Windsor – Caesars Windsor's CodeGreen HEROs have come to the rescue again by cleaning up along the Caesars Windsor Nature Trail at Devonwood Conservation Area. The cleanup will begin on April 17 at 6pm and the media are welcome to attend.
Caesars Windsor employees have been undertaking annual cleanup events since 2013. "Caesars Windsor is dedicated to bringing its environmental commitment outside of our property to benefit our community and work towards a sustainable future," said Kelly Wolfe Gregoire, Vice President of Human Resources.
Caesars Windsor's CodeGreen is a comprehensive environmental strategy that focuses on environmental opportunities to progress energy, waste, water and carbon management throughout the company's resorts. CodeGreen teams at each property implement grassroots programs aimed to enhance energy efficiencies, reduce impact on natural resources and improve waste streams.


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Telecom Business Alert - 911 Violation, 911 Outage Investigation Settled, Signal Booster Waiver, FirstNet Activities, FCC Continues to Go Green, and KH Attorney Authors Net Neutrality Article - Vol. XII, Issue 12
Fine for 911 Violation
Last week, the Commission ordered Hinton Telephone Company (Hinton) to pay a $100,000 penalty for failing to direct 911 calls to local first responders. In May 2013, the Commission received a complaint pertaining to Hinton's 911 services. Upon further investigation, the Enforcement Bureau discovered that from May 6, 2013 to August 5, 2013 Hinton routed 911 calls to an automated operator message that directed callers to "hang-up and dial 911." Under the Commission's rules, emergency calls must be directed to a public safety or local emergency authority answering point. Although Hinton was aware of the problem, it failed to correct the problem until the Enforcement Bureau demanded that the calls be directed to the appropriate local emergency responder authority. For additional information, please contact Wes Wright (Wright@khlaw.com; 202.434.4239).
Verizon Settles 911 Outage Investigation
On March 18, 2015, the Commission and MCI Communications Service, Inc. d/b/a Verizon Business Services (Verizon) entered into a Consent Decree to settle the Enforcement Bureau's Investigation pertaining to an April 2014 multistate 911 service outage. Verizon failed to timely notify all affected Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), which it was required to do under the Commission's rules. To settle the matter, Verizon agreed to implement a Compliance Plan and to pay a $3.4 million fine. For additional information, please contact Wes Wright (Wright@khlaw.com; 202.434.4239).
Signal Booster Waiver
Last week, the FCC granted Bird Technology's request for waiver of the signal booster labeling requirements under Part 90 of the Commission's rules. The company sought a waiver of Section 90.219 of the Commission's rules that requires every Part 90 signal booster be labeled to indicate whether it is a Class A or Class B device along with an advisory statement concerning who may operate the device. Bird Technology developed Signal Booster III that allows the end-user to determine how the signal booster will be configured and operated (i.e., either as a Class A or Class B device). The rule waiver authorizes the use of a special label for Signal Booster III products. For additional information, please contact Greg Kunkle (kunkle@khlaw.com; 202.434.4178).
FirstNet Activities
At IWCE in Las Vegas last week, Federal, state and industry representatives discussed numerous FirstNet and NBPSN issues which included state implementation planning, utility participation, and the build-out of rural America. FirstNet is scheduled to convene meetings of the Board Committees (Governance and Personnel; Technology; Outreach; and Finance) on March 24, and the entire Board will hold an open public meeting on March 25. For more information, please contact Al Catalano (Catalano@khlaw.com; 202.434.4207) or Tom Magee (Magee@khlaw.com; 202-434-4128).
FCC Continues to Go Green
On March 19, 2015, the FCC announced that Petitions for Rulemaking – that previously could only be filed via hardcopy – may be filed though an online filing module by going to the ECFS homepage and selecting "Submit a Non-Docketed Filing." Petitioners still have the option to file on paper.
Wes Wright Authors Article on Net Neutrality
Keller and Heckman attorney, Wes Wright, authors an article for Submarine Telecoms Forum, Summary: The FCC's Net Neutrality Rules. The article explores the history of net neutrality, the FCC's net neutrality rules, and whether the rules will be challenged in court. For additional information, please contact Wes Wright (Wright@khlaw.com; 202.434.4239).
We welcome your feedback on topics of interest that you would like to see covered in our Telecom Business Alert. To make suggestions, please e-mail telecomalert@khlaw.com.
Keller and Heckman LLP's Telecom Business Alert is a complimentary weekly electronic update created by the Telecommunications and the Business Counseling and Transactional practice groups of Keller and Heckman LLP. All articles, videos, and quotations are on topics of general interest and do not constitute legal advice for particularized facts. Keller and Heckman LLP's Telecom Business Alert © 2014. All rights reserved. Articles may be copied with attribution. To sign up for our weekly alert, please send us an email at telecomalert@khlaw.com and provide us with your name and email. Please follow us on twitter at @KHtelecom.
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Gregory E. Kunkle
Thomas B. Magee
Tracy P. Marshall
Wesley K. Wright
Michael T. N. Fitch
Albert J. Catalano
Timothy A. Doughty

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El Salvador native Artiga formed Kataplexia in Helsinki, Finland in 2002. The death metal band's line-up featured several Central American natives, although session musicians are also the norm. The band toured Spain in the spring of 2006. The band's third album, Supreme Authority, was available in the spring of 2008. The album featured a guest drummer. He was Timo Hakkinen from Sotajumala. A 2014 EP was called. A package compilation was called Scenes Of Supreme Reality and issued in 2017. Olli Wetterstrand was on bass as of 2017.
Kataplexia hails from Finland, but one would never know it by listening to the band. Of all things, the boys sound like a primitive cross between Suffocation and Fleshgrind. Perhaps it all can be explained through giving the members' names, like Rodrigo Atiga. Songs like Ashes From Our Incinerated Innards (yummy!), Morgue's Reality (yummy!) and Brutal Addiction (yummy!) are simple in form, heavy as hell and take advantage of deep vocals. The production is not too hot, but that goes with the independent and underground nature of the territory one assumes. The cheap nature of things is also reflected in the album's cover artwork which is nevertheless suitable and not bad. - Ali "The Metallian"


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'Contemptible': outrage as Rudy Giuliani attacks George Soros as 'hardly a Jew'
Trump lawyer claims he is 'more of a Jew than Soros'
ADL denounces 'dog whistle to hardcore antisemites'
Edward Helmore in New York
Tue 24 Dec 2019 14.14 EST Last modified on Fri 27 Dec 2019 08.15 EST
Rudy Giuliani said of George Soros: 'I probably know more about – he doesn't go to church, he doesn't go to religion – synagogue. He doesn't support Israel, he's an enemy of Israel.' Photograph: SMG/Rex/Shutterstock
Jewish groups intensified criticism on Tuesday of Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor turned president's lawyer and freelancing Ukrainian envoy, after he attacked the Jewish financier, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor George Soros for being "hardly a Jew" and failing to attend synagogue.
Giuliani also asserted he was "more of a Jew than Soros" and repeated a claim that the former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, who testified in Donald Trump's impeachment inquiry, was controlled by the financier.
The Anti-Defamation League CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, furiously rebuked Giuliani, who is of Italian descent and was raised Roman Catholic, describing his comments as "baffling and offensive" and a "dog whistle to hardcore antisemites and white supremacists who believe this garbage".
Greenblatt called on Giuliani to "apologize and retract his comments immediately".
The central thrust and larger offense caused by Giuliani's comments, which were made during an interview with New York magazine, the group argued, was to repeat a trope about the financier controlling political appointments and events.
Soros is widely recognized for funding progressive political and social causes.
To those accusations Greenblatt tweeted: "Opposing Soros isn't what's #antiSemitic. Saying that he controls ambassadors, employs FBI agents and isn't 'Jewish enough' to be demonized is."
In an article published on its website in October, the ADL said: "In far-right circles worldwide, Soros' philanthropy often is recast as fodder for outsized conspiracy theories, including claims that he masterminds specific global plots or manipulates particular events to further his goals."
The American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group, tweeted a stinging riposte to Giuliani, saying: "You're entitled to your views, and to denouncing his [Soros's]. But it's offensive to deny anyone's faith, and worse to endorse classically antisemitic conspiracy theories."
American Jewish Committee (@AJCGlobal)
No, Mayor, you're not "more of a Jew than Soros." You're entitled to your views, and to denouncing his. But it's offensive to deny anyone's faith, and worse to endorse classically antisemitic conspiracy theories.https://t.co/NnXrK2MRDt
In an interview with the Guardian last month, Soros said repeated attacks against him from the right, both in their intensity and number, served to sustain him.
"It challenges me and therefore it energises me," he said. "When I look at the list of people, or movements, or countries who are attacking me, it makes me feel I must be doing something right. I'm proud of the enemies I have."
The 86-year-old Soros, who survived the Nazi occupation of his native Hungary, was said by Giuliani to be behind ambassadorial appointments and "employing the FBI agents", in an unexplained claim that the magazine described as him "weaving one made-up talking point into another and another".
George Soros: 'I'm proud of the enemies I have.' Photograph: Ronald Zak/AP
Challenged on his views, Giuliani retorted: "Don't tell me I'm antisemitic if I oppose him."
"Soros is hardly a Jew," he continued. "I'm more of a Jew than Soros is. I probably know more about – he doesn't go to church, he doesn't go to religion – synagogue. He doesn't belong to a synagogue, he doesn't support Israel, he's an enemy of Israel."
But Giuliani shows no sign of retracting or moderating his comments. Asked by NBC News if his remarks were seriously intended, the former mayor texted: "I'm more Jewish than half my friends."
Soros, who emigrated to the UK in 1947 where he attended the London School of Economics is believed to have a net worth of around $8bn, having given around $32bn to his philanthropic agency, the Open Society Foundations, known for supporting global democratic causes.
In the US alone, the group is reported to have given $33m in financial support to civil rights and social justice organizations, among them efforts to bring justice to bear in several high-profile killings of African American men by law enforcement.
A spokeswoman for Soros's foundations, Laura Silber, on Tuesday called Giuliani's remarks "contemptible," tweeting that they "reflect his toxic campaign of misinformation and falsehoods aimed at distracting from the gravity of the charges facing the president".
Laura Silber (@laurasilber)
Giuliani's remarks about George Soros' Jewishness as reported in @NYMag are contemptible - and reflect his toxic campaign of misinformation and falsehoods - aimed at distracting from the gravity of the charges facing the President. https://t.co/LDr1UOhpMy


DESTIN — Urban Air Adventure Park Destin, an indoor trampoline park, will not open this spring.
The park was scheduled to open at the Emerald Coast Centre in the spring or early summer, but the franchisee said that will not be the case.
"Due to some delays in permitting and construction, a spring opening is no longer possible," Urban Air Destin's Facebook page read. "Looking like fall at this point. Apologies to everyone who was planning on joining us before then. The park will be awesome when we finally open."
Mike Blech, franchisee owner of Urban Air Adventure Park Destin, said the building specifications are not yet adequate for the adventure park's needs, and thus he has had to delay progress.
"It basically came down, the landlord was supposed to get all the permitting done by August (2018), then October. Long story short, they have done demo(lition) but have not even started on the roof-raising part. It's going to take a few months to do that and a few months for me to get the build-out done, so we are looking at fall, hopefully."
Blech added that the 42,000-square-foot park must meet a certain height requirement before being built-out because of its Urban Air Sky Rider Indoor Coaster and trampoline features. Once the building meets the height requirements, Blech said he will be ready to open in a month.
Park Grimmer, owner of Grimmer Realty Company Inc. that owns the Emerald Coast Centre, said the construction team is waiting for permits from the city of Destin.
"We are having to raise the roof on that particular building, and we had to go back to the city and get some permitting issues settled up," Grimmer said. "We are shooting for late fall or early winter. It just depends on the construction."
As for Urban Air Adventure Park Destin, Blech said he is a bit frustrated about the delay, but still plans to move forward with the park when the building is ready.
"It will be coming up on two years of working on it," Blech said. "I was optimistic we would be open for spring break. I'm getting everything ordered and set up so we can get open as soon as possible once we get the space ready."
As for Rouses Markets, which Grimmer prematurely announced was coming to Destin in 2020, the grocer has yet to confirm a contract with the Emerald Coast Centre.


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La Queer Palm  (o Palma Queer) es un premio para películas seleccionadas en la categoría de cine gay o LGBT, que han sido consideradas lo suficientemente relevantes para ingresar al prestigioso Festival de cine de Cannes.

Origen y desarrollo del premio
El premio fue creado en el año 2010 por el periodista Franck Finance-Madureira, y la Palma Queer está patrocinada por los cineastas franceses Olivier Ducastel y Jacques Martineau, realizadores de las películas Jeanne et le Garçon formidable, Drôle de Félix, Crustacés et Coquillages, L'Arbre et la Forêt, etc.

El premio reconoce a la película que, por su tratamiento de temas LGBT, sobresale sobre otras películas nominadas o inscritas en la Selección Oficial, en Un certain regard, en la Semana Internacional de la Crítica, en la Quincena de Directores o en la sección ACID.

Junto con el Premio Teddy de la Berlinale y el Queer Lion del Festival de Cine de Venecia, la Queer Palm se convierte en uno de los premios de cine internacional más importantes, dedicado al reconocimiento de las mejores películas de temática gay.

Ganadores y selecciones

Véase también

 Premio Teddy
 Queer Lion

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Queer Palm

Festival Internacional de Cine de Cannes
Premios de cine LGBT
Cultura LGBT en Francia
Anexos:Premios del Festival de Cannes

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Official files election complaint against Bridgeport cop
Friday, August 21, 2015 9:52 PM EDT
A Bridgeport police captain is accused of attempting to intimidate a Democratic official into changing his vote in the mayoral nomination race.
Benji Labrador, a member of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee, says Capt. A.J. Perez arrived at his home the night before the committee was to nominate a candidate for mayor.
Labrador says Perez, who is the commander of the city's detective bureau, was wearing a gun holstered in plain sight but was not wearing a uniform.
"Perez proceeded to harass me with regard to my vote...because I was supporting Mayor Bill Finch over Joe Ganim," Labrador says. "When I refused to change my vote, Detective Perez became red in the face with anger."
Perez says he and three others went to Labrador's home because they were worried about him.
Perez says he received a text in which Labrador allegedly said he "still loved Joe Ganim," but was forced to change his vote by his wife.
Perez denies having raised his voice or pointed his finger.
"I have been here for 33 years, and I have never had anyone make such complaints or allegations against me," Perez says.


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Moderne Physik
Mind and Cosmos (eBook, PDF)
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete. And the…mehr
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Purpose in the Universe (eBook, PDF)
Proclus: Commentary on Plato's Timaeus: Volume 2, Book 2: Proclus on the Causes of the Cosmos and its Creation (eBook, PDF)
Animals (eBook, PDF)
Mind and Cosmos (eBook, ePUB)
Phenomenology of Space and Time (eBook, PDF)
The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete. And the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist history, either. An adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as such. Nagel's skepticism is not based on religious belief or on a belief in any definite alternative. In Mind and Cosmos, he does suggest that if the materialist account is wrong, then principles of a different kind may also be at work in the history of nature, principles of the growth of order that are in their logical form teleological rather than mechanistic. In spite of the great achievements of the physical sciences, reductive materialism is a world view ripe for displacement. Nagel shows that to recognize its limits is the first step in looking for alternatives, or at least in being open to their possibility.
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Thomas Nagel is University Professor in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Law at New York University. His books include The Possibility of Altruism, The View from Nowhere, and What Does It All Mean?: A Very Short Introduction to Philosophy. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 2008, he was awarded the Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy and the Balzan Prize in Moral Philosophy.


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The Denver Nuggets have been free-falling from playoff contention over the last week and while the Heat are probably not going to make it either, this is an interesting game between two teams that should both still be in fighting mode late in the season.
However, with the Heat being at home and the Nuggets missing some guys tonight, it might be best to lay the -3 ½ with the Heat here from South Beach.
Both Jameer Nelson and Will Barton will not play tonight, while Mason Plumlee is also questionable. None of these guys are backbreaking injuries if they can't play, but it does ruin a lot of the depth that Denver has enjoyed when they have a healthy team. Now some of their guys will be forced to play big minutes against a tough defensive team.
The Heat are allowing less than 100 points per game in their last five and in their last three home games they have been lock down on the defensive end. If they can bring that same kind of intensity tonight against a fading Nuggets team without some important role players, I like laying the points with Miami tonight.
The Pelicans have been slowly speeding up their pace of play over the last few weeks and now they are facing a Chicago team that might be doing the same thing since Dwyane Wade got hurt. Since the beginning of this past week, the Bulls have played at a pace of 97.4 possessions per game, which is pretty fast for this team this season.
Combine that with their game against a pace-up team like the Pelicans and the Bulls could very easily get the over tonight for their NBA bettors. At only 209 ½ the total has been steadily rising over the last few hours and I am grabbing it now before it goes any higher.
The Bulls are 4-1 cashing the over in their last five games and on the road their defense may suffer against a big and inside-oriented team like the Pelicans. There is no way the Bulls slow down both DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis, so chances are one of those guys goes for about 30 points tonight.
With the Pelicans averaging 112 points per game over their last five and the Bulls averaging more than 107 per game during their last five, I like the over here on Sunday evening.


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An Empirical Survey of Linked Data Conformance
JWS: Knowledge Technologies
42 Pages Posted: 23 Jun 2018 Publication Status: Accepted
See all articles by Aidan Hogan
Aidan Hogan
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) - Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI)
Jürgen Umbrich
Andreas Harth
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB)
Richard Cyganiak
Axel Polleres
Stefan Decker
There has been a recent, tangible growth in RDF published on the Web in accordance with the Linked Data principles and best practices, the result of which has been dubbed the "Web of Data". Linked Data guidelines are designed to facilitate ad hoc re-use and integration of conformant structured data—across the Web—by consumer applications; however, thus far, systems have yet to emerge that convincingly demonstrate the potential applications for consuming currently available Linked Data. Herein, we compile a list of fourteen concrete guidelines as given in the "How to Publish Linked Data on the Web" tutorial. Thereafter, we evaluate conformance of current RDF data providers with respect to these guidelines. Our evaluation is based on quantitative empirical analyses of a crawl of ~4 million RDF/XML documents constituting over 1 billion quadruples, where we also look at the stability of hosted documents for a corpus consisting of nine monthly snapshots from a sample of 151 thousand documents. Backed by our empirical survey, we provide insights into the current level of conformance with respect to various Linked Data guidelines, enumerating lists of the most (non-)conformant data providers. We show that certain guidelines are broadly adhered to (esp. use HTTP URIs, keep URIs stable), whilst others are commonly overlooked (esp. provide licencing and human-readable meta-data). We also compare PageRank scores for the data-providers and their conformance to Linked Data guidelines, showing that both factors negatively correlate for guidelines restricting use of RDF features, while positively correlating for guidelines encouraging external linkage and vocabulary re-use. Finally, we present a summary of conformance for the different guidelines, and present the top-ranked data providers in terms of a combined PageRank and Linked Data conformance score.
Keywords: semantic web, linked data, web of data, pagerank, web publishing, data quality, web science
Hogan, Aidan and Umbrich, Jürgen and Harth, Andreas and Cyganiak, Richard and Polleres, Axel and Decker, Stefan, An Empirical Survey of Linked Data Conformance (2012). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3198962 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3198962
Aidan Hogan (Contact Author)
National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) - Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) ( email )
Galway, Co. Kildare
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology - Institute of Applied Informatics and Formal Description Methods (AIFB) ( email )
Karlsruhe, Baden Württemberg 76131


Before I jump into the review proper I'm going to take some time to talk about some geeky film tech stuff. I know there's some of you that aren't going to care, and if that's you feel free to skip ahead, I'll have the actual film review part marked so you know where to find it. That being said, I feel it's important to talk about the High Frame Rate presentation right up front because it will color some of my reactions to the film itself.
For those of you who don't know, Director Peter Jackson chose to shoot The Hobbit at 48 frames per second, twice the standard film speed of 24 fps. I saw the film in one of the theaters that is presenting it at the higher frame rate and it was an… interesting experience. This new technology has been very polarizing with critics, and I personally fall into the "no sir, I don't like it" camp. Theoretically, doubling the frame rate would double the clarity and smoothness of the picture, but neither my eyes nor brain were ever able to accept it. What was supposed to feel more natural looking felt strange and unnatural. A lot of the film felt like it was slightly sped up, like it was playing in fast forward, and it coated the whole experience in a layer of cheapness. What is probably one of the more expensive films made this year felt like a made for TV production with this higher frame rate. Granted it wasn't this way for the whole movie, there were moments when the effect did work on a certain level, but even when it did work it never wowed me. I never felt like the presentation made a compelling argument for itself as "the future of cinema." At best it wasn't any worse than standard frame rate, at worst it ruined the cinematic feeling of the movie and shattered my suspension of disbelief. If you're a film geek it's definitely worth checking out just to experience it because it's certainly different than any movie you've ever seen before, for everyone else I recommend seeking out a non-HFR screening of the movie because I believe it will likely work better as a whole experience with the standard frame rate.
So with all the tech-talk out of the way, how did I actually feel about the film? For me it was kind of a mixed bag. Allow me to say up front that this is not The Phantom Menace, it's not even Revenge of the Sith; the film has its problems, but it isn't fundamentally broken like the Star Wars prequels were. While George Lucas showed that he neither cared for nor understood the universe he created, Peter Jackson is obviously very much in love with Middle Earth and his love of the world shines through in the film. Unfortunately, I feel like his love of the material may have caused him to lose a bit of his focus as a story teller.
The biggest problem with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey comes down to story focus, the film meanders a bit from one set piece to the next without any real sense of purpose. There are stories about the original cut of Star Wars, that it was long and poorly paced and didn't connect well with people, and was eventually saved in the editing room where it was cut to be much more punchy and exciting. That is how An Unexpected Journey feels. Rather than pulling you through the experience and making you anticipate what's coming next the film lays out all the pieces and then wanders through it without a lot of agency. There's a few factors that I think contribute to this problem, the first of which is the most obvious: the movie is just too long for the material it's trying to cover. Part of this comes back to the source material; while The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a grand, sweeping, and complex fantasy epic, The Hobbit is a story on a much smaller scale written for children. There simply isn't the wealth of complexity to mine in The Hobbit, and even with the added beats that set the stage for the story of The Lord of the Rings it's hard to argue that there's enough material to justify three films. Two films, probably, but not three. This is where I feel like Jackson's love of Middle Earth has caused him to lose focus as a filmmaker; it seems as if he's more concerned with living in that world as long as possible than he is with telling the best story possible. Each of the previous Lord of the Rings films, while long movies in their own right, had excellent pacing and moved along with a real sense of purpose. Jackson streamlined the occasionally rambling stories of Tolkien into exciting and punchy fantasy adventures. Even the Special Extended Editions very rarely felt like they contained material that would have been better left on the cutting room floor. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, on the other hand could easily lose at least a half hour and absolutely be a better movie for it. A lot of it feels like unnecessary exposition and padding for time and never moves with the purpose or excitement of the previous films.
The other problem is that there are not many compelling characters for the audience to connect with. There are standouts, for instance Martin Freeman is excellent as Bilbo Baggins and brings both the flustered reluctance and legitimate heroism necessary for the role. In terms of acting chops Freeman blows away anything done by Elijah Wood in the previous trilogy of films. Ian McKellan is great as expected in the role of the more eccentric and humorous Gandalf the Grey (as opposed to the more serious Gandalf the White that was present in most of The Lord of the Rings), and the rest of the returning cast in their limited roles feel at home playing these characters. However, there are thirteen other characters that share the majority of the screen time with Bilbo, and these are the thirteen Dwarves: Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Ori, Dori, Nori, Oin, Gloin, Fili, Kili, Dwalin, Balin, and Thorin Oakenshield. Of these 13 Dwarves only two have any depth of character, and those are Thorin and Balin; the rest are shadows, one-dimensional cardboard cutouts, there to fill the scene without having any real purpose. I can name all the Dwarves, but I'd be hard pressed to assign names to faces, even after spending three hours with these characters. Yes, these are a lot of characters, and it can be tricky to imbue a cast this large with the required depth, however, fifteen main characters isn't significantly more than the nine members of the Fellowship in the original films, each of which were fully formed characters with distinct personalities and stories. And yes, I am aware that there was very little characterization of the Dwarves in Tolkien's original novel and the focus was primarily on Bilbo who both narrated and carried the story. The difference here, though, is that the film keeps wandering away from its strongest character to focus on people who are not nearly as compelling. The worst of this happens when the film jumps for an extended period of time to the perspective of a character who sits on the fringe of the story and doesn't tie directly in with our heroes. There's a payoff for this later on, but it still is an example of the clunky inelegance that permeates a lot of the film.
Another, more minor issue I had with the film was that it relied a bit too heavily on CG visual effects and lost some of the tactile quality that existed in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Granted, some of this may be colored by the experience of seeing the film at the higher frame rate which made the whole experience feel a bit cheap looking, but there was a lot of it that felt like a video game cutscene. The previous films were certainly known for their groundbreaking computer effects work, but even in those films there was rarely a time when there wasn't at least one practical element in the shot. An Unexpected Journey however, frequently features shots that are entirely composed in a computer. It never reaches the oversaturation of computer effects as seen in the Star Wars Prequels, but it's a definitive step in the wrong direction. Orcs and Goblins that were created with fantastic makeup work in the previous films are now rendered entirely in CG, and they often feel a bit cartoonish rather than tangible and menacing as they have before. Perhaps this was a stylistic choice to be more in line with the tone of the book, but it didn't work for me. That being said, the short time Gollum is on screen is absolutely incredible. Remember how it felt to see Gollum for the first time back in 2002? His appearance in An Unexpected Journey almost recaptures that feeling of technological wonder. It's easily some of the best motion capture work ever done and tops even Weta's own work on Avatar by miles.
Speaking of which, the entire "Riddles in the Dark" segment of the film works like gangbusters. It's by far the best part of the movie and arguably worth the price of admission by itself. This sequence recaptures the magic of the original trilogy of films and proves that Peter Jackson hasn't lost his touch, just perhaps lost his focus.
I know this review is primarily negative, and I don't want to sound like I disliked the film, because there were a lot of little things I liked about the movie. Martin Freeman as Bilbo, Bilbo and Gandalf's first scene together, the introduction of the Dwarves, the meeting of several prominent characters in Rivendell, the "Riddles in the Dark" segment, etc. However, even though the movie gets a lot of little things right I feel it misses the mark on several of the bigger issues like characterization and story focus.
All in all, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was a disappointing mixed bag for me. As I said, it is by no means a bad movie; it gets the tone of the story right by capturing the fun and charm of the original novel while also recognizing the darkness of The Lord of the Rings looming over the horizon, it also features several great performances and standout moments. It is just unfortunate that it is undermined by an overlong and unfocussed story. I very much hope that this is the longest of The Hobbit films and that The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again aim closer to the two hour mark than the three hour mark. The Hobbit needs to be fast paced, punchy, and fun, not long and meandering. I hope that Peter Jackson is able to look at the next couple films more from the standpoint of a story teller than from the standpoint of a fan who wants to see everything up on screen. As screenwriter Ted Elliot once said "The way to make a boring movie is to show everything." Jackson needs to allow himself to make some of the difficult cuts required to make the films work the way they need to. There's a great story to be told here, it just needs to be told with a greater sense of purpose and focus.


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Celebrated author Margaret Atwood challenges #MeToo's lynch mob justice
By Linda Tenenbaum
The #MeToo witch-hunt has received another blow to its hysterical media-backed denunciations of prominent men in the arts and entertainment industries.
On January 13, Margaret Atwood, the 78-year-old, multi-award winning Canadian novelist, poet and literary critic published a forceful comment, entitled "Am I a Bad Feminist?" on Canada's Globe and Mail web site, opposing #MeToo and defending the right of every accused person to due process and natural justice. For this, she has faced a storm of feminist protest and concerted efforts to intimidate her into silence.
"The #MeToo moment," Atwood writes, "is a symptom of a broken legal system." She warns that if "the legal system is bypassed because it is seen as ineffectual, what will take its place? Who will be the new power brokers?"
#MeToo is a political movement that is being directed by the Democratic Party in the US, in order to exploit, for its own ends, what is a serious and complex issue. Its class nature is revealed in the methods it employs. #MeToo has already initiated trial by Internet, with the world's corporate media assuming the role of judge, jury and executioner, as, in Atwood's words, "stars fall from the skies." Anyone daring to disagree is treated as "an apostate, a heretic or a traitor." And punishment directly follows accusation, with no redress.
In her comment, Atwood mounts a direct challenge to the #MeToo movement's reactionary lynch mob justice.
"My fundamental position is that women are human beings, with the full range of saintly and demonic behaviours this entails, including criminal ones. They're not angels, incapable of wrongdoing. If they were, we wouldn't need a legal system.
"Nor do I believe that women are children, incapable of agency or of making moral decisions. If they were, we're back to the 19th century, and women should not own property, have credit cards, have access to higher education, control their own reproduction or vote. There are powerful groups in North America pushing this agenda, but they are not usually considered feminists.
"Furthermore, I believe that in order to have civil and human rights for women there have to be civil and human rights period, including the right to fundamental justice, just as for women to have the vote, there has to be a vote."
Atwood has put her beliefs into practice. In her Globe and Mail piece, she explains that in 2015-16, she publicly defended the rights of academic, novelist and friend, Steven Galloway, former chair of the University of British Columbia's (UBC) department of creative writing, against whom a number of accusations of sexual misconduct had been made.
"The university went public in national media before there was an inquiry," she writes, "and even before the accused was allowed to know the details of the accusation. Before he could find them out he had to sign a confidentiality agreement.
"The public—including me—was left with the impression that this man was a violent serial rapist, and everyone was free to attack him publicly, since, under the agreement he had signed, he couldn't say anything to defend himself."
More than 100 academics, novelists and writers joined Atwood in signing an Open Letter that protested his anti-democratic treatment at the hands of UBC. The letter insisted that the university's handling of the case was "contrary to the principles of fairness and justice," and emphasised, in bold type, "Justice … requires due process and fair treatment for all."
Despite the fact that an independent judge eventually declared the sexual misconduct allegations to be false, Galloway was sacked and his career ruined.
Nevertheless, Atwood's feminist detractors were outraged at the Open Letter and at her insistence on Galloway's right to due process. In her comment, she accused them of distorting and vilifying the letter, in a series of tweets, as a "War on Women."
Atwood's primary concern is to uphold the right to due process, that is, a guarantee that the rights of any accused are respected. This must include notification of any and all allegations and/or charges in advance of any proceedings, the right to answer such allegations, to have a fair and impartial hearing and to be treated throughout according to a transparent and established procedure.
Along with every other democratic right, all of the above are now being trashed. Not a single one of #MeToo's male victims has been accorded any substantive due process.
Unsurprisingly, Atwood's exposures enraged the #MeToo Twittersphere:
"Margaret Atwood asks: Am I a bad feminist? Yes when you prioritize your powerful male friend over sexual assault/harassment victims you are in fact a bad feminist."
"Just here to say I would rather eat my own computer and then my own face than read something by Margaret Atwood with the title 'Am I a Bad Feminist?'"
"Wish Margaret Atwood would get back to writing dystopian fiction about a misogynist world instead of, y'know, ACTIVELY CREATING IT."
"Instead of listening to a famous author w (sic) outdated white politics I'd rather uplift the voices of Black, Indigenous & POC women who know inclusive feminism & tackling rape culture. All authors do research. But Atwood needs some basic anti-oppression training."
The tone of these tweets reflects nothing so much as the unhealthy state of mind of their authors.
Many #MeToo advocates clearly feel that Atwood has betrayed them. Her 1985 novel, The Handmaid's Tale, suddenly leapt to prominence at the end of 2016, after Trump was elected US president. Due to the popularity of the book, and the Hulu TV series that followed it, she became the world's highest-selling novelist in 2017.
The first season of the Hulu TV series has already aired, with Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men) chosen to play the female lead. Both Moss and the series itself won Golden Globes at this year's awards ceremony, which was hijacked, to all intents and purposes, by #MeToo.
The #MeToo crowd seized upon The Handmaid's Tale as a feminist metaphor for today's "patriarchal" and "misogynist" world, with some even dressing up in the handmaids' TV series red cape to express their identification with its message.
But The Handmaid's Tale author and the cast of the Hulu TV series have a different view. They argue that the central theme is the disturbing trend towards oppression, dictatorship and the destruction of democratic rights. After last year's US presidential election, the TV series struck a powerful chord, particularly among young people, with many seeing it as a chilling anticipation of Trump's presidency and the moves of his fascistic and militarist regime towards authoritarianism.
Set in a fictional Republic of Gilead, a theocratic, totalitarian state, the story follows the experiences of its female lead after a violent coup has toppled the United States government, killing the US president, and members of Congress. An unspecified environmental catastrophe has rendered the majority of women infertile. Those who can still bear children are forced, as "handmaids," to become virtual sex slaves to powerful and wealthy men, who insist upon the production of their own progeny. They live desperately restricted lives, and are constantly monitored. Opponents, both religious and political, male and female, are brutally suppressed, executed, and strung up on the "Wall" as intimidating examples to would-be followers. A second season is about to begin.
At a Tribeca Film Festival after the series release last year, cast members shocked and infuriated numerous feminist fans—for whom The Handmaid's Tale has taken on virtual cosmic significance—by openly rejecting the "feminist" label.
Writing for online publication Vox, journalist Constance Grady reported that Moss had insisted, during a panel discussion, "Honestly, for me it's not a feminist story. It's a human story, because women's rights are human rights."
Actress Madeline Brewer, who also appears in the TV series, agreed. "I think this is a story about women and about humans … The three people hanging on the wall [in a scene depicting the aftermath of an execution] were all men. This story affects all people."
Having interviewed Atwood, Grady wrote that the author "generally frames The Handmaid's Tale as being a book about oppression and dictatorship first and foremost, one that just happens to look at how oppression functions through a woman's point of view.… The Handmaid's Tale shows the form that oppression takes for women, Atwood is arguing, but it could just as easily look at how oppression looks for a gay man, or a poor man."
The #MeToo feminist frenzy is a symptom of a broader assault on democratic and social rights in every country, affecting, above all, the working class and youth. The divisive, anti-democratic methods being employed against well-known men today are setting a definite precedent for the ruthless suppression of opponents of war, social inequality, fascism and dictatorship in the coming period. In her comment, Atwood compares the methods utilised by #MeToo to the Salem witchcraft trials, on the basis that the defendants in those cases, too, were "guilty because accused."
The author's experiences over the past two years indicate the intensity of the pressures confronting anyone wanting to oppose #MeToo's vile and slanderous witch-hunt. Atwood's preparedness, however, to take a principled and courageous public stand against both #MeToo and the conduct of University of British Columbia's Galloway case, should encourage others to do likewise.
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#MeToo launches fascistic attack on Polanski's film J'accuse
Geoffrey Rush defamation victory contested in Sydney's Federal Court
Royal Canadian Mounted Police advocated use of live fire against indigenous pipeline protesters
Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin shielded from fraud, corruption charges
Canadian government tacitly endorses US assassination of Iranian general Soleimani


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Q: Python function return is none I have a problem in my project. In my program I have the availability to choose more files if I want. The Problem is, that the return choosen_files has the list of the files but choosen_files which calls the more_files() method is none.
Do you have any suggestion?
Here is my code
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import filedialog as fd
def get_files(path):

    root = tk.Tk()
    root.withdraw()
    files = fd.askopenfilenames(
        parent=root, title='Choose all files you want', initialdir=path)
    return list(files)

def more_files(choosen_files, path):
    print("choosen files:")
    [print(file) for file in choosen_files]

    wantMoreFiles = input(
            "Do you want to choose more files? [(1) yes, (2) no]").lower()
    if wantMoreFiles in ['1', 'y', 'yes']:
        new_files = get_files(path)
        choosen_files.extend(new_files)
        more_files(choosen_files, path)

    else:
        return choosen_files
               #this has the correct list

files = ['path/file1']
path = 'path'

choosen_files = more_files(files, path)
#this is none

Thank you very much!

A: You don't return anything on the last line.
Just return more_files(files, path)

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Before the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Odisha, the Bharatiya Janata Party worker was shot dead here. The Khordha Mandal president, Manguli Jena, was shot by two bike riders, the BJP has now called Khurda bandh from 8 am to 2 pm.
This time there is a direct battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal in Odisha. Meanwhile, it is astonishing to see the issue of political violence.
Sources said, two bike-borne miscreants arrived at the party office and opened fire at Manguli and fled the spot.
Manguli was immediately taken to Khurda district headquarters hospital but the doctors declared him brought dead.
The motive behind this is not yet clear. On Sunday evening, he had come to BJP's MLA candidate Kalu Khandayatray for discussion on party work. According to Kalu, they were discussing something standing near the party office. It was about 11 pm. Two bike rider arrived and one of them fired two rounds and escaped from the spot.
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Oscars a sign of 'rising' adult audience?
LOS ANGELES - The big winners at the Academy Awards this year: adult moviegoers. For years, the studios have fixated on young men in their teens and 20s - serving up big-budget popcorn movies populated with dazzling visual effects, comic-book heroes and high-voltage action sequences.
LOS ANGELES � The big winners at the Academy Awards this year: adult moviegoers.
For years, the studios have fixated on young men in their teens and 20s � serving up big-budget popcorn movies populated with dazzling visual effects, comic-book heroes and high-voltage action sequences.
They�ve also made films designed to win awards, but oftentimes those pictures yield prestige without huge financial returns.
In this Oscar season, however, six of the nine best-picture nominees earned more than $100 million at the domestic box office. That could lead Hollywood to green-light more projects aimed at sophisticated audiences, filmmakers and studio executives say.
�I think an adult audience is really rising up,� Django Unchained director Quentin Tarantino said backstage after accepting the original screenplay Oscar.
The lesson from the awards season seems to be that people 40 and older will go to the movies when given something to see.
The slate of best-picture nominees included Lincoln, Les Miserables and Silver Linings Playbook, all of which resonated with older filmgoers. The winner, Argo, was seen by many as a throwback to the movies of the 1970s.
�It does encourage the next opportunity to take that leap of faith,� said Fox Filmed Entertainment Chairman Jim Gianopulos, discussing his studio�s Life of Pi, a financial and creative risk that won four Oscars and has grossed almost $600 million worldwide.
The success of many of the nominated films was driven by adults, an audience segment that has a long history of going to the movies.
Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, the Sony Pictures Entertainment unit that released Zero Dark Thirty.
According to a study by the Motion Picture Association of America, in 2011, 3.1 million people 50 to 59 saw a film once a month or more � up slightly from a year earlier. And, although the study found that the number of frequent moviegoers 40 to 49 declined during the same period, those in the 25-to-39 age group rose significantly, from 7.7 million to 9.7 million a year earlier.
With roughly 76 million Americans born during the baby boom years of 1946 to 1964, this group � a large swath of whom are now empty nesters with more leisure time � could be further tapped by studios to great gain. But not if they don�t make the kind of movies that compel older adults to leave the comfort of their living rooms.
Still, popcorn fare isn�t going away.
�We will always be mired in sequels and remakes,� said film marketing veteran Russell Schwartz.
Although any real shift in executives� choices might take a couple of years to become apparent because of the laborious moviemaking process, insiders are already eyeing which upcoming 2013 releases could be both critical and box-office successes. Among them are DreamWorks Studios� The Fifth Estate, director Bill Condon�s film about WikiLeaks; Columbia Pictures� The Monuments Men, a World War II thriller that George Clooney will star in and direct; and Martin Scorsese�s The Wolf of Wall Street, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
Adam Goodman, president of the Paramount Film Group, said that in years past, his studio would have made a movie like the Oscar-nominated Flight, which cost the company just $30 million, but the budget would have been two or three times higher.


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Honda revealed the 2023 Civic Type R just over a month ago with some preliminary details. Today, Honda is getting much deeper into what's new and providing a ton of specs to pore over. Plus, there are a bunch of new pics in the above gallery for you to peruse — every color available is represented.
To start, we finally have official U.S.-spec power figures from the revised 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine. This Type R is rated at 315 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque, representing increases of 9 and 15 respectively. Honda says the extra power and torque comes courtesy of a redesigned turbocharger, intake and exhaust system. The turbo features newly shaped and sized turbine blades, and Honda says that this combined with a better flowing intake enables the turbo to generate pressure over a wider range. As for the exhaust, it features an active exhaust valve that opens up at higher rpm, emitting a louder sound.
In an effort to cool the more powerful engine, Honda says the new Type R features a larger grille opening than before, a bigger radiator and a larger-diameter fan. Enhanced cooling for track use was one of the big targets for the previous-gen Type R's refresh, so we like to see that Honda has made it a priority right out of the gate with this new Type R.
The only transmission available is a six-speed manual. The gearbox is improved from the previous six-speed with a new high-rigidity lever and an "optimized shift gate pattern" for a "hyper-precise gear change." It also gets a lighter flywheel and a rev-match system.
Chassis specs and suspension changes are in this info drop, and just like the non-R Civic Hatchback, it's sporting a 107.7-inch wheelbase — that's up 1.4 inches from the previous generation. The front track is 1 inch wider and the rear track is 0.75 inch wider than the old R, too. Honda's magical dual-axis strut front suspension design that makes torque steer disappear is back, but it's been re-tuned for this generation. The multilink rear suspension is re-tuned, too, and Honda claims these changes in front and rear improve straight-line stability and steering feel.
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Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies and The Persuasions is a collaborative album between Canadian rock band Barenaked Ladies and New York a cappella group The Persuasions. The album was released on April 14, 2017. The album consists of fourteen re-worked songs from Barenaked Ladies' back catalog, plus a cover of The Persuasions' song "Good Times".

Production

After playing two songs together in New York City on the Last Summer on Earth 2016 tour, both parties agreed that they would like to collaborate. This resulted in a two-day session from October 23 to 24, with Gavin Brown producing, at Noble Street Studios in Toronto. The album was made available for pre-order on March 10, 2017. Pre-orders of the album came with an instant download of "Don't Shuffle Me Back", "The Old Apartment", "Keepin' It Real" and "Odds Are".

Track listing

Personnel
Barenaked Ladies
Jim Creeggan – bass, background vocals, lead vocal on "Narrow Streets" and "Maybe Katie"
Kevin Hearn – piano, synthesizers, acoustic and electrics guitars, background vocals, lead vocal on "Don't Shuffle Me Back" and "Sound of Your Voice"
Ed Robertson – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, background vocals
Tyler Stewart – drums, background vocals

The Persuasions
Jimmy Hayes – bass vocals, lead vocal on "Don't Shuffle Me Back"
Jayotis Washington – baritone vocals
Dave Revels – lead vocal on "Some Fantastic" and "Good Times"
Clifford Dawson – 2nd tenor vocals, lead vocal on "The Old Apartment" and "Sound of Your Voice"
Raymond Sanders – 1st tenor vocals
Samuel White – baritone vocals

Production
Produced by Gavin Brown
Recorded and mixed by Lenny Derose
Assisted by Alex Krotz, Kevin O'Leary and Trevor Anderson
Pro Tools Sith-Lord: David Mohacsi
Digital editing by Ryan Theissen, Christian Fedele and Shaddy Roman
Mastered by Harry Hess at HBomb Mastering
Photography: Matt Barnes for thatsthespot.com
Art Direction: Chris Bilheimer
Management: Alison Taylor for ATwork Management
Legal: Len Glickman and Stephen Henderson (Cassels Brock, Toronto)
Business Management: Kenna Danyliw, Danyliw & Mann
Persuasions Management: David Backer, Backer Entertainment

Charts

References

2017 albums
Barenaked Ladies albums
The Persuasions albums
Collaborative albums
Albums produced by Gavin Brown (musician)
Albums recorded at Noble Street Studios


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Lamar University senior M.J. Eckart was named the Southland Conference Women's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Year, and the Cardinals placed four student-athletes on the conference's all-academic team.
Eckart, of Flower Mound, who has a 4.0 GPA in exercise science, is the first Cardinal in the 11-year history of the women's soccer program at LU to be named the conference's student-athlete of the year. The midfielder is one of three Cardinals to be named first-team all-academic this season, along with senior goalkeeper Lauren Lovejoy (of PN-G) and senior defender Marie Lund (Norway). Junior midfielder Juliana Ocampo (Columbia) was a second-team all-academic selection.
Eckart, a first-team all-conference player, had a solid season on the field for the Cardinals, who went 18-4-1 overall and 10-1-0 in conference play, capturing the Southland's regular-season and tournament championships for the first time ever. Eckart tied for third on the team in scoring with 15 points on six goals and three assists. She leaves LU as the program's all-time leader in games played and games started at 78.
"For M.J. to be named first-team all-conference and then follow that up as the Student-Athlete of the Year is truly remarkable," Holeman said.
For her part, goalkeeper Lovejoy set a slew of school records this season, including goals-against average (0.90), shutouts (10) and wins 18. Her 26 career wins are also an LU record. Lovejoy has a 3.25 GPA in kinesiology. Lovejoy was a second-team all-conference selection.
Lund, who has a 3.38 GPA in general business, was a first-team all-conference player this past season. The defender also contributed on offense with five goals, including three-game winning goals, and one assist for 11 points.
Ocampo has a 3.68 GPA in management. She appeared in all 23 games this season, making 22 starts. She finished the campaign with 13 points on five goals and three assists.
The three first-team selections are the most the Cardinals have had on the conference's all-academic team.
Lamar golf coach Jessica Steward announced that Laura Pasalodos (Barcelona, Spain/Car Sant Cugat HS) has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend LU on a golf scholarship starting with the 2018-19 academic year.
Pasalodos had a successful 2017 season in Europe, winning under-18 titles at the Catalonian stroke play and match play championships. Among other accomplishments, she placed 22nd at the Spanish Open Championship, which was open to all age levels.
The Cardinals are the most successful women's golf program in the Southland Conference, having won seven team championships and four individual championships since the conference recognized the sport in 2002.
Six players scored in double figures as Lamar defeated Howard Payne, 112-56, on Dec. 9 at the Montagne Center. The victory provides LU fans something they haven't seen in more than two decades as the Cards improved to 8-1 (.875) on the season. It marks the program's first 8-1 start since the 1992-93 season, and just the second since the 1982-83 campaign.
The Cardinals shot 50 percent from the field in a game they never trailed. Big Red finished the day converting 10-of-29 (.345) from three-point range, and a vastly improved 28-of-38 (.718) effort from the free throw line.
Juniors Josh Nzeakor and Nick Garth finished the night with a game-high 18 points. Senior Colton Weisbrod scored 17 points and pulled down seven rebounds, while Bosha added 12 points and a game-high seven rebounds. Senior Joey Frenchwood chipped in 10 while sophomore T.J. Atwood scored 10 points and pulled down five rebounds in his first career start.
LU will next go on a four-game stretch on the road beginning Sunday, Dec. 17, at Southern Illinois at 3 p.m. and on Tuesday, Dec. 19, at Duquense at 6 p.m.
The women's team will next play on Wednesday, Dec. 20, at New Mexico and won't play again at home until Jan. 3.
Lamar softball coach Holly Bruder announced that infielder Sable Hankins and outfielder Brittany Rodriguez will not return to the program for the 2018 season due to violations of team rules. No specific reasons were given.
Rodriguez, a three-time all-conference player led the team in hitting with a .388 batting average, runs (47) and hits (81) last season. She has since transferred to the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns softball team.
Hankins was third on the team last season in batting average (.313) but first in home runs with 6.


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Children in the Reception year follow the Early Years Foundation Stage. Pupils in years 1-6 are taught the three core subjects of English, maths and Science and the seven foundation subjects: History, Geography, Desigh and Technology, Art, Music, Physical Education and Computing. In addition, Religious Education, which is statutory, is taught outside of the National Curriculum followint the Wiltshire Agreed Syllabus using the Discovery RE resource. Pupils also follow a PSHE programme and in years 3-6 are taught French.
In Reception and Key Stage 1 (years 1 and 2) we use Phonics Bug and Jolly Phonics to teach 'synthetic' phonics. The synthetic phonics approach teaches children the sounds of individual, pairs and strings of letter so that they can blend (synthesise)these sounds together to read and write words. We use a range of reading schemes throughout the school to support the development of reading and the needs of the children at different stages of their development.
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Rockin' Princess Breaks Mold
In this bid to reshape fantasy archetypes Marvel comic author Greg Pak teams with a talented illustrator Takeshi Miyazawa, who also works for that company, to deliver The Princess Who Saved Herself. The picture book in comic format recasts the image of the ancient concept of royal maiden. Even to say that is like casting Disney's Princess Jasmine as a love-struck teenager. The words fail to capture the full significance of what is at work beneath this tale.
Pak and Miyazawa turn out a main character who, as promised, is chocked full of bravery, determination and compassion. The author's erratic rhyme pattern and Miyazawa's drawings combine to offer adults a comic that can be handled like most read-aloud texts. The plot will entertain most youngsters below the third grade. They will either delight in a tale about princesses and wild creatures or a little girl and her nemesis in heavy metal music.
Research into the publisher, KaBOOM!, a division of Boom Entertainment, showed this fantasy title is one of many efforts to shift the paradigm of fairy tales. The story shares title and is reportedly based on a song by Jonathan Coulter, which I never heard. As readers will see from the credits, the striking presentation is the result of a huge staff. The KaBOOM! collection also includes the Adventure Time and Mega Princess graphic novel series. Still, whether as a comic book for an early reader or a picture book for a child who does not, from the title to the last page, The Princess Who Saved Herself , shouts its differences.
The main character sets the pace. Any princess who spends days with a pet snake, at tea parties with cake, then plays loud rock 'n' roll off key, shows off a personality that will gain readers attention for its unpredictability. This child is no Cinderella. In line with the 21st century reality, she is a six- or seven-year-old rebel in a world of no boundaries.
"There wasn't anybody there to tell her what to do," Pak writes. "So she did what she wanted to." She played a red guitar loud and out of tune. I was not certain whether readers were meant to find that annoying or a sign of defiance. It was hard to figure whether the character was spoiled or self-absorbed. Even when an older, more experienced, guitarist described as, "the wicked queen," tries to get her to stop. Some readers might be put off by an initial negative impression, but the character develops as she applies her superpower – love.
This is not a spoiler. There are a number of twists and turns in the story, which I conceded younger minds than mine might enjoy. The queen sends a giant bee and a dragon to stop her little nemesis. Both are defeated by the princess's open heart. After a couple more plot twists, her loving behavior ropes in the queen, too.
The aspects of the story that did not work for me failed because the author appeared to press too far against traditions with no seeming cause. Readers will grasp from page one this not grandma and grandpa's concept of young royalty.
Number one is the princess's name – Gloria Cheng EpsteinTakahara de la Garza Champion. I can see the average adult reading that over and over to an attentive, but confused child. Readers will likely go at it at least six times before they say, "Let's just call her Gloria." I considered the author might have wanted to convey some sense of multiculturalism with such a bird's nest of a name. The effect is overkill. Most children will not recall the full name by the book's final page.
Number two – the story takes a lot of leaps. Readers might find themselves saying, "What?" There are several places where the plot does not have smooth transitions in its development. For example, one moment the dragon cries, then sneezes and sets loose an inferno that burns down the kingdom. Readers might find themselves jarred by the omissions or unexplained shifts in action. Listeners might not notice.
Overall, The Princess Who Saved Herself is worth a read as a comic or picture book. The text will stir the imagination for adults who enjoy fresh characters. The princess and the wicked queen endear themselves and show depth. The plot will hold a child's attention, and ends with a very personal touch that might make the story a bedtime favorite.
Publisher: Boom!-KaBoom!
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I am a storyteller, author, editor, blogger, and retired university professor of Creative Writing. Now in Central Florida, I still teach every now and then, but write most of the time. Most recently, I poetry was featured in Mo Joe The Anthology. My last book, 10 Stories Down, a poetry collection published in September 2011, is inspired by several long-term stays in Beijing. Life and Other Things I Know: Poems, Essays and Short Stories (Elephant Eye Press, 1999), was the first. Throughout the years, the list expanded to include: African American Children's Stories: A Treasury of Tradition and Pride, Grandma Loves You: My First Treasury, African American Stories: My First Treasury, Like A Dry Land: A Soul's Journey through the Middle East and contributions to Take Two, They're Small, an anthology of poems, memoir, essay and fiction on food. My poetry, fiction and essays have also appeared in Yellow Medicine Review, Washington Living, Upstate New Yorker, The Southern Quarterly, Reporter Magazine, Drylongso, Fyah, MentalSatin, Pinnacle Hill Review, Invisible Universe, Bridges, Ishmael Reed's Konch Magazine, New Verse News, and UpandComing Magazine. View all posts by VGwrites
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Era il figlio di Boris Vasil'evič Golicyn (1705-1769), e di sua moglie, Ekaterina Ivanovna Strešneva.

Matrimonio
Nel 1766 sposò la contessa Natal'ja Petrovna Černyšëva (1744-1837), damigella d'onore di Caterina II, donna energica, con un forte carattere maschile. Ebbero cinque figli:

 Pëtr Vladimirovič (1767-1778);
 Boris Vladimirovič (1769-1813);
 Ekaterina Vladimirovna (1770-1854), sposò Stepan Stepanovič Apraksin, ebbero cinque figli;
 Dmitrij Vladimirovič (1771-1844), sposò Tat'jana Vasil'evna Vasil'čikova, ebbero cinque figli;
 Sofia Vladimirovna (1775-1845), sposò Pavel Aleksandrovič Stroganov, ebbero cinque figli.

Morte
Morì il 25 dicembre 1798 e fu sepolto a Monastero Donskoj, a Mosca.

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AGREED that the minutes of the meetings held on 14th May, 11th June and 9th July 2018 be approved as a correct record.
AGREED that the final report be approved for submission to Cabinet.
2) A summary of the findings of the Hackitt Report be circulated to Committee Members following this meeting.
AGREED that further information would be provided at the next Committee meeting.
28/18 Evacuation Procedure was noted.
as a relative resides in a Thirteen property.
Cllr Paul Weston declared a personal prejudicial interest in relation to item 'Scrutiny Review of Consolidation of Thirteen Housing Group this item as he was an employee of Thirteen Housing. He therefore left the meeting whilst this item was being considered.
30/18 Consideration was given to the draft minutes of the meetings held on 14th May, 11th June and 9th July 2018 .
31/18 Consideration was given to the draft final report and recommendations.
Members noted the efforts Thirteen Group had made in communicating with Councillors since this review began, and were thanked for their co-operation throughout.
32/18 Consideration was given to progress of the implementation of previously agreed recommendations. There were outstanding recommendations from the review of Fire Safety of High Rise Residential Buildings (Task & Finish).
In relation to recommendation 2 (Committee recommends to Cabinet that the Government is strongly lobbied to improve and strengthen building control mechanisms in relation to fire safety), a summary of the findings of the Hackitt Report would be circulated to Committee Members following this meeting.
Consideration was given to Rialto Court (student housing) and Hanover Point (private housing company). A lot of information had been received regarding fire risk assessments carried out and they do hit a very good standard.
The Committee discussed concerns regarding advice given to residents in case of fire and sought assurance around the current evacuation protocol. Members were advised that the 'Stay Put' policy was still in place at Kennedy Gardens, as well as at Hanover Point and Rialto Court.
Members were informed that meetings were held every two weeks with the Local Authority and Thirteen Housing Group to provide continuous assurance.
33/18 Members were presented with the Action Plan setting out how the agreed recommendations from the Review of Management of Memorials will be implemented and target dates for completion.
- Recent audit of all graves within the Borough's cemeteries completed in July 2018 which showed a further increase in compliance with the current Grave Personalisation Policy (GPP).
- Re-engagement with Memorial Masons has been completed to highlight the problems with fixed kerbs and clarification that they are not permitted to sell/fix kerbs or kerb components to families for self-fixing.
- Confirmation had been sent to all Masons that installation of kerbs was not permitted and disciplinary action would be taken if breached; they were also to confirm in writing that they would comply.
- Clarification was provided on the 'approved list' of memorials masons and the need for them to confirm they will abide by the Council's regulations and submit their public liability insurance annually.
- Registration and Bereavement staff had received briefings on the new policy for the Durham Road Cemetery extension, however refresher training would be undertaken in spring 2019, prior to the extension opening. Updated information literature has been produced and circulated to all stakeholders (hard-copies were provided for Members at the meeting).
- Only blue and green colours are available for the grave collars in addition to black - will continue to pursue other options.
34/18 Committee were scheduled to consider a draft scope and plan of the Scrutiny Review of River-Based Economy. However, it has emerged that work has been recently undertaken (commissioned by the Council) in relation to this topic, and additional time is therefore required to determine scrutiny involvement. An update will be provided at the next Committee meeting in October 2018.
35/18 Consideration was given to the Work Programme. The next Committee meeting is scheduled for the 15th October 2018.
An update was provided on the ongoing Scrutiny Review of Parking on Grass Verges (Task & Finish) - Members were informed meetings had been arranged for September 2018, and that photographic evidence had been submitted from a number of Councillors highlighting this issue.


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Fragmented payment systems and a lack of standardization have hindered the cash management efforts of companies in the Middle East, but this looks set to change.
Although Covid-19 spurred the adoption of digital payments in the region, new government initiatives and regulatory measures in the Middle East are also driving a cross-border payments ecosystem that will bring greater visibility and control to treasury departments.
Ahmad Alyousef, senior vice president and head of Cash Management Product Solutions at the Saudi National Bank (SNB), which is the winner of the Best Bank for Payments & Collections award, says several initiatives have already resulted in faster and more-efficient payment transactions while lowering transaction costs and ushering in real-time payments.
One such initiative, developed by the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, is GCCNet, which connects all national switches throughout the GCC in real time to establish a single network.
"This enabled the use of debit cards issued in one GCC country in another, lowering the cost of cross-border transactions," explains Alyousef. "Furthermore, some GCC countries have also created real-time payment systems for local and cross-border transfers of small value. In Saudi Arabia, for example, the instant payment system facilitates day-to-day payments with instant credit. Fintechs have played a significant role in raising demand for cross-border payment using digital wallets."
Following the April 2021 completion of the merger of two Saudi Arabia banks–National Commercial Bank and Samba, to form SNB–the new bank took nine months to provide a seamless service migration to its clients. SNB also became the first bank in Saudi Arabia to establish a sustainable finance framework and is well positioned to help corporates bounce back from the pandemic.
With a deep-rooted network in the Middle East and North Africa region and extensive local expertise, the Best Bank for Cash Management winner, Arab Bank, is well placed to price transactions based on local market requirements, credit risks and historical data.
Arab Bank's corporate digital platform, ArabiConnect, features a range of global transaction banking services; while its ArabiSync host-to-host offering provides a superior client experience. To remain ahead of the cash management innovation curve, Arab Bank launched a fintech-focused corporate accelerator program, AB Accelerator, in Egypt in August 2021, following the success of a similar one it had previously established in Jordan.
National Bank of Egypt (NBE), which took the Best Bank for Liquidity Management award, has branches and affiliated banking units in the UAE, Ethiopia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, the US, the UK and China; and it boasts a corresponding bank network that includes more than 39 accounts in North America, the eurozone, the UK, the Middle East, Asia, Canada and Australia. NBE arranged and managed more syndicated loan deals than any financial institution in the Middle East and Africa last year—managing 51 financing deals worth more than 235 billion Egyptian pounds (approximately $15 billion) in 2021.
Banque Misr won as the Best Provider of Short-Term Investments/Money Market Funds for its Banque Misr Money Market Fund, Youm B Youm, that provides low-barrier access to Egypt's debt capital markets without requiring a significant minimum investment. In addition to zero subscription and redemption fees, investors can increase their investments or redeem their profits daily, providing liquidity when needed.
Liquidity and easy access to cash remain essential for companies and banks to play a crucial role in providing the tools for real-time visibility and instant payments. Aided by new payment rails and by national and regional regulations and standards set by organizations such as Swift, banks in the Middle East have a real opportunity to benefit treasury departments and promote growth for all.
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The Department of Polymer Engineering at The University of Akron seeks to provide graduate students with a high-quality educational experience in the engineering and science of polymers. Students are taught the skills of research by regular full-time professors in both classroom and laboratory environments. Students represent the United States and numerous foreign countries, and graduates of the department have gone on to successful careers in private industry, government and academia.
Our students receive M.S. degree based on performance in course work and thesis research. The 24-credit course work prepares students with fundamental knowledge of polymer engineering. The 6-credit thesis research on an original topic trains them on the use of scientific research methods. The original research projects deal with problems associated with energy harvesting, smart coatings, smart materials, thin films, flexible electronics, to name a few.
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*REVIEW* from NBC "Dateline" correspondent Dennis Murphy: Guitar ConfluenceLive CD and DVD are tremendous anthologies. They're all highlights. "RyanTime", "Waimea Canyon", Beatles medley, "Viva Las Vegas" would be on my EPrelease. Terrific thing about the video is you see just how much these guys enjoy each other and their music. Solos "Feed the Birds" and "Water is Wide" are both magical.
Smith and Hanson are clearly having fun on "Guitar Confluence," a live performance CD of contemporary steel string acoustic fingerstyle guitar in the trajectory of Michael Hedges, Alex de Grassi, and Leo Kottke. The guitarists play together as if they have forever. In fact, they released their first duo album in 2001 and both appeared, as soloists and a duo, on Grammy-winning "Pink Guitar" in 2005 (their duet "A Shot in the Dark" is included here). "Guitar Confluence" is quite varied, with inventive renditions of many pop turns, including a set of Beatles songs, a slip gig, a Hawaiian slack key offering ("Waimea Canyon") and the terrific "Dyerville Giant," titled for a giant redwood tree, which features propulsive percussive tapping. The pieces are on the short side, but the advantage that this allows the musicians to showcase many styles and techniques, including a few jazz and blues stylings. One of the most exciting is the Celtic-sounding "Masters in This Hall," with wild rhythmic strumming and fast fingerwork. The two solos on the CD - a rendition of "Ava Maria" (in which Smith reveals his classical training) and Hanson's version of traditional "The River Is Wide" - are especially lovely. The album comes to a close with the jaw dropping "Jerry's Breakdown," a fitting conclusion to a strong collection, which also comes with a bonus DVD.
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I'm starting to getused to the sound of my new life in Squamish. Every place has it's own sound; it's own flavour of normal noises. Part of making this new place home for me is teaching my ears what familiar should sound like. There are big trucks with engine brakes that growl around the corners on the highway.
There are country-and-western-slash-classic-rock-inspired parties in the building next door, and thus whooping noises and hollering are somewhat commonplace, and for the most part are to be ignored.
A siren, once an auditory backdrop in my place on Victoria Dr, will now bring me along with the rest of my neighbours out onto our balconies, coffee cups in hand, just to see what all the excitement is about.
Everything sounds different here, but mostly it's the sound of kids playing. I'm not talking about the fevered cadence of a fifteen-minute recess across the street. Kids can still really play outside in Squamish. I'm talking about the sun-ripened drawl of kids with a whole summer stretched out in front of them, and nothing to do but ride bikes in the courtyard or catch bugs in jam jars.
Squamish is the outdoor recreation capital of Canada, or so the sign on the highway proclaims, but not if your parents can't afford rock climbing gear or kite-surfing lessons.
One rainy day I listened to six kids amuse themselves all afternoon by tumbling Matchbox cars and Barbies down the stairwell, and opening and closing the door for anyone who came in or left the building. My little dog could have ten walks a day, if I said yes every time one of the little girls knock on my door to ask if Goliath can come out to play.
The kids build bike ramps out of rocks dragged up from the river and worn-out bits of plywood, and then ride around in endless aimless circles popping wheelies and taking jumps. The lady who leads up the strata council dismantles the ramps one night after bedtime, and then the cycle begins again.
I'm starting to learn their names now, who is who's little brother, and which building they live in. So far, Kristy and Mouse are my favourites. Kristy is the oldest I think, with her T-shirt stretched over her plump middle and her arms often crossed to hide her tiny boobies.
Kristy watches everything all the time, and doesn't miss a thing that goes on anywhere. She is definitely the one to ask if you want the goods on anyone. Then there is Mouse, her other half.
How can you tell a tomboy before she even opens her mouth, from inside the car with the windows rolled up? It was something about the way she stands, how her jeans hang below her hips and the cuffs are long enough that she wears holes in them with the heels of her Bay sneakers.
Mouse watched me pack stuff out of my car into my apartment one day.
"That a microphone stand?" She asked me out of the corner of her mouth.
"Sure is." I told her.
Silence hung between us. Mouse opened her eyes really wide, hanging there for an answer.
Mouse nods like a hammer drill. My heart warms, and then remembers to go cold at the reality of it all.
This is my big fear, you see. I'm pretty sure I'm the only queer residing in the Westway Village apartments, and for some reason I pass as a young man a lot more here, at least with the grown-ups. Children, in my experience, are far less likely to be fooled by shallow gender stereotypes than their parents are; kids hardly ever mistake me for a boy or a man, or maybe they just care a lot less what gender I am.
They're more interested in whether or not I will lend them my microphone or play street hockey with them.
What I worry about is that the kids will go home and tell their mom the nice lady named Ivan lent them the microphone, and the mom will freak out about a homosexual interacting with the children. Some folks have a thing about queers being around their kids. Even though the statistics show that it is far more likely that their new boyfriend or their husband or their brother will be the one molesting their son or daughter, still they worry more about the homosexual up the street.
I never understood this, but it is the way things are. The only homo on the block has to be careful when befriending the kids. Which is kinda sad, when you consider how much some of these kids could use a friend.
All day yesterday the kids were busy furiously constructing a fort in the bushes alongside the little river behind my building. When I loaded my bags and the dogs into the car to head into the city, they popped their heads out of the blackberry bushes to inform me that if I could guess the password, they would open the trap door and show me their fort.
"Open Sesame?" I guessed, feeling old and kind of lame even as the words left my mouth.