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# Trayvon Martin
Zimmerman portrayed as vigilante in Trayvon Martin shooting
Trayvon Martin (17) was unarmed when he was shot in Florida in February 2012.
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WAS fed up with "punks" getting away with crime and shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin "because he wanted to," not because he had to, prosecutors argued today, while the neighbourhood watch volunteer's attorney said the killing was self-defence against a young man who was slamming Zimmerman's head against the pavement.
The prosecution began opening statements in the long-awaited murder trial with shocking language, repeating obscenities Zimmerman uttered while talking to a police dispatcher moments before the deadly confrontation.
George Zimmerman stands as judge Debra Nelson arrives in Seminole circuit court. Pic: AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank
The defence opened with a knock-knock joke about the difficulty of picking a jury for a case that stirred nationwide debate over racial profiling, vigilantism and Florida's expansive laws on the use of deadly force.
"Knock. Knock," said defence attorney Don West.
"Who is there?"
"George Zimmerman."
"George Zimmerman who?"
"All right, good. You're on the jury."
Zimmerman, 29, could get life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder for gunning down Martin on February 26, 2012, as the unarmed black teenager, wearing a hoodie on a dark, rainy night, walked from a convenience store through the gated townhouse community where he was staying.
The case took on racial dimensions after Martin's family claimed that Zimmerman had racially profiled Martin and that police were dragging their feet in bringing charges. Zimmerman, whose mother is Hispanic and whose father is white, has denied the confrontation had anything to do with race.
Don West, a defence attorney for George Zimmerman describes the shooting of Trayvon Martin to the jury while holding an evidence photo of a gun. Pic: AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank
Prosecutor John Guy's first words to the jury recounted what Zimmerman told a dispatcher in a call shortly after spotting Martin:
F—— punks. These a——-. They always get away.
Zimmerman was profiling Martin as he followed him, Guy said. He said Zimmerman viewed the teen "as someone about to a commit a crime in his neighbourhood."
"And he acted on it. That's why we're here," the prosecutor said.
Zimmerman didn't have to shoot Martin, Guy said.
He shot him for the worst of all reasons: because he wanted to.
The prosecutor portrayed the watch captain as a vigilante, saying, "Zimmerman thought it was his right to rid his neighbourhood of anyone who did not belong."
West told jurors a different story: Martin sucker-punched Zimmerman and then pounded the neighbourhood watch volunteer's head against the concrete sidewalk, and that's when Zimmerman opened fire.
Showing the jury photos of a bloodied and bruised Zimmerman, the defence attorney said, "He had just taken tremendous blows to his face, tremendous blows to his head."
West said the story that Martin was unarmed is untrue: "Trayvon Martin armed himself with a concrete sidewalk and used it to smash George Zimmerman's head."
The prosecutor, however, disputed elements of Zimmerman's story, including his claim that Martin put his hands over Zimmerman's mouth and reached for the man's gun. Guy said none of Zimmerman's DNA was found on Martin's body, and none of the teenager's DNA was on the weapon or the holster.
But West said that doesn't prove anything, arguing that crime-scene technicians didn't properly protect Martin's hands from contamination.
Two police dispatch phone calls that could be important evidence for both sides were played for the jury by the defence. Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, left the courtroom before the second recording, which has the sound of the gunshot that killed Martin.
Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, left, cries as she listens to the description of her son's death during opening statements. Pic: AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank
The first was a call Zimmerman made to a nonemergency police dispatcher, who told him he didn't need to be following Martin.
The second 911 call, from a witness, captures screams in the distant background from the struggle between Zimmerman and Martin. Martin's parents said the screams are from their son, while Zimmerman's father contends they are his son's.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson ruled last weekend that audio experts for the prosecution won't be able to testify that the screams belong to Martin, saying the methods used were unreliable.
On Monday, one of the first witnesses for the prosecution was a custodian of police dispatch calls. During the witness' testimony, prosecutors started playing police calls Zimmerman had made in the months before he shot Martin. The defence objected, arguing the calls were irrelevant.
The judge said she would address the matter Tuesday and sent the jurors to the hotel where they are being sequestered for the duration of the trial, which could last several weeks
Other witnesses who testified Monday included a convenience store clerk and the 911 dispatcher who took Zimmerman's call when he was following Martin. Martin had gone to the convenience store to buy Skittles and a can of iced tea.
The 911 dispatcher, Sean Noffke, testified that he had advised Zimmerman not to follow Martin.
Randy McClean, a criminal defence attorney in Florida with no connection to the case, called the prosecution's opening statement "brilliant" in that it described Zimmerman's state of mind. But he described the knock-knock joke as less than stellar.
"If you're defending your client for second-degree murder, you probably shouldn't start your opening with a joke," McClean said.
One thing missing on Monday was visible demonstrations outside the courthouse.
Late Monday, the Seminole County NAACP held a town hall meeting at a church near a memorial site for Martin.
Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump, who as a potential witness in the case can't be present in the courtroom until he testifies, told the crowd that the outcome of the case would have far-reaching implications.
"It became a civil rights matter the night the police did not arrest the killer of an unarmed child," Crump said. "It's going to be a litmus test to show how far we have come."
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More detail on this person: Robert "Bob" Lemule Charters was born April 5, 1941 in Boise, ID to Robert W. and Goldie (Chapman) Charters. He spent the first four years on his Grandfather's ranch in Garden Valley, ID. Bob graduated from the 8th grade in Melba, ID and graduated high school in Emmett, ID. He joined the Idaho Army National Guard in December, 1959 and did his six months basic training at Fort Ord, CA. He graduated from the NCO academy, The Idaho Military Academy, Armor Officers Orientation Course and the Army Helicopter Flight School. Returning to Mineral Wells, TX at Camp Walters. TX as a helicopter flight instructor with Southern Airways. He was then hired by Air America as a civilian helicopter pilot in Vietnam and Laos. Bob flew in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, Alaska on the pipeline, and northern western states on forest fires. He also flew in Burma, Indonesia for oil exploration and Thailand before returning back to Idaho and rejoining the Idaho Army National Guard retiring with 27 years of service. Bob was hired by the U. S. Postal Service retiring after 22 years of service. He married Jane Myrick in August, 1963 and one son was born to this union. They later divorced. Bob met Phyllis Barber at a dance and they married in Idaho City, Idaho in 1984. Bob's Son and Phyllis' Son were Best Men and Phyllis' Daughter was Maid of Honor. They honeymooned in Seattle and the Vancouver B.C. area exploring the San Juan Islands. Bob enjoyed flying, a lifelong love and golfing which he took up at the age of 49 and was never a threat to Greg Norman. He enjoyed doing things for people, hearing and telling jokes as well as attending the Air America reunions held in a different state every year whenever it was possible. Bob loved doing things with his wife especially golfing and traveling. His greatest delight was his five Grandchildren; Bradley, Jake, Jordan, Peyton and McCall. Bob fulfilled his dream and joined the Masonic Lodge Oriental # 60, Scottish Rite Bodies, and the El Korah Shrine in 1979 and later the Meridian Masonic Lodge # 47. Bob was President of the Greeters, held a position on the Divan and later was appointed Ambassador for the Shrine. He was preceded in death by his Parents, Bob and Goldie Charters, Brothers Edgar and Randy. He is survived by his Wife, Phyllis, Son Brandt Charters (Jill), Grandsons; Bradley and Jake, Son by Marriage Michael Scott Barber, Granddaughters; Jordan, and McCall, Daughter by Marriage, Sandi Anders, Granddaughter, Peyton Anders Glover. His Brother Richard Charters (Barbara), Sister-in-Law, Linda Charters, many Nieces and Nephews. Bob died June 6, 2012 at his home in Nampa. He fought an eleven year battle with cancer and would like to thank Dr. Jonathan Swerdloff, Dr. Sarah Bolender, Dr. Frank Johnson, and Dr. Marshall Priest for the excellent care he received over the years. He would also like to thank the MSTI nurses at St. Luke's who took such good care of him. He enjoyed the Warhawk Air Museum, his membership in the QB's, his many friends John Tuso, Sandy Sanders, Roland and Barbara Bright, Dennis Charters, Larry Bates, the neighbors of the Greens at Ridgecrest who helped him a lot, and his many numerous friends at the Shrine, in the military and post office. He will be missed by his three Pugs; Chopper, Dolly and Kaylee. A memorial service will be Monday, June 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Summers Funeral Home, 1205 W. Bannock Street, Boise. A reception will follow at the El Korah Shrine Temple. Inurnment services will be at 2:00 p.m. at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery. Donations may be made to the Shrine Hospital for Children or the Warhawk Air Museum.


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The SEED Educational Trust is a charitable Trust registered as a Public Benefit Organisation with the Receiver of Revenue in South Africa. We seek to develop skills, confidence and hope in leaders in the social sector so that they can lead effectively. We work in partnership with The University of Stellenbosch Business School Executive Development (USB-ED) as our academic partner. SEED has been working in schools and Districts since 2006 and has run leadership programmes for more than 800 leaders from 8 districts across 5 provinces.
The education system in South Africa is under-performing. High levels of absenteeism, low morale and poor performance amongst educators are common themes that recur. These, in turn, lead to poor literacy and numeracy levels in primary schools and poor matric results in high schools. Researchers have identified poor leadership and management as a key contributing factor to the poor performance.
"Lessons from successful schools in poor areas show that dysfunctional schools can be transformed into positive learning and teaching environments. The leadership and management qualities of the principal are vital… What seems to stand out from all successful schools is the importance of leadership." Ramphele,R (2008) Laying the Ghosts to Rest, NB Publishers, South Africa
SEED has observed that the delivery of quality education in the classroom is directly impacted by the quality of leadership given by the leadership team and by the cohesiveness and morale of the staff team as a whole. In a survey we conducted in 7 schools in the East District in the Western Cape involving 159 educators, more than 50% of them had considered leaving education in the past 12 months and 26% had actually applied for positions outside of education.
Key factors influencing these educators included poor leadership and processes within their schools and a breakdown in relationships between staff.
SEED provides training, coaching and leadership support to leaders in the social context.
SEED runs the School Leadership Programme (for School Leaders) and the School Coaching and Mentoring Programme (for District Officials and school mentors) that consists of a 12 month process of workshops, coaching, mentoring, assessment, monitoring and evaluation. At the end of the process, participants receive a certificate of completion from SEED and those who fulfil the requirements receive a certificate from the University of Stellenbosch.
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Fifteen Christians Rearrested
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Eritrean authorities recently arrested 15 Christians during a series of raids on their houses in the capital city of Asmara. All 15 believers had been previously imprisoned for their faith – some for up to 16 years.
Over the past year, numerous Christian prisoners in this East African nation have been released, leading to some speculation that a change in policy may be imminent. However, these recent arrests, together with that of three elderly pastors in late July, demonstrate that the persecution of Christians is still taking place in the country. (A previously posted report on the arrest of the pastors is available here.)
All 15 of the recently arrested followers of Jesus had been released last summer, but they were apprehended again after a list of Christian contacts was discovered by the authorities. These rearrested believers were all taken to the Mai Serwa maximum security prison in Asmara. There are now an estimated 160 Christians being held captive in prisons throughout Eritrea.
VOMC's Minister-at-Large, Greg Musselman, was privileged to recently interview Kidane Gebremeskel Gedion, an Eritrean pastor who endured imprisonment for two-and-a-half years. To view their televised conversation, which was aired on the 100 Huntley Street program, please go to this page. A more extensive report and interview with Pastor Kidane may be viewed here.
Continue to remember the many Christians who are presently suffering for their faith amid the inhumane conditions of Eritrea's prisons. Also prayerfully uphold their families who must endure years of separation without being permitted to visit their imprisoned loved ones or even verify their state of health and well-being. Ask God to mightily intervene on behalf of these families, stirring the hearts of the country's governmental leaders who need to realize the importance of treating all citizens justly and with respect, which includes granting them rightful freedom of religion. Furthermore, pray for the ongoing efforts of evangelists who, despite the risks of ill-treatment and imprisonment, continue to courageously share the "Good News" of the Gospel throughout the nation.
6,147,398 (July 2021 est.)
Tigrinya (50), Tigre (30), Saho (4), Afar (4) Kunama (4), Bilen (3), other (5)
Islam (47.4), Christianity (48.8), other (3.8)
President Isaias Afworki (1993)
Mixed legal system of civil, customary, and Islamic religious law
Sources: CIA World Factbook, Operation World
Pray for Eritrea
Ask the Lord to provide imprisoned Eritrean believers a means of escape and a place of safe refuge. Pray for Him to also work deeply in the hearts of the country's governing officials so they will grant His people the freedom to worship Him and glorify His matchless name. Mindful of their own human frailties, may these political leaders realize the need to make Jesus their own personal Saviour and Lord by accepting His gift of eternal salvation.
Eritrea News
44 Christians Arrested; Three Others Released
A cathedral in Asmara.
Photo: Wikipedia / KH (cc)
According to a recent report, 44 believers have been arrested from private homes in Eritrea by governing officials since the beginning of 2023. The group – consisting of 39 women and five men – are being held at the Mai Serwa prison on the outskirt
More Church Leaders Detained
A church in Eritrea
In 2002, the government of Eritrea outlawed every religion except for Sunni Islam, Eritrean Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism. Since then, the oppression against other religious groups has been severe. Even those within the approved faith groups have been at risk of op
Twenty Years of Oppression
In May 2002, the Eritrean government closed all unregistered churches and established legislation outlawing any religious community except for Sunni Islam, Eritrean Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism. Government oppression and control was strongly instituted, even within these
Christians Arrested During Prayer Meeting
Prison officials continue to hold detainees in cramped, unsanitary shipping containers.
In mid-March, 29 evangelical Christians were arrested when Eritrean security forces raided a home prayer meeting in Asmara. According to reports, 17 women and 12 men were taken to the Mai Serwa prison
Eritrea Videos
Eritrea: Ongoing Arrests of Evangelical Christians
Eritrea: Finding Joy in Prison
Andrew Boyd on Arrests in Eritrea
Eritrea: Dr. Berhane Ashmelash with Greg Musselman
Persecuted Church Panel: The Attack of Christians worldwide
Eritrea: Struck Down but Not Destroyed


When Sidd Gupta's friend lost his job and struggled to find a new position after the major oil downturn in 2014, Gupta noticed a systemic problem within the industry.
"A company rejected him because he was unfamiliar with the software they used in their operations," Gupta explains. "In our industry, companies will judge a potential hire's technical capabilities based on which software they know how to use rather than how good they would be at the job."
While software requirements for oilfield jobs are common, it made Gupta consider how we can make complex data and knowledge more accessible.
Gupta saw something else brewing in the energy industry that also piqued his interest.
"There was entrepreneurship in the oil and gas space and an interest in data science during the oil downturn. We saw startups created in Austin then Houston. There was an infectious entrepreneurial energy at that time," he says.
Last year, he took the entrepreneurial leap, quit his job and founded Nesh, a smart assistant like Alexa or Siri, but specifically for oil and gas companies. Nesh sources information from public data, vendor sources, technical papers, journal articles, news feeds and more to give answers to complex, technical questions related to energy.
Because this tool is meant for businesses and not personal use, the software must be trustworthy, Gupta says, and he asked himself what he needs to do to make an engineer or a CEO of an energy company believe Nesh's response.
The answer: transparency. With Nesh, users can see how the smart assistant came to its answer. The software shows the data and workflow behind the answer as part of the user interface.
And Nesh learns from its users too. If an unfamiliar question is posed to Nesh, users can add new training phrases to teach Nesh what to do next time the question is posed.
"We created Nesh as something super-simple to use," Gupta says. "There's no learning curve, no technical knowledge required, you just need to speak plain English."
Gupta, who was raised in India, came to the United States to pursue his master's degree in petroleum engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. After working in oil and gas for over a decade, he started Nesh last year with co-founder and CTO Seth Anderson.
This year, Nesh is in the process of fundraising, and, with the new funds, he plans to expand his workforce, which is currently five employees (including Gupta himself) based in Houston. Due to its size, Nesh currently can run only one pilot program at a time. With more employees, Nesh will be able to scale up its pilot programs and run multiple pilots in parallel. The larger user pool for these pilots will give Gupta and his team better insights into Nesh and allow them to continue refining the tool.
Right now, Gupta wants to commercialize in those operations where Nesh is already running pilot programs. He says he hopes for Nesh to have both internal and external growth, with the next surge of hiring and an expanded user pool for the product.
He plans to make Nesh available as a commercial product in fall of this year with a target market of small to mid-sized oil and gas companies.
Gupta says Nesh is different from anything in the market.
"With enterprise software in general, it can be very hard to get a demo version of software without talking to a sales representative—something that people dislike," he says. "I want to bring the B2C aspect of trying a software to the B2B world."
The business model goal for Nesh is for potential clients to be able to test the software themselves, Gupta says, and then contact the company if they're interested.
"I want transparent pricing to be visible on our website," he says. "I want potential customers to be able to experience the demo just by giving their information."
As Gupta sees it, one of the main advantages to being in Houston is the important support networks as well as the potential customer base. He's grateful to local organizations such as Station Houston and Capital Factory for connecting him with many resources.
"I'm seeing a lot of innovation here in Houston," Gupta says. "There's a lot of oil and gas companies, so as we begin looking for potential customers, that's a very important advantage of being here."


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Tuesday, July 28th 2020
Razer and 343 Industries Announce Plans for Halo Infinite Licensed Gaming Gear
Razer confirms a partnership with 343 Industries to develop licensed gaming peripherals for Xbox and PC for the upcoming installment of the Halo® series, Halo Infinite.
Halo Infinite licensed peripherals from Razer will arrive in 2020.
IRVINE, Calif. – Razer™, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced a partnership with 343 Industries for its highly anticipated premium franchise, Halo Infinite. The licensing rights allow Razer to develop multiple licensed products including gaming peripherals for both Xbox and PC.
"Razer is the perfect partner to help us deliver the premium gear we know our Halo players are looking for. The Halo Consumer Products team is focused on bringing the Halo universe to life and into the hands of our community," says Kiki Wolfkill, Head of Halo Transmedia at 343 Industries. "We're thrilled to be partnering with Razer to create this line of high-quality peripherals that embody the Halo brand while also delivering on the performance our fans expect across multiple platforms."
Halo Infinite, a premier launch title for Xbox Series X coming this Holiday was first announced during E3 2018 and will be the next installment in the historic Master Chief saga.
"Halo Infinite is among the most anticipated games this year, with a rich community that's been yearning for custom gear," says Bob Ohlweiler, VP and General Manager of Razer USA. "Halo has a rich and powerful franchise history, and Razer is honored to be working with 343 Industries and Xbox to support its launch and the fan community."
This partnership will continue Razer's string of innovative products for Xbox, having previously developed industry-first Xbox products including the Nari Ultimate for Xbox One, the first Xbox Wireless-compatible headset with HyperSense haptic feedback; and the Razer Turret for Xbox One, the console's first wireless keyboard and mouse. These products, along with Razer's award-winning Wolverine controller lineup, will all be forward compatible with Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Series X videogame console. In addition, Razer is developing a line of all new Xbox products to be released later this year.
More details on Razer's Halo Infinite products and new Xbox peripherals will be released in the coming months.
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So apparently this exists. Quite a few artists came together to make a set of Tarot cards with the cast of Zootopia playing the various roles.
…Honestly, this isn't the most surprising thing I've seen come out of this fandom. For the most part, the art is really impressive too. I don't know why people made it, but hey, maybe it was destined to be or something.
Check it out over on their website, or after the break!


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July 2021 Society Spotlight
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Meet Mia Minen, MD, MPH, FAHS, Chair Special Interest Sections
Hi, I am pleased to serve as the Overall Chair of the Special Interest Sections of the American Headache Society and to share my journey in Headache Medicine and how AHS has influenced it.
While a senior resident at Columbia's Neurological Institute, I attended my first AHS Scientific Meeting and was amazed at the science presented, the active involvement of the New Investigator and Trainee Section (NITS), and the friendship and the support of people who have since become very involved in the Society, e.g., Dr. Rebecca Wells. Early on, I became involved in a study conducted by NITS "New Investigator and Trainee Task Force Survey on the Recruitment and Retention of Headache Specialists" and was thus able to meet other amazing headache specialists around the country who were also in training or first starting out.
During my first fellowship in Neuropsychiatry/Behavioral Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), I attended my first AHS Scottsdale meeting. There, I further realized that I could network best at the special interest section meetings, where smaller groups of people could converse and brainstorm about topics of interest to them. I met Dr. Benjamin Friedman at the then "Emergency Medicine" Special Interest Section, and he offered me mentorship as well as the ability to conduct a secondary analysis on one of his datasets. This in turn helped me launch my research career and made me realize the potential value of these special interest sections. I was later asked to be on the AHS guidelines panel for the emergency department migraine guidelines because of my involvement in the special interest section. I decided to attend as many special interest section meetings as possible to learn about the Society, its members, and the many "hot topics" discussed in these section meetings.
Ultimately, I ran for and was voted Chair of the Emergency/In-patient/Refractory Special Interest section for two terms. During this time, we accomplished many things, including publication of the "Introducing the Migraine Action Plan." Furthermore, the section conducted two research studies. The first was titled "American Headache Society Survey About Urgent and Emergency Management of Headache Patients." This was presented at an AHS meeting and published in Headache. The section also conducted a study titled, "Survey on Outpatient Infusion Practices for the Treatment of Headache." The study findings were presented at the annual meeting. We also organized a very successful course at the annual scientific meeting titled "Inpatient Treatment for Migraine and Other Severe Headaches."
At the time of my second appointment as Chair of the Section, I also ran for and was voted the Overall Chair of the Special Interest Sections. In this role, I bring together the various Chairs and we discuss how we can collaborate together on courses, projects, and other matters our members find important.
Some newer initiatives have included:
-The AHS Special Interest Section Fair has been widely successful in increasing the visibility of the AHS Special Interest Sections.
-An increase in Special Interest Section pre-course opportunities (accomplished by shortening the length of the courses).
-Increasing exposure of the Special Interest Sections to AHS members. Sections relevant to the main lecture are introduced or moderated by Section Chairs and Sections are listed in the main meeting program to elevate their presence.
-Increased collaboration between sections. This led to even stronger section pre-course proposals and the ability for more visibility of the various sections at the meetings.
-Improved scheduling of section meetings to avoid too many from occurring at once.
Recent news related to the Special Interest Sections:
-We advocated for Special Interest Sections to receive funding for their projects. In turn, AHS decided there could be a contest whereby the sections submit proposals and the winning proposal gets funded. Congrats to the Statistics/Methodology Special Interest Section for winning the first round. We look forward to another round this year.
-There are diversity initiatives which have been worked on by various sections.
I have enjoyed other opportunities within AHS as well. I have chaired the Headache luncheon for trainees at the annual AAN meeting, served on the First Contact—Headache in Primary Care Advisory Board and led the development of the podcast series, and I currently serve as Chair of the Primary Front Line Headache Care Special Interest Section and as a member of the AHS Guidelines Committee.
I think there are so many exciting ways to get involved in our Society, and I would encourage anyone to reach out to me about getting involved in our Special Interest Sections or anything else of interest to them! I hope everyone has a safe and rewarding summer!
Mia Minen, MD, MPH
Chief of Headache Research
Departments of Neurology and Population Health


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Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be issued with a 'statement of attainment' and 'notice of assessment' (L2 form) which they take to an Australia Post outlet along with a $60 payment, 100 points of ID (Australian ID) and passport photo. The five year licence will then be sent by Worksafe Victoria, which should be received within approximately 3 weeks of lodgement.


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L. K. Advani's wife Kamla passes away
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Kamla Advani, the wife of BJP veteran L. K. Advani, died today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to heart failure.
Sources close to the family said she complained of uneasiness and breathlessness and was rushed to the AIIMS where doctors tried to revive her but in vain. "She suffered cardiac arrest," they told PTI.
Kamla Advani (83) is survived by her husband, a son and a daughter. She had been suffering from age-related problems for some time and was on wheelchair for the last few months. Family sources said she was also suffering from memory loss.
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SONY, NT LIVE AND VUE INTERNATIONAL JOIN HANDS
Technical partners unite to capture acclaimed National Theatre production and project to Vue audiences with the highest possible picture quality.
From next month, Vue International audiences around the UK will exclusively be able to watch the acclaimed National Theatre Live production Behind the Beautiful Forevers – projected in Sony Digital Cinema 4K for the highest possible picture quality.
A landmark in event cinema, the 12th March performance of Behind the Beautiful Forevers was specially recorded in front of an audience at the NT's Olivier Theatre using six Sony F55 4K cameras. Mastered as a 4K DCP (Digital Cinema Package), the show will be screened as a series of exclusive 4K presentations across the whole of Vue's 83-site estate. Fully exploiting the phenomenal detail, contrast and colour gamut captured by the F55, the 4K screenings will bring patrons in Vue cinemas closer than ever to the atmosphere of being in the best seats in the house at the actual performance.
Staged by the NT's incoming Artistic Director Rufus Norris and starring Meera Syal, Behind the Beautiful Forevers has attracted widespread critical acclaim since its opening in 2014. Bringing the performance from stage to screen in 4K has seen Sony, NT Live and Vue working closely with a tight-knit team of technical partners to ensure the highest possible picture quality for cinematic presentation.
"We've been broadcasting theatre productions into cinemas since 2009, and we've really learned how to create an absorbing experience for cinema audiences", says NT Live Producer Emma Keith. "Behind the Beautiful Forevers was a natural choice to get the 4K treatment. It's a huge production, with lots of scene changes, complex on-stage action and colourful costumes. We immediately knew it would look great on camera."
NEP Visions added a 4K layer to its NEP 1 OB truck for the outside broadcast element, once more pushing the technology boundaries of 4K coverage that the company provided on the NT's pioneering War Horse broadcast in February 2014. Led by Tom Giles, the NEP Visions technical team has worked hard to ensure that the workflow has been maximised, improved and streamlined to make it as easy as HD.
Brian Clark, Commercial Director, NEP Visions said, "We pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries of live broadcast coverage and the use of 4K technology. 4K is a major focus for the NEP Group, and combining this with working on such a prestigious project for the National Theatre culminates in the perfect balance of premium content and cutting edge technology."
To capture Behind the Beautiful Forevers with cinematic clarity, rental specialist Presteigne Broadcast Hire has supplied six Sony F55 Super 35mm 4K CMOS sensor camera chains, including the CA-4000 camera adaptor for 4K fibre transmission and BPU-4000 4K base band processor.
"We've always been at the forefront of technology", says David O'Carroll, Presteigne's Head of Technology. "With the advent of 4K and the F55, NT Live now has the opportunity to capture stage productions with a cinematic aesthetic in the highest definition possible." The cameras are rigged for the production with PL mount lenses, providing a shallow depth of field that's ideal for the movie-like feel that NT Live and its production partners have taken pains to realise. "In many ways the F55 offers us the best of both worlds", says David: "Its large-format sensor gives us that movie look, but with operation that's just like an ordinary live TV camera."
One F55 right by the front of the stage is complemented by three further cameras near the middle of the stalls – described by NT Live's Emma Keith as "the best seats in the house". An additional pair of F55 cameras fitted with remotely-controlled Fuji lenses are jib-mounted, grabbing dynamic tracking shots right over the audiences' heads and into the performance space itself. Wide-angle establishing shots help capture the mood as the audience files into the Olivier auditorium. But once the curtain rises, the half-dozen F55 cameras are focused entirely on the stage action.
Lighting is subtly adjusted for an optimum look on camera, while carefully maintaining the integrity of the original lighting design. "Theatrical lighting can be a challenge for video cameras, with lots of sudden blackouts, changes and colour shifts", explains Emma Keith. "We don't re-light the show for broadcast, but we do make small adjustments in technical rehearsals. We also fine-tune things like make-up and even the colour of the performers' hair. Then during the performance we're constantly tweaking things to make it work for a cinema audience – we're effectively colour grading in real time."
"We're doing this as a totally end-to-end 4K production for the benefit of Vue audiences" explains Technical Producer Chris Bretnall of Creative Broadcast Solutions, who's been intimately involved in the realisation of every NT Live project since 2009. "We've put in 4K cameras, and the whole infrastructure is native 4K, with simulcast in HD." Signals from each camera chain in the auditorium are routed via fibre to NEP Visions' OB truck, where they're recorded to a Sony PWS-4400 server. As Chris explains, the production workflow differs in one key aspect from traditional live TV broadcasting:
"The enormous colour space we're capturing with the Sony F55s is far in excess of the Rec.709 standard for HD TV. And by mastering in UHD (3840x2160 resolution) and then creating a 4K DCP for cinema projection (4096x2160, via the addition of horizontal blanking), we're fully exploiting what this camera is capable of."
Every step of the production workflow ensures that Behind the Beautiful Forevers looks as good as technically possible. Projected natively in Sony 4K, it ensures that Vue audiences can experience the show with more colour, detail and contrast than they'd ever see on TV.
"Our job is to accurately translate the National Theatre's creative vision, exactly as it's meant to be seen in terms of lighting and colour grading" says David Margolis of Soho Digital Cinema (SDC), NT Live's preferred mastering 'lab' for its cinematic productions.
"We want to give cinemas a great-looking product – and for Behind the Beautiful Forevers we're working with the 'as-live' signal coming straight from the OB truck, completely uncompromised" notes David. Encoding for the 4K DCP takes places at 250Mbps, the upper limit of the DCI standard. This helps preserve as much as possible of the camera's extended gamut into the P3 colour space that's native to the Sony 4K projectors across Vue's estate. The master is carefully QC'd in SDC's viewing suite by the NT Live team, prior to its final transfer to a ruggedised 500GB hard drive that's replicated for distribution to cinemas.
"NT Live and its technical partners have set the benchmark for bringing world-class theatre into cinemas", comments David McIntosh, Vice President, Sony Digital Cinema 4K Solutions for Europe and the Americas.
"When Vue audiences enjoy Behind the Beautiful Forevers projected in Sony 4K, they will experience the very best in contemporary drama on the big screen – with the absolute finest picture quality they'll witness anywhere."
"Sony is proud of its unmatched heritage in 4K live production" adds Norbert Paquet, Strategic Marketing Manager Live Production, Sony Professional Solutions Europe. "And now with simulcast production in HD and 4K a practical reality – as we're demonstrating with the National Theatre – this opens up exciting new commercial opportunities for content creators everywhere."
"We're delighted to be working alongside such a strong roster of artistic and technical talent on this unique project", adds Paquet: "It's just the initial step of a journey that will be marked by even more significant firsts this year."
On April 2nd the acclaimed National Theatre Live production Behind the Beautiful Forevers can be seen exclusively by Vue International Audiences in Sony Digital Cinema 4K, screened across the whole of Vue's 83-site estate.
About Sony 4K Digital Cinema
With over 18,000 systems in the market, Sony Digital Cinema 4K technology lets moviegoers experience exceptional picture quality from every seat in the cinema – with spectacular detail, contrast and colour on any size of screen. Sony Digital Cinema 4K projection systems give audiences a more immersive, emotionally engaging visual experience you simply can't get at home – in 2D or with a choice of smooth, easy on the eye 3D solutions. Sony 4K offers four times the resolution of an HD TV or previous-generation 2K digital cinema projectors.
4K is the choice of audiences and industry alike, winning Hollywood's commitment with releases from Paramount, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures. It's won the support of Hollywood heavyweights like Martin Scorsese ("The Wolf of Wall Street"), Christopher Nolan ("Dark Knight Rises", "Inception"), M. Night Shyamalan ("After Earth"), David Fincher ("The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo"), Paul Greengrass ("Captain Phillips") and Harald Zwart ("Karate Kid"), who have all released blockbusters in 4K. It's also the choice of award-winning director Nuri Bilge Ceylan who won the coveted Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for "Winter Sleep" that was shot in 4K using Sony's F65 CineAlta camera for cinematic release.
The only manufacturer currently deploying 4K projection systems in volume, Sony serves many of the world's biggest and most prestigious cinema chains, as well as small independent screens and art house cinemas.
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About NT Live
National Theatre Live is an initiative by the National Theatre to broadcast live performances onto cinema screens around the world. Since its first season, which began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phèdre starring Helen Mirren, almost 4 million people have now experienced the work of National Theatre Live in cinemas worldwide. In addition to the record-breaking broadcast of The Audience starring Helen Mirren as The Queen (winner of two 2013 Olivier Awards, including the Best Actress award for Mirren), recent broadcasts have included the Manchester International Festival production of Macbeth with Kenneth Branagh in the title role, Nicholas Hytner's acclaimed production of Othello with Adrian Lester and Rory Kinnear, the Donmar Warehouse production of Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston, in the title role, the Young Vic's production of A Streetcar Named Desire with Gillian Anderson and Skylight from the West End with Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan.
Website: http://www.ntlive.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ntliveFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ntlive
About VUE International
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Well, it was very quiet in the Conservatory during my visit this afternoon. The staff tend to ignore you anyway and no one bothered me as I was clicking away taking these pictures of the current fall flower show.
According to the Conservatory's Facebook page, there are over 100 varieties of mums at the show. Here are a few examples I photographed.
I really must read up on the history of chrysanthemums being hybridized over the centuries in China. The flowers just remind me of a bad tasting tea!
So....bring yer mum to see the mums!


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XxxHolic: Names Can Be Deceiving
Before any judgments can be made about this anime, let us take a closer look at the title. On Wikipedia, before the description of what the anime is about there is a single italicized sentence reading "This article is about the manga. For addiction to "XXX" works, see Pornography addiction." Already it seems that we are off to a bad start (depending on whether or not you are into that kind of thing.) However, names can be deceiving and after I finished watching the anime, I realized that the anime is anything BUT pornography. It also happens to be one of my favorite anime's. "XxxHolic" is another anime and manga that is produced by Clamp. The cool thing about Clamp's anime's is that they all connect. If you have watched or heard of "Chobits" or "Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle", then you may be happy to hear that they are very much connected to the storyline of "XxxHolic". It is classified as a supernatural horror comedy…which is a perfect description as well to be honest. There are 24 episodes in total, and I watched the whole series on Netflix. The original airing date is April 6, 2006 – September 28, 2006, so it is fairly new. They also made a live action movie, which after I finish this review…I will be watching. The live action review came out in 2013.
Kimihiro Watanuki is a high school student who is constantly bothered by spirits, ghosts and demons that only he can see. It begins as any other anime would, when Watanuki stumbles after running away from some pestering spirits, into a shop owned by Yuko Ichihara. However, this shop is no ordinary shop because for a price, any wish you have can be granted. Yuno offers Watanuki a wish and he wishes that he is no longer bothered by these annoying spirits. The price? Watanuki becomes Yuno's housekeeper and all time slave. His job includes cleaning, cooking and more importantly, going on tasks that deal with the spirits. The episodes can get very intense at times and even scary, depending on the type of spirit he encounters. It is a hysterically funny anime, with many amazing plot turns and twists. There are also many episodes that are very sad. The customers that Yuno deal with come in and tell their story of woe. In one episode, there is a woman who wants a picture that she has to be destroyed. The picture is cursed so when one looks at it they see the woman pushing this beautiful girl off a cliff. Things do not end well. There are also many times the episodes become either very confusing or just too complex. It took me a few times rewatching certain episodes in order to get a plot line down. The anime is not one of those anime's that you have to watch the episodes in order to keep track of the plot. Each episode is a new adventure and a new day. The manga, however, is very different and requires you to read the manga in order so you can understand the plot. The anime and the manga are very similar, but the manga is a lot darker than the show. I personally like the anime because I loved the English voice actors who voiced the main characters.
The art style of this anime is very interesting. The characters are very disproportionate and at times their bodies seem to do things that normal humans should not be able to do. For example, a person's neck should not grow to be 6ft tall. But hey, it's just an anime. The style does not take anything away from the anime. In fact, it actually adds a lot of personality to the characters and the story. The interesting style adds to the comedic relief as well. It is certainly an anime that becomes addicting and the stories are very interesting as well. I highly suggest that you watch the English dub.
I love this anime because of the amazing stories and voice acting. I ask you to please ignore the title and give it a chance! Happy watching minna!
Watch the anime here.
Watch the trailer here.
~Lilatheen~
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How Much Was Shock G Worth At The Time Of His Death?
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By Brooke Hardington/April 23, 2021 11:44 am EST
Shock G, leader of the hip-hop group Digital Underground, died at age 57 on April 22. The late rapper's father, Edward Racker, confirmed the news to TMZ after his son's body was found in a hotel room in Tampa, Fla. At the time of this writing, no cause of death is given, and authorities are conducting an autopsy to learn more, per the outlet.
Tributes began to pour in for the rap legend shortly after the sad news was announced, led by an Instagram post from Shock G's bandmate, Chopmaster J. "34 years ago almost to the day we had a wild idea we can be a hip hop band and take on the world through it all the dream became a reality ... And now he's awaken from the fame long live shock G Aka Humpty Hump and Rest In Peace my Brotha Greg Jacobs," Chopmaster wrote.
As the rapper references in his post, Shock G was known for his colorful alter egos, including MC Blowfish, Icey-Michael Boston, the Computer Woman, ButtaFly, Peanut Hakeem, and Humpty Hump, who was immortalized on the group's hit single "The Humpty Dance." Along with "The Humpty Dance" — which topped Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart — Shock G was most well-known for his work with Tupac Shakur, Prince, Murs, and Dr. Dre, according to Pitchfork. Given the success he found throughout his rap career, how much was Shock G worth at the time of his death?
Shock G amassed some of his fortune as a producer
While much of Shock G's reported $3 million net worth came from record sales, live performances, and his "Humpty Hump" persona — "our cash cow was Humpty," the rapper once revealed, via Indy Star — his work as a producer undoubtedly covered a significant portion of his net worth as well. Among his many achievements, Shock G co-wrote and produced the late Tupac Shakur's breakout single, "I Get Around," per Pitchfork. According to the outlet, he also co-produced the rapper's 1991 album "2Pacalypse Now," and his 1995 song "So Many Tears". Beyond his collaborations with Shakur, Shock G helped others find success. Per Rolling Stone, he "produced Luniz's 1995 'Operation Stackola,' mixed Prince's 1998 'Love Sign' from 'Crystal Ball' and featured on Murs' 2003 single 'Risky Business.'" The hip-hop legend may not always have been front and center, but his musical legacy and influence is undeniable.
What fans may not know is that Shock G also flaunted his versatility and made money by dabbling in film and TV. He made an appearance as Humpty Hump in the 1991 comedy-horror flick "Nothing But Trouble"; more recently, he provided voiceover work for his character in 2017's "All Eyez on Me" and appeared in several music documentaries. Shock G's death marks yet another loss of a '90s hip-hop star with the recent deaths of rapper Black Rob and DMX. All were icons responsible for some of the biggest hits in hip-hop.


Two of my illustrations will appear in the 2019 Creative Cronies Moon Diary - Woohoo! This is a delightful New Zealand publication that I am so proud to be a part of. It includes astrological predictions & guidance. gardening by the Moon, inspiring art, and Mayan Calendar Ninth Wave Spiritual Days and Nights.
Besides compiling the Moon Calendar and Moon Diary, astrologers Arafelle and Minerva live on co-operatively owned land in the Far North. Robyn lives in the Coromandel. We all three produce the Moon Calendar and Moon Diary and are now celebrating our 27th year of production. We feel it is a gift from the Goddess and it is our privilege to have an avenue to present some understanding and astrological guidance in these tumultuous and transformative times.
To begin I'll share a little something about me: I'm 52...I'm Canadian and American...I fell in love with color and creating (everything! but esp. painting women) when I was knee high to a grasshopper...I've been a soul reader for the past 8 years...I'm in love with the mystical magical faery elf celtic shamanic pagan witchy realms...but I keep things LIGHT (yet deep)...I've created an oracle deck (the Lefty Oracles) based upon 17 years of drawing with my non dominant hand and 8 years of giving readings...my latest adventure and passion are my SPIRIT ANIMALS...and that is what I'll be sharing with you today.
Here are 3 of my favorite Spirit Animals + their poems. The originals are $75 and prints are $25 with FREE worldwide shipping and can be purchased below.
Two of My Illustrations Are Published in Sage Woman Magazine!
This will be my second time illustrating an article for Sage Woman Magazine. Both illustrations were painted in walnut ink. This first was painted after a trip to Joshua Tree, California and depicts a Joshua Tree. Both originals are available for purchase.


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JSU Division of University Communications Awarded Multiple 2022 dotCOMM Awards
Posted by southernlaced on August 24, 2022 August 24, 2022
JACKSON, Mississippi — The Division of University Communications at Jackson State University (JSU) is the recipient of four 2022 dotCOMM Awards, an international competition honoring excellence in web creativity and digital communication. The competition spotlights the role of creatives in the dynamic, constantly evolving web.
"Jackson State University is honored to be recognized amongst our international peers for our work in the web and digital communication landscape," said Alonda Thomas, JSU associate vice president for marketing and communications. "These four winning campaigns are excellent examples of the teamwork our marketing, digital media, public relations and creative services staff produce in support of the university's strategic plan to foster an environment of student success."
JSU received a Platinum Award, the competition's top honor, for the 2021 JSU Day of Giving video in the event category; a Gold Award in the inspirational category for the "JSU Strong" video; a Gold Award in the event category for the "Virtual High School Day" video; and an honorable mention for "Play 'The Show'" video in the entertainment category.
"This recognition is special to us because submissions for this competition come from all around the world – more than 130 countries," said Spencer McClenty, director of communications and digital media. "The fact that we won a Platinum award shows that we have one of the top digital communications teams in the industry."
The dotCOMM Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP), one of the largest, oldest, and most respected evaluators of creative work in the marketing and communication industry. Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry.
"All four campaigns pushed us to think creatively outside the box to effectively reach our audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it's an honor for our institution to be recognized," said Tangelia Kelly, Ph.D., director of marketing. "Whether it was reminding our community we are still "JSU Strong" amid the pandemic's uncertainty, helping attract and recruit high school students through virtual events traditionally held inperson, or creating engaging ways to raise funds for the university through digital platforms, our team rose the challenge. We truly appreciate our students, alumni, faculty, and staff who make our digital storytelling possible."
To view more JSU video content, please visit https://www.youtube.com/c/JacksonStateU.
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At this point, Chris Pratt is essentially sitting at the very top of the Hollywood tree. Having successfully shed his Parks And Recreation character, the actor now has his fingers in many blockbuster pies. He's currently working on Jurassic World 2, having seen the first Jurassic World take the box office by storm in 2015; he voiced the character of Emmet Brickowski in The LEGO Movie, which means he'll undoubtedly continue to have an endless stream of sequel opportunities, and he's the lead in the Guardians Of The Galaxy franchise, forming part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – which means he also gets to be in the next Avengers films, too. He really just needs a Star Wars movie and he'll have the set. But, he's aiming to create a franchise of his own, now. That project comes in the form of Cowboy Ninja Viking, and it's definitely still happening.
Cowboy Ninja Viking is based upon a 2009 comic book series created by A.J Lieberman and Riley Rossmo. The premise centres on a counter intelligence unit that's formed by Dr. Sebastian Ghislain – a psychiatrist – and its members, who are known as Triplets, because they each have three distinct personalities. Duncan is the titular Triplet, and he's the most effective assassin in the group. When the unit breaks down, and his colleagues become hired killers, it's up to Duncan to resolve the situation.
The film has been in development for a number of years, and has passed through many hands. Chris Pratt has been attached for a while now though and it certainly sounds as if he's taking an active role in shaping what this project will ultimately be – not unlike Ryan Reynolds did with Deadpool, perhaps. Now that Pratt is busy promoting Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2, Collider asked him about the status of the Cowboy Ninja Viking, and the actor was more than happy to provide an update.
This seems to confirm that the most recent directors to have been attached to the project have indeed stepped away. Initially, Marc Forster (World War Z) was said to be set to take the helm of the film, which had been written by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese (Zombieland, Deadpool). Then, Craig Mazin (Identity Thief) was rumoured to be undertaking a re-write, with David Leitch and Chad Stahelski (John Wick) at the helm. Now, it seems the director's chair is currently empty.
I'm going to take a wild guess and predict that whoever is finally selected as director will be a man, but beyond that, it's anybody's guess. Chris Pratt is certainly not giving anything else away, other than the fact that Cowboy Ninja Viking is still happening, he's still in it, and it's still going to be really, really fantastic.


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Dragonette — 'Body To Body' (acoustic)
Sounds quite sad here but that's acoustic music for you
The week's best new releases: Little Mix, Betty Who, Sleigh Bells (!), Nathan Sykes and more
Good old Little Mix.
The week's best new releases: Emeli Sandé, Calvin Harris, Jones and more
Includes Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick doing 'True Colors' — don't say we didn't warn you.
Dragonette's new album will be out on November 11. It's called 'Royal Blues'
There's a brand new song online too — hurrah.
Dragonette — 'Lonely Heart'
This song came out on May 27. The video has just 'premiered'. In your own time guys, in your own time.
The week's best new releases: Bandit & Johnson, Holychild, Dragonette and more
At least four massive tunes, plus a tropical version of Toto's Africa
Dada, Paul Harris AND DRAGONETTE — 'Red Heart Black'
This is really brilliant.
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Antarctic ice shelves buckle under weight of meltwater lakes
ScienceDaily | 2/13/2019 | Staff
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A team of British and American researchers, co-led by the University of Cambridge, has measured how much the McMurdo ice shelf in Antarctica flexes in response to the filling and draining of meltwater lakes on its surface. This type of flexing had been hypothesised before and simulated by computer models, but this is the first time the phenomenon has been measured in the field. The results are reported in the journal Nature Communications.
The results demonstrate a link between surface melting and the weakening of Antarctic ice shelves and support the idea that recent ice shelf breakup around the Antarctic Peninsula may have been triggered, at least in part, by large amounts of surface meltwater produced in response to atmospheric warming.
Climate - Ice - Shelves - Fracture - Century
As the climate continues to warm, more and more ice shelves may become susceptible to flex, fracture and break up over the coming century.
Most of the Antarctic continent is covered by the Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is up to four kilometres thick and contains enough ice to raise global sea levels by about 58 metres. Over most of the continent and for most of the year, air temperatures are well below zero and the ice surface remains frozen. But around 75% of the ice sheet is fringed by floating ice shelves, which are up to a kilometre thick, mostly below sea level, but with tens of metres of their total height protruding above the water. In the summer months, when air temperatures rise above freezing, the surfaces of these ice shelves are susceptible to melting.
Surface - Water - Ice - Shelves - Time
"Surface water on ice shelves has been known about for a long time," said co-author Dr Ian Willis from Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute. "Over 100 years ago, members of both Shackleton's Nimrod team and the Northern Party team of Scott's British Antarctic Expedition mapped and recorded...
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As last week was 'Back to the Future' week, I wasn't sure if there was anything that could top it. I tend to post things that are personal to me on this site but usually only in the design sense.
What do we become assholes or something?
If you know this site, you'll know something is different. It actually loads and works now? No that's not it but I'm hoping those problems will be ironed out with the new lick of paint CreativeJUUS has just had.
So I awoke to this world 33 years ago today (at approx. 8:08am) in Keflavik, Iceland. My journey has taken me to Hawaii, Virginia, Wales and England and so far it's been a pretty awesome one!
If you're a US citizen contact your representative in Congress! Protect innovation. Stop SOPA.
A few months ago I was sent a link to a Space Exhibition that was being organised in part with the Cardiff Design Festival.


The Disability Law Project of Pennsylvania has notified stakeholders that as of October 18 children with disabilities who apply for Medical Assistance (MA) will no longer be rejected on the basis of their receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits (income that they receive as a result of the death, disability, or retirement of a parent).
Pennsylvania children with disabilities have been enrolled in Medical Assistance (MA) without regard to the amount of their parent's income for many years now. Income in a child's name, however, does count against them in determining MA eligibility. Until this year, if a child with a disability lost a working parent (or the parent become disabled or retired) and as a result the child began to receive SSDI benefits, the child would become ineligible for MA. This was a serious problem for children who lost the income of a parent and had major uncovered medical expenses.
The Department of Public Welfare (DPW) issued a rule in January allowing children currently on MA in the "disabled child" category to continue receiving benefits. The rule did not apply to children who were applying for MA. As a result of concerns about this raised by the Disabilities Law Project, the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, and others, DPW has now issued a new rule to cover those who are applying for MA in the "disabled child" category.
There continues to be some question of whether the "disabled Child" category includes people between the ages of 18 and 21. If you know a young person with a disability between those ages who is unable to get MA as a result of SSDI benefits, direct the family to contact Pennsylvania Protection and Advocacy at 800-692-7443.


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The Best Strains of 2022
I've been tasked by our fearless leader Ellen Holland with writing the High Times State of the Heat address for 2022, a celebration of the flame and all things chronic.
Make no mistake about it, 2022 was a good year for the heat. The perils of the ever-expanding cannabis market have forced legacy producers to put their best foot forward or join others in cannabis history if they haven't already been ruined by the marketplace or the perils of licensing.
To an extent, the quality of product on the legal marketplace in California was one of the bright spots nationally for cannabis as other places like Michigan, Maine, and Oklahoma held their own more than ever. As you make your way east from the coast of The Emerald Triangle in Northern California the numbers start to creep up from the lowest prices even the best cultivators have ever seen.
There are only so many rappers to go around that can afford those $4,000 pounds. These days, many killers are getting half that if they're lucky.
But with that West Coast price crash it's been extra lucrative to move product direct to the East Coast where things are going off at the moment. This has led to a wild shift in the heat per capita making it east. Sure, there have always been elite weed boxes heading in that direction, but there is more of the best of it, now more than ever. Longtime California cultivators are stretched thin as they await the dawning of the new era in weed. What was once head stash quality is now the first thing to sell as folks struggle to make a living.
But from these shifting times, the heat shined through the fog again in 2022. We believe these strains were keystones in the arches that held up the hype this year, each one important in its own right with its place in history.
Here are our favorite strains of 2022:
Triple Lindy by Blueprint (Courtesy Blueprint)
Since arguably the biggest launch of 2021 last summer, the team at Blueprint has lived up to the hype at every step. Be it the winter Zalympix or Hall of Flowers, wherever you ran into Blueprint their cannabis was sure to be a barometer for the heat in the room. If it wasn't the most excellent jar you'd see, which it was plenty of the time, it was right there at the top of the pack.
Adding to the fun: a grower wildly respected in the right circles and a dash of secrecy. The Blueprint team is constantly hunting for their next hit with just over 140 new phenos dropping every two months from their dedicated propagation setup, and we know the winners are heat as their trophy shelf has proven. They just don't tell us much else about these magical strains!
Jordan Aguilar, Blueprint's co-founder and director of indoor cultivation, sat down to talk about the major successes the company has seen in its initial 14 months of operation. It was easy for onlookers to note a blistering start by any standards.
"I mean, honestly, last year just flew by and we're just staying focused on what we're doing," Aguilar told High Times. "It's unfortunate for people who are struggling. The market is in its infancy stage and figuring stuff out. But as far as us? We're just so thankful for the community and the opportunity to show the world our craft."
We asked Aguilar how much pressure there is to keep the rocket fueled with new elite strains. He laughed, comparing it to the performing arts when someone just expects a musician to drop a new hit song.
"What, I got to come up with another one?" he said with a laugh. "I just don't feel any pressure. Because we're in the same boat as anybody. Got to get seeds, you got to make seeds, you got to pop the seeds and you got to work. And at the end of the day, put enough time, effort, and energy towards a focused goal that will yield something beautiful."
Aguilar went into how the Triple Lindy came to be during its initial selection about four months before Blueprint launched in the summer of 2021.
"It was week three in flower. It was like day two. I was just going around trying to check the nose on the plants and smell that one," Aguilar said. "I just smiled so big."
They had a true standout and crossed their fingers it would hold up, it did. The flower checked every box you could ask for when it came to uniqueness, flavor, and impact.
Blueprint plans to build even further in 2023 on the strong base of enthusiasm in the community from its first year in operation. While they focused on growing the best cannabis possible, the brand still had to find its footing in year one.
"We didn't know who we were when we started," Aguilar said. "We've kind of fallen into these characters and we're kind of maturing into the brand. So I think we've laid a good foundation and now it's time to keep working on that foundation as well as build upon it."
Zoap by Deep East and Wizard Trees (Courtesy Wizard Trees)
Over the last two years, few things have mattered more to elite cannabis than the work of Deep East Oakland (DEO) Farms on its Rainbow Sherbert (RS) line and its various famous pheno numbers like RS-11, Studio 54, and the star of the pack, Zoap.
The RS line dates back to 16 packs of OZ Kush seeds DEO bought at the Emerald Cup in the mid-2010s, the last time Dying Breed took part was in 2017. So that's a testament to years of work in Oakland before the RS line took off. DEO found a bunch of killer phenos. Including a prize Z heavy male.
He F2ed the OZ Kush. It was named Pink Guava and had its own little hype wave in Oakland but nothing compared to its offspring. DEO would conduct an open pollination with the Pink Guava male on six other strains, among them his favorite Sunset Sherbert phenotype he'd ever come across known as the Black Sherb due to its darker than average color.
He would then share the seed stock from the OZ Kush x Pink Guava with Wizard Trees. DEO popped 120 of those seeds and found the #7, #16, #18, and #40. Wizard Trees found the #11 and #54 from the additional 100 he popped. We're all still riding on the resulting hype wave but some would argue the Rainbow Sherbert #16 F2 #21, now famously known as Zoap, took things to a whole new level.
While those dessert and Z terps have been on the streets for well over a year, it very much invited only as Zoap's commercial production scaled up to allow its conquest of 2022 full steam. DEO licensed the cut to Wizard Trees in 2021. Eventually, Zoap won the Zalympix Championships in Los Angeles after placing second in the Zalympix prior. It was arguably the most competitive cannabis contest series ever with as big of a feather as there was to go in any cap in 2022.
One cool thing about the build-up to Zoap's prominence is it gave the DEO team more time to work the line. Zoap ended up serving as the backbone female for the RS F3 line. Much of that was debuted as part of DEO's Black Box drop this past summer.
Regardless of where it goes from here, it's hard to point to anyone that had a bigger impact on the exotic cannabis community over the last 24 months than DEO Farms, and Zoap is the flagship of that impact.
Pink Certz by Compound Genetics and Sense (Courtesy Sense)
It's fair to say Pink Certz was a bit of a dark horse from Compound Genetics going into 2022. Strains like Jokerz, Red Bullz, Apples & Bananas, and Pave were capturing a lot of the spotlight, all deserving heat in their own right. Nevertheless, it may be fair to say Compound's pairing of Grape Gas and The Menthol had one of the biggest 2022s of the pack.
Why? Pink Certz would break into Compound's most elite ranks with a victory at The Transbay Challenge III in San Francisco. Our own Jon Cappetta and Ellen Holland were among the judges that day as Pink Certz took down some of the biggest names in California cannabis to come out as the top dog.
When we asked the team at Sense how many seeds they had to dive through to find their magic pheno loaded with grape and fuel notes, CEO Steve Griffith replied with a laugh.
"We got one pack, so it was 13 seeds," Griffith said. "We were pheno hunting toward the end of 2021. And it's actually funny because we weren't initially… it was kind of one of those strains that we weren't even sure we were going to keep it."
It was a bit of a finicky grower, but so is a lot of heat. The Sense team wasn't going to let that stop them from providing the galaxy with new and exotic terps.
"Frankly when we went to go into the Transbay we had such a hard time deciding because we trimmed up what we wanted to enter and then we're like, 'Oh, let's check out some of these Pink Certz and put the jars side by side,'" Griffith said of Pink Certz winning the head-to-head battle with Sense's other potential entry. "We literally showed up to the event with both jars in hand and in the final minutes were just like fuck it. We're gonna drop it."
So why did Griffith go with that phenotype in the first place? He loves grape candy. He thinks their pheno of Pink Certz has heavier grape terps than any version of its Grape Gas parent. But there are certainly still plenty of fuel notes.
One of the things that helped contribute to Pink Certz hype levels in 2022 is there isn't that much to go around. Sense is a small batch grower and only produces about 100 pounds of it every month. The process of getting your hands on it has only added to the mystique.
Much of the time the cuts people find from Compound gear are measured against what they have in the house from their hunts at Node Labs or with cultivation partners. With most of their biggest hitters they found the best version. I think it's fair to say in the case of Pink Certz, Sense took top honors.
Permanent Marker by Seed Junky and Doja Pak (Courtesy Doja Pak)
Doja Pak had one of the biggest 2022s of anyone with their much-hyped weekly event series and the weed to match. And don't get mad Hindenburg fans, but we think calling the Permanent Marker the biggest Doja strain of 2022 is a fair call.
Doja Pak's founder Ryan Bartholomew said it all started with a run-in with J Beezy from Seed Junky Genetics at the Emerald Cup last year. The pair had chatted prior but hit off on the in-person meeting. Bartholomew was invited to the Seed Junky facility on his next trip to L.A. not long after. Bartholomew was given the opportunity to build out a menu for Doja Pak bred and cultivated by Seed Junky.
Early on Bartholomew would lay eyes in on the Permanent Marker. It would be the first official strain to hit the new Seed Junky-curated part of the Doja Pak menu. Bartholomew would start by teasing the strain in New York for this year's epic 4/20 festivities. From there he would only add to the hype by kicking off Doja Pak's Thursday Night Hollywood Strain Premieres with Permanent Marker.
So what's driving all the enthusiasm? Good genetics. Permanent Marker is (Biscotti S1 x Sherb Bx) x (Gelato #41 x Sherb Bx) F2.
"I was able to go into his facility and pick ones that, for instance, with Permanent Marker," Bartholomew said. "The first thing I did when I smelled it was say, 'Wow! This kind of reminds me of Zoap.'"
We knew it was something his following would mess with. He brought it back to the rest of the Doja team and they concurred. At that point it was still called HH 1.5.
"The guys that I'm around every day, I kind of consider their consensus to be probably the most accurate in the world for our marketing, for what we do," Bartholomew said.
Once the Seed Junky team had an idea of what Doja Pak was looking for they started doing a bunch of work with the Permanent Marker. It's already been paired with a bunch of Seed Junky's best gear.
"He has the male brother of the Permanent Marker crossed to the G #41 x Animal Mints. The male brother of the Permanent Marker cross to his Orange Pushpop. So it's like basically once we started he dialed in what I like in the profiles and now it's easy for him to select," Bartholomew said.
In the course of the Hollywood strain premieres, they went through five pounds of sample phenos getting feedback on all of the selections. Keep an eye for more Permanent Marker phenos in the future.
Lemon Cherry Gelato by Backpack Boyz (Courtesy Justin Cannabis)
Lemon Cherry Gelato is the oldest pick on the list. It was a very protected cut for its first few years in existence. Eventually, it got out there a bit more and is now a coveted cut for any nursery to be in possession of. But it all traces to the Backpack Boyz.
"Lemon Cherry Gelato came from a bag seed out of a Gelato #33 Connected pack in 2016," Backpack Boyz Founder Juan Quesada told High Times. "That was the hottest shit at the time in 2016, 2017, was those black bags."
It took a couple of years for everything to get pumped up to full production, but by 2018 they were really getting it out there.
"That was when I finally got it underneath about 50 lights and started getting a little something going with it," Quesada said.
Quesada had found other seeds in other packs. None ever panned out like the Lemon Cherry Gelato.
Quesada emphasized that part of the mystique, regardless of how many lights he had going at that point, was just that it was something new. In a marketplace that's seeing a lot of its cannabis come from the Gelato family tree, it still stood out in that pack.
Quesada also argues that branding helped. When the Lemon Cherry Gelato first dropped, he didn't feel like a lot of people were going as loud as the Backpack Boyz were. At that time there was usually a jar involved when you were describing what top-shelf cannabis looked like.
We asked Quesada when he knew he was onto something special with the Lemon Cherry Gelato. He quickly replied that the first drop at Cookies Melrose changed everything.
"It literally was like overnight," Quesada said. "The next day a bunch of people were hitting me up about it and knew about it that I would have never thought knew about it. Like I was getting tagged by artists. This was still at the time we still had a Backpack Boyz Instagram page."
From there it just kind of spread like wildfire.
Now six years removed from when the seed was first popped, 2022 was the year Lemon Cherry Gelato entered a new level of folklore. Now it'll be forever among those strains that had must-grow years like OG Kush, Blue Dream, or Ice Cream Cake. And of course, that's not a knock on Lemon Cherry Gelato, that's just a result of the hype so far.
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Education is a fundamental human right, key to the development of individuals and society. The UNESCO Global Monitoring Report 2009 notes that people denied an opportunity for achieving literacy and wider education skills are less equipped to participate in societies and influence decisions that affect their lives. This follows that all development partners including government and civil society have a responsibility of ensuring that everybody has access to quality education.
Africa Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA) set out in Abuja in 2000 with a vision of a united, strong, dynamic, motivated and effective African civil society committed to the promotion of free and quality universal education. ANCEFA believes that achieving the six EFA goals agreed in Dakar in Africa is key to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
ANCEFA strategic plans are key policy documents that guide the work of ANCEFA in order to achieve its vision. Since its inception ANCEFA has developed and implemented two strategic plans. The first one covered the period from 2003 to 2005. The second plan covered the period from 2006 to 2008 but its implementation extended to 2009.
The two strategic plans were mainly focused on national civil society capacity building for effective EFA campaign in commonwealth countries and in some francophone countries in west and central Africa sub-regions.
Implementation of the past strategic plans has enabled ANCEFA to establish and support national education coalitions in 33 countries across Africa, strengthen the capacity of these coalitions, and to undertake advocacy campaigns at national and international levels.
ANCEFA would like to sincerely thank cooperating partners who provided financial and technical support to implement the two strategic plans. These partners include: Global Campaign For Education (GCE)-ANCEFA is a member of the Board, The Dutch Government, OXFAM GB, Open Society Institute (OSI), Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), Action Aid International (AAI), IBIS-a Danish International Education NGO, TIDES Foundation, Wellspring Advisors, and Educational International.
The 2010-2014 strategic plan is the third to be developed by ANCEFA. It builds on achievements gained over the years, and addresses key challenges, based on lessons learnt from the previous work. One feature of this plan is that it covers a period of five years, a departure from the previous ones which covered only three years. The period was expanded to allow ANCEFA more time for implementation of its programmes.
The process of developing the strategic plan was led by ANCEFA Secretariat drafting Team which included Mr. Gorgui Sow, Regional Coordinator, Mr. Limbani Nsapato, Policy Research and Documentation Officer, Mrs Anta Jallow, Finance and Administration Manager, Mrs. Solange Akpo Real World Strategy (RWS) Coordinator for Central and Western Africa, Mr. Boaz Waruku, RWS Coordinator for East and Southern Africa, Mrs Aissatou Ndiaye, Programme Assistant and Mr. Elijah Mbwavi, former Employee of ANCEFA.
The development process took a period of one year from mid 2008 to end 2009 and was consultative enough to facilitate input and comments from a range of stakeholders including ANCEFA members and regional and international cooperating partners.
The current strategic plan focuses on results. The leadership of ANCEFA with support from our cooperating partners will ensure effective and efficient implementation of this strategic plan in order to produce results and achieve our goal.
At this juncture, we would like to acknowledge the role played by various individuals and institutions including ANCEFA staff, Board, member coalitions and cooperating partners in the development process for this plan. We look forward to continued support throughout its implementation.


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