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ONS: 24 January 2014
Tags: Africa, Cairo, China, Colombia, earthquake, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Mubarak, Panama, Panama Canal, Protest, protests, Tunisia, Twitter, UAE, United States, virus, Yemen
AFRICA: In Egypt, three bombs hours apart hit Cairo police headquarters and a police vehicle, killing at least five.
AMERICAS: Colombia's highway patrol seized 1,234 kilos of cocaine in the northern province of Cordoba.
ASIA: Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled that a 02FEB election opposed by anti-government protesters can legally be delayed.
EUROPE: A small explosive device went off outside a French church in central Rome ahead of French President Hollande's visit to Italy.
MIDDLE EAST: The UNHCR said more than 65,000 people have fled fighting in the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi during the past week.
TECHNOLOGY: A cyberattack attributed to the Syrian Electronic Army gained access to CNN's twitter feed and website.
Ukraine: Protests expand as tenuous truce holds.
Protesters rejected the compromise reached between its leaders and President Yanukovich after five hours of talks.
Opposition leaders told the crowds that President Yanukovich had promised to ensure the release of dozens of protesters detained after clashes with police, and stop further detentions.
Protesters seized a government building in Kiev while also maintaining their siege of several governors' offices in the country's west.
President Yanukovych named reputed hardliner Andriy Klyuyev as his new chief of staff.
Police confirmed that two protesters who died in the latest clashes with security forces were killed by gunshot wounds but denied responsibility.
Coverage: AFP, AFP-2, AFP-3, AP, BBC, LAT, Reuters
Egypt: Three bombs hours apart hit Cairo police headquarters and a police vehicle, killing at least five. (AFP)
Mali: A French counter-terrorism offensive in the Timbuktu region ended with 11 militants killed and a French soldier wounded. (AFP)
Sudan, South: US President Obama called the country's cease-fire deal a critical first step toward lasting peace. (AP)
Sudan, South: The UN World Food Program estimated that it may have lost more than 3,700 tonnes of food in looting in the country, enough to feed 220,000 people for a month. (Reuters)
Tunisia: Lawmakers will vote Saturday on adopting a new constitution. (AFP)
Colombia: A court suspended the contested ouster of Bogota Mayor Petro. (AFP)
Colombia: The country's highway patrol seized 1,234 kilos of cocaine in the northern province of Cordoba. (EFE)
Panama: The Panama Canal Authority and a multinational construction consortium in charge of canal expansion agreed on a negotiation protocol. (Xinhua)
United States: President Obama disagreed with an independent watchdog group's conclusion that the NSA's phone records collection program is illegal. (WP)
Venezuela: President Maduro said the country would step up its "economic offensive". (Xinhua)
China: The air force dispatched another patrol to monitor its controversial air defense zone in the East China Sea and issued warnings to foreign military jets in the zone. (Reuters)
Korean Peninsula: South Korea's Defense Ministry responded to the DPRK's "open letter" with skepticism and called for supporting evidence. (Xinhua)
Philippines: Police arrested four men and seized USD30 million worth of methamphetamine. (AP)
Philippines: The government said that it is on the lookout for assassins supposedly sent by the Mexican-based Sinaloa drug cartel to silence two Canadians who were arrested this month in a raid in Manila. (Xinhua)
Thailand: The Constitutional Court ruled that a 02FEB election opposed by anti-government protesters can legally be delayed. (AP)
Region: Planned strikes by air traffic controllers in several European countries are expected to disrupt flights next week. (Xinhua)
France: The government summoned the Ukrainian ambassador to voice its "condemnation" of the government's response to protests in Kiev. (AFP)
Italy: A small explosive device went off outside a French church in central Rome ahead of French President Hollande's visit to the country. (AFP)
Iran: The IAEA called on member states to help pay for an increased inspector workload in the country. (Reuters)
Iran: FM Zarif said a reduced sentence for two Americans jailed in the country may be possible. (CNN)
Iraq: The UNHCR said more than 65,000 people have fled fighting in the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi during the past week. (Reuters)
Syria: Sources reported that rebel and regime representatives will not sit in the same room for the start of talks in Geneva. (AFP)
Yemen: A US drone struck a vehicle in the eastern province of Marib killing three al-Qaeda suspects. (AFP)
Cybersecurity: A cyberattack attributed to the Syrian Electronic Army gained access to CNN's twitter feed and website. (Mashable)
Hurricanes: Nothing to report.
Volcanoes: Mount Sinabung, Indonesia
Ongoing eruptions, ash plumes (WSJ)
Global Disease Outbreaks:
Novel Coronavirus (MERS-CoV, SARS-related)
Cases: Global Number of Cases as of 09JAN: 178 (Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Italy, France, Germany, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, UAE, United Kingdom)
Deaths: Global Number of Deaths as of 09JAN: 75 (Saudi Arabia, France, Qatar, United Kingdom, UAE, Oman)
Sourcing: WHO, WHO-2
TOMORROW'S OUTLOOK (25JAN)
Austria: Holocaust Remembrance Day
Egypt: National day noting the unseating of former President Mubarak – 2011


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Justin Abdelkader (/ˈæbdəlkeɪdər/; born February 25, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey left winger and alternate captain for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Abdelkader played for the junior ice hockey Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League during his senior year of high school, scoring 27 goals and 52 points and helping the team win the 2004–05 Clark Cup Championship. He then began a three-year stint playing college ice hockey for the Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team of what was then the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.
On April 7, 2007, Abdelkader scored the game-winning goal in the 2007 NCAA Championship Game against Boston College, securing the NCAA Division 1 National Championship for Michigan State University and earning him the Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player. He scored the latest game-winning regulation goal ever scored in an NCAA Frozen Four championship game when he scored with just 18.9 seconds left.
Abdelkader received his Bachelor of Arts in General Management from Michigan State's Eli Broad College of Business on December 18, 2015.
Abdelkader was drafted 42nd overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
On April 3, 2008, Abdelkader signed a one-game amateur tryout with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and was to play that night against the Columbus Blue Jackets. In doing so, he forfeited his college eligibility for the 2008–09 season. The following day, Abdelkader signed a three-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings. He played one more game that season for Detroit. In June when Detroit won the Stanley Cup Abdelkader was part of the team celebration. He was included on the team picture, and awarded a Stanley Cup Ring. Abdelkader did not play enough games to qualify for engravement on the Stanley Cup in 2008.
Abdelkader scored 24 goals for the Grand Rapids Griffins during the 2008–09 season and was one of the team's best offensive players in the playoffs.
On May 8, 2009, Abdelkader was brought up to the Red Wings as the replacement for Tomáš Kopecký, who sat out Game 5 of the Western Conference semi-finals series against the Anaheim Ducks. Coach Mike Babcock sent Abdelkader to replace Kopecký "because he'll run over people. We expect him to play hard like Darren Helm. He's on the forecheck and he's a physical guy." During the game Abdelkader scored his first career point on an assist to Johan Franzén.
Abdelkader scored his first career NHL goal on May 30, 2009, in Game 1 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. After shooting the puck, he grabbed the rebound out of the air with his glove, dropped the puck, and beat Marc-André Fleury high stick side. His second goal came nearly 24 hours later in the second game of the series, off of what commentators described as a "knuckle puck." He carried the puck into the forward zone alone against three Penguins defenders and fired a slapshot past Fleury. He became the first rookie to score a goal in consecutive finals games since Minnesota's Dino Ciccarelli did it in 1981.
During the 2009–10 season Justin played 50 games for the Red Wings scoring three goals, while adding three assists. Abdelkader was then re-signed by the Red Wings on a two-year extension worth $1.575 million.
The 2010–11 season was Abdelkader's first full NHL season as a Red Wing. Abdelkader played in 74 games, scoring seven goals, and adding 12 assists.
During the 2011–12 season, he missed only one game, and finished the season with eight goals and 14 assists in 81 games.
On September 14, 2012, Abdelkader signed a four-year, $7.2 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings.
On October 9, 2015, Abdelkader became the second player in Red Wings history to score a hat trick in a season opening home game, following Adam Brown in 1945. Abdelkader was named the First Star of the Week for the week ending October 12, 2015. He shared the league lead with four goals and tied for second in the NHL with five points. On November 12, 2015, the Red Wings signed Abdelkader to a seven-year, $29.75 million contract extension.
Abdelkader was selected to play for the United States national junior team at the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Sweden.
Abdelkader was selected to play for the United States national team at the 2014 IIHF World Championship, where he was named team captain. Abdelkader was suspended for one-game at the World Championships for a knee-to-knee hit infraction on Konstantin Pushkaryov in a game against Kazakhstan. Following Abdelkader's one-game suspension, he returned for the game against Germany, where he scored two goals, including the game-winning goal, in the final group stage game to lead the United States to the quarterfinals. During the United States' quarterfinal game against the Czech Republic, Abdelkader was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct for charging Vladimír Sobotka in the second period. In July 2014, the IIHF announced that he would be suspended for three-games at the 2015 IIHF World Championship for the hit on Sobotka (Adbelkader is only required to serve the suspension if he appears at that tournament). Abdelkader finished the tournament with three goals and one assists in seven games.
Abdelkader represented the United States at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, where he recorded one goal in three games.
Abdelkader is the son of Joseph and Sheryl Abdelkader. The surname Abdelkader is Arabic. His paternal grandfather, Yusuf Abdul Qadir (Anglicised to Joseph Abdelkader), emigrated from Jordan at the age of 19 to Muskegon, Michigan and married a Polish woman named Zuzanna (Susie).
He went to Churchill Elementary School, Mona Shores Middle School and graduated from Mona Shores High School in 2005. He was named to the all-state hockey team and awarded the Mr. Hockey award, given to the top high school ice hockey player in Michigan. During his senior year, he played for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the USHL.
Abdelkader proposed to his longtime girlfriend Julie Leshkevich in November 2016 at the Joe Louis Arena. The couple married on July 21, 2017, and gave birth to their first child in September 2018.
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^ @justinabss (September 15, 2018). "Yesterday my wife and I welcomed our biggest blessing into this world. These past 24 hours have given life a whole new meaning. Words cannot express the love we have for you Jaxon Joseph Abdelkader. 💙👶🏼" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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You slow the flow of time around a creature. The creature must make a successful Wisdom saving throw or its speed is halved (rounded up to the nearest 5-foot increment). Until the effect ends, the creature's speed is halved again at the start of each of your turns. For example, a character with a speed of 30 feet fails its saving throw, dropping its speed to 15 feet. At the start of your next turn, the creature's speed drops to 10 feet, then to 5 feet on the following round. Decelerate can't reduce a creature's speed to less than 5 feet. The spell ends after 1 minute or when the target uses its action to make a successful Wisdom saving throw.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can affect an additional creature for each slot level above 3rd.


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Remote Patrol
Keeping a watch on TV
By Bruce Fretts
Updated October 02, 1998 at 04:00 AM EDT
Sports Night takes a swing at jocks, but it's the real ESPN guys who hit it out of the park
Thanks to Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa's home-run chase, I've been watching a lot of ESPN's SportsCenter lately. And I'm far from the only one: Ratings for the cable net's 11 p.m. weeknight broadcast have shot up about 15 percent since June. The program's real highlights, however, haven't been the sluggers' athletic feats, but rather the anchors' witty comments — it's not just the ads for this show that are hilarious.
The network's blandly handsome first-string team, Kenny Mayne and Dan Patrick, look like suburban insurance agents, which makes their Mojave-dry humor all the more of a pleasant surprise. Straight man Patrick cleverly opened his interview with the newly crowned McGwire by paraphrasing a line from Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I: "Is it good to be the King?" Master of understatement Mayne's wisecracks are even subtler: After light-hitting Mets infielder Luis Lopez smacked his second homer of the season, Mayne deadpanned, "Media pressure will be intense for his third."
It isn't easy to make sports funny, as Coach and Arli$$ have painfully proved. Now another sitcom, Sports Night (ABC, Tuesdays, 9:30-10 p.m.), steps up to the plate. While it packs less comic heat than SportsCenter — which it parodies — it's not a strikeout.
The blandly handsome Josh Charles and Peter Krause star as Dan Rydell and Casey McCall, anchors at an ESPN-esque channel. Their frat-boyishness is more reminiscent of Craig Kilborn (who split SportsCenter for Comedy Central's The Daily Show and soon moves to CBS' The Late Late Show) than Patrick and Mayne. In fact, Sports Night's second episode finds Charles in hot water over an Esquire interview — a story line obviously inspired by Kilborn's 1997 suspension over sexist remarks he made in the mag.
If only Charles or Krause were half as amusing as Kilborn. Their characters — actually, everyone on Sports Night — are smart and hard-working. Unfortunately, such decent people don't lend themselves to sidesplitting high jinks. This show's got more sit than com, which makes the net's addition of a laugh track (the producers hoped to forgo one) seem even stranger.
The series' strength is its speed-racer pace. Written by Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men) and directed by Thomas Schlamme (Chicago Hope), Sports Night moves like nothing else on TV; it makes ER look like Diagnosis Murder. Characters tear through rooms spitting out staccato bursts of dialogue at each other. This machine-gun banter is expertly handled by the crack ensemble, especially Felicity Huffman (a veteran of David Mamet's verbal wars) as an interference-running producer.
With its cynical, behind-the-scenes look at TV, Sports Night sometimes seems less inspired by SportsCenter than by The Larry Sanders Show. The presence of Joshua Malina (so wonderfully underhanded as network exec Kenny in Sanders' final season) as a tightly wrapped new associate producer only adds to this aura. Garry Shandling's late-night satire wasn't always a laugh-out-loud affair either, but from the start, its characters had a depth that Sports Night's have yet to develop.

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Actors / Classics / Movie Reviews
Show Boat (1951) starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, & Howard Keel
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The Cotton Blossom, owned by the Hawks family, is a show boat known for musical entertainment traveling down the Mississippi River. Julie LaVerne (Ava Gardner) and her husband, Steve (Robert Sterling), are the leading actors of the show. After a jealous boat hand calls the local police on Julie (who's father was white and mother black), they're forced to leave; interracial marriages were forbidden (in the 1890s). Magnolia (Kathryn Grayson), Captain Andy's (Joe E. Brown) pretty young daughter, becomes the new attraction; she has a great smile, a good voice, and learned much by watching Julie. Her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal (Howard Keel), a charming/handsome gambler, who is impressed w/ her at first sight. The two fall quickly in love and marry, w/o the approval of her mother, Parthy (Agnes Moorhead).
Nolie soon faces reality; gambling means more to her husband than anything. She confronts him after he gambles away their fortune; he leaves in the middle of the night. Nolie runs into two old friends, Ellie May and Frank (Marge and Gower Champion), who sang and danced on the show boat. They're going to perform at a nightclub; Nolie tags along. None of them know that Julie is working at the same club; she is backstage and recognizes the song Nolie sings. Julie leaves the club abruptly, angering the manager and owner, b/c she hears that Nolie needs a job.
A few yeard later, Julie meets Gaylord on a gambling boat, and realizes that he's Nolie's runaway husband. Julie gives him a piece of her mind, and shows him an ad w/ the captain, Nolie, and his little daughter. Gaylord swears that he never knew he had a child. Julie begs him, if he ever sees her old friend, to never tell how low she has sunk. Gaylord decides to go to Natchez (where the show boat is docked) and seek forgiveness from his family.
I've seen this colorful MGM musical (written by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) maybe 3 times. I recall loving the songs (and having the CD); my favorite songs are "Ol' Man River" and "Life Upon the Wicked Stage." Looking at it today (on TCM), there are some pretty good performances (esp. from Gardner). The role of Julie (who passes as white) is tragic, though she is beautiful, talented, and loyal (esp. to Steve, who eventually leaves her). She turns to alcohol and her singing suffers. At the end, Julie is left w/ nothing, b/c this society has no place for her.
[1] Ava is, as always, ridiculously and insanely gorgeous. In fact, I would have liked to have seen more of her than I did. It's a stretch for a white woman to play a bi-racial woman, but she did it with what seemed like such ease. She accompanies so much with a look (which is evident as she watches Gay and Nolie sail off together with Kim — you all know what I'm talking about).
[2] Now for Marge & Gower Champion: who couldn't love them? Gower is this sort of… fluid-like creature with a stature and grace like Fred Astaire, but instead of Astaire's "lanky movements" that defined his style, he somehow executes the more athletic, brisk movements that defined Gene Kelly's style. And Marge has to be just about the cutest little person I have ever seen (great facial expressions!) and one of the most talented dancers… I've ever seen grace a screen. "I Could Fall Back on You" and "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" are two of the most outstanding moments in the movie. You'll love them.
[3] Musically of course, the film is a masterpiece and though my favourite tune is "Make Believe", I was extremely impressed by the version of Ol Man River sung by the actor William Warfield who must have had one of the most brilliant voices I have ever hear! I confess to never having heard of this gentleman prior to seeing the film and had imagined the singer to be Paul Robeson.
-Excerpts from IMDB reviews
Some Trivia Behind the Film
The original production of Showboat opened in the Ziegfeld Theater on December 27, 1927 and ran for 572 performances.
Even though the character of "Magnolia" is supposed to look up to "Julie" in an older-sister type of relationship, in reality, Kathryn Grayson and Ava Gardner were born in the same year.
The Breen Censorship Office tried to raise an objection against the use of the "miscegenation sequence," but they were unable to do so because the 1936 film had already used it (setting a precedent).
Lena Horne mentions in her biography that she wanted to do the role of Julie badly, but only got as far as performing a single number in the "Clouds" film in the opening "Show Boat" vignette. America was still a segregated nation in 1950; interracial romance was taboo onscreen.
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Howard Keel was the stage heartthrob of a generation — when he reappeared on Dallas in the 80s it must have been for people who remembered his musical career of the 50s/60s.
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Carousel Players is an award-winning professional theatre for young audiences based in Niagara. Over 42 years, we have created and presented inspiring plays for children aged 5 to 15 in schools and theatres across Ontario and Canada.
Carousel Players presents imaginative and entertaining theatre for children and offers unique outreach programs such as our popular summer theatre school, classroom workshops and artist residencies in schools.
Carousel Players also manages a 120 seat theatre facility in downtown. St.Catharines.
We invite you to view Carousel's promotional videos on our website to see scenes from our touring shows.
L'Aubergine's productions blend precision and imagination. Typically, a cast of vivid characters use a succinct scenario as a backdrop for comic inspiration. On-stage action is supported by an original score, usually performed live by the actors and supporting musicians. Language and gestures are playfully interwoven into bright, coloured images. The cast works its own melodic alchemy, trans- forming musical instruments into props and props into musical instruments. In fact, when L'Aubergine comes to town, their theatre of artistic zaniness and elegant buffoonery enchants everyone.
We see the performance of live music as a collective experience to enhance human connections in our lives. We measure the success of our concerts by the connection we have to our music, and by how we communicate this connection to our audiences. We seek to build community through our art, an especially important goal in the modern world. We value moments where music is created in the same space and time it is listened to.
Our duo is a truly collaborative endeavour. We believe that beautiful music for flute and piano – with a select expansion into contemporary repertoire - has a limitless capacity to reach our audiences, both intellectually and emotionally. We are committed to offering the best repertoire, performed at the highest level.
Jim Dalling is a creative play expert, an artist, clown and a Gestalt life coach. He makes masks. He makes surfboards. He makes plays. Most of all, Jim creates safe places for people to play.
Jim creates performances where audiences are essential to the performance. They become part of the creative play. When people play creatively they develop resilience, empathy and joy. When people play with freedom and gusto, they learn something about themselves.
Through interactive workshops and coaching, Jim creates opportunities for people to shed their everyday masks, face change, embrace the strange and play in the magical worlds of 'why not' and 'if'.
Tom Allen hosts Shift on CBC Radio 2 and concerts across Canada. He is the author of three non-fiction books, plays the trombone when he can and wrote this show, among many others. Mostly, he's a storyteller.
Patricia O'Callaghan is a recording and performing artist with 5 solo CDs and several collaborations.
Bryce Kulak is an actor, singer, pianist and composer who has been performing professionally across Canada since he was 11.
Kevin Fox is a composer, arranger, recording artist and performer with 3 solo recordings and countless credits as a supporting artist.
Lori Gemmell is the Principal Harpist with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony and plays often with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
The Duo Fortin-Poirier has performed on a regular basis in the Montreal area, where they have presented their work in a large number of cultural centres, (Maisons de la Culture).
Marie-Christine Poirier and Amélie Fortin have participated in many Competitions, including in Chicago (2011), Oslo, Norway (2010), and in Rome, Italy (2013) last November, where they won the 2nd Prize at the International Piano Competition. Last year, they were selected to take part in the Entrées en Scène Loto-Québec 2013-2014, a 19-concert tour that took them all across the province of Quebec.
They were Artist-in-residence at the Maison de la Culture du Plateau-Mont-Royal for the 2012-2014 seasons, and they will be in residence at the prestigious Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur, in Montreal in 2014-2015.


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Rodent's fur keeps them warm during the winter months. Termites and other creepy crawlies also flourish during the winter months which is why several clients avail termite treatment Adelaide Hills during this time. The German Cockroach also like prowling in dark and sodden territories. Bugs are another natural winter pest. Ants, termites, flies, and stinging insects are typically lethargic during the winter season, a few of them of kicks in during the chilly temperatures.
Home and business owners also seek professional help during this time as warmer spring temperatures welcome a large number of pests to begin settling including ants, honey bees, wasps, yellow coats, hornets, and bugs. Spring is additionally a mating season for rodents. Spring welcome mosquito and fly hatchlings, too, and would start seeking their food for survival.
After a couple of long periods of warm climate, home and business owners would have commercial pest control services as stinging creepy crawlies such as ants and termites would try to reproduce during the mid-year season. Mosquitoes would enjoy stagnant water sources in new homes and business establishments to lay their eggs while feeding the blood of people enjoying the outdoor activities. Cockroaches and other creepy crawlies typically enjoy dark and damp corners of homes and businesses.
Most rat infestations happen during the fall months, as rodents start drawing nearer to humans in search of warm shelter, which is why many home and business owners would seek professional services during this time. Like rodents, most creepy crawlies begin looking for warmed safe houses and move inside your homes and establishments in preparation for winter months. Bugs and other creepy crawlies becomes aggressive during fall, as they struggle to feed their colonies during winter time.The regular demands of creepy crawlies could be challenging for home and business owners but not for your pest professional. Give your specialists a chance to help you proactively shield your home from these unwanted creatures all year round.


When people post pictures of their daughter graduating from college apparently it's wrong to respond with, "I'd hit that."
We used to have a crude garage door installer who would comment to the femaie customers who had daughters, "Don't worry, your daughter is safe with me." Dipchit.


*This post was guest-authored by Vikash Kumar, Manager at TatvaSoft.
Currently, we reside in an era where creating new Artificial Intelligence models using as little human grunt work as possible is not at all a surprise. The actively changing and growing technology focuses on increasing success chances. Well, let's find out how AI has the potential to impact human behavior.
But before we proceed further, let us understand the term "AI." Think of Siri or self-driving cars, one of the best and most common examples used to describe AI. We all know what's artificial, but the word intelligence used here certainly means the ability to acquire as well as apply a different set of a problem- solving skills/ knowledge under various situations. However, most of you often portray AI in the form of robots featuring human-characteristics, all thanks to science fiction. In fact, AI can feature anything from Google's search algorithms to IBM's Watson to autonomous weapons.
Speaking about today's tech, artificial intelligence has the capability to imitate human intelligence in such a way that it could perform a wide range of tasks starting from thinking to learning, reasoning, problem-solving and much more! Let's take an example of the robotic cars used these days. The highly progressing models have the potential to control traffic, minimize and maximize the speed on their own, convert self-driving cars to Siri and what not! In fact, these innovations don't require a driver to control or supervise them. Apart from this, the robotic technology seems to be expanding across a wide range of sectors including industries, hospitals, schools, military, music, gaming, quantum science and many others. If given an opportunity, robotics can understand, learn, perceive or complete human activities on its own. In short, Artificial Intelligence has the potential to mimic human character or behavior. But at a certain point, the technology may fail out due to differences in human brains and wired machines.
Reactive Machines – Have you ever wondered what is IBM's Deep Blue? It is a cognitive thinking machine which has the track record of defeating Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster in a one-on-one competition in the year 1990. The machine successfully analyzes and predicts all of its own possible moves as well as those of its opponent. It is known for executing the most strategic and calculated moves.
Theory of Mind – Well, this category, in particular, hasn't been explored much. At this point in time, one needs to dig deep by integrating human tendencies. You need to think and understand that others have their own beliefs, thoughts, intentions, and desires which will definitely have a significant impact on their decisions and actions.
Limited Memory – Here analyzing and studying past experiences help in predicting what the future holds. Imagine the RAM in your computer that stores temporary data and makes predictions on that basis.
Self-Aware AI – One of the most advanced forms of AI. As the name suggests, systems are developed in such a way that they carry self-awareness.
The nature of human behavior is complex, sometimes illogical, and often difficult to understand, do you agree? Yes, I am talking about all those physical actions and observable emotions that can never clear out the whys and the hows of our behavior. Of course, it is because our reactions change after getting influenced by culture, thinking, and upbringing. This is where psychology science comes into play. Here, tons and tons of data are gathered from various groups to get more insights into human behavior. If it were for humans to process that data, it would result in errors and wrong conclusions. But with the emergence of AI, gaining accurate insights has become child's play. For instance, StressSense is used to track the time when people are more stressed and help companies to avoid such anxious situations. Another tool such as MyBehaviour analyses physical activity patterns to aid people to be in shape while MoodRhythm allows patients with bipolar disorder monitor sleep and social interactions to maintain balanced mood and energy levels.
It may interest you to know that AI can turn out to be very effective when used as a marketing tool. In 2019, we are dealing with real-world limitations where it becomes pretty hard to identify how far communications can track human behavior. Fortunately, we have predictive modeling of AI that can get rapid insights. An AI model could learn what the best signs and signals are and learn what interventions are best applied for a particular type of person in any situation.


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Day 18, Tuesday February 23, 1999
Thiercelin stopped in Tierra del Fuego for just over five hours. When the repair was done, unfavorable northerly breeze and stifling head seas prevented him from sailing through the Strait of Le Maire, and forced him to sail outside Staten Island. He had gusts of 60 knots as he sailed eastward and then Thiercelin fell into a windless hole and got stuck with no wind and huge confused sea for several hours.
Soldini's Fila © Photo Marek Slodownik
At the same time Soldini rounded the Cape Horn and then managed to get through the Strait of Le Maire. By this maneuver he was able to cut Thiercelin's lead to only 76 miles. Now they both left Cape Horn behind and begun the last 1,000-mile sprint to Punta del Este.
Mouligne's Cray Valley © Photo Billy Black
In Class II Jean-Pierre Mouligne was continuing to widen the gap between his leading position and the rest of his fleet. Garside in second place was 163 miles back. The wind eased for JP and he was able to do some maintenance repair on Cray Valley. He wrote: "4000 miles of hard sailing is starting to take its toll and I am trying to be in as good a shape as I can for the last stretch."


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Moshe Menuhin (1893–1983) was an American Jewish writer and teacher of Hebrew.

Biography
Menuhin was born Moshe Mnuchin in Gomel to a distinguished, religious Lithuanian Jewish family. He was the great great grandson of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of Chabad Hassidism as well as Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev.

When the family moved to the Yishuv, Moshe was sent to Orthodox Jewish schools, first to Yeshivas in Jerusalem, then to the Hebrew Gymnasia Herzlia in Jaffa - Tel Aviv.

In 1913 he came to the United States to complete his higher education, attending New York University where he studied mathematics, political science and education.

In late 1919 he and his wife Marutha (née Sher) became American citizens, and changed their surname to Menuhin.

He later moved to California, where he worked as a Hebrew teacher.

His views were anti-Zionist, and were subject of controversy in the Jewish world. He was the author of The Decadence of Judaism in Our Time and Jewish Critics of Zionism, and of the family history The Menuhin Saga.

Family
Moshe Menuhin was the father of renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin and pianists Hephzibah Menuhin and Yaltah Menuhin.

Works
The decadence of Judaism in our time. New York, Exposition Press, 1965
"The Other Side of the Coin." Published circa 1967. A copy of which is held in the UN Library in Geneva.
Quo vadis Zionist Israel? A 1969 postscript to The decadence of Judaism in our time. Beirut, Institute for Palestine Studies, 1969
In memory of Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden, United Nations mediator on Palestine New York : Arab Information Center, 1969
Jewish critics of Zionism : a testamentary essay, with the stifling and smearing of a dissenter New York : League of Arab States, Arab Information Center, 1974
The stifling and smearing of a dissenter By Moshe Menuhin
A Jewish child in Czarist Russia Moshe Menuhin describes life in a Jewish ghetto of Czarist Russia. Hollywood, Calif. : Center for cassette studies, 1976
The Menuhin saga: the autobiography of Moshe Menuhin. London : Sidgwick & Jackson 1984

References

External links
Like Father, Like Son: A Tribute to Moshe and Yehudi Menuhin, Grace Halsell, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs July 1996

1893 births
1983 deaths
American Orthodox Jews
American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
Belarusian Jews
Expatriates in Ottoman Palestine
Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium alumni
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
Jewish anti-Zionism in the United States
Jews in Ottoman Palestine
New York University alumni
People from California
People from Gomel

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In this paper, a three-phase four-wire active load capable of energy regeneration is proposed. The proposed active load comprises a The load characteristic power load characteristic power converter, an energy regeneration power converter and a DC capacitor. converter and the energy regeneration power converter are connected in series, and the DC capacitor acting as the energy buffer is located at the common dc bus of both power converters. The load characteristic power converter can be used to simulate a resistive load, a resistive/inductive load, a resistive/capacitive load and a rectifier load. The energy consumed by the load characteristic Moreover, the energy power converter will be regenerated back to the utility through the energy regeneration power converter. regeneration power converter also serves as an active power filter (APF) to suppress the harmonic current and compensate for the reactive power of the tested equipment. Hence, the utility supplies only a small real power to overcome the power loss of the active load and tested equipment. A prototype is developed and tested to verify the performance of the proposed active load. Experimental results show that the proposed active load can efficiently perform the expected function.


Radical Inks. Fluorescent Inks Emerge.
Print service providers (PSPs) offer specialty inks for an attractive upsell on a number of printed products. As white ink, primers, and varnishes become more common, fluorescent inks remain a niche segment for wide format printing. Part one of this two-part series examines fluorescent ink types and which applications benefit from them.
Fluorescent inks are traditionally found in applications like costumes, safety, and entertainment. Several years ago, they were difficult to find, but due to high demand for bright colors, fluorescent inks are now easier to obtain.
Ryosuke Nakayama, manager, textile and apparel business development and marketing, Mimaki USA, Inc., says Mimaki dye-sublimation (dye-sub) fluorescent inks are primarily used for sportswear and performance apparel. Bright colors allow athletes to be seen at night and are an attractive, sporty display. "The market is not big, but there are still constant needs," admits Nakayama.
Lily Hunter, product manager, textiles and consumables, Roland DGA Corporation, agrees and finds that fluorescent offerings are in demand for team uniforms, sports accessories, and safety apparel applications.
Bright vibrant colors are also popular for interior décor like furniture, cushions, rugs, and accessories. "Because fluorescent inks are vibrant and fun, they're also very prominent in furnishings for youth rooms and college dormitory rooms. We're seeing fluorescent inks being used more in soft signage too, and even as accents in theater sets and production backdrops to create a certain look with or without black lights," adds Hunter.
Fluorescent inks increase achievable color gamut to enhance final printing results. "All existing applications could, theoretically, benefit from fluorescent inks on the condition that they meet technical components of industrial printing demand in terms of fastness, resistance, and runability," says Marco Girola, marketing specialist, JK Group.
Robin Kavanagh, PR manager, Sawgrass Inc., believes fluorescent inks are ideal for a variety of applications because the brightness and color spectrum draws attention and adds excitement to applications. "High-visibility signage, promotional products, safety products, textiles and garments, flags, and banners are just a few of the applications that sublimators use fluorescent inks for," she says.
Fluorescent inks are available as solvent-ink based, UV-curable, dyes, and pigments. "Digital printing offers fluorescent colors for all chemical technologies," says Girola.
According to Kavanagh, fluorescent inks contain chemical compounds that absorb light and luminesce upon re-emitting it.
Nakayama says that fluorescent yellow inks in particular have some UV resistance limitations not acceptable for most signage applications.
PSPs considering fluorescent ink should consider how much water the application will be exposed to. "The washable durability rating for fluorescent inks is not as high as other standard colors. Therefore, it is normal to see some fading sooner than with other colors," explains Hunter.
Color management is also a critical factor. Chris Cerasoli, business development, VP, J-Teck USA, advises PSPs to first consider the number of channels in the printer. Channels affect the possible number of color blends and if the fluorescents should be separated from the regular colors.
"For example, with an eight-channel printer four channels can be used to print CMYK with profiles and the other four to print color builds of fluorescent colors," advises Cerasoli.
He says most RIPs allow PSPs to identity which image parts to print with each color set for greater flexibility. However, this may slow down the printer.
Printing all colors with an existing halo or fluorescent tone involves adjusting the profile and color settings. "Four channel printers have plenty of capacity to provide a full gamut of fluorescent colors while still using the black channel to create a stark contrast," says Cerasoli.
However, Kavanagh warns that sophisticated RIP software and color measuring tools are needed in order to maximize the output of fluorescent inks.
Fluorescent inks are here to stay as sports apparel, safety, and home décor create a steady demand.
In fact, Hunter believes requests for fluorescent inks has significantly increased in the last couple of years. "Just look at all the fluorescent sports apparel, uniforms, and footwear out there. The growth in popularity is impressive, and we expect this trend to continue for the foreseeable future," she admits.
For sportswear, consumers seek technical, functional, and comfortable fabrics with vibrant and energetic colors to illuminate shine. Fluorescents meet the demand and are popular because of it.
While much of the sublimation market is dominated by sportswear, Cerasoli sees sublimation making strides in yoga wear and the fashion market as demands for fluorescents grow.
"Bright, fluorescent colors are almost standard in the apparel business, but we are also seeing a big surge from major sport teams and other athletic organizations," says Kavanagh.
Fluorescent inks make a bold statement in the markets they serve. Demands for these inks have increased as sports apparel, signage, and footwear seek more stylish colors. The second part of this series highlights available fluorescent inks from leading manufacturers.


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ASA Adjudications Snapshot – March 2009
United Kingdom 02.03.2009
This article provides a selection of the most interesting ASA adjudications from March and a summary of the key issues considered in the adjudications.
For example, this month, the ASA ruled on complaints concerning medicinal claims, "natural" claims for food, unsuitable or offensive ads for films and lingerie, encouraging the consumption of alcohol and the fair conduct of promotions.
1. Birds Eye Ltd, 11 March 2009 (fair comparisons, low fat claims)
2. Muller Dairy (UK) Ltd, 25 March 2009 ("natural" claims)
3. Colgate-Palmolive (UK) Ltd, 11 March 2009 (non-misleading visual demonstration, medicinal claims and expert evidence)
4. CibaVision (UK) Ltd, 18 March 2009 (flawed study as basis for ad)
GAMING AND PROMOTIONS
5. Tombola (Alderney) Ltd, 25 March 2009 (appeal to children and young persons)
6. InBev UK Ltd, 18 March 2009 (sexual success and daring behaviour)
7. The 3D Entertainment Group Ltd t/a Chicago Rock Café, 25 March 2009 (encouragement of binge drinking)
8. Wm Magners Ltd, 25 March 2009 (encouraging excessive drinking and low energy claims)
9. Agent Provocateur Ltd, 4 March 2009 (stylised risqué ads in suitable publication not offensive)
10. Qantas Airways Ltd, 4 March 2009 (meaning of "2-for-1")
11. Sit-Up Ltd, 4 March 2009 (availability of an offer)
12. Center Parcs (UK) Ltd, 25 March 2009 (availability of an offer)
13. Paramount Pictures UK, 25 March 2009 (offensive and unsuitable ad)14. Guardian News and Media Ltd, 25 March 2009 (use of data linked to market sector)
1. Birds Eye Ltd, 11 March 2009
A radio ad claimed that "five Birds Eye Chicken Dippers contain less saturated fat than one sausage".
Complaint/decision
1. A complainant claimed that the ad was misleading because it did not state the type of sausage with which the Chicken Dippers were being compared.
The ASA rejected the complaint as it was satisfied by the evidence provided by Birds Eye, which showed that the sausage was typical of that generally eaten in the UK. The type of sausage used in the comparison had less saturated fat per 100g than 19 out of a selection of 20 sausages, and the only sausage containing less saturated fat per 100g was a specifically low-fat variety. The ASA therefore concluded that there was no need to state the type of sausage that had been compared in the ad.
2. The ASA challenged whether the comparison in the ad was fair.
The ASA considered the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation, which states that a comparison can only be made between foods of the same category. Chicken Dippers and sausages were deemed interchangeable as "teatime products". The Regulations require that the comparison in such a claim involves a difference of at least 30%, and the sausage contained over 30% more saturated fat than Chicken Dippers.
This is one of many adjudications that demonstrate the ASA proactively enforcing the Regulation. The proposed CAP and BCAP amended Codes contain a large section dedicated to health and nutrition claims, indicating that this will be a key area of focus.
2. Muller Dairy (UK) Ltd, 25 March 2009
Three ads for Muller's "Little Stars" range of children's jellies, fromage frais, yoghurt and yoghurt drink products were challenged.
The TV ad stated "New Muller Little Stars are made from as little as five ingredients, all of which are pure and natural, so it's almost like getting a helping hand from Mother Nature." The pack shot of the fromage frais showed the product nestled in grass and daisies, above the caption "100% natural ingredients".
The two printed ads showed similar imagery and included text such as "A helping hand from Mother Nature" and "Made from 100% natural ingredients".
Yoplait Dairy Crest Ltd (Yoplait) made three challenges: (i) whether the claim "100% natural ingredients" contravened the Food Standards Agency's "Criteria for the Use of the Terms fresh, pure, natural etc. in Food Labelling" (2002); (ii) whether the claims "a helping hand from Mother Nature" and "it's almost like getting a help hand from Mother Nature" misleadingly implied that all the ingredients were completely natural; and (iii) whether the claim "from as little as five ingredients" was misleading as they believed that the products were actually made from seven or more ingredients.
The ASA upheld the first two challenges. Although there is no legal definition of the term "natural" in relation to food and food ingredients, the industry best practice guidance defines it as "produced by nature, not the work of man or interfered with by man". It relates to both the origins of an ingredient and how it is processed. The claim "100% natural ingredients" implied that each ingredient was 100% natural, but consumers were unlikely to consider some ingredients "natural" (such as gelatine, which is industrially produced). Due to its absolute nature, the claim was deemed to be misleading.
Further, the imagery used in the ads implied that the ingredients were less processed and more natural than they actually were.
The ASA rejected the third challenge. The blackcurrant jelly product in the Little Stars range had five ingredients only. The ASA considered that viewers would understand the TV ad to be promoting the Little Stars range as a whole, so although one item in the range contained ten ingredients, the average number of ingredients in each product was seven and therefore the claim "as little as five" was unlikely to mislead.
3. Colgate Palmolive, 11 March 2009
A TV ad claimed that Colgate Sensitive Enamel Protect "…protects your sensitive teeth and strengthens them against acid erosion by remineralising tooth enamel…" The ad contained a visual demonstration of the remineralisation process and featured a woman eating an iced lolly and a man drinking orange juice.
The complainants challenged whether the advertiser could substantiate the remineralisation claim. The ASA also challenged whether the iced lolly and orange juice in the ad implied that the product was a treatment for sensitive teeth and therefore made an unauthorised medicinal claim.
Taking expert advice, the ASA found they could substantiate the claim as the product could remineralise tooth enamel as well as strengthen teeth against erosion and thereby reduce sensitivity. The ASA also believed that the visual demonstration did not imply that lost enamel could be restored and therefore was not misleading.
The ASA challenge was not upheld due to the fact that the ad was a general comment on types of products that people with sensitive teeth avoid, and not a medicinal claim that the product was a treatment for sensitive teeth.
The challenges failed because Colgate Palmolive was able to provide robust evidence to substantiate its product's claims. However, the dividing line in this ad between medicinal and non-medicinal claims was not particularly clear, as it appeared that the ad was suggesting and able to substantiate the claim that the product could protect sensitive teeth.
4. Ciba Vision (UK) Ltd, 18 March 2009
A trade magazine ad compared Ciba Vision's DAILIES contact lenses with Johnson & Johnson's ACUVUE MOIST lenses. The ad stated that Ciba's lenses were preferred "on key comfort attributes" according to a new clinical study. The ad contained a graph illustrating the same.
Johnson & Johnson challenged whether the comparison in the ad was misleading due to significant flaws in the clinical study on which they relied.
Ciba stated that it had not been able to mask the ACUVUE packaging during the trial, whereas the DAILIES product was presented in non-distinctive packaging featuring only the Ciba name. Ciba acknowledged that there was a potential for bias (although they considered that the bias would be against them), since participants in the study could identify the ACUVUE product.
The ASA upheld Johnson & Johnson's challenge. Ciba had failed to mask the products properly, and not accounted for the possibility of such bias influencing participants' responses or for the decision behind its sample weighting (with 65% Ciba Vision customers and 27% ACUVUE customers). The ASA therefore declared the study insufficiently robust and the ad was "likely to mislead".
This adjudication reinforces that clinical studies must be blind-tested, unless there is solid justification for not doing so, particularly for comparative claims in competitive industries such as contact lenses.
5. Tombola (Alderney) Ltd, 25 March 2009
Two TV ads for the online bingo website Tombola.co.uk used the theme "Tombola World". Each ad depicted a fairground scene and brightly coloured bingo balls bouncing around the fairground. One ad featured a voiceover that stated, "With over 35 chat rooms to choose from, you can join the ride, make new friends and play your favourite bingo games". The voiceover continued "Tombola.co.uk, where the fun goes on and on".
One viewer and the ASA challenged whether the ads were likely to be of particular appeal to children or young persons.
The ASA upheld the challenge. The fairground theme, the animated bingo balls (which were deemed to resemble brightly coloured sweets), the reference to chat rooms and the catchy, energetic and repetitive nature of the theme tune were considered to be of particular appeal to children and young persons. The reference in the second ad to what the ASA called "small, obtainable amounts of money" (such as "2p a ticket") was also problematic given the likelihood of the other elements of the ad to appeal to children or young persons.
This is a reminder that the imagery used will be very important in assessing appeal to children, even if the text alone would be acceptable.
6. InBev UK, 18 March 2009
A TV ad for Stella Artois 4% showed a man applying sun cream to a woman's back next to a swimming pool. The woman's husband arrived and became enraged with the first man, who then wobbled backwards and toppled over the balcony. He fell through clothes-lines and landed, fully clothed, outside a bar where he ordered a Stella Artois 4%. The woman's husband appeared aggressively at the bar and then looked surprised. The first man raised his glass to the husband and it was revealed that he was wearing red stilettos. The voice-over said: "Triple filtered for a smooth outcome."
Alcohol Concern challenged whether the ad linked alcohol to sexual success or seduction and linked alcohol to daring, tough or aggressive behaviour.
The ASA rejected both challenges. They considered that the contact between the first man and the woman shared no contact beyond the application of the sun cream, which was only mildly flirtatious.
The "smooth outcome" was related less to the man's contact with the woman and more to his luck in evading her husband, surviving his fall and becoming clothed in the process.
As regards daring behaviour, the ASA found that the man's fall was clearly an accident and not obviously related to excessive consumption of alcohol. There was no daring involved. Further, the ASA considered that the encounter between the two men was not aggressive and, in any case, the man's red stilettos deflated any possible sense of machismo.
We consider that this was a sensible decision, which viewed the ad in the way it was intended: to be humorous. InBev successfully separated the encounter with the woman from the consumption of the alcohol.
7. The 3D Entertainment Group Ltd t/a Chicago Rock Café, 25 March 2009
A radio ad featured a man offering to buy a woman a drink. She accepted and he offered to buy one for her friend. The woman accepted again. The main continued, "And her mate?" and the woman again replied, "Why not?" A voiceover then advertised Chicago Rock Café's "Green Cross Sale" and stated, "Every Friday every drink is just 99p up until 11pm".
A listener challenged whether the ad was irresponsible because it encouraged binge drinking.
In perhaps a surprising decision, the ASA rejected the challenge on the basis that the ad did not refer specifically to alcoholic drinks. There was no suggestion that the drinks being bought would be reciprocated in a round and only one drink was bought for each woman. The message of the ad was that the price of drinks enabled the man to be generous. The ASA considered that it did not encourage excessive drinking or the buying of alcoholic rounds.
In this case, although the effect of the low pricing of drinks might be to increase alcohol consumption, the advertiser sidestepped this being the message of the ad by suppressing any explicit mention of alcohol, alcoholic brands or "rounds".
8. Wm Magners Ltd, 25 March 2009
The poster on London buses promoted Magners Lite. The text stated "Only 92 calories per bottle. Still 4.5%".
1. The complainant challenged whether the claim "Only 92 calories" was irresponsible because it could encourage excessive drinking.
The ASA rejected the challenge. The text of the ad reminded viewers that the alcohol content was "still 4.5%" although the calorific content had been reduced. The ASA believed that the "restrained style and treatment of the ad" counteracted the challenge that it might encourage excessive drinking. The ASA particularly referred to the ad's plain text and single image of a bottle of Magners cider.
2. The ASA challenged whether the claim "Only 92 calories" implied the drink was low in energy.
The ASA upheld this challenge. Magners had offered to remove the word "only" from the ad in its response to the complaint, and the ASA agreed that this word implied the drink was low in energy. The ASA referred to Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 on Nutrition and Health, which stipulates that only a liquid containing less than 20kcals/100ml can make a low energy claim. As Magners contains 26.5kcals/100ml, but the ad implied it was low in energy, the ad was deemed misleading.
This adjudication demonstrates that the ASA is enforcing the new Regulation strictly and is alert to its content. Advertisers must therefore ensure that they are, too. It also emphasises that the ASA takes into account the whole context of ads, and overall style may be given as much weight as text.
9. Agent Provocateur, 4 March 2009
Two ads in the Sunday Telegraph magazine supplement Stella promoted an evening shopping event at Agent Provocateur. Each ad showed a tableau of women wearing lingerie (and topless in one case) and in risqué poses, involving nooses, a blindfold, a gag and a snake.
Two complainants challenged whether the ads were offensive and degrading to women due to their explicit nature and the depiction of bondage. One complainant challenged whether the ads were irresponsible as they had appeared in a national newspaper supplement, where children might see them.
The ASA rejected both complaints. Firstly, the context of the ads was sufficiently stylised (being based on works of art) to be evidently fictional and therefore, although distasteful to some, were not deemed offensive or demeaning to women.
Secondly, Stella magazine is clearly targeted at adults and children were unlikely to see the ads, so they were not deemed unsuitable.
Advertisers are reminded in this adjudication that even stylised ads may fall foul of the rules if they are not suitably placed.
10. Qantas Airways, 4 March 2009
A press ad for Qantas flights proclaimed as its headline "QANTAS 2-FOR-1 GREAT NEWS SALE". Lower down, the ad stated that "each passenger pays all applicable surcharges and taxes".
The complainants challenged the ad for being misleading because the first passenger paid more than 50% of the total price for two tickets, so it was not a true "2-for-1" deal.
The ASA acknowledged Qantas' explanation that the 2-for-1 deal related to the "base" airfare, excluding charges and taxes, and that there was a table outlining the construction of the offer. However, the actual breakdown of the offer was deemed to contradict the headline claim.
The ASA upheld the complaint as it considered the ad misleading. This adjudication demonstrates that the formulation of a promotion must reflect the headline claim made and that the small print should not contradict, only qualify, the main text.
11. Sit-Up Ltd, 4 March 2009
Five national press ads promoted discounted electric goods and perfume being sold on a falling price auction television channel.
The complainants in each case challenged whether the ads were misleading because they did not emphasise the limited availability of the products in question.
The ASA upheld the complaints in each case. Sit-Up claimed that it had based its estimate of demand for the products on previous promotions for similar products, but the ASA considered that the items compared were insufficiently similar to enable the estimates to be reasonable. Moreover, when estimating demand, Sit-Up should have factored in their large discount on the prices compared with other retailers for the same items. Sit-Up had included the usual disclaimers "limited stock" in the body copy of the ad and "subject to availability" in the footnoted text. However, the ASA believed that Sit-Up should have gone further by stating in the body copy text that the number of items available or that stock was severely limited.
This is a reminder that estimates for demand must be made on a reasonable basis and that disclaimers may not be sufficient. Further, important conditions, such as those relating to the availability of items, must be made clear.
12. Center Parcs (UK) Ltd, 25 March 2009
Center Parcs customers were given a leaflet at the end of their stay, offering them the chance to save up to 25% on their next booking, provided that they booked within 28 days of returning home. The terms and conditions stated, "availability of this offer is restricted and no guarantee can be given as to the availability of a particular accommodation type or arrival date" and "This offer can be withdrawn at any time".
A customer tried to book a holiday at Center Parcs within the applicable dates as soon as he returned home from a Center Parcs visit. However, he was informed that no discount was available at his preferred Center Parc Village. He challenged whether the leaflet was misleading.
The ASA rejected the challenge. Center Parcs provided evidence that the discount had been exhausted for only 5 breaks out of a possible 316 and the ASA considered this a small proportion. Center Parcs had allocated 10% of the total bookings available to the promotion and this was deemed a reasonable proportion. The terms and conditions also warned that availability was restricted. The ASA decided that it would have been disproportionate and unreasonable to expect Center Parcs to highlight to customers the dates for which discounts had been exhausted.
Where availability for a product has been exhausted, the ASA will have regard to proportionality and will examine the advertiser's overall approach. The ASA took the same approach here as in the Sit-Up decision, by considering the reasonable availability of the promoted product.
13. Paramount Pictures UK, 25 March 2009
A TV ad for the film Tropic Thunder was broadcast on the Setanta Pub Channel and showed scenes containing offensive language, a severed head dripping blood and a character hitting his own hand with a mallet.
A viewer complained that the graphic scenes and swearing were offensive and inappropriate. She had viewed the ad during a football match shown at her local Conservative Club.
The ASA upheld the complaint. The ad had been broadcast at 15:00, 17:15 and 18:15 during weekend football matches. The swear word used is generally regarded as highly offensive and the other scenes featured blood and violence. Although Setanta argued that the ad was broadcast on a pub channel, such channels can also be seen at licensed premises such as social clubs catering for families with children. The ad was therefore offensive and unsuitable for broadcast during the afternoon and early evening.
This highlights the importance of being aware of the scheduling times and locations of ads before they are broadcast.
14. Guardian News & Media Ltd, 25 March 2009
A national press ad for a utilities price comparison service stated, "find the best deal" and "save up to £660 on home energy bills". Footnoted text stated that the £660 was "average savings of the top 10% of energy users". These savings were "based on online savings provided to 20,100 users between 1 August and 11 August 2008".
The most interesting complaint was whether the user data, as gathered in August 2008, remained relevant at the time the ad was published in November 2008.
The ASA found that, because energy prices are subject to rapid change, and The Guardian had failed to show that the savings quoted were still representative for November 2008, the data was no longer relevant and should not have been used.
The time at which data is no longer relevant will obviously depend on the industry and how quickly it changes. In this adjudication, the ASA appreciated the market sector and the frequency with which prices and tariffs change.
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What's happened since adoption?
The Anchorage Bowl Comprehensive Plan, adopted by the municipal Assembly on February 20, 2001 and amended on September 10, 2002, is a blueprint for development in the Anchorage Bowl during the next 20 years.
The citizen involvement process that led to adoption of the Anchorage 2020 plan received the 2001 Public Education Award from the American Planning Association.
The on-line version of Anchorage 2020 is located below. Printed copies of the plan can be purchased for $39 at the Planning Department and are also available for review at municipal libraries. An indexed CD version is available for purchase at the Planning Department for $5 over the counter or $10 if mailed (to cover postage and handling).
In addition, the public safety amendments to Anchorage 2020, adopted in September 2002, are located below, beneath the link to the appendix. These amendments incorporated a new section of Chapter 5 entitled "Public Safety Policies and Strategies," including three new policies (Policies 98, 99 and 100) and three new strategies in order to address public safety and emergency management.
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Since the plan was adopted, the Planning Department has focused on plan implementation. Major projects include:
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Montanans seek local clean energy solutions in wake of Trump's election
By Amanda Eggert EBS Associate Editor
BOZEMAN – Given that President-elect Donald Trump has settled on several climate change skeptics sympathetic to the oil and gas industry for top cabinet positions, Montanans focused on clean energy and climate change have cause for concern.
But that frustration hasn't deteriorated into despondent hand wringing in Bozeman. People are looking for ways to make a difference on these issues at a local level, as evidenced by a robust turnout for a Dec. 13 meeting about clean energy and climate change policy held at the Bozeman Public Library.
The meeting was attended by approximately 100 people and organized by Dave Dittloff, a Missoula-based representative of the National Wildlife Federation.
"People want to find a constructive place to put their efforts and promote climate change policy and clean energy policy," said Dittloff, adding that he hopes to hold similar forums in Billings, Missoula, Great Falls and Helena.
Ditloff said a considerable amount of carbon reduction can occur at the city and state level and such efforts in Bozeman are laudable. In September, the city of Bozeman launched the Bozeman Solar Project near I-90 and 19th Street, designed to produce enough electricity to power approximately 54 homes. "If more cities [follow Bozeman's lead], we could drive the carbon emissions down drastically," he said.
Dittloff started the meeting by discussing some of Trump's cabinet picks that concern him, like Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt for administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson for secretary of state.
Ditloff then changed the tone of the meeting by pointing out that the market favors clean energy right now. "Economic trends are on our side," he said. "[Solar energy] is cheaper than ever, wind is cheaper than ever, and coal is—relatively speaking—more expensive than ever."
Presentations were given by representatives from a Missoula-based renewable energy nonprofit, the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, a Bozeman-based solar contractor, the city of Bozeman's Sustainability Program, and a Montana state senator.
Laura Andersen with the DEQ's Energy and Pollution Prevention bureau highlighted some renewable energy projects in the works at the state level including utility-scale wind development, a nascent effort to install solar panels on public buildings, and a potential electric vehicle charging corridor between Glacier and Yellowstone national parks.
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Bringing a flash-curing unit onto your production floor gives you the ability to expand your garment-printing program to include dark garments, multicolor work, and designs that involve the use of specialty ink formulations. The primary goal of a flash unit is to properly gel a printed underbase prior to overprinting. Heat is heat, which makes the selection of a flash unit capable of performing this task fairly simple for many. Almost any heater is capable of producing temperatures sufficient to gel an underbase. However, one aspect that's often overlooked is the residual effect that the flash unit can have on other parameters of the printing process. This month, we'll look at different types of flash units and discuss their influence on the production of screen-printed garments.
Black-body flash units are the most widely used in the industry. These systems either work off of a thermostat, which controls the panel temperature by maintaining a constant temperature within x degrees, or a percentage timer, which maintains a ball-park temperature by turning the unit on for 50% of the time (say 5 seconds on and 5 seconds off). Of the two, the thermostat models are far more accurate at setting and maintaining a constant temperature.
The need for consistency in the flashing process is obvious. Any wide variations in flashing temperature can result in problems ranging from erratic after-flash tack to intercoat-adhesion issues between the underbase and overprinted colors. A good flash unit will maintain temperatures within ± 25°F.
Black-body flash units that employ hot air offer some versatility over standard black-body systems. As with large, gas-fired dryers, the addition of hot air to the flashing process can de-crease flash times because the ink film will absorb the heat more readily. Although the air can offer advantages, caution must be exercised to ensure that the ink film receives a uniform dispersion of heat and that the areas directly under the air knives do not receive an excessive amount of heat, which can result in a spotty underbase and potential intercoat-adhesion issues.
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