fascetti 1994 ITA 70 01:00:26 00:10:15 00:00:53 00:30:46 00:00:31 00:18:02
27 Sophie Coldwell 1995 GBR 57 01:00:31 00:09:42 00:00:50 00:30:24 00:00:28 00:19:08
28 Ivana Kuriackova 1994 SVK 29 01:00:33 00:09:34 00:00:51 00:30:32 00:00:37 00:19:01
29 Luisa Baptista 1994 BRA 36 01:00:37 00:10:17 00:00:48 00:30:48 00:00:33 00:18:13
30 Luisa Condeço 1996 POR 50 01:00:45 00:09:47 00:00:50 00:30:19 00:00:33 00:19:17
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42 Yan Yin Hilda Choi 1994 HKG 12 01:01:56 00:10:31 00:00:50 00:30:33 00:00:36 00:19:28
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44 Gabrielle Edwards 1994 CAN 1 01:02:02 00:10:30 00:00:46 00:30:36 00:00:31 00:19:40
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47 Stephanie Jenks 1997 USA 54 01:02:17 00:10:09 00:00:49 00:33:00 00:00:32 00:17:50
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Scimago Lab Blog
Science Analytics
Normalized Impact of Universities (I)
We, at Scimago Lab, include the Normalized Impact indicator in every ranking SIR we build, both in world and iberoamerican series. This indicator can be seen as a substitute to the overused Impact Factor as it conveniently captures the scientific impact of institutions and corrects the biases generated when heterogeneous outputs –such as those coming from big universities– are analyzed. This post is the first of a series of two in which we describe its main features and computation methods.
When the scientific output of an university is analyzed to evaluate its impact and compare it to other universities', we must have in mind that there exists many factors influencing the amount of citations achieved by the university such as the research thematic profile, the document types where its output is published, the "age" of the papers under analysis, etc. These biases make a direct comparison on the quantity of citations obtained by universities unfeasible, therefore rankings built over raw citation counts should be avoided. It should happen the same to journal rankings (as IF based journal rankings), but that matter will not be discussed here.
At the level of Universities and large Research Centres (national agencies, big companies, etc), the Normalized Impact indicator is more efficient to reveal the scientific impact (or visibility) of institutions outputs because it includes some tools to correct the topic-type-age biases. The Normalized Impact amends the citation value achieved by every paper by comparing it to an international standard, thus in this way it normalizes the disparity of citation scores obtained by papers in different domains, with different ages and of different types.
This citedeness bias is due to the different citation dynamics:
Between Thematic Domains. There exists different citation behaviours in different areas of Science, so it cannot be directly compared the citedeness of papers in Medicine with works on Social Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences nor Health Life. Every thematic domain has its own citation patterns.
The following bubble chart shows Germany's 30 Top Subject Categories by number of documents published in the period 2009-2010. Bubble size represents Citations per Document in the area. The big light green bubble correspond to Cell Biology –located between 20,000 and 25,000 Cites in the vertical axis– (11.13 citations per document) while the wine-red little one down in the middle correspond to Electrical and Electronic Engineering (2.23 citations per document). So how would influence this parameter to a university output that had a strong Engineering focus? It seems clear that using Impact Factor (or any other non-standardized methodology) to build the rank would push it down, no matter how good it was in its research.
Germany's 30 Top Subject Categories by number of documents published in the period 2009-2010
Source: SCImago Journal and Country Rankg. Period: 2009-2010. Link
Between different document types. There also exists different citation patterns among the various types of papers/articles/reviews/etc. traditionally included in scholarly journals. So reviews should not be directly compared with papers (original article), conference papers, letters, etc.
Among different papers' "ages". Usually, when a ranking is built, the output of universities to be compared includes sets of papers with different ages, that is, papers that have been published in several years. But a paper that has been published three years before another one has more chances to achieve citations because it has had more time to be known by the scientific community, so the ages of the papers in the set influence the number of expected citations.
The following chart shows year by year citedeness achieved by Canada's output, both the total number of citations and self-citations (that is, canadian papers citing ohter canadian papers). It is clear how the line declines at the end, when it approximates to the current date. So should 2006 output be evenly compared to 2010's when less citations are "being played"? It must be taken into account that when universities are compared to build rankings, papers from differente ages a measured with this evident age bias.
Annual Series of Citations achieved by Canada's Output
How international standards are built
What NI makes is to build citation standards that are used to normalize the citation achieved by an institution. The normalization is then carried out paper by paper o just in one time by summing up all the university citations (i.e. citations received by the whole output of and institution) and normalizing later.
The citation value of a "standard paper" is computed for every topic-type-age relationship. For instance, to build a "standard 2008 review in Oncology" the citations to every Review in Oncolgy published in 2008 are counted and then divided by the number of reviews or to build a "standard 2009 original article in Applied Mathematics" the mean of citations achieved by all the Original Articles in Applied Mathematics published in 2009 is computed. This is done for each one of these triads so at the end of this process we have a bunch of standard paper values ready to be used to normalize the output of institutions.
How to interpret NI scores
NI scores are standardized to the world average which is asigned a value of 1, then a score of 0.8 means the institution is cited 20% below world average and 1.3 means the institution is cited 30% above world average.
The following chart shows the Top Ten universities by output in China and France ordering them by NI scores. As can be seen, just two Chinese universities equal or exceed the world average barrier, to the rest their scientific impact is lower than the international standard, in some a 40% lower (those that have 0.6 score) On the other hand, french largest universities present scientific outputs with significant impact, all of the over 40% of the world average (1.4 to 1.7)
Source: SCImago Insitutions Rankings. Period: 2006-2010
In the following post of this series we will talk about the two main methods to compute the Normalized Impact indicator: the so called CROWN indicator by the University of Leiden and the "Field Normalized Citation Score" set by the Karolinska Instituet. We will also compare NI with other indicators used in SIR Rankings and describe its features.
Borja González Pereira works at Scimago Lab as Content and Media Manager, he is also a researcher at SCImago Research Group where participates in the development of the SJR indicator and in renowned bibliometic projects including Scimago Journal & Country Rank, Scimago Institution Rankings and The Atlas of Science. His main interest included Bibliometrics and Scientometrics.
World's Top 100 Companies by Scientific Knowledge Output, a Scientometric Characterization (SCOPUS 2003-2010)
Distribution by country of the research institutions in the SIR 2012 among the first 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000 and all (3290)
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Cramer: This Is Why You Keep Cash on Hand
Because the selloff isn't over.
Aug 14, 2017 | 03:14 PM EDT
Stocks quotes in this article: NVDA, ATVI, MU, STX, WDC, HD, GPS, WMT, TGT, DDS, M, KSS, JCP, MRK
Is that all there is? Was that it to the selloff? Point blank, I am going to tell you no. The market does not work like that. August is notorious for the kinds of declines we had last week, as is September. They are short. They are sharp. They are fear -inducing.
And you have to be mentally as well as financially ready for them.
Remember that last week we had a combination of weak retail earnings -- although I could contest that -- terrible bank stock performance and a noted hedge fund manager who came on television to tell you there was far more risk to this market than he thought people realized.
That combination caused fear to spike and a serious run for the exits.
It was a wholesale panic, and with all panics there are bargains.
This kind of activity is why I always recommend raising some cash after big runs like we have had because you need to be ready with your shopping list, as we were with my charitable trust club, and we had stocks like those of Nvidia (NVDA) and Activision (ATVI) , which we were waiting to come down to our levels so we could buy them. (Nvidia and Activision are part of TheStreet's Action Alerts PLUS portfolio.)
Before I tell you why you have to get used to these declines, let me explain why dip buying worked.
First, the positive backdrop for stocks did not change. We have low inflation and low interest rates, good earnings and a weak dollar.
Low inflation makes the earnings in the out years worth more. Remember, that's what we need to have if we are investing in growth stocks. High inflation erodes the long-term value case for equities.
Lower interest rates remain both a positive spur to business -- think the incredibly robust housing stocks -- and a reason to buy stocks with good yields.
The earnings picture is very strong. We just came through the bulk of the season and there were incredibly few downside surprises. Other than oil and some retailers, most companies' managements raised estimates after beating the numbers for the quarter.
Even the very controversial Nvidia, which took a drubbing on Friday, actually reported amazing earnings. There was simply one business line in transition that kept the company from blowing away the estimates even more than it did.
The weak dollar is nothing short of amazing. Say what you want about President Trump -- and a lot of people do -- this weak dollar may be the story of 2017 because the international companies that are based here are seeing their earnings from overseas being transformed into much higher numbers that are allowing estimates to be beaten handily. It's possible that the weak dollar may be early on the decline, especially against the yen with Japanese gross domestic product growth running double what people expected, and Europe growing at a level that means its low interest rates are unsustainable.
So then, what are my reservations about saying it is "game on"?
First, Congress is not in session. Given how at odds Congress -- both sides of the aisle -- seems to be with the president, we have a real opportunity to move up here. But when Congress reconvenes in September, we will be back to the old set of disappointments. There will be difficulties raising the debt ceiling. There will be more calls to repeal and replace. There will be more heartbreaks about tax reform as the fiscally conservative Republicans in both houses align with the Democrats to block anything that causes more spending -- even if it is temporary.
Second, there is an undercurrent of worry in tech that today obscured. The undercurrent is that the plain vanilla tech, the semiconductors that go into autos, the semis that go into personal computers, and even the semis that go into cellphones, are just one disappointment away from blowing up.
The action in the stock of Micron (MU) is instructive. Here's a company that has blown away the estimates for two quarters and yet hasn't seen its stock go up to its old high. Micron makes commodity semis like Drams as well as specialty flash storage devices. We know from Seagate (STX) that disk drives are in trouble, given how badly that company missed its quarter -- the worst of the season. We know Western Digital (WDC) was not able to crush the estimates as it has. We know the whole group has ridiculously low price to earnings ratios on next year's numbers, which typically means those estimates will prove way too high. Today we got a short-covering rally in the group, but I think analysts are itching to downgrade them.
Third, interest rates were higher today and that should continue, but for the most part it hasn't and we've been stalled here. When rates go up, we get a good move in the bank stocks, which are ideal leaders. We need rates to go high enough to attract buyers into the financials but not so high that we lose the advantage to the companies with high yields. Without the banks, we cannot mount a sustained advance.
Fourth, today the transports went up and that group, whether it be freight forwarding or railroads or airlines, has been trashed endlessly. Sure, perhaps today the group bottomed. They were all red-hot and I don't believe they deserve the opprobrium they have received of late. But I also think any prediction of a sustained bounce may be too positive.
Fifth and finally, a slew of retailers report this week, everything from Home Depot (HD) and Gap (GPS) to Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) . This group, which is heavily relied upon as a leadership sector, demonstrated some pretty paltry performance last week when Dillard's (DDS) , Macy's (M) , Kohl's (KSS) and J.C. Penney (JCP) all reported fairly decent earnings and saw their stocks get killed anyway.
That can't happen again.
Does that mean you raise cash into this move? I think you do some selling of your worst stocks that have managed to move up as part of the S&P's rally so you have cash for the next downturn. Believe me, there was plenty of weakness underneath today, including the drug stocks -- and not just because of a spat between President Trump and Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck (MRK) , who resigned from Trump's business council in protest of the president's initial response to the heinous Charlottesville attacks. I saw weakness in anything related to the oils again, which are simply horrendous. And some of the commodity stocks were weak off some subpar Chinese economic numbers.
So my take is to remember that in the dog days of summer, things can happen at lightning speed. Unless you have some cash and some stock ideas and some levels where that money can be put to work in a cool and methodical way, I predict you will miss the next buying opportunity when it comes forward in the not-too-distant future.
Action Alerts PLUS, which Cramer co-manages as a charitable trust, is long NVDA and ATVI.
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Ebola Deaths Top 4,000; Screening Begins At New York's JFK Airport
Published October 11, 2014 at 7:26 AM PDT
JUSTIN LANE
EPA /LANDOV
Passengers from three West African countries will face screening for Ebola symptoms when they arrive at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Travelers are seen here at a JFK checkpoint earlier this week. Four other airports will begin screening next week.
Officials at five busy U.S. airports are putting in place screening measures meant to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Screening began at JFK Airport today; it will start at other international airports next week.
The push comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced the outbreak has killed at least 4,024 people in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
The screening procedure will include passengers having their temperature taken with non-contact thermometers and answering questions to determine their potential exposure. Here are more details:
In addition to JFK, the airports are O'Hare in Chicago; Hartsfield in Atlanta; Newark in N.J.; and Dulles in Northern Virginia.
People who arrive on flights "from or through Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone" will be subjected to the tighter screening.
The agency says the plan will let it "evaluate over 94 percent of travelers from the affected countries."
The list of origin countries does not include Nigeria, which currently has 20 Ebola cases; the CDC says officials have contained the disease there.
The CDC and U.S. announced the new procedures Thursday — the same day that the first Ebola patient died on U.S. soil. Thomas Eric Duncan died in Texas nearly three weeks after he traveled to the United States from Liberia; his itinerary included the Dulles airport, which is on the new screening list.
"But some public health officials say the procedures are unlikely to prevent anyone with Ebola from entering the country," NPR's Joel Rose reports. "They probably would not have stopped Thomas Eric Duncan, the first man diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. He had no symptoms when he flew from Liberia to Dallas last month."
As the CDC notes, airports in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea have screened 36,000 potential travelers in the past two months. In that time, 77 people were kept off flights, the agency says, but none had Ebola; many of them were diagnosed with malaria.
"There's no approved medicine on the market to treat Ebola," as NPR's Jason Beaubien reported Friday, when he told the story of a Liberian doctor who developed his own regimen for treating the disease, using the antiviral drug lamivudine and other measures.
Duncan's case has led to many questions, from general ones about how America would stop the internal spread of Ebola to very specific ones about why Duncan was sent home from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital two days before he was admitted and diagnosed with the deadly virus.
According to member station KERA, Duncan's family might take legal action over his treatment; a family spokeswoman announced that possibility Friday, citing details such as the drugs Duncan received and his condition during the initial exam, when he reportedly had a 103-degree fever.
The Ebola outbreak has raised tensions in many areas — including on flights that don't go anywhere near Africa. As the Two-Way reported Friday, after a passenger joked about spreading Ebola on a flight from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, he was taken off the plane by agents in hazmat suits.


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Casting: Pearce, Brolin, Wilson, Collins, Scott
Thursday, June 12th 2014 2:08 pm
Guy Pearce will join Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult in Drake Doremus' "Equals". Filming begins in Japan and Singapore in August.
The futuristic love story takes place in a society where emotions have been eradicated. Ridley Scott will produce. [Source: Screen]
Veteran actor James Brolin is set to play the father of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's characters in Jason Moore's comedy "The Nest" at Universal Pictures.
The story follows two sisters who throw one last rager before their parents' house is sold. Ike Barinholtz also stars in the film currently targeting a December 18th 2015. [Source: Deadline]
Rebel Wilson is set to join the cast of the action comedy "Grimsby" at Sony Pictures. Annabelle Wallis, David Harewood, Ian McShane, Gabourey Sidibe and Johnny Vegas also star.
Mark Strong plays a British black ops agent forced to go on the run with his long-lost English soccer hooligan brother (Sacha Baron Cohen). [Source: Variety]
Triple Nine
Clifton Collins Jr. ("Capote," "Pacific Rim") has joined the cast of John Hillcoat's cop drama "Triple Nine". Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Kate Winslet also star and filming begins next month.
The story follows a crew of dirty cops who are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack. [Source: Deadline]
Stefanie Scott is set to star in Leigh Whannell's "Insidious: Chapter 3" for Focus Features, eOne, Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions, and Blumhouse Productions.
Plot and character details are being kept under wraps. Scott is currently filming the "Jem and the Holograms" film which Blumhouse Productions is also producing. [Source: Deadline]
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Ind. guardsman faces federal explosives complaint
Andrew Boguslawski
Mark Babb
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS - Associated Press - Monday, March 3, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Explosive devices seized from an Indiana Guardsman who was pulled over for speeding in Ohio were capable of causing injuries and death to people nearby if they were detonated, according to a federal complaint.
Investigators also found numerous videos and photographs showing defendant Andrew Boguslawski, family members and associates - including Boguslawski's 16-year-old niece - blowing up several devices, according to the court papers.
The 44-year-old Boguslawski appeared briefly in court Monday afternoon at hearing where he acknowledged he'd read the charge against him: possession of destructive devices not registered to him in a national firearms database.
He was not required to enter a plea and waived a bond and preliminary hearing, meaning the government now has 30 days to seek an indictment. Defense attorney Mark Babb declined to comment.
Video evidence showed that Boguslawski had used explosive devices as weapons and distraction devices near civilians and military personnel, according to the complaint by Timothy Burt, a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The government says nine of the devices could have caused injuries or death if they went off.
"These explosions would produce blast, thermal effects and propel pieces of plastic at high velocities in all directions," the complaint said of the devices' potential.
"These devices would be capable of causing property damage and personal injuries and/or deaths to persons near the explosion," the complaint said. They were described as heavy plastic bottles filled with explosive "flash" powder with fuses in lids for ignition.
The complaint doesn't say where the devices were blown up but says his niece lives in Ford City, Pa., northeast of Pittsburgh.
Ohio police stopped Boguslawski in January for doing 88 mph in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 70. He was on his way back to Indiana after visiting family in Pennsylvania, said Fred Alverson, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney in Columbus.
Boguslawski had worked at an Indiana National Guard training center near Butlerville, Ind., and told troopers he had items for training purposes. He had been in the Indiana guard's medical discharge unit since November, but a guard spokeswoman has said she couldn't discuss his medical condition.
Boguslawski remains in custody without bond. The new federal charge carries up to 10 years in prison, and preliminary state charges have been dropped.
A message was left with the Indiana National Guard. Alverson says Boguslawski is still a Guardsman. Babb has contended there was no indication that Boguslawski had any plans to hurt anyone.
The Indiana guard said Boguslawski received military intelligence training and had served there since 2007, after transferring from the Tennessee National Guard. He joined the Pennsylvania National Guard out of high school and also served in the Ohio National Guard, according to Indiana guard records. Officials at Wright State University near Dayton said he earned a bachelor's degree in organizational leadership in 2006.
During the traffic stop, Boguslawski told Trooper William Scott Davis that he didn't have weapons. Davis said he spotted the butt of a gun tucked between his legs. Davis then held Boguslawski at gunpoint and called for backup, leading to a search that police say turned up the explosives and weapons.
Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached on Twitter at https://twitter.com/awhcolumbus.