With the challenges of global warming and rising fuel crisis, we need an alternative to fossil fuel-powered vehicles. Most Indians are still reluctant to change from fuel powered vehicles to electric one and this action has impacted the electric vehicle market. Future Personal Transportation System project has been designed to answer that challenge which hopefully can help the country in transition to more eco-friendly form of transportation.
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Usually I am a fan your design concepts presented at Tuvie. however, in this particular case there is a huge gap between the design and the need. the population i india is one of the poorest in the world. development is not easy nor cheap. you are designing a product that will be much more expensive than available fossil fuel options currently available, no matter how cheap you try to make it.
Besides, it is unethical to ask the people with the least resources to use the most expensive energy production methods available. when the rich North America and Europe have fully adopted electric vehicles then it might be considerable to preach to the rest of the world.
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Hyundai Venue SUV First Connected Car with built-in eSIM connection
Car makers have been racing to come up with connected car offerings in their vehicles in India. Hyundai recently tried to lead the way, with its announcement around its upcoming subcompact SUV – Venue, calling it India's first connected car. Now, the company has partnered with Vodafone-Idea to be the backbone of these connectivity features.
For this, the Hyundai Venue will come with an inbuilt Vodafone-Idea eSIM card as a part of the partnership, thus making the car self-sufficient for its connectivity features. If not for the eSIM, the car has to be dependent upon the user's smartphone for its connectivity. With eSIM, Hyundai aims to eliminate this dependence.
This will also turn out to be the differentiating factor for the Venue than most of the other connected cars in the market currently. Though the companies have not specified a business model for the eSims, it can be assumed that the expense will be bundled as one-time-cost within the car's price. Users might be charged for the services though, as the eSim connectivity extends to other Hyundai vehicles.
So what is Hyundai offering here?
Several services including Apple Car Play, Android Auto, emergency response, navigation, remote operation of car's features like climate control, horn and headlamps, vehicle status and more. The services will now even be connected to the cloud through the car's in-built system itself.
For this, the Hyundai Venue will come with an inbuilt Vodafone-Idea eSIM card as a part of the partnership, thus making the car self-sufficient for its connectivity features. If not for the eSIM, the car has to be dependent upon the user's smartphone for its connectivity. With the eSims, Hyundai aims to eliminate this dependence.
This will also turn out to be the differentiating factor for the Venue than most of the other connected cars in the market currently. Though the companies have not specified a business model for the eSIM, it can be assumed that the expense will be bundled as one-time-cost within the car's price. Users might be charged for the services though, as the eSim connectivity extends to other Hyundai vehicles.
A visible trend?
The connectivity features are hence, not exclusive to Hyundai. Even MG Motors has entered the race, with a slew of proposed connectivity features in its debut product in India, an SUV named Hector. It is supposed to launch in India in the latter half of the year.
In case we shift our focus to two-wheelers, we would find a similar trend. Notably, in India, Ather Energy has been offering connectivity features packaged in its electric scooters, complete with smartphone integration and cloud connectivity. Several high-end electric motorcycles are also on the list.
The trend is also being supported by the IT giants, like Apple, Cisco, IBM and others are rushing into a partnership with car makers for such connectivity offerings. Reason? There is a huge ground to play on. With the advancement in autonomous driving, wherein most of the time of the vehicle occupants will be at their disposal, even the future of cars is visualized with huge infotainment screens with complete connectivity. Hence, starting early in this race can only be seen as beneficial.
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Fox's MacCallum Shreds Biden's Hypocrisy Over Treatment of Apple vs. Twitter
By Charlie Wright
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We already know that if it weren't for double standards, Democrats would have no standards at all. On the other hand, it's often comical to watch them try to explain away those double standards.
On Wednesday, Biden's National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications, John Kirby, appeared on the Fox News Channel with host Martha McCallum. If the results of these Q and A's weren't so alarming, they would be hilarious.
McCallum tried to get Kirby to explain the difference in ongoing situations regarding free speech and the actions of Apple, the White House, and Twitter.
For a bit of background, The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in an ongoing effort to quell massive protests against extreme COVID lockdowns, requested that Apple suspend their "air drop" function on iPhones in China so protesters cannot communicate with each other. Apple complied, of course.
So McCallum wanted to know why the Biden administration has leveled veiled threats at Elon Musk and Twitter, but has said nothing about Apple assisting the totalitarian Chinese communist regime.
Hey John Kirby, if "The president is not going to speak for protesters around the world," WTF are we doing in Ukraine?
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Going In for the Kill
McCallum asked Kirby, "What do you say to Apple about helping the Chinese government to keep their people under control?"
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Kirby was prepared to spin, replying, "Well look, in general, and we've clear about this all around the world, we want individual citizens, no matter what government they live under, to be able to communicate freely and openly, transparently and reliably. We've made that clear with respect to Iran and we certainly continue to make that clear with respect to China."
Martha McCallum interrupted him and asked, "But have you made that clear to China?" It was here that, in the epic words of Danny De Urbina, who posted the video of this train wreck on Twitter, Kirby begins to "attend his own flogging."
It went downhill from here.
Kirby 'went there' and replied, "Apple is a private company Martha. They have to make decisions and they have to speak for those decisions. But here at the White House, here in the administration, we want to see that individual citizens, whether they're protesting or not, I know that's the context we're talking about, are able to communicate freely and openly."
So everybody got that? Apple is a private company. Joe and Co. can't tell them what to do. Hit it Martha!
"So why not say something to Apple? Because just the other day we were told that the White house is keeping an eye on Elon and Twitter. Why would Karine Jean-Pierre say it from the podium but not call Apple out for helping the Chinese government to suppress their own peoples' ability to communicate?" McCallum countered.
Kirby continued to blather on about wanting everyone to communicate freely. But the dirty little secret is that is not what the Biden administration wants, despite Kirby's protest that "We aren't in the business of telling private companies how to execute their initiatives."
The always incomprehensible spokesman #JohnKirby when asked to respond on China's treatment of their citizens: We are watching it closely to see where it goes. Really? That's like saying we're watching the robbery down the street closely to see how it turns out. Unbelievable.
— sully (@JohnSullysfb) November 29, 2022
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The Difference Is… Oh Wait…
McCallum didn't even wait for Kirby to cease his pretzel twisting to muscle in on that one, saying, "But Twitter is a private company too," and proceeded to ask the money question. "So why is Twitter getting one treatment and Apple is getting another is my question."
Kirby gives the "don't believe your lyin' eyes" answer: "Well these are two completely different circumstances. You're talking about the potential for perhaps foreign investment and involvement in the management of Twitter, that's a different issue than what we're talking about which is a business decision by Apple with respect to how one of their applications is being used."
McCallum then said, "Well they are certainly being influenced by a foreign government, and that government is China. They've changed policies specifically for China when it comes to what they put on their phones. That seems like something the White House ought to keep an eye on."
Martha pressed on, "Have you reached out to Apple as a matter of national security? Since we obviously have national security concerns with China who they seem to be aiding in this process."
Kirby's answer was all you need to know: "I don't have any communications to speak to you specifically with Apple executives." Translation, no. the White House has reached out to no one.
Here's the rub. Joe Biden and the Democrats have a deeply rooted interest in keeping Twitter in check and up to their old ways. It won them an election. Elon Musk said it himself and may be revealing documents alluding to that.
Apple's involvement with the CCP could be of a much deeper and darker variety, but of course that is speculation. It is fair game however, to ask why an American company, built on and becoming successful under American principles, would help a brutal dictatorial regime? Is it just about cheap labor?
The question of why the Biden administration has been dead silent on the protests and Apple's involvement in China may come with the swearing in of a new Congress in January, and all might be made clear. Will Hunter Biden's laptop be involved?
Watch the full exchange here:
This might be the hardest moment ever broadcast LIVE on Fox News as John Kirby attends his own flogging over Regime's explicit targeting of Twitter and @elonmusk while allowing Apple to trample Free Speech and collude with CCP
Just Watch This.
All the way to the end. pic.twitter.com/szDBof2CBb
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Hubert Weber (Wenen, 1939) is een Oostenrijks jurist.

Weber behaalde een doctoraat in de rechten aan de Universiteit van Wenen. Hij werkte van 1959 tot 1970 voor de Oostenrijkse overheid en werd dan auditor bij het Oostenrijkse Rekenhof. Nadat Oostenrijk in 1995 toetrad tot de Europese Unie werd Weber het eerste Oostenrijkse lid van de Europese Rekenkamer. Hij bekleedde deze functie tot en met maart 2011. Tussen januari 2005 en januari 2008 was hij bovendien voorzitter van de Rekenkamer.

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Dungeons & Dragons Online Forums > Focused Discussions & Feedback > Classes > Spell casters > Wizard > What are you multiclass Shiradi builds going to do for Epic TRing?
View Full Version : What are you multiclass Shiradi builds going to do for Epic TRing?
I really like the 16wiz/2monk/2fvs build... but I know when the new update is released soon... I'm going to want to be in the Arcane sphere to gain karma points (or whatever they are called) to do an Epic TR.
I think the classic 18wiz/2monk build might be better for this. Can stay in Draconic for fast leveling on EH. Or can change to Shiradi for an occasional EE.
I know that 2fvs is damn nice.... but were you really struggling with spell point usage with the 18/2 build?
Epic TR looks like a complete mess ATM. Not that it's not probably also going to be a complete mess when it goes live, but no reason to make plans until it goes live.
The temp SP generation was causing me lag, so I recently switched to 18/2. You don't have the unending supply of SP, but it's more flexible if you do plan on doing a bunch of epic lives.
I figure I'll respec feats each life based around which ED I'll be doing. DC focused Magister, EK w/ LD, maybe a GMoF EK using handwraps. Not quite sure how to make the divine trees work, might just use the first ETR for that.
As cdr said though, it's a bit early to tell, but the FvS splash is mostly beneficial for shiradi.
The Arcane Sphere grants 3% spell crit chance per epic TR (max of 9% crit for 3 past lives). So you are going to want to take 3 of those if your build is relying on Temp SP from 2 FVS.
Problem is: Leveling the Arcane Sphere would be faster in an 18/2 or pure wiz build vs a 16/2/2 build.
So I guess you stay pure or go 18/2 while Epic TR'ing... then go back to Shiradi 16/2/2 when you done... for end-game.
The primal epic past lives for caster seem lame (time limit WAY too long for a 7% proc chance).


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How to Water an Apricot Tree
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Apricot trees (Prunus armeniaca) do well in most areas that experience relatively cold winters, such as continental climates with an average winter high of 25-degrees Fahrenheit, and the climates of U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 10, which have an average winter low of 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Like all fruit trees, apricots require proper nutrition, diligent pruning, pest management and regular watering to produce an optimal yield and aesthetic appeal.
Insert the probe of a moisture meter 6 inches into the soil at the base of the apricot tree. You must water the tree when the meter reads between four and seven, indicating moist soil to a depth of 6 inches. Most moisture meters have a needle that points to the following gradations when inserted in soil: one through three, represented in red numerals, indicates dry; four through seven, represented in green numerals, indicates moist; eight through 10, indicated in black numerals, represents wet. Rinse and dry the probe to use after watering.
Water the soil around the base of the apricot tree to a depth of 6 feet. It takes between 10.8 to 16.875 inches of water to reach a depth of 6 feet in clay soil, and it takes 1 gallon of water per square foot to reach a depth of 12 inches. Therefore it takes 64.8 gallons and 101.25 gallons of water per square foot to water the soil to a depth of 6 feet. Sandy or gravelly soils require less water, approximately 30 to 40 gallons.
Test the soil every 10 to 14 days for moisture content depending on precipitation in your area, as rainfall counts toward the water requirements for an apricot tree.
Spread 3 to 4 inches of organic mulch, such as composted wood chips, in a circle over the apricot tree's root system after watering. Maintain a mulch-free space of 6 inches around the base of the tree on all sides. The mulch acts as insulation that improves the water retention of the soil.
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Methods of watering include using a drip- or micro-sprinkler and basin irrigation. Basin irrigation, ideal for soils with poor water-infiltration rates, requires building a berm 2 feet outside the drip line or spread of the tree and another berm about 1 foot around the trunk of the tree, then watering the trench shallowly between the berms. Drip- and micro-sprinklers are useful when irrigating an orchard, as they conserve more water than a hose.
The fog common to some areas of U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 10 increases moisture content in the soil, resulting in a need for less water. Diligent use of a moisture meter prior to watering and adjusting the amount of water in accordance with the reading helps prevent overwatering.
Refrain from watering the crown of the trunk, the area of the trunk above the soil line but under the main trunk.
Avoid overwatering the tree. Overwatering prevents adequate amounts of oxygen from reaching the roots, drowning the tree; it creates an environment conducive to fungal diseases; and it causes the roots to rot. Signs of overwatering include wilted or yellow leaves, limited fruit production and a proliferation of moisture-related pests.
Don't water in the time frame between the first leaf drop in autumn and the first growth of shoots and leaves in spring.
A.J. Andrews' work has appeared in Food and Wine, Fricote and "BBC Good Food." He lives in Europe where he bakes with wild yeast, milks goats for cheese and prepares for the Court of Master Sommeliers level II exam. Andrews received formal training at Le Cordon Bleu.
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'Counting On': Jana Duggar Praised For Wearing Pants During L.A Trip
Counting On star Jana Duggar has been making headlines after dyeing her hair blonde during her trip to Los Angeles. Apparently, Jana is with her brothers, James Duggar and Jason Duggar. The three also reunited with their sister, Jinger Duggar, where they watched the Dodgers play. Now, fans are praising Jana after she shared another picture
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Counting On star Jinger Duggar recently went headlines after cutting her hair short. According to fans, some of the Duggar girls are showing signs that they're finally shying away from the family's old traditions. Fans have seen some of Jim Bob Duggar's daughters regularly wearing pants as well. However, despite neglecting their beliefs, most of the
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Counting On star Jim Bob Duggar is celebrating his birthday. However, fans noticed that almost nobody in the family has ever posted their celebration with their father. It's known that the Duggars usually gather and make huge birthday parties, but Jim Bob's birthday celebration has been silent so far. Meanwhile, Jed Duggar appears to be the
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It's been a while since fans last saw the beautiful garden of Counting On star Jana Duggar. Apparently, Jana owns one of the best gardens in the family. It was even documented in their show where Jana took the kids for a gardening lesson. It also appears that Jana has been an inspiration to some of her
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Visa has announced that it is expanding its partnership with Monitise, a mobile payments company. The two companies have been working to expand the reach of mobile commerce throughout Europe and have been met with promising success thus far. Visa now aims to extend its partnership with Monitise through a new three-year commercial agreement. Per the agreement, the two companies will continue expanding into the European mobile commerce market, developing new mobile payments solutions that are designed with financial institutions in mind.
Mobile payments have been a relatively easy sell to consumers. Many people have shown their willingness to use their smartphones and tablets to purchase goods and services. The concept has been more difficult to sell to financial institutions, which are more concerned with the risks associated with mobile commerce rather than its convenience. Despite these concerns and a reluctance to support mobile commerce, many European financial institutions are seeing rising demand from customers concerning mobile payments. Thus, these organizations are beginning to take steps to accommodate the wants of their customers.
Through the agreements, Visa will be able to make use of mobile technology developed by Monitise. This technology will be put to use in the development of new mobile payments solutions. As these solutions take form, Visa will help promote them to European markets as well as help ensure that these solutions are secure against the threats that exist in the mobile world. Visa and Monitise have already deployed mobile payments services to more than 3,000 banks and financial institutions in Europe and the two companies are expected to look to take advantage of this momentum.
Visa notes that the way people pay for goods and services is changing. More people have access to smartphones and tablets than ever before and these consumers are finding that mobile commerce offers them a convenient and safe way to make purchases. Visa and Monitise will work to continue establishing their commanding presence in the European market, hoping to fortify themselves against competing parties that are looking to do the same.


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Analyzing the Differences between CERs for MDR versus MDD
By Ethan DrowerPublished On: January 27th, 2022Categories: Clinical Evaluation Reports - CER, EU MDR, Latest Publications
Implementing the MDR or Medical Device Regulation will bring significant changes to the process of Clinical Evaluation and subsequent post-market compliance requirements. This, of course, is a significant concern for medical device manufacturers in the EU. Some changes may be relatively minor, such as the change in terminology from Essential Requirements to General Safety and Performance Requirements; others may have a significant impact on the need for clinical evidence and evaluation, leading to modifications in CER processes and collection of additional data from clinical investigations to support a product undergoing review along with an improved quality management system.
One of the primary differences between MDD and MDR is that the latter has a larger scope. At a glance, this is obvious. For example, the MDD includes 23 Articles and 12 annexes, while the MDR comprises 123 articles and 17 annexes.
Impact of EU MDR on CERs
More strict requirements for CERs, e.g., grounds of establishing an equivalence with another medical device.
Greater emphasis on Clinical data and Investigations, including the quality of data and processes considered in the clinical evaluation
Improved Post Market Surveillance system
Enhanced examination of CERs by Notified Bodies (NBs)
Background to Changes in the MDR
The premarket Clinical Evaluation requirements described in Part 1 of Annex X of the existing MDD have long been considered unclear. The Guidance document MEDDEV 2.7/1 Clinical evaluation: Guide for manufacturers and notified bodies details the expectations of the European authorities in this regard.
In comparison to the MEDDEV, which introduces the concept of a Clinical Evaluation Plan (CEP) but does not elaborate on the subject, the MDR explicitly states the required elements of the CEP, explaining the regulatory requirements now needed to meet the European standards.
These elements consist of information typically gathered as part of the Clinical Evaluation Process, such as:
methods and parameters used to determine the acceptability of the benefit-risk profile, and residual risks and side-effects
In addition to the existing requirements, Annex XIV includes additional items requiring more detail for the Clinical Evaluation Plan than had previously been included in the CER.
The current MDR requirements also mandate that a Clinical Development Plan be included as a part of the Clinical Evaluation Plan, comprising a long-term view of the planned clinical investigations related to the product, ranging from feasibility studies up until post-market clinical follow-up studies.
Part A of the new Annex XIV
Focuses on the premarket phase and extends Part 1 of the current MDD Annex X. While it is still less detailed than the current MEDDEV 2.7/1, the new requirements include:
(a) a Clinical Evaluation Plan (content is specified)
(b) an Evaluation of clinical data, and
(c) a Clinical Evaluation Report (CER)
Part B of the new Annex XIV
Focuses on the postmarket phase.
Significantly expanded requirements compared to the current MDD (Annex X 1.1C)
Post Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) has been expanded upon as compared to the current MEDDEV 2.7/1 and includes:
(a) detailing the new requirements for the PMCF Plan
(b) introducing the requirement for a PMCF Evaluation Report
Clinical Investigations
Class III products and implants
Typically, all class III products and implants require a clinical investigation unless they fall into the list of defined exceptions. With regard to when clinical investigations are needed in this category, the MDR consists of a few more specifications than those included in the MDD or MEDDEV.
However, despite the increasingly stringent requirements for "sufficient clinical evidence," the MDR does not explicitly state when clinical investigations will be required for classes I, IIa, and IIb devices. Here, the MEDDEV provides more guidance than that present in the MDR.
Active implantable medical devices (AIMDs)
Medical devices that were previously covered by their separate directive are now under the scope of MDR. Additionally, the medical devices directive only considered ancillary medicinal products that contained animal materials.
The MDR now covers medical devices incorporating ancillary medicinal products derived from human blood. Also, medical devices, including non-viable human tissues, are now allowed.
Equivalent devices
Though allowed by the MDR, the use of equivalents is likely to become more complex, especially for Class III devices having additional requirements.
A thorough, comprehensive literature review of devices having similar technical, biological & clinical specifications may help identify equivalent devices and provide an understanding of the current state of the art.
Sales literature from comparable products and services can help provide a useful product review that will often include helpful pictures and diagrams.
The establishment and defense of an equivalence claim, regardless of a device class, will require the demonstration of "sufficient levels of access to the data."
The objective is to demonstrate that the device under evaluation is substantially equivalent in terms of safety and effectiveness to the aforementioned equivalent devices (technically termed predicates).
Post Market Surveillance (PMS):
An integral part of the manufacturer's Quality Management System (QMS), the PMS system actively and systematically gathers, records, and analyses data on the quality, performance, and safety of a device throughout its entire lifetime.
In accordance with the MDR, manufacturers must plan, establish, document, implement, maintain, and update a PMS system.
Some critical features of the PMS System are
Based on the device classification and risk classification, specific PMS reports are required to be prepared and updated periodically.
The periodic report is subject to review by the notified body for class III and implantable devices.
The PMS system's requirements and uses for the data gathered, detailed requirements for a PMS plan, and incorporating a Post-Market Clinical Follow-up (PMCF) plan are provided within the MDR.
In the event that PMCF is not deemed as an essential component of the PMS plan, this must be justified and documented.
In contrast, the MDD mentions the conduct of PMS and PMCF but provides no detailed requirements.
Post Market Clinical Follow up (PMCF) and Periodic Safety Update Report (PSUR)
A continuous process that updates the clinical evaluation, PMCF is a critical element of the overall PMS plan, which is conducted in accordance with a PMCF plan.
Manufacturers must prepare a PMS report for class I devices, update it when necessary, and share it with the competent authority upon request.
For class IIa, class IIb and class III devices, manufacturers must prepare a periodic safety update report (PSUR) for each device category or group of devices.
For class IIb and class III devices, the PSUR should be updated at least annually and for class IIa devices when necessary (at least every two years).
For class III devices or implantable devices, the PSURs are submitted to the notified body, who reviews the report and prepares an evaluation. The PSUR and notified body evaluation is made available to the competent authority.
MDD:
Provides an outline of the responsibilities of competent authorities
The conformity assessment annexes incorporate requirements for manufacturers to report events.
EU MDR:
Most of the information previously contained in guidance has clearly been incorporated into the legal text.
Change in terminology:
Reportable events are now called serious incidents, whereas incidents or non-serious incidents refer to what were previously called non-reportable events.
The EU MDR uses the terms "Adverse Events" and "Serious Adverse Events" only in the context of premarket clinical investigations.
The number of exemption rules in the EU MDR that prevented the need to report events have been reduced significantly; the only exception is for expected side-effects that are clearly detailed in the product information and contained in the technical documentation.
Since temporary, severe deterioration in health is unequivocally reportable, the scope of reporting has been increased.
The timeline for reporting all other events (excluding serious public health threats or death or unanticipated serious deterioration in health) has been decreased from 30 days to 15 days.
As the implementation of the EU MDR becomes a more imminent reality, manufacturers should start collecting data to satisfy the more stringent clinical evaluation requirements. Compliance will entail meeting post-market surveillance requirements with greater emphasis on risk management, post-market clinical evaluation, and ensuring conformity to new specifications through the device lifecycle.


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I have to write down the days of the week, when I tell our stories about our trip, because I won't remember otherwise. Isn't that the sign of a great vacation, where the days all blur together, and simply make us smile?! Well, Mission Accomplished.
Another Beautiful day at Club Med.
After Breakfast we walked back to our room, which is the corner on the second floor on the brown building in the lower left corner. It had been an oddly quiet morning. Chris had spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa's room, so they got him ready for camp. Technically our room only sleeps 4, however it is possible to get 3 into the Kind And let the big kids have the couch beds. It turns out getting only two children ready in the morning doesn't take as long.
This pretty little fella was parked on the roof just outside our room door as we returned from breakfast.
We decided that this was a Red Shoulder Hawk, because of that rusty shading, and those black and white marking on the tail. I love whatbird.com website for bird identification.
It's the tail that gives it away. That black and white tail with the rust (red chest and shoulders) make it a Red Shouldered Hawk. He was probably 3 feet away from me as we went to the door of the room. He just sat there looking at us. The kids would've thought that was Awesome, but they were already in Kids Club.
It was going to be a hot day, and it occurred to us that we needed to get Christopher a hat the day before. When we bought one for Chris, I found one that I liked. I kept thinking of it. So when we walked by the shop, looking for postcards, I bought the hat for myself.
Like it, it's Autumn Sunrise?
One of my favorite lines from Ghost.
I think the rule is you can't wear white after Labor Day, unless you are at the Beach in Florida and it's 80 degrees. Because I saw a lot of folks wearing white.
And I got a new happy hat!
We went to the family pool to hang out with Mom and Dad. While we were there, we saw the boys playing down at the other end.
My sweetboys came over to pay us a visit. They were with their Kids Club Crew, swimming, but since they both aren't really in danger of drowning, as they are better swimmers, they are allowed to come and go as they wished. We even gave them permission to roam. I thought they'd use it to go get a smoothie, but No, they wanted to go swim. All the time!
Mom and Aunt Teri doing the Water Aerobics class. Aqua Gym.
They talked me into it. Moments before, I was out in that water too.
It was actually a fun class, except it focused a lot on having my arms out of the water.
My arm strength is crappy, and my knees aren't too hot either.
I have to watch it, and not overdo it too much.
Play I Spy. Do you spy a Sweetboy?
We snuck into Kids Club early, to take the kids Paddleboating. Only they were having such a great time, they didn't want to leave.
Sam shoots new friends with a water pistol from the right.
While Sam shoots, Jacob runs under the giant water mushroom. He didn't want to leave, not even for yellow boats.
Now Chris takes a turn shooting at his brothers and cousin Cole coming down the small water slide.
They didn't want to leave early to go Paddleboarding. They wanted to play.
Bryce made it through a few hours at Kids Club!
He got pretty upset the day before, but on this day, we bumped into Karl and Erica going to pick up the kids. We'd been able to have lunch together.
He's not too sure about what's going on.
If you're going to recover from a giant meltdown about not being able to go Paddleboarding, sitting in a big tropical chair is the way to do it. This made him smile. Although, he'd been so upset, it was a very Mona Lisa sort of smile.
Jacob finds the " fuzzy wheats".
He thought they were pretty fun.
Mommy just loved the lighting. A sunset. A sweetboy.
After we changed from the pool, the sun was setting as we headed to supper.
As the sunset over our lagoon, some nifty birds come out to play.
I think this was a Little Blue Heron.
But he was so pretty tapping along, exploring for snacks at sunset.
The wore this sweetboy out.
And check it out. He let someone hold him. Lately, he's been in a Mama only phase.
That was another reason that Kids Club was a bit of an adjustment for him.
So sweet as he sleeps.
After dinner, Mom and Aunt Teri talked us into going to the 'Circus Show'.
It was the staff working their own mini-cirque de soleil.
The bummer was it was terribly loud.
It was neat seeing my water aerobics up there swinging on the flying trapeze, but at the same time, obnoxiously loud, I couldn't talk to the kids, Chris was getting so upset at the noise.
He's just not cut out for that.
And who would think of bringing noise cancelling headphones to Club Med. We didn't.
Can you see who is behind the tree?
It's a Great Blue Heron!
He was 5 feet tall and walking along the waters edge.
We were maybe 20 feet away from him. He didn't fly away, he just watched us warily with one eye.
Chris and I just sat there watching him walk.
He walked on past us.
My phone camera didn't want to take anymore pictures. Too dark, there wasn't enough ambient light. I refused to let it use the flash, because I didn't want to scare him away.
Once past us, we watched. You can see his silouette in the golden light reflected on the water.
The first time I went to Club Med, I spent most of the trip sick. It was morning sickness for Jacob, except that it hit me Morning and Evening. And it's really hard to enjoy when you can't Drink.
It was particularly hard for me to get over the fact, that this was Not Disney World.
We hadn't even been there 24 hours, and suddenly it was Already a better trip!
This was the view out of our back door in the morning on Thursday.
Seriously, the rains had gone, and we received a sign of God's Promise.
What a great Sign of the good things to come?!
The Kids couldn't wait to go to Kids Club.
They were excited to be able to pick out whatever clothes they wanted. We don't have to match when we're not on the Move. They couldn't wait to go Play!
Jacob got to be in Kids Club with his cousin Cole.
They hit it off immediately, and played before the day had officially begun.
It was Brilliant having the cousins play together in Kids club.
Jacob and Cole were in with the littler kids, and Sam and Chris were in the same group.
Giant indeed. This thing was taller than me.
I took a few minutes just to snap a flower or two after breakfast and the kids hit their Club.
Then it was off to the Quiet Pool (AKA the Calm Pool) for Eric and I.
We found Mom and Aunt Teri, and we sat in the shade for a moment or two chatting.
We closed the cabana curtain, so the sun wouldn't fry us.
Mom and Eric take to the Quiet Pool.
I joined them, but didn't take my phone with me.
I prefer to be camera free while I do my best imitation of a beached whale.
If I put my head just so, this pool is almost like an infinity pool.
Oh yes, and in case I didn't mention it. That's the mini - bar.
They made mango mix, which I had unleaded since we'd just had breakfast.
It weirded me out to drink booze before 11 a.m.
Not every day, but some days, there was a Crepe Lady making desserts. Almost every other day.
On our first lunch day, when Eric and I were blissfully eating in the Adults Only dining room, (kids at Kids Camp, WOOHOO!) I got a Bananas Foster Crepe for dessert from lunch.
Crepe day became my favorite day!
Apparently, once a week they have a race for the sailboats, for the new students, and any youth that want to try.
They all took off right after we took our naps. We watched half the race from our lanai.
Meanwhile, the Kids Club set up their own Kids Olympics on the beach.
They were having a Sandcastle building contest.
Down the beach Uncle Ryan, Aunt Amy and Jeremiah played. They didn't do Kids Club.
OK, my kids are the ones in hats.
Cole is the shirtless one on the left, playing with Christopher (in the shark shirt).
Sam and Jacob are on the right in green.
Super Cute, and having a Great Time!
Dinner begins at 6:30. We're old fuddy duddies, and would have liked to eat dinner earlier. But a significant portion of their clientele is European and eats later.
The kids get out of Kids Club at 4. So we decided that between Kids Club ending, if no one was desperate for a nap, (not me, I'd had one!) then we could go for our Evening Swim.
Last time we came, we were allowed to swim in the evenings. That was not the case anymore.
They close up the pool at like 7 or 8, dusk, while we are inside having dinner.
So a sunset, evening swim was the best time to try having a Family Swim.
4 boys having a great time in the pool, while Mommy rests poolside.
I was drying, that's it.
While having a Family Swim, Jacob took off. Turns out he can dunk his head under, and hold his breath. I didn't realize that, and the first time he did so, he was just out of reach, so I dove for him.
I thought I'd saved him, but he was fine. He knew what he was doing. Whew.
On the downside, I had a heart attack and hurt myself, as my hip dodged out of joint while I was trying to 'rescue' Jacob.
The rest of the evening, I rested.
At least my toes were cute.
Those would be my children. Out of reach.
My favorite sound in the world is listening to my boys all laugh and play happily together.
Chris and I were bringing up the rear on our way to dinner.
He had to finish up his flush.
Everyone is enchanted by Baby Bryce.
Big boy needs a drink.
I got to sit across from Jeremiah.
He'd spent most of his day at the pool with his parents and sisters.
So I didn't get to see much of them, or him.
He was quieter than Jacob.
But he definitely has a goofy streak.
When we came out of dinner, it was dark, and the path was lit by the fire candles.
It took a minute to get the kids to leave them alone.
Not as pretty as my new goodie.
I'd ordered this Desert Mist Diffuser back in June, but with an Insect Repellent that Indiana won't let ship in. So I had it sent to Mom in Florida. But she'd not been home to receive it. It went to Aunt Teri, while Mom missed the window. So I wasn't able to pick up this package until we were at Mom's condo. So this was the first time I got to unpack this light.
It has a Candlelight setting, like incandescent with a hint of a flicker.
So Beautiful! And the light was so calming. It makes me sleepy just to write about it.
I guess that's my sign to call this blog entry complete.
It was a wonderfully exhausting day.
After taking a laundry day, and just a swim, we got to bed at a semi-reasonable hour Tuesday night. Unfortunately, Jacob fell out of bed at 2 am, and needed to switch places with Christopher, and I couldn't fall back to sleep . So I started a load of laundry of our day clothes in Mom's washer. Well, that woke Sam, so he took my place in the bed, and I took his spot on the couch. It wasn't as cushy.
I didn't sleep well, but they did. And they had energy. And then we commenced with washing as much of the laundry as we could and packing before we headed out.
On the way to Aunt Teri's for laundry, I saw this huge bird out front of one of her neighbors. Wowza. I think it's a Broadwing Hawk, judging by the bands on it's tail. Either that or a Red Tailed Hawk. But he didn't seem red enough.
Some of the local birdies.
The pond behind Mom and Dad's building had all kinds of birdies.
I think one was an Anhinga, and the other something white Egret.
Mr. Great White Egret takes off!
Jacob found another visitor in the front yard as we were packing up, Mr. Stork.
He was a hoot chasing the Wood Stork down the street!
He got such a kick out to the birds!
Maybe next time we visit, Grandma and Grandpa will actually be there.
Three boys, being crazy, in the car.
We were driving through the swamplands of mid-Florida when a storm popped up.
I literally found myself asking the age old question, "What's that white line?" And explaining it to the boys. Now they know what the White Line is.
The White Line is a big rainstorm.
Check out this pic. As soon as we were out of the storm, the ground was dry, the sun was out, but my car was soaked, and it was still Dark behind us. Very Cool.
We began to see Pelicans flying as we neared the beach. The best quote of the day was Jacob, "Oh I want a Pelican! I want to eat a Pelican!" Eww. But he thought they'd be tasty just like any other bird.
And Welcome to Club Med!
We pulled in just after 3. As we stood there, Mom and Dad came in behind us. Eric came shortly thereafter with Karl and his crew, they'd flown in together. Within 10 minutes, all the Willmans congregated upon the Club Med Lobby. It was Awesome!
The hotel helper offered to take us in his golf cart to our building/room.
The kids couldn't wait to ride it. So we let them ride in the golf cart, while we followed in the minivan.
A tour of our room!
The boys were bummed, we didn't have the room with the bunk beds again.
However, our room was right next door to Aunt Teri, Alexis and Kaylee.
Apparently, they only took 4 to a room, so one of the boys got to have the privilege to sleep in Grandma and Grandpa's room if they were good.
The boys LOVED the view from our lanai!
Mommy practices getting a Panorama shot.
When Jacob saw all the sailboats and giant yellow paddleboards on the beach, he began declaring how much he wanted to go do that. The other best quote of the day, "I want to go waterboarding on the beach!"
Since dinner wasn't until 6:30, we opted to go to the little cafe, and get a little snack at 4. We ended up meeting various family members. And Priorities Yo, Mommy got a nice chilled glass of pink wine for her first beverage of the treat. There was no drinking while driving, nor drinking while I was the only grownup on duty with the kids. But now I had lots of Fam helpers. We got some shrimp on a stick with a side of macaroni and cheese which was amazeballs, with 4 cheeses and bacon. Oh yeah.
As we sat there discussing everyone's trips, we got a bit of rain, not as bad as the storm as we'd had on the drive though.
That's Florida. Give it 10 minutes and the weather will change. Like this!
Check out this buddy we met on the way back to our room.
All I could think was Mmm... look at that delicious crab claw!
Kaylee caught her first lizard, this little baby enchanted all the boys the way this little baby ran up and down her arms and legs. It was super cute!
On the way to dinner, Sam and I were dallying, looking for Mr. Crabs. He's so handsome.
It was a great note to go end the day, a beautiful sunset, and a yummy dinner with our family.
They didn't put us in group together, but I sat where I could watch Bryce eat, and chatted with our family in line. So it was still cool, and there is so much more to come!


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Lea Porcaro
Voice Over and Jingles
SPECTACULAR SPETTACOLO
Lea has been working as a professional singer now for over 19 years, although she started singing well before it eventually became her career. At the age of 13, Lea took part in her first amateur theatre production and has been singing ever since.
Having trained in both Musical Theatre and in Classical voice, Lea got her first professional job as a singer immediately after completing her Bachelor of Performing Arts in Musical Theatre Performance at BAPA. She performed at the five star Hayman Island resort for over a year and a half, singing six nights a week. Her biggest highlights include singing for Olivia Newton John and jamming with Chad Smith from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers!
After this first job, Lea continued to work as a singer all over the world. From Melbourne, Rome, London, Majorca, Menorca and Cyprus, Lea did everything from one woman shows, to band work, to performing in the lead role of a tribute show to 1400 people every night.
Since returning from overseas, Lea has performed regularly across Melbourne and beyond. Lea also owns and operates her self-devised bilingual Theatre in Education company 'Spectacular Spettacolo', for which she writes, produces and directs incursions which are performed all across VIC, SA, QLD and now also WA.
Performer, Singer, Actor, Voice Over Artist


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The Surgeon's Report.
Writing in The British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1897 (May 8, 1897), p.1184, Surgeon E. J. Biden, R.N., H.M.S. Scout, wrote as follows:
The Effects of Shrapnel Shell Fire.
During the disturbances in Crete of the last three months I have seen many cases of bullet wounds, chiefly Martini Henry and Chassepot, in the persons of both Greeks and Turks, but have nothing new to remark in connection with these. On March 9th the relief of Candamos [Kandanos] was effected by the Powers, and the next day two Turkish outposts had to be relieved; but the position of the insurgents on the hills was so threatening that the ship's guns were used to disperse them. The same evening I saw the effect of our last shell on one poor man, about seven hours later. He had been brought into Selino [Paleochora] in an unconscious condition, suffering from concussion, a scalp wound over the right supraorbital region caused, I think, by falling on the rocks, a contusion of the back, a flesh wound of the right thigh, and compound fracture of both legs.
The wound of the thigh was a contused wound, round, and penetrating all the tissues down to the deep fascia; a probe passed freely in all directions for some 2 inches beneath the superficial tissues. In the right leg there was a small cut like wound, with gaping edges over the crest of the tibia at the junction of the middle and lower thirds, from which there was free venous haemorrhage, and fracture of the tibia at the same site. In the left leg there was a large irregular wound with contused edges at the same level as in the right leg, situated rather to the outer side of the crest of the tibia, and both bones were broken; from this there was also free venous haemorrhage.
The shell causing these injuries was a 5-inch shrapnel, Mark iii, fired at a range of 2,500 yards: the shell is charged with 236 round bullets made of 4 parts lead and 1 part antimony, and weighing 14 to the pound. A charge in the base of the shell blows off the head and discharges the bullets in a forward direction. From the shape of the bullets and the nature of their discharge it is of course not to be expected that their penetration would be so great as from a rifle. We were told four men were killed and many injured by our shell fire, and I had arranged to go to Spaniaco [Spaniakos] and Candamos to see them, but the ship was suddenly ordered to join the Admiral at Suda Bay or I should doubtless have had some further observations to make regarding the effects of our shellfire.
The events Biden was referring to took place on 10th March 1897 during the evacuation of Cretan Muslims from Kandanos, via Paleochora, by sailors and marines from the European fleet.
Evacuation of Cretan Muslims from Kandanos. "San Franscisco Call." 7 Marxch 1897
British Naval 5 inch shrapnel shell Mk. III. c.1898. (Illustration based on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BL_5_inch_Mark_V_shrapnel_shell_diagram.jpg)
H.M.S. Scout c.1900.
Edward James Biden was appointed Surgeon in August 1881 and served aboard H.M.S. Opal during the Niger Expedition in 1883, under Captain A. T. Brooke, in the affair with the Igah and Aboh natives, and at the punishment of the Solomon Islanders in 1886. He was appointed Staff Surgeon in August 1893 and served aboard Scout in the Red Sea during the Dongola Expedition in 1896 (Khedive's Medal). He served in China during 1900 as Staff Surgeon of Orlando (Medal), and retired in December 1904. https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/special-collections/lot.php?specialcollection_id=691&lot_id=61027 In retirement he served on the Council of the British Medical Journal. He is recorded as receiving a Greenwich Hospital pension of £50 per. annum on 14 November 1922, and shown as having achieved the rank of Surgeon Captain. https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/92714430?mode=transcription
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Kangaroo Paw Symposium – CFRBGV Inc.
As part of this month-long celebration there will be a special three-day symposium on this group of plants which are in the plant family Haemodoraceae.
Professor Stephen Hopper AC (guru of this plant family) from Western Australia and Angus Stewart from New South Wales are our feature presenters.
Steve Hopper was previously Director of Kings Park and Botanic Garden and also the first non-British Director (CEO and Chief Scientist) at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Currently he is the Winthrop Professor of Biodiversity at the University of Western Australia.
Angus Stewart is Australia's premier kangaroo paw breeder with the Bush Gems Range now available throughout the world. He is also a gardening author and TV presenter on Gardening Australia. When on ABC Radio with John Doyle (aka Rampaging Roy Slaven) he was dubbed 'Doctor of the Dirt, Surgeon of the Soil and Professor of the Paddock'.
We are still finalising other speakers for the Symposium.
Day One will be a science day dealing with botanical, zoological and horticultural aspects. It will be held at the Melbourne Gardens.
Day Two will be a professional day dealing with breeding, design, cultivation and diseases. It is aimed at people who work in parks & gardens, horticulture, and design and construction. This day will be at the Cranbourne Gardens.
Day Three will be a home gardeners day dealing with subjects that gardeners like to know. This day will also be at the Cranbourne Gardens.
This promises to be a very special time for the RBGV Cranbourne Gardens and all visitors!


Let's throw some light on the latest financial results of the company announced on 22nd Feb 2018. As per the results, the company's adjusted operating profit was down by 17% because of reduced profit in Centrica business. Adjusted earnings were also down by 22% on account of high net finance cost. However, the good news for the investors is that the net debt had come down by £877m to £2.6bn, which is at the lower end of the company's target.
Based on the above discussion, the management guidance and our own estimates, we estimate Centrica's 2018 revenue will be £28.864 billion (£28.023 billion for fiscal 2017) and the adjusted operating profit will be £1.077 billion (2017 operating profit was £1.245 billion). We have revised our estimates post the yearly results. Our estimates are conservative and assume 2 % year-over-year growth in sales and a margin for earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of 1.7%.
From 2013 through 2017, Centrica PLC has traded at an average enterprise value by sales multiple of 0.64x. That assumes a multiple of 0.50x to calculate the target price. Based on this ratio and on estimated 2018 sales, the stock price target is 237 pence.
Therefore, we set 6 months to 12 months target price of 160p of Centrica plc.


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Home Construction Loan Information
By Charles Crawford
Construction Loan Guidelines
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The first step in arranging financing for building a new home should be to discuss the matter with banks in your area. Community banks, which tend to specialize in such lending, should be able to ensure that the project will proceed as smoothly as possible. With their experience, they might also be willing to recommend contractors for the prospective homeowner's consideration.
Construction Loan
After verifying a loan applicant's assets and credit, the home-construction lender reviews the plans for the house and approves a builder. The builder submits his proposal. The bank then reviews all bids from participants in the project -- for example, electricians and plumbers -- and calculates the total cost of building the home. The builder submits a draw schedule -- usually for four to eight draws -- and gives the lender an estimated completion date. The builder draws funds as work is completed and inspected. During construction, the owner pays interest on the money that has been drawn. After the final draw and completion of the project, the lender sends an appraiser to verify the correctness of the final value of the structure. An inspector verifies that all work has been done. Finally, a local building inspector issues a certificate of occupancy.
Construction Contract
The home construction contract, which should be reviewed by attorneys for the homeowner and the builder prior to signing, should include each party's responsibilities, the amount of money to be paid to the builder and the requirement for insurance. The contract should identify the subcontractors and, if applicable, the architect. If an architect is named, his responsibilities should be listed. The main costs should be recorded as line items. The construction draw schedule and procedures should be included. There should be provisions for changes during the construction period. The contract should contain the street address of the home or the location's legal description.
Various types of costs are associated with home construction projects. Major categories include the cost of the lot; hard costs -- the actual cost of building the house, including final landscaping; soft costs -- fees for architectural, engineering, survey and other work done before construction begins; closing costs -- such as lender's fees, attorneys' fees and title insurance -- associated with closing the loan; interest reserve -- an amount equal to 60 percent to 70 percent of the interest on the total loan, used to make payments during construction; contingency fee -- an amount up to 10 percent of total construction cost, to be available in case of price increases or cost overruns; and final inspection fees.
Longer Term
Construction loans are intended for the construction project only. Construction lenders normally require borrowers to have commitments for permanent mortgage loans before entering into construction financing agreements. When construction is completed, there will be a mortgage closing for the permanent loan. The mortgage lender will disburse funds to repay the construction lender in full. At that time the construction lender releases all claims against the homeowner. Some banking institutions offer construction-to-permanent loans, which combine construction loans and permanent mortgage loans into a single process. Such loans are convenient for the borrower who has to deal with only one lender and is responsible for only one set of appraisals, attorneys' fees and closing costs.
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Charles Crawford, a former commercial banker, has been a business writer in New York since 1990. He has produced marketing materials for an executive outplacement firm, written the quarterly newsletter of a medical nonprofit organization and created financing proposals/business plans. Crawford holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Science in international affairs from Florida State University.


You all remember Silicon Knights, right? You know, the developer who made the Gamecube psychological thriller, Eternal Darkness and Metal Gear Solid remake? They've been under the radar as of late. Sure, the company left the cusp of Nintendo's care and moved onto better things, yet we still wonder what's going on in the Candadian-based developer's world. But, who would have knew that Silicon Knights' next game would based on a much beloved comic book series? That's right, folks; Silicon Knights is making an X-Men game titled, X-Men: Destiny.
The game was revealed yesterday by Activision, and it pits the player in a group of mutant recruits. Activision has said that the storyline to X-Men: Destiny would allow for plenty of choices in the vein of Mass Effect; however, the style of gameplay is still unknown. Our guess is pointing more toward an RPG-esque X-Men title, which Activision has had some success with the X-Men: Legends line of games.
More information is expect during the weekend at the New York Comic Con. Until then, check out Silicon Knight's X-Men: Destiny teaser trailer below.


is your love like a button - can't stop - pushing it? - Wisdom is the retention of innocence through adversity.
is your love like a button - can't stop - pushing it?
Seems like without tenderness there's something missing.


Finally back from Japan. Boy, am I jetlagged!
On our last day in Tokyo, we went to a multi-level toy store. The first time I went here, it was packed with people and every inch of display space was covered with toys. I actually missed this tiny display of ponies. They look just like regular G3s. None of those weird anthropomorphic ponies. I didn't use a flash, so the pics are a bit blurry. You can click on the pics for larger versions.
The regular G3s were around 800 yen, roughly $8 USD. Well, the exchange rate is getting worse, so it might be a bit more than that. The G1 remakes were 4179 yen for a set of three, or about $42. I didn't buy any ponies, but I did get a Rilakkuma bear for my sister.
I never even thought to look for MLP in Japan. I missed out!


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New Documentary on Marlon Brando Will Premiere at Sundance 2015
A year after the wonderfully touching Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself won audiences at the Sundance Festival, a new documentary on another Hollywood icon will premiere at the event in 2015. LISTEN TO ME MARLON, which explores the life and career of the late great actor (whose acclaimed work includes A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and The Godfather), will debut in the World Cinema Documentary Competition section.
Directed by prolific documentarian Stevan Riley and produced by John Battsek (Searching for Sugar Man), LISTEN TO ME MARLON "presents a trove of previously unreleased audio archives, allowing Brando to tell his story in his own unique voice." According to the press release, the feature will not only discuss Brando's professional persona but also his well-documented off-camera "bad boy" image. While it may not be as emotionally poignant as Life Itself, it will hopefully give us more insight on the man behind the actor.
The Sundance Film Festival will take place January 22-February 1, 2015 in Park City, Utah.


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In borders. With so many lives at risk,
Actors / By admin / August 14, 2019
In the latest years Europe has beenthe destination for huge quantities of migrants, mostly coming from Africa andMiddle-East through the Mediterranean Sea or overland through Southest Europe. Accordingto UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) most of these refugees come fromSyria (46.7 %), Afghanistan (20.9 %) and Iraq (9.4 %). In 2014 the total amountof migrants directed to Europe standed at 500'000, while it more than doubledin 2015.
This growth caused several issues especially for Countries such Italyand Greece which are the main destination for migrants coming by the sea. Thesenumbers do not only concern asylum seekers, many of them are economic migrants,people searching for better life conditions, as well as some hostile agents,such as Islamic State agents, often disguise as refugees or migrants. During their trip leading to Europe, migrants have to face inhuman conditions,smugglers violate any kind of human rights, making these trips incrediblydangerous. In the first half of 2017, according to UNHCR, over 2'700 migrantshave been reported dying across the Mediterranean Sea, over 5'000 died in 2016and about 3 thousands in 2015. These numbers peaked on April 2015 when fiveboats carrying 2'000 sank, with a combined estimated toll of 1'200 deaths.These risks do not end once landed in Europe, those moving irregularly havebeen reported numerous kind of abuse, including being pushed back acrossborders. With so many lives at risk, rescue-at-sea operations undertaken by allactors must remain a priority.
The number of same pathways leading to Europehas increased, but these possibilities remain to narrow to offer a stablealternative to risky irregular journeys for asylum seekers. Italy had launchedthe "Operation Mare Nostrum", but several EU countries refused to fund it,causing its replacement with "Frontex's Operation Triton" in November 2014,which did not lead to any improvent in the matter. In the early 2015, Greeceovertook Italy as the first EU country of arrival, becoming the starting pointof a flow of refugees and migrants moving through Balkans countries to NorthernEuropean countries, mainly Germany and Sweden. Countries involved The conflict in Syriacontinues to be by far the biggest driver of migration. But the ongoingviolence in Afghanistan and Iraq, abuses in Eritrea, as well as poverty inKosovo, are also leading people to look for new lives elsewhere. Although not all of those arriving in Europe choose to claim asylum,many do. Germany received the highest number of new asylum applications in2015, with more than 476,000.
But far more people have arrived in the country -German officials said more than a million hadbeen counted in Germany's "EASY" system for counting and distributingpeople before they make asylum claims.Hungarymoved into second place for asylum applications, as more migrants made thejourney overland through Greece and the Western Balkans. It had 177,130 applications by the endof December.
The InternationalOrganization for Migration (IOM) estimates that more than 1,011,700 migrants arrived by seain 2015, and almost 34,900 byland.This compares with 280,000 arrivals by land and seafor the whole of 2014. The figures do not include those who got in undetected.
The EU's external border force, Frontex, monitors thedifferent routes migrants use and numbers arriving at Europe's borders and putthe figure crossing into Europe in 2015 at more than 1,800,000.Most of those heading for Greece take the relativelyshort voyage from Turkey to the islands of Kos, Chios, Lesvos and Samos – oftenin flimsy rubber dinghies or small wooden boats. According to the IOM, more than 3,770 migrants werereported to have died trying to cross the Mediterranean in 2015.Most died on the crossing from northAfrica to Italy, and more than 800 died in the Aegean crossing from Turkey toGreece.The summer months are usually when mostfatalities occur as it is the busiest time for migrants attempting to reachEurope.But in 2015, the deadliest month formigrants was April, which saw a boat carrying about 800 people capsize in thesea off Libya. Overcrowding is thought to have been one of the reasons for thedisaster.
Although Germany has had the most asylum applicationsin 2015, Hungary had the highest in proportion to its population, despitehaving closed its border with Croatia in an attempt to stop the flow inOctober. Nearly 1,800 refugeesper 100,000 of Hungary's local population claimed asylum in 2015.Sweden followed close behind with 1,667 per 100,000.The figure for Germany was 587 and for the UK it was 60 applications for every 100,000 residents.The EU average was 260.Tensionsin the EU have been rising because of the disproportionate burden faced by somecountries, particularly the countries where the majority of migrants have beenarriving: Greece, Italy and Hungary.
In September, EUministers voted by a majority to relocate 160,000 refugees EU-wide, but for nowthe plan will only apply to those who are in Italy and Greece.Another 54,000 were to be moved from Hungary, but the Hungarian governmentrejected this plan and will instead receive more migrants fromItaly and Greece as part of the relocation scheme.The UK has opted out of any plans for a quota systembut, according to Home Office figures, 1,000 Syrian refugees were resettledunder the Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme in 2015. Prime Minister DavidCameron has said the UK will accept up to 20,000 refugees from Syria over thenext five years.
Although huge numbers have been applying for asylum,the number of people being given asylum is far lower.In 2015, EU countries offeredasylum to 292,540 refugees. In the same year, more than a million migrantsapplied for asylum – although applying for asylum can be a lengthy procedure somany of those given refugee status may have applied in previous years.
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New York City es el noveno álbum de estudio por la banda estadounidense de punk rock The Men. Fue publicado el 3 de febrero de 2023 a través de Fuzz Club.

Promoción
El 26 de octubre de 2022, la banda anunció su noveno álbum de estudio, New York City, cuyo lanzamiento estaba previsto para el 3 de febrero de 2023 a través de Fuzz Club. «Hard Livin'» se publicó el mismo día como el sencillo principal del álbum. Un segundo sencillo, «God Bless the USA», se lanzó el 30 de noviembre de 2022. El tercer y último sencillo, «Anyway I Find You», se publicó el 11 de enero de 2023.

Recepción de la crítica

El crítico de Slant Magazine, Fred Barrett, comentó: "New York City ve a The Men atacando su rock sencillo con una pasión cruda que no han mostrado claramente en mucho tiempo". El crítico de Echoes and Dust, Martyn Coppack, escribió: "Teniendo en cuenta que este es ahora su noveno álbum, The Men ciertamente no muestra signos de envejecer con gracia, y agradecémosles por eso porque siempre necesitamos una banda como esta en nuestras vidas".

El crítico de Northern Transmissions, Adam Williams, declaró: "The Men, de forma más bien anónima, ha pasado la última década y media doblando y rompiendo el rock 'n' roll a su propia agenda y New York City demuestra que cuando devuelven todo a lo básico, aún mantienen su propio poder insaciable". El crítico de la revista Paste, Eric R. Danton, describió New York City como "un álbum feroz que mantiene la aguja enterrada en el rojo durante la mayor parte de sus 37 minutos".

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Álbumes de 2023


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Q: Why can't the uncentered $R^2$ be negative? In vectorized OLS, let $\mathbf{y}$ and $\hat{\mathbf{y}}$ be the observations and predictions, and define the residuals as $\mathbf{e} = \mathbf{y} - \hat{\mathbf{y}}$. Then the uncentered $R^2$ is
$$
R^2_{uc} = 1 - \frac{\mathbf{e}^{\top} \mathbf{e}}{\mathbf{y}^{\top} \mathbf{y}}.
$$
Now in his econometrics textbook, Hayashi writes:

Since both $\hat{\mathbf{y}}^{\top} \hat{\mathbf{y}}$ and $\mathbf{e}^{\top} \mathbf{e}$ are nonnegative, $0 \leq R^2_{uc} \leq 1$.

However, this restriction that $R^2_{uc}$ is nonnegative does not make senes to me. $R^2_{uc}$ should be negative when $\mathbf{e}^{\top}\mathbf{e} > \mathbf{y}^{\top}\mathbf{y}$. This is true when
$$
\begin{aligned}
\hat{\mathbf{y}} &> 2\mathbf{y}
\\
\hat{\mathbf{y}}^{\top} \hat{\mathbf{y}} &> 2\mathbf{y}^{\top} \hat{\mathbf{y}}
\\
\mathbf{y}^{\top} \mathbf{y} + \hat{\mathbf{y}}^{\top} \hat{\mathbf{y}} - 2\mathbf{y}^{\top} \hat{\mathbf{y}} &> \mathbf{y}^{\top}\mathbf{y}
\\
(\mathbf{y} - \hat{\mathbf{y}})^{\top} (\mathbf{y} - \hat{\mathbf{y}}) &> \mathbf{y}^{\top}\mathbf{y}
\\
\mathbf{e}^{\top}\mathbf{e} &> \mathbf{y}^{\top}\mathbf{y}
\end{aligned}
$$
So why can't $R_{uc}^2$ be negative?

A: Vector (and scalar) inequalities do not work like that. Just a simple counterexample:
Take $\hat{\mathbf{y}} = (-2\, -2)^\top$ and ${\mathbf{y}} = (-2\,-2)^\top$. Then elementwise you can write that ${\mathbf{y}} = (-2\, -2)^\top > 2 {\mathbf{y}} = (-4 \, -4)^\top$, but $\hat{\mathbf{y}}^\top \hat{\mathbf{y}} = 8 < 2 {\mathbf{y}}^\top \hat{\mathbf{y}} = 16$.
The reason why the uncentered $R^2$ can not be negative is written just before this equation in the Hayashi book: ${\mathbf{y}}^\top {\mathbf{y}} = \hat{\mathbf{y}}^\top \hat{\mathbf{y}} + {\mathbf{e}}^\top {\mathbf{e}}$, hence, $$R^2_{uc} =\frac{\mathbf{y}^\top \mathbf{y}- {\mathbf{e}}^\top {\mathbf{e}}}{{\mathbf{y}}^\top{\mathbf{y}}}= \frac{\hat{\mathbf{y}}^\top \hat{\mathbf{y}}}{{\mathbf{y}}^\top{\mathbf{y}}},$$
where both the numerator and the denominator are non-negative.

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