American Animals review: "Layton's hybrid style comes into its own"
Running from entertaining to tense as hell, Layton's docu-drama heist flick grapples with something that most capers can't even begin to compute: consequences.
If, as the saying goes, film is a series of lies that combine to tell the truth, Bart Layton is muddying the waters. The British writer/director made his name in TV docs before unleashing 2012's The Imposter, an incredible true story about the slippery nature of truth – and stories. Its USP was risky, interspersing talking-head confessions with gorgeously shot reconstructions that might have been taken from a regular thriller. But what emerged was a triumph, spearheading a new breed of streamlined, multiplex-friendly documentaries, such as Man on Wire.
For this belated follow-up, the (true) story of four American students who plotted to steal priceless books from their university library, Layton moves one step further away from straight documentary. Most of what we see is a dramatic re-enactment of real events, but every now and then he cuts away to genuine interviews with the real people involved. How's that for muddy?
As a mischievous statement of intent, the film opens with the legend, "This is not based on a true story." But then the middle words melt away to read, "This is a true story." We're then plunged into preparations for the robbery, watching Spencer (Barry Keoghan), Warren (Evan Peters), Chas (Blake Jenner) and Eric (Jared Abrahamson) applying old-age make-up as the score booms like an oncoming coronary. Just as things are getting tasty, Layton cuts to Warren's (actual) dad, an ordinary guy sitting in his ordinary lounge. "There was a moment when we lost them," he says, before bursting into tears. Anyone not hooked at this point should probably find a new hobby.
Spinning back 18 months, the film introduces us to sensitive Spencer and wild-card Warren, bored teenagers desperate for something – anything – to happen. In the spirit of adventure, they start plotting the robbery, staking out the location and getting the gang together. Trouble is, they're rubbish at it. Unlike his protagonists, Layton pulls off some deft manoeuvres here, mining the tension between the amusing amateurism of our heroes and the heart-pounding drama of the heist. It's not the only interesting juxtaposition. As the boys take notes from classic thrillers such as Thief, Matchstick Men and The Killing, the real Spencer and Warren criticise the telling of their own story. "So this is how you remember it?" fictional Warren asks real Warren. "Not exactly," he replies.
These aren't bad kids – or stupid ones – just characters waiting for their own inciting incidents. To begin with, the cloak and dagger stuff is all fun and games. Then, as the day approaches, it begins to gain a terrible weight. It's here that Layton's hybrid style comes into its own. Watching the real Spencer and Warren coming to terms with their actions adds an unexpectedly moving, moral dimension. "There's no real getting past it," decides the (real) Warren. Viewers of this extraordinary docu-drama may well feel the same.


The Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) at Wits University has concluded a successful fact-finding mission from South Africa to Mexico and the US on the benefits of the Team Software Process (TSP).
Professor Barry Dwolatzky, JCSE Director, says the delegation included representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Central University of Technology, Nedbank and UCS Software Manufacturing.
"Everyone in the delegation was deeply impressed by what we saw. I'm convinced that South Africa needs to move quickly to develop and implement a TSP adoption programme, similar to the one we saw in Mexico," he says.
In Mexico the delegation attended the launch of the Prosoft 2.0 campaign at a conference in Mexico City. The US$100 million programme aims to support companies in the Mexican IT sector that are working to grow their capacity to compete for a share of the lucrative global software market.
"As part of the launch, the Mexican Minister for the Economy announced a 'National TSP Initiative' as a key element of Prosoft 2.0," Dwolatzky says.
The launch follows a two year pilot programme that was run by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in the USA, the Tecnologico de Monterrey University, the Mexican Government and companies from the Mexican IT industry.
The delegation also met with Softech (a large Mexican software company) which uses TSP extensively.
"Softech completed a medium-sized software development project (20 month, 250 000 lines of code) for the Mexican government on time and within budget using the TSP methodology. The project had been attempted three times before by other companies and on each occasion had been scrapped by the government due to major quality and schedule issues.
"Softech not only delivered the system on time and to budget, but highlights included user acceptance testing taking three weeks, rather than the scheduled 12 weeks, and only four defect reports since the system went into service," Dwolatzky says.
Another highlight was a meeting with Quarksoft (a small Mexican company) which have used TSP in a large number of projects over several years.
"They are consistently achieving quality that is about 10 times better than the international benchmark with an average defect rate per 1 000 lines of code of 0.38, compared to an industry benchmark between 3 and 6. They also have a negligible staff turn-over," Dwolatzky says.
From there the delegation went to San Francisco in the US, where it met with senior people from Adobe and Intuit (creators of QuickBooks accounting software) to see how TSP works in practice within a company.
Intuit is using TSP in about 65% of their teams in the Small Business Development division.
"They reported that their most recent release of QuickBooks had been the smoothest ever with all the planned functionality delivered on time," Dwolatzky says.
Adobe (in San Jose, California) have, in contrast just, launched a major TSP programme. The decision was taken to adopt TSP to improve quality, productivity and ability to retain top staff.
"Software developers and TSP coaches are currently being trained, and the first TSP-based projects at Adobe will be launched in the next few weeks. All companies using TSP confirmed that using TSP helped an organisation reach high CMMI maturity levels in less than half the time it would take without TSP," Dwolatzky says.
"In 2006 the JCSE launched a programme to 'Bring CMMI to South Africa' with support from the DTI. In running this programme we've been working closely with the Software SEI at Carnegie Mellon University. The SEI has kept us up to date with the huge successes they've been having in the TSP pilot programme in Mexico," he says.
Having witnessed this first hand, we'll be exploring a number of scenarios along with the other members of the delegation on how best to get a TSP pilot off the ground in SA, Dwolatzky adds.


Our set of the month for April was issued by Gallaher Ltd in 1935 and is titled Shots From Famous Films. The 48 cards contain delightful colour pictures taken from films of the period showing two of the stars. Amongst the featured films are "Tarzan and his Mate" an action adventure with Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan, "Cleopatra" featuring Claudette Colbert and Henry Wilcoxon, musical comedy "We're Not Dressing" with Bing Crosby and Carole Lombard, "Flying Down to Rio" with Ginger Rogers and Paul Roulien, which we are told employed over 2,000 extras, Queen Christina starring Greta Garbo, "Manhattan Melodrama" featuring Myrna Loy and Clark Gable and "Nell Gwyn" with Anna Neagle and noted stage actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke. Some of the films such as "A Cup of Kindness" and "The Barratts of Wimpole Street" appear on more than one card, but with different pictures and actors. Were Gallaher showing a personal preference or perhaps there were more than two stars! There are interesting facts related on the backs including the studio behind the production, the original author and a summary of the film story.


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BIOMETRIC IMPRESSIONS CORPORATION'S
BIOMETRIC INFORMATION RETENTION POLICY
I. LEGAL AUTHORITY
BioMetric Impressions Corporation's acquisition, preservation and exchange of fingerprints is authorized under 28 U.S.C. 534, et seq. BioMetric Impressions Corporation's retention policy is further governed in part by 740 ILCS 14/1, et seq. commonly known as the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act* ("BIPA"). Additional regulations and supplemental authorities include Federal statutes, State statutes, including Pub. L. 92-544, Presidential Executive Orders, and State and Federal regulations.
BioMetric Impressions Corporation's fingerprint vendor license is governed by Section 1240.535(c)(8) of the Illinois Administrative Code (the regulates fingerprint vendors in the State of Illinois (the "Administrative Code"). Section 1240.535(c)(8) states: "A licensed fingerprint vendor must develop a written policy, made available to the public, establishing a retention schedule and guidelines for permanently destroying identifiers and other biometric information when the initial purpose for collecting or obtaining the identifiers or information has been satisfied or after [three] 3 years from the individual's last interaction with the licensed fingerprint vendor, whichever occurs first. Absent a valid warrant or subpoena issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, a private entity in possession of biometric identifiers or biometric information must comply with its established retention schedule and destruction guidelines."
BIPA specifically provides that it does not apply to contractors of State or local governments and this further supports that the authority and regulations referred to above are not intended to restrict a government contractor from retaining records longer than necessary to achieve the intended goal. Therefore, a period of retention greater than the time allowed by BIPA or other authority is warranted and required in certain circumstances.
BIPA provides definitions of the terms contained within this retention policy (the "Policy"), unless otherwise documented within this Policy:
(1) "Biometric identifier" means a retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or scan of hand or face geometry. Biometric identifiers do not include writing samples, written signatures, photographs, human biological samples used for valid scientific testing or screening, demographic data, tattoo descriptions, or physical descriptions such as height, weight, hair color, or eye color. Biometric identifiers do not include donated organs, tissues, or parts as defined in the Illinois Anatomical Gift Act or blood or serum stored on behalf of recipients or potential recipients of living or cadaveric transplants and obtained or stored by a federally designated organ procurement agency. Biometric identifiers do not include biological materials regulated under the Genetic Information Privacy Act. Biometric identifiers do not include information captured from a patient in a health care setting or information collected, used, or stored for health care treatment, payment, or operations under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Biometric identifiers do not include an X-ray, roentgen process, computed tomography, MRI, PET scan, mammography, or other image or film of the human anatomy used to diagnose, prognose, or treat an illness or other medical condition or to further validate scientific testing or screening.
(2) "Biometric information" means any information, regardless of how it is captured, converted, stored, or shared, based on an individual's biometric identifier used to identify an individual. Biometric information does not include information derived from items or procedures excluded under the definition of biometric identifiers.
(3) "Confidential and sensitive information" means personal information that can be used to uniquely identify an individual or an individual's account or property. Examples of confidential and sensitive information include, but are not limited to, a genetic marker, genetic testing information, a unique identifier number to locate an account or property, an account number, a PIN number, a pass code, a driver's license number, or a social security number.
(4) "Private entity" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other group, however organized. A private entity does not include a State or local government agency. A private entity does not include any court of Illinois, a clerk of the court, or a judge or justice thereof.
(5) "Written release" means informed written consent or, in the context of employment, a release executed by an employee as a condition of employment.
II. RETENTION POLICY
Unless required by BioMetric Impressions Corporation or customer contract, and excused from the statutory authority and regulation referred to above, to maintain fingerprint images for an extended period of time, all identifiers and other biometric information, including fingerprint images will be retained for up to 45 days from the date of receipt, fingerprint capture or card scan date, or the "date last modified", in the case where the original fingerprint or card scan date was modified. If an error occurs requiring the re-transmission of fingerprint images, the "date last modified" will be modified to extend the retention period an additional 45 days. 45 days is preferred to allow for the resubmission of prints for customers and applicants who either do not receive reports or accidentally misplace reports they have received. The 45-day period is also in the interest of the fingerprinted individual to avoid unnecessary re-prints and associated inconvenience.
When required by customer contract and excused from the statutory authority, or otherwise obligated to retain fingerprint images for a specific or indefinite period of time, BioMetric Impressions Corporation's computer database is programmed to retain the biometric information as required. Any such retention has been built utilizing the purpose for which the fingerprints were captured, in addition to the government agency's identification information assigned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, State Police or Bureau of Identification.
III. DESTRUCTION POLICY
Once the 45-day period or other retention period as prescribed by statute ("Retention Period") has been reached, a "delete" process is initiated to destroy all protected biometric information. As a consequence, the biometric information will no longer accessible and will be permanently destroyed on the applicable computer backup system. All physical copies of materials containing biometric information are also destroyed on the expiration of the Retention Period.
IV. RETENTION EXCEPTIONS
Absent a valid legal requirement, BioMetric Impressions Corporation will comply with the Policy.
V. THE TEAM
BioMetric Impressions Corporation's is comprised of a team of licensed fingerprinting professionals who are responsible for overseeing and implementing the Policy.
VI. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS
A physical copy of this Policy is available upon request. Questions related to the Policy, including requests for the most recent version of the Policy, should be directed to BioMetric Impressions Corporation:

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Okay, I admit it: I was a Nancy Drew fan. I read every book I could get my hands on. I was also an Indiana Jones fan and enjoyed Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as much as Raiders of the Lost Ark. So when we announced this week that construction workers converting the former Hertzbert Circus Museum building into the Dolph and Janey Briscoe Western Art Museum had uncovered a cache of previously unknown items in a closet that had been closed off for perhaps as much as fifty years, I was pretty excited.
As I started thinking about it, I realized that there was even more to the story. The whole thing is really a sort of metaphor for what a library is all about. A library is a treasure trove of unexpected discoveries. You never know what you might find: a book that inspires you to a new career, or encourages you to start a new hobby, or helps you through a difficult time; assistance with finding a job and filling out an application; classes on how to become a U.S. citizen; or a child's first steps into the amazing world of books and reading. All of this and more is available at your public library, along with staff who are just waiting to serve as guides to help you find just what you're looking for.
Explore your public library – you'll be amazed at what you see.


WASHINGTON-(Oct. 11, 2018)-To foster development, production and marketing of the next generation of medical devices designed to meet growing children's unique needs, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded $5 million to the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI), led by Children's National Health System and University of Maryland, College Park. New Consortium members include BioHealth Innovation, Inc., a Maryland-based innovation intermediary that supports the transformation of research projects into new business opportunities, and MedTech Innovator, a California-based virtual startup accelerator that matches health care industry leaders with early-stage and emerging growth medtech companies for mentorship and support. NCC-PDI's affiliated members include industry leaders such as Smithwise, Epidarex, and Cadence.
The Consortium's multi-disciplinary principal investigator team includes: Kolaleh Eskandanian, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, project lead, and Anthony Sandler, M.D., from Children's National; and William E. Bentley, Ph.D., from the Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices at the University of Maryland, College Park.
"The key to ensuring the next generation of adults are healthy is to ensure children enjoy the best health," says Eskandanian, vice president and chief innovation officer at Children's National and the lead principal investigator of NCC-PDI. "That means underwriting and marketing life-saving devices like stents and heart valves, designed with children's growing bodies in mind, and shepherding such innovations through the challenging path to regulatory approval."
"While exciting advances are being made in medical technologies for adults, crucial pediatric innovations often languish in areas like asthma, heart disease, and neonatal health," said Paul Grand, CEO of MedTech Innovator. "We are excited to bring the resources of our global accelerator to identify and advance best-in-class pediatric technologies, to ensure they reach the market and improve the health of the millions of children who need them most."
"Partnership, shared knowledge and collaboration are vital to our overall progress. This month's grant renewal makes all that possible," Eskandanian adds. "Because of our ongoing collaborations with federal regulators, academic centers, pediatric leaders, device manufacturers and potential investors, Children's National is uniquely positioned to draw together diverse stakeholders who share our goal of strengthening pediatric device innovation."
In fulfilling its mission, NCC-PDI annually hosts the "Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!" competition in an effort to award funds and device development technical support to those innovations that address a significant unmet need for children and are deemed to be commercially viable. To date, NCC-PDI has awarded $1.43 million to 31 startups and research labs and supported over 80 pediatric medical devices.
"Many of the health challenges that impact pediatric populations require unique resources, treatment, and expertise," Bentley said. "NCC-PDI is a vital partnership in that it fosters innovation and knowledge-sharing between innovators, researchers, clinicians, and policymakers, all for the betterment of children's health. The Fischell Institute is proud to support NCC-PDI's mission by utilizing our resources, facilities, and expertise to help usher pediatric medical devices to market from the earliest stages of ideation through navigating the regulatory process."
The University of Maryland, College Park, is the state's flagship university and one of the nation's preeminent public research universities. A global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation, the university is home to more than 40,000 students, 10,000 faculty and staff and 352,000 alumni all dedicated to the pursuit of Fearless Ideas. Located just outside Washington, D.C., University of Maryland discovers and shares new knowledge every day through their renowned research enterprise and programs in academics, the arts and athletics. And it is committed to social entrepreneurship as the nation's first "Do Good" campus. The university's Robert E. Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices seeks to catalyze the transformation of basic research into clinical practice and commercial success. The Institute aims to drive innovation by immersing creative and energetic scientists and engineers in a nurturing and rewarding research environment where engineered health systems are conceived of and investigated. The Institute is comprised of staff, resources, facilities, and a network of experts who not only facilitate prototyping and manufacturing expertise, but who also facilitate venture creation, intellectual property creation, and product passage through various clinical, regulatory and reimbursement hurdles.


The Scarborough laboratory is situated adjacent to the A/E Department in a two storey, purpose built block shown as point F on the hospital plan below. There is limited parking in front of the Laboratory with access from the car park. There is a pay and display car park for visitors. From inside the hospital and the South and North entrances, follow the signs to Pathology. The Pathology office, stores, phlebotomy, blood sciences and blood transfusion are on the ground floor, microbiology is on the first floor.
The department operates from the second floor of the laboratory block on the York site and the ground floor of the laboratory block on the Scarborough site.
This section of the Biochemistry department operates from the second floor of the Laboratory Medicine block on the York site and the first floor of the laboratory block on the Scarborough site.
The department operates from the first floor of the Laboratory Medicine block on the York site.
The departments operate from the second floor of the laboratory block on the York site and the ground floor of the laboratory block on the Scarborough site.
This section of the Haematology department operates from the second floor of the Laboratory Medicine block on the York site.
The department operates from the third floor of the Laboratory Medicine block on the York site.
The department operates from the first floor of the laboratory blocks on the York and Scarborough sites.
This section of the Microbiology department operates from second floor of the York site.


Q & A details -Can Hardened Steel Still Be Welded?
Can Hardened Steel Still Be Welded?
It can be welded, but brittleness close to the weld due to the sudden high heating and rapid cooling will probably occur. This could lead to cracking. If something hardened must be welded, it needs to be done with a more ductile weld material, and of course, the weld properties cannot be as if it is an original (hardened) material. Heating the hardened material as much as possible without affecting its desired hardness would minimise possible cracking. Better still would be to anneal it, weld it, normalise it and then re- harden and temper. It still won't make the weld itself any harder.


We are delighted to announce that from 15 September 2011 – 26 February 2012 a special display will run at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum in London "The House Of Annie Lennox".
This exciting display will explore the image and creative vision of Annie Lennox, one of the most significant performers in the world today. Lennox¹s success has spanned four decades and she is internationally renowned both for her music and her personal style. On display will be costumes and accessories worn by Lennox, together with photographs that explore the nature of her changing image. There will also be personal treasures and awards, ephemera from the political campaigns she has championed, as well as recorded interviews, music videos and a specially commissioned film of Annie in conversation.


Busted are back and are taking their new album 'Half Way There' out on tour across the UK. With support from Brigade and The Xcerts at the Southampton date, we went down to see if the kings of pop could regain their crown.
Following their career-defining headline show at London's O2 Brixton Academy last year, Deaf Havana took to the road once again last month for a series of headline shows. Joined by The LaFontaines and Hot Milk, we ventured down to the first night of the tour in Cardiff – check out our photo gallery here!
Tonight the famous Troxy Theatre in East London plays host to four bands from different corners of the rock spectrum, including headline sets from pop-punk darlings The Wonder Years And emo rock mainstays Mayday Parade.
As It Is kicked off their Intimate Depression Tour in Bournemouth with support coming from Modern Error. We took a trip down to the first night of tour in Bournemouth – as their first UK show of the year would it leave us with smiles on our faces?


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Midlands Review - I Am God And Severely Underqualified
By midlandsmovies, Mar 22 2018 05:58PM
I Am God, And Severely Underqualified (2017)
Directed by Theo Gee
A sparse room, a man at a typewriter and a slowly delivered voiceover monologue may seem a rather basic premise for a film with such a grandiose title but don't let the simple set up give you a false sense of security.
I Am God, And Severely Underqualified is a Nottingham made film that comes from local director Theo Gee and opens us up to "creation" in all senses of the word.
As described, the film is set entirely in one room and with actor Melvyn Rawlinson (whose white beard is god-like but who is never referred to as such) placed at a typewriter. As a voiceover begins we realise that the words we hear are the words being typed out onto the paper. But in a great twist the words (and voice) are also describing the short as it happens.
This self-referential idea harks back to Stranger than Fiction (2006) and Adaptation (2002) both of whom are concerned with the meta-idea of the process and presentation of creative writing. In the latter's case Spike Jonze's film uses an inspired Charlie Kaufman script which, in turn, represents Kaufman's own struggles with writing.
On a technical side, this short uses perfect image compositions and great close-up camera work that are balanced whilst the minimalist set is dressed superbly with little touches including brain-storming Post-It notes and lonely cups of water. In addition, the ethereal sounds of the score are suitably angelic and combine well with the clacking of the typewriter at work. A gentle hum of the background noise of traffic barely registers but allows the audience to acknowledge the world but we are solely focused of the writer, as much as he is on his work.
As well the struggles of writing the film can be seen as a metaphor of creativity – and specifically filmmaking itself. Like Nolan's Inception, where the actors represent various roles on a film production, this local short uses a similar concept. The doubts of a filmmaker can be summed up with the writing process our lead undertakes whilst the photography posters on the wall are symbolic of camera work. A coin falling to the floor which interrupts the scene harks to filmmaking "money men" – funding being a key to the production process – whilst puppets in the corner could demonstrate the later need for actors.
A fantastic performance from Melvyn helps sell the abstract concepts as his pauses and sighs elicit a lot of intrigue from just a few subtle expressions. From pacing around to taking a break for some coffee – we get a protagonist deep in thought. A shot of a bin full of discarded first drafts further establishes the problems of writer's block and scriptwriting. The film physically personifies writer's block as the typewriter's letter "A" gets stuck. I felt it important that this is the first letter of alphabet with themes of "beginning" (and creationist symbolism too) being littered throughout. These allusions to the religious continue as Melvyn's "God" (of writing) even looks up to the light mid-way through and the drip of water has a feeling of rain, life and floods. Perhaps a flood of ideas?
Anyone who has seen Aronofsky's "mother!" will notice the similar use of a parable to tell a story and this exciting short is full of similar ideas of imagination, creation and compulsions. The doubts of a filmmaker (or any creative endeavour) and the forces at work to complete works of art are fully explored as well as the outside influences of pure luck in anyone's success.
The film won the categories for Best Short & Best Editing (Leonard Garner) at our recent award ceremony and is not just a technical tour-de-force but a short many filmmakers would relate to given their struggles and journeys in getting ideas started (and finished).
Midlands Movies Mike
Filed under: I Am God and Severely Underqualified, Melvyn Rawlinson, Drama, Short Film, Nottingham, Midlands Review


Now that the warmer temperatures are here birds are close to homes and windows. Due to the reflective nature of windows many birds end up getting seriously injured or killed by flying directly into them. We got some tips from an expert on how to avoid these bird strikes.


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The electric bike meeting in France a logical progression and natural and a great interest of consumers.
The majority of European countries have already adopted and the number of electric bikes sold in 2015 is close to 3 million because it will become in a few years the means of transport most used and the least costly, while participating in the well-being and health of the cyclist.
The strengths and the benefits are many and the upward trend in sales of EAB is expected to continue, but we are still very far from our European friends, Belgian, German and Dutch.
The French make the use of the bicycle, a sport activity and recreation, The electric bike will become in the next the privileged means of transport of the French. The problems that we encounter today in all the cities, lack of parking space, multiple axes and avenues that will be closed to traffic, congestion ; traffic difficult, not to mention the cost of maintenance.
The electric bike allows you to move easily without effort and moreover to do real economy, contributing significantly to the reduction of pollution while enhancing his physical condition (According to an English study, cycling is the physical activity more effective for weight loss).
The evolution of batteries and technology are factors which will enable us to make the long trip, some electric bike have a range of more than 140 km (new battery is expected in 2017 will exceed the cap of 200 km).
According to the polls, The only sticking point today, French remains the price.
We will present in this article, the attention points for the purchase of a VAE).
For the motorcycle, it is estimated at 150€ (Fuel + Insurance + maintenance) and 150e about 3 years for the acquisition.
The electric bike called a Bike or Electric assist V. A. E does not work like a motorcycle, the electric bicycle does not roll alone, but assisted by human effort. This is the pedal that causes the electric motor and aid to more than 80% the user in his effort.
This mode of operation is imposed by the French legislation, you will find in other countries, some electric bicycles to attend 100% and that works like a motorcycle.
As soon as the speed of 25 km/h is reached, the engine must stop.
An electric bicycle is equipped with an engine of 180 to 250 Watts, and a battery 24 or 36 Volts. To assist pedalling, the electric motor switches on automatically when you pedal. He cut himself off when the pedaling stops.
This allows you to arrive with little effort at a speed of 25km/h, and climb uphill very easily. To recharge the battery, it plugs into a power outlet, a classic home or office.
Normally, the level of assistance the electric motor should be able to adjust, whether we choose to be strongly assisted in the move or not. The battery on it can normally be recharged with an electrical outlet, at home or at the office.
- a battery which, depending on the technology used, brings an autonomy more or less important. A battery charger is provided for the power sector.
The battery is the most important component of the electric bicycle, it is characterized by its technology and its power.
They are no longer used on electric bicycles from the bottom of the range. They are much more heavy between 5 and 6 kg compared to 1 to 2kg for the other types.
They have a shorter life between 250 and 350 cycles of load.
This battery is susceptible to the memory effect, unlike other technologies, Lead, Li-Ion or Li-Po. They recycle well, but can't stand the overload and require a charger that is suitable. They are sensitive to self-discharge. The Ni-MH batteries are capable of around 500 charge cycles.
These are the ones that are the most frequent, it pésent average 1.5 kg but do not have a memory effect and have a superior performance to lead acid batteries or NI-MH batteries. They recycle well. The lithium Ion batteries can withstand from 600 to 1200 charge cycles for the best.
They weigh in around 500g, they do not have memory effect and have a performance equivalent to the Li-ion batteries. They recycle well. The batteries in li-Po support from 600 to 1500 charge cycles.
The batteries of the bikes electrical represent 30 to 50% of the price of the bike. The technology of the battery influences a lot the performance of the EAB, but also its price.
The battery gives the bike its autonomy and its power. The performance of the battery is expressed by the combination of the voltage expressed in Volt (V) and its capacity expressed in Ampere-hours (Ah).
Some figures on tests done with a mountain bike brand, with a motor crank, and a battery Li-Ion 400 Watt-hours.
Finally, we can simplify by saying that 100 watt-hours are used to navigate between 20 and 30 kms, depending on the context.
To calculate the power of a VAE in Watts, multiply the voltage of the battery expressed in volts by the current expressed in amperes. For example, a bike 24V 10 Ah is 240W. In the case where the bike has a power greater than 250W as, for example, 36V 8Ah = 288 W, it is electronically limited and the surplus power will fall back on a greater autonomy of the battery.
The assistance should be done only if the cyclist pedals, and the cutting off of the pedal. However, it is allowed to put in place a start-up assistance without the need for pedalling, but must not exceed 6 km/h.
Wearing a helmet is not mandatory, and it is not necessary to have any license.
If you have an insurance for civil liability private life included in your home insurance, your electric bike will be auto-insured. So be sure to take a look at your contract !
Of course, some insurers offer additional safeguards against theft. So don't hesitate to ask about it !
Be sure finally, the registration of your vehicle because, if such is not the case, your insurer can refuse to cover you in case of an accident.
It is important to choose their electric bicycle as a function of use, the number of kilometer to browse by month, the type of way to go, the budget, dimensions and the room you have to stow it.
The electric bikes city prefer the comfort and a seat for users who make long commutes to go to work or when walking.
The folding electric bikes are lighter and easier to handle in transportation, in the trunk of a car or in the stairs to our apartments and requires little space for storing.
The velos electric ATV called all-terrain or sport focus performance, driving position more dynamic , wheels suitable for all terrain, suspension more rigid.
The electric bike mountain BIKING is often more expensive than the other types.
After the power of choice and autonomy and weight are the determining elements in function of the number of kilometers traveled per month and terms and conditions of use (mixed urban transport + electric Bike) that the electric bike on the flat roads, routed very hilly.
All of these criteria will allow if it is necessary to orient on a folding bike or a bike HYBRID or mountain BIKE and what power.
Of course, the more the electric bike is powerful and efficient and the price goes up.
You are a user who uses his electric bike as the WE and perform between 50 and 60 km per week and mainly on flat roads.
Dutch brand that manufactures bikes of great quality, it has a front wheel motor and muffler with a smart battery of tye SMART BMS - 36 V 13Ah (468 AH) and a battery life of 100 to 140km, depending on the type of trip.
In addition to the bike beaufort SOHO, this model also has a much more powerful battery with a capacity of 14.2 Ah to power its brushless motor of 250W.
You are a user who wishes to use their electric bicycle as a means of transport almost every day and be able to carry in her place of work or in its output in the evening at the restaurant and to=see the store easily.
You want to use your electric bike to have sensations of escape and you like adventure on twisty roads or in the forest, you need the electric bike and all-terrain.
They are several hundred brands of electric bikes, and it is not easy for a buyer to find, we will give you some guidelines on how to will allow you to see a little more clear.
China has more than 400 factories of electric bicycles and caters more than 85% of the global market bike electric.
For the past ten years, several manufacturer European assembling the electric bicycles by selecting the component a by a and often, integrating their technology and their know-how on their experience of the classic bike..
This is the case for the vast majority of the brands that you know.
These bikes brands Europeans are in general more expensive because they are made up often of the best technology and it is positioned on the top of the range.
Attention to the electric bike first price, the average price of an electric bike is between 1300 and 1500€, below your electric bicycle will last for more than 6 months.
We believe that the sale of electric bicycles will become more common as it is already the case in other European countries, namely, that the sales on the internet will more and more develop.
In effect, the shops, however, remain limited in the choices of models and brands offered, on the other hand, they will often encourage you to take a model even if the latter is exceeded a point-of-view technology.
We speak, of course, electric bikes brand, and greater than 1200 €, The sales on the internet offers benefits, such as price, the ability to have access to the latest models, a greater diversity of brands and power.
You're going to tell me and the SAV.
The internet sites that respect have such as the shops at their repair center, which is often more efficient because technicians are trained to manufacturers and in addition they are more spare parts in stock.
The battery are 2 years warranty, the component such as the support, the front derailleur, suspensions, ... are 2 years warranty, the bike frame is guaranteed 5 years.
Manufacturers distinguish between the guarantee on the part of the cycle (the bike itself) of the engine and the battery. The warranty periods range from 1 to 5 years generally on the part of the cycle and from 1 to 3 years for the motor and the battery. Some manufacturers give a number of load cycles is guaranteed for the battery.
IMPORTANT : you must recharge your battery every month even if you do not use your electric bike.
This article aims to inform you about the weight of electric bikes.
The electric bikes are much heavier than bicycle classic, and this for several reasons.
Equipment such as the support, the crank.
The battery, which weighs often the models between 1.5 and 2.5 kg.
Has less to pay the electric bike very expensive such as carbon or aluminium lightweight.
The role of the assistance is to ease pedaling so as to make it a very easy.
The weight on an electric bike is not a handicap it is necessary to take into account, this is not the weight of the bike, but the set of parameters (battery, assistance, engine).


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On Writing And Editing Sex Scenes In Fiction
Posted in Blog, Writing	by Abigayle Blood
Sex scenes in fiction are a tricky subject. For a start – depending on your genre – should they be there? How much do you show? Should you write the whole scene or stop at the heavy petting? There are many, many questions. And one of the best articles I've read on the subject is by Helen Scheuerer, who gives some helpful tips and advice. Here it is, and I hope you find it useful:
Since getting stuck into the structural edit of my novel, I've been doing a lot of reading about sex scenes in fiction. When should they be included? What makes them work? What makes them fail spectacularly? What warrants a 'Literary Review's Bad Sex Award'?
Originally, there was only one sex scene in my novel, but at the request of my publisher, I've since added two more in, and recently, I've had the somewhat surreal experience of critiquing these scenes with my editor.
Editing in general can often be an intimate discussion regarding the intentions and interpretations of characters versus those of the author, but when it comes to the more explicit scenes in fiction, the process involves even more lengthy debates.
My editor and I read articles on the subject, and researched the best sex scenes in literature (the library scene from Atonement topped most of those lists, in case you were wondering), and realised that in any context, sex is a tricky subject. Perhaps largely because it plays such a major role in people's lives, and yet it remains arguably a mystery to us, often still taboo, and kept behind closed doors.
Within fiction it's even more complex. I have friends who hate reading sex scenes in books as it makes them uncomfortable, and then I have friends who enjoy reading the more explicit scenes.
Personally, I'm often confused when there's zero sex in a book, as it's such a big part of life, it lays bare motivations, desires and consequences, all of which tell you a lot about a character. Sex can be ugly, uncomfortable and awkward just as much (if not more often) than the head tossing, back arching cliches we so often see in fiction.
It can mean the start (or the end) of something, and set into motion a series of events. It's a fact of life, just like birth and death, violence and love – none of which we shy away from when we write, so why is it different? Why should sex be metaphorical and ultimately glossed over, when it's acceptable to create a vivid description of someone being shot in the face?
My editor and I discussed all these issues, before we got down to the nitty gritty sentence-level of the scenes themselves. The scenes I included weren't particularly explicit in terms of naming body parts and describing actions in detail, but there was definitely more description than the 'kiss and fade out' option some authors favour.
So, within the comments section of Microsoft word, my editor and I tried to work out what makes a sex scene 'literary', and what factors separate these scenes from erotica, or worse 'smut'. The use of language in these scenes is definitely tricky; too anatomical and the moment's ruined, too vague and no one knows what is going where or how the characters feel.
I also learnt as a writer, you also have to be wary of the fact that one person's turn-on is another person's deal breaker, which is probably why so many authors choose to keep it vague.
Additionally, I was aware of the fact that I was a female author writing a sex scene. I've spoken about the gender bias in the writing industry before, but realised it was incredibly present when it came to interpreting fictional sex scenes. Often, these scenes when written by women are seen as confessions, autobiographical even, which made me feel particularly uncomfortable.
What helped me move past this discomfort was the fact that I was writing from a man's perspective. This helped me feel like I was keeping a relatively safe distance from the risks above, at least during the writing and editing process (perhaps another post will be due by the time these scenes are finalised in print).
Essentially, what I've come to understand is like most things in writing, there's no 'right' answer, a writer just has to be aware of their own intentions, as well as that of their characters, and should work closely with an editor to make sure these two visions match up as best they can.
Lastly, I thought I'd list a few quick tips I've learned during this process below. Fingers crossed someone out there finds them useful…
Top 7 Tips For Writing Sex Scenes in Fiction
Don't include them just for the sake of it, like any scene, they should drive the story forward, or reveal something new about a character.
Space out the explicit details with emotional responses, and revelations of character.
Don't say 'member', ever.
Don't make it perfect, nothing ever is.
Accept that not every reader will find the same thing attractive.
If you're not comfortable writing them, don't – that's why there's always a 'fade out' option.
Accept that you're going to have to be comfortable editing these scenes with someone in a professional capacity.
Via: https://writersedit.com/writing-editing-sex-scenes-fiction/
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I am not sure the article is so much helpful as it is reassuring. I enjoy writing intimate scenes until I remember that other people will read them and know I wrote them. Kind of awkward feeling! Great post!


Pai Lu is a diver instructor from Hong Kong. She is an undercover cop who is working for DEA – Drug Enforcement Administration, led by her Dad, which are to bring down the criminals behind the Cocaino drug trade. During her mission with her partner, Saeb, they recuses an unconscious man by the beach. The man she rescued turn out to the Chart, a Crow assassin under Madame Louise's Crow Organization. Chart was escaping from Madame Louise's crow island, where all the assassin was being trained.
Yod are also Crow assassin who are as equally skilled at Chart. They work under the supervision of Trai, the right-hand man of Madame Louise, the leader of an underground drug dealing business in Thailand. This makes Chart and Yod compete against one another to become number one. They are constantly competing and fighting against each other over every matter. Trai then sent the two on a mission to deliver Cocaino drugs, a new type of drug, to a client. Cocaino drugs are unique in that they produce faster side effects. Once ingested, one will quickly fall asleep and begin to hallucinate severely. In addition, when combined with the stimulant of music, the drug's effect will increase even more. If ingested beyond the recommended dose, it will drive a person mad to the point of killing others, committing suicide, and overdosing from the drug's toxicity.
While the DEA investigating into the drug involvement, their entire department was ambush. Pailu was able to escape with the help of Chart, who is now working against Madam Louise. Meanwhile, Yod is betraying Madam Louise by working with the drug dealers from Hong Kong and Cuba want to sell the Cocaino's secret drug formula.


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Saturday, August 11, 2018 by tom
Review: "Missing But Not Missed"
On November 13, 1971 a Cree teenager, Betty Osborne, was walking home in The Pas, Man. when she was abducted by four white men, raped, and stabbed to death with a screwdriver. It took police 16 years to get a conviction. "One of the saddest aspects of the so-called police investigation was the fact that the police began their investigation within the Aboriginal community," notes Keetsahnak: Our Missing And Murdered Indigenous Sisters. "When no suspects were found, the police dropped their investigation."
The fact the justice system failed an entire class of Canadian citizens is undisputed. The RCMP count 1,017 Indigenous women murdered in the period from 1980 to 2012. No other identifiable group endured such violence. As low as expectations are of the $53.8 million National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – and they are very low – the commission at least has fixed in the public mind that local tragedies like the murder of Betty Osborne are interconnected.
"I heard the Minister of Northern and Indigenous Affairs Canada say, 'Racism and sexism in this country kills,'" writes contributor Christi Belcourt, an Alberta coordinator of Walking With Our Sisters. "The next day, the head of the RCMP admitted there were racist police officers in among the force. These are truths that Indigenous peoples have always known."
Violence is woven through contemporary Indigenous life. Keetsahnak is a moving documentary of the raw centre of Canadian society. Contributor Sandra Lamouche, an Alberta educator, writes of her grandmother's death at the hands of a drunk driver on the Bigstone Cree Nation: "Her body was thrown into the lake, only to be discovered a while later, frozen. This happened over fifty years ago and remains an unsolved murder case today."
In another essay Was She Just A Dream? Writer Anne-Marie Livingstone of Victoria recalls the 1992 disappearance of her mother Elsie. "I sense that most people, especially white, middle-aged men, don't like to hear about the issue of the missing women. Strangely enough, this demographic represents the majority of employees of the Vancouver Police Department, politicians and bureaucrats."
Keetsahnak reads like Dostoevsky. It is haunting and eloquent. Writer Maya Ode'amik Chacaby, an educator at York University, tells her story in words that fall like a hammer on anvil: "Dirty Lying No Good Indian was the name given to me by my grandmother, an empty bitter husk of a woman whose spirit went missing in residential school. I went missing when I was thirteen years old. No one came to look for me. No benevolent adults. No mourning family. I was not counted missing and I was not missed."
"There is a tenuous space between Being Missing and Being Murdered. I lived there for over a decade. I remember it like a dream, that hypnagogic space, living in the death world, a spectral Indian ghosting the colonial wastelands, the slums, the seedy piss-filled corners and alcoves between walls and fences. Living between passing out in snow banks (latex boots frozen to skin) and death, between rape and death, drugs and death, cops and death, safe spaces and death, friends and death."
"Missing but not missed. We are caught up, hooked in, counted, catalogued and fixed as objects. Not as sad pictures of missing children on milk cartons though. Fixed instead in the psychic disequilibrium of being a less than human human."
"I was the harsh reminder that their system fails people like me."
By Holly Doan
Keetsahnak: Our Missing and Murdered Indigenous Sisters, edited by Kim Anderson, Maria Campbell & Christi Belcourt; University of Alberta Press; 400 pages; ISBN 9781-77212-3678; $29.95


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A beacon of hope shines brighter, but Trump casts dark shadow – from The Scotsman
America's descent into darkness did not begin with Donald Trump's entrance on the political stage, and it will not be easily arrested now that the curtain has fallen on his single act. The house lights go on, revealing shadows yet to banished.
The country Mr Trump promised to make great again is on its knees, torn asunder by a pandemic he wilfully mismanaged, browbeaten by escalating threats of violence he fomented, and bewildered by an existential crisis of democracy he and his enablers carefully cultivated.
He set out with the deliberate intention of destroying America and its grand institutions. He very nearly succeeded. If there is anything to be salvaged from the rubble, it is the realisation that the values he imperilled will only thrive for so long as there is someone to fight for them.
When Joe Biden is sworn in as the republic's 46th president, it will mark the beginning of an arduous rebuilding process. Even if he serves for a second term, the endeavour will outlast his presidency. He will not be able to repair every bridge at home, nor those which span the wider world, but he can shore up the piers which bear their weight.
Mr Biden's half-century of service in public office has been built on a foundational instinct for where the political centre lies, and the emotional bequest of the personal losses he has borne lend him vulnerability and empathy, qualities that are refreshing in a leader.
These traits make a good man, and once, they would have empowered presidents to reach across the aisle and earn the trust of adversaries. But in the turmoil of the present, they are insufficient for the task at hand. In due course, America will require a healer. First, it needs an exorcist.
Mr Trump, the once-omnipresent demon who simultaneously enchanted and bedevilled the nation, remains unknowable, his worldview as incoherent and incurious as the day he descended a golden escalator. A dreadful joke, they said. It was, although we misunderstood the target of its punchline. He was not motivated by anything other than the assertion of his own dominance. That will not change as he is dragged from office, clawing the Resolute desk. The volume may be turned down, but the Trump show will continue to play out.
His departure and the momentary respite a quadrennial ritual of renewal affords an exhausted nation will invite ruminations on the legacy of his abnormal tenure, one designed to orchestrate a breathless cycle of strife and chaos. Only the future can confirm the full horror of its consequences. The present, however, offers an instructive guide.
Luck afforded Mr Trump the opportunity to impose a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court, and his administration's wholesale reconstitution of the federal judiciary has installed a powerbase of conservative judges, an ideological phalanx which makes for a formidable bulwark against the designs of a Democratic-controlled Congress.
This methodical realignment of the nation's branches of government, and the attendant blurring of their dividing lines, will define America's roadmap for the future, and determine issues such as voting rights, healthcare, and criminal justice.
Yet Mr Trump's greatest victory was not to bend those branches of government to his will, but show how brittle they are. Exactly a fortnight ago, 147 Republican members of Congress voted against the certification of Mr Biden's election win. It was one of two shameful assaults on American democracy that day, though the focus on the literal damage caused by one has eclipsed the figurative destruction wrought by the other. In that moment, a sizeable minority of the nation's elected representatives openly violated John Adams' vision of "a government of laws, and not of men" and the constitution its ideals helped shape. Gerald Ford invoked Adams' maxim at his inauguration, promising a post-Watergate America that its "national nightmare is over". Were that all metamorphoses so swift and painless.
Those who inherit the scorched earth of a Republican party recast in the image of Mr Trump and his myriad pathologies continue to show fidelity to his fiction, despite the fact it left five people dead. The party includes many who acquiesced to his darkest impulses, and others who perpetrate their own; QAnon, a banner for odious conspiratorial fantasies which germinated in the darkest online recesses, now blossoms under the cleansing light of democracy, with two members of Congress among its adherents.
Some have found their intolerance emboldened in defeat, calling on their supporters to threaten political adversaries, while the likes of Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley – the privates in the GOP's chimpanzee troop – imitate the virulent rhetoric of the party's alpha male in service of their own insatiable ambitions.
Though lamentable, none of this is surprising. Mr Trump is no personality cult or aberration. He is a proof of concept. He first exposed, then exploited the white nationalism and nativism barely concealed in the Republican movement for decades, and his election was a reminder that a nation which enshrined fundamental liberties raised its foundations on systemic inequalities still seen today in places like Racine, Wisconsin, where African Americans make half of the median income of white residents, and are nearly 12 times more likely to be imprisoned.
There is no painless solution for a party which sacrificed everything it believed in for a man who believes only in itself. Until one is found, however, all of America will suffer.
Those of us looking on from afar see a nation compromised. The hazy concept of the free world, with America at its apex, has become so indistinct as to defy those who insist it is anything other than an anachronism, and while China and Russia have expanded their reach, the shining city has been left to flicker in the gloom.
Its beacon of hope burns a little brighter today, as a howling wind blows, threatening to fan its flame.


TAMPA, FLORIDA – SEO isn't just about spiders, scutters and robots crawling your website to determine if you're worthy of a high search engine ranking. The human side of SEO depends on real people reading and recommending content. The growing trend in guest blogging is a step in the right direction; it's the "I'd like to introduce you to my friend" of SEO marketing.
Any time a blog publishes an article written by someone not associated with the website that person is a guest blogger.
Guest blogging encourages writers to create unique, high-quality content that will benefit the host blog by giving their readers an additional perspective that meets their needs. When you succeed at getting a guest post in front of the right audience, you are rewarded with increased attention to your own website through an active link placed in the article.
Search engines rank websites largely based on frequency of references to that website and visits by real people. Guest blogging increases visits by real people, naturally raising your SEO.
People traditionally seek information through sources they trust. With so much variety in the information available online, connecting with an audience that appreciates your perspective and writing is the goal of any SEO marketing campaign.
According to Google Webmaster Tools, when a website links back to yours, Google sees this as a vote for your website's importance and relevance for certain keywords. Guest blogging on a page that ranks high on search engine results gives more weight to the link sending readers to your own website and boosts your SEO.
The complicated and ever-changing rules of SEO can make using SEO software seem like the safest way to improve your ranking. Advertisements from SEO software companies pull you in with the promise that their products will easily and automatically handle the tedious tasks needed for strong SEO such as tracking search engine rankings and link building tools.
Even with the best SEO software, you have to trust that the techniques used are current. The problem is that the rules of SEO are always changing. A website that stands the test of time is built around the idea that high search engine rankings result from providing quality content your target audience can easily find.
Creative strategies like guest blogging offer guaranteed SEO with benefits over the long term, organically. If you could simply use SEO software to automatically get better rankings, there would be no need to focus on creating engaging content geared to your target audience.
When search engines like Google notice a lot of traffic coming to your website from an active link you placed in your guest post, you are seen as more of an authority on that topic which boosts your ranking. This guaranteed SEO strategy works so well because it's audience-driven. When you find an article you love, wanting to explore more of what that writer has to offer is the natural response.
Leo Babauta created his blog, Zen Habits, in 2007 and in just two years he had one of the most popular blogs in the world with more than 260,000 subscribers. This got the attention of Time magazine, which included Zen Habits in their list of Top 25 Blogs of 2009 and 2010. Contributing a lot of guest blog posts to popular websites like Copyblogger and Get Rich Slowly is one of the main ways Babauta skyrocketed the number of subscribers on his blog.
Spend time reading the blog you want to write a guest post for. This will help you get familiar with the writing style, keywords and topics so your article fits the theme of the host blog while providing a fresh perspective.
Research your topic's keywords on websites like Google AdWords. Focus on key phrases in your article that fit what your target audience is actually searching for.
Make sure your guest blog article is clear and easy for readers to scan through with features like bulleted lists. A catchy headline that includes the main keyword of your article also helps attract readers to your post.
Guest blogging gets to the heart of what a great SEO campaign is all about. As a trust-based networking tool, it's a great way to show off helpful content to the audience you want to attract and provides a sense of personal connection with your readers.
lol, @Johnny 😀 Well I also request you to provide some tips to find a quality website for guest posting. This post is really very awesome! Some people say Google will soon start ignoring links from guest posts, I think it is not true as Google always welcomes quality links!
I started guest posting and I got good results for my site because guest posting gives quality backlinks and huge traffic to the site. Thanks for a good article.
Awesome article, guest posting has a lot of benefits. I can say it has 3 or more benefit as you mentioned above, which is back-links, traffic and exposure which we require the most to keep our blog healthy but it is required to submit a post to related blogs if you want the maximum benefit of guest posting.
Wow this is really a superb article! This article is so useful with the ideas it gives to me about guest blogging. Thanks for sharing this article.
Nice article. Yes definitely a guest post helps a lot in bringing relevant traffic to your website.
I started guest posting after the Google penguin update and I got good results for my site because guest posting gives quality back link and huge traffic to the site. Only we need to maintain the relevancy of the site. Keep updating.
Wow, awesome information about guest blogging!
Nice!!!!!!!! It\'s true guest blogging is beneficial when doing SEO.
Great article here with smart facts Katie! So many SEO blogs just print out below average, low quality information, but your information is of a higher quality! With you, I can actually take your blog as fact, vs. other blogs spilling out below average fiction.


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University of Montana Law School plans annual tax institute
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University of Montana--Missoula. Office of University Relations, "University of Montana Law School plans annual tax institute" (1969). University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present. 5150.
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Keller Williams 'From the Songbook of a Family Man'
From the Songbook of a Family Man
Breaking into the Kids Scene with Keller Williams
Words by Audra Tracy
By Audra Tracy
If you've ever seen a Keller Williams concert, you'd know that he is one goofy dude. He's a one-man band who zips around stage like the Tasmanian Devil, conjuring up a groove one instrument at a time. He writes quirky songs, performs barefoot, and has no qualms about playing acoustic covers of songs by Amy Winehouse, Snoop Dogg, or Nelly. If he's that much of a spaz when performing for adults, it's not much of a stretch to imagine Keller captivating kids as well.
With his 16th album, Kids, Keller Williams has penned a children's record of new American nursery rhymes for a generation of party animals in training. We chatted with the guitar virtuoso and jam personality on touring with 'Yo Gabba Gabba Live', listening to Furthur, and what musical genre he'll never cover.
www.kellerwilliams.net
While Kids features songs about hula-hooping, cruising in car seats, and picking your nose, this latest album still incorporates all the things adults love about Keller. You'll find his signature looping ('Hula Hoop to Da Loop'), free-styling ('Horseback Rider'), and silly songwriting ('Mama Tooted'), along with some adorable banter between Keller and his young daughter, who sings on several of the tracks. "It was really a breeze for her", Keller says of his gifted offspring. "When we went into the studio she nailed it."
Inspired by Not For Kids Only, the record by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, the goal of Kids is to give parents a reprieve the from the Disney Channel musicals and Justin Beibers of the world. "I have kids of my own, and sometimes there's music that kids love, that I don't necessarily love", Keller explains. "And I was trying to bridge that gap, trying to connect to the kids while having the parents enjoy it as well."
To promote Kids, Keller will join the whacked world of robots, cyclops, and cat-dragons featured in the Nick Jr. children's show 'Yo Gabba Gabba'. For those uninitiated, 'Yo Gabba Gabba' is the 'Teletubbies' of 2010 – adored by children and just surreal enough to pique the interest of adults.
Weezer, The Roots, and Cold War Kids have already made guest appearances on 'Yo Gabba Gabba Live', and now Keller will join the fun for a few live performances throughout the Pacific Northwest this November. "I'm doing 11 Yo Gabba Gabba shows – I'm part of the Super Music Friends segment", he shares. "My kids will be coming along with me – how could I not bring my kids?"
"I do have a new toy, it' really cool, it's called a computer. Lately, the past five-to-six shows or so there has been a four-to-five minute segment where I'll bust some crazy moves with the laptop."
– Keller Williams
Kids may be his latest trick, but the Virginia native has several other projects up his sleeve. This New Year's Eve he'll play a three-set show for big kids at the Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina. "One is a dub-funk thing where I'm playing bass, Jay Sterling is on keys, and Mark D is on drums", Keller describes. "The second set will be Keller and the Keels playing bluegrass, and the third set will be the dance party thing that I do", he says. "There's room to grow right now as far as playing with other people", he continues, "but I'm definitely most comfortable playing by myself, because that's what I do the most."
Keller's one-man band approach caught the attention of Colorado jam royalty The String Cheese Incident back in the 90s, and with their support, Keller climbed the ladder from bar gigs to regular slots at festivals including Bonnaroo, All Good, and Jam Cruise. What makes his solo shows so thrilling is not only his infectious charisma, but also his ability to play such a wide variety of instruments.
"I do have a new toy, it' really cool, it's called a computer", he quips. "I just dove into it recently, and it's definitely not prominent in my show. My shows are really organic, and I create all the samples live onstage, but lately, the past five-to-six shows or so there has been a four-to-five minute segment where I'll bust some crazy moves with the laptop."
When he's not wowing audiences young and old, Keller keeps up with his jamband peers. "Today I listened to the Furthur show from the All Good Music Festival", he says. "It's no secret that I've always had a fascination with the Dead – I listened to them so much growing up, just studied it, lived it. Today was the first time in a long time that I've actually listened to something recent from that world. The Furthur thing is definitely streamlining to the Grateful Dead, and today I got re-turned on – it's fantastic."
From dance parties to bluegrass to nursery rhymes, Keller Williams runs the gamut of musical exploration. So is there anything that he considers off-limits? "Opera", he whole-heartedly answers. "I'd probably never cover any opera, and I don't particularly like contemporary country music. But anything else is fair game I think."
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Most of the time Halloween just passes me/us by, not having grown up with it here. This year for the first time I read a spooky short story (Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) and maybe next week I'll add my first Edgar Allen Poe (Ligeia).
I've never read Ligeia, maybe I'll join you!


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EPSTEIN: All IRS roads lead to the archivist
The nation's record-keeper may know what happened to the missing emails
David Ferriero
By Dan Epstein - - Monday, July 28, 2014
The Internal Revenue Service is the House of Representatives' public enemy No. 1. The agency has quietly admitted that it has lost emails for seven employees at the center of the agency's targeting of conservative groups, including the former employee at the heart of the scandal, Lois Lerner. The admission of a loss of records during the course of a congressional investigation hints at either gross bureaucratic negligence or a federal agency gone legally astray — perhaps both.
However, Congress may be barking up the wrong tree in its search for answers. Currently, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has focused its investigation on the White House and the IRS. Both have avoided or delayed disclosure in response to the committee's requests, giving the public little information on whether there was collusion between the agency and the administration.
That's why Congress should invite David Ferriero, the archivist at the National Archives and Records Administration, to testify again. He may have the answers that Congress is looking for.
Evidence of planned attack on Capitol undercuts Dems' incitement claim
Mr. Ferriero's involvement with the IRS began on Nov. 28, 2011. On that date, President Obama signed a presidential memorandum instructing both the archivist and the Office of Management and Budget to update the federal government's records-management policies. The two agencies responded on Aug. 24, 2012, with a directive authorizing agencies to "eliminate paper and use electronic record-keeping." This dictum was "applicable to all executive agencies and to all records."
The directive almost certainly conflicts with the Federal Records Act, which instructs agencies to create their own regulations regarding document retention. IRS' regulations, for instance, required Ms. Lerner to print and file her emails and her attachments. By following the archivist's order, the IRS may have violated its own regulations — and therefore the Federal Records Act.
To date, Mr. Ferriero has not testified to Congress about the apparent inconsistencies between the directive, which he signed, and the Federal Records Act, which he enforces. Nor has he testified whether the IRS actually has the printed copies of Ms. Lerner's correspondence, per the agency's requirements.
These aren't the only questions he must answer. The archivist is also uniquely knowledgeable about the White House's record-keeping procedures.
Shortly after Ms. Lerner's emails were revealed by the IRS to be "lost," the White House flatly denied involvement. White House spokesman Jay Carney responded to Congress' accusations by stating, "We found zero emails between Lois Lerner and anyone within the [executive office of the president] during this period."
This language may be intentional — particularly the phrase "during this period." The Presidential Records Act allows the president, at any time during his term of office, to "dispose of those records that no longer have administrative, historical, informational or evidentiary value ."
The archivist has the only real check on this power. When the president requests that certain records be thrown in the trash, the Presidential Records Act requires that the archivist present his "views, in writing" to the White House. If he disagrees with any of the president's requests, he is required by law to inform no fewer than three congressional committees, including one in the Senate and two in the House. He need not notify anyone in Congress when he consents to a records request.
Congress must ascertain whether the White House consulted Mr. Ferriero regarding the disposition of any White House communications during this time and what issues those communications mentioned. Without knowing this information, we cannot know if the archivist consented to the disposition of email communications between Ms. Lerner and the White House.
Without Mr. Ferriero's testimony, the truth behind the IRS' — and the White House's — actions may never be known. No other federal official has been so intimately involved in the various changes to record-keeping policies at federal agencies. Nor is anyone else outside the White House so knowledgeable about the integrity of the administration's correspondence. Quite simply, the archivist may be the key to unlocking the entire investigation.
Congress must hear the archivist's testimony on these questions. By all appearances, the IRS has perpetrated a great crime against the American people — and may have done so at the White House's bidding. However, we can't know any of this with complete certainty until Congress starts asking the right people, starting with Mr. Ferriero.
Dan Epstein is the executive director of Cause of Action.


Gaetan Bong in action for Albion against Swansea City.
Brighton & Hove Albion defender Gaetan Bong has signed a contract extension with the club – keeping him with the Seagulls until 2019.
The left-back, who has made 52 league appearances for the club – including 15 in the Premier League during the current season – joined Albion from Wigan Athletic in the summer of 2015.
Bong has impressed since arriving on the south coast, helping Albion to a third and second placed finish in the Championship in his first two seasons at the club; and he has successfully made the transition from the Championship to the Premier League.
Chris Hughton said, "I am delighted for Gaetan. He is a key member of the squad, and he has worked really hard to earn this new contract with the club.
Bong began his career in France with Metz and also played for French side Valenciennes, before moving to Greece in 2013 to join Olympiakos.
He has made 13 appearances for Cameroon, and has represented former club Olympiakos in the Champions League, where he also won the Greek league title in 2014.


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Fanny Polly, née en 1987 à Cannes, et a grandi à Mouans-Sartoux est une chanteuse rappeuse française.

Biographie
Artiste pluridisciplinaire et sportive depuis son plus jeune âge, elle découvre le Hip-Hop à 13 ans, alors qu'elle voulait faire de la danse. A 15 ans, elle découvre le Breakdance, qu'elle décrit comme une révélation. Elle commence à donner des cours de danse à 17 ans. En 2006, elle fonde, avec des amis, l'association "X Pression Art d'Corps" (qui sera également un titre sur son premier album). Elle a un diplôme de coach sportif/prof de fitness et travaille également dans l'animation avec des enfants et de jeunes (notamment dans le département de Paris où elle réside).

Elle revendique le fait que son style de rap soit influencé par sa pratique de la danse et le défini comme "rap conscient", tout en spécifiant qu'elle n'a pas très envie qu'on la situe.

Première femme à avoir intégré le collectif Scred Connexion, Fanny Polly porte les valeurs d'un rap poétique et engagé. Ses textes s'engagent sur plusieurs sujets de sociétés. En ce qui concerne le féminisme, elle ne se définit pas comme féministe : "Pour moi, par définition, une femme est féministe. À partir du moment où tu es une femme, tu dois te défendre tous les jours. Pour moi, ce terme devrait être réservé aux hommes." ou encore : "Quand je suis sur scène avec 5 meufs devant mille gars, c'est une manif en soi".

Discographie

Albums studio
 2019 : Tout une histoire
 2022 : ReBELLE

Notes et références

Liens externes

 Le Môme, Yass Sogo, Fanny Polly, Mas Kit... Le rap de la Côte d'Azur entre dans le game
  Rendez-vous Hip-Hop 2019 : cinq découvertes féminines à ne pas manquer
 Fanny Polly : la nouvelle pépite du rap Français
 Fanny Polly sur Scred Connexion

Rappeuse française
Nom de scène
Naissance en 1987
Naissance à Cannes

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Q: Question about the Shannon Entropy formula I have a basic question about the Shannon Entropy formula. In fact it's so dumb that I didn't dare ask it in the class because I don't understand the text books.
Here's the formula:
$$H(X) = -\displaystyle\sum_{x} p(x)\log p(x).$$
And here's my question: what function is p(x)? Is it frequency, and if so, frequency of what?

A: It is a probability mass function. In particular, $p(x_0)$ is the probability of event $x_0$ occurring.

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The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011

#### Published in
in Elix, Johnston & Armstrong, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. , Bot. 15(3): 312 (1986)

#### Original name
Parmelia pumila Kurok. & Filson

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Q: Concatenating tree data - How to simplify my code? I solved an exercise where I had to apply a recursive algorithm to a tree that's so defined:
class GenericTree:
    """ A tree in which each node can have any number of children.

        Each node is linked to its parent and to its immediate sibling on the right
    """

    def __init__(self, data):
        self._data = data
        self._child = None
        self._sibling = None
        self._parent = None

I had to concatenate the data of the leaves with the data of the parents and so on until we arrive to the root that will have the sum of all the leaves data. I solved it in this way and it works but it seems very tortuous and mechanic:
    def marvelous(self):
        """ MODIFIES each node data replacing it with the concatenation
            of its leaves data

            - MUST USE a recursive solution
            - assume node data is always a string

        """
        if not self._child: #If there isn't any child
            self._data=self._data #the value remains the same
        if self._child: #If there are children
            if self._child._child: #if there are niece
                self._child.marvelous() #reapply the function to them
            else: #if not nieces
                self._data=self._child._data #initializing the name of our root node with the name of its 1st son
                #if there are other sons, we'll add them to the root name
                if self._child._sibling: #check
                    current=self._child._sibling #iterating through the sons-siblings line
                    while current:
                        current.marvelous() #we reapplying the function to them to replacing them with their concatenation (bottom-up process)
                        self._data+=current._data #we sum the sibling content to the node data
                        current=current._sibling #next for the iteration
            #To add the new names to the new root node name:
            self._data="" #initializing the root str value
            current=self._child #having the child that through recursion have the correct str values, i can sum all them to the root node
            while current:
                self._data+=current._data
                current=current._sibling
        if self._sibling: #if there are siblings, they need to go through the function themselves
            self._sibling.marvelous()

Basically I check if the node tree passed has children: if not, it remains with the same data.
If there are children, I check if there are nieces: in this case I restart the algorithm until I can some the leaves to the pre-terminal nodes, and I sum the leaves values to put that sum to their parents'data.
Then, I act on the root node with the code after the first while loop, so to put its name as the sum of all the leaves.
The final piece of code serves as to make the code ok for the siblings in each step.
How can I improve it?

A: It seems to me that your method performs a lot of redundant recursive calls.
For example this loop in your code:
                    while current:
                        current.marvelous()
                        self._data += current._data
                        current = current._sibling

is useless because the recursive call will be anyway performed by the last
instruction in your method (self._sibling.marvelous()).  Besides,
you update self._data and then right after the loop you reset
self._data to "".
I tried to simplify it and came up with this solution that seems to
work.
    def marvelous(self):
        if self.child:
            self.child.marvelous()

            # at that point we know that the data for all the tree
            # rooted in self have been computed.  we collect these
            self.data = ""
            current = self.child
            while current:
                self.data += current.data
                current = current.sibling

        if self.sibling:
            self.sibling.marvelous()

And here is a simpler solution:
    def marvelous2(self):
        if not self.child:
            result = self.data
        else:
            result = self.child.marvelous2()
            self.data = result
        if self.sibling:
            result += self.sibling.marvelous2()
        return result

marvelous2 returns the data computed for a node and all its siblings.  This avoids performing the while loop of the previous solution.