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Defining Malicious Prosecution
The definition of malicious prosecution can be found under the law of torts and the Indian penal code. Section 211 of Ipc[1] defines malicious prosecution as – anyone who understands that there is no valid judicial ground for committing a person of such crime, still falsely accuses the person of committing such crime with an intention to cause harm to that person. However it doesn't only include arrest but also liquidation and bankruptcy proceedings, executing a process against property and search. Malicious prosecution is often considered as an abuse to the judicial system as the judicial system is established with sole purpose of ensuring that justice is served. If a person wrongly accuses someone of a crime just to cause hurt , not only is that person wasting time of the system but also tries to get an innocent person convicted, which is against the principle of the system.
If the offence for which the innocent person was accused for had a punishment that could lead to seven or more years of imprisonment or death – the punishment can go upto seven years of imprisonment with fine. In other cases it could upto 2 years of imprisonment, fine, or both.
The essentials of malicious prosecution include:
1. There needs to prosecution by the defendant
The defendant needs to initiate a prosecution against the plaintiff and that prosecution should not have any valid legal grounds for it to be deemed as malicious prosecution. Mere enquiry by a disciplinary body or just bringing the matter to a body can't be considered as malicious prosecution.
2. There should be no reasonable and probable cause
The plaintiff needs to prove that there absolute absence of reasonable cause for such prosecution. It doesn't matter if there was reasonable and probable cause if the prosecutor didn't know about it. The withdrawal of a prosecution or the acquittal of an accused person does not imply the absence of reasonable and probable cause. If a person chooses an arrest with various accusations, some of which have probable cause and others do not, the person is liable for malicious prosecution.
3. The act was done maliciously by the defendant
Another crucial factor in a case against malicious prosecution is that the plaintiff must show that the defendant prosecuted him intentionally rather than with the sole goal of carrying out the law. Malice does not have to be a sentiment of hatred, spite, or ill will, nor does it have to be of revenge, but it may be any inappropriate motive that leads the prosecutor, such as earning a private collateral advantage. It is not mandatory for the defendant to be behaving intentionally from the beginning of the investigation. An action for malicious prosecution can be brought if the prosecutor is initially innocent but later becomes malevolent. If the defendant has positive information of the accused's innocence during the pendency of a criminal case, the prosecution is malicious from that point forward.
4. The malicious proceedings were terminated in the favour of the plaintiff
It is necessary to establish that the proceedings were terminated in the plaintiff's favour in order to recover damages for malicious prosecution. Termination in the plaintiff's favour does not imply a court decision of his innocence; rather, it implies that no judicial determination of his guilt has been made. When the proceedings are still ongoing, no action may be taken. It is a rule of law that no one may claim that a lawsuit that is still pending is unfair.
5. There was damage caused to plaintiff as a result of this prosecution
Another aspect that the plaintiff must establish in a complaint for damages for malicious prosecution is that the plaintiff experienced injury as a result of the prosecution. The plaintiff might so seek damages on the following three counts in a prosecution suit.
• Injury to the plaintiff's reputation
• Injury to the plaintiff's person
• Injury to the plaintiff's property
Remedies against Malicious prosecution
Remedies are available under three laws – Public, Private and Criminal.
Under public law
The accused person's basic rights are infringed by the malicious prosecution, and the accused can then invoke writ jurisdiction under article 32 [2]or 226[3] and seek redress from the writ courts, including compensation for the victim who suffers bodily, mental, and social injury. The entitlement to compensation under the civil law of tort does not prevent the use of a public law remedy.
Under Private law
Under the vicarious responsibility theory of private law, a person who has been wrongly prosecuted can sue the state for monetary damages. The individual who is being wrongfully prosecuted might submit both cases at the same time.
Under Criminal law
According to the Indian Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code, a person who has been the victim of malicious prosecution may seek that the relevant government take criminal law remedies action against the concerned public employee. The Supreme Court has ruled that an unlawful arrest cannot be undone by releasing the person who was detained. In such circumstances, the states should prosecute the officials who are accountable for the prosecution.
Origin of malicious prosecution
The tort is named from the (now-defunct) legal adage "the King pays no expenses," which said that the Crown could not be made to pay the legal fees of someone it had prosecuted, even if that person was proved innocent. "If a groundless and vexatious prosecution be launched in the
King's name, his ministers who initiated, or recommended initiating that action, ought at least to be required to pay the costs to which an innocent subject has been subjected," The London Magazine wrote in 1766.
The tort of malicious prosecution, for example, exclusively protects defenders' right to be free of frivolous litigation filed by malicious plaintiffs. Courts have historically declined to sanction the opposite — a tort of malicious defence that would safeguard plaintiffs' right to be free of frivolous defences presented by defendants — for a number of grounds centred in public interest.
Malicious Prosecution in different countries
1. United States of America
A further element of malicious prosecution is required in sixteen states in the United States. This aspect, known as the English Rule, stipulates that, in addition to meeting all of the other criteria of malicious prosecution, one must additionally show harm other than the usual consequences of being sued. This criterion applies only to equitable losses, such as lost profits, and excludes damages that are impossible to quantify under the law (e.g., damage to reputation).
Individuals who initiate legal action that fits the essentials for malicious prosecution may be sued, according to Canadian jurisprudence. Because the police, Crown lawyers, and the Attorney General are no longer immune from litigation, legal action may be launched against them. Despite the general evidentiary rule prohibiting adducing settlement discussions into proof at trial, the Quebec Court of Appeal held in 2014 that the contents of plea bargaining negotiations held in the context of criminal cases could be admitted as evidence in the context of a civil suit for malicious prosecution.
Defendants who were successful in fighting a malicious allegation that was civil in nature had little recourse until recently. The bench's reasoning in delivering the judgments was that a successful defence of a claim should not allow someone a right of action for claiming damages for a complaint that was malicious in nature and brought without any reasonable basis in order to subject the defendant to ordeals. If the claim filed was criminal in character, a person typically has remedies because such a suit had the potential to create calculable and graver damages to someone's goodwill and diminish his image in the eyes of members of society who believed such a person to be a person of good virtue.
In India, there are mechanisms for dealing with malicious proceedings involving only criminal cases, and a claimant normally has no recourse if the proceedings were brought under any civil legislation other than the Municipality Act. Cases of this sort are accorded a larger degree of priority in England, despite the backlog of cases and other disadvantages such as ways that are not only unlawful but also cast a calculable amount of ridicule on the court system itself. Such lawsuits go on for years, if not decades, and the claimant's experience becomes more severe as time passes. He or she is left without a remedy but must incur the costs of maintaining the litigation.
The methods for successfully discharging an innocent defendant have been codified in New Zealand. In New Zealand, the tort remedies of malicious prosecution and an award of costs are available to anybody who is prosecuted for an offence they did not commit.
Defences against Malicious Prosecution
1. There is a reason to suspect that the plaintiff committed the offence for which they are being tried.
2. The defendant's honestly believed that the plaintiff was gulity.


The Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA), the Chicago-area print, online and broadcast critics group that celebrates the art of film and film criticism, announces the first seven films selected for this year's Chicago Critics Film Festival. Passes are now on sale for the event, May 4-10, 2018 at Chicago's historic Music Box Theatre; more information on the first selected films, plus festival passes, is available here.
Each of the first seven films announced for the 6th annual event are Chicago premieres, giving audiences the opportunity to see the hottest unreleased titles on the festival circuit weeks or even months before their theatrical debuts. This first group of selections impressed the CFCA programming committee from festivals around the world, including Sundance, Toronto, Venice and more. Combined, they present the best in new independent cinema and the first glimpse of another powerhouse film festival slate.
Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival The unbelievable but mostly true story of four young men who mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious art heists in US history.
Winner – AFI Audience Award A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival A teenager (Elsie Fisher, Despicable Me) tries to survive the last week of her disastrous eighth-grade year before leaving to start high school.
Official Selection – Venice Film Festival A former military chaplain (Ethan Hawke) is wracked by grief over the death of his son. Mary is a member of his church whose husband, a radical environmentalist, commits suicide, setting the plot in motion.
Winner – Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
The Chicago Film Critics Association supports and celebrates quality filmmaking that has something to say about our world, our lives, and our society. In the past, while the CFCA's priority was to support and fight for the continued role of film critics in the media, the CFCA's public interaction was limited to the announcement of its annual film awards. In recent years, the CFCA has expanded its presence on the Chicago arts scene, promoting critical thinking about cinema to a wider base through several initiatives, including the re-launch of a late-winter film awards ceremony; CFCA-hosted film screenings throughout Chicagoland; and a Young People's Film Criticism Workshop at Facets Multimedia. The annual Chicago Critics Film Festival further builds on the organization's goal to be an active part of the Chicago film landscape.


Lionel Messi has been a soccer star since he was a teenager, so few can understand what it's like to grow up in the public eye.
Luckily, Sergio Aguero, was available to set Messi at ease and conduct a recent interview with the FC Barcelona and Argentina goal machine.
As Messi prepared for yet another interview (where he would probably answer the same bland questions in his usual understated manner), the surprise guest interviewer emerged, thanks to Argentine production company Mundo Leo.
Aguero, 25, and Messi, 26, have been friends and occasional teammates since they were teenagers, so Messi was comfortable answering some unusual questions. The duo riffs on topics such as Messi's messiest roomate, toughest video-game soccer opponent, and which of their sons will wear the iconic No. 10 jersey for Argentina in the future.
Messi beams with delight throughout the interview, which shows soccer fans that he can have a sunny disposition off the field, after all.
See Aguero interview Messi in the video below.


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6. February 2020 6. September 2018 by InterAx
InterAx listed for the second year in a raw as TOP 100 Swiss Startup!
September 2018, Switzerland : A jury composed by professionals ranked the companies for the TOP 100 Swiss startups award. The profiles of the selected startups are published in a special edition of the Handelszeitung, the most renown Swiss business and economy weekly newspaper.
6. February 2020 18. July 2018 by InterAx
European Union awards InterAx with Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Phase I
July 2018, Switzerland-Belgium: InterAx Biotech AG today announces the support of the highly competitive European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program for Small to Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) for the development of its discovery platform.
6. February 2020 6. May 2018 by InterAx
InterAx Biotech and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam enter a collaboration to unlock novel chemical space for chemokine therapeutics
Villigen – Switzerland, Amsterdam – The Netherlands, May 31 2018
InterAx Biotech and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam announce that they will combine complementary technologies to design bioactive molecules – so called POLYPHARMACOLOGICALS – that simultaneously target multiple chemokine receptors.
In the collaboration, InterAx Biotech and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Prof Rob Leurs and Prof Iwan de Esch) will combine their expertise in systems biology, virtual screening and novel protein-based biosensor assays to design and synthesize new chemical modulators with well-defined polypharmacological effects that can serve as new therapeutics. This unique process will accelerate drug discovery for unmet needs in oncology.
Maria Waldhoer (CSO, InterAx Biotech) said: "We are excited to complement our capabilities on identifying and optimizing lead compounds with superior chemical and biological properties with the strength and know-how on virtual screening and medicinal chemistry of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The funding support from Eurostars significantly facilitates this collaboration, which was initiated and co-designed by Dr. Chris de Graaf, who recently joined Heptares Therapeutics as Head of Computational Chemistry.
Rob Leurs (Professor of Medicinal Chemistry of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) adds: "Combining our long-standing expertise in GPCR drug discovery with a new biosensor-based screening platform and systems biology approach is very appealing. Moreover, targeting more than one GPCR is a really interesting challenge, but with the increasing availability of structural information and the latest computational technologies this should be within reach".
Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.
PROTEUS is a project co-funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and the European Union.
About InterAx Biotech AG
InterAx is a technology-focused spinoff company from the ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute. InterAx has built a unique drug discovery platform for identification of functionally optimized drugs with improved efficacy and reduced side effects for the largest class of human receptors: The G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The discovery platform consists of three core assets: Virtual screening, state-of-the-art cell-based signaling assays including IP-protected protein-based biosensors, and mathematical modelling for identification of most informative drug screening assays and prediction of in vivo effects. This unique combination ensures a highly efficient process for identification and IP-protection of novel GPCR lead compounds. InterAx unique drug discovery platform will dramatically reduce costs for the development of novel drugs with reduced side effects, thereby benefiting patients with unmet medical needs. For more information, please visit interaxbiotech.com.
About Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, department of Medicinal Chemistry
The Medicinal Chemistry group of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has a long-standing expertise in the area of GPCR drug discovery with an emphasis on histamine and (viral) chemokine receptors. Next to detailed pharmacological and cell signaling studies of these GPCRs, the group targets various of these GPCRs by means of fragment-based approaches and structure-based design, combined with state-of-the-art synthetic approaches. The group is integral part of the Amsterdam Institute of Molecules, Medicines and Systems, one of the high-profile research institutes of the Vrije Universiteit. For more information, please visit aimms.vu.nl.
6. February 2020 5. April 2018 by InterAx
New immune oncology drug molecules expected to result from leadXpro / InterAx partnership
Villigen, Switzerland, April 18 2018
leadXpro AG and InterAx Biotech AG, join forces to discover and optimize new drug lead molecules targeting G-protein coupled receptors.
The collaboration brings together leadXpro's strong expertise in structure-based drug discovery on G-protein coupled receptors with InterAx' validated cell-based kinetic signaling assays for compound characterization. The partners aim to identify lead compounds targeting certain G-protein coupled receptors that are involved in cancer. Their complex biology so far has hampered previous lead discovery efforts.
"Structure-based drug discovery in combination with cell-based kinetic measurement is a powerful approach to unlock GPCR targets and guide compound design and optimization. We are very pleased to see encouraging cellular activity with compounds resulting from leadXpro's discovery platform.", explains Sandra Markovic, Discovery project leader at leadXpro.
"We aim to identify and optimize lead compounds with superior chemical and biological properties with unprecedented efficiency", says Maria Waldhoer, CSO at InterAx.
About leadXpro AG
leadXpro is a lead discovery company focusing on membrane protein drug targets. We are committed to the application of biophysical and structure-based methods for the discovery and optimization of next generation lead compounds. leadXpro's technology platform enables structural determination of membrane proteins where classical crystallographic techniques fail, unlocking structure-based drug discovery for challenging targets. We capitalize on the knowledge regarding membrane protein structural biology and facilities of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) with premium access to the synchrotron Swiss Light Source (SLS) and the Free Electron Laser (SwissFEL). Core expertise beyond X-ray include single particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) using the research facilities of the University of Basel. For more information, please visit www.leadxpro.com. leadXpro is a registered trademark in the EU, Switzerland, US and Canada.
InterAx is a technology-focused spinoff company from the ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute. We have built a unique drug discovery platform for identification of functionally optimized drugs with improved efficacy and reduced side effects for the largest class of human receptors: The G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). The discovery platform consists of three core assets: Virtual screening, state-of-the-art cell-based signaling assays including IP-protected protein-based biosensors, and mathematical modelling for identification of most informative drug screening assays and prediction of in vivo effects. This unique combination ensures a highly efficient process for identification and IP-protection of novel GPCR lead compounds. Our unique drug discovery platform will dramatically reduce costs for the development of novel drugs with reduced side effects, thereby benefiting patients with unmet medical needs. For more information, please visit interaxbiotech.com.

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The Ellwood Atfield Gallery is delighted to again host the annual Political Cartoon of the Year Awards. All the award entries and the winners are below, click on each cartoon for a closer look.
Running alongside the Awards is the exhibition Assassins: when cartoonists hit their mark, both will be displayed until 27 February 2015.
Readers of newspapers generally enjoy political cartoons. Most think of them as a light hearted visual relief from the pages and pages of serious text – politicians say they enjoy them too. However, what happens when a cartoonist manages to depict our political leaders in a way they do not appreciate? This exhibition presents a series of political cartoons that have caused their subjects to respond publicly and in some cases, retaliate.
The UK's leading cartoonists from all the national press will gather to celebrate and commiserate with the winners and losers. There are two awards, the Political Cartoonist of the Year and the Political Cartoon of the Year. The results will be announced by our guest of honour Jeremy Paxman, at the award ceremony on 2 December. The winning cartoons will be on display after the awards until February 2015.


Large projects and programmes are designed to create long term value - big ships moving in the night. But it is difficult to predict long-term value in a fast-changing market. Customers demand more. They voice their opinion often. Organisations who react quickly keep and win more customers. In an unpredictable world, value is the guiding light that will keep your products on the right path.
Focus on small value steps. Product roadmaps need to realise value fast and incrementally - not in big, risky releases.
An organisation shifting to value focus will have processes and organisation structures that do not match. Find those big problems and fix them.
Fast decision making needs to be fact based. Create the capability to collect the right data quickly to inform your next move.
Build customer feedback loops deep into your process. Your whole product team needs to feel the customer experience to improve it.
Our experienced teams use their industry knowledge to work with you to understand the value metrics your teams need to focus on. We shift thinking from business case to value delivery and feedback. We bring the right tools, techniques and passion to help you make the difficult shift smoother.
Identify the small number of things that will create the most value now for the least effort and work on them relentlessly. Realise the value before it's gone or grabbed by your competitor.
Startups know how to pivot to find the customer value. Are your teams able to change direction fast? Enable them to chase the value not the plan.
Not everything delivers the value you think it might. Start with gut feel, then use real data. Over-planning is the biggest blocker to adaptability. Have a strong vision and focus your planning on near term value creation.
Contact us to find out how we can help accelerate value creation in your organisation.


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The Amish Firefighter Blog Tour & Giveaway
June 18, 2016 agreateryes
Laura V. Hilton has done it again, written another great novel that you can't put down until your finished reading it. I have enjoyed many of her books but this one is one that I will read over and over again. The Amish Firefighter is about a young Amish girl who is given a bus ticket, dropped off at the bus station to go live with relatives she has never met in Jamsesport, Missouri. At the scene of a barn fire she meets Sam Miller, a firefighter. Abigail finds herself being accused of setting the fires and Sam who has secrets of her own finds his self intrigued by this girl.
This is definitely one that will keep your interest of finding out what is going to happen in the lives of Sam and Abigail. If Abigail is behind the barn fires? What secrets are Sam hiding? Will they end up together? You will have to read the book to find out.
Thank you to Celebrate Lit, the Author and the Publisher for providing me with a copy of this book for my honest review.
Purchase your copy of The Amish Firefighter here
A Beautiful Young Woman Banished from Home
Abigail Stutzman thought it was bad enough being dropped at the nearest bus station and sent to live several states away with some relatives she'd never even heard of, much less met. But now, just a week after her arrival in Jamesport, Missouri, she finds herself at the scene of a barn fire. An intentional barn fire. And all fingers are pointed at her. She's desperate to prove her innocence and protect her reputation, but nobody's making that easy to do. And God certainly doesn't seem willing to help.
A Brave Firefighter with an Agenda of His Own
Sam Miller is in the process of turning over a new leaf. Determined to atone for the follies of his past, he is a volunteer firefighter, an EMT, and a doctor-in-training. With suspicious barn fires escalating, and the Miller family being among the victims, no one is more determined to see the perpetrators brought to justice than Sam.
A Kindled Flame Neither One Could Have Anticipated
When their paths first cross at the site of a barn burning, the emotional intensity rivals the warmth of the flames. Soon, they must decide whether this fire is one they should feed or fight. And they'll discover that the truth can prove more dangerous than a blazing inferno.
Laura V. Hilton
Amish fiction lovers responded positively and immediately to Laura V. Hilton's debut novel, Patchwork Dreams, when she burst on the scene in 2009 with her unique series, The Amish of Seymour, set in the tiny town of Seymour, in Webster County, Missouri. Fans of the genre immediately recognized Hilton's insider knowledge, not only of the Webster County community, but Amish culture in general. Her natural speech and writing patterns, she says, are uniquely "Amish," acquired from her Amish maternal grandparents. The Amish of Seymour, includes Patchwork Dreams, A Harvest of Hearts, and Promised to Another. Her second series, The Amish of Webster County, is comprised of Healing Love, Surrendered Love, and Awakened Love. A stand-alone title, A White Christmas in Webster County, was released in September 2014. The Birdhouse concluded Laura's 2015 series, The Amish of Jamesport, includes The Snow Globe, The Postcard and The Birdhouse. Laura is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and a professional book reviewer. Laura and her husband, Steve, have five children, whom Laura homeschools. The family makes their home in Arkansas.
For more about Laura, her latest book, the books she's written and those she's reviewed:
Laura Hilton's Website: www.lauravhilton.blogspot.com.
Guest Post from Laura V. Hilton
Unlike some authors, I am not a planner. I have a very vague idea of the story, of the series, and as soon as the characters step forward and introduce themselves I dive in and start writing. When I first began writing this series – New Beginnings in Jamesport – I knew Sammy Miller was going to be the hero. Readers started asking for Sammy's story as soon as they read The Postcard where Sammy was the villain. Ouch. I'd never considered writing a story about a former villain. But just as David in The Postcard was reader requested, Sammy would be.
Sammy is a very strong character and I knew he had to have a strong female lead character, one that wasn't afraid to stand up to him and keep him under control. He is a leader, an EMT studying to be a paramedic, and a volunteer firefighter. The female lead, Abigail, is thrown into Jamesport without warning. Her step-father takes her to the bus station and sends her away and she doesn't even know why! When she is met at the bus station by an aunt and uncle she didn't even know existed, she is thrown into the middle of several mysteries, including barn fires set by arsonists. And she is the main suspect.
The whole New Beginnings in Jamesport series, while considered a continuation of The Amish of Jamesport series due to Sammy being the hero, is set around Amish starting over in Jamesport. The second book The Amish Wanderer is about a former resident of Jamesport hitchhiking across the country to get to his Mennonite uncle's house in Pennsylvania. Silas is desperate to escape from his dysfunctional family for several reasons. But he cannot stay in Jamesport because someone is out to kill him. When he stumbles upon another mystery within hours of his arrival, what choice does he have but to stick around for awhile?
God gave me the verses for all three books in the Amish of Jamesport series The Amish Firefighter, The Amish Wanderer and the yet untitled third book (My books all stand alone) before I started writing them, which is unusual. He usually reveals these things slowly to me, as I need to know. The verse for The Amish Firefighter is Isaiah 43:2-4 and the verse for The Amish Wanderer is Romans 8:38-39. The third book's verse is 2 Corinthians 4:8. It is tentatively titled The Amish Accountant, but most people think accountants are boring, and his real profession is a clockmaker. But The Amish Clockmaker has already been taken by another author. So we shall see what the wonderful Whitaker House team will come up with. It is about another young Amish woman, Lydia, who needs a "safe haven." So her parents send her to live with her Mennonite aunt and uncle in Jamesport. It doesn't exactly work out as planned, as the aunt and uncle leave for a foreign mission trip immediately, leaving Lydia acting manager of a gift shop and living in an all electric apartment. Before her aunt leaves, she tells Lydia's secrets to her best friend. But did she tell all of them or some of them? And the best friend's son, Caleb (the clockmaker) is acting as accountant for the gift shop. And what about Caleb's carefully kept secret? When Lydia's past catches up with her, will it destroy all she'd begun to imagine as she dreamed of starting over in Jamesport?
Next after that is The Christmas Challenge which is also set in Jamesport.
I don't have official release dates for The Amish Wanderer or the other books yet. But as soon as I know, I'll share.
Coming next? Who knows? I have two ideas warring for attention—but which one gets told first, I don't know! I lean toward one, then the other. They both want to be told.
And now, I must get back to work. Thank you for visiting today and thank you so much for supporting my books. I do hope you'll enjoy The Amish Firefighter!
Because of Him,
~ Laura ~
Blog Stops
June 9: Quiet Quilter
June 10: Debbie's Dusty Deliberations
June 10: Jeanette's Thoughts
June 11: Book Bites, Bee Stings, and Butterfly Kisses
June 11: Blogging With Carol
June 12: Cassandra M's Place
June 12: Splashes of Joy
June 13: Babs Book Bistro
June 13: bigreadersite
June 14: Daysong Reflections
June 14: Rockin' My Mom Jeans
June 15: Singing Librarian Books
June 15: Blossoms and Blessings
June 16: Reading Is My SuperPower
June 16: The Power of Words
June 17: Two Girls and a Book
June 17: A Greater Yes
June 18: Texas Book -aholic
June 18: Through The Open Window
June 19: For the Love of Books
June 19: Petra's Hope
June 20: Running Through The Storms
June 20: Simple Harvest Reads
June 21: A Holland Reads
June 21: Chas Ray's Book Nerd Corner
June 22: Pause for Tales
June 22: KarensKrayons
June 23: D'S QUILTS & BOOKS
To celebrate her tour, Laura is giving away a basket that includes a Kindle Fire and a complete set of her books! Enter here: https://promosimple.com/ps/9bed
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laurav1219 says:
thank you so much for the wonderful review. Appreciate you. Tweeted this.
Marilyn R says:
A great review of The Amish Firefighter. I didn't want to stop reading until I was finished–what a fabulous book.
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Ford Trucks enters Western European market, aims to raise exports to continent
After receiving the 2019 International Truck of the Year (ITOY) award for the F-MAX, an important indicator of the point that Ford Otosan has reached in truck production power and engineering capability, Ford Trucks has been in the spotlight in the world, according to Ford Otosan's statement. Having improved its dealership and distributorship structure in the Middle East, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe so far, Ford Trucks has entered a new phase with the ITOY award.
The truck maker has revised its global growth plans and rescheduled its process of establishing a dealer network in Western Europe to an earlier time. Ford Trucks, which has achieved global growth as a Turkey-based brand, aims to expand its dealership and distributorship activities to 44 countries by the end of the year and to have a presence in at least 80 countries by the end of 2023.
Ford Trucks opened its first facilities in the region in Portugal and Spain. These two markets, which will make significant contributions to Ford Trucks in terms of increasing its power in global competition as well as enabling the company to step into the Western market, are the gateways of Europe opening up to Africa. Spain and Portugal are also a logistics base with their major ports in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean and among the countries with the deepest-rooted automotive industry.
Ford Trucks, which opened its first plant in Portugal through cooperation with Oneshop in Lisbon, plans to complete its construction in the other important cities of Porto, Leira, Algarve and Viseu by 2021. In Spain, Ford Trucks joins hands with F-Trucks Automotive Hispania, which has nearly 25 years of experience in the automotive industry. F-Trucks Automotive Hispania's nine separate locations in Spain's leading cities of Madrid, Barcelona, La Coruna, Bilbao, Seville and Zaragoza will serve as Ford Trucks facilities as of now.
Ford Otosan General Manager Haydar Yenigün stated that they are pleased that Ford has reached a groundbreaking position in the heavy commercial vehicle industry with its vehicles produced in Turkey, which is a product development center in the world. He pointed out that F-MAX is having an accelerating impact on the truck maker's global growth plans and that they have established a dealership and distributorship network on the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa, saying: "We expect that we will operate in 44 countries by the end of 2019. Following the intense interest F-MAX has attracted, we have revised our global growth plans and taken our goal one step further to have a presence in more than 80 countries by the end of 2023."
"We have also seen the expectation of distributor companies and leading fleets in Western Europe to have F-MAX as soon as possible. After we received some 70 demands for dealerships and distributorships, we rescheduled our process of structuring in the region to an earlier time. We agreed with our first distributors on Spain and Portugal, where we have made rapid progress in talks and which have strong heavy commercial vehicle markets, and opened our facilities for service," he said.
50% of exports to Europe
Yenigün stated that Europe is the main export market and has great importance in the company's growth strategy with its potential, adding that their goal is to reach 50% of exports to European markets.
Indicating that F-MAX will be the driving force for them to achieve this export goal, Yenigün said they expect F-MAXs will constitute 70% of their truck sales to Europe. "Once our dealership and distributorship structure in Europe is completed, we expect that this rate will increase to 80%. In this context, we are continuing our negotiations to have presence in other countries in Western Europe. We are expecting that our structuring in Italy will be completed this year. Our primary target markets will then be Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Our ultimate goal with our Ford Trucks brand is to spread all over Europe," he told.
Emphasizing that progress in the European market would contribute greatly to Ford Trucks' global growth, Yenigün stated that Western Europe alone would create a potential market as big as the total countries Ford Trucks already operates in.
Highlighting that they design, develop and produce their products with their own internal resources and without being dependent on others, Yenigün noted that domestic transmission production, which they launched in 2018 with an investment of 49.5 million euros ($54.41 million), was an important step in this regard. "We will soon start producing transmissions in our Eskişehir facility and will be one of the few global truck manufacturers in developing and manufacturing three important product groups of engines, axles and transmissions by 2021. We are increasing our domestic and competitive power through investments in our testing and production centers, as well as in our products," Yenigün concluded.
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After 19 rounds, Al-Suwaiq got 5 wins, 10 draws, 4 losses and placed the 9 of the Oman Professional League. In the last 20 games, Al-Suwaiq got 5 wins, 7 draws and 8 losss. The win rate is 25.0%, the handicap odds win rate is 20.0%, the over win rate is 46.2%.
After 21 rounds, Al-Ahed got 18 wins, 2 draws, 1 losses and placed the 1 of the Lebanese Premier League. In the last 20 games, Al-Ahed got 9 wins, 3 draws and 8 losss. The win rate is 80.0%, the handicap odds win rate is 33.3%, the over win rate is 33.3%.
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The Halloween effect, equity seasonality, go away in May
30 May 2019 3 min read
By Barnaby Napier
Despite the lack of a firm explanation for the 'Halloween effect', markets have continued to exhibit seasonal tendencies since their discovery – although our new analysis suggests the effect may be fading.
In the Asset Allocation team, we have looked at how the performance of an asset class varies throughout the financial cycle with a technique we call 'macro mapping'. So why not investigate how this performance varies over a calendar year too?
This is called seasonality, which generally speaking is the observed phenomenon whereby, on average, an asset performs better or worse depending on where we are in the calendar. The most documented of these instances is the Halloween effect, named after the strong performance in equity markets that tends to follow the trick-or-treating and costume parties.
The following graph illustrates the size of the Halloween effect on US equities. Each bar shows the return of the S&P 500 index in the favourable season minus the return in the unfavourable season, so a more positive bar indicates a stronger Halloween effect.
Researchers discovered that equities tended to perform better from November to April (the favourable season) and worse from May to October (the unfavourable season)
Why does this occur? We can rationalise seasonality in commodity markets, as for example heating oil performs better in winter months due to seasonal demand. But in equity markets this return pattern is a little harder to explain. Many theories of the Halloween effect have been proposed, such as liquidity being impacted by investors taking holiday or a Seasonal Affective Disorder altering their risk aversion, but no clear explanation has emerged.
Whether or not there is an accepted explanation, is it worth looking into strategies exploiting this phenomenon? The authors of one of the first papers to discuss a Halloween trading strategy thought so: Sven Bouman and Ben Jacobsen proposed owning the S&P 500 in the favourable season, and earning the risk-free rate (from short-dated US Treasuries) in the unfavourable season.
In the graph below, I update that research to the present day, comparing the performance of this Halloween strategy to the S&P 500, as well as a strategy that applies the opposite methodology by buying equities in the unfavourable season and taking the risk-free rate in the favourable season.
Despite the lack of an explanation, the Halloween strategy has outperformed the S&P 500 by over 70 percentage points since 2000 and (unsurprisingly) has done so with less volatility. Meanwhile, over the same period the reverse Halloween strategy fails to breakeven.
That seems great, doesn't it? But no strategy is without risk. On a shorter time horizon of 10 years, the Halloween strategy would have underperformed the S&P 500. The main reasons for this were 2009 and 2018, which were particularly bad years for a seasonal portfolio.
In a nutshell, seasonality may not be as prominent as it was 20 years ago, but it hasn't disappeared altogether. Investors can still benefit from a seasonally rotating portfolio thanks to its potential for lower volatility and better downside protection. This may cost them in returns, but recent history indicates that – on a risk-adjusted basis – this could be a trade-off worth making.
So as we say goodbye to the favourable season for another six months, perhaps a holiday isn't such a bad idea.
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Barnaby Napier
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Not what one would expect from a Rugby player who grew up in the Cotswolds, Barnaby's work interests lie within the quantitative aspects of investing, spending his days writing code and building spreadsheets for fund managers. Extending the list of University of Bath Economists in the intern archive, he argues that his sporty childhood prepared him well for work in an investment team (although if you saw him on a football pitch you may have some concerns about his teamwork capabilities).
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There's a sense of order, of focus, and of teamwork. It's a very pleasant, modern workplace with a good social climate and an open attitude to new ideas and other contributions at all levels of the company. And that same working atmosphere characterises our offices in the UK and Germany, too.


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De Getreidegasse is de bekendste straat van Salzburg (Oostenrijk). Op nummer 9 werd de bekende componist Mozart geboren en hij heeft er tot zijn zeventiende jaar gewoond. De straat werd in 1150 Trabgasse genoemd. De huidige naam betekent letterlijk Korrelsteeg, maar de naam verwijst naar het dialect "trabig" wat snel betekent. Sinds 1509 zijn er steeds meer handelaren gekomen en zo is het een winkelstraat geworden.

Het geboortehuis van Mozart is tegenwoordig een museum ter ere van hem.

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The Results Companies has consistently led in the KPIs that measure our Partners' goals. These include items such as conversion, customer satisfaction scores, average handle time and first call resolution. Results is able to accomplish this feat because of the company's decision to employ a business model that improves upon the approach favored by the majority of large call center firms.
Among our current Partners, Results is recognized as the premium service provider, outperforming many of the larger, more traditional contact centers. With a reputation for delivering performance with quality, our Partners set higher performance standards by our ability to continually deliver increased sales and conversion rates, lower cancellation rates, lower cost per order and higher customer satisfaction levels.
Our innovative processes and systems help us foster stronger relationships with our Partners' customers, which in turn differentiates us from our competitors. As a benefit of Results' services, our Partners continue to renew contracts and expand their service capacity year after year.
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The University of Strathclyde approached Cortech Developments with the remit to maximise safety and security across the University's extensive campus. They were specifically seeking a graphical user interface that could provide a scalable solution that factored in their requirements for phased implementation and future expansion.
This was the start of a process that would see Scotland's third largest University and currently UK Entrepreneurial University of the year 2013/14 invest in Cortech's modular software suite for building, fire and security management.
Now installed, Datalog 5 [Cortech's latest major software version] provides interoperability and integration of various University buildings and staff safety systems including: fire, intruder, panic alarm, flood alarm and various mechanical plant and electrical systems. It is also proposed to further extend the capability to include Disabled Toilet Alarm and a few potential others. This has provided greater visibility of data, enabling the University to limit risk and escalation through early intervention. Datalog is based in the main security control room at the University and monitors these multiple systems for 27 academic buildings and 11 Halls of Residence across campus.
Datalog 5 provides an enhanced operator experience for the University of Strathclyde. Alarm and event procedures are clearer and simplified, especially in circumstances of simultaneous incidents. Furthermore, Datalog 5 offers improved security and control, quick and simplified reporting, detailed and flexible mapping and a host of other features.
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Meet Kelly Kautz, Events Chair of Women of UGA Leadership Council
December 3, 2018 /by Maya Jones
Women of UGA's mission is to foster a lifelong commitment to the University of Georgia by creating opportunities for personal and professional development, instilling a spirt of giving, and investing in the future of the university, its students and alumnae. We recently got the chance to interview Kelly Kautz (AB' 99, JD'02), in order to learn more about her experience at UGA and what drives her to stay involved with her alma mater. Here's what she had to say!
What year did you graduate from UGA? What was your major?
I was a double dawg. I graduated in 1999 as a political science/criminal justice major, then I graduated from the School of Law in 2002.
Why did you choose to attend UGA?
I knew I wanted to go into law and possibly politics. If you look at the leaders of our state in that time, everyone was a University of Georgia graduate. If you looked at the governor, justice on the supreme court, secretary of state or speaker of the house, all of them were UGA graduates. It was the most influential university in our state, so I chose to come to UGA.
What path led you to establishing your own law firm/practice?
At the time, I wanted to run for elected office. I opened up my own practice so I could have the time and flexibility to do that.
How did you get involved with the Women of UGA Leadership Council?
I'm passionate about the University of Georgia. I'm a huge fan of not just sports, but the university itself. I wanted to give back to the university in ways that would continue to touch peoples' lives, even after they have left school. When I heard that Women of UGA was being formed, I thought it would be a great opportunity to do what I wanted to do.
What are you enjoying most about serving on the Women of UGA Leadership Council?
I think there is a great group of women on the council. Everyone is equally passionate about our school. I'm chair of the events committee, so I work on planning and events, such as our Cookies and Cocoa, event we having coming up. Just being able to have outreach with not only women on the council, but other alumni coming back is really exciting.
What is the most valuable piece of career advice someone gave to you?
In the 8th-grade I had an attorney say, "If you take away one person's rights, what's to stop you from having the domino effect on others?" Another time, someone told me, "you can't say anything about things unless you're willing to make a difference." That's when I decided to go into criminal law and politics.
What advice would you give to graduating seniors or recent college graduates?
I would tell them that it's difficult out there. It's a different place and especially finding a job can be difficult sometimes. However, you all (students) have a great network of alumni, and you can't be afraid to reach out and ask for help. You can't give up. You have to keep trying.
What's your favorite thing to do when you visit Athens?
As funny as it sounds, I really love coming back to Athens to eat. There are so many great restaurants in Athens. I love going back to the different restaurants. I really love to come back and have Cecilia's Cakes. I think they sell them in a couple of restaurants, but they have a location on Milledge Avenue that I love to visit when I come back to Athens. I have a little 3-year-old who just got to ring the Chapel bell last time we visited Athens, so I can't wait to start making these same memories with him.
How has being part of the Women of UGA Leadership Council benefitted you?
It has helped me reform a connection and attachment with the university. I feel like a lot of times when we leave the university, we lose that connection we had with the university. I have loved coming back to where I belong and feeling that attachment with the university.
What is your favorite UGA memory?
I spent eight years in Athens, and I don't have any bad memories. I met my husband in Athens. I made lifelong friendships there. They're all great memories. I used to be in charge of parade for homecoming in Athens. Working with the older cheerleaders that come back for the games, parade and pep rallies was such a blast and always a great time. Sharing that enthusiasm was them is one of my fondest memories.
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Representatives of the joint anti-smuggling committee, including foreign ministers met in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday to try to resolve the impasse.
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Mary E. Mullins
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Read more about the life story of Mary and share your memory.
Mary E. Mullins, age 82 of Fairborn, passed away Saturday January 7, 2023 at the Trinity Community of Fairborn. She was born April 27, 1940 in Dayton. Mary was a devoted Cincinnati Bengals and Reds fan; and she loved to play Bingo. Preceded in death by her parents; a son, Denver; three brothers, Ralph, Fred, Leo; and two sisters, Bertie and Mary. Survivors include five children, with one being local, Billy Mullins; four grandchildren, Cassandra, Joey, Elizabeth Nicole, Ellie; four great-grandchildren, Lillyan, Bryson, Amari, Ellora; four siblings, Willie, Nancy, James, Louella; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and other extended family. No public services will be held at this time Arrangements in care of Belton-Stroup Funeral Home, Fairborn.
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HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROYAL NAVY: AN INTRODUCTION.
By: Coad, J.G. (Jonathan)
160 pp, large 8vo (9 7/8" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, plans, elevations, maps. "From the 1690s to the First World War, British maritime power, though often challenged, ruled supreme. It was a key factor in the nation's commercial growth which fuelled and underpinned industrial and imperial expansion. Central to the creation and maintenance of that supremacy were the royal dockyards, and the naval hospitals. Without these there could have been no Royal Navy, and Britain's modern history would have been very different. (This book) concentrates on the period from 1700 to 1900, with particular emphasis on the dockyards built to service the sailing navy. They are rich in naval and architectural history and were industrial centres in England well before the Industrial Revolution. They go far towards explaining how it was that Britain was able to maintain and sustain one of the greatest navies the world has seen. With numerous illustrations featuring surviving buildings in Chatham, Sheerness, Portsmouth, Devonport, Harwich, Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Bermuda and Antigua, (it) is a fascinating and important book." Tiny corner bumps, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor browning to edges of text block. Dust jacket has light edge wrinkling - mainly at top/bottom of spine and flap-folds.
Title: HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE OF THE ROYAL NAVY: AN INTRODUCTION.
Author Name: Coad, J.G. (Jonathan)
Categories: British History, Military - Naval, Architecture/Interior Design,
Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz, London, 1983.: 1983
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Keywords: Navy-yards, Stations, Royal Navy, Bases, Architecture, Dockyards, Warehouses, Houses, Churches, Schools, Provisioning, Warships, Hospitals, Armaments, Antigua, Bermuda, Chatham, Devonport, Docks, Gibraltar, Gosport, Malta, Portsmouth, Sheerness, Sto,
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ROYAL NAVY HANDBOOK.
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THE GREAT WAR AT SEA, 1914-1918.
By: Hough, Richard.
SASKATOON'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS & SITES: A SURVEY & PROPOSALS.
By: Clubb, Sally Potter & Sarjeant, William Antony. Foreword By Peter Sargool.
THE UNKNOWN NAVY: CANADA'S WORLD WAR II MERCHANT NAVY.
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ENGLAND-BY-THE-SEA: WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO SEE AND THINGS TO DO. (ENGLAND BY THE SEA.)
By: Gundrey, Elizabeth. Foreword by Michael Montague.


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Radiofrequency (RF) energy can be harvested in order to power autonomous sensors either from the surrounding environment or from dedicated sources. A conventional RF harvester is mainly composed by an antenna, a matching network and a rectifier. At low power levels, e.g., -10dBm and below, the corresponding voltage amplitude at the antenna is low and comparable to the voltage drop of the diodes used in the rectifier. In order to boost the voltage at the rectifier input and thus the rectifier efficiency, an L-network optimized for an input power of -10dBm at 868MHz is proposed in this work. As for the rectifier, a half-wave rectifier with a single zero-bias Schottky diode (HSMS2850) was selected. First, a theoretical analysis was performed followed by simulations with ADS (Harmonic Balance). Simulations show efficiencies of 75% for an input power of -10dBm with ideal components but using the actual model of the diode rectifier. The incorporation of the PCB layout effects and the actual components decreases the efficiency to below 50%. Finally, a PCB implementation was performed using a 0.5 pF capacitor and a 27 nH inductor for the L network. The input power was generated by an RF generator. The RF-to-DC efficiency was of 45% at 868 MHz with an optimum load of 2.5 k¿. Efficiencies of 34.5% and 22.5% were achieved at -15dBm and -20dBm, respectively.
CitationAnchustegui-Echearte, I. [et al.]. A high-efficiency matching technique for low power levels in RF harvesting. A: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium. "PIERS 2013 Stockholm - Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium. Proceedings". Stockholm: The Electromagnetics Academy, 2013, p. 1806-1810.


No. Your religious beliefs do not limit your ability to work with us. We are more interested in your compassion and integrity. Of course you have to be able to work within our organisational values but if you have a desire to make a difference and the right skills we will welcome you as part of our team.
We provide training to all volunteers, including orientation, role and task specific training and annual refresher training. Other training opportunities may arise throughout the year.
All our vacancies are posted on online. Applying is really easy, our online system will take you through the steps. You can even register interest in future roles and ask for alerts.
Your age doesn't matter. Our volunteers include people of all ages from young people and students to retirees and older people. We also have volunteers from different backgrounds and cultures.
I'm quite time poor, do I have to commit to a certain number of hours or regularity?
Whatever you are willing to give us, we and our wonderful clients will gratefully accept. A small part of your time, whenever you can spare it, will go a long, long way.
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Have you ever bumped in to someone and then struggled to remember where you've seen them before? I wonder if that happens in movies, too.
Some actors seem destined to play together more than once. I don't mean that they act together in sequels; rather, they seem to play together in completely different movies. Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman (1990) and in Runaway Bride (1999) are one great example; Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan in Sleepless In Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail is another classic example; and Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslet are the third pair, starring in Titanic (1997) and Revolutionary Road (2008). Arguably, these actors were brought back together for their on-screen chemistry.
"Haven't I seen you in the computer?"
When Joe Pantoliano and Carrie-Anne Moss appeared together in The Matrix (1999), they skipped back and forth between reality and a made-up world. Imagine their confused surprise when they bump into each other again during Memento (2000), a show in which one character struggled with reality.
"I was looking for you!"
Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow and Jude Law appeared together in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), and then they appeared together in Contagion (2011). Twelve years after the three were caught in a lover's triangle in Europe, they were fighting a global pandemic!
The movie Heat (1995) was famously advertised as the first movie that Al Pacino and Robert Deniro star in together. This is only partially true. They were both in The Godfather Part 2 (1974)... Just never in the same scene.
"Forget the bus, let's meet at the lake house"
In the hit movie Speed (1994), Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock faced off against an evil villain bent on blowing up a bus if it slows down. Years later, Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock fell in love (sort of) at The Lake House (2006).
Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones played together in the romantic comedy America's Sweethearts (2001). Later, they met again as the love interests to thieves in Ocean's Twelve (2004).
Possibly the strangest case of playing together is the father-son acting team of Martin Sheen and Charlie Sheen. In the movie Wall Street (1987), Martin Sheen play's Charlie's father – a role that would have been easy to portray. But then in the little-known but excellent movie Cadence (1990), Martin Sheen plays a father figure (but not the father of) Charlie Sheen's character.
In spite of the number of gifted actors and actresses in Hollywood, we do see actors reappear with each other in movies. Sometimes we like the chemistry and demand it, other times it just seems to be a happy coincidence. Next time you notice two actors reappearing together, you have to wonder if they're thinking: "Have we met before?"
Love random movie trivia. Awesome piece.


In this Photoshop Effects tutorial, we'll learn how to create a cool motion blur-type of effect by first colorizing a photo, then selecting a single column of pixels from the main subject and stretching it across the image to create streaks of color.
We'll use a layer mask and a brush when we're done to paint away the streaks in areas where we don't need them. If you're wondering where the "Dead Zone" part of the name came from, the idea for this tutorial comes from the DVD box art for the final season of one of my favorite tv shows, The Dead Zone. I'll be using Photoshop CS5, but any recent version of Photoshop will work.
We can now safely work on the effect without touching the original image.
Desaturating an image removes all color, creating a quick and dirty black and white version.
Go to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance.
Adding yellow to the highlights.
Adding orange to the shadows.
The image with the shadows and highlights now colorized.
Click and hold on the Rectangular Marquee Tool, then select the Single Column Marquee Tool from the list.
A thin selection outline appears running vertically through the center of the subject.
The column of pixels is now copied to its own layer.
Drag the pixel column towards the right to stretch it.
The single column of pixels now covers the right half of the photo.
A small Radius value of around 4 pixels should do the trick.
The Gaussian Blur filter gave us smoother color transitions.
The Foreground color (left color swatch) is now set the black.
Then, with a medium or large, soft-edge brush, simply paint over sections of the color streaks to hide them and reveal the main photo underneath. You can change the size of your brush as you paint by pressing the left bracket key ( [ ) on your keyboard to make it smaller or the right bracket key ( ] ) to make it larger. Holding down your Shift key while pressing the left bracket key will make the brush edges softer. Holding Shift and pressing the right bracket key makes the edges harder, although you'll want to use a soft-edge brush to create smooth transitions between the color streaks and the main image.
Painting with black on a layer mask hides the areas you paint over.
If you make a mistake and reveal too much of the main image, simply press X on your keyboard to swap your Foreground and Background colors, which sets your Foreground color to white. Paint over the problem area with white to bring back the color streaks, then press X to swap the colors again and continue painting with black.
Paint over the same area repeatedly with a lower brush opacity to build up the transition effect.
The final "Dead Zone Blur Streaks" result.
And there we have it! That's how to add a Dead Zone-inspired color and motion blur effect to an image with Photoshop! Visit our Photo Effects section for more Photoshop effects tutorials!


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Drum Cam, Playthrough
by Chris Vinter
Here's Trivium drummer Alex Bent literally demolishing his drums to the band's new tune "Betrayarrrgh!!!", check it!
So Trivium have had a pretty strange career, having exploded on to the scene after 2004's Ascendancy, the Florida based melodic metal band were heralded as the next big thing, with some magazines even labeling them as the next Metallica. Since then it's been a roller-coaster of ups and downs for the band, having released various albums to varying receptions and losing multiple drummers. Things haven't been the easiest for Matt Heafy and the gang, however, it sounds like Trivium are back and are here to prove that they still have forward momentum in 2017.
Drummer Alex Bent is the newest addition to the fold, and you can see why he has been chosen to sit at the throne of Trivium's drum kit. In this play-through for the title track taken from their new album The Sin and the Sentence, Alex comes out swinging; there's some seriously fast hands and feet all over the place as well as some nice double handed bell/hi-hat action. The rest of the tune is promising, it's fast as fuck at times and does pack a punch, however I can't really vibe with the clean vocals as it's a bit too melt-in-the-middle chocolate pudding for me. What do you guys think?
It certainly seems Alex is going to be able to hold his own in the band though, let's hope he doesn't suffer the same fate as many who have gone before him. Only time will tell.
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Written by Chris Vinter
Heavy Metal fan, hailing from Harrogate, UK