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Avenged Sevenfold: Afterlife
By By Richard Bienstock, Photo by Clay Patrick McBride 2010-12-14T21:34:42Z Feature
Originally published in Guitar World, October 2010
Following the death of their drummer, the Rev, Avenged Sevenfold carry on with a dark new album, Nightmare. Zacky Vengeance and Synyster Gates talk about making the toughest record of their career.
Back in November of 2009, the members of Avenged Sevenfold were deep into writing what would become their fifth studio effort, the newly released Nightmare. At the time, guitarist Zacky Vengeance, in a posting to the band's official web site, assured fans that the material they were working up would take the listener on a "very dark journey." He wasn't exaggerating: the new album, the follow-up to the band's 2007 self-titled disc, is at turns angry, haunting and downright bleak.
But in the months since Vengeance wrote those words, the impetus behind the music's mood changed dramatically. On December 28 of last year, the band's 28-year-old drummer, Jimmy "the Rev" Sullivan, was found dead in his home from an accidental overdose of prescription medication and alcohol. Suddenly, the darkness that the band had been conjuring in the studio—A7X's original intent was to forge a song cycle that explored societal ills—became something much more real, and enveloped their music and lives completely.
"We wound up recording this album during the hardest time in our lives, the darkest time in our lives, the most insecure, vulnerable and uncertain time in our lives," Vengeance says. "And each day was just a battle."
What resulted from the sessions is an album that not only stands as a tribute to their fallen mate but also represents the drummer's final recorded document with the band. Though he does not play on the album (Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy handled all the drum parts in the studio, based on patterns the Rev had worked up), Sullivan helped compose much of the material, and his musical fingerprints as a drummer and songwriter are all over Nightmare's 11 songs, from the frantic blast-beat rhythms of "Natural Born Killer" to the soaring melodies of the title track and the multi-tiered grandness of the 10-minute-plus closer, "Save Me."
Furthermore, in one instance, his voice literally rings out loud and somewhat clear. For the elegiac piano ballad, "Fiction," the band lifted Sullivan's scratch vocal from a demo—including eerily clairvoyant phrases like, "I know you'll find your own way when I'm not with you," sung in a slurred and unsettling voice—and dropped it into the final mix. He had recorded the part just days before his death.
"I think that was kind of his way of telling us good-bye," says co-guitarist Synyster Gates. "Usually when we go in to cut demos, one of us will lay down some mumbling sort of stuff for the vocal melodies, because the lyrics don't come until later. But this was one of the few times that Jimmy actually used real words when he was doing the scratch vocal. First take, he went right up to the mic, and what came out were these dark lyrics. It was kind of babbling, and it was a little creepy, and also a little weird. But we didn't think too much about it at the time. Listening to it now, though, it's like he knew or something. And it's mind-blowing to hear that."
"Overall," Vengeance adds, "I play the album now and there's stuff on it that still makes me cry." But, he admits, "it's weird: even though it's really hard to listen to, at the same time it gives me a good feeling. Because I think of what we've gone through and what this record means to us and it's like, Fuck, we just did something that's really magical."
Heavy metal music has always traded on deathly imagery to great effect, and Avenged Sevenfold are hardly exempt from following in this tradition. After all, their demonic-looking mascot is known as the Deathbat. But it is safe to say that they never envisioned producing something as morbid and chilling as Nightmare. In fact, when they came off the road in the summer of 2009, the band members—Vengeance (given name: Zachary Baker), Gates (Brian Haner Jr.), Sullivan, singer M. Shadows (Matt Sanders) and bassist Johnny Christ (Jonathan Seward)—were in particularly high spirits. They had spent almost two years touring the world behind their self-titled disc, during which time they built heavily on the success that had been touched off by that album's predecessor, 2005's breakthrough City of Evil.
"After City of Evil, the world was still kind of apprehensive about Avenged Sevenfold," Vengeance says of the album that saw the band complete its transformation from Warped-style Orange County metalcore kids to full-fledged heavy metal giants. "They didn't know if we were a serious band or just some kids trying to play really ambitious music with crazy guitar parts that would be here one minute and gone the next. So we said, 'You know what? We're going to go in, write some great songs, produce it ourselves, and just do whatever we want. And Avenged Sevenfold really captured where we were at, just having a good time making music. And I think we started earning more respect, and we brought that on tour and people really responded to it."
Avenged Sevenfold capped off the touring campaign for the self-titled record with a triumphant appearance in August 2009 at the Sonisphere festival in the U.K., where, alongside Metallica, they served as headliners for one of the event's main stages. However, when they reconvened later that fall in Southern California to begin writing songs for the follow-up effort, they took inspiration not from their own experiences but rather from the turmoil they saw in the world around them. "As we were finishing up our touring it looked like the world had plunged into chaos," Vengeance says. "People were losing their homes, banks were crashing, everything was in disorder. And we would see the effects of what was going on as we traveled from town to town on the road. Meanwhile, we grew up in Orange County, where guys we went to high school with drive around in hundred-thousand-dollar cars, giving out loans for houses that no one can afford, and getting rich off it. And you just sit there and go, This is really fucked up. So we thought this was something that needed to be looked at, and as a result the songs started taking on this dark vibe."
By mid December, the majority of the new material had been written, arranged and demoed, minus much of the lyrics and vocals. Avenged Sevenfold planned to take a break over the holidays and begin recording in the first days of the new year. On December 27, the band members spent the evening together at a close friend's wedding in Huntington Beach, celebrating in large—and drunken—style, and none more so than the Rev, who could usually be found at the center of any inebriated gathering. On this particular night, however, the alcohol combined with the prescription medication already in his system with deadly consequences (it was also later reported that Sullivan had an enlarged heart). The next morning, the drummer was found dead in his home. Says Vengeance, "On that day, I got a call that changed my life, for the rest of my life. And right there, at that point everything that we'd all worked so hard for from the minute we first picked up instruments and started making music—it was all gone. Nothing mattered. It felt done."
Despite the fact that they were sitting on an album's worth of material ready to be recorded, for the moment Avenged Sevenfold considered themselves finished. In addition to being their bandmate, Sullivan was a main songwriter and, more importantly, a close friend to everyone in the group. The members had grown up together, and Sullivan, who had played with Gates in a pre-Avenged project named Pinkly Smooth, was largely responsible for bringing the guitarist into the fold. With the drummer gone, a seemingly insurmountable chasm had opened. "For weeks afterward we weren't a band anymore," Gates says. "We were just friends taking care of each other. The band wasn't mentioned once. And when the discussion finally did start happening, it was like, 'I don't really see how we can be a band without Jimmy. I don't see how it's really possible.' So it just seemed like maybe it was time to throw in the towel. Like, fuck it, you know?"
But the outpouring of support from fans and, in particular, the Sullivan family, whom Gates calls "the greatest group of people in the world," convinced them otherwise. Slowly, the band got to a place where they were ready to work again. "We manned up and got back in the studio," Gates says. "And fortunately for us we had all the songs written. So we didn't have to think too much. Our brains could be filled with all the other bullshit, because all we had to do was the grunt work."
Before recording could get underway, however, the band was faced with the task of finding a drummer to fill Sullivan's sizeable shoes. Enter Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy. "Mike is a fan of our band and was a huge fan of Jimmy's," Vengeance says. "And as far as Jimmy was concerned, Mike was his favorite drummer. So we reached out to him, and he basically said, 'I'm really busy with Dream Theater and a few other projects, but I'd love more than anything to help you guys out.' And it just so happened that he was available when we needed him. So that was our first ray of hope."
In late March of this year, Avenged Sevenfold left Southern California and headed north to Westlake Village and Phantom Studios, a facility owned by producer Mike Elizondo, who manned the boards for Nightmare. The recording sessions spanned roughly two months, though according to Vengeance, "The whole thing was kind of a blur. I don't even remember what we laid down first. I just remember there being this sense of relief that we were there, because just a few weeks prior it seemed like the band was over. But this was at least taking one small step in the right direction: You're being productive instead of just sitting at home. You're making music with your friends again. You have your drummer's favorite drummer of all time there with you. And the songs just started coming together."
For their parts on the album, the guitarists stuck primarily to their signature Schecter models, the Vengeance Custom and the Synyster Custom. To add color, Gates also employed a variety of other axes, including a Les Paul, a Stratocaster, a Telecaster and a Gibson ES-335. "I used my Schecter for all my rhythms and most of my solos, certainly the fast solos," Gates says. "And then for some different textures I would use whatever the song called for. I also had a prototype Schecter Royal acoustic that I played for a couple of cool, over-the-top, weird things. And for the big, bright acoustic parts I generally used Taylors."
For Vengeance, the fact that he is a left-handed player meant that his guitar choices were somewhat limited. "Mike Elizondo had an incredible array of guitars in the studio, but they were all right-handed," he says with a laugh. "So when it came to trying out his Fifties Tele or busting out the vintage Les Paul, it was always up to Syn to take those parts. But I didn't mind. I love my Schecters, and the company also made me a one-of-a-kind lefty Tele-type guitar that's incredible and that I was able to use on the album. And then I also had a couple of Nash guitars that Bill Nash gave to me, which were originally made for [Cars guitarist] Elliot Easton, another lefty. Those are some of the most fun guitars I've played in my life, and they sound incredible."
The primary amplifier sound for both guitarists on the record is a combination of several different models: a Bogner Uberschall, a Diezel and two Marshalls, a JVM and a JCM800. According to Vengeance, it's the Uberschall in particular that's at the heart of the Avenged Sevenfold tone. "The one we use is the very first Bogner we ever got, many years ago. It's always been completely on the fritz. I don't know if the tubes are messed up or what, but the fucking thing sounds unbelievable. The way it breaks up is like nothing else. So it's our magical go-to amp. Then for the more straight-up rock-style material, we'd dig into Mike's collection of little combo amps and pull out some cool old stuff. But in general, the Bogner-Diezel-Marshall blend was our fail-safe, and that took us through the recording.
"But it's weird, because to talk about the specifics of what we did and the gear we used—in a way I don't even know how the whole thing got done. In the end, we listened back to the record and it was like, How the fuck did we do that? We don't even know. But what we did captured a moment in time and a feeling that can never be replicated. Because it wasn't just about recording songs; it was literally about documenting through music what we were all feeling. All the anger, all the frustration, all the sadness—it's there on the album."
Indeed, what is there on Nightmare is a sound that is clearly Avenged Sevenfold, only darker. The album opens with two songs, "Nightmare" and "Welcome to the Family," that are the sort of concise and straightforward thrashers the band excels at, replete with widescreen choruses, hooky, harmonized dual leads and Gates' acrobatic, shredding solos. From there, things take a more foreboding turn. Tracks like "Natural Born Killer" and "God Hates Us" are among the most extreme in the band's catalog, with pummeling blast-beat drumming (the former) and serrated guitars and raw-throated screams (the latter) that reflect the tumultuous circumstances under which they were recorded. "Danger Line," meanwhile, gallops briskly on a menacing, tightly syncopated riff and rapid-fire drums, only to downshift to a coda that combines somber piano, bleating trumpet, martial drums and M. Shadows' gentle whistling. It's a combination meant to suggest, in Gates' words, a military funeral.
And then there are the songs that addressthe Rev's death more directly: the aforementioned "Fiction," on which Shadows "duets" with Sullivan's demo scratch vocal, and also the largely acoustic "So Far Away," with words and music written by Gates in tribute to his grandfather, but whose chorus refrain of "How do I live without the ones I love?" now applies as fittingly to the deceased drummer.
But the track that perhaps most evocatively conjures the feeling within the band in the days surrounding the Rev's passing is "Victim," which opens with the chiming of a church bell, accompanied by a spare, clean electric guitar part from Gates, and ends with Shadows repeatedly singing the phrase "I'm missing you," as a female voice erupts in amournful wail. Says Vengeance, "That song is literally a musical take on the days leading up to Jimmy's wake and funeral. It's us driving to the church for Jimmy's services, or sitting in Matt's living room, surrounded by pictures and candles and hundreds of flower arrangements as the phone rings off the hook with condolence calls. Just all these moments where we were completely numb. It was like being in a bad movie or something, and we really wanted to capture what that felt like. And I think with 'Victim' we did. Every time I hear it, it brings me back to those days.
"In general," he continues, "every song on the album recalls a real memory from that time in our lives. And now those memories are out there, they're documented, and hopefully, that will help us to begin to move on."
For Avenged Sevenfold, the next step in the process of moving on is to return to the road, get up in front of their fans and bring the new material to life. First up in this regard is the inaugural Rockstar Energy Uproar tour, which they're currently co-headlining with Disturbed. Following that, the band heads to Europe for a headlining swing with Stone Sour in tow. But while Mike Portnoy is joining them on both of these jaunts, he plans to return to Dream Theater early next year to begin work on the follow-up to their 2009 opus, Black Clouds & Silver Linings. Though it is likely that Avenged Sevenfold will continue to tour for much of 2011, it remains to be seen how they will eventually fill the Rev's seat.
"Mike's been our savior," Gates says of Portnoy. "Not being able to have Jimmy here, I can't imagine doing this with anyone else but him. So I'm sad for the day when we have to figure it all out. But we'll cross that bridge when we get there."
Adds Vengeance, "If we were to find a drummer that we were comfortable with and who we felt could really become a part of what we're about, it'd be great. But would we ever rush to find a guy just get back on the road? No. I think we'd rather go down with the ship.
"But we've been taking everything so slow that it's all just baby steps," he continues. "Everything's one day at a time, so we really have no idea what the next year will look like. But one thing I do know is that after something like this happens, you look at everything in a very different way, and you hope you're doing it all to the best of your ability. So I look at the album we just finished and I'm really proud of what we were able to create. And I look at each show we have ahead of us and I think, If this is my last fucking gig, I want to make sure it's the best gig these kids have ever seen. And then you just go out and do it."
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When I first started getting CSA boxes, I had more than a few "what the heck do I do with this?" moments. If you've ever held a piece of kohlrabi without actually knowing it was kohlrabi, you have some idea of what I mean.
Early on in my CSA journey, I invested in two cookbooks which have since become fundamental to my cooking – How to Cook Everything and How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, both by Mark Bittman.
The latter book, HTCEV, works like this: you buy a veggie, open up the book to the page that covers said veggie, and magically have about a gajillion options on what to do with it. The veggies are organized alphabetically, so you can find your gajillion options with haste.
The former, HTCE, does pretty much what the title says. It gives you a recipe for pretty much anything you would want to cook and, as a bonus, it offers about three million and one variations for each recipe provided.
A friend asked for cookbook recs on Facebook once and I *might* have said that if my house caught on fire, I would grab the three kids first and the two Bittmans second.
So, the other night, I needed to make some homemade mayo. Store-bought mayo is usually laden with either soy or canola or (blech!) both, so I have gotten into the habit of regularly making my own. I usually rely on Julie and Charles Mayfield's Paleo Comfort Foods mayo recipe. It has never failed me. But, on this night, Baby A had pulled all my cookbooks off my shelf and as I was putting my HTCE away, I decided to see what my old pal Mark B. had to say about mayonnaise.
I decided to give his simple recipe a whirl, but then I turned the page to see where he suggested using whole anchovies in lieu of some of the oil. A whole food fat subbing for the liquid version in a mayo recipe? That was right up my alley.
But, I decided I would rather play with my sardines and all of their Omega-3, CoQ-10, Vitamin D, calcium goodness than follow Bittman's recipe to the letter.
The result is a creamy, delicious, mayo that went well with my grassfed burger and caramelized Vidalia onions. I cannot wait to use it in a tuna salad or as a dip for shrimp.
I used one large fish from a package of Wild Planet sardines. If you use another brand with a smaller fish, you may find you need more than one.
Also, slow and steady definitely wins the emulsification race. Do not get impatient with the thin stream of olive oil, or you will have a mess on your hands and no mayo to show for your efforts.
Adapted from Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything.
Add egg, mustard, sardine, salt and lemon juice to food processor or high-speed blender.
Starting with a low-speed to chop the sardine, blend the ingredients together.
Taste the mixture and add more lemon juice, salt or mustard as needed.
Gradually turn your speed to medium-high and begin to drizzle the olive oil into the blender.
In order for the mayo to emulsify, you must go slowly. Start with a few drops and then a very slow stream.
Continue adding the oil until it is all in the blender.
Using a Vitamix, I ended with a few seconds on high. It added an extra bit of creaminess to the mayo.
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How unique! I LOVE this recipe and must make it!
What a great idea! I bet it is quite tasty – more interesting than regular mayo. Wouldn't it make a great sauce for a smoked salmon breakfast?
Sorry for being really stupid, but I'm assuming the sardine is cooked first?
If you buy it in a tin, like the Wild Planet ones I used, then yes. I've never actually seen raw sardines available at my fish counter, but if you have access to them and plan to use them, you would want to cook it first.
First-ever try making homemade mayo and this worked beautifully! Thanks so much!
I am so glad it worked well for you and congrats on your first mayo experience!


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Q: Google Maps Android SDK - OnIndoorStateChangeListener issues I am displaying a map, which zooms onto a specific building.
I want to be able to access the buildings floors and the current selected floor.
However, the code below does not work and I seem to have misunderstood the point of GoogleMap.OnIndoorStateChangeListener
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    public void onIndoorLevelActivated(IndoorBuilding indoorBuilding) {
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How would I correctly return the building floors and current floor, for example when the selection in the default Google floor picker is changed?
Thanks

A: You can use the getActiveLevelIndex() under the public method onIndoorLevelActivated(IndoorBuilding building).
Here's a sample code snippet:
googleMap.setOnIndoorStateChangeListener(new GoogleMap.OnIndoorStateChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onIndoorBuildingFocused() {

        }

        @Override
        public void onIndoorLevelActivated(IndoorBuilding indoorBuilding) {
                List<IndoorLevel> levels = indoorBuilding.getLevels();
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Note: The index(0) corresponds to the highest floor level. So if a building has for example 5 floor levels, the fifth floor level has an index of 0.

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I am close to the time to buy my master cylinders for my GTM race car, I am planning a dual circuit system using the shortened Mini pedal box that was standard on the GTM and a KAD biased box for the dual system. I have Standard 7.5" discs on the front and Minifins on the rear. So I am interested as to what people think would be a good set up for the MS bores front and rear, also if I should upgrade the rear wheel cylinders to larger MGBGT ones?
I only used standard S discs front, Minifin rears using standard Mini slave cylinders and an S master cylinder without a bias system on my old Cox, it was good on the road and track back in the day.


Killer tune alert. Bass music don Noclu (remember his awesome collabs with CoMa?) has teamed up with Maksim MC for an epic new cut that has got us all excited. The intro to Life is subtle, with a little flute and some soft tribal drums, building graciously to the big drop with the blazing synth and, of course, Maksik's stirring bars.
We really dig the lyrics. They tell a story of opening up your mind to the endless possibilities of life.
Awesome stuff. There's only one verse, no need for a chorus. It's like a mic drop. He says his piece, splits and then the music takes over, very much on the same kind of tip. If inspirational dubstep isn't a thing yet, it is now. Top work.


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DEMO2003
Second Semester / 5880
Class Summary | Back to Course Details
Migration in the Modern World
An Undergraduate course offered by the School of Demography.
Academic Year : 2022
Class Number 5880
Term Code 3260
Prof James Raymer
Class Dates
Class Start Date 25/07/2022
Class End Date 28/10/2022
Census Date 31/08/2022
Last Date to Enrol 01/08/2022
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Migration in the Modern World (DEMO2003)
Materials & Resources
Assessment Details
Class Contacts
Migration and urbanisation are driving population and societal change across the industrialised world. This inter-disciplinary course will provide you with the necessary skills to analyse migration patterns across and within countries. Students will explore key questions such as what is migration and why is it so difficult to measure? What are the main reasons why people leave their country or area of origin? How does migration affect sending and receiving societies? How can policies be designed to influence the size and characteristics of migration?
explain the history of international migration and identify how migration has contributed to societal change across the world, including Australia;
analyse migration theories and concepts;
assess government policies in relation to migration;
measure and analyse migration data; and
conduct an independent piece of research on the topic of migration.
Research-Led Teaching
Migration is fundamental to understanding Australia's population change and society in a global context. Over 28% of the population were born abroad and one-half of the population has at least one parent born overseas. Current expectations are that these trends will continue for the foreseeable future. This interdisciplinary course provides the theory, tools, and policy implications for understanding migration's contribution to population change and the policies designed to ensure Australia benefits from migration. It also provides a basis for understanding international migration occurring elsewhere in the world.
Additional Course Costs
There are no additional course costs required.
Examination Material or equipment
This information will be provided on the course webpage towards the end of the semester: https://wattlecourses.anu.edu.au
Required Resources
There are no additional resources required.
Students are encouraged to purchase the following two books:
Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future by Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Cameron and Meera Balarajan published in 2011 by Princeton University Press.
The Age of Mass Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern World (6th Edition) by Hein De Haas, Stephen Castles and Mark J. Miller published in 2020 by Red Globe Press, London.
Note, a copy of both texts will be available in the ANU Menzies Library's Reserve Section throughout the semester. All other readings posted on the course website will be made available electronically through the ANU Library or as a PDF attachment in Wattle.
Staff Feedback
Students will be given feedback in the following forms in this course:
Written comments
Verbal comments
Feedback to the whole class
Individually
ANU is committed to the demonstration of educational excellence and regularly seeks feedback from students. Students are encouraged to offer feedback directly to their Course Convener or through their College and Course representatives (if applicable). Feedback can also be provided to Course Conveners and teachers via the Student Experience of Learning & Teaching (SELT) feedback program. SELT surveys are confidential and also provide the Colleges and ANU Executive with opportunities to recognise excellent teaching, and opportunities for improvement.
Referencing requirements
It is of the utmost importance that you cite appropriately the articles, books and other sources whose findings, interpretations and theories you either use, rely on or allude to, in your essay. Referencing is not the most important aspect of your essay—content is the most important — but it is such a common error to reference poorly that we wish to emphasise that poor referencing is sloppy and will lose marks.
Here are the basics:
The correct way to make a statement on the basis of one made by a source you have read is to put the comment into your own words and quote the source. For example: "There are three areas in which, according to Preston (1986), values have been changing" or "Preston (1986) says that three types of value change have been occurring" or "One author, Preston, suggests that values are changing in three areas (Preston 1986)".
All sources cited in the text should appear in a reference list at the end of the essay. A reference list documents your sources and provides the information necessary to identify and retrieve each source. The reference list includes only the sources that were used in the research and preparation of the essay. It lists specific works that support your statements and that were cited in the text of the essay. In contrast, a bibliography lists general works on a topic. These may include works which are not cited explicitly in an essay or a project. In general, coursework essays require a reference list as distinct from a bibliography. Bibliographies are almost never appropriate for coursework essays or for projects in demography and social statistics.
Citations should be made at the appropriate place in the text. You should not simply include a bibliography to your essay without citing relevant authors at those places through the text where you rely on them as a source.
You should only cite in your text as "author (date)" those sources that you have seen yourself. If, for example, Preston quotes a study by King you should either say: "King (1973) cited in Preston (1986)" or "King (1973) is quoted in Preston (1986) as having shown ….." etc. Both the King (1973) and Preston (1986) references should appear in the reference list. You will lose marks for giving the impression, by misleading referencing, that you have consulted sources that you have not in fact seen but are cited in an article or book or other source that you have read.
Sometimes an author expresses something so well that you will want to quote them verbatim. If so, put the sentence in quotes, or indent the text to indicate clearly that these are not your words, and cite the source directly afterwards ".. quoted text here…." (Preston, 1986). However you should do this very sparingly and not as a matter of routine. It is never acceptable to quote an author verbatim without indicating the source clearly and either putting the passage in question in quotation marks or indenting the text to show that it is a quotation. It is never acceptable to make extensive use of direct quotation—an essay should consist largely of your own words.
You should be careful in taking notes to distinguish clearly between your own words and those of the author(s) you are reading—otherwise you may reproduce the author's words in your essay, thinking them to be your own. It is your responsibility to ensure that you do not reproduce the words of others as if they were your own. This is a form of plagiarism and will be penalised accordingly.
Style of referencing: There are many styles of referencing used in academic publications. Any referencing format in standard use in scholarly social science publications is acceptable. However, you would be well advised to choose a straightforward one and stick to that in all your essays.
Week/Session
Summary of Activities
2 Overview of migration history up to 1945
3 Overview of migration since 1945
4 Theories of migration
5 Data and measurement
6 Indicators and analysis
7 Transforming societies Assignment 1
8 Demographic aspects of migration
9 Low skilled migration
10 Migration for education and high skilled employment
11 Migration policies
12 Future of migration Assignment 2
Tutorial Registration
Assessment task
Return of assessment
Data analysis (Deadline 7 September) 20 % 07/09/2022 28/09/2022 5, 6
Essay (Deadline 26 October) 35 % 26/10/2022 16/11/2022 2, 3, 4
Exam during the end of semester exam period 35 % * * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Participation 10 % * * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
* If the Due Date and Return of Assessment date are blank, see the Assessment Tab for specific Assessment Task details
ANU has educational policies, procedures and guidelines , which are designed to ensure that staff and students are aware of the University's academic standards, and implement them. Students are expected to have read the Academic Integrity Rule before the commencement of their course. Other key policies and guidelines include:
Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure
Special Assessment Consideration Guideline and General Information
Student Surveys and Evaluations
Deferred Examinations
Student Complaint Resolution Policy and Procedure
Code of practice for teaching and learning
Assessment Requirements
The ANU is using Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the Academic Skills website. In rare cases where online submission using Turnitin software is not technically possible; or where not using Turnitin software has been justified by the Course Convener and approved by the Associate Dean (Education) on the basis of the teaching model being employed; students shall submit assessment online via 'Wattle' outside of Turnitin, or failing that in hard copy, or through a combination of submission methods as approved by the Associate Dean (Education). The submission method is detailed below.
Moderation of Assessment
Marks that are allocated during Semester are to be considered provisional until formalised by the College examiners meeting at the end of each Semester. If appropriate, some moderation of marks might be applied prior to final results being released.
Assessment Task 1
Value: 20 %
Due Date: 07/09/2022
Return of Assessment: 28/09/2022
Learning Outcomes: 5, 6
Data analysis (Deadline 7 September)
This assignment focuses on analysing migration data focusing on the topics covered in weeks 4 and 5 of the course and is designed to provide an opportunity for you to examine, compare and analyse some migration data over time. Details will be provided during Week 5.
Assessment Rubrics
This assignment is judged based on the following criteria with equal weight:
Addresses the question set
Structure and focus
Quality of writing
Exposition, discussion and analysis
Appropriate use of graphs and tables
Word limit (where applicable): 1000 words
Value: 20%
Estimated return date: 28 September
Learning Outcomes: 2, 3, 4
Essay (Deadline 26 October)
The essay assignment is an opportunity for you to examine in depth a specific issue related to international migration. Details will be provided in Week 7 and posted on the course website.
This assignment is judged based on:
Knowledge of relevant literature
Referencing in text and in reference list
Original thinking
Appropriate use of examples
Estimated return date: 16 November
Learning Outcomes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Exam during the end of semester exam period
This course includes an exam during the end of the semester exam period. Details will be provided in Week 11 and posted on the course website.
Participation is measured by active engagement in tutorials.
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The University expects all staff and students to be familiar with the academic integrity principle, the Academic Integrity Rule 2021, the Policy: Student Academic Integrity and Procedure: Student Academic Integrity, and to uphold high standards of academic integrity to ensure the quality and value of our qualifications.
The Academic Integrity Rule 2021 is a legal document that the University uses to promote academic integrity, and manage breaches of the academic integrity principle. The Policy and Procedure support the Rule by outlining overarching principles, responsibilities and processes. The Academic Integrity Rule 2021 commences on 1 December 2021 and applies to courses commencing on or after that date, as well as to research conduct occurring on or after that date. Prior to this, the Academic Misconduct Rule 2015 applies.
The University commits to assisting all students to understand how to engage in academic work in ways that are consistent with, and actively support academic integrity. All coursework students must complete the online Academic Integrity Module (Epigeum), and Higher Degree Research (HDR) students are required to complete research integrity training. The Academic Integrity website provides information about services available to assist students with their assignments, examinations and other learning activities, as well as understanding and upholding academic integrity.
You will be required to electronically sign a declaration as part of the submission of your assignment. Please keep a copy of the assignment for your records. Unless an exemption has been approved by the Associate Dean (Education) submission must be through Turnitin.
Hardcopy Submission
For some forms of assessment (hand written assignments, art works, laboratory notes, etc.) hard copy submission is appropriate when approved by the Associate Dean (Education). Hard copy submissions must utilise the Assignment Cover Sheet. Please keep a copy of tasks completed for your records.
Late Submission
Late submission of assessment tasks without an extension are penalised at the rate of 5% of the possible marks available per working day or part thereof. Late submission of assessment tasks is not accepted after 10 working days after the due date, or on or after the date specified in the course outline for the return of the assessment item. Late submission is not accepted for take-home examinations.
The Academic Skills website has information to assist you with your writing and assessments. The website includes information about Academic Integrity including referencing requirements for different disciplines. There is also information on Plagiarism and different ways to use source material.
Returning Assignments
Access to your marked assignments will be through the course website, where they will be marked using the Turnitin Grademark system.
Extensions and Penalties
Extensions and late submission of assessment pieces are covered by the Student Assessment (Coursework) Policy and Procedure. Extensions may be granted for assessment pieces that are not examinations or take-home examinations. If you need an extension, you must request an extension in writing on or before the due date. If you have documented and appropriate medical evidence that demonstrates you were not able to request an extension on or before the due date, you may be able to request it after the due date.
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Only in very exceptional cases will resubmission of assignments be allowed.
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Migration, ethnicity, integration, demographic change, international relations, public policy, sociology, politics, economics, international development, urbanisation, spatial analysis, ethnicity, integration
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JAMB should probe UTME results now!
By Editorial board
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Jamb Center
The decision of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to probe the certificates of candidates in the last ten years is very timely and quite necessary.
For a system that has become so inundated with examination malpractices and cheating that they have become the norm, the plan to institute a probe is a bold move that recaptures the long forgotten essence of quality control.
Besides being a deterrent to future cheats, this probe has the potential of curbing long-term social and humanitarian effects of the thriving industry of examination fraud on the society.
The head of Media and Information of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this decision stated that the probe had begun and a software had been purchased for that purpose.
Should the probe be carried through as planned, the implication would be that persons who are found to have cheated in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to gain university admission and have graduated or carried out their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme, would be arrested and have their certificates invalidated.
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In recent times, there has been a rise in the performance rates of many candidates in the UTME. This is especially in places and schools where it should be relatively difficult for students to excel that well given the inauspicious environment for learning.
In support of this feeler, one curious observation that might have necessitated this probe is the claim of some examiners that the rising moral deficit and intellectual deficiencies recorded in the institutions of higher learning seem inconsistent and inversely proportional to the acclaimed successes of candidates in the UTME.
It is gratifying to know that JAMB has woken up from the shackles of mediocrity, which years of obnoxious policies and administrative indifference have placed it.
At a time when many well-meaning Nigerians have given up on our distressful tertiary educational system, the authorities seemed to have acted decisively. It was as if JAMB suddenly came to the awareness that the university, being a citadel of learning and research producing the critical, cultivated, and problem-solving think-tank of a given society, must be purged of virulent agents of civilisation.
While we commend JAMB's initiative, our counsel is that there should be diligent, impartial and thorough probing of the entry certificates of candidates.
All forms of malpractices, in whichever part of the country they might have been perpetrated, must be subjected to serious scrutiny.
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Already, no fewer than a hundred candidates of the UTME have been arrested for various examination practices nationwide, even as JAMB cancelled results in two centres in Abia State.
Besides, the probe should be transparent and must be devoid of witch-hunting. It should not be seen or even suspected as being an exercise targeted at candidates from certain parts of the country. Should that happen, it may discredit the laudable objective of quality control, and create distrust amongst Nigerian youths.
Nigerians should join hands with other stakeholders in salvaging tertiary education by supporting this new move by JAMB.
One way of carrying out this support is to report unscrupulous activities of persons and institutions that encourage cheating and other examination malpractices. It is common knowledge that many schools, institutions and even parents and guardians are accomplices in this ignoble activity.
Many of the study centres springing up in dingy and inhospitable places in town have been indicted as 'miracle centres' where students pass the UTME with flying colours. This is a tragedy.
In this regard, JAMB, in concert with other examination regulatory groups and law enforcement operatives should investigate and prosecute suspected schools and examination centres that have turned examination malpractices into an industry.
Where they are found culpable, diligent investigation should identify individual culprits and masterminds, and so they should be prosecuted.
Beyond the fact that this probe would serve as a deterrent, it is also necessary for personal moral purgation, corporate moral sanity and social reforms.
Our regulatory bodies should not, and cannot, afford to condone willful falsehood and mendacity because in time to come today's cheats and forgers of certificates may end up occupying positions of trust such as judges and accountants.
When unrepentant cheats and incurable forgers occupy such positions of authority, one can imagine the kind of pestilential influence they would have on public morality.
Any society that treats cheats and forgers with kid gloves is mortgaging the future of its moral institutions and the positively progressive development of its youth. The consequences are grave.
No foreign investor would want to stop over in that society as the international community will not respect any products from there. This is a reproach we must not tolerate.
JAMBJoint Admissions and Matriculation BoardUnified Tertiary Matriculation ExaminationUTME
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22 Jump Street is the sequel to 21 Jump Street and like the first movie, it stars Jonah Hill as Schmidt, Channing Tatum as Jenko, and Ice Cube as Captain Dickson. At the start of this film we see that police operations have moved to new premises – number 22 Jump Street, a reconditioned church.
In 21 Jump Street, inept police partners, Schmidt and Jenko, were sent to cover a case at a high school. This time, mean-looking Captain Dickson sends the pair undercover at a local university. Here they have to uncover a drug ring and the reason for a mysterious death. The two don't seem to have improved at all and find the guilty parties, quickly, but as if by chance.
Most of the action revolves around Schmidt and Jenko settling into their undercover roles. Schmidt as a geek and part of the alternative arts group, and Jenko as (no surprises here) a talented football player and part of the 'in' group. This causes friction between the friends and they fall out. It's only their real love for police work (such as it is) that brings them back together.
There's lots of action, funny moments, exaggerated stereotyping, unfortunate relationships and even a surprise baddie at the end. Ice Cube is good in his role as the frustrated – and then furious – Captain Dickson. No life changing messages in this film – just light hearted fun.
22 Jump Street opens at Ster Kinekor theatres in South Africa on 20 June.
22 Jump Street, sequel to 21 Jump Street releases in South Africa 20 June. Photo: Creative commons
Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in costume for the promotion of 21 Jump Street when it first came out in 2012. Photo: Creative Commons
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Akebi Sailor Uniform Episode 9 Release Date
November 22, 2022 February 28, 2022 by Vicky Tyagi
Broadcast Date and Time for Akebi's Sailor Uniform Episode 9: Episode 9 of Akebi's Sailor Uniform will be released very soon. The majority of the audience has been eagerly anticipating the launch of Akebi's Sailor Uniform Episode 9 and has inquired about the Akebi's Sailor Uniform Episode 9 Release Date, Time, and Akebi's Sailor Uniform Episode 9 Spoilers.
With chapters getting aired in rapid succession, Akebi's Sailor Uniform Season 1 is presently among the most beloved franchise. The fascinating storyline of Akebi's Sailor Uniform can be credited as being one of the key reasons for the show's success, prompting viewers to seek out Akebi's Sailor Uniform Episode 9.
Akebi Sailor Uniform, which premiered on January 9, 2022, is among the most famous Japanese anime tv show. This show was so popular that it was revived for a season 2 only after a few episodes. Season 1 of Akebi's Sailor Uniform has already begun, and several episodes have already been shown. The fans are so enthralled by this program that they can't wait to see when the next episode, Akebi's Sailor Uniform Episode 9, will air. When will the next installment, Episode 9, be available? The release date for Akebi's Sailor Uniform Episode 9 is set for March 5, 2022.
Akebi Sailor Uniform Episode 1 Release Date 9 January 2022
Akebi Sailor Uniform Episode 9 Release Date 5 March 2022
Akebi Sailor Uniform Episode 9 Expected Story
Akebi Sailor Uniform
Since the show is still running, it makes absolutely no sense to analyze the story of an episode that aired just a few days ago; otherwise, it could lead to leaks or spoilers, robbing viewers of the enjoyment of the episode.
The program's eighth episode will be released tomorrow, February 27th, and the ninth episode will be released on 5 March 2022, so there isn't really much time left for the episode. Because the season includes a maximum of twelve episodes, it won't be long until viewers get the ultimate finale, or, more intriguingly, the season could conclude with a surprise. Fans will only find out after the series concludes, but there is plenty of time till then.
Akebi Sailor Uniform Episode 9 Expected Cast
As the series is currently running so almost all the characters along with their voice artist returns for their amazing talents that fans have loved.
The cast includes Komichi Akebi Presented by: Manatsu Murakami (Japanese); Megan Shipman (English), Touko Usagihara Presented by: Akari Kitō Minoru Ohkuma Presented by: Konomi Kohara (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English), Neko Kamimoku Presented by: Miku Itō Erika Kizaki Presented by: Sora Amamiya (Japanese); Suzie Yeung (English)
Tomono Kojou Presented by: Shion Wakayama Riona Shijou Presented by: Azusa Tadokoro Ai Tatsumori Presented by: Mariya Ise Kei Tanigawa Presented by: Akira Sekine (Japanese); Madeleine Morris (English), Ayumi Tougeguchi Presented by: Shiori Mikami (Japanese); Kelsey Maher (English)
Mai Togano Presented by: Haruka Shiraishi Yasuko Nawashiro Presented by: Kaede Hondo, Riri Minakami Presented by: Yui Ishikawa, Hotaru Hiraiwa Presented by: Momo Asakura, Oshizu Hebimori Presented by: Mitsuho Kambe, Hitomi Washio Presented by: Shizuka Ishigami
Akebi Sailor Uniform Story
It's fascinating to see a series that has become so famous, and imagining a possible tale plot can provide the thrills that viewers desire or anticipate from the program. We don't recommend users searching the internet for probable plots for episode 8 because if any conjecture turns out to be accurate, it will completely ruin the fun of viewing.
However, because all 7 episodes have been already released, there is indeed a SPOILER WARNING from this point on. We are not going to discuss the plot, but there are some speculations about the plot which may or may not spoil the plotline for viewers and possibly cause people to hate the final story as they learn that it isn't what they expected, so we will decide to stop right here and discuss it after the season finished, as doing so could not have an effect on the viewers' and fans' experience with the show.
Where to watch Akebi Sailor Uniform Episode 9?
First and foremost, the program is not accessible in India and does not appear to have any future prospects. The series is also accessible on Amazon Prime Video and Funimation for the rest of the globe.
Trailer for Akebi Sailor Uniform Episode 9
There was no official trailer as well as episode for the series that we could find. Fans may assume that now the episodes, as well as trailers and promos, will be available only on streaming platforms. There seem to be a lot of items available for fans of the franchise, but we decided not to disclose them because they could be spoilers and disrupt the fans' viewing experience.
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Home » Shows » Toy Tengoku » Toy Tengoku – Episode 17 – Ghost In the Shell!
It's a booty-licious Ghost In The Shell episode of Toy Tengoku! Robin shows off an outstanding figure of the Major, while Ardith lets an adorable Nendoroid-ized Tachikoma out of its box to play.
Sweet! A special episode dedicated to Ghost In The Shell, my favourite franchise! Thanks Ardith and Robin! Love the Left-Hand 1/6 Motoko Kusanagi figure. A good portion of my collection is dedicated towards GITS, and I'm happy to say that figure is part of it. She's still in her box until I get more shelf space, so it was great to see her outside the box, as presented by Robin. I agree she is very nicely sculpted and the paint application is very well done. The detail on today's figures is really amazing.
I also have the series of Wave 1/24 W.H.A.M. Tachikomas (think there were ten in all, plus the 1/24 W.H.A.M. Uchikoma). One of the reasons I collected those was for the character figures that were included with them, like Major Kusanagi, Batou, et al.
Already looking forward to Scott's visit on your next episode.
I bet a lot of Guys order Major Kusanagi!


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Q: "Glen" and "Gael" people My question is about etymology of the name "Glen".
Question 1: What is the meaning and root of the name "Glen"?
Question 2: In which regions of Britain is the name "Glen" more frequent to use?
Question 3: Is there any relevance between the name "Glen" and "Gael" people? For example can we consider "Glen" as an abbreviation for the "Gaelean" (a person from Gael people)?

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*Glen is a Gaelic word. It is gleann in both modern Scots Gaelic and modern Irish, and glion in modern Manx, but came into English in the Middle English period.

*It is found throughout Ireland, Scotland and Man, most often originating as translations of Irish, Scottish Gaelic or Manx names with gleann (or Old Irish glenn) in them, but also as more modern coinages. The Welsh glyn also appears in some Welsh names, but it's a bit further removed and has an /ˈɡlɪn/ pronunciation rather than /ɡlɛn/.

*No. The Gaels are the people who are associated with the Gaelic languages, which today would be Irish (gaeilge), Scottish Gaelic (gàidhlig) and Manx (gaelg or gailck) but would also include the older languages of Middle Irish and Old Irish that today have no native speakers. As a people, it would include those descended from speakers of these languages who do not speak them (such as e.g. myself, who speaks only English, though the dialect I speak has some influences from Irish). The normal adjective and demonym is Gaelic not Gaelean, this latter I've come across only once in a rather dubious context. The only connection with glen is that glen is a Gaelic word, just as dale is an English one and valley originally a French one. Gaelic is also used of things particularly associated with Irish, Scottish or Manx culture, such as standing as a noun in Ireland for the Gaelic football (one of the Gaelic games along with hurling/camogie, Gaelic handball and rounders).


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The 2006 United States Senate election in Vermont was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent independent Senator Jim Jeffords decided to retire rather than seek reelection to a fourth term, and Bernie Sanders was elected to succeed him.

Sanders, who represented Vermont's at-large House district as an independent, won the Democratic primary, and then dropped out to run as an independent. Many Democratic politicians across the country endorsed him, and no Democrat was on the ballot. The state committee of the Vermont Democratic Party voted unanimously to endorse Sanders.

Sanders won the seat with 65% of the vote. His win marked the first Republican loss for this seat in 152 years, decisively ending the longest single-party Senate winning streak in history.

Democratic primary
After Jeffords retired, there was brief speculation that DNC chair Howard Dean, a former governor and 2004 presidential candidate, would run for Senate. After Dean quickly issued a statement that he would not run, independent Representative Bernie Sanders became the subject of media attention, and ultimately entered and won the race.

Candidates

Declared
 Larry Drown, retired plumber and perennial candidate
 Peter D. Moss, retired chemical engineer
 Louis W. Thabault, former postal worker
 Bernie Sanders, U.S. Representative and Liberty Union nominee for U.S. Senate in 1972

Declined
Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont, chair of the Democratic National Committee
Doug Racine, former Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Results
Sanders won the Democratic primary, but declined the nomination, leaving no Democratic nominee on the ballot. This victory ensured that no Democrat would appear on the general election ballot to split the vote with Sanders, an ally of the Democrats who had been supported by leaders in the Democratic Party.

Republican primary
National Republicans pressured Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie to enter the race, and he formed an exploratory committee to do so, but the committee raised little money and Dubie opted not to run. Governor Jim Douglas also declined to run.

Businessman Richard Tarrant announced his campaign in October 2005. Tarrant largely self-funded his campaign, and frequently denounced political partisanship.

Candidates
Cris Ericson, perennial candidate and marijuana legalization activist
Greg Parke, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and nominee for VT-AL in 2004
 Richard Tarrant, businessman

Declined
Jim Douglas, governor of Vermont
Brian Dubie, lieutenant governor of Vermont

Endorsements

Results

General election

Candidates
 Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union), socialist activist and perennial candidate
 Cris Ericson (Independent)
 Craig Hill (Green), electronics marketer
 Peter Moss (Independent)
 Bernie Sanders (Independent), U.S. Representative from VT-AL
 Richard Tarrant (Republican), businessman

Campaign
In mid-August 2006, the campaign heated up considerably, with Tarrant fully engaged in heavy media advertising, most of which criticized Sanders's public stances. Tarrant ran several ads accusing Sanders of representing himself differently from his voting record in the House of Representatives, citing such examples as Sanders's votes against Amber Alert and against increased penalties for child pornography. Sanders responded with an ad stating that Tarrant's claims were "dishonest" and "distort my record", and presented what he viewed as more accurate explanations of his voting record.

Tarrant also claimed that Sanders's election would lead to an exodus of businesses from Vermont. Sanders based his campaign on a well-tested message of fixing economic inequality, and ran a positive campaign that took advantage of his high name recognition in the state.

Endorsements

Fund-raising
The election was the most expensive political campaign in Vermont history.

Tarrant was a self-funded candidate, with 98% of all his campaign expenditures coming from personal sources. He spent $7,315,854 total. Sanders' top contributors include the plaintiffs' law firm Baron & Budd; the International Union of Operating Engineers; the Laborers' International Union of North America; and the Communication Workers of America. Sanders raised $5,554,466 total. In total, Tarrant and Sanders spent $13,771,060. Tarrant spent $85 per vote, the largest cost per vote of any race in the country during 2006, while Sanders spent $34 per vote.

Debates

Polling

Results
Official results from the Vermont United States Senate.

Sanders won a majority of the votes in every county in the state, with 57% as his lowest county total. He has served as a U.S. Senator for Vermont ever since.

See also
 2006 United States Senate elections

References

External links
 Vermont Secretary of State's Draft list of candidates (Excel spreadsheet). (Final version due to be released on July 24, 2006).
 2006 Vermont Senate Debate on C-SPAN

Official campaign websites (Archived)
Bernie Sanders
Richard Tarrant

2006
2006 Vermont elections
Vermont
Bernie Sanders

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Oracle eyes injunction vs. Rimini Street as second lawsuit awaits
Oracle is pursuing a second lawsuit against Rimini Street for copyright infringement and a judge is expected to rule in the weeks ahead on an injunction that would prevent the third-party support provider from operating.
By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | October 14, 2015 -- 17:20 GMT (10:20 PDT) | Topic: CXO
Oracle on Wednesday said that is seeking an injunction on Rimini Street to prevent it from operating. Oracle will also "aggressively pursue" a second lawsuit against Rimini for infringement that covers the dates beyond what was covered in the most recent trial.
A jury awarded $50 million in damages to Oracle on Tuesday with $14 million of that tab to be covered by Rimini CEO Seth Ravin. The judge in the recently completed lawsuit will rule in the weeks ahead whether to grant Oracle an injunction preventing Rimini from operating.
That ruling will be a big deal to Rimini's customer base. Rimini Street said it delivered $30.8 million in third quarter revenue, up 38 percent from a year ago, with 1,164 signed clients. Deferred revenue in the quarter topped $89 million.
Previously: Oracle awarded $50M damages against Rimini Street | Oracle vs. Rimini Street: Third party maintenance blueprint far from set
Oracle spokeswoman Deborah Hellinger said in a statement:
Before the trial began, a federal judge determined that Rimini Street and Seth Ravin infringed Oracle's intellectual property rights in the PeopleSoft and Oracle database product lines. After two weeks of trial, a federal jury found that Rimini also infringed Oracle intellectual property rights in the JD Edwards and Seibel product lines. That same jury awarded Oracle more than $50 million in damages for that infringement and violations of laws protecting computer systems. Oracle further intends to seek an injunction barring Rimini from continuing to operate its business based on massive infringement. This case certainly was not about an honest dispute over licensing terms, as Rimini pretends. It was about IP theft, pure and simple. Rimini and Seth Ravin got caught, and now they have to pay. Oracle will aggressively pursue its claims in the second lawsuit pending against Rimini for the infringement and other misconduct that occurred after the dates at issue in the first trial.
The second lawsuit, which was filed as the first one was ongoing, is worth watching. Rimini claims that it has changed its business practices to remotely access support materials. The copyright infringement came when Rimini hosted Oracle's intellectual property.
Oracle's second lawsuit revolves around Rimini's business practices since the dates covered in the first one. Oracle also doesn't buy that Rimini has changed its business practices. Rimini's approach today looks like this, according to the company.
UPDATE: A Rimini spokesperson called Oracle's take somewhat misleading. According to Rimini:
Rimini Street, not Oracle, filed the second case, suing Oracle and asking the court to legally confirm that Rimini Street's new processes for PeopleSoft update development do not infringe Oracle's copyrights.
With regard to any 'injunction' sought by Oracle, the jury found legally 'innocent infringement,' and not 'willful infringement,' and awarded Oracle a license fee as compensation. Once Rimini Street had the benefit of a judicial interpretation of disputed Oracle software license terms, we stopped all processes challenged by Oracle in this case and completed our transition to an all-remote support model in 2014. Therefore, Oracle's request for injunction for processes no longer in use at Rimini Street is meaningless, as Rimini Street will explain in its forthcoming court filings.
Bottom line: The playbook for third party support remains in flux. And should Oracle win an injunction against Rimini Street the best-known third party support provider will be in peril.
Ed note: Clarified the details around the second lawsuit. That one has been filed. Docket number: 2:14-cv-01699 LRH PAL.
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Five Red Flags Concerning Christine Blasey Ford's Credibility
By Matt Margolis 2018-09-30T10:52:37
In the short time since Christine Blasey Ford testified, many have gone out of their way to equate her emotional testimony with credibility. But, there are several red flags that should inform reasonable people that she can't be trusted.
5. Her Bogus Fear of Flying Story
By her own testimony, she revealed she flew to Washington to give her testimony, contradicting earlier claims that her fear of flying prevented her from testifying. Rachel Mitchell then uncovered that Ford flies frequently for business and pleasure. Still, Ford claimed she was hoping the committee would come to her. Well, it turns out they repeatedly offered, but she claimed she'd been unaware of this fact.
How could she have not known about the offer, which was made repeatedly and reported on widely in the media? Was she sequestered by her lawyers and completely disconnected from news coverage? That may be the case, but that seems unlikely. If she was, they were still obligated to inform her of the offer.
In short, there are only two conclusions we can reach: She was lying about the fear of flying in order to delay the hearing, or she legitimately didn't know because her lawyers never told her, which proves she's been manipulated by them and the Democrats entirely for politics. Either option is devastating for her credibility.
4. All The Bizarre Demands
Further proof that Ford is being manipulated by Democrats and her lawyers came immediately after the new supplemental FBI investigation was announced. Ford's lawyer Debra Katz released the following statement.
"A thorough FBI investigation is critical to developing all the relevant facts. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford welcomes this step in the process, and appreciates the efforts of Sens. Flake, Murkowski, Manchin, and Collins — and all other senators who have supported an FBI investigation — to ensure it is completed before the Senate votes on Judge Kavanaugh's nomination. No artificial limits as to time or scope should be imposed on this investigation."
Christine Blasey Ford is in no position to make any sort of demands about how the FBI investigation should be handled. This comes in the wake of prior demands, which were beyond absurd, asking, amongst other things, that Ford be allowed to testify after Kavanaugh and that GOP senators ask her questions. Despite extensive efforts to accommodate Ford, they were bashing the process as unfair. Ford and her lawyers seem more concerned about politics, optics, and delaying the process than the truth.
3. Her Incomplete Polygraph Results
John Hawkins previously noted weird issues with Professor's Ford's answers regarding the polygraph test she took, including her inability to say for sure when it happened and who paid for it. But, by her testimony, she sounded strangely ignorant of polygraphs, how they work, and was unable to say whether she was recorded, be it by video or audio. But, she said she was "asked a lot of questions" and described it as taking "much longer than I anticipated." She also said she"told my whole life story." But, the committee was only provided with the results for two specific questions. Those two questions were based on a handwritten statement, and not multiple, specific questions about the incident. The statement also included revisions like cross-outs and added words. Did we only get the results for two questions that referenced her sloppy handwritten statement, because answers to questions regarding specific details were exculpatory?
2. Her Immediate Family Is Silent
Does it seem convenient that the only people close to Ford who have come out in support of her are friends and non-blood relatives? The Washington Post noted the following a few days ago:
The letters appeared within days of Christine Blasey Ford's name becoming public. One was from her high school classmates. One was from her colleagues at Stanford University. Her Palo Alto neighbors wrote another letter. Groups of attorneys, statisticians and teenagers wrote too. Then came a letter that began, "As members of Christine Blasey Ford's family ..."
It was signed by a dozen people. But none of them were related to Ford by blood. The letter was from the relatives of her husband, Russell Ford.
Christine's own parents and siblings — the Blaseys — have not released any similar statement of support. As their daughter and sister has become the country's most talked-about woman for accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault while both were in high school, the Blaseys have strategically avoided the press. Voicemails, texts, emails and letters from reporters have gone unanswered. Friends of the family have politely declined to comment on what they are going through.
Why is this significant? Her immediate family would be able to corroborate her story. Ford has said she never told anyone but has testified to the impact the alleged assault had on her, resulting in various symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. She blames the alleged assault for, amongst other things, academic troubles and a fear of flying. Anyone in her immediate family could corroborate this happened during the summer she was fifteen but nobody has. Why not?
1. Her Claiming Privilege on the Therapist's Notes
Was it not suspicious that the therapist's notes from the 2012 couples therapy sessions were repeatedly cited as corroborating evidence but then suddenly declared privileged? Why would Ford want to hold back corroborating evidence?
Lawyer Margot Cleveland, who is a contributor to The Federalist, National Review, and Townhall, explained in a long thread on Twitter that the therapist's notes are more than likely exculpatory. I'm posting the original tweet below but will summarize the key points.
2/ which said that she described a "rape attempt" in her LATE teens that involved 4 boys AND in her first text describing the attempted rape, the women said it happened in the mid-80s, what would you think? That the notes did NOT corroborate her account. But Ford has tricked pic.twitter.com/4F7zOGWy9S
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) September 30, 2018
According to the Washington Post story describing the information on the therapist's notes, Ford described a "rape attempt" in therapy that occurred during her "late teens." She was 15 years old in 1982; her late teens would place the assault after that summer, in the mid-1980s, likely in her junior or senior year of high school. In addition to other discrepancies in her story, in Ford's own handwritten statement for her polygraph, she had written the assault happened in the early '80s, but then crossed out "early."
There are other curiosities, including how Ford eventually narrowed down the time to the summer of 1982. But, there's another issue. By Ford's own testimony, the worst time for her was the first four years of the attack, but she only struggled academically when she was in college. So, how is it that after the alleged assault, she went through three more years of high school before suffering academically? This and her original mid-80s/late-teens timeline documented by her therapists suggest that she may have been assaulted in her later high school years, but not in the summer of 1982.
There's also the curiosity that Ford claimed these notes were privileged, but she apparently gave them to the media… although she says she can't remember doing so.
Matt Margolis is the author of the book, The Scandalous Presidency of Barack Obama and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattMargolis
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