EU authorities are concerned about boron in toy slime products. The quantities of boron used in these products are teratogenic and pose a health hazard. Products lose their marketability. Some are already listed on the RAPEX list of dangerous products.
There is reason to believe that they impair fertility (reprotoxic, class 2).
In the assessment of "slime" there was uncertainty as to which class it belongs. There is no information on this subject in the Toy Directive 2009/48/EC. However in the Table 1 of the EN 71-3 slime is assigned to class II. This should remove all doubt on the subject.
Another problem arises from the preserving agents contained in slime products. These should comply with the requirements in EN 71-9: EN 71-9, Table 1, Table of limit values 2 H: Preservatives.
Dyes - Primary aromatic amines.
The Table of limit values 2C in the EN 71-9 lists another problem: Primary aromatic amines.
I hope that the information above helps to solve these problems.
All new radio equipment on the market must comply with the RED / Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU by June 13th 2017 at the latest. Any new radio equipment complying with the former R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC is then no longer permitted.
One of the new essential requirements is the fulfilment of the requirements of the EMC Directive 2014/30/EU and the electric safety requirements of the 2014/35/EU Directive.
Radio equipment includes radio sets, transmitters and receivers.
This regulation applies to the first placing on the market of radio equipment within the EU. The good news for importers is that, in contrast to EU manufacturers, "placing on the market" begins on reception of the equipment from the bonded warehouse.
Please remember to alter your products and the Declarations of Conformity in accordance with these new requirements.
The new Radio-Equipment-Directive 2014/53/EU will replace the former R&TTE Directive from 13th June 2016 onwards.
The hitherto existing R&TTE Directive included radio equipment, EMC and LVD.
NEW: The Radio Equipment Directive 2014/53/EU will replace the former R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC from 13th June 2016 onwards. In Germany the new Directive will not be converted in time so that up to 12th June 2017 radio equipment can be produced according to the former R&TTE Directive.
NEW: The EMC Directive 2014/30/EU will replace the former EMC Directive 2004/108/EC from 20th April onwards.
LVD 2006/95/EC from 13th June 2016 onwards.
All radio equipment must be labelled correctly. Each device must bear the name and address of the company and a correct Declaration of Conformity must be provided.
Since 17th December 2015 the REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 determines 168 SVHC substances.
At present the REACH Annex XVII contains 52 entries or 64 entries if phthalates and PAH are counted separately.
Bisphenol A is often used in toys made of polycarbonate plastic. BPA can be toxic to reproduction and up to now its content was limited. The Directive 2014/81/EU now specifies a low migration value of 0.1 mg/l.
From 21st December at the latest, all toys, including all stocks, must comply with this lower migration value.
Important, please note: from October 1st 2015 onwards button cells containing more than 0.0005% mercury will be forbidden, including those built into toy products.
It is advisable to sell your stock of button cells containing mercury as quickly as possible.
Make sure that all new orders contain only mercury-"free" button cells.
There is a never-ending debate on the subject of this declaration.
now or in the near future.
is valid now from 13th June 2014.
The many new European Consumer Rights mentioned in the Directive are important for stationary and online trade.
Please check whether you have implemented all these new regulations.
155 SVHC substances are now listed.
All companies concerned should take this into consideration.
As from 16th December 2013 the ECHA List contains 151 SVHC entries.
The new version of EN 71-1:2013-12 is published and is available by Beuth.
It is advisable to read the introduction.
From 18th June 2012 onwards 11 new substances have been added to the candidate list of substances of very high concern at the ECHA.
This new development should be taken into consideration when selecting raw materials or suppliers.
… the price-marking regulations. Some toys require price unit specifications such as: "per meter", "per litre" or "per kg".
… the textile labelling regulation.
right of revocation and general terms and conditions.
… the different national implementations of the EC Directive 98/6/EC to price-marking.
… the translation of essential safety and warning texts into the respective national languages (e.g. CH = DE+FR+IT).
… to obtain confirmation that all warning texts have been acknowledged before sales transactions.
The new Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC came into force 20th July 2011 and replaces the former Toy Safety Directive.
The former Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EC is now invalid.
As a result all toys put on the market after 20th July must fulfil the requirements of the new Directive.
This also applies to your current range of toys!
The new Standard EN 71-1:2011-07 of 18th June 2011 offers you support for the testing of your product range for compliance with the new Directive.
of 18th June 2009 replaces the 20 year old Toy Directive 88/378/EC.
The transitional period for chemical requirements is 4 years and ends 20th July 2013.
Before this deadline, toys covered by EN 71-3 may be placed on the market according to the old Toy Safety Directive.
Up to now, the EN 71-3 has provided limits for the migration of 8 elements. Now 19 elements and compounds are mentioned.
New limit values have been defined.
The competence and responsibility of "economic operators, manufacturers, representatives, importers and distributors" have been newly defined, together with their responsibility as part of the delivery and distribution chain.
The age limit for toys has been lowered by one year.
Old Directive – "up to" 14 years (including teenagers of 14 years but not 15 years).
New Directive: "under" 14 years (including teenagers of 13 years but not 14 years).
All products which could be used as toys shall comply with the requirements of the Directive ("whether or not exclusively for use in play... ").
Dual function products (e.g. toy-like key tags) must comply with toy safety requirements.
Toys shall not jeopardise the safety or health of users or third parties when they are used as intended or in a foreseeable way, bearing in mind the behaviour of children.
Conclusion: A misuse of toys must be taken into consideration.
The definition "placing on the market" as making available on the market is sometimes wrongly interpreted as offering for sale. Art. 3 of the new Toy Safety Directive actually describes with "placing on the market" the supply of a toy for distribution. The "supply" of an object refers to the physical delivery / collection/transport / circulation etc.
"Passing an object on to a third party", "a third party acquires possession of an object", independent of whether the object is a free gift, purchased, hired, leased etc.
(2) Manufacturers shall perform a conformity assessment procedure and draw up a Declaration of Conformity.
(3) Manufacturers shall keep the Declaration of Conformity and technical documentation for 10 years after placing a product on the market and must be able to submit them to the market surveillance authorities within 30 days at the latest.
(5) Manufacturers shall mark their toys with a batch number for identification purposes.
The retraceability of products is stipulated in Art. 9. This obligation to mark products is a useful aid for identifying batches which are questioned by market surveillance authorities.
safety data sheets on chemicals used and a hazard analysis.
Warning notes shall be easily legible, understandable, appropriate and easily visible at the place of purchase (and online), and include minimum age, maximum age or maximum weight if applicable.
This also applies to sales in the Internet or by catalogue. Please acquaint yourself with the regulations, there are some helpful tips.
Small toys in displays: Warnings must now be affixed directly to the toy.
"Attention! Small parts". The particular hazard may still however be additionally indicated, e.g. choking. The additional specification of the type of hazard is extremely important because parents may not otherwise understand that small parts can cause choking.
"Warning! Sharp edges. Injury hazard due to functional sharp edges" etc.
The text "Not suitable for children under 36 months" can be replaced by the pictogram no.17 under section 7.2 "Warning notes" of the new Standard EN 71-1:2011-07.
The word "Attention" shall not be replaced by the pictogram.
If you want to use the symbol below for your products or packages, you can download it here. Just select the required file format and save the displayed graphic in your system.
The graphic shall only be used in the standardised version and must measure at least 10 mm.
If you require safety texts, please contact me.
Manufacturers must carry out a hazard analysis and assessment.
All manufacturers and importers (Art. 5) shall carry out conformity assessment procedures for their toys.
Detailed instructions are given in Annex II.
updates the list of chemical substances and adjusts their limit values.
Information on chemicals must be provided in the technical dossier.
With the CE label, the EC manufacturer or first European importer informs the market surveillance authorities that the product at hand complies with all applicable EC Directives.
The CE symbol shall only be used in the standardised version and must measure at least 5 mm.
If you want to use the CE symbol for your products or packages, you can download it here. Just select the required file format and save the displayed graphic in your system.
This Directive supersedes the old or new Directive on toy safety.
The GPS Directive basically states: Products must be safe.
In Germany the GPS Directive was transposed into national law as part of the German Equipment Safety Act (GPSG).
A product must be safe. This basic principle applies to all products, whether they are considered as being toys or consumer articles.
According to the GPSG, it is left to the manufacturer's own discretion to make a product safe.
Fortunately, the Toy Safety Directive provides toy producers with important information.
Specifications and details are given in the Standards, e.g. EN 71.
Dangerous magnets, i.e. strong magnets in a swallowable size shall no longer be used in normal toys, so that warning texts are no longer required.
Strong magnets are only allowed in electricity and magnetism project kits, with warning texts, for children over 8 years.
"Functional" magnets (e.g. in loudspeakers and electric motors) or weak magnets (flow index less than 50 kG2 mm2) are permitted.
(Dimethylfumarate) an anti-mould agent is banned for health reasons in the EU Commission Decision 2009/251/EC. Please note: mouldproof sachets may contain this substance.
Directive 2005/32/EC (ecodesign), "requirements for the environmentally beneficial design of energy driven products".
Regulation (EC) 1275/2008 (Standby regulation) "ecodesign requirements for standby and off mode electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment".
Regulation (EC) 278/2009 (for external transformers) "ecodesign requirements for no-load condition electric power consumption and average active efficiency of external power supplies in operation".
The above mentioned Directive and Regulations stipulate that after 26th April 2011 only "efficient" external transformers shall be placed on the market. Exceptions are battery charging devices to which a removable battery is directly connected and "external low-voltage transformers < 6 V and > 550 mA" (input voltage up to 230 V, output voltage lower than 6 Volt, output current greater than 550 mA).
Radio controlled toys in the non-harmonised frequency range above a specific radiated power require this symbol, together with the country abbreviation + RTTE information on transmission class, Declaration of Conformity, notification. In all cases the transmitter, receiver, instruction manual and packaging must be especially labelled.
The "alert symbol" indicates that there are restrictions for the use of this appliance within Europe.
This symbol can be downloaded here.
Please contact me. I have gained a great deal of experience in dealing with this topic.
In Germany the Battery Directive was transposed into national law with the Battery Act. This Act came into force 1st December 2009. Since this date a registration office is available for registering battery producers and importers in Germany.
The Battery Directive specifies low heavy metal values, bans other heavy metals (e.g. lead, mercury, NiCad, ) and regulates specifications (capacity) and labelling (see below).


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Mayor Johnny Hammock said the city is losing money because of the outdated pipes.
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City of Tallassee transfers money to replace gas pipe beginning Aug. 1
The Tallassee City Council approved moving $21,000 from the city's general fund at its June 25 meeting to pay for cast iron pipe replacement in East Tallassee after a local company won the bid.
The $21,000 is in addition to the requested $200,000 needed to replace old pipes running from Hilltop Grocery to Britt Veterinary Services in the Carrville area of the city.
"We are losing thousands of dollars through those pipes," Hammock said. "That is the area with the most leaks."
The council suspended the rules to immediately consider and vote on the transfer. Horizontal Directional Drilling won the bid for the infrastructure work which is expected to begin Aug. 1, according to Hammock.
"Those pipes are old and outdated," Hammock said. "Replacing them is in the best interest of the city and its citizens. In the long run, this will save money because we will not lose gas through those pipes."
Tallassee's cast iron pipes were installed in the early 1900s with an expected lifespan of 60 years.
Cast iron was the preferred pipe material throughout the 19th and 20th centuries and was largely used for pipes until the 1980s. Cast iron is an alloy of iron containing other elements such as carbon and silicon. While cast iron pipes are extremely durable and can withstand high amounts of pressure, their downside is they are susceptible to corrosion and rust, causing up to 25% of pipe failures.
The U.S. Department of Transportation recently estimated 30,000 miles of cast iron pipe still carry gas. Tallassee's cast iron pipes were put in place under the direction of Mount Vernon Mills, which can be traced back to the Jones Falls area in what is now Baltimore, Maryland, as early as the 1900s.
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On the first full day of spring training games, the names of Mississippians were all over Saturday's box scores. Ex-Mississippi State star Tyler Moore, trying to make the Miami club as a non-roster invitee, hit what proved to be the game-winning home run for the Marlins against St. Louis. The blast came in the seventh inning against former Mississippi Braves pitcher John Gant and it made a winner of Southern Miss alum Scott Copeland, who had yielded the tying run in the top of the inning. Appearing in center field in that game for the Cardinals was ex-M-Braves standout Jordan Schafer, who is getting a look as both an outfielder and pitcher. … Southwest Mississippi Community College alum Jarrod Dyson, in his first game with Seattle, played left field, batted leadoff and went 1-for-2 with a run and a stolen base. Former State star Hunter Renfroe, batting cleanup and playing right field, had an RBI double in that game for San Diego. … Ex-Richton High standout JaCoby Jones went 2-for-2 with a run and Ole Miss product Alex Presley 1-for-1 with an RBI and a run for Detroit. Both are in the mix for the Tigers' center field job, though Presley is in camp on a minor league contract. … MSU alum Adam Frazier hit leadoff and played shortstop for Pittsburgh, going 2-for-3 with a run. Frazier is likely to be the Pirates' super-utility player this season. … Jonathan Holder, the ex-State standout, pitched a perfect inning for the New York Yankees, fanning two. … Ole Miss product Bobby Wahl, now on Oakland's 40-man roster, struck out two in a scoreless inning of work for the A's. … East Central CC alum Tim Anderson went 1-for-3 for the Chicago White Sox, batting leadoff and playing shortstop. … Ex-Itawamba CC star Desmond Jennings, trying to stick as a non-roster invitee with Cincinnati, started in right field and went 1-for-2. … Former State standout Mitch Moreland picked up his first official RBI for Boston; he hit a three-run homer on Thursday in an exhibition against a college team. … Petal High product Anthony Alford, batting fifth and playing right field for Toronto, was 1-for-3 with an RBI double against Atlanta. Seven former M-Braves played for the Braves; Dustin Peterson went 2-for-3 with a run and Johan Camargo 1-for-2 with two runs.
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Q: How to allocate a resident memory? I found after b := make([]byte,4096000000), the allocated memory is virtual memory, I want to mark them as RES(physical memory usage as seen in top ), how to do this?
rand.Read(b) is very slow.

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Local Star to Join Marvel?
Art by @Bosslogic on Twitter.
Straight from the Rumor Mill! Which means: none of the following is official or has been confirmed.
Local Central Coast star, Zac Efron, is rumored to be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)'s "Phase 4" as Adam Warlock. The Marvel character was teased heavily to be joining the other comic book characters on screen in Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2 during the end credit scene. And "Guardian's of the Galaxy 3" is currently being developed with James Gunn returning at the helm. Of course, the third film was set up perfectly to continue after the events of Avengers: Endgame.
So as the production begins to ramp up, the rumors begin to swirl. BossLogic on twitter has done some fan art to see what it may look like with Zac as Adam, and it looks amazing!!
Would you like to see Zac Efron join the ranks of the Avengers?
We vote: Yes!
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Daviess County Bicentennial Celebration
Bibb, Hon. George M.
Hon. George M. Bibb. Although but a few years a resident of Daviess County, yet the prominence of Judge Bibb entitles him to a special notice in this chapter. He was born in Prince Edward County, Va., Oct. 30, 1776, and was the son of Richard Bibb, an Episcopal clergyman of great learning. His earliest recollections were of the struggle for American Independence, which began at his birth. He was well educated, a graduate of Hampton Sydney and also of William and Mary Colleges, and in his latter days was the oldest surviving graduate of each. Studying his profession with that distinguished lawyer, Judge Venable, he practiced in Virginia a short time, and removed to Lexington, Ky., in 1798, and was soon numbered among the ablest and soundest in a State already prominent for great lawyers. Jan. 31, 1808, he was appointed one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals by Governor Greenup; and by Judge Scott, its Chief Justice, May 30, 1809, but resigned in March, 1810; and again, by Governor Desha, was appointed Chief Justice the second time Jan. 5, 1827, but resigned Dec. 23, 1828.
Judge Bibb was twice elected to the U.S. Senate – first in 1811, but resigned in 1814, and second in 1829, serving the full term of six years. During the war of 1812, he, in the Senate, and William Lowndes and John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, and Henry Clay, in the U.S. House of Representatives, formed what was called the "War Mess" of the Madison administration – from having supported the war and the President with such great talent, vigor and zeal. He settled in Frankfort in 1816. From 1835 to 1844 Judge Bibb held the important position of Chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court, but resigned to become Secretary of the Treasury in the cabinet of his old colleague in the U.S. Senate, President Tyler, holding it to the close of his Presidential term. Thenceforward, until his death, April 14, 1859, he practiced law in the courts of the District of Commons, most of the time in the position of chief clerk in the department of the U.S. Attorney General, but really doing the duties now required of the Assistant Attorney General, an office established for the very labors performed by him.
Judge Bibb was a profound scholar, and a great mathematician, as well as a most eminent jurist. He had an iron frame and an ardent temperament; was capable of great endurance and labor, and liable to great bursts of indignation when roused. He married a daughter of General Charles Scott, who bore him twelve children. In 1832 he married again in Washington City, his second wife bearing him five children. His brother, John B. Bibb, was a member of the Kentucky Legislature, and in the State Senate 1830-'34. Judge Bibb died April 14, 1859, aged eighty-three years.
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Home » News » CockroachDB database creator Cockroach Labs raises $278M
CockroachDB database creator Cockroach Labs raises $278M
SQL database company Cockroach Labs has raised $278 million in a series F round of funding led by Greenoaks. The New York-based company is now valued at $5 billion, well over double its previous valuation back in January.
The investment comes as cloud spending has rocketed, due in part to companies' digital transformation efforts in the wake of the global pandemic. As businesses have embraced cloud computing, this not only makes it easier to roll out new products and services, but scale them as demand grows. In turn, this fosters competition within industries and then leads businesses to channel even deeper into the cloud — which is where Cockroach Labs and its ilk stand to benefit.
"The ease with which new products and services can be built and delivered via the cloud has accelerated competition in nearly every market — in order to compete and win in any market, companies must meet and even exceed advancing consumer expectations," Cockroach Labs CEO Spencer Kimball told VentureBeat.
Resilience as a service
Founded in 2015 by former Googlers including CEO Kimball, Cockroach Labs is the chief developer of CockroachDB, a distributed SQL database used by companies like Comcast and DoorDash to store multiple copies of their data in different cloud and regions to ensure uninterrupted access. So this means that if there is an outage in one location, a company's traffic and simply be rerouted to another location where the data is stored. Resilience is pretty much the name of the game here, and is the reason why the company has chosen to align itself with a humble insect — cockroaches are known for their near-invincibility.
"In order to compete and win in any market, companies must meet and even exceed advancing consumer expectations," Kimball added. "We are all learning to demand absolute reliability in services which are increasingly critical to our daily lives, and we expect frequent improvements in features and functionality."
It's worth noting that CockroachDB was formerly available under an open source license, but Cockroach Labs switched to a proprietary license in 2019, essentially preventing third-parties from offering CockroachDB "as-a-service" without paying for a license. This follows a similar trend we've seen elsewhere in the open source sphere, with the likes of MongoDB making a similar move in 2018, and more recently Elastic.
The SQL cloud database sphere, meanwhile, includes notable names such as Oracle, though newer players such such as CockroachDB and Yugabyte — the latter having closed a chunky $188 million funding round of its own just a few months ago — are designed firmly with the cloud in mind. Older database architectures were typically built to run on a single machine or tightly-integrated group of machines, whereas CockroachDB and its brethren are all about "distributed" — that is, running across many machines, so companies can easily scale their software and better support customers located around the world.
"The architecture of a database has profound implications in the era of the cloud," Kimball said. "In 2021, all of the capabilities which distributed architectures provide databases have become critical for businesses of all sizes and stages. Where CockroachDB is significantly differentiated from other distributed databases, is in its abilities to manage global customer data, and to provide a 'serverless' experience that reduces initial deployment costs to zero."
Indeed, back in October, Cockroach Labs launched CockroachDB Serverless, which enables users to spin up a scalable database in seconds without thinking about hardware or capacity planning. While this ships with a free incarnation aimed at smaller applications, users can upgrade to a paid service as their product grows.
"[The] CockroachDB Serverless beta launch has already brought well over 10,000 new users to the platform in only a couple months," Kimball added.
Prior to now, Cockroach Labs had raised around $355 million, including its $160 million series E tranche earlier this year, and with another $278 million in the bank it's well-financed to double down on its recent growth, which the company said has seen its annual recurring revenue (ARR) triple over the past year. Moreover, it has added a slew of big-name customers to its roster, including eBay.
"This latest funding — and significant valuation — reflect Cockroach Labs' accelerated growth and the massive opportunity for us to become a leader in the emerging cloud database-as-a-service market," Kimball said. "In the decade ahead, we're going to see more new 'greenfield' applications built in the cloud than all of the legacy applications built over the previous few decades."
The company's series F round included a slew of notable investors aside from lead backer Greenoaks, including Alphabet's GV, Tiger Global, J.P. Morgan, Altimeter, Bond, Benchmark, Coatue, Redpoint Ventures, Lone Pine Capital, FirstMark, and Index Ventures.
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It's … really complicated.
Joaquin Phoenix, "Her"
Dir. Spike Jonze
As if relationships weren't complicated enough, 21st century communications technology inevitably compounds the problem. We're still quite early in the century, lest we forget, and Hollywood boldly goes "where no man has gone before" – so to speak. Her, the engaging, very funny, and genuinely fascinating combination of science fiction and romantic comedy – sci-fi rom-com? – from director Spike Jonze, set in the not-too-distant future, imagines just where we may be headed, and sooner than we think.
Her pushes hard on the idea of artificial intelligence and the implications for human relationships (see Apple's "Siri" commercials for a hint of where things may be going, which may even have inspired the movie). Theodore Twombly, the marvelously named wimpy main character, played with almost unbearable sensitivity by Joaquin Phoenix, works in the imitation reality business, ghost-writing apparently heartfelt personal letters for the clients of a website called BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com. Theodore rebounds from the breakup of his marriage by getting into a relationship with a new update of his computer's operating system.
Thanks to big advances in artificial intelligence, the new OS is a very human-sounding entity capable of intuition, learning, and apparently real emotion. No longer confined to a single platform like a desktop, the OS, or at least its personality, moves freely across Theodore's various technology, including his snazzy handheld, virtually anticipating his every need. During the setup he chooses a female identity for the OS (there's only two choices, apparently). She names herself Samantha, and converses with him, Siri-like, in the easy, intimate voice of Scarlett Johansen, a comforting presence injected seamlessly into Theodore's lonely psychic landscape via his perfect, and perfectly comfortable, earbud. In short order, they're sleeping together.
More than just a rom-com, Her explores the familiar sci-fi territory of the human-machine relationship. The fascination with robots in literature, television, and film is longstanding, and the uneasy relationship is mainly a rich and useful metaphor for the deep-seated American anxiety over slavery. At issue, across nearly all robot stories from the earliest through the entire Star Trek series, Blade Runner, and into Terminator films and the like, is always the question of how we define human. That, and the more dramatic problem of what happens when the slaves try and take over. Robot films, in particular, continuously probe the difference between human and non-human, and the question of what it is that makes one, or something, fully human? Who, or what kind of creatures, gets that status, and why? And who gets to decide? It's a matter fraught with social, legal, and in sci-fi, technological dimensions.
Not exactly a robot film, though, the more direct genesis of Her is in Andrew Niccol's 2002 film S1m0ne, or Simone, which explored the implications of rapidly advancing video editing technology. In that moderate hit film, Al Pacino plays a movie producer struggling to complete a comeback film, sick of dealing with temperamental starlets. He turns to advanced computer technology and creates a virtual actress, Simone, "the perfect woman," who he edits into his film and then sells to the world as if she were real.
Thanks to real, or realistic, developments in computer and communication technology, in Her the non-human being in question is again virtual, the essence of an intelligence, no longer confined to a body either mechanical, synthetic, cyborg, or hybrid. This is something of a change of subject for the genre, with the best early example I can think of being 2001, A Space Odyssey. "Hal, open the pod doors!!!"
It's this change that sets up the rom-com opportunity; much of the film digs into the question of just what kind of relationship is it, and what does it mean, when the other doesn't have a body at all. Some of the funniest scenes happen as the human-OS relationship becomes normalized in the culture, and Theodore and Samantha start going on double-dates, vacations, and the like. Samantha sees the world through the camera on Theodore's handheld, a continuous presence peeking out of his pocket, presumably conversing with others through some kind of speakerphone. At about the same point in the film, however, the camera suggests to us that the OS/human relationship phenomenon is spreading, possibly in an unhealthy way. In several shots we see people in the background going about their business, greater and greater numbers of them solo but clearly conversing and interacting with – who? With someone not there, obviously, which today would mean they're either deranged or talking on their cell phones. But in the context of this film, we suspect that more and more of them, like Theodore, have become involved with their OS's.
Jonze, whose previous credits include the brilliant, quirky, ontological comedy Being John Malkovitch (1999), also wrote the screenplay, and based on the script alone, he deserves whatever awards he gets for the film. It's as pitch-perfect as Theodore's earbud. Jonze captures – flat-out nails – the drama and nuance of modern relationships, compounded here with futuristic twists and turns, with precision and a sharp comic sensibility. At one point, the green-eyed monster intrudes on the lovers when Samantha, who has already joined a book club, is MIA briefly and turns out to have been hanging out with a bunch of other OS's in California, dialoguing suspiciously with the 1960s philosopher and self-help author Alan Watts (Brian Cox), a virtual being reconstructed by the OS's from historical archives.
Technology aside, one of the earthier themes of the movie is the problem, and the opportunity, of growth and change in human relationships. Like a great many films, this one opens with a broken relationship and a missing partner. Theodore and his wife, Catherine (Rooney Mara), essentially grew up together, and then, as humans sometimes do, grew apart. The film repeatedly articulates, and dramatizes through Theodore's relationship with his OS, the understandable possibility that there's simply something wrong with him, that in some fundamental way he's become unable to have a real relationship with a real human. And what does that mean, "real," anyway?
As the new relationship develops and plays out, over the course of the film, Theodore gradually does the real work of the film, comes to terms with the failure of his marriage, faces and resolves his grief. And as with his marriage, in the end Theodore and Samantha also outgrow each other. It is in no way a cop-out that the film sets aside the fascinating questions it raises, and resolves its issues by re-framing this unusual and troubling connection, ultimately, as the perfect transitional relationship.
Showing now at theaters in the greater Rochester area.
"The film SeaWorld doesn't want you to see."
Dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite
"Blackfish," dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Blackfish, the documentary currently showing in a very few theaters, by director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, argues – or attempts to argue – that keeping killer whales in captivity is a barbaric practice that simply has to end. It is a practice that will probably go down in history as another dark chapter in our relationship with the other animals of this world. It's not an easy argument to make, and the filmmaker is partly successful. Persuasive despite its shortcomings, Blackfish is a powerful, disturbing film, and well worth the trip into Rochester to the Little Theater, the only local venue currently showing it.
Another Earth (2011, DVD review)
By Mike Williams | Second Looks: DVD Reviews
Redemption in a Parallel Universe
Brit Marling, "Another Earth"
Dir. Mike Cahill, with Brit Marling and William Mapother
There are science fiction movies, and there are tales of sin and redemption, but the genre and the story type just don't seem to go together very much. Another Earth, the 2011 film by freshman director Mike Cahill, combines the two elegantly. The film, co-written by Cahill with a major writing contribution from Brit Marling, takes a relatively simple but intriguing science fiction concept and leverages it into a subtle and heart-wrenching exploration of some of the most devastating and difficult of human experiences. [Read more...]
Your doctor knows best.
Rooney Mara, "Side Effects"
Dir. Stephen Soderbergh, with Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Channing Tatum.
It's a little tricky to write about Side Effects, Stephen Soderbergh's moody new film about depression, treatment, and other things, and avoid a major spoiler problem. It's an interesting film that addresses some important contemporary issues, but it starts out as one kind of film and gradually morphs into another kind altogether. But even saying that has the potential to give away too much.
The film follows Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara), a young woman in her twenties who struggles with depression. After a brief opening sequence that suggests some kind of serious violence, the film jumps back three months, and thereafter moves forward chronologically. Emily's white-collar husband, Martin (Channing Tatum), is in jail for insider trading (I know, I know… hard to believe) and is about to be released. Emily is increasingly depressed, in part due to the pressures of work and the stress of her husband's bumpy reentry into the business world. An apparent suicide attempt puts her under the care of Dr. Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), an Emergency Department psychiatrist who chooses not to hospitalize her in favor of private visits and medication.
Get Low (2009, DVD review)
"Forgiveness is free…but you have to ASK for it."
Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, and Bill Murray, "Get Low"
Dir. Aaron Schneider, with Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, and Lucas Black
When it was in theaters I raved about Get Low, the first feature-length effort from director Aaron Schneider, to all my friends, but as far as I know the only ones who actually saw it were those I physically dragged to the theater – that, or to my living room this week, when I got my hands on the DVD. The film is an overlooked low-budget gem, based on a true-life anecdote about Felix (Bush) Breazeale, an eccentric, depression-era Tennessee recluse who threw his own funeral party while still alive to enjoy it.
The Thin Line Between Genius and…
Anthony Hopkins, "Hitchcock"
Dir. Sacha Gervasi, with Anthony Hopkins, Hellen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson
Hitchcock, Director Sacha Gervasi's current film, is of course about legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock, but it's particularly about the challenging period in his late career when he made Psycho (1960). This is no small thing. Sight and Sound Magazine's 2012 decade poll voted Psycho at the top of its top-ten list of greatest films of all time, moving it from number two to number one, ahead of Citizen Kane. Today's film, Hitchcock, which stars heavy hitters Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, is only the second feature film by director Sacha Gervasi, whose meager previous credits are mainly as a writer. One has to wonder how he managed to land this project, and its stars, but clearly, someone saw something real. [Read more...]
Criminals and Thugs, High and Low
Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins, "Killing Them Softly"
Dir. Andrew Dominik, with Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins
The latest "Brad Pitt movie," Killing Them Softly, directed by Andrew Dominik, is a heist-gone-bad film, and a real oddity: a gritty thriller with something serious to say. An update of George V. Higgins' 1974 novel, Cogan's Trade, this adaptation is set in 2008 just prior to the presidential election. The film plays out entirely on the dark, rainy, mean streets of New Orleans, or rather in back rooms and sedans, but the backdrop is the massive crisis in the world banking system. [Read more...]
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The Infinite Complexity of God and Tigers
Suraj Sharma, "Life of Pi"
Life of Pi, dir. Ang Lee, with Suraj Sharma
The long-awaited film adaptation of Life of Pi, Yann Martel's novel of shipwreck, spirituality, and the food chain, hit theaters hereabouts on Thanksgiving day, appropriately enough. It was oddly refreshing, somehow, after the traditional day of over-eating, to spend two-plus hours in the dark watching this remarkable movie, with a plot driven largely by the real threat of being eaten.
The central story of the film and the novel involves a fictional Indian lad, Piscine Molitor Patel (Suraj Sharma), colorfully named after a French swimming pool, a name he later shortens creatively to the nickname "Pi." His family runs a zoo in the Botanical Gardens in the French-speaking area of Pondicherry. Pi's family attempts to relocate to Canada, zoo included, aboard a Japanese freighter, but a ferocious storm sinks the ship and kills all but Pi and a handful of animals, who are castaway on a lifeboat. The terrifying shipwreck, which was mostly shot in a studio set, is very effectively filmed, especially so in the white-knuckle 3D version. [Read more...]
007: Family Values in the British Secret Service
Ben Whishaw and Daniel Craig, Skyfall
Skyfall, dir. Sam Mendes, with Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem and Naomie Harris
At least in terms of the sheer number of feature films, James Bond is probably the number three cinema franchise of all time, if you consider only those based on individual characters, although he's well behind the two top contenders, Dracula and Jesus Christ. There are now approaching 30 feature films alone, counting spoofs and current projects, based on novelist Ian Fleming's notorious offspring. The earliest was 1962's Dr. No, which starred Sean Connery, making this the 50th Anniversary appearance of the irresistible super-spy. Connery's portrayal (8 films) of the apparently ageless 007 was followed by Roger Moore (7 films), Pierce Brosnan (4 films), and now Daniel Craig, in his third outing in the role to date, after Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. Craig's first time out, in fact, Casino Royale, was done as a spoof in 1967, back in the Sean Connery era. That odd piece of tripe starred both Peter Sellers and David Niven in the lead role, and was directed by John Huston, believe it or not, who also did a couple of cameo scenes, and is the only film I know of with a cast that includes both Woody Allen and Orson Welles. [Read more...]
Addict and hero: Denzel Washington, flying under the influence
Denzel Washington, "Flight"
Trailers for the new "Denzel Washington flick," Flight, directed by Robert Zemeckis, are quite vivid on the plane crash disaster part of the film, and coyly vague about everything else. As a result, I halfway expected it to start off like a typical Hollywood disaster flick, ramping up happily to an airborne, warp-speed Poseidon Adventure. It doesn't quite, though. Instead, it starts off with a scene of extreme morning-after debauchery, with pilot Whip Whittaker (Washington) coming to, basically, to the sound of an alarm clock summoning him to his job, which on this day is to fly a jet airliner with "102 souls on board" to Atlanta. He's in a hotel room with naked Trina Marquez (Nadine Velazquez), who looks maybe like a high-class hooker but turns out later to be a crew member. The two are flat-out hammered; no, make that severely hammered. Whittaker does a couple of lines of coke to get the old battery started, and shows up only an hour or so later to take the captain's seat in the cockpit. [Read more...]
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Behind the Song: Dierks Bentley – 'Drunk on a Plane'
Filed Under:ACMs, behind the song, dierks bentley
(Courtesy of Capitol Records Nashville)
By Kurt Wolff
One of 2014's biggest country hits was almost a song about a hurricane. Instead, thanks to the power of collaboration that happens so often among Nashville's songwriting community, the idea Dierks Bentley first brought to the room transformed into "Drunk on a Plane."
The second single from Bentley's 2014 album Riser, "Drunk on a Plane" hit No. 1 and quickly became a favorite among Bentley's fans, a song that mixes emotions (the sadness of lost love with the pure joy of a spontaneous party) and becomes an infectious song to which you can't help but sing along. Now it's also been nominated for Single of the Year and Video of the Year and the 50th annual Academy of Country Music Awards.
Related: Complete List of 2015 ACM Award Nominees
"Drunk on a Plane" begins with a guy who's been left at the alter, and because his honeymoon plane tickets and resort fee weren't refundable, he decides to go to Cancun by himself anyway. On the plane he starts drinking, and before he knows it, a party has erupted. "Buyin' drinks for everybody but the pilot, it's a party," Bentley sings.
It's Mardi Gras up in the clouds I'm up so high, I may never come down I'll try anything to drown out the pain They all know why I'm getting drunk on a plane
So, where did the idea for the song come from? When Radio.com asks Bentley to tell us the origin story of "Drunk on a Plane," he rolls his eyes a little and smiles hard. "Some songs you don't want to know how they got made," he says.
By way of example, he brings up "I Hold On," his previous single (which also earned a 2015 ACM Award nomination). "I was at home, my dad had passed away, I was watching the sunset, I was thinking about our road trip from Phoenix to Nashville in this truck, about why I hold onto it. So it came from a real organic place."
"Drunk on a Plane," on the other hand, doesn't have the same sort of deep, personal meaning. Instead, says Bentley, the song "was just the result of grinding away and writing songs every day for a year."
Related: Read More Stories Behind This Year's ACM Award-Nominated Songs
That's again where the power of collaboration comes in. Because as Bentley says, his origin idea for the song was not so hot.
"I walked into a writing room one day with Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, two great writers, and I had this idea called 'Hurricane You.' It's like the worst…." He stops and smiles. "As a songwriter, you have to be really good at throwing out terrible ideas and having no pride," he continues. "So like, 'I got this idea, alright. It's about this girl….' I think there had been a big hurricane somewhere, so I was like, 'How about a song called Hurricane You?'"
As Bentley describes it, Kear and Tompkins were less than enthusiastic. "They were like, 'OK, wow,'" he says, laughing. "In Nashville, if you don't like an idea you say, 'interesting.' So that's when you know it's a bad idea."
But all was not lost, because Bentley's idea sparked another. "Josh Kear was like, 'I've always had this idea of just 'drunk on a plane.' And I was like, 'Oh my gosh!' I love planes, I love flying, and of course I love having a few drinks, so it was just a really cool idea."
Related: Sheryl Crow Loves Dierks Bentley's 'Drunk on a Plane'
So was it always a party song? Dierks thinks for a few seconds, trying to get his mind back into that moment. For him, he finally explains, it wound up being a great mixture of emotions, layers of joy and emotional release on top of a well of sadness. "It's kinda like a clown who's smiling on the outside by crying on the inside," he says. "I like that. Even though it's a song called 'Drunk on a Plane,' there's some depth to the story and to the music. It's a good story. Relatable."
Bentley also explains that "Drunk on a Plane" was one of the later additions to Riser, and being built around a rowdy sing-along chorus, it brought a balance to some of the album's heavier songs.
On the album it appears after the song "Here On Earth." The song that followed, says Bentley, needed "to be a release, not only to me, but the person listening. It's like a gift. 'Thanks for putting up with that last song. Thanks for crying. Here's your reward.'"
And, of course, it works well live.
"You can't forget what you're there to do on a Friday, Saturday night," Bentley says of the concert experience. "People have worked hard all week, they're spending money for your show. You're there to have a good time and not get too inside yourself." So songs like "Drunk on a Plane" play a vital role. They "might not be as serious, but they are just as important as something you might write that's heavier."
The 50th annual ACM Awards air Sunday, April 19 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.


Today's post is an unsponsored review of some yarn I picked up a few weeks ago. I think it's important to have a place where you can go and trust the opinions. I absolutely love watching makeup reviews, my favorite is Tati Westbrook, so I want to see how this goes ! Keep reading if you want to read more about the Patons Metallic Yarn Review!
I picked up this yarn at Michael's and there was an okay color selection. Then I went online and I found out there are actually 12 shades which I think is really good! I think I might scoop up the metallic green shade, that is my favorite color when it comes to the fall!
The colors I bought were Blue Steel (best name ever!), Metallic black and Metallic Teal.
So, the colors, I love them. The Yarn, I think depends on the color. At this point I have tried the three colors I bought and they are good yarns. The pilling is minimal and it is not too stranded where you get in between each strand, you know what I mean? So overall I think this yarn is great and unique!
The weird thing is, and it might just be my yarn, but the black metallic yarn was weird. It kind of changed weight in certain spots which made my work look like I don't know what a gauge is. That didn't happen with any of the other colors, but just something to look out for.
The Yarn is priced at $6. Which I don't think is bad. It's a better quality yarn and it's unique. So to me this is great. Plus since you can find it at Michael's you can find coupons to make them even more affordable!
I give this yarn a grade of A- because the metallic black yarn through me off. It's inconsistency is a warning to me that it might happen with other colors or that it might be an issue specific to the black color. Besides that I think this yarn is a great buy and I would love to use it in the winter months!


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"Dark days" are coming as fears of load shedding gets real
By Bonnie Modiakgotla
Botswana faces increased threats of power cuts due to combinations of several factors which include malfunctioning plants, and difficulty in sourcing power imports.
The warning bells were sounded in November when Botswana Power Corporation and its parent ministry revealed that the country's power plants, Morupule A and Morupule B are not meeting the average national demand of 400MW, and could get worse at peak demand of 500 MW.
Dr. Stefan Schwarzfischer, BPC CEO, last month said the two units at Morupule B power station are producing 260 MW, while the other two units are not operation, both undergoing maintenance. He revealed that until all the units are up and running, the country will meet its power deficits through power imports from South Africa's Eskom and the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAPP).
Around 29 percent of Botswana's current power demand is covered by domestic coal generation, which comes from Morupule B ÔÇô which on full capacity is supposed to produce 600MW ÔÇô while the remaining 71 percent comprises of power imports from South Africa.
However, this could present a potential problem for the country, leading to potential frequent blackouts as South Africa faces its own problems. The country's power utility, Eskom, over the weekend said load shedding could return and last throughout the year, further warning that it expects energy availability of the system will keep declining into early next year and probably only recover to current levels in six months.
Botswana and South Africa will be looking to Mozambique to meet the deficit ÔÇô although that might not be enough to stop the envisaged power cuts unless situation improves. Eskom imports power from Mozambique's Cahora Bassa hydropower plant, which is also part of SAPP. With Eskom under pressure to import power to meet demands, it means Botswana will be on a back foot ÔÇô both in terms of imports from Eskom or Mozambique.
Meanwhile, BPC has issued tender seeking twelve Independent Power Producers (IPP) to provide mire electricity connections in the country. The tender relates to the development, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of twelve solar PV power projects.
Babitseng targeted as ghosts of the past are reawakened
BPC kick-start load shedding
Can somebody tell the nation how prepared we are as a country in case of an Ebola outbreak


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Pro-Bitcoin SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Elected to Serve Five More Years
Mike Dalton
One of the most pro-crypto regulators in the U.S. will serve in the SEC for another five years.
"The View from Washington: A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce," interview with the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
Pro-cryptocurrency SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has been re-elected to serve five more years
Peirce's pro-cryptocurrency stance is well-known in the blockchain community, which has given her the title of "crypto mom"
However, the SEC itself is fairly strict and harsh toward cryptocurrency, often rejecting new financial products
Commissioner Hester Peirce has been re-elected to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), allowing her to serve with the regulatory body for another term. Peirce has a good reputation within the blockchain community for her pro-cryptocurrency stance, earning her the moniker of "crypto mom."
Five More Years at the SEC
Peirce was re-nominated last month, then elected during a Senate vote on August 5, 2020. This decision will extend her term for approximately five years until June 5, 2025.
She was initially nominated to the SEC under the Obama administration in 2016 but was not confirmed until 2017 under the Trump administration. She finally assumed office in January 2018.
Beyond her current role, Hester Peirce has additionally served as counsel to SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins and served as a Staff Attorney in the SEC's Division of Investment Management. She has also served the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Hester Peirce Advocates Reform
Peirce has often taken a stance toward cryptocurrency that is more permissive than other members of the SEC, and she has continuously dissented against anti-cryptocurrency decisions.
She notably disagreed with the SEC's decision to shut down Telegram's blockchain project this year. Peirce noted that Telegram had built a working product, and said that the company had "made good faith efforts to comply with the federal securities laws."
Likewise, Peirce criticized the SEC's Bitcoin ETF rejection in February. She argued that the SEC strayed into "unbounded, dangerous territory of merit regulation" and argued that certain SEC rules have "one purpose: to keep bitcoin out of our markets."
In late 2019, Peirce suggested that the SEC should seek "forward-thinking regulations" and proposed a safe harbor for utility tokens. She followed up on this by proposing a safe harbor framework this February, which is relatively lenient toward tokens that have commercial uses rather than investment applications.
However, Peirce is ultimately just one of several actors within the SEC. The SEC often shuts down and penalizes projects with good reason; Hester Peirce herself often does not comment on those decisions.
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Web3 – What it is, What it Means, and How We'll Transition
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Q: How can I solve the Marquee stumble problem? I am using Laravel + Vue.js. I shoot the announcements through the API. But when I write with my hand, the marquee works fine. It slips in a continuous loop. But when I want to print the value that comes with vue.js, the text doesn't shift when it reaches the end. Hanging. Shaking.
$('.marquee').marquee({
    //speed in milliseconds of the marquee
    duration: 8000,
    //gap in pixels between the tickers
    gap: 0,
    //time in milliseconds before the marquee will start animating
    delayBeforeStart: 0,
    //'left' or 'right'
    direction: 'left',
    //true or false - should the marquee be duplicated to show an effect of continues flow
    duplicated: true
});

Vue.js Code
export default {
    data() {
        return {
            announcements: ""
        }
    },

    created() {
        this.getAnnouncements();
    },

    methods: {
        getAnnouncements() {
            axios.get('/get-announcements')
                .then((response) => {
                    this.announcements = response.data;
                })
                .catch(function (error) {
                    console.log(error);
                })
        }
    },

    mounted() {
        setInterval(() => {
            this.getAnnouncements();
        }, 10000);
    },

    watch: {
        announcements(val) {
            this.announcements = val
        }
    }
}

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Why is this happening? It's ridiculous.

A: Initialize your marquee after you get the data from AJAX request. And you do not need to watch announcements as it is already a reactive property.


History: According to Beavan management, "Sean takes pop to the dark side: his production credits include some of the nastiest and sexiest sonics ever recorded - nevermind his mixes. His sharp intuition, studio ingenuity, and twisted creative approach inspires an artist's best work - and pushes them beyond to career-defining recordings. The faint of heart need not apply".
Impur (recording), Moth (forthcoming), The Beautiful Creatures, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Slayer, No Doubt, God Lives Underwater (forthcoming), Anntenna (forthcoming) Guns N' Roses (forthcoming), Kidney Thieves, Rasputina, Pantera, Prick, Golden Palominos, Megadeth… Recent Mixes/ReMixes: Slayer, Depeche Mode, Foetus, Kidney Thieves….Sean just mixed some live tracks for SYSTEM OF A DOWN for the forthcoming Immortal/Columbia Pledge Of Allegiance LP, and is currently mixing the MANMADE GOD album for Rick Rubin and Dino Paredes of American Recordings, which has some of the coolest guitar sounds we've heard in a long time. After that, he's going to flex his pop muscles and mix ANNA MARIA LA SPINA's (ex-SAVAGE GARDEN) album for Sony Australia. Then back to American Recordings, where he'll mix the ultra-cred, Rick Rubin produced PALO ALTO. In the meantime, keep your ears peeled for the Beavan produced, orgasmic and wonderfully poptastic, MOTH album on Virgin and the forthcoming KIDNEY THIEVES masterpiece that he mixed for Extasy.
2003 highlights include mixes for P.O.D., MANMADE GOD and JERK., ex-Savage Garden's ANNA MARIA LaSPINA. A fusion of WEEZER with BLINK 182 and underground hip-hop ala DOS ONE with a splash of EMINEM, the album is fresh, hooky as f**k and fripping brilliant.
Sean Beavan takes pop to the dark side: his production credits include some of the nastiest and sexiest sonics ever recorded – nevermind his mixes. His sharp intuition, studio ingenuity, and twisted creative approach inspires an artist's best work – and pushes them beyond to career-defining recordings. The faint of heart need not apply.
Past credits : KILL HANNAH (Atlantic) A forthcoming; ANNA MARIA LaSPINA A forthcoming; PROJECT 86 (Atlantic); "Truthless Heroes"; SYSTEM OF THE DOWN AT "Pledge of Allegiance" compilaiton; (American/Columbia) ; P.O.D. (Atlantic) AT "Youth Of The Nation" (remix); MELLOWDRONE A forthcoming ; PALOALTO (American) A "Heroes And Villians"; WAN SANTO CONDO AT "Dandilion" (forthcoming); RANCID (American) - "Someone's Gunna Die". Sean Beavan finished recording UNWRITTEN LAW's much-anticipated sophomore album for Lava to resounding titillation over the results. Sean Beavan finished recording Unwritten Law's much-anticipated sophomore album for Lava to resounding titillation over the results. Recent productions include: 8mm (co-wrote, produced & mixed "Opener"); CHRONIC FUTURE (produced & mixed "Lines In My Face"); TOMMY STINSON (addlt. produced and mixed "Village Gorilla Head"); KILL HANNAH (produced "For Ever and Never"). Mixes include: SYSTEM OF A DOWN ("Pledge of Allegiance" ); P.O.D. ("Youth Of A Nation" remix); PROJECT 86 ("Truthless Heroes"); PALO ALTO ("Heroes and Villains"), RANCID ("Someone's Gunna Die"); SLAYER ("God Hates Us All").
8mm was born out of the collaboration between Beavan and his wife Juliette. After releasing their debut album Songs to Love and Die By, receiving rave reviews and editorial placements, the band embarked on select West Coast dates with Sean Lennon. The audiences fell in love with the band's enigmatic sound as they won over every crowd they encountered.
The successful WB show One Tree Hill not only featured the band's music, but named their episode "Songs to Love and Die By" after the 8MM album. As soon as the show aired, 8MM's Myspace spiked to over 20,000 plays and began receiving 100 friend requests per hour.
8MM was the featured track on Grey's Anatomy on Feb 8th, exposing the band to over 25 million viewers. WB's hit TV show One Tree Hill used two 8MM songs, even naming one of the episodes after the album title. 8mm is also the featured download on Road Rules and have been named one of the Top Bands You Need To Know for 2007 in Alternative Press. The new video on YouTube shot and edited by frontwoman, Juliette, on her Samsung A900 and iMovie respectively, reflects the intimate essence of the couple that has become the band.
in May, supporting Taking Back Sunday, who have held the #1 Most Added track at Alternative with "Sink Into Me" for two weeks running.
Beavan is also producing and mixing 8mm's much-anticipated tribute album, "New Tales To Tell", set for release on August 18. Luminaries such as FRANK BLACK, THE FLAMING LIPS and THE DANDY WARHOLS join the effort. The album is the first release for tastemaker Christopher The Minister's new label, Arsenal Rock N Roll/Justice Records through Fontana. To hear "Judgement Day" along with other amazing tracks from the album.


As we all know by now, Trump wants to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. China did it, after all, and Trump's wall will only be a fraction of what the Chinese built, he frequently explains. And the Chinese didn't even have the building materials we do now!
We get why it's easy to invoke the world heritage site whose name contains two of Trump's favorite words ("great," "wall"), as it may seem like an iconic physical barrier erected to protect a country's borders. But this is a moot comparison, as history buffs know.
Trump keeps making the comparison anyway, and he has done so since early on his campaign, joking that he would name the wall the "Great Wall of Trump." And he insists on a questionable estimate for the cost of his wall, which we have debunked. Let's look at the facts.
Unlike what its name implies, the Great Wall of China is actually a non-contiguous series of walls, trenches, natural barriers and fortresses built in different locations along the border between northern China and southern Mongolia.
It took a long time to build — over dynasties. The earliest construction of fortifications dates to the Warring States period from the 7th through the 4th century B.C., and the Qin Dynasty of 3rd century B.C. to protect against foreign invaders. The fortifications and castles were used to control commerce or prevent rebellions under Mongolian control of China.
The majority of what we consider now as the Great Wall was built over some two centuries from 1368-1644 during the Ming Dynasty, after Beijing was made the new capital of China.
The Ming Dynasty wall measures at 5,499 miles — of which 3,889 miles (70 percent) were actual wall. The figure that Trump uses (13,000 miles) is the updated calculation of the entire wall system combined, including watchtowers, trenches and natural defensive barriers like rivers and hills.
Ming rulers invested in its construction to prevent future attacks from Mongols from the north and to deny a trade relationship with barbaric nomads attacking Chinese farmers for grain and other products.
Trump says the Chinese were able to build the wall even without imported equipment, like Caterpillar tractors. Sure. The Chinese didn't have tractors, but they did use forced labor of peasants, criminals and soldiers.
Labor conditions were so appalling that some 400,000 people are estimated to have died building the wall. The longest human construction project in history was also called the "longest cemetery on Earth" when it was being built.
In Chinese poetry and through most of Chinese history, the wall was a negative symbol of oppression, cruelty and death, Waldron said — the wall as a symbol of strength and resourcefulness is a part of the myth and misconception of its true history.
Trump says he would only need to build 1,000 miles of new walls along the U.S.-Mexico border because there are "natural barriers." Border security experts say he is most likely is referring to the deserts along the border, where many migrants have died.
Trump continues to assert that the wall would cost $10 billion, without providing any serious discussion of the costs. But that's simply not credible, and we've awarded him Four Pinocchios for this claim.
For major government projects, $10 billion is not a huge sum. The cost of 1,000 miles of fences — not even a concrete wall — is at least $3 billion. That's not even including the upkeep and maintenance. The Corps of Engineers estimated that the 25-year life cycle cost of the fence would range from $16.4 million to $70 million per mile; the total cost of the fencing so far has been $7 billion, according to the Congressional Research Service.
A concrete wall would cost much more than that. We updated calculations done by a structural engineer in an article in The National Memo and found raw materials alone would cost $2 billion. A retired estimator and economist for one of the nation's largest construction firms worked through some of the math and said a wall of this type would cost at least $25 billion. That's not even counting the video system to keep watch on the border.
The border is much harder today to cross than in the past, experts said, thanks to a mix of the proliferation of fencing and walls, increased Border Patrol presence, aerial surveillance and ground sensors. New walls alone wouldn't help increase security, as a physical barrier is just one portion of border security.
Increased enforcement efforts along the border may explain about 35 to 40 percent of the decline in illegal immigration flow, said Edward Alden, trade policy expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. Trump's wall is "a rhetorical talking point and a half-thought-out idea that sounds good to people who don't understand what they're talking about," Alden said.
The focus on building a wall overlooks many of the other reasons that have led to the number of unauthorized migrants in the country, experts say. Walls are not impregnable — as shown in the example of the Great Wall of China — and simply putting more of it up doesn't help. "You're dealing with symptoms. You've really got to look at the deeper issue of immigrant labor that our economy uses," said Nestor Rodriguez, a University of Texas at Austin professor and immigration researcher.
Unless Trump is running to be the emperor of the United States and plans to build a series of fortresses, walls and trenches that will be added on to for dynasties to come beyond a Trump Dynasty, he should really drop this nonsense assertion. It is an apples-to-oranges comparison that shows the Republican front-runner's lack of understanding of the history behind the Great Wall of China, which was built over many millennia to meet a variety of commerce and defensive needs of certain dynasties. And as a security measure, it was not an effective barrier.
Moreover, Trump continues to assert a questionable estimate for his wall that is much lower than experts have calculated. As we've said before, we welcome a serious discussion of costs and benefits of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, rather than wild rhetoric. We contemplated awarding Four Pinocchios, as neither his comparison to China nor the wall estimate is rooted in any factual basis. We'll spare him a Pinocchio and give him credit for using the updated length of the Great Wall of China. It's refreshing that he apparently bothered to look up an up-to-date factoid.


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The legacy of visionary scientist, Penn Medicine alumnus, and longtime faculty member Peter C. Nowell, MD (1928-2016) stretches far beyond his famous 1960 discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome. His influence in cultivating the current and future landscape of precision therapies for cancer lives on. Also in this issue: Penn Medicine harnesses social media for health, a medical mystery in Guam, and a profile of an accomplished NIH biophysicist. Ready to get started? Follow the links below or choose your adventure.
Remembering Peter Nowell
The legacy of visionary scientist, Penn Medicine alumnus, and longtime faculty member Peter C. Nowell, MD (1928-2016) stretches far beyond his famous 1960 discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome. His influence in cultivating the current and future landscape of precision therapies for cancer lives on.
Guam's "Skeleton Key" Enigma
Thousands of deaths in Guam in the decades following World War II resulted from a debilitating, rare neurological disease that remains a medical mystery. Lytico-bodig has since nearly vanished as mysteriously as it appeared. Researchers at Penn and elsewhere have strived to crack the case—not just to help the locals, but because they believe it's a skeleton key, a neurological Rosetta stone.
A Deep and Lasting Passion for Science
William Eaton, BA'59, MD'64, PhD'67, has enjoyed a prodigious career buffeted by lucky breaks—from landing at the NIH instead of Vietnam, to carrying out research alongside a gaggle of Nobelists—and distinguished by important insights on the physical properties of the molecules of life and disease. And at 78, he has no plans of stopping.
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Advertisers and marketers have been hot on our digital trails for a number of years now, trying to find out as much as they can in order to target their products and services. Could similar techniques be used to improve medical care? That's the intriguing question posed by Raina Merchant, MD, MSHP'09, and her interdisciplinary team at the Penn Center for Digital Health.
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This issue of Penn Medicine encompasses journeys far and wide by alumni and faculty of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Just as many beloved fantasy novels map out the lay of the land before readers venture into a new world, "The Prep" this winter shows the landscape of the issue.
Hollywood Informatics Star Shines at Penn Medicine
In the spring of 2012, Brett Beaulieu-Jones was preparing to enter the doctoral program in genomics and computational biology at the Perelman School of Medicine when a friend, Jeffrey Impey, asked if he was up for a project. Impey had seen a pair of sunglasses in a movie and, wanting to get himself a pair, did what everyone does and did some online digging. Surprisingly, he found nothing. These days, though, when you can't find something on the internet, generally what you find instead is an opportunity.
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More than 40 Penn doctors, nurses, and grad students answered the call to participate in the Penn Medicine Symphony Orchestra. After the group's debut concert in December, Penn Medicine experts suggested that playing in the orchestra may deliver benefits to mind and body.
Princeton Healthcare merger announced. Dean Jameson re-appointed. First rare-disease ResearchKit iPhone app launched. New Perelman associate deans promote cross-school collaboration. Plus honors and awards and more.
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More than 300 guests came to the Hyatt at The Bellevue for Penn Medicine's December Endowed Professorships dinner, celebrating the extraordinary achievements that endowed professorships can make possible.
Noteworthy: Rajiv Shah, MD'02 was named president of the Rockefeller Foundation. Legacy Giving: Lou Kozloff, BA'65, MD'69, and his medical school roommate Ed Anderson, BA'65, MD'69, plan to endow a medical school scholarship fund for a deserving student.
In celebrating the life and legacy of Peter Nowell in this issue of Penn Medicine, my first as editor, I have tried to test out a formula that you may see much more in this magazine in the future: taking a subject and looking both back and forward to show a wider view of that piece of the world.
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In November 2016, a series of cigars from Espinosa Cigars were released. There was a total of eight to be used as part of the company's "Backroom Series" available exclusively to the Espinosa-branded lounges. In April one of these cigars, the Wasabi, was brought onto the market again as a limited release of 500 boxes of 10. This release just happened to co-ordinate during our annual Crawfish Boil that we hosted along with Erik and his son so I managed to get my hands on quite a few of these guys.
Of course as we talked about the cigar the mention of people thinking it was flavored with wasabi came up (much like how some people seemed to think that the Pickle Juice was also flavored with pickles). Of course this is not the case and the name was picked solely because he liked the name. Of course Erik does refer to it as a spicy candela so I have a sneaking suspicion that might have had something to do with it as well.
When you first look at the cigar it has a pleasing overall look to it. The color of the candela is a nice pale green color. There are some noticeable veins throughout the wrapper but over all it is smooth to the touch and the seams are tight and even. The Habano tip adds a nice contrast to the overall look of the cigar. Construction feels firm but giving enough not to feel over packed when pressure is applied with the fingers and no dead spots were apparent when inspected.
The odor from the body is light and sweet, while the odor from the foot leans a bit more towards a hay or barnyard odor with a hint of pepper. The cap cuts easily with no damage done to the construction. Pre-light draw is easy and has a mild tobacco flavor, some sweetness and a touch of pepper to it. The cigar lights evenly and produces plenty of medium weight smoke on the tongue.
The first half of this cigar comes across with a decent amount of spice to it. In the foreground to me is a good amount of white pepper and citrus. Definitely a solid medium / medium heavy cigar at this point. The burn is even and stays consistent for the most part. The ash is a dark grey in color and drops off about every ½ inch.
Reaching the second half the cigar really starts to mellow out and more of its earthy tones start to move to the front. The spice is still there on the finish but the taste of smoked cedar and peat become more prominent. This lasts until reaching the end of the cigar where the full strength becomes noticeable and the pepper fights its way back to the forefront of the flavors.
In all after smoking several of these I have to say I really enjoy them. Not something I'd recommend for the beginner but would easily recommend it to someone who likes a variety of flavor and is looking for something to try that you don't see every day. Better go out and grab some before they all disappear. 500 boxes sounds like a lot but trust me, with how good these guys are they will be gone before you know it.


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Original Vintage Art & Text
Art by Charles Sulton from Yankee Comics #2, Nov. 1941.
Three people (a boy superhero named Dandy and two men in patriotic superhero suits—Major Victory and Yankee Doodle Jones—reprise the image from The Spirit of '76.
In the background there are fireworks.
Major Victory: Happy Independence Day!
1941 Art: Charles Sultan Restoration & Text: John Lustig
Art from Yankee Comics #2.
Three people (a boy superhero named Dandy and two men in patriotic superhero suits---Major Victory and Yankee Doodle Jones---reprise the image from The Spirit of '76.
Oldwolf1951	on July 3, 2021 at 11:05 pm
That comic would have printed the Summer just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th of that same year.
S Hedemand	on July 3, 2021 at 11:05 pm
Looking very tough and manly, while playing the transverse flute. Quite a feat!
James D Rankin	on July 4, 2021 at 6:05 am
Personally, I would have preferred the fife guy play the bagpipes… but then, that's just me.
Colcam	on July 4, 2021 at 11:32 am
One side note– the inflation rate is such that ten cents in 1941 would be $1.83 in 2021 dollars. Comics were not really cheap.


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Spending time with nature has extensive mental health benefits
Intuitively, many people understand nature's role in human health.
Whether it is walking on the beach, swimming in the ocean, or hiking in the mountains, interaction with nature seems to have a positive effect on humans. The sounds, smells, and sights of the great outdoors appear to have an amazing stress-reducing capacity. Research backs up this folk wisdom, showing that spending time with nature has extensive mental health benefits, can decrease feelings of depression, increase self-esteem, decrease tense feelings, help us to be more caring, less aggressive and violent, be less likely to procrastinate, and better able to work through problems.
One study from 2007 done in the UK compared the mental state of depressed individuals who took a walk in a park outdoors and a walk inside a shopping center. 71 percent of the group who took a walk in the park reported that their levels of depression decreased, compared to only 45 percent of the group who walked inside the shopping center. Additionally, 22 percent of the group who walked in the shopping center reported their depression levels increasing.
The same study also showed that 71 percent of the participants who walked in the park reported feeling less tense, compared to 50 percent of those who walked in the shopping center. Additionally, a whopping 90 percent of participants who walked in the park reported an increased self-esteem, compared to only 44 percent of the participants who walked in the shopping center.
A 2009 study from the University of Rochester found that when study participants were exposed to pictures of nature, they were more likely to list connectedness and community higher as life aspirations than wealth and fame than when the participants were exposed to urban pictures. The same study also found that when participants were exposed to pictures of nature, they were more likely to share money with others than when they were exposed to urban pictures.
Research done by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign studied public housing in Chicago and randomly assigned each subject to a room with a view of grass and trees or a view of a barren courtyard. They found that subjects who were assigned to rooms with a view of nature had fewer aggressive conflicts, incidents of domestic violence, procrastinated less on goals they deemed important, and were less likely to believe that they had unsolvable problems than subjects who had views of the courtyard.
These studies underscore the importance of not losing touch with nature. In many modern societies where depression levels are soaring, an effective tool to help can be found in their own backyards.
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Today's VERT Alert addresses 14 new Microsoft Security Bulletins. VERT is actively working on coverage for these bulletins in order to meet our 24-hour SLA and expects to ship ASPL-689 on Wednesday, September 14th.
This month's Patch Tuesday starts like most others, with an Internet Explorer update which addresses issues related to IE's handling of zone and integrity settings, cross-origin content, objects in memory, and .URL files. Keep in mind this month that CVE-2016-3375 is not fully resolved until both IE update 3185319 and OLE Automation update 3184122 (MS16-116). Additionally, it's good to offer a reminder that at the start of the year, Microsoft declared a number of IE products end-of-life. If you're still running one of these EOL browsers, do not take this bulletin to mean you aren't vulnerable. Microsoft only lists supported software in the affected software list.
This bulletin resolves a variety of vulnerabilities affecting Win32k and GDI including code execution, privilege escalation, and information disclosure. One of the more interesting takeaways from this bulletin is that the critical code execution vulnerability only affects the latest release of Windows 10 (build 1607).
This month's Microsoft Office update addresses a massive list of affected software covering both Microsoft Office suites and standalone products, various Office Viewers, SharePoint, Office Web Apps, and Office Online Server. One of the more interesting vulnerabilities in this bulletin is CVE-2016-3366, which addresses a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. Specifically, Microsoft Outlook does not adhere to RFC2046, MIME Part Two: Media Types, which may lead to mail bypassing antivirus and antispam solutions.
In addition to the three Microsoft Exchange specific vulnerabilities addressed by this bulletin, 18 CVEs from the Oracle July 2016 CPU related to the Oracle Outside In libraries are addressed.
Up next, we have a single vulnerability in Microsoft Silverlight, which was resolved by changing how Silverlight allocates memory when inserting and appending strings in StringBuilder.
MS16-110 resolves a number of Windows specific vulnerabilities, the most interesting of which is CVE-2016-3352. This information disclosure vulnerability could allow Windows account credentials to be leaked as NTLM password hashes by forcing a user to visit a malicious website or SMB server. The patch changes the situations in which NTLM SSO authentication can be sent to non-private services.
CVE-2016-3352 has been publicly disclosed.
This bulletin resolves a number of privilege escalation vulnerabilities in the Windows kernel.
This bulletin resolves a single privilege escalation in the Windows Lock Screen. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must have physical access to the computer and must connect to malicious hotspot.
MS16-113 resolves a single Windows Secure Kernel Mode information disclosure vulnerability that only affects Windows 10.
One of the more interesting vulnerabilities this month, MS16-114 describes a single vulnerability that could lead to code execution against servers running SMBv1. An attacker must be able to authenticate to the host and open files in order to successful explain the system. In addition to the patch, Microsoft has released steps on turning off SMBv1 for systems that cannot be immediately patched.
This bulletin resolves two information disclosure vulnerabilities in the Microsoft PDF Library, which has been showing up quite regularly since its release. If the two CVEs mentioned here look familiar, it's because they were also referenced in the Microsoft Edge bulletin (MS16-105).
The penultimate update this month addresses a single vulnerability that exists in the interaction between the OLE Automation mechanism and the VB Script Scripting engine in IE. This is the same vulnerability found in MS16-104 and both updates must be installed to fully remediate the vulnerability.
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Heneghan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The Irish name Heneghan originally appeared in Gaelic as "O hEanain," but sometimes is an abbreviated form of the surname Henagahn.
Early Origins of the Heneghan family
The surname Heneghan was first found in County Tipperary (Irish: Thiobraid Árann), established in the 13th century in South-central Ireland, in the province of Munster, and Offaly where they held a family seat from ancient times.
Early History of the Heneghan family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Heneghan research. Another 117 words (8 lines of text) covering the year 1172 is included under the topic Early Heneghan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Heneghan Spelling Variations
Names from the Middle Ages demonstrate many spelling variations. This is because the recording scribe or church official often decided as to how a person's name was spelt and in what language. Research into the name Heneghan revealed many variations, including Heenan, Henaghan, Henehan, Heenon, Hanegan, Hannegan, Hanigan, Hannigan, Haneghan and many more.
Early Notables of the Heneghan family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Heneghan family
Thousands of Irish families left for North American shores in the 19th century. These people were searching for a life unencumbered with poverty, hunger, and racial discrimination. Many arrived to eventually find such conditions, but many others simply did not arrive: victims of the diseased, overcrowded ships in which they traveled to the New World. Those who lived to see North American shores were instrumental in the development of the growing nations of Canada and the United States. A thorough examination of passenger and immigration lists has disclosed evidence of many early immigrants of the name Heneghan: Dennis, James, John, Martin, Mathias, Michael, Patrick and Robert Heenan, all arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1840 and 1860; Mrs. Ellen Henegan settled in San Francisco Cal. in 1850.
Contemporary Notables of the name Heneghan (post 1700) +
Colin Heneghan (b. 1932), leader of the American mute rights movement
John F. Heneghan, American Democrat politician, Postmaster at Hartford, Connecticut, 1948-72 (acting, 1948-50) [1]
Roisin Heneghan, co-founder of Heneghan Peng, an Irish architecture firm
Steve Heneghan (b. 1980), Irish Motorcycle Road Racer
Mr. Patrick Joseph Heneghan O.B.E., British Chief Executive Officer for European Movement and former Executive Director of the UK Labour Party, was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for parliamentary and political services [2]
Mr. Brendan Joseph Heneghan O.B.E., British Principal at William Henry Smith School in West Yorkshire, was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 29th December 2018 for services to Special Educational Needs [2]
Elizabeth Heneghan, Canadian judge serving on the Federal Court of Canada
James Heneghan (b. 1930), English-born, Canadian Governor General's Award nominated author
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RCCI is a dual fuel engine combustion technology that was developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Engine Research Center laboratories. RCCI is a variant of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) that provides more control over the combustion process and has the potential to dramatically lower fuel use and emissions.
RCCI uses in-cylinder fuel blending with at least two fuels of different reactivity and multiple injections to control in-cylinder fuel reactivity to optimize combustion phasing, duration and magnitude. The process involves introduction of a low reactivity fuel into the cylinder to create a well-mixed charge of low reactivity fuel, air and recirculated exhaust gases. The high reactivity fuel is injected before ignition of the premixed fuel occurs using single or multiple injections directly into the combustion chamber. Examples of fuel pairings for RCCI are gasoline and diesel mixtures, ethanol and diesel, and gasoline and gasoline with small additions of a cetane-number booster (di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP)).
Figure 1: RCCI engine-out NOx, Soot and thermal efficiency in the ERC Caterpillar 3401 heavy-duty research diesel engine operating on a variety of fuel stocks, including gasoline/diesel. Indicted efficiencies as high as 59% achieved with E85/diesel. Note that emissions targets are met in-cylinder, without need for exhaust after-treatment.


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