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In CEOs we trust: When religion matters in cross-border acquisitions. The case of a multifaith country
Kwok, Diana W.P.
Meschi, Pierre-Xavier
Bertrand, Olivier
This paper examines the emergence of trust by multifaith target-firm personnel in foreign acquirer CEOs during early post-acquisition integration, a decisive period for acquisition success, yet considerably under-researched. Combining self-categorization and similarity-attraction theories, we argue that religious similarity with the foreign acquirer's CEO represents shared values to the personnel, from which trust in the CEO arises. Further, we scrutinize the moderating effects of the personnel's religiosity and prior alliance success between the acquirer and target firm. We test our model using field-experimental data from 411 multifaith Malaysian personnel. The findings show that personnel-leader trust occurs more readily with religious similarity than religious dissimilarity, and that the personnel's religiosity strengthens this relationship. However, a successful prior alliance does not weaken the religious similarity–trust relationship. Our research encourages acquisition managers to consider religion, a factor beyond the traditional acquisition playbook, as a trust antecedent during early post-acquisition integration.
Kwok, Diana W.P. & Meschi, Pierre-Xavier & Bertrand, Olivier, 2020. "In CEOs we trust: When religion matters in cross-border acquisitions. The case of a multifaith country," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 29(4).
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Evaluation of the role of forensic autop...
Evaluation of the role of forensic autopsies in making decisions about claims of medical malpractice in Istanbul
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Doi Number: 10.1080/00450618.2019.1620857
Title of Journal : AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES
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Sea Island - Easy to Find. Hard to Leave.
Sea Island, a private resort located on Georgia's coast, has an expansive campus surrounded by ocean, river and marsh, providing the backdrop for the ultimate getaway for travelers, particularly for those who love the game of golf. Few resorts open a golf course before their hotel is ready for guests, but in 1928, legendary golf at Sea Island began its rich history by doing just that. Designed by the distinguished architect Walter Travis, Sea Island's nine-hole Plantation Course opened months before The Cloister, with guests staying aboard a floating hotel docked nearby. Now this perennial Forbes Five-Star resort prides itself on offerings for every traveler, whether they are seeking a golf, beach, nature, wellness or romantic retreat, with an array of accommodation options that include private cottages as well as hotel rooms and suites.
Today, golf at Sea Island is remarkable. The resort recently completed a $30 million enhancement program that will secure its place in the top echelons of golf for years to come. Combine this with mild, year-round temperatures, it's no wonder why more than a dozen touring professionals live, play, and/or train there, including Ryder Cup vice captains Davis Love III and Zach Johnson.
Enhancements include a pool, pool house and two- and four-bedroom oceanfront, "golf-in, golf-out" cottages at The Lodge at Sea Island, home to the Sea Island Golf Club and its three championship courses. Each offers a spacious living area, wet bar, marble bath, and 24-hour butler service. The King Cottage, a 4,200-square-foot "cottage" overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and features four bedrooms each with a marble bathroom; large living and dining area for entertaining; a catering kitchen with the option of an Executive Chef; and a private, indoor hitting bay where players hit directly onto the driving range.
When you're hitting from your indoor bay at King Cottage, you can't help but notice the 17,000-square-foot Golf Performance Center across the range. Known as the finest golf instructional center in the world, the "GPC" features industry-leading technology, instruction and club fitting bays, putting studio, golf club workshop, and gym. Its world-class instruction, however, truly sets Sea Island above the rest, with internationally known coaches such as Phil Kenyon and Justin Parsons, Golf Magazine Hall of Famer Jack Lumpkin, and three Top 100 Master Clubfitters. It's all designed to enhance the game of every skill level, from juniors to touring pros.
Plantation, Sea Island's oldest course, re-opened in Fall 2019 following a full redesign by Mark and Davis Love III. Along with the signature Seaside Course, Plantation is the site of the annual RSM Classic, a PGA TOUR FedEx Cup tournament hosted by Davis Love III. Sea Island's third course, Retreat, rounds out Sea Island's trio of exceptional golf options.
Steps away from all this is the Speedway putting course, an 18-hole, oceanfront course designed by Davis Love III and his brother, Mark. It's a fun spot for new or seasoned putters, especially when the sun is setting over the water and the bagpiper is piping away the day, as he does every evening.
Sea Island is distinguished by more than 93 outdoor experiences. Along with golf, enjoy the nation's finest Beach Club, searching for loggerhead sea turtle nests with a naturalist along five miles of private beach, fishing with the family and then savor the day's catch for dinner. Additional amenities and activities include tennis, sailing, paddleboarding, Shooting School, year-round children's programs, falconry, and Hawk Walks. Extensive dining options range from Forbes Five-Star to casual, including Sea Strike, a new bowling alley and pub.
Accommodation options include The Cloister, located between the Atlantic Ocean and Black Banks River. This Mediterranean masterpiece consists of 265 rooms and suites, many newly refurbished. There are also over 150 cottages, ranging from one to eight bedrooms, offering the flexibility of a private home while being close to amenities and the beach; and The Lodge at Sea Island, situated between two of the three golf courses and perfect for those looking to get away whether for romance or golf. The Lodge, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, features butler service, 43 rooms and seven oceanfront cottages and is the longest standing hotel to consecutively receive Forbes Five-Star ranking since opening its doors.
In addition to captivating experiences, setting and superb facilities, Sea Island has been known for generations for providing genuine Southern hospitality to its guests. The result is it being the only resort in the world to receive four Forbes Five-Star awards for 13 consecutive years.
To learn more, visit Seaisland.com.
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Latin America rallies to congratulate Chile's youngest ever leftist president
Monday, 20 December 2021 10:07 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 20 December 2021 1:15 PM ]
Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric waves at supporters after delivering a speech, in Santiago, on December 19, 2021. (Via AFP)
Leaders in Latin America have rallied to congratulate Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric, who defeated his far-right rival Antonio Kast to become the country's youngest leader ever.
With almost 99 percent of polling stations reporting, Boric with 56 percent of the votes clearly trumped his closest rival, who garnered 44 percent of the votes.
Congratulatory message for the 35-year-old leftist leader started pouring in, led by President Alberto Fernández of Argentina, who pledged to "strengthen ties" with the new Chilean government to combat "inequality" that plagues the region.
Argentinean vice president Fernández de Kirchner had earlier sent her congratulations to Boric and asserted that "the people always come back."
Bolivian President Luis Arce also hailed the historic victory of the leftist lawmaker, saying it represented "the triumph of the Chilean people" and the "strengthening of Latin American democracy."
"Latin American democracy is strengthened based on unity, respect and, above all, the will of our peoples," Arce wrote in a Twitter post.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro also praised the Chilean president-elect on his electoral win, hailing it as an "overwhelming victory over fascism," a swipe at Boric's far-right, pro-Pinochet rival.
Maduro also recalled the popularity of Chile's former president Salvador Allende, who was toppled by a US-sponsored coup to install brutal military dictator, Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
In his congratulatory message to Boric, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel reaffirmed the will to "expand bilateral relations and cooperation" between the two peoples and governments.
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo and Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou also rushed to congratulate the Chilean president-elect.
"The victory you have achieved is that of the Chilean people and the Latin American people who want to live with freedom, peace, justice and dignity share it," Peru's Castillo said in a message.
Congratulations also poured in from other leaders across Latin America, including Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as well as right-wing presidents Ivan Duque of Colombia and Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador.
Leftist Boric elected Chile's president
Leftist millennial Gabriel Boric becomes Chile
Tens of thousands of Chileans took to the streets of the capital and other cities after Kast admitted the defeat, honking car horns in approval, brandishing pro-Boric placards, and shouting: "Viva Chile!"
Boric had campaigned on the promise of installing a "social welfare" state, increasing taxes and social spending in a country with one of the world's largest gaps between rich and poor.
Branded a "communist" by his detractors, Boric in his first official address pledged to "expand social rights" in Chile, but to do so with "fiscal responsibility."
Some observers, however, emphasize that in current global conditions, the "right" or "left" labels no longer ring sensible and do not lead to pertinent analysis.
Nowadays, they argue, the actual rivalry is between supporters of US version of "world order" and those who oppose it, and Chile is now among the dissenters.
Boric further reiterated his plans to bring about what he described as "a more humane Chile, a more dignified Chile, a more egalitarian Chile".
Outgoing President Sebastian Pinera – a conservative billionaire – held a video conference with Boric to offer his government's full support during the three-month transition period.
"I am going to be the president of all Chileans," Boric said in the brief televised appearance with Pinera. "I am going to do my best to get on top of this tremendous challenge."
Boric, who will take office in March, has tapped into public anger at Chile's market-oriented economic model, widely considered to have helped drive decades of rapid economic growth but stoking inequality.
Chileans voted overwhelmingly last year in favor of drawing up a new constitution to replace the one enacted in the Pinochet years.
The 2020 referendum was in response to an anti-inequality social uprising in 2019 that left dozens dead.
The drafting process, in the hands of a largely left-leaning body elected in May, must yield a constitution for approval next year, on the new president's watch.
Pinera, who leaves office with a low approval rating, said Sunday the country was living in "an environment of excessive polarization, confrontation, disputes."
A native of Punta Arenas in Chile's far south, Boric led the Federation of Students at the University of Chile in Santiago. He rose to prominence while leading protests in 2011 demanding improved and cheaper education.
By 2014, still in his 20s, he had joined the national Congress as a lower-house legislator, representing Chile's vast and sparsely populated southernmost region of Magallanes.
On the campaign trail this year, he pledged to "bury" the neoliberal economic model left by General Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship and raise taxes on the "super rich" to expand social services, fight inequality and boost protection of the environment.
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On September 20, 2017 at approximately 12:39 a.m., officers with the Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence in Mississippi Mills (Almonte).
The investigation found that an altercation had taken place at a residence and a female had been seriously assaulted.
The accused was remanded in custody until a bail hearing September 22, 2017 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth, Ontario. His name is being withheld in order to protect the identity of the victim.
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See Chris Brown's Mom Joyce Hawkins' Photo from Her 1st Rose Marron Fashion Show
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Joyce Hawkins, the mother of R&B singer Chris Brown, was filled with pride in the pictures she shared from her first Rose Marron Fashion Show, surrounded by her loved ones.
Chris Brown's mother had her first Rose Marron Fashion Show and proudly shared pictures from the event with her fans on Instagram. She shared a group photo showing all the models that graced the show, captioning it:
"THANKS TO ALL THE AMAZING MODELS WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT MY FIRST ROSEMARRON FASHION SHOW!!"
Chris Brown at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2020. | Photo: Getty Images
Hawkins also appreciated others who contributed to the event's success. She shared another picture showing her with members of her family and
captioned it:
"THANKS TO MY FAMILY ALWAYS BY MY SIDE SUPPORTING ME!!! MY @ohsobella1 IS MY EVERYTHING!! SHE ALWAYS SAVE THE DAY!!!"
The picture showed Hawkins flanked by her family members. She was beaming with an infectious smile and looked gorgeous in her black sleeveless dress.
The fashionable dress reached Hawkins' lap and featured a slit that ran from her stomach area to the floor.
Hawkins said her son was surrounded by the wrong crowd.
Hawkins again showed that she is ready for her time in the spotlight with her fashion show and stunning look. It is a good development for the proud mom who has been a support system for her son throughout his career.
Hawkins enjoys being the center of attraction for photographers when she is not busy looking after her son's affairs or taking care of her grandchildren.
She showed this bit back in January 2019 when she shared stunning snaps of herself that showed her looking gorgeous.
One of the pictures showed Hawkins in a sheer black dress and jean shorts. She sat on a sofa, flaunting her animal skin boots which reached her thighs.
The post showed Hawkins' incredible love for style which has long been in the making. She is also great when it comes to the business side of fashion as she showed in 2014 when she sold Brown's Black Pyramid clothing collection at Buffalo Exchange.
Brown is lucky to have Hawkins as his mother. The proud mom is always available for him when he needs her, especially during his legal battles and struggles.
One such occasion happened in 2013 when the singer narrowly avoided a jail term and was ordered to go back to rehab. He threw a rock at his mom's car when she visited him in a rehab center.
Chris Brown's Mom Joyce Hawkins Shares Rare Pic with Her Brother While on a Boat
Chris Brown's Mom Joyce Hawkins Shares Picture with Family during a California Beach Trip
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Speaking out after the incident, Hawkins said her son was surrounded by the wrong crowd who were only after his money and influenced him to indulge himself in vices.
In a reported interview, the proud mom recognized her son's struggles in the past but urged him to own up, deal with it, and move on with his life.
With the way Brown has turned his career around in recent years, it shows that he took his mother's words seriously and acted on them.
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Education Secretary says safe schools 'require masks,' touts op-ed critical of Florida's anti-mask mandate law
After months of legal challenges, heated school board meetings, and confusion among parents, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill earlier this month that prohibits schools from mandating masks for students.
Carlee Simon, the superintendent of one of the last school districts in the state to drop their mandate, Alachua County Public Schools, wrote an op-ed last week criticizing the anti-mask mandate law — and now Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is backing her up.
"This isn't complicated & Superintendent Simon is right. As educators, it's our job to keep our schools safe and that requires masks," Cardona tweeted on Monday.
Miguel Cardona speaks after President-Elect Joe Biden announced his nomination for Education Secretary at the Queen theatre on December 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images)
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's office hit back at the criticism on Monday, arguing that "forced-masking schoolchildren is absolutely not the 'scientific consensus.'"
"Secretary Cardona's obsession with forcing children to cover their faces is rooted in politics, not public health," Christina Pushaw, DeSantis's press secretary, told Fox News on Monday.
"It is not the role of the government to force kids to wear masks. Governor DeSantis believes parents know their own kids best, and he trusts parents to make the right decisions for their children."
COVID-19 VACCINE AND TESTING MANDATE GETS SUPPORT FROM LARGEST US TEACHERS UNION
In this Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 file photo, Students, some wearing protective masks, arrive for the first day of school at Sessums Elementary School in Riverview, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Simon, meanwhile, argued that that the law takes away "mitigation strategies" like masks and quarantines that schools have used to fight the pandemic.
"If another surge comes to Florida, schools will have been hamstrung by state leaders more concerned about appeasing their governor and his political base than promoting the health and well-being of their constituents," Simon wrote.
While some studies have shown that masks can help slow the spread of COVID-19, there is also evidence that masking may be detrimental to the development of young children.
VERMONT STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES TANK COMPARED TO PRE-COVID RESULTS, EXPERT BLAMES SCHOOL CLOSURES
"Masks worn in public settings and in school or daycare settings may impact a range of early developing skills, such as attachment, facial processing, and socioemotional processing," Brown University researchers wrote in a study in August.
A student wears a face mask on the first day of New York City schools, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. September 13, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
The World Health Organization advises that children younger than 5 shouldn't wear masks, and children between 6 and 11 years of age should only wear masks under certain circumstances.
Severe illness from COVID-19 in children appears to be rare, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Children accounted for roughly 25.1% of all cases reported in the United States between Nov. 11 and Nov. 18, but only account for 1.7%-4.0% of hospitalizations and 0.00%-0.25% of all COVID-19 deaths.
The Biden administration has threatened legal action against several states that have refused to implement mask mandates in schools, but Cardona said he is reluctant to withhold federal funds from those districts.
"I don't know that holding funds from students is the best approach," Cardona told Axios last month. "Ultimately, the students need more support, not less."
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"The workshops are what Folk Fest is all about." I've heard this for as long as I've known about the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, yet I only saw my first two workshops on the final afternoon of this year's event.
True, a workshop like "A Better World's in Birth", which featured Canadian folk legend Bruce Cockburn, the Oysterband, Martin & Eliza Carthy, and Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo, felt lively as they jammed on a mix of each other's songs. But a workshop like "Sisters and Brothers", which featured the Wainwright Sisters, the Crooked Brothers, and I Draw Slow, was not unique in any way: each act merely took turns performing their own songs. Anyone who saw any of these three acts' later individual sets heard the same stories, with the same punchlines, and the same songs.
I was one of those people, but I did so gladly. Of course, a full set meant the same stories but with more depth and more stories overall. Martha Wainwright and her half-sister Lucy Wainwright Roche told the workshop audience why the duo wore matching dresses: growing up with different mothers, they never had a chance to match clothes as children. But they didn't mention earlier that they were inspired to do so after Martha's brother (Lucy's half-brother) Rufus sent them a pair of ugly dresses as a joke; Martha and Lucy wore them to show him up.
Martha and Lucy did not grow up together, but they showed that their musical bond is no weaker because of it. They followed two rules in making their covers album Songs in the Dark, a collection of lullabies their parents sang them and country classics their parents played around their homes: the songs had to have themes related to children, and they had to be dark or depressing. Songs in the Dark is "not a kids' album," the sisters warned; instead it was catharsis for parents, something for tuning out the noise of children. The sisters gradually realized that several of their parents' songs fit the criteria, so Louden Wainwright III, Kate McGarrigle, and Terre Roche's songs appear alongside selections written by Richard Thompson, Townes Van Zandt, and many more.
Unearthing these songs was no doubt a powerful bonding experience between Martha and Lucy, and Folk Fest fans were lucky to have been able to share in that bonding. Even more special: the Vancouver Folk Fest was their final show together for the foreseeable future.
Festival-goers were lucky enough to have avoided the rain all weekend – until San Fermin's early Sunday evening set. Although the rain never came down hard, it and the quickly greying sky came just in time for the Brooklyn group's dramatic compositions.
Classically trained composer and multi-instrumentalist Ellis Ludwig-Leone conducted the chamber-sized band with baroque flare. Using violin, trumpet, sax, and more, San Fermin moved from uplifting pop to heaps of melancholic drama.
Around 8 pm, Bruce Cockburn returned for a solo set at the main stage. With only an acoustic guitar, political commentary between and within songs, and the crowd singing along to classics like "Wondering Where the Lions Are", "If I Had a Rocket Launcher", and "Bone in My Ear", the Canadian legend put on the quintessential folk fest performance.
Once he finished, the crowd packed in as tightly as they could for Lord Huron. All of the energy they reserved during Cockburn found its release the moment the Los Angeles group hit the stage. They popped for every song but perhaps hardest for "Hurricane (Johnnie's Theme)". And that was amongst golden anthems including "Ends of the Earth", "Way Out There", and "Fool For Love". My only wish was that the sun came down as Lord Huron played, matching the sepia tone of their music; I'll never forget when Phosphorescent performed in a similar scene at last year's fest.
Regardless, Lord Huron were a supreme choice to close the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Despite themes like being on the run for committing an unspecified crime (hey, it was out of love), their set was high-energy and celebratory in tone, a feel-good ending to the 39th edition of this feel-good weekend.


The last 48 hours have certainly brought some interesting weather to Nebraska, and surrounding states. Parts of Colorado, Wyoming, and Western Nebraska had at least a foot of snow and blowing winds, there were reports of 15 tornadoes that touched down across Nebraska alone, and Eastern Nebraska had large amounts of rain in a relatively short amount of time (anywhere from two to five inches reported so far) with loss of power for many around the Omaha metro. While Mother Nature's fury can leave behind a mess, take us by surprise, and can be devastating – you can be a little more prepared with advance planning. Read on to see what my sister, Kellie Chichester, University of Wyoming Extension Educator and I suggest.
Whether you have 1,000 head or 5 head of livestock, you should spend time thinking and preparing a disaster plan. A disaster plan is good for people with livestock, or people with companion animals, or people who just need to prepare their homes. A few minutes of thought couple pay large dividends in the future.
Many ranches and farms spend a lot of time working on business plans, mission statements, employee training, goals, and financial management, but how many spend time discussing a disaster plan? Nebraska, along with neighboring states suffered catastrophic events in 2013; flooding, fires, blizzards, and drought. We may be on track to see more natural disasters in 2014! A disaster plan may not have saved acres of corn or numbers of cattle, but it may help people move forward, and be ready if there is a next time.
A couple of cows wait out the storm in Laramie, WY. Hard to believe this was taken on May, 12, 2014!
A disaster plan may help protect property, facilities, animals, and people. A good starting point in developing a plan is developing an emergency contact list. Some emergency numbers that you may want to include would be: employees, neighbors, veterinarians – both local and state, extension service, trucking company, brand inspector, highway patrol, insurance agent, and a contact person outside of the disaster area. It seems that we all know these numbers off of the top of our heads, but those stored in a cell phone may not be accessible; and in a high stress event, you may not be able to recall these numbers from memory. Also, think through where your livestock will go if they need to leave your premise; possible locations may include the local salebarn, the vet, or the neighbor's place. What happens if your animals get out of the existing pens? Who will help gather and retrieve them? You also need to think about what happens in the case of serious injury or death. Will your vet be available to help may a quick diagnosis or aid in putting the animal down if needed? How will the animals be disposed of, who will do it?
You should also have access to a camera and try to document all of the damage to livestock, structures, property, vehicles, etc. During the clean-up process this important step may be forgotten and you may need those photos later.
Large amounts of rain came down quickly in Lincoln, NE.
A livestock emergency readiness checklist may be a useful tool to develop. Some things to consider may be a backup source of power, sufficient fuel supplies – for a generator, equipment, and vehicles, fire extinguishers, livestock water and feed (enough for two to three days), on-farm veterinary aid, and access to livestock records, land/vehicle titles, and/or insurance policies – if needed. Often times, disasters are not covered by insurance companies, unless specifically listed in the policy. This may be a good time to review your policy.
A ranch or farm map may be of benefit to first responders and neighbors. This can be a basic outline of facilities with shop or barn names. Additionally, you may want to include bodies of running water (creeks, streams, rivers, etc.), fence lines, and power lines. If you need to dispatch help and those responding do not know where the calving barn is, it will slow response times. On the map you should also include the storage locations of herbicides, pesticides, or fuel. The location of these may dictate how an emergency is responded to and with what equipment.
Once your disaster preparedness plan is in place, communication is key! It should be shared with your family, employees, and others you think may be involved if a crisis strikes. While many of these things seem simple, they can be things that are overlooked in times of high stress. Additionally, having these materials in a location where others will know where to find them enables them to carry out your wishes if you are unable to be present. You should review this plan annually to ensure the information is current and relevant.
Some information that may be helpful in developing a disaster plan can be found at these links or by contacting the Nebraska EDEN (Extension Disaster Education Network) representative.
Do you have a disaster plan in place for your animals, family, or personal property?


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She's Allergic to Cats (2020)
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"Michael, you are a dirty boy. You are just a giant, sad, dirty man-baby."
— Sebastian, producer and agent from L.A.'s underbelly
To this day I still get the business for making my friends watch Adam Rifkin's The Dark Backward. I'll never live down the "movie with the arm coming out of Judd Nelson's back." I'm the guy who walks out of a movie theatre after a showing of David Cronenberg's Videodrome, only to have my date tell me, "you pick the shittiest movies." Chicks.
So I can imagine your reaction when I show you this teaser that opens with bananas falling on a man's head . . . alongside images of cats . . . and a voiceover about a naked duck lady with duck boobs . . .
. . . and there's a cat carrier in flames . . . and 1976-era John Travolta from The Boy in the Plastic Bubble keeps showing up, with musical backing by the obscure, late '70s teen-pop duo sounds of Donnie and Joe Emerson and the new wave synth-pop drone of Cowboys International. And the fact that I can't recall any other film that, through ambient sounds and jerky-visual collages, reaches out of the screen like a J-Horror yūrei and induces an uneasy queasiness.
Yeah, this is going to be one weird movie.
Like David Lynch experimental and Andy Warhol avant-garde (bananas?). Like Jim Jarmusch '80s indie-expressionistic. Like a John Waters Pink Flamingos joint. Like MTV Liquid Television-retro crossed with a USA Night Flight analog bong-hit and a snort of Takashi Miike's scent for the bizarre (The Happiness of the Katakuris or Visitor Q, anyone?). And that means music video director Michael Reich's (Ryan Adams, Bad Religion, and My Chemical Romance) feature film debut will be an intelligent cult classic that only a film freak like me will love—and mainstream flick lubbers who pine for Judd Nelson in The Breakfast Club, will hate.
I'm all in, kittie cat.
For we are in a land-world somewhere Under the Silver Lake, a movie that, like Sam, the boss at B&S says, ". . . unlike the vast majority of the world," we loved. And like that Andrew Garfield starrer, She's Allergic to Cats is impossible to spoil and difficult to explain. But I'll sure as hell try—and my critical attempt to make sense of it won't spoil one frame of it for you.
Mike Pinkney (played by meta-Mike Pinkney, who's Michael Reich 2.0) is another one of those aspiring, emo-nerdy filmmakers who arrives in Tinseltown—and is rejected by the industry. Yeah, pitching an all-talking cat version of Stephen King's Carrie . . . and embracing '80s analog technology in your work . . . has a way of stymieing a career. So he has to settle for a job as animal groomer—but not of cats, but of dogs. And he sucks at his job because, well, he hates his job. And cats.
And he hates his dick of a German agent, Sebastian (the funny-as-hell Flula Borg; he'll appear as "Javelin" in James Gunn's upcoming Suicide Squad). And he hates the down-and-out club musician landlord of his rat-infested rental home. But Mike loves his endless tapes of retro '80s video art that nobody wants to watch. Yeah, videos of falling bananas and dancing cats have that effect on people.
And by way of his dog-grooming gig, he meets his femme fatale, Cora. And she looks like Nastassja Kinski—because she the real-life daughter (Sonja Kinski) of Nastassja—who starred in Paul Schrader's Cat People (1982). And Cora hates cats. And she takes Mike on a quasi-horror, acid-trip rom-com that goes meta-film noir—if there is such a genre. If not, Michael Reich just created it.
Giant Pictures debuts this surrealist dark comedy across all VOD platforms on April 7. You can learn more about Michael Reich's feature film writing and directing debut by visiting sheallergictocats.com and NormalTV. As of December 2020, can now watch it as free-with-ads stream on Tubi.
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Huge draft day decision on horizon for Panthers: QB or OT?
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton celebrates after scoring against the Atlanta Falcons during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 12, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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By STEVE REED
Dec. 13, 2021 10:06 AM PT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —
Barring an unforeseen turnaround, the Carolina Panthers appear destined to have a top 10 pick in next year's NFL draft.
That means the Panthers have a potentially franchise-altering decision on the horizon: Do they try to find a young franchise quarterback with their first-round pick next April or take an offensive lineman to solidify the left tackle spot for the next decade?
Those are unequivocally the team's two biggest positions of need.
The Panthers (5-8) have been playing musical chairs at quarterback since Matt Rhule's arrival as head coach in 2020. Teddy Bridgewater, Sam Darnold and (the return of) Cam Newton haven't panned out.
Carolina is on the hook with Darnold for $18 million next season after making an ill-advised decision to pick up the fifth year of his rookie contract before he ever played a down for the Panthers. Newton is only under contract through this season and has done little to prove he can lead this franchise after going 0-3 since taking over as a starter. Newton's backup P.J. Walker, who is 2-0 as an NFL starter, doesn't appear to be the long-term answer either. If he was, Rhule likely would have stuck with Walker instead of signing Newton after Darnold went down with an injury.
Mississippi's Matt Corral and Pittsburgh's Kenny Pickett are considered potential top 10 draft QBs in what is not viewed as a strong quarterback class overall.
As for the offensive line, the Panthers likely only have two players who could be considered legit starters moving forward — right tackle Taylor Moton and guard Michael Jordan. Carolina has had a pressing need at left tackle for years, and hasn't invested a first-round draft pick in an offensive tackle since taking Jeff Otah in 2008.
Some potential top 10 picks on the offensive line in the next year's draft include North Carolina State's Ikem Ekwonu, Alabama's Evan Neal, Mississippi State's Charles Cross, and Iowa's Tyler Linderbaum.
Much of what the Panthers do at quarterback and on the offensive line will be predicated on what they do in free agency. If there's a top quarterback that becomes available via free agency (or trade) such as Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson or Deshaun Watson, Panthers owner David Tepper certainly would be willing to pay the bill to land one.
If the Panthers can land a veteran quarterback, they could turn their resources to pursuing an offensive lineman in the draft. Regardless of which way the Panthers go, they need to hit a home run on that first-round pick.
As of right now, Carolina doesn't have another selection until the fifth round. The Panthers traded their second- and fourth-round picks to the Jets for Darnold and their third-round pick to Jacksonville for cornerback C.J. Henderson.
Jeremy Chinn. The second-year safety continues to be a force on defense and had 13 tackles against the Falcons. Chinn has excelled in the adjustment from linebacker to safety, and now has at least 11 tackles in each of his last four games after leading all rookies in tackles last season. Chinn leads the Panthers with 91 tackles.
Turnovers. The Panthers have now turned over the ball 23 times, including 18 in their eight losses. Rhule has repeatedly stressed that his team needs to take care of the football better if they are to have a chance to win games.
"It's real simple, you look at the games when we win the turnover battle or tie it, we usually win," Rhule said. "When we don't win the turnover battle, we lose. That's where we are. That's where most teams are, to be quite honest, but that is definitely where we are."
Robby Anderson. The wide receiver had seven catches for 84 yards and a touchdown against the Falcons, one of his best games of the season. Anderson has had an extremely disappointing year after signing a three-year contract extension, but he could be more involved in the offense with Jeff Nixon taking over play calling from Joe Brady, who was fired last week as offensive coordinator.
Newton. The quarterback had what Rhule called two "catastrophic" turnovers against the Falcons, including a pick-6 by linebacker Mykal Walker. He also fumbled a handoff near midfield, and the Falcons cashed in with a touchdown. Newton has now turned over the ball five times in the last two games.
Panthers wide receiver D.J. Moore will be listed as day to day this week after he pulled his hamstring Sunday. Moore was able to return to the game.
11 — consecutive losses for Newton as the Panthers starting quarterback, a streak dating back to the 2018 season.
The Panthers have a brutal closing schedule, beginning this week at Buffalo. They also play the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers twice and New Orleans once. Three of those games are on the road.
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it has good battery backup and works very smooth.
because of its large size it does not fit easily in pocket and is a little heavy too.
Very good Phone. Though there is battery problem but the overall interface and the graphics are really good. Amazing camera.
This phone is just a bigger picture but also a nice one. It has the best rear camera according to me. this phone is good but depends on the user if he wants a big size .
Apple iPhone 6s is one overpriced smartphone which literally isn't that better. It was launched way back in 2015 which makes it an old smartphone. The only thing I love about the old Apple devices is their cameras which manages to still deliver classy pictures. Other than that, there is no convincing reason for you to get this device. At this price, you can get OnePlus devices which are far better in every aspect.
Apple iPhone 6s, even though is quite old, still manages to give you decent experience. Since this is Apple we're talking about, the phone has premium feel and build with lightweight and slim form factor. On top of that, it still gives you decent camera performance. The battery is something which the brand always manages to disappoint us. Personally, I feel iPhone 6s to be very expensive and there are amazing options in this price for instance OnePlus 6, Zenfone 5z and Vivo X21.
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- Apple's iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus does support VoLTE that lets you use Jio network.
- Apple iPhone 6s Plus will support single Nano SIM only.
- Charging and data syncing can be done via the Lightning Port on the iPhone 6s Plus. A USB Type-A to Lightning connector is supplied with the phone.
- Yes, Apple is very well known for providing iOS updates for older iPhones. Based on the past stats, Apple is seen pushing software updates to devices as old as 4 years.
5. Does the phone support 4K video recording? Can it also record slo-mo videos?
- Apple iPhone 6s Plus was the first phone receive a 12MP camera with 4K video recording support. And yes, you can also record Slo-mo videos with the phone's rear camera.
6. Is this phone waterproof?
- No, the iPhone 6s Plus is not water resistant. However, you may check out the iPhone 7 or the iPhone 7 Plus that feature IP67 water & dust resistance.
- The box of the Apple iPhone 6s Plus consists of the device itself, wall charger, a lightning cable for charging and data syncing, a pair of in ear Earpods and a SIM ejector pin.


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iPhone 5, Windows Phone 8, and More: Celebrating an Exciting Time in Technology
Todd Haselton
This editorial wasn't my idea. I was speaking with our mobile editor Brandon Russell this morning and he mentioned how exciting this fall and winter will be for technology. The summer was slow: we had a few exciting announcements, such as the Nexus 7, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and Google now (all of which rock, by the way), but now we're just beginning to hit the cusp of an entire shift in mobile technology. Brandon suggested a post that celebrates the industry, one that covers all the amazing technology that's about to hit store shelves, land on holiday buyer's guides and more. In celebration, I figured it would be most fun to recap everything that's going on right now. Where to start?
I guess the iPhone 5 is the biggest announcement the general public is waiting for. Tomorrow, the world will turn its eyes to Apple to see the phone that the firm has been working on for the past year. There's no hiding Apple's success, and it has plenty of fans that will no doubt wait in line for hours for the iPhone 5. It will feature a new design and will run the company's latest iOS 6 software.
Then, of course, there are the expectations that Apple will launch an iPad mini with a 7.85-inch display in October. If announced, it will also run iOS 6, will have the newer 9-pin dock connector and basically offer most of what the iPad is capable of, but in a smaller shell. Apple's exciting to watch, but there's so much more going on right now.
Amazon just introduced its brand new Kindle family, which includes the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD and a new 7-inch model. That's not to mention its new eReaders, which are also amazing in their own right. Amazon's going to continue to accelerate the budget tablet market while taking on the iPad with its more expensive Kindle Fire HD with LTE. The device offers something that Apple's iPad doesn't: immediate, quick and clean access to all of Amazon's media services. We can't wait to check the new tablets out when review units are seeded in the coming weeks.
Last week was also exciting because we saw the first glimpse of Windows Phone 8 hardware. Samsung quietly introduced its first Windows Phone 8 device during IFA, but it wasn't on display. Nokia took the stage with Microsoft on Wednesday of last week and unveiled the Lumia 820 and 920. Both devices will be among the first to hit the market, hopefully with HTC and Samsung's new phones, and will introduce a new era of Windows Phone. We'll have a brand new start screen, NFC support, sharper displays and a whole breed of fresh hardware to play with.
Speaking of Windows Phone 8, reports today suggested that the software isn't finished yet but that a final build could ship to manufacturers this week. That means we could see the newest bunch of smartphones land around November. If Nokia is providing any hint, we're guessing there's going to be a lot of colorful hardware involved this time around. Finally, after years and years of black and white handsets, we'll be able to buy a red or yellow device. And we hope Nokia and other manufacturers have other hues in store for us. Windows Phone 8 is going to stand out on store shelves; that much is clear.
And we can't forget about Microsoft's other baby, Windows 8. During IFA we saw plenty of tablets from Lenovo, Samsung and HP running Microsoft's brand new operating system. They range from MacBook Air look-alikes to tablets and full desktop computers. I'm currently running the consumer release build of Windows 8 and I love it so far. I hardly ever use Metro UI (yes, I'm still calling it that), and I find that the experience is actually pretty similar to Windows 7 but with a few enhancements. The best, of course, is support for touchscreens. That brings me to Microsoft's own hardware, the Surface tablets.
Windows Surface and Surface RT tablets will launch on Oct. 26, when Windows 8 is released. The Windows RT powered surface runs on an ARM processor, which means it won't support x86 applications, but it's likely going to come in at a much more affordable price than the full Windows 8 Surface tablets. The full-blown Windows 8 tablet will likely be super powerful, too. I was blown away by the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 during IFA. You can hook up a full display, a keyboard and a mouse and work as if you were using a desktop computer. Then, you can pack the tablet in your bag and continue working using the touchscreen. It's amazing, and I can't wait to use one as a full time computer in the near future. (Or play Starcraft II on one).
Stepping back to Android, Motorola and Verizon just unleashed three new smartphones, the DROID RAZR MAXX HD, the DROID RAZR HD and the DROID RAZR M. I haven't had much time with the RAZR MAXX HD or the RAZR HD just yet, but I do have a review unit of the DROID RAZR M. It costs just $99 and offers an incredibly expansive display while maintaining a palm-friendly form factor and support for Verizon's 4G LTE data network. I'm still using it as my secondary device; I rarely use a $99 phone as often as I have RAZR M.
And yet there's still more to come. Samsung's Galaxy Note II is right on the horizon, and we can likely expect a quad-core processor and a launch on most of the U.S. wireless carriers, if the company chooses to follow in the same footsteps it did when it launched the Galaxy S III here. It's basically a larger Galaxy S III, with a huge and brilliant 5.5-inch display. It offers everything the Galaxy S III does plus more, such as the company's S Pen, note taking applications and much more. It has rounded edges, unlike the original Galaxy Note, so it doesn't feel as big or bulky as before.
It's nuts. There's so much to write about and to look forward to right now. We hope you're enjoying the ride as much as we are; look around and enjoy the landscape with us for the next few months.


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Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. [Photo by Wu Zhiyong/For China Daily]
The State Council approved the establishment of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on March 5, 1958.
Located in the southern part of the motherland, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region connects Guangdong province in the east, neighbors Beibu Gulf in the south and faces Hainan province across the sea. It borders Yunnan province in the west, Hunan province in the northeast, Guizhou province in the northwest, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the southwest. Guangxi covers an area of 237,600 square kilometers, and administers the Beibu Gulf area of approximately 40,000 square kilometers.
Forty percent of the total land area in Guangxi is a hilly basin landform. The plain mainly consists of alluvial river plains and an erosion plain. The largest Xunjiang River plain has an area of 630 square kilometers. The main peak of Maoer Mountain in the marginal mountains of the basin is 2,141 meters above sea level, the highest peak in South China. The karst landform is widely distributed in the southwest, northwest, central and northeast of Guangxi, accounting for 37.8 percent of the total land area. The extent of this formation is very rare in the world.
Guangxi is in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 17.5 to 23.5 C, average annual rainfall of 841.2 to 3,387.5 millimeters, and average annual sunshine of 1,213 to 2,135.2 hours. As a multi-ethnic inhabited region, there are 12 native ethnic groups namely Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Dong, Mulam, Maonan, Hui, Jing, Yi and Shui and Gelao, and there are 44 other ethnic groups including Manchu, Mongolian, Korean, Tibet, Li and Tujia. Zhuang is the most populous minority in Guangxi and China. The Zhuang people mainly live in the cities of Nanning, Liuzhou, Chongzuo, Baise, Hechi and Laibin. Jingxi County has the highest proportion of Zhuang population, with a ratio of 99.7 percent. The Han people are distributed throughout the country, and in Guangxi live mainly on the south coast and in the east.
Guangxi has rich natural resources including minerals, marine life and animal and plant resources. There are large reserves of many minerals, especially aluminum, tin and other non-ferrous metals. Guangxi, with an area of about 100,000 hectares of mudflats, is one of the 10 key non-ferrous metal production regions in China. Its mangroves cover a total area of 5,654 square kilometers, accounting for 40 percent of the national total. Beibu Gulf is not only a famous fishing ground in China, but also a treasure house of the world's marine biological species. The world-famous Hepu Pearl is produced in this area. In addition, Guangxi has 149 rare and precious species under state protection, accounting for 45 percent of the national total. Guangxi also has 24 animal species under level 1 national protection, 27 percent of the national total.
Rich tourism resources and unique ethnic customs are also a major attraction of Guangxi. The main boutique scenic spots in Guangxi include Guilin Culture and Leisure Resort, Nanning Business Exhibition Lyudu Cultural and Tourism Area, Binhai Tourism Area based on Beihai Beach, Leye Dashiwei Tiankeng Group National Geopark, Detian Transnational Waterfall Tourism Area, Guidong Religious Scenic Site Historical and Cultural Tourism Area, Hezhou Shanshui Ancient Town Ecological Cultural Area, Zhuang-Yao-Miao-Dong-Ethnic Customs Eco-tourism Area in central Guangxi, "Three Sacred" Tourist Area in Laibing and Jinxiu and South China Border Customs Tourism Area with Pingxiang and Jingxi as the core. As of 2014, Guangxi had four national 5A-class tourist attractions and 112 4A-class tourist attractions in 14 prefecture-level cities. Guangxi also has three national-level scenic spots, namely Guilin Lijiang, Guiping Xishan Mountain and Ningming Huashan Mountain.
As the long-term host of the China-ASEAN Expo, Guangxi has important advantages. Other conferences such as the 9th Pan-Beibu Gulf Economic Cooperation Forum not only promote economic development in the region, but also help the world better understand Guangxi.
Guangxi will continue to exert its advantages to promote economic prosperity, ecological development and improvement of people's living standards, and to shine on the world stage.
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A good article with excellent advice from Tara Brach (among others) on starting a meditation practice. The article includes links to free guided audio scripts.
A perhaps-useful DBT-oriented quiz to help you name your emotions. The "advice" part of the results focuses on changing emotion, so remember, too, to try to accept whatever it that you are feeling. Emotional life needs it's own kind of attention. Whether we choose to follow action urges is a different matter.
In this video, I discuss the DBT principle of Wise Mind.
A short video in which Marsha Linehan describes a surprising technique for defusing anger. Watch here.
In this short video, I discuss a central DBT dialectic–that between acceptance and change.


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Once a prisoner, now a president - Daily News Egypt
Egypt Once a prisoner, now a president
Once a prisoner, now a president
Mohamed Morsi wins, becomes Egypt's first civilian president
Maryam Ishani June 24, 2012 Be the first to comment
After two rounds of elections, appeals filed by both sides and delays in delivering a final announcement, the Presidential Electoral Commission addressed the nation from the State Information Service Press Hall.
It declared that after nearly one week of reviewing the election results they have found Mohamed Morsi, candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party to have unequivocally defeated Ahmed Shafiq, former Prime Minister under Hosni Mubarak, making him the President of Egypt with 51 percent of the vote.
His campaign team began the victory celebration with a moment of silence for those killed in the 2011 revolution before breaking into choruses of the national anthem 'Belady' (my country).
Crowds gathered across Egypt, awaiting the final result of an intense week of anxious guessing, premature claims of victory, and accusations of election fraud. In Tahrir Square, supporters of Morsi, have been gathering in the tens of thousands since last Thursday celebrating the victory they claimed since almost the first poll centres closed. Despite securing the win, Morsi and his party must contend with the loss of control over Egypt's governance suffered by the president's office in the last three months.
Also a High Court declaration dissolved the parliament they dominated and another court still threatens to dissolve their party based on a Nasser-era law. While still setting off fireworks in Tahrir Square supporters of Morsi said that their work was not done, they planned to stay "until SCAF is gone".
In Nasr City, supporters of Shafiq gathered since last night at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier greeted the news with disappointment voiced in anger, tears and calls for a recount. Their fears of a Muslim Brotherhood-led Egypt realised in the PEC announcement.
President Morsi inherits a nation divided. Approximately 48% of those who voted for Ahmed Shafiq were driven by a fear of at best a marriage of religion and state, and at worst an Islamisation of the identity of the nation. Ahmed Shafiq whose supporters rested on the presumption of a return to stability will face off against the new government with strong demands of the swift stabilisation of the nation's security and economy.
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