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School of Science professors granted tenure
Seven award-winning faculty members represent the departments of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.
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Email: bendta@mit.edu
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The School of Science newly-tenured professors for 2017 include (clockwise from top left): Mircea Dincă, Liang Fu, Jeff Gore, Jeremiah Johnson, Bradley Pentelute, Jesse Thaler, and Matthew Vander Heiden.
Image courtesy of the School of Science.
The School of Science has announced that seven of its faculty members have been granted tenure by MIT.
This year's newly-tenured professors are:
Mircea Dincă, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, addresses research challenges related to the storage and consumption of energy and global environmental concerns through the synthesis and characterization of new inorganic and organic materials. His work has applications in heterogeneous catalysis, energy conversion and storage, chemical sensing, gas separation, and water-based technologies including adsorption heat pumps and water production and purification. By designing and synthesizing new materials, Dincă aims to learn more about fundamental processes such as electron and ion transport through ordered solids, the reactivity and electrochemistry of low-coordinate metal ions in porous crystals, the effects of conformational changes on the electronic properties of molecules, and the behavior of materials at the interface with solid-state devices.
Dincă earned a BS in chemistry at Princeton University and a PhD in inorganic chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. Following a postdoc appointment at MIT in the Department of Chemistry, he joined its faculty in 2010. Among Dincă's awards and honors are an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, and the Alan T. Waterman Award
Liang Fu, the Lawrence C. (1944) and Sarah W. Biedenharn Career Development Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, is interested in novel topological phases of matter and their experimental realizations. He works on the theory of topological insulators and topological superconductors, with a focus on predicting and proposing their material realizations and experimental signatures. He is also interested in potential applications of topological materials, ranging from tunable electronics and spintronics, to quantum computation.
Fu obtained a BS in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China and a PhD in physics from the University of Pennsylvania. Following an appointment as a Junior Fellow at Harvard University, he joined the MIT faculty in 2012. Fu is the recipient of a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering and the New Horizons in Physics Prize.
Jeff Gore, associate professor in the Department of Physics, uses experimentally-tractable microcosms such as bacterial communities to explore the physics of complex living systems, examining how interactions between individuals drives the evolution and ecology of communities. Gore's primary areas of research include the behavior of populations near tipping points that lead to collapse, the evolution of cooperative behaviors within a species or community, and the determining factors for multi-species diversity within a community.
Gore received a BS in physics, mathematics, economics, and electrical engineering from MIT and a PhD in physics from the University of California at Berkeley. He returned to MIT as a Pappalardo Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physics and subsequently joined the faculty in 2010. Gore's awards and honors include an Allen Distinguished Investigator Award, an NIH Director's New Innovator Award, and a National Science Foundtion CAREER Award.
Jeremiah Johnson, the Firmenich Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, designs macromolecules and their syntheses to address problems in chemistry, medicine, biology, energy, and polymer physics. Johnson works with a range of materials and applications, including nano-scale, brush-arm star polymer architectures for in vivo drug delivery, imaging, and self-assembly; hydrogels for the analysis of how molecular network defects impact mechanics; and polymers for surface functionalization and energy storage.
Johnson completed a BS in biomedical engineering and chemistry at Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in chemistry at Columbia University. Following an appointment as a Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Scholar at the Caltech, Johnson joined the MIT faculty in 2011. Johnson is the recipient of several awards including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship and a 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award.
Brad Pentelute, the Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry, modifies naturally occurring proteins to enhance their therapeutic properties for human medicine, focusing on the use of cysteine arylation to generate abiotic macromolecular proteins, the precision delivery of biomolecules into cells, and the development of fast flow platforms to rapidly produce polypeptides.
Pentelute earned a BS in chemistry and a BA in psychology at the University of Southern California, followed by a PhD in organic chemistry at the University of Chicago. After a postdoc fellowship at Harvard Medical School, Pentelute joined the MIT faculty in 2011. His awards and honors include an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a Novartis Early Career Award, and an Amgen Young Investigator Award.
Jesse Thaler, associate professor of physics and member of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science, is a theoretical particle physicist whose research focus is the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment at CERN. Thaler aims to maximize the discovery potential of the LHC by applying theoretical insights from quantum field theory. He is particularly interested in novel methods to test the properties of dark matter at the LHC and beyond, as well as the theoretical structures and experimental signatures of supersymmetry. Thaler also develops new methods to characterize jets, which are collimated sprays of particles that are copiously produced at the LHC. These techniques exploit the substructure of jets to enhance the search for new physics as well as to illuminate the structure of the standard model itself.
Thaler received his PhD in physics from Harvard University and his BS in mathematics and physics from Brown University. After a fellowship at the Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science at the University of California at Berkeley, he joined the MIT faculty in the Department of Physics in 2010. His awards and honors include an Early Career Research Award from the U.S. Department of Energy, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the White House, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, and an MIT Harold E. Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award.
Matthew Vander Heiden is the Eisen and Chang Career Development Associate Professor in the Department of Biology. His laboratory is studying how mammalian cell metabolism is adapted to support function, with a particular focus on the role metabolism plays in cancer. He uses mouse models to study how changes in metabolism impact all aspects of cancer progression with a goal of finding novel ways to exploit altered metabolism to help patients.
Vander Heiden earned a BS, an MD, and a PhD from the University of Chicago, and completed his clinical training in internal medicine and medical oncology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. After postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School, Vander Heiden joined the faculty of the MIT Department of Biology and the Koch Institute in 2010. Among Vander Heiden's awards and honors include a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Sciences, a Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award, a Stand Up To Cancer Innovative Research Grant, and being named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Scholar.
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Dallas Stars fans can be forgiven if they look back at Sept. 22, 2011 as a day in which the franchise closed the book on a major chapter in its history and turned the page to a new era.
Earlier today, we passed along the heartwarming news that the team honored its retired franchise centerpiece Mike Modano by signing him to a symbolic one-day contract, making sure that he retires as a Dallas Star. While the team completely waved goodbye to that error with that kind gesture, the franchise has reason to look forward to a brighter future for the first time in years.
That's because their ownership situation is getting less and less murky. The team received the green light to exist in a "business as usual" state despite filing for bankruptcy earlier this week and today marked another important court date. Various sources report that the same U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware approved the bidding procedures proposed by the Stars, the NHL and potential new owner Tom Gaglardi on Thursday.
Former PHT editor Brandon Worley confirms that the deadline for bids remains Oct. 22, with a deadline for objections to those bids set for Oct. 25. If there are multiple bidders, then an auction will be scheduled for Nov. 21, with the winner expected to be announced on Nov. 23.
So far, Gaglardi is the only confirmed suitor, but Worley elaborates on the process and some other potentially interested parties.
For a bid to be considered a "qualifying bid", the potential buyer must be pre-approved by the NHL and the courts and the bid must be at least $10 million more in worth than that of Gaglardi's bid, which is valued at around $260 million. If more than one bid is approved by the court, then an auction will take place on November 21, with the winning bidder being confirmed in a combined hearing on November 23.
Currently, there have been no bids presented to the court but we've learned that both Doug Miller and Chuck Greenberg are certainly interested in making a bid if at all feasible. I wouldn't expect there to be a bid made until just before the deadline, based on the complexity of the sale agreement.
Worley claims that a new owner should be in place by Thanksgiving, although different legal processes (including gaining approval from the NHL's Board of Governors, which might just be a formality) might delay it from becoming 100 percent official. That being said, all signs point to the Stars getting a new owner – possibly before 2012 even begins.


Now that former McCormick & Co. chief executive Robert J. Lawless has retired, there's a lot less pressure in running the annual meeting.
For one, he doesn't have to answer the tough questions.
Like when a shareholder asked at yesterday's meeting at the Baltimore Marriott Hunt Valley Inn why the spice company no longer automatically mails out its annual report, which each year carries the scent of one of its spices. This year it's Chinese five-spice.
"I'm not going near that one," Lawless quipped to the laughter of the crowd before turning to his successor, Alan Wilson.
Wilson explained to the crowd that the company sends annual reports only to shareholders who request them because the Securities and Exchange Commission is urging companies to steer shareholders to electronic versions on the Internet.
Lawless passed on the reins to Wilson in January. Yesterday was Wilson's first annual meeting in his new position as president and chief executive officer.
Lawless, who headed the company for 10 years, is nonexecutive chairman and still runs the annual meeting, but no longer runs day-to-day operations.
Yesterday, it was Wilson's job to lay out the achievements of the past year and talk about the direction of the company.
He told the crowd of about 900 how McCormick had been growing through acquisitions. In the past year it had purchased Billy Bee Honey products and Simply Asia/Thai Kitchen. The company is in the middle of the regulatory process to buy Lawry's seasonings.
Wilson talked about how the company had saved $35 million last year in a continuing restructuring. He talked about new products the company had introduced including expanded organic spice and Grill Mates lines, new slow cooker spices and steamers - bags with spices used to microwave vegetables, potatoes and seafood. Ten percent of last year's sales came from products developed in the past three years, Wilson said.
"Going forward your company is driven to perform and grow," Wilson said. "Over the past 10 years, with few exceptions, we have met or beaten expectations for performance. We have strategies in place to continue that pace."
Lawless conceded McCormick's stock price, $37.59 yesterday at the close on the New York Stock Exchange, is not as high as he would like and that the economy is making it harder to do business. People are eating less at restaurants, for instance, cutting into McCormick sales.
"As you know, it's been a tough market," Lawless said. " ... Food companies have been dealing with challenges that have added to the burden. We are working our way through those challenges. I feel very good about how we are positioned, the strategies we have in place and the team we have leading the effort."
Shareholders seemed happy with the direction of the company and were glad McCormick chose somebody from within the company to replace Lawless.
"It's nice knowing they keep people who know the company," said Max Wiener, 83, who worked in the real estate department of McCormick and has been a shareholder for 25 years.
McCormick's annual meetings are typically popular events that pack the house. Every seat was taken yesterday and many people had to stand along the wall. Many come for the goody bag of products given out at the end of each meeting.
This year's bag included a box of Thai Kitchen stir-fry rice noodles, Zatarain's beef-flavored rice, Old Bay low-sodium seasoning, Far East Sesame Ginger Blend from the gourmet collection, cinnamon chipotle rub from Grill Mates, beef stroganoff slow cooker seasoning and Grill Mates baja citrus marinade blend.
Many shareholders are retired and current employees who come for the camaraderie.
"I just like to come and rub elbows with other employees I used to work with," Wiener said.
Bob Kaizer, a spice technician at the company, said he takes off a half-day each year to attend the meeting.
"It's a good place to come back and see all the people you've worked with over the years," he said.


Paramount Structures Inc. (PSI) is a Canadian Aboriginally owned company located in Calgary, Alberta. PSI provides stand-alone Blast Resistant Modules (BRM's), blast resistant multi-plex/ complex solutions, unique new workforce housing, residential housing and commercial solutions.
PSI was founded in 2006 after the fatal March 23rd, 2005 BP Texas City explosion and fires that caused the loss of 15 lives, injuring 180 onsite workers and resulting in financial losses exceeding $1.5 billion. This catastrophic event spurred PSI to design, engineer and manufacture Blast Resistant Modules (BRM's) to the highest standards to provide the maximum protection for employees in the event of another work site explosion, fire or toxic gas release.


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Pakistan assures India on pipeline
Pakistan has said that it will ensure the security of any gas pipelines that might run to India through its territory.
Central Asian nations are keen to export gas to India through pipelines
"The overland route of gas pipelines from Central Asia through Pakistan would be economically viable for India. Pakistan will give absolute
guarantees the pipeline would be protected," Pakistan High Commissioner to India Aziz Ahmed Khan said.
"We firmly believe that Pakistan and India are not destined to live as adversaries forever... We need cooperation and not confrontation,"
Khan said in the eastern city of Kolkata on Tuesday.
India sees piped gas imports from Central Asia as a cost-effective means to supplement its meagre energy reserves but has been
reluctant to have pipelines run through Pakistan.
Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan have come up with a proposal that would see gas pipelines make their way to India through their
India cautious
"We firmly believe that Pakistan and India are not destined to live as adversaries forever... We need cooperation and not confrontation"
Aziz Ahmed Khan
Pakistani High Commissioner to India
However, India has not responded to the proposal, as well as to one from Iran, due to security fears.
India and Pakistan have gone to war three times since their independence from Britain in 1947 but bilateral ties have been on the mend in
recent months.
The two countries have called a ceasefire on their border and Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee is slated to visit Pakistan for a
regional summit in January.
"As we enter the new century, the need for reducing tensions and establishing more fruitful economic interaction
between the two
countries was never so great," Khan said.

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I've been dreaming about a strange variety of things lately, the most recent two being work and knitting. These are things I do nearly every day, but I rarely dream about things I do on a regular basis. My dreams bring up people from the past, ideas that never came to pass, and generally bizarre combinations of people and activities and places. The work dream was me doing what I do—creating spreadsheets, moving numbers around, sorting through data and summarizing it with other numbers. Very calm, very relaxing.
The knitting dream was stressful and produced anxiety. I was in a workshop and someone was demonstrating on the sweater I'm making for Brooke. The demonstrator dropped a stitch but I couldn't get his attention. I watched as the dropped stitch made a huge run down the length of the body. He was going to ruin it, but he wouldn't listen to me and just stop so I could fix it. He made several rounds past that dropped stitch in the time before I woke up.
Strange dream. Probably the result of a sad conversation with my mom and my drinking more wine than I should have.


Indigo Creek Golf Club is in the very heart of the Grand Strand's "Low Country" plantation area in Murrells Inlet, just 10 minutes south of Myrtle Beach. The back nine is set among giant oaks and flowing creeks. One of Golf Digest's "Top 10 Places to Play" gives Indigo Creek 3 Stars. This William Byrd design has lots of water and wildlife. It's been said that Indigo Creek Golf Club is as enjoyable to look at as it is to play.
Next time you and your group start planning your golf vacation, be sure to include this low country jewel, and you'll be coming back year after year. We look forward to seeing you at Indigo Creek Golf Club.


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import com.github.slamdev.ripe.business.isp.entity.InternetServiceProvider;
import com.github.slamdev.ripe.business.isp.page.CreateIspPage;
import com.github.slamdev.ripe.business.isp.page.IndexPage;
import com.github.slamdev.ripe.business.isp.page.ViewIspPage;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Ignore;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
import org.springframework.boot.test.WebIntegrationTest;
import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;

import java.net.URI;

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Stronger together in Bonn, Germany | November 6-17, 2017
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As Lake Effect Brewing Awaits Firehouse Takeover, It's Brewing Up Some Exotic Collaborations
The brewery is making beers with BBQ rub from Gale Street Inn, cakes from Fannie's Cafe, chai from Mango Pickle, rose tips from the Chicago Botanic Garden and more.
8:47 AM CST on Jan 24, 2019
Left to Right: Clint Bautz, Lake Effect Brewing's owner, and Eric Ullrich, Lake Effect's brewer.
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IRVING PARK — Nestled between two underpasses and behind a costume shop in Irving Park, Lake Effect Brewing has been crafting beers for seven years. Sometime in 2019, the brewery hopes, it'll be able to serve them up to the public.
Plans are still in the works for an expansion into a historic vacant firehouse in Jefferson Park. The brewery is working with builder Ambrosia Homes to acquire 4841 N. Lipps Avenue firehouse, with the aim to convert it into a brewery with a tasting room on the ground floor — which would be Lake Effect's first.
No date is set for the start of construction as the brewery and development team work on preservation issues with the 112-year-old firehouse and complete their due diligence.
In the meantime, Lake Effect is brewing beer and collaborating with all kinds of partners offering offbeat ingredients.
Over the years, Lake Effect has focused on collaboration, which has helped get their brews on people's radar. These partnerships have included beers brewed with ingredients like oak chips and juniper from the The Morton Arboretum and beers designed to be paired with the hot dogs at Superdawg.
"We definitely love kind of intertwining ourselves with local businesses," Lake Effect owner Clint Bautz said.
Cakes, Rose Tips, BBQ Rub And More
Some upcoming collaborations include a beer made with hops grown at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
"Because we've been making the Morton Arboretum beers for the past two years, we're uniquely qualified to handle that relationship," Bautz said. "So when we came to meet with them, I'd never been so prepared for a meeting before. It was the easiest thing in the world."
The Chicago Botanic Garden gave Lake Effect plants like basil, ginger, rose tips and hyacinth as ingredients. Bautz said the hyacinth would be used in a wheat ale while the rose tips were used to brew a test batch of IPA.
"This year they have a bunch of hops growing on a fruit and vegetable island at the garden, too," he said. "So we're going to make a harvest ale this year with that. It's fun. We've gotten close to Chef Cleetus Friedman, who runs the dinners there, so we've been able to be part of that too."
Bautz also said the small batch barrel-aged beers on tap for this year include a Chocolate Cake Barrel Aged Stout with Fannie's Cafe, Bakery, And Boutique, 5044 W. Montrose Ave., a collaboration with Mango Pickle, an Indian restaurant at 5842 N. Broadway, as well as a collaboration with Omega Yeast, which sits next door to the brewery on Montrose Avenue.
For the Fannie's collaboration, Bautz is a fan of the bakery's chocolate cake so he asked the owner to make a bunch of chocolate cakes so they could dump it in the mash for the beer.
With Mango Pickle, when Bautz was still working as an architect he traveled to India for work and fell in love with the local cuisine. So for the Mango Pickle collaboration, Lake Effect is using chai spices and lactose to make an alcoholic chai masala.
"And with Omega we're calling it School of Brett, because we're using four different types of Brett yeast in four different barrels," Bautz said. "Those guys are cool, they're probably the smart ones in the industry because they're a supplier of yeast. All us brewers are these romantics that want to change the world with our beers, but they're the ones feeding us all these awesome yeast strains."
Another collaboration Bautz is excited about is a beer with Gale Street Inn, 4914 N. Milwaukee Ave.
"For that we've got a imperial stout aged in a bourbon barrel. We're using the spice rub he uses for the ribs. It's kind of fun, because we got to hang out in the kitchen and see the special rub that's made for Gale that comes in these giant burlap bags," Bautz said. "It's crazy, that rub is like one of their secrets and I felt like I got to go behind the scenes, touch some holy ground there."
'We Can't Wait For Them To Open'
Later this year, Bautz hopes to start production at the Jefferson Park firehouse.
"The firehouse project is the biggest thing we've ever done, by far," Bautz said. "We'll have a bigger system and a bigger output. Mainly because we plan to be selling a lot of our beer on the premise. We're going to try to produce and package everything there."
The project was announced early last year, but the acquisition is still pending.
"It's more administrative, bureaucratic things that we're kind of going through right now," Bautz said. "But even after it opens we'll still be brewing here on Montrose."
Credit: Courtesy of Lake Effect Brewing
An image of the historic firehouse at 4835 N. Lipps Ave. posted to Lake Effect Brewing's Facebook page on Dec. 22, 2018. The caption said more news was to come regarding the taproom in 2019.
Tim Pomaville, president of Ambrosia Homes, said his development firm and the city are currently going through the due diligence phase of his company's purchase of the firehouse from the city.
"It's my goal that we're able to start building at the site within the year. And then Lake Effect can potentially be moving in by the end of the year," Pomaville said. "That's really our goal."
In March 2018, Ambrosia met with residents to unveil its plans to invest $2.4 million in the historic firehouse, which was built in 1906. The plan is to have Lake Effect on the first floor with nine apartments on the firehouse's second floor.
"They're still in negotiations with the department of planning and development, and there are a few elements of the design they're working through after some discussions with he historical preservation people," said Owen Brugh, chief of staff for Ald. John Arena (45th). "But we can't wait for them to open."
RELATED: Vacant Firehouse Should Be Protected from the Wrecking Ball, Group Says
Lake Effect's journey began when Bautz was an architect at a firm during the financial crisis of 2008. While he didn't lose his job, the instability he saw during the recession made him realize he wanted to have more of a say in how his professional life was run and inspired him to pursue opening his own brewery.
"It gave me the courage to do it because I was like, well s—. You know, someone could come in and just take my professional life away. F— it," Bautz said. "Why should someone have that say over me."
Already a homebrewer, he did some research to figure out the best path for him to open a brewery of his own. While he was working at the firm he started drafting the business plan for Lake Effect, taking cues from other established craft brewers.
"I remember reading the Dogfish Head Brewery book, and they started with a brewpub and then they moved on to a production brewery," Bautz said. "But then Brooklyn Brewery did a production brewery first and afterward opened a brewpub."
For Lake Effect, Bautz decided to start with a production brewery at 4727 W. Montrose Ave. because the licensing was easier to get in Chicago. However, he says the initial challenge Lake Effect faced once they began brewing was getting their beers out into the world.
"That's because you're entirely dependent on other locations to sell your beer," he said.
But with the tasting room, fans will be able to go straight to the source.
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Mental health discrimination by insurers: new report calls for urgent ASIC investigation
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It's not often that we say that we're jealous of a three-year-old, but we've just seen the pictures of Kelly Clarkson's daughter's princess-themed third birthday party and, well, now we're jealous of a three-year-old.
River Rose, the daughter of Clarkson and hubby Brandon Blackstock, turned three on Monday, and to celebrate, the family had a fairy tale princess party that looks so stunning.
This isn't the first time we've seen little River Rose dress up as a princess. Last year, the family went on a trip to the most magical place on earth, Disney World, with Clarkson sharing an adorable snap of her daughter dressed like Cinderella.
For her daughter's third birthday, however, Kelly Clarkson took things to the next level.
In pictures from the day, it looks like River had a few costume changes. Not only that, but there were two (!) princess carriages and some rather delicious-looking cupcakes.
In social post, Clarkson wrote a sweet message to her daughter.
"Happy Bday 2 our smart, witty & beautiful girl, River Rose! She wished 4 "pink forever" on her birthday  " she wrote.
The singer also gave a shout-out to photographer Weiss Eubanks, who captured the special day.
While River might have wished for "pink forever," her birthday cake was actually a rather electric yellow color, although we have a sneaking suspicion that it was inspired by Belle's iconic yellow dress from Beauty and the Beast.
Back in 2015, Kelly Clarkson opened up to People about the impact that having kids has had on her life.
Clarkson, of course, also welcomed her second child with Brandon Blackstock, Remington Alexander, last year. Speaking about her growing family, the singer said she and her husband basically just spend their time looking after the children.
Clearly, Kelly Clarkson and her family are having the best time, and we've loved seeing a little peek into little River's pink party.
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Drop Your Smartphone and Just Enjoy the Eclipse
What's the point of a selfie?
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Rafi Letzter
I'll be in the path of totality of the Great American Eclipse today, but I don't plan to take a single photograph.
And you shouldn't either.
It's not because it's hard. It seems like every blog and newspaper in the world has put out its own guide to shooting the moon's occlusion of the sun. I'm definitely who would otherwise be expected to photograph the eclipse: I've got a pair of professional-grade DSLRs and a suite of lenses that I use to shoot news, performances, weddings, and the odd family vacation. But I didn't even bring them along for this event. It's just not worth it with the eclipse.
On the farm in the path of totality in Eureka, Missouri where I'll be viewing the eclipse, the moon's shadow will entirely cover the sun for about two minutes. That's about the length of time it takes to make a bowl of breakfast cereal or explain how an eclipse works. There's a very good chance those will be the only two minutes I'll spend in an eclipse's path of totality in my life. I want a rich sense memory of that event: what I witnessed, how it felt, who I was with, and how they reacted.
Taking photos doesn't help with that.
People set up cameras and telescopes as they prepare to watch the total eclipse at South Mike Sedar Park on August 21, 2017 in Casper, Wyoming. Millions of people have flocked to areas of the U.S. that are in the 'path of totality' in order to experience a total solar eclipse. Getty Images / Justin Sullivan
A series of experiments published in Psychological Science in June showed that photography narrows your experience of an event. Your visual memory — specifically of the things you photographed — becomes sharper and more accurate. But everything else, including what the thing sounded like, and visuals that you didn't photograph, falls away.
That matches up with my own experience.
I've shot maybe four dozen plays and concerts, a dozen weddings, and even more news events in my life. I don't remember any of them — or at least, I don't remember any of them in the same textural, emotional way that I remember the couple dozen performances, half-dozen weddings, and handful of bona-fide news events I've witnessed while off the clock. Instead, I could tell you the rough beats of what happened, the strategizing and thinking that went into each shot, any mistakes I made, and how the final images came out.
I don't want my memories of this eclipse to be like that. I want them to be like my memories of my best friends' weddings or the great plays and concerts I've seen: rich, sharp, and emotion-driven.
That's also a good strategy for making the most of the eclipse on the day of. Shooting is a technical exercise. You focus on the angle, the camera settings, the timing, and time slips by. Those two minutes will be over before you know it.
But awe is a powerful emotion. A series of three experiments published in Psychological Science in 2012 found evidence for three significant effects of the feeling you get at the sight of astonishing natural phenomena: An increased willingness to give your time to other people, greater life satisfaction, and — most critically — less impatience. The researchers suggest that all of that means you get more out of each moment while experiencing awe. I want to take advantage of that today. Putting a camera in the way isn't going to help with that.
The coming eclipse is this cool-as-heck thing that we all get to experience, one way or another, together today. There will be lots of hired pros — and amateurs ignoring my advice — with their cameras trained on the sky. They'll get left with sharp memories of what an eclipse literally looks like through a zoom lens, but little textural experience of the event. But you'll get to take advantage of their photos. They'll have missed forever their chance at just watching the event.
So put down the camera, hold hands with someone you love, and watch the sky (safely, course).
See Also: Welding Masks, Colanders, and Other DIY Ways to View the Total Solar Eclipse


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High On Fire - The little angry guy inside drummer Des Kensel
On the last day of their tour, High On Fire visited Holland. Just like last time, I really wanted to do an interview with them. This time I got the chance to talk to drum-beast Des Kensel, a very kind person and brilliant percussionist.
So today is September 11th, what meaning does this day have to you?
'It's definitely a day that goes down in history. Not a good day for America. Things have definitely changed since then, especially travelling became harder. There's people out there that don't like the Western culture, not just America, but most of Western Europe as well. It was unfortunate that it took such a huge catastrophic event to open peoples eyes or pay more attention to what's going on. But that's history, massmurder, holy wars, whether it's religion, political, it has always been there and always will.'
Do you think that in the end there will be a positive outcome to the war in Iraq?
'Hopefully. It's really hard to get a grasp on what's going on out there. I don't think the public really knows the truth, meaning why we're over there, and I don't think they want us to know. It was just like, okay we're going over there because we don't want another 9-11, we need to find all the people that are responsible that are hidden in little places in Iraq and Afghanistan and even in fucking holes in the mountain or whatever. I'm sure it goes deeper. I can only hope for a positive outcome for everybody, whatever that is I don't know. Hopefully one day we can just all get along. We'll see.'
So the title of the album; Death Is This Communion, is this the way you guys view upon the world?
'No, the name came up because basically the only way to save your soul is death. You know, death is your salvation. It's not the way we see the world. We choose our own destiny, which is being in High On Fire at the moment, and it's not always easy. Obviously there�s people out there that have it way worse than us. The world isn't always a happy place, and people aren't always happy, I mean we're not dark, depressed people. I'm not like 'fuck this, I wanna die'. But music is a form of expression, whether it's metal or high-energy Cuban dance. Whatever you feel at the time, you express in the music and lyrics or a record. We just thought it sounded cool, the imagery is cool, it's basically open to interpretation.'
So how have the reactions been so far?
'Great! It's only ten shows and it's by far our most successful European tour ever. There were a lot of shows like that one in Arnhem where you were at, where due to certain circumstances not a lot of people showed up. Like we played there the day after Roadburn so everybody saw us, other times the promoter wasn't good, it's a Monday night or whatever. Last night it was a Monday night and we played in Berlin to 150 people which is good, because last time we played their for like 15 people. And all of our shows in the UK were great, which is where we have more fans than in any other country in Europe. But in the other countries I see it growing and getting better and better. We just wanna stay on that wave you know, keep the momentum going. It's hard work, but we're doing it.'
I got the comment that the new album is overproduced compared to the sound you had in the past. What do you think of this opinion?
'I think it's a bit more sort of slick, but the way our songwriting is going and with these songs I think it needed to be like that because otherwise you lose little details on guitar or on drums. And this is our fourth record, so why keep doing the exact same thing with the same sound. I mean there's still a shitload of metal records that makes our stuff sound fucking raw when compared to. It's a little tighter sound, a little cleaner sound, but it's still us.'
Okay, fourth album, third bassist. How do you view upon these statistics?
'I think the common denominator is me and Matt, we just can't keep a bass player, haha! No, with George, the first one, we saw his motivation slowly leaving. He just lost the motivation for being in the band, or just the love for it, touring. So when he quit, it was like two weeks before we had to go into the studio for Steve Albini, so we were like fuck what are we gonna do man. We were thinking like maybe Matt would play bass on it, and I remember I called up Greg, from the Southern Lord label and Sunn 0))) and stuff, and I said to him we were kind of in a jam. It was actually kind of funny because I first asked him, and he was like 'oh fuck man, I'd love to play the four strings of death for you guys! But I just can�t man. But you know who would be perfect; Joe Preston.' Cause I believe that at the time he was doing something called The Whip, actually with the guys from Big Business. And then their drummer passed away in a boating accident, so he wasn't doing much. His solo project Thrones was just up in the air. So I called him up and it was basically supposed to be for him just to be on the record. Before the recording we did like a short tour through Chicago, to get the vibe going a bit. And when we were in the studio recording, we got a call from a booking agent saying Clutch wants you to go on tour with them in the States. So we were like Joe do you wanna do a Clutch tour? 'Yeah sure sure.' And then the record came out so we were like do you wanna do a record release tour? 'Yeah sure sure.' And then it just was one after the other, I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did. He's a great person, a great bass player and I have nothing but the utmost respect for him and we still keep in touch, even with George too. No bad blood whatsoever. So now we got Jeff, he's a great fit, personality-wise, musically, his style works. He has even offered a lot of ideas during the writing process. At first it was a little weird because we were letting a new person into our private space, so it took a little while for us to accept him and for him to feel comfortable, I think we're at that point now.'
Okay awesome. Will there be a Japanese re-release for Death Is This Communion with bonus tracks?
'We knew the Japanese wanted the bonus track, so we were in the studio like should we bust out a cover real quick? Like we did for the last one. We just didn't have the time to get it really together, so it didn't happen. But I'd love to do a Japanese re-release with a bonus track, perhaps even on vinyl, but unfortunately the one that is going to Japan now does not have a bonus track. So nothing on that for now.'
So what do you think of Om, as in it being the rest of the previous band of Matt?
Well I like it yeah, seen them a couple of times, I haven't heard the new one yet though. It's just a great band and they're continuing on from where Sleep left off. I think there's definitely more Sleep in Om than there is in High On Fire for sure. They're great guys and a great band and I wish them nothing but success. Hopefully one day we will get to play with them, or even tour.'
What do you think caused both string players of Sleep to have this weird motion with their neck when playing then?
'Haha, yeah, who knows man. There's something in the weed they smoked, hehe.�
Hahaha! Okay, stupid question then. In movies, who do you prefer, Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone?
'Ow man. If I really have to pick one. You know when I was a teenager in the eighties and all those action movies were coming out, I mean I like Rambo, when I saw that I was like oh man he's fucking bad ass! You know Terminator, Commando, Predator. But nowadays, if I had to put one of those back in the DVD player and I'm gonna watch it, I guess Schwarzenegger. Just because he's not annoying and he doesn't have that stupid look on his face. And just looking at Sylvester nowadays, he's gotta be sixty and has had plastic surgery. He's trying to release another Rocky, like come on there's not gonna be a sixty year old boxer that's gonna win. And he actually came out with a reality show about fighting in the States. '
Oh yeah, we had that over here as well!
'That shit's just fucking dumb. They both get on my nerves, but I pick Schwarzenegger, because he gets on my nerves a little less. Die Stallone!'
Favourite Schwarzenegger movie?
'Uhm, Terminator. One.'
There is a lot of mysticism in High On Fire's lyrics, there's a song about Tiamat on the last album as well, is there a fascination for the Sumerian stories about the planet Nibiru and stuff in High On Fire?
'Well the lyrics are mostly done by Matt, but I think the mystical stuff he choose to write about really goes well with the sound. It's cool again for imagery. I know for 'Waste Of Tiamat' he used it as kind of like a metaphor for the powerful countries, you know the ones I mean, the one with the power and the money and stuff. But the lyrics can be interpreted by anyone in the way they want.'
If you compare where your band was with the release of the first album and where it is now, what do you see as the main differences?
'We've grown so much, we're better musicians, better songwriters, we take it more seriously. When we're touring we're not partying too hard anymore, when there�s an occasion where it doesn't affect a show or anything we still do of course. Also there are bigger and better tours now, and we're not working really shitty jobs in between tours now.'
You can stay alive from High On Fire?
'Yeah, barely, I get by. We just gotta keep touring. We gotta pay our rehearsal rent, our home, groceries, and go out drinking every once in a while, at least for me anyway. I know Matt puts all hits money to bars in a week, hehe. But other than that yeah, back then we toured, came back and take whatever job we could get. And you can't get a good job if you've constantly leaving, so whatever shitty job you'd get for a month was it.'
What's the shittiest job you've done?
'Ow man.'
Is it embarrassing?
'No no, I've done a lot of like delivery jobs, driven a truck, I actually lived in San Francisco as a bike messenger for a while. That's actually fun to do, you kind of keep in shape. There's fucking hills all over the place there, so you're at the bottom of a hill looking up like 'I gotta be up there to deliver this one envelope that will earn me like two dollars'. With the sun burning in your face and everything. Besides that I've also done a lot of construction jobs, And for a while I was with this company that removed led paint from bridges and highway overpasses. So after the sandblaster blasted of the paint, I'd be there to pick up all the paint and the crap, and helping tie up the containment area, shit like that. I had to get blood-tested twice a month just to make sure I didn't get too much led in my blood. And I worked at peoples houses, like landscaping, putting in peoples furniture, irrigation works, like water the plants, or the toilet, whatever.'
Might this physical labour have added to the power with which you beat the drums?
'Haha, some I guess, I don't know. Or maybe it's just the little angry guy inside me that comes out for one hour every night.'
And beat the shit out of your kit.
'Yeah. Better on that then on my wife or on my friends, haha. Or I can just picture the drums to be my wife; 'you fucking bitch, I wanted chicken, not beef!' Hahaha!'
Hahaha! So, how do you see the future for High On Fire now?
'I don't see the future, but I can just hope. Hopefully there will be more tours, we just keep writing music, keep it fun, keep it fresh, new and interesting, and hopefully it just keeps growing. Otherwise I can always go back to riding a bike up a hill, or putting in someone's toilet.'
Okay, do you have anything to add to this interview?
No, just do your research in the tourdates, we will be back in Europe in late November, we'll do a few Dutch shows as well again. So check it out and come see us. Thanks a lot man!
Yeah you too, have a good show!
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Democracy Watch requests that new Lobbying Commissioner not make any decisions affecting Liberals because of bias
Posted on January 25, 2018 March 5, 2018 by Bradford
Prime Minister Trudeau and his Cabinet put new Lobbying Commissioner in a conflict of interest by handpicking her through a secretive, PMO-controlled process that failed to consult with opposition parties as required
More than 11,000 Canadians have called for key changes to make the Cabinet appointment process actually open, independent and merit-based
NOTE: This morning, the new Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger sent Democracy Watch a letter stating that she will not continue the investigations into its complaints about two fundraising events for the Liberal Party of Canada that Barry Sherman, former Chair of Apotex Inc. was involved in organizing and hosting. This is exactly the kind of decision that a biased Lobbying Commissioner would make as it is exactly the decision the Trudeau Liberal Cabinet would want. Democracy Watch will challenge Commissioner Bélanger's decisions in court on the basis that she is biased and her decisions are legally incorrect.
OTTAWA – Democracy Watch released the letter it sent today to new federal Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger requesting that she not make any decisions concerning investigations of situations involving the Trudeau Cabinet or Liberals because the Cabinet created a conflict of interest for her by handpicking her through a secretive, PMO-controlled process. As well, the Cabinet failed to consult with opposition party leaders before making her appointment as required by the Lobbying Act.
As a result, Commissioner Bélanger has an appearance of bias that taints any decision she may make, including the decision she has stated she will make by February 2nd about whether she will continue the investigation into Democracy Watch's complaint alleging that Barry Sherman, Chair of Apotex until he passed away recently, violated rules in the Lobbyists Code of Conduct by hosting an August 2015 fundraising event at his home that Justin Trudeau attended.
In addition to the Barry Sherman/Apotex fundraising event complaint, the office of the Commissioner of Lobbying is investigating four other Democracy Watch complaints about situations involving Prime Minister Trudeau or other Cabinet ministers (See the five situations summarized under A.1 here). Democracy Watch's letter requests that Commissioner Bélanger not make any decisions concerning any of the five situations or any other situation involving the Trudeau Cabinet or Liberals.
On January 15th, Democracy Watch filed an application in Federal Court challenging the appointment of the new Lobbying Commissioner by the Trudeau Cabinet because of the failure to consult with opposition party leaders, and because the Cabinet was in a conflict of interest as the office of the Lobbying Commissioner was investigating situations involving Prime Minister Trudeau and other Cabinet ministers at the time the appointment was made.
To allow the investigations into Democracy Watch's complaints to continue, Democracy Watch proposes that Commissioner Bélanger delegate the situations to a provincial commissioner who is independent of her, the Trudeau Cabinet, and all federal political parties. This process has been used at the provincial level by ethics commissioners. For example, in 2016 Marguerite Trussler, Alberta's Ethics Commissioner, recused herself from investigating and ruling on a complaint because she was friends with two people involved in the matter.
"The Trudeau Cabinet put the new Lobbying Commissioner in a conflict of interest by handpicking her through a secretive, PMO-controlled process, and as a result the Commissioner is tainted by bias and must not rule on any situations involving the Trudeau Cabinet or Liberals," said Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch and Adjunct Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Ottawa.
"It would be a clear conflict of interest if someone sued Prime Minister Trudeau or a Cabinet minister and the Cabinet chose which judge would hear the case, and it is just as clearly a conflict of interest for the Cabinet to choose the new Lobbying Commissioner when she is judging whether the PM and other Cabinet ministers are involved in illegal situations," said Conacher.
More than 11,000 Canadians have signed a petition supporting Democracy Watch's Stop Bad Government Appointments Campaign calling on federal parties to work together to change the appointment process for all officers of Parliament and judicial and watchdog positions, to make it actually merit-based and independent from Cabinet, and to prohibit reappointments.
For many appointments, including of the new Ethics Commissioner and Lobbying Commissioner, the Trudeau Cabinet continues to use the same secretive, PMO-controlled, partisan process that past governments used.
Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch
and Chairperson of the Government Ethics Coalition
Democracy Watch's Stop Bad Government Appointments Campaign and Government Ethics Campaign


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County sheriff's sergeant was shot and killed Wednesday while answering a burglary report and the suspected gunman was arrested after commandeering his patrol car, ramming a second police vehicle, then hiding in a home as two teenagers cowered, authorities said.
Sgt. Steven Owen, 53, died at a hospital about two hours after he was gunned down behind a home in Lancaster, a desert community north of Los Angeles. His mother, adult son and daughter and his wife, who is a detective in the Sheriff Department's Arson/Explosives Detail, were at his bedside when he died, said Neal B. Tyler, the Sheriff's Department interim sheriff and executive officer.
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Muhanga Town Council in Rukiga District, western Uganda, started as a small trading centre in the 1970's. It later developed rapidly because of cross border trade. Most of the traders smuggled goods from Rwanda to Uganda and vice-versa.
Muhanga is about 36Km from Kabale Town on the Kabale-Mbarara High Way. It is at the centre of the main road that connects to Kisiizi Falls in the neighbouring Rukungiri District. LCIII for MuhangaTown Council James Tumwijukye, says Muhanga was elevated to a town council in 2010.
It has five wards – Muhanga Central, Butare, Highland, Rutare and Nyakabungo. He says when the current government took over power, issues of smuggling stopped and the business community used the generated money to trade in agricultural products.
Tumwijukye says because of the current economic growth in the area, many tourist camps, hotels, bars and restaurants have come up.
"This economic growth has led to the establishment of Saacos such as Rukiga Saaco. Cottage industries dealing in value addition, especially sorghum processing, bakeries, have also come up," Tumwijukye says.
He says the economic growth led to establishment of a Catholic parish and a church of Uganda Archdeaconry in Nyakabungo Ward.
Tumwijukye says the existence of the prominent Bukinda core Primary Teacher's College, six secondary schools and eight primary schools have also contributed to economic growth. Tumwijukye notes that the town council is into areas of residential, commercial, industrial, cemetery and sewerage lagoons for human waste management.
There is a weekly flea market at Bukinda Trading Centre in Muhanga Town Council and Muhanga central daily market.
The price of food is relatively low during the harvest season and high during the planting season.
According to the town clerk for Muhanga Town Council, Eudia Mutabazi, when the town council was opened, most of the houses were semi-permanent but now more than 80 per cent are permanent with a few temporary ones in slum areas.
"Because of the rapid development, we directed that construction of houses in this area must be done after getting approved building plans. This is to promote organised housing," Mutabazi says.
Frank Nomwesigwa, a resident of Muhanga, says: "Renting a single room ranges from Shs20,000 to Shs100,000 depending on the location of the rented premises.
Hotel and camp site accommodation ranges between Shs30,000 to Shs600,000 per night. Food in the hotels and campsites is between Shs5,000 to Shs20,000 per plate.
A 50x100ft plot of land is between Shs100m and Shs300m depending on the location unlike in the 1970's where the same piece of land was sold at Shs100,000. This rise in the cost of land is attributed to the development of the area.
Justus Katungi, a resident ofMuhanga, attributes the economic growth to the spirit of the local people to love developing their area.
"Without an investment in Muhanga town council and yet you are born from there, the community does not respect you at all. This attitude has attracted natives of the area to participate in developing this town.
Besides this, the central location of Muhanga town attracted social services such as electricity connection, clean water supplied by National water and Sewarage Corporation and mobile telecommunication networks," Katungi says.
Muhanga town council has three health centere IIIs that offer health service delivery to the people around the area besides having several private drug shops and clinics.
Muhanga mayor James Twijukye says: "... in case of complications, patients are referred to Kabale hospital about 36Km away or to Kisiizi hospital, which is about 30kms away," says.
The Rukiga District commissioner, Emmanuel Ngabirano, says they have formed community security committees in all villages. Their main duty if to identify wrong characters and report them to the police. He adds that police patrols have been intensified.


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By Ilia L Likou • 17 April 2018, 12:00AM
An assessment for the National Computer Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) for Samoa was held at the T.A.T.T.E. yesterday.
The assessment aims to assist Samoa before preparing and implementing a National C.E.R.T.
If implemented, the National C.E.R.T. acts as a tool for Samoa's cyber security architecture by providing up-to-date and trusted information and advice to help individuals, businesses and organisations prevent cyber incidents, and to help deal with the aftermath if an incident occurs.
In February 2017, the Government of Samoa launched the Samoa National Cybersecurity Strategy 2016-2021 that aims to address cybercrime and criminal activities online.
Within that strategy is the Government's intention to establish Samoa's own National C.E.R.T.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Afamasaga Rico Tupa'i, said this would help Samoa in so many ways.
"C.E.R.T. will be a focal point for the collection of reports about cyber security incidents and cybercrime, and provide a safe and secure digital environment for Samoa and its citizens, through coordination and collaboration with stakeholders to detect and manage cyber threats at the national level," Afamasaga said.
"It will help us to better understand the active and emerging cyber threats and cybercrime landscape.
"International evidence has shown that for C.E.R.T.s to be at their most effective, they need to operate seamlessly in collaboration with the public and private sectors.
"The C.E.R.T. will assist by working with the major sectors of the economy to ensure they have relevant and targeted information and intelligence about threats, as well as expertise for dealing with them.
"This information will get to those that need it in real-time. It will also be the point of contact for liaising with C.E.R.T.s in other countries
"It's a concrete step towards better protecting Samoa against cyber-attacks.
But none of this will work if it's left up to the Government alone."
Partners from International Communication Union, Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre and Oxford University are in the country to share their expertise in assisting Samoa with the establishment of a National C.E.R.T.
Participants from government ministries, private organisations in the country are invited to take part in the one week assessment.
"This is indeed a rare opportunity for Samoa, to have experts of your calibre in the field of cybersecurity and C.E.R.T., to help us and guide us as we take our first tentative steps in this very critical area and sphere," Afamasaga added.
"We are here today (yesterday) because we are all passionate about Samoa's economy and about keeping it safe and secure online.
"This is especially true for me as the Minister for I.C.T."
He believes cyber incidents and attacks threaten our economy.
"They can undermine our strategic and competitive advantages especially the confidence of our people and international partners to do business online," he said.
"As a result, Government takes the protection of our businesses and economy from this growing threat very seriously.
"Businesses, both big and small, also need to accept that cybercrime poses an enormous and immediate risk to their bottom line."
Afamasaga said everyone needs to be aware cyber threats pose enormous and immediate dangers to our online activity.
"It is crucial that we take steps to protect the infrastructure and data critical to the day-to-day operations of Government and the private sector.
"It is the private sector that owns and operates the communication networks and critical national infrastructure that allow us to connect to the World Wide Web.
"Government agencies don't have a monopoly on cyber security expertise, particularly as the technology changes rapidly and the threats are continuously evolving.
"We need to work together to better share information and expertise between Government and the private sector to address cyber security risks.
"Businesses big and small play an important role in our economy and a secure internet is a key enabler for a successful digital economy.
"It is also a key condition for big overseas conglomerates like Google, Amazon and Ali Baba to set up shop here in Samoa."
Project Manager of International Telecommunication Union, Sameer Sharma said the past 20 years has been an extraordinary time for the development of information and communication technologies.
"And with the 'mobile miracle' we have brought the benefits of I.C.T.s within reach of virtually all the world's people.
"But I believe that the next 20 years will be even more dramatic with 200 billion devices being connected through Internet of Things by 2020 and the benefits of broadband become available to everyone, wherever they live, and whatever their circumstances.
"According to market capitalisation, there are five companies in top 10 Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc. , Microsoft, Amazon.com, Facebook compared to 10 years back showing strong leadership of technology/I.C.T. companies and their contribution in the economy.
"The Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted in 2015, are a great opportunity to put I.C.T.s at the centre of people's lives.
"The S.D.G.s has broadened our horizons.
"Today, it is our duty not only to provide broadband access and affordable I.C.T. services for all, but also to put I.C.T. at the service of other economic sectors such as health, education, agriculture and trade.
"Pacific Island countries are considerably aware of the issues and cyber threats."
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We love winter engagement sessions! If people are planning a summer wedding, winter will give the best contrast for photos!
Kellie and Jesse definitely had a winter wonderland for their session at Delaware Park in Buffalo. It was freezing out! Hoyt Lake was frozen over and there was an ice hockey tournament going in!
The park looked amazing with the snow! Every inch was covered! This is exactly what this couple was hoping for. We walked around the park and stopped for photos. We didn't even need to go too far into the park either. Everywhere we looked we could get amazing images.
We did walk into some wooded areas though. We noticed a big tree was down and wanted them to sit down. Jesse had a seat and his lovely fiance had a seat on his lap! They got nice and close to stay warm. You can see how cold it was from their red cheeks and noses. Pure Buffalo weather!
We all had so much fun on this engagement session. They were so playful and laid back. They had a snowball fight at one point as well!
On the wedding day, it was extremely hot and humid. We went for photos down by the Lewiston waterfront. We loved the contrast we got from engagement to wedding photos!
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As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion.Ezekiel 48:23 Parallel Commentaries
Jehovah. The "I Am. "
WHEN Moses in the desert beheld the burning bush God answered his question by the revelation of His name as the "I Am." "And God said unto Moses, I am, that I am: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you" (Exod. iii:14). He who spake thus out of the bush to Moses was the same who in the fullness of time appeared upon the earth in the form of man. Our Lord Jesus Christ is no less person, than the I AM. If we turn to the fourth Gospel in which the Holy …
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To a modern taste, Ezekiel does not appeal anything like so powerfully as Isaiah or Jeremiah. He has neither the majesty of the one nor the tenderness and passion of the other. There is much in him that is fantastic, and much that is ritualistic. His imaginations border sometimes on the grotesque and sometimes on the mechanical. Yet he is a historical figure of the first importance; it was very largely from him that Judaism received the ecclesiastical impulse by which for centuries it was powerfully …
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince.
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