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Anna's Anchor Unveils New Video For 'Hampton':Irish emo-indie act releases single from forthcoming debut album 'Nautical Miles'
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9th August: In the lead up to the release of debut album 'Nautical Miles', Irish solo artist Anna's Anchor, has released the poignant video for single Hampton here. Marty Ryan, the man, heart and soul behind the Limerick based indie-emo-pop act, gives an insight into the track: "It's about how due to various abuses from one of my parents, the family and home in Oakhampton was split in two. It was a sad, angry and unsure time but it has a positive outlook despite all of this!" Filmed by his good friend Shane Serrano, the 'go to guy' in his hometown, Marty felt this project was finally worthy of his talents: "His best work in my opinion has been with more simple story lines in which the video does the talking. I wanted the general concept of the song's longing for something that isn't there and dealing with not being in the place you had imagined. My Dad got into ballroom dancing and showed me photos of the eventual location – this ideal super old rural ballroom – the concept developed pretty quickly from this and I think it captures exactly what I envisaged!"
Set to be released via Struggle Town and Never Meant Records on 23rd September, Anna's Anchor's debut album 'Nautical Miles' features singles 'Signal Tower' and 'Hampton'. The title is certainly befitting of an artist who won't let simple geography stand in the way of "writing and releasing as much music as possible". The aforementioned 'Signal Tower' saw Marty in his native Ireland, go to as many landmarks as possible in 4 days, filming for 14 hours at 200 locations, racking up a whopping 1300 miles. But his wanderlust doesn't end there, with the album following 2015's 'The Islands' which Marty summaries: "Last Summer I visited 8 remote islands over an 8 week period. I played a gig on each island, wrote a song on each and then returned home to record and release the song each week. 8 weeks, 8islands, 8 gigs, 8 songs!"
As if that isn't enough to send your head spinning, that brings us to the release in question – laying down Nautical Miles saw Marty spend all of January 2016 criss-crossing the Irish Sea for studio sessions. Recorded in Manchester with producer Bob Cooper, Marty enlisted his pal Brian Scally to lay down drums, before handling all other instrumentation and vocals himself. The fruit of his labour is a soulful amalgam of emo, indie and pop, reminiscent of Jimmy Eat World and Into It. Over It. Romantic and bittersweet in equal measure, AAs melodies tug at the heartstrings and dig into the brain.
Thankfully this workhorse has been convinced to share the load when it comes to touring the record – albeit not for long: "Touring with a full band is something I've been reluctant to do just because the project for the most part has been mine. But my few close friends that I've played the record for have been like, Marty, this sounds so full, you owe it to yourself to at least promote the songs the way they sound, so with that, I decided to do a once off full band tour to commemorate the release of the album."
Catch Anna's Anchor On The Road:
Ireland: 22/09/16 Roisin Dubh (upstairs) – Galway | 23/09/16 Brú Bar – Cork | 24/09/16 The Stormy Teacup – Limerick | 25/09/16 Fibber Magees (Downstairs) – Dublin
UK: 01/10/16 Audio – Glasgow | 02/10/16 Pop Records – Sunderland | 03/10/16 Star & Garter – Manchester | 04/10/16 Santiagos – Leeds | 05/10/16 TBC – Reading | 06/10/16 Pre Bar – Southampton | 07/10/16 Veg Bar – London | 08/10/16 TBC – Cardiff
'Nautical Miles' Track Listing: 1. Hampton | 2. Do You | 3. Big Sky State | 4. House Is Full | 5. Intralude | 6. Signal Tower | 7. Everyone's Deserving | 8. No Place For A Queen | 9. Discussion | 10. Conclusion
Anna's Anchor Release 'Nautical Miles' on 23/09/16 via Struggle Town and Never Meant Records. Pre-order the 12" vinyl:
Ireland/ROW via Never Meant – www.nvrmntrecords.bigcartel.com
UK via Struggletown – http://struggletown.limitedrun.com/products/575225-annas-anchor-nautical-miles-lp-preorder
Watch The Video For 'Hampton': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElZyLTeJ5Os | Download For Free: http://annasanchor.bandcamp.com/
More info: https://www.facebook.com/annasanchormusic | https://twitter.com/annas_anchor
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Independent photojournalist arrested for curfew violation in Los Angeles
Independent photojournalist Aaron Guy Leroux was arrested while covering protests in Los Angeles, California, on June 2, 2020.
Protests that began in Minnesota on May 26 have spread across the country, sparked by a video showing a police officer kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, during an arrest the day before. Floyd was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Leroux told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that he was walking west on Sunset Boulevard with a colleague approximately 40 minutes after the L.A. County's 6 p.m. curfew — which explicitly exempted credentialed members of the media — went into effect. He said that two Los Angeles Police Department officers had already checked his press pass and allowed him to continue reporting.
As they rounded the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street, where LAPD officers were arresting demonstrators, an officer asked if they were press, and they said they were.
"As we were exiting the scene, one last LAPD officer asked again, 'You press?''' Leroux said. "I said, 'Yes sir.' He took a look at my credentials then grabbed my elbow and said casually, 'You're gettin' arrested.'"
"I spent the next three hours getting arrested, searched, transferred, processed and cited for 'curfew violation,'" Leroux told the Tracker.
Leroux noted that his camera bag was thoroughly searched by the officers, but he does not believe any of his photos were deleted. His colleague — whose identity could not be verified as of press time — was also arrested.
At around 9:45 p.m Leroux was released from police custody with a citation for curfew violation, a photograph of which he shared with the Tracker.
The LAPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
On June 8, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced that she will not prosecute citations for violating curfew or failing to disperse, while Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said he would resolve cases involving peaceful protesters in a "restorative approach" outside of the court system.
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is documenting several hundred total incidents of journalists assaulted, arrested, struck by crowd control ammunition or tear gas or had their equipment damaged while covering protests across the country related to the death of George Floyd while in police custody. Find all of these cases here.
A previous version of this article misspelled Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer's name.
Independent videographer arrested during Los Angeles protest
Independent videographer Sean Beckner-Carmitchel was arrested while filming election-related protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 4, 2020.Beckner-Carmitchel told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that protesters had planned to march from City Hall downtown to Pershing Square a little less than a mile away. By approximately 7 p.m., most of the crowd had dispersed and Beckner-Carmitchel said he thought he could head out for the night.A few unmarked police cars moved in …
Videographer arrested during election protest in Los Angeles
Vishal Singh, a videographer who works on Netflix documentaries and has been covering demonstrations in Los Angeles, was arrested in the city on Nov. 4, 2020, while filming election-related protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.Singh told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he and fellow videographer Sean Beckner-Carmitchel were covering a relatively small demonstration that was winding down near the intersection of West 5th and South Hill streets along Pershing Square after marching from City Hall. CPJ …
Independent journalist detained in police roundup during LA protest
An independent journalist, who asked to be identified only by the anonymized Twitter handle of @desertborder, was one of at least four members of the press detained while documenting election-related protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in downtown Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 4, 2020.The journalist told the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker that at approximately 7:30 p.m. a small protest was winding down near the intersection of West 5th and South Hill streets near Pershing Square. Only …
Student journalist detained during LA election-related protest
Student journalist Emily Holshouser was one of at least four journalists detained while covering election-related protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 4, 2020.Holshouser, who writes for California State University Northridge's student publication The Daily Sundial, tweeted that she was covering a protest scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. outside City Hall in downtown L.A.When the event dispersed at 6:30 p.m., Holshouser followed a small group of remaining demonstrators as they walked …
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There is a wide spectrum of lethality in RPGs, and there are GMs who fall on every possible point within it. These range from GMs who run campaigns where PCs can never die to the other extreme—GMs who delight in killing PCs. Where do you fall on this spectrum?
First, games shouldn't be dictated by the DM. A game's tone, rules, objectives, rewards, tests, and punishments should be agreed upon by everyone before the game even begins, even if tacitly. For example, if someone says "Let's play Paranoia!", they are proposing a certain type of game. Lethality is one of those characteristics.
All different levels of lethality can be fun and desirable for different groups. A lot of this has to do with genre expectations. In a DCC funnel of CoC, it is expected that the PCs will die in horrible ways, often. In a superhero game, the opposite is true.
Whenever there is a disconnect between player-DM expectations (or player-player expectations) there is an opportunity for friction.
If the players find themselves dying more than expected, the DM might be a killer DM, who physically eats the character sheets of dead characters and cackles while shitting them out.
If the players find themselves dying less than expected, the DM might be a big softie who faints at the sight of blood. (This is less common, for reasons I'll go into below.)
So to finally answer the question of "where do I fall on this spectrum", the answer is "mostly where my players expect me to". However, I'm not shy about letting players die. (And I do see it as "letting characters die" as opposed to "killing characters".)
When I DM, I try to be a neutral arbiter. I cheer when I see my friends having fun, and I sometimes shed a tear when they are lamenting the death of a beloved character. Because, to me, it is all about experiencing the ups and the downs of another reality. It might not be fun to have your character die, but it is memorable (often more memorable than succeeding).
And I think that if I had to choose one feature to maximize, I would rather have a memorable, mind-blowing game that was moderately fun instead of a hugely fun game that was moderately memorable. (If I wanted to have fun, I'd play the new Smash Bros. That game is amazing. But perhaps not so memorable, moment-to-moment.)
And player death provides that impact. Or more carefully phrased: the risk of player death provides that impact.
How lethal are your games and why?
Right now I'm running an OSR game, levels 1-3. Someone usually dies every couple of sessions.
How do you handle PC death if and when it happens?
Sometimes players die in big ways (exploding elephant golems, gored by Satan's shoulderpads). Sometimes players die in trivial ways (gnawed to death by rats, dysentery). Regardless of how they die, I try to make it meaningful.
Give them a chance for last words.
Describe their deaths in additional detail. Pay attention to what happens to the corpse, and if it is properly buried and the correct rites are said over it. (PC funerals are an underutilized thing, I believe.)
Be sure to touch on how all the various NPCs and factions react to the death.
In my home game (OSR), resurrection limited to rumors. Exotic locations exist that can bring a character back from the dead, usually with great danger or a heavy cost. Death isn't something that is escaped. (And so far, no one has ever wanted a resurrection so much that they'll actually follow the rumors. The living don't care much for the dead.)
Many DMs try to avoid "meaningless" deaths. They take steps (either in encounter construction, fudging the dice, fudging the fiction) to keep players from being gnawed to death by rats, because, honestly, it's a bit ignoble to be gnawed to death by rats. According to this line of thinking, the PCs are heroes of their stories, and deserve only heroic deaths.
(Note to self. Put some rats in my next dungeon. Lots of rats.)
While there is nothing wrong with this philosophy, and you can have many fun games while protecting PCs from permanent death, I don't prefer it.
If you didn't want the possibility that a PC might be gnawed to death by rats, then why have the rats do damage at all? (This is a corollary to: if one of the results of a die roll is unacceptable, then don't make it a die roll in the first place.)
Reasons to include player death in your games:
Make the game more memorable and impactful. (Is impactful a real word?)
Contribute to the genre simulation (i.e. make gritty games feel gritty).
Makes victory significant.
Provide a punishment (in addition to the normal rewards that a game offers.
I've already touched on the first two, now I'll address the fourth.
Carrots and Sticks
So, there are a number of ways reward the players (I'm not interested in the characters).
Empowerment, like when they feel like badasses.
Amazement, like when they experience parts of your awesome new world.
World goals, like when they save the princess.
There's other things that are desirable, too, like consistency (when the world behaves as you'd expect it to behave and no one cheats) and story-telling (when an interesting story is told through the game), but I'm not listing those two things under the list of rewards, because those are things that happen naturally through the game. Those aren't things that are used specifically to reward good gameplay.
Consistency and storytelling are just things that happen on their own (although you could argue that players will sometimes indulge in things just for the sake of storytelling, which is a reward in itself.)
And here's the list of punishments.
Failure to achieve world goals, like when the princess elopes with Bowser.
Embarrassment, like when you try to seduce the barmaid but instead just get drunk and fall in a well.
Death (temporary or permanent).
So, if you remove death from the equation, there's not a whole lot of ways to punish a player. Death is huge because you lose the character. The player is probably emotionally invested in their character, to some degree. And of course, dying means that you are out of the game until you make a new character.
I prefer it when all options are on the table. Don't rule out any possibility. (This is similar to the philosophy that all parts of the character sheet can be attacked--HP, ability scores, XP, inventory, money, etc.) To protect characters from character death is to protect them from part of the stick, resulting in a smaller concept-space of what types of failure are possible.
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"If you didn't want the possibility that a PC might be gnawed to death by rats, then why have the rats do damage at all? "
Because sometimes the PC doesn't KNOW what you'll accept.
(though to be fair I've had players die from some pretty lamentable things.)
Ksorkrax November 18, 2019 at 3:10 PM
Do you know Homestuck?
In it, there is a rule that gods (which is a status of a player) can only die by either a just or heroic death, first includes being killed as vengeance for a crime, second includes, of course, sacrifizing one self.
I found that concept quite interesting, and it would fit into the idea of "being gnawed to death by rats is not rememorable".
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100 monkeys interview
To feed the elephant in the room, Jackson, can you tease anything about "New Moon" for the yearning "Twilight" fans out there?
Jackson: It's gonna be raging...action-packed, more steamy romance. You get to see a lot more crazy stuff happening. We went deeper into the world now, and it's gonna be a fun thrill ride for everyone.
The 100 Monkeys have performed with Rob Pattinson in the past. Any chance that'll be a recurring collaboration?
Jackson: Well, I mean, Rob's a busy guy...(laughs) We've had a few chances to play with him. He's an awesome musician.
How has "Twilight" mania affected the band's popularity?
Jackson: It's definitely gotten us some attention, but I think the main thing is our lives shows. People get to -
Jared: - escape into a fun land. Enjoy good music.
Jackson: Yeah, we like to have a good time. That's what we're always trying to do - play music for as many people as possible.
Jared: Hopefully, they come in ready to rock out and have some fun. That's all you can expect.
Ben G: If you scream loud enough, we'll make up a song that you decide what it's called. Things like guitar picks and sweat.
Jackson: We like to give things away a lot on stage.
Jared: Sometimes we bring monkeys and throw them into the crowd.
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Jackson's Photoshoots.
We have a few pictures of Jackson Rathbone in two different photoshoots. Enjoy!
First off, we have two pictures of an uknown magazine, but who are we kidding? we don't really care, do we?
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Secondly we have some pics for AP magazine, enjoyenjoy! (we really do..)
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Examiner interviews Jackson
Here's an really good interview with Jackson Rathbone where you find out a little about him and the ladies, and also what he finds attractive. Enjooy (I know I did!)
Jackson Rathbone is a triple threat. An amazing actor, singer, and writer. Women can only imagine what Jackson might be looking for in a woman. Some might think that any woman he might take a second look at would have to be drop dead gorgeous. Wrong. Jackson opens up about his favorite features about women, dating advice, and how to seal the deal for a second date with him!
Gabrielle: What are qualities you look for in women?
Jackson: I look for a woman with a sincere smile and a love of the arts. I love being able to go out on crazy dates, like breaking into zoos after hours, so a woman who has a sense of adventure... but I also love a calm night of jamming on a beach at midnight with a bonfire, whiskey, and friends... so a woman who can hang in any situation and not get too clingy if I'm playing some music and spending time with my friends and family.
GC: In your opinion, what do men really notice about women?
JR: The way she carries herself. Many times, my friends and I will notice a girl who is beautiful, but just looks miserable in her demeanor. It's a turn-off. Life's too short.
GC: What is your ideal first date?
JR: Well, I live with the band I'm in, 100 Monkeys (100monkeysmusic.com), so I like to take a girl out to dinner alone, go for a walk and chat, and then come back to our "Monkey House" to see if she can hang with my friends/bandmates. If she's cool to jam some tunes with us, shoot nerf guns at my bandmates' heads, or at least not get offended when I pick up a guitar... then I know there'll be a second date.
GC: What is a total deal-breaker?
JR: If a girl is involved with another guy. I don't believe in the ideology of "if it's a different area code, it's not cheating," I think that's more of an "idiot-ology." Too many times I've been hit on by a woman with a ring (engagement and/or wedding), and it disgusts me, to be frank. Even if a woman has a boyfriend she is about to break up with... to me, it's wrong. I won't even consider flirting with a woman unless she is completely single.
GC: What is your favorite feature about women?
JR: Everything. I am a lover, not a fighter. I don't fuss over the fine points, I just love it all.
GC: How important is personality versus looks?
JR: I find the way that a woman walks, talks, and carries herself is more important to me than the way she dresses or make herself up. I don't care how gorgeous she is if she knows it and shows it off too much; that woman is far too ostentatious and superficial for me. One of our band's first singles is called "Ugly Girl" (available on iTunes) and it's about a woman who sacrifices her personality for looks. To me, that makes any woman ugly.
GC: What's sexier: A woman in a little black dress and heels, or a woman in sweat pants and a tank top?
JR: Depends what time of day. And where.
GC: In your opinion, what is the most important part of a relationship?
JR: Selflessness, honesty, and a healthy sexual attraction. I believe a sort of feral instinct takes place in any relationship that works... a sort of "pheromone cupid" strikes, if you will. From there, it's all about keeping it honest and selfless. It takes two to tango, right?
GC: What is the worst dating advice you have ever taken?
JR: "Say whatever she wants to hear." I forgot who told me that, but it's complete bull-shenanigans. Trying to be what she wants is a terrible idea. I try to find a woman who I can be myself around, and who can be herself around me. I hate when relationships change people, but it happens... sometimes for good and sometimes for bad, but when two people fall in love and are still the same people, that's true love. In my humble opinion.
GC: What first grabs your attention about a woman?
JR: Her eyes and her smile.
GC: Do you have any kind of hygiene regimen in the morning? Anything special you use on your skin, hair, etc?
JR: Haha! Nope. Just soap and water... I also brush my teeth with toothpaste, use deodorant, and I, occasionally, will shave.
GC: Do you prefer women with makeup or natural?
JR: Natural, mostly, but I've been known to be extremely attracted to the punk rock look. Though sometimes, it's a little too much and you can't tell how a woman will look when she wakes up; it's really about whatever makeup makes her feel more like herself and more comfortable with who she is, not the other way around. In other words, a woman who defines her makeup and doesn't let the makeup define her.
Blonde or Brunette? ---You forgot redhead.
Tall or Petite? ---In the words of Goldilocks, "just right."
Favorite eye color? ---I'm color deficient... I like eyes that smile.
Short hair or long hair? --- I don't have a preference, I guess... I've dated women with haircuts much shorter than my own and women with hair long enough to lasso the moon.
GC: Thank you Jackson!
JR: Thank you, Gabrielle!
The Last Airbender Tralier
Jackson Rathbones new movie The Last Airbender comes out next summer, but the trailer has hit the internet!
Jackson has also made a short interview about filming New Moon.
"But as the films progress, you get deeper into
the aura of that mythical world that you establish with
the werewolves and getting more into
the vampire society and their legacy. It keeps getting deeper.
That's the great thing about being in
the TWILIGHT franchise: You get to grow with the story
and have the characters develop.
[When you're an actor in a standalone movie],
you only have two hours to develop your character.
But when you have three films, you get six hours.
It's like you can go anywhere and everywhere.
And that's a blessing as an actor."
Jackson and his "Girlfriend"
This year, Jackson will produce his first film ever, called "Girlfriend". You can read an article about him below:
"I'm actually producing my first film this year called 'Girlfriend,'" he says. "New director Justin Lerner kind of made a splash at a couple festivals last year with a short film he did."
Jackson is set to produce the movie along with one of his bandmates from their rock group, 100 Monkeys. A UCLA film school grad, Lerner's most recent short film, "The Replacement Child," screened at places like the Telluride Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Windrider Forum during Sundance.
While the 24-year-old didn't kick us any details about the film's plot or potential cast, he did talk enthusiastically about the chance both to produce and act in "Girlfriend." "It's an exciting time," he said. "I get to play a part in it and have a little bit more say behind the scenes, behind the camera, which is really interesting. It's what I've always really wanted to get into. I love film. I love the art behind it."
Excited? I know I am ;D
-Sofia
Another Jackson interview
This time for MTV. Enjoy!
Watch out Robert Pattinson - there's another musical talent in the "Twilight" family. Jackson Rathbone-a.k.a vampire Jasper Cullen - is making a name for himself on the music scene with his band 100 Monkeys, and there's a chance they might make an appearance on the "New Moon" soundtrack.
"We'd love it," Rathbone told MTV News. "[But] we're not really pushing for it," he said.
"It's one of those things where if they want to put our song on the album, I'm not going to complain."
The 24-year-old describes his band's sound as "old school rock and roll," that is heavily influenced by blues and funk.
"It's not whiney music," he added.
After the jump, the actor talks about his now-famous scene in the "New Moon" trailer and working with director Chris Weitz.
Rathbone doesn't let his music get in the way of his acting, though.
"Whenever I'm working on the 'Twilight' movies, I work all day on the film and then I go and rehearse with my band at night,"
said the Singapore-born actor.
Speaking of "Twilight," Rathbone said that if fans were excited by the recently unveiled "New Moon" trailer, they will be blown away by the full-length film.
-Anna
Shock till you drop!
Shock till you drop were very lucky and got a very interesting interview with Jackson Rathbone.
Before trying to get more details about the sequel New Moon out of the young actor, we asked Rathbone to talk about the experience of making the first film before things got so crazy.
"The first film, it was one of Summit's first films. I think it was actually the second films they produced, the first being 'Never Back Down.' It felt like a bigger budget indie film.
We were all kind of making this movie together, and the way Catherine Hardwicke directs, it's really a fun vibe that was on set. It was a little stressful because as we kept filming, the press kept getting more of it and the fans kept being more into it.
All these websites started popping up, and all these things. It was amazing. It was like, 'Oh, wow, this is going to be something else!'
We started making this movie and people are already loving it and it's not even out yet. It has six months to come out and they're already lining up in the movie theaters. That was an experience in and of itself. I wasn't really prepared for it, but I was really thankful for it, because they're so supportive of what we do. As an actor, you need an audience."
He then talked about the major differences with the production on the sequel.
"We have a bigger budget, we have a little more pressure to keep that feeling going, but the nice thing is that you're delving more into the story now with 'New Moon,"
He said. "As the films progress, you get deeper into the lore and they mythical world you're establishing with the werewolves and get more into what the werewolf society and legacy is. It keeps getting deeper."
We wondered if he noticed a big difference with the vibe on set having a new director with Chris Weitz replacing Hardwicke and with the added pressure of making a sequel to such a big hit.
"Whenever we got back to film 'New Moon,' the first day I was back, all the cast was hanging out in Peter Facinelli's room and it was just like a family reunion. It was like we'd been away for a month; it didn't seem like a year. It was just really nice to kind of get back together and have that family environment. In terms of having a new director, nothing really changed too much. It was just a different subtle vibe, because the director manages the energy on set. It was great. We all wanted to come together and make another great piece of art for the fans. It's really about what they want to see, because they're the ones buying the tickets."
He did say that the recent trailer didn't show the entire scene of him getting thrown into the piano, but that he did get to do a lot more of his own stunts in the movie.
"That's only the beginning of it. They didn't show the entire thing. It's gonna be a really action-packed movie."
A really good interview, huh?
Jackson i Criminal Minds ikväll!
För er som missade Criminal Minds i torsdags, då Jackson Rathbone spelar "Huvudrollen" i detta avsnitt. Så finns det en till chans inatt!
00.20 på Kanal5 börjar den. Och för er som kan, se den gärna!
Jag gjorde det själv i torsdags och satt som fastklistrad. Jackson är verkligen jätteduktig på att spela.
Särskillt en sån svår roll som han spelar i detta avsnitt.
Själv kommer jag sitta och kolla på avsnittet igen. Inte nog med att serien är en av mina favoriter. Utan en av mina favorit skådisar ska gästspela!
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UPDATE 6 April – Lloyds Banking Group Update
Mar 27, 2020 | Coronavirus, General News
Kevan has received a further update from Lloyds Banking Group:
There have been further developments this week in the support Lloyds Banking Group has put in place to help customers in your constituency who are dealing with the consequences of coronavirus that I want to draw to your attention, in case they might be helpful to you and your team. As before, please feel free to raise any issues we might be able to assist you with.
Enhanced support for business
You will have heard this morning that the Treasury has worked with the main banks to improve the financial support available to businesses experiencing cash-flow challenges as a result of the epidemic. We are delighted that the Chancellor has agreed to the simplify the CBIL scheme. From today all applications for support will be considered under the scheme.
The Chancellor's announcement is a welcome broadening of the scheme which will mean that many more eligible businesses can benefit from 0% interest on term loans for the first 12 months. We're pleased too by the announcement of (CLBILS) which provides much needed help for larger firms. We will continue to do all that we can to support our clients, large and small, in these difficult times.
One of the likely consequences of this simplification is that demand for loans under CBILS will increase sharply. We have been working flat out in recent days to build up our capacity to deal with greater volumes but it is worth recalling that even before these changes demand was already far higher than what we are used to dealing with. With the support of our regulators we have reorganised ourselves and our processes as fast as possible to put all available resource into supporting our business customers. But like all businesses we too are dealing with the human effect of the virus and social distancing measures on our staffing levels. Please bear with us.
The Government continues to require that eligibility for CBILS is based on viability. Not all small businesses will qualify for support, particularly if it has been reasonably assessed that the finance will not help the business to trade-out of its cash-flow difficulty, and will not prevent it from going out of business in the short-to-medium term.
We have received a number of inquiries about the working of CBILS from parliamentarians on behalf of their constituents. Please see below for some frequently asked questions which we hope might help you and your team, which we can send to you as an attachment if you prefer.
Additional support for larger businesses
The Chancellor also announced a new Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS). The additional acronym may be a mouthful, but this is a positive step in addressing help to the 'missing middle' – those businesses currently excluded from the schemes reserved for small and large businesses (CBILS and CCFF).
The new CLBILS will provide a government guarantee of 80pc to support banks in making available more loans of up to £25m to businesses with an annual turnover of between £45m and £500m. Loans backed by a guarantee under CLBILS will be offered at commercial rates of interest and further details of the scheme will be announced by the Government later this month.
Specific help for over-70s and NHS workers
Because our call centres are extremely busy at present, we have introduced a new, dedicated telephone service for the over-70s. This ensures that our elderly and more vulnerable customers can get through to personalised help quickly. We are writing to over three million customers who qualify to explain the support available, including details of the new telephone number and a guide on how best to manage their money and protect themselves from fraud.
In addition we are using our technology to fast-track NHS employees who call us so they don't have to wait. When they call our helplines they will automatically receive priority service. This is because we recognise the pressures they may already be facing on the country's behalf. We are also working to identify any other customers who may need extra support, such as those who have previously informed us that they have specific service needs because of a vulnerability, and we will be deploying technology that will allow us to prioritise their calls through our existing telephone lines where possible. We are also taking steps to make it easier for customers to get access to cash where they are unable to leave their home owing to the current circumstances.
Meanwhile we continue to keep as many branches open as possible. We have had to close a number due to staff illness or to deep-clean them, and these closures can happen at short notice. Roughly 90pc of our branches remain open, on weekdays from 10am to 2pm. We have suspended our mobile branch service.
News for shareholders
Earlier this week our Board announced its decision not to make any dividend payments or share buybacks on Lloyds Banking Group shares until the end of 2020. In response to a request from our regulator to ensure that we are preserving resources to support customers, the Board also decided to cancel payment of the final 2019 dividend. Clearly this will come as a disappointment to our shareholders, many of whom are customers, but we feel this is a prudent step to take in the current circumstances.
As ever, if you require further clarification on anything raised in this email or on the steps we are taking to support customers, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
The measures we have announced to date are set our in greater detail on our dedicated COVID-19 website.
Benedict Brogan
Group Public Affairs Director, Group Corporate Affairs
Support for Business affected by Coronavirus
What is THE Coronavirus Business interruption loan Scheme (CBILS)?
It's the loan scheme set up by the Government to get taxpayer-backed cash to small businesses which have seen their cash-flow hit by coronavirus.
Eligible businesses can borrow up to £5m over six years, with the first year interest free. The business customer is liable for repayment of 100% of the loan. If a business doesn't pay back the loan, the loss is shouldered 80% by the taxpayer and 20% by the bank/lender.
Who runs it?
The British Business Bank, the business lending arm of the Government which is run by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Who sets the rules?
The initial rules were drawn up by HM Treasury and the British Business Bank to make sure the scheme was focused on those businesses in genuine need who had viable business models prior to the COVID-19 crisis.
Which businesses are eligible?
The Government and the British Business Bank set rules for the scheme from the outset, including:
It is open to British businesses with a turnover of up to £45m that were financially healthy ('viable') before coronavirus.
Only those that were unable to access normal bank lending could apply originally. The Chancellor changed the rules on Thursday evening to mean that banks are no longer obliged to offer normal lending as a first step, and can now offer CBILS to all eligible businesses.
The business generates 50% or more of its income from selling goods or providing services.
A small number of industries are not eligible under the British Business Bank scheme rules which can be found on their website.
Where do the banks come in?
More than 40 accredited lenders, including the main high street banks, have been licensed to process CBILS applications and hand out the cash. A full list is available on the British Business Bank's website.
How was it created?
The scheme was developed by the Government, British Business Bank and the banks and built on an existing government support scheme for businesses – the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme.
Why are businesses raising concerns?
The scheme was announced before the full details were decided and the lending available, hence some businesses were left understandably frustrated about their inability to access financial support quickly. There was also some confusion over eligibility, with many businesses believing the Government had said the scheme was open to all those affected by coronavirus. It took time to implement the scheme and for lenders to train all their front line staff to support customers.
Lenders have seen significant volumes of customers seeking to access funding in a short period of time, while also dealing with the challenges of staff needing to self-isolate or practise social distancing. Coronavirus has affected banks like any other business, resulting in call centre delays and processing backlogs as staff cope with huge demand.
Initially, with banks required by the British Business Bank to apply their own processes to obtain security against the loans, a number of banks had requirements for the owners of businesses to make personal guarantees, for example putting part of their home down as security for the loan in the event that the business itself was unable to repay. This is a routine part of commercial lending to make sure the borrower has an incentive to repay. This requirement has now been removed.
Some businesses have also been left disappointed after being assessed by their lender as not financially viable even before the outbreak of COVID-19. Banks are still required to assess that a business is able to afford the finance costs of any additional borrowing taken.
Why are unviable businesses excluded?
Given the cost of failure is ultimately borne by taxpayers, it was deemed not to be a good use of public funding to support businesses that are inherently not sustainable over the short-to-medium term. Businesses that are already in a weak financial position should not be encouraged to take on more debt.
How is viability assessed?
The lender must reasonably assess that:
the finance will help the business to trade-out of any short-to-medium term cash-flow difficulty, and;
if the facility is granted, the business should not go out of business in the short-to-medium term.
when normal trading resumes, the business will be able to afford to repay the borrowing.
As with other external finance applications, businesses will need to have a sound borrowing proposal (notwithstanding the disruption caused by COVID-19). The evidence required to demonstrate this will vary by lender but might include providing information such as recent accounts and trading information, as well as cash-flow forecasts.
What's changed?
Following representations from the banks and the concerns of business groups the Government is now simplifying the scheme so that all eligible businesses seeking support are now considered for the scheme, regardless of whether the business customer meets the lender's normal credit criteria. This means that more businesses will now be able to benefit from the one-year interest free period under the scheme.
Businesses must still however be assessed as viable.
How long should it take?
All banks are facing huge call volumes and all applications need to be processed by both the lender and also the British Business Bank. Smaller requests (less than £250,000) are expected to be processed the fastest.
What other schemes are available to help businesses?
Lenders have put in place a range of different measures to support their customers, including waiving arrangement fees for new overdrafts, overdraft limit increases, new or increased invoice discounting and finance facilities, and loan repayment holidays. The Bank of England has also taken steps to reduce the cost of bank lending under their normal credit criteria. For larger businesses, the Bank has put in place the Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF) to support such businesses' liquidity needs.
The Government has also announced a range of measures to help reduce (or defer) businesses' costs, including paying a proportion of furloughed workers' salaries and deferring businesses' tax payments.
What about mid-sized businesses?
The Chancellor has announced a new scheme to help bigger businesses too. Mid-sized companies should benefit from the Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Scheme (CLBILS), although it is not yet ready for applications. This will be aimed at businesses with a turnover of between £45m and £500m which will be able to borrow up to £25m. Loans backed by a guarantee under CLBILS will be offered at commercial rates of interest and further details of the scheme will be announced by the government later this month.
27 March 2020:
Lloyds Banking Group have contacted Kevan with an update on the support they are providing to their customers:
Dear Mr Jones,
Support for your constituents affected by COVID-19
Further to my note last week, I wanted to update you on what Lloyds Banking Group is doing to support our customers and staff in your constituency as we try to adjust to the consequences of COVID-19 for people's everyday lives. We understand how important it is for our customers to receive support with their finances and, at times like this, we recognise we need to do all we can to be there for them.
Mortgage customers
We've had a good response to our offer to put in place a payment holiday of up to three months for our personal mortgage customers if their household income has been affected. In just over a week, more than 70,000 homeowners have successfully applied for one. This means they will temporarily stop paying all or part of their monthly mortgage payment, which will be added onto their mortgage balance and repaid over the course of the remaining mortgage term. We are also waiving any missed payment fees for mortgage customers for three months.
Additionally, for anyone in the process of trying to buy a new home who has an existing mortgage offer with us, we have granted them an additional three months to complete their home purchase at the agreed rate.
Finally, the recent Bank of England base rate reductions totalling 0.65% will be passed on in full to mortgage customers of Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland, helping to reduce their monthly household outgoings.
Banking customers
To help our customers manage their finances during this challenging period, we've announced that from 6 April our personal banking customers will be able to access a £300 overdraft, interest-free. The majority of customers who use overdrafts do not go over that limit, and thanks to the changes we have already announced, those who do will pay less interest than they used to.
As with mortgages, we are also offering our customers with personal loans a payment holiday. More than 30,000 customers have already taken up this offer. Similarly, there will be no missed payment fees for customers with loans, as well as credit cards and motor finance, for three months.
We would urge any customer who is worried about their financial situation to contact us. We are doing our utmost to answer all of these queries swiftly, though we ask that customers bear with us as our telephone lines are facing significantly higher demand resulting in delays. We are regularly updating the information we have online for those customers who can find answers that way.
Branches / access to cash
Given the Government's guidance on social distancing, we have seen a marked decrease in the number of customers using our branches and ATMs in recent days. Our aim is to keep as many branches open as possible, while ensuring we abide by public health guidelines. To achieve this we have altered our shift pattern, so that only one shift operates in each branch. This means that our weekday opening hours are now 10am to 2pm and we have stopped weekend openings. As you might imagine, our staffing situation changes daily as our colleagues try to balance their desire to keep serving customers with changes in their personal circumstances. In some cases due to local issues branches have had to close suddenly, either for staffing reasons or to be cleaned. We recognise our duty to keep services going and are making every effort to keep as many open as possible.
Through our commercial relationship with the Post Office, customers can also pay in or withdraw money from their local post office. We are talking regularly to the Post Office to establish how their network is affected by COVID-19.
In order to reduce the risk of spreading the virus, we have made the difficult decision to suspend our Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank mobile branches, which visit over two hundred rural communities each week. We are contacting regular users of our mobile branches to offer support during this pause in service.
The supply of cash continues to operate as normal. LINK, which manages the largest network of cash machines, has said that ATM and cash use has fallen by around 50% in recent days. Nevertheless the industry is taking steps to make alternative forms of payment more available. So, for example, from 1 April, the contactless payment limit for all customers will increase from £30 to £45. Customers using mobile devices (such as Apple Pay) can make secure contactless payments above this limit at many retailers.
We have created a £2bn package of support to help small business through this uncertain period which includes the waiving of our standard arrangement fees for new overdrafts, overdraft limit increases and new or increased invoice discounting and finance facilities for businesses that are particularly affected. This is part of an £18 billion commitment made by the Group to support businesses during 2020. We are keeping our support under constant review as we learn more about what our customers are going through, and we are contacting many of our clients in the most affected sectors to offer capital repayment holidays and overdraft extensions to support their working capital needs.
Our focus over the past week has been specifically on helping the Government to develop and launch the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan (CBIL) scheme for smaller businesses. It is now available to businesses with turnover up to £45m, for loans up to £5m, which will be fee free and have 12 months interest free. We recognise that the unavoidable gap between its announcement and the confirmation of the final details meant many customers were initially left frustrated when we were unable to answer their specific questions, but we are doing our best now to make up for lost time. We have already seen in excess of 15,000 views of our application site, 5,000 application forms downloaded, and more than 1,600 applications received. We have now also changed our approach so that lending of amounts less than £250,000 under the CBIL scheme does not require business owners to put up any personal guarantees as security.
The CBIL scheme is designed to be a valuable back-stop for those viable UK businesses affected by coronavirus that cannot currently access normal bank lending. Under the terms of the scheme, where we can offer finance on normal commercial terms, we will continue to do so – and at lower rates than previously was the case because of the recently announced Bank of England rate reduction and its Term Funding Scheme for SMEs. If we are not able to extend finance under our normal criteria, then the business' eligibility will be considered under the CIBL scheme.
Our regulator has issued clear guidance around the critical role that financial services plays in ensuring that the economy continues to function. While many of our colleagues can work from home during this period, there are roles – including branch colleagues, call centre staff who for example process loan requests or mortgage holiday requests, and IT infrastructure maintenance – where this is not currently possible. We understand that we are asking a lot of these colleagues, and we do not take their contribution for granted.
That is why we are taking steps to reduce the risks for them, including through appropriate social distancing and enhanced cleaning procedures at our sites. We are also urgently seeking ways to allow many of these critical activities to be conducted remotely, and in a way that safeguards our customers' data. Furthermore, we are reviewing all our activities with a view to halting temporarily all those that aren't directly focused on supporting the economy through the crisis.
We have committed to stand by our colleagues regardless of the impact of the crisis on their ability to work. We are cooperating closely with our recognised unions to make sure that we have in place all possible steps to protect our customers and our staff.
I trust this information is useful to you. If you would like any further clarification, please do not hesitate to get in touch.


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The ACLU sued Clovis Unified School District for its failure to provide comprehensive, medically accurate, bias-free sexual health education to its high school students. In violation of California law, Clovis provided abstinence-only sexual health education, which jeopardized the health of its students.
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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; ACLU of Northern California
Superior Court of the State of California, County of Fresno
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Clovis Unified School District In California Sued Over Sex Ed Program
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Published: January 3, 2020, 5:27 pm
Tags: Detroit, Wayne County, Local, Crime, Shooting, New Year's Eve, Local 4 News at 5
2 Spirit agents hurt, 3 passengers arrested after bag dispute in Detroit, airline says
Michigan coronavirus cases up to 538,377; Death toll now at 13,824
14 people identified in New Year's Eve gunfire video, Detroit police chief says
250 shell casings found on street, officials say
DETROIT – Detroit police Chief James Craig said his department has identified 14 people in a video showing dangerous celebratory gunfire on New Year's Eve.
Officers found 250 shell casings on the street, Craig said. He called the video an embarrassment to the city.
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The video, which shows Detroit is the most reckless, dangerous light, has gone international.
Detroit police officers took a look at the video, found out exactly where it took place and identified those seen shooting guns.
Craig said the incident is tied to a gang on the west side. Of the 14 people identified, seven are on parole, and two of those seven are on a tether, according to authorities.
Federal officials are also involved. They're examining every casing to determine whether the guns had been used in any crimes that could lead to federal charges.
"For me, as a native Michigander, I find it appalling to do this," said James Deir, special agent in charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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module FellowshipOneAPI # :nodoc:
  module OAuth
    # Implements the pure OAuth method of authentication.  This allows the Fellowship One API to
    # manage the authentication process.
    module OAuthAuthentication
      include OAuth
      # The OAuth request object
      attr_reader :oauth_request

      # The OAuth authorization URI
      attr_reader :oauth_authorize_url
      alias :authorize_url :oauth_authorize_url

      # Gets a new request token and return the authenticated URI
      # +type+:: Can be :portal or :weblink based on which credentials you want to authenticate against
      def authenticate!(type = :portal)
        load_consumer_config(type) if oauth_consumer.nil?

        @oauth_request = oauth_consumer.get_request_token
        @oauth_authorize_url = oauth_request.authorize_url

        @oauth_consumer.instance_eval do
          # The token request reponse is scoped only in the token_request method, but I need to get access to the response
          # headers so that I can pull back the Content-Location header and get the authenticated user URI
          def token_request(http_method, path, token = nil, request_options = {}, *arguments)
            @tr_response = request(http_method, path, token, request_options, *arguments)
            case @tr_response.code.to_i

            when (200..299)
              if block_given?
                yield @tr_response.body
              else
                # symbolize keys
                # TODO this could be considered unexpected behavior; symbols or not?
                # TODO this also drops subsequent values from multi-valued keys
                CGI.parse(@tr_response.body).inject({}) do |h,(k,v)|
                  h[k.strip.to_sym] = v.first
                  h[k.strip]        = v.first
                  h
                end
              end
            when (300..399)
              # this is a redirect
              @tr_response.error!
            when (400..499)
              raise OAuth::Unauthorized, @tr_response
            else
              @tr_response.error!
            end
          end

          # The HTTP response from token_request
          def token_request_response
            @tr_response
          end
        end

        oauth_authorize_url
      end
      alias :authorize! :authenticate!

      # After a the user has been authenticated then we use the access token to access protected resources in the API.
      # Since the authentication has taken place, we now know about the user that authenticated and
      # have a URI to the record of that user.
      #
      # The URI for the authenticated user is returned.
      def get_access_token
        @oauth_access_token = oauth_request.get_access_token
        @authenticated_user_uri = oauth_consumer.token_request_response["Content-Location"]
      end
    end
  end
end

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What is the net worth of CFA candidates or charterholders … defined as financial assets (excluding residence) minus liabilities ? Wud $1.5 million net worth be considered high?
Thanks for defining net worth.
Are you looking for the mean, median, mode, minimum, maximum … ?
Median or mode due to skewness of distribution.
Why would you exclude most people's largest asset?
In that case, USD1.5 million is way too low.
If that's all you're worth, perhaps the CFA designation isn't for you.
current goal is to hit $1m by 35.
my lifetime goal is to hit top 1% of the us. prolly $10m, which coincidentally is where the estate tax is when married.
Is $1.3 million supposed to be good or bad? I seriously don't know.
The average american earns something like 1.6 over a lifetime. So that would be high.
It totally depends on age. If you're asking how much wealth does the average Charterholder die with, or have in late retirement, for sure it would be multiples of $1.3M. I'll guess … $4M. But that's median. A few will be $1B, and many will be $10-$100M. But I think there's a long tail of folks who just plowed away making $200k their whole life, and spent most of it on family stuff, but have a $1-2M house.
For 30-something Charterholders globally, I'll guess net worth is under $250k US. Not everyone is a NYC I Banker.
Because it's most people's largest liability.
And both are very significant parts of people's net worth. Usually the most significant.
^The actual answer: It's a huge outlier for the average person so it skews results. You could almost think of a person's net worth being like a company's Quick Ratio. You take cash and marketable securities (and accounts receivable, but that just makes the metaphor more confusing) and divide it by short term liabilities. A house wouldn't fall into either the nominator or denominator. It's illiquid so not immediately marketable. Or, it's a long-term liability.
By removing it entirely, you get a pretty clear picture of that person's current financial well-being.
If I have a $20 million house and $1 million cash, that is a lot better than having $1 million without the house.
^agreed with ohai. house counts.
..and $25 M mortgage liability. Net worth = negative. If you don't have a family, rather hold cash and liquid assets and rent a house or an apartment. You may also easy transfer your wealth and run away from current location if necessary.
It is also good to have a big gold chain around the neck. If something happen you can sell it and pay an attorney. This chain (about 2-3 kg) is also a liquid asset.
Yes, if you have a large gold object with significant value, you should include that in your net worth. What are you saying?
Hold liquid assets only, easy portable especially if you live in turbulent area. Otherwise, your net worth in the form of RE may suddenly deteriorate. If something happens, cut & run away. And it's good to have a supply of canned food and water, may be worth more than everything under some circumstances.
You're basically saying that all other things being equal, renters are worth more than homeowners. While I agree that they are certainly more liquid, I disagree with the idea that buying a house hurts your net worth and hurts your financial well being.
yea i dont understand why people continue paying an underwater asset. at that point, i would stop paying, and live for 1 year free of rent. lol.
some people may say this is immoral. but the banks know whats up. we're all willing players. the banks know what collateral means, they shoulda asked for more dp. charged a higher rate, etc.
Well if you're not counting home related assets or liabilities then you'd never know that the guy who is upside down on his mortgage has a -$4 million net worth.
That's not at all what I was saying. I was just explaining why homes are left out of many net worth calculations.
I'd add the home equity to all other (assets - liabilities) to calculate net worth.
If anyone has a 25MM mortgage then at 4% rate the person is paying $1.4MM a year on mortgage which means he is making a bank. Anyone who makes over $2MM a year on a consistent basis to secure a loan like that is worth millions and definitely in the top 1%.
If you actually build a "model" that compares "rent vs ownership' it becomes very very clear that hands down owning a home is infinitely beneficial compared to renting.
That's normal situation in many countries maybe is not usual in yours. It is not easy to get mortgage loan on some emerging markets and it is expensive source of financing and is often overcoraterallized. It is often situation for mortgage borrowers on emergings that must enter into loan in currency other than domicile and are exposed to currency and floating IR risk over long term. There are mortgage with expiration of 20-30 years.
Maybe if you have family thus home would be an inheritance for your children. Or your home is in attractive area, has its residual value which may appreciate as time passes.
What if you purchased home in not so attractive area which cannot be easily sold and you changed your mind but still have an expensive mortgage debt?
What about property taxes? What about maintenance costs which may be partially covered by some rent contracts.
What if your job description consider frequent migration, even outside of your domicile country.
Owning home is still attractive vs renting in each situation?


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/*
 * This file is part of jStar Eclipse Plug-in.
 *
 * jStar Eclipse Plug-in is distributed under a BSD license,  see, LICENSE
 */
package com.jstar.eclipse.services;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

import javax.tools.JavaCompiler;
import javax.tools.ToolProvider;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;

import com.jstar.eclipse.Activator;
import com.jstar.eclipse.objects.JavaFile;

public class AnnotationProcessingService {

	public final static String SPEC_EXT = ".spec";
	private static final String PROCESSOR = "com.jstar.eclipse.processing.SpecAnnotationProcessor";

	private static AnnotationProcessingService instance;

	private AnnotationProcessingService() {
	}

	public static AnnotationProcessingService getInstance() {
		if (instance == null) {
			instance = new AnnotationProcessingService();
		}
		return instance;
	}

	public File processAnnotations(JavaFile selectedFile) {

		final JavaCompiler javac = ToolProvider.getSystemJavaCompiler();

		if (javac == null) {
			ConsoleService.getInstance().printErrorMessage("Cannot find java compiler. Please check if you are using JDK and not JRE.");
			throw new NullPointerException();
		}

		final String generated = selectedFile.getGeneratedDir().getLocation().toOSString();

		//TODO: refactor
		final URL processorURL = FileLocator.find(Activator.getDefault().getBundle(), new Path(Activator.PROCESSOR_PATH), null);
		final URL requiredLib = FileLocator.find(Activator.getDefault().getBundle(), new Path(Activator.COMMONS_IO_1_4_PATH), null);
		final URL requiredLibLang = FileLocator.find(Activator.getDefault().getBundle(), new Path(Activator.COMMONS_LANG_2_5_PATH), null);
		String processorLocation = "";

		try {
			processorLocation = FileLocator.toFileURL(processorURL).getFile();
		}
		catch (IOException ioe) {
			ConsoleService.getInstance().printErrorMessage("Cannot obtain the location of annotation processor.");
			ioe.printStackTrace(ConsoleService.getInstance().getConsoleStream());
			throw new RuntimeException();
		}

		String requiredLibLocation = "";
		String requiredLibLangLocation = "";

		try {
			requiredLibLocation = FileLocator.toFileURL(requiredLib).getFile();
			requiredLibLangLocation = FileLocator.toFileURL(requiredLibLang).getFile();
		}
		catch (IOException ioe) {
			ConsoleService.getInstance().printErrorMessage("Cannot obtain the location of required libraries for annotation processor.");
			ioe.printStackTrace(ConsoleService.getInstance().getConsoleStream());
			throw new RuntimeException();
		}

		String[] arguments = {
				"-proc:only",
				"-d", generated,
				"-cp", selectedFile.getProjectClasspath() + File.pathSeparator + processorLocation + File.pathSeparator + requiredLibLocation + File.pathSeparator + requiredLibLangLocation,
				"-processor", PROCESSOR,
				selectedFile.getAbsolutePath()
		};

		int exitValue = javac.run(null, null, ConsoleService.getInstance().getConsoleStream(), arguments);

		if (exitValue != 0) {
			ConsoleService.getInstance().printErrorMessage("An error occurred while processing annotations.");
			throw new RuntimeException();
		}

		final File specFile = new File(selectedFile.getGeneratedSpec().getLocation().toOSString());

		if (!specFile.exists()) {
			ConsoleService.getInstance().printErrorMessage("Any annotations could be found in the source file.");
			throw new NullPointerException();
		}

		return specFile;
	}

}


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Demonstrations at Bangladesh's Embassies Call on the Country to End Crackdown on Labor Activists
Protests in: Berlin, Washington DC, Paris, London, Rome and Nine other Major Cities
This week global union federations UNI and IndustriALL, which together represent over 70 million workers around the world, are leading demonstrations at Bangladesh Embassies in at least a dozen cities calling on the Government of Bangladesh to secure the dismissal of all unsubstantiated criminal cases against recently arrested trade unionists and garment workers, and to immediately release them from jail. A protest was held at the Bangladesh Embassy in Berlin on Tuesday. Joined by prominent labor and human rights organizations, protesters also gathered at the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC, on Wednesday. Pictures of those protests can be found here. Actions will be held in the next 48 hours at Bangladesh Embassies in the following cities: New York, Berlin, Ottawa, Paris, Madrid, Stockholm, Geneva, Rome, The Hague, London, Copenhagen, and Brussels. These cities are located in countries that source more than three quarters of all exports by Bangladesh's garment sector. The protests represent growing international concern regarding Bangladesh's deviation from international norms to respect workers' labor rights in their most important industry.
Since December 21, 2016, at least 34 labor leaders and garment workers have been arrested and detained based on a series of falsified complaints filed by factory owners and the Government of Bangladesh itself. These retaliatory actions followed nonviolent protests over the country's extremely low minimum wage.
The situation for worker rights advocates has continued to deteriorate. As recently as February 10, nine labor leaders and workers were arrested in Chittagong while attending a training at a union office. Nearly two months after the original arrests, at least 18 individuals remain in police custody or jail. None of the fabricated criminal cases have been dropped. Several prominent union offices have been forced by police to close, and others have been closed by the unions out of fear for the security of their personnel. The continued harassment of labor activists represents a campaign to suppress workers' freedom of association and keep garment industry wages low, as the New York Times noted in a recent editorial.
Sam Maher of Clean Clothes Campaign said: "The events of the last weeks prove beyond doubt that the government and the BGMEA have launched a full crackdown on the rights of workers to organize and demand improvements in their terrible working conditions. These actions undermine the limited progress made on safety and jeopardize any possibility of creating a sustainable garment industry in Bangladesh."
In addition to calls on the Bangladesh government, thousands of activists have signed petitions to apparel brands including H&M, Gap, Inditex (Zara), and VF Corporation (The North Face) urging them to press their suppliers to withdraw all unsubstantiated criminal complaints and stop pressing further charges.
"This is the biggest crackdown workers have faced in the history of Bangladesh's garment industry. We need the global apparel brands that have long benefited from the hard work of Bangladeshi workers to stand by those workers now, to stop their suppliers from filing falsified charges, to ensure back wages are paid and all charges dropped, and to come together with the Bangladeshi government to put an end to poverty level wages in the garment industry," said Judy Gearhart, Executive Director of the International Labor Rights Forum.
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However, that is not necessarily the way it always happens. In fact, law enforcement officers are as vulnerable to accidents on the roadways as civilian drivers. Residents of Glascock County, Georgia, received a somber reminder of that fact last Tuesday afternoon when a 19-year-old deputy with the sheriff's department died in a collision with another vehicle.
At the time of the accident, the deputy was on his way to Washington, Georgia, to pick someone up at the Regional Youth Detention Center. He allegedly failed to stop for a stop sign. A female driver in another vehicle reportedly collided with his as he entered a northbound lane.
It is unclear whether the deputy died at the scene or went to the hospital before succumbing to his injuries. What is clear is that his vehicle traveled more than 60 feet due to the force of the collision before coming to a stop. The condition of the other driver is not available at this time, although authorities confirm transporting her to a nearby hospital.
A statement from the sheriff's office describes the deputy as a great young man with aspirations to become a law enforcement officer at the federal level. Those who have had youthful dreams destroyed in a car accident may find it helpful to seek the services of an attorney.


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The sixth installment of the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince tells the story of Harry's sixth and final year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This year, Harry finds a mysterious Potions book in the back of a closet with notations inside detailing better techniques for potion making and incantations for dangerous spells. Harry also takes on private lessons from Dumbledore to learn more about Tom Riddle's life.
Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts is yet another eventful one. Lord Voldemort is now fully out in the open and the school now has a new Potions master and Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Harry experiences a lot during his sixth year, including a fight with an army of Inferi and an invitation into the prestigous Slug Club. Take this quiz to find out just how much you know about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince!
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The sixth Harry Potter film adds an element that wasn't touched upon much in earlier films — romance! After years of knowing her, Harry finally begins a relationship with Ron's younger sister, Ginny Weasley. Ron himself has a months-long relationship with another Gryffindor student, Lavender Brown, which causes a lot of grief for Hermione. Dumbledore himself comments on all the romance in the air in this movie!
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Often times, issues with hearing echoing in voice chat are caused by using the voice chat without headphones.
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In this series on vectors we showed vector addition in this post, and then took a small excursion to show a surprising connection between some vector additions and the distributive property.
The box above represents the order, and we have been assuming that this order is specific enough that the fast food folks can get you what you want. Specifically, that there is an understanding of what an order of "coke" is as compared to, say, "coke, small", or "diet coke, large".
The price list will typically contain many items that weren't ordered. Typically, there is an entry in the price list for any item ordered.
To find the total amount (ignoring taxes), it is pretty clear what needs to be done: for each item ordered, you multiply the amount ordered by the price found from the price list vector, and then you add it all up.
The $15.10 comes from coke (3 times $1.20) plus cheeseburger (1 times $1.50) plus hamburger (5 times $1.40) plus fries (2 times 1.50).
The operation on the order vector and the price list vector that gives us the final price (ignoring taxes) is called inner product. I don't want to go into the significance or the origin of the name (though you would correctly guess that there is also something called an outer product.) Inner product is also often called the dot product.
Alternatively, we could expand the order to match the price list, by explicitly marking zeros for those items on the menu that aren't ordered. This is something we may show later.
where the information that gives us the meaning of the 15.10 is left out, but at least the distinction between the two operands of the operation is maintained. But since the process of multiplying and adding is itself commutative, there are many textbooks that dispense with the different treatment of the two operands altogether and write the thing as (3,1,5,2) • (1.20,1.50,1.40,1.50) = 15.10 and treat it as a completely symmetric operation: (1.20,1.50,1.40,1.50) • (3,1,5,2) = 15.10. I will come back to these more subtle points in a later post. What I hope I have achieved in this post is that you see how the scenario of an order – written as a vector – combined with a price list – also written as a vector – naturally leads to a process that gives us a single number, and that this process matches what textbooks call inner product.
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Born in Hong Kong, Ivan left home at a young age and spent his teenage years studying in the UK. Having studied at Camberwell College of Arts in London, also visual communication in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Ivan has been working as motion graphic design, editor and art director after graduation.
Ivan's creative and diverse portfolio started while he was worked in MTV London in 2007. The experience allowed him to develop his passion in this field of work as well as easing into the world of directing. Ivan began his directing career in Silly Thing Visual Production and his main strength lies in his sensitivity on visual and rhythm. His work is defined by its blend of contemporary style and refined aesthetic


Christian is an co-founder and the Director of Operations at Mana! Fast Slow Food in Hong Kong. The mantra at Mana! is "Eat Like It Matters" and this attention to healthy and predominantly raw foods and energetic and thoughtful living is instilled in every aspect of the restaurant, from its eco-conscious design to the carefully curated menu and provenance of each ingredient. Christian's roots and training in healthy living and food nutrition go far back. He was born a vegetarian in Hong Kong and moved to France when he was two. He is a classically-trained French chef and also developed his nutrition knowledge and clean-eating savvy as an athlete, having to pay careful attention to his nutrition and eating habits during the span of his life when he competed internationally as a professional rower.