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Premier League | Manchester United 2 Southampton 0
August 19, 2016 By Frank Valente
Paul Pogba may have been the star attraction beneath the Friday night lights, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole the show at Old Trafford after his brace secured a 2-0 win over Southampton that keeps Manchester United top of the Premier League table.
The Swedish striker scored either side of half-time, firstly with a well-taken header and then from the penalty spot, as Jose Mourinho's men dispatched the visitors in a comfortable fashion that will continue to fuel the belief that the team can challenge for the title this season.
The first home match of the season is always a special occasion for fans, yet this much-anticipated Old Trafford outing was elevated beyond the traditional sense of excitement in light of Pogba's first appearance since returning to the club following a four-season spell at Juventus. The world-record signing's every touch was cheered, particularly throughout the opening exchanges, and the stadium would have erupted had his shot from Ibrahimovic's pass beaten Fraser Forster on 13 minutes.
Southampton did not excel in their first match under new manager Claude Puel, drawing 1-1 with Watford, yet they made a positive start at Old Trafford – firstly, by winning the coin toss and making United attack the Stretford End in the first half, which is against tradition. The Saints then registered shots at goal through Dusan Tadic and Shane Long, in spite of Oriol Romeu going off injured.
Wayne Rooney stung the palms of Forster with a rasping strike on the half-hour mark, and it was the captain who assisted the opener moments later. His superb cross from the right corner-flag was headed home at the back post by Ibrahimovic, the summer signing who made it three goals in as many competitive matches after his strikes in the Community Shield and at Bournemouth.


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Sug Daniels discusses new releases, grounding habits, and inclusivity
Interview by Yarissa Luna
Photo by Nathalie Antonov (@nat.anto)
What is your name, where are you from, and where are you located? What are your pronouns?
Sug Daniels from Smyrna, Delaware, currently living in Wilmington, Delaware. My pronouns are she/her.
What is your sign?
Scorpio Sun, Scorpio Moon, Libra Rising.
How has your creative process changed from pre-pandemic to now? Are there any positives you've drawn from these changes?
Oh yes, absolutely. Being isolated and away from my band and friends forced me to create a more independent space for me in music. The ability to make music might have stopped, but the desire and need to make music never left me. It forced me to get more creative with my creativity. I picked up instruments and production while during lockdown, and the choice to let myself explore has been critical in where I am now.
You were recently signed to Weird Sister records. Tell us about this transition and any goals you have for your solo project, Sug Daniels.
Yes! I've never been signed to a label before, but I like this crew. I put the first single 'Heavy' out in March. I had written, recorded, and mixed it myself. I released it through DistroKid and was just hoping people enjoyed it as much as I loved making it. Maybe three weeks later, they reached out and said they loved the song and would like to re-release it on their new label. I checked out their website and was in love with their mission of supporting LGBTQ+ and POC artists. The name and branding was killer, too. I'm a sucker for good branding. Deanna and Madison have been so supportive and allow me to be myself.
Photo by Sarah Laufer
From Left to Right: Deanna DiLandro and Madison Hetterly of Weird Sister Records
What is your most recent release?
My most recent release is a music video I made for 'Heavy'. When the single was re-released I had already had this video done. I shot and edited it myself. I didn't have a clue what I was doing, but I had the tools around me and mostly just wanted to see what I could come up with. I wrote a little story about me being really thirsty all day for this girl. That's not what the song is about but kind of what I felt like writing it, ha. I highly suggest it if you feel like watching me squirm for 3 minutes.
You're a big proponent of self-reflection and balancing practices. What are some positive habits you've added to your daily routine?
I can not speak enough about journaling. Life can be so distracting and we forget things all the time. Writing down instances in your life that you felt happy, sad, angry, excited, and loved just helps you remember who you are and how you're growing. Sometimes I'll open up an old journal from several years ago just to see what I was doing around that time. You'll pick up on patterns you put yourself through and can catch cycles you go through faster so you can be prepared.
As it relates to community and inclusivity, how would you approach the goal of elevating LGBTQIA+ and POC artists and voices?
By working my ass off lol! I am of that community and personally always wished I had more representation in the music, art, television and media that reflected the way I live and love. I don't know a better way to elevate my community than to lead by example and live my life out, proud and true to the essence of who I am.
What is your personal definition of success?
Success for me is when I feel like the thing I am doing and the people I'm around align with my morals and values. That's it. That's the tweet.
If you could talk to the version of yourself that was 10 years younger, what would you say?
Go to therapy!
Are there any other mediums you'd like to explore other than music?
If I ever had the time and budget, I would LOVE to write and direct a short film. I have so many little ideas I would love to develop, but don't have the time or resources. I would be very picky with who I worked with because I have very specific criteria for the film and movies I watch, so I wouldn't want to make anything that was trash, ha.
Should we look out for any upcoming releases?
My next single 'Kintsugi' will be out on July 12 on all streaming platforms. My debut solo EP 'Franklin Street' comes out September 3 via Weird Sister Records. Big shout out to the lovely Sam Nobles for mixing and mastering the tracks! Love you, my Scorpio brother.
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Mr Fish ...The pain of being dead...
Squadcar said: ↑
I want to. But I'm in the middle of two STALKER playthroughs and Planescape Torment for my singleplayer time. UnderRail may be next though.
Word of warning though, the last part of the game, Deep Caverns, is godawful.
Mr Fish, Nov 9, 2018
a721402 Played FPS for decades still suck at it.
TheHouseAlwaysWins said: ↑
So what do the jews have anything to do with this at all? Can I go onto one gaming related forum without hearing racists talking about how they want to destroy people I'm friends with over video games? Or has /pol/ spread its tentacles across the internet and won't let go until the psychopaths get what they want which is to destroy everything?
There is no one mention Jewish or anything related to them in this thread until you do though.
a721402, Nov 9, 2018
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Rheios Mr. House's Employee of the Apocalypse
@TheHouseAlwaysWins : What are you talking about now? Who mentioned jewish folk? Oh. Ugh. @Kommie, apparently there's something with layered parenthesis - the (( )) , not sure if I got enough in there - that crazy folk are using to imply some crazy "zionist" conspiracy/illuminati power ripple thing. It took me a minute to get what TheHouseAlwaysWins meant. Hopefully this was just a misunderstanding.
So far as the 'like different things', I know I'm fine with people liking like they like. If someone likes warm, that's fine, but if you come to an ice castle and slowly melt it because you keep cranking the temperature up and starting fires then, even if you now outnumber the original ice castle occupants, its still fair they be annoyed. Especially when you've started to melt the foundation so that you can have an indoor pool. I know, I came in because it was warm and figured out how much damage it was doing and want the cold beauty back. Admittedly my metaphor's melting worse than the castle, but the concept is that the game may be fun but its rife with obvious bugs, has an incredibly simplistic "plot", a linearly declining gameplay loop, and has actively started fucking with Black Isle lore - something their own front man says they have no problems doing and that they touted as a good thing for TES and it wasn't. I don't think many people are hating this just because its a spinoff for different tastes (which I have concerns about with splitting the base but that's been a problem forever) so much as it represents elemental continuations of the same problems they've had since 3 that became gangrenous in 4.
Rheios, Nov 9, 2018
Squadcar 28-6-42-12
Mr Fish said: ↑
In UnderRail?
Also, I did not notice anything related to religion/politics, is it really just those parenthesis? Because in context that still doesn't sound like anything related.
Squadcar, Nov 9, 2018
Hulk'O'Saurus Still Mildly Glowing
I am not playing a devil's advocate here, and I am not looking to be provocative, when I ask the question: How?
Unless by godawful you mean difficult?
It's one of the most challenging dungeon crawls I've played in my life. The first time I finished the game it was on DOMINATING and I will remember it for a long time . It does much in a different way and it absolutely does not hold your hand. People talk about choice and consequence in modern games, and here you've got both in spades. Because the stakes are so high.
I'd head over to the forum if I were you. The people over there are mature and helpful and can give a hand with builds without spoiling the game.
Hulk'O'Saurus, Nov 9, 2018
It's padded out the arse with bullshit fetch quests and annoying constant combat and ends in a boss fight that is just obscenely unfair and considering the game has never EVER thrown a boss fight like this at you it takes you completely by surprise and not in a good way.
Seriously, the rest of the game is amazing and I love it.
But when I get down there I use cheats to max out everything on my character and speed up the walking and follow a guide so I can just get it all done with as quickly as possible.
Oh and use a guide.
Deep Caverns is shit game design IMO.
Here's my rant on it on Discord:
Spoilers obviously
Spoiler: copy paste
Well, I finished up Underrail and the Deep Cavern still sucks ass. Oh my. Look at Arnie in full defense mode. I don't care. Listen to my whine about Underrail instead.
So, Deep Cavern... Backtracking, excessive sidequests and lack of direction and telling the player what the fuck to do.
I love Underrail up to a point and that point is Deep Cavern. My advice to any potential player is that you should roleplay and shit up to that point but the moment you enter deep cavern then you cheat your ass off. Skills, stats, feats, derivative stats, items, I don't give a shit, cheat with everything you can. Wanna know why? Cause I spent 10 hours of today crawling through that tedious shit. I spent the entire day just working my way through the damn game. There's barely any NPC's so don't expect much dialogue apart from lore exposition. THere's no real quests apart from the big long one which does a SHIT job at telling you what you actually need to do. You HAVE to backtrack A LOT. And deal with a shit ton of unnecessary side-stuff just to open the damn gate. Oh and for the love of all that is holy, do NOT EVER piss off the Faceless. I did last time and they will make your experience far worse.
Constantly stealth attacking you or coming into your path with random patrols. As to the side-tracking shit, you have to go into an apartment complex to get a keycard so you can go to a cryo chamber so you can deactivate the pods so you can kill the people inside of it so you can get some sort of item which I forgot which it was. You need to power it up first by going to a power management facility and redistributing power (you can't power up everything) and it is faaaaar away from other stuff so backtracking is inevitable. You need to go into a series of caves, attract a bunch of spores on you til you get to lvl 30 in infection and then you'll have to fight a sort of miniboss for an item that the game does shit job at telling you about how important it is. You need to go into a labyrinth of caves just to find a fucking gear or something to repair the gate. Deep Cavern is excessively big and empty as fuck. And all the developer could think of was to take a simple quest and cut it up into as many pieces as possible and then throw them as far away from one another as possible. And that's not even getting into the final boss fight... That's why I think you should cheat. Just cheat. Pump your character up to godhood and then just attack the main bosses stupid fucking eye. You'll have a far better time in Deep Cavern if you just cheat and follow a guide so you can get it over with as quickly as possible. How can a game so good have total retardation end game design? Personally I would have cut out the labyrinth and the fungal forest completely. I'd spread their unique enemies around to other locations of the DC instead.
I'd get rid of the god damn motherfucking power plant bullshit where you can't power up everything at once and have to go back and repower shit. And I'd add in a different way of getting into the main bosses area instead of the gate. So if you want to have an easier time with the boss then you have to deal with the gate first and then you can use some kind of biowhatever to lower its attack and defense stats in the uh... Observation deck above it. But if you just want to go "fuck it, I'mma just gun it" then you should be able to just circumvent the entire thing by just going guns in blazing through a breach that is crawling with spawns. It means the boss will be more dangerous, but that's the risk you took. So yeah, I'd cut away the fat. Sooooo much fat. Too much fat. Deep Caverns is morbidly obese. And it needs a hot date with a cleaver. Just cut away at it. I don't care if all that remains afterwards is just bones. Better that than being drowned in blubber. Fuck Deep Caverns. I still love Underrail and will suggest it to anyone. But I also suggest you cheat in any kind of way you can when you get down there. By using cheat engine or something. Just cheat your way through it. Or if you want to spend 10+ hours just running around doing chores then be my guest.
I don't understand why he doesn't fix it. I mean, most of the game was made by one person right? Is it just because he's stubborn about "his art"? Cause that part soils the game. It's not like he needs to redesign the entirety of it.
- Like I said before, just change it so that you can power up everything without having to alternate the power (which means you can cut away one bit of backtracking at the very least).
- The mushroom forest is redundant. Preiod. It's just another damn series of fetch quest map transitions. Get rid of it. The game isn't enhanced in any way by this area. Just take the parts that are there (the art assets and enemies and stuff) and just cram it into some other more vital part of the maps. Perhaps a city area or something. But get rid of the boss fight and the damn chlamydia fruit you need to collect. The area itself just feels like he had an idea for something but couldn't fit it in anywhere else in the game so he just shoehorn it in and fractures the fetchquestathon even more by forcing you to collect yet another piece. The area doesn't add anything of substance and is better off being severed like a cancerous tumor.
- Labyrinth is even worse though. This area is just godawful. Cut it. Cut the damn fetch quest plot device too.
- OOoooooor... Move it. Move the design closer to the gate with the main boss behind it and make it an alternate combat heavy entrance which is super dangerous to go through but allows you to skip the gate completely if you want to. Just change what the exit and enter zones go, add in a little hole in the wall or something near the gate and then voila! Done.
- Add in some sort of NPC or whatever that could act as a navigator for whatever parts are still remaining for the fetchquestathon so you don't feel forced to look up an online guide. Could be an old information booth that the tchortists hacked so that they could navigate the area better and now you can use for hints. What else... I mean this would cut away 2 entire areas and skip the backtracking to the power plant, but is it enough? I'd argue there are more parts that are redundant but I dunno... It might be enough to make it less tedious. Point is, it wouldn't be super-difficult. It's not like he has to redesign the entirety of Deep Cavern. Just cut away the fluff. Add it in somewhere else.
When you're not fighting the Faceless and you avoid getting main boss spawn on you (which is really easy after talking to Leoo) it is just empty. A whole lot of nothing. Just backtracking back and forth. On that note I'd argue get rid of a lot of the breakable walls and shit and just unlock the damn doors. We're going to find a jackhammer and have more than enough batteries to charge it with so it's not like it adds anything but more backtracking and annoyingly being forced to wait for the drill to bring down the walls. sigh Or just give us a god damn fast-travel button already... There's cars down there. Allow us to simply use a car (that we have to fix up) and drive to important sections of the facility (dialogue screen pops up, you select where you wanna go, loading screen; you're there.) I can't understand how he can possibly delude himself into thinking that that shit is actually well designed.
I know for damn certain what I fucking want and that is less god damn backtracking and fluff areas that were clearly just shoehorned in because he had created the art assets and didn't want them to go to waste . Seriously, it is such a damn good game. But that part? My god I hated nearly every part of it. And this is the end we're talking about. This is the part that will be fresh in people's memories. When they leave the game the most distinct feeling they'll have is what they felt towards the end. And what I felt was nothing good. Hell, it's hard to even imagine suggesting the game to others because of this.
What are the main problems with DC? Well, nearly all of them ties into the way the rest of the game was designed. Most parts of underpassages and caves you didn't HAVE to explore. That was kinda the point. It's optional. YOU decide to explore it fully and get a bit fatigued from the exploration aspect. But the problem with DC is that the exploration aspect is not optional, it is forced due to how the quest is set up down there. So if you're starting to feel a bit... Disencouraged from exploration cause you already have damn good gear and a pretty high level and stuff then it isn't quite as rewarding as it used to be early on. At least that's how I felt. Like, I've explored. I've enjoyed that part of the game but I've gotten my fill and I'd rather not do it anymore. "well, tough shit, here's an entire network of maps that you are FORCED to explore" The rest of the game doesn't force this on you. DC does. The rest of the game has quite varied quests and solutions to them. It has lots of interesting characters and locations and an interesting world to explore in terms of lore and history and political intrigue. Nearly all of that is gone in DC. There's barely any characters to talk to and it doesn't have any quests beyond fetch questing and most of the solutions revolve around simply not dying. It doesn't have much political intrigue either. Most of the meat is in form of backstory but it is far between and relies mostly on old notes on computers and stuff. The rest of the game is varied in both what you'll interact with and HOW you interact with it. DC doesn't provide either.
There's always a bit of backtracking involved in Underrail but there isn't a moment where it feels so forced and with nothing to do. If you're going from Protectorate to meet up with some agents then yes, there is technically a bit of backtracking but it's over with rather quickly and you get to use two trains to cut some distance. DC on the other hand doesn't offer any kind of fast-travel anywhere at all and you're forced to walk all over the places looking for plot devices. The rest of the game does not feel bloated when it comes to backtracking and forcing the player to constantly go through map transitions just for one quest. DC? DC loves it and wants to torture you with it. And then we get to the main boss...
I'll just say this, I do not really remember a single point in the game that is even remotely close to what the last boss fight is like. So it feels alien and not in a good way. It just feels out of place. Like it doesn't belong. There's been no trials like this before where you've had to train yourself and remember your past actions so you can fully utilize your knowledge and skills and accomplishments to take down the last big baddie. Nope. It just suddenly and violently appears and curbstomps your ass.
Radiosity Writiosity
"I don't understand why he doesn't fix it. "
Probably because he's spent the last two years working on the massive expansion coming in the next few months.
Radiosity, Nov 9, 2018
In that discord chat I mentioned later on that I'd rather he fix the shit end than that he just ignores it and works on a fucking expansion pack.
I abhor the Deep Caverns. I'd rather he fix it and never give us anything else ever again than for it to just be left in the state it's in.
Mr Fish, Nov 10, 2018
Risewild Venerable Relic of the Wastes
Modder Orderite
It seems me and plenty of others were right about many stuff in Fallout 76.
Even though I thought PvP would be pointless and awful, it is still worse than I thought.
Risewild, Nov 10, 2018
Alkuam Lurker
Those looked like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. enemies at 2:47 and 3:13 in that video. Burer and pseudo-giant.
Alkuam, Nov 10, 2018
I'm still flabbergasted that this is 60 bucks (80 for special edition) with microtransactions on top.
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/fa...al-game?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
So, the day one patch of Fo76 will bigger than the actual game, that's not normal even by their own standard.
a721402, Nov 10, 2018
Alphons National Beholder
Day 1 patch- We've fixed games' suicidal thoughts and it no longer commits seppuku out of shame.
Alphons, Nov 10, 2018
mef Where'd That 6th Toe Come From?
spoilers below
in addition, i decided to roleplay a stealthy, non-combat oriented character. in many rpgs, this would not be a valid choice but underrail seemed to be cool with it, it had a great levelling system in which characters who don't fight much are not discriminated, i could go through all the quests just fine and had lots of fun doing it. the game never gave me a hint that i shouldn't play this way. and then the deep caverns came and all of a sudden it turned out that i have to kill the final boss and my character is completely useless. it was not possible to finish the game with him. i felt like someone prepared a huge, wonderful cake for me and while i was enjoying it, they smacked my face into it
i think that ending was disappointing plot-wise, too. it felt lazy, the game gave me little explanation what exactly is tchort and why do i have to kill it, many questions remained unanswered and everything was explained with "umm it's supernatural you won't understand it". oh, and all my choice regarding the cube has been rendered irrelevant as the game forces you to do what it wants you to do. i loved underrail but seriously, the ending is so much different to the rest of the game that it feels like a entirely different team made it
(and what a great idea to call the main boss "tchort" which literally means "devil" in many european languages, won't spoil anything at all)
mef, Nov 10, 2018
The Dutch Ghost Grouchy old man of NMA Moderator
Just read on the Nukapedia wiki that the Scorched Plague conveniently killed off all humans in the Fallout 76 region prior to the game including the BOS and the Enclave.
Guess we now know why they are basically all irrelevant to the bigger Fallout picture.
Imagine if all of those factions had survived (*sigh * yes also the BOS and the Enclave). It could at least have made the world somewhat more interesting.
Goddammit, now I want to make a Single Player mod that does indeed bring all of these factions back and even integrate the Scorched into the Fallout universe that makes sense.
The Dutch Ghost, Nov 10, 2018
How exactly does schorched with pipe pistols take down Enclave with power armor?
mef said: ↑
You do know there is a way to poison him... with a stealthy character...
Hulk'O'Saurus, Nov 10, 2018
Norzan Vault Senior Citizen
Uuhh, they caught them while they out of their power armor?
But seriously, what makes it even more hilarious is that a player with shit gear can easily dispatch these Scorched guys.
Norzan, Nov 10, 2018
sesom First time out of the vault
It was the big Dragon ... ohhh sorry Scorchebeast that blasted them away with his fire dragonbreath ... oh sorry scorchray. But no worry you can defeat the Dragon ... ohhh sorry Scorchebeast with your Pipepistol.
sesom, Nov 10, 2018
Gizmojunk So Old I'm Losing Radiation Signs
Does it have a scale loose in its armor?
Gizmojunk, Nov 10, 2018


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We are working towards the education system as a whole viewing this as an approach which is part of the fabric of education, able to be readily deployed within Curriculum for Excellence and a real advantage to the country. I'm very keen to make sure that our education system sees this as a core opportunity, embraces that and takes it forward as a core part of our curriculum.
The Scottish Government Learning Directorate commissioned ADES to conduct research on the implementation of 'Language learning in Scotland: A 1+2 approach'. As we approach the mid-way point in the implementation, this was considered to be an appropriate time to seek an independent review. The research was carried out between December 2015 and February 2016.
Primary – Local Authorities are on track for implementation of a first additional language (L2) from P1 to P7 by 2020. While plans for implementation of the second additional language (L3) are at varying stages across the country, almost all local authorities are confident that the 2020 deadline will be met.
Secondary – Current provision within the BGE is varied. Almost all LAs have L2 provision up to the end of S3 and where this is not the case, planning is underway to ensure the entitlement will be met.
L3 provision is a more mixed landscape. Some schools and LAs are looking at ways in which to deliver entitlement, while some schools may need support with the timetabling of L3 as part of the BGE. A number of secondary schools are currently providing an L3 experience by 'borrowing' time from the L2 language provision. This compromises the depth of experience in L2 and leads to concerns regarding sufficient readiness for national qualifications in modern languages further up the school. This is not a recommendation within the policy.
The pilot programme for the '1+2 report' began in June 2012 with an initial identification of possible pilot schools. The first of the primary pilots began in November 2012. In the case of the secondary school pilots, planning took place over session 2012-13 and the pilots began with the new session 2013-14. Education Scotland has carried out an evaluation visit to each of the ten pilot projects and prepared an overall summary report. The evaluation visits for the ten pilots took place between June 2013 and April 2014. These evaluations indicate interim progress with the original aims of the projects and work is ongoing in the pilot schools.
The evaluation reports and summary are available below. These represent a very positive start to delivering the recommendations of the '1+2 report'.
Evaluations from each of the individual pilot projects can be downloaded from the table below.
To give every young person at S3 the opportunity to learn a second language in addition to their first additional language, as one option for a short course.
To place the additional language within the context of local and/or Scottish economy and culture, with the emphasis on local employment opportunities and personal choice.
To present most of the young people involved for the new SQA Languages for Life and Work Award (LLW), at SCQF level 4 or 3.
To give all children exposure to at least two European languages throughout their schooling. To increase knowledge and awareness of cultural differences and similarities.
To introduce a programme for language learning which would enable all staff to introduce and embed the French language into the day-to-day life of the school from P1 to P7. To create a positive ethos around language learning and build children's confidence and cultural awareness.
The aim of the pilot was to introduce French to all children from P1 – P5 by embedding the language into the daily routine.
From the school's perspective, the overall aim was to encourage young people to come back to their first modern language and take up another, at S5/S6. The department aimed to provide a more vocational approach to languages for those who found the traditional route of Higher and Advanced Higher less attractive. The emphasis was on transferable skills. Young people would develop skills such as interview skills, presentation skills and skills in writing a CV. They would use their languages in very practical ways and make connections between what they learned in school and the world of work. Young people were to be presented for the Languages for Life and Work Award in French and Spanish.
develop learners' engagement and enthusiasm for German by creating motivating activities to support them in learning the language across the P7/S1 transition.
create a sustainable unit of work which supports learners in transition and enhances their engagement with the language.
further develop professional links through partnership working across schools.
To create relevant and meaningful learning contexts for L2 through interdisciplinary learning.
To plan collaboratively to ensure coherence and progression in the language learning experiences provided for all learners.
The key aim was to highlight the accessibility and benefits of learning a modern language for young people with additional support needs.
To provide and sustain motivating French language learning from P1, and Mandarin from P4.
To explore and evaluate the extent to which the experiences and outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence are addressed. To discover if improved learning experiences and levels of motivation may be attributed to the variety of resources and approaches to learning.


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Like Nothing Else, From No One Else, Starkey Launches More Industry-First Technology
Introducing the industry's most complete line of rechargeables, first-of-its-kind speech enhancement features, and synchronous remote programming with live video chat.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, September 1, 2020 – On-demand better hearing has arrived. Starkey is putting the power of better hearing in the palm of users' hands with more styles, more features, and new fitting enhancements. Like nothing else, from no one else, Starkey has expanded its award-winning Livio Edge AI's leading line of hearing aids.
This launch includes the introduction of the world's smallest, most powerful rechargeable BTE*, a first-of-its-kind speech enhancement feature, and industry-first technology that allows hearing aid wearers to use their hearing devices to find their smartphones. The culmination of technological innovation arriving on the market today will not only help patients hear better, but help hearing healthcare professionals operate more effectively and efficiently across the board.
"With Livio Edge AI, Starkey delivers next-generation sound processing capability by harnessing the most advanced artificial intelligence technology possible in a modern hearing aid," said Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Engineering Achin Bhowmik, Ph.D. "These new features push our industry-leading platform even further. In an increasingly on-demand culture, patients are now able to attain instantaneous fine-tuning that serves as the next best thing to having their hearing provider with them at all times."
The new features include:
The world's smallest, most powerful 2.4 GHz rechargeable BTE*
IntelliVoice: New Hearing Reality Pro speech enhancement feature for those with 50 dB hearing loss or greater that, when combined with the recently introduced Edge Mode, uses the advantages of the user's smartphone and Deep Neural Network AI to provide smart, immediate adjustments for substantially enhanced speech sounds.
REM Target Match: Automatically communicates with Real Ear Measurement systems for efficient fittings.
Multiflex Tinnitus Pro: A new shaping algorithm and custom fit tool to help provide more personalized maskers for each patient's unique needs.
Live Sessions: Synchronous remote programming feature that leverages live video chat to enable and improve remote care between professionals and patients.
Find My Phone: Using their hearing aids and the Thrive Assistant, wearers can now locate their lost or misplaced smartphones.
In-App Purchases: Allows users of lower tier technologies to purchase the Reminders feature within the Thrive app.
Thrive Hearing Control app enhancements: New set-up screens and connectivity developments make it more robust and easier to use than ever.
Fall Alert now available in Basic Mode in the Thrive Hearing Control app: Allows even more patients to maintain their independence and caregivers peace of mind.
"We redefined the hearing aid with the incorporation of body and brain tracking, fall detection and alerts, translate and transcribe features, and intuitive tap control. Starkey offers patients a novel gateway to health monitoring, personalization and control," said President and CEO Brandon Sawalich. "As we tear down the stigma associated with hearing loss and hearing aids, we are confident these new features will continue to make hearing aids want-to-have wearable technology that will help people hear better, so they can live better."
Livio Edge AI is available in the United States, Canada and more than 20 countries worldwide. For more information, please visit www.starkey.com.
*Starkey Competitive Benchmarking Study 2019
Starkey is a privately held, global hearing technology company headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Founded by Bill Austin in 1967, Starkey is known for its innovative design, development and distribution of comprehensive digital hearing systems. Led today by President and CEO Brandon Sawalich, Starkey is the only American-owned provider of hearing technologies. The company has more than 5,000 employees, operates 26+ facilities and does business in more than 100 markets worldwide. Learn more at starkey.com.
Karen Spaeth
VP of Communications
E-mail: media_contact@starkey.com
www.starkey.com
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Borrow a resource box to take back to school and use in your work following a visit. Each box contains a collection of real Roman artefacts and some replica items including a stylus and wax tablet, spindle and wool, and costumes. The box also contains photocopiable activity sheets, a fact pack and a CD of images.
The boxes are available to hire for half a term at a cost of £35. You can collect the box on the day of your visit and return it to us before or during the next school holiday.
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Mehdi Bennani
Birthdate : 08/25/1983
I'M ON THE #WTCR2019SUPERGRID
Karts to cars: Morocco's top motorsport star raced karts and single-seaters before his touring car ambitions took hold.
History-maker: After making his WTCC debut in 2009, he established himself as an ever-present in the series and became the first Arabic driver to win an FIA world championship motor race in Shanghai in 2014.
If at first you don't succeed… Joining WTCC newcomer Sébastien Loeb Racing for 2015, Bennani just missed out on that year's WTCC Trophy but went one better the following season.
Lead leader: He was classified sixth at the end of the final WTCC season in 2017 having led more laps than any of his rivals and winning outright three times.
Did you know? Trilingual, Bennani enjoys playing squash and going to the gym when he's not racing his Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR in WTCR / OSCARO.
CAREER SO FAR:
2000: 1, Moroccan Karting Championship, class 125 ICC; 19, Moroccan Fiat Palio Trophy
2001: 2, European Karting Championship, class 100 ICA
2002: 1, Marrakech International Karting race, class 100 ICA
2004: 2, Asian Formula BMW Championship
2005: (best result 9), World Series by Renault
2006: World Series by Renault
2007: (best result 4), Euroseries Formula 3000
2008: 1 (7 wins), Moroccan Circuit Racing Championship, Group M2A; 2, Pau Historic GP
2009: 1 (5 wins), Moroccan Circuit Racing, Group M2A; (best result 9), World Touring Car Championship (SEAT León)
2010: 19 (best result 9), WTCC (BMW 320si)
2011: 16 (best result 6), WTCC (BMW 320 TC)
2014: 11 (1 win), WTCC (Honda Civic WTCC)
2015: 8, WTCC (Citroën C-Elysée WTCC); 2, Yokohama Drivers' Trophy
2016: 5 (2 wins), WTCC (Citroën C-Elysée WTCC); 1, WTCC Trophy
2018: 12 (1 win), WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO (Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR)


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Tag Archive: Twitter
Tulsi Time
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Hell knows no fury like a Hillary scorned.
Bitter Hillary was rejected by her own party in 2008, and eight years later she lost to (gasp) … Donald Trump.
And to top it off, her husband was less than semper pi. His name is … Bill.
What's a Hillary to do? How about getting into a public spat with Tulsi?
Tulsi Who? "Favorite of the Russians"?
Are we talking about Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) an after thought in the Democratic presidential nominating contest … until now? Her RealClear Politics average stands at 2.0 percent. That's it.
Almost DailyBrett must pause here to ask:
Why is Hillary providing Tulsi ("holy basil" in Hindu) with manna from publicity heaven, an amazing public relations gift of a nationally covered food fight with a notorious and reviled party stalwart?
Considering that Hillary has a long-track record as the nation's first lady, a U.S. Senator from New York, the nation's secretary of state and the first woman presidential nominee in the country's history, why isn't she using her record to project herself as a senior stateswoman? She could be a modern-day Richard Nixon.
With all due respect, Tulsi should not be on Hillary's personal radar. Baring a political miracle, Tulsi is not going to win the party's nomination for president.
Somehow, someway Tulsi got under Hillary's thin skin and triggered an inappropriate response. Why is Hillary providing Tulsi with a new platform? When you are seen as an enemy of Hillary that designation instantly attracts attention and new friends.
Worse yet Hillary believes the Russians are behind Tulsi's campaign, maybe even as a third-party stalking horse. Another vodka, Madam Secretary?
It's obvious that Hillary isn't going away … quietly. Is this screed, Hillary's definition of ethos?
Tulsi's 15 Minutes of Fame, And Then Some?
Almost DailyBrett counsels employing social media strategically, but not the above tweet, which goes far … way too far.
"Great! Thank you @Hillary Clinton" was probably all that was needed. Tulsi's joyful and grateful response is more than appropriate.
As Michelle Obama once famously said: "When they go low, we go high." There's no reason for Tulsi to race Hillary to the bottom, just bask off the glow of windfall media attention, and fully exploit a fantabulous public relations opportunity.
Your author suspects there is more that inexplicably prompted Madam Secretary without any forewarning to go after a mere member of Congress of her own party.
Telegenic and fearless, the 38-years-young Tulsi is a fourth-term member of Congress (e.g., Hawaii's 2nd District) and the nation's first Samoan-American representative. She is an accomplished major in the Hawaii National Guard having served two tours in the Middle East: Iraq in 2004-2005 and Kuwait in 2008-2009.
As such she projects reasonable gravitas, her views on foreign policy should be respected.
Tulsi exhibits a strong anti-interventionist streak. opposing "regime-change wars" and wanting the U.S. out of Syria and Afghanistan. She is a moderate, putting her at political and maybe personal odds with Hillary.
Why Hillary chose to elevate Tulsi at this time, when the nomination is crystalizing around bumbling former Vice President Joe Biden and confiscatory Senator Elizabeth Warren, is inexplicably beyond the pay grade of Almost DailyBrett.
Guess it must be time: Tulsi Time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/10/24/what-feud-between-tulsi-gabbard-and-hillary-clinton-about/4082268002/
https://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-tulsi-gabbard-bio-age-family-key-positions-2019-4
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-hillary-clinton-tulsi-gabbard
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-1101/holy-basil
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html
https://almostdailybrett.wordpress.com/2018/11/13/the-new-nixon-and-the-newest-hillary/
https://almostdailybrett.wordpress.com/2017/09/12/what-happened/
Tags: Almost DailyBrett, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Favorite Of The Russians, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Holy Basil, Michelle Obama, RealClear Politics, Richard Nixon, Russian Interference, Semper Fi, Social Media, Tulsi, Tulsi Gabbard, Twitter
Twitter Rapid Response Revolutionizes Politics
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"Not only had @realDonaldTrump become a mass-media juggernaut, but Twitter had for the first time become a primary outlet for the views of a major American politician. With Trump's election, the transformation was complete: The social network had become the new public square." – Nicholas Carr, POLITICO
Without a shred of doubt, nothing on this planet drives the media crazier than Twitter use by one Donald John Trump.
Within the friendly confines of 280 characters coupled with the always-on powerful bully pulpit of the presidency, Trump can set the agenda and be a part of any breaking story regardless of subject.
Under Agenda Setting Theory, the big masthead media (e.g., New York Times, Washington Post) supposedly establish the agenda about what grateful everyday Americans should be thinking about.
As they say in political circles the big mastheads have been, preempted.
The very dragon they are attempting to slay, is spewing counter-punching fire right back at them any time, all the time.
"Beware of the overnight tweet." — CNBC NYSE reporter Bob Pisani
Most of the Trump Tweets are … provocative (outrageous?) and thus are newsworthy. The ensuing conversation is about Trump, always about Trump.
Does the sun ever set on Donald Trump's Twitter account?
With the Müller Report destined to be a non-factor by the end of this year – let alone next year – the media/entertainment elites in Manhattan, within the confines of the Beltway and Hollywood are facing the prospect of a re-elected Twittering Trump.
Columbia Journalism Review worries about whether journalists are correcting all of Trump's tweets and statements.
Will they eventually interrupt Trump during the State of Union, the same way MSNBC's Brian Williams cut off Senator Lindsey Graham?
When it comes to always telling the truth, nobody does it better than Brian Williams.
Will the media at some point — kicking and screaming — be forced to stop pretending the no-further indictments/actions Müller Report is the death knell of a president they detest (putting it mildly)?
Even though they torched Joe Biden's last days as a non-candidate, will they line up behind him if he somehow captures the Democratic nomination?
Whoever emerges as the Demo nominee, will be their standard bearer.
The Never-Ending, Always-On News Cycle
Campaigns are not happy places.
Familiarity always breeds more than contempt.
Sleep is a precious commodity, and there is never enough to go around.
There was a time when there was only one news cycle per day.
As Almost DailyBrett commented two years ago, White House "death watch" is not what it used to be. Translated: Reporters stationed in the White House briefing room while the president sleeps were Journalism's answer to graveyard shift. No more.
Trump's nocturnal tweets (does he ever sleep?) have changed the game. Just ask Wall Street.
Every campaign in the 2020 cycle will have to compete effectively in a digital-is-eternal atmosphere with a minimum of sleep. With digital social media – particularly Twitter – every campaign and every media outlet is an always-on, 24-7-365 wire service.
Trump tweeted (fill in the blank). Respond within the fewest nanoseconds possible.
Biden tweeted (fill in the blank). Democratic rivals answer within the fewest nanoseconds possible.
Bernie tweeted what? Man or Woman the Twitter barricades!
Almost DailyBrett remembers the days when wise pundits (oxymoron?) lamented about how policy debates were being reduced to 30-second bites.
How about 280-character tweets? Used to be 140 characters.
With more than 20+ would be Democratic nominees, how many pithy responses will immediately jump from their keyboards. More to the point how many mistakes, which can't be recalled, will emerge from these Twitter accounts?
"Fatigue makes cowards of us all." – Vince Lombardi
Even though early Baby Boomer Trump is 72-years-young, he seems to have the energy and stamina to keep the Twitter stream coming, even accelerating and intensifying the flow. There are no signs of fatigue.
Will the next president (or the same president) be the one who best utilizes the Twitter characters? Should social media be the penultimate factor in determining who will be the leader of the free world?
Let the Twitter debate commence.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/26/donald-trump-twitter-addiction-216530
https://www.cjr.org/covering_trump/twitter-media-trump.php
https://almostdailybrett.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/death-watch-aint-what-it-used-to-be/
Tags: Agenda Setting Theory, Almost DailyBrett, Bernie Sanders, Bob Pisani, Brian Williams, CNBC, Columbia Journalism Review, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham, Müller Report, MSNBC, Nicholas Carr, Politico, RealDonaldTrump, Trump Tweets, Twitter, Vince Lombardi
"Academic Freedom" vs. Civility?
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Does "academic freedom" come with accountability?
Does "academic freedom" come with personal responsibility, no matter how contentious the subject?
Does "academic freedom" come with an expectation of kindness, civility and integrity?
Or does "academic freedom" mean an anointed tenured professor has the license to say whatever he or she downright pleases just as long as the speech is judged to be not racist, homophobic or misogynist?
Translated: Outside these boundaries, can a tenured professor utter/write/tweet whatever he or she downright wants to say – no matter how ugly or vile – and then hide behind the First Amendment cloak of "Academic Freedom."
Time-and-time again, the embarrassed university will fall back on the Mother of All Lame Arguments: (e.g., "the tenured professor is speaking for himself/herself, not the university").
And yet the media headlines will start with "University of Colorado Professor …" or "Fresno State University Professor …" or "Georgetown University Professor …," not distinguishing the professor's private screed with the his or her official duties.
And why should they?
This distinction reached the highest level of the absurd this past week when Twitter suspended offending Georgetown University Professor Christine Fair's social media account, while the oldest Catholic University in the country warmed up for the next-in-a-long-line of university wrist slaps.
Wouldn't want to get the bowels of tenured faculty unions into an uproar, now would we?
Suggesting that certain white males should die while feminists laugh at their last gasps of air, and how they should subsequently be castrated and fed to swine for some reason doesn't work for Twitter, but it's been essentially dismissed by Georgetown.
Almost DailyBrett to Professor Christine: Please don't contend your vileness has been taken out of context … calling for castration of dead males and feeding their private body parts to pigs … is crystal clear in any plain reading.
"Amazing Racist"?
"Fuck out of here with your nice words." – Fresno State Professor Randa Jarrar
Last April, immediately upon the passing of former First Lady Barbara Bush, Professor Randa Jarrar took to Twitter to proclaim the newly departed as "As a generous and smart and amazing racist."
She then added her wish for quick deaths for the entire Bush family, which produced two presidents and two governors.
Jarrar taunted those who dared to take issue with her rhetoric, saying she would not be fired by Fresno State.
Guess what? She was not terminated by Fresno State.
"Little Eichmanns"?
"As for those in the World Trade Center… True enough, they were civilians of a sort. But innocent? Gimme a break. … If there was a better, more effective, or in fact any other way of visiting some penalty befitting their participation upon the little Eichmanns inhabiting the sterile sanctuary of the twin towers, I'd really be interested in hearing about it." – Former Colorado University Professor Ward L. Churchill essay the day after the September 11 terror attacks
Quiz question: Which attack on U.S. soil produced a greater loss of innocent American lives? Pearl Harbor? September 11?
The answer is September 11, 2001, when 3,000 Americans succumbed, who were just going to work or flying on planes that would never reach their intended destinations.
And yet former University of Colorado Professor Churchill branded these innocent Americans as "little Eichmanns" after Adolf Eichmann, the notorious SS Holocaust organizer, who was executed in Israel.
Churchill was fired by Colorado University in 2007. After a series of court hearings, Churchill's termination was upheld by the Colorado Supreme Court in 2012. The SCOTUS refused to consider the case, making the professor's departure final.
Keep in mind, Churchill was not fired for his "little Eichmanns" comment, but instead for plagiarism, falsification and other misconduct. The university determined that a professor's rant, comparing September 11 victims to a Holocaust plotter, was consistent with Churchill's First Amendment Rights.
Castrated parts being fed to swine? The witch is dead? Little Eichmanns?
Is more of the same on the way from celebrated academics with tenure status? Count on it.
Is there any reasonable, enforceable way to put the brakes on vile statements from coddled professors?
How about a code of conduct clause in their contracts? First Amendment protection? Yes. Requirements for civility and integrity? Yes.
The academic unions will instinctively object to code of conduct clauses, demanding more legal tender instead.
How about university presidents insisting upon common decency in collective bargaining?
Time to go the mat? Don't count on it.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgetown-professor-who-wished-death-to-gop-senators-supporting-kavanaugh-on-leave
https://www.foxnews.com/us/controversial-professor-suspended-by-twitter-after-call-for-deaths-of-gop-senators-kavanaugh
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/19940243/ns/us_news-education/t/professor-fired-after–nazi-comparison/#.W7vJ_Ruou70
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/us/court-upholds-colorado-professor-ward-churchills-firing.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FChurchill%2C%20Ward%20L.&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection
https://almostdailybrett.wordpress.com/2018/04/20/have-you-no-decency-professor/
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/biographies/eichmann-biography.htm
https://resources.workable.com/employee-code-of-conduct-company-policy
Tags: Academic Freedom, Adolf Eichmann, Almost DailyBrett, Amazing Racist, Barbara Bush, Castration, Christine Fair, Civility, Codes of Conduct, Decency, First Amendment, Fresno State, Georgetown, Holocaust, Integrity, Kindness, Little Eichmanns, Miserable Deaths, Mother of All Lame Arguments, Pearl Harbor, Randa Jarrar, September 11, Tenure, Twitter, University of Colorado, University Presidents, Ward Churchill
When Boy Meets Girl
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There is time-tested simplicity and beauty that comes from boy meets girl.
Take Harry Burns played by Billy Crystal and Sally Albright portrayed by Meg Ryan. The 1989 romantic comedy was "When Harry Met Sally," and the 12th time (or more) watching this film is just as good as the first time.
It took 12 years in screen play time to fully debate whether "men and women can ever be just friends," the real question of this landmark film.
We all wondered, when would Harry and Sally finally realize they were more than friends, but actually they had morphed into soul mates who truly loved each other?
Why is Almost DailyBrett writing now about a movie filmed almost three decades ago? Keep in mind, "When Harry Met Sally" did not garner an Academy Award, and generated a decent gain at the box office (e.g., $92.8 million) compared to the production cost ($16 million).
Consider that Nora Ephron was nominated for "Best Original Screenplay," and the movie was directed and produced by the legendary Rob Reiner.
Interposed with the travails and fragilities of Harry and Sally were commentaries by couples recalling how they met and how they fell in love.
For Almost DailyBrett the movie depicts the 1980s as a much better time. Perfect? No. There has always been issues between men and women since the Garden of Eden.
Having said that, the film celebrates boy meets girl, indirectly extols marriage, and does not make any aspersions about anyone else.
In 1989, we saw the Berlin Wall come down, freedom on the march in Eastern Europe foretelling the collapse of Communism, a new world order, and maybe even a "Peace Dividend."
Some even dared to suggest it was "Morning in America."
Compared to our present day culture of hatred, taken offense and grievance is Almost DailyBrett taking a risk by reflecting on the beauty of boy meets girl, a notion no one would even think about challenging three decades ago?
They say that we can't go back. We can't turn back the clock. All true.
However, we can reflect upon a time when we seemed to enjoy each other's company, and even to fall in love and proudly exit the wedding ceremony as a happy brand new couple.
"Castrate Their Corpses And Feed Them to Swine? Yes."
Where does all the hatred come from?
Georgetown Professor Christine Fair, why are you so unfair about millions and millions who were born white and male?
It seems by your loving tweet, you have no regard for or regrets about: "entitled white men," "deserving miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps … "
And there is more: "castrate their corpses," and "feed them to the swine."
As a Georgetown associate professor in security studies for America's oldest Catholic university, are you practicing Christian virtues to literally millions, who were born through no fault of their own into their respective ethnicity and gender?
What happened to random acts of kindness and diversity?
And to Georgetown, which acknowledges your right to a private Twitter account, but states categorically that you were not speaking for the university, is a professor wishing for the horrific murder of innocent people consistent with "academic freedom?"
BTW, Twitter suspended Dr. Fair's social media account. Does that mean that Georgetown has a lower standard for decency than Twitter?
Can Associate Professor Fair expect a slap on the wrist from Georgetown in her near future? Bet on it.
Are their absolutely no bounds and strictures for privileged professors, when it comes to vitriol and hatred against one group of fellow human beings?
There is absolutely no doubt there were issues between men and women back in the 1980s. Almost DailyBrett acknowledges it would be naïve to think all was well. The contentious Justice Brett Kavanaugh confirmation process revolves around what happened or did not occur during the … 1980s.
Having recognized this point, there are assertions of a better and more peaceful time in the 1980s. There is also the undeniable conviction that America was happier back then.
Your author has always celebrated men and women of goodwill growing old together and yearning for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Harry and Sally recognized their good fortune, fell in love, married three months later and conceivably lived happily ever after.
Wish all couples, ethnicities and genders could do the same.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Harry_Met_Sally…
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/how-i-when-harry-met-sally-i-explains-inequality/283517/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgetown-professor-says-white-gop-senators-deserve-miserable-deaths-after-kavanaugh-hearing
https://almostdailybrett.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/what-about-whataboutism/
https://www.thepatriotbrief.com/twitter-removes-georgetown-prof-who-called-for-castration-of-white-men/
Tags: Academic Freedom, Academy Awards, Almost DailyBrett, Berlin Wall, Billy Crystal, Boy Meets Girl, Boy Met Girl, Brett Kavanaugh, Castrate Their Corpses, Christine Fair, Collapse of Communism, Georgetown, Meg Ryan, New World Order, Nora Ephron, Peace Dividend, Rob Reiner, Twitter, When Harry Met Sally
Adult Supervision For Elon Musk?
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The national Twitter Bull-in-a-China-shop champion may not be the one you suspect.
Would you allow Elon Musk to baby-sit your retirement nest egg?
REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi
In the last three months, Tesla common shares (NASDAQ: TSLA) are down $69.59 or 19.74 percent.
Tesla confirmed today the Department of Justice (DOJ) is launching a criminal probe into les affaires at Tesla.
Earlier, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its own civil investigation following Tesla founder Elon Musk's August 7 tweet, proclaiming "funding secured" for taking Tesla private. Is Musk guilty of selective disclosure of material information (e.g., "Funding secured) in violation of SEC Reg FD (Fair Disclosure)?
There was also the inexplicable video of Musk smoking dope on television.
Why Elon, why?
Musk charged not once but twice that one of the heroes, saving the Thailand boys' soccer team from a flooded cave, is a "Pedo guy."
Nomura Securities downgraded TSLA from "buy" to "neutral," reducing the company's price target from $400 to $300, concluding that Tesla shares are "no longer investable."
"Notwithstanding improving fundamentals, we believe that Tesla is in need of better leadership, an about face, and are moving to the sidelines until we see what happens with management. " – Nomura Securities analyst Romit Shah
Does Elon Need His Own Mad Dog Mattis?
The best-and-brightest public relations counselors in the world can do absolutely nothing with Elon, if and until he is willing to ponder sage advice for even a nanosecond.
Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk takes a drag from a cigarette laced with
marijuana in this screenshot from the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on
Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018.
Some have suggested shaking up the Tesla Board of Directors to include strong-willed independent hombres and mujeres willing to practice tough love with Elon (e.g., no public smoking marijuana for whatever reason).
Elon 'Musk's brother and board member, Kimbal, is not a candidate for his job. Did you see his CNBC interview this week from the floor of the venerable NYSE wearing a cowboy hat?
Why Kimbal, why?
Besides trying to run both publicly traded Tesla (EVs/solar) and privately held SpaceX (rockets) at the same time and thus needing more sleep, maybe the biggest issue is way too many sycophants kissing Elon's derriere for way too long.
Remember the gushing CBS 60 Minutes Scott Pelley interview of Elon back in 2014? Musk was hailed at the time as the second coming of … Steve Jobs including Almost DailyBrett. Your author repeatedly bought and sold Tesla shares for a nice profit, except the last time, selling for a modest loss.
The CNBC pundits were asking out loud circa 2014 whether Tesla was 1.) An electric vehicle company, 2.) an energy company or 3.) Elon Musk's company?
The issue now is what would happen if a stronger, independent Board of Directors took the helm at Tesla? Would they have the cojones to fire Elon Musk? Would that stunning action be the 21st Century equivalent of John Sculley firing Steve Jobs at Apple? How did that move play out?
Most of all, what would happen to Tesla's stock? The shorts have already gone crazy; they presumably would have a field day.
Maybe what Elon needs is his own version of a chief operating officer Mad Dog Mattis or some other chain-of-command George S. Patton type to knock off the nonsense?
Until there is some sense of consistent operating discipline (see Tim Cook's management of Apple following the 2011 passing of Steve Jobs), the shorts will continue to bet against Tesla and its common shares.
Anybody want to "short" Apple? Didn't think so.
Most of all, Elon Musk should be precluded from even going near Twitter. These 280 characters can lead to a heap of trouble, including twin probes by the DOJ and the SEC.
Audi today unveiled its $75,000 luxury EV SUV. There is considerable competition because electric cars are not going away.
Static photo,
Colour: electric green
Tesla still maintains considerable advantages: Market leadership, pure-play, first mover, visionary company.
Even with its present cash burn and convertible notes coming due next March, Tesla can more than survive and continue to drive technology leadership.
All Tesla needs is for a Mad Dog to put a discipline leash on one, Elon Musk.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimcollins/2018/09/05/elon-musks-increasingly-erratic-behavior-comes-at-a-price-for-tesla-shareholders/#1058c7323944
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/11/elon-musks-erratic-behavior-continues-to-rattle-wall-street/
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/18/tesla-stock-drops-after-company-reportedly-to-face-us-criminal-probe-over-musk-statements.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/business/dealbook/tesla-elon-musk-saudi-arabia.html
https://almostdailybrett.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/only-in-america/
https://almostdailybrett.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/donate-to-united-way-or-invest-in-tesla/
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/09/17/kimbal-musk-says-his-brother-elon-is-doing-great.html
Tags: "60 Minutes", Almost DailyBrett, Apple, Audi, CNBC, DOJ, Elon Musk, Fair Disclosure, George Patton, John Sculley, Kimbal Musk, Mad Dog Mattis, Nomura Secrities, Pedo Guy, Reg FD, Romit Shah, Scott Pelley, SEC, Selective Disclosure, SpaceX, Steve Jobs, Tesla, Tim Cook, Twitter
"Trump Is Money"
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"You guys are obsessed with Trump … You pretend like you hate him, but I think you love him. I think what no one in this room wants to admit is that Trump has helped all of you. … He's helped you sell your papers and your books and your TV. You helped create this monster, and now you're profiting off of him. – Michelle Wolf speaking to the White House Correspondents Association dinner
Michelle Wolf once again proved the old adage: A stopped clock is indeed right twice a day.
Supposedly, Alec Baldwin is getting "tired" always playing Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live." Somehow, someway Alec makes a go of it, even bringing in the real Stefanie Clifford (e.g., porn "star" Stormy Daniels) to play herself as SNL ratings soar.
Speaking to media expert Howard Kurtz, former RNC chairman and Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus, pointed to the universal improvement of media business models and share prices, and proclaimed:
"Trump is Money."
Whether you are a conservative switching on Fox News, a liberal watching CNN's angry talking heads or a socialist getting his or her red-meat fix on MSNBC, all three of these news networks are virtually 24/7/365 Donald Trump … and their ratings are upwards to the right.
Everyone and anywhere, the conversations are about Trump. As Patrick Buchanan once said: "Worse than being misquoted, is not being quoted at all." Trump never suffered from this malady.
Since June 2015, the media has been in a foaming-at-the-mouth state of Schadenfreude waiting to stomp on Trump's political grave … and yet the news of his demise has been greatly exaggerated.
As Almost DailyBrett and others have stated, Trump is a walking-talking-breathing, daily-outrage via Twitter or his own verbal expression machine. He is catnip to the media, and the Fourth Estate felines are stoned.
Some have suggested the American media (e.g., Wolf quote above) created Donald Trump and made his presidency possible. The mediaQuant estimates are America media provided the wealthiest presidential candidate in history with $4.6 billion (advertising equivalent) in earned media coverage.
Like him or detest him, Trump — "The Apprentice" — knows how the media works and plays it like a violin. There is nothing the media animal loves more than a good fight or a sordid controversy. Trump delivers in spades.
Show Me The Trump Money
The stately Gray Lady, The New York Times, ("All the News That's Fit to Print") at one time set the national agenda, providing us mere mortals with the daily subjects to think about and discuss over the dinner table.
That all ended with Twitter, particularly Trump's nocturnal tweets – most outrageous, some not. Instead of the NYT being the poster child of Agenda Setting Theory, Trump with his presidential bully pulpit is posing the questions of the day … even before the Times hits the streets.
The inhabitants of the New York Times ivory tower have been preempted and leveraged, and they hate it. Let's … yes, let's write another front-page editorial chastising this rogue in the White House. That'll show him.
Here's the rub. Counterintuitively, negative publicity actually helps Trump. And in turn, Trump sells newspapers, raises Nielsen Ratings and boosts book sales.
We are approaching the three-year anniversary (June 16) of The Donald descending the Trump Tower escalator to declare his candidacy. The media was laughing back then, and going to the bank today.
Shares of the aforementioned New York Times are up 62.48 percent in the same three-year time period. 21st Century Fox, the parent of the Wall Street Journal and Fox News, increased 11.62 percent. Comcast (NBC and MSNBC) is up 12.64 percent. Washington Post, 7.75 percent. Time Warner (CNN), 9.99 percent … How's that for creating shareholder value?
The media is making money – lots of money – off Donald Trump. They can't wait to collectively dance on his political grave, but just not now … pretty please with sugar on top.
Hold your collective ears New York Times Pharisees: When it comes to Donald Trump, you are only too eager … yes, too eager … to buy low and sell high.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/06/arts/television/snl-stormy-daniels-donald-glover.html
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/30/17301436/michelle-wolf-speech-transcript-white-house-correspondents-dinner-sarah-huckabee-sanders
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/30/breakingviews-trump-cold-shoulder-for-tv-ads-may-set-the-trend.html
https://www.thestreet.com/story/13896916/1/donald-trump-rode-5-billion-in-free-media-to-the-white-house.html
Tags: 21st Century Fox, Agenda Setting Theory, Alec Baldwin, Almost DailyBrett, Comcast, Donald Trump, Fourth Estate, Gray Lady, Howard Kurtz, mediaQuant, Michelle Wolf, New York Times, Nielsen Ratings, Outrage, Patrick Buchanan, Reince Priebus, Schadenfreude, SNL, Stephanie Clifford, Stormy Daniels, The Apprentice, Time Warner, Trump Is Money, Trump Tower, Twitter, Washington Post, WHCA
Martin Shkreli: American Greed Poster Child
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"Invariably, when people read the headline about Martin Shkreli, they hate Martin Shkreli. When they get to know Martin Shkreli, they love Martin Shkreli." – Martin Shkreli on Twitter
"He (Shkreli) needs to be mythical. He needs to be larger than life. He needs to be a rags-to-riches story. That image is his mansion. His Maserati." – Assistant U.S. Attorney Jacquelyn Kasulis
Martin Shkreli will be celebrating his 35th birthday next Saturday … behind bars.
Earlier, he labeled his federal prosecutors as the "junior varsity." The JV team won.
His final destination will not be "Club Fed" as Shkreli once boasted on Twitter.
The sentence is seven years in prison with credit for the six months already served, and a $7.4 million fine.
Last month, CNBC dedicated its season debut of "American Greed" to Martin Shkreli. It was a personal branding and reputation management horror show, plain and simple.
There are zero public relations pros — regardless of their years of experience and skill – who could have saved Martin Shkreli from … himself.
No one loves Martin Shkreli – maybe with the exception of Martin Shkreli.
Among his litany of sins – the always smirking, taunting, arrogant Martin Shkreli — violated the cardinal rule of public relations (as if he ever weighed his own PR):
The most important public relations of all … is personal PR.
Former hedge-fund Wunderkind/drug-price fixer Shkreli received a seven year sentence for three counts of securities fraud.
His attorneys fought against a full 15-year sentence recommended by the U.S. Attorney, arguing he reportedly should not receive the maximum simply because he is … Martin Shkreli.
Shkreli long ago lost in the courtrooms of public opinion, where he was convicted for being … as the Brits would say, an arse.
For some reason, he refused to even acknowledge the myriad of societal stop signs, which constrain mere mortals. Even on Capitol Hill when he was taking the 5th (Amendment), he was even taunting Members of Congress with his characteristic smirk, and later insulted them on social media.
And today there is a worldwide breakout of Schadenfreude. We are all happy, including Almost DailyBrett, that Martin Shkreli is so sad.
Bringing The Donald and Hillary Together
"That guy is nothing. He's zero. He's nothing. He ought to be ashamed of himself." – Donald Trump
"He still hasn't said how much the drug will cost going forward, and in the meantime, sick patients still have to wait and worry and continue to pay $750/pill. So Mr. Shkreli, what's it going to be?" – Hillary Clinton
"If there was a company that was selling an Aston Martin at the price of a bicycle, and we buy that company and we ask to charge Toyota prices, I don't think that that should be a crime." – Martin Shkreli on raising the price of Daraprim by 5,000 percent
Martin Shkreli performed magic during the divisive 2016 presidential campaign; he managed to bring Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton into an one-time agreement.
He defrauded his MSMB Capital investors, and raised the price of AIDS drug, Daraprim, from $13.50 to $750 per pill.
With his indefensible actions Shkreli also indicted the entire American pharmaceutical industry, leaving the impression that every company was gauging patients with unjustifiable drug price increases. Some are guilty. Some are innocent.
Eventually, Shkreli called upon his social media followers to steal a lock of Hillary Clinton's hair as a bounty. He subsequently lost his $5 million bail, and was remanded to jail in Brooklyn.
Shkreli's attorneys were hoping for a 12-18 month sentence. Federal prosecutors were asking for 15 years or even more. The judge played the sentence right down the middle: seven years.
The reality of jail and the prospect of more than one decade in prison seemed to make an overdue impression on Shkreli.
"There is no conspiracy to take down Martin Shkreli. I took down Martin Shkreli, with my disgraceful and shameful actions … This is my fault. I am not a victim here." – Martin Shkreli at his March 9 sentencing.
Did Shkreli finally listen to his lawyers?
Was his statement before the judge, and by extension the world, written by a public relations counselor?
Did he in the end, get religion?
Too little, too late Martin.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/09/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/martin-shkreli-sentenced-to-seven-years-in-prison-1520621915
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/23/the-american-greed-report-how-to-beat-the-pharma-bros-and-save-money-on-your-prescriptions.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/martin-shkreli-found-guilty-in-securities-fraud-trial-1501873444?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=35
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/donald-trump-blasts-martin-shkreli-826848
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Shkreli
Tags: Almost DailyBrett, American Greed, Arse, Club Fed, CNBC, Daraprim, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Jacquelyn Kasulis, Junior Varsity, JV Team, Martin Shkreli, MSMB Capital, Personal Public Relations, Retrophin, Schadenfreude, Twitter