The cost of laparoscopic surgery is the price of progress. BJS 2009; 96: 327-328.
Surgical training and working time restriction. BJS 2009; 96: 329-330.
Meta‐analysis of standard, restrictive and supplemental fluid administration in colorectal surgery. BJS 2009; 96: 331-341.
Authors: N. N. Rahbari, J. B. Zimmermann, T. Schmidt, M. Koch, M. A. Weigand, J. Weitz et al.
Assessment of risk of bias in randomized clinical trials in surgery. BJS 2009; 96: 342-349.
Hidradenitis suppurativa. BJS 2009; 96: 350-360.
Randomized clinical trial of Entonox® versus midazolam–fentanyl sedation for colonoscopy. BJS 2009; 96: 361-368.
Randomized clinical trial of concomitant or sequential phlebectomy after endovenous laser therapy for varicose veins. BJS 2009; 96: 369-375.
Prognosis of synchronous bilateral breast cancer. BJS 2009; 96: 376-380.
Cyclical ischaemic preconditioning modulates the adaptive immune response in human limb ischaemia–reperfusion injury. BJS 2009; 96: 381-390.
Authors: P. J. Sullivan, K. J. Sweeney, K. M. Hirpara, C. B. Malone, W. Curtin, M. J. Kerin et al.
Long‐term outcomes of revisional surgery following laparoscopic fundoplication. BJS 2009; 96: 391-397.
Authors: P. J. Lamb, J. C. Myers, G. G. Jamieson, S. K. Thompson, P. G. Devitt, D. I. Watson et al.
Prognostic value of subclassification of T2 tumours in patients with gastric cancer. BJS 2009; 96: 398-404.
Authors: D. Nitti, A. Marchet, S. Mocellin, G. M. Rossi, A. Ambrosi, R. Mencarelli et al.
Branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms in a retrospective series of 190 patients. BJS 2009; 96: 405-411.
Authors: S. M. Woo, J. K. Ryu, S. H. Lee, W. J. Yoon, Y.‐T. Kim, Y. B. Yoon et al.
Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration using a rigid nephroscope. BJS 2009; 96: 412-416.
Authors: S. Sarkar, S. Sadhu, T. Jahangir, K. Pandit, S. Dubey, M. K. Roy et al.
Validation of a nomogram for predicting survival after resection for adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. BJS 2009; 96: 417-423.
Authors: S. M. M. de Castro, S. S. A. Y. Biere, S. M. Lagarde, O. R. C. Busch, T. M. van Gulik, D. J. Gouma et al.
Outcomes following Turnbull–Cutait abdominoperineal pull‐through compared with coloanal anastomosis. BJS 2009; 96: 424-429.
Endocavitary contact radiation therapy for ultrasonographically staged T1 N0 and T2 N0 rectal cancer. BJS 2009; 96: 430-436.
Mild hepatic macrovesicular steatosis may be a risk factor for hyperbilirubinaemia in living liver donors following right hepatectomy. BJS 2009; 96: 437-444.
Authors's reply: Topical haemostatic agents (Br J Surg 2008; 95: 1197–1225). BJS 2009; 96: 445-445.
Topical haemostatic agents (Br J Surg 2008; 95: 1197–1225). BJS 2009; 96: 445-445.
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American readers vote for Vietnam's 10 best beach resorts
Readers of US magazine Travel+Leisure announced their top 10 favorite beach resorts in Vietnam by voting earlier this year.
Built on the hills in Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang City, InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort topped the list.
It has 201 rooms, suites, penthouses, and villas along a 700-meter-long private beach.
Located within Son Tra Nature Reserve, home to some critically endangered species including red-shanked douc langur, the resort has strict policies to protect the langurs.
Built on the hills of Son Tra Peninsula in Da Nang city, the InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort topped the list.
It has 201 rooms, suites, penthouses and villas on 700 meters of private beach.
Located in the Son Tra Nature Reserve, home to some endangered species including Redshank Douc Langur, the resort has strict policies to protect the langurs.
JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay on Khem Beach was second in the list.
Situated 15 minutes from Phu Quoc International Airport, it has 234 rooms, suites and villas.
The French-style resort was built in 2016.
The JW Marriott Phu Quoc Emerald Bay on Khem Beach ranked second in the list.
It is located 15 minutes from Phu Quoc International Airport and has 234 rooms, suites and villas.
The three-hectare Anantara Quy Nhon Villas near Bai Xep beach in Quy Nhon Town was third.
The resort has 26 beach-view villas with private outdoor swimming pools. And it is near Bai Xep fishing village that was listed by Business Insider as "one of the 16 hidden gems" of Asia.
Third place went to the three-hectare Anantara Quy Nhon Villas near Bai Xep Beach in Quy Nhon town.
The resort features 26 beachfront villas with private outdoor pools. And it's near the fishing village of Bai Xep, listed by Business Insider as "one of Asia's 16 Hidden Gems."
Anantara Hoi An Resort on the Thu Bon River in Hoi An came in fourth.
It has a touch of French colonial architecture, 94 rooms painted in yellow and environment-friendly equipment.
Plastic bottles are banned inside the resort.
Guests can go on a boat tour and release floating lanterns in the river on the 14th day of each lunar month, a traditional travel experience here for years.
Anantara Hoi An Resort along the Thu Bon River in Hoi An took fourth place.
It has touches of French colonial architecture, 94 rooms painted yellow and eco-friendly amenities.
Plastic bottles are prohibited in the resort.
Guests can take a boat tour and release floating lanterns in the river on the 14th day of every lunar month, a traditional travel experience here for years.
Spread over 35 hectares along Ha My Beach in Hoi An is Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai, which secured fifth position.
Surrounded by coconut trees, it has 100 villas designed in the style of traditional Hue garden houses, three infinity pools and eight separate spa rooms.
The resort has its own vegetable garden that uses eco-friendly materials. At the heart of the resort is a small temple where fishermen pray for safety before each voyage.
Spread over 35 hectares along Ha My Beach in Hoi An, Four Seasons Resort The Nam Hai secured fifth place.
Surrounded by coconut palms, it features 100 villas styled after traditional Hue garden houses, three infinity pools, and eight separate spa rooms.
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa was sixth.
Situated in the eponymous bay around 60 kilometers from downtown Nha Trang, the resort consists of 62 villas built entirely of wood and rattan and with thatched roofs.
No plastic bottle is allowed inside, making it one of the few eco-friendly resorts in Vietnam.
Six Senses Ninh Van Bay in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa finished sixth.
The resort is located in the bay of the same name around 60 kilometers from downtown Nha Trang and consists of 62 villas built entirely of wood and rattan and equipped with thatched roofs.
No plastic bottles are allowed inside, making it one of the few eco-friendly resorts in Vietnam.
Sheraton Grand Danang Resort on Non Nuoc beach in Da Nang came in seventh.
It has 270 rooms, a buffet restaurant, a tea lounge and whiskey bar, and beach and pool bars.
Visitors can visit Marble Mountains with its network of caves, tunnels, towers, and pagodas built by Mahayana Buddhists and the Nguyen Dynasty Kings.
The Sheraton Grand Danang Resort on Non Nuoc Beach in Da Nang took seventh place.
It has 270 rooms, a buffet restaurant, tea lounge and whiskey bar, as well as beach and pool bars.
Visitors can visit the Marble Mountains with their network of caves, tunnels, towers and pagodas built by Mahayana Buddhists and the kings of the Nguyen Dynasty.
Avani Quy Nhon Resort along Long Beach in Ghenh Rang Ward, 14 km from downtown Quy Nhon, came in eighth.
It has 63 rooms and suites with balconies facing the sea and a restaurant in a unique location: the top of a cliff.
The resort is close to the grave of Han Mac Tu, one of the most famous poets in Vietnam, who contracted leprosy and died at the age of 28.
Avani Quy Nhon Resort on Long Beach in Ghenh Rang Ward, 14 km from downtown Quy Nhon, took eighth place.
It has 63 rooms and suites with balconies overlooking the sea and a restaurant in a unique place: on top of a cliff.
The resort is close to the tomb of Han Mac Tu, one of Vietnam's most famous poets, who contracted leprosy and died at the age of 28.
Located along Vung Bau beach on the northern tip of Phu Quoc Island, Fusion Resort Phu Quoc was ninth on the list.
It has 97 villas with the unique architecture of traditional Vietnamese villages with thatched roofs. Each villa has a private swimming pool.
Due to its remoteness from the downtown area, there are shuttle buses for tourists from the resort to Duong Dong Town where there are night markets and Buddhist temples.
Located on Vung Bau Beach on the northern tip of Phu Quoc Island, Fusion Resort Phu Quoc ranked ninth on the list.
Due to its remoteness from downtown, there are shuttle buses for tourists from the resort to Duong Dong Town, where there are night markets and Buddhist temples.
Meliá Ho Tram Beach Resort in Xuyen Moc District in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, two hours from HCMC, rounded off the list.
Stretching along private beaches in the Ho Tram tourist area, the resort has 152 rooms and 61 villas on an area of 17 hectares.
Guests can visit fishing markets and trek into Phuoc Buu forest, home to rare endangered species.
The Meliá Ho Tram Beach Resort in Xuyen Moc District of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, two hours from HCMC, rounded out the list.
The resort stretches along private beaches in the Ho Tram tourist area and has 152 rooms and 61 villas spread over 17 hectares.
Visit fish markets and hike into Phuoc Buu Forest, home to rare endangered species.
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Community Interview
Community Interview: Give Us Your Affordable Space Adventures Questions for KnapNok Games and Nifflas
by Thomas Whitehead Wed 25th Mar 2015
Affordable Space Adventures is one of our most eagerly anticipated Wii U exclusives of 2015, and the eShop title isn't far away - it arrives on 9th April in Europe and North America. It makes extensive use of the home console's GamePad for dual screen play, and can be tackled alone or in co-op for up to three players.
We've shown off the opening part of the game and given first impressions, among other coverage, but we'd like to give all of you in the Nintendo Life community a chance to ask the questions you have about the game. Co-developers KnapNok Games (Spin the Bottle: Bumpie's Party) and Nifflas (Knytt Underground) are keen to answer your questions about the game ahead of release. Whether you want to know specifics on the gameplay, the development or a little about those making the game, this is an opportunity to get answers from those making it happen.
Simply leave your questions in the comments below, and the developers will check them out and provide the best answers they can in the near future. So, what do you want to ask?
Affordable Space Adventures (Wii U eShop)
Wed 25th Mar 2015
Why did you choose to call your game "Affordable Space Adventures" if it's priced in the upper range of indie titles on the eShop? To me, $20 for an indie title constitutes premium pricing. The name created the impression that it would be priced far cheaper and made me extra disappointed when I learned the real price.
Pandaman
How are taxes calculated and attributed in space?
How long will the game be?
The game looks really great. But I generally want about an hour of gameplay per £1. And I don't think the game is going to be 17 hours long.
InterwebUser
Do you see KnapNok and Nifflas working together again in the future? Or perhaps are there any other indie studios you'd like to work with as well?
SLIGEACH_EIRE
How do they expect to sell this game for $20? And from reading various previews it's not going to be a very long game. I'm serious with that question, they're asking for trouble at that price because it's not very affordable for what it is. And this exclusivity talk is rubbish. It may be for now but we all know what will happen if it's successful. Shovel Knight anyone?
3Daniel
Fog stopped equating atmosphere back on the N64. Not really a question. Just throwing it out there as a visually impaired person who even after putting on their glasses can't see s*** in the trailers.
dprquinn
@accc Oh come on, The game isn't called Affordable Space Adventures because you, the game purchaser, will have a Space Adventure for an Affordable price. The whole point of the game is that your characters are sent on a Space Adventure in a lemon of a ship that can only run a few systems at once - classic Affordable dream vacation that is not quite what it seemed when advertised. The fact that you let the name of the game convince you that you would be able to buy it for super cheap when it is clearly a high quality game is your fault, no one else's. Also it's $20, get over it.
Here's my question: What is the replay value of the game like? Are there secrets to be discovered and new areas to explore, or is it more of a linear experience getting through the game's puzzles?
Do you have any anecdotes about the challenges or process of making ASA that you could share with us? I always love a good story
Which makes me think, does the game have a storyline, and if so is it presented to the player or more so one that is conveyed subtly within the stages themselves? (forgive me if this has already been addressed)
BrizzoUK
Games that truly utilise the gamepad to full effect are few and far between, even Nintendo arguably haven't managed to improve on since Nintendo Land. Was it fun developing a game with the gamepad in mind but do you think you have taken a risk by actually doing so? It seems many aren't taking the risk and I commend you for doing so.
Links_Face
No need to shout.-MorphMarron
vonseux
"ever considered Amiibo support? maybe via na update later?"
Portista
Will you release a demo? Becuase I always love trying before buying (just like a pair of new shoes).
I can only imagine the time and effort put into this game, from the concept down to the marketing. I commend the risk your taking with such an abstract idea from gameplay, to presentation. When this game is released whether the audience is open to originality or not, will you continue to make games as original as this game whether the sales bomb or meet expectations?
Will sales determine the future of your next games or will you end up taking a more conservative approach based on the market, whether it be in the idea, or scope of the game for the Wii U, or leave it all together?
For those complaining about the people complaining about the price - guess how much "A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks!" cost on PSN?
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/a-space-shooter-for-2-bucks/cid=UP4096-NPUZ00190_00-SPACESHOOTER0001?emcid=ps-ga-871&utm_medium=Paid_Search_{ps}&utm_campaign=Games&utm_source=Google&utm_term=ps-ga-871&utm_content=Brand
Actual question for Niflas - any obscenities like the "F" bomb in the game? My kids were enjoying Knytt Underground before I banned them from playing it b/c the one character kept saying things that would get me banned on here if I typed them. And the game would have been absolutely fine w/o them, it's not GTA, the bad language served no purpose.
dumedum
Is the Game Pad absolutely necessary to the gameplay and will make the game worthless without it , like Zombi U? Do you think the Game Pad is awesome?
@rjejr the quality is nowhere near as good from what I can see. Bring us an example of equal quality that is exclusive to the ps4 section of psn (not on vita/PS3 ) and then I'll take your comment seriously.
Xilef
Nintendo has been advertising the game quite alot. How has it been to work with them in general?
@accc The game, yes, The price, no. Those are two different things.
BlockPunch
Was it difficult to set a price for the game considering that 'affordable' is in the title?
andrea987
Online multiplayer? Lenght? Replayability?
Kevlar44
@accc
I think perhaps it leaves the impression that it'll be cheap given no understanding of what the game is about, but anyone who bothers to look into this game will know the title is alluding to the actual content of the game and not the price. Seriously how many times can you ever recall the name of a game and the pricing having anything to do with one another, pretty much always the game is named because of the story/gameplay.
@Xilef I must be missing some definition of "affordable" which isn't a reference to price. If the game calls itself affordable, logic dictates that any rational person would expect that game to be affordable.
@accc The Space Adventure is Affordable. And so is the game. Have a nice day.
@Kevlar44 Well there is that game called "A Space Shooter For Two Bucks" that somebody posted above, which does indeed cost 2 dollars. I don't know of any other game whose title appears to refer to the game's price, let alone in a misleading way. It would be like if a game referred to its genre in the title but then was in a completely different genre, like if that "Space Shooter For Two Bucks" game was actually a city building sim or something. Any way you look at it, it's misleading and sets up certain expectations which the game fails to adhere to.
Are their secrets and collectibles that extend the gameplay time?
How tough is the game to beat and also 100%, from a difficulty perspective?
Are there...ah, affordable upgrades?
What sets your game apart from others in a similar genre?
Please let's keep the comments civil.
@accc if you wont give up on this then wether or not someting is affordable is amatter of opinion where as two bucks is always two bucks. now your still wrong.
link3710
Why did you decide to split the gameplay functions between players instead of having multiple ships?
@A01 I'm curious about what other activities cost you a £1 an hour. And fun games you can Always replay.
Gerbwmu
Thu 26th Mar 2015
@accc - I'm selling a book titled "Affordable Vacation Guide". It is a high quality book full of good information about making vacations more affordable. Do i need to charge less for the book because affordable is in the title?
I would like to know about controller options for the multi player modes and if this is successful will they consider future versions based on the universe but maybe different genres for example Steamworld Dig vs Steamworld Heist
I can't believe people are complaining about the $20 price tag. That's half the price of a budget game and one third of a full retail game.
luigifan2000
i have three questions. how long will it take to complete, is there anything to encourage replaying the game, and is there anything that the light and scanner guy does other than those things?
Mikeopferman
Absolutely love the trailers, and I got my children looking forward to it as well. Do you think that with 3 players going at it, is one of them a little easier or not as necessary as the others? Not all of my children are incredible players, but I'd still like them to feel like they contribute (6 year old)
@Gerbwmu That's not a very good analogy. When you buy a vacation guide you know you're going to be spending (a lot of) additional money on the actual vacation, so while it's technically possible that "affordable" can refer to the guide itself, anybody can tell from the context that it more likely refers to the vacation and not the guide. On the other hand, when you buy a video game, the game itself is the only thing you're spending money on and therefore is the obvious choice as the object which "affordable" refers to. People who are hearing about this game for the first time won't know that the gameplay involves making your space adventure as affordable as possible, so they'll have no reason to suspect "affordable" refers to anything other than the price of the game.
Captain_Toad
Eh, No problem for Captain Toad. The Starshroom could get through this no problem............actually though, I wouldn't come within 2 feet of wherever...those places is.
Seriously, though any inspiration for this world?
If possible my apologies but how come it took so long for a release date. Last time there was light of it was June?
Does it support off-tv play for single-player mode?
@BieberBlows You would be surprised at what people complain about.
luke88
Oh please just tell me I won't have to wait very long for an an EU release? Thanks. X
I would also like nifflas to become one of my friends.
MadAdam81
At that price I can't justify a purchase in the even higher Australian prices without a demo - is there any chance of a demo being released, even to the Wii U demo units in Australian stores?
@BieberBlows Is the content 1/3 of a AAA game? I have played many budget games and AAA games for 100's of hours, as well as $5 Kairosoft phone games. Considering it will be more than $20 in Australia, I want to know I will get a lot of enjoyment from it, especially though replayability.
Radixxs
I read you were considering bringing this to 3DS. Any updates on that?
I just want to say to them: I loved Knytt Underground! I will be buying this game day 1, because I know this game will have a lot of genuine love and effort for WiiU owners poured into it.
My question: Is Nifflas doing the soundtrack? If so, I'm on it day 1. How many tracks are in there, how many hours of music?
Knytt Underground had an amazing 3 hour soundtrack. One of the best on Wii U, or should I say in game history? Up there with my other favourite soundtracks EarthBound, Chrono Trigger, Tetrisphere, World of Goo, and the DKCs. Also, 8.99€ for that 20+ hour game was such a bargain, so I'm more than happy to spend a bit more on his new Wii U game.
That argument about the game's price is funny though. Cheapskates. Probably mobile phone players. No respect for quality exclusives that use Wii U proper.
In 20 years, should we expect for a real life affordable space adventure?
andreoni79
Will you please add collectibles and other useful tricks (time limits, survivor mode, new game+) to add replay value?
@A01
If the game is anywhere near the size and difficulty of Knytt Underground, you'll get 17 hours and then some. But let's hear the unswer from the devs themselves.
How many people were involved with development on a weekly basis?
NotBatman_01
Can you explain the premise of this game in a few sentences? I haven't kept up with it.
Platypus101
@accc seriously... This is the question you think is appropriate for asking? There are a million other things to ask, but you gotta troll?! Stop. Please. Be civil. This is why devs don't like to talk to their consumers, look at the type of question you're asking... Don't reply with some lame-ass "trying to prove you're right" comment, not interested, and neither is anyone else.
@faint - My comment wasn't a price comparison between a $2 game and a $20 game, my comment was meant that a game w/ $2 in the tile cost $2, and a download only game w/ "affordable" in the tile cost $20, which is the very high end for a download only game. People complaining about the price were complaining b/c the game was called "afforadable" but the price very much wasn't, so I believe they have a point. People complaining about other people complaining is a pet peeve of mine however as it smacks of hypocrisy.
Sorry if my original post didn't make that clear.
That game is clearly the exception and not the rule, as i stated "almost always" the game is named after content not price, and in that case it's not just a vague notion of price (affordable is open to subjective interpretation) but rather named definitively in regards to the price (i.e. there is no room for interpretation). As for your concern that new potential customers will be put off by the name i think it's ridiculous, if they don't know anything about the game it's almost certain they saw it on eshop first, where the price is posted, and there is a trailer which after watching one ought to be able to understand the motive behind the name as opposed to relying on an assumption.
I seriously can't believe you don't understand how unreasonable it is to develop your own preconceived notions based on some vague interpretation of a subjective standard, especially when as i've stated it's rather atypical for the name and the price to have any correlation. If you come from a position of ignorance, as we all are in regards to the price/content of the game, then it's not wise to expect your hypothesis to be proven true as opposed to looking into why it might be wrong. A considerate viewpoint is not one of assumption, in fact it's diametrically opposed to the very concept of consideration. Don't accept and expect your own ignorance to be born out just because you can rationalize the logic behind it, be considerate enough to accept that you initial observations might not be so prudent. The attitude i'm suggesting is the philosophical standard to which almost all human progress can be credited to as it's essentially the same as the scientific process, there's a reason we don't assume in science too as it doesn't correlate to reality.
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The title: Affordable Space Adventures = Cheaper than actually going to space and having adventures. Duh. $20 isn't too high for me, IF it ends up being a worthy game. It looks cool so far.
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Is it true that in its early stages the game had been called "Affordable Spice Adventures" and was all about one certain British girl group?
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@accc Glad to reac you are speaking for the 'majority' of players. Have you actually asked the 'majority' of players? No, didn't think so. However, your sentence implies that you 'know' what the majority of players are going to think. Personally, I don't just go by one review/preview. I look around, find out as much as possible. Also, you are the first, and only person I have come across, that actually thought the title indicated towards the cost of the game.
Seriously, is it too much to ask that you look at other sites. The sheer fact you said what you did, indicates you had no idea what the game was about. If you had, maybe you would not have asked your question. Or, maybe you wou,d!!!!
@Kevlar44 It's unbelievable how narrow your perspective is. We're talking about the title of a video game, not some deep, meaningful subject with far-reaching philosophical implications. When I heard the name "Affordable Space Adventures", I expected that the game would be cheaper. Is that really too difficult for you to understand? Instead of realizing that this is a logical conclusion, you think I should have instead studied the entire history of videogame titles to form a hypothesis regarding the likelihood of the title being a reference to the game's price? Do you realize how ridiculous this makes you sound? Maybe you have more free time on your hands than me, but I don't find it wise to spend my time analyzing every trivial matter that comes up in such excruciating detail. You may have had a point regarding the importance of critical thinking and detailed analysis if this was a subject which demanded more of my attention, but again we're talking about THE TITLE OF A VIDEOGAME which I spent two seconds pondering before moving on. Your condescending tone suggests that you have little respect for the opinions of others and fail to understand that not everybody views things through the same lens that you do.
As far as how common my perspective is concerned, after the price was announced I noted several comments on other sites remarking the irony of the game's title, so clearly I'm not the only one who reached that conclusion. Regardless of how the title is justified by the game's content, learning that won't wash away the initial disappointment people like me experienced when they first discovered that the game isn't actually all that affordable. I think Knapnok Games and Nifflas would be wise to avoid giving their games potentially misleading titles in the future.
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If you don't think 20 dollars is affordable, then maybe you should be focusing on improving your life, and not on video games.
"Affordable" is a relative term. Most well-made indie games on the eShop are $15 or less. $20 is a premium price for an indie title.
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Philosophy is everything, philosophy is wisdom. One would think a considerate and wise viewpoint would be a good thing not a bad or "narrow minded" perspective. You need to come to grips with reality, i was just thoroughly explaining common sense to you. This whole matter comes down to common sense, which is just shared wisdom. Wisdom is philosophy, common sense is philosophy, this is common sense. Get it? There is no discernible detachment, and to do so is in fact "narrow" minded. You just want to compromise the truth to fit in with your own narrative. Suggesting it's ironic is reasonable, suggesting that you should feel some kind of deep disappointment is not rational.
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To celebrate the mobile e-commerce launch, UNIQLO is hosting an immersive pop-up at 1263 Homer Street from October 17 to 20.
During the four day event, Vancouverites can step inside the interactive online store and shop the newest Fall items. The pop-up space mimics the new UNIQLO CA app and Mobile Online Store with its clean and modern aesthetic. You can learn about the Fall collection by scanning the QR code.
Plus, you will leave with a free HEATTECH shirt when you download the mobile app and register your account. HEATTECH is a thin and warm innerwear co-developed by UNIQLO and Toray Industries of Japan. I've been using HEATTECH for the past two years. It works by absorbing moisture from the body and generating heat from the air pockets. It will keep you cozy and warm for the upcoming winter months.
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Dwyane Wade will miss preseason games for Heat
After undergoing surgery on his left knee in the summer, Miami Heat All-Star Dwyane Wade still isn't 100 percent and will most likely miss the team's October preseason games.
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Miami Heat All-Star Dwyane Wade may not be ready to participate in any preseason games this year as he's still recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Wade underwent the surgical procedure on July 9 and the initial timetable for recovery was four to six weeks.
But according to an ESPN report, Wade still isn't where he needs to be and will likely miss Miami's preseason games. But the team is optimistic he'll be ready to play in their Oct. 30 season opener:
"We'll just have to see how much he can do," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We'd like to put him in a position to be able to play regular-season games and be ready for Game 1."
Wade had been bothered by the knee for much of last season and was forced to have it drained on several occasions, including the playoffs. The injury made it clear that he was not the same player as before as he averaged 22.1 points during the regular season while playing just 33 minutes per game. The Heat haven't given a set timetable for when he'll be able to return to action, and for his part, Wade is just being patient, staying focused and keeping a positive mindset. "I've been here before, you don't have to go around the block to get next door," said Wade, who had left knee surgery in 2008. "My focus is Oct. 30. I'm not going to be ready for the Finals today."
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You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Winceby area or see them printed on a map.
The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret.
The church in 1842 was a small thatched building.
In 1866 a new church was built to replace the small, thatched building. It allows 84 seatings.
David HITCHBORNE has a photographs of The site of the former Church of St Margaret on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2007.
The Anglican parish registers date from 1579.
Winceby is a small parish in the Wold hills, about 5 miles east by south of Horncastle, 5 miles northwest of Spilsby and about 12 miles due south of Louth. Mareham on the Hill parish lies to the west and Hagworthingham and Lusby parishes to the east. The parish covered only about 890 acres in 1842, all in one farm occupied at the time by Charles HILL. In 1872, the parish is recorded as only 842 acres, and by 1900 at 853 acres.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Winceby to another place.
You can see the administrative areas in which Winceby has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Richard CROFT has a photograph of Slash Lane on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2009.
David HITCHBORNE has a series of photographs of the Battle of Winceby re-enactors on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2003.
In 1872, the principal landowner was Charles HILL, who had purchased the parish land from Charles MANWARING.
In 1882, the principal landowner was John HILL, nephew of Charles HILL, above, who died in 1875.
In 1900, the principal landowner was W. D. ROGERS.
In 1913, the principal landowner was Edward PATCHETT.
Winceby Hall is mentioned in 19th and early 20th century directories, but no details are provided. It is sometimes listed as just Winceby House.
The Battle of Winceby was fought just west of here on Wednesday, 11 October 1643. Cromwell's Parliamentary forces defeated the Royalists. The scene of the battle is called "Slash Lane" to the present day. Colonel Cromwell'is horse was killed under him at the first charge. But Cromwell's forces won the battle, taking eight hundred prisoners and capturing twenty-six colours.
Chris has a photograph of the Battle of Winceby Memorial outside Winceby Hall on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2013.
John Edward SEWELL, priv., 6th Btn. Lincs. Regt., age 19, died 29 Dec 1915. Son of John and Mary Ann SEWELL of Scrafield, LIN.
White's 1872 Directory lists the following people in the parish: Charles HILL, Thomas HOYES and the Rev. Wm. Wordsworth TALFORD.
White's 1882 Directory lists the following people in the parish: John HILL, Isaac WARD and the Rev. Elijah Edward Baylee SALISBURY.
Kelly's 1900 Directory lists the following people in the parish: Edward CONINGTON junr., farmer, and Edward PATCHETT, farmer.
Kelly's 1913 Directory lists the following people in the parish: Charles ABBOTT, farmer, and Edward PATCHETT, farmer.
This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
The parish was in the ancient Hill Wapentake (Hill Hundred) in the East Lindsey district and parts of Lindsey.
The children of this parish attended school in Lusby parish.


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Kim Wilson, Head Coach
Kim Wilson is in her 20th year as head coach of the Rowan University softball team. Her won-lost record at the University stands at 622-214 for a .744 winning percentage. She has guided the Profs to five New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Championships and 13 NCAA Championship Tournament appearances. In 2015, Wilson earned her 600th victory at the University with a 6-0 victory over Centenary College on March 18 in Winter Haven, FL.
The Profs went 38-8 last season and reached the NJAC Championship Game and the final of the NCAA Alfred Regional. Wilson was chosen the conference's Coach of the Year. Rowan had a 37-12 record in 2014 and won its eighth NJAC title. The team captured the NCAA Ithaca Regional crown and advanced to the NCAA Rochester Super Regional. In 2013, the Profs finished with a 41-9 record and advanced to the final of the NCAA Division III Babson Park Regional Tournament. Wilson was named the NJAC Coach of the Year.
Wilson graduated from Slippery Rock University (PA) in 1989 with a bachelor's degree in physical education. At Slippery Rock, she played volleyball and softball. She is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and served as a past chair on the national All-American committee. She has also received numerous NJAC Coach of the Year selections, along with regional recognition for her success at the collegiate level.
Krysti Maronski, Assistant Coach
Maronski enters her third year as an assistant coach for the Profs. Maronski is former player. In 2014, she entered the Rowan University softball program record book as a pitcher in 23 different categories, breaking the single game strikeout record (16), season strikeout record (259), strikeout ratio per game (9.25), and various other records.
In addition, she received First Team All-East Region and NJAC First Team All Conference (2014).
wilson@rowan.edu
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Box Clever was a television game show from the United Kingdom that was presented by Emlyn Hughes. The programme was part of the then new daytime service by BBC Television and was broadcast on Fridays at 3.25pm. The show lasted for just one series, which aired from October 1986 to May 1987.

Format
Two families consisting of three members played a strategic board game with the moves dependent on correct answers to a wide variety of questions put by Dr. Sue Kingsman of Trinity College, Oxford. The winners then went on to play a computer game for prizes. The prize consisted of record and book tokens, and the winning family then took on new opponents until they were beaten.

The series was won by the Chiappino family from Southampton. Mark, the youngest Chiappino, later appeared as a regular on BBC One's Claimed and Shamed.

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Australian Classification has rated Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth.
The Etrian Odyssey-style dungeon RPG, which features characters from Persona 5, Persona 4, and Persona 3, launched for 3DS in Japan on November 29, 2018. A western release has yet to be announced.


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Genome Biol. 2015 Dec 10;16:278. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0844-5.
MAST: a flexible statistical framework for assessing transcriptional changes and characterizing heterogeneity in single-cell RNA sequencing data.
Finak G1, McDavid A2, Yajima M3, Deng J4, Gersuk V5, Shalek AK6,7,8,9, Slichter CK10, Miller HW11, McElrath MJ12, Prlic M13, Linsley PS14, Gottardo R15,16.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. gfinak@fredhutch.org.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. amcdavid@fredhutch.org.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. myajima@fredhutch.org.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. jdeng@fredhutch.org.
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA. vgersuk@benaroyaresearch.org.
Institute for Medical Engineering & Science, MIT, Boston, MA, 01239-4307, USA. shalek@mit.edu.
Department of Chemistry, MIT, Boston, MA, 01239-4307, USA. shalek@mit.edu.
Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, & Harvard, Boston, MA, 02139-3583, USA. shalek@mit.edu.
Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard, Boston, MA, 01242, USA. shalek@mit.edu.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. cslichte@fredhutch.org.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. hwmiller@fredhutch.org.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. jmcelrat@fredhutch.org.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. mprlic@fredhutch.org.
Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA, 98101, USA. plinsley@benaroyaresearch.org.
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. rgottard@fredhutch.org.
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. rgottard@fredhutch.org.
Single-cell transcriptomics reveals gene expression heterogeneity but suffers from stochastic dropout and characteristic bimodal expression distributions in which expression is either strongly non-zero or non-detectable. We propose a two-part, generalized linear model for such bimodal data that parameterizes both of these features. We argue that the cellular detection rate, the fraction of genes expressed in a cell, should be adjusted for as a source of nuisance variation. Our model provides gene set enrichment analysis tailored to single-cell data. It provides insights into how networks of co-expressed genes evolve across an experimental treatment. MAST is available at https://github.com/RGLab/MAST .
Cellular detection rate correlates with the first two principal components of variation. The fraction of genes expressed, or cellular detection rate (CDR) correlates mostly with the a,c) first principal component (PC) of variation in the myeloid dendritic cells (DC) data set and mostly with the second PC in the b,d) mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) data set
MAST: a flexible statistical framework for assessing transcriptional changes and characterizing heterogeneity in single-cell RNA sequencing data
Genome Biol. 2015;16:278.
Single-cell expression (log2-transcripts per million) of the top 100 genes identified as differentially expressed between cytokine (IL18, IL15, IL12)-stimulated (purple) and non-stimulated (pink) MAIT cells using MAST (a). Partial residuals for up-regulated and down- regulated genes are accumulated to yield an activation score (b), and this score suggests that the stimulated cells have a more heterogeneous response to stimulation than do the non-stimulated cells
Module scores for individual cells for the top nine enriched modules (a) and decomposed Z-scores (b) for single-cell gene set enrichment analysis in the MAIT data set, using the blood transcription modules (BTM) database. The distribution of module scores suggests heterogeneity among individual cells with respect to different biological processes. Enrichment of modules in stimulated and non-stimulated cells is due to a combination of differences in the discrete (proportion) and continuous (mean conditional expression) components of genes in modules. The combined Z-score reflects the enrichment due to differences in the continuous and discrete components
Gene–gene correlation (Pearson's rho) of model residuals in non-stimulated (a) and stimulated (b) cells, and a principal components analysis biplot of model residuals (c) on both populations using the top 50 marginally differentially expressed genes. As marginal changes in the genes attributable to stimulation and CDR have been removed, clustering of subpopulations in (c) indicates co-expression of the indicated genes on a cellular basis. PC principal component
Module scores (a) and decomposed Z-scores (b) for single-cell gene set enrichment analysis for lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated myeloid dendritic cells (mDC data set), using the mouse gene ontology (GO) biological process database. The change in single-cell module scores over time for the nine most significantly enriched modules in response to LPS stimulation are shown in (a). The "core antiviral", "peaked inflammatory," and "sustained inflammatory" modules are among the top enriched modules, consistent with the original publication. Additionally, we identified the GO modules "cellular response to interferon-beta" and "response to virus," which behave analogously to the core antiviral and sustained inflammatory modules. No GO analog for the "peaked inflammatory" module was detected. The majority of modules detected exhibited enrichment relative to the 1 h time point (thus increasing with time). The "early marcher" cells identified in the original publication are highlighted here with triangles. We show the top 50 most significant modules (b). The combined Z-score summarizes the changes in the discrete and continuous components of expression
Principal components analysis biplot of model residuals (a) and gene–gene correlation (Pearson's rho) of model residuals (b) by time point for lipopolysaccharide-induced myeloid dendritic cells (mDC data set) using 20 genes with the largest log-fold changes, given significant (false discovery rate q < 0.01) marginal changes in expression. Principle component 1 (PC1) is correlated with change over time. The two "early marcher" cells are highlighted by an asterisk at the 1 h time point. Correlation structure in the residuals is increasingly evident over time and can be clearly observed at the 6 h time point compared to the earlier time points
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Dendritic Cells/metabolism
Gene Expression Profiling/methods*
Linear Models
Sequence Analysis, RNA/methods*
Single-Cell Analysis
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ABJ30-news February 2006
FW: Update on NPTS 2008
by Srinivasan, Nanda
Ed C. wanted this forwarded to the group as FYI... ********* ALL INTERESTED IN AN NPTS ADD-ON/ Previous Add-ONs I wanted to give you some background about the funding of the NPTS, and update you as of the status of funding today (2/23/06). As you may know, the recently passed re-authorizing legislation, SAFETEA-LU, did not include any of the usual money for FHWA Office of Policy research projects (these moneys were allocated in earmarks). One of the research projects usually conducted by the FHWA Office of Policy is the National Personal Travel Survey (NPTS). Just last month DOT announced that the 2007 CFS would be funded at the same sample size as the previous series. That's terrific news. The funding was found by shifting some projects out of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and into other agencies. Recently, letters of support (from MPOs and States, Academia, NARC, etc.) have been coming into Secretary Mineta's office, which helps build the case for funding the NPTS as part of DOT's 'critical' needs. As a result, there has been movement in the Office of the Secretary and the Office of Policy to identify sources of funding for the NPTS. Traditionally, such sources have included other DOT agencies, such as NHTSA and FTA, but we also have identified outside Federal agencies who are willing to help by allocating funds to the NPTS, such as the Energy Information Agency, the Center for Disease Control, and EPA. So as of today we are optimistic that the 2008 NPTS will go forward as scheduled and with the same sample size as previous surveys. But I do have to caution our add-on partners that things may look worse before they look better again. Historically, our funding has been like the waves on the ocean, first up then down. This is just the nature of research funding at the national level. You may like to know that Florida has committed to 12,000 samples, New York State to 11,000, and Virginia is likely to have more than 12,000 samples which also helps us get the attention of decision-makers. We are also investigating alternate pooled fund resources to conduct Add-Ons. We will continue to update you on our plans and progress. I hope that this update answers your questions, and please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail, or give me a call at anytime if you need more information. Also, attached is a recent brief on congestion we will soon be releasing. Best Regards, The NPTS Team (Susan Liss, Nancy McGuckin, and Nanda Srinivasan) Susan Liss (202-366-5060) Nancy McGuckin (202-366-8750) Nanda Srinivasan (202-366-5021)
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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [NCHRP_ANNOUNCE] Staff Position: Senior Program Officer, NCHRP Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:29:44 -0500 From: "Jencks, Crawford" <CJENCKS(a)NAS.EDU> Reply-To: NotifyNCHRP(a)NAS.EDU To: NCHRP_ANNOUNCE(a)LSW.NAS.EDU To: DISTRIBUTION – see below From: Crawford F. Jencks Manager, National Cooperative Highway Research Program Subject: Staff Position: Senior Program Officer We are seeking your help in informing qualified individuals of an employment opportunity within the National Cooperative Highway Research Program of the Transportation Research Board. Below is a link to the job description. The Senior Program Officer will be responsible for research projects on a variety of subjects. We are especially interested in an individual with broad transportation experience and an understanding of research practices. In particular, we would like to fill the position with an individual having a solid appreciation of the design, construction, maintenance, safety, and operations of transportation/highway facilities. Those interested may submit applications on-line, by mail or fax. If submitting an application by mail or fax, please provide detailed biographical information, previous employment, salary history, education, and other pertinent facts and reference Job Requisition Number 060029-4. http://nationalacademies.wfrecruiter.com/jobs_details1.asp?Job_id=61793&Pag… DISTRIBUTION -- Chair and Members, AASHTO Standing Committee on Research; Chair and Members, AASHTO Research Advisory Committee; Directors, University Transportation Centers; NCHRP Announce Listserv
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More bad news on the data front. All of this just punctuates why the TRB Committees' effort behind the Transportation Information Needs Assessment (TINA) Study is so important. There is still one more week to log onto the site and let us know, what "unmet" data needs you have facing you or what data gaps you see ahead. The URL for the web site is http://www.nustats.com/TRB4/. Don't forget when entering your ideas to associate them with a TRB committee by its number. There is a link to to ALL the TRB committee numbers at the site. The committee affiliation is important because once all the information is collected it will be sorted by committee and sent back to each chair to refine and organize. And most of all, do not hold back. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey got cut! Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:26:01 -0500 From: "Hu, Patricia S." <hups(a)ornl.gov> To: Members and Friends of ABJ10 Morning to you'al! One of our committee members, Tom Zabelsky, called yesterday to share this devastating news. By now, many of you probably heard. The President's fiscal year 2007 budget does not include funding for the 2007 Vehicle Inventory and Use Survey (VIUS), a component of the Economic Census. Another huge data gap to fill! This decision impacts many critical programs in DOT, DOE, EPA… Tom is taking comments, questions and supports. His number is 301 763-5175. Pat Hu Director, Center for Transportation Analysis Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2360 Cherahala Boulevard Knoxville, TN 37932-6472 hups(a)ornl.gov Tel: (865)946-1349 Fax: (865)946-1314 http://cta.ornl.gov
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John Ruple
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M.S., Michigan State University, J.D. University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
John Ruple conducts research on public land and water resource management, including efforts to improve management efficiency and collaborative resource management between the federal and state governments. Prior to joining the Stegner Center, John worked as a Fellow with the University of Utah's Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, where he addressed land and water issues involving energy development in Utah's Uinta Basin. John also worked as policy analyst in Governor Jon Huntsman's Public Lands Office, as an environmental attorney, and a NEPA contractor specializing in permitting for projects involving ski areas operating on National Forest System lands. He has published in the Utah Environmental Law Review, Idaho Law Review, and Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, and contributed to various books, technical reports, and NEPA documents.
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Q: File won't copy to Docker file? I run this file (partial) under "root" account on my Synology.
but it won't start, in my error log I got this message:
[FATAL tini (9)] exec /home/qgis/cmd.sh failed: No such file or directory
Can someone help me please...
This is the part where cmd.sh is added:
ENV TINI_VERSION v0.19.0
ADD https://github.com/krallin/tini/releases/download/${TINI_VERSION}/tini /tini
RUN chmod +x /tini

ENV QGIS_PREFIX_PATH /usr
ENV QGIS_SERVER_LOG_STDERR 1
ENV QGIS_SERVER_LOG_LEVEL 2

COPY cmd.sh /home/qgis/cmd.sh
RUN chmod -R 777 /home/qgis/cmd.sh
RUN chown qgis:qgis /home/qgis/cmd.sh

USER qgis
WORKDIR /home/qgis

ENTRYPOINT ["/tini", "--"]

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Paramount to Remake "The Gambler" with Wahlberg, Lange and Lawson
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The 1974 film classic "The Gambler" appears to be in line for a remake, with Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange and Brie Larson in the lead roles.
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2020 saw significant momentum build for non-financial (sustainability) standards. The year kicked off with a paper from Accountancy Europe proposing that a new sustainability standards board be launched under the auspices of the IFRS Foundation, and ended with the IFRS consulting on just that.
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Q: How to click save in IE download bar by selenium? Here the snapshot the ie download explorer
I have tried using robot but not working.
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      robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_ALT);
      Thread.sleep(1000);
      robot.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_S);
      robot.keyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_ALT);
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I have tried using System.out.println to check if the code navigates to the robot function. But the screen seems to be stuck after the line that prompting that download.
Is the current window not active ? Because if i try to click any element without saving the file it is not able to click.
Code to download is an icon
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A: You have to use CTRL+S keystroke instead of ALT+S.


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Jacob Zuma, Former South African President, Is Arrested
NKANDLA, South Africa — Jacob Zuma, the previous president of South Africa, was taken into custody on Wednesday to start serving a 15-month jail sentence, capping a surprising downfall for a once-lauded freedom fighter who battled the apartheid regime alongside Nelson Mandela.
The Constitutional Courtroom, the nation's highest judicial physique, ordered Mr. Zuma's imprisonment final month after discovering him responsible of contempt for failing to seem earlier than a fee investigating corruption accusations that tainted his tenure because the nation's chief from 2009 to 2018.
Underneath Mr. Zuma, who was pressured to step down, the extent of crony corruption throughout the governing African Nationwide Congress Occasion turned clear, turning a as soon as heralded liberation motion right into a automobile of self-enrichment for a lot of officers. The corruption led to the gutting of the nation's tax company, sweetheart enterprise contracts and rivals gunned down in a scramble for wealth and energy.
Mr. Zuma, 79, voluntarily surrendered on Wednesday, 40 minutes earlier than a midnight deadline for the police at hand him over to jail officers. He was pushed out of his compound in a protracted convoy of automobiles and brought to the Estcourt Correctional Heart, the corrections division mentioned. The arrest adopted per week of tense brinkmanship by which the previous president and his allies railed in opposition to the excessive court docket's resolution, suggesting, with out proof, that he was the sufferer of a conspiracy.
These feedback whipped up Mr. Zuma's supporters, who stationed themselves by the a whole bunch outdoors his rural homestead in Nkandla on Sunday and mentioned that the police must kill them in the event that they needed to get to the previous president. However there was little such resistance seen on Wednesday night time, and solely the lights of reporters' cameras illuminated the darkened avenue outdoors the compound.
Whereas a lot of the nation praised the court docket's ruling as an affirmation of South Africa's democratic system and the precept that nobody is above the regulation, the standoff of the previous week uncovered deep divisions on this younger democracy and within the African Nationwide Congress, or A.N.C., the liberation social gathering that has dominated the nation since apartheid fell in 1994.
Mr. Zuma, whose tenure as president was marked by scandal and mismanagement, is nonetheless a populist determine deeply beloved in some corners, significantly amongst Zulus in his dwelling province, KwaZulu-Natal. His loyalists gathered on Sunday outdoors his compound, a collection of thatched-roof buildings sitting on a slope — a web site that turned related to greed when as president he was accused of utilizing taxpayer cash for upgrades.
Many argued that Mr. Zuma's opponents throughout the African Nationwide Congress had sought to make use of the courts to forestall him from retaking management of the social gathering from his former deputy and the present president, Cyril Ramaphosa.
South Africa's picture as a frontrunner on the African continent — honed by Mr. Mandela and his successor, Thabo Mbeki — took a plunge throughout Mr. Zuma's rule. Mr. Zuma, who had no formal education, was seen as a champion of struggling South Africans in rural areas and townships.
However he was dogged by accusations of corruption even earlier than he was elected, and he left the nation with a stagnant economic system, excessive unemployment and much more deeply mired within the excessive inequality that predated his rule.
The federal government now alleges that tens of billions of {dollars} have been siphoned from state coffers throughout Mr. Zuma's tenure, which he denies.
Throughout a rally on Sunday afternoon, Mr. Zuma stood on a packed stage to deal with his followers, who squeezed shoulder to shoulder, hanging on his each phrase. They laughed at his jokes and chanted battle songs with him. They waved indicators with messages like, "We demand our land that was stolen 573 years in the past again," and, "We refuse to be ruled by apartheid spies."
"I fought for freedom," Mr. Zuma advised the gang. "I used to be combating for these very rights. Nobody will take my rights away. Even the useless that I fought in opposition to in the course of the liberation battle will flip of their graves."
Throughout a information convention on Sunday night, Mr. Zuma argued that he was sentenced and not using a trial and in contrast his scenario to the apartheid battle.
"I've an obligation and obligation to make sure that the dignity and respect for our judiciary is just not compromised by sentences that remind our folks of apartheid days," he mentioned.
Hours after showing on a crowded stage earlier than legions of supporters, typically with out sporting a masks, Mr. Zuma additionally advised the information media that sending somebody his age to jail in a pandemic "is identical as sentencing me to dying."
Whereas he mentioned his supporters wanted to make use of peaceable means to protest on his behalf, he later mentioned he couldn't be held liable for how they reacted.
Fearing that the scenario might get out of hand, African Nationwide Congress leaders had dispatched social gathering officers to Mr. Zuma's dwelling earlier than the deadline to assist keep calm and dealer an answer. Whereas the arrest of the previous president might deepen fractures throughout the social gathering, senior leaders mentioned they believed it might not tear the group aside. Previous disputes have led to small breakaway events, however nothing to shake the dominance of the African Nationwide Congress.
Nonetheless, the considerations over what was unfolding outdoors Mr. Zuma's dwelling have been vital. In an announcement, the social gathering mentioned the scenario did "not characterize a well-liked rebellion, however has been engineered from throughout the ranks of the A.N.C."
Some A.N.C. leaders frightened a few fomenting of Zulu nationalism in a rustic that has fought to maintain ethnic divisions up to now, when the apartheid regime used them to assist keep white minority rule. In its assertion, the African Nationwide Congress mentioned, "The sustenance of our democracy requires that we continually make sure the assertion of the values of nonracialism and rejection of any manifestations of ethnic chauvinism."
Mr. Zuma's jail sentence stemmed from his refusal to testify earlier than the corruption fee led by Justice Raymond Zondo, the deputy chief of the Constitutional Courtroom. Mr. Zuma defied an order in January and started a pointy public critique of the judiciary.
He then ignored a number of requests from the Constitutional Courtroom to defend his unwillingness to testify. Mr. Zuma has mentioned that he would have testified earlier than the corruption panel if Justice Zondo had recused himself as a result of he felt that the justice was biased in opposition to him.
In asserting the court docket's resolution final month to ship Mr. Zuma to jail, Justice Sisi Khampepe, the performing chief on the time, mentioned that the previous president had carried out "a collection of direct assaults" on the judiciary "in addition to calculated and insidious efforts" to "corrode its legitimacy and authority."
"If with impunity litigants are allowed to resolve which orders they want to obey and which they select to disregard, our Structure is just not definitely worth the paper upon which it's written," she mentioned, studying from a call the court docket backed 7 to 2.
Days later, Mr. Zuma filed a movement asking the court docket to contemplate rescinding its order of imprisonment. He additionally filed a movement in a decrease court docket asking it to forestall the police from arresting him till after a Constitutional Courtroom listening to on Monday to resolve on his movement to rescind.
In a listening to this week within the decrease court docket, Mr. Zuma's lawyer doubled down on his shopper's argument that it was unjust for him to be sentenced to jail with out having had a trial. The lawyer, Dali Mpofu, additionally urged that there might be civil unrest if Mr. Zuma have been despatched to jail, referring to a bloodbath in 2012 by which the police fatally shot 34 miners on strike within the city of Marikana.
In the course of the listening to, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, a lawyer for the fee, mentioned that Mr. Zuma wanted to be arrested on expenses of repeatedly defying the judiciary.
"We're coping with a repetitive, recalcitrant lawbreaker within the type of Mr. Zuma," Mr. Ngcukaitobi mentioned.


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Richard Dolan - Intelligent Disclosure (July 26, 2018)
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"…I wanted to talk about something that I think is very important in the world of ufology and I think something that can have repercussions in the world of science, and in our politics as well, if it's handled in the right way. This was a speech given about a month and a half ago by a gentleman named Dr. Harold Puthoff and I have known Hal Puthoff for close to 20 years now and I'll just say that when I first came into the UFO field back in 2000, I learned from Hal that he had written to me and he said, "I really like your first book, I really liked your book, it was the only book ahead of the time bought a bunch of copies and have given them out to colleagues of mine in science and the intelligence community.." I gasped, so after that, because I knew who he was and I knew how important he was, and if you don't know I'll explain just a moment, but over the years we've gotten to know each other, not as very, very, close but certainly were very cordial/ We've met in person a number of times, and I had been able to speak with him about matters that are very interesting, important, relating to my research, and he's always been very helpful as much as he's able to be, so the thing about Hal Puthoff is, he is the man who basically developed - not basically - he did develop the protocols for the remote viewing program back in 1972 when the CIA contracted with Stanford Research Institute to have these psychic spies working for the United States MIC . . ."
Richard Dolan is one of the world's leading researchers and writers on the subject of UFOs, and believes that they constitute the greatest mystery of our time. He is the author of two volumes of history, UFOs and the National Security State, both ground-breaking works which together provide the most factually complete and accessible narrative of the UFO subject available anywhere.
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On Digital Populism in Brazil
Jennifer Curtison April 15, 2019 /1 comment
By Letícia Cesarino
In October 2018, Brazilians relived the shock many experienced in the US two years earlier, when Donald Trump was elected to the presidency. But Jair Bolsonaro's landslide victory came as a surprise only to those who were not acquainted with the extensive digitally-mediated world where his campaign was almost entirely run. This is the terrain where I have been conducting digital ethnography. I started this research as a matter of personal urgency, in the aftermath of a 'culture shock' of sorts, when a close relative declared her intention to vote for the right-wing candidate. From my (progressive) perspective, their two profiles were incommensurable: her, a peace-loving, spiritualized, tolerant person; him, a homophobic, misogynous, racist, "repugnant other" (Harding 1991).
As my anthropological curiosity began pulling at the threads of her electoral preference – all of them digital, since we lived in different cities – I eventually realized that she was, quite literally, living in a different electoral world than mine. Rather than debating the candidates' proposals and backgrounds, her communicative behavior on WhatsApp was largely limited to forwarding digital content of various kinds: short texts, long texts, memes, audios, videos, links to right-wing, 'new media' websites, and even PDF books. Through this medium, I eventually accessed a much wider network of pro-Bolsonaro digital supporters operating within a huge bubble, largely anchored in large WhatsApp groups, set apart from the mainstream public sphere by quite explicit norms: no "communist" content allowed and all "undercover" lefties will be banned. I quickly found out that by lefties and commies, they meant virtually anyone who was not part of the Bolsonarist camp (although there was always a potential threat of "internal" enemies). The prime target of these aggressions were mainstream politicians, artists, the media, and academic experts: in other words, any influencer that could provide them with an alternative perspective on their leader. Polarization accrued rapidly, in a process very much like the one Gregory Bateson (1972) called schismogenesis. Online behavior was effectively converted into offline election results – as early as in the first round, the poll became highly dichotomized between Bolsonaro and his "constitutive outside" (Laclau 1990), the Worker's Party candidate Fernando Haddad.
Reports from the press at the time indicated that these digital bubbles were not formed as spontaneously as some claimed. Indications of paid bulk-messaging, scraping, bots and fake cell phones abounded, but were not investigated by the electoral courts (Magenta et al 2018). From a qualitative, ethnographic point of view, the less-than-spontaneous character of the digital content circulating in these bubbles was evident in the consistency of its underlying discursive patterns. Although during the campaign messages would arrive by the hundreds on a daily basis, virtually all such content could be classified in terms of five basic functions: to draw a friend-enemy frontier; to bolster the leader's charisma and trace continuities between himself and his followers; to keep the public mobilized through alarmistic or conspiratory messages; to cannibalize and turn the opponents' accusations around; and to displace mainstream sources of authoritative knowledge such as the press and academics.
Supporters hold a banner during the 38th presidential inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's president, outside the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019. Former Army captain Jair Bolsonaro is being sworn in as Brazil's president on Tuesday with the promise to tackle rampant crime, corruption and economic malaise in a wave of nationalism that's sweeping Latin America's largest country. Photographer: Patricia Monteiro/Bloomberg via Getty Images
These patterns were systemic in multiple senses: they structured discourse at the meta-communicative level of form rather than content; they operated as a complexity reduction mechanism, drawing a rigid inside-outside group frontier; they recurred at multiple scales; and they were efficacious in producing and stabilizing the "people" through a double, syntagmatic (we-them opposition) and paradigmatic (leader-people) axis. Readers of Ernesto Laclau (1990) and Chantal Mouffe (2005) will immediately recognize the pattern. Key to this strategy was also the mobilization of affect-loaded images and evocations, reminiscent of Mary Douglas's classic thesis on group-formation and symbolic classifications along a pure-impure (dirty-clean; repugnant-virtuous; corrupt-righteous; good-evil) axis that demarcates a dangerous outside (Douglas 1966).
Although this mechanism no doubt reproduces much of what pre-digital populisms were about, in my view it has enough specificities to justify giving it a new name, for which I have chosen digital populism. Two aspects in particular have become more central as this classic tactic for building political hegemony becomes increasingly digitally-mediated: its fractal topology, and its recursivity. Mediation through smartphones and WhatsApp – both of which were not as extensively available in Brazil during the previous presidential election – afforded it unprecedented capillarity. From the individual user's perspective, social media makes quite concrete the general (neoliberal) sense that intermediaries are no longer necessary: if you are lucky enough, your message on Twitter or WhatsApp may travel all the way to the president's smartphone. Bolsonaro supporters often underscore how they did not care about politics before he came along – but that is only because the meaning of politics itself has changed to embrace a variety of emergent, digitally-mediated forms of individual and collective attitudes and identities, including a redefinition of what it means to be "right-wing" and "conservative". A fortuitous event in late September intensified the capillarization effect afforded by digital media to a new level: the knife attack which removed the candidate from public debates, and led his supporters to assume the task of championing the campaign on his behalf. The candidate's ailing physical body was thus fractally replaced by a vast, sprawling 'digital body' of voluntary marketers.
The Brazilian case therefore draws attention to an important point concerning the recursivity of digital populism, and its relation to neoliberal epistemology as understood by Philip Mirowski (in press). Given the ubiquity and consistency of the abovementioned discursive patterns, it is hard to believe that the construction of Bolsonaro's digital campaign did not involve some kind of 'science of populism'. But this recursivity between theory and practice becomes more powerful as it is fractalized across the digital landscape: anyone, anywhere with an internet connection is able to quickly and effectively pick up these discursive patterns and reproduce them intuitively. There is no need for explicit manuals, because apprehension of such patterns takes place at the subconscious level of deutero-learning (Bateson 1972). They become part of users' very cognitive framing and political subjectivities – how they literally come to see the world, and act upon it. As the digital revolution has by now sedimented into our taken for granted infrastructure, and the neoliberal episteme becomes increasingly hegemonic, the notion of political representation, and even of democracy, has to be seriously rethought.
Letícia Cesarino is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianópolis, Brazil. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley in 2013, and has since then worked and published on South-South cooperation, science and technology, and more recently, on the emerging entanglements between neoliberal globalization, digital media, and democratic politics.
Bateson, G (1972) Steps to an Ecology of Mind. Chicago University Press.
Mouffe, C (2005) On the Political. Thinking in Action. London: Routledge.
Harding, S (1991) "Representing Fundamentalism: The Problem of the Repugnant Cultural Other." Social Research 58(2).
Laclau, E (1990) New Reflections on the Revolution of our Time. London: Verso.
Magenta, M et al. (2018) "How WhatsApp is being abused in Brazil's elections." BBC News Brazil. October 24.
Mirowski, P (In press) "Hell is Truth Seen Too Late." Boundary 2 46(1).
Rafael do Nascimento Cesar April 26, 2019 at 1:42 am
A very insightful essay on the strategies that undermined Brazilian voters in the last elections. It's interesting to note how they were present on both sides of the electoral dispute – right and left wing – as a kind of discursive form that took over the political realm. Parabéns!!!


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22nd annual Otisville Lions Country Fair — Town of Mount Hope Park, Finchville Turnpike, Otisville, 4-10 p.m. Aug. 26-27, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Aug. 28-29. Rides, live bands, free hayrides, daily events, craft and vendors marketplace, antique machinery display, tractor pull, 4-H animal display, food, seventh annual car show. Fireworks 9 p.m. Aug. 28-29. Call 386-5282 or 386-35-09 or go to www.otisvillecountryfair.org.
"Armed With Needles" — Neversink Valley Area Museum, 26 Hoag Road, Cuddebackville, noon-4 p.m. Thurs.-Sun., through October. Exhibit highlights the museum's Civil War flag, made by Orange County resident Liana Austin Dolson, and women who, like Dolson, sewed for soldiers as individual expressions of support, those that volunteered through aid societies and other organizations, and those who did production sewing for depots, arsenals and contractors. The exhibit will feature a large illustration of Dolson's family tree, and descendants are invited to visit the museum to ensure their families are properly recorded on the family tree. $3, children $1.50, children under 6 and members free. Call 754-8870 or e-mail nvam@frontiernet.net.
Milford Garden Club Flower Show — First Presbyterian Church, Broad Street, Milford, Pa., 2 p.m. Aug. 27, 10 a.m. Aug. 28. Open to the public. Club invites participation in the design phase or in horticulture. Interested parties should call Alice-Jane Loewrigkeit at 570-296-8894 for participation information.
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Soul/RnB Release: Kat Webb's 2nd full length album, "A Better Picture" getting rave reviews!
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Kat Webb is an Austin, TX-born soul singer with a warm and flexible voice and a great rnb sensibility, but confining genres definitely aren't her style. Since graduating Yale University in 2007 with a degree in English and substantial training with the Yale School of Music, Webb has resided in Brooklyn, NY, singing background for various NYC artists, writing for up-and-coming artists and interning in audio engineering at The Honablue Institute (formerly Royal Blue Studios).
In May 2011, she made her solo debut with "An Old Soul", a compilation of jazz standards and soul classics re-imagined for the modern listener, recorded entirely in analog with a live band to recreate the true vintage sound. Since then she's been performing in venues all along the East coast, including the legendary Lenox Lounge, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club, Drom, and many more.
The release of "A Better Picture" (November 2012) marks the first time Kat presents to her audience her own original music. Seasoned soul veterans Christian Ver Halen & Jesse Fischer co-produced, and Grammy-winners were involved in its production. It draws on the numerous musical styles in Webb's background, including some folk from her home state of Texas, some blues from the South, and some New Jack Swing from her new home on the East Coast.
"I named this album 'A Better Picture' because this album is my way of giving the listeners insight into me as a person and as an artist. It's also my debut as a songwriter of my own music, so I'm beyond thrilled people are responding so strongly and positively." –Kat Webb
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