* A heavily promoted meta-analysis claiming to demonstrate the benefits of GM crops especially in developing countries does no such thing.
* It fails to separate from the GM trait the effects of confounding variables that are known to dramatically affect all measured parameters.
* Commentators are presenting misleading interpretations.
GRAIN report: How does the Gates Foundation spend its money to feed the world?
At some point in June this year, the total amount given as grants to food and agriculture projects by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation surpassed the US$3 billion mark. It marked quite a milestone. From nowhere on the agricultural scene less than a decade ago, the Gates Foundation has emerged as one of the world's major donors to agricultural research and development.
The Gates Foundation is arguably the biggest philanthropic venture ever. It currently holds a $40 billion endowment, made up mostly of contributions from Gates and his billionaire friend Warren Buffet. The foundation has over 1,200 staff, and has given over $30 billion in grants since its inception in 2000, $3.6 billion in 2013 alone.2 Most of the grants go to global health programmes and educational work in the US, traditionally the foundation's priority areas. But in 2006-2007, the foundation massively expanded its funding for agriculture, with the launch of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and a series of large grants to the international agricultural research system (CGIAR). In 2007, it spent over half a billion dollars on agricultural projects and has maintained funding at around this level. The vast majority of the foundation's agricultural grants focus on Africa.
A junior business advisor for TechnoServe discusses farming techniques with a Ugandan farmer. Technoserve is the NGO receiving the most funds from the Gates Foundation. It's a US based NGO that develops "business solutions to poverty". Running on an $80 million annual budget, it received a total of $85 million from the Gates Foundation during the last decade. Over half of these funds came through a 2007 grant "to help entrepreneurial men and women in poor rural areas of the developing world build business". Technoserve carries out this work through partnerships with food corporations such as Cargill, Unilever, Coca Cola and Nestlé, who bring "world-class business and industry expertise" and who are offered, through the programme, "new market and sourcing opportunities".
We could find no evidence of any support from the Gates Foundation for programmes of research or technology development carried out by farmers or based on farmers' knowledge, despite the multitude of such initiatives that exist across the continent. (African farmers, after all, do continue to supply an estimated 90% of the seed used on the continent!) The foundation has consistently chosen to put its money into top down structures of knowledge generation and flow, where farmers' are mere recipients of the technologies developed in labs and sold to them by companies.
"Gene drives" enable traits to spread rapidly through wild populations over many generations. The use of genetically engineered gene drives has, to date, remained largely theoretical due to technical constraints. However technological advances have meant that powerful and efficient techniques for genome engineering can be applied to enable the development of an increasing number of tools well-suited to rapidly building and testing gene drives.
Because gene drives offer the prospect of manipulating many generations of a wild species, the risks have to be very carefully weighed against the potential benefits. In a paper published in the journaleLife, scientists from Havard call for public debate on gene drives. Given the potential for gene drives to alter entire wild populations and therefore ecosystems, they affirm that the development of this technology must include robust safeguards and methods of control.
Another paper simultaneously published in the journal Science, written by the same authors together with others including policy experts, outlines the limitations of the technology as well as regulatory gaps that need to be first addressed. The scientists recommend that regulators adopt "a function-based approach that defines risk in terms of the ability to influence any key biological component the loss of which would be sufficient to cause harm to humans or other species of interest." They caution that "gene drives present environmental and security challenges" and cite 10 steps to manage these risks, stressing that "It is crucial that this rapidly developing technology is evaluated before its use outside the laboratory becomes a reality".
An article on this issue is reproduced below as Item 1 while the abstract and excerpts from the two journal papers appear as Items 2 and 3, respectively.
A powerful new technology could be used to "edit" the genomes of organisms in the wild, enabling researchers to block mosquitoes' ability to spread malaria, for example, or make weeds more vulnerable to pesticides, Harvard scientists proposed Thursday.
Gene drives may be capable of addressing ecological problems by altering entire populations of wild organisms, but their use has remained largely theoretical due to technical constraints. Here we consider the potential for RNA-guided gene drives based on the CRISPR nuclease Cas9 to serve as a general method for spreading altered traits through wild populations over many generations. We detail likely capabilities, discuss limitations, and provide novel precautionary strategies to control the spread of gene drives and reverse genomic changes. The ability to edit populations of sexual species would offer substantial benefits to humanity and the environment. For example, RNA-guided gene drives could potentially prevent the spread of disease, support agriculture by reversing pesticide and herbicide resistance in insects and weeds, and control damaging invasive species. However, the possibility of unwanted ecological effects and near-certainty of spread across political borders demand careful assessment of each potential application. We call for thoughtful, inclusive, and well-informed public discussions to explore the responsible use of this currently theoretical technology.
Genes in sexually reproducing organisms normally have, on average, a 50% chance of being inherited, but some genes have a higher chance of being inherited. These "selfish" genes can increase in relative frequency in a population even if they reduce the odds that each organism will reproduce. Aided by technological advances, scientists are investigating how similar methods might be used to alter populations by adding, disrupting, or editing genes and to suppress populations by propagating traits that reduce reproductive capacity. Potential beneficial uses of such "gene drives" include reprogramming mosquito genomes to eliminate malaria, reversing the development of pesticide and herbicide resistance, and locally eradicating invasive species. However, drives may present environmental and security challenges as well as benefits.
FINLAND, Minn. – The Organic Consumers Association (OCA) has called on Starbucks to withdraw from the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), an industry lobbying group that is suing Vermont to overturn the state's GMO labeling law, and is behind H.R. 4432, a federal bill to preempt states' rights to pass laws requiring the labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food ingredients.
The EU project GRACE, has published a first response to Testbiotech's exposure of flaws in a rat feeding study with genetically engineered maize. In an open letter to Testbiotech, Joachim Schiemann, coordinator of the GRACE Consortium, rejected the objections raised by Testbiotech. At the same time, he neither rebutted Testbiotech's critique nor did he address the network of vested interests around the publication. In regard to the toxicological data, he mostly repeated what was already stated in the study and therefore criticised by Testbiotech. Consequently, the GRACE Consortium cannot invalidate the evidence presented by Testbiotech.
Note: In the world of seed saving and plant breeding, this is the biggest news all year. A new peer-reviewed scientific journal, Food Contamination, has just published a meta-analysis of the GM Contamination Register that was compiled over the past ten years by Genewatch and Greenpeace. Janet Cotter (Greenpeace) and Becky Price (Genewatch) were the lead compilers of this important database. Here is my take on the significance of this sort of data mapping for farmers concerned with protecting the genomic integrity and organic or biodynamic status of their land race and heirloom crop varieties.
One of the most significant issues in the debate over the environmental impacts of transgenic crops is the irrefutable scientific fact posed by gene flow. As a farmer, seed librarian, and plant breeder, I am deeply concerned with the threat of genetic contamination posed by transgenic crops to center of origin land race varieties grown across all of the indigenous First Nation territories of Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Other farmers and scientists who share this concern have been presenting evidence of this transgenic threat since 2001 when Ignacio Chapela and David Quist of the University of California-Berkeley documented introgression of transgenes in native land race populations of Zea mays (maize) in Oaxaca, Mexico.
It has been a challenge to keep track of the growing number of such events in which genetic materials from GMO/GE cropsintrogress (contaminate) the native genome of land race crop varieties. Transgenic introgression is a real, verified, direct, and immediate threat to the genomic integrity of center of origin land race varieties.
"La modificación de la actual legislación equivale a avanzar aún más en la privatización de las semillas, prohibiendo la reutilización que los productores hacen de aquellas que obtienen en sus propias cosechas. De este modo se viola el derecho fundamental de los agricultores a seleccionar, mejorar e intercambiar las semillas libremente. Y si las transnacionales avanzan sobre el control de las semillas, también lo harán en la monopolización del mercado y el control corporativo de los alimentos de todo el pueblo argentino."
November 7, 2014 (Washington, DC)--Center for Food Safety (CFS) is today warning consumers about a new genetically engineered (GE) potato that may soon enter the food supply. Because GE foods are not required to be labeled, the new GE potato will be sold to consumers without their knowledge. The GE potato was one of two new crops approved today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that uses a new, little understood form of genetic engineering called RNA interference (RNAi). The other is a newlow-lignin alfalfa from Monsanto. Despite the unprecedented nature of these approvals, USDA has inexplicably failed to undertake the legally required rigorous and overarching analysis of the GE crops' impacts or reasonably foreseeable consequences.
New legislation is threatening to criminalise the ability of farmers to freely save and exchange seeds (see item 1 below).
For example, Ghana is passing a new seed law because of pressure from rich governments, including that of the UK, and big corporations (see item 2 below).
The new law, if passed, will restrict small-scale farmers and food producers from freely saving, exchanging and selling seeds. This will sideline traditional varieties and push farmers towards buying seeds from big business like Monsanto year after year. And small-scale farmers could even face criminalisation for saving seeds that corporations lay claim to.
Meanwhile in Europe, the TTIP free trade deal between the US and EU threatens to flood Europe with GMOs.
EXCERPT (item 1): Lobby[ing] from US large corporations has been intense and aimed at attacking those EU restrictions on imports of GM food, including the removal of EU requirement of labelling and traceability for GM crops and food. As a result thousands and thousands of citizens are mobilising throughout Europe and in the UK to say NO TTIP! Already the EU has had to halt part of the negotiations for three months to allow for proper democratic consultation.
EXCERPT: Soil Association Policy Director Peter Melchett said, "No one could possibly believe that GM crops would benefit English farmers when they see the extraordinary costs that GM brings in unwanted contamination. Only an ideological fixation on GM, disregarding economic realities and more modern and effective crop breeding technologies… can explain why some English farming organisations and politicians continue to promote this out of date and dangerous technology."
DES MOINES -- Agrochemicals giant Syngenta is facing a growing number of lawsuits challenging its release of a genetically modified corn seed that China had not approved for import, with losses to farmers estimated to be at least $1 billion.
More than 50 lawsuits have been filed in 11 major corn-growing states, including Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska with hundreds more being prepared. Some suits are from farmers represented by individual attorneys, others are class-action lawsuits representing hundreds more.
Ag Commissioner claims "virtually no risk of cross-contamination"
From amid the fog of pro-GMO hype in this article, the unmistakeable truth emerges: GMO pharma corn is being planted in California and the local authorities have adopted an evidence-free belief that the crop will not get into food and feed supplies.
Ironically, the accusation of "terrorism" is applied to those who would try to prevent such contamination by uprooting the crop.
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Monsanto and Dow are suing Maui County, Hawaii to block its new law banning GMO cultivation (item 1 below).
In June this year, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, an industry association funded by Big Food, sued the State of Vermont for instituting its GMO labelling law (item 2).
And last year, Syngenta and Bayer sued the EU for placing a limited ban on their neonicotinoid pesticides, which are implicated in the decline of bees and other beneficial insects.
GMO/chemical companies suing governments is a growing trend that's likely to continue as long as company budgets far exceed the resources of government authorities – and as long as corporations continue to be given the rights of individuals with none of the responsibilities.
The trend will increase exponentially if the TTIP free trade agreement between the US and the EU goes ahead as planned.
Glyphosate-based herbicides are the most widely used pesticides in the world. Monsanto's Roundup herbicide is just one of these glyphosate-based herbicides and it accounts for 20% of Monsanto's net profits every year. Factor GMO will give a clear idea of what level of harm glyphosate-based herbicides cause to human health and will also identify whether Roundup (which includes glyphosate and other ingredients) is more harmful to human health than glyphosate on its own.
OCA: Will we win in Oregon?
6634 Votes from a Win in Oregon!
Don't believe everything you read in the papers. We have not yet lost Measure 92, Oregon's initiative to label GMOs.
According to the YES on 92 campaign, we are only 6634 votes (as of 5 p.m. Wednesday, November 12) from a win. If we get to within a margin of 49.80 percent (we're currently at 49.78!), we'll trigger an automatic recount, paid for by the state.
But here's the thing. The only way we can win in Oregon is to contact every voter whose vote hasn't been counted, because it was "challenged" due to a technical problem. There are enough of these "challenge" ballots—about 13,000—yet uncounted, to swing the election in our favor.
We need hundreds of organizers on the ground beginning today, to reach out to voters to resolve problems with their ballots, and make sure their votes are counted.
And the only way we can make that happen is to hire professional organizers, and pay travel expenses for volunteers.
We are so close. There is no guarantee we will win, but a win is definitely still within reach. If we can get all of the votes counted by the deadline, 5 p.m. November 18.
We know you've already dug deep into your pockets to help this movement. But today, we are asking again. Through our 501(c) 4 lobbying arm, we have promised to rush another $25,000 to the YES on 92 campaign to make sure we don't lose this critical GMO labeling battle.
If you can help, click here for details on how to donate online now, or by phone or mail. Thank you!
In two weeks, families, friends and communities will gather around dinner tables to celebrate Thanksgiving. Leaving aside for now the nuanced political, historical and cultural complications that underlie the holiday, and taking into consideration the different meanings individuals assign to Thanksgiving, there will be one universal thread running through everyone's celebration on Thursday, November 27: Food.
For millions of Americans, unfortunately, the food on their tables will take the form of a turkey raised in filthy, crowded conditions on a diet of antibiotics and genetically engineered corn and soy, with side dishes made from potatoes and beans and other produce heavily contaminated with pesticides, accompanied by highly processed white-bread dinner rolls slathered with butter made from milk produced by cows pumped full of growth hormonesand raised in conditions no animal should be forced to endure.
Thankfully, as the market for organic food grows, consumers have greater access to organic alternatives, whether they plan a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, or opt for something other than turkey, potatoes and pumpkin pie.
They also have plenty of motivation: better health and nutrition; a cleaner environment; more humane treatment of animals; and a cooler planet.
According to reports by the Rodale Institute, the United Nations and the Soil Association, modern, chemical-intensive industrial farming has stripped the soil's natural ability to take carbon back out of the atmosphere, through photosynthesis, and store it where nature intended—in the soil. By returning to small-scale organic farming, say researchers at the Rodale Institute, more than 40 percent of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could be captured in the soil. And if the world's pasture and rangelands were managed using regenerative techniques, an additional 71 percent of GHG emissions could be sequestered.
This Thanksgiving, we ask you to pledge to Cook Organic, not the Planet not just on Thanksgiving, but every day. Because as consumers, we have the power to shift the market—and save the planet.
Read this week's article on why organic is the only way to go for turkey, potatoes, green beans, pumpkin, bread, dairy and wine.
TAKE ACTION: Take the Cook Organic, not the Planet Pledge!
About 15 years ago, consumers successfullypressured McDonald's Corp. to stop buying New Leaf potatoes, a potato varietygenetically engineered (by Monsanto) to produce its own insecticide.
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved a new GMO potato. The "Innate" brand is made by the J. R. Simplot Company—the largest supplier of potatoes to McDonald's restaurants. (The USDA alsoapproved a new genetically engineered alfalfa last week).
Simplot wants consumers to believe that its new GMO potato is not only harmless, it provides consumers with several benefits. Among those benefits are the fact that the potato is bruise-resistant (which is really a benefit to commercial buyers and growers, not consumers), and that when heated to a temperature required for frying, the potato produces less asparagine, a naturally occurring amino acid that at high temperatures reacts with some sugars to oxidize into acrylamide. Acrylamide is recognized as a potential carcinogen.
In other words, the maker of the Innate GMO potato says it's not only safe (the same claim Monsanto and Dow make about their GMO corn and soy products), it's actually better for you than a non-GMO potato.
What Simplot doesn't tell you is that the technology used to create the Innate potato—RNA interference, or RNAi—is considered by some scientists to be even more dangerous than the DNA manipulation technology used to create Roundup Ready and Bt crops.
TAKE ACTION: Please Ask McDonald's CEO Donald Thompson to reject Simplot's "Innately Wrong" GMO Potato!


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The New Hampshire Telephone MuseumRaises the Curtain on its 2019 Season
Without question, the telephone has taken center stage in most people's lives – studies show that the average person spends 4 hours per day on their phones – but long before the telephone played such a big role in our personal lives, it became a budding star in other ways.
The New Hampshire Telephone Museum's 2019 special exhibit, That's Entertainment! The Telephone's Role in Cinema, Television and Music, is sponsored by TDS Telecom and explores the important roles the telephone played – and still plays today – in the movies and television shows we watch, the music we listen to, and the books we read. The exhibit kicks off with a special red carpet event, sponsored by the Sugar River Bank, on Friday, April 26th at 7:00 p.m. and will run through the month of October. Entry into the exhibit is included in the price of museum admission.
In addition to the special exhibit, the staff has been hard at work freshening up existing displays and adding new ones, including the recently acquired equipment from the Meriden Telephone Company. Meriden has the distinction of being the last hand-crank telephone system in New Hampshire, converting to dial in 1974.
2019 also marks the return of the ever-popular 4th Phridays at the Phone Museum series, made possible by the Law Offices of Upton and Hatfield, the annual Brews for Bell beer tasting fundraiser and a special appearance in October by renowned master storyteller, Odds Bodkins.
New events and programming are always being added, so be sure to visit NHTelephoneMuseum.org or our social sites – Facebook and Instagram – for more information. Come see why people say "Wow!" when they walk through the door!
About New Hampshire Telephone Museum
The New Hampshire Telephone Museum is a non-profit 501(c)3 Corporation whose mission is to inspire curiosity by engaging a broad public audience in exhibitions and programs based on its remarkable and expanding collection. The Museum preserves the past and tells the stories of the telecommunications industry. The museum, which opened to the public in 2005 under the direction of Alderic O. "Dick" Violette and his son, Paul, features the collection of four generations of one family who, collectively, have telephone careers spanning nearly 100 years. Visit NHTelephoneMuseum.org for more information.

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Whatever time you go to Quarriers Village , we'd like to suggest some things to take to improve your stay. Preparing for a little rain is always a good plan. An umbrella and an anorak or rain coat can get everyone smiling even on the worse days.
If your family and friends are anything like ours, you should have a good book ready to fill those times when everyone's getting ready, or waiting for them to come back from a long walk. There are obviously local stores that can supply you with all the food you need, but we always like to arrive with coffee, tea bags, a pint of milk, a bar of chocolate and some bread and butter for the toaster - it's good to get the energy up after a long journey. Many people have favourite places they return to again and again, whereas we like to find new places to stay.
The best holiday cottages in Quarriers Village are clean, charming and warm - some might say as nice as staying home. Cottage owners and agencies have increased their standards quite significantly throughout the last decade.
No longer do you have to worry whether the property will be clean and tidy, and with the same amenities as advertised. Owners and agencies have also become more responsive when there are issues and its best to deal with them as soon as possible.
When you choose your Quarriers Village accommodation its worth bearing in mind the group of people staying with you. If you're travelling to Quarriers Village in a group of single people, are there enough beds in the bedrooms?
If you have a dog, you may like to bring him or her to Quarriers Village with you. If the description of the Quarriers Village cottage does not indicate that its pet friendly, please contact the owner before confirming the booking.
Wherever you stay, whether it's in Quarriers Village or elsewhere, we hope you have a fabulous holiday!
Holiday cottages are swiftly becoming one of the most enjoyable ways to spend a week's holiday in the UK. Why travel abroad when there are so many great places to discover at home, staying in a holiday cottage in Quarriers Village .


The World Health Assembly is the forum through which the World Health Organisation is governed.
The World Health Organisation is a specialised branch of the United Nations. It is dedicated to improving public health worldwide.
while this is a fairly informal term, it generally refers to an approach to farming that aims to support both food production and the conservation of biodiversity on farmland. Wildlife-friendly farming is associated with the use of reduced chemical and fertiliser inputs and the preservation of native vegetation (e.g. flowers, trees, and bushes) on or around farmland. Those who use the term tend to equate wildlife-friendly farming with a land sharing approach. Related although not synonymous terms include organic farming and agroecology.
this is the difference between the actual productivity of a given area of farmland and the maximum productivity that could in principle be achieved using agricultural practices, resources and technologies that are currently available. The best yields that can be obtained locally depend on the capacity of farmers to access and use, among other things, land, seeds, water, nutrients, pest management, soils, biodiversity, and knowledge. Yield gaps are studied and measured at various scales - from the farm through to the national and global levels.
Zoonotic diseases are pathogens (e.g. viruses, bacteria, funghi, parasites) which can – to varying degrees – be transmitted between animals and human. Examples include bird and swine flu, lyme disease, bovine tuberculosis, rabies, and zika.


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Luigi Merola est un prêtre italien, né à Villaricca le , connu pour avoir lutté contre la camorra.

Biographie
Curé de la paroisse de San Giorgio dans le quartier populaire de Forcella, dans le centre historique de Naples, pendant sept ans, Luigi Merola y a célébré sa première messe en octobre 2000 et sa dernière le . Pendant cette période, il a lutté contre la dégradation générale de ce quartier où la camorra est fortement implantée, décrivant son combat dans un livre, Forcella tra inclusione ed esclusione sociale.

Forcella a été toujours considéré le centre de la Camorra et l'ignorance n'aide pas la population à se rebeller face aux injustices. À son arrivée, Don Merola a d'abord commencé par s'occuper des enfants : leurs parents sont souvent en prison et eux sont destinés à grandir dans la rue. Le prêtre a compris que l'Église devait représenter un phare pour ces personnes et a donc mis en place de nombreuses initiatives pour extraire les enfants de la rue et leur offrir un avenir.

Son sacerdoce à Forcella a été marqué par la mort fin mars 2004 d'Annalisa Durante, 14 ans, une innocente tuée lors d'un échange de tirs entre membres de clans rivaux. Dans son journal intime elle écrivait quelque temps avant sa mort : « …vorrei fuggire, a Napoli ho paura… » (« …je voudrais fuir, à Naples j'ai peur… »).

Ignorant délibérément les incitations à adopter un profil bas, Don Merola, dans l'homélie prononcée lors des obsèques, a attaqué durement le crime organisé. Il fait désormais l'objet de menaces et a été placé sous escorte constante, ce qui ne l'empêche pas de continuer à sensibiliser ses ouailles contre les organisations mafieuses. Il va dans les écoles et les lycées pour parler aux jeunes de son expérience.

Don Merola a créé une école portant le nom d'Annalisa Durante pour les enfants. Il est également le fondateur d'une association appelée « A voce de creaturi . »

Bibliographie
 Luigi Merola, Forcella tra inclusione ed esclusione sociale, Naples : Guida, 2007.
 Matilde Andolfo, Diario di Annalisa, Naples : Pironti, 2005.

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Naissance à Villaricca
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Miami — For 30 years, Biscayne Bay and Miami have been an important stop of the Olympic-class circuit. This year 650 athletes from 60 countries are heading to the area for the opening series of the 2019 Hempel World Cup, a crucial milestone to the 2020 Olympic Regatta in Enoshima, Japan.
The Hempel World Cup series begins Jan. 29 with the top 10 athletes or teams in each class advancing to the double-points medal race on Saturday, Feb. 2 or Sunday, Feb. 3 for the limited country berths in each of the 10 classes in preparation for the respective country's Olympic qualifying. Each nation can send one athlete or team per class.
Medal races will be streamed live to a Jumbotron in Regatta Park while festivities including food trucks and the US Sailing Education Zone attracts fans and families for the festival.
The event will be based out of Regatta Park and Coconut Grove Sailing Club.
The Hempel Cup regatta is a qualifier for the 2019 Pan American Games that will take place July 26 – Aug. 11 in Lima, Peru.
Each American sailor and team that places in the top 10 in their respective fleets in the regatta will represent the country as a member of the US Sailing Team.
The medal races on February 2-3 will be streamed live on World Sailing's Facebook and YouTube Channels.


The "ethnographer" of Think Company, Dan has years of experience in ethnomusicology & anthropology, conducting fieldwork with performers from small-town Virginia jam sessions to Beijing nightclubs—which provides a sense of his approach and thoroughness on our projects! His professional background is in UX strategy and engineering project management, and he has presented on how marginality and identity factor into ethical design. You're as likely to bump into Dan as he's walking with his head buried in a book as you are when he's hosting the local game night!


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The Light in the Clearing is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring Eugenie Besserer, Clara Horton, and A. Edward Sutherland.

Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Barton Baynes receives a prophesy of four perils and a rosy future from the Silent Woman, while Amos, the son of Ben Grimshaw who was the tightfisted power over the farmers, receives one of death and the gallows. One night Bart meets the Stranger. There is another traveler on the road and it happens that the three come together. Ben sees the flash of a gunshot and the Stanger drops to the road. He sees the assailant comes up and bends over the body. Ben hurls a stone and strikes the assailant in the temple, and then hurries off and spreads the news of what happened. The body turns out to be that of the son of the Silent Woman, and she falls prostrate with grief. Amos is convicted of the crime, and old Ben falls dead with the Old Woman's bony fingers pointed at him. However, Barton's future is bright with the smiles of Sally and success.

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Bibliography
 Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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ABBOTT LABORATORIES, Abbott Park, Ill., a health care company, said its board approved a 2-for-1 stock split, and increased the company's quarterly dividend 11 percent, to 30 cents a share.
CAPITAL AUTOMOTIVE, Arlington, Va., a real estate investment trust specializing in acquiring auto dealership properties, said it sold 20 million shares for $300 million, or $15 each, in an initial public offering.
BAYOU STEEL CORP., La Place, La., agreed to acquire Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. in Sterling, Ill., for about $96 million in cash and stock.
CITICORP, New York, said it was moving much of its student loan business to South Dakota, eliminating 580 mostly clerical jobs in Perinton, N.Y.


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Opinion: NFL wraps up celebration of first 100 years with Super Bowl featuring its future
There's no better way for the NFL to wrap up its celebration of its first 100 years than by showcasing its future.
The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers might not have been the Super Bowl matchup anyone expected when the playoffs began. Certainly not when the season began. But it's fitting in this, the 100th season of the NFL, the Super Bowl will feature the game's best young quarterback in Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes and its best young defensive player in San Francisco's Nick Bosa.
"I knew I wanted to be in this moment," Mahomes said of what he learned from falling short in last year's AFC title game, "being able to play for this game to get to the Super Bowl."
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The NFL is driven as much by its star players as its marquee teams. And for much of the last 20 years, it has been in the very capable hands of Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. But eras inevitably end, and the looming void has been hanging over the NFL's head the last few seasons.
If this year has shown anything, however, it's that the NFL will be just fine.
Mahomes is the reigning MVP, and now has the chance to become the first player to win the MVP and a Super Bowl title before he's 25. Every Chiefs game features at least one, "Did he really just do that?" moment, be it his four touchdown passes in the second quarter last week or his 27-yard twisting, tightrope-walking TD run Sunday.
"The best quarterback in the National Football League right there, baby," Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said. "And he shows it every time."
Bosa, meanwhile, has energized a 49ers franchise that won all of four games just last year. The No. 2 pick in the draft, he had quarterbacks across the league looking over their shoulders with nine sacks, an interception and two recovered fumbles. He was the only rookie named as a starter for the Pro Bowl.
In the NFC championship, the Packers still had a chance to make a game of it, trailing by just a touchdown late in the first quarter, when Bosa snagged Rodgers by the ankle on third-and-seven and spun him to the ground for a 13-yard sack. Though there was still plenty of game left, it felt as if it was already over, and by halftime it was.
"Bosa has definitely been a difference maker," 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said last week. "I'm very glad we have him. I don't wish 4-12 on anybody, but after going through it, it's nice what it brought us."
It is not hard to imagine Mahomes and Bosa, along with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, as the poster boys of the NFL for the next decade. And just as Brady and Manning's recurring rivalry bolstered their star power, so, too, will Mahomes and Bosa facing each other, the best being tested by the best, the one's ability a measure of the other's.
But unlike Brady and Manning, who played each other almost every season from 2001 to 2015 and met four times in the AFC championships, Mahomes and Bosa are only assured of playing each other once every four seasons. The only way they'll see each other in the postseason is in the Super Bowl, heightening the stakes for the Feb. 2 game in Miami.
It isn't just on the field where the NFL could be – should be – getting a glimpse of its future. While much will be made about Shanahan reaching the Super Bowl at 40 and the young wave of coaches, it is coordinators for both the 49ers and Chiefs who deserve notice.
Robert Saleh, San Francisco's defensive coordinator, and Eric Bieniemy, Kansas City's offensive coordinator, are not only the architects of the best units in the NFL but also as responsible as anyone for the development of their team's young stars. And yet, because both are minorities, they have repeatedly been passed over for head coaching jobs in favor of white candidates with thinner resumes.
This whole season has been focused on the NFL's glorious past. If this Super Bowl is a preview, its future can be even better.
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MHSAA confirms on-time winter sports start
EAST LANSING — The Representative Council of the Michigan High School Athletic Association confirmed during its meeting Thursday that 2020-21 Winter sports will begin on time, and also approved a series of guidelines for those sports that schools must follow as they continue to work toward limiting the spread of COVID-19 while still providing opportunities for athletes to compete.
Most high school sports traditionally begin practice during the first three weeks of November, with competition starting during mid-November and the first weeks of December. The starts of middle school winter sports seasons are determined by local leagues and conferences; many are slated to begin during the next few weeks.
Sport-specific guidelines for all winter sports will be posted early next week to their respective sport pages on the MHSAA Website at https://www.mhsaa.com/sports. A number of precautions have been put in place addressing competition limits, numbers of spectators allowed and wearing of face coverings, among a variety of topics. The guidance also specifically addresses equipment and facilities for each sport.
"The council believes it is safer to begin winter practices on time, and keep athletes in school programs where safety precautions are always in effect," MHSAA Executive Director Mark Uyl said. "With the vastly different circumstances faced by schools in different regions all over the state, an on-time start still allows schools to decide when they feel most comfortable beginning activity – and allows all of them to slowly ramp up their frequency of activity and numbers of spectators attending competitions.
"But let's be clear: Our statewide COVID-19 numbers have to get better. In order for our schools to continue playing sports this winter, and in order for fans to be there to cheer them on, we must continue working to slow down this virus."
As with fall sports, scrimmages will not be allowed for winter sports to limit mixing of communities outside of official competitions. The numbers of teams at regular-season competitions also will be limited, like during fall, with a maximum of four schools/teams allowed in competitive cheer, gymnastics, swimming and diving and wrestling. Bowling and skiing competitions will be restricted to a maximum of 72 competitors at one event.
There are no school/team limits for basketball and ice hockey, as only two teams are able to play each other at one time and those sports may play only one game per day – with fans leaving after their game is complete. Host sites must strictly enforce spectator capacity limits on a game-by-game basis. The council approved as part of these guidelines an allowance of two spectators per participant at all contests to begin the regular season. This guideline could be reconsidered by the council later in the winter season, with a possibility of allowing more spectators later while still staying within possible Emergency Orders from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).
As per MDHHS requirements, face coverings must be worn by athletes practicing and competing in basketball, competitive cheer, ice hockey and wrestling. They are not required for athletes practicing and competing in bowling, gymnastics, skiing and swimming and diving, which all allow for appropriate social distancing – but face coverings are required for those athletes when not involved in active participation.


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Robert Peter Williams (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Inglaterra; 13 de febrero de 1974), más conocido como Robbie Williams es un cantante de pop rock, compositor y actor británico.

Empezó su carrera musical en el grupo Take That. Tras su paso por este grupo, a principios y mediados de los años 1990, se forjó una carrera como solista, siendo «Angels», una balada, la canción que le dio su primer éxito. Su primer álbum fue Life Thru A Lens. Su siguiente álbum, I've Been Expecting You, lanzado en octubre de 1998, contiene el tema "No Regrets", dedicado a sus antiguos compañeros de Take That. Al año siguiente lanza The Ego Has Landed en el mercado norteamericano y poco después grabó Sing When You're Winning, que contenía Rock DJ, éxito en varios países.

En 2001 divulgó el álbum Swing When You're Winning con las recreaciones de éxitos de Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr incluido el éxito "Something Stupid" grabado a dúo con la australiana Nicole Kidman. Un año después grabó Escapology, su álbum más laureado y número 1 en varios países, que incluye unos de sus temas más conocidos «Feel» y «Come Undone». En 2003 Robbie Williams lanzó Live at Knebworth, grabado en directo donde batió dos Récord Guinness. En 2004, fue incluido en el Salón de la Fama de Música del Reino Unido después de haber sido votado como el artista más grande de la década de 1990.

Al año siguiente reaparece a la escena musical con un recopilatorio, (Greatest Hits). En 2005 presenta Intensive Care, siendo su álbum de estudio más vendido con 7,5 millones de copias en todo el mundo. En 2006 lanza Rudebox. En noviembre de 2009 regresó, tras un largo parón, con Reality Killed The Video Star para volver a liderar en ventas en Europa. Un año después, en 2010, regresa durante un año a Take That, lo cual crea una gran expectación.

Las ventas del artista en todo el mundo alcanzan los 80 millones de álbumes, lo que le sitúa entre los artistas más vendidos en todo el mundo, y unos 15 millones de sencillos. Cuenta con varios galardones, entre ellos 18 premios Brit, 2 Premios Grammy, 3 Ivor Novello, 5 MTV Europe Music Awards, 3 Récord Guiness, entre otros.

Biografía
Robert Peter Williams, hijo de Pete y Theresa Janette Williams, nació el 13 de febrero de 1974 en la Maternidad del Hospital North Staffordshire en Newcastle-under-Tyme, Staffordshire, al oeste de Inglaterra. Tiene una hermana mayor producto de un matrimonio anterior de su madre, llamada Sally. Su primer hogar estaba situada muy cerca del estadio de fútbol del equipo de Port Vale FC, del cual se declara fanático seguidor. Su padre, Pete Conway, es un conocido actor de comedia, y su madre, Teresa Jeanette Williams, es propietaria de varios pubs. Robbie vivió en el pub Red Lion atendido por sus padres, en Moorland Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent hasta los tres años. Cuando sus padres se separaron en 1977, Robbie se mudó junto con su madre Jan y su hermana mayor Sally a Greenbank Road cerca de Tunstall.

El 7 de agosto de 2010 contrajo matrimonio con su prometida Ayda Field en su mansión de Los Ángeles luego de cuatro años de noviazgo.
Tiempo después Robbie anunció que junto a su esposa esperaban a su primera hija, la cual nació el 18 de septiembre de 2012 en el Hospital Portland y a la que llamaron Theodora Rose 'Teddy' Williams. Desde entonces ha tenido otra hija, Colette; y dos hijos, Charlton y Beau.

Take That (primer ciclo)

La carrera musical de Robbie Williams inició con el grupo Take That que fue fundado en 1990, con mucho éxito en Reino Unido y más tarde en el resto del mundo con la canción Back for Good.

Con ocho números 1 en la lista de sencillos más vendidos del Reino Unido, creó un importante número de seguidoras, especialmente adolescentes, además ser el grupo británico que más discos vendió desde Los Beatles. Su popularidad provocó una sucesión de bandas similares en el Reino Unido.

Williams abandonó la banda en 1995, tras varios conflictos internos con los demás miembros (Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen y Jason Orange), hecho que precipitó la desaparición de la misma en 1996.

Después de abandonar Take That, Robbie Williams se sumergió en un estilo de vida popero. Tuvo una polémica adicción a las drogas y el alcohol, y su aspecto se deterioró.

1996-1997 - "Freedom '96" y Life Thru a Lens
En 1996, tras rehabilitarse, Robbie Williams estaba preparado para iniciar su carrera en solitario. Su primer sencillo, «Freedom '96», fue lanzado en agosto del mismo año y alcanzó el número 2 en el Reino Unido.

En abril de 1997 promocionó el sencillo llamado «Old Before I Die» que también alcanzó el segundo puesto en el Reino Unido, y en septiembre lanzó su primer disco en solitario, Life Thru a Lens.

Pero el sencillo que catapultó a Williams al estrellato fue «Angels», que se publicó en diciembre de 1997. La popularidad de la canción llevó el álbum al Top 10 durante 28 semanas. El estilo tipo balada de la canción rescató la carrera musical de Williams, y es su canción más popular hasta la fecha, aunque nunca llegó al número 1 de sencillos más vendidos del Reino Unido, al quedar en el cuarto puesto.

«Angels» fue proclamada mejor canción de los últimos 25 años por los oyentes de la cadena de radio de la BBC, y recibió un premio especial en la vigesimoquinta edición de los premios Brit. Este tema ha sido versionado por varios artistas, como Patrizio Buanne, Jessica Simpson, Yuridia y Gabriel Rodrigues.

1998- I've Been Expecting You y The Ego Has Landed
Su segundo álbum, I've Been Expecting You, arrasó en las listas de ventas del Reino Unido. Contaba con los sencillos «Strong», «Millenium», «No Regrets» - dedicado a sus ex compañeros de Take That -, y «She's The One» que fue doble sencillo junto con la inédita «It's Only Us» y que fue su segundo número uno en las listas inglesas, tras "Millenium".

En 1999 intentó hacerse un hueco en el mercado americano publicando una recopilación, de sus dos discos anteriores, llamado The Ego Has Landed. El primer sencillo lanzado fue "Millenium" alcanzando el número 72 en los U.S. Billboard Hot 100 y el segundo fue "Angels" que llegó hasta el 41. El álbum alcanzó la posición 63 y fue certificado disco de oro. Aun así, Williams nunca consiguió convertirse en una estrella en los Estados Unidos. En Canadá a Williams le fue mejor debido a la canción "Millenium", que también fue lanzada en dicho país, llegó al Top 10 (número 9). "Angels" también logró, en menor medida, cierto éxito al entrar en el Top 20. El disco, como en los Estados Unidos, ganó un disco de oro por su ventas, y llegó a estar entre los 20 más vendidos, al conseguir un notable éxito.

2000 - Sing When You're Winning
El siguiente álbum de Robbie Williams fue Sing When You're Winning, que se publicó en el año 2000. El álbum contiene el controvertido sencillo "Rock DJ", que alcanzó el número 1 en las listas de éxitos de Reino Unido, y obtuvo cierto éxito en Estados Unidos.

Hubo cierta polémica por el videoclip de la canción «Rock DJ», en el que aparece Williams en una discoteca rodeado de mujeres. En el vídeo, Williams se desnuda y posteriormente (usando avanzados efectos especiales) arranca su piel y muestra su tejido muscular. El vídeo finaliza con Williams bailando, aunque no queda de él nada más que el esqueleto. Fue prohibido en casi todos los países islámicos y otros con religiones contrarias al videoclip.

El disco también contaba con los sencillos, «Supreme», que recordaba al mitiquísimo «I Will Survive», «Let Love Be Your Energy» y «The Road To Mandalay» que fue doble sencillo junto con la canción «Eternity», que no estaba incluida en el álbum y que se convirtió en su cuarto número 1 en las listas británicas.
También invitaría a su amigo Liam Gallagher a una pelea de boxeo en los Brit Awards del 2000. Aquí empezaría la tensión entre estos dos amigos que pasaron a ser enemigos con la pelea.

2001 - Swing When You're Winning
En 2001, Robbie lanza al mercado el disco Swing When You're Winning, el cual contaba solo con covers de temas estilo Swing, los cuales fueron dedicados a sus grandes ídolos como Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., etcétera. En este disco además graba el tema «Something Stupid» con la actriz australiana Nicole Kidman.

2002-2003 - Escapology y Live in Knebworth
En 2002, Robbie Williams lanza Escapology, un disco con mucha potencia y sonidos rock como: «Song 3» y «Cursed», con grandes baladas: «Sexed Up» y «Love Somebody». y pasa por el soul como en los casos de «Revolution» (cantada a dúo con la cantante británica Joss Stone) y el sencillo «Something Beautiful». El disco cuenta con los exitosos temas «Feel», y «Come Undone». Sin duda alguna este es el disco más exitoso de Williams, además de llegar al puesto número 1 en casi todos los países europeos e hizo que Williams conquistara, en  cierta medida, el mercado asiático y se posicionara como una gran estrella internacional en América Latina. El álbum, tras sus grandes ventas, logró tres récords en el Reino Unido: fue el disco del año (2002), con dos millones de copias vendidas, es actualmente uno de los álbumes más vendidos en la historia del Reino Unido, al ocupar la posición 60, y es el vigesimotercer álbum más vendido de la década.

En el otoño del año 2003, Robbie hace un exitoso concierto en Knebworth. Al efectuar este concierto Robbie logró entrar a los récord Guinness dos veces: una por lograr llenar Knebworth por tres días consecutivos y otra por lograr desarrollar el karaoke más grande del mundo al cantar «Strong». Lo acontecido en este concierto es recopilado en este disco.

2004 - Greatest Hits
En el año 2004, Robbie Williams lanza al mercado su disco de grandes éxitos, el cual contiene lo mejor de sus siete primeros años de carrera como solista. El disco incluye dos temas «Radio» y «Misunderstood». El disco debutó en el número 1 en Reino Unido, Alemania, Austria, Portugal, Nueva Zelanda e Italia, y logra arrasar en ventas en todo el mundo. El álbum ocupa el puesto 61 como el álbum más vendido en la historia en el Reino Unido y vendió más de ocho millones de copias en todo el mundo.

2005 - Intensive Care
En 2005, Robbie Williams estuvo en Live 8 y lanzó Intensive Care quizás uno de sus discos más valorados. Su primer sencillo, «Tripping», número 1 en seis países, mostró un guiño de Williams a la música reggae con un polémico videoclip. A finales de 2005 promocionó su siguiente sencillo, «Advertising Space», dedicada a Elvis Presley. La canción alcanzó el Top 10 en casi toda Europa, incluido el número 8 en el Reino Unido. Su tercer «Sin Sin Sin», no alcanzó las expectativas de Williams tras permanecer solamente durante tres semanas en las listas británicas (número 22), pero mantuvo las altas ventas del disco Intensive Care en Europa.

En general el álbum tuvo una buena acogida por parte del público y críticos, al ser el tercer álbum más vendido del año en el Reino Unido
(con 1.500.000 de copias y certificado cinco discos de platino) y el disco de estudio más vendido de Williams (con más 7.500.000 de copias en todo el mundo).

2006-2007 - Close Encounters Tour y Rudebox

Tras promocionar durante el final de 2005 su disco Intensive Care, Williams se embarcaba en su nuevo tour mundial llamado "Close Encounters Tour". Este tour, sin duda, constituyó  una de las giras más conocidas y exitosas de Robbie Williams, ya que consiguió el Récords Guinness, al vender 1,6 millones de entradas en un solo día.

Más tarde, en medio de su gira, lanza su nuevo disco, Rudebox, así como un nuevo sencillo «Rudebox».
El disco debutó en el número 1 en el Reino Unido, y su sencillo homónimo debutó en el número 4. El disco recibió muy mala crítica por parte de la prensa y tabloides británicos; aun así, vendió cuatro millones de copias y extendió su popularidad en América Latina. Sus sencillos fueron «Rudebox», «Lovelight», «She's Madonna»« y «We're The Pet Shop Boys (Close My Eyes)».

En febrero de 2007, con 33 años de edad, Williams ingresó voluntariamente en una clínica de desintoxicación para tratar su adicción al consumo de fármacos.

2007-2009 - Dos años de descanso
Luego de declarar lo siguiente: "Llevo trabajando en este negocio desde los 16 años, y eso te acaba pasando factura. Simplemente, necesito un descanso", Robbie, se dedicó a la investigación y estudio de ovnis y fenómenos extraterrestres, un tema que le ha interesado desde temprana edad. Entre algunas de las acciones llevadas a cabo durante ese momento, estuvo en contacto con un joven londinense que aseguró haber sido abducido por extraterrestres, además de haber conversado con diferentes especialistas en el tema. También, junto al periodista Jon Ronson, emprendieron viaje a un congreso sobre ovnis celebrado en Laughlin, Nevada. A este último le confesó que pasó mucho tiempo en su mansión de Los Ángeles indagando y adquiriendo conocimientos acerca de este tema, y que sentía la necesidad de hablar con las personas que vivieron tales experiencias.

En el programa australiano 60 Minutes, el cantante describió: "De verdad, vi uno volando justo encima de mi cabeza. Estaba tan cerca, que podría haberle golpeado con una pelota de tenis. Y no es la primera vez que estoy presente en medio de una situación extraña o inexplicable. He vivido ciertos fenómenos que no puedo comprender". Robbie tiene una breve aparición en el documental "Hunt For The Skinwalker" donde vuelve a nombrar esta experiencia.

A finales de enero de 2009, el cantante anunció que se mudaba a Inglaterra, donde adquirió una lujosa mansión en Wiltshire. Curiosamente, la zona es conocida por sus numerosos avistamientos de ovnis.

Respecto a lo que tiene que ver con su carrera musical, en las navidades de 2007 y, a modo de adelanto, Williams colgó en su página web Break America y In And Out Of Love, dos B-Sides del material en el que estaba trabajando.
En enero de 2009, Sally, la hermana de Robbie, reveló que Williams está dando los últimos retoques al álbum y dijo que será su mejor disco hasta la fecha y que es muy buen pop. Está inspirado por su vida y sus relaciones sentimentales, además está deseando volver a Inglaterra.

En febrero se confirmó que Williams ha escrito sus canciones con Guy Chambers y Mark Ronson. El portavoz del cantante, Tim Clark, dijo que el artista está planeando comenzar las sesiones de grabación en marzo y que el nuevo disco saldría a la venta en el otoño de 2009. Este será, probablemente, el último álbum de Williams en la discográfica EMI.

2009 - Reality Killed The Video Star

El ansiado disco se tituló Reality Killed The Video Star y fue producido por el prestigioso productor Trevor Horn. Lanzado al mercado el 9 de noviembre de 2009 supuso el regreso del cantante después de tres años de ausencia. El álbum tuvo muy buena crítica; aun así, es el primer álbum (de estudio) de Williams que no alcanza el número 1 en el Reino Unido (número 2), aunque el disco fue número 1 en seis países y alcanzó el Top 10 en otros 16.

Sin embargo es considerado por muchos críticos como el regreso a la cima del cantante y su consagración definitiva como el nuevo rey del pop, superando a su más cercano rival Justin Timberlake. Robbie Williams, a partir de este disco que supuso la recuperación de su corona tambaleante después de Rudebox, ha logrado ganarse una reputación de cantante serio e influyente, es visto por algunos desde entonces como el nuevo rey del pop.

El primer sencillo "Bodies" fue publicado el 12 de octubre de 2009, y fue número 1 en Europa a la misma semana de su publicación. El 7 de diciembre de 2009 salió al mercado su segundo sencillo, "You Know Me", que alcanzó el Top 10 en Reino Unido (número 6). A principios de 2010, Robbie Williams anunció que promocionaría un nuevo sencillo, "Morning Sun", que empezó a sonar en la  radio el 15 de marzo. Pero este sencillo supuso un récord negativo para Williams en el Reino Unido, ya que es su primer sencillo que no alcanza el Top 40 de los UK Singles Chart al quedar en el puesto 45, y haber sido sin duda el peor sencillo lanzado en el Reino Unido por Williams (debido, tal vez, a que el sencillo salió en formato digital y no en formato CD). Aunque, sorprendentemente, "Morning Sun" fue un gran éxito en Islandia, donde llegó a ocupar el número 4 y permaneció durante varias semanas entre las diez más escuchadas.

2010-2011 - The Greatest Hits 1990-2010 In And Out Of Consciousness y regreso a Take That

El 7 de junio de 2010, Williams anunció por su web oficial que publicaría un nuevo disco recopilatorio a principios de octubre que se tituló The Greatest Hits 1990-2010 In And Out Of Consciousness que supuso su primer número desde Rudebox (2006). El disco está formado por 39 canciones que repasan sus 20 años de carrera musical e incluye un dueto con su compañero de Take That, Gary Barlow. La canción se llama "Shame" y fue lanzada como sencillo el 4 de octubre. En este disco también se incluyó una canción coescrita con Barlow llamada "Heart And I".

Mes y medio después, el 15 de julio de 2010, tras años de rumores, Robbie anunció que regresaba a su antigua banda, Take That, 15 años después de su salida. En ese regreso la banda lanzó un disco en noviembre del 2010 llamado Progress, número 1 en Europa y Reino Unido, y realizó una exitosa gira por Europa en el verano (boreal) de 2011, para romper récords de ventas ante la esperada vuelta de Williams al grupo.

El 7 de agosto de 2010 contrajo matrimonio con su prometida Ayda Field en su mansión de Los Ángeles.

2012-2014 - Take the Crown y Swings Both Ways

Tras finalizar el tour, Williams volvió a centrarse en su carrera en solitario, aunque como él dice, le gustaría volver a colaborar con el grupo en lo futuro.

Al acabar su contrato con EMI, Williams fichó por el sello americano Universal Music Group y también anunció que su próximo disco vería la luz en el otoño del 2012.

En septiembre de 2012, Williams anunció para el 5 de noviembre la salida de su nuevo disco llamado Take the Crown.

El 10 de septiembre de 2012 presentó en la BBC Radio 2, el primer sencillo de este disco, Candy, y al día siguiente estrenó el videoclip en su página web.

La canción se transformó en su octavo número 1 en el Reino Unido, y es su sencillo más vendido en el país después de Angels. El álbum también llegó a lo más alto en su país natal, al ser su primer álbum de estudio después de seis años en lograrlo. Sus siguientes sencillos, Different y Be a Boy, no consiguieron gran repercusión en las listas musicales, pero los fanes del cantante las valoraron positivamente.

El 14 de junio de 2013 dio inicio al Take the Crown Stadium Tour, durante el cual recorrió  varias ciudades del Reino Unido y de otros países de Europa tras un parón de seis años de los escenarios, sin considerar su gira con Take That. Para la gira contó con la participación del cantante Olly Murs y con él interpretó su dueto con Kylie Minogue, Kids.

El 15 de octubre de 2013, tras el notable éxito de Take the Crown, y haber finalizado su tour europeo, Robbie Williams confirma su noveno álbum de estudio en solitario, Swings Both Ways, con participaciones de Kelly Clarkson, Olly Murs, Michael Bublé, Lily Allen y Rufus Wainwright. En este disco vuelve a sumergirse en el swing, como en su álbum del 2001, Swing When You're Winning, pero esta vez añade canciones de su propia autoría junto a su exproductor Guy Chambers.

Con excelentes críticas y una gran promoción, el disco se situó en el número 1 durante tres semanas en el Reino Unido, e hizo que Williams lograse su undécimo número 1  en tierras británicas, para igualar a Elvis Presley, y lograr también el Top 10 en otros cuatro países. Todo eso contribuyó para que Williams obtuviera, por cuarta vez, tener el disco más en vendido en las navidades en el Reino Unido. En 2014 hizo un tour por Europa, Oceanía y Asia con soporte en este disco y con las canciones de Swing When You're Winning, además de interpretar algunos de sus éxitos pop.

El 7 de octubre de 2014 Robbie Williams colabora en el nuevo éxito de Avicii The Days, lo que constituyó la quinta colaboración del británico.

2016-presente - Heavy Entertainment Show
En mayo de 2016 se anunció que Robbie Williams había firmado un contrato de grabación con Sony Music. Robbie Williams dijo en un comunicado: "Sony me inspiró, me siento inspirado, estoy más preparado de lo que nunca he estado, y totalmente convencido de que estoy en el lugar correcto, espero con ansias trabajar en este disco, que es un álbum del cual me siento inmensamente orgulloso, en esta emocionante nueva asociación con Sony Music". Se informó también que Williams ha estado trabajando con su varias veces colaborador, Guy Chambers, en su décimo álbum de estudio, Heavy Entertainment Show, que está programado para ser lanzado el 4 de noviembre de 2016.

El jueves 14 de junio de 2018, durante la ceremonia inaugural del XXI Campeonato Mundial de Fútbol de la FIFA Rusia 2018, en el Estadio Luzhniki de Moscú,  interpretó fragmentos de varios de sus éxitos.
En 2019 volvió a retar a Liam Gallagher a una pelea de boxeo, pero meses después harían las paces tras unas emotivas palabras de Liam.

Discografía

 1997: Life Thru a Lens
 1998: I've Been Expecting You
 2000: Sing When You're Winning
 2001: Swing When You're Winning
 2002: Escapology
 2005: Intensive Care
 2006: Rudebox
 2009: Reality Killed The Video Star
 2012: Take the Crown
 2013: Swings Both Ways
 2014: Under The Radar, Vol. 1
 2016: The Heavy Entertaintment Show
 2017: Under The Radar, Vol. 2
 2019: Under The Radar, Vol. 3
 2019: The Christmas Present
 2022: XXV

Estilo musical

A lo largo de los años, Williams ha pasado por una gran cantidad de géneros musicales. A los inicios de su carrera ha empezado con el Britpop, en donde se pueden apreciar canciones como "Old Before I Die", "Life Thru a Lens", "Strong",  entre otras. A la vez, tocó canciones de Rock Alternativo, y hasta en "Escapology" se puede apreciar dicho género. Del Rock Alternativo se pueden  destacar canciones como "Cursed", "Song 3", "John's Gay", "South of the Border*, "Karma Killer", "Making Plans for Nigel", etcétera.

Pero a lo largo de toda su carrera, el género más frecuente que se puede apreciar en sus canciones es el Pop Rock. No obstante,  en este siglo se pueden destacar diferentes subgéneros, por ejemplo el Synthpop (canciones como "Sin Sin Sin", "Don't Stop Talking" y "Run it Wild"), Soft Rock e inclusive Dance y Hip Hop (géneros muy notorios en Rudebox).

Ha llegado a tocar Swing en sus álbumes Swing When You're Winning y Swings Both Ways, en los que hizo versiones de Frank Sinatra y Dean Martin, o inclusive al interpretar canciones que él mismo escribió.

Actualmente sigue tocando Pop Rock. En algunas canciones se reconoce el género Pop Moderno con su característico sonido comercial. En resumen, Williams es un artista pop muy completo, puede tocar géneros muy fuertes al estilo rock, pasando por el Swing hasta cantar canciones Dance o Hip Hop.

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  de Robbie Williams (en inglés)

Cantantes en inglés
Cantantes masculinos de Inglaterra
Cantantes de pop del Reino Unido
Filántropos de Inglaterra
Actores de cine de Inglaterra
Actores de voz de Inglaterra
Ganadores del Premio Brit
Ganadores del Premio Ivor Novello
Músicos de Inglaterra del siglo XX
Músicos de Inglaterra del siglo XXI
Intérpretes número uno de Los 40 Principales de España
Nacidos en Stoke-on-Trent


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No worries—we've got seven date ideas from certified happy couples for you to make your own. They go from sweet and simple to a little bit more…adventurous.
Ask the kids—and extended family, if they're along—to tell their favorite stories about you.
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Q: Bootstrap-based confidence interval While studying bootstrap-based confidence interval, I once read the following statement:

If the bootstrap distribution is skewed to the right, the bootstrap-based confidence interval incorporates a correction to move the endpoints even farther to the right; this may seem counterintuitive, but it is the correct action.

I am trying to understand the logic underlying the above statement.

A: The question is related to the fundamental construction of confidence intervals, and when it comes to bootstrapping, the answer depends upon which bootstrapping method that is used.
Consider the following setup: $\hat{\theta}$ is an estimator of a real valued parameter $\theta$ with (an estimated) standard deviation $\text{se}$, then a standard 95% confidence interval based on a normal $N(\theta, \text{se}^2)$ approximation is
$$\hat{\theta} \pm 1.96 \text{se}.$$
This confidence interval is derived as the set of $\theta$'s that fulfill
$$z_{1} \leq \hat{\theta} - \theta \leq z_2$$
where $z_1 = -1.96\text{se}$ is the 2.5% quantile and $z_2 = 1.96\text{se}$ is the 97.5% quantile for the $N(0, \text{se}^2)$-distribution. The interesting observation is that when rearranging the inequalities we get the confidence interval expressed as
$$\{\theta \mid \hat{\theta} - z_2 \leq \theta \leq \hat{\theta} - z_1 \} = [\hat{\theta} - z_2, \hat{\theta} - z_1].$$
That is, it is the lower 2.5% quantile that determines the right end point and the upper 97.5% quantile that determines the left end point.
If the sampling distribution of $\hat{\theta}$ is right skewed compared to the normal approximation, what is then the appropriate action? If right-skewed means that the 97.5% quantile for the sampling distribution is $z_2 > 1.96\text{se}$, the appropriate action is to move the left end point further to the left. That is, if we stick to the standard construction above. A standard usage of the bootstrap is to estimate the sampling quantiles and then use them instead of $\pm 1.96 \text{se}$ in the  construction above.
However, another standard construction used in bootstrapping is the percentile interval, which is
$$[\hat{\theta} + z_1, \hat{\theta} + z_2].$$
in the terminology above. It is simply the interval from the 2.5% quantile to the 97.5% quantile for the sampling distribution of $\hat{\theta}.$ A right-skewed sampling distribution of $\hat{\theta}$ implies a right-skewed confidence interval. For the reasons mentioned above, this appears to me to be a counter-intuitive behavior of percentile intervals. But they have other virtues, and are, for instance, invariant under monotone parameter transformations.
The BCa (bias-corrected and accelerated) bootstrap intervals as introduced by Efron, see e.g. the paper Bootstrap Confidence Intervals, improve upon the properties of percentile intervals. I can only guess (and google) the quote the OP post, but maybe BCa is the appropriate context. Citing Diciccio and Efron from the paper mentioned, page 193,

The following argument motivates the BCa definition (2.3), as well
as the parameters $a$ and $z_0$. Suppose that there exists a
monotone increasing  transformation $\phi = m(\theta)$ such that
$\hat{\phi} = m(\hat{\theta})$  is normally distributed for every
choice of $\theta$, but possibly with a bias and a nonconstant
variance,
$$\hat{\phi} \sim N(\phi - z_0 \sigma_{\phi}, \sigma_{\phi}^2), \quad \sigma_{\phi} = 1 + a \phi.$$
Then (2.3) gives
exactly accurate and correct confidence limits for $\theta$ having
observed $\hat{\theta}$.

where (2.3) is the definition of the BCa intervals. The quote posted by the OP may refer to the fact that BCa can shift confidence intervals with a right-skewed sampling distribution further to the right. It is difficult to tell if this is the "correct action" in a general sense, but according to Diciccio and Efron it is correct in the setup above in the sense of producing confidence intervals with the correct coverage. The existence of the monotone transformation $m$ is a little tricky, though.

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He was excommunicated from the Sikh Panth for his role in rebuilding a 'sarkari' Akal Takht after Operation Blue Star. He finally had to undergo the 'punishment' of cleaning the devotees's utensils and shoes at the Golden Temple for being taken back into the faith.
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Celebrities Entertainment and Culture
Chance the Rapper asks Twitter: Why vote for Joe Biden over Kanye West?
The Chicago rapper voiced his support for West's presidential candidacy on Twitter, leaving many fans scratching their heads.
By Alison Martin
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Recording artist Chance The Rapper performs on ABC's "Good Morning America" at Rumsey Playfield/SummerStage on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019, in New York.
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Chicago's own Chance the Rapper never shies away from sharing his political viewpoints on Twitter, and he's known for supporting public education and the Chicago Teachers Union.
But few fans and followers might have guessed that the rapper supported Kanye West's bid for the White House.
On Monday morning, Chance shared West's tweet promoting his new song, "Donda."
And yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfh https://t.co/JgbGBmPQk5
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020
The song, named for West's mother, calls for an end to racism. Donda opens the song by reciting lyrics from KRS-One.
Some commenters called Chance irresponsible for promoting West in such a crucial election while others hoped for a "Sike!" tweet.
Chance then asked followers if they were more pro Biden or anti West and why. A few tweeted their own reasons for voting for Biden and cited West's anti-abortion and anti-vaccine comments as troubling stances for Democratic voters.
Kanye's candidacy is a joke, but I'll take Chance's question seriously.
Where do I start. Kanye knows nothing about policy, has 0 experience, called slavery a choice, backed Trump, is an anti-vaxxer, etc.
Biden has experience & plans for climate change, race, the economy, etc. pic.twitter.com/BTtrHqSN1x
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) July 13, 2020
On July 4, West tweeted that he was running for president in the 2020 election under what he called the Birthday Party banner. So far, he has not filled out any of the necessary paperwork to appear on ballots in any state. In an interview with Forbes, West, who has been a vocal supporter of President Trump, denied his campaign was a publicity stunt for his new album and listed his own priorities should he get elected.
Chance's criticism of Biden is even more puzzling because the rapper's father, Ken Williams-Bennett, worked as then-Sen. Barack Obama's state director and later on the president's 2008 campaign and in the White House. After leaving the White House, Williams-Bennett returned to Chicago to work for then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Chance appeared to be reading replies to his tweets and responded with:
I finally got the answer now. I understand. Yall trust Biden more than yall trust Ye. I think I understand why, I just don't feel the same way.
For the next few hours, Chance continued asking questions from what it means to be "presidential" to thoughts on prison abolition. Thousands of people responded to his original and subsequent tweets.
Chance acknowledged his trending status with one simple request:
I didnt plan on trending today, but I would like take this opportunity to say: with all these apologies and accountabilities going around the city of Chicago and the Chicago Police Dept should finally admit to and denounce the assassination of Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton, a Black Panther leader in Chicago, was gunned down in his home by Chicago police and the office of the state's attorney in December 1969. Anyone interested can also check out "The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther."
Dear Abby: Dinner date urges me not to regain the weight I lost
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Ari Emanuel talks about pizza, brotherly fisticuffs and ice baths during a visit to Chicago


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Worthing High School - Can you help the "Think Tank"?
Can you help the "Think Tank"?
We have a group of 50 of our most able year 7 and 8 students who are keen and ready to find out about the world and its various wonders.
We have a group of 50 of our most able year 7 and 8 students who are keen and ready to find out about the world and its various wonders. If you, or anyone you know, would be interested in coming to deliver either a full (hour) or part session (no matter what length) to this ready-to-be inspired group then please contact Mr Garrard at jgarrard@worthinghigh.net. So far they've had a session on social skills and team work and this term there are people coming in to talk about biomechanical engineering and astronomy among other things. We know that there must be a wealth of various interesting expertise amongst our school community and would love to tap into that to hopefully fuel fires of curiosity in the group.