Termites could cause severe damage to your property. The best thing here is that you could absolutely control this before your property is completely damaged.
Call a termite removal expert as soon as you notice any indications of termite infestation in your house. If you are not too sure of possible damage, you can call the expert to help confirm whether you are safe from termites or you will need to treat your property.
The expert will come with sensors and give your structure a thorough check. The professional actually has both heat and sound sensors that may find any termite in your house.
The important thing about employing a termite control expert is that they can offer you professional services in orderly fashion. They would begin everything by inspecting your house. The next task can be to treat all the infested places, and they are going to wind up the program with follow up visits.
If you'll follow this program, your property will obviously be protected from pests for a longer period.
The consistency in such a methodical method of controlling termites can save you from the troubles termites can cause on your structure. It may help you to avoid massive expenditures you would undergo if you undergo a procedure of fixing severe termite damage on your home.
The experts will surely work with your overall schedule to ensure that the termite control procedure won't cause disruptions in your work. It could save you from undertaking emergency termite removal programs which might inconvenience your everyday routines.
If you are going to purchase a new house, you could always talk to termite control professionals. They will help you in advising whether the place you want to buy a house is termite infested area so that you do not waste your resources.
Every homeowner would want to be protected from these termites. You can never underrate the level of damage that termites may cause on a structure. Once a termite attacks your home, its value will decrease and it would compromise the value.
If you'll notice signs of termite attacks, ensure that you work with specialists to immediately examine your environment.
When the specialists come in, they will assess your home both in the interior and exterior. The specialists will give you some terrific tips on the termite treatments that you should consider to prevent further damage to the structure of the house.
The specialists will take a look at for any termite activity and issues such as fungal damage, moisture, possible rotting and any areas which could be leaking in your house.
If you want to know the value of your property, the providers can offer a quote based on their observations. For this reason, you will be much more confident to make a price if you'd like to sell it. You would also get the chance to clean your home from damage before you sell it out so that you do not sell a structure where the buyer will be unhappy with you over time.
An effective termite removal program will simply be done once the hiding places of these termites are found.
Termites actually love underground tubes, particularly the ones which will come out from the grounds and cross over barriers like walls. If they find housing in these tubes, they will get protection against their predators. It will probably be nearly difficult for the potential predators to kill them there.
The tubes will be their hiding place and they can grow and thrive here. These pests would like dark and humid places so they often hide in pipes. The termites may also hide and store food in this kind of environment and they can find a tube where they can maximize their habitation.
Like many other pests, termites also develop their housing at night when no one is around. Their shades are clay like and dark in color. You will recognize that the color of the refuge is normally brown or dark brown.
Some of the shelters of these termites are narrow and some are wide. Wider shelters would have more termites, while the narrow ones would have lesser. More extensive shelters would also have more workers and soldier termites. The wider ones will accommodate the workers and soldiers that may get food. These are the most destructive termites.
A termite exterminator expert actually understands how to find termites by tuning in to the sounds that they make. In places where termite infestation is very common, the sounds that they make with their wings might be heard.
Termites can excavate wood for food and shelter. In the process, the soldiers tap their mandibles and heads on the wood. The objective is to signal the whole colony. The termites can move the sound from one to the other so that the communication will spread to the rest of the territory. The transport process can unquestionably make the sound louder.
Typically, the sound that you'd hear is a dry, rustling or a hollow sound.
The hollow sound can be a result of sounds from the wood that the termites have eaten on their way to the house.
When these termites are disturbed, they bang their heads on the wall. They don't hear sounds so they only use vibrations to communicate with each other.
You'll hear a rustling sound when the termites are transferring to a different location. It might be inside their housing or it could be on their movement to find a new place to live.
Many people will ask whether termites fly as well. If you see a flying termite, it would imply that it is already in its adult reproductive stage.
Some termites can fly, and they do so only at some time of the year. The flight will happen when the weather is warm like spring time.
Flying termites shed their wings when they land on the ground. If you see these flying termites exploring the house, it would suggest that your home is under termite attack.
These flying termites would really look for their mates. When fertilization happens, they then go to the ground to break it and form a new colony.
The wood excavating termites will then eat through the woods in your structure and could cause severe damage on your house.
If you see the wings, you'll need to speak with a termite extermination expert. It might help you to escape the distress of repairing severe troubles in your yard.
Pest control is something everyone should think about. Once the termites get into any structure, they are going to surely cause issues that would be expensive to repair.
If you actually see some signs of termite infestation, you'll need to report to the pest control specialists immediately.
They'll come to your home and examine it. They're going to eradicate all the places where termites are hiding and give your house a thorough clean up.
The experts will then use the very best items to treat the termites. The products that they are going to use will probably be safe for your health too.


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Pope: In life's ups and downs, make prayer your constant
File photo: Pope Francis at his weekly General Audience on June 24.
VATICAN—King David is an example of being consistent in prayer no matter what life throws at you or what good or bad you do, Pope Francis said during his general audience this past week.
Prayer "is able to ensure the relationship with God, who is the true Companion of man's journey, in the midst of the many hardships of life: good or bad," the pope said.
"But always prayer: 'Thank you, Lord. I'm afraid, Lord. Help me, Lord. Forgive me, Lord.'"
Speaking via livestream from the apostolic library, Francis continued his general audience talks on prayer with a reflection on the life of King David.
This was the pope's final general audience before the summer break in July.
David, he said, was "saint and sinner, persecuted and persecutor, victim and executioner, which is a contradiction. David was all this, together. And we too have often opposite traits in our lives; in the plot of living, all men often sin inconsistently."
But, the pope emphasized, the consistent "thread" in David's life was prayer.
"David the holy, prays; David the sinner prays; David the persecuted prays; David the persecutor prays; David the victim prays. Even David the executioner prays," he stated.
In the psalms, "David teaches us to bring everything into dialogue with God: joy as guilt, love as suffering, friendship as much as an illness. Everything can become a word addressed to the 'You' who always listens to us."
Pope Francis went on to explain that though David knew solitude and loneliness in his life, through the power of prayer he was never alone.
"David's confidence is so great that when he was persecuted and had to flee he did not let anyone defend him," the pope noted. David thought, "'If my God humiliates me like this, He knows,' because the nobility of prayer leaves us in the hands of God. Those hands, wounds of love: the only safe hands we have."
In his catechesis, Francis looked at two characteristics of David's life and vocation: that he was a shepherd and that he was a poet.
David "is a sensitive person who loves music and singing," the pope noted. "The harp will always accompany him: sometimes to raise a hymn of joy to God [cf. 2 Samuel 6:16], other times to express a lament, or to confess his sin [cf. Psalm 51:3]."
"His gaze catches, behind the unraveling of things, a greater mystery," he said, adding that "prayer arises from there: from the belief that life is not something that slides into us, but an amazing mystery, which evokes in us poetry, music, gratitude, praise, or lamentation, supplication."
Francis explained that though David often did not live up to his task as a "good shepherd" and king, in the context of salvation history David is the "prophecy of another King, of whom he is only an announcement and prefiguration."
"Beloved by God since he was a boy, he is chosen for a unique mission, which will play a central role in the history of the people of God and our own faith," he said.
In his greeting to Spanish speakers after his catechesis, Pope Francis noted the 7.4-magnitude earthquake which struck the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico last week, resulting in injuries and at least two deaths, as well as extensive damage.
"We pray for all of them. May the help of God and brothers give you strength and support. Brothers and sisters, I am very close to you," he said.
New archbishop finds strength in 'monastic prayer'
Meanwhile, for outgoing Malaybalay Bishop Jose Cabantan, there is nothing more powerful than prayer—monastic prayer is one of his most potent sources of spiritual grace.
Cabantan said praying in various monasteries in the diocese offered him a new source of strength in his episcopal ministry.
"The greater are our responsibilities, greater is our need for prayer," Cabantan said. "I am privileged here with the presence of monasteries where I can spend a period of solitude, reflection and prayer."
Pope Francis on June 23 has appointed Cabantan as the new archbishop of his native archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro.
He will replace the 77-year-old and Jesuit Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, whose resignation was accepted by the pope.
Cabantan said the appointment was unexpected, adding that his "unworthiness" for the post brought him to "rely solely" on God's "love and mercy."
Bishop Cabantan will be installed as the fifth archbishop of Cagayan de Oro on August 28, during the feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo, the patron saint of the city.
The archdiocese covers the suffragan dioceses of Butuan, Malaybalay, Surigao, and Tandag. Hannah Brockhaus/Catholic News Agency and Ryan Christopher J. Sorote/CBCP NEWS
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Eight-month wait almost over for resumption of China soccer
Pope Francis: 'Homosexuality not a crime'
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as "unjust," saying God loves all His children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church.
byNicole Winfield / Associated Press
Pope on health, critics and future papacy
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis says he hasn't even considered issuing norms to regulate future papal resignations and plans to continue for as long as he can as bishop of Rome, despite a wave of attacks by some top-ranked cardinals and bishops.
Religious of the Good Shepherd celebrates nun's acquittal from Esperon's perjury charges
The Religious of the Good Shepherd (RGS) congregation lauded the acquittal of their confrere, Sr. Elenita Belardo, from perjury charges, calling it a victory "for God's little ones."
byCBCP News and Licas News
House bill promoting religious freedom hurdles third reading
The House of Representatives has passed on third reading the proposed Magna Carta on Religious Freedom Act, which prohibits the government or any person to burden, curtail, impinge or encroach on a person's right to exercise his/her religious belief, freedom and liberty of conscience except if the act results in violence or if it is necessary to protect the public.

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We've compiled a list of Atlanta's best Indian restaurants Chai Pani Tabla Himalayan Spice Restaurant and Bar Panahar Bangladeshi Cuisine Chat Patti
5 reasons Atlanta was just named one of the South's best food cities
Mary Caldwell, For the AJC
It's official – Atlanta is one of the South's best food cities, according to Southern Living.
The ATL came in at No. 5 on Southern Living's 2019 list, which is a move three spots from its No. 8 ranking in 2018. Not to be outdone, Savannah, which is home to restaurants like The Grey, AlleyCat Lounge and Foxy Loxy Cafe, ranked at No. 3, so Georgia is well-represented among the lifestyle magazine's top 10 picks.
»RELATED: The South's best barbecue can be found in Georgia, according to this list
Results were determined by a digitally crowd-sourced survey, and although New Orleans took the top spot, Atlanta made a strong showing. And it's not the first time the city's food has received this type of honor. In 2017, Atlanta was named one of the most exciting food cities in the U.S. by Zagat.
The following are five reasons why Atlanta deserves its spot on the list of top Southern food cities:
The Sichuan-style fried chicken po'boy at Gu's Kitchen on Buford Highway comes topped with spicy coleslaw. CONTRIBUTED BY WENDELL BROCK
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Buford Highway's international cuisine
Buford Highway's 49 miles of delicious culinary diversity earned a shout out from Southern Living, which said the stretch of highway could be another city unto itself. The magazine said that Atlanta's appearance on the list isn't a surprise and cited Buford Highway's globally influenced restaurants as a reason why.
In just one strip mall, you can find a wide variety of cuisines, from Vietnamese pho to authentic tacos. And if you'd like to shop for ingredients or other globally-inspired wares, you'll also be able to find them along this diverse highway. To get started, try these five dishes worth a drive to Buford Highway.
Staplehouse's food and mission
Staplehouse was named the best restaurant in Georgia by Southern Living.
Photo: AJC file photo/For the AJC
Atlanta's Staplehouse was listed as one of the top places to visit when you arrive to Atlanta in Southern Living's report. The Old Fourth Ward eatery is no stranger to praise. In 2016, it was named the best new restaurant in America by Bon Appetit.
If you need another reason to love Staplehouse, it serves as the for-profit arm for The Giving Kitchen, a local nonprofit that provides emergency help to restaurant workers in crisis.
Barbecue accolades
Barbecue is a Southern favorite, and Atlanta has no shortage of restaurants that serve up delicious smoked meats in a variety of styles. In a Business Insider and Foursquare list of the "50 best barbecue joints in America," Atlanta was well represented.
Slutty Vegan Ménage à Trois is a plant based patty loaded with vegan bacon and shrimp, topped with lettuce tomato and special sauce. Photo credit- Mia Yakel.
New choices
Plenty of new restaurants joined the Atlanta culinary scene in 2018, including the popular Westview restaurant Slutty Vegan. They'll add to the choices available to Atlanta diners and help further the diversity of the metro area's culinary offerings.
Sit-down restaurants aren't the only way to enjoy great food – and drink – in Atlanta. The city boasts many fun festivals where you can sample offerings from different restaurants and vendors as you enjoy music and other attractions.
Whether you'd like to enjoy outstanding wines or find out which grilled cheese sandwich is the best while sampling some beer, you'll find a festival (and probably more than one) that you'd like to attend.
For starters, try the Atlanta Grilled Cheese Festival in Brookhaven, Taste of Alpharetta or the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival.


The heart of bratwurst and amazing pastries, Germany is a country full of attractions and entertainments. When you rent a 4x4 luxury SUV in Germany you can travel from Berlin to many of the smaller towns or hike the Black Forest, stroll along the North Sea Dunes, or visit old world Baden-Baden.
Hire a BMW SUV from Dusseldorf Airport or perhaps Nuremberg Airport before you start exploring the city on a luxury tour. Slip behind the wheel of a Mercedes SUV in Stuttgart where you have plenty of 4wd power to enjoy the winding roads and alpine forests nearby. Whether you arrive in Munich, Frankfurt, or any vibrant city of Germany you will want the convenience and comfort of a luxury 4x4 Porsche SUV or Audi SUV.
If in town on business you might treat your business partners to a ride in your Range Rover SUV for a night on the town. The perfect combination for your holiday is to rent a 4x4 luxury SUV in Germany for skiing. Plenty of boot space combined with ample backseat luxury ensures all passengers have the same comfortable ride. If you prefer keeping the controls you have GPS navigation onboard to explore all of Germany with ease.
Audi Q5, Audi Q7, BMW X3, BMW X5, BMW X6, Mercedes ML, Mercedes GLK, Mercedes GL, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Vogue, Porsche Cayenne If your favourite SUV is not in the list ask for a quote anyway and we will be able to source the car you want!


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package com.skubit.iab.provider;

import java.util.Arrays;

import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.UriMatcher;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.util.Log;

import com.skubit.iab.BuildConfig;
import com.skubit.iab.provider.base.BaseContentProvider;
import com.skubit.iab.provider.accounts.AccountsColumns;
import com.skubit.iab.provider.authorization.AuthorizationColumns;
import com.skubit.iab.provider.key.KeyColumns;

public class AccountProvider extends BaseContentProvider {
    private static final String TAG = AccountProvider.class.getSimpleName();

    private static final boolean DEBUG = BuildConfig.DEBUG;

    private static final String TYPE_CURSOR_ITEM = "vnd.android.cursor.item/";
    private static final String TYPE_CURSOR_DIR = "vnd.android.cursor.dir/";

    public static final String AUTHORITY = "com.skubit.comics." + BuildConfig.FLAVOR + ".provider";
    public static final String CONTENT_URI_BASE = "content://" + AUTHORITY;

    private static final int URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS = 0;
    private static final int URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS_ID = 1;

    private static final int URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION = 2;
    private static final int URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION_ID = 3;

    private static final int URI_TYPE_KEY = 4;
    private static final int URI_TYPE_KEY_ID = 5;

    private static final UriMatcher URI_MATCHER = new UriMatcher(UriMatcher.NO_MATCH);

    static {
        URI_MATCHER.addURI(AUTHORITY, AccountsColumns.TABLE_NAME, URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS);
        URI_MATCHER.addURI(AUTHORITY, AccountsColumns.TABLE_NAME + "/#", URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS_ID);
        URI_MATCHER.addURI(AUTHORITY, AuthorizationColumns.TABLE_NAME, URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION);
        URI_MATCHER.addURI(AUTHORITY, AuthorizationColumns.TABLE_NAME + "/#", URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION_ID);
        URI_MATCHER.addURI(AUTHORITY, KeyColumns.TABLE_NAME, URI_TYPE_KEY);
        URI_MATCHER.addURI(AUTHORITY, KeyColumns.TABLE_NAME + "/#", URI_TYPE_KEY_ID);
    }

    @Override
    protected SQLiteOpenHelper createSqLiteOpenHelper() {
        return AccountSQLiteOpenHelper.getInstance(getContext());
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean hasDebug() {
        return DEBUG;
    }

    @Override
    public String getType(Uri uri) {
        int match = URI_MATCHER.match(uri);
        switch (match) {
            case URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS:
                return TYPE_CURSOR_DIR + AccountsColumns.TABLE_NAME;
            case URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS_ID:
                return TYPE_CURSOR_ITEM + AccountsColumns.TABLE_NAME;

            case URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION:
                return TYPE_CURSOR_DIR + AuthorizationColumns.TABLE_NAME;
            case URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION_ID:
                return TYPE_CURSOR_ITEM + AuthorizationColumns.TABLE_NAME;

            case URI_TYPE_KEY:
                return TYPE_CURSOR_DIR + KeyColumns.TABLE_NAME;
            case URI_TYPE_KEY_ID:
                return TYPE_CURSOR_ITEM + KeyColumns.TABLE_NAME;

        }
        return null;
    }

    @Override
    public Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values) {
        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "insert uri=" + uri + " values=" + values);
        return super.insert(uri, values);
    }

    @Override
    public int bulkInsert(Uri uri, ContentValues[] values) {
        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "bulkInsert uri=" + uri + " values.length=" + values.length);
        return super.bulkInsert(uri, values);
    }

    @Override
    public int update(Uri uri, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) {
        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "update uri=" + uri + " values=" + values + " selection=" + selection + " selectionArgs=" + Arrays.toString(selectionArgs));
        return super.update(uri, values, selection, selectionArgs);
    }

    @Override
    public int delete(Uri uri, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) {
        if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "delete uri=" + uri + " selection=" + selection + " selectionArgs=" + Arrays.toString(selectionArgs));
        return super.delete(uri, selection, selectionArgs);
    }

    @Override
    public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs, String sortOrder) {
        if (DEBUG)
            Log.d(TAG, "query uri=" + uri + " selection=" + selection + " selectionArgs=" + Arrays.toString(selectionArgs) + " sortOrder=" + sortOrder
                    + " groupBy=" + uri.getQueryParameter(QUERY_GROUP_BY) + " having=" + uri.getQueryParameter(QUERY_HAVING) + " limit=" + uri.getQueryParameter(QUERY_LIMIT));
        return super.query(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, sortOrder);
    }

    @Override
    protected QueryParams getQueryParams(Uri uri, String selection, String[] projection) {
        QueryParams res = new QueryParams();
        String id = null;
        int matchedId = URI_MATCHER.match(uri);
        switch (matchedId) {
            case URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS:
            case URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS_ID:
                res.table = AccountsColumns.TABLE_NAME;
                res.idColumn = AccountsColumns._ID;
                res.tablesWithJoins = AccountsColumns.TABLE_NAME;
                res.orderBy = AccountsColumns.DEFAULT_ORDER;
                break;

            case URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION:
            case URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION_ID:
                res.table = AuthorizationColumns.TABLE_NAME;
                res.idColumn = AuthorizationColumns._ID;
                res.tablesWithJoins = AuthorizationColumns.TABLE_NAME;
                res.orderBy = AuthorizationColumns.DEFAULT_ORDER;
                break;

            case URI_TYPE_KEY:
            case URI_TYPE_KEY_ID:
                res.table = KeyColumns.TABLE_NAME;
                res.idColumn = KeyColumns._ID;
                res.tablesWithJoins = KeyColumns.TABLE_NAME;
                res.orderBy = KeyColumns.DEFAULT_ORDER;
                break;

            default:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("The uri '" + uri + "' is not supported by this ContentProvider");
        }

        switch (matchedId) {
            case URI_TYPE_ACCOUNTS_ID:
            case URI_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION_ID:
            case URI_TYPE_KEY_ID:
                id = uri.getLastPathSegment();
        }
        if (id != null) {
            if (selection != null) {
                res.selection = res.table + "." + res.idColumn + "=" + id + " and (" + selection + ")";
            } else {
                res.selection = res.table + "." + res.idColumn + "=" + id;
            }
        } else {
            res.selection = selection;
        }
        return res;
    }
}

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Q: webkit transforms: how to roate on Z axis, but not around center? Any idea how to get the webkit transform rotation to rotate around a point different that the center of the element (e.g. around the top right corner)?

A: You can use transform-origin to change the position of the origin :
.myClass{

    -webkit-animation-duration: 1s;

    -webkit-animation-name: myAnim;

    -webkit-animation-iteration-count: infinite;

    -webkit-transform-origin: 275px 150px;

    -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;
}

You just have to use a rotation to see it in action now :)
Here is the official documentation about it :
http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-3d-transforms/#transform-origin-property

A: Can you translate the object first, then rotate it?
i.e. if the center of the object is at the origin and the top-right corner is at 3,5 then translate the object -3,-5 such that the top-right corner is now at the origin. Then rotate the object as normal.

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Dicephalospora är ett släkte av svampar. Dicephalospora ingår i familjen Rutstroemiaceae, ordningen disksvampar, klassen Leotiomycetes, divisionen sporsäcksvampar och riket svampar.

Källor

Disksvampar
Dicephalospora

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[Special Active: Strength] Strike downward with a Nasod Assault Spear that explodes after impact.
Assault Spear - Buster can deal up to 3,441% (1,311% in PvP) Physical Damage and 1,152% (440% in PvP) Magical Damage.
With Heavy, it can deal up to 4,955.04% (1,887.84% in PvP) Physical Damage and 1,658.88% (633.6% in PvP) Magical Damage.
If this skill is used at the edge of a high platform, it will keep flying down until it hits something.
Be careful to not cast this skill too close to a wall. If the spear goes through a wall, there will be no explosion.
Last hit's hitbox slightly changed.
"Empowered" attribute changed to "Light".
▲ Spear Blast damage increased.


As President Obama convened a high-level meeting of regional leaders today in Addis Ababa to discuss the war and crisis in neighboring South Sudan, The Sentry released its first report, The Nexus of Corruption and Conflict in South Sudan, which maps grand corruption's relationship to the escalating emergency.
The report concludes that identifying and pressuring the perpetrators, facilitators, and enablers of South Sudan's kleptocratic system and choking their illicit financial flows is a key source of leverage in impacting the cost-benefit analysis of armed conflict in South Sudan.
Click here for more information about the president's trip– including our coverage and actions.
The Sentry seeks to dismantle the networks of perpetrators, facilitators, and enablers who fund and profit from Africa's deadliest conflicts. Our investigations follow the money from conflict zones and into global economic centers, using open source data collection, field research, and state-of-the-art network analysis technology. The Sentry provides information and analysis that engages civil society and media, supports regulatory action and prosecutions, and provides policymakers with the information they require to take effective action. Co-founded by George Clooney and John Prendergast, The Sentry is an initiative of the Enough Project, with its supporting partners C4ADS and Not On Our Watch (NOOW). Learn more at TheSentry.org.


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Opinion|Inequality and the City
https://nyti.ms/1Hzlkp8
Inequality and the City
New York, New York, a helluva town. The rents are up, but the crime rate is down. The food is better than ever, and the cultural scene is vibrant. Truly, it's a golden age for the town I recently moved to — if you can afford the housing. But more and more people can't.
And it's not just New York. The days when dystopian images of urban decline were pervasive in popular culture — remember the movie "Escape from New York"? — are long past. The story for many of our iconic cities is, instead, one of gentrification, a process that's obvious to the naked eye, and increasingly visible in the data.
Specifically, urban America reached an inflection point around 15 years ago: after decades of decline, central cities began getting richer, more educated, and, yes, whiter. Today our urban cores are providing ever more amenities, but largely to a very affluent minority.
But why is this happening? And is there any way to spread the benefits of our urban renaissance more widely?
Let's start by admitting that one important factor has surely been the dramatic decline in crime rates. For those of us who remember the 1970s, New York in 2015 is so safe it's surreal. And the truth is that nobody really knows why that happened.
But there have been other drivers of the change: above all, the national-level surge in inequality.
It's a familiar fact (even if the usual suspects still deny it) that the concentration of income in the hands of a small minority has soared over the past 35 years. This concentration is even higher in big metropolitan areas like New York, because those areas are both where high-skill, high-pay industries tend to locate, and where the very affluent often want to live. In general, this high-income elite gets what it wants, and what it has wanted, since 2000, has been to live near the center of big cities.
Still, why do high-income Americans now want to live in inner cities, as opposed to in sprawling suburban estates? Here we need to pay attention to the changing lives of the affluent — in particular, their work habits.
To get a sense of how it used to be, let me quote from a classic 1955 Fortune article titled "How Top Executives Live." According to that article, the typical executive "gets up early — about 7 a.m.. — eats a large breakfast, and rushes to his office by train or auto. It is not unusual for him, after spending from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. in his office, to hurry home, eat dinner, and crawl into bed with a briefcase full of homework." Well, by the standards of today's business elite, that's actually a very relaxed lifestyle.
And as several recent papers have argued, the modern high earner, with his or her long hours — and, more often than not, a working partner rather than a stay-at-home wife — is willing to pay a lot more than the executives of yore for a central location that cuts commuting time. Hence gentrification. And this is a process that feeds on itself: as more high earners move into urban centers, these centers begin offering amenities: — restaurants, shopping, entertainment — that make them even more attractive.
We're not just talking about the superrich here, or even the 1 percent. At a guess, we might be talking about the top 10 percent. And for these people, it's a happy story. But what about all the people, surely a large majority, who are being priced out of America's urban revival? Does it have to be that way?
The answer, surely, is no, at least not to the extent we're seeing now. Rising demand for urban living by the elite could be met largely by increasing supply. There's still room to build, even in New York, especially upward. Yet while there is something of a building boom in the city, it's far smaller than the soaring prices warrant, mainly because land use restrictions are in the way.
And this is part of a broader national story. As Jason Furman, the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, recently pointed out, national housing prices have risen much faster than construction costs since the 1990s, and land-use restrictions are the most likely culprit. Yes, this is an issue on which you don't have to be a conservative to believe that we have too much regulation.
The good news is that this is an issue over which local governments have a lot of influence. New York City can't do much if anything about soaring inequality of incomes, but it could do a lot to increase the supply of housing, and thereby ensure that the inward migration of the elite doesn't drive out everyone else. And its current mayor understands that.
But will that understanding lead to any action? That's a subject I'll have to return to another day. For now, let's just say that in this age of gentrification, housing policy has become much more important than most people realize.


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Boels, RH; Kniehl, BA; Yang, G; Kniehl, BA (reprint author), Univ Hamburg, Inst Theoret Phys 2, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract The light-like cusp anomalous dimension is a universal function in the analysis of infrared divergences. In maximally (N = 4) supersymmetric Yang Mills theory (SYM) in the planar limit, it is known, in principle, to all loop orders. The non-planar corrections are not known in any theory, with the first appearing at the four-loop order. The simplest quantity which contains this correction is the four-loop two-point form factor of the stress tensor multiplet. This form factor was largely obtained in integrand form in a previous work for N = 4 SYM, up to a free parameter. In this work, a reduction of the appearing integrals obtained by solving integration-by-parts (IBP) identities using a modified version of Reduz e is reported. The form factor is shown to be independent of the remaining parameter at integrand level due to an intricate pattern of cancellations after IBP reduction. Moreover, two of the integral topologies vanish after reduction. The appearing master integrals are cross-checked using independent algebraic-geometry techniques explored in the Mint package. The latter results provide the basis of master integrals applicable to generic form factors, including those in Quantum Chromodynamics. Discrepancies between explicitly solving the IBP relations and the MINT approach are highlighted. Remaining bottlenecks to completing the computation of the four-loop non-planar cusp anomalous dimension in N = 4 SYM and beyond are identified. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Corresponding Author Kniehl, BA (reprint author), Univ Hamburg, Inst Theoret Phys 2, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg, Germany.
GB/T 7714 Boels, RH,Kniehl, BA,Yang, G,et al. Master integrals for the four-loop Sudakov form factor[J]. NUCLEAR PHYSICS B,2016,902:387-414.
APA Boels, RH,Kniehl, BA,Yang, G,&Kniehl, BA .(2016).Master integrals for the four-loop Sudakov form factor.NUCLEAR PHYSICS B,902,387-414.
MLA Boels, RH,et al."Master integrals for the four-loop Sudakov form factor".NUCLEAR PHYSICS B 902(2016):387-414.


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Appreciation of factors affecting health and safety at work (including the control of substances hazardous to health)
The workplace has an important bearing on health because of the multitude of hazards which exist in many working environments. Those hazards may relate to a wide range of physical, chemical and biological agents. Many aspects are regulated (e.g. the Health and Safety at Work Act[1], and the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health regulations[2]), while in other areas guidance and approved Codes of Practice help to maintain good working practices (e.g. EU Working Time Directive[3]). Positive aspects of the occupational environment for health are briefly considered in the next section (9).
Key definitions and terms
Preventing people from being harmed or becoming ill by work by taking the right precautions; providing a satisfactory working environment
Anything that may cause harm e.g. chemicals, electricity, working from ladders, an open drawer
Risk assessment (for health and safety)
A careful examination of the potential causes of harm in the workplace, so as to inform the implementation of reasonable measures to reduce health risks
The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them
Workplace health, safety and welfare
The workplace is an environment in which most adults spend a substantial fraction of their time. It has the potential to have both positive and negative influences on their health and well-being – sometimes with lasting effects. Factors influencing health include the following:
Workplace factors affecting health
Temperature and humidity.
- Adequate (indoor) heating is important to provide thermal comfort in cold weather (normally to at least 16 °C if work is mainly sedentary, and to at least 13°C where physical effort required). Particular cold stresses may occur in certain occupations, e.g. food preparation, open air working;
- Protection is also needed against heat stress from high ambient temperatures, high thermal radiation and/or high levels of humidity (laundries, foundries etc).
Ventilation.
- Adequate air movement and rate of air exchange is important to maintain air quality;
(NB From 1 July 2007, it has been against the law to smoke in enclosed public places and workplaces in England. Similar legislation exists in Scotland and Wales. Most countries have some enforcement of bans on smoking[4]).
Ergonomics / physical arrangement of work area & equipment.
- These are factors that allow people to work comfortably and in safety. For example, for office workers, the height and orientation of computer screens, chairs which provide postural support.
Space, lighting and cleanliness of the work area.
Safety factors
Maintenance/good repair.
- Especially important for safety equipment and equipment which could create a risk if faulty
Routes for safe movement of people and vehicular traffic, including provision of unobstructed emergency exits
Physical aspects.
- Doors, gates, windows should be suitably constructed and fitted with safety devices if necessary (e.g. to prevent risk of fall if above ground level, shatterproof glazing in doors etc). Use of such measures as fencing, rails and covering of pits/tanks to prevent risk of falls from height.
Control of hazardous agents (see below).
Facilities for the welfare of workers and visitors include:
lavatories and washing facilities;
provision of drinking water;
facilities for rest and to eat meals.
Specific hazards
Many work environments contain sources of hazardous substances (chemicals, dust, fumes, biological agents), which may cause exposure by inhalation, dermal absorption, splashing into eyes, or ingestion. These are covered by specific legislation (see COSHH below).
One of the most common forms of workplace injury arises from slips and trips. Care to remove tripping hazards is especially important where there is public access. Falls from height, especially off ladders, is one of the major contributors to workplace deaths and serious injuries.
Musculoskeletal disorders relating to workplace activities are common, and include injuries from manual handling (heavy lifting etc – a major cause of days off work) and repetitive strain injuries (RSI). Display screen equipment (e.g. computer) can give rise to musculoskeletal disorders, including RSI, and eye strain.
Asbestos is the largest single cause of work related fatal disease and ill health in Great Britain, though it is now mostly the result of past exposures.
Powered hand tools etc can cause 'vibration syndromes', and vibration from a machine or passing through the seat of a vehicle can cause or aggravate whole back pain. Noise can damage hearing, but it can also be a serious nuisance affecting concentration and physiological parameters.
Most electricity deaths are caused by contact with overhead or underground power cables. Non-fatal shocks can cause severe and permanent injury.
Pressure systems – systems containing a fluid under pressure (e.g. pressure cookers, boilers, steam heating systems) – account for about 150 incidents / year in England, mainly due to equipment failure through poor design, incorrect operation or poor maintenance.
Radiation risks are usually strictly controlled. Ionising radiation risks may arise from exposure to x-rays or radionuclides e.g. medical imaging, as well as from radon gas from the ground. This also includes damage and cancer risk from UV radiation (e.g. from sun).
Stress is an over-used and imprecisely defined term. However, it is clear what most people mean by it, and there is a large body of research that shows a link between markers of stress and subsequent ill health. The UK Health and Safety Executive defines stress as 'the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure or other types of demand placed on them.'[5] It can be tackled in similar way to any other form of workplace hazard – by identifying contributing causes and attempting to reduce them. Factors that often appear important include:
lack of control over the way work is done;
work overload (or underload);
lack of support from managers;
conflicting or ambiguous roles;
poor relationships with colleagues (including bullying);
poor management of organisational change.
Responsibilities and the law
In England, health and safety within factories, farms and building sites is enforced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)[6], and in offices, shops, hotels, and catering and leisure facilities by Environmental Health in local authorities[7].
Three main forms of regulation are used:
Guidance (not compulsory, but aimed at helping compliance with the law);
Approved Codes of Practice (support good practice, and have legal status in that an employer may be found at fault if they have not followed relevant provisions);
Regulations (legal requirements).
In recent years, more health and safety law has originated from Europe as proposals and Directives of the European Commission, but the main basis of British legislation is:
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974[8], which sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, and employees have to themselves and to each other 'so far as is reasonably practicable'
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999[9] (the Management Regulations), which make more explicit what is required of employers under the Health and Safety at Work Act
Employers have responsibility to ensure the health, safety and welfare of their workforce (with a written policy if they have more than five employees), to assess risks, to ensure implementation of necessary protection measures, to provide relevant staff training, to publicise health and safety information, to report injuries and accidents.
Employees have a duty to take reasonable care for their own health and safety and that of others, to cooperate with an employer on health and safety matters, including by use of protection equipment. Employees can refuse to do something unsafe without being threatened with disciplinary action.
Much of health and safety is based on the principle of risk assessment (note, the use of the term risk assessment here should be distinguished from its use to imply quantification of risk (similar to health impact assessment) as described in section 10 below).
The law does not expect elimination of risk, but it requires that people are protected as far as 'reasonably practicable'. The principal elements of a risk assessment are:
(1) To identify the hazards;
(2) To decide who might be harmed and how;
(3) To evaluate the risks and decide on precautions;
(4) To record and implement findings;
(5) To review risk assessment and update if necessary.
The law requires employers to control exposure to hazardous substances – chemicals, dusts and fumes – that may cause toxic effects, infections, cancers, allergic responses, asphyxiation etc. The principal law is the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) (as amended)[10].
These regulations cover substances that are dangerous to health, including biological agents, substances with workplace exposure limits, pesticides, medicines, cosmetics and substances produced in chemical processes. Asbestos, lead, radioactive materials, and substances with explosive or flammable properties are covered by other regulations.
COSHH sets out eight steps that employers (and sometimes employees) must take. They are:
Assess the risks;
Decide on necessary precautions;
Prevent or adequately control exposure;
Ensure use and maintenance of control measures;
Monitor exposure;
Carry out appropriate health surveillance;
Prepare plans and procedures for accidents, incidents and emergencies;
Ensure employees are properly informed, trained and supervised.
The EU 'Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & restriction of Chemicals' (REACH) Regulation places responsibility on industry to manage the risks from chemicals and to provide safety information on the substances available on the market.[11]
HSE. Workplace health, safety and welfare. HSE Books, ISBN 978 0 7176 6277 7. Available online: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg244.pdf
Health and safety at work website
http://www.healthandsafetyatwork.com/hsw/
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/essentials/index.htm
© Dr Paul Wilkinson 2009, Helen Crabbe and Rebecca Close 2016
[1] http://www.hse.gov.uk/legislation/hswa.htm
[2] http://www.hse.gov.uk/coshh/
[3] http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=706&langId=en&intPageId=205
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_smoking_bans
[5] http://www.hse.gov.uk/stress/furtheradvice/whatisstress.htm
[6] http://www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm
[7] http://www.cieh.org/training/health_safety.html
[9] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3242/contents/made
[10] http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2677/regulation/7/made
[11] http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_en.htm
‹ The use of legislation in environmental control up Occupation and health ›
Environmental determinants of disease
Risk and hazard
The effects of global warming and climate change
Principles of sustainability
The health problems associated with poor housing and home conditions, inadequate water supplies, flooding, poor sanitation and water pollution
Methods for monitoring and control of environmental hazards (including food and water safety, atmospheric pollution and other toxic hazards, noise, and ionising and electromagnetic radiation) and cluster investigations
The use of legislation in environmental control
Occupation and health
Transport policies and health impact assessment for environmental pollution ; air pollution
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Super Bowl 2017: Patriots' Tom Brady grilled Rutgers teammates about not winning more
Updated: Jan. 16, 2019, 6:03 p.m. | Published: Feb. 01, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
By Steve Politi | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
New England Super Bowl press conferences
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady takes questions during his Super Bowl press conference on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, at the JW Marriott Galleria in Houston, Texas. (Curtis Compton | Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
HOUSTON -- Rutgers wasn't in the Big Ten when Tom Brady was quarterback at league power Michigan, and he was already a well-established NFL star when its players started to dot the New England roster.
So he is forgiven for not knowing much about the Scarlet Knights. But he couldn't help but wonder: If this program could produce NFL-quality players, why didn't it produce more, well, you know.
"I remember Tom Brady coming up to me and saying, 'Why didn't you guys win more games (at Rutgers)? You guys are stacked. You have all these players here,'" cornerback Logan Ryan said. "And I was like, 'It just didn't click at that time.'"
Ryan was, for probably the fifth time during an interview session on Tuesday, answering a question about Rutgers having more players at the Super Bowl than any other college team. But his famous quarterback did raise a fair question: Did his college team underachieve?
Probably, given that the Scarlet Knights failed to claim a BCS berth while Ryan, teammates Duron Harmon and Devin McCourty and Falcons receiver Mohamed Sanu were on campus.
Still: Ryan believes that Rutgers prepared its players well for the NFL, and he had an important message about that as it relates to National Signing Day.
"I think it got us prepared for this level, got us prepared for this moment, and we're just enjoying it," Ryan said. "I think it shows kids that you don't need to be the five-star recruit to get to this level. You've just got to be willing to get better every day, put the work in and it'll pay off.
"It's a statement of, you don't have to go to a certain SEC or a big school to get drafted. If you're good, you put the work in, they'll find you. It's not coincidence that there are a lot of Rutgers guys here because a lot of us put a lot of time in, we put a lot of effort and time and grind in."
Ryan hasn't met Rutgers head coach Chris Ash, but said he has heard good things about him and likes the job he has done so far.
"He's extremely bright, smart, a good recruiter, and that's what it takes," Ryan said. "When he gets some good recruits and guys buy into his regime, I think things are going to turn around at Rutgers."
Steve Politi may be reached at spoliti@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @StevePoliti. Find Steve on Facebook.


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A Businessweek story on tax audits cites a report by Syracuse University's Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) on the rising rate of Internal Revenue Service audits of small businesses.
The Brandywine East Community News (Delaware) reported on a local businessman who is offering free incorporation filing services to graduates of Syracuse University's Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV).
Abram Brown, a senior magazine journalism major at the Newhouse School, is interviewed by Editor & Publisher in a piece that examines the future of print journalism.
The Bedford/Katonah Patch (New York) reported on a group of students from Fox Lane High School, participating in a Syracuse University Project Advance public affairs course, delivering a presentation at a March 9 Bedford School board meeting.
The cover story of the March/April issue of Syracuse Woman Magazine focuses on Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor at home. The issue also features a preview of this year's WISE Symposium and notes about the Whitman School of Management's WISE Women's Business Center.
The Oneida Daily Dispatch previewed the concluding two presentations in the 2010-11 mini seminar series presented in the Syracuse University Humanities Center in The College of Arts and Sciences planned for April 1 and 8.
CNY Central reported on city approvals for several SU projects, including the Connective Corridor's University Avenue project.


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Q: Casting dynamically C# Basically I have
long readval;
unchecked
{
      readval = (long)mycustom.gg;
     //gg is ulong.MaxValue, mycustom is ulong enum
}
//readval at this point is -1 as expected
Type underlying = Enum.GetUnderlyingType(typeof(mycustom));

//underlying is ulong or UInt64
var value = Convert.ChangeType(readvalue, underlying); //Exception cannot convert long value of -1 to ulong, out of range
mycustom returnval = (mycustom)Enum.ToObject(typeof(mycustom), value);

This is just a test piece of code, I only need to figure out how to cast to the underlying type from long even if the value of long is out of range. In the actual production code, enum type mycustom is a generic and readval will always be of type long. I put mycustom in this code to make it simpler to understand what I am trying to do and the problem I am having. The exception is at var value = Convert.ChangeType

A: How about using Expression Tree to perform unchecked convert?
long readval;
unchecked
{
    readval = (long)mycustom.gg;
    //gg is ulong.MaxValue, mycustom is ulong enum
}
//readval at this point is -1 as expected
Type underlying = Enum.GetUnderlyingType(typeof(mycustom));

//underlying is ulong or UInt64
var lambda = Expression.Lambda(
                Expression.Convert(
                    Expression.Constant(readval),
                    underlying)).Compile();

var value = Convert.ChangeType(lambda.DynamicInvoke(), underlying);
mycustom returnval = (mycustom)Enum.ToObject(typeof(mycustom), value);

You still need Convert.ChangeType to unbox lambda.DynamicInvoke() result, but it works, because it returns underlying type value.
And you can't generate typed lambda, because you don't know underlying type on compile time.

A: Are you just trying to go from a ulong enum to a long and back again?
enum mycustom : ulong
{
    gg = ulong.MaxValue
};

protected void ButtonServer_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    long readval;

    unchecked
    {
        readval = (long)mycustom.gg;
        //gg is ulong.MaxValue, mycustom is ulong enum
    }

    mycustom returnval = (mycustom) readval;
}


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Pitshanger Pictures - The Prince of Nothingwood (E) 86 mins
Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:15 - 22:30
This is a doc on the Afghani filmmaker Salim Shaheen. He has made 110 movies, with his 111th being chronicled here. But if you were to click on his IMDb profile, you wouldn't find a single credit beyond this one (as of now). As he duly notes, his movies aren't industry-produced like Bollywood or Hollywood; they are made for no money or profit, hence Nothingwood. He makes films for love of the craft: he goes into the desert, on the mountains, atop a roof building, anywhere just to shoot on natural location. The only crew is the cameraman. They are shown to audiences at community screenings, rather than movie houses.
French director Sonia Kronlund is fluent in Shaheen's Persian (IIRC) and, when she's on-camera, often acts like a visiting spectator. She has a low-key style of filmmaking that lets the subject speak for himself. We get biographic info on Shaheen, such as his multiple marriages and children, and how he was a nonviolent general during his time in the military.
The only thing I wish there were more of is how he goes about deciding to make films; it's a bit lacking in terms of the creative process. Nevertheless, his passion for life is infectious, and you might actually miss him when the movie's over.


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Twonky, The (1953) - (Movie Clip) Dash Of Benzene
Dipsomaniac Coach Trout (Billy Lynn) is helping panicked professor West (Hans Conreid) figure out what to do about the TV set that's taking over his life, receiving a revelation just as he passes out, in The Twonky, 1953, from low-rent writer-director-producer Arch Oboler.
Twonky, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) This May Happen To You
Opening sequences as writer-director-producer Arch Oboler sets the weird tone for his Sci-Fi spoof, Hans Conreid the dizzy professor and Janet Warren his wife, from The Twonky, 1953.
Twonky, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Take It Out Right Now!
Professor West (Hans Conreid) is making a point of ignoring the TV his wife has bought to amuse him while she's out of town, but failing, then taking a minute to realize the service guy (Ed Max) has arrived with a solution, in maverick producer Arch Oboler's SciFi comedy The Twonky, 1953.
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La Chinese Basketball Association 2020-21 fue la edición número 26 de la CBA, la primera división del baloncesto profesional de China. La temporada regular comenzó el 17 de octubre de 2020,  y acabó el 1 de mayo de 2021, ganando el título los Guangdong Southern Tigers por undécima vez.

Cambios respecto a la temporada 2019-20
Para esta temporada, cada equipo jugará 56 partidos en la temporada regular. 19 equipos se dividen en dos grupos según el ranking de la temporada anterior. Cada equipo jugará contra equipos de su grupo cuatro veces y jugará contra otros equipos dos veces. Los Bayi Rockets causaron baja antes del comienzo de la temporada.

Política de jugadores extranjeros
Todos los equipos tienen la opción de contar con dos jugadores extranjeros.

Lista de jugadores extranjeros

Clasificación

Temporada regular

Playoffs

Primera ronda

(5) Shandong Heroes vs. (12) Guangzhou Loong Lions

(6) Qingdao Eagles vs. (11) Sichuan Blue Whales

(7) Zhejiang Lions vs. (10) Jilin Northeast Tigers

(8) Shenzhen Aviators vs. (9) Beijing Ducks

Cuartos de final

(1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (9) Beijing Ducks

(2) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (7) Zhejiang Lions

(3) Zhejiang Golden Bulls vs. (6) Qingdao Eagles

(4) Xinjiang Flying Tigers vs. (5) Shandong Heroes

Semifinales

(1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (5) Shandong Heroes

(2) Liaoning Flying Leopards vs. (3) Zhejiang Golden Bulls

Finales

(1) Guangdong Southern Tigers vs. (2) Liaoning Flying Leopards

Galardones

Jugadores de la semana

Jugador del mes

Jugador joven del mes

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Web oficial de la CBA

2021
Cba
Cba


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FIRST LOOK: Two new photos from Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'
By Anthony Breznican
April 26, 2012 at 10:00 AM EDT
The song "Unchain My Heart" meant something very different when Jamie Foxx re-created it in 2004's Ray, but you could argue the title applies in a strange and more sinister way in Quentin Tarantino's upcoming revenge western Django Unchained.
The bond Foxx wants to break this time around is not a bad romance, but something far uglier and more painful: his slave status in the pre-Civil War South, which is the obstacle preventing him from going in search of his sold-off wife, played by Kerry Washington.
After the jump, Entertainment Weekly debuts the first two photos from the movie, which hits theaters on Dec. 25, and we also talk with Foxx about this southern-fried take on the spaghetti western.
Does he think Django Unchained will be controversial? "Oh, hell yeah," Foxx says. "You kidding me?"
The Oscar winner describes his character as Shaft's "Richard Roundtree meets Clint Eastwood."
After being sent to a chain gang after rebelling against his owners, Django is recruited by a German bounty hunter (Inglorious Basterd's Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, below, with Foxx) to help him settle an old score. Django has information that Waltz's Dr. King Schultz needs, so the German mercenary liberates the slave and promises that if he helps him kill the Brittle brothers, Django's old owners, he'll make it worth his while. "He says, 'I'll kill 'em, and you'll get some money and be on your way as a free man,'" Foxx says.
Along the way, the duo end up crossing paths with Leonardo DiCaprio's hammer-wielding character (below), a deranged plantation owner named Calvin Candie, who likes to make his toughest slaves fight to the death in gladiatorial combat. "Candie is a businessman who owns a plantation called Candie Land, and that's where my wife ends up being," Foxx says. To find her, "we have to get in good with Candie, by me playing a valet for Christoph's character."
A century and a half later, slavery is a sensitive subject, and though Tarantino is a filmmaker known more for his flamboyant, violent storytelling than sober exploration of historical issues, Foxx says there is a serious side to Django Unchained. "There's a beautiful way [Tarantino] found for the characters to talk to each other. It's mind-blowing. You've never heard it this way," the actor says. "You've seen movies deal with slavery — or westerns that never dealt with slavery — do it the safe way. This way is like…wow."
Many of these exchanges take place amid the evolving relationship between Django and Schultz. "Christoph's character is a little aloof to what slavery actually is. He's not familiar with everything, and when he sees atrocities, it's Greek to him," Foxx says. "But Django lets him know this is the way the world is and we got to get used to it. He teaches Django certain things he needs to become a whole man, and [Django] also teaches Christoph that when life deals you these cards, here's what you've got to do."
Ultimately, as we mentioned at the beginning, Django Unchained is a story about the heart, and the way cruelty can destroy the things we love most. But don't expect anything sappy. The whole enterprise will be tinged with vengeance.
"All Django wants to do is get his wife," Foxx says. "He's not trying to cure or solve slavery. He just wants to get his life back."
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From crystal structure of α-conotoxin GIC in complex with Ac-AChBP to molecular determinants of its high selectivity for α3β2 nAChR
Bo Lin, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, Key Lab for Marine Drugs of Haikou, Hainan University, Haikou Hainan
Manyu Xu, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Xiaopeng Zhu, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, Key Lab for Marine Drugs of Haikou, Hainan University, Haikou Hainan
Yong Wu, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, Key Lab for Marine Drugs of Haikou, Hainan University, Haikou Hainan
Xi Liu, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Dongting Zhangsun, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, Key Lab for Marine Drugs of Haikou, Hainan University, Haikou Hainan
Yuanyan Hu, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, Key Lab for Marine Drugs of Haikou, Hainan University, Haikou Hainan
Shi-Hua Xiang, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Igor E. Kasheverov, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya Street, 16/10 Moscow
Victor I. Tsetlin, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklukho-Maklaya Street, 16/10 Moscow
Xinquan Wang, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Protein Science, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Structural Biology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing
Sulan Luo, Key Laboratory of Tropical Biological Resources, Ministry of Education, Key Lab for Marine Drugs of Haikou, Hainan University, Haikou Hainan
Scientific Reports 6:22349 DOI: 10.1038/srep22349
Acetylcholine binding proteins (AChBPs) are unique spatial homologs of the ligand-binding domains of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), and they reproduce some pharmacological properties of nAChRs. X-ray crystal structures of AСhBP in complex with α-conotoxins provide important insights into the interactions of α-conotoxins with distinct nAChR subtypes. Although considerable efforts have been made to understand why α-conotoxin GIC is strongly selective for α3β2 nAChR, this question has not yet been solved. Here we present the structure of α-conotoxin GIC in complex with Aplysia californica AChBP (Ac-AChBP) at a resolution of 2.1 Å. Based on this co-crystal structure complemented with molecular docking data, we suggest the key residues of GIC in determining its high affinity and selectivity for human α3β2 vs α3β4 nAChRs. These suggestions were checked by radioligand and electrophysiology experiments, which confirmed the functional role of detected contacts for GIC interactions with Ac-AChBP and α3β2 nAChR subtypes. While GIC elements responsible for its high affinity binding with Ac-AChBP and α3β2 nAChR were identified, our study also showed the limitations of computer modelling in extending the data from the X-ray structures of the AChBP complexes to all nAChR subtypes.


In what could be a disastrous news for ISL defending champions Atletico de Kolkata, their marquee player will be out of action for a minimum of 3-4 weeks confirmed the team's sports director Alberto Marrero on Tuesday.
The former Portuguese teammate of Cristiano Ronaldo was the star for his team in their 3-2 victory against Chennaiyin FC on the opening night of ISL. However, the striker pulled up a hamstring after scoring his second goal and couldn't continue.
The Kolkata outfit has sent Postiga's MRI reports to their parent club Atletico Madrid for medical consultation. Postiga will travel to Portugal and then continue his recovery under Atletico Madrid's supervision.
Without the services of the experienced marksman upfront, the Sourav Ganguly owned team will have to depend on Spanish striker Valdo who scored the third goal for his team with a pin point header.


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Q: iText -> Best approach to read XMP metadata? It appears that in 5.5.2 of iText the XmpReader is deprecated along with a lot of other things related to XMP.
What is the recommended to reading XMP metadata from Pdf files?
Thank you

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*Replaced the iText XMP implementation with Adobe's XMP Core library

You'll want to look into the com.itextpdf.xmp namespace and you're probably most interested in XmpMetaFactory.parseFromBuffer which you can pass the metadata from PdfReader to.


Stephen Bowling - Breathitt Co. KY genealogist.
J.P. Downard - Perry Co. KY genealogist and descendant of Martin Couch.
Ray Ellis - Sidney Thomas & Martha Skaggs genealogy.
Betty Bowman Gabbard - Niece of James Bowman and author of the 1900 Owsley County KY Census; descendant of Cornelius Bowman Jr.
Diana Ingalls - Simeon Thomas researcher and descendant through daughter, Margaret Rachal.
Gary & Elsie McCollum - Genealogy researchers for the Linn County Library, Brookfield, MO and descendants of David McCollum & Rachel Morris through son, Perry.
Oscar D. McCollum - McCollum Clan genealogist.
David Moore- Worked on tombstone records in and around Owsley County.
Ron Rowland - Researcher and descendant of William Rowland & Elsie Ann Thomas, d/o Elijah Thomas & Lucy Ann Carmack.
Leon Sandlin - Researcher of Buffalo Cr. families in Owsley Co. and author of Tales From Buffalo Creek.
Myrna Gulley Seal - Author of 1870 Owsley Co. KY Census and descendant of Henderson Sizemore & Minerva Combs through daughter, Susan.
Robert L. Smith - Author of Owsley Co. KY Marriages, 1910 Owsley Co. KY Census and other publications.
Manuel R. Spencer - Researcher & descendant of James Spencer & Polly Gross, parents of Isabell Spencer who married Reed S. Thomas.
Jess Wilson - Wilson families researcher, and contributer to the Clay County KY Historical Society's genealogical records.
And not to be overlooked are all the AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, & NEWFOUND RELATIVES who were so cooperative and helpful and who shared their family Bible records with me. Nor do I want to forget the person who handles the technical end of my website, and who got me into this Internet stuff in the first place — my husband, and webmaster, Dwight Finger. Also a SPECIAL THANKS to Evelyn Twist and Colleen Ambrose who trustingly made available to me their deceased loved ones' research papers. And to Henry Sizemore, son of Lewis, who guided us around Owsley County, KY our first visit there.
* It is impossible to thank all of the people I have come in contact with since starting my research in 1989. There have been so many helpful & friendly people. If I have forgotten anyone, I apologize, and I hope you will forgive the oversight. If you feel that you should be included in the list of researchers & contributers who helped me, please contact me and include the family line you contributed to. Thank you.


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Революционное антирасистское действие () — нидерландская леворадикальная политическая организация, активно действовавшая в период с 1984 по 1993 годы и выступавшая против режима апартеида в ЮАР и нидерландского эмиграционного законодательства. Участники группы поджигали собственность компаний, работавших в ЮАР, и закладывали бомбы в здания. Атаки РАД, тем не менее, не привели к человеческим жертвам.

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Polke Beats Richter In £46 Million Christie's Sale
14 October 2014 / Art Categories Art Market, News / Art Tags Christie's, Essl Collection, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke / / / / /
Sigmar Polke's status had a further boost at Christie's London on Monday; with the evening sale of the Essl Collection, the prices for the German artist's work increased, with five works by Polke originally estimated at an aggregate price of £8 million, ended up selling for just over £16 million, bringing Polke closer to his fellow master, Gerhard Richter.
Christie's sold 46.9 million pounds of postwar and contemporary art at the start of Frieze week in London, yet works by Gerhard Richter estimated at as much as 10 million pounds failed to find a buyer at the auction.
The 44 works up for auction were from the Essl Collection of contemporary art in Austria. The collection originated from Karlheinz Essl, who was the founder of Austrian hardware-store chain BauMax AG. The collection included works by coveted German postwar artists. The privately owned Essl Museum near Vienna, holding a total of 7,000 works, offered the 44 pieces to raise money to "resolve certain financial issues in the business," Jussi Pylkkanen, president of Christie's Europe, said in an interview with Bloomberg.
The highlights of the auction included Polke's 'bright Indian with Eagle', 1975, which Essl bought in 1997 for $200,500, selling for £5.1 million which was estimated at £1.5 million to £2 million.
The sale produced a total that fell within Christie's presale estimated range of 40 million to 56.8 million pounds. Christie's has stated that it was the most valuable sale ever in London of a private collection of postwar and contemporary art.


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Work underway on landmark Calvary Bethlehem Health and Retirement Precinct
New Calvary Ryde Retirement Community Residential Aged Care facility
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Quality in Retreat – Reigniting the Debate on Quality
As a member of the Global Impact Committee (GIC), I am pleased to share our first report, Quality in Retreat – Reigniting the Debate on Quality. The GIC leads thought leadership programs to promote the priority of quality in health care aimed at senior leaders of health care systems, politicians
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Acknowledging the importance of Anzac Day
Anzac Day falls on 25 April each year, commemorating the lives of all Australians who have served their country in times of war, including our own Leslie Hughes, a resident at Calvary Rye Sands on the Mornington Peninsula.
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Information for patients, aged care residents and visitors.
Celebrating our outstanding allied health care professionals
Last Thursday was Allied Health Professionals Day and John Wsol, the Lead Pharmacist for Education at Calvary Public Hospital Bruce, was awarded the ACT 2021 Allied Health Professional of the Year for his work achieving high-quality learning environments and patient outcomes.
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National COVID-19 Bereavement Project
Would you like to help improve access to bereavement support during COVID-19? As businesses and cities open up again, we are being told that life is getting back to 'normal', but for people who have experienced a death during COVID-19, there is no back to normal. Calvary and researchers at
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Calvary enters due diligence with Japara
Calvary has entered confirmatory due diligence with Japara Healthcare Ltd following a decision by Japara's Board to allow access for Calvary to develop a binding proposal the board can recommend to its shareholders. The Revised Indicative Proposal proposes the acquisition of 100% of the shares by Calvary in Japara by
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ANU and Calvary Health Care – a partnership for health system innovation
On 2 March 2021, the Australian National University (ANU) and Calvary Health Care formalised their partnership in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that extends their joint activities, beyond the ACT to Calvary Health Care nationally.
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GRACE Program awarded National ACHS Quality Improvement Award
Calvary Bruce Public Hospital Bruce in partnership with Capital Health Network, were yesterday evening awarded an Australian Council of Healthcare Standards (ACHS) Clinical Excellence and Patient Safety Award for their "Trialling a Geriatric Rapid Acute Care Service in the ACT". ACHS CEO, Dr Karen Luxford presented the award, saying the
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National Perioperative Nurses Week
Calvary is proud to celebrate National Perioperative Nurses Week this week 6-12 October, in recognition of the valuable role our perioperative nurses play in delivering quality care. Perioperative nurses care for patients before, during and after surgery or interventional procedure and perform a range of specialised roles including, but not
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Catholic Health and Aged Care Services Response to the 'Voluntary Assisted Dying Act'
On 19 June the 'Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 ('VAD') comes into effect in Victoria. Since the Act's passing in 2017, Catholic Health and Aged Care services in Victoria have been working together to ensure that we have a clear and consistent response to the Act. Our services are committed
Calvary is delighted to congratulate Nikki Johnston, winner of the inaugural national Nursing Trailblazer Award
The award, launched by the Hon. Greg Hunt Minister for Health in conjunction with the Australian College of Nursing, is bestowed upon a nurse who has demonstrated leadership to bring new thinking to a wide range of health care challenges. Nikki, a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner based at Calvary's Clare
Report calls for more home-based palliative care
A new report commissioned by Catholic Health Australia (CHA) calls for the provision of more home-based palliative care services to relieve pressure on hospitals and save valuable health system dollars. CHA, the peak body for Catholic health and aged care service providers in Australia, launched the report today at Calvary
Major expansion of Clare Holland House
Families who rely on palliative care services in the ACT will have access to better facilities and services with a major expansion of Clare Holland House announced today by the Australian and ACT Governments in partnership with The Snow Foundation. High quality and accessible palliative care is a crucial part
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Calvary Mater Newcastle VIP patient program receives worldwide recognition
Calvary Mater Newcastle received worldwide recognition for its Very Important Patients (VIP) Program at the 41st International Hospital Federation Congress in Taipei on 8 November 2017. With 131 entries, from 90 organisations in 24 countries competing for the awards, being selected as one of the finalists is a recognition that
Community support programs for palliative caregivers
Our very own Clare Holland House palliative care educator, Rachel Bilton-Simek, discussed palliative care and the amazing services and programs available, with ABC's Laura Tchilinguirian on 10 October 2017 In her interview, Rachel points out that palliative care wouldn't happen without families and ordinary people supporting people at home. Family
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Calvary John James wins ACT Large Employer of the Year
Calvary John James Hospital is thrilled to have won the 2017 ACT Large Employer of the Year award at the ACT Training Awards held at the QT Canberra last night. The award recognises Calvary's outstanding delivery of quality industry based training and their commitment to the highest standard of training for
Marriage, Same Sex Relationships and Calvary
With a sense of unease and discomfort, Calvary noted several media articles over the weekend of 19 and 20 August 2017 which claim that the "Catholic church" is threatening to fire teachers, nurses and other employees who marry their same-sex partner if gay marriage is legalised. We reassure staff and
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Community Life Magazine Summer 2016/17
With a special focus on the great outdoors, we explore glamping, top travel apps, digital surfing, croquet, brain games and delicious Summer recipes.
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Calvary Adelaide signs key medical group
Calvary Health Care Adelaide has signed up the State's leading orthopaedic clinic as the first major tenant for its new $300 million Calvary Adelaide Hospital. The Wakefield Orthopaedic Clinic will move into the new hospital on completion in 2019, providing its patients with the the latest leading edge in-house orthopaedic
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Community Life Magazine Spring 2016
With a special focus on life and spring activities, we explore The Spring Supper Club, a Q&A on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, 'life' themed brain games and a tour of Launceston, Tasmania.
Calvary John James C.A.R.E. TV an Australian first
An Australian first, Calvary John James Hospital announces the implementation of The C.A.R.E. Channel for patient television.
Launch of Death, Dying and Palliative Care DVD
One of the patients, Virginia de Groot, generously shares with the students her challenging experience of having a terminal illness and talking about it with her family, which for many of the students was a very moving and emotional experience.
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Community Life Magazine Winter 2016
With a special focus on winter gardens and fresh produce, we explore winter planting, soup-er recipes to keep your warm and nourished and simple solutions to make gardening a breeze.
New CBD Hospital
Media Release: Calvary announces construction to start on new $300 million CBD hospital The largest private hospital ever built in South Australia – the $300 million Calvary Adelaide Hospital in Adelaide's central business district – will commence construction immediately. Calvary – one of Australia's leading Catholic health, community and aged
My Calvary
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How Calvary makes a difference
Calvary provides staff with the tools and skills better their work environment. Watch our video to see how Calvary makes a difference in their working environment and the residents lives.
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Angela, Urmila & Nya's Story
Angela started as a casual member of staff and has now been at Calvary for 21 years, because she enjoys it so much. Urmila talks about how teamwork is an important part of Calvary and how everyone is valued and support each other. Nya says Calvary is a part of his extended family. Watch their stories here.
Celebrating 130 years of compassionate care
This year marks the 130th Anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of the Little Company of Mary in Australia, on 4 November 1885. In 1885 at the invitation of Cardinal Moran, six Sisters of the Little Company of Mary sailed from Naples on the SS Liguria headed for Australia.
Calvary Pastoral Carers recognised as 'best of care'
Calvary's pastoral care team featured highly with presentations and recognition for 'Best of Care' and 'Lifetime Membership' awards at the Spiritual Care Australia National Conference 2015 in Hobart 21- 22 April.


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Tony Allen: Pioneer of Afrobeat Music and the controversies of his legacy
May 29, 2020 | Op-Ed Editor
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Tony Allen, the renowned Afrobeat drummer, songwriter and composer, died on 30 April 2020, at the age of 79. As a tribute to legacy, several organizations and people highlighted his stellar achievements, particularly his contributions to the growth of Afrobeat music. He was heralded by the BBC as the "World's greatest drummer" and "Afrobeat pioneer" and the New York Times declared: "Tony Allen, Drummer Who Created the Beat of Afrobeat, Dies at 79. Many prominent persons, not just media outlets made statements to signify that there would be no Afrobeat without Tony Allen. Most of these people gave credit to Fela Anikulapo Kuti for making this affirmation about Tony Allen.
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Femi Kuti however seems to disagree. The Independent UK, in an interview 12 years ago reported that this claim that Tony Allen created Afrobeat confirmed by the great Fela Kuti when he said that that "Without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat."
Fela's son, the established Afrobeat musician and saxophonist, Femi Kuti has however absolutely denied that his father ever made such a statement.
In an Instagram live session held on Monday, 25 May 2020 with Channels TV, Femi refuted the claims that Fela credited Tony Allen with creating Afrobeat, saying that they are unfounded: "If Fela ever made such a statement, how come we didn't hear of it in his lifetime? How come it was never written in any of the books?"
He challenged, not just the truth that Fela made the statement, but also whether it is correct at all. "Who said it? …Is it to destroy his legacy or to cheat his legacy? These are the questions we have to ask." It is uncertain how such a statement would lay a part in destroying Allen's legacy but Femi remained certain that Fela did not credit Tony Allen with creating the genre of Afrobeat music.
Femi Kuti, who started playing the saxophone at the age of 15 and later joined his father's band, is clearly well versed with the rudiments of Afrobeat music. He stated that such a statement, if it were ever made, would have been properly recorded and would not be causing the controversy which exists today. According to him, "I love Tony Allen, he was a great drummer. But that he put those drum patterns for my father? It's not true." Femi Kuti's point is to restate that Fela is solely responsible for creating the music his band played, even writing out all the parts for his band members.
Tony Allen himself reportedly confirmed this when he told The Independent UK that "Fela used to write out the parts for all the musicians in the band but I was the only one who originated the music I played." Can this statement not be interpreted to mean that Tony Allen indeed created his own beats and music and was likely an exception to all the other band members? If anything, Tony Allen's contributions should not be downplayed or regarded as secondary.
Fela himself confirmed Allen's mastery and versatility in being the only person (at the time they met) who played highlife and jazz, artfully fusing the two genres: "How come you are the only guy in Nigeria who plays like this – jazz and highlife?" They worked together for 16 years before Tony Allen left Fela's band, following a dispute about his royalties and credits due to him.
Regardless of this controversy, Tony Oladipo Allen's status is undisputed; his legacy is that of a pioneer and the respect people have for him and his music remains within the industry, across borders. His long and fulfilling career as an internationally-acclaimed drummer, composer and songwriter cannot be taken away from him. Many people still regard him, bless his soul, as one of the greatest pioneers of Afrobeat music. According to Brian Eno, Allen is "perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived". Interestingly, his autobiography was co-written with Michael E. Veal, the same author who had previously written a biography of Fela Kuti.
Tony Allen is a shining example of a life of success. He ventured into music at the age of 18, when he started playing drums even as an engineer for a radio station. He developed a unique voice and pattern on the drums through rigorous study of musical articles, and legends in the industry who had revolutionised the game. Allen played with the late Sir Victor Olaiya's Cool Cats and other notable bands such as Agu Norris and the Heatwaves, the Melody Makers and the Nigerian Messengers.
Notwithstanding the contention, which is seemingly raised by only Fela Kuti, Tony Allen's legacy is one of excellent and outstanding music which greatly contributed to the Afrobeat genre, the music industry, and helped promote our indigenous music on international platforms. Maybe he was the not sole creator of Afrobeat, but from all indications, he was definitely a co-founder to the fusion of jazz, punk and African music that we now know as Afrobeat. Tony Allen's albums include Rejoice (2014), The Source (2017), Film of Life (2014), Lagos No Shaking (2006), among others.
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