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'The Walking Dead' Themed Convention is Heading to Australia
Published on July 31st, 2017 | Updated on July 31st, 2017 | By FanFest
Australia, the dead are coming.
Walker Stalker Convention formally announced its SECOND overseas venture on Saturday. Walker Stalker Con is heading to Australia! The event already has many shows across the US as well as in London.
The first Australia show will take place in Sydney on February 3rd and 4th, and will then shoot over to Melbourne for the 10th and 11th.
Here's who is confirmed for both events so far:
Norman Reedus (Daryl Dixon), Michael Cudlitz (Abraham), Alanna Masterson (Tara), Ross Marquand (Aaron), Katelyn Nacon (Enid).
Visit the official sites for more details!
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Shannon Toohey
Shannon Toohey is Editor-In-Chief of FanFest.com. She graduated from Hofstra University in 2015 with a B.A. in Journalism from the Lawrence Herbert School of Communications. Shannon has been a proud member of the Fan Fest team since 2013. Tweet her in your prettiest bird voice: @shannontoo
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poems for bootle: looking to the past, present and future of the north
The fourth in our series of specially created projects from students at Manchester School of Art comes from Lauren Black, who takes inspiration from Roger McGough's Poem for Bootle to create a personal view of the surroundings she grew up in.
One of the aims that Lou Stoppard and I have with North: Fashioning Identity, is to encourage audiences to consider what the North of England is today, what it means to them and how it can inform creative practice. With this in mind i-D set a brief to students studying BA(Hons) Fashion Art Direction at Manchester School of Art, to create a project that is a personal reflection on their own sense of northern identity. For some this meant revisiting their home town to unpick themes of their own history, others are all too aware of the different feelings and lifestyle that moving to Manchester has given them, while some felt that they could not relate to a sense of northern identity at all. What links this varied group of projects with other young creatives throughout Britain, is that no matter where you are, these formative years are likely to be present in their work for ever more.
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For this brief I wanted to consider my feelings towards the north and my time growing up in Liverpool. I focused on northern identity being a constructed concept, as I've never felt that I have a strong northern personality even though I've lived in this part of the UK my whole life. I base a lot of my work around creating new environments through collage. Throughout these images, I've constructed my personal view of the surroundings I grew up in, with some images being from places I would consider 'hidden gems'. Within each image are extracts from Roger McGough's Poem for Bootle. The poem was commissioned to show the identity of Bootle in Liverpool. Some of the text in this poem resonated with me, as well as the memories I have from working on the same project back in 2007. I have used a collection of images from my early childhood, but I focused more on pictures of family members, a majority of these being my older sister. She represents a big part of my life and upbringing in the north and I wanted to encapsulate this by making her one of the focuses of the work.
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Written By: notices and features - Date published: 7:00 am, January 3rd, 2020 - 115 comments
115 comments on "Open mike 03/01/2020"
Belated happy new year all.
here is to a happy and successful 2020.
RedLogix 1.1
Same to you James. Thanks for your participation here these past few years; you've helped stopped the place from becoming a complete echo-chamber 🙂
James 1.1.1
very kind of you to say.
halfcrown 1.1.2
Ad 1.2
Happy New Year James.
We're going to have fun.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/31/new-zealands-year-of-style-over-substance
Jacindas "year of delivery" was a quick on the fly catchphrase – which it seems was never supposed to be taken seriously or to be held to account for
"Last week Beehive insiders told leading political journalists that the "Year of Delivery" promise was actually a spin-line produced on the fly by the PM's top spin doctor to get his boss out of a tight situation when she needed something memorable to say at the start of 2019. The explanation from the Beehive was to convey that it's not actually fair to hold the PM to account for a catchphrase that was never intended to be taken so seriously."
I wonder what her 2020 catchphrase is going to be ? Are we supposed to take it seriously?
Stuart Munro 2.1
Better not to worry about it.
More concerning is the rise in public service PR flacks – not a practice confined to this government – but now significantly outnumbering journalists. Loosely speaking, 8000 people paid to lie to the public instead of delivering improved service.
Peter 2.2
Are we supposed to take it seriously? It depends. Different people take different things seriously.
For example: A journalist wrote, "Last week Beehive insiders told leading political journalists that the "Year of Delivery" promise was actually a spin-line produced on the fly by the PM's top spin doctor to get his boss out of a tight situation."
Some people took that seriously.
Wensleydale 2.2.1
Whenever I read something like that what I actually read is, "Some random dude we passed in the corridor stopped to gossip with us for five minutes. None of what he said is in any way verifiable, but it makes for good copy." Another victory for quality journalism.
Formerly Ross 2.3
"Last week Beehive insiders told leading political journalists that the "Year of Delivery" promise was actually a spin-line produced on the fly by the PM's top spin doctor to get his boss out of a tight situation…"
That only raises the questions of who are the Beehive insiders, who are the political journalists, and what was the tight situation? Trotting out a vague line can get a politician – not just any pollie but the PM! – out of a tight situation? Yeah nah.
JanM 2.3.1
As anyone who has had anything to do with the staff and journalists in parliament know, it is all in a little world of its own. Back in the 70s when my partner was a parliamentary journalist I was of the (often expressed) opinion that if the rest of the world died it would be at least a fortnight before anyone in the Beehive noticed! Truth and ethics had very little to do with most of their shennanigins, entered on, in most cases as far as I could see, in a closed little game of one-upmanship
Red Blooded One 2.4
A bit like a previous Prime Ministers "We'll doing everything to bring your boys home" and that was dealing with mourning families and dead relatives. You must of been outraged.
anker 2.4.1
Actually and this coalition govt has delievered…..increasing minimum wage, increased wage for teachers and nurses, insulation for rentals, the winter energy supplement, building more state houses and some kiwibuild, Pike River, banning plastic bags, stopping overseas owners buying our property, Best start, increase to working for families, stopping bogus meth testing that saw state house tenants being kicked out of their homes and wrongly accused, re-starting payments to the superfund, changing our gun laws, starting the Dunedin hospital build, fixing or beginning to fix Middlemore Hospital, funding infrastructure spending) on schools, committing money to making our roads safer (following the Swedish model, where they have brought the road toll down), beginning the building of light rail in Auckland, extending paid parental leave, changes to consumer law (helping to stop the worst exploitation of vulnerable people, establishing a climate change commission and getting cross party support in ensure we are carbon neutral by 2050, including most recently announcing that 2020 is the year our carbon emissions will peak, holding an enquiry into fuel prices demonstrating that fuel prices are too high (hopefully forcing fuel companies to bring them down). Mental Health Enquiry and billions of dollars to mental health to develop the work force and implement services (both well underway, but a huge job). The cancer agency, including increasing funding for cancer and other drugs, buying new radiology equipment. Chch call, and did I say the best leadership in the world during two National crisis? Compare and contrast Jacinda with Scotty from marketing. WTF did Key and National do in 9 years? Seriously
Red Blooded One 2.4.1.1
3 January 2020 at 12:18 pm
Exactly. This Government is delivering already more than the last, but that doesn't fit with the relentless negative narrative of the Newstalk ZB and National crowd. Thank you for taking the time to list the above.
anker 2.5
So much for PR and spin lines….it isn't working so good for Scotty from marketing over the ditch is it.
Astonishing though that there are 8000 people paid to lie to the public instead of delivering……as outlined by Stuart below.
Sacha 2.6
Welcome back. That article was noted hereabouts a couple of days ago.
It sure was 🙂
Bill 2.7
20/20 vision?
Wordsmiths smith words.
Wordsmith smithed words about wordsmiths smithing words.
How many words can a wordsmith smith about a wordsmith smithing words?
This blew my mind to smithereens.
McFlock 2.8.1.1
Robert Guyton 2.8.1.1.1
What are words worth?
The Tom Tom Club
sumsuch 2.9
No social-democrat likes her but we prefer her to Simon Bridges. Never voted for laissez-faire 'Labour'. Thinking about giving the Greens the heave-ho, as compromised by , basically, middle class values. That's how far out '35 social-democratic values by which we grew up are. Amerika!!!
And this is only the start:
https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/118567741/australia-bushfires-pm-scott-morrison-forced-to-retreat-after-being-abused-by-angry-locals
https://www.agriculture.gov.au/abares/research-topics/agricultural-commodities/australian-crop-report
joe90 3.2
When the birds start singing fire engine sounds… 😧
Credit: Gregory Andrews, Newcastle. pic.twitter.com/g11BMry1HC
— Isobel Roe (@isobelroe) January 1, 2020
weka 3.3
People are so polite. The women who let Morrison shake her hand, I would have told him to get fucked in no uncertain terms. Hand shaking has meaning, and there needs to be an agreement between the two people for it to happen. I don't blame her, we get socialised into it and then to respect authority. So glad to see the people later telling him off, "scumbag". Then he ran away. Gutless scumbag then.
She should have given him a piece of glowing amber to take to Parliament.
The article says this:
"So many people here have lost their homes," one woman said to Morrison as she refused to shake his hand before he grabbed it.
I could say more, but I won't …
Anne 3.3.2
We're brought up to be polite and reverential to authority. The older and wiser we get, the less reverential and polite to authority we become. 👿
"The Oxford Children's Dictionary notoriously dropped the words acorn and buttercup in favor of bandwidth and chatroom, but restored them after public pressure."
https://www.terriwindling.com
They're a funny lot OUP – you know getting on for half their income in recent years has been from their Advanced Learner's Dictionary? The various Cobuilds are probably better, but don't have quite the same imprimatur.
Imprimatur. That has to be word of the week! 👍
Stuart Munro 4.1.1.1
Well they did enjoy a royal monopoly on printing bibles for a century or two there.
But Robert's point is more animist, I think, consonant with ideas of participation in a living community, which we see in the likes of the Ghibli films like Totoro, which I'll take the risk of asserting has some relevance to the Maori idea of wairua.
The thing about animist metaphysics is that, if you credit Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis at all, is that it provides some predictability to interactions with complex systems like the environment – if one disrespects the spirit of the environment, particular kinds of problems tend to develop.
I was struck by a local example recently – the stigmatisation of carp . I can readily accept that they're a problem in terms of water quality and predation of natives, but to assert that they are inedible seems pretty prejudicial, as this writer notes. Current estimates put them at 80% of the fish biomass in the Waikato.
I've eaten them in China, and there's nothing wrong with them. They don't have a taint like red cod or southern blue whiting that are eaten. I wonder how respectful it is to the wairua of the river to consign them to fertiliser when we have food banks struggling to feed increasing numbers of our people. I'd go as far as to say we should have a fishery of them – employment and food right there.
Along those lines, Stuart and from the same story:
"Writing as an indigenous plant woman I might say, 'My plant relatives have shared healing knowledge with me and given me a root medicine.' Instead of ignoring our mutual relationship, I celebrate it. Yet English grammar demands that I refer to my esteemed healer as it, not as a respected teacher, as all plants are understood to be in Potawatomi. That has always made me uncomfortable. I want a word for beingness. Can we unlearn the language of objectification and throw off colonized thought? Can we make a new world with new words?"
I favour favour over favor.
por favore
joe90 5
Meanwhile, Norway is in the process of opening an enormous North Sea oil field that will be in operation until 2070.
Western Norway is experiencing a rare heatwave for early January, at a time when temperatures should normally be below freezing.
The highest temperature of 19C (66F) – more than 25C above the monthly average – was measured in the village of Sunndalsora.
This makes it Norway's warmest January day since records began.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50971446
Good fun, reality.
Given my struthers (?) I'd be completely perplexed. But facing in the right direction, unlike the fools who rule.
"I have been reading the Call of the Reed Warbler by Charles Massey, he is an Aussie farmer who had an epiphany after nearly killing himself trying to survive farming the Australia way – a fantastic book. I really liked his take on how we got into industrial agriculture and its links to growth and especially to capitalism, this idea of "mechanisation of the mind".
I had to write it down, interested if it makes as much sense to you as it does to me.
Prior to the beginning of agriculture, a worldview called animism had reigned for >200,000 years in human societies. This view constituted the organic mind, as it did not see humans as separate from the environment or from an objective reality. Instead reality was an interconnected spirit filled landscape in which nonhuman entities – plants, animals, inanimate objects like rocks and rivers and mountains or phenomena like thunder, wind and shadows – possessed a living soul or spiritual essence and had awareness and feelings. Animism's significance was that it contained strong ethical and spiritual implications for nurturing in sustaining the earth; an associated value system.
The shift from this organic mindset to our society's dominant mechanical worldview was triggered by the development of domesticated agriculture about 10,000 years ago. In time, domestication meant that plants, animals and other natural phenomena became manipulable property as opposed to sacred beings or entities. Consequently, from the dawn of agriculture until the Renaissance humans on the European and Southwest Asian continents in particular, began a slow process of progressively throwing off the long, co-evolved organic mind that had previously bound them to nature. Mother earth and a spiritual world.
This new cultural practice of agriculture and its resultant abundance of food eventually lead to population growth and intensified urban living, culminating in the 'urban revolution' and the appearance of cities. Thence came the rise of large-scale political and social systems: all an increasingly far cry from our genetic evolutionary conditioning as hunter-gatherers investing in the organic mind.
Humans now began to focus in on themselves and their societies (the beginnings of humanism). Part of this involve people beginning to apprehend the power of the human mind to manipulate the earth and its resources. Therefore, a massive shift in value systems, ethics and morals began to occur. Less and less was there an unquestioning recognition of the worth of all natural things, or the concept of cyclical renewal. So human evolution radically shifted.
A key influence was Judeo-Christianity. This gave us the idea of 'man as nature's guardian and caretaker…. a managerial interpretation of the doctrine of domination'. This blended with classical and pastoral attitudes towards nature as being something that could be ploughed and cultivated, used as a commodity and manipulated as a resource, tamed and subdued for human benefit – particularly by males. This worldview also saw females as passive and receptive: thinking incorporated into the new Mechanical worldview. Such a mindset was easily and quickly adapted from 16th-century through to 18th-century enlightenment: that crucial phase of the scientific revolution and the evolution of the market economy.
The mechanical model meant humans perceive the world as a place where matter and nature were inert constituents of a new, machine-like world – one capable of manipulation.
As historian Henri Frankfort wrote in 1949, "the world around us has become an 'it' rather than a 'thou'". This also paved the way for the rise of capitalism, which goes hand in hand with the Mechanical mind. The machine image under Descartes and fellow 'mechanists' in the 17th-century, which invoked human power over lifeless, mechanistic nature, was a forerunner to modern capitalism as it became the foundation stone of materialist reductionism, empiricism and objectivism. In effect Descartes had 'de-souled' the Earth.'
The next step what's the linkage of the ideas of Bacon, Descartes, Newton and peers into that of economic and political theory, thereby embedding a capitalist philosophy. In this way of thinking, nature has no value except where it was reduced to a means to human ends – just an instrument for use. This bridge and its accompanying moral handwashing was made by John Locke and Adam Smith.
Locke's ideas on 'rationality' helped establish a platform for the value system of the European Enlightenment: that one could profitably appropriate the whole sphere of nature as 'reason's own individual property'. The acquisition of private property helped enable the idea that humanity could 'progress' from the state of nature into ordered civil society, where the natural world had no 'rights'.
Adam Smith's contribution to the evolving master discourse was to incorporate new thinking on progress. This laid down a system of capitalist economic laws built on the advancement of science and technology, property and polity.
In the process morals and values regarding the Earth, nature, women, colonised lands and their indigenous people, and other 'creatures' began to be jettisoned. Thus, it was Smith's thinking regarding the market system's slow and steady growth that opened the way to the destructive shift to capitalist market economy and economic rationalism: the belief that continual growth is necessary and desirable.
The transition to capitalism marked the moment when the traditional organic model of communal, interdependent society (one that emphasized the whole as well as the parts) was undermined and transformed by competitiveness and acquisitiveness. Inherent now was an intellectual arrogance towards nature, which was regarded is the raw material for wealth creation, with little to no ethical restrictions on this."
– Kevin Jay
link or citation please.
joe90 6.1.1
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=330yDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
Sacha 6.1.1.1
or, https://g.co/kgs/thPPLM
big if true
US drone strikes have killed Qasem Soleimani, IRGC Major General and Quds Force commander, and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, PMU leader and Kata'ib Hezbollah commander, at Baghdad Airport tonight. A major blow to the regime in Tehran! pic.twitter.com/bIDKreqdna
— WorldOnAlert (@worldonalert) January 3, 2020
hoo boy
Qassem Suleimani's assassination has been confirmed on Iraqi State TV. Oh My Word!
— Danny Makki (@Dannymakkisyria) January 3, 2020
Looks like the moran in chief has started a war with Shiite Islam.
Breaking: Hashd Al-Sha'abi confirms the deaths of Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandis and Qassem Soleimani https://t.co/79fA62QmYf
— ليث ابو فاضل (@leithfadel) January 3, 2020
McFlock 7.2.1
And Iran in particular. They killed a current general who reported directly to the Iranian head of state.
I wonder if he's had any phone calls with MBS lately?
joe90 7.2.1.1
Sabine 7.3
but her fucking emails.
Thanks for the giggle Sabine.
Fireblade 7.4
Is the orange turd trying to start a war to distract from his impeachment proceedings?
Macro 7.4.1
In all probability – it wouldn't be the first time and he wouldn't be the first either.
Anne 7.4.1.1
My first thoughts too. In fact somebody here predicted it would happen weeks ago.
It won't be lost on anybody including Iran.
You didn't ask Congress, but you bragged in advance to your son?
Explain why he deleted this? pic.twitter.com/4gRUZsLkrQ
— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) January 3, 2020
That guy has tweeted that we see Iran responsible for the events in Baghdad & we will respond to Iran.
1st: You can't do anything.
2nd: If you were logical —which you're not— you'd see that your crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan… have made nations hate you. https://t.co/hMGOEDwHuY
— Khamenei.ir (@khamenei_ir) January 1, 2020
Things are as peachy AF.
#BREAKING Oil prices soar more than 4% after Iranian commander killed pic.twitter.com/JB3023VP48
— AFP news agency (@AFP) January 3, 2020
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Soleimani was an enemy of the United States. That's not a question.
The question is this – as reports suggest, did America just assassinate, without any congressional authorization, the second most powerful person in Iran, knowingly setting off a potential massive regional war?
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) January 3, 2020
Bill 7.7.1
Looks like instant grounds for impeachment by that take, but….well, the Democrats don't do impeachments for launching illegal wars (Pelosi refusing to consider impeachment Bush for the Iraq debacle).
They (the Democrats) prefer to run impeachment on the basis of someone's assumption. (Their 'star witness' on impeachment is on record as saying they assumed Trump was running a quid pro quo on holding back arms from Banderists in Ukraine for an announcement about an investigation into Biden's corruption) Arms, btw, that Obama refused to provide in spite of pressure from neo-cons within his own party and the foreign policy establishment.
Anyway. Middle East today. Not fucking good. Possibly very bad.
Poission 7.7.1.1
read engels statement
Tweets by W7VOA
Exkiwiforces 7.9
Well I'm not at all surprise that they have finally got their man, they have been trying for a few yrs now at knocking him off and it was really been cranked up a notch or two since the civil war in Syria. When there was reports of him travelling about the region via covert and invert means, so it was a matter of time before his luck will run out aka the law of averages will catch up with you sooner or later.
Where this leads as too, I really don't know? Probably more unrest in Iraq, Beirut and Gaza around Israeli borders areas? Or would Iran play a waiting game and attack at their time and place of their choosing?
Sabine 7.9.1
Or would Iran play a waiting game and attack at their time and place of their choosing?
so far Iran has shown remarkable patience and restraint.
it is the US that is swinging the whole dog carcass at Iran hoping to provoke a reaction that would allow them to call for a coalition of the willing . Lets hope that Iranians once more be the more level headed player in this game of fuckwits.
This will be a compelling read no doubt, Jude'll give it both barrels!
Stuart Munro 9
You strike me as an irredeemable idiot
Well thanks for that, Bill.
I feel the same about you – but more importantly I feel that the public interest lies in opposing your false narrative.
Lousy as the US is, Putin is not a cause that anyone pretending to progressive values can support.
Well, for the sake of "public interest" would you care to expound that "false narrative" (or is it just a catch phrase you thought might fit)?
I wholeheartedly agree with the final sentence of your comment btw.
Stuart Munro 9.1.1
I don't trust you Bill.
My conversation relates to your post – but you intend to control comment there.
That being the case, stay in your silo.
Bill 9.1.1.1
Gee. That concern about the "public interest" needing protection from my "false narrative"didn't last long, did it? Oh, I get it. You seriously think that an MiT Professor, a former Guardian journalist, 2 OPCW whistleblowers and a current Independent journalist are running lines I created! That's funny. So you disagree with them and their analyses, meaning there is no "false narrative" of mine to expound on. Oh well. Care to highlight a comment I've made that might reasonably be deemed as "untrustworthy" instead?
Or will you merely wait for a comment to spring up and commence with your stupid gaslighting in lieu of 'good faith' commenting? (I wouldn't do that if I was you btw)
Stuart Munro 9.1.1.1.1
You'd just ban me.
So, back to your false narrative Bill, and leave me alone.
Bill 9.1.1.1.1.1
Oh, so you do have some exposition on this 'false narrative' malarkey?! I've asked that you expound on it, so there's no way I'm going to ban you for doing that. Do you think you could carry off such an exercise without resorting to smears and false bullshit about where I sit philosophically and politically? So, y'know, none of this childish bullshit that would assert issues only have two possible positions (eg against "this" = for "that")? You think you can do that Stuart? I'll come back later, and hopefully read some cogent thoughts from you on "my false narrative" 😉
Stuart Munro …
Bill I'm really not interested – you've banned me before on specious grounds – you never produce any credible evidence – you even produced multiple posts denying Russian involvement in the novichok poisonings.
If you wanted to engage the place to do so was on and in respect of your post, if you don't want to engage you can go and jump in the lake. I've had enough of you for one day in either case.
Can't remember what those "specious grounds" might have been. Maybe I'll go and look. (I can't actually remember banning you.)
I "never produce any credible evidence"? Really? You think the rather indepth articles and video interview I provided on the OPCW post lack credibility? Gee.
And I never "denied" Russian involvement in the novichok poisonings. In fact, the very speculative post I did where I suggested a culprit,( git me some hot water for that one 🙂 ) – that culprit was Russian.
I still don't buy the assertion it was the Russian government, but if evidence is produced on that front, then hey…
Meanwhile you had nothing to say on the post I submitted today. Some arm waving, some bad faith engagement and gaslighting was about the entirety of it…and given that level of engagement…well, it's just not appropriate for that crap to be entertained beneath a discrete post.
Maybe tomorrow you'll submit that stuff you promised around "the public interest", aye?
edit – only ban I can find on you was handed down by Lynn because you were "offering violence". Anyway…
solkta …
I think by "Russian involvement" people mean involvement of the Russian gummint. That would seem rather obvious.
Oh. I know that 🙂 But Stuart was lying again and I was kindly cutting him some slack. Not buying into the UK Government's version of events is simply not the same as denying the possible complicity of the Russian government. It's difficult for ideologues to get their head around that, but there it is.
But Stuart was lying again
I think you'd better substantiate that slander Bill.
I was kindly cutting him some slack
rofl – I posted a factual link but it was too much for you – you insulted me and bumped me.
You are a disgrace to this site Bill.
[If you are past the point of agreeing to disagree with an Author, I think it might be better that you stop commenting or you might find that you have used enough rope to hang yourself. Just to make it crystal clear to anyone who reads this, as a Moderator I will protect The Standard closely followed by shielding Authors from personal attacks and insults. I am known for my patience but it is starting to wear thin after yesterday's shit storm. Another Moderator is infamous for handing out harsh bans without (much) prejudice to keep everybody on their toes. Nobody would want to attract Moderators' attention for all the wrong reasons – Incognito]
What level of stupid is it that you operate at Stuart?
You were lying when you claimed I did posts denying Kremlin involvement in the novochok stuff. But I chose to interpret "Russian" in a wider context. (ie – I cut you some slack).
To repeat Not buying into the UK Government's version of events is simply not the same as denying the possible complicity of the Russian government. It's difficult for ideologues to get their head around that, but there it is.
btw, I was kindly alerted to the ban you whined about before. (Y'know, the one that was "specious"). Well…here's the link to the comment where you referred to a contributor as Lord Haw Haw – a "wretched sell out" and then topped it off by accusing them of lacking political purity and being a supporter of Putin.
That was a lot of shit to squeeze into one comment and know what? I didn't ban you for it.
Then you claimed I was "down with supporting despotic regimes" and….I still didn't ban you. It was when you didn't provide a link to anything I'd written that would back up that claim and instead went on a fairly unhinged rant that I banned you – for a couple of months.
And what strikes me is that all this time later you still puke out the same senseless accusations when someones views don't align with your own (I see what I'm told to see and hear what I'm told to hear) views.
Someone else might be along to deal with you attacking an author in the way you have btw. So if you've anything more to say, you might want to say it kinda tout suite 😉
(I guess I ain't going to be getting that "public service/Bill's false narrative" exposition now. Ah well…)
Incognito …
See my Moderation note @ 9:13 AM.
The Al1en 9.2
Stuart, have a look at Psycho's comment at 8.3 and ask yourself is is really worth being nailed to the cross in a thread populated by a handful of the same regulars whose take on the subject matter is one you may, or may not, dismiss out of hand anyway?
No-one debating the post in good faith will get nailed to anything, let alone a cross. I think the original point Adrian was highlighting was that those who have cleaved to "official" lies spun around Douma would have nothing of substance to contribute on that post if they were going to hang on to their previous notions of what happened.
And to be fair…scanning the comments, it would seem he was basically correct on that front.
McFlock is dancing on semantics,(which is kinda bad faith and boring) and that aside, it's been people submitting links and claiming the links contain info that they don't contain, somewhat ironically registering huffy justifications for not commenting…and gaslighting – which I can't be fucked with. Hope that clears things up for you there Al1en. 😉
The Al1en 9.2.1.1
Sure does, it's why I agree with Psycho Milt 😉
"Bollocks. I don't bother disputing anything Bill writes these days, for reasons made obvious in comment 5.1.1.1.1 above."
Bill 9.2.1.1.1
Jolly! 🙂 Then you and PM are most welcome to not contribute any bullshit or nonsense in response to anything I write hereabouts. Deal?
The Al1en 9.2.1.1.1.1
Whilst knowingly chuckling at your framing of unmade contributions as "bullshit or nonsense", I thought it was pretty firmly implied by agreeing with "Bollocks. I don't bother disputing anything Bill writes these days"
Just to be clear. You know I'm going to hold you to that, yes? And I don't want to hear any bitching from you if you do respond to something I say and cop a ban for going back on this deal.
(You can respond to this comment, or not, as you see fit.)
The Al1en …
So to be really sure, for clarification, you're going to ban me if I ever respond to something you post again, even on the off chance it was to agree with you, because I subscribe to not bothering to dispute anything you write these days?
If by "post" you mean an OP, then no. I'm including comments/discussion. And it's not a threat. I'm simply looking to hold you to your word.
If by my word, I'll certainly be held by I won't "bother disputing anything Bill writes these days".
Glad that's settled. 🙂
McFlock …
Ah, see the "won't" confuses the tense – previously it was quite clearly a description of current behaviour, rather than a commitment to future behaviour.
#semanticsareimportant
Well, McFlock, as I agree with "I don't bother disputing anything Bill writes these days, for reasons made obvious in comment 5.1.1.1.1 above.", and have observed that since his recent return, and as I see no worthwhile reason to change that stance, it follows that I will continue to observe it, so maybe "won't bother disputing anything Bill writes these days, for reasons made obvious in comment 5.1.1.1.1 above." isn't too far of a stretch moving forward.
The promise of a ban under the terms of Bill's imposed 'deal', that's a bit controlling, though I suspect sort of justifies the original PM quote in the first place.
I can live with it. One less eye roll to send out, and all that.
You didn't have to seal the deal Al1en. Now stop bitching and wailing.
Yeah, like semantics between the possibility of fraud and the certainty of it. Semantics about whether one person saying several people think something is the word of one person or the word of all those people.
That stuff is actually important in geopolitics, but you steamroll over it.
No McFlock. A falsified document is fraud. The document was meant to be based on the facts found on the ground by the OPCW's own inspectors. And it most assuredly wasn't. Do yourself the favour of watching to the Postol interview if you have difficulty understanding the nature of actions taken by the OPCW 'big wigs'.
McFlock 9.2.1.2.1.1
Bill, a document you or any other person doesn't agree with isn't necessarily "falsified" intentionally and might not even be false at all, even if some criticisms of it are accurate. Big if.
And yet you are categorical that there's "fraud" – intentional deception. That's just more of the inflation I talked about.
Poission …
Fisk recent article suggests that it does not pass the sniff test.
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-war-chemical-weapons-watchdog-opcw-assad-damascus-russia-a9262336.html
The other significant test was when Fisk was there shortly after,there was an entomologist being interviewed from Douma who suggested that there seemed to be no evidence of collateral damage to the adjacent insect population.
His last paragraph sums up the 'debate' here.
Spend some time on the links I provided. Go through them. (Because you obviously haven't). I most certainly didn't do a "he said she said" post as comments from you seem to be implying – ie, the suggestion that both sides of the OCPW report coin are equally valid and no detailed evidence of tampering, suppression and outright destruction of documentation has been produced..
I did not imply that. At one stage I even asked why the "whistleblowers" weren't due the same caution you give to the OPCW board.
I haven't bothered with the videos. More often than not they're a waste of time. I see no reason to expect this to be any different.The typed links had no new information, and none of it as damning as one might expect – as long as scepticism is applied to all parties involved, not just the OPCW.
I even asked why the "whistleblowers" weren't due the same caution you give to the OPCW board.
Get real McFlock. In even a general context, a whistle blower puts their future prospects on the chopping block. That's never done lightly.
And these ones have produced oodles of evidence to support their position (which again) is not one anyone adopts lightly.
Meanwhile, a board that's arm waving about how there's nothing to see here while denying requests for an airing by experts who work under its management…yeah. Nah.
edit – In Vino has a question for you here that you may not be aware of and may wish to respond to.
And an international, prior-to-now-respected scientific body would risk its existence and the professional reputations (and careers) of everyone involved if they created fraudulent reports.
Indeed. And it's been my recent experience (I don't claim to understand this) but it's a mind set not unknown within managerial boards. (To put everything on the line)
And it's maybe worth bearing in mind that the OPCW has recently (post Douma) been politicised, such that instead of merely gathering evidence, it is now charged with apportioning culpability. So we already know that impartiality has been sacrificed, and with that, probably a goodly proportion of its reputation.
Which actors politicised it…?
Sacha …
Can you guys please take this back to its own post.
In Vino …
Agree – and can McFlock answer the question I posted there?
was playing computer games. I'll have a look.
swordfish 10
"Person for Person, National has the chance to offer voters the Better Team."
Did you really want to go there, Matthew ?
You do realise that the Nats losing slogan in Labour's 1972 Election Landslide was: "National: Man for Man the Strongest Team" ?
— swordfish (@swordfish7774) January 3, 2020
Sacha 10.1
Full court press is a logical approach when confronted with a popular leader – not that I'm suggesting the ascendant faction of the Nats is taking any notice of what Hoots has to say.
swordfish 10.1.1
Possibly. Just seems like an insipid version of a woefully unsuccessful 50 year old National Party slogan.
pat 10.1.1.1
second time lucky?
Sacha 10.1.1.1.1
stopped clock, twice a century
pat 10.1.1.1.1.1
phew…the last time was last century, we should be safe
How often do Labour have charismatic leaders anyway..
Brutus Iscariot 11
Genuinely shocked at the Suleimani assassination, that a Western democracy could resort to the flagrant and cold blooded political murder of a senior governmental figure of a major regional power.
The equivalent would be Colin Powell or Mike Pompeo getting knocked off in Toronto.
I honestly weep for the US.
McFlock 11.1
Not even the current USian regime could think this would be allowed to pass.
But any direct response would play to dolt45's base and its racism.
But the Houthis have had some success lately – maybe they'll get an upgrade in their weapons…
The Al1en 11.1.1
Someone needs an election year war
Sacha 11.1.1.1
Can't impeach the commandeur in chief, some might be hoping..
The Al1en 11.1.1.1.1
Usually it's unpatriotic to vote out a leader in war time, well, unless the body bag count is much higher than nationalist fervour.
sumsuch 12
I've accused you of being a footnotes section, but you're the most educational and entertaining footnotes section.
Robert Guyton 13
"The scientific community has been trying to warn the government of the need to plan to adapt to climate change for at least a decade. In fact, the world's first global conference on climate change adaptation was hosted here in Australia, on the Gold Coast in 2010.
This conference was run by the former National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCARF), which lost its federal funding in June 2018. It was a visionary initiative to attempt to help the most vulnerable nation in the developed world prepare for climate change. Despite this immensely important task, the initiative is now vastly scaled-down and operating through Griffith University by a handful of dedicated researchers.
How anyone thought that axing funding to the only dedicated national climate change adaptation program in the country was a good idea is completely beyond me.
This summer has been a brutal reminder that no matter how much we want to avoid addressing the problem of climate change, it simply can no longer be ignored. As this summer has shown, it is now part of every Australian's lived experience."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/03/we-are-seeing-the-very-worst-of-our-scientific-predictions-come-to-pass-in-these-bushfires?CMP=share_btn_fb&fbclid=IwAR20Et4aE1QhfndzsUq4KN81c7dTEXFKWs7us88wTYuDGQZQcn3lfiK6NHk
Stuart Munro 14
@ Incognito
you are past the point of agreeing to disagree with an Author, I think it might be better that you stop commenting or you might find that you have used enough rope to hang yourself
People are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. Bill was and remains deliberately grossly offensive to me, on top of posting his… material.
I will no longer comment directly to him, but it is my view (which you are free to ignore) that the material he posts degrades the experience of this site – the moreso because it is evidently protected by some kind of special pleading.
["was and is deliberately grossly offensive" and senseless etceteras…. You're fucking gone after that wee add on rant/attack Stuart. To be fair – that last time you were banned for attacking people, it was for two months. Since that obviously wasn't long enough to facilitate intelligent reflection, you can take twice the time this time around ] – B
[Since your comment was addressed to me, I will give you my perspective although you have already taken the rope and hanged yourself despite my friendly warning 🙁
People are free to express their opinion, argue their point, and disagree with others, including Authors. It is not tolerated that people attack and insult Authors or litigate Moderation.
Some commenters here have taken some kind of 'vow' to not directly respond to certain others. However, indirectly attacking Authors or litigating Moderation is not tolerated either.
One-upmanship and slagging others creates a negative vibe and lowers the experience of this site.
Stuart, the "special pleading" was for another Moderator to deal with the situation and the irony is that it could have shielded you from a (long) ban. Alas, Bill swapped his hat for his Moderator one and dealt with you himself.
We Authors and Moderators are only human and we do make mistakes. Nevertheless, we all endeavour, each in our own unique way and in our precious spare time, to make this site an inclusive site for robust debate and sharing of (our) progressive views and ideas with a broad audience, which is mostly the silent readership.
Incognito]
Incognito 14.1
See my (belated) Moderation note @ 6:02 PM.


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Home » Ingredion to invest millions in plant-based protein
Ingredion to invest millions in plant-based protein
Photo: Adobestock
WESTCHESTER, ILLINOIS, U.S. — Ingredion, Inc. will invest $140 million into producing protein isolates from peas and a range of pulse-based flours and concentrates. The investment covers two North American facilities: one in South Sioux City, Nebraska, U.S., and the other in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Westchester-based Ingredion has entered into a joint venture agreement with Verdient Foods, Inc., a company based in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan, U.S., that jointly is owned and operated by James Cameron, an Oscar-winning film director, and Suzy Amis Cameron, his wife, and PIC Investment Group. Investments in an existing facility will lead to the production of pulse-based concentrates and flours from peas, lentils and fava beans for human food applications.
"We've found a great partner in Ingredion," said Mr. Cameron, who won Oscars for the films "Titanic" and "Avatar." "They share our vision for plant-based proteins and other ingredients from pulses, and with their resources, expertise and world-wide reach, together we can be leaders in the new wave of global food production. This is also a huge opportunity for Canadians, especially in the prairie provinces, to add value locally to their vast agricultural production."
Ingredion also will invest in a soy processing facility in South Sioux City that it acquired in February and will transform the site into a producer of protein isolates from peas. Future expansions at the site will include production of isolates from other pulses. The ingredients will enhance Ingredion's Vitessence pulse protein isolate line.
"We've identified plant-based proteins as a high-growth, high-value market opportunity that is on-trend with consumers' desire to find sustainable and good tasting alternatives to animal-based proteins," said James P. Zallie, president and chief executive officer of Ingredion. "We're excited by what these investments represent for Ingredion. Being a sustainable and trusted source of plant-based proteins provides us with another major ingredient platform to complement our offerings in clean label, wholesome, texture and nutritional ingredient solutions."
Companies flour
Ingredion opens plant-based protein plant
Ingredion vows larger investment in plant-based proteins
Cargill invests in plant-based protein
ADM highlights value in plant-based protein
Canada to invest millions in crop research


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Q: How does Ember Data deal with security of cached objects? From what I understand, ember data is a memoization engine; invoking peekAll looks for cached data rather than making an expensive network call. But where are these data cached? If these data are loaded client-side, doesn't that mean the data is "in transit"? If I want to design a secure front end application that holds sensitive data for the least amount of time, how can I do this? Should I avoid using Ember data entirely and simply force back end calls to be made?

A: ED stores data in memory. You may just use ajax calls but you will store results in memory as well so security level is pretty much the same in both cases. When you reload page in browser (f5) - that cached data is gone. Also, accessing data from outside of your app is not that trivial

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Sagbladet (left) and Goverdalstinden (right) as seen from Goverdalen.
A short description of the East face route: Start from Holmbukta in Sørfjorden. Follow Goverdalen for 5-6 km until you see the glacier Goverdalsbreen to the right. Follow the glacier up to Sølvskaret, the saddle between Sagbladet and Goverdalstinden. Beware of crevasses! The East face is a straightforward snow climb in winter. Approx. 45° . See picture below.
Climbed by Bjørn Arntzen and Geir Jenssen 27. March 1983.
Sagbladet (1280) and Goverdalstinden (1429) as seen from Goverdalen.
Bjørn Arntzen in front of Goverdalstinden.
Geir Jenssen on the East face of Goverdalstinden.
Bjørn Arntzen near the summit of Goverdalstinden.
Bjørn Arntzen on the summit of Goverdalstinden.
Geir Jenssen on the summit of Goverdalstinden.
Sagbladet and Goverdalstinden in summer as seen from Sørfjorden.


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Pamela Fletcher, 49
Executive Chief Engineer for Electrified Vehicles, General Motors
What attracted you to the auto industry? The adrenaline of being around cars gets you. My dad had a lot of hobbies, like weekend warrior racer. And I was always doing something automotive-related for fun.
First automotive job: I was a co-op student at the Fisher Guide plant in Columbus, Ohio. That plant made hardware, such as door frames. I used a stopwatch to see how long it took to spray paint parts. I was 17.
Big break: Being named the chief engineer for the Chevy Volt propulsion system.
What is the major challenge you've faced in your career? The business of electrification - to make it make sense for customers and the business.
Who has had the biggest influence on your career? My parents. They were always encouraging. The never said, "Girls should not do that," or "That's not something you should be interested in." They let me follow my passion.
What should be done to encourage women to enter the auto industry? There is a ton of misconception of what we do in the business. I think people would be interested in some "day in the life" stories. My days are incredibly interesting. The subjects I deal with vary widely. Every 30 minutes to an hour you are on to new things that are exciting. We need to do a better job of communicating exactly what we do. In the chief engineer role, each vehicle is a project. You manage the business of it, the design, the development, the content.
Tell us about your family. My husband works at General Motors Milford Proving Ground. He is a director for the vehicle dynamics center, so his team works on all the cool stuff. We find it best to stay away from the work thing in our private lives. But I will ask him for advice at times, because he's got experience in areas I don't. He's very supportive, which is important. He's very busy and I am very busy, so that makes it a challenge to find enough personal time together. My children are grown and out of the house. One's an attorney, one is a college administrator and the other is a biochemist.
What's your favorite weekend activity? We recently moved and we are remodeling our house. We've moved walls.
Are you able to maintain friendships? I think that is essential. There are a lot more friendships I'd like to maintain, but time is limited. There's a few I really cherish and put a lot of effort into.
What's your guilty pleasure? Retail therapy.


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package harmony.mastermind.logic.commands;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import harmony.mastermind.memory.GenericMemory;
import harmony.mastermind.model.ModelManager;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Lists all tasks in the task manager to the user.
 */
public class ListCommand extends Command {

    public static final String COMMAND_WORD = "list";
    public static final String COMMAND_FORMAT = COMMAND_WORD + " [tab_name]";
    public static final String COMMAND_DESCRIPTION = "Listing all tasks in the tab";

    public static final String MESSAGE_USAGE = "[Examples] \nlist \nlist events";
    public static final String MESSAGE_SUCCESS = "Listed all tasks";
    public static final String MESSAGE_SUCCESS_TASKS = "Listed all floating tasks";
    public static final String MESSAGE_SUCCESS_EVENTS = "Listed all events";
    public static final String MESSAGE_SUCCESS_DEADLINES = "Listed all deadlines";
    public static final String MESSAGE_SUCCESS_ARCHIVES = "Listed all archived tasks";
    public static final String COMMAND_SUMMARY = "Listing all tasks:"
            + "\n" + COMMAND_WORD;

    private static final String BRACKET_CLOSE = "] ";
    private static final String BRACKET_OPEN = ".   [";
    private static final String BLANK = " ";
    private static final String ALERT = "!";
    private static final String MARK = "x";
    private static final String ITEM_VIEW = "Item View";
    private static final String DISPLAY_ITEM_TYPE = "Display item type: ";
    private static final String LINE2 = "_________________________________________________________________";
    private static final String LINE = "_________________________________________________________________\n";
    public static GenericMemory detailedView = null;
    public static ArrayList<GenericMemory> listView = null;
    public static String listName = null;

    private String tab;

    //@@author A0124797R
    public ListCommand() {
        tab = ModelManager.TAB_HOME.toLowerCase();
    }

    public ListCommand(Optional<String> args) {
        tab = args.get();
    }

    @Override
    public CommandResult execute() {
        assert tab != null;

        CommandResult cResult = null;
        String tabToShow = null;

        if (tab.equals(ModelManager.TAB_TASKS.toLowerCase())) {
            tabToShow = ModelManager.TAB_TASKS;
            cResult = new CommandResult(COMMAND_WORD, MESSAGE_SUCCESS_TASKS);
        } else if (tab.equals(ModelManager.TAB_EVENTS.toLowerCase())) {
            tabToShow = ModelManager.TAB_EVENTS;
            cResult = new CommandResult(COMMAND_WORD, MESSAGE_SUCCESS_EVENTS);
        } else if (tab.equals(ModelManager.TAB_DEADLINES.toLowerCase())) {
            tabToShow = ModelManager.TAB_DEADLINES;
            cResult = new CommandResult(COMMAND_WORD, MESSAGE_SUCCESS_DEADLINES);
        } else if (tab.equals(ModelManager.TAB_ARCHIVES.toLowerCase())) {
            tabToShow = ModelManager.TAB_ARCHIVES;
            cResult = new CommandResult(COMMAND_WORD, MESSAGE_SUCCESS_ARCHIVES);
        } else if (tab.equals(ModelManager.TAB_HOME.toLowerCase())){
            tabToShow = ModelManager.TAB_HOME;
            cResult =  new CommandResult(COMMAND_WORD, MESSAGE_SUCCESS);
        }

        model.updateFilteredListToShow(tabToShow);

        return cResult;
    }

    //@author A0143378Y
    /*
     * Clears all main window text
     */
    public static void displayClear() {
        detailedView = null;
    }

    //@author A0143378Y
    /*
     * Displays an individual GenericMemory item with all non-null details
     */
    public static String displayDetailed(GenericMemory item) {
        displayClear();
        detailedView = item;

        assert detailedView != null;

        return formatItem(item);
    }

    //@author A0143378Y
    /*
     * Formats the item display
     */
    private static String formatItem(GenericMemory item) {
        String result = ITEM_VIEW + "\n" + LINE + "\n" + item + "\n" + LINE2;
        return result;
    }

    //@author A0143378Y
    /*
     * Takes an ArrayList of GenericMemoryitems, and display them in a list form, with name as the heading
     */
    public static String displayList(ArrayList<GenericMemory> list, String name) {
        displayClear();
        detailedView = null;
        listName = name;

        assert listName != null;

        return formatList(list);
    }

    //@author A0143378Y
    /*
     * Formats the list display
     */
    private static String formatList(ArrayList<GenericMemory> list) {
        String result = listName + "\n" + LINE;
        for (int i=0; i < list.size(); i++) {
            String line = i + 1 + BRACKET_OPEN;
            line += BRACKET_CLOSE + list.get(i).getName();

            result = result + "\n" + line;
        }

        result = result + "\n" + LINE2;
        return result;
    }

    //@author A0143378Y
    /*
     * Displays list of item with the corresponding type
     */
    public static void displayType(ArrayList<GenericMemory> list, String type) {
        assert type.length() != 0;

        if (list.size() > 1) { // if list contains multiple items, show as list
            displayList(list, DISPLAY_ITEM_TYPE + type);
        } else if (list.size() == 1){ // if only one item, show item
            displayDetailed(list.get(0));
        }
    }
}

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Irving, Morris lead Celtics' rally past Pacers in Game 1
Daniel Theis of the Boston Celtics, left, knocks the ball away from Domantas Sabonis of the Indiana Pacers during the third quarter in Game 1 of the NBA playoff series on Sunday at Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Kyrie Irving of the Bosotn Celtics drives on Domantas Sabonisn of the Indiana Pacers during the second quarter in Game 1 of the NBA playoff series on Sunday at Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, center, cheers on the Boston Celtics with Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck, left, during the third quarter in Game 1 of the NBA playoff series against the Indiana Pacers on Sunday at Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
Published April 14. 2019 4:32PM | Updated April 14. 2019 5:29PM
By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer
Boston — The Celtics have been at their best this season when they are forcing turnovers, spacing the floor and knocking down outside shots.
They found out in their Game 1 win over the Pacers that they are equipped to win an ugly, physical game as well.
Irving and Marcus Morris each scored 20 points, and the Boston rallied in the second half to the beat Indiana Pacers 84-74 on Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
Jayson Tatum finished with 15 points. Al Horford added 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Gordon Hayward had 10 points. It was the first playoff game since 2017 for Irving and Hayward after each missed last year's postseason with injuries.
"I just try to be aggressive on the ball, be in the right spots," Irving said. "I just really want to be aggressive and really be the head of the snake."
Game 2 is Wednesday night in Boston.
The Pacers led by 11 points in the first half but had just eight points in the third quarter. The Celtics capitalized and led by as many as 22 in the fourth. The 29 points that Indiana scored in the second half were its worst of the season.
Cory Joseph had 14 points for the Pacers. Bojan Bogdanovic was the lone Pacers starter in double figures with 12 points.
Both teams shot under 40 percent for the game. Boston hit just 36% (28 of 77) and had 20 turnovers. Indiana connected on 33% of its shots (28 of 84) and turned it over 13 times.
The Celtics' 84 points were their fewest of the season and marked the first time they scored fewer than 100 points and won.
"We held them to 84 points. We just didn't score enough," Indiana's Wesley Matthews said.
Celtics coach Brad Stevens and Pacers coach Nate McMillan both said before the series that the more physical team would have the edge.
After a shaky start, it turned out to be Boston.
Boston opened the third quarter with a 22-3 run to take a 60-48 lead. The Pacers didn't get their first field goal of the second half until Joseph dropped in a layup with 3:38 left in the third. They finished the quarter 2 for 19 from the field.
"I thought we kind of lost our way," McMillan said. "They got the momentum and really never let that go."
Likewise, Stevens said his team found something in that quarter.
"They missed some shots, but we were really connected," he said. "We were really playing hard. We were really flying around."
Boston's run included a brief appearance by Celtics Hall of Famer and former Pacers front office executive Larry Bird, who was shown on the big screen during a timeout.
The period ended with Terry Rozier connecting on an acrobatic 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds remaining to put the Celtics ahead 64-53. The lead grew to 84-62 on a 3-pointer by Tatum with 3:34 remaining.
Stevens went with Jaylen Brown in the starting lineup in place of Marcus Smart, who is out with a torn left oblique.
But after Boston committed four turnovers in the first four minutes of the game, Stevens quickly adjusted, inserting Morris and Hayward.
The change paid off with Morris going 3 of 4 in the period, including two 3-pointers, and scoring 12 points. No other Celtics player had more than two points.
While his team was able to recover from a dismal start, Stevens said the Pacers' defense deserved credit for making things difficult on them throughout the game.
"Those guys guarded their butts off," Stevens said. "That game looked like a 1980s playoff game in a lot of ways with the score. But it's tough. Those guys are physical. ...We have a lot to get better at."
In his first playoff game as a Celtic, Irving became just third player in franchise history to have 20-plus points, five-plus assists and five-plus rebounds in his postseason debut with the team. He joined Isaiah Thomas in 2015 and JoJo White in 1972.
Kraft courtside
Patriots team owner Robert Kraft sat courtside beside Celtics co-owner Wyc Grousbeck. Kraft was charged with two counts of solicitation in January after police said he twice paid to have sex with employees at a Florida spa.
Boston hosts Game 2 on Wednesday.
Molinari returns claret jug, faces long odds getting it back
Fifty-one weeks after he won the British Open and gazed at his name etched on the silver claret jug, he had to return it.
Red Sox lose to Dodgers in 12 innings
Max Muncy drew a bases-loaded walk and Alex Verdugo had an RBI single during a three-run 12th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-4 Sunday night in another late-night showdown of last year's pennant winners.
WNBA roundup
Riquna Williams scored 23 points, hitting five 3-pointers, and Nneka Ogwumike added 17 points and 15 rebounds to help the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Atlanta Dream 76-71 in overtime on Sunday.
Golf roundup
While the rest of the leaders faltered, Dylan Frittelli surged to his first PGA Tour title.
A night of baseball and family fun at Dodd Stadium


Like the rest of the South, Texas and Nacogdoches suffered during the Civil War and Reconstruction years, but by 1880 the town was booming.
Nacogdoches remained exclusively a farming community until the Houston, East & West Texas Railroad arrived in 1883. This helped to transform Nacogdoches into an industrial center as well. In 1923, the Texas legislature created Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College in Nacogdoches. Designated Stephen F. Austin State University in 1968, SFA remains the most significant economic factor in Nacogdoches' development.


To many of us it seems obvious that collective choice often goes very wrong. Yes there are many real and serious coordination problems, and yes collective choice institutions can and do often address such problems. Even so, democratic policy often seems quite dysfunctional.
There have been many attempts to account for democracy's dysfunction, but it has turned out to be hard to make much sense of such accounts via formal game theoretic models using selfish rational agents. Bryan Caplan's celebrated book The Myth of the Rational Voter, argues instead that voters are "rationally irrational," indulging in varied irrationalities regarding their political beliefs, because their very low chance of being pivotal (i.e., decisive) in an election means each voter's vote matters to them mainly for non-outcome reasons, such as personal identity, group loyalty, personality signaling, etc.
While Caplan is insightful, Tyler Cowen once noted that democracy skeptics tend to distrust policy decisions made by randomly selected voters, even though such voters could be confident that their choices matter. You might think that random voters deciding would be better than ordinary democracy. Even so, if you'd also be wary of policy choices by random decisive voters, then you must think something else goes wrong with democracy besides a low chance of voters being pivotal. But what?
Longtime readers should not be surprised to hear my suggestion: even random pivotal voters tend to think in a far mental mode. When we make concrete choices about our own immediate lives, especially for our private consumption, we are in a pretty near mental mode. Since near-far depends on distance in time, social distance, and unlikeliness, our mental mode becomes farther when our choices are about a more distant future, are about a wider scope of people, are seen by more people, are about more unlikely situations, or are unlikely to matter. So citizen votes in a democracy are pretty much a far fest (especially regarding unlikely far future techs).
Of course this analysis suggests that autocratic rulers also think in a rather far mode, suggesting that choices by random voters wouldn't be much worse than those by a randomly selected king. Autocratic rulers selected via a vicious and ruthless contest for power might think in a more near mode, but more serving their own private ends, which might deviate greatly from ours. Ideally we'd select firm CEOs in part for their ability to maintain a nearer mental mode, while adhering to rules limiting their ability to exploit firms for personal gain.
Futarchy's slogan, "vote on values, but bet on beliefs," suggests that it might encourage collective choices based on more realistic near-mode evaluations of policy consequences, though voting on values would still retain a far fest of values. I'm not sure how best to deal with that.


There's a lot going on during the teenage years. The period between child and adult comes with plenty of changes, some of them in quick succession. It would be easy for your teen to put proper dental hygiene at the bottom of the list of things to do. Your job as a parent is to make sure that doesn't happen. Here are some tips on how to encourage positive oral hygiene habits that stay with your child long after the teen years are over.
You can talk until you are blue in the face, but your actions will tell your teen quite a bit about what matters. When it comes to taking care of the teeth, back up your admonitions to brush after meals by doing just that. If you encourage the use of floss daily, make sure you do that too. Even warning your teen about the dangers of chewing ice will carry more weight if you aren't caught crunching away after finishing a cold drink. The bottom line is if you want your child to take you seriously, make sure you are already doing whatever your are telling them to do.
Do you currently decide what brand of toothpaste or floss is used in the household? That was fine when the kids were smaller, but things have changed. Now is an excellent time to involve the teens in making some decisions about what products to buy. That includes selecting toothpaste, floss, and even new toothbrushes.
When the kids are part of the process of selecting dental hygiene products, there is a certain amount of investment on their part. They look at what is in the medicine cabinet and on some level know they had a say in the selection. Since they happen to like the taste of the toothpaste and don't mind using the cinnamon flavored floss that you bought on their recommendations, it's easier to get into the habit of brushing and flossing regularly.
Dental health habits that are developed now will stay with your child for many years. Involve your teen in the process of setting appointments for annual exams and at least one cleaning each year. Remember to arrange this type of dental care in Barrie for yourself too. Reinforcing the need to see a dentist at least twice a year keeps the teeth in better shape and reduces the chances of some major problem developing.
Junk food is usually full of things that could damage the teeth. They are also not great for general health. You would do well to decide that junk food is not welcome in the home. Keep plenty of fresh fruit around instead. Your teen will get into the habit of grabbing an apple instead of a handful of cookies for a quick snack. Save the junk food for special occasions and always encourage brushing immediately afterward.
There are plenty of other ways to help your teen develop excellent oral hygiene habits. Many family dentists provide a number of suggestions that parents find helpful for their teens and even for themselves. Talk with your dentist today and come up with a few ideas. By implementing them gradually, you will help your teen take on more responsibility for his or her dental health.


Plz check your mail box, I have sent the cProjects configuration guide to you.
Please send me the configuration document to my mail id.
Hi, would it be possible to send it to my email as well please? d.bakshi@city.ac.uk.
Or does someone have a URL I could link to?
for cProjects 4.5 information on the configration guide can be found in note 1119326.
"SAP Business Suite Applications" > "SAP PLM"
and there you can find the guides for all delivered cProjects releases.
I hope this provides the pointer needed for all the other participants as well.


Real Madrid has completed the signing of a new player in a bid to compete for the La Liga title after a disastrous start to the season.
Real Madrid signed Spanish starlet Brahim Diaz from Manchester City for a fee of £15.5m, plus a further £6.5m (€7.3m) in bonuses.
A statement on Real Madrid's official website confirms Diaz has agreed on a six-and-a-half-year contract and will undergo a medical on Monday.
Manchester City included some clause in the deal as the Etihad outfit would earn a 15 per cent sell-on clause and could rise to 40 per cent if he is sold to Manchester United by Real Madrid.
Diaz,19 could play in all attacking position coupled with the fact that he is comfortable with both legs and could play on both wings.
The attacker joined Manchester City from Malaga in 2013 at the age of 14 and gained promotion to the first team at the 17 under the guidance of Pep Guardiola.
He made 15 appearances for Manchester City and he also represented Spain at the 2016 European Under-17 Championship, where the country finished runners-up to Portugal.


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More than one million German possess a small finca in Majorca, a house in Switzerland or another country. Property or assets abroad, the heirs before the new challenges. When estate in Spain, for example, two offices, the hand stopped.
In Europe, there is no uniform law of succession. Not even in the European Union there is a uniform rule, which applied, and how inheritance inherited properties abroad are taxed müüen. With many countries, Germany has no double taxation agreement, so that the heirs are often a double inheritance tax to pay. In other countries such as Austria, however, there is no inheritance tax.
"There is an initial proposal for a harmonization in the field of inheritance law in the European Union. But this is still far away from an implementation," says Martin Feick, a lawyer with the lawyer AG SZA Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz in Mannheim. In the field of inheritance law, there is not even a harmonization efforts.
Inheritance of property or real estate abroad must first determine which law is applied. In some countries such as Germany, Italy or Spain, the nationality of the deceased, which inheritance is applied. "This means that a German testator under German law of succession will inherit, a Polish under Polish law of succession," says Rainer Hausmann, a professor at the University of Konstanz. In other countries like the USA, Canada, UK, Belgium or France will decide the last place of domicile of the testator as to which law is applied.
But what would be law without exceptions? "Some jurisdictions require that land in accordance with the inheritance of the state inheritance, in which the land lies," says Hausmann legal. This applies, for example, on the Belgian, English or French to inheritance. An example: A German testator leaves property in France. In Germany, the nationality principle. Under French inheritance law is a property in France, but always under French law of inheritance. The German legal system recognizes this, so that the property in this case under French law inherited.
The different rules in different countries may lead to conflicts. Around then, when a US-German living after his death in the United States and Germany assets in bank accounts left behind. In Germany, the nationality principle, so that the inheritance of bank accounts in the U.S. and Germany, German law applies. But in the U.S. is basically the principle residence, so the bank accounts in both countries, under U.S. law inherit. "This allows the heirs of the so-called forum shopping," says Attorney Feick. You can choose which scheme for them is more favorable.
Beyond the inconsistent rules have German citizens with property or real estate abroad also remember that in Germany drafted wills are not always easily be recognized - even if they are of a notary was stamped. While there is the so-called Hague Agreement Testament, but these are, for example, the U.S. and Canada did not join. "The easiest way is different for each legal wills to write," advises Attorney Feick. Caution is particularly in joint wills and inheritance contracts offered. "The Community and Testament of Erbvertrag are in accordance with Belgian and Italian law, illegal and void," says Hausmann legal.
Many heirs also a double threat - exactly when no agreement between Germany and the foreign state exists. An agreement is currently only with Denmark, Greece, Austria, Sweden, France, Switzerland and the USA. But still there is the possibility of Germany's inheritance tax paid abroad for so-called foreign assets to be recognized. But on this point should be careful. Accounts balances abroad are not counted as assets abroad so that they are often taxed twice, "said Feick. At this circumstance is also very little change. Only in early February 2009 the European Court of Justice confirmed that the double burden of bank accounts with German and foreign inheritance tax - in this case with the Spanish tax - not against EU law. "The tax is easy to circumvent, in Germany if the testator residing in countries like Spain or similar tax situation, no bank accounts," said Feick. Also it may be advantageous to the property abroad in a society. "Prior to gifts of property or real estate abroad, you should check exactly which law must be applied and what costs," advises the Munich notary Thomas Wachter. Thus, the double taxation agreement with Switzerland just for inheritance cases, but not for gifts.
The heirs of the allowances in Spain are much lower than in Germany. The maximum personal exemption for spouses, parents and descendants of the amounts referred to in Spain is not tax resident heirs applicable state death nearly 16,000 Euros. In children under 21 years may be free to approximately 48,000 euros. "The Spanish inheritance tax is known to be very expensive and therefore feared," said Michael Fries, a lawyer at the firm Monereo Meyer Marinel-lo Abogados in Madrid. A Spanish tax residence will be presumed if the taxpayer during the past twelve months at least 183 days in Spain was made. "If the inheritance tax has one seat in Spain, he is personally liable to tax unlimited," says Fries. The legacy will be subject irrespective of which country and real estate assets of the deceased are, to the Spanish inheritance. If the legacy is less than 183 days a year in Spain, he is limited to taxation. Then, only the estate assets, which is in Spain, the Spanish inheritance. "While there is a German-Spanish double tax treaties, this does not cover the inheritance tax, so that in German-Spanish inheritance cases to double taxation," says Fries. However, both in Germany and in Spain each other in the inheritance tax paid to state requirements. "Nevertheless, already during his lifetime in the event of death resulting calculated tax burdens and meaningful action is taken," says Fries.


Elizabeth (Beth) Zack is an Outreach and Education Specialist at the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) at the University of Washington. As a Specialist, Dr. Zack shares scientific research with early care providers, educators, and parents. She helps write and design I-LABS free online training modules, which take an in-depth look at different topics of child development.
Dr. Zack was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at I-LABS working under the supervision of Dr. Andrew Meltzoff. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Gettysburg College and a Ph.D. in Developmental Science from Georgetown University, where Dr. Rachel Barr was her mentor. Before joining the Outreach and Education division, she conducted research on infant imitation from television and touch screens and parent-child interactions during screen media use.


Charles Schulz's Peanuts gets re-packaged for a new generation in The Peanuts Movie, a snazzily animated update that understands completely what made the original comic strip and popular holiday TV specials so, well, special. Lifelong fans of Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy and the gang will have their worst fears quelled when the sweet reality dawns on them that, despite a significant visual face-lift, the new film looks, sounds, moves and feels like it's sprung straight from the fingertips of the late Mr. Schulz himself.
What's kind of extraordinary about this film is that it operates in entirely the same pre-Internet world the original cartoons did. Lucy doesn't run a psychiatric help website; she still offers her "doctor's" advice out of the same makeshift sidewalk stand she always has (her fee also stands unchanged at a nickel despite the coin's virtual uselessness in 2015). Snoopy types on a typewriter, not a laptop; Linus plays a piano, not a light-up beat machine. When there's a snow day, the kids play hockey on the lake. Charlie Brown's favorite hobby is still flying his kite.
This commitment by director Steve Martino, the writers, and the folks at animation studio Blue Sky to keep the timelessness of the original cartoons gloriously intact is exactly what makes the new version feel so warm and fuzzy. Instead of evicting the characters from their world and plopping them into ours (á la that abominable Smurfs reboot) the filmmakers have decided, mercifully, to leave them be. The characters are at home, and so we feel at home, too.
The script, by Brian Schulz, Craig Schulz and Cornelius Uliano, is classic kid movie fare revolving around Charlie's quest to win the heart of the new girl in town/class, who's only ever referred to as "The Little Red-Haired Girl" (we almost never saw her in the strips or on the TV show, but she shows her face here). Life's a steep uphill battle for poor Charlie, who's perpetually down on his luck. There's always been a surprising measure of pathos to his character, and the film isn't afraid to beat him up a bit for our amusement. At one point, Lucy holds up a mirror to Charlie's face and says, snidely, "This is the face of failure." Ouch.
But Charlie's failures are, of course, the at the heart of all Peanuts stories, and that tradition is maintained. Failure after failure, Charlie's confidence is put through the ringer; he's constantly embarrassed, petrified, scapegoated and mocked when all he wants to do is make others happy. He can never seem to catch a break, but somehow he endures his tragic existence with the help of Snoopy and his friends. It's an inner struggle that even today's kids can relate to. Everyone feels like a complete, insecure loser at some point in early life. The Peanuts Movie is cruel to Charlie most of the time, but unlike the incredibly melancholy TV specials, he does find a few bittersweet successes by story's end.
The movie intermittently dives into the mind of Snoopy, who's writing a novel about rescuing an unattainable love from his arch-nemesis "The Red Baron," a pilotless fighter plane. Too much time is spent on these fantasies, and most of the mid-air battles feel like an excuse to make the most out of the 3-D glasses audiences are forced to shove onto their faces. Aside from these unremarkable flight sequences, however, the movie's visual presentation is phenomenal. The original character designs remain essentially untouched though they've made the jump to three dimensions with more complex coloring, shading and depth. Their facial features still look hand-drawn, however, and use all of the same quirky lines and shapes we're familiar with to express a range of emotions. The most significant change of all is the fact that the camera now has complete freedom of movement compared to the TV specials' mostly static shots.
Noah Schnapp leads the cast of young voice actors as Charlie Brown, and the best compliment I can give he and his peers is that I honestly never gave a second thought to the fact that these were all-new voices. The cast does a bang-up job, especially Hadley Bell Miller (Lucy) and Alexander Garfin (Linus), who each share some surprisingly poignant exchanges with Schnapp. Kristin Chenoweth plays Snoopy's made-up love interest, which will be cool to anyone who got a kick out of George Clooney's "cameo" on South Park.
Sticking out like a sore thumb is a bouncy Meghan Trainor song that rears its ugly head a couple of times throughout the movie. It's jarring and awful and is the only cheap play the movie makes to pander to young audiences. The rest of the songs are Peanuts staples like "Christmas Time Is Here" and the pocket masterpiece "Linus and Lucy" by Vince Guaraldi, which brought a tear to my eye. Failure and disappointment have always been at the core of Peanuts, but The Peanuts Movie is anything but a failure. It's a giant victory, not just as a movie, but as an example that Hollywood reboots don't always have to be obsessed with what's hip and new; they can be old-fashioned and unpretentious and still be as entertaining as anything else at the theater.


GREENWICH, Conn., July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — RSR Partners, a retained executive search and leadership consulting firm, bolsters its Asset Management Practice with the addition of industry veteran Michael D. Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald joins as a Managing Director and will launch the firm's presence in Boston, a strategically important expansion of RSR Partners' geographical reach.
Prior to joining RSR Partners, Mr. Fitzgerald was a Managing Director and Distribution Practice leader at a search firm specializing in financial services. Prior to transitioning to executive search, Mr. Fitzgerald spent 30 years in asset management distribution, and led Intermediary Distribution at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He also held a variety of sales leadership roles at MFS Investment Management. Mr. Fitzgerald began his career with Federated Investors.


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document66.02Letter received by Banks from John Allen, 10 October 1803
10 October 1803 date
document66.03'Extract [from] a Letter from Mr F. Bauer...', 7 March 1804
7 March 1804, 9 December 1839 date
document66.04Letter received by Banks from Lord Camden, 10 August 1804
Series 66: 'Letters about Capn Flinders while a prisoner on Isle of France [Mauritius]' , 1804-1808. Includes letter received by Banks from John Allen, 1803
Document 2 in this series was previously located at ML A83. It is part of an accession of Banks papers purchased for the Mitchell Library from Sotheby's, London, in May 1929.
Documents 4 and 5 in this series were previously located at ML A79-4. The remaining documents were previously located at ML A79-5. These papers, purchased in 1884 from Lord Brabourne by Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, were transferred to the Mitchell Library in 1910. They were part of the accession which became known as the Brabourne collection.
Some of these letters were used in Historical records of New South Wales, vol. 5 (1897), and include notes and annotations made by the compilers.
After completing his circumnavigation of the Australian continent in the crank HMS Investigator, Matthew Flinders was returning to England on board the Cumberland which also proved defective. Flinders was forced to anchor at the French controlled island of Mauritius in December 1803 where he was immediately placed under arrest by General De Caen.
Many intercessions were made on Flinders' behalf to the French government, the National Institute of France and other bodies. Sir Joseph Banks repeatedly petitioned the National Institute for the release of Flinders.
Flinders' detention on Mauritius lasted six and a half years.
Correspondence, being mainly letters received byBanks from Matthew Flinders, 1800-1807, 1811
Papers, being mainly letters received by Banks, concerning 'Westall's Sketches on board The Investigator. Papers as to payment of Officers. Publication of Journal', 1804-1806