Migos recently soundtracked a Mountain Dew commercial, and now the song that appeared in the ad spot has been released in its entirety.
Titled "Position to Win," the track is a motivational anthem that encourages listeners to triumph in the face of adversity.
If you missed the original ad, check out Migos riding tricycles and encouraging world-class athletes to break the rules below.
You can also stream the full version of "Position to Win" below.


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On May 15, CSM Production set sail on a 10-city tour with Girl Starter, the business-genre, reality-competition TV show that documents eight girls ages 18 to 24 as they compete for seed-round funding.
The show concept was created by its name sake company – Girl Starter, a revolutionary trans-media entertainment and technology company that activates, amplifies, mentors and funds the next generation of female business leaders.
To find the next female boss, CSM Production is co ordinating the East Coast, two-month tour including tour vehicle management and event infrastructure for casting calls. Known as Girl Starter Live, the tour will visit college campuses for one day to build brand awareness, produce digital content and serve as a casting venue for season two.
The United States Air Force's recruitment efforts will be amplified with engaging ways to utilize an entrepreneurial mind-set with a career in the Air Force.
Over the course of 45 days, Girl Starter Live will visit college campuses in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta and Miami with stops in between.
The show premiered on Discovery Networks' TLC Friday, April 28 at 7 p.m.


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Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club
2019 Race Times
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Welcome to the Ipswich City Dirt Kart Club
The club was established in late 1998. The original club name "Ipswich Dirt Kart Club – a family sport" was suggested by the members who attended the meeting, and it has served as a mantra for the club to this day.
Ipswich City dirt Karts is a club that provides an affordable form of racing in a welcoming club atmosphere. Experience the thrill and the adrenaline rush from racing karts in classes up to 220cc four stroke engines.
Come and join this addictive form of racing! Membership forms can be found on the Forms page. Safe and suitable for all ages – this is the most addictive form of dirt track racing you can do legally from an early age.
More details of the clubs history can be found here.

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But I'm not running for president.
You wish you were touching Brie Larson.
Well, this took an odd turn.
SGN2019-00085 DCA - Hollywood Land / Stage 12 / bldg 303 - Installation of illuminated wall sign "Avengers logo" anchored to existing framing.
Only if you're at Disneyland cause, ya' know, everything is bigger...yadda yadda.
BLD2019-01477 Disney - Bldg 9053 - Storage Racks: 352 ln.ft under 12' high racks.
BLD2019-01495 Disney - New Orleans Square - Pirates of the Caribbean - Mechanical replacement of rooftop air handling units.
BLD2019-01527 Disneyland - SW - DL Frontierland Expansion - Antenna Cell Site: Modification to existing monopole with new equipment for "Crown Castle"
BLD2019-01526 1550 S DISNEYLAND DR 104 Patio Cover: Install 510 sf. fabric shade canopy structure on existing trellis.
SGN2019-00087 Disneyland - SW - DL Frontierland Expansion - Installation (2) illuminated roof signs on existing entrance "Gun Turret", reads "Stand by" and "Fastpass".
BLD2019-01545 Disney - Frontierland Expansion - Storage Racks: Install 28 ln. ft of 10' high storage racks.
Hoping this means less and less dead spots. I still hit a dead spot near the AdventureLand bathroom.
BLD2019-01570 Disney - Space Mountain / Bldg 8404 - Tenant Improvement: (8) monitors anchored to building and includes electrical, one located ground level and seven on concourse level.
BLD2019-01588 Plumbing to replace (5) water closet, (4) lavatory, (2) urinals, floor drains, (remove and replace only). Disneyland Hotel Fantasy Tower Basement Restroom.
BLD2019-01602 DCA - Golden State Expansion - See correspondence for scope of work.
Well, Disney has been working with the city to find the proper balance in Disney's desire to keep certain projects protected for public scrutiny. Disney wants to protect it's competitive edge in regards to innovative projects, and hasn't liked the fact people are learning things from non-Disney sources.
The city does have public record laws, but also has the power to protect ideas. It is a tough balance, and is a work in progress.
Marvel Land or Super Hero Land or whatever.
BLD2019-01641 Disneyland - SW - DL Frontierland Expansion - Bldg 10020 - Tenant Improvement: (20) Pre-frabricated show sets orbs anchored to existing canopy structure.


In less than 24 hours the book launch begins! I can't thank you enough for joining me on this mission.
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Hey everyone, time sensitive message here. Please help my friend Willard Barth push his book to being a #1 International best seller! Today 6/13 and today only he has discounted the book to ONLY $0.99! Not only is it a great deal but the information is extremely valuable!
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Hello and welcome to Tweetmail, presented by our friends at Tijuana Flats! Wear your Canes gear to participating Raleigh locations on Wednesdays throughout the season and receive 50% off any entrée.
Tweet from @Tom_Hannigan237: @MSmithCanes another tweetmail question for you. How do you feel about a failed offsides challenge being a penalty rather than loss of TO?
This question came up last week in Colorado when head coach Bill Peters challenged the Avalanche's fourth goal of the game on the basis that the play began with an offside zone entry.
Let's talk about that play real quick, even though my opinion of this new rule is unrelated. As Nathan MacKinnon brought the puck into the zone, the Canes questioned whether Mikko Rantanen was onside. The call on the ice was that he was onside, and that's what the review confirmed. Rantanen had one foot over the blue line before the puck entered the zone. That's fine. What was in question was the position of his back foot, and the Canes believed they had replay angles that could say his foot was off the ice and therefore offside. That ultimately wasn't the case, but it was close and worth a look.
Or was it? The Canes were down 4-2 at the time, and a delay of game minor penalty is (and turned out to be) much more consequential than the loss of the team's timeout. Hindsight is 20-20 and all that.
Opinions of that sequence aside, here's my take on a failed offside challenge resulting in a penalty: it's arbitrary and dumb.
I get the purpose of the new rule. Offside challenges last season were used willy-nilly and, at times, slowed the pace of the game. Peters and his staff would use them quite often, sometimes in a more strategic manner; they knew they probably wouldn't win the challenge, but the review process would take longer than the standard 30-second timeout they'd be losing, anyhow - shrewd coaching to basically procure an extended timeout. And, who knows? Maybe the frame-by-frame replay would show that a player happened to be a skate lace over the blue line before the puck crossed. It was worth a look. Why not?
The NHL combatted this by instituting the delay of game minor penalty for a failed offside challenge, basically telling coaches that they ought to only challenge the play if they're positive it was indeed offside or risk having to kill off a penalty. I get that. I do.
But it doesn't make sense to have a coach's challenge and replay system that is inconsistent. Why are failed challenges of goaltender interference and offside handled differently? Goaltender interference negates a goal just as much as an offside zone entry negates a goal. Yet if you challenge on the basis of the former and the call is upheld, you only lose your timeout, but if you challenge on the basis of a latter and the call is upheld, your team has to kill a penalty. It's nonsensical, an attempt to put a Band-Aid on a perceived boo-boo.
Like it or not, replay exists, so we may as well use it to ensure calls are correct. The threat of the minor penalty discourages this mode of thinking.
Tweet from @JPanepinto17: Could you ever see the NHL switching to sudden death 3v3 OT and getting rid of the shootout?
I'd be all for letting 3-on-3 overtime play out until someone scores. I'm sure there are some fancy stats somewhere that would back this opinion, but I don't think we'd see games lasting much longer than the five minutes that are already played; eventually, one of the odd-man rushes that results from a shot that goes wide of the net or a line change that isn't executed with ease is going to lead to the game-winning goal.
There are arguments against this, of course, one being the unknown of how long overtime will actually last. There is that same element in the shootout - there have been some marathon skills competitions over the years - but not to the same degree. And, a 13-round shootout isn't going to be as taxing or run the same injury risk as another five or 10 minutes of 3-on-3.
If the NHL went this route, some schedule alterations would likely have to be made. The Hurricanes have 18 back-to-back sets this season. Imagine if the team played 10-15 minutes of 3-on-3 overtime in Columbus on Friday night before having to return to Raleigh to face the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. To maintain quality of play, the schedule might just need more room to breathe - and it's already a pretty long season.
It may sound as though I'm talking myself out of this idea, but I'm not. I like it. 3-on-3 is fun and exciting and underscores the team element of hockey more so than the shootout does. I don't loathe the shootout, though; it's fine, and I like having a definitive game result, but sudden death 3-on-3 OT with no shootout is an intriguing idea. I just don't think we'll ever see it happen, unfortunately.
Tweet from @DaneFrazier: Is there any chance that the black jerseys will come back at some point?
In the transition to Adidas becoming the league's authentic outfitter of on-ice uniforms as well as an official supplier of licensed apparel, clubs were limited to home and road sweaters in the 2017-18 season. Teams can begin reintroducing third jerseys in the 2018-19 season.
If you have a question you'd like answered or you vehemently disagree with my opinions on challenges and overtime, you can find me on Twitter at @MSmithCanes or drop an email here.


This week my mom, sister and I hiked rim to rim at the Grand Canyon National Park, which was an amazing experience that I HIGHLY recommend. Unfortunately, there is a unconformity (missing time due to the erosion of specific rock layers) that includes the Ordovician time period, the main focus of our summer research. However, there were plenty of other geological features worth noting!
So the reason our research can exist is due to a nifty creature called the stromatolite, an alga-like organism that first appeared about 3.5 billion years ago and has withstood the test of time in the shallow seas around the coast of Australia. With the help of my "Hiking the Grand Canyon's Geology" book (shout out to my sister for that awesome birthday gift) and my patient hiking partners, we found a stratigraphic layer of these important algal mats that date about 1.2 billion years old when we were about 10.3 miles into our hike.
Stromatolites were so vital to early life because they're photosynthetic- they take carbon dioxide out of the air and release oxygen, helping to make Earth a habitable environment for LIFE!


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China Telecom's revocation order will not be obstructed by a US appeals court
by Jessica Lucas | Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:47:48 Society
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court declined China Telecom Corp's emergency bid to halt a U.S. Federal Communications Commission ruling withdrawn its authority to provide services in the United States on Thursday.
The US court of Appeals for the District Columbia asked the U.S. division of China Telecom to temporarily obstruct the FCC order, which will go effect early January, in the course of a full review of its legal challenge, until a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Columbia refused the proposal by the U.S. arm of China Telecom to temporarily obstruct the FCC order, which takes effect in early January.
China Telecom had advised it to notify US customers of the decision by Saturday and stated that it will "be forced to stop significant operations, irreparably harming its company, reputation, and relationships," without a temporary halt to the FCC action.
The court claimed that considering the legal arguments would have to take months.
The FCC ordered on Oct. 26 to suspend U.S. services by early January, citing the carrier's lack of immediate comment on Thursday.
According to the FCC, China Telecom is "subject to exploitation, influence, and control by the Chinese government and is highly likely to be forced to comply with Chinese government demands without adequate legal procedures subject to independent judicial oversight."
China Telecom, which has been authorised for 20 years to provide telecommunications services in the United States, had more than 335 million members worldwide in 2019, and warned the FCC action would force it "to stop its entire resold mobile resale service in the United States."
The FCC began its efforts in March to revoke the authority for China Unicom Americas, Pacific Networks, and its fully regulated subsidiary ComNet to provide U.S. telecommunications services.
The FCC unanimously denied state-owned Chinese telecom firm China Mobile Ltd the right to provide U.S. e-commerce services in May 2019, but the FCC voted to keep it open in May 2019.
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp were designated as national security threats to communications networks last year by the FCC.
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All music played by hand, on instruments made out of wood
About Fernwood
Formed in 2006 by Todd Montgomery and Gayle Ellett, Fernwood has released three albums so far: Almeria, Sangita and Arcadia. They create contemporary acoustic music that is beautiful and elegant, with a strong cinematic and pan-cultural feel. By combining elements of pastoral acoustic music, with the sounds of Traditional American, Irish, Eastern European, Asian, and Middle Eastern music, and a laid-back Southern California vibe, the music of Fernwood is quite special. With a deliberate focus on composition, arrangements and orchestration, they have created a new Americana hybrid style that is uniquely their own.
Using an expanded palette of World instruments from which to choose from (actually a small orchestra consisting of 25 different acoustic stringed instruments largely invented before the mid-19th Century), Todd Montgomery and Gayle Ellett create instrumental acoustic music that is both familiar and exotic, lush and melodic, warm and inspirational.
Their music blends modern and classical music concepts, with the traditional sounds of Greek & Irish bouzouki, sitar, dilruba, quirquincho, Chinese ruan, Turkish cumbus, Moroccan oud, harmonium, gimbri, rababa, bulbul tarang, jal tarang, dotara, surmandal, tambura, manjira, tumbi, bugchu, gopichand, violin, mandolin, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, tenor banjo, tenor ukulele, bells & chimes, acoustic piano, rhodes piano, upright bass, field recordings and other sounds. And then these exotic tones are used like paint, to create the dramatic visions of immense beauty that is the music of Fernwood.
And it is these qualities that make Fernwood the perfect antidote for our modern, stress-filled lives.
The music of Fernwood combines many seemingly disparate concepts into a unified whole. Ellett and Montgomery try to infuse their music with many apparently diverse qualities such as: traditional and modern, familiar and exotic, Americana and World, simple and complex, rural and urban, intellectual and emotional, etc, and they've succeeded at this very difficult task.
With Fernwood they've moved past their youthful desire to fill the music with impressive showy solos, and instead they are concentrating on creating compositions of great depth and intellectual integrity.
"One of the things we try to focus on, is our attempt to apply the artistic concept of theme and variation, to the many different elements of our music such as the rhythm, harmony and melody, but also to the dynamics, arrangements, orchestration and instrumentation. And in a way, its almost like we are a national orchestra ... for a missing country!" says Fernwood's Ellett.
Though the music of Fernwood sometimes has a frail and delicate sound, at other times it is extremely rich and dense, with as many as 50 instruments being used in a single composition, giving their music an almost symphonic sound.
And as they always say "Please listen with quality headphones, you'll be glad you did!"
Also, there is no compression or computer manipulation used on the recordings, so their music always has a very fresh, lively and organic sound.
The instrumental acoustic music of Fernwood has a strong autobiographical feel that accurately portrays a sense of who they are and where they live. Recorded in their Malibu studio, overlooking the Pacific Ocean, their music is a reflection of their lives in Southern California as well as the previous work they've done in the areas of Film and TV composition, Traditional World music, Rock and Jazz.
With Fernwood, Montgomery and Ellett have been able to go back to their roots, and their original love of the tone of a simple wooden instrument played in the afternoon sun.
TODD MONTGOMERY began experimenting with string instruments in the Fourth grade. Since then he has enjoyed learning to play such instruments as Irish bouzouki, sitar, mandolin and guitar. He spent his teen years in psychedeli rock bands until he discovered the folk music of America and Ireland. In search of deeper improvisation in an established tradition, he studied the sitar for many years with sitar master, Harihar Rao, who is Ravi Shankar's oldest student. Montgomery has performed on Irish bouzouki and mandolin for the movie, "Chasing the Dragon: The Veronica Guerin Story." When he's not playing music or playing with his wife and son, Montgomery can often be found surfing the waves off Malibu. You can find more information about him at: www.ToddMontgomeryMusic.com
GAYLE ELLETT has been composing and producing music for over 35 years and has performed on over 100 albums. Ellett has written music for numerous film projects including Brad Pitt's "Year Of The Dog" and Will Farrell's "Everything Must Go". He has composed music for more then 50 different Television series, as well as for commercials, animations, computer games, music libraries, and other corporate applications. Having spent his early years growing up at his family's cattle ranch in rural New Mexico, Ellett has developed a great appreciation for the rural lifestyle. One of his main music groups, Djam Karet, has 17 CDs released so far, and has received great reviews and awards in hundreds of magazines world-wide, including Rolling Stone magazine's "#2 Independent Album Of The Year" and Billboard's "Critic's Choice Award." Ellett's traditional Japanese and Italian folk music can currently be heard on CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, MTV, Bravo, Oxygen, Cartoon Network, PBS, Showtime, the Movie Channel and many other networks. You can find more information about him at: www.DjamKaret.com and www.GayleEllett.com
* You can buy "Arcadia" on Limited Edition Vinyl LP, directly from the band here, thru Paypal.
The price is $20 AND it also includes a free digital-download! (plus $3 shipping in USA, and $17 shipping to Europe)
* You can buy the "Arcadia" CD directly from the band here, thru PayPal.
The price is $14 (plus $3 shipping in USA, and $10 shipping to Europe).
You can buy the new "Arcadia" album here at:
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I am proud to have been the first Spanish student selected to present the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in 2015 from New York City for Laureate International Universities, an initiative that convenes global leaders to create and implement solutions to the world's challenges.
During this opportunity, I interviewed world leaders such as Chelsea Clinton, Madeleine Albright, Julia Gillard, Jesse Jackson or Ted Danson on topics such as global policy, economics, international relations or sustainable development.
I was also responsible for leading the live broadcast of debates with participants such as Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Jack Ma, Joseph Stiglitz, Charlize Theron or Jim Yong Kim, available to over 1.000.000 students for the Laureate network around the world.


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Genotypic diversity and differentiation among populations of two benthic freshwater diatoms as revealed by microsatellites.
Vanormelingen P, Evans KM, Mann DG, Lance S, Debeer AE, D'Hondt S, Verstraete T, De Meester L, Vyverman W.
Mol Ecol. 2015 Sep;24(17):4433-48. doi: 10.1111/mec.13336.
Evans KM, Chepurnov VA, Sluiman HJ, Thomas SJ, Spears BM, Mann DG.
Protist. 2009 Aug;160(3):386-96. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.02.001. Epub 2009 Apr 2.
Hidden diversity in the freshwater planktonic diatom Asterionella formosa.
Van den Wyngaert S, Möst M, Freimann R, Ibelings BW, Spaak P.
Mol Ecol. 2015 Jun;24(12):2955-72. doi: 10.1111/mec.13218. Epub 2015 Jun 5.
An assessment of potential diatom "barcode" genes (cox1, rbcL, 18S and ITS rDNA) and their effectiveness in determining relationships in Sellaphora (Bacillariophyta).
Evans KM, Wortley AH, Mann DG.
Protist. 2007 Jul;158(3):349-64. Epub 2007 Jun 19.
Linking the planktonic and benthic habitat: genetic structure of the marine diatom Skeletonema marinoi.
Mol Ecol. 2010 Oct;19(20):4478-90. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04841.x. Epub 2010 Sep 28.
High genetic diversity and fine-scale spatial structure in the marine flagellate Oxyrrhis marina (Dinophyceae) uncovered by microsatellite loci.
Lowe CD, Montagnes DJ, Martin LE, Watts PC.
PLoS One. 2010 Dec 23;5(12):e15557. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015557.
Causes and consequences of fine-scale population structure in a critically endangered freshwater seal.
Valtonen M, Palo JU, Aspi J, Ruokonen M, Kunnasranta M, Nyman T.
BMC Ecol. 2014 Jul 9;14:22. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-14-22.
Population biology of the invasive freshwater snail Physa acuta approached through genetic markers, ecological characterization and demography.
Bousset L, Henry PY, Sourrouille P, Jarne P.
Population genetics at three spatial scales of a rare sponge living in fragmented habitats.
BMC Evol Biol. 2010 Jan 14;10:13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-13.
Contrasting population genetic structure among freshwater-resident and anadromous lampreys: the role of demographic history, differential dispersal and anthropogenic barriers to movement.
Bracken FS, Hoelzel AR, Hume JB, Lucas MC.
Mol Ecol. 2015 Mar;24(6):1188-204. doi: 10.1111/mec.13112. Epub 2015 Mar 6.
A novel approach to parasite population genetics: experimental infection reveals geographic differentiation, recombination and host-mediated population structure in Pasteuria ramosa, a bacterial parasite of Daphnia.
Mol Ecol. 2013 Feb;22(4):972-86. doi: 10.1111/mec.12159. Epub 2012 Dec 20.
A microsatellite-based estimation of clonal diversity and population subdivision in Zostera marina, a marine flowering plant.
Reusch TB, Stam WT, Olsen JL.
Metapopulation Structure in the Planktonic Diatom Ditylum brightwellii (Bacillariophyceae).
Rynearson TA, Lin EO, Armbrust EV.
Protist. 2009 Feb;160(1):111-21. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2008.10.003. Epub 2008 Dec 10.
Strong intraspecific variation in genetic diversity and genetic differentiation in Daphnia magna: the effects of population turnover and population size.
Mol Ecol. 2012 Feb;21(4):851-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05416.x. Epub 2012 Jan 4.
Shikano T, Shimada Y, Herczeg G, Merilä J.
Mol Ecol. 2010 Mar;19(6):1147-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04553.x. Epub 2010 Feb 15.
Contribution of cyclic parthenogenesis and colonization history to population structure in Daphnia.
Thielsch A, Brede N, Petrusek A, de Meester L, Schwenk K.
Mol Ecol. 2009 Apr;18(8):1616-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04130.x. Epub 2009 Mar 9.
Microsatellite diversity and genetic structure of fragmented populations of the rare, fire-dependent shrub Grevillea macleayana.
England PR, Usher AV, Whelan RJ, Ayre DJ.
Multi-locus genetic evidence for rapid ecologically based speciation in Daphnia.
Pfrender ME, Spitze K, Lehman N.
Genetic divergence and reproductive barriers among morphologically heterogeneous sympatric clones of Eunotia bilunaris sensu lato (Bacillariophyta).
Vanormelingen P, Chepurnov VA, Mann DG, Sabbe K, Vyverman W.
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X, sometimes referred to as Mr. X, is a fictional character on the American science fiction television series The X-Files. He serves as an informant, leaking information to FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully to aid their investigation of paranormal cases, dubbed X-Files. The character serves as a replacement for Deep Throat, who had been killed off in the first season finale, "The Erlenmeyer Flask". X himself would be killed off after appearing in several seasons, eventually being replaced by Marita Covarrubias.

X is portrayed in the series by Steven Williams, and made his debut in the second season episode "The Host", although the character would not appear on-screen until "Sleepless", two episodes later. The role had originally been conceived as female, with Natalija Nogulich cast in the role; however, her initial scenes were deemed unsatisfactory by the producers, leading to her replacement. Williams' portrayal of X was intended to introduce a personality completely different from the character's predecessor, Deep Throat, and was positively received by critics and fans.

Conceptual history

The character of X was originally intended to be a woman, and Natalija Nogulich had been cast in the role. However, Nogulich was replaced by Steven Williams after shooting her first scene, as the writing staff felt Nogulich was not able to create the "right chemistry" with her co-stars.  Williams had previous experience with writers Glen Morgan and James Wong, although it was series creator Chris Carter who suggested him for the part.

Williams' portrayal of the role was intended to act as a counterpoint to Jerry Hardin's portrayal of X's predecessor, Deep Throat. Whereas Deep Throat had been a selfless character, X was written and performed as a scared, selfish character. Prior to the episode "One Breath", Glen Morgan had felt that the character of X was not "going over too well" with fans of the series, as he seemed to simply be a copy of Deep Throat. Believing Williams to be an actor worth having as a series regular, he included in the episode a scene in which X murders witnesses who have seen him speaking to Fox Mulder. Morgan felt that such a scene reflected X's paranoia and the difference between him and his predecessor, noting that "Deep Throat was a guy willing to lose his life for letting out the secret, whereas X is a guy who's still scared".  Williams has stated that he has never attempted to rationalize the character's motives or imagine a backstory for him, preferring to play the role with as little background as possible; he once stated "the less I know about him, the more interesting he becomes."

Williams' background in fight choreography, stemming from his role in Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), allowed him to prepare for, and to help create, the character's action scenes, including choreographing the character's brawl with Mitch Pileggi's character Walter Skinner in the episode "End Game". Williams has also stated that his portrayal of the role is based in part on Avery Brooks' character Hawk on the series Spenser: For Hire.

Character arc

X was introduced on the series via a phone call made to Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) in the second season episode "The Host", telling Mulder that he had "a friend in the FBI". However, the character did not appear on-screen until "Sleepless", two episodes later, aiding Mulder in an investigation by leaking information on a secret military project from the Vietnam War.  While X's loyalties and his own agenda were often unclear, he proved more than once that he at least does not want Mulder dead. In the episode "End Game", he is approached by Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson), who pleads that she needs to know where Mulder is, believing his life to be in danger. Initially X refuses, and is subsequently confronted by Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi), who seemed to recognize X. He relinquishes Mulder's location, though not until after a brief but intense scuffle with Skinner. In the episode "731", X's loyalty to Mulder is further confirmed. Trapped on a train car equipped with a time bomb, Mulder, about to escape, is attacked brutally by the Red Haired Man, a Men in Black assassin. X fatally shoots the Red Haired Man as he is about to step off the car, then boards the car with only enough time left to save either Mulder or the alien-human hybrid the car was transporting. He opts to save Mulder, and carries him off to safety just as the car explodes.

In the season 4 opener "Herrenvolk", X's position as an informant is discovered by the Syndicate. When suspicion arises after the finding of photographs that were taken of The Smoking Man (William B. Davis) by X, false information is planted at the First Elder's behest, in order to root out the leak. Attempting to relay the information to Mulder, X goes to his apartment and is surprised by fellow Men in Black operative, the Gray Haired Man, who fatally shoots him. With his last strength, X crawls to Mulder's doorstep and writes in his own blood "SRSG", meaning "Special Representative to the Secretary General" of the United Nations, and thus, this clue leads Mulder to Marita Covarrubias (Laurie Holden). After his death, X appears two more times—in The Lone Gunmen origin story "Unusual Suspects," set before his death, and as a ghost in the season 9 finale, "The Truth".

Reception

The character of X has been well-received by critics. Entertainment Weekly included the character in the list of the top 20 Black Sci-Fi Icons in 2009, at number 17. Emily VanDerWerff, writing for The A.V. Club, has praised the "gravitas" of Williams' acting, adding that she wished that the writers "had figured out a way to have him around more often than they did". VanDerWerff's fellow writer Zack Handlen felt that the character's assassination in "Herrenvolk" was "appropriately shocking", calling the scene "one of the most memorable death's  in the series"; although he felt that the immediate introduction of the character's successor, Marita Covarrubias, "deflates the importance of X's loss" in the episode. Handlen has also called X "the best of Mulder's informants", explaining that this is "because he's always pissed off, he's always reluctant to provide information, and you can't ever be sure what play he's really running". Series writer Frank Spotnitz has called X "the meanest, nastiest, most lethal killer on the planet".

Steven Williams has noted that he feels the episodes "Nisei" and "731" were chiefly responsible for the character's popularity with fans. In 1997, Williams was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for his work as X, alongside Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis, David Duchovny and Mitch Pileggi.

Footnotes

References

Fictional African-American people
Television characters introduced in 1994
Fictional murderers
Fictional murdered people
Fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel
The X-Files characters

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Biografia
Figlio di Charles Alphonse Vallée, originario del Canada francese, e dell'irlandese Catherine Lynch, Rudy Vallée crebbe a Westbrook (Maine) e da teenager si cimentò sia con il clarinetto che con il sassofono, suonando in diversi gruppi bandistici del New England. Mentendo sulla propria età, riuscì ad arruolarsi in Marina nel maggio del 1917, ma fu congedato dopo poche settimane. Trascorse quindi un periodo in Inghilterra, tra il 1924 e il 1925, suonando con la Savoy Havana Band all'Hotel Savoy di Londra.

Al ritorno negli Stati Uniti conseguì un dottorato in filosofia a Yale e costituì la sua prima band, chiamandola Rudy Vallée and the Connecticut Yankees e formata da due violini, due sassofoni, pianoforte, banjo e batteria. Di questo gruppo musicale Vallée divenne il vocalist, facendosi notare per la melodiosa voce tenorile con cui affrontava dolci ballate piuttosto che brani jazz. Il suo melodico stile vocale, unito alle maniere soavi e all'attraente aspetto da bravo ragazzo iniziarono ad attirare l'attenzione del pubblico, in special modo quello femminile, consentendogli di ottenere un primo contratto discografico e il debutto radiofonico.

L'affermazione di Vallée aprì la strada a un nuovo stile musicale e a una nuova figura di cantante che sarebbe diventata assai popolare negli anni a venire, quella del crooner. Fino ad allora i cantanti, prima dell'avvento del microfono elettrico, ricorrevano a un forte dispiegamento della voce per raggiungere le ultime file delle platee, mentre Vallée fu l'ispiratore di un nuovo stile confidenziale che si rivelò particolarmente congeniale al mezzo radiofonico all'epoca in affermazione. Nelle esibizioni dal vivo, Vallée utilizzò per un lungo periodo un apposito megafono che gli consentiva di far giungere il proprio morbido ma lieve e sussurrato timbro vocale a tutto il pubblico. In Poor Cinderella, un cortometraggio animato del 1934 con protagonista Betty Boop, Vallée venne ritratto in maniera affettuosamente caricaturale mentre utilizza il megafono per cantare il brano che dà il titolo al cartoon.

Durante la fase più intensa della sua carriera discografica, iniziata nel 1928 e proseguita durante gli anni trenta, Vallée registrò alternativamente per la Columbia Records e per la Victor. Tra i suoi più popolari hit del periodo sono da ricordare The Stein Song, The Drunkard Song, Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries e As Time Goes By (resa successivamente popolare nel 1943 dal film Casablanca). Come autore di canzoni scrisse motivi che vennero portati al successo dai più noti band leader, come Glenn Miller per Oh! Ma-Ma!, Duke Ellington per Deep Night, i fratelli Dorsey per Old Man Harlem, scritta in collaborazione con Hoagy Carmichael. Nello stesso decennio il cantante fu una presenza familiare della radio, ospite in popolari spettacoli e varietà radiofonici dell'epoca. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale fu impegnato nella Guardia Costiera degli Stati Uniti, dirigendo la band del 11th District Coast Guard ed esibendosi in spettacoli per le truppe impegnate al fronte.

Carriera cinematografica
Il successo come musicista e cantante condusse Vallée a debuttare nel cinema con il film musicale The Vagabond Lover (1929), prodotto dalla RKO. Durante gli anni trenta il cantante fece sporadiche apparizioni sul grande schermo, prevalentemente in commedie musicali come Il paradiso delle stelle (1934) e Ho trovato una stella (1939). Notevole fu la sua partecipazione a Ritrovarsi (1942), diretto da Preston Sturges, una delle migliori commedie degli anni quaranta, in cui interpretò J.D. Hackensacker III, il bizzarro milionario di Palm Beach che corteggia Claudette Colbert. Vallée apparve successivamente come caratterista in altri film del decennio come L'intraprendente signor Dick (1947), con Shirley Temple, Cary Grant e Myrna Loy, Meglio un mercoledì da leone (1947) con Harold Lloyd, Mamma ti ricordo (1948) con Irene Dunne, La cara segretaria (1948) con Laraine Day e Kirk Douglas, Infedelmente tua (1948) con Linda Darnell e Rex Harrison.

Durante gli anni cinquanta la sua carriera cinematografica subì una battuta d'arresto, restando limitata a un paio di apparizioni nel ruolo di se stesso nella commedia Gli uomini sposano le brune (1955) con Jane Russell, e nel drammatico Quando l'amore è romanzo (1957) con Ann Blyth e Paul Newman. Acquisito un robusto tono di voce baritonale con l'avanzare dell'età, Vallée ottenne grande successo a Broadway dal 1961 al 1965 con il ruolo di J.B. Biggley nella commedia How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, riprendendo più tardi i medesimi panni nella versione cinematografica dal titolo Come far carriera senza lavorare (1967). Nello stesso anno prese parte a quattro episodi della serie televisiva Batman, nel ruolo di Lord Marmaduke Ffogg, e lavorò successivamente in altre serie come Reporter alla ribalta (1970), Mistero in galleria (1971) e Due onesti fuorilegge (1971-1972). Nel 1976 interpretò Alvin Winer, un anziano idolo della canzone che viene assassinato ne Il tiranno di Tin Pan Alley, episodio della serie poliziesca Ellery Queen.

Vita privata
Dopo due matrimoni falliti con Leonie Cauchois e con Fay Webb, nel 1943 Rudy Vallée sposò la giovane ed emergente attrice Jane Greer, ma l'unione terminò l'anno successivo con il divorzio. Nel 1946 il cantante si sposò per la quarta volta con Eleanor Norris, autrice del libro di memorie My Vagabond Lover. Il matrimonio durò fino alla morte di Vallée, avvenuta nella sua residenza di Hollywood il 3 luglio 1986, pochi giorni prima dell'ottantacinquesimo compleanno.

Filmografia

Cinema
 The Vagabond Lover, regia di Marshall Neilan (1929)
 Campus Sweethearts, regia di James Leo Meehan (1930)
 Kitty from Kansas City, regia di Dave Fleischer (1931)
 Musical Justice, regia di Aubrey Scotto (1931)
 Knowmore College, regia di Aubrey Scotto (1932)
 The Musical Doctor, regia di Ray Cozine (1932)
International House, regia di Edward Sutherland (A. Edward Sutherland) (1933)
 Il paradiso delle stelle (George White's Scandals), regia di Thornton Freeland e Harry Lachman (1934)
 Sweet Music, regia di Alfred E. Green (1935)
 Gold Diggers in Paris, regia di Ray Enright (1938)
 Ho trovato una stella (Second Fiddle), regia di Sidney Lanfield (1939)
 Too Many Blondes, regia di Thornton Freeland (1941)
 Time Out for Rhythm, regia di Sidney Salkow (1941)
 Ritrovarsi (The Palm Beach Story), regia di Preston Sturges (1942)
 Happy Go Lucky, regia di Curtis Bernhardt (1943)
 Tutti pazzi (It's in the Bag!), regia di Richard Wallace (1945)
 Man Alive, regia di Ray Enright (1945)
 People Are Funny, regia di Sam White (1946)
 The Fabulous Suzanne, regia di Steve Sekely (1946)
 Meglio un mercoledì da leone (The Sin of Harold Diddlebock), regia di Preston Sturges (1947)
 L'intraprendente signor Dick (The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer), regia di Irving Reis (1947)
 Mamma ti ricordo (I Remember Mama), regia di George Stevens (1948)
 Così questa è New York (So This Is New York), regia di Richard Fleischer (1948)
 La cara segretaria (My Dear Secretary), regia di Charles Martin (1948)
 Infedelmente tua (Unfaithfully Yours), regia di Preston Sturges (1948)
 L'adorabile intrusa (Mother Is a Freshman), regia di Lloyd Bacon (1949)
 L'indiavolata pistolera (The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend), regia di Preston Sturges (1949)
 Father Was a Fullback, regia di John M. Stahl (1949)
 L'ammiraglio di Walla Walla (The Admiral Was a Lady), regia di Albert S. Rogell (1950)
 Ricochet Romance, regia di Charles Lamont (1954)
 Come far carriera senza lavorare (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying), regia di David Swift (1967)
 Live a Little, Love a Little, regia di Norman Taurog (1968)
 Quella notte inventarono lo spogliarello (The Night They Raided Minsky's), regia di William Friedkin (1968) (voce)
 Sunburst, regia di James Polakof (1975)
 Won Ton Ton il cane che salvò Hollywood (Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood), regia di Michael Winner (1976)

Televisione
 Star Tonight - serie TV, 1 episodio (1955)
 Matinee Theatre - serie TV, 1 episodio (1956)
 Kraft Television Theatre - serie TV, 1 episodio (1958)
 Batman - serie TV, 4 episodi (1967)
 Death Valley Days - serie TV, 1 episodio (1968)
 Petticoat Junction - serie TV, 1 episodio (1969)
 Reporter alla ribalta (The Name of the Game) - serie TV, 1 episodio (1970)
 Mistero in galleria (Night Gallery) - serie TV, 1 episodio (1971)
 Due onesti fuorilegge (Alias Smith and Jones) - serie TV, 2 episodi (1971-1972)
 Ellery Queen - serie TV, episodio 1x19 (1976)
 CHiPs - serie TV, 1 episodio (1979)
 Santa Barbara - serie TV, 1 episodio (1984)

Doppiatori italiani
Nelle versioni in italiano dei suoi film, Rudy Vallée è stato doppiato da:
 Augusto Marcacci in Ritrovarsi, Gli uomini sposano le brune
 Alberto Sordi in L'intraprendente signor Dick, L'adorabile intrusa
 Valerio Ruggeri in Chips
 Mauro Zambuto in Tutti pazzi
 Carlo Romano in Infedelmente tua
 Gaetano Verna in La cara segretaria
 Ferruccio Amendola in Quando l'amore è romanzo

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Cantanti da musical
Nati in Vermont


Suffolk was over 31C today... but was it the hottest in the UK?
Suffolk was sweltering once again at parts of the county reached temperatures over 31C.
Weather stations in Wattisham recorded 29.4C, Cavendish reached 30.1C and Brooms Barn, just west of Bury St Edmunds, saw an incredible 31.2C - but it was even hotter in Central London.
The highest temperature of the day was at Kew Gardens, where thermometers rose to 31.9C.
This heat is expected to ease off over the course of the week before a weekend of widespread and much-needed rain.
Weatherquest meteorologists expect another two hot days this week, with be plenty of sunshine around and little cloud.
Tuesday could see afternoon temperatures of 30-31C (86-78.8F) in inland areas with 23-25C (73.4-77F) on the coast.
The return of potential thunderstorms on Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning could lead to fresher conditions in some areas of the county.
Cooler conditions are expected to remain until the middle of next week when another high pressure front returns.


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The models are common environmental themes of Ecosystems and Habitats, Water and Watersheds and Atmosphere, Weather and Climate that are commonly taught in most New Hampshire schools at several different grade levels.
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Educator's Guide to New Hampshire Forests is a series of fact sheets designed to help educators teach about New Hampshire's forests.
Focus on NH Forests provides details about our forests for the nine activities that are most popular among NH educators trained in PLT's PreK-8 Activity Guide.


Unfortunately, Juniper didn't make it to her second birthday (it would have been on the 29th) but she did get to enjoy a few months in the dining room hutch turned rat cabinet.
After we got back from Burning Man, we sanded and painted the bottom of the cabinet to match what we'd done to the top. And we added some stainless steel hasps from Lee Valley so there'd be no way for the rats to break out (yes, before we did that there was an escape, but no harm done).


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El Auto Union 1000 es un automóvil del segmento D con tracción delantera fabricado por la Auto Union AG de Alemania entre 1958 y 1963. Fue el primero (y en muchos mercados el último) modelo de la marca Auto Union por el fabricante desde 1930: reemplazó al paradójicamente en gran medida al großen (grande) DKW 3=6, denominación oficial F94, aunque este último continuó en producción, de modo tranquilizador ahora calificado como el DKW 900 por otro año. Los dos coches fueron muy similares, pero el nuevo modelo tuvo su motor de dos tiempos ampliado a 981 cc produciendo un 10% a 37% (según modelo) aumento en potencia.

Además del motor de 3 cilindros de dos tiempos ampliado a 981 cm³, que ahora proporcionaba en el modelo base 44 bhp (33 kW) a 4.500 rpm.
Para invocar una asociación de clase más alta, el nombre DKW fue sustituido temporalmente por Auto Union en 1958, el 1000 presentaba el antiguo emblema de cuatro anillos Auto Union a través de la rejilla de aire junto con el nombre «Auto Union» por encima, en lugar de la Insignia «DKW» que había adornado el capó del modelo anterior. Esto solo se aplicó a los modelos de 1000 cc y con el final de esta gama de modelos en 1965, también desapareció para siempre el nombre Auto Union.

Auto Union 1000/1000 S
Además de los sedanes de dos y cuatro puertas, había un coupé sin parante que compartía el perfil de las berlinas aparte de la ausencia de cualquier pilar B fijo. También se ofreció una versión rural de tres puertas, denominada «Universal» entre 1959 y 1962. Para la nueva década, el sedán pasó a llamarse Auto Union «1000S» y recibió, en agosto de 1959, un llamativo parabrisas panorámico. En 1961, la rejilla de la parrilla se rediseñó con varillas ornamentales verticales. Aunque ni el parabrisas, cambios ornamentales o de nombre ocultó el hecho de que en ese momento los diseños de la competencia empleaban una carrocería pontón de tres volúmenes, la carrocería de Auto Union junto con la mayor parte de sus características técnicas descienden directamente del prototipo DKW F9 desarrollado en Zwickau en 1938. Afortunadamente el diseño del DKW de tracción delantera había sido innovador.

En 1963, el Auto Union 1000 dio paso en Europa a su sucesor, el DKW F102 de aspecto contemporáneo, y que sería el último modelo de DKW. DKW había sido comprado por Volkswagen de Daimler-Benz en 1965.  Volkswagen colocó de inmediato el F102 con un motor de 4 tiempos de 4 cilindros diseñado por Daimler-Benz y lo llamó el Audi, el DKW F102 de 2 tiempos se retiró de la producción en la primavera de 1966 y Audi se convirtió en la marca premium de Volkswagen.

El modelo más antiguo «F94»  continuó en producción en una forma ligeramente modificada en Brasil hasta 1967, sin embargo, se produjo sin modificaciones en Santa Fe, Argentina hasta finales de 1969.

Variantes de carrocería
 Sedán de dos y cuatro puertas (AU 1000) (1957-1960)
 Cupé sin parantes de dos puertas (AU 1000) (1957-1960)
 Combi «Universal» de tres puertas (AU 1000) (1959-1962)
 Sedán de dos y cuatro puertas (AU 1000 S) (1959-1963)
 Cupé sin parantes de dos puertas (AU 1000 S) (1959-1963)

Auto Union 1000 Sp

El deportivo Auto Union 1000 Sp (Especial) se presenta de forma casi definitiva en el Salón del Automóvil de Fráncfort de 1957 debutando en los concesionarios en 1958, el 1000 Sp, un cupé de dos asientos de baja altura fue producido para Auto Union por Carrozzeria Baur de Stuttgart y ensamblados en la fábrica DKW en Ingolstadt. A la versión de cupé se unió en 1961 con un roadster.

El 1000 Sp fue encargado por William Werner, un alemán-estadounidense al servicio de Auto Union. El pedido al diseñador Josef Dienst fue claro: un automóvil deportivo con líneas resbaladizas tenía que parecer un torpedo, y adornado con aletas traseras, el aspecto moderno y elegante del coche dio lugar al sobrenombre de «bebé Thunderbird» (schmalspur Thunderbird) en la prensa.

Durante la vida útil de 1000 Sp solo se realizaron pequeños cambios y mejoras, el único cambio de diseño importante en todo el período de construcción fue 1961, las esquinas agudas de las aletas traseras se habían redondeado. En la mecánica ya en 1959, el Cupé se había beneficiado de una transmisión totalmente sincronizada. Lo más notable en 1961 fue la introducción de una bomba de aceite automática para mezclar el combustible para el motor de 2 tiempos y los frenos de disco delanteros en 1963.

El 1000 Sp no solo era bonito en el exterior, tenía un interior que combinaba. El interior estaba bien acabado con una variedad de acentos en cromo, un volante de plástico color marfil o negro, diales e interruptores elaborados, alfombras completas y asientos delanteros ajustables. También se incluyó un pequeño banco trasero, pero solo podían ser ocupados por niños muy pequeños.
Un buen toque estético del roadster 1000 Sp fue que su techo de lona se pliega completamente dentro de la carrocería. De esta manera, las líneas estilizadas del diseño no se estropearon por un trozo de tela que se encontraba en la parte superior de la cubierta trasera.

El final para el cupé y el roadster 1000 Sp llegó en abril de 1965. 5004 cupés y 1640 roadsters – lo que lo convierte en el clásico más valioso de ambos – fueron fabricados.

Ficha técnica

Datos técnicos Auto Union 1000  (Datos del fabricante, excepto cuando se indique)

Véase también
 DKW Auto Union 1000

Referencias

Enlaces externos

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Vehículos de tracción delantera
Modelos de automóviles del segmento D
Modelos de automóviles de Alemania
Automóviles deportivos
Modelos de automóviles de los años 1950
Modelos de automóviles de los años 1960


The site is live people!
It's been a while folks. Too long. Too long by half. Too too long by many halves.
We're here and we promise to witter on ad nauseam about whatever comes out way on this journey of bizarre gigs, strange fundraisers and all else that occupies the lives of the hardest working band in rock TM.
So we thought we'd kick off with this image of 'backstage', fondly remembered by all of us.
Backstage is a strange netherworld, and not something often experienced by jobbing bands such as ourselves. Generally there is NO backstage. There is stage and there is pub. There is stage and there is EVERYWHERE ELSE.
But here we had backstage. Which is great. We can mess around, tinker with gear, all safe in the knowledge that the no-one can see us. The safety curtain separates performer from audience. A nice distinction that we enjoy as and when we can. A little 'Downton Abbey' you might say, but it's a rock staple that goes right back to the earliest blue clubs.
So here we find ourselves being told to 'Be Quiet' just before being told to 'Be Loud' - but politely, and by a lovely lady in period costume who no doubt got told to be quiet a lot herself, but hopefully by a genial baron as opposed to a dyspeptic factory owner with gout.


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Category / Criterion Collection
January 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan
Mandabi (1968)
Criterion Collection, Sembene, Ousmane
1968, Ousmane Sembene, Senegal
The first-ever film to be shot in an African language, Sembene's landmark sophomore feature is a cultural experience to behold, and a gently comic satire about the bureaucratic hurdles a debt-ridden man has to undergo to cash in his money order.
Lola (1961)
Criterion Collection, Demy, Jacques
1961, France, Jacques Demy
Demy's first feature is a modest, warm-spirited take on the bittersweet nature of past romances, transient acquaintances and the desire to find greener pastures.
December 27, 2021 December 27, 2021 by Eternality Tan
Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (1964)
The magic of cinema is exuded in this dialogue-as-lyrics French musical that is easily one of the most emotionally resonant pictures of its time and genre.
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
Criterion Collection, Others
1968, Japan, Kenji Misumi, Zatoichi
This 19th installment is a rather straightforward if still serviceable affair, as the guilt-ridden blind swordsman protects a woman from nefarious harm.
Metropolitan (1990)
1990, USA, Whit Stillman
Stillman's accomplished comedy (his debut feature) tackles a particular class milieu in America—what the young, well-to-do Manhattanites deem as 'urban haute bourgeoisie'—with a wry and sardonic tone that is uniquely his.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Criterion Collection, Jarmusch, Jim
1999, Jim Jarmusch, USA
A riveting if underrated postmodernist tale by Jarmusch about the multiplicities and intersections of cultures new and old, starring an excellent Forest Whitaker as a hip-hop listening African-American hitman deeply influenced by the ancient mythos of the Japanese samurai.
Blood of a Poet, The (1932)
Cocteau, Jean, Criterion Collection
1932, France, Jean Cocteau
A key work of early surrealist cinema, Cocteau's baffling if highly-imaginative avantgarde piece about the existential crisis of a poet is a treat for both the eyes and mind.
November 8, 2021 November 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan
Blithe Spirit (1945)
Criterion Collection, Lean, David
1945, David Lean, UK
Whimsicality meets witticism in this delightful supernatural comedy adapted by Lean from Noel Coward's sensational record-breaking theatre hit.
October 27, 2021 January 1, 2022 by Eternality Tan
Tree of Life, The (2011)
Criterion Collection, Malick, Terrence
2011, Terrence Malick, USA
There's a case for this to be Malick's opus – it may be slow-moving but will be rewarding for anyone willing to enter a personal journey with the director as he attempts to lift us into a spiritual realm of meaning and purpose.
October 18, 2021 December 25, 2021 by Eternality Tan
Fish Tank (2009)
Arnold, Andrea, Criterion Collection
2009, Andrea Arnold, UK
Flies the British social realism flag sky-high—this is a remarkably piercing yet sensual work by Andrea Arnold, not to mention featuring a breathtaking performance by Katie Jarvis.


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Is This Proof That Ghosts Exist?
In a strange new footage, ghosthas been held responsible for a sequence of mysterious disturbance at a school. The enigmatic ghost video had been filmed at Deerpark School in Cork after motion-activated cameras had been installed at that area. On the night of October 1st at around 3 am, the security cameras at Deerpark had captured something quite peculiar. It portrayed something amazing yet terrifying in a deserted corridor wherein many are still grasping for an explanation. It portrayed a door which opened and closed on its own accord, with furniture rocking back and forth without any support and a locker that flew open, spilling out the paper presumably by a ghost.
At a particular point a `caution wet floor' sign had been thrown away violently across the hall as though it had been intentionally kicked across the floor. Kevin Barry, Principal stated that they had been alerted to the movements taking place in the school and when they had visited the place to review the movement they witnessed it in the middle of the night. They felt that there was something unusual taking place there since people tend to get some real chill due to the feeling of ghost in the air from time to time when they tend to go to the past of that area.
He informed that it seemed interesting since one of his teachers would bring his pet in with him but the pet refrained to go down that way presumably due to the ghost.That seemed to be very strange. Mr Barry had informed that he was not aware if someone had been playing some sort of a `well-designed prank' at the school that tends to date back to 1828. He further added that he was sceptical since he had put it up on their Facebook page, simply since they were not aware if this was a prank or not or if someone had been playing games with them. He informed that it was a very old building going back a number of years and it tends to have plenty of history. This could have given them the feeling of the presence of the ghost of the past. He stated that people in old building always tend to hear noises as well as strange sounds of ghost though this was the first time they had really caught something. Often we tend to come across papers strewn about though they were unable to say what it was, they only presumed it could be a student who could have done it.
He has also informed that no other motion-activated cameras leading to the corridor had been activated He also informed that since they had motion-sensor detectors they should have been able to detect other people who could have come towards that area on the other cameras, which they have not been able to do. The creepy footage portrayed a door opening and closing on its own with weird things happening in that area giving indication of the presence of some kind of a ghost.Critics observed that the footage had been conveniently captured before the Halloween even at the school on October 29 which had been dubbed `Fearpark'.


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If you discovered any revelations, or have suggestions on how the situation could be handled then make sure they are based on your work. Substantiate your ideas rather than make sweeping emotive statements.
If you repeated this research again, what would you do differently? Through the process what have you learned not just about human trafficking but also about the process of social research?
Part of the process of writing the conclusion is to illustrate that you have given thought not just to the information that you have discovered but also it says a lot about your own depth of thought and understanding.
The very last part of your conclusion should contain the advice that you would like to share with other students who may decide to replicate your study. Share what went well and what the pitfalls were.
The secret of writing a great conclusion to your paper is to work in a logical progression so it leads the reader to have no doubt about the effectiveness of your study.


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Tiger Woods ended an 11-year wait for a Major with a remarkable – and unexpected – win at The Masters in Augusta on Sunday.
Woods' fall from the summit of the game has been well-documented, but the 43-year-old rose like a phoenix from the ashes of his career to win his first Major in over a decade… and his first with his two children watching on.
– Masters victory makes it 15 career Majors for Woods – second only to Jack Nicklaus on 18.
– 2019 is Woods' fifth Masters title – second only, again, to Jack Nicklaus.
– His 2019 title comes 14 years after his last win at Augusta, the longest gap between titles in the history of the tournament.
– At 43 years old, Woods is the oldest Masters Champion since Jack Nicklaus in 1986.
– Woods had never previously come from behind in a final round to win a major. He trailed by two starting his final round at Augusta.
– Woods was ranked 780th in the world at the start of the 2017 Masters. Two years later and he is up to sixth in the rankings.


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These Special Features Secure the Demo iPhones at Apple Stores
by Usman Qureshi – Mon, October 17, 2016
Last week, it was reported that Apple has started removing the anti-theft cables, or security tethers, from iPhones on display at a number of its retail stores across Canada and the U.K., in an attempt at allow customers to hold an iPhone properly, try out cases, and even pocket the device. Turns out Apple's courageous move isn't too risky after all, since the company has incorporated a range of special security measures in its demo iPhones.
According to 9to5Mac, one of the security features on the current display models of iPhones designed to instantly render them useless if someone removes them from the store, is a software 'kill switch' which disables them when they go out of range of the store Wi-Fi. As a result, Apple no longer needs to use Find My iPhone to disable them manually.
We've heard more about how the new tetherless process works: The iPhone will reset when the device is powered off and then plugged in. When removed from the Apple Store, the stolen iPhone can't do anything but ring for Find My iPhone until the battery dies. The iPhones are also Activation Locked using iCloud as a deterrent just like customer iPhones.
Although they are hard to spot, Apple has also put HD security cameras scattered around its store, including the revamped Regent Street store in London.
Apple Launches "Got No Strings" Campaign for Beats Wireless Headphones


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The Echuca Club was formed as a social organisation at a meeting on 5 May 1897. Leasing four rooms at Wilson's Bridge Hotel in Murray Esplanade, the Club officially opened on 10 July 1897 without a liquor license; not granted until August that year.
In 1898 the Club leased the old Criterion Hotel building on the present Club site at 19 Murray Esplanade and purchased on 16 June 1900 by Michael Kickham, William Wilding and John Stokes as Trustees for The Echuca Club.
The original building was erected in 1853 – by Echuca's founder – Henry Hopwood. It was licensed and known as the New Road Inn. By 1865 it was referred to as Hopwood's Old House and by 1872 it was known as the Criterion Hotel . In 1892 the building was demolished and replaced by a more substantial structure. The Hotel was de-licensed in 1897 about the same time The Echuca Club was established at the Bridge Hotel. In 1902, apart from the card room and bar, the building was demolished and the existing building completed in 1903.
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Марс-Хилл (; ) — топоним:
 Марс — холм в Аризоне, на котором расположена обсерватория Лоуэлла.
  — городок в Мэне.
  — статистически обособленная местность в составе городка.
  — близлежащий холм.
  — городок в Северной Каролине.
  — университет городка.

 — бывшая (1996—2015) мегацерковь в г. Сиэтл (штат Вашингтон, США).

См. также
 Марс и Хилл
 Ареопаг — первый «холм Марса»
  — мегацерковь в г.
  — школа в г. Флоренс (Алабама)
  — тауншип в Арканзасе


Studying genes in breast cells before, during and after puberty has provided insights into how mammary glands develop.
Female mammals produce milk in their mammary glands, or breasts, to feed offspring. The cells lining the gland wall, or epithelium, only become lactating 'luminal cells' in adulthood, but the genetic activity behind the timing of this change is unclear.
A team including researchers from the University of Melbourne used single-cell RNA sequencing to compare genetic activity in thousands of mice breast epithelial cells pre-puberty, during puberty and in adulthood. They found that before puberty, all cells are in a similar, immature state, but on the cusp of puberty, cells begin to express genes that specify whether the basic cells become luminal cells.
"This sort of technology can be applied to understanding which cells go awry in women at in increased risk for developing breast cancer" one of the authors, Jane Visvader, reports.


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Section 424—Uniform National Reporting Requirements
This provision would require periodic reports concerning a debtor's profitability, projected financial results, comparison of projections to results, etc.
The U.S. Trustee currently requires operating reports that contain much of this information. It would seem that revision of these forms would be a better approach than requiring another full set of reports. In addition, mere reporting will not achieve compliance. The system needs an entity to file appropriate proceedings to assure compliance, and to move to dismiss, convert or appoint a trustee if the reports show that reorganization is not likely.
It appears that the proposed reporting requirements as currently drafted will simply increase the costs of the bankruptcy process without measurably improving the results. The U.S. Trustee system has the authority to design and implement reporting requirements, and should do so in a way that provides this meaningful and necessary data while avoiding duplicate reporting.
Section 426—Duties in Small Business Cases
This proposed amendment would require debtors in small business cases to: (i) file balance sheets, a statement of operations, cash-flow statements, and federal income tax returns (if these reports exist); (ii) attend meetings scheduled by the court or U.S. Trustee; (iii) to timely file all bankruptcy schedules and statement of affairs; (iv) file all post-petition financial and other reports required by the rules or court; (v) maintain insurance customary and appropriate to the industry; (vi) file tax returns timely and to pay administrative tax claims, making deposit of trust fund taxes daily; and (vii) allow the U.S. Trustee to inspect the debtor's business premises, books and records.
The objectives of this proposal are understandable. As a practical matter, however, some of the provisions may be significantly burdensome without providing significant benefit. Some of the problem may be cured by clarification of the language.
For example, the statute would require senior management to attend all "meetings" scheduled by the court. (Generally, the court schedules "hearings," not meetings.) It is unclear whether the statute requires senior management to attend all hearings. Some hearings involve matters that would not involve senior management. The same is probably true of meetings conducted by the U.S. Trustee. The reorganization effort might be jeopardized if management's time is monopolized by requiring the presence of senior management at a hearing or meeting at which their presence contributes no value. The language of the statute might be clarified to require senior management to attend if specifically required by the court or the U.S. Trustee.
In addition, the requirement for daily deposit of trust fund taxes may present real practical difficulties in many cases. An example might be a debtor in the fast food business or a retail operation with many outlets. It might be difficult, if not impossible, to compute trust fund taxes and deposit them daily. The compliance expense and effort might seriously jeopardize the reorganization effort.
Sections 427, 428, 429—Plan Filing and Confirmation Deadlines
The exclusivity period is shortened from 120 to 90 days. The proposed statute would require plan confirmation in 150 days. These periods can be extended only if the debtor "demonstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that it is more likely than not that the court will confirm a plan within a reasonable period of time." In general, there is a need to expedite the resolution of small cases and there is a need for effective case management. However, there are real practical difficulties with the proposed time periods.
The deadline for filing proofs of claim (except for governmental units) is 90 days after the first meeting of creditors; creditors' meetings should occur 20-40 days after the case is filed. Therefore, the deadline for claims is frequently more than 120 days after the case is filed. Requiring the debtor to file a plan prior to the proof of claim deadline can be very counterproductive. If a plan is filed and if notices are sent out prior to the proof of claim deadline, all the cost of producing and mailing the plan will be wasted if a significant claim is subsequently filed. (In addition, the court will have wasted significant time in reviewing and in tentatively approving the disclosure statement.) A second plan must be negotiated and filed. The court will be required to review and tentatively approve a second set of documents. Creditors will be confused by receiving two sets of plans and disclosure statements and two ballots.
More important, the government proof of claim deadline is 180 days after the order for relief. Therefore, under its present terms, the statute would require that the plan be confirmed 30 days prior to the deadline for filing government proofs of claim. Bankruptcy Code §1141(d)(1)(A) provides that confirmation of a plan discharges the debtor from all claims that arose prior to the confirmation, whether or not a claim has been filed. Therefore, under the statute as presently written and proposed, it appears that government claims could be discharged even though the deadline for filing the claims has not passed.
Another problem is that claims are often disputed. By requiring plan confirmation in 150 days, the proposed statute leaves no time for resolution of disputed claims.
Yet another problem arises because of the tremendous diversity in bankruptcy cases. It is not unusual for a case to change dramatically as a result of negotiation between the debtor and creditors. All negotiation takes time, whether in matters of finance or in matters of international relations. An arbitrary 150-day deadline can significantly alter the prospect for negotiating a solution in everyone's best interests.
Finally, introduction of an absolute 150-day deadline creates the incentive for some parties to engage in strategic litigation rather than good-faith bargaining. With an absolute deadline in effect, a party that is fully secured (perhaps oversecured) might actually find it profitable to obfuscate and delay rather than negotiate in good faith. The parties harmed in such a circumstance will most likely include the government (as unsecured priority creditors) and non-priority unsecured creditors (frequently including the government).
The court should be allowed substantial discretion to match the statute to the financial realities of each case.
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