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Ghaziabad Girl Scores 499 Out of 500, Tops CBSE Class 12
Kerala Student's Eardrum Ruptures After Being Slapped by Seniors Outside College, Six Booked
Meghna Srivastava topped the CBSE Class 12 examination getting 99.8%. She secured 499 marks out of 500. She is a student of Step By Step School, Noida, and is from the Humanities stream.
Updated:May 26, 2018, 11:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Girls outshone boys in the CBSE Class 12 results announced today with Meghna Srivastava, from a Noida school, topping the examination this year.
The overall pass percentage was 83.01 per cent as against last year's 82.02 per cent.
Girls did better than boys with a pass percentage of 88.31 per cent against boys' 78.99 per cent, officials at the CBSE headquarters said.
She scored 99 in English (Core), while in other subjects — Psychology, History, Geography and Economics — she scored 100.
Meghna on Saturday said there was no secret formula for her success and it was only consistent hard work that had paid off. She is also the niece of former CBI director Anil Sinha, who said that she has always been a bright student.
"It's been a really thrilling experience. There is no secret and one has to work hard throughout the year," she told reporters.
The second position was bagged by another girl, Anoushka Chandra, also a humanities stream student from a school in Ghaziabad. She got 498 marks out of 500.
Chandra, who is a student of the Seth Anandram Jaipuria School in Ghaziabad said, "I am very happy. It's an overwhelming moment. I want to thank my parents and school."
She scored 98 in English (Core) and 100 in History, Economics, Political science and Psychology.
The third position was held by seven students who got 497 marks out of 500, the officials said.
The best performing region was Trivandrum in Kerala with a pass percentage of 97.32 per cent. Chennai region's pass percentage was second best at 93.87 per cent.
Delhi was at the third spot with 89 per cent pass percentage, the officials said.
A total of 12,737 candidates scored 95 per cent or above, whereas 72,599 candidates scored 90 per cent and above in the exam, the officials said.
The topper among the differently abled students category was Vijay Ganesh from Palakkad, Kerala, securing 98.4 per cent. Pooja Kumari, from Dehradun, stood second among the differently abled students with 97.8 per cent, while Lavanya Jha of DPS RK Puram came third with 97.4 per cent.
A total of 141 candidates in the differently abled category scored 90 per cent and above marks. Twenty five candidates in the differently abled category scored 95 per cent and above.
The overall pass percentage of the Delhi region saw an increase from 88.37 per cent in 2017 to 89 per cent this year.
Pass percentage of candidates in foreign schools this year stood at 94.94 per cent as opposed to last year's 92.02 per cent.
Number of candidates placed in compartment was 91,818.
A candidate failing in one of the five subjects of external examination shall be placed in compartment in that subject provided he or she qualifies in all the subjects of internal assessment. The candidate would have to appear in the compartmental examination later.
Over 11 lakh students had registered for the Class 12 examination, which was marred with controversy over the paper leak issue.
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Horses take on role as therapists for war veterans struggling with PTSD
ABC Ballarat
By Jess Davis Posted 12 Dec 2017, 9:58am
Tucked away in the forest behind Victoria's potato growing town of Trentham in Central Victoria is a secluded property where horses are being used to help Australia's war veterans.
Owner Dean Mighell started Equine Therapy because he wanted to combine his love of horses and his desire to help veterans.
"Sometimes it's about finding peace and calm, for a lot of our servicemen and women who have been subjected to some pretty abnormal events in their life," he said.
Mr Mighell knows the pressures of life in the defence force. He served in the army's special operations command in the 1980s.
After leaving the army Mr Mighell found his own peace through a love of horses and thought they would be perfect to help veterans struggling with mental illness.
"I've got a place here in Trentham, the sun's out, we're surrounded by the bush, and some pretty contented horses. And I thought: 'How can I use them?'" he said.
"I got curious about what people do in other parts of the world and how they use horses to help people build awareness and help them with mental health."
After studying equine psychotherapy Mr Mighell discovered why horses had an ability to calm humans.
"They're an extremely aware animal, they're not distracted, they have an ability to regulate their nervous system I just love, and when they're calm with you, you'll get this beautiful long out-breath."
Veteran Daniel Cooper, served in the Air Force in Afghanistan and travels up from Melbourne to take part in the sessions.
"The last deployment I had a really bad car accident and that kind of led to everything else when I got back home, a whole heap of mental health issues," he said.
'The physical issues were there but they're easy to deal with and, yeah, life kind of changed big time from that point forward."
Not only was Mr Cooper left with physical injuries but he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression as well.
"Ever since it's happened I found it very difficult to connect with people," Mr Cooper said.
After trying a lot of different therapies, Mr Cooper said horse therapy had been the most useful.
"The way we can interact with the animals while I guess inadvertently treating or addressing some of those mental health problems has been really helpful and a completely different approach to it," he said.
"Where I'm not just having to relive everything over and over again."
Dean Mighell said he hoped equine therapy would become more common in the future.
"I think as word spreads about what we do and how we can help people, people may be more curious about us and give us a go," he said.
"I'd love the army to work with us down the track."
And for veteran Daniel Cooper, the therapy was helping him get life back on track.
"It's a process, but anything I can do like what I'm doing here is definitely making it a lot easier for me."
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How much does the electricity needed to charge a smartphone over the course of a year cost? Under a dollar? A few dollars? Tens of dollars? Hundreds of dollars? Let's find out.
I'm on a mission, and that mission is to save on my power bill. I've already done the obvious stuff, like replace lightbulbs - especially the 500W halogens floodlights I have outdoors - with low-power LEDs, and I'm being more careful as to how I use heating and cooling. But along with making big changes, I've also been looking at just how much power all the random stuff I have plugged in uses.
Last week, I looked at how much power smartphone chargers consumed when there wasn't a smartphone attached to them. Now let's look at how much power it takes to charge a smartphone for a year.
So, what I did rather than keep detailed charging note for a year, or find how much power it took just to charge the battery from 0 percent to 100 percent, and try to fudge that into some real-world figure, I replicated what most people do and put my smartphone on to charge overnight and measure the nightly power consumption.
My test subject was the iPhone 6 Plus, which has the biggest battery that Apple offers. I'm also a pretty heavy user, and this meant that going all day was sometimes tricky (the things I do for you). This means that my results are going to be at the high-end, and that more restrained smartphone users are going to have a smaller power bill.
On average, during an overnight charge, the iPhone consumed an average of 19.2 Wh.
According to figures published by the US Energy Information Administration for January 2016, the average cost per kWh in the US was $0.12.
So, take our average of 19.2 Wh per day, multiplying that by 365 days, we get 7 kWh, which works out at $0.84 a year.


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from flask import Flask, flash, render_template, request, current_app
from sassutils.wsgi import SassMiddleware

from app import app
from app.forms import EmailOnlyForm, EmailAndCheckboxForm, EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm

GET = 'GET'
POST = 'POST'

''' Adding a cache-buster to combat issues with aggressive caching '''
@app.url_defaults
def hashed_url_for_static_file(endpoint, values):
    if 'static' == endpoint or endpoint.endswith('.static'):
        filename = values.get('filename')
        if filename:
            if '.' in endpoint:  # has higher priority
                blueprint = endpoint.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
            else:
                blueprint = request.blueprint  # can be None too

            if blueprint:
                static_folder = app.blueprints[blueprint].static_folder
            else:
                static_folder = app.static_folder

            param_name = 'h'
            while param_name in values:
                param_name = '_' + param_name
            values[param_name] = static_file_hash(os.path.join(static_folder, filename))

def static_file_hash(filename):
    return int(os.stat(filename).st_mtime)

with app.app_context():
    # within this block, current_app points to app.
    print current_app.name

app.wsgi_app = SassMiddleware(app.wsgi_app, {
    'app': ('static/styles', 'static/css', '/static/css')
})

@app.route('/', methods=[GET])
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@app.route('/slide-4/', methods=[GET])
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    form = EmailOnlyForm(request.form)
    if form.validate():
        default_flash()
    return render_template('slide4.html', form=form)

@app.route('/slide-5/', methods=[GET])
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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
    if form.validate():
        default_flash()
    else:
        flash(u'Please correct the errors highlighted below', 'error')
    return render_template('slide6.html', form=form)

@app.route('/slide-7/', methods=[GET])
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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
    return render_template('slide7.html', form=form)

@app.route('/slide-7/', methods=[POST])
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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
    if form.validate():
        default_flash()
    return render_template('slide7.html', form=form)

@app.route('/slide-8/', methods=[GET])
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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
    return render_template('slide8.html', form=form)

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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
    if form.validate():
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    return render_template('slide8.html', form=form)

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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
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    form = EmailCheckboxRadioSelectForm(request.form)
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        default_flash()
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    return render_template('slide9.html', form=form)

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Legkov Admits Past Meldonium Use, Calls Drug Ban a 'Political Game'
Chelsea LittleApril 4, 2016
Alexander Legkov of Russia leads Hans Christer Holund of Norway and Sergey Ustiugov of Russia in the 15 k classic mass start stage of the 2016 Tour de Ski in Oberstdorf, Germany. (Photo: Harald Zimmer)
Russian ski star Alexander Legkov has admitted that he used the drug mildronate in the past, but has not used it since before it was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List on January 1.
Mildronate, also called meldonium, was added to the Prohibited List for 2016. It has caused headaches for a number of athletes, with well over 100 positive tests in international sport in the last three months.
A number of those athletes were Russian, including tennis star Maria Sharapova and a high-profile swimmer. Over the weekend, it was announced that a top Russian gymnast and four Russian judo athletes had tested positive, bringing the numbers even higher.
The drug is a metabolic modulator which changes the way the body burns energy, and is used widely around the former Soviet Republics. Clinically, it is prescribed for those recovering from heart attacks and angina.
Many in Eastern Europe do not see why it is banned, seeing it more as a vitamin than a medicine despite it's original design for severe heart problems.
"I do not think mildronate is doping," Legkov told Sport-Express. "This is complete nonsense and a political game."
Two Ukrainian and one Russian biathlete have been provisionally suspended for using the drug, with one other unnamed athlete now suspended as well (the name will be released by the IBU after the 'B' sample is handled.
However, no positive tests have been found in cross-country skiing – even though nearly every other endurance sport, including biathlon, running, cycling , and speedskating – has had several.
Alexander Legkov (3) after winning his first Olympic medal with gold in the 50 k freestyle mass start in Sochi, Russia. He beat fellow Russians Maxim Vylegzhanin and Ilia Chernousov, who took second and third, respectively, to complete Russia's first-ever podium sweep at the Olympics.
When Legkov, a 2010 Olympic gold medalist in the 50 k skate, left the Ski Tour Canada early, some fans suspected that it might be because of a positive test. But in the interview, he said he was just tired. It was his second straight season without winning a World Cup race.
"Just four years of preparation for the Olympics in Sochi have been very difficult, and after them I cannot get to my maximum level," he said. "However, this season I have been very stable, many times I have been in the top ten or directly behind it. This allowed me to stay in the top ten of the [overall] World Cup distance standings. Of course, I would like to be better."
Sharapova was snagged for meldonium and claimed that she had never seen the announcement from WADA that the drug, put on a watch list a year earlier, would become banned.
Legkov had no such problems, although he said he hadn't taken the substance in a long time.
"I was aware of it," he said. "The federation has warned all of us… We have in the federation have workers that help with the ADAMS [whereabouts] filing. They remind athletes that we should rather write where we are, for example. These people and warned everyone."
But it doesn't mean that he hasn't shed a tear for those caught in the scandal – one which he sees as political.
"I am genuinely sorry for athletes who were, so to speak, 'stung'," he said. "Personally for myself, I am absolutely calm. I did not take this medication for a long time. I do not even remember when the last time it was."
Legkov has diversified his focus in the last years, starting a ski club around Moscow. He also is running for the Moscow City Duma, a regional parliament.
He only hit the top 20 once in the Ski Tour Canada before dropping out, a 20th-place finish in the 17.5 k mass start in Montreal.
Before that he had seven World Cup top-tens, with a best result of sixth in both the 10 k skate in Lahti and later the Tour de Ski 15 k classic mass start in Oberstdorf, Germany.
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import cPickle, gzip, os, sys
from theano import function, shared, tensor as T
import theano
import numpy as np

def load_mnist(dataset='mnist.pkl.gz'):
    # Download the MNIST dataset if it is not present
    data_dir, data_file = os.path.split(dataset)
    if data_dir == "" and not os.path.isfile(dataset):
        # Check if dataset is in the data directory.
        new_path = os.path.join(
            os.path.split(__file__)[0],
            "..",
            "data",
            dataset
        )
        if os.path.isfile(new_path) or data_file == 'mnist.pkl.gz':
            dataset = new_path

    if (not os.path.isfile(dataset)) and data_file == 'mnist.pkl.gz':
        import urllib
        origin = (
            'http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lisa/deep/data/mnist/mnist.pkl.gz'
        )
        print 'Downloading data from %s' % origin
        urllib.urlretrieve(origin, dataset)

    # Load the dataset
    f = gzip.open(dataset, 'rb')
    train_set, valid_set, test_set = cPickle.load(f)
    f.close()
    #train_set, valid_set, test_set format: tuple(input, target)
    #input is an numpy.ndarray of 2 dimensions (a matrix)
    #witch row's correspond to an example. target is a
    #numpy.ndarray of 1 dimensions (vector)) that have the same length as
    #the number of rows in the input. It should give the target
    #target to the example with the same index in the input.

    def shared_dataset(data_xy, borrow=True):
        """ Function that loads the dataset into shared variables

        The reason we store our dataset in shared variables is to allow
        Theano to copy it into the GPU memory (when code is run on GPU).
        Since copying data into the GPU is slow, copying a minibatch everytime
        is needed (the default behaviour if the data is not in a shared
        variable) would lead to a large decrease in performance.
        """
        data_x, data_y = data_xy
        shared_x = shared(np.asarray(data_x, 'float32'),
                          borrow=borrow)
        shared_y = shared(np.asarray(data_y, 'float32'),
                          borrow=borrow)
        # When storing data on the GPU it has to be stored as floats
        # therefore we will store the labels as ``floatX`` as well
        # (``shared_y`` does exactly that). But during our computations
        # we need them as ints (we use labels as index, and if they are
        # floats it doesn't make sense) therefore instead of returning
        # ``shared_y`` we will have to cast it to int. This little hack
        # lets ous get around this issue
        return shared_x, T.cast(shared_y, 'int32')

    test_set_x, test_set_y = shared_dataset(test_set)
    valid_set_x, valid_set_y = shared_dataset(valid_set)
    train_set_x, train_set_y = shared_dataset(train_set)

    rval = [(train_set_x, train_set_y), (valid_set_x, valid_set_y),
            (test_set_x, test_set_y)]
    return rval

def create_model_tr(x):
    # parameter theta
    M, K = 784, 10
    w = shared(np.zeros((M, K), 'float32'),
               name='w',
               borrow=True)
    b = shared(np.zeros((K,), 'float32'),
               name='b',
               borrow=True)
    # output
    F = T.dot(x, w) + b
    #
    return F, (w, b)

def create_loss(F, y):
    p = T.nnet.softmax(F)
    ell = -T.mean(T.log(p)[T.arange(y.shape[0]), y])
    return ell

def train(itMax=100, szBatch=256, lr=0.01):
    print 'loading data...'
    dataTr, dataVa, dataTe = load_mnist()

    print 'building the graph...'
    # fprop
    x, y = T.matrix('x', 'float32'), T.ivector('y')
    F, theta = create_model_tr(x)
    ell = create_loss(F, y)
    # bprop
    dtheta = T.grad(ell, theta)

    # SGD optimization with mini-batch
    def get_batch(iBatch, data):
        return data[iBatch*szBatch:(iBatch+1)*szBatch]

    def update_theta(theta, dtheta, lr=np.float32(0.1)):
        return [(a, a - lr*d) for (a, d) in zip(theta, dtheta)]

    # all in one graph
    iBatch = T.lscalar('iBatch')
    f_graph = function(
        [iBatch],
        outputs=ell,
        updates=update_theta(theta, dtheta),
        givens={
            x: get_batch(iBatch, dataTr[0]),
            y: get_batch(iBatch, dataTr[1])
        }
    )

    print 'Fire the graph...'
    trLoss = []
    N = dataTr[0].get_value(borrow=True).shape[0]
    numBatch = N / szBatch
    print '#batch = %d' % (numBatch,)
    for i in xrange(itMax):
        ibat = i % numBatch
        tmpLoss = f_graph(ibat)
        print 'iteration %d, ibat = %d, loss = %6.5f' % (i, ibat, tmpLoss)
        trLoss.append(tmpLoss)
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    plt.plot(range(1, len(trLoss)+1), trLoss, 'ro-')
    plt.show(block=True)

    # return the results
    return [each.get_value() for each in theta]

def create_model_te(x, theta):
    # parameters
    w = shared(theta[0], name='w', borrow=True)
    b = shared(theta[1], name='b', borrow=True)

    return T.dot(x, w) + b

def create_loss_zeroone(F, y):
    yhat = T.argmax(F, axis=1)
    return T.mean(T.neq(yhat, y))

def test(theta):
    print 'loading data...'
    dataTr, dataVa, dataTe = load_mnist()

    print 'building the graph...'
    # fprop
    x = T.matrix('x', 'float32')
    F = create_model_te(x, theta)
    # zero-one loss
    y = T.ivector('y')
    ell = create_loss_zeroone(F, y)
    # all in one graph
    f_graph = function(
        inputs=[],
        outputs=ell,
        givens={x: dataTe[0], y: dataTe[1]}
    )

    print 'fire the graph...'
    er = f_graph()
    print 'error rate = %5.4f' % (er,)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # config
    itMax = 195*2
    szBatch = 256

    print 'Training...'
    theta = train(itMax=itMax, szBatch=szBatch)

    print 'Testing...'
    test(theta)


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Next time you think your existence is too pressured, remember that you're not 300 meters undersea. Your head would implode at that depth, and a multitude of sea creatures would feast on your remains. Watched some recent BBC documentaries on the vast expanses of ocean on the earth, and reaffirmed my thoughts that the human animal is still nothing compared to many inhabitants of the planet. We may 'walk the walk' and 'talk the talk', but deep sea is the same as deep space for us — unknown, dangerous and awe-inspiring. So I got a little inspired myself and posted a new creation on Soundcloud called DeepSeaLevels because I remember some early 70's nature programs having pretty funky soundtracks, and wanted to paint my style of audio picture, too. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and enjoy it. Just like your land-dwelling life.
Underwater creatures party late at night!
The Kid was burnin' at the closing night of the Lawnya Vawnya Festival, which may be the reason there were oven mitts for sale at the merch table. I'm speaking of Eric San, a.k.a. Kid Koala, who I've been anticipating for weeks. I've long been a fan of this unconventional turntablist, and quite frankly the guy's a wizard. So it was fantastic to see him perform in my hometown, to a packed house. And being a fan, I managed to get a few snaps and vids of the moment. And the best part was the fact that I took with me my copy of his new record, 12 bit Blues, got his autograph, had a nice conversation, and gave him some of my music, too. That made my night. He's a super nice guy, and gave me some cool things to think about. I may end up in Montreal yet. Regardless, it is really satisfying as an artist to get the chance to see others who have influenced your own creations. Other performers who have done it their own way, and are successful with their art. And having fun with it. Smile.


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Decked out with eclectic furnishings and finishing touches, including vintage photographs, wood carvings and leopard print lampshades, South African themed bar and eaterie - bbar, is the perfect setting to eat, drink and be merry. Unwind in the elegant yet relaxed environment of the restaurant and enjoy two courses from the venues tasty pre-theatre menu. The menu at bbar is made up of popular international options, however, South African cuisine is a dominant theme, with traditional dishes featuring such as Bobotie spring rolls, inspired by Founder Bea Tollman's cookbook A Life in Food.


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A multi-stakeholder group including Electricity Human Resources Canada (EHRC), the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), TransAlta, Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE), the Ministry of Labour, education partners, and others are launching a new project aiming to develop a more inclusive and scalable labour force for Alberta's electricity needs. The Support Equity and Under-Represented Groups project will address the under-representation of key groups in Albert's electricity workforce and develop a strategy for inclusivity in sector workplaces.
Alberta's electricity demands, particularly for renewable energy sources, have been growing steadily and are anticipated to continue increasing: with 13,000 workers in the sector as of 2018 (according to EHRC's Labour Market Intelligence for Alberta's Energy Sector—Workforce Transitions 2018 report). While demand has been growing, many groups are under-represented in the workforce: women make up just 30% of Alberta's electricity labour force compared to 46% as the average across all other industries, Indigenous people only make up 3-8% of the Canadian workforce despite being the fastest growing population in Canada, and Canadians with disabilities make up only 1-2% of the national workforce. Newcomers and migrant workers are also a major contributor to Alberta's energy sector: they provide an invaluable role in labour and will continue to do so. This project will provide actionable recommendations and enduring plans for employers to attract, retain, and provide a supportive workplace environment for these groups. Concurrently, this project will support attracting younger Albertans to the electricity workforce—workers under the age of 25 currently only account for 5% of the energy industry in Alberta, compared to 14% for all industries across the province.
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Defendant collected trash from the territory of another of plaintiff's member's territory. Plaintiff's inspector told defendant to make arrangements that night or they would "physically beat [defendant] up first, cut up the truck tires or burn the truck, or otherwise put [defendant] out of business completely." Defendant attended the meeting that night and, after protesting for two hours that he could not afford to agree to pay to collect from the business, agreed to join plaintiffs and pay. Defendant became ill and vomited several times and had to remain away form work for a period of several days. Plaintiff then sued for not paying to collect trash on their territory. Defendant counterclaims for assault.
Jury returned a verdict for defendant on the original complaint and on the counterclaim, awarding $1,250 general and special damages and $4,000 punitive damages.
Can an assault be present if the threatened harm is not immediate?
Does intentional infliction of emotional distress require physical damage?
One who, without a privilege to do so, intentionally causes severe emotional distress to another is liable (a) for such emotional distress, and (b) for bodily harm resulting from it.
No, an assault must have apprehension of immediate battery.
Physical injury is not required for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Intentional infliction of emotional distress didn't exist in this jurisdiction. This case created it.


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I might bring it up here...maybe, maybe not.


The brand behind fashion's most popular down jacket teams with NYC streetwear label Kith on a new capsule collection.
Earlier this month, Moncler announced that it would no longer be showing its two runway collections—Moncler Grenoble and Moncler Gamme Bleu—in the process severing ties with Gamme Bleu's designer (and shrunken suit god) Thom Browne. In a statement, Moncler's chief executive Remo Ruffini explained, "The group must vary and open up towards different horizons." And right now, opening up towards different horizons means producing a new collaboration with NYC's most collab-happy streetwear label: Ronnie Fieg's Kith.
The collection first debuted as part of Kith's massive 100+ look runway show in September, which saw the likes of Scottie Pippen and LeBron James hit the catwalk, and featured collaborations with Nike, Champion, Adidas, Off-White, and of course Moncler. From what we could tell then, Kith x Moncler was full of new takes on Moncler's signature puffy jackets. But in addition to the classics, the full range of gear consists of logo-heavy sweaters, T-shirts, hoodies, hats, and even footwear, in the form of a hiking boot and a sneaker (itself the rare triple collab: a winterized take on Fieg's all-time favorite model, the Asics Gel Lyte 3).
The collaboration doesn't seem obvious at first glance. Moncler has been embraced by the streetwear community over the past decade, but for the most part presents itself as a European luxury brand in the truest, multi-comma sense: its products are priced far higher than most of what Kith sells. But for Kith founder Ronnie Fieg, that's exactly what made the collaboration desirable. "It is the most top-tier outerwear brand when it comes down to materials, construction, and style. When you think of most pinnacle cold-weather product, Moncler sits above the rest," Fieg says. And Fieg's penchant for creating massive hype around releases might make perfect sense for a brand looking for its next move.
As far as we're concerned, the piece that makes the best case for the collaboration is the pony hair hiking boot. Fieg calls it a "top 5 hiking boots of all time," and though we might not go quite that far just yet, we understand why he feels so strongly. The boots are made in Italy, use top-line Italian leathers, and and are lined with genuine shearling to the toe. (According to Fieg, that "is something the brand has never done before with this silhouette.") Even the more traditional colorways come jam-packed with details, but if you're going to rock Kith x Moncler boots, we think you ought to go full "Streetwear God in Gstaad" and opt for the leopard-print pony hair versions.
Fieg's own favorite piece in the offering is what's called the Lachat down hoodie, a pullover style that could turn heads in New York and also keep a man warm in outer space. He explains that the hoodie represents Kith's next big step. "While all the pieces in the collection showcase both brand's DNA, the Lachat really reflects the direction we're headed as a brand," he says. And what direction is that, exactly? "The evolution of a hooded pullover. It's a silhouette designed through our lens that feels unique while still sitting cohesively within a timeless collection," he says. And if one thing is for sure, it's that Kith's evolution, expansion, and furthere innovations in pullover fashions will continue in 2018.


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Mysterious private police force destroying legal pot
No warrant: Camo-clad soldiers drop from helicopters, chop down plants, vanish
By Cheryl Chumley
The headlines are growing alarming, with CBS reporting "Mysterious Men Dropping from Helicopters to Chop Down NorCal Marijuana Grows" and Time reporting "Californians Turn to Private Security to Police Pot Country."
As CBS reports, citing witness accounts: "These mystery men are clothed in combat camouflage, outfitted for what appears to be battle – armed with the likes of knives, machetes and saws."
Who are they and what are they doing?
Shockingly enough, they're on an environmental cleanup mission.
According to CBS and Time, they're privately contracted law-enforcement agents with Logistical Environmental Asset Remediation, or Lear Asset Management, who simply drop onto people's properties without a warrant and start chopping down marijuana plants that are being legally grown in California for medicinal reasons.
One permitted marijuana grower, Susan Schindler of Mendocino County, who was subjected to the surprise air assault recounted her experience to CBS.
"They took hand saws and just cut the trunks," she said. "There was no paperwork, no copies of any warrants, they didn't leave any inventory of what they took."
Lear Asset Management chief Paul Trouette denied his company had anything to do with the raid on Schindler's property. Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman said the same to CBS. Allman admitted his deputies conducted raids on properties near Schindler's home the same day she was targeted, but he insisted his agents always display their badges and openly identify themselves.
Schindler isn't the only pot grower, however, who's complained of an unwarranted, unjustified raid.
Several other residents of Laytonville, California – where between 50 percent and 90 percent of the 1,227 residents are reportedly tied to the cannabis industry – told local law enforcement that they'd either seen or heard about men in military-type gear rappelling onto privately owned properties from unmarked helicopters and tearing down the medicinally grown pot gardens, Time reported.
The threats to your privacy are exposed in "Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare is Becoming our Reality."
Once again, they fingered the private security firm, Lear Asset Management, as the culprit. And once again, Trouette denied any involvement, saying his 15 or so agents don't do "any kind of vigilante, blacks ops, Blackwater stuff," the magazine reported. He also clarified that his group is privately contracted, meaning, the agents who work for him don't need warrants to do their jobs.
Trouette, Fish and Game commissioner for the county, is a leading advocate of the preservation of blacktail deer. His firm specializes in environmental investigations and reclamations, and hazardous materials cleanups for privately contracted individuals.
At the same time, the county is a big draw for illegal marijuana growers, and Lear Asset Management's path often crosses with that of law enforcement.
In 2011, for example, local, state and federal anti-drug agents participated in Operation Full Court Press, a three-week mission that rooted out a reported 632,000 illegally grown marijuana plants in the area of Mendocino National Forest with an estimated street value of $1 billion.
Trouette's firm is called to the scene of such forestry crimes to help mitigate the pollution and environmental hazards caused by the illegal growers. But he responds, he said, only when contracted by local property owners or local timber companies.
Undercutting all this is the fact that Mendocino County allows residents to grow up to 25 pot plants per parcel, far more than neighboring jurisdictions. It's yet another addendum law enforcement must remember in what's proving a massive disparity among federal, state and local marijuana laws.
In other words, confusion sometimes reigns among the various responding police forces about which marijuana grows are legal and which are not.
Still, Lear insists it's not dropping in on legal pot growers and wrecking their legal businesses. And yet the rumor persists.
Part of the problem could be Lear environmental agents could be mistaken for military troops. As Time reported: "The company employs about 15 people, who are mostly former military: ex-U.S. Special Forces, Army Rangers and other combat veterans. They fly out on rented helicopters, wearing camouflage fatigues, body armor and keffiyehs hanging around their necks. … They carry AR-15 rifles, lest they meet armed watchmen bent on defending their plots."
All that for forest reclamation.
The Mendocino Beacon said some of Lear's agents have served in a military capacity in Baghdad and Tora Bora and are trained in interrogation.
In addition, Lear missions are sometimes funded by grant dollars from the taxpayer, as reported by Time, and the Blackwater comparison is hard to dismiss.
The media have been focused on the militarization of police of late, mostly in the wake of the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, of 18-year-old Michael Brown that led to widespread community protests and local law enforcement's deployment of an armored vehicle.
Media reports also have raised issues, albeit quietly, about some school districts snapping up military gear, including an armored vehicle and weaponry, from the Pentagon's 1033 program, all in the name of student safety.
But Lear's background, mission and modus operandi – in full battle dress, armed with military weaponry – poses another puzzler: Is the environmental movement the next to go militarized?
Cheryl Chumley
Cheryl K. Chumley is a journalist, columnist, public speaker and author of "The Devil in DC." and "Police State USA: How Orwell's Nightmare is Becoming our Reality." She is also a journalism fellow with The Phillips Foundation in Washington, D.C., where she spent a year researching and writing about private property rights.
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Among its more than 5,000 veterinary and academic graduates, the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has produced many who have made extraordinary contributions to society.
One or more alumni are honored each year for outstanding personal and professional contributions to veterinary science or one of its branches, veterinary practice in any of its forms, or to mankind and the advancement of human welfare.
Dr. Byars is honored (posthumously) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the evolution of equine veterinary practice, especially equine internal medicine and critical care.
Dr. Byars was board certified in internal medicine from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in 1980 and was one of the first large animal veterinarians to receive board certification in the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (ACVECC) in 1990. He served as an associate professor at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia for six years before joining the acclaimed Hagyard, Davidson, and McGee equine practice in Kentucky. During his career, he incorporated state-of-the-art diagnostic approaches in everyday practice and advanced to hospital director, serving a referral caseload of 2,200 horses per year and mentoring interns and residents.
He was highly regarded for his knowledge and technical abilities in practice and his passion for teaching. He was thought to be a pioneer in bringing equine specialists to private practice, paving the way for other equine specialists to achieve ACVECC certification and make unique advancements in emergency and critical care treatment of horses. He has been described as having an inquisitive mind and an independent nature to initiate change when needed. He developed a major interest in hemostasis and has reported on a number of discoveries regarding bleeding and coagulation disorders in horses.
During his career, Dr. Byars established a reputation in his field for being a cutting edge practitioner and outstanding teacher. He gave more than 75 scientific presentations, including invited lectures in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Spain, England and Dubai. He served as a member of the editorial board of the Equine Veterinary Journal for more than 25 years.
Dr. Gardner is honored for his outstanding global contributions that advance the discipline of veterinary epidemiology.
Dr. Gardner's 40-year career began as a Veterinary Research Officer in Australian Agriculture before coming to UC Davis to pursue his MPVM and Ph.D. in Comparative Pathology. In 1988 he joined the school's faculty where he served with distinction for 23 years, rising to Professor of Epidemiology. He went on to lead aquatic epidemiology efforts at the Atlantic Veterinary College and continues to be internationally recognized for his leadership in applied veterinary epidemiology.
Dr. Gardner is highly regarded as both an excellent teacher and researcher who has received numerous awards and published more than 300 peer-reviewed publications. One of his strengths has been described as his ability to effectively blend theory and application of epidemiologic principles. Not only is this ability key to his teaching success, but he regularly brings this expertise to the numerous national and international committees, policy-development activities within USDA and at the World Organization for Animal Health. His continued appointment to these committees reflects the peer respect that he has earned in the global veterinary research community through his research focused on the improved evaluation of diagnostic testing standards for economically important, transboundary diseases.
Dr. Logan is honored for her outstanding leadership and contributions to the global community through the promotion of veterinary medicine, animal health and international agriculture.
Dr. Logan's career is founded on her longstanding interest in tropical diseases of livestock including Trypanosoma congolense infections of calves, rickettsia, Heartwater disease of domestic and wild ruminants and Cowdria ruminantium.
At an early age she was encouraged to discover and appreciate a vast diversity of cultures, languages, geography, animal populations and ecologies. With this background she has pursued a lifelong career as a high-impact veterinary biomedical research scientist, an inspiring educator, and a visionary leader of international animal and public health programs. She has organized numerous workshops and exchanges for veterinary educators in the Middle East, Africa and at Texas A&M University. She has received a number of awards, including the International Veterinary Congress Prize in 2014.
Dr. Logan has held a number of critical leadership positions including: Research Leader at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya; Leader of Animal Health on the National Programs Staff of the Agricultural Research Service of USDA; Texas State Veterinarian; USDA Agricultural Attaché for the East Africa and Middle East; and USDA Senior Agricultural Attaché for all of Africa.
Dr. Scott is honored for his pioneering clinical discoveries in veterinary dermatology.
Dr. Scott has made impressive contributions to the field of veterinary dermatology. His descriptions and characterizations of dermatology disorders over four decades have remained standards for lesion characterization and are often referenced in today's research manuscripts. He is credited with identifying 150 important disease descriptions in eight different species--dogs, cats, horses, cows, goats, sheep, pigs, and woodchucks. He has authored 460 scientific articles, 74 book chapters, 8 textbooks, and 82 proceedings.
Dr. Scott is one of the rare veterinary dermatologists that works on both small and large animal species. His particular expertise in equine dermatology is widely recognized and sought after. He has been invited to deliver more than 449 presentations nationally and internationally.
His dedication to the profession and enthusiasm for sharing knowledge has led to his honorary lifetime membership in the European, Hellenic, and Japanese Societies of Veterinary Dermatology, British Veterinary Dermatology Study Group and the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Dr. Scott has received 21 professional awards for teaching as well as national and international awards recognizing his expertise in veterinary dermatology and dermatohistopathology.
Dr. Scott is an avid educator. He has trained 22 dermatology residents and participated in the training of dozens more. He began teaching as an intern in 1971 and has taught veterinary students at Cornell ever since. He's actively involved in coordinating core curriculum courses.
Dr. Scott was instrumental in the formation and development of the Dermatology Service at Cornell's veterinary teaching hospital which is now recognized internationally for clinical and scientific excellence in veterinary dermatology.


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Q: Como instalar perspectiva do Java EE no Eclipse? Quero começar a estudar Java para web (Servlets, JSP, EJB, Servlets e JSP). Eu já tenho instalado o Tomcat, o JRE, JDK 7 e o Eclipse Kepler Standard.
Como eu configuro o Eclipse pra adicionar a perspectiva JEE por meio de plugins? Preciso acrescentar a perspectiva do Enterprise Edition pois não quero ter mais de uma IDE instalada em meu computador.
Além da perspectiva do JEE no Eclipse, quais diferenças entre as edições SE e EE exigem mais instalações para eu começar o desenvolvimento? Por exemplo: A JRE e o JDK continuam os mesmos? Cada edição (SE e EE) tem uma JRE e um JDK diferentes?

A: Não existe apenas uma IDE
Primeiro, existem outras boas opções de IDE para desenvolvimento Java, sendo as mais conhecidas NetBeans e IntelliJ. Porém, não tenha medo do Eclipse.
Versão adequada do Eclipse para Java EE
Para desenvolver em Java EE, minha sugestão é ir até a página de downloads do Eclipse e baixar a versão Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers. Este é apenas um atalho para ter o Eclipse Standard + JDT (Java development tools).
O Eclipse trabalha com múltiplas perspectivas
Embora tenha recomendado o "Eclipse Java EE", isso não significa que essa versão somente permita criar aplicações Java EE. O Eclipse é um IDE que funciona com plugins.
Uma única instalação pode conter vários deles e você pode facilmente alternar entre os diferentes "ambientes" de desenvolvimento através das chamadas "perspectivas".
Acessando a perspectiva "JavaEE", o Eclipse irá mostrar os painéis comumente usados para desenvolvimento JavaEE.
Por outro lado, você poderia também instalar o plugin Pydev e alternar para a respectiva perspectiva para desenvolver em Python.
Enfim, não é necessário ter mais de uma instalação. Só não sobrecarregue o Eclipse com muitos plugins, pois ele pode começar a ficar lento.
Java SE e Java EE
Na prática, bão há diferença entre desenvolver para Java EE ou Java SE. Você sempre criará classes Java.
O que muda são as APIs utilizadas, isto é, interfaces que você usa para implementar um programa ou classes auxiliares.
A maior diferença é que Java EE geralmente exige dependências adicionais que não vem com o JDK, mas disponíveis através de um Servidor de Aplicação, como JBoss ou Glassfish.
Servidores de Aplicação
Note que o Tomcat não é um servidor JEE completo, pois ele não disponibiliza nativamente APIs como JTA, EJB, JPA, JSF, etc.
Por causa disso, ele é conhecido como um Web Container, isto é, um Servidor de Aplicação Web que somente disponibiliza APIs específicas para web como JSPs e Servlets.
Contudo você pode adicionar manualmente bibliotecas de terceiros para ativar APIs JEE no Tomcat.
Ajuda adicional
Se tiver dúvidas sobre a instalação e uso básico do Eclipse Kepler, dê uma olhada no meu artigo:
Instalando, Configurando e Usando o Eclipse Kepler

A: Cara, não entendi seu problema com o Eclipse EE. Você vai conseguir trabalhar normalmente (como se estivesse usando a versão Standard) quando quiser. Não há nenhum problema...
Como se trata da sua primeira linguagem, recomendo estudar bastante o paradigma OO e treinar bastante os conceitos básicos da linguagem. Só depois disso acho que vale a pena estudar JSP, Servlets... Até ai você pode usar a versão standard mesmo...
Em ambos casos, recomendo estas apostilas:
Java e Orientação a Objetos: http://www.caelum.com.br/apostila-java-orientacao-objetos/
Java para Desenvolvimento Web: http://www.caelum.com.br/apostila-java-web/
Vá com calma que não dá pra aprender tudo em uma tacada só! rs
Boa sorte! :D

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New Santa Ana shootings data sheds light on…
New Santa Ana shootings data sheds light on violent spike last year
A forensic specialist logs shell casings as evidence in 2016 after a shooting in Santa Ana. Newly released data from the Santa Ana Police Department shows shooting numbers last year peaked in late spring and early summer, suggesting that rhetoric of skyrocketing crime that helped reshuffle the City Council in the November election had some merit. (Photo by Ken Steinhardt, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A stay bullet stuck a window of a nearby apartment after a teenage male was shot around 11:25 p.m. near Orange and Walnut in Santa Ana on Sunday, October 30, 2016. Newly released data from the Santa Ana Police Department shows shooting numbers last year peaked in late spring and early summer, suggesting that rhetoric of skyrocketing crime that helped reshuffle the City Council in the November election had some merit.(Photo by Kevin Warn, Contributing Photographer)
A Santa Ana Police officer looks inside of a car that got shot at 3500 blocks of West 11th Street in Santa Ana on May 23, 2016. Two people were wounded in an apparent gang-related shooting in Santa Ana, police said.Newly released data from the Santa Ana Police Department shows shooting numbers last year peaked in late spring and early summer, suggesting that rhetoric of skyrocketing crime that helped reshuffle the City Council in the November election had some merit. (Photo by KYUSUNG GONG, Orange County Register/SCNG)
By Jessica Kwong | kwonglede@gmail.com | Contributing writer
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2017 at 5:48 p.m. | UPDATED: April 6, 2017 at 12:48 a.m.
Newly released data is presenting a fuller picture of the magnitude of a surge in Santa Ana shootings last year that pushed street crime to the forefront of the November election and sharply shifted the balance of power at City Hall.
A pace of more than a shooting a day for the first 50 days of 2016 represented a five-year high that brought unwelcome news media attention to Orange County's second largest city.
By March 2016, the police department stopped releasing running tallies of shootings, which include attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and firing into an inhabited dwelling or vehicle. Instead, officials cited crime data reported to the FBI, which included homicides, aggravated assaults, but not all shootings.
Those figures showed a more favorable and mixed trend in overall violent crime and led to campaign accusations from critics, including the city police union, that the police chief and his City Hall allies weren't being completely transparent about the crime problem.
Police Chief Carlos Rojas said the department discovered problems in tracking and evaluating shooting data that required it to take time to improve procedures and technology. He also said the department has been consistent in reaching out to the community to combat violent crime.
The new police department analysis of shootings shows an annual increase from 2013 to 2016 of 183 percent, to 292 incidents. In addition, May and June exceeded the pace of shootings that had drawn headlines in the first several weeks of the year, the report shows.
The trend eased to 14 and 19 shootings in November and December, respectively, but jumped back up to 30 in January this year before dropping to 12 in February.
Last month, the Register reported that Santa Ana homicides had climbed 92 percent from 2015 to 2016, based on figures prepared for the FBI. The new report using different metrics shows homicides had increased 85 percent last year, compared to 2013.
"Shootings fluctuate, crime fluctuates, it's cyclical," Rojas said of the new shooting statistics.
The latest shooting data offers a clearer perspective on a high-profile controversy over crime tracking that began last summer. Gerry Serrano, president of the Santa Ana Police Officers Association which has been critical of Rojas' leadership style, circulated a graph comparing the first six months of 2012 and 2016 and showing a 556 percent increase.
Rojas and then-City Manager David Cavazos countered with a September PowerPoint presentation at a City Council meeting that focused much more broadly and presented a comparatively favorable picture of crime at a low compared to previous decades.
Law enforcement and public officials, residents and academics suggested the increased street violence was driven by recent laws leading to the release of low-level criminals, a rise in gang warfare and a recession-reduced city budget.
Newly seated Councilman Jose Solorio, who was endorsed by the police union in the November election and made an issue of City Hall's crime statistics in his campaign, said the new shooting data "speaks for itself."
"I think it's obvious that in 2016, there was a spike in shootings and a spike in violent crime," Solorio said. He said he was frustrated that the police chief didn't present that information sooner and more clearly.
In an interview, Rojas said shootings were tracked continuously, but were not provided to the Register in response to requests last year because the department was using multiple databases, outdated technology and a variety of personnel to interpret the information.
"It was a mess," Rojas said. "That was during the period when we stopped doing the report because we were trying to figure out how to track it accurately."
Solorio said the police department's disclosure of the shooting and other crime statistics has become a policy issue that he intends to bring before the City Council, which shifted from a majority supportive of Rojas to only three in his camp, three police union-endorsed members and one swing vote.
A member of the city's Public Safety and Neighborhood Improvement Committee, Solorio said he plans push for a policy that would require specified crime data, including shootings, to be posted on the police department's website, similar to a practice followed by the Anaheim Police Department.
Councilman Sal Tinajero, a Rojas supporter, said that officials should be alarmed whenever shootings occur. But he said the police union's campaign attacks failed to put Santa Ana's trends in a larger regional context, where increases also have been reported.
Tinajero has repeatedly alleged during City Council meetings that police union-endorsed council members must repay a political debt to the officers' association by firing Rojas.
"I think it was a self-serving argument because what (the union was) trying to do was create a narrative that they needed more police officers when in fact what they really wanted was to take control of the City Council and promote an increase in wages," Tinajero said.
Serrano, whose union spent nearly $300,000 supporting a slate of candidates, declined to comment for this story. In the past, he has denied Tinajero's claims and said the union's political involvement was nothing unusual for organized labor groups.
Rojas said his department remains focused on making the streets safer. "Every single day, every single week, we do community policing, we have a community engagement plan, we do gang enforcement," he said. "We're constantly getting guns of the street … we're continuously hiring."
Mayor Miguel Pulido, who was endorsed by the police union, said in an earlier interview that the spike in crime could be combated with different policing strategies.
"We need a plan from the (police) chief and I haven't seen that," he said. His plan, he said, is to strengthen the city's anti-gang detail unit, as well as a strike force that supports gang crime enforcement and investigations.
During the jump in shootings in January of this year, Solorio wrote on his City Council Facebook page that the time had come for more open reporting of crime statistics, more accountability "and change in the SAPD."
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Jessica Kwong is a freelance correspondent for the Southern California News Group, based in New York City. She was previously a staff writer for the Orange County Register covering Santa Ana and transportation. A Los Angeles native, Kwong grew up speaking Spanish, Cantonese and English, in that order, and has spent much of her journalism career working in Spanish-language media. She started her career at the San Francisco Chronicle and has also been a staff writer for the San Antonio Express-News, La Opinión, Time Warner Cable Sports and the San Francisco Examiner. Kwong has won awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications, California Newspaper Publishers Association, San Francisco Peninsula Press Club and Orange County Press Club and has been a fellow for The New York Times and Hearst Newspapers. She earned her bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature in Spanish and English and Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkeley.
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The Ides Of March – Not Lucky For Caesar, Lucky For You
Bruce Mikells
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In his legendary work, The Tragedy of Julius Caesar William Shakespeare wrote a part for a character to play a soothsayer. A soothsayer is a kind of Miss Cleo without the extra telephone charges and the total lack of credibility.
This soothsayer warned Caesar that on the "Ides of March", also known as the 15th of March something really bad would happen.
In the case of Caesar that bad thing that happened was his murder. I'd say on a scale of one to a miserable day ol' Julius probably would have counted that one as a bad day.
I can't be sure because Julius was dead and unable to be reached for comment. So like cable TV news we will speculate and make things up to bolster the theme of our story.
But what's bad for the characters in a Shakespeare play could work out in your favor should you happen to match all five of the white ball numbers and the red Powerball in tonight's multi-state lottery game, Powerball.
We've gone a few weeks since our last big winner and that means that the Powerball jackpot is now up to a nice tidy sum of $123 million. If you take the one-time payout you're going to be placing $72.7 million dollars which would be 132,411,829,631.69 in Italian Lira. No matter what kind of currency you take your winnings in, it's a lot.
The Powerball drawing will be tonight at 9:59 Central Daylight Time. By rule, ticket sales must cease one hour before the drawing. I wish you better luck than Caesar had on this date a few centuries back. As always we request that you play responsibly.
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Lululemon condemns post with racist COVID-19 design, Ticketmaster responds to refund criticism, and Netflix subscriber numbers double expectations
Also: EDsmart is offering $1,000 for a 'Harry Potter dream job,' consumers share what they want to hear from brands, IPR's employee engagement survey, and more.
By Beki Winchel
@bekiweki
Hello, communicators:
McDonald's is offering frontline workers a free meal, and has asked its social media followers to spread the news:
🚨 Friends. Family. Community. WE NEED YOU! ❤ Please help us help our frontline workers. We want to give them a FREE thank you meal. If you know anyone who could use one, please like, tag in comment or retweet to let them know. We'd truly be proud to take their order. pic.twitter.com/5UzDKE4Z1w
— McDonald's (@McDonalds) April 21, 2020
The effort not only reminds communicators to focus on the people involved and their stories, but also showcases an easy way to get your community involved in your CSR efforts and crisis response.
Here are today's top stories:
Lululemon fires employee who shared racist shirt design online
Lululemon quickly distanced itself from art director Travis Fleming after he shared through his Instagram a shirt for sale that featured a takeout box and chopsticks with bat wings, along with the words "no thank you" emblazoned on the sleeve.
There have been 100+ daily attacks on Asian Americans since the start of #COVID19. To see people adding to the hurt & racism hurts my heart. I hope someone picks up this story and these individuals take responsibility. I am more proud than ever to be part of the AA community. ✊🏼 pic.twitter.com/nWy9WJeMVE
— Kamauri Yeh (@yehwho) April 19, 2020
USA Today reported:
"At lululemon, our culture and values are core to who we are, and we take matters like this extremely seriously," Lululemon spokesperson Erin Hankinson said in a statement to USA TODAY. "We apologize that an employee was affiliated with promoting an offensive t-shirt… The image and the post were inappropriate and inexcusable and we do not tolerate this behaviour."
… "We acted immediately, and the person involved is no longer an employee of lululemon," the statement added.
Fleming issued the following statement to Business Insider:
I sincerely apologize for the events that have transpired this week. Although I was in no way involved in the design of the t-shirt, I did make the decision to share a link to it, and I want to acknowledge that this was wrong. It is something I deeply regret, and my eyes have been opened to the profound ripple effect that this mistake has had. I apologize to those that have been hurt by this, as well as to my friends and colleagues at Lululemon who have been impacted by this situation. I commit to standing up against racist or discriminatory behavior and will work hard to ensure that my personal and professional contributions in the future are kind, inclusive and supportive.
Why it matters: The incident emphasizes how quickly both news and criticism can spread, even when headlines are dominated by COVID-19. Ensure employees understand your organization's social media policies and best practices, and be on the lookout for controversial posts along with regularly scanning the digital landscape for potential crises.
TACTICALLY SPEAKING
The number of new Netflix subscribers in January to March 2020 doubled the company's forecast.
CNet reported:
The world's dominant streaming-video subscription service, operating basically everywhere except China, Netflix said subscribers grew by 15.77 million to 182.86 million total, according to the company's first-quarter results. Netflix reported earnings on Tuesday afternoon.
The performance soars past Netflix's January guidance of 7 million new members. Analysts on average had expected 7.5 million member additions, according to Thomson Reuters.
Though the numbers are impressive—and a result of consumers looking for entertainment as they stay at home—Netflix will soon reach a content obstacle. Filming has stopped in most places around the world, and the platform must have attractive content to keep subscribers as it competes against Disney+, NBCUniversal's Peacock, HBO Max and more.
You might not have to create the library of content that Neflix and other streaming services boast, but COVID-19 has made communicators across industries and positions scramble to offer both content and engagement opportunities. Keep brainstorming and creating, so your well doesn't run dry.
Tina McCorkindale, CEO for the Institute of Public Relations, and Steve Cody, founder of Peppercomm, share insights from their latest report on how COVID-19 is changing how organizations engage employees.
They argue that despite only 10% of leaders having extensive plans for how to "return to work," not having lots of planning around this issue means you are "behind the ball."
Read all of their insights, form what organizations are getting right to where they have room to grow, here.
MEASURED THOUGHTS
Recent research from the 4A's and GlobalWebIndex revealed that more than half of consumers (56%) want to hear from brand managers during the pandemic, if they're taking actions such as donating goods and services. Forty-three percent said it's reassuring to hear from organizations:
Image courtesy of GlobalWebIndex.
The survey also revealed many opportunities for brand managers to engage with consumers, based on the activities they're embracing while staying at home. Though the largest amount (42%–43%) are watching more TV, streaming content and watching the news, 31% are cooking more. In addition, 32% are spending more time on social media platforms, and the same amount are turning to hobbies for entertainment.
Consider what you can offer, whether it's a new recipe or a peek behind the scenes to entertain and build loyalty.
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Ticketmaster answers backlash over refund policy
The ticketing platform recently responded to growing criticism regarding canceled and postponed shows:
A message regarding live event refunds: pic.twitter.com/aHTG42Sd9P
— Ticketmaster (@Ticketmaster) April 17, 2020
In its statement, Ticketmaster said it "intends to refund as many tickets as possible in as timely a fashion as is feasible" and that its "working every day towards that goal." However, the uncertainty surrounding many concerts and other live events have created obstacles for consumers seeking refunds.
Canceled? Sure, you can get your cash back, often automatically. New Jersey rockers Bon Jovi, for instance, canceled their entire 2020 tour Monday, in an effort to help ticketholders "pay their bills or buy groceries," the band said in a statement.
But postponed, even if a new date hasn't been set? The answer tends to be "no." It's left fans fuming as the continuing crisis forces A-listers like the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Taylor Swift, Madonna, Kelly Clarkson, Cher and Jason Aldean to cancel or postpone their shows.
Billboard reported that a lawsuit has been filed against Major League Baseball, its individual teams, StubHub, Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, with at least one similar suit filed against Ticketmaster and Live Nation for the companies' refund policies.
Why it's important: Many organizations across industries are backlogged in customer service requests, refunds and credits, with concerned consumers growing angrier by the minute. Though COVID-19 is rewriting the crisis communications playbook, responding as quickly as possible, with as much transparency as you can muster, remains a best practice. Providing any level of certainty within your communications (such as answers to common questions or decisions on whether an event is happening or will be virtual) can also build trust among consumers.
College rankings and reviews website EDsmart has offered up to five people the opportunity for a short-term dream job: Watch every "Harry Potter" and "Fantastic Beasts" film from start to finish, and get paid $1,000.
The company posted an earnings breakdown per film. Chosen candidates will have to share the marathon through social media, via live-tweeting, livestreaming and more. If chosen, you'll also get a "Harry Potter Marathon Survivial kit," which contains themed snacks, a blanket and a $100 Grubhub gift card.
The contest is a fun way to help audiences stay entertained while sheltering in place, and might give you inspirataion for a virtual watch party that you can tie into your brand.
We asked what you're calling the process of going back to work following sheltering in place. More than half of you (57%) call it the "new normal," while 21% call it "return to normal" and 21% call it "re-entry."
Communicators, what are you dubbing "going back to work" after shelter-in-place edicts are lifted?
Weigh in below and share how you're positioning your messaging under #DailyScoop. We'll share in tomorrow's roundup.
— PR Daily (@PRDaily) April 21, 2020
Corporate communications pro Nolan Sundrud tweeted a reminder for employee communicators not to overpromise, but rather, inform and support your workforce as you adjust to the crisis:
Crisis = disruption to business as usual. We cannot promise things will be the same as before. We do look forward to a time when we have "usual" processes and sustainable work environments again – a new normal. There is no "return" or "re-entry."
— Nolan Sundrud (@nsundrud) April 21, 2020
Which of the following channels do you turn to the most for COVID-19 information and updates?
Which of the following do you use the most to get information and updates on COVID-19?
Share your thoughts below and under #DailyScoop, and we'll share in tomorrow's roundup.
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One Response to "Lululemon condemns post with racist COVID-19 design, Ticketmaster responds to refund criticism, and Netflix subscriber numbers double expectations"
Ronald N. Levy says: April 22, 2020 at 1:15 pm
An apology sounds like expressing regret for being guilty but Lululemon was NOT guilty so it was a PR blunder to apologize.
Better: express outrage that "the stupid comment wasn't funny and was unfair to all the Lululemon people who work hard every day to make Lululemon so hugely popular for style and quality."
Even bad publicity creates a good opportunity to get coverage that helps public esteem and sales.
The employee apologizing instead of expressing outrage shows why it pays to have a great PR firm that knows almost immediately how to handle such things.
Disneyland axes annual pass program, Axios declares audience 'Bill of Rights' to gain reader trust in local news, and Edelman reports burst trust bubble
Amazon and Twitter cut off QAnon, Signal app responds to investor confusion and Ben & Jerry's debuts ice cream for dogs
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Trump: "There's Tremendous Military Application in Space"
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NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the record on Monday for the longest cumulative time spent in space by an American, surpassing the previous 534 days, 2 hours, and 48 minutes accrued by Jeff Williams. By the time Whitson comes back to Earth in September, she'll have spent a total of 666 days in space.
President Donald Trump called the International Space Station on Monday to congratulate Whitson and have a quick chat with her and ISS newcomer Jack Fischer, as well as the currently-Earthbound Kate Rubins, who returned from the ISS last October.
"This is a very special day in the glorious history of American spaceflight," Trump said during the conversation, which was live-streamed on Facebook. "Today, Commander Whitson, you have broken the record for the most total time spent in space by an American astronaut."
"On behalf of our nation and, frankly, on behalf of the world, I'd like to congratulate you," the president told Whitson.
"It's a huge honor to break a record like this," Whitson replied. She thanked everyone at NASA who made this feat possible, and expressed excitement for what the future of space exploration has in store — particularly the agency's goal to send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s. "It's a very exciting time and I'm so proud of the team."
After some back and forth about life on the space station and about the incredibly amazing work the crew is doing as a prelude to preparing future generations for long trips into deep space and Mars, Trump took a moment to shift things into a brief left turn and bizarrely bring the military into all of this.
Trump: "There's tremendous military application in space"
"There's tremendous military application in space," Trump said. "We're rebuilding our military like never before. We're going to have the strongest military the world has ever seen." One has to assume he means for space to play a very significant role in that plan.
This is very far from the first time the administration has infused a militarized specter into space policy talks. During last year's campaign trail, Vice President Mike Pence explicitly said a Trump-Pence administration would "strengthen our military space mission and assets." Members of Trump's NASA transition team after the election seemed to suggest the administration was looking to foster greater cooperation between civilian space parties and the military.
Peggy Whitson and Jeff Fischer nevertheless had some fun Monday morning. YouTube
And earlier this month, the U.S. Air Force Space Command outright discussed scenarios in which assets would be defended from threats just as they would if they were based on land, in the sea, or in air.
This is one of the first times Trump himself has referenced the military when talking about his vision for space — and it's incredibly weird he picked Whitson's record-smashing moment to make this reference.
Alas, this is not a predictable presidency. Nevertheless, it's probably a good idea to bet on a near-future where the U.S. pursues an increased defense presence in orbit. Let's wait to see how the rest of the world will respond to that.


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Kristin Hersh - The Grotto
4AD CAD 2302 CD, released 17 March 2003
Kristin Hersh, has in one form or another, inspired many a generation of music fans with her often complex lyrical wordplay, whether rocking out in her band, Throwing Muses, or since 1994, releasing solo albums with a mainly acoustic nature. Her first solo album "Hips and Makers" was intense and emotional, and had the added selling point of REM's Michael Stipe on the song "Your Ghost" while her 2001 release "Sunny Border Blue" resulted in a very angry electric Kristin, perhaps most personified by the opening and closing tracks "Your Dirty Answer" and "Listerine". It takes some doing to release a new album by Throwing Muses and Kristin solo on the same day, but that's what's happened.
I should note the packaging of The Grotto, it's really nice and shows what being on a good indie label like 4AD is really about. The CD folds out tri-fold, with the CD in the middle. The track listing is on the CD spine, handy if you want to look at it on your shelves of CDs without pulling it out I guess. The artwork is also pretty striking with its internal light coloured art contrasting with its dark exterior.
But enough about that. What really matters is the music, and it's here where Kristin really delivers. With able assistance from Howe Gelb on piano and Andrew Bird on violin, this album is on the whole pretty sparse in terms of there isn't much going on, mainly either Kristin singing with guitar and the piano or violin offering occasional accompaniment. But therein also lies the beauty of it, in that it's simple yet also really intense at the same time. There's all the complex lyrical wordplay going on in your head while at the same time marvelling at the sheer plucked strings from Kristin's guitar, or the gentle lilting piano that Howe offers. In short, it's majestic.
The opener, Sno-Cat, gives you a taste of what is to come. In the main annotated by four bars of guitar with the lyrics referring (it seems) to a cold winter driving around in a snow cat type vehicle, and how cold it feels throughout. By the end piano you really feel the emotion inside the song and it gives you hope by asking where the summer fish story will be. Then there is Deep Wilson, beatifully showing that the use of violin does work if used in the right way, with it provding substance for the song throughout. It's really sad and upsetting at the same time though, with almost the upset and hate writhing within: "Knees pressed against the leather couch, I couldn't find my bra", she sings with aplomb.
Snake Oil has a most wonderful use of one of Kristin's guitar slides that really puts the cherry on top of this wistful song, but for me personally the best track of the album (and if 4AD did singles, they'd really be urged to pick this one) is next. Vanishing Twin could be seen as many things, but I'm not sure what yet. The off kilter piano solo sets things off in a different direction, then the guitar comes in and keeps the melody simple yet succinct and draws you in to every verse. "Your reputation lives in spite of me", and "That's the way the cookie bounces in spite of me" gives you the idea of the self-depreciation that gently sets the song in the tone. Just before the last verse the piano joins in the guitar in an instrumental break and really sends shivers down the spine along the way. Very very nice.
SRB really is deep and darkened at the same time, dealing with abuse by the sound of it. The opening lyric of "Head first into the headboard, I'm shatter proof" seems to set the scene for what is to come, and how you're almost reduced to a raspy whispered plan to try and escape. It's really tough listening but worth persevering for the way that in between the verse the guitar really just flows along and gives the song space to breathe which it needs. Silver Sun is pretty good, the slide at the start reminds me of the Pixies' album track "Silver" for some strange reason, it has that same feel of wishing for something. The sound of a creaking door in the background gives it that old age Western feel and really gives it that little bit extra.
Vitamins V, as well as the longest track, is really deep territory, as well as Kristin's voice almost gently breaking away on occasions which adds to the desperation of the whole piece, summised perfectly by the chorus "This lukewarm catastrophe is a recipe for rebirth, or so I overheard" followed by a very angry Kristin and an intense guitar almost giving out the other way as she almost spits out "I won't waste your time with lies". Arnica Montana on the other hand is a look back at younger days : "We've done our time on the pressure cooker at Arnica Montana" is accompanied by the violin and guitar and sounds rather like it would come from the closing song of a musical: such is its surprise.
Milk Street is very lyrically sparse, but at the same time this allows for the melody to really flow, and on this song it certainly does. It has space to breathe at the start before the change of pace which takes you a little by surprise, then back to slow again. The final track Ether is emotional to say the least, not just because it's almost thinking that you want to be somewhere else. "I want that... so I pray to the ether" she exclaims, and later its added by its chorus of "I ache for the past, like a baby". The violin comes into its own on this one, and to end everything Kristin just asks "who knows what you have seen?"
Summing up this album is difficult. Possibly because unless you're Kristin yourself or really know what the songs mean, it's hard to appreciate the intensity of the whole thing for what it really is. However, that's the deep root. At the heart of it all is a meisterwerk in the making with an intertwining of violin, guitars and piano that made Hips and Makers so lovely, but it furthers this on The Grotto by also giving the instruments added depth and dimension which really make everything come together. To get the best out of it, put the CD in, turn of all the lights in your house, turn the dimmer off on the CD player and amplifier if you can, and listen to it in utter blackness of night (around midnight should do it). It's nothing short of superb, and already has to be a contender for my album of 2003. Go to the shops and buy it - NOW.
The Grotto should be available in all good record shops, but if you want to buy it online, order it from the nice folks at Play or from 4AD directly where the very lovely Jo will look after the order for you :)