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Ode to My Thong
Humorous insight on upcoming TV shows for summer.
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
YAY!! Summer's here! And that means two things: 1) There's an anus-load of new TV shows to watch, and 2) my thong finally gets to emerge from hibernation! (Naturally, number two is far more important than number one, which is why I'll spend the bulk of this column talking about number two.)
Oh thong, how I've missed you so! You must've been so lonely crammed in that dark, musty corner of my underpants drawer for lo, so many months. But now? You're free at last, free at last, thank god it's summer, because you're free at last!
Now I'm going to give you what you want, thong! I'm gonna strip off all my clothes, and—using vice grips, a spatula and three bottles of lube—shove my ample honey-baked ham deep inside of you. Ohhhhh, yeah. You like that, don't you, thong? Now let's look in the mirror… turn around, that's right… yesssssss. Looks like two bulldogs fighting inside a tiny weather balloon. Are you ready to go outside and show the world what we're made of, thong? Me, too. But first? I need to rub down my body with olive oil. Ohhhhh, yeah. I'm glistening like a sweaty hot dog. Hmmm… am I forgetting anything? RIGHT! My "stunna shades," in-line skates, and boom box. OH! And a few suggestions of new summer TV shows for the rest of you to watch while me and my thong are outside making the world a much more beautiful place. For example…
The Choice (FOX, debuts Thurs June 7, 9 pm): Because celebrities have such a hard time getting dates (poor things), this new reality competition gives female nobodies the chance to hook up with such has-beens as Dean Cain (Lois & Clark), Joe Jonas (Jonas Brothers) and The Situation (Jersey Shore), while giving the celebs another shot at catching the herp. Good luck, guys!
Comedy Bang! Bang! (IFC, debuts Fri June 8, 10 pm): I command you to watch this hilarious new late night talk show parody—that's actually funny—based on host Scott Aukerman's podcast, and co-starring bandleader Reggie Watts. Jam-crammed with celebrity guests, skits, and all-out weirdness, Comedy Bang! Bang! will make you want to punch Jay Leno's stupid fat face in—which I may do in any case. WATCH THIS!!!
Redneck Island (CMT, debuts Sat June 9, 10 pm): This is pretty self-explanatory… a bunch of beer-drinkin', tooth-missin', hyuck-hyuckin' hillbillies are dropped alone on a deserted island to see if they can survive without their usual necessities—which is of course, chawin' tobaccy and having sex with pigs.
Dallas (TNT, debuts Wed June 13, 9 pm): Perhaps the most popular night-time soap of all time (sorry, Melrose Place!) returns… but this isn't a reboot! It's more like a continuation, as original Dallas cast members Patrick Duffy (Bobby Ewing), Linda Gray (Sue Ellen Ewing), and the supernaturally animated decaying corpse of Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing) are paired up with young hotties portraying their kids—and still bickering over the family's oil fortune. Making a special guest appearance? My thong! (Trust me, it takes a lot of oil for me slip into this thing.)
Follow me and my thong (from behind). @WmSteveHumphrey
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Edward Snowden touched down in Russia this weekend, but you were probably too drunk to notice.
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EDWARD SNOWDEN ARRIVED IN MOSCOW BUT WOULD RATHER BE IN ECUADOR
The choice country of asylum for any wanted whistleblower
Protests in Hong Kong in support of Edward Snowden. (Photo via)
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden flew out of Hong Kong and touched down in Russia over the weekend.
In doing so, he managed to make the US government pissed off with both Hong Kong for letting him leave and Russia for accepting him. The latter in particular was contentious – Democratic senator Chuck Schumer was moved to comment that Russian leader Vladimir Putin "always seems eager to put a finger in the eye of the United States".
Things are already tense between America and Russia because of the last half a century of history and, more recently, Russia's support for Iran and Syria's regimes – two regimes that aren't particularly popular in the Land of the Free.
In other Snowden news, astonishingly he's got Julian Assange's support and has applied for asylum in Ecuador, a country with a soft spot for men who tell the world secrets that various governments don't want the world to hear.
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NELSON MANDELA IS CRITICALLY ILL IN HOSPITAL
Madiba was taken to hospital earlier this month with a lung infection
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The South African presidency has announced that Nelson Mandela has become critically ill in a Pretoria hospital.
Earlier this month, the 94-year-old was taken to the hospital for the third time this year with a lung infection, and President Jacob Zuma – who visited Mandela in hospital – said in a statement that doctors had told him the former president's condition had worsened over the past 24 hours.
Calling Mandela by his clan name, Zuma added, "The doctors are doing everything possible to get his condition to improve and are ensuring Madiba is well-looked after and is comfortable."
The release of information concerning South Africa's first black president is reportedly always carefully controlled by the government to avoid causing alarm, so the use of the word "critical" creates, according to Mr Zuma's spokesman, "sufficient explanation that should raise concern amongst us".
Police Corruption
UNDERCOVER POLICE ALLEGEDLY "SPIED ON" STEPHEN LAWRENCE'S FAMILY
They wanted information for a smear campaign, which manages to make the whole thing even more unpleasant
Peter Francis, a former undercover police officer, has claimed he was ordered to infiltrate the Stephen Lawrence campaign in 1993 to find "disinformation" to discredit those criticising the police.
Francis told media that he posed as an anti-racism campaigner with Youth Against Racism, which supported the Lawrence family's hunt for Stephen's killers after a careless police investigation.
While undercover, he says he was told to search for "any intelligence that could have smeared the campaign. Along the lines of: the family were political activists, someone in the family was involved in demonstrations, drug dealers, anything. What they would have done with the intelligence, I can't call it, but that was our remit."
He also claims to have told Scotland Yard that Duwayne Brooks – Lawrence's best friend, who was with him when he died – was involved in violence at a demonstration against the BNP. Despite the fact Brooks was traumatised from watching his friend die, police searched CCTV images of the protest and he was arrested, but the case was ultimately dismissed.
Scotland Yard have not confirmed or denied Francis' claims, while Lawrence's mother Doreen said the revelation had topped everything she had heard since her son's murder, and that she is shocked and angry.
Drone Retaliations
MEMBERS OF THE PAKISTANI TALIBAN KILLED 11 PEOPLE AT A HOTEL
At least nine were foreign tourists, which is "a significant blow for Pakistan's already struggling tourist industry"
Gunmen stormed a hotel in northern Pakistan and killed 11 people, at least nine of whom were foreign tourists from Ukraine, China and Russia.
A spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban – the Pakistani wing of the Taliban – claimed responsibility, saying the attack was retaliation for the death of the group's second in command, Wali ur-Rehman, who was killed by a suspected US drone strike last month.
This was the first such attack on tourists in the area, but the group have claimed they will continue to target foreigners.
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MORE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING BABIES IN DRAINS
Last time it was China, now it's happened again in Spain
Not one of the drain babies, just a baby. (Photo via)
A woman has been arrested in eastern Spain for attempted murder after leaving her baby in a drain.
The baby is reportedly in a serious but not-threatening condition in an Alicante hospital.
However, what's arguably a little more troublesome is the fact that this is the second baby to have been left in a drain in as many months.
Last month, a baby was found in a sewage drainage pipe in China, and when the mother was found she claimed she had accidentally given birth on the toilet and the baby had just somehow slipped down into the pipe.
The mother failed to explain how her umbilical cord or the baby's entire body didn't stop it from being flushed down a relatively small hole.
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A MAN GOT STUCK IN A BOLLARD IN HEMEL HEMPSTEAD TOWN CENTRE
The police came to get him out because, obviously, a bystander called both them and the fire brigade
This weekend, a man in Hemel Hempstead got the upper half of his body trapped inside a traffic bollard.
The cameraman who captured the situation and posted a video to YouTube suggested that "he's taken too much ecstasy, by the looks of it", which seemed an odd conclusion to jump to as only the man's legs were visible and they remained stationary for much of the ordeal.
Others theorised that the whole thing was "a wind-up", but called both the police and the fire brigade anyway because that's what generally what you should do if you're being wound up.
Eventually, a police officer arrived at the scene, helped the man out of the bollard he had become ensnared in and let him on his way.
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KICKSTARTER MADE A PUBLIC APOLOGY FOR HELPING A PICK-UP BOOK RAISE MONEY
Why anyone would want to boycott what's essentially a rape guide that advises "showing women HARD", I have no idea
Kickstarter has apologised and changed its guidelines after a "misogynistic" pick-up guide managed to raise $16,000 (£10,374) of support through its site.
By "misogynistic", they probably mean that the guide, formulated by Reddit user Ken Hoinsky, sounds more like an aspiring rapist's textbook; here are some quotes:
"Sometimes a girl just wants to be dry-humped on a dancefloor."
"I re-open a girl by walking up, grabbing her, caveman-ing her against the wall & kissing her. Then I cast her aside and get a drink at the bar. The entire time she is staring like "OMG who is this guy?" (in a good way)"
Hoinsky also advises "pushing women HARD" and a bunch of other stuff that seems to glorify violence against women.
As bad as all of that is, perhaps the worst thing about this is that the project actually managed to raise such a decent amount of money when pledgers were perfectly able to access Hoinsky's terrible, predatory sexual abuse tips online before endorsing a whole book of them with their own money.
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Was a week of bad air like smoking 50 cigarettes?
SEATTLE -- The Pacific Northwest is coming out of some of the worst air quality it has seen in years. And according to at least one analysis by the nonprofit Berkeley Earth, a week of breathing the air was akin to smoking around 50 cigarettes. Or, about 7 cigarettes each day. The analysis, called "Air Pollution and Cigarette Equivalence," equates one cigarette to an air pollution rating (AQI) of 22 for one day. So someone living in an environment with 22 AQI would effectively be smoking a cigarette every day.


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The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small foul river, and, when the drawbridge is up to let barges through, the passengers on waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an hour. There is always a halt there of at least a minute, and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan's mistress.
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 2. While riding on the train to the city with Tom, Nick tells us that Tom uses the train stop to meet up with his mistress Myrtle Wilson for a night filled with drunkenness and violence. The 'ashes' description symbolizes the valley's moral depravity and social decline.
I think he'd tanked up a good deal at luncheon and his determination to have my company bordered on violence.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 1, Nick on Tom Buchanan imposing his will on him to meet his mistress Myrtle. Tom tends to bully people around him.
He was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome. When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 2. Nick's description of George Wilson, who is depicted as worn down and spiritless, and living in the shadows of his wife Myrtle. He eyes light up because he thinks Tom will sell him a car.
Then I heard footsteps on the stairs and in a moment the thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light from the office door. She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering. She smiled slowly and walking through her husband as if he were a ghost shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 1, Nick's description of Myrtle Wilson, focusing almost entirely on her body and her sensuousness. It is obvious Nick doesn't see much in Myrtle as regards intellect or personality. An unhappily married woman, her husband George is depicted as a ghost whom she walks through to get her lover Tom Buchanan.
'Oh, sure,' agreed Wilson hurriedly and went toward the little office, mingling immediately with the cement color of the walls. A white ashen dust veiled his dark suit and his pale hair as it veiled everything in the vicinity – except his wife, who moved close to Tom.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 1. In the valley of ashes, there is a thick veil of gray dust that makes it look as if everything is made out of it. Especially George Wilson, who is wears his sadness and desolation like a gray suit. His wife Myrtle is having an affair with Tom Buchanan.
He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 2. Tom Buchanan is talking about about George Wilson and his wife Myrtle. George is unaware that Myrtle is Tom's mistress.
Mrs. Wilson had changed her costume some time before and was now attired in an elaborate afternoon dress of cream colored chiffon, which gave out a continual rustle as she swept about the room. With the influence of the dress her personality had also undergone a change. The intense vitality that had been so remarkable in the garage was converted into impressive hauteur. Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment and as she expanded the room grew smaller around her until she seemed to be revolving on a noisy, creaking pivot through the smoky air.
'I told that boy about the ice.' Myrtle raised her eyebrows in despair at the shiftlessness of the lower orders. 'These people! You have to keep after them all the time.' She looked at me and laughed pointlessly.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 2. Myrtle Wilson pretends to be of the upper class in order to fit in. But it only makes her sound more like herself, a common, cheating woman.
'You see,' cried Catherine triumphantly. She lowered her voice again. 'It's really his wife that's keeping them apart. She's a Catholic, and they don't believe in divorce.'
Daisy was not a Catholic, and I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 2, Tom has invented this elaborate lie to to cover over the real reason he won't divorce Daisy to marry Myrtle – class difference. Myrtle is not of his social class so he strings her along with lies.
I married him because I thought he was a gentleman…I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 2, Myrtle about George Wilson. She may have loved her husband when they got married, but has since been disappointed by his lack of money and social status. Now she feels stifled by her twelve-year marriage.
I knew right away I made a mistake. He borrowed somebody's best suit to get married in, and never told me about it, and the man came after it one day when he was out…I gave it to him and then I lay down and cried…all afternoon.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 2, Myrtle about George. Myrtle values material things and the money to able to buy more things. When she married George she realized he was too financially poor to give her that life.
It was on the two little seats facing each other that are always the last ones left on the train. I was going up to New York to see my sister and spend the night. He had on a dress suit and patent leather shoes, and I couldn't keep my eyes off him, but every time he looked at me I had to pretend to be looking at the advertisement over his head. When we came into the station he was next to me, and his white shirt-front pressed against my arm, and so I told him I'd have to call a policeman, but he knew I lied. I was so excited that when I got into a taxi with him I didn't hardly know I wasn't getting into a subway train. All I kept thinking about, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; you can't live forever.'
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 2, Myrtle telling the story of her first meeting with Tom. Twelve years into an unhappy marriage Myrtle sees the encounter as the beginning of a love story and a romantic escape. But to Tom Myrtle is less a person and more of a sexual object.
Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing, in impassioned voices, whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy's name.
'Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!' shouted Mrs. Wilson. 'I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai – '
Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 2, tempers flare at Gatsby's party, fueled by the bootleg booze. Tom, a vicious brute, breaks the nose of the cheap and vulgar Myrtle.
Then the valley of ashes opened out on both sides of us, and I had a glimpse of Mrs. Wilson straining at the garage pump with panting vitality as we went by.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 4. As Nick travels in the train he sees Myrtle Wilson straining and panting in her husband George's garage shop. She is straining to break free from her lower class status.
He had discovered that Myrtle had some sort of life apart from him in another world, and the shock had made him physically sick.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 7, George Wilson just can't deal with the fact his wife Myrtle has an independent separate life with a lover.
Generally he was one of these worn-out men: when he wasn't working he sat on a chair in the doorway and stared at the people and the cars that passed along the road. When any one spoke to him he invariably laughed in an agreeable, colorless way. He was his wife's man and not his own.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7. Nick emphasizes George Wilson's meekness and his deference to his wife Myrtle, saying bluntly that he wasn't his own man.
'Beat me!' he heard her cry. 'Throw me down and beat me, you dirty little coward!'
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7. Last words of Myrtle Wilson to her husband George whom she has no respect for, before running out onto the road and getting killed by Gatsby's car.
The 'death car' as the newspapers called it, didn't stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7. The car that hit and killed Myrtle didn't stop after the accident because the driver Daisy Buchanan was having an emotional breakdown.
Michaelis and this man reached her first, but when they had torn open her shirtwaist, still damp with perspiration, they saw that her left breast was swinging loose like a flap, and there was no need to listen for the heart beneath. The mouth was wide open and ripped at the corners, as though she had choked a little in giving up the tremendous vitality she had stored for so long.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 7, the description of Myrtle Wilson's physical state after she is knocked down by a car and killed is eerie and ghastly.
Some man was talking to him in a low voice and attempting from time to time to lay a hand on his shoulder, but Wilson neither heard nor saw. His eyes would drop slowly from the swinging light to the laden table by the wall and then jerk back to the light again and he gave out incessantly his high horrible call.
'O, my Ga-od! O, my Ga-od! Oh, Ga-od! Oh, my Ga-od!'
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 7. George Wilson is devastated by the death of his wife Myrtle. He is completely inconsolable and removed from reality, rocking himself back and forth and muttering incoherently.
When I passed the ashheaps on the train that morning I had crossed deliberately to the other side of the car.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 8. The morning after Myrtle is killed when Daisy hits her in Gatsby's car, Nick cannot bear to look at the scene of the tragedy.
'I spoke to her,' he muttered, after a long silence. 'I told her she might fool me but she couldn't fool God. I took her to the window' – with an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it – 'and I said 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!'
Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night.
'God sees everything,' repeated Wilson.
'That's an advertisement,' Michaelis assured him. Something made him turn away from the window and look back into the room. But Wilson stood there a long time, his face close to the window pane, nodding into the twilight.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 8, George Wilson is talking about his dead wife Myrtle, whom he found out had been cheating on him. Wilson believes that God, the source of ultimate knowledge and justice, sees everything. He confuses the eyes of Doctor Eckleburg with the eyes of God, but they are the remains of an old billboard advert for a company that no longer exists.
Most of those reports were a nightmare – grotesque, circumstantial, eager, and untrue. When Michaelis's testimony at the inquest brought to light Wilson's suspicions of his wife I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade – but Catherine, who might have said anything, didn't say a word. She showed a surprising amount of character about it too – looked at the coroner with determined eyes under that corrected brow of hers, and swore that her sister had never seen Gatsby, that her sister was completely happy with her husband, that her sister had been into no mischief whatever. She convinced herself of it, and cried into her handkerchief, as if the very suggestion was more than she could endure. So Wilson was reduced to a man 'deranged by grief,' in order that the case might remain in its simplest form. And it rested there.
The Great Gatsby. Chapter 9, Following Gatsby's death journalists spread rumors about his relationship with Myrtle and George Wilson. Myrtle's sister Catherine allowed Gatsby to retain a little respect and dignity after he died, she claimed that Myrtle never cheated on Wilson. So the case was wrapped up as Wilson going crazy and killing a man.
He broke off defiantly. 'What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him. He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy's, but he was a tough one. He ran over Myrtle like you'd run over a dog and never even stopped his car.'
There was nothing I could say, except the one unutterable fact that it wasn't true.
The Great Gatsby, Chapter 9. Tom Buchanan confesses to Nick Carraway that he was the one who had spoken to Wilson about Myrtle's death on the day Wilson murdered Gatsby. Tom put the blame on Gatsby, unaware it was Daisy, not Gatsby, who ran over Myrtle. Nick doesn't tell Tom it was Daisy at the wheel, and lies to protect her.


Biography: Professor C.C. Chang was born in Taichung, Taiwan on Nov. 12th, 1954. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from National Chiao Tung University. He's first degree is Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics and master degree is Master of Science in computer and decision sciences. Both were awarded in National Tsing Hua University. Dr. Chang served in National Chung Cheng University from 1989 to 2005. His current title is Chair Professor in Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science, Feng Chia University, from Feb. 2005. Prior to joining Feng Chia University, Professor Chang was an associate professor in Chiao Tung University, professor in National Chung Hsing University, chair professor in National Chung Cheng University. He had also been Visiting Researcher and Visiting Scientist to Tokyo University and Kyoto University, Japan. During his service in Chung Cheng, Professor Chang served as Chairman of the Institute of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Dean of College of Engineering, Provost and then Acting President of Chung Cheng University and Director of Advisory Office in Ministry of Education, Taiwan. Professor Chang's specialties include, but not limited to, data engineering, database systems, computer cryptography and information security. A researcher of acclaimed and distinguished services and contributions to his country and advancing human knowledge in the field of information science, Professor Chang has won many research awards and honorary positions by and in prestigious organizations both nationally and internationally. He is currently a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of IEE, UK. And since his early years of career development, he consecutively won Outstanding Youth Award of the R. O. C., Outstanding Talent in Information Sciences of the R. O. C., AceR Dragon Award of the Ten Most Outstanding Talents, Outstanding Scholar Award of the R. O. C., Outstanding Engineering Professor Award of the R. O. C., Chung-Shan Academic Publication Awards, Distinguished Research Awards of National Science Council of the R. O. C., Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award of the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Top Fifteen Scholars in Systems and Software Engineering of the Journal of Systems and Software, and so on. On numerous occasions, he was invited to serve as Visiting Professor, Chair Professor, Honorary Professor, Honorary Director, Honorary Chairman, Distinguished Alumnus, Distinguished Researcher, Research Fellow by universities and research institutes. He also published over 850 papers in Information Sciences. In the meantime, he participates actively in international academic organizations and performs advisory work to government agencies and academic organizations.
Biography: Dr. Anu A. Gokhale has completed twenty-five years of university teaching and is currently a professor and coordinator of the computer systems technology program at Illinois State University. She is named Fulbright Distinguished Chair in STEM at the University of Pernambuco, Brazil, 2016-17; was a Faculty Fellow in Israel and Fulbright Specialist in cybersecurity at Gujarat Technological University, India in summer 2017; and a Visiting Professor in College of Business at Shandong University in Jinan, China during spring 2017. Dr. Gokhale was honored with the 2011 University Outstanding Researcher Award. Originally from India, she has a master's in physics electronics from the College of William & Mary, and a doctorate from Iowa State University. She presents and publishes her peer-reviewed research, and pursues multi-year projects funded by agencies like the US Department of Education, US Department of State, and National Science Foundation. The current NSF funded project is in Computing Education for the 21st Century. Dr. Gokhale authored a second edition of her book Introduction to Telecommunications, which has an international edition in Chinese. She continues to be an invited keynote speaker at various conferences, latest ones include: 2018 International Conference on Frontiers of Educational Technologies, Moscow, Russia; 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Applications, London, UK; 2016 International Conference on Communication and Information Systems, Bangkok, Thailand; 2015 International Conference on Information Technology, Amman, Jordan; 2014 International Conference on Control, Robotics and Cybernetics, Singapore; and 2013 International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering in Maldives. She consults for businesses and has delivered multiple workshops. As an active volunteer in IEEE, she has served as R4 Educational Activities Chair, Women in Engineering Coordinator, Chair of International Electro/Information Technology 2010 Conference, and MGA representative to the Educational Activities Board. She was honored with the IEEE Third Millennium Medal.
Biography: A.C.M. Fong was appointed professor of computer science at Auckland University of Technology in 2008. Since 2013, he has been with University of California Irvine, University of Glasgow, and now Western Michigan University. His research interests revolve around data-driven knowledge discovery and aspects of artificial intelligence, such as machine learning for classification and ontological knowledge representation and reasoning. His scientific contributions include two books, thirteen book sections, two international patents, and circa 190 papers in reputable journals and conference proceedings. Leading journals that carry his work include IEEE T-KDE, IEEE T-ITBiomed, IEEE T-MM, IEEE T-Evolutionary Computing, IEEE T-Affective Computing, IEEE T-II, and several other IEEE Transactions titles. He has served on several journal editorial boards and numerous conference committees. Dr. Fong holds four degrees in EE and CS. He is a registered Chartered Engineer and European Engineer.


Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American philanthropist, investor, musician, and innovator, best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, alongside Bill Gates. As of February 2016, he was estimated to be the 39th richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $18.3 billion.
Allen is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which manages his various business and philanthropic efforts. Allen also has a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio including technology and media companies, real estate holdings, and stakes in other companies. He owns two professional sports teams, the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. He is also part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC, which in 2009, joined Major League Soccer.
He is also the founder of Allen Institute for Brain Science,Institute for Artificial Intelligence,Institute for Cell Science and Vulcan Aerospace.
Paul Allen was born January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington to Kenneth Sam Allen and Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen. Allen attended Lakeside School, a private school in Seattle, where he befriended Bill Gates, who was almost three years younger and shared a common enthusiasm for computers. They used Lakeside's Teletype terminal to develop their programming skills on several time-sharing computer systems. After earning a perfect score of 1600 on the SAT, Allen went to Washington State University, where he joined Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, but dropped out after two years in order to work as a programmer for Honeywell in Boston, placing him near his old friend Bill Gates. Allen later convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard University in order to create Microsoft.
Paul Allen (February 15, 1775 – August 18, 1826) was an American author and editor, and a graduate of Brown University.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, he edited a two-volume history of the Lewis and Clark expedition that was published in 1814, in Philadelphia, but without mention of the actual author, banker Nicholas Biddle.
This work is no longer considered definitive.
Allen, Paul, The Life of Charles Brockden Brown, 1814 (facsimile ed., 1975, Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, ISBN 978-0-8201-1160-5).
KFXN-FM 100.3 (FM)—branded 100.3 FM KFAN: The Fan—is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota, broadcasting a sports talk format. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, and serves the Twin Cities market. KFXN-FM's transmitter is located in the suburb of Shoreview on KMSP-TV's tower. Its effective radiated power is 98,000 watts (including beam tilt). The station's main studios are in St. Louis Park.
KFXN-FM is the flagship station of Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Golden Gophers football and Minnesota Wild hockey. It is also the flagship station of the regional FAN Radio Network.
At midnight on August 15, 2011, iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) swapped the formats of KFAN (1130 AM), and 100.3 FM's former conservative news/talk format KTLK-FM. The new KFXN-FM call sign, shared with former AM sister station KFXN, was adopted the same day.
The station started broadcasting in 1965 as WCTS, with a non-commercial Christian format, consisting of mostly Bible teachings, by the Fourth Baptist Church in Minneapolis. WCTS took its call letters from its owner - the Central Theological Seminary. WCTS continues broadcasting to this day on 1030 AM.
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is a private foundation located at in Seattle, Washington. Their mission is to transform individual lives and strengthen communities by fostering innovation, creating knowledge, and promoting social progress. Paul Allen's sister Jody Allen is the co-founder and president of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Founded by Paul Allen and his sister Jody Allen, the foundation's purpose is "to light up the world with meaningful change, starting close to home and moving around the globe." Since its founding, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation has invested nearly half of a billion dollars into improving communities throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The foundation looks for opportunities to fund programs in the Allen family's areas of interest—the arts, financial empowerment, libraries, education and science and technology—that jumpstart meaningful change.
Paul G. Allen Family Foundation website.
HAL are a band from Dublin, Ireland composed of brothers Dave Allen (vocals/guitar) Paul Allen (vocals/bass)and Stephen O'Brien (keyboards, occasional guitars and backing vocals) (drums), who formed in 2003.
Hal were signed to Rough Trade Records in 2004 following competition between several record labels.
They also contributed their cover of John Lennon's "Mind Games" for a Q magazine special CD in October 2005.
The band toured worldwide in 2004 and 2005, enjoying TV and radio coverage as well as performing supporting shows for bands such as Doves and Grandaddy. the band went back into the recording studio at the end of 2005. Their second album was originally expected to be released in 2007, but did not in fact appear until five years later.
Paul Kevin Allen (born 28 August 1962) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Luton Town, Stoke City, Swindon Town, Bristol City and Millwall in the 1980s and 1990s. He won three caps for England at under-21 level.
At 17 years and 256 days old, Allen's appearance for West Ham United against Arsenal in the 1980 FA Cup Final made him the youngest player to appear in an FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, though James Prinsep played at a younger age at Kennington Oval in 1879. Both records have since been broken. His debut for West Ham had come on 29 September 1979 when 32 days after his 17th birthday he had appeared for the club in their 2–1 home win over Burnley in the Second Division. He collected a Second Division title medal for the Hammers in 1980–81 and helped re-establish them as a First Division side. He made 152 league appearances for the Hammers, scoring six goals, before a £400,000 fee took him to their London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on 19 June 1985.
Paul Allen (born 1953) is a co-founder of Microsoft.
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Orange Police: Teenager arrested following fatal Thursday shooting
Published 12:28 am Saturday, July 9, 2022
Orange Police arrested a suspect in the fatal Thursday night shooting of a local man.
Det. Sgt. Nick Medina said the City of Orange Detective Division arrested a 16-year-old male. Because the suspect is listed as a juvenile, his name was not made public.
The suspect is charged with manslaughter, and Medina said the investigation is on-going.
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The victim was identified as Javien Bilbo, a 22-year-old Orange resident.
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The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
It is a surprise to me that I had never heard of this fantasy novel for children until I was researching for a book from the '40s to include in the Decades Project. I'm sure it would have appealed to me a decade later, full of the necessity for patience and sacrifice, ideas current when I was a girl. I would have lapped it up. I enjoyed my first reading, but with a more critical eye than my 12 year-old self would have brought.
This is the fifth post in the Bookword 2019 Decades Project. I did not do this on purpose, but like the previous 4 choices, this novel has an orphan for its heroine.
Original cover by Walter Hodges
The Little White Horse
The story is set in 1842, when 13 year-old Maria Merryweather, an orphan, must leave a comfortable life in London to live with a cousin in the West Country. She travels with her beloved governess Miss Heliotrope and her faithful but self-indulgent King Charles spaniel called Wiggins.
Naturally she is anxious about her new home but she finds that it is an idyllic place, called Moonacre. Her cousin is the flamboyant, huge and welcoming Sir Benjamin Merryweather. There are other strong characters who are pleased that Maria has come to live there, including Wrolf, a kind of huge dog/lion, a horse (Periwinkle), the Old Parson and the even older retainer Digweed. The little white horse of the title makes just three appearances, offering hope to the young girl.
But this place is menaced by the Men from the Dark Wood. There is a tense and unhappy relationship between these Men and the Merryweathers having its origins in a centuries-old feud. And the adults of the place seem prone to separation from their life partners, often through their own quarrelsomeness.
Maria is determined to set all this right, which of course she does. But first she must overcome her own weaknesses, a fiery temper, a hot headedness and a little vanity. Above all she must make sacrifices to learn patience and perseverance.
She is helped in this by the Old Parson, and by the kindness and hopes of the people and animals she meets. Maria brings reconciliation between the branches of the Merryweather family, peace to the valley and reunites two couples years after they were separated. It is not an easy path, but the adventures she has, especially when she strays into the halls of the Men from the Dark Wood led by Monsieur Cocq de Noir, are enough to keep one reading.
The many characters in this novel are all described in detail, each one having some characteristics that mean that have a special part to play in the story.
Maria, though decidedly vain and much too inquisitive, was possessed of the fine qualities of honour and courage and fastidiousness, and Miss Heliotrope was entirely made of love and patience. (13)
Maria sees Sir Benjamin Merryweather for the first time.
But her cousin was really odd to look at, and once she started looking at him she found it very difficult to leave off. He was so tall and so broad that he seemed to fill the big doorway. His face was round and red and clean-shaven, and his big hooked nose put Miss Heliotrope's entirely in the shade. He had three double chins, a large smiling mouth, and twinkling eyes of a warm tawny-brown, almost lost beneath bushy white eyebrows. His clothes, most scrupulously cared for, were very old-fashioned and most oddly assorted. (19)
And each person's clothes are also described in detail, for they too reveal something of their attitude to life, including our heroine's vanity.
In addition to sartorial details, we read a great deal about food. One of the worst sins of the Men from the Dark Wood is their theft of the food and cider of the villagers. Sausages for breakfast, picnics for the children and animals on their expeditions and the celebration tea. Marmaduke Scarlet, the magical chef, dreams of the menu he will conjure for feast. And Marmaduke does produce all this.
'Plum cake. Saffron cake. Cherry cake. Iced fairy cakes. Eclairs. Gingerbread. Meringues. Syllabub. Almond fingers. Rock cakes. Chocolate drops. Parkin. Cream horns. Devonshire splits. Cornish pasty. Jam sandwiches. Lemon-curd sandwiches. Lettuce sandwiches. Cinnamon toast. Honey toast …' (221-2)
If you need an explanation for this great list of delicious, mostly sugary food, remind yourself that the novel appeared at a time of war-time and post-war rationing and austerity. The Second World War is the backdrop to this novel. Maria is following the path of many children evacuated from London and the cities, to live in an unknown place, with unknown people for an unspecified length of time. Many children would have identified with her exile.
In addition, the Men from the Dark Wood (from Germany?) must be forgiven if the future is to be more peaceful. Reconciliation is required, and who better than the young to make this happen?
Elizabeth Goudge knew the power of imagination and old stories to help with that healing.
As this world becomes increasingly ugly, callous and materialistic it needs to be reminded that the old fairy stories are rooted in truth, that imagination is of value, that happy endings do, in fact, occur, and that the blue spring mist that makes an ugly street look beautiful is just as real a thing as the street itself. [The source of this quote is the Wikipedia page on Elizabeth Goudge.]
Elizabeth Goudge (1900-1984) was the daughter of an academic theologian, so it is not surprising that her novel was threaded with Christian themes. But hers is a very humane and generous outlook and the Old Parson one of the most delightful characters in this novel. Especially as he sings and plays the fiddle with great gusto!
I was pleased to discover that Elizabeth Goudge was living in Marldon, near Compton and Berry Pomeroy Castles, when she wrote this novel – only 5 miles from where I live. She and her mother had come to Devon in 1939 for a holiday, and when war broke out they decided to stay. They lived here for 12 years.
Elizabeth Goudge was another prolific writer, of adult as well as children's literature and her novel The Rosemary Tree (1956) was the subject of a plagiarism case in the 1990s.
JK Rowling is quoted on the cover of the edition I used saying 'I absolutely adored The Little White Horse. It had a cracking plot… It was scary and romantic in parts and had a feisty heroine.' And she says that she followed Elizabeth Goudge by including the food her characters eat.
A footnote: The book was dedicated to Walter Hodges, who illustrated the original edition.
The Little White Horseby Elizabeth Goudge first published in 1946. I used the edition published by Lion Hudson in 1988. 238pp
The Decade Project in 2019
In 2019, the third year of my Decades Project, I am exploring children's fiction from the start of the 20thcentury through my monthly choices of a book from successive decades. Next month it will be a book from 1950-59.
Here are the links to the books in this year's Decades Project so far:
Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild (1936)
Joan's Best Chum by Angela Brazil (1926)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911)
Five Children and It by E Nesbit (1902)
Filed under Books, Books for children, Learning, Reading, Reviews, The Decade project
Tagged as Decades Project, Elizabeth Goudge, Marlin Devon, Men from the Dark Wood, Old Parson
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Who Could Be In The Indian Cricket Team For World Cup 2019
Zaid Nazir
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The much-anticipated ICC World Cup 2019 is just a little over 3 months away. And there still remains the question of who will make it through to the 15-member squad. While some consistent members are an obvious addition, there is still a lot of competition among the young lot.
India will start the campaign as one of the favourites among the 10 participating nations. With the kind of form that the team is in right now, any side is beatable. The Indian cricket team is looking stronger than ever before, with the historic series-win down under.
So, let us try and figure the possible members of the 15 Member squad for the World Cup.
1. Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma:
The opening pair of the Indian team is quite certainly in safe hands with Dhawan and Rohit at the top. Shikhar Dhawan has proved his mettle numerous times in the past. He is best known for his heroic performance in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in England. And with this World Cup also being in England, we known where to turn to. The tempo of the game will be set high with Rohit Sharma partnering on the other end. Rohit has in the past won India games single-handedly and is one of the best timers of the cricketing ball.
2. Virat Kohli; the captain of the ship:
Captain Kohli, "the King of the chase" is all set to lead the team into the World cup. He needs no introduction and his addition is NOT debatable (it's just not!). We all know how well he has taken up the responsibility and he's just the right person for the job. he will play at his regular order (in at no. 3).
3. Dinesh Karthik, KL Rahul, Kedar Jadhav and Rishabh Pant:
Dinesh Karthik has made a strong case for himself. His match winning innings of 28 runs off 8 balls in the Nidahas Trophy has established him as a "Finisher." His wicket keeping skills could also come in handy, in case the team needs him to step in the shoes of MSD.
K.L. Rahul has been around for quite a long period of time now. His skill set is of a gifted person but his consistency has let him down at times. His batting position of no. 4 is not the one he ideally prefers but is the one that is up for the grabs in the playing 11. He's done just about right to feature in the team.
Kedar Jadhav has also been among the runs in the recent past. He can also offer the sling arm off spin as a part-timer which can be useful in the middle orders (he gets wickets too and is economical!).
Rishabh Pant is in sublime form, having recently scored a test hundred in Australia. His strike rates are quite high and he can finish the game with his firepower as seen in the IPL. He can also chip in as a substitute keeper for MSD.
4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MSD):
The former Indian World Cup winning captain is believed to be retiring after the tournament ends. His recent form in Australia has been up to the mark, with some eyebrows being raised over his strike rates. But his experience in the pressure situations surpasses any criticism he receives. he is the ideal no. 6 batsman and can steady the ship if there's a collapse in the top and middle order. And he can also finish with a six to seal the deal (nostalgia much?).
5. Hardik Pandya:
Years of searching and finally Indian Cricket team has a reliable all-rounder. He can hit them long and to all parts of the park and can bat at any number. He's a livewire in the field and is a decent bowler as well who can bowl his 10 over quota. He a must have in any team, any day!
6. Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, and Ravichandran Ashwin:
the spin twins! Chahal and Kuldeep have made a huge impact since there arrival in the team. The leg spinners have crippled many opponents and have dominated the game of spin in the ODI format. They are set to be a part of the team and the playing 11 as well. While both of them might feature in few matches together, but one among them might be a regular feature of the attack. Ashwin will chip in as the traditional off spinner and can fairly bat as well. His place in playing eleven though is what needs to be seen in the tournament and would largely depend on the kind of pitches they play on.
7. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Shami and Bhuvneshwar Kumar:
Jasprit Bumrah has established himself as the first choice of the selectors. His unorthodox action gives him an edge. And with those Yorkers at the depth, he the complete package. Alongside him is Mohammed Shami. Pace and control coupled with experience, he's a must have as well. And the third pacer, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. He can swing it both ways with the new ball and is also economical at the depth with slower balls and Yorkers. He fits in the team just well.
Indian team is well set for the challenge ahead. The playing 11 should not be much of a dilemma for the selectors and the team might go through quite a few changes as the tournament progresses. There's one problem though. The team's search for a consistent No. 4 batsman is not yet over. But that's a good problem to have. Players like Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Ajinkya Rahane, KL Rahul, Ambati Rayudu, Manish Pandey and Rishabh Pant are still in the run for the spot.
Indian fast bowlers have had a fantastic record in the year that went by. Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami have consolidated the ODI bowling line up. But the ones who have turned the tides around are Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav.
With the big guns and the fiery youngsters, India is all set. Start stocking your crackers folks! (or maybe not! Delhi would be thankful).
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Q: Fpqc sheaf property of algebraic stacks It is known that algebraic spaces are fpqc sheaves. A proof by Gabber can be found in the Stacks Project at tag 0APL.
Naturally one may ask whether this generalizes to algebraic stacks. Given an algebraic stack $\mathcal X$, is it true in general that $\mathcal X$ is a stack in the fpqc topology?
Remark. Following the proof of Gabber one can show that if there exists a smooth ind-quasi-affine surjection from a disjoint union of affine schemes then the answer is true. However this seems to indicate that the answer may be false in general.

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The EU chemicals legislation REACH needs to be developed and applied more effectively in order to contribute to the environmental quality objective A Non-Toxic Environment. The Swedish Chemicals Agency is now presenting a report to the Government, containing proposals for an improved and more effective REACH.
The Swedish Chemicals Agency considers it necessary to improve REACH in several ways. The principle of substitution, i.e. to substitute hazardous substances, needs to be strengthened. A clearer overall responsibility on the companies is needed to substitute particularly hazardous substances.
The strategy for a Non-Toxic Environment that is to be prepared by 2018 could mean that chemical issues will be more focused on and that the development of REACH is given priority. We consider that the particular sensitivity of children has to be stressed in the EU strategy and be a driving force to substitute hazardous substances, says Lisa Anfält, Head of the EU Coordination unit at the Swedish Chemicals Agency.
The quality of the documentation provided by manufacturers and importers to the EU Chemicals Agency ECHA has to be improved. In that way clearer information on the impact of chemicals on humans and the environment could be passed on in the suuply chain.
Another problem pointed out by the Swedish Chemicals Agency is that the process to restrict hazardous chemical substances in REACH needs to be made more efficient. There is also a great need to be able to make risk assessments and restrictions for entire groups of chemicals instead of one substance at a time. This could, for instance, be needed in the case of endocrine disrupting substances and highly fluorinated substances.
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I write grim stuff. No getting around it. My Bad Road Rising series, featuring reformed motorcycle hoodlum Josh Pratt, is rife with beat-downs, murders, and foul language. My wife Ann doesn't read novels. She's only seen three movies in her whole life, and two of them were The Sound Of Music, which she saw twice.
We love our dogs. Many dog lovers love their dogs so much they want to do books about them. Some do. My local Barnes & Noble features hundreds of titles devoted to individual dogs.
I started tossing discs to my dog Lucy in Wisconsin. Lucy was a big mutt of unknown provenance, but she grabbed big air when she snatched the disc. We call them discs because Frisbee is a copyrighted name of the Wham-O Corporation, and we don't always use Frisbees. Because of Lucy, I became interested in the Skyhoundz World Championship and the Frisbee Dog World Championship, also known as the Ashley Whippet Invitational.
Both competitions feature the "freestyle," in which human and dog do a routine set to music involving somersaults, aerial jumps and fancy throws. The other major event is the distance throw, which currently stands at 402 feet.
The story grew in my mind of a boy from a broken family, whose mother moves from town to town looking for a stable situation, and how he adopts a mongrel pup and learns, by accident, that the pup has an affinity for snatching discs out of the air. It took me twenty years to get around to writing it. Ann's suggestion that I write something she could read did the trick.
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There's a definite whiff of suncream in the air this week as the pace of work starts to wind down and employees get ready to head off for their summer break.
Research from the Institute of Leadership and Management suggests, however, that the lead-up to the summer holidays is actually one of the most stressful times of the year and that many managers won't be fully switching off when they take their well-earned break.
More than half of the managers surveyed said they would continue to work while on annual leave. The majority were fully expecting to read and reply to emails, while nearly a third said they would be taking phone calls.
There's little doubt that difficult economic times are behind this seeming inability of managers to relax and unwind. It can be difficult to switch off if you are faced with a mounting workload or are in fear for your job. Leaving work behind can also be particularly difficult in an SME, when there often isn't anyone there to pick up tasks while you're away – and of course the latest technology means we are always in touch.
But making the most of time off is important if people are to return to the office refreshed and re-energised. So how can you make sure that both you and your team chill,recharge and really leave the office behind you when you go on holiday?
If you're the owner/manager of an SME, the reality is that it's probably not feasible to be completely out of touch while you're away. But you can set a good example by making it clear to everyone that you're only contactable if it's an emergency or a vital decision that really can't wait. If employees see their boss is firing off emails poolside, they will feel they have to do the same. So model the behaviour you'd like to encourage – and be clear with people that they're not expected to be constantly on call while they're sunning themselves on the beach.
You may not be able to leave you're Blackberry behind, but you don't have to check it every five minutes in between sips of your fruit cocktail. If you really do have to pick up emails, make it a rule to only do so once a day, perhaps when you get back to your room at the end of the day. That way work won't constantly be on your mind, people will know when they can contact you if they really need to and you will be able to concentrate on relaxing and spending quality time with your family and friends.
Your holiday provides a good opportunity for members of your team to stretch their wings and take on extra responsibility. Let people know that you have confidence in their abilities and that you're happy for them to make decisions in your absence. Clarify what you'd like them to achieve while you're away, so that everyone knows what is expected of them. If your employees know you trust them to do a good job, they are unlikely to let you down.
Make sure you block time out in your diary to clear the decks of anything really important before you go away. If you cram your diary with back-to-back meetings in the days leading up to your holiday, you won't get the chance to finish the important stuff and will end up going away with 'unfinished business' hanging over you. You won't be able to switch off and relax and there's more chance a project or a problem will come back to bite you while you're away. Leave plenty of time in your diary to prepare – and to deal with any last-minute emergencies that may crop up.
If you run out of the door shouting garbled last minute instructions at your team, they are more likely to have questions they can't answer while you're away. This means you will either get disturbed while you're trying to relax – or you will come back to find important work has stalled and clients are unhappy. Do a proper handover with your team so that everyone is clear about what stage projects are at, what might crop up while you're on holiday and where they can find important documents. If people are properly up to speed with what's going on, there's more chance the wheels will turn smoothly while you're away.
Wishing you all a happy holiday… and a real break from the office.


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surprisingly unimportant. | wull hay.
May 27, 2010 May 27, 2010 / rach.
He is amazing. He is infamously secretive. [many still don't know his identity.] He is brave. He is controversial. He is shocking. He is inspiring.
I haven't stopped thinking about the film. Thinking about Banksy. I had a dream that I just called him to talk… and ask heaps of questions. Weird.
Anyway, it's just one of those films you didn't expect to affect you… and it did.
It makes me want to make certain things in my life surprisingly unimportant. And other surprising things: important.


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Most of our couple sessions are done here at the Studio & Gardens. Here we have dozens of options for backgrounds and settings, from urban to flower gardens to forest scenes. Our 1888 building with it's ancient ivy and stone pathways provides even more classical places for us to photograph.
Anytime of day and any season is great for couples portraits. Some of our very best portraits are accomplished on rainy days, or even in a wonderful snow storm, and the ability to photograph in the building and on the covered porches guarantees us terrific spots to shoot no matter what the conditions.


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Does Prop 103 Allow Auto Insurers to Provide COVID-19 Rebates? Maybe Not
By Ray Lehmann | April 9, 2020
As is by now obvious to everyone, Americans are driving less these days amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the country, schools and businesses are shut down. Many areas have curfews and stay-at-home orders that ask citizens to limit any nonessential driving.
This sudden and radical reduction in driving has predictably led to a commensurate reduction in auto insurance claims. Recognizing the difficult times many of their customers now face, and no doubt wanting to avoid the poor optics of sitting on hundreds of millions of premium dollars for a product many just don't need very much at the moment, a spate of major auto insurers this week announced they would begin offering rebates, generally in the range of 15 to 20 percent of premium.
This is an example of the market working as it should. Except in explicit pay-per-mile arrangements, where the discount would be realized immediately, it isn't typically required that an insurer re-underwrite a policy in the middle of a term simply because of a change in expected miles driven. When a change in jobs causes an insured to have a longer or shorter commute, or no commute at all, that change generally would be reflected in the rate assessed at renewal. Insurers are offering these rebates not because they have to, but because they see a competitive advantage in demonstrating good customer service, particularly in a time of crisis.
For some, that's not good enough. Consumer advocates have called for mandatory rebates, not just these voluntary ones, and for regulators to investigate whether the size of the rebates issued to date matches the reduction in claims experience. And some regulators agree. In a statement to the Mercury-News, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara pledged the California Department of Insurance would "be reviewing all insurance company actions to make sure money is returned to consumers, drivers and businesses in a manner that is not unfairly discriminatory, is transparent, and which follows the spirit of California's strong consumer protections, including under Proposition 103."
One problem, though, is that that same law may not allow these sorts of rebates at all.
Passed in 1988, the Insurance Rate Reduction and Reform Act, better known as Prop 103, establishes a rigid regulatory structure for the filing and approval of property and casualty insurance rates in California. Among its provisions are rules governing what rating factors may be used in auto insurance policies. It is mandated under the law that premiums be based on an insured's driving safety record, annual mileage and years of driving experience, and that those factors be weighted in that precise order. There are other optional rating factors that may be approved by the insurance commissioner via regulation, provided they are given less weight than the mandatory factors and that they have a "substantial relationship to the risk of loss."
But when one looks at the California Code of Regulations, one discovers a bit of text that's rather inconvenient to the plan to require insurers to rebate auto insurance premiums based on actual miles driven. The rebates, themselves, appear to be illegal under Prop 103.
To wit, 10 CCR sec. 2632.5(c)(2):
Except as provided in section (c)(2)(F) this factor means the estimated annual mileage for the insured vehicle during the 12 month period following the inception of the policy. Insurers may not retroactively or prospectively adjust premiums based on actual miles driven unless notice is provided to the policyholder prior to the effective date of the policy.
The exception to this rule, spelled out in 10 CCR sec. 2632.5(c)(2)(F), is for pay-per-mile and similar products that ask for an insured to report, sometimes with the use of a telematics device, precisely how many miles they have driven. Current regulations permit an insurer offering such a product to use verified actual mileage, rather than estimated mileage, to satisfy Prop 103's mandatory annual mileage rating factor.
But that is the only exception and such policies are relatively rare. The intent may have been to prevent mid-term premium increases, but the facial meaning of the text is pretty clear. Not only can't the rebates be required, but rebating premiums in the middle of a policy term based on reduced miles driven is just as much a violation of the rules as assessing premium surcharges on insureds who drove more miles than originally estimated.
The result is absurd. It's a bug in the text. But because it was passed by the people of California as a ballot proposition, these sorts of bugs can't simply be fixed by the Legislature. Any changes to the law require two-thirds majorities in both chambers, and even then, they must be found to "substantially further" the goal of the proposition.
It is yet another example of ways that the structures of Prop 103, well-intended though they may be, have come to be a straightjacket on both insurers and their customers.
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Lehmann is co-founder of the R Street Institute in Washington, D.C. where he serves as director, Finance, Insurance & Trade, and is a senior fellow. He can be reached at rlehmann@rstreet.org. More from Ray Lehmann
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Retailer to sell tinned items and dried foods for 10p after their sell-by date.
East of England's Co-op has become the first major retailer to sell food beyond its 'best before' dates in a bid to crack down on food waste.
The supermarket chain said its 125 stores in East Anglia will sell tin foods and dried products such as crisps, rice and pasta for just 10p once they are past their sell-by date.
The offer, however, will not apply to fresh products and perishable foods, which carry a "use by" date indicating when a product is safe to eat. The waste and recycling advisory body, Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) said the supermarket's decision was a "bold move".
"While 'use by' date labels indicate when a product is safe to eat, 'best before' date labels only refer to when food is at its best. As such it is perfectly safe to sell food at or after its 'best before' date," a spokesperson stated.
WRAP added the move would meet the guidelines from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Food Standards Agency, as long as discounted items were not damaged.
The supermarket, which is independent of the Co-operative Group, said the 10p items were being sold within hours of being reduced.
"The vast majority of our customers understand they are fine to eat and appreciate the opportunity to make a significant saving on some of their favourite products," said Roger Grosvenor, East of England Co-op's joint chief executive.
"This is not a money-making exercise, but a sensible move to reduce food waste and keep edible food in the food chain.
The retailer said it expects the move will result in at least 50,000 items not being thrown away every year and could see some of its rivals follow suit.
According to the Food Standards Agency, Britain throws away 7.3 million tonnes of food every year.


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India Bound 2017 Nissan GT-R Debuts At New York Auto Show
By Sameer Contractor
| Updated: Mar 25, 2016 11:55 AM
It's almost a decade since the Nissan GT-R came into existence and this supercar just refuses to get a shade of grey against its name. Adding more power, technological advancements, improved cabin among upgrades to the iconic Godzilla, Nissan unveiled the 2017 GT-R at the New York International Auto Show and yes, this will be the model that will come to India in September this year.
Also Read: First Drive: Nissan GT-R
2017 Nissan GT-R Front Profile
2.48 Crore * On Road Price (New Delhi)
Keeping up with changing times, Nissan has updated the R35 Godzilla with subtle exterior upgrades including the distinctive new V-motion grille finished in matte chrome, which brings the flagship model closer to Nissan's range of cars. The mesh pattern is now updated and larger for improved cooling, while the hood is new and reinforced with more prominent character lines to boast off. Furthermore, the front lip spoiler and bumper design have been revised for additional downforce.
2017 Nissan GT-R Interior
The sills are pushed outward on the side profile in a bid to enhance airflow and the 20-inch wheels now get a new 15-spoke alloy wheel design. The rear features revised bodywork with functional vents next to the quad exhausts, whereas a higher beltline is part of the design updates that helps make the car look wider.
2017 Nissan GT-R Centre Console
Moving inside, the cabin gets finished with a host of premium options sprucing up the 2017 GT-R's luxury quotient. You get Nappa leather-upholstered seats and dashboard, while the entire cabin has been rationed on the usage of switches, down from 27 on the predecessor to just 11. A larger 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system is now housed in the centre console. The seats are lighter too, courtesy of Nissan's new construction technique, while the paddle shifters are now mounted on the steering wheel and allow the driver to perform mid-turn gear changes, although not recommended.
2017 Nissan GT-R Side Profile
By no means is the Nissan GT-R slow and the 2017 edition only adds more power to the stellar package. The 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6 gets an extra 20hp bump in power, pushing the total output to 565hp, while torque has increased by 5Nm to 633Nm. The torque curve is flatter for enhanced on-demand acceleration. Nissan says that the revised timing control and additional turbo boost have helped improve the power output with the acceleration improved above 3200rpm. A new lightweight titanium exhaust is added to the package and changes the engine note slightly.
2017 Nissan GT-R Rear Profile
Nissan has also improved the handling and ride quality on the 2017 GT-R with a more rigid structure and revised suspension settings. Then, there are Active Noise Cancellation and Active Sound Enhancement technologies, whereas the Acoustic glass will aid in sound dampening, minimising road and wind noise inside the cabin.
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"Someone who asks a question is stupid for five minutes but someone who doesn't ask is stupid for life."
For Canadian spectators, the 2010 Olympics was everything they'd dreamed about. Lots of gold for the home team. Lots of dramatic performances by under-promoted athletes. Lots of chest thumping and flag waving and fist pumping by the folks in the stands. It was a home-side party like few in this country have ever celebrated.
Alas, one national team failed to deliver at those Games. While their Snoweater colleagues - snowboarders, freestylers and skicrossers - were raking in the hardware like there was a fire sale on at Home Depot, Canada's once-vaunted alpine skiers left Sea to Sky country with their collective tail between their legs. Not one podium. A lot of mediocre skiing. Much finger pointing and head-ducking and blame-dodging among its leaders.
In short, it was a bit (well, maybe more than a bit) of an embarrassment for both staff and athletes of Alpine Canada. And no one - and I mean no one - took it harder than Whistler's favourite homeboy.
"That was a tough week," admits Rob Boyd. "In fact, it was a tough season all around." An assistant coach with the women's speed team (and the highest ranking Canadian on staff), Boyd watched in disbelief as his squad's carefully-planned four-year campaign came to a crashing conclusion on the slopes of Whistler Mountain that fateful February.
"It was hard to believe," he says. "We really thought we had it going there at one point..." Indeed - back in 2008, the Canadian speed women had been nearly untouchable. Led by Britt Janyk, Emily Brydon and Kelly Vanderbeek, Boyd's Beauties scored podium after podium that season. The future looked bright.
But then, nothing is ever "assured" in alpine ski racing.
There were many, many reasons for the team's sudden drop in performance. Year-ending injuries to both front-leaders and up-and-comers; communication issues between European and Canadian staff; a sense of panic in the team's front office (at one point in the season a highly-placed executive was heard to mutter "If only I could bubble wrap all these skiers until February 14..."); unreal expectations from media and supporters; motivation problems among some of the team veterans - they all played a role in the team's demise.
And nothing was going to change in the short term. By the time Boyd and his gals arrived at Whistler, the former World Cup champion knew they were in trouble. But there was little he could do by then. His only hope was to soldier on and hope for the best.


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St. Cecilia Music is an independent record label founded in 2003 by singer-songwriter Unni Wilhelmsen, with the sole purpose of releasing Wilhelmsen's own music.
Today this model is not uncommon, and it gives the artist full control of every aspect of the release. Of course, it also gives the artist all the work, and all the responsibility. St. Cecilia Music has no employees.
Prior to founding her own label, Unni Wilhelmsen was signed with Polygram and Universal Music, during which she made four albums. For more information about these albums we recommend you visit Unni Wilhelmsen's official web site.