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namespace DSInternals.Common.Cryptography
{
    public enum SecretEncryptionType : ushort
    {
        // TODO: Add support for SAM encryption types

        /// <summary>
        /// Database secret encryption using PEK without salt.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Used until Windows Server 2000 Beta 2</remarks>
        DatabaseRC4 = 0x10,

        /// <summary>
        /// Database secret encryption using PEK with salt.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Used in Windows Server 2000 - Windows Server 2012 R2.</remarks>
        DatabaseRC4WithSalt = 0x11,

        /// <summary>
        /// Replicated secret encryption using Session Key with salt.
        /// </summary>
        ReplicationRC4WithSalt = 0x12,

        /// <summary>
        /// Database secret encryption using PEK and AES.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>Used since Windows Server 2016 TP4.</remarks>
        DatabaseAES = 0x13
    }
}

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Prospects for a Two-Way Street
Over the past decade, as many as 2,500 American students a year have studied in Cuba. However, travel for Cubans to the United States is extremely limited. Since the revolution that replaced a petty dictator with a repressive, totalitarian government in 1959, the population has served as a captive labor force in which all able adults were expected to work for the state. In the past two years, that situation has begun to change as a result of the shift in leadership from Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl. The twist is that Cuban authorities remain deeply suspicious of any U.S. government involvement in exchanges and still worry about letting citizens travel to countries where they may be tempted to stay. More private and less U.S. government involvement in U.S.-Cuban exchanges may be a way to ease that logjam and make U.S.-Cuban exchanges more of a two-way street.
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Compliance requirements for employers are increasing as a result of expanding federal protections for workers.
By David Lindsay, J.D., and Kaitlin Dewberry, J.D.
In 2015, federal agencies, at the urging of President Barack Obama's administration, were proactive about expanding and enforcing federal protections for employees, a trend likely to result in increased costs and compliance requirements for employers. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) undertook an initiative to combat what it perceived is a misclassification of employees as independent contractors and proposed new regulations that would, by its own estimation, entitle 4.6 million employees to overtime and minimum wage protection in the first year it is applied. Additionally, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) broadened and redefined which businesses are classified as joint employers, expanding the scope of employers that are legally responsible for unfair labor practices violations and making unionization of certain contract workforces easier.
These changes will result in a substantial increase in costs for employers in employee wages; taxes, if workers are reclassified from independent contractors to employees; and administrative costs associated with reviewing and complying with new and more complex requirements in classifying employees. Accountants in corporate and private practice are likely to be tasked with helping employers manage costs and deal with tax and operational complexities resulting from these expanded employee protections and other employment-law changes that may emerge in the last months of the Obama administration and afterward.
On June 30, 2015, the DOL proposed an update of regulations regarding exemptions from minimum wage and overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for executive, administrative, and professional ("white-collar") employees.
The proposed rules would keep the existing framework intact but increase the standard salary for the white-collar exemptions and the highly compensated employee salary threshold and would put a mechanism in place to update these thresholds annually. If adopted as proposed, the regulations would result in employees who were previously classified as exempt becoming entitled to overtime pay, unless employers significantly raise employee wages to meet the new salary thresholds.
Unless employees fall within an exemption, employees covered by the FLSA must receive overtime pay at a rate of at least time and half their regular rate of pay for each hour worked over 40 in a workweek and must be paid the minimum wage. One of those exemptions is the white-collar exemption, which exempts white-collar employees from overtime and minimum wage requirements.
The employee's job duties must primarily involve executive, administrative, or professional duties as defined by the regulations.
Additionally, highly compensated employees are exempt from the overtime pay requirement if they receive total annual compensation of at least $100,000 (which must include at least $455 per week paid on a salary or fee basis) and if they customarily and regularly perform at least one of the exempt duties or responsibilities of a white-collar employee in the standard tests for exemption.
The proposal suggests a 113% increase in the standard annual salary level for the white-collar exemptions from $23,660 to $50,440, with a mechanism for increasing the salary threshold annually. Unless employers increase the salaries of currently exempt employees above the new $50,440 threshold, employers would be required to pay those employees overtime.
The proposal also suggests raising the salary threshold for the highly compensated employee exemption from $100,000 to $122,148 annually, with a mechanism for increasing the threshold annually. If employers fail to raise the salaries of employees previously classified under this exemption to the new $122,148 threshold, they would have to conduct a more detailed review of those job positions to determine if they meet the white-collar duties test.
Moreover, the proposal considers whether changes are necessary to the duties test for the white-collar exemptions. While this element of the proposal may be too vague to result in immediate changes to the law in early 2016, it suggests that the duties test may be separately modified in the not-so-distant future.
Increasing employees' annual salaries to meet the new salary thresholds.
Tracking and paying overtime to employees who fall below the new (and likely annually changing) salary threshold.
For those employers who have not done so already, possibly outsourcing payroll functions to third-party providers and balancing the costs of using those services with the risk of noncompliance with the regulations.
The DOL is raising the bar for classifying workers as independent contractors. In July 2015, it released guidance that cautions that most workers are employees under the FLSA and that misclassification of employees as independent contractors is a widespread problem that is a focus of DOL enforcement. While the DOL did not announce a new standard, it promoted an expansive view of the "economic realities" test used to determine whether an individual is properly classified as an independent contractor. In addition, the DOL has entered into memoranda of understanding with 28 states and the IRS to combat worker misclassification.
Employers have traditionally financially benefited from classifying individuals as independent contractors because not only do they not have to withhold federal income tax for independent contractors, but they do not have to pay Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment taxes for their benefit or withhold and remit amounts from their wages for the worker's share of Social Security and Medicare taxes. If companies convert a large number of independent contractors to employees, they will be required to undertake these additional financial and administrative obligations. If workers are improperly classified, employees may be entitled to back pay and benefits, and an employer may be required to pay back taxes and penalties.
How does the worker's relative investment in the facilities or tools used by the worker compare to the employer's investment?
Avoid provisions directing the manner or means of performing the service.
These are just a few suggestions; the economic realities test is fact-specific, and the DOL will consider many factors in evaluating whether an independent contractor has been properly classified. Note that the IRS applies somewhat different factors in determining independent contractor status for federal tax purposes.
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) is a federal law that applies to all private-sector employers and is intended to encourage collective bargaining. The act regulates collective bargaining and relations with unions but also protects concerted activity—activity by two or more employees to improve wages or working conditions to benefit multiple employees—even in nonunion workplaces. The NLRB has been proactive in recent years about safeguarding protected concerted activity under the act in nonunionized workplaces. Specifically, the NLRB has broadly interpreted the definition of "protected concerted activity" to find unfair labor practices by employers even where the speech in question is seemingly unrelated to union activity.
To be liable under the NLRA, a company must be deemed an employer, which includes joint employers. A joint employment relationship exists when more than one company is considered the legal employer of a group of workers. Previous NLRB and court decisions have held that, to be treated as a joint employer, an employer must directly and immediately exercise authority and control over employees' terms and conditions of employment.
In 2015, the NLRB reversed long-standing precedent and ruled that a company may be a joint employer of another company's workers if it has the right to control those workers, even if that right is not exercised. The new joint employer standard no longer requires an employer to exercise control over employees to be considered a joint employer but instead considers whether the company has merely reserved that authority for itself (referred to as "reserved control").
The new joint employer test is a broader, more inclusive test that undercuts the advantages of using contingent workforces (temporary contract workers) via third-party staffing agencies, by expanding the companies that may be classified as employers for purposes of unfair labor practices. Companies will no longer be able to insulate themselves from NLRA liability by entering into agreements with suppliers that provide workers to user companies. As a consequence of the new, broader test, companies that were not previously subject to unfair labor practices charges may now be liable, and companies that were not required to participate in collective bargaining negotiations may now be required to do so. Because the new joint employer standard may increase the size of a company's workforce to include its contingent workers, it may also make it easier for employees to unionize.
The joint employer standard requires a case-specific factual analysis, and as a result, it is unclear exactly how widespread the impact will be. For now, user companies should review the arrangements they have with their contingent workforces and closely examine instances of reserved control. User companies should consider whether they are required to participate in collective bargaining discussions and whether they may be exposed to liability for unfair labor practices of their supplier companies.
Following suit, on Jan. 20, 2016, the DOL released guidance signaling its intent to use a similar broad approach to joint employment issues, which may result in more employers being held liable for wage and hour violations committed by an employer's third-party service suppliers, independent contractors, or affiliates.
CPAs should be alert to these expanded federal protections of employees and workers not only in their own workplaces but also in their clients' workplaces. There may be an opportunity for accountants to work proactively with counsel to help clients avoid problems resulting from these new realities in the workplace. Companies that traditionally performed their own payroll functions may need to hire additional employees to perform these functions or may need to consider outsourcing to professional services firms. Cost-saving will become more important than ever, and many companies will be looking for creative solutions to balance increased payroll, tax, and administrative costs. In addition, given the Obama administration's focus on employment law reforms, accountants—and all businesses—should be alert for more employee-friendly changes during the remainder of 2016.
David Lindsay (david.lindsay@klgates.com) is a partner specializing in labor, and Kaitlin Dewberry (kate.dewberry@klgates.com) is an associate specializing in labor and employment, both in the Raleigh, N.C., office of the international law firm K&L Gates LLP.


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Can any one tell you what controls to have a different pricing procedure at billing compared to order ?
say orders pricing procedure is getting determined as ZSG0001. now that i need when that order is billed the system should take a different pricing procedure says ZSG0002.
the Billing that we use here is order related billing.
Appreciate if some one can proivde me the solution.
Normally pricing procedure for sales order & billing will be the same. Can I know the scenrio regarding the same.
But if u want diff pricing proc in billing, then change the document pricing procedure.
Document Procing Procedure (This will be available in Billing Type) so as a combination of this you can have different PP at billing.
Pricing Procedure in Sale Order / Billing would be determined based on the settings you maintain in OVKK where for the combination of your Sales Area, Document Pricing Procedure (could be from VOV8 or VOFA) and Customer Pricing Procedure.
In your case, since you wanted a different pricing procedure in billing, go to VOFA, select your billing type and maintain a different value for "Doc.Pricing Procedure".
Now go to OVKK and maintain the pricing procedure ZSG0002 for the combination of sales area, document pricing procedure what you have maintained in VOFA and customer pricing procedure.
you can differentiate the pricing procedure to your sales area by maintaining an alternate pricing procedure either in sale document type (T. Code: VOV8) or billing document type (T. Code: VOFA) and in Customer Master.
To have a different pricing procedure in billing, go to T. Code: VOFA, select your billing type and maintain a value in the field Doc.pric.procedure, which you have not maintained in T. Code: VOV8.
Create a new pricing procedure in T. Code: V/08 and assign this pricing procedure in T. Code: OVKK where there is a combination of sales area, document pricing procedure (it may be sale order type or billing type) and customer pricing procedure.
Since a new pricing will be carried out in billing, you should have the copy control in T. Code: VTFL where there is a field Pricing Type at item category level.
Now create a sale order, delivery and billing and compare the pricing procedure in sale order and billing. It should have been a different Pricing Procedure.


LOGAN BROTHERS 32 (Joey Richards 2, Ono So'Oialo, Ihaka Watene, Graham Levu, Tony Chong tries; Ono So'Oialo 4 goals) def NORMANBY HOUNDS 18 (Anthony Seeto, Doug Asiata, Kemueli Seru tries; Oliver Olds 3 goals) at Civic Park, Logan Central.
WYNNUM MANLY REDLAND CITY SEAGULLS 30 (Chris Green 2, Hayden Crowley, Zach Koitka, Brad Mana, Semisi Ahoafi tries; Chris Green 3 goals) def IPSWICH JETS 26 (Pat McCallum 2, Ben White, Haydan Lipp, Peter Whittaker tries; Haydon Lipp 3 goals) at Kitchener Park, Wynnum.
CARINA 20 (Brett Ferguson 2, Benn Malley, Steve Tyrrell tries; Scott Greenhill 2 goals) drew with EASTS TIGERS 20 (Brandon Downey 2, Joshua Everett, Kurt Hatfield tries; Brandon Downey 2 goals) at Leo Williams Oval, Carina.
VALLEYS DIEHARDS 36 (Jordan Ive 2, Aiona Nona 2, Shane Picker, Tyrone Clarke tries; Zachary Lister 6 goals) def WEST BRISBANE PANTHERS 32 (Nathan Lowrie 2, Ricky Tagaloa, Kyran Tanuvasa, Robbie Lane, James Leavai tries; Robbie Lane 3, Andrew Gormley goals) at Bishop Park.
GATERS 36 (Marlon Doak 2, Matthew Lennon 2, Aaron Corbyn, Shaun Rees, Derek Wolfenden tries; Kieran Turner 4 goals) def REDCLIFFE DOLPHINS 16 (Evander Cummins 3 tries; Alex Bishop 2 goals) at Dolphin Oval.
Points: Ipswich Jets 12, Wynnum Redland City 12, Easts Tigers 11, Logan Brothers 10, Gaters 10, Redcliffe Dolphins 6, Valleys 4, Carina 3, West Brisbane Panthers 2, Normanby 2.
Premier: Bulimba 36 def Arana Hills 22, Logan Brothers 56 def Carina 18 , Brothers Juniors 18 def Gaters 16, Wynnum 32 def Aspley 14, Valleys 52 def Easts 6.
Points: Bulimba 18, Brothers Jnrs 17, Gaters 12, Logan Brothers 13, Wynnum 12, Valleys 10, Aspley 8, Carina 4, Easts 4, Arana Hills 2.
Northside 1: Dayboro 24 def Samford 0, Normanby 28 def Pine Rivers 20, Mitchelton 50 def Pine Central HS 12, Brisbane Natives 24 def Gaters 6.
Points: Pine Rivers 16, Mitchelton 15, Dayboro 14, Normanby 11, Brisbane Natives 11, Pine Central HS 8, Samford 7, Gaters 6.
Northside 2: Moreton Bay Pride 59 def Aspley 0, Burpengary 22 def Brothers Juniors 16, Banyo 16 drew Mitchelton 16, Valleys 30 def Deception Bay Juniors 22.
Points: Moreton Bay Pride 14, Valleys 14, Banyo 13, Deception Bay Juniors 10, Mitchelton 11, Brothers Juniors 10, Burpengary 8, Aspley 6.
Northside 3: Banyo 32 def North Lakes 4, Pine Rivers 46 def Aspley 6, Arana Hills 24 def Bracken Ridge 14,Bowen River Broncos 60 def Pine Central Holy Spirit 8, Brighton versus St Josephs, Ted Beaumont Trophy Match to be played Saturday 6 June at Langlands Park.
Points: St Josephs 16, Banyo 15, Brighton 14, Arana Hills 14, Bowen River Broncos 11, Bracken Ridge 10, Pine Rivers 10, North Lakes 8, Pine Central HS 5, Aspley 5.
Southside 1: Ted Beaumont Trophy Match, Beenleigh Seniors 19 def Browns Plains 16.
Points: Beenleigh Snrs 20, Browns Plains 16, Redlands District 16, Souths Sunnybank 16, Bears 8, Logan City Hawks 8, Logan Brothers 8, Brothers St Brendans 4.
Southside 2: Ted Beaumont Trophy Match, Bulimba Valleys 20 def Souths Sunnybank 16.
Points: Bulimba Valleys 18, Capalaba 15, Carina 14, Souths Sunnybank 12, Logan Wanderers 9, Kingsridge 6, Eagleby 4, Browns Plains 2.
Southside 3: Ted Beaumont Trophy Match, Brothers St Brendans 28 def Greenbank 22.
Points: Greenbank 16, Brothers St Brendans 16, Easts Springwood 14, Easts Mt Gravatt 12, Beenleigh Jnr 12, Cannon Hill 10, Stradbroke 7, Edens Landing 5, Waterford 4.
Under 20: Carina 19 def Mt Gravatt 18, Greenbank 46 def Browns Plains 22, Gaters 36 def Narangba 10, Waterford Bye.
Points: Waterford 15, Browns Plains 14, Gaters 12, Mt Gravatt 10, Greenbank 10, Carina 5, Narangba 4.
Round 7: West End 28 def Brothers 16, Norths 16 def Swifts 10, Fassifern 36 def Goodna 24.
Points: Brothers 8, Norths 8*, Goodna 6*, West End 6*, Swifts 4*, Fassifern 4.
Round 7: Runaway Bay Seagulls 26 def Southport Tigers 22, Burleigh Bears 42 def Tweed Heads Seagulls 20, Tugun Seahawks 32 def Bilambil Jet 12.
Points: Burleigh 12, Tweed Heads 12, Tugun 12, Bilambil 8, Runaway Bay 6, *Currumbin 4, *Southport 2.
Round 10: Souths 34 def Oakey 30, Highfields 22 def Gatton 20, Warwick 42 def Goondiwindi 10, Wattles 64 def Brothers 10, Dalby 34 def Valleys 18.
Points: Gatton 16, Wattles 14, Highfields 14, Warwick 12, Pittsworth 12, Dalby 11, Valleys 7, Oakey 4, Goondiwindi 4, Souths 3, Brothers 3.
Round 6: Wallangarra 44 def Killarney 28, Stanthorpe 34 def Tenterfield 10.
Points: Stanthorpe 10, Tenterfield 6, Wallangarra 6, Killarney 2.
Round 7: St George 41 def Chinchilla 28, Wallumbilla/Surat 60 def Miles 16, Cities 48 def Mitchell 10.
Points: St George 22, Chinchilla 20, Cities 16, Wallumbilla/Surat 14, Mitchell 8, Miles 4.
Trophy Challenge (Round Robin matches): Winner – Ilfracombe.
Points after Round 6: Winton 8, Barcaldine 8, Ilfracombe 4, Blackall 2, Longreach 0.
Round 6: Dysart Bulls 34 def Blackwater Crushers 22, Bluff Rabbitohs 38 def Middlemount Panthers 10, Clermont Bears 20 def Emerald Cowboys 14, Emerald Tigers 56 def Springsure Mountain Men 4.
Points: Bluff Rabbitohs 10, Clermont Bears 10, Middlemount Panthers 8, Blackwater Crushers 6, Emerald Cowboys 4, Dysart Bulls 4, Emerald Tigers 4, Springsure Mountain Men 2.
Round 1: Eidsvold 43 def Murgon 10, Cherbourg 28 drew Mundubbera 28, Kingaroy 60 def Monto 14, Wondai 46 def Gayndah 10.
Points: Mundubbera 9, Monto 8, Eidsvold 4, Gayndah 2.
Points: Wondai 8, Cherbourg 5, Kingaroy 2, Murgon 2.
Round 6: Caloundra Sharks 36 def Nambour Crushers 22, Northern Outlaws 48 def Caboolture Snakes 6, Maroochydore -Coolum Swans 28 def Kawana Dolphins 18.
Points: Maroochydore 24, Kawana 18, Northern Outlaws 14, Nambour 13, Caboolture 10, Caloundra 9.
Round 7: Agnes Water 30 drew Burnett Heads 30, Avondale 46 def South Kolan 36, Miriam Vale 14 def Gin Gin 6.
Points: Miriam Vale 12, South Kolan 10, Avondale 8, Gin Gin 6, Agnes Water 7, Burnett Heads 5.
Round 12: Waves Tigers 24 def Easts 14, Wests 56 def Wallaroos 14, Brothers 56 def Hervey Bay 22.
Points: Brothers 20, Hervey Bay 18, Wests 14. Isis Devils 14, Wallaroos 10, Easts 6, Waves Tigers 6.
Round 7: Tannum 24 def Brothers 24, Valleys 35 def Wallabys 32.
Points: Brothers 11, Tannum 9, Valleys 6, Wallabys 2.
Round 6: Yeppoon Seagulls 56 def Emu Park 16, Fitzroy/Gracemere 46 def Biloela 20, Norths Chargers 36 def Brothers 34.
Points: Yeppoon Seagulls 14, Norths Chargers 12, Brothers 10, Biloela Panthers 2, Emu Park 2, Fitzroy/Gracemere 2.
Round 9: Souths 36 def Norths 22, Magpies 42 def Moranbah 20, Wests 18 drew Whitsunday 18, Sarina 44 def Brothers 28.
Points: Sarina 16, Souths 14, Wests 12. Magpies 10, Whitsunday 9, Brothers 5, Moranbah 4, Norths 2.
Round 10: Burdekin 22 def Norths 12, Herbert River 36 def Charters Towers 6, Centrals 20 def University 18.
Points: Herbert River 36, Burdekin 36, Brothers 28, Charters Towers 20, Norths 16, University 12, Centrals 12.
Round 11: Tully 22 def Innisfail 8, Atherton 17 def Mareeba 14, Brothers 20 def Kangaroos 12, Ivanhoes 20 def Southern Suburbs 18, Yarrabah 46 def Mossman 34.
Points: Tully 18, Brothers 18, Edmonton 14, Ivanhoes 14, Southern Suburbs 12, Innisfail 12, Yarrabah 10, Atherton 8, Mossman Port/Douglas 8, Mareeba 8, Kangaroos 6.


Although AI is a broad umbrella that embraces many different types of next-generation technologies, specific to the healthcare industry, it offers the capacity to mimic superior human intelligence and tasks that cover knowledge management, recognition of processes, processing of administrative tasks, data automation, etc.
What are the ways in which hospitals have begun to adopt these technologies?
What are the benefits of these adoptions?
How can hospitals leverage artificial intelligence?
In a hospital, one of the primary drivers toward success is the streamlining of processes related to appointments and the speedy manner in which patients gain access to their caregivers. This accessibility remains a priority for every hospital across the country. Referral rates, revenue, and satisfaction of patients are all dependent on the efficiency of this process. There are several AI technologies that can be deployed to efficiently manage patient appointment scheduling in such wise that the patient receives the access to healthcare in the quickest possible way. The analytical tools of these solutions reduce the need for human intervention and can save hospital hours of manual work.
Patient appointment scheduling is a process that demands considerable hours of labor and usually results in dissatisfied patients and frustrated staff. Set timelines fail to identify the true need of patients and the manual process is not geared to catch cancellations and no-shows. Further, follow-ups are usually even more tedious and disorganized. Every no-show is costly and can affect the overall revenue of a hospital.
Through the use of past data, demographics, complaints, locations and other factors, AI technologies use predictive analytics to detect delays and no-shows, allowing for schedule optimization.
These same analytic tools can intelligently determine the length of each appointment and allow scheduling to maximize gains.
Caregivers rely heavily on MRI scans in order to gauge the level and kind of care the patient requires for brain-related and other issues. The patients are required to stay still for these scans for efficient outcomes.
Imaging capabilities that can be enhanced through artificial intelligence are not limited to MRIs and significant improvements have been observed in retinal scans and classification of skin cancer as well.
Operating Rooms (ORs) and labs are important service areas within a hospital that require prior scheduling for relevant procedures. The management of these areas is a tedious task and if not executed efficiently, can end up costing the hospital more revenue that earned. Mismanagement of these rooms is a hurdle faced by most hospitals across the country. Extended time slots and the effect of that on next-in-line schedules, under-utilization, etc. are all detrimental factors toward hospital revenue.
The pre-authorization process is generally one that requires a large amount of administrative staff involvement with immense room for errors. According to studies by the American Medical Association and the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, "today's pre-authorization methods can take 20 hours of labor per week per physician and lead to a total annual cost of $600-700M in the US." Not only is the process labor intensive, but the length of the preauthorization procedure discourages patients and delays usually lead to decreased revenues. When preauthorization is ignored, reimbursement turns into a risk.
As every hospital caregiver and an owner would agree, this is the lifeblood of the revenue cycle. This is where intelligent software is an imperative requirement. Tracking claims and denials is a task that is overburdening administrative staff and is now virtually impossible to execute without AI technologies. However, while choosing the right technology, it is of primary importance to select one that offers predictive analysis that will assist in making the required modifications to avoid rejections and denials.
An analysis of the operations and performance of the hospital's system is the first step towards implementing change that will optimize the key practices. This analysis can be achieved through machine learning, with an insight into expenses, profits, and costs related to medications. The pharmacy, usually, ends up being among the highest cost factors in a hospital. Automated technologies analyze medications that offer the same results but are less in cost, thereby increasing savings.
In the healthcare space, with special relevance to hospitals, it is now of paramount importance to leverage these technologies and reduce costs, while increasing revenues. Further, these significant technologies will improve the overall efficiency of operations, and finally result in overall patient satisfaction.


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How Will Star Wars Move Forward Without Carrie Fisher?
Disney could receive a $50 million insurance payout.
By Matt Miller
One week ago today, Carrie Fisher's sudden and tragic death left the pop culture icon's friends, co-stars, family, and fans reeling, and inevitably put the future of the Star Wars franchise into question. How will the series continue without General Leia, the leader of the resistance?
While the answer to that question is still unclear, we do know that according to early reports Fisher had finished her work on Star Wars Episode VIII before her death on December 27. The film wrapped in July and is currently in post-production. Her character, however, was slated to appear in Star Wars Episode IX, which was scheduled to begin shooting in 2018.
Now, sources are reporting that Disney had taken out a $50 million "so-called contract protection cover as insurance for the event that Fisher was unable to fulfill her obligations to act in the new Star Wars films, with the policy now likely to trigger."
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Though an insurance payout of this size does not help solve the problem of Fisher's role in Star Wars IX, it does show the substantial investment Disney had in her part in the future films. With the character of Han Solo killed off in The Force Awakens and given the size of this insurance claim, it's likely to assume General Leia would have had played a big part in Star Wars IX.
In Rogue One, Disney used the stunning—and rather unsettling—visual effects to depict a young Princess Leia and the late Peter Cushing. Would audiences be comfortable with a CGI General Leia appearing in Star Wars IX so soon after Fisher's death? It certainly wouldn't be unheard of, considering what Rogue One and other examples like Paul Walker's return in Furious 7 and performances featuring a holographic Tupac and Michael Jackson.
"When he first showed up, my initial reaction was pure excitement at seeing Tarkin again," one visual-effects artist told Engadget about the return of Cushing's character. "I had no idea it would be more than a little cameo. The more he did, the more I wondered why they were using him so much. He seemed as believable to me as I think they could have achieved. Everything looked great visually, but there was something off in the animation. The lips always give it away for me. There is a subtlety to mouth movements that gets lost in the motion-capture."
But this Disney artist also pointed out that while the technology is incredible, it's also disrespectful to actors who have died. There's also the actor's estates to consider, which dictate how their images can be licensed. With $50 million to spend from the insurance payout, though, Disney could potentially pull off something never before seen in Hollywood.
[h/t: Vulture
Matt Miller Culture Editor Matt is the Culture Editor at Esquire where he covers music, movies, books, and TV—with an emphasis on all things Star Wars, Marvel, and Game of Thrones.
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THE DEATH PENALTY: A STAIN ON OUR CONSCIENCE by Jan Michael Ostrowski
1 Comment March 1, 2021 The Editors
Execution of George Stinney, 1944, age 14 (Cinematic reenactment)
Reflecting on the first weeks of 2021, it seemed that the United States had become almost unrecognizable to me. On January 6th, five people died in what could best be described as a coup attempt to overturn an election and prevent the peaceful transference of power. This happened during the worst health crisis in over a century, with the US Covid death toll reaching almost 4,000 per day, and surpassing a total of 400,000 dead since the beginning of last year.
Amidst all this carnage, what had gone practically unnoticed was the rush by the Department of Justice since last July to execute more federal prisoners in one year than they had since 1896. In the latter half of 2020, ten federal prisoners had been put to death; this contrasts with the seven executions carried out by the states, a 37-year low. For the first time in US history, the federal government had executed more prisoners than in all of the 50 states combined. Three more condemned were executed in January before the new administration took office. This also broke with a 130-year precedent of pausing executions during a presidential transition.
The debate over the death penalty in the United States can be identified as two distinct, if related, issues. The first, and most obvious, is the immorality of putting another being to death. Though the proscription against murder is almost universally held, there seems to be a surprising amount of wiggle room when it comes to state-sanctioned killing. Justifications for the penalty run the gamut from vengeance through solace to friends and family, to prevention of recidivism.
On the other hand, we've seen some strong opposition to the death penalty from sources of moral authority. People such as Sister Helen Prejean are uncompromising voices for the abolition of capital punishment. In response to the latest federal executions, the Catholic nun and activist stated, "President Trump's overall approach to the way he tries to hold power is to use violence. He upholds white supremacy groups, people who use violence. He encouraged the group to storm the Capitol. And executions are just part of his whole way of doing things." Pope Francis has been a vocal opponent of capital punishment as well.
While the voices of the Early Church left opinions on capital punishment that are often inconsistent and wavering, we do have some writings from pre-Edict of Milan Fathers that would suggest that taking of life under any circumstances would be contrary to the Gospel. Justin Martyr in AD 150 stated that Christians are expected to "refrain from making war upon our enemies" and would rather die than take a life in self-defense (First Apology, 1.39).
Justin's contemporary, Athenagoras, makes one of the strongest stands against the death penalty around AD 177 when he states, referencing gladiator games, that for Christians seeing "a man put to death is much the same as killing him." He continues, "We cannot endure even to see a man put to death, though justly. … How, then, when we do not even look on, lest we should contract guilt and pollution, can we put a man to death?" (A Plea for the Christians, 35).
About seventy-five years later, Saint Cyprian wrote in Epistle 56 (To Cornelius in Exile, Concerning His Confession) that Christians "cannot be conquered, but that they can die; and that by this very fact they are invincible, that they do not fear death; that they do not, in turn, assail their assailants, since it is not lawful for the innocent even to kill the guilty…" His intent here is clear, that though Christians have been victims of the death penalty, using it themselves would violate their most basic principles.
Similarly, Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325), who became an advisor to Constantine, was uncompromising in his opposition to the death penalty. In his The Divine Institutes, Book 6, Chapter 20 he writes:
When God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits the violence that is condemned by public laws, but he also forbids the violence that is deemed lawful by men. Thus it is not lawful for a just man to engage in warfare, since his warfare is justice itself. Nor is it [lawful] to accuse anyone of a capital offense. It makes no difference whether you put a man to death by word, or by the sword. It is the act of putting to death itself which is prohibited. Therefore, regarding this precept of God there should be no exception at all. Rather it is always unlawful to put to death a man, whom God willed to be a sacred creature.
Lactantius is clear that, without exception, Christians are forbidden to put people to death.
Later, after the Edict of Thessalonica in the fourth century AD, St. John Chrysostom seems to acknowledge that capital punishment is within the government's authority, though he pleads that such punishment not be used as an act of conscience. Chrysostom recounts (Homilies 17 on the Statues, 3) that monks admonished the Emperor for using such authority by saying, "We will not give you leave, nor permit you to embrue the sword, or take off a head." The monks continue, "…but if you put to death the image of God, how will you be again able to revoke the deed!"
In this, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople speaks as heir to a long tradition reaching back to the patristic era. Last October, he declared that the death penalty was incompatible with Christian teaching when he said, "The attitude of a society toward the death penalty is an indicator of its cultural orientation and consideration of human dignity. The worthy system of European constitutional culture, of which one of the fundamental pillars is the idea of love as an expression of its Christian beliefs, requires us to consider that every man must be given the possibility of repentance and improvement, even if he has been condemned for the worst crime." He continued, "It is therefore a logical and moral consequence that one who condemns war also should reject the death penalty."
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow takes a more ambivalent position; he recounts that the death penalty was recognized in the Old Testament, and suggests that it would be acceptable under certain conditions. Yet he has also stated that he is against the penalty being exercised in today's Russia, as it can be abused under the current legal system.
One could reasonably argue that no legal system anywhere is infallible or free of bias or potential abuse, and that should preclude giving the government the right to execute its citizens, particularly here in the United States.
Which leads to the second issue, i.e., the arbitrary manner in which the death penalty is applied in the US, which only serves to make a mockery of the American judicial system. The juxtaposition of the spate of presidential pardons offered by the Trump administration over the last few months with the unprecedented rush to execute prisoners exposes for all to see a system where race, economic status, and privilege play an equal if not greater role than the severity of the crime in determining how sentences are applied. Justice here is not blind. The more notable recipients of the pardons were wealthy white men with connections to the White House. Some had started serving their sentences, while others had not. Those who hadn't willfully refused to admit guilt later retracted their guilty pleas. None offered contrition. All will now be free to live their lives despite having been found guilty of serious crimes for which they have shown no remorse, the perks of privilege.
Contrast this with the overwhelmingly poor, disadvantaged and often non-white prisoners on the previous administration's execution schedule. The last week of the Trump administration saw the execution of the final three death row prisoners. Lisa Montgomery was convicted of a truly unthinkable crime, but was hopelessly damaged by a lifetime of sexual torture and abuse by her caretakers, a life the system had failed to protect. At the time of her execution, she was so brain damaged and delusional, the implementation of her sentence would have violated the 8th Amendment. Though a federal judge had granted Ms. Montgomery a stay, the Supreme Court denied the effort and she was put to death.
Corey Johnson grew up in poverty in a home marked by violence and instability. As a child he switched schools so frequently that his scholastic records didn't always follow him, further hampering the ability to help him overcome his learning impairments. At age 13, he couldn't recite all the months of the year and struggled to write his own name. By his early 20's, his reading and writing skills were at the 2nd grade level. As an adult several intellectual disability experts have concluded that he was mentally impaired, yet the courts denied him the chance for a full evidentiary hearing to definitively ascertain an intellectual disability that would have disqualified him from the death penalty.
The latest casualty of this spiraling bloodlust, Dustin John Higgs, is a classic example of how arbitrarily the penalty is applied. Higgs was put to death for the murder of three women even though it was an associate, Willis Haynes, who shot them to death. Haynes, on the other hand, received a 45-year sentence. Higgs maintained his innocence until the end. His execution was originally scheduled for Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.'s 92nd birthday. King's son, Martin Luther King III, in an op-ed for the Washington Post, invoked one of his father's speeches on the death penalty from 1957 when referencing Higgs' upcoming execution: "I do not think that God approves the death penalty for any crime … capital punishment is against the better judgment of modern criminology and, above all, against the highest expression of love in the nature of God."
If the horror of state-sanctioned murder isn't enough, the penalty has been plagued with unconscionable mismanagement and shady dealings. With the shortage of available drugs, some states have kept their suppliers a closely guarded secret, perfectly legal with "shield" laws, but lack of oversight makes it impossible to assess a manufacturer's quality record. States have been relying on compounding pharmacies whose standards may be lax, calling into question the drugs' efficacy. There have been instances where the condemned felt a severe burning coursing through their bodies when the drugs were injected, though the process was supposed to be painless. Troy Clark, Christopher Young, Danny Bible, and Anthony Shore all indicated they felt burning sensations during their last moments. William Rayford writhed in pain and shook the gurney once the drugs had been administered. A paralytic is often used in the "three-drug cocktail," giving a tranquil appearance to what could be a tortuous event. The chaos surrounding last-minute appeals can lead to what is tantamount to mock executions. Clarence Hill had already been strapped to the gurney with intravenous lines running into his arms when his appeal came through. Troy Davis was strapped to the gurney as well when the second of his appeals was announced. On the day the state of Georgia was finally able to put him to death, Davis received his fourth appeal early in the day, only to be led back to the death chamber four hours later. He had been strapped to the gurney twice that day. Shockingly, the state of Missouri executed Herbert Smulls before all his appeals had been exhausted.
The death penalty has no place in a modern, civilized society, and only demeans us all. George Bernard Shaw said it best, stating that "murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind." The ultimate punishment has never been shown to be a deterrent, and no enlightened society should risk putting an innocent to death, a possibility when such decisions are left to the hands of fallible men.
Cicero, though not necessarily opposed to the death penalty, particularly when used against his enemies such as Catiline and his followers, described crucifixion as "a most cruel and disgusting punishment". He went on to say, "What shall I say of crucifying him? So guilty an action cannot by any possibility be adequately expressed by any name bad enough for it."
For those who remain complacent about the death penalty, it's worth noting that Jesus' trial and execution were perfectly legal and appropriate by the standards of the time. That should give us all pause.
Jan Michael Ostrowski holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and was a Master's candidate in Art History at Hunter College, also in New York City, specializing in Late Antique/Early Medieval art and architecture. He spent his entire career in the private sector working in graphic design and marketing. Currently he teaches English to help those in immigrant communities transition and integrate more easily into their new surroundings in the US. His interests include the early Church, social justice, and humanitarian issues. He enjoys relaxing by reading French literature in the original. He is religiously unaffiliated. He has written previously for Orthodoxy in Dialogue.
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Truth that Lasts
Jennifer Wolf
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One family's faithfulness leads to lasting transformation in the Congo
As the passengers stepped off the MAF airplane, a large crowd welcomed them with joyful singing and clapping. Then they walked along a dirt path to the village of Mbongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Grings family members arrive at the Ipope airstrip for the 100-year anniversary. Photo courtesy of Dan Grings.
It was 2017, and Dan Grings, a third-generation missionary, had traveled here for the 100th anniversary of his grandfather's arrival in what was then the Belgian Congo. This was one of the places where his grandfather had brought the gospel and planted a church, and where his grandmother had died in 1933.
Iwungu Mission Station – 1964
After the country gained independence from Belgium in 1960, a rebel group began terrorizing villagers and missionaries. Winifred Grings, Dan's mother, knew from the horrific reports reaching them that the danger was drawing closer to their home at Iwungu.
Seven-year-old Dan Grings watched a small red and white MAF Cessna 185 buzz overhead. The pilot dropped a small object with a white bandage attached to it. One of Grings' siblings retrieved it and brought it to their mom, who read the message written on the bandage.
"Prepare immediately to evacuate… Helicopter coming… Irene is dead…*"
Irene was Winifred's sister who lived at another mission station 35 miles away.
The Grings family was evacuated, but they would return. And MAF would continue to play a crucial part in their lives and ministries.
Karawa to Gemena – 1966
The little airplane bumped along until it came to rest near two brothers standing by a dirt airstrip in the village of Karawa. The boys were leaving boarding school to visit their missionary parents. Normally, they traveled two hours by truck on a rugged road. But on this day, they were thrilled to be flying with Mission Aviation Fellowship, which had recently come to their area. Their pilot, Gordon Fairley, had been part of the elaborate effort to rescue over 100 missionaries two years earlier.
As the airplane landed after a 20-minute flight to Gemena, one of the boys, 10-year-old Dan Carlson, thought he might want to be a missionary pilot when he grew up.
Yasa and Kinshasa – 1980 to present
An MAF Cessna Caravan soared over the vast terrain of the DRC. In the distance, dark clouds were building. The pilot, Dan Carlson, pointed out two storms on the radar to his passenger in the co-pilot seat, Dan Grings.
In the cockpit with Dan Carlson in the DRC. Photo by Mark and Kelly Hewes.
"We're going to try to go in between them," Carlson said.
Carlson was flying the Grings family to Yasa, their former mission station. As they bounced around, Grings looked over at Carlson.
"He was cool, calm and collected, as always—with a little bit of sweat on his brow."
They touched down on the airstrip and the Grings family unloaded a moped and several bikes, They rode the rest of the way to Longa, to visit and encourage believers they had worked with for 13 years, who had been through the civil war of 1997.
That was one of many flights with MAF.
The crowd that greeted the Grings family at Yasa, with Dan Carlson as the pilot. Photo courtesy of the Grings family.
"While Christine and I were raising our family, I could not count how many times we used MAF," said Grings. "MAF helped us get out many times, what with evacuations and troubles in the country and medical emergencies, and even for the birth of our first daughter."
And then there was the flight to Mbongo for the 100th anniversary of the gospel reaching that village.
Dan and Christine Grings with their two youngest (of 8) children, Timothy and Anna. Photo courtesy of the Grings family.
Mbongo 2017
Grings finished leading chapel and stepped outside. He wondered why there were no other churches or sects here, leading to syncretism—blending the gospel with animist beliefs—which plagued many Congolese villages. Grings approached an elderly man and asked why that was.
"Your grandfather taught us about Mbombianda, the Creator, and his Son, Jesus Christ," said the man. "We have the Bible, we have Jesus. We don't need any other religion."
"It was neat to get back and see the truth of the gospel, knowing the power it has to change hearts, and to see what God is doing with his Church and his people," said Grings.
Speaking of MAF's faithful supporters, Grings says, "They're part of this, even though they can't see all the lives it touches in Congo and has touched over the years."
*An excerpt of the note as seen in the book We Two Alone, by Ruth Hege.
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Antonella Casu has joined the Radical Party in 1982 and has been an active participant in all political initiatives since 1980. Notably, she ran campaigns to collect signatures for Referendum and the activities to give back directly to the people in cash funds received as public funding by the Radicals as part of a campaign to end state support for political parties in 1997.
Since then and for 20 years she ran the administration of the Radical Party. In recent times the focus of her work has been on the cost of the lack of democracy and the reduction of public spending linked to the political system.
The key principle of her civil and political commitment was always Einaudi's "conoscere per deliberare" (knowledge in action). She was elected Secretary of Radicali Italiani in July 2008 and during her mandate she set-up the campaign for a Transparency Register for elected and representatives and public officials, to ensure that activities, choices and behaviours of those who represent us is known to everybody, and promoting the kind of transparency that has is associated with Parliaments of historical Anglo-Saxon democracies.
She coordinated the work of documentation on the elision of democracy, constitutional legality and the rule of law in Italy, which is notably collected in the dossier "Italian Plague" (link). She worked with the Radical members of the European Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies and the Lazio Regional Council on issues of transparency.
With the determination that dervies from her Sardinian origins, she is uncompromising in respect to adherence to the rules, to the law and to committments.


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Three Venues on the The Strip for Rock-n-Roll Fans
Las Vegas is full of glitzy nightclubs and high-paid DJs, but that's certainly not the total extent of what the city has to offer. There are also venues for fans of classic and modern rock-n-roll music. These venues include small bars and concert halls, medium-sized auditoriums and themed casinos geared towards fans that know how to rock.
Small Concert HallsThere are small concert halls located off The Strip that can hold up to a couple hundred people or more. Some of these types of venues are also located on The Strip and inside Fremont Street casinos. These small bars and concert halls provide a place for locals and tourists to listen to quality music in an intimate environment, creating awesome experiences and up-close interaction with rock bands. There is nothing quite like quality music seen up-close and in person, with easy access to the stage and to members of the band.
Medium-sized AuditoriumsThere are medium-sized venues seating up to several thousand people located in well-known casinos on and off The Strip. These venues are fun, because the seats are close enough to the stage that fans can see rock bands, while enjoying the perks of larger scale venues. This includes having access to drinks, food, and other activities, once the show is over. These types of venues run in the middle price range in terms of entertainment, which is ideal for those looking to have an amazing time on a budget.
Themed CasinosThere are several casinos on The Strip that are geared towards rock fans, displaying memorabilia and paraphernalia in grand style. These venues not only host rock concerts and play rock music, but they also have awesome pools and restaurants that coincide with rock fans' tastes. Bachelorette parties in these venues are sure to create memories that will not fade with time.
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Gustav Meyrink, conegut amb el pseudònim de Gustav Meyer (Viena, 19 de gener de 1868 − Starnberg, 4 de desembre de 1932) fou un narrador austríac, conegut sobretot per la seva primera novel·la, El Golem (1915), clàssic de la literatura fantàstica del . N'hi ha una traducció catalana de Ramon Monton i Lara. Editorial Més Llibres, 2018.

Biografia
Gustav Meyrink (batejat com a Gustav Meier) va néixer el 19 de gener de 1868 a Viena, com a resultat de l'aventura entre el baró Karl Warnbüller von und zu Hemmingen i una actriu de segona fila, Maria Wilhelmina Adelheyd Meier. La família paterna no es va interessar per ell fins que va esdevenir un escriptor famós, moment en què li van oferir fer ús oficial del seu cognom. Gustav, que havia adoptat el cognom Meyrink com a nom artístic, va declinar l'oferta. En nombrosos personatges de les seves novel·les distingeixen els trets dels seus progenitors: ancians nobles d'hàbits ridículs i actrius fracassades.

Als 24 anys va intentar suïcidar-se. En el moment en què es disposava a disparar-se el cap amb una pistola, algú va deixar sota la seva porta un petit fullet titulat La vida darrera. Sorprès per aquella coincidència, Meyrink es va interessar pels fenòmens ocults i les tradicions esotèriques, que tenen una important presència en les seves obres. Com altres artistes de la fi de segle, va ser membre durant algun temps de l'Orde Hermètic de l'Alba Daurada (Golden Dawn).

Va treballar de banquer, però una acusació per frau el va portar a la presó i va arruïnar la seva carrera com a financer. Finalment, va poder viure (en un principi molt ajustadament) del seu talent literari, com a traductor (de Dickens) i com a narrador.
El seu matrimoni amb Philomena Bernt (1905) li va donar dos fills: Sybil Felizata (1906) i Harre Fortunat (1908). Aquest últim, després d'un greu accident succeït mentre esquiava, es va suïcidar als 24 anys (la mateixa edat a la qual Meyrink havia intentat matar-se). Meyrink va morir poc després, el 4 de desembre de 1932, a Starnberg.

Temes
En la seva obra més coneguda, la novel·la El Golem (1915), Meyrink ofereix una visió simbòlica d'aquest personatge llegendari del folklore jueu, que segons ell encarna la potència oculta (monstruosa i informe per estar encara "adormida") que nia en l'inconscient de totes les persones, i en especial en el dels jueus del gueto de Praga.

Les seves novel·les posteriors desenvolupen la mateixa fórmula: material tradicional procedent del folklore europeu, reinterpretat des d'una perspectiva simbolista i esoterista, influïda per l'alquímia, la càbala, el budisme, el taoisme i la francmaçoneria, però enemiga de la teosofia i l'espiritisme. Són temes recurrents el somni (concebut com a porta a una altra dimensió lluny de la realitat), el doble i l'estimada idealitzada, segons el model de la donna angelicata de Petrarca, Ofèlia o la nena morta de Poe.

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Novel·les
 El Golem (1915)
 El rostre verd (1916)
 La nit de Walpurgis (1917)
 El dominic blanc (1921)
 L'àngel de la finestra d'Occident (1927)

Contes
 L'ardent soldat i altres històries (1903)
 Orquídies: històries estranyes (1904)
 La banya màgic del burgès alemany (1913)
 Ratpenats (1916)
 Contes d'alquimistes (1925)
 El rellotger

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 Fotos i bibliografia.

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Escriptors austríacs del segle XIX
Escriptors austríacs del segle XX
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Asif Ali gets 3-bed apartment in Sitara Icon Tower, Faisalabad
Faisalabad: The Project Director of Sitara Heights Mazhar Abbas recently announced his decision to award a 3-bedroom apartment in Faisalabad's tallest building, Sitara Icon Tower, to cricketer Asif Ali in recognition of his incredible performance against Afghanistan during the ongoing ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021.
The match saw Ali hit four sixes in the last over to help Pakistan to victory.
According to Sitara Heights' management, the apartment is a gift for the star player as he hammered four sixes in the final over of the match, leading the Pakistan Cricket team to their third consecutive victory in the tournament.
Zameen.com's Senior Director Sales (Central) Sheikh Shuja Ullah Khan took the opportunity to express his gratitude to the Sitara Heights' management for their kind gesture.
It is pertinent to mention here that Zameen.com is the official sales and marketing partner for the Sitara Icon Faisalabad project.
In order to present the apartment to Ali, Zameen.com and the management of Sitara Heights will be arranging a ceremony upon the cricket team's return to the country. The ceremony will feature some of the country's most prominent and influential personalities.
Sitara Heights Project Director Mazhar Abbas stated that Asif Ali had earned a place in the public's hearts with his outstanding performance against New Zealand and, in particular, against Afghanistan.
As a reward for his achievements, he will be gifted a 3-bedroom apartment in Faisalabad's premier residential apartment complex, Sitara Icon Tower.
He further stated that this tradition will continue in the future for every Pakistani sportsperson that performs exceptionally well in international competitions.
Zameen.com Senior Director Sales (Central) Sheikh Shuja Ullah Khan remarked that the national cricket team of Pakistan had made the country proud with its consecutive victories against India, New Zealand, and Afghanistan.
He added that Sitara Heights' decision to recognize Asif Ali for his outstanding performance was quite commendable and he thanked them for taking the initiative to award Ali an apartment in Sitara Icon Tower.
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Two years ago, Hohepa Thompson caused a stir in the fashion world with his t-shirts depicting the face of Tame Iti superimposed onto an image of Osama Bin Laden, under his label 'Hori'.
These days, Thompson resides in Byron Bay, Sydney, but has returned to Wellington to showcase his works in an exhibition called "Dirty Laundry". This follows a successful feature of his collection in the Miromoda Showcase at this year's New Zealand Fashion Week.
To some they are merely clothes, but to Thompson they mean so much more. He says his exhibition, "Was created so you could look at different issues and use the art to talk about (those) issues."
A culmination of work over the past two years, it's a new perspective from the eyes of Hohepa.
Putting down roots in Australia has seen him meet many Māori who have lost touch with their Māori culture.
"There's a lot of people over there, that's why I've done the whole 'Mozzy' theme, for those who don't know their heritage."
Though the money in the art industry is scarce, Hohepa has committed himself to this work, for spiritual and creative fulfilment.
The exhibition is being held at 101 Wakefield Street in Wellington until October 12.


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Let me provide reassurance on this issue. Establishing ownership obviously involves looking at the facts of the case.
It is not entirely clear. The debates on the 2009 legislation did not seem to indicate a great problem of instability.
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Grabbing a Frozenbyte with some Has-been Heroes
May 8, 2017 May 6, 2017 Paul Murphy
Frozenbyte are a Finnish game developer probably best known for their work on the Trine series of action/puzzle platformers. Their current project is Has-Been Heroes for the Nintendo Switch, so we had a chat with them about it!
Hello Frozenbyte! Can you tell us a little bit about your studio and how you got into developing games?
That's quite a long story but it all started out with two high-schoolers who wanted to make games many years ago. Our CEO Lauri and Senior Programmer Juha founded the company back in 2001. They started making games basically at home, then moved the company into a garage and so on… eventually releasing our first game Shadowgrounds back in 2005. Since then we've made a number of other games, with the Trine series being the most well-known of the bunch.
You have released Has-Been Heroes for the Nintendo Switch. Can you tell us a little bit about what it is?
Has-Been Heroes is a roguelike game of strategy and action, where a band of heroes are on a quest to take the King's twin princesses to a faraway academy. The heroes used to be legendary champions but are now a bunch of has-beens, retired and worn out and with only two members the original group left – the warrior, Crux, and the monk-mage Metacles. They're joined by a young rogue by the name of Tam on the daring quest!
Players control three characters during the journey, and must use a combination of melee attacks and powerful spells in order to defeat the incoming onslaught of enemies in their path. The game has a huge pool of 300 spells and 200 items that are all randomized on each run, along with the enemies and regions. It has permadeath, so you'll die a, lot but beating the boss fights will allow you to progress on a bigger scale.
The game is a mixture of real time and turn based strategy. How does that work?
It runs real time, but automatically pauses after each melee attack you make in order to allow for lane swaps between characters. There is also a toggle button for pause that you can use at any point, to give yourself time to think about your next move and cast spells more efficiently.
Will there be any differences between the Switch version and the other formats?
Gameplay/content-wise the game is identical on all platforms, and if you put any of the console's controllers in your hands it plays pretty much exactly the same, but the buttons are just named differently.
On Switch we have the HD Rumble for spells, and you have the ability to continue the game on the go in portable / tabletop mode due to the hybrid nature of the console, which is pretty cool!
What made you want to develop the game for the Switch? How have you found developing for the Switch?
It was something we thought about even when the only thing we knew about the platform was the codename NX. Once it was revealed, we thought Has-Been Heroes would be a great fit for the Switch.
Development went well, the Switch has been a pleasure to work with and we're very impressed with how well-thought out everything has been from a developer perspective.
What games would you say have inspired development of Has-Been Heroes?
A lot of roguelike games like FTL, Binding of Isaac and those types of titles have been an initial inspiration, although the gameplay in Has-Been Heroes is quite different.
We mainly wanted to create something challenging that you could sink a lot of time into, but still be able to play in short bursts.
What gameplay will gamers encounter when playing Has Been Heroes?
There's definitely a lot of strategy involved, thinking about your next moves, what enemies to target and with what abilities, where to swap your heroes next etc.
Players control three heroes on three lanes, and use melee attacks and spells to destroy the incoming enemies. You need to keep in mind the cooldowns of the different abilities, how many hits and how much damage the heroes make compared to enemy stamina and health, as well as what spells to use and in which order, and which enemies to prioritize.
Spells e.g. have very cool effects when combined together, e.g. water spells with wind creates ice, fire with lightning makes an explosion and so on. There are 300 different spells in the game, and the ones you get are random on each run, so you need to adapt your strategy every time you play!
When you first start out with Has-Been Heroes, the controls will take a few minutes to get used to, but once you've got those figured out the game starts flowing faster and faster and you'll be thinking several moves ahead.
Are there any games coming out for the Switch that you are interested in or you think look amazing?
Zelda is looking like a must-buy! I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I'm pretty sold based on what I've seen.
9. What's next for Frozenbyte?
Has-Been Heroes and Nine Parchments are coming out this year, and we're also working on some other projects that we'll reveal more about at a later time.
Finally, if you have to choose just one, what is the Switch to you? A handheld that you can plug in or a console you can take out?
If I had to choose just one, that's pretty tough but I think I'm mostly going to play it in handheld mode.
We would like to thank Frozenbyte and in particular, Kai, for their time with this interview. Has-Been Heroes is out now and you can check out our review here!
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ICC Members not Meeting in Person Led to Election Impasse: Chairman Barclay
International Cricket Council (ICC) Executive Board members not being able to meet in person and communicating due to Covid-19 enforced restrictions led to a long impasse on them agreeing to the process of election of its chairman, new ICC boss Gregor John Barclay has said.
On November 25, the ICC finally announced the election of Barclay, a 59-year-old New Zealander, after many disagreements over the issue of the election process of the new independent chairman, following the resignation of India's Shahshank Manohar after two terms and his declining to go for a third one.
New Zealand's Greg Barclay Elected New ICC Chairman
On Monday, Barclay, a qualified lawyer by profession, said communication would be the key for him as independent chairman of the ICC.
"A part of the problem was because we weren't in a position to meet, as a result of the pandemic. I am sure had we been able to get to Dubai (to ICC headquarters), we would have worked through the number of issues that we had. It was quite an extraordinary circumstances that meant that we just couldn't resolve issues because we couldn't sit there in person," said Barclay during a media interaction.
"After Shashank had resigned, we didn't have someone in the chair; we were somewhat rudderless through the process. But the fact that we now have the process completed and have the chair, I will probably help to address the issues anyway. But for me all I do is I can share my view of the ICC which I have done and I think they have been fairly articulated for everybody that has been prepared to read or listen," he said.
The Hamilton-born Barclay further said he would get in touch individually with ICC Directors and try and bring about unanimity over various issues confronting the world governing body.
"I will communicate with each of the individual directors in the comings days to ensure that all are on the same page and understanding what the ICC needs to do next. It's a combination of having someone in the chair and he communicating with them will probably address the issues, on the complicate ones as well," he said.
Barclay defeated Singapore's Imran Khwaja in a confidential voting process.


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"The right-living are guided by integrity, but the crooked ways of the faithless will lead to ruin.
"A thick bankroll is no help when life falls apart, but a principled life can stand up to the worst.
"Good people are directed by their honesty; the wicked shall fall beneath their load of sins.
"Better to be ordinary and work for a living than act important and starve in the process.
"The city is glad when everything goes well with those who are right with God, and there are shouts of joy when the sinful are destroyed.
"Without good direction, people lose their way; the more wise counsel you follow, the better your chances.
"Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.
"The Lord hates the stubborn but delights in those who are good.
"No evil can overwhelm a good person, but the wicked have their hands full of it.
"Certainly, those who do wrong will not escape punishment, but those who do right will go free.
"The world of the generous gets larger and larger; the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.
"Anxious hearts are very heavy, but a word of encouragement does wonders!


Bubbly Bares Celebrate Halloween and the resort's anniversary on November 1st. If you're reading this, you're invited! This is always a sell out so don't delay. Special events, costumes and activities highlight the week. This is a unique, once a year occasion so be part of it. Hosted by Gary and Melda. The Bubbly Bares will be giving away 2 Nights to Hedonism II for one lucky winner in a drawing on site when you book through Castaways for this October group trip. Must be present to win.


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Picassoskulpturen i Kristinehamn, ett kvinnohuvud föreställande Pablo Picassos hustru Jacqueline, är en 15 meter hög skulptur vid Vålösundet vid Vänern, i Kristinehamns skärgård, sju kilometer från Kristinehamns centrum.

Historik
Skulpturen invigdes 1965 och är den första skulptur som gjordes av den norske konstnären Carl Nesjar efter en maquette av Pablo Picasso. Nesjar hade utvecklat betogravetekniken med ristning i naturbetong i ett samarbete med arkitekten Erling Viksjø under 1950-talet. Från 1957 samarbetade han med Pablo Picasso och gjorde väggutsmyckningar baserade på teckningar av Picasso, bland annat i Y-blokka, intill Høyblokka i regeringskvarteret i Oslo. Några år in på 1960-talet diskuterade de skulpturprojekt i betong med uppskalning av maquetter som Picasso gjort redan från 1950-talet och framåt. Nesjar hade förhört sig i sin hemkommun i Norge, men Larviks kommun var inte intresserad.

Genom en tillfällighet träffades Bengt Olson och Carl Nesjar hösten 1964 utanför Paris i Frankrike, där bägge var bosatta. Bengt Olson hade redan 1958 tidigare sett en maquette av en Picassoskulptur i kartong i serien Les dames de Mougins från en bok med ett fotoreportage från Picassos ateljé och funderat över den. Picasso hade vid denna tidpunkt inte fått en monumentalskulptur uppförd. Han var beredd av skänka bort uppföranderätten till en skulptur, vilket ledde till en diskussion mellan Picasso, Nesjar och Olsson. Den senare kontaktade de styrande i sin födelsekommun Kristinehamn, vilken reagerade positivt. Ett fotomontage gjordes av skulpturen vid Vålöviken på Strandudden utanför Kristinehamn. Picasso godkände projektet genom en anteckning på bilden:

Skulpturen, som är den första betongskulpturen av Pablo Picasso i stor skala, och den hittills största i världen, består av en betongpelare, på vilken två flak i naturbetong på är fästade. Det större flaket, som visar Jaquelines ansikte i profil, är sex meter högt, fyra meter brett och väger fyra ton. Skulpturen har ristats genom sandblästring. Den invigdes midsommarafton 1965.

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