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WALTHAM, Mass. June 17, 2021 — Evolv is transforming the physical security industry by providing the world's first AI-enabled touchless screening system. Built on its Evolv Cortex AI™ software platform, Evolv continually improves its customers' security posture through machine learning and on-demand analytical insights in a way that legacy metal detectors and other analog screening systems cannot provide.
Evolv Express®, will help promote safety by using weapons detection screening at the main entry points without requiring fans to break stride for physical searches as is the case with traditional screening methods. While weapons of any kind have never been allowed at the event, this new system will detect them if they are brought in and guests will be asked to remove them from the property.
Evolv Technology, the leader in touchless security screening, will utilize its artificial intelligence-based touchless system, Evolv Express, to enhance the safety of fans at the upcoming U.S. Open Golf Championship at Torrey Pines Golf Course. This will be the tenth major national sporting event in 2021 that Evolv has supported with its innovative security screening technology.
"The USGA has a track record of innovating to enhance the fan experience without negatively affecting the game, and we're thrilled to pilot Evolv Express with them to further promote this," said Peter George, CEO, Evolv Technology. "By proactively addressing the safety of its fans, the USGA will enable them to spend more time along the fairways and in grandstands than in line waiting to enter."
Evolv Express delivers up to a 70% reduction in cost and is 10 times faster than traditional metal detectors, resulting in screening an unparalleled 3,600 people per hour, per system. The world's most iconic venues and companies place their trust in Evolv to protect their employees and visitors, including Uber, Lincoln Center, L.L. Bean, Six Flags, and hundreds of others.
Evolv's systems have been used to screen more than 60 million people, second only to the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration in screening people in the U.S.
The new screening system will be in place at the Main Admission Gate of the Championship. Fans will not have to stop or empty their pockets unless directed to do so by security personnel.
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Ring king fights on
BRIAN Hughes has shelved plans to quit boxing - inspired by the rapidly maturing crop of fighters at his Collyhurst and Moston gym.
The 66-year-old was mulling over walking away from the fight game 18 months ago, fed up of the politics, back-biting and hype.
Troubled by ill health and bitterly upset at the departures of star names Michael Gomez and Anthony Farnell, Hughes was on the brink of packing it all in.
That would have been a big loss to boxing. Hughes received the MBE for his services to the community, and as well as hauling kids off the streets of North Manchester, he has guided Robin Reid to a WBC world title, Pat Barrett to a European, and Gomez and David Barnes to the British crown, as well as countless other lesser professional and amateur championships.
But now a bright young pack of talent keeps him ticking over - on Friday night three of them showed their tremendous promise on a fine bill in Halifax.
David Barnes won a Lonsdale Belt outright with an impressive sixth round stoppage of James Hare, Thomas McDonagh put himself in pole position for an assault on the British light-middleweight title by winning an eliminator against Darren Rhodes, and Matthew Hall gave further evidence of his explosive power with a first-round knockout against Ojay Abrahams.
And with the classy Michael Jennings in line to succeed the vacating Barnes as British welterweight champion next year, and imported Welsh talents Tony Doherty and Gary Lockett in the locker, Hughes says he has a new lease of life.
He says: "When I am in the gym I still love it.
"I did come close to quitting, but the lads here turned it around for me. I still had the belief that what I was doing was right."
The splits with Farnell, in 2001, and Gomez year later, hurt Hughes, as he had nurtured both fighters from their school days.
Bad blood lingers on from those fall-outs, and Hughes has been stung by suggestions that he wrote Gomez off too early. He advised Gomez to retire at the height of the super-featherweight ace's personal troubles, when drink, depression and a wild lifestyle were ruining a promising career.
After losing his challenge for the WBU super-featherweight title to Kevin Lear, Gomez left Hughes and teamed up with Tameside trainer Billy Graham.
Graham warned him he was in the last-chance saloon, and since then Gomez has resurrected his career by winning back the British title and lifting the WBU belt.
But Hughes stands by the way he handled Gomez: "Everything leading up to the Lear fight was wrong.
"When we got back in the dressing room Michael repeatedly asked me if he should retire, and I could tell by the way he was looking at me that he wanted me to say `yes'.
"I told him that if he carried on living the life he was, he would end up getting badly hurt.
"I did tell him to retire, but that was just due to the way he was living at the time."
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Since I have discovered Nightfall it has been one of the most played games in my collection. This month AEG has released yet another expansion, Nightfall: Dark Rages. Unlike The Coldest War, Dark Rages is a true expansion and not a standalone expansion so you will need a copy of one of the standalone games (base game, Martial Law, or Coldest War) to play it. Since this is not standalone I will not be reviewing any of the base game features, so if you are not familiar with the game I recommend checking out our Nightfall review first.
Since the release of Dominion and the birth of the deck-building genre there have been a large number of deck-building games released. Each game brings their own twist to the table, and Nightfall by the Alderac Entertainment Group has several unique gameplay elements that make it stand out in my mind. The first thing you might notice though is that Nightfall is based around vampires, werewolves and other creatures of the night mixed with guns in a more modern setting.
Note: If you are not familiar with the basics of deck-building games I recommend reading our Dominion review first as that explains the basics of the genre.
The initial draw of Nightfall for me was the promise of direct conflict and combat between players. The one thing that I had a problem with in the deck-building genre (and specifically with Dominion) was the lack of interaction between players. In Nightfall players are directly attacking each other with their minions each turn. Added to the beginning of the typical genre turn setup of playing actions, buying, and cleanup is a combat phase.
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Clippers make moves on the business side in preparation for new arena in Inglewood
With groundbreaking expected next summer, the team hires a new COO and promotes three others
A rendering of the plaza entry of the Clippers' proposed 18,500-seat arena in Inglewood. (Image courtesy of the L.A. Clippers)
PUBLISHED: November 9, 2020 at 8:03 a.m. | UPDATED: November 9, 2020 at 8:03 a.m.
As the Clippers continue to stock the sideline with coaches to assist Tyronn Lue in an immediate championship chase, the team's front office is beefing up too, setting its sights on the debut of its Inglewood arena in 2024.
The organization anticipates breaking ground next summer on the $1.2 billion arena in Inglewood.
With that in mind, the Clippers' announced Monday that they're bringing aboard Alex Diaz as chief operating officer. He has experience managing major venues such as the Barclays Center, Madison Square Garden and American Airlines Arena.
The team also promoted vice president Jason Green to chief ticketing officer, promoted Joel Adams to the role of vice president premium sales for Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center and Krystle Hogan to Clippers vice president sales and service.
"We are fortunate that all four of these exceptional talents have been involved with developing and executing our organization's vision for several years," said Gillian Zucker, the Clippers' president of business operations in a news release.
"They live our culture of relentless dedication to continuous improvement, and are dedicated to reimagining the live event experience for guests of the Clippers and Forum, and soon, at the Inglewood Basketball & Entertainment Center, the future home of the Clippers."
As COO, Diaz mostly will oversee the operations planning of IBEC, in addition to providing operational insight for the Clippers, Honey Training Center and the L.A. Forum, which Clippers Chairman Steve Ballmer purchased in May for $400 million as part of a settlement agreement with Madison Square Garden Co. that helped pave the way for the new arena to be built.
Diaz has two-plus decades of facility operations experience, including having the position of senior vice president and general manager of Madison Square Garden, where he oversaw facility operations for MSG and the Theater at MS, and played a key role in the three-year $1.1 billion renovation of the arena, according to the news release.
He spent the past four years with Venues Solutions Group, providing design and operational consulting services to sports franchises, leagues, venues and architects.
Green will oversee all aspects of ticketing for IBEC, Clippers and the Forum. Adams will be tasked with hiring and guiding a dedicated suite and premium sales team for the new arena. And Hogan — who also serves as co-chair of the Clippers' LACED UP (Leadership & Action for Change, Equality and Diversity) committee — will oversee the day-to-day sales and service efforts for Clippers events held at Staples Center.
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Q: How to access the view controller which is evoked by the stopRecording() method of ReplayKit framework. And how to save the video in my camera roll How to access the view controller which is evoked by the stopRecording() method of ReplayKit framework. And how to save the video in the  camera roll?

A: Try this if you haven't gotten to work yet:
func stopRecording() {

let sharedRecorder = RPScreenRecorder.sharedRecorder()

sharedRecorder.stopRecordingWithHandler { (previewViewController: RPPreviewViewController?, error: NSError?) in

if previewViewController != nil {

            print("stopped recording")

            previewViewController!.previewControllerDelegate = self

            let alertController = UIAlertController(title: "Recording", message: "Tap view to watch, edit, share, or save your screen recording!", preferredStyle: .Alert)

            let viewAction = UIAlertAction(title: "View", style: .Default, handler: { (action: UIAlertAction) -> Void in
            self.view?.window?.rootViewController?.presentViewController(previewViewController!, animated: true, completion: nil)
})
            alertController.addAction(viewAction)

            self.previewViewController = previewViewController!
            self.previewViewController.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.FullScreen
            self.view?.window?.rootViewController!.presentViewController(alertController, animated: true, completion: nil)

} else {
    print("recording stopped working")

//create the alert

    let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Alert", message: "Sorry, there was an error recording your screen. Please Try Again!", preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert)

    // show the alert
    self.view!.window?.rootViewController!.presentViewController(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)

    alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Try Again!", style: UIAlertActionStyle.Destructive, handler: { action in
    // add action

        }))
     }
   }
}

internal func previewControllerDidFinish(previewController: RPPreviewViewController) {

self.previewViewController.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)

print("cancel and save button pressed")

}

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Q: make csv file with coordinates of curve from png file - python I have a png file with 2D coordinate system and a curve. How can a make a csv fill with some point that i will choose by clicking with the mouse (i mean i will click with my mouse on the png and that why i will chose where the coordinate system is ans some point on the curve that will be save to csv file with their x,y coordinates in relation to the coordinate system i chose)
to tell the true i have no direction, i want to be able to plot the curve i have in the png from csv file wite the same coordinate system


Cantieri di Pisa has announced the sale of its first Akhir 42S superyacht to a Japanese client, after they arrived at the shipyard enquiring about a new-build project.
The Akhir 42S will offer a sky lounge, rather than a sun deck.
She also offers a full-length saloon providing more privacy for the owner and guests.
Now set to enter construction at the Italian shipyard, the Akhir 42S marks the first of the next generation of yachts by Cantieri di Pisa following its acquisition by Mondomarine in 2015; she features a sleek, contemporary profile that stands apart from the yard's past designs.
Designed by Luca Dini, the Akhir 42S is an aluminium semi-displacement yacht that blends together the successful design elements of Cantieri di Pisa's previous models. Influenced by the aviation and automotive industries, she features smoked glass-band windows that characterise her external lines, as well as a shark-nose bow with roll bar, creating a shaded area at the front of the vessel.
The 42S also features a full-length saloon and sky lounge rather than a sun deck, providing more privacy for the owner – a first for a Cantieri di Pisa yacht.
She has a full-beam owner's cabin set in the bow of the main deck, with her galley at the heart of the lower deck. She also features a beach club with folding transom door that rotates to create a balcony on the sea.
The Akhir 42S is scheduled for delivery in Spring 2018.
For more information, visit Cantieri di Pisa.


Porterfolio : Ekta Mohta's portfolio of writing.
Kirori Mal College's theatre society, The Players, has not only trained writer-directors such as Habib Faisal, Kabir Khan, Vijay Krishna Acharya, and Ali Abbas Zafar, but also actors such as Amitabh Bachchan.
When the best of Bollywood directors (Anurag Kashyap, Imtiaz Ali, Vishal Bhardwaj) want to cast for their new films, their roads lead to one man — Mukesh Chhabra.
There isn't a party, religious procession or blockbuster in this country that moves without Honey Singh's music.
Rocky Patel, a US-based cigar maker, tells you why you should ditch your Cubans.
The coolest cats of indie rock, Uday Benegal and Siddharth Basrur make their acting debut with #SingIndiaSing.
More than two decades after he started thespianing, the character actor is finally getting his due.
Rajat Kapoor has been exhorting his followers on Twitter to crowdfund his next project: RK/R Kay, for which he needs 50,000 people to give Rs 500 each. Which begs the question: why is one of India's finest film-makers perennially short of cash?
The India Pride Project is bringing back our stolen heritage, one temple idol at a time.
Film-maker Aanand L Rai has come the closest in succeeding film-maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
The lead actor and co-writer of Mukkabaaz, Anurag Kashyap's next instalment of pulp fiction, on scripting (and essaying) the role of a lifetime.
Who knew Bollywood's funniest tweeter would be this guy?
Sunny Leone, who hasn't redacted anything in her life story, turns her back on a new documentary that's out to celebrate her.
The largest cluster of guitar makers in Spain lives in Granada. What is it about the city that inspires music and its makers?


Orlando City grabbed a late equaliser to secure a 1-1 draw with DC United at home. The first half produced two major setbacks for the hosts, who first conceded through Yamil Asad in the 32nd minute. Orlando went on to lose Victor to a red card the 41st minute. However, waves of attack finally paid dividends as Orlando equalised in the 90th minute through Stefano Pinho. Minnesota United had a poor start to the season after being beaten 3-2 by San Jose Earthquakes. Valeri Qazaishvili scored either side of a goal from Danny Hoesen to put the hosts 3-0 up by the 59th minute. Two goals in the last 10 minutes from Kevin Molino tried to spark an unlikely comeback from Minnesota.
Orlando made a couple of defensive mistakes that led to DC United having a strong first half, but Jason Kreis managed to motivate his players for a strong response in the second half. A similar performance this weekend will see Orlando get a comfortable win, as Minnesota have a very poor defence that often gifts goals to the opposition. I would back a win for Orlando City. Justin Meram was able to put in a shift against Minnesota. Even though he did not score, the 29-year-old created multiple opportunities for his teammates. He made four key passes in the 90 minutes. Meram may have been unable to score in his only game against Minnesota, but he is expected to get plenty of opportunities from Adrian Heath's men. I would back Justin Meram to score anytime in the game.
Orlando City were able to provide a lot of confidence that a repeat of 2017 can be avoided. The club had only picked up a draw in the opening game of the season, but the manner of the comeback – with 10 men on the pitch – was quite impressive. Orlando have to use this form to get wins, as it would only help the club reach the play-offs and further beyond. The departure of Cyle Larin has not put a major hole in the club's attack, as Justin Meram put in an excellent performance last weekend.
Pierre da Silva, Victor Giro, and Sacha Kljestan are unavailable due to suspension, while manager Jason Kreis will also be without Dominic Dwyer (thigh), Oriol Rosell, Josue Colman (thigh), Mason Stajduhar (cancer), Dillon Powers (ankle), and Cristian Higuita (calf) due to injuries.
The Minnesota team look far from convincing at the back and it was not surprising to see San Jose score three goals in an hour. Even though there were positives for Minnesota – like the late goals from Kevin Molino, the club will be desperate to get the likes of Sam Cronin and Christian Ramirez back to the first-team. Minnesota were able to finish a couple of places above the bottom, but the challenge for the team will be to try and get closer to the play-offs.
Sam Cronin (concussion), José Leiton, Abu Danladi (hamstring), and Cristian Ramirez (ankle) miss out on the game due to injuries.


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Busking combines practice with performance, while earning money. I often busk at local community markets, playing mostly fiddle tunes on harmonica. An ideal street musician combination is a duo, with guitar, harmonica and shared vocals. If you are already busking, or thinking about it, then the following will be helpful. For solo instrumentalists (harmonica in my case), accompaniment is useful. I use Band in a Box to produce backings for my fiddle tunes. These are loaded on to an iPod, which runs through my PA.
Band in a Box also produces decent jazz backing tracks. I have also seen many jazz players busking with the excellent Jamie Aebersold backings. A variety of good blues backing CDs are available. Also some free blues harmonica backing tracks are at my Harmonica Academy teaching site.
Using backings implies a PA. I recommend this, as unamplified busking will have you thrashing your instruments just to be heard. However there is no need to be loud. You should aim to be heard within about a 10 metre radius only. Any louder will discourage nearby listeners (the ones likely to leave coins), and will risk complaints from local shopkeepers.
A battery powered system is best, as power is almost never available. Something like the Fender "Amp Can" should provide adequate volume and battery life, and will fit into a backpack (along with the rest of your gear). I've made my own PA, shown in the photo) using a sealed lead acid battery, car stereo amplifier and speaker box, delay pedal, battery powered mixer and EQ. An iPod runs the backing tracks, which feed into the PA.
The "power" amp is a car stereo, working in bridged mode. This means that both channels are combined, giving more power. If you buy one of these amps for busking, make sure that it works in bridged mode, otherwise you will only be using half of the amp. Mine provides about 70 watts, which is plenty. The amp runs from a 12V selaed Lead Acid battery, which sits next to it, as shown in the picture. The battery goes for about 4 hours, I carry a spare.
I use a small number of effects, as shown here. The delay pedal is the most important. It fattens up the sound a lot, while still keeping it clean and easily heard. The graphic equaliser is very useful if you use backing tracks. In particular, I use it to reduce specific bass frequencies, which means that my system will go much louder while remaining clean. The pink loop station acts mostly as a two channel mixer (harmonica and backing tracks). However I play harmonies on some of my tunes, and use the loop function for that. My backing tracks are on an iPod, which feeds into one of the mixer inputs.
My effects run off 9V DC. I could use batteries… but would then have to buy and carry replacements. Instead I use a 9V regulator, which inputs the 12V from the main battery and produces 9V to power the effect pedals, as shown here. I built it myself. No rocket science needed for this (although I do have an electonics degree).
In recent years an excellent range of small weatherproof high power speakers have become available. These are often used for piped music in outdoor spaces. They are small, easily carried, loud, clear and excellent. You can see mine here, and in the picture below.
The whole setup looks like this.
Busking usually involves playing outside. You will find that wind removes moisture from your lips, and that your mouth becomes dry. For instruments like harmonica, a dry mouth and lips means no music. You must carry a water bottle, don't attempt to busk without it. If you forget to bring one, then get bottled water from the nearest store).
Busking often ends up as paid practice, and can greatly sharpen your skills. Also, if you have CDs, then busking can pay quite well. Take a small stand, make up some decent signs (think of it as a miniature trade show), and you may be surprised at the business you get.
What does it sound like when you busk?


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16 teachers receive grant to visit Korea
By Jackson Novick on April 29, 2015 News
Sixteen members of the faculty were granted fellowships to take a trip to Korea this summer, from June 11-23. The trip, funded by the Gunter Gross Global initiative and Gyu Si and Min Sun Suh (Andy '18), will include travel to Seoul and Jeju Island. "As educators, we recognize the importance of having a 'global […]
Students win at film festivals
By Layla Moghavem on March 18, 2015 News
Student films exploring the topics of genocide, gun violence and daily life won awards at the National Film Festival for Talented Youth, the Pacifica Screen Film Festival, the Sun Valley Film Festival's Future Filmmaker Forum and the National Film for Talented Youth film festival. Three Harvard-Westlake student films were screened at the Pacifica Screen Film […]
Water filters, quarters for clean clothes highlight Wednesday assembly
By Danielle Kaye on February 4, 2015 Uncategorized
The student founder of Clean Water Ambassadors Foundation, Cole Kawana '16, encouraged students and faculty to help provide water filters to communities worldwide that lack clean water sources at the 1st and 3rd Wednesday Assembly Feb. 4. Kawana went on the school's Digital Story-Telling trip to Rwanda last year, an experience that he said sparked […]
Software developer presents at club
By Jackson Novick on January 14, 2015 Uncategorized
Software Development Manager Alan Homan spoke to the Computer Science Club last Tuesday, presenting on the topics of software development, design, algorithms and the daily life of a software developer. "The aim of the presentation was to share the lessons learned in my software development career, provide direction, and inspire the next generation of innovators," […]
Oka '92 teaches acting, improv
By Jackson Novick on October 14, 2014 News
Actor Masi Oka '92 taught an Unconventional Leadership workshop on improvisational skills in the Drama Lab last Friday. Oka, who starred in NBC's "Heroes," has a background in improv that includes several troupes, such as the Groundlings, Improv Olympics, Second City, and Theatre Sports. He has taught his own improv workshops in California, Hawaii and […]
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ERMTool training in Kyrygistan
Ahead of the national elections this fall the National Institute for Strategic Studies (NISS) and the UNDP in Kyrgyzstan have launched a project whereby International IDEA's Electoral Risk Management tool will be utilized to build the capacity of national stakeholders to organize peaceful and credible elections.
In June, International IDEA provided training for staff UNDP and the NISS, a government formed think-tank conducting research for the prime minister's office.
NISS plans to use the ERMTool to identify vulnerable areas and, in particular focus effort on preventing outbreaks of election-related violence. This is the first time International IDEA have provided training for a user which is not an electoral management body (EMB).
Both organizations have also expressed an interest in using the ERMTool after the elections. For example, NISS notice potential to use it as an analytical tool for economic, social, demographic, migration and inter-ethnic processes.
The October election is the first real test for the new political system created after former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was ousted during the 2010 revolution. But the elections will be held amid deep economic uncertainty and interethnic tensions, according to a Foreign Policy Magazine article.
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Connecting global to local through country-level dialogues on the Summit for Democracy
The Panellists for the three webinars.
'A Ray of Hope': The fight against corruption in Melanesian countries
Snapshot from the 15 November online peer-to-peer dialogue, Promoting the role of youth in political and democratic spaces.
Promoting the role of youth in political and democratic spaces
International IDEA's Secretary-General, Kevin Casas-Zamora, delivers the Opening Remarks at the Launch of the Global State of Democracy 2022 Report, on 30 November 2022 in Stockholm.
Looking Back at the Global State of Democracy 2022 Launch Event
Half of democratic governments around the world are in decline while authoritarian regimes are deepening their repression.
Global Democracy Weakens in 2022


TOBA SAMOSIR. The search for the victims of the sinking of Sinar Bangun ship on (18/06) at Toba Lake Entered the 13th day. Saturday (30/06) SAR Team and Rumah Zakat Volunteers continue to evacuate passengers yag not yet found, record the number of victims from families who feel lost.
"The victim are allegedly more than 100 people. The absence of passengers manifest complicates the data collection, "said volunteers of Rumah Zakat, Agam Suryananta.
"We have 15 members of Zakat House volunteers have been on duty since the first day so far we help Tagana Join the search process on the surface of Toba Lake, provide the logistics needs of the volunteers in the location, and 1 ambulance unit along with drivers for the evacuation of the emergency victims" said Agam.
Agam added, portable diving equipment capable of reaching up to 2000 M that just came to facilitate the volunteers to evacuate the sinking shipwrecks. Currently the needs required by the evacuation team are emergency tents, and logistics.
"We have done a prayer together to ask for the smooth evacuation of the victims, hopefully the process runs smoothly" said Agam.


I too was curious about 703-657-1100 because I also thought Dem. Party. But I think it's actually Trust Digital, a division of McAfee. You probably also have an e-mail from McAfee concerning their recent "update" which has blown up a few computers.


Its Tuesday and we have Versus Tuesday. Today is a fun one.
Today we have some infamous rivalries in anime. Goku vs Vegeta, Naruto vs Sasuke, Natsu vs Gray and Shizuo vs Izaya. All of these rivalries are so fun and I love them. But which rivalry is your favorite?
Is it me or do you think this is more one sided. Sometimes Goku to me seems so oblivious to Vegeta's jealousy. Vegeta is always doing everything he can to try and surpass Goku but never succeeds. Haha but I find it funny how Vegeta always has an attitude towards Kakarot and hopes that Kakarot fails so he can look like the strong one. But in the end they have a bromance.
also, another one sided rivalry. Naruto is def jealous of Sasuke because he is always top of the class in Ninja tests plus all the girls loves Sasuke. Even Sakura Naruto's crush. Sasuke pretty much brushes it off and continues doing what he does. Yet, they have an understanding of each other and have a bromance as well.
This one is funny because Natsu and Gray are both crazy and hot heads. They bicker at each other all the time. Over the most stupid and simple stuff but you can't help but laugh. Haha but as usual they have a bromance as well.
My decision, 🤔🤔🤔 I will say my favorite rivalry is Izaya and Shizuo because I find it very funny of how much they really hate each other. I think it's hilarious that Izaya can be talking to someone in the street and then get hit by a vending machine out of no where. Then to hear Shizuo scream his name is even more hilarious.
So, who is your favorite rivalry?
Some good nominations on this post. One of my fave anime rivalries would have to be Light and L, because I am a sucker for a battle of wits.
Izaya & Shizuo! Yes! So awesome to watch whenever they share the same screen. Makes me squeal everytime even though they're always trying to kill each other.
I knoooooow, right? I will squeal!!
Izaya and Shizuo for sure!
I would have to pick Goku and Vegeta just because it's my favorite show. I also like Natsu and Grey, but in the end it's Dragon Ball for me.
Probably Natsu and Gray but that's probably only because I'm not a fan of any of the other shows.


I was born and raised in New England and I live in Massachusetts now, with my husband and benevolent feline overlords. Mine is a quiet, fairly ordinary life. I love that because it's what saves me from an overdeveloped sense of paranoia and a tendency to expect the worst. Or the weird. Combined with an eye for detail and a quirky take on life, these traits give me a vivid internal life, one that's sometimes nerve-wracking, but very useful for writing all kinds of fiction. My interest in archaeology stems from childhood, where my interest in books and the opportunities I had to travel made me begin to think about cultural differences. The thing I like best about this work is that it is a real opportunity to try and resurrect individuals from the monolith of history. I've worked on prehistoric and historical sites in the U.S. and in Europe, and like to teach in the field, in museums, in the classroom, and through writing.
In my urban fantasy series, Zoe is also an archaeologist (with a secret!), and it turns out that archaeology is a great way to explore the world and culture of the Fangborn. In archaeology we try to piece together the past; in writing, we try to piece together a world. In my mystery series, my protagonist Emma Fielding discovers that archaeologists are trained to ask the same questions that detectives ask: who, what, where, when, how, and why. When I started on these mysteries, I realized that archaeology is also good training for writing because research, logic, and persistence are so important to both endeavours.
My training worked with the archaeology mysteries--and it also helped with the Anna Hoyt colonial noir stories set in 18th-century Boston and the Fangborn stories set in the past. But how has it worked when I've tackled subjects like werewolves and vampires or covert ops ("One Soul at a Time" and "Dialing In")? Easy: it's all about getting into someone else's shoes and walking around for a while. Preferably getting into (fictional) trouble while you do it. Asking "what if?" and thinking about how a culture--any culture--along with personality, shapes behavior.
I never thought I'd be a writer--I thought it was too exalted a calling, and frankly, I thought you had to get into bar fights and run with the bulls to be a writer, which did not sound like fun. But ever since I was a kid, I read constantly, fiction, social history, and lots and lots of plays. Later on, reading about how actors interpret their roles from the text of a play, I began to realize that they are doing the same thing that archaeologists are trained to do: drawing conclusions from the available data. It was a short step from interpreting the text to figuring out how to hide the clues in the text myself--not only the clues to a mystery, but clues needed for good story-telling and character. So when I started to write fiction, many of the tools were already there. I snuck up on it or it snuck up on me, depending how you look at it.
2. How much are your protagonists like you ?
It's funny; folks always assume that your protagonist is you. That makes sense, because you spend the most time in the head of your main character. But readers seldom remember that writers also conjure up all the bad guys, too. Remember: all that evil has to come from somewhere--bwahahaha!
As for the urban fantasy, Zoe Miller and I don't share much in the way of life experiences, but we do share similar touchstones: a fascination with the past, a taste for travel, and the desire to understand how cultural things work. Also: I'm not a werewolf.
In the mystery novels, Emma's a lot like me in that my experience is what shapes her professional life. We are definitely not the same person: I have a stranger sense of humor (Emma is rather more straight-laced), can't handle caffeine (E would be incapable of functioning without her joe), and am at my best in the early morning (she thinks morning properly starts at 10:30 or so; I'm starting to think about lunch at that point).
But there are more similarities between me and Anna Hoyt (an 18th-century tavern-keeper), Gerry Steuben (an ex-cop and werewolf), and Jayne (a "retired" covert operative) than you might think. Even if I've had none of the experiences these folks have--and for the record, I've never been a bartender, a man, a PI, or an assassin), there's got to be an overlap. Maybe we share some opinion, a home town, a craving for Cheetos. There's something in each of these characters that gives me a connection to them, and a desire to see what they'll get up to.
I never take my characters straight from life, there's never a carbon copy of anyone I know in my work. For one thing, real life doesn't translate perfectly to convincing fiction; you'll always have to make leaps, tart things up, fix dialogue (ever really pay attention to the number of sub-verbal noises and um's you make in a day? It's not riveting dialogue, and neither are most mundane conversations). For another thing, it's much more interesting, from a writer's point of view, to endow a character with certain traits and then ask--why is she like this? What will these characteristics make her do in this story? There's more exploration that way and it's really much more fun.
3. Why are Zoe and Emma archaeologists?
I figured I could go one of two ways with a protagonist, both based on my professional training. I could endow a character with the skills an archaeologist uses to investigate the past and let her tackle a mystery or a problem with them. For example, Zoe's been raised outside Fangborn culture and needs her training to help her navigate a lot of new knowledge. I'm also able to use the unusual sort of situations, characters, and settings one encounters as an archaeologist and show readers life "behind the scenes," which I think is fun. That's what I do with Emma, especially. The other great thing about using an archaeologist as a character is that I get to explore historical situations I think are compelling.
The other thing I could do would be to take what I've learned about the past and create a main character who knows those things because she lived during those times. That's a lot more work because I have to make sure I keep my characters' personalities and opinions true to a particular period of history and not just dress a 21st-century character in a corset and petticoats. That's another way of teaching and showing life behind the scenes, I guess. I explore the criminal world of the 18th century with Anna Hoyt, who always seems to have the deck stacked against her. And I've done it with a variety of other historical characters in settings ranging from classical Greece to the 1940s.
4. Why mysteries and thrillers? Why urban fantasy and historical fiction?
That's a good question. Part of the answer lies in the opportunity to examine different emotions and reactions that tend come out during situations where there is a lot at stake. Part of it has to do with the structure of a mystery or thriller--the crime, the investigation, and the solution (or the prevention of the Very Bad Thing happening)--which forces me (and every other writer) ask lots of questions that are worth thinking about. Part of it is the comforting notions that judgement will come to wrongdoers and that an individual can make a difference. Part of it has to do with being able to examine certain situations I've observed in life by creating a fictional story about them.
With urban fantasy, I have the opportunity to look at very big issues in a safe environment. Writing in a fantastic world lets me ask "dangerous" questions that would be polarizing in real life, but are easier to think about when the context is changed.
I like fiction because you get to tell stories. You also get to introduce a lot of complex and play around with them: fiction can be the experimental simulation of real life. And I think there is a certain virtue in creating characters who you think set a good example, because there's always the chance they will resonate positively with someone. And crime fiction and monster stories--as old as human story-telling--are great forms of recreation. I think we really need that.
5. What order should I read the Fangborn books and stories? The Emma Fielding mysteries? And, oh, everything!
The Fangborn world is introduced in "The Night Things Changed," so it's best to read that before you tackle "Swing Shift," "Love Knot," "Pattern Recognition," "Finals," or "The God's Games." The novels and Kindle Shorts are interwoven, so start with Seven Kinds of Hell, then "The Serpent's Tale," and Pack of Strays.
The Emma books: Although each of the books is designed to be a "stand alone," if you want to read them in order, it goes: Site Unseen, Grave Consequences, Past Malice, A Fugitive Truth, More Bitter Than Death, Ashes and Bones. If you don't read them in order, the only thing I would suggest is that you read Site Unseen before Ashes and Bones: the plot of Ashes totally gives away the ending of Site Unseen!
The short story, "The Lords of Misrule" is more fun to read after you've gotten to know Margaret through Emma's research. That takes place mostly in Past Malice and A Fugitive Truth.
The Anna Hoyt stories follow an arc, and should be read in order (though they also stand alone): "Femme Sole," "Disarming," and "Ardent."
Read the a/k/a Jayne stories anyway you want!
6. What organizations do you belong to?
It is hugely helpful to develop a community with other people who are interested in writing and reading what you read and write. I am presently a member of Sisters in Crime (National and New England Chapters), Mystery Writers of America, The Femmes Fatales and the American Crime Writers League.


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To pinpoint your preferred learning style, add the number of 'ticks' in each column and place the number at the bottom of the column in each of the two previous tables. Add the respective column scores together and record your scores in the following table.
Each learning style adds to the ability to solve problems in a different way as described below.
Activists involve themselves fully and without bias in new experiences. They enjoy the here and now and are happy to be dominated by immediate experiences. They are open-minded, not sceptical, and this tends to make them enthusiastic about anything new. Their philosophy is "I'll try anything once". They dash in where angels fear to tread. They tend to throw caution to the wind. Their days are filled with activity. They revel in short-term crisis firefighting. They tackle problems by brainstorming. As soon as the excitement from one activity has died down they are busy looking for the next. They tend to thrive on the challenge of new experiences but are bored with implementation and longer-term consolidation. They are gregarious people, constantly involving themselves with others, but in doing so, they hog the limelight. They are the life and soul of the party, and seek to centre all activities around themselves.
Reflectors like to stand back to ponder experiences and observe them from many different perspectives. They collect data, both first-hand and from others, and prefer to chew it over thoroughly before coming to any conclusion. The thorough collection and analysis of data about experiences and events is what counts so they tend to postpone reaching definitive conclusions for as long as possible. Their philosophy is to be cautious; to leave no stone unturned. "Look before you leap", "sleep on it". They are thoughtful people, who like to consider all possible angles and implications before making a move. They prefer to take a back seat in meetings and discussions. They enjoy observing other people in action. They tend to adopt a low profile and have a slightly distant, tolerant unruffled air about them. When they act it is part of a big picture which includes the past as well as the present and others' observations as well as their own.
Theorists adapt and integrate observations into complex but logically sound theories. They think problems through in a vertical, step-by-step, logical way. They assimilate disparate factors into coherent theories. They tend to be perfectionists and won't rest easy until things are tidy and fit into their rational scheme. They like to analyse and synthesise. Their philosophy prizes rationality and logic. "If it's logical it's good". Questions they frequently ask are: "Does it make sense?"; "How does this fit with that?"; and "What are the basic assumptions?" They tend to be detached, analytical and dedicated to rational objectivity rather than anything subjective or ambiguous. Their approach to problems is consistently logical. This is their "mental set" and they rigidly reject anything that doesn't fit with it. They prefer to maximise certainty and feel uncomfortable with subjective judgements, lateral thinking and anything flippant.
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It is only possible for light craft to pass through the railway culvert at the Ocean. The base of the culvert is covered in rubble and stones and care should be taken not to damage boats particularly at the eastern (upstream) side of the culvert. Wellington boots and careful man handling past this obstruction is advised.
The Ocean Railway Bridge was infilled after the canal was closed and represents one of the biggest obstacles to restoration on the Stroudwater.
Beyond the railway is the Ocean, so named because the canal widen out here into a large pool, and on the far side is Ocean Swing Bridge (currently fixed).
The next stretch is one of the most beautiful and most photographed on the Stroudwater as the canal swings past St Cyr's church. Part of the graveyard was relocated when the canal was built.
Nutshell Bridge is another original Stroudwater brick arched bridge and is unusual in that it forms part of two other buildings, Nutshell Cottage (west) and Nutshell House (east). The two are linked by a tunnel under the road. Nutshell Cottage has always been just a dwelling but Nutshell House has also served as a warehouse and traces of loading openings can still be seen. No evidence has been found to link these directly with the canal company and it is likely that they were built to serve the nearby Stanley Mill (Grade 1 Listed).
The canal passes through housing on both sides before reaching Stonehouse Wharf, now being redeveloped, and the new Dowton Road Bridge which was built recently to replace a culverted crossing. This is the closest point to Stonehouse.
A short stretch now leads to Upper Mill Bridge, another fixed swing bridge, but watch out for girders underneath. This bridge is likely to be replaced by a new fixed bridge during the course of 2010.
Wycliffe School Boathouse still survives on the offside; when the canal was open, the pupils used this length of canal for rowing practice.
The canal is crossed by an iron bridge which used to carry the Midland Railway Stonehouse - Nailsworth line; this is now a cycle trail. The unusual design of the bridge was the result of persistent construction problems due to the poor state of the ground on the offside of the canal; a problem that severely tested the finance of those building it. Beyond the railway is Haywards Bridge which carries the Ebly Bypass.
The canal then passes a row of cottages on the towpath side and a pair of coal pens before reaching Ryeford Bridge which has been widened significantly over its long life. Beyond the bridge the small wharf, the surrounding buildings and Ryeford Swing Bridge (restored but small boats can pass underneath) present an attractive sight.
The canal now runs parallel with the River Frome, from which it draws its supply, with the towpath forming a narrow strip between the two.
Ryeford Double Lock marks the end of this section of the canal - at least for the present time. The offside wall of the upper chamber collapsed following a major water main burst a few years ago and has been rebuilt. The rest of the lock has been partially restored and some original paddle gear remains in situ.


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Iran's Special Airborne Force Offers to Share Experience with China
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Brigade 65 of Nohed (Special Airborne Forces) of Iran's Ground Force General Sirous Amanollahi announced the country's willingness to transfer its experiences to China's special forces.
General Amanollahi made the remarks in Tehran on Wednesday, addressing a ceremony with a delegation of young and veteran officers from the Chinese defense ministry.
"Brigade 65 of Nohed is ready to exchange its experiences and have constructive interactions with China's special forces" after the approval of high-ranking officials of both countries, he underlined.
General Amanollahi said that Nohed holds training courses in different fields, including military mountain climbing, diving, sailing, shooting, hostage release, motorcycling, and operation in deserts and forests.
In relevant remarks last year, Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Pang Sen underlined anti-terrorism cooperation with Iran, adding that the two countries had strengthened their military cooperation and exchanges.
"The military exchanges between China and Iran are increasing day by day," Pang told reporters in a press conference in Tehran.
Stressing that Tehran and Beijing permanently hold talks and consultations on the fight against terrorism, he said, "China opposes any type of terrorism and is willing to bolster its cooperation with Iran and other countries (in anti-terrorism campaign) to jointly maintain regional and global peace and stability."
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Nothing Important Review
28/10/2019 · by loonyliterature · in Film Reviews. ·
Suspenseful drama is difficult to do; to create an unnerving sense of unease and suspicion into the mind of an audience can be a complex and difficult process. To adapt the work of a master of this field such as Shirley Jackson is even more problematic. Yet both these feats are achieved – and not only passably achieved but excessively achieved in Tara Fitzgerald's Nothing Important.
Nothing Important tells the story of Emily Johnson (Rachael Stirling), who having moved back to Britain from overseas attempts to accustom herself to her surroundings. Finding herself in a shabby hotel and waiting to hear from her husband, it soon becomes apparent that one of her fellow residents, Mrs Allen (Linda Marlowe) is not quite what she might at first seem.
Throughout Nothing Important there is a sense of impending dread that is expertly produced by Tara Fitzgerald's stylish and subtle direction. Fitzgerald understands that a mixture between a reductionist approach and framing the action in a close and intense way allows the viewer to feel both a sense of foreboding whilst also having unease as to what exactly is happening. The tension between knowing something is wrong but, until the brilliantly done final twist, unable to be certain what is the cause of it is at the heart of the drama's brilliance.
Fitzgerald's direction fits hand in glove with the script crafted by Chiara Menage. Menage's chilling realisation of Jackson's story allows both Jackson's distinct narrative voice, one which rings with uncertainty about the exact nature of what is happening to her characters, to come to the fore alongside Menage's own individualistic stroke of horrific genius.
Rachael Stirling gives a fantastic performance as Emily Johnson, a woman uneven and unsure of her surroundings in a place seemingly designed to inspire fear. As with Shirley Jackson's famous novel The Haunting of Hill House, Emily is beset by circumstances that test her sense of reason and Stirling conveys this to the audience perfectly. Stirling brings a nervous energy to the role which is infectious and draws the audience in to a feeling of alienation. It is this central performance that holds the drama together and ensures that Emily's reaction to the predicament she finds herself in is natural and yet still chilling.
The music by Joby Talbot is perfectly pitched to emphasise the chilling uncertainty which pervades through the film. Talbot's score is beautifully realised and gives the film an air of the Tales of the Unexpected; his work provides a lingering realisation that what is happening is almost like a dream, allowing the unpredictability of the film to sink further into the viewer's mind.
Nothing Important is a true gem of the horror genre and like Jackson's other work leaves the viewer with a horrible sense that what they have seen is perhaps only part of the story and that the truth is haunting the corner of our mind, ready to crystallise at any moment. Through a combination of excellent directing, acting and writing Nothing Important stands out as one of the most frightening films of the past year and one that will stay with you long after it ends.
If you want more information on the film, visit its website here.
Tags: Chiara Menage, Georgina French, Joby Talbot, Linda Marlowe, Nothing Important, Nothing Important (film), Nothing Important Film Review, Rachael Stirling, Shirley Jackson, Tara Fitzgerald
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Something is happening here. What are we not being told?
By: Vetwife
In: DonaldTrumop, DonaldTrump, Questions, Recommended, Republicans, Trump, unknown
Tagged: being, happening, something
This is an observation and not CT. There is something so very wrong in this country that just does not make sense to those who still have some sense left.
I have many questions. Why are people who appeared to be fair minded, respectful and even so called people of faith remaining silent, unengaged or just plain disrespectful to those who feel they have a duty to the constitution of this country? What is happening? I have always heard good guys finish last but I never heard that bad guys never have to pay, especially when caught. What is going on when every last republican is standing with Trump? Why does overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing get enabled? Why are people of character and good will and dutiful being not only slammed and smeared but appear to be invisible? Why was Puerto Rico ignored? Why is land being taken for a stupid wall? Why are kids in cages and families separated? Why are people like Romney and Collins ( critical of Trump) being wined and dined? Why ? Why are the American people allowing institutions to be insulted and ignored to eventually decay and die? WHY?
If it is evil that seems to be in charge, then one must be a believer of some faith to equate good and evil. I do not understand.
There is a civil war going on or appears to be. What would have people done during WWII done if they had not sold tires, sacrificed for WWII, rationed many things on behalf of defeating a fascist regime? I know, I know a different time but not a different constitution. We have had many bad things happen from Trail of Tears to riots and horrendous things during the civil rights movement and the war between the north and south but we have looked to our representatives with the exception of the Civil War to come to the aid of our country.
What are we not being told that so few are engaged..( few in comparison to the country as a whole) or upholding corruption by doing nothing? What more do we have to lose when we are seeing all the suffering and corruption? Are the ones who can make wrong, right know something that is holding America hostage by a TV reality host? These people who are shielding Trump like Graham, and others have been called names people would have dueled over years ago. If someone had called my wife names and my father an assisinator, I would never defend their actions. Why was the republican platform changed? Why so many Russians?
I think the one thing that bothered me first was that TV phony wiped out 14 republicans in the primary after all of his non presidential slurs. He wiped out powerful people. It takes something to wipe out a Bush.
The second thing was his dark inaguration and never ending slurs and lies and now national security breaches. What really concerned me, was when Sam Nunn, a man who knows terrorist threats from pandemics to nukes and worked for the Obama administration recommened Rex Tillerson for Sec. of State. The third thing was when Tillerson said Trump was an idiot and left. Not a word from Nunn or Tillerson since then.
We have seen the likes of Bolton and others leaving, walking out and yet we hear the same crickets when it comes to going under oath and telling the American People the truth.
Book deal? Maybe but I don't think that is all there is. To be honest I don't know what it is but I am afraid to think what it could be.
Mueller? He seemed shaken up in my eyes by leaving things out of his report. There are things since we have learned more from the impeachment hearings. We have a few good men and women in congress but I can't put my finger on what is going on here from the rest of the country.
Former presidents are saying nothing. Not Obama. Not Bush. Very little from Biden. What????? What is it some of these people know that we don't? I want to know or maybe I don't but one thing for sure, it feels like we are being held hostage. I also feel like if anyone believes Romney met Trump today to only discuss vaping… then they will believe any smoke blown up their butts.
Have we already been taken over? Is America already gone or threatned to be gone if we go against this corruption here in the USA? Are we going to have to go along if 2020 does nothing and what then?


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Babu M. Palissery is a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Thrissur and
ex-Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kunnamkulam Assembly
Constituency. He was elected for two consecutive terms between 2006 and 2016 from Kunnamkulam Assembly.

Personal life

Babu M. Palissery, born Sankaranarayan, is the eldest son of Chinnapan Nair and Amminiyamma. He has 4 siblings named Aniyan, Balaji, Thankamol and Raji. At the age of 38, he married Indira and they have two children, Aswathy Palissery and Akhil Palissery. In 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election he beat his opponent by 21,785 votes. In 2011 Kerala State Legislative Assembly election he beat his opponent CP John to become the Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kunnamkulam for the second time.

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Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala
Malayali politicians
Politicians from Thrissur
Living people
Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
1958 births

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Jun Märkl was music director of the Orchestre National de Lyon from 2005 to 2011 and principal conductor/artistic advisor of the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony until 2012. In recognition of his tenure in Lyon and his very successful nine-album Debussy cycle with the orchestra on Naxos [8.509002], he was honoured by the French Ministry of Culture with the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2012.
He also toured with the orchestra to Japan and major European halls and festivals. He has appeared as a guest conductor with leading orchestras in the United States, Europe and Japan, and at the Met, Covent Garden, Vienna State and Dresden Semper Operas. He also enjoys a close relationship with the NHK Symphony with which he conducted the first Japanese Ring cycle in Tokyo, and has performed and given premieres of many of Toshio Hosokawa's works, including Lotus under the moonlight with Momo Kodama in 2006.
Born in Munich to a German father, a distinguished concertmaster, and a Japanese mother, a solo pianist, Märkl studied violin, piano and conducting at the Musikhochschule in Hanover, going on to study with Sergiu Celibidache in Munich and with Gustav Meier in Michigan. In 1986 he won the conducting competition of the Deutsche Musikrat and a year later won a scholarship from the Boston Symphony Orchestra to study at Tanglewood with Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Soon afterwards he had a string of appointments in European opera houses followed by his first music directorships at the Staatstheater in Saarbrücken (1991–94) and at the Mannheim Nationaltheater (1994–2000).
Jun Märkl has long been a highly respected interpreter of the core Germanic repertoire from both the symphonic and operatic traditions, and, more recently, for his refined and idiomatic performances of the music of Debussy, Ravel and Messiaen. He is Invited Professor at the Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo.
For more information, visit www.junmarkl.com.


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Osaze Odemwingie dumps football for golf, shows off golfing skills
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Osaze Odemwingie has found love with golf after spending many years playing football with top European sides.
The former Super Eagles striker was admitted into the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) in October and has since been practicing to become a pro in the sport.
The 38-year-old posted a video of himself on social media showing his golfing skills with the caption: "#progolf #pga still learning. Always learning. You can be very busy and still achieve nothing. #timemanagement and realistic goals."
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Osaze started his colorful career with Bendel Insurance in 2000 and moved to France to join La Louivere after spending two years in the Nigerian Professional League.
He made a name for himself with Ligue 1 side Lille, scoring 23 goals in 75 appearances in three season before moving to Lokomotiv Moscow in 2007.
After three years with the Russian outfit, Osaze joined Premier League side West Bromwich Albion then had brief spells with Cardiff City, Bristol City and Rotterham in the Championships.
Super Eagles legend finally dumps football for new sport (photos)
The Uzbekistan born striker drew the curtains in his career with Indonesian side Madura in 2017.
At national level, Osaze won bronze with Nigeria at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and represented the Super Eagles at three AFCON tournaments and the 2010 and 2014 World Cup respectively.
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Advertisers must ensure 'influencers' play by the rules, watchdog says
Brands have 'primary responsibility' for disclosure, advertising standards body says
ASAI chief executive Orla Twomey: "Primary responsibility" for disclosure of paid marketing rests with the brand.
Laura Slattery
Sun Jun 11 2017 - 17:35
The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) has reminded advertisers that the onus is on them to ensure that the "influencers" they pay to market their brands are abiding by the authority's code of practice.
The ASAI said all parties had "a duty of care" to make it clear when communications – typically social media posts – by celebrities, bloggers and influencers amounted to paid marketing.
But it stressed that the advertiser has a special responsibility to make sure this is happening.
"To avoid any confusion within the advertising industry, the ASAI is making it clear that the primary responsibility for disclosure of marketing communications rests with the advertiser," said chief executive Orla Twomey.
The authority, which recently issued guidance on the "recognisability" of marketing communications in light of the rise of so-called influencer marketing, has recommended the use of the hashtags "#ad" or "#sp" whenever individuals are paid directly to promote a product.
Disclaimers should be visible for consumers to see before they interact with or read the material, the ASAI said.
Online influencers were already required to adhere to the ASAI's code of practice. The ASAI accepts complaints from any person or body who considers that a marketing communication may be in breach of this code.
Laura Slattery is an Irish Times journalist writing about media, advertising and other business topics
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PARIS: Collins Aerospace unveils retrofit fly-by-wire kit
By Dominic Perry2019-06-17T13:37:34+01:00
Collins Aerospace has launched a retrofit flight-control system in partnership with Sikorsky that can offer fly-by-wire performance to a range of rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft.
Designed to replace an aircraft's traditional mechanical controls, the new system additionally offers a roadmap to autonomous or optionally piloted operations.
Using a series of electromechanical actuators with magnetic couplings driven by an enhanced flight-control computer, the system has been developed and tested in conjunction with helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky.
Parts of the system made their debut on the airframer's SARA technology demonstrator – a modified S-76B – before the latest iteration was developed, making its first flight on 29 May aboard Sikorsky's S-70 Black Hawk Optionally Piloted Vehicle.
Optionally Piloted Sikorsky UH-60A takes first flight
Darryl Woods, general manager control systems at Collins Aerospace, describes the evolved hardware used by Sikorsky as "next generation".
Collin Aerospace is working to "productionise" the technology, says Woods, with an availability target of 2021.
It has seen interest from both civil and military rotorcraft markets "and more recently we are getting some interest from fixed-wing too", he adds.
Woods declines to disclose the size of the fixed-wing aircraft being considered for modification, although chief flight control engineer Steve Avritch says that "it is not going to happen" on small general aviation aircraft due to the cost involved.
"When you get to multiple pilot operations or larger drones, this is where the system makes sense," says Avritch.
Tests so far have been carried out by Sikorsky using a modified A-model Black Hawk in conjunction with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
However, the US Army will in late 2019 install the system to one of its UH-60s – likely to be an L-model example – to conduct a "parallel test programme".
Although Collins Aerospace has one eye on the vast fleet of older Black Hawks currently in operation, Woods says that "one of the [programme's] ultimate goals is a cut-in on the production line to make the [current] UH-60M a fly-by-wire aircraft".
Collins Aerospace's current pre-production system uses an enhanced flight-control computer, but the eventual production system will use the next-generation Vehicle Management Computer, which the firm has been developing since 2018. This will have both US and European civil certifications, says Woods.
No details were available on the cost of the system, but Avritch describes it as a "low-cost upgrade". That is partly driven by the system's design, which does not require changes to the hydraulic system or actuator, removing the need for requalification.
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US Army researchers believe they have found a novel way to articulate the position of turbine blades in the hot section of jet engines. They say the innovation could significantly improve efficiency and power of jet engines – and also enable a new, wider range of performance needed for futuristic aircraft, perhaps even new types of supersonic vertical-take-off-and-landing aircraft.
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I'm A Queer Iranian Refugee In America, And This Is Why I Don't Feel Safe Here, Either
By Mia A.
My name is Mia* and I'm a refugee living in the U.S. But before I tell my story, let me quickly explain to you that, OK, my name is not really "Mia." That's my pen name. You're about to find out why I have one.
I came here in December 2013, after fleeing my home country of Iran. It was in Ankara, Turkey that I was first granted "refugee status" by the UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency). This is because I met at least one of five "grounds for persecution" standards in Iran — "membership in a particular social group" — my "social group" being "homosexuals." I'm a lesbian.
Not only is lesbianism intensely stigmatized in Iran, but all homosexual acts are considered illegal under Sharia law. The punishment for lesbian sexual acts — which are called Musaheqeh — are as follows according to the Islamic Republic of Iran:
Article 239 — The hadd punishment for Musaheqeh shall be one hundred lashes.
Article 240 — Regarding the hadd punishment for Musaheqeh, there is no difference between the active or passive parties or between Muslims and non-Muslims, or between a person that meets the conditions for ihsan and a person who does not, and also whether or not [the offender] has resorted to coercion.
Again, these corporal punishments are the "written law" in Iran — but I've seen and heard about what Iranian authorities really do to gay people there. Women have been stoned to death for being lesbians. Gay men are often hanged.
When I finally fled five years ago — at the age of 25 — my family didn't know about my sexual orientation. To this day, my father still has no idea. I hope he never finds out.
My family had always been incredibly strict with me — I couldn't go out with friends as a child (I'd never even been to a birthday party until I got to the U.S.); I could only study when I was at home, even on the weekends; I wasn't allowed to be out after dark once I grew a little older; and by no means was I ever permitted to be alone with a boy. I was totally trapped. On top of all that, I came to realize I was gay. When I finally fled to Turkey five years ago — at the age of 25 — my family didn't know about my sexual orientation. To this day, my father still has no idea. I hope he never finds out.
For a year after I went away, my mother was the only one in my family who would speak with me on the phone, because I left — my father wouldn't, nor would my brother; not even one of my many cousins. No one. But my mom felt guilty for having always been so strict with me. We cried on the phone together a lot. She still didn't know I was a lesbian, though.
Mia A.
I did tell the UNHCR in Ankara I was a lesbian. That's what helped me attain "refugee status" there — explaining how I would undoubtedly be persecuted back home in Iran for my sexual orientation, from both the government and from my family. I told the agency that my father, being the strict and old-fashioned Iranian that he was, could potentially kill me if he found out. It would by no means be an unprecedented reaction back home.
So the agency decided that I would go to Philadelphia to live, and that I would fly into New York City first. I was happy to be granted "refugee status," but I knew very little about America at the time. I didn't really care where the UNHCR placed me, so long as it was away from Iran and far from my family, who I could not be a out lesbian with. To a lot of Iranians, America is either one of two concepts: an enemy of our country (as a schoolgirl, I proclaimed "Death to America!" every morning like children here recite the "Pledge of Allegiance") — or it's some dream-like nation filled with constant opportunities for fame and wealth. I didn't believe in either one of those ideas. I just wanted to get away.
The weather was windy and grey when I arrived in the country, and my Nationalities Service Center (NSC) caseworker picked me up and drove me three hours to my new home in Philadelphia. My English was shaky at best back then, but I managed to schedule a follow-up appointment with the NSC once I got settled. I told them as best I could that I wanted to find work right away.
My caseworker suggested that I work in an Arabic halal market, which offended me. I'm not Arabic and I don't speak Arabic. I speak Farsi. Still, my caseworker didn't care. After she "found" me that one job, she told me I was on my own.
Most people never get to learn that I'm not religious anyway, or that I'm a lesbian, or that my favorite color is purple — all they seem to see when they look at me is "Muslim, Muslim, Muslim."
This experience set a sort of precedent for me: I found myself constantly being reduced to my "Middle Eastern-ness" in America. For instance, when I did land a position as a hostess at a national chain restaurant outside of Philly, my boss asked me after a month if I'd prefer working in the kitchen because there were "other Middle Eastern foreigners there."
Over the past three-plus years, these microaggressions have gotten worse. These days, people are more rude to me than ever about being Muslim — and I certainly don't dare tell them I'm also a lesbian. The irony is, I'm technically only Muslim "on paper" because I had to declare a religion at the UNHCR. I'm not a practicing Muslim. People don't understand that, back in Iran, I could never have been a "practicing Muslim" and a "practicing lesbian" at the same time. Most people never get to learn that I'm not religious anyway, or that I'm a lesbian, or that my favorite color is purple — all they seem to see when they look at me is "Muslim, Muslim, Muslim." I can't tell you how many times I'm asked about where I'm from before I even have a chance to speak.
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I think President Trump is mostly responsible for the surge of all-around bigotry that I, and so many other American Muslims and American members of the queer community, have noticed since the election — the macro-aggressions, of course, but for the micro-aggressions, too. Even the most progressive people I know, my girlfriend included, seem to want me to assimilate just a little bit more.
One evening last November, for instance, I put a hijab on while strolling around town. I don't know what exactly prompted me to want to wear it that night — it had been years. Maybe I just needed to commit some quaint act of defiance in the wake of presidential election. I don't know. My partner and I took a walk down a fairly busy street, hand-in-hand, and all the while she kept suggesting that I might want to take my hijab off. She was worried I might get harassed by someone. I think she was worried for her own sake, too. I think she had a right to be afraid.
President Trump doesn't just welcome hate; he incites it. Even now, as his administration tries to claim the recent "travel ban" was not, in fact, a Muslim ban — because that would be too blatantly racist and unconstitutional — he also told CNN he thinks "Islam hates America." After the Orlando gay nightclub shooting last June, he literally went on a "Muslim ban" tangent, saying, "we cannot continue to allow thousands upon thousands of people to pour into our country, many of whom have the same thought process as this savage killer."
For those of us who are also LGBTQ, the situation is even more difficult. Not long ago, in 2011, 81,372 refugees and asylum seekers either applied for or fled to the U.S. — and 3,000 of those individuals may have eventually identified as LGBT once their statuses were safely established. I say "may have" because the Forced Migration Review — the organization that actually counted the numbers — suspected that, though 3,000 of those people seeking refuge from oppressive countries identified as gay, many would likely remain in the closet, no matter their whereabouts or presumed safety, because being scared was so ingrained in them. I wish I could say they learn they are safe here, but I know better.
Sometimes I wonder if I made the wrong decision leaving Iran. Though I have a partner here and I can come and go from my home as I please, I find myself trying to balance this new American oppression in my head with Iran's old-world oppression. Which is worse? Living in a predictable environment in which I know both my family and my government won't let me to live as I desire? Or living in an unpredictable environment in which I have certain freedoms, but can only hope to enjoy them one day at a time? I honestly don't want to find out the answer to these questions, but I suppose I will have to.