The pop star that's had three rip-roaring decades of disco dancing has traded it all in for double-denim, and more than just a dash of country. After the booming sound of a horse's neigh resonated through the venue, Kylie, descended the curved staircase and was met by an excited crowd, a live band wearing red neckerchiefs – and a payload of glitter discharged from a cannon.
Distinctly folksy complete with rhinestones and cowboy boots, Kylie's latest instalment to the world of pop includes several surprisingly cheesy performances. In a single called 'Dancing', Kylie does line-dancing with death (outfits here range from country gear bedecked with rhinestones, a sequinned dress, and a scanty nightdress that screams 'rodeo princess in repose'). Big Luke, a bearded man with a banjo features in her song 'A Lifetime to Repair'. Keeping with the country vibe, Kylie also pays a somewhat bizarre homage to Dolly Parton by performing Dolly's 1983 hit 'Islands in the Stream' as a duet with Big Luke and his banjo. As somebody with a usually deft hand at selecting duet partners that have included Robbie Williams and Nick Cave, this was a highly surprising selection. Another surprise was the tune 'Raining Glitter', the only typically disco/pop song, albeit being slightly countrified with a little country guitar thrown in for fun.
Jonathan Bree's second solo album, A Little Night Music, confirms how far Bree has traveled since he first achieved prominence with his former band mates in The Brunettes, an outfit that successfully fused indie sounds with somewhat corny bubblegum catchiness. Although served with a heavy dose of ironic detachment, this indie bubblegum amalgam proved to be simultaneously irritating and irresistibly hooky. That's not what we hear when we listen to ALNM, though.
Although ALNM certainly has its own lighter touches, it deftly situates even those moments within an overall mood that it considerably darker than anything we've heard from The Brunettes. As ALNM plays, its combination of orchestral manoeuvers and crooning singing can't help but remind the listener of the sweetly crooned but acerbic lyrics of Lee Hazlewood or the dramatic moodiness of Scott Walker. Unlike the extremely rich orchestration that accompanied Walker's voice, however, Bree has opted for a more tempered, scaled-down use of strings on ALNM.
The result is a semi-orchestral collection produced on a shoestring. Bree has been very open about how deeply classical music has influenced his writing and production for this album. His orchestral scoring, though, has a sort of distressed or deliberately rough quality that puts a lot of distance between him and the likes of Bartók and co. Bree clearly knows what he's doing here, since the album's intimate recording style endows it with an emotional quality that a larger-scale or more richly textured approach would have ruled out.
What's surprising is that an album that dispenses with both rock and R&B works so well. Just as the sound of ALNM combines the orchestral with the low-key, Bree's lyrics somehow wrest a kind of perfection from the trivial and the apparently commonplace. Although we've focused on the album's orchestral sounds and moody atmosphere, we need also to pay due respect to the moral anger that drives the album and brings it together. This moral intensity is evident, for example, when Bree castigates a woman who is too worried about her coffee being hot enough to spare a thought for dying infants in Africa. Right on target!
Purity Zinhle Mkhize bares her soul and her body (and a tapestry of other bodies) in a gentle yet emotionally charged performance. Directed by Kyle Lewis, one of South Africa's most highly acclaimed music video directors, Purity's performance on her 'No Secrets' video reached in and firmly tugged at something inside me. And that's just the start of it.
Clearly a woman in control of herself, her art and her look, Purity is redefining the stereotype associated with her 'people'. Whether that can be defined as Zulus, South Africans, or simply Africans, Purity suffered through insults from her community who she claims, 'don't understand and aren't really exposed to alternative individualism'. Purity's outlook has always been based on honesty, and what can be more honest than self-expression through soulful (and soul-baring) art? She believes that her music and her life are an interconnected force and that she is achieving personal growth through listening to what her heart wants – and following its governance. We could all take a leaf out of Purity's book.
Katy Perry's Witness Delivers the Goods, but not the Ones we Expected!
Katy Perry's latest album, Witness, is not what Katy promised it would be, but it does succeed in its own terms. At the Grammy Awards ceremony this year, Perry announced that her forthcoming album, Witness, would consist of what she called "purposeful pop." Perry's use of that vague but potentially activist tag, taken along with her public endorsements of Hilary Clinton and her description of herself as an "advocate," naturally led to expectations that Witness would be a politically engaged album that would focus on Perry's resistance to the Trump administration. You may also recall that these unrealized expectations for Witness led to some, fairly heated discussion about whether Perry was the sort of artist who could credibly make protest pop of this kind. As we listen to the album she actually released, though, we find that none of this came to pass. All of that pre-kerfuffle was therefore a waste of breath and ink!
So, what has Perry delivered instead? What we have here is a messy, self-centered record of the kind we're already very used to. This may be a good thing for the artist, because many of her admirers, unsurprisingly, still long for the kind of enjoyable, carefree pop that she has always given us. Presumably, many of these fans won't exactly be disappointed that Perry hasn't delivered on her promise to make an album that would be mentally, sexually and spiritually liberating. And that's quite a lot to promise! Before we judge Perry too harshly, though, it's important to say that, although it is no masterpiece of political insight, Witness is nevertheless her most daring and provocative album so far. Perry has bravely and cleverly drawn on genres like witch house and future pop, but she has carefully integrated these darker elements into an accessible pop album. This may be mainstream pop, but it's not any old mainstream pop!


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OTP Tuesday: StormPilot
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Presenting OTP Tuesday! Every Tuesday I will introduce you to a new One True Pairing! Tune in each week to find out which fictional couple you need to agonize/squee over next. In honor of The Last Jedi coming out this month, all December OTPs will be from my original fandom: Star Wars. First up: StormPilot.
Who Are StormPilot?
StormPilot is one of the newest Star Wars ships. The pairing refers to the stormtrooper Finn and the Resistance pilot Poe Dameron, first featured in The Force Awakens.
Not that subtle.
If you live under a rock and are not familiar with the newest Star Wars story, Finn is one of the protagonists. Finn was raised as a stormtrooper in the First Order. On an early raid, he has a crisis of conscience and refuses to participate in the wholesale slaughter of a village. Unfortunately for Finn, this means bad things for his future; he will likely be reconditioned at best and killed at worst.
Finn decides to escape and does so with the help of First Order captive Poe. The two steal a TIE-fighter and escape the Star Destroyer Finalizer, but Poe insists on returning to the planet where he was captured to rescue his droid. Unfortunately, they crash, and Poe is assumed deceased.
Mr. Steal Yo TIE-Fighter
Finn, however, continues on. He finds Poe's droid, BB-8, and meets Rey, a scavenger. They escape the planet and embark on a series of unlikely adventures, including meeting Han Solo and Chewbacca, on their way to the Resistance. Unfortunately, Rey is captured before they reach the Resistance, and Finn is determined to save her.
He sets off to rescue her with the help of Solo. Rey has been taken to the First Order's newest superweapon, and the Resistance seeks to destroy the weapon before it destroys them. Finn says he can help but is mostly concerned with saving his friend. In the end, however, they do succeed in saving Rey and stopping the new weapon. Unfortunately, Finn is injured in the process. At the end of The Force Awakens, Finn is in a healing coma.
But what about Poe? Although it is possible to have a ship where one party is dead, this is not the case here. When Finn and Poe crash land on Jakku, Poe was ejected from the TIE-fighter. When he awoke, he saw no ship and no Finn and feared the worst. Having no other options, he sets out to return to the Resistance.
I use this picture every chance I get.
Poe was initially on an intelligence-seeking mission. He was looking for a map to lead to Luke Skywalker, which he deposited with BB-8. The First Order found him and tortured him to find the information, but Poe's spirit was unbroken. When Finn first meets him, he still has a definite spark to him. This spark continues throughout Poe's appearances in The Force Awakens.
We next see Poe on Takodana, where Finn and co are currently being rounded up by the First Order. Poe masterfully destroys the troops and saves Finn. They reunite on D'Qar, at the Resistance base. Both are ecstatic to see the other is alive, and Poe thanks Finn for completing his mission. Poe eventually leads the air troops assaulting the superweapon and ultimately casts the killing blow.
Why is StormPilot OTP?
They are too. cute.
StormPilot is a pure and delightful pairing. The characters are both endearing on their own, but together, they are great to watch. From the very start, there's a definite connection between the two.
"I'm gonna call you Finn!"
When they first meet, Finn didn't even have a name. He had only been a number up to this point, a stormtrooper without unique identity. But Poe breaks this down fast. This person who saves him isn't just a number. FN-2187 has broken from the First Order regime, has dared to make his own choices despite the danger.
Tumblr gets it.
Poe names him Finn, based on the "FN" part of his identification number. This is a definite turning point for Finn — or rather, I suppose, a starting point. Finn has found someone who values him not for what he represents — the First Order — but for who he is and can become. When Finn wakes up on Jakku and assumes Poe is dead, it's pretty tragic, for all that they've known each other less than an hour.
"That's one hell of a pilot!"
Conversely, when they reunite, everything feels right in the world again. Even before Finn realizes it's Poe, he praises the pilot who saves his life. His enthusiasm is endearing because we know it's Poe, which only fuels the flames for this ship. When they meet up on D'Qar, the connection between them is practically visible. They embrace very enthusiastically for two people who, again, barely know each other.
Hetero AF.
But their connection is based on more than time known. It's based on two people who needed each other, who inspire each other, and who saved each other. When Poe realizes Finn completed his mission, it's confirmation that Finn is a great, trustworthy person. Finn likewise trusts Poe. At this point, Finn is in crisis because Rey has been captured. He knows he needs to save her but isn't sure how. He turns to Poe, who he knows he can count on for help.
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Later, the two are equally important to defeating the First Order's weapon. Though they acted independently, they are only successful because of the other's actions. Poe is only able to destroy the weapon because Finn disabled the shields; Finn's efforts are only rewarded because of Poe's shot. Their balance is special and heartwarming.
What's Next For StormPilot?
At the end of The Force Awakens, they are separated by terrible circumstances. Finn is in a coma after his heroic efforts to rescue Rey, and shippers are left up in the air. However, both characters return in The Last Jedi. Both Finn and Poe have featured prominently in trailers, and although we don't know what will happen in the movie, we can anticipate what happens next.
Is StormPilot Canon?
StormPilot isn't not canon. Nothing has been confirmed as of yet. However, nothing we have so far seen directly contradicts the ship. The chemistry between the characters is palpable, and Disney and Lucasfilm would be foolish to ignore that. Plus, fans are desperate to see StormPilot canon.
Even the actors ship it!
Unfortunately, same-sex relationships don't have a great track record in pop culture, so we may very well see StormPilot crash and burn. We may see Finn paired off with Rey. The new character Rose Tico throws a wrench into things as well. For now, we can only cross our fingers and hope for the best. A few short weeks will tell!
StormPilot is only one of the reasons I can't wait for The Last Jedi, but it is a pressing reason. I am eager to see how Lucasfilm handles this fan favorite pairing.
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Pope celebrates his birthday with clients of Vatican pediatric clinic
By CINDY WOODEN | Catholic News Service
Pope Francis is presented with a cake on the eve of his 82nd birthday during a Dec. 16 audience with children and families from the Santa Marta Dispensary. CNS photo/Giuseppe Lami, EPA
VATICAN CITY — If the Holy Family lived in Rome and the baby Jesus had a cold or flu, Mary and Joseph certainly would bring him to the Vatican pediatric clinic for help, Pope Francis said.
The Vatican's St. Martha Dispensary was founded in 1922 and, staffed by volunteers, it provides medical care and basic necessities to any child in need; most of the clients are immigrants.
Dozens of children, their parents and the clinic volunteers anticipated Pope Francis' 82nd birthday, singing for him and giving him a large cake Dec. 16. His birthday was the next day.
"I wish you all a merry Christmas, a good holy Christmas, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you do. Really," the pope said. "And, I also hope that no one gets indigestion from a cake that big. Thank you!"
In brief comments to the women religious who run the clinic and to the doctors and others who volunteer there, Pope Francis said, "Working with children isn't easy, but they teach us much."
"They taught me something: to understand the reality of life, you must lower yourself, like you bend down to kiss a child. They teach us this," he said. "The proud and haughty cannot understand life because they are not capable of lowering themselves."
Everyone who works at the clinic gives children something, the pope said. "But they give us this proclamation, this teaching: bow down, be humble and you will learn to understand life and understand people."
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by Keith Barker | Feb 22, 2019 | Blog, Design | 0 comments
As part of my ongoing marketing project with David Granger Architectural Design, I was asked to design signage and a new logo for the Old Cottage Hospital in Ashby de la Zouch. The building was being renovated to act as David Granger Design's new home, with rented office space on the first floor being made available to small local businesses.
The design for the logo and the typeface used were inspired by the era when the building was in its heyday as a community hospital, in the 1920s. The logo includes a stylised version of the front fascia above the entrance doors.
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Municipals were a touch weaker as U.S. Treasuries and equities seesawed throughout the day on debt ceiling news out of Washington while new issues in the primary were in high demand and repriced to lower yields.
Triple-A benchmarks saw cuts of one to two basis points. Refinitiv MMD cut two on the 10-year and one on the 30-year while IHS Markit cut one on both maturities. Bloomberg BVAL cut its 10-year one basis point, leaving the 30-year unchanged while ICE Data Services bumped its one-year a basis point and left the rest of the curve little changed.
The 10-year municipal-to-UST ratio is at 76% and the 30-year at 81%, according to Refinitiv MMD. ICE Data Services had the 10-year at 75% and the 30 at 77%.
Another round of inflows was reported from the Investment Company Institute —the 30th consecutive week — but they were down $1.1 billion from a week prior. ICI reported $704 million of inflows for the week ending Sept. 29.
Exchange-traded funds saw $247 million of inflows after $233 million a week prior.
Total inflows have hit $76 billion year-to-date.
Participants will be watching for Refinitiv Lipper numbers Thursday as a gauge of how this week's quieter open to the month affected investor sentiment.
CreditSights noted in a report earlier this week it is not concerned about a slowdown in flows into mutual funds, but rather a reversal of flows "because of the potential risks to secondary market prices if mutual funds are forced to sell long-duration bonds to raise cash to pay exiting shareholders."
Tax-exempt municipal money market fund assets fell again, this time by $65.2 million from a week earlier.
In the primary, BofA Securities priced for the Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority (Aa2/AAA//) $1.49 billion of taxable special obligation revenue bonds. Bonds priced at par: in 9/2022 0.229%, 1.268% in 2026, 2.056% in 2031, and 2.65% in 2037, subject to a make whole call.
Siebert Williams Shank & Co. priced and repriced $317.34 million of general obligation green bonds with three to 10 basis point bumps for the School District of Philadelphia (A2//A+/). The first series, $267.375 million of Series A, saw 5s of 2022 at 0.18% (-10), 5s of 2026 at 0.76% (-4), 5s of 2031 at 1.58% (-4), 4s of 2041 at 2.22%, and 4s of 2046 at 2.37% (-3), callable Sept. 1, 2031. The second series, $49.965 million, saw 5s of 2022 at 0.18% (-10), 5s of 2026 at 0.76% (-4) and 5s of 2031 at 1.58% (-4), noncallable.
Barclays Capital Inc. priced for the State Public Works Board of the state of California (Aa3/A+/AA-/) $294.67 million of forward delivery lease revenue refunding bonds. Bonds in 8/2023 with a 5% coupon yield 0.68%, 5s of 2026 at 1.08%, 5s of 2031 at 1.82%, 5s of 2036 at 2.05%, 4s of 2037 at 2.25%, callable Aug. 1, 2031, dated Sept. 29, 2022.
RBC Capital Markets priced for Montgomery County, Ohio, (A1//AA-/) $240.65 million of hospital facilities revenue bonds (Dayton Children's Hospital). Bonds in 8/2025 with a 5% coupon yield 0.46%, 5s of 2026 at 0.63%, 5s of 2031 at 1.43%, 4s of 2036 at 1.99%, 4s of 2041 at 2.20%, 4s of 2046 at 2.38%, 2.95s of 2051 at par and 4s of 2051 at 2.45%.
RBC Capital Markets priced and repriced for the Equitable School Revolving Fund $217.81 million of national charter school revolving loan fund social revenue bonds with up to nine basis point bumps, especially out long. The deal was three times oversubscribed. The deal consisted of $122.895 million of charter school revolving loan fund social revenue bonds for the Arizona Industrial Development Authority (/A//), with 4s of 2022 at 0.29%, 5s of 2026 at 0.89%, 4s of 2031 at 1.69%, 4s of 2036 at 2.05%, 4s of 2046 at 2.37% and 4s of 2051 at 2.42%, callable in 11/1/2031, and $25 million of subordinate series (nonrated), 4s of 2051 at 2.77%, callable in 11/1/2031.
Bonds issued for the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank, $31.555 million, saw 4s of 2032 at 1.70%, 4s of 2036 at 1.94%, 4s of 2041 at 2.11%, 4s of 2046 at 2.23%, 5s of 2051 at 2.28% and 4s of 2056 at 2.39%; $17.925 million for the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, 4s of 2046 at 2.28% and 4s of 2051 at 2.34%; and, $25 million for Albany, New York Capital Resource Corp., 4s of 2046 at 2.30% and 4s of 2051 at 2.37%.
Rhode Island (Aa2/AA/AA/) sold $90.5 million of general obligation bonds to Mesirow Financial. Bonds in 8/2022 with at 5% coupon yield 0.15%, 5s of 2026 at 0.57%, 5s of 2031 at 1.28%, 2s of 2036 at 2.05% and 2.25s of 2041 at 2.30%, callable Aug. 1, 2031.
Rhode Island (Aa2/AA/AA) sold $44.5 million of taxable general obligation bonds consolidated capital development loan of 2021 to Wells Fargo Corporate & Investment Banking. Bonds in 8/2022 with a 3% coupon yield 0.20%, 1.12% at par in 2026, 1.84% coupon to yield 1.85% in 2031, at 2.45% par in 2036 and a 2.6% coupon to yield 2.65% in 2041, callable Aug. 1, 2031.
Richland County School District, South Carolina, (Aa/AA//) sold $74.995 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds to JPMorgan Securities LLC. Bonds in 3/2022 with a 5% coupon yield 0.14%, 5s of 2026 at 0.50%, 4s of 2031 at 1.28%, 2s of 2036 at 1.95% and 2s of 2039 at 2.08%.
Informa: Money market muni funds fall again
Tax-exempt municipal money market fund assets fell by $219 million, lowering their total to $89.48 billion for the week ending Sept. 28, according to the Money Fund Report, a publication of Informa Financial Intelligence.
The average seven-day simple yield for the 150 tax-free and municipal money-market funds sat at 0.01%, the same as the previous week.
Taxable money-fund assets fell by $52.77 billion, bringing total net assets to $4.382 trillion. The average, seven-day simple yield for the 765 taxable reporting funds sat at 0.02%, same as the prior week.
Secondary trading
Short end trades showed strength. Massachusetts 5s of 2022 at 0.11%. North Carolina 5s of 2022 at 0.11%. Florida PECO 5s of 2023 at 0.20%.California 5s of 2023 at 0.21%. Maryland DOT 5s of 2024 at 0.30% and 5s of 2025 at 0.42%. Maryland 5s of 2025 at 0.39% versus 0.41% Tuesday.
New York City TFA 5s of 2026 at 0.61%. Ohio 5s of 2026 at 0.59%. Washington Suburban Sanitation District 5s of 2027 at 0.67%. Minnesota 5s of 2029 at 1.09%.
California 5s of 2029 at 1.06%. California 5s of 2030 at 1.17%. Massachusetts 5s of 2031 at 1.20%. Maryland 5s of 2032 at 1.23%.
Georgia 5s of 2033 at 1.24%. NYC TFA 5s of 2034 1.56%.
Texas waters 3s of 2040 at 1.92% versus 1.94% original. Washington 5s of 2042 at 1.70%.
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According to Refinitiv MMD, short yields were steady at 0.13% and at 0.20% in 2022 and 2023. The yield on the 10-year rose two basis points at 1.16% while the yield on the 30-year rose one to 1.68%.
The ICE municipal yield curve showed bonds fall one in 2022 to 0.14% and steady at 0.19% in 2023. The 10-year maturity sat at 1.11% and the 30-year yield as steady at 1.70%.
The IHS Markit municipal analytics curve showed short yields steady at 0.14% and 0.19% in both 2022 and 2023. The 10-year yield was up one to 1.13% and the 30-year yield was up one to 1.67%.
The Bloomberg BVAL curve showed short yields steady at 0.16% and 0.16% in 2022 and 2023. The 10-year yield was up one to 1.13% and the 30-year yield was up one to 1.69%.
In late trading, Treasuries were softer as equities were up.
The 10-year Treasury was yielding 1.528% and the 30-year Treasury was yielding 2.082%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 102 points, or 0.30%, the S&P rose 0.41% while the Nasdaq was up 0.47%.
Waiting on jobs data?
The Federal Reserve believes it has met its inflation goal and is close to its employment goal. Friday's employment report is expected to be sufficient to allow the Fed to announce its plans to cut back on asset purchases when it meets in November.
On Wednesday, the September ADP private payroll figure exceeded expectations, boding well for the employment report, experts say. But the August gain was downwardly revised.
The 568,000 rise in payrolls in the month "is a much welcomed positive surprise," said Steve Skancke, Keel Point chief economic advisor. But this report and the employment report have had a remarkably large divergence, "recently so whether the September jobs number … is as positive is still a question."
The August gain was cut to 340,000 from the initially reported 374,000, which had disappointed the markets. Economists polled by IFR Markets were expecting ADP to show 430,000 new private jobs.
With government spending and the debt cap issue still to be resolved, Skancke said "there is a lot riding" on an "equally positive" jobs report.
Given recent comments by Federal Open Market Committee members, Wells Fargo Securities Senior Economist Sarah House said, "there appears to be a very low bar for a tapering announcement in November."
And while expectations are the "jobs report will clear it," she said, "the environment remains highly unusual, and it would not be the first time a payroll report has surprised this year."
Wilmington Trust Chief Investment Officer Tony Roth and Chief Economist Luke Tilley said, "data suggest a further deceleration in small business hiring, suggesting some downside risks."
With the Fed needing just a "good" report, it would take a major disappointment to derail "a potential November taper announcement," they said.
As long as the report shows gains, the Fed will make a taper announcement in November, according to Bill Merz, director of fixed income at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.
The Fed will watch Friday's job report to help determine whether the employment picture justifies announcing asset purchase reductions at its November meeting.
"Fed Chairman Jerome Powell clarified at the September meeting that substantial progress toward the Fed's inflation goal has been met, and employment progress is expected to soon warrant reducing asset purchases," Merz said. "Other Fed officials echoed this sentiment last week, reinforcing the likelihood of an announcement in November."
However, Grant Thornton Chief Economist Diane Swonk isn't certain that a weak report would push back tapering. "What could stop the Fed from beginning to taper monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed bonds? A failure to raise the debt limit before the Treasury runs out of funds to service the debt would likely force the Fed to intervene and buy Treasury bonds that the government had defaulted on."
While forecasting a 400,000 rise in nonfarm payrolls, Scott Anderson, chief economist at Bank of the West, said the "better-than-expected private sector job gains suggest a somewhat stronger nonfarm payroll gain is possible."
But, wage growth may be a bigger concern for the Fed, said Ned Davis Research Senior U.S. Economist Veneta Dimitrova and Chief Global Macro Strategist Joe Kalish. "Job mismatches are putting upward pressure on wage growth, particularly in lower paying industries, such as leisure and hospitality," they said. "This may make the Fed's job of containing inflation harder down the road."
Consumer inflation expectations in the long term "well below short-term inflation expectations … suggests that consumers view most of the current run-up in price growth as transitory."
The markets also see inflation returning to lower levels. "A sustained move up in inflation expectations could induce a Fed policy response, necessitating larger or more frequent rate increases, once tightening starts," Dimitrova and Kalish said.
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Every year, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) makes more than 30,000 arrests due to drug-related crimes. Two specific arrests frequently made by state or federal arresting officers are simple possession of illegal drugs and possession with intent. As explained in the website of the law firm Brent Horst, simple possession alleges that an individual had a controlled substance for his or her own personal use (illegal or controlled substance includes cocaine, heroin, marijuana and ecstasy, which is otherwise known as 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). Heroin, marijuana and ecstasy are Schedule I drugs or drugs with no currently accepted medical use and have a high potential for abuse; cocaine, on the other hand, is a Schedule II drug or a type of illegal drug that has high potential for abuse, the use of which can potentially lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
A worse offense than simple possession is possession with intent. This offense alleges that a person who possesses illegal drugs has intent to sell, distribute, deliver, or even manufacture the controlled substance. A simple possession charge can be elevated to possession with intent due to the amount of drugs possessed – it being too much for one person to use. Besides this, the presence of some items, like sand/mall plastic bags, containers, or scales are more likely indicative of a possessor's intent to sell. While simple possession may only be a misdemeanor, possession with intent is always considered by state and federal authorities as a felony.


Erwin Sta. Maria in action.
VETERAN Erwin Sta. Maria took charge in overtime as the Valenzuela survived San Juan, 118-116 in the 2018 Metro League Open basketball dhampionship at the San Juan gym.
Sta. Maria scored seven of his game-high 37 points in the extra period, including two pressure-packed free throws that sealed the win for the Workhorses in the tournament organized by the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and supported by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
He added 10 rebounds and seven assists to his stat line.
Dan Natividad added 30 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Reneford Ruaya had 19 points and 20 rebounds for Valenzuela.
Joshua Saret led San Juan with 27 points, three assists and two rebounds and John Patrick Acol had 23 points, six rebounds and six assists.
Actually, San Juan shot better than Valenzuela, 50 to 41 percent. But the Workhorses more than made up for it by knocking down 24 of 41 free throws attempts.
The Big Chill, for their part, made 17 of 31 at the line.
San Juan also had a record 17 three-point made, the most in the 10-team tournament sponsored by Synergy 88, San Miguel Corp., World Balance, Frabelle Foods, Summit Mineral Water, Alco Plus, Gerry's Grill, Excellent Noodles, glitter.ph, SM Supermalls and Nature's Spring. In other matches, Caloocan humbled Pateros, 85-81, for a 6-2 record and Marikina beat Las Piñas , 88-61, for its first win.
McArthur Enriquez finished with 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting for the Supremos of multi-titled coach Rensy Bajar.
Aevin Coquia added 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists and Johnnel Rey Bauzon had 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Ariel Capus paced Pateros with 23 points and seven rebounds, followed by Jio Aldrin Lopez with 19 points and eight rebounds.
Kenneth Anderson and Conrad Castillo led the balanced scoring for Marikina with 13 points apiece.
Mark Joseph Santos led the Home Defenders with 21 points and Kervin Lucente had 18 points and six rebounds.
Las Piñas (61) -- Santos 21, Lucente 18, Gragasin 8, Icawat 7, Dupaya 4, Villamor 3.
Caloocan (85) -- Enriquez 21, Coquia 16, Bauzon 13, Principe 12, Torrado 8, Sombero 6, De Mesa 5, Perez 4, Ligon 0, Tan 0, Tamayo 0.
Valenzuela (118) -- Sta. Maria 37, Natividad 30, Ruaya 19, Tayongtong 12, Martin 9, Esplana 4, Espinosa 4, Pascua 2, Chua 1, Rivera 0.
San Juan (116)-- Saret 27, Acol 23, Astrero 12, Rosopa 10, Elarmo 10, Magbanua 9, Jagunap 8, Dada 8, Corpuz 6, Bautista 3.
Quarterscores: 19-23, 49-50, 75-77, 105-105, 118-116.


Al Qaeda-linked militants have rolled out improved security software that provides above-military-grade encryption for terrorists communicating online.
A copy of the software, Mujahideen Secrets 2, was obtained by INTELWIRE and forwarded to Paul A. Henry, Vice President for Technology Evangelism at Secure Computing (www.securecomputing.com), for analysis.
According to Henry, the software is a significant upgrade to an earlier version program used by jihadists. The new software can be used to encrypt chat sessions, as well as e-mail, Web forum postings and electronic communications.
The software can easily be loaded on a USB stick, according to Henry, allowing militants to encrypt communications from otherwise insecure locations such as Internet cafes.
The software is extremely easy to use, Henry said. This is a significant factor, since the computer skills (and general intelligence) of al Qaeda operatives run the gamut from highly advanced to embarrassingly inadequate.
On the higher end of that spectrum, Al Qaeda has traditionally employed fairly sophisticated computer techniques, but until recently, its implementation has generally lagged industry standards.
During the early and mid-1990s, terrorists were early adopters of laptop computers, PDAs, online publishing and digital file archiving. But while their computer habits were savvy, they were usually less than professional-level.
For instance, a laptop computer recovered from Ramzi Yousef in 1995 contained deleted files that were able to be recovered by forensic analysis. Yousef was sophisticated enough to use passwords, but not strong encryption. He removed old and sensitive files, but he didn't know to run a file shredder.
With the new software, Yousef's hard drive would have been a much tougher nut to crack. In addition to its 2,048-bit encryption, Mujahideen Secrets 2 includes a shredder and file and folder encryption.
The move to stronger encryption may have been prompted by security breaches on jihadist Web sites back in September, when the U.S. government and counterterrorism analysts obtained copies of an Osama bin Laden video release before it was widely introduced on the Web. At the time, several key jihadist sites temporarily suspended operations to address the breach.
However, it's unlikely the bulk of those security issues will be solved by strong encryption. While the debut of the software represents a significant and dangerous new development for counterterrorism officials, encryption and straight-up network security do not appear to have been the key factors in earlier breaches. The best encryption in the world won't help if you give away your passwords and encryption keys.
Mujahideen Secrets 2 appears to have been assembled and compiled from both open-source and copyrighted material, according to Henry. The software may be detectable when operating over networks or on targeted machines. This could be useful for counterterrorism professionals tracking terrorist and militant Web usage.


Hitting the age of retirement is something most people look forward to. After spending an entire adult lifetime of working to afford a place to live, food to eat, a car to drive, and maybe a yearly vacation, the thought of not having to be beholden to "the man" day in and day out is appealing. However, many people who enter retirement have found it not to be as free and easy as was expected. This new stage in life can bring with it some unexpected issues that can cause undue stress. Following are three retirement issues you may be facing today, even though your retirement years are not near.
Health costs keep going up, and it looks like there is no end to that trend. Even with the advent of the Affordable Care Act, people are still responsible for paying their health insurance premiums, which seem to go up annually. Further, once you retire from your job, chances are that your former employer will no longer be contributing to your health insurance costs.
So, regardless of your income level, it is likely that your health insurance costs will go up when you retire. Add to that the fact that people are living longer than ever, which means you will need to pay for insurance or Medicare for a longer period of time than your parents and grandparents did. All of this adds up to spending an increased amount of money. If you do not plan for these expenses, you can end up having to turn to your retirement fund to pay for your health care needs, which will make the money not last as long.
As stated before, life expectancy in the United States has increased dramatically over the past few decades, and this trend is likely to continue. Common sense dictates that the longer you live, the more money you will need. Unfortunately, retirement funds are not increasing. Therefore, there is a good possibility that today's workers are going to outlive their retirement funds and will not have resources to live on in their later years.
The impact of your student loans loans can certainly be felt long into the future. Many students graduate with tens of thousands of dollars worth of debt that need to be repaid. The payment of this debt means those who are new to the workforce must delay saving for retirement. So, by the ends of their careers, these people are out both the principle that could have been paid plus any potential interest that could have accrued. Missing this money can be quite damaging when it comes time to retire.
The best way to have a stress-free retirement is to plan wisely. Knowing what potential pitfalls may arise and having a way to combat them is paramount. If you need assistance planning for a worry-free retirement, contact one of the professionals at Goodbye Loans today.


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Update 2016 - 2017 new Net Yaroze game!
I've been working on a Net Yaroze game since the start of 2016 in my spare time.
It's a 3D splitscreen FPS, I'm using Doom sprites as 'place holder' art.
I even stream live on twitch sometimes!
Most of my low-res B/W textures were taken on the gameboy camera! This is/was me!
Description: 2d scroller fighter using 3d objects in C++.
So here it is (Current Versions -world v40 -obj v20).
View my flash Net Yaroze presentation,(uni multi-media project - non elective!) Click top right [?] to start.
I have converted all my loading to use cyclone, a file server for the Net Yaroze.
Plays SEQ as background music.
music.zip 330k Or visit my Net Yaroze Site.
Reuses identical TMD saving memory, e.g. legs & feet.
Changing TMD colour values on the fly.
An array of GsDOBJ2 (I call it olist - object list ) is passed to the init function for the obj_c.
the following numbers are used as references to link GsDOBJ2 to TMD data.
.e.g. TMD file has 4 3d objects (TMD ID's start from 0).
To save memory foot and leg parts can be reused instead of being included in the TMD file redundantly.
(GsDOBJ2 *) 7, // Number of GsDOBJ2 objects in class but not it TMD, the TMD file only has 4 not 7.
It links the TMD data to GsDOBJ2 in an array - OBJ_DATA_m .
Then instead of using the OBJ_DATA_m array to refference the objects the olist is used.
Each obj_c manipulates a type of tmd object and changes its appearance according to the objController_c.
eg white legs and waist ( see pictures- only 2 TMD files used - top and bottom).
Obj_c stores the memory address of the TMD colour value (that equals white) in a array called clist_m.
Before displaying the TMD the class changes the values of the deferenced pointers in the list with a given colour.
I will rename this class to something like tmdController_c when I clean up the code.
The class controls a person (I should have called it person_c or something....)..
A person is spilt into two, top (head , chest, upper arms and lower arms) and bottom (waist, upper legs and lower legs).
Each part has its own TMD & TOD data (see obj_c).
TOD Action (run, jump, kick etc) and Frame.
and the person's life value, coordinate, rotation, speed, name etc.
I will rename this class too.
Start on the first week-end of 2001.
The world so far only uses flat coloured and textured quads with no lights.
The world is split into three sections - the floor, wall and background.
This is the all of the textures used in the world (so far).
All textures have been taken on a GB camera (2bit 4colours) saved as one large 4bit 256 x 252 tim.
each cell (if textured) has it's own CBA (clut for textures).
the the rest of the tpage.
The red and green strips are my empty colours (easier to debug).
The world also moves the people and checks that its a valid move.
Starting off with my face!
Added top,left,right and face to the block men, staring Jim!
max is 28 so far.
*Note: These images were taken using a flat bed scan in 2000/1, The only digital camera I had was a gameboy color camera!
That's why there's a lot of smugges and limited light.


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You are here: Home / In the News / Crisis of the Week: Pharma Firm's Drug Price Controversy
October 5, 2015 /in In the News /by admin
By BEN DIPIETRO. Click here to view original article.
Protesters angry about Turing Pharmaceuticals' price increase for the drug Daraprim stand outside the company's New York offices on Oct. 1, 2015.
The crisis experts look at the on-gain, off-again price hike for the drug Daraprim by Turing Pharmaceuticals. The company came under fire when it raised the price on Daraprim, a drug used to treat the parasite infection tonoplasmosis, from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill—an increase of 5,000%. The company's chief executive, former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli, at first defended the increase, which took effect after Turing purchased Daraprim from another pharmaceutical firm. He said the previous company wasn't making money from the drug and that the increase was necessary for Turing to "stay in business." After getting heavily criticized for raising the price of the drug, the company backtracked and agreed to "work directly with any patient or institution to ensure anyone who needs Daraprim will receive it," and offering to give it away for free to qualified uninsured patients. The company didn't say what the new price would be. Looking solely at the statements made by the company and Mr. Shkreli, and only those comments included in the links provided here, the experts dissect the company's actions and how it's handled this crisis. Where did it do well? Poorly? How should it proceed? Jolie Balido, president, Roar Media: "A few weeks ago, few people knew Martin Shkreli. Now he's called the 'most-hated man in America.' This isn't just because the Turing CEO hiked prices of the life-saving drug Daraprim from $13.50 per tablet to $750, it's that he did so without first considering–and anticipating–how the public, not solely company investors, would greet the news. "His approach has been anything but textbook. He's accused of being '32 but acting half that age on Twitter,' blasted as a 'public enemy,' and perceived as cold, callous and flippant. Meanwhile, Turing's backpedaling comes a little too late. Its CEO's media antics have already made it the poster-child for a national political debate on pharmaceutical 'price-gouging.' "While I cannot offer an enlightened evaluation of Shkreli's business thinking, I can say business decisions should involve proper public relations planning. Crisis management should begin when life is good, before the crisis. Companies should cultivate positive relationships with reporters so they can be in a better position when they have to make announcements or defend themselves. They should use thoughtful, strategic messaging and secure independent, credible industry thought leaders to support them publicly when crises break. "And calling journalists 'morons' on Twitter–or anywhere else–is never a good PR strategy." Anthony Johndrow, co-founder and CEO, Reputation Economy Advisors: "Turing finds itself in a reputation Bermuda Triangle with the Daraprim price increase–they are looking to make money on sick people, they are a 'big pharma' company and their CEO is a hedge fund guy. They put themselves there by taking a difficult-to-explain action too quickly and then made it worse by attacking those who raised the issue via Twitter. "There is no way they could have explained an overnight price increase of something by 5,000%, especially not after they were 'caught' doing it, rather than communicating about it proactively. To then try to justify the hike by saying they needed the profits to fund research into better therapies sounds horribly false, especially when the message comes from a finance guy, as opposed to a physician or researcher. "Even if the reasons were good overall for doing this, putting this CEO, with his background, out as the face of the company was a bad idea. The Sept. 24 press release put out by the company lays out a plan for supporting the vulnerable patients threatened by this price increase, but this should have been done in advance. Kudos to Turing for ending up with the right message, but shame on them for not realizing the potential fallout of sailing into the troubled waters of our convoluted health-care system." Write to Ben DiPietro at ben.dipietro@dowjones.com, and follow him on Twitter @BenDiPietro1.
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A European deputy urges to remember that the colour of the Council of Europe flag symbolizes the Intercession of the Holy Virgin and its twelve stars - the apostles
Moscow, October 16, Interfax - The vice-president of the European Parliament Mario Mauro spoke of the importance of religious values for shaping a single European expanse. The symbolism of the flag of the European Union reminds of that.
'We should be deeply convinced that cultural foundations on which we are building politics in Europe are not hypothetical... Some countries attempt to build a society without God. This brings about serious problems,' Mauro said at Europe at a turning point: confrontation of civilizations or a new dialogue? the international conference in Moscow.
He also remarked that the blue colour of the flag of the Council of Europe symbolizes an Intercession of the Holy Virgin, and twelve stars depicted in a circle remind of the twelve apostles.
According to a European deputy, the main challenges for Europe at present are religious fundamentalism when certain persons 'justify their own strategy of the conquest of power by God's will' on the one hand, and moral relativism on the other.
Mauro cited Italy as an example where several generations of people do not wish to have family and children because they seized to believe and have lost their moral ideals.'
'However, Europe that does not believe would disappear sooner or later,' the vice-president of the European Parliament is convinced.
He said that genuine dialogue among cultures and civilizations 'cannot be just a search for compromise, but should presuppose responsibility.'
'As Plato wrote in his dialogue Feast, real friends are those who see God while looking into each others' eyes,' he added.
Mauro is convinced in the necessity of deepening the dialogue and versatile ties between Europe and Russia.
'Europe's way without Russia is impossible. Europe needs Russia as its large component that may bring its particular contribution into European economic, political and cultural processes,' he said.
According to him, cooperation with Russia is 'the only political prospect of Europe.' Members of the European society 'could develop this process with more success should they believe that we have common ideals' with Russia.


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Manchester United on 'red alert' in director of football search as Marc Overmars and Edwin van der Sar consider quitting Ajax
By Joe Coleman
Updated: 16th November 2020, 10:46 am
Manchester United have been given a huge boost in their search for a new director of football after a stunning admission from Marc Overmars.
Overmars, who currently holds the position at Ajax, has admitted he would be open to taking on new challenges alongside his colleague and Old Trafford legend Edwin van der Sar.
Marc Overmars has suggested both he and Ajax colleague Edwin van der Sar could seek new opportunities elsewhere
According to The Mirror, the 47-year-old fits the bill perfectly for the Red Devils as they seek a new leader to spearhead the revolution behind their recruitment process.
Criticism has been aimed at United's costly recruitment system ever since Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill vacated their respective positions in 2013 following the Scot's retirement as manager.
Overmars, who spent three years at Arsenal during his playing days, helped establish Ajax as a force in Europe once again by nurturing their esteemed academy and developing their shrewd market approach.
His latest comments will be of particular interest to Ed Woodward, with the former Netherlands international suggesting he would be open to leaving the Dutch capital.
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The Dutch duo have revamped Ajax's recruitment policy and nurtured their academy products
"When I was appointed in this job at Ajax I knew I only wanted to stay for three or four years maximum," said Overmars.
"I have been here eight seasons now! For me – but just as much for Edwin – it is sure that we are not going to carry on here until we are 60.
"This job at Ajax is costing too much energy. The whole of the Netherlands is constantly on my back and has an opinion about us.
"The job has brought a lot of great things too. Edwin and I are proud that we have brought Ajax back where it should be in Europe."
The incredible Champions League run in 2019 saw Ajax beat the likes of Juventus and Real Madrid
Woodward and Man United's chief transfer negotiator, Matt Judge, have been forced to bear the brunt of supporter anger after yet another disappointing summer transfer window.
Jadon Sancho was linked with a move to Old Trafford all summer, as was Jack Grealish before signing a new deal at Villa, with a slew of deadline day signings sparing the blushes.
A host of top European clubs could not fathom doing business without a director of football in charge, leading to serious confusion amongst the elite as to how they handle business.
While it is unclear whether or not either Overmars or Van der Sar would be keen to relocate to Manchester, the Dutch duo certainly have lofty ambitions for the future.
Sports Bar team disagree over Ed Woodward's role in Man United's failings
"We had one shared ambition – we wanted Ajax to reach a European final," Overmars added. "Which one did not matter. We managed that in 2017, and now we want more.
"We want to win the Champions League or Europa League."
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'Sculpture in the Home', at Pangolin London, comes amidst a resurgence of interest in interior design. The Serpentine are currently showing Martino Gamper's 'Design is a State of Mind' and Haim Steinbach's 'Once Again the World is Flat' featuring made and borrowed objects which lie somewhere between art and design. Meanwhile, the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art is showing 'Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain', a nostalgia-fest of art, furniture and memorabilia.
For 'Sculpture in the Home', Polly Bielecka, director of Pangolin London in King's Cross, has reconstructed an ideal 1950s interior in the gallery space based on a series of post-war exhibitions organised by the Artists' International Association, and then by the Arts Council in the 1940s and '50s. Taking its name from the original series, 'Sculpture in the Home' features small sculptures and prints by the British 'Geometry of Fear' artists, alongside iconic furniture designs, wallpapers, and textiles. I caught up with Polly Bielecka to ask her about 'Sculpture in the Home's significance then and now.
The shows were aesthetically coherent because there was a strong shared visual language between art, interior design and architecture at the time. Furniture designers were responding to smaller more compact living spaces, and sculptors were working within the same constraints. As Polly put it, 'in the '50s you see this amazing crossover that you can't really pinpoint to any other time. In terms of a visual language – in this case, heavy mass supported by spindly legs – you see it in the sculpture, the architecture, and the furniture design, and it seems to be really coherent and strong.' There was also a very collaborative approach, with artists commissioned by manufacturers to create designs for textiles or wallpaper, such as Geoffrey Clarke's wonderful Paintings for Textiles, three of which are on display at Pangolin.
'Sculpture in the Home' is at Pangolin London until 17 May 2014.


From all of the career paths I've chosen in my life so far, including becoming a mom, becoming a momcologist was not a choice. But a mission I have been on to save my baby girl's life.
Here's the facts. . . My husband Andrew and I have 2 beautiful kids. Benjamin who's is 7 and Eleanor who's is 2. Eleanor is our cancer kid. She was diagnosed with infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia in September of 2012. She was 6 months old. And it is rare. Only about 90 cases are diagnosed world wide a year. Although childhood leukemia survival rates continue to improve, the survival rates for infants are less than 50 percent. Her only treatment option has been to endure a highly toxic chemotherapy regimen. Scheduled to end this September. But even though her treatments end, her battles continue. A busy 5-year schedule of scans, tests and imagining. Re-building her immune system, starting all of her immunizations she hasn't had. All of this, only if she doesn't relapse. And the rate for that is also at 50 percent. All I wish is to see her finally grow up strong. For her to Love who she is inside and out. And for the cancer to stay away. Forever.
So, when I'm not fluting or teaching or busy being a mommy, I'm busing raising money for more research, more therapies that specifically target each child and type of cancer they are fighting. Because national funding is at less than 4 percent for kids' cancers. And this is just not good enough.
I started a beautiful journey with some courageous mommas with the St. Baldrick's foundation. We rally together trying to find comfort in our community as we all look for more answers and help for our kids. This past Sunday we shaved for our brave kids in Boston. I feel like my family just got a whole lot bigger. My hearts bursts with the love of knowing these beautiful courageous women. This is just my beginning.


David (Matt Riddlehoover), a young gay playwright, feeds off his stubborn attraction to the wrong type of guy (played in multiple roles by Jonas Brandon). When he attracts the attention of a newspaper columnist (Lindsey Hancock) who will champion his work, success seems guaranteed until he meets her boyfriend (Brandon)! Lovingly referred to by critics as "the gay Woody Allen," Riddlehoover delivers a laugh-out-loud script, hinting at great things to come from the young filmmaker.


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Q: Multiple installations of a python package On my system there is an installation of the same package in two locations. One is from super-user and another from local user, but the package installed from super-user is of old version. There are some missing functions, but when I
run a script, it always looks in the default location, it does not find the module, and fails to run further. How would I specify that when I run a script, it looks into the local installation location. I edited .bashrc to set the PYTHONPATH for local installation location. It still does not work.
Super-user installation:
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/google/__init__.pyc

Local installation:
$HOME/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/google/__init__.pyc

.bashrc edit:
 export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH

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Worth reading: Acclaimed Explorer got his start in Scouting
By Aaron Derr November 14, 2022 0 Famous People, Scouting in the News
Photo courtesy of J.R. Harris
Growing up in New York City in the 1950s, J.R. Harris developed a love of exploring when he got to go to work with his dad, a waiter in the dining car of a long-distance train.
He developed his love of the outdoors, however, in Scouting.
"I basically learned how to live outdoors," he says of his first time at Scout camp. "And the idea that I could just live with whatever I was carrying in my pack was such a different concept from the life I had back in New York City. It fascinated me."
Harris, now 78, is one of the world's most prolific explorers. Not only has he hiked all over the United States, he's also backpacked for weeks at time in remote locations in faraway lands like Greenland, the Amazon, the Andes, Tanzania and Tasmania.
But it was at Ten Mile River Scout Camp near Narrowsburg, N.Y., that Harris first experienced the backcountry. He would go on to spend multiple summers there, at a camp that felt it was on a completely different planet from the Queens neighborhood where he lived.
According to an article in Afar magazine:
He mastered Scout things: how to track animals by their footprints and scat; how to tie bowline, timber hitch, and sheet bend knots; how to keep a fire alive in the driving rain; how to orient himself without a compass. These were not arbitrary skills, accumulated for some far-off time. No. There was a goal in mind: to get three merit badges — one each in Camping, Cooking and Pioneering — which encompassed the skills he needed to be outdoors and in the wild.
Harris at Baffin Island, within the Arctic Circle, in 1989. Photo courtesy of J.R. Harris
A drive to explore
Harris has written a book and founded a research and consulting firm.
After graduating from Queens College, where he studied psychology, in 1966, he immediately felt the need to go on an adventure. So, he drove his Volkswagen to a town called Circle, Alaska, a journey that ended up taking two weeks.
It was during that time that he decided he wanted to be an explorer.
"Since 1966, I've done more than 50 multi-week treks," he writes on his website. "During that time, I have faced terrible weather, hair-raising river crossings and wildlife encounters, but I've also beheld the awesome majesty and pristine beauty of our incredible planet."
Sometimes, Harris will befriend people who live in remote areas, learning everything he can about their lives.
"People can't believe that somebody would come all the way from New York City, for no other reason than because they were curious about their culture and wanted to see it firsthand," he says.
Harris at Gros More National Park in Newfoundland, Canada, in 2008. Photo courtesy of J.R. Harris
Influencing a new generation of explorers
In 1993, Harris was elected into The Explorers Club, a prestigious community that has been supporting scientific expeditions of all disciplines since it was formed in 1904. Its members include Eagle Scout paleoanthropologist Lee Berger, Eagle Scout astronaut Scott Parazynski, marine scientist Ellen Prager and renown scuba diver Karin Lynn.
(The Explorers Club is also a major contributor to the BSA's Exploring merit badge.)
Harris is now on the club's board of directors.
In 2018, he was added to The HistoryMakers, a non-profit dedicated to telling the stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans.
When he's not exploring or running his business, Harris spends much of his time speaking to students in low-income areas to inspire them to get outdoors and, who knows, maybe become an explorer themselves.
"Until they actually see somebody who's done it," he says, "a lot of them don't believe that it can be done."
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If you are seemingly helpless when it comes to updating your home, or decorating your newly purchased home, today is your lucky day! It may not have occurred to you, but many people in the world have the same problem as you do, and that is that you are very indecisive when it comes to deciding what you wish the interior of your home to look like. It is easy to decide upon a decorating style, once you have discovered what exactly your personal decorating style is. To do this, just read about the following types of decorating styles and home decorating ideas.
1) The Earthy and natural type of decorating style may be for you only if you greatly enjoy nature in itself. If you like the beach, drives through the country, walks through the forest, preserving nature as a whole, hybrid cars, and of course, the wildlife in this wonderful world, then you should definitely consider decorating your home to portray nature.
2) If you are creative and eclectic, then you may specifically like antiques, family reunions, gardening, entertaining within your own home, and favor old things in general. This means that you may want to include anything homemade as additional decorating accessories, as well as old antique furniture, rugs and windows that will greatly match your personality.
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Die Liste der Monuments historiques in Donges führt die Monuments historiques in der französischen Gemeinde Donges auf.

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 Monuments historiques (Objekte) in Donges in der Base Palissy des französischen Kultusministeriums

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 Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Loire-Atlantique. Flohic Editions, Band 1, Charenton-le-Pont 1999, ISBN 2-84234-040-X, S. 603–608.

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 Monuments historiques (Bauwerke) in Donges in der Base Mérimée des französischen Kultusministeriums

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I am a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and my background spans psychology, communication and language sciences. I hold a doctorate in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). I also hold an MSc in Social and Public Communication (LSE), an MSc in English Language (University of Edinburgh) and an MA in Linguistics and Classical Studies (University of Edinburgh). Prior to joining York St John, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Research in Autism and Education, UCL. My research interests are in neurodiversity with a particular focus on autism. I am interested in the psychology of interactions, how we build shared understanding, imagine other perspectives, negotiate identity and overcome socio-cultural barrimore...
I am a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and my background spans psychology, communication and language sciences. I hold a doctorate in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). I also hold an MSc in Social and Public Communication (LSE), an MSc in English Language (University of Edinburgh) and an MA in Linguistics and Classical Studies (University of Edinburgh). Prior to joining York St John, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Research in Autism and Education, UCL. My research interests are in neurodiversity with a particular focus on autism. I am interested in the psychology of interactions, how we build shared understanding, imagine other perspectives, negotiate identity and overcome socio-cultural barriers. I am also interested in developing new methodologies for exploring psychology as it unfolds in interactions, also known as intersubjectivity. In this area I have programmed a video game for psychological research (Dyad3D) and developed a within-interaction rating framework designed to mitigate against normative assumptions about social behaviour. Additionally, I am passionate about participatory research. I developed the Open Minds exhibition in 2017, which won the ESRC's inaugural prize for Outstanding Future Career Promise. I am also a collaborator with Dr Catherine Manning, Becky Lyddon (Sensory Spectacle) and @21andsensory on 'Sensory Street', a Wellcome Trust-funded project based at the University of Oxford to build an immersive experience through participatory work with autistic people. Finally, I have also explored ways of improving accessibility of scientific knowledge through animated lectures and augmented reality on platforms such as YouTube and Unity. I have published my research in international-leading journals and have presented across the world including at conferences in Japan, Canada, Switzerland and throughout the UK. I have media experience having appeared on TV, podcasts, YouTube and in scientific magazines
Remington, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4299-8887, Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863, Romualdez, Anna Melissa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-845X and Pellicano, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-8003 (2021) Experiences of autistic and non-autistic individuals participating in a corporate internship scheme. Autism. p. 136236132110251.
Milton, D., Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863 and Sheppard, E. (2018) Double Empathy. In: Volkmar, F.R., (ed.) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer
Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863 (2020) Perspective-Taking. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible. Springer
Gillespie, Alex, Corti, Kevin, Evans, Simon and Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863 (2017) Imagining the Self Through Cultural Technologies. In: Handbook of Imagination and Culture. Oxford University Press
Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863 (2019) Neurodivergent intersubjectivity: Distinctive features of how autistic people create shared understanding. Autism, 23 (4). pp. 910-921.
Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863 and Gillespie, Alex (2019) Learning how to read autistic behavior from interactions between autistic people. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42.
Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863 and Gillespie, Alex (2019) Participants Over-Estimate How Helpful They Are in a Two-Player Game Scenario Toward an Artificial Confederate That Discloses a Diagnosis of Autism. Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (1349).
Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863 and Gillespie, Alex (2018) Perspective-taking is two-sided: Misunderstandings between people with Asperger's syndrome and their family members. Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice, 22 (6). pp. 740-750.
Heasman, Brett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3621-3863 and Reader, Tom W. (2015) What can acute medicine learn from qualitative methods? Current Opinion in Critical Care, 21 (5). pp. 460-466.
1 Learning how to read autistic behavior from interactions between autistic people 20
2 Neurodivergent intersubjectivity: Distinctive features of how autistic people create shared understanding 18 17
3 Perspective-Taking 17
4 Double Empathy 14
5 Perspective-taking is two-sided: Misunderstandings between people with Asperger's syndrome and their family members. 11 9
6 Experiences of autistic and non-autistic individuals participating in a corporate internship scheme 10 13
7 What can acute medicine learn from qualitative methods? 10
8 Participants Over-Estimate How Helpful They Are in a Two-Player Game Scenario Toward an Artificial Confederate That Discloses a Diagnosis of Autism 9 8
9 Imagining the Self Through Cultural Technologies 9


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Eastern State Penitentiary
2027 Fairmount Ave, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130 USA
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Admission to the historic Eastern State Penitentiary includes an excellent audio tour narrated by Steve Buscemi and visitors are free to explore the grounds on their own or join one of many guided tours. Some areas are still off-limits to visitors, but the newly-reopened hospital wing—full of peeling paint and creepy old medical equipment—is a must-see.
by Alexandra Charitan
"hauntingly fun"
Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. works to preserve and restore the architecture of Eastern State Penitentiary; to make the Penitentiary accessible to the public; to explain and interpret its complex history; to place current issues of corrections and justice in an historical framework; and to provide a public forum where these issues are discussed. While the interpretive program advocates no specific position on the state of the American justice system, the program is built on the belief that the problems facing Eastern State Penitentiary's architects have not yet been solved, and that the issues these early prison reformers addressed remain of central importance to our nation.
Greg Newkirk
365 Helpful
One of the greatest ghost tours in the Northeast. Self-guided, and after you sign the waiver, you just go off on your own. Amazing building, and some fun installations. Keep an eye out for the red pipes that mark successful escapes from the prison!
Dana Newkirk
Go! Absolutely go. If you love visiting abandoned places, or you love history, or you love a good ghost story ESP is like the motherland of all three. Take the all the tours and then when you've finished go do the self-guided tour. The building is beautiful and the history is fascinating. And like Greg said, red pipes equal successful escapes, and that equals awesome photo ops!
Jenn Coffill
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The best stop on our Philly road trip! Check hotels and rest stops for a $2 off coupon or show a student ID for a steeper discount. We did the main audio tour first and then wandered the rest of the grounds for another hour or two. Such a neat and historical place with lots of fantastic photo ops. The artist installations were really neat and thought provoking. If you have children, be careful of a few of the off the main tour exhibits ;)
pastor.ari
First prison in America is one of those rare places that rates highly on both the fun and learning scales. Touring the halls is fascinating and exciting, but also a great lesson in our approach to criminal justice over two centuries and leaves you with a lot to think about. Definitely do the audio tour.
Spiritweaver
Very interesting historic site that describes innovations in humane treatment of prisoners and changing philosophies regarding punishment and penitence. Tour guides, audio tours, and hands on exhibits make this a must see for children as well as adults. It was not scary at all.
Luuger
Great place to visit and learn. Thought 2 hours would be enough time for street parking. Our car got ticketed. There was a lot down the street, should have parked there. The tour guide was great telling the history of the parts of the prison she showed us. Hard to believe what prisoners went through here. We spent around 3 hours here and didn't see it all.
i visited during the night time. we went on the haunted tour called LIghts Out. It was amazing! All we had for lighting was a glow stick. If you wear one around your neck, the scare actors can touch you. DO IT! It is a great experience not to miss! Well done I think it was better than my visit to Howl O scream at Busch Gardens. The atmosphere of the defunct prision makes it creepier. Will have to visit during the day
tinahuffman0426
We really enjoyed this place. The audio tour provided so much information.
wkroner
Terror behind the walls is the annual Halloween event. Even better is going to take the regular audio tour. Still a little eerie but very interesting.
paigemckennarichmond
A self-guided tour that is WONDERFUL. We could have spent a whole day hear reading, learning, and exploring. You are able to see so much and learn about the history of the Penitentiary system as well as the current system. It's historical and haunting all at the same time. Wear a jacket because it's colder inside than outside due to the materials the building is made of. Can't say enough good things about this experience!
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Zumurrud is a large impact crater on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Zumurrud was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 21.9° South Latitude, 181.6° West Longitude, and is 21 kilometers across. Images taken by Cassini during its March and July 2005 flybys of Enceladus revealed a great deal about the geology of this impact crater. Since formation, Zumurrud has been modified by viscous relaxation (forming an updomed floor like those seen in similar-sized craters on Enceladus, like Shahrazad), tectonic fracturing along the crater's rim, forming canyons hundreds of meters deep, and subsequent cratering, like the small crater along Zumurrud's western rim. In addition, brightness variations can be seen along the eastern crater wall, suggesting variations in water ice grain size.

Zumurrud is named after the female character in the tale "Ali Shar and Zumurrud" from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.

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Impact craters on Enceladus


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MX Missile – US Air Force Staff Film Report
This 1980 film is an introduction to the MX (Missile Experimental) Missile/Peacekeeper for Air Force staff following its authorisation by the President. It's important to note that the film is at a very early stage of MX development when many of the developments were proposed or suggested rather than being at a working stage.
The MX missile was fundamentally a system to keep the Air Force in the ICBM business after Soviet advances in targeting and accuracy made static missile silos increasingly vulnerable to attack – in fact the worry was a surprise attack from submarine launched ballistic missiles could potentially neutralised the greater part of this force.
MX was meant to solve that by being a survivable system where the enemy would never know which silo an MX missile was in and by constantly moving them around in mobile launchers to escape detection. At least in 1980 that was the theory and was later abandoned/supplemented by moving MX on a special railroad launcher to an underground railroad system of multiple silos and as a final irony they were actually stationed in former Minuteman silos, static and vulnerable to the very thing they were meant to avoid.
Like the Strategic Defence initiative, MX became too complex and too expensive to fully realise. In fact the more survivable MX became the more it began to resemble a nuclear war-fighting weapon rather than a deterrent. If MX represented an unacceptable level of damage to a potential aggressor then they were probably better off using all their weapons at once rather than risking them all in a reprisal by MX – the MX/Peacekeeper missile did carry 10 MIRV-ed warheads.
The entire MX programme was mired in difficulties, political, financial and practical and the last MX missile was deactivated in 2005. It is difficult to say should a nuclear crisis between East and West have ever come about with MX would have been a benefit or liability.
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Morris King "Mo" Udall's speech on the MX Missile from 1983 (PDF)
Federation of American Scientists summary of MX
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The Case for the MX, Dr. Lawrence J. Korb, 1980
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