Summary: A thrilling murder mystery set to a backdrop of witch hunts, religious unrest, and the chill of Seventeenth Century Scotland. It will have you captivated from start to finish.
On a violently stormy night in Banff, Scotland, 1626, a young man staggers home. Taking him for a drunk, sisters Mary and Janet empty his pockets, but as they walk away he calls to them for help. Realising he has been poisoned, the sisters carry the man between them to the nearby schoolhouse and leave him at the desk of Alexander Seaton, where he is found the next morning dead.
Alexander, a fallen minister turned schoolmaster after a clandestine love affair denied him his original vocation, finds himself thrown into the investigation when his best friend, Charles Thom, is accused of the murder. Charles may have loved the same girl as the murdered man, but Alexander knows Charles does not have murder in him. He sets out on a journey to prove his friend's innocence, encountering the frenzied madness of the witch-hunt, the cruelty of men, and uncovering secrets kept in Banff for almost a decade. On his quest to discover the truth of the murder, Alexander also begins to find redemption for his own sins, breaking him out of the self loathing despondence he has been in since his fall.
Shona MacLean's debut novel is not a book, it is a time machine. To open the first page is to be transported back to Scotland in the sixteen hundreds, right in the heart of the storm. Straight away you are in the thick of the intrigue, the mystery, and the lives of the characters it revolves around. It could be gloriously sunny outside, but you would be shivering as the chill of Scotland in March settles in around your imagination.
Of course the downside of such a sudden submersion into the story is it takes a moment to orient yourself. I was a bit confused in the beginning by all the new characters and names, not made any easier by the fact that wives in Scotland at that time didn't take their husbands names. While it is good that the book is authentic, it does leave you a little in the deep end if, like me, your knowledge of the time and place is limited.
However, it quickly doesn't matter, as once you've got your head round which person is which, and have looked up the odd dialectal word MacLean throws in (using the glossary in the back) you forget you ever inhabited the modern world.
The fact is, MacLean, who has a Ph.D in History, really really knows her stuff, and writes about it with such a casual confidence that you feel almost as if she's been to 17th Century Scotland herself. Her clear passion for history, and for her country, carry you through the first few pages until suddenly it's several hours later, it's dark outside and you haven't done any of the things you had planned for the afternoon.
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton is a great read, a thrilling murder mystery that will have you captivated from start to finish. Let's hope it's the start of many good things to come from Shona MacLean.
Fans of historical fiction may also enjoy Touching Distance by Rebecca Abrams.
The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona Maclean is in the Top Ten Historical Fiction Books.
You can read more book reviews or buy The Redemption of Alexander Seaton by Shona Maclean at Amazon.com.
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This study will use a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial design in order to assess the safety and efficacy of levalbuterol (LEV) compared to racemic albuterol (RAC) when delivered continuously in a high-dose regimen for children with severe exacerbations of asthma.
Children with severe asthma receiving continuous levalbuterol will have a shorter duration of continuous therapy as compared to racemic albuterol.
Children receiving continuous levalbuterol will have improved lung function measured by forced expiratory volume at 1 second (FEV1) as compared to racemic albuterol.
Children receiving continuous levalbuterol will have improved clinical asthma score as compared to racemic albuterol.
High-dose nebulized albuterol is standard therapy for severe asthma exacerbations at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and other tertiary care pediatric hospitals throughout the United States. For the most severe exacerbations, albuterol is provided continuously at high doses until improvement is observed. This regimen has been standardized in a treatment protocol that has been used at CHOP for more than 5 years. Recently, levalbuterol (LEV), the purified active (R)-enantiomer of albuterol, has been approved for use in acute asthma. Preliminary evidence suggests that LEV may improve pulmonary function and clinical outcomes in children with asthma based on studies using standard dosing regimens. Laboratory and clinical evidence suggest that the (S)-enantiomer of albuterol may have detrimental effects that contribute to poor response to racemic albuterol (RAC). Limited data exist about the efficacy of LEV in high-dose regimens.
This study will use a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial design in order to assess the safety and efficacy of LEV compared to RAC when delivered continuously in a high-dose regimen for severe exacerbations of asthma. Children treated for asthma exacerbations in the CHOP emergency department (ED) will be eligible for study enrollment. Those that meet enrollment criteria will be randomized to receive either high dose RAC according to the standard asthma care protocol or equivalent dosing of LEV. Approximately 128 patients with 64 in each arm of the study will be enrolled. An interim safety analysis will be conducted after the first 40 patients are enrolled. This study should be completed in six to nine months. The primary outcome will be duration of continuous therapy. Secondary outcomes will include improvement of clinical asthma score and change in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1). In addition, (R)-albuterol and (S)-albuterol levels will be measured at study entry and at 6-hour intervals in the first 40 patients enrolled. These values will be used to determine prior RAC exposure and to determine serum levels of (R) and (S) albuterol during continuous therapy.
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The Sanctuary Theatre and The Performing Knowledge Project present the world premiere of Song of Myself: The WHITMAN Project, an interdisciplinary poetry-in-performance piece that fuses Walt Whitman's famous American epic with music, photography, and film.
Yes, film! Oliver takes a short section of Whitman's American classic and with filmmaker Chad Lawrence creates I CONTAIN MULTITUDES and its "cast of thousands."
James Bennett in I Contain Multitudes
Song of Myself: The Whitman Project runs at the gallery space, Caos on F Street, which is located at 823 F St. NW, Second Floor (wheelchair accessible and well air conditioned). Performances take place on Thursday, July 10 at 9:15 pm, Sunday, July 13th at noon; Sunday, July 20th at 7:15pm; Wednesday, July 23rd at 7pm; and Saturday, July 26th at 4:00pm. Tickets ($17 + button) and Fringe Festival passes are available at capitalfringe.org, or by calling 866-811-4111.
Robert Michael Oliver adapted the one-man performance piece from Whitman's 1855 American classic. With the aid of an Artist Fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, he crafted the sixty-page poem into a visceral 75 minutes. Original musical compositions by Matt "SwampGuinee" Miller, John McGrath, and Doug Fraser combine with historic and contemporary photographs by Franc Rosario to bring this pre-Civil War celebration of the American spirit to life.
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Oliver embodies the multi-dimension persona of Whitman's famous poem, taking the audience on a wild ride through the poem's many American landscapes. He was last seen at the Fringe in 2011 when he presented the world premiere of Embodying Poe that gave flesh and voice to seven of Edgar Allan Poe's more mystical poems. In that show Oliver was called "a master artist" whose performance gave audiences a "spine-tingling entertainment." Although a poet-performer, who can also be seen performing his own poems at various venues around town, his most well known performance is in the award-winning comedic web-series Cap South, where Oliver plays the ferociously grumpy fixer Bushwick.
The creative team for The Whitman Project includes the previously mentioned musicians Matt "Swamp Guinea" Miller, John McGrath, and Doug Fraser, as well as photographer Francisco Rosario of Pyramid Arts Center, sound designer Elliot Lanes, and costume designer Elizabeth Bruce. The videographer Chad Lawrence, who has worked with Oliver previously, is creating the various montages that accompany the live action on stage. A host of other photographers, whose works now reside in the public domain, have also contributed to the film's scenography.


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Consider the impact of rape on a child: paedophiles must spend longer in jail
The partner of an abuse survivor convicted of killing a suspected paedophile calls for longer sentences for sexual offences against children
Lydia Smith
A child who has been raped or otherwise sexually assaulted can grow up to feel unsafe in the world, to feel that everyone is going to hurt it, to have little self-confidence, be fearful, isolated and angry. This child can feel powerless, fear losing control, and lack respect for and trust in authority.
All this is compounded and intensified if the child has no support, is met with disbelief or simply cannot tell anyone. A child is isolated by abuse.
The abuse breaks the normal bonds that hold society together, it transgresses boundaries. If there is family breakdown, no home stability and a lack of solid nurturing roots, such children are known to do less well at school because they are either not there or when they are there they can't concentrate.
Missing out on a consistent education and qualifications, their job prospects may be poor — they're more likely to be unemployed or on a low income, with no conventional means of earning a decent living.
The abused and isolated child may feel no link to the rest of humanity and there is a danger that the child will learn by imitation, surviving by aggression to bolster confidence, feeling unloved will not give love, feeling disrespected respects nobody, feeling powerless seeks control, lacking respect for elders and authority will not respect the law.
When the worst has already happened, what is there left to lose?
Of course, not all abused children have problems with the law. The effects of child abuse on adult male offending is under-researched but Janet Currie in 'Does Child Abuse Cause Crime?' finds that it is a significant factor in offending behaviour: it approximately doubles the probability of engaging in crime —more so for boys — and the probability increases with incidence and severity.
Abuse survivors in prison
It is difficult to find UK statistics relating to abuse survivors in prison but research by the Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) records a 28 to 37 per cent Yes response to the question "Were you a victim of childhood abuse?" (It is not clear how the respondents defined abuse). The survivors' group AMSOSA (Adult Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse) which counsels survivors in prison, puts the figure at 80 per cent. Surveys in the United States suggest 66 per cent of the prison population are survivors of abuse, with an even higher rate for women.
In traumatic situations it is common for victims to dissociate. A child being 'abused' (which is a very woolly term that does not fully express the horror of rape and sexual abuse) often learns to 'zone out' as a coping strategy — if he or she can't physically escape from what is happening, the child will detach from the situation; the mind splits into two.
This response may persist into adulthood to the extent that the survivor can slip from one facet of themselves to another so easily and frequently that they feel they are not functioning as a single person.
Survivors commonly report intrusive memories, vivid flashbacks so real it's like it's happening again, terrifying nightmares. Anything might trigger these off, including smells or sounds. These 'tuned out' states to try to blank-out the flashbacks can be achieved through drugs and alcohol, depression, and self-harm. In extreme cases this dissociation can develop into a dissociative personality disorder.
My partner David has been in prison for 16 years for killing a suspected paedophile, and he has attacked convicted abusers in jail. He was horrifically abused himself as a child. Neither his first abuser, nor any of the subsequent paedophiles in the children's homes he was sent to, were convicted. How can anyone grow up with a sense of self-worth and respect for a society that allows such people to walk free? David had no support, and developed a personality disorder in his twenties, prior to his offence. David does not think any of this is an excuse or justification.
We all have responsibility for our actions, we all have personal choice. Easy words. David is ill.
In the detached state of a personality disorder episode, when someone has 'switched', then reason, logic, reality, and consequences do not mean anything.
All that child's rage had to go somewhere. It is simple cause and effect. You cannot treat a child in this way and expect nothing to happen.
David 'switches' to the child he was and feels it is the child itself who is demonic, not what was done to that child. He is not himself and has no control over what is triggered off, and he has no proper memory of it afterwards. To try to overcome these violent feelings he engages in furious 'automatic writing' he equally has no control over. He will starve himself in an attempt to weaken the rage.
David was not born this way. His abusers may not have stabbed the man he killed but they certainly sharpened the blade.
At his trial he was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (emotionally unstable) and Conduct Disorder, which is found only in children, but this was not taken into account — it was decided he was 'bad not mad'. Instead of being referred to hospital and given treatment he was sent directly to jail, whose purpose is containment not help: having to be on guard 24 hours a day on busy wings full of bullies, at risk of violence and rape, frequent strip searches by male officers — and confronted daily by jailed paedophiles and other sex offenders.
David will not get out of prison until he can prove that he is not a danger to the very people who were so dangerous to him when he was a child.
It's a cruel irony of David's situation that he would be of less risk to paedophiles if he were free. It's on the inside, in prison, that he comes into regular contact with known identifiable paedophiles.
To prove that he is no longer a risk to paedophiles he has to sit peaceably in group therapy with them and listen to their point of view. There is surely no other therapeutic situation in existence where a vulnerable person would be put in such close contact with those responsible, and have to listen politely to their self-justifications.
Paedophiles in prison
Having been transferred to many prisons over the past fifteen years, always on wings where paedophiles are held, David has become familiar with their patterns of behaviour.
Photographs of their victims are given to them when they get the paperwork for their cases. They can be observed gathering round, sharing these crime-scene pictures, swapping stories, as enthusiasts do, bragging, enjoying glorying in their crimes.
They use pornography and get ideas from books by survivors, discuss strategies of how to continue offending without getting caught.
These men aren't sorry. They don't take responsibility for their actions. All is self-pity, excuse and justification. Released sex offender Andy Deaves has complained to the European Court of Human Rights that being on the Sex Offenders' Register "is in serious breach of not just mine but my family's human rights, fundamental freedoms, freedom of movement and Right to respect for private and family life. It also prevents us from returning to any kind of normal life after doing my sentence and paying my penance." No mention in Deaves's letter — published in prisoners' newspaper InsideTime — of his victim's chances of returning to a normal life.
Paedophiles and the law
Fifty-four year old Barry McCloud drug-raped a poverty-stricken ten year old girl in India after befriending her family. He was initially given a life-sentence with a tariff of eighteen years —reduced to fourteen years on a guilty plea (he shouldn't get credit for this; he couldn't very well deny it since he'd filmed himself doing it).
McCloud appealed this lenient sentence and at the High Court Justice Treacy, reducing it to a less draconian 'IPP' (Imprisonment for Public Protection) agreed that "life sentences should be reserved for even more serious criminals", claiming that "the offences were not so egregious as to require a term of life imprisonment".
Jo Sidhu, for McCloud, said in mitigation that "he restricted the abuse to one child". That's all right then. He had in fact downloaded child pornography images which is not a victimless crime and surely shows intent.
Perhaps the prevalence of child sex abuse has reduced its power to shock the courts.
The familiar bleat that most child abusers were themselves abused as children should be met with scepticism as another cynical attempt to get leniency in courts. The overwhelming majority of survivors would never pass the abuse on in this way. In any case it would be no excuse.
David Finkelhor, director of the New Hampshire-based Crimes Against Children Research Centre, identified a pattern of abuse: the abuser wants to abuse; overcomes his inhibitions to abuse; creates opportunities to abuse; and chooses to act. It is not a random, spontaneous lack of control; it is about control. They abuse children because they can. They are not ill. They know it is wrong and they choose to do it anyway.
In prison, when the balance of power is against them, they call on the law to help them out.
Attacks against paedophiles in prison are not uncommon. Prison hierarchy ranks sex offenders right at the bottom and delivers its own justice. Surprisingly, those known to have a burning hatred of paedophiles frequently find themselves opportunely placed on the same wings, like some interesting Roman sport.
Then the law steps in.
Ian Huntley, who killed two ten-year-old girls in 2002, wanted to sue the prison service for £100,000 damages for not protecting him against his attacker Damien Fowkes.
Fowkes went on to kill child sex killer Colin Hatch who had killed seven year old Sean Williams eleven weeks after getting out on parole, having served just two years of a three year sentence for a similar assault on another boy.
Fowkes got twenty years minimum. Huntley got twenty years for each girl.
Lee Foye, who is in prison for killing his young girlfriend, for which he got a sixteen-year tariff, went on to kill paedophile Robert Coello. Foye had said on numerous occasions in prison group therapy that he wanted to kill paedophiles but was told to "keep talking about it". So was Coello encouraged to keep talking about his offences — he loved bragging and was very vocal in the group about the four rapes and twelve other offences against a schoolgirl for which he'd received a tariff of seven years.
Foye has such a severe personality disorder that last year he cut off both of his own ears in the CSC in Woodhill prison. Four doctors recommend hospital; even the prosecution said he needs help.
But instead of receiving manslaughter due to diminished responsibility and a hospital order, he got another life sentence — this time with a tariff of thirty-five years.
Some might argue that the life of a man who rapes a schoolchild has as much value as the life of a 19 year old mother — but twice as valuable?
A quarter of child sex offenders are let off with a caution, according to records for 2008. Hundreds more get community penalties or suspended sentences, despite the seriousness of their crimes. In 2008, of 5123 offences against children, including rape, just 2559 were sent to jail. Almost a quarter (23 per cent) were given cautions, including thirty-six child rapists (918 community penalties, 302 suspended sentences). Half of all paedophiles escape prison terms.
The Sentencing Guidelines Council, whose guidelines are binding in crown courts in England & Wales, told judges in May 2007 in relation to child victims under thirteen that "it may be material in relation to sentence if the child agreed to sex" — which totally disregards the principle of the age of consent, to protect children because they're too young to make such decisions and are vulnerable to coercion.
The Chairman of the Parole Board, Sir David Latham, speaking on the Today programme in January 2011, admitted fears that more offences are committed by released dangerous offenders than official figures suggest.
The figures for recidivism for child abusers vary from 15 to 43 per cent, but these figures are meaningless anyway —reconviction is not the same as reoffending. A person who has been in prison, in any subgroup, may learn how not to get caught. Paedophiles learn better how to ensure their victims stay silent, often for decades.
Home Office estimates in 1993 state there were 110,000 men over 20 years with convictions for offences against children. 15 per cent of that figure is 16,500 men. That's a lot of men and a lot of victims. Every single crime can have devastating effect.
More than half of those child offenders supervised by the probation service and two thirds of those discharged from prison have not been through a sex offender treatment programme designed to counter distorted beliefs, help control deviant behaviour, take responsibility for their actions, and increase awareness of the impact on the victim. Many do not sign on the Sex Offenders Register for fear of reprisals and simply disappear. The Home Secretary Theresa May has recently bowed to a Supreme Court ruling that up to 1200 convicted sex offenders a year will be allowed to seek removal from the register.
Paedophiles' victims don't get a second chance. Why shouldn't paedophiles be kept in prison longer, punished for the damage they have caused, not released until they are demonstrably no longer a threat to children?
A child who cannot speak of its experience, is disbelieved or is otherwise not supported may express itself in other, antisocial ways. It is not uncommon for an abused child to end up in 'care', to be further abused, runs away, and as a homeless child/teenager again falls prey to predators. Is it any surprise that eventually something changes within that child?
David's mental health meetings in the Close Supervision Centre were often cancelled at short notice and there is such a high concentration of inmates with mental health problems that the psychiatrist simply does not have time to give them all the necessary attention. David was rejected by Broadmoor Hospital last year; they said his needs could best be met in prison but the fact is that nobody's needs are met in prison: that is not what prison is for.
An abuse survivor, like anybody else with mental health difficulties, needs consistent reliable one-to-one care with a psychologist or therapist in a sympathetic environment, not having to sit in with a group of paedophiles describing their crimes in graphic detail.
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood sends counsellors into prisons and has been getting support from the Ministry of Justice. They have found that if survivors get help in addressing the roots of their difficulties it helps break the cycle of offending. They will soon be delivering a pilot twelve-week course of group therapy at HMP Manchester. The survivors' group AMSOSA also counsels survivors in prison.
If a survivor can go through this painful process and stop offending, then so can paedophiles humbly accept punishment for their offending behaviour and the devastation they cause.
"Lydia Smith" and "David" are pseudonyms
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NRA Endorses Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate
Fairfax, Va.— On behalf of our five million members across the country, the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) today endorsed Marco Rubio for the office of U.S. Senate in the Florida Republican primary.
"Marco Rubio is a strong advocate for the rights of law-abiding gun owners and sportsmen," said Chris W. Cox, chairman, NRA-PVF. "He has fought to preserve our Second Amendment freedoms and hunting heritage, and stood strong against President Obama, Hillary Clinton and former New York City billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg's extreme gun-control agenda."
Rubio has earned the highest attainable "A+" rating from the NRA. That rating is reserved for legislators who have excellent voting records on Second Amendment issues and who have vigorously fought to promote and defend the right to keep and bear arms.
Among Rubio's noteworthy accomplishments:
Opposes the Obama administration's efforts to ban firearms, ammunition and magazines, as well as efforts to create a so-called "universal" background check system that would criminalize the private transfer of firearms.
Sponsored legislation to stop the Obama administration from executing an abusive practice – known as "Operation Choke Point" – in which the Department of Justice intimidates banks into refusing or severing financial services to legally operated ammunition and firearms dealers.
Introduced legislation to restore the fundamental individual right of D.C. residents to keep and bear arms. Opposes anti-gun Supreme Court nominees. Voted in favor of Concealed Carry Reciprocity legislation.
Opposes anti-gun Supreme Court nominees. Voted in favor of Concealed Carry Reciprocity legislation.
"On behalf of the NRA's five million members, I want to thank Marco for his support of the Second Amendment and urge all NRA members, gun owners and sportsmen in Florida to vote Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate in the Republican primary on Aug. 30, " concluded Cox.
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OsOs: Student Designers Create
Cassie Potler
Tons of women nationwide are making a huge impact on the world of fashion, all while still being college undergrads. Each month, we'll profile a different student designer and give you the inside scoop on her life—and her line of work.
Student Designer: Carly Franks, Philadelphia University '07
Clothing Line: OsOs, http://ososclothing.com
What is OsOs?
Take an entire history book, blend it into one fashion line, and you've got OsOs. Carly Franks, who graduated from Philadelphia University in 2007, currently designs, sews, creates, and sells the clothing at a boutique she co-owns in South Philadelphia called Sweet Jane. The line takes inspiration from the early 1900s all the way to the 1980s, and then adds a touch of modern feel. What makes OsOs unique from other vintage-inspired lines is that one element in each item is truly from another era. A button on a pair of shorts, leather ties on a dress, even a piece of fabric sewed into the inner pockets of a jacket—every single item has true vintage feel. "Every piece is comfortable, wearable, and unique enough to stand on it's own. No accessories needed," Franks says.
How it began Two years ago, when fashion design students Beth Santos and Carly Franks were about to start their final semester at Philadelphia University, someone from NYC contacted them asking to sell their clothes wholesale. "We had just put some photographs of our clothes on MySpace for fun," says Franks, "We weren't expecting anything."
The semester began and the girls carried a full course load, developed their senior collection, and started their company—all while attempting to stay sane. The two best friends spent night after night delirious in their school's sewing labs: drinking coffee, dancing to 70s music, giggling and singing their hearts out. Clara Henry, Director of the Fashion Design Program at PU, remembers Santos and Franks as "beyond their years, hard-working, and self-motivated." She watched them grow from nervous freshmen to confident seniors, ready to reach out to the design community and the public. "I remember I was in awe of a spiraling seam on a coat sleeve that they had engineered which was so beautifully designed," Henry says, "They have a great eye for details and interesting treatments."
OsOs after college Santos and Franks graduated and quickly threw themselves into their work. Beth's apartment was the company's office where they prepared their new collection by sketching, cutting, sewing, and sending out line sheets day-in and day-out. "We had to be really regimented and strict because we were our own bosses," says Franks. The girls ended up getting second jobs to help fund their efforts. Despite each piece being handmade and unique to the others, they kept prices reasonable. "It's important that our clothes be affordable to our friends, and people like us," Franks says. OsOs shorts go for around $48, while dresses sell for around $100.
Santos and Franks were best friends, co-workers, and co-designers. While others were checking out the newest clothing at the mall, they were elbows-deep in thrift store boxes. "We had similar design aesthetics and similar tastes, so it worked really well," says Franks.
An unexpected rip in the seams "This past month, Beth realized she wanted to take a different career path," says Franks, who is determined to keep OsOs going. Franks believes what will carry the line is its versatility. "An older woman comes in [to Sweet Jane] and tries on pieces that a high school student may have bought yesterday." Frank's advice for college students who also dream of creating their own fashion line is to focus on school as much as you can. "Get the most out of your courses, and have a good sense of what you want to do." Henry encourages others to develop relationships with their professors as Franks and Carlos did: "Faculty accessibility during school has led to strong friendships and support which continues between them." Franks plans on getting interns to help her as she continues the company on her own. The line has a home in her store, Sweet Jane, and online at OsOs.Etsy.com. Although they no longer work together, the girls remain best friends.
Cassie Potler is a senior at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA where she's majoring in Media Arts and Design with a concentration in Print Journalism and a minor in Art. In addition to writing for HerCampus.com, Cassie works as a review editor for the James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal and a photographer for "Picture It! JMU." She enjoys traveling the world and spent this past summer studying abroad in Ireland. Cassie grew up in Glenwood, MD where she was raised to be a devoted Ravens football fan. Her top guilty pleasures include stalking celebrities through Perez Hilton and watching old seasons of The OC repeatedly. She thoroughly enjoys watching summer storms, dancing to live music, and the McDonald's dollar menu.
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Go Big with Exponential HFSS Innovation
The old adage: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," is as offensive to innovators as it is to grammarians. Just because something works well, doesn't mean it cannot work better. As times change and technology advances, you're either moving forward or being left behind.
If you haven't upgraded to the latest Ansys HFSS electromagnetic simulation software, you don't know what you're missing. Imagine if you could solve huge, complete electromagnetic designs while preserving the accuracy and reliability provided by HFSS. Imagine if you could solve a full SO-DIMM module, its printed circuit board (PCB) and packaging while preserving complete 3D electromagnetics. That and more is now possible with HFSS. How will that change your design methodology? How much faster will you get to market? How much better products will you deliver?
Electromagnetic Simulation Evolves
The need for speed and capacity continues to increase significantly, and HFSS has kept pace since it was released in 1990. For example, in a typical coax-to-waveguide transition the matrix size was about 10,000 elements and solving for a single frequency (the adaptive part of the simulation solution) consumed more than 10 hours. Today, the evolution of hardware has driven the need to solve huge designs, such as an anechoic chamber, and more complex designs, such as that full SO-DIMM module with its PCB and packaging mentioned earlier.
As simulation demands evolved, HFSS high-performance computing (HPC) technology has evolved right along with them to meet the demand. Desktop computers with multiple processors were introduced in the late 1990s. With this innovation, HFSS delivered Matrix Multiprocessing (MP) to enable HFSS users to simulate faster, driving faster time to market.
Now, HFSS leverages multiple cores at a much higher level. Individual cores solve dense frontal matrices in parallel, providing a typical 2.5x to 3x speed up over 8 cores. In a recent SO-DIMM to UDIMM Connector application, Smart Modular Tech achieved more than a 5x speed up utilizing 10 CPU cores to solve the design that had 2.3 million tetrahedra mesh elements, a matrix size of 10 million and a .58 mixed-order solution.
Graphical processing units (GPUs) turbo boost HFSS' finite element method (FEM) solvers, providing a typical further 2x speed up. The GPU tackles the largest of the matrices. This is all easily managed by the user. Just specify the number of nodes and number of cores, and HFSS optimizes the simulation run.
MP is not limited to a single machine. The HFSS distributed memory matrix (DMM) solver provides access to more memory and cores. This enables the greatest accuracy, lowest noise floor and best efficiency for many ports with uncompromised accuracy.
We continue to refine DMM in HFSS. In 2014, it was used to solve a trunk mounted antenna design with a matrix size of 12 million, consuming 714 GB RAM distributed over six machines (128 GB RAM per machine). Back then, this design was solved in three hours. We can now simulate an eight-layer DIMM module with two-layer packages attached to the PCB. A complex model with 64 signals and 128 ports, and a matrix size of 21 million elements was solved on Ansys Cloud. Initial meshing took 45 minutes, adaptive meshing took 2.5 hours and frequency sweep took 3.75 hours, consuming a total of 262 GB RAM. The more matrices we can solve in parallel, the more we can speed up the solution.
While MP speeds up the initial meshing time, we also need to speed up the remaining simulation steps. In the above figures, you can see the profile of a design created by HFSS. You can see we are using a distributed matrix solution, and the software determined that eight processors would provide the optimal resource.
If we can solve 21 million unknowns in seven hours, what else can we do? We have shattered the 100 million unknowns barrier. As a result of continuous innovation, the speed up in HFSS has been exponential, ranging from 10,000 unknowns in 1990 to over 100 million unknowns today.
Two of the innovations that contribute to such impressive speed boosts are IC Mode, a new solver option in HFSS 3D Layout, and ECADXplorer, which improved our GDS translation.
We have also sped up the frequency sweeps. Spectral Decomposition Method (SDM) allows the points in the frequency sweep to be solved in parallel. This innovation was first introduced in 2014, providing speedups of over 5x. Since then, we have continuously improved the algorithms and introduced new innovations, such as the S-Parameters Only Matrix Solve.
By providing a smaller memory point for frequency sweeps, we can achieve a 10-20% speed up per solution point. By only holding matrix memory for S-Parameters, we can achieve a 3x memory reduction, which enables you to solve more frequency points in parallel with the freed-up memory, resulting in faster frequency sweeps without compromising accuracy.
Electromagnetic Simulation Examples
Here are some examples of the simulation speed up you can expect with HFSS.
1. Package layout
A package originally simulated with HFSS 3D 2017.2, ran 2.4x faster by simply using HFSS 3D Layout. The adaptive meshing time reduced from 1 hour to 9 minutes. When using HFSS 2020 R2 3D Layout, the same package simulation ran 5.6x faster.
With every release, we are making improvements that speed up your simulations. This is a simple comparison that you can run with your own designs to show why upgrading to the latest release is well worthwhile.
2. Ground net
Another example is an entire ground net with only the critical nets simulated vs. taking a cut to simulate it. This simulation ran in about 4 hours in HFSS 2020 R2 with the cut. With the new Auto Fast setting, the entire ground structure with the critical nets takes 10 hours 24 minutes. This is a complete simulation of the design without compromise, rather than just simulating part of the design.
3. Board design
A complete board design with a cutout was simulated in HFSS 3D 2017.2 in about 18 hours. Switching to HFSS 3D Layout decreased the simulation time by 3.4x. Upgrading to HFSS 2020 R1, the design ran in 4.5 hours. By simulating on Ansys Cloud with more processors and RAM, the simulation time decreases by an additional 4.6x.
4. Crosstalk
Our final example is from Socionext. A 14-layer PAM4 package design with microvias and very tight crosstalk design requirements make crosstalk accuracy a key concern. We would typically look at critical nets and do a cutout for this to only simulate part of the design to save time. Instead, we will look at the full package.
Running on Ansys Cloud with 128 cores and 240 GB RAM distributed across eight tasks, HFSS meshes and solves the entire complex package in 18 hours.
As the Socionext example shows, as HFSS capabilities advance, so do Ansys best practices. When HFSS was limited by RAM, best practices included doing tight legacy cutouts. Now, HFSS can handle larger, simpler cutouts with similar results in run time and improved accuracy as more adjacent effects are understood. The simulation run took 68 minutes to simulate while the entire package took 7 hours, allowing you to focus on your critical nets more quickly.
Ansys continually innovates in HFSS. Each release provides faster simulation without compromising accuracy. HFSS solver technology now enables massive layout geometry handling capacity. If you haven't used the latest HFSS, you don't know what you're missing.
Learn more about HFSS here.
Lisa Murphy
Manager Application Engineering, Ansys
The cornerstone of HFSS is its automatic adaptive meshing, characterized by:
Efficiency — only placing mesh elements where needed.
Accuracy — placing mesh elements according to Maxwell's Equations.
Reliability — making design decisions with confidence.
Repeatability — providing the same answer every time.


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MIKE DUCKERING
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Mike Duckering was born in Nottingham, and moved to Devon with his family as a young boy. He first studied architecture at the University of Bath under Professor Ken Smithies, a renowned pioneer of modern architectural design theory. After graduating he worked for many years as an architect in Bristol, establishing his own practice in 1986. Art has been an ongoing interest, and after retiring from architecture, he went on to study art at the University of Gloucestershire, gaining a BA Fine Art degree in 2013. Mike now lives and works in Cheltenham, where he has a studio at Lansdown Art Studios. His work has been exhibited and sold at a number of galleries and exhibitions, including Hadfield Fine Art, Sevenhampton; Lime Tree Gallery, Bristol; Little Buckland Gallery, Broadway; the Affordable Art Fair in Bristol and the Royal West of England Academy.
"The primary focus of my work is the perception of places; places that I know and inhabit, places remembered, and places visited. I seek to explore and develop my own visual interpretation and mark making, which can vary from a loose abstract reality to the wholly graphic. My work often begins as a detailed pencil drawing made directly onto the board or canvas, and whilst the ultimate image may bear little or no resemblance to this starting point, it is nevertheless a meaningful part of the final work. The subject matter is often the Cheltenham locality, and also Bristol, where I lived and worked for many years. Other sources of inspiration come from trips abroad, where the experience of different cultures provides stimulating opportunities for new work. The energy in my work reflects the strong emotional relationship that exists between humans and their environment - the spiritual and innate bond to landscape and buildings that is the essence of place."
I first discovered Mike's paintings at his degree show in June 2013 and bought one on the spot. His work stood out in its composition, execution and use of colour. It wasn't a surprise to learn that Mike had been an architect before his decision to pursue a Fine Art degree. His works are quite expressive and built up with layers of paint, but there is a solidity and precision in the composition. Somehow I knew that under all that paint, there was someone with great draughtsmanship and who was serious about his practice. Mike's paintings are very much rooted to a particular place; not the usual visual representation of a location, but more his own response to it. Thus, scenes of Cheltenham or Bristol which are familiar to him, come to look dreamy and elevated with atmosphere, in the way that Venice is often romanticised.
I have talked to many people about Mike's work over the years. People seem to understand his sense of place and the feeling around it, whether it be optimistic or nostalgic. They respond to his tonal use of colour with little bursts of yellow or red underneath, even when the image has been pared down to the minimum. They appreciate the creativity, thought and interpretation which make his paintings so unique in today's culture of digital and repetitive imagery.
Sally Coelho, Hadfield Fine Art
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STUDIO S6 LANSDOWN ART STUDIOS LANSDOWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE GLOUCESTER ROAD CHELTENHAM GL51 8PLS
© 2018 Mike Duckering


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Q: Add toggle button for mobile sub-menus Been playing with this for hours but not getting anywhere, please help!
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John Price is keen to give All In Brawl the chance to work through his grades during a summer campaign the trainer believes can start on a positive note on Pakenham Cup day.
Three-year-old All In Brawl began his racing career with a comfortable win on the Geelong Synthetic track in July over 1000m.
He then stepped out at Moonee Valley in early August over 1100m and looked the winner after rounding the field before being narrowly beaten by Mig Energy.
Price then gave All In Brawl a spell and the gelding makes his re-appearance in Saturday's John Duff & Co 3YO BM70 Handicap (1000m) at Pakenham on the back of an impressive jump-out earlier this week at Cranbourne with race jockey Ben Melham aboard.
"He's still a big rangy horse but he had a jump-out the other day and went extremely well," Price said.
"He jumped quickly then Ben got right back to last then he worked home really well.
"I think that should have brought him on a little bit. He looks terrific so I'm really looking forward to it.
"I tend to just worry about my horse and not worry about the others but I'd like to think he knows what he's doing a fraction better now and I think he should go very well."
Price said he would take it one step at a time with All In Brawl, who the trainer hopes to be able to stretch out to 1200m at some stage.
All In Brawl's performances in his coming starts this summer are likely to determine where Price targets the gelding next preparation.
"Tomorrow is going to tell us a fair bit," the trainer said.
"He will have two, maybe three starts and if he comes through that and we still have got a promising horse then we'll try to pick something out for him.
"But they've got to build a bit bigger portfolio than what he's got at the moment."
All In Brawl was the $3.60 favourite on race eve while Price will also saddle up seven-year-old mare Tykiato in Saturday's Fulmen Park F&M BM78 Handicap (1400m).


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Alessandro Blasetti (Rome, 3 juli 1900 – aldaar, 1 februari 1987) was een Italiaans filmregisseur en scenarist. Hij draaide 35 langspeelfilms, aanvankelijk hoofdzakelijk drama's, later meer en meer komedies. Hij wordt beschouwd als de enige belangrijke cineast, samen met Mario Camerini, uit het Mussolinitijdperk. Hij beïnvloedde mede het Italiaans neorealisme. Hij bracht ook het filmkoppel Sophia Loren - Marcello Mastroianni voor het eerst samen. In enkele films heeft hij zichzelf gespeeld, onder meer in Bellissima van Luchino Visconti. Hierin verscheen hij in de scène waar de dochter van hoofdrolspeelster Anna Magnani een auditie ging doen in Cinecittà.

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Opleiding en filmcriticus
Nadat Blasetti school had gelopen op de militaire academie in Rome (1917-1918), ging hij rechten studeren aan de Universiteit van Rome. Hij huwde in 1923, ging aan de slag als bankbediende en studeerde af in 1924. Zijn passie voor film zorgde ervoor dat hij in 1925 een filmrubriek opstartte in L'Impero, onder de naam Lo Schermo. Het was de allereerste filmrubriek die in een Italiaanse krant verscheen. In 1927 richtte hij cinematografo (1927-1931) op, net als Lo Spettacolo d'Italia (1927-1928). Tot 1928 schreef hij veel, zowel voor zijn eigen bladen als voor anderen.

Filmregisseur

Wegbereider van het neorealisme
Met de financiële steun van zijn lezers richtte hij in 1928 de productiecoöperatieve Augustus op en stapte hij over naar het regisseren. Zijn eerste (nog stomme) film, het drama Sole, was al een succes, niet in de laatste plaats omdat hij er de drooglegging van moerasgronden in ter sprake bracht, een thema dat het fascistisch regime nauw aan het hart lag. De film wordt beschouwd als een voorloper van het neorealisme. Van deze film zijn slechts enkele taferelen overgebleven. Twee andere films van Blasetti, het historisch drama 1860 (1934) en de tragikomedie Quattro passi fra le nuvole (1942), zouden later zijn naam als wegbereider van het neorealisme bevestigen.

Komedies en Gino Cervi
Met zijn derde film, Nerone (1930), een parodie op het keizerlijke Rome van Nero, bewees hij dat hij ook komische films kon verwezenlijken.  Met de avonturenkomedie Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa (1939) bracht hij een van de succesrijkste Italiaanse films van de jaren dertig op het grote scherm. Gino Cervi, met wie hij 7 films maakte, speelde de titelrol.
Cervi vertolkte ook een hoofdrol in Quattro passi fra le nuvole (1942), de film waardoor Blasetti bekend zou blijven, en in groots opgezette succesvolle producties zoals La corona di ferro (1941), een avonturenfilm, en Fabiola (1949), een prestigieus opgezette sandalenfilm.

Fascistische bijval
In 1934 draaide hij het drama Vecchia guardia, een film die de sfeer op de vooravond van de Mars op Rome opriep in een voor de fascistische zaak gewonnen familie. De prent gaat door voor de bekendste fascistisch geïnspireerde Italiaanse film en viel erg in de smaak van Hitler.

De jaren vijftig
Het genre van de komedie verfijnde hij pas in de jaren vijftig. Hij deed daartoe een beroep op rasacteurs zoals Vittorio De Sica en Marcello Mastroianni. Met Peccato che sia una canaglia (1954) en La fortuna di essere donna (1955) leverde hij twee sprankelende komedies af. Sophia Loren en Marcello Mastroianni speelden er voor het eerst samen. Het scenario van beide komedies vloeide uit de pen van Suso Cecchi D'Amico. Als een der eersten deed hij het genre van de sketchenfilm opbloeien, een genre dat heel populair werd in Italië. Na Altri tempi (Zibaldone n. 1) (1952) en het vervolg Tempi nostri (Zibaldone n. 2) (1954) volgde nog zijn aandeel in de collectieve sketchenfilm Le quattro verità (1962) waarin vier cineasten een fabel van Jean de La Fontaine verfilmden.

Televisie
Vanaf 1962 werkte hij ook voor de televisie. Opmerkelijk waren de tweedelige film Napoli 1860 : la fine dei Borboni (1970) en de driedelige miniserie Racconti di fantascienza (1979).

In 1967 was hij voorzitter van de jury op het Filmfestival van Cannes.

Blasetti stierf in 1987 op 86-jarige leeftijd.

Filmografie

Regisseur van langspeelfilms
 1929: Sole
 1930: Resurrectio
 1930: Nerone
 1931: Terra madre
 1931: Palio
 1932: La tavola dei poveri
 1933: Il caso Haller
 1934: 1860
 1934: L'impiegata di papà
 1934: Vecchia guardia
 1935: Aldebaran
 1937: Contessa di Parma
 1938: Ettore Fieramosca
 1939: Retroscena
 1939: Un'avventura di Salvator Rosa
 1941: La corona di ferro
 1941: La cena delle beffe
 1942: Quattro passi fra le nuvole
 1943: Nessuno torna indietro
 1945: Un giorno nella vita
 1949: Fabiola
 1950: Prima comunione
 1952: Altri tempi (Zibaldone n. 1)
 1952: La fiammata
 1954: Tempi nostri (Zibaldone n. 2)
 1954: Peccato che sia una canaglia (naar het kortverhaal Il fanatico van Alberto Moravia)
 1955: La fortuna di essere donna
 1957: Amore e chiacchiere (Salviamo il panorama)
 1958: Europa di notte  (documentaire)
 1961: Io amo, tu ami... (documentaire)
 1962 : Le quattro verità (episode La lepre e la tartaruga) (naar de fabels van Jean de La Fontaine)
 1963: Liolà (naar het gelijknamige toneelstuk van Luigi Pirandello)
 1966: Io, io, io... e gli altri
 1967: La ragazza del bersagliere
 1969: Simon Bolivar

Acteur
 1935: Aldebaran (enige fictierol, verschijning van enkele seconden)
 1951: Bellissima (Luchino Visconti) (zichzelf)
 1961: Una vita difficile (Dino Risi) (zichzelf)
 1977: Il mistero di Cinecittà (Mario Ferrero) (zichzelf)

Prijzen
 1941: La corona di ferro : Coppa Mussolini voor Beste Italiaanse film op het Filmfestival van Venetië
 1946: Un giorno nella vita : Nastro d'Argento voor Beste regisseur
 1951: Prima comunione : Nastro d'Argento voor Beste regisseur en Beste scenario
 1963: Premi David di Donatello : Targa d'oro
 1966: Io, io, io... e gli altri : Premi David di Donatello voor Beste regisseur
 1982: Gouden Leeuw voor een ganse carrière op het Filmfestival van Venetië

Bibliografie
 Gianfranco Gori: Alessandro Blasetti, Il Castoro Cinema n. 108, Editrice Il Castoro, 1984.

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The Puente Hills Fault: The Los Angeles Area's Biggest Monster
Written by Landlord Property Management Magazine on November 9, 2020 . Posted in Blog, Uncategorized
By Ali Sahabi
Tokyo had Godzilla. But, Los Angeles, for more than a century, has feared the notorious San Andreas Fault. However, we Angelenos have been overlooking a closer and even more deadly monster: the Puente Hills fault, which could kill more people and cause more damage in the Los Angeles Area than the San Andreas because it lies under vulnerable, older neighborhoods, and can produce heavy reverberations felt over a wide area.
A study by the University of Southern California found that the Puente Hills fault has the capacity to produce "the costliest disaster in U.S. history." As many as 18,000 people could die, 735,000 could lose their homes, and up to 100,000 tons of debris may be generated. The total economic loss would be as high as $252 billion.[i] The United States Geological Survey (USGS) presented similar projections, noting that Puente Hills' destructive power is five times that of the San Andreas. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake on the nearby Puente Hills fault would cause the same destruction as an 8.0 magnitude earthquake on the more distant San Andreas fault – with an 8.0 magnitude earthquake releasing 16 times the energy of a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.
The Giant Awakes?
A Puente Hills fault rupture happens once every 3,000 years, according to the USGS. The fault, first discovered in 1999, runs about 25 miles through the Los Angeles basin, from downtown Los Angeles, through southeast Los Angeles County creating a cross-stitch pattern under cities such as South Gate, Downey, Norwalk, and surrounding communities extending into Orange and San Bernardino counties.
The 6.0 magnitude October 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake first led to the discovery of the Puente Hills fault. This was followed by quakes in Chino Hills (2008), Pico Rivera (2010), and La Habra (2014).
A team of scientists from Harvard, the University of Southern California, and the University of California at Los Angeles produced a report in 2017 showing accelerating slip rates along this fault. "This increase in rate implies that the magnitudes and/or the frequency of earthquakes on this fault segment have increased over time," the report concluded. "This challenges the characteristic earthquake model and presents an evolving and potentially increasing seismic hazard to metropolitan Los Angeles[ii]."
Thrust Quake Dangers
The Puente Hills fault causes a thrust earthquake, which tends to rupture with one side of the fault pushing up and over the bottom side. It shares this quality with other nearby faults that sparked the Sylmar, Whittier Narrows and Northridge earthquakes. Thrust earthquakes create an accumulated strain that bends the earth's crust in spots, where the fault has locked up. Seismologists believe that these areas are the spots most prone to future earthquakes. The force behind these types of earthquakes reflects the incredible amount of energy needed to move two tectonic plates toward each other at a rate of about one inch every three years.
It may sound easy to locate these trouble spots, but the reality is that many of these high-pressure areas are located deep underground and cannot be seen or detected – until they burst. Seismologists call these "blind thrust faults."
These faults also present an added danger because they are located along the Los Angeles basin, where local soil conditions are prone to liquefaction – a phenomenon that causes the earth to move like Jell-O when shaken. When it occurs beneath vulnerable buildings and other structures, the results can be catastrophic. This is what happened during the 1994 Northridge earthquake on Balboa Boulevard in Granada Hills, where a gas main was ruptured by lateral spreading and caught fire, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Liquefaction also contributed to the devastation of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake – when soil and debris used to fill in a lagoon to build the Marina District subsided, fractured, and caused horizontal sliding of the ground surface. The Atlantic magazine, in 2019, describes the effects of liquefaction as horrifying: "Videos of its occurrence look like found-footage documentaries of the Second Coming, Buildings seem to simply slip away, the earth gives out, and the once-steady structures slide into the morass."
Monster quakes are inevitable in California, but they do not have to be disasters. It is important to be prepared for their inevitable arrival. If your apartment building is in the Greater Los Angeles region, it may very well be at risk. Optimum Seismic offers complimentary consultations to help you know the risks you may face, and the steps you can take to save lives, protect your assets and your livelihood.
Ali Sahabi, a licensed General Engineering Contractor (GEC), is an expert in seismic resilience and sustainability. He is Chief Operating Officer of Optimum Seismic, Inc., which has completed more than 3,500 seismic retrofitting and renovation projects for multifamily residential, commercial, and industrial buildings throughout California.
[i] University of Southern California, "Loss Estimates for a Puente Hills Blind-Thrust Earthquake in Los Angeles, California," Edward H. Field, et. al., 2005.
[ii] Geo Science World, "Accelerating slip rates on the Puente Hills blind thrust fault system beneath metropolitan Los Angeles, California, USA. Kristian Bergen et al, 2017.


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College Student Shuts Down Female Body Shamers Once and For All with a Powerful Post
by | Apr 2, 2018 | Lifestyle, TU Instant
The internet is filled with cruel people whose sole goal in life seems to be belittling and bring others down. Even women body shaming other women is rampant on social media. One college student decided she wanted to take a stand against these hateful messages and spread a little encouragement along the way.
Sara Petty, a student at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, went to the internet to find Tweets and social media post that body shamed women for wearing certain outfits that others took issue with. Apparently, some believe some outfits are "inappropriate" for larger people to wear since they don't fit "society's norm."
The 20-year-old Petty began posting photos on social media of herself in a bikini and other "skimpy" outfits.
She did this to inspire and empower women who may be dealing with online animosity on a daily basis. In one picture of her smiling in a bikini, Petty attached a comment she found on the internet that read: "Please don't wear a bikini if you're 200 plus pounds. Thanks."
Another comment read: "If you're 200 lbs, maybe a bikini isn't for you." In an image of her in a pair of shorts and a crop top, one Twitter post read, "Sorry, but if you are over 200 lbs, you shouldn't be trying to fit your fat a** in a crop top. You cannot pull it off."
In the four pictures she posted, she wrote a caption: "Girls: Wear whatever the hell you want" as a response to those who body shame women they have never met, and would probably never approach in real life to say those hurtful comments.
She was immediately met with praise and support from other women. According to the Daily Mail, since publishing the pictures online, Petty's post has surpassed 72,000 retweets.
One of her supporters named Laurita commented, "It's so sad that all of the tweets are from girls about girls."
Petty appreciates the support but claims her mission is simple: "Girls, stop tearing other girls down. Empower one another!"
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Fifa crisis: Australian police agree to look into $500,000 paid to Jack Warner
Australian federal police confirms it has been asked to investigate the payment to the former soccer powerbroker
Thu 28 May 2015 20.38 EDT Last modified on Fri 14 Jul 2017 17.05 EDT
Police stand guard as an ambulance leaves the state prison in Port-of-Spain on Thursday. According to local media Jack Warner left jail in Trinidad and Tobago via ambulance Photograph: Andrea de Silva/Reuters
Australian police may investigate a payment of $500,000 by Football Federation Australia (FFA) to Jack Warner after the former soccer powerbroker was arrested in a sweeping corruption probe launched by US authorities this week.
Australia's national soccer governing body claimed the payment was made as part of "mandatory" Fifa bidding criteria during the country's failed bid for the 2022 World Cup but was misappropriated by Warner.
Bonita Mersiades, a former senior member of Australia's bid team, and the independent senator Nick Xenophon had written to the Australian federal police (AFP) asking it to investigate the payment, the AFP said.
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"The AFP can confirm it has been contacted ... and asked to provide advice in relation to this matter," it said on Friday. "The AFP will assess the letters and provide advice in due course."
The FFA, whose senior management is in Zurich for the Fifa congress, was not available for comment.
However, it has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in its World Cup bid and said the 2010 payment was intended to fund a feasibility study for a "centre of excellence" project in the Caribbean.
A 2013 investigation by Concacaf, the soccer governing body for North America, Central America and the Caribbean, said the payment was misappropriated by Warner, a former president of Concacaf.
Warner resigned from his soccer roles in 2011 amid corruption allegations but was among more than a dozen soccer, media and promotions officials indicted by US authorities this week.
The US Justice Department has alleged he solicited $10m in bribes from the South African government to host the 2010 World Cup. Warner denied the allegations and was released on bail after a court appearance in Port of Spain.
The FFA said last year that it had cooperated with Michael Garcia, Fifa's appointed investigator into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids, regarding the payment and reported it to the Australian government.
Australia's sports ministry referred queries about the bid to the FFA.
Mersiades left Australia's bid team a year before the World Cup vote, later citing personal differences and discomfort with the team's strategy of using highly paid consultants to influence Fifa members.
She was one of two prominent whistleblowers who cooperated with Garcia, but her evidence was largely discredited in a summary of his investigation released by Fifa's ethics judge, Hans-Joachim Eckert, last year.
Xenophon, a long-time critic of Fifa and Australia's failed bid, urged the federal government to denounce the Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, and request a fresh vote for the 2022 World Cup.
Eckert's summary found some wrongdoing committed by teams bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups but not enough to reopen the bidding process. Garcia subsequently quit his role as investigator, saying his report had been misrepresented.
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Bonobo AKA Simon Green is one of dance music's most paradoxical characters. He loves to DJ but is best known for his live performances. He's considered a pioneering chill-out artist but hates being described as such. His career has been under-the-radar but he's also one of the biggest artists in dance music today.
It's lead to Green being as much a favourite of an experienced head as a fresh fan. His tunes and melodies, always luscious and intricate, lend themselves to any kind of moment at any time of day. People are always up for a bit of Bonobo.
It wasn't always this way, he was a staple of organic electronic music in the 2000's but never seemed to find the next level. That all seemed to change with 'Black Sands', followed by 'The North Borders' and this year's 'Migration'. Now living in LA, Green is global and much-loved. And it feels like it couldn't have happened to a more deserving guy.
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