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RESTON, VIRGINIA—Oct. 12, 2018 — The Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. (LES) today announced that its ANSI-accredited LES Standards program has established the LES FRAND Licensing Standard Committee. The group will focus on the creation of an industry-wide, consensus-based business process standard that ensures that all parties have a clear understanding of their responsibilities in the FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory) standard-essential patents (SEP) licensing process. The committee brings together industry experts and LES Standards program members who engage as principals or agents in the practice of licensing SEPs on FRAND terms. By collaborating on best practices to provide this clarity, the resulting standard will reduce the cost and the management time to license SEPs.
Members and non-members are invited to register for a free, introductory call with the Committee Co-Chairs on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern.
Current members of the LES FRAND Licensing Standards Committee are representatives from ACT | The App Association, Ericsson, Essential Patent, Held Intellectual Property, Hernandez IP, InterDigital, JusTech Law, Longhorn IP, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, Sisvel Group, Rockwell Collins, Teletry, Unified Patents, and many other leaders. To learn more about the Committee and its members, visit https://www.lesusacanada.org/page/frandmembers.
The committee's co-chairs are LES Standards Program members Matteo Sabattini, director of IP policy at Ericsson, and Brian Scarpelli, senior global policy counsel at ACT | The App Association. Matteo is currently responsible for IP rights policy and advocacy and promotion at standard defining/setting organizations (SDOs/SSOs), industry fora, trade associations, governmental agencies, etc. He has expertise in technology and IP-related matters, and his background combines business, policy and technical skills. Brian is responsible for legal and policy advocacy on a diversity of issues impacting small business software development and high tech companies, including standards, competition, and intellectual property.
This new standard will ensure that all parties have a clear understanding of their responsibilities in the SEP licensing process - reducing the cost and the management time to license SEPs. The FRAND licensing standard will be developed by experts in the field of SEP licensing, and LES invites the participation of all enterprises and individuals who may be affected by such a standard.
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Southern Baptists oppose Confederate flag, talk racial unity
Christians are urged to stop displaying 'symbol of hatred'
Travis Loller, ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday urged Christians to stop displaying the Confederate battle flag, recognizing that it is perceived by many as a "symbol of hatred, bigotry and racism" that offends millions of people.
The resolution, originally presented by African-American Pastor Dwight McKissic, had stirred debate and led to at least one call to withdraw it. The version presented to thousands of delegates to the denomination's annual meeting in St. Louis was less strongly worded.
Despite some opposition on Tuesday from delegates who thought even the more conciliatory version was divisive and political, delegates voted by a wide margin to strengthen the language. They removed a sentence saying that the flag serves for some as a memorial to loved ones who died in the Civil War and not as a racist symbol.
They also changed the call for Christians to "consider prayerfully whether to limit, or even more so, discontinue" the flag's display. The final version approved by delegates simply asks Christians to discontinue its use.
The vote followed an earlier address by convention President Ronnie Floyd, a white pastor who has made racial unity a priority of his presidency. He told the audience in St. Louis, "I believe the issue of racism is from Satan and his demonic forces of hell. It is an assault on the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
The nation's largest Protestant denomination was founded in a split with northern Baptists over slavery, has a history of complicity with Jim Crow laws and is still 80-90 percent white. But with 15.3 million members, that translates to at least 1.5 million non-white members in the Nashville-based denomination. And while membership at white churches is decreasing, membership at churches that Southern Baptists identify as predominantly "non-Anglo" is on the rise.
That emergent diversity was on display as Floyd convened a group of pastors who were African-American, Hispanic, Asian, Native American and white to discuss racial unity along with Jerry Young, the president of the largest historically black denomination, the National Baptist Convention U.S.A.
Southern Baptists also passed a resolution condemning the recent shooting in Orlando. Southern Baptists consider same-sex marriage and sexual relations to be sinful, but the resolution says "we regard those affected by this tragedy as fellow image-bearers of God and our neighbors."
At the same time, the thousands of delegates to the meeting also adopted a resolution seeking protection for the religious liberties of those who oppose gay marriage and transgender bathroom access.
"We stand in solidarity with those whose jobs, professions, businesses, ministries, schools, and personal freedoms are threatened because their consciences will not allow them to recognize, promote, or participate in activities associated with unbiblical marriage," the resolution states.
Delegates also approved a resolution of support for Israel that criticized the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. Resolutions on drafting women into the military and affirming "In God We Trust" as the national motto were postponed a day.
Travis Loller

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A Deeper Dive Into The CDC Reversal: CDC Quietly Ends Differentiation on Covid VAX Status
"…In English: everyone can pretty much go back to normal. Focus on illness that is medically significant. Stop worrying about positive cases because nothing is going to stop them. Think about the bigger picture of overall social health. End the compulsion. Thank you. It's only two and a half years late"
by Jeffrey Tucker via Brownstone.org
It was a good but bizarre day when the CDC finally reversed itself fundamentally on its messaging for two-and-a-half years. The source is the MMWR report of August 11, 2022. The title alone shows just how deeply the about-face was buried: Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Individual Persons, Communities, and Health Care Systems — United States, August 2022.
The authors: "the CDC Emergency Response Team" consisting of "Greta M. Massetti, PhD; Brendan R. Jackson, MD; John T. Brooks, MD; Cria G. Perrine, PhD; Erica Reott, MPH; Aron J. Hall, DVM; Debra Lubar, PhD;; Ian T. Williams, PhD; Matthew D. Ritchey, DPT; Pragna Patel, MD; Leandris C. Liburd, PhD; Barbara E. Mahon, MD."
It would have been fascinating to be a fly on the wall in the brainstorming sessions that led to this little treatise. The wording was chosen very carefully, not to say anything false outright, much less admit any errors of the past, but to imply that it was only possible to say these things now.
"As SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, continues to circulate globally, high levels of vaccine- and infection-induced immunity and the availability of effective treatments and prevention tools have substantially reduced the risk for medically significant COVID-19 illness (severe acute illness and post–COVID-19 conditions) and associated hospitalization and death. These circumstances now allow public health efforts to minimize the individual and societal health impacts of COVID-19 by focusing on sustainable measures to further reduce medically significant illness as well as to minimize strain on the health care system, while reducing barriers to social, educational, and economic activity."
In English: everyone can pretty much go back to normal. Focus on illness that is medically significant. Stop worrying about positive cases because nothing is going to stop them. Think about the bigger picture of overall social health. End the compulsion. Thank you. It's only two and a half years late.
What about mass testing?
Forget it: "All persons should seek testing for active infection when they are symptomatic or if they have a known or suspected exposure to someone with COVID-19."
What about the magic of track and trace?
"CDC now recommends case investigation and contact tracing only in health care settings and certain high-risk congregate settings."
What about the unvaccinated who were so demonized throughout the last year?
"CDC's COVID-19 prevention recommendations no longer differentiate based on a person's vaccination status because breakthrough infections occur, though they are generally mild, and persons who have had COVID-19 but are not vaccinated have some degree of protection against severe illness from their previous infection."
Remember when 40% of the members of the black community in New York City who refused the jab were not allowed into restaurants, bars, libraries, museums, or theaters? Now, no one wants to talk about that.
Also, universities, colleges, the military, and so on – which still have mandates in place – do you hear this? Everything you have done to hate on people, dehumanize people, segregate people, humiliate others as unclean, fire people and destroy lives, now stands in disrepute.
Meanwhile, as of this writing, the blasted US government still will not allow unvaccinated travelers across its borders!
Not one word of the CDC's turgid treatise was untrue back in the Spring of 2020. There was always "infection-induced immunity," though Fauci and Co. constantly pretended otherwise. It was always a terrible idea to introduce "barriers to social, educational, and economic activity." The vaccines never promised in their authorization to stop infection and spread, even though all official statements of the CDC claimed otherwise, repeatedly and often.
You might also wonder how the great reversal treats masking. On this subject, there is no backing off. After all, the Biden administration still has an appeal in process to reverse the court decision that the mask mandate was illegal all along. "At the high COVID-19 Community Level," the CDC adds, "additional recommendations focus on all persons wearing masks indoors in public and further increasing protection to populations at high risk."
The problem from the beginning was that there never was an exit strategy from the crazy lockdown/mandate idea. It was never the case that they would magically cause the bug to go away. The excuse that we would lock down in wait for a vaccine never made any sense.
People surely knew early on of the social, economic, and cultural devastation that would ensue. If they did not, they never should have been anywhere near the control switches of public health. Badges and bureaucracies do not terrify a virus destined to spread to the whole planet. And not one person with even the most casual passing knowledge of coronaviruses could have sincerely believed that a vaccine would magically appear to achieve something never before achieved in the whole history of medicine.
When the Great Barrington Declaration appeared on October 4, 2020, it caused a global frenzy of fury not because it said anything new. It was merely a pithy restatement of basic public-health principles, which pretty much instantly became verboten on March 16, 2020, when Fauci/Birx announced their grand scheme.
SEE: Covid experts: there is another way: Great Barrington Declaration
The GBD generated mania because the existing praxis was based on preposterously unproven claims that demanded that billions of people buy into complete nonsense. Sadly many did simply because it seemed hard to believe that all world regimes but a handful would push such a damaging policy if it was utterly unworkable. When something like that happens – and there never was the hope that it could work – the regime imperative becomes censorship and shaming of dissent. It's the only way to hold the great lie together.
It's hard to appreciate just how preposterous that sounded at the time, and I said something along those lines: it would be a medical miracle never before seen to have a shot for a coronavirus that was sterilizing against wild type and all inevitable mutations, and to do it in a reasonable time so that society and economy had not completely fallen apart.
The whole approach was clearly milliennarian at best and utter madness at worst. And here I was, in the thick of global lockdowns, on the phone with the architect of the whole idea, an idea that had reduced billions to servitude, wrecked schools and churches, and sent communities and countries into complete upheaval. I wondered at the time what it would be like to be Dr. Venkayya that day. After all this ended in disaster, would he take responsibility? His LinkedIn profile today says otherwise: he is prepared to "tackle current and future epidemic & pandemic threats as the CEO of Aerium Therapeutics."
There never was an exit strategy from lockdowns and mandates but they eventually did find an exit nonetheless. It came in the form of a heavily footnoted and opaquely written reversal, published by the main bureaucracy responsible for the disaster. It amounts to a repudiation without saying so. And thus does the great experiment in mass compulsion come to an intellectual end. If only the carnage could be cleaned up by another posting on the CDC's website.
By the way, the Biden administration has extended the declaration of Covid emergency. And my unvaccinated friends in the UK still can't board a plane to come for a visit.
All of this gives rise to the great question: what was the point? Maybe it was all a mistake and now it is gone forever but that's unlikely. The intellectuals who pushed this project on the world have a view of the world that is fundamentally ill-liberal. They differ among themselves on the details but the general approach is technocratic central planning rooted in deep suspicion of basic tenets of freedom.
How many people on the planet have now been acculturated to top-down control, socialized to live in fear, accept whatever comes down from above, never to question an edict, and expect to live in a world of rolling man-made disasters? And was that the point after all, to breed low expectations for life on earth and relinquish the soul's desire for a full and free life?
source: Brownstone.org
Sadly, We know what the point is: Stumbling & Bumbling Into the Great Reset
CDC Quietly Ends Differentiation on Covid Vaccination Status
from 8/12/2022
Today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quietly ended its policy of differentiating within COVID-19 prevention guidance between those who have received Covid vaccines and those who have not.
Nonpharmaceutical interventions. Implementation of multiple prevention
strategies helps protect individual persons and communities from SARS-CoV-2
exposure and reduce risk for medically significant illness and death by reducing
risk for infection (Table). Implementation of multiple nonpharmaceutical
preventive interventions can complement use of vaccines and therapeutics,
especially as COVID-19 Community Levels increase and among persons at high risk
for severe illness. CDC's COVID-19 prevention recommendations no longer
differentiate based on a person's vaccination status because breakthrough
infections occur, though they are generally mild (16), and persons who have had
COVID-19 but are not vaccinated have some degree of protection against severe
illness from their previous infection (17). In addition to strategies recommended at
all COVID-19 Community Levels, education and messaging to help individual
persons understand their risk for medically significant illness complements
recommendations for prevention strategies based on risk.
As explained by the CDC's Greta Massetti, lead author of the new guidance:
Both prior infection and vaccination confer some protection against severe illness, and so it really makes the most sense to not differentiate with our guidance or our recommendations based on vaccination status at this time.
Someone might want to tell the millions of workers who lost their jobs, the millions of students who received injections out of anticipation for school mandates, and the millions of law-abiding citizens who have been, and often continue to be, excluded from everyday life activities and basic medical care due to their unwillingness to show proof that they received an mRNA shot they neither wanted nor needed, a differentiation that the CDC now admits does not make sense. All cool, I'm sure.
Check Out What Ron DeSantis Said Last Night… pic.twitter.com/MEuIEIohq9
— Covid-1984 (@Spiro_Ghost) August 15, 2022
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The newly elected president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, eliminates the mandatory nature of vaccinations and adds: "As of today…any action taken against anyone who refuses to be vaccinated is against the law."
El recién elegido presidente de Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, elimina la obligatoriedad de las vacunas y agrega:
"A partir de hoy… cualquier acción que se tome contra cualquier persona que se niegue a ser vacunada es contra la ley". pic.twitter.com/gnEzUqfEK1
— J.A. Buber (@escriboycreo) August 11, 2022
The CDC finally comes around to acknowledge what I've been saying for a year about natural immunity. The University of California's unjust vaccine mandate no longer has any legal ground to stand on.
Aaron Kheriaty, MD
Some of you may remember that I launched this newsletter almost a year ago after filing a lawsuit against the University of California, my former employer, challenging the constitutionality of their vaccine mandate in federal court on behalf of Covid-recovered individuals. As I argued in that case, natural immunity following Covid infection is equal to (indeed, superior to) vaccine-mediated immunity. Thus, forcing those like me with natural immunity to be vaccinated introduces unnecessary risks without commensurate benefits—either to individuals or to the population as a whole—and violates their equal protection rights guaranteed under the Constitution's 14th Amendment.
My Lawsuit Challenging the University of California's Vaccine Mandate
The federal district court judge in my case did not allow the case to proceed to trial, which would have permitted an examination of the science on natural immunity through the usual fact finding legal process. Instead of applying an intermediate or strict level of judicial scrutiny to the case, the judge claimed that a constitutional right was not at stake (rejecting my equal-protection argument) and so applied what the court calls a "rational basis" review.
Under this low level of judicial scrutiny, it was virtually impossible for me to prevail……..
The University's rational basis argument to the court essentially boiled down to one simple fact: the CDC had not acknowledged natural immunity in its recommendations. Therefore, the University's mandate did not need to recognize it either……..
In short, the CDC now fully endorses my position rather than the University's vaccine mandate policy. It took the agency a year to come around — many have speculated that the upcoming midterm elections may have nudged the agency to finally acknowledge what scientific evidence has shown clearly since mid-2021.
In any case, as the old saying goes, better late than never. You may also recall that, following the lawsuit, the University of California placed me on leave, followed by unpaid suspension, and then fired me for alleged noncompliance with the vaccine mandate that I was challenging in court. Now, their mandate's only remaining crutch has collapsed.
What have I learned in the last twelve months? Do the right thing, even when it's unpopular. Stand by your convictions, even when you appear foolish to many. When the other side retaliates, don't flinch. Be patient. Bide your time. Eventually, the truth will out, so play the long game.
Checkmate.
A 🧵regarding the news of the CDC's new guidelines:
I was not allowed to volunteer at my kids' schools for over a year because I wasn't vaccinated.
— politicallyhomelesstoo (@denHolisticmama) August 12, 2022
A family refused to carpool with us because they said they were "uncomfortable" with their son sharing a car with us. We had been ratted out by a mutual friend who said to the other mom "well, you do know they aren't vaccinated, right?". (Trust, shattered)
We were uninvited by good friends to share a vacation house with them; a long standing tradition was ended over medical choice. They all got Covid anyway, of course.
My daughter couldn't attend a theater production with her school's theater company because @DenverCenter rules.
50% of the restaurants (and many businesses) in our neighborhood were off limits to us. I won't forget which ones.
My husband, having trained already for 6 mo, was banned from participating in an Ironman event.
A group of his friends
told him over text that he was endangering them and their families and they told him he couldn't stay in the airbnb w/ them for a trip they had been planning. They no longer speak to him.
I was called a conspiracy theorist by dear friends and was left in the dust by them socially. I would have given one of my kidneys to these friends; they cut me off over a vax that didn't stop transmission or infection.
My teens experienced unbelievable amounts of stress regarding "being found out" by their peers for not being vaxxed. They usually lied and said they were in order not be shunned or called the derogatory and bigoted term of "anti-vaxxer". I didn't blame them.
We didn't book a trip to a friend's son's bar mitzvah in NY because we wouldn't have been allowed inside the venue. By the time NYC dropped the mandate, it was too late to book travel. (I still wouldn't be allowed to work there bc #Science).
I was disinvited to annual women's fitness trip that I had been attending for years because of my personal medical choices and despite having already had Covid. I was told I could attend this next one "as long as the guidance doesn't change". How generous.
Oh and my husband was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 for not getting vaxxed despite the fact that he worked 100% from home and offered to test before any meetings or travel. (This rule only applied to US employees except for those in Texas, because #Science.)
So, yes, I am seething a bit right now having read the CDC's new guidance knowing that this was what the guidance should have been all along (minus the ridiculous masking). I want apologies and I want assurances that this won't happen again. I know that won't come though. pic.twitter.com/EbakjoJUlN
Vax(Aus) vs UnVax(Niger): Africa Wins-Look at the Data
Theatre of the Absurd: Quadruple Vax'd w/Covid & Grateful


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9 YouTube Channels That Will Unleash Your Inner Film Student
Let this be your own personal film school.
Jill O'Rourke
Have you ever been interested in taking a film course, or even getting a degree in the subject, but you don't have the time or the money to actually pursue it? Or maybe you just want to take a closer look at the movies you love, beyond giving them a simple thumbs up or down.
That's where YouTube comes in.
Everyone's favorite video streaming site has a lot more than cute cat clips and makeup tutorials — not that we don't love those. There are also a number of channels devoted to examining the art of filmmaking from an academic or analytical perspective. The people behind these channels do a lot more than simply tell you if a movie is worth seeing or not. Instead, they delve deeper into story structure, visual techniques, and film history.
These explorations usually take the form of a video essay, featuring clips from the movies accompanied by commentary. You can watch them whenever you want, without leaving your house, and at no cost. And the best part is that there are no pop quizzes.
Check out a few of our favorite examples below:
1. The Nerdwriter
The Nerdwriter, aka Evan Puschak, regularly creates smart, engaging videos on subjects ranging from music to politics. But some of his best creations focus on a single theme or technique in a specific movie. Take, for instance, his in-depth look at the musical score in The Lord of the Rings. Also check out his videos on The Prestige, Interstellar, and several other films you may know and love.
2. Every Frame a Painting
As the channel's name would suggest, these videos take an artistic approach to movies, including several explorations of specific directors' distinct styles. In the video above, for instance, narrator Tony Zhou argues that contemporary comedies should utilize more visual humor, using Edgar Wright as a positive example. Other entries look at the Marvel Universe and Steven Spielberg's long takes.
3. Chez Lindsay
Lindsay Ellis was formerly known as The Nostalgia Chick, the female answer to the popular Nostalgia Critic. She has a master's from the University of Souther California's School of Cinematic Arts, and it shows. Her YouTube channel includes the series Loose Canon, which looks at the history of how certain characters and historical figures have been portrayed in media. More recently, she started a series that explores the basics of film studies through Michael Bay's Transformers movies. (It should go without saying that she's also funny.)
4. Now You See It
Now You See It's creator Jack Nugent describes the channel as "a college film analysis class minus the lecture halls, essay assignments, and student loan debts." Who could argue with that? If you've ever wondered how filmmakers use shapes to convey meaning, what it means when movie characters play chess, or simply what makes a movie great, this channel has you covered.
5. Lessons From the Screenplay
Lessons From the Screenplay creator Michael Tucker looks at how movie scripts form the basis for great cinematic storytelling. In the video above, he uses excerpts from Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl script to illustrate the importance of screenwriters to the final product. A more recent video compares the two newest films in the Star Wars series.
6. Filmmaker IQ
Filmmaker IQ is an online magazine and free film school, and its YouTube channel is filled with informative videos teaching the basics of filmmaking, from sound design to method acting, with host John P. Hess. There's even a 12-minute video all about everybody's favorite movie theater snack: popcorn.
7. Film-Drunk Love
Film-Drunk Love hasn't uploaded in a while, and it only has seven fairly brief videos, but as any of the channels on this list would probably tell you, a filmmaker doesn't have to be prolific to be great. Goutham Gnanasekaran's video essays break down movie scenes, such as The Social Network's phone calls as they compare to those in other films. Also, check out his supercut of close-ups in Goodfellas.
8. Channel Criswell
Channel Criswell's creator Lewis Bond started off sharing new movie reviews, and then moved into exploring cinema throughout history and from all over the world. One of his more popular uploads (above) takes an in-depth look at the use of color in film. If you're interested in film history, be sure to also check out his video on the French New Wave.
9. What It All Meant
Let's be real: sometimes you finish watching a movie, you just want to know what in the world the filmmakers were trying to say. That's where What It All Meant comes in. You'll want to keep it bookmarked as you make your way through classics such as 2001: A Space Odyssey and Taxi Driver. Obviously, there's more than just one way to interpret any given movie, but this can be a good place to get the conversation started.
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QUINCY, Mass.- Rookies Katherine Lawrence (Marlborough, Conn.) and Hannah Scahill (Quaker Hill, Conn.) each found the back of the net twice to propel the Eastern Nazarene women's soccer team to a 5-0 victory over Regis Tuesday evening at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The Lions claimed their third-consecutive shutout to improve to 5-1-0 on the season. The Pride falls to 2-2-1 overall with the loss.
The Lions seized a 1-0 edge in the 13th minute. After the visitor's goalkeeper came out to punch away a bouncing ball, Lawrence one-timed a shot into the net from beyond the 18-yard box for her third marker of the season.
Eastern Nazarene stretched its lead to 2-0 in the 31st minute of play. Lawrence buried her second goal of the night and fourth of the year, firing a left-footed strike into the right side of the cage.
The hosts extended the gap to three in the 40th minute. Jules Speno (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) poked home a loose ball inside the six-yard box to pick up her team-leading eighth tally of the fall. Lawrence served a corner kick into the box before Lauren Kett (Norwich, England) pushed a shot past the Regis goalkeeper and Speno was on the doorstep for the simple finish.
The Lions held a 15-3 margin in first-half shots and a 10-2 advantage in shots on goal. Eastern Nazarene earned all three corner kicks awarded in the opening stanza.
Eastern Nazarene tacked on its fourth score of the contest in the early stages of the second half. Scahill raced past a defender to corral a loose ball inside the 18-yard box. With her back to the goal on the left side, Scahill swiveled around the defender and sent a shot into the side-netting inside of the right post to record her sixth marker of the fall.
The Lions struck for the fifth time in the match as Scahill potted her second of the game and seventh of the year to give the home side a 5-0 lead. Savannah Sivert (Laytonsville, Md.) slotted a through-ball down the right side for Scahill to run onto in the 60th minute. The freshman dribbled around a defender to the top of the penalty area before rifling a left-footed attempt into the right corner of the goal.
Eastern Nazarene finished the match with 26 shots while limiting Regis to just three attempts.
Sophomore Kristen Farley (Westminster, Mass.) turned away two shots to garner her fourth victory of the season and third clean sheet between the pipes for the Lions. Sam Salamone turned in a 10-save effort in goal for the Pride.
Up next, the Lions travel to the Ocean State to battle Johnson & Wales September 19 in a non-league matchup before opening conference play at Curry Saturday, September 21.


Before spending time in sunny Hawaii and Mexico for our sabbatical, we first wanted to explore the chill city of San Fransisco, California. We found San Fransisco had a lot to offer but unfortunately we didn't have much time to see all the sights we wanted.
But we did leave with happy hearts and full bellies, and we're so excited to share a couple local gems we found during our super short visit! Here is a little overview.
Our first stop was the amazing Fisherman's Wharf and the surrounding area. We walked all around Pier 39, saw the sea lions, enjoyed some live performers, ate some delicious food and learned much about the San Fran history.
One of our favorite parts of the pier, besides the food, were the sea lions chilling and playing nearby.
For lunch we decided to eat at The Hook. We both chose the Fish & Chips, which were amazing of course.
You could literally find all kinds of sweet treats. It was way too dangerous! Mini donuts, Nutella crepes, candy, OH MY!
A few piers down we came across a marketplace full of fresh sea food. Had I not ate already I probably would have snacked a bit here too!
Along Fisherman's Wharf we walked by the USS Pampanito, a restored Navy vessel from World War II that now serves as a museum, memorial & historical landmark. In the background you can see Alcatraz amongst the fog.
There were a number of performers and artists that lined the piers.
We ended at Ghirardelli Square where we saw the Balclutha ship and old cable cars.
Our final morning we walked to a Toast Eatery for breakfast. I almost always have to give Eggs Benedict a try if it's an option and the Toast Eatery's was up there with some of my favs!
If you've been, what were some of your favorite local stops? I need to add some more to my list for the next time we're in town.


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Gary Graham (born June 6, 1950) is an American actor, musician, and author. He may be best known for his starring role as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989–1990) and five subsequent Alien Nation television films (1994–1997).

Biography and career
Graham was born in Long Beach, California. One of his earliest roles was in the 1980 CBS mini series Scruples based on the Judith Krantz novel starring Lindsay Wagner. He was cast as a "hitman" on the television show Moonlighting co-starring opposite Bruce Willis.

He has played more than 38 TV roles and has also been in more than 40 movies.

Band names: The Gary Graham Garage Band, The Gary Graham Band and The Sons of Kirk.

He is a contributor to Breitbart News.

Television
As well as Alien Nation and Star Trek, Graham starred in a 2008 TV pilot styled after Sin City called Dead End City.

December 18, 1984 episode of Remington Steele, "Let's Steele A Plot" (Season 3,episode 11), as Butch Beemis.

Alien Nation
As well as starring as Detective Matthew Sikes in the television series Alien Nation (1989–1990), he resumed this role in the TV movies Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994), Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995), Alien Nation: Millennium (1996), Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996), and Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997). He was also in Monk (2004), where he posed a huge threat to Adrian and Alison Marie.

Star Trek
Graham guest-starred on Star Trek: Enterprise as the recurring character Ambassador Soval, a Vulcan ambassador to Earth.  He also guest-starred on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) once, playing Ocampan community leader Tanis in the season 2 episode "Cold Fire". He plays Ragnar in the fan production Star Trek: Of Gods and Men and continued this role in Star Trek: Renegades.

In 2015, Graham reprised his role as Ambassador Soval, in the fan film Star Trek: Axanar.

Movies
His films include Hardcore, The Hollywood Knights, All the Right Moves, The Arrogant, The Last Warrior, Robot Jox, Running Woman, Siren. Gary's most recent films are InAlienable, Action Hero and Dreams Awake. Graham made his directorial debut in the spring of 2008 with the film Interviews which he also wrote.

Web-based work
Graham also made appearances as the "Smoking Jacket Guy" in the introduction and other scenes in the Internet gaming show The Jace Hall Show.

Graham played Dr. David Macavoy in the web series Universal Dead. In late June, 2010 it was announced that Universal Dead will be made into a feature film.

Filmography

References

External links

2008 Dead End City

1950 births
Living people
American male television actors
Male actors from Long Beach, California

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Q: symfony doctrine admin generator class not found I get the following error in my doctrine generated module that I generated using
symfony doctrine:generate-module --generate-in-cache frontend module_name ModelName

I have tried clearing the cache.
Fatal error: Class '{Module Name}GeneratorConfiguration' not found

I changed the theme to use jroller which is installed and working on other generated modules and they work. Any ideas?

A: Apparently I had to create classes in lib for ModuleNameGeneratorConfiguration and ModuleNameGeneratorHelper and extend from the base classes

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White House says wages are growing faster than 'traditional measures' indicate
Published Wed, Sep 5 201811:10 AM EDT Updated Wed, Sep 5 201812:17 PM EDT
Jeff Cox@jeff.cox.7528@JeffCoxCNBCcom
The Council of Economic Advisers says "traditional measures" are underestimating wage gains for American workers.
Using more accurate gauges suggest real payroll growth adjusted for inflation of 1.4 percent to 1.9 percent, according to a council analysis.
Policymakers at the Federal Reserve and elsewhere have been stumped by the apparently lack of wage growth.
Trump's economy: Here's where he gets credit, and what could go wrong
Many of the ways that wages are measured are underestimating the amount of gains for American workers, the White House said in a report Wednesday.
Worker compensation adjusted for inflation and taxes has increased 1.4 percent to 1.9 percent over the past year, the analysis from the Council of Economic Advisers maintained in response to headline gauges that suggest real wages essentially have been flat.
The council said that "traditional measures" such as average hourly earnings, median weekly earnings and the Employment Cost Index don't sufficiently account for important variables. Among them are benefits such as bonuses, health insurance and retirement plans, new entrants to the labor force and more accurate inflation indexes.
"Once these adjustments have been incorporated to better reflect the actual experiences of workers, real compensation growth over the past year has been substantially higher than that observed in headline wage measures," the report said.
While the economy has showed substantial growth since President Donald Trump took office, policymakers have been stumped over the apparent lack of paycheck growth for many working Americans. July payroll data indicate average hourly earnings up 2.7 percent. Comparing that number to the consumer price index's annualized gain of 2.4 percent suggests wages barely keeping up with inflation.
The council said that improving the way wages are measured will provide a more accurate picture. It suggests other measures indicate stronger wage growth.
Using the personal consumption expenditure price index, which is preferred by the Federal Reserve, suggests real wage gains of 1.4 percent over the past year. The Atlanta Fed's wage growth tracker, which incorporates nominal wage growth adjusted for taxes and benefits and deflating with the PCE index, points to 1.9 percent growth, both of which the council said is "well above the near-zero real wage change suggested by headline measures."
The Federal Reserve has been raising rates as part of an effort to control inflation, which is showing up in non-wage areas of the economy. The report said that fiscal stimulus the administration helped enact will provide more help for workers.
"With the economy growing again, so too are the real after-tax wages and real incomes of workers. Given the recent changes in economic policy, workers can expect even higher growth rates in the future," the report said.


Enrolling your child at a Hutt City Kindergarten is easy. You can either do it online or fill out an enrolment form when you visit the kindergarten or download a copy here.
Once you enrol, your child's name will be entered on the kindergarten pre enrolment list. As older children leave to go to primary school, places become available for younger children to begin.
The ideal time to enrol is when your child turns 2. By enrolling early we can keep you in touch with regular newsletters, updates about what is happening at the kindergarten, and family events you may like to attend.
Of course it also helps us to know how many children are planning to come to each kindergarten during the year and means we can predict more accurately when your son or daughter will start.
The Head Teacher will keep in touch with you and let you know a likely starting date for your child, which will most likely be sometime near their 3rd birthday. You're very welcome to phone the kindergarten at any time to discuss this.


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Wait If You're Concerned About Steam
It looks like Bethesda's keeping Fallout 76 off of the popular Steam platform. If that concerns you at all, think about holding off.
In the Bethesda's notes about the Fallout 76 beta, Bethesda noted that you'd be able to buy the game on the Xbox One, PS4, and the PC via Bethesda.net.
The release date has arrived and the game isn't available on Steam which means the only way to play the game on a Windows PC right now is via the Bethesda.net launcher.
The company hasn't said why, but the going theory is that Bethesda doesn't want to give Valve a 30% percent cut.
There's a chance Fallout 76 emerges on Steam after launch, maybe even in 2019, but there's also a chance it skips it.
If you're a heavy Steam user and/or the thought of playing this game via the (often buggy) Bethesda.net launcher makes you feel uneasy, think about holding off until the game appears on Steam.


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Are you looking for an efficient and powerful backup utility for your Windows based systems? Then here you can read detailed review about NovaBackup Professional 15, which can do disaster recovery, cloud backups, secure and virus free backups and so on. Let's find out its features, pros and cons.
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Ashkum High School "Lions"
Posted on February 28, 2022 February 28, 2022 by kpericht in Uncategorized
Ashkkum High School Building Prior to 1910
Photo by Sarah Fowler, Submitted by Jay Silfies
Central Grade School – Ashkum
The History of Ashkum High School
Ashkum (population 724) is located in upper-eastern Illinois about 17 miles southwest of Kankakee. This places Ashkum in the northwestern portion of Iroquois County. Interstate Highway 57 runs by the west side of town. Illinois Route 116 leads you from Ashkum to the west while U.S. Route 45 comes into Ashkum from the north and travels through to the south. The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad also runs through Ashkum and a branch of the Prairie Creek flows through the south end of town.
The village of Ashkum was established in 1875. It is named for a Potawatomi Native American leader of the same name. The name Ashkum means "more and more" in the Potawatomi language. (Place Names of Illinois by Edward Callary)
Ashkum's educational history are in need of research. Ashkum probably started an educational process for its children in the late 1800s. The townspeople supported their own high school through the 1930s. It was in the late 1930s that the people of Ashkum and Clifton began consolidation talks. These talks became a reality after the 1940 school year with the creation of the Ashkum-Clifton School District. The high school for the new district was located in Clifton. Ashkum maintained a grade school for the new district.
Information provided by Jay Siflies:
"In 1947 a Gymnasium and a connecting hall with a classroom, office and 2 bathrooms upstairs and a basement cafeteria and boiler room was added. In 1959 another addition was made to the gymnasium addition which included 4 classrooms(all with 2 bathrooms) and a long connecting hall. In 1969 the oldest(original) part of the school was demolished and replaced with an addition consisting of a long hall, 4 classrooms without bathrooms, a library and a janitors closet. My father and grandfather went to Ashkum school as well as worked for Ashkum, then Central, school districts. My grandfather had a school letter in basketball from his days there…it was a purple "L" trimmed in what looked to be gold, so I believe the colors were Purple and Gold (perhaps or time-tinted white) and I recall him saying they were known as the Lions."
Central Grade School in Ashkum
The Ashkum-Clifton School District was joined by Chebanse in 1950 to create the Clifton Central School District. This ended the run of Ashkum-Clifton High School as well.
Ashkum High School Quick Facts
Year opened: late 1800s
Year consolidated with Clifton: 1940
School nickname: "Lions"
School colors: Purple, White, possibly Gold
School Fight Song: unavailable
The Ashkum High School boys competed in basketball for sure (www.ihsa.org). It is probable that baseball and track were also offered at the school. We are missing a lot of information for the Ashkum athletic program. School nickname, school colors, and school fight song are all being sought. We are also looking for coach's names and the records of the better teams of Ashkum High School.
The feature sport of nearly every small town high school of the early 1900s was boys basketball. Ashkum was no exception. The Ashkum boys were a cause for great pride in their town. Unfortunately we currently do not have the team records of the Ashkum teams listed below, or any of the better hardwood court teams for that matter.
1928-29 Coach Bert Lester
1936-37 Coach Glenn Raymond
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If you have any information regarding the history and achievements of Ashkum High School (especially a photo of the original school building) please write to us via e-mail at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net. You can also write to us via real mail at:
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Tonight 3 Hercules scenes! Ten to go!
I didn't write today. I wandered around the book shop, the coffee shops, the manicurists, and I felt myself refreshed and renewed. Some days are like that.
As I looked in the bookstores, and thought about all those books, who was selling, who was published, my profound thought of the day is almost always the one I return to.
I can only be myself. That will take me where it takes me. I'll let it take me where it takes me as well.
Off to handout candy and, you guessed it, write.
But today is better. Bryon went to bed at 8 upstairs with his fan. I spent my night downstairs on the couch. We have a plan to de-allergize our main bedroom, so it doesn't look like we have to go Victorian with the whole separate bedroom thing after all. I've decided to get allergy shots to see if I can improve my condition for the future.
Today my head is in a good space. I like having a plan.
As you know, I've been putting together another plan, my research plan for Hulk Hercules. It's a good thing that we authors are used to getting rejected.
I contacted the Chicago Schools three times, and I've been pretty much blown off. That's not a big deal, as I can create a fictional school, place it somewhere in Chicago, and go with it. I like the touch of authenticity, but I have more flexibility this way, so I'm okay with not using Jane Addams.
I just got off the phone with the Brookfield Zoo. My contact there was very nice and very apologetic, but I was told in clear terms that the Brookfield Zoo name is trademarked and can not be used in the the novel. Further, their keepers are much too busy to be interviewed. I could go to the zoo and visit their designated keeper chats. After their educational chats about the animals, I might be able to snag them for some questions. I think not. I don't want to nosily interject myself into their work day, especially after being told how busy they are. We tried this the professional way, and the zoo wasn't interested, so I think I will cobble together an imaginary zoo as well, and we won't worry about them.
THE BEST of the batch are the wrestlers. Windy City Pro Wrestling, I love you! There was no awkwardness, no levels of bureaucracy, real interest in the project and being helpful with the project–in short, being decent and pleasant like we Iowans are used to.
So, at this point, my only objective in going to Chicago is to talk to the wrestlers. I am still a great believer in doing research for my work, but I perceive that maybe Chicago institutions don't care about my work as much as I do. Who'd have thought it?
How about you? Have you done much primary research for your work? How are you usually perceived as you try to find out what you need to know?
WORD CUT!!! (Finally let go of the food fight orphan scene. At this point, it will not be in the story. Combined a couple of other scenes that were repetitive.
Although the Savage Dogs scene will be revised, still, here's a couple more scenes tonight. We're moving into the mythological part of the story, so the action is going to get more magical.
And the new project–Jackal's First Hunt, the last of the salvageable old fiction. I gotta say I love the spies from the Agency. Zoey, Chas, and Alan are some of my favorite characters, and I've missed them.
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First of all, around the internet, Elizabeth Chadwick's soundtrack is up!
I want to encourage you to support Drops of Crimson because it's a cool new magazine for Urban Fantacists. Other reasons?
Karen Mahoney has a story there, and I know her!
I have a story there as well, if you like YA vampire killers. There may well be a future series with these two, and you can say you read them when.
Have a spooky week, getting ready for Halloween!
So far, the writing I've done today.
Two Vampires and a Panel Discussion will be proofed for the next round of submissions to Abyss and Apex, and will be sent after the first of November.
Icon let me know that this year's theme is spooktacular, given Halloween and all, so I decided to read from Substance. However, since I've read the beginning at a couple of other venues, I'll read the curse reveal, the four corners conversation, and as much of Esme's Trial as I can get through.
I'm sneaking out for a while now to write and edit, as I have to come back tonight to observe a teacher.
Another revised scene in Hulk Hercules, and a new one that I must polish. Next session will be polishing, and the Savage Dog wrestling match with Hera interference.
Word count is growing. I expect some cutting soon, though.
Two Vampires and a Panel Discussion first draft is done. It weighs in at 2513 words. Teeny! Next up for it, a final read and polish before it begins its life as a circulating story.
The first Faery Taile Project is available on Amazon now. It's another fine product bought to you by Sonya Sipes' company Cat's Curious.
Of course, you gotta think that since Cat's Curious is publishing Hulk Hercules: Professional Wrestler (and with luck and sales more MYTHtery Kids books!) my interest in publicizing in self-interested. Sure, in part.
However, I've had the good fortune to read the stories therein, and both Christopher Kastensmidt and Jim Hines have had a lot of fun writing the stories. I had a lot of fun reading them, and I think you will too.
Order this puppy then, and start your collection!


The charity match is meant to combat anti-Semitism, with all profits from the game slated to go to a number of charities and organizations that raise awareness on and fight hate crimes. Both New England owner Robert Kraft and Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich are Jewish. The two clubs released a joint video on Monday that featured players and coaches from each team and highlighted a worldwide increase in hate crimes.
The match's primary beneficiaries include the World Jewish Congress, the Tree of Life synagogue, the Anti-Defamation League and the Holocaust Educational Trust. Representatives from each of the organizations will likely attend the game, while Abramovich and Kraft will also each donate $1 million in support of the cause.
Abramovich has already been engaged in a years-long effort to root out instances of supporters making anti-Semitic or other hateful remarks and gestures at Stamford Bridge, where Chelsea play.
Logistically, this game will be tricky for both clubs.
For New England, it comes just two days before an Eastern Conference clash against the Montreal Impact at Stade Saputo and four days after a home game against the San Jose Quakes.
Meanwhile, Chelsea will visit Foxborough, Mass., just two full days after concluding the 2018/19 Premier League season at Leicester City.
On such short rest, both clubs will likely keep a number of their starters from taking the field or playing significant minutes.


High-Quality recording of lighting a stove, including that roar from the flame's ignition.
A spooky background sound made from modulating a sine wave on a Microkorg, then I added effects.
Sweeping and swelling sound, designed by myself, basically just a reverberated reversed noise.
Bright, upbeat and phasered synth panning around on a two-channel track.
An arpeggiated note recorded off a Microkorg (I believe), or some other synth I have.


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province• By this time, all provinces except Zambezia had at least 40 percent female enrolment.• For neo-populists, it is the social structure in these central provinces that is crucial.• He visited the other dioceses of his province, including a tour of several days to the Isle of Man.• The separatist movement began in the mid-1970s after the province was denied additional natural gas revenue.• Together with the political background in the province, this smallness of scale has complicated discussions of local government reorganisation.• Most tellingly, Labour's vote was well down on its 1990 performance in the provinces.• When Ottawa's programme expired in April, pressure mounted on the provinces to provide assistance.• Printers, modems and speakers were considered necessities, but scanners were the province of professional artists with money to burn.province of• Computers were once the province of scientists and mathematicians.Origin province (1300-1400) Old French Latin provincia "Roman land", from vincere "to defeat"


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Takashi Murakami Curates Edition of the Outsider Art Fair, and Other News
BY THE EDITORS June 10, 2021
"Super-Rough," an edition of the Outsider Art Fair curated by Takashi Murakami …
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Takashi Murakami curates an edition of the Outsider Art Fair in a vast New York pop-up space.
More than 200 sculptural works by around 60 artists represented by nearly 30 galleries will be on display through June 27 in Soho, which added some star power thanks to Japanese artist Takashi Murakami who organized the sculpture show as guest curator. The event, called "Super-Rough," is yet another sign that life is normalizing. "We were eager to participate in the opening up of New York, especially since our next NY fair, our 30th anniversary, isn't until February. People can't wait that long! OAF's primary role is to provide opportunities for our dealers, and while doing so we expand the audience for self-taught art," says Andrew Edlin, the owner of the Outsider Art Fair. "Prices continue to escalate [in Outsider art] but at the same time new bodies of work are still coming to light with entry points that are accessible to collectors at all levels," he adds.
The world's largest semiconductor manufacturer is building a $12 billion factory in Phoenix.
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., known as the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductors, has broken ground on an expansive, $12 billion factory complex in Phoenix. C.C. Wei, the company's CEO, said that construction is "well underway" and is expected to wrap up in 2024 during the company's annual tech presentation. Other reports say that the plant may ultimately end up being three times larger than initially anticipated, with a total investment of closer to 435 billion across six factories to create a fabrication mega site. The news follows President Biden's calls for $50 billion in funding to encourage domestic semiconductor production as part of a proposed infrastructure plan.
New York's City Artist Corps program will distribute $5,000 grants to more than 3,000 artists.
The City Artist Corps initiative is meant to provide some relief to the art community after the devastating toll of the pandemic (the city has lost two-thirds of its arts and recreation jobs, according to a report in February.) "The devil is in the implementational detail," Jazz musician Jerome Harris said in response to the announcement. "There's not a victory until we see that the application process is easy and that the distribution of jobs is equitable."
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico …
The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is planning a long-awaited expansion in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Taking over the site of a former Safeway grocery store in Santa Fe is a next-generation facility for the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, which has been planning to expand since 1997. Cody Hartley, the museum's director, said the existing building is slated to become an annex, and that "the organization has grown and grown, but our facility has not kept up. The future building will sustain us for years." Construction on the new building, designed by Gluckman Tang Architects, is expected to begin in 2022 after the museum secures demolition permits.
Ssense receives a major $4.1 billion investment to help expand into the Chinese market.
The venture capital firm Sequoia Capital China has taken a minority investment of $4.1 billion in the popular luxury e-tailer Ssense, known for its curated selection of top-notch brands, ambitious editorial strategy, and dedicated younger audience. As a result of the investment, Ssense is poised to make a splash in China, which is expected to have the world's biggest luxury market in 2025 after bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic.
This whiter-than-white paint is capable of cooling buildings down as much as 40 degrees.
A new study suggests that an alternative paint containing barium sulfate (BaSO₄) could help cool buildings in warm climates, especially in urban environments, by more effectively reflecting solar radiation back into space. The one problem? Mining barium creates a huge carbon footprint.
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Most of us, unfortunately, take Allah's mercy and compassion for granted. But if we pause for a moment and reflect on the depth and extent of Allah's mercy, we will be astonished beyond words.
The Qur'an frequently draws our attention to the world of nature. So let us consider for a moment the fragile world in which we live. We hear about the depletion of the ozone layer, the dangers of pollution, the need to preserve a sustainable environment for our children, and so on. Numerous books and TV programs about nature and the universe arouse our curiosity, our sense of wonder. We live in the center of a violent universe, ever changing, constantly in motion.
We are surrounded by forces that are so precariously balanced that the smallest shift could kill us all. A few years ago, the comet Schumacher-Levy plunged into Jupiter and exploded with the energy of several million atom bombs. In astronomical terms, a difference of just a few degrees would have set it on a collision course with our planet Earth.
Indeed, the scientists say that human life is possible only on the very narrowest of margins. To illustrate just how narrow is that margin, let's take this example. Here, I have an orange, wrapped in plastic Clingfilm. If you can imagine that this orange is our planet Earth, then the thickness of the Clingfilm is the atmosphere, the air we breathe.
Most people think that the earth is solid. But below us, much thinner than the skin of this orange, is the thin crust on which our continents are placed. Under that crust are thousands of miles of boiling molten rock, oozing like a thick porridge around a solid iron core.
In size, all living creatures are like the specks of dust and bacteria that cover the surface of this orange. You can't even see it without a microscope, just as astronauts in space cannot actually see any life on earth without special equipment.
Just imagine! A few miles below our feet, like under the skin of this orange, we have thousands of miles of boiling liquid, oceans of molten lava. Above us, a thin skin of breathable air, only a few miles deep. Above that, nothing; a complete vacuum. And the sun, without which life would not be possible, is 93 million miles away. But what does that mean — 93 million miles? We cannot even make sense of such a distance. It's just 93 followed by six zeros. But let's make it easier. If this orange was our planet Earth, then the sun would be a ball the height of this room, and that ball would be about 55 miles away.
The slightest tilt of the Earth toward the sun in summer and we complain that we're unpleasantly hot. Then a slight tilt away from the sun in winter and we're freezing cold. Measure the distance of that tilt, a mere 4,000 miles, compared with 93 million miles to the sun, and you will see that we boil or freeze within a range of just 0.005 percent. That is, not one percent, not one hundredth of a percent, but a mere one five thousandth of a percent!
Now, I am not a scientist and I am not an astronomer. But if we reflect on this simple fact, we are left astonished. All life on this planet earth is suspended precariously on the thin crust of a huge ball of boiling lava, covered by a thin membrane of oxygen, floating through space, passing deadly showers of meteors and comets and all kinds of deadly radiation.
The mind just boggles. Any rock larger than about 1 or 2 miles thick, striking the Earth head-on, like the comet Schumaker-Levy that struck Jupiter, would wipe out all life on this planet.
The scientists and astronomers tell us that we living creatures survive on this planet only by the narrowest of margins. Statistically, the dangers are so great, they say, and the mathematical probabilities of our survival are so small, that we should really not have been here at all!
Next time we look up to the starry skies, let us think about those powerful forces that surround us. Forces that keep our very existence poised on a knife-edge, and let us thank Allah for His grace and mercy.
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Cognizance and utilization about breast cancer screening among the health professional female students and staffs of University Kuala Lumpur, Royal College of Medicine Perak, Malaysia.
Haque AT1, Mohd Hisham MA2, Ahmad Adzman NA2, Azudin NA2, Shafri NB2, Haque M3.
Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kuala Lumpur-Royal College of Medicine Perak (UniKL RCMP), Ipoh, Malaysia.
Year-3 MBBS Student, UniKL RCMP, Ipoh, Malaysia.
Unit of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Defense Health, National Defense University of Malaysia, Kem Sungai Besi, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Breast cancer (BC) is a major life-threatening problem and a global concern including Malaysia. BC is an equal threat for both developing and developed countries. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between sociodemographic factors with knowledge, attitude, and perception on BC screening among the females of University Kuala Lumpur, Royal College of Medicine Perak (UniKL RCMP).
This cross-sectional study was conducted from 2015 to 2016. The populations included were the students and staff of UniKL RCMP. The simple sampling method was used and a set of questionnaire was prepared and distributed to the participants who were willing to participate. The data were analyzed by using the SPSS version 17.
Of the 220 only 203 questionnaires were returned. Nearly 87.7% of participants indicated genetic factors as the cause of BC, followed by exposure to carcinogenic and X-ray. Excessive smoking (54.2%) and sedentary lifestyle (52.2%) were the risk factors of the BC. 100% of participants thought that breast self-examination (BSE) is important to detect a breast lump and most of them (76.8%) knew what a mammogram is but only 2.0% went for a mammogram. Chemotherapy (71.9%) and surgery (71.9%) were treatments options according to study participants. Nearly 91.1% agreed that regular mammogram could help to detect BC at an early stage. Nearly 88.2% thought BC is not easily curable. Finally, for the attitude on BC screening, most of them knew how to perform BSE (69.0%) with the frequency of 36.0% doing it once a year.
The majority of the participants found the good knowledge on BC and on how to perform BSE. Although most of them knew what a mammogram is, only a few have gone for it since perhaps it is recommended for those who are above 50-year-old. Therefore, researchers believe and trust that there is an urgent need of state-funded multicenter study to prevent and early diagnosis of BC in Malaysia.


Good follow-up customer service can help overcome marketing dissonance.
1 What Is Captive Product Pricing?
2 What is Premium Pricing Strategy?
Captive strategies comprise any kind of marketing and sales strategy whereby the customer, having made an initial purchase or decision, is constrained to purchase future items only from the same vendor. There are several different types of captive strategies, but captive pricing strategies specifically alter the final cost to the consumer from the outset of the customer relationship to affect future purchasing decisions.
Captive pricing strategies are a kind of "lock-in" on the part of the vendor whereby an initial decision forces the customer to stay with that vendor for future sales. A common version is cellular phones; they are offered at subsidized prices, but purchasers are forced to sign a contract with a cellular network, and are sold phones that are difficult or impossible to take to a competitor. Captive pricing can also be artificially imposed; an example is frequent buyer programs that reward customers with a free item after a certain number of purchases.
Most captive pricing strategies are "loss leader"--the initial purchase is made very attractive in that it is low in cost or even free. Historically, men's razors have been inexpensive because once you own the razor, you must buy razor blades from the same company for the lifetime of the product. The price of razor blades refills is high enough to generate future profits—but never high enough to incentivize the customer to buy another razor for the included blades. Captive pricing products can be more expensive than the competition, for example a designer couch or article of clothing that must be matched with other items from the same designer.
Captive pricing strategies can range from the lifetime of the initial product to the lifetime of the customer or the lifetime of the company--or all three. For example, a razor will eventually wear out and be replaced, at which time the customer may choose a different brand of razor. If the captive pricing strategy has also induced brand loyalty, he is likely to replace the razor with another of the same brand. He may also teach his children to shave with the same brand, inducing a product loyalty that may extend beyond his own lifetime.
Captive pricing strategies can also be implemented based on location. Consider the cost of a bathing suit purchased at a local clothing store versus the price of the same bathing suit purchased at the beach. Customers will generally spend more money when doing so will save them time and when there is no local competition with a lesser price.
Captive pricing is a way of forcing short-term brand loyalty by locking in the consumer for a period of time. However, every vendor should determine the difference between reasonable and extortionate captive pricing. A customer who spends slightly more with the vendor to make better use of past purchases will likely stick with the same vendor over the long term. A customer who is charged double or triple when in a captive situation will try to abandon that vendor as quickly as possible.
Davidson, Ellis. "Captive Pricing Strategy." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/captive-pricing-strategy-2725.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.
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The Most Dangerous Holidays In The US
By Kate Hakala/Oct. 9, 2020 1:14 pm EST
When you consider risks we all must take during the holidays, a few come to mind: Sitting in nightmare traffic, blowing your budget on gifts, ill-advised arguments with relatives, and consuming enough tryptophan-laden turkey that you fall into a food coma.
However annoying or stressful these celebrations can be, nothing compares to the risk of getting behind the wheel on major holidays like Thanksgiving, New Year's Eve, and Independence Day. As reported by USA Today, AAA estimates that about 95 million Americans will hit the road between the end of December and New Year's on road trips to see family and friends during the busy holiday season. During this same period, 27,900 people will be seriously injured in car accidents. Of those holiday accidents, an average of 250 can be fatal.
The National Safety Council (NSC) released reports in 2013 that tracked the number of traffic accidents that happen around America's top travel holidays — with Christmas, New Year's, Thanksgiving, Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July as the top contenders. So, which is the deadliest holiday in the United States?
Independence Day is by far the deadliest holiday
Turns out, along with boasting the highest hot dog consumption of the year, Independence Day is also the most dangerous holiday in the United States.
The hazards of the Fourth of July have had a while to seep into America, too. The first-ever celebration of Independence Day happened on July 4, 1777, back when 13 rockets were set off in Philadelphia in honor of the colonies, per History. And while setting off explosives for entertainment with absolutely no experience comes with its own dangers — the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported 12 fireworks-related deaths in 2019 — sparklers are far from the riskiest behavior on July 4th.
The real culprit is excessive drinking and driving. The NSC reported that about 540 people die on the road during the Fourth of July travel period, which spans about four days. In addition to deaths, there were 58,000 serious injuries to motorists traveling to and from their fireworks displays and barbecues. And yes, most of those people were boozin'. USA Today reported that "between 2007 and 2011, alcohol accounted for 61 traffic fatalities per day over the Independence Day travel period, more than any other major holiday."
Not far behind was Memorial Day weekend, which sees 407 traffic-related fatalities a year. Next up was Thanksgiving with 436 deaths and 46,600 nonfatal injuries, Labor Day with 394 deaths and 42,000 nonfatal injuries, and finally, New Year's Day saw 156 deaths. New Year's seems to be predictably the drunkest of the holidays: Between 2007 and 2011, alcohol accounted for 42% of traffic deaths at the turn of the year.
Your wallet impacts how dangerous holidays are
Naturally, the number of fatalities on American holidays is affected by how many people actually get on the road. Bad weather can prevent traveling and so can your wallet. Ken Kolosh, manager of statistics at the NSC, claims that the economy can have a huge impact on whether people travel off to far-flung places during the major holidays. "Recessions actually tend to save lives on the road. We've reached some really historic lows during the last recession," Kolosh explained to USA Today.
At the height of the recession in 2009, a low average of 250 people died on the road around Christmas. Compare that to the period between 2003 and 2008 when that number was 370 deaths. It turns out, being too broke to visit your folks or party at a cookout at least has some advantages. In 2020, with unemployment rates as high as 14.7% at one point, it's less likely we will see as many holiday-related traffic fatalities, in what could be the sole silver lining of one of the worst years in history.
Still, that doesn't mean we should throw caution to the wind during holidays. Heavy travel, increased alcohol use, and speeding are still major risks compared to non-holidays.
Conspicuously missing from this list of dangerous holidays? Halloween. But, apart from the mythic threat of drug-laced goodies, trick-or-treating actually can be dangerous. According to the Washington Post, the spooky holiday puts young pedestrians at risk, with three times the amount of pedestrian fatalities than any other day of the year.


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What is the GeForce2 MX and how does it compare to the regular GeForce2 GTS? We find out here.
NVIDIA is known in the consumer graphics world as a leading manufacturer of high performance graphics chipsets. With new products besting the previous NVIDIA product every six months, each of NVIDIA's performance product steps down to become a mediocre part. However, these high performance products are tuned towards desktops. For consumers that play 3D games or 3D rendering, performance and feature set is the key factor - no matter how that goal is achieved. These high performance products don't meet certain criteria that allows them to be used in other markets. Performance takes a back seat to issues such as power consumption, heat dissipation, and price. There is a balancing act which must be met. In the quest to dominate in every graphics market, NVIDIA announced the GeForce2 MX. The GeForce2 MX marks a new product line which represents NVIDIA's entry into mainstream computer systems. The GeForce2 MX addresses these issues that make the chipset an appealing solution for computer manufacturers and budget consumers.