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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan: "People used to call me parchi because my father was the head coach of Quetta Gladiators"
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Powerful wicketkeeper-batsman Azam Khan said people kept calling him 'parchi' since he is the son of former captain Moin Khan.
Azam used to play for the Quetta Gladiators in the PSL, which is the team Moin coaches.
In the ongoing edition of the tournament, the 23-year-old, who is representing Islamabad United, has scored 210 runs in eight matches, which includes two fifties, at an average of 35 and a strike-rate of 166.66.
"People used to call me parchi because my father was the head coach of Quetta Gladiators," he was quoted as saying by A-Sports.
Azam, who has represented the national team in three T20 Internationals to date, will be hoping to be selected for the upcoming series against Australia, who are touring Pakistan for the first time in 24 years.
A total of three Tests, three ODIs and one T20 International will be played.
The three Tests will be played from March 4 to 25, with the first one being held in Rawalpindi, the second in Karachi and the third in Lahore.
The two sides will then play the three ODIs and one-off T20 International from March 29 to April 5 in Rawalpindi.
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Workplace ergonomics changed forever twenty years ago thanks to one design
by Justin Miller • Comment, Furniture, Workplace design
By common consent, the office is a little over 100 years old, with most commentators agreeing that the first true office as we understand it was the Larkin Building, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1904. Yet ninety years after this building ushered in the 20th Century workplace, there was another seismic shift in office furniture design that heralded the office for the 21st Century. In 1994, there was a great deal of excited talk about new ways of working, based on the growing use of mobile computers and phones. For the first time, people were unfettered from the personal workstation and new office furniture systems. Also that year, Herman Miller launched a chair that was to redefine not only what we understood about office seating and workplace ergonomics but reshaped the wider office furniture market in its own image. For the first time it became apparent that when looking after the wellbeing of individuals and making a universally understood office design statement in this new world of work, the chair was the thing, not the desk.
Twenty years on, the Aeron has become more than an office chair. It carries with it not only the original design cachet bestowed on it by its designers Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick, but also a two decade patina of meaning. Film and television producers use it as a shorthand just as frequently as office designers precisely because it has crossed over from the parochial world of workplace design and management into mainstream acceptance in the same way as the iconic furniture of Charles and Ray Eames, Marcel Breuer and Arne Jacobsen.
So familiar is it now that it might seem hard to envision what people thought when they first saw it. Its design, now so familiar was met with near stunned disbelief when it was showcased in events around the world in 1994. The author Malcolm Gladwell uses the example of the Aeron in his famous book Blink to describe how conventional taste can be challenged then won over by exceptional design. The initial reaction from people when Herman Miller first showed it to people was to reject it, so out of step was it with their tastes and expectations. Many assumed it to be some sort of prototype and all the elements of its design that they couldn't reconcile with their preconceptions of a chair would be changed before the product was launched.
After 20 years, we now know better.
Justin Miller is the sales director of office furniture and ergonomics specialist Wellworking.
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IT might be the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage-listed Daintree Rainforest but Port Douglas has once again become an idyllic tropical getaway in its own right.
Attracting a slew of celebrities from Mick Jagger to Tom Hanks at the height of its popularity, this Far North Queensland 1980s hot spot is enjoying a renaissance, thanks, in part, to a chic $43 million refurbishment of the Sheraton Grand Mirage Resort and its burgeoning food scene.
With its glorious weather – even in winter it hovers around 25 degrees - palm-fringed shores, native wildlife, focus on local culture, boutique shopping on Macrossan Street and world-famous natural wonders like the pristine Mossman Gorge at its doorstep, Port Douglas, an hour's drive north of Cairns, is a traveller's dream.
A vibrant food bowl due to its fertile soils and abundance of seafood, the town has a slew of cafes and fine dining options such as the hatted Harrisons and local institution Nautilus. Gastro Brewpub, Hemingway's, is a perfect spot for a brew and a stone-fired pizza of an afternoon while a sunset cocktail at waterfront bar Barbados, overlooking Dickson's Inlet at the Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina, is a must.
Port Douglas is also home to a vibrant artisan market, held every Sunday morning from 8am to 2pm at Market Park, where locals and tourists can grab a coffee and browse the selection of stalls selling art, clothes, produce and jewellery while listening to tunes provided by local musicians and soaking up those laid-back, Far North Queensland vibes.
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Sweden Hell: Armed Migrant Teens Roaming With Kalashnikovs; Military May Be Deployed
As we reported last week, Sweden may or may not be preparing for civil conflict – as Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said that the government would do whatever it takes – including deploying the military – to end the wave of gang violence coming primarily from young migrants in the country's "no-go" zones.
"It's not my first action to put in a military, but I'm prepared to do what it takes to ensure that the seriously organized crime goes away," Lofven said after the party leadership discussion in parliament, adding "it is also obvious that there are social problems… …We see criminals with total lack of respect for human life, it's a terrible development I'm determined to turn around." Lofven's comments come on the heels of a spate of gang related murders, including that of a 21-year-old man in Malmö last weekend, shot in the head as he stepped out of a taxi near a grocery store. The same weekend, a 16 year old boy found shot in Rosengård district of Malmö died in the hospital next to a bus stop. Two people were taken in for questioning by the police.
Rosengård district of Malmö. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT
And on January 3rd a 22-year-old man was shot in the Fosie district of Malmö, the day after an 18-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds ten minutes away in Rosengård.
In Malmö, where a fifth of the 340,000 inhabitants are under 18, children as young as 14 roam the streets with Kalashnikov assault rifles and bulletproof vests. The average age of gang members is 22, the vast majority of them hailing from migrant families. – thetimes.co.uk
The increase in crime has been so overwhelming that Swedish authorities admit they are unable to investigate rape cases right now because of the enormous backlog of gang crime under investigation. "We are forced to choose between two evils," said police.
Prime Minister Lofven's strong language also follows an attack on the Rosengård police station last Wednesday after an explosive device was lobbed at the electric-fenced building – the latest in ongoing violence against Swedish peacekeepers.
Rosengard police station was attacked (thetimes.co.uk)
Last August, Stockholm police officer Ted Eriksson, 34, was stabbed in the neck by an Afghan asylum seeker who claimed to be 17 but was suspected of being in his late twenties. The man said he wanted to kill a policeman; however, officer Eriksson fortunately suffered minor injuries.
Ted Eriksson (LISA MATTISSON/TT NEWS AGENCY)
In April, 2017, three Swedish female police officers were beaten as they attempted to apprehend a violent refugee.
In 2013, Swedish police were targeted several times during the Stockholm riots – which saw a police station burned down, several officers injured, and rocks thrown at firefighters and other first responders.
And in 2016, migrants even attacked the crew of '60 Minutes' while they were filming a segment on… migrants.
Meanwhile, increasingly powerful weapons have been turning up in Swedish neighborhoods. In 2015, anti-tank missiles were found in a basement of a 36-year-old man suspected of smuggling guns from his brothers in Bosnia into the Swedish no-go zone of Örebro – considered an "especially vulnerable area" according to a 2017 police report.
The man and five others – described by Bosnian media as linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, were arrested in a series of seven raids. Bosnian Authorities, however, told SVT News that the smugglers are not members of any extremist organizations and have no known links to terrorist activities.
After an investigation following seven raids in mid-2016, Swedish authorities dropped the smuggling charges and prosecuted the Örebro man for possession. He is currently in prison for drug offenses during his ongoing arms-related prosecution.
Police also found a trove of firearms, 16 hand grenades, the four anti-tank missiles pictured above and various other armaments.
Speaking of explosive devices, grenade attacks in Sweden have been on the rise since 2012, although 2017 was a considerably better year, at 10 attacks vs. 34 in 2016.
That year, an 8 year old boy sleeping in the Gothenburg, Sweden living room of relatives was killed by a grenade thrown into the room. "At least five children and several adults were in the flat when the grenade was hurled inside," according to the BBC, who added that the boy died in his mother's arms.
And in February, 2017 a man was injured outside of a residence after a grenade was thrown:
It seems, perhaps, that Sweden's ultra-liberal, open-border, self-described feminist government is realizing they may have screwed up by allowing unchecked migration from Islamic countries associated with terrorism, violence, and perhaps containing people with an axe to grind against the West. As The Times notes:
Sweden has pursued a liberal immigration policy for more than a generation; its government speaks of being a "humanitarian superpower" for having taken in a large number of asylum seekers. After the migrant crisis of 2015, when more than 160,000 people sought asylum, the policy was abruptly changed. Yet there is little debate or reliable data about the integration of the 12% of the population that derive from non-western countries.
For a long time the Swedish establishment played down the decay of immigrant-dominated suburbs, but it can no longer ignore the explosion of violence.
It should also be noted that 70% of migrants coming into Europe as of 2015 were men of fighting age according to a Pew Research Center study.
Even Swedish Democratic party leader Jimmie Akesson "declared war" against organized crime and suggested that Sweden should deploy the military to no-go zones to counter the out of control violence.
"People are shot to death in pizza restaurants, people are killed by hand grenades they find on the street," Akesson said in parliament on Wednesday.
"This is the new Sweden; the new, exciting dynamic, multicultural paradise that so many here in this assembly … have fought to create for so many years," he said sarcastically.
And now the Swedish government is distributing survivalism pamphlets (for war with Russia, of course) and considering deploying the military to deal with idealistic gun-toting migrant youth gangs from brutally war-torn countries.
Who could have possibly seen this coming?
Feb, 2017 – Sweden's Deputy Prime Minister, Feminist Isabella Lövin mocks U.S. President Trump with all-female colleagues – one week before donning hijabs to meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
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Tony Moly Perfect Lips Shocking Lip: Red - Review!
As I say over and over again on this blog, my true weakness is lip products. Lipsticks to me don't require too much skill in application and I can always count on a bright pop of color to elevate my mood. If you know me–I'm looking at you Malucent Makeup–you know that my ultimate kryptonite is a red lipstick. I have a million reds, but I always, always want more.
TLDR: I like it! The longevity is pretty good. I needed a reapplication after eating a spaghetti bolognese lunch, but other than that I was impressed with the staying power. It's a deep red that makes my teeth whiter and I like the consistency of the formula. It's not drying, but it's not moisturizing either. It also smells like a fruit roll up.
The Tony Moly Shocking Lip was pointed out to me by the sales associate when I asked about her favorite item in the store. She told me that the lip stain was new and that you had to be very careful during application, because it stains and sets. If you mess up or go outside your lip line, you're done. I was totally sold when I saw a giant cardboard cutout of Tony Moly spokeswoman HyunA rocking her signature red lip using this product.
This was the most expensive of all the lip products I walked away with. For $22, you get 7 grams of product in a large container. The packaging is pretty big, so you won't easily be able to slip this into your clutch if you're going out, but you don't need to worry too much about re-application. What the sales associate said was totally true.
This lipstain has a a traditional doe-foot applicator and is very easy to apply. Just to reiterate, be careful during application and feel free to use a lip brush for even more precision.
The consistency of the lipstain is somewhere between a lip lacquer and a water stain, but to me it most resembles a gel. This might actually be my favorite red lip product at the moment, not only because of it's longevity, but also because it stains a deep red and has a demi-matte finish. It also smells really fruity and tasty–think fruit roll ups–even though I'm 1000% sure you're not supposed to eat it.
It's not as drying as traditional lip stains, but it's certainly not moisturizing either.
I purposefully didn't reapply the lipstain just to see how long it would last and I think it did pretty well! Even though it looks a little patchy, my lips are still colored. Also, if you layer your lipstain the longevity goes way up.
Just to do a true test of longevity, I applied one swipe of this lipstain before I went to work (at 7:30am) and took pictures throughout the day to see the wear. The last photo I took was at 6:30pm when I got home. I applied lip balm to make sure that my lips would stay hydrated, and I think that negatively affected the staying power of the stain.
When I got to work I got my usual cup of water and I noticed some transfer on the rim. My top lip also tinted the water pink.
You can definitely see in the last two photos that my lips are chapped and dry. I could have probably gone with a quick reapplication after lunch, but it still seemed to hold up pretty ok. Without the lipbalm, I think it would have lasted a little better.
I also like this stain because you can layer it pretty well and use it to do the "gradient lip" that's so popular in Korea.
Overall, I like the formulation. It stays on pretty well, it smells good and comes in three additional colors: Pink Shocking, Ruby Shocking and Orange Shocking. Although it is a little pricey, I may have to pick up another one of these.
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For StarCentral Magazine's Male YouTube Artist of the Month for March 2013, Steve Aiston "…singing has always been my passion, and my inspiration comes from all my friends and family who have supported me from day 1…" He began performing when he was still a young boy in primary school but as pop music gained popularity in his teen years, he was inspired by the genre and Steve decided to start entering local singing competitions. One of his most memorable performances was when he first won of those same competitions – "…I was really nervous had all my friends watching me for the first time so felt I couldn't let them down!"
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IRI Islamic Regime Got to Go!
Are you ready to stand up for Iran and dump Islam?
Are you sick of the Islamic Regime of Iran yet?
Over 3 decades of Islamic oppression in Iran, is it enough?
I smell the winds of change, do you?
It is time to get tough on IRI dreadful Islamic Regime. About time a US President is standing up to the Terrorist Regime of Tehran. Trump begins his administration by slapping IRI in the face.
We welcome this great stand of the Trump Administration versus Obama's appeasement of IRI and betrayal of the Iranian Opposition.
Iranian Opposition has been with Trump since the beginning and will fight alongside Trump with the IRI all the way to the bitter end.
Iranian Opposition seeks the termination of IRI and an end to the Islamic Regime. We welcome any move against the IRI no matter how small or insignificant. Our goal is the demise of IRI and any government or persons aiding us towards this great goal are welcomed by us.
Soon or late the Islamic Regime of Iran needs to be eliminated, along with it the IRI Lobby in USA.
We seek the establishment of the government of law in Iran.
Islam and the Islamic Regime fights against the freedom, secularism, democracy and human rights in Iran!
Re: IRI Islamic Regime Got to Go!
We maybe ready but Iranians are still sleep!
Text reads: Lately they (USA) have made a commotion about the IRI Missile capabilities but they should know that they cannot do Jack Shiite!
IRI displayed their new nuclear capable ballistic missiles. IRI needs to keep it up. Keep on arming, making nuke capable missiles, aggression in Middle East, funding terrorists, and taunting Trump.
Something got to give. Soon or late it will be revolution or war and Iranian Opposition welcomes both.
Overthrow of the Islamic Regime of Mullahs by all means possible is our desire.
Secularism, Federalism, Human Rights and Democracy in Iran.
President Trump speaks on Iran policy from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Oct. 13, 2017.
WASHINGTON — President Trump unveiled a sweeping and aggressive new policy toward Iran on Friday, saying he will not re-certify the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and calling for a variety of new sanctions against the government in Tehran.
"The Iran deal is one of the worst and one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into," Trump said during a speech at the White House.
Saying the Islamic government in Tehran is dedicated to "death, destruction, and chaos all around the globe," Trump announced that the United States is starting sanctions against Iran's Revolutionary Guard, which he called a supporter of international terror. The president also said he has started an investigation into whether Iran is cooperating with North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
But while Trump formally announced his decision to begin backing out of the multinational agreement, he also did not ask Congress to re-impose economic sanctions right away; instead, he called for new requirements on Iran in an effort to "strengthen enforcement" of the agreement he has long criticized.
"In the event we are not able to reach a solution working with Congress and our allies, then the agreement will be terminated," Trump said.
The new approach to the nuclear agreement is part of an overall strategy to deal with the Iranian "dictatorship," Trump said.
The president repeatedly criticized Iranian aggression, from the 1979 takeover of the U.S. embassy in Tehran to repeated threats against the United States and Israel.
He also accused them of seeking to evade the requirements of the nuclear deal, even though officials in the Trump administration and other countries say Iran has been in at least technical compliance.
Trump faced a Sunday deadline to certify the agreement. Every 90 days, the president must certify that Iran is in compliance of the deal.
The president decertified the agreement despite statements by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other officials that Iran has "technically" held up its end of the bargain.
In outlining Trump's new approach to Iran, Tillerson told reporters that the goal is to strengthen the deal: "Let's see if we can address the deficiencies that exist within this agreement."
Tillerson added that "we may be unsuccessful," and "we may not be able to fix the deal." He added that Trump himself is "not particularly optimistic" about the prospect.
The U.S. signed the agreement in 2015 along with Russia, China, Germany, France and Great Britain. The European signatories have urged Trump to re-certify it and questioned whether Iran would go along with any new provisions.
Under the agreement, the U.S. and allies reduce sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran giving up its nuclear weapons program.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who says Iran's nuclear program has always been designed for peaceful energy purposes, has said that the U.S. walking away would damage international trust of the U.S.
"Every word was analyzed many times by countries involved before its ratification," Rouhani told NBC News in September, "so if the United States were to not adhere to the commitments and trample upon this agreement, this will mean that it will carry with it the lack of subsequent trust from countries towards the United States."
And allies fear that killing the agreement could prompt Iran to resume its nuclear weapons program, perhaps triggering a nuclear arms race throughout the Middle East.
Trump aides said their approach to the Iran nuclear deal is part of an overall strategy designed to confront the Tehran government over what they call its bad behavior, including support for terrorism and efforts to destabilize other countries.
As part of that strategy, Trump announced news sanctions on Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, describing it as a special "terror force."
While the nuclear agreement is flawed in the administration's view, Tillerson said it is "only one part of what concerns us" about Iran.
De-certification would not kill the deal outright; that would be up to Congress.
Lawmakers have three options, Tillerson said: Do nothing and refuse to slap new sanctions on Iran, thereby keeping the existing deal alive; re-impose economic sanctions, effectively killing the agreement; or push for new negotiations for additions that Trump believes will "put more teeth" in the demands on Iran.
One possible provision would be adding "trigger points," new rules that would lead to an immediate re-imposition of sanctions if Iran violates them. One example, Tillerson said, would be development of prohibited ballistic missiles.
Some U.S. officials also want to eliminate "sunset provisions" in the existing agreement, which allow Iran to resume its nuclear program after a decade or more.
It is not clear whether U.S. allies or Iran would be willing to engage in new talks, much less a new agreement.
Trump has signaled his de-certification move for months, siding with critics who say the 2015 agreement gives Iran too much room to cheat, even as they profit from the elimination of economic sanctions.
"I think it was one of the most incompetently drawn deals I've ever seen," Trump told Sean Hannity in an interview taped Wednesday. "We got nothing, we got nothing. They got a path to nuclear weapons very quickly."
Despite similar attacks on the agreement, Trump has agreed to re-certify twice already this year, drawing criticism from some supporters who are also suspicious of Iran's intentions.
Tillerson pointed out that Trump, while attacking the agreement, has also said he would be willing to see it strengthened.
In his speech on Friday, Trump called on Congress to change the law requiring him to make a certification statement to Congress every 90 days.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said it is only one part of an overall strategy "to deal with all of the problems of Iran being a bad actor."
Since before taking office in January, Trump and his aides have criticized Iran's ballistic missile program, as well as what they call its support for terrorism and efforts to de-stabilize other Middle Eastern countries, including Iraq, Yemen, and Syria.
They have also cited Iranian threats toward Israel, a notably vocal opponent of the nuclear agreement.
Supporters note that inspection organizations have said Iran is in compliance with the demands of the existing agreement.
Trump and aides have said that Iran may be living up to the letter of the agreement — "we don't dispute that they are under technical compliance," Tillerson said — but argued that the deal overall is flawed and Iran's de-stabilizing activity in the region undermines the spirit of the agreement.
Trump could basically kill the deal on his own. Under the language of the agreement, the president is periodically required to waive sanctions that technically remain on the books; Trump could refuse the waiver and essentially reimpose the penalties.
While Trump said his new Iraq policy is the product of a nine month review, some foreign policy analysts said comments by Trump and his team generated anxiety among allies, lawmakers, and Iranian leaders, but the plan hasn't changed much; the nuclear deal remains in effect and there's no sign Congress and Iran are willing to change it.
"The entire process he just put us through did great damage," said Ilna Goldenberg, Middle East Security Director with the Center for a New American Security. "He shook pretty much everybody's confidence."
Goldenberg, who worked on Iran issues at the Pentagon during the Obama administration, said Trump and his team "basically managed to alienate everyone, without really accomplishing anything."
Tillerson and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said they have discussed their new Iran approach with members of Congress. While a new agreement may not be possible, they said some lawmakers have been receptive, and improving the agreement is worth a try in any case.
Said McMaster: "Nobody's for Iran getting nuclear weapons."
IRI – Saudi War is Great for Humanity!
Soon or late IRI regional adventures and hegemonial ambitions will begin a regional war and possibly a global war which will in the long run end the lifespan of the regime. Throughout the history many dictatorships with conquest ambitions started big and end up dying. IRI is another example amongst the many dictatorial regimes with imperialistic ambitions.
Yemenis Houthis shooting rockets at the Saudi capital and Lebanese Hezbollah creating regional sparks are only the latest two agitations and attempts by IRI to start the fire in Middle East.
Soon or late IRI will begin the end of its regime. Let the Saudi Regime and Sunnis duke it out with the IRI Regime and Shiites. Let them kill each other. This war means less Muslims around the globe which is beneficial for human civilization. Less rabid animals are better for humanity.
We welcome the death of IRI, Islam and the Islamism in Iran.
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Daughter of Larijani brings orders and daily agenda from British Intelligent Agency MI6 for the Dictator Mullah Ali Khamenei, his son Mojtaba and his mafia regime of foreign agent Mullahs occupying Iran today; and not the other way around.
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Please listen to this new revelation about the disaster of 1979, (Faajeh 57), a plot by the foreign powers to change the government of the Shah of Iran in 1979.
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The people of Iran should organize themselves - in the absence of Political Parties in Iran - into Professional Association groups according to their profession.
Organize nationwide General Strikes in Iran, specially those working in Transportation, Petroleum and Electricity nationwide grid.
To completely paralyze, by their wide spread Strikes, these foreign puppet mullahs illegitimate regime and their organized crime mafia groups that have occupied Iran today.
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Did you know that the largest branch-office of Mullah Ali Khamenei, after his office bunker in Tehran, is found near London, England, with more than a thousand personal working there.
Area wise this office of Mullah Khamenei is larger than any other foreign countries Embassies in London. Source Iran International tv.
Also, it should be mentioned here that the title Mullah is better understood by English speaking readers than "Akhond". Since Persians literature in the past has produced the legends of "Mullah Nasrodean" to define mullahs and show their deceptive, and charlatan nature of Mullahs as a group.
We should call all those regime-mullahs, that have other fake-titles such as; ayatollah, hojatol ... .simply as "Mullah", e.g.: Mullah Ali Khamenei, Mullah Hassan Rowhani, ....similar to Mullah Nasrodean.
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Terrorist Regime of Iran is the benefactor for every single Muslim Terrorist Group in Middle East and Beyond.
IRI Islamist Regime Got to Go!


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9/14 Iowa vs Iowa State +2.5, Winner
Iowa @ Iowa State +2.5
The look-ahead line for this game two weeks ago was Iowa St. -3.5, so the line movement here seems like a major overreaction. We're basically getting 6 points of value because of Iowa State's scare against Northern Iowa. I don't think Iowa beating Miami OH by 24 and Rutgers by 30 (both at home) warrants this much of a correction. I also question how motivated Iowa State was for that game and think UNI just caught them off guard. If it weren't for a 53 yd scoop and score late in the 3rd quarter, Iowa St. likely wins this game in regulation by 7-11 points. Had that been the case, I don't think we'd be in this situation.
Matt Campbell returns 16 starters from last season, and I'm sure he wants to get the monkey off his back by finally beating his in-state rival. Iowa State hasn't beaten Iowa since 2014, and with how brutal the rest of their schedule is, I'm sure he knows how important this game is. Iowa State has also had extra rest/prep time coming off a bye week, and I think that plus their home field advantage makes all the difference in this one. Ames is a tough place to play, and Iowa State's success ATS at home proves that.
Since 2016, Iowa State is 9-2 ATS (81.8%) as home dogs
Covered by an average of 9.2 points in those games
NCAAF Record (through week 2): 4-1-1 for +2.9 units
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Cancers of the Oral Cavity
Authored by Dr Colin Tidy, Reviewed by Dr John Cox | Last edited 27 Jul 2015 | Meets Patient's editorial guidelines
This page has been archived. It has not been updated since 27/07/2015. External links and references may no longer work.
Professional Reference articles are designed for health professionals to use. They are written by UK doctors and based on research evidence, UK and European Guidelines. You may find the Mouth Cancer (Oral Cancer) article more useful, or one of our other health articles.
T - primary tumour
See also the separate Head and Neck Cancers article.
Most cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx are squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs)[1]. About one third of oral cancers are diagnosed in the mouth cavity and a similar proportion on the tongue[2]. Lip cancer is the least frequent type of oral cancer. Oral cavity cancer includes tumours of the[3]:
Buccal mucosa.
Retromolar triangle.
Alveolus.
Hard palate.
Anterior two thirds of the tongue.
Floor of the mouth.
Mucosal surface of the lip.
Oral mucosal melanomas may occur, particularly affecting the palate, alveolar gingivae and lips. Virtually any malignancy can metastasise to the oral cavity but carcinomas of the breast, lung, kidney and adrenal gland are the most common.
Early detection and treatment are critical, as they increase survival chances considerably, allow for simpler treatment and result in a better quality of life for survivors.
Epidemiology[4]
Around 6,800 people (4,510 men and 2,257 women) were diagnosed with oral cancer in 2011 in the UK (incidence 9 per 100,000).
One fifth of oral cancer cases diagnosed in the UK occur in people aged 75 and over. The 50-74 age group contributes around 7 in 10 male oral cancer cases and around 6 in 10 female cases.
Oral cancer incidence rates in the UK have risen by a third in the last decade.
Worldwide, more than 300,000 new cases of lip and oral cavity cancer were estimated to have been diagnosed in 2012, with incidence rates varying across the world.
In India the incidence rate approaches 50% of all cancers. In Europe the incidence of oral cavity cancer is very low, accounting for less than 5% of all cancers; However, in France, it is the third most common cancer in males and the second most common cause of death from cancer.
Heavy smoking (or chewing tobacco products), heavy alcohol consumption and poor dentition are the principal risk factors in western countries.
Smoking is the main avoidable risk factor for oral cancer, linked to an estimated 65% of oral cancer cases in the UK. An estimated 91% of oral cancers in the UK are linked to lifestyle factors, including smoking, alcohol (30%) and infections (13%). Betel quid, smokeless tobacco, ionising radiation and certain occupational exposures also cause oral cancer[4].
There is increasing evidence which shows that oral sex can be a contributory factor in passing on the disease, via the transmission of the human papillomavirus (HPV) which can be found in the lining of the mouth and throat, the cervix and the anus. HPV has been detected in various amounts in persons with oral dysplasia, leukoplakia and malignancy[5].
Paterson Brown-Kelly syndrome (Plummer-Vinson syndrome), which includes iron deficiency, has been associated with an increased risk of cancer of the oral cavity. Increasing amounts of data suggest that vitamins A and C, along with the carotenoids, may be protective against epithelial cancers.
Excessive sunlight exposure is associated with melanoma of the lip.
November 2017 - Dr Hayley Willacy recently read a meta-analysis published in PLoS One suggesting Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection significantly increases the risk for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC)[6]. EBV-associated malignancies may be mediated by viral proteins which regulate cell proliferation, apoptosis and immune response. A pooled analysis of 13 studies showed a significant association between EBV infection and risk for OSCC, but the heterogeneity among studies was high. Sensitivity analysis showed stable results, with OR estimates ranging from 3.87 to 6.53. A sub-group analysis revealed positive associations between EBV infection and OSCC risk in all sub-groups; however, not all had statistical significance. (November 2017.)
Although there is evidence that a visual examination as part of a population-based screening programme reduces the mortality rate of oral cancer in high-risk individuals, there is otherwise little evidence to support any screening programme for early detection of oral cavity cancers[7].
Medical and dental professionals should remain vigilant for signs of potentially malignant disorders and oral cancer when performing oral examinations[8].
A systematic population screening programme is not currently recommended in the UK[9].
Oral candidiasis
Malignancies of the tongue may grow to significant size before they cause symptoms.
Approximately 75% occur in the mobile tongue:
They are often well differentiated. The cancer may spread easily and become symptomatic only when its size interferes with movement:
SCC of the tongue may arise in apparently normal epithelium, in areas of leukoplakia, or in an area of chronic glossitis. These lesions are usually larger than 2 cm at presentation, with the lateral border being the most common site.
The macroscopic appearance of these lesions depends on the duration of the lesion, the amount of keratinisation and the changes in the adjoining mucosa. A fully developed lesion has the appearance of an exophytic bulky lesion that is grey to greyish-red and has a rough, shaggy or papillomatous surface.
The patient may develop speech and swallowing dysfunction.
Pain occurs when the tumour involves the lingual nerve and this pain may also be referred to the ear.
Carcinomas of the tongue base:
These are clinically silent until they deeply infiltrate the tongue musculature. They are usually less differentiated.
Because of the difficulties with direct visualisation, they may extend into the oral tongue or have clinical lymph metastases before the diagnosis is established.
Tonsillar cancer
More than 70% of tonsillar cancers are SCC. Most of the others are lymphomas. Metastases to the palatine tonsils are rare but there have been reports of secondaries from breast, lung, renal, pancreatic and colorectal malignancies.
Patients with tonsillar carcinomas may present with a neck mass, usually in the jugulodigastric region. Even if the neck mass is not evident on casual inspection, careful palpation may reveal cervical lymphadenopathy.
Sore throat, ear pain, foreign body or mass sensation, and bleeding may occur.
Trismus is an ominous sign because it probably indicates involvement of the parapharyngeal space. Such tumours may be large enough to involve or encase the carotid sheath. In addition, the tumour may extend to the skull or mediastinum.
If the tumour has involved the tongue base, contralateral nodes may be involved.
Primary tonsillar tumours may grow entirely beneath the surface. The clinician may therefore see nothing suspicious or may see only a slight increase in the size of the tonsil or the firmness of the area.
Alternatively, an exophytic fungating mass with central ulceration and heaped-up edges may be present. It may be deep red to white.
Weight loss and fatigue are not uncommon.
Treatment may lead to pain, xerostomia, infections, poor wound healing, dysphagia, fistula formation, trismus, potential disfigurement and fatigue.
Buccal mucosa cancer
The tumour is usually at the level of the occlusal plane or below it.
The lesion is usually painless in the early stages and, only when it becomes ulcerated and secondarily infected or invades an adjacent nerve, is pain the noticeable feature.
This may be followed by bleeding and difficulty chewing.
They may be proliferative warty exophytic growth with little fixation, or deeply ulcerative invasive lesion.
The proliferative lesion, although it looks dangerous, is easily treatable and long-term prognosis is good, as the metastasis to the local lymph nodes is relatively late.
In contrast, the ulcerative lesion (which is not so easily noticeable in the early stages) is more dangerous because of its invasive nature and very early metastasis to the local lymph nodes.
Staging[3]
The 'tumour, nodes, metastases' (TNM) staging system is used for staging head and neck cancers. T is the extent of the primary tumour; N is the involvement of regional lymph nodes; M is the presence of metastases. The depth of infiltration is predictive of prognosis.
TX - primary tumour cannot be assessed.
T0 - no evidence of primary tumour.
Tis - pre-invasive cancer (carcinoma in situ).
T1 - tumour 2 cm or less in greatest dimension.
T2 - tumour larger than 2 cm but not larger than 4 cm.
T3 - tumour larger than 4 cm.
T4a - through cortical bone, deep/extrinsic muscle of tongue, maxillary sinus, skin.
T4b - masticator space, pterygoid plates, skull base, internal carotid artery.
The N and M staging definitions are the same for all areas of the upper aerodigestive tract and are outlined in the Head and Neck Cancers article.
Oral metastatic lesions from other sites are uncommon but the most common primary sites are lung, prostate, gastrointestinal tract, thyroid gland, breast and liver[10].
For urgent referrals to assess the possibility of oral cancer, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends[11]:
Consider a suspected cancer pathway referral (for an appointment within two weeks) for oral cancer in people with either:
Unexplained ulceration in the oral cavity lasting for more than three weeks; or
A persistent and unexplained lump in the neck.
Consider an urgent referral (for an appointment within two weeks) for assessment for possible oral cancer by a dentist in people who have either:
A lump on the lip or in the oral cavity; or
A red or red and white patch in the oral cavity consistent with erythroplakia or erythroleukoplakia.
Management[3]
Altered fractionation radiotherapy is associated with an improvement in overall survival and locoregional control in patients with oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers[12].
Chemotherapy, in addition to radiotherapy and surgery, is associated with improved overall survival in patients with oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancers[13].
A Cochrane review found[14]:
Weak evidence that elective neck dissection of clinically negative neck nodes at the time of removal of the primary tumour results in reduced locoregional recurrence.
Insufficient evidence to conclude that elective neck dissection increases overall survival or disease-free survival compared to therapeutic neck dissection.
No evidence that radical neck dissection increases overall survival compared to conservative neck dissection surgery.
Early oral cavity cancer
Surgical resection, or brachytherapy in accessible well-demarcated lesions. Re-resection should be performed to achieve clear histological margins if the initial resection has positive surgical margins.
Clinically, N0 neck disease (levels I-III) should be treated prophylactically either by external beam radiotherapy or selective neck dissection (NB: the neck lymph node levels I-VI are defined in the separate article Head and Neck Cancers).
Postoperative radiotherapy should be considered for patients who have positive nodes after pathological assessment.
Concurrent administration of cisplatin chemotherapy with postoperative radiotherapy should be considered, especially in patients with extracapsular spread and/or positive surgical margins.
Advanced oral cavity cancer
Patients with resectable disease who are fit for surgery should have surgical resection with reconstruction.
Patients with node-positive disease should be treated by modified radical neck dissection.
Elective dissection of the contralateral neck should be considered if the primary tumour is locally advanced, arises from the midline or if there are multiple ipsilateral nodes involved.
Radical external beam radiotherapy with concurrent cisplatin chemotherapy should be considered when:
The tumour cannot be adequately resected.
The patient's general condition precludes surgery, or
The patient does not wish to undergo surgical resection.
Bilateral neck irradiation may be required (eg, if the primary tumour is locally advanced, it arises from the midline or there are multiple ipsilateral nodes involved).
Patients with lymph node involvement should be treated with chemoradiotherapy followed by:
N1 nodal disease: neck dissection where there is clinical evidence of residual disease following completion of therapy.
N2 and N3 nodal disease: planned neck dissection.
In patients medically unsuitable for chemotherapy, concurrent administration of cetuximab with radiotherapy should be considered.
Postoperative radiotherapy should be considered for patients with clinical and pathological features that indicate a high risk of recurrence.
Administration of cisplatin chemotherapy concurrently with postoperative radiotherapy should be considered, especially in patients with extracapsular spread and/or positive surgical margins.
Around 2,100 people died of oral cancer in 2012 in the UK. Two thirds of oral cancer deaths in the UK in 2012 were in men. 74% of oral cancer deaths in the UK in 2012 were in people aged 60 and older. Oral cancer mortality rates have increased by around 10% in the UK in the period of a decade[4].
For T1 and T2 lesions, radiotherapy (using interstitial implants with or without external beam radiotherapy) and surgical excision have equivalent results:
The five-year disease-free survival rate ranges from 80-90% for lesions treated with either modality (the long-term complications of radiation implants, including local necrosis and bone exposure, are more frequent than those associated with surgery).
The five-year survival rates for patients in stages III and IV are 30-50%, decreasing to 15-30% in patients with lymph node metastasis.
The five-year survival rate of treated SCC of the tonsillar region is 80% for stage I but 30% for stage IV.
Patients with HPV-positive tumours have improved survival.
Cancer of the buccal mucosa
The overall reported five-year survival rates for buccal carcinoma are between 49% and 68%.
About 90% of recurrences occur within the first 1.5 years after treatment. Local recurrence (reported rate 23%) is more common than regional recurrence (reported rate of 11%). Distant metastases are uncommon in buccal carcinoma.
Lifestyle factors, including smoking avoidance/cessation, avoiding excessive alcohol intake, good dental hygiene.
Eating a well-balanced diet can reduce the risk of oral cancer. This includes a diet high in fruits, vegetables and fish and low in high-fat and cholesterol meats, rice and refined grains[15].
General Information About Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer; National Cancer Institute
Moyer VA; Screening for oral cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2014 Jan 7160(1):55-60. doi: 10.7326/M13-2568.
Oral cancer statistics; Cancer Research UK
Diagnosis and management of head and neck cancer; Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - SIGN (2006)
Testicular cancer; survival statistics. Cancer Research UK
Andrews E, Seaman WT, Webster-Cyriaque J; Oropharyngeal carcinoma in non-smokers and non-drinkers: a role for HPV. Oral Oncol. 2009 Jun45(6):486-91. Epub 2008 Nov 21.
She Y, Nong X, Zhang M, et al; Epstein-Barr virus infection and oral squamous cell carcinoma risk: A meta-analysis. PLoS One. 2017 Oct 2412(10):e0186860. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186860. eCollection 2017.
Brocklehurst P, Kujan O, O'Malley LA, et al; Screening programmes for the early detection and prevention of oral cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Nov 1911:CD004150. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004150.pub4.
Walsh T, Liu JL, Brocklehurst P, et al; Clinical assessment to screen for the detection of oral cavity cancer and potentially malignant disorders in apparently healthy adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Nov 2111:CD010173. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010173.pub2.
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Murillo J, Bagan JV, Hens E, et al; Tumors metastasizing to the oral cavity: a study of 16 cases. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2013 Sep71(9):1545-51. doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2013.03.017. Epub 2013 Jun 22.
Suspected cancer: recognition and referral; NICE guideline (2015 - last updated December 2021)
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Furness S, Glenny AM, Worthington HV, et al; Interventions for the treatment of oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer: chemotherapy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 Apr 13(4):CD006386. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006386.pub3.
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Mangalath U, Aslam SA, Abdul Khadar AH, et al; Recent trends in prevention of oral cancer. J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2014 Dec4(Suppl 3):S131-8. doi: 10.4103/2231-0762.149018.
I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience of PEMF (Pulsed Electro-Magnetic Field therapy) for cancer? I'm a 65 year old male with Smouldering Multiple Myeloma (a form of blood cancer) for the...
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by: Carmen MacBeth
We used BTS's birthdays to figure out their birth charts: Part one
As a proud member of the BTS Army, you'd be remiss not to know all seven BTS members' birthdays. What if we told you we had something more valuable to dissect what BTS is really like?
Using their birthdays, we can delve into personality traits beyond their sun sign. In astrology, this is called a natal chart. It gives you a lot of details about a person, including what their emotions are like, their communication style, and how they love.
Here's what we picked up from BTS's natal charts. We found a lot of commonalities, like tons of planets in Pisces (note that we're using Western or Tropical astrology here), a sign that often represents artistic endeavors. With all this Pisces in their natal charts, BTS is highly creative & visionary, but you already knew that!
BTS members are also going to be facing big changes over the next few years. The older members are approaching their "Saturn returns," an astrological coming of age marked when Saturn returns to the same spot in the sky as it was when you were born. This marks the end of youth and the beginning of full-on adulthood and is usually accompanied by major life changes or huge shifts in perception.
Because the outer planets move so slowly (entire generations have Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in the same sign), we focused on the members' "big 3" (sun, moon & rising signs, arguably the most important), personal planets (Mercury, Venus, and Mars which show the person's intellect, romance style, and passion – and that's just the cliff notes version), and aspects.
Aspects are specific, mathematical relations between planets that show how their charts come together. If planets snuggle up together in a conjunction then their energies blend. If the aspect is harmonious like a trine (120 degrees away from each other) or a sextile (60 degrees away), the planets play nice. Squares (90 degrees) and oppositions (180 degrees) spell trouble.
Without further ado, here are some highlights from BTS members' natal charts. This is only part 1, covering the oldest three BTS members. Stay tuned for part 2, covering the youngest four!
Jin – December 12, 1992 ♐♈♓
According to Astrotheme, Jin's birth time is 1:37 PM, giving him a rising sign of Pisces (if you want to get technical, his ascendant is 29 degrees Pisces, which is a critical degree – that means he has big lessons to learn when it comes to his appearance & life path). He comes off as dreamy & creative. With a lot of planets at the top of his chart (known to astrologers as the "public hemisphere"), he was born to shine.
Jin's sun is in the sign of Sagittarius. Sagittarians are known for their friendly, outgoing natures. They also have a deep love of learning which makes them great teachers. We think that Jin may teach in his future, especially since his midheaven (the highest point in your chart, signifying your career & public image) is in the same sign.
Jin's moon is in Aries, giving him a fiery, temperamental streak. However, since the moon is in his chart's first house of appearance & self, he has a big nurturing side to him. Jin also has a grand trine (three planets making an equilateral triangle in your chart) in water signs which really brings out his caring, compassionate nature.
Jin has some debilitated placements. Mars isn't happy in Cancer and having it placed there, Jin can have some extra pouty moments. Venus in Capricorn also isn't great, but it brings him passion to his career and recognition for his good looks. It's also at the head of a "kite," an aspect between four planets that brings the holder great success in their life, usually over a long period of time.
Suga – March 9, 1993 ♓♍
Min Yoongi doesn't have an available birth time (most of the members don't, or have conflicting birth time info floating around the internet), but there are still some very interesting goodies in Yoongi's chart. First, he has not one, but two rare aspects called yods.
Yods are long triangles called "fingers of fate". They're created when two planets are sextiling each other (they're 60 degrees apart, not having sexytimes), and they inconjunct (it's 150 degrees away in the circle) the same planet that sits between them on the other side.
Despite his dreamy, creative nature from his Pisces sun, his moon in Virgo keeps him grounded & a perfectionist. With his Mercury snuggling up next to his sun (called a conjunction, it's when two planetary energies are "blended" in your chart), it makes him amazingly gifted at expressing himself through art.
Like Jin, Yoongi also has a grand trine. His trine is in fire signs and gives him an active, passionate streak. However, he needs to learn to harness that energy for others – Venus in Aries can make him a little self-centered in love & Chiron in Leo can cause lifelong wounded pride and insecurity.
Yoongi's also one of the Uranus/Neptune conjunction babies. That means these generational planets come together in his chart for a once-in-a-lifetime meeting. People with this aspect, born in the early 1990s, are said to help herald in a new technological age.
J-Hope – February 18, 1994 ♒♉
Jung Hoseok, or J-Hope, has an eccentric side to his personality. However, he has the best moon sign you can possibly get – since the moon is exalted in Taurus. His emotional nature is very stable and deep down inside, he's a giant, loveable teddy bear. With the moon in Taurus, the fastest way to J-Hope's heart is probably through his stomach! Big Taurus placements like the moon love to eat.
He also has a lot of Piscean energy since he has three planets in the sign. Called a stellium, it means J-Hope has the artistic, creative, dreamy, and emotional traits of a Pisces, even though his sun isn't in the sign. Three or more planets in a sign make a stellium.
His sun & mars are exactly conjunct, snuggling right on top of each other, which means he is a bundle of energy. With both these planets in aquarius, he's eccentric, but really driven to help humanity. Since these placements are also in the middle of a T-square (a difficult aspect which makes a right triangle in your chart), he should become a humanitarian later in his life.
What do you think so far? Do you see yourself with the oldest three BTS members, or do you not like their signs? Do you think astrology matters when it comes to your crush? Let us know in the comments and stay tuned for part 2!
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By Stuart J. Johnston
The same day that Microsoft celebrated the launch of the Windows 7 Release Candidate, the company had less pleasant news for at least a couple thousand employees: They're getting a pink slip.
It's the second round of cuts in a larger move to eliminate 5,000 jobs across the company by the end of June 2010. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced the overall layoffs as well as the first wave of 1,400 cuts on Jan. 22, when it released its earnings for the second fiscal quarter.
The news broke Tuesday morning in an e-mail that CEO Steve Ballmer sent to all employees announcing the second round of layoffs.
"This is difficult news to share. Because our success at Microsoft has always been the direct result of the talent, hard work, and commitment of our people, eliminating positions is hard," Ballmer said. "With this announcement, we are mostly but not all done with the planned 5,000 job eliminations by June 2010."
A Microsoft spokesperson confirmed that the e-mail is authentic but did not disclose the number of layoffs in this round.
"As part of the plan we announced in January to reduce costs and increase efficiencies, today we are eliminating additional positions across several areas of the company," the spokesperson said in an e-mail to InternetNews.com. "While job eliminations are always difficult, we are taking these necessary actions in response to the global economic downturn," the spokesperson continued.
One thing Microsoft officials have not said: whether there will be further rounds of layoffs once the company gets to the magic 5,000 number. However, Ballmer clearly left the door wide open to that possibility.
"We will continue to closely monitor the impact of the economic downturn on the company and if necessary, take further actions on our cost structure including additional job eliminations," Ballmer said in his memo.
Microsoft is also taking other significant cost cutting steps. CFO Chris Liddell told financial analysts in late April, during the company's third-quarter earnings call, that it has lowered costs by an additional billion dollars during the current fiscal year, which ends June 30.
"It shows that Microsoft is really trying to get its cards on the table and the costs off the books," Rob Helm, director of research at Directions on Microsoft, told InternetNews.com.
It's no wonder that the software giant is slashing expenses. Last quarter, Microsoft reported it had brought in $13.65 billion in revenues, a slide of 6 percent from the same period a year ago. Net income came in at $2.98 billion with earnings per share (EPS) of $0.33 — which represented declines of 32 percent and 30 percent over the prior year, respectively.
Not everyone, obviously, was happy to hear about the latest layoffs, even among some ex-employees. One former senior development manager, who left the company several years ago but still holds stock, was very critical about the latest developments.
"Microsoft has billions in the bank, but for some reason Ballmer feels it is necessary to make a public statement that they, too, are feeling the effects of the economy. Sorry, many of us don't buy your pity-on-me story, Mr. Ballmer," said the former manager, who asked not to be identified.
The stock market's response to Microsoft's announcement appeared to be low key. Microsoft's stock was trading at $19.75, down 2.18 percent, at 2 p.m. Eastern Time.
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Ruth Williams Memorial Theater, a historic monument, desecrated on Mother's Day
On May 9, 2018, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon's White Collar Crime Division issued a letter to the San Francisco Ethics Commission referring allegations of "willful misconduct" violations of the Sunshine Ordinance under San Francisco Administrative Code section 67.34 by management of the San Francisco Arts Commission. Twenty-four hours after receipt and distribution of the District Attorney's letter, the decade's old signage marking the "Bayview Opera House Ruth Williams Memorial Theater" was vandalized and quickly removed.
City attacks Black culture to erase Blacks from San Francisco
"My entire family enthusiastically applauds, supports and genuinely appreciates the Bayview Hunters Point community's powerful expressions of appreciation for our mother, Ruth Williams', hard fought struggles to insure that the neediest of the needy have access to that building, the Ruth Williams Memorial Theater Bayview Opera House, at a very nominal charge," writes Kevin Williams. "All of my family has pledged, along with dozens of other families rooted deepest in BVHP, to simultaneously rise up in protest against Black culture being hijacked by local government controls."
Making sure 'brothers and sisters' attain real jobs and contracts on...
On Oct. 20, 2017, The Labor Compliance Managers, pictured here with participating trainees who helped facilitate the event, worked in partnership with HUD to coordinate an educational forum hosted at the SFPUC's Contractors Assistance Center. Because of people like Dr. Espanola Jackson, today San Francisco has a local hire mandate that was approved in December of 2010, as well as other City policies that strive to bring equity and inclusion to under-represented communities throughout San Francisco, including Bayview Hunters Point.
RIP: Mary L. Booker, civil rights activist, Bayview community theater leader
Mary L. Booker, a longtime associate of Bayview Opera House and civil rights advocate, passed away at Coming Home Hospice in San Francisco on May 11 of leukemia. She was 85. Booker moved to San Francisco in 1955. Five years later, she started Infinity Productions at Bayview Opera House, where she offered free acting workshops, in addition to writing and directing several productions. A strong advocate for social justice, Booker used the theatrical arts to promote African-American culture and bring together community members from different generations.
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It's 2016, 40 years since Muhammad al-Kareem founded the New Bayview, now renamed the San Francisco Bay View, in 1976. Inspired by Malcolm X, he wanted to bring a newspaper like Muhammad Speaks to Bayview Hunters Point. He'll tell the story of those early years, and I'll pick it up now at the point when my wife Mary and I took over in 1992. Watching our first paper roll through the huge two-story tall lumbering old press at Tom Berkley's Post Newspaper Building on Feb. 3, 1992, was a feel-like-flying thrill we'll never forget.
Rebuilt Bayview Opera House opens to community concerns
The hub of Hunters Point at Third and Oakdale was buzzing with traffic and throngs of people as they assembled outside of the Bayview Opera House. The Moon Candy soul band was on the stage as people began to sit in the new seats in the outside auditorium. The Opera House had been closed for remodeling for four years. Finally, on July 20, the new Opera House was unveiled to the public.
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Providence Baptist Church was packed for the second homegoing service for Dr. Espanola Jackson, a legendary icon to the people of Bayview Hunters Point and citywide. Her family and friends and city and state officials who have felt her pressure to do the right thing came to honor her so as to make sure, despite her transition, that justice prevails like a mighty stream – pure, powerful and calm.
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Mama "E" was a well-loved woman who changed California, San Francisco and Bayview Hunters Point forever. With Bible scriptures, fearlessness, faith and divine love planted in her huge heart, chosen and powerfully guided from above, she set out to make changes, for justice and equality. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, Feb. 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Grace Tabernacle Community Church, 1121 Oakdale Ave., and a homegoing service on Friday, Feb. 5, 12 noon, at Providence Baptist Church, 1601 McKinnon, off Third Street, both in Hunters Point, San Francisco.


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est un film belge, luxembourgeois et français, réalisé par Patrick Ridremont et sorti en 2012.

Patrick Ridremont est également coscénariste et acteur principal du film. À l'écran, il côtoie François Berléand, Virginie Efira, Christian Marin, Jean-Luc Couchard et Olivier Leborgne.

Le titre fait référence au film Dead Man Walking (1995), qui traite également de la peine de mort.

Synopsis
Dans le couloir de la mort d'une prison désaffectée, William Lamers, le dernier détenu, attend l'issue de sa condamnation au poison pour homicides. La loi lui accorde une dernière déclaration mais ne précise aucune limite de durée. Lamers va alors, tel Shéhérazade dans Les Mille et Une Nuits, saisir ce vide juridique en entamant un long monologue afin de retarder son exécution. Alors qu'une campagne électorale est lancée, le sort de William Lamers devient un enjeu politique et médiatique.

Fiche technique
 Titre : Dead Man Talking
 Réalisation : Patrick Ridremont
 Scénario : Patrick Ridremont et Jean-Sébastien Lopez
 Photographie : Danny Elsen
 Montage : Thierry Delvigne
 Musique : Matthieu Gonet, Sylvain Goldberg, Gast Waltzing
 Son : Olivier Struye, Nicolas Tran Trong, Michel Schillings
 Décors : Alina Santos
 Costumes : Magdalena Labuz
 Production : Sylvain Goldberg, Serge de Poucques, Lilian Eche, Christel Henon, Clément Calvet, Jérémie Fajner
 Sociétés de production : Nexus Factory, Bidibul Productions, et Superprod
 Pays d'origine :
 Durée : 101 minutes ()
 Budget :  €
 Dates de sortie :
  :  (Festival de Namur) ;  (sortie nationale)
  :  (Festival international des jeunes réalisateurs de Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Festival du film de La Réunion) ;  (sortie nationale)
  :

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 François Berléand : Karl Raven, le directeur de la prison
 Virginie Efira : Élisabeth Lacroix, la secrétaire du gouverneur
 Patrick Ridremont : William Lamers, le condamné à mort
 Christian Marin : l'aumônier Georges
 Jean-Luc Couchard : Stieg Brodeck, le gouverneur
 Olivier Leborgne : Robert Gayland, le porte-parole du gouverneur Brodeck
 Denis Mpunga : Julius Lopez, le gardien
 Pauline Burlet : Sarah Raven, la fille du directeur
 Leila Schaus : Florence
 Jean-Michel Larre : l'exécuteur
 Daniel Dietenbeck : le gardien silencieux
 Django Schrevens : le grand frère de William Lamers ()
 Alain Holtgen : le journaliste

Genèse du film
Patrick Ridremont dit avoir voulu écrire un film sur  alors qu'il venait d'avoir lui-même 33 ans, soit . Le réalisateur a alors créé un personnage en détournant les caractéristiques du Christ : . Pour Ridremont, il était . Pour écrire le scénario, il s'inspire aussi du personnage de Shéhérazade et du film Monsieur Smith au Sénat.

Accueil

Box-office
  : 10 891 entrées sur 10 écrans en 7 semaines (68 447 € ou 87 237 $) (fin).
  : 8 860 entrées (fin).
  Monde : 19 751 entrées (fin).

Distinctions

Récompenses
 2012 : Prix du Public lors de la  du Festival international du film francophone de Namur
 2012 : Prix du public au Festival international des jeunes réalisateurs de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
 2012 : Prix du public et  Prix jeune du meilleur film au Festival de la Réunion
 2013 : Meilleurs décors au Magritte du cinéma

Nominations
 2014 : Meilleur film étranger lors de la  des César

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes

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Comédie noire belge
Film sur la peine de mort
Premier long métrage sorti en 2012

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I discovered The Master by Colm Toibin in a Powell's newsletter. It won several awards and was short-listed for the Man Booker prize (likely because of it is just the kind of book us lit-geeks love – books about literary figures that are written by powerfully articulate authors) and it was on sale when I saw it on the shelf. The Master is a fictional account of Henry James' life from his own perspective. Henry James, of course, is a huge figure in Modern fiction, a prolific author of novels as well as literary criticism. His most popluar works are probably The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of a Dove (both of which I have seen film adaptations of, neither of which I enjoyed very much).
If you had asked me – before I read this book – where Henry James was from, I would have said he was from England. And if you'd asked me if he was gay, I would told you that I'd heard nothing to the contrary (but I would never rule it out, of course). Oscar Wilde – everyone (read: English geeks) knows he was gay; Henry James, never heard a whisper. Well, James was American – and gay. However, I often confuse Henry James and James Joyce in my head – so I'm hardly a good person to ask these questions of.
James is portrayed as a character on the edge of, but rarely involved in, many experiences and events. He had two brothers who fought in the American Civil War. He was born and raised in America but spent time in Europe as a child and young adult and eventually made his home there. He never married but had close women friends and was closest to his sister of all his siblings. He was welcomed in high society in Britain and Europe as an artist but was not truly included in that strata. He was attracted to men but was not able to truly pursue that as a lifestyle. He was a lauded author but not actually well-read by the general public.
The Master is engaging and well-written, but doesn't paint Henry James as a very likable character, at least in my eyes. Well, not truly unlikeable, but probably not someone you'd want as a close friend or lover. He seems to have a difficult time actually experiencing any moment that he's in. Rather, he removes himself as much as possible from what is happening around him and only later allows himself to feel one way or the other about it. We probably all know people like this, but few count them as close friends. Some might think it horrible that he used his personal experiences as fodder for fiction, but that doesn't really bother me. What bothers me is that he only seems to really be able to connect with people through fiction, either his actual work or the stories he tells only to himself. So any happiness he might give or receive is difficult, if not impossible. Instead, he hurts the people he cares most about and doesn't seem to realize it until after they've died and it's too late to do anything about it. Such a sad way to live.
Strange coincidence – I read this book right after Sandra Day O'Connor's book, and Henry James was a friend of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (as young men and throughout their lives). It even implies – and again, this is a work of fiction based on facts, not a biography of established facts – that James and Holmes had a one-time sexual encounter during their friendship.
Toibin is clearly a skilled writer (a master, one might say) who can create authentic atmosphere and character for people, places and eras. He made the character of James interesting and sympathetic without ignoring his negative traits. I will surely be looking for other books by Toibin. If you are looking for an enjoyable way to learn more about Henry James, artists in the early modern period, American ex-patriots, gay men in the Modern period, the English relationship with Ireland, American views on the Civil War, or the thought processes of conflicted people – all of these and more can be found here.
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Glory to the Queen
Tatia Skhirtladze
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From 1962 to 1991, one country alone provided the winner of the women's world chess championship every single year: Georgia. Nona Gaprindashvili was the first winner of the world chess championship in 1962, landing the title that Georgia kept hold of right throughout the Soviet Union era. Then, in 1978, she lost to seventeen-year-old compatriot, Maia Chiburdanidze. Until the Soviet Union came to an end in 1991, she defended her world title against Soviet and American opponents, and also against her fellow countrywomen Nana Alexandria and Nana Ioseliani. At the prestigious Dortmund chess tournament in 1983, Chiburdanidze defeated England's Nigel Short. But this film consciously omits any comparison with big-name male chess stars – especially Bobby Fischer, whose record Alexandria broke by winning 13 tournament games in a row. The director strives to dispel certain stereotypes, including comparing the performance of women and men as well as the image of Georgia (and the Soviet Union) as a backward country created during the Cold War – but also the image of the woman as a domestic subject. Particularly effective are the image-and-sound montages, where the director uses a lot of humour in deconstructing historical propaganda films and their portrayal of the women chess champions as caring wives and flower girls. Prevalent in the film are the four protagonists' sparkling wit and sharp directness, also partly a product of the socialist image of women of this generation. Just how much this image has changed since the 1990s is shown by interviews with young female chess players. They stress how important the game of chess, introduced in the Middle Ages via Persia, has been and still is in Georgia.
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Audience Award – Slobodna Zona/Free Zone Film Festival (Belgrade – Novi Sad – Niš) 2020
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Petra Zöpnek
Irakli Ivanishvili
Paata Godziashvili
Alexandra Vrebalov
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Tatia Skhirtladze is a photography and video artist from Vienna, born 1976 in Georgia. She studied education in Tbilisi, art and education at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, and attained a master's degree in 2008 from the ArtEZ University of the Arts in Enschede. Since 2011 Skhirtladze has been teaching at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In 2017 Skhirtladze developed a 4-channel video installation on the subject of Georgian women chess champions for the Berlin exhibition Pop-Up Chess Palace, before completing her first feature-length documentary film Glory to the Queen.
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Create: The world we want to see
Looking back, it's a wonder that I gained any qualifications from school, considering how much time I spent staring out of the classroom window.
While the history teacher was busy talking about World Wars or the succession of the kings. I was imagining myself as an Egyptian prince, climbing Mount Everest or finishing the last leg of the 4×100 relay at the Olympics.
I've always had a fertile imagination that could take me to any corner of the universe, to do anything I wanted.
In biology lessons, I learned that my breathing, heartbeat, and digestive systems all functioned on an automatic subconscious level. I suddenly realised that this is how my imagination worked too. It was always there in the background, just like my breathing. All I had to do was become conscious of it.
We all have imagination, to greater and lesser degrees, and it's my belief that our imaginations can be developed and honed just like anything else.
My imagination has helped me to make sense of the world, and my place in it as a black gay man.
There have been many great strides forward for gay men. But depending on where you live in the world, life can still be unwelcoming, discriminatory, hostile, and even dangerous.
Often, the experience of being a black gay male is linked to suffering, abuse, hatred, and violence. But I refuse to live as a victim.
I believe that black gay men (along with the rest of the LGBT community) have a unique life experience that can teach others empathy, humanity, tolerance and understanding.
Instead of trying to 'fit in', black gay men should strive to 'stand out', and help to create the world that we want to see.
My imagination shows itself best through writing. Writing gives me an opportunity to better collate, organise, and express my thoughts.
As black gay men, it's important that we document, and celebrate our lives, so, that there's a fuller, and richer narrative about us. A narrative that includes stories of us being happy, successful and in strong loving relationships.
Whether you've started to write, stopped, or just thinking about it! Please join me for my Creative Writing Workshop for Black gay men, in association with Blackout UK, as part of LGBT Month on:
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9 suggestions from ITAC for the 2018 Canadian budget
IT World Canada Staff
We're in the second half of 2017 and you know what that means – it's time to start thinking about the 2018 Canadian budget and how it may affect the Canadian ICT industry.
Last year, the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) provided the federal government with 28 recommendations for its Innovation Agenda, many of which were addressed. Now ITAC is back with 24 specific recommendations across nine core areas that the organization feels the Canadian government still needs to address.
"While Budget 2017 was great for the ICT industry, we're now in a place where we need the implementation of new programs to start delivering outcomes for technology companies," said Robert Watson, ITAC CEO, in a statement. ITAC will present these recommendations to the Commons Standing Committee on Finance this fall.
Here are the nine areas that ITAC suggests the next budget should focus on regarding the ICT industry:
Accelerate Capital Cost Allowance to expand ICT infrastructure – ITAC focuses on making this program for telecommunications products better reflect current costs and to encourage network expansion.
Innovate the SR&ED Program – Updating this program could help small companies to scale and would better align it with current R&D cycles in the tech sector.
Invest in 5G – The next generation of wireless networks is closing in, and ITAC suggests the time is now for Canada to invest in this technology. It points to how the faster transmission speeds could support the development of connected devices (Internet of Things), smart cities, and autonomous vehicles, as just some examples of the benefits of investing in 5G.
Invest in cybersecurity – Security is an ever growing concern, and to start, ITAC believes that there should be an externally focused Chief Information Security Officer for Canada that could act as the bridge between the public, business community, and government on cybersecurity issues.
Introduce a 'smart infrastructure lens' for new infrastructure investments – This would consider smart city technologies for new infrastructure investments, including the new Canada Infrastructure Bank. It would require applications to evaluate opportunities to leverage connected technologies and data in new infrastructure projects.
Institutionalize digital government approaches across the Government of Canada – Further improve upon the digital adoption by the federal government itself. ITAC suggests actions such as expanding the funding for digital experiments.
Implement 21st century procurement recommendations – ITAC believes that updating the federal procurement process is 'mission critical' to building a modern digital government.
Talent development – ITAC suggests that the government should work with the industry to develop national standards for post-secondary programs in emerging technology fields such as AI, cybersecurity, and intelligent mobility systems.
Support and sustain digital innovation in healthcare delivery – ITAC suggests creating sustainable funding for digital health projects with the provinces, particularly in telehealth.
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Assessing the aftermath
By Patrick Stevens The Washington Times - September 19, 2009, 09:24PM
For anyone paying attention the last two weeks, this really isn't a surprise.
No, the fact Maryland lost 32-31 to Middle Tennessee should come as a shock to no one.
The season has only hit the quarter pole, but it's already time to start figuring out how the Terrapins can reach the six-victory plateau that would portend a late-December visit to RFK Stadium.
If the Terps keep playing like this, that could be a gargantuan task.
A lot about this night was ugly. A starting tailback who can't hold onto the ball. A defense that even on its best night to date eroded in the second half. A somewhat banged-up quarterback Maryland is clearly desperate to protect taking some more hard hits.
Oh, and that swath of empty seats in the upper deck (not to mention the unsold suites on the other side of the stadium). Those don't bode well, either, and losses to Middle Tennessee and scared against James Madison don't exactly do much to attract fan support.
It's going to be a long week in College Park. Coach Ralph Friedgen is promising to "start getting real tough." Whether that makes a difference heading into next week's game against Rutgers, who knows?
But at this point, no loss is a surprise. Not one. And Maryland needs to do some growing up, and fast, for that to change at any stage this season.
– Patrick Stevens
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