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STEVENSON STOPS CLOUD TO RETAIN WBC TITLE
Canadian Adonis Stevenson stops Cloud to retain WBC title
Will fight England's Tony Bellew next
The Canadian Press - cbc.ca
Adonis Stevenson hopes he's shown his detractors that he is more than just a big puncher.
The Blainville, Que., fighter certainly displayed some of the boxing skills he has picked up in two years of training at Detroit's famous Kronk Gym as he stopped Tavoris Cloud in seven rounds to retain his WBC light heavyweight title on Saturday night at the Bell Centre.
But the power punches the left-hander landed on the former IBF champion also played a part in stopping Cloud before the limit for the first time in his career.
Cloud (24-2), the former IBF champion, had been cut on the left eye in the opening round and did not answer the bell for the eighth after sustaining a cut over his right eye.
"I'm proud, because I worked hard and I showed I can box," said Stevenson (22-1), Canada's only boxer with a world title. "I did everything according to my game plan.
"My corner said to go to the body. I knew the longer it went on it would be in my favour because I was wearing him down."
Adonis Stevenson, right, trades punches with Tavoris Cloud in their title fight Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
Stevenson's career was at an impasse two years ago when he decided to ask legendary trainer Emanuel Steward to take him in. Steward died last year of an intestinal ailment, but his nephew Jovan (Sugar) Hill has kept Stevenson on the same program.
"We worked a lot on footwork, watching Ray Robinson who had beautiful footwork," said Hill. "That's something Adonis showed tonight."
Don King praises Stevenson
Cloud was detained in dope testing after the match and opted not to speak to the media. His promoter Don King tipped his hat to Stevenson.
"Superman was here and we didn't have any Kryptonite," said King referring to Stevenson's ring nickname. "Tavoris did a great job of being able to take it, but not of being able to give it.
"(Stevenson) used a bit of Ali and a bit of Tyson. I was truly entertained."
The three ringside judges all had Stevenson winning all seven rounds before the stoppage.
Cloud, a righty, hardly threw his right hand at all, which may have come from being cautious about leaving himself open against a power-punching lefty. That drew taunting from Stevenson, who twice stood before his opponent with his arms stretched out, daring him to throw a punch.
Stevenson won the title with a spectacular first-round knockout of Chad Dawson in June.
The HBO specialty channel arranged the bout with Cloud, hoping to see how he would do against a skilled opponent known for being able to take a punch.
But Stevenson landed a stiff left in the first round, opening a cut on Cloud's eyelid.
Complete domination
He turned up the pressure starting into the fourth round and it appeared to be only a matter of time before the Tallahassee, Fla. native went down. His corner signalled to referee Michael Griffin that the bout was over after the seventh.
Watching from ringside was Tony Bellew, the mandatory challenger for the WBC belt.
The Englishman said he has a signed deal to fight Stevenson Nov. 30 in Quebec City, although promoter Yvon Michel said this week no firm date has been set.
Bellew feels he can succeed where Cloud failed.
"I'm not five-foot-10 like Cloud and I'm not scared or intimidated by Adonis Stevenson," said six-foot-three Bellew. "I'll come with a game plan and execute it.
"I'll come as an underdog and leave with his belt. I'll fight on my strengths, not his. My 31st birthday is Nov. 30 and I plan to become world champion on that date too."
It was Cloud's second loss in a row after ceding his title to veteran Bernard Hopkins in March.
Pascal defeats Blades
In the co-feature, former light heavyweight champion Jean Pascal stopped George (Honey Boy) Blades with three knockdowns in the fifth round.
Pascal (28-2-1), who had not fought since December, was in a tune-up bout for his scheduled showdown in January with fellow Montreal fighter Lucian Bute, who also watched from ringside.
Blades (23-5-2) never threatened Pascal. The 38-year-old has a bizarre record built up against C-level opponents. He has faced fighters with winning records only six times, and is 1-5 against them.
Pascal was going for the knockout from the opening bell. He finally caught Blades with an upper cut and dropped him with a combination in the fifth. Twice Blades got up, only to be pummelled to the canvas again before referee Marlon B. Wright stopped the bout.
"I was a little tight at the beginning," said Pascal. "I tried to beat him with power and it wasn't working.
"We said 'use speed instead of power' and it was speed and put him down."
The Bell Centre crowd of 9,122 was evenly split in chanting the names of Pascal and Bute as the fighters entered the ring. Bute stood and applauded Pascal in a show of sportsmanship.
He saw Pascal score his first KO since 2009.
"This does me an enormous amount of good," said Pascal. "I'm a guy with power but it had been a long time since I knocked anyone out.
"Now I'll go into camp with more confidence."
A matchup of Colombian light heavyweights saw Eleider Alvarez (13-0) of Montreal dominate veteran Edison Miranda for a 10-round unanimous decision in probably his toughest pro fight to date.
Alvarez landed consistently with the right from the fourth round on, and scored a knockdown in the eighth with a right hook, but Miranda made it a hard-fought physical bout. It confused the ringside judges, producing scores of 99-90, 97-92 and 95-94.
Another light heavyweight bout saw Artur Beterbiev, a Russian fighting out of Montreal, improve to 2-0 with a second round stoppage of veteran Rayco Saunders (23-23-2).
Montreal welterweight Antonin Decarie (28-2) was back in the ring for the first time since his loss in Argentina in April to Luis Carlos Abregu and found himself in tough against Frenchman Salim Larbi (17-4-2). Decarie was cut over the left eye in the fourth round but did enough to earn a six-round unanimous decision.
Welterweight Kevin Bizier (21-0) of St. Emile, Que., had little trouble scoring a six-round unanimous decision over 37-year-old former European champion Giuseppe Lauri of Italy, who went down to a sixth straight defeat.
Source: www.cbc.ca/sports/canadian-adonis-stevenson-stops-cloud-to-retain-wbc-title-1.1872337
Stevenson retains light-heavyweight title to set up defence against Liverpool's Bellew
By Martin Domin - dailymail.co.uk
Tony Bellew will challenge Adonis Stevenson for the WBC light-heavyweight world title after the Canadian made a successful first defence of his belt against Tavoris Cloud on Saturday night.
Stevenson - nicknamed Superman - was imperious as he dismantled the former world champion before the fight was stopped at the end of the seventh round.
And he will meet his mandatory challenger Bellew back at the Bell Centre in Montreal on November 30 - the Liverpudlian's 31st birthday.
Comprehensive: Adonis Stevenson celebrates after beating Tavoris Cloud in seven rounds
Too strong: Stevenson, from Canada, will fight Liverpool's Tony Bellew next in Montreal
Bellew, who was ringside on Saturday, earned his shot at the champion in May when he beat Isaac Chilemba at the second time of asking in a final eliminator at the O2 Arena in London.
His clash with Stevenson will come two years after his first world title challenge against Welshman Nathan Cleverly, a fight he lost by majority decision.
Since then Bellew has recorded victories over Danny McIntosh, Edison Miranda and Roberto Bolonti before his double-header with Chilemba.
And he will now face a man who has made a stunning start to life in the division.
Slipping away: cloud lost his IBF belt to Bernard Hopkins in his last fight
Having campaigned at super middleweight without landing a world title shot, he moved up to rip the WBC strap from Chad Dawson with a blistering 76-second knockout in June.
Cloud had not fought for more than six months since losing his IBF belt to Bernard Hopkins in his first defeat as a professional.
And he was on the back foot in the early stages against Stevenson as the home favourite looked to land his devastating left hand.
The American started the third round as the aggressor but remained susceptible to Stevenson's power on the counter from his southpaw stance.
Only getting better: Stevenson has only lost once in his professional career
And by the fourth session the champion had his hands by his side, taunting Cloud as he peppered the visitor with both hands.
Stevenson continued to assert his dominance as the fight reached the midway point and with Cloud cut above both eyes by the end of the seventh stanza, his corner pulled their man out.
'I got my mandatory next and I'll let my promoter fix that,' Stevenson said. 'I used my jab and used my movement. I told him if it came to the sixth or seventh round then boom.
'I've beat two champions in four months at light heavyweight.'
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/boxing/article-2437162/Adonis-Stevenson-retains-light-heavyweight-title-Tavoris-Cloud.html
Adonis Stevenson defends WBC title
espn.go.com
MONTREAL -- Adonis Stevenson retained the WBC light heavyweight title Saturday night at the Bell Centre when Tavoris Cloud failed to answer the bell for the eighth round after sustaining a cut over his right eye.
Stevenson (22-1) successfully defended the title he won in June with a first-round knockout of Chad Dawson.
Cloud (24-2), the former IBF champion, also was cut on the left eyelid in the opening round.
Stevenson, from Blainville, Quebec, is the only Canadian currently with a world title. He stung Cloud with a stiff left in the opening round that left the cut and swelling on his eyelid.
Cloud rebounded in the second, but the right-hander rarely used his right hand. That drew taunting from Stevenson, who twice stood before his opponent with his arms stretched out, daring him to throw a punch.
"I'm proud, because I worked hard and I showed I can box," Stevenson said. "I did everything according to my game plan.
"My corner said to go to the body. I knew the longer it went on it would be in my favor because I was wearing him down."
Stevenson's next fight is to be a mandatory defense against England's Tony Bellew, likely early next year.
"I'm not 5-foot-10 like Cloud and I'm not scared or intimidated by Adonis Stevenson," said the 6-3 Bellew. "I'll come with a game plan and execute it."
On the undercard, former champion Jean Pascal stopped George Blades with three knockdowns in the fifth round in a light heavyweight fight. Pascal (28-2-1) used the fight as a tuneup bout for his scheduled match in January with fellow Montreal fighter Lucian Bute. Blades is 23-5-2.
"This does me an enormous amount of good," Pascal said after his first knockout since 2009. "I'm a guy with power, but it had been a long time since I knocked anyone out. Now, I'll go into camp with more confidence."
In a matchup of Colombian light heavyweights, Eleider Alvarez unanimously outpointed Edison Miranda in a 10-round bout to improve to 13-0. Alvarez had winning scores of 99-90, 97-92 and 95-94.
Source: espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/9741820/adonis-stevenson-stops-tavoris-cloud-retain-wbc-title


Sure, there are a few kinks to be worked out, but the designers behind the clever and unfussy Window Socket are onto something: A solar converter-charger that serves as an outlet on windows, not walls.
May 3, 2013, 9:08 a.m.
Today, here's a quick look at a small — but not really all that mighty — conceptual solar charger that's positively blown up around the interwebs over the past few days, which is no small feat in the oversaturated sun-powered, gadget-charging market. And for what it lacks in power, the device makes up for with a clever and simple design that helps it truly stick out from the pack.
The creation of Korean designers Kyuho Song and Boa Oh, the Window Socket is a portable, suction plate-based solar converter-charger that functions as a standard (at this point, European) plug. Stick it on any window — at home, in the office, car windshield, commuter train — where there's decent sunlight, and the device automatically starts converting sunlight into electric energy. Once fully charged – it takes about five to eight hours — remove the Window Socket and you have yourself a handy-dandy little outlet-on-the-go that maintains its charge for an unfortunately short 10 hours.
Although you don't necessary have to remove the Window Socket to plug in, the device's compact size makes it a shoo-in for outdoor excursions. However, with that 10-hour battery life, the window-to-wilderness timeframe is a bit tight.
This product is intended to enabled you to use electricity freely and conveniently in a space restricted in the use of electricity, such as in a plane, a car, and outdoors. Thus, this product was meant to draw out a socket used indoors outward. We tried to design a portable socket, so that users can use it intuitively without special training.
As pointed out by more than a few commenters — the device's initial appearance over at Yanko Design impressively garnered more than 300 comments — the big drawback here aside from the slow charge time is that the Window Socket's battery is currently at 1000mAh which isn't enough juice to really power anything save for a smartphone or other low-voltage mobile gadget.
If the Window Socket does ever go into production after a few tweaks —with a beefed-up battery life and USB capabilities, perhaps —think you'd be interested?
Thee clever and unfussy Window Socket is a solar converter-charger that serves as an outlet for windows, not walls.


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Botswana relaxes stance on Zimbabwe
NATA: Has Botswana relaxed its hard stance on the political crisis in Zimbabwe?
Mmegi Online :: Botswana relaxes stance on Zimbabwe
This is the question after a representative of Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF, Judith Mkwanda addressed the 13th Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Women Wing's Congress in Nata. Mkwanda even presented a token of appreciation to Botswana President Ian Khama in the form of artifacts, which were approved by the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe.
It was all pomp and glory at the top table at the Nata Senior Secondary School as BDP women shouted Pamberi na ZANU-PF as Mkwanda took to the podium before presenting a token of appreciation to Khama. The two parties representatives then addressed each other as old political friends only divided by international boundaries. It was like the two political organisations had just discovered each other's worth. This is a far cry from the hardline stance taken by the BDP and the Botswana government against ZANU-PF and Mugabe after disputed elections in 2008.
After the silent diplomacy under former president Festus Mogae, Botswana's foreign policy on Zimbabwe changed after Khama came to power in April 2008. Khama's government wasted no time in telling off Mugabe and ZANU-PF for their dictatorial ways and siding with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change under current Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai.
serious was the bad blood between Botswana and ZANU-PF that Khama chose to boycott regional gatherings to avoid coming face to face with Mugabe. When dealing with Zimbabwe, Botswana chose to abandon diplomatic caution and hit Mugabe and his government directly. But things seems to have changed given the presence of Mkwanda and the BDP Women's Wing congress.
BDP executive secretary, Dr Comma Serema explains the turn of events by saying that what was obtained immediately after the Zimbabwean general elections in 2008 is not necessarily applicable now. "We have a long established relationship with the ZANU-PF, and our policy is that as a ruling party, we want to go to other countries and work with the ruling parties there," said Serema.
He stressed that as the ruling party, they cooperate with other ruling parties in the region regardless of the political theories and beliefs that they pursue. "Our interest is to establish bi-lateral relationships and friendships which could help us benefit from them and vice versa," he pointed out. "It's not new that we find ourselves working with the ZANUPF closely as we have always worked with them over other important areas," he stated.

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NBC announces Olympics hosts, but not everyone is going to South Korea
NBCSN daytime host Ahmed Fareed and curling host Fred Roggin will be broadcasting from Connecticut.
NBCOlympicsBy Andrew Bucholtz on 11/30/2017
The hosting assignments for NBC's coverage of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics are out, and there are some big changes from both how the network covered the last Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014 and how they covered last summer's Rio Olympics. Mike Tirico taking over from Bob Costas as NBC primetime host (and skipping the Super Bowl to do so) had been previously announced, but NBC has now revealed its other hosts: Rebecca Lowe, Liam McHugh, Carolyn Manno, Ahmed Fareed (seen above), and Fred Roggin. And the changes to NBCSN's coverage are particularly notable.
In 2014, Al Michaels, Dan Patrick, and Lowe combined to host weekday and weekend daytime coverage on NBCSN, and they all hosted on location in Sochi. In 2016, Michaels and Tirico were the main daytime NBC hosts, with McHugh and Manno hosting on NBCSN and Patrick and Lowe working on both networks. For these Games, Michaels and Patrick aren't listed, Lowe will be hosting NBC's daytime coverage, and Fareed will be hosting daytime coverage on NBCSN. And Fareed and Roggin (who's hosting the curling coverage) will both be broadcasting from NBC's International Broadcast Center in Stamford, Connecticut rather than from South Korea.
Some of this may be about the time zone. Sochi was eight hours ahead of Eastern Time, while PyeongChang is 14 hours ahead. Thus, daytime coverage in Eastern time was in the evening in Sochi (for example, noon was 8 p.m.), but would be in the middle of the night in Pyeongchang. And even though some Olympic events have had their schedules altered for the benefit of U.S. TV, the lineup of daytime Eastern events still looks to be lighter this time around. It's also presumably much easier on the host to have them working regular hours instead of broadcasting all night.
While Wayne Gretzky has a "limited number of on-air appearances," he's still making an impact on his NHL on TNT coworkers
Maggie Gray taking over CBS Sports Radio drive-time slot, with Andrew Perloff from The Dan Patrick Show
Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia to be portrayed by Kal Penn in sports biopic
Famed Canadian broadcaster Brian Williams is retiring following a 50-year career, TSN will honour him ahead of Grey Cup
It's also interesting how much of a changing of the Winter Olympics guard this looks like. Costas, Michaels, and Patrick all aren't involved (thanks at least partly to NBC also broadcasting the Super Bowl shortly before this), Lowe's playing a more prominent role, as are McHugh (he was a NBCSN anchor in London and a host in Rio, but was only the hockey host in Sochi) and Manno (a freestyle skiing reporter in Sochi and a host in Rio). Fareed, normally an anchor and reporter for NBC Sports Bay Area, is working his first Winter Olympics for NBC and his second Games for them (he worked as a host on USA's coverage in Rio).
This release is notable as well for what it doesn't announce, specifically with regard to the Opening Ceremonies. In 2014 and 2016, Matt Lauer co-hosted that coverage, part of the 11 Olympics he'd worked on with NBC. Today colleague Meredith Viera co-hosted both times, alongside David Remnick in 2014 and Hota Kotb in 2016. Lauer was fired this week for "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," so he will not be returning to that role. We'll see who winds up taking his place.
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Day 7: I wrote 1,207 words for the NANO book.
My NANO word count is now 12,619 words.
If my blog posts get a little more sloppy, it's because I'm going to be using them to practice writing more intuitively and to stop self-censoring myself so much.
Maybe I'll get better at getting it right the first time, or maybe I'll just get to enjoy my blog a little more.
I don't like taking a lot of time away from my writing to do the posts, and yet sometimes, I really just want to write a post. So I think making them quicker to write and less of a chore is the way to go.


It may be a movie about a tyro wizard and his magical adventures, but bringing Harry Potter to the big screen took real Muggle might, no hocus-pocus about it.
It has been a site of worship for more than 1,300 years. William the Conqueror ordered its construction. The bones of King Edward II molder in its walls. Its Norman arches, candy-colored glass, and twisted stonework make visitors stop and gasp. Just stepping inside requires revising the small-minded American scale of history.
Hate to tell you this, luv, but you'd better just get used to it. In fact, we'd all better get used to it. The hype. The magazine covers. The merchandise. The Coca-Cola cans. And oh, yeah—the movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, based on the 1997 novel by J.K. Rowling, the first installment in what Rowling has long promised will be a seven-volume hero's journey through the tortured adolescence of her beloved boy wizard. The fervently awaited adaptation—written by Steve Kloves (Wonder Boys), directed by Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire), and starring 11-year-old newcomer Daniel Radcliffe in the title (and utterly life-changing) role—will finally arrive in theaters Nov. 16. The film, which cost a reported $125 million, will carry not only the immense weight of fan anticipation but the expensive expectations of Warner Bros. and corporate parent AOL Time Warner, which are betting on Harry Potter becoming one of those once-in-a-blue-moon, Batman-big franchise properties that can generate billions for years to come. (Did we mention that ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY is owned by said vast media machine?) And if that isn't enough, it also comes saddled with the economic hopes of Harry Potter's native England, which is counting on the movies to pump hundreds of millions of pounds into its film industry and even help reignite its tourism trade.


Akasha, this was a great post! I was late in joining your guys' blog, so now that I'm doing a bit of desk-warming I'm retro-reading. Very comprehensive, thanks!
Hi, I really enjoyed your blog. We are thinking of moving the South-West of South Korea but can't seem to find any information of international elementary schools for our 7 and 9 year old. We're from Australia. Would you be able to point me in the right direction?
I am sorry, we don't know much about their international school situation. We taught in public schools. Good luck!


In the spring of 2008 Alimak Hek signed a contract to provide seven Alimak rack and pinion-driven lifts for Boliden's Aitik copper mine, located near Gällivare in northern Sweden. The lifts are part of Boliden's total investment of SEK6 billion in this open-pit mine, which will include a new modern concentrating plant that will double production capacity from today's 18 million tonnes to 36 million tonnes of ore annually.
The Alimak lifts will be installed to facilitate the maintenance and inspection of different applications such as crushing, grinding, flotation and de-watering. The working environment in the mine creates high demands on the lifts' durability and reliability. The Alimak lifts accommodate lifting heights between 13.5m and 48m and payload capacities between 400kg to 1800kg. They are equipped with the modern ALC-II microprocessor-based control system, emergency phone and overload sensing device. The first lift is currently being installed at the new grinding mill and the following will be installed later this year.


Major Walkman app version 8.1.A.0.3 update is currently rolling for Xperia Z1, Z Ultra, Z, ZL, ZR users and hopefully Xperia L users will also see this. It follows Walkman app version 8.0.A.0.3 and Walkman app version 8.0.A.0.4 update which were seen a few days back before Sony rolled android 4.3 update on Xperia Z series.
Walkman app version 8.1.A.0.3 update is an OTA update and you may find the notification in your update center app depending on your region it may vary. Walkman app version 8.1.A.0.3 is a 14 MB update which shifts the build number configuration from 8.0.X.X.X to 8.1.X.X.X.
Improved download speed for offline Music Unlimited content.
Easier access to options for each song, album, artist and playlist.
Possibility to transfer Music Unlimited content using one-touch function.
We have extracted Walkman app version 8.1.A.0.3 apk from our Xperia Z1, download from below link.
Install above file as normal apk, no root needed.
Previously on pressing "Sound Enhancement" in Walkman app settings for Xperia Z1 and Z Ultra users, app was giving error of "Force Close" now it has been fixed in this version.
Walkman app version 8.1.A.0.3 update may be rolling on android 4.2.2+ Xperia devices and if above apk files works on any other Xperia device mentioned above do let us know in comments.
Or try looking for an update notification in update center app.
haven't got the update to ma XL but installed the apk and works ok including lock screen widgets etc..
Hai, I am using Xperia L(android 4.2.2) with Walkman version 8.0.A.0.3. Music is breaking down when using bluetooh headset sbh20. It's very annoying. What could be the problem?
No any update on my Xperia c2305.please update 4.4 release.
How can I install the file without rooting?
Hey guys can I do this on my Xperia M ?
Since the update I have found when receiving a text or any sort of message the music mutes and you have to switch Walkman app off and on again to resume…anybody having this issue..previously it would mute and go back to as it was,very annoying!!!!
i wanna ask about error.
I have version 6 but i want install this.
It is not getting installed.What to do?
And its working very well. Clear Audio,Sound Enhancements works.
But under settings then General, Share on Facebook is greyed out.
Also Under services, Music Unlimited is greyed out. Appart from that, it works very well.


On Tuesday, July 31, 2012, I hosted the first of a 3 class wine series called "The Great Cabernet Vintages of the Last 12 Years". In my more than a decade of offering wine education classes, this was one of the most memorable. The basis of the class was highlighting the great Cabernet vintages from California: 97, 01, 02, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, and 09. This tasting was amazing! Every wine had two things in common: 1) The same grape variety and 2) each wine was from California. The difference was vintage which is the great variable in every wine. Was it a good one, great one or poor one? What makes a vintage great or poor? All these topics were discussed and tasted first hand. What we also determined was how these wines were ageing, were they ready to drink now, were they over the hill or not quite ready yet. The only way to make these determinations is by tasting. And that, we did.
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the few red grape varietals that can age gracefully when grown in a great appellation like Napa Valley or Bordeaux. As Cabernet ages, it begins to lose the fresh fruit characteristics such as cherry, blackberry and cassis and take on slightly earthy, more dried fruit characteristics. The rich tannins that are present in young Cabernets also begin to soften allowing the fruit to express itself more. The wines we tasted that evening were tasted blind, meaning nobody knew the producer/winery. All they knew was the vintage. This allowed everyone to focus solely on how the vintage was tasting. It also did not allow anyone to make pre-judgments on the wines which were especially important as several of the wines were from well-known producers.
Below are the wines that we tasted and tasting notes. We enjoyed these wines with three different dishes: Carpaccio of Filet Mignon, Ragu of Lamb and Pulled Beef Short Rib, all enhancing the flavors of the wines. Overall observations were that the older vintages were still developing and have proven to age gracefully and the wines were food friendly with this variety of dishes offered.
One of the most well-known producers, this wine possessed cedar box, earthy characteristics with dried cherry flavors. While most felt this wine was ready to drink, I did feel it could improve with 2-3 additional years of cellaring.
One of the favorites of the tasting. This vintage was marked by rich and dense fruit and that was certainly the case with this wine. It still could improve with 3-5 years of additional cellaring.
Perhaps the most known and recognized of the wines tasted, it was one of the least favorites. It possessed a softer style, was medium in body and had a fairly short finish. Although pleasant to drink, it lacked the concentration of most of the other wines.
From the family who produce Quintessa, a very reputable Bordeaux blend red from Rutherford, this wine was showing beautifully. Nice complexity and balance. This vintage was elegant and proved to be drinking earlier than expected. Perhaps not quite as cellar worthy as expected.
A beautifully made Napa Valley Cabernet from one of Napa's top Cabernet producers, this wine was rich and complex with black fruit while possessing very mature tannins. Drinkable now but certainly able to age up to 7-10 years. One of the evening's favorite wines.
This was the most fruit forward wine of the evening. Rich, dense cassis flavors and soft tannin which was certainly aided by a touch of residual sugar. This was arguably the best vintage of the last 10 years.
This was the only wine from the Alexander Valley, which produces a softer, slightly more feminine style. It was well balanced and very drinkable for a youthful wine.
A current release wine, this was an example of a value Cabernet coming from one of the most coveted appellations in California. It was medium bodied with nice ripe, cherry and blackberry fruit.
One of the real surprises of the evening. Given the fact that wines from this heralded vintage have peaked over the last 3-4 years, this wine was tasting beautifully, giving a ray of hope to some 97's you may still have in your cellar.
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Yesterday was a good day in the Academy. Our trek team won several awards in the EP Midyear Conference, and I got the diamond pin in the 800m race. The pin is beautiful, and would be a great addition to my collection of 4 diamond and 3 sapphire pins I received for the previous years. I don't know if I'd be allowed to participate in competitive athletics if my identity was disclosed. After all, I am a genetically enhanced person. However, my enhancements were all made before my birth, so in a way, I was born with my abilities.
Today's session with Dr. Rama was a lot of fun for a change, because I told her about the race. She seemed genuinely interested, and not because of her task to monitor my psychological fitness for the service in the military. No, this time, she was actually interested in me personally.
"So what actually makes you different from the rest of us?", She asked.
Well, let's see. My vision, for example. My eye has a heightened ability to accommodate, like a telescope lens. As a result, I can see under water with no loss of resolution.
I can also see about nine times better compared to other humans in the daylight.
My eyes are larger, which gives me a wider angle of vision and makes it harder to creep up on me.
Purple pigment is the byproduct of my eye's ability to filter various wavelengths outside of the normal human range. As a result, I can accommodate the lens to see the heat waves and certain spectrum of radiation. That's 18 times better vision at night compared to any human.
Oh, almost forgot. The fun part. Did you know, that dogs have two types of color detecting cones (blue and green) and humans have additional red one. Guess how many I have? 16. My DNA was augmented with sequences from the Mantis shrimp. Sometimes, it is difficult for me to understand what the rest of humans cannot see, that is why at first I was shocked and amused with women's makeup. I'd see seven distinct colors of skin tone, five types of blush, and don't get me started on the eye shadows. The rest of the humans have noooo idea what they look like when they think they have flawless makeup. That is why I stay away from that stuff. Also, the fabrics, that the rest of humans think have solid colors, are actually more like tide died. Sometimes it is quite funny to see a huge light stain of color on a woman's dress in awkward areas. On Earth Prime, I mostly wear black, because even if it is not solid from my perspective, it still looks better than the rest of color combinations.
Other than my eyes, I have enhancements in the metabolism, immune system, muscle structure, to name a few. For example, I can influence my metabolism through meditation. I can grow hair overnight, put on weight or lose it in a week, adjust the muscle bulk for different types of athletic abilities. Adjusting muscle structure takes loner than growing hair, but in general I can switch from the sprinter to boxer to a pole vaulter in two months of mindful workouts.
Also, I have much stronger connection between mind and body. Whenever I have an inflammation in my body, I can guide my cells through the healing process. This is not entirely easy and takes daily routine of meditation. Ever since I left the 4th, I neglected this rigorous ritual. If I got seriously ill, and my improved default immunity did not fight off the attack, I guess I'd have to use the regular human medical procedures. However, in the past two years, no incidents happened.
Yes, the Earth Nations military feel like they won a lottery when they recruited me. That explains why the officer who was in charge of retrieving me after the drop in the cargo unit was reassigned to the crowd control mission on Orenascu , the rioting colony in the Alpha Centauri Orbital Belt.


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By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — It's a trick-or-treating tradition: Dump the night's candy haul onto the living room floor to pick out the gems, or do some horse trading with siblings or friends.
The excitement — and sugar rush — may leave humans unaware that all that candy might just be lethal for their hovering pet dogs and cats, however.
Those four-legged family members can't metabolize candy like humans, said Leasa Greer, manager of nutrition and regulatory affairs for Solid Gold, a line of natural, health-focused foods and treats for dogs and cats. Generally, pet owners likely know what their animals should and shouldn't eat, but they may not know why, she said.
Chocolate, for instance, contains caffeine and a compound called theobromine, which can be toxic in certain doses to both dogs and cats, Greer said. Cats can't taste sweet so aren't necessarily as drawn to chocolate as dogs, she noted. Theobromine is more concentrated in darker chocolates so that type is particularly perilous, Greer said.
In this Oct. 24, 2015, file photo, Dachshunds Eli, left, and Emily in Minion costumes participate in the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York. It's a trick-or-treating tradition: Dump the night's candy haul onto the living room floor to pick out the gems, or do some horse trading with siblings and friends. The excitement — and sugar rush — may leave humans unaware that all that candy might just be lethal for pet dogs and cats, however. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Symptoms of chocolate upset include digestive upset (vomiting, diarrhea), restlessness, hyperactivity and trembling, she said.
Then there's xylitol, a sugar substitute found in some sugarless gums and candies. It can cause hypoglycemia, seizures and even liver failure in dogs, Greer said. Symptoms of xylitol poisoning can include vomiting, weakness and lack of coordination.
"It is important to keep Halloween candy secured in a location above the animal's reach. Containers with a secure lid will also prevent any possible encounters and reduce the smell. Many animals are attracted to the novel scent of the candy," said Brian Ogle, an assistant professor of anthrozoology at Beacon College in Leesburg, Florida.
"Beyond candy, one other major threat to animals is the ingestion of glow sticks. Cats especially love to chew on these objects. The chemicals in these toys can cause severe drooling, mouth irritation and can be quite painful to animals," he added.
Some traditional high-sugar candies popular at Halloween may not necessarily be life threatening but can still cause digestive upset in dogs if consumed in large amounts, the experts said.
What's inside all those wrappers isn't the only potential problem. Wrappers themselves can be problematic for pets. Dogs that find candy lying around the house often consume the wrappers along with it, which can cause bowel blockages or stomach irritation, Greer said.
"If you suspect your dog may have snuck in to some candy and is having digestive upset, first seek veterinarian supervision and help them soothe their stomachs with a bland diet that includes home-cooked chicken breast and rice, or ground beef and rice," Greer said.
But it's not all gloom and doom for the pets in search of treats, especially those who may have earned it by enduring unruly Halloween costumes.
Some seasonal superfoods that dogs and cats can enjoy while the humans live it up on Halloween include pumpkin. The rinds make for a great source of soluble fiber to support proper digestion, Greer said. Apples are an excellent source of phytonutrients that support the overall health of pets, she said. Lentils are also a great source of dietary fiber for a healthy digestive system, providing folate and magnesium as well to support heart health.
Most pet bakeries and pet stores stock up on safe seasonal and Halloween-themed treats, noted Sarah Nold, a staff veterinarian at Trupanion, a pet insurance provider.
"On average, chocolate-related health issues cost pet owners about $240 per claim and can go higher, like the $1,200 claim we covered last year for a miniature pinscher who celebrated Halloween by eating some unattended dark chocolate," she said. "Milk chocolate and white chocolate have lower concentrations of theobromine but have a higher fat content. This means while they are less likely to cause toxicity, they can result in pancreatitis."
Ben Williamson, a spokesman for the animal rights group PETA, called Halloween the busiest time of year for pet helplines. He cautioned that raisins, grapes and macadamia nuts are among other foods that can be harmful to dogs if they ingest enough of them.
Other symptoms of toxicity are lethargy, not defecating or straining to defecate, increased thirst and an elevated heart rate.
Dr. Carol Osborne, an integrative veterinarian in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, said Halloween poses other stresses or dangers for pets, but candy is high among them.
"Halloween mishaps unfortunately do keep many veterinarians busy and unfortunately the most common issues are pets that ate Halloween candy, especially chocolate and-or xylitol containing candies," she said. "Do NOT let your pets eat the treats."
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On April 13, 2021, TPG Pace Solutions Corp (the "Company") consummated its initial public offering (the "IPO") of 28,500,000 Class A ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share ("Class A Ordinary Shares"). The Class A Ordinary Shares were sold at a price of $10.00 per share, generating gross proceeds to the Company of $285,000,000.
Substantially concurrently with the consummation of the IPO, the Company completed the private sale (the "Private Placement") of 770,000 Class A Ordinary Shares (the "Private Placement Shares") at a purchase price of $10.00 per Private Placement Share, to the Company's sponsor, TPG Pace Solutions Sponsor, Series LLC, generating gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $7,700,000.
A total of $285,000,000, comprised of $279,300,000 of the proceeds from the IPO, including approximately $9,975,000 of the underwriters' deferred discount, and $5,700,000 of the proceeds of the sale of the Private Placement Shares, were placed in a U.S.-based trust account at JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, acting as trustee. An audited balance sheet as of April 13, 2021 reflecting receipt of the proceeds upon consummation of the IPO and the Private Placement has been issued by the Company and is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
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Coming soon to Echo devices, Android and iOS, the new standard is set to make waves with wide industry support -- but don't expect a smart home sea change.
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Three speakers, three assistants -- and one standard devices can use to connect with each of them.
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At Wednesday's Alexa Live 2021 event, Amazon confirmed that its Echo lineup of speakers and smart displays will soon support Matter, a new, universal smart home standard. The product of a multiyear joint effort with other industry titans, including Apple, Google and Samsung, Matter aims to help your smart home devices play a little nicer together -- and soon, the majority of Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus, Echo Studio and Echo Show devices already in people's homes will sync up with the standard via a software update.
The news follows similar curtain-lifts from Google and Apple, each of which announced respective support for Matter in Android and in iOS earlier this year. Together with buy-in from Amazon, it all seems to set the stage for Matter to make a splashy debut in the coming months. It likely won't be long before you start seeing the Matter logo featured prominently on the product packaging for a wide variety of the gadgets that want a place in your home.
The Matter logo signifies smart-home devices that are certified to get along well with each other and with the Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri and Google Assistant voice control systems.
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Matter's potential popularity stems from the appeal of its pitch: a single, IP-based, open-source standard that works over Wi-Fi, supports all major control platforms, and acts like a universal language that smart home devices can use to connect with and understand each other. Think USB, but wireless. After all, the Internet of Things ought to be like the internet -- platform-agnostic and 99% the same, regardless of which device or operating system you're using to access it.
That's the ideal, anyway. At the same WWDC presentation where Apple announced that Matter would make its way to iOS 15, the company also showcased newly opened third-party Siri access that lets you trigger and talk to Apple's AI assistant from devices like the voice-activated Ecobee thermostat. The catch is that you'll still need an Apple HomePod Mini (or the discontinued, full-size HomePod) on your Wi-Fi network to do localized speech processing and security authentication. Let that be a reminder as Matter draws near: The big tech companies might be willing to share the cockpit in your connected home, but they're each going to want a hand on the steering wheel, and that can make for a jerky ride.
Still, smoothing out bumps like those -- while keeping big tech in firm control of the category -- might be Matter's mass effect on the smart home. The three inward-pointing arrows that make up the perhaps soon-to-be ubiquitous Matter logo might as well represent Amazon, Apple and Google, each one focused in on a common center -- and each fixed in place at the center of the action. With Matter, you could move into a home or apartment with preinstalled smart gadgets and have a much easier time controlling them however you like: Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Samsung SmartThings, take your pick. And, if you're an Android user who lives with roommates or family members who prefer iOS, Matter might help your smart home harmonize a little better, too.
"It's not just another light bulb standard," said Amazon's Chris DeCenzo, a principal engineer for the smart home, as he outlined the company's goal of making Matter relevant by finding new and practical ways of putting it to use. One of the first areas of focus: smarter smart TVs.
"The industry is really a mess of different protocols," DeCenzo explained, before going on to describe how Matter might be able to help standardize TV voice controls or improve casting performance. There are a number of TV manufacturers already on board with Matter via the Connectivity Standards Alliance, DeCenzo notes.
That's not to say that you should expect the smart home experience to be vastly different than before. These companies are still fierce competitors seeking to outdo each other with new products and features. Their incentive is to differentiate, not to share. Matter won't let you access Apple TV's HomeKit camera controls and multiview interface on a Fire TV Stick or a Chromecast, for instance. And devices like Philips Hue bulbs that communicate using Zigbee, Z-Wave or some other low-powered alternative to Wi-Fi will still need a bridge connected to your network in order to put Matter to work, so don't expect that ugly mess of pucks and hubs on your router shelf to disappear, either.
Where Matter should make the biggest impact is with developers, no doubt exhausted after a decade spent jumping through hoops to keep their devices up to date with the ever-shifting demands of each of the platforms their customers care about. (Imagine a busy restaurant with cooks who all speak different languages, while the waitstaff has to work to understand everyone and get food to the right customers.) With Matter, those device-makers will be able to develop around a single standard that brings all of the big names into play. That's a much lighter lift, and one that could free up time and resources that could be better spent developing better devices in the first place.
So, does Matter matter? The answer is undoubtedly "yes" -- even setting the smart home aside, it's a noteworthy thing when big tech circles the wagons and agrees to baseline standards involving security and data privacy. And while the smart home will never be truly seamless, Matter would seem to be a much better framework for the current landscape, one that's dotted with devices from whatever manufacturer had the best Black Friday sale, and controlled by whichever big tech company you're most comfortable (or least uncomfortable) sharing your home with. Matter won't change that smart home status quo, but it could reinforce it in ways that help the category accelerate. You might say it's just a matter of time.
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Last week, Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni acknowledged that thousands of Ugandan soldiers are fighting on the side of the government in South Sudan's civil war.
Ugandan soldiers are also fighting in Somalia against the extremist group Al Shabab, alongside troops from Kenya, Ethiopia and Burundi. The U.S. Air Force recently airlifted Burundian and Rwandan soldiers to take part in peacekeeping efforts in the Central African Republic.
Other African peacekeepers and expeditionary forces are engaged in combat missions in Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among other war zones.
It's a new age of military intervention by Africans in Africa. And the implications are huge for the entire world.
In some ways, the situation is reminiscent of the 1990s and early years of this millennium, when civil wars across the African continent drew in African powers and countries from all over the world. The difference today is that African countries intervene on behalf of embattled neighboring governments, not against them.
Supporting rebel groups is out. Only pariah governments like Sudan and Eritrea still engage in the practice.
One of the most striking developments of Africa's continental diplomacy over recent years is the new consensus on unconstitutional changes of power. From Mali to South Sudan, military takeover attempts draw universal condemnation.
When Capt. Amadou Sanogo and his comrades chased Malian president Amadou Toumani Touré out of power in 2012, the regional organization Economic Community of West African States quickly closed ranks and threatened to embargo the land-locked country—or even stage an invasion to reinstate the government.
ECOWAS backed down a bit when Islamist rebel groups in the country's north made territorial gains and the regional body realized it needed the Malian military to put up a fight. But ECOWAS continued to systematically undermine Sanogo's position. Today, the former captain is in custody, charged with the killings of counter-revolutionaries during his short reign.
On the other side of the continent, South Sudan's former vice president Riek Machar is experiencing pretty much the same thing now. His supporters weren't successful in ousting the country's government, headed by rival Salva Kiir. The regional body Intergovernmental Authority on Development opposed Machar's bid for power. Ugandan president Museveni led the charge against Machar and even committed his country's special forces to the fight.
Even Sudan, which has a long history of mutual enmity with South Sudan—a young country that gained its independence from the north in 2011—categorically denied any support for Machar's rebels and even offered to contribute troops to secure the South's oil fields.
Cynics will argue that this restraint is mainly an unholy compromise between potentates who have overstayed their welcome. Long-time rulers like Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaoré, Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni came to power themselves by force of arms. In establishing and enforcing a consensus of "no rebellions, please," these autocrats are essentially investing in their own security.
But while the cynic's view would explain the fate of Sanogo and Machar, it doesn't present a clear rationale for the continent's strong commitment to the peace mission in Somalia, the Rwandan and Burundian presence in the Central African Republic or that of Tanzania and South Africa in Congo.
Some of it is just savvy foreign policy. Rwanda has a capable army and its support of peacekeeping missions have earned it brownie points in the halls of the United Nations, where troop-supplying countries are in short supply. The Rwandan government can also use its considerable peacekeeping portfolio as a bargaining chip with donor groups and nations, for when the donors take exception to the autocratic tendencies of the Rwandans.
But on a grander scale, African governments seem to have realized that stability is beneficial to their economic and political interests.
Make no mistake, Africa's interpretation of stability is a very conservative one. African governments tend to view military force as a viable solution to a wide range of problems. This is a policy position that could prove problematic in the future.
But for the moment at least, most African politicians seem to be happy to use their armed forces within the boundaries of international law and in line with the demands of host countries. And while this is by no means a wholly satisfactory situation, it is nonetheless a big step into the right direction.


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Operation Smile and Smile Train Launch Rwanda Smiles™, to Create Africa's First Cleft-Free Country
Unprecedented collaboration between the two leading cleft charities will eliminate backlog of 4,000-plus Rwandans with untreated clefts and establish ongoing in-country medical training programs
NEW YORK and NORFOLK, Va., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Smile Train and Operation Smile, the two leading cleft care charities in the world, announced the launch of Rwanda Smiles – a ground-breaking initiative to create a "cleft-free" Rwanda. This joint effort is in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Rwanda to create the first-ever cleft-free country in Africa. Note: Photography and b-roll is available.
President H.E. General Paul Kagame of Rwanda has expressed support for Rwanda Smiles, to ensure every Rwandan born with a cleft lip or cleft palate receives life-changing surgery and lives a healthy and productive life. The Rwandan Minister of Health, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho , has committed her support as well.
"The Ministry of Health of Rwanda is pleased to partner with Operation Smile and Smile Train to launch the Rwanda Smiles Alliance to create a cleft-free Rwanda," Dr. Binagwaho said. "This goal is a shared vision of promise – a promise of fully healthy lives for all Rwandan children and adults, including their physical, mental, social, and emotional wellbeing. The procedures to repair cleft lip and cleft palate will reach all communities and build medical and surgical capacity among Rwandan clinicians and health managers. The Rwanda Smiles Alliance will help provide equitable access to safe, high-quality cleft care for all those in need."
Each year, 250-300 babies are born with clefts in Rwanda. Approximately 4,000 children and adults in Rwanda today are suffering from a cleft. Those affected can't eat or speak properly, and are shunned and ostracized from their communities. Rwanda Smiles will treat all Rwandans living with unrepaired clefts.
Operation Smile and Smile Train are working shoulder-to-shoulder to scale up their efforts in Rwanda. By working closely with the Rwandan Ministry of Health, Rwanda Smiles will focus on the following needs:
Identifying all those in need of cleft treatment.
Providing free treatment and care to all Rwandans currently living in the country with unrepaired clefts.
Training local medical professionals so they can provide ongoing care for children with clefts in their communities.
"I am so proud that Smile Train will be working with Operation Smile, and the government and people of Rwanda to launch this program," said Charles B. Wang , Chairman and Co-Founder of Smile Train. "This is truly a great program, and I believe that if we can be successful in eradicating clefts in Rwanda, this can be a model used throughout the world."
"This is an extraordinary opportunity for Operation Smile and Smile Train to share our combined expertise to help the people of Rwanda," said William R. Fox , Chairman of Operation Smile's Board of Directors. "Working hand-in-hand with the Rwandan government, our shared goal is to build a sustainable program that will have the greatest impact on changing and saving the lives of children with clefts."
To create a cleft-free Rwanda, the medical infrastructure of the country needs to expand so children born with clefts in the future will have access to ongoing cleft care. Through Rwanda Smiles, Smile Train and Operation Smile will help build this infrastructure by establishing medical training programs for Rwandan medical professionals to develop their skill levels in the areas of surgery, anesthesia, and nursing. Both organizations will engage their networks of international medical professionals to provide this specialized training for Rwandan medical teams.
The Rwandan Ministry of Health appointed three of Rwanda's hospitals (Ruhengeri, Rwamagana, and Gihundwe) to be used as treatment facilities for cleft care. These hospitals are a key component of Rwanda Smiles, in addition to the partner hospitals where both organizations already offer care, including the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali, the Rwanda Military Hospital, and the Inshuti Mu Buzima (Partners in Health) Butaro Hospital.
For more information on Rwanda Smiles, please visit www.smiletrain.org and www.operationsmile.org.
About Operation Smile (www.operationsmile.org)
Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is an international children's medical charity that works in more than 60 countries, whose network of more than 5,000 medical volunteers from over 80 countries is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. Since it was founded in 1982, Operation Smile has provided more than 3.5 million healthcare evaluations and has been a major catalyst to introducing cleft care surgery and training programs in countries around the world in addition to directly conducting over 200,000 free surgeries for children and young adults born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities, as well as patients suffering from burns. To build long-term self-sufficiency in developing countries, Operation Smile establishes a local presence in country, trains local doctors and medical professionals so they are empowered to treat their own local communities, donates medical equipment and supplies, and provides year-round medical treatment through over 20 Operation Smile worldwide Comprehensive Care, Training & Treatment Centers.
About Smile Train (www.smiletrain.org)
Smile Train's mission is to provide a child born with a cleft the same opportunities in life as a child born without a cleft. We have provided more than 850,000 free cleft surgeries since 1999, comprehensive care to hundreds of thousands of poor children in developing countries and trained doctors and medical professionals in over 80 countries. Unlike many charities that do many different things, Smile Train's mission is focused on solving a single problem: cleft lip and palate. Clefts are a major problem in developing countries where more than a million children are suffering with unrepaired clefts. Most cannot eat or speak properly. Aren't allowed to attend school or hold a job. And face very difficult lives filled with shame and isolation, pain and heartache. Their clefts usually go untreated because they are poor - too poor to pay for a simple surgery that has been around for decades. We want our mission to be yours.


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Like many other parents across the country I spent the morning of September 1st last in the surrounds of my son's new classroom. The excitement of moving to 'big school' and making new friends apparently superseded any nerves (for him anyway) and within a week he was eagerly informing me what the Irish for 'dog' is (for the uninitiated it's 'madra') and that the highest mountain in Ireland is in Kerry.
By week two, attention had moved beyond the classroom to extra-curricular activities, with a note home in his school bag to say that while football "training" wouldn't kick off at the school until after Christmas he could, in the meantime, join the other children at the local GAA club every Saturday morning.
With his new-found interest in all things social, off we trekked last weekend to be greeted by upwards of 60 four and five year olds and numerous volunteers ready to take on the task of introducing them to the skills of Gaelic football and hurling.
This scene was no doubt replicated on parks and pitches right around the country, and it struck me that there aren't too many organisations, sporting or otherwise, that could command such interest and broad participation at such a young age.
The GAA is a unique Irish institution. While the last 10 years have been characterised by the disintegration of other traditional pillars of Irish society, the Gaelic Athletic Association has survived with its reputation intact – many would argue, enhanced.
It's an interesting case study that could provide lessons for anyone in business.
A closer look reveals that the strength of the GAA's reputation is not just down to chance. Proactive management of its reputation with stakeholders is integral to how the organisation has always operated and has helped it survive and thrive in recent years, where others have struggled.
When talking to companies about how to maximise their reputation, areas such as community and stakeholder engagement, clear narrative and messaging, corporate social responsibility, 'industry' leadership and future forecasting invariably come up – areas in which the GAA has a proven track record. This, aligned with some critical 'business' decisions such as the scrapping of Rule 42, which prohibited the playing of non-Gaelic sports at Croke Park in 2007, have presented the GAA as a forward-thinking organisation aligned with its stakeholders in Ireland and beyond.
The strength of this reputation benefits more than the organisation itself of course. Sport and culture are two of the key dimensions that make up Ireland's overall reputation in the eyes of international stakeholders. While other institutions lost their way during the Celtic Tiger and subsequent economic crash, the proactivity of the GAA's reputation management has provided consistency and comfort for those looking in from abroad.
When the founders of the GAA gathered back in 1884, they could not have envisaged how the core values of the organisation would grow and shape both internal and external reputations.
This weekend the GAA stages its ultimate stakeholder engagement event when the All-Ireland Final will be contested by teams from Donegal and Kerry in front of over 80,000 people in Croke Park and a television audience of potentially hundreds of millions worldwide.
Myself and junior will be amongst them. My challenge will be to convince him to remove his new hurling helmet for the duration!


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Browns reach agreements with coordinators Todd Monken, Steve Wilks
Jan 13, 2019 at 8:28 PM Jan 13, 2019 at 10:01 PM
The Browns reached agreements to hire Todd Monken as their offensive coordinator and Steve Wilks as their defensive coordinator, a person familiar with the moves confirmed for the Beacon Journal/Ohio.com Sunday night.
The organization is expected to announce the additions to the staff of coach Freddie Kitchens on Monday morning.
James Campen will also be named the associate head coach/offensive line coach of the Browns, the person confirmed.
Kitchens is widely expected to call the offense's plays because he thrived in the role during the final eight games of the 2018 regular season, but he'll have a chance to explain his plans for himself and his staff when he's introduced as head coach during a news conference at noon Monday at FirstEnergy Stadium.
Monken, 52, spent the past three seasons as the offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he didn't call the plays until last year.
Like Kitchens, Monken capitalized on his opportunity to steer the ship.
The Bucs finished the season ranked third in the NFL in yards (415.5) and 12th in points (24.8) per game. They were first in passing (320.3 yards per game) and 29th in rushing (95.2 yards per game).
Coach Dirk Koetter took the play-calling duties from Monken in Week 10, and the Bucs fell 16-3 to Washington. Monken resumed play-calling duties the next week, and held them for 15 of 16 games. Koetter was fired after the season before becoming the offensive coordinator of the Atlanta Falcons.
The Bucs were Monken's second employer in the NFL. He previously coached receivers for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2007-10), but the bulk of his resume was built in the college ranks. His most high-profile collegiate jobs were head coach at Southern Mississippi (2013-15), where he went 13-25, offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Oklahoma State (2011-12) and passing game coordinator/receivers coach at LSU (2005-06) and Oklahoma State (2002-04).
Monken had received plenty of attention since the regular season ended. He reportedly interviewed with the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Green Bay Packers for their head coaching gigs and the Jaguars, Packers and Detroit Lions for their offensive coordinator jobs.
The hiring of Wilks, 49, should come as no surprise because he reportedly began working toward an agreement with the Browns on Friday, the same day he interviewed for the defensive coordinator job at team headquarters in Berea.
He'll replace Gregg Williams, the defensive coordinator of the Browns the past two seasons who went 5-3 as their interim coach while Kitchens caught fire as their offensive coordinator.
The Arizona Cardinals recently fired Wilks after he went 3-13 in his lone season as their head coach.
Wilks has one season of experience as an NFL defensive coordinator. He held the job with the Carolina Panthers in 2017, when they ranked seventh in the league in yards allowed (317.1) per game and tied for 10th in points surrendered (20.4) a game. They were 18th against the pass (229.1 yards allowed per game) and third against the run (88.1 yards allowed per game).
Wilks used a 4-3 base defense, which is what the Browns employed under Williams.
After several stops at the college level, Wilks coached defensive backs for four NFL teams: Washington (2005), Chicago Bears (2006-08), San Diego Chargers (2009-11) and Panthers (2012-16).
Campen is the replacement for Bob Wylie, the Browns' offensive line coach the past two seasons who became a "Hard Knocks" sensation last summer.
Campen spent the past 15 seasons coaching the Packers and became their longest-tenured assistant. He worked with Browns General Manager John Dorsey for nine seasons when the latter was in the player personnel department of the Packers.
A 54-year-old former Packers center, Campen held the title of offensive line coach for 11 seasons before being promoted last year to run game coordinator/offensive line coach. He has helped six linemen earn Pro Bowl recognition since 2010.
On Friday, former Minnesota Vikings special teams coordinator Mike Priefer announced in a statement issued to NFL Network he agreed to join the Browns in the same role.
So Monken, Wilks and Priefer will be Kitchens' coordinators, Campen will have a prominent role and several other assistants will be added as well.
Former Jets running backs coach Stump Mitchell will join the Browns in the same capacity, and former Jets player personnel intern Tyler Tettleton will head to Cleveland as an offensive quality control coach, according to reports.
Nate Ulrich can be reached at nulrich@thebeaconjournal.com. Read his Browns coverage at www.ohio.com/browns. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ByNateUlrich and on Facebook www.facebook.com/abj.sports.


On this point I struggle. With utmost respect to Bonhoeffer, for his dedication to study, to ethical and authentic faith in action, and for this man who died for his convictions opposing Hitler, I shudder to challenge a word of his, yet I must. While Bonhoeffer's assertion is powerfully compelling and bears great validity, especially in the context he declared it, I stipulate that silence in the face of evil, instead of is itself evil, is better stated can be itself evil. My reasoning? How can we judge what is good or evil based only upon an external examination of the act itself? How are we to judge the internal motive of another, that silence in the face of evil is evil itself, when at times we deceive ourselves of our own motivations? Jesus himself, before his persecutors, at times chose silence. Was this choice inherently evil? I would agree with the reflection of the author of Ecclesiastes, who noted a time to be silent and a time to speak (Ecclesiastes 3:7), and in his conclusion, to let God be the judge (Ecclesiastes 12:14). To presume a person's choice for silence at any given time is evil bears the risk of imposing false guilt. False guilt usually results a vicious cycle of self-defeating behavior.
I should note, here, too, that my definition of evil varies a bit from the norm. Instead of an act of profound immorality, I work from the concept that evil is an internal mindset from which profoundly immoral acts can emerge. This internal mindset can exist in any of us. It can exist as an unchecked thought that belies truth. And what is truth? Another intangible, yet one that rings in our hearts across generations, ethnicity, religions, ages. . . when we hold an infant in our arms. . . when we hold the hand of a dying grandparent. . . when we throw our life in harm's way to save another. . . the truth we sense in our core, that all people are inherently valuable, despite our faults, that we need love, acceptance, forgiveness, and purpose. This core sense of respect for self, for other, for life, is what moves the heart of mankind forward. If, however, a heart broods disrespect of life, if a mind doubts it is loved, accepted, forgiven, if an attitude disregards the purpose of our lives or the lives of others (which can happen in any of us, at any time), then we are likely to act in a way that brings harm rather than good. The action may appear on the surface to be good, but is a whitewashed tomb.
To act upon McLaren's or Bonhoeffer's proclamation (silence in the face of evil is itself evil) without examining internal beliefs carries potential to render any resultant action tainted by further evil. The reader's subconscious sense of guilt ("Oh no, I can't remain silent or I'll be evil too, an accomplice!") can thus become motivation to speak up prematurely and, as a result, become a voice of reaction rather than response–with the potential to become extremist on the other end of the spectrum. Speaking up from a motive of false guilt, from a motive of shame or fear of being evil, can produce another form of evil. It is easy to imagine a person with this internal process springing into an oppositional extreme reaction (i.e., "Nuke 'em!") (Yes, that 80's expression popular in the anti-Iran hostage era is back, I've heard it more than you'd imagine lately!). We do well to beware the conquering hero, rising up to lead a posse against foe, all the while feeding off his followers' adoration to reinforce to himself that he is not the failure his father proclaimed him to be.
As we sense God's Spirit searching our hearts for motive, may we seek to purge our minds of fear, hatred, and revenge. May we seek the internal place where we are loved, accepted and forgiven; the place where we are infused with purpose, equipped to action and empowered to love. From a wellspring of positive regard for humanity we can act with mature, balanced responses to address the most heinous crimes. We can forge solutions that support long-term healthy relationships. For within us lies the capacity to act out of either motive, at any time. . . and it is easy to deceive ourselves into thinking our motives are pure, no matter the action.
The next area of Brian's six points that I want to discuss is the fourth point, in which he ponders the association between our western way of life (as oil-dependent) and our willingness to silently suffer offenses to mankind in exchange for oil. Though I respect Brian's willingness to bear corporate guilt by association, I think it is a far stretch. We are dependent upon oil out of necessity for transport to work, medical care, food-shopping and such. Our leaders might turn a blind eye to the extremists' slaughter of non-Muslims while making deals to secure oil products, but to suggest common working people would agree to exchange a head for a gallon of gas is, simply, too much. My question here, will Brian's suggestion of corporate responsibility serve to further motivate our action from a sense of false guilt? If so, I propose a better motive than guilt–loving concern.
Speaking of loving concern, and truth, as reader Ben pointed out in a comment to Excuse me, Part 1, issues related to oil and America's involvement in the Mid-East from decades past are an important part of the current dilemma, and issues of variances in underlying beliefs go back thousands of years. Though I don't excuse religious executions, understanding historical culpability on both sides of the dispute is essential to forging lasting solutions.
In his fifth point, Brian suggests "we have experienced paralysis as a result of a superficial analysis." He suggests that a superficial analysis, labeling Muslims as evil, facilitates our dismissing further thought on the matter. This reasoning does not add up for me; I need further explanation. When a 'bad guy' comes to our attention, we usually take action to imprison or somehow stop them. I don't understand how labeling Muslims as evil would lead anyone to dismiss further thought or action. Enlighten me, please?
The sixth and final point in part one of Brian's post is the most plausible, in my view: We don't know what can be done practically. Now, this is realistic! In our society, where economics force many of us to work long hours and more than one job, where political parties tie up meaningful legislation with hidden, manipulative ploys, where one party's folly becomes the next party's fault, where one "unbiased" news station reports the exact opposite of another and internet sources are about as reliable as snake oil peddlers, who has the time and the resources to effectively battle this distant enemy? I would venture to guess that most of us would love to get onboard with sensible, realistic, practical responses to these inhumane killings.
If only we had such a thing.
Please share your responses and stay tuned for part three, where we begin to work toward such a thing. In the next installment, we will examine McLaren's proposed solutions to this dilemma and, again, continue to process our thoughts, motives and choices for action.
BPE — you're requesting to link up here, please say a word or two about the connection you're making. Can you go further into explaining how when people think of others as "pure evil" it can cause them to dismiss the issue and deal no further with it?


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Q: WinApi - ToUnicode function throws an access violation? LPWSTR data[256];
ToUnicode(vk_code, 0, 0, *data, 256, 0);

This code throws the following exception:
Access violation writing location 0xCCCCCCCC.
The vk_code value seemed to be perfectly normal at the breakpoint, and I checked with msdn to make sure my arguments were valid. What could I be doing wrong?

A: You are passing an uninitiated pointer to the pwszBuff parameter. It expects a pointer to an allocated array of characters. Change your array to use WCHAR elements instead of LPWSTR elements, and get rid of the * dereference operator:
WCHAR data[256];
int res = ToUnicode(vk_code, 0, 0, data, 256, 0);
switch (res) {
    case -1:
        // dead-key character, nothing written to data[]...
        break;
    case 0:
        // no translation, nothing written to data[]...
        break;
    default:
        // res # of characters written to data[]...
        break;
}

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Woody Allen: A Documentary by Robert B. Weide
If you ever owned a DVD of a Woody Allen movie, you will know that there are never any special features. There is probably no budget for a behind-the-scenes documentary crew following him around on his film shoots, heck, Woody Allen has said he does not even like the concept of special features. He even burns the deleted scenes after the film is completed.
Up till now, the only way to truly learn about Woody Allen's process was through books. I own Conversations with Woody Allen by Eric Lax (who's in the film as his biographer) and Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation with Stig Bjorkman, which both are all fine reads and great insights into Allen's creative process. I knew most of his stories: his workman-like approach, his approach to casting, , .
The structure of the documentary is tailor-made to its subject and it really fits. It chronicles Allen's life from his career transitions beginning from a young joke writer to stand-up comedian to a filmmaker. Much of Allen's frequent collaborators and family are interviewed, including his sister, actors, co-writers, casting director and producers. Each film that he's made is covered more or less but much more emphasis is placed on his creative phases: his early funny films, the transition with Annie Hall and the Diane Keaton era, the Mia Farrow era, Match Point and now the current European city phase. The behind-the-scenes section on the set of You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger where you see Allen rehearsing a scene with Naomi Watts and Josh Brolin in an argument scene was a real treat. Also, my top five favorite Woody films are all covered (Crimes and Misdemeanors, Stardust Memories, Everybody Says I Love You, Deconstructing Harry and Midnight in Paris), so I am a happy camper.
I had a dumb dream once where I met Wong Kar Wai and he took off his infamous sunglasses, looked me straight into the eye and spoke to me. I woke up realizing I saw Wong Kar Wai's eyes in person and felt like I knew something deeper about him because I was in his presence.
That's how this documentary made me feel. Despite that my previous knowledge, I didn't know anything about Woody Allen in terms of a human being. The documentary offers that close proximity as we basically hang out with Woody Allen for 3 hours. We take a trip with Allen around New York visiting various locations like his cutting room, his old elementary school (which he hates), the jazz club (where he plays the clarinet every Monday) and the local cinema he used to frequent (inspired the idea for Purple Rose of Cairo) and we see the space of his own world and can visualize where the genesis of his ideas come from. One major highlight is when we're in Allen's actual home where he shows you his typewriter and takes out his notes for story ideas and reads out a few of them.
It's an absorbing experience as we gain great insight into Allen as a human being and an artist. It totally makes up for the lack of special features for every Woody Allen DVD. A highly recommended experience for fellow Woody Allen fans.
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