West Ham United defender Jordan Spence has returned to his parent club following his loan spell with Wednesday.
The 23-year-old joined the Owls in August 2013 on a 28-day emergency loan deal and made his debut for the club against Middlesbrough at the Riverside.
The Hammers academy product made four appearances for Wednesday in total.
Owls boss Dave Jones said: "Jordan's loan spell with the club has finished and he has now gone back to West Ham.
Sheffield Wednesday would like to thank Spence for his services and wish him well for the future.


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Chesterfield Ladies do the quadruple with cup final win over Derby County side
Chesterfield Ladies completed a remarkable season by capturing their fourth trophy on Sunday.
Monday, 20th May 2019, 1:42 pm
Chesterfield Ladies with their fourth trophy of the season
The Blues ran out 6-1 winners over Derby County Foundation Ladies in the East Midlands Invitational final at Arnold Town.
To complete their quadruple, Michael Noon's team had to defeat the only side to take points off them in their victorious Derbyshire Ladies Division One campaign.
"We knew we were going to tested," said Noon.
"But the girls started well and rushed to a two goal lead before a mistake at the back let Derby in just before half-time."
In the second half, Chesterfield ran away with it, thanks in part to the goalscoring exploits of a player who has been prolific throughout 2018/19.
"We knew the first goal would be crucial after half time and fortunately for us we got it," said the Ladies' manager.
"Gina Camfield was brilliant up front for us as she has been all season, getting a second half hat trick to secure the win."
Noon was thrilled to see the team add even more silverware to the trophy cabinet and dedicated it to everyone who has backed the side this season.
"We're delighted to win our fourth trophy of the year, the girls have worked exceptionally hard and have been rewarded for all the effort they have put in.
"Thanks to all the staff, volunteers and supporters who have helped us throughout the year, without their contributions we wouldn't have achieved what we have."
This Sunday Chesterfield take on Derby again in the final game of the season and will be presented with the league trophy.

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Did I ever tell y'all that Marshalls is one of my favorite stores? Well if you didn't...now you do. I LOVE that store to pieces. I got this plaid Ralph Lauren button down recently and I am loving it. I'm not sure if its a men's shirt but I do know its comfortable. (yet it doesn't lack in style...see comfy can be stylish).


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Federal Judge in New York Denies Motion to Dismiss CFTC's Manipulation Suit Against Parnon Energy
On Apr. 26, 2012, the judge in the CFTC's latest oil-manipulation lawsuit, CFTC v. Parnon Energy Inc.,denied the defendants' motion to dismiss the complaint. The CFTC's complaint alleges that the defendants, a California-based energy firm (Parnon Energy), two of its European affiliates (Arcadia Petroleum Ltd. and Arcadia Energy (Suisse) SA), and two traders, attempted to manipulate and succeeded in manipulating NYMEX crude oil futures over a four-month period in 2008. It alleges that the defendants earned in excess of $50 million by engaging in the following manipulative scheme: (1) purchasing excessive amounts of physical WTI crude oil to drive up futures prices, (2) concurrently establishing a long position in calendar spread contracts, (3) offsetting their long position in spread contracts once prices for the prompt month futures contract had sufficiently inflated, (4) establishing a large short position in calendar spread contracts at the inflated prices, (5) selling off the physical oil to deflate prices, and (6) offsetting their short spread contracts position at the deflated prices.
In their motion to dismiss, the defendants argued that the CFTC lacked jurisdiction over attempts to manipulate calendar spreads and over the defendants' purchases of physical oil, and that the CFTC had failed to allege a claim for commodities manipulation under the federal pleading standards. The court disagreed on all fronts in a 29-page opinion, holding among other things that the CFTC need not satisfy the heightened pleading standards of Rule 9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because its claims did not sound in fraud. On the crucial issue of price artificiality, the defendants argued that futures prices could not have been artificially high on the days in question because, according to the available price data, prices were actually higher on the preceding days. The court disagreed that this evidence refuted the CFTC's claims of artificial prices. It held that while price comparisons are relevant to the determination of whether prices were artificial, the CFTC's allegations – taken as true at this stage in the case – suggested that the defendants' conduct had interfered with basic forces of supply and demand in the oil futures market.
The case is pending before Judge William H. Pauley, III in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The case is U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Parnon Energy Inc., Case No. 1:11-cv-3543 (S.D.N.Y.).
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This project was inspired by its first photographer, Gafri. During a conversation about why people seem to believe that homelessness doesn't exist here in York Region, he said "give me a camera, I'll show them". The Krasman Centre, in partnership with the York Region Alliance to End Homelessness began this project inspired by Photovoice, a participant action research method that puts cameras into the hands of those with lived experience to document their voices in efforts for social change. Over eighteen months, many, many cameras were handed out to people who identified as being either homeless or at-risk through the Street Outreach Van and other services. We received twenty-five cameras back. Some photographers included narratives, some agreed to be interviewed, and others provided only the camera, letting the photos speak for themselves. A small group of photographers met over the summer of 2008 to create Hidden From Sight: Living Homeless in York Region, a visual exhibit committed to honouring the voice of those with lived experience and creating social change.
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Q: 1 page WebRTC - not getting any audio at the remote peer I'm trying to build a one-page webRTC app in order to learn this topic. I have 2 audio tags :
<audio id="local"></audio>
<audio id="remote"></audio>

One represents the local peer and the other represents the remote peer. I've successfully "sent" the local video to the remote peer - the descriptions were set as the local and the remote descriptions of the 2 peers and the stream was successfully "arrived" to the remote peer - I can inspect the 2 audio elements and see that they both have a blob url of the stream. But, only when I play the local video I can hear the audio - when I'm turning it off and playing the remote audio, I don't hear anything.
Why is it happening? Here is the JS code:
var local = document.querySelector("#local"); //The local audio tag
var remote = document.querySelector("#remote"); //The remote audio tag
var pc1; //The local peer
var pc2; //The remote peer

//Autoplay
//local.play();
remote.play();

navigator.webkitGetUserMedia({audio:true},function(stream){ //Get the audio
    local.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
    pc1 = new webkitRTCPeerConnection(null); //Initialize the local peer
    pc2 = new webkitRTCPeerConnection(null); //Initialize the remote peer
    pc1.addStream(stream); //Add the local stream to the connection => pass it to the remote peer

    pc1.createOffer(gotDescription1); //Create an offer and when you get the description call gotDescription1
    pc2.createAnswer(gotDescription2); //Create an answer acoording to the description you get from the local peer
    pc1.onicecandidate = gotLocalIceCandidate;
    pc2.onicecandidate = gotRemoteIceCandidate;
    pc2.onaddstream = gotRemoteStream; //When you get stream, call gotRemoteStream

},function(e){ //If there is an error
    console.error("ERROR: "+e);
});

function gotDescription1(desc){
    console.log("Offer from pc1 \n" + desc.sdp);
    pc1.setLocalDescription(desc); //set the description as the local description of the local peer
    //(Send the description to the remote peer)
    pc2.setRemoteDescription(desc); //set the description as the remote description of the remote peer
}

function gotDescription2(desc){
    console.log("Set the description in pc2");
    pc2.setLocalDescription(desc); //Set the description as the local description of the remote peer
    //(Send the description to the local peer)
    pc1.setRemoteDescription(desc); //set the description as the remote description of the local peer
}

function gotRemoteStream(e){
    remote.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(e.stream); //Play the stream you get
}

function gotLocalIceCandidate(event) {
    if (event.candidate) {
        pc2.addIceCandidate(new RTCIceCandidate(event.candidate));
    }
}

function gotRemoteIceCandidate(event) {
    if (event.candidate) {
        pc1.addIceCandidate(new RTCIceCandidate(event.candidate));
    }
}

A: You order of execution in your javascript is slightly off
You have not set the onaddstream event handler until already getting the remote stream(getting the remote stream can happen as early as setting the remote description).
It is also better for you to handle creating the answer inside the gotDescription1 callback as the callbacks are asynchronous and could be called out of order. I also set both audio html5 elements to autoplay instead of having to set them to play(you may want to do this as well)
Get user media changes:
 navigator.webkitGetUserMedia({ audio: true }, function (stream) { //Get the audio
        local.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
        pc1 = new webkitRTCPeerConnection(null); //Initialize the local peer
        pc2 = new webkitRTCPeerConnection(null); //Initialize the remote peer
        pc1.addStream(stream); //Add the local stream to the connection => pass it to the remote peer
        pc1.onicecandidate = gotLocalIceCandidate;
        pc2.onicecandidate = gotRemoteIceCandidate;
        pc2.onaddstream = gotRemoteStream; //When you get stream, call gotRemoteStream
        pc1.createOffer(gotDescription1); //Create an offer and when you get the description call gotDescription1
    }, function (e) { //If there is an error
        console.error("ERROR: " + e);
    });

And the gotDescription1 callback:
function gotDescription1(desc) {
    console.log("Offer from pc1 \n" + desc.sdp);
    pc1.setLocalDescription(desc); //set the description as the local description of the local peer
    //(Send the description to the remote peer)
    pc2.setRemoteDescription(desc); //set the description as the remote description of the remote peer
    pc2.createAnswer(gotDescription2); //Create an answer acoording to the description you get from the local peer
}

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← Just how corrupt is Alberta Justice? Infuriating! Sickening! Welcome to Alberta's "Rule of Law." The Fifth Estate: The autopsy (part 1): What if justice got it wrong? "I did not kill my son. It was an accident."
BlackRock, world's largest fund manager with nearly $7 trillion in investments, plans to offer new funds that shun fossil fuel-oriented stocks, could put pressure on other large money managers to follow suit. It's strictly business. →
Why isn't Kenney's War Room & Witch Hunt investigating & harassing Encana, 80 per cent foreign-funded, illegal aquifer frac'er?
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Encana gets shareholders' approval to move base to United States by Kevin Orland, Jan 14, 2020, Bloomberg in Calgary Herald
Calgary-based Encana Corp. won investors' approval to relocate to the U.S. and change its name to Ovintiv, a plan that has dented morale in Canada's beleaguered energy industry.
About 90 per cent of security holders voted in favour of the plan, Encana said in a statement Tuesday after a special shareholders meeting. The company produces oil and natural gas in both Canada and the U.S.
Encana can now push ahead with a plan that has added to the gloom surrounding Canada's oil industry, which is suffering from a lack of pipeline space that has weighed on prices and prevented producers from increasing output. [Such bullshit reporting. The industry, and only the industry, plagued itself into its global demise, creating the greed-fed gloom]
The dismal environment has prompted foreign companies to sell more than $30 billion of Canadian energy assets in the past three years.
Losing Encana carries an even sharper sting because it was one of Canada's marquee companies, born out of the nation's 19th-century railway boom, and the "can" in its name was a nod toward its country of origin. [Encana has been a dirty corporation since it merged with nasty Gwyn Morgan led Alberta Energy Corporation. To read the real nature of the company, read Andrew Nikiforuk's multi award-winning Saboteurs.]
The company, which is moving its head office from Calgary to Denver, said relocating to the U.S. will allow it to access larger pools of investment capital, including U.S. index funds and passively managed accounts.
Montreal-based Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc., Encana's fourth-largest shareholder, blasted the plan in November, saying the move was "highly discriminatory" because it forces investors holding the shares in Canadian-focused funds to sell the stock at a time when the price is particularly weak. The company holds about four per cent of Encana's shares.
Roughly 71 per cent of Encana's shareholders are in the U.S., and 20 per cent are in Canada.
Encana shares fell 2.6 per cent to $5.53 in Toronto trading early Tuesday. The stock has slid 39 per cent in the past 12 months. [Good riddance to this Bull in a China Shop. The Foreigners can have it.]
World's Biggest Fund Manager, BlackRock, lost $90 Billion investing in fossil fuel companies over last decade
"Effectively, the shale boom is over." Colorado's 8 largest public oil & gas producers spent $27 Billion more than they made in past 5 years. Is that why Alberta gov't wants our pensions? To feed the bleed via AIMCo?
A new drug in town: "In an unprecedented burst of honesty, Encana renames itself Ovindictive!"
Texan: "I despise [Encana]."
Ovindictive Ovintiv! Investors not happy with your scardy cat run to the USA. Canadian investment firm Letko, Brosseau & Associates Inc. (manages about $27 Billion in assets), publicly slams Encana's plan to flee Canada, says it's "highly discriminatory" against Canadian investors.
"Canada" becoming a dirty word or has "Encana" been a dirty word for years? Name change to Ovintiv brings investors 9.3% drop, biggest drop in a year. Erectile Dysfunction?
Encana fleeing Canada in Scheer desperation? Shares drop 9.2%! Illegal aquifer-frac'er, caprock buster, poisoning bully of families and briber/divider of communities running to USA, changing its spots to Ovintiv Inc. Erectile Dysfunction drug or cross between Ovaltine in vintage container and a vagina?
As unconventional ponzi scheme implodes, Are Encana's greedy law violations taking the company down?


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What it's like to spend a winter in the trenches, according to Ukrainian soldiers
By Tim Mak
Published January 22, 2023 at 7:00 AM CST
In the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, near the border with Russia, Ukrainian troops are standing out in the cold. They're preparing fortifications and trying to stay warm while bracing for a possible renewed Russian military offensive. The top commander in the area, Brigadier General Serhiy Melnyk, gave us a tour of the living conditions his troops are enduring as they prepare for more fighting. NPR's Tim Mak has more.
TIM MAK, BYLINE: Sometimes, it's the days where the weather stays slightly above freezing that are the worst. This region of Ukraine has this black, tarry, sticky mud, impossible to get off your boots. Hiking through it, you feel it in every step, the suction of the mud pulling up against your feet. As a defensive feature, it worked wonders for Ukrainians fighting against the initial wave of Russian attacks last winter.
SERHIY MELNYK: (Through interpreter) In the first days of war, when they did a full-scale invasion, they encountered this problem. Their vehicles got stuck. Our firing made it so they couldn't take back their vehicles, and they had to retreat.
MAK: General Melnyk is guiding us through the defensive front lines, trenches not far from Russian territory. In September, Ukrainian forces retook all of Kharkiv Oblast, pushing Russian troops out. His soldiers are now occupying former Russian positions and building new ones of their own in the mud.
MELNYK: (Through interpreter) We already know the ambitions of that terrorist Putin. As of today, he's lost the first way of combat actions in Ukraine. But we already have some intelligence, and they don't hide the fact that they mobilized a lot of personnel. And they will try to flood our country with a second wave to try and break us fully.
MAK: There are occasional bombardments, but the cold has meant that the battle lines, like the countryside, have been mostly frozen. That's according to Melnyk's subordinate Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Zinchenko.
MAKSYM ZINCHENKO: (Through interpreter) The winter has a really strong impact - bad weather, difficulty for vehicles passing through terrain. Now the enemy can only use roads, and the winter makes it harder at the checkpoints and the trenches.
MAK: To get to these trenches, you have to pass countless Ukrainian checkpoints where soldiers stand guard out in the elements, looking for signs of enemy personnel. Melnyk says that the warmth of these troops is a key condition of morale as they await a possible attack.
MELNYK: (Through interpreter) The places in which they live, they have stoves and other conditions to stay warm. And there's nothing that can scare or break them.
MAK: At one such checkpoint stood Alexander. Like the other enlisted troops interviewed, he declined to give his surname. Warm clothing and short shifts are key, he said.
ALEXANDER: (Through interpreter) There are usually two people always outside on the street, but the moment you get cold, you can change with the other two people here and warm up.
MAK: Petro was a construction worker before the war. Now he commands the crew of a tank, which spews thick, dark smoke but not a ton of heat. He relies on hot drinks and a thermos, he told us. Sometimes, they'll get an order to wait in the cold for six to eight hours.
PETRO: (Through interpreter) We put warm clothes on. We have heaters here. We put them on and get warm.
MAK: Ukrainians have a word for the hastily built living structures in the trenches constructed with sandbags and wood, sand and mud - a blindazh. Serhiy Sharnyuk took us on a tour of his. As we enter it, we're greeted by the sweet smell of burning oak. He said this blindazh and the adjoining trenches took months to build.
SERHIY SHARNYUK: (Through interpreter) They'll bring us prepared warm meals here and sometimes canned meat as well.
MAK: Thick blankets cover the beds, and the tables are littered with the necessities - tea, coffee, juice. Trench candles made of wax and cardboard provide light and a little extra warmth. Nearby, a stray dog named Yulia stands watch.
(SOUNDBITE OF DOG BARKING)
MAK: The soldiers feed her and. In return, she barks in the night if someone unusual approaches. And not far away, there's a Starlink satellite terminal, which gives soldiers the ability to access the internet. Even in this rural, remote area of Ukraine, it's an absolutely critical piece of equipment, General Melnyk said.
MELNYK: (Through interpreter) Any soldier, no matter the rank, can connect to the Starlink and connect with his leadership, his colleagues and also with his family.
MAK: The winter conditions are harsh, he said, but he has hope that the end of the war is in sight.
MELNYK: (Through interpreter) I'll tell you sincerely - and you know it yourselves - that every war has its beginning and its end. I'm sure that 2023 will bring victory and peace in the houses of Ukrainians.
MAK: If Ukraine's partners in America and the West continue sending heavy weapons to Ukraine, Melnyk said, this will be the last winter of this war on these front lines.
Tim Mak, NPR News, Kharkiv.
Tim Mak is NPR's Washington Investigative Correspondent, focused on political enterprise journalism.
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UA Professor's Coping Power Program Goes to Pakistan and around the World
From the April 2017 Desktop News | Trying to circumvent the cycle of violence that is growing within Pakistan—especially among young children—Pakistani native Asia Mushtaq recently relied on an adapted version of UA professor Dr. John Lochman's Coping Power program to reduce aggression among 9-to 11-year-old boys in Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
"The proliferation of violence has become a serious social problem in Pakistan today," Mushtaq wrote in her study which will be published in Prevention Science. "Environmental factors can initiate aggression and conduct problems in children and serve to escalate or stabilize it … A country like Pakistan, which has been experiencing violence for a long time, has much to [be] concern[ed] about her children's mental health."
Mushtaq notes that in Pakistan intervention programs for children with behavioral problems are scarce for a variety of reasons: there is a lack of public awareness, funding is limited, and there has been an absence of evidence-based research showing the legitimacy of such programs—among other things.
Wanting a cost-effective way to show that aggression can be reduced among children, Mushtaq set out to find a prevention program that she could adapt for her local community. She found Lochman's Coping Power program during her literature review for her dissertation, and after contacting Lochman to get the details on the program, she decided to adapt it for Pakistani children.
In 2009, she received an award from a Pakistani research initiative which allowed her to travel to Alabama for six months to work at UA's Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems.
"It wasn't a simple thing," Lochman said. "To come over here, she had to have permission from her father and all of the adult males in her family. They were all in support of her work."
After living in the United States for six months and learning how the Coping Power program worked, she returned to Pakistan, translated the program into Urdu, and incorporated religious and cultural beliefs into the program to make it more accessible for her local population.
Working with 112 boys from five public schools over the course of a single academic school year, Mushtaq had positive results.
"The Coping Power Program did well in Pakistan, a culturally different country, so I believe that this program is culturally sensitive and can be used universally," Mushtaq said. "The preliminary efficacy study of the culturally adapted version of the Coping Power program provides a base for future interventions studies in Pakistan."
Lochman agrees.
"The boys who were screened are likely exposed to greater levels of violence in the world around them," Lochman said of Mushtaq's study. "For the program to still have an impact on them suggests that the mechanisms we look at—like poor perspective taking abilities, poor problem-solving skills, and hostile attributional biases—are relatively universal links to aggressive behaviors in children."
Though perhaps the most violent country where the program has been implemented, Pakistan is not the only place where Coping Power has found a foothold.
In the last 25 years, Coping Power has been adapted for use by researchers in the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Canada, Sweden, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Italy.
Lochman and his team typically works with the researchers and clinicians to help them find valuable adaptations that will work well in the local community, but he says that the basics of the program remain the same.
The original Coping Power Program, which typically targets small groups of students in fourth and fifth grade, consists of 34 child sessions and 16 parent sessions. The child sessions focus on setting goals, organizing, managing anger, working on social skills, problem solving, resisting peer pressure, and engaging with positive peer groups, while the adult sessions teach parents how to discipline appropriately, give clear instructions, communicate, manage stress, give positive attention and praise, and reinforce the skills their children learn in the program.
For some schools in some areas, 34 sessions is unsustainable, so Lochman has helped to create shortened versions that in some cases do not rely on the parent component.
"We learn a lot from the adaptations done in other countries," Lochman said, "and we continue to do a lot of research ourselves on adaptation."
Within the last four years, UA's Center for the Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems has received more than $2.2 million to expand the Coping Power program—and it continues to grow internationally as well.
"We're having an impact on many children and parents," Lochman said. "That's true here in Alabama but also in these international settings. It's a great service embedded in a serious and rigorous research effort."
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A daring young woman will risk her life to find her destiny in this atmospheric, beautifully drawn historical debut novel—a tale of love, hope, and danger set during the First World War.
Lady Elizabeth Neville-Ashford wants to travel the world, pursue a career, and marry for love. But in 1914, the stifling restrictions of aristocratic British society and her mother's rigid expectations forbid Lilly from following her heart. When war breaks out, the spirited young woman seizes her chance for independence. Defying her parents, she moves to London and eventually becomes an ambulance driver in the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps—an exciting and treacherous job that takes her close to the Western Front.
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Is Crossfire Still Playable in 2015?
Hey there, have you ever heard of or played the free to play FPS known as Crossfire? It used to be one of my favorite games years ago.
Well I've now hopped back into the gameplay of it for that nostalgic feel and also because I remember it being a pretty fun game. There have been a bunch of changes to the game but overall, the gameplay is still just as fun as it used to be those many years ago!
It's Global Risk Vs. Black List
The Gameplay Is Roughly The Same
My Favorite Game Mode Is Ghost Mode
The Changes Are Crazy
This game is basically SWAT vs. terrorists but in their own form. The gameplay is sort of similar to that of CS:GO but they have their own unique game modes and gameplay mechanics which makes this game a similar yet unique FPS experience.
Surprisingly enough, there aren't that many hackers that hop in and ruin the game experience for everyone.
Here and there, just as in almost any other free to play first person shooter you'll be running into a hacker with an aimbot or being able to see the ghosts in ghost mode and it's going to make you and your team mad because the enemy team is who has to vote for the kick to be made.
Sometimes you'll get enemies that actually want a hacker on their team because it helps them out but for the most part they'll get kicked as long as you ask them to vote for a kick.
Hackers ruin games such as this and whenever there is a hacker in one of my games I tend to get pretty upset simply because I want to be able to play the game organically, the way it was meant to be played. Not me trying to kill some super hacker who is getting multi kills and unstoppables every single time that they respawn.
What also sort of sucks about this is that the players that are actually good sometimes get kicked for simply being good. This happens mainly in ghost mode, which is my favorite game mode. But I'll talk about that in a bit.
For the most part, the gameplay is still extremely fun and even though I may be making it sound like the hacker deal is a huge problem, it's really not that big of a deal. It's only here and there, I'd say maybe 1 out of every 10 games you have a 50% chance of running into a hacker.
All of the other times are usually veteran players who are actually genuinely good at the game.
Ghost mode is an awesome game mode.
Although it may diminish my overall positive career K.D. because I kind of suck at ghost mode, it's still the most fun mode to play in my opinion.
The Black List play a ghosts. Ghosts are only able to use melee and are invisible when they aren't moving. The moment that they start moving they become somewhat visible, enough to be able to get shot at from a distance if you've got a good eye watching out for them.
The catch though is that ghosts have a loud breathing mechanic, so it's a very good idea to be wearing a headset if you're into this type of mode because you'll be able to hear your enemies breathing to take them down, given that you are on the Global Risk side.
As a ghost, your mission and your team's mission is to get the bomb planted either at A or B site on the map and/or to kill every enemy player on the Global Risk team.
It's an extremely fun and challenging game mode. I love playing both sides but playing as a ghost is what I mainly prefer simply because I'm starting to understand the "bunny hop" technique that most experienced players use in order to move around the map undetected. Look up some YouTube videos of this to get a better picture of what I mean by that, but you can basically move around an entire map without being detected by the Global Risk, resulting in a lot of killing. 🙂
There are A BUNCH of new guns to purchase both with the in game GP currency and the real world money currency of ZP.
If you visit their main website you'll be able to go through most of the weapons that they have in the game and there's so many that it's hard to tell how many guns are actually in the game.
There's also a lot more maps that have been added which I thought was really cool. Each game mode got some new maps and some of these maps actually have unique game changers apart of them. Gravity change, for example.
There's new game modes which are kind of out of this world. There's hero mode, super solider mode, different mutant modes, zombie survival modes, a bunch of modes.
This gives the game some more variety and replay value because if you get bored of the average team deathmatch grind then you're able to switch it up and become a mutant for a day instead. The mutant mode where players randomly start as mutants and make other players mutant is a great way to gain EXP and GP if you're looking for a way to do that!
One of the biggest changes I've seen is this new area called the FP mall. FP is a new type of currency which you get for simply playing the game more and more. Y0u fill up this bar which goes empty each day and you're able to buy unique weapons with the FP for 1 day, 7 days and 30 days worth of time.
The weapons include crystal M4A1's, red crystal bayonet AK-47's, crystal gatling guns and a broken red crystal kukri.
There's a few more weapons than what is in this picture today.
I'm not entirely sure why they added that feature but it's kind of nice to be able to try out a weapon for a day and then not having to repair it at all to save up on GP since you would only buy it for that day, for the most part.
Who knows, maybe you or another player likes one of those weapons so much that they save up for the 30 day amounts simply because it's a good weapon to use?
All in all, Crossfire is still 100% playable in 2015 and it is looking like they are still continuing to update the game and keeping the servers up for the long haul.
Do you still play Crossfire? Did you used to?
Or maybe you've never heard of this game before?
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I played this game and I heard of it since I was still in 6th grade. One of my friends loaned me an account that they didn't like using anymore. The account contained an AK and Desert Eagle as well as one female character. In 2015, I made my own account and started playing on my own because my friend got his account banned to prevent me from using it anymore. What a dick move right? In the end, the message was clear and it was to become an independent player. My first load out was an AK-74 and 1911 Colt. I loved everything I earned even the limited guns like my favorite, the RPK Russia. When I used that MG in a team death match, I got called out for being a newbie. Some of those interesting people even told me that my mother should've sucked me so I would've not been born because I was a sore loser for enjoying the game. All that in a 100 kill death match. The map we're playing was Egypt too, back when it was too crowded for sixteen people to play. It sucked and I thought of quitting until one day I realized that I could turn off the chat. I got better afterwards. Average Joe but at least it's fun
Haha Alex… There is toxicity in every gaming community! Hopefully you never take any of those cruel words personally!
With that, yeah man it is a pretty fun game! I have many awesome memories of it and Egypt will always be the map that I vividly remember when I think of this game. Maybe I should get back into it…
Back when I was really into it I spent actual money on the game, it was some birthday money combined with money from chores at the time (I was pretty young) and I remember getting a character and a camo M4A1 or something of that nature, good times!
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Y'know, when I first saw this post of yours, I confused it with CrossFire. Y'know, the multiple AMD GPU thing? That one. Not this time, I've noticed this post a couple of times, I just wanted to mention that.
Even though it makes me wonder if you'd ever make a post of your thoughts on multiple GPU's…
Haha that's funny, yeah Crossfire is a crazy popular FPS in China. It's basically a CS knock off with its own game modes and what not, also being free to play.
That's a good idea, I'll probably write a post on multiple GPUs. In short, I believe a single card is the best bet simply because it has a lot more support in comparison to the support behind having more than one card.
Yeah, a single card is the better bet, but I see CrossFire/SLI as an upgrade path, rather then a beginning. Which is why I'm having my build be CrossFire capable.
Unless, of course, you have a budget of multiple thousands. Then it's a beginning, rather then an end. And by multiple thousands, I mean $5000+.


According to Houghton and Hackler (2001), the net flux of carbon between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere between 1850 and 1990 was 124 Pg C from deliberate changes in land cover and land use. DeFries et al. (1999) estimated that total C loss from human-induced land cover changes were almost 200 Pg C for the same period. Lal et al. (1998) estimated that agricultural soils globally have lost 40 to 50 Pg C during the last two centuries, and about 80 to 117 Pg C have been released from biomass due to change in land use for agriculture. Until the 1970's more CO2 had been released into the atmosphere from agricultural activities than from fossil fuel burning. The annual net release of C from agriculture has recently been estimated at 0.8 Pg C, that is, about 14% of current fossil fuel emissions (Schlesinger, 1995). Considering all these substantial losses in soil C, it is not surprising that land management strategies are considered to have considerable potential for carbon mitigation.
Cole et al. (1996) estimated that globally, between 0.4 and 0.8 Pg /yr of C could be sequestered in agricultural soils for 50-100 yr through good soil management. Paustian et al. (1997) calculated that the capacity for C sequestration in agricultural soils on a global scale is about 20-30 Pg C over the next 50-100 yr. Lal and Bruce (1999) estimated that the total soil C sequestration potential of the world cropland is about 0.75-1.0 Pg/yr or about 50% of the annual emissions by deforestation and other agricultural activities. This finite soil C sink could be filled over a 20 to 50-yr period. The International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC, 2000) recently reported that by 2010 the potential net C storage from additional activities under Article 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol could be 0.29 Pg C/yr for developed countries and 0.72 Pg C/yr for developing countries. By 2040, the potential net C storage is expected to be 0.85 Pg C/yr for developed countries and 1.32 Pg C/yr for developing countries. These values represent the contribution from both agriculture and forest management.
There are still large uncertainties regarding the total amount of C that can be sequestered by agricultural soils. These uncertainties are primarily due to the difficulty of measuring a small change in soil carbon (e.g., 3 Mg C/ha) above a large background (e.g., 60 Mg C/ha) with high variability (e.g., ±15 Mg C/ha). Garten and Wullschleger (1999) estimated that the smallest difference in SOC inventories that can be detected, and this only with exceedingly large sample size (n > 100), is approximately 2-3% or 1 Mg C/ha.


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New developments in the accommodations sector
In a previous article, ICEF Monitor discussed student accommodations, specifically, dormitories and their influence on prospective students' school choices, the increased investor activity related to financing and building such facilities, and the specific types of students certain dorms are designed to attract.
Today, we expand upon three other types of accommodations available to international students: apartments, homestays, and hostels.
Apartments: conversions and shortages
Many students prefer to live in an apartment-style setting, but such offerings can vary greatly cost-wise. Companies like Vita Student, based in Britain, provide luxury accommodations. The company's properties (in Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester, and Bristol) feature Wi-Fi, integrated kitchen appliances, en-suite showers and flatscreen televisions. Such examples abound. Germany's Youniq builds residences exclusively for upper tier students, and in Windsor, Canada, the companies Domus Student Housing, Inc. and Vrancor Group recently teamed up to convert a former hotel into upmarket student apartments.
But while the luxury rental market may be expanding, universities and companies are also building more accommodations for students with typical budgets. In the UK, the University of Derby bought a £3 million luxury apartment complex in order to rent them at a maximum of £135 a week to mature, postgraduate and international students. And in Berlin, for example, German developer Jörg Duske and partners Holzer Kobler Architecture from Zurich are converting 410 metal shipping containers into multi-story student housing, with each unit containing a living room, sleeping area, kitchen, and private bathroom.
Other conversions into mid-market student housing, either in the planning stages or completed in recent years, include port facilities in Hamburg, commercial buildings in the Netherlands, an office tower in Southampton, England, the landmark Waverly Hotel in Toronto, and grain elevators in Oslo. Aengus Investment Properties, which has already converted buildings into student accommodations in South Africa, is eyeing US $300 million worth of similar projects in Botswana, Kenya, Zambia, Lesotho, Ghana and Uganda.
And for the budget minded, new facilities are likewise appearing, as well as creative housing solutions that sidestep the need for construction or conversion. For instance, in Germany one plan has made vacant rooms in retirement homes available for rent, a move that has had benefits for both students and older residents.
But in many countries there remains a shortage of affordable student housing. The Canadian website The Globe and Mail called Canada's rental housing shortage a national disaster. Last year, students in Copenhagen protested the lack of options by sleeping in the mayor's office; many international students arrive to the city without housing and end up living in hostels or even returning home. Affordable, purpose-built student housing is also short in England, France, Australia, and Sweden.
The housing shortage in Sweden has prompted innovative designers to create new micro "Smart Student Units" measuring a mere ten square metres in floor space; they will appear in the university town of Lund in 2014.
Meanwhile in France, the government has taken action. It has interceded in the private rental market on behalf of students, acting as guarantor for those having difficulty gathering deposits. The programme, which was announced by Minister for Higher Education and Research Geneviève Fioraso, will initially help up to 2,000 students, and the government's intention is to expand aid to between 140,000 and 200,000 students by 2014/15.
Governments and entrepreneurs are not the only ones driving change – ambitious Millenials are taking matters into their own hands, such as the students from The Netherlands who started Housinganywhere.com, an online platform that allows students to rent out their rooms to other students while they are overseas for an internship, short-term course, or exchange semester. The website boasts that "in the past five years, over 5,000 rooms have been offered from local students to international students on the platform, and in this time, no scams or problems have been reported."
The homestay option
Often, though not always, homestays are an economical housing option for students. Costs depend on location. For example, in London accommodation with a host family can begin at a reasonable £135 per week, according to the website HFS London, a company that works with more than 850 homestay providers in the city. However, a search of other providers showed prices in London of £350 per week.
But inexpensive options are out there. In addition to sometimes being less expensive than renting, homestays are good for those who want to be immersed in the language and culture of their host country, and as such, are widely utilised by language students. Homestays are also a great choice for younger learners, so parents feel as if their children have a "home away from home" and they are also a good choice for students who might be shy and have a hard time making friends – the homestay family can introduce them gradually to a new culture, and allow them to practice their new language in a safe, comfortable setting. One provider, California English Homestay, even enables parents and children to live together with another family in a homestay environment, where the host is an English teacher.
In the US, the homestay sector is expanding, but according to Ron Davis, CEO of the Seattle, Washington-based American Homestay Network, need is outpacing supply. Davis told Business Examiner, "The existing homestay industry in America has not been able to keep up with the growing demand for international students."
Difficulties with homestays do occasionally arise. In Canada, a homestay company that had misrepresented its services to Chinese students led to the shutdown of the operation. Carefully researching providers to be sure they are licensed, vetted, and screened to ensure safety and quality is the key to finding good placements for students. Below are several homestay resources:
American Homestay Network – the first nationwide, standards-based homestay organisation in the US, offers paid compensation to hosts that provide accommodations for visiting college students.
Australian Homestay Network – Australia's largest homestay provider, commended by the Australian government for its efforts to ensure good standards.
The Canada Homestay Network – CHN works in 25+ communities across Canada, and has an online portal dedicated to agents.
Homestay Finder – an international homestay database where potential hosts post photos of their homes and offer detailed information, and potential guests request hosts. The site is organised by country, state/province, and city.
Homestay.com – a website enabling students and host families to create online profiles so that students can search and book directly in six different countries.
Hostels: upgrading and expanding
Various countries define "hostel" differently (for instance, in India and Pakistan the word is synonymous with boarding schools and dormitories) but hostels are understood by most people to be no-frills, budget accommodations, comprised of shared rooms and facilities (though private rooms are common also), designed to cater to travellers, backpackers, and students. Along with this general knowledge of what a hostel, is a general idea of what a hostel looks like. But that has been changing.
The hostel industry is experiencing a broad upgrading of facilities. This includes not just the rooms themselves, where en-suite provision is increasingly becoming the norm, but amenities, design, location and more. A new trend – luxury hostels designed to compete with budget hotels but at an even lower cost – is taking hold in Europe and has the potential to radically reshape the hostel industry.
These new hostels are still basic in their rooming arrangements, typically offering only beds and Wi-Fi in the sleeping spaces. But increasingly, they feature carefully designed communal spaces such as cafes or bars, and expanded amenities such as yoga classes. This niche market has also grown in Africa, Asia and South America, largely due to the efforts of local companies, but increasingly by well-known accommodation brands.
For example, Generator Hostels, said to be the fastest growing hostel brand in the world, has announced the purchase of a building in Paris, which it plans to renovate and open as a 1,000-bed hostel/hotel in 2014. It also has a property it plans to open in Rome, and is working toward owning 15 locations by 2015, including a US expansion. A recent article by Slate gives visual evidence of Generator's high-style, award-winning concepts.
This diversification among hostel providers is designed to expand their reach beyond their traditional backpacker/student client base and attract travellers who opt for low budget hotels such as older adults, families and even business travellers. However, more options in budget lodging is always good news for students. Short-term students, such as those taking part in language courses, or older students may find these new brands of hostels ideal, especially those offering private rooms.
European hostel brands are racing to expand in the US, which, according to Hostelworld, has around 275 active hostels, compared with 3,570 in Europe. However, US laws could have an effect. For example, in New York City, it is illegal for more than four people who aren't travelling together to stay in a room at the same time, and placing more than two bunk beds in a room is also prohibited.
Undeterred, Generator has earmarked US $200 million for US expansion, and is working with local legislators in an effort to change the law. American companies are in the market as well. US-based Freehand, which owns a boutique hostel in Miami, plans to spend US $250 million on as many as ten US locations, including in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Chicago, where it has purchased a landmark hotel.
Another significant piece of news occurred in the hostel sector when, in early 2013, the online accommodation booking company Web Reservations International (WRI) announced the acquisition of HostelBookers.com. WRI already owns the Hostelworld.com and Hostels.com websites, the number one and two most used hostel booking sites worldwide.
During the following months Hostelworld and the thousands of global lodging providers with which it needed to sign agreements disagreed over contract terms, but those problems were ironed out in September when Hostelworld backed away from its original requirements after providers refused to sign the new contracts and as of last month, most issues have been resolved.
Opportunities await
The accommodation sector presents a variety of opportunities for further expansion, as outlined above and also confirmed by new research from STAY WYSE, the not-for-profit industry association representing the global Youth Travel Accommodation (YTA) sector. Their latest YTA Usage Survey, found that "market growth seen in terms of the growing number of YTA suppliers is matched by the growth in accommodation spending by consumers."
Accommodation providers are confident demand will run high, with many planning expansion in the home country of the YTA operator, as well as looking overseas to open new establishments particularly in Spain, Brazil, and the US.
With so much rapid development in this sector, ideally, agents should visit the accommodation options in the vicinity of their partner schools in order to be equipped with informed recommendations. And it is good practice for educational providers to keep communication lines open with their agents to ensure that they are aware of all possible accommodation options.
As education costs rise, students need to be creative in finding accommodations within their individual budgets and managing those expectations is a key consideration for all educational providers.
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Alexandre on 30 May 2014 at 10:58 said:
I'm working for a student start-up based in Rotterdam Nestpick, and we're trying to bring a solution to the housing problem for international student. Actually student doesn't have a lot of option in order to choose their new home. We provide them a platform where the whole renting process happens online. So they can find rooms that suit them without struggling for months.
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Leo on 14 Dec 2015 at 05:13 said:
Theguardian.com introduced 10 of the best home-swap and home-sharing websites also.
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/dec/07/10-best-home-swap-home-sharing-websites
airbnb.co.uk
culturegogo.com
homestayin.com
casaparticularcuba.org
wwoofinternational.org
homestaycom
bedicasa.com
lovehomeswap.com
homeexchange.com


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Project Forte: Alicia DeLarge
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Alicia DeLarge (she/her) is a production designer who has maintained many driving inspirations throughout her career, but especially to uplift those around her, enabling them to see paths like her's as possible. Get ready to be inspired by her experience, talent, work ethic, and motivations. DeLarge contributes her success to the strong men and women in her life, who made space for her to grow, expand, and influence. She speaks to the role of serving others, but also to that of speaking out. She stresses the importance of sharing access to resources and therefore to power within her community. Read about her experiences with diversity on set and how the community of filmmakers in Philadelphia is evolving.
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Alicia DeLarge: My name's Alicia DeLarge, and I am a production designer by trade. I've served many roles though. I've been a Production Designer, Set Designer, Prop Stylist, Prop Designer, Wardrobe Stylist. I've also served as a PA, of course, for many different departments. So, I've assumed many roles in the film industry, but now I'm now being recognized as a Production Designer, which I'm really proud of.
Kris Mendoza: How did you get started in this industry?
Alicia DeLarge: I originally went to Spelman College in Atlanta to study English. My plan was to be a journalist and start a PR firm. When I came home from school I attended CCP with hopes to obtain my Associates degree and transfer to Temple University. One of my good friends from Spelman, Dyandra Brown, was a stylist on set in New York, styling women such as, Jacqui Reid on NBC, and working on a lot of TV shows as a Wardrobe Stylist. She would call me often to be her assistant, people naturally liked how I dressed and would want me to do costume design, or wardrobe styling. I figured I would see what this world was all about.
Although I was on set serving as a Wardrobe Assistant and Wardrobe Stylist, I realized I wanted to be a Set Decorator in the Art Department. I was already becoming a vintage dealer, and designing trade shows and retail stores with Search & Rescue. I was also the person that would set up my all friends' and family parties; and I was doing a lot of location scouting without even knowing I was doing it.
On Instagram, I would post pictures of places I explored. I was all over the city, going into abandoned properties, or graffitied up areas. My friends would want to use them for their shoots so I would tell them where it was, or I would go with them to show them the locations. I was basically doing location scouting and management without knowing it, and then I realized I could charge people for it.
Alicia DeLarge: That evolved into actually going into local businesses, and talking to owners proposing, "Hey, my friends want to shoot here. This is their mission. This is their purpose. We're students …" and I would get these amazing locations for free, and we would do these really cool shoots. While working on set with Dyandra, I was doing a lot of wardrobe styling and costume design I would talking to the art department while I'd be on set. I would find the Props Master, or the Set Decorator, or the Set Dresser, and ask, "Can I connect with you? Can you tell me how to get into this?" So that's how it started. It really started through working in the wardrobe, and costume department.
Kris Mendoza: It's always interesting to hear about someone's path, because there's no one right way – can you share for yourself, culturally, if there was a stigma that comes from your end, from family, and friends, to switch gears and pursue this career path?
Alicia DeLarge: My friends were always supportive of my career choice. Most of my friends are artists, but my parents were kind of tricky. Both of my parents are artists, naturally. My mom paints on canvas, and draws, but she ended up having a baby when she was 17, so she couldn't really pursue that in the way that she wanted to. She went into computer science and ended up working in corporate America. My father is also a designer. He was making prom dresses in high school, and making my mom clothes when they were dating.
Both of my parents are extremely art driven/artistic, but of course their generation stressed getting a good, stable job with a pension. They couldn't really pursue any of there artistic aspirations, because it didn't really make money. That was kind of what they projected onto me. When I said "I'm going be a designer, I'm seeing people really do this, and they're making money, so I can do this too." My parents weren't really supportive of it at first. My dad used to think I was just a silly little girl, going to thrift stores wasting time, when I was really shopping, building sets, and getting paid to do it.
It took outside validation, and my hustle in and of itself, for my parents to really respect what I was doing, which I'm grateful for. When I got pregnant with my son, they actually helped me go back to school for Film Design and Production at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Only because I had done this for years before, were they able to really take me seriously. Frankly, my parents were grateful to support me due to seeing me do things they didn't set out to do or think they could do, due to being products of their generation.
So no, the support wasn't there originally, but is now. I always tell kids, you have to just do it. You have to be consistent at it, and you've got to try not to care, because people are going to make you feel ridiculous sometimes about the things you want to do.
Luckily I'm a part of a generation that supports freelancers, you know what I mean? We don't have social security like our parents did, so we all have to figure something out for ourselves, to survive.
Kris Mendoza: Were there any role models for you who paved the way, or was there a blueprint for you, of someone you aspired to be?
Alicia DeLarge: Honestly, as a black female Production Designer, no. There aren't many black Production Designers. I have yet to meet another female that does what I do, even a black male, although I'm sure that there is, I just haven't met any yet. I think my first role model coming up was Spike Lee to be honest. I actually got the chance to work with him and saw how involved he is in every aspect of production.. He's the costume designer, the production designer, the director, — he's everything — in which case, watching him work allowed me to see a black, male artist working on set, giving a lot of direction, and being very serious about what his vision was, and what needed to happen on his set.
Outside of the industry, my role models were mostly, my father, and other people in my life that I saw creating things for themselves. Even my friend Dyandra, as mentioned earlier, was a huge role model for me, because she was somebody that was close to me in age, who I saw stepping out, creating something for herself. For her to take me with her, was extremely encouraging. The women that I keep around me are amazing. They hustle hard and are amazingly humlble. The care they have for their work is otherworldly and I appreciate it and admire them wholeheartedly. Needless to say, I have a long list of women who really inspire me.
One of my newest role models is Hannah Beachler. She was the Production Designer for Fruitvale Station, Moonlight, Black Panther, and Creed. She really caught my attention in Creed, because I knew that the locations picked were places only someone from Philadelphia would even know about. You know what I mean? It was extremely well done. She was really running the art department and had total control. I was inspired by that, and then of course she won the award for Black Panther. Visually it is one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. It feels good to know that there's a black female Production Designer that's being recognized for her work, and that is being validated by the public, and the masses for her work.
Direction and Photography by Tim Stevens
Alicia DeLarge: And of course, Tim Stevens is one of my biggest role models. I talk about him every interview I do. He's my heart. I believe he is responsible for starting my career as it is now. By bringing me onto Concrete Cowboys. Prior to this, I was really just working in New York and LA. Once I got on that set, the (local) work just ran like water. For the rest of that season, I was on pharma commercials in the middle of Pennsylvania every week, and pharma commercials are money.
Kris Mendoza: A good launchpad for more local stuff.
Alicia DeLarge: South Jersey is booming right now too. I did a Lifetime Movie and a Giant Foods commercial out there, but Concrete Cowboys was the best and it's about to come out on Netflix. It was one of those films where I got my hands on everything. I served as a Set Dresser and I worked under Tim Stevens, and Set Decorator, Michael Mizrahi. Tim and Michael are so hilarious ridiculous (in a good way), we just had so much fun. I got to work with horses, set dressing stables in Philadelphia and Glenolden, PA. It was amazing.
Kris Mendoza: I'm very much looking forward to seeing it when it comes out. What are you working on now? Anything really interesting?
Alicia DeLarge: So I just finished working on a lot of big projects, this is my slow season. I am currently applying to a graduate program in London and I've been working with Draulhaus, creating a lot of Angry Orchard commercials with them which has been really fun. Last year, I worked on a Lifetime movie with Meagan Good, called Death Saved My Life. It actually just premiered February 13th, , and I served on that as a Set Decorator. That was my first feature film where I served as a set-dec from beginning to end. I worked under a Production Designer named Luie Garcia, who is a woman of color. It was definitely hard, but a good experience, because I learned a lot about what I am able to handle without a lot of support.
I production designed my first documentary. We traveled to New York, Philadelphia, D.C., and Delaware, and that was extremely rewarding, because I couldn't be on set for any of it, I was working on the Lifetime movie at the same time. Black History Untold, by Sofiya Ballin, is about black love… the radicalism, the revolutionary nature of black love. I was super honored to be able to create the environment for a project such as this. I created a set that was able to travel to four different cities without me. All they had to do was lift it up, put it on a backdrop pole, and put a couch down. I was just extremely proud of myself and the way that I was able to pre -set it, how simple it was for the people in every city to just set it up for me, and I was available on FaceTime, so I was able to guide and give direction without being physically present.
Also, I served in the costume department for Mare of Easttown, with Kate Winslet, doing a lot of costuming for background. I felt like I was on set for The Devil Wears Prada. We would dress everyone, they would run in, line up….
Kris Mendoza: Rolling racks full of wardrobe….
Alicia DeLarge: Yeah, and the Costume Designer would just walk up and down and look at everyone deciding, "You, yes. You, no. Go get her a hat, go get her this…." It was so inspiring. One of my goals, in the role that I have, is to place a lot of black designers and black artists within the sets that I work on. So this was also the first time that I had that much influence on a set. For example, my friend Dyandra Brown just recently launched a vegan shoe line, so I had her shoes in the closet, and they got so much playtime. And then my friends, Rosco Spears, who did this tapestry I have in my apartment, and my friend Aubrie Costello, I got their work on the project, front and center. So it feels really good to be able to give my friends this type of exposure. Artists and designers are necessary, and people need to see their work, you know?
Kris Mendoza: That's huge. Got your own Project Forte going on a day-to-day basis. Great to have influence like that on a project and uplift people you know are worthy of it. But also, someone gave you that opportunity to launch, there's nothing more gratifying than having the opportunity to pass it on.
Alicia DeLarge: My mission in any capacity of my work, whether or not it's film, is to serve black men specifically, women, and students. So anything that has to do with those three demographics, I'm always here for.
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Kris Mendoza: You talked about notable projects as of late, and we touched on it a little bit in terms of role models, but what's the current state of ethnic diversity on film sets?
Alicia DeLarge: I love this question. I still don't think there's enough representation behind the camera, but what I know is, it's a process, so I think it's amazing that I'm seeing more representation in front of the camera in this season. Sometimes of course I think it's only because we're in this black lives matter era, and people feel very inclined to be more inclusive. I have some friends who are annoyed about it, who have gotten promotions at work, but say, "They only did this because I'm black." To which I say, "Well, take it. Why are you mad about that? This is something that you should've had years ago."
Kris Mendoza: This is what we're fighting for..
Alicia DeLarge: Yeah, "you should've had this years ago, and now you're mad about it? Just embrace it, and use it to the best of your ability," you know what I mean? I get where they're coming from, because it should have always been like this. But on set specifically, no, I don't think there's enough representation behind the camera. For instance, I recently worked on a Lifetime commercial and noticed the talent was black, but looking around set, there were still a lot of white men giving direction. They did have a white female director, but she was not really taking over in ways that I believe she could've
Kris Mendoza: So playing second fiddle.
Alicia DeLarge: Yes. Basically the DP was a white male, calling all the shots. I once worked on a lip plumper commercial where everyone on set and behind the camera was a white man, giving direction for something that's made for women, that also didn't make sense know what I mean?
The most representation I've seen on set was the Lifetime movie in which almost every department head was either a black woman or male, or a woman of color, which was extremely encouraging, and I made sure I talked about it all the time. Even the talent was black, so it was great to see representation on both sides. I'd point it out saying "hey ya'll, do you understand that we're all here, we're all black?" And they were like, "Alicia, thank you for saying that."
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Kris Mendoza: Just like you're aware when you're the only non-white person in the room, you become aware, there's not one white person in the room.
Alicia DeLarge: So the director was a white male, but his assistant was a black woman. I've never in my life seen this before, but we had an all-black male G&E [grip & electric] from D.C. It was very encouraging. And then, Concrete Cowboys.
The first day we show up to set, I remember it was not diverse. Like you show up to set, and everybody's white, even the director. Everybody was white, coming together to tell black stories. Come to find out, Lee Daniels actually put a clause in his contract with Neighborhood Film and requested diversity on set, at least that's what I heard. I remember showing up to set the next day, because every department had changed. G&E crew was mostly black. I saw color everywhere, and not just in front of the camera. The art department was headed by my mentor, Tim Stevens, I tell him often , "Every time I work with you, I work with a badass beautiful women."
Kris Mendoza: It's crazy how quickly he (Lee Daniels) was able to turn that around.
Alicia DeLarge: I'm sure he would've shut it down. But once again, we're starting to see more color in front of the camera. I affirm Draulhaus on their intention to carry that out all the time. We were on a set the other day, and John (from Draulhaus) says, "I can't wait to do more creative stuff, I don't feel like I'm impactful." This man goes out of his way to hire women, and black women like me to be in lead production roles. I said, "That's extremely impactful, I don't want you to take that for granted. You are a white male that is making room for a lot of people like me, and that's what it takes."
I affirm Tim Stevens because even on Concrete Cowboys, the director would've never even known who I was if Tim didn't give me room. There was this one moment where I had showed up at a location they were trying to create this chase scene through a made-up alleyway, which was confusing to me because this is Philadelphia and it's full of alleyways. But Tim said, "This is what they want, so this is what we're going to do."
I remember saying: well, "I don't think it's a good idea." I'm very outspoken, especially with Tim, because he just makes me feel comfortable to speak. "We should use this other side." And Tim asked me to tell him why.
Alicia DeLarge: When we did the walkthrough, Tim brings up my suggestion but he actually can't quite speak to it, because it was my idea. He kind of tripped over his words so I just started talking, "Tim is trying to say that it's way more cinematic, there's more room. There are layers and levels, and all these things…" just giving the whole spiel. People looked at me crazy because I'm a black girl on set that nobody knew.
Alicia DeLarge: Ricky liked the idea and asked, "What's your name?" I said Alicia and he cleared it with the Locations department. After their approval he said, "Okay. It's done. We're going to shoot it over here." And then we just moved on, and I look at Tim surprised, but that's what it takes, more white men and women humbling themselves, or taking a backseat to allow people of color to have a chance.
Kris Mendoza: It's creating space.
Kris Mendoza: So, what needs to happen in order to get more opportunities for people of color to open up? You could say on one hand, by looking at the Oscars and the Golden Globes, there aren't as many black or Asian films being submitted. But I don't think there's a shortage of those, it's just more like the status quo has to make room for other folks. So you need those white men or women allies to cede some of that power.
Alicia DeLarge: Totally, and it's happening more, like I said. I'm working with La Colombe right now, which I always looked at as a vanilla-ish corporate company, but they're pushing a lot of inclusivity right now, and elevating a lot of black people
Kris Mendoza: Well, if you didn't know, Todd Carmichael, the owner and founder of La Colombe, is a father to four beautiful black adopted kids. So I'm sure that is intentional coming right from the top.
Alicia DeLarge: That's beautiful. I didn't know that! They recently reached out to me to promote an initiative they're doing with the Loveland Foundation to give black women free therapy, which is a personal initiative that I have. I often pay for people to go to therapy because I think it's super important. They wanted to pay me for my work in various ways, but what I asked was for them to hire more black and brown people to work with them and to pay them their rates. I gave them a list of black creatives in the city that I admire to start with.
Alicia DeLarge: They were shocked. They had never heard anybody request something like that over capital. But that's what's going to support me, caring for a community of people that I love. I plan to challenge more companies because that's what it takes. I notice that sometimes, even people of color get to a certain height in their career, and then they don't want to bring anyone with them anymore….or they feel like they have to hold on so tight.
Kris Mendoza: Do you think there's a level of thinking "I'm a person of color, I got here and have my scars, and you've got to do the same thing?"
Alicia DeLarge: Yes I do believe that level of thinking is prevalent due to the experiences I've had working under older people of color. It is always as if there is a hazing process I have to undergo to earn their love and respect. I don't have to go through this working under white men honestly and it's disheartening that I have to deal with this working under older black men and women.
I don't put the girls who work under me through things like that just for them to learn, or have an experience. And there's also a level of insecurity and ego that is prevalent right? Older people don't want you to take their job. They're afraid. Although your goal is truly to support, elevate, and learn from them. It's interesting to say the least.
Kris Mendoza: There's no clear antagonist here other than racism, and lack of equality. Our inclusivity is adding different perspectives, and enriching the conversation.
Last question for you. how do you define success, in terms of what you do? This is Black History Month and you're making black history on a daily basis yourself. What's that responsibility like, knowing there may be a young black boy or girl thinking this is not a career path for them?
Alicia DeLarge: Well, success is what I experienced this weekend, right. I feel very successful to be able to complete something from beginning to end and have influence in various ways. So not even just being able to create a set, or being able to pick out the things I want to decorate a set, which is definitely having influence, but also the fact that I was able to get my friends' work included and to be able to elevate other people. When I'm on set, I'm constantly encouraging people. I want them to feel good, feel cared for, feel comfortable… That's just the type of person I am.
Alicia DeLarge: On my last day of work on the Lifetime movie, I went around and gave every black woman flowers. Black women don't tend get our flowers while we can still smell them. That felt successful for me, to be on a set, have influence personally and professionally, and elevate other people while I was there.
I feel the most fulfilled when I'm serving people. Even in the role that I have as a production designer, I'm always serving someone, and that makes me think of my father who always talks about being a "servant leader."
I remember growing up, he would always, whenever he would have these conversations with his friends talk about his role at work, he would say "I'm the advisor to the king. That's the role that I have. I have a lot of influence, but I'm also in a very humble position, where I'm able to advise people in a more elevated and powerful role than me." I'm in a supporting role, and I'm grateful for the quiet influence that I'm able to have on a set.
I don't believe for one minute that I'm the first black woman that's ever decorated a set, or anything like that, because I'm not. But to be able to be recognized in that role, which is usually held by white men, is extremely empowering.
I did a career day at Mastery Charter a few years ago, where I was able to see how important it was for black children to know that they could do what I do. I actually started substitute-teaching in between my jobs as a result of that experience.
I've also been doing this Brown Girls series with a group called Mighty Writers, where I have the opportunity to talk to a group of girls from ages 11-13 last weekend about what I do for a living, and their minds were blown. I was talking about Spider-Man, and asking them, "who do you think decorates Spider-Man's room? Who puts the pictures on the wall? Who makes his bed? Me!" They all got a kick out of that!
It's extremely empowering, and it gives me more purpose to my work. I'm not just doing this for me, I'm doing this for my son, I'm doing this for all these little black kids. Even being on Concrete Cowboys was very emotional for a lot of us, because it shows little black kids they can get on horses, you know what I mean?
It's a rarity — when you think about horses, you think about equestrians, white people on their horses, the Kentucky Derby. But black people have been owning horses in Philadelphia for decades and kids should see that.
I'm extremely blessed to be an example to other kids, to be able to show them what's possible for them. I'm all about showing people, especially black people, what we have access to, because that's power.
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As you may know, I've been a lifelong Cardiff City fan but that alliance has been torn asunder by the dire rebranding antics of the club's billionaire owner, Vincent "I'll do as I please" Tan.
Although a disappointingly high number of Cardiff fans seem to have been happy to kiss goodbye to over a century of history and heritage, there is a growing resistance to Tan's fiddling about with the club's tradition.
Before the match against Man City on Saturday, a large march organised by Bluebirds Unite walked from the centre of town to the stadium to voice their opposition to the changes.
Here's a video of the march arriving at the Cardiff City Stadium.
I'm sure the vast majority of Cardiff fans were more bothered about beating Manchester City than the colour of the shirts worn.
It's possible to be bothered by both things, you know.


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Bob Dylan: Oh Mercy
Some context for this. 1989. The Berlin Wall is about to come down, and that Chinese student will play chicken with a tank in a clip that cried out for the YouTube treatment but 15 years too soon. Neil Young was between This Note's For You and Freedom, on incendiary form with Eldorado. Lou Reed was being feted for New York. Even Van Morrison was riding the goodwill from his tour with the Chieftains, and an unlikely Cliff Richard duet, with a positive reaction to Avalon Sunset.
Into this unexpected wave of returns to favour came the news from the music weeklies (remember when we used to rely on them?) that Bob was back on his best form since— well, some said since Blood on the Tracks.
With expectation raised so high, I was disappointed, weren't you? Something about the album failed to bite. No way was it, or is it, as good an album as Street Legal, and there are no individual songs as good as Jokerman.
But it's not weak. When I picked out the CD and scanned the tracklisting on the back, there were no titles where I thought "I can't remember that one". As each track started, the first handful of bars were enough to bring the whole song back, making me think, "oh yeah, this one's not bad". Most of the Time, to be fair, is bloody good.
Then, a few years back, Chronicles gave us a whole new level of context, including that weird motorbike ride Bob takes from New Orleans with his wife (was I the only thinking: which wife?!) during the recording of Oh Mercy. My favourite bit is when Bob senses that he's stretching producer Daniel Lanois' patience with the frustratingly slow progress, and says to him, in this display of humility that seems completely un-Bob-like from the outside, "Danny, we're still friends, aren't we?" — or words to that effect.
Trivia quiz: name four Dylan albums that don't feature Bob on the cover. This one, obviously. But there are at least three others, and maybe more (but I'm not allowing Planet Waves as I think one of the characters in the picture might be Bob).
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A 1 per cent debt tax on people with taxable incomes above $150,000 would affect 7 per cent of taxpayers, or about 650,000 people, and would raise $700 million a year, researchers said.
Initial reports suggested people on incomes of $80,000 to $180,000 would pay 1 per cent extra in income tax, and those on $180,000 or more would pay 2 per cent.
It is now understood the threshold could be restricted to those on incomes above $150,000 paying an extra 1 per cent. This would ensure that the tax hits the highest earners, and spares the middle-class - who are likely to face cuts to their welfare benefits in the May 13 budget - from being hit twice.
Economists and tax experts agree that the budget deficit needs to be fixed but have questioned the merits of a temporary deficit levy as a way to do so.
National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling principal research fellow Ben Phillips says assuming the tax is levied at 1 per cent for people beyond the $150,000 threshold, it would hit 650,000 people, or about 7 per cent of taxpayers.
If the threshold for the deficit levy was set at $180,000, it would affect just over 4 per cent of taxpayers.
Mr Phillips said while the Abbott government needed to introduce measures aimed at higher-income earners to avoid only low and middle-income earners being targeted, a temporary debt tax was not the solution.
"I don't think it's a gold standard in terms of taxation policy," he said. "Australia needs longer-term tax reform. This is a stopgap measure.
But Mr Phillips dismissed comments by Liberal Brisbane MP Teresa Gambaro that the tax would have a devastating impact on the economy and voter confidence.
Former treasurer Peter Costello has also openly criticised the debt tax. He said it would destroy Tony Abbott's credibility with voters.
Mr Phillips said fears of a slightly higher income tax rate for very high income earners materially affecting the economy were "overblown".
"A person on $200,000 a year will barely notice the $500-a-year impost and is hardly likely to reduce work effort, move overseas or adjust their tax arrangements on account of an impost of this size," he said.
NATSEM estimates that significant tax cuts delivered under both Liberal and Labor governments between 2002-03 and 2012-12 have taken about $20 billion out of tax revenue even after bracket creep is accounted for.
But he said low and middle-income families would be likely to be the groups hardest hit by this budget, with talk of reductions in family payments and possibly pension payments.
A better approach to fixing the budget problem would be to look at the billions of dollars of revenue spent on tax concessions such as superannuation and fringe benefits that mainly benefit those on higher incomes, as well as increasing the base and rate of the goods and services tax (GST).
"If you raised the GST, you could compensate low-income earners, but that's a complicated and large piece of reform," he said.
Tax experts say if a debt tax is introduced, people will cut back spending, working hours, or engage in tax minimisation strategies such as negative gearing to avoid paying it.
William Buck tax director Greg Travers said the debt levy would have a "significant impact on the incentive for taxpayers to avoid their tax obligations".
"High compliance costs, complexity and perceived inequity in the tax system serve to encourage higher levels of tax avoidance," he said.


Unique growth pattern is why everyone wants this coral! There's really nothing else like it. Brown polyps flow in the crevices of bright green towers on this encrusting/plating/towering combination monti. Can handle a wide variety of water and light conditions.


CUPE Local 204 is Winnipeg's largest and strongest health care union! Recently merged from existing CUPE Locals, CUPE 204 is now ready to elect a new executive and table officers!
Nominations for Local 204 are being accepted until September 8, 2017. Please submit, in writing, the name of the person you are nominating, their email address and cell phone number. You can submit this via email to smcateer@cupe.ca or via fax to #: 204-956-7071. You cannot nominate yourself. All nominations must be received by 4 pm on September 8, 2017. Members can be nominated for both a Table Officer Position and a Unit Vice-President position, but can only hold one position.
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I enjoy your column and was deeply touched by the "bittersweet" simcha at the bris of your friend's Down Syndrome child that you wrote about several months ago. I especially was inspired by how you portrayed life: all human beings experience joy and sorrow in our lives, and we can find our love of Hashem even in the midst of our difficulties.
One life difficulty that particularly troubles me is how so mothers cope with the emotional and physical trauma of having a sick child. I have a friend whose baby was born with a serious heart defect. The mother was warned of this problem during the early stages of her pregnancy, and now the doctors have no hope for this child's future. The mother spends every spare minute at the baby's cribside. She, her husband and her several young children are suffering terribly. It makes me wonder how or why must these people cope with such problems?
Thank you for writing. I am touched by your sensitivity and caring for your friend.
We are taught that every child has a neshama, a special soul that descends to this world for its particular mission. Chassidic philosophy explains that "special children" have extremely high souls. So high, in fact, that when they descend to this world, their body cannot contain this high revelation. Consequently, the body – or the vessel if the neshama – "breaks." This "breakage" can be manifested in a physical, emotional or developmental deformity. For this reason, some great Torah leaders would rise when a "special child" passed by – out of great respect for the elevated soul housed within this "broken" body.
This is all on a theoretical level, of course. It takes a unique and special individual to implement these ideas in the everyday reality of dealing with the myriad obligations faced in caring for a special needs child.
When I was growing up, I had a classmate whose sister was born late in her mother's life and had many mental and physical problems. The family treated this sibling with the utmost of normalcy and took her with them to all programs or events without the slightest degree of embarrassment or discomfort.
This classmate once explained to us, in a rare moment of openness, how at first, it was difficult for her and her older sister – both extremely bright and talented girls – to accept their new sibling. "There were so many things that she needed. So many things that she was unable to do, so many deficiencies. It was difficult for us to see past her disability to the special neshama that she possessed.
"But over the years, we came to appreciate something incredible. We thought we were giving to her, but in truth, she gave to us so much more than we could ever fathom. She taught us the meaning of love – true, unconditional love. She loves us all so deeply, all the time. No matter what kind of day we had, or how exasperated and moody we become.
I have another friend who had many misfortunes in her life – health issues, problems with parnassa (earning a livelihood) and a non-stop slew of hardships that kept on falling on her shoulders. When things finally seemed to be getting under control, this friend gave birth to a child. The newborn was born with several deformities.
I marvel every time I see this friend at the checkout counter of the grocery, walking her children in their strollers or taking them to the park. She has a continual smile on her face. Her demeanor is always positive – sincerely positive. She always has a nice word to say to everyone she meets and she's genuinely concerned to ask how others are managing with the everyday issues of life!
These people – super mothers, sensitive family members with hearts of gold – are the unsung heroes and the inspiration to so many of us.
Chassidic teachings tell us these special children have special neshamas. It seems that this applies to their inspirational family members as well.
Her sister hobbled up to the podium. Her words were mispronounced and sounded almost like gibberish. She recited hamotzi, and as she concluded and we responded "amen" in unison, there wasn't a dry eye in the reception hall.
When this same friend just a few months ago gave birth to her own Down Syndrome son, I wondered how she was coping, but I didn't have the courage to call. Instead, I opted to buy her a card. I deliberated on what would be appropriate – a card congratulating and wishing mazal tov on such a happy occasion, or a condolence card wishing sympathy and strength and almost ignoring entirely that this was even a simcha.
Finally, I chose a card with a short poem saying something to the effect of how with every situation we confront in life we can choose to use the opportunity for growth for ourselves and those around us, who are undoubtedly watching us to see our reactions.
I then wrote a personal note saying how impressed I was with her talk years ago about her mother's courage to have her sister, and what she and her siblings learned and gained from this special child.
And she, as well as the many other families you write about, continues to inspire us.


Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory in Slocomb with Rev. John Smith officiating. Interment will follow at Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 1:00 p.m. until service time.
Edith was born August 28, 1932 in Geneva County to the late John Wesley and Irene Caraway Moody. She was a dedicated servant of Christ who possessed a kind and courageous spirit and had a big heart. She enjoyed spending time with her family whom she loved dearly.
In addition to her parents, her grandparents: John W.S. and Leola W. Caraway; her son, Ralph Hicks; aunts: Hortense Kinard, Olene Holland and Ruth Williams; and uncle Howard Caraway all preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Bailey Hicks; daughter, Penelope Hicks, grandson, Mark Wisniewski; sister-in-law, Mellie Hicks; several nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.
Heaven gained a beautiful angel! Edith was a very special lady and she will be missed. May God comfort and give you all peace in this time of sorrow.
I am so sorry for your loss. Tommy just found out about her passing and let me know. If there is anything at all that we can do, please let us know.