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in Vol. 22 - November Issue - Year 2021
An Innovation At The Blechexpo Trade Fair: Nozzles For Airless Spray Lubrication With Minimum Oil Quantities
Hary Kosciesza, Business Development Manager at technotrans (left) and Reinhard Skricek, Sales Manager at technotrans, at a spray.xact spray lubrication system
Hary Kosciesza, Business Development Manager at technotrans
Nozzle bar of a spray.xact system
Intuitive control panel of a spray.xact spray lubrication system
technotrans SE is a global technology and service group with its headquarters in Sassenberg in the German Münsterland region. Its application-specific thermal management solutions are the core competence of the company. This also includes the energetic optimisation and control of the temperature of sophisticated technological applications. With 17 sites, the company has a presence in all of the major markets worldwide. technotrans SE is active in the plastics sector, energy management field (including electromobility solutions, high-power charging stations and data centre applications), health care and analytics sector, printing industry as well as the laser and machine tools sector. In addition, technotrans offers a wide range of services, including construction site installations, maintenance, repairs and 24/7 spare parts supply, for example. As of 2021, the individual companies of the group – technotrans SE, gwk Gesellschaft für Wärme Kältetechnik mbH, termotek GmbH, klh Kältetechnik GmbH and Reisner Cooling Solutions GmbH – are unified under the technotrans umbrella brand. An exception is gds GmbH, with its headquarters in Sassenberg, as a full service supplier of technical documentation services which will remain a separate brand within the group of companies. Die technotrans SE is listed on the Prime Standard segment (ISIN: DE000A0XYGA7 / WKN: A0X YGA) and has a global workforce of more than 1,400 employees. In the 2020 financial year, the group reached a turnover of 190.5 million euros.
The return to in-person trade fairs with a major innovation: At this year's Blechexpo trade fair, technotrans SE presents its new nozzle technology for spray lubrication applications. The new nozzles enable the homogeneous application of extremely small oil quantities of less than 0.5 g per square metre without the need for compressed air. In addition, the company will also present its proven spray lubrication solutions of the spray.xact series for a wide range of applications. These units also operate without compressed air and do not require an extraction system. In addition, they are characterised by their high level of flexibility, efficiency and reproducibility as well as by their mist-free spray pattern.
"We look forward to meeting our customers, partners and other interested visitors in person at the Blechexpo trade fair after such a long time. We are excited because our new nozzle systems are a true innovation that will be showcased to the visitors at our stand," explains Hary Kosciesza, business development manager at technotrans. At the technotrans stand, the new nozzles are installed in a lubrication system that applies a highly viscous forming oil to demonstrate the spraying quality.
The technotrans nozzles can spray extremely small quantities of less than 0.5 g of oil per square metre without any compressed air. This makes them particularly suitable for aluminium forming applications in the automotive industry. Aluminium is becoming increasingly widespread throughout car body manufacturing applications due to its low weight. However, these applications call for particularly small forming oil quantities. As Hary Kosciesza explains, the innovative product is based on a long series of tests and extensive development work: "When it comes to such small quantities, the timing of the valves is of utmost importance. Because of how small the quantities are, there is a greater risk of undesired rippling due to excessively long intervals. With our new nozzles, we have overcome this challenge and have been able to produce a homogeneous spray pattern thanks to shorter cycles."
A resource-saving spray lubrication solution without an extraction system
Visitors will also be able to see additional solutions of the spray.xact series at the trade fair stand. Among these solutions is the spray.xact c system, a telescopic spray lubrication system in its own enclosure with a spraying width of 1,300 mm for the lubrication of coils, and another compact system with a spraying width of 250 mm and removable spray bars for fine blanking applications. In addition, technotrans will also showcase its proven spray.xact easy and reflection systems. spray.xact easy is an economically efficient solution for straightforward applications where only the oil and oil quantity need to be configured. The spray.xact reflection system, on the other hand, has been designed for the indirect spray lubrication of high-speed blanking presses. These presses are used in the electrical industry for the production of small plug contacts and usually perform 400 strokes or more per minute. This requires an ultra-thin oil layer which can be realised with the aid of the technotrans system. In addition, the company also presents its tool lubrication solutions that can be implemented with every spray.xact system.
All of the systems presented by technotrans are highly flexible and customisable. They also fulfil the most stringent requirements in terms of reliable processes and resource-saving operation. Thanks to the use of high-frequency pulsating valves with single-product nozzles, there is no need for compressed air. "This sustainable concept leads to a small carbon footprint and low costs. In addition, it enables the economical, mist-free application of the oil without any extraction system, as would be the case with conventional solutions," explains Kosciesza. Thanks to a particularly high-dosing accuracy, the level of reproducibility is consistently high. The maintenance-friendly design and various remote diagnostics and remote access options ensure outstanding availability.
echnotrans SE
Robert-Linnemann-Straße 17
48336 Sassenberg, Germany
Tel. +49.2583.301-1000
Fax +49.2583.301-1030
E-mail: info@technotrans.de
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A: In 2003, the Institute of Medicine defined self-management support as "the systematic provision of education and supportive interventions by health care staff to increase patients' skills and confidence in managing their health problems, including regular assessment of progress and problems, goal setting, and problem-solving support." Simply stated, a "Patient Self Management Program" provides you with education so that patients become a more active part of their health care team. When patients become more involved in their health care, the result is that patients will be healthier and more compliant!
Q: If one of my clients decides to enroll into one or both of the programs offered by LPIHO, what are the carrier's responsibilities?
Providing a ZIP code analysis for the patient population for whichever disease state(s) is being implemented. This allows LPIHO know where pharmacist coaches will be needed.
Q: How will I know when a ZIP code analysis is needed?
Q: How will we know when reports need to be run?
A: Your client (employer group) will make a formal, written request to both medical and prescription claims, along with signed consent from each participant to release their data. All forms required to release such data have been reviewed and approved by the major carriers in Lancaster County.


During the years of Queen Victoria's reign in Britain, the people prospered and the industrial revolution grew to be fantastic. The homes during this time also became evidence of prosperous times as well. Many types of home styles are considered to be akin to Victorian styles. Learn more about the style you would find most appealing.
The Gothic architectural styles became extremely popular in association with Victorian home construction. From around the middle of the 1700s up until the 1900s, the Gothic style became intricately incorporated in Britain home construction. The architectural inspirations derived from the Victorian era became molded together with Gothic design in a fantastic way.
Gothic styles became evident with distinguishing construction using masonry. Homes were built with pinnacles and turrets that were reminiscent of medieval castles. Lines were constructed in a vertical manner that brought about a sense of great heights. Stone carvings and statues were another important aspect of Gothic influence in home construction during this era. Homes were being built to be reminiscent of those medieval residences that were lining the streets near looming castles.
The Queen Anne look is a great reminder of Victorian styles, especially when those decorative designs became apparent in the 1870s in Britain. The Queen Anne appeal spread to the United States in the 1880s and has been growing ever since. Bright colors are an essential aspect of the Queen Anne style.
During the late 1800s, homes were sometimes painted with more than four colors. Porches were constructed in a wrap around fashion and detailed trim work became popular as exterior decorative appeal. Bright colors were also used to enhance the appeal of trims and unique textures.
Shingle styles began to grow in popularity in the late 1800s as well. This style allowed a more uniform, simple look using shingled areas as definitive borders. The homes with several smaller roofs on them were topped with appealing, decorative shingles. While the shingle style was more simple, it also hinted of the Queen Anne design through brightly colored roofing materials.
Victorian architecture made a huge impression when first introduced in Britain. Today, that same style has made headway into many countries and many homes. Learn more by visiting your local library about the kinds of architectural designs you can have added to your existing home. You may be surprised to learn how you could afford to turn your house into a showplace.
This article was posted by Geoffrey Livingston on behalf of Brad T Jones, a contractor in Alameda, California. Brad is known for his work in restoring Craftsman and Victorian style homes as part of his business as a general contractor.


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Jessica Nigri Ponders Life After Cosplay
"I feel like a weird character select version of myself.'
Eric Francisco
Jessica Nigri makes a living by being a fan. She isn't the first to do so, but even in 2018 very few people who love anime, video games, and sci-fi can say the same. With over 8 million followers across social media, the 28-year-old from New Zealand (now living in Arizona) is one of the most prominent faces of cosplay, a portmanteau of "costume play," in which fans dress in homemade outfits based on fictional characters.
"I've never met more die hard fans than cosplayers," Nigri tells Inverse in a phone interview. "Think about the skills they acquire to represent this thing they love: Makeup, woodwork, armor builds, all because they like something a lot. It's incredible when they're driven by passion."
A self-taught costume maker, Nigri's career is built on a constant internet presence, but a new documentary is the first time she's opening her doors. Becoming Jessica Nigri, directed by Mat Hames that premiered Friday on Rooster Teeth's digital platform FIRST, gives fans and curious parties an intimate, sometimes difficult look at the highs and lows of being a cosplayer through the perspective of arguably its biggest homegrown personality.
Set on the road to BlizzCon 2017, a massive gaming convention (attendance: 35,000) cosplayers consider an annual red carpet for their outfits, Becoming Jessica Nigri follows its subject struggling — and ultimately, failing — to complete her dream costume, opting for an alternative. With a massive change in plans and only a week left, viewers witness the caffeine, the sleep deprivation, and self-doubt that so often fuel fervent hobbyists to reach the finish line.
In 2009, Nigri skyrocketed to internet fame when she went to San Diego Comic-Con as "Sexy Pikachu." Photos went viral in the nascent days of the mainstream succumbing to the revenge of the nerds, and Nigri's sultry tongue-in-cheek take on the anime mouse was a prologue to what would be her signature. In 2012, Nigri won an IGN contest to become the official cosplayer for the pulp video game Lollipop Chainsaw. That only led to more sponsored gigs, for games like 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and 2014's Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. A stint as a freelance online personality followed, along with a recurring role on the popular animated web series RWBY.
Nigri's celebrity is a rarity in cosplay. For most enthusiasts, cosplay isn't a stepping stone into Hollywood; cosplay is the thing. "For a lot of people in the community, it's more of a personal endeavor, to push yourself," she says. As proven by her contemporaries, like Yaya Han and Linda Le, one could become famous (read: make a living) solely through cosplay. Nigri knows there is a life for her after cosplay, but she's never leaving it either.
'Becoming Jessica Nigri,' a profile documentary on the world-famous cosplayer, peeks behind closed doors and the realities of cosplay. Rooster Teeth
"I definitely know there is something after cosplay, but [mine] will still involve cosplay," she says. Though Nigri may one day stop attending conventions in her own wares, she's eager to mentor and train the next generation. "I love the newer community coming in. They have fresh ideas a lot of people who have been in cosplay for a long time get jaded to. My heart is nestled here. I want to branch out, but I really do love the community."
Now at the center of a documentary, Nigri opens up to Inverse about the realities of internet fame, female agency in cosplay, and why all those sleepless nights make the hobby worth it.
Jessica Nigri burst onto the scene when her "Sexy Pikachu" at Comic-Con 2009 went viral. Pixelated Geek
Left: Jessica Nigri as Juliet, the protagonist of the 2012 video game 'Lollipop Chainsaw.' Right: The cover art of the game. Grasshopper Manufacture, Jessica Nigri
For most of the film, we see you sacrifice so much time, energy, and even health to make one outfit. Why was it so important to go to BlizzCon in a new costume?
I look at BlizzCon as a challenge I can push myself to do. We went on our own accord, we wanted to go for fun. Everyone in the community wants to make new, bigger things for themselves, and people bring their A-game there. It's cool to debut something you poured your heart and soul into that people enjoy, and hopefully, get the attention of sempai, [game studio] Blizzard. We're there because we love Blizzard games. That's the drive of cosplay. We love Blizzard and we want to show them that fandom.
So it's an internal competition for cosplayers against themselves? It's not an external competition against others?
That's 100 percent correct, If you compare yourself to others you're gonna be really unhappy. Pushing yourself internally and knowing what you can do and what you want to do really helps you.
There are revealing moments in the documentary, like when you're on the ukulele singing "Cosplay sucks, it's ruining my life." Are there times when you really think the effort isn't worth it? Is "I'm not going to do it" an option?
Yes. I like to look at cosplay almost like a cruel mistress. You want to dedicate your life, but sometime she slaps you in the face because you're not good enough in your mind. Yeah it sucks to go through, but the reward is so much more than any pain.
"I love the newer community coming in. They have fresh ideas a lot of people who have been in cosplay for a long time get jaded to. My heart is nestled here."
How much did your life change after Sexy Pikachu? Not just in terms of having fans, but the possibility of making a living?
When that started I had no idea how to handle it. I didn't think of it as a work opportunity, it was and still is making fan art. It didn't dawn on me until Lollipop Chainsaw when I was like, "If I wanna keep doing this, I can make money and do more." It came from that, not "I wanna make money."
Your work comes from putting yourself on the internet, and being a cosplayer means transforming into others. How do you keep a version of Jessica Nigri that's only for you?
There's that inner layer that is just for my family, but even then that's just me. I'll have a conversation with my mom and dad the same way with you. I'm a cosplayer and I'm supposed to be someone else. But who I am is what you get.
A lot of people find themselves in cosplay because the characters that we cosplay typically are characters that have strong traits that may translate. There is an insane amount of confidence that comes from putting on a costume and going to a con and getting your picture taken. People that love anime and games, I don't want to say are anti-social, but it can be difficult. I want people to know that it's so much easier and fun if you find the right people and go hard with that.
What can you say about female agency and sexy cosplay? You have critics and memes that brand you just with sexy costumes.
I've always felt dressing sexy has been empowering. I think women should do what they want with their bodies and its not fair to judge a woman for that. There's a lot of double standards. I'm constantly going through my own feelings every day, but women should feel strong and confident and do what they want.
You say in the documentary that with each cosplay, you adopt parts of those characters into yourself. What person would you say Jessica Nigri is now?
I feel like a weird character select version of myself: Always customizable. I still have so much growing to do and characters I want to adopt. I think characters guide us.
Becoming Jessica Nigri is now streaming on Rooster Teeth's FIRST.
This interview was edited for brevity and clarity.

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"Never meet your super heroes", goes one of the common sayings. I beg to disagree. You should get over your fears and jump at the first opportunity to meet them – you never know where it will take you and what wonderful things you'll get to learn from them.
Louis Grenier is one of my heroes: he's made it his life mission to fight against shady, manipulative, bullsh*tty marketing techniques. Kinda like what we're trying to do here, at The CEO Library, with all the business books that are bloated, media-hyped, or lack any actionable advice.
Louis is the host of Everyone Hates Marketers, one of the best podcasts on marketing, where he interviewed DHH (co-founder of Basecamp), Seth Godin, Rand Fishkin, and other awesome people (who are just as sick of bad marketing).
He's also the Content Lead at Hotjar, a research tool that helps you understand how visitors experience your website, where he co-hosts 'The Humans Strike Back' – a show about succeeding in business and life by putting people first.
all the ways he's been fighting bad marketing – including how Everyone Hates Marketers was born, and what he does at Hotjar.
Many thanks to Andra Zaharia for introducing me to Louis and his podcast. I don't usually listen to podcasts and, instead, prefer to go after guests. Louis is one of the exceptions that made the cut – I try to listen to all his podcast episodes (I admit I'm slightly behind, trying to keep up 😛 ). If you listened to the first episodes of The CEO Library podcast, you probably remember that I mentioned him.
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The brand new 12 months is upon us, and with it comes the standard collection of shiny articles about key know-how developments to observe. A myriad of posts seem on LinkedIn, blogs, and in revered enterprise publications, all spreading the company gospel, advocating the necessity to throw out the previous and embrace the brand new. A brand new 12 months, a brand new hype, because the dictum goes.
Nonetheless, it's good to recollect one of many enduring adages within the in any other case rapidly-changing world of Buyer Expertise (CX): any know-how is simply pretty much as good as its skill to combine with all kinds of functions and options. The relentless quest for ever-more area of interest options has come to a well timed finish and made method for the compelling want for a fully-integrated suite. Savvy entrepreneurs the world over are not persuaded to tie the industrial knot with a vendor purely on the idea of what number of proverbial bells and whistles they had been in a position to match right into a single answer.
Furthermore, given the proliferation of best-of-breed and suite options alike, with company shopping for methods typically leading to a mix-and-match method, it's honest to say that IT landscapes have grown ever extra advanced. With the ability to successfully embed a brand-new answer into such an intricate setting subsequently turns into extra than simply one other project-level aspiration. With the rise of the Cloud, it has emerged, with an alarming sense of urgency, as organizations' prima goal. The age of function-feature has come to an finish. All hail the age of integrations.
This begs the all-important query: how do you outline an integration to start with carefully-drawn arrows, mystically connecting two bins in an expensive-looking PowerPoint slide, greater than typically don't discover their mirror picture in actuality. What makes integration then? Can flat file transfers to ship knowledge from level A to level B actually be thought of for the coveted title? Or does it take a real-time API reference to a similar-looking interface on both facet earlier than we are able to ascribe the definition with a transparent conscience?
Moreover, on this period of ever-rising expectations, what makes for a well-developed integration in accordance with the seller, might not essentially be shared as a conviction by prospects, since not all integrations are created equal. Information might movement with ease between two parts which enhance one another completely, however the buyer is left with the sensation that there is no such thing as a integration within the truest sense. However this isn't as a result of two platforms will not be in a position to seamlessly alternate the information they require. It happens as a result of a couple of answer is concerned in making all of it occur.
This brings us to an important level. Through the years, Advertising and marketing Cloud suites, together with the Oracle Advertising and marketing Cloud (OMC), have grown largely by the acquisition of best-of-breed functions. As soon as introduced into the fold, the daunting process of integration would start: aligning knowledge fashions and kinds, import and export definitions, interface designs, and so forth. As time progresses, well-considered answer structure blueprints are constructed and signed off on, managed availability variations of the combination are launched, and suggestions is gathered. At instances, it might take a number of iterations to get issues proper. Nonetheless, all through the method, best-practice design rules, akin to e.g. separation of issues, are adhered to in order to ensure the combination is match for goal. In any case, constructing an integration for the sake of integration doesn't serve any significant finish and could be little greater than a redundant train in design.
Allow us to take a easy instance. Think about a platform P is made up of three parts: A, B, and C. If A is totally built-in with B, and B in flip with C, wouldn't it make sense to additionally pursue a direct hyperlink between A and C? The reply will be argued in quite a lot of methods, in fact. If there's incremental benefit in constructing a bridge between A and C, be this within the curiosity of improved performance or a industrial proposition, then the reply must be sure. For instance, not all customers of the platform essentially buy all three parts and would nonetheless recognize the flexibility to attach the dots. Furthermore, if the combination between A and C could be bi-directional, a closed loop could possibly be constructed which will carry out higher or extra rapidly than by an intermediate reference to B. That being stated, if little to no worth will be derived from such an integration – or worse – the integrity of the respective parts is detrimentally affected because of this, the reply will also be a plain and easy no. Construct what's significant, not simply what will be constructed. Your structure shall be higher for it.
The earlier state of affairs is illustrative of a wider level: any answer structure must be guided by a transparent set of design rules. Or to place issues in a different way, there's a proper and a flawed method of establishing a Advertising and marketing Cloud or embedding a CX ecosystem. Total, when designing an structure, it pays off to take heed of the rules enumerated under. These rules have been derived from the SOLID framework for software program engineering. For reference, please discuss with inter alia H. Singh & S. Hassam (Worldwide Journal of Scientific & Engineering Analysis, 2015).
Separation of Concern (SOC): Purposes must be divided into distinctive options, and every function ought to have minimal overlapping wit different options.
Precept of Least Information (POLK): Platform A can request a service of platform B, however A shouldn't "attain by" platform B to entry one more platform, C, to request its companies.
Don't Repeat Your self (DRY): Integrations are added to the structure with the express goal of re-usability and future-proofing, in mild of potential adjustments to the IT panorama.


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Call for Submissions: THE SEA IS OURS: TALES OF STEAMPUNK SOUTHEAST ASIA
Posted by Paolo Chikiamco On February - 3 - 2014
Like steampunk? Like representation of Southeast Asain cultures in steampunk? Then boy, do we have the anthology for you. Jaymee Goh and Joyce Chng are putting together an anthology called THE SEA IS OURS: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia for Rosarium Publishing. You can find the submission guidelines here, and you have until the end of June to submit. Get to it!
Cover and Table of Contents: Outpouring – Typhoon Yolanda Relief Anthology
Posted by Paolo Chikiamco On January - 20 - 2014
Many parts of the country are still reeling from the effects of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, and relief efforts still continue. One such project is "Outporing", a Yolanda Relief anthology edited by Dean Francis Alfar. The book will be a vailable soon, but in the meantime, here's the TOC and the cover.
"The Wordeaters" by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz
"Invisible Empire of Ascending Light" by Ken Scholes
"The Photograph" by Veronica Montes
"A Moment in Time" by Charie D. La Marr
"A Gentlemen's Agreement" by Susan S.Lara
"X" by Karissa Chen
"Cunning Syncronicity" by Berrien C. Henderson
"Godsend" by Joel Pablo Salud
"Ondoy" by Laura McPhee-Browne
"Rescuing the Rain God" by Kate Osias
"The Wish Head" by Jeffrey Ford
"Flash Forward" by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz
"Where Sky and Sea Meet" by Dan Campbell
"Arrow" by Barry King
"Finding Those Who Are Lost" by Celestine Trinidad
"Synchronicity" by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo
"We're All Stories in the End" by Matthew J. Rogers
"Silverio and the Eidolon" by Vincent Michael Simbulan
"Tinkerers" by Jay Wilburn
"Finding" by David B. Ramirez
"Ikan Berbudi (Wise Fish)" by Jason Erik Lundberg
"Pilar Escheverria" by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
"Scraps" by Michael Haynes
"Freeborn in the City of Fallacies" by Andrew Drilon
"Storm Warning" by Lilian Csernica
"The Nameless Ones" by Gabriela Lee
"Whispers" by Grant J. McMaster
"Highway Run" by Alexander Marcos Osias
"Black Sun" by Todd Nelsen
"Life at the Lake's Shore" by Alex Shvartsman
"Aliens" by Fiona Mae Villamor
"Little Italy" by Isa Lorenzo
"Discipline" by Rebecca McFarland Kyle
"Unmaking" by Julie C. Day
"Fresh Fruit" by Yvette Tan
"The Sparrows of Climaco Avenue" by Kenneth Yu
"Gellen's Retirement Plan" by Tim Sullivan
"When We Were Witches" by Nikki Alfar
"All the Little Gods We Are" by John Grant
"Tuba Knight" by Cesar Miguel G. Escaño
Dual Book Launch: "Horror: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults" and "Demons of the New Year"
Posted by Paolo Chikiamco On November - 19 - 2013
Two horror anthologies are launching at the end of November. "Horror: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults", edited by Dean Francis Alfar and Kenneth Yu, and a print edition of "Demons of the New Year", edited by Karl de Mesa and Joseph Nacino, both launch officially at5PM on November 29, 2013 at the West Wing Gallery of the Vargas Museum in UP Diliman. Drop by if you have the chance!
The Pinoy Book Drop 2013
Posted by Paolo Chikiamco On October - 22 - 2013
Like getting free books? Or, maybe you prefer being the one to spread the love by giving them away? The Filipino Reader Con is holding an event that may tickle your fancy: The Pinoy Book Drop!
Here are the instructions (as seen here):
1. Pick a book (or two, or three, or yes, four!) that you wish to give away, or that's okay for you to part with, for one reason or another. Make sure to check the pages for important stuff – anything you may have inserted there and forgotten but you may want to hold on to.
2. Download and print the customized bookplates that you'll find below these instructions. It doesn't have to be in color – black and white will work just as fine! Paste or stick one bookplate on a clear page or area of the book/s that you wish to give away. Yes, you can sign your name there, too, if you want.
3. Leave or "drop" the book/s in a public place, or basically any place where people are sure to see them: in a café, in the office, at a restaurant, the gym, it's up to you. (Well, maybe not inside a bookstore, yeah.) You know where someone is likely to see the book/s and pick it up, yes?
4. Before leaving the book/s where you "dropped" them, take a photo. If you're leaving two or more books, be sure to take note of the date, time, and place where you left each one.
So how is everyone going to know that you have dropped a book somewhere? You can do any of the following:
(a) If you have a Twitter account, just tweet the title of the book, where and when you dropped it, and attach the appropriate photo. If you dropped two or more books, tweet about each title separately.
(b) You can also post about it on Facebook – on your own profile/timeline, if it's set to public, OR on the Filipino ReaderCon page itself. Same details apply: title of the book, place and date of the drop, and photo. If you're dropping two or more books, you have the option to include all the books in one go or post about the books individually. It's up to you.
IMPORTANT: Please use the hashtags #pbdrop and #filreadercon and don't forget to tag us at @PinoyReaderCon for every tweet!
5. The actual dropping of books will take place for an entire week, from October 21 – 27, but if you have your book/s ready for dropping before then, that's good too – just go ahead and drop them. We will post another set of instructions for this activity on the third Filipino Friday, October 25th.
6. On the other hand, if you're one of those who are lucky enough to find a dropped book, we encourage you to tell us all about it, as well! Tweet and Facebook any dropped book that you find – same instructions on using the hashtags #pbdrop and #filreadercon and tagging us at @PinoyReaderCon apply.
Oh, and here are the Pinoy Book Drop bookplates courtesy of the lovely Tina.
Additional Instructions: Interested to know who found your book? Just stick or attach a note addressed to your book's new owner to Tweet or post on Facebook about his/her newest find. As usual, hashtags #pbdrop and #filreadercon and tagging @PinoyReaderCon are encouraged.
Got it? Let's do the Pinoy Book Drop! See you again on the third week of Filipino Fridays!
Trese Night Gallery and Book of Murders Launch
Budjette Tan dropped a bombshell over the weekend with two announcements: first, a one-man art show from Trese co-creator Kajo Baldisimo, at the Crucible Gallery (SM Megamall, Level 4), running from from October 22 until November 3. The exhibit, Kajo's first one-man show, will feature 13 limited-edition digital prints, featuring the creatures and characters from the award-winning graphic novel Trese, as well as the original artwork from the recently released illustrated shorty story collection, Stories from the Diabolical.
The second announcement is that, on the official launch of the exhibit on October 26, Budjette and Kajo will also launch a new collection of the first three Trese volumes, called the Book of Murders, with digitally updated art. Looks like Trese fans have a lot to look forward to, even before the new volume arrives.
Discount Code for Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology
Posted by Paolo Chikiamco On September - 26 - 2013
Lauriat, the Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology edited by Charles Tan, is being discounted on Smashwords until October 25. While listed at 6.99 US dollars on the site, just use this coupon code at Smashwords, you can purchase the ebook of Lauriat for $0.99: NG66N. You can read an interview I did with Charles about Lauriat here.
Lauriat was reviewed positively in Publisher's Weekly, and includes my alternate history story (mentioned in that review) called the "Captain's Nephew." It mixes General Jose Ignacio Paua — the Chinese General of the Katipunan — and one of the Philippines' most famous folklore creatures. Here's an excerpt:
Batangas.1896.
The forest that covered the slopes of Mount Pico de Loro was thick with dense underbrush and slim, swaying trees whose trunks formed a lattice of rough bark and sharp edges. The trunks were almost invisible beneath the shelter of the forest canopy, deeper lines of black obstructing stray beams of moonlight and frustrating the efforts of one Chinese man. Jose Ignacio Paua swung his bolo once more at a particularly stubborn patch of bamboo, then stopped to wipe his brow. Not for the first time that night, the Katipunero mused that the forest was a decidedly unwelcoming place. This was not, however, an observation that deterred him. Paua was a man accustomed to walking where he was not wanted, in places where he was in danger from far worse than an errant branch.
Of course, there was always the chance that something more sinister than a tree was lurking on this mountain. In fact, that was what Paua was counting on.
After a good three hours of stumbling and hacking his way up the mountainside, Paua eventually emerged onto a flat outcropping within sight of the beak-shaped summit which gave the mountain its name. This high above sea level, the night breeze was cold enough to make Paua shiver, and strong enough to make his queue — his long, braided ponytail — dance. For a moment, the Katipunero looked to the east, and fancied he could see all the way to Imus, and the scowling visage of Pantaleon Garcia.
"This is a fool's errand," Pantaleon had told him. "You're chasing after tuba-fueled nightmares, or some oddly shaped shadow."
"Shadows don't smoke cigars," Paua had replied as he mounted his horse. "I'll be in the area anyway for recruitment. No harm in taking a look."
"Of course not. Not for you. Not when there's an adventure to be had."
That was partly true. At twenty four years old, Paua still had much of the restless energy which had driven him, six years ago, to leave China for the Philippines. But it was more than that. Paua moved to the very edge of the outcropping and took in the sight of his adopted home. To the south, the mountains of Batangas rose above the rolling green countryside; to the north the island of Bataan was just visible over the water. Pantaleon was his friend, but there was no way that anyone who had lived for forty years in this country could fully understand Paua's hunger to explore it.
It was only when Paua reluctantly tore himself away from the view that he realized that he was not alone. A man in dark red clothes leaned against one of the taller trees, a somewhat twisted looking plant with round, low-hanging leaves. The overhanging branches kept most of the man's face in shadow, but Paua could see enough to identify him as Chinese.
"Are you lost, neighbor?" said the man in red. "You're a long way from home."
When Paua made no reply, the other man moved out of the shade of the tree. As the man moved closer, Paua scrutinized his face carefully under the moonlight.
"I could show you the way back down the mountain," said the man in red. His face was round and ruddy, his smile open and guileless. "I'm on my way back down myself."
"Oh, I remember you now," said Paua in Hokkien. "That's clever."
The man in red stopped, his expression darkening. "I'm sorry, I did not quite hear you."
"I was commending you on your ingenuity," Paua said, shifting back to Tagalog. "I figured it would be difficult to try your usual trick, given that none of my relations would be anywhere near Cavite, let alone this mountain. Taking the face of an almost forgotten cousin and assuming the role of a helpful stranger… that was unexpected."
The man in red drew a large cigar from his pocket, and placed it between his lips. The tip of the cigar flared, and in that instant the man vanished. In his stead hulked a gangly figure that easily topped seven feet, its arms so long that one hairy hand was at the level of its knobby knees. The other hand still held the cigar, and against the backdrop of the night sky, the dull red light cast the figure's equine head into relief.
"A hunter." The Tikbalang's sigh sounded like a horse's nicker. "Hunters make for such poor sport. As you will, then. Shall it be salt first? One of your Christian beads? Or simply the business end of your blade?"
"What? No, no." Paua slowly returned the bolo to the sheath which hung from his waist. "I'm not here to hurt you."
The Tikbalang whinnied, and gave its head a shake, its long mane trailing behind like a coarse and tangled pennant. "Let us presume for a moment that your intentions have any bearing on what actually happens this night. Why are you here then, banyaga?"
Paua felt a rush of anger, but fought it down. One did not begin a courtship with threats and bombast. Instead Paua forced a smile and said: "I'm here to recruit you."
New(ish) Release: Mouths to Speak, Voices to Sing – Stories by Kenneth Yu
I missed plugging this when it came out in August, so time to rectify that: Kenneth Yu, the man behind Philippine Genre Stories, (finally) has a collection of his short stories out. It's called "Mouths to Speak, Voices to Sing" Stories by Kenneth Yu, and if that title sounds familiar, it's because that's the name of Kyu's story in our first issue of Usok, which is also a part of this collection.It also includes the disturbing short, "Cherry Clubbing" which took 3rd place in the 3rd Philippine Graphic Fiction Awards.
Here's the list of stories:
Mouths to Speak, Voices to Sing
The Sparrows of Climaco Avenue
The Kiddie Pool
When You Let It Go
House 1.0
Oplan: Bleach
Cherry Clubbing
The Concierto of Senor Lorenzo
Spider Hunt
Little Hands, Little Feet
Controller 13
All That We May See
One Morning at the Bank
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Reminder: Nomination Period for the Filipino Readers' Choice Awards 2013
The 3rd Filipino Reader Con is taking place on 9 November 2013, and during the event, the winners of the 2nd Filipino Readers' Choice Awards will be announced, and I just wanted to take the time to remind everyone that nominations are still open, and will remain so until August 23 ONLY. As stated in the rules, for 2013, the Filipino Readers' choice awards will be open to books published from January to December 2012, in the following categories:
Children's picture book
Novel in English
Novel in Filipino
Essay anthology
I can't stress enough how important it is that as many people as possible nominate (in Stage 1) and participate (during the voting in Stage 2). The Readers' Choice Awards answers a dire need, because it's the only annual Philippine literary award in which readers at-large can participate (that I know of — the Komikon Awards are not annual). One of the things I think that we local writers and publishers need to do better is connect with our readership and these awards are a great way for a wide bloc of readers to speak on a single stage (even while singing different tunes, so to speak), and the more people are on that stage, the better it will be at bridging that gap between writers, publishers, and readers.
So do take the time to nominate and vote for the categories that you read. It's important.
Posted by Paolo Chikiamco On August - 6 - 2013
Adarna SF has just posted an interview with Skygypsies writer and Alternative Alamat contributor, TJ Dimacali. (Adarna SF also has a new review of Alternative Alamat here.) Here's an excerpt, with TJ answering a question aboutthe audience for and nature of Filipino speculative fiction stories:
It's a fact that we don't yet have the means to produce our own high technology, and won't be capable of doing so for at least a generation more to come, if at all.
This means that we're completely at the mercy of whatever technology lands in our hands from first-world countries. Sure, they're built and assembled in Asia, but the basic construction paradigms and even the basic marketing strategies stem from people who are of a different cultural milieu and world-view than ours.
And yet, we've proven time and again that we are capable of adapting these technologies to suit our needs and to use them in ways that the original designers never even thought of.
This happened a decade ago with SMS, and now with social media. But all of these are after the fact, merely reactionary to the arrival of foreign technologies.
So that's where speculative fiction —particularly SCIENCE fiction— comes into the picture: it's a way for us to dream our own future, to empower us with a vision of what we can become. So that we're more than just blind adopters of foreign technologies.
You can read the full interview here.
Paolo's New Work: Slammed! Interactive Fiction Game
Posted by Paolo Chikiamco On July - 1 - 2013
Hi guys! On the chance that some of you may be interested in my non-specfic work as well, Choice of Games has just released Slammed!, my Interactive Fiction wrestling game, for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and, via the Chrome Web Store, Windows, OS X, and Linux. By "Interactive Fiction", I mean something along the lines of a choose-your-own-adventure gamebook, with statistics, but without dice rolls.
At 250,000 words, give or take, this is easily the longest story I've ever written, and you might say it's my first novel (or first five novels). As I said, it's not specfic — but really, pro wrestling is as close as you can come to a real life superhero universe. If you enjoy my writing, but don't watch wrestling, I have it on good authority that you can still enjoy the game — you can try the demo to check the game out, or read the wrestling primer I prepared, for non-fans. In any event, this is a labor of love that I devoted more than half a year of my life to, and I'd love it if Rocket Kapre readers would give it a try, and help me spread the word.
Thank you! Here's the official press release from Choice of Games:
We're proud to announce that SLAMMED!, the latest in our popular "Choice of Games" line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and, via the Chrome Web Store, Windows, OS X, and Linux.
Turn a scripted steel-cage wrestling match into a real fight in this 250,000-word interactive novel!
You've always dreamed of becoming pro wrestling's biggest star…but a wrestler's world is fraught with hardship and betrayal, in and out of the ring. Become a powerhouse, a technician, a high-flier, or focus on your promo skills. There's more than one road to success.
But none of those roads will be easy. This is a world where your biggest fans are your harshest critics; where the front office is more dangerous than the squared circle; where friends can become enemies with a single heel turn; where, sometimes, the only way to win is to lose, spectacularly.
This is professional wrestling. And you're about to change it, forever.
Slammed! is an epic interactive professional-wrestling novel by Paolo Chikiamco, where your choices determine how the story proceeds. The game is entirely text-based–without graphics or sound effects–but driven by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination.
There's never been a professional wrestling game like this, a game where the outcome of your final match, your choice of opponent, and your relationships affect the ending. When's the last time you played a pro-wrestling RPG with a "kayfabe" stat?–or where your trash-talking "promo" ability is as important as your core strength and wrestling technique?
Enjoy a 250,000-word personal tale of friendship, competition, and revenge.
Develop not only your physical abilities, but a favored wrestling style.
Become a heroic face, or a villainous heel–or even turn heel.
Turn a scripted match into a real fight–and vice versa.
Decide when to keep kayfabe, and when to break it.
Play as male or female, gay or straight.
We hope you enjoy playing SLAMMED!. We encourage you to tell your friends about it, and recommend the game on StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter, and other sites. Don't forget: our initial download rate determines our ranking on the App Store. Basically, the more times you download in the first week, the better our games will rank.
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Paper company successfully defends workers' compensation action.
An Illinois workers' compensation case that hinged on which way a factory-floor gate swung culminated in victory for the employer, a Goldberg Segalla client, after the claimant failed to prove the incident in which he allegedly was injured happened the way he said.
The 33-year-old employee alleged he was rushing up some stairs to unjam a paper-corrugator machine when a coworker told him he wasn't needed, causing him to stop suddenly, grab the post of a gate, and sustain a "jarring" injury to his neck and arm. Seeking $50,000 in disability benefits and reimbursement for unpaid medical bills and legal fees, the man filed a workers' compensation claim in April 2017. But a subsequent investigation by his employer—a leading global producer of fiber-based packaging, pulp, and paper—revealed that he grabbed the gate, not the post, and that it swung away from him, making a jarring injury virtually impossible.
Tapped to defend the paper company was Goldberg Segalla partner Emily E. Borg, a member of the firm's Workers' Compensation practice group, whose mission is to achieve significant and sustainable reductions to the overall expense of each client's workers' compensation program. Working with fellow partners Jennifer Y. Weller and John M. Allen in the paper-company case, Emily mounted a successful defense of the client during a trial beginning on August 22, 2019, with testimony by the plant supervisor and shift supervisor corroborating the employer's investigation and a co-worker saying he didn't witness an accident on the date cited in the claim. On September 18, an arbitration ruling was issued in favor of the employer, signaling a victory for the Goldberg Segalla team. According to the arbitrator, the petitioner had failed to prove an accident had occurred and was not a credible witness at trial. The ruling was an impressive turn of events given that the same arbitrator had recommended a less-than-ideal, pre-trial settlement rejected by the client.
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Kobe Bryant has been staying at the Pelican Hill Resort in Newport Coast, Ca. To be exact he is posted up in the South Villas, thats where I saw his brand new 2012 Lamborghini LP700 Aventador parked out front. I looked online and this super car is priced around $400,000.
Kobe was in the garage doing his own laundry at the time, yes I said doing his own laundry.
Damn Kobe, times must be tough without Vanessa there to fold your drawers. Maybe you should have spent less on your car and more on a maid!
By the way, Kobe's new place is in an exclusive gated guarded neighborhood and is literally right down the street from his old pad (the one that Vanessa got).


Which Is More Important for Weight Loss – Exercise Or Diet?
It is one of the biggest debates in any fitness discussion and one the most highly asked FAQs by our customers. What do you focus more on? Exercise or diet for fat loss?
In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 59 individuals were studied across nutritional recommendations. There was no reportable pattern to suggest any effect of different diet regimes on weight loss. It was found that success was dependent on what discipline each followed.
Weight loss and weight gain revolve physiologically around calorie consumption and expenditure. To lose one pound of fat, we must create a 3500-calorie deficit, which can be achieved either through exercise or diet.
Firstly, calorie expense during exercise is relatively small as compared to your entire day. Our resting metabolic rate consumes up to 2100 calories daily. Add another 300 calories for all your daily activities, and you have already spent 2400. Adding an hour of exercise into the equation barely makes a dent in this due to the following.
People are in general not excellent estimators of calorie intake. It's true. It takes quite a deal of mental programming to change your eating habits. We are naturally inclined to eat tastier rather than healthier. But that can be balanced.
At The Squat Academy, we strive hard to strike a balance for our members with one critical realisation: both exercise and diet are equally important. Ideally, take one-third of the total time you spend at the gym and focus it on dietary planning. The people who are most successful are those who embrace both consistency and imperfection.
You also have to remember that the body maintains its metabolism and when you exercise regularly your resting metabolism rate also goes up. This means that your basic calorie requirement rises. It needs to be supplemented with changes in your diet!
Hitting the gym hard and crashing down on carbs won't yield results. You have to treat it like a consistently evolving and imperfect experience. Start from the basics. Do less exercise but be more frequent. Eat lighter meals but have 4-5 meals per day. Spending 2-3 minutes a day with a food diary is likely to have a bigger impact on your weight than 30 minutes a day in the gym.
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This is our second time staying here and the experience is not only consistent but amazing! I reckon the grounds to be groomed with the details similar to Disney Land perfection. We have stayed in Cabins 5 and 9, and both cabins have offered us a very clean well designed unit with attention to detail bar none!
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Please note: Ruriko has left the Mathematics department at Duke University; some info here might not be up to date.
Current projects: Working on the followings:, (1)Studying coevolution between plants and endophytes., (2)Studying on Semigroups generated by the columns of an integral matrix and its saturation (and its applycations to markov bases for contingency tables)., (3)Applications of short rational functions to statistics., (4)Working on maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) of phylogenetic tree and substitution rates via generalized neighbor-joining and the EM algorithm (joint work with Asger Hobolth).
Interested in reconstructing phylogenetic trees via distance based methods and/or Maximum Likelihood Estimations, applying algebraic techniques to contingency table problems, and lattice points in rational convex polyhedra.


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Even though it's summer, the spirit of the True/False Film Fest is alive and well, thanks to the sixth annual Boone Dawdle on Saturday, Aug. 15. At this event, hundreds of intrepid bikers make a pedaling pilgrimage to the Les Bourgeois Blufftop Bistro in Rocheport, where the revelers partake in dinner and a movie under the stars.
"We expect to have 300 to 350 people riding along the trail and an additional 75 or so that'll just come to the party," says Camellia Cosgray, operations director for True/False. In case the weather doesn't cooperate, the rain date for the Dawdle is Aug. 16.
The afternoon starts with a free bike clinic by Walt's Bike Shop at Flat Branch Park from 1 to 4 p.m.
Once again, Dawdlers will have the chance to add a river ride to their Dawdle experience. The first 100 folks who purchase a ticket can participate in the Mini Float Trip, a 25-minute round-trip boat ride on the Missouri River with Missouri River Relief. The river tour will include spectacular views of the limestone bluffs, eagles' nests and prehistoric artwork, as well as insider knowledge about the river, delivered by the River Relief crew.
Once out at the Bistro, Dawdlers will enjoy a delicious picnic-style buffet dinner from 6 to 8:30 p.m. The meal will feature food from local providers along with beer, wine and other drinks. While eating, diners can enjoy the hot jazz and swing sounds of Miss Jubilee and the Humdingers. Following dinner there will be a fundraising raffle with lots of fabulous prizes, including two bikes donated by Walt's Bike Shop.
At 9:15 p.m., everyone will settle back on their blankets and watch a screening of "Breaking a Monster." The film chronicles the break-out year of a band called Unlocking the Truth, and follows its 13-year-old members as they first encounter stardom and the music industry, transcending childhood to become the rock stars they always dreamed of being. "It's part music doc, part coming-of-age story and part pulling back the curtain on the music industry," says David Wilson, co-founder of True/False.
A Q&A session with the film's producer, Tom Davis, will follow the screening. Then shuttles will ferry merry Dawdlers and their bikes back to Flat Branch Park.
For those who'd rather not make the ride, there's always the option of driving out to the Bistro for the evening event.


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There's no doubt that this year's FIFA World Cup captured millions around the world. Keen to also grab the attention of those millions, many from the sports and betting sectors were tuning in to Betradar's World Cup Centre and widgets.
One company that fully leveraged this opportunity, among Betradar's clients, was mobile gaming company and provider of online casino and sports betting services, LeoVegas.
The existing data partnership between Betradar and LeoVegas was expanded in May this year to include a range of content solutions, including Betradar's World Cup Centre and widgets from the Sportradar store.
The services have been utilised across their website domains including LeoVegas.com and LeoVegas.it.
As part of their ongoing commitment to improving the gaming experience ahead of the World Cup, LeoVegas launched their new sportsbook 2.0 and a new design for Leovegas.com, and as LeoVegas' Head of Sport Operations, Jokela says Betradar helped boost their offering.
"Our definite goal is to provide as much relevant information to our customers as possible, therefore we decided to go for Betradar's World Cup Centre and widgets as we found them to be perfect additions for our new sportsbook," Jokela said.
Betradar's sports data widgets provide clients like LeoVegas with a range of entertaining and uniquely designed online tools for a number of sports across the world.
The World Cup Centre was created to enable bookmakers to boost their revenues through new and special markets for all 64 matches within the tournament, as well as mythical match-ups.
"They really add value to our sportsbook and they've been greatly appreciated by our loyal customer base," Jokela said.
LeoVegas Sport, powered by Kambi, was announced in 2016 with an aim to provide sports betting, across a multitude of different sports and regions, to really provide customers countless options and the ability to bet on their favourite teams. At the same time, they have also invested in their Live Casino and Casino brand in order to offer the market's best experience while leading the way into the mobile future.
"Ever since the launch of LeoVegas Sport our goal has been to create the best live experience when betting on mobile," LeoVegas' Sports Manager in Sweden, Christian Polsater said.
"Sportradar offers stats and information about selected matches and leagues where we offer odds. They add value and insight about each game to our existing customer base to help them make the decision on where to bet," LeoVegas Sports Marketing Manager in Sweden, Mattias Wennerkvist added.
"We mainly use the Betradar content as additional information to the odds we have on site – so that our player can get a 360-degree understanding of the pregame conditions before kick-off.
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CODA was officially founded in 1983 as a result of research I did as a graduate student at Gallaudet University. I sent out the first CODA introductory newsletter and coined the term "CODA – Children of Deaf Adults" referring to hearing offspring of Deaf parent(s). Research has shown that approximately 90% of the children born to Deaf parents are hearing. I was one of them and set out to organize our widely dispersed group. My life was full of constant movement between Deaf and hearing worlds. I felt comfortable in both but not fully immersed in either. The CODA world would become my third option where I felt balance between my Deaf and hearing cultural experiences.
CODA has moved from a small, grassroots organization to a worldwide entity with strong familial bonds reaching overseas. Our shared family experience has transcended global boundaries, languages and cross-cultural divides. Our mission is to raise funds for deserving Codas for continuing education. The annual conferences, retreats and meetings allow for self-exploration of our bilingual-bicultural heritage. As a result, we have supported and/or implemented activities such as Mother/Father Deaf Day to honor our parents, KODA (Kids of Deaf Adults) camps for young Codas under age 18, resource development and scholarship opportunities.
I welcome you and encourage perusal of our website in order to become familiar with our identity and activities as Codas. We appreciate your interest and hope you will learn more about our CODA community.
I would like to extend a warm welcome, whether you are an existing member of Children of Deaf Adults, Inc. or if you are now considering becoming a valued member of this family.
We are a non-profit volunteer organisation known globally as CODA International. We were founded in the USA back in 1983 and we have grown internationally ever since, having hosted 5 of our Annual Conferences outside of the United States of America.
CODA International aims to partner with Coda and Deaf organisations around the world to assist in our mission of celebrating the unique heritage and multicultural identities of adult hearing individuals with deaf parent(s). We strive to achieve this mission via conferences, retreats, publications, scholarships, resource development and fundraising to enrich the experience of Codas.
Having personally joined CODA as a member back in 2013, my journey progressed quickly joining the Board in 2014, the Executive Board in 2015 whilst also assuming the position of Conference Chair in 2015. Now, as President, I look forward to working with the Board and you as the membership to guide the organisation to the future, bringing the 2020 Strategic Plan to fruition. Here at CODA International we are excited for the future and we look forward to facilitating the growth of the organisation at all levels from the Board right through to the Membership.
As a Brit, I'm excited to bring CODA International to those outside of the United States of America and vice-versa.
So, here's to looking forward to 2017/18 and another successful year for CODA International. Welcome once again, and if I can be of any assistance please do not hesitate to get in touch with me or any of the Board of Directors.
Hope to see you in Providence, Rhode Island, USA at our next Conference.


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Glenn Beck's departure: Murdoch and company mark the depths to which even they will no longer descend.
Rupert Murdoch and Fox News mark the depths to which even they will no longer descend.
Rupert Murdoch will kowtow to the Chinese. He will lie. He will make promises about maintaining the old standards at a newspaper he's purchasing and then promptly break them. He'll assign his journalists to dig up dirt on his business opponents. He'll slag the Dalai Lama: "I have heard cynics who say he's a very political old monk shuffling around in Gucci shoes." And when it suits him, Murdoch will order his journalistic troops to perform the reverse ferret.
But with the shuttering of Glenn Beck's show on the Fox News Channel, we now know that there is a journalistic sub-basement beneath even the genocidal tyrant.
I have no direct evidence that Murdoch killed the Beck show. Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff wrote last summer of Wendi Deng Murdoch making fun of Beck in front of Murdoch, making him "scowl." We also understand that the man who runs Fox News, Roger Ailes, wasn't enamored of Beck. "Half of the headlines say he's been canceled," Ailes told the Associated Press in April, when the show got the hook. "The other half say he quit. We're pretty happy with both of them." And, of course, other Fox journalists weren't keen about the prospect that Beck was "becoming the face of the network," according to a March 2010 Howard Kurtz report.
Whether you view Beck as an "activist" and a "comedian," as TV analyst Andrew Tyndall puts it in the Kurtz piece, or as a carnival huckster and loopy talk-show host with a chalkboard, as others have, he gave the entire Murdoch empire a case of the willies for much of his stay on the cable channel.
Murdoch ordinarily doesn't care that much about what "proper" people think of his enterprises. For several years now, he has sandbagged the press, the police, and a variety of politicians and celebrities in the ever-burgeoning U.K. phone-hacking scandal. He doesn't give a rip when critics denounce Fox News for paying several Republican presidential contenders to appear on-air, thereby incubating their political aspirations, or when they yell at him for donating $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. Bring on the hate, bring on the denunciations. Like the honey badger, Murdoch doesn't care what others think of him.
But even a nihilist—and nihilism, not conservatism, is Murdoch's political creed—has his practical limits. And Beck's show tunneled directly to the space below those Murdochian limits.
I don't think it's Beck's outrageousness that got to Murdoch. If we trust Michael Wolff as a guide to Murdoch's psyche, Murdoch "absolutely despises" Fox News' outrageous star Bill O'Reilly, but he likes the money he brings in too much ever to push him out. Also, O'Reilly's outrageousness never reaches the fetid depths that define Murdoch's no-go zone. Say what you will about Bill: Even when he's yelling, his point of view is both comprehensible and internally consistent. You can't say that for Beck's Nazi, Hitler, Holocaust, fascism, communism, world-government, Joseph McCarthy, Obama-"racism," Obama-"affinity"-for-Islam, "Great Awakening," and end-times riffing.
Beck always made of point of being independent of Murdoch's empire. He has his best-selling books, a website (The Blaze), a magazine, lecture-hall bookings, and probably a nut-fudge concession stand somewhere. If the press wanted to talk to him, they had to contact Beck's people at Mercury Radio Arts, not the folks at Fox. As several writers have pointed out, Beck's distance from the Fox mind-meld may have played a bigger role in the killing of his show than the advertiser boycotts and falling ratings. Murdoch craves dependency in his employees. As somebody (damn you, memory!) put it in the recent Bloomberg TV documentary on Murdoch, Rupert is the only person who matters at News Corp. There is no second-in-command or subsidiary power. There is only Rupert. If somebody comes or goes at News Corp., we can assume it's because he wishes it so.
We can be both comforted and dismayed by the discovery that Glenn Beck marks a space several rungs below Murdoch's absolute bottom: Comforted by the knowledge that even Murdoch and company are capable of revulsion but dismayed that had Beck taken 10 percent off his fastball, he'd still be pitching.
The show must have confounded Murdoch and his people by the end of its run. Part infomercial, part talk show, part confessional, part lecture, part revival, it wasn't journalism or even para-journalism. You never knew whether Beck believed what he was saying or whether he was just doing his best to stir the animals up (to pinch a phrase from Mencken). As Ailes told the AP, it's hard to keep that trick going forever.
Like other recovering alcoholics, Beck projected a warped sense of correctness about his view of the world. For the better part of 30 months, his passion intoxicated a sufficient number of viewers to keep Fox off his back. But instead of becoming more sober, he became less until he was as blitzed as the alcohol-deprived Jack Torrance in The Shining.
For now, Beck is gone. I'll drink to that. And somewhere tonight, I'm sure Rupert Murdoch is drinking, too.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today been granted observer status by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York City. This decision pays tribute to the IOC's efforts to contribute to the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals. By using sport as a tool, the IOC and its partners implement various activities across the globe in fields such as humanitarian assistance, peace-building, education, gender equality, environment and the fight against HIV/AIDS.
The IOC now has the possibility of attending all UN General Assembly meetings where it can take the floor and thus promote sport at a new level. The list of UN observers is exclusive and features states and intergovernmental organisations as well as independent and non-governmental bodies, like the International Committee of the Red Cross for instance.
"This is huge recognition of the role sport can play in contributing to a better and peaceful world," said IOC President Jacques Rogge. "The Olympic values clearly match with the UN philosophy. Today's decision further strengthens the partnership between the IOC and the UN system," he added. The IOC already works with a wide array of UN specialised agencies and organisations around the world to benefit young people and communities.
The UN General Assembly today also adopted the Olympic Truce Resolution for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will take place from 12 to 28 February and from 12 to 21 March 2010. Through this Resolution, the UN invites its member States to observe and promote peace before, during and after the Games in order to protect the interests of athletes and sport in general, and to contribute, through sport, to the search for peaceful and diplomatic solutions to the world's conflicts.
Entitled "Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal," the Resolution was introduced by Canada on behalf of the IOC. The document also refers to the Youth Olympic Games, which will take place for the first time from 14-26 August 2010 in Singapore and aim to inspire young people around the world to participate in sport and adopt and live by the Olympic values.


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Badminton: India Open 2023 picks up official entertainment partner in build-up to event
Under the partnership, INOX will promote the tournament across its cinemas in India and on its digital platforms. INOX would also provide space to the Badminton Association of India (BAI) in cinema lobbies and LED displays for tournament promotions.
"Celebrating the passion and anticipated success of the Indian players in the field of badminton, and to build awareness for the tournament, INOX is also rolling out its campaign," the company informed in a release on Thursday.
"Josh and Jashn" features H.S. Prannoy, Srikanth Kidambi, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The campaign would run across INOX's digital platforms, and across the cinemas. INOX would also conduct engaging and experiential activations for its patrons. INOX patrons will also stand a chance to win match tickets and exclusive merchandise for the tournament, the release informed.
Alok Tandon, Chief Executive Officer, of INOX Leisure Limited said "Indian badminton has been making the country proud for many years. As our country is all set to host the biggest professional badminton tournament ever, we take pride in partnering with the Yonex Sunrise India Open 2023 organised by the Badminton Association of India to promote it across our cinemas and let our audiences get familiar with its grandeur. In the process, we aim to strengthen our bond with our patrons, by offering them unique brand experiences and privileges. We wish the very best to all the players participating in this prestigious championship and hope to see an Indian star lifting the trophy."
According to Sanjay Mishra, Secretary General, Badminton Association of India, "Yonex Sunrise India Open 2023 is a huge milestone in the history of Indian Badminton and we are looking forward to this partnership with INOX. Yonex Sunrise India Open 2023 is now a 750-category event and it is one of the premier Super Series tournaments held globally. This year we will see the participation of top badminton nations like China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and India among 22 countries participating in this elite badminton gathering. The presence of 242 badminton players from January 17 will ensure that New Delhi celebrates the biggest badminton festival ever witnessed in the country."
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Sunday, January 9th, 2022
NOTES & QUOTES FROM WEEK 18 EDITION OF FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA ON NBC AND PEACOCK
"This was the most physical team that we've watched all year." – Rodney Harrison on the Titans
"The Cincinnati Bengals are must-watch TV. I love their big play mindset. Let's see if that carries over to the Playoffs." – Drew Brees
"Big Ben was efficient and that's really why he's one of the clutchest quarterbacks we've ever seen in NFL history." – Chris Simms on Ben Roethlisberger
"I'm going to give the Jags some free advice … Hire Jim Caldwell. He'll do a great job for you." – Tony Dungy
STAMFORD, Conn. – Jan. 9, 2022 – NBC Sports' presentation of Week 18 of the 2021 NFL season began tonight from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev., with Football Night in America leading into the NFL's regular-season finale (#Game272) between the Chargers and Raiders — with the winner clinching a spot in the NFL Playoffs — on Sunday Night Football on NBC and Peacock.
Mike Tirico hosted FNIA from NBC Sports Group's Studio 1 in Stamford, Conn., and was joined by co-host Maria Taylor, Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Tony Dungy, Super Bowl XLIV MVP Drew Brees, and former NFL quarterback Chris Simms. Two-time Super Bowl winner Rodney Harrison joined co-host Jac Collinsworth at the site of the game. NFL Insider Mike Florio provided reports from his home studio. NBC News' Steve Kornacki joined Football Night to break down the NFL playoff scenarios.
Al Michaels (play-by-play), Cris Collinsworth (analyst), Michele Tafoya (sideline reporter) and Terry McAulay (rules analyst) are calling tonight's game, the final contest of the 2021 NFL regular season.
For the first time ever, Football Night in America and Sunday Night Football are streaming on Peacock Premium every week this season. Viewers can sign up here. Peacock Premium is included at no additional cost for Comcast's eligible Xfinity X1 and Flex customers and Cox Contour customers.
NBC Sports' new post-game show Peacock Sunday Night Football Final streams tonight exclusively on Peacock following Sunday Night Football.
Following are highlights from tonight's edition of Football Night in America on NBC and Peacock:
ON CHARGERS-RAIDERS TIE SCENARIO
Dungy on factoring for a tie to advance to the NFL Playoffs as a head coach: "As Steve (Kornacki) said (there's a) 0.3% chance (of a tie occurring), so I'm not even thinking about it unless we get to overtime…until then you're playing to win the game."
Brees: "As a player, you're playing to win the game. It's all you're focused on, doing whatever it takes. Especially with the Playoffs next week, you want to be at your very best."
ON CHARGERS
Harrison: "They've always had talent. The problem with them, they've always been soft mentally. They went out and got Brandon Staley to change that. That's a big part of the aggressiveness –going for it on fourth down. He's trying to instill confidence in his team."
Tirico: "When all their pieces are going, they can be very dynamic."
Simms on QB Justin Herbert: "His ability to read coverage and put the ball in tight windows is what is so impressive to me."
ON RAIDERS
Dungy on QB Derek Carr: "His teammates love him, his coaches love him and tonight he gets a chance to get the Raiders fans to love him. Just one piece of advice…don't forget to hand the ball off to (Josh Jacobs) tonight."
ON AFC PLAYOFF POSSIBILITIES
Dungy: "This is about as wide a field as I have seen…Tennessee, great job of persevering. Derrick Henry — if he can come back like the Derrick Henry we know, maybe they become the favorite."
Brees: "It has been a lack of consistency amongst the AFC teams. If you give a nod to somebody, I would look to Kansas City because they've been there. But the Cincinnati Bengals are must-watch TV. I love their big play mindset. Let's see if that carries over to the Playoffs."
ON TITANS
Harrison: "When we saw them in Los Angeles (on SNF in Week 9), this was the most physical team that we've watched all year. They get A.J. Brown and Derrick Henry back and healthy, c'mon, who is going to beat them?"
Dungy: "Mike Vrabel has done an awesome job getting his team to that number-one seed without his ace, but they need Derrick Henry. They're winning a lot of close games. They're going to play better teams in the Playoffs. They've got to get that real running identity back."
Brees: "I'm pretty amazed that when they lost him – all of us looked at Tennessee saying they're in trouble. And yet here they are as the one seed. And why? I think in large part it's because they may have the best offensive line and defensive line combination in football, and that's what you need to win."
Tirico: "It might be enough to vote Mike Vrabel Coach of the Year."
ON COLTS
Dungy: "The Colts offensive line was dominated by the Jaguars defensive line."
Dungy: "Carson Wentz is going to get a lot of criticism for today, but the Colts have been (a team that relies on its) offensive line, running the football. They couldn't get anything going today. Defensively, a team that gets takeaways – they got zero today. That was the difference in the game for me – offensive and defensive lines got dominated."
Brees: "The last two weeks, they just imploded. They had almost stamped their ticket to the Playoffs, but unfortunately they go down to Jacksonville today and get whooped pretty good."
ON JAGUARS
Tirico: "Jacksonville fans were talking about being clowns, making fun of their team. Their team had the last laugh."
Dungy: "(Colts) offense couldn't get anything going. You have to credit the Jags. They came to play."
Dungy on head coaching vacancy: "I'm going to give the Jags some free advice – Jim Caldwell. You've got a great young quarterback that needs to be developed. Think this – Peyton Manning, Joe Flacco, Matthew Stafford. Jim Caldwell helped develop all of those when they were young quarterbacks. Also, first class, high class guy who can work with anybody and who's been to the mountain top. Hire Jim Caldwell. He'll do a great job for you."
Tirico: "They need an adult in the room, and he would certainly fit that."
ON STEELERS
Tirico: "It hasn't hit midnight just yet."
Simms on QB Ben Roethlisberger: "It wasn't pretty. It's not always sexy, but Big Ben was efficient and that's really why he's one of the clutchest quarterbacks we've ever seen in NFL history."
ON PATRIOTS
Dungy: "I'm a little concerned about New England. Some mistakes we're not used to seeing…usually in January, games that you have to win, at home against Buffalo last week to take first place in the division – they didn't show up. And today, same thing."
ON BILLS
Simms: "The offense is big-play, too Josh Allen-centric still, but they have got a running game going lately with Devin Singletary. For me, that will be a big key in the Playoffs."
ON PACKERS
Simms: "We know the offense is awesome…I am a little concerned with their defense. Teams move and run the ball up and down the field on them…they've been leaky a bit on that side of the ball."
ON 49ERS
Simms: "The 49ers defense took over this game in the second half."
Brees: "Who wants to play the 49ers right now? With the way they are running the football and how their defense shut down that explosive Rams offense in the second half (today), the Cowboys will have their work cut out for them."
ON GIANTS
Tirico: "There's malaise and concern with the Giants franchise and fanbase."
Dungy on the decision to quarterback sneak on third-and-nine from their own four-yard line: "What is that? A quarterback sneak from victory formation to just punt the ball? … I know your quarterback got hurt, that makes a big difference, but these last six games haven't been competitive. And then what I saw today, running a quarterback sneak on third-and-nine to just punt the ball, that's not competitive."
ON VIKINGS
Brees on QB Kirk Cousins, RB Dalvin Cook and WR Justin Jefferson: "You look at the talent they have on both sides of the ball…how do you miss the Playoffs?"


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