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In this section we reflect on the work we have done in the final year of our three-year Corporate Strategy to ensure strong regulation whilst protecting consumers from gambling harm.
As set out in our corporate business plan, our five key focus areas are:
protect the interests of consumers
raise standards in the gambling market
prevent harm to consumers and the public
improve the way we regulate
optimise returns to good causes from lotteries.
Summary of achievements – 2020-21 corporate business plan milestones
33 milestones were due
21 milestones were achieved
10 were rescheduled and will be delivered during 2021-22
2 milestones were superseded.
Annual operator income fee by sector
Arcades 6%
Betting 31%
Bingo 4%
Casino 28%
Lotteries 7%
Machines 24%
The following gives details of the Commission's milestones which were superseded or replanned during 2020-21:
Milestones superseded:
complete a review of online gambling protections, including controls on stakes and prizes
enhance the functionality of our risk assessment tool.
Milestones replanned:
advise the Secretary of State on the Government's review of the Gambling Act 2005
publish an evaluation of our actions to reduce the risk of harm to children and young people
review our approach to measuring participation and prevalence and publish conclusions
deliver industry events and a programme of initiatives to raise standards
publish clearer documentation about our Corporate Governance process
improve the licence application process
implement changes to our Governance framework and practices
implement agreed proposals to improve our approach to regulatory data
provide centralised support for impact evaluation
enhance staff engagement including a Commission-wide staff conference.
Consumers are at the heart of our regulatory approach. As gambling behaviour evolves, we work hard to stay on top of emerging trends, including those caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure our work is focused in the right areas.
Over the past 12 months we have continued to remind commercial operators of their social and consumer responsibilities and taken decisions, supported by research and our relations with external stakeholders, to take appropriate regulatory actions.
Our key activities in this area were:
Along with strict guidance, we wrote to online operators upon the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis reminding them of their responsibilities to their customers with millions of people having to observe social distancing rules. This included us issuing new guidance after seeing evidence that some people may have been at greater risk of harm during lockdown. Included in that guidance were the need for affordability checks, the prevention of reverse withdrawals and restrictions on bonus offers.
Our Consumer Contact Centre continues to be the main point of contact for the public and players. During the 2020-21 financial year, the team received 9,304 complaints from consumers about operators which helped support and inform our regulatory approach.
We commissioned a piece of consumer research to understand how we can best inform consumer decision-making and assist harm prevention.
Through our research and insights we have constantly analysed data, markets, products and trends. These insights allow us to look at the risks and opportunities in the industry which inform our work. This year has included the growth in online gambling and consumers' move to mobile.
We continued to see rapid progress through our Advertising Technology challenge to the industry, which aims to reduce the amount of online advertising seen by children, young people and vulnerable adults. This led to the production of a common list of negative search terms, a 25+ age approach to prospecting ad campaigns on social media, and better use of customer data to ensure paid-for ads are targeted away from vulnerable groups across social media platforms.
We continued the development of the Single Customer View project, which aims to reduce consumer harms by providing a holistic picture of a customer's online gambling activity, including continued engagement with key stakeholders such as the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
Following a successful initiative with Twitter in 2019-20, we partnered with Facebook to publish a guide for consumers on how to limit their exposure to gambling content on the social networking platform.
We have supported the Committee of Advertising Practice's (CAP) recent proposals to tighten the rules around the content and targeting of gambling adverts, in particular, to further limit the appeal of gambling ads to under-18s and other vulnerable people.
We welcomed the commencement of the Government's Gambling Act Review and a separate consultation on fees. We have contributed to the evidence gathering by DCMS.
Minimising and preventing gambling harm is a key focus for the Commission and over the past 12 months, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, we continued to use our full range of powers, working closely alongside our partners, to enhance protections for the public and players and introduce new ideas and ways of working.
Now in its third year, the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms continues to offer the means for collaboration by the Commission and partners to reduce gambling harms. The Commission's actions map tracks the significant range of positive actions across the nations and regions to support this collaboration.
Through our regulatory powers, we have also continued to take proactive action against online and land-based operators who have not done enough to protect their customers from gambling harm.
Our highlights in this area included:
In April 2020 we introduced a high profile ban on the use of credit cards for gambling and continued to watch closely for any unintended consequences for consumers.
The introduction in September 2020 of strict new guidance for operators to clean up the malpractice of so called VIP schemes.
We announced a package of strict measures in February 2021 around online slots games which included the introduction of limits on spin speeds and the permanent ban on features such as autoplay or those which celebrate losses as wins. The permanent prohibition of reverse withdrawals was also announced alongside these measures.
We closely monitored online and, where appropriate, land-based gambling patterns to understand how the Covid-19 pandemic changed the risks experienced by consumers through the collection of additional industry data and consumer research. We acted on these findings and published the information for stakeholders to inform them of developing consumer trends.
The establishment of a new Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) in February 2021 which provides independent advice based on its members' personal experiences of gambling harms – helping to inform our decision making.
In November 2020, we published the latest actions map and update for the continued delivery of the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms. This included how we continued to contribute, alongside our public health and statutory partners, to steering groups and implementation groups across England, Scotland and Wales.
We continued to work closely with a range stakeholders, particularly CAP and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), to respond to the recommendations outlined in GambleAware's research into the effects of gambling advertising on children, young people and vulnerable adults.
We have reviewed and approved regulatory settlements with a cumulative value of millions of pounds for activities to be applied for socially responsible purposes.
Supporting the delivery of independent research commissioned by GambleAware, which has included the publication of reports into the impact of the behavioural change principle of anchoring, guidance for designing safer gambling messaging, and interim results from the Patterns of Play project.
Following our implementation of the requirement for online operators to participate in Gamstop, the national self-exclusion system, we continue to monitor compliance closely.
Through a consultation with the industry and other stakeholders we reviewed our approach to measuring gambling participation and prevalence.
To protect consumers, the Commission's role is to ensure standards are constantly being raised across the gambling industry. We do this through a variety of ways – via our day-to-day licensing work, targeted compliance activity, and using our enforcement powers where we see standards are not being met.
During the past 12 months we carried out our compliance and enforcement activity through a number of challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic – which saw large parts of the gambling sector, including land-based businesses, closed for the majority of the year.
We continuously engaged with operators to understand the impacts of Covid-19, which included understanding which products had seen an increase in play, splits between new and existing players and increase in spend and customer interactions. This was backed up by a programme of targeted assessment work to collate evidence.
We continued with our programme of compliance activity as much as possible during 2020-21. As part of our refined focus and process, we conducted 25 full assessments of online operators and five targeted assessments of land-based operators.
Additionally, we carried out 83 website reviews and 262 security audits. 29 personal licence reviews were commenced and 57 were finalised, including from the previous financial year.
We also continued with our tough enforcement activity against gambling operators and personal licence holders who failed to meet our standards. We have continued to hold operators to account for failings around anti-money laundering, social responsibility controls and customer interaction issues. Our casework led to the suspension of five operators and the revocation of one operator and nine personal management licence holders. A total of £32.1m was paid by 15 operators as a result of fines or regulatory settlements. This covered £13.2m in fines and £18.9m in regulatory settlements.
In 2020-21, our intelligence team, who provide a confidential ear to the industry and the public, as well as being our main gateway to partner agencies such as the National Crime Agency, international law enforcement organisations, and sports governing bodies, generated 3,836 intelligence reports, relating to a number of issues including social media lotteries, unlicensed remote operators and money laundering. 29 Incident Referral Forms (IRFs) were submitted by the unit to Incident Management Group (IMG) for consideration.
Aside from a variety of other intelligence which was processed, our Sports Betting Intelligence Unit received over 700 specific reports which included issues such as suspicious betting activity, sports rules breaches, misuse of inside information, Gambling Act offences or other criminality. Football and tennis continue to be the source for the majority of these reports, despite disruption to the calendar due to Covid-19.
Following the test house framework consultation, we worked with the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) and all test houses to implement changes aimed at raising standards in the industry.
We have continued to work to shut down illegal gambling, working closely with law enforcement agencies, the UK Cyber Centre and consumers to gather intelligence and take action against black market gambling.
We have assessed the ongoing suitability of our licensees by using a variety of tools, such as regulatory data and interaction with stakeholders. In the past year we have processed 170 operator licence applications, with 545 individuals applying for a personal licence.
We published our third annual Compliance and Enforcement Report which outlined case work during 2019-20 alongside recommendations and case studies for operators.
We continued to ensure Boards focused on their responsibilities to be tested via corporate evaluations and assurance statements.
We supported the UK Government in developing the role of the Regulatory Supervisor for Money Laundering.
Optimise returns to good causes from lotteries
Lotteries, including the National Lottery, make significant contributions to society and generate important funds for good causes – with £43 billion raised by the National Lottery since its launch in 1994. Those good causes include funding sports, arts, heritage and community projects.
The National Lottery has made a difference to the lives of millions and continues its positive impact on society. The Commission's role is to ensure it is run with propriety whilst protecting the interests of every player, whilst making sure funds are maximised for good causes.
Last year we launched the competition for the next National Lottery licence which will begin in 2023. The preferred bidder will be announced in late 2021.
We worked with the Operator to enable the National Lottery to continue to run smoothly during the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns and monitored performance closely to ensure players continued to be protected during the rapid and significant increase in online play.
We continued to focus on players' interests more broadly, undertaking a review of our approach to Interactive Instant Win Games to protect players from harm.
We approved joint marketing investment proposals between the Operator and good causes for Lotto, EuroMillions, Set for Life and the National Lottery Brand. Performance of existing marketing investment proposals indicate that previous such approvals have delivered for good causes and that these decisions stand to significantly benefit good causes during the 2021/22 financial year.
Returns to good causes finished the financial year at £1.83bn. It has been a strong year, particularly given the challenging circumstances this year.
In July 2020, following a public consultation, we strengthened several important aspects of our licence conditions and codes of practice which apply to society lotteries. New requirements and accompanying guidance ensure consumers have information available to help them make fully informed decisions about whether to participate in lotteries. At the same, time limits on the size of society lotteries were raised in line with Government legislation.
We outlined our conclusions following a consultation of society lottery prize limits and transparency measures.
Through a Selection Questionnaire, we officially launched the competition for the next National Lottery franchise in August 2020.
Following the launch of the Selection Questionnaire, we published the Invitation to Apply to successful applicants and are pleased with the number of entrants.
Our risk and evidence-based approach to regulation continues to ensure high standards are maintained by all operators we licence. This approach also plays a role in setting the direction for others in the industry to follow as we work to ensure gambling is safe, fair, free from crime and free from the risks of money laundering.
We continue to monitor and review our performance with the pace of innovation and technology constantly accelerating. Despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the past year our administrative and licensing procedures continued to be streamlined and improved to ensure they were more digitally accessible for the industry, licensees, the public and players.
As part of our response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we collected and published regular data about the trends we were seeing throughout the year and during the various lockdowns across the country. This enabled us to respond effectively and provide clear guidance to operators as the country transitioned to virtual and remote working.
We welcomed reports into gambling regulation by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords, following an earlier National Audit Office report. We continue to take forward the key recommendations.
The work on our new website has been a success and has ensured full compliance with new online accessibility legislation. The new-look site was launched in June 2021.
We continued to improve and consolidate our internal software and hardware estate, moving further towards an entirely cloud based infrastructure - improving resilience, information security and user experience.
Our project to automate the personal management licence application process was delayed due to Covid 19 but will be delivered in Summer 2021. We have continued to see the positive impacts from automation of the personal licence maintenance service with reductions in processing time of 50% or more and are looking to achieve similar outcomes in the next financial year.
We worked hard to respond to the challenges presented by Covid-19 on our colleagues and remote working processes to ensure there was a minimal impact on recruitment, training and wellbeing.
We undertook a culture diagnostic and have developed a programme that continues to develop us as an inclusive and diverse organisation and a great place to work.
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Letterman co-founder is remembered by family
– January 25, 2013Posted in: News, Personal Stories
Robert Philip Engemann returned to our Heavenly Father on January 20, 2013, surrounded by family and close friends. A joyous day, being reunited with his eternal companion Betty, and returning home with honor. Bobby was born in Highland Park, Michigan on February 19, 1935 to Paul Robert and Lillias Susan Nicholas Engemann. He married the love of his life, Betty Irene Crail, for time and all eternity on August 18, 1961 in the Los Angeles LDS Temple.
The trio in 1964, Jim Pike, Bob Engemann and Tony Butala
After attending Brigham Young University, a stint in the U.S. Air Force, and serving a two-year LDS mission in Minnesota, in 1959 Bobby became a founding member of The Lettermen, the #1 "adult contemporary and romantic group of all time", according to Billboard Magazine. This phenomenal group enjoyed 20 hit singles, 46 consecutive hit albums, 9 gold albums, five Grammy nominations, sold well over $100 million worth of records and with top hits such as "The Way You Look Tonight", "When I Fall In Love", "Theme From a Summer Place", and "Goin' Out Of My Head/Can't Take My Eyes Off of You", The Lettermen captured the hearts of young lovers throughout the world. In 2001, The Lettermen were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, along with The Four Freshmen, The Bee Gees, and others.
Bobby and Betty enjoyed years of traveling the world with The Lettermen for concert tours, forging lifetime friendships and creating lasting memories. Bobby's family was his first priority. He loved spending quality time with his children, with countless hours coaching youth sports, attending practices and games to cheer on his family; he was an avid athlete himself leaving baseball behind to follow his singing career. However, he was a family man and wanted to spend more time at home with his wife and their four children, thus, he ended his touring years and started his next life chapter. At that time, he began producing records and music for Capitol Records, United Artists Records and Hanna-Barbera television productions, producing stars such as Cheryl Ladd, Kurt Russell, Josie and the Pussycats and Scooby Doo. He also founded and was President of Independent Recorders, Inc. in Los Angeles where hit records were recorded by such artists as The Beach Boys, Paul Anka, Mac Davis, Bobby Gentry, and Olivia Newton John, among others. Bobby fondly remembered those days as creative and exciting times.
The trio in the earlier years, Bob Engemann, Tony Butala and Jim Pike
In 1977, Bobby and Betty moved from Studio City, California, to Provo, Utah to join his Alma Mater, BYU, as a Development Officer, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds for the University's major building projects, including what would become Lavell Edwards Stadium, and academic programs. Over the years, he kept his vocal talents sharp by singing with several performing groups, including Reunion, with former Lettermen Jimmy Pike and Ric De Azevedo of the famous King family, as well as Star and Galaxy. Over the years and even recently despite his health, Bobby managed, promoted, and coached numerous local talents, having a dramatic influence on local performers with his uncanny ability to bring out the best in anyone.
Bobby was a magnificent man, not only in word but in deed; his fame never influenced his priorities. "He lived the life the Savior wanted him to live", remarked his brother, Karl Engemann. Bobby's life was rooted in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was dedicated to missionary work and diligent in his callings, including BYU High Counsel. He changed the lives of many through his testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and was the ultimate example of Christ-like charity, love, and enduring to the end. He truly fought the good fight – he was our superhero. "Able to sing whole notes with a single breath – LETTERMAN".
Bobby was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Betty; he is survived by his brothers, Karl (Geri) and Bill (Kathryn); sister, Jean (Ed) King; children, Andrew (Dana), Lizanne, Melissa, and Danny (Jenny); foster daughter, Betty (Raymond) Begay; 19 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, and countless extended family and friends who he loved with an eternal love that's forever and ever!
Bobby Engemann remembrance poster design by TPE Art Director – Jeffery A. Taylor
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the Edgemont South Stake Center, 350 E 2950 N, Provo. Family and friends may call on Friday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Berg Mortuary of Provo, 185 East Center Street, or on Saturday morning at the Ward Chapel from 9:30 to 10:45 am. Interment will be at East Lawn Memorial Hills. Condolences may be sent through his obituary at www.bergmortuary.com.

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'Friends & Family Hustle': T.I. & Tiny Reveal How They Make Their Marriage Work After 10 Years
by Alyssa Georg	 July 2, 2020 July 2, 2020
On the June 29 finale of 'Pals & Family Hustle', T.I. and Tiny revealed what they love most about one another, and shared their secrets and techniques to creating their marriage work.
Regardless of going via some robust instances previously, T.I. and Tameka "Tiny" Harris' relationship is healthier than ever. This was evident on the latest season of T.I. & Tiny: Pals & Family Hustle, which aired its finale on June 29. "My relationship with Tameka has grown stronger over time," T.I. admitted through the episode. "It's grown exponentially stronger."
The artists began relationship in 2011, and acquired married in 2010. Collectively, they've three kids. "I've discovered methods to love him more durable and respect him [over the years]," Tiny defined on Pals & Family Hustle, whereas Tip added, "She brings out the most effective in me." T.I. and Tiny have overcome many relationship points, together with a near-divorce in 2016. T.I. has admittedly cheated on Tiny, too, however they've managed to get via all of that and get to the place they're in the present day.
"I'm gonna inform you all the important thing to marriage," T.I. stated. "I strive to not let different individuals's issues change into our issues. The world may disintegrate, however so long as we're straight, then it's all good. It's a must to take care of your points in home together with your accomplice, as a result of that's the individual you bought to put down with." Tiny admitted that her relationship with T.I. is a "work in progress, daily," however clearly, it's value it!
The longtime lovers additionally revealed what they love most about one another through the June 29 finale "I like that he's so nurturing when he needs to be and thoughtful when he needs to be," Tiny gushed. T.I. stated, "What's there to not love? I really like that she's extremely daring, she's self-motivated, she's extraordinarily gifted." For good measure, he additionally included, "And I really like that butt!"
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Through the episode, T.I. additionally defined that he and his daughter, Deyjah Harris, lastly had a personal dialog relating to his controversial interview, the place he mentioned taking Deyjah to the gynecologist to "verify" her hymen. "Me and Deyjah had numerous wholesome dialogue," he stated. "Regardless that it's personal, I'll say, it's all for a similar objective of creating certain that the Harris household stays tight." There's no denying that this household will at all times have one another's backs!
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U.S. Adds Another 130,000 Coronavirus Cases, Expert Predicts Country Could Soon Hit 200,000 Cases Per Day
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While the U.S. was laser-focused on the presidential election over the last week, the country averaged more than 115,000 new coronavirus cases per day.
According to the New York Times Coronavirus Tracker, over the past seven days there has been an average of 116,448 new coronavirus cases per day, a 64% increase from the average two weeks earlier. Additionally, more than 10.1 million people in the U.S. have been infected with the coronavirus since early March and at least 238,700 have died.
MarketWatch also reported hospitals in Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Iowa are running out of room and health experts are getting concerned state health systems will be overwhelmed as the year ends and 2021 begins.
"This is what exponential math looks like," Malia Jones, a social epidemiologist with the University of Wisconsin told MarketWatch. "Everything seems fine until quite suddenly it seems completely out of control. We've been seeing the slow build to this for a month, and we have also seen little or no action to put the brakes on it. This is a predictable outcome, unfortunately.
"And we will keep on posting record numbers of cases day after day unless something changes," Jones added.
Wisconsin's health department announced Monday afternoon, that its hospitals are currently at 88% capacity–with a wave of new admissions arriving in the coming days as cases continue to rise. Rural states, which largely avoided the first wave of coronavirus, are now feeling the brunt of a second, harsher wave coinciding with weather change as the U.S. heads into winter.
In El Paso, Texas, health officials have brought in 10 morgue trucks to deal with the spike in coronavirus cases, while at the same time businesses in the county have said they will not close. In Ohio, Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, the incoming chief medical officer for the state's health department said every county in the state is feeling the spike in cases.
"Every county in the state is feeling the brunt of rising COVID-19 hospitalizations," Vanderhoff told CNN. "If we don't control the spread of the virus and our case numbers, we won't be able to continue caring for the acutely ill without postponing important, but less urgent care."
Rural states are particularly vulnerable as they tend to have fewer hospitals with less space, are farther away than hospitals in metropolitan areas and residents typically have worse or less health insurance.
However, according to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, a vaccine should be widely available for the most vulnerable Americans by the end of the year. According to CNN, Azar's comments came a day after Pfizer announced its coronavirus vaccine, which is still in testing, appears to be more than 90% effective. Azar also added Moderna is also producing its vaccine candidate.
"We have anticipated that we will have enough vaccine by the end of December to have vaccinated our most vulnerable citizens and nursing homes and otherwise; and by the end of January enough for all health care workers and first responders; and enough for all Americans by the end of March to early April to have general vaccination programs," Azar told The Today Show, according to CNN.
However, getting the vaccine out may also prove difficult because Dr. John Burkhardt, Pfizer's vice president of Global Drug Safety Research and Development said the shot needs to be stored in extremely low temperatures, far below the capacity of standard freezers.
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Rihanna to perform `Stranded' in Haiti telethon
PUBLISHED: January 21, 2010 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: August 29, 2017 at 12:13 p.m.
OSLO – R&B superstar Rihanna says she will perform a new song called "Stranded" with rapper Jay-Z and U2's The Edge and Bono at Friday's "Hope for Haiti" telethon in London.
Rihanna says she feels drawn to the cause because of Haiti's proximity to her home country of Barbados.
She said Thursday during the taping of a Norwegian talk show that the Caribbean is like a family and the humanitarian disaster that struck Haiti following a Jan. 12 earthquake feels "like it happened to Barbados."
The funds raised from the "Hope for Haiti" benefit will be donated to several relief organizations, including UNICEF, Oxfam America and Partners in Health.


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In this episode, I tell the story of my husband's leukemia and graft vs host disease.
Every dream begins with an idea.
In this podcast, we'll explore the magic and power of writing things down, onto the page.
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Banksy's NYC Works Had a Poor Showing at Auction
By Adam Martin
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The problem with trying to cash in on Banksy, if the artist should happen to grace your building with a valuable original work, is that it can be incredibly difficult to remove and transport the artwork, often done on a brick or concrete wall. But despite that, a New York dealer transported two of the heavy artworks down to Florida for an auction on Tuesday night, yielding mixed results. While one piece, the self-explanatory Kissing Coppers, which was not part of the New York series but was taken from a pub wall in Brighton, sold for $480,000, plus $95,000 in fees, two others from the New York series failed to meet their reserves.
The relatively portable Crazy Horse, in the form of a door taken from a car that was part of a much larger Lower East Side installation, was priced at $100,000 and did not sell. Bandaged Heart, the piece from Red Hook that immediately became the scene of a little tagging war with someone going by Omar, carried a price of $200,000 and also did not sell. It reportedly weighed 7,000 pounds.
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It seems overvaluing Banksy's works is pervasive among those who suddenly find themselves owning one. The Upper East Side art dealer who bought the works to sell at auction "said he was contacted by seven or eight other de-facto owners of Banksy's Big Apple produce, but said they wanted too much money," according to the New York Daily News.
Kissing Coppers, the one piece that did sell, was expected to fetch between $500,00 and $700,000, and hit the very bottom of that range. So it seems while there is a market for Banksys out there, it's not quite as hot as many a giddy Banksy "victim" thought.
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After a sluggish start, New York is ramping up vaccination efforts, making more people eligible for the shot and opening new mass vaccination sites.
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When Rudolph W. Giuliani was treating his efforts to carry out President Trump's wishes to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election as a payment opportunity — he proposed a daily retainer of $20,000 for his legal services from the burgeoning Trump campaign legal fund — the president dismissed it and responded by demanding to personally approve each expense.
Nine weeks and another impeachment later, Mr. Trump began the day on Thursday by asking aides to erase any sign of a rift. Stripped of his Twitter account, Mr. Trump conveyed his praise through an adviser, Jason Miller, who tweeted: "Just spoke with President Trump, and he told me that @RudyGiuliani is a great guy and a Patriot who devoted his services to the country! We all love America's Mayor!"
White House officials are universally angry with Mr. Giuliani and blame him for both of Mr. Trump's impeachments. But the president is another story.
Even as he complains about Mr. Giuliani's latest efforts as fruitless, the president remains unusually deferential to him in public and in private. "Don't underestimate him," Mr. Trump has told advisers.
But only up to a point. While Mr. Trump and his advisers balked at the $20,000 request weeks ago, it is unclear whether the president will sign off on Mr. Giuliani being paid anything other than expenses.
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The House impeached Trump for inciting insurrection, with the support of 10 Republicans. The trial will take place during Biden's administration.
"I could have never imagined that he could have gone down this road."
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The proposal includes $1,400 checks for most Americans and $400 federal weekly unemployment benefits through September.
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The state attorney general asserts that cops illegally used "excessive force and [made] false arrests" during last summer's demonstrations.
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NEW: Biden has unveiled his proposal for a new $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill.
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With the MAGA base still strong and plenty of excuses for Republicans to say no, conviction faces steep odds.
Murkowski doesn't exactly sound like a "no"
Wow, Murkowski on impeachment: "Trump's words incited violence, which led to the injury and deaths of Americans … unlawful actions cannot go without consequence and the House has responded swiftly, and I believe, appropriately, with impeachment."
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Jaime Harrison, who proved his fundraising prowess in his race against Lindsey Graham, will be the next DNC chair
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen former Senate candidate Jaime Harrison of South Carolina as the next chair of the Democratic National Committee, as he moves to remake the national party infrastructure to better compete with Republicans.
Harrison, 44, a former chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, raised more than $130 million in his effort to defeat Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R) last year, making himself a well-known name among Democrats nationwide. His candidacy for the DNC chairmanship had been promoted by Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.), a close Biden ally who played an instrumental role for Biden during the Democratic primary contest. Harrison's selection was confirmed by two Democrats familiar with Biden's decision.
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Rep. Peter Meijer, one of the Republicans who voted to impeach, tells @HallieJackson on @MSNBC that he's buying body armor and altering his daily routines because his life is in danger.
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Even as Trump's overall popularity hits all-time lows, a large portion of the Republican base sees him as their champion.
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Dr. Harold N. Bornstein, who for a time was President Donald J. Trump's personal physician and who had attested that Mr. Trump would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency," died on Friday. He was 73.
His death was announced on Thursday in a paid notice in The New York Times. The notice did not give a cause or say where he died.
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"""Benchmark script for ImageNet models on GPU.
see README.md for the usage and results of this script.
"""
import argparse
import threading

import numpy as np

import tvm
from tvm.contrib.util import tempdir
import tvm.contrib.graph_runtime as runtime
import nnvm.compiler
import nnvm.testing

from util import get_network

def benchmark(network, target):
    net, params, input_shape, output_shape = get_network(network, batch_size=1)

    with nnvm.compiler.build_config(opt_level=3):
        graph, lib, params = nnvm.compiler.build(
            net, target=target, shape={'data': input_shape}, params=params, dtype=dtype)

    # create runtime
    ctx = tvm.context(str(target), 0)
    module = runtime.create(graph, lib, ctx)
    data_tvm = tvm.nd.array((np.random.uniform(size=input_shape)).astype(dtype))
    module.set_input('data', data_tvm)
    module.set_input(**params)

    # evaluate
    ftimer = module.module.time_evaluator("run", ctx, number=1, repeat=args.repeat)
    prof_res = np.array(ftimer().results) * 1000  # multiply 1000 for converting to millisecond
    print("%-20s %-19s (%s)" % (network, "%.2f ms" % np.mean(prof_res), "%.2f ms" % np.std(prof_res)))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("--network", type=str, choices=
                        ['resnet-18', 'resnet-34', 'resnet-50',
                         'vgg-16', 'vgg-19', 'densenet-121', 'inception_v3',
                         'mobilenet', 'mobilenet_v2', 'squeezenet_v1.0', 'squeezenet_v1.1'],
                        help='The name of neural network')
    parser.add_argument("--model", type=str,
                        choices=['1080ti', 'titanx', 'tx2', 'gfx900'], default='1080ti',
                        help="The model of the test device. If your device is not listed in "
                             "the choices list, pick the most similar one as argument.")
    parser.add_argument("--repeat", type=int, default=600)
    parser.add_argument("--target", type=str,
                        choices=['cuda', 'opencl', 'rocm', 'nvptx', 'metal'], default='cuda',
                        help="The tvm compilation target")
    parser.add_argument("--thread", type=int, default=1, help="The number of threads to be run.")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    dtype = 'float32'

    if args.network is None:
        networks = ['resnet-50', 'mobilenet', 'vgg-19', 'inception_v3']
    else:
        networks = [args.network]

    target = tvm.target.create('%s -model=%s' % (args.target, args.model))

    print("--------------------------------------------------")
    print("%-20s %-20s" % ("Network Name", "Mean Inference Time (std dev)"))
    print("--------------------------------------------------")
    for network in networks:
        if args.thread == 1:
            benchmark(network, target)
        else:
            threads = list()
            for n in range(args.thread):
                thread = threading.Thread(target=benchmark, args=([network, target]), name="thread%d" % n)
                threads.append(thread)

            for thread in threads:
                thread.start()

            for thread in threads:
                thread.join()

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An official close to the negotiations says the United States and Brazil have resolved a decade-long trade battle over subsidies Washington provided to American cotton growers.
The agreement would resolve a bitter trade fight that had strained relations between the two countries since 2002 when Brazil brought a case against the United States charging that the subsidies Washington paid American cotton farmers were a violation of global trade rules. The World Trade Organization ruled in Brazil's favor and the United States had been forced to make annual payments to Brazil. The official would only discuss the agreement on condition of anonymity ahead of the announcement.


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Q: Updating HATEOAS rels Let's say I'm shooting for a HATEOAS-compliant API. I provide the endpoint /cars/{id}. If a user were to call GET /cars/12, they'd see something like:
{
    "color": "Red",
    [...],
    "links": [
        { "rel": "driver", "href": "/people/123" },
        { "rel": "owner", "href": "/people/456" },
    ]
}

In this model, how do I update a relationship? Like, say the car gets sold to /people/42. Does the PUT change the value of the owner href?

A: There are a lot of possibilities to do this. This API does not need to be one-to-one data representation, so with that it mind:

*

*You can modify the resource using PUT, even the links if you want

*You can expose a separate "owner" resource for the car, and PUT a new owner there

*You could expose an "owned cars" resource from people, and POST to that collection, which causes the car to change owners

It depends on how the system is distributed, it may be the case that not all resources are under your control. People could be federated links to third-party resources, in which case they might not have links back to your system, etc.
If everything is under your control, all of the options are possible.

A: Your PUT request can contain the links property again for updates. I imagine that the PUT request body should near identical to what you received from GET, but with an updated owner.

A: In HATEOAS server should provide links through some hypermedia format (HAL, ...). The client should not create, update or delete those links directly. You should have property owner and driver and the client could update those properties but not links to details for owner or driver. Those links to details for owner and driver should generate server, not a client. The server could change URLs for a resource over time.

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Thomas begins each painting with her own version of the surrealist technique automatism which has informed her work for decades. As each painting develops, Thomas imparts a formal eye to the original marks and shapes, moving lines and forms to better serve the composition.
Judy Thomas grew up in the Midwest and began her formal art studies at the University of Iowa where she majored in painting, drawing and printmaking. She studied at the Yale Summer School of Art at Norfolk and a won a Harriet Hale Woolley fellowship to Paris to study with renowned printmaker S.W. Hayter at the Atelier 17. She elected to live in Europe for several years and then moved to New York City to attend graduate school at Hunter College. After completing her MFA in Painting in 1988, she joined the mass exodus of young artists to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The pioneering, renegade spirit of the early 90's helped to shape the direction of Thomas' art, when she began to create temporary, large scale sculptural works in abandoned warehouse spaces along the waterfront in Brooklyn.
Judy Thomas is known for her large scale site-specific sculptural installations that play with real and implied volumne and feature high-key color. Her installations have been shown at in The Arsenal Center for the Arts, Brandeis University, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, and the Weathervane Gallery in Brooklyn. Thomas won a 2015 Individual Artist Commission grant from Arts Mid-Hudson for her community-responsive piece MATRIX:RENEWAL. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Time Out New York, The Detroit News, Huffington Post and the Mid-Hudson Times. Thomas lives and works in Newburgh, NY.


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This chapter focuses on the characteristics of contingent employment in Korea in relation to the labor market structure and the trade union movement. The explosion of contingent work followed the widespread restructuring after the Asian Financial Crisis. Contingent workers in Korea are more likely to be found among women, the less educated, those who are either aged 15–29 or those 50 and above. They typically earn low wages and are not covered by major social insurance programs. Industry, occupation and firm size are associated with contingent work, and contingent work 'traps' workers in a secondary labor market with little prospect of mobility. Legislation to protect contingent workers has become contentious and open to dispute, a familiar story in the global context. The chapter concludes with a discussion of how the huge gap between contingent and regular employees might be reduced.
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Q: Is there any jquery selector to support round robin? Is there an easy way to select next() child in JQuery so that if current is last then next should be the first sibling?

A: You can use eq on parent element.
var len = $('#mySelector .child').length;
$('#mySelector .child').eq(i % len)....

HTML

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/tusharj/88n9w98e/

A: Short answer, no. However, you can check if next() returns anything and if not retrieve the first sibling. Something like this:
var $next = $el.next()
if ($next.length == 0)
    $next = $el.siblings().first();

Example fiddle

A: Simply put:
// if current is the current DOMElement
next = current.nextSibling || current.parentNode.firstChild;

No jQuery needed, these are all DOM features which execute faster than any library implementation.


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Jeremiah Alvesta Wright, Jr., född 22 september 1941 i Philadelphia, är amerikansk frikyrkopastor av afroamerikanskt ursprung. Före detta pastor i Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), en frikyrkoförsamling i Chicago bestående av cirka 8500 medlemmar, som alla regelbundet deltar i gudstjänsterna. Wright pensionerades efter 36 år som Senior Pastor 2008.

Wrights trosläror och predikningar kom under häftig kritik under presidentvalet 2008, då demokratiska partiets presidentkandidat Barack Obama kopplades till TUCC såsom före detta medlem av kyrkan. Ett urval av Wrights predikningar ansågs som "antiamerikanska" och opassande, och de efter hans pension även som antisionistiska samt rasistiska (i praktiken eugeniska).

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By Mendel Lee June 25, 2013 February 7, 2019 blogposts
Titles are a tricky thing for me. I'm pretty happy with the titles that i've come up with for most of my works in both the traditional chamber setting and marching band/drumline shows, but it always takes me longer than i expect to come up with them. Timpani Forces was called about five things before its final title, ranging from similar titles such as Timpani Dances when the fourth movement was originally "False Waltz" and the third movement was going to be "Chaconne" versus something more abstract such as Passing Measures which i nixed because it duplicated David Lang's piece The Passing Measures.
The percussion quartet that i'm writing has transformed a great deal from its original concept as Cascadia – i could probably still call it that and create loose associations with that Cascadia concept, but it feels like fitting the square peg into the circle hole. So i'm trying to shift my conception about the piece, find a way to capture what i'm trying to say with a proper title.
The piece is very specific in its intent – it's a lot about space, timbre, and texture, and a pseudo-but-not-really-gradual-minimalist transformation and evolution of material both within a single part and across all of the players. Rhythmically the first section has a very metronomic characteristic – clear beats, clear divisions, clockwork. The second section contrasts this in being much more polyrhythmic with the intent of being chaotic. The third section is going to mesh those two together somehow (in a way i haven't quite figured out yet).
Yesterday when i was trying to think about titles, I started to think about the piece in three possible ways. The first idea was that the early notes in the first section each represented a different photo capture of raindrops all from the same storm. Time-Lapse Rain was the original 'stupid' thought that was supposed to lead to a version of that that didn't sound stupid, and i failed to come up with anything. I was strongly averse to simplifying the concept to "rain" or "storm" ideas because that feels amazingly cliché. I started to try to think about the piece as being about the building of clouds, but that also felt too cliché.
The second idea was something like Ritual Dance. I had a picture in my head of Balinese shadow puppet theater and African tribal sort of things. I'm still toying with that idea, but it's problematic because it creates a particular sort of association of order that i don't want associated with the second section of the piece. I don't want someone to try to make sense of the second section in that way – it's meant to be chaotic and unsettling, and having an implication that the whole piece is a dance will give that section an idea to latch on to that doesn't fit – another circle peg in the square hole.
The idea that feels strongest to me is that of a rock slide – a cliff or a mountain that goes through a subtle seismic tremor that causes pebbles to fall that unexpectedly turns into a full on destructive rock slide. But Rock Slide or Pebbles feels wrong because it's too concrete – the piece has a high level of abstraction to it – that's why there's so much flexibility in its titling. To assign it a title and a concept that has a strict physical idea such as a bunch of falling rocks takes away from that abstraction and some of the potential depth of the piece.
But there might be ways to use that concept but find a more abstract way to address it. I'm going to think about it for a while today and hopefully come up with something i like so i can be done with the whole thing. I need the title to help inform the piece, not roadblock it.
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The choreography called for a staged selfie, which was handled by then sophomore theatre major Ryan Foreman (far right). What the Ryan Fieldhouse and Wilson Field audience that night might not have realized is that Foreman actually took a photo—and it went Wildcat viral.
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Neriage is made by kneading together or piling up different colors of clay. All sorts of patterns can be produced depending on the method used to combine the clay colors, with cross-sections of kneaded clay appearing on the surface of the ceramics.
Different colors of clay contain different elements, and you have to take care to make sure it doesn't break or come loose. The finished pottery will have the same pattern on its exterior and its interior.
(8) Apply a glaze that turns transparent when fired. Glost-fire it, and you're finished!


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Second round of the Irish Open at Lahinch Golf Club - tee-times released the week of the event
Fri, 05/07/2019 at 8:00 a.m.
Fri, 05/07/2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Irish Open Saturday
Third round of the Irish Open at Lahinch Golf Club - tee-times released the week of the event
Sat, 06/07/2019 at 8:00 a.m.
Sat, 06/07/2019 at 7:00 p.m.
Irish Open Sunday
(Final Round)
Final round of the Irish Open at Lahinch Golf Club - tee-times released the week of the event
Sun, 07/07/2019 at 8:00 a.m.
Sun, 07/07/2019 at 7:00 p.m.
19th Hole Blogs
The Irish Open – Top 10 Host Courses
Now... as we all know, Ireland is home to some of the very best golf courses in the world and, as you might expect, the Irish Open has visited quite a few of them. We at Your Golf Travel think ranking the courses in question would be unfair – after all beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
Royal County Down & other great Irish Open Courses
From Portmanock Golf Club in 1927 to Royal County Down in the present day, the Irish Open has conjured up some spectacular moments from the world's best golfers and local amateurs. Ireland is blessed with a range of stunning courses over its pure landscape which has seen the likes of...
Up next on my Bucketlist for the Emerald Isle
As a Your Golf Travel employee I am in the lucky position to be able to experience more than my fair share of amazing golfing locations and courses that, despite my best intentions to play at some point in the future, I might not have had the chance to tick off my list so early on...
The Links of Ireland - Top 10 Coastal Classics
It's hardly a secret that Ireland is home to all manner of world class golf courses but something many people might not know is that it is also home to the vast majority of the world's links courses. The Atlantic coast is home to most of them but Ireland has plenty to offer...
Ireland Golf Holidays - Best bits of Ireland by Mark Crossfield, Steve Buzza & YGT Rory
When it comes to golf holidays and the perfect blend of quality vs quantity, there are few countries that hold a candle to Ireland. From the endless links classics such as Waterville, Ballybunion, and Ballyliffin that sit along the Wild Atlantic Way, to Northern Ireland's famous coastline...
Ireland Golf Holidays - A Video Tour of Carton House, The K Club & Druids Glen with Mark Crossfield
About Lahinch Golf Club
Yardage: 6,950
Designer: Old Tom Morris, Dr Alistair Mackenzie & Dr Martin Hawtree
Course Opened: 1892
In the month of July, the average temperature is 15 C, with lows of 10 C and highs of 20 C. Sunshine duration averages at 6 hours everyday, enough to pack the shades. There is a 68% chance of rain and 49% chance of a windy day, so best take the waterproofs and windbreaker just in case.
Lahinch a small seaside village on the West side of Ireland on the Atlantic coast in Co. Clare.
Travelling from Shannon the quickest route is along the M18 then onto the N85, joining the N67 at Ennistimon which will take you into Lahinch. If travelling from Dublin take the M4 and M6 West then South on the M18.
There are daily flights from London, Manchester, Birmingham & Edinburgh to Shannon airport (45 mins drive) and daily flights from most major Cities to Dublin Airport (3 hours drive)
Fancy some more golf while at the Emerald Isle? Here are some recommendations...
Distance from Tournament:
5 hour drive
Designed By: Harry S. Colt
Year of Opening: 1888
White: 7,143 Yards
Yellow: 6,658 Yards
Ladies: 6,442 Yards
Home to two fantastic courses, the Dunluce which has hosted the Open Championship (1951) and the Valley Links with its undulating fairways and well protected greens.
Trump International Golf Links
35 minute drive
Designed By: Greg Norman
Gold: 6,735 Yards
Black: 6,263 Yards
Set along a delightful stretch of coastline the course utilises the incredible dunes that characterise the majestic site giving views of the ocean from 16 of the 18 holes.
Ballybunion Golf Club
Designed By: Tom Simpson
Blue: 6,802 Yards
Red: 5,475 Yards
This is a bona fide links classic and one that all serious golfers should tick off their bucketlist, Tom Watson once described Ballybunion as one of the best and most beautiful tests of links anywhere in the world.
Adare Manor
Designed By: Robert Trent Jones / Tom Fazio
Every bit as strategic as it is scenic, this is a course which demands precision but rewards risk and courage, Adare Manor thoughtfully explores the true character of the terrain.


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Q: How to use import along with require in Javascript/Typescript? I have index.ts and inside of it I have something like:
const start = () => {...}

Now I have app.ts that looks like this:
const dotenv = require('dotenv');
dotenv.config();
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
const server = require('http').createServer(app);

const PORT = 4001 || process.env.PORT;

server.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Server running on port ${PORT}`);
  // I want to import and call start like this : start()
});

My package.json looks like this:
{
  "name": "...",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.ts",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "start": "node app.ts"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    ...
  }
}

and tsconfig.json:
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es5",
    "allowJs": true,
    "checkJs": true,
    "outDir": "./built",
    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
    "module": "CommonJS"
  }
}

The thing is, I can't use import directive at all with this setup, so I guess I am doing something wrong.
If I use import, I get :

Warning: To load an ES module, set "type": "module" in the
package.json or use the .mjs extension.

If I put in package.json "type" : "module", then I get:

TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION]: Unknown file extension ".ts"

so, one pulls another...
How to import this function in app.ts from index.ts?

A: TypeScript Modules documentation for its export = syntax suggests (unless it is badly written)
 export =  object_or_class

to allow the module to be imported as a CommonJS module using require in node.
Exporting an object using export in  index.ts:
 const exports = {
     start   // plus any other exports as properties
 };
 export = exports;

followed by requiring it in app.ts as
 const index = require(".directoryPath/index.js");
 const start = index.start

may solve the issue.


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Чень Цзо (19 січня 1982) — китайський плавець.
Учасник Олімпійських Ігор 2004, 2008 і 2012 років.

Посилання
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Народились 1982
Китайські плавці
Плавці та плавчині на літніх Олімпійських іграх 2008
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Conchita Wurst isn't just in Stockholm, Sweden this week to sing on Allsång på Skansen and to perform at Stockholm Pride. Oh no. This busy woman will also be headlining Clean Group's Schlager After-Party in Stockholm on Thursday night, July 31st, 2014.
The Schlager After-Party is organized in conjunction with Austrian Airlines and is not only headlined by Conchita Wurst, but also features the Swedish group Alcazar (remember they were the lovely trio who, during the Eurovision final voting, gave Conchita one of her many 12 points!).
This event is Conchita Wurst's only club gig while she's in Stockholm this time, so if you're a big fan you might want to get tickets.
It takes place at Ambassadeur at Kungsgatan 18, but tickets can be bought prior at the Rosé tent at Pride Park. Get yours fast, though, as I've a feeling this one is going to be a sell-out.
Doors open at 10pm, performances start at midnight and the party goes on until 4am. Want to hear Conchita sing? You'll have to stay up late.


The above is the "tentative" cover for the debut album of a lil' trio I'm part of -- we go by the name Connections. While I won't go into detail too much describing a project that I'm a shareholder in -- other than to say, we're Eno meets Mellencamp -- I will direct you towards our Soundcloud page, where there are a few songs for your play. Be sure to share. If you think we are simply slipping them out as they come, you are wrong. There are nearly two albums complete -- Connections - Connections and Connections - Rafferty -- with an EP shortly after. We are free agents. Be sure to share that as well. No live shows in the current, but be paying attention to this and these spaces should any come up. Onward Merchants.


On 6th of February following a day of protests in Prague both for and against migration in Europe, the autonomous social center Klinika came under attack last night. During the day's demonstrations, a legal, permitted march against "fortress Europe," organized in cooperation with Klinika's collective, came under attack by more than twenty fascists and neo-Nazis. They came from behind the march, attempting to cut it in half as it turned a corner. As the peaceful protestors in the march turned to protect themselves from the fascists, an overwhelmed group of police offers intervened and stood between the two groups. The neo-Nazis began throwing whatever they could find at the marchers, including rocks, sticks, and small explosive devices. The marchers defended themselves by returning the projectiles; eventually the much larger numbers of the marchers intimidated the attackers into retreat and they turned and ran away.
This group of fascists had been antagonizing people throughout Prague earlier in the day. I personally saw the same group earlier on public transport as I went to the rally. They were very aggressive with riders, including accosting one young woman as they tried to get her to come with them. She quickly left the train, visibly shaken, at which point one of them – previously speaking Czech – claimed she was a good "Deutsches mensch." I got off at the same stop as them and we went different ways, I walked toward the beginning of the march, they went in a direction that would put them exactly in the position where they attacked the march.
Upon completion of the march – which included continuous antagonism from nationalist elements and a few more radical characters – people made their way back to Klinika at differing speeds? When I arrived, there was a small group of people that had just learned that the Nazis were coming to attack Klinika. We prepared as best we could, but quickly came under attack. As they attacked, we pepper sprayed them--which kept them outside long enough for us to lock and barricade the door. At this point they started throwing rocks at the windows, shattering the old medical clinic's windows with ease. As we attempted to barricade the windows, glass and debris flew everywhere. One member of the Klinika collective was hit, creating a gash on his forehead. The rocks were followed by the Nazis throwing in a lit flare that sent sparks and flames all over, but the flare got caught in the shards of the multi-paned glass still jaggedly protruding from the window. We quickly put this out as the rocks stopped flying.
At this point, things calmed down for a few seconds as people throughout the building checked on each other. However, the calm quickly ended as one collective member yelled "Fire!" Several of us ran into the hallway the smoke was coming from and found thick smoke throughout the entire atrium--the entire downstairs cafe area was full of smoke, with flames leaping from the window at the entrance. The Nazis had apparently broken the windows downstairs in the same fashion as upstairs and thrown another incendiary devise in, which lit the drapes on fire. We were still able to put it out without much permanent damage to anything but the windows and furniture.
This was a brazen and coordinated attack on an autonomous social and community center in the heart of Prague that offers a free non-commoditized space for people of all ages and persuasions to take free language lessons, have a quiet beer, take their kids to nursery school, attend free lectures, and even attend meditation classes. However, the center has also been a hub for aid and relief for migrants, and therefore a target within the migrant crisis gripping all of Europe. The center acted as a staging area for relief goods going east and south for newly arriving refugees from the war-torn areas of the Middle East and Central Asia. Given the day's protest event against migration in Europe and the escalating anti-Muslim rhetoric and political climate it foments, Klinika's aid to migrants could easily be said to be the rationale for the attack – if there ever could be a rationale for such an irrational act of violence, or, better put, terrorism. For this was, by definition, an act of terrorism. This group of fascists attacked an innocent group of people providing a safe space for the community and aid for those in need.
Whether you agree with Klinika's politics or not, with migration or not, there is no justification – nor can there be – for the same type of terrorist attack that these fascists and their nationalist brethren portend to be against. If you hate Muslim people because .000001% are engaged in radical politics and use violence in an attempt to get their way, then how is anyone to condone the same thing within our own midst? Again, whether you agree with Klinika's politics or not, if this is a democracy in which everyone is entitled to their political beliefs, then you have to respect Klinika's political efforts and condemn this brazen act of violence against peaceful protestors and an autonomous community center simply trying to help people. Klinika exists in peace, and now – as 400 plus people have come to show solidarity today – Klinika survives and excels in defiance of violence and terrorism.
Whether you agree with Klinika's politics or not, with migration or not, there is no justification – nor can there be – for the same type of terrorist attack that these fascists and their nationalist brethren portend to be against.


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Larry A Brechner
"Creative Photography is more than making a simple visual recording, it involves the innovative artistry and vision of a photographer, who manipulates the given visual elements in order to both preserve and represent the subject while creating New Perspectives."
- Larry A Brechner -
Working as a theatrical lighting designer and musical theater stage director for nearly forty years, Larry's photography has been largely avocational; mostly used in his own design and directing portfolio, or for promotional/publicity, production pictures, including actor headshots. His work with stage lighting gives him a special understanding and a unique vision for his artistic photography. He has been active as a fine art photographer for over thirty years.
His artistic photography work is mostly in landscapes, scenic, nature, still life, buildings, nautical themes, plus includes abstract figure studies and aerial work. Larry's work is exhibited in galleries throughout Northwest Indiana and Suburban Chicago plus appears in several private collections, and appeared in several regional calendars and coffee table books.
Larry earned his Doctor of Fine Arts in Theatre Studies, and received his Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from Purdue University Calumet in Radio/TV/Theater Production and Management. He works as the Auditorium Director for the School Town of Munster's (Indiana) 1000 seat theater plus Producer/Director of the Munster Theatre Company. Prior to that was the Theatre Administrator/Production Manager for The Center for Visual & Performing Arts professional theater operation Theatre at The Center, also serving as resident lighting designer. He also worked as an adjunct professor at Calumet College.
Larry previously worked as Auditorium/Theater Director for Highland's Monbeck Auditorium for 13 years. He has been active as an on-air pledge host for WYIN-TV/Lakeshore public television/radio, plus on the board of directors for Lakeshore Public TV/Radio, Leadership Northwest Indiana, and formally on the LakeNET board now on their advisory board, plus is a web site designer. He is a 1997 recipient of the Purdue University Calumet Distinguished Corporate/Community Service Award, the 2010 Purdue University Calumet Alumni Leadership Award, and the 1999 Distinguished Leadership Award from the National Association for Community Leadership. Larry is a voting member for the recording industry's Grammy Awards.
Outside of photography, Larry is a instrument-rated commerical pilot (ASEL) and active in amateur radio WB9FQS.
Larry's New Perspectives Photography web site at:
www.brech.com/np
Read an interview with Larry at:
WHOHUB (www.whohub.com/brechner)
Colorado Plateau region that has a great deal of the iconic scenery typical of the western United States.
Arches National Park is located in eastern Utah that has natural arches that are carved over thousands of years by various forces of natural erosion in the sandstone rock.
Nearby Canyonlands National Park (Utah) and Colorado National Monument (Colorado), this same process created deep canyons and monolithic rock formations are typical of this region.
"Delicate Arch"
"North Window South Window"
"Turret Arch"
"Balanced Rock"
"Monument Canyon"
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Exhibit
The National Museum of the United States Air Force is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio. It is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museums with more than 360 aircraft and missiles on display
"Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk Flying Tigers"
This is a P-40E Warhawk that was a export version for the RAF in England known as Kittyhawk. It is painted to represent the aircraft flown by by Col. Bruce Holloway who served in the Flying Tigers and later in the successor Army Air Corps in the China theater of war.
"Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk Flying Tigers - Illustration Version"
Simulated Illustration Version
This is a B-17G Flying Fortress called "Shoo Shoo Baby" by its crew flew 24 missions until May 1945 when it made an emergency landing in neutral Sweden. It was restored to flying condition and arrived at the museum in 1988.
"Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress - Illustration Version"
"Consolidated B-24D Liberator"
The B-24D Liberator was for its time a long range heavy bomber that served in all theaters of WW II. It had a greater range and larger bomb load than the other heavy bomber of this period, the B-17 making it suitable for long over water operations. This B-24D "Strawberry Bitch" was based in North Africa with the 512th Bomb Squadron and was active fro 1943-44, and arrived at the museum in 1959.
"Consolidated B-24D Liberator - Illustration Version"
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was introduced in WW II (1944) as an eventual replacement for the B-17 and B-24 heavy bombers. Its 3700 mile (5955km) combat range carrying 20,000 lbs (9070kg) of bombs was used primarily in the Pacific theater where its long range made it effective in the island hopping campaign. B-29s served into the post war and into the Korean War era but eventually were replaced by jet-powered bombers.
This B-29 "Bockscar" was one of 36 specially modified "Silverplate" B-29s with all the armor stripped away and only the 20mm tail cannon remaining for defense specifically to deliver atomic bombs. Its sister ship, the "Enola Gay," dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and "Bockscar" delivered the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki three days later. It arrived at the museum in 1961.
"Boeing B-29 Superfortress - Illustration Version"
"Boeing WB-50D Superfortress"
At first glance, this aircraft appears to be a Boeing B-29 Superfortress in a 1960 style Air Force paint scheme. It is however the successor post-war upgrade to the B-29 designated as a B-50, with four 3,500 hp Pratt & Whitney R-4360s engines and other upgrades still essentially on the B-29 airframe, serving as a medium bomber from 1948-1954. Replaced in its strategic bombing role by the jet-powered B-47, they subsequently served in various roles. With the older B-29s being used weather reconnaissance aircraft (WB-29), 36 of these aircraft were converted to replace them as WB-50D in that role until the mid-1960s when they were retired. This particular WB-50D was the last of its kind to be retired and arrived in 1968 at the museum.
"Boeing WB-50D Superfortress - Illustration Version"
"Convair B-36J Peacemaker"
The Convair (Consolidated) B-36J Peacemaker started its development during WW II when it was believed that an intercontinental bomber may be necessary if Great Britain fell to Germany to conduct the war from North America. It was on the slow development track when that requirement was not immediately necessary. It became operational in 1948 as a long-range bomber capable of delivering an atomic bomb from North American bases. The initial models had six Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines mounted as so the propellers were on the trailing edge of the wing. Later models added two GE J47 twin jet engine pods used for additional takeoff thrust or faster speeds over targets. The B-36 series remained in service until 1959 when they were replaced by the all jet powered B-52. The museum's B-36J made the last flight ever of this aircraft when it arrived in April of 1959.
"Convair B-36J Peacemaker - Illustration Version"
"Boeing RB-47H Stratojet"
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was the first operational swept wing, jet-powered medium bomber designed to deliver atomic bombs deep into the Soviet Union from forward bases in Europe. It had a three man crew with tandem seated pilot and co-pilot, and a navigator below in the nose section. It was in service with the Strategic Air Command (SAC) from 1951 until 1969, and never engaged in combat. It replaced the aging B-29s and B-50s with the long range missions covered by the six engine push-propeller, four jet-engine B-36 and later the eight jet-engine B-52. The aircraft on display is a RB-47H, which did photo/radar aerial reconnaissance during the cold war. Many times it would overfly parts of Soviet territory as part of its mission. The navigator in the "RB" series was in charge of these recon operations with the black nose section containing a powerful radar and other photographic plus sensors on the aircraft. The RB-47H remained in service until the late 1960s, with some of the electronic recon series (ERB) still operational until 1977. This particular aircraft was retired in 1966 and delivered to the museum in 1998
"Boeing RB-47H Stratojet - Illustration Version"
"Messerschmitt ME-163 Komet"
The Messerschmitt ME-163 was Germany's rocket fighter/interceptor plane and actually the only operational rocket powered fighter ever. The ME-163B went operational in mid 1944 armed with two 30mm canons and a powered flight time of only seven minutes. Positioned to intercept allied bombers, in its short combat life it was only responsible for nine victories with a loss of 14 aircraft. The ME-163B arrived at the museum in 1999. It was restored by the Canadian National Aviation Museum and during that process they discovered what appeared to have been sabotage apparently done by one of the French forced labors that would have eventually caused a fuel tank to rupture and the wing to fail in flight.
"Messerschmitt ME-163 Komet - Illustration Version"


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that goes to a 7-pin socket on the rear of the case.
into an old Microvitec CUB monitor, the workhorse of the BBC Micro.
correct, and it's scrolling in the same way.
all 4116-2 so one of them could be bad as well. But there my knowledge ends.
> OK... The TDA1180 is the horizontal oscillator, etc, IC. It's well-known.
That's the pot I replaced, it goes through a 22ohm resistor.
also seems to affect the contrast.
connect up everything without risk of breakage.
> flyback signal from the horizontal output stage.


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