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Meg Hanson
Trump Refuses to Sign G20 Statement on Climate Change
Trump continues to alienate the U.S. from the global community by panning diplomacy for his own agendas.
Donald Trump singled out the United States before the entire international community at the G20 summit over the weekend. He was the only leader in attendance to refuse to sign a joint statement pledging a non-binding commitment to continue combating climate change.
After a strenuous, all-night negotiation in Buenos Aires, the world leaders issued a communiqué re-affirming that the Paris climate agreement "is irreversible" and vowing "full implementation" of its policies to "continue to tackle climate change, while promoting sustainable development and economic growth."
However, the summit was fraught with tensions over various countries' objections and demands, including Trump's refusal to budge on climate change or trade agreements. As such, world leaders struggled to pen a separate clause to account for Trump's "America First" stance. The communiqué reads: "The United States reiterates its decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, and affirms its strong commitment to economic growth and energy access and security, utilizing all energy sources and technologies, while protecting the environment."
In another compromise forced by Trump's intransigence, this year's G20 statement also shirked its usual promises to fight protectionism and uphold multilateral trading rules. The summit weakly acknowledged the "contribution" of the "multilateral trading system," despite the fact that it's "falling short" of its goals in trade growth and job creation. One European official present at the weekend's negotiations told NBC News, "There were moments when we thought all was lost."
At last year's summit, Trump shocked world leaders with his first refusal to join the consensus on climate and trade issues. He continued to alienate the U.S. from the international community over the summer. In June, the president refused to sign a joint statement on global economic policies from the G7 summit, even taking to Twitter to deride Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the policies.
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As a final act of belligerence, Trump stormed off the stage as the rest of the world leaders gathered for a photo to commemorate the end of a two-day effort in global solidarity. After shaking hands with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, Trump left Macri visibly confused on stage as he hastily left. Trump was audibly recorded telling an aide, "Get me out of here."
Reluctantly, he returned to the stage moments later to pose for group photos.
Hilarious moment Trump caught saying "get me out of here" at G20 Summit www.youtube.com
Meg Hanson is a Brooklyn-based writer, teacher, and jaywalker. Find Meg at her website and on Twitter @megsoyung.
Lauren Aguirre
Does 'Going Green' Really Help the Environment?
Is there truth behind going green and can it really help save the planet?
So many campaigns want you to recycle, avoid creating trash and reduce your carbon footprint. There are many, many tips online to living a green lifestyle. And many people are attempting to reduce waste and conserve energy — but is this enough to really make an impact?
Sure, if every single person (or at least most people) in developed societies lived an eco-friendly lifestyle, there would be a significant impact on the environment. But right now, about 75 percent of Americans don't do more than turn off the lights and recycle even though about 79% consider themselves environmentally conscious.
...fossil fuels are intertwined with pretty much everything we do.
If you live in an urban area, it might be a little easier to make more green lifestyle choices. Your city probably has the ability to recycle more than in other areas. You have access to public transportation and many more options when it comes time to shop or get groceries. These options just aren't as widely available in suburban and rural areas. Some municipalities don't even have any kind of recycling plant. Everything (including plastic, paper, bottles and cans) goes to the dump. Beside the fact that going through the effort to change your lifestyle to become more green takes time and money that some just can't spare.
But let's take a step back. Even if a lot of people do everything right and live an incredibly environmentally conscious lifestyle, nothing will really change. Why? Because fossil fuels are intertwined with pretty much everything we do. The solution to global warming isn't rooted in going paperless (using paper is more eco-friendly than smartphones anyway). The solution is in fundamentally changing the very fabric of our economy. That's not something individuals can do on their own.
Almost everything you buy and consume has to be transported to the store (for you to purchase. Within the country, this is done with trucks. Overseas, it's usually done with ships or planes. Every single one of those vehicles burns some type of fossil fuels to get going. You probably burn them when you're going to the store too. (You can't really get around this by ordering online either.)
In the end, using an electric car can actually put more carbon in the atmosphere than your average gas-powered car.
Electric cars are often seen as a solution for this. It's better to use electricity than gas, right? Definitely — if most of the power didn't come from burning fossil fuels. America's power grid is powered by about 40 percent coal, 25 percent natural gas, 20 percent nuclear power and about 10 percent renewable sources (mostly hydroelectricity). If you own or are considering an electric car, you would most likely still be burning fossil fuels. And that's not even taking into account everything that goes into making a new car. Just like a regular car electric vehicles require precious metals and minerals to be manufactured. What's more is all of the materials and parts are transported using fossil fuels as well as the final product itself. In the end, using an electric car can actually put more carbon in the atmosphere than your average gas-powered car.
Just about every facet of our modern economy depends on burning fossil fuels. That isn't something one person can change. To really live a sustainable and eco-friendly lifestyle, we need to change everything about how we live. That just isn't an easy process.
Of course, it still helps to reduce, reuse and recycle — but that only makes a relatively small impact compared to the overall economy. But it isn't all doom and gloom. The Paris Agreement was an encouraging step toward reducing carbon emissions around the world. If you really care about reducing your carbon footprint, the best solution is to organize and lobby companies and the government to change procedures and regulations. Ultimately, individuals independently choosing to live a greener lifestyle only makes a small impact in reducing our global carbon footprint.


Ou'Chaloy is located in the Sre Pok river It is situated 34km. south - west of Banlung. The tourist recreation in Ou'Chaloy is only during the dry season.Ou?Chaloy, Ratanakiri is a popular tourist attraction in this colorful region of Cambodia. The province of Ratanakiri lies in northeastern Cambodia. It is a picturesque destination that abounds with tourist attractions. Innumerable travelers visit this place every year, drawn by the remote tribal villages, lush wildlife and ecotourism. The name of the province is a combination of the 2 Sanskrit words Ratna or gems and Giri meaning mountains. Most of the people here are ethnic minorities and the major occupation here is farming. It is no wonder that farming and tourism are the 2 major industries of the beautiful province. Backpackers come here all throughout the year. If you are interested in an extensive tour of this place, you should check out the Ou'Chaloy, Ratanakiri. Ou Chaloy is one of the popular tourist attractions in Ratanakiri. Ou Chaloy, Ratanakiri is located on the Sre Pok River. This river is a major tributary of Mekong. It runs through the province to meet the Mekong River near Stung Treng town. Of the 440 kilometers length of the river, 281 kilometers is in Cambodian territory. It was a crucial water course before the development of infrastructure in this region. Ou Chaloy in Ratanakiri is located on this river, 34 kilometers southwest of Banlung, the provincial capital. To enjoy the recreation options for tourists here, you have to visit the Ou Chaloy, Ratanakiri during the dry season. Include the destination in your itinerary for a satisfactory tour of the colorful Ratanakiri.


Ellen Woodbury does her homework. She not only creates amazing works of art, she thoroughly researches her subjects to better understand them and therefore how to best portray them in her stone sculptures.
In her latest work, One for All, Woodbury discovers interesting facts about African Wild Dogs that influence her work. She writes on her blog about the dogs, their packs, and why they are endangered. She also includes information about the stones she's chosen for the piece.
This type of marble is difficult to carve and is more commonly used as architectural decoration rather than sculptures. These decorative marbles take great skill and patience.
The stone has gold veins running through the deep black. The gold is soft and the black is brittle.
I have carved many kinds of decorative marble into animal sculptures and then vowed I would never carve that stone again because it is so labor-intensive. Such was the case with Portoro, but I simply can't resist the color and end up carving it every several years. Passion drives my work. I was captivated by the African Wild Dog and had to make this. …One sheds blood in the carving of Portoro for a glorious resolution.
Ellen writes poetically about her experiences with the stones, and any stone sculptor can learn from reading her blog as she shares tools and techniques freely.
With One for All, Ellen has used a grinder to create a wonderful piece that shows a running dog and typical plant life on one side.
Ellen varies the degree of polishing to achieve different values and create contrast.On the reverse, she shows her dog's pack as they run together…perhaps after prey, or perhaps away from those who would prey upon them.
Thanks to Ellen Woodbury for sharing her talents with us. Read more about Ellen and her work on her blog.
Photos of the finished sculpture by Mel Schockner.


UPDATE 1:38 PM: TxDOT's Jodi Wheatley says southbound lanes have been cleared and the flow of traffic is slowly picking up pace.
Northbound lanes were still being cleared. Traffic was trickling through, but delays as long as 10 minutes were expected.
Traffic along both north and southbound lanes of I-35 was moving at a crawl on the north side of Temple shortly before Noon Friday.
TxDOT's Jodi Wheatley issued an alert around 11:40 AM warning of major delays, particularly in southbound lanes, after crashes near Mile Marker 303 just north of Industrial Blvd.
One car reportedly crashed into a barrier near a railroad crossing on the southbound side, while a car and semi-truck crashed on the northbound side.
Traffic was backed up for over 5 miles both north and south, and the congestion was only getting worse. Wheatley warned drivers to expect delays of close to half an hour.
Below are maps of recommended alternative routes. Click or tap the images for larger resolution.
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Texas City Moves To 100 Percent Renewable Energy, Spurred By Federal Plan That New Administration Is Expected To Spurn
"We wanted the least risk, most cost effective option we could get for the community."
By Lorne MatalonNovember 17, 2016 10:23 amBusiness & Your Money, Energy & Environment, Fronteras Desk, Marfa Public Radio, Partner Organizations
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The city of Georgetown, Texas is on the cusp of buying 100% renewable energy.
From Marfa Public Radio & Fronteras Desk:
Donald Trump's victory and the impending Republican majority in Congress mean the Obama administration's initiative to cut greenhouse gas emissions – the Clean Power Plan – is almost certainly dead on arrival. It's currently before a federal appeals court, under challenge by 24 states, but the new administration is expected to spike the plan before the court rules.
Yet one conservative Texas city has decided to do what the plan was meant to help promote. It's going 100 percent renewable – wind and solar – in a state largely defined by oil and gas. There are environmental benefits to the switch, but the decision is all about the money.
In the central Texas city of Georgetown, the droning sound of natural gas powered industrial air conditioning represents unpredictability. Natural gas prices are low now, but historically that market is like a yo-yo. This city of 55,000 is on the cusp of joining Burlington, Vermont, population 42,000, as the country's only sizable cities buying 100 percent power from renewable energy. Liberal Burlington is a far cry ideologically from fiercely conservative Georgetown, but they're fellow travelers in energy.
"So we begin the conversations of what the future might look like," explained Georgetown's utility chief Jim Briggs.
The city had been buying power from a utility that was expanding its coal-fired power plants. But when the Obama administration began pushing back against new coal plants, Briggs decided to go all green, and it had nothing to do with the environment.
"It was regulation and legislation coming out of Washington," he explained.
Then there was the money.
In Texas, the country's leading wind generation state, wind is now competitive with fossil fuels. But unlike oil and gas, costs don't fluctuate. To gain some insight into the economics of renewables, I spoke with Fred Beach, Assistant Director for Energy & Technology Policy at University of Texas at Austin's Energy Institute.
"You're locking in that rate and ten years from now, wind and solar many be even less yet.
But if you're happy with locking in today's rate for the next 20 years with certainty, that's an unbelievably powerful hedging opportunity," Beach said.
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Twitter mood maps reveal emotional states of America
Life 21 July 2010
The mood of the nation at midday and 11 pm EST
(Image: Alan Mislove/Sune Lehmann/Yong-Yeol Ahn/Jukka-Pekka Onnela/J. Niels Rosenquist, 2010)
By Celeste Biever
Video: Twitter mood map
America, are you happy? The emotional words contained in hundreds of millions of messages posted to the Twitter website may hold the answer.
Computer scientist Alan Mislove at Northeastern University in Boston and colleagues have found that these "tweets" suggest that the west coast is happier than the east coast, and across the country happiness peaks each Sunday morning, with a trough on Thursday evenings. The team calls their work the "pulse of the nation".
To glean mood from the 140-character-long messages, the researchers analysed all public tweets posted between September 2006 and August 2009. They filtered them to find tweets that contain words included in a psychological word-rating system called Affective Norms for English Words – a low-scoring word on ANEW is considered negative, a high-scoring one positive. They also filtered out tweets from users outside the US, and also from those in the US who did not include their exact location – for example, their city – in their Twitter profile.
That left 300 million tweets, each of which was awarded a mood score based on the number of positive or negative words it contained. For example, "diamond", "love" and "paradise" indicate happiness, whereas "funeral", "rape" and "suicide" are negative. "Dentist" is fairly neutral.
Finally, the researchers calculated the average mood score of all the users living in a state hour by hour and so created a timed series of mood maps. They morphed the maps so that the size of each county reflected the number of Twitter users living there (see maps, right).
Simple or sophisticated?
"The visualisations are amazing and I think it is absolutely fascinating to see the nation's mood vary in near-real time," says Johan Bollen of Indiana University in Bloomington, who was not involved in the work but who is one of several other researchers using Twitter as a tool to track the public mood.
He thinks Twitter and similar sites will spawn "sophisticated systems" for mood tracking – although paradoxically, the maps produced by Mislove's team are made by a remarkably simple method.
For example, Mislove admits that subtleties are lost because the method takes individual words out of context: if someone tweets "I am not happy", the team's method counts the tweet as positive because of the word "happy". "It's a very naive and simple approach," he says.
Nevertheless, he thinks there is good reason to suspect the results reflect real mood swings – at least among Twitter's users. For one thing, the national weekly and daily trends are also seen in individual regions, something you would not expect if the variations were random.
This is particularly marked when the daily mood maps for the west and east coasts are compared: the west coast mood follows the same pattern as the east, with the 3-hour time-zone delay, indicating that each coast experiences the same time-dependent swings.
Data overload
Mislove speculates that a signal shines though because the sheer abundance of data means that occasional misinterpretations are lost in the crowd. Bryan Routledge at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, agrees. With colleagues, he recently used a similarly simple analysis of words in tweets to determine whether Twitter mirrors conventional opinion polls. "The volume is massive, so the subtle stuff kind of washes out," he says.
Because Twitter data is publicly available, Routledge says mood can be sampled more quickly, simply and cheaply than using traditional polling tools – albeit more crudely.
Steven Gray at University College London, who also crowdsources data through Twitter, agrees. For all of the problems with decoding the data, "Twitter offers researchers a unique, live data set that changes by the minute", he says.
Read more on the Mislove team's project page
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El Paso, Texas – The Street Car Project will require Sun Metro to temporarily detour two Brio stops in downtown along Franklin between Oregon and Santa Fe. The impacted routes are 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15 and Brio. The detour is expected to begin Tuesday, September 20th, 2016.
The detours are expected to be in place for approximately three weeks. The impacted routes will likely see delays due to traffic in the construction area, especially during peak hours. Drivers will make courtesy stops as needed.
The outbound Brio stop on Franklin and Oregon will be temporarily closed due to construction. Passengers are asked to go to the bus stop on Mesa and Franklin.
The inbound Brio stop on Franklin and Santa Fe will be temporarily closed due to construction. Passengers are asked to go to the bus stop on Mesa and Wyoming.


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can I borrow or take pension money that is being held by my current employer. I;m being sued by a credit card co. The pention money is being held and we now have a 401k.
Any fringe benefits that a company decides to provide their employees, including pensions and 401K, are governed by a law called ERISA. Under ERISA the employer has certain rules they must follow. However, the company can set the terms under which an employee can access their different plans. The company must outline the rules for their plans in something called a Summary Plan Description (SPD). So, the SPD for the plans you are referring to will say what events qualify for your access to these plans. Normally, pension plans do not allow access until you reach a certain age. However, many employers allow employees to take loans against 401K plans under some circumstances. So, if your plan allows loans on 401K plans you could pursue that. Otherwise, you have no rights under the law, that the plan doesn't give you.


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Debut Albums that Shook My World – Lene Lovich "Stateless"
October 2, 2015 by Dale Nickey	in Album Review, Women Artists and tagged bjork, lene lovich, lovich, nina hagen, punk, sex pistols, the slits
Authored by Dale Nickey:
LENE LOVICH – STATELESS (1978)
They were called "promotional films" back then. There was no television broadcast channel dedicated to music. MTV was a few years off. The Z Channel was the one cable channel on the block where you could watch movies intended for mature audiences. Now and then you would see a band you liked on The Midnight Special or In Concert. There were a few local music shows on TV too. But, not many.
Anyway, promotional films were becoming the main avenue for up and coming British artists to plant their flag on U.S. soil. That's how I found Kate Bush. Then, one day Lene Lovich came.
Kate Bush was odd and ethereal. Lene Lovich was just plain weird…and wonderful. She just materialized on my television one night. Exotic, pretty and tough as nails. Never saw that combination of attributes in a woman before. She was Punk, but not really. It was a whole different ball game. In her music I heard Classical, Motown, and Rockabilly…the works. Her first song that made it over to the states was "Lucky Number". The film for that song was from a hipper world than the one I lived in. Lene's boyfriend (Les Chappel) was the guitar player and looked ominous with his shaved head. Not like today – when everyone from your cable guy to your coffee barista is a skinhead. Back then, in the era of Prog caped-crusaders with flowing locks, it was a real statement. A statement of what, I was wasn't sure. I wasn't jealous of Les because he didn't seem like a typical yob boyfriend. He seemed more like Lene's loyal subject and henchman. Indeed, the video showed the band standing well behind Lene bowing in submission while she declared:
"…everything I do I take complete control, that's where I'm coming from. My Lucky Number is one"
The only question that remained was; where can I buy this goddamned record?
Stateless was her first album and everything about it was perfect. This was an album by a female artist, but the artwork was refreshingly absent pinks, pastels and squiggly graphics. The American version had Lene facing the camera, unsmiling, shot from the waist up. Giving nothing away. Wearing a black tunic like those favored by Communist politburo officials. She looked like Stalin or Mao Tse Tung reincarnated as a hot chick. Even had a dimple on her chin like Mao. Love at first sight.
The back cover was equally austere black and white. Nobody could guess what era this album came from if they didn't know already. It was the perfect tonic for a lost, inquiring, non-conformist punk like me. There was a time when kids didn't want to fit in, or wear the same poncy sneakers as everybody else. We didn't want our heroes to look like us. We wanted something out of this world; or at the very least, not of our world. Lene was a British artist, born in Detroit with Yugoslavian ancestry. Maybe there was a god.
Lene would show up fairly regularly on TV. I can't remember which shows. But, somehow she found me. Then came the film for "Say When". It was a live band performance mimed to the record. Didn't matter. The film showed a town hall full of kids, arms locked and smashed together like sardines going ape shit. There was Lene, braids down to her ass, blissfully ignorant of any fire code, gleefully detonating this explosion of teen hormones. Little did I know the woman was 30 years old.
Lene had a hot hand. Kate Bush couldn't gain any traction with the American audience but Lene was making her mark. After Stateless, came the album Flex and a thunderbolt from the heavens, "Bird Song". "Bird Song" (the film) got a lot of play in America. I was surprised it didn't do better on Billboard, but I saw it on TV a lot. Lene in a wedding gown, in mourning dress, in graveyards, stalked by evil priests. Beautiful, dour, bold, and gothic. I fell hard under the spell of "Bird Song", Her vocals were from another dimension. I then realized that at the core of all great art there was sadness. Happy songs were stupid.
Lene needed a hit, so she came up with "New Toy". The perfect single. She swung the hammer that drove the final nail into the disco coffin by becoming the first musical artist to put on a concert at the disco mecca Studio 54. She was on her way. Incredible performer. Better than Jagger even. Nothing could stop her it seemed.
Then she was gone. She didn't say goodbye. She just wasn't there anymore. Me and my friends got older and started making our own music and hooking up with girls. The new wave of rock music (inspired by Punk) got co-opted by the dweebs in The Biz. They hogtied it, categorized it, and gave us Spandau Ballet and Haircut 100. That wasn't how it was supposed to go down. Stiff records didn't think Lene was commercial enough so they held up her next album for two years. Just long enough for Michael Jackson to happen. Just long enough for the Hip Hop hoards to arm themselves with their beatboxes and begin their long march, trampling over all that stood before. The music world slowly but surely began its fade to black.
Lene Lovich wasn't made for this world, but she stopped by for a visit and left us some cool presents before she de-materialized. Stateless was one of those gifts. We never got to see the production of 'Lene Lovich Superstar'. But we will always have the legend. Legends are better than stars. They endure.
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2 thoughts on "Debut Albums that Shook My World – Lene Lovich "Stateless""
basstarter says:
October 4, 2015 at -07:00thPDT
nice article, yes I remember her
llaith says:
November 2, 2016 at -07:00ndPDT
I was a fan in the 80's, along with Adam and the Ants and Siouxsie and Kate Bush etc, and for some reason I remembered her again yesterday, hit up youtube for some memories, and was completely blown away. I didn't remember she was this good! I hit up the itunes store and purchased digital copies of all her albums. 'New Toy' is ok, but my current favorite track is 'It's you, only you' and I just wanted to drop a quick comment so that anyone reading this who hasn't heard of her but likes other new wave acts or early kate bush etc… they would be doing themselves a disservice if they didn't go and check her out. I don't know how she has slipped away into music history without a trace, but she is a truly exceptional talent I am stoked to have rediscovered!


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Social Work & Policy Studies: Social Justice, Practice and Theory
Home > Vol 3, No 1 (2020) >	Tascon
Towards Cultural Humility: Theorising Cultural Competence as Institutionalised Whiteness
Sonia Tascon, Kathomi Gatwiri
Cross-cultural competence became a buzzword in the 1990s in the English-speaking world, particularly in professional settings, as practitioners were increasingly working with people from culturally diverse backgrounds and wanted to do so sensitively. It is a term that has often been used as descriptor for a set of strategies, policies, and training programs to demonstrate that organisations and professions are 'dealing' with cultural diversity. Discursively, the emphasis on competence has led to a transference of a set of skills that enable those who undergo its programmatic delivery to state that they are culturally competent. This often means that culture in the term is transformed into a substitutable absence; that is, it dissolves into relative insignificance as mastery is the central aim. In this there is a power relation; moreover, aspects of that power are racialised. In this paper we contend that cultural competence, as it has come to be used in the Western world, by extension in the professions, and here we focus more specifically on the profession of Social Work, has resulted in a discourse that seeks to neutralise racialised power by deflecting it, and thereby retaining its power. It does this through the quick resolution of a tension posed by the bringing together of the two terms, one of which represents complexity – culture – and the other its ready resolution.
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'Colette, Mon Amour' Paris Screening & Pop-Up
Be Part of Our 'Colette, Mon Amour' Screening & Pop-Up Shop in Paris
2020-02-19 20:50 in EventsWords By Sarah Osei
After touring the world with our Colette, Mon Amour documentary — co-produced by Highsnobiety and featuring testimonials from the likes of Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Virgil Abloh — we are going back to Paris, where colette's story began.
To mark the occasion, Highsnobiety Shop is thrilled to announce our final accompanying merchandise capsule. The expansive collection features collaborations from Maison Kituné and Off-White™, and is available on the Highsnobiety Shop as well as at Maison Kituné- Tuileries from February 24 through March 4.
On February 25 we will present a private screening of Colette, Mon Amour, supported by American Express Platinum Card® and evian at MK2 Beaubourg at 8:00 p.m., with public screenings beginning on February 26 through March 1 every day at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are available here.
Colette, Mon Amour is a nostalgic look at the iconic retail space, colette. Our merchandise is a tribute to the store's lasting impact on the fashion industry and wider youth culture. We hope to see you in Paris.
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The first full week of July has been full of devastation and heartbreak for not only the black community, but for all of America. We've lost way too many people and there's nothing that can justify that. Period. But one thing I can say without a doubt is that this week has been a living testament to what happens when people let fear and hatred rule their lives -- it simply turns into tragedy.
In the recent chain of events, I think it's safe to say that we've all felt a great deal of emotions -- from anger and confusion to overwhelming sadness and hopelessness. However, sometimes those emotions can be difficult to express, and that's why we've rounded up 28 famous voices who perfectly encompass the emotions that we feel for Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, the Dallas police officers, and all of their families who experienced unjust and fatal violence.
While Bey has always been a behind-the-scenes advocate for many causes, recently we've seen her become more vocal than ever in the #BlackLivesMatter movement. So, of course, she delivered a heartfelt message about respect in the aftermath of two black men being murdered -- only days apart -- by white officers. That message includes ways for us all to have our voices heard.
Couldn't even sleep last night... First, #AltonSterling and then this video of #PhilandoCastile being brutally killed. This. Must. Stop.
My exact sentiments, JT. I haven't done much crying, but I have done a ton of tossing and turning over the past couple of nights. I can't help but feeling like I can't sleep because I should be far more active in the much-needed movement for change. I'm afraid that's the only way it will stop.
Many of us are disgusted by the blatant slaughtering and total unremorseful disregard for black lives. You're not alone, Jeremy.
So many are offended by #BlackLivesMatter -- when the truth is, we just want peace, respect, and justice. We don't want ANY more people to die.
*Drops mic.* Sorry, but for everyone looking for a way to justify any killing, this says it all. It's not a justifiable act. It's an act of terror. How Jesse manages to get a major point across in so few characters, I'll never know.
Ugh, thanks for saying this, Gabby! Really, though, would anyone care to explain this logic? This was a great debate not too long ago -- should the gorilla have died or not? -- but when it comes to black lives, there seems to be a justification. It's sickening!
#AltonSterling #SandraBland #TamirRice #MikeBrown #EricGarner...The list goes on & on like a never ending quilt of tears & rage.
The Broadway star gives us a more poetic expression of anger and grief dedicated to all of these lives taken too soon. Let's put an end to that list.
Is this a terrifying nightmare or real life? What is happening to my country? To the families of the slain officers - there are no words.
She isn't exaggerating. Every bit of it is indeed a nightmare -- and the words we're looking for this week are "sadness," "grief," "outrage," and "injustice."
I remember as a child I used to love greeting officers, but now I find myself quickly moving to the other side of the street. In knowing that black lives are taken for the most minor day-to-day activities, all of us have a reason to be afraid. I can't help but agree with Kodjoe, as it feels as if there's no such thing as being safe rather than sorry anymore. We all saw how Philando Castile's life ended.
Kim expresses her concerns in a way that only the mother of biracial (but black to the outside world) children can truly know, understand, and fear.
Like so many others, Zendaya wants to know what it's going to take to stop these senseless killings. Fortunately, I think that this week's tragedies were enough to bring change -- whether something changes in the system immediately or we begin the process to do so ourselves.
After so much of the same, we are left feeling tired and frustrated. There aren't any "right" words when constantly dealing with your peers being handled like animals. And the fact that Shonda is at a loss for words? Well, that says it all.
Being against cops killing is not equal to being for killing cops. We need peace in our streets.
Oftentimes people mistake the two for being the same, and that, as Legend points out, just isn't the case.
If this is surprising to anyone then you clearly don't understand how the universe works. It's the Law of Energy been telling you this was inevitable. The dam broke.
My heart truly goes out to those officers, as I'm not personally for violence. But, I understand where Charlamagne is coming from. The reality is this: You can only push people so far before they push back. No one deserves to die, especially at the hands of violence -- but everyone must understand that every action has a reaction. And in understanding that, hopefully we can unite from here on out and find a solution that brings peace before there's absolutely no turning back -- before this civil war gets any darker.
Well, let me thank my lucky stars that one of our presidential candidates has some type of awareness and compassion.
The gun rights advocates seem to want their cake and eat it, too. And sadly, right now in America, they're getting it.
Can someone get back to us -- and will.i.am -- with an answer? Inquiring minds would love to know.
This is bad. I mean like, really bad. We are crossing into uncharted territory and I don't know if EVERYONE is aware of the consequences.
Once we head down one path, there's no turning back -- so we must all consider if fighting violence with more violence is truly the answer. No. No, it's not.
Indeed, Olivia. Nothing that Alton Sterling did in that moment -- or in the past -- gave them the right to senselessly shoot that man.
Give Heather all the praise hand emojis! People were literally just talking the utmost crap about Jesse Williams's speech at the BET Awards, only to go and prove everything he said to be true.
IF anything THIS proves why the term #BlackLivesMatter is the CRYOUT to the rest of the Planet Earth from this United States Of America.
The events of the week served to show why it is that, although all lives do matter, we need a movement that focuses on black lives until black lives are considered just as valuable. This week showed us that we are worth less than the life of a gorilla. #BlackLivesMatter is our cry for help and salvation.
Representative Lewis also posted a photo of him decades ago, after being released from jail for using a white restroom. His series of tweets have served as a reminder that we haven't come all that far -- sure, the racism is more subtle, but it's still very much there.
Consumed by a conundrum of #grief We need a moment.We unequivocally condemn these heinous acts.Prayers for the families who lost loved ones.
It's no wonder MC Hammer is consumed by grief. So much unnecessary loss this week, both officers and civilians -- every bit of which could've been avoided.
Shepherd voiced the concerns that every black parent has. And those of us (like myself) who aren't ready to have children are forced to think about what bringing a black child into this world will mean.
Honestly, just cut the s**t. Erivo and I think it's safe to say that we as a culture would rather you say you don't understand than to continuously pretend that it was okay for anyone to be murdered.
Beyond the raw emotion of Janelle's post, this is the reality that we're facing: extinction. These days black people are merely living (and dying) in a white man's world.
Racists and apologists leaning hard on felony record of dead man in Baton Rouge. As if it alters 4A, PC and use-of-force standards. Dumb.
Sorry, but Simon's got a point, and if you're by any means finding a way to justify these cruel acts that have taken place in Louisiana and Minnesota, then you're entitled -- and possibly racist.
Dallas cops who were murdered were brave. I mourn them just like I mourn black folk murdered by police. But civilians swear no oaths.
No loss is less (or more) meaningful than another. I recognize that and my black peers recognize that, as Talib's post makes clear. But why are there so many hypocritical white Americans that don't truly believe that? They say "all lives matter" but will instantly justify the execution of two brown men.


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A Decade of the International Space Station
The Space Shuttle Endeavour safely landed at Edwards yesterday, which celebrated a decade of continuous operation last week.
The Space Shuttle Endeavour safely landed at Edwards yesterday, completing a highly successful 16-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS), which celebrated a decade of continuous operation last week. It's common in my business of planetary science to complain about the ISS, how it sucks up money that should be used for scientific exploration, and numerous other sins. Today, I write of its benefits and how it is relevant to our expansion into the Solar System.
The idea of a space station is very old; Wernher von Braun made it one of the first pieces of a broadly based transport system in space in his original Collier's articles. In its original incarnation, a manned space station would do many jobs – Earth observation, including weather forecasting, communications relay, astronomy, a servicing port for trips beyond low Earth orbit. In fact, almost all of these tasks came to pass, but not at ISS. We watch and monitor the Earth with robotic spacecraft. An unmanned communications satellite (comsat) network 22,000 miles above the Earth acts as a relay network that ties the entire Earth together. The Hubble Space Telescope observes the heavens with crystal clarity. Many of the jobs von Braun envisioned for a space station are done today, but by robotic satellites, not humans at ISS.
What about the station's role as a jumping off point for voyages beyond Earth? There hangs an interesting tale. When NASA first began thinking about lunar bases in the early 1980s, Space Station Freedom (as it was then called) served exactly that role. Station would be a transportation hub between the Moon and other destinations in cislunar space, such as geosynchronous orbit (where comsats reside). The Shuttle would deliver people and goods to the station in low Earth orbit and from there, they would journey to the Moon and beyond.
But Space Station changed. To maintain political support for the program, it morphed from Space Station Freedom into the International Space Station, with significant participation by Russia. For the Russians to be able to access station from their launch facilities in Kazakhstan, the inclination from the equator of the plane of its orbit changed from 28 degrees to 52 degrees. This new inclination enabled station to fly over 80% of the globe (good for Earth studies) but made it more difficult for Shuttle to reach (lowering the total mass Shuttle could bring up) and making the station much less attractive as a staging node for voyages beyond LEO.
These consequences were known at the time and as no future human missions were planned beyond LEO for the foreseeable future, made operational sense of a sort. Now we find ourselves with a space station, but apparently one not optimally placed to support our movement into the solar system. This is one of the many criticisms of station – that it is essentially a dead end and cannot be used as a "jumping off point" for future missions.
But I contend that ISS is useful for future lunar and planetary exploration. For one thing, building and operating a million-pound spacecraft for over a decade has surely taught us something about spacefaring. One of the most remarkable facts about ISS is that it went from drawing board (more accurately, from computer-aided design bits) to working hardware in space, without numerous prototypes and precursors, and it worked the first time it was turned on. By any standard, that is a remarkable achievement. We have learned how to assemble and operate complex spacecraft in orbit, in many cases solving deployment problems and coaxing balky equipment into operation, as exemplified by the recent experience of Don Pettit and Mike Fincke with the renowned urine conversion machine. Assembling complex machines and making them work in space is a key skill of any spacefaring society. Building and operating ISS over the last decade has taught us much about that skill.
The station could be made even more important and relevant to future operations in space. A key requirement of routine operations in cislunar space is the ability to manage, handle and transfer rocket fuel, particularly the difficult to manage cryogenic liquid oxygen and hydrogen. We could begin to acquire real experience working with these materials at ISS – transfer a quantity of water, crack it into its component hydrogen and oxygen using solar-generated electricity on orbit, and experiment with different methods of handling, conversion and storage of these materials. None of this requires a new module, but some specialized equipment could allow us to experiment with cryogenic fuel in microgravity, mastering a skill of vital importance to future operations in space and on the Moon.
A decade of building the ISS has taught us much about real spaceflight and the experience gained will be vital to future, long duration human missions. We should take advantage of this asset to explore further the technologies and techniques we will need to create a true spacefaring infrastructure, one of von Braun's original goals of an orbiting space station.


this ought to be interesting for me. a pretty massive update.
ditching an old PPC G5, an intel 8 core arrives in a few days.
any advice on the OS change over from Tiger to Lion? seems like a giant leap that i'm nervous about.
but just the change over in computers is making me nervous.
If haven't already started, I'd stay away from the OS migrate feature. It works great for people that upload photos and use Facebook but often there are issues with "Pro" apps and plugins. It takes more time, but a fresh install of every app and plugin, then move over the actual file data tends to work better. Just my .02, hope it all goes well. Did you go native? Just curious.
yes, i'll be going native.
Curious to hear how it goes for you, how you feel your plugin count compares, how responsive the machine performs, and where the pitfalls lie in that kind of cross machine upgrade.
Don't really have the bread to upgrade yet, but I assume I will go to a Native (non card based) Protools 10 setup.
I had a similar system (HD2 on Dual G5), and I went native with PT9HD. My system is far more stable than it ever was with PT8, and it's far more responsive with CPU intensive processes (BD, EA, etc.) I went to a Quad-core Intel Xeon 2.66GHZ w/ firewire Aurora. My plugin count about doubled too, which was surprising.
i have an 8core 3.2ghz machine, running Lion. still waiting for my HD Native to arrive.
my machine is fully "migrated" and ready for the install.
not too worried about plug-ins.


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Cover Reveal: Blood Phoenix: Imprinted
Hey all! I'm here today to show you a cover reveal for a wonderful lady, a lady I had the pleasure to work with on the After The Happily Ever After Anthology. Alisha Costanzo was one of the editors on that project and she is one half of the awesome Transmundane Press and I am happy to show you all this terrific cover of this cool book! You'll also find the blurb and a very nice excerpt. Look out for this baby on May 9, 2017, all of the information will be below!
With an old war raging between vampires and shifters, Ria must learn to refocus her life if she's going to survive.
Her renegade fight was just the beginning. The queen is recruiting new soldiers. Ria's going on vicious missions with her battle buddy. And her explosive abilities are malfunctioning at inopportune moments.
So now, Ria must forgo her selfish desires to compartmentalize her life, but what's she to do when she can't save everyone she wants to? One girl may not be capable of taking down an empire. Good thing Ria's got help.
From Chapter Ten:
"I got in a lot of trouble when I was a young vamp. My maker didn't like it much. Or he liked me too much. Either way, I'm glad the fucker is gone."
A note of unease hit my chest. "Gone?"
"Yeah, I killed him."
"And almighty queen bee didn't slaughter you for that?"
"Couldn't. Killed him when I fought my way free. He didn't want to let me go." Tahe picked at one of her ruby nails. "So, I made him."
She sighed, peeling off a patch of polish. "Damn, I'm gonna have to repaint these again. Being lipstick is harder than it looks, red. But when you can kick ass, it's good to let them think you ain't on par with them, ya know?"
Yeah. I knew.
Tahe messed with the radio for a few minutes, but the stations were heavy on commercials and gospel. Finally, she set it low on a country station—nothing too twangy. When she sat back, her focus made the hair on the back of my neck salute.
"So, I may have ulterior motives for this little road trip."
My fingers curled firmly on the wheel, and my foot hovered above the break. "As long as you don't plan to murder me, I think I can handle it."
She snorted. "No. I ain't gonna hurt you none, red. As I see it, we're sisters in this place. At least, morally and shit."
I tapped the breaks, waiting to pass the person in front of me. "Yeah. We're not the majority."
"You don't know the half of it." Peering out the window, she seemed more sad, more her age, whatever that was. It didn't really matter anymore; how old anyone was. They all had secrets and lives and tragedies that passed a long time before I came along.
And we were all bound to keep having them.
"I wanted to get something off my chest. And you've just got…one of those faces. Like I can trust you to keep a secret. Ya know?"
I nodded. I'd been playing with the thought that my phoenix made me this way. Others confided in me so easily. Emily Baxter, the most popular girl in school, used to talk to me in gym class about her older brother. He came out to her family, and their parents blew up, sending him off to a straight camp. I don't know why she trusted me to give her advice, especially since I was only sixteen, but Emily often felt better after our talks even when she'd start off so distressed.
That is until he hanged himself in their backyard.
Then we stopped talking.
"I did something bad, red. Really bad. But I didn't have a choice."
I cruised into the right lane as a sports car readied to kiss my bumper. He zoomed past without much effort.
"I killed her."
Shock slammed me in the gut. Tahe's words drowned in anguish, and she looked more like a little girl than I'd ever seen her.
"So I made her one of us. I couldn't just let her die. I loved her." Wild emotions flared in her eyes as she begged me to understand. "I love her."
Bright red taillights flashed in the windshield as a truck swung close into my lane. I slammed the breaks, sliding into the guardrail and bouncing across the two lanes and back, spinning past the first and down a hill into brush.
Metal crunched and screeched. We pin-balled between a few trees.
My head cracked against the window.
The impact jarred the wheel into my jaw, smashing my teeth together and submerging me in sleep.
Bio: Alisha Costanzo is from a Syracuse suburb. She earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of Central Oklahoma, where she currently teaches English. She's the author of BLOOD PHOENIX: REBIRTH, BLOOD PHOENIX: CLAIMED, BLOOD PHOENIX: IMPRINTED, and LOVING RED, and co-editor of DISTORTED. UNDERWATER, and AFTER THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. She's currently editing her new 2017 fire-themed anthology, writing about Ria's father, and crafting her new YA novel for its 2018 release. In the meantime, she will continue to corrupt young minds, rant about the government, and daydream about her all around nasty creatures.
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PSG Talks With Real Madrid Star Could Spark Manchester United/City Bidding War
The PA Team March 22, 2016
Toni Kroos isn't particularly enjoying himself at Real Madrid. Sky Sports' Guillem Balague recently revealed that the 2014 World Cup winner was unhappy in the Spanish capital, and while he was pretty sketchy with the specifics, he did believe that the player would be be available in the summer. He also dug up one of the biggest sticks that was …
German Report Claims Arsenal Have Already Made Contact With €50m Target
It's reaching the stage where Granit Xhaka could not be more obvious in his desire to move to England if he tried. It does look for all the world that if the 23-year-old Swiss international does leave Bundesliga side Borussia Mönchengladbach this summer, then the Premier League will be his next destination. To which side in the Premier League is still …
Five Managers Who Could Replace Arsène Wenger At Arsenal
The white hot rage of Arsenal fans was being felt at the weekend once again as Watford knocked the defending FA Cup champions out of the competition with a 2-1 win at the Emirates on Sunday. Gunners manager Arsène Wenger is coming under increasing pressure to walk away this summer, a year before the expiration of his current contract in …
Reports: Man City To Battle La Liga Giants For Dortmund Star
The PA Team March 4, 2016
Pep Guardiola's Man City revolution is set to take shape over the coming months, but he'll face some stiff competition – including one of his former clubs – if he is to land a major target. The Mirror are today reporting that Dortmund midfielder İlkay Gündoğan has emerged as a player that incoming Man City manager Guardiola wants to bring with …
Patrick Kluivert Believes He Knows Why Man United Haven't Sacked Louis Van Gaal Yet
That Louis van Gaal is still in gainful employment at Man United has given heart to even the most incompetent employee that their job too could be bulletproof – flying in the face of all common sense. Van Gaal has been clinging to his job in recent times as results and performances have been underwhelming, and with José Mourinho apparently waiting in …
Reports: Guardiola Has Earmarked Arsenal Target As His First Man City Signing
He hasn't even taken office yet, but reports in the German media are today claiming that Pep Guardiola has identified his first target for when he takes the reins at Man City in the summer. Daily publication Bild are this week reporting that Guardiola has named Borussia Mönchengladbach midfielder Granit Xhaka as the man he wants to be the first new …
Schalke Confirm Matip Will Join Liverpool
Schalke have confirmed that central-defender Joel Matip will join Liverpool at the end of the season. The German side confirmed on Twitter that the 24-year-old who is out-of-contract this summer, will join up with Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool side. Matip, a product of the Schalke youth academy joined the Bundesliga side in 2000. He can also operate in midfield, but it's …
Liverpool Set To Confirm Signing Of Bundesliga Defender
Fresh from the 6-0 demolition of Aston Villa on Sunday afternoon, Liverpool are poised to announce the first part of this summer's squad overhaul within the next 24 hours. The Reds are, according to reports in the Express and Telegraph this morning, set to confirm the pre-contract signing of Schalke's Cameroon international Joël Matip – possibly finalising the deal as soon as later today. Matip is set …
Reports: Bayern Could Sack Pep Guardiola Before The End Of The Season
Bayern seemingly aren't taking their dumping very well. The Pep Guardiola to Manchester City situation is rife with complexity – he still has a club, Man City still have a manager, so as far as next season goes, very little can be said in public lest either party be considered to be lacking focus on the remainder of this campaign. …
Arsenal Target Dubbed 'Next Schweinsteiger' Allowed To Leave Bundesliga Side
The PA Team January 18, 2016
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Rio Ferdinand Blasts Manchester United Manager Louis Van Gaal For Sale Of Chicharito
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Liverpool: Kloppology – I Want To Believe
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Former Manchester United Striker Chicharito Wins Bundesliga Player Of The Month
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The Bundesliga Table Based On Goal Difference Shows Just How Far Ahead The Big Two Are
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The Bundesliga table is beginning to take shape after 12 games, and it is becoming clear that it will be a two horse race between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. Reigning champions Munich have dropped just two points from their 12 games, while Dortmund are five points behind on 29. In third place are Wolfsburg, who are on 21 points, without any …
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Q: Opening Chrome browser in full window or kiosk mode on windows 7 I have tried all the following and I just can't get Chrome to open in fullscreen with or without kiosk mode:
Run chrome in fullscreen mode on Windows
Which says simply to create a shortcut with the following as target:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" -kiosk -fullscreen WEBSITE TO OPEN

I have tried with -- and -
I have tried creating a BAT file and using the following
start "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --kiosk --fullscreen "WEBSITE TO OPEN"

What am i missing?

A: for anyone here that want to open a new chrome window without url bar it is not called kiosk mode, it is called app mode. and the command to append to your chrome path is:
--app=https://google.com

A: You can use the following code to open the Chrome browser in a full window or kiosk mode on Windows 7:
taskkill /IM chrome.exe
start chrome.exe --kiosk -tab "www.url.com"

A: In order for the target path:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --kiosk WEBSITE TO OPEN

to work, you need to quit all chrome processes, including background process. You can actually disallow chrome to run in background.
Related question
But, there is an alternative to using the above approach.

*

*Add the kiosk app(extension) to your chrome.

*In the kiosk app
settings, give the URL and other details as appropriate(You can
launch the app from webstore after adding it to chrome).

*From the extensions window of
chrome, click on details of Kiosk extension and click on create app shortcuts button.

*Use the shortcuts created to enter chrome in kiosk
mode.

A: Even if the chrome browser is closed down, all instances of Chrome.exe in the Windows Task Manager need to be manually closed. Even if testing when a PC is freshly turned on, I still need to close instances of Chrome.exe from the Windows Task Manager.
When all instances are closed, running a shortcut with the following target seems to work:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --chrome --fullscreen --kiosk

Does anyone know how to stop the instances of Chrome.exe in the Windows Task manager interfering?

A: close the browser and just try this way "C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --kiosk

A: *

*Step 1: Add new user. Create a name and image for it.

*Step 2: Create desktop shortcut (Check the checkbox that says "Create desktop
shortcut")

*Step 3: Go to Desktop, right-click the shortcut, left-click "Properties".

*Step 4: Under "Target", at the end of the string, type "--kiosk" (without the quotes)

*Step 5: Click Apply, close ALL OPEN INSTANCES OF CHROME, and start Chrome from that shortcut you created in Step 2.

*The end. I have looked it up myself, and it works 100%.

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At the trial of the November 13 attacks, a week with the Bataclan dead – archyworldys
Families of the disappeared in Bataclan, at the trial of the November 13th attacks. IVAN BRUN FOR "THE WORLD"
It sometimes felt like a never-ending funeral. Some came to the bar all in black. Some reread the speech they read in the cemetery six years ago. Many cried. Meanwhile, the portrait of the deceased, alive and smiling, occupied the giant screen behind the courtyard. Raphael posing as James Bond. Thomas, a pint of beer in his hand. Anne and Pierre-Yves on a boat. Valentin in his young lawyer dress. Lola in a summer dress. Quentin in a bow tie. Emmanuel pushing his two children in a wheelbarrow.
It was a question of giving a face and a little flesh to those which were until then only squares or dots on the plans of the Bataclan, of telling the life of a child, of a sister, of a spouse, a missing cousin, to say that we love them and that we do not forget them. We heard the tribute of a 13-year-old girl – she was 7 in 2015 – to her father, and that of a 77-year-old grandfather to his granddaughter who died when she was 17.
The exercise is usual at the Assizes, but the number of victims of the Bataclan gave it unprecedented proportions. Nearly half of the 90 people killed in the attack on the concert hall were honored by their relatives for five days, from Wednesday 20 to Tuesday 26 October, at the rate of fifteen depositions per day. Seventy-five shades of funeral oration.
"Our anxieties, our doubts, our cracks are of the order of the intimate, and the intimate cannot be shared, it seems to me", said a father who lost his son. Some have shared it at length. The president of the court, Jean-Louis Périès, did not interrupt anyone, even when we were walking away from the Bataclan. The civil parties were numerous to thank him for this total listening.
Endless wait
The survivors had described the hell of the Bataclan seen from the inside. Relatives of the disappeared told of the disaster experienced from across Paris, France, or the world – people came from England, Spain, Algeria, or Chile to honor the memory of a dead person. As with the survivors, each story is alike, and each story is unique. Seventy-five shades of an evening that sinks into the darkness over the minutes and text messages into the void.
Read also Article reserved for our subscribers At the November 13 trial, the "invisible bullets" that killed Guillaume, the 131st victim of the attacks
10:22 p.m., Zahra writes to her sister Hélène: "Hello, everything is fine, are you at home?" " No answer. " Where are you ? ", Nadine asks her son Valentin at 10:39 pm No answer. 10.53 p.m .: "Give us some news. " No answer. Christiane recommends her daughter Cécile to take precautions. No answer. "Maybe she's far from her cell phone. " Jocelyne also tries to reassure herself, her son Nicolas does not make a sign: "If I haven't heard from the police, he must be alive. " Hacène, on the contrary, worries: "Knowing Thomas, if he hadn't had anything, he would have found a way to give news. " "Hello dad, did you see what's going on?" ", writes 15-year-old Nino to his father. No answer. "I had a horrible feeling, I remembered seeing concert tickets the week before at his place. "
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CALIFORNIA'S TALLEST, FASTEST AND LONGEST DIVE COASTER, EMPEROR, SET TO OPEN AT SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO ON MARCH 12
The first and only floorless dive coaster in CA
Announcement Offers another reason to celebrate Penguin Awareness Day
Pass Members will receive an exclusive Emperor Ride Preview in March
WHO: Today on Penguin Awareness Day (Jan. 20), SeaWorld San Diego is announcing the grand opening date of the long-awaited Emperor dive coaster.
WHAT: Opening on March 12, 2022, Emperor is the newest addition to the park's thrill rides and will be the tallest, fastest, and longest dive coaster in California, as well as the only floorless dive coaster in the state. Named after the Emperor penguin, the world's largest penguin, the all-new Emperor coaster will mimic this species' amazing underwater diving ability. Climbing to 153 feet with feet dangling in the air, riders will be suspended on a 45-degree angle at the crown of the ride before plunging down a 143-foot facedown vertical drop, accelerating to more than 60 miles per hour. Riders will also experience inversions, barrel roll, Immelmann loop, hammerhead turn and flat spin as they race along the nearly 2,500 feet of track. Each of the floorless ride cars will hold 18 riders in three, six-person rows. This is the first seating configuration of its kind in North America.
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The best way to experience Emperor is with a SeaWorld Fun Card or Annual Pass. Pay for a day and play all year with a SeaWorld Fun Card that gives you unlimited visits* through 2022. (*Blockout dates apply) But why stop at a Fun Card? Annual Passes are packed with benefits designed to make the park even more enjoyable including unlimited admission for 12 months with NO blockout dates, up to six (6) FREE bring-a-friend tickets, in-park discounts, plus an exclusive Emperor Ride Preview in March and more! Annual Passes are available for as low as $12.25 per month. Visit https://seaworld.com/san-diego/annual-pass-1/ to buy yours today.
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April 1, 2021 Our people
New parent coaching intervention aims to prime children for EIBI
Researchers at IWK Health are developing a new form of coaching for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that they hope will improve children's responses to the Nova Scotia's Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention (NS EIBI) program. The team has identified behavioural profiles that indicate which children are likely to be 'optimal responders' and 'minimal responders' to NS EIBI. They have shown in a small study that the new coaching intervention built the specific skills that should prime minimal responders to make more progress during the NS EIBI program.
Increasing numbers of children are receiving diagnoses of ASD. This brain-based condition affects children's communication and social development, and their play and interests may differ from those of typical peers. Canadians have made large investments to provide specialized early intervention programs for this growing group of children, which can greatly improve their lives and those of their families. Nova Scotia's program is unlike the early intervention programs in other provinces. Although it provides fewer hours of intervention than most other programs, results are comparable for the gains made by the average child. In all autism early intervention programs, some children make rapid progress in developing skills and some are "minimal responders", whereas gains for the majority fall between these extremes.
From left to right: Dr. Isabel Smith, Dr. Dorothy Chitty and Dr. Helen Flanagan
"One of the biggest gaps in autism early intervention research is understanding which programs work best for which children and families, especially when intervention is provided in the community," says Dr. Isabel Smith, principal investigator. "We want to discover whether we can better equip some of the most vulnerable children and their families to benefit more from Nova Scotia's unique program for preschoolers. This would be an exciting step forward for community-based autism research."
In the new study, parents will receive live online coaching to build specific skills for their children before starting the EIBI program. The research team will monitor children's progress and compare the gains made in EIBI to those of similar children whose parents receive the usual form of parent coaching. The team will also talk to parents about their experiences to learn about the positive aspects of the intervention and what could improve.
"Through this project, clinicians and researchers in Nova Scotia will continue to work together to better understand key interventions that help children with autism and their families succeed," says co-investigator Dr. Helen Flanagan. "Research has consistently been a key component of the NS EIBI program, guiding decision-making and quality care."
"I'm truly delighted for the opportunity to do this project," said Dr. Smith. "It's the culmination of 15 years of research on the effectiveness of this unique province-wide program for young children with ASD, all carried out in collaboration with the providers of the program. All children with ASD and their families deserve the chance to get the greatest possible benefit from early intervention."
"We are very excited to have this new opportunity," says co-principal investigator Dorothy Chitty. "EIBI's partnership with the Autism Research Centre continues to provide us with information to support our understanding of children with ASD and their families in Nova Scotia."
Funding for the project, Amplifying Treatment Response in Early Intervention 'Minimal Responders' with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Virtual Parent-Coaching Intervention, was received through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant Program.
Friday, April 2, 2021 is World Autism Awareness Day.
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Perenethis venusta est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Pisauridae.

Distribution
Cette espèce se rencontre en Inde, en Birmanie, en Thaïlande, à Singapour, au Japon, à Taïwan, aux Philippines, en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée et en Australie.

Description

Le mâle décrit par Sierwald en 1997 mesure  et la femelle .

Le mâle décrit décrit par Raven et Hebron en 2018 mesure  et la femelle .

Publication originale
 L. Koch, 1878 : Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg, ,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes

Notes et références

Pisauridae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)


Nice interview and thanks Sue for posting it. It's wonderful always to see Andre Rieu the man behind Andre Rieu the Showman. Very candid and sweet interview.
I agree with you Sue whole heartedly. You just have to love this guy for who he is and very true to himself. He is no put on at all and that's why I support him so much and not just the music although that's a big part. I just love his style.
My sentiments exactly, Sue and Martha. One of the things I admire most about Andre is the way he just puts himself out there, says what he thinks and shows how he feels. Nothing phony about him. He is as entertaining off stage as he is on! I find him very amusing! Thanks for posting this Sue.
Hi Sue. Once again thank you for posting news from Down Under. This truly was a great interview not only for Andre but for our Tracey to. As tracey only normally does serious interviews. Andre does bring out his other side when he is interviewed. The cheeky side of him comes out and I think that is what his fans no followers admire about him. He can be candid but cheeky at the same time. Also down to earth.
Oh, it's great to see the Aussie interviews coming around again. It's such a treat to understand the whole thing! This was a fun one to watch. Thanks!


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Climate Scientists Back Up Data Before Trump Sworn In
Zach Cohen
Fearing the possibility of censorship by the incoming President-elect Donald Trump administration, climate scientists are taking dramatic measures to archive data that they believe could come under threat.
Among the measures being taken are a Toronto-based "guerrilla archiving" event, meetings at the University of Pennsylvania to strategize how best to back-up the data, and a website called Climate Mirror that's crowdsourcing the server space needed to host government datasets, reports The Washington Post.
"Something that seemed a little paranoid to me before all of a sudden seems potentially realistic," Nick Santos, environmental researcher at the University of California, Davis told The Post. "Or at least something you'd want to hedge against. ... Doing this can only be a good thing. Hopefully they leave everything in place. But if not, we're planning for that."
The efforts began when Eric Holthaus, meteorologist and self-titled "climate hawk," tweeted an appeal: "Scientists: Do you have a US .gov climate database that you don't want to see disappear?"
Responses began to flood in to preserve datasets from NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency, the EPA, the CDC, and numerous state-level agencies that store data. Holthaus began compiling the requests in a Google Doc, which can be found in the "Sources" section below this article. At the time of this writing, there are 80 requested datasets listed.
This wouldn't be the first time that scientists had to navigate an administration hostile to data that suggests that humans caused climate change. Jim Estes, a former USGS ecologist during the President George W. Bush years, told NPR that one day, his agency suddenly required that politicians review any research generated by USGS before it could be sent for publication.
"It just smacked to me of scientific censorship," Estes says. "It provided a vehicle by which the agency could control scientists. No one liked it, but none of them would stand up and resist."
Estes said that Trump gives him particular concern. "This guy is such a chameleon, you have no idea what the hell is going to happen."
Margaret Leinen, who worked at the National Science Foundation under the Bush administration, knows from experience that campaign talk doesn't always pan out into policy. Regarding Bush, she said, "There were several things that he said on the campaign trail regarding the environment and climate which eventually ... were moderated."
Sources: The Washington Post, Climate Mirror, Datasets Google Doc, NPR / Photo credit: pato garza/Flickr
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WE FEEL WARM HERE
stories about winter clothes of the Yakuts
Winter clothing was the embodiment of Yakuts' religious and aesthetic views of life. It was the most elegant clothes, so they were put on during a wedding ceremony, Ysyakh and other significant events. From head to toe, a person was covered with signs and symbols having magical functions. They protected from the effects of evil spirits and bad thoughts. The glitter and ringing of silver jewelry sewn on clothing drove away the spirits of sickness and misfortune. Color scheme and combination of woolen cloth, brocade and precious fur made up a single ensemble. The whole appearance was supposed to talk about nobility and staidness of the aiyy solar ulus' representative.
In addition to the fur coat and cap, the costume included cloth bands to protect certain parts of the body from cold: forehead, nasal, chin, abdominal and back bands. Mittens had transverse incisions on the inner side of the wrists. They allowed people to perform actions with their hands without removing the mittens and leaving the back of the hands covered. Long fur squirrel tails made it possible to always have dry fur at the cheeks: when the fur at the cheeks and mouth was covered with frost, it was enough to turn the boa around the neck a little and it became warm again.
Every Yakut woman could handle fur and leather
and sew everyday clothes for the whole family.
Ready-made factory fabrics became available
only in the 19th century and were highly valued.
For the manufacture of elegant and ceremonial
clothing, special needlewomen were hired. It is
known from folklore that rich families hired
several such craftswomen, and they could live for several years on complete provision of the
customer by carrying out a special order. It
referred to preparation of a wedding dress and a
bride's dowry and could take about three years.
A lot of attention was paid to a craftswoman's mastery: to the patterns' grace and subtlety, to its semantic richness. As a
rule, applied ornaments were a wish to have many descendants, to expand and multiply cattle stock of a young family.
Each pattern on the wardrobe item had its own magical function, and application of patterns was strictly regulated. As a rule, the richest pattern was embroidered on the bride's clothes. The entire ornamental composition was algys blessing, encrypted in the form of signs and symbols.
Floral motifs with burgeons symbolized desire to have many descendants and to increase the family's wealth. Geometric patterns in the form of lines and zigzags served as a fence against evil spirits. Circles, crosses and dots were symbols of the sun, they protected the person from all kind of evil. The arrow-shaped contrasting patterns on the back of the women's fur coat protected the owner from the back from the evil thoughts and views of strangers.
Ornaments on shoes had a special importance, as shoes protect people from the inhabitants of the lower world. Therefore, the pattern on the shoe was applied on the contrary, so that it would be understandable to the person looking down, and not from below.
When decorating clothes, favorite techniques were embroidery with colored threads, beads and the use of silver stripes and pendants. The main decoration of the cap was the "Tuosakhta" disk. In the old days, this disk could reach 20 cm in diameter, and it was worn by men and women. Gradually, it became part of only women's headgear. The disk is a symbol of the sun, and it indicates belonging of its owner to the aiyy solar tribe. The disk repels everything negative with its radiance, it was believed that it could even drive away the spirit of disease.
The joints and open sections of the sleeves, neck and hem on the outer clothing were necessarily decorated. It was believed that these places are most vulnerable to the penetration of the spirits of diseases into the human body, and embroidered patterns performed a magical protective function.
The costumes of Chyskhaan, Ehe Jyl, Khaar Kyys and many other heroes of the Yakut epics and legends are sewn in the studio of the fashion designer Avgustina Filippova with the most talented hands of folk craftsmen. Sketches and the concept of outfits are invented for months, or even years, based on the traditional features of local peoples, rich folklore and originality.
Fur, sequins, beads, precious metals on chic dresses are mandatory attributes of traditional events.
Having such a rich and unique baggage of experience and skills, Yakutia has taken significant steps in the world of modern fashion in the past twenty years. Designers and craftsmen present exclusive models in the world's catwalks, skillfully combining traditions and new technologies.
Longrid prepared by:
Sardaana Syromyatnikova
Maria Nikitina
Alexandra Prokopyeva
Maria Udovkina
Translated:
Savina Danilova
Galina Savinich
Ekaterina Mozina
Alexey Vasilyev
"Sakhabult" FAPK JSC
Archive photos provided by:
Krasnoyarsk Regional Ethnography Museum
Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) National Art Museum
Irkutsk Museum
"Most Media" Children's Television Studio
Technical implementation:
Advexus Agency


ROMP recently rescued Chicago Yorkie puppies from a backyard breeder and these cutie patooties are available for adoption! These are the before photos of the 4 Yorkie litter-mates that ROMP Rescued from a backyard breeder.
Backyard breeders are small scale breeders who raise litters for profit and don't put the care and research into healthy breeding practices that responsible breeders do. The dogs are often not groomed, socialized or vetted as well as they should be – which is why we urge you to spread the word to everyone to research where their next dog actually comes from. Responsible breeders try to maintain the health of the breed as a whole and will screen potential pet homes as carefully as a rescue group. They will always take one of their dogs back at any age for any reason. Because of the amount of care and health testing they provide for their dogs, they are not profit-driven. Shopping at pet stores or from backyard breeders keeps the parents of the puppies living in the conditions you see here. These pups are only 9 months old and this is how badly matted they are! Imagine what their mom and dad look like! Why are they at ROMP? As hard as it is to believe, they are 'too old' to be purchased and weren't needed for breeding, so they are now in our care looking for loving forever homes. Welcome to freedom, welcome to the good life little ones!
The photos above and below are of the four Chicago Yorkie Puppies when we arrived at Love My Pet, the Dyer, Indiana grooming salon that took on the challenge of fixing them up!
Mary at Love My Pets did an amazing job, she washed them in a treated bath (three times), removed all their Yorkie hair mats, cleaned their ears, cleaned their teeth, clipped their nails, gave them a nice hair-do, and put cute little touches like hair bows and bandannas on the group to make them feel extra beautiful! THANK YOU!
The Chicago Yorkie Puppies came in with hair mats so bad we couldn't feel their body or legs. They were unable to see out of their eyes due to hanging mats and all the mats were connected. The only way she was able to fix them up was to cut off all their mats.
Many of the hair mats were due to having long hair that was never groomed and being in situations where they would urinate on themselves. All four pups smelled really bad and they required 3 baths to get them squeaky clean!
Above is an example of a Yorkie hair mat. They are thick and just like when a humans hair gets tangled, the Yorkies hair does too! The only difference is they can't fix their hair, we as humans can. When they are in the care of someone who does not keep up with their grooming, they look like this.
In the photo above you can see how Mary started shaving off the mats. She had to create a cut in the mats and then work her way along the skin with a very short blade because of how tight the hair way and how close the mats were to their bodies. Also see the photo below.
The hair came off in one piece because it was intertwined, see the photo below.
Despite being only 9 months old, these pups also had bad teeth. The food they are fed does not support heathly teeth and gums and, regardless, they do not receive proper vetting or dental care.
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