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The Bronx drop new single Superbloom: "A search for deeper meaning…"
Frontman Matt Caughthran says Superbloom has a "sonic push/pull that takes place for the first time in Bronx history".
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Following the release of White Shadow in March, The Bronx have shared their next single from upcoming album Bronx VI: the typically energetic and infectious Superbloom.
Frontman Matt Caughthran calls the track "a search for deeper meaning". "Musically," he begins, "the song originated from our bass player Brad Magers, his first official offering on a Bronx record. The chorus was co-written by guitarist Joby Ford, so there is a sonic push/pull that takes place for the first time in Bronx history.
"Lyrically, the song is about a day I spent lost in the California wildflowers with an old friend. Reflecting on the past in a somewhat desperate attempt to make sense of the present. A very inspired song beginning to end, one of my favourites on the record."
Read this: The Bronx's Matt Caughthran on punk rock, mental health and Iron Maiden
Of the California punk rockers' new record as a whole, Matt continues: "We've known each other for a long time and we're such good friends and we're so tight creatively, but we're still learning stuff about each other – especially when it comes to the process of creating an album. Brad and Ken are just coming out as songwriters and we're learning to write songs as a group around ideas they bring to the table. This is a really important record for us growth-wise because it kicked down a lot of doors that needed to be kicked down. I feel like now going forward the sky is the limit."
Bronx VI is due out on August 27 via Cooking Vinyl. Listen to Superbloom below:
And catch The Bronx live in the UK next year with Every Time I Die, Jesus Piece and Sanction at the following:
27 Brighton Chalk
28 Nottingham Rock City
29 Manchester O2 Ritz
30 Liverpool Invisible Wind Factory
1 Glasgow SWG3 Galvanisers
2 Newcastle The Boiler Shop
3 Leeds Stylus
4 Bristol SWX
5 London Roundhouse
Read this: The Bronx's Matt Caughthran: The 10 songs that changed my life
"People grow up together here, it's a home": Why Huddersfield's rock community saved The Parish
The pandemic wrought havoc on grassroots venues up and down the UK, with some forced into shutting their doors for good. In Huddersfield, the rock scene rallied round to save their beloved Parish venue from closure by raising close to £50,000. We paid a visit to find out what makes the venue so special...
Slam Dunk confirm even more bands, including final headliner Neck Deep
Neck Deep will make the step up to festival headliners for the first time at this summer's Slam Dunk, while the likes of Cancer Bats and The Bronx are also joining the bill…
Every Time I Die have cancelled their UK tour
Every Time I Die's highly-anticipated UK run with The Bronx, Jesus Piece and Sanction is sadly off.
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The 18 best albums released in August 2021
From Turnstile to Trash Boat to Jinjer, these are the best albums released in August 2021.
"If we were worried about being famous, we should have quit a long time ago!": Why The Bronx will never die
Now six albums deep, The Bronx are still, somehow, at the top of their game. We sit down with frontman Matt Caughthran to find out the secrets of their survival and why they'll never give up the fight…
Album review: The Bronx – Bronx VI
LA reprobates The Bronx remain the perfect punk band on searing sixth album, Bronx VI.
The 50 best albums from 2011
From Mastodon and Machine Head to Foo Fighters and Frank Turner, we rank the greatest albums from the year 2011…


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Gennady Golovkin Adds Heat to Simmering Middleweight Division
September 01, 2012 / Inside HBO Boxing
Gennady Golovkin, Grezgorz Proksa - Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland
With his speedy, shifty, hands-below-the-waist southpaw style, Grezgorz Proksa prompted HBO analyst Max Kellerman to declare during the first round of his fight with Gennady Golovkin that he was "doing a pretty fair Sergio Martinez impersonation." So Golovkin went out and did a pretty fair impersonation of a guy Martinez might want to steer clear of.
Making his American debut and his HBO debut amid passionate hype from the YouTube-scouring hardcore boxing community, the Kazakhstan-born, Germany-based Golovkin did not disappoint. He knocked down the brave but overmatched Proksa three times in five rounds at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, New York, prompting a perfectly timed stoppage at the 1:11 mark of the fifth from referee Charlie Fitch.
A few hours earlier in Germany, Daniel Geale upset Felix Sturm to unify a couple of alphabet belts at 160 pounds. In two weeks, Martinez will defend the lineal title against another beltholder, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The best are fighting the best right now at middleweight. And Golovkin now must be considered among the best and a viable option for the Martinez-Chavez victor.
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September 01, 2012 / Inside HBO Boxing/ Comment
Gennady Golovkin vs. Grzegorz Proksa
Eric Raskin, Gennady Golovkin, Grzegorz Proksa, Jonathan Gonzalez, Sergiy Dzinziruk
The Eastern Europeans Are Coming
August 31, 2012 / Inside HBO Boxing
by Kiearn Mulvaney
Gennady Golovkin
It wasn't so long ago that arguably the most famous boxer to emerge from east of what used to be the Iron Curtain was the fictional Ivan Drago, who battered Apollo Creed to death and famously promised Rocky Balboa that, "I must break you." That was 27 years and a Cold War ago, and today the situation is very different.
As on the silver screen in 1985, the most intimidating heavyweight in the world is from what was then the Soviet Union, although whether that honor should be bestowed upon Vitali Klitschko or his brother Wladimir is open for discussion. Poland's Tomasz Adamek won world titles at light heavyweight and cruiserweight before stepping up a division and succumbing bravely to the much larger Vitali; taking his place in the 200-pound division are compatriot Krzysztof Wlodarczyk and German-based Bosniak Marco Huck. One division down, Kazakhstan's Beibut Shumenov owns a world title belt, and at super middleweight the belt holders include Armenian Arthur Abraham and Hungarian Karoly Balszay.
The Central European presence continues at middleweight and junior middleweight, where three of the division's best will be introduced to American audiences on HBO on Saturday night.
At least one of them may be familiar to US viewers, although Sergiy Dzinziruk's HBO debut did not exactly go as planned when he was stopped in eight rounds by middleweight champion Sergio Martinez last March. Prior to that contest, he had not lost as a professional, nor tasted the canvas; Martinez dropped him five times and handed him his first defeat, and the Ukrainian will be looking to get back in the winning column when he drops back to his favored junior middleweight division on Saturday. The task ahead of him isn't an easy one, however: His opponent is undefeated Puerto Rican prospect Jonathan Gonzalez, and Dzinziruk will need to combat age and inactivity as well as his youthful, powerful, body-punching foe.
That bout is Saturday's co-main event; the main event should be a doozy. British-based Pole Grzegorz Proksa was much-hyped until he suffered a disappointing points defeat to England's Kerry Hope last year; since then, he has won two in a row, including a stoppage win over Hope in which he regained his European title. But he, too, faces an uphill struggle on Saturday in the form of undefeated Kazakh wrecking ball Gennady Golovkin.
There's nothing fancy about Golovkin. Nobody will ever mistake him for a Central European Pernell Whitaker. But he can fight, plowing forward steadily and relentlessly, and thumping and crumpling opponents with punches that don't appear to have a great deal of torque but are evidently punctuated with fists of stone. Some of his foes, like veteran Kassim Ouma, last until late in the contest; most of them are summarily dispatched in the first few rounds.
Proksa will be looking to buck that trend, and the clash between his free-swinging style and Golovkin's human tank assault should be one to savor. Hopefully, it will leave American viewers wanting to see more fighters from east of the Rhine. Which would be a good thing, because there are a lot more of them still to see.
August 31, 2012 / Inside HBO Boxing/ Comment
Gennady Golovkin, Grzegorz Proksa, Jonathan Gonzalez, Kieran Mulvaney, Sergiy Dzinziruk
Looking Ahead to HBO's Fall Schedule
We know. It's been a quiet month. But with the Olympics behind us and summer soon segueing into fall, HBO's Boxing schedule is filling up fast. The network has four cards confirmed for September and one already in place for October, with the promise of plenty more to come.
Here's a brief guide to what's on tap:
Gennady Golovkin vs Grzegorz Proska, HBO Boxing After Dark
If you haven't seen Golovkin fight before, you're in for a treat. The German-based, Kazakh-born middleweight is a wrecking ball of a fighter, with 20 knockouts from his 23 professional wins. He won silver at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and as an amateur defeated the likes of Andre Dirrell, Lucian Bute and Andy Lee. He defends his middleweight title against once-beaten European champion Gzegorz Proska in what promises to be an exciting match-up.
Chad Dawson - Photo Credit: Will Hart
Andre Ward vs Chad Dawson, HBO World Championship Boxing
Dawson is coming off arguably the best performance of his career, a convincing points win over future Hall of Famer Bernard Hopkins. Can the light heavyweight champion be as effective against highly-rated super middleweight champion Andre Ward? Also on the card, lightweight title action featuring Antonio DeMarco, fresh from his spectacular win over Jorge Linares, defending against John Molina Jr; and, from Germany, Vitali Klitschko defends his heavyweight belt against unbeaten Manuel Charr.
Sergio Martinez - Photo Credit: Will Hart
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs Sergio Martinez, HBO PPV
Argentina's Martinez, widely recognized as the best middleweight in the world, collides with hugely popular WBC titleholder Julio Cesar Chavez in a battle that fans have been eagerly anticipating for well over a year. Martinez has stopped his last four opponents, while the undefeated Chavez has become one of the most exciting fighters in the game. A year and a half ago, most would have considered this a mismatch in favor of Martinez, but with the younger, bigger Chavez improving under the tutelage of Freddie Roach, this has become a pick' em fight.
Edwin Rodriguez
Edwin Rodriguez vs Jason Escalera, HBO Boxing After Dark
It's a battle of unbeatens as boxer-puncher Rodriguez looks to move into the world-title picture at super middleweight, and Escalera, who has 12 KOs among his 13 wins, aims to stop him. The fight is the main event of a three-bout card from Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.
Nonito Donaire - Photo Credit: Will Hart
Nonito Donaire vs Toshiaki Nishioka, HBO Boxing After Dark
It's difficult to know which fight to be more excited about: charismatic budding superstar Donaire taking on the daunting challenge of Japan's Nishioka, who recently defeated Rafael Marquez, in a super bantamweight title fight; or the co-main event, which pits Brandon Rios against Mike Alvarado in a junior welterweight contest that, given both men's all-action styles, is already being looked at a possible fight of the year candidate.
Which of these are you most looking forward to? Let us know on the HBO Boxing Facebook page or on Twitter at @HBOBoxing. Let the countdown to September begin …
Andre Ward vs. Chad Dawson, Edwin Rodriguez vs. Jason Escalera, Gennady Golovkin vs. Grzegorz Proksa, Julio César Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez, Nonito Donaire vs. Toshiaki Nishioka, Vitali Klitschko vs. Manuel Charr
Antonio DeMarco, Edwin Rodriguez, Gennady Golovkin, Grzegorz Proksa, Jason Escalera, John Molina Jr., Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Manuel Charr, Nonito Donaire, Sergio Martinez, Toshiaki Nishioka, Vitali Klitschko
Is Golovkin's Power Enough to Provoke Upheaval?
The middleweight division -- once you get past its two glamorous box office stars, Sergio Martinez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. -- is blessed with a large quantity of quality, solid, powerful fighters. And it is cursed by the fact that many of them are Eastern European, making them difficult to market to the North American market. One of these men has the potential to make everyone forget their standard geographic prejudices and take notice: Gennady Golovkin.
At 30 years old, Golovkin (23-0) is too old to be labeled a prospect. He bears a greater honor: the most avoided middleweight fighter in the world. Since medaling in the 2004 Olympics for Kazakhstan, Golovkin has been unable to entice anyone with a bigger name than Kassim Ouma to take him on, despite clearly possessing world class talent and the potential to become a pound-for-pound fighter, should he ever get the chance to prove himself against the division's best. Golovkin carries his hands high, throws straight punches, and is generally fundamentally sound; he is not flashy, at first glance. But a highlight reel of his victims tells the real tale of his talent: He possesses some of the heaviest hands in boxing. Golovkin packs the sort of deceptive power that often causes his opponents to drop from unspectacular shots, as if they've been hit by a cement block. His kind of power can't be taught. He's dangerous in every moment. His deceptively straightforward style makes him all the more dangerous.
Gennady Golovkin vs. Grzegorz Proksa, Sergiy Dzinziruk vs. Jonathan Gonzalez
Gennady Golovkin, Grzegorz Proksa, Hamilton Nolan, Jonathan Gonzalez, Sergiy Dzinziruk

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Tana Mongeau has issued a response after a fake Instagram (or 'finsta') account was linked to her, which appeared to contain highly offensive messages.
Celebs and public figures will sometimes make 'Finsta' accounts in order to be able to use social media without the constant scrutiny of fans and the public.
Tana initially responded to the backlash by posting a series of tweets, in which she admitted that the account used to be hers but now is not controlled by her.
She insisted it was not her that posted the joke about the Manchester bombing, saying that: "The fact that i even have to say this makes me sad. Yes at one point that finsta was my acct but so many of those captions and posts were not me & i haven't had that acct for awhile now."
In a new video called 'clearing some things up', in which she also apologised about her controversial comments about her relationship with Mac Miller, Tana talks about how she was previously hacked and had a lot of personal information leaked.
It was this hacking that revealed the existence of Tana's 'finsta'. She says she made it originally for a video. She says she posted on there as a joke for a video she was working on. She is keen to emphasise that it was never meant to be a serious account, it was never even really meant to be secret.
Tana says her hackers then started to upload random things to her finsta, including sensitive information. Tana says she was worried that they would upload something that would make her look bad and then link it to her - and then, that appears to have happened.
The bottom line, she says, is that the account was only ever intended to be a joke - and while some of the photos are hers (they were stolen pics that were put there by hacked) - the offensive stuff posted on there was nothing to do with her, including the Ariana screenshot.
"I'm going to flat out say to you - I did not say that."
Tana takes thing broader, saying: "I'm going to make so many more horrible mistakes in my life" and emphasising that she's only 20 and has a lot of growing left to do.


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Opinion: Market timers are less bullish now than at Dow 20k — and that's a good thing
Published: March 2, 2017 at 10:05 a.m. ET
Hulbert Stock Newsletter Sentiment Index shows little evidence of the stubbornly held bullishness that's the hallmark of tops
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — That lethargic applause you're hearing from stock-market timers is their reaction to the Dow Jones Industrial Average explosively eclipsing the 21,000 barrier.
That they are not giving the market DJIA, -1.04% a standing ovation is bullish from a contrarian point of view.
Consider the average recommended stock-market exposure among the market timers I monitor who focus on forecasting the S&P 500's SPX, -0.59% short-term gyrations (as measured by the Hulbert Stock Newsletter Sentiment Index, or HSNSI). This average stood at 54.6% at Wednesday's close.
That's below the 65.5% level this index rose to in December, at a time when the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood below 20,000. (See chart.) In other words, in the wake of a Dow advance exceeding 1,000 points, the average market timer has become less bullish.
That's not the kind of behavior contrarians tell us we should expect if we were near a major stock-market top. The normal sentiment pattern at tops is for bullishness to be at or near extreme levels and for the average market timer to stubbornly hold onto his bullishness in the face of any market decline.
Neither of these hallmarks is present today.
Dow Crosses 21000: More Upside to Come?
It's helpful in this regard to compare current sentiment conditions with what prevailed in early 2000, as the internet bubble was bursting. Though many today are drawing parallels between today's market and then, sentiment conditions were quite different then.
Consider Nasdaq-oriented market timers' reaction in March 2000 to the first 10% correction off the market's COMP, -0.59% all-time highs. Far from running to the exits, those timers' average recommended equity exposure actually jumped by more than 25 percentage points. That's a textbook illustration of stubbornly held bullishness, which explains why contrarians weren't surprised by the Nasdaq's subsequent plunge.
To be sure, Nasdaq-focused market timers currently are quite bullish, with an average recommended exposure level of 84.2% — significantly more than the 54.6% average among timers who focus on the S&P 500. But there's no evidence that these Nasdaq timers are stubborn in their bullishness. If anything, they appear eager to run for the exits at the first sign of trouble. For example, in the face of the very modest market weakness in late January and associated volatility, these timers on average cut their recommended exposure level by more than 30 percentage points.
The real test will be how these timers react when the market does begin to correct. In the meantime, contrarians are giving this bull market the benefit of the doubt. This is the same conclusion I reached two weeks ago, by the way, the last time I devoted a column to stock-market sentiment.
Note carefully, however, that contrarian analysis is only a short-term tool, since sentiment conditions can change quickly.
For now, though, sentiment conditions support higher prices.
For more information, including descriptions of the Hulbert Sentiment Indices, go to www.hulbertratings.com or email mark@hulbertratings.com
Now read:Here's the real reason behind Dow 21,000 (no, it's not Trump's speech)
General Motors is developing a lithium deposit mine in Nevada to directly source the material, which is critical for making batteries to power electric vehicles.
This dividend-stock ETF has a 12% yield and is beating the S&P 500 by a substantial amount
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Mark Hulbert is a columnist for MarketWatch. His Hulbert Ratings service tracks investment newsletters that pay a flat fee to be audited.


Steering linkage problems in the 2015-2016 Ram 2500 are under federal investigation after multiple drivers reported a sudden and complete inability to steer their trucks. It's believed the issue has to do with a defect in the drag link which connects the right front steering knuckle and the pitman arm on the steering box output shaft.
[S]eparations occurred at the threaded couplers within the linkages that are intended to be used for adjusting the linkage lengths during alignments. In both cases, the drag links and couplers had to be replaced for drivers to steer the trucks.
More details are available on CarComplaints.com.


If there isn't one about is there any chance of getting one?
No Mud to Deep, No Hill to Steep!
ahh, i never thought of that, i get 3gb per month and hardly use it.
the ssangyong forum uses an app.
Until I used the app, I couldn't see what the problem was. I know exactly what you mean about the scrolling.
The adverts are used to pay for the forum so it's hardly fair to ask for something that blocks them!
but if you were to pay for the App, surely you are doing the same?
There was no mention of paying for it, but perhaps that's a possibility!
I have a few apps that have adverts all over them but for a few pence or quid you can get it ad free.
I'm not often difflocking when mobile but I'd cough up a couple of £ for it.
Are they difficult/ expensive to develop?
anyone can write an android app.
iirc twiss and a few others were all a moistness when android hit the shelves for this reason.
most apps are only £1-2 , i'd happily pay that. ended up on offroad armoury forum on my phone the other day, that loads up perfectly from a mobile, not sure how thats done?
I think tapatalk is OK, but I prefer forum runner. It's dead easy to set up on phpBB, but there is a £1-1.50 charge for the full version of the phone app.
The free version is great for viewing the forum, but you can't post anything.
The full paid version lets post, and let you really easily upload pics from your phone, which is nice!!!
In absense of this I use opera mini on my phones and full opera on my PC.
Forums display correctly, because Opera works differently to other browsers.
Opera Mini says to it's servers... download that page and render it.
Then the server sends you the version that it has rendered for your phone/browser.
This helps to get rid of bits of code or page elements that regular phone browsers don't like displaying.
In summary, you could write an app to browse the forum, but it would probably be very time consuming for a novice programmer. Its a much better option to just cough up a couple of quid for the app.
An interesting thought process going on, we have got lots of developments thoughts running around here at the moment at Difflock and mobile is obviously an incredibly fast moving media that we should be embracing.
Let me look into it a see if we can't come up with something.
Any further ideas and thoughts would be gratefully received.
You have set the timer running Ian.
i downloaded tapatalk earlier which has already been mentioned a few times on here, in the info about it, it says its only a small mod needed to the forum for it to work through there system, it seems nice and easy to use, everything fits pages properly, etc etc. seems like all the hard works been done just needs something changing at difflock end?
Well you never know!!! I am getting the clever people involved as we speak!!!!!
Will keep you posted, keep the thoughts coming in!!!
Just to keep you informed, I have put a feasability study together to pass onto the powers above, its amazing how much you can learn about something you know nothing about in a few short days!!!!
All technical stuff and we just want to make sure we get the right sysytem for you guys to use.
Don't forget us Blackberry users!
And amazing how quickly it can be forgotten lol.
now i actually have an android phone, I'm liking copilot for satnav & I'm giving viewranger a go for OS maps.
but now we don't really need to! new website layout makes (almost) everything display properly!
I'm gonna leave it on there though in case anyone wants to use it.
Might add tapatalk support as well but nobody's requested it yet!


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Court Decides if the Account of the Public Administrator Should be Granted
A New York Probate Lawyer said that, before the court is the first and final account of the Public Administrator for the estate of the decedent, who died intestate, a resident of Uniondale, on December 26, 1998. Decedent left a will dated June 15, 1979 which bequeathed her entire residuary estate to her nephew, who post-deceased the decedent. The Public Administrator was appointed temporary administrator of the estate on April 14, 2005. Decedent's will was admitted to probate by a decree of this court dated May 11, 2010 and letters of administration c.t.a. were issued to the Public Administrator on that date. The account of the Public Administrator was initially filed on July 6, 2010.
A Nassau Probate Lawyer said that, the account filed by the Public Administrator shows the receipt of $87,102.28 of estate principal, which was supplemented by income collected totaling $4,935.98. This resulted in total charges of $92,038.26. This amount was reduced by administrative expenses through April 30, 2010 in the amount of $68,155.17, leaving a balance of $23,883.09 on hand. The Public Administrator seeks approval of the accounting, approval of commissions, the fixing of fees for the services of the attorney and accountant, and authorization to distribute the net estate to the court appointed administrator of the estate of the decedent's nephew. In addition, the court must release the administrator from the surety bond.
The issue in this case is whether the account of the Public Administrator should be granted.
The court in deciding the case said that, regarding the fee of the attorney for the estate, the court bears the ultimate responsibility for approving legal fees that are charged to an estate and has the discretion to determine what constitutes reasonable compensation for legal services rendered in the course of an estate administration. A New York Will Lawyer said that while there is no hard and fast rule to calculate reasonable compensation to an attorney in every case, the Surrogate is required to exercise his or her authority "with reason, proper discretion and not arbitrarily".
In evaluating the cost of legal services, the court may consider a number of factors. These include: the time spent; the complexity of the questions involved; the nature of the services provided; the amount of litigation required; the amounts involved and the benefit resulting from the execution of such services; the lawyer's experience and reputation; and the customary fee charged by the Bar for similar services. In discharging this duty to review fees, the court cannot apply a selected few factors which might be more favorable to one position or another but must strike a balance by considering all of the elements set forth. Also, the legal fee must bear a reasonable relationship to the size of the estate. A Westchester County Probate Lawyer said that sizeable estate permits adequate compensation, but nothing beyond that. Moreover, the size of the estate can operate as a limitation on the fees payable, without constituting an adverse reflection on the services provided. The burden with respect to establishing the reasonable value of legal services performed rests on the attorney performing those services.
The Public Administrator has petitioned the court for approval of the payment of $13,410.50 to the attorney for the Public Administrator in connection with the administration of the estate. The court has carefully reviewed the affirmation of services and the time records submitted to the court.
Contemporaneous records of legal time spent on estate matters are important to the court in determining whether the amount of time spent was reasonable for the various tasks performed. The record shows that the attorney devoted more than 156 hours to this matter. The legal services required by this estate were unusually extensive, and the summary of the legal work provided by the attorney fills more than two full pages. The services include, but are not limited to, reviewing the administration citation received as a result of an administration proceeding filed by the Nassau County Department of Social Services; participating in multiple conferences concerning the claim for Medicaid reimbursement; preparing and filing the Public Administrator's oath and designation; obtaining the fiduciary bond; corresponding with and serving papers upon the occupants of decedent's home, including a petition to recover possession of real property and an order to show cause; negotiating and preparing a settlement agreement in connection with the eviction proceeding; preparing a judgment of possession, warrant of eviction and decree awarding possession of real property; preparing and filing the petition to extend temporary letters of administration; investigating the decedent's family relationships and alleged distributees; preparing and filing the petition for probate and all related documents; preparing and filing a petition to reduce the administrator's bond together with an interim account and proposed order; preparing and filing an affidavit of assets and liabilities; researching the heirs of decedent's post-deceased sole legatee and preparing and filing affidavits of due diligence; preparing the final account and all related papers; reviewing the report of the guardian ad litem appointed in connection with the probate of decedent's will; and participating in multiple conferences with the Public Administrator and his staff. In addition, the firm expects that additional fees totaling approximately $2,500.00 will be incurred through the closing and distribution of the estate. The attorney also represented the Public Administrator in the sale of decedent's real property, for which the firm was paid a flat fee of $1,500.00.
As of June 24, 2010, the billable fees totaled $30,633.63, exclusive of the real estate fee, of which $13,402.50 has been paid and $17,231.13 remains unpaid, and the firm expects that the estate administration will incur additional charges of $2,500.00. In view of the modest size of the estate, the attorney has offered to accept as a total fee the amount paid to date, $13,402.50, in addition to the real estate fee of $1,500.00. Suffolk County Probate Attorneys said the court commends the attorney for his skillful representation of the Public Administrator and the voluntary reduction of his fee. The fee is approved in the amount requested, all of which has been paid.
The court has also been asked to review the accountant's fees. Typically, an accountant's services are not compensable from estate administration assets unless there exist unusual circumstances that require the expertise of an accountant. The fee for such services is generally held to be included in the fee of the attorney for the fiduciary. The purpose of this rule is to avoid duplication.
"Where the legal fees do not include compensation for services rendered by the accountant, there is no duplication and the legal fee is not automatically reduced by the accounting fee".
The accountant has submitted an affidavit of services requesting a fee of $1,950.00. The affidavit indicates that the accountant prepared the estate's annual federal and state fiduciary income tax returns to date. The accountant further notes that a final return will be required. The work performed by the accountant was not duplicative of the services rendered by the estate attorney, and the requested amount for these services is reasonable. The court approves the fee in the amount of $1,950.00, of which $1,375.00 has been paid and $575.00 remains unpaid.
Accordingly, the court held that the commission of the administrator c.t.a. is approved subject to audit. The decree shall discharge the surety and shall authorize the Public Administrator to distribute the balance of the net estate to the court appointed administrator of the estate of the decedent's nephew. Settle decree.
In evaluating the cost of legal services, the court may consider a number of factors. While there is no hard and fast rule to calculate reasonable compensation to an attorney in every case, the Surrogate is required to exercise his or her authority with reason, proper discretion and not arbitrarily. If the you think that the legal services of your attorney in a probate proceeding is inadequate or disproportional to the value of the estate, seek the representation of a Nassau Estate Administration Attorney and Nassau Probate Attorney at Stephen Bilkis and Associates. Call us.
Posted in: New York City, Probate & Estate Litigation, Suffolk County, Westchester County and Wills


Recommended generic setup: Close combat, Extreme Tank.
When approaching either of the acceleration gates a popup message explains what you have to expect in the area they lead into.
Ship receives damage of unknown type every second.
Area deals enough damage to reduce my Rattlesnake's almost perfect passive tank (I have T1 Defense Field Purgers instead of T2, and level 4 in the shield compensation skills) to 56% (stable) by the time I fly to the next gate.
Gate to Pirate Base ~ 40k away.
Gate to Entrance ~ 6k away.
Beware: Over 1000 dps when all ships are in optimal!
Go to the Pirate Station and loot the Hostage.
Loot: About 1200 m³ before cap booster charges and metal scraps.
Standing increase is excellent with this storyline mission.
This being a typical mercenary mission, all NPCs will close to a range of 15k or less, similar to Damsel in Distress 4 . If you can handle the DPS and deal good DPS this is very easy and quick (10 minutes) to finish.


A new (but old!) Pictorial lens?
Super Angulon 210m F8 - any good?
Copal 1 240mm that covers 8X10??
Can you help IDENTIFY these lenses?
Lens board for Aero Ektar on a Pacemaker Speed?
Are additional lens elements made and kept as stock?
Help! Packard shutter keeps closing!
Frankenstein Camera - Kodak View Camera Model B with Goerz Anschultz Shutter - Help!
47mm f/5.6 XL on Chamonix 045N-2.
Optics: resolution versus contrast ?
How to remove lens cells from 360mm APO Ronar in black copal 3 shutter?
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Lens board for 4x5 graphic view II?
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Old Gundlach lens, anyone knowledgeable?
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Stop this soft focus crap!!
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Casting Tidbits: Alexis Bledel, Guy Pearce and Carla Gugino
One more gun goes off and I'll give the Casting Tidbits myself. Understand? Don't think you've bought anything by asking me to come here. Because you need to remember I am a stranger to you. You have no idea what I'm capable of. First up, Variety confirms what's we'd heard just last week as Alexis Bledel (Sin City, "Gilmore Girls") will join Saoirse Ronan as the teenage assassins Violet & Daisy. The story sees the pair lured into what is supposed to be just another quick and easy job, only to find complications as the man they're supposed to kill is not what they expected. Precious screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher is directing.
Second, THR reports Guy Pearce (Memento) and Cloris Leachman (The Women) have joined Mis-Fits, an original comedy which will mark the directorial debut of playwright L.D. Napier (who also wrote the screenplay herself). The story, which will start filming in May, follows a "necro-detective" who goes in search of people's lost, dead relatives. Producer Doug Claybourne of Make It Happen Productions says, "It's a wacky comedy in the tone of Harold and Maude." Catalina Sandino Moreno (Twilight: Eclipse), Seymour Cassel (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) and Virginie Ledoyen (The Beach) have also joined the cast.
Next, Variety reports Carla Gugino has signed on to star opposite Jim Carrey in the adaptation of the classic children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), the film follows Mr. Popper, a high-powered New York buisness man, who suddenly inherits six penguins. Taking care of the animals is no easy matter, and he quickly hits major hurtles, both at home and at work. But along the way, he learns the value of family and friendship. This is obviously a hard R-rated action flick family comedy.
Finally, THR reports Leslie Mann (Funny People), wife of comedy director Judd Apatow, has landed one of the lead female roles in The Change-Up. Olivia Wilde was just cast last week in the story that will see Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds in a classic body switch story where a responsible family man (Bateman) trades bodies with his lazy, man-child of a best friend (Reynolds). Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin will helm the comedy from writers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover).
Well, that's all for this edition of Casting Tidbits. Be sure to stay tuned for more casting updates on the way.
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I'd watch Gugino is anything, I even watched Race to Witch Mountain for her...just an incredibly...talented actress.
Xerxex on Sep 22, 2010
Yeah. That, plus boobs.
Matty on Sep 22, 2010
^^ truth
silver on Sep 22, 2010
Wait... wait, wait, wait... teenager? Alexis Bledel is, like, at least 25 isn't she?
JL on Sep 23, 2010
i love watching movies specially when you have Vinn Diesel on it. Race To Witch Mountain is a classic alien movie :`-
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7 Things You Should Never Say to an iPhone User
iPhone vs. Android. It's been an ongoing debate since the HTC Dream became the first commercially-available Android device in September 2008.
These days, I'm firmly on the Android side of the fence. I've owned iPhones, my wife is still an iPhone user, and I'm more than capable of appreciating just how revolutionary the iPhone was when it first released. Android is just better.
But beware! If you're a fellow member of the Android master race, you've got an important responsibility not to upset our iOS-using brethren. With that in mind, here's a handy guide of phrases you should never say to an iPhone user.
1. "What Do You Use Your Old Headphones For?"
iPhone's lack of headphone jack inconveniences me on like a daily basis
— Jess (@jessichords) April 7, 2019
In 2016, Apple famously ditched the headphone jack on the iPhone 7. Three years later, it's still absent and showing no signs of a return.
Android users, of course, have felt the ripple effects. Many Android devices also now ship without the 3.5mm jack. But crucially, we have a choice. Notably, the latest flagship Samsung Galaxy S10 still a has a headphone jack.
So what did your friend do with her super-expensive wired headphones? It's best not to ask. They might not have seen the Android light, but you still want to be friends with them (right?!).
To be extra safe, don't mention anything about audio quality or lost earbuds either!
2. "Why Did You Buy a Case?"
Look, we get it, iPhones are seriously expensive. People want to protect their investment.
But there's a juxtaposition at play. One of the biggest selling points of the iPhone—and one of the arguments that iOS advocates cite most frequently—is the design.
iPhones are gorgeous, not to mention that Apple has been on a never-ending quest to make its devices thinner, shaving off fractions of millimeters with each new release.
So why, therefore, do people insist on sticking their phone in a bulky case? Is that not undoing Apple's hard work?
Ah right, it's to stop the bending…
3. "Why Are You Late? I Sent You Directions!"
The party is in full swing. The introductory pleasantries are over, and the drink is flowing. But wait; where's your friend? She was supposed to be here two hours ago.
Finally, she arrives. She's wearing a furious expression. And the reason for her annoyance? Apple Maps. It's the default map app on iOS, and you cannot change it.
And that's bad news. As recently as November 2018, Apple Maps had more detail than Google Maps in just 3.1 percent of the US. Justin O'Beirne explained all this in infinitely more detail than we ever could in a blog post.
Instead of castigating your friend for relying on such a poor app, perhaps you should gently remind them that a traditional paper map is more reliable and just a fraction of the cost of a $1,000+ Apple phone.
4. "You Should Have Bought the 512GB Model"
The entry-level iPhone XS sells for $999, but it only has 64GB of storage. That's a con—it's nowhere near enough space for all your apps and media in 2019.
Consequently, most people opt for the 256GB model. It will set you back $1,149. If you want the maximum capacity 512GB version, you will need to shell out an eye-watering $1,349, and that's before any other extras.
The price of the extra storage means iPhone users can be a bit touchy when they run out of space. They either need to wipe some of their data, or subscribe to an expensive iCloud plan.
To prevent them from getting even angrier, we don't think it's wise to mention that several Android phones have expandable memory thanks to an SD card slot. Definitely don't mention that you can pick up a 200GB card on Amazon for $20-$30, depending on the brand.
5. "Can I Borrow Your Charger?"
I have one charger. It powers my phone, my Bluetooth speaker, my headphones, my MP3 player, my tablet, and my GoPro. And as the world transitions to USB-C, I'll even be able to charge my laptop.
iPhone owners aren't so lucky.
Remember my wife that I mentioned earlier? She has three different chargers for her 2015 MacBook Air, 2012 MacBook Pro, and iPhone 7. Her old iPod—which admittedly she rarely uses anymore—also has a different connection. It's almost at the point where she needs to book an extra luggage allowance whenever we fly anywhere.
Again, any discussion of the cost of official/certified Apple chargers is also out of bounds. And don't even think about raising the issue of dongles.
6. "Just Sideload It…"
There are lots of reasons why an app you want might not be available in the Google Play Store. It could be geo-blocked, perhaps it deals with adult content, or maybe it's only available through one of the many third-party Android app stores.
When it happens, it's frustrating. You have to use a reliable APK site
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to download the installation file, then sideload it onto your device.
But it's a whole lot more frustrating for iOS users. It is technically possible to sideload apps, but it either requires some trickery with Apple developer certificates or, more commonly, jailbreaking the OS. Neither process is recommended.
7. "Siri, Why Is Google Assistant Better Than You?!"
Our final piece of advice isn't so much something you shouldn't say to an iPhone user; rather, it's something you shouldn't say in front of them.
To be fair, Siri has closed the gap on Google Assistant in the last couple of years, but the general consensus is that Google's tool is still the better product.
Honestly, the question of which assistant is the best is somewhat moot. The differences are close enough that iOS users can make a genuine case for Siri.
So if you want to avoid a raging argument over the dinner table, quietly ask Siri to play some music and keep your opinions to yourself.
What Else Do You Keep Quiet About?
If you're an Android user who has been nodding along to this article, we want to hear from you.
What else would you add to this list? Which sensitive topics do you avoid when you're with your iOS-using buddies? Let us know in the comments.
And for more discussion about the differences between Android and iOS, check out why Android is more popular than iOS
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West Wendover's first-ever marijuana dispensary will finally open on Monday
Posted 3:02 pm, December 29, 2019, by Ben Winslow, Updated at 05:53PM, December 29, 2019
WEST WENDOVER, Nevada — This border community's first-ever marijuana dispensary will finally be opening.
Finishing work is being done on Deep Roots Harvest in West Wendover, Nevada. (Photo by Ben Winslow, FOX 13 News)
Deep Roots Harvest confirmed to FOX 13 it will open on Monday morning after receiving final approval from Nevada's Department of Taxation. Awaiting that approval had delayed the opening for weeks.
"Kudos to Mayor Corona, the City of West Wendover staff and City Council for opening up medical and adult use access to residents and patients of northern Nevada and Elko county," Deep Roots Chief Operating Officer Jon Marshall said in a text message to FOX 13. "Deep Roots is looking forward to a strong partnership with the community there and we're grateful for their support. Deep Roots Harvest is excited to be the first medical and recreational dispensary in Elko County."
West Wendover Mayor Daniel Corona told FOX 13 he welcomed them to the community, predicting an economic boom for his community.
West Wendover marijuana dispensary still awaiting Nevada's approval to open
"I'm excited for Deep Roots and their 45 employees who have been patiently awaiting the final OK from the state," he said. "I'm looking forward to this new industry creating a long lasting economic impact on our community and have no doubt that Deep Roots will find success here in West Wendover."
The cannabis dispensary has been a long time coming for this community. In 2017, FOX 13 first reported on the border town considering marijuana sales. Nevada voters in 2016 approved recreational marijuana sales. However, West Wendover's City Council initially had reservations and rejected it (prompting the mayor to veto that decision), but finally voted earlier this year to allow it.
Employees get ready to open Deep Roots Harvest in West Wendover, Nevada. (Photo by Ben Winslow, FOX 13 News)
In addition to being the first dispensary in northeastern Nevada, it is also the closest one to Salt Lake City. West Wendover's population swells on weekends, mostly from Utahns who visit the border town to visit the casinos, take in a concert or shop at discount liquor stores. Marijuana is expected to be an additional lure to Utahns to make the 90 minute drive west.
However, it is illegal to transport marijuana across state lines. Signs are posted outside the dispensary warning about criminal offenses. Casinos do not permit cannabis on their grounds and it is illegal to consume marijuana in public in Nevada.
West Wendover's marijuana dispensary is almost ready to open
The Utah Highway Patrol has told FOX 13 it plans no special enforcement along I-80, but will be monitoring for signs of impairment (like it does with alcohol).
Recreational marijuana remains illegal in Utah. Voters in 2018 legalized medical cannabis. The Utah State Legislature overrode that ballot initiative with a bill that created a more regulated system. Until that system is in place by March 2020, qualifying medical cannabis patients have been known to travel across state lines to purchase their medicine or get it from the black market.
Some patient groups have been eagerly awaiting the opening of Deep Roots' dispensary, despite the legal risks.
"Deep Roots opening in Wendover has been long anticipated by people in Nevada and patients in Utah," said Desiree Hennessy, the executive director of the Utah Patients Coalition. "The desire for many patients to visit out of state dispensaries shows how critical it is that Utah's program fully launches this spring to give patients a close and convenient option to obtain their medicine without having to go out of state."
Together for Responsible Use and Cannabis Education (TRUCE) did warn Utahns to be careful traveling between states and called on lawmakers to push for an interstate compact between Utah and legal cannabis states to protect patients.
"Desperate patients who've waited all year will no doubt travel to Wendover for clean, safe, and accessible products. Use caution; we know that a driver's license and plates are being counted. Drivers are being pulled over near our eastern border towns and being questioned if they have cannabis in the vehicle," TRUCE founder Christine Stenquist said in a statement to FOX 13. "Stay as legal as possible by following allowable amounts by law. As well as having an affirmative defense letter with your qualifying condition."
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Civil Protection: EU outlines Disaster Resilience Goals
The European Commission has adopted a set of measures to increase the EU's capacity to respond to both man-made and natural disasters. The boost to the EU's disaster resilience comes in the wake of the current climate crisis, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the devastating earthquake in Türkiye.
Standing with Ukraine for as long as it takes
At the 24th EU-Ukraine summit, leaders reiterated that the future of Ukraine lies in the EU. The EU is ready to support Ukraine's initiative for just peace and the creation of an International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression in Ukraine.
Ukraine: College of Commissioners travels to Kyiv
The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen travelled to Kyiv, Ukraine, for a College-to-Government meeting with the Government of Ukraine, together with 15 other members of the College of Commissioners, to exchange on the many areas of cooperation between the EU and Ukraine.
The Green Deal Industrial Plan: putting Europe's net-zero industry in the lead
The Commission presents a Green Deal Industrial Plan to support the fast transition to climate neutrality, providing a more supportive environment for the scaling up of the EU's manufacturing capacity for the net-zero technologies and products required to meet Europe's ambitious climate targets.
Ukraine: Donor Coordination Platform in support of Ukraine's repair, recovery and reconstruction kick-starts work
The Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform to support Ukraine's repair, recovery and reconstruction process has been launched. It will allow for close coordination among international donors and international financial organisations and will ensure that support is provided to Ukraine.
Commission sets out concrete actions for greater involvement of social partners at national and EU level
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Food security and ecosystem resilience: Commission boosts action on pollinators
The Commission is presenting 'A New Deal for Pollinators' to tackle the alarming decline in wild pollinating insects in Europe. The renewed initiative sets out actions to be taken by the EU and the Member States to reverse the decline of pollinators by 2030.
Ukraine war: European Parliament pushes for special tribunal to punish Russian crimes
Parliament says the atrocities committed by Russian forces in Bucha, Irpin and many other Ukrainian towns reveal the brutality of the war and underscore the importance of coordinated international action to bring those accountable to justice under international law.
Harnessing Talent in Europe: a new boost for EU Regions
Europe's got talent. But talent needs to be nurtured, especially in regions that suffer from a shrinking labour force and by the departure of young people. For this the Commission launches a 'Talent Booster Mechanism' to support EU regions by providing training, retention and attraction strategies.
Commission disburses first €3 billion to Ukraine of the up to €18 billion Macro-financial Assistance+ package
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Foreign Subsidies Regulation: rules to ensure fair and open EU markets enter into force
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation ('FSR') enters into force, covering all economic activities in the EU. This new set of rules will allow the EU to remain open to trade and investment, while ensuring a level playing field for all companies operating in the Single Market.
First cooperation and monitoring cycle to reach EU 2030 Digital Decade targets kicks off
The Digital Decade policy programme 2030 is now a reality. The European Parliament, Member States and the Commission have set concrete objectives and targets in four key areas: digital skills; infrastructure (including connectivity); digitalisation of businesses; and online public services
Sweden takes over rotating Council presidency
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European Single Market is turning 30
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Historic day for the EU as Croatia joins the euro area and Schengen
Today, Croatia joins the Schengen area and its 400 million people. On 1 January 2023, Croatia will also become the 20th EU Member State to join the euro area.
Trafficking in human beings: Commission proposes stronger rules to fight the evolving crime
Every year over 7000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU. That figure can be expected to be much higher as many victims remain undetected. The Commission proposed to strengthen the rules that prevent and combat trafficking in human beings.
COP15: historic global deal for nature and people
The EU joined the 195 countries participating in the UN Biodiversity conference COP15 in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which aims to protect and restore nature for current and future generations, ensure its sustainable use, and spur investments for a global economy.
Conclusions from the European Council
On the first of two days of meetings, the European Council adopted conclusions on Ukraine/Russia, energy, economy, security, defence, Southern Neighbourhood and transatlantic relations. In addition, the status of candidate country was granted to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Digital Rights and Principles: Presidents of the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council sign European Declaration
The Declaration presents the EU's commitment to a secure, safe, and sustainable digital transformation that puts people at the centre, in line with EU´s core values and fundamental rights. Shaped around six chapters, the text will guide policy makers and companies dealing with new technologies.
Security Union: Commission proposes new rules on Advance Passenger Information to facilitate external border management and increase internal security
The Commission is proposing new rules to strengthen the use of Advance Passenger Information (API) data. This proposal is one of the key actions identified in the EU Security Union Strategy. The EU continues its progress in strengthening its overall security architecture.
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Interview with Emma Stow
Emma Stow is an energy healer, writer and speaker with a strong connection to the sacred land of Avalon and Glastonbury.
WK: Tell us about your connection with the land here.
E: As I was walking the land the first time I went to the Glastonbury Zodiac, I could feel myself literally transforming. I experienced a download of astrological information, an awakening of my senses and intuition. I heard the land communicating with me and felt a strong sense of my life purpose. I have spent many years walking the land: running Zodiac and Solstice pilgrimages, trying to understand how Glastonbury worked as a star temple, how the stars interact with the land. Through the body, the senses, through direct connection with the land and observation of the stars, walking the pathways, I sought to understand why it was a pre-Christian pilgrimage site. The Tor and the hills the town lies on align in a very specific way with the stars. It was this learning and this land that transformed me from being an astrologer to a healer and someone working fundamentally with the soul.
WK: Tell us more about your understanding of the soul.
E: What all of us are really seeking, even when we don't know it, is connection. And fundamentally that connection is to our own soul., because that is our truth, the essence of who we are and our liberation. Some people only find that out when they are at the very end of their lives, when they return to soul, but we have an opportunity to be an embodied soul and to experience that liberation. A lot of us who are working with healing or stars, or any of those modalities, come to an understanding of the importance of the soul. When I started running events at Glastonbury, I saw that the land and the stars were reconnecting people to their soul, so it was just a question of stepping back, and allowing that process to take place. We're in this ego-ic paradigm—about force and struggle and control—this is what's available to us beyond that paradigm.
WK: 'Nature is an open book of revelation for those with the eyes to read it.' Like the Native American concept of medicine; everything in Nature is a sign trying to grab our attention so that we begin to appreciate what the story really is.
E: The natural world wants nothing more for us than to thrive, for us to thrive.
WK: That's right, and a flower loves being looked at. It loves being appreciated and recognized; to be seen for what it is.
E: Yes, and I think appreciation is such a big part of love, of true love.
WK: And appreciation not only means to understand, to notice and to value; it also means to grow in value.
E: When you appreciate me something in me opens, like, as you say, like a flower. And appreciation allows for things to blossom. It's like when we appreciate the Earth the Earth responds to us in a certain way, and we respond back. So it creates a sort of loop of growing awareness. It's really about being able to see another, because when we are seen for who we are… I think that's one of the biggest gifts we can give to another; to another human, to an animal, to a plant. To see them. And I think healing is all about that. It's hugely healing to be seen, to be truly seen.
WK: I suppose the most holistic idea of healing is to feel wholly yourself. Once you're that you can't help but be well.
E: Yes, and seeing someone can help reacquaint them with that, with that truth. In a way, we find pieces of ourselves through being seen.
WK: It's funny that the soul is the most personal aspect of ourselves; our essence, and yet we find ourselves, we find our soul reflected back to us by Nature and by other people.
E: That's beautifully expressed. Yes, because the soul is so unique to each person, even more so than our individual bodies, because of the scale of it. Each soul is the scale of a universe energetically; it's the size of a universe.
WK: Everybody is a star! A universe!
E: Absolutely! And I feel that part of what I'm here to do is just to get us to embrace that reality. It's very uncomfortable for us to acknowledge our scale and embody our energetic scale and power.
WK: These concepts are hard to grasp rationally. It's really only through having an open-enough heart and a wide-enough imagination, or having those encounters, such as you have had in the landscape, where you suddenly feel it, get it and you have this sense of revelation. Difficult to convey this to other people if they haven't had such an experience themselves.
E: That's why it's so important to facilitate the experience. The main thing is that the soul cannot be understood rationally. The soul simply goes beyond understanding, and that takes a lot of humility. It's part of the great mystery. And it's something you can only know through lived experience.
WK: Can you tell us about your tradition and how you came to it, or it came to you.
E: My closest affiliation is with Druidry, because of the land and the stars, and I've learned from the Star Temple, and sacred land itself. But the path that I walk now is very much guided by my own soul and intuition rather than any particular tradition. I'd really like also to honour our ancestors, who invested these lands with the wisdom we can unearth now when we connect consciously and respectfully with them.
WK: Is that what the Avalon Tradition is: an understanding of sacred landscape so that those of us who are able to can reconnect with it?
E: Yes, exactly, I offer these teachings in my own way, in my own time, guided by my own soul. That's my path. But it was the ancestors who invested these land with wisdom: the Glastonbury Zodiac was sculpted by human hand, our ancestors intervened with the Earth energies here to expand and maintain a sacred vessel. By stepping into that, I am making a commitment to maintain the sacred, and take an appreciation of that into the broader culture.
WK: How would you explain to a festival-goer, maybe someone very much conditioned by the modern world, what the sacred means?
E: If I see that there's an interest there, then I'm there to support that. But I'm in no way into converting people (laughs). I mean, if there's not an inkling in them, then I respect them on their path and their choices.
WK: Yes, I suppose it is disrespectful to expect people to walk through a door they don't feel they want to walk through.
E: Absolutely, there's a superiority woven into that. I don't think my way is the way; I want to support everyone in their path, in their connection to truth, should they be interested in that. I'm passionate that spiritual empowerment is how we as a species can be restored and can restore the planet. But with the utmost respect for people who don't share our beliefs or opinions as well.
WK: Do you think it's important to bring a sense of tradition or traditional practice back into our modern lives?
E: I have a huge reverence for traditions, but I don't idolise them. I take what resonates. But I feel we have a lot to bring to those wisdom traditions now, because of our level of consciousness now. In megalithic times, they were very responsive to Earth energies; to the movement of the stars. I would encourage people to understand their own part in the life of the Earth, in the role that they play as a creator in that life, the part they play in the evolution of the planet, because I really feel that our ancestors understood that through the intimacy of their relationship with the planet, the stars, the movements of the planets, the galaxy. The relational model of Creation instills a deep respect for all life. When you listen to the deep wisdom teachings of the indigenous people around the world you know it, right? It's in you already. And it's in you because we are part of the Earth, we are part of the Solar System, and remembering ourselves as universal beings, that's our true identity.
WK: Absolutely! So, what would you say is the biggest cultural threat to that understanding in modern society?
E: Disconnection, distraction. Misidentification. And control. Having control being seen as something that gives you strength; I would say that can only lead to a kind of violence, right? And not just physical violence, but also energetic.
WK: So what do you think is most disconnected in our current society?
E: In England we're emotionally disconnected, so even being able to feel our feelings, being honest about and being able to communicate what we feel… A big part of my work as a healer is supporting emotional connection.
WK: Emma, if you could pass on just one pearl of wisdom to a young person today, what would it be?
E: Don't be afraid to make waves by being true to yourself, while still being able to listen to your adversaries and be compassionate. And don't be afraid to be outstanding; don't be afraid to change, because the only true constant is change: make peace with that.
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In Platform Capitalism, Nick Srnicek seeks to address what he sees as a profound oversight in the existing literature on digital capitalism. One set of contributions focuses on emerging technologies and their implications for privacy and surveillance but ignores the economic analysis of ownership and profitability. Another set critically analyses the values embodied in corporate behaviour but neglects the broader context of a capitalist system. A further set addresses the ills of the 'sharing economy' but fails to situate these in terms of broader economic trends. Finally, there are those which analyse the emerging economic trends in the technology sector but treat them in a way which is decontextualised from wider historical changes.
we can say that the digital economy refers to those businesses that increasingly rely upon information technology, data, and the internet for their business models. This is an area that cuts across traditional sectors –including manufacturing, services, transportation, mining, and telecommunications –and is in fact becoming essential to much of the economy today. Understood in this way, the digital economy is far more important than a simple sectoral analysis might suggest. In the first place, it appears to be the most dynamic sector of the contemporary economy –an area from which constant innovation is purportedly emerging and that seems to be guiding economic growth forward. The digital economy appears to be a leading light in an otherwise rather stagnant economic context. Secondly, digital technology is becoming systematically important, much in the same way as finance. As the digital economy is an increasingly pervasive infrastructure for the contemporary economy, its collapse would be economically devastating. Lastly, because of its dynamism, the digital economy is presented as an ideal that can legitimate contemporary capitalism more broadly. The digital economy is becoming a hegemonic model: cities are to become smart, businesses must be disruptive, workers are to become flexible, and governments must be lean and intelligent.
Companies were increasingly told by shareholders and management consultants to cut back to their core competencies, any excess workers being laid off and inventories kept to a minimum. This was mandated and enabled by the rise of increasingly sophisticated supply chain software, as manufacturers would demand and expect supplies to arrive as needed. And there was a move away from the mass production of homogeneous goods and towards increasingly customised goods that responded to consumer demand.
The point is not that technology was the agent of these changes but rather that it facilitated new ways of organising production in time and space. Recognising the political agency involved in the onset of neoliberal 'reforms' shouldn't detract from an appreciation of the role technology played in allowing the reorganisation of production. Historicising the digital economy necessitates that we understand this interplay between digitalisation and financialisation from the outset, something which of course came to the fore with the dot com boom.
This excitement about the new industry translated into a massive injection of capital into the fixed assets of the internet. While investment in computers and information technology had been going on for decades, the level of investment in the period between 1995 and 2000 remains unprecedented to this day. In 1980 the level of annual investment in computers and peripheral equipment was $ 50.1 billion; by 1990 it had reached $ 154.6 billion; and at the height of the bubble, in 2000, it reached an unsurpassed peak of $ 412.8 billion. 16 This was a global shift as well: in the low-income economies, telecommunications was the largest sector for foreign direct investment in the 1990s –with over $ 331 billion invested in it. Companies began spending extraordinary amounts to modernise their computing infrastructure and, in conjunction with a series of regulatory changes introduced by the US government, 18 this laid the basis for the mainstreaming of the internet in the early years of the new millennium. Concretely, this investment meant that millions of miles of fibre-optic and submarine cables were laid out, major advances in software and network design were established, and large investments in databases and servers were made.
Coping with the eventual crash through lowering mortgage rates in turn sowed the seeds of the future housing bubble. The story is one of a continued 'asset-price Keynesianism' where interest rate reductions were used to encourage continued rises in asset prices, seeking to encourage investment and consumption in the absence of deficit financed stimulus or any resurgence in the manufacturing sector. This low interest rate environment within the global economy has, argues Srnicek, provided "a key enabling condition for parts of today's digital economy to arise" (loc 377) by reducing returns on a range of assets and encouraging investors to seek higher yields elsewhere. This is the context within which platforms emerged and were readily able to find vast investment, even in the absence of profitability. But what are platforms?
What are platforms? At the most general level, platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. They therefore position themselves as intermediaries that bring together different users: customers, advertisers, service providers, producers, suppliers, and even physical objects. More often than not, these platforms also come with a series of tools that enable their users to build their own products, services, and marketplaces. Microsoft's Windows operating system enables software developers to create applications for it and sell them to consumers; Apple's App Store and its associated ecosystem (XCode and the iOS SDK) enable developers to build and sell new apps to users; Google's search engine provides a platform for advertisers and content providers to target people searching for information; and Uber's taxi app enables drivers and passengers to exchange rides for cash. Rather than having to build a marketplace from the ground up, a platform provides the basic infrastructure to mediate between different groups. This is the key to its advantage over traditional business models when it comes to data, since a platform positions itself between users, and as the ground upon which their activities occur, which thus gives it privileged access to record them.
Platforms mediate interaction between groups, providing an epistemic privilege in relation such interactions (and their potential monetisation). They are a mechanism for producing and extracting data from interactions.
Platforms are reliant on network effects, such that their value to users grows in line with the number of such users. This leads to a 'winner-takes-all' or 'winner-takes-most' dynamic. The more a platform grows, the easier it is for it to grow more and the potential value of its epistemic privilege increases in line with this.
Platforms often use cross-subsidisation to encourage more users on to the network, exhibiting a dynamic pricing structure often entailing free products and services because of the gains that can be made elsewhere. This helps encourage more users on to the platform.
The first type is that of advertising platforms (e.g. Google, Facebook), which extract information on users, undertake a labour of analysis, and then use the products of that process to sell ad space. The second type is that of cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, Salesforce), which own the hardware and software of digital-dependent businesses and are renting them out as needed. The third type is that of industrial platforms (e.g. GE, Siemens), which build the hardware and software necessary to transform traditional manufacturing into internet-connected processes that lower the costs of production and transform goods into services. The fourth type is that of product platforms (e.g. Rolls Royce, Spotify), which generate revenue by using other platforms to transform a traditional good into a service and by collecting rent or subscription fees on them. Finally, the fifth type is that of lean platforms (e.g. Uber, Airbnb), which attempt to reduce their ownership of assets to a minimum and to profit by reducing costs as much as possible.
The necessity of 'data extraction' has a basis in a longer term crisis of profitability within capitalism. These are, in effect, technical fixes for a systemic deterioration afflicting manufacturing and platforms represent a formalisation of these into a new emergent form.
The financial conditions under which this platform economy has been able to emerge were historically specific and should not be assumed to continue indefinitely. The infrastructure through which 'data extraction' become technically viable, as well as the emergence of platforms as operating businesses were deeply dependent upon this.
Platforms as emergent forms exhibit characteristics which shape competition between them, as well as guiding the unfolding of the digital economy as a whole. The fierce competition between them, the competitive challenges specific to categories of platforms, the dynamics of network effects and the affordances of their cash hoarding are leading to platform isomorphism. They have an inevitable drive towards monopoly, further incentivised by the dynamics of accruing investment, which leaves them orientated towards becoming owners of the infrastructure of society.
The analysis of platform tendencies is probably my favourite part of the book. He talks about expansion of extraction, positioning as a gatekeeper, convergence of markets and enclosure of ecosystems. These are analysed in the final chapter in some detail and offer a convincing meso-level account of the claimed macro tendency towards monopoly or oligopoly.
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The morning of September 30, 2014, was a typical day for Pam Lawson and her husband Phil. The couple set out on their daily walk around Cheesman Park. They always started together, but once Pam hit her stride she usually walked a little ahead of Phil. However, after glancing behind her, she noticed Phil was nowhere to be seen.
Pam back tracked and discovered Phil had collapsed on the trail. A bystander who was running in the park helped by performing CPR until the ambulance arrived.
The EMTs determined Phil had suffered a heart attack and the ambulance took him to the emergency department at Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center (P/SL). Since several minutes had passed with Phil's heart stopped, the doctors placed him in a medically induced coma upon arrival in an effort to reduce possible brain damage.
After Phil awoke, he spent several more days in the ICU at P/SL.
"It is the simple, little things that helped us get through this. The staff at P/SL would take time to talk and engage with Phil. Even the people who were changing the sheets and trash were kind to us — every little thing made a difference," said Pam.
Phil is feeling stronger every day. After a cardiac rehab program, he is back to walking four miles each day and feeling great.
"I would like to thank P/SL and to acknowledge everyone who helped me — from the hospital staff to the administration and especially my 'CPR angels,'" said Phil.


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Washington set to become 1st state to allow 'human composting' | CBC News Loaded
Washington set to become 1st state to allow 'human composting'
Washington appears set to become the first state to allow a burial alternative known as "natural organic reduction'' — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks.
New law allowing 'natural organic reduction,' which turns bodies to soil, would take effect in spring 2020
The Associated Press · Posted: Apr 23, 2019 7:24 AM PT | Last Updated: April 23, 2019
Katrina Spade, the founder and CEO of Recompose, displays a sample of the compost material left from the decomposition of a cow, using a combination of wood chips, alfalfa and straw, in a cemetery in Seattle on April 19. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)
Washington appears set to become the first U.S. state to allow a burial alternative known as "natural organic reduction'' — an accelerated decomposition process that turns bodies into soil within weeks.
The bill legalizing the process, sometimes referred to as "human composting,'' has passed the state legislature and is headed to the desk of Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee.
If signed by Inslee, the new law would take effect May 1, 2020.
Jaime Smith, a spokesperson for Inslee, said that while the governor's office is still reviewing the bill, "this seems like a thoughtful effort to soften our footprint'' on the Earth.
Human composting possible option as Kelowna cemetery fills up
The measure's sponsor, Democratic Sen. Jamie Pedersen of Seattle, said that the low environmental impact way to dispose of remains makes sense, especially in crowded urban areas.
In B.C., green burials are already an option at three cemeteries: one in Vancouver, one in Victoria and one on Denman Island, though the latter is exclusive to past or present residents.
There is no law in B.C. that requires chemical embalming, but remains for a green burial have to be interred in a green cemetery, which is subject to proper zoning.
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee at the capitol in Olympia in 2017. If Inslee signs the bill legalizing 'human composting,'' the new law would take effect in the state on May 1, 2020. (The Associated Press)
The natural organic reduction process yields a cubic yard (0.76 cubic meters) of soil per body — enough to fill about two large wheelbarrows.
Pedersen said that the same laws that apply to scattered cremated remains apply to the soil: Relatives can keep the soil in urns, use it to plant a tree on private property or spread it on public land in the state as long as they comply with existing permissions regarding remains.
"It is sort of astonishing that you have this completely universal human experience — we're all going to die — and here's an area where technology has done nothing for us. We have the two means of disposing of human bodies that we've had for thousands of years, burying and burning,'' Pedersen said.
"It just seems like an area that is ripe for having technology help give us some better options than we have used.''
Pedersen said an entrepreneurial constituent whose study of the process became her master's thesis brought the idea to him.
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Katrina Spade, the founder and CEO of Recompose, was a graduate student when she came up with the idea, modelling it on a practice farmers have used for decades to dispose of livestock.
She modified that process a bit, and found that the use of wood chips, alfalfa and straw creates a mixture of nitrogen and carbon that accelerates natural decomposition when a body is placed in a temperature and moisture-controlled vessel and rotated.
Six human bodies — all donors who Spade said wanted to be part of this study — were reduced to soil during a pilot project at Washington State University last year. The transformation from body to soil took between four and seven weeks, Spade said.
Katrina Spade with samples of compost material left from the decomposition of a cow, left, and some of the combination of wood chips, alfalfa and straw used in the process. (Elaine Thompson/Associated Press)
A price for the service hasn't yet been set, but the Recompose website states that the company's goal is "to build a sustainable business to make recomposition a permanent death care option, serve people for decades to come, and make our services available to all who want them.''
According to the Cremation Association of North America, Washington state's cremation rate is the highest in the nation. More than 78 per cent of those who died in the state in 2017 were cremated, and that number is expected to increase to more than 82 per cent in 2022.
Rob Goff, executive director of the Washington State Funeral Directors Association, said his group has been getting questions about the new process, and Spade has been a speaker at a series of recent district meetings of the association.
"To be able to provide more options for people's choices is a very exciting thing,'' he said.
How to have a green burial
Spade said that she doesn't want to replace cremation or burial, but instead offer a meaningful alternative that is also environmentally friendly.
"Our goal is to provide something that is as aligned with the natural cycle as possible, but still realistic in being able to serve a good number of families and not take up as much land as burial will,'' she said.
Pedersen said he thinks he may still want a marker in a cemetery when he dies, but said he is drawn to the idea of his body taking up less space with a process like natural organic reduction.
"I think it's really a lovely way of exiting the Earth,'' he said.
Pedersen's bill also would authorize in Washington state the use of alkaline hydrolysis — already used in 19 other states — which uses heat, pressure, water, and chemicals like lye to reduce remains to components of liquid and bone similar to cremated ashes that can be kept in urns or interred.
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Delay data from Canada's airports shows gains; Heathrow announces more flight cancellations
Date: Jul 11 2022
By: The Canadian Press
TORONTO — The latest data from the federal government suggests that the delays facing passengers travelling through Canada's biggest airports are improving somewhat in the wake of higher staffing levels and others measures.
For the week June 27 – July 3, Canada's airports continued to see about 80% of passengers screened by CATSA within 15 minutes, despite higher passenger numbers, according to a statement from Transport Minister Omar Alghabra and others.
Toronto Pearson International Airport, Calgary International Airport and Vancouver International Airport maintained the gains made since the beginning of May, with 79%, 90% and 85% of passengers screened within 15 minutes, respectively.
At Montreal Trudeau International Airport, about 70% of passengers were screened within 15 minutes.
Minister Alghabra met with Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau on July 4, and toured the company's Systems Operation Control Centre on July 7. Later that day, the Minister, accompanied by WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech, visited WestJet's operation centre at Pearson's Terminal 3.
On Friday WestJet sent out new metrics showing its completion factor week to date as 99.1% (and since Friday, July 1: 98%).
The massive Rogers outage on Friday didn't help matters at airports and entry points across Canada, as many travellers couldn't complete their ArriveCAN forms online or through the ArriveCAN app.
HEATHROW'S CHALLENGES
Canada's airports, while taking dubious honours for first place in delays in recent days, aren't the only ones seeing congestion and chaos as travel restarts.
Many more airports worldwide are experiencing long lineups and delays, not least of which is London's Heathrow Airport.
Heathrow has already seen mass flight cancellations in recent weeks, with more – at least 61 – announced today.
Many of the problems plaguing Heathrow will be familiar to Pearson passengers, including long lines for security and luggage going missing or arriving late.
In its latest communication, issued today, Heathrow apologized to passengers whose travels were disrupted by staff shortages. It also warned it may ask airlines to cut more flights from their summer schedules to reduce the strain if the chaos persists.
"We want to apologize to any passengers who have been affected by this," the airport said in a monthly traffic update.
At Heathrow, unclaimed luggage has piled up in arrivals because of a technical glitch in the baggage system.
Compounding the problem, Heathrow said the punctuality of arriving flights is "very low" because of delays at other airports and airspace congestion across Europe.
Heathrow said it started recruiting in November in anticipation of this summer's recovery in travel demand and expects security staffing will be back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of July. It also has reopened Terminal 4 to give passengers more space.
U.K. airlines have been slashing their summer flight schedules after authorities ordered them to ensure they can operate without disruption over the summer. British Airways has cut 11% of its flights between April and October to avoid canceling flights on the day of departure.
Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said the airport will review the airlines' proposed cuts "and will ask them to take further action if necessary."
With file from The Canadian Press
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Colombia - Annual Statutory Teacher Salaries In Public Institutions In USD. Lower Secondary. Starting Salary
Annual statutory teacher salaries in public institutions in USD. Lower Secondary. Starting salary in Colombia was reported at 17923 USD in 2015, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources.

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Starting salaries refer to the average scheduled gross salary per year for a full-time teacher with the minimum training necessary to be fully qualified at the beginning of the teaching career. Salaries are in equivalent USD converted using PPPs for private consumption. Statutory salaries refer to scheduled salaries according to official pay scales, while actual salaries refer to the average annual salary earned by a full-time teacher. The salaries reported are gross (total sum paid by the employer) less the employer's contribution to social security and pension, according to existing salary scales. Salaries are "before tax", i.e. before deductions for income tax. Teachers' salaries are one component of teachers' total compensation. Other benefits, such as regional allowances for teaching in remote areas, family allowances, reduced rates on public transport and tax allowances on the purchase of cultural materials, may also form part of teachers' total remuneration. There are also large differences in taxation and social-benefits systems in OECD countries. All this should be borne in mind when comparing statutory salaries across countries. Data after 2009 is not comparable to data for 2009 and before due to changes in methodology. For more information, consult the OECD's Education at a Glance website: http://www.oecd.org/edu/eag.htm
Colombia | Education
Educational attainment, at least Bachelor's or equivalent, population 25+, female (cumulative)