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Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83
In this Thursday, May 3, 2018 photo, Bruce Carver Boynton speaks at his home in Selma, Ala. Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark "Freedom Rides" of 1961, has died. He was 83. Former Alabama state Sen. Hank Sanders, a friend of Boynton's, confirmed his passing Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (Source: AP Photo/Jay Reeves, file)
By Associated Press | November 24, 2020 at 3:32 PM EST - Updated November 25 at 12:37 AM
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark "Freedom Rides" of 1961, died Monday. He was 83.
Former Alabama state Sen. Hank Sanders, a friend of Boynton's, on Tuesday confirmed his passing.
Boynton was arrested 60 years ago for entering the white part of a racially segregated bus station in Virginia and launching a chain reaction that ultimately helped to bring about the abolition of Jim Crow laws in the South. Boynton contested his conviction, and his appeal resulted in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that prohibited bus station segregation and helped inspire the "Freedom Rides."
Despite his pivotal role, Boynton was not as well known as other civil rights figure. Yet both his mother and father were early civil rights activists. His mother, Amelia Boynton Robinson, was savagely beaten while demonstrating for voting rights in 1965 and was honored by then-President Barack Obama 50 years later.
"He did something that very few people would have the courage to do. He said no," U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson said of Boynton in 2018. "To me he's on a par with Rosa Parks," the Black woman who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.
Boynton described his arrest in a 2018 interview with The Associated Press.
Boynton was attending law school at Howard University in Washington, D.C., when he boarded a bus bound for Alabama in 1958. Public facilities including bus stations were separated by race across the South at the time, despite federal laws banning segregation in interstate travel.
The bus pulled into a station in Richmond, Virginia, for a break, and Boynton went inside to eat. Seeing that the part of the restaurant meant for blacks had water on the floor and looked "very unsanitary," Boynton said he sat down in the "clinically clean" white area. He told the waitress he would have a cheeseburger and tea.
"She left and came back with the manager. The manager poked his finger in my face and said ... move,'" using a racial slur, Boynton recalled in the interview. "And I knew that I would not move, and I refused to, and that was the case."
Convicted of trespassing, Boynton appealed and his case wound up before the Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall, then the nation's leading civil rights attorney and later on to become the first Black Supreme Court justice, was his counsel.
Boynton contested his conviction and the Supreme Court ruled in 1960 that federal discrimination prohibitions barring segregation on interstate buses also applied to bus stations and other facilities linked to interstate travel. The next year, dozens of black and white students set out on buses to travel the South and test whether the ruling in the case, Bruce Boynton v. Virginia, was being followed.
The "Freedom Riders" were arrested or attacked in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina, and a bus was burned. Then-President John F. Kennedy ordered stricter enforcement of federal anti-discrimination laws.
"He was a pioneer," said Sanders. "All of the Freedom Rides sprung from this particular action."
Sanders said Boynton paid a price for what he did, and initially wasn't able to get a law license in Alabama. He spent most of his career as a civil rights attorney before retirement.
Thompson said in 2018 that Boynton's life "is a teaching lesson for all of us about how we can make a difference."
"All he wanted was a cheeseburger, and he changed the course of history."
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The mission of the Undergraduate Women in Business (UWiB) Association is to strive towards advancing the continued progress of women in business through educating and encouraging their individual development as business professionals, and assist in the exploration of multiple career opportunities. UWiB will seek to promote greater awareness and understanding of ongoing issues and challenges that women presently face in business, while providing professional relationships with female business leaders for the undergraduate community.
It was the year 2005, winter quarter, in the Business Communications 301 course at the UW Business School where two young women, Amber Waisanen and Raychael Jensen, first met. Complete strangers, the two were assigned to the same group project. The team set out to conduct research on analyzing the premier Business Schools in the nation. Amber was browsing the University of Pennsylvania website and noticed that there was a Wharton Women in Business Club that took precedence as the most popular and recognized student organization on campus. After researching their own university's student organizations, to their great surprise, the two realized that the University of Washington didn't have an undergraduate women in business student organization already established.
After wrapping up their project, Amber and Raychael discovered they shared a passion for serving their community and giving back to the university and community at large. They wanted to start an organization that would provide the undergraduate population with the knowledge and resources they needed to become more effective and powerful business leaders, while making a positive impact on the business community.
Several months later as summer began to set in, the two met over Vanilla Soy Lattes and Iced White Chocolate Mochas, to develop a plan to found the Undergraduate Women in Business (UWiB) Association at the University of Washington. The underlying mission was simple: Connect and Prepare the Next Generation of Female Business Leaders.
Amber and Raychael spent the summer of 2005 working hard to establish and build key relationships with successful women business leaders in the community, garnering their support and network to build the foundation for UWiB. After much planning, relationship building, and support garnering, Amber and Raychael officially kicked off their recruiting efforts for the founding team in the Fall quarter of 2005. Working hard to build the perfect team, they drafted key positions and conducted countless interviews, resulting in an amazing founding executive team.
Collectively the team developed the founding constitution of UWiB which detailed the organization's mission, goals and structure. In December 2005, UWiB was officially recognized as a student organization at the University of Washington. Our kick-off event featured then CEO of REI, Sally Jewell. UWiB is fortunate to receive continued support from our founding executive team and our entire alumni base. In January 2016, UWiB proudly celebrated our 10 year anniversary. We look forward to the next decade of UWiB and continuing to connect and prepare the next generation of female business leaders.


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Statusify is a web-application status app, written entirely in Ruby.

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[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://www.heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/statusify/statusify/tree/development)

A demo is available on [Heroku](https://statusify-dev.herokuapp.com/).
You can [log in](https://statusify-dev.herokuapp.com/sign_in) with credentials `example@example.com:password` to try out Statusify.

This is what Statusify currently looks like.
![ui](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/7693065/10410928/612b0b20-6f6f-11e5-90ad-7535d704e8ef.png)

## Why Statusify?

Statusify is built on Rails, and it makes most sense if you run another Rails app. You won't have to bother setting up another runtime environment, like PHP just to run a status app.

Statusify is fast, free and customizable.

## Credits

Statusify is inspired by [Cachet](http://cachethq.io) and [GitHub Status](https://status.github.com).

## License

Copyright 2015 **Umang Raghuvanshi**.

This file and all files contained in this directory and any subdirectories are licensed under the *Apache License 2.0*, a copy of which is available in the LICENSE file. By using this software, or any part therein, you agree to the terms specified in the LICENSE file.

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On a clear day, you can see the British Columbia mainland from the shores of Haida Gwaii. The archipelago is only about 80 km from the mainland coast but weather and waves can make the distance insurmountable. The people of Haida Gwaii have learned to adapt to this relative isolation through patience and creativity, and so has the local flora and fauna.
The adaptations of local wildlife are wide-ranging and sometimes dramatic. Because Haida Gwaii rainforests tend to be dark, local birds, including goshawks, saw-whet owls and hairy woodpeckers have darker plumages compared to their mainland counterparts. It is hypothesized that this adaptation helps to conceal them. Goshawks have also adapted with decreased wingspans to manoeuvre more easily through the narrow flyways below the dense tree canopy. Haida Gwaii bears have developed the largest skulls of any North American Black Bear, likely due to a different suite of available prey items, while smaller critters such as marten and ermine sport skull shapes and sizes substantially different from those of their cousins on the mainland. Local marten, taking advantage of the large niche created by the lack of local mid-sized predators, have grown bigger than their mainland counterparts and may be capable of preying upon larger mammals, such as introduced deer.
The Haida Gwaii subspecies of saw-whet owl, known as the brooksi, is the only native species of owl on-island. This local subspecies has discovered that intertidal zones boast an abundance of food, such as beach hoppers and other invertebrates. Since the owls are not threatened by other night time predators such as the larger owl species found on the BC mainland, they can freely gorge themselves on these intertidal critters. Blue herons have changed their behaviour as well. In response, perhaps, to the vast numbers of island eagles, they have abandoned their colonies and now nest in single nests, well away – sometimes up to 10 km – from the ocean. In fact, while both blue herons and saw-whet owls are typically migratory birds, the local populations have adapted to live in Haida Gwaii year-round.
These unique relationships and interactions make studying wildlife on Haida Gwaii a fascinating undertaking. When the Haida Gwaii Sooty Grouse Research Project started seven years ago, the researchers weren't looking for the unexpected; after all, grouse behaviour had been studied pretty comprehensively elsewhere. The research team was interested in finding out whether the local grouse population, an important prey item for goshawks, was in decline and if so, why. Was it the habitat changes brought on by forest harvesting? The influence of the large number of introduced deer? Other factors?
To find out what was going on, the team caught more than a hundred and seventy grouse and fitted them with radio collars. This enabled the researchers to track the birds' movement patterns, determine seasonal habitat usage, and locate grouse nests. When, during the breeding season, a tagged female stopped moving for a few days, it was a good bet she had started nesting. Using radio telemetry, the nest was located and a motion detection camera deployed to hopefully record hatch success.
Radio telemetry is, at times, more of an art than a science. While the basics are pretty straightforward – you put a radio transmitter on a critter, release it and then use a receiver to lock onto its unique radio signal to help guide you to its current location – in the real world this guiding is less straight forward. The radio signals don't travel in straight lines; they bounce off slopes, are re-directed by trees or rocks, are affected by high moisture content in the air and can be nearly silenced when the source signal is located in a depression. For rookie field crews, initial searches involve a lot of unnecessary bushwhacking, bog traversing and fighting off salal attacks, in search of an ever changing, at times seemingly illusive signal. Researchers quickly learn to "read the sign", including accounting for topographical or vegetation impacts to the signal, checking directions frequently and constantly adjusting their path forward.
When you walk towards a radio signal, you judge your progress by how strongly the signal is received. When the signal gets stronger, the beep gets louder, signalling that you are getting closer. This aural assistance disappears when you get within 20-30 meters of the transmitter. At this point, the signal is as strong as it is going to get and it now becomes a matter of visually locating the grouse wearing the collar. Crews tread carefully at this stage, not just to prevent the grouse from moving off her nest, but also, literally, from not stepping on a grouse.
Sooty grouse belong to the family Tetraoninea which also includes Spruce grouse, Ruffed grouse, Sharp-tailed and Sage grouse as well as Ptarmigan and Prairie chickens. This family has a wide distribution ranging from Iceland and Greenland to Eurasia and North America. While they have adapted to a wide variety of ecosystems, one characteristic that has remained commonplace is their choice of nesting sites. Whether it's the arctic tundra, coastal rainforest or inland plains: grouse typically nest in shallow depressions on the ground, often beneath cover, with a thin lining of plant material. Not the most secure of locations, but somehow it has been sufficiently successful to maintain the species.
In characteristically Haida Gwaii fashion, local Sooty grouse behave atypically. The research crew discovered that somehow the island grouse must not have gotten that ground-nesting memo. They first observed some grouse nests located on high stumps, which was unexpected and interesting. Soon thereafter, a grouse nest was detected 2.5 meters up in the air on a 45 degree leaning tree. That created some excitement amongst the crew, thinking they might have located the highest known grouse nest in North America.
That was only the beginning. By the next field season new nest champions emerged, nestled ever higher in the crooks of trees or on mossy platforms on tree branches. While exciting, trying to find these nests often proved problematic. Locating nests in dense understory was one thing, but looking up into a cluster of trees, hoping to spot a remarkably well camouflaged grouse took time, skill and a healthy dose of luck. Mossy platforms, more often associated with Marbled Murrelet nests, turned out to be popular sites for the non-conformist tree dwelling grouse. Sometimes, after extensive circling, using binoculars and zoom lenses, looking for the right angle to get a glimpse, it would be the tail feathers, sticking up or sticking out which would give the grouse away. Or, surprisingly perhaps, often it was the bird's eye in the sky, staring intently at the interlopers below.
By the end of the study, some 15 grouse tree nests had been located with the highest one hidden away 18 meters up high. Straight up. And they say grouse aren't good flyers! Mind you, not all Haida Gwaii grouse nested in trees, in fact they nested just about anywhere: on stumps, on logs, on top of root wads, on a cliff, inside hollow trees, inside waste wood piles in a variety of tree species, and on the ground. Every nest search created excitement. The crew would never know what nest location choice that particular grouse had made, or why. Was it to evade predators? Avoid the wet understory? Hopefully, the upcoming data analysis will provide answers. Meanwhile, the research team will remember this particular study fondly. In spite of the aches and pains, the ineffectiveness of their rain gear for the Haida Gwaii weather, the miles and miles of searching and bushwhacking, they gained a new respect for the adaptiveness of the Sooty grouse.
The Haida Gwaii Sooty Grouse Project was spearheaded by Frank Doyle of Wildlife Dynamics Consulting and Louise Waterhouse, Coast Area Research, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development. Other team members included Melissa Todd, Coast Area Research, FLNRORD and Ross Vennesland, Parks Canada. Field technicians included Gerry Morigeau, Kiku Dhanwant, James MacKinnon and Miranda Barnhardt. Special thanks to management and staff at the Haida Gwaii District, FLNRORD without whose enthusiastic participation and support this project would not have succeeded. Thanks also to Mike Schroeder. Funding of the project courtesy of Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, FLNRORD, Parks Canada, Husby Forest Products and the Upland Bird Society.


Brescia University College student Kathryn Morgan (front left) was inspired by the 'yoghurt mamas' in Mwanza, Tanzania to share her education and experience with the world.
"My personal goal for my experience in Africa before leaving was to come away feeling that I had made a difference in these women's lives…In reality I think I brought back more from the 'yoghurt mamas' than I left behind. These women live for the day. All the women I worked with are living with HIV/AIDS and the strength they have to come in every day is inspiring," Morgan said.
The yoghurt was developed by Dr. Sharareh Hekmat, associate professor in the Division of Food and Nutritional Sciences at Brescia and one of the original members of the Western Heads East (WHE) steering committee, in collaboration with scientists at The University of Western Ontario (Western) and the Canadian Centre for Probiotic Research at the Lawson Health Institute in London. Morgan's internship was made possible through the Students for Development program, managed by the Canadian Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and funded by the Canadian International Development Agency.
Hekmat has been working on the development of probiotic dairy products for more than 20 years. She continues to modify the recipe at Brescia to enhance its nutritional status and adjust its sensory characteristics to meet the needs of various communities. The yoghurt contains micro-organisms effective in treating and preventing urogenital infections in women and in improving the nutritional status of people living with HIV/AIDS. Her recipe has been introduced to African women via the 'yoghurt mamas' project and she has trained more than 25 interns (from Brescia and Western) who have helped to create the sustainable mini-dairy plant in Tanzania.
Morgan's primary goal as an intern was to transfer skills. "I am studying Foods and Nutrition so one of my goals was to do quality control and food safety with the production process of the probiotic yoghurt. We really wanted to enable these women to use the skills they learn once we are gone rather than do the work for them." Morgan's African experience has inspired her to pursue a Masters in community health with an international focus after she earns her B.A. at Brescia and becomes a Registered Dietitian.
Both Hekmat and Morgan have been inspired by the yoghurt mamas. "The women in Tanzania feel empowered and have taken ownership of this project. They are producing the yoghurt, distributing it, and community members are either purchasing the yoghurt or receiving it free of charge," Hekmat said. She is pleased that the women running the second African site in Kenya, recently opened and now in full production, are having a similar experience.
"Our hope is to expand the project to other African countries, like Zimbabwe and Rwanda, and in India. Funding and human resources are required to expand the project," Hekmat said. The WHE team is also working with health and academic officials in Rwanda to expand the partnership, which may include student exchange programs and academic credits for WHE interns staying in Rwanda to work on the probiotic yoghurt project.
Kathryn Morgan, Foods and Nutrition student E-mail: kathrynmorgan8@gmail.com Phone: 705-789-2537 (until September 8) Note: Kathryn returns to London on September 9.


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Meet Cindy del Rosario-Tapan: A Q&A with Our New Director of Communications.
By Cindy del Rosario-Tapan
Why did you want to work for Thousand Currents? What made you apply to the organization?
A young Cindy with her grandmothers Liwanag del Rosario and Irma Martinez at the Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport
As a first generation Filipinx American, my roots have always been central to my identity. I have seen firsthand the power of my native people and long been inspired by the solutions they know all too well how to implement once they have the resources they need. Thousand Currents' enduring support of Indigenous communities and commitment to their self-determination was unlike any other professional opportunity I've ever come across. Once I learned more about the organization and met the incredible team, I knew I had to be a part of this work.
Even in the midst of unprecedented global challenges, this job has given me a reason to hope. Whether through the Thousand Currents Academy, our brilliant grassroots partners, or our fiscal support of Black Lives Matter, there is a path at this organization to believing in something better. I'm excited to be a part of this learning journey, and can't wait to dive deeper into every piece of the work.
What will be your new role at Thousand Currents?
I am the Director of Communications so will be primarily responsible for advancing Thousand Currents' vision by creating a multilayered communications strategy through written, spoken, visual, and digital mediums. In addition, I'll also be taking on the following:
Creating, curating, and promoting bold and beautiful new content to amplify the work and wisdom of our partners.
Identifying new marketing and relationship opportunities, and promoting our work in diverse media forums.
Supporting our grassroots partnerships teams to gather stories and weave powerful content and messaging into their work; partnering with our philanthropic teams in targeted advocacy and messaging; collaborating with the learning and innovations team to translate knowledge products into communications content; and backing our Global South partners in strengthening their communications capacity — always keeping our values centered along the way.
What gifts do you hope to share in your new role?
Cindy at the Kwame Nkrumah mausoleum in Accra, where a Ghanian prisoner-turned-president remains
I bring 20 years of professional communications expertise to Thousand Currents, having begun my career as a storyteller for lifestyle brands like In Style, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Martha Stewart Living. I began to realize I could transfer those skills to content that matched my passions when I did digital stints at National Geographic, Parenting, and start-ups dedicated to eco-conscious choices as well as hyperlocal race and ethnicity-based news. Following 7 years at Columbia University, I entered the non-profit sector full-time in 2019 and committed completely to the causes that matter most to me.
Beyond my professional path, I'm also a proud mother of three beautiful children. Their future is at the forefront of all my decisions, and I feel compelled to do everything I can to honor our Filipinx heritage and trust those whose voices matter most. That purpose is something I hope to share with my new family at Thousand Currents.
What is your vision or hope for the communities you work with and the work you're doing?
Cindy visiting Corregidor, an island in Manila Bay that played an important role during the invasion and liberation of the Philippines from Japanese forces
Because of my background, I want nothing more than a more just and equitable society, particularly for communities whose populations are often unseen and unheard. My parents' immigrant journey to the U.S. showed me how determination and resilience can enable greater possibilities. But no one can walk alone, and those of us in a position of privilege can often do more to move forward together. We must practice and live the values of courage, humility, creative collaboration, experimentation, and interdependence every day. In doing so, I envision a future where our work as intermediaries transforms into authentic power for the brave and beautiful women, youth, and Indigenous People in the Global South.
What do you do when you are not working at Thousand Currents?
I co-parent my three kids and one dog with my partner of 25 years and that always keeps me on my toes. When I come up for air, I love to curl up with a good book — and anything goes: fiction, thrillers, biographies, essays, cultural commentary, or just about anything that teaches me something new. Mentoring others is really important to me, and I consult on a few diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice projects. I like to run, I love to practice yoga, and there is nothing that brings me greater joy than a few hours of karaoke.
By Thousand Currents
Thousand Currents
cindy del rosario-tapan

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Adam is a converted artist who graduated from SCAD with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Animation. He began his career at Breakaway Games where he focused mainly on creating art tools for 3D Studio Max and the company's proprietary engine. Afterwards he worked at Bully! Entertainment developing mobile games as well as both AR and VR apps with Unity and C#. Throughout his career, Adam has worked on many projects including educational software, visuals for television commercials, interactive marketing displays, and web applications. With this variety of experience, Adam brings a versatile skill set to the team.


Ticon Industries Inc announced a new product partnership between the famed fabricator Jesse James and Ticon at PRI 2017 in December. Shogun Cuts were patented by legendary motorcycle builder Jesse James after he was fabricating an exhaust and an idea just came to him. Why not make an interlocking pie cut design that would ease the fabrication process and allow complex bends that were previously an extremely painstaking process.
In typical James fashion, a regular design just wouldn't do... so he decided to add a scallop to each piece. This differentiates the Shogun Cuts from everything else on the market and insures that your project will have the one-off custom design you're looking for.
Ticon Industries Inc is the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of Shogun Cuts by Jesse James and will be offered in 3 sizes initially. 1.75 inch, 2 inch and 2.25 inch. This covers just about every motorcycle exhaust and automotive header out there. Currently offered in both a tight radius and a loose radius, it gives you even more flexibility in your fabrication. Each piece is investment cast for strength and heat resistance and then precision machined to tight tolerances insuring the consistency and quality you are accustomed to with the entire line of Ticon Industries manufactured products. They are then polished to a "180" finish on the outside making your "finish work" a breeze.
Ticon and Stainless Bros are excited to be offering these one of a kind products to the market and even more excited to be working with Jesse James on this project. We expect to have these readily available by the end of the year even though a few pieces have already made it into Jesse's hands.
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Using ultimates is usually a harmful factor. Calling something or anybody one thing that usually ends within the suffix est, or some variation thereof, is nearly like a name to arms. There'll inevitably be somebody(s) else who will assert that the merchandise or individual underneath the magnifying glass of being the perfect, the worst, the mightiest, and so forth. just isn't deserving in any respect and that the dignity (or no matter) ought to, actually, go to a different individual, place, or factor. When these absolutes are utilized to the humanities, which actually shouldn't be judged that means, then it could actually all develop into dicey certainly.
Consistent with all of this, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences has bestowed its award on the worthy (or not) for the higher a part of a century. No group ought to know higher the pitfalls of naming absolutes, since that's what awards do by their very definition. Retaining that in thoughts, it's no shock in any respect that yearly, with out fail, there are some (typically many somes) who proclaim that the Academy doesn't know what it's doing or is doing it for the flawed causes and one of the best was not rewarded in any respect.
All of this results in the purpose of this text. Whereas the thought of merely naming a gaggle of works or individuals as excellent and easily saying that good jobs have been carried out and leaving it at that's admirable, human beings thrive on the thrill of competitors and the concepts of profitable and dropping.
The Nationwide Board of Evaluate, the oldest US group awarding good work in movie, tried simply naming an inventory of deserving works and staff in movie in 1943 (as did TV's Emmy awards in 1966 and which the distinguished George Foster Peabody awards, TV's highest honors all the time has) and had to return to competitors the subsequent yr because of lack of curiosity. Nevertheless, as said individuals typically get mad if one thing/one they contemplate deserving doesn't win.
Typically, such because the case of 1952's Greatest Image winner, The Biggest Present on Earth (a winner due much more to blacklist period politics than anything), there isn't a logic or excuse when it comes to high quality.
Nevertheless, there are a selection of movies with the time period "Oscar profitable Greatest Image" hooked up to them that, if not the perfect, are actually fairly respectable movies, and may properly be regarded as such if that onus wasn't on them. This text needs to concentrate on these movies. The thesis right here isn't that they deserved their awards, simply that they deserve a break.
Maybe the Academy's biggest flaw all through the years is the truth that the members typically vote with an eye fixed in the direction of posterity, considering typically about how decisions will look to future generations, thus inflicting these members to play it protected and go for safe-sounding status efforts which can certainly mirror glory again upon the choosers.
Going for Artwork with a capital A sounds good however that may be so dicey since artwork can so simply be confused with pretention and, additionally, these making an attempt for artwork for artwork's sake (as MGM's motto supposedly exhorted) can so typically create one thing with no pulse in any respect. That was all introduced into play with the selection of the 1932/33 season (the final yr the Academy used a theatrical season calendar).
That time period introduced some advantageous, vigorous movies. The horror/particular results basic King Kong and the eternally enjoyable, low-ish down musical 42nd Road nonetheless stay on vibrantly in common tradition (although solely the latter was even nominated).
If one prefers a better forehead, Little Ladies, a case research in the right way to adapt a genteel literary basic and nonetheless have it come out apparently was a nominee, although, sadly, Queen Christina and Dinner at Eight, two different efforts which might be labeled "status" didn't get observed in any respect (the timing of the calendar may need brought about that) and people movies nonetheless look fantastic. Then there's the winner…. Cavalcade.
Because of the truth that Twentieth Century Fox very, very not often launched the movies made earlier than two corporations merged to create the studio because it's recognized to this present day (the businesses being Fox Movies and Twentieth Century Footage) in newer occasions till simply recently, and, additionally, on account of so lots of these early movies being misplaced in a fireplace within the late 1930s, Cavalcade was unseen for years.
The movie was an adaptation of a uncommon dramatic play by British playwright Noel Coward, one of many nice theatrical wits of his century. The play traced the (mis)fortunes of an higher class London household in the course of the hectic early years of the 20th Century, after leaving the peace of the previous century, and having each massive cataclysm of the day hit them (even the sinking of the Titanic).
It was an enormous hit in London however, considerably, by no means made it to North America, not to mention Broadway, because the work was thought-about too Anglo-centric to be of curiosity elsewhere. (Nevertheless, a decade later Coward and then-young director David Lean reused the thought, this time specializing in a working class household, for the fantastic and common 1944 movie This Pleased Breed, which obtained no Academy discover.) Nicely, early Hollywood had a weak spot for the stage and US residents have all the time had a yen to pair with "the homeland" (i.e. the UK) so a pre-20th Fox movies purchased the rights and made the movie.
This movie is unquestionably to not everybody's tastes. It's fairly tasteful in a Victorian period type of method. Although the husband and spouse (Clive Brook, considerably recognized to US movie goers, and Diana Wynyard, new to each movie and the US) are variety to their inferiors (anybody decrease class, which is nearly everybody outdoors of the palace) their conduct unintentionally smacks of condescension.
Additionally, the best way this movie enshrines them and their variety may give some a flip (although there's the very fact of Downton Abbey within the modern-day…). Nevertheless, it have to be famous that the appearing is sort of good, if of one other interval (Wynyard was an appearing nominee).
The costumes and set design additionally mirror a lavish sense of each the time in British historical past the plot considerations and, additionally, a second in Hollywood historical past which gained't come once more. There are additionally, surprisingly, some witty Coward songs within the movie, together with the basic "Twentieth Century Blues".
The topper is the skilled path of Oscar profitable Frank Lloyd, typically a top-notch director of naval dramas, and right here giving the story his all. For all this, there are those that won't ever like this movie with the quaint appeal of a stunning vintage (which it itself is) however, although not near deserving, it nonetheless is worth it.
Addressing the elephant within the room: CITIZEN KANE IS THE BEST FILM OF 1941. OK, now that that's out of the best way, the winner of one of the best image award for 1941 could also be mentioned.
There's little level in beating the drum for Orson Welles' nice movie, typically chosen Greatest Movie of All Time. Many a e-book has associated how Hollywood resented brash newcomer Welles, how he angered the mighty writer William Randolph Hurst, and the way Hurst's affect and the truth that Kane, for all its brilliance, is just not probably the most likeable or sympathetic movie, all of which doomed it on the field workplace and killed its probability at profitable many or very huge awards (it made off with greatest unique screenplay solely, a smarmy injoke).
1941, virtually as wealthy a yr as 1939, additionally noticed the famend John Huston (Welles religious brother) making his directorial debut together with his superlative thriller basic The Maltese Falcon (truly the third model of the novel).
Nevertheless, the thriller style was by no means favored by the Academy so Falcon's nomination was an honor in itself. Additionally director William Dieterle's fantasy people basic, The Satan and Daniel Webster, unnominated, was a nice piece of filmmaking however a infamous field workplace bomb (go determine).
All that being stated, the winner, the Wales-set interval reminiscence piece from the long-lasting director John Ford, How Inexperienced Was My Valley, is definitely top-of-the-line movies to ever win the award. Ford stands second to none as a filmmaker and Welles himself ran Ford's western basic Stagecoach many occasions getting ready for Kane.
The earlier yr had seen two of his movies, each now classics, The Grapes of Wrath and The Lengthy Voyage House (and Welles had chosen cinematographer Gregg Toland to lens Kane based mostly on his work in these movies), nominated however they misplaced to Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (not a popular work in his cannon) although Ford himself gained for Grapes.
Valley noticed Ford working at that very same excessive degree. He had labored at Fox Movies, then its successor, Twentieth Century Fox for many years by even that point and he had created a crack group of collaborators in entrance of and behind the digital camera (which was lensed by the superb Arthur C. Miller). No studio in Hollywood might create the appropriate bodily search for interval movies higher than the artisans at Fox they usually outdid themselves in creating the early 1900s Welsh mining city.
In entrance of the digital camera have been many Ford regulars akin to Barry Fitzgerald, Anna Lee, Arthur Shields, Rhys Williams, Sara Allgood (nominated) and Oscar profitable Donald Crisp, with the forged being led by Ford's favourite main woman Maureen O'Hara (fairly radiant), MGM loan-out Walter Pidgeon (simply his greatest efficiency), and younger Roddy McDowell within the efficiency which set him on the fantastic profession he pursued the remainder of his life.
Previous all of that, Ford skillfully held collectively a movie which, by design, didn't have a robust central plot however labored as a gaggle of extremely emotional segments, all directed to most influence (although with that sentimentality Ford couldn't reside with out however did so properly). If this movie had crushed out the risible Mrs.
Miniver for the subsequent yr's Oscar it will have seemed like a triumphant selection. As it's, this high-quality image will get repeatedly clobbered by the load of getting crushed out one of many nice footage of all time.
Elephant quantity two: DOUBLE INDEMNITY WAS THE BEST FILM OF 1944 AND THE GREATEST OF FILM NOIRS. OK, now that can also be out of the best way. Sure, DI is an immortal movie and one of many supreme Billy Wilder's greatest works. Additionally, the basic suspense melodrama, Gaslight (unofficially remade so many occasions) can also be a movie to recollect. There was additionally Otto Preminger's memorable and unnominated movie noir basic Laura. Then there's the precise winner, Leo McCarey's Going My Method.
Very often trendy viewers overlook context when judging the previous. 1944 was close to the top of World Conflict II (although nobody knew that on the time). The struggle had been lengthy and grueling and, very often, individuals are likely to get relatively sanctimonious in occasions of nice stress. Certainly the residents of 1944 might attest to that reality. For all their many virtues, DI, Gaslight, and Laura are very darkish movies that are vastly entertaining to trendy viewers however didn't and don't present loads of uplift. Against this, the winner was nothing however uplift.
Going My Means is a pleasantly sentimental comedy-light drama regarding a progressive minded youngish priest (greatest actor winner Bing Crosby), who has been despatched to take over a failing and troubled inner-city Parrish from the considerably crotchety, very set in his methods previous Irish priest (supporting actor winner Barry Fitzgerald) who has run it for many years.
For sure, the nice and cozy and easy-going youthful man will get the church on monitor, tames the neighborhood juvenile delinquents (by getting them to sing with him!), solves a couple of love issues and makes a pleasant peace with the previous priest.
OK, that is cinematic consolation meals however, if this type of movie wanted to be made, it couldn't have been made higher than Going My Method. A big a part of this credit score goes to greatest director winner McCarey. This was his second win on this class, after taking the prize in 1938 for his comedy basic The Terrible Fact (nonetheless beloved to today) in a yr that additionally noticed the discharge of his dramatic masterpiece Make Approach For Tomorrow.
That was the essence of McCarey: he could possibly be humorous and dramatic with equal talent as a result of he knew what he was doing and appeared to like individuals. It will have been really easy to have made the previous priest a inventory villain to be defeated, however McCarey makes him somebody to be understood and the younger priest nice at understanding. He had good gamers in Crosby, self-admittedly not an awesome actor however a soothing and relaxed display presence, and the (considerably ham) flavorful Fitzgerald, who's a comic book delight (and reportedly the actors have been nothing like their display personas off digital camera).
The pay-off is the finale when the previous priest is stunned at his retirement celebration with the tiny, historic mom from Eire he hasn't been capable of see in many years. The director frames the second so completely and easily that resistance is futile. And McCarey might do it time and again. That's a present.
Hamlet, the best play of the best playwright within the English language, William Shakespeare, as filmed by Laurence Olivier, then regarded as arguably the best actor on the planet: how might the Academy resist status catnip like that? Because it seems, they couldn't. By no means thoughts that John Huston turned in what very properly could also be not solely his greatest movie however one of many nice ones ever, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (although he himself did win greatest director).
Additionally the superlative British movie making staff The Archers hit an all-around excessive with the ballet themed drama The Pink Footwear (a triumph of talent and method over a trite storyline). Additionally the good European director Max Ophuls provided Letter From an Unknown Lady, a movie to face together with his continental masterpieces, not that it obtained the time of day from the Academy.
Now, as to the winner, previous the movies it beat out, critics have all the time carped about its mere two and half hour operating size, eliminating a great deal of the play. Nevertheless, most Shakespearean performs are edited for time (and when Kenneth Branaugh did movie the entire thing many years later it got here off as extra like a stunt than anything). The extra perceptive critics have famous that the modifying is sort of skillful and little or no of nice import was minimize.
Additionally, this was the one one of many 4 Olivier-Shakespeare movies to be shot in black and white (Olivier later claimed to have been having a feud with Technicolor). Nevertheless, this is likely one of the darkest of dramas, one which has many similarities to what's now often known as movie noir. Actually, Hamlet seems to be very very similar to a movie noir and the cinematography (by Desmond Dickinson) achieves such monumental depth of area that the movie virtually appears to be three dimensional at occasions.
Together with that criticism, many through the years have famous that the digital camera wanders over the empty rooms a number of occasions however this is sensible for a narrative the place all main characters will lie lifeless by the top, so the settings tackle higher significance, particularly because the digital camera surveys these now tragic places on the finish. Then there's, surprisingly, the feedback on the appearing.
Although few had damaging feedback about Olivier's efficiency (although, at 41, he was awfully previous to be a scholar prince) nor for an 18-year-old Jean Simmons coming absolutely into her personal with a nice displaying as Ophelia, however there have been others to think about.
Will probably be admitted that Basil Sidney, Eileen Herlie (Hamlet's mom Gertrude at 28 to a 41-year-old son!) and Felix Aylmer as Polonius, may need been extra highly effective however the supporting forged continues to be crammed out with man acquainted and professional faces (together with future horror icons Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, although not collectively). No, Hamlet might not, in the long run, be all that, however it's removed from negligible.
Gigi, the final huge hit of MGM's famed Arthur Freed musical unit, is very often damned with reward. It all the time appears to get feedback akin to "good-for what it's", "good, in the event you like that sort of factor", or "a pleasant product of its time and place". All of that sounds, and is, very limiting. Relying on style, nearly any movie that may match right into a style might have such feedback utilized to it.
Musicals appear to have a more durable time with this kind of issues than most genres since they attraction to a really area of interest viewers. That very same yr the comedy Auntie Mame, an enormous hit, was main competitors, although comedy continues to be a distinct segment, too (the musical model of that property was nonetheless a decade away).
Although Auntie does have her partisans (many within the homosexual group), numerous movie followers/college students would now want the nominated, more durable edged I Need to Reside! (about capital punishment with an Oscar profitable Susan Hayward) and The Defiant Ones (a then-much acclaimed crime based mostly racial drama) and much more, many extra, choose the now basic Candy Odor of Success (an enormous throughout flop then, regardless of Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis at their peaks and a few fantastic filmmaking) and Welles Contact of Evil (thrown away by Common after which obtainable in an virtually incoherent studio minimize).
OK, these are a lot more durable edged occasions than the late 1950s and one thing reminiscent of Gigi is perceived to be has a a lot more durable time of it now than it certainly did again in that day. Nevertheless, Gigi is way from a negligible movie. In truth, trendy cineastes love most of the footage from the Freed Unit. If the Freed musicals which gained greatest image had been, say, Singin' within the Rain (which was not a Vincente Minnelli movie) and Meet Me in St. Louis or The Band Wagon (each of which most assuredly have been) then there can be little to no dissension.
Nicely, Gigi, sumptuously set within the fin-de-siècle Paris of the early 20th Century, could seem a bit rarefied put subsequent to these considerably extra homespun (might any famed MGM musical of the time be homespun?) movies nevertheless it has a vigorous pulse of its personal. The story, taken from a brief novel by the good French author Colette, is definitely quite naughty for the day (and even now if one considers the age Gigi is definitely purported to be on the time the story takes place).
Gigi is the newest daughter of an extended line of courtesans, ladies introduced up and educated to offer refined pleasure to very higher class gents for get financial reward (sure, higher class prostitutes). Gigi, nevertheless, could be very pure and unruly and truly captures the guts of the younger man chosen for her and makes him go the respectable route (after many effective songs from the famend Broadway workforce of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe).
The forged is flawless with the gamers being Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor and Leslie Caron within the title position giving a efficiency which just about typecast her out of a profession (much more exceptional in mild of the truth that she was virtually a decade older than the character is as indicated within the script and she or he nonetheless will get by with to the extent that nobody ever actually questioned the very fact!).
Actually, all the things on this movie, the units, the costumes, the luxurious cinematography, the orchestrations, Minnelli's ultra-smooth path, all the things, present the Freed Unit working in full gear. Maybe Gigi additionally suffers, although, from being linked to a different (far much less defendable and never on this record) Oscar profitable greatest image: 1964's George Cukor-directed My Truthful Woman.
MGM had concocted Gigi when Lerner and Lowe refused to promote their monumental after which nonetheless operating stage hit (and wouldn't for an additional half a decade). The joke is that MGM ended up with the higher movie and one which deserves just a little extra respect.


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#39 Stigma busting
Last time, we discussed stigma related to substance abuse. It is natural to look at someone else and make judgments. It is easy to assume we know about a person based on their appearance or actions. But, are our perceptions accurate? Are we projecting our personal biases on to others? Are these projections based on truth or opinion?
Stigma is powerful, complex and dynamic. Stigma can cause problems for people in substance use that are bigger than addiction alone. Stigma keeps people paralyzed in shame instead of hope and in isolation instead of community; defining a person by their addiction shuts them off from treatment and help. Stigma can be internalized, so the person believes what stigma says about them.
Stigma not only affects the person, but also their family, friends, and even those who try to help them. They may face the same judgement, shame or barriers of the person who is in addiction. The stigma may come in words or thoughts. The underlying attitudes allies may face are: Why would you waste your time with THOSE people? There is no hope for those in addiction. What did you do wrong to cause this? How could you allow this to happen?
One way to combat stigma is to recognize the stigma we hold personally. We may not realize the beliefs, assumptions and thoughts we have that stigmatize others. The Central East Division Addiction Technology Transfer includes the following questions in its Anti-Stigma Toolkit to help people consider their own levels of internal bias: Do you believe that those who are struggling with addiction are weak, lazy or immoral? Do you believe some addictions are worse than others? For example: is it worse to be addicted to illegal drugs than prescription drugs? Do you believe that some people are beyond help, that they will never get better? Do you believe that some treatments for substance abuse are better than others? For example, do you believe that abstinence is better than medically-assisted treatment? Do you believe that there is only one path to recovery, like a 12-steps program?
Another powerful tool in breaking stigma is to allow individuals and family members to tell their story. It is easy to stigmatize people we don't know. The judgement and condemnation of stigma silences individuals and makes them fearful to share their journey. Taking the time to listen, understand, and recognize the person behind the label offers dignity and respect to someone who may have lost belief in themselves. Seeing acceptance in your eyes may be a small encouragement that opens the person to the possibility of healing.
Learn as much as you can about substance use, treatment, prevention, and recovery. Share what you have learned. As you notice misinformation and inaccuracies in interactions with others, speak up and challenge mistaken ideas.
Don't use stigmatizing language. Calling someone a junkie or addict does not help them rise out of that life style. The old adage that sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me denies the negative power of words that promote shame and judgment and keep a person in the hopeless state that crushes hope of recovery.
Stigma never helps. It can be broken and stopped. When we recognize the power of stigma and its negative consequences we begin the change process of healing. Addiction doesn't have to be the end. Treatment works. Recovery is possible. If you or someone you know is ready to seek treatment, please call the Quick Response Team at 765-490-0381.
#38 Stigma
We often hear about stigma related to mental illness and substance abuse, but what does that really mean?
Stigma is a form of discrimination. It includes making negative judgements and assumptions about others based on perceptions of who they are, what they look like, and what they do. Stigma decides who merits dignity and respect and who does not. Stigma often means distancing yourself from those you deem unworthy.
Stigma isolates and divides people into US and THEM. Stigma uses attitudes, words and actions to separate "innocent" people from bad ones. Where substance abuse is concerned, it separates junkies from those who deserve help and divides addicts from those worthy of resources.
Stigma keeps families silent about their loved ones who struggle with addiction. Stigma says that if your child is involved in substance misuse, you are a bad parent. It silently accuses you of doing something wrong, even though a third of all families in the United States have a loved one struggling with addiction.
Stigma ignores the fact that addiction can happen to anyone, and that no one is safe. As the fifth graders in the We are the Champions drama club said," Addiction is an equal opportunity destroyer." No one is immune. Stigma says It can't happen to me or mine.
Stigma keeps communities from reaching out to those in need. Stigma means thinking that people involved in substance use just need to snap out of it and pull themselves up by their boot straps. It has us believing they are weak-willed and lacking self-control.
Stigma is the cashier who looks with disdain at people using food stamps. Stigma is the receptionist who treats clients with tattoos and piercings differently those who don't. Stigma is an educator who expects less of the children from "that family." Stigma is the medical professional whose words or actions communicate that the patient is a hopeless addict. Stigma is smugly shaking your head, looking down on others, glad you are too smart, good, or virtuous for that to happen to you.
But when you listen to the stories of families and people involved in substance use, you begin to understand it could happen to anyone. I hear stories of people who received prescription opioids, hated the way it made them feel, and refused to take more. Perhaps they are the lucky ones. There are stories of others who upon that first opioid prescription, finally felt complete and that they had "arrived," taking their first steps downward into substance misuse. Stories abound of youth who experimented believing they were invulnerable and invincible only to become ensnared in the world of addiction. The stories of children whose families embraced the drug culture and never knew anything different are devastating, as they often become addicted to substances before they enter middle school. Stigma is children whose lives are impacted by decisions that other people make for them.
Stigma keeps people silent, isolated and shamed. Of the millions of Americans involved in substance abuse, only 10 percent seek out treatment. According to the NAMI Cure Stigma website, stigma prevents people from seeking help because of shame or fear of judgement. Stigma says there is no hope for recovery.
Stigma points a finger offering blame and judgement, instead of compassion. Stigma never helps.
Next time, how to combat stigma.
Lynn Saylor is the AmeriCorps member working with the United Against Opioid Abuse Initiative alongside the White County United Way. She is a major facilitator of the United Council on Opioids serving White County and a regular contributor to local media.
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League One and Two Live: Sunderland set for Burton Albion test while there's a battle at the top between Peterborough and Portsmouth
Jordan Cronin
Published: 09:45 Updated: 09:59 Thursday 13 September 2018
Being just two days away, we can final look forward to this weekend's fixture in League One and Two!
Sunderland travel to Burton Albion on Saturday on a week which has been dominated by Papy Djilobodji's antics. We'll witness an early season top-of-the-table clash between Peterborough and Portsmouth but don't worry, we'll be covering all the latest news from across the two divisions so tune in throughout the day.
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In light of massive net losses and shrinking vendor supplied financing, the company appears to be running out of options. Specifically, the company's short-term debt exceeded cash by a ratio of approximately 4.6 times as of 9/30/2017. That is one of the factors that led Fitch Ratings to downgrade all of the company's unsecured notes from "CCC" to "CC." In its recent credit evaluation, also available to CreditRiskMonitor subscribers, Fitch provided a dour outlook, stating that: "a default of some kind appears probable."
Most importantly, we think this is a textbook case where trade creditors should not rely on payment history as an indication of public company financial health. Based on empirical evidence, the capacity or timing of inventory payments by large publicly traded companies often does not reflect the health of the business.
Relying upon payment history trends can set up counterparties for disaster when a public company sinks.
Yet this is in near-diametric opposition with Noble Group's FRISK® score, as well as its weak credit ratings. Hypothetically speaking, the company may be paying all vendors on time right now but within a short-time span it may have difficulty coming up with the necessary cash to meet obligations. In this case, payment history trends actually provide a short-sighted viewpoint on the company's poor financial condition.
The proprietary FRISK® score is painting a troubling picture for Noble Group. While the company is currently paying its vendors on time, a financial restructuring could bring the dollar flow of trade credit to a grinding halt. It appears that some suppliers have already taken action over the last two years to reduce exposure. During this time period, Noble's debt as a percentage of total assets also increased substantially. This increase – and the company's ability to meet its repayment commitments – is why Fitch downgraded the company's credit rating. Simply put: proper risk mitigation strategies should be put in place if they haven't been already.
It's also important to remember that this is not an isolated case. Risk managers in both credit and procurement can identify high-risk businesses like Noble Group using the global coverage offered by the CreditRiskMonitor service.


September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A US bankruptcy judge has given his stamp of approval to a reorganization plan for Birmingham Steel, including set asides for employee severance and retirement claims.
US Bankruptcy Judge Ronald Barliant in Wilmington, Delaware, approved the plan with its $615 million asset sale to Nucor Corp. and its $17 million for employee severance and retirement claims.
Last month Bethlehem Steel said it wanted to form a new six-member panel to represent its 75,000 retirees plus 20,000 spouses and dependents in an effort to determine how best to reduce its pension, health care benefits and life insurance obligation to retirees – estimated at close to $2.4 billion.
Roughly 97% of the debtor's creditors, which hold about 99% of the claims filed against the estate, voted for the reorganization deal, Birmingham Steel lawyers said, according to a Dow Jones news report.
As before, proceeds of the $615 million sale to Nucor will go to a group of secured creditors, who will give a portion of the proceeds to unsecured creditors and shareholders.
The revised and now-confirmed plan provides for distributions valued at more than $77 million to general unsecured creditors and shareholders, though all assets are subject to the secured creditors' liens.
Unsecured creditors will receive $17.5 million in cash.
Shareholders will get an estimated $15 million distribution, made up of cash and the proceeds from the liquidation of some assets.
Birmingham Steel is a nonunion mini-mill that makes steel by melting scrap. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in early June, listing assets of $487.4 million and liabilities of $681.1 in its petition.
With so many steel companies having faced bankruptcy and other financial problems like Birmingham Steel, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., has been forced to seize a number of steel pension funds so payments could continue.
PBGC officials have cited the steel industry's rampant pension woes as one reason for the big chunk out of its cash surplus.


Kapitan Joreslev Volkov, Lieutenant Moskor Kolsk and Sergeant Kartov Yarovich are heroes of the Iron Fangs, survivors of a company which became legend. In the last fifteen years they fought in every major Khador battle, always serving the Empire where the fight gets brutal and the morale is falling. They are an icon for the Khadoran people. They embody the willpower and resilience which lie within every son of the Motherland.
Great Axe - RNG 2, P+S 11 greataxe.
Flank [Another model in this unit] - This model gains +2 to melee attack rolls and an additional die on melee damage rolls vs enemy models in the melee range of another Great Bear.
Wall of Steel - This model gains +2 ARM bonus while it is B2B with another model in its unit.
This unit gains Counter Charge.
This unit can potentially gain Advance Move.
The Iron Fang Kovnik gives them Steady with No Sleeping on the Job. He also grants Precise Strike to them while they are within wis CMD of 10" letting you choose the column they damage. This makes it so if they fail to kill a heavy they can at least cripple the important systems making retaliation that much harder.
Uhlan Kovnik Markov's Tactician affects them allowing you to move them through each other and all Iron Fang Models within CMD 10" or Markov.
In the Legion of Steel Theme the entire unit gains counter charge. Be careful what you use them on however; a single Great Bear won't do that much damage on a counter charge, but if your opponent triggers multiple bears you can still benefit from Flank. In combination with Uhlan Kovnik Markov and an Iron Fang Kovnik you have the potential for huge mayhem as you screen the Great Bears with Pikeman before the charge through your own models to deliver their counter charge.
Because they are Flank-dependent they need to stay bunched together if they are to break armour.
They aren't terribly tough, dying to boosted attacks.
Rapid Strike won't get charge bonuses.
Screen them - then mug a heavy. They may not be as hard hitters as the Doom Reavers but aren't bad.
If you're slammed or thrown into a model with Wall of Steel, you'll immediately benefit. So you'll get the ARM bonus vs the slam/throw damage, too!
It's not possible to be B2B with someone at the same time you move, so you can't gain Wall of Steel at the same time you enter a damaging template (such as Covering Fire).
No, you cannot move an infinitely small distance and thus travel in an arc. This is Warmachine, not calculus.
However, if you can move through a model, ignore the above.
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The amphibious, multipurpose Watermaster dredger is gaining growing interest from the Southern African mining industry.
"Because of the interest from the African mining industry in the Watermaster, we expect to expand further on the continent as this market develops," says Vuokko Laurila, Regional Manager for Watermaster in Southern Africa.
Watermaster dredger can be applied in various mining applications including slimes and sediment removal in process water ponds, the recovery of valuable materials in tailings ponds and for general tailings ponds maintenance.
The Watermaster's versatility and efficiency ensures the overall efficiency
of the mine waste water treatment, contributing towards the smooth operation of the entire mining operation.
In addition to applications in the mining industry, Watermaster dredger is widely used
for restoring and deepening shallow waterways, preventing floods, removing invasive vegetation, cleaning polluted urban canals and for construction work in water environments.
Manufactured in Finland by Aquamec, there are over 300 global installations of the Watermaster in 70 countries including African continent where 47 units have been sold.
This includes several installations at mines and enrichment plants in Australia, Russia, Czech Republic, Philippines and Finland.
The first generation machine, the Watermaster Classic I, was introduced to the market in 1986 and has since undergone several improvements.
A fifth generation machine – the Watermaster Classic V – was launched in 2017, with a powerful suction dredging capacity.
The amphibious Watermaster is uniquely versatile and mobile and is specified for use in all shallow water work from dry ground to up to 6.3 m deep.
The compact sized machine is easily transported as a complete unit. It unloads by itself from the trailer and walks independently into the water without crane assistance by using its tilting rear stabilizers and excavator arm.
In water, the Watermaster dredger uses its propulsion system for cruising.
In shallow waters, it moves by dragging itself using its excavator arm.
"The machine anchors with its own four stabilizers, ensuring stable work positioning. Switching positions while operational is quick as the dredger doesn't require separate anchors, winches, wire-cables or assisting vessels for operating," said Laurila.
Watermaster's own state-of-the-art Cutter Pump is an essential part of the Watermaster concept. It enables 50% to 100% more effective pumping time compared with traditional dredging machines which have a stiff suction pipe covering only very narrow areas from one position and needs to be repositioned often, making the dredging work very slow and costly.
The Cutter Pump uses
a strong, flexible excavator arm and independent anchoring system with
four tilting stabilizers, which allows the Watermaster to efficiently cover a large area from each position and can cover an area of over 90 m2, with a swing angle of 180 degrees.
The Watermaster is also able to reposition itself quickly which means that over 96% of the total operation time is available for productive work and less than 4% goes to repositioning the machine; and it is ready to start working immediately after changing the position.
"The multipurpose Watermaster does the work of several different machines, thus reducing an operation's overall investment and operational and maintenance costs" Vuokko Laurila
The submersible Cutter Pump can be used in very shallow waters or even when the machine itself is on dry land, compared with conventional dredgers which cannot submerse the pump or pump in shallow waters.
The Cutter Pump includes two cutter crowns for use in different soils and a patented integrated vegetation cutting knife system. The attachment has a maximum pumping and discharge distance of up to 1.5 km without the need for any booster pumps and a pumping capacity of
Watermaster Classic V is 900 m3/h, which is significantly
more efficient when compared with conventional machines.
When suction dredging using the Cutter Pump, the materials can be discharged either using a spray pipe or by using
a discharge pipeline.
The Watermaster dredging solution can also effectively be used with dewatering bags, supplied by several manufacturers worldwide. Dewatering bags provide an effective alternative to mechanical processing that enables the capture of precious metals and the efficient management of mine tailings and other mine waste streams. The Watermaster is able to pump
the materials into the bags, which then dewater the materials.
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NAGPUR: Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, on Wednesday, issued notice to NMC and its other departments on their failure to take action against owners of Empress Mall in which there are large-scale violations of fire safety regulations and other norms.
Besides NMC, its assistant director of Town Planning, KSL and Industries Limited, chief secretary of State Urban Development Department, and PVR Cinemas director, are other respondents in the case. All of them were told to file reply before November 16.
The PIL, filed by social workers Chandu Lade and Rakesh Naidu, through counsels Anirudha Deo and Vivek Bharadwaj, also raised other issues like illegal construction in the mall, pending water bills of Rs 28 crore, property tax dues worth Rs 14 crore, and entertainment tax. The petitioners also highlighted non-compliance of norms of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Central Ground Water Board, Bombay Shop and Establishment Act, Labour Act, and Provident Fund rules. The duo claimed that NMC failed to act on its own notice to the mall owners of vacating all its establishments, as it was unsafe with regards to fire safety.
The petitioners' prayed for declaration of Empress Mall illegal and demanded its demolition as per the law. They also called for immediate penal action against KSL Industries and PVR Cinemas for failure to follow public safety measures. They pressed for action against NMC officials for neglecting their duties and thus comprising with public safety.


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Over the past few weeks, I have been touring some of the Hyatt resort offerings in California and Arizona. Due to the grueling summer conditions in the desert, the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells has wonderful rates for stays during the week. Temperatures can reach close to 110 degrees at times but that didn't deter me from heading over for the weekend. Actually, I ended up loving this resort so much that I have gone back once a week for the past 4 weeks straight!
Upon arriving for the first time, I was greeted by a friendly front desk clerk who explained to me all the benefits of the hotel and Diamond amenities. I opted for the 1000 bonus points every time I came to this property. She then informed me that I had been upgraded to a Penthouse Suite on their Regency Club level. I was ecstatic as some of my friends were traveling with me and the extra space and bathroom would help us get ready faster! There is a $23 resort fee which is explained at booking and again at check-in. If you are a Diamond member, there is a $5 discount on the resort fee. The Hyatt Indian Wells runs anywhere from $100-300 given the seasons and costs either 20,000 points or 10,000 points + $125 cash.
After checking in, I made the trek to the room, which is quite far from the lobby. As a resort, the hotel itself sits in the middle of this massive property. It often takes a lot of time to get to/from the room and those who stay on far ends of the hotel are looking at a 5-10 minute walk to get anywhere. Once I finally got to the room, I was stunned at how gorgeous it was. The room featured sweeping views with an extended balcony and full loungers. Inside, there was a comfortable living room with a 50-inch HDTV. There was also a table for a few people to eat on and a wet bar. The bedroom featured a king size bed and large HDTV as well.
The bathroom featured an oversized tub and rainshower. There were KenetMD amenities and plenty of them in both bathrooms. The overall decor was stylish and modern like most Hyatt hotels around the country.
The resort grounds were absolutely beautiful. A quick walk through the grounds showed that they offered 7 different pools including an adult pool with around 20 cabanas. There is also a waterslide pool for the kids and another pool for people to play basketball in. Overall, there are 2 main pools with a few scattered around them. All the pool were heated to 84 degrees and it was the perfect temperature compared to the 105 degree heat. Around the pool, there are lounge chairs with umbrellas and servers offering to take food/drink orders.
There are also other activities available around the resort like Badminton, Basketball, Tennis, Foosball and much more. Everything is included in the resort fee except Tennis. There are golf facilities around the resort and I believe that there is a driving range as well.
The actual resort is massive. It is split into two with the pools being in the middle of the hotel and villas. Parking is sort of a pain if you don't valet. Self-parking is free for Diamonds or $10/night for other guests. Valet is $20 and no discount is provided to Diamond members. The Self-Parking lot is quite far from check-in and could be bothersome if you have to walk in the heat for long periods of time.
The Regency Club is located on the 5th floor and is open daily. It briefly closes from 10AM-11:30 and 4PM-5. Snack and beverages are generally offered throughout the day with Breakfast being served from 6AM-10. It's one of the better clubs i've been to recently as there is a nice selection of food and because there is a lot of space to sit down and lounge around.
On my second, third and fourth stay, I managed to snag a great upgrade to a 1 bedroom Villa. The Villas are located on the opposite side of the hotel and offer dedicated butler service and a more homely atmosphere. Each Villa comes with a massive backyard complete with it's own private BBQ and Jacuzzi. The one issue I faced each time with the backyard was the amount of bugs. I didn't think too much of it as it's the desert but at the same time, I was unable to use the Jacuzzi due to the fact that there were crickets and flies jumping around all over me.
Inside the Villa, there is a large living room complete with a wet bar and dining sets for 4. The butlers will also bring more sets on call and offer to bring grilling utensils if you choose to grill food. Before my arrival, I had coordinated with the concierge about buying and stocking meat and other items so that I wouldn't have to. In addition, I had them set up some decorations for some of my friends who were graduating.
The bedroom of the Villa features a King sized bed with a nice fan overhead. There is also a lounger in the bedroom that looks out to the backyard. The bathroom is also very large and offers both an oversized tub and shower. There are dual sinks with plenty of amenities and storage as well.
At night, the living area couch transforms into a pull out bed that sleeps two. There is also an entertainment center where you can plug in your own music or play the radio.
The staff at this property was beyond amazing. Every time I managed to stay here, the staff went above and beyond to handle any of our requests. Whether it was Jim at check-in, Paula at concierge or even Claude at butler services, the service was top notch. I managed to have the concierge set up some decorations and buy grill meat ahead of time. Paula offered great recommendations and even had a custom cake made for my friends. In fact, the main reason I kept coming back every week was because the service was so great. At the pool area, the servers were wonderful and always offered to refill my drink. It seemed that everywhere I went in this property, everyone was all smiles! It felt great to see so many employees who really loved what they were doing.
At one point during my stay, I realized that more beds were needed to sleep on. When I called the front desk at 2am, Jim answered was able to open up the adjoined bedroom to make our Villa 2 bedrooms. This helped us out so much and I couldn't thank Jim enough!
Overall, I would and already have a few more reservations set at this hotel. Beyond the fact that I live close by, I see myself returning more and more to enjoy the sun and this amazing resort!


The Ghost of Paul Revere headlines the music lineup for the first Boothbay Food & Music Festival.
What can you expect at the festival? Expect three days of Maine's best food, beer, wine, spirits, entertainment and music for all to enjoy. There will be something for everyone!
The festival will kick-off with the popular Claw Down on the evening of Thursday, Sept. 20 from 5-9 at Boothbay Railway Village (586 Wiscasset Rd./Route 27, Boothbay. A gourmet lobster-lovers dream, top chefs compete head-to-head to bring their own unique take on the perfect lobster bite. You get to indulge in each delicious lobster bite and vote for your favorite. This 7th Annual Claw Down is co-sponsored by the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce. Tickets for the Claw Down can also be purchased at the Chamber located at 192 Townsend Ave., Boothbay Harbor (next to Hannaford). The Claw Down is followed by live music.
The excitement continues with a Dinner Dance on Friday (Sept. 21) night, from 6-10 p.m., with decadent dining and entertainment under the tent (or the stars) at the luxurious Boothbay Harbor County Club (33 Country Club Rd., Boothbay). Rupert's Orchestra will have you dancing all night long so be sure to bring your dancing shoes!
Family Fest will take place on Saturday the 22nd from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with lots of inflatables, games, live music by Dr. Zog and performances that the whole family will enjoy including a performance by Wacky Chad of America's Got Talent. A balloon twisting clown and caricature artist will also be on hand to interact and engage your kids.
The festival will round off with the Music Fest on Saturday night, 5-10 p.m. at Boothbay Railway Village.
This inaugural event is a community-wide effort led by local businesses leaders working together to bring this festival to the Boothbay community. Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, this is a festival with a great cause!
Proceeds from the festival will benefit several local non-profit organizations, three of which are focused on helping children and young adults from our region: Boothbay Region YMCA, Boothbay Region Student Aid Fund, the Boothbay Region Community Resources Council, and Boothbay Railway Village.
If you'd like to help support this new festival, there are a wide variety of opportunities to volunteer at each one of the events. Call 633-4727 or email Margaret Hoffman at the Boothbay Railway Village - margaret@railwayvillage.org to learn more.


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Egernia stokesii ssp. badia је гмизавац из реда -{Squamata}- и фамилије -{Scincidae}-.

Угроженост
Ова врста се сматра угроженом.

Распрострањење
Ареал врсте је ограничен на једну државу.
Аустралија је једино познато природно станиште врсте.

Види још
Egernia stokesii - главни чланак о врсти

Литература
-{IUCN}- црвена листа угрожених врста, детаљнији подаци о врсти

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Squamata
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