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Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) introduced H.R. 4768, the Home Visiting to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act, legislation that would increase funding for home visiting programs that serve pregnant women, new mothers, and their children with the aim of lowering maternal mortality and morbidity rates in the United States.
"Maternal mortality devastates families and communities, exacting a particularly high price from women of color" said Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Davis. "Black women in the U.S. experience pregnancy-related death more than any other racial or ethnic group regardless of income or education. Black, Native American, and Alaska Native women are about three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women, and these disparities have increased over time. We know that home visiting is a proven tool to help improve health whether one lives in rural, urban, or suburban communities. The relationships built during home visits create important support networks and connect families to services to keep them safe and healthy. This bill provides an important opportunity to act to reduce rising rates of maternal mortality and life-threatening pregnancy complications, particularly in states, tribes, and territories with a high level of identified need for services. I am pleased to work with the Chairman to take this first step toward addressing the urgent health crisis of maternal mortality."
The Home Visiting to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act would double the federal government's investment in the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program (MIECHV) by 2022, making a proven tool to fight maternal mortality and morbidity available to more communities across the United States. Under current law, federally-funded home visiting services reach only about 150,000 of the 18 million families that could benefit from home visiting.
"The United States should not be one of the most dangerous places in the industrialized world to give birth," said Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), an original co-sponsor of the legislation. "Evidence-based home visiting programs help give women the tools they need to take the necessary steps to protect their health during pregnancy and after childbirth. Expanding funding for MIECHV will give more women access to supports that could be the difference between life and death. I've seen the benefits these kinds of programs have in Massachusetts, and I know that demand far outpaces the availability of home visiting services in my district and across the country. I thank Congressman Davis for his leadership in addressing America's maternal mortality crisis, and I am proud to support this important legislation."
The rate of deaths per 100,000 births in the United States has grown by 1.7 percent since 1987, and three out of five of all pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are preventable. A national impact evaluation of the MIECHV program demonstrated that home visiting led to improvements in women's general health, increases in health insurance coverage, and reductions in maternal depressive symptoms. Specifically, the Home Visiting to Reduce Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Act requires the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide additional funding to states, tribes, and U.S. Territories for three purposes:
To address rising rates of maternal mortality and life-threatening pregnancy complications, particularly in states with a high level of identified need for services;
To fund unmet need for home visiting services identified in state assessments required under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018; and To provide increased allocations to states and U.S. territories based on the most recent data on the proportion of children under age five living in poverty.
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Even though for all intents & purposes, the fullback hasn't been an integral part of a CFL offense for at least 10 years. Maybe more. Today, the fullback is primarily a Canadian blocker. He may carry the ball a couple of times a season or catch the odd swing pass out of the backfield. The position has almost become irrelevant. Except in short yardage or goal line. I think fullbacks should be together in the same pot as the tailbacks. If Charlie Sheppard, Charlie Perkins, Bob Houmard, John Bledsoe, Mark Bragagnolo, Sean Kehoe & Mike Sellars are worthy then one will get voted on to the all time team. Again, just a suggestion. FWIW.
T. Jones was not a middle linebacker -- the Bombers played 3-4 in those days and Jones would usually line up outside and get at the QB, leaving the dirty work inside to guys like Delbert Fowler, James West, or Aaron Brown.
I think you could make a case to list Jones as a DE, since that's where he was listed when he debuted in 1983 and even though he was rostered as a linebacker, he never really played as one -- he was there to get in the backfield and wreak havoc.
Picking just four linebackers on this team is gonna be tough, but I think Leggett belongs in that conversation, even if he kinda plays a different position than guys like Greg Battle did.
I've never considered Leggett a LB. he's a DB that has rotated positions to give him the best match up. It's a sign of the game evolving that we now have an extra DB on the field, but that doesn't make him an LB.
When Leggett was injured, did a LB like Wilson replace him? Nope. It was another DB, Gaitor.
He he should be listed with the half backs. No, he won't make the final cut, but he wouldn't with the LBs either.
That's why this is the "all time" team and not "the last 10 years" team. Fullback will be voted on. I think we can agree that the #2 running back in this club will be a better player than the #1 fullback, but such is the nature of positional voting.
I intend to put Leggett in with the halfbacks, unless there is a strong objection (3 of his 5 seasons were at DB, although his 2 all-star nods were as a linebacker). I agree that he really was a defensive back playing in the linebacker spot to cover the 5th receiver rather than a true linebacker.
Right now, I have 14 nominees in play from people's suggestions (and although I could eliminate 3 or 4 immediately whose numbers are in line with my scorned TJ Heath suggestion - and none of whom are 2 time CFL all-stars either) I will put in the entire list up for consideration Friday. Looking at the debate so far, I can say that this will prove much more difficult than the cornerback vote, with 7 different candidates that could be people's favorites based on the comments so far. I myself have got it down to 3 strong candidates in my mind, and likely not at all who others are thinking of.
Hopefully people think outside the "if I didn't see them play, I won't consider them" box and consider the numbers and the all-star nods. Three things for sure - the debate will not end once voting is closed, a few posters are going to feel like "their guy" was completely and unfairly overlooked, and someone very good will not make the cut when it is all said and done.
The strongside linebacker in today's game should be in with the DHB discussion. They certainly do not belong with the linebackers.
I believe that the Bombers actually started this movement a while back with the way they played Bennie Thompson.
I plan to put Thompson in the safety category.
Agree with that. He was a safety.
No one is talking about Brian Herosian.
Battle didn't play OLB as he was ILB. Jones played OLB. He never was a DE or rush end.
Is that a lament, or a suggestion to remove him from the list? I have done up his bio, but he's a weak candidate in the big picture IMO.
It was a lament. I recall him being a dominant safety until the accident that took his wife. His career was cut short, though.
Herosian was a beast. He deserves to be nominated so I will do so right here. Please add his name to the safety position. But you're right that tragic accident cost him his career. How does anyone come back after what he went through?
I actually have Herosian listed in with the group of halfbacks for this week's nominations, but I can put him in with the safeties for next week if that is more proper. Let me know the group's preference, but he will be included one way or another.
According to my admittedly porous memory, Herosian was most effective as a safety.
Brian played safety the entire time he was with the Bombers so that is where he should be listed.
Herosian will be placed in the safety category. Thanks all.
As a footnote to Brian Herosian, he and his late wife had a special needs son (Ben) and one of the reasons Brian chose to retire was to look after him. Brian did remarry and have two more kids. One of the reasons I recall him so vividly is that Brian's late wife had the same first name as mine and we had driven that same road a few days before.
He's my pick. As far as fullbacks go, Dan Hucklack was pretty darned good. He should be on the list.


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Mass in the cathedral, a statue dedicated to the Blessed in Kaluga. Mother Teresa was the first in the former USSR to rush to help earthquake victims in Armenia and to help the people of Chernobyl, regardless of radiation.
Moscow (AsiaNews) - Catholics in Russia also celebrated the centenary of the birth of Mother Teresa, not far from Moscow, which a public monument was also dedicated to her. The Russian Catholic community recalled the Blessed with prayers for the poor and dispossessed in churches and chapels around the country. The Secretary General of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Russia, Fr. Igor Kovalevskij spoke to RiaNovosti Agency about the various initiatives.
In the cathedral of the Moscow mass in memory of Mother Teresa was held yesterday at 7 pm, with the participation of the Missionaries of Charity who are working in Moscow. The nuns of the congregation founded by Blessed live in two houses in the Russian capital: in one they care for disabled children, in the other the abandoned elderly.
On August 25, a statue dedicated to Mother Teresa of Calcutta was also unveiled in Kaluga region, 90 km from Moscow. The monument is located in the Indian pavilion of the "Etnomir" cultural centre a large exhibition space that reproduces the characteristics of various countries. The work, in bronze, depicts the world's most famous nun sitting surrounded by children.
Mother Teresa travelled to Russia in Soviet times. It was the winter of 1988, shortly after the devastating earthquake in Armenia. The Missionaries of Charity and their founder were at the forefront of aid, said Alexey Yudin, historian of religions who met Mother Teresa in Moscow that year. The name of the Albanian nun was linked to the USSR from early on not only the earthquake in Spitak, but also the tragedy of Chernobyl. Again the Blessed and his sisters were among the first to bring relief to the people, defying the dangers of radiation. For this she the USSR awarded her the gold medal for peace. (NA)
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Confession of a Stubborn Bimbo: Who's the racist?
about the "racist" ad by a certain Malaysian TV channel about Ramadan.
coz the video has been wiped off the face of Youtube.
And I don't really remember them.
Them, because it was a series of ads.
because "we" are offended by the chinese girl who "did all the wrong things".
how many of you do think it's a racist ad?
I think you're gonna rate this as "Dislike" at the bottom.
Except the part where she changed into a baju kurung (or is it baju kedah) at the end of the vid.
A simple t-shirt would suffice I guess.
but I'd say they overdid it.
so we have to get a baju kurung to buy things now?
you'll see the ad as a racist ad.
Only a racist will see the "character" as a Chinese.
I saw the girl as a Malaysian who offended the Muslims by the way she acted.
Not a Chinese girl who offended the Muslims by the way she acted.
If the girl who took that character happens to be a Chinese, then so be it.
Use Chinese will offend Chinese, use Indian will offend Indian, they are going to end up using a Caucasian in the end.
If you want to be seen as equals, see equally.
If you want to be called Malaysian, call yourself a Malaysian instead of your race.
See past the "race" issue and understand what the ad tried to convey.
Change the way you see the world and the world will be a better place.
So I found a link to the ad I was talking about.
Open in new tab please.
p.s. In case you want to share this, Don't.
It's not my best picture.
Agreed with u..From my point of view,there is nothing wrong with the ad..I wasnt offended at all..


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The subject of the questions and comments is the interview done by "Tea Party" folks in Nashville where I was quoted as saying, among other things, that we need to fix our education curriculum by getting rid of "made up things about our founders owning slaves…" or words essentially like that.
First off, the interview was first broadcast in January 2011. It continues to get revived as "news," so it is really getting stale.
Second, the meaning of the words, which I explained a bit after that quote, is entirely misrepresented in the anxious-to-condemn media.
The favored misrepresentation is that the Tea Parties deny that the founders included slave owners. That is stupid, but opportune. Only villains would promote that premise. Only idiots would accept it.
The world was organized, until our founders came along, by various forms of master-servant systems. The "American" system of slavery was just one of those systems.
The Founders of the United States were remarkable in that they saw that world and concluded that there was a better way, where every man was his own master. They called it Liberty, and it was a radical idea.
They founded this nation on that idea. They brought along as many as they could, but the institution of slavery was so much a part of their economy – as serfdom, slavery and its other forms had been since man first started community living – that they could not simply abolish it. Several wanted to try, but the consensus saw the collapse of the economy, still weak after our Revolution, would result. So they arranged in the Constitution for the importation of slaves to be protected for the 1st 20 years, after which Congress could – and did – abolish the slave trade. The idea was to allow the institution to wither naturally from that point on.
Slavery was the happy hypocrisy of the founders: No, they detested it, and were conflicted on how to get rid of it.
Slaves were forced to work, with no recompense: No, the slave owner was responsible for supplying every material thing needed by his slaves – housing, food, clothing, health care, etc.
Slavery existed in the United States for (the last idiot stated to me) 350 years: No, the slave trade was legal only 20 years after the Constitution, which is the only starting point we can be tied to. It did last some 50 years beyond that, with a diminishing total proportion of the U.S. labor force.


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A fern at Kew Gardens, London.
A fern at the ABG.
John and I have been combing through our slides, sorting out a few keepers for scanning, continuing our shift to digital images. Once upon a time, we visited Kew Gardens on a rainy winter day at the end of January 1999. I did not remember that I was even then fascinated with the lacy look of fern fronds.
I find that when we visit the Atlanta Botanical Garden (always a worthwhile urban escape!) and I commandeer the camera in the conservatories these days, I am drawn to the ferns (well, and the orchids, and the…). Part of it is the delicate edges, and I suspect another part of it is their long history of survival on this fine planet. Indeed, I remember staring at painted ferns in the backdrops of dioramas at the Michigan State University Museum, more fascinated with the vegetation than with the fossils or stuffed animals in the foreground.
Trivia: my favorite fern name is Polypodium polypodioides, also known by the more prosaic name Resurrection Fern; it grows across eastern North America. I remember first learning its name from specimens in North Carolina aeons ago when I was working on the Haw River excavations.


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HealthCorpus aims to enhance healthcare communication
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Communication in a doctor's office is like a marriage gone bad: As you describe to your doctor that what pain or symptoms you have, you realize that while the doctor may hear you, he or she isn't really listening. And in the other direction, you hear the doctor's words, but do you walk away with a full understanding of the diagnosis, what exactly you're being prescribed, why, and what the risks are?
In a recent article in the London Telegraph, fully 25 percent of National Health Service patients complained that their doctors discuss their conditions as if they weren't there; 20 percent reported that "they were not given enough information about their condition and treatment;" and 25 percent confessed that "there was no one they could talk to about their worries and fears."
Another recent story about doctors' people-skills—and lack thereof—in the Wall Street Journal sums up the issue nicely: "Doctors are rude. Doctors don't listen. Doctors have no time. Doctors don't explain things in terms patients can understand." The introduction of electronic health records has, ironically, often made things worse. A recent study noted that even as EHR systems have "allowed [doctors] to spend more face-to-face time with patients," they nonetheless often prove to be a "distraction" as doctor attention becomes focused on keyboards and not patients.
The WSJ article talks about how medical schools, malpractice insurers, and major hospitals are trying to improve patient-doctor communication, and for good reason: A break-down in patient-doctor communication is cited in at least 40 percent of malpractice claims. Further, research confirms that poor communication often leads patients to not follow their prescribed treatments regimens, whereas the opposite also seems to be true. Doctor-patient communication can be improved by having doctors coached in practices like the Four Habits, which, the WSJ says, "teaches doctors how to create rapport with patients, elicit their views, demonstrate empathy and assess their ability to follow a treatment regimen."
If new technology is partly to blame, it can also help. An article at Health Management Technology describes the use of speech-based "virtual assistants" to capture patient data and automatically enter it into a patient's EHR, for example, allowing the doctor to talk to the patient without the distraction of having to type what is being said.
Recently, I spoke to André Elisseeff, one of the founders of Nhumi ("new-me") Technologies about the use of avatars to improve patient-doctor communication. You may recall that Elisseeff and his team created (while working for IBM's Zurich Research Lab) a "Google Earth for the Body" as a means of visualizing a person's EHR using a 3-D image of the human-body. At Nhumi, he developed the idea further into an avatar system that could be used to depict adverse drug reactions. Elisseeff's team late last year created a new visual search engine to explore the human body using a detailed, interactive 3-D model to depict human anatomy. Calling it the "HealthCorpus," they have put medical data, FDA data, and user-generated content into a single site that lets a person search this integrated content by clicks on a virtual body.
Elisseeff told me that the new site is meant "for the patient to help indicate to the doctor where it hurts," and correspondingly, allows the doctor "to explain to the patient why it hurts."
HealthCorpus is also designed at giving a patient something tangible to refer back to when they leave the doctor's.
"We asked some GPs about how they would use the system, the first thing they told us is that they would use it to educate the patients, and second, give patients [a visual record] so they don't go home with empty hands," Elisseeff said.
The latter use might be the most important. The research reported in WSJ, for instance, found that 80 percent of patients forget what the doctor told them as soon as they leave the office and 50 percent of what patients do remember is actually incorrect, especially in regard to the risks of the treatment prescribed. Other studies indicate that 50 percent of patients don't take their prescribed medications, and that some 70 percent of the non-adherence is intentional. The reasons for non-adherence include patients not believing their doctor's diagnosis, not sharing their doctor's belief about the severity of the condition, or a belief that the detrimental side-effects outweigh the benefits of the medications prescribed. Using HealthCorpus can help a doctor address each of these issues.
Elisseeff told me, for example, how one doctor used the avatar on HealthCorpus to show a patient what was going on with his ankle and foot, and how he needed to strengthen certain muscles in order to relieve the pain the patient felt. The patient could "see" (on the 3-D Model) exactly which muscles the doctor was referring to, grasp how they were causing the problem, and understand that until the muscles were strengthened, whatever pain the patient felt was "normal." With greater understanding, a patient is more motivated to follow a doctor's treatment plan.
Elisseeff also believes that an avatar-based approach could also help overcome another patient complaint: scolding doctors. No one likes to be nagged by their doctor over something you are doing (or not doing), even (or especially) if you know your doctor is right—we disengage from listening or even rebel against the advice being given, in the face of what we perceive as a verbal "attack." The avatar as a personal "proxy" might alleviate these natural defensive mechanisms. By talking dispassionately instead about the state of the avatar, and what happens to it when a treatment isn't followed, a patient might be more willing to listen to what the doctor is saying.
The hope is that by using HealthCorpus, the patient and doctor can have a richer conversation and diminish the fears and misunderstandings that seem inevitable when visiting the doctor. Maybe then, Elisseeff says, the patient-doctor dialogue can focus on what needs to be done to get better instead of talking past one another.
Photo: Nhumi Technologies
Robert N. Charette is a Contributing Editor to IEEE Spectrum and an acknowledged international authority on information technology and systems risk management. A self-described "risk ecologist," he is interested in the intersections of business, political, technological, and societal risks. Charette is an award-winning author of multiple books and numerous articles on the subjects of risk management, project and program management, innovation, and entrepreneurship. A Life Senior Member of the IEEE, Charette was a recipient of the IEEE Computer Society's Golden Core Award in 2008.
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A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation
Studies will soon show whether electroceuticals outperform pharmaceuticals
Elie Dolgin
Galvani's system includes a nerve stimulator that attaches to the splenic nerve.
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Monique Robroek once had such crippling arthritis that, even with the best available medications, she struggled to walk across a room. But thanks to an electronic implant fitted under her skin, she managed to wean herself off all her drugs and live pain-free for nearly a decade—until recently, when a viral illness made her rheumatoid arthritis (RA) flare up again.
Robroek's long remission is "very impressive" and rare among patients with RA, says her doctor Frieda Koopman, a rheumatologist at Amsterdam UMC, in the Netherlands. Robroek's experience highlights the immense potential of so-called bioelectronic medicine, also known as electroceuticals, an emerging field of treatment for diseases that have traditionally been managed with pharmaceuticals alone.
Robroek is also an outlier, though. Koopman led a landmark 17-person trial that tested whether modulating the nervous system's electrical-signaling patterns could tamp down inflammation and joint pain in RA. Robroek was one of only a handful who achieved appreciable and sustained reductions in disease severity, according to the 2016 paper.
The SetPoint implant is inserted beside the patient's vagus nerve, which travels down from the brain to innervate the spleen and other vital organs.Chris Philpot
Pilot studies like Koopman's are one thing, but scientific certainty demands randomized, sham-controlled trials. Doctors, neuroscientists, and bioengineers should soon get a better sense of the performance of electroceutical devices. In late 2023, SetPoint Medical, the Valencia, Calif., company that sponsored Koopman's initial trial, will report preliminary findings from Reset-RA, the first large-scale examination of nerve stimulation for an autoimmune condition. Like the earlier trial, the Reset-RA study targets the vagus nerve, the main conduit of brain–body communication, in an attempt to fight inflammation.
Expectations are charged. Although devices that harness electrical impulses are already widespread in medicine, these platforms all tap into neural circuits that directly impact diseased tissues; for example, deep-brain stimulators help with symptoms of Parkinson's disease by hacking the brain's motor control center. None take aim at what Kevin Tracey, in an influential 2002 article, termed the "inflammatory reflex," a neural network that indirectly regulates immune responses to infection and injury through the vagus nerve and its connected organs.
Tracey, a former neurosurgeon who leads the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, N.Y., was the first to show that vagus nerve stimulation in rats could suppress the release of immune-signaling molecules. He later linked the effect to vagus nerve signals running into the spleen, a fist-size organ in the abdomen where immune cells are activated. In 2007, Tracey cofounded SetPoint to bring the treatment to the clinic.
The company first repurposed an off-the-shelf implant used to control seizures in people with epilepsy. SetPoint optimized the stimulation parameters, using rodent studies for guidance, before giving the devices to patients like Robroek. She and the other recipients each had a cookie-size pulse generator surgically placed inside their chests. A wire snaked up the left side of the neck, where an electrode wrapped around the vagus nerve. It gave a gentle, 1-minute buzz of stimulation up to four times every day.
The study targets the vagus nerve, the main conduit of brain-body communication, in an attempt to fight inflammation.
Paul Peter Tak, an immunologist and biotech entrepreneur who led the trial with Koopman, was worried that patients with RA might not want to undergo surgery and have hardware implanted under their skin. But after publicizing the study on Dutch television, Tak was inundated with requests from patients who were sick of endless regimens of pills and injections. "This was my unplanned market research," Tak says. "To my surprise, there are many patients who might prefer a one-and-done surgery."
While the study's results were promising, the device itself was cumbersome. So SetPoint overhauled the platform, shrinking it down to a peanut-size neurostimulator with integrated electrodes and a wirelessly rechargeable battery, all encased inside a silicone holding pod that sits directly atop the vagus nerve in the neck. "It's like going from an old car to a Tesla—it's completely redesigned," says SetPoint's chief medical officer, David Chernoff.
A small trial performed in 2018 demonstrated that this miniaturized device was safe. The 250-person Reset-RA study, in which half the participants receive no stimulation for the first 12 weeks after implantation, is now evaluating efficacy. If it works, trials for other autoimmune diseases could follow.
SetPoint shrank the vagus nerve stimulator so that it can be implanted in a patient's neck instead of the chest.SetPoint Medical
Other companies, meanwhile, are testing devices that target nerves closer to the site of immune activation—"at the business end," says Kristoffer Famm, president of the British company Galvani Bioelectronics. This end-organ approach to nerve zapping, argues Famm, should allow for more precise, disease-specific neuromodulation, without the off-target effects of shocking the vagus nerve, which is central to many bodily processes.
A joint venture between Google's parent company, Alphabet, and the British pharmaceutical company GSK, Galvani is now evaluating its implantable splenic nerve stimulator in small numbers of patients with RA. Another company called SecondWave Systems, headquartered in Minneapolis, is also testing whether spleen-directed ultrasound waves can offer the same immune-quelling effects without the burden of invasive surgery. Both Galvani and SecondWave expect to announce first-in-human data within the next year.
"Neuromodulation is definitely having a moment," says Gene Civillico, a neurotechnologist at Northeastern University, in Boston, who previously oversaw bioelectronics research efforts at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. "Controlling nervous tissue in a spatially and temporally precise way is going to be the way that we cure or modify a lot of disease states," Civillico contends. In the coming year, SetPoint and other companies hope to prove him right.
This article appears in the January 2023 print issue as "Arthritis Gets a Jolt ."
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Tax commissioner chooses management team
Ohio Tax Commissioner Jeff McClain this week announced the five deputy tax commissioners he has selected for his executive management team. All were chosen from existing Ohio Department of Taxation staff:
Matt Chafin, deputy commissioner for audit and criminal investigations, is stepping into a new role in assuming responsibility for all audit activities by the department of taxation as well as oversight of the criminal investigations division and its involvement in enforcing of civil and criminal tax law in Ohio. He has served as chief counsel for the department for the past eight years.
Steve Gray, deputy commissioner and chief administrative officer, is taking on additional responsibilities in this new role. He has, for eight years, managed the office of agency performance which includes the human resources division, organizational development (provides staff training and other community/educational services), facilities management, and the internal audit functions. He'll continue in that role and will now also oversee the department's information services division which handles all computer technology systems and functions.
Brenda McDonald, deputy commissioner for tax operations, will be the principal manager of all business and individual taxes, from administration through operations. She'll continue to oversee taxpayer services and the compliance division.
Sarah O'Leary, will be deputy commissioner, chief legal counsel for the department overseeing all of the legal operations, including the division counsels, tax appeals and appeals management staff. She will additionally oversee the bankruptcy division, legislation, and communications offices. Sarah will also serve as the department's chief ethics officer.
Gregory Siegfried, deputy commissioner for analysis & fiscal services, will continue to manage the operations and functions of the tax analysis division and will assume responsibility for management oversight of the revenue accounting and revenue processing divisions as well as the division of tax equalization. Greg will also oversee the problem resolution office.
McClain and his team oversee a department of about 900 staff members responsible for administering more than two dozen state and local taxes, and revenue collections exceeding $30 billion a year.


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Q: program will not go to else statement This program is supposed to print an error if you enter too many seats. If i enter an invalid number of seats ex: economy section has 8 seats. but if I enter a number greater than that it, the program doesn't go on to the else statement and print the error message.
Instead it just goes through the if statement and does the calculations with the invalid seat number.
import java.util.Scanner;

public class FlightProfit
{
        String location;

        int TOLEDO_FARE = 200;
        int HOUSTON_FARE = 300;
        int BOISE_FARE = 400;

        int economySeats;
        int businessSeats;
        int firstClassSeats;

        int economySales;
        int businessSales;
        int firstClassSales;
        //int totalSales = economySales + businessSales + firstClassSales;

        Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);

        public int addEconomySeats()
        {
            System.out.print("Enter number of economy seats 1-8: ");
            economySeats = in.nextInt();

            if(economySeats > 0 || economySeats < 9)
            {
                return economySeats;
            }
            else
            {
                System.out.println("Error: Only 8 seats available in economy.");
            }
            return 0;
        }

        public int addBusinessSeats()
        {
            System.out.print("Enter number of business seats sold: ");
            businessSeats = in.nextInt();

            if(businessSeats > 0 || economySeats < 7)
            {
                return businessSeats;
            }
            else
            {
                System.out.println("Error: Only 6 seats available in business.");
            }
            return 0;
        }

        public int addFirstClassSeats()
        {
            System.out.print("Enter number of first class seats sold: ");
            firstClassSeats = in.nextInt();

            if(firstClassSeats > 0 || firstClassSeats < 5)
            {
                return firstClassSeats;
            }
            else
            {
                System.out.println("Error: Only 4 seats available in first class.");
            }

            return 0;
        }

       public void getProfit(String loc)
       {
           location = loc;

           if(location.equalsIgnoreCase("toledo"))
           {
               economySales = economySeats * TOLEDO_FARE;
               businessSales = businessSeats * (2 * TOLEDO_FARE);
               firstClassSales = firstClassSeats * (4 * TOLEDO_FARE);
               System.out.println("Economy Sales: " + economySeats + " seats: " + economySales);
               System.out.println("Business Sales: " + businessSeats + " seats: " + businessSales);
               System.out.println("First Class Sales: " + firstClassSeats + " seats: " + firstClassSales);
               //System.out.println("Total Sales: " + totalSales);
           }
           else if(location.equalsIgnoreCase("houston"))
           {
               economySales = economySeats * HOUSTON_FARE;
               businessSales = businessSeats * (2 * HOUSTON_FARE);
               firstClassSales = firstClassSeats * (4 * HOUSTON_FARE);
               System.out.println("Economy Sales: " + economySeats + " seats: " + economySales);
               System.out.println("Business Sales: " + businessSeats + " seats: " + businessSales);
               System.out.println("First Class Sales: " + firstClassSeats + " seats: " + firstClassSales);
              // System.out.println("Total Sales: " + totalSales);
           }
           else
           {
               economySales = economySeats * BOISE_FARE;
               businessSales = businessSeats * (2 * BOISE_FARE);
               firstClassSales = firstClassSeats * (4 * BOISE_FARE);
               System.out.println("Economy Sales: " + economySeats + " seats: " + economySales);
               System.out.println("Business Sales: " + businessSeats + " seats: " + businessSales);
               System.out.println("First Class Sales: " + firstClassSeats + " seats: " + firstClassSales);
               //System.out.println("Total Sales: " + totalSales);
           }
       }
}

==MAIN==
import java.util.Scanner;

public class Aviation
{

    public Aviation()
    {

    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
       int option;

       FlightCost newFlight = new FlightCost();
       FlightProfit flight = new FlightProfit();

       Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
       System.out.print("Enter new flight location: ");
       String location = in.next();

       do{
       String menu = "\n Please select an option to perform"
                   + "\n1 (1) Get flight costs."
                   + "\n2 (2) Get flight profits."
                   + "\n3 (3) Enter names/meals."
                   + "\n4 (4) Exit.";

       System.out.println(menu);
       option = in.nextInt();

       }while (option < 0 || option > 4);

       switch(option)
       {
           case 1:
              newFlight.getCost(location);
              break;
           case 2:
              flight.addEconomySeats();
              flight.addBusinessSeats();
              flight.addFirstClassSeats();
              flight.getProfit(location);
              break;
           case 3:
               //newFlight.flyers();
               break;
           case 4:
               System.out.println("Exit");
               break;
           default:
               System.out.println("Error: must select menu option.");
       }
    }
}

A: if (economySeats > 0 || economySeats < 9)
This condition is always true (since any number is either positive or less than 9), so of course you don't reach the else clause.
You probably want the && (and) operator :
if (economySeats > 0 && economySeats < 9)
And your other conditions have the same error.

A: if (economySeats > 0 && economySeats < 9)

As  economySeats should be greater then 0 and smaller then 9. then only the condition will follow to the else statement.
when you use  if (economySeats > 0 || economySeats < 9)
it means that economySeat should be greater then 0 (so if you input value greater then 0 then this  condition will be true) so, that's why you are thinking that the if statement isnt working.

A: The reason why your number range check does not work as you intend to was already given. I'd howver like to hint that you could do range checks somewhat more elegant and less error-prone by using Guava's 'Range' type:
Range economySeatsRange = Range.atLeast(1).atMost(8);
//...
boolean inAllowedRange = economySeatsRange.apply(economySeats);
if(inAllowedRange)
    // between 1 and 8
else
    // signal error

http://docs.guava-libraries.googlecode.com/git/javadoc/com/google/common/collect/Range.html

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Big Board 3.8, including analysis of the top 24 players.
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Jabari Smith
PF, 6' 10" HT'
Auburn, Freshman
Smith has emerged as the nearly consensus number one player as of late. It's for a good reason too. Jabari is a super talented all around forward. He is a versatile playmaker, and has an impressive frame. He uses his size to force his way to the basket, but also hits threes on a regular basis. His high release allows him to get over basically any defender who dares to stand in his way. Jabari most certainly has the tools to become a top 5 player in the league. His offensive game may not be as honed as Paolo Banchero's, but he is a far better all around player. He has great timing on rebounds and his long arms allow him to grab quite a few of them. He has a good handle and can go coast to coast in transition scenarios. Smith has lots of defensive versatility and is an uber capable rim runner. In the NBA, he projects a big modern power forward who can defend multiple positions.
Comparison: Rashard Lewis ++
Projected Draft Range: 1-3
Paolo Banchero
Duke, Freshman
For a long time, Paolo was #1 on my board. He hasn't done anything wrong, but Smith has clearly overtaken him. Banchero is a big offensive minded power forward. He has a super smooth midrange jumper that he utilizes often. Right now, he isn't an elite 3 point shooter, but he is posting solid numbers. With time, he will definitely expand his range farther. His big frame and muscle allow him to bully defenders around the rim. He has great athleticism, and uses his jump to get above the hoop. He loves to post up, and then use his size to finish with a floater or layup. He has soft hands and can easily slice and dice around the basket. He is a solid passer and has excellent court vision. Paolo spaces the floor well and can shoot from anywhere on the court. Playing for a loaded Duke team, he probably hasn't gotten quite the same opportunities as some other top prospects. On a team like Orlando or Houston, his numbers might skyrocket.
Comparison: Jayson Tatum
Chet Holmgren
PF, 7' HT'
Gonzaga, Freshman
Holmgren is obviously a special talent. However, he hasn't shown anything that makes me want to look past his slight frame and limited strength. Nonetheless, Holmgren remains a great prospect. In his case, you have to see farther than just his rookie season and imagine what he could become. In the future, I could see him being an ultra tall shot blocking forward with guard skills who is a top 10 NBA player. Currently, he is one of the best shot blockers in college basketball. He uses his long lanky arms to swat every shot that comes his way. This alone will make him a decent NBA player. The main concern with him is that his skinny frame will limit his scoring opportunities. Still, he has a smooth shot around the rim and fights on every possession. I have no doubt that he will be a good if not great NBA player.
Comparison: Really none, the closest I can get is Porzingis
Johnny Davis
SG, 6' 5" HT'
Wisconsin, Sophomore
Davis has an effortless release, and can finish on either side of the basket. He has great shooting form and is equipped with a dangerous jumper. The 6"5" shooting guard has seen immense improvement across the past year. His PPG actually improved by 15.3 points ,and, he should continue seeing increases. He is a great rebounder for his size as he is currently averaging 7.4 RPG. He…..Isn't an amazing 3 point shooter, but he has great form and he isn't taking as many threes per game as many of his other peers. Over time, he should for sure see his efficiency numbers climb. He doesn't show a ton of self creation, but he uses his craftiness to get open shots. As well as this, he draws a healthy amount of fouls. When at the charity stripe, he makes a solid 80.5% of his shots. At merely 19 years old, he has plenty of room to grow.
Comparison: Eric Bledsoe +
Projected Draft Range: 4-15
Jaden Ivey
PG, 6' 4" HT'
Purdue, Sophomore
This guy wasn't really on NBA scout's radars until the end of last season. The hype around him steadily increased up until college basketball tipped off. He…mostly lived up to his expectations. He is an explosive leaper who finishes with pizaz on virtually every play. Concerns were centered around his inconsistent shooting, but he has proven that he can hit his shot on a regular basis. He has good form and can finish through traffic. His slick handles make it a breeze for him to drive to the hoop. On defense, he is a tough on ball defender. He always gets in the way of the player who is attacking the basket. Ivey is a very complete player who really isn't lacking much. However, he can definitely still work on becoming a more diverse player. He has the skillset and size to thrive in the modern NBA. Without a shadow of a doubt, I trust that Ivey will succeed in the big league. He is considered a combo guard, yet he is really too small to play shooting guard. If he can add some muscle to his 6"4", 195 lb frame he can be a force for years to come.
Comparison: Ja Morant Lite
A.J. Griffin
SF, 6' 6" HT'
Griffin was on a minutes restriction coming into the season, due to a left knee injury that he had sustained prior. However, he has shown many flashes of what he can become. He is a 6'6" 222 lb small forward. He has great strength and long arms. He brings intensity to both ends of the game. He is a great on ball defender, and can defend any position. On offense, he drives to the hoop and makes contact on every play. He is a streaky 3 point shooter, but has shown that he can splash triples. With time, he should expand his range even farther.
Comparison: Kelly Oubre
Kendall Brown
Baylor, Freshman
Kendall is a built, athletic forward. He plays solid defense and can be a weak side rim protector. He is a great transition player, but is also a good passer and playmaker. He has a high motor and fights hard at all times. He doesn't project as an elite scorer, but his defense will warrant himself a top 10 selection.
Comparison: Terrence Ross +
Wendell Moore Jr
Duke, Junior
Moore is a winner on both ends of the floor. He always does what it takes to win, and would be a great fit on a contending team. He is a good rebounder and a solid passer. Wendell is a great defender and gets in his opponents' way. He hasn't totally gotten to play his natural position either since he is some sort of a point forward. He is a bit older than some top prospects, but he is super young for his class. Moore is definitely one of my favorite players in the draft.
Comparison: Bruce Brown +
Bennedict Mathurin
Arizona, Sophomore
Coming out of last season of college basketball Mathurin was projected to be a borderline second round pick. However, momentum for him built up through the end of last season into the beginning of this season. He has lived well up to expectations as a long and strong athletic wing. He doesn't have great shot creation off the dribble, but he is a solid shooter off the catch. He is a great finisher in transition and can worm his way around opponents.
Comparison: Kawhi Leonard Lite Lite
Jalen Duren
C, 6' 10" HT'
Memphis, Freshman
Defensively, he is a beast in the paint. He uses his bulky frame to bully guys around the basket. His sheer muscle gives him a huge edge over his competitors. His long arms make it easy for him to block shots. His height gets in the way of offenders and stops them from finishing easily Offensively, he can look a bit lost at times. He can become easily distracted. He doesn't always play in control and his offensive rebounding can become streaky at times. Yet, he is a big time lob target and can finish above the basket with ease. He can jump extremely high and dunking is no shortcoming of his. Duren's jumper is very smooth and he can no doubt become one of the top big man shooters. With enough development he will definitely become a top 5 center in the NBA. His passing is nice and still has time to grow. At 18, Duren is still very young. Overall, he certainly has bust potential. However, the good outweighs the bad by a wide margin. He will be a top 20 pick based on his powerful frame alone.
Comparison: Richaun Holmes
TyTy Washington Jr
Kentucky, Freshman
TyTy may come out as the best passer in the draft. He uses his soft touch to throw dimes and lob passes. He has a great handle, and a quick first step. He is small and is somewhat limited on defense, but he plays well up to his capabilities. He's a great outside shooter and a good overall scorer. Washington is by far the best point guard in the draft besides Jaden Ivey.
Comparison: John Wall Lite
Jaden Hardy
Hardy is one of the more difficult players to assess. Coming into the season for the Ignite, he was labeled as a knockdown shooter. However, he has shot extremely poorly in the G-League. Still, his athleticism and frame are intriguing. It isn't that he's been a bad scorer, but he hasn't been very efficient at all. Nonetheless, he is an amazing athlete and finishes often with flashy layups or dunks. The closest comp that I can find for him is his Ignite predecessor Jalen Green. While they aren't identical, they both have similar issues in their game. If Hardy plays as well as Green has played so far, he will be well worth the pick.
Comparison: Jalen Green, Bouncier James Harden
Keegan Murray
PF, 6' 8" HT'
Iowa, Sophomore
Keegan Murray is a baller. He uses his combination of size and athleticism to get to the rim. Last season he wasn't seen as an NBA prospect, since his contributions were masked out by Garza, and Wieskamp. However, he is now the clear cut best player in college basketball. He is a solid shooter, and has great court awareness. He always plays under control, and has good fundamental skills. With proper development, Keegan can easily become an All-Star.
Comparison: Scottie Pippen Lite
Kennedy Chandler
Tennessee, Freshman
Chandler is a one of the best playmakers in the draft and projects as a top point guard. He has great passing ability and good athleticism. He is a small player, but uses his strength to force his way to the rim. He has shown good decision making. He isn't the greatest shooter, but he is forced to take low percentage shots since he is playing on a Tennessee team with little creation outside of him. For his size, Kennedy is a good defender. He will most certainly do well in the pros.
Comparison: Bigger Isaiah Thomas
Projected Draft Range: 10-20
Alabama, Freshman
This dude is quite possibly the best athlete in this year's draft. He puts on a show every time he grabs the ball. He has a nice midrange jumper, but isn't really a perimeter player. He is a good rebounder for his size, and grabs plenty of steals. He has a tendency to play out of control, but he is a good defender when he's focused. Davison isn't a good 3 point shooter but he has the physical tools to make improvement. He is a good shot creator off the dribble and is a solid playmaker. I doubt he will produce much in his rookie season, but he can become a very good NBA player with time.
Comparison: Smaller Russell Westbrook
Jeremy Sochan
Sochan is unarguably the guy who raised his stock the most on Baylor. He's a solid shooter and great on ball defender. He has good shooting form and he hits lots of threes. The only concern is that his slow release will give him trouble in the NBA. He isn't super consistent, but he has the frame to become a great player. He is a great passer in transition and always manages to find the open man.
Comparison: Udonis Haslem +
Trevor Keels
Keels is a great player for the modern NBA. He uses his stocky frame to get in the way on defense. He has good strength and grabs plenty of steals. On defense he could certainly get more blocks, but he has a good frame and should see improvement in that department. His stock has fallen a bit, but he is still very consistent. He isn't the best 3 point shooter, yet he has shown enough flashes to bet on him getting better. In the NBA he projects as your prototypical 3 & D wing.
Comparison: Luguentz Dort
Dyson Daniels
Daniels is a future star. He uses his tight handle and good frame to get open shots. He has a smooth release and can hit shots from anywhere on the floor. He hasn't shot super well for the Ignite, but he has shown potential as a spot up shooter. Not only that, but he can make shots off the dribble and he is a good self-creator. He is tall for his position and is a good passer in the pick & roll. He needs to improve his shooting, but he has shown that he has the skillset to do so. He moves well off the ball and is a good defender when he is concentrated. Daniels no doubt has the skills to pay the bills.
Comparison: Smaller Josh Giddey
Patrick Baldwin Jr
Milwaukee, Freshman
Perhaps the guy who hurt his draft stock the most, Baldwin is tough to scout. He chose to go to the school that his dad coaches, which was an honorable decision but also hurt his draft stock a bit. He hasn't played against much elite competition, and he didn't play well when he was facing tougher opponents. Nonetheless, Baldwin is an intriguing player. He has struggled to shoot the rock, but has shown that he can hit threes in the right situation. He is a solid athlete, but doesn't have much self creation or a quick first step. He has a bit of wiggle to his game and can work around defenders. However, he is lacking on the other end of the floor. He can be unfocused on defense and doesn't play with the intensity that he should. He definitely might struggle on that end of the floor in the NBA. Baldwin is no longer an elite prospect, but he has loads of natural talent and has the tools to succeed.
Comparison: Smaller MPJ
Hugo Besson
Besson is one of the most unheralded international prospects. He is playing in the NBL and tearing it up on offense. He is creative and shifty on offense which helps him counteract his small size. He attacks the rim with power and works his way through opponents. He is a good finisher and is a super underrated athlete. He's a great pull-up shooter and has legitimate flash to his game. Besson is a solid playmaker and good pick and roll passer. He needs to work on his shot selection, but that will come with time. In the NBA he won't be allowed to take as many unruly shots. Hugo is by far my favorite international prospect in the draft. Expect him to keep rising up draft boards.
Comparison: Damian Lillard Lite
Duke, Sophomore
He is just your prototypical rim running big, but he is an awfully good one. He has a great motor and is a force to be reckoned with. His strength allows him to bully smaller players and get tons of blocks. He has great block anticipation and is patient on the jump. Williams is a solid athlete, and good defender overall. He is an amazing offensive rebounder and pounces on lots of second chance scoring opportunities. One area he is a bit lacking in is perimeter defense, but he makes up for it in his interior rim protection. Williams won't be a star, and he may not even be a starter. However, he will be a great backup big for any team that needs one. On a team like the Thunder, he could really have a lot of chances to shine.
Comparison: Clint Capela
Max Christie
Michigan State, Freshman
Don't let the low scoring numbers trick you. Max Christie will be a good NBA player. He is a solid athlete and he understands the game. He hasn't shot well, but the form is there. He has a good frame, and long arms. He lays solid defense and collects a healthy amount of steals and blocks. Christie is a good rebounder for his position, but isn't the best passer. He doesn't get to the line often, but shoots very well at the stripe. This alone, causes me to believe that he will find his shot. He is a solid spot up shooter and has a tight handle. He also has a good first step and is pretty speedy with a good burst. Despite shooting concerns, Christie will be a good if not great player.
Comparison: Evan Fournier
Harrison Ingram
Stanford, Freshman
Ingram is a great 3 & D forward who is a high level winner. He is strong and has a great frame drawing comparison to Scottie Barnes. He is a smart player who has a good handle on the game. While he isn't a flashy passer, he is a good passer. He makes high IQ plays and always stays in control. He is a very capable outside shooter and can shoot from virtually anywhere on the court. Harrison is a good scorer off the dribble and has good playmaking skills. While he lacks vertical explosiveness, he is a solid athlete. He has good post moves, and is a really sound player overall. If he continues to play well, he has sneaky lottery potential.
Comparison: Scottie Barnes, Herb Jones
Andre Curbelo
Illinois, Sophomore
Curbelo has only played five games this season due to a setback in coming back from a mysterious injury. This caused his stock to slide quite a bit, however he came back and played extremely well against Purdue. He is one of the best passers in the draft. He uses his insane court vision to dump passes off to wide open teammates. He is shifty and thrives on the ball. He is a great ball handler and has an intriguing offensive skillset. His drives to the hoop often result in easy layups or pass offs to bigger guys. If Curbelo keeps up his strong return, he will climb back up the boards.
Comparison: Young Chris Paul
Jean Montero
Ochai Agbaji
Kansas, Senior
SF, 6' 10" HT'
Caleb Houstan
Michigan, Freshman
Christian Koloko
Arizona, Junior
MarJon Beauchamp
Alondes Williams
E.J. Liddell
Ohio State, Junior
Peyton Watson
UCLA, Freshman
Roko Prkacin
Tari Eason
LSU, Sophomore
Justin Lewis
Marquette, Freshman
Azuolas Tubelis
Nikola Jovic
Nebraska, Freshman
Blake Wesley
Notre Dame, Freshman
Terrence Shannon Jr
Texas Tech, Junior
Trevion Williams
Purdue, Senior
C, 7' HT'
Illinois, Junior
Walker Kessler
Auburn, Sophomore
Kansas, Junior
Trayce Jackson-Davis
Indiana, Sophomore
Orlando Robinson
Fresno State, Junior
Julian Champagnie
St. John's, Junior
Johnny Juzang
UCLA, Junior
Oscar Tshiebwe
C, 6' 9" HT'
Kentucky, Junior
North Carolina, Sophomore
Yannick Nzosa
Andrew Nembhard
Gonzaga, Senior
Taevion Kinsey
Marshall, Senior
Ibou Dianko Badji
Allen Flanigan
Auburn, Junior
Michael Foster Jr
Jaime Jaquez Jr
Marcus Bagley
Arizona State, Sophomore
Khalifa Diop
Drew Timme
Gonzaga, Junior
Tristan Vukcevic
Daimion Collins
Keon Ellis
Alabama, Senior
Moussa Diabate
Jabari Walker
Colorado, Sophomore
Ron Harper Jr
Matteo Spagnolo
Ariel Hukporti
TCU, Sophomore
Darius Days
LSU, Senior
Zach Edey
Jamaree Bouyea
San Francisco, Senior
Matthew Mayer
Baylor, Senior
Boogie Ellis
USC, Junior
Jahvon Quinerly
Alabama, Junior
Saint Joseph's
Tyler Burton
Richmond, Junior
Giordano Bortolani
Iverson Molinar
Mississippi St, Junior
Marquette, Senior
Colorado State, Junior
Scotty Pippen Jr
Vanderbilt, Junior
Max Abmas
PG, 6' HT'
Oral Roberts, Junior
Isaiah Mobley
Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua
Baylor, Junior
Note that Isaiah Wong, Dereon Seabron, Julian Strawther, Josh Minott, Aminu Mohamed, Kadary Richmond, Leonardo Okeke, Alex Fudge, and Taran Armstrong were meant to be included. Sadly, Fanspo doesn't have them on here yet.
As I get them done, I will continue to add descriptions for more players.


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Keaton Henson's debut album, 'Dear…', was released quietly in late 2010, in a limited edition run, hand-made by Keaton. Here were simple, tender songs, stripped to the marrow, and written without the desire to be heard… though they sold out almost immediately.
Fast forward to September 2011 and BBC Radio 1's Zane Lowe is threatening to play 'You Don't Know How Lucky You Are' twice in a row, triggering a frenzy of investigations into Keaton's identity. Amidst a growing audience and a wealth of critical acclaim, Keaton chose not to perform or promote his record in a conventional manner – he was simply compelled to write the next album.
Its critically acclaimed follow-up, 'Birthdays', went even further. Written and recorded in less than a year, a toughness veins throughout 'Birthdays', addressing the challenges of newfound and newly-lost love. This is the sound of what happens next, once your private agony goes public overnight. And in more ways than one, 'Birthdays' presents the perils of getting what you wished for.
Ahead of the release of 'Birthdays', Keaton began to take tentative steps in to the live arena, first performing one-on-one for fans as a projection from within a dollhouse in an art gallery. Then, eventually, venturing to play conventional gigs – but in unconventional venues (such as a tour of museums after hours). Unannounced, tickets sold out in a little over an hour, and were greeted with 5-star reviews.
Next, tired and full of thought, Keaton found himself writing quiet, instrumental pieces. As they began to build up, he decided he would teach himself the art of orchestration and arrangement, despite his inability to read or write music, he drew from his many long time influences within the classical world. The result was 'Romantic Works', his first collection of classical compositions. Dubbed "bedroom classical", the album was recorded entirely in Keaton's small bedroom in London, together with close friend and guildhall virtuoso cellist Ren Ford. It was made available without prior warning on the same day as his biggest show to date; headlining London's Queen Elizabeth Hall at the personal request of UNKLE's James Lavelle for Meltdown Festival (with Keaton's show selling out in a morning) and a sold out show at the Royal Concert Building in Amsterdam for the Holland Festival.
More recently, he has scored 'Young Men', a full-length ballet opening at Sadler's Wells Theatre. A fully immersive production of Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons' – which sold out two nights at London's Oval Space, in association with The Barbican.
He has also released his first poetry book 'idiot verse', as well as a surprise electronic side project entitled 'Behaving'.
Keaton is currently finishing work on his third studio album.
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Produced by Quickdraw Animation Society and featuring 17 animators including Chad VanGaalen, Kiarra Albina and Brandon Blommaert, this 10-minute film is scored to a compilation of Chris' unreleased ambient recordings. Pal Morgan Greenwood (Azeda Booth and Baths) produced the soundtrack.
The film will screen as part of the Sled Island music festival, in front of A City Is An Island, a 72 minute feature that explores the juxtaposition of Quebec's linguistic identity and its thriving enclave of English-speaking artists. We hope to see you there!
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Chris always found marketing and publicity to be a disgusting and dirty business. In many ways, it is. One might suggest that to focus, therefore, on the numbers that this memorial blog reached in 2013 to be craven, and disgusting, but I don't quite see it that way.
A metaphor I've been rolling around in my brain over the past several days is this: When someone dies–I think particularly if they die young–who they were and how they lived is akin to a wave or a splash in the ocean. The impact that Chris and his music, his life and his death had on people was at first enormous. 25,000 people visited this blog in the first days after his death. 90 people wrote to tell us how much his beautiful spirit and his music meant to them. 700 people attended the funeral. In the sad and dark months that followed the inner circle of friends and family were continually heartened by the community of people that rushed to support us and to remember and memorialize Chris in words, in art and in music.
It's impossible to know how you might, in your life, impact other people. My brother was genuinely self-effacing and humble, and I know he would have been floored to know the heartfelt, positive things that people said about him after he died. I wish he could have known and believed such sentiments in life. The waves of the magic Chris brought to the world in his 26 short years have continued to reverberate. Over 2012 and 2013, people continued to remember him, and write to us. We were pleased to see The Chad Tape sell out; the only thing Chris wanted to achieve was to make music, and to have that music reach and effect people. It did and it has. I'm sad that he didn't live to release his solo work and watch it reach people, and I don't understand metaphysics as much as I would like, but maybe where/whatever he is now knows and feels this?
Gold released the digital Losing Your Hair EP in 2012; Mammoth Cave records put out the vinyl 7″ EP this year. It's bittersweet because the tracks were recorded by Chris and feature his drumming; the last thing he physically contributed to before moving on. Sadly, Gold broke up after the album came out, but some of the members are working on new projects together, and I look forward to hearing what they come up with in 2014.
We were moved beyond words when The Dodos Carrier came out in the summer, and we are grateful for the kind things that Meric and Logan have said about Chris in interviews this year.
Quickdraw Animation Society approached us late in the spring to ask about the possibility of a collaborative, animated tribute. A call for submissions has gone out and the deadline for notice of intent is January 15. The film is slated for completion in fall 2014. We're very excited to see what people submit.
So the waves of response to my brother continue, smaller and slower but steady. I know that they will continue. But I also know that, as time continues inexorably forward, the mighty splash will gradually become a slower and shorter oscillation.
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Life goes on, as it should and it must. Eventually the need to remember Chris Reimer will fade into the faintest ripple on a distant shore. Other musicians will break into and sustain public consciousness; other musicians will die and will be mourned. This is as it should be: we all live and die. After the initial phase of shock and mourning, life goes on as it did before, for most people at least.
This has been one of the hardest things for me to reconcile: That to the wider world and perhaps even to our wider community of friends, family, and artists, Chris will fade in importance. That people will forget him.
So I thank you for visiting and reading over 2013, and I thank you for remembering Chris.
Love to you and yours, and best wishes for 2014, wherever you are.
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Following a year and a half since Chris Reimer's passing, The Quickdraw Animation Society invites interested animators to contribute to a 10-minute film set to Chris's music. No previous animation experience is necessary.
Chris Reimer played in the bands The Dodos, Women, Azeda Booth, and Gold. Chris was also a prolific composer of ambient music and a visual artist. His music reached people around the world.
As a musician, artist, and a human being, Chris had a rare talent for inspiring those around him to new creative heights. The Quickdraw Animation Society wants to pay tribute to Chris by creating a collaborative, non-narrative, animated short based around his drawings and music.
The Quickdraw Animation Society will distribute two of Chris's drawings and a segment of the soundtrack to each animator. Animators will use one drawing as the opening and one drawing as the closing frame of their 20-second animation. Our hope is to have the film completed by the fall of 2014.
Interested artists are invited to submit a brief statement of intent and a sample of their work to Quickdraw. Artists will be selected by members of Chris's family, friends, and musical collaborators. Quickdraw encourages submissions from everywhere. Quickdraw will provide equipment, studio space, and technical support for Calgary-based artists. Participants (especially those based in Calgary) do not need any previous experience with animation.
Participation in this project is voluntary, although we are pursuing funding to allow for an honorarium for artists. All screening fees from the finished film will be donated to the Chris Reimer Legacy Fund, a charity that funds dance and music training for youth.


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Baby Einstein targets millennial parents for bigger piece of toy market
By Adrianne Pasquarelli. Published on July 10, 2018.
Nobody puts baby in the corner—Baby Einstein, that is. Under the ownership of Kids II, the 22-year-old toy brand is unveiling a new mission and ad campaign in its attempt to attract millennial parents and gain a larger piece of the $20.7 billion U.S. toy market. On Tuesday, Atlanta-based Baby Einstein is rolling out a campaign themed "Ignite a Curious Mind," which is designed to link its brand with the power of exploration.
"We believe in curiosity—it's essential for children's development and helps them from when they are born into this world," says Meryl Macune, senior VP, global marketing at Kids II. She notes that "no one in our industry is talking to parents" through storytelling, and that the campaign will help connect with millennials as they become parents.
In one 45-second spot, a voice asks "Where would you be without curiosity?" (It answers that you, and everyone else, would have suffered without historical and scientific developments, like capturing color, overcoming gravity and exploring the deep, not to mention inventions such as the search bar.)
Baby Einstein worked with New York-based Piro on the campaign, which is its first and will include more content such as short "snackable" video this fall.
While the brand is small in comparison to toy giants Mattel and Hasbro, and also competes with the likes of Spin Master, the company behind the Hatchimals craze, Baby Einstein is hoping its rebrand will grow its reputation with new parents who are more thoughtful about purchases and what a brand stands for. To that end, it's partnering with German manufacturer Hape, known for its wooden toys, on a "magical touch" piano, which uses touch sensors like on an iPhone but is made of wood. While Baby Einstein's "sweet spot" is 0 to 12 months in age, this fall it plans to "age up" many products to appeal to toddlers, Macune says.
Kids II, which acquired Baby Einstein five years ago, plans to roll out rebrands to its other brands, including Bright Starts and Ingenuity, eventually as well.
"It's more than a marketing message—we're infusing curiosity in everything we do under this brand," says David Butler, chief growth officer at Kids II.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article referred to one of Kids II's brands as Bright Stars. It is Bright Starts.
Adrianne Pasquarelli
A reporter with Ad Age since 2015, Adrianne Pasquarelli covers the marketing strategies of retailers and financial institutions. She joined Ad Age after a dozen years of writing for Crain's New York Business, where she also focused on the retail industry. Over the course of her career, she has won awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the Jesse H. Neal Awards.


More counterfeits were then seized at immunization camps in Mbale central market that were being run by suspicious individuals, and another by Sanyu Medical Centre in Katabi, Entebbe.
Affected health facilities are UMC Victoria hospital Bukoto; Mbarara Community hospital, Devine Mercy, Mayanja Memorial hospital, Family Doctors' clinic Ntungamo, Mbarara City clinic, Malcom Health Care Kisaasi and Kampala Medical Chambers along Buganda road.
Hellen Ndagije, the NDA director product safety, said the investigating team first operated under cover.
"At first, we thought it was something small in Mbarara but later agreed to move elsewhere, and as well inform the media about these hospitals and clinics," Ndagije said.
This vaccine is administered to immunise against hepatitis B, a deadly virus that causes potentially fatal liver disease and inflammation of the liver. Health ministry figures show that more than 3.5 million Ugandans are living with chronic hepatitis B infection.
From the 2005 screening across the country, the highest prevalence was recorded in Karamoja (23.9%); West Nile (18.5%), and Western region (10.0%). Lowest incidence was in Central (6%) and South Western (3.8%).
There are various types of hepatitis viruses; A, B, C, D and E but B is the most prevalent in Uganda. Several hepatitis B vaccine brands are approved for supply in Uganda from various manufacturers, including Serum Institute of India.
The Serum brand, according to Ndagije, is available in only two registered pack sizes; 1ml ampoules and 10ml multi-dose vials. Norvik Enterprises Ltd located along Bombo road in Kampala are the only approved importer.
The 1ml pack supplied to private concerns can be identified by a white label with two green bands, while the 10ml vial to government facilities is identified by a white label with two purple bands at the top and bottom parts of the labels, respectively.
The government vaccines also bear the words: "Government of Uganda, Not for Sale".
Ndagije explained that the genuine 10ml vial also has batch numbers, manufacturing and expiry dates with a shelf life of three years.
"Some of the fake vaccines were found with no manufacturing dates while others had four-year expiry dates. In other cases, the shelf life showed two years and below instead of three years," Ndagije said, adding that markings on the vial would also easily be rubbed off.
All facilities found with fake vaccines had bought from unlicensed dealers with fake addresses on invoices/receipts. UMC Victoria hospital's head of marketing, Mukesh Meharwal, yesterday declined to comment but gave his phone to another male staff.
"UMC doesn't deal with fake drugs and suppliers. It is true we were found with the 10ml vial [meant for government facilities] and the 1ml. But when a person comes, we use the 1ml and only use the 10ml in medical camps," the unidentified staffer said.
"In regards to hepatitis B, we have administered the same to many people and a wrong vaccine would cause a negative reaction in the body.
Yesterday, Ndagije appealed to all private health facilities stocking the 10ml multi-dose vials manufactured by Serum to immediately stop using them and take them to the nearest NDA office from where they will be collected for testing.
"People that have been vaccinated from the affected facilities need to stay calm until we give our final results. But if we find that all the three doses were counterfeit, you will have to repeat the cycle again," she said.


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When can we expect some updates to take care of the issues? It's been a while.
I'll see if I can get an update on progress.
I could live with the DST bug until November. I would be nice to see the sunrise / sunset issue corrected as that changes every day.
I did present a couple of options for a dusk/dawn fix or work around to them. One was if the offset times were increased users could set that while they waited for the DST issue to be resolved.
I understand the owner is going to China next week to sit down with the factory management and take in some electronic shows.
Hopefully that doesn't mean we'll have to wait till he gets back before an update.
.... I understand the owner is going to China next week to sit down with the factory management and take in some electronic shows.
Make sure your passport is up-to-date..... then offer to tag along.
I did some manufacturing in China for a telephone product I invented about 20 years ago. I learned that while the Chinese can do an excellent job making things to whatever quality level is ordered, their software expertise left something to be desired. The main problem was just a lack of understanding what or why something was important to a US consumer. For example, China has only one time zone and no DST (sunrise is after noon in western China!) so they don't have an appreciation for what we deal with here.
A better course for Authinx to be more responsive and have a more sophisticated product would be to develop the software here - or even India - and just build the products in China. As HA hobbyists we like to tinker and are willing to put up with some development inconveniences but if Authinx wants to go head-to-head with the current crop of HA brands they need to step up their game.
I'm just hoping the impending trade war does not adversely affect this project.
1-2-3-4, I declare a trade war.
Yes it has started and we'll all lose before it is over.
I also hope this project doesn't get affected by it.
I don't see a trade war affecting free software updates.
Future hardware developments may get side tracked if this escalates and lasts long.
You've watched WAY too much TV. Trade tariffs, fee's, and taxes are imposed by EVERY nation on Earth. Whereas there are at least 22 armed conflicts at this point in time.... none of them involve trade. All are merely people killing other human beings.
Calling a trade dispute... a "war".... is like a lawyer calling litigation... a "fight". It is a misuse of the language. No humans bleed during litigation... and no humans are harmed during trade negations either.
Back when I was beta tester for the CM14A, Jim Phillips would send me an update every few days. I'm surprised it is taking so long for an update for the WM100. If the protocol is released maybe programmers here can pick up the task.
I keep hounding the owner about releasing the protocol.
I believe the manufacture wishes to hold on to it as a sercuity blanket.
We certainly would have had a user created skill by now if it had been released. Maybe we'll see that come out of this trip.
I assume the manufacturer produces the WM100 to order and spec of the owner, including hardware and firmware. Would I be correct in assuming that. If that assumption was correct what hold could the manufacturer possibly have over the owner Authnix.
Surely Authinx could shift production to any location of their choice in the event of manufacturing or logistics difficulties. It would be a silly manufacturer to place all their eggs in one basket in this ever volatile world we live in.
Has anyone stripped down and examined this WM100 yet to see what is under the hood. That's the usual route when code isn't forthcoming.


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Former CNN Kenyan reporter Soni Methu is dead.
Speaking to Edaily news, her younger sister Faith Methu, said that Soni died in Diani hotel, Kwale County on Thursday evening after complaining of stomach pain then collapsed.
Soni moved from CNN to China Global Television Network (CGTN) early 2016 after her former employer changed the format of the 'Inside Africa' show to have no presenter.
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Revealed: Majority of Newcastle United fans opposed to Jansson as Lascelles replacement
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It is hugely unlikely that Newcastle United will allow Jamaal Lascelles to be snapped up by another club, and if they do, the Magpies will not concede without a fight.
The defender has become a leader at the back and has fully embraced the captaincy role handed to him by manager Rafael Benitez.
Last week, Sky Sports News reported that West Ham United had tabled a £20m bid, rising to £25m in add-ons for Lascelles.
According to the broadcaster, Newcastle rejected the deal, and since then a number of Premier League clubs have been linked to the defender.
Good news came for the Magpies on Monday, though, as The Shields Gazette quoted Lascelles as saying that he is content with life at St James' Park.
With that in mind, it would be hugely surprising if the centre-back left Newcastle this summer, but if it did happen, who would the North-East outfit move for?
We asked you whether Leeds United's Pontus Jansson, who has been capped 17 times by Sweden, would be a viable option.
It is clear that the centre-back is not quite up to Lascelles's standard, but he has been a key player and leader for the Whites and it is time for him to be tested at the top level.
However, the results of our poll indicate that Newcastle fans would not be best pleased if Jansson signed in the next few weeks.


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