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Edna O'Brien, an Irish novelist, wins her lifetime achievement award
Edna O'Brien, an Irish novelist, wins her lifetime achievement award
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The author of Country Girls gets £ 40,000 David Cohen prize seen as Nobel precursor
Edna O'Brien has been awarded a £ 40,000 Lifetime Achievement Award, considered a precursor to the Nobel for having "politically and lyrically moved mountains through her writing" in a career that spans almost 60 years.
At a London ceremony on Tuesday night, the Irish novelist was awarded with the £ 40,000 David Cohen prize.
Awarded to a living writer every two years for their entire work, the prize was founded in 1993 by the late cultural philanthropist, hoping to launch an equivalent of the Nobel Prize for UK and Irish authors.
Many recipients have gone on to become Nobel laureates, including VS Naipaul, Doris Lessing and Harold Pinter.
When O'Brien heard the news, Edna O'Brien said, "I've often looked at books in bookshops that I have hardly heard of and seen that the authors are the recipients of three, four, five prizes. Naturally, I am very glad to have one prize to put on the back of my book and at the forefront of my mind."
When asked if she saw the win as a sign that it would be the next Nobel prize, she said: "The fortune tellers have yet to come over the hills about that news, as such."
O'Brien has written more than 20 novels since her debut, The Country Girls, stunned Ireland with her sexual frankness in 1960, many of which have centered on women's inner lives and how people around them form their destinies.
She also has play and nonfiction, including her bestselling Country Girl memoir in 2012.
Her latest work, a novel called Girl, was released in September and follows the journey of Boko Haram's kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirl, a departure from her usual Irish setting.
The judges ' chair, Mark Lawson, said that O'Brien had, "achieved a rare arc of brilliant consistency, her literary skill, courage and impact as apparent in a novel published as recently as September as in her first book, which appeared 60 years ago … it is a particular pleasure that it goes this time to an author who is also of such present strength and significance."
Viv Groskop, a journalist and fellow judge, also said, "her true achievement lies in her ability to redefine – in myriad ways and with a unique voice – what it means to be human", while Jon McGregor, author and judge, said: "A writer can challenge societal norms and interrogate form all she likes, but first she has to create an appetite for her writing, and O'Brien has spent her long and fruitful career doing exactly that."
In reference to Girl, the poet and judge Imtiaz Dharker said that: "I thought I had the course of O'Brien's work mapped out before the judging came around, and then, towards the end of the process, another great tome dropped through the letterbox, changing the whole terrain.
O'Brien said that she became aware of Beresford Dunne's poetry after seeing her read at a literary festival in Ireland. "I had many claims on who I would wish this prize to go to, including in Nigeria, so it was hard for me.
But I decided to give it to a fellow Irish girl well, she's a girl and I'm a woman because I know how much she loves poetry and with four children and a husband, she wants more than anything to have a book of poetry published," she said.
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F1 2019 Season Report - Part I
Thiemo Albers-Daly posted in Home Of F1
The first part of my 2019 review will focus on the top three teams of the season. It makes perfect sense then to start with the current champions of F1 - the ever dominant Mercedes.
When pre-season testing ended just before the 2019 season kicked off, it looked like Mercedes were finally about to be dethroned from the top of F1. It was a surprise then when Mercedes not only started the season fighting – but dominating like never before as they won the first six races of the season with a 1-2 finish. Not since Williams back in the 1990s had this level of dominance been achieved and it left both fans and other teams scratching their heads as to what on earth had happened.
As the season wore on, Ferrari looked set to join Red Bull in challenging the Silver Arrows for the top spot, but this was done solely by Red Bull leading up to the summer break. Despite this however, Mercedes kept putting their strongest foot forward – something that became harder when the team (and the sport) lost Niki Lauda. He was a fundamental part of the team and Mercedes wouldn't be where they are today without him. With the exception of Germany – which was a crazy race for everyone involved – Mercedes didn't show many weaknesses all year long. As with any team, there were some tracks they were stronger on than others, e.g. Austria is a place Mercedes fail to capitalise at whereas they obliterate the competition when it comes to a track like Sochi. They were so successful that they were able to wrap up the Constructor's title in Japan – with a whopping four races to spare. It is their sixth straight title and the team doesn't show any signs of slowing down as F1 goes into 2020.
One of the core strengths of the team that has made it to be such a force to be reckoned with in F1 is the consistency within the team. Hamilton and Toto Wolff amongst others have all been there since 2013 and Bottas is, in 2020, about to enter his fourth year with the team. Whilst other teams have chopped and changed to try and find a winning formula, Mercedes have shown that continuity is one of the keys to success.
The British driver entered his 250th Grand Prix at Abu Dhabi in the final race of the 2019 season and showed the world that he was stronger than ever. He ended the race with another Grand Slam – a pole position, a race win, leading every lap of the Grand Prix and achieving the fastest lap of the race – and is now only two behind the all time record held by Jim Clark. His latest win was his eleventh of the season and meant he ended 2019 with a massive 413 Championship Points. He clinched his sixth World Title at the U.S Grand Prix in Austin and demonstrated all season long that he is more than capable of taking on and beating any opponents that come his way – be they his own teammate or drivers from other teams. His ability to bounce back is also worthy of note – as shown by his sterling drive to take the win from Verstappen in Hungary.
All that being said though, Hamilton did make mistakes this season. Qualifying is still an area he will want to improve on as well as tyre management – if his team radios are anything to go by that is! No driver is perfect and from what he's said, Hamilton believes he's still in his prime and that he hasn't peaked yet. That means that going into 2020, Hamilton will be looking to eliminate the weaknesses he's identified over this season and rectify them. That level of strength – as we've seen so much in recent years – will mean that it may be tougher than ever for those around him to beat him.
The Flying Finn bounced back from a miserable 2018 campaign in style when the 2019 season started. He won the opening race at Melbourne and then won again in Azerbaijan. It looked like he'd peaked too early as the season went on, as he consistently couldn't find a way past Hamilton, having to settle for second or third on the podium instead. Germany and Hungary were races for Bottas to forget and both caused speculative clouds about his future at Mercedes to form over his head.
In the second half of the season, it seemed that Bottas would only be able to amount to second place at best, but this all changed at Suzuka. A master class drive from the porridge eater saw him take a dominant win in true style – a feat he repeated in Austin two races later. He failed to finish in Brazil, but this was down to an engine problem rather than a fault with the driver. Bottas then went on to put in a memorable and impressive drive in Abu Dhabi where he went from twentieth on the grid to fourth. The lack of DRS for the first eighteen laps of that race didn't slow him down either and he showed that he'd learnt from some of his previous mistakes.
There is still work for Bottas to do but he made a great leap forward this season, showing to many that he is perhaps one of the most underrated drivers on the grid – probably down to the fact that he has Hamilton for a teammate. But if he can keep this mindset and level of performance up for next season, then it is very possible that he will be the one to take the crown from Hamilton at last.
Ferrari looked so full of pre-season promise as they came into 2019 with testing showing that at last, they would be able to bounce back and claim both the driver's and constructor's titles in style. But whilst they were competitive and arguably had what it took to take on and beat Mercedes – as they did brilliantly in the opening races after the summer break – poor strategy calls and driver mistakes all season long prevented them from ever really being a large enough threat to topple Mercedes. The mistakes that were made within the team, be they during qualifying or a race, were the types one would expect from a young team still trying to get its feet in the sport – not something from a team that's been with the sport since the beginning. From ruining Leclerc's Q3 in Monaco to teammate collisions in Brazil, there were a series of unfortunate events that plagued the Prancing Horse from start to finish. In a year where they clearly showed their ability to win, e.g. masterfully at Monza and strategically in Singapore, it feels like Ferrari's year was more underwhelming than previous ones – their exciting potential wasted before the first half of the season was even over.
Sebastian Vettel – The four time World Champion had a tough year in 2019. It took him three races before he even managed to get onto the podium and seemed to be letting the legitimate threat of having Charles Leclerc as a teammate affect him mentally.
Then the Canadian Grand Prix happened.
In a race that should have been his to win – even with the mistake he made, that error became something that he never really seemed to be able to get over for the rest of the season. For a driver as formidable as Vettel, the spark didn't seem to be there for him. If it was there before Canada (let me know in the comments where it was) then it certainly wasn't there afterwards.
It was over a calendar year before he managed to get his next Grand Prix win (Belgium 2018-Singapore 2019). But by the time he'd won that race (some would say it was down to team strategy actually going right for a change rather than Vettel himself) he'd already lost out on any viable chance of making a historic comeback to challenge for the title. At the Italian Grand Prix, he finished down in 13th place whilst his teammate (in only his second F1 season) managed to do something he hadn't in all his time at Ferrari: win at Monza in front on the Tifosi.
Performances like this alongside the rookie mistakes he made both in Great Britain and Brazil made everyone wonder if Sebastian was done with the sport. He finished the season three places down and eighty points under his 2018 campaign. Even now with the season over, there are some question marks still hanging over him as to whether he will actually be on the grid come Melbourne 2020. If he does indeed return – and this writer hopes he does – Vettel will need to make a monumental change to his approach if he hopes to succeed.
On the flipside is Ferrari's new front man and star of tomorrow today. He impressed from the start, leaving the Mercedes for dust in Bahrain as he dominated the Grand Prix from almost start to finish. Were it not for mechanical issues, the race would have been his for sure. It was a bittersweet race for him but one he should still be happy with. Austria too should arguably have been his were it not for a late and slightly controversial move from Verstappen on the final lap. The first half of the season should have gone better for Leclerc and whilst he still has a lot to learn – there is no doubting the raw speed he has. Following the Austrian Grand Prix, he learnt from the mistakes of that race and fought harder with his elbows out more against Verstappen at Silverstone which led to some great wheel to wheel racing.
Leclerc's performance at the Belgian Grand Prix was phenomenal. With less than a day passing since the death of his friend and F2 driver Anthoine Hubert, Leclerc had to get back in the car and focus on the race. And race he did – not letting up for the entire 44 lap duration and going on to finally win his first Grand Prix. He repeated the same feat at Monza and sent the Tifosi into a frenzy. Whilst they remained his only two victories of the year, it was still a rollercoaster year for him and one that he should be happy with. As he enters his third F1 season (and second with Ferrari) Leclerc will no doubt be able to apply the lessons from 2019 in order to ensure he doesn't fall victim to them again. Now if Ferrari can sort themselves out and get a good strategy together for him, then he might even stand a chance of challenging Hamilton for the title
The relationship between Red Bull and Honda blossomed in 2019 as the team saw a return to form as close to their dominant years as they've been since the beginning of the Hybrid Era. With three victories to equal those of Ferrari, they took advantage of the situations where they saw they could and made an exciting move in their driver line up that paid them in dividends. They may not yet be back on top of the F1 pack but like Mercedes, the team has a consistent core structure that has remained the same for many years (along with the sister team of Toro Rosso to help them out whenever they need it) which had been instrumental to their success. If Red Bull keeps doing what they're doing and Christian Horner remains in charge of the team, then Red Bull will be a serious threat to shake up F1 in 2020.
The Dutchman has had his best year in F1 in 2019. He's driven with more maturity for most of the season than before and has impressed many with his abilities in upsetting the order of a Grand Prix – looking at you again Austria. He was able to win one of the most exciting races of recent times at Hockenheim and even though he didn't win in Budapest, he still managed to make Hamilton work a lot harder than he would have liked in order to take the win. Constantly learning and applying those lessons, Verstappen has proved himself a worthy adversary and is sure to be a rival to Leclerc in the future when the two start battling one another for World Championships. A solid driver that keeps improving, it's no wonder that Red Bull wanted to keep him from leaving the team.
The Frenchman drove for the senior team for the first half of the 2019 season and was ultimately not ready for such a position. His highest finish for Red Bull was a fourth place at the British Grand Prix but there were very few other highlights for him in the first half of the season. Whilst managing to finish in the top ten regularly, he wasn't up to the standard of driving that Red Bull were hoping for. This led to the switch back down to Toro Rosso for him for the rest of the season.
Promoted to the senior team in his rookie year in F1, Albon's 2019 was not a year anyone could predict for him, much least himself. Joining the team from Spa onwards, Albon took to the senior team with relative ease, outperforming Max several times and impressing everyone in the process. With the exception of the Brazilian Grand Prix where he was spun off the track in the closing laps of the race, the Thai driver finished in sixth place or higher for every outing – a remarkable result for a new driver. His highest result was a fourth place in Japan and his natural ability with the Red Bull car ensured that he retained his seat at the senior team alongside Max for 2020. Surely a champion of the future, Alex had an outstanding first year and will take onboard the mistakes and lessons learnt to ensure for an even better 2020. A dark horse if ever there was one, Albon could be a fun outside contender next year with the potential to upset the apple cart.
What are your thoughts on the top three teams of F1 2019? Is there any chance of beating Mercedes? Can Ferrari pull their thumb out and get the team back to their former glory? Will Albon outperform Verstappen next year? Let me know in the comments below.

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 *
 * This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'.
 * You can find the complete tutorial at the following address:
 * http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/
 *
 * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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package com.lowagie.examples.directcontent.graphics;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

/**
 * Drawing some shapes.
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public class Shapes {

	/**
	 * Draws some shapes.
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	 * @param args
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	public static void main(String[] args) {

		System.out.println("Drawing some shapes");

		// step 1: creation of a document-object
		Document document = new Document();

		try {

			// step 2:
			// we create a writer that listens to the document
			// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
			PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + java.io.File.separator + "droidtext" + java.io.File.separator + "shapes.pdf"));

			// step 3: we open the document
			document.open();

			// step 4: we grab the ContentByte and do some stuff with it
			PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();

			// an example of a rectangle with a diagonal in very thick lines
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			cb.rectangle(100, 700, 100, 100);
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			cb.moveTo(100, 700);
			cb.lineTo(200, 800);
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			cb.setLineDash(3, 3, 0);
			cb.setRGBColorStrokeF(0f, 255f, 0f);
			cb.circle(150f, 500f, 100f);
			cb.stroke();

			cb.setLineWidth(5f);
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			cb.circle(150f, 500f, 50f);
			cb.stroke();

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			cb.setRGBColorFillF(0f, 255f, 0f);
			cb.moveTo(100f, 200f);
			cb.lineTo(200f, 250f);
			cb.lineTo(400f, 150f);
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			// the color of the triangle will be red instead of green
			cb.setRGBColorFillF(255f, 0f, 0f);
			cb.closePathFillStroke();

			cb.sanityCheck();
		} catch (DocumentException de) {
			System.err.println(de.getMessage());
		} catch (IOException ioe) {
			System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
		}

		// step 5: we close the document
		document.close();
	}

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Soil conditioners are used to improve quality, mechanics, and fertility of soil. It is used to maintain the condition of soil, as well as rebuild damaged soil. Choice of soil conditioner varies and depends and the type of soil and the crop that needs to be grown. Organic soil conditioners are used for organic farming. Use of soil conditioners primarily improves condition of the soil.
Growing awareness regarding condition of soil and its maintenance is expected to drive the global soil conditioners market. Availability of limited arable land, coupled with increasing demand for food, owing to increasing population are factors fueling growth of the global market. Soil conditioner add and maintain nutritional level in the soil and also improves water retention ability of soil. Soil conditioners also neutralize rising food security concerns, while assuring production of good quality yield, which are factors expected to propel growth of the global market. Furthermore, adoption of new farming techniques in developed, as well as developing economies is a factor expected to boost growth of the global soil conditioners market in the near future.
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Australia has carved out a worldwide reputation for being among the choice destinations for the establishment of retail FX companies, largely due to its highly well organized financial markets economy, stringent regulatory oversight and good business ethics, as well as its close proximity to the much coveted Asia Pacific region and the willing and plentiful potential client base that the region heralds.
Such widespread acclaim has led to Australia having been host to an influx of newly established FX companies as well as branch offices of ubiquitous firms such as IBFX and FXCM.
Of late, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has begun to display concern regarding the proliferation of retail FX firms, and more importantly, the method by which they conduct business and its potential effect on retail customers.
LeapRate reported recently that many FX industry participants had witnessed a considerable delay in the approval of ASIC AFS licenses for FX firms, whereas AFS licenses for other financial services businesses in Australia which operate in sectors apart from FX were being approved without any delay at all. Furthermore, ASIC began issuing warnings to retail customers about the potential pitfalls of FX firms, as well as castigating some well known companies in order to demonstrate that ASIC is looking at the activities of all FX firms on a macro level.
Indeed, within the regulatory authority's statements during the course of this year, it has been clearly announced that FX firms will be the subject of much scrutiny in future.
Today, ASIC has made a further statement to this effect, this time within a completely new initiative, which it terms its Strategic Outlook.
Until now, ASIC had relied on its six-monthly enforcement reports in order to detail the actions it has taken, as well as provide full information as to its focus for the months ahead, however the Strategic Outlook sets out the key risks ASIC sees to the markets it regulates, and how ASIC will respond, yet again prioritising its tools of surveillance and enforcement.
ASIC scans the environment continually and uses the intelligence it gathers from its wide range of stakeholders. This document brings analysis of underlying trends together with the key risks to investors, financial consumers, and the sectors and participants it regulates for 2014–15.
Given the current sentiment within ASIC, it is therefore perhaps no surprise that FX is high on the list of priorities. Indeed, as the regulator continues its focus on stemming the practice of insider trading, it also plans to commit significant resources to monitoring FX companies, including the bank sector and its potential to be able to manipulate financial benchmarks. Additionally, ASIC will be examining existing and potential wrongdoing in the bank bill swap reference rate and foreign exchange markets.
Furthermore, following a backlash by a Bitcoin association in Australia resulting from the Australian Tax Office's treatment of virtual currencies, as well as the sweeping international acceptance of cryptocurrency, ASIC has realized that Bitcoin may pose regulatory challenges. Therefore, ASIC cites that Digital currencies (e.g. bitcoins) will test regulatory boundaries as their popularity grows. Similarly, crowdfunding is changing the way consumers can invest and will pose new challenges.
Interestingly, ASIC takes a dim view of weak compliance systems, poor cultures, unsustainable business models and conflicted distribution which may result in poor advice, mis-selling and investor loss, especially in managed investments. This highlights ASIC's interest in monitoring the means by which clients are acquired by firms. Last year, ASIC put a stop to the conduct of the notorious and flamboyant antics of Robert Lloyd Wilson, known by his rather lowbrow alias "Aussie Rob", who claimed up to 120% returns from his dubious Lifestyle Trader software. This practice is clearly a tactic which ASIC wants to banish from Australia.
ASIC considers that in circumstances in which licensees have weak compliance systems or poor cultures, there may be loss of assets, inadequate compensation arrangements or unlawful benefits given to related third parties.
On this basis, the regulator remains concerned about the culture of financial services businesses, and the incentive structures they use. ASIC's view is that financial services business should have policies, processes and procedures in place to comply with their legal obligations. The welfare of their customers should be at the heart of their business. Controls must be implemented, followed and reviewed for effectiveness.
ASIC also considers that traditional business models in financial services and markets are being disrupted by new digital strategies at an accelerating pace. In financial services, crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending platforms are disrupting traditional ways of accessing capital. In Australia's markets, ASIC is aware of digital disruption in high-frequency trading and dark liquidity.
Whilst last year, ASIC recognized dark liquidity as part of the financial landscape, these strategies offer investors and financial consumers additional ways of interacting with our financial services and markets, create competition, and raise new challenges for firms and regulators.
ASIC expects continuing developments to create additional opportunities for digital disruption, including more advances and take-up in the use of mobile technology for financial transactions, online investment advice, and peer-to-peer platforms that connect investors and businesses seeking finance Š increased use of 'big data' by financial services providers to customise their marketing, as well asŠ increased opportunities to engage and empower consumers through interactive data innovations, such as calculators and product comparison tools.
ASIC has identified risks around globalisation, innovation-driven complexity, gatekeeper conduct, and the different expectations and uncertainty the public may have about what ASIC can achieve.
Mr Medcraft said, 'Importantly, where we see non-compliance, we will act quickly and decisively through our detect, understand and respond approach.
'ASIC is a law enforcement agency and we will take action against entities, regardless of their size or reputation.
To download the full ASIC report click here.


What's your first thought when you hear Tequila? No, not that one….exactly, the other one: a red sombrero.Everybody I know has a Tequila story and there is no way to get through your teens without your fair share of lemon, salt and some questionable decisions. And this may have been exactly the reason why most people associate Tequila with bad hang-overs and regret.
The biggest challenge for the Tequila industry in our area code is to turn around the business and position itself differently like Gin did during the last few years. From binge drinking to sophisticated alcoholism. Tequila was (and still is) mostly mis-sold and marketed as the liquor for shots. Nobody really cared about flavour or quality and in case you wanted to act fancy you just order an aged tequila with a slice of orange and cinnamon.
Sierra Millenario has just launched a new Fumado Tequila to jump on the bandwagon. It is the first Tequila produced with a unique method whereby the agave is fumigated together with wood of mesquite trees. The result? A smokey premium Tequila that has a "gentle heat and a long, pleasant smokiness paired with a hint of chilli". And you though it just burned down your throat.
The thing that strikes you most, besides the flavour, is the design of the new bottle. The bottles are shaped after Aztec Pyramids and each bottle comes with its own individual symbol hanging from the bottleneck. Funny enough it is a Mayan zodiac sign – no worries, I can't distinguish the Greek from the Roman gods either, unless it is my man Bacchus. The fumado represents the IMIX, which is sign for the crocodile. In any case a nice detail and definitely an eye-catcher for every bar.
Special thanks to Marco for upgrading my home bar.
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Q: How to put a third party library into the local repository if it is not publicly downloadable? Some 3rd party JAR files are not found in the public maven repository. To use them, do I need to manully add them to the local repository? Any steps to do it?

A: You can define a minimal pom for each jar and install them into the local repository. There's even a guide for it.
The command (copied and pasted from the guide) is:
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=<path-to-file> -DgroupId=<group-id> \
    -DartifactId=<artifact-id> -Dversion=<version> -Dpackaging=<packaging>

A: Aside from the answer of Aleksi you can also introduce a maven proxy, like Nexus or artifactory.
These tools are accessed by maven (if so configured) to get the artifacts, and they in turn download them when required. With such a tool in place your local maven need only know about a single location, and the Nexus or Artifactory can map a series of internet repositories to a single "virtual" one. You can of course upload your own artifacts too.
If you're developing on your own with a fast internet connection it might be a bit overkill though.
If you're in an enterprise setting I'd recommend Artifactory. Nexus is not always tested all that well with older Maven versions :(

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The Game.; Credit: lockerz.com
The Game's Twitter Account Used to Blast 'Flashcalls' to Compton Sheriff's Station: D.A. to Weigh Case Against Rapper
Dennis Romero August 14, 2011
Turns out The Game is coming to an LA Weeky cover near you. Read more about that here.
It wasn't exactly an attack by the hacker group Anonymous, but the Compton Sheriff's Station was inundated with calls over the weekend after a tweet from the account of rapper The Game offered internships and listed the non-emergency number for deputies.
Sheriff's officials were pissed, and the tweet was ultimately taken down. The Game said someone hacked his account, resulting in the "flashcalls."
And while authorities said their lines were overwhelmed with inquiries from would-be Game interns as emergencies were happening, the rapper had some choice words for the Sheriff's Department (via Twitter):
Yall can track a tweet down but cant solve murders ! Dat was an accident but maybe now yall can actually do yall job !!!!
In response a sheriff's official told reporters that homicides were down in Compton by as much as 50 (per) cent in recent years (really).
Deputies said in a statement that the calls came for two hours starting at 5:23 p.m. on Friday, thanks to the 31-year-old rapper's influence. He has 580,000 Twitter followers.
Sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker tweeted at the Game and asked him to take down the number. That eventually did happen, but a sheriff's statement noted that The Game gave no official response to the request.
Many of the callers hung up when they heard the sheriff's station greeting. But deputies said they were "overwhelmed" with calls:
Many emergency calls were received between the hang-ups and music internship questions in the two hours following 5:23PM. Delays in providing help included a missing person, a spousal assault, two robberies and a stolen car.
Capt. Parker:
These needless phone calls interfered with the ability of sheriff's desk personnel to answer the business line phones and 9-1-1 calls, and for dispatchers to send help to people who really needed it. We don't know how many people needed help but couldn't get through the overwhelmed phone lines.
The question now is, is The Game in trouble? Sheriff's officials say they've sent the facts of the case to the District Attorney's office for its consideration, noting that harassing phone calls, obstructing police, and impeding police communication are crimes.


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A startup by a UNC professor seeks to lower global cancer treatment disparities
Sha Chang, founder of EmpowerRT, teaches physicians at the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Zambia how to use EmpowerRT's software. The software will enable the Hospital to improve its radiation treatment. Photo courtesy of Sha Chang.
By Rachel Crumpler
February 3, 2020 | 9:56pm EST
A social enterprise startup, using technology developed at UNC, aims to close the growing global cancer treatment disparity by providing cost-effective, personalized radiation therapy to cancer clinics in low- to middle-income countries.
Sha Chang, professor of physics at UNC, founded EmpowerRT in 2017, after she said she realized that much of high-income countries' knowledge and innovation is not shared with poorer countries.
Cancer is currently the second leading cause of death worldwide. More than 70 percent of all cancer deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, according to World Health Organization data.
Cancer mortality in more developed countries is expected to decrease by about 30 percent by 2030, while it is expected to increase more than 70 percent in less developed countries, according to a National Cancer Institute report.
One of the factors contributing to this trend is a lack of access to potentially curative therapy in less developed countries.
"Bringing modern radiotherapy treatments to low- and middle-income countries has been a challenge for a lot of major vendors, because the infrastructure and the resources are just not ready to take on all the high-tech products that are being produced," Parth Amin, EmpowerRT's director of partnerships, said.
EmpowerRT addresses this issue by modifying existing radiation therapy machines in developing countries at five to 10 percent of the cost of purchasing modern machines and technology.
Upgrading an existing machine or purchasing a new one capable of delivering intensity-modulated radiation therapy would be expensive, costing clinics at least $500,000, which is money Chang said they do not have.
The existing machines in these countries are often basic and are not equipped to deliver intensity-modulated radiation therapy, which targets cancerous areas more effectively by preserving more healthy tissue. This treatment has been the standard of care in the United States for the last 25 years because it results in better outcomes and lower treatment toxicity.
EmpowerRT's solution can modify any radiation therapy machine to deliver intensity-modulated radiation therapy using its software.
The clinical software EmpowerRT uses was created over the span of three decades at UNC, and Chang was one of the many researchers instrumental in its development. UNC Hospitals used this software for 25 years, until it was replaced by million-dollar commercial software purchased in 2016.
EmpowerRT's software designs a patient-specific shape of compensator that will maximize the radiation dose to the cancer tissue while minimizing dosage to healthy tissue. A machine then creates a tumor-specific compensator mold from inexpensive, recyclable styrofoam. Afterward, the compensator is inserted into a standard radiotherapy machine and the improved treatment begins.
EmpowerRT's solution is clinically proven since its software has been used to treat more than 22,000 cancer patients across the United States, with more than 1,500 patients being treated at UNC Hospitals, Chang said.
Chang said EmpowerRT is giving UNC technology a second life where it is still needed in the world.
"Making an advancement does not mean we need high-tech," Chang said. "It does not mean we need millions of dollars. There are so many alternatives and doing something sensible with simplicity and that empowers people — that's what I'm passionate about."
Although the technology has been successful in more developed countries, one of EmpowerRT's first steps was proving that it is a feasible solution in less developed countries.
Cancer Diseases Hospital in Zambia was identified as the company's first test site. EmpowerRT has spent the past two years working on implementation, with five weeks spent on site in Zambia installing the software and hardware and training the employees on the necessary procedures. EmpowerRT will return to Zambia for the first patient treatment this March.
"The hope is that this will transform care at this hospital and that this hospital will generate a reputation for taking a giant step forward in a very cost-effective way to get world class treatment and then other hospitals will want to bring in Sha's platform," said Paul Domanico, senior director of Global Health Sciences at the Clinton Health Access Initiative, who connected Chang with the hospital in Zambia.
Since EmpowerRT demonstrated its ability to bring the technology to less developed countries, it hopes to find new sites for implementation, such as India.
Currently no clinics are charged for EmpowerRT's technology and no one on EmpowerRT's team is paid for their work. But the company is looking to develop a self-sustaining business model in which it will charge for the services provided, consisting primarily of the computer modeling required to configure the software properly.
"Every new person who learns about EmpowerRT is so excited about it, just as I was," said Cielle Collins, a student volunteer from Brown University who promotes the company on social media. "I think the more new people we can share it to, the more volunteers that we generate and the more visibility that we have, then the more supported the project is."
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All entrepreneur idea guides start with the same question; find a problem and then offer up a solution. This is nice, but why hasn't anyone solved the problem of folding clothes? This is such a time killer in every single home that has a washer and dryer. It is a tough problem, no doubt, but even as technology advances, no one is any closer to fixing it. UC Berkley approached the problem with a huge robot that can fold socks and towels at grass growing speed. And then there is this shaky rod system with a terrible soundtrack.
I don't believe anyone is close to coming up with a solid system for residential use, or else we would have heard of it by now. There are commercial systems for hotels that help with towels and sheets, but none of the same companies offer a smaller system for home use. Using the Makerbot approach of residential sizing a commercial technology, I believe this is something that can be done with folding laundry. The trick will be making this a simple system rather than a highly complicated robotic one.
I wish I could offer more in the way of how this can work, but I will leave that up to you to figure out. Good luck!
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The first edition of this book, published in 2002, deservedly won the 2003 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, where the jury's report described it as "A beautifully produced and illustrated book presented in a clear, concise, and well-laid out manner; it is accessible, but at the same time scholarly and authoritative". Now with a small change of authorship, Fanie van Heerde being replaced by Nigel Gericke, the second edition has appeared with a new cover featuring the Asclepiad Hoodia pillansii (noted for its reputed effect as a 'slimming pill' or hunger-suppressant). The plant is correctly assigned to the family Apocynaceae, following the latest systematic placement of APGIII, an example of how the new edition has been carefully revised and brought up-to date.
The main text of the book consists of a page of well-referenced botanical, medicinal and pharmacological information, accompanied by a distribution map and chemical formula diagrams, faced by a page of full-colour photographs. These have been well chosen to show the plant's habit, floral details, storage organs (seeds, roots, etc.) and in some cases views of the plant or its bark in the form seen when harvested. In a few cases product packaging is shown. This makes the work far more useful as a reference source than most Southern African floras, and will help to encourage sales to a wider range of libraries than would be the case for a strictly taxonomic treatment.
Some space has been wasted in the bibliographic footnotes due to the fact that frequently cited sources are given in full on each occasion when they are mentioned; and the fact that the text is constrained to one page per species forces the authors to adopt a rather telegraphic style when dealing with species with a multitude of uses.
For me, the most interesting part of the book was the introductory material, with chapters describing the importance of medicinal plants (including some not native to South Africa), cultural aspects of healing, methods of collection and storage and dosage forms. It is clear that there is a lot to be learned from the usage of native South African plants which may be relevant to other, related species occurring elsewhere. There is also considerable export potential, with certain species such as Harpagophytum procumbens (Devils' Claw) already being used in considerable quantities worldwide. This brings me to the one important aspect that the book largely overlooks, namely the conservation status of rare wild plants in South Africa; finding a balance between exploitation and conservation is the key to s sustainable industry, and although some entries mention that the products are expensive due to the rarity of the sourc material, there is no further information on conservation measures such as legal restrictions on collecting, though in a few cases such as Warburgia salutaris(Pepperbark Tree) the need for cultivation is mentioned.
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The stock fan inside of the Z-100 power supply is a 12 volt Panasonic Panaflo FBP-08B12H with an airflow rating of 32.9 CFM (Cubic Feet per Minute). The acoustical noise rating is a stunning 39 dbA! While the stock fan moves a lot of air, it also sounds like a train engine in the process. The fan noise is probably the biggest complaint of the Z-100. Luckily, PC component mechanical specifications haven't changed much over the years. A standard 80x80x25 mm fan can be used as a drop-in replacement for the Panaflo with just a minor connector modification required.
My new fan of choice was a low-noise Noctua NF-R8 fan purchased from Coolerguys.com. The NF-R8 has an acoustical noise value of 17.1 dB(A) and an airflow rating of 53.3 m3/h (31.4 CFM). The airflow is close enough to be compatible and the noise level is 23 dbA less than the stock fan. 17.1 dB(A) is equivalent to a human whisper so this new fan should effectively cut fan noise to zero.
WARNING: You're going to be opening up the power supply to replace the fan. There is serious shock risk even after the power cord has been disconnected. If you're not familiar with electrical safety procedures and working with power supplies in general, you might want to skip this project.
Ok, so you're willing to risk death for a quieter Z-100 (I know I was). The first thing you need to do is remove the power supply. The Z-100 Technical Manual walks you through how to disassemble the Z-100 one component at a time. You need to get the drive bay out before you can remove the power supply but you don't need to remove the keyboard or S-100 card cage. With the drive bay out, you'll need to unplug three more power cables (two motherboard and the S-100 bus power cable). You will then unscrew some screws holding the unit to the base of the chasis and four screws in the rear. After that, the power supply should lift out easily.
Now that the power supply is out, you need to remove the sheet metal housing to expose the power supply internals. Remove the bolts only on the single piece of metal on the same side as where the cables exit. There are approximately 8 bolts in all, four bolts on the face in the picture above (already removed in this picture), some bolts on the top of the unit and two bolts on the rear of the unit. Use a 1/4″ socket wrench for easier unscrewing. With the bolts removed, the metal housing should lift off and you will be able to see into the power supply now like below.
The fan connector is easily unplugged and the fan itself is held onto the back of the power supply by four screws that are easily removed. Unplug the connector, remove the four screws and pull the old fan out.
That's one old fan! You see those green clips. Pull those off and save those. You also need to snip the connector from the old fan off. The Z-100 fan connector is the one non-standard part of this setup, so we're going to solder the old connector to the new fan before installing.
You need to keep the fan bracket/spacer shown above and put it back in place to where it originally sat. While you have the fan out, it's good idea to clean the case vents with a Q-tip and alcohol. Mine were full of gunk after 30 years.
Above is the connector from the old fan. You need to clip the wires on the old and new fans and solder this connector to the new fan so it will plug into the Z-100's power supply circuit board. Just solder red to red and black to black.
Now you want to attached the green clips from the original fan to the new fan so the screws will have something to thread through. Make sure to use the original screws. Once the clips are in place, attach the new fan where the old one previously sat, remembering to have the Noctua logo facing outwards like you see below.
You're basically done at this point. Just put everything back together in reverse order and power up the system. You should feel air blowing outward from the case just like the original fan. If all went well, you now have a much quieter Z-100!
The loudest device now in my Z-100 is the Winchester hard drive which makes a whining-like sound. It's about as loud as a typical PC so still very acceptable (I no longer drive my wife out of the room when I power up the Z-100 for some retro fun). The only way to remove the hard drive noise would be to completely replace the Winchester with a flash-based hard drive emulator attached to to the S-100 bus – definitely worth considering for a future project since the hard drive isn't going to last forever.
In the meantime, enjoy your quiet Z-100.
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Lancashire completed a supremely comfortable nine-wicket victory over struggling Leicestershire to rekindle their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Royal London One-Day Cup.
Fine bowling from young leg-spinner Matt Parkinson, who picked up 4-31 from his 10 overs, following early breakthroughs by seamers Joe Mennie and Graham Onions, restricted the Foxes to 172 all out; desperately below par on a good pitch at Oakham School.
Lancashire captain Liam Livingstone then smashed seven sixes in racing to 90 off just 56 balls, with Haseem Hameed hitting 55 not out in an unbroken partnership of 133 as the visitors cruised to victory in just 25.5 overs.
Bowling first after winning the toss proved a wise decision by Livingstone on a cloudy morning.
There was something in the pitch for the seamers, as Mennie produced an almost unplayable delivery to Cameron Delport which pitched on leg stump and moved away to hit off.
Paul Horton did not last much longer, Onions finding the outside edge and Livingstone taking the catch at second slip.
Ned Eckersley and Mark Cosgrove began to rebuild the innings, but their third wicket partnership had reached only 42 when Eckersley (15) attempted to reverse sweep Stephen Parry and top-edged to Alex Davies.
Colin Ackermann (24) struggled from the start against the leg-spin of Parkinson and was quickly bowled by a googly he completely failed to pick.
It was hard to understand what was going through Neil Dexter's mind when, before getting off the mark, the experienced all-rounder tried to loft Parkinson over mid-off and failed to clear Josh Bohannon.
Cosgrove was Leicestershire's only real hope of posting a competitive score but the Australian had made 52 when he played and missed at Parkinson, dragged his rear foot and Dane Vilas completed a smart stumping.
Tom Wells lofted Parkinson high to Parry at long-on, Javid steered Parry tamely to Livingstone at wide extra cover and Dieter Klein was LBW to Onions as the Foxes failed to bat out their 50 overs.
Davies and Hameed then gave Lancashire a solid start to their reply.
Although Davies (23) top-edged a pull at Klein to be caught behind, Livingstone ensured the chase would end very quickly as Lancashire reached 175-1.


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Danielle Smith appoints MLA as parliamentary secretary for civil liberties
Dec. 19, 2022 9:35 a.m.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her newly named parliamentary secretary for civil liberties will keep an eye on matters from campus free speech to excessive use of police force.
The government's website indicates Tracy Allard, who represents Grande Prairie in the legislature, was appointed to the post on Tuesday.
No official announcement was made, but when asked about it on her province-wide radio program on Saturday morning, Smith said the need for the position became apparent during the recent fall session.
Smith said that as her government introduced a bill to abolish adverse possession — or squatter's rights — questions arose on what more could be done to protect private property rights.
And she said Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides is concerned about campus free speech and whether legislation is needed to preserve people's right to speak their minds openly on campuses.
Allard left former premier Jason Kenney's cabinet in January 2021 after a public outcry over a trip to Hawaii for Christmas, despite the government urging Albertans to stay home to limit the spread of COVID-19. Later that spring, she was among a large group of backbenchers who publicly condemned a return to stricter health restrictions.
"There's a whole range of things that came up in this fall session and it seemed to me having a parliamentary secretary focused on property and civil rights would allow for her to give us some advice on how we might be able to address these in legislation," Smith told the radio audience Saturday.
"And as we go forward, if there are bills that we're passing, just having somebody with the lens of saying, 'Is this making sure that we're protecting all of the rights that are protected in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?'"
Smith also noted that changes to the Police Act, which set a plan for a new independent agency to receive complaints, carry out investigations and conduct disciplinary hearings against police, raised concerns about whether more work was needed on the issue of excessive use of force.
She said there are other civil liberties concerns regarding prospective federal gun legislation, as well as potential new laws that aim to force digital platforms to enter into compensation agreements with news companies whose journalistic content they share.
"I've been talking with some of the members of the media, and in particular the alternative media, who are very concerned about some of the laws that are coming down at the federal level that they think might run them out of business because they're interfering with their ability to freely put messages out there," Smith said.
Despite Allard's criticism of public health restrictions, protesters angry about COVID-19 rules left a crude gallows with slogans like, "No to masks" and "End the government" outside her home in Grande Prairie in late October 2021.
At the time, Allard called the threats and intimidation inexcusable and said her private life and her family are out of bounds to protesters.
Allard could not immediately be reached for comment about her new appointment.
Smith did not mention protection for people unvaccinated against COVID-19 when speaking about areas that Allard's role would address.
On her first day as premier in October, Smith called those unvaccinated residents the most discriminated-against group she had seen in her lifetime and had promised to introduce legislation in the fall to enshrine protections for them into the provincial human rights law.
But she later backed down from that plan, saying the problem had become somewhat moot with most employers not having vaccine rules. She also said she wanted a more detailed analysis in order to find more durable, broader, long-term solutions and protections later.
Smith said her government would instead pressure businesses and organizations that have vaccine mandates to reconsider them.
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These playful mammals are covered with a waterproof coat. Since most of their diet can be found in the water, their webbed feet and slick fur make it easy for them to dive 60 feet down. Otters can be found all over the United States, except Hawaii, and on every contintent except Australia.
A group of otters is sometimes called a romp.


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Clothing is coated with formaldehyde to make them "wrinkle free". Formaldehyde is also used to preserve corpses. Most people are familiar with the miasma from frog dissection in high school biology.
The Thug, here rendered in fuchsia and optical green
That is, looking a lot like the Hulk.
a mural-size screen grab from the opening of The Letter (1940) in which Bette Davis is pretending to pump six rounds into...
Image and film info at allmovie. Bette comes out with gun blazing at 1:18 into this clip.
David Newell
Supporting actor turned makeup artist. IMDB makes it appear he spent much of his career being uncredited for his work.
It's what, legal in Utah for three people to get married?
Despite being illegal, in Utah today, those living in polygamist families number about 40,000 people(about 1.4 percent of the population). Polygamists are difficult to prosecute because many only seek marriage licenses for their first marriage, while the other marriages are secretly conducted in private ceremonies. Thereafter, secondary wives attempt to be seen in public as single women with children.
Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray
Dr. Brown's is a brand of soft drink made by J&R Bottling. It is a popular brand in the New York City region and in South Florida, but it can also be found in Jewish delicatessens and upscale supermarkets around the United States. Dr. Brown's dates back to 1869 when their famous Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray soda was commonly sold in New York delicatessens. [1]
a bit on the demi-sec side
"Demi sec" is a French term for the sweetness of a wine. It translates to "semi-dry" or medium-dry. [2]
French: "madness for two" — a shared psychotic disorder between two people who are extremely close
Far from the Channel 13 upper-class dynasty
Channel 13 is a New York City PBS station, PBS being the preferred network for the educated and well healed.
well east of the Nassau line
That is, not in Nassau County which is the 13th wealthiest county in the US with a median income of $93K+. [3]
The Muffya
A bad pun on The Mafia... "Muff" is slang for pussy etc.
Donna non vidi mai
Italian: "I have never seen a woman" - So Rocky is watching Cornelia shower while he eats a pizza and sings this tenor aria from Act 1 of Puccini's Manon Lescaut. A love-at-first-sight soliloquy. "I have never seen a woman like this!" Pynchon referenced the Act 3 tenor solo in Chapter 3 of V.
Down in K-Town they call him '4-D'
Koreatown is an ethnic Korean enclave in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, centered on the block of West 32nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. [4]
the high-muzzle-velocity law firm of Hanover, Fisk
Nice little pun on "hand over fist", i.e., making money hand over fist... Muzzle velocity is the speed a projectile has at the moment it leaves the muzzle of the gun. So "high" would be very fast! So it's used metaphorically to describe the law firm, that they're high powered, handling big cases. This rifle reference connects to the reference to the Mannlicher-Carcano rifle on page 282, the high-muzzle-velocity rifle used by Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate President Kennedy in 1963.
New Zealand kauri
WIKI tells us kauri forests are some of the oldest in the world, that individual trees often live longer than 600 years, and that they are very large trees with volumes, but not heights, often rivaling sequoias.
Skadden, Arps
A real law firm in Washington, DC.
Mannlicher-Carcano . . . Jackie and I were dear friends
A Mannlicher-Carcano is the type of rifle Lee Harvey Oswald used to assassinate John F. Kennedy in 1963. Jackie was, as most are aware, JFK's wife and the first lady.
"Jay-Z?" "Well, actually I'm more of a Nas person. As you may know they're in this feud at the moment, that old Queens-versus-Brooklyn thing again, hate to take sides, but---"The World Is Yours," how can anything even compare?
Probably splitting hairs here, but the feud between Jay-Z and Nas didn't become widely known until Jay-Z's "Takeover" was released on his "Blueprint" album, which came out on September 11. Jay-Z did dis some rappers at the Hot 97 Summer Jam 2001 held in late June, but the hardest hit was Nas' friend and Queens resident Prodigy of Mobb Deep, while Nas was only briefly mentioned. You'd probably had to have been close to the inner circles of these rappers to be conversationally aware of the feud which became heated in the months to come. As for "The World is Yours," reference, I agree with the sentiment, and wonder if it was used since Jay-Z sampled it on "Dead Presidents II" from his 1996 debut album. Anyone else have thoughts on this? H2oetry (talk)h2oetry
Also, it was pretty much universally accepted that Nas won the beef with "Ether," on Stillmatic which would be released in December 2001. Nas's Illmatic, from 1994, is by many, considered the greatest rap record of all time, and extremely rare these days, only contains one guest appearance for a single verse (AZ on "Life's a Bitch"). The above question in regard to the use of "The World is Yours," is indeed possible, though most likely it's used here because the phrase references Scarface, which kind of ties into the theme of this part of the book, I'd say.
Tryin to do Tupac and Biggie thangs ... Mort and Pell
This is a brilliant riff on caucasians playing asians in Hollywood films. I'd love to hear how Pynchon imagined this being rapped. Of course, it's performed by Chandler Platt's intern who we know is asian due to Maxine's avoiding using "inscrutably" to describe how he looks in, "inscrutable" being a stereotypical characteristic of asians. And the "racist" concern Maxine has is very soon followed by this rap that addresses this "old-movie confusion" and its implicit racism. The intern kicks it off with "Dig it..."
Tupac and Biggie thangs
Two famous, and murdered, rappers from the 1990s. There was a intense rivalry between Tupac Shakur (aka 2Pac) and Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls). 2Pac was a West-coast rapper and Biggie was an East-coast rapper. On June 4, 1996, 2Pac and Outlawz released the diss track "Hit 'Em Up", a scathing lyrical assault on Biggie and others associated with him. In the track, 2Pac claimed to have had sexual intercourse with Faith Evans, Biggie's wife at the time, and attacked Bad Boy's street credibility. Both ended up dead, by unknown assailants. [5]
With red velvet Chairman Mao piggy banks
Not sure what this references, although I did come across a red velvet Chairman Mao piggy bank. Apparently, they're a common item in China.
like Screamin Jay in Hong Kong jumpin to wrong conclusions
Screamin Jay Hawkins recorded "Hong Kong" (1958), a paranoid & non-sensical lament about being in Hong Kong which ties in with the overriding theme of this rap tune:
old-movie confusions
The "old-movie confusions" are, I think, about caucasian actors playing asian characters, such as in the two films referenced in this tune — "The Letter" (1940) where Gale Sondegaard, an American actress born to Danish-American parents, plays the role of Mrs. Hammond, the asian wife of Davis's manservant whom she murders; and "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933) [6] where all the asian characters are played by europeans. (Yes, Pynchon has "General Yan" — but this covers both an anime character and the 1933 film.) Also, there's also the mention of Charlie Chan, where Warner Oland plays the role of Chan.
yo, who be dat Scandinavian brand of Azian
Why, it's Gale Sondegaard, of course!
Gale Sondegaard in "The Letter"
ya dig wid some Sigrid be / the daughter of Kublai Khan...
Describing Gale Sondegaard's character in "The Letter." Sigrid is a queen appearing in Norse sagas as wife, first of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, then Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. [7]. Kublai Khan was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire, reigning from 1260 to 1294, and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, a division of the Mongol Empire.
Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
Warner Oland, Charlie Chan
Warner Oland (October 3, 1879 – August 6, 1938) was a Swedish American actor most remembered for his screen role as the detective Charlie Chan. So yet another caucasian playing an asian, this time a private eye.
General Yan / bitter tea
As mentioned above, likely a double reference: 1) General Yan, the former Commander-in-Chief of the GHQ in the Guilty Crown anime franchise, and 2) "The Bitter Tea of General Yen," a 1933 dramatic film directed by Frank Capra where most of the asian actors are played by caucasians. A fan-made trailer:
for her stupidity pullin rank / Bette Davis shanked by Gale Sondergaard
Reference to "The Letter" [8], an American noir film directed by William Wyler, where Bette Davis in the role of Leslie Crosbie is the social superior to Gale Sondegaard's Mrs. Hammond who is the wife of Davis's manservant and lover whom Davis murders. "Pullin rank" could also be a double entendre, as Davis was the lead actress and Sondegaard the supporting actress. In "The Letter" Davis's character is stabbed (shanked - prison-yard slang) by Sondegaard's character. Here's the trailer for "The Letter":
like they was on the yard / or down in some forgotten cell
A prison yard, of course.
far, far from the corner of / Mott and Pell—
The heart of New York City's Chinatown. [9] Indeed they are very far away as "The Letter" takes place in Malaya.
chomping into it and scattering crumbs... Grabbing another, two or three actually
Chandler Platt has become the Cookie Monster.
as Larry Talbot into the Wolf Man
Larry Talbot was the main character of the 1941 film The Wolf Man.
Trivia alert. Lon Chaney, Jr. played Larry Talbot in The Wolf Man. Though Chaney, Jr. was in a fair number of monster movies, contrary to what Warren Zevon unintentionally may have caused us to believe, he was never in a film titled "The Werewolves of London." The 1935 film Werewolf of London starred Henry Hull.
Term for a certain type of character found in literature, especially the works of 19th century France. WIKI tells us "Drawing on Fournel, and on his analysis of the poetry of Baudelaire, Walter Benjamin described the flâneur as the essential figure of the modern urban spectator, an amateur detective and investigator of the city. More than this, his flâneur was a sign of the alienation of the city and of capitalism. For Benjamin, the flâneur met his demise with the triumph of consumer capitalism."


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Kansas Republican Congressman Steve Watkins Charged With Three Felonies in Voter Fraud Investigation
Written by Elise Viebeck and David Weigel, The Washington Post
Thursday, 16 July 2020 08:17
Excerpt: "Rep. Steve Watkins was charged with three felony counts in Shawnee County, Kan., late Tuesday, nearly eight months after a newspaper investigation found that he listed the location of a UPS Store as his address for voting purposes on government forms."
US Rep. Steve Watkins. (photo: John Hanna/AP)
By Elise Viebeck and David Weigel, The Washington Post
ep. Steve Watkins was charged with three felony counts in Shawnee County, Kan., late Tuesday, nearly eight months after a newspaper investigation found that he listed the location of a UPS Store as his address for voting purposes on government forms.
Watkins, a freshman Republican from Topeka, faces two felony charges related to unlawful voting and one related to interference with law enforcement and providing false information, according to a news release from Shawnee County District Attorney Michael F. Kagay. The charges stem from a 2019 local election, the release stated.
The case emerged after an investigation of a Topeka Capital-Journal report from December, which stated that Watkins may have committed felony voter fraud by allegedly misstating his address on a voter change-of-residency form, an application for a mail ballot and another official document. A fourth charge, described as an "unclassified misdemeanor," claimed Watkins failed to notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of a change of address.
With just three weeks until his primary, Watkins shrugged off the announcement Tuesday, calling the errors an innocent mistake and saying he looks forward to "setting the record straight."
"This is clearly hyper-political," he said during a televised debate that began shortly after news broke about the charges. "I haven't done anything wrong."
Watkins is set to face the state's treasurer, Jake LaTurner, a candidate recruited by Republican officials, in a competitive race on Aug. 4.
"This is a key issue in this election," LaTurner said at the debate. "We need to put our best foot forward. Clearly, our current congressman — with three felony charges and a misdemeanor charge — is not the person to do that."
Watkins's path to Congress was rocky, with Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale writing a pre-election op-ed warning voters not to choose him. A Harvard- and West Point-educated Army veteran who had never sought office before, Watkins was boosted by a super PAC largely funded by his father, a physician in Topeka. The candidate's own ties to the district were tenuous, and rivals pointed out that he had never voted there in a partisan election there.
The general election brought more controversy. An Associated Press investigation revealed that he had falsely claimed to lead and grow a small business, and inflated a story about heroism during a climb of Mt. Everest. While President Trump had carried the 2nd District by 19 points in 2016, Watkins would win the race against Democrat Paul Davis by less than 3,000 votes two years later.
"We're just talking two years," a local GOP county chair told McClatchy shortly before the midterms. "If we come to find out that stuff's true and he's really not what he says he is, we'll replace him in two years, I guess."
At Tuesday's debate, Watkins said that as soon as he realized he listed his mailing address instead of his physical address on the voting forms, "We fixed it."
"We've cooperated with the DA completely. I haven't seen the charges. I simply know that I look forward to clearing my name," he said.
Kagay said the investigation into Watkins's actions by the county sheriff's office, which he requested after "news of the alleged conduct was brought to his attention in December," was "delayed significantly due to the COVID-19 shutdown."


PANTUKAN, Compostela Valley, Philippines — Local authorities and members of the rescue and retrieval operations fear the existence of "leaking" in Sitio (sub-village) Diat Uno will result to bigger and more deadly landslides. The "leaking," according to them, is a big crack on earth and is the origin of landslides.
In January 5, tragedy hit the area as landslide buried residents killing 36 individuals to date, including women and children. Among the casualties, two were still unidentified and 36 are still missing. Rescue and retrieval operations were immediately undertaken but were halted several times due to intermittent rains. Authorities fear another landslide might occur, especially during or immediately after the rains.
Around 10:00 AM in Saturday, January 7, after finding one body, rescuers and volunteers from the Diat Small Scale Mining Association (DSSMA) were ordered to vacate the search and retrieval site as light drizzle started. Another temporary stoppage was ordered at about 2:30 PM by the police ground commander Senior Inspector Ireneo Dalugdog when a slight movement of the ground in the uppermost portion of the landslide, above the mine portal of the 700 Tunnel Diat owned by HEXAT mining corporation, was observed. It only resumed after an inspection of an engineer from a big mining company declared that the "leaking" still posed no danger.
The "leaking," according to the residents is "big enough to drop a carabao." It is feared to cause larger devastation as it is expected to hit the area where most houses in Sitio Diat Dos, a sub-village badly hit in the latest landslides, are located.


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Saradha Koirala
The Best of Adam Sharp – by Graeme Simsion
I spent my Saturday finishing reading The Best of Adam Sharp. On Sunday I caught the train to Yarraville to attend the book's local launch in the chilly-but-welcoming Masonic Hall. Yarraville is adorable, I had no idea. The hall was full of intimidatingly accomplished writers whose first novels have been optioned by Sony or Universal. The launch began with a reading from Jane Rawson, a novelist whose debut is purportedly "Australia's most underrated book" As I drank my cup of sav, held in still-gloved hands, I wondered if that is in fact the greatest literary accomplishment I've ever heard of.
It was wonderful listening to Graeme talk about his writing – the rush to fame The Rosie Project brought him and the philosophical way he's had to deal with Hollywood and oddly out of touch US publishers. The descriptions of the writing process for The Best of Adam Sharp made the novel all the more real and I even squirreled away some tips for developing an original plot.
There was an intriguing connection for me here too – Graeme sent me a signed copy of The Best of Adam Sharp after finding my book and recognising the Dylan reference of the title. I liked that link a lot. It's the kind of thing that musical references should do and is hugely fitting when thinking about The Best of Adam Sharp – a book so imbued with the sentimentality, nostalgia, subtext and at times obsession that songs and their lyrics can be responsible for in our lives.
At one point Adam recalls his dad's advice after he's been caught out, "Think about what you sing in the shower" and I'm reminded of my Grandad (who passed away a year ago today) whose mood and thoughts could apparently be traced easily to the tune he was whistling. The songs in our heads are not set to random and they are liable to tell tales on us.
But of course we will cherry-pick the lyrics that have the most significance for us, Adam reminds us. We can connect with a song on even the most tenuous level if we are truly and desperately looking for a connection.
I really enjoyed The Best of Adam Sharp. The soundtrack made me feel like Lonesome When You Go had found its nostalgic and somewhat rueful parent; the scenes in France felt cinematic, making me want to be there, perhaps not for the drama but definitely for the wine; and the themes of second chances, what if, longing for something that never quite was could bring tears to your eyes.
Dylanesque symbolism for this theme crossed my mind briefly as I waited on the Yarraville platform for the train home.
September 19, 2016 September 19, 2016 SK
blood on the tracksbob dylanbook launchGraeme Simsionliteraturelonesome when you golonginglyricsmusical referencesnostalgianovelpastsecond chancessymbolismtangled up in blueThe best of Adam SharpThe Rosie Projecttrainwritingwriting processYarraville


Without new ratepayer-subsidized power plants, state continues to face a capacity crunch.
The state faces the prospect of brownouts and blackouts if a federal agency does not reverse its decision on a pilot program pushed by New Jersey to develop new power plants, according to brief filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) yesterday.
In a 37-page filing with the federal agency, the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) asked it to reconsider its decision last month to change the rules governing energy markets, or failing that, to either grandfather or exempt New Jersey from the regulations.
That decision has cast a cloud of uncertainty over whether the state's pilot program to develop nearly 2,000 megawatts of new gas-fired plants through ratepayer subsidies will be successful, given the changes made by FERC, a decision the state acknowledged in the filing.
The growing dispute involves New Jersey's efforts to attract new generating capacity to the state, a move advocates argue will help depress electricity bills for consumers and businesses, who pay some of the highest energy rates in the country.
The program, approved by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie, is opposed by much of the electric generation sector, which has challenged the effort in federal court and successfully sought to block it before the federal agency. If implemented, program could cost power suppliers in the region up to $2 billion in capacity payments, the part of electric bills that ensure there is enough power to keep lights on at times of peak demand.
The state is aggressively pursuing the issue because ratepayers are burdened with steep prices for electricity because of perceived lack of capacity and congestion on the power grid. That issue is raised repeatedly in the brief, which is harshly critical of the federal agency and the PJM Interconnection, the independent operator of the regional power grid.
In the brief, the state asked the agency to issue a decision on its request within 30 days. If not resolved promptly, "it will result in substantial harm to customers in New Jersey," the brief argued.
Much of the harm was attributed to policies adopted by the PJM Interconnection. In response to complaints about congestion increasing energy costs, it adopted a new rule, dubbed the Reliability Pricing Model, which was intended to incent power suppliers to build new generating capacity. The rule has proved particularly costly to New Jersey ratepayers, adding more than $1 billion a year to their energy costs.
Despite its claimed intention, the RPM, as it known, has not fostered the development of new generating capacity in the areas where it is needed, the state agency contended. Moreover, even with RPM, the PJM continues to rely on other regulations to keep old, inefficient plants ready to run when needed, under a policy dubbed Reliability Must Run (RMR), the brief noted.
Here's why. Over the next two years, consumers in New Jersey could end up forking over $29 million in additional costs under RMR to keep an aging power plant in Hudson County in service. PSEG Power would receive $160 million in 2012, and another $280 million in the following year under RMR contracts, although the plant runs infrequently.
"Yet, even with RPM in place, PJM still requires RMR contracts for inefficient, old, and expensive generating units to continue to stand ready to perform in order to maintain system reliability," according to the filing.
Noting delays in a planned transmission project that would have built a new high-voltage power line from the Pennsylvania border to Roseland, the brief predicted it could result in violations of reliability standards mandated by various organizations.
"Against a backdrop of looming violations, the state is concerned the commission's determinations have effectively subjected New Jersey residents to brownouts and blackouts in the near future," the state argued.
In concluding, the state suggests the decision by the federal agency bars New Jersey from protecting the health, safety and welfare of its citizens "at the expense of protecting the lucrative capacity markets for merchant generators under the guise of protecting PJM."


In Indonesia, Ramadhan is such a special month. There are certain special things that you can only find in this Holy Month. What kind of things are those? Keep reading this article!
Fast breaking together with your friends or big families is also an opportunity for a group reunion. From old friends of college, Senior High School, Junior High School, to Elementary School, there might be an event for fast breaking together. Moreover, you will have more often to have the fast breaking event with your office. You can do break fasting by inviting the orphanage, considering it as a social activity and brings merit in this holy month.
Because there are a lot of people come to have a fast breaking moment together, eating spots will be more crowded towards the ifthar time. Even from 5 pm, some restaurants are already full and you will be on the waiting list if you haven't booked before. That's the reason you have to come earlier if you want to have fast breaking in restaurants.
On the sidewalks, you will find many of takjil sellers whose not there in other month. Starting from Kolak, Biji Salak, Bubur Sumsum, Es Buah, to fries are available. Selling takjil is usually an additional income for people so they like to open one in Ramadhan month. Even for the college students who go through a fund raising.
In this month, you will have a different working hour and it can be earlier. Then, you will have a 'battle' in the traffic jam earlier too because everyone is "fighting" to come home early in order to break the fast with their families. Moreover, because of some people stop by to buy takjil at the sidewalks. Wow! What a moment to test your patience, right?
The price of foodstuffs is increasing sharply and it can even happen in weeks before Ramadhan. Because people tend to stock it at home first to prepare for the holy month. Moreover, they also need to stock the foodstuffs to give it as zakat to the poor.
You can also find a group of college students, community, or agency that holds suhur on the road. This event is made for charity by giving foods to the less fortunate people around the street. Are you interested to hold this event? Don't forget to ensure the safety for yourself and also for the environment, okay?
Yup, the free takjil is not only you can find at the mosque before the ifthar, but also in plenty restaurants and other public facilities such as some salon and spa. Enjoy the blessings in Ramadhan month!


British-Nigerian music producer and singer Maleek Berry premieres a new single as the year comes to an end, titled 'Doing U'.
This follows his previous single 'Gimme Love' and collabo 'My World' with DJ Neptune. As usual the singer expresses his admiration for his muse.


Join Martha Bergland & Paul G. Hayes as they read from their co-authored pamphlet, Increase Lapham & Lorine Niedecker at the Stahl-Conrad Homestead in Hales Corners.
Increase Lapham & Lorine Niedecker was published in 2015 as part of the What Region? monograph series - a collaboration of The Friends of Lorine Niedecker & Woodland Pattern Book Center, which publishes two pamphlets annually on the life and work of Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker.
"I sent University of Wisconsin Milwaukee a copy of T & G way back in Sept. A few days ago I wrote: Did you fail to receive? They answer they've placed it with regional materials. I should ask: What region—London, Wisconsin, New York?"
Martha Bergland is the author of two novels, A Farm Under a Lake and Idle Curiosity, both published by Graywolf, and is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize for her short story "An Embarrassment of Ordinary Riches." Articles and essays have appeared in Fine Gardening, Milwaukee Magazine, and other journals. Her short stories appear in Great River Review. Studying Wisconsin: The Life of Increase Lapham, her most recent book with Paul G. Hayes, was published this year by Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Bergland, who taught English for many years at Milwaukee Area Technical College, enjoys Lorine Niedecker's poetry, Scandinavian art, pottery and playing with paper.
During 33 years at The Milwaukee Journal, science reporter Paul G. Hayes often relied on the work of Increase Lapham, whose home had been three blocks north of the newspaper office. After retiring in 1995, Hayes continued to write, often referring to Lapham and his contributions. The biography, Studying Wisconsin: The Life of Increase Lapham, co-authored with Martha Bergland, is a fitting finale to a fifty-year acquaintance. Paul and his wife live in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, where they raised two sons.


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