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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Euphoria' On HBO, Where Zendaya Plays An Addict Trying To Chase Away Her Crippling Anxiety
By Joel Keller Twitter @joelkeller Jun 16, 2019 at 1:00pm
If you have kids who are fans of the singer and Disney mainstay Zendaya, do not let them see HBO's new YA drama Euphoria. This show, about a teenage girl who chases crippling mental illness by taking lots of drugs, is not for kids. Heck, it's barely for adults. But it's a show that's pretty daring, if you can bear watching what it has to offer. Read on for more…
EUPHORIA: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: A graphic of a fetus floating around in her mother's womb, about the be born.
The Gist: Rue Bennett (Zendaya) has always been an anxious kid, from the moment she was crushed against "the cruel cervix of my mother Leslie" (i.e., was born) a few days after 9/11, through the present day, when she's a 17-year old high school junior (let's just think she's looking back on the past year, since she'd likely be a senior in 2019). In a montage of Rue's childhood, she's seen counting the squares in her dining room's light fixture and crying when she gets interrupted, and passing out from a massive panic attack. To chase away the panic attacks that stop her breathing, heartbeat and even her brain, Rue takes a lot of drugs, from her mom's Xanax to hallucinogens and cocaine.
She spends most of the summer before junior year in rehab after her little sister Gia (Storm Reid) finds her unconscious from an overdose. But gets out without any intention of staying clean, letting her buddy Frezco (Angus Cloud), who helps her get some LSD-like pills from the local 12-year-old drug dealer. When her mother Leslie (Nika King) wants to give her a drug test after an evening out, Rue runs through the possibilities to get around it in her mind, and decides to run to the house of her childhood friend Lexi Howard (Maude Apatow) and ask her for some clean pee.
In voice over, Rue also reminisces about meeting a new love named Jules Vaughn (Hunter Schafer), who lives with her clueless dad and has her own issues, namely meeting older men that she finds online and having violent sex with them. We see her meet one of those men (Eric Dane), who creepily talks about being with girls like her then more or less forces her to have anal sex.
They meet at a party at the house of Chris McKay (Algee Smith), who's throwing a pre-school-year blowout with his buddy Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordy), who's still smarting from his breakup with Maddy Perez (Alexa Demie), who has sex in a pool with a random guy to make Nate jealous. In the meantime, Maddy's nerdy friend Kat Hernandez (Barbie Ferreira), who befriended Jules in summer school, talks a big game in order to lose her virginity.
Our Take: Euphoria, created by Sam Levinson (The Wizard of Lies) based on an Israeli series, makes every other YA show that's come before it, even the more "daring" ones we've seen on streaming and cable lately, look like those old ABC Afterschool Specials in comparison. In Rue Bennet, Levinson has created his first teenage antihero, who doesn't even come close to being clean, because the alternative is a state of mind she hates even more. Rue's crippling anxiety almost makes her drug use understandable, or it could just be the fact that Zendaya inhabits the troubled Rue so completely.
If you're a fan of Zendaya's work for Disney, and especially if your kids are fans of hers, Euphoria is a shocking departure, one that no kid under 17 should really watch. Zendaya is excellent, conveying Rue's cynicism, resigned to a life of always being high or letting her brain get the better of her via her anxiety, OCD, and likely bipolar disorder. She does make some snide jokes about her situation, especially in voice over, but her performance is mostly maudlin, making us forget all about the character she played in kidcoms like K.C. Undercover only a few years ago.
The show is pretty well put together, with visual feasts popping up during segments where Rue describes her state of mind, or we see her crying glitter when she's high on hallucinogens. But it's definitely designed to make parents have their own panic attacks; as a parent to a preschooler, we certainly had one of our own. If teens are doing all of this drinking, drugs, and sex now, what are things going to look like in a decade? It's scary to contemplate.
That being said, without Zendaya as Rue, and perhaps to a smaller extent Schafer as the deeply-pained Jules, the rest of the characters in Euphoria are standard-grade YA brats. If it weren't for Rue's presence, the show would likely just be painful for everyone to watch.
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Sex and Skin: Lots of shots of sex on people's phones, especially as McKay is shown what his new squeeze, Lexi's older sister Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) is up to. He has sex with her and tries to choke her, thinking that, because he sees it in porn, that's what all women like. We see a lot of penises, and we also see Jules topless as she waits for the creepy older guy to get naked and pound away.
Parting Shot: A surprise shot of Nate's family, and we see Rue and Jules in bed. "I've got an idea," Rue says. "Wanna get high?"
Sleeper Star: We definitely like Schafer as Jules and want to see if her relationship with Rue will make either or both of them better.
Most Pilot-y Line: As with Trinkets, we're just tired of seeing stupid or detached parents in YA shows. Even Rue's mom, who's fairly tough on her, doesn't even consider the fact that Rue could have obtained clean pee. Maybe it's because she wants to believe. But Lexi and Cassie's mom is constantly drunk and Jules' dad has no idea what she does when she leaves the house. We get that teens do a lot their parents don't know about, but we'd be happy to see a parent on a YA show that's at least hip to maybe 10% of what their kids are doing outside the house.
Our Call: STREAM IT, mostly for Zendaya's performance. Otherwise, Euphoria will likely make every parent who watches it hyperventilate. Maybe that's on purpose, so they know how Rue feels.
Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn't kid himself: he's a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, VanityFair.com, Playboy.com, Fast Company's Co.Create and elsewhere.
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Bold Leader Spotlight: Andrew Carnegie – From Steel Magnate to Peace Arbitrator
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In 1914, Andrew Carnegie called upon his peers to fulfill their duties to use their wealth towards benevolent and philanthropic purposes. He urged the powerful men of his time to shun a life of ostentatious display and to provide for the legitimate needs of those who depended on them. At the time, the steel magnate was doing everything in his power to stop a war from occurring. The world will later know how the failed attempts to avert the war, left the philanthropist heartbroken. Carnegie also had high hopes, and he was prepared to give up all his wealth. But the efforts to prevent the "foulest blot upon our civilization" from ravaging humanity failed.
From a penniless Scotsman to a steel magnate to a peace arbitrator, Carnegie's life story is a tale worth telling. Bold Business shines the Bold Leader Spotlight on Andrew Carnegie – The Patron Saint of Libraries, the Star-spangled Scotsman and the proponent of the Gospel of Wealth.
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The Humble Beginnings of Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was born in 1835 to parents Will and Margaret. Will Carnegie is a skilled weaver, and the Carnegies were one of the working-class families in Dunfermline, Scotland. The industrial revolution of the 19th century left hundreds of manual loom-weavers unemployed. The introduction of steam-powered looms in Scotland left a lot of families displaced. They immigrated to the US in search of opportunities. In 1848, the Carnegies moved to the US and settled in the bustling industrial city of Pittsburgh.
Andrew began working at 13 years old. He started as a bobbin boy changing spools in a cotton factory. In the succeeding years, he moved from various jobs – from messenger boy to telegraph operator to secretary. Along the way, Andrew also met mentors who helped him learn the ropes of the trade, such as management, cost control, trading, and shares. One of his mentors, Thomas A. Scott of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, helped the young entrepreneur with his first investments in the railroad business. Slowly, he began building his wealth.
The Rise of a Steel Magnate
After the Civil War of 1865, Carnegie began investing in ironworks trade and eventually forming the Keystone Bridge Works and the Union Ironworks. He opened and acquired more companies along the way, further building his wealth. In 1875, Carnegie opened his first steel company in Braddock, Pennsylvania. He called the company Edgar Thomson Works – named after one of his mentors. He also invested in a coal-based fuel company owned by Henry Frick. By 1883, Carnegie acquired Homestead Works Steel Works which will become the final piece to complete the Carnegie Steel Company. Eventually, Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel to JP Morgan Chase in 1901 for $480 million, making the steel magnate the richest man on earth.
All successes, big and small, begin from a dream.
Living According to the Gospel of Wealth
With the publication of the Gospel of Wealth in 1889, Carnegie contends that men of wealth have the moral obligation to redistribute surplus wealth back to the community. In this essay, Carnegie offers specific steps on how the wealthy can bestow charity. The Gospel of Wealth asserts, "In bestowing charity, the main consideration should be to help those who will help themselves; to provide part of the means by which those who desire to improve may do so." Consequently, Carnegie created a path of philanthropy that many others will later follow.
With the establishment of the Carnegie Institution in 1902, Carnegie was able to provide funds for research for American colleges and universities. The steel magnate also began donating funds to various causes such as the teachers' pension fund, movements for international peace and justice. He sent aids to health organizations and scientific research funding across the globe. He also earned the nickname "Patron Saint of Libraries for founding a total of 2,509 libraries all over the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1911, Carnegie has already given away 90% of his wealth.
While the western world was at the brink of war, Carnegie has been funding peace conferences and donating funds to create peace treaties. In 1913, he built the Palace of Peace in Hague which houses the Church Peace Union to avert the war.
There is no honor in dying rich.
The Bold Leadership of Andrew Carnegie
A Bold Leader recognizes that he cannot do it alone.
Carnegie believed that men who build great fortunes had to rely on the community and workers to execute their goals. For this reason, he was an advocate of workers' right to organize into unions. In 1886, he published an essay in Forum Magazine defending unions. He was also the publisher of Triumphant Democracy, a periodical that celebrated democracy and capitalism.
A Bold Leader empowers and helps those who help themselves.
Carnegie did not believe in handouts. He frowned at the indiscriminate charity. For the philanthropist, it would be better if "the millions of the rich were thrown in to the sea than so spent as to encourage the slothful, the drunken, the unworthy." With Carnegie's Charitable Institutions, recipient communities were obligated to contribute to the cause to encourage a continuing interest in the project.
A Bold Leader with a mission to give others a chance in life.
Carnegie was born in an era of hyper economic growth. As a man of vision and ambition, he took this as an opportunity to grow his wealth. However, he was also aware that the more he accumulates, the greater his responsibility to give away. After the sale of Carnegie Steel in 1901, he stated, "I must follow my beliefs and begin the hard task of giving my money away for the good of all."
Carnegie's Gift of Philanthropy
The life of Andrew Carnegie is depicted in two prevailing themes. These are the accumulation of wealth and its redistribution back to the community. Because of intelligence, abilities, and charisma, Carnegie was able to build an immense fortune. But the resolve and determination to give back is Carnegie's greatest gift to humanity.
Carnegie deftly fulfilled his mission to give away his wealth to improve the lives of others. He established numerous organizations, trust funds, and libraries. When the steel magnate turned peace advocate passed away on August 1919, he had given away a total of $356 million. Without a doubt, Carnegie gave so much back to the community. By setting an example, Carnegie was able to pave a path of philanthropy.
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Singapore acts to curb cross-border tax evasion
Moves include easier sharing of tax details and inking US govt deal
By Yasmine Yahya, The Straits Times, 15 May 2013
SINGAPORE is getting tougher on cross-border tax cheats by making it easier to share information with other countries.
Among the moves announced yesterday, Singapore said it will sign up to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) multilateral treaty on sharing tax details.
A second change will see Singapore extending help to existing partners under a global standard without having to renegotiate tax agreements. These two changes bring the number of countries with which Singapore can exchange information from 41 to 83.
The tax authorities here will soon no longer need a court order to obtain bank and trust information to help other countries.
The Government will also sign a deal with the United States to make it simpler for financial institutions here to comply with a new US tax law - the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act - that comes into effect next year.
These moves, announced by the Finance Ministry, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, complement an earlier announcement that Singapore will criminalise the laundering of proceeds from serious tax crimes on July 1.
Singapore, Asia's largest private banking and wealth management hub, has been in the spotlight. Earlier, Britain's tax authority said it was studying data that suggested some rich people in Britain, the US and Australia were hiding assets in territories including Singapore to evade tax.
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam noted in a statement yesterday that the new standards can work only if all jurisdictions subscribe to them.
He added that Singapore will work with its international partners to ensure there is no room for regulatory arbitrage.
"There is no conflict between high standards of financial integrity and keeping our strengths as a centre for managing wealth," said Mr Tharman, who is also Finance Minister and MAS chairman.
"Singapore will continue to be a vibrant wealth management centre, with laws and rules that safeguard legitimate funds and reject tainted money," he added.
The moves were praised by Mr Pascal Saint-Amans, director of OECD's Centre for Tax Policy.
"This is a very significant move. Not only has Singapore decided to streamline its practice to exchange information on request, but it also will be exchanging information automatically with the US," he told Reuters.
Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow's managing principal Edmund Leow said: "These steps make it clear that Singapore is not going to help tax evaders hide."
Singapore has been stepping up efforts to combat tax crimes.
In 2009, it adopted a global standard for the exchange of information for tax purposes. Since then, it has amended laws and renegotiated several tax agreements to incorporate it.
Last month, the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes said Singapore's practices were in line with the standard.
Some of the latest moves will put Singapore ahead of other financial centres, for example when it signs the OECD's Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters which allows for exchange of information. The US is a signatory but Hong Kong and Switzerland have yet to sign.
The changes will be enacted into law by the end of the year.
Thumbs up for govt measures to fight tax evasion
By Alvin Foo, The Straits Times, 15 May 2013
INDUSTRY players and experts welcomed Singapore's latest moves to strengthen its international framework for working to combat tax evasion.
The steps boost the country's credentials as an open and transparent financial centre, they said.
Singapore International Chamber of Commerce chief executive Phillip Overmyer said: "It gives us greater transparency in our financial services industry, and allows Singapore a good opportunity to align tax compliance issues. It makes us look more like a world-class financial centre."
The Association of Banks in Singapore said: "It's consistent with Singapore's decision to make tax evasion a predicate offence to money laundering."
Singapore announced several measures aimed at cracking down on cross-border tax cheats. They include expanding the list of nations with which it can exchange information for tax-related investigations, and allowing the local tax authorities to get bank and trust information to aid other countries in investigations without first obtaining a court order.
The Government will also sign an agreement with the United States that will make it simpler for financial institutions here to comply with a new US tax law - the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) - which will take effect next year.
Mr Stefano Demichelis, Kroll Advisory Solutions associate managing director, said these steps were part of efforts worldwide to clamp down on tax evasion.
The moves also complement ongoing work by the Private Banking Industry Group (PBIG) to "protect Singapore's reputation as a clean and efficient global financial centre" by promoting best practices in the sector, said Mr Deepak Sharma, chairman of Citi Private Bank Singapore and PBIG co-chair.
He added that the industry adopted a code of conduct in April 2011 and industry-sound practices in March this year to detect and report illicit flows of money.
Banks said having a model in which information is exchanged between Singapore and US agencies directly would make it easier for them to comply with Fatca.
"The agreement will benefit financial institutions by addressing local legal impediments, simplifying practical implementation and reducing the risk of being non-compliant," said Standard Chartered Bank Singapore head of compliance Wee Seng Hong.
"These enhancements will help further ease administrative aspects," said Deutsche Bank's head of asset and wealth management (Asia-Pacific) Ravi Raju.
The more robust framework also reaffirms Singapore's reputation as a financial centre with the highest standards of transparency and integrity, said Ms Koh Ching Ching, OCBC Bank's head of group corporate communications.
Chief executive officer of UBS Wealth Management Singapore Edmund Koh added: "It's critical that the regulators and all industry players work hand in hand to safeguard its reputation as a safe and well-regulated wealth management hub."
Tax haven? Singapore is 'just efficient'
Tax expert says nothing wrong with rich keeping money in stable banks
By Christopher Tan, The Straits Times, 18 May 2013
JUST because Singapore is the fourth-largest fund management centre in the world does not mean it is a haven for tainted funds, says a top tax expert.
Speaking to The Straits Times in the aftermath of information leakage from a trust company based in Singapore, tax lawyer Gurhachan Singh said the wealthy simply prefer countries like Singapore because "we are efficient".
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists last month named Singapore's Portcullis TrustNet in an expose on tax dodgers and their offshore accounts.
Mr Singh, managing partner at KhattarWong, sees the saga as yet another attempt by Western economies to "get as much money back to their own countries as possible", and to stem further capital outflows.
"They have social security schemes, free education, health, employment benefits... living on credit, spending tomorrow's money today," Mr Singh said.
Over the years, and especially after the 2008 financial meltdown, companies and individuals "are taking money and putting them in efficient, protective and secure environments".
"No one supports tax evasion," said Mr Singh. "But there's nothing wrong with tax planning. It's perfectly legitimate.
"If you want to put money in banks that are strong and stable, instead of those which have been rescued by governments, there's nothing wrong with that either.
"An efficient tax regime does not equate with tax haven," he added. "Low tax is not no tax."
Commenting on new laws coming into effect in July that will make money laundering and tax evasion "predicate offences" which attract stiffer penalties, the 35-year tax veteran said Singapore has to strike a balance between complying with international tax treaties and preserving its position as a financial hub.
"Singapore has the right balance of rules," he said. "Anything more and we will become intrusive to the public."
Mr Singh reckons that as much as banks will act to make sure they comply with the new rules, it will be difficult for them "to ascertain whether funds in their accounts are taxable elsewhere".
For starters, there are vastly differing rules across the globe concerning what is taxable and what is not, and to what degree and scale, he said.
He does not think "banks will empty half their accounts before July", as most would already have had due diligence processes.
On Singapore's latest move to sign an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development exchange of information treaty, Mr Singh has his reservations.
One key stipulation in the agreement says that jurisdictions can ask for bank account information without a court order.
"In my view, the earlier High Court order route was balanced," he said, adding that individuals or companies should have the legal right to refuse disclosure.
"There is a world of difference between having nothing to hide, and having the whole world know about me," Mr Singh said. "People want privacy."
And any request for information should not be seen as suspicion. At the end of the day, Mr Singh said tax evasion cases are hard to prove.
"You need to prove 'wilful intent to evade' before it is a predicate offence," he said.
"If I wrongly assumed something is not taxable... that is not tax evasion."
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Global Cybersecurity Spending to Reach $76.9 Billion in 2015: Gartner
By Eduard Kovacs on August 25, 2014
As organizations worldwide become more and more aware of the risks posed by the lack of protection against cyber threats, information security spending will continue to increase, Gartner forecasts.
According to the IT research and advisory firm, global IT security spending will reach $71.1 billion this year, which represents an increase of 7.9% compared to 2013. Next year, spending will grow even more, reaching $76.9 billion.
The use of security solutions will be driven in the next couple of years by the rapid adoption of mobile, cloud, social and information technologies, which often interact with each other, Gartner said.
"This Nexus of Forces is impacting security in terms of new vulnerabilities. It is also creating new opportunities to improve effectiveness, particularly as a result of better understanding security threats by using contextual information and other security intelligence" explained Gartner research director Lawrence Pingree.
By 2015, approximately 10% of the security controls deployed by organizations will be cloud-based, particularly when it comes to small and midsize businesses.
"While cloud-based services' competitive pricing puts pressure on the market, the cloud is also providing new growth opportunities, as some organizations switch from deploying on-premises products to cloud-based services or cloud-managed products. More than 30% of security controls deployed to the small or midsize business (SMB) segment will be cloud-based by 2015," Gartner said.
Over the past three years, organizations in the United States have increased cybersecurity spending partly due to regulatory pressure. Data protection laws that have already been introduced and ones that will be implemented over the upcoming period in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region are expected to accelerate spending on IT security solutions in these parts of the world as well.
Gartner says managed security services are growing all over the world as more and more organizations come to realize that they lack the skills necessary to implement and operate proper data protection and privacy controls. The company believes that more than half of organizations will address compliance requirements and improve their security posture by using security services providers that specialize in infrastructure and risk management, and data protection.
Security solutions providers are expected to sell newer types of services, such as data loss prevention (DLP) and security information and event management (SIEM), through suite offerings. In fact, the company forecasts that by the end of 2015, roughly 30% of infrastructure protection products will be purchased as part of a suite offering.
Currently, many consumers still don't realize that their mobile devices are just as vulnerable to hacker attacks as their desktop computers, but this will likely change from 2017 onward when Gartner believes new market opportunities will emerge.
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Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is a contributing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher for two years before starting a career in journalism as Softpedia's security news reporter. Eduard holds a bachelor's degree in industrial informatics and a master's degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering.
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Evanescence is back to rock your socks off with a new studio record and North American tour in the works. The band re-created their past material using orchestral and electronic instrumentation, thus a evoking a fresh sound found on "Synthesis". The new record, produced by Will Hunt and David Campbell, will be out on BMG and slated for release November 10th, 2017 with new single "Imperfection".
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I am Professor of Risk and Sustainability at the Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety, Lund University (Sweden), as well as Extraordinary Professor at the Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University (South Africa). I am also affiliated to Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and Management (LUCRAM) and to the School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow (Scotland).
My research interests focus on the interactions between the physical environment, social organisation and social behaviour in relation to societal safety and sustainability. Especially on issues of risk and vulnerability, on what makes society resilient to disturbances, disruptions and disasters, and on capacity development as an intentional process for increasing such resilience.
My research group has had significant impact on policy and practice concering issues of risk and sustainability. Perhaps most notably, as a leading scientific provider of knowledge cited in global UN policies concerning capacity development for disaster risk management and related climate change adaptation (e.g. UNDRR 2019), or as a trusted partner to a range of local authorities, governmental agencies and international organizations.
Below you find a selection of published scientific articles and books. For more information and a full list of publication, please follow the link below to Lund University Research Portal.
Lund University Research Portal
Selection of scientific articles
Click on them for more information
Environment and Planning C
Fragmentation, commodification and responsibilisation in the governing of flood risk mitigation in Sweden (2021)
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Dependence, trust, and influence of external actors on municipal urban flood risk mitigation: The case of Lomma Municipality, Sweden (2018)
Whose risks? Gender and the ranking of hazards (2011)
Troubling partnerships: Perspectives from the receiving end of capacity development (2021)
Challenging disparities in capacity development for disaster risk reduction (2013)
Policy Entrepreneurs in Public Administration: A Social Network Analysis (2021)
Systemic problems of capacity development for disaster risk reduction in a complex, uncertain, dynamic, and ambiguous world (2019)
The problem of fit in flood risk governance: Regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive deliberations (2020)
Dark Side of Development: Modernity, Disaster Risk and Sustainable Livelihoods in Two Coastal Communities in Fiji (2017)
Regional Environmental Change
Drivers of abrupt and gradual changes in agricultural systems in Chad (2020)
Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
Encampment and Cash-Based Transfer: Concord and Controversy in the World Food Programme's Pilot Project in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania (2019)
Nations and Nationalism
Vulnerability and nationalism: the support for the war against Iraq in five established states (2009)
Sustainability Science (English) Monograph on managing risk and resilience for sustainable development
Katastrofriskreducering (Swedish) The first book on Disaster Risk Reduction in Swedish
Designing Capacity Development for DRM (English) A guideline for practical action
© Per Becker


Recently ,i got a problem in imx6q,with linux version 4.1.6.
The one side is arm linux(imx6q) as tcp client ,and other is pc computer as tcp server(server port:31122),the client connected to server and then receive data from server in fixed interval time ,like 5ms. The most of time, the select works fine,but sometimes the select() continuous returns zero.
Does anyone can give me any suggestion? thanks a lot.
Follows snippets are logs when error happened.
From the grab logs, the frozen time lasts 1 second or 2 seconds,even more longer.
And some logs not uploaded here.


I saw an interesting YouTube clip by Scotty Kilmer about this motor oil. He is a well known mechanic and as a retired mechanic myself I can say he knows his stuff and quite honest (a rare breed indeed).
He compared it to Redline motor oil which was considered one of a top shelf product. Reading off the specs and certificates from the bottle he showed that it's better than Redline.
As an Amazon Prime member I got a 5 quart jug of AB full synthetic 5W-20 for my Taurus ($19 love it) and free shipping. I'll get it Wed and my part will come in today (Cam Position Sensor Unit) so they'll be both installed together.
By the way, I mentioned that I ordered the part for $60 from AutoZone. The members at Taurus Club forum said no no not this brand! You'll have real problem if you put this in!
Ok so I cancelled the order and found a better deal on Amazon. Yep, Amazon carry auto parts. I found a better brand and only $35. I'll get it today.
Isn't he well known for using click bait titles, and having the comments below full of people saying he is wrong!
As for brand of oil, if it meets the specifications the manufacturer say (sae grade, weight and sometimes C rating for low ash etc) then the price doesn't matter!
I saw another video about the oil guy who did the chemical breakdown. He said it's good oil but only for 3000 miles. He won't trust it for more than that.
That's fine with me as it'll take me a year or better to cover 3000 miles.
Not sure if I can trust a 3000 mile full synth oil to start with. Even modern conventional/mineral oil can do that.
I say better safe than sorry. Consider Motorcraft oils.
Synthetic oil is better. It handles heat well.
And should have longer change interval by its nature. If it doesn't, something else could be wrong.
It's cheap oil SG. It's good enough for normal interval but as the guy says, for optimal protection change it after 3000 miles.
The difference is that some additives are lacking.
I see. I always thought the molecules of synth oil is what keeps it from deteriorating by nature first hand, not the additives.
The synthetic oil is oil nevertheless and the additives are what maintain the engine.
You can see the clip right?


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The 2019 Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Winner: Joey Chestnut, with a WR 82 carnitas tacos in 8 min!
CHESTNUT SETS NEW WORLD CARNITAS TACO-EATING RECORD!
There is no better way to celebrate National Taco Day than by bearing witness to or competing in The 2019 Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship. Major League Eaters are warmly encouraged to sign up for the chance to compete in this annual salute to the mighty Los Angeles Street-Style Carnitas Taco tradition. Those unsuited to the physical and moral rigors of competitive eating are warmly encouraged to attend. It's tacos. On National Taco Day. At Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier.
At last year's inaugural event, Joey Chestnut—the #1-ranked eater in the world, like you don't know—demolished 62 Los Angeles Street-Style Carnitas Tacos to take the title and set a world record in the discipline in the process.
Do you dare challenge the great Chestnut? Do you fancy yourself as the Carnitas Taco Eating Champion of the World? Would you secretly be happy with third place but present yourself as someone for whom only first matters? Do you simply want to watch the best in the world do what they do so well? This is The 2019 Pacific Park World Taco Eating Championship—at the table or in the crowd, don't you ever miss it!
FULL RESULTS! 1 Joey Chestnut 82 in 8 mins 2 Miki Sudo 69.5 3 Gideon Oji and Nick Wehry 69 5 Michelle Lesco 47 6 Sergio Reyes Raya 24 7 Dr Fantastic Monte Cook 16 8 Mary Bowers 15 9 Cory Hayashi 14 10 Jason Krause 12
This contest took place at 11am local time on National Taco Day—FRIDAY October 4, 2019, at the Pacific Park, 380 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401!
About Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier, LA's only admission free amusement park, offers 12 amusement rides, 14 midway games, an oceanfront food plaza and beachside shopping. In addition to the Pacific Wheel solar-powered Ferris wheel, Pacific Park's signature rides include The West Coaster, a steel roller coaster that races 55 feet above the Santa Monica Bay; and Inkie's Air Lift Balloon Ride, the high-flying, family-sharing kids' ride. For additional information and hours of operation, call 310-260-8744, visit www.pacpark.com, follow on Instagram and Twitter: @pacpark and Like at Facebook: facebook.com/pacificpark.
CLICK HERE for more information about Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier!
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For instant results to all Major League Eating Contests, follow @eatingcontest
*All applicants must be 18 years of age or older and fully acknowledge and understand the inherent dangers and risks associated with participating in an eating contest. The applicant further acknowledges and understands that the MLE/IFOCE coordinates with event sponsor(s) to select and approve eligible participants, and that the MLE/IFOCE shall decide, at its sole discretion, whether an applicant is eligible to participate in any eating event, and/or related activities. The MLE/IFOCE may revoke an applicant's eligibility to participate in the eating contest, or related activities, at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion. The MLE/IFOCE and the event sponsors reserve the right, at any time, to change any and all details concerning the event, including, e.g., time, duration, location and prize structure.


Proceeds go to the Tibetan Children's Village, India.
Brisbane's 11th annual Festival of Tibet will be an event to remember, with something for everyone – discussion, art, music, intrigue and philosophy.
Kicking off on the evening of Friday April 26th, MYSTICAL TIBET brings together former Australian Greens leader and environmental activist Bob Brown in conversation with radio presenter, writer and journalist, Paul Barclay for a discussion about conservation, activism and resilience. The evening concludes with the Mystical Tibet concert featuring the superb Camerata, Queensland's award-winning chamber orchestra in collaboration with renowned Tibetan musician, Tenzin Choegyal. Guaranteed to be an evening of inspiration and heartwarming enjoyment.
On Saturday April 27th, in what has become a Festival of Tibet tradition, 1000 STORIES will present a blend of exquisite artwork by Karma Phuntsok accompanied by the joyful, global sounds of fusion band Tibet2Timbuk2 and friends. With their music as inspiration, Karma will create a unique artwork in real time, while sharing personal stories and snippets of philosophy. This concert will also feature the debut of Tibet2Timbuk2's long-awaited new album.
Over three days the Festival will also offer workshops, exhibitions, momo making, chakra healing, public talks, traditional Tibetan art, prayer flag painting for children and the creation of a superb sand mandala consisting of millions of grains of coloured sand. In a program of varied, engaging experiences, both free events and ticketed during the period of the Festival.
The 11th Festival of Tibet will once again raise much needed funds for Tibetans living in exile, with all proceeds going to the Tibetan Children's Village schools in India.
We look forward to welcoming you at the Brisbane Powerhouse!
Proudly sponsored by Brisbane Powerhouse,Perfect Potion, Philip Bacon Galleries, The Yellow Church Yoga & Natural Health Centre and supported by Tibet Information Office, Chenrezig Institute, Chris Hooper Promotions, Himalayan Film Festival, Australia Tibet Council, Woodford Folk Festival, Good Fortune Trust, BEMAC, Tashi Delek Foundation.
organizing this Festival almost single-handed annually over the last ten years.
term we can continue to maintain them in a dynamic way only if freedom prevails in Tibet.
their understanding and appreciation of things Tibetan.
preserve that culture and keep it alive.
my prayers that not only will the occasion be a success, but also that everyone will enjoy it.
Sand Mandala དཀྱིལ་འཁོར། is a Tibetan Buddhist Sacred Art involving the creation and dissolving of mandalas created from coloured sand. A sand mandala is ritualistically dismantled once it has been completed and its accompanying ceremonies and viewing are finished to symbolize the philosophy of the transitory nature of material life. In short the impermanence nature of all things.
Who are coming to 11th Festival of Tibet? FOT2019 starts on 26th April with opening speech by Kuno Lhakpa Tshoko la, followed by Mystical Tibet - in conversation with Dr. Bob Brown and ABC's Big Idea Mr. Paul Barclay and music by Camerata and3 Tenzin's.


Daily menu ends at 5pm with Chef's Valentine menu available beginning at 5pm each day.
Valentine's Day Celebrations begin Thursday, February 14 and last through Saturday, the 16th of February. Or extend the love into Sunday the 17th and join us for Sunday brunch!
In addition to our Valentine's menu 'Elvis' will be here to entertain AND 'marry' or renew vows VEGAS STYLE halfway through his show.
Daily until 5, Valentine's menu begins at 5pm and is accompanied by Jeff Boyd Duo beginning at 6pm.
Valentine's Menu $85.00 per couple plus tax and gratuity. (All items available a la carte as well).


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Podcast 344: A Conversation with Bill Horvitz
The artistic muse strikes when it will. Personal tragedy or pain can be the catalyst for the creation of art just as often as joy, or the experience of beauty. The artist takes what comes, and if they are successful in their chosen medium, the resulting work gives the world a sense of what Susanne K. Langer called "felt life".
For Bill Horvitz, the tragedy was the sudden death of his younger brother Philip from heart failure in 2005, at the age of 44. Horvitz, who as a composer and guitar player had stretched the boundaries of jazz, classical, folk and rock music for three decades, the process of making sense of his loss sent him to work.
In the years that followed Philip's death, Horvitz wrote and arranged a long-form piece of music for a large ensemble, which has become The Long Walk, a tribute to his brother. The piece has grown in length, and the ensemble, which began at a dozen, has grown to seventeen, including brass, woodwinds and strings backing a core jazz band. The Bill Horvitz Expanded Band, as it is known, recently performed the work on the West Coast (where Horvitz and his wife reside), and the CD studio recording has just been released on Big Door Prize Records. An East Coast version of the Expanded Band will perform The Long Walk at Roulette in Brooklyn on June 30th at 6:00 pm, six years after the piece was last performed there.
While the catalyst for The Long Walk may have been tragedy, the CD is a life-affirming tribute to a man who spent his life in dance, theatre and movement. While there are notes of sadness in the title track and "As If", they are outweighed by the joy in "Funk Side Story", the wit of "Where Did the Monkey Go" and the exuberance of "Do You Want to Dance?" The ensemble directed by Omid Zoufonoun, and features strong ensemble playing as well as solos from artists including Horvitz on guitar, his brother Wayne on piano, and Corey Wright on tenor sax.
I spoke with Bill about the creative process that resulted in The Long Walk, and how he composed and arranged for a large ensemble. Click here to listen to our conversation on Podcast 344, along with musical selections, including:
Bill Horvitz Expanded Band – "Do You Want to Dance?" from The Long Walk. Philip Horvitz spent his creative life in the world of dance, and Bill knew that any tribute to Philip would have to include a dance number. This track fits the bill, showcasing solos by Darren Johnston (trumpet), Cory Wright (tenor sax) and Vijay Anderson (drums).
Bill Horvitz Expanded Band – "Child Star" from The Long Walk. Horvitz tells a delightful story about his brother's love of putting on shows for the family at a very early age. Spurred by this memory, he composed this wistful piece, which features solos by Kyle Bruckman (oboe), Sarah Jo Zararka (violin), Ned Haran (trombone) and Shirley Hunt (cello).
Bill Horvitz Expanded Band – "Funk Side Story" from The Long Walk. For me, this is the most fun piece on the CD. A piece of jazz-funk that resonates with the feel of a "West Side Story" number, it features some driving solos from Steve Adams (alto sax and flute), Johnston, Haran, Aram Shelton (clarinet) and Bill Horvitz (guitar).
Tone Bent – Title track from Angels in the Kitchen. Not all of Horvitz' work is on such a large scale. He enjoys playing guitar and banjo and singing with his wife Robin Eschner in this two person group. This track, is from a 2011 release, which is being re-released in a new edition lter this year. Bill relayed the story behind the track:
In Paris France there is a bakery that has been going strong since the early 1930's when it was started up by Pierre Poilane. Pierre baked individually hand-crafted traditional French sourdough loaves in wood-fired ovens.
In 1970 Pierre's son - Lionel - was handed ownership of the bakery. Lionel was very charismatic and a seeker who believed that bread was intimately linked with history, politics, arts and language. Salvador Dali was included in his circle of friends and it was Dali who requested that Lionel build among other projects - a bird cage out of bread, and an entire bedroom set. I don't know if this was to scale.
Eight years ago this story took a very sad turn when Lionel and his wife Irena died in a helicopter crash on a foggy night over the English Channel. Their two daughters, Apollonia and Athena, were 18 and 16 at the time and the oldest daughter; Apollonia decided that she would take over the family business. She had grown up in the bakery and knew what was required. She attended Harvard and graduated and today - she's indeed running the family bakery, continuing the traditions of her Father and grandfather. Today the pain Poilane remains one of the most desired and respected breads in the world and is still baked in wood-fired ovens. This song is for Apollonia and her sister Athena.
note: We had a CD release party and Robin had been in touch with Apollonia about the song. Apollonia offered to Fed Ex Poilane bread for the occasion, which she did: 10 very large loaves (2.5 lbs) and then it got strange as someone in customs didn't think it was ok or something and we got a call at 5 in the morning saying that customs was holding our package because the twist ties were not declared on the forms....so then we had to call Paris and explain that to them, which was not easy....anyway we got the bread and it was delicious .... so nice of her to do that!


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Greno est un patronyme porté notamment par :

  (1948-), éditeur allemand ;
  (1850-1902), peintre portugaise ;
 Narcisse Greno (1810-1892), homme d'affaires français ;
 Nathan Greno, réalisateur, scénariste, acteur et animateur américain.

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Vladislav is een Tsjechische gemeente in de regio Vysočina, en maakt deel uit van het district Třebíč.
Vladislav telt 1189 inwoners.

Gemeente in Třebíč