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Four ways the telco industry will change in 2023
Published January 25, 2023, 11:10 AM
by MB Technews
Like the past two years, 2023 will likely be another year of headwinds and change. While there's no way to predict what will unfold, for telcos, there are a few trends AWS expects to take root. Vikram Rao, Head of Enterprise, ASEAN, AWS shares the following trends:
1. Greater emphasis on data.
In the Philippines, telcos like Globe Telecom are already leveraging data and artificial intelligence (AI) to elevate their customer experience and automate campaigns. Yet there's a lot more untapped potential for the industry. With the deprecation of third-party cookies, the sources of first-party data will become even more valuable, as long as they are governed with the customers' best interests at heart.
Telcos have oceans of data, but much of it is scattered and siloed. For example, operational data is stored across multiple legacy technologies, like 3G or 4G, and platforms, including operational support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS). Further, many of the ISVs across the telco value chain maintain their own data within walled gardens. This makes it hard to consolidate, govern, and share data across the organization.
A data mesh architecture can help liberate telco data. The data mesh enables each domain-driven data set to be treated as a product and owned by the teams that intimately know the data. Data is then shared to a centralized catalog where it can be harnessed to deliver transformational business outcomes.
A data mesh also ensures that lines of business have the right tools for the job. For example, it enables non-data scientists to build, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models, increasing ML adoption across the organization, which can accelerate innovation and enrich the customer experience.
2. Sustainability, energy costs move to the top of the agenda.
With energy costs rising, reducing use and increasing sustainability will move to the top of agendas, and a data-driven approach can aid efforts.
The global telecommunications industry produced 2.6% of the total world carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2020—more than the airline industry, according to a European Telecommunications Network Operators Association report.
According to GSMA Intelligence, energy consumption accounted for 15-40% of telcos operating expenditure in 2021, and that figure is expected to rise. For mobile network operators, the bulk of this energy consumption (60-75%) is from radio access networks (RAN).
Data-traffic loads are intermittent, meaning different parts of RAN can be put briefly into sleep mode, even during periods of peak traffic, to reduce energy consumption. By using data and AI/ML applications, telcos can use intelligent services to monitor and automate this process.
Moving to the cloud provides further energy savings. Multiple studies conducted by international analyst firm 451 Research, part of S&P Global Intelligence, found that migrating on-premises workloads to AWS can lower the workload carbon footprint by nearly 80%.
We're already seeing telcos embrace the cloud, like Globe Telecom in the Philippines. Also, innovation in processors in the 5G core can reduce energy use. For example, Globe has committed to improving energy efficiency through network modernization by replacing legacy and end-of-useful-life equipment with those that have a better capacity-to-power consumption ratio.
3. More partnerships will grow the 5G ecosystem as networks mature.
For the past few years, we've heard the promise of added revenue from 5G – but we've yet to see the windfall. 2023 will mark the beginning of a tipping point.
In the Asia Pacific, 14 major carriers have nationwide 5G deployments, with all three Philippine telcos already rolling out 5G. Devices are also catching up: the top smartphones of the past few years all come with 5G support.
The last barrier for realizing 5G's potential is the ecosystem—the cross-industry and cross-functional partnerships needed to create 5G services and reduce barriers to build and manage 5G networks.
Private wireless offers huge promise for 5G industry use cases. IDC estimates the TAM for private LTE/5G wireless to reach $8.3 Billion by 2026. But the adoption has been slower than expected, partly because of the high cost and complexity to plan, build, deploy, and manage a private network. In 2023, we expect more telcos to forge partnerships to increase adoption, like the way Globe and DITO Telecommunity inked an interconnection deal for mobile calls and SMS.
4. Transformation of telcos themselves.
The fourth trend in the coming year will be the accelerated evolution of telcos to "tech-cos," transforming the relationship telcos have with their customers and how they operate to unlock new revenue.
There are two pieces of this shift.
First, telcos will need to shift from operating as connectivity providers to become digital service providers, leveraging their networks to enrich their relationship with customers. For example, both Globe and Smart have expanded the value they offer with GCash and Maya—digital financial services to help customers conveniently pay their bills on mobile.
Second, telcos will need to shift operations to use their network as a platform. This approach will provide a new way to monetize their network build-outs and spin up a new MVNO within a couple of days, which could also operate profitably with as few as 10,000 subscribers.
Embracing these four trends won't be easy, as it requires upskilling and training for staff and, more importantly, a commitment from leadership. But telcos that make the shift will be better positioned to unlock new growth and adapt to new innovations. I expect 2023 to be a year of massive transformation, and I hope to partner closely with telcos to help them realize this future.
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Q: How to copy the value of a drop down listbox to all listboxes in the same table I am having an issue, I would like to copy the value of the last drop down listbox filled, to the rest of listboxes defined.
Here is the code I have :

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        <select class="t1">
          <option>CP</option>
          <option value="2">RC</option>
          <option value="3">CP</option>
        </select>

        <select class="t1">
          <option>CP</option>
          <option value="2">RC</option>
          <option value="3">CP</option>
        </select>

        <select class="t1">
          <option>CP</option>
          <option value="2">RC</option>
          <option value="3">CP</option>
        </select>

        <select class="t4">
          <option></option>
          <option value="2">RC</option>
          <option value="3">CP</option>
        </select>

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I used the following fiddle which works well, but it does not work on my computer...
link to fiddle
Can someone tells me what to do to fix it ? thanks in advance
Thanks in advance

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Q: Error when declaring list in Python Here is a small piece of Python code to add elements of a nested list:
def nested_sum(lists):
    s = [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]  # If I delete this line then an error is given
    for i in range(len(lists)):
        s[i] = sum(lists[i])
    print sum(s)

lists = [[1],[1, 2], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] ]
nested_sum(lists)

Please excuse the formatting.
Issue with this code lies in the line I have commented.
The error shown was:
NameError: global name 's' is not defined

How can I avoid this error without declaring the list s before?

A: If you delete the marked line you get a NameError because you try to index into something (s) before defining what that name should refer to. That should be clear.
The easiest way to solve your problem in one go is to us a generator expression in conjunction with sum with or without the chain function from itertools (depending on your preference).
Without chain:
>>> lists = [[1],[1, 2], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] ]
>>> sum(value for sublist in lists for value in sublist)
56

With chain:
>>> from itertools import chain
>>> sum(chain(*lists))
56

which is equivalent to
>>> sum(chain.from_iterable(lists))
56

A: You could convert your for loop to a oneliner so you don't have to pre-declare the variable s. Here is the code:
def nested_sum(lists):
    s = [sum(lists[i]) for i in range(len(lists))]  #converted for loop to oneliner
    print sum(s)

lists = [[1],[1, 2], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] ]
nested_sum(lists)

A: In this case, you always have to declare list. But you can choose how. For example:
1) s = [0] * len(lists) - will be equal to your declaration
2) s = [], next you do something like this:
for i in range(len(lists)):
    s.append(sum(lists[i]))

A: Specifically in your case you don't actually need s to achieve the same functionality (if you don't mind altering the contents of lists):
def nested_sum(lists):
    for i in range(len(lists)):
        lists[i] = sum(lists[i])
    print sum(lists)

>>> lists = [[1],[1, 2], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] ]
>>> nested_sum(lists)
56

A: Another way to do this would be to use a variable to store the sum rather than a list and use the 'in' keyword to iterate through the list items rather than a range:
def nested_sum(lists):
    list_sum = 0
    for i in lists:
        list_sum += sum(i)
    print (list_sum)

lists = [[1],[1, 2], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] ]

nested_sum(lists)

A: You don't need any intermediate list (and no extra memory, as per the comment by Lol4t0)
def nested_sum(lists):
    print sum(sum(l) for l in lists)

the syntax I've used is a generator expression.
Of course it is much more flexible to declare your function w/o the print,
def nested_sum(lists):
    return sum(sum(l) for l in lists)

and then use it like this
l = [[1],[1, 2], [1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] ]
print nested_sum(l)

A: There is a shorter and more pythonic way of doing that:
>>> lists = [[2,4], [1]]
>>> [sum(x) for x in lists]

output:
[6, 1]
You can read further on list comprehensions


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The French team, Norauto powered by Groupama Team France moves ahead of the Swiss Team Tilt to lead by two points before competition starts on Thursday 22nd of September on the second of the GC32 Racing Tour Spanish events. For Norauto - a brand experiencing a rapid growth in Spain with 71 established centres - the event is a great opportunity to support the team.
Seven teams will compete on the GC32 Racing Tour in Sotogrande where the battle continues for the leadership between Norauto and Swiss Team Tilt. Following two victories in Riva and Palma de Mallorca and a second place in the Riva Foiling Week, Norauto holds the lead over the Swiss and will be aiming to reassert their hold and affirm their teams good performance on the circuit.
"On every event each team does a lot of sailing and a lot of learning, we have progressed the fastest in the class, so our learning curve is not as steep as everyone else's so the competition is for sure going to be tough and getting better with every hour on the water." says Adam Minoprio.
The crew for this event is part of GC32 team training programme for Groupama Team France America's Cup of which Norauto is an official sponsor. Racing the flying catamarans is the perfect preparation for ultimately competing on the America's Cup.
"The GC32 is a foiling catamaran, the same as the Cup, so it's great to continue learning about foiling and It's also great for us to race and keep up our competitive spirit with a strong crew, since we spend so much time on the water training (the new AC45 Test has been sailing for less than 2 months in France in preparation for the next Cup)", explained Adam.
New Zealand's Adam Minoprio will lead the Norauto team in Sotogrande this weekend. "It will be very interesting. Many people have not sailed here before, but it will be the same for all and we will have to learn how the winds work here and maintain good boat speed," says Adam. Meanwhile, Thierry Douillard and Nicolas Heintz, now recovered from his injury, with Matthieu Vandame and Arnaud Jarlegan, will be racing together in Sotogrande. This crew already competed at the previous event held last May on Lake Traunsee, in Austria, which saw the team win the event overall. "For Sotogrande we will have more consistency with the crew, we have Thierry and Nico back from injury so hopefully we will be faster and have sharper manoeuvres," says Adam Minoprio.
Sotogrande is one of Spain's, possibly even Europe's largest urbanisations and is well known for sports facilities and impressive golf courses including the Valderrama Golf Course, considered to be one of the best in Europe. Sotogrande also has become popular for sailing events after hosting some of the biggest international sailing circuits such as the Sotogrande RC44 World Cup and J80s Worlds. The arrival of the "flying" cats and the show they provide the Andalusian resort will be the focus of international sailing this weekend. The best sailing teams in the world will meet this weekend in Sotogrande to compete in one of the most exciting and innovative circuits.


A term occasionally used to refer to a Protestant seminary; specifically used by JS to refer to a school to prepare elders of the church for their ministry. A December 1832 revelation directed JS and the elders of the church in Kirtland, Ohio, to establish the school. Their instruction was to include both sacred and secular topics. The school was organized on 23 January 1833 on the second day of a conference held in the upper room of Newel K. Whitney's store.
Members were initiated into the school by the ordinance of the washing of feet and met each other with a formal, prescribed greeting at each school meeting. JS presided over the school. The school was temporarily adjourned in April 1833 so the elders attending it could be sent on missions to raise funds to purchase property in Kirtland. On 1 June 1833, a revelation directed that the upper floor of the House of the Lord in Kirtland be used for the school. In October 1833, plans were made to house the school in the printing office building, which was to be built on the temple lot. A similar school, led by Parley P. Pratt, convened in Jackson County, Missouri, during summer 1833. In late 1834, ministerial training resumed under the name "Elders school" or "school for the Elders." Although this school differed from the original School of the Prophets in that it did not include the foot-washing ordinance or the formal greeting, JS and others sometimes referred to it as a School of the Prophets. Additional sessions of the Elders School were held in winter 1835–1836.
In the early Latter Day Saint movement, the School of the Prophets (also called the "school of the elders" or "school for the Prophets") was a select group of early leaders who began meeting on January 23, 1833 in Kirtland, Ohio under the direction of Joseph Smith for both theological and secular learning. Historian Joseph F. Darowski has called attention to earlier Old Testament and Protestant precedents, stating that Harvard and Yale were both once commonly called schools of the prophets. The first meeting of the school was held at the home-based store owned by Newel K. Whitney. The school provided a setting for spiritual experiences and in-depth discussions of gospel principles. A series of seven lectures presented at the school were published as part of the Doctrine and Covenants in 1835 and later came to be known as the "Lectures on Faith." Another branch of this school existed under the direction of Parley P. Pratt in Independence, Missouri for a short while. Though the school went into a sort of recess, it is apparent Joseph Smith planned to revive it after the completion of the temple at Kirtland, Ohio.
Brigham Young began several schools of the Prophets during his tenure as church president, beginning in 1868 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and spreading to Provo, Logan, Brigham City, Spanish Fork, Nephi, Ephraim, American Fork, and Ogden. His successor, John Taylor, also organized such schools in Salt Lake City and St. George in 1883.


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Cream the vegan butter and cream cheese together to smooth.
Meanwhile combine the vegan egg with the cold water and whisk smooth then add the vanilla extract to that.
Add the vegan egg mixture to the creamed butter mixture and mix well, scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl for an even mix.
Once the dough has relaxed and is chilled, knead it lightly on a floured surface to form a round disc then roll it out to 12-inch diameter.
Cut the dough circle first by quartering the entire piece. Then, each quarter gets cut into 4 pieces for a total of 16 wedges.
Roll up each wedge from the fat edge into the center.
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Darn, those look good. I can not eat sugar right now but hopefully i will be able to when Chanukah comes. These look divine as do so many of the desserts posted on OGP.


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"I Have a Whole Career That's Based Around Crazy Ideas": Sammy Hagar Reveals How Inspiration Struck Him and Eddie Van Halen
By Joe Bosso
The Red Rocker tells the inspiring tale behind Van Halen's enduring hit "Right Now."
Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen perform together in 1986 (Image credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
"It's a song that's had some real resonance," Sammy Hager says of "Right Now," the sing-along rock anthem from Van Halen's 1991 album, For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (opens in new tab).
"Sometimes you're able to write a song that expresses how you feel, and it strikes a nerve with other people and they say, 'Yes. That's exactly how I feel, too.' For a songwriter, that's an incredible response to your work."
Hagar cites "Right Now" as being "a really great example of how Eddie Van Halen and I could collaborate. He had it musically, and I had it lyrically."
But the process wasn't always smooth sailing.
As the singer-guitarist recalls, during early album writing sessions, Van Halen played him a piano part – one the guitarist had been toying with since 1983 – to see if he would spark to it.
We tried to get it going, but nothing felt right
"I liked it, but I didn't know what I could do with it," he says. "Eddie was hearing it like the song 'Feelin' Alright?'"
Legend has it he wanted Joe Cocker, who famously covered that Dave Mason-composed Traffic song, to sing an early version of the tune.
"But I didn't hear it that way," Hagar continues. "We tried to get it going, but nothing felt right. We just sort of left it and he played me something else, and that became 'Poundcake,'" the album's opening track.
Sammy Hagar and Eddie Van Halen perform together in 1991 (Image credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
Several weeks later, Hagar was laying on the beach and trying to avoid going to the studio.
"It was such a beautiful day," he says, "and I thought to myself, I don't want to go anywhere else. I just want to be right here, right now.'"
Eddie kept playing me the piano part, trying to inspire me
Immediately, he knew he had something that could fit Ed's piano idea – only it would take six months for the two songwriters to put their ideas together.
"Eddie kept playing me the piano part, trying to inspire me," he recalls. "I heard him play it probably 100 times. Then one day I started singing to it, and I had it. Everything fit and made sense. The lyrics came to me, and I told Eddie, 'This thing's written. Let's record.'"
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As the two were already at Van Halen's 5150 home studio, they didn't bother making a demo.
"I don't think we even had a cassette of it," Hagar says. "We just went straight into recording."
First, Ed played piano to a click, and then Alex Van Halen overdubbed drums. Hagar doesn't recall bassist Michael Anthony taking part in the initial sessions ("I'm pretty sure Eddie played bass on this one"), but he remembers everybody gathered around a mic to scream "right now" backings to his lead vocal.
"The whole thing came together like magic," he says. "The tune was happening."
The whole thing came together like magic
Ed's stellar electric guitar solo was something of a last-minute final touch.
"Usually, Eddie had solos pretty locked down before we started recording," Hagar says, "but on this song he winged it. He came out of the house in pajamas and slippers, went into the studio and played whatever came out. And as you might expect, it was pretty damn great."
Hagar recalls that Van Halen played a couple of passes, both of which "sounded awesome, because as everybody knows, Eddie never played a bad solo."
In the end, it was decided to comp the two solos together.
(Image credit: Paul Natkin/Getty Images)
Right Now… Your Video is a Hit
The second he heard a playback of the finished recording, Hagar knew "Right Now" was a hit.
"The chorus, that iconic piano part. It was in the bag," he says. "The song would have been great if I sang about cat food."
However, he was less than convinced about the song's high-concept music video, in which director Mark Fenske depicted societal images behind big block topical statements such as, "Right now, our government is doing things we think other countries do."
Says Hagar, "I thought, I've finally written some lyrics that aren't about sex and partying. I wrote some really meaningful messages about how to live your life. I wanted my lyrics to be what you saw on the screen."
I thought, I've finally written some lyrics that aren't about sex and partying
In the end, he acquiesced to Fenske, and the video became a phenomenon, receiving constant play on MTV and ultimately winning Video of the Year at 1992's MTV Awards.
"It took me a while to come around to what Mark wanted to do, and now I can say that the video is brilliant," Hagar says.
"I was totally wrong. I thought it was a crazy idea, but sometimes those are the ideas that are the best."
He laughs. "Hell, I have a whole career that's based around crazy ideas."
Browse the Van Halen catalog here (opens in new tab).
Joe Bosso
Joe is a freelance journalist who has, over the past few decades, interviewed hundreds of guitarists for Guitar World, Guitar Player, MusicRadar and Classic Rock. He is also a former editor of Guitar World, contributing writer for Guitar Aficionado and VP of A&R for Island Records. He's an enthusiastic guitarist, but he's nowhere near the likes of the people he interviews. Surprisingly, his skills are more suited to the drums. If you need a drummer for your Beatles tribute band, look him up.
MTV Video of the Year
Mark Fenske
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge

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Situated in the Central Province of Sri Lanka is a small town called Naula, near Matale. It is approximately 15 km from the main road and consists of a series of extremely remote villages. The livelihood of people depends on seasonal paddy, chena cultiavation and daily casual wages, creating a poverty rate of more than 50% in the area.
There are only rudimentary sanitary and clean drinkuing water facilities among poor families, high malnutrition among children, liow literacy rates, and a lack of child development activities. Poor roads, unfavourable climate and a general lack of infrastructure such as public transport and communuication facilities reinforce the difficulties of living and surviving in the area.
Shining Life Children's Trust formed a 3-year partnership with a local non-govenrmental organisation called Sithuwama (meaning 'the way of child development with enjoyment') Training and Education Development Organisation (STEDO). STEDO works on social development programmes with a special emphasis on child focused acticties, in central Sri Lanka. Shining Life's role was to provide funds for the Naula project and technical assistance in the design, management and monitoring of the project.
The aim of the project was to ensure that the children have a better childhood and improved prospects by providing them and their families with access to education and development opportuinites. Due to the rural nature of the area a multi-faceted approach was adopted to achieve this (see diagram below).
The project worked across 25 villages in a geographically difficult and impoverished area in the Naula Divisional Secretariat. The combined area had 739 families and a population of 2668.
A full-time project officer was employed and a field office established in Naula. The project officer was responsible for the day to day running of the project.
In addition, a network of over 40 local volunteers was identified and trained to run the various programmes. The strength and sustainability of the project lies in this.
Project activities and objectives were carefully explained to the myriad of community based organisations and local government officers in the area, to obtain their support and to promote accountability and transparency.
Monthly progress review meetings were facilitated by the project officer. Everyone involved with the project was encouraged to participate. The use of participatory techniques contributed to the sustainability of the project and the process of empowering communities, families, women and children alike.


IBM and Red Hat have announced an agreement that IBM has struck a deal to acquire the Linux and open source software distributor for $34 billion in an all-cash transaction of $190/share.
In buying Red Hat, IBM will have assembled a cloud that includes physical servers, its own operating system and applications like human resources software.
Shares of Red Hat skyrocketed 47 per cent at the opening of trading in New York Monday after IBM, in the biggest acquisition of its 100-year history, acquired the software company.
IBM's and Red Hat have worked together for 20 years, with IBM serving as an early supporter of Linux, collaborating with Red Hat to help develop and grow enterprise-grade Linux and more recently to bring enterprise Kubernetes and hybrid cloud solutions to customers.
"The rating downgrade reflects prospective changes in IBM's debt leverage", S&P said in a statement. Red Hat solves that problem for IBM, offering an already well established open source solution, but now under the banner of IBM's Hybrid Cloud. As opposed to cloud-only services provided by other companies.
In its early days, the company enjoyed the advantage of being used extensively by the United States military as the Department of Defence has certified its Red Hat Enterprise Linux product for use. In 2000, IBM pledged that it would invest $1 billion in support of Linux and has been partners with Red Hat since at least 1998.
The statement added: "IBM and Red Hat will remain committed to the continued freedom of open source, via such efforts as Patent Promise, GPL Cooperation Commitment, the Open Invention Network and the LOT Network".
The $34-billion stock deal translates to $190 per Red Hat share - a 63 per cent premium to the closing price Friday for the Raleigh, North Carolina company. Red Hat gives IBM software heft and an OpenStack playbook that can rival VMware, which incidentally has become quite cozy with AWS. The deal is described in the companies' press release as an evolution of the long-standing partnership. The company once synonymous with mainframe computing has been slow to adopt cloud-related technologies and has had to play catch-up to market leaders Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp.in offering computing and other software and services over the internet. Earlier this year, chairman Ginni Rometty claimed the 107-year-old United States company's reinvention - from a legacy computer maker into a cloud computing and artificial intelligence technology company - was now "largely complete".
Both Red Hat and IBM said the combined company will accelerate "hybrid multi-cloud adoption".
In its second-quarter results, Red Hat missed revenue estimates and issued guidance below analysts' predictions, but its subscription revenue was still up 20 percent YoY to $722 million.
JPMorgan Chase & Co advised IBM on the deal and provided financing. It is expected to close in the latter half of 2019.
He also said that the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty that the U.S.is planning to quit was "a relic of the Cold War". Trump and Putin have held a summit in July in Helsinki, Finland which was touted to be a "great success" by the US President.
HOUSING SKID: The Commerce Department said sales of new USA homes plunged 5.5 percent in September, the fourth monthly drop. Even so, traders are concerned about future growth amid rising inflation, interest rates and uncertainty over trade.
Alex Cora became the seventh different manager to lead the Red Sox to a World Championship. Chris Sale said he didn't like hearing the news that he wasn't going to start Game 5.
Adding to the freakish nature of the story is the fact the sledge came from Hughes, whose brother and Warner were close friends. On his role in the incident, Warner said earlier in the year: 'Mistakes have been made which have damaged cricket.
Some have compared it to Buffy The Vampire Slayer , rather than the old Sabrina, The Teenage Witch . But it's the ending of season one that's got people wondering what's going to happen in season two.
A Siena College/New York Times poll taken October 23-24 showed Gillum with an eight-point lead over DeSantis among likely voters. DeSantis a liar who should be disqualified from being elected.
On Thursday, Christie's tweeted about the accomplished painting , " Edmond de Belamy from La Famille de Belamy ". The sale of the portrait signalled the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage, Christie's said .
Jones said authorities do not yet know where and how Bowers obtained the AR-15 and three Glock.357 handguns used in the attack. Trump's first remarks about the shooting on Saturday was that the United States should "stiffen up" death penalty laws.
For their wedding present to Harry and Meghan , the New Zealand Government gifted $5000 to Pillars. Minnie Newman, an 11-year-old from Kelburn Girl Guides, said she was impressed with Meghan .
But the 47-year-old said the iconic Oasis track 'Don't Look Back In Anger' will now always have a special place in his heart. Pochettino is well aware City are the standard by which all aspiring title contenders should be judged.
Officials at Thailand's King Power said on Sunday they could make no comment on the fate of Srivaddhanaprabha. A fireball engulfed the helicopter in flames. "My nephew was in a real state of shock, he was so upset".


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4.—(1) It shall be the function of the Commission to arrange, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, for the provision of sound broadcasting services (including a national sound broadcasting service) and one television programme service additional to any broadcasting services provided by Radio Telefís Éireann pursuant to the Broadcasting Authority Acts, 1960 to 1979.
(2) (a) The Commision shall enter into contracts (in this Act referred to as "sound broadcasting contracts") with persons (in this Act referred to as "sound broadcasting contractors") under which the sound broadcasting contractors have, subject to the provisions of this Act, the right and duty to establish, maintain and operate sound broadcasting transmitters serving the areas specified in the sound broadcasting contract and to provide, as the sound broadcasting contract may specify, a sound broadcasting service.
(b) The Commission shall also enter into a contract (in this Act referred to as a "television programme service contract") with a person or persons (in this Act referred to as a "television programme service contractor") who shall have the right and duty to provide a television programme service.
(3) The Commission shall not authorise a sound broadcasting contractor to operate a sound broadcasting transmitter and provide a sound broadcasting service pursuant to a sound broadcasting contract unless and until the Minister has issued pursuant to this subsection to the Commission a licence in respect of the sound broadcasting transmitter to which the contract relates.
(4) Any licence issued under subsection (3) shall be valid only for such period of time as a sound broadcasting contract between the Commission and a sound broadcasting contractor is extant.
(5) Every sound broadcasting contract shall contain a condition requiring the sound broadcasting contractor concerned to establish, maintain and operate the sound broadcasting transmitter concerned in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Minister sees fit to attach to the licence referred to in subsection (3), (including any variations made thereto in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of this Act) and so long as the terms and conditions are complied with, the contract shall have the effect of conveying the benefits of the licence to the sound broadcasting contractor and any such transmitter so established, maintained and operated shall be deemed to be licensed for the purposes of section 3 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 .
(6) Every licence issued by the Minister to the Commission under subsection (3) shall be open to inspection by members of the public at the Commission's registered offices.
(7) It shall be the duty of the Commission to ensure that every sound broadcasting contractor and the television programme service contractor complies with the provisions of this Act.
(8) The Commission shall have all such powers as are necessary for or incidental to the performance of its functions under this Act including, in particular, the power to require sound broadcasting contractors and the television programme service contractor to enter into financial bonds with the Commission and to direct a contractor to record any or all of the programmes broadcast by him in the case of a sound broadcasting contract or provided by him in the case of a television programme service contract and to retain such recordings for a period of 30 days after the recording is made and to submit the recordings to the Commission, if the Commission so requires.
(9) The making of a recording by a contractor pursuant to a direction of the Commission pursuant to subsection (8) and the use by the Commission of any such recording exclusively for the purposes of its functions under this Act shall not constitute—
(a) an infringement of the copyright in any work, sound recording or cinematograph film, or
(b) an offence under any of the provisions of the Performers Protection Act, 1968 .
(10) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (8), the Commission shall have power—
(a) to make such contracts, agreements and arrangements and do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the objects of the Commission;
(b) to acquire and make use of copyrights, patents, licences, privileges and concessions;
(c) to compile, prepare, publish and distribute, with or without charge, such magazines, books and other printed material and such aural and visual material as may seem to the Commission to be incidental or conducive to its objectives;
(d) subject to the consent of the Minister, to arrange for the provision of services with or without charge for and on behalf of any Minister of the Government by a sound broadcasting contractor or the television programme service contractor;
(e) to require sound broadcasting contractors and the television programme service contractor to co-operate with the Garda Síochána, local authorities and health boards in the dissemination of relevant information to the public in the event of major emergencies.
(11) During the continuance of any emergency declared under section 10 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 , the Minister may suspend any licence issued under subsection (3) and, while any such suspension continues, the Minister may operate any service which was provided under the suspended licence or require such service to be operated as he directs.


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Adulthood in the eyes of the law. After reaching the age of majority, a person is permitted to vote, make a valid will, enter into binding contracts, enlist in the armed forces and purchase alcohol. Also, parents may stop making child support payments when a child reaches the age of majority. In most states the age of majority is 18, but this varies depending on the activity. For example, in some states people are allowed to vote when they reach the age of eighteen, but can't purchase alcohol until they're 21.
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QCA Veteran TV Reporter Suffers Heart Attacks
posted by Debbie McFadden - Sep 20, 2017
MOLINE, Illinois — News 8 viewers may have noticed that veteran WQAD reporter John David hasn't been on the air since Labor Day.
David – or JD as his WQAD family affectionately calls him – suffered a heart attack while in Los Angeles over the holiday, where he and his wife Joyce planned to take in a Dodgers game and attend some TV show recordings.
"Prior to leaving the Quad Cities, John had experienced an achy back, sore shoulders and neck," David's wife, Joyce, said. "He attributed it to stress and carrying a tripod for one of the Channel 8 photographers. At the hotel in California, he experienced chest pain. He said he had never experienced such pain in his life."
After consulting with their family doctor in Davenport, he was advised to head to an emergency room in L.A.
"Luckily, Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys was just a mile away," Joyce said. "When we arrived, they diagnosed the heart attack, brought in their top people and John had a stent procedure through his right wrist. John said the heart attack he experienced wasn't like how it's portrayed in the movies. He didn't clutch his chest. He said he felt a tightness in the chest and a shortness of breath."
After four days in a California hospital, David was released and cleared to fly back home. However, it appears he wasn't quite out of the woods yet. Last Thursday, Sept. 14, Joyce said John reported pain in his left calf like a Charley horse. After consulting again with his doctor's office, he was advised to once again visit the ER, where he was told the clot should dissipate with the medicine he was taking. The following Monday, David had a scheduled follow-up with a cardiologist.
"It was at the cardiologist's office on Monday that John had a second heart attack," Joyce said. "He was wheeled to the ER and then taken to surgery where two more stents were placed. Luckily, the blood clot in his left calf is gone."
As of Tuesday, JD was resting comfortably in the cardiac ICU and was expected to be released, although a full recovery is expected to take a couple months.
Joyce said the outpouring of well-wishes and prayers from both John's News 8 friends and audience members has helped buoy his spirits.


Ian Schrager is rarely indifferent. The founder of the legendary nightclub Studio 54 and the mastermind behind some of hospitality's most enduring hotels has reinvented his industry enough times to know that trends are fleeting—and rules were meant to be broken. Now, 34 years after opening his first hotel, the godfather of hospitality is taking a look at the changing face of luxury travel. Robb Report sat down with the innovator to find out how the modern hotel was born—and where its founder will take it in the future.
What did a luxury hotel look like when you opened the Morgans Hotel in 1984?
At that point in time, everything in the market was generic and institutional. You couldn't tell the difference between one luxury brand and another. But the Morgans changed everything. It made sameness a vice and distinctiveness a virtue. It raised the notion that a hotel was more than just a place to sleep.
You invented the boutique hotel concept with the Morgans. What was the impetus for that?
Morgans was a very personal expression of what I myself wanted. There was no hotel that resonated with me at that time. There was nothing out there that manifested my popular culture, that told me the world was responsive to what was important to me.
You were also among the first hoteliers to partner with leading designers and artists.
Back then, the industry was a barren wasteland when it came to design. I thought it was worth the risk to work with a talented person—regardless of whether they had hotel experience or not—to create a unique and individual product. I thought if you were willing to underwrite that risk, you had a possibility for creating something unique. And it paid off.
How has the concept of a five-star hotel changed in the last 30 years?
When luxury first began to evolve, it was restricted only to the richest people. But now, everyone understands the concept of luxury, no matter where they come from or even how much money they have. I think that luxury is permeating every level of the industry. It's not just reserved for five-star hotels anymore. In order to survive, every hotel is going to have to provide a "luxury" experience.
What is driving the hospitality industry today?
Technology. Because of technology and social media, everybody has the possibility of creating their own magazine and their own media. And that has changed everything.
For instance, when I was in the nightclub business, there weren't any cell phones; if there were, a lot of things that went on wouldn't have been able to go on! It stifled the party and the festivities. Today, cell phones have a tremendous impact on the way we meet people and how we communicate and how we run our lives. You have to be a social scientist in the hospitality business in order to engage people.
Does that mean hotels should be focusing more on connecting with their guests via social media and technology?
You don't have to make something Instagrammable to create a hotel. That's the tail wagging the dog. You have to create a great product. If you're creating a great product, you'll have great success. You have special effects in a movie but if the story is bad, you don't have a good movie. It's the same thing. You have to have a good story.
A lot of hospitality brands are going to great lengths to target millennials. Is it necessary to create a hotel for a specific demographic?
I don't believe in age demographics, and I don't believe in doing hotels for millennials. I believe in psychographics and appealing to a person's sensibility. I'm 71, and I make hotels that I would like to go to. There is no difference between somebody young and somebody old. It's in their brain and soul.
How is your newest hospitality brand, the Public, redefining luxury travel?
We've gotten rid of the outdated and old-fashioned notions of luxury. I believe people can see through those frivolous gestures. Modern travelers don't care about having a bellman with golden epaulets and white gloves—their suitcases are on wheels! And they don't want to wait 45 minutes for their room-service coffee to come in the finest bone china and sterling silver. They want it good, and they want it fast. Real luxury is appealing to a person's sensibility—and that's what the Public does.


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The Violas, an all-girl rock band, are on tour when their van breaks down in a small southern beach town. The police are investigating the disappearance of a little girl's parents while also trying to find the origin of a strange pile of debris that washed up on the beach. A mechanic offers to repair the girls' van in exchange for playing at his party, but a menacing creature is on the loose. Set in 1966, Stomp! Shout! Scream! is a beach party rock and roll monster movie that intertwines the adventures of The Violas with the legend of the Skunk Ape (Florida's version of Bigfoot).
Actors include Claire Bronson and Cynthia Evans
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Nov 3 Wayne Coyne: Weirdness Likes Company
MUSIC, INTERVIEWS
[This is almost assuredly the most fun I've had with an interview, and with one of my artistic heroes. Wayne and I were supposed to have a mere 20 minutes to chat but, being the affable and charismatic guy he is, we talked for closer to an hour. Originally published in TIDAL.]
I get high with a little help from my friends
I'm going to try with a little help from my friends"
The Flaming Lips have friends.
On their new album, With a Little Help From My Fwends, the Oklahoma rockers recruited a diverse dream team of musicians (including Tegan and Sara, My Morning Jacket, and Miley Cyrus) to make a track-for-track tribute to The Beatles' 1967 masterpiece, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The result is a wild piece of work that doesn't attempt to redefine the original so much as lovingly pick its guts and celebrate its fantastic spirit.
After 30 years of making music, The Flaming Lips have distinguished themselves as one of the most singular, creative, friendly, and shamelessly playful rock bands of today. This essence is perhaps best embodied in the group's charming, eccentric frontman, Wayne Coyne.
Revealing the wisdom behind the weirdness, we spoke at length with Coyne about the unquestionable genius of The Beatles, the relationship between drugs and music, defending his friendships and being addicted to creation.
Your new record is a tribute to the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The album is well regarded as a milestone in music history. What does Sgt. Pepper's mean for you, and how did the album influence the Flaming Lips?
I love the record. It's probably come in and out of being my favorite 10 different times. I was born in 1961, so the Beatles have been around my whole life, and there was a time in my life when the Beatles were a living, breathing entity making records. My older siblings listened to the Beatles, they took drugs to the Beatles, so I think there's a lot of subconscious connections to all of their music. I think it's meaning has changed a hundred different times for me.
Sgt. Pepper's is one of those records you really got to know a lot of stuff about – it's so well documented. You can see which day they recorded "Strawberry Fields Forever," and how many takes it took to make "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." When the Beatles talked about their records and what they meant, there was only a handful of groups that did that. Nowadays everyone makes a documentary about their record, even if nobody cares about it.
And I have to say, when you get to rethink or re-imagine these songs, it's wonderful. I think you really end up having a greater and richer appreciation for what it is they actually did.
As you mentioned Sgt. Pepper's is known as something of a stoner album – something people took drugs to. Would it offend you if I said your version sounds even more drug influenced than the original?
[laughs] Well I actually take that as a great compliment, and I'd agree. I think there is a lot of art, and music especially, that could use that type of anarchy and chaos. Throwing away what is normal – I think you can say that about most of the great art that's made in the world.
So yes, thank you. I don't know if very much of it was made on drugs but a lot of it sounds like the people making it have destroyed their fucking brains on drugs. Mind you, they haven't. I think the more we learn about drugs is that people who do a lot of drugs don't end up doing much – they end up doing drugs, and that's about it.
The Beatles and the Flaming Lips have both been responsible for condoning or downright encouraging the use of mind-altering substances. What's your take on the drugs and music.
Well the thing that most people forget is that most artists are simply willing to try things, all kind of things. They try different hair cuts, different clothes, different girlfriends, different restaurants – so of course they try drugs. It's seems like just another experience out there asking you, why not? It's just part of the personality of a person that's willing to say, Fuck, I don't know what will happen – let's try this! You can say that's why they make cool music, because they are willing to try new and different things.
In my own personal experience, I've never found that doing drugs and making music ever really worked. But I can say that by taking drugs and having experiences can form your mind, and you can come back to your creative essence. We're informed by what we've done – whether it's from taking LSD or going to Japan.
But I wouldn't say it works very well being on the drugs and trying to make music at the same time. At least somebody in the room has to have their faculties about them. We like being awake and energized and aware. I don't think we would be very interested in making music if we were taking drugs all the time – it's just distracting.
You said recording this album deepened your appreciation for it?
Oh for sure. The music on Sgt. Pepper's is very impressionistic – sometimes you get the impression that you're hearing one thing when it's really something else. It's very much a collision of sounds that make up these sounds that aren't really there. It's like when you stand away from a painting and you think you see these colors of purple and violet, but when you get up close you realize it's intersecting hues of blue and red. You think they're playing these strings and horns, but when you get up close it's voices and sounds.
That's pretty cool.
Yeah, it's really cool. Sometimes you hear people dismiss the Beatles. They'll say they weren't that good. The Beatles were absolutely better than you think. There are a lot of groups as great as the Beatles – but the Beatles did it first, in that accelerated no man's land of the late Sixties, and without a lot of the tools we have today. It adds a dimension that blows your mind.
The music sounds so simple – but if you go in and try it yourself you'll see why they're the Beatles and you're just you. It's like going to a really advanced yoga class: you'll see people do things that make you say, that looks easy, but when you try to do it yourself you realize, that's fucking insane! Beatles music is like that – it gives the impression of effortlessness.
You previously covered and performed Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, along with covering John Lennon, Stone Roses, and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." You obviously enjoy it. What are you trying to add or accomplish by reinterpreting them?
Mostly we do it because it's fun. Sometimes it turns into a bit of a challenge but you don't know that when you begin. Like a lot of things it starts out fun, then turns into work, and luckily it turns into fun again.
I don't think we have any agenda. I mean we make so, so much music that it can be a relief not to be working on your own songs. Especially when you get other people involved it's like: we're not doing your songs, we're not doing our songs, we're doing the Beatles' songs. We can put ourselves into it without being too much of a big stressful creation.
We work with a lot of people and they love it. It's just a truism of musicians: everyone who makes their own music has this secret joy of playing songs that aren't theirs.
That said, the choices you make tend to be these definitive works. You've written a few tunes yourself that people would describe as "classic." What is it that makes a piece of music legendary?
Well thank you. I think we've been very lucky that some of the things we've done have been able to reach people in a way they can relate to. It's wonderful but it's just dumb luck. There's no way you can know what that is, you just have hope the things you do get some sort of reaction in people. I know plenty of people who are very talented and hardworking, but the things they do don't resonate with people.
Any plans for future tributes on the drawing board?
No, but we didn't really plan on this one. It all happened in a matter of couple months. Involving Miley Cyrus really upped the ante. People loved those tracks so much it sort of urged the whole thing to be realized into a full album.
This idea of organizing a bunch of people to do a record, we've sort of gotten really good at it by accident – so by the time we got to this one we knew what we were doing. The music is all I really want to care about, but eventually you have to involve lawyers and managers or you'll never be able to put the thing out. Especially when you deal with catalogs like Pink Floyd and the Beatles – these are some of the most popular artists of all time – you're fucking with their music and they don't always like that.
You recruited quite the list of friends to play on the album, or as you call them "fwends."
That's an Americanism we like to use to remind people we're not so serious. This project is not meant to say, look at us and all of our important friends. We're just doing this to have fun.
I would imagine everyone had their favorite tracks from the album. How did you decide who plays on each song, and who plays together?
Not really actually. No one really had an agenda – and a lot didn't even know the Beatles that well, especially as people get to be younger and younger. When I asked Tegan and Sara to do "Lovely Rita," they didn't know it. I'm not sure they were familiar with Sgt. Pepper's at all – but they liked doing it. With most of the groups it didn't matter, so Steven [Drozd] and I and the rest of the Lips did most of the choosing. And when some of the songs didn't work out with someone, we just tried another.
Do you have a favorite of the tracks on the album?
I've only recently been able to sit back enjoy the record, and there's not really any song I don't love on there. I'm really crazy about the opening – that "Sgt. Pepper's" track with Fever the Ghost and My Morning Jacket and the J Mascis solo – that's just a great fucking way to begin a freaky, fun, unpredictable record. And then those tracks we did with Miley Cyrus were so great, I just love her to death. There's something honest and loving about the way she sings.
Speaking of Miley, a lot of people have been critical of her or confused with your association. Do you get tired of defending your friendships?
Well no, I never get tired of defending her because she's awesome. And she understands as much as anyone that someone who perceives her image, or reads the things written about her, might misunderstand her. But I can honestly say that if you are lucky enough to be around her for five minutes, you'll fall in love with her like we have. If you go to one of her shows you fall in love with her. There's no secret as to why her fans love her so much.
I can understand if you don't know her or have never been around her, from a distance you could say, Oh, that's that fake, constructed record company thing. I won't name any names, but there are a lot of people I meet who you'd expect to be cool, down to earth and full of love – but aren't. With Miley it's exactly the opposite. She seems made up and when you meet her she's totally real. The same is true of Yoko Ono. There's a lot of hate for her out in the world, but if you're around her for five minutes you can absolutely see why a John Lennon would want to be around her.
You're going to be involved with Miley's next album. Has that begun?
Well yeah, we were talking about it at 2 A.M. last night. Like a lot of friends we're involved with we say, Hey, let's make some music and see what happens; we don't know what's going to come from it. I think it'll be cool as fuck.
What do you think it's going to sound like?
Even the record she has out now doesn't really have a single dimension to it. There's going to be an element of pop to it – having Miley Cyrus singing just takes it into that realm. But she's just a freak, it could sound like all kinds of things. I think it's going to be great. When people hear the things that we've already worked on say, "What is this? This is really cool!" When I tell them it's Miley, they go, "No fucking way!"
You're a band that has made a reputation for being different, for standing out. Is this a conscious effort or a natural tendency?
I don't think we're aware of what the status quo is. I don't think anyone could purposefully say, That's what normal people do, I'm going to do the opposite. I'm just in my own world, doing what I like.
I think that's why when we doing something with a Miley Cyrus, it doesn't even occur to us that people would find that strange. We're just drawn to what we're drawn to. I think some of our music, like Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, sounds very normal and very pop. And then other times we do things that if I played it for my own family, they wouldn't know how to relate. But it's not something we think about – I don't think you really could. If you spend too much thinking about it you wouldn't want to make your art.
What's the most gratifying aspect of what you do?
I try to explain to people that if I didn't do the music and the art and the videos and the shows, I would just go crazy. It's just an expression of who I am, and I'm lucky enough that I can wake up and fill my day with making things. I love that it's fun and makes money and makes people happy, but it really does come down to being in that moment as much as possible. I am truly addicted to being able create, like someone is addicted to drugs. I can do shit all night until 5 o'clock in the morning, wake up and fucking go right back to it as if it was a pile of cocaine.
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Sept. 17, 2017, 7:16 p.m.
Nepal deplores the missile test carried out by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on 15 September 2017 in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, including the latest ones.
It is regretted that DPRK has for some time carried out nuclear tests and launched missiles despite the repeated calls of the UN Security Council and international community.
According to a press release issued by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in line with her consistent policy of general and complete disarmament of all weapons of mass destruction, Nepal stands against such tests and launches.
Nepal wishes to see peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.


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ExxonMobil and Petronet Sign Gorgon LNG Supply Agreement
abarrelfull wrote on 08 May 2012 13:03
Full Fund Release of USD66.40 million for the H2GEN Project
An Australian subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) and Petronet LNG Limited today signed a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) for the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the proposed Gorgon LNG Project in Western Australia.
The SPA is for the supply of approximately 1.5 mtpa (million tonnes per annum) of ExxonMobil's share of LNG from the Gorgon LNG Project over a 20-year term. LNG cargoes will be delivered to a new terminal under construction at Kochi in southern India.
Documents formalizing the SPA were signed in Perth, Australia by ExxonMobil's Luke Musgrave, vice president – Australia LNG, and Petronet LNG Managing Director, Prosad Dasgupta.
"This historic agreement is the first long-term sale of LNG from Australia to India," said Mr. Musgrave. "We welcome Petronet LNG as a foundation customer for the Gorgon LNG Project and look forward to a long and successful relationship."
Mr. Dasgupta said, "I am very pleased to finalise this long-term agreement for the provision of LNG to our new terminal in Kochi, supporting more than (US)$2 billion of related energy infrastructure investment in India. Energy consumers in Kerala State will now have access to a clean-burning base load fuel, which will enhance the economic development of the region and maintain the pristine ecology of Kerala."
The Gorgon LNG Project, in which the ExxonMobil subsidiary holds a 25 percent share, will include three 5 mtpa LNG processing trains. A final investment decision is anticipated later this year.


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 Святой Еварест, папа римский — четвёртый епископ Рима.
 Святой Еварест — эконом одной из иерусалимских церквей, память 28 марта.
 Преподобный Еварест (ок.750 — ок.825) — инок Студийского монастыря в Константинополе, память 8 января.
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US Navy Tests All-Electric Laser
Matt Gluck
Photo: Lockheed Martin via U.S. Navy
On April 13, the U.S. Navy announced that it had defeated an in-flight target representing a subsonic cruise missile using an all-electric, high-energy laser weapon during a February demonstration. The weapon, known as the Layered Laser Defense (LLD), is equipped with a high-powered laser and a high-resolution telescope and can defend against unmanned aerial systems and fast-attack boats. The demonstration took place at the U.S. Army's High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. There are currently no plans to field the LLD.
Laser Trailblazer: Navy Conducts Historic Test of New Laser Weapon System, U.S. Navy
In electric-powered laser test, Navy shoots down cruise missile analog, Breaking Defense
Matt Gluck is a student at Dartmouth College studying government and history.
Matt Gluck, "US Navy Tests All-Electric Laser," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 15, 2022, last modified June 1, 2022, https://missilethreat.csis.org/us-navy-tests-all-electric-laser/.
On April 13, the U.S. Navy announced that it had defeated an in-flight target representing a subsonic cruise missile using an all-electric, high-energy laser weapon during a February demonstration. The weapon, known as the Layered Laser Defense (LLD), is equipped with a high-powered laser and a high-resolution telescope and can defend against unmanned aerial systems...


In time for the holidays I collaborated on some very special photos with Fire Connection, the performance duo with Milka Ivanova of which I am happy to be a part. The photo session is part of our ongoing project. It seems the long time dream of creating a show that combines fire or glowpoi with projections is gradually coming true!Rosa Teixidor, a wonderful artist and friend, played the role of the photographer for the shooting, with great success. Special thanks to her!


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Three-Drug Combo Proves Efficacious, Safe in Unresectable Liver Cancer
Treatment with a combination of PD-1 inhibition, minimally invasive chemotherapy and Lenvima improved outcomes for patients with unresectable liver cancer compared to PD-1 inhibition and Lenvima alone.
Combining PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibition with transarterial chemotherapy and Lenvima (lenvatinib) was shown to improve outcomes for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer, according to findings from a recent study.
The researchers decided to combine these agents because of the promise they have previously shown in this patient population. Additionally, transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) – which is when chemotherapy is delivered to the arteries during a non-invasive procedure – and hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy (HAIC) is recommended for patients with intermediate or advanced HCC.
"Because HCC is a tumor with rich blood supply, TACE or HAIC can improve the concentration of chemotherapy drugs to the tumor, which can improve the curative effect on the one hand, and reduce the systemic (side effects) on the other hand," study authors Wei Lu, Tianqiang Song and Mengran Lan, said in an interview with CURE®.
Researchers analyzed 35 patients being treated at Tianjin Cancer Hospital in China, with intermediate/advanced HCC who underwent therapy with Lenvima, PD-1 inhibition and transarterial therapy (LEN-PD1-TH) and compared outcomes for patients who only received Lenvima and PD-1 inhibition therapy (LEN-PD1).
The main goal of the study was progression-free survival, which is how long a patient lives without their disease progressing. Secondary endpoints included analyzing overall survival and overall response rate, which is the percentage of patients on the study whose disease shrunk as a result from the treatment.
At an average follow-up of 14 months, the LEN-PD1-TH groups had a longer median progression-free survival of 15 months, compared to 9 months in the LEN-PD1 group. The three-drug group also had better overall survival, as an average length of survival could not be established because so many people were still alive. In the LEN-PD1 group, average survival was about 14 months.
The LEN-PD1-TH cohort had more than twice the response rate than the LEN-PD1 group, at 42.9% and 20.1%, respectively.
"This study is the first to report that the efficacy of (Lenvima) combined with PD-1 inhibitors and interventional therapy is better than that of (Lenvima) combined with PD-1 inhibitors when the baseline level is balanced and the number of people in the two groups is the same," the researchers said. "Based on this, we hope our results can provide a theoretical basis or enlightenment for future related research."
The researchers also conducted subgroup analyses on the study population and found that certain patients were more likely to benefit from the three-drug combination. They were patients who were: younger than the age of 65; had liver cirrhosis; Child-Pugh class A (which predicts prognosis and liver function); metastasis outside of the liver; no vascular invasion; tumors smaller than 10 cm and more than 3 tumors; Barcelona Clinic liver cancer stage C, which indicates varied liver functioning; and AFP (a protein in blood that may indicate liver cancer) at or under 400 ng/ml.
Seventy patients enrolled in the study were also involved in the safety analysis. Among them, the most common severe (grade 3 or higher) side effect was hypertension (high blood pressure) in both the LEN-PD1-TH group and LEN-PD1 group, at 20% and 17.1%, respectively.
There were also two grade 3 hand-foot-skin reactions and one grade 3 bleeding event in the group of patients who received Lenvima and PD-1 therapy. In the Lenvima, PD-1 therapy and transarterial therapy group, there was one case pf grade 3 decreased blood platelet count, and one grade 3 muscle pain event. Based on these data, the researchers determined that there was not a significant difference in side effects between the two groups.
After discovering that Lenvima, PD-1 inhibition and transarterial therapy is safe and effective, the researchers are hoping to conduct further studies with the combination.
"The next step is to continue to collect patients, expand cases, and continue follow-up. If possible, we intend to conduct prospective research to further verify our conclusions," they said.
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The KOSU news team curates news of interest to Oklahomans from various sources around the world. Our hope is inform, educate, and entertain.
The family of state Rep. Claudia Griffith has confirmed she has died at the age of 67.
The Democrat from Norman was elected to the House in 2014 and again in 2016. She had recently been running for state Senate and was set for a runoff in August against Mary Boren. Boren says she will suspend campaign activities to honor Griffith and her family.
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StoryCorps, a renowned nonprofit organization celebrating the stories of everyday Americans, will record interviews in Oklahoma City from February 8 to March 9, 2018 as part of its cross-country MobileBooth tour. Having collected more than 65,000 interviews from Americans in all 50 states, StoryCorps has gathered one of the largest single collection of human voices ever recorded.
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Awesome garage in Langley B.C. It looks like an old chicken farm! But Look Inside………….
Get Out of that Spot!
No parking ANY TIME….this means YOU!
When is it time to stop driving??
You're driving your car late at night and come to a red light. If there are no cars in either direction, would you stop?
What's the longest trip you've taken by car?
What's one feature you would add to your car that you do not have?
What's in the trunk of your car right now?
If you hit a car and did significant damage, but no one saw it, would you leave a note or just leave?
Do you prefer to be the passenger or the driver?


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past & present: syrie maugham
by Amy Azzarito
Image above: Illustration by Julia Rothman, inspired by a 1920s photo of Syrie Maugham
Syrie Maugham was the leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and '30s, and yet she didn't even launch her business until she was 42, a detail that I find inspiring. (My favorite late-life starter was Julia Child, who didn't even enter cooking school until she was 37! Proof that you don't have to have everything figured out by your 30th birthday.) Like many artists and designers, Syrie recognized that her own home had the potential to be her greatest advertisement. And after six years in the design business, Syrie made the biggest splash of her career by hosting a midnight party at her London home, where she unveiled her all-white living room decked out with white lilies, mirrors and glass — and everything glittering in candlelight. After we delve into the history of Syrie, I'll present my own little all-white round-up in her honor!
Image above: Gertrude Lawrence in Syrie's shop from Syrie Maugham
I first discovered Syrie only in relation to the great British novelist, playwright and poet Somerset Maugham — the two married in 1917. It was Syrie's second marriage, and it became an extremely unhappy one. Maugham was in love with an American man, Gerald Haxton (fully known to Syrie), and the couple spent much of the marriage apart, finally divorcing in 1929. Perhaps to fill the long days, Syrie became interested in design and opened a shop. Her prices were extremely high — she charged whatever she could get away with — but the location was perfect and her style seemed new and innovative. The venture was a success, and Syrie began to get requests for full-room designs.
Image above: Syrie's all-white London living room via Vogue Daily
Syrie is often credited with being the first designer to use all white, and while that isn't entirely accurate, she certainly did her part to make it extremely fashionable in the '20s and '30s. Syrie's all-white rooms were never stark white — she loved to play with shades of white and mix in pale greens, peaches and blues. She also loved to modify pieces and would strip, paint, pickle or crackle everything she could get her hands on; even the most precious of antiques were made to conform to her decor scheme. Her favorite pieces were French provincial antiques, and once any dark wood or paint was lightened or removed, they became the perfect complements to her rooms in shades of white.
CLICK HERE for more Syrie Maugham + an all-white round-up!
Image above: Breakfront designed by Syrie from Todd Merrill Antiques
The all-white room hit an apex in 1932 but by 1934, it had already gone out of fashion. Somerset Maugham attributed the end of the white craze to "when people discovered that white became grubby and the house had to be redecorated."
Syrie designed rooms for Noel Coward, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, but one of her most glamorous spaces was created for poet Stephen Tennant, one of the most glittering Bright Young Things of the '20s. Say what you will about the excessive use of satin — this was one decadent space. Stephen became reclusive and apparently spent much of the last 17 years of his life in bed at the family manor. Confession: I usually write from bed, so I find this perfectly acceptable. And I think Syrie, who also worked from bed in the morning, would have felt the same way.
Syrie Maugham by Pauline Metcalf — If you are at all interested in learning more about Syrie, this well-researched book is a must.
The Great Lady Decorators: The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870–1955 by Adam Lewis — This book is a fantastic resource; a great refresher on everyone from Elsie de Wolfe to Dorothy Draper to Sister Parish.
Syrie was known for her signature all-white rooms. If you're looking for inspiration for your own white rooms, don't miss the Best of White Living Rooms from the Sneak Peek archives. And here are a few of my favorite white accessories:
Image above: 1. Hanging Test Tube Vases, $36; 2. Pigeon Light, $114; 3. Material Good Little Shirley in Rainier White, $20; 4. Heart Mug by Reiko Keneko, $24 (see Reiko Kaneko's sneak peek!); 5. Ivory Flower Pot, $22; 6. Java Cream and Sugar Bowl, $24; 7. Small Peach Paper Bowl, $18; 8. Binchotan Toothbrush, $6
Image above: 1. Farmers' Market Baskets, $20–38; 2. Letter Boxes (A–Z), $15 ea.; 3. Star Sticky Notes, $3.50; 4. Feather Pen, $65; 5. Raven with Wire, $33 (Clothes hanger! Love this!); 6. Ritz Alarm Clock, $99; 7. Petra Lamp, $99; 8. Ceramic Olive Oil Bottle, $32; 9. Spoon Mug, $3.95; 10. Tourne Serving Bowl, $55
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Carol Maryott says:
I can hardly wait to see and read more about Syrie and her all white rooms. Thank you for this
Fascinating post! I hadn't heard of Syrie before, what an interesting lady! How timely this post is for me…I'm starting a History of Decorative Arts class tonight!
Great glam imagery. Nice to see Syrie in a post and the mention of my favorite, Dorthy Draper!
Katie Truelove says:
Wish I had that bed! Love the feather pen too!:)
Mabel and Zora says:
Loving the London living room!
Sacred & Profane Designs says:
Wonderful post!!! Especially for those of us who are close to their 30th birthday and haven't figured everything out in the business life!
Newly Domesticated says:
Love these late-life starters. Gives me hope for some adventurous re-starts down the line!
Karen Fields says:
So Hollywood Glam! Love this post! :)
amym says:
Love it! I laughed when I read that her friends said she'd pickle her coffin if she could.
margaux says:
From Maugham a biography:
"…glad to have escaped from France, Maugham settled into a suite @ the Dorchester Hotel. One day he ran into Syrie ( his ex wife) in the lobby. About to leave for America, in an effort to enlist his sympathy " oh Willie, I know I shall be torpedoed"! Then said Willie, " I have only one piece of advice to offer you, keep your mouth open & you will drown the sooner."
Luckily for both she found a rewarding outlet with interior design & he continued to write instead of a carreer in medecine pursuant to his early,university studies.
It appears there was no love lost between them, either that or he was exceedingly satirical or both.
I didn't know about Syrie, your post is so interesting.
Very nice the white selection too, I especially love the pidgeon lamp, so funny
issy says:
Thank you for this humorous and well written post. I had to laugh though at your line about not figuring everything out by age 30. My role model is Grandma Moses who didn't figure anything out until age 70. That's my goal.
Pistachio says:
Love it! Life is change and it is exciting to know that you can do whatever you want if you want it!
All of those rooms are so glamorous. Makes me want to live in a 1920's movie set ;)
Where can I buy some of these great white items?
hi carol
there are links to the items under each picture :)
Oh, Amy, you rock! Love the post!
Stacking Chairs says:
What a great looking Living area in the third picture!
Very retro looking, A*
Margit says:
Thank you for this Link, what an amazing lady!
Siri Gross says:
It's so funny to discover this lady. My name is Siri and i have decorated my home all white! Glad I ran across this.