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In the meantime, the federal government will loan funds to Kinder Morgan Inc. in order to start construction on the pipeline this summer. If the federal government does purchase the pipeline, which seems likely, then a Crown Corporation will be created to complete the estimate $9 billion expansion of the currently existing pipeline.
Morneau declared the federal government would be eager to sell the pipeline back to a private company once it is built, but if the project is truly in the national interest – and going to be built with public dollars – then maybe it should remain an asset of the federal government and the people of Canada.
Justin Trudeau: The Prime Minister of Canada silenced conservative opponents from claiming he was secretly plotting the pipeline's demise and mutes his social democratic opponents who say he was just kowtowing to a Texas-based oil company. While the project will move forward with the powers of the federal government behind it, it is unclear if this will help Trudeau's Liberals electorally in Alberta (where his Liberal Party holds three seats) or in British Columbia (where his party holds 19 seats).
Rachel Notley: This is a big win for the Premier of Alberta. Notley has been the strongest public advocate for the pipeline expansion and has poured almost all of her political capital into the success of this project. She has taken a firm line with pipeline opponents, most notably the Government of British Columbia, by threatening to slow or halt the transport of oil and gas from Alberta into BC.
Kinder Morgan Inc: If all goes according to plan, Texas-based Kinder Morgan Inc. will walk away with a big $4.5 billion payment from the Government of Canada, all because our system of democracy and federalism inconvenienced its shareholders.
John Horgan: The Premier of British Columbia says he will continue to use the tools available to him to oppose the pipeline expansion, including its current legal challenges. The entry of the federal government as the owner of the pipeline introduces a new dynamic between the governments in Victoria and Ottawa. As many premiers have discovered, running for re-election with Ottawa as your main opponent can be a recipe for success.
Andrew Weaver: The leader of the BC Green Party holds the balance of power in his province as long as his 3-MLA caucus continues to support Horgan's NDP government in Victoria. The Green leader described the federal government's intervention as "a betrayal by a government who ran on a hopeful vision for a better future." The Greens will expect Horgan to continue their fight against the pipeline and likely will not consider ending their agreement with the NDP until sometime after the upcoming Proportional Representation referendum.
Jason Kenney: The leader of the Official Opposition in Alberta supported Notley's pitch last month for the Alberta government to invest in the pipeline, so he has once again been relegated to the sidelines on the pipeline issue.
Andrew Scheer: The leader of the Official Opposition in Ottawa attacks the Trudeau Liberals for driving away private sector investment and claimed Trudeau forced through expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline by nationalizing the project. To better understand the track record of government involvement in the energy industry, Scheer would benefit from taking a crash-course in Canada's energy history. I recommend he start his education by reading Larry Pratt's The Tar Sands: Syncrude and the Politics of Oil, which is an essential text on the history of Alberta's oil sands.
Will the pipeline actually get built? Maybe.
Ownership of the pipeline will change and the federal government does have powers, both political and legal, that a private corporation does not, the opposition to the pipeline has not magically evaporated overnight. Public opinion remains mixed in British Columbia and the opposition to the pipeline expansion is firm. There will continue to be protests against the pipeline and demonstrations of civil disobedience can be expected.
There are also a number of court challenges underway, including the BC government reference case and challenges from First Nations communities to the Federal Court of Appeal.
There is also a federal election scheduled to take place in October 2019 and a provincial election expected to be called in Alberta in spring 2019.
While Morneau was clear he wants construction on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion to begin immediately, a number of legal and political challenges still stand in the way of the project's completion.
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Wahoo!! After months of planning, negotiating, previewing, etc. the TCFF board and staff have finally revealed the full lineup of its third film fest! As did the previous two years, TCFF have become the regional premiere of a lot of this season's most-anticipated films. Steve Snyder, TIME magazine's assistant managing editor and TCFF's scheduler, said it best in his tweet about the event:
9 nights. 60 films. 25 parties & panels. The official @tcfilmfest schedule is here. Experience Cinema: bit.ly/V5dlDN
— Steven James Snyder (@TheSnydes) September 17, 2012
In less than a month away, the Showplace Icon Theatre in St. Louis Park (definitely my favorite theater in time with its awesome seat-reservation feature) will be the place to be for movie lovers! So before I get to the movies, be sure to get your tickets beginning Wednesday (tickets are $10 for individual passes and $120 for multi-film and party passes).
Here are a sampling of the notable movies, as Minneapolis StarTribune critic Colin Covert have mentioned in today's article:
Oct 14 – Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut Quartet, a character study of retired opera singers starring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Tom Courtenay, Billy Connolly and Pauline Collins. This one has a good potential to be noticed by the Academy, after all it's by the Weinsteins and it doesn't hurt that it's written by Ronald Harwood (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Being Julia and The Pianist).
This just looks so delightful!! Harry Potter fans out there perhaps notice right away the reunion of Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall, ahah! I always like lighthearted comedies starring senior seasoned actors and this certainly look like something I'd enjoy.
Oct 16 – The Sessions, an affecting comedy-drama inspired by the true story of a paralyzed polio survivor and the sexual surrogate who helped him lose his virginity in his late thirties. It stars Alexandria, Minn. native John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy.
I have to admit the subject matter is a delicate one as it deals with disability AND sexuality, but I've got to admit the trailer looks quite heartwarming and sweet. Apparently the Australian director Ben Lewin, who himself lost the use of his legs to polio, seems to have direct this one with great humor and sensitivity.
Oct 18 – Silver Linings Playbook starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert DeNiro.
This is so exciting!! Just the other day I read that it won the coveted Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. That's huge considering many previous Audience Award winners have gone on to win Oscar's Best Picture, i.e. Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, Slumdog Millionaire, and The King's Speech [check out this THR article how other previous TIFF's audience choice have fared at the Oscar]. Apparently the runner-up was Ben Affleck's ARGO, which has scored early raves at several film festivals.
Lawrence is the main draw for me here, and interestingly enough, I was also impressed by her in Like Crazy which won Best Feature at TCFF last year. I also like seeing Julia Stiles among the cast, she also stars in It's a Disaster with America Ferrara, premiering Oct. 13.
Oct 19 – Not Fade Away, a rock 'n' roll coming of age tale set in 1964 New Jersey, the feature directing debut from David Chase, creator of HBO's The Sopranos.
Opening & Closing Films
Oct 12 – As I've mentioned here, the program will open with the hunger documentary A Place at the Table featuring Jeff Bridges – A documentary that investigates incidents of hunger experienced by millions of Americans, it takes on the food issue from a new angle, shining a light on the 30% of American families—more than 49 million people—that don't know where their next meal is coming from.
Oct 20 – The festival will conclude with the comedy Lumpy, which was filmed in various Minnesota locations, starring Justin Long and Jess Weixler. The premise definitely has the recipe for an oddball comedy: The best man at Scott (Long) and Kristin's (Weixler) Arizona destination wedding, Lumpy (Tyler Labine) is the life of the party, until a long, indulgent night leads to his untimely death. Forced to cancel their honeymoon and fly back to Minneapolis to arrange for his funeral, Scott and Kristin meet Ramsey (Timlin) and learn that Lumpy isn't quite who they thought he was.
I'll be blogging more about other movies that'll be playing at TCFF, but below is the full lineup!
2012 FULL SCHEDULE
8:30PM: A Place at the Table, directed by Kristi Jacobson & Lori Silverbush, 86m
10:30AM: Call Me Kuchu, directed by Katherine Fairfax Wright & Malika Zouhali-Worrall, 87m
1:00PM: The Sapphires, directed by Wayne Blair, 99m
3:00PM: The Iran Job, directed by Till Schauder, 93m
5:00PM: The Eyes of Thailand, directed by Tim Vandersteeg, 65m
7:00PM: It's a Disaster, directed by Todd Berger, 88m
9:00PM: Bro', directed by Nick Parada, 89m
11:00AM: Crazy & Thief, directed by Cory McAbee, 52m
12:15PM: E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg, 115m
2:45PM: We Are Wisconsin, directed by Annie Eastman, 105m
5:15PM: Quartet, directed by Dustin Hoffman, 97m
7:15PM: Stag, directed by Brett Heard, 83m
9:15PM: Dead Man's Burden, directed by Jared Moshe, 93m
7:00PM: Finding Home, directed by Chars Bonin, 90m
9:00PM: The "Lighter" Side (MN Shorts), Various MN Directors 100m
6:00PM: Best of MN: Festival Winners!, Various MN Directors, 60m
6:30PM: The Sessions, directed by Ben Lewin, 95m
8:30PM: The Rhymesayers European Tour, directed by Andrew Melby, 105m
6:45PM: Dust Up, directed by Ward Roberts, 90m
7:00PM: Nobody Walks, directed by Ry Russo-Young, 83m
9:00PM: Opposite Blood, directed by Billy Xiong, 120m
2:45PM: American Autumn: An Occudoc, directed by Dennis Trainor Jr., 76m
4:45PM: Field Work: A Family Farm, directed by John Helde, 97m
6:30PM: Silver Linings Playbook, directed by David O. Russell, 117m
6:45PM: Pincus, directed by David Fenster, 79m
8:45PM: Carlos Spills the Beans, directed by Brian McGuire, 90m
9:00PM: The "Darker" Side (MN Shorts), Various MN Directors, 110m
2:15PM: Reportero, directed by Bernardo Ruiz, 71m
4:00PM: A Band Called Death, directed by Jeff Howlett & Mark Covino, 98m
6:00PM: Things I Don't Understand, directed by David Spaltro, 111m
6:30PM: Not Fade Away, directed by David Chase, 117 min
8:30PM: A Late Quartet, directed by Yaron Zilberman, 105m
9:00PM: Problem Solving the Republic, directed by Elliot Diviney, 95m
11:00AM: Bay of All Saints, directed by Annie Eastman, 75m
11:30AM: Detropia, directed by Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, 90m
12:45PM: After I Pick the Fruit, directed by Nancy Ghertnet & Cathleen Ashworth, 93m
1:45PM: Lies, Lust, Betrayal – and Cold-Blooded Murder (Indie Shorts), Various Directors, 81m
2:45PM: Take Care, directed by Scott Tanner Jones, 86m
3:45PM: Ready to Fly, directed by William Kerig, 96m
5:30PM: Dead Dad, directed by Ken J. Adachi, 81m
6:00PM: The Story of Luke, directed by Alonso Mayo, 95m
8:00PM: Lumpy, directed by Ted Koland, 91m
Well, what do you think of this year's lineup? Which movie(s) here are you most excited about?
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PrairieGirl
The Sessions and Lumpy appeal to me immediately. And along with volunteering, I am vowing to see more films at the Fest this year, for sure ;_D
September 18, 2012 at 11:34	 Reply
Yeah, those two look really good indeed! I think Quartet appeals to me the most as I like the cast and curious about Hoffman's direction. 'Silver Linings' looks good too, hopefully some of the filmmakers/cast would attend the screenings too! 😀
Some of these films sounds very interesting, I'll try to make it to the show as much as I could this year.
I sure hope you would Ted, I could use more help covering the event too!
Mark Walker
Some great stuff going there Ruth. I fancy that documentary with Jeff Bridges.
Yeah, that's a good one and for a good cause too!
Ryan McNeil
The top five selections from what I know:
DETROPIA
THE SAPPHIRES
THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
I look forward to seeing a lot of FC coverage of this festival!
Wahoo! Thanks Ryan. Two of them I'm eager to see. Do you have reviews of The Sessions, Quartet and Silver Linings? I didn't see 'em last week.
I don't have anything for SESSIONS or QUARTET. SESSIONS I'll actually be watching tomorrow night, but I heard good things about it from both Lindsay and Jess who saw it at TIFF. As for QUARTET, it was Lindsay who saw that too, and again, came back glowing.
I just commented on your 'Silver Linings' post. Let me know what you think of The Sessions. John Hawkes is from MN so I'm hoping he'd attend the screening!
Quartet is one of those movies I adore… I like the senior cast, glad that Lindsay enjoyed it!
dirtywithclass
I still have never attended a film festival 😦
Anyways, not much is really jumping out at me right now. I do have some interest in the Playbook because of Lawrence and the generally good reviews its gotten, but the Sessions does sound interesting but that's about it
Nothing interests you? Wow you're tough to please! 🙂
DEZMOND
As you know, QUARTER would be my absolute pick! Loved that film ever since we showed the trailer for the first time earlier this spring! Seems like true delight.
Great pick, Dezzy! I wish you could come here to MN and we'll watch it together!!
Inspired Ground (@InspiredGround)
One of these days I should go to film festivals!
I didn't know that Dustin Hoffman directed a movie. Seems like more actors want to be director these days, and it's understandable when you love a movie that much. Nice line-up, Ruth. Hope you're having a great time
Yes you should Andina! Isn't there a Jakarta Film Fest?? I'd think there's one, if not then you should start one, ha..ha..
Well speaking of your comment about actors wanting to be directors, stop by tomorrow as I'm working on a poll on that topic 🙂
I love Dustin Hoffman but you gave to wary about his directorial debut. But he has the experience to be great and he's assembled an excellent cast. Looking forward to seeing that one.
Why are you wary about it? It actually looks pretty good and like you said, he has the filming experience behind him that should help him as a director.
Scott Lawlor (@FrontRoomCinema)
COOOLLLLL!!!\
Wow where does the time go Ruth? I remember TCFF last year. I hope you have as much fun this time!
I just got my press accreditation for LFF and am going to do a similar post today for it… It is a good time to be a blogger huh?
Yeah I know matey, time flies!! I feel like LFF was just a few months ago as well. That's cool that you'll be covering that as well, looking forward to it!
Jaskee
I saw The Sessions last week, but I won't post the review until after my interview with a few of the people involved in the movie. That will be sometime in October. I don't know what other movies on this list I want to see, but I'll watch as many as I can when I get the chance.
Hi Jaskee, what did you think of The Sessions? I hope you enjoyed it. Do you live in Mpls area? Your comment makes it sound like you'd be watching as many movies as you can during the film fest 🙂
No, I don't live in that area. I wish I did have the time to go out to that film fest though. I was just saying that I'll watch those movies whenever I can. I've been seeing way more movies than I thought I ever would over the past five or six months and I'm still trying to watch as many as possible.
The Sessions might be a movie that will put John Hawkes in position to get some critical acclaim due to his performance and I also think William H. Macy was pretty good. I don't want to get into specifics, because I don't want to spoil it, t but he movie wasn't great overall.
There's a movie review that I'm going to post tomorrow that with performances that will almost certainly end up being nominated for some awards this year. In my opinion, it's a great film and is one of the best of the year.
Oooh, I'm curious now. I'll be sure to check that out, thanks!
Quartet, The Silver Linings Playbook, The Sessions, The Sapphires, and A Late Quartet are at the top of my list. A solid lineup of films here.
Indeed Josh, thanks!
Ok I was about to say this is a disappointing lineup but then I saw The Silver Linings Playbook! I'm definitely going to check it out at TCFF now 😀 Hopefully, I'll see you there Ruth!
I sure hope so Castor! We've missed you in the last two film fest 🙂
The Focused Filmographer
I kinda have to agree with Julian and Castor here. Nothing really grabs my attention yet…save Silver Linings Playbook.
Which will you be watching, Ruth? I can't wait to read more about the TCFF
I'll try to watch as many as I could T, but for sure the three movies which I include the trailer here are a must-see for me.
fernandorafael
Fantastic lineup! I'm very jealous, Ruth! Everything sounds fascintaing, especially Silver Linings Playbook (I love early Oscar buzz)
Oh I'm sure you'll get to see that when it's released Fernando, I think it'll get a big marketing push since the success at TIFF.
Yes! I hope so too. Really looking forward to seeing that one. I'm a big fan of Cooper, Lawrence and, of course, DeNiro.
That's a pretty stacked lineup. How many do you plan on seeing, Ruth?
I'm hoping to see at least one movie a day so hopefully by the end of it I'll see about 10 movies, ambitious I know!
ilovethatfilm
A Place at the Table sounds interesting and I'm shocked to hear Hoffman has decided to give directing a go! Did not know about that!
Glad that you learn it here first, Pete! 😉
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Breaking| Nov 17, 2020, 04:14pm EST |
Tommy BeerForbes Staff
Immunity to the novel coronavirus may last eight months or longer, according to a new study authored by respected scientists at leading labs, which found that individuals who recovered from the coronavirus developed "robust" levels of B cells and T cells (necessary for fighting off the virus) and "these cells may persist in the body for a very, very long time."
A medic wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) while collecting a swab sample from a man ... [+] during the tests. Indian Health Workers conduct serological tests about antibodies generated by the immune system against the Coronavirus. In India more than 55,000 cases add up each day with a total of 2,027,074 confirmed cases and 41,638 deaths by the COVID-19 diseases. (Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Researchers collected blood samples from 185 patients between the ages of 19 to 81 who had tested positive for the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) early in the pandemic and discovered that most had enough immune cells to combat the virus and prevent reinfection.
In addition, these antibodies were "durable," showing remarkably slow rates of decline that were consistent with many years, and potentially even decades, of protection.
Although the study is a preprint that has not yet been peer-reviewed, the New York Times refers to it as "the most comprehensive and long-ranging study of immune memory to the coronavirus to date."
Crucial Quote:
"That amount of memory would likely prevent the vast majority of people from getting hospitalized disease, severe disease, for many years," said Shane Crotty, a virologist at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology.
Key Background:
According to New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli, the vast majority of individuals (more than 90%) who had been infected with the coronavirus will be "protected from reinfections for a very long time," and vaccines ("which generally provide stronger, longer-lasting protection") could produce an even longer duration of immunity. "We probably will not need to vaccinate people every year as we had feared," writes Mandavilli. The novel coronavirus may be "terminated fast enough that not only are you not experiencing any symptoms, but you are not infectious," said Dr. Alessandro Sette, an immunologist at the La Jolla Institute of Immunology and co-author of the study. The Times report notes that scientists recently discovered that survivors of SARS, which was also caused by a coronavirus, still carry important immune cells 17 years after being infected. Researchers are also hopeful that studying antibodies may provide a blueprint for developing drugs to prevent or treat Covid-19.
Tangent:
A recent study (also not peer-reviewed) originating from Imperial College London found that immunity to Covid-19 may decline over time, as levels of protective antibodies reportedly fell rapidly after infection. However, according to Deepta Bhattacharya, an immunologist at the University of Arizona, there is some emerging evidence that reinfections with common cold coronaviruses are a "result of viral genetic variations" and those concerns may not be relevant to SARS-CoV-2.
Big Number:
11.3 million. As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 11.3 million people in the United States have tested positive for Covid-19 and at least 247,600 have died.
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- LIVING A LEGACY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
LIVING A LEGACY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
Educational Advocate & Author Shares Impactful Insights on Who We Are After Year Zero
Carew Papritz is a literacy advocate, educational thought leader, and author of the multi-award-winning book, The Legacy Letters.
He has IMPACTFUL insight on the power of the pandemic and how it has affected us as humans. He is sharing tips on who we can be in the future and what legacy we can lead in times of crisis.
Papritz has made a global impact by being an advocate for literacy and teaching future generations about the importance of legacy.
Through his inspiring YouTube videos including the I Love to Read series and events like National Thank You Letter Day, he spreads the love of reading and learning to people of all ages.
Papritz's writing has been published in a number of media outlets including Huffpost, Inc., Reader's Digest, The Insider Mag, HR.com & First Time Parent Magazine.
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An Award Winning Timeless and Inspirational Love Story about Life. Rediscovered private letters from a dying father to his children–and his wife–uncover a passionate and powerful guidebook to life.
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By combining the best elements of such inspirational books as Tuesdays with Morrie, The Last Lecture, and Chicken Soup for the Soul, Papritz has created an intense and thought-provoking book, filled with life instructions that The Huffington Post calls: "A Must-Read Book of Wisdom for Life… exquisite, intimate, passionate, humorous and genuine…"
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Home News IT Minister Lashes Out at Telcos for Not Participating in Spectrum Auction
IT Minister Lashes Out at Telcos for Not Participating in Spectrum Auction
The Minister for IT and Telecom, Syed Amin ul Haque, was furious at telecom operators for not participating in the spectrum auction and said they feigned about the tough requirements for the spectrum and had forgone it because they had wanted to back out of commitments to offer quality services to Pakistani consumers.
He stated this in his remarks at the signing ceremony of Ufone's license for the additional spectrum that it won last week.
Minister Haque added, "My loud and clear message is for those who wouldn't side with people of Pakistan or those who wouldn't support Pakistan's economy, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication will act against any such operators".
He said that it is the government's job to ensure the quality of services, and that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) had done a remarkable job offering equal opportunities to everyone by conducting the spectrum in a transparent manner through the binding of a certain quality of service requirements for the winning operators.
"Just look at how services were impacted in Jamshoro after lightning or after rains in Lahore. We can't let this happen again," he emphasized, and added that the operators should make the necessary arrangements to mitigate any unforeseen situations.
Minister Haque declared, "We want to offer seamless services to every Pakistan, regardless of his location or the operator he is on," and said that the Universal Service Fund (USF) had disbursed over Rs. 31 billion during the last three years to ensure that the rural and underdeveloped towns of all the provinces are offered a similar quality of services like any major city of Pakistan.
He explained that the vision of his ministry is to equip every citizen with a smartphone, and that it is working aggressively to reach the goal of 'Digital Pakistan'.
He further stated that Pakistan is progressing towards this dream as is evident from the significant growth of mobile phones and broadband users in the country.
"We have seen mobile phone users growing from 160 million when the government took over to some 184 million now. Similarly, broadband users grew from 70 million to over 100 million within just three years of the current government," he said.
He said that Pakistan is growing fast, and revealed that he is aiming for every Pakistani to hold a smartphone by 2025 or 2026 at the most.
Minister Haque also factored in the local manufacturing of mobile phones and said that it will greatly help the cause in the long run if affordable smartphones are provided to the people of Pakistan.
He said that the government's goal is to make 4G-enabled smartphones worth Rs. 5000 available to the masses so they may connect to the Internet and explore the world of possibilities.
He added that the government is ready to accommodate operators and will be offering more spectrum in the future, and personally hopes that all the operators will partake in the next auction.
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I have seen every PR movie known to man… many of them I've seen multiple times because I have a terrible memory. All, and I repeat, all Paul Rudd movies are great, but here are my favorites.
IMDB calls this a coming-of-age story. I call this a hot-scruffy-man-eye-fest. Besides PR there's Ken Marino, who also does an excellent job portraying a 1970s Long Islander. Am I the only one who loves a movie where there's a full-moon(s) shot? Maybe.
Who could forget the classic, Paul Rudd as Paris. Fellow poptenner who will not be named (Hawkes) didn't remember that Rudd was in this movie. The horror! Best scene? Paris as the astronaut looking back at Juliet. Good acting Rudd!
Why hello 1990s, were you really this tacky??? Overall, this late 90s rom-com isn't pure rubbish (besides the fact that NO ONE would believe Reese Witherspoon as a stripper), it's actually a little cute. And it makes you think, "Oh god, remember what it was like to not have the internet or a cell-phone?!" The placement in this posting comes from a gem scene at the end of the movie where Rudd dances on a car. Worth the 87mins? Totally.
I'm a sucker for a mustachioed man in a suit and platform shoes. 60% of the time it works every time.
Dear person who cast this movie, if ever there was an actor who wouldn't skeeve you out from the pseudo-incestuous relationship, Paul Rudd was is. Thank you. I read somewhere that originally he had long hair and he showed up on set the first day with short hair and everyone was pissed. Someone please release the audition tapes of a long locked PR!
The sideburns, oh the sideburns.
I remember seeing this for the first time with Hawkes and flipping out when Ken Marino high-fived her. [ed note: I haven't washed this hand in YEARS] Although this movie isn't for everyone (unless you were an avid fan of the State and enjoy random references to pseudo-pop –culture) it is extremely clever and worth watching multiple times. Paul Rudd as narrator is classic. From juicing his pecs to getting married to Diane Weist, he is fantastic. Not a goof! Ha ha…poop.
One of my friends was PR's assistant for this movie. His whole job was to take Paul around and show him a good time… I still have never forgiven him for not telling me where they were, allowing me to accidentally bump into them forcing him to introduce me to Paul. That aside, this is probably one of the funniest main-stream Paul Rudd movies because of the snappy jokes. Yes, that is a Wings song.
Not a movie, I know. But it's brilliant and clearly worth the number one spot.
Thanks Paul Rudd! Here's to 42 years of awesomeness.
Safe for all kinds of work!
So much to add to my Netflix cue!
Though, Wet Hot American Summer not at #1??? Sacrilege!
have to agree with Vic about WHAS. Because, for real, the best scene in that movie DOES feature Paul Rudd throwing the BEST TANTRUM IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Say the words, "Uh, are you gonna pick that up?", and anyone who's cool will immediately launch into a guttural reenactment of Mr. Rudd's tour-de-force performance.
hahahah Jiun I'm not even watching it right now and I'm laughing THINKING about Paul picking things up from your description!
McKinley: No, I just have something at 11:00, and I can't change it, because I already moved it twice.


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Darren O'Shea, aged 45, has been jailed for twelve years after pleading guilty to robbery and attempted robbery. In July last year, O'Shea threatened a member of staff at a shop in Barnes, South West London with a gun before stealing around £300 from the till. Five days later, O'Shea entered a sweet shop in Charlton, again armed with a gun; this time, he fled empty-handed after the assistant manager pushed a panic button. O'Shea was recognised on CCTV footage of the first robbery and this was quickly linked to the second incident. He was arrested at a nearby apartment, where officers found an imitation gas-powered handgun and clothing worn during both offences. O'Shea told police that the crimes had been carried out to fund his drug addiction.
Oxford Mail
Footage posted on social media showed police officers Tasering a man in Thame, Oxfordshire. Click on media link to read full report.
A man found dead in the garden of his home in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire is believed to have shot himself. The deceased, a gun expert who ran his own clay pigeon shooting firm, was said to have been suffering "serious health problems". A police spokesperson said that the death is being treated as non-suspicious.
ExaminerLive
Armed police officers and a force helicopter were deployed following a report that someone had shot the window of a car and a bus shelter in Gomersal, West Yorkshire. A teenage male was subsequently arrested. It is believed that the firearm used was a BB gun. There were no reports of any injuries.
Police officers Tasered a man at a flat in St Helens, Merseyside after neighbours heard him assaulting his ex-partner. As they arrived, the man reportedly shouted: "I'm all strapped up. I have a gun and will shoot you. You're getting blasted." Officers stormed the bedroom where the woman was being held and used a Taser to subdue the suspect. The man, reportedly high on cocaine, was found to be unarmed.
In June last year, armed police officers responded to a report that a man, who had tried to force his way into a property in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, was in possession of weapons. The man later barricaded himself in a bedroom at his own home, telling police he had a gun and threatening to fire a crossbow at them. He also brandished a piece of metal, threw glass and other objects at officers, threatened to self-harm and cut his wrist with a fragment of glass. In addition, he tried to stab one officer with a piece of glass. Following a stand-off, police officers Tasered the suspect; he was subsequently treated in hospital for effects of the stun gun. The man was later handed a drug treatment and testing order.
A man armed with a handgun allegedly attempted to rob a pawnbroker's in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, leaving empty-handed. He later entered a hair salon in the city and stole a small amount of cash. No one was injured. Police have appealed for information.
Amareece Singh Taak, aged 25, has been jailed for five years after admitting possession of a shotgun with intent to cause fear of violence and possession of a firearm less than 30cm in length. Following reports of gunshots in an underpass in Southampton, Hampshire last October, police recovered a pair of trainers, a phone and a shotgun at the scene. They found Taak shortly afterwards with no shoes on.
SurreyLive
A woman and her husband were left very shaken after the passenger seat window of their car suddenly shattered as they were driving in Farnham, Surrey. The woman was showered with glass but neither party was injured. A group of walkers said they saw "a few youths running with an air rifle" in the park near to where the incident occurred. Police are investigating.
Police officers who stopped a van in Edinburgh, Scotland, discovered a Taser-like device and over £21,000 worth of heroin and cocaine in the vehicle. During a subsequent search of a property in East Lothian, officers retrieved three more weapons and heroin worth around £28,000. A man and a teenage boy have since been charged with road traffic and drug offences.


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Q: Cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later With several commands in Linux, I get the error:
cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.

Does anybody know how to solve it?  Also I don't get in my /etc/shadow directory.

A: I ran into this when a disk error occurred during a userdel operation and the system had to be rebooted. I needed to delete all four of the following files to proceed:
sudo rm /etc/passwd.lock
sudo rm /etc/shadow.lock
sudo rm /etc/group.lock
sudo rm /etc/gshadow.lock

A: This can also be caused by running out of space on the root filesystem. Use strace to be sure. strace is your friend.

A: If no .lock files are present but you still cannot create a user try the following
sudo mount -o remount,rw /

If logged in as root then use
mount -o remount,rw /

A: The user you are running the commands as lack the required privileges. Change to root user by issuing the command
su -

or if you have/use sudo
sudo <command to run>

A: If you have -R /some/chroot added to your useradd command, that might be the problem.
I thought it meant that the user would be jailed upon login, but that's not the case. By looking at strace output, I saw useradd chrooted into the specified directory, after which of course it cannot find /etc/passwd anymore. So I'm not sure what the option is for, but there's your (well, my) problem.

A: That's because you don't have permissions for those operations

*

*You can't read /etc/shadow

*You can't directly modify /etc/passwd
You can change both files through specialized commands (e.g you can change your password).

A: A demo of this error on Ubuntu 14.04:
user@mybox:/home$ sudo useradd eric
user@mybox:/home$ userdel eric
userdel: Permission denied.
userdel: cannot lock /etc/passwd; try again later.

sudo gives you the permission to lock it.
user@mybox:/home$ sudo userdel eric
user@mybox:/home$

A: Look for /etc/group.lock, /etc/passwd.lock and /etc/shadow.lock files and remove them.
Be careful to only remove the files ending in 'lock' or else you might damage your system.
Reference: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/523896

A: Had same issue, since /etc was full.
This is why /etc/passwd could not be written.
Make sure that you have enough space on /etc, if not then enlarge it or clean unnecessary stuff.

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I met Dr. Tamina Toray during the summer of 2005 when we were both doing work for the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). Observing her work and contributions, I was immediately impressed, and that was only enhanced when I began talking and communicating with her, not only because she is a magnificent human being, but also because her research specialty is pet bonding and death. I've known since then that I wanted to offer a column on pet bonding and death, because my own pets have always been truly important to my quality of life, and I know they have been important to many of you. Even though neither of us is involved with ADEC any longer, I contacted her about the possibility of doing an interview for Global Organic Lifestyle Services, and she immediately agreed.
However, that contact was quite a while ago, and other columns seemed to have priority. Alas, I like each column to have a personal touch, and a couple of recent events in my own life have made a column on pet bonding and death/grief relevant. One of my dearest friends recently had to have her beloved fourteen-year-old Keeshond dog, Kodi, euthanized. And to make it even more personal, my own white Persian, Luna, had been diagnosed with renal insufficiency, so her death was pending at the time of this interview; shortly after completing this interview, Luna had kidney failure and I euthanized her on September 28, 2007. To honor Kodi and Luna, and to help you appreciate the bonds you have with your own animal companions, and to better deal with their deaths, here is an exceptional interview with Dr. Tamina Toray.
Bret S. Beall (BSB): Tamina, thank you for taking the time to talk with me. I know many, if not most, of my readers have pets, and love them beyond words, and will appreciate your sharing of your knowledge. How and when did you develop a relationship with animals? And how and when did you choose to study/research human bonding with animals and human response to animals' deaths?
Tamina Toray (TT): I've always had a tremendous affinity with animals, even in childhood. I never had as many animals as I would have liked. It was in my early adult years I had the opportunity to focus on the world of human-animal bond and loss. That was when I was teaching at Colorado State University. There was an amazing oncologist (cancer-specialist) at the vet school, Steve Withrow, who wanted to find a way to help grieving clients cope. So a couple of us Masters-level folks in counseling started an organization at the vet school, one of the first in the country, to help bereaved pet owners make decisions about end of life issues. That organization is now called the Argus Institute for Families and Veterinary Medicine. Now I'm back in Oregon, and am a professor of psychology at Western Oregon University, and adjunct faculty at Oregon State University School of Veterinary Medicine.
BSB: I like to emphasize the living relationship with animals; cats, dogs and other animals have been an invaluable part of my own life. I also think my awareness of my animal companions' eventual deaths deepens the bond. Is this typical? Or is any other single response to death or pending death typical? Do you have any suggestions for how people can maximize their relationships with their animal companions?
TT: With regard to whether the knowledge of pending death increases attachment, attachment is so variable when it comes to our pets or companion animals. Some people are very attached; some are not so attached. If one is very attached, then the likelihood of pending death definitely increases the attachment, and it makes grief more palpable. So, like I say, the more attached we are, the more impact our pet's illness and death will have on us. However, there's no single typical response to our pets' illnesses or pending deaths. Everyone grieves differently. Grief is a completely unique experience. No single recipe, no one way of doing it. So grief, when it comes to our companion animals, would be as unique as the relationship itself. Most people find animals so inherently satisfying, that even with the pending death and potential grief, there's really no need to work to maximize the relationship.
BSB: There are many words to use for "dying" and "death." You prefer some over others. Please elaborate.
TT: This is when I get to get on my soapbox. I feel very strongly that we need to stay away from euphemisms when it comes either to the death of a pet or the death of a person. We use euphemisms because of our discomfort with the subject matter. But they almost always do more harm than good. As an example, we use euphemisms such as "passed away," "gone to a better place," "went to heaven," "went to sleep," and others when it comes to death and dying. Such euphemisms can be very confusing, especially for children, but even for adults; they can actually complicate our grief process. In my teaching at the vet school, I work very hard instructing vet students, when they are involved with the process of euthanasia, after the pet has died, once they are checking the heart, that they acknowledge that the pet has died, and to use the word "died" instead of saying "gone" or "they're not here." The reason is that the clients are really looking for the truth. There is always a gap when using euphemisms, a gap in terms of reality or truth. That gap creates confusion. In the case of a child, one can imagine, if you say you're going to put your dog or cat "to sleep" (in terms of euphemizing), and later that week you say to your child, "It's time to put you to sleep," that can be very frightening to a child. Another notion that is a euphemism would be "gone to heaven," which might be part of the value system of the family, but "heaven" is a very abstract term, and a child may not understand what that actually means. So we just need to be as clear as we can around death and dying.
BSB: How do you feel about bringing spirituality into pet grief counseling? Personally, I believe it is potentially important and relevant, but this is about your opinions.
TT: Spirituality and religiosity are very, very personal areas of one's life, and can be very, very important in the grief process. However, in supporting a friend or family member's grief, one needs to allow the bereaved to bring up the issue of spirituality or religiosity, and not the other way around. So it's not about a friend's values or a family member's values, or the counselor's values, it's about the bereaved person's values. An example might be that my dog is dying, and you're my good friend, and if I say to you, "I don't know why God is mad at me, I've done everything right, I've prayed and prayed and my dog's just not getting better"; I've now opened the door for you to make some supportive comment relating to my religiosity. Where I see this going wrong, for instance, is when people might impose their values on someone who is grieving. An example might be that my cat is dying, and I haven't told my friend about my spirituality or religiosity. That friend says, "This could be a good thing for you in the long run. You're a very spiritual person, and you always come out on the other side of this type of situation in the best way." Even though this might sound supportive, people get very defensive and angry when a value or outcome is imposed on them.
BSB: When a friend's beloved pet dies, what is the best thing I can do for, or say to, my friend?
TT: Well, I would not worry so much about one says, but instead turn it around, and be a very good listener. Listen, listen, listen, is what I would suggest. And among the very few things we should not say is anything that minimizes the pet, like, "Oh, she was just a cat. You can always get another one." I always suggest that bereaved pet owners find friends or family or coworkers that "get it." What I mean by that are people that you know are going to provide compassion and empathy. People do know that, and have a sense of whom to say something to, and whom not to say something to. Other suggestions would be sending a card with very specific information about what you noticed in the pet, and the relationship between the pet owner and the pet. For instance, writing something like "Every time I saw you and Barney out for a walk, he always had a tennis ball in his mouth" really personalizes the card. Just don't be afraid to reach out. The anniversary date of the pet's death, the year after, can be an especially painful time, so it would be nice to get a call or card from a friend or family member. So those are the kinds of things that are very important.
BSB: What are your opinions about so-called "heroic measures" when one's animal companion is very ill, or on the verge of death, and one has to choose between the pet's quality of life and quantity of life?
TT: Let's start with my overall feeling about this question. Every pet owner has to make the bottom line decision about treatment for his or her pet based on the information that the veterinarian has made available with the medical case. The veterinarian will present the diagnosis, treatment plant, and costs involved, and then the pet owner has to make those decisions. Those decisions are based on level of attachment, values of the pet owner, finances, all those kinds of emotional situations that only the family can come to grips with when making a decision. This is one the toughest questions in veterinary medicine. I just spoke with an incoming freshman class at Oregon State University Veterinary School about this issue. There are no easy answers to this question because every case is different. We now have the technology in veterinary medicine to do so much more than every before. As you have mentioned, the quality of life versus quantity of life is a big issue, but this is a very personal decision. Some pet owners will spend thousands and tens of thousands of dollars that they don't really have in order to buy a little more time with their beloved pet. All of the veterinarians I have ever worked with have been very good at laying out medically what they think the outcome will be for different kinds of heroic measures. They're very realistic and pragmatic in their approach, but our attachments are not very realistic or pragmatic. One change that I've seen that is very nice is the advent of hospice care in some cases for companion animals. Such care is not curative, but it is palliative, which is supporting the pet in terms of pain management and providing other kinds of comfort care. So the clients who may feel they don't want to take heroic measures, but are not ready for euthanasia or choose not to euthanize, have other options.
BSB: I've never heard of hospices for animals. How does this work? Where are these hospices?
TT: I'm going to lead you to the website for the Argus Institute, http://www.argusinstitute.colostate.edu/, where your readers can get information about Argus' hospice, and then they can get direction to other pet hospices in the country.
BSB: Pet insurance is a relatively new phenomenon. Do you have opinions on pet insurance?
TT: I'm going to leave that one to each individual's veterinarian, because there are so many policies out there, and they vary so much regarding quality and value. There are some wonderful policies that are excellent value. Consumers need to read each policy very carefully regarding what they include, and what they exclude.
BSB: Recently, our supply of pet food has caused a variety of health problems and death. What comments do you have on this horrific situation?
TT: This has been devastating to the world of companion animals and their loving owners. One of the biggest issues they have found is that so many brands of pet food come from the same huge manufacturers, even though they are marketed under different names. I think things have gotten much better now due this atrocity, so that things have changed. I would advise readers to be in very close contact with their veterinarians, asking them for their knowledge. Veterinarians have become very in tune with this problem, and have local databases and national databases, so they are doing everything they can to protect the pet populations. Another source that I have found very helpful are small local pet stores. Not the "big box" ones, but the local stores that have been in business for a long time; they have products that don't necessarily get into "big box" stores. They know their products very well, and are really in touch with what pet owners need and want. Talk to those folks. Lastly, in the September-October 2007 issue of Bark Magazine (http://thebark.com/), I found an article on this very issue for lay pet owners who want to make their own pet food, and they make two book suggestions. One is Donald Strombeck's "Home Prepared Dog and Cat Diets," and another is "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats." Making one's own dog and cat food is very doable (but one has to follow the direction of people in the know about what percentages of protein and carbohydrates are appropriate), so making your own pet food is yet another direction.
BSB: You currently have faculty positions at both Oregon State University's veterinary school, and at Western Oregon University. What message about pets, their bonds with us, and their deaths do you want the students to remember?
TT: First, that our relationship with companion animals has changed so much over the past decade. We now live more socially isolated lives, and thus our relationships with our companion animals fill a much-needed place in many of our lives. Pets provide unconditional love that many people don't otherwise have. So in my teaching, I really want to increase my students' awareness of the impact that illness and death of companion animals may have on their owners. For the vet students, I want them how to support their clients' emotional reactions to end of life issues and illness.
BSB: One of the most tragic situations that I have observed is when the human companion of an animal dies. So many scenarios can play out. Do you have any comments on this phenomenon?
TT: To think that a companion animal is unmoved by the death of their human companion is absurd. We spoke of attachment earlier, and attachment is bi-directional. It goes both ways. So what might one see? Our companion animals can't talk, but they show us behaviorally that they are affected. They may withdraw from play, or they might stop eating. They may act out by tearing up things in the house. There are so many possibilities. They may get very, very ill. I know of a situation where the human didn't die, but moved away for a year, from a companion dog; though the companion dog was being taken of by someone else, that dog just refused to eat. That dog almost died. The human companion decided to come back, and the day that human companion came home, that dog started eating again. These bonds are very, very strong, and are nothing to take for granted. Broken hearts go both ways. On the other side, because so many animals are survivors, some look unaffected, and will go on, in order to survive. They'll eat and sleep just fine. Thus, having no reaction should not surprise us, because each relationship is unique.
BSB: What final information do you want to share with my readers? What message would you like them to leave with? Are there any easy-to-access resources you'd like to recommend?
TT: I want to recommend the Argus Institute (http://www.argusinstitute.colostate.edu/). That is one of the best resources for your readers. There are so many links to great information on that website: reading materials, children's books, guidance about how to walk though the very difficult process about how to euthanize, grief resources, and so many other topics. That is the one I would recommend.
Prince to the Fox: "I am looking for friends. What does 'tame' mean?"
"Something that is frequently neglected," said the Fox. "It means to create ties."
"To create ties?" said the Prince.
"Precisely," said the Fox. "To me, you are still only a small boy, just like a hundred thousand other small boys, and I have no need of you. And you, in turn, have no need of me. To you, I'm just a fox, like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you shall be unique in the world. To you, I shall be unique in the world." The reason that I share that story in a lot of talks and work that I do, is because I believe it epitomizes the human-animal bond. We are ever changed by these special beings.
BSB: Thank you, Tamina, for sharing so much information about pet bonding, pet death, and pet grieving. I truly appreciate your contributions.
In conclusion, I hope that all of you will remember that pets are not possessions. They are our chosen companions, and should be treated as such. Love them, honor them, feed and water them well, take them for regular veterinarian visits. They offer us unconditional love, and providing them with the best quality of life is the least we can do. If you need some guidance regarding how to treat your pets like royalty, and thus enhance your life, don't hesitate to contact me at 773.508.9208 or bret@god-dess.com . If my life is any example, pets will only enhance your life. Visit your local Human Society to adopt a companion when you feel you need to do so.


If you're planning a trip to Lubbock Texas anytime soon, then it's definitely wise to take a closer look at some of the best things to see and do in the area. In fact, you will be pleased to know that there are many fun and interesting things to do when you're here, so let's take a closer look at a few of the top suggestions.
Firstly, this location in Texas has some fantastic history behind it, and this is best reflected by some of the unique museums on offer, such as the National Ranching Heritage Center as well as the Silent Wings Museum. Of course, you'll find a wealth of different specialty museums as well, so if you are a true history buff, then you'll feel right at home in Lubbock Texas.
Additionally, there is a fantastic Science Spectrum museum that kids will enjoy and it's also very educational as well.
If you're looking to enjoy some unique entertainment while you're here, then you will certainly want to take a closer look at some of the amusement parks, such as the Joyland Amusement Park which always receives positive reviews from anyone who chooses to visit.
Furthermore, there is an excellent theater here, known as the Cactus Theater, and you'll often see some fantastic shows whenever you take the time to visit.
Another interesting claim to fame of Lubbock is the United Supermarkets Arena which often has some big acts in town, so if you want to catch some of the latest music at a live performance, then you won't want to miss this arena.
There's also a few other unique natural attractions, such as Buffalo Springs Lake, which is a wonderful place to go if you're looking for some much-needed rest and relaxation. Not only can you enjoy some fun water activities on the lake, but it's also a reasonable place to go fishing as well.
Yet another claim to fame that Lubbock Texas has to offer is the numerous vineyards, and it's always fun to go along to these places and learn more about how wine is made. Of course, there's nothing stopping you from investing in a few bottles for yourself, and this is certainly an excellent way to enjoy everything that Lubbock Texas has to offer.
Overall, taking the time to visit this area of Texas is definitely a great choice, and no matter whether you're planning to come in the summer or the winter, you will always find something fun and entertaining to do during your stay.
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Volta Charging Raises $20 Million Follow-On To Series C Round
Volta Charging attracts more capital for its advertiser-sponsored charging station business.
Sep 13, 2019 at 8:01am ET
Volta Charging announced the closing of a $20 million follow-on to their Series C funding round, bringing the total Series C capital raise to $100 million.
Together with a previous $44 million credit facility in August, the company raised $64 million in new funding to expand its AC Level 2 free charging network, which utilizes advertising as a revenue source.
"Volta welcomes Schneider Electric Ventures and SK E&S Co. Ltd. as they join Energize Ventures along with a number of existing partners in the follow-on Series C round. That is on top of the leading growth funds, EIP and CION coming in with a $44 million credit facility in August."
We assume that with such a pile of cash, the number of charging points might now increase by an order of magnitude, from more than 700 points today (about half in California) to thousands.
Volta Charging Plans Expansion With $44 Million In Credit
Volta Unveils New Stylish Charging Station With Ad Displays
Volta Charging says that in 2018, revenues tripled as there is high interest in advertiser-sponsored charging stations:
"Over the last year Volta has seen their revenue triple due to a spike in demand from real estate partners seeking turnkey charging services and a jump in sponsorship revenue driven by Volta's premium out-of-home network. The capital will be used to accelerate the growth of the company's network of free, advertiser- sponsored charging stations by expanding within established metropolitan areas, as well as by entering into new markets.
Volta models charging demand to identify locations where charging is most needed by the electric vehicle driving community, such as select grocery stores, entertainment venues and shopping centers. This has driven Volta stations to be, overall, among the most used in the industry. Volta delivers more electric miles per dollar of capital invested than any other electric charging network in the US."
Scott Mercer, Volta's CEO and Founder said:
"As the electric vehicle industry continues to grow, Volta is well-positioned to build out an economically viable charging network needed to facilitate the shift from gas to electric. We continue to rapidly scale our business to meet the growing demands of drivers, real estate partners and sponsors. This capital injection will accelerate our mission of mainstreaming electric vehicles."
John Tough, Partner at Energize Ventures said:
"We're happy to lead this opportunistic follow-on investment alongside EIP and CION's debt facility to accelerate the continued expansion of the business. Volta is a pioneer in advancing the electric vehicle market and we are excited to help catalyze the company's growth. Our follow-on investment is a testament to our confidence in Volta's business model and ability to scale their network, as well as our appreciation for their work in delivering more than 45 million free electric miles to EV drivers to date."
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February 10, 2017 | University Park, Pa.
Liberty University's ACHA Division I women's hockey team got goals from four different players and a third shutout by freshman goalie Nadia Rupoli to win for the 15th time in the last 16 games, 4-0, in Friday night's opener against Penn State at Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pa.
The Lady Flames (21-7-1), playing their second series at Penn State in three weekends, outshot the Ice Lions (5-18) by a 46-14 count. Liberty was only assessed one penalty in the game and scored all four goals at even strength.
"Penn State's not ranked but they're not a bad team," Lady Flames Head Coach Paul Bloomfield said. "They're actually a lot more competitive than (No. 13) McKendree was last weekend. It was a pretty decent game. The girls played really strong and controlled a lot of play in their end. Their goalie, Megan Lydick, was outstanding, especially on a lot of our scrums in front of the net. She kept them in the game."
Rupoli wasn't often tested, but kept Penn State off the scoreboard.
"She did a great job," Bloomfield said. "It's hard for goalies when they're not busy like that. One period, she only saw one shot."
Junior forward Chelsey Greenwood put Liberty on the scoreboard just three and a half minutes after the opening faceoff, finishing feeds from sophomore forward Lauren McDonald and senior forward Courtney Gilmour.
Just over four minutes later, freshman forward Tiana Lisle stretched the Lady Flames' lead to 2-0 with an unassisted goal off a breakaway with 12:15 left in the first period.
Liberty's last two goals came less than five minutes into the second period — by freshman forward Aly Morris assisted by sophomore defenseman Katie Comeau — and with less than five minutes left in the third. That's when junior defenseman C.J. Tipping fired an unassisted shot from the point through a crowd in front of the net that screened the puck from Lydick's sight.
As the No. 1 team in the nation for the past three computer rankings, Liberty doesn't want to slip in the polls or in its performance level as it prepares for the March 15-19 ACHA DI National Championships in Columbus, Ohio.
That's why Bloomfield had the Lady Flames make a return trip to Penn State, after Northeastern canceled its weekend series with the Ice Lions.
"If we hadn't played for the next two weeks, we probably would have fallen out of first place, and that would affect our seeding going into nationals," Bloomfield said, noting that he would like to avoid meeting fifth-ranked Grand Valley State or sixth-ranked Lindenwood-Belleville in the first round of the eight-team tournament. "Since Penn State is an ACHA opponent, these games will count toward our ranking."
For the fourth consecutive game, graduate forwards and captains Carrie Jickling and Catharine Burrell, the Lady Flames' second- and fourth-leading scorers, respectively, sat out with minor injuries.
Sophomore Kelly Hutton will start in goal for the Lady Flames in Saturday's rematch, when the puck is set to drop at 6:30 p.m. back at Pegula.


An international conference on quantum science and technology is expected to draw hundreds of leaders in the field to Rochester Institute of Technology in January in response to a congressional imperative to accelerate quantum research.
Recent advances in quantum science have leapfrogged existing capabilities in handling complex computational problems, providing communication security, and in enhancing navigation, imaging and other sensing technologies.
The U.S. House of Representatives, in September, passed the $1.3 billion National Quantum Initiative Act to maintain U.S. scientific and technological leadership. Now before the Senate, the legislation would create a 10-year program to advance quantum development and technological applications and develop the quantum standards and measures for global use.
Quantum mechanics is a branch of physics that manipulates the smallest amount of energy at the subatomic level. Different rules govern matter at this scale, and scientists are using the strange, unintuitive properties created by quantum superposition and entanglement. Countries are racing to harness quantum capabilities, secure their networks and lead in emerging fields like artificial intelligence and synthetic biology.
In addition to RIT, the Photonics for Quantum Workshop is sponsored by ID Quantique, Princeton Instruments and TOPTICA Photonics Inc. To register, go to https://www.rit.edu/fpi/photonics-quantum-pfq-workshop.
For further information about the workshop, contact Robyn Rosechandler at admind@cfd.rit.edu.


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The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) in Vietnam has announced that Decision Lab in collaboration with FrieslandCampina Vietnam and Pervorm has been shortlisted for the MMA Smarties Awards for the disruptive approach to real-time brand measurement across devices and platforms.
Measuring brand impact generated by digital campaigns is an integral part of modern marketing. However, it is also a complex demand, especially for mobile, as counting cookies alone or relying on another proxy metric makes it hard to know if you're driving meaningful results. To accurately measure the effectiveness, you need a people-based solution that goes beyond devices and cookies to measure across formats, devices, browsers, apps, publishers and digital platforms.
By applying a combination of AudienceReport, a third-party measurement solution, a native Facebook application, custom audiences and retargeting technology, FrieslandCampina Vietnam and Decision Lab introduced the first-ever real-time cross-platform digital brand tracking solution in Vietnam. With this solution, FrieslandCampina Vietnam and Pervorm were capable of tracking and identifying digital ad exposure on an individual-level across 'everything'. Even the walled gardens (i.e. Facebook in-app and YouTube in-app) were unlocked with this approach.
The winners will be announced at the MMA awards gala in November.
Read more about how Decision Lab measures digital brand impact here.
The MMA is the world's leading global non-profit trade association comprised of more than 800 member companies, from nearly fifty countries around the world. MMA Member companies hail from every faction of the mobile media ecosystem. The MMA consortium includes brand marketers, agencies, enabling technologies, media companies and others. The MMA's mission is to accelerate the transformation and innovation of marketing through mobile, driving business growth with closer and stronger consumer engagement.


The Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) is a public, coeducational research university located in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. As a national key university, HUST is directly affiliated to the Ministry of Education of China. HUST has been referred as the flagship of China's higher education system after Chinese Civil War. HUST manages Wuhan National Laboratories for Opto-electronics (WNLO) at Wuchang, which is one of the five national laboratories in China.
Huazhong University of Science and Technology was founded as a result of the merger of the former Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the former Tongji Medical University, the former Wuhan Urban Construction Institute, and the former Wuhan Science and Technology Vocational College on May 26th, 2000.
In June 1953, the land south of the East Lake was chosen as the campus of South-Central China Institute of Water Conservancy and Electric Power. The same year, the South-Central China government decided not to establish an independent South-Central China Institute of Power Engineering. All the programs related to power engineering were administered by Huazhong Institute of Technology. The institute formally opened on October 15, 1953.
All the programs and departments at HIT were organized and formed from the programs related to electrical engineering, power engineering, electricity and mechanical engineering in Wuhan University, Hunan University, Guangxi University and South China Institute of Technology. HIT's first classes were held in spaces at those institutions. There were eight undergraduate programs, 314 full-time faculty members and 2,639 undergraduate students at that time.
In 1971, most of the Wuhan Mechanical Institute was merged into the institute. Six departments were established. There were 20 undergraduate programs, 1,097 faculty members. The number of undergraduate students reached to 6,087.
Graduate students began to be enrolled in 1978, and in 1984, the institute became one of 22 universities to be approved by the State Council to establish a graduate school. By approval of the State Education Committee, the institute was renamed Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1988.
With China's global strategy and the reform of the economy, HUST led a series of pivotal reforms among technical institutions in China. HUST is the first technical school to establish the Department of Journalism and Communication, the Department of Economics, and Department of Literature, and to host nation-wide lectures in humanities.
On May 26, 2000, the former Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tongji Medical University , Wuhan Urban Construction Institute and Wuhan Science and Technology Vocational College combined to form the new Huazhong University of Science and Technology the Chinese name was changed, but the English name remained unaltered.
The history of Tongji Medical College can be traced back to 1907 when Tongji German Medical School was founded by Erich Paulun in Shanghai. The name Tongji suggests cooperating by riding the same boat. In 1927, with the development of the institution, it expanded to include engineering programs. After the establishment of National Tongji University in 1927, the Tongji Medical College was affiliated to the university as one of the schools. In 1950, the medical school was moved to Wuhan from Shanghai and merged with Wuhan University School of Medicine to become South-Central China Tongji Medical College. The college was later renamed as Wuhan College of Medicine in 1955, as Tongji Medical University in 1985, and as Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2000.
There are four libraries at HUST: the Old Library, the Shaw Library (New Library), the Medical Library and the Architecture Library. The Old Library and the Shaw Library are located in the center of main campus. The Old Library was designed and constructed in Soviet-Union style in the 1950s. It plays a major role in book circulation and conference hosting. It also provides classrooms for audio-video teaching program and some group-study programs. The first floor of the east wing is the Center for Reader's Services, which is a branch of University Bookstore System. The Shaw Library was donated by Sir Run Run Shaw and built in 1990s. It has more than 30 reading rooms, including Chinese/English social sciences reading rooms, Chinese/English natural sciences reading rooms, Chinese/English archive reading rooms and electronic journal reading rooms. It also houses a multi-media center and a major branch of Center for Computing & Networking. Medical Library is located in Tongji Medical Campus in Hankou. It provides the same services to the medical students as the libraries in main campus. The Architecture Library is on the east side of the main campus. It accommodates books and journals in architecture and urban planning.


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In 2018, the NFL made a few changes to their kickoff rules in an attempt to increase player safety (full changes can be seen here). While it does appear to have a positive impact on that, how does it change where teams start drives?
Recently, it seems like teams would rather take a touchback than run the ball out out the end zone. Since 2018, the average kickoff return is 27.15 yards, which is obviously more than the guaranteed 25 yards from a touchback. In the three years prior to the change, teams who returned the ball from a kickoff averaged 26.2 yards, less than the current rules.
By looking at the distribution of starting field positions by teams from kickoffs, we can get an idea of who should be returning kicks and who should be taking touchbacks.
The Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers all have high peaks at their own 25 yard line. This means these teams, whether they return it or not, start right around where a touchback would take them.
The Buffalo Bills, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, and New England Patriots all have shorter peaks and a more flat curve. These teams also have the four highest average return yardage, meaning they should always try to avoid a touchback.
Kickoffs are one way for a team to start a drive, but so are punts. While totally different in the sense that many more factors are involved, starting field position still speaks to how good a team's return unit is.
The difference between these distributions are very interesting. For example, the Falcons have a pretty flat curve with a longer tail, and the Jets have a double peak, with the highest peak happening around their own 30-40 yard line.
Since 2018, the Jets, Chargers, and Cowboys have started at around their own 29 yard line after a punt, which is the best in the NFL. The Titans, Texans, and Saints have been the worst with an average start at about their own 22 yard line.
Combining these two graphics into a scatter plot, a full picture of a team's starting field position can be seen.
The New York Jets and Buffalo Bills are the teams benefiting the most from their return units.
The Titans are one of the the worst, averaging about their own 25.5 yard line for kickoffs and less than the 22 for punts, both are below average. The Chargers have one of the best punt return starting yard lines, but average around their 25 yard line for kickoffs.
To be clear though, a team's starting field position has almost no ability to predict if a drive is successful or not (either a field goal or a touchdown). While significant in a very simple logistic regression, it alone cannot accurately predict successful drives.
The importance of field position is this: you're going to be more successful if you have less distance to go. It sounds obvious and it is. Offenses are rarely successful over and over again so if a team can decrease the distance they have to travel they have a better chance of being successful.
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The Kampa Croyde 6 Air Pro has been improved for 2019, which sees a increase in usable space and height, giving the user more headroom. The Croyde 6 has three distinct areas, the bedrooms, the living area and the and front awning. All of these can be opened up, to create one huge open plan space. At the rear of the tent you will find a 2+2+2 bedroom configuration with Sleep-Tite darkend inners. An optional extra 2 berth inner can be clipped into the living area. The front awning on the Croyde 6 can be used as a wet area meaning that it is an area not designed to stay dry, meaning that it is an area designed to keep wet items in without them being left outside or kept inside the main living area of the tent. The main living area can be accessed through either the large roll to the side front door, the wet weather door on the right hand side or a standard door on the left. Both side doors have a secondary mesh to allow for good airflow on warmer days.
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This area, located on the tree-lined shore of Meadow Lake, is one of the Fair's smallest, and one of its most lighthearted. It is like a giant variety program. In it are concentrated most of the straight entertainment exhibits - stage shows, exciting rides, beguiling children's attractions, a puppet show and circus performances, wax figures and dancing fountains.
Information and photos for each pavilion in the Lake Amusement Area can be found using the links below. A drop-down menu at the bottom of each pavilion's page will take you to the other pavilions in the area.


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The Skinfood Real Fresh Tint Juice no. 1-3 are still in the older packaging, but the new colors no. 4-7 all have a new packaging. Except for color no. 4, which has a transparent container, but at least, still with a metallic cap, the rest of the three colors have the new packaging with a whole metallic look.