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Tacking on the Styx
The Science and Experience of Epilepsy
Epilepsy & Its Treatment – What is Going On?
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So you think there might be more to suffering from epilepsy than simply having numerous seizures? Searching for a holistic view of the emotional, physical, and social issues vexing a sufferer? Desiring empathy either for others or from others? Tacking on the Styx offers an impassioned view of a stigmatized illness but not at the expense of the nitty – gritty side of reality. It will sail you close to the shores of Hades before turning back about for the shores of Earth. Can you handle the education en route?
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According to the World Health Organization, the burden of disease for epilepsy, worldwide (inclusive of early death, time lived in poor health, and a person's diminished contribution to the economy), stands at 0.5%. Against a backdrop of all medical conditions, that figure is higher than it seems. A clearer understanding of the disease's psychological impacts can aide society as a whole.
Epilepsy in days gone by: Sometime during the last century, behavioural therapists took flight from people with epilepsy. Taking refuge behind semantics, they cordoned off epilepsy from other mental illnesses and increasingly left the treatment of patients to their peers who practiced neurology. The organic causes of the disease had been defined and could then, physiologically at last, be treated through medication and surgery.
However, all diseases have some level of organic causation yet psychologists fill useful roles in helping patients to cope all the same, so was this redefinition fair? In Tacking on the Styx (Authorhouse Press), Jeffrey Hatcher, Ph.D., poses the question to college students, to practitioners–in-training, and to family members of persons with the disease. Each of these three groups of people will find parts of the book particularly meaningful for understanding not only patients but the practice of epilepsy treatment, itself.
Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet. An epileptic or sick person having a fit on a stretcher
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To link to these disparate groups, Hatcher takes advantage of his research background to report on the science of epileptology while retaining the objectivity of one outside of the medical profession. Just as importantly, he offers a level of candor in the discussion of various issues which is unattainable for the medical professional, as Dr. Hatcher is also a member of the patient community. As such, he understands the ways in which epilepsy is very much a mental illness.
As a person with epilepsy, he shares his meditations on the meaning of professional work accommodation for someone with a mental illness and on relationships, both of a personal kind and in the world of employment. He provides the reader with information about surgery's potential effects upon emotional perception – a particularly troubling topic for some patients. Further, he challenges psychiatrists, surgeons, and neurologists to address psychological issues of epilepsy by going above and beyond seizure control in treating patients.
In "Tacking on the Styx," Hatcher takes a unique, three-pronged approach to prepare the reader for tackling challenges in perceiving the disease. First, he makes the complicated medical literature accessible to the lay reader and to the student. To understand the challenges that society imposes upon patients, one first must understand the moment –by – moment mental and physical problems that arise in epilepsy. Hence, Hatcher reviews technical literature for the reader which is pertinent to understanding both aura and the diverse automatisms that may cause stigmatization of the disease.
…it behooves the wise man to look with a bold eye into those rarer dangers which sometime invade men, and to familiarize himself with disgusting forms of disease…
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Heroism
Tacking on the Styx ventures into areas of science that doctors choose not to discuss for reasons of the subject matter or their work load. Hatcher distinguishes the simple seizure from the generalized seizure; the frontal lobe seizure from that of the temporal lobe, the parietal lobe, etc. Involuntary sexual actions which occasionally accompany a temporal or frontal lobe seizure create stress that is quite different from the kind caused by the hallucinations of an occipital lobe seizure.
As a second tack for bringing the psychology of epilepsy to the reader, Hatcher presents essays on the topics of the emergence of consciousness and the cognitive models providing the structures for such emergence. By way of example, he discusses the artistic schools of Impressionism and Surrealism respectively. He further describes the thought process in the mathematical context of artificial intelligence. He brings these topics back into the context of a seizure event and the thought processes impacted by aberrant brain activity. In this endeavor, he is aided by direct experience of the phenomena.
Topical reviews and essays have great value, but they do not inspire the student or family member to pursue the highest level of understanding epilepsy. Nor do they convey information in such a way that promotes an optimal level of empathy. Storytelling accomplishes those goals better, thus storytelling is the third component of the book.
Hatcher nests these literary reviews and essays within a novella about a young scholar suddenly confronted with temporal lobe epilepsy by way of a prolonged status epilepticus event – a seizure lasting an hour. The book alternates between these factual sections and fictional story, connecting topics en route. An essay on entropy abuts the plot section of momentary bouts of exacerbated amnesia. Discussions of spatial memories link to the confusion of the young man lost in an isolated forest. His sexual crisis precedes a review of epileptic assaults on sexuality and social acceptance. Throughout the storyline, Hatcher particularly dwells on the misery of amnesia so often linked to temporal lobe epilepsy.
The mission of Tacking on the Styx is not to comfort. It is to offer informed empathy. Its candor and breadth seek to inform, to illustrate points of view, and to provoke thought. It prepares people to ask more penetrating questions of physicians or professors. Lastly, darker and more foreboding portions of the storyline hammer home the need for a greater presence of psychiatry in the treatment of epilepsy.
ANAMZAPTAS
Trephining was thought to relieve seizures (among many other neurological issues) via pressure release. The trepine was used to bore holes into the skull (both Figures 327 & 339 are taken from The Principles and Practice of Surgery Being a Treatise on Surgical Diseases and Injuries, Vol 1. 1889. D.H. Agnew. J.B. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia).
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The book is particularly well written. Covering epilepsy through psychology and biology, and the amnesia that sufferers succumb to.
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Nikita Lukianets
Founder at Open Ethics
Nikita Lukianets, a Founder of the Open Ethics initiative that fosters the inclusive dialogue between experts and citizens to design systems where humans and AI successfully work together. Nikita is also a Founder and CTO at PocketConfidant AI, a 24/7 coaching technology powered by artificial intelligence.
Previously, as a fellow with SIGNALIFE Ph.D. program in life sciences in France, Nikita worked on supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms for neuronal classification, bridging approaches in neurobiology and statistical learning.
Nikita Lukianets has more than 10 years of experience in Human-Computer Interaction and has partnered with multiple organizations to help them build human-centered interfaces. While working in Microsoft at Developer and Platform Evangelism Division, Nikita was leading a startup support program helping young technology companies to develop their products for scale.
Nikita received an MBA in innovation management from Politecnico di Milano School of Management and M.Sc. in Applied Physics from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.

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Worlds Smallest Electric Motorcycle? [video]
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Santhosh, from the small town of Mysore, India, is the creator of the Moosshiqk electric motorcycle, which claims to be the smallest e-motorcycle in the world. The bike weights in at 8.8 lbs, is 12 inches high, 18 inches long, has a top speed between 7 and 9 mph and even goes in reverse. The battery charges in 2 hours and will last about 10 to 15 minutes or 1.6 miles.
Hit the jump and see it in action!
Santhosh, is 35 years old and has been a motorcycle enthusiast since he was a child learning from his father who is also passionate about motorcycles and motorcycle mechanics. Most of the parts are fabricated but other parts were taken from bicycles and e-bikes. The bike also features a back brake and can also be fitted with indicators, headlamps and other electrical features at the cost of battery life.
Well-done Santhosh!
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Naviband (poznati i kao NAVI) bjeloruski je umjetnički dvojac koji izvodi pop, rock i indie glazbu te njihove podžanrove. Čine ga gitarist i pjevač Arciom Lukjanienka te klavijaturistica i pjevačica Ksienija Žuk.

Predstavljali su Bjelorusiju na 62. Pjesmi Eurovizije održanoj u Kijevu 2017. godine s pjesmom Historyja majho žyccia (Povijest moga života).

Povijest
Sastav je osnovan 2013. u bjeloruskom glavnom gradu Minsku. Prvu pjesmu izdali su u ljeto iste godine pod nazivom Abdymi miane (Daj mi zagrljaj). U siječnju 2014. izdaju demoalbum Lovi, a u prosincu iste godine prvi studijski album Soncam sahretyja.<ref>  Euroradio, Navi predstavio akustični album 'Soncam sahretyja''' , euroradio.fm, 16. prosinca 2014. (pristupljeno 20. svibnja 2017.)</ref>

Tijekom 2015. objavljuju pjesmu Heta ziamlia (Ova zemlja) s kojom su sudjelovali na nacionalnom izboru za 61. Pjesmu Eurovizije. Završili su na 4. mjestu u završnici, a pobjedu je odnio Ivan s pjesmom Help you fly. Ove godine stvorili su pjesmu Naperad, Belakrylyja'', koja je postala navijačkom himnom Bjeloruske nogometne momčadi.

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Re-Animating The Snowman: Curated by Daniel Cox and Steven Henderson
Re-animating The Snowman uncovers unique material from the never-before-seen archives to tell the story of animation through this beloved children's classic.
Featuring original cels alongside pre-production work this exhibition provides a behind the scenes insight into the creation of The Snowman. It also features material from The Snowman and the Snowdog, the sequel created to mark the 30th anniversary of the original landmark broadcast.
This is a collaborative project with TheGallery, Centre for Creative Learning and Faculty of Media and Performance, Arts University Bournemouth and Leeds Arts University. A number of artworks are on loan from Arts University Bournemouth.
Opening night: Thursday 9 November 5-7pm
Refreshments will be provided and everyone is welcome. Booking not required.
Image: The Snowman™ and The Snowdog © Snowdog Enterprises Ltd. 2016 THE SNOWMAN™ Snowman Enterprises Limited The Snowman by Raymond Briggs is published by Puffin. www.thesnowman.co.uk
TheGallery and AUB touring exhibition
TheGallery, AUB
Established in 1998 TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) is a major resource for contemporary art and design in the South of England. TheGallery delivers an exciting portfolio of exhibitions across the Arts University Bournemouth campus, comprising of five public exhibition spaces.
TheGallery programme showcases work by contemporary artists and designers from around the world, including collections on loan from major galleries and museums. Its exhibitions have toured nationally and internationally, expanding AUB's ever-growing partnerships with external organisations. TheGallery received special recognition in the Sir Misha Black Awards 2016, which was awarded to the AUB for Innovation in Design Education.
text + work is the concept which underpins the exhibition programme and creative events at the Arts University Bournemouth. It promotes a forum for challenging dialogues between contemporary art, design, media practice and its theoretical context. Contributing to the partnerships with writers and critics who provide supportive narrative in the form of published text to accompany the exhibitions.
For further information visit: aub.ac.uk/gallery
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Phil Collins: In every dream home a heartache / Museum Ludwig, Cologne
The second exhibition that opened at Museum Ludwig in Cologne (Germany) in time for Art Cologne 2013 was a solo show of Phil Collins, titled In every dream home a heartache. The exhibition that runs parallel to Andrea Fraser's retrospective features videos and installations that deal with popular culture.
Phil Collins: In every dream home a heartache / Museum Ludwig, Cologne. Opening reception, April 17, 2013.
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Having grown up in the North of England in the 70s and 80s, Phil Collins has always had a passionate interest in music, television and popular culture. In his films, photographs and live events, he investigates the relationship between the camera and its subjects, and the affective potential of various recording media in their everyday context. Collins' practice is focused on close engagement with people and communities, which over the years have included, amongst others, disco-dancing Palestinians, fans of The Smiths over three continents, and teachers of Marxism-Leninism in the former DDR. The projects are often announced through newspaper ads and poster campaigns, or take the form of castings and press conferences, so as to provide a wide-reaching platform for encounters predicated on high emotional stakes. Throughout, Collins' work reflects his commitment to myriad forms of experience across the social spectrum, and his belief in the power of intimacy and desire within the public sphere.
For his exhibition at the Museum Ludwig, Collins and his production initiative Shady Lane Productions have realised my heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught, a new work in collaboration with guests of GULLIVER, a survival station for the homeless located in the centre of Cologne. There, Collins installed a phone booth with a free line that anyone could use for unlimited international calls on the agreement that the conversations were anonymously recorded. The selected material was then posted to a group of international musicians, serving as the starting point for original new songs presented in the exhibition as 7″ vinyl records in specially designed listening booths which overlook the city's central station. The project includes contributions by legendary figures such as David Sylvian, Scritti Politti, Lætitia Sadier and Damon & Naomi, the trailblazing experimental and indie acts (Demdike Stare, Planningtorock, Maria Minerva, Heroin In Tahiti, Pye Corner Audio, Peaking Lights), local heroes across different generations (Elektronische Musik aus: Köln, Pluramon, Cologne Tape), and a special guest turn from the original German superstar Julia Hummer.
my heart's in my hand, and my hand is pierced, and my hand's in the bag, and the bag is shut, and my heart is caught is a headfirst dive into a city, tuning in to its many unheard stories and facets of its life that are routinely overlooked. Collins is interested in the lyrical and epic potential of the human voice, specifically in relation to a declining landline technology. He looks at the emotional relationship we have with the telephone when it functions as a measure of our social existence. The project brings back into focus the almost forgotten aspects of a telephone conversation: its physicality and romance; its ceremonial and performative nature; its ability to create and counter distance, and to conjure up the poetry of the spoken word – turn of phrase, the longing for someone or somewhere. Structuring it as an opportunity for a bargain, Collins isolates and dramatises the moment of communication as an intimate and ambivalent encounter.
Other works in the exhibition are spawns of the same unholy alliance between pop and politics. They both feature original soundtracks by Welsh musician Gruff Rhys and North Wales surf band Y Niwl. This Unfortunate Thing Between Us (2011) is an installation based on TUTBU.TV, an alternative shopping channel performed and broadcast live on German national television. Hosted by a cast of actors and porn workers (Julia Hummer, Susanne Sachsse, Sharon Smith, Judy Minx, Pau Pappel, Matthias Matschke, Trystan Pütter, Niels Bormann, Christian Kärgel, Marcel Schlutt), TUTBU.TV sold real life experiences in place of mass-produced commodities, offering a tantalising glimpse into what could be the future of consumer television. Conceived on the other side of the world in Malaysia, the short film the meaning of style (2011) is a tropical fantasy featuring a cast of anti-fascist skinheads and exotic butterflies, which provides the frame for a poetic meditation on the relationship between British colonial history and youth subcultures in South-East Asia.
Phil Collins would like to thank all the collaborators and artists who have contributed to this exhibition and who remain a constant and insistent inspiration.
Curator: Anna Brohm
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Watch as an iPhone 6s Falls From an Airplane, Records Its Descent, and Survives
Andrew Heinzman
Andrew is the News Editor for Review Geek, where he covers breaking stories and manages the news team. He joined Life Savvy Media as a freelance writer in 2018 and has experience in a number of topics, including mobile hardware, audio, and IoT. Read more...
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G1/Ernesto Galiotto
As a tall person, I know just how scary it is to drop a phone from five or six feet in the air. But can you imagine dropping a phone from 200 times that height? Documentary filmmaker Ernesto Galiotto's iPhone 6s survived a 984-foot drop from a plane, and more surprisingly, it recorded its descent for everyone to enjoy.
First reported by Brazilian publication G1 and picked up by 9to5Mac, Galiotto stuck his iPhone 6s out of an airplane window to capture aerial footage of a beach in Rio de Janeiro. He accidentally dropped the phone because … well, it's windy up there.
But filmmaker Galiotto believed that he could rescue the device. When he checked the Find My Phone app, he discovered that the iPhone 6s was still on and sitting in the middle of a Cabo Frio beach. It suffered a minor scratch, but it survived the fall and still works thanks to a silicone case and screen protector (the sandy crash site probably helped too).
You can watch the iPhone 6s fall nearly 1000 feet in the above video, which also includes cockpit footage from the moment that Galiotto dropped his phone. Surprisingly, this is not the first time that a phone (or camera) has fallen from a plane and lived to tell the tale.
Source: G1 via 9to5Mac
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"I'm the club manager. No, I didn't attend the training and the people who did attend have left."
"My computer is running
really slowly." "I need a comparison
report for a board meeting in 10 minutes and I don't know where to start!"
"It's not printing
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When it comes to resolving problems with your club management software, the suppliers' helpdesks can of course help – but your own staff knowledge is also key. Sean James reports
he quotes noted above, and many more like them, represent over 60 per cent of the calls that come in to the
software support departments of club management software suppliers. Nowadays, most problems can be
easily fi xed; with the evolution of online 'desktop sharing', the speed of incident resolution is much faster now than it was just a few years ago. Possibly thanks to this, the expectation tends to be that, if there's a computer problem in a health club, software support will be able to fi x the problem instantly – which of course leads to frustration when that doesn't happen. Sometimes the fi x can be just a button press, but more often than not, software support will need to do a full set of checks and diagnostics – and that may take time.
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There's a reason why your software support team often has to go through such thorough and lengthy checks before an issue can be resolved: software programmes are just not as simple as they're generally perceived to be. Software programmes are not unlike cars in many respects, particularly in terms of the number of working parts and concurrent processes that have to happen to make them work. When a fault occurs, software mechanics have to go through a similar process of diagnostic checks that a car mechanic has to go through. Health club management software
is designed to process transactions, incidents and interactions between users, staff and the membership or sales database – across computers, sometimes multiple computers and peripherals
including turnstiles, receipt printers, cash drawers and more. There are thousands upon thousands
of lines of computer code making up a club management software programme, and programmers and software support are constantly having to adapt the software code to keep up with latest operating system patches and upgrades from the likes of Microsoft, as well as drivers for printers and turnstiles, data security and protection laws and much more. To highlight this, think of how many
times a week Microsoft Windows installs on your computer a 'new update'. Software suppliers have to test against these new updates every time one is released, and then revise their software code if they fi nd that the latest update throws up any kind of issue.
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Just after 9.40pm on Thursday, Lord Mandelson strode into the media room at the final leaders' debate in Birmingham, took position, and embarked on a lengthy and impassioned analysis of Gordon Brown's supposed triumph. The debate itself was still going on, but no matter: the crowd of reporters and forest of microphones around Mandelson showed that the main event was now elsewhere. We all knew that the Prime Minister had performed disastrously. But still: each and every one of us wanted to know how His Lordship would defend his candidate, how the legendary Mandelsonian alchemy would be deployed to turn Fife lead into electable gold.
A little later, the debate now over and "Spin Alley" noisy with gossip about the instant polls (a clear "win" for David Cameron), Alastair Campbell strolled into the melee. Again, his presence alone generated a crowd; again, the veteran spin doctor explained why the PM's sullen, dejected performance had, in fact, been a glory lap by a statesman in his prime.
As I listened, I wondered if Campbell really believed that anyone was buying this any longer. And then it occurred to me how odd this moment must be for him and for Mandelson – perhaps the last time that they would be called upon to persuade the media that a New Labour prime minister had, once again, crushed all-comers. This was their sunset, but – both consummate performers – they betrayed none of the emotions they must have been feeling. Emily Dickinson had it right: "A great Hope fell / You heard no noise / The Ruin was within."
As gloriously unpredictable as this campaign has been, I would be truly flabbergasted if Brown were still prime minister this time next week. Our ICM poll today has Labour on a measly 29 per cent, and a Harris survey in yesterday's Daily Mail suggested that the governing party had sunk to 24 per cent: Labour is now fighting for its life rather than for power.
However messy the result proves to be – a hung Parliament, or an awkwardly small majority for Cameron – this election will be decisive in that it marks the end of an era: an era that began in 1994 when Tony Blair became Labour leader. In politics, as in life, so much is determined by the accident of character, and the collision and collaboration of remarkable personalities. New Labour was, first and foremost, a gang: Blair, Brown, Mandelson, Campbell, Anji Hunter, Philip Gould.
These driven individuals amounted to an entryist faction, securing near-absolute control of their party. They were astonishingly good at winning elections and outmanoeuvring the Tories. But their strengths were also their weaknesses. The era of government that is about to end was utterly and outrageously disfigured by the rivalry of Blair and Brown. Private hissy fits were translated into public policy. Why is Brown now in favour of foundation hospitals, which he so viciously opposed in 2003? Because in 2003 it was Blair's idea, not his. Accountability and transparency were lost in the mire of "sofa government". The gang was all that counted.
And their legacy will be deep and lasting. Not just a public debt of £167 billion, unreformed public services, a broken society, and Armed Forces deplorably overstretched and under-resourced. What the New Labour gang grasped was that post-war Britain, though not quite a social democracy, had grown utterly dependent upon the state in all its manifestations. Margaret Thatcher had saved the country from economic perdition, ended the stranglehold of the unions, and nurtured a culture of enterprise, self-reliance, and share and council house ownership. But she had not truly weaned the electorate off government: the corrosive belief that "they" – some bureaucracy, the gentleman in Whitehall – can and should do everything for us. It is the great British paradox: the only thing we dislike more than intrusion is being left to our own devices.
New Labour identified this aspect of the national psyche, encouraged it and made it the basis of an awesomely successful electoral coalition. Labour would "invest", the Tories would "cut". "Front-line services" would be dismantled by the wicked Conservatives – the "same old Tories", as Brown put it in the Birmingham debate. Before Cameron, the response was shrill and baffled: how could the public be so stupid? Didn't they understand the Laffer curve? Cameron realised that, until the voters regarded him as a true believer in the NHS and other public services, they would not listen to a word his party had to say on the subject.
If he becomes prime minister on Friday, his most daunting strategic task will be to address this infantilisation of the public, New Labour's insistence upon keeping the British state locked in the nursery for 13 long years. Blair and Brown began life as Labour's "modernisers" but, in government, they kept the public services in the dark ages. It will be Cameron's task to find ways of melting the iceberg of public emotion that makes it so difficult to reform the heath service and schools; to drag the British state out of the 1940s and into the light of modernity.
Not so long ago, it was hard to imagine Labour losing an election. Now it is hard to imagine the party winning. Blair established a radio connection with the public which was impaired by Iraq and never restored by Brown. Blair could turn almost anything into a message for Mondeo man (my favourite being his emergence from a global summit in 1998 to say how sad he was about Sinatra's death). Brown couldn't turn even his notional triumphs into something communicable. He may well look back on the London G20 summit on global recovery as his finest hour. Yet as Philip Gould tells Andrew Rawnsley in his magnificent book The End of the Party, it "did not scratch the consciousness of the public". Brown's denunciation of Gillian Duffy last week as a "bigoted woman" marked the final severing of the long-frayed Scart cable that used to link New Labour to the electorate.
Blair once said that "the euro is not just about our economy but our destiny". About that he was utterly wrong, both in the sense that his longing to take us into the single currency was thwarted (thanks, Gordon) and that politics does not respect the idea of destiny or providence. Indeed, it never turns out remotely as you expect. Thirteen years ago, as Blair put the finishing touches to his first government, who would have predicted that he would engage Britain in five military conflicts, be questioned by the police about a political scandal, or find himself aligned with a Republican President in a deeply unpopular pre-emptive war?
As I watched Mandelson and Campbell take their curtain call on Thursday, it occurred to me that this is New Labour's most important lesson for Cameron. The old order changeth, yielding place to new. But the nature, trajectory and fate of the new – well, for now, that is anyone's guess.


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Stellar Four: Is Harry Back?
Tomorrow's edition of the Daily Mirror advertises the story like it's very real.
Unless you've been living under a rock (or, you know, were turned into one by a basilisk) you'll have heard J.K. Rowling released a new Harry Potter short story today. It's headlining all over the news. So much so, the Wednesday edition of Britain's very real Daily Mirror looks like a copy of the wizarding world's Daily Prophet. Published concurrently on Pottermore and Today.com, the short, written in the voice of gossip columnist Rita Skeeter and her poison pen, mostly rehashes what we already know but hints at something more.
"Potter is sporting a nasty cut over his right cheekbone... Is the Chosen One embroiled in fresh mysteries that will one day explode upon us all, plunging us into a new age of terror and mayhem?"
It also mentions the release of Skeeter's latest book on Dumbledore's Army and a very famous date.
"And for those who want to know exactly how imperfect they are, my new biography: Dumbledore's Army: The Dark Side of the Demob will be available from Flourish and Blotts on July 31st."
While my nerdy Potter posse from back in the day doesn't think there's much to the two lines, I'm not so sure. Rowling has often done something special on July 31st (it's both her and Harry's birthday) so the mention of the day should make us immediately suspicious. The author also hides big hints of story lines-to-come in seemingly throw away lines. According to my local news, Rowling said she has no plans for a new Harry Potter novel, but that doesn't preclude other options. We know that a movie based on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is in the works. Could she be working on another Harry Potter film as well?
What do you think? Post your theories in the comments below.


Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
Israel's war against Hamas brings up the old quandary: What to do about the Palestinians? Western states, including Israel, need to set goals to figure out their policy toward the West Bank and Gaza.
Israeli control. Neither side wishes to continue the situation that began in 1967, when the IDF took control of a population that is religiously, culturally, economically and politically different and hostile.
A Palestinian state. The 1993 Oslo Accords began this process but a toxic brew of anarchy, ideological extremism, anti-Semitism, jihadism and warlordism led to complete Palestinian failure.
A binational state: Given the two populations' strong mutual antipathy, the prospect of a combined Israel-Palestine (what Muammar Gaddafi calls "Israstine") is as absurd as it seems.
Excluding these three prospects leaves only one practical approach, which worked tolerably well in the period 1948-67: Shared Jordanian-Egyptian rule, with Amman ruling the West Bank and Cairo running Gaza.
Israeli officialdom has also shown itself open to this idea, occasionally calling for Jordanian troops to enter the West Bank.
NOR IS this just talk: Diker and Inbari report that back-channel PA-Jordan negotiations in 2003-04 "resulted in an agreement in principle to send 30,000 Badr Force members," to the West Bank.
And while Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak announced a year ago that "Gaza is not part of Egypt, nor will it ever be," his is hardly the last word. First, Mubarak notwithstanding, Egyptians overwhelmingly want a strong tie to Gaza; Hamas concurs; and Israeli leaders sometimes agree. So the basis for an overhaul in policy exists.
Secondly, Gaza is arguably more a part of Egypt than of "Palestine." During most of the Islamic period, it was either controlled by Cairo or part of Egypt administratively. Gazan colloquial Arabic is identical to what Egyptians living in Sinai speak. Economically, Gaza has most connections to Egypt. Hamas itself derives from the Muslim Brethren, an Egyptian organization.
Is it time to think of Gazans as Egyptians?
Thirdly, Jerusalem could out-maneuver Mubarak. Were it to announce a date when it ends the provisioning of all water, electricity, food, medicine and other trade, and accepts enhanced Egyptian security in Gaza, Cairo would have to take responsibility for Gaza. Among other advantages, this would make it accountable for Gazan security, finally putting an end to the thousands of Hamas rocket and mortar assaults.
The Palestinian people have demonstrated that they cannot govern themselves, no matter how many dollars or euros are donated to them. They have not built an infrastructure, working hospitals or schools, roads or sewers, or any of the necessary improvements on their lands that every government must do to maintain law and order.
Instead they allow thugs and murderers to rule over them, imposing 7th Century codes of law, and causing massive shortages in every item except bigotry and anger.
Since they cannot or will not govern themselves, and Israel is fed up with the whole process, the time has come to force Egypt and Jordan to take these troublesome people back.
The Palestinian Problem is not a Jewish or Israeli one, it is an Arab one. And it is time for the Arabs to finally solve it once and for all!
What Can You Do In 270 Seconds?
An interesting question needless to say. 270 seconds = 4 minutes. You can boil an egg. You can kiss your spouse. You can give your children a big hug. If you are Israel, you can destroy 40 Tunnels that connect Gaza to Egypt.
The IAF destroyed 40 tunnels that connected the Egyptian and Gazan sides of Rafiah (Rafah) in a bombing sortie that lasted 270 seconds Sunday afternoon. Plumes of black smoke mushroomed into the air one after the other as the IAF cast bombs at the tunnels which line the Philadelphi Corridor between Egypt and Gaza.
The Corridor is supposed to be guarded by Egyptian forces but these have proven unable or unwilling to prevent large-scale smuggling of weapons and other supplies into Gaza.
A high ranking military source said that all of the tunnels which have been used by Hamas to smuggle weapons have been destroyed. Observers said the IAF may have used U.S.-supplied "bunker buster" bombs to destroy some the tunnels.
The top source said that the IAF has carried out 213 sorties over Gaza since Operation Cast Lead began, 56 of them by combat helicopters. Most of the sorties were carried out Sunday.
He said that some of the tunnels were buried deep in the ground and their demolition was made possible thanks to accurate information supplied by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).
The source said that the fighting would go on for a long time and warned that we would see "difficult days" in the course of the operation.
Strange war this is. The enemy calls up the civilians in Gaza and tells them to take cover. When did Hamas ever do that for the people of Sderot.
Day 2 of Operation Cast Lead is going well. Hamas still fires rockets into Israel, this time reaching as far as Ashdod, Israel is hitting military targets with precision and accuracy.
Gaza terrorists continued firing rockets at the western Negev Sunday afternoon, although the pace of the attacks had slowed by 4:00 p.m.
Three people, including a 12-year-old boy, suffered shrapnel wounds and several others suffered traumatic shock Sunday afternoon when the missiles bombarded the coastal city of Ashkelon at mid-day.
The terrorists are using 122-mm Grad-type Katyusha missiles, of the type that can reach a range of up to 40 kilometers. Several cars were also damaged after one of the missiles struck the southern end of the port city. The second missile landed in an unidentified location. Less than an hour later, two rockets exploded in the Eshkol region. No one was injured and no damage was reported.
And the usual noise is coming out of Lebanon. Again the people of Lebanon will suffer for the actions of Hizbollah.
Hizbullah terrorists have vowed to open a second front against Israel in the north in retaliation for the IDF military operation against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
Terrorist chief Hassan Nasrallah issued a statement on Hizbullah's Al-Manar television station Sunday, vowing that "northern Israel will burn as Gaza is burning." Nasrallah rarely appears in person; he speaks via a video hook-up from his hideout due to fears of assassination by Israeli agents, following the 2006 Second Lebanon War.
Hizbullah officials were quoted in a number of Arabic-language publications on Saturday warning that they would not permit Israel to attack Gaza without retaliating.
Last week seven Katyusha rockets were discovered primed and ready for launching in southern Lebanon, located near the northern border of Israel. All seven were aimed at targets in the Jewish State.
In 2006 the world saw the dead children but not the dead Hizbollah fighters. Reports say that Hizbollah was decimated with losses of over 60%. I believe those reports since Hassan Nasrallah ordered that no funeral for any fighter be shown on the news, only those for civilian casualties. Thus the world got an distorted view of the war.
This time it is different. This time the Israeli people are 100% behind this action. This time the media is showing more pictures of dead and wounded Hamas fighters (I will not give them the honorific of soldier). And this time Israel will prevail.
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Q: In CoffeeScript when trying to call a method (@_methodName) in a class it returns undefined I'm trying to use underscore's debounce function in my code, and I'm passing a method of my class as the first parameter, but _.debounce is telling me that I'm passing an undefined parameter where the function should be.
class SomeClass

  click: _.debounce @_save, 600

  _save: =>
    # Save logic

On the other hand, If I do it like this, it works, but this solution seems kind of ugly.
class SomeClass

  click: _.debounce ( ->
    @_save()
  ), 600

  _save: =>
    # Save logic

When I check the generated JS source of both functions, it seems like both should work fine, don't know if I'm missing something from CoffeeScript here.

A: CoffeeScript compiles:
click: _.debounce @_save, 600

into:
SomeClass.prototype.click = _.debounce(SomeClass._save, 600);

Notice how _save method is a static property of SomeClass, i.e. it is not on the prototype because in your declaration @ refers to the class itself, not its instance.
Alternatively you can declare your click function in the constructor:
constructor: ->
  @click = _.debounce @_save, 600

This will ensure you have a debounced function per instance, and not a shared one.

A: I think, you should try something like this instead:
class SomeClass
  constructor: ->
    @click = _.debounce @_save, 600

  _save: =>
    # ...

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Zer Bizio? es un grupo español de punk rock fusionado, de origen bilbaíno, perteneciente a la corriente musical radical generada en los años ochenta en el País Vasco, debido a las características socio-políticas que presentaba España, durante esa década.

Historia
Agrupación formada en el País Vasco en los años 80 que participó en el movimiento musical conocido como rock radical vasco. Sus canciones tienen influencia del punk, el revival ska y el rock. Fueron al igual que algunos de sus contemporáneos como Eskorbuto, La Polla Records, Kortatu o Zarama, los precursores de lo que es hoy el Rock Vasco y forman parte de la historia musical actual de dicha región; asimismo su música llegó al continente americano, influenciando a grupos de México y Argentina, entre otros. Sus letras se caracterizan por la agresividad y hablan de frustraciones personales, transgresión sexual y psicológica, problemas sociales, compromiso político, violencia personal y política; aun así tienen letras con cortes de carácter simplista y adolescencia rebelde.

Además de publicar cuatro álbumes propios y varias recopilaciones y directos, Zer Bizio? participaron en varios discos colectivos, como A todo gas un disco en vivo grabado en 1993, junto con las bandas Platero y Tú y Sedientos; o en el LP conmemorativo de los 10 años de Discos Suicidas.

Discografía
Sentimientos y Venganzas (1986), Discos Suicidas
Gasolina y Fuego  (1987), Discos Suicidas.
Buen Agujero y Sin Salida (1990), Discos Suicidas.
A todo gas (1993) (directo compartido con Platero y Tú y Sedientos), Oihuka.
Los Unos, los Otros y Nosotros  (1998), Discos Suicidas.
Bilbon (directo) (1999), Discos Suicidas.

Referencias
 MOSO, Roberto (2003): Flores en la Basura (Los Dias del Rock Radikal), Editorial Zirkus.

Grupos de música del País Vasco
Grupos de rock del País Vasco
Rock radical vasco


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La Maddalena () ou Igreja de Santa Maria Madalena em Cannaregio é uma igreja em Veneza, Itália, no sestiere Cannaregio e dedicada a Maria Madalena.

História
Sabe-se de uma igreja no local já em 1222, propriedade da família patrícia dos Balbo. Quando, em meados do século XIV, o senado de Veneza criou um feriado para celebrar a festa de Santa Maria Madalena, decidiu-se ampliar a igreja, incluindo a torre de vigia, que foi transformada numa torre sineira.

A igreja foi restaurada no início do século XVIII, e, em 1780, foi inteiramente reconstruída com base num projeto de Tommaso Temanza, de planta circular inspirada pelo Panteão de Roma. A torre sineira foi demolida em 1888. A mais notável característica da igreja é seu portal, decorado com símbolos maçônicos na parte superior, uma provável referência à ligação dos Balbo com os templários. O interior segue uma planta hexagonal com quatro capelas laterais e um presbitério.

Do lado de fora da abside está um baixo relevo do século XV da Madona com o Menino.

Ligações externas

1780
Igrejas de Veneza
Arquitetura neoclássica na Itália


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Cristiano Ronaldo hilariously mocks Arsenal star Cedric Soares during Portugal training
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo filmed poking fun at Arsenal defender as Portugal prepare for their World Cup play-off
Cristiano Ronaldo has been filmed mocking Arsenal defender Cedric Soares during a Portugal training session ahead of the World Cup qualifier final against North Macedonia. The duo, who have shared the international stage since 2014, face the side who drew the curtains on Italy's road to Qatar.
The Manchester United striker found the funny side in Cedric leaping for a header during a rondo before imitating the his 'Ballet' jump. Mikel Arteta's right-back has seemingly been providing the entertainment as for Fernando Santos' side, calming the sides' nerves ahead of their clash.
Portugal produced a disappointing showing in their World Cup qualifying group, finishing second behind Serbia. As a result, Ronaldo and Cedric dropped into the European play-offs.
Santos relegated the Arsenal defender to the bench in their 3-1 win over Turkey which sent Portugal into the final against either North Macedonia or Italy. The former found a winner against Roberto Mancini's side in the dying embers to book themselves a ticket against the 2016 European champions for a place in Qatar.
Cedric's side are heavy favourites to beat North Macedonia in the final qualifier. Ronaldo is confident of making Qatar his tenth consecutive appearance at a major tournament.
"We were surprised," The United striker said of Italy's defeat. "North Macedonia has surprised in many matches. But I don't think they will surprise us tomorrow. Portugal will play better and we will make it to the World Cup.
"We know that if we win we will go to the World Cup and if we lose we are out. We have the responsibility to be positive and win the match. I see everyone well prepared and wanting to be at their best tomorrow."
However, despite the five-time Balon d'Or winners' glaring confidence, Cedric could be lucky to find himself on the plane come December. The 30-year-old's last appearance for Ronaldo's side came against Serbia – the tie which cost Portugal automatic qualification.


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Virgil Abloh dead: Kylie, Kendall and Kris Jenner pay tribute to Louis Vuitton designer after he passed away from cancer
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Updated: 11:02, 29 Nov 2021
KYLIE, Kendall and Kris Jenner paid tribute to fashion designer Virgil Abloh after he died from cancer aged 41.
The Louis Vuitton and Off White designer passed away on Sunday after secretly battling a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma, for three years.
Kendall Jenner paid tribute to Virgil Abloh after the fashion designer died on Sunday aged 41Credit: Instagram
Kylie broke her social media silence to honor her longtime friendCredit: Instagram
Kris also paid ode to the pioneering designerCredit: Instagram
Virgil was close friends with the Kardashian/Jenner clan and they flooded social media with tributes to the entrepeneur.
Kendall posted a slew of photos of them together on Instagram and said she was "heartbroken" in her lengthy tribute.
The model, 26, penned: "I can't believe i'm writing this. if you had the privilege of knowing Virgil, you were one of the lucky ones. He was the kindest, most positive, humble, joyful, and full of light person I have ever known.
"He had the most wonderful way of making you feel so special. His genuine smile would warm your heart. To battle his illness privately perfectly explains the type of man he was, he never wanted anyone to worry about him.
"We have lost a dear friend. no words do my feelings justice at this very moment, but what i can say is that i am absolutely heartbroken. for his family, his kids, his wife, and anyone who cared for him deeply."
The KUWTK star went on: "V taught me and all of us a very important lesson, although he knew he had only so long, he was bright, he was kind & he was full of love. we all need a little bit of Virgil in us. he leaves us with his influence, to create and change the world. you did just that Virg.
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"ur angel here on earth, is now above us. i love you V!!! i will miss you V. i am blessed to have been touched by your energy. i know you're setting all the best vibes up there. rest peacefully and powerfully beautiful Virgil. till next time."
Kylie - who has been quiet on social media since the Astroworld tragedy - shared her sister's tribute on her Instagram Stories.
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The 24-year-old wrote, "This really hurts, we love you Virgil," with a broken heart emoji.
Kris posted several black and white photos of Virgil and wrote: "I'm so so saddened and devastated to hear about the passing of our dear friend Virgil Abloh.
"I'm sending all of my love and prayers to his beautiful family. You are an angel @virgilabloh and we love you…"
Kourtney reposted an announcement from Virgil's family and simply added: "You changed the world."
YE'S TRIBUTE
Kanye West, who hired Virgil as his longtime creative director, dedicated his Sunday Service to his friend.
Ye's choir covered Adele's song, Easy on Me, in a performance dedicated to Abloh, which was live-streamed at dondalive.com.
Virgil's death was confirmed in a post on his Instagram account on Sunday.
"We are devastated to announce the passing of our beloved Virgil Abloh, a fiercely devoted father, husband, son, brother, and friend," the caption reads in part.
"He is survived by his loving wife Shannon Abloh, his children Lowe Abloh and Grey Abloh, his sister Edwina Abloh, his parents Nee and Eunice Abloh, and numerous dear friends and colleagues.
"For over two years, Virgil valiantly battled a rare, aggressive form of cancer, cardiac angiosarcoma.
"He chose to endure his battle privately since his diagnosis in 2019, undergoing numerous challenging treatments, all while helming several significant institutions that span fashion, art, and culture."
PIONEERING DESIGNER
Virgil was the artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear and the CEO of fashion house Off-White, which he founded in 2012.
He was the first Black man to hold the top position for the largest luxury fashion conglomerate in the world, Louis Vuitton, in 2018.
That year he was named as one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people alive.
At the time of his death, Virgil was estimated to have a net worth of $20million.
He was celebrated for his unique vision and style but he credited Kanye for his upward career trajectory.
After he attended Paris Fashion Week with the rapper in 2010, Virgil was hired to take over the creator director position at Kanye's company DONDA.
Kourtney shared throwbacks with her friendCredit: Instagram
Hailey Bieber posted an emotional tributeCredit: Instagram
Gigi Hadid said she was 'heartbroken' and sent her condolences to Virgil's wife and kidsCredit: Instagram
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##In-Toto Launches New Websites For Franchisees
in-toto has launched a new franchise website, putting its franchisees at the heart and sharing their journeys: when they began and what they have seen along the way. Visitors can explore the 'Franchisees' section of the website to read honest accounts from existing owners and are encouraged to meet them in person before deciding on a new in-toto career.
The new website also introduces the key members of the in-toto management team. Director Adinde Shaw explained: "Our ethos is that we're all about people, choice and the personal touch and we wanted our website to reflect this too, so we've put our people at the centre."
in-toto is a full member of the British Franchise Association (bfa) and takes pride in its responsibility towards ethical franchising. The new website provides clear information about the considerations and opportunities to join the in-toto network of specialist kitchen retailers, through improved navigation and the details it contains, so that visitors can find the relevant information more easily.On the 'Why in-toto' pages, it covers everything from products, training, marketing and finance. The 'About in-toto' section gives a virtual tour of an actual kitchen design studio so viewers can see what in-toto offers and how the studios look. While in-toto acknowledges that every day in business is different, it also includes a diary extract to document 'A Week in the Life' and gives a glimpse into the typical in-toto franchisee lifestyle.
When potential franchisees are ready to move to the next stage on their in-toto journey, the new website enables them to begin the application process quickly and efficiently via an on-line function that will store and track their progress through the 7 'Steps to Success'.
Founded more than 30 years ago, in-toto is now a well-established kitchen brand in the UK with nearly 50 Design Studios nationwide. With its investment in market research, a strong package of support and the frequent addition of innovative new products, such as glass doors and acrylic units, in-toto continues to grow - as demonstrated by its 22% sales increase in 2013.
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