WildChild Designs was founded in 2015 by established artist, Robin Wood. Robin's growing reputation for UK-wide public art commissions, community art projects and sculpture trails inspired him to form a company dedicated to creating exciting outdoor play structures, seating, sculpture and adventure trails – all individually hand crafted from local, sustainable timber.
Passionate about getting people out into the real world of Nature, Robin Wood, through WildChild Designs, encourages children of all ages to explore and re-discover the joys and freedom of outdoor play. His bespoke play structures and tree houses have been designed and commissioned for the garden, schools, countryside and parkland. Hands in all aspects of the projects, Robin Wood has also translated his creativity for storytelling and illustrations into stimulating adventure trails for the Woodland Trust, Scotland.
WildChild Designs offers a full design and construction service for bespoke, site-specific outdoor play equipment, seating and wood carving for both private commissions and public projects.
Whatever the project or commission, our philosophy is the same: to reconnect children, families and visitors of all ages to the beauty of natural materials and the great outdoors. Robin Wood is a passionate believer in the importance of exploration and un-tamed outdoor play. The sense of freedom (not to mention healthy exercise) experienced by climbing and play are worth the risk of the odd grazed knee – that said, the safety of our structures is key, as is their durability in all weathers (we are based in Scotland, after all!).
All design work is initially visualized with detailed line drawings following in-depth one-to-one discussions about the project, directly with Robin Wood . This allows clients to gain a strong sense of how the finished piece or pieces will look. There is no fee for initial consultations.
WildChild Designs outdoor play structures and tree houses can be found in numerous backgardens, primary schools, children's parks and forestry trails. Great fun for children, they can bring out the adventurous inner-child in any adult, too.
Using wooden sculpture and carving, art trails are a trademark of the work of WildChild Designs. Interpretative and educational designs result in a simple wayfinding path being transformed into something exciting and captivating.
A place to sit, relax and socialize is an important space for a garden or playground, whether it's a simple wooden bench or a sculptural seating design. Whatever its shape or purpose, our seating is all bespoke, imaginatively executed and hand crafted.
At WildChild Designs we are passionate about conserving the environment and unlike mass-producing manufacturers, we ONLY use locally-sourced and sustainable timbers. We tend to work with oak and larch for their outdoor durability and longevity. All fixings used are A2 stainless steel for rot resistance and strength, with recessed bolts and end caps employed where necessary.
If required, we can devise a regular maintenance schedule, ensuring the finish and quality of the work for years to come. Designs can be fireproofed, depending on their location. All oils and paints used are high quality, child-friendly and hard-wearing.
Robin Wood lives in beautiful woodland in East Lothian, with his young family who have been climbing trees since they could walk.
His career has taken such forms as conservationist, forester and tree surgeon before concentrating on his creativity through wood art and craft as a profession, stemming from his passion for illustration. The skills honed through different aspects of his work with trees and nature, including a deep knowledge about natural resources and sustainable forestry, have all proved invaluable for his WildChild Design work.


The winter rains are coming and now is the time you need to repair any leaks in your roof that developed over the summer. However, before you can get to work repairing leaks, first you need to locate them. While this may seem like a simple thing, it isn't always as obvious as you might imagine because the source of the leak can be a long way from the place the roof shows any obvious water damage.
As the temperatures drop at night dew is formed on the surface of your roof. The following morning, the dew evaporates as the roof is warmed by the sun. However, in areas where water is leaking into the sheathing under the roofing materials, it will not evaporate as fast because more water is present.
For this reason, you should always inspect a roof in the morning as the dew is evaporating. If you see dark spots in some areas, then those are the areas you should inspect more closely for leaks.
One of the easiest ways to see if water is trapped in the plywood sheathing below your roof is to push down on it with your foot and then watch for water bubbles. If the rest of the roof is dry and you can produce bubbles in any area, then water is trapped in the plywood and is likely already causing dry rot.
If you have searched the roof and don't see any obvious signs of leaks but you suspect there is one, then you should look at it from inside of the attic.
Take a flashlight up after it rains, and look for water stains, mold, or dry rot. If you find these things, then measure from the nearest window to the location so you can triangulate the leak on the outer roof surface.
Should you be unable to locate the source of any leaks or find one you don't have the skills to repair, then you should call a licensed roofer. Even very small roof leaks very quickly lead to expensive problems because they rot sheathing and framing timbers, damage ceilings and insulation, and promote the growth of unhealthy mold.


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Derolus brunneipennis är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Charles Joseph Gahan 1904. Derolus brunneipennis ingår i släktet Derolus och familjen långhorningar.

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To determine the effects of a two-month intensive aquatic therapy programme on back pain, disability, quality of life, body composition and health-related fitness in sedentary adults with chronic low back pain.
Forty-nine sedentary patients with chronic low back pain.
Patients were allocated into active group (n = 24, two months, five times/week) or waiting list, control group (n = 25) according to space on the programme.
Outcomes variables were pain (visual analogue scale), disability (Oswestry Disability Index), quality of life (Quality Short-Form Health Survey 36), body composition (weight, body mass index, body fat percentage and skeletal muscle mass) and health-related fitness (sit-and-reach, handgrip strength, curl-up, Rockport 1-mile test).
The active group significantly improved low back pain (-3.83 ± 0.35 mm on the visual analogue scale ), disability (-12.7 ± 1.3 points for the Oswestry Disability Index) and the standardized physical component (10.3 ± 1.4 points for the Quality Short-Form Health Survey 36) of quality-of-life domains (P < 0.001), with no significant changes on the standardized mental component (P = 0.114). In relation to body composition and fitness, the active group showed significant improvements (all P-values < 0.01). The control group presented no significant change in any parameter.
A two-month intensive aquatic therapy programme of high-frequency (five times/week) decreases levels of back pain and disability, increases quality of life, and improves body composition and health-related fitness in sedentary adults with chronic low back pain.


Swiss cheese plant Monstera deliciosa is commonly grown as a decorative house plant but in its native Mexican rainforests it's a rampant climber, using its adventitious roots to cling to trees and climbing in much the same manner as ivy in temperate woodlands. Those holes in the Monstera leaf, whose resemblance to holes in Swiss cheese account for its name, let flecks of sunlight filter through to the layers of leaves below, all of which are transpiring water from their surface. If you cut a section through the stem, you can see the internal pipework that conducts water from the roots to the leaves.
Wow, looks great. I remember learning in school about xylem and phloem tissue. Its great to see it in a blog. Thanks for sharing.


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Steel sculptures of the Sculpture Park in Dunaújváros resuscitate in the resort 2014 collection of NUBU. The corroded iron surfaces and sculpture prints appear on pieces with the well-known NUBU cuts. Contemporary art is the number one source of inspiration for the designers of the brand: after architecture and painting, they now treated masterpieces of sculpture in their work. The designers chose Ferenc Friedrich's and Gyula Várnai's open-air statues placed on the bank of the Danube for their printed pieces, and refreshed the usual triple contrast of black, white, and beige with bright green and orange. The specialty of the collection is the diverse use of materials. Some fabrics are covered with a layer of black or white organza that causes an interesting light effect, so we perceive colors dipped. Besides the usual silk and neoprene fabrics, the designers used vinyl, impregnated linen, fabrics with metallic threads, and knitted and woven raffia.


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Feb 26, 2022 5 min read Life
"I don't finish scripts, they get confiscated"
Ten quick things I wanted to share with you this week.
Looking at Sunday Times on microfilm in the British Library
Hello loves!
I'm trying a new thing today. Instead of one longer post followed by bullet-updates, here are ten quick things I wanted to share with you this week.
1. A beginner's guide to online gaming
In my post about the Metaverse, I mentioned that one of my favourite ways to hang out with friends and family in different countries is by playing video games together, specifically, adorable-creepy survival game Don't Starve Together. A reader got in touch to ask how to actually get started playing video games online, so I wrote an absolute beginner's guide here, with game suggestions to suit family members of all ages.
Fuck Putin. Some things I've found useful to try to understand some of the context of what's going on in Ukraine: "It's not about Ukraine. It's about Putin." a podcast interview on The Weeds, unpacked a lot of the history about how we got here. Mark Galeotti also had a great piece in the Telegraph (sadly paywalled) unpicking what might be going on in Putin's mind: "Is Vladimir Putin mad, brilliant, or somewhere in between?", saying, "He is a remnant of the last true Soviet generation, unable to come to terms with the end of his old world, unwilling to understand the new." And I wanted to share this heartbreaking poem by Ilya Kaminsky, who fled the former Soviet Union city of Odessa (now Ukraine) in 1993: "We Lived Happily During the War."
3. Murder mysteries
I've been on a bit of a murder-mystery bender recently. The new Apple TV show The Afterparty is an absolute hoot (premise: someone is murdered at the afterparty of a high school reunion, Tiffany Haddish has to work out whodunnit). If you're also watching, email me your theories! I think it's Yasper but hoping it's one of the Jennifers. Then I finally read Agatha Christie's classic And Then There Were None (premise: ten people find themselves on a private island, they're killed off one by one, the survivors have to figure out whodunnit before they're killed next). It's enormous fun, and spawned a lot of contemporary murder-mystery tropes. Just a warning that some passages are racist even by 1939 standards.
4. British Library
My favourite London thing I've been doing is hanging out at the British Library, which contains over 14-million books and is basically Nerd Mecca. I've been finding some delicious things in the archives of the South African Sunday Times. Like, did you know that there was a proposed bill in 1969 to ban miniskirts? Look at these SCANDALOUS BARE LEGS! Think of the children!
5. London plays
Yeah so if I run out of money living in London it will be definitely because I've spent it all on theatre shows. The Joel Horwood adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane has some of the best stage design and lighting I've seen and it's still running until May. Tickets are sold out, though, to Martin Crimp's thoroughly modern adaption of the 200-year-old French play Cyrano de Bergerac. It's a masterful riff on the power of poetry, the acting is brilliant and the staging is minimal and inspired. But also, honestly, James McAvoy seducing a woman through poetry is just the goddam hottest thing I've ever seen on stage. There was not a dry seat in the house. Yes, I said seat.
6. Screenwriting wisdom from Aaron Sorkin
I got to see Aaron Sorkin discuss his new film, Being the Ricardos, a biopic about the making of I Love Lucy. Amongst many interesting things he said (he talks with the same dizzying high-speed brilliance as his characters), was that when writing a fictional story inspired by real history, truth is more important than accuracy. He gives an example from the script of The Social Network: there's a scene after Mark Zuckerberg's been dumped by his girlfriend, where he goes back to his dorm room, gets drunk, and builds Facemash, a programme that lets users rank the hotness of different students (vom). This really happened, and Zuck live-blogged the whole thing, so there's an accurate minute-by-minute historical record. In the script, Aaron wanted to convey, "he was drinking to get drunk", and had him pour four fingers of vodka into a glass. But the director dug up the live-blog which showed that he was actually drinking beer. Sorkin defended his version because it conveyed something true, if not strictly accurate. In this case, David Fincher got his way (as you can see from the final scene). Sorkin says, "I don't finish scripts, they get confiscated."
7. Adulting 101
I'm chatting to Jen Thorpe on Monday at 6pm South African time on Zoom about her brilliant new book Adulting 101: How to Survive in the Real World. It's the book I wish I'd received as a gift for my 21st birthday, including everything from "here's what to say to a friend who's parent has just died" to "here's how often to get screened for STIs" to "this is what taxes are". Register here.
8. All the freebies in one place
I've created a new page on the website that gathers up all the various freebies, downloads and guides that are available to email subscribers. There's also a new short story up there about the horrors of cooking, called "Blinding Birds". Enjoy!
A roundup of the most useful downloads, guides and resources on the site. Enjoy!
Sam BeckbessingerSam Beckbessinger
The app that has become most essential to my work is note-taking tool Obsidian. If you're any kind of knowledge-worker, I can't recommend it enough. It allows you to build up a graph of all of your research and connect ideas to each other. Use it for long enough, and it essentially builds a map of your brain. Mine is a mess, obviously.
A map of all the stuff I've been thinking about in the past few months
10. Caitlin Moran
I appreciated the epigraphs in Caitlin Moran's More Than a Woman.
Wishing you scandalous miniskirts,
The mundane joys of relationship in-jokes and deep-cleaning your house
Meditations on mundane delights
35 lessons I'm learning at 35
Midlife reflections
Bursting with pride day
actually dying of joy today
Covidtined!
The things keeping me sane through an endless Covid quarantine

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UnLtd provide specialist support for social entrepreneurs at the start of the journey to help them grow as social leaders. They combine cash and coaching to help nurture ideas and grow impact.
They particularly encourage applications from those working on:
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Type of funder
Charitable trust or foundation
Any social entrepreneur can apply. It doesn't matter what stage of development your social venture is at. It can be an idea on paper. Or a social venture in practice already.
They can support you if you are:
Aged 16 or over
Willing to participate in a learning experience
Working for the benefit of others in the UK
Your ideas and ventures are not eligible if they:
Are part of paid employment where the social entrepreneur is an employee
Involve political or religious campaigning
Involve activities outside of the law or against public policy, or anything that encourages ethnic, religious or commercial disharmony
Are mainly for the benefit of the social entrepreneur and/or others to achieve academic qualifications
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Try It Awards support social entrepreneurs to test their hunches and ideas
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Many of the people UnLtd supports progress through different stages of awards as their venture grows.
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Second day on the bike and now everything is throbbing. What I need is a nice reviving steak casserole in the pub at lunchtime but they have none. Fish and chips has to do but at least they have Nottingham's own Tuck Porter on.
Tonight L runs up to Ruddington for Kettlercise. She always wanted to know what you can get up to with a kettlebell and, well, now she knows all the moves.
It gives us the chance to revisit one of the haunts of old, the Three Crowns pub. So opponent and I head there for our post-match pint or his case, post-match glass of water. I hope they do good water because the beer has been a bit naff there for a while. It was good once.It's nothing special tonight.
I lose 1-4 at squash but three of them were close, really close. I console myself with that thought and the fact I'm starting to feel a lot fitter as I limp home afterwards. I also discover that my conqueror is now an award winning author, having won a short story competition on the internet. Very well hidden depths.


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Newsletter: $1,000 is just too dang much for a smartphone
A new study from market researcher NPD Group reveals that fewer than 10% of consumers are willing to shell out more than a thousand bucks for a phone.
(Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
By David LazarusBusiness Columnist
I'm Business columnist David Lazarus, with a look today at pricey smartphones.
Ever since the cost of a new iPhone topped $1,000, I suspect more than a few consumers wondered, "Who pays that much for a friggin' phone?"
The answer: Not many people, at least on a nationwide basis, according to a new study from market researcher NPD Group. It reveals that fewer than 10% of consumers are willing to shell out that much.
"Consumers are holding onto their smartphones for longer periods, which has presented a challenge for the smartphone market," said Brad Akyuz, an NPD analyst. "Manufacturers and carriers are expecting 5G to help reinvigorate the upgrade cycle, but pricing could present another hurdle."
That bit there about superfast 5G wireless technology "reinvigorating the upgrade cycle" — we'll get back to that in a moment.
First, NPD appears to have confirmed something many of us already figured out on our own: a thousand bucks is too much for a phone. Sure the latest and greatest iPhone or Samsung Galaxy may have sufficient bells and whistles to justify a higher price point.
But few of us are willing to splurge fat stacks for a little extra functionality or a slightly slicker design, not when a phone costing hundreds of dollars less can do pretty much everything the fancier handset can do.
That said, the Southland is particularly fertile ground for any gadget maker seeking status-conscious, price-be-damned buyers. NPD found that consumers in Los Angeles and New York "are most likely to purchase smartphones at the $1,000 price point."
The wireless industry has a lot riding on the current transition to 5G networks. Yes, 5G lives up to the hype — it's much faster and more reliable than current wireless technology. AT&T last week started offering 5G service in L.A., San Diego, San Francisco and a few other cities.
But to enjoy those benefits, you'll have to purchase a state-of-the-art 5G handset. All non-5G phones now in circulation won't be able to connect to the new networks.
Apple, Samsung and other phone makers are hoping this massive system upgrade will result in massive handset sales, and it almost certainly will. AT&T is offering the $1,300 Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G.
However, if the NPD report is correct — and I think it is — most of us will hesitate before purchasing a 5G phone costing more than eight or nine visits to Disneyland.
That is, until L.A. and New York residents decide they can't get over their envy of people with too-cool $1,300 phones and decide they desperately need one as well.
Now then, here are a couple of recent stories from our pages worth highlighting:
Hydrogen power: As Los Angeles weans itself off the last of its coal-generated electricity, the city needs to replace that fuel with a climate-polluting natural gas plant in Utah, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power staff insisted last week. But they also pledged the facility would eventually burn renewable hydrogen instead of natural gas — something that has never been done before.
See-ment pond: Some know it as "The Beverly Hillbillies" mansion, others as Chartwell. Now, it has a new name: California's chart-topper. The Bel-Air residence of late media mogul A. Jerrold Perenchio has sold for the highest price in California history, about $150 million. The buyer is Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch and co-chairman of publishing company News Corp.
California's Salinas Valley is grappling with a new outbreak of E. coli contamination linked to packaged salads. This time, Fresh Express Sunflower Crisp salads were the "likely source" of contamination, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least eight people in Upper Midwest states and 16 in Canada have been sickened.
Toyota announced plans to recall 3,800 2019 Prius hybrids after discovering an electrical glitch that could cause the speedometer to malfunction. The defect, which involves an electrical short circuit, could cause the speedometer and the fuel gauge "to become inoperative," Toyota said.
In anticipation of a bright, shiny 5G world, some tunes about phone calls — and there are lots to choose from. Blondie has a winner. So do the Marvelettes and Stevie Wonder. I was thinking at the outset that the top of the heap had to be this classic from Electric Light Orchestra. But then I remembered the Big Bopper, and that was that.
Let me know what you think of the newsletter. My email is david.lazarus@latimes.com, or you can find me on Twitter @Davidlaz. Also, tell all your social media pals to join the party.
Until next time, see you in the Business section.
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David Lazarus is an award-winning business columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He also appears daily on KTLA Channel 5. His work runs in newspapers across the country and has resulted in a variety of laws protecting consumers.
Trump officials dial back plan to gut Obama's auto mileage rules
A draft of the final rule includes several changes that could make it easier to defend in court and more palatable to some automakers.
CAA appoints new 11-member board to guide the agency's future
The Century City-based talent representation giant's co-chairmen, Richard Lovett, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane, will remain with the company.
Apple planning to make original podcasts promoting its TV shows
The audio shows would help market Apple's growing slate of original programs, which have already picked up some accolades.


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Дужина тела је око 12–13.5 mm. Почетком пролећа тело је светло зелене боје, антене су углавном црвенкасте а касније у години, пред хибернацију боја тела постаје црвенкасто браон. Немају шаре већ је тело униформно обојено.

Од сличне Palomena viridissima се разликује по ивици пронотума која се пружа од очију ка назад, код P. viridissima је ова ивица је избочена.

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Одрасле јединке појављују се на пролеће (од априла), у Србији се срећу веома често а најчешће су током пролећних месеци. Јавља се једна генерација годишње и презимљавају у стадијуму одрасле јединке. Хране се на различитим биљкама, често на листопадном дрвећу (Betulaceae, Salicaceae, Fagaceae, Tiliaceae, Euphorpbiaceae, итд.) али и на биљкама из породица Poaceae, Asteraceae, Urticaceae, Scrophulariaceae.

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 Cimex discolor Wolff, 1811
 Cimex dissimilis Fabricius, 1781
 Palomena rhododactyla Horváth, 1883
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Investigating disease control options for potatoes in storage.
The quality and volume of potatoes can be substantially lowered in a relatively short amount of time if proper storage practices are not employed. Nearly 82% of the potatoes produced in Idaho are stored for some duration. In most years, a loss in storage due to shrink and disease is approximately 6 to 7% but can be higher if frost or wet rots have affected the crop. Minimizing potential storage loss is always a major concern for storage managers. Stakeholder and other industry inputs have indicated disease control needs for processing, fresh market and seed potatoes as an area of research emphasis. It is important to minimize wounding of the crop during harvest and handling to reduce susceptibility to many storage diseases. The impact of wounding and predisposition to disease development can also be influenced by cultivar, pulp temperatures and storage conditions. Post-harvest applications of either sprout- or disease-control agents to tubers are often made to help maintain quality prior to entering the storage facility and after leaving the packing shed. There are very limited data on the impacts from the use of post-harvest disease-control agents on wound healing. The use of phosphorous acids as a low-pressure spray application on potatoes being loaded into the storage facility is gaining nationwide acceptance. This product is very effective in minimizing the spread of pink rot and late blight in storage. There is currently no data on the impact of wound healing in storage after applications of this product. Additional products being used in the industry include disinfestants applied on either potatoes going into storage or just prior to being packaged and shipped. Additionally, for both the organic and conventional markets, microbial biocontrol agents are also being considered. Again, there is limited information on these post-harvest products on the potential effects on wound healing, efficacy and subsequent tuber quality. Data on this response would be beneficial to fully recognize the use and impacts of these post-harvest disease-control agents. The potato industry has gained a few novel post-harvest products in the last several years although there is still a paucity of post-harvest chemicals and/or application methodologies available to the industry. The lack of effective products to control disease in storage prompted the industry to support and evaluate the use of additional control agents in storage. Products with low food safety concern need to be tested as viable post-harvest disease-control agents. Research information will help establish recommendations on the use of post-harvest disease-control products and if additional alternative products or methods need to be identified. Various methods of applications, such as application via aerosol or humidification, may need to be implemented in some situations to elevate efficacy. The impact of this project will be to provide research based information to the potato industry regarding storage management of diseases and the use of post-harvest disease control products.


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Julen Lopetegui made his debut at the Real Madrid bank against Manchester United. However, after losing Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish coach said he was satisfied with the team he had.
«I want to make the most of us. I am delighted with this team, "he said after asking whether the meringues would go to the market to get a name or whether they would stay here.
« I'm pleased with what I have. It's a wonderful challenge to rebuild a team, "he added. The team compared last season: "We will try to make it better."
In terms of defeat, the coach devalued: "At this stage we want to consolidate the concepts. Since they have already made four games , it was physically and tactically acceptable. They only finished twice. "
At the same occasion, Lopetegui thanked Mourinho's words that said when signing Real Madrid in 2010 he was still Inter coach. situation with that of the Spaniard who still signed as emperor of Spain.
"Of course I thank the words of someone who is professional. I was professional and consistent in every way, but it is already part of the past. Now the present is wonderful. »
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Is it possible to argue convincingly against suicide?
My question is more specifically about arguing convincingly against suicide from the perspective of some kind of universal inheritance.
We find ourselves existing in the universe. If we accept the standard scientific evolutionary view, we are all replicators. The only reason we are here is that self-preserving physical matter, out of the set of all possible physical matter, will tend to maintain itself in a physical substrate over time. To commit suicide is to reject this natural heritage, the only heritage that has allowed our existence.
Is there a sense in which the portrayal of suicide as this kind of rejection is a cogent argument against it?
This gets perilously close to 'the universe has kept us here so the universe clearly wants us here' or perhaps more tautologically 'we exist to be here'. These are something like summaries of the idea I am trying to elucidate, though the former carries some mystical connotations and might be uncharitable.
Disclaimer: if you (OP or someone else reading this) have suicidal ideations then please get professional help.
Careful, this is teleological. It's not at all clear that we should (especially in this manner) talk about evolution like that. In other words: evolution can't provide existential reasons. We don't reject some sort of heritage because if we commit suicide then this wouldn't contradict evolutionary principles. Instead, it would be part of them.
For example, we could think of it like this: let's assume that some genetic variation leads to a higher probability of depression. Depression then would lead to a higher probability of suicide. A higher probablity of suicide would lead to a lower number of inheritance of the trait. This of course wouldn't mean that we shouldn't combat depression. But instead, using therapy to combat depression would also be part of evolution, in that it would maybe decrease the probablity of suicide.
I don't think it's a good idea to try to get normative principles out of natural processes in that way. There are, of course, many other good reasons to reject suicide in general.
"We exist to be here" is not tautological. "We exist because we exist." would be tautological. But the former gets some sort of existential reason from somewhere. If we argue that evolution explains why we exist then I'd argue that this commits an equivocation. The meaning of "why we exist" would be different in that explanation which is why it doesn't work.
If your question is about whether non-suicidal people can argue convincingly about suicide, that is one thing. But if your question is about whether non-suicidal people can argue convincingly with a suicidal person, the answer will be negative.
Rationality underlies any convincing argument about any matter.
The problem with suicide, in this regard, is that more often than not, suicide is motivated by feelings. People do not commit suicide because they have reasoned about the world, or their life, but because they have reasoned about their feelings. Suicide is a reasoned way of putting an end to feelings one does not want to live with.
Typically, one cannot reason one's way out of a clinical depression, because no amount of reasoning will change the underlying feelings. As Hume noted, feelings precede reason.
For people who feel very bad for a very long time, suicide is quite a logical choice.
It does not seem to be as the argument relies on a person giving respect to this "natural heritage" or the process of evolution. But as the person who is committing suicide, thinks that the world is unfair (at least to him), there is no reason for him to offer respect to "natural heritage". Indeed by killing himself, he is actually freeing himself from being used/abused by these processes (consider a person who is thinking of suicide because of a failed marriage has enough reasons to blame evolution, at least partly, for example, for making him not good enough, for presence of hypergamy, or even the psychological processes which make him feel need love, or develop attachment, just so that he produces next generation). Actually, the idea that "we are all replicators" is anything but motivational and undermines humans, as they are reduced to just means to an end game of survival of species, which is not false from a purely naturalistic, evolutionary perspective.
Any 'is' argument is thus, incapable of convincing him as it 'is' also true that he can kill himself, and offers no reason why he should not exercise his will against the designs of a world, which he perceives has been unfair to him. This is somewhat similar to "existential crisis'.
'We exist to be here' is also not a good argument, as if the man chooses to die, then maybe, he was meant to. It cuts both ways, and just looks like a fatalist argument.
Without addressing your bolded question, I will address the title question by proposing a few arguments against suicide other than the one that was proposed.
Suicide is illegal. You wouldn't steal a car, why would you kill a person?
Suicide is risky. If you only maim yourself, your family will be burdened with your care from then on.
Suicide is ignorant. If you are thinking that it would be better to cease to be, that's a value judgment on the future and nobody knows the future.
Suicide harms others. You may believe that nobody cares about you, or that they don't care enough, but that just isn't true: even the local police cares about you and suicide sends them an unkind message that all the care people have for you is wasted.
If a friend of yours is talking about suicide, he or she is begging for help from you already: a person intent on suicide wouldn't be talking about it at all. But similar to a child's temper tantrum, talking about suicide is a relational power play that will wear out friends fast. The suicidial person needs parents or professionals, not listening ears.
That isn't true. Many people never have children, either because they don't want children or they're biologically unable to reproduce.
In biological terms, suicide is an aberration, because it's unknown in any species save our own. In that spirit, you might intuitively postulate that committing suicide is not a good thing to do.
But with a global population of seven billion, an individual's value as a replicator is questionable. Ironically, some have joked that suicide is the best thing one can do for the planet. Check out the Church of Euthanasia.
I'm not saying I agree with this dark humor. If you're smart enough to be aware of the problems confronting our species and one of those very rare people who actually care, then you're worth far more alive than dead.
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Facebook Removes White Nationalist Group Pages After Charlottesville Attack
Twitter and Reddit face scrutiny for allowing hate speech
By John Bonazzo • 08/16/17 1:45pm
Protestors rally against white supremacy and racism in New York City's Columbus Circle. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
In the aftermath of the Charlottesville terror attack, many companies took action to protest white nationalist groups. Six CEOs stepped down from presidential advisory councils, and Airbnb banned white supremacists from making reservations and renting out homes. Even Google and GoDaddy got political, kicking neo-Nazi site The Daily Stormer off their domain hosting platforms.
And now, social networking sites are taking a stand.
Yesterday Facebook removed eight pages used by racist and white nationalist groups from its site. The banned groups included Right Winged Knight, Right Wing Death Squad, Awakening Red Pill, Physical Removal, Genuine Donald Trump, Awakened Masses, White Nationalists United and Vanguard America.
The last group is particularly notable, because James Fields reportedly marched with the group on Saturday before running over 32-year-old Heather Heyer. Dillon Hopper, the "commander" of the neo-Nazi group that may be connected with the banned page, is a former U.S. Marine.
"Our hearts go out to the people affected by the tragic events in Charlottesville," Facebook said in a statement. "Facebook does not allow hate speech or praise of terrorist acts or hate crimes, and we are actively removing any posts that glorify the horrendous act committed in Charlottesville."
While Facebook said it would continue to remove "organized hate groups," it did not clarify why groups promoting "death squads" and other violence were allowed on the site in the first place. The social network, which was criticized earlier this year for mistakenly blocking atheist and ex-Muslim pages, does not plan to update its terms of service in the wake of the attack.
Facebook is also in hot water for allowing the event page for the Charlottesville "Unite the Right" march to stay up on the site for a month. It only deleted the page on Friday, the day before the march, after realizing it violated community standards.
Other social media sites are also grappling with these issues. A spokesperson for Twitter told Recode the site would not update its existing user guidelines, which don't explicitly ban white nationalists or neo-Nazis but prohibit accounts that "directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability or disease."
Given that former KKK leader David Duke is allowed to tweet about "anti white hatred," however, this standard isn't good enough for many regulators. For example, the European Union said in June that Twitter failed to meet minimum standards for removing hate speech from its platform.
Reddit, on the other hand, is taking a more active approach. The online discussion board removed a subreddit for Physical Removal (also one of the sites Facebook banned) because users wrote that the people killed and injured in Charlottesville were "mockeries of life" who "need (ed) to fucking go."
"We are very clear in our site terms of service that posting content that incites violence will get users banned from Reddit," a spokesperson told CNET.
This is somewhat ironic considering users of the r/The_Donald subreddit have threatened violence against people who don't support President Trump for months. But maybe the Charlottesville violence finally convinced Reddit to get its act together.
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Grania (Rosenvinge) Kylin, 1944 é nome botânico de um gênero de algas vermelhas pluricelulares da família Acrochaetiaceae.

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 Acrochaetium  Nägeli in Nägeli & Cramer, 1858

Espécies
Atualmente uma única espécie é aceita taxonomicamente no gênero:
 Grania efflorescens (J. Agardh) Kylin, 1944
= Callithamnion efflorescens J. Agardh 1851
= Acrochaetium efflorescens (J. Agardh) Nägeli 1861
= Chantransia efflorescens (J. Agardh) Kjellman 1875
= Chantransia efflorescens f. tenuis Kjellman 1883
= Rhodochorton efflorescens (J. Agardh) K.M. Drew 1928
= Audouinella efflorescens (J. Agardh) Papenfuss 1945
= Audouinella efflorescens f. tenuis (Kjellman) A.D. Zinova 1955

Referências
 Kylin, H. (1944). Die Rhodophyceen der Schwedischen westküste. Acta Universitatis lundensis 40(2): 1-104.
 Guiry, M.D. (2009). Grania Kylin, 1944. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2009). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.

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What Indian tribe sold Manhattan?
What Indian tribe owned Manhattan?
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Why did the Dutch leave America?
Why did the Dutch Sell Manhattan?
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In May of 1626, Dutch West India Company rep Peter Minuit met with local Lenape Native Americans to purchase the rights to the island of Manhattan for the value of 60 guilders.
The Lenape, Manhattan's original inhabitants, called the island Manahatta, which means "hilly island."
On May 24th 1626, Peter Minuit (also spelled 'Minuet') purchased the island of Manhattan for the equivalent of $24 worth of beads and trinkets. Even adjusted for inflation, this is probably the real Greatest Trade Ever, with apologies to John Paulson.
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Delaware or Lenni Lenape.
Erie.
Iroquois.
Mahican.
Mohegan.
Montauk.
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Oneida.
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Wound Tale
著者: NISIOISIN
ナレーター: Keith Silverstein, Eric Kimerer, Cristina Vee
カテゴリー: ヤングアダルト, SF・ファンタジー
4.0 out of 5 stars 4.0 (3件のカスタマーレビュー)
BAKEMONOGATARI, Part 1
ナレーター: Eric Kimerer, Cristina Vee, Erica Mendez, 、その他
There's a girl at their school who is always ill. She routinely arrives late, leaves early, or doesn't show up at all, and skips gym as a matter of course. She's pretty, and the boys take to whispering that she's a cloistered princess. As the self-described worst loser in her class soon finds out, they just don't know what a monster she is.
Nekomonogatari (White)
Cat Tale
ナレーター: Cristina Vee, Eric Kimerer, Erica Mendez
Launching into new territory that the author hadn't mapped out when he embarked on the series, Nekomonogatari (White) tells the tale of heroine Tsubasa Hanekawa from her own perspective, in her own voice - if that can hold true for a damaged soul who, depending on who you're asking, suffers from a split personality or a supernatural aberration.
A self-described loser, Koyomi Araragi is struggling at a prep school that he should never have gotten into. He has all but quit caring, but as a senior, he faces the chilling scenario of not being able to graduate. It's time to cram, but the supernatural aberrations that keep on popping up in his provincial town won't let him be. Previously, our hero turned into a vampire and back, gained an acid-tongued girlfriend, and couldn't find his way home thanks to a lost child.
ナレーター: Keith Silverstein, Erica Mendez, Cristina Vee, 、その他
A class president among class presidents, a bespectacled model student who soars to the top of honors lists without fail, Tsubasa Hanekawa also happens to be a decent human being. True, she does have a habit of making single-minded assumptions, but they come from a good place and turn out to be fortuitous as often as not.
Narrated by Kate Winslet
著者: Roald Dahl
ナレーター: Kate Winslet
Matilda is the world's most famous bookworm, no thanks to her ghastly parents.Her father thinks she's a little scab. Her mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And her headmistress, Miss Trunchbull? She's the worst of all. She's a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. Despite these beastly grownups trying to push her down, Matilda is an extraordinary girl with a magical mind. And she's had enough. So all the terrible adults had better watch out, because she's going to teach them a lesson they'll never forget!
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Book 1
著者: J.K. Rowling
ナレーター: Stephen Fry
Harry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!
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Around midnight, under a lonely streetlamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places.
Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to avoid having friends because they'd lower his "intensity as a human", is naturally skeptical. Yet it is to him that the bloodsucking demon, a concept "dated twice over", beckons on the first day of spring break as he makes his way home with a fresh loot of morally compromising periodicals.
Always disarmingly candid, often hilariously playful, and sometimes devastatingly moving, KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale is the perfect gateway into the world of author NISIOISIN, the best-selling young novelist in Japan today. The prequel to BAKEMONOGATARI ("Monster Tale"), this is where the legendary MONOGATARI series, whose anime adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim, begins.
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A good start, even for the most critical fans.
I would only recommend this book to some friends, as this is definitely not a story for everyone. The story can easily be bogged down if you do not resonate with the characters inner turmoil and the thought provoking moral quandaries could just sound like teenage angst if you don't buy in to stories about kids in high school. Even for many Anime fans the verbose and palindromic writing can be mind melting giving some scenes a feeling of dragging on for eternity. Monogatari has never been for everyone, but it is for those listeners or readers who have a love for ten dollar words, being wrapped up in a flurry of wit while being sucked deeper into the rabbit hole.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Koyomi Araragi is by far the stand out character, and continues to be in later novels in the Monogatari series. He is both an everyman character, but also someone with a distinct and strong personality. Between his inner monologues and exterior arguing with himself you get a deep and rich understanding of how he thinks; thus allowing the author to almost meld the minds of the character and reader together.
The standout scene in this audiobook comes almost purely from a delivery and character aspect. Hearing Christina Vee argue with herself as two separate characters was a true joy. While I wish they had used another actor to play Hanekawa it was still thrilling to hear.
There are two very strong scenes in this book which may either make or break the story for you; the first meeting of our two main characters (Araragi & Kisshot), and their stories climax towards the end. Each novel in the Monogatari series focuses heavily on a singular character and their interactions with Koyomi Araragi with the other characters coming in as strong supports to reinforce the actions of each character. For a majority of the novels, the main support or what could be argued as a tertiary main character to Koyomi is Kisshot. Both their first meeting, and the main story element which binds them together in this novel are very strong, and emotionally draining, but every step beforehand leads you to the finale which you are told from the start will not be a happy one.
The Monogatari series as a whole isn't an easy subject matter to translate into a simple written or spoken language. Most likely why it's taken so long for anyone to try and even tackle this expansive series.
With that being said, Vertical has done an excellent job with translating the Novel but keeping dialog, character specific quirks, and the themes of the Monogatari series consistent between the anime and novels. While I would say they did only a serviceable job on the audiobook, it comes from high expectations. The source material is strong in creating an emotional resonance between the reader (or viewer) and the characters in action, so when the voices of them do not line up as you expected, it can be somewhat jarring. Even if the actors did a strong job overall. I will say that compared to the Japanese actor of Hanekawa who sounded more stern, mature, and serious; this iteration is given a more high pitched, giddy, and almost bubbly voice which I wouldn't say fits well, especially with later events in the series and I hope that Vertical reconsiders casting and brings in a different actor to play her.
I would say my main criticisms lie with the direction more so than casting, delivery, or the script. This is a biased point of view, but it seems the director definitely had the actors hold back on some scenes, opting for a bit more subdued approach compared to the anime & japanese actors deliveries. This is personal preference, but I would have rather scene the actors ham up the more dramatic scenes more, as the series has always been known to be bombastic, over the top, and incredibly verbose.
I can also say there is a definite problem with the pacing in a few areas. While this isn't a major problem, it definitely feels as though the actor playing Araragi was told to pick up his reading pace during a few scenes which could have been a little lengthier and more thought provoking. On the other hand, talking a mile a minute is definitely a key attribute to our protagonist, and nothing new the near frantic levels of dialog in the animation version of him.
Rich P
Extremely well acted light novel
What did you love best about KIZUMONOGATARI?
Easily one of the best narration performances I've heard on Audible. It's great to actually have both a male and a female voice actor as falsetto doesn't quite work here. To have more than one male part is outstanding.
What other book might you compare KIZUMONOGATARI to and why?
Not really comparable to anything else, this is a problem in the West about not having light novels (novellas).
Have you listened to any of the narrators's other performances before? How does this one compare?
No, but I hope more performances are sold here.
Felipe DL
Gripping, funny, deep...A worthy listen
Great acting, which I didn't expect, this being my first audiobook experience, and usually not liking american anime dub acting (which clearly this isn't, but in theory would be close).
The story surprised me enough for what ia basically a origin story with elements previously hinted at in the saga. I'd say in all it's fair to read this before you read or watch the latest material. But as a starting point it should work really well. As it is, it still brings a whole new dimension to all the characters involved. Kiss-shot, of course, and the protagonist, but also, much yo my delight, to my now-favorite girl, Hanekawa.
As usual with these late-into-a-series origin stories, the story is informed by the previously published books, and it's also followed by a more natural continuation in the publishing order. But that doesn't hurt the enjoyment, it's just that you see where the author is going to go/comes from in terms of character exploration.
So yeah, this audiobook I can wholeheartedly recommend both to fans of the anime and newcomers. It was even the audiobook which made me.a fan of the genre. I hope the rest of the books in the saga are published in this form too, because now I know I'll want to get them all.
Excellent quality audio book
Fantastic voice acting, and the story kept me coming back. It's interesting. The writing is very idiosyncratic, I would say, it's an experience, being inside the head of a main character like this one... or maybe this is a standard experience with light novels, and I wouldn't know, as this is my introduction to the medium. Either way, it was definitely an excellent story that kept me utterly intrigued from start to finish, and I certainly felt it wasn't predictable.
Jim "The Impatient"
NO POINT IN CRYING OVER SPILT BLOOD
This is not for the over 30 crowd. The first hour is totally taken over by a high school boy who sees a pair of panties. In a Marilyn Monroe type situation involving the most popular girl in school, this boy sees her panties and that is all he can think about for the next hour of the book. This causes him to go out and buy porn magazines. The book is also filled with more teenage angst then in any American YA girl book. The small parts about the vampire is fairly cool and different, but not to the point of putting up with all the childish ramblings of the main character. Anime books are similar to graphic novels and I have found that these books without the art work usually don't hold up.
Timeless Drow
A strange yet beautiful tale.
I'm not one to do many reviews and most of the time I just go in and say things like. Oh it was so good, I loved it, you should read this so on and so forth. But after finishing this i find myself rather happy, had I rolled my eyes at parts? Yes, but it amazes me that as someone who has read his entire life and finds it hard to be captivated by a story, I find this one to be a treasure.
Most may not agree with me as there are things that others just don't like but I urge you at least give this a listen or buy the book because in the end it is a beautiful tale of humanity and excepting ones mistakes while trying to make everyone happy.
very fun
this story is fun and not afraid to make fun of anime/light novel stereotypes at the same time being serious and captivating! the Japanese translation isn't bad!! I hope we get more light novels in the future.
I love this book style and overall presents it's a one-of-a-kind writing style with gives me goosebumps anyway it's really hard for me to like tell you how good this book is just need to try it for yourselves like it's very different
This audio book, from the translation that conveys the tone of the original work, to the clever plotline, to the three voice actors' performances, is an amazing work. The occasional background music was also a nice bonus; I've only ever heard one other audio book that did that. I look forward to more translations of this series being brought over to audio book and hope more Japanese anime-inspiring novels and light novels make it to audio book, particularly if they are of this level of quality.
Brittany West
Great Story, Fitting Voice Acting
If you're a fan of the series, I can't recommend this performance more. Very enjoyable listen.
Michele Bianchi
Great introduction to the Bakemonogatari world
Would you listen to KIZUMONOGATARI again? Why?
This is one of the rare occasions in which I would read or listen again to a book.
Not only the story is absorbing, but the narrators do a pretty good job at making the characters come to life.
As a Bakemonogatari fan I loved how this book explains all the things that were thrown at the viewer in the anime and never explained.
As an anime fan, it was like reading an anime series.
As a fantasy fan it is a smart urban fantasy tale with a nice, fresh spin on vampires and monsters and their relations with humans. If you are fed up with all that cliché modern fantasy novels that look like they were all made from the same mold look no further!
What about the narrators's performance did you like?
Having watched multiple Bakemonogatari series and knowing how western voice actors tend to always get the tone of the voice of anime characters wrong I was pretty scared by how this might have ended.
However, even though the characters sometimes sound strange (there are some times in which characters convey a specific emotion through their voice when it is obvious that they should convey another one, especially if you know the characters from previous works) this audiobook's voice performance greatly surpassed my expectations.
The main character's narrator was the best one of the three, sounding almost like the Japanese voice actor, and Cristina Vee did an awesome job when performing the lines of the younger versions of Kisshot.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
"Lots of talking involved"
If you are a Bakemonogatari fan and you ended up on this audiobook I think you do not need my review to decide whether to buy it or not.
However, if you are a fantasy fan I would suggest you to give it a shot, but be mindful that some parts look like they came out of a dictionary definition of "Japanese wackiness". If you like these kind of things or can overlook some wackiness you are in for a great ride.
Listened to this with my audible trail not expecting much but it blowed me away. It's really good.
excellent work by all the crew and cast
Where does KIZUMONOGATARI rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
One of the better audios in a while
As I'm still waiting to see the final part of the Anime this was an fantastic way to find out what happens to all. As future stories in the series never explain the why or what happens to Kiss Shot
I felt all captured the voice for the roles especially as there is no dubbed Anime version they have left their imprint on the roles
I know it isn't likely but I really hope this series continues to be transferred into audio book.
Saskia taylforth
monogatari light novel review
absolutely loved this first novel, great narration and fantastic story, would reccomed to anyone looking for an interesting take on your typical anime protagonist and adventure
Something good happen to you today?
Hell yes. After feeling pretty meh about the first Kizu film, I wanted to know if it's worth investing in further...now I just want to buy all the books instead because holy cow I loved it. With the initial setup of the story I figured it was just going to be ok at most, pretty standard but enjoyable. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT! Part of me is tempted to even say flawless. The story is constantly ramping up, character relationships are so interesting, and much like the story steadily and organically build as it progresses and can safely say I've never heard such a detailed description of panties in my life One franchise I always thought wouldn't work as an English translation outside of a written format was Monogatari. God damn was I wrong. The voice acting from Keith, Eric and Cristina is absolutely perfection, each of them bringing distinct voices to each of the characters they play, despite voicing multiple characters (which I admit I was very skeptical about), clearly fantastic direction by Tony as well! Really wish more of the books were adapted into this format, but now I've got to get to a point where I can listen to Neko without spoilers
Johannes Magnus Nysæter
I've been holding off on checking out the monogatari series for a few years now especially the animated series due to my poor reading speed and the speedy dialogue it seems to have. I immediately picked up this title once I saw it and I sincerely wish there were more of the books in the series available on audible.
Ho-Man Yau
I look forward to seeing the movie.
the monogatari series has always been interesting especially in anime version. so I was surprised to see an audio book version and really enjoyed it. I hope that the rest of the series comes out in audio book format as well.
I need the next book please audible
Music, narration, all the voice actors did a great job. Feels of high production value. I would probably recommend reading a synopsis before starting. If it interests you even a little, go for it. Kizumonogatari is a prequel to the main monogatari series but the author recommended reading After the Bakemonogatari season. Having said that, you can indeed begin with this book as a solid introduction. I was hooked on the first chapter till the end.
After seeing anime and the movies, this gives more depth to the story.
Really enjoyed this, and looking forward for the next releases
madmaxthe7th
really enjoyed the way this story was performed.
this is a great story that has been performed to a high standard. I am a fan for life now and can't wait for more of the same.
I loved it! Got though the entire book within 3 day. Really wish that they would make audiobooks for the rest of the series also.


This year brought the following interesting data protection developments about European developments, updates home markets (The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland), GDPR Toolkit and GDPR Updates.
Following its recent November plenary meeting, the WP29 adopted more than ten key documents, including the Privacy Shield report. Below, we have summarized the Privacy Shield report and have outlined the various relevant guidance documentation that the WP29 has released in 2017 that aim to clarify the (new) provisions introduced in the GDPR. Where relevant, we have included a link to summaries provided by us previously.
On 18 and 19 September 2017, representatives of the WP29 participated in the first joint review conducted by the European Commission (EC) to assess the robustness of the EU – U.S. Privacy Shield adequacy decision (Privacy Shield). Although the WP29 recognizes the progress of the Privacy Shield in comparison with the invalidated Safe Harbor decision, the WP29 has a number significant concerns (in particular more about the cooperation between the privacy enforcers i.e. the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Federal Trade Commision, and the EU Data Protection Authorities, and the appointment of an independent Privacy Shield Ombudsperson). The WP29 expects their recommendations to be addressed during the second joint review, but in any case prior to 25 May 2018. In case no remedy is brought within this time frame, the WP29 has announced its intention to take appropriate action, including bringing the Privacy Shield to national courts in order to make a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling.
Read the full text of the 'EU – U.S. Privacy Shield – First annual Joint Review'.
This working document revisits the WP29's previous publication on transfers of personal data to third countries and updates it in the context of the GDPR and recent relevant case law (i.e. the CJEU Schrems judgment in 2015), specifically relating to adequacy decisions. Read more.
Both the working document regarding Binding Corporate Rules for Controllers (BCR-C) as well as the working document regarding Binding Corporate Rules for Processors (BCR-P) update the previous P29 guidelines on these topics. Read more.
The WP29 guidelines on consent expand and complete the earlier opinions. Read more.
how data controllers facilitate the exercise by data subjects of their rights. Read more.
The WP29 provided guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling and provide for (among others) explanation of the definitions of profiling and automated decision-making. Read more.
These guidelines explain the mandatory breach notification and communication requirements under the GDPR, and provides examples of steps that controllers and processors can take to meet these obligations. Read more.
In these guidelines, the WP29 confirms that carrying out a DPIA is not mandatory for every processing operation, but only when it is likely to involve a high risk for the rights and freedoms of the natural persons whose data is being processed. These guidelines clarifies this notion. Read more.
Click here to read our previous newsletter on these guidelines.
This year was a year full interesting data protection and privacy news and developments. Please find a brief summary of the relevant developments in all our four 'home markets' the Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg and Switzerland.
In the Netherlands, the Council of State (Raad van State) presented the GDPR Implementation Bill (Uitvoeringswet Algemene verordening gegevensbescherming, Bill) to the Parliament on 13 December 2017. The GDPR has been implemented in a policy-neutral manner, meaning that the existing Dutch Data Protection Act (Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens, DDPA) has been upheld, insofar as this is in coherence with the GDPR. For instance, the Bill reiterates the age of 16 for the applicability of Article 8, as is currently the case under the DDPA. Furthermore, all exceptions that allow specific types of special categories of data to be processed by a specific category of controllers (e.g. employers, insurers and hospitals), or for specific purposes (e.g. identification purposes or sick leave management) have been maintained in the Bill (under chapter 3). Additions to these exceptions are the exception for the processing of genetic data for prevailing substantial medical interests or for academic research with consent of the data subject and the exception for the processing of biometric data for authentication and security purposes. The Bill needs to be decided upon by the Second Chamber (Tweede Kamer), followed by the Upper Chamber (Eerste Kamer). We will of course keep you informed on the status of this Bill.
The full text, as well as the explanatory memorandum, can be read here (in Dutch only).
On 1 October 2017, the data processing and reporting cybersecurity law (Wet gegevensverwerking en meldplicht cybersecurity, Wgmc) entered into force. The reporting obligation under this law will take force as per 1 January 2018. The notification obligation applies only to what are known as 'vital operators': public bodies and private legal entities providing products or services whose availability and reliability are of vital importance to Dutch society (such as electricity, gas, nuclear, water, telecom, transportation (main ports of Rotterdam and Schiphol), finance and government (including primary defenses)). Security incidents should be reported to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of the Ministry of Security and Justice.
For Belgium, the biggest news so far for 2017 is the reform of the data protection authority in order to meet the GDPR requirements. The Belgian legislator has adopted a law transforming the current Belgian Privacy Commission into the Data Protection Authority (Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit/ Autorité de protection des données). The proposal was submitted to Parliament on 23 August 2017 and the law was approved on 16 November 2017.
However, the Belgian GDPR implementation is not complete yet. A framework (implementation) law is still in the works and is hopefully presented in Parliament soon.
The new Data Protection Authority may inherit a high-profile litigation with Facebook, a case on which we already reported last year. Hearings took place on 12 October 2017 (NL/FR) and judgement is now awaited. This case may still be influenced by an opinion of EU Advocate-General Bot of 24 October 2017 (in Case C-201/16 Schlesswig Holstein), where he acknowledged the right for national authorities to act against Facebook outside of Ireland and under their national law instead of Irish law. This may seem a battle of the past under the GDPR, but this issue will still be relevant for Member State as a result of the national implementations acts of the GDPR.
A number of persons was denied access to the 2017 edition of the world-famous Tomorrowland festival, based on the results of a preventive screening by the police. The Privacy Commission intervened (NL/FR) in the procedures for summary judgement initiated by three data subjects, who all saw the decision to deny their access to the festival grounds overruled.
Further investigation by Committee P (the regulator for the Belgian police) uncovered a multitude of flaws in the screening procedure used, leading to erroneous assessments and thus unjustified refusals of access (twenty-eight out of thirty-three). This raised serious questions on both the screening process and the personal data used. Clearly, it also called into question the practice of preventive policing, also criticized by the Privacy Commission in its recent report on Big Data (NL/FR). Promises were made that this would not happen again. Next year's wrap-up will tell if the parties involved made good on their promise.
The Luxembourg data protection regulatory framework is currently being amended by Draft Bill n°7184. This draft bill forms the basis for the creation of the Commission nationale pour la protection des données (the Luxembourg data protection supervisory authority, CNPD), for the implementation of the GDPR, and for the abolishment of the Law of 2 August 2002 on the protection of persons with regard to the processing of personal data. The draft bill was lodged on 12 September 2017 and a final text is expected to be published by the end of 2017 or by the beginning of 2018.
new Brochure data protection obligations (published in November 2017).
We expect 2018 to be an eventful year for data protection in Switzerland. Not only will Swiss entities doing business in the EU need to apply the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2018, but it is also likely that the new Swiss Data Protection Act (DPA) will enter into force in 2018. A draft of the law, which is currently in the legislative process, is available here. We will follow the developments closely and keep you up to date on the impact it may have for your business. Follow our articles related to Switzerland on our website or sign up for our newsletter here.
As is also evident from numerous reports and news articles, our extensive experience with GDPR implementation projects also confirms that many organizations are finding it a challenge to comprehend what must be done in practice in order to adequately prepare for the GDPR. We understand that this is a challenge, and we have therefore created the GDPR Toolkit. The primary aim of this GDPR Toolkit is to assist you in that journey by providing you with the tools that your organization will need in order to structure and execute your GDPR compliance plan. We have translated the applicable laws into practical and accessible tools. With these tools, you can set up your own compliance program and work towards achieving a sufficient and sustainable level of GDPR compliance at your own speed. In addition to these tools, the GDPR Toolkit also includes an advisory part which allows you to obtain our tailored advice regarding GDPR compliance. The toolkit is furthermore supported by a secured interactive e-Platform.
If you would like to receive more information regarding our GDPR Toolkit, a demo for instance, then please get in touch with your contact at Loyens & Loeff, or any member of our Data Protection & Privacy Team.


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Leidos to support US Navy aircraft readiness
19th March 2019 - 12:30 GMT | by The Shephard News Team
Leidos has received a contract from the US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide flexible, ready and rapidly deployable capabilities for aviation systems worldwide.
The multiple award, hybrid contract has a total potential value of $12.6 billion and a five-year base period of performance with five optional years.
Under the contract, Leidos will provide aviation logistical services for fixed-wing, rotary-wing, UAS and lighter than air vehicles, as well as integrally related systems and weapon systems.
Kevin Lansdowne, senior vice president, Leidos Airborne Solutions, said: 'We have decades of operational and integration expertise that has provided rapid solutions for our customers when they need them the most. Our systems have successfully flown thousands of hours supporting the warfighter in combat zones as well as on the ground processing and exploiting mission-critical information.'
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Dilly Lee was spoiled rotten. Sometimes that works against a man. He was a lot like his granddaddy, though he never met him, being dead some ten years before Dilly was born. It was his grandma who raised him but the blame was hers alone. The women loved him, they gave him money and more, but knowing the kind of man Dilly Lee was, only the most naïve of young women ever thought of keeping Dilly for themselves.
Dilly Lee didn't make a lot of men friends. They were intimidated by his quick wit and self-assurance. He could make a car payment in a night shooting pool at Floyd's and no one would hold it against him. Men followed him blindly into any fool scheme that crossed his mind. He never took it seriously though, and often seemed surprised that one of the men had actually taken up his idea. He'd just shake his head, and a long black blade of hair falling into his eye would be swept back with a wide square, strong, bronze hand. After his grandma died, he didn't run wild like everyone bet he would. He was just kind of quiet, rocking back and forth on the porch three nights straight, and then he left on on the last train that ever came through this town. Don't know of anyone who has seen him since. The house is overrun with weeds and rodents and last summer a fox took up residence there. The ones who knew Dilly Lee think he may come back yet. The women watch the ropey old road for him, and every time a flashy new car drives past, bursting a cloud of dust, the women hope and the men hope too, but they hope the car just keeps going down the road.


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£200 NI Energy Payment Support: who will get it?
Man and woman, arrested after stabbing in Portadown, released on bail
A man and woman, arrested after another man was stabbed in Portadown, have been released on bail.
Tuesday, 24th August 2021, 4:41 pm
It is understood a man was stabbed at around 8.30am on Monday morning but the emergency services did not get a call until after 11am on Monday.
The man was rushed to Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital.
A PSNI spokesperson said on Monday: "Detectives investigating the report of a stabbing of a man in the Hobson Park area of Portadown at approximately 11.08am, Monday August 23rd, have arrested a 25-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man.
Police at the scene of an incident in Fitzroy Street, Portadown.
"The 25-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm, and possession of an offensive weapon.
"The 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and of causing grievous bodily harm."
Today (Tuesday) the PSNI said: "A 25-year-old woman and 31-year-old man, arrested in connection with the stabbing of a man in the Hobson Park area of Portadown yesterday, Monday August 23rd, have been released on bail pending further enquiries."
Detective Sergeant Wilson said: "Our enquiries are continuing and we are appealing for anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact detectives on 101 quoting reference number 598 23/08/21.
"Or, if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111."
The NI Ambulance Service and the PSNI attended the scene after a 999 call just after 11am on Monday morning.
A spokesperson for the NI Ambulance Service said: "The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service received a 999 call at 11.03 on Monday, 23 August 2021 following reports of a stabbing incident in the Portadown area.
"In total NIAS despatched three Emergency Crews and two ambulance officers to the scene.
"Charity ambulance with HEMS on board was also tasked to the incident.
"Following assessment and initial treatment at the scene, one patient was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital by ambulance."
Portadown man remains 'critically ill' after 'serious assault' Read full story here
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Record World Cup Web traffic has exposed Twitter scalability challenges.
Matthew Ingram at GigaOm asks whether the world needs more than one Twitter. While some argue that the service is frivilous, Twitter has served as a vital communication tool for police and emergency response teams and has played an important role in natural disasters and historic protests.
The service has experienced its worst month in terms of downtime since last October and has been a casualty of the World Cup and Twitter is warning of even more downtime. Not only is the surge in Web traffic as a result of the World Cup an issue, but unexpected complexities related to fixing and optimizing its systems both before and during the sporting event have troubled the company as well, says V3.co.uk.


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Q: CSS3 Rotate3d in desired direction In this demo of rotate3d from the W3C, the first example is rotating the face of a div toward the "upper left".
However, with the same vector I can't get the face of a div to rotate toward the "upper left". How can I get this same rotation?
jsfiddle
#r {
    position: absolute;
    top: 100px;
    left: 100px;
    border: 7px dotted;
    width: 200px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: red;
    font-size: 20px;
    -webkit-transition: all 1s ease-in-out;
    transition: all 1s ease-in-out;
    -webkit-transform: rotate3d(0, 0, 0, 0deg);
    transform: rotate3d(0, 0, 0, 0deg);
}

#r:hover {
    -webkit-transform: rotate3d(1, -1, 0, 70deg);
    transform: rotate3d(1, -1, 0, 70deg);
}

A: What you have is correct. For me, the transformed version of the W3Schools first demo looked like this when inspected

The black outline was some weirdly warped version that doesn't make sense when  you look at the code. The blue area is where it says the element is (and where it should be) and shows the correct transform
Here is what I see when I hover over your element

It's the same transform, just with a wider element. The problem is that our eyes can perceive that rotation as leaning back left of forwards right.
To show this you can look at this example I created for another question. With the shadows you can easily tell that the divs are following the mouse cursor
Now comment out lines 15 and 16 in the javascript to remove the shadows and try moving your mouse from the top left to the bottom right and then back. What do you find? it looks like the divs are moving the same way no matter which you go to!
Our eyes are stupid. Adding a small shadow to your element will make our eyes interpret the transform as you want them to. Updated jsFiddle
box-shadow: 10px 10px 5px #3D352A;

You can style the shadow however you like, but adding a small one makes it easier for our eyes to follow exactly what's happening
On a side note, don't use W3Schools, they are flawed, outdated, and often act unlike how they should. Don't be a W3Fool!

A: Like Zeaklous noted, it's our eyes who are fooled. So you'd have to add the perspective property to the container element. With this property you can control the strength of the 3d effect. It's the distance of the viewer's eye to the scene. The lower the value the more 3D effect there will be.
Another thing: It's better to have a container element for the face with position:relative and give that container the perspective property. Else you'd need perspective-origin property to center the 3D effect.
There also seems to be a bug in chrome. So sometimes the perspective works and sometimes not. A hack which I used is to add the perspective as transform: perspective( 400px ) to the child element.
Look the updated JSFiddle
Remember: Add the prefixes -moz and -o to support Mozilla and Opera, too.

A: Made four different variants, each in one direction...

ULB

UPPER LEFT Backwards

rotate3d(-200,70,0,70deg);

URB

UPPER RIGHT Backwards

rotate3d(1,1,0,70deg);

LLB

LOWER LEFT Backwards

rotate3d(1,1,0,-70deg);

LLB

LOWER RIGHT Backwards

rotate3d(1,-1,0,70deg);

JSFiddle


Team Walking on Sunshine has a history of winning or nearly winning the annual Carle wellness Step Challenge each year. This year was no different.
Well, actually, it was a little different.
They did beat more than 130 other teams participating in the Step Challenge with an impressive average of 928,338 steps for the six-week contest. Previous Walking on Sunshine teams included six or seven busy midwives and others, but for various good reasons only two members competed this year. Those two, Paula Clementz, RN, All About Baby, and Kristi Higgs, midwife, OBGYN Clinic, really made their steps count.
They dedicated their Step Challenge to former team captain and master motivator, Ray Spooner.
Spooner, of course, was a former Carle midwife who inspired many with his positive attitude while facing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Last year he set out to ride his bicycle across the U.S. to raise awareness of ALS and money for research.
Spooner passed away Aug. 8, just two weeks after team Walking on Sunshine completed the Step Challenge.
In the years competitive, fitness-focused Spooner led Walking on Sunshine, team members would get frequent and enthusiastic texts or emails from their leader exhorting the team to press on. Spooner even adapted Leonard Cohen poetry or lines from Shakespeare into his messages.
This year, though he had lost his ability to speak or send his typically lengthy and inspirational texts, Spooner encouraged team Walking on Sunshine with short texts when Clementz and Higgs reported their progress or visited him.
Higgs knows if he could have, he would have texted more.
Spooner still was their motivating force.