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Q: Encrypt a string that is of constant length when encrypted Say, I have a string that is a chat message, and its length in characters can be, for example, from 1 to 200.
How do I encrypt it the way so that independently of the length of the incoming string, always produces the encrypted string of fixed length, say, 400 characters?
Are there encryption algorithms that provide this functionality or what technique should I use to achieve this result?
If I choose to pad the original string to n symbols, then what algorithms produce an output string of the same length for different strings of the same length? I noticed that the most of algorithms produce strings that have different lengthed strings for the same input string, like "Hello!" and "MewMew".

A: Just pad your message to the length you want prior to encryption.
A block cipher like AES would always produce an predictable output size that are dictated by the size of input. Here a message of size n would produce an encrypted message of size n+1 (assuming padding mode) rounded up to nearest block of 16 bytes. So a message of size 384-399 bytes would produce output of 400 bytes.


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The Prince 2014 * * Stars
Director: Brian A. Miller
Rating: * * Stars
Cast: Bruce Willis, John Cusack, Jason Patric
Supposedly, 2014's The Prince was released in theaters via the United States on Aug. 22nd of this year. That's news to me because I never saw any movie venue to remotely have it on its bill. Oh well, let's just call this thing your standard straight-to-DVD saturation because of its generically dated (did I mention highly unoriginal) title and its musical score reminiscent of every freaking espionage flick ever made (even though The Prince might be more gangster related than anything else).
Containing probably the most annoying character in the history of cinema (Angela, a flimsy damsel in distress played by Jessica Lowndes) and one of the most implausible as well (Mark played by entertainer Rain. He's a trained killer, an assistant to the lead antagonist (Bruce Willis), and a guy who looks like he's fifteen and can't shave yet), The Prince is directed by first timer Brian A. Miller. With its paint by numbers screenplay and B movie cutting, "Prince" chronicles car mechanic Paul (played by Jason "I wish I could do a sequel to Rush" Patric). He works on cars in I guess Chicago but within twenty minutes, you know instantly that he wasn't always a mechanic. About two decades ago, he was a gangster, an assassin, and one bad dude. And when he finds out that his college student daughter goes missing in New Orleans, he then flies down there with some vengeance on tap. He's going to find out where she is (and find out who might have taken her), kill a bunch of bad guys along the way (kind of like what Arnold Schwarzenegger did in 1985's Commando), and eventually run into an old rival (played by Bruce Willis, who's character's name is Omar, huh?) who's life he supposedly ruined. While viewing The Prince (only if you have nothing else constructive to do), look for some phoned-in performances (especially Brucie until he overacts towards the end), an image of Chicago-style pizza which looks nothing of the sort (I should know, I live in Chi-Town), and a blink or you'll miss it cameo by 50 Cent. Fiddy either needs to star in a good movie, stop taking on small roles in bad ones, or put out a new album, seriously.
Now in terms of its screenplay, The Prince has one that will literally cause you to throw popcorn at all the actors on screen (check that, you'll probably be watching it from home so you'll throw microwave popcorn at all the actors on screen). It requires everyone to be aloof, pissed off, or flat out debased. Every bruised vigilant or supporting role tries to one up the other by being either too macho, steroid induced, or too testosterone fueled. I wanted to climb into the screen and tell them it's only a movie and that there's always anger management classes they could attend.
The Prince also has its fair share of steadily violent shootouts and fistfights (probably the film's only legitimate strong points). The breadth and width of them are impressive yet you still get the feeling that they are from the "been there, done that" variety. For instance, in one scene Jason Patric's character (Paul aka "the Prince") attempts to rescue his daughter from a drug house by killing everyone in the stylings of Travis Bickle (a la Taxi Driver). In many other scenes, Patric's Paul becomes a One Man Army dispatching countless, cardboard villains (mostly henchman who work for Omar) without being fired at or remotely scratched up. I mean, he does get shot at the end (small spoiler) but the plot probably required it to happen. Basically, Patric almost comes off as 2014's version of Chuck Norris (ugh!) and if that ended up being the case, my eyes would have completely rolled out of my head.
All in all, I find it strange that three well known actors (John Cusack, Patric, and Willis) actually agreed to sign on to this hokum. I mean did they need a new hobby? Were they being charged with tax invasion and had to lawyer up? Or did they actually want to work together (oh maybe that's it)? And what's up with their appearances? Should the make-up artist be fired? Bottom line: Bruce Willis looks like he's 70, John Cusack looks like he's having a real terrible hair and face day, and Patric, well looks like he tied one on the night before. Anyway, there's a reason why no theater would be willing to show The Prince. It's not something you pay admission to. It's more like the type of wide eyed fluff you'd wake up to (on cable) at four in the morning. So by that token, I'll end this review by calling this "Prince" The Pauper and just be done with it.
Posted by VIEWS ON FILM at 7:25 PM
Well Done, epic take down. And accurate to boot!
Duncan Mitchel May 30, 2015 at 11:14 AM
"Tax invasion"? I'd say that was a pretty serious offense.
VIEWS ON FILM May 30, 2015 at 2:53 PM
Hi Duncan. In response to your comment, I meant the whole "tax invasion" thing as a joke. I'm sure John, Bruce, and Jason are doing just fine.
If I Stay 2014 * * 1/2 Stars
The Maze Runner 2014 * * 1/2 Stars
This Is Where I Leave You 2014 * 1/2 Stars
The Equalizer 2014 * * * Stars
Best Films of the 70's (Top Ten)

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My very first post for this blog (which is nearly two years old) covered the Arizona Court of Appeals' decision in RSP Architects, Ltd. v. Five Star Development Resort Communities, LLC, 306 P.3d 93, 232 Ariz. 436 (App. 2013). In RSP Architects, the court held that Arizona's private sector prompt payment laws (A.R.S. § 32-1129 et seq.) do not apply to architectural service contracts. While this remains the case, Arizona design professionals recently scored a victory on the prompt payment front. The Arizona Design Professional Prompt Pay Act (the "Act") was created earlier this year when Governor Ducey signed H.B. 2336 into law. The Act, which went into effect on July 3, 2015, establishes requirements for promptly paying "design professionals" performing work on state, county, and municipal construction projects. For purposes of the Act, "design professional services" are defined as "architect services, engineer services, land surveying services, geologist services or landscape architect services or any combination…" thereof.
The Arizona Design Professional Prompt Pay Act is rather limited in scope. First, as stated above, it does not apply to private projects. Second, it does not apply in situations when the design professional has a direct contract with the project owner. Rather, the Act only applies to public projects where the "design professional" is hired by a contractor.
provisions in "design professional service contracts" that (a) make the contract subject to the laws of another state or (b) require any litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution proceeding arising from the contract to be held outside Arizona are void and unenforceable.
While limited in scope, the Arizona Design Professional Prompt Pay Act is a victory for Arizona design professionals insofar as it provides them with some prompt pay protection. It is also important for contractors to know about the Act as a result of the new payment obligations with which they are charged.


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Gaming Culture
Are we being sold incomplete games on purpose?
raskit August 2008
Something that has continually annoyed me this generation is downloadable content and the question of whether we are purposefully being sold incomplete games or being forced to buy content that should be free just for being console gamers. There are obviously advantages to DLC with titles such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero 3 giving valid reasons for the extra charge with new musical content each week, specifically in the case of Rock Band. But why are PC gamers being given content for free while us console gamers are continually charge for it. There is no real justification for it, look to Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect or Team Fortress 2 for examples all making console gamers pay for additional content while PC gamers get it for free. Does it really cost that much more for developers to produce the same content for the consoles or are we all just a bunch of mugs? Asking no questions and not taking a stand…
Is this all just another method to squeeze even more money out of the console gamer? Will we begin to see a trend of even more games being 'incomplete' at launch with that all important added story, map, character, etc costing the gamer even more money. There are clear advantages to some DLC but why are games not being developed to the max giving gamers all content at launch like we have seen in all previous generations?
Maxim August 2008
Microsoft likes money.
iCEMAN August 2008
I don't have a problem paying for content when I like the game it's for. The problem is that more and more games are charging you to simply unlock the content in-game. Prime examples are Soul Calibur IV, Beautiful Katamari and Dance Dance Revolution Universe. I do also agree that games are becoming more incomplete and more DLC becoming available is not always a good sign.
Peace out, yow!
The CrAzY KaMiKaZe August 2008
I hate the fact that games are becoming far to simple and incompetent to play now, everything is about image, it just HAS to look good, no longer does the gameplay, storyline, puzzles, adventure come into play anymore. It's a shit time I tell ya!!!
But there is hope with games like Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, Call of Duty, God of War 3, etc. (this is all speculation of course) that will be very successful and will be looked at by other companies and a domino effect should come around for other games to be based more on gameplay than looks.
It's this whole goddam age and generation of people, I hate it. Where image is far more important than pure talent, now I might be going off on a tangent but take music for example. Before music was all about talent, about the music, where the guitar, drums, bass and other instruments of the band took the souls and hearts of the listeners, it didn't matter what they looked like. Bands like Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Metallica were kings because they could play the shit out of their instruments and they were all about the music and fukin with shit to make new and interesting sounds that blew the minds out of the people. If you could play you were a god among your peers. Nowadays music has taken a step back, image and the look of the artist is now far more important than anything else anymore, music has taken a step back and publicity has taken a step forward and it angers me when I see that songs are making the top of the charts because that person has made enough "noise" to be noticed and to get people to buy their shit based on their look instead of their musical talent.
That's exactly what is happening with gaming! Gameplay, good old fashion fun, thrill, that chill you get in the back of your neck from playing and creative complexity has taken a step back for graphical imagery, texutres, advertising ability, and simplicity. It's a damn shame to see this happen but as I mentioned before there are those that have both style and gameplay and I hope that more companies recognize that they are losing touch with their audience and take that step back and remember why they wanted to get into games in the first place....for the fun and excitement of achieving something that takes time and all your mental resources to complete. All we can do is hope and wait for change and hope that it doesn't continue the path as music has...
pocketmego August 2008
Like all things DLC can be used for good and evil.
In most cases that I've encountered the game felt complete and the additional material was mostly in the form of multi-player maps and other add on material. None of it a HUGE deal.
But, of course, the temptation to sell just the shell of a game and then micro-transact your customers against the wall will certainly always be there for the big companies.
But, I think the fact that people are only going to buy just so much of it will keep them in line for a bit. Frankly, I have yet to BUY DLC (except for really cool Pinball machines on Pinball FX, but that's just me). Nothing in the form of DLC has really impressed me enough to buy to add on to my retail games.
Now one DLC bit that just PISSED me off was the inability to play the Hulk in Marvel Ultimate Alliance right out the box. Now, many people don't know this, but I am a LIFELONG Hulk fan.
I borrowed this game, from my brother, to see if I wanted to buy it. I found out you either had to Download the update to get the Hulk or buy the gold edition of the game and that sealed the deal for me. No BUY!
I will only buy the new one if I can play the Hulk right out of the BOX. His inclusion in the art and clips from the new one indicate that a LOT of people felt this way. Thus people, smartly, voted with their wallets.
That is ultimately how you kill the DLC beast.
quahgg August 2008
In cases like COD4, Halo and some other IP's I see it as fine. The games are polished and it's not really that big of a deal, unless it's on the disc. But when it comes to games like GTA4 and other unpolished games... No fucking way am I dropping money on something that didn't produce a superbly polished game. That's me though.
As long as they don't get too greedy I don't mind. I'm looking at you Guitar Hero.
yuzo August 2008
DLC unlockable on disc via payment is by far the worst crime any developer can be accused of, short of horse armor.
yuzo said:
If I buy a game, I better get the whole game from the disc RIGHT out of the box.
Jam Enslaver August 2008
As Tobin and Yuzo have said several times on the show, companies will charge money when they can. If people are willing to pay, the developers are going to charge money. As you say Raskit, it does have something to do with being console gamers instead of PC. In the PC domain gamers are used to having a huge amount of free content, either from user-made mods and maps or from patches to fix, improve or add to the game. Console gamers are more used to paying for everything they get, and as with the COD4 map pack, people are still willing to pay for extra content even when they know it's free on PC.
To be honest I'm quite surprised that Valve aren't charging for their updates to TF2 on PC, but I suppose it's because they're releasing them piecemeal and charging would get hideously complicated. For the 360 version where the updates are going to be lumped together, it makes charging easier. Still, Criterion are managing to significantly add to Burnout Paradise at no extra cost to us, so why will people have to pay for new stuff for the Orange Box?
And I totally agree with Yuzo's point that paying to unlock stuff on the disc is the biggest joke. I'm also entirely against companies holding back material so that they can charge for it later (like the additional costumes for Ninja Gaiden 2 which were ready before the game launched). It's all very well to pay extra for new content in the game that the developer puts some effort in to after the game is finished (e.g. Mass Effect's Bring Down the Sky), but it's simply wrong to deliberately hold stuff back.
A trend I'm liking is the advent of the expanded retail versions of games. Marvel Ultimate Alliance eventually came out with a Gold Edition which included the DLC, as did Overlord with Raising Hell. Sure it sucks a bit for people with the original version having to pay more, but at least new players get a good deal out of it.
demiveeman August 2008
We actually covered this issue a little bit in the second Community Profile:
http://www.noobtoob.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5674
Cowlauncher and I share the same view: Paying for shit already on a disc..that's messed up.
Isn't it rather dangerous for the developers to put Pay to Unlock content on disc with things like gamesharks and stuff floating around? If you can give your player 999999 HP, whats to stop you from just changing the boolean that determines if you have the content or not? (Yes, I do know it has to be more complicated than this, but still)
Eidelon August 2008
Well in relation to console games it is excruitiatingly hard to crack them. Long gone are the simple days when you could hack the psone, these next gen consoles have alot more security. Not ot say it's impossible but the developers are pretty safe to put pay to unlock content on discs, though like yuzo said, it is by far the worst crime in gaming. How can you honestly charge people for things on the CD when your average game costs £40/$50?
Though the games developers aren't really to blame for this since most of the money a game makes is taken by the publisher (Yes you EA), 8/10 the games developers are told that they need to include additional content for the publishers to sell, same applies for DLC's (Guitar Hero being a good example).
Sandata August 2008
I have one word to say...or game to say.
Its the best un finished game ever. Jurassic Park: Trespasser!
Why was it sent out super duper unfinished? They ran out of time...they just had to ship it out. Now I don't get how the video game business work but they did tried for a short while to make patches...but the sales weren't their and it just didn't happen.
Overall a game company I guess might be forced to release a game before its done. It happens...I guess.
God damn publishers, they will become the death of gaming as we know it. No longer is gaming about gaming anymore, it has to have an appeal. Then they just slap a large price tag on it. Then after that they milk the teet of the product with other additional content and that's a joke. What we gamers need to do to take a stand is to basically tell those people that we cannot take it anymore, if they want to play that way then we can fight back by just not buying the content that they send out. Eventually they will have to do what the public wants and make a change....*Whew :oops: * good to let that out. Time for nap...
Scarzar August 2008
ya, I've noticed that a lot of the games do that but i think there starting to learn that if its free for 1 it has to be free for all
Yer all games developers get deadlines slapped on them. We get told time and time again on my course that we have to be good at hitting deadlines since publishers will set deadliens for games. For the most part publishers will be happy to have a game out as long as it's workable and can be fixed up with patches after release, then they'll move onto the next game thier releasing.
Fuzzy August 2008
Lol, someone played Oblivion.
whatthefbomb August 2008
I think we're all in more or less agreement here: downloaded content that's on the disk is blasphemy. It's just a way for them to rip you off, pad their pockets, and make them feel like their cocks are bigger than yours.
DLC of new stuff I'm a bit mixed about. Yeah, it's pretty jacked up that they charge console gamers while giving it out to PC gamers. My only guess as to how they justify this is that gaming-quality PCs have INSANE pricetags, as in multiple thousand dollars, so they give it to the PC gamers for nothing because they feel bad they had to buy this all-powerful machine that thinks millions of times faster than you can.
As for console gamers, you're getting your gaming platform rather cheaply. $350 for a 360 may sound like a lot, but it's better than $600 for a BASIC PC that can barely hold water in the market. What I don't get is why the actual games themselves are also more expensive on consoles. I was looking at prices for Mercenaries 2 and the PS3 and 360 versions are 60 bucks, and the PC version is 50.
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Holly Golightly
Holly Golightly (born Holly Golightly Smith, 1966, London) is a British singer-songwriter. Her mother christened her after the protagonist in Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's. Her musical style ranges from garage rock to R&B. more »
Time will tell if I will drift eternally
Through life instead of being someone
All of my life
You're on my mind
Do what you want
But you will find
Time will tell if I'll survive
I'd rather be dead than just pretend I'm alive
Time will tell if we will be the same as now
Or not, if not then nevermind
Time will tell if dreams become reality
For you got me as long as you want
Do what you like
Just a matter of time
Written by: HOLLY GOLIGHTLY
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Today, on Saturday, August 13th, CARF attended the Passionistas Pop-Up Fair from 3-7pm. It was a fun-filled afternoon during which we were able to inform attendees about our foundation and raise money for the care and treatment of our dogs. Local businesses added flavor to the day with homemade food stalls for both savory and sweet tooth lovers, accompanied by a range of other stalls ranging from jewelry, accessories, and home decorations, to gifts and artwork.
Attending companies included: Gely's Food Lab, Crafty Teacups, It's Yummy - Infused Water, Crafted by Angel, My Love For The Kitchen, Siomi's Arts, Alive Body Care, QuesilloQueen, Bold Fashion, TasH, and Mrs Bliss.
To everyone who visited our stand and purchased some of our products or left a donation, we are so grateful for your contribution and cannot thank you enough for your generosity. A special "thank you" goes out to Evita from Passionistas Pop-Up Fair for inviting us and hosting this fun fair.
The next event that CARF will be attending is the Curaçao Vegan Food Fest at Hofi Cas Cora on Sunday, August 28th. Mark the date in your agenda - we hope to see you then and there! For more info, visit the Facebook page.
bondia, ki dia boso kerstmarkt lo ta? kiko ta e reglanan pa partisipa? tin luga ainda? ami ta traha karchi di pasku i diferente okashon.
graag lo mi ke tende di boso.


"Buckhead isn't what it used to be." That could be the tagline for Atlanta's best-known neighborhood, where politicians, rappers, blue-bloods, and the nouveau riche (and oh yeah, the governor) mingle with apartment dwellers, the cash-poor, and the entirely normal people; where fine international dining meets light-beer pub crawls; where Atlanta's whitebread history of private schools and gated mansions are inextricably linked to (and incredibly removed from) the city's African-American and urban fabric. In the mid-20th century, Buckhead was a rustic, white, middle-class bastion of high-school hoo-rahs and church Sundays. By the turn of the millennium, it was known internationally as the site of a double murder outside of a nightclub after the Super Bowl. Locally, it has long served as a derisive moniker for anyone who seemed too materialistic or entitled: "She's very Buckhead, yes?" Today, the old commercial center—the Buckhead Triangle at Peachtree, Paces Ferry, and Roswell—is a redesigned, high-end shopping district. But some of the best places of Buckhead's history still remain the same.
Fitness is the ultimate luxury.
The best bakery for power players and hoi polloi alike.
Atlanta's power breakfast boom is back.
Living the rock 'n' roll fantasy since 1976.
A temple to Apollonian virtues and free Intelligentsia Coffee.
The death-black Saab 900 Turbo hell dog of civic buildings, perched on a hill, all but forced out by aspirational New Urbanism, baying mournfully toward downtown.
High-end guns, knives, and more in a well-curated outdoorsmen club-like space.
It's either this or Marshalls. Don't be a peasant.
If you find the Windy Hill Athletic Club a bit too midnight supper club for you, this public park carries itself with more egalitarian purpose and evident versatility.
"Service is still in style" here; since 1918!
What is this place? Can we hang out here?


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March 7, 2019 - Para Site - An Opera for Animals
Para Site
Details from (1) Candice Lin, Metamorphosis in Space (Human sized cockroach), 2013. (2) Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, A Vertical Opera, 2001-2018. (3) Lok Chitrakar, Healing lions drawn onto a shingles sufferer. Photo: Sheelasha Rajbandhari. (4) Saodat Ismailova, The Haunted, 2017. (5) Yang Shen, Nocturnal Animals, 2012.
An Opera for Animals
March 23–June 9, 2019
Opening reception: March 22, 7–9pm
G/F & 22/F, Wing Wah Industrial Building
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Curated by Cosmin Costinas and Claire Shea
Kenojuak Ashevak, Shuvinai Ashoona, Firelei Baez, Julie Buffalohead, Lee Bul, Chen Qiulin, Ali Cherri, Clara Cheung, Narcisa Chindoy, Lok Chitrakar, Chto Delat, Cui Jie, Juan Davila, Ticio Escobar, Jes Fan, Sofia Ferrer, Fifita Family, Chitra Ganesh, Beatriz González, Ho Tzu Nyen, Vivian Ho, Saodat Ismailova, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Alexander Kluge, Lawrence Lek, Candice Lin, Euan Macdonald, David Medalla, Barayuwa Munuŋgurr, Ciprian Mureşan, Adam Nankervis, Kelly Nipper, Gabriel Pareyon, Gary Ross Pastrana, Tim Pitsiulak, Gala Porras Kim, Christoph Schlingensief, Simon Soon, Angela Su, Tao Hui, Wang Wei, Ming Wong, Haegue Yang, Yang Shen, Yee I-Lann, Samson Young, Robert Zhao Renhui
"Opera" has been used as the name to describe various traditions of performance, social arrangement, entertainment, and spiritual work from around the world. Many of these are ancient and radically different from each other but are nevertheless classified as regional variants of the (relatively young) Western model. But more than being yet another example of lingering colonial taxonomy, this brings into discussion the status of opera as the highest art form, reflecting the European colonial project. There is an almost perfect chronological overlap between the golden age of Western opera and Europe's occupation of most of the world, at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th. There are, as well, the obvious cases of operas built on exotic desire like Turandot and Madama Butterfly or the case of Aida, commissioned for the inauguration of the Suez Canal. But there is more to this than just chronological coincidence.
The scale of ambition needed to imagine the absolute art form that opera was, aiming to organise every aspect and implication of the viewer's experience, is intimately connected to that moment of absolute hubris when Europe imagined that it could dominate and reorganise the entire world. But European opera was not only a form of bourgeois entertainment, even one that was celebrating the glory of imperial conquest. These total spectacles, held in some of the grandest buildings erected in this time period—in the symbolic urban position previously occupied by cathedrals—with society neatly organised by class facing the elaborate scene on the stage, were in many ways quasi-religious experiences, where European glory was not just a subject of the performance but a collectively lived ecstatic apotheosis.
This was happening as Europe was priding itself on its modern rationality, seeing itself in opposition to the "animist" world of the peoples it was occupying at the same time. The modern view, deeply connected to the colonial project, also changed the physical, emotional, and symbolic relationship between humans and animals, elevating the status of humans, in a view radically different from many indigenous systems of knowledge and value. But European opera contained the clues exposing this charade, for it was far from its official claim of a secular spectacle, amusing a modern society. The phantoms, monsters, and sacred animals of European Empires have always haunted these opera houses, where they were sacrificed, channeled, and embodied within the great shrines of modernity.
An Opera for Animals is nevertheless interested in how these complexities are still alive, even after the demise of the colonial era and of Western opera as a fully living art form. As a parallel discussion, it includes less discussed connections between European classical music and other music systems. More extensively, the exhibition looks at different acts of staging that have been crucial to our imagination of modernity. The conflicts of staging, controlling, hiding, and repressing that occur within the operatic space are at the very core of our contemporary reality, defined by constructed and "alternative" truths, digital parallel worlds, self-staging of personal identities, and the increasingly palpable promise of a new technological turn in the field of intelligence. As such, the exhibition understands opera and related issues such as "staging" and "operatic environment" broadly, as terms describing the synthetic landscapes imagined and generated in our world today. Equally, the animal spirit connects the still very present ancient beliefs with a highly futuristic fear of new forms of irrationality and intelligence colonising our future. The world of technology continues to draw influence from the unique characteristics of certain animal species, enforcing this connection.
This exhibition explores the way in which the future is now projected less as the rational thinking commonly remembered from the post-war era - advanced machinery, design, and social forms - but once more as a place of amorphous fear, of animals that might take over in artificial landscapes. The future it seems, will again be an opera for animals.
An Opera for Animals at Para Site, Hong Kong (March 23-June 9, 2019) is a prelude to a partnership with Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai. Between June 22-August 25, 2019 at Rockbund Art Museum, and September-December 2020 at Para Site, the two institutions will develop and present together two related exhibitions.
Para Site Art Space is financially supported by the Art Development Matching Grants Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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A young gay man ( Si Han), identified as a writer, encounters a local policeman (Jun Hu), who arrests him for public cruising in a park. The policeman is more than professionally curious about the young man, who seems to have the cop's number and suddenly kisses him.
First mainland Chinese picture to deal explicitly with homosexual themes.
The Chinese government placed director Yuan Zhang under house arrest & confiscated his passport, but his friends smuggled the film out of the country to be screened at the Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina in November 1996, and the 1997 Cannes film festival.
The title of the movie derives from the two parks near the Forbidden City - the East Palace and the West Palace. The two parks, specifically their public washrooms, are notorious for being places of congregation for the homosexuals in Beijing during the night.
PonyMint Aug 03 2013 7:45 pm A strange experience this one. At some points it is mildly amusing but overall it isn't very good.


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Sheriff says parking in handicap spot was "honest mistake"
Franklin County Republicans today released a photo of Sheriff Zach Scott's county-owned vehicle parked in a handicapped-parking spot this summer while they say Scott was campaigning at the county fairgrounds in Hilliard.
Franklin County Republicans today released a photo of Sheriff Zach Scott�s county-owned vehicle parked in a handicapped-parking spot this summer while they say Scott was campaigning at the county fairgrounds in Hilliard.
Scott, a Democrat, said this afternoon that he must not have seen signs marking the spot as handicapped when he parked there.
Scott said the vehicle should have been towed if it was parked illegally.
Republicans released the photo this morning, saying that someone had snapped the picture of the sheriff�s car on their cell phone and later shared it with Mike Herrell, Scott�s Republican opponent in the fall election. The photographer said the photo was taken on July 19, the same day Scott was at the fair for a creative baking auction honoring the late Sheriff Jim Karnes.
Herrell could not immediately be reached for comment.
Pictures posted on the sheriff�s Facebook page show Scott at the auction, and a fair schedule lists the auction as taking place at 1:30 p.m. that day.
The Dispatch, through county records, independently verified that the car in the photo is an unmarked county vehicle assigned to Scott.
Republican Party chairman Doug Preisse said this afternoon that the sheriff should apologize and volunteer to pay the fine associated with the parking violation.
A Hilliard ordinance lists improperly parking in a handicapped parking space as a minor misdemeanor punishable by a fine from $250 to $500.


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"Gramsci, Antonio (1891-1937)"
Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) was an Italian philosopher, journalist, linguist and political sociologist, who spent eleven years in fascist prisons because of his membership in the Italian communist party which he founded and led until his death. He is considered one of the 20th century's greatest Marxist thinkers mainly thanks to his Prison Notebooks, a monumental work consisting of more than 30 notebooks, written in prison between 1929 and 1935. His concepts have strongly influenced modern critical sociology, political theory, social anthropology and linguistics. He uses interdisciplinary sources, reflecting meticulously on European and Italian history, the concept of revolution, the role of civil society, Fordism, popular culture and folklore.
Titolo: "Gramsci, Antonio (1891-1937)"
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Abstract: Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) was an Italian philosopher, journalist, linguist and political sociologist, who spent eleven years in fascist prisons because of his membership in the Italian communist party which he founded and led until his death. He is considered one of the 20th century's greatest Marxist thinkers mainly thanks to his Prison Notebooks, a monumental work consisting of more than 30 notebooks, written in prison between 1929 and 1935. His concepts have strongly influenced modern critical sociology, political theory, social anthropology and linguistics. He uses interdisciplinary sources, reflecting meticulously on European and Italian history, the concept of revolution, the role of civil society, Fordism, popular culture and folklore.
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Napa Valley Nap
By Rex Reed • 12/11/07 5:40pm
YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH
Running Time 124 minutes
Written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Starring Tim Roth
I'd like to tell you about an indigestible attack of acid reflux called Youth Without Youth, but I couldn't describe this nightmare under threat of a firing squad. Francis Ford Coppola's first film in 10 years deserves serious attention, but this massive dose of Nembutal only manages to render you too comatose to think. Whatever he did to win five Oscars has been buried six feet under. Now a successful Napa Valley winemaker, he has, I fear, been drinking up his own profits.
You know a movie is doomed when the only star in it is Tim Roth. You know it's pretentious when the ads print the logo backward and upside down. But I digress. Based on a theological novella by Mircea Eliade, Mr. Coppola's film, which he also unwisely produced with his own money, and wrote, in a truncated narrative the cinematic equivalent of incomprehensible jabberwocky, relates a lugubrious story I dare you to explain in simple English. In a Romanian storm, a 70-year-old man is hit by lightning on a rainy day in Bucharest. He should have been paralyzed, mute and blind. But wait. When he wakes, burned like charcoal, and spits all of his teeth on the hospital floor, I knew this was not going to be easy. Instead, he grows new dents, his hair darkens, and he gets younger every day, with the functioning genitalia of a 40-year-old. Yikes, the guy is aging backward! Then he falls for a girl who may have lived several centuries earlier, as an Indian philosopher. There's a problem. She's getting older! Retreating from the reality of World War II to tape-record their experiences in their hermetically sealed time warp, they ignore the jackboots marching in the streets. By now he's 88 and looks like a fencing master, while she's forming dark circles under her eyes and her hair is falling into her hairbrush. The Nazi scientists are aroused. Would you believe lightning strikes twice, before he can complete his research into the origins of human language (huh?). Then … and … well … but surely, you've had enough. Not one word of this bilge makes one lick of sense, and it is two hours and six minutes long.
The only way to survive Youth Without Youth is dead drunk. The least Mr. Coppola could do is provide free Cabernet Sauvignon from his own vineyards. One bottle going in, another bottle staggering out, available at no cost in the theater lobby. For a bad director, this could even be a smart business move. The audience will still find Youth Without Youth excruciating, but it's easier to get through it if you're feeling no pain.
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Bucks visit Kings with sights set on franchise record
The Milwaukee Bucks need a victory to record the best 40-game start in franchise history.
But coach Mike Budenholzer is more concerned with seeing a better effort than what he has witnessed during the first two contests of a four-game road trip.
The Bucks will look to emerge from their sudden doldrums when they visit the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.
Milwaukee averaged 105.5 points while splitting the two contests. The Bucks shot just 40 percent from the field while being routed 126-104 by the San Antonio Spurs on Monday and connected on only 40.2 percent in Wednesday's 107-98 win over the Golden State Warriors.
"Both games, we're not playing with the pace or the force or the movement," Budenholzer said after the win over the Warriors. "And we need to shoot it a little better, too. … It just hasn't been our best two games."
Still, the Bucks own an NBA-best 33-6 record entering Friday's game. The 1970-71 club — led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar — went 33-7 over the first 40 games.
Budenholzer, though, feels improvement is needed despite the gaudy record.
"We want to be great on both ends," Budenholzer said. "That's what it takes to be the best."
Milwaukee star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded 30 points and 13 rebounds against the Warriors. But he was just 1 of 7 from 3-point range, making him 1 of 12 over the past two games.
Small forward Khris Middleton scored 21 points against Golden State but is just 11 of 32 from the field over the two games.
Regardless, the Bucks scored 100 or more points for the 63rd straight game, the longest streak since the Dallas Mavericks reached the mark in 67 consecutive contests from Jan. 15 to Dec. 10, 1986.
And putting a victory in the books is the most important part of the deal for Budenholzer.
"It didn't feel like we were sharp offensively," Budenholzer said. "Sometimes you've got to find a way to win kind of the ugly games, and I'm proud of the group for doing that."
The Bucks will be attempting to beat Sacramento for the seventh straight time.
It shapes up as a bad time for the Kings as power forwards Richaun Holmes (shoulder) and Marvin Bagley III (foot) and reserve shooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic (ankle) all could sit out the contest.
Holmes was injured on Monday and missed Tuesday's 114-103 road victory over the Phoenix Suns, Bagley has been sidelined for seven games and Bogdanovic has sat out the past three.
Harry Giles III received his first career start against Phoenix and contributed eight points and eight rebounds in 16 minutes.
"It felt amazing," the 21-year-old Giles said afterward. "I'm blessed just to get the opportunity, especially from where I was just at. I'm excited about that and I'm just trying to build on from there."
Big man Dewayne Dedmon, who recently was fined $50,000 by the NBA for publicly requesting a trade, emerged from the doghouse to register his first double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Dedmon, who had played seven total minutes since Dec. 6, received 32 minutes against the Suns.
"He's done a nice job of keeping himself ready," Sacramento coach Luke Walton said afterward. "He took full advantage, played for his teammates just like that whole group did. They all made plays for each other and it was a lot of fun to coach."
Making the contest even more fun is that the Kings rallied from a 21-point deficit to win the game.
Point guard De'Aaron Fox scored a game-high 27 as Sacramento won for the third time in the past four games.
Bucks guard George Hill (illness) could return after sitting out one game.
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The NBA's leading scorer said he believes the short-handed Wizards - who have six players who have tested positive for COVID-19 - may be following '' a recipe for injury'' if they play Milwaukee as scheduled Friday night, the latest dilemma for a league that has been sternly tested by the effects of the pandemic over the last two weeks.
A federal judge in North Carolina has ruled in favor of New Orleans Pelicans player Zion Williamson in a case concerning a contract he terminated with a Florida-based marketing agent who is seeking $100 million in damages from the former Duke star.
U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, ruled on Wednesday that marketing agent Gina Ford's contract with Williamson was void because Ford was not a licensed agent in the state at the time she met with Williamson and because the contract did not comply with key requirements outlined by the state's sports agent law, the Uniform Athlete Agents Act.
Pelicans aim to contain Jazz's perimeter game
All this talk of unprecedented times certainly rings true in Utah, but the oft-used phrase has nothing to do with a pandemic or a divisive presidential election.
As they demonstrated yet again in a win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, the Utah Jazz are shooting and relying on 3-pointers more than they ever have as a franchise.
Rusk County homicide suspects back in court, one changing his plea


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Lighting: create warmer lighting by dimming the lights slightly. Not only does this create a warm, cozy atmosphere, but it saves on energy costs as well.
Fire: If you have a fireplace, use it! So many of us do have them (myself included) and we hardly ever do! If it's a gas fireplace, you have no excuse. If it's wood burning, yes it's a bit more work, but definitely worth it. Another way to warm the room up is with candle light. Be safe of course, especially around the kids.
Scent: If you love the smell of apple, pumpkin, vanilla, or spices like cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, ginger, vanilla, etc, get some scented candles or air fresheners. Baking something with these ingredients, like apple or pumpkin pie, is always a yummy way to create these scents naturally. Involve the kids in the baking too, and it's an activity the whole family can enjoy.
Fresh produce: Display seasonal fresh produce in your home in a decorative bowl or platter. Go apple picking as a family and display the "fruits" of your labour proudly. Or go to your local market and pick up a variety of squash (they often have a pre-packaged beg that include some "mini" pumpkins, along with other interesting looking squash).
Floral: I definitely don't have a green thumb, but you can plant (or buy like me) seasonal plants like Chrysanthemums, better known to most of us as "mums". How fitting! They come in a variety of warm, fall colours, and you can buy potted mums pretty much anywhere when they are in season. Display them on your front porch to welcome guests, or on your back patio to enjoy. You can also buy your favourite flowers in the warm fall colours of reds, oranges and yellows. If you're really creative, buy white flowers, put a bit of food colouring in the water and watch the flowers change colours. The kids would have fun with this too. Another option is to have the kids collect some colourful leaves outside, and simply fill up a vase or bowl with leaves. They may not last long, but it will look great until they dry up.
Wreaths: Display a seasonal wreath on your front door to welcome guests, and the Fall season. They can be as simple as some twigs with cranberries woven in, or intricate with various plants and flowers in the gorgeous fall colours.
Textiles: Don't be afraid to change up a few things in your interior décor for the season. Buy a few throw pillows for your living or family room in the warm, fall colours. Buy a cozy throw blanket in a fall colour as well. These will, of course, work best if your décor incorporates these colours, or if you have a relatively neutral palette with you main furniture pieces, floors, paint, etc. A pop of red or orange would look amazing.
Paint? If you love to paint, and you love colour, why not do a feature wall in one of the fall colours, like a deep red or orange? It will add drama and warmth to your space. The warm colours will reflect off of other surfaces—even your skin! And again, if you love to paint and you get tired of the colour in the Spring, just pick up that paint brush again, prime, paint, and repeat!
Family Photos: The best time of year to take photos outdoors is the Fall. Do a family photo shoot outside when the leaves have changed colours, then display the photos gallery-style in your home. The photos will add that fall warmth to your home, but can stay up for years to enjoy. And if you don't want to be the star of the show, let the fall colours be the star, and just take some beautiful landscape photos (in high resolution), then have them printed out large scale, or on canvas.
The Obvious: Ok, so the obvious way to bring fall décor into the home, of course, is Halloween décor! That's a whole separate article, but it's fun for the kids, and the whole neighbourhood. So carve that pumpkin, and hang some of the artwork your kids bring home from school. They'll love it and so will you!
This article was also published at http://pinkandbluebaby.com/2012/10/ten-ways-to-welcome-fall-into-your-space/.


Interview with Alphaomegasin at the Game On Expo in Mesa Arizona. Probably the longest interview that I've ever done. Get all the answers to the questions you have always wanted to ask him. A great interview with a great guy for you lovely people. I hope you Enjoy. Go visit Alphas channel here.


Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk asked Jackson Palmer, the creator of Dogecoin (DOGE), to help him combat "annoying" cryptocurrency scammers on Twitter this week. Musk, directing his tweet at Palmer, asked for help getting rid of scam spammers, to which Palmer replied by sending Musk a short script in direct messages to try to fix the problem.
A new report published by the New York Attorney General's office states that cryptocurrency exchanges are vulnerable to manipulation, conflicts of interest, and other consumer risks. The findings, part of the "Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative" that consisted in surveying 13 cryptocurrency exchanges, found that an absence of standard methods for auditing virtual assets results in the lack of a consistent and transparent approach to independently auditing digital currency traded on exchanges.
The implementation of the recently launched Gemini dollar (GUSD) stablecoin can be completely changed by a Gemini custodian every 48 hours, according to a study authored by blockchain researcher Alex Lebed and crypto consultant Alexey Akhunov. In the study, the authors review the code of the GUSD's smart contract in order to demonstrate that the implementation of the Gemini USD can become non-transferrable or frozen at any moment, which is noted in the Gemini dollar's white paper.
U.S. lawmakers have called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue clarified and "comprehensive" crypto taxation guidance in an open letter this week. The representatives deem that the IRS has had "more than adequate time" to work through complexities after its preliminary rules were issued four years ago, arguing that while the IRS has proactively continued to remind taxpayers of the penalties for non-compliance with its guidance, its failure to introduce a more robust taxation framework "severely hinders taxpayers' ability" to meet their obligations.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said it is getting closer to the establishment of a global set of anti-money laundering (AML) standards for cryptocurrencies. The agency's president Marshall Billingslea reportedly said that he expects the coordination of a series of standards that will close "gaps" in global AML standards at an FATF plenary in October. At that time, the FATF will purportedly discuss which existing standards should be adapted to digital currencies, as well as revise the assessment methods of how countries implement those standards.
Binance, the largest global crypto exchange, will soon start private beta testing a crypto-fiat exchange in Singapore, as Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) tweeted this week. According to CZ, the testing will be launched on September 18, and while no further details have been specified, the crypto-fiat Singapore-based exchange will presumably support the local Singapore dollar.
PNC, which is ranked among the top ten U.S. banks with 8 million customers and retail branches in 19 states, will use RippleNet to process international payments for its customers. A particular PNC unit — Treasury Management — will use Ripple's blockchain solution xCurrent to speed up overseas transactions held by U.S. commercial clients. Ripple emphasises that xCurrent will allow PNC business clients to receive payments against their invoices instantly, changing their approach to managing both accounts and their working capital.
Head of regulatory relations for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East at Ripple Sagar Sarbhai told CNBC this week that Ripple has been making strides toward the launch of its product xRapid, noting that a commercial version of its payment platform could launch "in the next month or so." The xRapid product is a real-time settlement platform designed to speed up international payments that addresses the issues of minimizing liquidity costs and making cross-border payment transactions faster.
Coinsquare's subsidiary — Coin Capital Investment Management — has reportedly become the 30th ETF operator in Canada, with the launch of the Coincapital STOXX Blockchain Patents Innovation Index Fund (LDGR) and the Coincapital STOXX B.R.AI.N. Index Fund (THNK) on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). LDGR is a research-focused ETF that intends to provide investors with global equity securities of firms that invest in the development of blockchain technologies, while THNK, aims to provide investments in global equity securities concentrated around four "megatrends" in technology — biotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and nanotechnology.
The largest brokerage in Brazil, Grupo XP, will enter the crypto space by launching an exchange for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) in the near future called XDEX with around forty employees. Grupo XP is the biggest financial group in Brazil, comprising companies with various business models. XP has reportedly set a goal to have $1 trillion reais ($245 billion) under custody by 2020, which is four times what the company expects to raise by the end of this year. In addition, XP will launch a bank in the next few months.
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has joined Russia's VEB Innovation Fund to share notes on crypto regulation. Russia's cryptocurrency regulation draft law, which passed in a first reading in May, are tentatively set to be passed in October. One of the main goals of the partnership with Huobi and the VEB Innovation Fund is to draw on the crypto regulation experience gained by Huobi and to apply it in Russia, especially for adjusting the legal framework on digital assets.
Switzerland and Israel have agreed to share their experience on regulating the blockchain industry.Switzerland's Minister of Finance Ueli Maurer and State Secretary for International Financial Matters Joerg Gasser have recently visited Israel to officially request access to the local markets for Swiss banks.As Gasser told Reuters, by the end of 2018 he plans to prepare a report on blockchain regulation for the Israeli officials that would outline general recommendations.
Blockchain consortium R3 has deployed a digital ID application developed by Dutch digital security company Gemalto on the latest version of the Corda Platform. The parties now expect to conduct several pilots of the application — called the Trust ID Network — that will reportedly be launched later this year. The application enables digital service providers to operate "fully verified and secured" user personal data by creating a Digital ID, allowing consumers to register within various banking, e-commerce, and e-government services while avoiding repeated due diligence procedures.
Poland's largest bank , PKO Bank Polski, will launch a blockchain solution for its customer documents via a partnership with UK-based Coinfirm "in the coming days," the parties confirmed this week. As part of a drive to enhance security of customer data, PKO Bank Polski will use Coinfirm's Trudatum to provide blockchain-issued paperwork to its some five million account holders.
Yao Yongjie, whose $1.5 billion Grandshores Blockchain Fund has the backing of well-known Chinese Bitcoin investor Li Xiaolai and the local government of the city of Hangzhou, is seeking to create up to three new stable cryptocurrencies (stablecoins) pegged to various fiat currencies. The first reported stablecoin project would involve the Japanese yen, and a second company Yao chairs, Hong Kong-based Grandshores Technology, aims to raise HK$100 million ($12.7 million) in financing for the cryptocurrency.
The crypto markets have experienced a comeback this week, with Bitcoin trading for around $6,756 and Ethereum at $245. Total market cap is now around $228 billion.
The top three altcoin gainers of the week are Carebit, Bob's Repair, and the Ultimate Secure Cash. The top three altcoin losers of the week are Protean, Abulaba, and Bitmark.
Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz doubted publicly this week that cryptocurrencies can currently replace traditional fiat currencies. Scholz compared cryptocurrencies to the tulip fever bubble in the Netherlands in the 17th century saying, "and the danger is great that there will be such a tulip inflation," noting that cryptocurrencies should also be closely observed by regulators, as they could be used for terrorist financing, money laundering or other criminal activities.
Brazil's antitrust regulator, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), is reportedly inspecting six major national banks for alleged monopolistic practices in the crypto space, according to Reuters. The probe, which was initiated n the request of the Brazilian Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Association (ABCB) following several complaints, will determine whether the country's largest banks closed the accounts of brokerages trading in Bitcoin.
Leaked code targeting Microsoft Systems which hackers allegedly stole from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) sparked a fivefold increase in cryptocurrency mining malware infections, according to a report from the Cyber Threat Alliance. Eternal Blue, which was reportedly stolen and then used for the infamous cyberattacks WannaCry and NotPetya, has been used by hackers to gain access to computers in order to covertly mine for cryptocurrency, with detections up 459 percent this year.
Billionaire investor Mike Novogratz predicted this week on Twitter that Bitcoin will see a 30 percent rally by the end of 2018. Stating that the $8,800 to $10,000 threshold would be the the defining moment for institutional investors to enter the space, Novogratz claimed that it is impossible for BTC to not reach the $8,800 to $10,000 price points by the end of the year.
The New York Times visits Massena — a region formerly filled with American corporations offering unions jobs — that now has one of the state's highest unemployment rates. However, as the Time notes, the "abundant, cheap electricity flowing from a dam in the St. Lawrence River," has brought in the cryptocurrency mining companies, bringing mixed reactions from the area's residents.


This site has still to be recorded.
It is used as a football field with a play area with swings etc. It is also the proposed site for a Youth Club with portacabins to be placed on the site of the old pumping station, which was re-sited in Site 166 in 2004/5. There is a lot of opposition to the youth club site.
The field is surrounded by trees but doubt that they are of sufficient girth to record as ancient.


The Operations Control Centre (OCC) is the nerve center of WestJet. OCC manages more than 550 daily flights, more than 120 aircraft, tens of thousands of guests and hundreds of WestJet crews, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
OCC uses real-time operational information to keep the airline running smoothly. Awareness of up-to-date airline operations information, among the groups residing in the OCC area, is critical. The WestJet OCC is made up of controllers, dispatchers, crew schedulers, load controllers, guest solutions, operations coordinators and maintenance individuals.
If you have an aptitude for planning, attention to detail, and like working under pressure within ever changing conditions, our Operations Control Centre might be the place for you.
The WestJet Encore operations control centre (OCC) is responsible for conducting the safe operation of all Encore flights, planning the routes they fly, and scheduling the crews that manage them. The team is also responsible for reacting to changes due to situations, including inclement weather, in real time and organizing maintenance when necessary.
The diverse individuals on our OCC team are organized, comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, and adaptable to ever-changing situations. The decisions made within the OCC ripple outward to have implications on most areas of WestJet Encore.
If you feel like you are up to the task, consider joining our team.


Samsung Electronics on Thursday announced the launch of its Newest mid-range smartphone, Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018).
It's the first phone from the company's bandwagon to be published using a triple back camera setup. Other highlights of this handset include a 6-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity Screen, Dolby Atmos audio technology, a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, and its 24-megapixel selfie camera. Let us delve into the details of this Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018). Before this week, the South Korean giant declared the Introduction of the new Galaxy J4+ and Galaxy J6+, that are anticipated to start in India at the end of the month.
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) price hasn't been announced yet. However, Samsung said that the telephone could be made available in select Asian and European markets beginning this autumn, with plans to expand into additional foreign markets in the not too distant future.
Additionally, Samsung has been expected to launch still another smartphone on October 11, which is anticipated to be the provider's and the industry's first to sport a quadruple back camera setup. This smartphone has been verified to be from the Galaxy A range, thanks to the the launching press statement that references the October event.
The dual-SIM Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) runs Android 8,0 Oreo out-of-the-box, also sports a large 6-inch full-HD+ (1080×2280 pixels) Super AMOLED Infinity Screen with a characteristic ratio of 18.5:9. The phone is powered by an unnamed octa-core SoC clocked at 2.2GHz, coupled with 4GB/ 6GB of RAM and 64GB/ 128GB of inbuilt storage.
In terms of optics, the Galaxy A7 (2018) sports a triple camera setup at the trunk. This installation consists of a 24-megapixel autofocus sensor with f/1.7 aperture, an 8-megapixel ultra broad sensor with f/2.4 aperture, and a 5-megapixel depth sensor with fixed focus and f/2.2 aperture. On the front, it comes with a single 24-megapixel selfie fixed focus camera detector which has f/2.0 aperture, LED flash, Selfie Focus, and Pro Lighting Mode.
Connectivity choices on the Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018) comprise 4G VoLTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, ANT+, NFC (theme to area ) using Samsung Pay assistance, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, plus a 3.5mm headphone jack. There's a 3,300mAh battery under the hood. Dimensions of this handset are 159.8×76.8×7.5mm and weight is 168 grams. Sensors onboard the Galaxy A7 (2018) include accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, RGB light sensor, and also a side-mounted fingerprint detector.


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Igokea downed Partizan mt:s and proved its quality
Not sure if many people believed that Igokea could win in this game tonight, especially not with +23, 73-50, by quarters 18-14, 15-7, 22-12, 18-17. With this win, Igokea improved to 9-2 score and stayed at the top of ABA
Marko Sutalo left Hemofarm and signed with Siroki
One of the best players and team captain of Hemofarm in last season, Marko Sutalo, left team and signed new contract with Siroki. Siroki, the best team in Bosnia and Herzegovina league in last few seasons, strenghtened its roster with
Anthony Corey Fisher on Partizan mt:s wishlist
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496HO with only 188 hours.
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Wind becomes largest source of electricity in Turkey on Nov. 28
- Wind is Turkey's second-biggest renewable source after hydropower
home > Electricity, Turkey 29.11.2021 13:58 Nuran Erkul
Wind power became the largest source of electricity generation for the first time in the country's history with a 22.6% share on Nov. 28, according to the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation on Monday.
Wind power plants generated 178,964 megawatt-hours out of a total of 791,794 megawatt-hours of daily electricity output.
Turkey's installed wind power capacity reached 10,585 megawatts, making it the second-largest renewable capacity after hydropower.
Natural gas power plants followed with a 22% share of electricity generation on Sunday, with imported coal power plants ranking third with a 17.8% share.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya


A development lab for professional screenwriters and working actors.
Sell scripts. Make movies and TV shows together. Network with talented people. For writers, become a junkie to your deadline with new pages every 5 weeks.
4 nights a week we hold staged readings at different theaters across Los Angeles (NoHo & Sherman Oaks). These readings are performed by professional actors in front of a group of 15 professional screenwriters from each night. Each writer on rotation presents 25-30 new pages. They can be film, TV, or online series. After each reading, the room exchanges feedback on the script.
Meetings are FREE FOR ACTORS and auditors such as producers, managers, and network executives. Screenwriters on rotation pay $40 a month to present their pages. This pays for the monthly rent of each theater.
7 pm to 10 pm.
How big is the group?
Each night has 15 screenwriters on our regular five-week rotation and dozens of actors. Writers attend the same night every week while actors attend when they are cast. Other auditors, producers, directors, managers, and friends of the group can attend whenever they like.
If I get in, how often will my work be read?
Screenwriters on rotation present 25-30 new pages every five weeks.
The group was founded in 2009 by writer-director Adam Strange. Deadline Junkies Drama Mondays is lead by Michael Stagliano. Deadline Junkies Comedy Tuesdays is lead by Ashley Scott Meyers. Deadline Junkies Wednesday is lead by Jordan Imiola. Deadline Junkies Thursday is lead by Andrew Knopp.
I'm super busy. Do I have to come every week?
If you're a writer on rotation, yes, you should come every week on the same night. Shoddy attendance is the most common reason we take screenwriters off the rotation. If we are going to make the commitment to your scripts, we want your feedback on ours.
If you're an actor, you only have to commit when you are asked to be cast. However, many nights. writers need extra actors so new actors are encouraged to just show up and ask around. The more we see you act, the more you tend to get cast.
How do I get my screenwriting in front of the group?
Just show up. Regulars become regulars by attending every week on the same night and putting in the work. When a spot opens up, those we see participate in feedback and attend on a regular basis are asked to join.
How do I sign up as an actor?
Just show up on the night of the week that's best for you and introduce yourself. Talk to the person leading that night. Mondays, talk to Michael. Tuesdays, talk to Ashley. Wednesdays, talk to Jordan. Thursdays, talk to Andrew. Let them know you're interested and they'll get you set you up with casting. The first step is just go there and introduce yourself to the Deadline Junkies community. And then keep showing up week after week.


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Part Time PhD
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PhD in Management and Economics
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Our ambition is to offer a Ph.D. program that leverages the specific strengths of our University and international Faculty and provides talented and motivated students with a high-quality education and research environment that best serves their career aspirations.
Our 4-year full-time Ph.D. program combines methodical and theoretical courses with additional individualized training as recommended by the supervisor depending on the specific research interests and objectives of the Ph.D. student. Topic-specific individual tutoring and mentoring, as well as funding for research, stays abroad are special components of our program.
Ph.D. students will be introduced to specific research areas of the faculty, including Organizational and Institutional Outliers, Economic Policy Analysis and Financial Markets and Regulation, and have the opportunity to be engaged in corresponding research projects. Our international faculty provides a variety of research opportunities.
Duration of the program: 4 years
Courses will be taught in English
4 to 6 month stays at international universities
Places available: 6 with scholarship + 1 without scholarship
Campus: Bozen-Bolzano
Tuition fees: € 163,50 per year
The first year of the program is devoted to imparting basic knowledge of methods and theories in the field of management and economics to develop a common skill set among our Ph.D. students regardless of their background. Students are encouraged to explore different research approaches and questions before specializing.
By the end of the second year, the program provides students with the necessary skills, competencies, and tools to successfully conduct theory-based empirical research in different fields and with opportunities to build their own scientific network through attending international conferences and summer schools, and visiting other universities.
Although we encourage Ph.D. students to start writing scientific papers from the beginning, the second half of the program is primarily dedicated to completing a dissertation through writing high-quality research papers targeted for publication in renowned peer-reviewed journals.
The dissertation is expected to be of a cumulative nature, i.e. a collection of scientific papers with a comprehensive introduction and conclusion that highlights the research objectives and the findings. Monographs are not accepted.
International Research Collaborations
Not only that our faculty members have close networks within their specific research area of the scientific community, which cannot be exhaustively listed here, but we are also proud to have won the following internationally reputed colleagues for our Ph.D. committee:
Professor Pierpaolo Andriani, Ph.D. Kedge Business School, France
Professor Timothy Devinney, Ph.D. of Leeds University Business School, UK
Associate Professor Fabrizio Ferri, Ph.D. Columbia Business School, USA
Professor Uwe Sunde, Ph.D. LMU Munich, Germany
Among others, our faculty members have established partnerships with colleagues, research groups, and institutes for instance from Bocconi University, Centre for Family Business at Lancaster University, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), IZA - Institute of Labor Economics (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit), George Washington University, Imperial College Business School, Lee Kong Chian School of Business – Singapore Management University, Monash University, NYU – Stern Business School, Princeton University, TU München, University of Warwick, WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien.
These and many more contacts will provide our Ph.D. students with many opportunities to pursue their research interests, to develop and maintain important own networks, and experience the life of a young scholar on a truly international level. Last but not least it will help them tremendously with starting a successful academic career.
We not only seek highly talented, international applicants with an outstanding performance record, but personalities in every respect, who are motivated, self-disciplined, and who possess a high degree of social skills and a sense of responsibility.
You will be required to take part in a public recruitment competition (see the call in due time). Admissible applicants should possess or need to complete their master, a second-cycle degree, or an equivalent foreign title with honors preferably in Economics and/or Business Administration or related fields.
Successful applicants will be expected to reside in South Tyrol during the 4-year period of the Ph.D. scholarship and to contribute actively to our international research environment.
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The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is located in one of the most fascinating European regions, at the crossroads between the German-speaking and Italian economies and cultures. Its trilingualism in ... Read More
The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano is located in one of the most fascinating European regions, at the crossroads between the German-speaking and Italian economies and cultures. Its trilingualism in teaching and research, its high level of internationalization as well as an ideal study environment guaranteed by its excellent facilities are some of the reasons why Unibz regularly reaches top positions in national and international rankings. Read less
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Cambridge United play host to table toppers Doncaster Rovers under the floodlights at the Cambs Glass Stadium TONIGHT (Kick off 7:45pm) in Sky Bet League Two.
Shaun Derry's side, who fought back to win in dramatic fashion over Newport County on home soil last weekend before making it consecutive wins on Saturday against Barnet, return to the Cambs Glass Stadium this evening looking to continue their recent run. The U's will need the full backing off the Amber Army as they go toe-to-toe with the League leaders.
Tickets for the match are available to buy online, in-store and by calling 01223 566 500, with supporters able to make a £2 saving off full match day prices when buying before 5pm on match day.


« CHARLIE MARTIN: Climategate: The End of the Beginning….
SHOCKER: JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE "UNEXPECTEDLY" — AGAIN! And yet, every time it happens, it's "unexpected." Maybe it's time to adjust the expectations. . . ?
But how can it be "unexpected" if it's just due to an administrative backlog?
The jump was due to an "administrative" accumulation from late December and early January holidays, and did not reflect "economic" reasons, a Labor Department spokesman said.
Wouldn't you know about these things piling up? I mean, the holidays come around every year, and you ought to know that if you're doing your job and tracking data and stuff. . . .
Glenn, it doesn't sound like you're surprised by the rise in jobless claims. Neither am I. Three weeks of increase in that number may be statistical noise, especially at this time of year. But what's really scary is that despite a moribund economy, in an effort to improve poll numbers, Obama is leaning toward a full-out, torches-up-the-hill march against business. That should sufficiently scare the hell out of business so as to completely scotch any chance of a recovery.
Maybe he should do something that actually helps create jobs. Unfortunately, that would require acting inconsistently with his treasured ideological beliefs. And they say Bush was stubborn?


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Gold Cash Gold,
Making it Rain!
Photography By HENRY HARGREAVES, words by SHOKO WANGER
It's 3 PM on a late summer Friday and the dining room at Gold Cash Gold has emptied. The staff, winding down from lunch service, begins the first steps of readying for dinner. Behind the bar, one member spoons pork fat from a mason jar filled with bourbon, the base of the restaurant's pickle juice Bloody Mary. Another straightens chairs. Downstairs, all the while, the prep kitchen hums.
Tucked beneath the dining room's reclaimed wood floors, a team of four sets to work breaking down chickens to be brined, fried, and served alongside cornbread and pepper gravy. The dish is a fixture on the menu, perhaps the restaurant's most talked-about item since it opened last winter in Detroit's Corktown. With the shell of the Michigan Central Station just blocks away, Gold Cash Gold — along with the handful of other young businesses that have settled in the neighborhood in recent years — is a symbol of the city's much talked-about creative and cultural rebirth. Named to commemorate its building's pawn shop past, it also epitomizes the area's proud blend of new and old.
Between tasks, the team take breaks to prepare for the evening staff meal. It comes together — at least to the non-chefs in attendance — seemingly in a flash: tortillas are warmed, sauces are gathered, plates are stacked on a table next to the open kitchen upstairs. The staff congregates at 5, assembling plates amid a flurry of friendly conversation before dispersing back throughout the restaurant. The chefs eat at the kitchen counter. On a quieter night they might sit, but for now they stand, trading stories between bites in the brief moments before it's back to work.
FARMSTEAD FINE FOOD
Chef Josh Stockton oversees an inventive menu offering fresh, seasonal, locally-sourced fare. It's what he calls "farmstead fine food," and it's what drives discerning diners, local and otherwise, to its tables night after night. The team assembling the staff meal echo their praises: "The menu's as good as it gets. You might find food you're more comfortable with here in Detroit, but as far as ingredients and sourcing go, we're serving the best food in the city."
The Chef's Table, located beside the open kitchen, is available to guests who prefer to be close to the culinary action. During the day, the room fills with light; at night, it's a cozy, tucked-away corner, lit by a brass chandelier. Today, it's where the staff gathers for tacos before dinner service begins.
STAFF MEAL
At Gold Cash Gold, the staff meal menu changes depending on the day. Two recurring staples, however, are pasta night and Taco Tuesday. This evening, Taco Tuesday happens a few days early, with braised pork shoulder, grilled pineapple, refried black beans, and rice. "Tacos are everyone's favorite staff meal," say the chefs. Though the spread changes — and sometimes, they admit, is comprised only of bread and "whatever we can find to smear on it," the meal is a ritual rife with meaning. Says sous chef Reid Shipman, "Everyone contributes. It brings us all together."
Braised pork tacos with grilled pineapple, refried black beans, rice, and roasted tomatillo salsa
Josh Stockton — Chef / Owner
Reid Shipman — Sous Chef
Adam Verville — Sous Chef
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