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August 01, 2012 • Criminal Law and Criminology •	3	min read
Ministers have complained about the lack of time to reflect on their work. In the case of the criminal justice system, this lack of time to reflect has spread to MPs alike.
In my last blog I criticized the present Minister for Security and Justice, Mr. Opstelten. I am not the only one who criticizes him and his policy. With much irony, he has been called the he-man in the local pub. In more serious reports he is blamed for hiding behind the agreement on which the policy of the present cabinet is based, and has stopped reflecting on the bills he has proposed over the last two years. One could justify this lack of reflection referring to the report that ministers did not have time to reflect, as some ministers complained in a national newspaper, but I wonder whether Mr. Opstelten would have reflected on the bills proposed if he did have more time for reflection.
However, it would be unfair to say that this minister does everything wrong. He reveals himself to be a different minister in the recent response to questions from a member of parliament on the occasion of a report in a national newspaper (question number 2012Z13005).
What had happened? A man was arrested on suspicion of the serious maltreatment of another man. Apparently, he had hit him in a car park near a supermarket. The defendant was known to the police. He had previous convictions and was believed to be addicted to alcohol. The defendant told the investigative judge that he had been having treatment because of his aggression problem. For that reason, the investigative judge suspended his pre-trial detention on the condition that he would uphold certain conditions.
The victim was extremely dismayed by this decision. In a national newspaper he stated: 'The judge has intentionally put me in a dangerous situation.'
Mrs. Helder, a member of parliament, decided to put nine questions to the Minister about this case. I cannot go into all the questions, but will discuss only four of them.
In questions 5 to 7, the minister was asked about his opinion on this case: does the minister agree that previous penalties have not helped, should the defendant be sentenced to prison and why was his pre-trial detention suspended? Quite remarkable questions, I would say. If I am not mistaken, our constitutional state is still founded on the principle of the trias politica: three interrelated but independent state powers, which means that a minister should not interfere in a criminal case that is still pending.
Why Mrs. Helder thought that the Minister for Security and Justice would be able to interfere in a criminal case that is still pending, is not clear to me. Perhaps she wanted to tempt him. Other disputed cases where a pre-trial detention was suspended lead to proposals to amend the law. Secondly, Mr. Opstelten is known for his bold statements. Perhaps Mrs. Helder hoped that the minister would take a firm stand. But the minister did not buy it. For once no incident-driven politics.
The ninth question reads: How are you going to make sure that judges do not suspend pre-trial detention in cases like this one, and how do you feel about a term of office instead of a lifelong appointment for judges? The latter question is striking, because Mrs. Helder had abandoned this position a few months ago. Apparently, she has changed her position once again. What's this called: swimming with the tide? The minister responded as follows: 'The lifelong appointment of judges is an important guarantee for an independent and impartial judiciary.' Only important? An important guarantee is not so substantial that it should be indisputable. So what is the minister telling us here: up till now I have endorsed the lifelong appointment of judges, but I could be persuaded otherwise. That would mean no less than a revolution. So what was this: a slip of the tongue or to be continued?
The former question is, according to me, almost too outrageous to respond to. Fortunately, the minister does not commit himself in his response: 'The investigative judge has suspended the pre-trial detention, but that does not mean the defendant walks off free. While outside prison, the defendant has to uphold certain conditions set by the investigative judge, while awaiting his trial.' This is a perfectly correct answer, but at the same time almost meaningless. However, we can hear an undertone: justice should take its course. A displeasing verdict by a judge does not make it a retarded one. Show some patience and wait and see where this case will lead.
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Q: Why is the explicit cast necessary here I am using a factory similar to this:
interface I<T>
{
    void Print();
}

class A : I
{
    public string Id { get; }
    public A(string id) { Id = id; }
    public void Print() { Console.WriteLine(Id); }
}

class B : I
{
    public int Id { get; }
    public B(int id) { Id = id; }
    public void Print() { Console.WriteLine(Id); }
}

class Factory
{
    public T Create<T>()
        where T : I<T>
    {
        if (typeof(T) == typeof(A))
            return (T)(I<T>)new A("A");
        else if (typeof(T) == typeof(B))
            return (T)(I<T>)new B(2);
        else
            throw new Exception("Unknown className");
    }
}

var sut = new Factory();
sut.Create().Print();
sut.Create().Print();

What I do not fully understand is: why is this double cast
(T)(I<T>)new A()

necessary? The compiler knows that
new A("A") is I

and actually knows that
new A("A") is T

BTW: I am using the generic interface, since otherwise
Create()

would compile fine but is not desired here.

A: Your code reasons that when typeof(T) == typeof(A) is true, it guarantees that the type of expression new A(...) is compatible with T.
Though this reasoning is correct at runtime, C# compiler doesn't treat typeof(T) == typeof(A) as any kind of "type guard".

The compiler knows that new A("A") isI

Agree

and actually knows that new A("A") is T

Nope, it cannot. In template-based approach (e.g. in C++) the "generic" function is compiled per every T encountered in source code, and then the compiler knows. However in .NET the generics is runtime-based, so that C# compiler must compile a code that would work for any T complying with the constraints, but besides that the concrete T is not known at compile time.
If you want to employ compiler "type guards" and avoid explicit casts, you can rewrite your code using C# pattern matching:
public T Create<T>()
    where T : I<T>
{
    if (typeof(T) == typeof(A) && new A("A") is T retA)
        return retA;
    else if (typeof(T) == typeof(B) && new B(2) is T retB)
        return retB;
    else
        throw new Exception("Unknown className");
}

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and actually knows that
new A("A") is T

No. If it knows that A is I, does not mean that A and T is the same. T may be B and your cast will fail. Look at this code:
public T Create<T>()
    where T : I<T>
{
    if (typeof(T) == typeof(A))
        return (T)(I<T>)new B(2);
    else if (typeof(T) == typeof(B))
        return (T)(I<T>)new A("A");
    else
        throw new Exception("Unknown className");
}

I swapped A and B and you cast B to A. The cast is invalid.

A: Compiler knows that there is type conversion between A ->I and B -> I it also knows that there is conversion between T and I<T>. But the necessarily link is missing - direct conversion between A and T. So it fails.
If I knew for certain that all concrete types like A and B that I want to create are classes I'd use class type constraint. It allows us to simplify our code, with some refactoring that permitted myself the code might be something along the lines of:
public T Create<T>() where T : class, I<T>
{
    if (typeof(T) == typeof(A))
    {
        return new A("A") as T;
    }

    if (typeof(T) == typeof(B))
    {
        return new B(2) as T;
    }
    throw new Exception("Unknown className");
}

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What I do not fully understand is: why is this double cast
  necessary? The compiler knows that

What compiler knows is following
A is I
B is I
T is I<T>
T is not A
T is not I
T is not B
T is not I

That's why an instance of T must be cast to parent interface first then down to specific type.

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The $40 (or $20) million helmet. Or not.
By Tom Kurke, COO & President, Geomagic
It has been a little while since my last blog on IP issues in the capture-create/modify/make ecosystem and I apologize for that. As many of you may know, Geomagic develops a wide range of software solutions to capture, modify and inspect 3D digital models of physical objects.
We've been a little busy around here with our recent acquisition of Sensable, adding to our portfolio of technologies in the modify' space of our solutions. I am truly excited about the fit of this team into the culture here at Geomagic as well as the great technology (software and hardware) which we can take to market. Our historical business has been integrating with a wide range of scanning technologies in the industrial manufacturing space. Sensable is known for an integrated force-feedback (haptic) solution coupled with a volumetric modeling application which allows users to sculpt "virtual clay" with tactile feedback. Integrating this technology with our existing functionality will mean that users can start from a scanned model, rather than a blank screen, as they begin many organic modeling applications. If you are interested, for more information on the acquisition, see: http://www.geomagic.com/en/community/press-releases/geomagic-acquires-sensable-3d-design-and-haptics-businesses/.
A Refresher
As I've blogged about previously, copyright protects a wide variety of items - regardless of whether 2D or 3D, so long as that content is not"functional" or"utilitarian", and is original. Ideas are not protectable, but the expression of ideas generally are. In case you missed that blog entry (and you will want to read before continuing), see: http://www.geomagic.com/en/community/beyond-the-box/the-tale-of-two-spoons-and-copyright-law/
Back to Our Very Expensive Helmet
Picture from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12910683
Andrew Ainsworth thought that he was doing nothing wrong. In 2002 he started selling helmets and body pieces from Stormtrooper uniforms to help cover schooling costs. He had previously done work for Lucasfilm and helped to create the original Stormtrooper costumes for the Star Wars film. He had been asked by George Lucas at Elstree Studios to make a prototype based on original drawings from Ralph McQuarry. After two days and a prototype Lucas allegedly ordered 50. When a helmet and a few other pieces pulled in nearly $100,000 for a sale at Christie's he knew he was on to something. He dug out the old molds and started selling them. After roughly 20 had been sold in the United States, someone else noticed - namely Lucasfilm.
Lucasfilm sued Shepperton Design Studios Limited, and Andrew Ainsworth, in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on May 6th 2005. The complaint alleged that Mr. Ainsworth had violated Lucasfilm's copyrights in their Stormtrooper and TIE fighter pilot characters as well as Lucasfilm's"Imperial" logo trademark.
Plaintiff alleges that Defendants copies Plaintiff's copyrighted artwork and Plaintiff's fanciful characters in Plaintiff's 1977 Star Wars Film, that Defendants prepared three-dimensional copies of Plaintiff's depictions, that Defendants publicly distributed those copies and that Defendants also publicly display them on Defendants' website, all without Plaintiff's consent.
In September 20th 2006 the United States District Court granted a default judgment to Lucasfilm and awarded in excess of $40 million1 in damages (for $5M for copyright, $37.5M for trademark infringement as well as an award of attorney's fees). But there was more than a little problem. Because Mr. Ainsworth had no assets in the United States, Lucasfilm had to take their judgment to the UK courts for enforcement.
Across the Pond We Go
Lucasfilm wanted to enforce the award in the UK, and so it went to enforce its judgment. Seems simple right? Lucasfilm owned a valid copyright in the artistic/sculptural StormTrooper uniforms, Ainsworth violated it by creating copies or derivative works, and he was not authorized to do so. Open and shut case, right?
Something strange happened in the U.K. courts.
First, lower courts held that Lucasfilm couldn't enforce the California judgment. They also found that uniforms and helmets were not protectable by copyright because they were not sculptures -- and even though they were copies Ainsworth had other defenses - all of Lucasfilm's claims in the U.K. courts were dismissed.
Then the U.K. Supreme Court took up consideration of the case and handed down a fairly surprising ruling. On July 27th, 2011 they upheld the lower court rulings that the Stormtrooper uniforms were not in fact artistic or sculptural elements protectable by copyright, but instead, they were utilitarian and functional objects because they were a necessary element of the film that was being produced. They were a"mixture of costume and prop." As a result, they were not protectable by copyright. They did this while also resolving an outstanding controversy of whether U.K. courts could decide if non-U.K. copyrights had been infringed.
My Personal View
The U.K. Supreme Court got it wrong. While you can't help to personally feel for Mr. Ainsworth in his battle with Lucasfilm, the logic is twisted in achieving their desired result. For the U.K. Supreme Court's analysis on why the uniform and helmet were not"sculptures" under U.K. law, see the discussion starting at Section 28 in the Court's opinion. Much of the discussion and focus is to the particular production methods used to make the helmet and uniform rather than what is really at the heart of the matter - is it artistic or creative however created? Read it and form your own opinion.
Lucasfilm issued a statement after the U.K. Supreme Court ruling stating in part that the ruling"maintains an anomaly of British copyright law under which the creative and highly artistic works made for use in films - which are protected by the copyright laws of virtually every other country in the world - may not be entitled to copyright protection in the U.K." I agree.
The Implications Are Strange
Disagreeing with the U.K. Supreme Court's conclusion doesn't take away from the fact that it is valid law in the U.K.
If the frame of reference is a fantasy or virtual world, or a movie, or even perhaps a play, props are absolutely functional - they are required to produce or deliver the creative work. In that context, a Stormtrooper helmet is"functional." Outside of that frame of reference (i.e. the real world we live in) individual elements appear to be distinctive, creative works in their own right. Outside of the Star Wars film universe - who can really deny or argue that the uniforms and helmets were creative and therefore protectable?
How would the U.K. courts ruled if the helmets and uniforms in question had not been used in a movie? Quite differently I suppose.
So there we have it. The same Stormtrooper uniform. The same helmets. Completely different conclusions. A United States court finds that they are protectable by copyright and awards millions in dollars of damages. The U.K. Supreme Court finds that they are not protectable by copyright. Uh oh.
What is truly interesting is to consider how this ruling will apply to objects which might be reproducible by 3D printers - particularly as it relates to elements used in films or live stage productions. For example, the"cube" in the Super8 film might be viewed as content protectable by copyright in the United States but in the UK viewed as utilitarian (because a necessary element of the film it was used in).
For more information, see the following:
Default Judgment of the United States District Court in the Central District of California in the matter of Lucasfilm Ltd. V. Shepperton Design Studios Limited and Andrew Ainsworth
http://www.supremecourt.gov.uk/docs/UKSC_2010_0015_Judgment.pdf (the U.K. Supreme Court Judgment in Lucas Films Limited and others (Appellants) v. Ainsworth and another (Respondents) - all forty glorious pages of it!
1 It is worth noting that in various press articles, as well as the UK opinions, that the damage award under the Default Judgment was $20 million. This is incorrect. On the Lahnam Act (trademark) claims the court awarded $2.5 million in license fees and $10 million for damage to reputation and goodwill and then tripled those damages. This would result in $37.5 million for the Lanham Act claims alone.


How to Calculate used Car Loan Value?
The used car loan value is not equal to its price or book value. Loan value is the amount a lender will let you borrow to buy the vehicle and will pay a certain percentage on it. This is important because the loan value may be less than the price and chances are you can get in low price. You'll need enough down payment to cover the difference between the cost of the car and the loan value. Used car loan values are based on the book value of the particular vehicle and the lender's policies.
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Q: Is there an easy way to multiply each element with each other in array / list - Kotlin? I have got {1,2,3} / or it might be a list<Int> is there an easy way to multiply each element with each other like 1*2 , 1*3, 2*3 ?

A: This should work, given that you probably don't want to include the duplicates  like items[i] * items[j] and items[j] * items[i]
val items = listOf(1, 2, 3, 4)

val result = items.flatMapIndexed { index, a ->
    items.subList(index + 1, items.size).map { b -> a * b }
}

println(result) // [2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12]

*

*flatMapIndexed builds a list for each of the items elements by evaluating the lambda on the index and the item, and then concatenates the lists.

*subList is an efficient way to take the items in the specific range: starting at the next index, and until the end of the list.

A: You can try the old-fashioned way: nested loops
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
    val list = listOf( 1, 2, 3 )

    for (i in list.indices) {
        for (j in (i + 1) until list.size) {
            println("${list[i]} * ${list[j]} = ${list[i] * list[j]}")
        }
    }
}

Output of this code:
1 * 2 = 2
1 * 3 = 3
2 * 3 = 6

A: If you did want all the permutations (every possible ordering), you could do something like this:
val result = with(items) {
    flatMapIndexed { i, first ->
        slice(indices - i).map { second -> // combine first and second here }
    }
}

slice lets you provide a list of indices for the elements you want to pull, so you can easily exclude the current index and get all the other elements to combo it with. Takes an IntRange too, so you can do slice(i+1 until size) to get the combination (every pairing) functionality too.
Not as efficient as hotkey's subList version (since that doesn't make a copy) but you can get two behaviours this way so I thought I'd mention it! But if I were making a reusable function rather than a quick one-liner, I'd probably go with deHaar's approach with the nested for loops, it's efficient and easy enough to tweak for either behaviour


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PHOENIX, Arizona – Jean and Kathy Norris-Wilhelm have been together 22 years.
Jean started forgetting things, but it took two years of neurological testing to get an Alzheimer's diagnosis.
She misses the math classroom where she taught for 18 years.
"I did, but now a lot of it has gone away from me."
A recently-completed study at the University of Arizona showed that what's called an autobiographical memory test may show who's at risk.
Neuropsychologist Matt Grilli and his team tested how vividly participants could describe past events.
"It relies on a number of regions to be coordinated and to sort of work together," director of the University's Human Memory Lab.
Grilli tested two groups of cognitively normal people.
Those in one group have a gene that increases risk for Alzheimer's and they had a harder time remembering detail.
"It does tell us that his story of, type of memory testing has promise as a new way of trying to pick up on early signs of Alzheimer's disease."
NEW TEST: Researchers at the University of Arizona are using an autobiographical memory test to collect data by asking participants to construct and relive an important memory from their own life experience. All subjects were deemed cognitively normal, but half carried a gene that put them at increased risk for developing Alzheimer's. Researchers found that those who carried this gene overall shared fewer particular details and had a harder time providing vivid description of their memory imagery than those who did not carry the gene. With this information and further studies, researchers hope to be able to use this autobiographical test to predict if someone may need to pursue further Alzheimer's testing.
Kathy is excited that this inexpensive non-invasive screening could get more people an early diagnosis.
"I think having something like this is critical because the sooner you can get a diagnosis, you can prepare for it."


My boyfriend had his RPLND surgery almost four weeks ago and he doesn't seem to be getting better. His surgery was 16 hours long and I know it's a very invasive surgery but he can't be on his feet longer than a minute or two before he feels like he is going to fall over. Due to not being able to eat fat he hasn't been taking in enough calories and has lost a lot of weight. When he does eat he gets nauseous and starts burping a lot.
I am sure it's just his insides still healing after such a gruesome procedure but after 4 weeks I hoped he would have progressed farther in his recovery.
Is anyone familiar with RPLND and how long did it take for you to recover? Is it normal for it to take this long to heal?
My fiancé had a 16 1/2 hour RPLND back in December. He was hospitalized for a few weeks then discharged to a rehab. He has never recovered 100%. I'd reach out to his urologist and oncologist. Perhaps he can have a visiting nurse or physical therapy at home to get him started.
I can tell you that I had straightforward RPLND that lasted 5ish hours, but I only had one string of lymph nodes removed. My recovery was much quicker, I was eating regular diet and meals within a week or so. However, my RPLND was much less involved, so its hard to compare. 4 weeks definitely sounds too long to be able to handle normal foods though. I would contact the surgeon's office.
My fiancé had a 16 1/2 hour RPLND back in December. He was hospitalized for a few weeks then discharged to a rehab. He has never recovered 100%. I'd reach out to his urologist and oncologist. Perhaps he can have a visiting nurse or physical therapy at home to get him started.
How is he eating? My boyfriend was starting to get better but now every time he eats he gets really nauseous and has been dry heaving every other day.
so sorry for your boyfriend. Where are you located? I would look into rehab if feasible. The not eating, is common post RPNLD- why they do not say more about it pre surgery I have no idea. But, my son actually lost a good bit of weight post RPNLD vs chemo. Maybe talk to his doctor about an anti acid?
Sounds very similar. He also lost a kidney during RPLND and when he began dry heaving, he wasn't urinating much and ended up hospitalized again due to dehydration. The only way to go to inpatient rehab with insurance is after at least a 3 day hospital stay but you can get a visiting nurse and therapy at home a few times a week. I wouldn't wait much longer to contact his doctors just place a phone call and ask for them to call you back or if you have their nurse line.
Sorry to hear your boyfriend is having a hard time recovering from his RPLND. Am I right in assuming his need for a fat free diet is because he has chylous ascites? I too had a few complications after my surgery and was kept in the hospital for over a month on a fat free liquid diet till the ascites healed. I also needed heavy antibiotics for peritonitis and pneumonia infections. After getting out I had severe nausea to the point of needing ondansetron to control it for about six weeks. In that time I basically lay on the couch as I was so weak. Then within a week the nausea stopped, I was able to eat more food which in turn strengthened me up and before I knew it I was up and about doing my normal activities once again.
It is a major operation physically, mentally and emotionally. Give it time. He will recover. Probiotics and other gut friendly bacteria may help with digestion.
I'm exactly 8 weeks out from my RPLND. It's still hell. I have chylous ascites and am still on as close to a 0 fat diet as possible. They've drained: 5.5, 6.5, 8.5, 8.5, 9.4, and 8.5 liters via paracentesis. They've done one surgery to fix the chylous ascites that didn't work, and another try is set for this week.
I think I could walk around ok if it weren't for all that fluid in my belly. I don't get that nauseous, but I do recall a lot of burping early on that went away.
My diet tips now: fat-free protein shakes. 0 fat deli turkey. Use MCT oil. I read somewhere that watermelon and mangoes are good.
I'm finding youtube "guided meditations" to be helpful for relaxation and sleep.
Wishing luck to you and your boyfriend. It's hard for others too.
Oh yeah, that fluid leakage would be very tough! I hope they can get it figured out and resolved!
He's able to be up a little bit more and can manage getting where he needs to in our small apartment by himself.
He hasn't had chylous ascites but he was put on the diet to prevent it. He is officially able to eat whatever he wants now but we are finding that he still needs to not go crazy on the fatty foods.
It is now midnight in California and he woke me up because there is blood in his pee. I will contact his surgeon first thing in the morning but I am hoping it's from the stents that we're placed in his kidneys that haven't been removed yet.
The RPLND is rough and recovery is no joke. In addition to probably being malnourished, he probably also has some muscle deconditioning. You really have to push yourself to do a little more each day after this surgery, no matter how hard. And small portions for food and whatever he can keep down will be needed for awhile. Keep foods very basic, like crackers or congee or something.
Hopefully by now you've been in contact with his doc & hes been checked out. What did they say about the blood in his pee? I'm no doc, but that doesn't sound like something to mess around with to me. It's also something I can't recall anyone mentioning on here before.
Yeah they think it's a UTI and want us to do a urine sample. We went today but he isn't able to urinate enough. They are letting us collect the sample at home so I am hoping he has more luck when he wakes up in the morning.
He's doing a lot better with eating and that in turn has been making him have more energy.


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Persecution in Ningxia Autonomous Region: Ms. Yang Jie in Critical Condition
On September 3rd, 2012, Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Yang Jie was known to be in critical condition following a brief imprisonment in Yinchuan City Detention Centre in the Ningxia Autonomous Region. The detention centre has informed her family to come pick her up. Since the persecution of Falun Gong began in 1999, Ms. Yang has endured severe persecution and been on the brink of death several times.
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On August 28th, 2012, Yinchuan practitioners Ms. Yang Jie; her husband, Zheng Yongxin; and Chen Hua were arrested. At Yinchuan Detention Centre, they were brutalized, and after only seven days of incarceration, the originally healthy Ms. Yang was in critical condition. Fearing that she would die in custody, detention centre officers told her family to come pick her up. When they arrived, her family found Ms. Yang in a daze; she had difficulty breathing and could not walk. It is not clear what she had been through in the detention centre.
Ms. Yang Jie is a native of Zhongwei City, Ningxia. She worked at an insurance company. After she began to practise Falun Gong, she experienced extraordinary improvements in her physical health and personal character. Between 1999 and 2009, she spent most of her time in Ningxia Women's Forced Labour Camp and Ningxia Women's Prison. She was brutally tortured and was near death several times. She also lost her job twice during this period. In 2010, she married Mr. Zheng Yongxin, and the couple borrowed an apartment from a relative. Zhongwei City police also often harassed her parents. After the couple's latest arrest, they were both sent to Yinchuan Detention Centre.
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Since July 20th, 1999, hundreds of practitioners have been severely persecuted in Yinchuan Detention Centre. The guards have used all kinds torture techniques, including tying practitioners up, hanging them up for ten hours at a time, the tiger bench, forced feeding, extended handcuffing behind the back, foot shackles, etc. Several criminal inmates monitored each practitioner, and the practitioners were banned from doing the exercises, talking, or helping each other. Whenever practitioners protested the mistreatment, criminal inmates tied them up with a rope and hit them hard. The inmates' job also included keeping practitioners awake at night. In the summer, they forced the practitioners to use a hand fan to keep their roommate cool. If a practitioner dosed off, he was woken up with punches and kicks.
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Clemson DL Bryan Bresee following 'dream,' to enter NFL draft
CLEMSON, SC — Clemson defensive lineman Bryan Bresee is heading to the NFL.
The 6-foot-5, 305-pound third-year starter said Monday on social media he was entering the draft, saying it was a lifelong dream of his to play in the NFL.
It had been a difficult season for Bresee and his family. His 15-year-old sister, Ella, died of brain cancer in September, her fight leading many of his coaches, teammates and Tigers fans to wear "Ella Strong" T-shirts.
Later in the season, Bresee was treated for a kidney infection. In all, he missed four games and finished the season with 15 tackles and 3.5 sacks.
Bresee was ranked the No. 1 college prospect three years ago and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference defensive rookie of the year after 2020.
His second season was cut short after he tore his ACL four games in and missed the rest of 2021.
In ESPN's Mel Kiper's list of top NFL prospects, Bresee is ranked No. 12.
Bresee, in his post, thanked his teammates, coaches and fans for his time with the Tigers. "Although I'm excited for this next chapter of my football journey," he wrote, "I will always be a Clemson Tiger."
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Crime Scene Investigators gather evidence at the crime scene where prison officer Stephon Richardson seen (inset), was murdered at Third Company, Indian Walk, on Sunday night. DEXTER PHILIP
(Trinidad Express) A prison officer with just a few months of service was shot and killed outside his home at Princes Town last night.
Stephon Richardson, 28, of Third Company, Indian Walk, was shot five times by the occupants of a vehicle that drove past his house.
Richardson collapsed and died at the scene.
Acting Commissioner of Prisons Dennis Pulchan condemned the killing of the young officer, whom he said graduated from training college four months ago.
Last month, another police officer was shot and killed at his home.
Sherwin Francis, 48, was at his home at Oasis Greens, Chaguanas, when three men entered the premises and killed him.
Pulchan said, "We are searching for clues that will tell us if this is job-related or external. We are going to examine all possibilities, and it too early to make a judgement call in this. I condemn the killing of this young officer who has recently passed out from training college and is working at the Remand. This is a batch that recently passed out in June. It was just months that he passed out from training college. I am totally disgusted at this killing."
"Mr Francis also work-ed at the Remand Prison and we buried him recently. And tonight, it's Mr Richardson. There seems to be a pattern emanating from Remand Yard. I will be pursing the investigation", said the acting Prisons Commissioner.
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Leatherface is the new killer that will soon be released in 'Dead by Daylight' along with perks, new weapons and more.
Behaviour Interactive introduces a New Killer in the asymmetrical survival horror title "Dead by Daylight." Following Michael Myers, the team announces a new killer named Leatherface. The terrifying slasher came from a family of cannibals. Like the equally popular title, "Friday the 13th: The Game," the new killer wears a mask. Leatherface is included in the new DLC along with a new weapon and a list of abilities. Here is a rundown of the contents of the latest downloadable content in the game.
The new "Dead by Daylight" Leatherface DLC is now available on Steam.
The release date for its console version, however, is not yet announced. The new killer in the asymmetrical survival horror title is equipped with a Chainsaw for its weapon, which is also popularly known as Bubba's Chainsaw. In addition to the new weapon, Leatherface will arrive in the game with three major perks.
This includes the Barbecue and Chili Perk. With this ability, the killer after annihilating the Survivor and making it his Sacrifice will connect with The Entity. This enables him to temporarily see the auras of other remaining Survivors that are outside a particular range.
In addition, this perk offers Bloodpoints for any scoring event as long as the Survivor is being sacrificed.
In addition to the Barbecue and Chili Perk is the Knockout Perk. This ability enables the killer to launch a very damaging attack that a Survivor cannot handle. When this type of perk is used, the aura of the fallen survivor is so low it becomes invisible to other survivors outside of a particular range. Aside from this, the new killer is also equipped with the Franklin's Demise Perk. This causes his attack to become so brutal that Survivors drop the items they are carrying. Any items that are lost in the fog will be damaged and will lose some of their base charges.
The Leatherface DLC is now available on Steam and players can enjoy it for only $3.99. You can check out the trailer of the game's latest slasher below. You can get a glimpse of what the killer looks like and see him in action.
Aside from the new downloadable content, interested gamers who would like to try the game can now enjoy it for free. Starting September 12 until September 17, the survival horror title can be played without charge on Steam. Those who decide to purchase "Dead by Daylight," along with all the post-release contents will be available for 50 percent less than its original sale price.


A few months after my family moved to New Jersey, I met Dream Development. After working in investment banking for 10 years, I was burned out. I felt like I got lost on the journey of my life. Why do I have to work? What will be passionate to me? What is my dream? What is my living for?
During the sessions with Sonya, one word strongly came across my mind. Floating! I realized that I had been trying to achieve something without knowing the importance of being myself. Recognizing my identity made me able to float peacefully and happily in the river of life.
Now I was able to come back to the financial industry. I am running a hedge fund in Seoul, Korea without being exhausted. I expanded my hobbies into motorcycling, skiing, travelling and music. Now my life has been more diverse and interesting than ever before.


Summer fun at Cool McCool's Garage!
We went on our first camping outing of the year, with the Tin Can Tourists in Milford MI, at the TCT Spring Rally the weekend before Labor Day. Although the weather was NOT good for the first half of the weekend, we had a great time with all our friends. The '51 Pontiac got to flex its muscles a bit and tow the Spartan over, Kim and I both commented on how comfortable it is, compared to the one ton Diamond T truck. We had an impromptu "Station Wagon Parade" around the grounds of Camp Dearborn, with all our wagon owing pals, and had a ball.
On the project front, the '59 T'bird has seen no progress at all. I don't feel very good about that, but, it's not like other things haven't happened. My friend Ron's Edsel wagon got an initial spruce up, to take care of the rusty roof, and is now back for repair of all 4 doors, and a little quickie fix of the left rear quarter. The doors present a challenge, but with a little tack welding, and the use of 3M "Panel-Bond", we think we have a very acceptable repair for a driver. The quarter would be better repaired with a patch panel, but Ron is suffering from sticker shock at how much effort (and therefore how much money) the roof and doors are taking, so a correct repair can wait. It'll look good, and we'll take care of the rest when he's ready.
Tack welding patch panels in.
Welding completed, 3M Panel-Bond over the weak to seal and waterproof.
In a moment of weakness, last week, I brought home a late 80's Starcraft motor home. This brute has only 14,00 miles on the clock, and sports a 454/400 Turbo combo that amazingly fired up instantly on the 12-year-old gas in the tank. After a lesson in the reliability of 25-year-old tires, I was able to pull it out of it's resting place and drive it home. I enlisted the senior "Cool McCool", my dad Rex, to come along, drive the chase truck, a real treat for him on his 90th birthday!
After getting my eyebrows singed off seating two tires back on the rims using starting fluid and a match, and changing the right front tire which blew after rolling about 50 feet, we got home with no issues. The coach has an Onan 6.8KW generator, two slimline roof air conditioners, a big two-way fridge, convection oven, holding tanks, water pump, fittings, lines, fixtures, etc. that we can hopefully use in the soon to be started '47 Spartan Manor project. Meanwhile, it's hidden from view (at least from OUR view) in the back of the lot, and I'm trying to figure out what to do with the fiberglass body once I start cutting it up. The entire roof is rotten, and much of the left sidewall, from a leak in the rubber roof, so it's not salvageable, Kind of a shame, but hopefully it'll be worth all the effort dismantling it for the parts. Now we have to decide what to do with the chassis, it's air suspension, hydraulic leveling system, cruise control, air conditioning, and miscellaneous.
It's home, now what will we do with it?
So, that's it for now. Stay tuned for updates on the motor home project (or come over with your Sawzall and maul and help tear it apart), get ready for updates on the T'bird and the rewiring of the dash and steering column, our latest camping expedition, and all the other activity here at Cool McCool's Garage!
Can't wait for the Spartan project to start!
If gathering parts counts, it's already begun! So far, original Dixie stove, a stack of original Spartan interior doors, drawers, and misc. from a '50 Imperial Mansion, an original fridge, cool upholstery fabric, and now whatever we can use from the Starcraft. Should be able to save the roof air units, water tanks, water pump, and more. I hope to pull it up to the garage and start stripping the interior by the end of summer, when all the other projects get cleared out of the way. It's also inspired some hot rod friends of ours to get their own Spartan, so even though it's not finished, it's getting people fired up!
You really do some great work! I have a 1946 Diamond T Model 306 I'm restoring. Like every other guy that's doing a 1940's '200' or '300' truck, I'm trying to hunt down replacements for the Left & Right Bumper Bracket Trim Cuffs and the Center Trim Panel just beneath the grill. The 200s and 300s are pretty much the same cab, and I saw how you made yours and they look sharp. Can I get in contact with you about these? Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the response Brian. I was attempting to refer to the two sheet metal "kidneys" behind the rubber, and for that matter the rubbers too. The center sheet metal beneath the grille as well. Thanks again for the correspondence!
THAT, my friend, is the way to collect parts for an RV project. I like the idea of a snazzy forward control ramp truck. Should sell "easily" and recoup some much needed cash.
I was "into" Spartans for a few years. Sold most of my parts to Flyte Camp restorers in Bend, Oregon. I just ran across a hidden stash. Small stuff. Looking forward to watching that Manor come together. Sounds like it's pretty good just the way it sits!
I am finishing up a 78 Ford ex-motor home flatbed truck. The plan was to build a "shack" on the back of the original low mileage 351/C-6 1 ton. I even went out and bought a full set of 7 16″ steel wheels to replace the 16.5's. It just looked more and more like a HUGE project. It should look like a real work-horse with full racks when finished and sell in a heartbeat. I found a '69 AMERI-GO self contained truck camper (top a the line in 69) and am going with customizing that to haul with my 93 Ford 7.3. Gotta get that flatbed OUT of the garage so I can put the Ameri-go IN alongside a very old cute little Airstream commission job.
The T-Bird is going to be SO SLICK.
Thanks Joe! We're having fun!
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S16 E23
As far as penultimate season episodes go, this one was strong, with surprising twists, surprisingly revealing talk, and an unusual amount of parallels between the case and Gibbs's inner conflict.
Everybody's tired, their sleep having been interrupted following Gibbs's confession that he killed the man who killed his family. The Young Turks debate what to do about it, if anything, when the man himself arrives to order them to a new murder scene.
The victim is Marine Gunnery Sgt. Richard Wilson, who was shot twice and dropped from an overpass to be impaled on a fence spike. As is often the case in a TV show murder situation, he was three months shy of retirement.
Gibbs is distracted at the scene and sends Bishop and Torres to break the news to Wilson's widow, Lori. They arrive to find the house trashed and a scared redhead in the bathroom, brandishing a bat. She introduces herself as Lori and says she just got home from her mother's place in Florida.
At NCIS, she claims not to know what a robber would've been looking for and says it's not easy living with the strong, silent type like Rick, who led the Zakir Five. That unit lost two men capturing terrorist Nazar Zakir and recovering $30 million in stolen cash.
In the morgue, Gibbs snaps at Palmer and terrifies poor Kasie before McGee calls with a lead on Jordan McCarthy, one of Rick's two surviving team members. Gibbs hollers that he'll meet them at McCarthy's house and storms out. There, Bishop tries to get Gibbs to talk things out, but the discovery of blood stains on McCarthy's bed interrupts her. Then Gibbs slams out the door and roars off.
At HQ, there's no sign of Gibbs anywhere, which is a first in McGee's experience. They decide to hold off on telling Vance and keep working the case on their own.
The third surviving member of the Zakir Five is John Calfa, who says the three men weren't close, but they just had their annual call on the anniversary of the raid. Lori watches through the two-way mirror and confirms that she heard them arguing, although she doesn't know about what.
Calfa's alarmed to hear that it might be Zakir's associates getting revenge but declines protection, and he hotly denies being the murderer. Then Kasie arrives with the news that the blood in McCarthy's apartment belonged to Rick, which shocks his wife. Privately, Vance reprimands her for sharing details in front of family members.
Hey, here comes Ducky to justify his new archivist salary! He discovered that Zakir said at the time of his capture that he had $33 million, not the $30 million turned in. The three surviving Americans denied any theft, and hey presto, now we've got a motive.
Bishop then seeks out Sloane, who's just back from what she claims was a dentist appointment but was clearly something else. Bishop wants to discuss Gibbs's odd behavior, but Sloane says Gibbs can take care of himself—oh, and also, she knows that Gibbs killed Hernandez. This revelation barely has time to settle when McGee summons Bishop to the spot where McCarthy's body was found. They immediately pick up Calfa, the lone survivor, packing his car to flee.
Big parallel time! McGee says that Calfa's big secret is out, and there's no more burden to carry. Calfa says the theft of the money was never proven, which is terrible as far as denials go. He lawyers up.
Torres drives Lori home, making sure the house is clear before accepting her goodbye hug and leaving. But as he speeds away, he sees a car turn into her driveway, so he swings around and meets…Lori Wilson, just arriving home from her mother's in Florida. Twist!
The redheaded Lori fled out the back, and the real Lori immediately checks the safe and discovers that the Victoria brooch is gone. Funnily enough, the fake Lori was wearing a huge brooch the whole day, and everybody assumed it was part of her love of chunky statement accessories. That's bold, yo. Calfa sings like a bird now, explaining that they used the stolen money at a Dubai auction house to buy the $2.8 million brooch that the king of Spain gave to Queen Victoria.
They planned to sell the brooch and go their separate ways, and the only person besides the three men and Lori who knew about it was McCarthy's most recent squeeze, a "crazy Russian" he was getting ready to dump. Yep, McCarthy's girlfriend is the fake Lori.
The team then stands in the big orange room to discuss that murder that Gibbs did, which is less than circumspect. Thankfully, Kasie shows up with an ID for the girlfriend thanks to a partial print that fake Lori failed to wipe from her water glass during her interview. She's actually con artist Inga Petrov and is flying to Costa Rica that night.
Torres stops Inga at the airport, and with her real accent, she confesses that she spent a year waiting for McCarthy to cash in and refused to be cut out after keeping that secret for so long. Then she tries to get Torres to go on the run with her. Honestly, WHOMST AMONG US wouldn't at least give that a shot? He says no, of course. Better luck next time, Inga.
Okay, so where was Gibbs all episode? Spilling more of his guts than the audience has been privy to in a long, long, long, long time. More specifically, he's at a dive bar with Grace Confalone, whom we also haven't seen in quite some time. As Gibbs started spiraling, he summoned her mid-session with a patient about to have a breakthrough.
She declines his offer to day drink with him and notices, as the audience does, that between the crime scene and the bar, he stopped to get his old Marine haircut. Uh oh. This is serious.
He starts off with Rule Four: The best way to keep a secret is to keep it to yourself, the second-best way is to tell one other person, and there is no third best way. He says that he did something "outside the law" a long time ago, and it used to be that only one person knew. But he recently told his "three best agents," and now everything feels different.
He worries what they think of him, not taking responsibility for his actions the way he's always taught them. It makes him question his integrity, his character, everything important to him—is he no better than the people he's arrested over the years who also felt justified in their crimes?
Grace is seriously unfazed by it all—until he mentions turning himself in to the police and gives her the details of the murder. She absorbs it in silence and finally orders that drink.
To help her understand the context, she asks what else is happening in his life. At first, he says "nothing much," but when she presses, he mentions that he got shot at a couple of times last week, hence the still-healing wound on his cheek, and he was recently accused of killing an ex-fiancée who he thought died in 9/11 and he burned Rule 10 to help Bishop.
This interests Grace, who calls the "don't make it personal" rule a firewall that held back his feelings on the countless cases he'd handled over the years. Now that the weight of all that emotion is getting to him, is it time to retire? He considers this and quietly says, "I'm worried about what I'd do without what I do. The direction, structure. NCIS centers me. Without it…"
He doesn't finish the thought, and in the end, they agree to no retirement and no surrendering himself to the police. As they leave the bar, he intercedes in a brewing domestic violence incident, getting no thanks from the woman when he slams her slap-happy date's face into the table.
In the car, Grace asks how he'll know when his mission is accomplished. A hero's exit, jumping on a grenade to save everybody? He laughs and says there are worse ways to go. Throw him into those bright lights, baby. Gotta say, I sincerely hope that isn't foreshadowing anything for seasons to come. No grenades, Gibbs, literally or figuratively!
In the end, he's back at his desk like nothing's wrong, chalking it up to "lost time." Everyone notices the haircut and agree to reconvene in the morning, but first, they do a big round of "anybody got anything they want to talk about?"
Gibbs was right when he told Grace that his team was trained to talk to him if they needed it. Although nobody pushes the conversation, it does seem like more discussion might be good at some point. But now is not the time: Vance shouts that Fornell needs Gibbs to get to the hospital, immediately.
Oooh, a cliff hanger leading into the finale. Get here faster!
Stray Shots
Should we start counting the number of cases that suddenly need "archive" help from Ducky?
Sloane totally lied about the dentist. She was mid-session with Grace when Gibbs called, about to make a breakthrough about how lonely she feels: unable to talk to her daughter, her friends, or the person she wants to open up to the most for fear "they" don't feel the same way. She played the pronoun game here, but earlier she mentioned how many of her secrets Gibbs knows. Is the good ship Slibbs about to set sail?
I did not love Bishop playfully throwing Torres under the bus to deliver the "your husband's dead" news. That is not the time for joking around, Eleanor.
How much would you give to take a peek in Grace's Gibbs notebook?
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Rating: B+ B+
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NCIS recap: Family lost, family found
NCIS recap: A shocking return increases the mystery about Ziva
NCIS recap: Who judges the judges?
NCIS recap: I scream, you scream, we all scream for justice
NCIS recap: Gibbs' heart is a deep ocean of secrets
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NCIS recap: Have you picked your jaw off the floor yet after that major Ziva shocker?
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Your new £10 note could be worth a whole lot more. Released on 14 September, the new polymer £10 note features Jane Austen. And any notes with serial numbers relating to significant dates in her life could be worth thousands of pounds. Experts suggest those featuring her date of birth (16 121775), or death (18 071817), will be particularly desirable, while those featuring the publishing date of Pride and Prejudice will also be highly sought after. MSN
Why are NFL players kneeling through the US national anthem? Last year, Colin Kaepernick, a San Francisco 49ers quarterback, put one knee to the ground during a pre-game rendition of the Star Spangled Banner. He did so to protest the excessive use of force by police against African-Americans. Since then, more players have done the same. And after President Trump recently criticised the act as disrespectful of the country and flag, NFL players staged an unprecedented act of protest at a Wembley Stadium weekend match. The Guardian
Supersonic air travel could be set to return. NASA has been testing a new supersonic 'X-plane' jet, and it could change air travel for good. The Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) design is capable of hitting supersonic speeds over land, but crucially, it can do so without the loud sonic boom that usually accompanies such speeds. As a result, it could fly from London to New York in three hours. NASA is now ready to take bids for the construction of a demo aircraft – a project worth over £280 million. Metro
Canadian president divides passionate tweeters… over his choice of socks. Justin Trudeau was recently a guest speaker at a business forum in New York. And those watching very quickly picked up on his bold choice of socks depicting Star Wars character Chewbacca. Trudeau was promptly mentioned on Twitter by Star Trek actor William Shatner who light-heartedly commented "@JustinTrudeau I thought we were friends. Chewbacca socks?" Meanwhile Star Wars actor Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker responded, "Here's another reason I love @JustinTrudeau". A wave of commentary followed, adding to Trudeau's reputation in the media for his 'sock diplomacy'. Sky
Linguists resurrect 30 words lost from the English language. Experts at the University of York have released a list of 30 lost words that are still relevant to modern life, in a bid to resurrect their usage. The words fall into five themes including personality and appearance, and include 'Nickum' (a cheating or dishonest person), 'sillytonian' (a silly or gullible person, once considered as belonging to a notional sect of such people), and 'tremblable' (causing dread or horror). Sky
"They form partnerships for 50 years, they circle the Antarctic collecting food, they come back to their mates at the same place, but they also feed their young.
And there's a shot of the young being fed and what comes out of the mouth of the beak of the adult? Not sand eels, and not fish and not squid… Plastic. And it's heart-breaking."
Sir David Attenborough speaking about his experience of seeing an albatross trying to feed her chicks, a sign of the effects that plastic is having on the world's oceans.
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Rita Indiana at the Roskilde Festival 2021
With the tagline "Modernised merengue music makes all the cool kids dance," the Roskilde Festival page announces the Dominican singer and writer as part of its 2021 line-up. The festival (which is 100% non-profit, with all profits donated to charity) takes place in Roskilde, Denmark from June 26 through July 3, 2021.
Who would have guessed that what Dominican merengue needed to become popular with cool kids and tigueres alike was a push on the genre-blender button from the skilled hands of Rita Indiana?
This merengue heroine is now on the verge of international pop stardom. Indiana has taken merengue beats that nod to gritty mambo and salsa, and mixed them with disco, new wave and Afro-derived music forms like Dominican palos. The result is contagious fast-dance numbers to which she has added Dominican slang-filled lyrics about migration and hard-knock urban lives, making them irresistible to fans interested in the hottest global sounds.
Shortly after forming the group Rita Indiana y Los Misterios, Indiana released the band's first album, El Juidero.
The subject of their music frequently features themes of culture and sexual identity as well as social issues of the Caribbean.
Her most popular tune, "La hora de volvé" ('Time to Return'), speeds up with güira (percussion instrument) and outer-space blips as if the song is on the verge of going boom, as the singer breathlessly urges migrants to take "una yola al revés" ('a rickety boat in reverse') and return to their homeland.
In 2020, Rita Indiana released her new album, Mandinga Times, which sings about the end of the world in a compelling mix of storytelling and Afro-Caribbean beats.
Rita Indiana is also a very successful author, and her novel La mucama de Omicunlé (available in English under the title Tentacle) became the first Spanish-language work to receive the Grand Prize of the Association of Caribbean Writers.
So, writer by day and musician by night. Sounds like a true superhero, doesn't it?
Come dance along to Rita Indiana's songs when she visits Roskilde Festival 2021.
For more information, see https://www.roskilde-festival.dk/en/about/the-festival
[Photo above by Eduardo Martínez.]
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Listen to Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear -- good music is in their blood
Kelsey McKinney
When Madisen Ward takes the stage, he holds his mother Ruth's arm. He walks with her around the small circular table, helps her into her chair, adjusts her microphone stand, and hands her her guitar. The stage at the Lincoln Center in Washington, D.C. looks much smaller during their set than I've ever seen it before. Cast in a blue light, Ruth Ward, 62, waits for her son Madisen, 26, to take a seat across from her at the table before they begin their first set.
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Their band, Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear, performs songs rooted in blues and soul with the twang of folk for thirty minutes before The Tallest Man on Earth comes on stage, but their opening set resonates long after the headliner has finished. There's something intimate about the way this mother/son team plays their music at a small table with only the addition of a bassist and a drummer for a few songs.
Their show feels more like being invited into the Ward family kitchen than watching professional performers. No special effects — just ambient stage lighting that changes with every other song. There aren't any fancy stage settings, or microphone kicks. When the Wards talk to the audience, they speak simply; there aren't any canned stories or perfectly-timed jokes. Watching Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear is watching passion in its purest form.
A family history of music
Ruth Ward has been performing music since she was a teenager. "In the early years I was into Motown and R&B," Ruth told me over the phone. "When I got into high school I discovered folk singers. People weren't just writing about their babies and their loves, they were writing about real things. That really appealed to me."
She performed with friends and travelled around for a few years before she met Kenneth Ward, now her husband of 35 years. Just before they got married, she released an album of original songs titled Moment by Moment. They settled down, and had three children together. Madisen was the third.
"I love playing music, and especially when the kids were younger, it was a way to relax," Ruth told me. "I would play out every now and then when they were young. I might take a 2 or 3 month break, but I always came back to music."
As her kids got older, Ruth started to play sets with her friends in Kansas City. Theirs was a house full of music. As Madisen grew he realized that he, too, wanted to create music and he began writing songs.
"I started writing and slid into this whole world of songwriting… It was really liberating and extreme to realize how much freedom you have," Madisen told me. "My mom was still playing and performing at that time. Sometimes, we'd play together. I found myself singing on her songs and her singing on my sound."
The two started playing together. Just covering songs by other bands at first. The way they clicked was undeniable.
"It's called DNA or whatever," Ruth told me. "He writes just like my head is thinking and how he plays is exactly what I'm thinking. I've played with a lot of people, and I would say don't overplay and then they would overplay! But Madisen, he doesn't overplay."
A flash of the spotlight
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear released their first recorded music in 2013. The five track EP, We Burned the Cane Fields, got them a little attention in their hometown of Kansas City, and even a little bit of radio play.
The EP didn't contain a single cover; instead, Madisen had moved the band on into original music. He wrote every word of their first EP, and created the sound that carries through all of the band's music. With gentle chord progressions, careful finger picking, and plenty of harmonious chanting, the songs sound like hits from the 1800s more than hits from today.
Songs like "Silent Movies," from the band's debut album, are filled with an exuberance and a joy — but also go deep. "When you talk they call you liar/ Sure don't know, join the choir," Madisen sings, in his warbling, slightly twanged voice — with Ruth joining him in harmonies at the end of every long drawn out "baaaaby."
"That was one that I really had to isolate myself in my room and it came out real organically," Madisen says about "Silent Movies." It's a brief song at just over 3 minutes with only a few repeated lyrics.
Their influences vary. Ruth tells me that she loves Janis Ian and Tracy Chapman — bold women with bold vocals. Madisen's interests run more modern: Nick Drake, Elliot Smith, and alternative rock. Together, they make an impact.
In August 2014, the two played a show at an after-party for Shindig in the Shoals, an annual fashion event in Alabama. With just 150 people watching, the duo left music circles buzzing, leading up to the Nashville Americana Music Fest. There, they were written up by Rolling Stone. Next they performed for NPR's Tiny Desk series, and on May 18, they released their debut album, Skeleton Crew. Madisen may be 26, but the songs feel much older.
At the show in Washington D.C., the crowd — initially restless for the show to begin, many wearing the T-shirts of the headliner — quieted into a kind of careful reverence. Every song concluded to thunderous applause and, for an opening band, the audience was enraptured with the two of them.
"It means a lot to me that people have a spiritual connection with our work," Ruth told me. "I just want people to enjoy our music and realize that Madisen is his own person, I'm my own person and we are just out here making music."
On stage it's obvious that they aren't creating for fame. Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear play music because they love it, and because it's obviously in their blood.
Kelsey McKinney is a culture staff writer for Fusion.


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Fuer so viel Freundlichkeit und Hifsbereitschaft, die Ihr uns entgegengebracht habt.
Fuer eure Ausdauer, euren Enthusiasmus und die vielen neuen Ansaetze in verschiedenen Bereichen.
'Since years I have had the idea of swimming with dolphins. Yet due to a physical disability, which was acquired at birth, this wish was pushed to the background. However, my disability does not restrict me from taking actions. During an information evening about accessible traveling, I was first made aware of dolphin assisted therapy.I never knew that swimming with dolphins was possible as a form of therapy! Perhaps this was the way of fulfilling my wish? During the presentation, Fleur Deenen informed us extensively about the CDTC, the dolphins and the island Curacao. I had already experienced physical therapy, aqua therapy and hippo therapy and was curious to discover which progression could be reached through dolphin assisted therapy.
Dolphin therapy mainly aims at helping children but adults are more than welcome as well. I wasn't sure if the CDTC could help me, a 37 year old woman, but I decided to contact them anyhow. Together with my GP and physical therapist I filled out all the essential forms. I truly hoped that my medical history would allow me to obtain a therapy spot. It all worked out!
March 2016 I traveled to Curacao, together with my parents, to follow the dolphin assisted therapy program. What truly surprised me was the enormous dedication and commitment of the entire team. Therapists, interns, dolphin trainers; everyone did his or her utmost to help me feel at home. On the first day I had an anamnesis talk with my assigned therapist to introduce myself and to discuss my medical history and my desired therapy goals. A tailor made personal therapy schedule was set up based on my answers.Due to my physical disability I mainly experience tension and stiffness of my muscles and joints. Alongside of this I also have problems controlling my movements due to a vestibular issue. During therapy I learned to gain trust in myself and my body again and managed to relax more often. After half an hour of intensive exercises in the therapy room it was time to get ready for my hour of water time, this included putting on a wetsuit and swim belt. Instructed by my therapist, I drove in my electric wheelchair to the lagoon where my dolphin Chabelita and her trainer were waiting for me. After a necessary briefing I got to meet Chabelita. This went very smooth. She was sweet, playful, happy and very curious to her surroundings. It was a great pleasure to be able to work together with her ten days in a row.
Exercises which we did in the therapy room were repeated on a dock located in the lagoon. Step by step I started noticing small improvements which in turn had positive effects on my self-esteem. Swimming with Chabelita and being able to feel her presence while interacting with her, made me feel confident in all what was yet still to come. My hard work was rewarded daily by being allowed to swim, play games and do tricks together with Chabelita or swim relaxing rounds with her. Showering, drying myself off and getting dressed were also considered part of therapy. There the focus was put on improving my independence. By evaluating my therapy with my therapist, my training schedule could be changed and adapted daily. Every step was made in consultation with my therapist and was adapted according to my own wishes. Due to it being a therapy setting the words 'patient' and 'therapist' were used regularly, but I didn't felt like a patient there at all. I felt very much at ease and had 10 days to work intensively on improving myself. Furthermore the entire process took place in a private setting and under supervision of an expert, which gave my parents a good feeling as well. They could observe the therapy daily from a distance and got the chance to experience a dolphin swim themselves as well on the family swim weekend.


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Log Cabin Homes Recognizes 2 Employees
Two Original Log Cabin Homes employees recognized for their work in the, Log Cabin Homes co-sponsored, Relay For Life!
Tom Vesce, President (Left), presents the company corporate sponsorship contribution to the
American Cancer Society's Relay For Life to Eric Pate (Middle) and Stephen Brumfield (Right).
Rocky Mount, NC – Mr. Tom Vesce, President, recognizes Stephen Brumfield, National Sales Director and Eric Pate, Operations Audit Manager, for their work in the Relay for Life. Log Cabin Homes co-sponsored the event on April 24-25, 2009 to help support the fight again cancer. "It is an honor to be a part of this type of charity and even more of an honor to have our employees playing such an important role in this event," said Vesce.
Eric Pate played a vital role in the Relay by serving as an Accounting Chair for the event. He was responsible for handling all the funds raised for the American Cancer Society. Aside from being the Operations Audit Manager for Log Cabin Homes, Eric volunteered his time to not only perform his role as Accounting Chair for Relay for Life but captained a team of runners who raised money for the event. During the event Eric logged more than 11 miles on the track.
Stephen Brumfield volunteered his time as Luminaria Chair. He was responsible for the organization of several thousand luminaries, the torch garden and a ceremony at the event. Stephen's team reached second place in the amount of funds raised. This portion of the event is a key portion as it is a ceremony that celebrates the lives who have overcome this disease and remembers those who have fallen to it.
The Nash County Relay for Life had it's banner year in 2009 and was a huge success raising more than $300,000.00 thanks to the volunteers like these two employees.


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Obesity linked to improved survival in kidney
Despite being a risk factor for kidney cancer, obesity was linked to improved survival
Obese or overweight patients with metastatic disease had significantly longer survival and decreased risk of death
BOSTON — Obesity almost always increases cancer risk and worsens outcomes, but researchers led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report that overweight patients with advanced kidney cancer had significantly longer survival than those who were normal or underweight.
Having a high body mass index (BMI) is a well-established risk factor for clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. (BMI is the ratio of weight in kilograms divided by the squared height in meters.)
Yet, paradoxically, the study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology involving thousands of patients in four databases demonstrated that when overweight individuals developed kidney cancer – especially in its advanced, metastatic form – their disease progressed more slowly and they lived longer than their normal-weight counterparts.
In one cohort of nearly 2,000 patients, the median overall survival of patients with high BMI (overweight or obese) was 25.6 months compared to 17.1 months for patients with low BMI. The mortality rate for the overweight cancer patients was 16 percent less over the course of the study, which began in 2003.
The report's authors, led by senior and corresponding author Toni K. Choueiri, MD, director of the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at Dana-Farber, noted previous research showed that kidney cancer diagnosed in obese patients had less-dangerous pathological characteristics, and when treated with targeted therapies, these patients, even when their disease had spread, had better overall survival.
In the new study, Choueiri and his colleagues, including first author Laurence Albiges, PhD, formerly a visiting scientist at Dana-Farber, now GU Medical Oncology Lead at Institut Gustave Roussy in France, confirmed these findings in four separate databases, which Choueiri said "makes this a very strong study."
The International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (IMDC) provided records on 1,975 patients who had received targeted therapies. Their height and weight were recorded at the initiation of therapy. In a validation set, the scientists also analyzed pooled data on 4.657 patients treated for kidney cancer in clinical trials between 2003 and 2013.
Another dataset, from The Cancer Genome Atlas project, included clinical and genomic information on 324 kidney cancer patients. The fourth database included cancer tissue samples from 146 kidney cancer patients treated at Dana-Farber and other Harvard-affiliated hospitals. . Using these two databases, the investigators searched for molecular differences between the high- and low-BMI patients that might explain why kidney tumors in obese patients were less aggressive and responded better to treatment.
The TGCA analysis didn't reveal any differences in the tumors' DNA, such as gene mutations, that might account for the disparity. But when the scientists looked at gene expression – the rate at which genetic information was being used by the cell to make proteins – they spotted a difference. Expression of a gene called fatty acid synthase (FASN) was found to be decreased in patients with high BMI compared to normal weight patients. FASN is key enzyme in lipogenesis – cells' production of fatty acids – and overexpression of FASN has previously been found in many types of cancer – so much so that FASN has been called a metabolic oncogene. FASN has been associated with poor prognosis in several types of cancer, including kidney cancer.
Since FASN expression was decreased, or "downregulated," in overweight and obese kidney cancer patients, that could explain why these individuals fared better than those who were of normal weight and had increased FASN gene expression. Why FASN is downregulated in obese patients isn't yet known, but the authors of the study say the results provide a rationale for experiments aimed at inhibiting FASN expression in kidney cancer patients – regardless of their BMI – in an effort to improve outcomes. FASN inhibitors, including some derived from natural products, have been in development for several years and are considered a promising approach to cancer treatment.
"We plan to test FASN inhibitors in an animal model as a possible therapy for kidney cancer," said Choueiri.
The research was supported by the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Kidney Cancer SPORE Grant No. P50 CA101942-01 and the Kidney Cancer Foundation.
About Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
From achieving the first remissions in childhood cancer with chemotherapy in 1948, to developing the very latest new therapies, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is one of the world's leading centers of cancer research and treatment. It is the only center ranked in the top 4 of U.S. News and World Report's Best Hospitals for both adult and pediatric cancer care.
Dana-Farber sits at the center of a wide range of collaborative efforts to reduce the burden of cancer through scientific inquiry, clinical care, education, community engagement, and advocacy. Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center provides the latest in cancer care for adults; Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center for children. The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center unites the cancer research efforts of five Harvard academic medical centers and two graduate schools, while Dana-Farber Community Cancer Care provides high quality cancer treatment in communities outside Boston's Longwood Medical Area.
Dana-Farber is dedicated to a unique, 50/50 balance between cancer research and care, and much of the Institute's work is dedicated to translating the results of its discovery into new treatments for patients locally and around the world.
Anne Doerr
@DanaFarber
http://www.dfci.harvard.edu
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A true story drama about a violent and abusive father and husband. While Maryanne and Daniel Walker-Tate appear to have the perfect marriage and family life, Daniel is increasingly violent towards both his wife and children. When Maryanne is hospitalised she decides not to press charges or even admit to the beatings but returns home to find that Daniel has locked her out and is filing for divorce. When she then loses the custody battle for the children, Maryanne is forced to take drastic action to rescue them.