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Nationwide Rollout of 10 Gigabit Fiber and Wireless Gigabit: Angie's Commoditization Strategy
Angie Communications announces the roll out of its 10 Gigabit connections under the Wired Extreme brand in 87 markets where the company has access to almost 10,000 so-called on-net buildings.
Press Release - updated: Dec 22, 2016
Maarsbergen, Netherlands, December 22, 2016	(Newswire.com) - Angie Communications USA, Inc., a newly launched ISP company that specializes in Gigabit connectivity, and part of Angie Communications International B.V., the world's largest telecoms start-up, today announced the availability of 10-Gigabit fiber optic connections in 87 cities in the USA. The announcement was preceded by a presentation at company headquarters, which was recorded for public viewing.
Angie will roll out its 10 Gigabit connections under the Wired Extreme brand in 87 markets where the company has access to almost 10,000 so-called on-net buildings. Angie has been developing strategic partnerships with industry players for years, resulting in a unique business model that allows for the "commoditization" of highly coveted 10 Gigabit connections that has - until now - been out of reach for business buildings. Angie's unique business- and deployment model, powered and supported by fiber optic network operators of all sizes across the nation, makes quick and easy deployment on a massive scale possible.
While all parties are under mutual NDAs and we cannot and do not want to disclose much about the underlying business and deployment model, the proof of our commoditization of 10 Gigabit fiber connections is in the pudding. If a building owner in any of our markets in the USA, Netherlands or UK wants to order the Wired Extreme 10 Gigabit connection now, they can check the online documents and get the ball rolling to have their building connected within three to four months. The building owner will not be charged any money; instead, we'll focus on signing up tenants as Angie customers.
Neal Lachman
"Our approach is different from Google Fiber and any other fiber operator," said Neal Lachman, Group CEO of Angie Communications, "Instead of pulling fiber to millions of premises, which is very time consuming and requires an investment of billions of dollars, Angie capitalizes on the tens of billion dollars worth fiber that is already invested by our partners. In the USA there are more than 30,000 on-net buildings within Angie's reach, already connected by our partners across the country."
Farooq Malik, Angie's COO Americas, stated, "This approach allows for large scale rollouts and quick deployments beyond anything the industry has ever seen before. The infrastructure we are creating with these thousands on-net and new 10-Gigabit buildings allows for upcoming 5G mobile small cell deployments and the massive backhaul capacity that is going to be essential for the communications industry."
Angie is also offering owners of nearby buildings to also connect them on the Angie fiber network. Gregory Nemitz, Angie's Group COO, said, "We use the on-net buildings that sign up with Angie as hubs to pull fiber to the near-net or off-net buildings. This approach means that physical construction work in the initial phases of our rollout is limited to the least amount possible. The money we save on CapEx is passed on to our customers in the low pricing structure."
While Angie still has to launch its multi-nation marketing campaigns in January 2017, the company is already hugely successful in the Netherlands and the UK, signing up paying Early Adopters and building owners. Angie has recently started placing orders for the delivery of 10 Gigabit connections to tens of buildings, and the company expects this number to increase exponentially in the coming weeks and months in the USA, UK and the Netherlands for on-net as well as near-net and off-net buildings and locations. The buildings that end up being connected by Angie (the so-called Angie Buildings), also serve as the backhaul hubs for Angie's Wireless Extreme service, which is the company's wireless Gigabit service for city-wide use.
Bob Chatta, Angie's COO Europe explains, "We signed up an amazing customer in Amsterdam, Restaurant & Marina Het Bosch, which is a completely off-net location, meaning that there was no fiber in the neighborhood. We placed the order and agreed to pay the installation costs because we wanted this customer and the location. While we like to minimize the off-net investments as much as possible, locations like Het Bosch are Angie's crown jewels. We will also install a 10-Gigabit Wireless millimeter wavelength unit at that location."
Dr. Mahmoud El-Sherif, Group CTO, said, "The combination of fiber and wireless communication systems in a single communication network will also provide the most efficient and cost-effective networks for future massive applications within smart cities' communication infrastructures."
Neal Lachman continued, "While all parties are under mutual NDAs and we cannot and do not want to disclose much about the underlying business and deployment model, the proof of our commoditization of 10 Gigabit fiber connections is in the pudding. If a building owner in any of our markets in the USA, Netherlands or UK wants to order the Wired Extreme 10 Gigabit connection now, they can check the online documents and get the ball rolling to have their building connected within three to four months. The building owner will not be charged any money; instead, we'll focus on signing up tenants as Angie customers."
For a city overview regarding rollout timing, please visit the City section.
For a preliminary listing of the on-net buildings, please visit the Building section.
For the recording of the announcement that took place on December 18, please click here.
For previous announcements and news, please visit the News section.
About Angie Communications
Angie was founded by an international team of renowned visionaries and industry pioneers who have helped shape the 4G mobile, 5G wireless and Fiber-To-The Premises industries. Angie's founding team has a combined 500+ years of experience in business and its executive team has a combined 300 years of telecom experience.
For more information about Angie's Extreme projects, please visit www.angiewireless.co.uk (UK), www.angiewireless.com (USA) and www.angiewireless.nl (Netherlands).
For a Wireless Extreme explainer video by Angie investor and legendary NBA Hall of Famer, Rick Barry, and for a Wired Extreme explainer, please visit www.angiewireless.com.
Source: Angie Communications International B.V.
Categories: Real Estate, Phone, Cable, and Internet Services, Computers and Software, Telecommunications, Information Technology
Tags: 5G, backhaul, Fiber, Fiber to the Home, Fiber to the Premises, gigabit, Internet of Things, IoT, millimeter wave, mmwave, mobile, wireless
Wireless Extreme explainer video
Wired Extreme explainer video
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Angie team includes renowned visionaries and industry pioneers who have helped shape the 4G mobile, 5G wireless and Fiber-To-The Premises industries since 2000.
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World's Most Disruptive ISP and Fibrolan Announce US$15 Million Financing Deal to Enable 5G Networks
This mutually beneficial partnership will empower Angie to deploy its 5G Primed network rapidly across multiple cities and nations, where the company will deliver on its sea-change promise of the most superior fiber-backhauled platform.
Angie Communications - May 16, 2017
Virtual Reality-Primed 5G Networks Already Made Possible by Consortium of Pioneering Tech Firms
This innovative physical infrastructure is able to fully enable extremely demanding networked application areas thus far only dreamed of, such as Networked High Definition Virtual Reality
Dallas (Texas) Among First Cities Abandoned by Google Fiber to Get Unique Ultra-Intelligent Fiber Network
Fibrolan and Angie Communications jointly developed the world's most advanced backhaul and switching architectures for next-generation communications infrastructures. Both companies agree to use Fibrolan's custom-made Ultra-Intelligent Switching products and to utilize their jointly developed research to optimize Angie's fiber deployments worldwide.
Angie Communications - Mar 6, 2017


There is an interesting on-going discussion around the evidence base for deworming. There is consensus that treating children for intestinal worms is safe and appropriate. The discussion focuses on whether the evidence we have to date, specifically the evidence on education and labor market outcomes, does justify mass treatment programs of the sort supported by our Deworm the World Initiative; that is, programs in which all children in an endemic area are treated, without determining infection status. In this post, we aim to point to some resources that summarize the evidence on this question, provide links to the conversations that inform this discussion, and share why we find deworming to be a sound investment.


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Since the Den Bosch presented as a vector file and SVG isn't a bitmap image, it is easily modified using JavaScript, CSS, and graphic editors. That makes it simple to have a base SVG file and repurpose it in multiple locations on the site with a different treatment. SVG XML code can be created, verified, manipulated, and compressed using various tools from code editors like Microsoft VS Code or Sublime Text to graphic editors such as Inkscape, Affinity Designer, ADOBE Illustrator, and Sketch.
You can download the Den Bosch logotype in vector-based SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file format on this web page.
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iTunes Originals - 3 Doors Down è un album dei 3 Doors Down pubblicato dalla Universal Records il 18 luglio 2006 e distribuito tramite il sito web iTunes. L'album fa parte della serie iTunes Originals, ed è una raccolta comprendente versioni differenti delle canzoni, dal vivo ed interviste al gruppo.

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 Let Me Go (iTunes Originals Version)
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 Have Something to Shoot For (intervista)
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 Contrary to Popular Belief (intervista)
 When I'm Gone
 I Was Missing My Baby (intervista)
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 Being in the Dark (intervista)
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Departing from Yosemite National Park, we embarked on the longest drive of our All American Road Trip; a gruelling 7 hours behind the wheel… But boy was it worth it!
Leaving the Green Wilderness of Yosemite behind us, we headed further inland to our destination – Death Valley. Although long, the drive is one Road Trips were built for!
I loved driving through the old country towns, imagining what life's like within them and how much it must differ from mine. All the while, drawing comparisons. For example, witnessing horses sheltering from the heat under desolate trees, made me think of how my pony takes refuge in the shadow of England's bush-row on rare warm days.
The astounding heat within Death Valley however makes England's summer feel like the Antarctic…. Stepping out of the car for a toilet break, I was instantly overcome by the insane temperature and the intense humidity. It was far too hot for a pathetic Brit like me!
Later, we stopped for lunch in a small town that had seemingly been frozen in time. The streets were like something out of an old fashion Cowboy film. In fact, talking to some locals we soon found out that it was indeed used as a filming location for such films!
Getting back on the road, Yosemite was far behind us and there was no doubt now that we were in the desert. As the settlements became less frequent, a brief thought crossed my mind of what would happen if we ran out of fuel… inflicting nervous looks at the fuel gauge for the remainder of the journey.
Something that struck me was the flatness of the landscape (a far cry from the touring hills and rock formations of Yosemite). Highway 190 for example, boosts the longest straight road in America. Which creates a dramatic and powerful view, generating a sense of wonder and intrigue… Beauty in its most abstract form!
Entering the National park, the flat landscape soon grows upwards again and the road begins to slice through Death Valleys unique rock formations. Metals within the clay rocks have oxidised over 1,000's of years to creating vivid yellow, green and blue bands of colour – something which has to be seen to be believed.
We finally arrived at our Hotel, Furnace creek inn, around early evening (at which time the heat was still over powering) and took an early night, ready to explore the awe-inspiring National Park the next day.
Have any comments on this post? Heading to Death Valley or have visited yourself? I'd love to hear from you so please comment below!
Hah, I might fit right in 😉 I have experienced up to 44 degrees in Delhi, India 😀 So, this is why I had to go through it. Life primed me while I was cribbing about it.
Superior thinking denoestratmd above. Thanks!
I only know the Death Valley is extremely hot, but have no idea the road trip to Death Valley is so stunning. Love the flatness of the road, but I have to make sure I dont get to sleep during the driving.


A couple that drinks together, stays together. Dancing With the Stars duo Sasha Farber and Emma Slater don't only dance, but in an exclusive video for Us Weekly, they also make a his and hers cocktail for their upcoming nuptials. The bride-to-be makes a sidecar with a rosé twist, and the groom makes his version of a Paloma. Watch the video to see how the couple fare as bartenders and check out the full recipes!
Dip rim of serving glass in water and then into sugar. Combine rose Piscine, pomegranate, brandy, Cointreau and peach bitters. Pour into prepped glass and garnish with fruit.
Combine tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and agave nectar into a cocktail shaker. Shake until well mixed. Pour into serving glass and top with a splash of grapefruit soda. Garnish with half-moon grapefruit slice.


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Q: vector::erase() also erases member-vectors of a struct People, I am new to all this programming talk. Up until now it was quite easy to find answers by googling them but right here I have big trouble expressing what I want to ask, let me try: Erasing a vector calls the destructor before freeing the memory, right? Now how does a struct-vector react, if it is destructed? One does not define a destructor for these things, but is it correct to assume that if a struct is "destructed" each of its members' destructors will be called as well?
Let me give you an example:
#include <string>
#include <vector>
struct ding_t {
    std::string dang;
} foo;

strung boom_t {
    vector <ding_t> chuck;
} bar;

int main () {
    vector <boom_t> tom;
    tom.resize(10);
    tom[4].chuck.resize(5);
    tom[4].chuck[3].dang = "jerry";
    tom.erase();

    return 0;
}

in this case, will the memory allocated by
tom[4].chuck.resize(5);

be freed as well? Sorry for my vocabulary, but at this moment I am trying to move from pointers to the more sophisticated cpp language equivalent of vectors. I hope I got my point across. Thanks in advance guys and please just redirect me if this has already been asked, as I've said, I don't know how to circumscribe this question.

A: Yes, the memory will be freed automatically.
When a vector is destructed it will call the destructor of all the elements it contains. You didn't define a destructor for your struct so the compiler will provide a default one for you (that does nothing).
However if your vector contains pointers to objects it will be your responsibility to call the destructor on the objects before destructing the vector (because the vector will call the destructor of the pointers, not the pointed objects), if you have no other way to access them later.

A: See http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/dtors.html#faq-11.11 for the answer to your question and the entire article for a very good treatment of destructors in C++.
As to your second question: yes, the memory allocated by tom[4].chuck.resize(5); will get freed as well, since it is the vector's responsibility to manage its own memory allocations (which is the case for the "resize()" call.)

A: Answer: Since you are not allocating the  Object dynamically with the  new operator, you dont have to deallocate them manually.
It's done automatically for you.
Ok. Back to your code :)
If you want to erase the 6th element then use tom.erase (tom.begin()+5) .
And if you want to erase all elements then use   tom.erase (tom.begin(),tom.end() ) .
To erase the first 3 elements use tom.erase (tom.begin(),tom.begin()+3).
#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

struct ding_t
{
    std::string dang;
} foo;

struct boom_t {
    std::vector <ding_t> chuck;
} bar;

int main () {
    vector <boom_t> tom;
    tom.resize(10);
    tom[4].chuck.resize(5);
    tom[4].chuck[3].dang = "jerry";

    //error C2661: 'erase' : no overloaded function takes 0 parameters
    //tom.erase( );

    // erase the 6th element
  tom.erase (tom.begin()+5);

    // erase the first 3 elements:
  //tom.erase (tom.begin(),tom.begin()+3);

    // erase everything:
  //tom.erase (tom.begin(),tom.end() );

    return 0;
}

A: Okay, I've done this little check, just to make sure. (Why didn't I think of this earlier... was quite late yesterday... ) The initial code was badly written and didn't work, apologies for that.
This:
#include <string>
#include <vector>

struct ding_t {
    std::string dang;
} foo;

struct boom_t {
    std::vector <ding_t> chuck;
} bar;

int main () {
    std::vector <boom_t> tom;

    while (true) {
        tom.resize(10);
        tom[4].chuck.resize(5);
        tom[4].chuck[3].dang = "jerry";
        tom.erase( tom.begin(), tom.end() );
    }

    return 0;
}

causes no memory leak, the used memory is stable.

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LSBU Business School Lecture: Remote Working and Leading Beyond Covid-19
by LSBU Business School
Back by popular demand, LSBU Business School presents another instalment of its popular Professional Lecture Series...
LSBU Business School are pleased to present an additional three lectures as part of its Professional Lecture Series. When lockdown began, we maintained our commitment to address the learning needs of our staff, students, local business communities & beyond by delivering a series of virtual lectures with the aim of providing professional training & insights. An opportunity open to all, and with the broad business community with whom we are engaged in mind, our aim is to support the community and facilitate networks, especially in light of how the pandemic has affected so many business owners.
Remote Working & Leading beyond COVID-19
Professor Karin Moser, PhD, SFHEA, FCMI, Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Director of the London Centre for Business and Entrepreneurship Research, will present her lecture entitled: 'Remote working and leading beyond Covid-19'.
The Covid-19 Pandemic and the enforced shift to remote working has thrown everyone into one big online experiment and sped up the introduction of virtual work that was already underway. The pandemic has only highlighted how important it is to understand how we can cooperate and communicate successfully in a virtual world. It is not only not over yet, but virtual work is here to stay for many of us, with all its opportunities and challenges. So understanding how to manage virtual work is essential.
The lecture will focus on key differences between face to face and virtual work and how they impact on leadership, wellbeing, and productivity for both employees and employers. It will address questions such as: Which digital technologies are appropriate for which tasks? And when should they be avoided altogether and it's better to pick up the phone or meet face to face? Why are Zoom meetings so tiring? What does this mean for effective leadership and collaboration in a virtual world? And how can we stay healthy, productive and motivated in the home office in the long term? The lecture refers to current research in virtual work, including a recent study by Prof Moser on wellbeing and productivity of remote employees during full lockdown in the UK.
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This event will be delivered online using Zoom. The joining instructions will be emailed to you 2 - 3 days before the event takes place.
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Karin Moser is passionate about all things relating to human cooperation, communication and decision making and about understanding what characterises successful collaboration across borders, different backgrounds, identities and interests, across situational and contextual constraints, and by various means and (digital) technologies. For a current overview of her research and its impact, her publications, collaborations and background, visit The Moser Lab.
Karin's background is in Social Psychology (PhD, MSc), with additional qualifications in Computer Science (MSc) and Social Anthropology (MSc) and she holds both, a Swiss Baccalaureate and a US High School Diploma. Karin applies her research broadly to the workplace and work behaviours, so the fields of organisational behaviour and organisational/business psychology. She often works interdisciplinary, and is trained in and employs a wide range of research methods, including experimental studies (mostly web-based these days), surveys, interviews, workplace interventions, and simulations.
Karin Moser is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London South Bank University (UK), where she is Director of the London Centre for Business and Entrepreneurship Research and leading the Digital Economy Research Group, as well as Honorary Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology at the University of Queensland (Australia). She is also a member of the Centre on AI Technology for Humankind (AiTH) at NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, and affiliated with the Centre for Career Development and University Continuing Education, University of Bern (Switzerland).
Before Prof Moser became an Academic, she enjoyed training and performing Contemporary Dance, and worked in the private sector for about ten years in various positions. Karin's previous life(s) outside of academia also shaped her interest in applied research that supports practitioners, executives, and organisations and characterises her research today.
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Q: Http Auth dosen't work with PHP I use the Laravel/Lumen Shield Extension for my Http Authentication, however on my local machine everything is perfect, I had only problems on our server.
The problem is after I submit the correct login data the login screen appears again. I tried different login data, different browsers, the login screen appears again and again.
The last thing I checked up was to change my .htaccess with:
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]

But I got only a 404 ...
The Http Auth process works if I used htaccess/htpasswd, but I want to handle this with PHP and first of all I want to understand where is the problem.
To limit the problem I tried a PHP Http Auth with this code:
    <?php
$realm = 'Geschützter Bereich';

// Benutzer => Passwort
$benutzer = array('admin' => 'mypass', 'gast' => 'gast');

if (empty($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_DIGEST'])) {
    header('HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized');
    header('WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="' . $realm .
           '",qop="auth",nonce="' . uniqid() . '",opaque="' . md5($realm) .
           '"');

    die('Text, der gesendet wird, falls der Benutzer auf Abbrechen drückt');
}

// Analysieren der Variable PHP_AUTH_DIGEST
if (!($daten = http_digest_parse($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_DIGEST'])) ||
    !isset($benutzer[$daten['username']]))
    die('Falsche Zugangsdaten!');

// Erzeugen einer gültigen Antwort
$A1 = md5($daten['username'] . ':' . $realm . ':' .
          $benutzer[$daten['username']]);
$A2 = md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] . ':' . $daten['uri']);
$gueltige_antwort = md5($A1 . ':' . $daten['nonce'] . ':' . $daten['nc'] .
                        ':' . $daten['cnonce'] . ':' . $daten['qop'] . ':' .
                        $A2);

if ($daten['response'] != $gueltige_antwort)
    die('Falsche Zugangsdaten!');

// OK, gültige Benutzername & Passwort
echo 'Sie sind angemeldet als: ' . $daten['username'];

// Funktion zum analysieren der HTTP-Auth-Header
function http_digest_parse($txt) {
    // gegen fehlende Daten schützen
    $noetige_teile = array('nonce'=>1, 'nc'=>1, 'cnonce'=>1, 'qop'=>1,
                           'username'=>1, 'uri'=>1, 'response'=>1);
    $daten = array();
    $schluessel = implode('|', array_keys($noetige_teile));

    preg_match_all('@(' . $schluessel . ')=(?:([\'"])([^\2]+?)\2|([^\s,]+))@',
                   $txt, $treffer, PREG_SET_ORDER);

    foreach ($treffer as $t) {
        $daten[$t[1]] = $t[3] ? $t[3] : $t[4];
        unset($noetige_teile[$t[1]]);
    }

    return $noetige_teile ? false : $daten;
}
?>

Same situation as before, on my local machine this code working, but the problem is still alive on my server.
Some information about the environment ..
Local: Debian with PHP 5.6
Server: Gentoo with PHP 5.6
For the project I used Lumen 5.1 instead of Laravel.
Thank's for helping me :)

A: The problem is solved.
I checked phpinfo() on our Server and SERVER API was on CGI/FastCGI.
HTTP Auth via PHP - PHP_AUTH_USER not set?

Run phpinfo(). if "Server API" is CGI/FCGI, you can pretty much forget
  it as there is no sensible way to use HTTP auth from PHP.

Now I knew where the problem is and I solved the Issue while adding the following part into my public/.htacces .
SetEnvIf Authorization .+ HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$0

A: I had a similar problem. I was using PHP 7.2 CGI. Then I switched to FastCGI and that solved it.
Solution:
1) Switch to PHP FastCGI (instead of PHP CGI)
2) Make sure you have the required lines in your .htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
  RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
</IfModule>


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Q: How does minecraft:uniform work (loot tables in Minecraft)? I was wondering how minecraft:uniform works; how can it select a random number between min and max while both of those being included?
Example: blaze.json has a min of 0 and a max of 1. My guess is that minecraft:uniform picks a random float in between these numbers and rounds it to the nearest integer. Is this correct? If so, can I set the maximum value to, say, 1.5 so that I have more chances of getting 1 blaze rod?
My problem with this approach is that for example if you have min 0 and max 2, then there is actually 50% chance of receiving 1, and 25% of receiving 0 or 2. It's not evenly distributed for endpoints.

A: Not sure if you are still looking for an answer but just stumbled across your question.
That is not actually how it works.  As I understand it, the function will evenly distribute between each integer in the range of floats and use the modulus (remainder) for a percentage chance of an additional drop.
This works similarly to the experience given when smelting items for example.  If the item has a 1.5 xp on smelt there is a guarantee to get 1 xp and a 50% chance of getting 1 additional xp when processed.  If I understand correctly (I don't have a chance to test it right now) Then if you set the uniform distribution to 0.0 to 1.5 it would be evenly distributed across that range.  So as an example, if you had it set at 0.0 to 1.5, you still have an 50/50 chance of 0 or 1 blaze rod, but you have a 50% chance of a second rod to drop if the first one dropped. It would just grab a random float from 0.0 to 1.5. If it is 0.0 to 0.49 no drop, if it's 0.50 to 1.0 one rod drops, and if it's 1.01 to 1.5 it would drop two rods.  But the distribution would still be uniform across that range.
I could be mistaken on this point and it will require some testing to be sure but that is how I have understood the process.  I am including a link to a document that has a little information on the different randoms available in loot tables.  Hope this helps.
https://gist.github.com/misode/66456e57372ce62cd9b65d1052521069#random-integers
Cheers!
UPDATE:
I was wrong.  The decimal does absolutely nothing in regards to the count of items dropped unlike the xp drops.  Tested it out with a few hundred bats with a 0.0 to 1.99 table and each time it comes out nearly perfectly 50/50.


Black Knights are the horrific reanimated corpses of long-dead tribal chieftains and primeval knights who were raised from their resting place by Necromancers and Vampires. In the times before the Empire, there were few domesticated horses, and horsemen were exceedingly rare. In most tribes, a steed was a symbol of wealth and status. So it was often that only a chieftain and his closest warriors would ride mounted into battle, the wealthiest of their number clad in crude iron plate and carrying stout shields. When these early knights died, their horses were ritually killed and buried in the barrows alongside their masters so that they may carry their deceased master into the afterlife.
Natural Roll of 16+: An additional 10 damage.
Nightmare Steed: Black Knight's may take a movement action as a free action.
Cohorts: As an action a Black Knight 1d3 Skeleton Warriors.


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3439. How the Strike for Equality Relaunched the Struggle for Women's Liberation in the US
By Nancy Rosenstock and Ruthann Miller, Jacobin, November 1, 2020
Interview with Ruthann Miller
In August 1970, campaigners for women's liberation mounted a huge demonstration that recharged feminism in the US. Ruthann Miller, the protest coordinator, was a socialist activist. She talks to Jacobin about the march, and the need to combine feminist and socialist politics.
The Women's Strike for Equality in August 1970 was a landmark in the development of second-wave feminism. On August 26, fifty thousand women marched down New York City's Fifth Avenue, defying the efforts of the police to confine them to the sidewalk as they mounted the largest feminist demonstration that the United States had seen.
The protest in New York was flanked by actions in ninety US cities, coming fifty years to the day after women had won the right to vote. This time, the Strike for Equality put forward three main demands: free abortion on demand — no forced sterilization; free, community-controlled twenty-four-hour childcare centers; and equal opportunities in jobs and education.
Ruthann Miller, a young socialist activist, was the coordinator of the New York march, but her role in the Strike for Equality has never received the attention it deserves. Now, telling her story for the first time, Miller describes the events leading up to the historic demonstration and on the day itself.
She also discusses the challenge of combining her socialist activism and her commitment to women's liberation, in the face of criticism from "feminists who said I couldn't be a feminist and a socialist, and socialists who said I couldn't be a socialist and a feminist."
You were the coordinator of the August 26, 1970 Women's Strike for Equality in New York City. Can you tell us how that came about? What was your involvement in the women's liberation movement prior to August 1970?
In 1969, I joined Redstockings, a radical feminist group that organized small consciousness-raising groups. Being involved in this group gave me the insight, self-esteem, and self-confidence that carried me through my life.
In late 1969, I was the full-time staff person for a coalition of women's groups in New York — People to Abolish Abortion Laws (PAAL) — which organized to support the legal case challenging the constitutionality of the New York State law that made abortion a crime. In February 1970, we organized a public demonstration that drew five thousand women, an astonishing number at the time, and the largest women's rights march since the suffrage movement fifty years earlier. I was twenty-two years old, the mother of a beloved baby smiling at me from her basket in the office as I worked at organizing.
Betty Friedan, a feminist author, had the idea to have a one-day women's strike and march down Fifth Avenue to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of winning the right to vote and to demand equality for women. Initially, she went to NOW (National Organization for Women), an organization she had founded, to propose they organize it. NOW said no.
To say Friedan was annoyed at that would be putting it politely. She knew about the demonstration that PAAL had organized in February, and somehow she found out that I had been the staff organizer. She also knew that I was a member of the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA), a group of students and other youth that had played a huge role in organizing massive anti–Vietnam War demonstrations during those years.
Friedan invited me to her house to discuss "a proposal." Along with myself, there were four other people at this meeting: Friedan; Ivy Bottini, president of NOW, although she was not officially representing it; Judy White from the Socialist Workers Party; and Rita Mae Brown, now a well-known author.
It was made clear to me that I was there representing young radical women whom Friedan decided were essential to making the march a success. I wasn't sure which hat I wore that day — Redstockings, staff organizer for the abortion rights coalition, YSA, young mother, or conduit to those who organized the anti–Vietnam War demonstrations.
A diverse coalition of women's organizations came together around the three demands for the march: free abortion on demand — no forced sterilization; free community-controlled twenty-four-hour childcare centers; and equal opportunities in jobs and education. Can you describe the challenges that were involved in getting agreement on these demands? What were some of the different groups that were involved?
There were fifty-four groups that endorsed the August 26 coalition, including NOW. The biggest differences were between the radical feminists like Redstockings and the conservative feminists like NOW. The disagreements weren't at all around the demands, although some disagreements arose around the modification of demands, such as adding "free" to the abortion demand as insisted on by Redstockings, or adding "community-controlled" to the childcare demand, which was championed by black women's groups.
It turned out that we won support everywhere: Church Women United, suburban women, university women, stockbrokers — all types of women. Friedan did her best to get support from every segment of the Democratic Party.
For me personally, my role was to deepen everyone talking together in spite of differences. It was more the everyday small disagreements that, if not handled properly, could easily break apart this new, fragile coalition. I would go home each night with my head pounding, from getting Church Women United chatting happily with Robin Morgan — the radical feminist who authored the 1970 book, Sisterhood Is Powerful.
The disagreements came from a real difference in perspective. Betty Friedan and the NOW leadership were very concerned about public appearance — about promoting the idea that reasonable, educated, somewhat older women were for these ideas, and about getting the established political parties involved. The younger radical women, the university and high school women, were tired of pleasing everyone and wanted instead to convince the public of the fairness of the demand for women's equality by bold, imaginative actions before the march.
For example, "Women of the World Unite" and "March on August 26 for Equality" were two forty-foot banners that were hung from the Statue of Liberty days before the march. "Freedom trash cans" were set up all over the city, where symbols of women's denigration were thrown.
Women organized everywhere. We began a newsletter to communicate, which was put together by women in the media. This newsletter eventually morphed into Ms. magazine.
You worked full-time in the office organizing the demonstration. What was that like? What was your relationship with Betty Friedan, who had originally come up with the idea for the march?
My relationship with Friedan was good. It was her choice to propose and champion me to be the coordinator. It turned out to be right, because August 26, 1970 was successful beyond our dreams. She seemed to see in me a skill, something I was just beginning to develop and see in myself, and she took a chance on it, giving me one of the most wonderful experiences of my life.
So I will always be grateful to her for that. She believed I could organize the young women, and she could organize the older women. It actually turned out that I was able to get all the women working together. Who knew? Friedan had wanted to propose to the coalition that money be raised for my childcare expenses. That was really very kind of her. But it wasn't necessary. By that point, I would have done it for free.
Having a small child at the time posed some significant challenges. How did that work out?
My little baby, Jennie, came with me each day to the organizing office for August 26, 1970, which was in a church. She slept in a basket by my desk or played in her playpen. The church had a small daycare center, but she was too little.
The center was run by some great women who would take her on little outings with the older kids to give me a break. One of the Redstockings women, Alix Kates Shulman, an author, lived down the street. She would sometimes take Jennie to her apartment with her children when she picked them up from school and give me some time to concentrate on one thing at a time.
I was very lucky in the sense that Jennie's dad is a wonderful father. Like a lot of men at that time, he was just beginning to try and walk the line between being the traditional good father that he had himself, and the new man that his raving feminist partner wanted. He also had to contend with me being a public spokesperson for the new women's liberation movement. He was also at the time involved in politics around the clock.
On the day of the march, despite having secured permits, the police tried to keep the protest on the sidewalk. What happened? How did the march end up taking to the streets?
On the day itself, I held my breath. One of the many tasks I had on that day was to be in charge of the marshals. We had met with the mayor's office and gotten all the permits, but they refused to agree to block off the road. "The girls" could march on the sidewalk with their signs.
Very early before the scheduled time, it was clear that large numbers were amassing. I was talking with the police commander, and he kept saying, "Hey lady," as he insisted we march on the sidewalk. I was at first trying to be my quiet, usual, polite self, but I got so exasperated that finally I said to him, "Please just turn around and look behind you."
I made a gesture pointing to the crowd. People around me started chanting, "Look behind, look behind!" The police commander turned his head and saw these thousands of women, and within two seconds, he gave the order to block off the street. Shortly after, I gave the signal, and the fifty-thousand-strong March for Equality began. Women once again marched into history.
Can you describe the composition of the march? Were there contingents of union members? Was it mostly young? What was the participation from black and Puerto Rican women?
In addition to NOW and Redstockings, there were numerous other groups involved in the coalition that organized the march and brought people to it. We even had women stockbrokers marching from Wall Street to join us.
Student groups like Barnard/Columbia Women's Liberation were incredible organizers. Others included: New York Radical Feminists, Radical Lesbians, National Coalition of American Nuns, National Welfare Rights Organization, Older Women's Liberation, Feminists in the Arts, Women's Strike for Peace, WITCH (Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell), High School Student Alliance, and the Third World Women's Alliance.
As one of the central women involved in organizing for this march, were you surprised by the turnout?
I chaired the rally afterward. Congresswomen Shirley Chisholm and Bella Abzug spoke, as well as Gloria Steinem. There was a speaker from the Third World Women's Alliance. Betty Friedan gave a speech. I also spoke — a twenty-two-year-old Irish-American young mother, having recently discovered that I had something to say. "Look around you and feel our power," I told the crowd. Continuing on, I said: "What we see here today is the power of united struggle of thousands of women organized in our own movement."
As I looked out from the stage that day at all the women united there, I couldn't believe we had really done it. I was the youngest speaker that day, an unknown who has slipped out of the history of that day. But that day has never slipped out of my story.
After August 26, Betty Friedan got well-deserved credit. The National Organization for Women took public credit for organizing the march — which wasn't true. I didn't think it mattered, since we had accomplished our goal. Women's equality was now a national discussion.
In addition to having been a member of one of the early radical feminist groups in New York City, you were also a socialist. Was that in any way a conflict at the time?
For me personally there was no conflict between feminism and socialism. But to others there was, and they were not shy about telling me and trying to convince me they were right — feminists who said I couldn't be a feminist and a socialist, and socialists who said I couldn't be a socialist and a feminist. You have to remember that back then, there were very few feminists in the traditional political parties, or in socialist political parties, or in the leadership of the anti–Vietnam War or civil rights movements.
Everyone was confused. There was a small minority of the feminist movement who thought they were the only ones who knew what a feminist must be. The rest of us ignored them. Some people even thought you could tell if a woman was a feminist just by looking at her. Many men found out to their surprise that this idea was definitely untrue.
But I was very used to contradictions: I had been a nonpolitical ballet dancer who joined the anti–Vietnam War movement. I was a young Irish-American working-class woman who got a scholarship to college and was heading to law school. I was a very young mother with an infant in a sling with whom I thought I could carry on doing what I wanted to do. I was a socialist and a member of the YSA.
Having played such a central role in a historic moment, can you describe to us, fifty years later, the significance of this event for yourself?
The only other thing I want to say is that in 1969, I was a very ordinary average American young woman. I was in the right place at the right time. Because of the Depression, World War II, and its aftermath in the United States, including the Civil Rights Movement and the anti–Vietnam War movement, the conditions were there for the rise of the second wave of the women's movement, and I was lucky enough to be part of it.
The main significance to me personally was that for the rest of my lifetime, I have been very confident in my abilities, have had good self-esteem, and believed I could do what I wanted. My experiences in the women's liberation movement and August 26 played a big role in producing that confidence. I have never forgotten August 26, 1970.
Today, as new young women organize, it does seem important to see clearly that we need to organize politically the largest number of women from different walks of life — different groups in coalitions around what we can agree on and leave our disagreements for another time. This is especially true now in these challenging times.
Labels: Feminism, Women's movement
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3454. Film Review: David Attenborough: A Life on O...
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3452. What Is Civilization?
3451. Where Americans Find Meaning in Life
3450. Does Relying on Science Strengthen Authorita...
3449. Film Review: Kiss the Ground
3448. America's Labor Crisis
3447. Engels's Emergentist Dialectics
3446. US Election: Women, the Young, the Working C...
3445. Europe's Green Deal Offshores Environmental ...
3444. Adult Literacy in the United States
3443. Who Doesn't Read Books in America?
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3440. Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908–2009)
3439. How the Strike for Equality Relaunched the S...
3438. How and Why Did Religion Evolve?
3437. New Research of Oldest Light Confirms Age of...
3436. Engels's Dialectics of Nature in the Anthrop...
3435. The Deep Anthropocene


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The Kanha Park is open for visitors from 15th October to 30th June and it best for visit during winters. But, when you need to visit Tiger, the best time to visit is in March as most of the greenery is dried due to the unbearable heat. This park is mostly renowned as the "Tiger Reserve" due to the significant amount of population of tigers in the Kanha land. As a lover of wildlife photography, you can click rare species like cats during the dry season. Some of the places in and around Park are Bamni Dadar, Kanha Museum, and Medicinal Plantation. There are many places to stay in and around the Park. The park has a significant population of the Royal Bengal tiger, Indian leopards, the sloth bear, Barasingha and Indian wild dog.


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Home / Resources / Journals / DSIAC Journals / Winter 2017: Volume 4 Number 1
The U.S. Rocket Propulsion Industrial Base: A Status Report
Albert DeFusco
Rocket propulsion industrial base issues have spanned virtually every facet of the industry, as many officials and workers in the Department of Defense (DoD), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and contractor communities are well aware. Over the past 60 years (which comprises at least two generations of scientists and engineers), the industry has witnessed an aging workforce, oscillating budgets, consolidation among government facilities and contractors, obsolescence issues, and more complex and restrictive foreign trade laws. These changes have created a complex web of interrelated issues that are not easily documented and that cannot be easily resolved in the future by addressing each problem individually. Many people believe that if rocket propulsion technology is to thrive in the coming decades, steps toward restoring defense and space budgets in all areas, as well as commitments to improving infrastructure and workforce capability, must be made.
One might suggest that the glamour of the past space race and the rocket propulsion industry may have run its course. Seeming to dampen the prospects for a bright future are a workforce with the majority of experienced scientists and engineers at or near retirement age, declining numbers of employees with advanced science and technology degrees, and a lack of newly degreed scientists and engineers pursuing and sustaining employment in the industry while seeking jobs in more appealing fields. For example, the field of energetic materials is considered to be more than 100 years old, with few significant discoveries or leaps in performance since the time of Ascanio Sobrero (when nitroglycerin [NG] was discovered in 1847) [1] and Georg Henning (when cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine [RDX] was discovered in 1898) [2]. Some experts even consider energetic materials to have reached their limit of performance until a new form of materials can be devised and used [3].
Declining budgets have necessitated a vast array of rationalizations at government laboratories and defense contractors. Reductions in facilities and workforces within the contractor communities have resulted in fewer people with critical skills, overcapacity and stagnant facilities, and fewer competitors. For example, the loss of the Space Shuttle program has catalyzed a number of reactions in the contractor community, including forcing thousands of reductions in the skilled workforce, overcapacity in raw materials, and underused facilities at the subprime supplier levels. In addition, driving down the price of missiles and subcomponents at the prime level has created lower profit margins at the subprime level and has forced some small businesses to close, often leaving a void for critical materials and components that are difficult to reconstitute [4].
Obsolescence issues continually surface as, for example, third-tier commercial material suppliers rationalize their portfolios of products that are no longer viable due to lack of demand or ever-increasing environmental regulations, the worst of which are unplanned. Reduced demand for unique materials that are specific to defense products and have no (or no longer satisfy) commercial needs have forced the defense industry to seek alternatives in a timely manner. As a result, rocket propulsion suppliers and prime contractors are continually faced with assessing new materials, which can force costly and time-consuming requalification, often at the suppliers' expense. One such material that presented an unplanned obsolescence issue about a decade ago was butanetriol (BT), which resulted from a nearly depleted stockpile [4, 5]. The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (OUSD), Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) and the military services, along with suppliers, were instrumental in quickly developing new reliable sources for this critical material. Policies for handling obsolescence issues are needed as part of the DoD's projected budgets and planning.
However, all may not be lost. The OUSD AT&L is actively addressing these intertwined and complex issues. Dr. Chris Michienzi, Senior Industrial Analyst – Missiles and Munitions, OUSD(AT&L), Manufacturing and Industrial Base Policy (MIBP), presented this important topic at a meeting of the Critical Energetic Materials Working Group (CEMWG) in the spring of 2016 [5, 6]. Dr. Michienzi's "OSD Industrial Base Strategy" concisely outlined the dilemmas facing the defense industry and the steps that the OUSD is taking to help resolve them [7]. The mission of the MIBP is to "ensure robust, secure, resilient, and innovative industrial capabilities upon which the Department of Defense can rely to fulfill the Warfighter's requirements." As shown in Figure 1, a three-pillared approach is being used to assess the state of the nation's industrial base and ensure adequate manufacturing capabilities for goods and services to support U.S. defense needs.
This needed approach reflects the high degree of uncertainty in the defense industrial base and its ability to design, manufacture, and sustain present and future DoD critical capabilities. The uncertainty is demonstrated by the many defense budget swings since 1948, as illustrated in Figure 2. These swings have led to industry consolidations, workforce reductions, loss of critical skills, the inability to plan for future business, lack of surge capability, and aging and stagnant facilities, all of which represent a general deterioration of the industry.
Since the end of World War II, the industry has become reactionary, rather than progressive, out of necessity. As Dr. Michienzi points out, the industrial base has experienced a multitude of consolidations even as recently as 1980, where 300 viable companies have been reduced to only 5 prime contractors through acquisitions, mergers, and closures. Likewise, over the past several years, five or so key second-tier rocket propulsion contractors have now been reduced to two continental United States (CONUS) companies [4]. Meanwhile, an influx of foreign companies securing operation of critical plants in the United States proves that the rocket propulsion and ammunition industrial base has been "globalized" [8, 9]. Furthermore, critical components for munitions are dominated by single- or sole-source second-tier and third-tier suppliers. Interestingly, there is approximately one supplier for every two critical munitions components, reflecting a lack of competition and adequate depth at the subprime level, where most of the issues previously discussed reside. In contrast, prime contractors are considered "generally healthy."
Although these changes in the defense industry are the result of justifiable business decisions, the OUSD's MIPB activities seek to create competition by encouraging new entrants into the supplier base and helping to mitigate loss of critical capabilities in the future. For example, the OUSD through Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) funding is now supporting the creation of a second source for a critical material, hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), which is used extensively in the defense and space industries [10]. Through the OUSD and CEMWG actions, continued emphasis will be placed on identifying at-risk critical materials, while creating better policies and plans and helping to seek funding for subprime and small business contractors to address material obsolescence and sole-source issues.
One bright spot for the future of the U.S. rocket propulsion industry (along with the greater aerospace industry) is the increased participation in, and support of, U.S. science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) initiatives. In these programs, students are exposed to design and implementation challenges and can compete for scholarship awards [11–14]. New scientists and engineers will face the challenges of going beyond their field of training and working in a more multi-disciplinary environment, which STEM encourages through local middle schools, high schools, and colleges. The intent of revitalizing the aerospace and defense industries through STEM may be realized when the next generation of scientists and engineers enters the workforce.
The FY17 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) may be another bright spot. This legislation authorizes funding across all aspects of the industry and focuses on rebuilding our nation's defense in many ways [15]. As stated in the introduction to House Armed Services Committee (HASC) Communication 52539, "Unprecedented threats, uncertainty, and technological change, combined with a high-operational tempo and declining resources, have sharply eroded the readiness of our military" [16]. The bill was brought to the floor of the House of Representatives by HASC Chairman William Thornberry in April 2016 and was subsequently passed by the House in May 2016. After revisions, joint House-Senate committee approvals, and signings by both the House and Senate, the bill was presented to the President and signed into law on 23 December 2016 [17].
The DoD discretionary base budget of the FY2017 NDAA is valued at $523.7 billion, which exceeds the February 2015 base cap of $523.1 billion agreed upon by Congress [18]. The budget restores military readiness and shortfalls in many areas of defense, including critical munitions (such as the Javelin, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System [GMLRS], Army Tactical Missile System [ATACMS], Hydra 70, and AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles). In addition, the Army and Navy will obtain the new Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) to eventually replace the current Hellfire missile system. The bill provides funds for procurement of 100 Tomahawk missiles for the Navy to sustain manufacture and reduce risk to the industrial base for this missile. The Army will also be provided with $242 million for Production Base Support at industrial facilities, reflecting a need to maintain and revitalize manufacturing sites across the United States.
Another interesting aspect of the bill addresses foreign military sales (FMS). The HASC originally commented on this topic by stating that the "hyper-bureaucratized process for selling military equipment to foreign militaries" limits the "United States' ability to develop the capabilities of partners and allies around the world." The bill requires the review of the DoD's role in the FMS process in great detail to introduce reforms.
Other items, such as the forgoing retirement of A-10 aircraft and increasing projections for the aircraft carrier fleet and other aircraft and helicopters, will certainly help in providing future business for propulsion and munitions suppliers. Modernization of the nuclear weapons stockpile and improved maintenance are also proposed, rather than following the President's recommendation to accelerate retirement of these weapons. Continuation of the preliminary design concept and technology maturation phase for the future combined Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program is provided to consolidate U.S. ballistic missile defense capability and reduce risk to the program. The HASC originally recommended that the Air Force carefully consider its acquisition strategy, while promoting full and open competition, for the GBSD program since it will have "lasting impacts on the health and vitality" of the defense industrial base. The bill also establishes no new Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) in 2019, which reflects support for maintaining current defense-related capabilities and possibly the workforce. In addition, the bill requires the DoD to develop a new missile defeat strategy, including ballistic missile and cruise missile defense, and provides funds for Israeli missile defense systems.
The future of the U.S. defense industrial base also holds some promise for innovation and the development and application of new technologies where small businesses and competition may be key factors for future expansion. As stated in the HASC report on HR 4909 [15]:
"In the area of defense acquisition reform, H.R. 4909 seeks to create an engine of experimentation and innovation within the core acquisition system, while further strengthening acquisition planning and accountability. Specifically, the bill requires major defense acquisition programs, to the maximum extent practicable after January 1, 2019, to be designed with modular, open-system approaches that enable weapon system components to be more easily upgraded as technology and threats evolve. The bill authorizes the military services, rather than specifying projects two years beforehand through the traditional budget process, to budget flexible funds with which to experiment with and rapidly field emerging technologies during the year of execution. It aligns intellectual property rights to an open-system approach and rebalances property rights so the government continues to receive necessary technical data while encouraging companies to do business with the Department."
These statements, along with the information provided previously, support the hopeful revitalization of the defense industry, encourage growth and competition among defense suppliers, protect property rights, advance technology, and leverage newly discovered technologies as quickly as possible.
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Pris_ is an electronic music act based between London and Paris. It comprises of French musician, songwriter and filmmaker, Franz Kirmann (Lobe Records), London based DJ (but Australian born), MsRosalita, and English musician, Simon Smith. Simon is the latest addition to the Pris_ stable, playing guitar and bass. Simon also performs as one half of electronic duo, Reason or Romanza.
In its current incarnation, Kirmann and MsRosalita have collaborated as Pris_ since February 2006. The pair first met around the Shoreditch party scene in the summer of 2005. However, it was at a chance meeting in the long, cold winter of January 2006 at the screening of the Comes Undone music video clip and short film screening that the duo reconnected and vowed to together pursue their love of producing electronic dance music.
Simon and Kirmann first met in the winter of 2006 through their own electronica projects. Whether performing live, DJing, going to gigs, rehearsing, or partying together, Kirmann (vocals), MsRosalita (live synth, laptop) and Simon (guitar / bass) are always emotionally focused on Pris_. The trio perform a series of DJ gigs together and independently across London, using an assortment of both vinyl and electronic software.
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100 Books Every Woman Should Read: Fiction
What should be in your bag this summer—and beyond
By Stephanie Castillo and The Editors of Prevention
41. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
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You've no doubt read The Catcher In The Rye, but this one's our Salinger favorite. Originally appearing in The New Yorker in the late '50s, Franny and Zooey is the first two entries in a narrative series about The Glass Family, a family Salinger has said he'd waited to write about for most of his life. At times it does read more like a play, but the dialogue is brutally lovely, some of Salinger's best prose.
42. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Mostly known for her poetry, The Bell Jar is the late poet's only novel. It follows a talented young woman named Esther Greenwood who falls down a dark, psychological hole. It's a realistic and an emotional must-read.
43. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Another high school staple, To Kill A Mockingbird is a coming-of-age tale set in the deep South, addressing race and prejudice through young protagonist Scout Finch. It's as much about childhood as it is about hope and human goodness.
44. Beloved by Toni Morrison
A Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction, Beloved is a powerful story about a young slave named Sethe who can't seem to shake the death of her baby. It's as suspenseful as it is poetic.
45. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
An American classic, Gatsby is a product of its generation. Fitzgerald uses the characters to reflect life in the 1920s: frantic and lonesome. It's considered by many to be his best work.
46. The Brief and Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
"Diaz is one of the best contemporary writers, and he really brings his characters to life and makes you feel connected to each one—even if you have zero in common with them."
–Kiera Aaron, senior associate beauty editor for Prevention and Prevention.com
47. Tenth of December by George Saunders
"The modern short-story master (who shares the throne with Junot Diaz, in my opinion) released my favorite of his collections this year. It's rare to find a book so hauntingly human and compassionate, but also so wry. Saunders has that unusual quality of really caring about, and really rooting for every one of his characters. No one is perfect. No character is flat. Their morality is grey, and yet you're with them every step of the way."
–Siobhan O'Connor, executive editor of Prevention and Prevention.com
48. The Carriage House by Louisa Hall
"Three sisters are thrown back together as they sort through the mess of family dynamics, while trying to save a family carriage house and all that it represents. It's a terrific story that avoids predictable outcomes."
–Melissa Roberson, weight loss and fitness editor for Prevention.com
49. On The Road by Jack Kerouac
Semi-autobiographical, On The Road is about good old fashioned American adventure. It's about getting out there, regardless of responsibility, to learn about both yourself and the world around you. But be warned you: this book has a tendency to encourage readers to travel, upcoming work meetings or not.
50. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Typically thought of as an adventurous tale for children, A Wrinkle In Time, believe it or not, is for adults, too. It's about love and originality; a quick, classic read.
51. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
"The plot twists that I never saw coming made me wonder how this author managed to construct the book and weave her story lines together so well. Original, well-thought-out and kept me awake long past the wee hours."
–Sara Altshul, diabetes director for Prevention
52. Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
"Mafi's prose is gorgeous; she creates a believeable, futuristic world with adventure, steamy romance, and very real themes such as isolation and discovering one's own power. It often feels like you're reading a poem!"
–Devon Rutz, assistant research editor for Prevention
53. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
"I love Harry Potter because it's escapism that doesn't make your brain feel like it's rotting. Plus, you'll go back to that childhood sense of wonder as you read."
–Amy Rushlow, managing editor for Prevention.com
54. The Greatest Slump Of All Time by David Carkeet
"This book is about a baseball team approaching the World Series. Normally, I have no interest in sports, but this detailed, droll analysis of the various demons besetting these baseball players is hysterically funny."
–Jenna Bergen, fitness editor for Prevention
55. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
"Sometimes I feel like I'm living a circus life of my own, but I found this book to be very entertaining and a lot of fun. Just the kind of thing I want in a summer, take-me-somewhere-else read."
–Katie Kackenmeister, senior associate editor for Prevention
56. The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo
"I first read this book in my 20s (25 to be exact) then again in my 30s (34 respectfully). Each time offered a different takeaway due to perhaps a different phase of my life. But truly, it makes me realize that our perspectives do change with age and knowledge. I think that at the core—as the book is about destiny and chance—the one thing that it cemented for me is that 'when you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.' I can't wait to read it in my 40s!"
–Jackie Ney, photo director for Prevention
57. The Winter Sea by Susana Kearsley
"A writer journeys to Scotland to complete her novel set in 1708 during a Jacobite rebellion, only to find her novel becomes more fact than fiction. Romantic and magical."
58. The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
"Totally accessible science fiction from the best sci-fi writer who ever lived. The short stories are easy to read in little spurts."
59. To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
"Because you really owe it to yourself to tackle at least one Virginia Woolf novel in your lifetime. And if this is your first Woolf, just roll with it for awhile. You'll catch on to her rhythm and use of language. Her wordsmithing is exact and gorgeous."
60. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
"Im a sucker for books that take groups of people through decades and let you watch what unfolds, and I totally fell in with this group. Not everything is perfectly believable, but that didn't bother me, because I so enjoyed being in their company for a couple weeks."
61. I'll Take It! by Paul Rudnick
"An oldie but goodie: a writer for the The New Yorker writes about a trip a young man takes with his elderly relatives to the outlet malls up north. Turns out shopping is the ultimate bridge between the sexes and the generations."
62. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
"A dying famous author decides to finally reveal the haunting, mysterious past she has hidden for so long. This is one of those books you can't put down, full of plot twists and surprises."
–Katelyn Hanna-Wortley, associate producer for Prevention.com
63. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
"Banned in many high schools across the world, Atwood's novel explores a world in which a repressive regime aims to control women in this fictional society—down to their reproductive rights. A controversial cautionary tale for all women."
–Nina Elias, assistant editor for Prevention.com
64. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
"A classic dystopian novel that makes you think critically about the rise of technology and what we value as both individuals and as a society. A quick, jarring read."
–Kelly Gonsalves, editorial intern for Prevention.com
65. The Game of Thrones Series by George R.R Martin
Yup; your favorite HBO show was first a fantasy series—and one that readers say is the best since J.R.R. Tolkien. It's also a Prevention Facebook fan favorite, with a number of users suggesting the titles in a recent poll.
66. The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
"Beautiful historical fiction focused on strong, female characters."
–Bari Lieberman, senior associate fitness editor for Prevention
67. Inferno by Dan Brown
True to his signature style, Dan Brown combines history, art, codes, and symbols to thrill readers with a story inspired by Dante's epic poem.
68. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
This fantasy adventure novel focuses on issues of spirituality and practicality after the protagonist, Pi, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger (seriously).
69. Like Dandelion Dust by Karen Kingsbury
What lengths would you go to keep your family together? It's a question Kingsbury's characters answer in Like Dandelion Dust after they lose sole custody of their son.
70. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Funny and romantic, Beautiful Ruins is the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 and picks up again in Hollywood 50 years later.
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